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abandon

abandoned

abandonment

abbey

abbreviate

abbreviation

abdicate

abdication

abdominal

abduct

abet

abeyance

abhor

abhorrent

abide

abide by

abiding

ability

abject

abjectness

ablaze

able

able-bodied

abnormal

abnormality

abolish

abolition

abominable

abominate

abomination

aboriginal

abound

abounding

about

about to

above

aboveboard

abrasion

abrasive

abreast

abridge

abridgment

abroad

abrupt

abscond

absence

absent

absently

absent-minded

absolute

absolutely

absoluteness

absolution

absolutism

absolutist

absolve

absorb

absorbed

absorbing

abstain

abstemious

abstention

abstinence

abstinent

abstract

abstracted

abstraction

abstruse

absurd

absurdity

abundance

abundant

abuse

abusive

abysmal

abyss

academic

accede

accelerate

acceleration

accent

accentuate

accept

acceptable

acceptance

accepted

access

accessibility

accessible

accessory

accident

accidental

accidentally

acclaim

acclamation

acclimatization

acclimatize

accommodate

accommodating

accommodation

accompany

accompanying

accomplice

accomplish

accomplished

accomplishment

accord

accordance

accordingly

according to

account

accountability

accountable

account for

accredit

accredited

accrue

accumulate

accumulation

accuracy

accurate

accurately

accursed

accusation

accuse

accustom

accustomed

ace

ache

achieve

achievement

acid

acidity

acknowledge

acknowledged

acknowledgment

acme

acquaint

acquaintance

acquainted

acquiesce

acquiescence

acquire

acquisition

acquisitive

acquisitiveness

acquit

acquittal

acquittance

acrid

acrimonious

acrimony

act

act for

acting

action

actions

activate

active

activity

act on, act upon

actor

actress

actual

actually

actuate

act up

act upon

acumen

acute

acuteness

adamant

adapt

adaptability

adaptable

adaptation

add

addendum

addict

addicted

addiction

addition

additional

address

adduce

add up

adept

adequacy

adequate

adhere

adherent

adhesive

adieu

adjacent

adjoin

adjoining

adjourn

adjournment

adjudge

adjudicate

adjudication

adjust

adjustable

adjustment

ad-lib

administer

administration

administrative

admirable

admiration

admire

admirer

admissible

admission

admit

admittance

admonish

admonition

admonitory

adolescence

adolescent

adopt

adoption

adorable

adoration

adore

adorn

adornment

adrift

adroit

adroitness

adulation

adulatory

adult

adulterate

adumbrate

adumbration

advance

advanced

advancement

advantage

advantageous

advent

adventitious

adventure

adventurer

adventurous

adversary

adverse

adversity

advertise

advertisement

advice

advisability

advisable

advise

adviser

advisory

advocate

aegis

affability

affable

affair

affect

affectation

affected

affecting

affection

affectionate

affiliate

affiliation

affinity

affirm

affirmation

affirmative

afflict

affliction

affluence

affluent

afford

affront

aflame

afoot

afraid

afresh

after

aftermath

again

against

age

aged

agency

agenda

agent

aggravate

aggravation

aggregate

aggression

aggressive

aggressor

aggrieved

aghast

agile

agility

agitate

agitation

agitator

agog

agony

agree

agreeable

agreement

agriculture

aground

ahead

aid

aim

aimless

air

airily

airiness

airing

airless

airs

airy

aisle

alarm

alarming

alcoholic

alcove

alert

alertness

alias

alibi

alien

alienate

alienation

alight

alight

align

alignment

alike

alive

alive to

all

allegation

allege

alleged

allegorical

allegory

allergic

allergy

alley

alliance

allied

allocate

allocation

allot

allotment

all-out

allow

allowable

allowance

allow for

alloy

all right

allure

allusion

ally

almighty

almost

alone

aloof

aloud

already

also

alter

alteration

alternate

alternative

alternatively

although

altitude

altogether

always

amalgamate

amalgamation

amass

amateur

amateurish

amaze

amazement

ambassador

ambiguity

ambiguous

ambition

ambitious

amble

ambush

amenable

amend

amendment

amends

amenity

amiable

amicable

amid

amiss

ammunition

amnesty

amok

among, amongst

amorous

amount

amount to

ample

amplify

amply

amputate

amuck, amok

amuse

amusement

amusing

anaemic

anaesthetic

analogy

analyse

analysis

analytic, analytical

anarchist

anarchy

anathema

anathematize

anatomize

anatomy

ancestor

ancestry

ancient

ancillary

and

anecdote

anew

angel

angelic

anger

angle

angry

anguish

angular

animal

animate

animated

animation

animosity

annals

annex

annexe

annihilate

annihilation

annotate

annotation

announce

announcement

announcer

annoy

annoyance

annoying

annual

annually

annul

annulment

anodyne

anoint

anomalous

anomaly

anonymous

answer

answerable

answer back

answer for

answer to

antagonism

antagonist

antagonistic

antagonize

antecedent

antecedents

antediluvian

anteroom

anthem

anthology

anticipate

anticipation

anticlimax

antics

antidote

antipathy

antiquated

antique

antiquity

antiseptic

antisocial

anxiety

anxious

apart

apartment

apathetic

apathy

ape

aperture

aphorism

apiece

aplomb

apocryphal

apologetic

apologize

apology

apostle

apotheosis

appal

appalling

apparatus

apparent

apparently

apparition

appeal

appear

appearance

appease

appeasement

append

appendage

appendix

appertain

appetite

appetizer

appetizing

applaud

applause

appliance

applicable

applicant

application

apply

appoint

appointed

appointment

apportion

apportionment

apposite

appraisal

appreciable

appreciate

appreciation

appreciative

apprehend

apprehension

apprehensive

apprentice

approach

approachable

appropriate

appropriateness

appropriation

approval

approve

approximate

approximately

approximation

apron

apropos

apropos of

apt

aptitude

aptness

arable

arbiter

arbitrariness

arbitrary

arbitrate

arbitration

arbitrator

arc

arch

arch

archaic

arched

archer

archetype

architect

architecture

archives

arctic

ardent

ardour

arduous

area

arena

argot

argue

argument

argumentative

arid

aright

arise

aristocracy

aristocrat

aristocratic

arm

arm

armada

armaments

armed

armistice

armour

armoured

armoury

arms

army

aroma

aromatic

around

arouse

arrange

arrangement

array

arrest

arresting

arrival

arrive

arrogance

arrogant

arrogation

arrow

arsenal

art

artful

article

articulate

artifice

artificer

artificial

artillery

artisan

artistic

artistry

artless

as

ascend

ascendancy, ascendency

ascendant, ascendent

ascent

ascertain

ascetic

asceticism

ascribe

ashamed

ashore

aside

asinine

ask

askance

askew

asleep

aspect

asperity

asphyxiate

aspirant

aspiration

aspire

aspiring

ass

assail

assassin

assassinate

assault

assay

assemble

assembly

assent

assert

assertion

assertive

assess

assessment

asset

assiduous

assign

assignment

assist

assistance

assistant

associate

association

assort

assorted

assortment

assume

assumed

assuming

assumption

assurance

assure

assured

astonish

astonishing

astonishment

astounding

astray

astronaut

astute

astuteness

asylum

atheism

atheist

athlete

athletic

atmosphere

atom

atone

atrocious

atrocity

attach

attached

attachment

attack

attacker

attain

attainment

attempt

attend

attendance

attendant

attention

attentive

attic

attitude

attract

attraction

attractive

attribute

auburn

audacious

audacity

audible

audience

au fait

augment

augmentation

augur

augury

august

auspice

auspicious

austere

austerity

authentic

authenticity

author

authoritarian

authority

authorization

authorize

autocrat

autocratic

automatic

autonomous

autonomy

autopsy

auxiliary

available

avalanche

avant-garde

avaricious

avenge

avenue

average

averse

aversion

aviation

aviator

avid

avoid

avoidance

avowed

await

awake

awaken

awakening

award

aware

awareness

away

awe

awe-inspiring

awe-stricken, awe-struck

awful

awfully

awhile

awkward

awkwardness

axe

axiom

axiomatic

axis

axle

B

babble

babe

baby

babyish

back

backbone

backbreaking

back down

backer

backfire

background

backhanded

backing

backlash

backlog

back out

backslide

backslider

back up

backward

backwoods

bacteria

bad

badge

badger

badly

baffle

bag

baggage

baggy

bail

bail, bale

bail out, bale out

bait

baked

balance

balanced

balance sheet

balcony

bald

balderdash

baldness

balk

ball

ballast

balloon

ballot

ballyhoo

balm

balmy

bamboozle

ban

banal

banality

band

band

bandage

bandit

bandy

bane

baneful

bang

banish

banishment

banisters

bank

bank

bank on

bankrupt

bankruptcy

banner

banquet

banter

baptism

baptize

bar

barb

barbarian

barbaric

barbarism

barbarity

barbarous

bare

barefaced

barely

bargain

bargain for

bargain on

barge

barge in

barge into

bark

bark

barmy

baroque

barracks

barrage

barren

barricade

barrier

barter

base

base

baseless

baseness

bash

bashful

basic

basically

basics

basis

bask

bass

bastard

bastion

bat

batch

bath

bathe

bathing costume

bathos

baton

battalion

batten

batten

batter

battered

battery

battle

battle cry

battlefield

battleship

batty

bauble

bawd

bawdy

bawl

bay

bay

bay

bayonet

bazaar

be

beach

beachcomber

beached

beacon

bead

beads

beak

beam

beaming

bear

bearable

beard

bearded

beardless

bear down

bearer

bearing

bearings

bear on

bear out

bear up

bear with

beast

beastly

beat

beaten

beating

beat up

beau

beautiful

beautify

beauty

becalmed

because

beckon

becloud

become

becoming

bed

bedazzle

bedclothes

bed down

bedeck

bedevil

bedlam

bedraggled

bedridden

bedrock

beef

beefy

beetle, beetling

befall

befitting

before

beforehand

befriend

befuddled

beg

beggar

beggarly

begin

beginner

beginning

begrime

begrudge

beguile

beguiling

behalf

behave

behaviour

behest

behind

behindhand

behold

beholden

beige

being

belabour

belated

belch

beleaguered

belief

believable

believe

believer

bellow

belly

belong

belonging

belongings

beloved

below

belt

bemused

bench

bend

beneath

beneficial

benefit

bent

bequeath

bequest

bereave

bereavement

berserk

berth

beseech

beside

besides

besiege

besotted

best

bestial

bestow

bestride

bet

bête noire

betide

betimes

betoken

betray

betrayal

better

between

beverage

bevy

bewail

beware

bewilder

bewildered

bewitch

bewitched

beyond

bias

biased

bicker

bid

bidding

big

bigot

bigoted

bigotry

bigwig

bile

bilious

bilk

bill

bill

billet

billow

billowy

bind

binding

binge

biography

birth

bisect

bishopric

bit

bit

bitchy

bite

biting

bitter

bitterness

bizarre

blab

blabber

black

blackball

blacken

blackguard

blacklist

black magic

blackmail

blackness

blackout

black out

black sheep

blame

blameless

blameworthy

bland

blandishments

blank

blanket

blare

blarney

blasé

blaspheme

blasphemous

blasphemy

blast

blasted

blastoff

blatant

blaze

bleach

bleached

bleak

bleary

bleed

blemish

blend

bless

blessed

blessedness

blessing

blight

blind

blindly

blink

bliss

blissful

blister

blithe

blitz

blizzard

bloat

blob

bloc

block

blockade

blockage

blockhead

blond, blonde

blood

bloodcurdling

bloodless

bloodshed

bloodthirsty

bloody

bloom

blossom

blot

blow

blow

blow out

blow over

blow up

bludgeon

blue

blueprint

blues

bluff

blunder

blunt

blur

blurred

blurt out

blush

bluster

blustery

board

boast

boastful

bob

bode

bodiless

bodily

body

bog

bog down

bogey

boggle

boggy

bogus

bohemian

boil

boil

boisterous

bold

bolster

bolt

bomb

bombard

bombardment

bona fide

bond

bonny

bonus

bony

book

bookish

boom

boomerang

boon

boorish

boost

boot

border

borderline

bore

bore

boredom

boring

borrow

bosom

boss

boss

bossy

botch

bother

bothersome

bottleneck

bottle up

bottom

bottomless

bounce

bouncing

bound

bound

bound

boundary

boundless

bountiful

bouquet

bourgeois

bout

bovine

bow

bow

bowdlerize

bowels

bowl

bowl over

box

box

boxer

box in

boxing

boy

boycott

boyfriend

brace

bracing

brag

braggart

braid

brain

brainless

brainy

brake

branch

branch out

brand

brandish

brash

brass

bravado

brave

bravery

bravura

brawl

brawn

brawny

breach

bread

breadth

break

breakable

break away

breakdown

break down

break-in

break in

break into

break off

break out

breakthrough

break-up

break up

breakwater

breast

breath

breathe

breathless

breathtaking

breed

breeding

breeze

breezy

brevity

brew

bribe

bribery

bridge

bridle

brief

briefing

briefly

brigade

bright

brighten

brilliance, brilliancy

brilliant

brim

brimful

bring

bring about

bring down

bring in

bring off

bring up

brink

brisk

briskly

bristle

brittle

broach

broad

broadcast

broaden

broad-minded

broadside

brochure

broke

broken

broken-down

brokenhearted

broker

bronze

brood

brook

brother

brotherhood

brotherly

brow

browbeat

brown

browse

bruise

brunt

brush

brush

brush-off

brush off

brush up

brutal

brute

bubble

bubbly

buccaneer

buckle

buckle down

buck up

bud

budding

budge

budget

buff

buff

buffer

buffet

buffet

buffoon

bug

bugbear

build

building

build-up

built-in

bulge

bulk

bulldoze

bullet

bulletin

bull-headed

bullish

bully

bulwark

bump

bumper

bump into

bump off

bumptious

bunch

bundle

bungle

bungling

bunk, bunkum

buoy

buoyant

burden

bureau

bureaucracy

bureaucrat

burglar

burglary

burial

buried

burlesque

burly

burn

burning

burrow

burst

bury

bush

busily

business

businesslike

businessman, businesswoman

bust

bust

bustle

busy

busybody

but

butcher

butchery

butt

butt

butt

butt

buttonhole

buttress

buy

by

by and by

bypass

bystander

C

cab

cabin

cabinet

cackle

cad

caddish

café

cage

cajole

cake

calamitous

calamity

calculate

calculated

calculating

calculation

calibre

call

call for

calling

call on

callous

calm

calmness

camouflage

camp

camp

campaign

cancel

cancellation

cancer

candid

candidate

candour

canker

cannon

canny

canon

canopy

cant

cantankerous

canter

canting

canvass

canyon

cap

capability

capable

capacious

capacity

cape

caper

capital

capitalism

capitulate

capitulation

caprice

capricious

capsize

capsule

captain

captivate

captive

captivity

capture

car

carcass

cardinal

care

career

care for

carefree

careful

careless

carelessness

caress

caretaker

cargo

caricature

carnage

carnival

carol

carp

carpenter

carriage

carry

carry on

carry out

carton

cartoon

cartridge

carve

cascade

case

cash

cashier

casket

cast

cast down

caste

castigate

castle

casual

casualty

cat

catalogue

catapult

cataract

catastrophe

catcall

catch

catching

catch on

catchword

catchy

catechize

categorical

category

cater

catholic

cattle

catty

caucus

cause

caustic

caution

cautious

cavalcade

cavalier

cavalry

cave

caveat

cavern

cavernous

cavil

cavity

cease

ceaseless

cede

celebrate

celebrated

celebration

celebrity

celestial

cell

cement

cemetery

censor

censorious

censure

central

centralize

centre

centrepiece

ceremonial

ceremonious

ceremony

certain

certainty

certificate

certify

chafe

chaff

chain

chairman

challenge

chamber

champion

chance

chancy

change

changeable

changeless

channel

chant

chaos

chaotic

chap

chaperon

chapter

char

character

characteristic

characterize

charade

charge

charitable

charity

charlatan

charm

charming

chart

charter

chase

chassis

chaste

chasten

chastise

chastity

chat

chatter

chatty

cheap

cheapen

cheat

check

cheek

cheeky

cheer

cheerful

cheerfulness

cheering

cheerless

cheer up

cheery

chemical

cherish

cherubic

chest

chew

chic

chide

chief

chiefly

child

childbirth

childhood

childish

childlike

chill

chilly

chime

china

chink

chip

chip in

chivalrous

chivalry

chivvy

choice

choke

choleric

choose

choosy

chop

choppy

chop up

chore

chortle

chorus

christen

chronic

chronicle

chronicler

chronological

chubby

chuck

chuckle

chum

chunk

chunky

churlish

churlishness

churn

cigarette

cinema

cipher

circle

circuit

circuitous

circulate

circulation

circumference

circumscribe

circumspect

circumstance

circumstances

circumstantial

cistern

citadel

citation

cite

citizen

city

civic

civil

civilization

civilize

civilized

claim

clamber

clamour

clamp

clan

clang

clap

claptrap

clarification

clarify

clarity

clash

clasp

class

classic

classical

classification

classify

clause

claw

clean

clean-cut

cleanse

cleanser

clear

clear

clearance

clear-cut

clearly

clear out

clear up

cleave

clergy

clergyman

clerical

clever

cleverness

cliché

click

client

clientele

cliff

climactic

climate

climax

climb

climb down

clinch

cling

clip

clip

clique

cloak

clog

cloistered

close

close

close

closed

cloth

clothe

clothes, clothing

cloud

cloudy

clown

club

clue

clump

clumsy

cluster

clutch

clutches

clutter

coach

coalesce

coalition

coarse

coarsen

coarseness

coast

coat

coating

coax

cock

cockeyed

cocky

code

cogent

cogitate

cogitation

cognate

cognition

coherent

coil

coin

coincide

coincidence

coincidental

cold

cold-blooded

cold-hearted

collaborate

collaboration

collaborator

collapse

collar

colleague

collect

collected

collection

collide

collision

colloquial

collusion

colonist

colonize

colony

colossal

colour

colourful

colourless

colours

column

columnist

coma

comatose

comb

combat

combatant

combination

combine

come

come about

come across

come along

come apart

come at

comeback

come back

come between

come by

come clean

comedian

comedown

come down

come down on

come down to

come down with

comedy

come forward

come in

come in for

come off

come out

come out with

come round

come through

come up

comeuppance

come up to

come up with

comfort

comfortable

comforting

comfortless

comic

comical

coming

command

commandeer

commander

commanding

commemorate

commemoration

commemorative

commence

commend

commendable

commendation

commensurate

comment

commentary

commentator

commerce

commercial

commission

commit

commitment

common

commonplace

common-sense, common-sensical

common sense

commotion

communal

commune

commune

communicate

communication

communications

communicative

communion

communiqué

communism

communist

community

commute

commuter

compact

compact

companion

companionable

companionship

company

comparable

comparative

compare

comparison

compartment

compass

compassion

compassionate

compatibility

compatible

compel

compelling

compensate

compensation

compete

competence

competent

competition

competitive

competitor

compile

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complacent

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complementary

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complexion

complexity

compliance

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complicated

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complicity

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compose

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composite

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composure

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comprehensible

comprehension

comprehensive

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compressed

compression

comprise

compromise

compulsion

compulsive

compulsory

compute

comrade

concave

conceal

concealed

concealment

concede

conceit

conceited

conceivable

conceive

concentrate

concentrated

concentration

concept

conception

concern

concerned

concerning

concert

concerted

concession

conciliate

conciliation

conciliatory

concise

conclude

conclusion

conclusive

concoct

concoction

concrete

concubine

concur

concurrent

concussion

condemn

condemnation

condensation

condense

condensed

condescend

condescending

condition

conditional

conditioned

conditioning

conditions

condone

conduct

confederacy

confederate

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conference

confess

confession

confidant, confidante

confide

confidence

confident

confidential

confidentially

confine

confined

confinement

confines

confirm

confirmation

confirmed

confiscate

confiscation

conflict

conflicting

conform

conformation

conformist

conformity

confound

confront

confrontation

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confused

confusing

confusion

congenial

congenital

congested

congestion

conglomerate

conglomeration

congratulate

congratulations

congregate

congregation

congress

conic, conical

conjecture

conjugal

conjunction

conjure

conjurer, conjuror

conjure up

connect

connected

connection

connivance

connive

connoisseur

conquer

conqueror

conquest

conscience

conscience-stricken

conscientious

conscious

consciousness

consecrate

consecutive

consensus

consent

consequence

consequent

consequently

conservation

conservative

conservatory

conserve

consider

considerable

considerably

considerate

consideration

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consignment

consist

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consolation

console

consolidate

consolidation

consort

conspicuous

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conspirator

conspire

constancy

constant

constantly

consternation

constituent

constitute

constitution

constitutional

constrain

constrained

constraint

construct

construction

constructive

consult

consultant

consultation

consume

consumer

consuming

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consumption

contact

contagious

contain

container

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contamination

contemplate

contemplation

contemplative

contemporary

contempt

contemptible

contemptuous

contend

content

content

contented

contention

contentious

contentment

contents

contest

contestant

context

continent

contingency

contingent

continual

continually

continuation

continue

continuing

continuity

continuous

contour

contraband

contract

contraction

contradict

contradiction

contradictory

contraption

contrary

contrast

contribute

contribution

contributor

contrite

contrivance

contrive

contrived

control

controls

controversial

controversy

convalescence

convalescent

convene

convenience

convenient

convent

convention

conventional

converge

conversant

conversation

converse

conversion

convert

convert

convex

convey

conveyance

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conviction

convince

convincing

convoy

convulse

convulsion

cool

coop

cooperate

cooperation

cooperative

coordinate

cope

copious

copy

cordial

cordiality

cordon

core

corner

cornerstone

corny

corporal

corporate

corporation

corps

corpse

corpulent

correct

correction

corrective

correctly

correctness

correlate

correlation

correspond

correspondence

correspondent

corresponding

corridor

corroborate

corrode

corrosive

corrugated

corrupt

corruption

corset

cosmetic

cosmic

cosmonaut

cosmopolitan

cost

costly

costs

costume

cosy

cottage

cough

cough up

council

counsel

count

countenance

counter

counteract

counterbalance

counterfeit

countermand

counterpart

countless

count on

count out

country

countryman

countryside

count up

county

coup

couple

coupon

courage

courageous

course

court

courteous

courtesy

courtier

courtly

courtship

courtyard

cove

covenant

cover

covering

cover-up

cover up

covet

covetous

coward

cowardly

cowboy

cower

coy

crack

cracked

cracked up

crack up

cradle

craft

craftiness

craftsman

craftsmanship

crafty

crag

cram

cramp

cramp

cramped

cranky

cranny

crash

crass

crate

crater

crave

craving

crawl

craze

crazy

creak

cream

creamy

crease

create

creation

creative

creativity

creator

creature

credentials

credibility

credible

credit

creditable

credulity

credulous

creed

creek

creep

creeper

creepy

crescent

crest

crestfallen

crevice

crew

crib

crime

criminal

cringe

cripple

crippled

crisis

crisp

criterion

critic

critical

criticism

criticize

critique

croak

crook

crooked

croon

crop

crop up

cross

cross-examine

cross out

crotch

crotchety

crouch

crow

crowd

crowded

crown

crucial

crucify

crude

crudely

crudity

cruel

cruelly

cruelty

cruise

crumb

crumble

crumple

crunch

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crusader

crush

crust

crusty

cry

cry down

cry off

crypt

cub

cuddle

cuddly

cudgel

cue

cuff

cul-de-sac

culminate

culmination

culpable

culprit

cult

cultivate

cultivation

cultural

culture

cultured

culvert

cumbersome

cumulative

cunning

cup

cupboard

curb

curdle

cure

curiosity

curious

curl

curly

currency

current

curse

cursed

curt

curtail

curtailment

curtain

curve

curved

cushion

custody

custom

customarily

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customer

customs

cut

cutback

cut down

cut in

cut off

cut out

cut out for

cut-price

cut short

cutthroat

cutting

cut up

cycle

cynic

cynical

cynicism

D

dabble

dabbler

dab hand

dagger

daily

dainty

dale

dam

damage

damaging

dame

damn

damnable

damnation

damned

damning

damp

damper

dance

danger

dangerous

dangerously

dangle

dapper

dappled

dare

daredevil

daring

dark

darken

darkness

darling

darn

dart

dash

dashing

data

date

dated

daub

daunt

daunted

dauntless

dawdle

dawn

day

daybreak

daydream

daydreamer

daylight

daze

dazed

dazzle

dazzling

dead

deaden

deadlock

deadly

deaf

deafen

deafening

deal

dealer

dealings

dear

dearly

death

deathless

deathly

debacle

debase

debased

debasement

debatable

debate

debilitate

debility

debonair

debris

debt

debtor

debunk

debut

decadence

decadent

decapitate

decay

decayed

decaying

decease

deceased

deceit

deceitful

deceive

decency

decent

deception

deceptive

decide

decided

decidedly

deciding

decipher

decision

decisive

deck

declaim

declamation

declaration

declarative, declaratory

declare

decline

decompose

decomposition

décor

decorate

decoration

decorative

decorous

decorum

decoy

decrease

decree

decrepit

decry

dedicate

dedicated

dedication

deduce

deduct

deduction

deed

deem

deep

deepen

deeply

deep-rooted

deface

defacement

de facto

defamation

defamatory

defame

default

defaulter

defeat

defeated

defeatist

defect

defection

defective

defector

defence

defenceless

defend

defendant

defender

defensible

defensive

defensively

defer

defer

deference

deferential

deferment, deferral

defiance

defiant

deficiency

deficient

deficit

defiled

define

definite

definitely

definition

definitive

deflate

deflect

deflection

deform

deformed

deformity

defraud

deft

defunct

defy

degenerate

degeneration

degradation

degrade

degraded

degrading

degree

deign

deity

dejected

dejection

de jure

delay

delectable

delegate

delegation

delete

deliberate

deliberately

deliberation

delicacy

delicate

delicately

delicious

delight

delighted

delightful

delinquency

delinquent

delirious

delirium

deliver

deliverance

delivery

delude

deluge

delusion

de luxe

delve

demagogue

demand

demanding

demarcate

demarcation

demean

demeanour

demented

democracy

democratic

demolish

demolition

demon

demonic, demoniac, demoniacal

demonstrable

demonstrate

demonstration

demonstrative

demoralize

demoralized

demur

demure

den

denial

denigrate

denigration

denomination

denote

denounce

dense

density

dent

denude

deny

deodorant

depart

departed

department

departure

depend

dependable

dependant

dependent

depict

deplete

depleted

depletion

deplorable

deplore

deploy

deport

deportation

deportment

depose

deposit

deposition

depository

depot

deprave

depraved

depravity

depreciate

depreciation

depress

depressed

depressing

depression

deprivation

deprive

deprived

depth

deputation

deputize

deputy

derange

deranged

derelict

dereliction

deride

derisory

derivation

derivative

derive

derogatory

descend

descent

describe

description

descriptive

desert

desert

deserted

deserter

desertion

deserve

deserved

deserving

design

designate

designation

designer

designing

desirability

desirable

desire

desired

desirous

desist

desolate

desolation

despair

despairing

desperado

desperate

desperately

desperation

despicable

despise

despite

despoil

despondency

despondent

despot

despotic

despotism

destination

destine

destiny

destitute

destitution

destroy

destruction

destructive

detach

detached

detachment

detail

detailed

detain

detect

detection

detective

detention

deter

detergent

deteriorate

deterioration

determination

determine

determined

determining

deterrent

detest

detonate

detonation

detour

detract

detraction

detractor

detriment

detrimental

devastate

devastating

devastation

develop

development

deviant

deviate

deviation

device

devil

devilish

devilry, deviltry

devious

devise

devoid

devolution

devolve

devote

devoted

devotee

devotion

devour

devouring

devout

devoutly

dexterity

diabolical

diagnose

diagnosis

diagonal

diagonally

diagram

dialect

dialectic

dialogue

diametric, diametrical

diametrically

diary

diatribe

dicey

dicky

dictate

dictator

dictatorial

dictatorship

diction

dictionary

die

die-hard

diet

diet

differ

difference

different

differential

differentiate

difficult

difficulty

diffidence

diffident

diffuse

diffusion

dig

digest

digestion

dig in

dignified

dignify

dignitary

dignity

digress

digression

dilapidated

dilate

dilatory

dilemma

dilettante

diligence

diligent

dilly-dally

dilute

dim

dimension

diminish

diminution

diminutive

din

dine

dingy

dinner

dip

diplomacy

diplomat

diplomatic

dire

direct

direct

direction

directions

directive

directly

director

dirge

dirt

dirty

disability

disable

disabled

disadvantage

disadvantageous

disaffected

disaffection

disagree

disagreeable

disagreement

disallow

disappear

disappearance

disappoint

disappointed

disappointing

disappointment

disapproval

disapprove

disarmament

disarming

disarrange

disarray

disaster

disastrous

disbelief

disbeliever

disbelievingly

discard

discerning

discharge

disciple

disciplinarian

discipline

disclaim

disclose

disclosure

discolour

discomfort

discomposure

disconcert

disconcerted

disconcerting

disconnect

disconnected

disconnection

disconsolate

discontent

discontented

discontinue

discontinued

discord

discordant

discount

discourage

discouraged

discouragement

discouraging

discourse

discourteous

discourtesy

discover

discoverer

discovery

discredit

discreditable

discredited

discreet

discrepancy

discretion

discretionary

discriminate

discriminating

discrimination

discriminatory, discriminative

discuss

discussion

disdain

disdainful

disease

diseased

disembark

disembodied

disenchanted

disenchantment

disengage

disengaged

disengagement

disentangle

disfavour

disfigure

disfigurement

disgrace

disgraced

disgraceful

disgruntled

disguise

disguised

disgust

disgusted

disgusting

dish

dishearten

disheartened

dishevelled

dishonest

dishonesty

dishonour

dishonourable

dish out

dish up

disillusion

disillusioned

disincentive

disinclination

disinclined

disinfect

disinfectant

disinherit

disintegrate

disinterest

disinterested

disjointed

dislike

dislocate

dislocation

disloyal

disloyalty

dismal

dismay

dismember

dismiss

dismissal

disobedience

disobedient

disobey

disorderly

disorganize

disorganized

disown

disparage

disparagement

dispassionate

dispatch, despatch

dispel

dispensable

dispensation

dispense

disperse

dispirited

displace

display

displease

displeasure

disposable

disposal

dispose

disposed

dispose of

disposition

disproportion

disproportionate

disprove

disputation

dispute

disqualification

disqualified

disqualify

disquiet

disquieting

disregard

disrepair

disreputable

disrepute

disrespect

disrespectful

disrupt

disruption

disruptive

dissatisfaction

dissatisfied

dissect

dissection

disseminate

dissemination

dissension

dissent

dissenter

dissentient

dissertation

disservice

dissident

dissimilar

dissimilarity

dissipate

dissipated

dissipation

dissociate

dissolute

dissolution

dissolve

dissuade

distance

distant

distaste

distasteful

distend

distended

distil

distillation

distinct

distinction

distinctive

distinctly

distinctness

distinguish

distinguishable

distinguished

distinguishing

distort

distortion

distract

distracted

distracting

distraction

distress

distressed

distressing

distribute

distribution

district

distrust

disturb

disturbance

disturbed

disturbing

disuse

ditch

dither

dive

diverge

divergence

divergent

divers

diverse

diversify

diversion

diversity

divert

diverting

divest

divide

dividend

divine

diviner

divinity

divisible

division

divisive

divorce

divulge

dizzy

do

do away with

docile

docility

dock

docket

doctor

doctrinaire

doctrine

document

doddering

dodge

dodger

doer

doff

dog

dogged

doggedness

dogma

dogmatic

dogmatism

dogsbody

do in

doing

doings

doldrums

dole

dolt

domestic

domesticate

domesticated

dominant

dominate

domination

domineer

domineering

dominion

don

donate

donation

done

donnish

donor

doom

doomed

door

do out of

dope

dormant

dose

dosage

dot

dotage

dote on

doting

double

double-cross

double-dealer

double-dealing

double entendre

doubt

doubter

doubtful

doubtless

dour

dovetail

dowdy

dower

do without

down

down and out

downcast

downfall

downgrade

downhearted

downpour

downright

down-to-earth

downward

doze

drab

draft

drag

dragging

dragoon

drain

drainage

dram

drama

dramatic

dramatist

dramatize

drastic

draught

draw

drawback

draw back

drawing

drawl

drawling

drawn

draw on

draw out

draw up

dread

dreadful

dream

dreamer

dreamland

dream up

dreamy

dreary

dregs

drench

dress

dress down

dressmaker

dress up

dribble

drift

drill

drink

drinker

drink in

drink to

drip

drive

drive at

drivel

driving

drizzle

droll

drone

drone

droop

drop

drop in (on)

drop off

drop out

drought

drove

drown

drowse

drowsy

drubbing

drudge

drudgery

drug

drugged

drum

drum up

drunk

drunkard

drunken

drunkenness

dry

dryness

dual

dub

dubious

duck

duct

dud

dudgeon

due

duel

dues

duffer

dull

dullard

duly

dumb

dumbfound, dumfound

dumbfounded, dumfounded

dummy

dump

dumps

dun

dunce

dungeon

duplicate

durability

durable

duress

dusk

dusky

dust

dusty

dutiful

duty

dwarf

dwell

dwelling

dwell on

dye

dyed-in-the-wool

dying

dynamic

dynasty

E

each

eager

eagerness

ear

early

earn

earnest

earnings

earth

earthenware

earthly

ease

easily

easy

easy-going

eat

eavesdrop

ebb

eccentric

eccentricity

ecclesiastic

echo

eclipse

economic

economical

economize

economy

ecstasy

ecstatic

eddy

edge

edgy

edible

edict

edifice

edify

edit

edition

educate

educated

education

educational

educative

eerie

efface

effect

effective

effectiveness

effects

effeminacy

effeminate

effervesce

effervescence

effervescent

effete

efficacious

efficacy

efficiency

efficient

effigy

effluent

effort

effortless

effulgent

effusion

effusive

egg on

egocentric

egoism

egoist

egoistic, egoistical

egotism

egotist

egotistic, egotistical

egress

eject

ejection

eke out

elaborate

elapse

elastic

elated

elation

elbow

elbowroom

elder

elect

election

elector

electric

electrify

elegance, elegancy

elegant

elegy

element

elementary

elements

elevate

elevated

elevation

elicit

eligible

eliminate

elite

elocution

elongate

elope

eloquence

eloquent

elsewhere

elucidate

elucidation

elude

elusive

emaciated

emaciation

emanate

emanation

emancipate

emancipation

embalm

embargo

embark

embarrass

embarrassing

embarrassment

embellish

embellishment

embezzle

embezzlement

embitter

emblazon

emblem

embodiment

embolden

embrace

embroil

embryo

emend

emendation

emerge

emergence

emergency

emigrate

emigration

eminence

eminent

eminently

emission

emit

emolument

emotion

emotional

emotive

emphasis

emphasize

emphatic

empire

empirical, empiric

emplacement

employ

employed

employee

employer

employment

emporium

empower

emptiness

empty

empty-headed

enable

enact

enactment

enamour

enamoured

encampment

encapsulate, incapsulate

enchant

enchanter

enchanting

enchantment

enchantress

enclose, inclose

encompass

encounter

encourage

encouragement

encouraging

encroach

encroachment

encumber

encumbrance

end

endanger

endear

endearing

endearment

endeavour

ending

endless

endorse, indorse

endorsement, indorsement

endow

endowment

end up

endurable

endurance

endure

enduring

enemy

energetic

energy

enfold, infold

enforce

enforced

enforcement

enfranchise

enfranchisement

engage

engaged

engagement

engaging

engender

engine

engineer

engrave

engraving

engross

engrossed

engrossing

enhance

enigma

enigmatic, enigmatical

enjoin

enjoy

enjoyable

enjoyment

enlarge

enlighten

enlightened

enlightenment

enlist

enliven

enmity

ennoble

ennui

enormity

enormous

enough

enquire

enquiry

enrage

enraged

enrich

enrol

enrolment

en route

ensemble

enshrine

enshroud

ensign

enslave

ensue

ensure, insure

entail

entangle

entanglement

enter

enterprise

enterprising

entertain

entertaining

entertainment

enthral

enthralling

enthusiasm

enthusiast

enthusiastic

entice

entire

entirely

entirety

entitle

entity

entourage

entrails

entrance

entrance

entrant

entreaty

entrench, intrench

entrenched, intrenched

entrust, intrust

entry

entwine, intwine

enumerate

enunciate

envelop

envelope

enviable

envious

environ

environment

environs

envisage

envision

envoy

envy

ephemeral

epicure

epicurean

epidemic

epigram

epilogue

episode

epistle

epithet

epitome

epitomize

epoch

equable

equal

equality

equalize

equate

equation

equestrian

equilibrium

equip

equipment

equitable

equity

equivalence

equivalent

equivocal

era

eradicate

eradication

erase

erect

erection

erode

erosion

erotic

err

errand

erratic

erroneous

error

erstwhile

erudite

erupt

eruption

escalate

escapade

escape

escort

especial

especially

espionage

espousal

espouse

essay

essence

essential

establish

establishment

estate

esteem

estimate

estimation

estrange

estrangement

estuary

et cetera

etch

etching

eternal

eternity

ethical

ethics

ethnic

etiquette

eulogy

euphoria

evacuate

evade

evaluate

evaluation

evanescent

evangelical, evangelistic

evaporate

evaporation

evasion

evasive

eve

even

even-handed

event

even-tempered

eventful

eventual

eventuality

eventually

ever

everlasting

evermore

every

everybody

everyday

everyone

everything

everywhere

evict

evidence

evident

evidently

evil

evoke

evolution

evolve

exact

exacting

exactly

exactness

exaggerate

exaggerated

exaggeration

exalt

exaltation

exalted

examination

examine

example

exasperate

exasperation

excavate

excavation

exceed

exceeding

exceedingly

excel

excellence

excellent

except

exception

exceptional

excess

excessive

exchange

excitable

excite

excited

excitement

exciting

exclaim

exclamation

exclude

exclusion

exclusive

excommunicate

excruciating

excursion

excusable

excuse

execrate

execration

execute

execution

executioner

executive

exemplary

exemplify

exempt

exemption

exercise

exert

exertion

exhaust

exhausted

exhausting

exhaustion

exhaustive

exhibit

exhibition

exhilarating

exhort

exhortation

exhume

exigency, exigence

exile

exist

existence

existent

exit

exodus

exonerate

exorbitant

exorcise

exorcism

exotic

expand

expanse

expansion

expansive

expatiate

expatriate

expect

expectancy

expectant

expectation

expecting

expediency, expedience

expedient

expedite

expedition

expel

expend

expendable

expenditure

expense

expensive

experience

experienced

experiment

experimental

expert

expertise

expertness

expire

explain

explanation

explanatory

explicit

explode

exploit

exploration

exploratory

explore

explosion

explosive

exponent

expose

exposed

exposition

expostulate

exposure

expound

express

expression

expressive

expressly

expropriate

expulsion

expurgate

exquisite

extempore

extemporize

extend

extended

extension

extensive

extent

extenuating

exterior

exterminate

external

extinct

extinction

extinguish

extol

extort

extortion

extortionate

extra

extract

extraction

extraneous

extraordinary

extravagance

extravagant

extreme

extremely

extremist

extremity

extricate

exuberance

exuberant

exult

exultant

exultation

eye

eyesight

eyesore

eyewitness

F

fable

fabric

fabricate

fabrication

fabulous

façade

face

facet

facetious

face up to

facile

facilitate

facility

facing

facsimile

fact

faction

factious

factor

factory

factotum

facts

factual

faculties

faculty

fad

fade

faded

fading

faeces

fail

failing

failure

faint

faint-hearted

faintly

fair

fair

fair-and-square

fairly

fair-minded

fairness

fairy

fairy tale

faith

faithful

faithfulness

faithless

faithlessness

fake

fall

fallacy

fall apart

fall asleep

fall back on

fall behind

fall down

fallen

fall for

fallible

fall in

falling off

fall in with

fall out

fallow

fall short

fall through

false

falsehood

falsification

falsify

falter

faltering

fame

familiar

familiarity

familiarize

family

family tree

famine

famous

fan

fan

fanatic

fanatical

fanciful

fancy

fanfare

fantastic

fantasy, phantasy

far

faraway

farce

farcical

fare

farewell

far-fetched

farm

farmer

farming

far-reaching

far-sighted

fascinate

fascinated

fascinating

fascination

fashion

fashionable

fast

fasten

fat

fatal

fatality

fate

fated

fateful

father

fatherland

fatherly

fathom

fatigue

fatten

fatuous

fault

fault-finding

faultless

faulty

faux pas

favour

favourable

favourably

favourite

favouritism

fawn

fawn

fawning

fear

fearful

fearfully

fearless

fearlessness

fearsome

feasibility

feasible

feast

feat

feathers

feathery

feature

features

feckless

federate

federation

fed up (with)

fee

feeble

feeble-minded

feebleness

feed

feel

feeler

feeling

feelings

feline

fell

fellow

fellowship

feminine

femme fatale

fen

fence

fencing

ferment

ferocious

ferocity

ferret out

ferry

fertile

fertility

fertilize

fertilizer

fervent, fervid

fervour

festival

festive

festivity

festoon

fetch

fetching

fête, fete

fetish

feud

fever

feverish

few

fiancé, fiancée

fiasco

fib

fibre

fickle

fickleness

fiction

fictional

fictitious

fiddle

fiddling

fidelity

fidget

fidgety

field

fiend

fiendish

fierce

fiercely

fight

fight back

fight down

fighter

fighting

fight off

figure

figurehead

figure of speech

figure out

filament

filch

file

file

filibuster

fill

fill in

filling

film

filmy

filter

filth

filthy

final

finale

finality

finalize

finally

finance

finances

financial

find

finding

find out

fine

fine

finery

finesse

finger

finish

finished

finite

fire

firebrand

fireworks

firm

firm

firmly

firmness

first

firsthand

first-rate

fish out

fishy

fissure

fit

fit

fitful

fitfully

fitness

fitted

fitting

fix

fixation

fixed

fix up

fizz

fizzle out

fizzy

flabbergasted

flag

flag

flagging

flagrant

flagstone

flail

flair

flake

flamboyant

flame

flameproof

flaming

flank

flannel

flap

flare

flare up

flash

flashy

flat

flat

flatly

flatness

flatten

flatter

flattering

flattery

flavour

flavouring

flaw

flawed

flawless

flee

fleece

fleet

fleeting

flesh

flex

flexibility

flexible

flick

flicker

flickering

flight

flight

flimsy

flinch

fling

flip

flippancy

flippant

flirt

flirtation

flirtatious

flirting

float

floating

flock

flog

flogging

flood

floor

flop

floral

florid

flotsam

flounder

flourish

flourishing

flout

flow

flower

flowering

flowery

flowing

fluctuate

fluctuation

fluency

fluent

fluff

fluid

flurry

flush

flush

flushed

fluster

flutter

fly

fly at

fly-by-night

flying

foam

focus

foe

fog

foggy

foil

foist

fold

folder

folk

follow

follower

following

follow up

folly

fond

fondle

fondly

fondness

food

fool

foolery

foolhardy

foolish

foolishly

foolishness

foolproof

footing

footling

footstep

forage

forbear

forbearance

forbearing

forbid

forbidden

forbidding

force

forced

forceful

forcible

forcibly

forebear

forebode

foreboding

forecast

forefather

foregoing

foreground

foreign

foreigner

foremost

forerunner

foresee

foreshadow

foresight

forestry

foretell

forethought

forever

forewarn

foreword

forfeit

forfeiture

forge

forger

forgery

forget

forgetful

forgetfulness

forgive

forgiveness

forgiving

forgo, forego

forgotten

fork

forked

forlorn

form

form

formal

formality

formation

formative

former

formerly

formidable

formula

formulate

forsake

forsaken

fort

forte

forth

forthcoming

forthright

forthwith

fortification

fortify

fortitude

fortress

fortunate

fortunately

fortune

forward

forward-looking

forwardness

foster

foul

foul play

found

foundation

founder

founder

foundling

fountain

foxy

foyer

fracas

fractious

fracture

fragile

fragment

fragmentary

fragrance

fragrant

frail

frailty

frame

frame-up

framework

franchise

frank

frankly

frankness

frantic

fraternity

fraternize

fraud

fraudulent

fray

frayed

freak

free

freedom

free-for-all

free hand

freely

freethinker

freeze

freezing

freight

French

frenzied

frenzy

frequency

frequent

frequent

frequently

fresh

freshen

freshness

fret

fretful

friction

friend

friendless

friendliness

friendly

friendship

fright

frighten

frightened

frightening

frightful

frigid

frigidity

frills

fringe

frisk

frisky

fritter (away)

frivolity

frivolous

frizzle

frolic

frolicsome

front

frontier

frost

frosty

froth

frothy

frown

frowsty

frozen

frugal

fruit

fruitful

fruition

fruitless

fruity

frustrate

frustrated

frustration

fuddled

fuddy-duddy

fudge

fuel

fugitive

fulfil

fulfilment

full

full-blooded

full-bodied

full-grown

fullness

full-scale

fully

fully-fledged

fulmination

fulsome

fumble

fume

fumes

fumigate

fuming

fun

function

functional

fund

fundamental

fundamentally

funds

funeral

funnel

funny

furious

furnish

furniture

furore

further

furtherance

furthest

furtive

fury

fuss

fussy

futile

futility

future

G

gad (about or around)

gadabout

gadget

gaffe

gaffer

gag

gag

gaiety

gaily

gain

gains

gainsay

gait

gala

gale

gall

gall

gallant

gallantry

galling

gallop

galore

galvanize

gamble

gambol

game

game

gamut

gang

gangling, gangly

gangster

gap

gape

gaping

garbage

garble

garish

garland

garments

garner

garnish

garrison

garrulous

gash

gasp

gate

gather

gathering

gauche

gaudy

gauge

gaunt

gawky

gay

gaze

gazette

gear

gelatinous

gelid

gem

genealogy

general

generality

generally

generate

generation

generic

generosity

generous

genesis

genial

geniality

genius

genteel

gentility

gentle

gentlemanly

genuine

germ

germane

germinate

gestation

gesticulate

gesture

get

get across

get ahead

get along

get at

getaway

get away

get back

get by

get down

get in

get off

get on

get out

get out of

get over

get round

get together

get up

ghastly

ghost

ghostly

giant

gibberish

gibe, jibe

giddiness

giddy

gift

gifted

gigantic

giggle

gild

gimmick

gingerly

gird

girdle

girl

girth

gist

give

give away

give in

given

give off

give out

give up

glad

gladden

gladly

gladness

glamorous

glamour

glance

glare

glaring

glassy

glaze

gleam

glee

gleeful

glib

glide

glimmer

glimpse

glint

glisten

glitter

gloat

global

globe

globule

gloom

gloomy

glorify

glorious

glory

gloss

gloss

glossy

glow

glower

glowing

glue

glum

glut

glutton

gluttony

gnarled

gnaw

go

goad

go-ahead

go ahead

goal

go along

go away

go back

gobble

go-between

go by

godforsaken

godless

godlike

godly

go down

godsend

go far

go for

go in (for)

go into

golden

gone

good

goodbye

good-for-nothing

good-humoured

good-looking

goodly

good-natured

goodness

goods

good will

go off

go on

go out

go over

gorge

gorge

gorgeous

gory

gospel

gossamer

gossip

go through

go under

govern

government

governor

go with

go without

gown

grab

grace

graceful

gracious

grade

gradient

gradual

gradually

graduate

graft

grain

grand

grandeur

grandiose

grant

granule

graphic

grapple

grasp

grasping

grate

grateful

gratify

grating

gratis

gratitude

gratuitous

gratuity

grave

grave

graveyard

gravitate

gravity

graze

greasy

great

greatly

greatness

greed, greediness

greedy

Greek

green

greet

greeting

gregarious

grey

grief

grievance

grieve

grievous

grim

grimace

grime

grimy

grind

grip

gripping

grisly

grit

gritty

groan

groggy

groom

groove

grope

gross

grotesque

ground

groundless

groundwork

group

grouse

grovel

grow

grown-up

growth

grub

grubby

grudge

gruelling

gruesome

gruff

grumble

guarantee

guard

guarded

guardian

guerrilla

guess

guesswork

guest

guidance

guide

guild

guile

guilt

guiltless

guilty

gulf

gullibility

gullible

gully

gulp

gum

gumption

gunman

gurgle

guru

gush

gust

gusto

gut

gutter

guttural

guy

guzzle

Gypsy, Gipsy

H

habit

habitation

habitual

habituate

habitué

hack

hack

hackles

hackneyed

hag

haggard

haggle

hail

hail

hair

hair-raising

hair's-breadth

hairsplitting

hairy

halcyon

hale

half

half-baked

half-hearted

halfway

halfwit

half-witted

hall

hallmark

hallucination

halo

halt

halt

halting

halve

hammer

hammer out

hamper

hamstrung

hand

handbook

handcuff

hand down

handful

handicap

handicraft

handiwork

handle

handling

hand-out

hand out

hand over

hand-picked

hands

handsome

handsomely

handwriting

handy

hang

hang about

hang back

hangdog

hanger-on

hanging

hang on

hangover

hang over

hang-up

hank

hanker

hankering

haphazard

happen

happening

happily

happiness

happy

happy-go-lucky

harangue

harass

harassed

harassment

harbour

hard

hard and fast

hard-bitten

hard-core

harden

hardened

hard-headed

hardhearted

hard-hitting

hardiness

hardline

hardly

hard-pressed

hardship

hard up

hard-wearing

hard-working

hardy

hark back

harlot

harm

harmful

harmless

harmonious

harmonize

harmony

harness

harp

harrowing

harry

harsh

harshly

harshness

harvest

hash

hassle

haste

hasten

hastily

hasty

hatch

hatchet man

hate

hateful

hatred

haughty

haul

haunt

haunted

haunting

have

haven

have on

havoc

hawk

hazardous

haze

hazy

head

headache

headfirst

heading

headlong

head off

headstrong

headway

heady

heal

healing

health

healthy

heap

hear

hearing

hearsay

heart

heartbreaking

heartbroken

heartfelt

heartily

heartless

heart-rending

heart-to-heart

heart-warming

hearty

heat

heated

heathen

heave

heaven

heavenly

heavily

heaviness

heavy

heavy-handed

heckle

hectic

hector

hedge

heed

heedful

heedless

heel

heel

hefty

height

heighten

heir

hell

hellish

helm

help

helper

helpful

helping

helpless

helter-skelter

hem

hence

henceforth

henpecked

herald

herd

hereafter

hereditary

heredity

heresy

heretic

heretical

heritage

hermit

hero

heroic

heroine

heroism

hero worship

hesitant

hesitate

hesitation

hew

heyday

hiatus

hidden

hide

hide

hidebound

hideous

hide-out

hiding

hierarchy

hieroglyphic

high

highbrow

high-class

high-flown

high-handed

highland

highlight

highly

highly strung

high-minded

high-powered

high-pressure

high-sounding

high-speed

high-spirited

high spirits

hijack

hike

hilarious

hilarity

hill

hillock

hilt

hind

hinder

hindmost

hindrance

hinge

hint

hippie

hire

hiss

historian

historic

historical

history

hit

hitch

hither

hitherto

hit off

hit on

hit or miss

hit out (at)

hoard

hoarder

hoarse

hoary

hoax

hobby

hobnob

hoi polloi

hoist

hold

hold back

holder

hold forth

hold off

hold out

hold over

hold-up

hold up

hold with

hole

holiday

holier-than-thou

holiness

hollow

holocaust

holy

home

homeland

homeless

homelike

homely

homespun

homicidal

homicide

homogeneity

homogeneous

homosexual

honest

honestly

honesty

honorary

honour

honourable

honours

hoodwink

hook

hooligan

hoop

hoot

hop

hope

hopeful

hopefully

hopeless

horde

horizon

horrible

horrid

horrify

horror

horror-struck

horseman

horseplay

horse sense

hospitable

hospitality

host

host

hostage

hostile

hostilities

hostility

hot

hot air

hotbed

hot-blooded

hotchpotch

hotfoot

hothead

hot-headed

hound

house

household

householder

housekeeping

housing

hovel

hover

however

howl

howler

hub

huddle

hue

hue and cry

hug

huge

hulk

hull

hum

human

humane

humanitarian

humanitarianism

humanities

humanity

humanize

humble

humbug

humdrum

humid

humidity

humiliate

humiliating

humiliation

humility

humorist

humorous

humour

hump

hunch

hunchback

hunger

hungry

hunk

hunt

hunted

hurdle

hurl

hurly-burly

hurricane

hurried

hurry

hurt

hurtful

husband

husbandry

hush

hush-hush

husk

huskiness

husky

hustle

hut

hybrid

hygiene

hygienic

hype

hyperbole

hypercritical

hypnotic

hypnotize

hypocrisy

hypocrite

hypocritical

hypothesis

hypothetical

hysteria

hysterical

I

ice

ice-cold

icy

idea

ideal

idealist

idealistic

ideally

identical

identification

identify

identity

idiocy

idiom

idiomatic

idiosyncrasy

idiot

idiotic

idle

idleness

idling

idol

idolater

idolatry

idolize

if

ignite

ignominious

ignominy

ignorance

ignorant

ignore

ill

ill-advised

ill-assorted

ill at ease

ill-bred

ill-defined

ill-disposed

illegal

illegality

illegible

illegitimate

ill-fated

ill feeling

ill-founded

ill-humoured

illicit

illiteracy

illiterate

ill-judged

ill-mannered

ill-natured

illness

illogical

ill-starred

ill temper

ill-tempered

ill-timed

ill-treat

ill-treatment

illuminate

illuminating

illumination

illusion

illusory

illustrate

illustrated

illustration

illustrious

ill will

image

imaginable

imaginary

imagination

imaginative

imagine

imbecile

imbecility

imbibe

imitate

imitation

imitative

imitator

immaculate

immaterial

immature

immaturity

immeasurable

immediate

immediately

immemorial

immense

immensity

immersion

immigrant

imminent

immobile

immobility

immobilize

immoderate

immodesty

immoral

immorality

immortal

immortality

immortalize

immovable

immune

immunity

immunize

imp

impact

impair

impaired

impart

impartial

impartiality

impassable

impasse

impassioned

impatience

impatient

impeach

impeachment

impeccable

impecunious

impede

impediment

impedimenta

impel

impending

impenetrable

imperative

imperceptible

imperceptibly

imperfect

imperfection

imperial

imperil

imperishable

impersonal

impersonate

impersonation

impertinence

impertinent

imperturbable

impervious

impetuosity

impetuous

impetuously

impetus

impiety

impinge

impious

impish

implacability

implacable

implant

implement

implementation

implicate

implicated

implication

implicit

implicitly

implied

implore

imply

impolite

impoliteness

import

importance

important

importunate

impose

imposing

imposition

impossibility

impossible

impostor

impotence

impotent

impoverish

impoverished

impracticability

impracticable

impractical

impracticality

imprecise

impregnable

impregnate

impress

impression

impressionable

impressive

imprint

imprison

imprisoned

imprisonment

improbability

improbable

impromptu

improper

impropriety

improve

improvement

improvisation

improvise

improvised

imprudent

impudence

impudent

impulse

impulsive

impunity

impure

impurity

imputation

impute

inability

inaccessible

inaccuracy

inaccurate

inaccurately

inaction

inactive

inactivity

inadequacy

inadequate

inadequately

inadmissible

inadvertently

inadvisable

inane

inanimate

inapplicable

inappropriate

inapt

inarticulate

inattention

inattentive

inaudible

inaugural

inaugurate

inauguration

inauspicious

inborn

inbred

incalculable

incantation

incapable

incapacitate

incapacitated

incapacity

incarcerate

incarnate

incarnation

incautious

incautiously

incendiary

incense

incense

incensed

incentive

inception

incessant

incessantly

incident

incidental

incidentally

incidentals

incinerate

incipient

incise

incision

incisive

incisiveness

incite

incitement

incivility

inclemency

inclement

inclination

incline

inclined

inclose

include

including

inclusion

inclusive

incognito

incoherence

incoherent

incombustible

income

incoming

incomparable

incomparably

incompatibility

incompatible

incompetence

incompetent

incomplete

incomprehensible

inconceivable

inconclusive

incongruity

incongruous

inconsiderable

inconsiderate

inconsistency

inconsistent

inconsistently

inconsolable

inconspicuous

incontestable

incontinent

incontrovertible

inconvenience

inconvenient

incorporate

incorrect

incorrectness

incorrigible

incorruptibility

incorruptible

increase

increasingly

incredible

incredulity

incredulous

increment

incriminate

incumbent

incur

incurable

indebted

indecency

indecent

indecipherable

indecision

indecisive

indeed

indefensible

indefinable

indefinite

indefinitely

indelible

indelicacy

indelicate

indemnify

indemnity

indent

independence

independent

independently

indescribable

indestructible

indeterminate

index

indicate

indication

indicative

indicator

indictment

indifference

indifferent

indigestion

indignant

indignation

indignity

indirect

indirectly

indiscernible

indiscreet

indiscretion

indiscriminate

indispensable

indisposed

indisposition

indisputable

indissoluble

indistinct

indistinguishable

individual

individualism

individualist

individuality

individually

indoctrinate

indoctrination

indolent

indomitable

indubitable

induce

inducement

indulge

indulgence

indulgent

industrialist

industrious

industriously

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inebriated

ineffective

ineffectual

inefficiency

inefficient

ineligible

inept

ineptitude

inequality

inequitable

inert

inertia

inescapable

inestimable

inevitable

inevitably

inexcusable

inexhaustible

inexorable

inexorably

inexpensive

inexperience

inexperienced

inexpert

inexplicable

inexpressible

inexpressive

inextinguishable

inextricably

infallibility

infallible

infamous

infancy

infant

infantile

infatuate

infatuated

infatuation

infect

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inference

inferior

inferiority

infernal

infertile

infertility

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infiltrate

infinite

infinitesimal

infinity

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infirmity

inflame

inflamed

inflammable

inflammation

inflammatory

inflate

inflated

inflation

inflection

inflexibility

inflexible

inflict

infliction

influence

influential

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inform

informal

informality

information

informative

informed

informer

infrequent

infringe

infringement

infuriate

infuriating

ingenious

ingenuity

ingenuous

ingenuousness

inglorious

ingratiate

ingratiating

ingratitude

ingredient

inhabit

inhabitant

inhabited

inhale

inherent

inherit

inheritance

inhibit

inhibited

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inhospitable

inhuman

inhumane

inhumanity

inimical

inimitable

iniquitous

iniquity

initial

initially

initiate

initiation

initiative

inject

injection

injudicious

injunction

injure

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injury

injustice

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inland

inlet

inmost

innate

inner

innkeeper

innocence

innocent

innovation

innuendo

innumerable

inoffensive

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inopportune

inordinate

inorganic

inquest

inquire

inquiring

inquiry

inquisition

inquisitive

inroad

insane

insanitary

insanity

insatiable

inscribe

inscription

inscrutable

insecure

insecurity

insensibility

insensible

insensitive

inseparable

insert

insertion

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insidious

insight

insignia

insignificance

insignificant

insincere

insincerity

insinuate

insinuation

insipid

insipidity, insipidness

insist

insistence

insistent

insolence

insolent

insoluble

insolvency

insolvent

insomnia

inspect

inspection

inspector

inspiration

inspire

inspired

inspiring

instability

install, instal

installation

instalment

instance

instant

instantaneous

instantaneously

instantly

instead

instigate

instigation

instigator

instil, instill

instinct

instinctive

instinctively

institute

institute

institution

institutional

instruct

instruction

instructions

instructive

instructor

instrument

instrumental

insubordinate

insubordination

insufferable

insufficient

insular

insulate

insult

insulting

insuperable

insupportable

insurance

insure

insurgent

insurmountable

insurrection

intact

integral

integrate

integration

integrity

intellect

intellectual

intelligence

intelligent

intelligentsia

intelligibility

intelligible

intemperate

intend

intense

intensely

intensify

intensity

intensive

intent

intention

intentional

intentionally

intently

inter

intercede

intercept

intercession

interchange

interchangeable

intercourse

interest

interested

interesting

interfere

interference

interim

interior

interjection

interloper

interlude

intermediary

intermediate

interment

interminable

intermingle

intermission

intermittent

intern

internal

international

interpolate

interpolation

interpose

interpret

interpretation

interpreter

interrogate

interrogation

interrogative

interrupt

interrupted

interruption

intersect

intersection

interval

intervene

intervention

interview

interviewer

interwoven

intestinal

intestines

intimacy

intimate

intimate

intimately

intimation

intimidate

intimidation

intolerable

intolerance

intolerant

intone

intoxicate

intoxicated

intoxicating

intoxication

intransigent

intrepid

intricacy

intricate

intrigue

intriguing

intrinsic

introduce

introduction

introductory

introspective

introverted

intrude

intruder

intrusion

intrusive

intuition

intuitive

inundate

invade

invader

invalid

invalid

invalidate

invaluable

invariable

invariably

invasion

invective

invent

invention

inventive

inventor

inventory

inverse

inversion

invert

invest

investigate

investigation

investigator

investiture

investment

inveterate

invidious

invigorate

invincible

inviolable

inviolate

invisible

invitation

invite

inviting

invocation

invoke

involuntary

involve

involved

involvement

invulnerable

inward

inwardly

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irksome

iron

ironic, ironical

iron out

irons

irony

irrational

irrationality

irreconcilable

irrecoverable

irrefutable

irregular

irregularity

irrelevance, irrelevancy

irrelevant

irreparable

irreplaceable

irrepressible

irreproachable

irresistible

irresolute

irrespective of

irresponsible

irreverence

irreverent

irreversible

irrevocable

irrigate

irritability

irritable

irritate

irritated

irritating

irritation

isolate

isolated

isolation

issue

itch

itching

itchy

item

itemize

itinerant

itinerary

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J

jab

jacket

jackpot

jack up

jade

jaded

jagged

jail, gaol

jailer, gaoler

jam

jamboree

jangle

janitor

jar

jar

jargon

jaundiced

jaunt

jaunty

jaw

jaws

jazz up

jealous

jealousy

jeer

jeopardize

jeopardy

jeremiad

jerk

jerky

jerry-built

jest

jester

jet

jet

jettison

jetty

jewel

jewellery

Jezebel

jib

jig

jingle

jinx

jitters

jittery

job

jobless

jockey

jocular

jog

joie de vivre

join

joint

jointly

joke

joker

jolly

jolt

jostle

journal

journalist

journey

jovial

joy

joyful

joyless

joyous

jubilant

jubilation

jubilee

judge

judgment

judicial

judicious

jug

juggle

juice

juicy

jumble

jumbo

jump

jumper

jumpy

junction

juncture

junior

junk

jurisdiction

just

just about

justice

justifiable

justification

justify

justly

jut

juvenile

juxtaposition

K

keen

keenness

keep

keep at

keep back

keeper

keeping

keep on

keepsake

keep up

keg

kernel

key

keynote

kick

kickoff

kick off

kick out

kid

kidnap

kill

killer

killing

kill-joy

kin

kind

kind

kind-hearted

kindle

kindliness

kindly

kindness

kindred

king

kingdom

kink

kinky

kinship

kinsman

kiosk

kiss

kit

kitchen

knack

knave

knavery

knead

kneel

knell

knickers

knick-knack

knife

knit

knob

knock

knock about

knock down

knock off

knockout

knot

know

know-how

knowing

knowingly

knowledge

knowledgeable

known

knuckle under

L

label

labour

laboured

labourer

labyrinth

lace

lacerate

lachrymose

lack

lackadaisical

lackey

lacking

lacklustre

laconic

lad

laden

lady-killer

ladylike

lag

laggard

laid-back

laid up

lair

laissez faire

lame

lament

lamentable

lamentation

lampoon

land

landlord

landmark

landscape

landslide

language

languid

languish

languishing

lank

lanky

lap

lap

lapse

lapsed

large

largely

large-scale

largess, largesse

lark

lash

lash

lass

last

last

last-ditch

lasting

lastly

last word, the

latch

late

lately

lateness

later

lateral

latest

lather

lathery

latitude

latter

latterly

lattice

laudable

laudatory

laugh

laughable

laughing stock

laugh off

laughter

launch

laurels

lavatory

lavish

law

law-abiding

lawbreaker

lawful

lawless

lawsuit

lawyer

lax

lay

lay

layabout

lay aside

lay down

layer

lay in

lay into

layman

lay-off

lay off

lay on

layout

lay out

laziness

lazy

leach

lead

leader

leadership

leading

lead on

lead up to

leaf

leaflet

league

leak

leaky

lean

lean

leaning

leap

learn

learned

learner

learning

lease

leash

least

leathery

leave

leave

leaven

leave off

leave out

leavings

lecherous

lechery

lecture

ledge

leer

lees

leeway

left

left-handed

leftover

leg

legacy

legal

legality

legalize

legation

legend

legendary

legibility

legible

legion

legislate

legislation

legislative

legislator

legislature

legitimate

legitimatize, legitimize

leisure

leisurely

lend

length

lengthen

lengthy

leniency, lenience

lenient

lesbian

less

lessen

lessening

lesser

lesson

let

let

letdown

let down

lethal

lethargic

lethargy

let in

let off

let out

letter

letters

let-up

let up

level

level-headed

lever

leverage

levity

levy

lewd

lewdness

liability

liable

liaison

liar

libel

libellous

liberal

liberality

liberalize

liberate

liberation

liberator

libertine

liberty

libidinous

licence

license

licentious

licentiousness

lick

licking

lie

lie

life

lifeless

lifelike

lifelong

lifetime

lift

light

light

lighten

lighten

light-fingered

light-headed

light-hearted

lightless

lightly

lightweight

likable, likeable

like

like

likelihood

likely

liken

likeness

liking

limb

limelight

limit

limitation

limited

limitless

limp

limp

line

line

lineaments

lined

lines

line-up

line up

linger

lingering

link

lion

lip

liquid

liquidate

liquor

list

list

listen

listless

literacy

literal

literally

literary

literate

literature

lithe

litigant

litigate

litigation

litigious

litter

little

live

live

livelihood

liveliness

lively

liven

liverish

livery

live wire

livid

living

load

loaded

loaf

loan

loath, loth

loathing

loathsome

lobby

local

locality

localize

locate

location

lock

lock

lock out

lockup

lock up

lodge

lodger

lodging

lofty

log

loggerhead

logic

logical

loiter

loll

lone

loneliness

lonely

long

long

longing

long-lived

long-standing

long-suffering

long-winded

look

look after

look down on

look forward to

look into

lookout

look out

look over

look up

loom

loop

loophole

loose

loosen

loot

lopsided

lord

Lord, Our or The

lordly

lore

lose

loser

loss

lost

lot

lotion

lottery

loud

loudly

lounge

lour, lower

lout

lovable

love

love affair

lovely

lover

loving

low

lowdown

lower

lower

low-grade

low-key

lowly

low-spirited

loyal

loyalty

lubricate

lucid

luck

luckily

luckless

lucky

lucrative

lucre

ludicrous

luggage

lugubrious

lukewarm

lull

lullaby

lumber

lumber

lumbering

luminous

lump

lump

lunacy

lunatic

lunge

lure

lurid

lurk

luscious

lush

lust

lustre

lusty

luxurious

luxury

lying

lyric

lyrical

M

macabre

machine

machinery

mad

madden

made-up

madly

madman

madness

magazine

magic

magician

magisterial

magistrate

magnanimity

magnanimous

magnate

magnetic

magnetism

magnification

magnificence

magnificent

magnify

magnitude

maid

maiden

maidenly

mail

maim

main

mainly

mainstay

maintain

maintenance

majestic

majesty

major

majority

make

make away

make-believe

make believe

make do

make for

make off

make out

maker

Maker

makeshift

make-up

make up

makings

maladjusted

maladministration

malady

malcontent

male

malefactor

malevolence

malevolent

malformation

malfunction

malice

malicious

malign

malignant

malpractice

maltreat

mammoth

man

manacle

manage

manageable

management

manager

mandate

mandatory

manful

manfully

mangle

mangy

manhandle

manhood

mania

maniac

manifest

manifestation

manifold

manipulate

mankind

manliness

manly

man-made

manner

mannered

mannerism

mannerly

manners

manoeuvre

mansion

mantle

manual

manufacture

manufacturer

manure

many

mar

maraud

marauder

march

marches

margin

marginal

marijuana

marine

mariner

marital

maritime

mark

marked

markedly

market

marketable

marksman, -woman

maroon

marriage

married

marrow

marry

marsh

marshal

marshy

martial

martinet

martyrdom

marvel

marvellous

masculine

mask

mass

massacre

massage

massive

master

masterful

masterly

mastermind

masterpiece

mastery

match

matching

matchless

mate

material

materialize

materially

maternal

maternity

matrimonial

matrimony

matrix

matted

matter

matter-of-fact

mature

maturity

maudlin

maul

maunder

mawkish

maxim

maximum

maybe

mayhem

maze

meadow

meagre

mean

mean

mean

meander

meaning

meaningful

meaningless

meanness

means

meantime, meanwhile

measurable

measure

measurement

measure out

measure up (to)

meat

mechanical

mechanism

meddle

mediate

mediator

medicinal

medicine

medieval

mediocre

mediocrity

meditate

meditation

medium

medley

meek

meekness

meet

meeting

melancholy

mellow

melodious

melodramatic

melody

melt

member

membership

memoir

memoirs

memorable

memorial

memorize

memory

menace

menacing

mend

mendacious

menial

menstruation

mental

mentality

mentally

mention

mentor

menu

mercantile

mercenary

merchandise

merchant

merciful

merciless

mercy

mere

merge

merger

merit

meritorious

merriment

merry

mesh

mesmerize

mess

mess about

message

messenger

messy

metaphor

metaphorical

metaphysical

mete

meteoric

method

methodical

meticulous

métier

metropolis

microbe

microscopic

midday

middle

middleman

middling

midget

midnight

midst

midway

might

mighty

migrant

migrate

migration

migratory

mild

mildness

milieu

militant

military

militia

milk

milk-and-water

mill

millstone

mime

mimic

mince

mincing

mind

mindful

mindless

mind out

mine

miner

mingle

miniature

minimal

minimize

minimum

minion

minister

ministry

minor

minstrel

mint

minute

minute

minutely

minutes

minutiae

minx

miracle

miraculous

mirage

mire

mirror

mirth

mirthful

misadventure

misanthrope

misapprehend

misapprehension

misappropriate

misbehave

misbehaviour

misbelief

miscalculate

miscarriage

miscarry

miscellaneous

miscellany

mischance

mischief

mischievous

misconception

misconduct

misdemeanour

miser

miserable

miserly

misery

misfire

misfit

misfortune

misgiving

misguided

mishandle

mishap

misinform

misinterpret

misjudge

mislay

mislead

misleading

mismanage

misplace

misprint

misquote

misrepresent

misrule

miss

miss

misshapen

missile

missing

mission

missionary

missive

misspent

mist

mistake

mistaken

mistakenly

mistimed

mistreat

mistress

mistrust

mistrustful

misty

misunderstand

misunderstanding

misunderstood

misuse

mitigate

mitigation

mix

mixed

mixed-up

mixture

mix-up

mix up

moan

mob

mobile

mobilize

mock

mockery

mocking

model

moderate

moderately

moderation

modern

modernize

modest

modesty

modification

modify

mogul

moist

moisten

moisture

molecule

molest

moment

momentarily

momentary

momentous

momentum

monarch

monarchy

monastery

monastic

monetary

money

moneymaking

mongrel

monitor

monk

monkey

monkey business

monolithic

monologue

monopolize

monotonous

monotony

monster

monstrosity

monstrous

month

monument

monumental

mood

moody

moon

moor

moor

moot

mop

mop up

moral

morale

morality

morals

moratorium

morbid

more

moreover

morgue

moribund

morning

moron

morose

morsel

mortal

mortality

mortification

mortified

mortify

mortuary

mostly

moth-eaten

mother

motherly

mother wit

motion

motionless

motivate

motivation

motive

motley

mottled

motto

mould

mould

mouldy

mound

mount

mountain

mountainous

mourn

mournful

mourning

mouth

mouthful

mouthpiece

movable

move

movement

moving

mow

mow down

much

muck

muck up

mud

muddle

muddled

muddy

muffle

muffled

mug

mug

muggy

mug up

mull

multifarious

multiple

multiply

multitude

munch

mundane

municipal

municipality

munificence

munificent

murder

murderer

murderous

murky

murmur

muscle

muscular

muse

mushroom

musical

musing

must

muster

musty

mutability

mutable

mute

mutilate

mutinous

mutiny

mutter

mutual

muzzle

myopic

myriad

mysterious

mystery

mystic, mystical

mystify

myth

mythical

mythology

N

nadir

nag

nag

nagging

nail

naive

naiveté

naked

nakedness

namby-pamby

name

named

nameless

namely

nap

nap

narcissism

narcotic

narrate

narration

narrative

narrator

narrow

narrowly

narrow-minded

narrows

nastiness

nasty

nation

national

nationalism

nationality

nationwide

native

natter

natty

natural

naturalism

naturalist

naturalize

naturally

nature

naturist

naughty

nausea

nauseate

nautical

naval

navel

navigable

navigate

navigation

navigator

navvy

navy

near

nearby

nearly

nearness

near-sighted

near thing

neat

neatly

neatness

nebulous

necessarily

necessary

necessitate

necessities

necessity

need

needed

needful

needle

needless

needlework

needy

nefarious

negate

negation

negative

negativeness, negativity

neglect

neglected

negligence

negligent

negligible

negotiable

negotiate

negotiation

neighbourhood

neighbouring

nerve

nerve-racking

nerves

nervous

nervous breakdown

nervousness

nest

nest egg

nestle

nestling

net

net, nett

nether

nether world

nettle

nettled

network

neurosis

neurotic

neuter

neutral

neutrality

neutralize

never-ending

nevertheless

new

newcomer

newfangled

newly

news

next

next world

nibble

nice

nicely

niceness

nicety

niche

nick

nickname

niggard

niggardliness

niggardly

niggle

niggling

night

night and day

nightfall

nightly

nightmare

nil

nimble

nimbly

nimbus

nincompoop

nip

nip

nipper

nipple

nippy

nit-picking

nitty-gritty

nitwit

nob

nobble

nobility

noble

nobody

nocturnal

nod

no go

noise

noiseless

noisy

nomad

nomadic

nom de plume

nomenclature

nominal

nominate

nomination

nominee

nonaligned

nonchalance

nonchalant

noncombatant

noncommittal

non compos mentis

nonconformist

nondescript

none

nonentity

nonessential

nonetheless

nonexistent

nonsense

nonstop

nook

noon

norm

normal

normality

normally

north

nose

nose dive

nosegay

nostalgia

nostalgic

nostrum

nosy, nosey

notability

notable

notably

notation

notch

notch up

note

notebook

noted

notes

noteworthy

nothing

nothingness

notice

noticeable

notification

notify

notion

notional

notoriety

notorious

notoriously

notwithstanding

nought

nourish

nourishing

nourishment

nouveau riche

novel

novelty

novice

now

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productivity

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profanity

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pygmy, pigmy

Q

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quaint

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qualification

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R

rabble

rabid

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radiance

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rally

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random

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ransom

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rapacious

rapacity

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rashness

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reason

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reconsider

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rectitude

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remission

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remittance

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remove

remuneration

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renaissance, renascence

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research

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righteousness

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rigorous

rigour

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sexual

sexual intercourse

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sobriety

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socialize

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solecism

solely

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solemnity

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solid

solidarity

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solitude

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somebody

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spare time

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spark

sparkle

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speak

speaker

speak for

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speak out

speak to

spearhead

special

specialist

speciality

species

specific

specification

specify

specimen

specious

speck

speckled

spectacle

spectacular

spectator

speculate

speculation

speculative

speech

speechless

speed

speed up

speedy

spell

spell

spell

spellbound

spelling

spell out

spend

spendthrift

spent

sphere

spherical

spice

spike

spill

spin

spine

spine-chilling

spineless

spin out

spiral

spirit

spirited

spiritual

spit

spite

spiteful

splash

splash out

spleen

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splendour

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splinter

split

split up

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spontaneous

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spotlight

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spouse

spout

sprawl

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spry

spur

spurious

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spurt

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squabble

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squalid

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squander

square

squash

squawk

squeak

squeal

squeamish

squeeze

squire

squirm

stab

stability

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stagger

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stagnate

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stain

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stalk

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stamina

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stamp

stampede

stamp out

stance

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standard

standardize

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stand for

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stark

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start

startle

startling

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state

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statement

static

station

stationary

status

stay

steadfast

steady

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stealing

stealth

stealthy

steep

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stem

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sterile

sterilize

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stifle

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stimulate

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stimulus

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stint

stipulate

stipulation

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stock

stocky

stodgy

stoical

stoicism

stolid

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stony

stoop

stop

stopgap

stoppage

store

storm

stormy

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straggle

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straightaway

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straighten out

straightforward

strain

strain

strained

strait-laced

straits

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strange

stranger

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stratagem

strategic

strategy

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streak

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streamlined

street

strength

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strenuous

stress

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strife

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stringent

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strip

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stroke

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strong

stronghold

strong-minded

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strut

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student

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studio

studious

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stuff

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stumble

stump

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stupefaction

stupefy

stupendous

stupid

stupidity

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stylish

subconscious

subdue

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subject

subjective

sublime

submerge

submerged

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submissive

submit

subordinate

subordination

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subscription

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subsidence

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subsidize

subsidy

subsist

subsistence

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subtlety

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succeed

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sum up

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sunny

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supercilious

superficial

superficiality

superficially

superfluous

superhuman

superintend

superintendence

superintendent

superior

superiority

superlative

supernatural

supervise

supervision

supervisor

supervisory

supplant

supple

supplement

supplementary

suppliant

supplication

supply

support

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supposedly

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suppress

suppression

supremacy

supreme

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surrounding

surroundings

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survive

susceptibility

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suspend

suspense

suspension

suspicion

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sustain

sustained

sustenance

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swamp

swampy

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swarm

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swashbuckling

swastika

swathe

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swear

swearing

sweat

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sweep

sweeping

sweet

sweeten

sweetheart

swell

swelling

swerve

swift

swiftly

swiftness

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swindle

swindler

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swirl

switch

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swoop

sword

syllabus

symbol

symbolic, symbolical

symbolize

symmetrical

symmetry

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sympathetically

sympathize

sympathizer

sympathy

symptom

symptomatic

synthesis

synthetic

system

systematic

T

table

tableau

taboo

tabulate

tacit

taciturn

tack

tackle

tact

tactful

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tactical

tactician

tactless

tail

tail off

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taint

take

take back

take down

take in

takeoff

take off

take on

take over

take to

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taking

tale

talent

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talkative

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tantamount

tantrum

tap

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tape

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target

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task

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taunt

taut

tavern

tawdry

tax

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teach

teacher

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tearful

tears

tease

technique

tedious

tedium

teem

teeming

teenager

teetotaller

telegram

telegraph

telepathy

telephone

telescope

television

tell

telling

temper

temperament

temperamental

temperance

temperate

tempest

tempestuous

temple

temporarily

temporary

tempt

temptation

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tenable

tenacious

tenacity

tenancy

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tend

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tendency

tender

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tenderness

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term

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termination

terminology

terminus

terms

terrible

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terrify

territory

terror

terrorize

terse

test

testament

testify

testimonial

testimony

text

texture

thank

thankful

thankless

thanks

thaw

theatrical

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theme

theological

theorem

theoretical

theory

therapeutic

therapy

therefore

thesis

thick

thicken

thickset

thick-skinned

thief

thieve

thin

thing

think

thinker

thinking

think over

think up

thin-skinned

third-rate

thirst

thirsty

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thorny

thorough

thoroughbred

thoroughfare

thoroughly

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thought

thoughtful

thoughtless

thrash

thrashing

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threat

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threshold

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thrifty

thrill

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thrive

thriving

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throng

throttle

through

throughout

throw

throw away

throw off

throw out

thrust

thud

thug

thumb

thump

thumping

thunder

thunderous

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thus

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tick

tick

ticket

tickle

ticklish

tick off

tide

tide over

tidings

tidy

tie

tier

tie up

tight

tighten

till

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tilt

timber

time

timeless

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timid

timorous

tinge

tingle

tinker

tint

tiny

tip

tip

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tipple

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tissue

titbit

title

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together

toil

toilet

token

tolerable

tolerance

tolerant

tolerate

toleration

toll

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tomb

tombstone

tome

tomfoolery

tone

tone down

tongue

tongue-tied

tonic

too

tool

top

topic

topical

topmost

topple

topsy-turvy

torment

torn

tornado

torpor

torrent

tortuous

torture

toss

tot

tot

total

totalitarian

totally

totter

touch

touchiness

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touchstone

touch up

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tournament

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towards

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trace

track

track down

tracks

tract

tract

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traction

trade

trader

tradesman

tradition

traditional

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tragedy

tragic

trail

train

trainer

training

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traitor

trajectory

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trample

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tranquil

tranquillity

tranquillize

tranquillizer

transact

transaction

transcend

transcendent

transcribe

transcript

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transfix

transform

transformation

transgress

transgression

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transient

transit

transition

transitional

transitory

translate

translation

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transmission

transmit

transparency

transparent

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transplant

transport

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transverse

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trapped

trappings

trash

trashy

traumatic

travel

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traverse

travesty

treacherous

treachery

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treason

treasonable

treasure

treasury

treat

treatise

treatment

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tremor

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trenchant

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trial

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tribulation

tribunal

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trivial

triviality

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troupe

trouper

truancy

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truculent

trudge

true

truism

truly

trumped-up

trumpery

trumpet

trump up

truncate

truncheon

trunk

truss

trust

trustful, trusting

trustworthy

trusty

truth

truthful

try

trying

try out

tsar, czar

tuck

tuck in

tug

tuition

tumble

tumble-down

tumour

tumult

tumultuous

tune

tuneful

tuneless

tunnel

turbulence

turbulent

turf

turmoil

turn

turn down

turn in

turning

turning point

turn off

turn on

turn out

turnover

turn up

tussle

tutor

tutorial

tweak

twig

twilight

twin

twine

twinge

twinkling

twirl

twist

twister

twit

twitch

two-edged

two-faced

tycoon

type

typhoon

typical

typify

tyrannical

tyranny

tyrant

tyro

U

ubiquitous

ugly

ulcer

ulterior

ultimate

ultimately

umbrage

umbrella

umpire

unabashed

unable

unabridged

unacceptable

unaccompanied

unaccountable

unaccustomed

unaffected

unaffected

unafraid

unalterable

unanimity

unanimous

unanimously

unanswerable

unanswered

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unapproachable

unarmed

unasked

unassailable

unassertive

unassuming

unattached

unattended

unauthorized

unavailing

unavoidable

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unawares

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unbearable

unbeatable

unbeaten

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unbelievable

unbeliever

unbending

unbiased

unbidden

unbind

unblemished

unborn

unbounded

unbreakable

unbridled

unbroken

unburden

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uncanny

unceasing

uncertain

uncertainty

unchangeable

unchanging

uncharitable

uncharted

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uncivilized

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uncommitted

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uncommonly

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unconcern

unconcerned

unconditional

uncongenial

unconnected

unconquerable

unconscionable

unconscious

uncontrollable

uncontrolled

unconventional

unconvincing

uncoordinated

uncounted

uncouth

uncover

uncritical

undeceive

undecided

undecipherable

undefended

undefiled

undefined

undemonstrative

undeniable

under

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undercover

undercurrent

undercut

underdog

underestimate

undergo

underground

undergrowth

underhand

underline

underling

underlying

undermine

underprivileged

underrate

undersized

understand

understanding

understood

understudy

undertake

undertaker

undertaking

undertone

undervalue

underwater

under way

underwear

underweight

underworld

underwrite

undesirable

undeveloped

undignified

undisciplined

undisguised

undisputed

undistinguished

undisturbed

undivided

undo

undoing

undone

undoubted

undoubtedly

undreamed of

undress

undue

unduly

undying

unearth

unearthly

uneasiness

uneasy

uneconomic

uneducated

unemotional

unemployed

unending

unendurable

unenthusiastic

unenviable

unequal

unequalled

unequivocal

unethical

uneven

uneventful

unexceptional

unexpected

unfailing

unfair

unfaithful

unfamiliar

unfashionable

unfasten

unfathomable

unfavourable

unfeeling

unfinished

unfit

unflappable

unflattering

unflinching

unfold

unforeseen

unforgettable

unforgivable

unfortunate

unfounded

unfrequented

unfriendly

unfruitful

ungainly

ungodly

ungovernable

ungracious

ungrateful

unguarded

unhappy

unharmed

unhealthy

unheard-of

unhesitating

unhinge

unholy

unhoped-for

unhurried

unidentified

unification

uniform

uniformity

unify

unimaginable

unimaginative

unimpassioned

unimpeachable

unimportant

uninhabited

uninhibited

uninspired

unintelligent

unintelligible

unintentional

uninterested

uninteresting

uninterrupted

uninvited

uninviting

union

unique

unison

unit

unite

united

unity

universal

universality

universally

universe

unjust

unjustifiable

unkind

unknown

unlamented

unlawful

unlettered

unlike

unlikely

unlimited

unload

unlock

unlooked-for

unloved

unlucky

unmanageable

unmannerly

unmarried

unmask

unmatched

unmentionable

unmerciful

unmindful

unmistakable

unmitigated

unmoved

unnatural

unnecessary

unnerve

unnoticed

unobtrusive

unoccupied

unofficial

unorthodox

unpaid

unpalatable

unparalleled

unpardonable

unperturbed

unpleasant

unpopular

unprecedented

unpredictable

unprejudiced

unpremeditated

unprepared

unpretentious

unprincipled

unproductive

unprofessional

unpromising

unprotected

unqualified

unquestionable

unravel

unreadable

unreal

unrealistic

unreasonable

unrefined

unregenerate

unrelated

unreliable

unrepentant

unreserved

unresolved

unrest

unrestrained

unrestricted

unrivalled

unruly

unsafe

unsaid

unsatisfactory

unsavoury

unscrupulous

unseat

unseemly

unseen

unselfish

unsettle

unsettled

unshakable

unshaken

unsheltered

unsightly

unskilled

unsociable

unsolicited

unsophisticated

unsound

unspeakable

unspoiled, unspoilt

unspoken

unstable

unsteady

unsubstantial

unsubstantiated

unsuccessful

unsuitable

unsure

unsurpassed

unsuspecting

unswerving

unsympathetic

untamed

untangle

untenable

unthinkable

unthinking

untidy

untie

untimely

untiring

untold

untouched

untoward

untrained

untroubled

untrue

untrustworthy

untruth

untruthful

unusual

unutterable

unvarnished

unveil

unwanted

unwarranted

unwary

unwavering

unwelcome

unwell

unwholesome

unwieldy

unwilling

unwind

unwise

unwitting

unworldly

unworthy

unwritten

unyielding

upbringing

upgrade

upheaval

uphill

uphold

upkeep

uplift

upper

upper-class

upper hand

uppermost

uppish

upright

uprising

uproar

uproarious

upset

upshot

upside down

upstanding

upstart

up-to-date

urban

urbane

urbanity

urchin

urge

urgency

urgent

urinate

usable

usage

use

used

used to

useful

useless

use up

usher

usual

usually

utility

utilize

utmost

utter

utter

utterly

V

vacancy

vacant

vacuum

vagabond

vagrant

vague

vaguely

vagueness

vain

valedictory

valiant

valid

validity

valley

valuable

value

valued

valueless

vanguard

vanish

vanity

vanquish

vapour

variable

variance

variant

variation

varied

variety

various

varnish

vary

varying

vast

vault

vault

vaunt

veer

vegetate

vehemence

vehement

vehicle

veil

veiled

vein

venal

vendetta

veneer

venerable

venerate

veneration

vengeance

venial

venom

venomous

vent

ventilate

venture

verbal

verbally

verbatim

verbose

verbosity

verdict

verge

verification

verify

vernacular

versatile

versed

version

vertical

vertigo

verve

very

vessel

vest

vestibule

vestige

vet

veteran

veto

vex

vexation

vexatious

vexed

viable

vibrant

vibrate

vibration

vice

vicinity

vicious

viciousness

victim

victimize

victor

victorious

victory

victuals

view

viewer

viewpoint

vigilant

vigorous

vigorously

vigour

vile

vilify

villain

villainous

villainy

vindicate

vindication

vindictive

vintage

violate

violation

violence

violent

virgin

virile

virility

virtual

virtually

virtue

virtuosity

virtuoso

virtuous

virulent

visible

vision

visionary

visit

visitation

visitor

visual

visualize

vital

vitality

vitriolic

vituperation

vivacious

vivacity

vivid

vixen

vocabulary

vocal

vocation

vociferous

vogue

voice

void

volatile

volition

volley

volubility

voluble

volume

voluminous

voluntarily

voluntary

volunteer

voluptuous

voluptuousness

vomit

voracious

vote

vouch

vouchsafe

vow

voyage

vulgar

vulgarity

vulnerable

W

wad

wadding

waddle

wade

waffle

waft

wag

wage

wager

waggle

waif

wail

wait

waiter, waitress

wait on

waive

waiver

wake

wake

wakeful

waken

walk

walker

walkout

walk out

walkover

wall

wallet

wallow

wan

wand

wander

wanderer

wandering

wane

want

wanting

wanton

war

war cry

ward

warden

warder, wardress

ward off

wardrobe

warehouse

wares

warfare

warily

wariness

warlike

warm

warm-blooded

warm-hearted

warmonger

warmth

warn

warning

warrant

warrantable

warrior

wary

wash

washed out

washout

waspish

waste

wasteful

wastrel

watch

watchdog

watcher

watchful

watchman

watch out

watch over

water

water down

waterfall

watertight

watery

wave

waver

wax

way

wayfarer

wayward

weak

weaken

weakling

weakness

wealth

wealthy

wear

wear down

weariness

wearing

wearisome

wear off

wear out

weary

weather

weave

web

wed

wedding

wedge

wedlock

weed out

weekly

weep

weigh

weigh down

weight

weighty

weird

welcome

welfare

well

well

well-balanced

well-bred

well-fed

well-groomed

well-known

well-nigh

well-off

well-to-do

wet

wharf

wheedle

wheel

wheeze

whereabouts

wherewithal

whet

whiff

whim

whimper

whimsical

whine

whip

whipping

whirl

whirlwind

whisk

whisky

whisper

white

white-collar

whiten

whitewash

whole

wholehearted

wholesale

wholesome

wholly

whore

wicked

wide

wide-awake

wide-eyed

widen

wide-open

widespread

width

wield

wife

wild

wilderness

wildlife

wile

wilful

will

willing

willingly

willingness

willpower

wilt

wily

win

wince

wind

wind

winded

windfall

winding

wind up

windy

wing

wink

winkle out

winner

winning

winnings

winnow

wintry

wipe

wipe out

wiry

wisdom

wise

wisecrack

wish

wistful

wit

witch

witchcraft

withdraw

withdrawal

withdrawn

wither

withering

withhold

withstand

witness

wits

witticism

witty

wizard

wizened

wobble

woe

woeful

wolf

woman

womanizer

womanly

wonder

wonderful

woo

wood

wooded

wooden

wool

woolly

word

wordplay

words

wordy

work

workable

workaday

worker

working

workman

workmanlike, workmanly

workmanship

work out

works

workshop

work up

world

worldly

worldwide

worn

worn-out

worried

worry

worsen

worship

worst

worth

worthless

worthwhile

worthy

wound

wrangle

wrap

wrapper

wrap up

wrath

wrathful

wreath

wreathe

wreck

wreckage

wrench

wrestle

wretch

wretched

wriggle

wring

wrinkle

wrinkle

writ

write

write off

writer

writhe

writing

wrong

wrongdoer

wrongful

wry

X

X-rays

Y

yank

yardstick

yarn

yawning

yearly

yearn

yell

yet

yield

yielding

yoke

yokel

young

youngster

youth

youthful

Z

zeal

zealot

zealous

zenith

zero

zero hour

zest

zone


abandon

See Also

•   v.    desert, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind [image]  evacuate, quit, vacate, withdraw from [image]  abdicate, cede, give up, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield [image]  desist, discontinue, drop, forgo, kick (Inf.)

•   n.    careless freedom, dash, recklessness, unrestraint, wantonness, wild impulse, wildness


abandoned

See Also

   cast aside, cast away, cast out, derelict, deserted, discarded, dropped, forlorn, forsaken, jilted, left, neglected, outcast, rejected, relinquished, unoccupied, vacant [image]  corrupt, debauched, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, sinful, wanton, wicked [image]  uncontrolled, uninhibited, unrestrained, wild


abandonment

See Also

   dereliction, desertion, forsaking, jilting, leaving [image]  evacuation, quitting, withdrawal from [image]  abdication, cession, giving up, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, surrender, waiver [image]  desistance, discontinuation, dropping


abbey

cloister, convent, friary, monastery, nunnery, priory


abbreviate

See Also

abridge, abstract, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, digest, epitomize, précis, reduce, shorten, summarize, trim, truncate


abbreviation

abridgment, abstract, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, précis, reduction, résumé, shortening, summary, synopsis, trimming, truncation


abdicate

See Also

abandon, abjure, abnegate, cede, forgo, give up, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, step down (Inf.), surrender, vacate, waive, yield


abdication

See Also

abandonment, abjuration, abnegation, cession, giving up, quitting, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, retiral (esp. Scot.), retirement, surrender, waiver, yielding


abdominal

gastric, intestinal, stomachic, stomachical, visceral


abduct

See Also

carry off, kidnap, make off with, run away with, run off with, seize, snatch (Sl.)


abet

See Also

   aid, assist, back, condone, connive at, help, promote, sanction, second, succour, support, sustain, uphold [image]  egg on, encourage, incite, prompt, spur, urge


abeyance

See Also

   adjournment, deferral, discontinuation, inactivity, intermission, postponement, recess, reservation, suspense, suspension, waiting [image]  in abeyance hanging fire, on ice (Inf.), pending, shelved, suspended


abhor

See Also

abominate, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, recoil from, regard with repugnance or horror, shrink from, shudder at


abhorrent

See Also

abominable, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, hated, hateful, heinous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


abide

See Also

   accept, bear, brook, endure, put up with, stand, stomach, submit to, suffer, tolerate [image]  dwell, linger, live, lodge, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, wait [image]  continue, endure, last, persist, remain, survive


abide by

See Also

   acknowledge, agree to, comply with, conform to, follow, obey, observe, submit to [image]  adhere to, carry out, discharge, fulfil, hold to, keep to, persist in, stand by


abiding

See Also

constant, continuing, durable, enduring, eternal, everlasting, fast, firm, immortal, immutable, indissoluble, lasting, permanent, persistent, persisting, steadfast, surviving, tenacious, unchanging, unending


ability

See Also

adeptness, aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency, craft, dexterity, endowment, energy, expertise, expertness, facility, faculty, flair, force, gift, knack, know-how (Inf.), potentiality, power, proficiency, qualification, skill, talent


abject

See Also

   base, contemptible, cringing, debased, degraded, despicable, dishonourable, fawning, grovelling, humiliating, ignoble, ignominious, low, mean, servile, slavish, sordid, submissive, vile, worthless [image]  deplorable, forlorn, hopeless, miserable, outcast, pitiable, wretched


abjectness

   abjection, baseness, contemptibleness, debasement, degradation, dishonour, humbleness, humiliation, ignominy, lowness, meanness, servility, slavishness, sordidness, submissiveness, vileness, worthlessness [image]  destitution, forlornness, hopelessness, misery, pitiableness, pitifulness, squalor, wretchedness


ablaze

See Also

   afire, aflame, alight, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, ignited, lighted, on fire [image]  aglow, brilliant, flashing, gleaming, glowing, illuminated, incandescent, luminous, radiant, sparkling [image]  angry, aroused, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, incensed, passionate, raging, stimulated


able

See Also

accomplished, adept, adequate, adroit, capable, clever, competent, effective, efficient, experienced, expert, fit, fitted, gifted, highly endowed, masterful, masterly, powerful, practised, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled, strong, talented


able-bodied

See Also

firm, fit, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, powerful, robust, sound, staunch, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous


abnormal

See Also

aberrant, anomalous, atypical, curious, deviant, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, monstrous, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, peculiar, queer, singular, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, untypical, unusual, wacko (Sl.), weird


abnormality

See Also

aberration, anomaly, atypicalness, bizarreness, deformity, deviation, eccentricity, exception, extraordinariness, flaw, irregularity, monstrosity, oddity, peculiarity, queerness, singularity, strangeness, uncommonness, unexpectedness, unnaturalness, untypicalness, unusualness, weirdness


abolish

See Also

abrogate, annihilate, annul, axe (Inf.), blot out, cancel, destroy, do away with, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, put an end to, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, stamp out, subvert, suppress, terminate, vitiate, void, wipe out


abolition

abrogation, annihilation, annulment, blotting out, cancellation, destruction, elimination, end, ending, eradication, expunction, extermination, extinction, extirpation, invalidation, nullification, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescission, revocation, stamping out, subversion, suppression, termination, vitiation, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal


abominable

See Also

abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, base, contemptible, despicable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, foul, godawful (Sl.), hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nauseous, obnoxious, obscene, odious, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, terrible, vile, villainous, wretched, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


abominate

See Also

abhor, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, recoil from, regard with repugnance, shudder at


abomination

See Also

   abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, distaste, execration, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, odium, repugnance, revulsion [image]  anathema, bête noire, bugbear, curse, disgrace, evil, horror, plague, shame, torment


aboriginal

See Also

ancient, autochthonous, earliest, first, indigenous, native, original, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine


abound

See Also

be jammed with, be packed with, be plentiful, crowd, flourish, increase, infest, luxuriate, overflow, proliferate, superabound, swarm, swell, teem, thrive


abounding

See Also

abundant, bountiful, copious, filled, flourishing, flowing, flush, full, lavish, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, prolific, rank, replete, rich, superabundant, teeming


about

See Also

•   prep.    anent (Scot.), as regards, concerned with, concerning, connected with, dealing with, on, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, touching, with respect to [image]  adjacent, beside, circa (used with dates), close to, near, nearby [image]  around, encircling, on all sides, round, surrounding [image]  all over, over, through, throughout

•   adv.    almost, approaching, approximately, around, close to, more or less, nearing, nearly, roughly [image]  from place to place, here and there, hither and thither, to and fro

•   adj.    active, around, astir, in motion, present, stirring


about to

intending to, on the point of, on the verge or brink of, ready to


above

See Also

•   prep.    atop, beyond, exceeding, higher than, on top of, over, upon

•   adv.    aloft, atop, in heaven, on high, overhead

•   adj.    aforementioned, aforesaid, earlier, foregoing, preceding, previous, prior [image]  before, beyond, exceeding, prior to, superior to, surpassing


aboveboard

•   adv.    candidly, forthrightly, frankly, honestly, honourably, openly, overtly, straightforwardly, truly, truthfully, uprightly, veraciously, without guile

•   adj.    candid, fair and square, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, honourable, kosher (Inf.), legitimate, on the up and up, open, overt, square, straight, straightforward, true, trustworthy, truthful, upfront (Inf.), upright, veracious


abrasion

See Also

    Medical chafe, graze, scrape, scratch, scuff, surface injury [image]  abrading, chafing, erosion, friction, grating, rubbing, scouring, scraping, scratching, scuffing, wearing away, wearing down


abrasive

See Also

•   adj.    chafing, erosive, frictional, grating, rough, scraping, scratching, scratchy, scuffing [image]  annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, grating, hurtful, irritating, nasty, rough, sharp, unpleasant, vitriolic

•   n.    abradant, burnisher, grinder, scarifier, scourer


abreast

   alongside, beside, level, shoulder to shoulder, side by side [image]  acquainted, au courant, au fait, conversant, familiar, informed, in touch, knowledgeable, up to date


abridge

See Also

abbreviate, abstract, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decrease, digest, diminish, epitomize, lessen, précis, reduce, shorten, summarize, synopsize (U.S.), trim


abridgment

See Also

abbreviation, abstract, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, decrease, digest, diminishing, diminution, epitome, lessening, limitation, outline, précis, reduction, restraint, restriction, résumé, shortening, summary, synopsis


abroad

See Also

   beyond the sea, in foreign lands, out of the country, overseas [image]  about, at large, away, circulating, current, elsewhere, extensively, far, far and wide, forth, in circulation, out, out-of-doors, outside, publicly, widely, without


abrupt

See Also

   blunt, brisk, brusque, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impatient, impolite, rough, rude, short, snappish, snappy, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious [image]  precipitous, sharp, sheer, steep, sudden [image]  hasty, headlong, hurried, precipitate, quick, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen [image]  broken, disconnected, discontinuous, irregular, jerky, uneven


abscond

See Also

bolt, clear out, decamp, disappear, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, flit (Inf.), fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), make off, run off, skedaddle (Inf.), slip away, sneak away, steal away, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


absence

See Also

   absenteeism, nonappearance, nonattendance, truancy [image]  default, defect, deficiency, lack, need, nonexistence, omission, privation, unavailability, want [image]  absent-mindedness, abstraction, distraction, inattention, preoccupation, reverie


absent

See Also

•   adj.    away, elsewhere, gone, lacking, missing, nonattendant, nonexistent, not present, out, truant, unavailable, wanting [image]  absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, bemused, blank, daydreaming, distracted, dreamy, empty, faraway, heedless, inattentive, musing, oblivious, preoccupied, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unthinking, vacant, vague

•   v.    absent oneself abscond, depart, keep away, play truant, remove, slope off (Inf.), stay away, truant, withdraw


absently

absent-mindedly, abstractedly, bemusedly, blankly, distractedly, dreamily, emptily, heedlessly, inattentively, obliviously, on automatic pilot, unconsciously, unheedingly, vacantly, vaguely


absent-minded

See Also

absent, absorbed, abstracted, bemused, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, heedless, in a brown study, inattentive, musing, oblivious, preoccupied, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unthinking


absolute

See Also

   arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, entire, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, thorough, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, utter [image]  actual, categorical, certain, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, exact, genuine, infallible, positive, precise, sure, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable [image]  absolutist, arbitrary, autarchical, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, peremptory, sovereign, supreme, tyrannical, unbounded, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unquestionable, unrestrained, unrestricted


absolutely

See Also

   completely, consummately, entirely, fully, perfectly, purely, thoroughly, totally, unmitigatedly, utterly, wholly [image]  actually, categorically, certainly, conclusively, decidedly, decisively, definitely, exactly, genuinely, infallibly, positively, precisely, surely, truly, unambiguously, unequivocally, unquestionably [image]  arbitrarily, autocratically, autonomously, despotically, dictatorially, fully, peremptorily, sovereignly, supremely, tyrannically, unconditionally, unquestionably, unrestrainedly, without qualification


absoluteness

See Also

   consummateness, entirety, perfection, purity, thoroughness, totality, unmitigatedness, wholeness [image]  assuredness, certainty, certitude, conclusiveness, correctness, decidedness, decisiveness, definiteness, exactitude, genuineness, infallibility, positiveness, precision, sureness, surety, truth, unambiguousness, unequivocalness [image]  arbitrariness, autonomy, despotism, dictatorialness, fullness, peremptoriness, supremacy, tyranny, unboundedness, unquestionability, unrestrainedness, unrestrictedness


absolution

See Also

acquittal, amnesty, deliverance, discharge, dispensation, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, forgiveness, freeing, indulgence, liberation, mercy, pardon, release, remission, setting free, shriving, vindication


absolutism

See Also

absoluteness, arbitrariness, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, tyranny


absolutist

See Also

arbiter, authoritarian, autocrat, despot, dictator, totalitarian, tyrant


absolve

See Also

acquit, clear, deliver, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, let off, liberate, loose, pardon, release, remit, set free, shrive, vindicate


absorb

See Also

   assimilate, consume, devour, digest, drink in, exhaust, imbibe, incorporate, ingest, osmose, receive, soak up, suck up, take in [image]  captivate, engage, engross, enwrap, fascinate, fill, fill up, fix, hold, immerse, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, rivet


absorbed

See Also

   captivated, concentrating, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, held, immersed, involved, lost, occupied, preoccupied, rapt, riveted, wrapped up [image]  assimilated, consumed, devoured, digested, exhausted, imbibed, incorporated, received


absorbing

See Also

arresting, captivating, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, interesting, intriguing, preoccupying, riveting, spellbinding


abstain

See Also

avoid, cease, decline, deny (oneself), desist, forbear, forgo, give up, keep from, kick (Inf.), refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, stop, withhold


abstemious

See Also

abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, self-denying, sober, sparing, temperate


abstention

See Also

abstaining, abstinence, avoidance, desistance, eschewal, forbearance, nonindulgence, refraining, refusal, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint


abstinence

See Also

abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, continence, forbearance, moderation, refraining, self-denial, self-restraint, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance


abstinent

See Also

abstaining, abstemious, continent, forbearing, moderate, self-controlled, self-denying, self-restraining, sober, temperate


abstract

See Also

•   adj.    abstruse, arcane, complex, conceptual, deep, general, generalized, hypothetical, indefinite, intellectual, nonconcrete, notional, occult, philosophical, profound, recondite, separate, subtle, theoretic, theoretical, unpractical, unrealistic

•   n.    abridgment, compendium, condensation, digest, epitome, essence, outline, précis, recapitulation, résumé, summary, synopsis

•   v.    abbreviate, abridge, condense, digest, epitomize, outline, précis, shorten, summarize, synopsize (U.S.) [image]  detach, dissociate, extract, isolate, remove, separate, steal, take away, take out, withdraw


abstracted

See Also

   absent, absent-minded, bemused, daydreaming, dreamy, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied, remote, withdrawn, woolgathering [image]  abbreviated, abridged, condensed, digested, epitomized, shortened, summarized, synopsized (U.S.)


abstraction

See Also

   absence, absent-mindedness, bemusedness, dreaminess, inattention, pensiveness, preoccupation, remoteness, woolgathering [image]  concept, formula, generality, generalization, hypothesis, idea, notion, theorem, theory, thought


abstruse

See Also

abstract, arcane, complex, dark, deep, Delphic, enigmatic, esoteric, hidden, incomprehensible, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague


absurd

See Also

crazy (Inf.), daft (Inf.), farcical, foolish, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unreasonable


absurdity

See Also

bêtise (Rare), craziness (Inf.), daftness (Inf.), farce, farcicality, farcicalness, folly, foolishness, idiocy, illogicality, illogicalness, incongruity, irrationality, joke, ludicrousness, meaninglessness, nonsense, preposterousness, ridiculousness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, unreasonableness


abundance

See Also

   affluence, ampleness, bounty, copiousness, exuberance, fullness, heap (Inf.), plenitude, plenteousness, plenty, profusion [image]  affluence, big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, fortune, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), opulence, pretty penny (Inf.), riches, tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wealth


abundant

See Also

ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, filled, full, lavish, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, rank, rich, teeming, well-provided, well-supplied


abuse

See Also

•   v.    damage, exploit, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impose upon, injure, maltreat, manhandle, mar, misapply, misuse, oppress, spoil, take advantage of, wrong [image]  calumniate, castigate, curse, defame, disparage, insult, inveigh against, libel, malign, revile, scold, slander, smear, swear at, traduce, upbraid, vilify, vituperate

•   n.    damage, exploitation, harm, hurt, ill-treatment, imposition, injury, maltreatment, manhandling, misapplication, misuse, oppression, spoiling, wrong [image]  blame, calumniation, castigation, censure, character assassination, contumely, curses, cursing, defamation, derision, disparagement, insults, invective, libel, opprobrium, reproach, revilement, scolding, slander, swearing, tirade, traducement, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation [image]  corruption, crime, delinquency, fault, injustice, misconduct, misdeed, offence, sin, wrong, wrongdoing


abusive

See Also

   calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insulting, invective, libellous, maligning, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude, scathing, scolding, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying, vituperative [image]  brutal, cruel, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, rough


abysmal

See Also

bottomless, boundless, complete, deep, endless, extreme, immeasurable, incalculable, infinite, profound, thorough, unending, unfathomable, vast


abyss

See Also

abysm, bottomless depth, chasm, crevasse, fissure, gorge, gulf, pit, void


academic

See Also

•   adj.    bookish, campus, college, collegiate, erudite, highbrow, learned, lettered, literary, scholarly, scholastic, school, studious, university [image]  abstract, conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, notional, speculative, theoretical

•   n.    academician, don, fellow, lecturer, master, professor, pupil, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, student, tutor


accede

See Also

   accept, acquiesce, admit, agree, assent, comply, concede, concur, consent, endorse, grant, own, yield [image]  assume, attain, come to, enter upon, inherit, succeed, succeed to (as heir)


accelerate

See Also

advance, expedite, forward, further, hasten, hurry, pick up speed, precipitate, quicken, speed, speed up, spur, step up (Inf.), stimulate


acceleration

See Also

expedition, hastening, hurrying, quickening, speeding up, spurring, stepping up (Inf.), stimulation


accent

See Also

•   n.    beat, cadence, emphasis, force, pitch, rhythm, stress, timbre, tonality [image]  articulation, enunciation, inflection, intonation, modulation, pronunciation, tone

•   v.    accentuate, emphasize, stress, underline, underscore


accentuate

See Also

accent, draw attention to, emphasize, highlight, stress, underline, underscore


accept

See Also

   acquire, gain, get, have, obtain, receive, secure, take [image]  accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, believe, buy (Sl.), concur with, consent to, cooperate with, recognize, swallow (Inf.) [image]  bear, bow to, brook, defer to, put up with, stand, submit to, suffer, take, yield to [image]  acknowledge, admit, assume, avow, bear, take on, undertake


acceptable

See Also

   agreeable, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, welcome [image]  adequate, admissible, all right, fair, moderate, passable, satisfactory, so-so (Inf.), standard, tolerable


acceptance

See Also

   accepting, acquiring, gaining, getting, having, obtaining, receipt, securing, taking [image]  accedence, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, adoption, affirmation, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, belief, compliance, concession, concurrence, consensus, consent, cooperation, credence, O.K. or okay (Inf.), permission, recognition, stamp or seal of approval [image]  deference, standing, submission, taking, yielding [image]  acknowledgment, admission, assumption, avowal, taking on, undertaking


accepted

See Also

acceptable, acknowledged, admitted, agreed, agreed upon, approved, authorized, common, confirmed, conventional, customary, established, normal, received, recognized, regular, sanctioned, standard, time-honoured, traditional, universal, usual


access

See Also

   admission, admittance, approach, avenue, course, door, entering, entrance, entrée, entry, gateway, key, passage, passageway, path, road [image]   Medical attack, fit, onset, outburst, paroxysm


accessibility

See Also

   approachability, attainability, availability, handiness, nearness, obtainability, possibility, readiness [image]  affability, approachability, conversableness, cordiality, friendliness, informality [image]  exposedness, openness, susceptibility


accessible

See Also

   achievable, at hand, attainable, available, get-at-able (Inf.), handy, near, nearby, obtainable, on hand, possible, reachable, ready [image]  affable, approachable, available, conversable, cordial, friendly, informal [image]  exposed, liable, open, subject, susceptible, vulnerable, wide-open


accessory

See Also

•   n.    abettor, accomplice, assistant, associate (in crime), colleague, confederate, helper, partner [image]  accent, accompaniment, addition, add-on, adjunct, adornment, aid, appendage, attachment, component, convenience, decoration, extension, extra, frill, help, supplement, trim, trimming

•   adj.    abetting, additional, aiding, ancillary, assisting in, auxiliary, contributory, extra, secondary, subordinate, supplemental, supplementary


accident

See Also

   blow, calamity, casualty, chance, collision, crash, disaster, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, pile-up (Inf.) [image]  chance, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, hazard, luck


accidental

See Also

adventitious, casual, chance, contingent, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, incidental, inessential, nonessential, random, uncalculated, uncertain, unessential, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unintentional, unlooked-for, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting


accidentally

See Also

adventitiously, by accident, by chance, by mistake, casually, fortuitously, haphazardly, inadvertently, incidentally, randomly, unconsciously, undesignedly, unexpectedly, unintentionally, unwittingly


acclaim

See Also

•   v.    applaud, approve, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, crack up (Inf.), eulogize, exalt, extol, hail, honour, laud, praise, salute, welcome

•   n.    acclamation, applause, approbation, approval, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honour, laudation, plaudits, praise, welcome


acclamation

See Also

acclaim, adulation, approbation, cheer, cheering, cheers, enthusiasm, laudation, loud homage, ovation, plaudit, praise, salutation, shouting, tribute


acclimatization

See Also

acclimation, accommodation, acculturation, adaptation, adjustment, habituation, inurement, naturalization


acclimatize

See Also

accommodate, acculture, accustom, adapt, adjust, become seasoned to, get used to, habituate, inure, naturalize


accommodate

See Also

   billet, board, cater for, entertain, harbour, house, lodge, put up, quarter, shelter [image]  afford, aid, assist, furnish, help, oblige, provide, purvey, serve, supply [image]  accustom, adapt, adjust, comply, compose, conform, fit, harmonize, modify, reconcile, settle


accommodating

See Also

complaisant, considerate, cooperative, friendly, helpful, hospitable, kind, obliging, polite, unselfish, willing


accommodation

See Also

   adaptation, adjustment, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fitting, harmony, modification, reconciliation, settlement [image]  board, digs (Brit. inf.), harbouring, house, housing, lodging(s), quartering, quarters, shelter, sheltering [image]  aid, assistance, help, provision, service, supply


accompany

See Also

   attend, chaperon, conduct, convoy, escort, go with, squire, usher [image]  belong to, coexist with, coincide with, come with, follow, go together with, join with, occur with, supplement


accompanying

See Also

accessory, added, additional, appended, associate, associated, attached, attendant, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, connected, fellow, joint, related, supplemental, supplementary


accomplice

See Also

abettor, accessory, ally, assistant, associate, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, confederate, helper, henchman, partner


accomplish

See Also

achieve, attain, bring about, bring off (Inf.), carry out, complete, conclude, consummate, do, effect, effectuate, execute, finish, fulfil, manage, perform, produce, realize


accomplished

See Also

   achieved, attained, brought about, carried out, completed, concluded, consummated, done, effected, executed, finished, fulfilled, managed, performed, produced, realized [image]  adept, consummate, cultivated, expert, gifted, masterly, polished, practised, proficient, skilful, skilled, talented


accomplishment

See Also

   achievement, attainment, bringing about, carrying out, completion, conclusion, consummation, doing, effecting, execution, finishing, fulfilment, management, performance, production, realization [image]  achievement, act, attainment, coup, deed, exploit, feat, stroke, triumph [image]  ability, achievement, art, attainment, capability, craft, gift, proficiency, skill, talent


accord

See Also

•   v.    agree, assent, be in tune (Inf.), concur, conform, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, suit, tally [image]  allow, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, grant, present, render, tender, vouchsafe

•   n.    accordance, agreement, concert, concurrence, conformity, congruence, correspondence, harmony, rapport, sympathy, unanimity, unison


accordance

See Also

   accord, agreement, assent, concert, concurrence, conformity, congruence, correspondence, harmony, rapport, sympathy, unanimity [image]  according, allowance, bestowal, concession, conferment, conferral, endowment, gift, giving, granting, presentation, rendering, tendering


accordingly

See Also

   appropriately, correspondingly, fitly, properly, suitably [image]  as a result, consequently, ergo, hence, in consequence, so, therefore, thus


according to

   commensurate with, in proportion, in relation [image]  as believed by, as maintained by, as stated by, in the light of, on the authority of, on the report of [image]  after, after the manner of, consistent with, in accordance with, in compliance with, in conformity with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in line with, in obedience to, in step with, in the manner of, obedient to


account

See Also

•   n.    chronicle, description, detail, explanation, history, narration, narrative, recital, record, relation, report, statement, story, tale, version [image]   Commerce balance, bill, book, books, charge, computation, inventory, invoice, ledger, reckoning, register, score, statement, tally [image]  advantage, benefit, consequence, distinction, esteem, honour, import, importance, merit, note, profit, rank, repute, significance, standing, use, value, worth [image]  basis, cause, consideration, ground, grounds, interest, motive, reason, regard, sake, score

•   v.    appraise, assess, believe, calculate, compute, consider, count, deem, esteem, estimate, explain, gauge, hold, judge, rate, reckon, regard, think, value, weigh


accountability

See Also

   answerability, chargeability, culpability, liability, responsibility [image]  comprehensibility, explainability, explicability, intelligibility, understandability


accountable

See Also

   amenable, answerable, charged with, liable, obligated, obliged, responsible [image]  comprehensible, explainable, explicable, intelligible, understandable


account for

See Also

   answer for, clarify, clear up, elucidate, explain, illuminate, justify, rationalize [image]  destroy, incapacitate, kill, put out of action


accredit

See Also

   appoint, authorize, certify, commission, depute, empower, endorse, entrust, guarantee, license, recognize, sanction, vouch for [image]  ascribe, assign, attribute, credit


accredited

See Also

appointed, authorized, certified, commissioned, deputed, deputized, empowered, endorsed, guaranteed, licensed, official, recognized, sanctioned, vouched for


accrue

See Also

accumulate, amass, arise, be added, build up, collect, enlarge, ensue, flow, follow, grow, increase, issue, spring up


accumulate

See Also

accrue, amass, build up, collect, cumulate, gather, grow, hoard, increase, pile up, stockpile, store


accumulation

See Also

aggregation, augmentation, build-up, collection, conglomeration, gathering, growth, heap, hoard, increase, mass, pile, stack, stock, stockpile, store


accuracy

See Also

accurateness, authenticity, carefulness, closeness, correctness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, faultlessness, fidelity, meticulousness, niceness, nicety, precision, strictness, truth, truthfulness, veracity, verity


accurate

See Also

authentic, careful, close, correct, exact, faithful, faultless, just, meticulous, nice, precise, proper, regular, right, scrupulous, spot-on (Brit. inf.), strict, true, truthful, unerring, veracious


accurately

See Also

authentically, carefully, closely, correctly, exactly, faithfully, faultlessly, justly, meticulously, nicely, precisely, properly, regularly, rightly, scrupulously, strictly, truly, truthfully, unerringly, veraciously


accursed

See Also

   bedevilled, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned, doomed, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-omened, jinxed, luckless, ruined, undone, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched [image]  abominable, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, hellish, horrible


accusation

See Also

allegation, arraignment, attribution, charge, citation, complaint, denunciation, impeachment, imputation, incrimination, indictment, recrimination


accuse

allege, arraign, attribute, blame, censure, charge, cite, denounce, impeach, impute, incriminate, indict, recriminate, tax


accustom

See Also

acclimatize, acquaint, adapt, discipline, exercise, familiarize, habituate, inure, season, train


accustomed

See Also

   acclimatized, acquainted, adapted, disciplined, exercised, familiar, familiarized, given to, habituated, in the habit of, inured, seasoned, trained, used [image]  common, conventional, customary, established, everyday, expected, fixed, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, set, traditional, usual, wonted


ace

See Also

•   n.     Cards, dice, etc. one, single point [image]   Inf. adept, buff (Inf.), champion, dab hand (Brit. inf.), expert, genius, hotshot (Inf.), master, maven (U.S.), star, virtuoso, whiz (Inf.), winner, wizard (Inf.)

•   adj.     Inf. brilliant, champion, excellent, expert, fine, great, masterly, outstanding, superb, virtuoso


ache

See Also

•   v.    hurt, pain, pound, smart, suffer, throb, twinge [image]  agonize, eat one's heart out, grieve, mourn, sorrow, suffer [image]  covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, hanker, hope, hunger, long, need, pine, thirst, yearn

•   n.    hurt, pain, pang, pounding, smart, smarting, soreness, suffering, throb, throbbing [image]  anguish, grief, mourning, sorrow, suffering [image]  craving, desire, hankering, hope, hunger, longing, need, pining, thirst, yearning


achieve

See Also

accomplish, acquire, attain, bring about, carry out, complete, consummate, do, earn, effect, execute, finish, fulfil, gain, get, obtain, perform, procure, reach, realize, win


achievement

See Also

   accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, completion, execution, fulfilment, performance, production, realization [image]  accomplishment, act, deed, effort, exploit, feat, stroke


acid

See Also

   acerb, acerbic, acetic, acidulous, acrid, biting, pungent, sharp, sour, tart, vinegarish, vinegary [image]  acerbic, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, hurtful, mordacious, mordant, pungent, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic


acidity

See Also

   acerbity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, bitterness, pungency, sharpness, sourness, tartness, vinegariness, vinegarishness [image]  acerbity, acridity, acridness, bitterness, causticity, causticness, harshness, hurtfulness, mordancy, pungency, sharpness, trenchancy


acknowledge

See Also

   accede, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, concede, confess, declare, grant, own, profess, recognize, yield [image]  address, greet, hail, notice, recognize, salute [image]  answer, notice, react to, recognize, reply to, respond to, return


acknowledged

See Also

accepted, accredited, admitted, answered, approved, conceded, confessed, declared, professed, recognized, returned


acknowledgment

See Also

   acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, allowing, confession, declaration, profession, realization, yielding [image]  addressing, greeting, hail, hailing, notice, recognition, salutation, salute [image]  answer, appreciation, Brownie points, credit, gratitude, reaction, recognition, reply, response, return, thanks


acme

See Also

apex, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, high point, optimum, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith


acquaint

See Also

advise, announce, apprise, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, inform, let (someone) know, notify, reveal, tell


acquaintance

See Also

   associate, colleague, contact [image]  association, awareness, cognizance, companionship, conversance, conversancy, experience, familiarity, fellowship, intimacy, knowledge, relationship, social contact, understanding


acquainted

See Also

alive to, apprised of, au fait, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, conversant with, experienced in, familiar with, informed of, in on, knowledgeable about, privy to, versed in


acquiesce

See Also

accede, accept, agree, allow, approve, assent, bow to, comply, concur, conform, consent, give in, go along with, submit, yield


acquiescence

See Also

acceptance, accession, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concurrence, conformity, consent, giving in, obedience, submission, yielding


acquire

See Also

achieve, amass, attain, buy, collect, earn, gain, gather, get, obtain, pick up, procure, realize, receive, score (Sl.), secure, win


acquisition

See Also

   buy, gain, possession, prize, property, purchase [image]  achievement, acquirement, attainment, gaining, learning, obtainment, procurement, pursuit


acquisitive

See Also

avaricious, avid, covetous, grabbing, grasping, greedy, predatory, rapacious


acquisitiveness

avarice, avidity, avidness, covetousness, graspingness, greed, predatoriness, rapaciousness, rapacity


acquit

See Also

   absolve, clear, deliver, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, free, fulfil, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate [image]  discharge, pay, pay off, repay, satisfy, settle [image]  bear, behave, comport, conduct, perform


acquittal

See Also

absolution, clearance, deliverance, discharge, exculpation, exoneration, freeing, liberation, release, relief, vindication


acquittance

acknowledgment, discharge, payment, receipt, release, settlement, settling


acrid

See Also

   acerb, acid, astringent, biting, bitter, burning, caustic, harsh, irritating, pungent, sharp, stinging, vitriolic [image]  acrimonious, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordacious, mordant, nasty, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic


acrimonious

See Also

acerbic, astringent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabbed, cutting, irascible, mordacious, mordant, peevish, petulant, pungent, rancorous, sarcastic, severe, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, tart, testy, trenchant, vitriolic


acrimony

See Also

acerbity, asperity, astringency, bitterness, churlishness, harshness, ill will, irascibility, mordancy, peevishness, rancour, sarcasm, spleen, tartness, trenchancy, virulence


act

See Also

•   n.    accomplishment, achievement, action, blow, deed, doing, execution, exertion, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, stroke, undertaking [image]  bill, decree, edict, enactment, law, measure, ordinance, resolution, statute [image]  affectation, attitude, counterfeit, dissimulation, fake, feigning, front, performance, pose, posture, pretence, sham, show, stance [image]  performance, routine, show, sketch, turn

•   v.    acquit, bear, behave, carry, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, make, move, operate, perform, react, serve, strike, take effect, undertake, work [image]  affect, assume, counterfeit, dissimulate, feign, imitate, perform, pose, posture, pretend, put on, seem, sham [image]  act out, characterize, enact, impersonate, mime, mimic, perform, personate, personify, play, play or take the part of, portray, represent


act for

See Also

cover for, deputize for, fill in for, function in place of, replace, represent, serve, stand in for, substitute for, take the place of


acting

See Also

•   adj.    interim, pro tem, provisional, substitute, surrogate, temporary

•   n.    characterization, dramatics, enacting, impersonation, performance, performing, playing, portrayal, portraying, stagecraft, theatre [image]  assuming, counterfeiting, dissimulation, feigning, imitating, imitation, imposture, play-acting, posing, posturing, pretence, pretending, putting on, seeming, shamming


action

See Also

   accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, deed, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, stroke, undertaking [image]  activity, energy, force, liveliness, spirit, vigour, vim, vitality [image]  activity, effect, effort, exertion, force, functioning, influence, motion, movement, operation, power, process, work, working [image]  battle, combat, conflict, fighting, warfare [image]  affray, battle, clash, combat, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, fray, skirmish, sortie [image]  case, cause, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit


actions

See Also

bearing, behaviour, comportment, conduct, demeanour, deportment, manners, ways


activate

See Also

actuate, animate, arouse, energize, galvanize, get going, impel, initiate, kick-start, mobilize, motivate, move, prod, prompt, propel, rouse, set going, set in motion, set off, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, trigger (off), turn on


active

See Also

   acting, astir, at work, doing, effectual, functioning, in action, in force, in operation, live, moving, operative, running, stirring, working [image]  bustling, busy, engaged, full, hard-working, involved, occupied, on the go (Inf.), on the move, strenuous [image]  alert, animated, diligent, energetic, industrious, lively, nimble, on the go (Inf.), quick, spirited, sprightly, spry, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious [image]  activist, aggressive, ambitious, assertive, committed, devoted, energetic, engaged, enterprising, enthusiastic, forceful, forward, hard-working, industrious, militant, zealous


activity

See Also

   action, activeness, animation, bustle, enterprise, exercise, exertion, hurly-burly, hustle, labour, life, liveliness, motion, movement, stir, work [image]  act, avocation, deed, endeavour, enterprise, hobby, interest, job, labour, occupation, pastime, project, pursuit, scheme, task, undertaking, venture, work


act on, act upon

   act in accordance with, carry out, comply with, conform to, follow, heed, obey, yield to [image]  affect, alter, change, influence, modify, sway, transform


actor

   actress, dramatic artist, leading man, performer, play-actor, player, Thespian, tragedian, trouper [image]  agent, doer, executor, factor, functionary, operative, operator, participant, participator, performer, perpetrator, practitioner, worker


actress

actor, dramatic artist, leading lady, performer, play-actor, player, starlet, Thespian, tragedienne, trouper


actual

See Also

   absolute, categorical, certain, concrete, corporeal, definite, factual, indisputable, indubitable, physical, positive, real, substantial, tangible, undeniable, unquestionable [image]  authentic, confirmed, genuine, real, realistic, true, truthful, verified [image]  current, existent, extant, live, living, present, present-day, prevailing


actually

See Also

absolutely, as a matter of fact, de facto, essentially, indeed, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, literally, really, truly, veritably


actuate

See Also

animate, arouse, cause, dispose, drive, excite, get going, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, prompt, quicken, rouse, set off, spur, stimulate, stir, urge


act up

See Also

be naughty, carry on, cause trouble, give bother, give trouble, horse around (Inf.), malfunction, mess about, misbehave, piss about (Taboo sl.), piss around (Taboo sl.), play up (Brit. inf.)


act upon

See Also

See act on


acumen

See Also

acuteness, astuteness, cleverness, discernment, ingenuity, insight, intelligence, judgment, keenness, penetration, perception, perspicacity, perspicuity, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), wisdom, wit


acute

See Also

   astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intuitive, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, sensitive, sharp, smart, subtle [image]  critical, crucial, dangerous, decisive, essential, grave, important, serious, severe, sudden, urgent, vital [image]  cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, harrowing, intense, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, shrill, stabbing, sudden, violent [image]  cuspate, needle-shaped, peaked, pointed, sharp, sharpened


acuteness

See Also

   acuity, astuteness, canniness, cleverness, discernment, discrimination, ingenuity, insight, intuition, intuitiveness, keenness, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, sensitivity, sharpness, smartness, subtleness, subtlety, wit [image]  criticality, criticalness, cruciality, danger, dangerousness, decisiveness, essentiality, gravity, importance, seriousness, severity, suddenness, urgency, vitalness [image]  distressingness, exquisiteness, fierceness, intenseness, intensity, poignancy, powerfulness, severity, sharpness, shrillness, suddenness, violence [image]  pointedness, sharpness


adamant

See Also

   determined, firm, fixed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unyielding [image]  adamantine, flinty, hard, impenetrable, indestructible, rock-hard, rocky, steely, stony, tough, unbreakable


adapt

See Also

acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, alter, apply, change, comply, conform, convert, familiarize, fashion, fit, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, remodel, shape, suit, tailor


adaptability

adaptableness, adjustability, alterability, changeability, compliancy, convertibility, flexibility, malleability, modifiability, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, variability, versatility


adaptable

See Also

adjustable, alterable, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), flexible, malleable, modifiable, plastic, pliant, resilient, variable, versatile


adaptation

See Also

   adjustment, alteration, change, conversion, modification, refitting, remodelling, reworking, shift, transformation, variation, version [image]  acclimatization, accustomedness, familiarization, habituation, naturalization


add

See Also

   adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, enlarge by, include, increase by, supplement [image]  add up, compute, count up, reckon, sum up, total, tot up


addendum

See Also

addition, adjunct, affix, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, codicil, extension, extra, postscript, supplement


addict

See Also

   dope-fiend (Sl.), fiend (Inf.), freak (Inf.), head (Sl.), junkie (Inf.), user (Inf.) [image]  adherent, buff (Inf.), devotee, enthusiast, fan, follower, freak (Inf.), nut (Sl.)


addicted

See Also

absorbed, accustomed, dedicated, dependent, devoted, disposed, fond, habituated, hooked (Sl.), inclined, obsessed, prone


addiction

craving, dependence, enslavement, habit, obsession


addition

See Also

   accession, adding, adjoining, affixing, amplification, annexation, attachment, augmentation, enlargement, extension, inclusion, increasing [image]  addendum, additive, adjunct, affix, appendage, appendix, extension, extra, gain, increase, increment, supplement [image]  adding up, computation, counting up, reckoning, summation, summing up, totalling, totting up [image]  in addition (to) additionally, also, as well (as), besides, into the bargain, moreover, over and above, to boot, too, withal


additional

See Also

added, add-on, affixed, appended, extra, fresh, further, increased, more, new, other, over-and-above, spare, supplementary


address

See Also

•   n.    abode, domicile, dwelling, home, house, location, lodging, pad (Sl.), place, residence, situation, whereabouts [image]  direction, inscription, superscription [image]  discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, lecture, oration, sermon, speech, talk [image]  adroitness, art, dexterity, discretion, expertness, ingenuity, skilfulness, skill, tact

•   v.    accost, apostrophize, approach, greet, hail, invoke, salute, speak to, talk to [image]  discourse, give a speech, give a talk, harangue, lecture, orate, sermonize, speak, spout, talk [image]  address (oneself) to apply (oneself) to, attend to, concentrate on, devote (oneself) to, engage in, focus on, knuckle down to, look to, take care of, take up, turn to, undertake


adduce

See Also

advance, allege, cite, designate, mention, name, offer, present, quote


add up

See Also

   add, compute, count, count up, reckon, sum up, total, tot up [image]  amount, come to, imply, indicate, mean, reveal, signify [image]  be plausible, be reasonable, hold water, make sense, ring true, stand to reason


adept

See Also

•   adj.    able, accomplished, adroit, dexterous, expert, masterful, masterly, practised, proficient, skilful, skilled, versed

•   n.    buff (Inf.), dab hand (Brit. inf.), expert, genius, hotshot (Inf.), master, maven (U.S.), whiz (Inf.)


adequacy

See Also

capability, commensurateness, competence, fairness, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitability, tolerability


adequate

See Also

capable, commensurate, competent, enough, fair, passable, requisite, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, tolerable


adhere

See Also

   attach, cement, cleave, cling, cohere, fasten, fix, glue, glue on, hold fast, paste, stick, stick fast, unite [image]  abide by, be attached, be constant, be devoted, be faithful, be loyal, be true, cleave to, cling, follow, fulfil, heed, keep, keep to, maintain, mind, obey, observe, respect, stand by, support


adherent

See Also

•   n.    admirer, advocate, devotee, disciple, fan, follower, hanger-on, henchman, partisan, protagonist, sectary, supporter, upholder, votary

•   adj.    adhering, adhesive, clinging, gluey, glutinous, gummy, holding, mucilaginous, sticking, sticky, tacky, tenacious


adhesive

See Also

•   adj.    adhering, attaching, clinging, cohesive, gluey, glutinous, gummy, holding, mucilaginous, sticking, sticky, tacky, tenacious

•   n.    cement, glue, gum, mucilage, paste


adieu

See Also

congé, farewell, goodbye, leave-taking, parting, valediction


adjacent

See Also

abutting, adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, contiguous, near, neighbouring, next door, proximate, touching, within sniffing distance (Inf.)


adjoin

See Also

abut, add, affix, annex, append, approximate, attach, border, combine, communicate with, connect, couple, impinge, interconnect, join, link, neighbour, touch, unite, verge


adjoining

See Also

abutting, adjacent, bordering, connecting, contiguous, impinging, interconnecting, joined, joining, near, neighbouring, next door, touching, verging


adjourn

See Also

defer, delay, discontinue, interrupt, postpone, prorogue, put off, put on the back burner (Inf.), recess, stay, suspend, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.)


adjournment

See Also

deferment, deferral, delay, discontinuation, interruption, postponement, prorogation, putting off, recess, stay, suspension


adjudge

See Also

adjudicate, allot, apportion, assign, award, decide, declare, decree, determine, distribute, judge, order, pronounce


adjudicate

See Also

adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, judge, mediate, referee, settle, umpire


adjudication

See Also

adjudgment, arbitration, conclusion, decision, determination, finding, judgment, pronouncement, ruling, settlement, verdict


adjust

See Also

acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, convert, dispose, fit, fix, harmonize, make conform, measure, modify, order, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, set, settle, suit, tune (up)


adjustable

See Also

adaptable, alterable, flexible, malleable, modifiable, mouldable, movable, tractable


adjustment

See Also

   adaptation, alteration, arrangement, arranging, fitting, fixing, modification, ordering, rectification, redress, regulation, remodelling, setting, tuning [image]  acclimatization, harmonization, orientation, reconciliation, settlement, settling in


ad-lib

See Also

•   v.    busk, extemporize, improvise, make up, speak extemporaneously, speak impromptu, speak off the cuff, vamp, wing it (Inf.)

•   adj.    extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, impromptu, improvised, made up, off-the-cuff (Inf.), unprepared, unrehearsed

•   adv.    extemporaneously, extempore, impromptu, off the cuff, off the top of one's head (Inf.), without preparation, without rehearsal


administer

See Also

   conduct, control, direct, govern, handle, manage, oversee, run, superintend, supervise [image]  apply, contribute, dispense, distribute, execute, give, impose, mete out, perform, provide


administration

See Also

   administering, application, conduct, control, direction, dispensation, distribution, execution, governing, government, management, overseeing, performance, provision, running, superintendence, supervision [image]  executive, governing body, government, management, ministry, term of office


administrative

directorial, executive, governmental, gubernatorial (Chiefly U.S.), management, managerial, organizational, regulatory, supervisory


admirable

See Also

choice, commendable, estimable, excellent, exquisite, fine, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, rare, sterling, superior, valuable, wonderful, worthy


admiration

See Also

adoration, affection, amazement, appreciation, approbation, approval, astonishment, delight, esteem, pleasure, praise, regard, respect, surprise, veneration, wonder, wonderment


admire

See Also

   adore, appreciate, approve, esteem, idolize, look up to, praise, prize, respect, think highly of, value, venerate, worship [image]  appreciate, delight in, marvel at, take pleasure in, wonder at


admirer

See Also

   beau, boyfriend, lover, suitor, sweetheart, wooer [image]  adherent, buff (Inf.), devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, follower, partisan, protagonist, supporter, votary, worshipper


admissible

See Also

acceptable, allowable, allowed, passable, permissible, permitted, tolerable, tolerated


admission

See Also

   acceptance, access, admittance, entrance, entrée, entry, ingress, initiation, introduction [image]  acknowledgment, admitting, affirmation, allowance, avowal, concession, confession, declaration, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation


admit

See Also

   accept, allow, allow to enter, give access, initiate, introduce, let in, receive, take in [image]  acknowledge, affirm, avow, concede, confess, declare, disclose, divulge, own, profess, reveal [image]  agree, allow, grant, let, permit, recognize


admittance

See Also

acceptance, access, admitting, allowing, entrance, entry, letting in, passage, reception


admonish

See Also

advise, bawl out (Inf.), berate, carpet (Inf.), caution, censure, check, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, counsel, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), upbraid, warn


admonition

See Also

advice, berating, caution, chiding, counsel, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, telling off (Inf.), upbraiding, warning


admonitory

See Also

admonishing, advisory, cautionary, rebuking, reprimanding, reproachful, reproving, scolding, warning


adolescence

See Also

   boyhood, girlhood, juvenescence, minority, teens, youth [image]  boyishness, childishness, girlishness, immaturity, juvenility, puerility, youthfulness


adolescent

See Also

•   adj.    boyish, girlish, growing, immature, juvenile, puerile, teenage, young, youthful

•   n.    juvenile, minor, teenager, youngster, youth


adopt

See Also

   accept, appropriate, approve, assume, choose, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, maintain, ratify, select, support, take on, take over, take up [image]  foster, take in


adoption

   acceptance, approbation, appropriation, approval, assumption, choice, embracing, endorsement, espousal, following, maintenance, ratification, selection, support, taking on, taking over, taking up [image]  adopting, fosterage, fostering, taking in


adorable

See Also

appealing, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, darling, dear, delightful, fetching, lovable, pleasing, precious


adoration

See Also

admiration, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, honour, idolatry, idolization, love, reverence, veneration, worship, worshipping


adore

See Also

admire, bow to, cherish, dote on, esteem, exalt, glorify, honour, idolize, love, revere, reverence, venerate, worship


adorn

See Also

array, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, emblazon, enhance, enrich, festoon, garnish, grace, ornament, trim


adornment

See Also

   accessory, decoration, embellishment, festoon, frill, frippery, ornament, trimming [image]  beautification, decorating, decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, trimming


adrift

See Also

   afloat, drifting, unanchored, unmoored [image]  aimless, directionless, goalless, purposeless [image]  amiss, astray, off course, wrong


adroit

See Also

able, adept, apt, artful, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, expert, ingenious, masterful, neat, nimble, proficient, quick-witted, skilful, skilled


adroitness

See Also

ability, ableness, address, adeptness, aptness, artfulness, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertise, ingeniousness, ingenuity, masterfulness, mastery, nimbleness, proficiency, quick-wittedness, skilfulness, skill


adulation

See Also

blandishment, bootlicking (Inf.), extravagant flattery, fawning, fulsome praise, servile flattery, sycophancy, worship


adulatory

See Also

blandishing, bootlicking (Inf.), fawning, flattering, obsequious, praising, servile, slavish, sycophantic, worshipping


adult

See Also

•   adj.    full grown, fully developed, fully grown, grown-up, mature, of age, ripe

•   n.    grown or grown-up person (man or woman), grown-up, person of mature age


adulterate

See Also

•   v.    attenuate, bastardize, contaminate, corrupt, debase, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, make impure, mix with, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken

•   adj.    adulterated, attenuated, bastardized, contaminated, corrupt, debased, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, mixed, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened


adumbrate

See Also

   delineate, indicate, outline, silhouette, sketch, suggest [image]  augur, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, prophesy [image]  bedim, darken, eclipse, obfuscate, obscure, overshadow


adumbration

   delineation, draft, indication, outline, rough, silhouette, sketch, suggestion [image]  augury, forecast, foreshadowing, foretelling, omen, portent, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, presage, prognostication, prophecy, sign [image]  bedimming, cloud, darkening, darkness, eclipse, eclipsing, obfuscation, obscuring, overshadowing, shadow


advance

See Also

•   v.    accelerate, bring forward, bring up, come forward, elevate, go ahead, go forward, go on, hasten, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, send forward, send up, speed, upgrade [image]  benefit, further, grow, improve, multiply, prosper, thrive [image]  adduce, allege, cite, offer, present, proffer, put forward, submit, suggest [image]  increase (price), lend, pay beforehand, raise (price), supply on credit

•   n.    advancement, development, forward movement, headway, inroad, onward movement, progress [image]  advancement, amelioration, betterment, breakthrough, furtherance, gain, growth, improvement, progress, promotion, step [image]  appreciation, credit, deposit, down payment, increase (in price), loan, prepayment, retainer, rise (in price) [image]  advances approach, approaches, moves, overtures, proposals, proposition

•   adj.    beforehand, early, foremost, forward, in front, leading, prior [image]  in advance ahead, beforehand, earlier, in the forefront, in the lead, in the van, previously


advanced

See Also

ahead, avant-garde, extreme, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, precocious, progressive


advancement

See Also

   advance, forward movement, headway, onward movement, progress [image]  advance, amelioration, betterment, gain, growth, improvement, preferment, progress, promotion, rise


advantage

See Also

aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, avail, benefit, blessing, boon, convenience, dominance, edge, gain, good, help, interest, lead, precedence, pre-eminence, profit, service, start, superiority, sway, upper hand, use, utility, welfare


advantageous

See Also

   dominant, dominating, favourable, superior [image]  beneficial, convenient, expedient, helpful, of service, profitable, useful, valuable, worthwhile


advent

See Also

appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation


adventitious

See Also

accidental, casual, chance, extraneous, foreign, fortuitous, incidental, nonessential, unexpected


adventure

See Also

•   n.    chance, contingency, enterprise, escapade, experience, exploit, hazard, incident, occurrence, risk, speculation, undertaking, venture

•   v.    dare, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, risk, venture


adventurer

See Also

   daredevil, hero, heroine, knight-errant, soldier of fortune, swashbuckler, traveller, venturer, voyager, wanderer [image]  charlatan, fortune-hunter, gambler, mercenary, opportunist, rogue, speculator


adventurous

adventuresome, audacious, bold, dangerous, daredevil, daring, enterprising, foolhardy, have-a-go (Inf.), hazardous, headstrong, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, temerarious (Rare), venturesome


adversary

See Also

antagonist, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, opponent, opposer, rival


adverse

See Also

antagonistic, conflicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, hostile, inexpedient, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposing, opposite, reluctant, repugnant, unfavourable, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling


adversity

See Also

affliction, bad luck, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, distress, hardship, hard times, ill-fortune, ill-luck, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, woe, wretchedness


advertise

See Also

advise, announce, apprise, blazon, crack up (Inf.), declare, display, flaunt, inform, make known, notify, plug (Inf.), praise, proclaim, promote, promulgate, publicize, publish, puff, push (Inf.), tout


advertisement

See Also

ad (Inf.), advert (Brit. inf.), announcement, bill, blurb, circular, commercial, display, notice, placard, plug (Inf.), poster, promotion, publicity, puff


advice

See Also

   admonition, caution, counsel, guidance, help, injunction, opinion, recommendation, suggestion, view [image]  information, instruction, intelligence, notice, notification, warning, word


advisability

appropriateness, aptness, desirability, expediency, fitness, judiciousness, profitability, propriety, prudence, seemliness, soundness, suitability, wisdom


advisable

See Also

appropriate, apt, desirable, expedient, fit, fitting, judicious, politic, profitable, proper, prudent, recommended, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, wise


advise

See Also

   admonish, caution, commend, counsel, enjoin, prescribe, recommend, suggest, urge [image]  acquaint, apprise, inform, make known, notify, report, tell, warn


adviser

See Also

aide, authority, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counsellor, guide, helper, lawyer, mentor, right-hand man, solicitor, teacher, tutor


advisory

See Also

advising, consultative, counselling, helping, recommending


advocate

See Also

•   v.    advise, argue for, campaign for, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, espouse, favour, hold a brief for (Inf.), justify, plead for, prescribe, press for, promote, propose, recommend, speak for, support, uphold, urge

•   n.    apologist, apostle, backer, campaigner, champion, counsellor, defender, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesman, supporter, upholder [image]   Law attorney, barrister, counsel, lawyer, solicitor


aegis

See Also

advocacy, auspices, backing, favour, guardianship, patronage, protection, shelter, sponsorship, support, wing


affability

See Also

amiability, amicability, approachability, benevolence, benignity, civility, congeniality, cordiality, courtesy, friendliness, geniality, good humour, good nature, graciousness, kindliness, mildness, obligingness, pleasantness, sociability, urbanity, warmth


affable

See Also

amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, civil, congenial, cordial, courteous, friendly, genial, good-humoured, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, obliging, pleasant, sociable, urbane, warm


affair

See Also

   activity, business, circumstance, concern, episode, event, happening, incident, interest, matter, occurrence, proceeding, project, question, subject, transaction, undertaking [image]  amour, intrigue, liaison, relationship, romance


affect

See Also

   act on, alter, bear upon, change, concern, impinge upon, influence, interest, involve, modify, prevail over, regard, relate to, sway, transform [image]  disturb, impress, move, overcome, perturb, stir, touch, upset [image]  adopt, aspire to, assume, contrive, counterfeit, feign, imitate, pretend, put on, sham, simulate


affectation

See Also

act, affectedness, appearance, artificiality, assumed manners, façade, fakery, false display, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretence, pretension, pretentiousness, sham, show, simulation, unnatural imitation


affected

See Also

   afflicted, altered, changed, concerned, damaged, deeply moved, distressed, hurt, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, melted, stimulated, stirred, touched, troubled, upset [image]  artificial, assumed, camp (Inf.), conceited, contrived, counterfeit, feigned, insincere, la-di-da (Inf.), mannered, mincing, phoney or phony (Inf.), pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, stiff, studied, unnatural


affecting

See Also

moving, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, saddening, touching


affection

See Also

amity, attachment, care, desire, feeling, fondness, friendliness, good will, inclination, kindness, liking, love, passion, propensity, tenderness, warmth


affectionate

See Also

attached, caring, devoted, doting, fond, friendly, kind, loving, tender, warm, warm-hearted


affiliate

See Also

ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, band together, combine, confederate, connect, incorporate, join, unite


affiliation

See Also

alliance, amalgamation, association, banding together, coalition, combination, confederation, connection, incorporation, joining, league, merging, relationship, union


affinity

See Also

   alliance, analogy, closeness, compatibility, connection, correspondence, kinship, likeness, relation, relationship, resemblance, similarity [image]  attraction, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, partiality, rapport, sympathy


affirm

See Also

assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, confirm, declare, maintain, pronounce, ratify, state, swear, testify


affirmation

See Also

assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, certification, confirmation, declaration, oath, pronouncement, ratification, statement, testimony


affirmative

See Also

agreeing, approving, assenting, concurring, confirming, consenting, corroborative, favourable, positive


afflict

See Also

beset, burden, distress, grieve, harass, hurt, oppress, pain, plague, rack, smite, torment, trouble, try, wound


affliction

See Also

adversity, calamity, cross, curse, depression, disease, distress, grief, hardship, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe, wretchedness


affluence

See Also

abundance, big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, exuberance, fortune, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), opulence, plenty, pretty penny (Inf.), profusion, prosperity, riches, tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wealth


affluent

See Also

   loaded (Sl.), moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do [image]  abundant, copious, exuberant, plenteous, plentiful


afford

See Also

   bear, spare, stand, sustain [image]  bestow, furnish, give, grant, impart, offer, produce, provide, render, supply, yield


affront

See Also

•   v.    abuse, anger, annoy, displease, insult, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, slight, vex

•   n.    abuse, indignity, injury, insult, offence, outrage, provocation, slap in the face (Inf.), slight, slur, vexation, wrong


aflame

See Also

   ablaze, afire, alight, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, ignited, lighted, lit, on fire [image]  afire, aroused, excited, fervent, impassioned, passionate, stimulated [image]  aglow, flushed, inflamed, red, ruddy


afoot

See Also

about, abroad, afloat, astir, brewing, circulating, current, going on, hatching, in preparation, in progress, in the wind, on the go (Inf.), operating, up (Inf.)


afraid

See Also

   alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, cowardly, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, intimidated, nervous, reluctant, scared, suspicious, timid, timorous [image]  regretful, sorry, unhappy


afresh

again, anew, newly, once again, once more, over again


after

See Also

afterwards, behind, below, following, later, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter


aftermath

See Also

after-effects, consequences, effects, end, outcome, results, sequel, upshot


again

   afresh, anew, another time, once more [image]  also, besides, furthermore, in addition, moreover, on the contrary, on the other hand


against

See Also

   anti (Inf.), averse to, contra (Inf.), counter, hostile to, in contrast to, in defiance of, in opposition to, in the face of, opposed to, opposing, resisting, versus [image]  abutting, close up to, facing, fronting, in contact with, on, opposite to, touching, upon [image]  in anticipation of, in expectation of, in preparation for, in provision for


age

See Also

•   n.    date, day(s), duration, epoch, era, generation, lifetime, period, span, time [image]  advancing years, decline (of life), majority, maturity, old age, senescence, senility, seniority

•   v.    decline, deteriorate, grow old, mature, mellow, ripen


aged

See Also

age-old, ancient, antiquated, antique, elderly, getting on, grey, hoary, old, senescent, superannuated


agency

See Also

   action, activity, auspices, efficiency, force, influence, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, power, work [image]  bureau, business, department, office, organization


agenda

See Also

calendar, diary, list, plan, programme, schedule, timetable


agent

See Also

   advocate, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, go-between, negotiator, rep (Inf.), representative, substitute, surrogate [image]  actor, author, doer, executor, mover, officer, operative, operator, performer, worker [image]  agency, cause, force, instrument, means, power, vehicle


aggravate

See Also

   exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, inflame, intensify, magnify, make worse, worsen [image]   Inf. annoy, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, exasperate, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, tease, vex


aggravation

See Also

   exacerbation, exaggeration, heightening, increase, inflaming, intensification, magnification, worsening [image]   Inf. annoyance, exasperation, gall, hassle (Inf.), irksomeness, irritation, provocation, teasing, vexation


aggregate

See Also

•   v.    accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, combine, heap, mix, pile

•   n.    accumulation, agglomeration, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, collection, combination, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, sum, total, whole

•   adj.    accumulated, added, assembled, collected, collective, combined, composite, corporate, cumulative, mixed, total


aggression

See Also

   assault, attack, encroachment, injury, invasion, offence, offensive, onslaught, raid [image]  aggressiveness, antagonism, belligerence, destructiveness, hostility, pugnacity


aggressive

See Also

   belligerent, destructive, hostile, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome [image]  assertive, bold, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, forceful, militant, pushing, pushy (Inf.), vigorous, zealous


aggressor

assailant, assaulter, attacker, invader


aggrieved

See Also

afflicted, distressed, disturbed, harmed, hurt, ill-used, injured, peeved (Inf.), saddened, unhappy, woeful, wronged


aghast

See Also

afraid, amazed, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, frightened, horrified, horror-struck, shocked, startled, stunned, thunder-struck


agile

See Also

active, acute, alert, brisk, clever, limber, lissom(e), lithe, lively, nimble, prompt, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sprightly, spry, supple, swift


agility

See Also

activity, acuteness, alertness, briskness, cleverness, litheness, liveliness, nimbleness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, quick-wittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness, swiftness


agitate

See Also

   beat, churn, convulse, disturb, rock, rouse, shake, stir, toss [image]  alarm, arouse, confuse, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, faze, ferment, fluster, incite, inflame, perturb, rouse, ruffle, stimulate, trouble, unnerve, upset, work up, worry [image]  argue, debate, discuss, dispute, examine, ventilate


agitation

See Also

   churning, convulsion, disturbance, rocking, shake, shaking, stir, stirring, tossing, turbulence, upheaval [image]  alarm, arousal, clamour, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disquiet, distraction, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flurry, fluster, incitement, lather (Inf.), outcry, stimulation, trouble, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, upset, worry [image]  argument, controversy, debate, discussion, disputation, dispute, ventilation


agitator

See Also

agent provocateur, demagogue, firebrand, inciter, instigator, rabble-rouser, revolutionary, stirrer (Inf.), troublemaker


agog

See Also

avid, curious, eager, enthralled, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, keen


agony

See Also

affliction, anguish, distress, misery, pain, pangs, suffering, throes, torment, torture, woe


agree

See Also

   accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, be of the same mind, comply, concede, concur, consent, engage, grant, permit, see eye to eye, settle [image]  accord, answer, chime, coincide, conform, correspond, fit, get on (together), harmonize, match, square, suit, tally


agreeable

See Also

   acceptable, congenial, delightful, enjoyable, gratifying, likable or likeable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, to one's liking, to one's taste [image]  appropriate, befitting, compatible, consistent, fitting, in keeping, proper, suitable [image]  acquiescent, amenable, approving, complying, concurring, consenting, in accord, responsive, sympathetic, well-disposed, willing


agreement

See Also

   accord, accordance, affinity, analogy, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, harmony, similarity, suitableness, union, unison [image]  arrangement, bargain, compact, contract, covenant, deal (Inf.), pact, settlement, treaty, understanding


agriculture

agronomics, agronomy, cultivation, culture, farming, husbandry, tillage


aground

ashore, beached, foundered, grounded, high and dry, on the rocks, stranded, stuck


ahead

See Also

along, at an advantage, at the head, before, forwards, in advance, in front, in the foreground, in the lead, in the vanguard, leading, on, onwards, to the fore, winning


aid

See Also

•   v.    abet, assist, befriend, encourage, favour, help, promote, relieve, second, serve, subsidize, succour, support, sustain

•   n.    assistance, benefit, encouragement, favour, help, promotion, relief, service, succour, support [image]  abettor, adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp, assistant, helper, second, supporter


aim

See Also

•   v.    aspire, attempt, design, direct, draw a bead (on), endeavour, intend, level, mean, plan, point, propose, purpose, resolve, seek, set one's sights on, sight, strive, take aim (at), train, try, want, wish

•   n.    ambition, aspiration, course, design, desire, direction, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, wish


aimless

See Also

chance, directionless, erratic, frivolous, goalless, haphazard, pointless, purposeless, random, stray, undirected, unguided, unpredictable, vagrant, wayward


air

See Also

•   n.    atmosphere, heavens, sky [image]  blast, breath, breeze, draught, puff, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr [image]  ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, character, demeanour, effect, feeling, flavour, impression, look, manner, mood, quality, style, tone, vibes (Sl.) [image]  circulation, display, dissemination, exposure, expression, publicity, utterance, vent, ventilation [image]  aria, lay, melody, song, tune

•   v.    aerate, expose, freshen, ventilate [image]  circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, express, give vent to, make known, make public, proclaim, publicize, reveal, tell, utter, ventilate, voice


airily

   animatedly, blithely, breezily, buoyantly, gaily, happily, high-spiritedly, jauntily, light-heartedly [image]  daintily, delicately, ethereally, gracefully, lightly


airiness

   breeziness, draughtiness, freshness, gustiness, lightness, openness, windiness [image]  ethereality, immateriality, incorporeality, insubstantiality, lightness, weightlessness [image]  animation, blitheness, breeziness, buoyancy, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jauntiness, light-heartedness, lightness of heart


airing

See Also

   aeration, drying, freshening, ventilation [image]  excursion, jaunt, outing, promenade, stroll, walk [image]  circulation, display, dissemination, exposure, expression, publicity, utterance, vent, ventilation


airless

See Also

breathless, close, heavy, muggy, oppressive, stale, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, unventilated


airs

See Also

affectation, affectedness, arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, pomposity, pretensions, superciliousness, swank (Inf.)


airy

See Also

   blowy, breezy, draughty, fresh, gusty, light, lofty, open, spacious, uncluttered, well-ventilated, windy [image]  aerial, delicate, ethereal, fanciful, flimsy, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, light, vaporous, visionary, weightless, wispy [image]  animated, blithe, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chirpy (Inf.), debonair, frolicsome, gay, genial, graceful, happy, high-spirited, jaunty, light, light-hearted, lively, merry, nonchalant, sprightly, upbeat (Inf.)


aisle

See Also

alley, corridor, gangway, lane, passage, passageway, path


alarm

See Also

•   v.    daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, give (someone) a turn (Inf.), panic, put the wind up (someone) (Inf.), scare, startle, terrify, unnerve [image]  alert, arouse, signal, warn

•   n.    anxiety, apprehension, consternation, dismay, distress, fear, fright, nervousness, panic, scare, terror, trepidation, unease, uneasiness [image]  alarm-bell, alert, bell, danger signal, distress signal, siren, tocsin, warning [image]   Archaic call to arms, summons to arms


alarming

See Also

daunting, dismaying, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, frightening, scaring, shocking, startling, terrifying, unnerving


alcoholic

See Also

•   adj.    brewed, distilled, fermented, hard, inebriant, inebriating, intoxicating, spirituous, strong, vinous

•   n.    bibber, boozer (Inf.), dipsomaniac, drunk, drunkard, hard drinker, inebriate, soak (Sl.), sot, sponge (Inf.), tippler, toper, tosspot (Inf.), wino (Inf.)


alcove

bay, bower, compartment, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, niche, nook, recess


alert

See Also

•   adj.    active, agile, attentive, brisk, careful, circumspect, heedful, lively, nimble, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball (Inf.), on the lookout, on the watch, perceptive, quick, ready, spirited, sprightly, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake

•   n.    alarm, signal, siren, warning

•   v.    alarm, forewarn, inform, notify, signal, warn


alertness

See Also

activeness, agility, attentiveness, briskness, carefulness, circumspection, heedfulness, liveliness, nimbleness, perceptiveness, promptitude, quickness, readiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness


alias

•   adv.    also called, also known as, otherwise, otherwise known as

•   n.    assumed name, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, stage name


alibi

defence, excuse, explanation, justification, plea, pretext, reason


alien

See Also

•   adj.    adverse, conflicting, contrary, estranged, exotic, foreign, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, not native, not naturalized, opposed, outlandish, remote, repugnant, separated, strange, unfamiliar

•   n.    foreigner, newcomer, outsider, stranger


alienate

See Also

   break off, disaffect, divert, divorce, estrange, make unfriendly, separate, set against, turn away, withdraw [image]   Law abalienate, convey, transfer


alienation

See Also

   breaking off, disaffection, diversion, divorce, estrangement, indifference, remoteness, rupture, separation, setting against, turning away, withdrawal [image]   Law abalienation, conveyance, transfer


alight 1

See Also

•   v. come down, come to rest, descend, disembark, dismount, get down, get off, land, light, perch, settle, touch down


alight 2

See Also

•   adj.    ablaze, aflame, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, flaring, ignited, lighted, lit, on fire [image]  bright, brilliant, illuminated, lit up, shining


align

See Also

   arrange in line, coordinate, even, even up, line up, make parallel, order, range, regulate, straighten [image]  affiliate, agree, ally, associate, cooperate, join, side, sympathize


alignment

   adjustment, arrangement, coordination, evening, evening up, line, lining up, order, ranging, regulating, sequence, straightening up [image]  affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cooperation, sympathy, union


alike

See Also

•   adj.    akin, analogous, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, identical, parallel, resembling, similar, the same, uniform

•   adv.    analogously, correspondingly, equally, evenly, identically, similarly, uniformly


alive

See Also

   animate, breathing, having life, in the land of the living (Inf.), living, subsisting [image]  active, existent, existing, extant, functioning, in existence, in force, operative, unquenched [image]  active, alert, animated, awake, brisk, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), eager, energetic, full of life, lively, quick, spirited, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful


alive to

See Also

alert to, awake to, aware of, cognizant of, eager for, sensible of, sensitive to, susceptible to


all

•   adj.    every bit of, the complete, the entire, the sum of, the totality of, the total of, the whole of [image]  each, each and every, every, every one of, every single [image]  complete, entire, full, greatest, perfect, total, utter

•   n.    aggregate, entirety, everything, sum, sum total, total, total amount, totality, utmost, whole, whole amount

•   adv.    altogether, completely, entirely, fully, totally, utterly, wholly


allegation

See Also

accusation, affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, plea, profession, statement


allege

See Also

advance, affirm, assert, asseverate, aver, avow, charge, claim, declare, depose, maintain, plead, profess, put forward, state


alleged

See Also

   affirmed, asserted, averred, declared, described, designated, stated [image]  doubtful, dubious, ostensible, professed, purported, so-called, supposed, suspect, suspicious


allegorical

See Also

emblematic, figurative, parabolic, symbolic, symbolizing


allegory

See Also

apologue, emblem, fable, myth, parable, story, symbol, symbolism, tale


allergic

   affected by, hypersensitive, sensitive, sensitized, susceptible [image]   Inf. antipathetic, averse, disinclined, hostile, loath, opposed


allergy

   antipathy, hypersensitivity, sensitivity, susceptibility [image]   Inf. antipathy, aversion, disinclination, dislike, hostility, loathing, opposition


alley

See Also

alleyway, backstreet, lane, passage, passageway, pathway, walk


alliance

See Also

affiliation, affinity, agreement, association, coalition, combination, compact, concordat, confederacy, confederation, connection, federation, league, marriage, pact, partnership, treaty, union


allied

See Also

affiliated, amalgamated, associated, bound, combined, confederate, connected, hand in glove (Inf.), in cahoots (U.S. inf.), in league, joined, joint, kindred, leagued, linked, married, related, unified, united, wed


allocate

See Also

allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, designate, earmark, mete, set aside, share out


allocation

See Also

allotment, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, grant, lot, measure, portion, quota, ration, share, stint, stipend


allot

See Also

allocate, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, designate, earmark, mete, set aside, share out


allotment

See Also

   allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, grant, lot, measure, portion, quota, ration, share, stint, stipend [image]  kitchen garden, patch, plot, tract


all-out

See Also

complete, determined, exhaustive, full, full-scale, maximum, optimum, outright, resolute, supreme, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, undivided, unlimited, unremitting, unrestrained, unstinted, utmost


allow

See Also

   acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, concede, confess, grant, own [image]  approve, authorize, bear, brook, endure, give leave, let, permit, put up with (Inf.), sanction, stand, suffer, tolerate [image]  allocate, allot, assign, deduct, give, grant, provide, remit, spare


allowable

See Also

acceptable, admissible, all right, appropriate, approved, permissible, sanctionable, sufferable, suitable, tolerable


allowance

See Also

   allocation, allotment, amount, annuity, apportionment, grant, lot, measure, pension, portion, quota, ration, remittance, share, stint, stipend, subsidy [image]  admission, concession, sanction, sufferance, toleration [image]  concession, deduction, discount, rebate, reduction


allow for

See Also

arrange for, consider, foresee, keep in mind, make allowances for, make concessions for, make provision for, plan for, provide for, set (something) aside for, take into account, take into consideration


alloy

See Also

•   n.    admixture, amalgam, blend, combination, composite, compound, hybrid, meld, mixture

•   v.    admix, amalgamate, blend, combine, compound, fuse, meld, mix [image]  adulterate, debase, devalue, diminish, impair


all right

See Also

•   adj.    acceptable, adequate, average, fair, O.K. or okay (Inf.), passable, satisfactory, standard, unobjectionable [image]  hale, healthy, safe, sound, unharmed, unimpaired, uninjured, well, whole

•   adv.    acceptably, adequately, O.K. or okay (Inf.), passably, satisfactorily, unobjectionably, well enough


allure

See Also

•   v.    attract, beguile, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, decoy, enchant, entice, inveigle, lead on, lure, persuade, seduce, tempt, win over

•   n.    appeal, attraction, charm, enchantment, enticement, glamour, lure, persuasion, seductiveness, temptation


allusion

See Also

casual remark, glance, hint, implication, indirect reference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, suggestion


ally

See Also

•   n.    abettor, accessory, accomplice, associate, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, confederate, co-worker, friend, helper, partner

•   v.    affiliate, associate, band together, collaborate, combine, confederate, connect, join, join forces, league, marry, unify, unite


almighty

   absolute, all-powerful, invincible, omnipotent, supreme, unlimited [image]   Inf. awful, desperate, enormous, excessive, great, intense, loud, severe, terrible


almost

See Also

about, all but, approximately, as good as, close to, just about, nearly, not far from, not quite, on the brink of, practically, virtually, well-nigh


alone

See Also

   abandoned, apart, by itself, by oneself, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, only, separate, single, single-handed, sole, solitary, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattended, uncombined, unconnected, unescorted [image]  incomparable, matchless, peerless, singular, unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unsurpassed


aloof

See Also

   chilly, cold, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, formal, haughty, indifferent, remote, reserved, standoffish, supercilious, unapproachable, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic [image]  above, apart, at a distance, away, distanced, distant


aloud

   audibly, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly, out loud, plainly [image]  clamorously, loudly, noisily, vociferously


already

See Also

as of now, at present, before now, by now, by that time, by then, by this time, even now, heretofore, just now, previously


also

See Also

additionally, along with, and, as well, as well as, besides, further, furthermore, in addition, including, into the bargain, moreover, on top of that, plus, to boot, too


alter

See Also

adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, diversify, metamorphose, modify, recast, reform, remodel, reshape, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary


alteration

See Also

adaptation, adjustment, amendment, change, conversion, difference, diversification, metamorphosis, modification, reformation, remodelling, reshaping, revision, shift, transformation, transmutation, variance, variation


alternate

See Also

•   v.    act reciprocally, alter, change, fluctuate, follow in turn, follow one another, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, rotate, substitute, take turns, vary

•   adj.    alternating, every other, every second, interchanging, rotating [image]  alternative, another, different, second, substitute


alternative

See Also

•   n.    choice, option, other (of two), preference, recourse, selection, substitute

•   adj.    alternate, another, different, other, second, substitute


alternatively

as an alternative, by way of alternative, if not, instead, on the other hand, or, otherwise


although

albeit, despite the fact that, even if, even supposing, even though, notwithstanding, tho' (U.S. or poetic), though, while


altitude

See Also

elevation, height, loftiness, peak, summit


altogether

See Also

   absolutely, completely, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly [image]  all in all, all things considered, as a whole, collectively, generally, in general, in toto, on the whole [image]  all told, everything included, in all, in sum, in toto, taken together


always

See Also

aye (Scot.), consistently, constantly, continually, eternally, ever, everlastingly, evermore, every time, forever, in perpetuum, invariably, perpetually, repeatedly, unceasingly, without exception


amalgamate

See Also

alloy, ally, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, compound, fuse, incorporate, integrate, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, unite


amalgamation

See Also

admixture, alliance, alloy, amalgam, amalgamating, blend, coalition, combination, commingling, composite, compound, fusion, incorporation, integration, joining, meld, merger, mingling, mixing, mixture, union


amass

See Also

accumulate, aggregate, assemble, collect, compile, garner, gather, heap up, hoard, pile up, rake up, scrape together


amateur

See Also

dabbler, dilettante, layman, nonprofessional


amateurish

See Also

amateur, bungling, clumsy, crude, inexpert, unaccomplished, unprofessional, unskilful


amaze

See Also

alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, bowl over (Inf.), confound, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise


amazement

See Also

admiration, astonishment, bewilderment, confusion, marvel, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, surprise, wonder


ambassador

See Also

agent, consul, deputy, diplomat, emissary, envoy, legate, minister, plenipotentiary, representative


ambiguity

See Also

doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocation, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, puzzle, tergiversation, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness


ambiguous

See Also

cryptic, Delphic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, obscure, oracular, puzzling, uncertain, unclear, vague


ambition

See Also

   aspiration, avidity, desire, drive, eagerness, enterprise, get-up-and-go (Inf.), hankering, longing, striving, yearning, zeal [image]  aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, goal, hope, intent, objective, purpose, wish


ambitious

See Also

   aspiring, avid, desirous, driving, eager, enterprising, hopeful, intent, purposeful, striving, zealous [image]  arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, pretentious, severe, strenuous


amble

See Also

dawdle, meander, mosey (Inf.), ramble, saunter, stroll, walk, wander


ambush

See Also

•   n.    ambuscade, concealment, cover, hiding, hiding place, lying in wait, retreat, shelter, trap, waylaying

•   v.    ambuscade, bushwhack (U.S.), ensnare, surprise, trap, waylay


amenable

See Also

   able to be influenced, acquiescent, agreeable, open, persuadable, responsive, susceptible, tractable [image]  accountable, answerable, chargeable, liable, responsible


amend

See Also

alter, ameliorate, better, change, correct, enhance, fix, improve, mend, modify, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise


amendment

   alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, emendation, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, remedy, repair, revision [image]  addendum, addition, adjunct, alteration, attachment, clarification


amends

See Also

apology, atonement, compensation, expiation, indemnity, recompense, redress, reparation, requital, restitution, restoration, satisfaction


amenity

   advantage, comfort, convenience, facility, service [image]  affability, agreeableness, amiability, complaisance, courtesy, mildness, pleasantness (of situation), politeness, refinement, suavity


amiable

See Also

affable, agreeable, attractive, benign, charming, cheerful, congenial, delightful, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humoured, good-natured, kind, kindly, likable or likeable, lovable, obliging, pleasant, pleasing, sociable, sweet-tempered, winning, winsome


amicable

See Also

amiable, brotherly, civil, cordial, courteous, fraternal, friendly, good-humoured, harmonious, kind, kindly, neighbourly, peaceable, peaceful, polite, sociable


amid

amidst, among, amongst, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the thick of, surrounded by


amiss

See Also

•   adj.    awry, confused, defective, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, unsuitable, untoward, wrong

•   adv.    as an insult, as offensive, erroneously, faultily, improperly, inappropriately, incorrectly, mistakenly, out of turn, unsuitably, wrongly


ammunition

See Also

armaments, cartridges, explosives, materiel, munitions, powder, rounds, shells, shot, shot and shell


amnesty

See Also

absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, general pardon, immunity, oblivion, remission (of penalty), reprieve


amok

See Also

See amuck


among, amongst

   amid, amidst, in association with, in the middle of, in the midst of, in the thick of, midst, surrounded by, together with, with [image]  between, to each of [image]  in the class of, in the company of, in the group of, in the number of, out of [image]  by all of, by the joint action of, by the whole of, mutually, with one another


amorous

See Also

affectionate, amatory, ardent, attached, doting, enamoured, erotic, fond, impassioned, in love, lovesick, loving, lustful, passionate, tender


amount

See Also

   bulk, expanse, extent, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, number, quantity, supply, volume [image]  addition, aggregate, entirety, extent, lot, sum, sum total, total, whole [image]  full effect, full value, import, result, significance


amount to

See Also

add up to, aggregate, become, come to, develop into, equal, grow, mean, purport, total


ample

See Also

abounding, abundant, big, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough and to spare, expansive, extensive, full, generous, great, large, lavish, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide


amplify

See Also

augment, boost, deepen, develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, flesh out, go into detail, heighten, increase, intensify, lengthen, magnify, raise, round out, strengthen, stretch, supplement, widen


amply

See Also

abundantly, bountifully, capaciously, completely, copiously, extensively, fully, generously, greatly, lavishly, liberally, plenteously, plentifully, profusely, richly, substantially, thoroughly, unstintingly, well, with a blank cheque, with a free hand, without stinting


amputate

See Also

curtail, cut off, lop, remove, separate, sever, truncate


amuck, amok

See Also

berserk, destructively, ferociously, frenziedly, in a frenzy, insanely, madly, maniacally, murderously, savagely, uncontrollably, violently, wildly


amuse

See Also

beguile, charm, cheer, delight, divert, enliven, entertain, gladden, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate, regale, tickle


amusement

See Also

   beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, gladdening, gratification, hilarity, interest, jollies (Sl.), laughter, merriment, mirth, pleasing, pleasure, recreation, regalement, sport [image]  distraction, diversion, entertainment, game, hobby, joke, lark, pastime, prank, recreation, sport


amusing

See Also

charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, delightful, diverting, droll, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, funny, gladdening, gratifying, humorous, interesting, jocular, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, rib-tickling, witty


anaemic

See Also

ashen, bloodless, characterless, colourless, dull, enervated, feeble, frail, infirm, pale, pallid, sickly, wan, weak


anaesthetic

•   n.    analgesic, anodyne, narcotic, opiate, painkiller, sedative, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive

•   adj.    analgesic, anodyne, deadening, dulling, narcotic, numbing, opiate, pain-killing, sedative, sleep-inducing, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive


analogy

See Also

agreement, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equivalence, homology, likeness, parallel, relation, resemblance, similarity, similitude


analyse

See Also

   assay, estimate, evaluate, examine, interpret, investigate, judge, research, test, work over [image]  anatomize, break down, consider, dissect, dissolve, divide, resolve, separate, study, think through


analysis

See Also

   anatomization, anatomy, assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, enquiry, examination, investigation, perusal, resolution, scrutiny, separation, sifting, test [image]  estimation, evaluation, finding, interpretation, judgment, opinion, reasoning, study


analytic, analytical

See Also

detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretative, interpretive, investigative, logical, organized, problem-solving, questioning, rational, searching, studious, systematic, testing


anarchist

insurgent, nihilist, rebel, revolutionary, terrorist


anarchy

See Also

chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, lawlessness, misgovernment, misrule, rebellion, revolution, riot


anathema

   ban, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, taboo [image]  abomination, bane, bête noire, bugbear, enemy, pariah


anathematize

See Also

abominate, ban, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, excommunicate, execrate, imprecate, proscribe


anatomize

See Also

analyse, break down, dissect, dissolve, divide, examine, resolve, scrutinize, separate, study


anatomy

See Also

   analysis, dismemberment, dissection, division, enquiry, examination, investigation, study [image]  build, composition, frame, framework, make-up, structure


ancestor

See Also

forebear, forefather, forerunner, precursor, predecessor, progenitor


ancestry

See Also

ancestors, antecedents, blood, derivation, descent, extraction, family, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, house, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, progenitors, race, stock


ancient

See Also

aged, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, early, hoary, obsolete, old, olden, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, primeval, primordial, superannuated, timeworn


ancillary

See Also

accessory, additional, auxiliary, contributory, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supplementary


and

along with, also, as well as, furthermore, in addition to, including, moreover, plus, together with


anecdote

See Also

reminiscence, short story, sketch, story, tale, urban legend, yarn


anew

See Also

afresh, again, another time, from scratch, from the beginning, once again, once more, over again


angel

See Also

   archangel, cherub, divine messenger, guardian spirit, seraph, spiritual being [image]   Inf. beauty, darling, dear, dream, gem, ideal, jewel, paragon, saint, treasure


angelic

See Also

   celestial, cherubic, ethereal, heavenly, seraphic [image]  adorable, beatific, beautiful, entrancing, innocent, lovely, pure, saintly, virtuous


anger

See Also

•   n.    annoyance, antagonism, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fury, ill humour, ill temper, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, outrage, passion, pique, rage, resentment, spleen, temper, vexation, wrath

•   v.    affront, aggravate (Inf.), annoy, antagonize, be on one's back (Sl.), displease, enrage, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), incense, infuriate, irritate, madden, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, offend, outrage, pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, rile, vex


angle

See Also

•   n.    bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, edge, elbow, intersection, knee, nook, point [image]  approach, aspect, outlook, perspective, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

•   v.    cast, fish


angry

See Also

annoyed, antagonized, choleric, cross, displeased, enraged, exasperated, furious, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), heated, hot, hot under the collar (Inf.), ill-tempered, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, mad (Inf.), nettled, outraged, passionate, piqued, pissed off (Taboo sl.), provoked, raging, resentful, riled, splenetic, tumultuous, uptight (Inf.), wrathful


anguish

See Also

agony, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe


angular

See Also

bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, macilent (Rare), rangy, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, spare


animal

See Also

•   n.    beast, brute, creature [image]   Applied to a person barbarian, beast, brute, monster, savage, wild man

•   adj.    bestial, bodily, brutish, carnal, fleshly, gross, physical, sensual


animate

See Also

•   v.    activate, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, excite, fire, gladden, impel, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, prod, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify

•   adj.    alive, breathing, live, living, moving [image]  gay, lively, spirited, vivacious


animated

See Also

active, airy, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, lively, passionate, quick, sparky, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful


animation

See Also

action, activity, airiness, ardour, brio, briskness, buoyancy, dynamism, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervour, gaiety, high spirits, life, liveliness, passion, pep, pizzazz or pizazz (Inf.), sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vibrancy, vigour, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing (Inf.)


animosity

See Also

acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, bitterness, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancour, resentment, virulence


annals

See Also

accounts, archives, chronicles, history, journals, memorials, records, registers


annex

See Also

   add, adjoin, affix, append, attach, connect, fasten, join, subjoin, tack, unite [image]  acquire, appropriate, arrogate, conquer, expropriate, occupy, seize, take over


annexe

See Also

   ell, extension, supplementary building, wing [image]  addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, appendix, attachment, supplement


annihilate

See Also

abolish, destroy, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, nullify, obliterate, root out, wipe out


annihilation

See Also

abolition, destruction, eradication, erasure, extermination, extinction, extinguishing, extirpation, liquidation, nullification, obliteration, rooting out, wiping out


annotate

See Also

commentate, comment on, elucidate, explain, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, make observations, note


annotation

comment, commentary, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, footnote, gloss, illustration, interpretation, note, observation


announce

See Also

   advertise, blow wide open (Sl.), broadcast, declare, disclose, divulge, give out, intimate, make known, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, tell [image]  augur, betoken, foretell, harbinger, herald, portend, presage, signal, signify


announcement

See Also

advertisement, broadcast, bulletin, communiqué, declaration, disclosure, divulgence, intimation, proclamation, promulgation, publication, report, revelation, statement


announcer

See Also

anchor man, broadcaster, commentator, master of ceremonies, newscaster, news reader, reporter


annoy

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), anger, badger, bedevil, be on one's back (Sl.), bore, bother, bug (Inf.), displease, disturb, exasperate, gall, get (Inf.), get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), incommode, irk, irritate, madden, molest, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, peeve, pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), plague, provoke, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex


annoyance

See Also

   aggravation, anger, bedevilment, bother, displeasure, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, hassle (Inf.), irritation, nuisance, provocation, trouble, vexation [image]  bind (Inf.), bore, bother, drag (Inf.), gall, nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, plague, tease


annoying

See Also

aggravating, bedevilling, boring, bothersome, displeasing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, harassing, irksome, irritating, maddening, peeving (Inf.), provoking, teasing, troublesome, vexatious


annual

once a year, yearlong, yearly


annually

by the year, each year, every year, once a year, per annum, per year, year after year, yearly


annul

See Also

abolish, abrogate, cancel, countermand, declare or render null and void, invalidate, negate, nullify, obviate, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, void


annulment

See Also

abolition, abrogation, cancellation, countermanding, invalidation, negation, nullification, recall, repeal, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, voiding


anodyne

See Also

•   n.    analgesic, narcotic, painkiller, painreliever, palliative

•   adj.    analgesic, deadening, dulling, narcotic, numbing, pain-killing, pain-relieving, palliative


anoint

See Also

   daub, embrocate, grease, oil, rub, smear, spread over [image]  anele (Archaic), bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify


anomalous

See Also

aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviating, eccentric, exceptional, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, peculiar, rare, unusual


anomaly

See Also

aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity


anonymous

See Also

   incognito, innominate, nameless, unacknowledged, unattested, unauthenticated, uncredited, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unsigned [image]  characterless, nondescript, unexceptional


answer

See Also

•   n.    acknowledgment, comeback, counterattack, defence, explanation, plea, reaction, refutation, rejoinder, reply, report, resolution, response, retort, return, riposte, solution, vindication

•   v.    acknowledge, explain, react, refute, rejoin, reply, resolve, respond, retort, return, solve [image]  conform, correlate, correspond, do, fill, fit, fulfil, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, work


answerable

See Also

   accountable, amenable, chargeable, liable, responsible, subject, to blame [image]  explainable, refutable, resolvable, solvable


answer back

argue, be cheeky, be impertinent, cheek (Inf.), contradict, disagree, dispute, rebut, retort, talk back


answer for

See Also

   be accountable for, be answerable for, be chargeable for, be liable for, be responsible for, be to blame for, take the rap for (Sl.) [image]  atone for, make amends for, pay for, suffer for


answer to

   be accountable to, be answerable to, be responsible to, be ruled by, obey [image]  agree, confirm, correspond, fit, match, meet


antagonism

See Also

antipathy, competition, conflict, contention, discord, dissension, friction, hostility, opposition, rivalry


antagonist

See Also

adversary, competitor, contender, enemy, foe, opponent, opposer, rival


antagonistic

See Also

adverse, antipathetic, at odds, at variance, averse, conflicting, contentious, hostile, ill-disposed, incompatible, in dispute, inimical, opposed, unfriendly


antagonize

   aggravate (Inf.), alienate, anger, annoy, be on one's back (Sl.), disaffect, estrange, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), insult, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), offend, piss one off (Taboo sl.), repel, rub (someone) up the wrong way (Inf.) [image]  contend with, counteract, neutralize, oppose, struggle with, work against


antecedent

See Also

anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, preceding, precursory, preliminary, previous, prior


antecedents

   ancestors, ancestry, blood, descent, extraction, family, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, line, progenitors, stock [image]  background, history, past


antediluvian

See Also

   prehistoric, primeval, primitive, primordial [image]  ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, out of the ark (Inf.), passé


anteroom

antechamber, foyer, lobby, outer room, reception room, vestibule, waiting room


anthem

See Also

   canticle, chant, chorale, hymn, psalm [image]  paean, song of praise


anthology

analects, choice, collection, compendium, compilation, digest, garland, miscellany, selection, treasury


anticipate

See Also

   apprehend, await, count upon, expect, forecast, foresee, foretell, hope for, look for, look forward to, predict, prepare for [image]  antedate, beat (someone) to it (Inf.), forestall, intercept, prevent


anticipation

See Also

apprehension, awaiting, expectancy, expectation, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, preconception, premonition, prescience, presentiment


anticlimax

bathos, comedown (Inf.), disappointment, letdown


antics

See Also

buffoonery, capers, clowning, escapades, foolishness, frolics, larks, mischief, monkey tricks, playfulness, pranks, silliness, skylarking, stunts, tomfoolery, tricks


antidote

antitoxin, antivenin, corrective, counteragent, countermeasure, cure, neutralizer, nostrum, preventive, remedy, specific


antipathy

See Also

abhorrence, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, bad blood, contrariety, disgust, dislike, distaste, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, incompatibility, loathing, odium, opposition, rancour, repugnance, repulsion


antiquated

See Also

   antediluvian, antique, archaic, dated, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé [image]  aged, ancient, elderly, hoary, old, superannuated


antique

See Also

•   adj.    aged, ancient, elderly, old, superannuated [image]  archaic, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated [image]  antiquarian, classic, olden, vintage

•   n.    bygone, heirloom, object of virtu, relic


antiquity

See Also

   age, ancientness, elderliness, old age, oldness [image]  ancient times, distant past, olden days, time immemorial [image]  antique, relic, ruin


antiseptic

•   adj.    aseptic, clean, germ-free, hygienic, pure, sanitary, sterile, uncontaminated, unpolluted

•   n.    bactericide, disinfectant, germicide, purifier


antisocial

See Also

   alienated, asocial, misanthropic, reserved, retiring, uncommunicative, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn [image]  antagonistic, belligerent, disorderly, disruptive, hostile, menacing, rebellious


anxiety

See Also

angst, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, foreboding, fretfulness, misgiving, nervousness, restlessness, solicitude, suspense, tension, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, worry


anxious

See Also

   apprehensive, careful, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, in suspense, nervous, overwrought, restless, solicitous, taut, tense, troubled, twitchy (Inf.), uneasy, unquiet (Chiefly literary), watchful, wired (Sl.), worried [image]  ardent, avid, desirous, eager, expectant, impatient, intent, itching, keen, yearning


apart

See Also

   afar, alone, aloof, aside, away, by itself, by oneself, cut off, distant, distinct, divorced, excluded, independent, independently, isolated, piecemeal, separate, separated, separately, singly, to itself, to oneself, to one side [image]  asunder, in bits, in pieces, into parts, to bits, to pieces [image]  apart from aside from, besides, but, except for, excluding, not counting, other than, save


apartment

See Also

accommodation, chambers, compartment, flat, living quarters, penthouse, quarters, room, rooms, suite


apathetic

See Also

cold, cool, emotionless, impassive, indifferent, insensible, listless, passive, phlegmatic, sluggish, stoic, stoical, torpid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive


apathy

See Also

coldness, coolness, emotionlessness, impassibility, impassivity, indifference, inertia, insensibility, listlessness, nonchalance, passiveness, passivity, phlegm, sluggishness, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, unfeelingness, uninterestedness, unresponsiveness


ape

See Also

affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, echo, imitate, mimic, mirror, mock, parody, parrot


aperture

See Also

breach, chink, cleft, crack, eye, eyelet, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, opening, orifice, passage, perforation, rent, rift, slit, slot, space, vent


aphorism

See Also

adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, gnome, maxim, precept, proverb, saw, saying


apiece

each, for each, from each, individually, respectively, separately, severally, to each


aplomb

See Also

balance, calmness, composure, confidence, coolness, equanimity, level-headedness, poise, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-possession, stability


apocryphal

See Also

doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fictitious, legendary, mythical, questionable, spurious, unauthenticated, uncanonical, unsubstantiated, unverified


apologetic

See Also

contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, rueful, sorry


apologize

ask forgiveness, beg pardon, express regret, say one is sorry, say sorry


apology

See Also

   acknowledgment, confession, defence, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, plea, vindication [image]  caricature, excuse, imitation, makeshift, mockery, stopgap, substitute, travesty


apostle

See Also

   evangelist, herald, messenger, missionary, preacher, proselytizer [image]  advocate, champion, pioneer, propagandist, propagator, proponent


apotheosis

See Also

deification, elevation, exaltation, glorification, idealization, idolization


appal

See Also

alarm, astound, daunt, dishearten, dismay, frighten, harrow, horrify, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shock, terrify, unnerve


appalling

See Also

alarming, astounding, awful, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, frightening, frightful, ghastly, godawful (Sl.), grim, harrowing, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, intimidating, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, unnerving


apparatus

See Also

   appliance, contraption (Inf.), device, equipment, gear, implements, machine, machinery, materials, means, mechanism, outfit, tackle, tools, utensils [image]  bureaucracy, chain of command, hierarchy, network, organization, setup (Inf.), structure, system


apparent

See Also

   blatant, clear, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, indubitable, manifest, marked, obvious, open, overt, patent, plain, understandable, unmistakable, visible [image]  ostensible, outward, seeming, specious, superficial


apparently

See Also

it appears that, it seems that, on the face of it, ostensibly, outwardly, seemingly, speciously, superficially


apparition

See Also

   appearance, manifestation, materialization, presence, vision, visitation [image]  chimera, eidolon, ghost, phantom, revenant, shade (Literary), spectre, spirit, spook (Inf.), visitant, wraith


appeal

See Also

•   n.    adjuration, application, entreaty, invocation, petition, plea, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication [image]  allure, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, charm, engagingness, fascination, interestingness, pleasingness

•   v.    adjure, apply, ask, beg, beseech, call, call upon, entreat, implore, petition, plead, pray, refer, request, resort to, solicit, sue, supplicate [image]  allure, attract, charm, engage, entice, fascinate, interest, invite, please, tempt


appear

See Also

   arise, arrive, attend, be present, come forth, come into sight, come into view, come out, come to light, crop up (Inf.), develop, emerge, issue, loom, materialize, occur, show (Inf.), show up (Inf.), surface, turn out, turn up [image]  look (like or as if), occur, seem, strike one as [image]  be apparent, be clear, be evident, be manifest, be obvious, be patent, be plain [image]  become available, be created, be developed, be invented, be published, come into being, come into existence, come out [image]  act, be exhibited, come on, come onstage, enter, perform, play, play a part, take part


appearance

See Also

   advent, appearing, arrival, coming, debut, emergence, introduction, presence, showing up (Inf.), turning up [image]  air, aspect, bearing, demeanour, expression, face, figure, form, image, look, looks, manner, mien (Literary) [image]  front, guise, illusion, image, impression, outward show, pretence, semblance


appease

See Also

allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, diminish, ease, lessen, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quell, quench, quiet, satisfy, soften, soothe, subdue, tranquillize


appeasement

See Also

   acceding, accommodation, compromise, concession, conciliation, placation, propitiation [image]  abatement, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, easing, lessening, lulling, mitigation, mollification, pacification, quelling, quenching, quieting, satisfaction, softening, solace, soothing, tranquillization


append

See Also

add, adjoin, affix, annex, attach, fasten, hang, join, subjoin, tack on, tag on


appendage

See Also

   accessory, addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, ancillary, annexe, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, supplement [image]   Zool. extremity, limb, member, projection, protuberance


appendix

See Also

addendum, addition, add-on, adjunct, appendage, codicil, postscript, supplement


appertain

(Usually with to) apply, bear upon, be characteristic of, be connected, belong, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, have to do with, inhere in, pertain, refer, relate, touch upon


appetite

See Also

appetence, appetency, craving, demand, desire, hankering, hunger, inclination, liking, longing, passion, proclivity, propensity, relish, stomach, taste, willingness, yearning, zeal, zest


appetizer

See Also

   antipasto, canapé, cocktail, hors d'oeuvre, titbit [image]  apéritif, cocktail [image]  foretaste, sample, taste


appetizing

See Also

appealing, delicious, inviting, mouthwatering, palatable, savoury, scrumptious (Inf.), succulent, tasty, tempting


applaud

See Also

acclaim, approve, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, crack up (Inf.), encourage, eulogize, extol, laud, magnify (Archaic), praise


applause

See Also

acclaim, acclamation, accolade, approbation, approval, cheering, cheers, commendation, eulogizing, hand, hand-clapping, laudation, ovation, plaudit, praise


appliance

See Also

apparatus, device, gadget, implement, instrument, machine, mechanism, tool


applicable

See Also

apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, fit, fitting, germane, pertinent, relevant, suitable, suited, to the point, to the purpose, useful


applicant

See Also

aspirant, candidate, claimant, inquirer, petitioner, postulant, suitor, suppliant


application

See Also

   appositeness, exercise, function, germaneness, pertinence, practice, purpose, relevance, use, value [image]  appeal, claim, inquiry, petition, request, requisition, solicitation, suit [image]  assiduity, attention, attentiveness, commitment, dedication, diligence, effort, hard work, industry, perseverance, study [image]  balm, cream, dressing, emollient, lotion, ointment, poultice, salve, unguent


apply

See Also

   administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, carry out, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exert, implement, practise, put to use, use, utilize [image]  appertain, be applicable, be appropriate, bear upon, be fitting, be relevant, fit, pertain, refer, relate, suit [image]  anoint, bring into contact with, cover with, lay on, paint, place, put on, smear, spread on, touch to [image]  appeal, claim, inquire, make application, petition, put in, request, requisition, solicit, sue [image]  address, be assiduous, be diligent, be industrious, buckle down (Inf.), commit, concentrate, dedicate, devote, direct, give, make an effort, pay attention, persevere, study, try, work hard


appoint

See Also

   allot, arrange, assign, choose, decide, designate, determine, establish, fix, set, settle [image]  assign, choose, commission, delegate, elect, install, name, nominate, select [image]  command, decree, direct, enjoin, ordain [image]  equip, fit out, furnish, provide, supply


appointed

See Also

   allotted, arranged, assigned, chosen, decided, designated, determined, established, fixed, set, settled [image]  assigned, chosen, commissioned, delegated, elected, installed, named, nominated, selected [image]  commanded, decreed, directed, enjoined, ordained [image]  equipped, fitted out, furnished, provided, supplied


appointment

See Also

   arrangement, assignation, consultation, date, engagement, interview, meeting, rendezvous, session, tryst (Archaic) [image]  allotment, assignment, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, designation, election, installation, naming, nomination, selection [image]  assignment, berth (Inf.), job, office, place, position, post, situation, station [image]  appointee, candidate, delegate, nominee, office-holder, representative [image]  (Usually plural) accoutrements, appurtenances, equipage, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, gear, outfit, paraphernalia, trappings


apportion

See Also

allocate, allot, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, measure out, mete out, parcel out, ration out, share


apportionment

See Also

allocation, allotment, assignment, dealing out, dispensing, distribution, division, doling out, measuring out, meting out, parcelling out, rationing out, sharing


apposite

See Also

appertaining, applicable, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, fitting, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant, suitable, suited, to the point, to the purpose


appraisal

See Also

   assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, judgment, opinion, recce (Sl.), sizing up (Inf.) [image]  assay, pricing, rating, reckoning, survey, valuation


appreciable

See Also

ascertainable, clear-cut, considerable, definite, detectable, discernible, distinguishable, evident, marked, material, measurable, noticeable, obvious, perceivable, perceptible, pronounced, recognizable, significant, substantial, visible


appreciate

See Also

   be appreciative, be grateful for, be indebted, be obliged, be thankful for, give thanks for [image]  acknowledge, be alive to, be aware  (cognizant, conscious), comprehend, estimate, know, perceive, realize, recognize, sympathize with, take account of, understand [image]  admire, cherish, enjoy, esteem, like, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savour, treasure, value [image]  enhance, gain, grow, improve, increase, inflate, raise the value of, rise


appreciation

See Also

   acknowledgment, gratefulness, gratitude, indebtedness, obligation, thankfulness, thanks [image]  admiration, appraisal, assessment, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, knowledge, liking, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, responsiveness, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation [image]  enhancement, gain, growth, improvement, increase, inflation, rise [image]  acclamation, criticism, critique, notice, praise, review, tribute


appreciative

See Also

   beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, thankful [image]  admiring, aware, cognizant, conscious, enthusiastic, in the know (Inf.), knowledgeable, mindful, perceptive, pleased, regardful, respectful, responsive, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding


apprehend

See Also

   arrest, bust (Inf.), capture, catch, collar (Inf.), feel one's collar (Sl.), lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pinch (Inf.), run in (Sl.), seize, take, take prisoner [image]  appreciate, believe, comprehend, conceive, grasp, imagine, know, perceive, realize, recognize, think, understand [image]  be afraid of, dread, fear


apprehension

See Also

   alarm, anxiety, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, suspicion, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry [image]  arrest, capture, catching, seizure, taking [image]  awareness, comprehension, grasp, intellect, intelligence, ken, knowledge, perception, understanding [image]  belief, concept, conception, conjecture, idea, impression, notion, opinion, sentiment, thought, view


apprehensive

See Also

afraid, alarmed, anxious, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, fearful, foreboding, mistrustful, nervous, suspicious, twitchy (Inf.), uneasy, worried


apprentice

See Also

beginner, learner, neophyte, novice, probationer, pupil, student, trainee, tyro


approach

See Also

•   v.    advance, catch up, come close, come near, come to, draw near, gain on, meet, move towards, near, push forward, reach [image]  appeal to, apply to, broach the matter with, make advances to, make a proposal to, make overtures to, sound out [image]  begin, begin work on, commence, embark on, enter upon, make a start, set about, undertake [image]  approximate, be comparable to, be like, come close to, come near to, compare with, resemble

•   n.    access, advance, advent, arrival, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, nearing, passage, road, way [image]  approximation, likeness, semblance [image]  (Often plural) advance, appeal, application, invitation, offer, overture, proposal, proposition [image]  attitude, course, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, procedure, style, technique, way


approachable

See Also

   accessible, attainable, come-at-able (Inf.), get-at-able (Inf.), reachable [image]  affable, congenial, cordial, friendly, open, sociable


appropriate

See Also

•   adj.    adapted, applicable, apposite, appurtenant, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, congruous, correct, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, meet (Archaic), opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, to the purpose, well-suited, well-timed

•   v.    allocate, allot, apportion, assign, devote, earmark, set apart [image]  annex, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, impound, pre-empt, seize, take, take over, take possession of, usurp [image]  embezzle, filch, misappropriate, pilfer, pocket, steal


appropriateness

See Also

applicability, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, congruousness, correctness, felicitousness, felicity, fitness, fittingness, germaneness, opportuneness, pertinence, properness, relevance, rightness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness, well-suitedness


appropriation

See Also

   allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignment, earmarking, setting apart [image]  annexation, arrogation, assumption, commandeering, confiscation, expropriation, impoundment, pre-emption, seizure, takeover, taking, usurpation


approval

See Also

   acquiescence, agreement, assent, authorization, blessing, compliance, concurrence, confirmation, consent, countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, leave, licence, mandate, O.K. or okay (Inf.), permission, ratification, recommendation, sanction, the go-ahead (Inf.), the green light, validation [image]  acclaim, admiration, applause, appreciation, approbation, commendation, esteem, favour, good opinion, liking, praise, regard, respect


approve

See Also

   acclaim, admire, applaud, appreciate, be pleased with, commend, esteem, favour, have a good opinion of, like, praise, regard highly, respect, think highly of [image]  accede to, accept, advocate, agree to, allow, assent to, authorize, bless, concur in, confirm, consent to, countenance, endorse, give the go-ahead (Inf.), give the green light, go along with, mandate, O.K. or okay (Inf.), pass, permit, ratify, recommend, sanction, second, subscribe to, uphold, validate


approximate

See Also

•   adj.    almost accurate, almost exact, close, near [image]  estimated, inexact, loose, rough [image]  analogous, close, comparable, like, near, relative, similar, verging on [image]  adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, near, nearby, neighbouring

•   v.    approach, border on, come close, come near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on


approximately

about, almost, around, circa (used with dates), close to, generally, in the neighbourhood of, in the region of, in the vicinity of, just about, loosely, more or less, nearly, not far off, relatively, roughly


approximation

See Also

   conjecture, estimate, estimation, guess, guesswork, rough calculation, rough idea [image]  approach, correspondence, likeness, resemblance, semblance


apron

See Also

pinafore, pinny (Inf.)


apropos

See Also

•   adj.    applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, befitting, belonging, correct, fit, fitting, germane, meet (Archaic), opportune, pertinent, proper, related, relevant, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, to the purpose

•   adv.    appropriately, aptly, opportunely, pertinently, relevantly, suitably, timely, to the point, to the purpose [image]  by the bye, by the way, incidentally, in passing, parenthetically, while on the subject


apropos of

See Also

•   prep. in respect of, on the subject of, re, regarding, respecting, with reference to, with regard to, with respect to


apt

See Also

   applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, befitting, correct, fit, fitting, germane, meet (Archaic), pertinent, proper, relevant, seemly, suitable, timely, to the point, to the purpose [image]  disposed, given, inclined, liable, likely, of a mind, prone, ready [image]  astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, prompt, quick, sharp, skilful, smart, talented, teachable


aptitude

See Also

   bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, tendency [image]  ability, aptness, capability, capacity, cleverness, faculty, flair, gift, giftedness, intelligence, knack, proficiency, quickness, talent [image]  applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, fitness, relevance, suitability, suitableness


aptness

See Also

   applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, becomingness, congruousness, correctness, felicitousness, felicity, fitness, fittingness, germaneness, opportuneness, pertinence, properness, relevance, rightness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness, well-suitedness [image]  aptitude, bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, liability, likelihood, likeliness, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, tendency [image]  ability, capability, capacity, cleverness, faculty, fitness, flair, gift, giftedness, intelligence, knack, proficiency, quickness, suitability, talent


arable

cultivable, farmable, fecund, fertile, fruitful, ploughable, productive, tillable


arbiter

See Also

   adjudicator, arbitrator, judge, referee, umpire [image]  authority, controller, dictator, expert, governor, lord, master, pundit, ruler


arbitrariness

See Also

   capriciousness, fancifulness, inconsistency, randomness, subjectivity, unreasonableness, whimsicality, wilfulness [image]  absoluteness, despotism, dictatorialness, dogmatism, domineeringness, high-handedness, imperiousness, magisterialness, overbearingness, peremptoriness, summariness, tyrannicalness, tyrannousness, tyranny, uncontrolledness, unlimitedness, unrestrainedness


arbitrary

See Also

   capricious, chance, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, inconsistent, optional, personal, random, subjective, unreasonable, whimsical, wilful [image]  absolute, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, high-handed, imperious, magisterial, overbearing, peremptory, summary, tyrannical, tyrannous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unrestrained


arbitrate

See Also

adjudge, adjudicate, decide, determine, judge, mediate, pass judgment, referee, settle, sit in judgment, umpire


arbitration

See Also

adjudication, arbitrament, decision, determination, judgment, settlement


arbitrator

See Also

adjudicator, arbiter, judge, referee, umpire


arc

See Also

arch, bend, bow, crescent, curve, half-moon


arch 1

See Also

•   n.    archway, curve, dome, span, vault [image]  arc, bend, bow, curvature, curve, hump, semicircle

•   v.    arc, bend, bow, bridge, curve, embow, span


arch 2

See Also

   accomplished, chief, consummate, expert, finished, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, main, major, master, pre-eminent, primary, principal, top [image]  artful, frolicsome, knowing, mischievous, pert, playful, roguish, saucy, sly, waggish, wily


archaic

See Also

ancient, antiquated, antique, behind the times, bygone, obsolete, old, olden (Archaic), old-fashioned, old hat, outmoded, out of date, passé, primitive, superannuated


arched

See Also

curved, domed, embowed, vaulted


archer

bowman (Archaic), toxophilite (Formal)


archetype

See Also

classic, exemplar, form, ideal, model, norm, original, paradigm, pattern, prime example, prototype, standard


architect

See Also

   designer, master builder, planner [image]  author, contriver, creator, deviser, engineer, founder, instigator, inventor, maker, originator, planner, prime mover, shaper


architecture

   architectonics, building, construction, design, planning [image]  construction, design, framework, make-up, structure, style


archives

See Also

   annals, chronicles, documents, papers, records, registers, rolls [image]  museum, record office, registry, repository


arctic

See Also

   far-northern, hyperborean, polar [image]   Inf. chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, frost-bound, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy


ardent

See Also

avid, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, intense, keen, lusty, passionate, spirited, vehement, warm, warm-blooded, zealous


ardour

See Also

avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, feeling, fervour, fierceness, fire, heat, intensity, keenness, passion, spirit, vehemence, warmth, zeal


arduous

See Also

backbreaking, burdensome, difficult, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, gruelling, hard, harsh, heavy, laborious, onerous, painful, punishing, rigorous, severe, steep, strenuous, taxing, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying


area

See Also

   district, domain, locality, neighbourhood, patch, plot, realm, region, sector, sphere, stretch, territory, tract, turf (U.S. sl.), zone [image]  ambit, breadth, compass, expanse, extent, range, scope, size, width [image]  arena, department, domain, field, province, realm, sphere, territory [image]  part, portion, section, sector [image]  sunken space, yard


arena

See Also

   amphitheatre, bowl, coliseum, field, ground, park (U.S. & Canad.), ring, stadium, stage [image]  area, battlefield, battleground, domain, field, field of conflict, lists, province, realm, scene, scope, sector, sphere, territory, theatre


argot

See Also

cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, lingo (Inf.), parlance, patois, slang, vernacular


argue

See Also

   altercate, bandy words, bicker, disagree, dispute, fall out (Inf.), feud, fight, have an argument, quarrel, squabble, wrangle [image]  assert, claim, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, expostulate, hold, maintain, plead, question, reason, remonstrate [image]  convince, persuade, prevail upon, talk into, talk round [image]  demonstrate, denote, display, evince, exhibit, imply, indicate, manifest, point to, show, suggest


argument

See Also

   altercation, barney (Inf.), bickering, clash, controversy, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, falling out (Inf.), feud, fight, quarrel, row, squabble, wrangle [image]  assertion, claim, contention, debate, discussion, dispute, expostulation, plea, pleading, questioning, remonstrance, remonstration [image]  argumentation, case, defence, dialectic, ground(s), line of reasoning, logic, polemic, reason, reasoning [image]  abstract, gist, outline, plot, story, story line, subject, summary, synopsis, theme


argumentative

See Also

   belligerent, combative, contentious, contrary, disputatious, litigious, opinionated, quarrelsome [image]  contentious, controversial, disputed, polemic


arid

See Also

   barren, desert, dried up, dry, moistureless, parched, sterile, torrid, waterless [image]  boring, colourless, dreary, dry, dull, flat, jejune, lifeless, spiritless, tedious, uninspired, uninteresting, vapid


aright

See Also

accurately, appropriately, aptly, correctly, duly, exactly, fitly, in due order, justly, properly, rightly, suitably, truly, without error


arise

See Also

   appear, begin, come into being, come to light, commence, crop up (Inf.), emanate, emerge, ensue, follow, happen, issue, occur, originate, proceed, result, set in, spring, start, stem [image]  get to one's feet, get up, go up, rise, stand up, wake up [image]  ascend, climb, lift, mount, move upward, rise, soar, tower


aristocracy

See Also

body of nobles, elite, gentry, haut monde, nobility, noblesse (Literary), patricians, patriciate, peerage, ruling class, upper class, upper crust (Inf.)


aristocrat

See Also

aristo (Inf.), grandee, lady, lord, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, patrician, peer, peeress


aristocratic

See Also

   blue-blooded, elite, gentle (Archaic), gentlemanly, highborn, lordly, noble, patrician, titled, upper-class, well-born [image]  courtly, dignified, elegant, fine, haughty, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, well-bred


arm 1

See Also

•   n.    appendage, limb, upper limb [image]  bough, branch, department, detachment, division, extension, offshoot, projection, section, sector [image]  branch, channel, estuary, firth, inlet, sound, strait, tributary [image]  authority, command, force, might, potency, power, strength, sway


arm 2

See Also

•   v.     Esp. with weapons accoutre, array, deck out, equip, furnish, issue with, outfit, provide, rig, supply [image]  mobilize, muster forces, prepare for war, take up arms [image]  brace, equip, forearm, fortify, gird one's loins, guard, make ready, outfit, prepare, prime, protect, strengthen


armada

fleet, flotilla, navy, squadron


armaments

ammunition, arms, guns, materiel, munitions, ordnance, weaponry, weapons


armed

See Also

accoutred, arrayed, carrying weapons, equipped, fitted out, forearmed, fortified, furnished, girded, guarded, in arms, prepared, primed, protected, provided, ready, rigged out, strengthened, supplied, under arms


armistice

ceasefire, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce


armour

See Also

armour plate, covering, protection, sheathing, shield


armoured

See Also

armour-plated, bombproof, bulletproof, ironclad, mailed, protected, steel-plated


armoury

ammunition dump, arms depot, arsenal, magazine, ordnance depot


arms

See Also

   armaments, firearms, guns, instruments of war, ordnance, weaponry, weapons [image]  blazonry, crest, escutcheon, heraldry, insignia


army

See Also

   armed force, host (Archaic), land forces, legions, military, military force, soldiers, soldiery, troops [image]   Fig. array, horde, host, multitude, pack, swarm, throng, vast number


aroma

See Also

bouquet, fragrance, odour, perfume, redolence, savour, scent, smell


aromatic

See Also

balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, redolent, savoury, spicy, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling


around

See Also

•   prep.    about, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, environing, on all sides of, on every side of, surrounding [image]  about, approximately, circa (used with dates), roughly

•   adv.    about, all over, everywhere, here and there, in all directions, on all sides, throughout, to and fro [image]  at hand, close, close at hand, close by, near, nearby, nigh (Archaic or dialect)


arouse

See Also

agitate, animate, awaken, call forth, enliven, excite, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, prod, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spark, spur, stimulate, stir up, summon up, waken, wake up, warm, whet, whip up


arrange

See Also

   align, array, class, classify, dispose, file, form, group, line up, marshal, order, organize, position, put in order, range, rank, set out, sort, sort out (Inf.), systematize, tidy [image]  adjust, agree to, come to terms, compromise, construct, contrive, determine, devise, fix up, organize, plan, prepare, project, schedule, settle [image]  adapt, instrument, orchestrate, score


arrangement

See Also

   alignment, array, classification, design, display, disposition, form, grouping, line-up, marshalling, order, ordering, organization, ranging, rank, setup (Inf.), structure, system [image]  (Often plural) adjustment, agreement, compact, compromise, construction, deal, devising, organization, plan, planning, preparation, provision, schedule, settlement, terms [image]  adaptation, instrumentation, interpretation, orchestration, score, version


array

See Also

•   n.    arrangement, collection, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, line-up, marshalling, muster, order, parade, show, supply [image]   Poetic apparel, attire, clothes, dress, finery, garb, garments, raiment (Archaic or poetic), regalia

•   v.    align, arrange, display, dispose, draw up, exhibit, form up, group, line up, marshal, muster, order, parade, place in order, range, set in line (Military), show [image]  accoutre, adorn, apparel (Archaic), attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, deck, decorate, dress, equip, festoon, fit out, garb, get ready, outfit, robe, supply, wrap


arrest

See Also

•   v.    apprehend, bust (Inf.), capture, catch, collar (Inf.), detain, feel one's collar (Sl.), lay hold of, lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pinch (Inf.), run in (Sl.), seize, take, take into custody, take prisoner [image]  block, check, delay, end, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, obstruct, restrain, retard, slow, stall, stay, stop, suppress [image]  absorb, catch, engage, engross, fascinate, grip, hold, intrigue, occupy

•   n.    apprehension, bust (Inf.), capture, cop (Sl.), detention, seizure [image]  blockage, check, delay, end, halt, hindrance, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, restraint, stalling, stay, stoppage, suppression


arresting

See Also

conspicuous, engaging, extraordinary, impressive, noticeable, outstanding, remarkable, striking, stunning, surprising


arrival

See Also

   advent, appearance, arriving, coming, entrance, happening, occurrence, taking place [image]  arriver, caller, comer, entrant, incomer, newcomer, visitant, visitor


arrive

See Also

   appear, attain, befall, come, enter, get to, happen, occur, reach, show up (Inf.), take place, turn up [image]   Inf. achieve recognition, become famous, make good, make it (Inf.), make the grade (Inf.), reach the top, succeed


arrogance

See Also

bluster, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdainfulness, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overweeningness, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, scornfulness, superciliousness, swagger, uppishness (Brit. inf.)


arrogant

See Also

assuming, blustering, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), high-handed, imperious, insolent, lordly, overbearing, overweening, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, supercilious, swaggering, uppish (Brit. inf.)


arrogation

See Also

appropriation, assumption, commandeering, demand, expropriation, presumption, seizure, usurpation


arrow

   bolt, dart, flight, quarrel, reed (Archaic), shaft (Archaic) [image]  indicator, pointer


arsenal

See Also

ammunition dump, armoury, arms depot, magazine, ordnance depot, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, supply


art

See Also

   adroitness, aptitude, artifice (Archaic), artistry, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertise, facility, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, skill, trade, virtuosity [image]  artfulness, artifice, astuteness, craftiness, cunning, deceit, duplicity, guile, trickery, wiliness


artful

See Also

adept, adroit, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, dexterous, foxy, ingenious, intriguing, masterly, politic, proficient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, skilful, sly, smart, subtle, tricky, wily


article

See Also

   commodity, item, object, piece, substance, thing, unit [image]  composition, discourse, essay, feature, item, paper, piece, story, treatise [image]  branch, clause, count, detail, division, head, heading, item, matter, paragraph, part, particular, passage, piece, point, portion, section


articulate

See Also

•   adj.    clear, coherent, comprehensible, eloquent, expressive, fluent, intelligible, lucid, meaningful, understandable, vocal, well-spoken

•   v.    enounce, enunciate, express, pronounce, say, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice [image]  connect, couple, fit together, hinge, join, joint


artifice

See Also

   contrivance, device, dodge, expedient, hoax, machination, manoeuvre, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, trick, wile [image]  artfulness, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deception, duplicity, guile, scheming, slyness, trickery [image]  adroitness, cleverness, deftness, facility, finesse, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness, skill


artificer

See Also

   artisan, craftsman, mechanic [image]  architect, builder, contriver, creator, designer, deviser, inventor, maker, originator


artificial

See Also

   man-made, manufactured, non-natural, plastic, synthetic [image]  bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, imitation, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), sham, simulated, specious, spurious [image]  affected, assumed, contrived, false, feigned, forced, hollow, insincere, meretricious, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, spurious, unnatural


artillery

battery, big guns, cannon, cannonry, gunnery, ordnance


artisan

See Also

artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, journeyman, mechanic, skilled workman, technician


artistic

See Also

aesthetic, beautiful, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, elegant, exquisite, graceful, imaginative, ornamental, refined, sensitive, sophisticated, stylish, tasteful


artistry

See Also

accomplishment, art, artistic ability, brilliance, craft, craftsmanship, creativity, finesse, flair, genius, mastery, proficiency, sensibility, skill, style, talent, taste, touch, virtuosity, workmanship


artless

See Also

   candid, direct, fair, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, open, plain, sincere, straightforward, true, undesigning, upfront (Inf.) [image]  humble, natural, plain, pure, simple, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious [image]  awkward, bungling, clumsy, crude, incompetent, inept, maladroit, primitive, rude, unskilled, untalented [image]  childlike, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, naive, trustful, trusting, unsophisticated


as

See Also

•   conj.    at the time that, during the time that, just as, when, while [image]  in the manner that, in the way that, like [image]  that which, what [image]  because, considering that, seeing that, since [image]  in the same manner with, in the same way that, like [image]  for instance, like, such as

•   prep.    being, in the character of, in the role of, under the name of [image]  as for as regards, in reference to, on the subject of, with reference to, with regard to, with respect to [image]  as it were in a manner of speaking, in a way, so to say, so to speak


ascend

See Also

climb, float up, fly up, go up, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, slope upwards, soar, take off, tower


ascendancy, ascendency

See Also

authority, command, control, dominance, domination, dominion, hegemony, influence, mastery, power, predominance, pre-eminence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand


ascendant, ascendent

See Also

•   adj.    ascending, climbing, going upwards, mounting, rising [image]  authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, influential, powerful, predominant, pre-eminent, prevailing, ruling, superior, supreme, uppermost

•   n.    in the ascendant ascending, climbing, commanding, dominant, dominating, flourishing, growing, increasing, mounting, on the rise, on the way up, prevailing, rising, supreme, up-and-coming, uppermost, winning


ascent

   ascending, ascension, clambering, climb, climbing, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, upward movement [image]  acclivity, gradient, incline, ramp, rise, rising ground, upward slope


ascertain

See Also

confirm, determine, discover, establish, ferret out, find out, fix, identify, learn, make certain, settle, suss (out) (Sl.), verify


ascetic

See Also

•   n.    abstainer, anchorite, hermit, monk, nun, recluse, self-denier

•   adj.    abstemious, abstinent, austere, celibate, frugal, harsh, plain, puritanical, rigorous, self-denying, self-disciplined, severe, Spartan, stern


asceticism

abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, celibacy, frugality, harshness, mortification of the flesh, plainness, puritanism, rigorousness, rigour, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-discipline, self-mortification


ascribe

See Also

assign, attribute, charge, credit, impute, put down, refer, set down


ashamed

See Also

abashed, bashful, blushing, chagrined, conscience-stricken, crestfallen, discomfited, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, humbled, humiliated, mortified, prudish, reluctant, remorseful, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry


ashore

See Also

aground, landwards, on dry land, on land, on the beach, on the shore, shorewards, to the shore


aside

See Also

•   adv.    alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, in isolation, in reserve, on one side, out of mind, out of the way, privately, separately, to one side, to the side

•   n.    departure, digression, excursion, excursus, interpolation, interposition, parenthesis, tangent


asinine

See Also

braindead (Inf.), brainless, daft (Inf.), dunderheaded, fatuous, foolish, goofy (Inf.), gormless (Brit. inf.), halfwitted, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, moronic, obstinate, senseless, silly, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted


ask

See Also

   inquire, interrogate, query, question, quiz [image]  appeal, apply, beg, beseech, claim, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, plead, pray, request, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate [image]  bid, invite, summon


askance

See Also

   awry, indirectly, obliquely, out of the corner of one's eye, sideways, with a side glance [image]  disapprovingly, distrustfully, doubtfully, dubiously, mistrustfully, sceptically, suspiciously


askew

See Also

•   adv.

•   adj. aslant, awry, cockeyed (Inf.), crooked, crookedly, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-centre, skewwhiff (Brit. inf.), to one side


asleep

See Also

crashed out (Sl.), dead to the world (Inf.), dormant, dozing, fast asleep, napping, sleeping, slumbering, snoozing (Inf.), sound asleep


aspect

See Also

   air, appearance, attitude, bearing, condition, countenance, demeanour, expression, look, manner, mien (Literary) [image]  bearing, direction, exposure, outlook, point of view, position, prospect, scene, situation, view [image]  angle, facet, feature, side


asperity

See Also

acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbedness, crossness, harshness, irascibility, irritability, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, ruggedness, severity, sharpness, sourness, sullenness


asphyxiate

choke, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, throttle


aspirant

See Also

•   n.    applicant, aspirer, candidate, hopeful, postulant, seeker, suitor

•   adj.    ambitious, aspiring, eager, endeavouring, hopeful, longing, striving, wishful


aspiration

See Also

aim, ambition, craving, desire, dream, eagerness, endeavour, goal, hankering, hope, longing, object, objective, wish, yearning


aspire

See Also

aim, be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, hope, long, pursue, seek, wish, yearn


aspiring

See Also

•   adj. ambitious, aspirant, eager, endeavouring, hopeful, longing, striving, wishful, would-be


ass

See Also

   donkey, jennet, moke (Sl.) [image]  airhead (Sl.), berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, bonehead (Sl.), charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, daftie (Inf.), dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), halfwit, idiot, jackass, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, ninny, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twerp or twirp (Inf.), twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


assail

See Also

   assault, attack, belabour, beset, charge, encounter, fall upon, invade, lay into (Inf.), maltreat, set about, set upon [image]  abuse, berate, blast, criticize, impugn, lambast(e), malign, put down, revile, tear into (Inf.), vilify


assassin

See Also

eliminator (Sl.), executioner, hatchet man (Sl.), hit man (Sl.), killer, liquidator, murderer, slayer


assassinate

See Also

blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), eliminate (Sl.), hit (Sl.), kill, liquidate, murder, slay, take out (Sl.)


assault

See Also

•   n.    aggression, attack, charge, incursion, inroad, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, storm, storming, strike

•   v.    assail, attack, belabour, beset, charge, fall upon, invade, lay into (Inf.), set about, set upon, storm, strike at


assay

See Also

•   v.    analyse, appraise, assess, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, prove, test, try, weigh

•   n.     Archaic attempt, endeavour, essay, stab (Inf.), try, venture [image]  analysis, examination, inspection, investigation, test, trial


assemble

See Also

   accumulate, amass, bring together, call together, collect, come together, congregate, convene, convoke, flock, forgather, gather, marshal, meet, muster, rally, round up, summon [image]  build up, connect, construct, erect, fabricate, fit together, join, make, manufacture, piece together, put together, set up


assembly

See Also

   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, body, collection, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convocation, council, crowd, diet, flock, gathering, group, house, mass, meeting, multitude, rally, synod, throng [image]  building up, connecting, construction, erection, fabrication, fitting together, joining, manufacture, piecing together, putting together, setting up


assent

See Also

•   v.    accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, comply, concur, consent, fall in with, go along with, grant, permit, sanction, subscribe

•   n.    acceptance, accession, accord, acquiescence, agreement, approval, compliance, concurrence, consent, permission, sanction


assert

See Also

   affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch (Archaic), avow, contend, declare, maintain, predicate, profess, pronounce, state, swear [image]  claim, defend, insist upon, press, put forward, stand up for, stress, uphold, vindicate [image]  assert oneself exert one's influence, make one's presence felt, put oneself forward


assertion

See Also

   affirmation, allegation, asseveration, attestation, avowal, contention, declaration, predication, profession, pronouncement, statement [image]  defence, insistence, maintenance, stressing, vindication


assertive

See Also

aggressive, confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), firm, forceful, forward, insistent, overbearing, positive, pushy (Inf.), self-assured, strong-willed


assess

See Also

   appraise, compute, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye up, fix, gauge, judge, rate, size up (Inf.), value, weigh [image]  demand, evaluate, fix, impose, levy, rate, tax, value


assessment

See Also

   appraisal, computation, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, judgment, rating, valuation [image]  charge, demand, duty, evaluation, fee, impost, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation


asset

See Also

   advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, boon, help, resource, service [image]  (Plural) capital, estate, funds, goods, holdings, means, money, possessions, property, reserves, resources, valuables, wealth


assiduous

See Also

attentive, constant, diligent, hard-working, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, persistent, sedulous, steady, studious, unflagging, untiring, unwearied


assign

See Also

   appoint, choose, delegate, designate, name, nominate, select [image]  allocate, allot, apportion, consign, distribute, give, give out, grant, make over [image]  appoint, appropriate, determine, fix, set apart, stipulate [image]  accredit, ascribe, attribute, put down


assignment

See Also

   appointment, charge, commission, duty, job, mission, position, post, responsibility, task [image]  allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation (Law, chiefly Scot.), attribution, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation


assist

See Also

abet, aid, back, benefit, boost, collaborate, cooperate, encourage, expedite, facilitate, further, help, promote, reinforce, relieve, second, serve, succour, support, sustain, work for, work with


assistance

See Also

abetment, aid, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, cooperation, encouragement, furtherance, help, helping hand, promotion, reinforcement, relief, service, succour, support, sustenance


assistant

See Also

abettor, accessory, accomplice, aide, aider, ally, associate, auxiliary, backer, coadjutor (Rare), collaborator, colleague, confederate, cooperator, helper, helpmate, henchman, partner, protagonist, right-hand man, second, supporter


associate

See Also

•   v.    affiliate, ally, combine, confederate, conjoin, connect, correlate, couple, identify, join, league, link, lump together, mix, pair, relate, think of together, unite, yoke [image]  accompany, befriend, be friends, consort, fraternize, hang about, hang out (Inf.), hobnob, mingle, mix, run around (Inf.)

•   n.    ally, collaborator, colleague, companion, compeer, comrade, confederate, confrère, co-worker, follower, friend, mate, partner


association

See Also

   affiliation, alliance, band, clique, club, coalition, combine, company, confederacy, confederation, cooperative, corporation, federation, fraternity, group, league, order, organization, partnership, society, syndicate, union [image]  affinity, companionship, comradeship, familiarity, fellowship, fraternization, friendship, intimacy, liaison, partnership, relations, relationship [image]  blend, bond, combination, concomitance, connection, correlation, identification, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, relation, tie, union, yoking


assort

See Also

arrange, array, categorize, classify, dispose, distribute, file, grade, group, range, rank, sort, type


assorted

See Also

   different, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry, varied, variegated, various [image]  arranged, arrayed, categorized, classified, disposed, filed, graded, grouped, ranged, ranked, sorted, typed


assortment

See Also

   array, choice, collection, diversity, farrago, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag (Inf.), mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, selection, variety [image]  arrangement, categorizing, classification, disposition, distribution, filing, grading, grouping, ranging, ranking, sorting, typing


assume

See Also

   accept, believe, expect, fancy, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imagine, infer, presume, presuppose, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, think [image]  adopt, affect, counterfeit, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend to, put on, sham, simulate [image]  accept, acquire, attend to, begin, don, embark upon, embrace, enter upon, put on, set about, shoulder, take on, take over, take responsibility for, take up, undertake [image]  acquire, appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, pre-empt, seize, take, take over, usurp


assumed

See Also

   affected, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, feigned, fictitious, imitation, made-up, make-believe, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, pseudonymous, sham, simulated, spurious [image]  accepted, expected, hypothetical, presumed, presupposed, supposed, surmised, taken for granted [image]  appropriated, arrogated, pre-empted, seized, usurped


assuming

See Also

•   adj. arrogant, bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), rude


assumption

See Also

   acceptance, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hypothesis, inference, postulate, postulation, premise, premiss, presumption, presupposition, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory [image]  acceptance, acquisition, adoption, embracing, entering upon, putting on, shouldering, takeover, taking on, taking up, undertaking [image]  acquisition, appropriation, arrogation, expropriation, pre-empting, seizure, takeover, taking, usurpation [image]  arrogance, conceit, imperiousness, presumption, pride, self-importance


assurance

See Also

   affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, oath, pledge, profession, promise, protestation, vow, word, word of honour [image]  assertiveness, assuredness, boldness, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, coolness, courage, faith, firmness, nerve, poise, positiveness, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness [image]  arrogance, brass neck (Brit. inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, gall (Inf.), impudence, neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), presumption


assure

See Also

   comfort, convince, embolden, encourage, hearten, persuade, reassure, soothe [image]  affirm, attest, certify, confirm, declare confidently, give one's word to, guarantee, pledge, promise, swear, vow [image]  clinch, complete, confirm, ensure, guarantee, make certain, make sure, seal, secure


assured

See Also

   beyond doubt, clinched, confirmed, dependable, ensured, fixed, guaranteed, indubitable, irrefutable, made certain, sealed, secure, settled, sure, unquestionable [image]  assertive, audacious, bold, brazen, certain, complacent, confident, overconfident, poised, positive, pushy (Inf.), self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, sure of oneself


astonish

See Also

amaze, astound, bewilder, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast (Inf.), stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise


astonishing

See Also

amazing, astounding, bewildering, breathtaking, brilliant, impressive, sensational (Inf.), staggering, striking, stunning, stupefying, surprising, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


astonishment

See Also

amazement, awe, bewilderment, confusion, consternation, stupefaction, surprise, wonder, wonderment


astounding

See Also

amazing, astonishing, bewildering, breathtaking, brilliant, impressive, sensational (Inf.), staggering, striking, stunning, stupefying, surprising, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


astray

See Also

•   adj.

•   adv.    adrift, afield, amiss, lost, off, off course, off the mark, off the right track, off the subject [image]  into error, into sin, to the bad, wrong


astronaut

cosmonaut, spaceman, space pilot, space traveller, spacewoman


astute

See Also

adroit, artful, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, penetrating, perceptive, politic, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, wily


astuteness

See Also

acumen, adroitness, artfulness, brightness, canniness, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, discernment, foxiness, insight, intelligence, keenness, knowledge, penetration, perceptiveness, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness, slyness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), subtlety, suss (Sl.), wiliness


asylum

See Also

   harbour, haven, preserve, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, shelter [image]   Old-fashioned funny farm (Facetious), hospital, institution, laughing academy (U.S. sl.), loony bin (Sl.), madhouse (Inf.), mental hospital, nuthouse (Sl.), psychiatric hospital, rubber room (U.S. sl.)


atheism

disbelief, freethinking, godlessness, heathenism, infidelity, irreligion, nonbelief, paganism, scepticism, unbelief


atheist

disbeliever, freethinker, heathen, infidel, irreligionist, nonbeliever, pagan, sceptic, unbeliever


athlete

competitor, contender, contestant, games player, gymnast, player, runner, sportsman, sportswoman


athletic

See Also

•   adj.    able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, fit, herculean, husky (Inf.), lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, sinewy, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous, well-proportioned

•   pl. n..    contests, exercises, games of strength, gymnastics, races, sports, track and field events


atmosphere

See Also

   aerosphere, air, heavens, sky [image]  air, ambience, aura, character, climate, environment, feel, feeling, flavour, mood, quality, spirit, surroundings, tone, vibes (Sl.)


atom

See Also

bit, crumb, dot, fragment, grain, iota, jot, mite, molecule, morsel, mote, particle, scintilla (Rare), scrap, shred, speck, spot, tittle, trace, whit


atone

See Also

   (With for) answer for, compensate, do penance for, make amends for, make redress, make reparation for, make up for, pay for, recompense, redress [image]  appease, expiate, make expiation for, propitiate, reconcile, redeem


atrocious

See Also

   barbaric, brutal, cruel, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, godawful (Sl.), heinous, hellacious (U.S. sl.), infamous, infernal, inhuman, monstrous, nefarious, ruthless, savage, vicious, villainous, wicked [image]  appalling, detestable, execrable, grievous, horrible, horrifying, shocking, terrible


atrocity

See Also

   abomination, act of savagery, barbarity, brutality, crime, cruelty, enormity, evil, horror, monstrosity, outrage, villainy [image]  atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, enormity, fiendishness, grievousness, heinousness, horror, infamy, inhumanity, monstrousness, nefariousness, ruthlessness, savagery, shockingness, viciousness, villainousness, wickedness


attach

See Also

   add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fasten, fix, join, link, make fast, secure, stick, subjoin, tie, unite [image]  accompany, affiliate, associate, become associated with, combine, enlist, join, join forces with, latch on to, sign on with, sign up with, unite with [image]  ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, connect, impute, invest with, lay, place, put [image]  allocate, allot, appoint, assign, consign, designate, detail, earmark, second, send


attached

See Also

   affectionate towards, devoted, fond of, full of regard for, possessive [image]  accompanied, engaged, married, partnered, spoken for


attachment

See Also

   adapter, bond, clamp, connection, connector, coupling, fastener, fastening, joint, junction, link, tie [image]  affection, affinity, attraction, bond, devotion, fidelity, fondness, friendship, liking, love, loyalty, partiality, possessiveness, predilection, regard, tenderness [image]  accessory, accoutrement, adapter, addition, add-on, adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, auxiliary, extension, extra, fitting, fixture, supplement, supplementary part


attack

See Also

•   n.    aggression, assault, charge, foray, incursion, inroad, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush, strike [image]  abuse, blame, calumny, censure, character assassination, criticism, denigration, impugnment, stick (Sl.), vilification [image]  access, bout, convulsion, fit, paroxysm, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke

•   v.    assail, assault, charge, fall upon, invade, lay into (Inf.), raid, rush, set about, set upon, storm, strike (at) [image]  abuse, berate, blame, blast, censure, criticize, excoriate, impugn, lambast(e), malign, put down, revile, tear into (Inf.), vilify


attacker

See Also

aggressor, assailant, assaulter, intruder, invader, raider


attain

See Also

accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, bring off, complete, earn, effect, fulfil, gain, get, grasp, obtain, procure, reach, realize, reap, score (Sl.), secure, win


attainment

See Also

   accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, arrival at, completion, feat, fulfilment, gaining, getting, obtaining, procurement, reaching, realization, reaping, winning [image]  ability, accomplishment, achievement, art, capability, competence, gift, mastery, proficiency, skill, talent


attempt

See Also

•   n.    assault, attack, bid, crack (Inf.), effort, endeavour, essay, experiment, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), trial, try, undertaking, venture

•   v.    endeavour, essay, experiment, have a crack  (go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.)) (Inf.), seek, strive, tackle, take on, try, try one's hand at, undertake, venture


attend

See Also

   appear, be at, be here, be present, be there, frequent, go to, haunt, make one (Archaic), put in an appearance, show oneself, show up (Inf.), turn up, visit [image]  care for, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, take care of, tend [image]  follow, hear, hearken (Archaic), heed, listen, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, pay attention, pay heed, regard, take to heart, watch [image]  accompany, arise from, be associated with, be connected with, be consequent on, follow, go hand in hand with, issue from, occur with, result from [image]  (With to) apply oneself to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, get to work on, look after, occupy oneself with, see to, take care of [image]  accompany, chaperon, companion, convoy, escort, guard, squire, usher [image]  be in the service of, serve, wait upon, work for


attendance

See Also

   appearance, attending, being there, presence [image]  audience, crowd, gate, house, number present, turnout


attendant

See Also

•   n.    aide, assistant, auxiliary, chaperon, companion, custodian, escort, flunky, follower, guard, guide, helper, lackey, menial, servant, steward, underling, usher, waiter

•   adj.    accessory, accompanying, associated, concomitant, consequent, related


attention

See Also

   concentration, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, heed, heedfulness, intentness, mind, scrutiny, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness [image]  awareness, consciousness, consideration, notice, observation, recognition, regard [image]  care, concern, looking after, ministration, treatment [image]  (Often plural) assiduities, care, civility, compliment, consideration, courtesy, deference, gallantry, mindfulness, politeness, regard, respect, service


attentive

See Also

   alert, awake, careful, concentrating, heedful, intent, listening, mindful, observant, regardful, studious, watchful [image]  accommodating, civil, conscientious, considerate, courteous, devoted, gallant, gracious, kind, obliging, polite, respectful, thoughtful


attic

•   n. garret, loft


attitude

See Also

   approach, disposition, frame of mind, mood, opinion, outlook, perspective, point of view, position, posture, stance, standing, view [image]  air, aspect, bearing, carriage, condition, demeanour, manner, mien (Literary), pose, position, posture, stance


attract

See Also

allure, appeal to, bewitch, captivate, charm, decoy, draw, enchant, endear, engage, entice, fascinate, incline, induce, interest, invite, lure, pull (Inf.), tempt


attraction

See Also

allure, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, come-on (Inf.), draw, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, magnetism, pull (Inf.), temptation, temptingness


attractive

See Also

agreeable, alluring, appealing, beautiful, captivating, charming, comely, engaging, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, interesting, inviting, likable or likeable, lovely, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, seductive, tempting, winning, winsome


attribute

See Also

•   v.    apply, ascribe, assign, blame, charge, credit, impute, lay at the door of, put down to, refer, set down to, trace to

•   n.    aspect, character, characteristic, facet, feature, idiosyncrasy, indication, mark, note, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, sign, symbol, trait, virtue


auburn

See Also

chestnut-coloured, copper-coloured, henna, nutbrown, reddish-brown, russet, rust-coloured, tawny, Titian red


audacious

See Also

   adventurous, bold, brave, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, death-defying, enterprising, fearless, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, valiant, venturesome [image]  assuming, brazen, cheeky, defiant, disrespectful, forward, fresh (Inf.), impertinent, impudent, insolent, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy (U.S. inf.), shameless


audacity

See Also

   adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, front, guts (Inf.), intrepidity, nerve, rashness, recklessness, valour, venturesomeness [image]  audaciousness, brass neck (Brit. inf.), cheek, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), defiance, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, gall (Inf.), impertinence, impudence, insolence, neck (Inf.), nerve, pertness, presumption, rudeness, shamelessness


audible

clear, detectable, discernible, distinct, hearable, perceptible


audience

See Also

   assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, gallery, gathering, house, listeners, onlookers, spectators, turnout, viewers [image]  devotees, fans, following, market, public [image]  consultation, hearing, interview, meeting, reception


au fait

See Also

abreast of, au courant, clued-up (Inf.), conversant, expert, familiar, fully informed, in the know, in touch, knowledgeable, on the ball (Inf.), well-acquainted, well up


augment

See Also

add to, amplify, boost, build up, dilate, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, multiply, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell


augmentation

See Also

accession, addition, amplification, boost, build-up, dilation, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, growth, heightening, increase, inflation, intensification, magnification, multiplication, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling


augur

See Also

•   n.    auspex, diviner, haruspex, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer

•   v.    be an omen of, bespeak (Archaic), betoken, bode, foreshadow, harbinger, herald, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, promise, prophesy, signify


augury

See Also

   divination, prediction, prophecy, soothsaying, sortilege [image]  auspice, forerunner, forewarning, harbinger, herald, omen, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning


august

See Also

dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, high-ranking, imposing, impressive, kingly, lofty, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, regal, solemn, stately, superb


auspice

•   n.    (Usually plural) advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, championship, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, protection, sponsorship, supervision, support [image]  augury, indication, omen, portent, prognostication, prophecy, sign, token, warning


auspicious

See Also

bright, encouraging, favourable, felicitous, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely


austere

See Also

   cold, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inflexible, rigorous, serious, severe, solemn, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting [image]  abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, exacting, puritanical, rigid, self-denying, self-disciplined, sober, solemn, Spartan, strait-laced, strict, unrelenting [image]  bleak, economical, harsh, plain, severe, simple, spare, Spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unornamented


austerity

See Also

   coldness, exactingness, forbiddingness, formality, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigour, seriousness, severity, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness [image]  abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, economy, exactingness, puritanism, rigidity, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, solemnity, Spartanism, strictness [image]  economy, plainness, severity, simplicity, spareness, Spartanism, starkness


authentic

See Also

accurate, actual, authoritative, bona fide, certain, dependable, factual, faithful, genuine, legitimate, original, pure, real, reliable, simon-pure (Rare), true, true-to-life, trustworthy, valid, veritable


authenticity

See Also

accuracy, actuality, authoritativeness, certainty, dependability, factualness, faithfulness, genuineness, legitimacy, purity, realness, reliability, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, validity, veritableness, verity


author

See Also

architect, composer, creator, designer, doer, fabricator, father, founder, framer, initiator, inventor, maker, mover, originator, parent, planner, prime mover, producer, writer


authoritarian

See Also

•   adj.    absolute, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, harsh, imperious, rigid, severe, strict, tyrannical, unyielding

•   n.    absolutist, autocrat, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, tyrant


authority

See Also

   ascendancy, charge, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, force, government, influence, jurisdiction, might, power, prerogative, right, rule, say-so, strength, supremacy, sway, weight [image]  the authorities administration, government, management, officialdom, police, powers that be, the establishment [image]  authorization, justification, licence, permission, permit, sanction, say-so, warrant [image]  arbiter, bible, connoisseur, expert, judge, master, professional, scholar, specialist, textbook [image]  attestation, avowal, declaration, evidence, profession, say-so, statement, testimony, word


authorization

See Also

   ability, authority, power, right, say-so, strength [image]  approval, credentials, leave, licence, permission, permit, sanction, say-so, warrant


authorize

See Also

   accredit, commission, empower, enable, entitle, give authority [image]  accredit, allow, approve, confirm, countenance, give authority for, give leave, license, permit, ratify, sanction, vouch for, warrant


autocrat

See Also

absolutist, despot, dictator, tyrant


autocratic

See Also

absolute, all-powerful, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, tyrannical, tyrannous, unlimited


automatic

See Also

   automated, mechanical, mechanized, push-button, robot, self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-propelling, self-regulating [image]  habitual, kneejerk, mechanical, perfunctory, routine, unconscious [image]  instinctive, instinctual, involuntary, mechanical, natural, reflex, spontaneous, unconscious, unwilled [image]  assured, certain, inescapable, inevitable, necessary, routine, unavoidable


autonomous

See Also

free, independent, self-determining, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign


autonomy

See Also

freedom, home rule, independence, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, sovereignty


autopsy

dissection, necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination


auxiliary

See Also

•   adj.    accessory, aiding, ancillary, assisting, back-up, emergency, fall-back, helping, reserve, secondary, subsidiary, substitute, supplementary, supporting

•   n.    accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, companion, confederate, helper, henchman, partner, protagonist, reserve, subordinate, supporter


available

See Also

accessible, applicable, at hand, at one's disposal, attainable, convenient, free, handy, obtainable, on hand, on tap, ready, ready for use, to hand, vacant


avalanche

See Also

   landslide, landslip, snow-slide, snow-slip [image]  barrage, deluge, flood, inundation, torrent


avant-garde

See Also

•   adj. experimental, far-out (Sl.), ground-breaking, innovative, innovatory, pioneering, progressive, unconventional, way-out (Inf.)


avaricious

See Also

acquisitive, close-fisted, covetous, grasping, greedy, mean, miserable, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, stingy, tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.)


avenge

See Also

even the score for, get even for (Inf.), hit back, punish, repay, requite, retaliate, revenge, take satisfaction for, take vengeance


avenue

See Also

access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, driveway, entrance, entry, pass, passage, path, pathway, road, route, street, thoroughfare, way


average

See Also

•   n.    common run, mean, medium, midpoint, norm, normal, par, rule, run, run of the mill, standard [image]  on average as a rule, for the most part, generally, normally, typically, usually

•   adj.    banal, common, commonplace, fair, general, indifferent, mediocre, middling, moderate, normal, not bad, ordinary, passable, regular, run-of-the-mill, so-so (Inf.), standard, tolerable, typical, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual [image]  intermediate, mean, median, medium, middle

•   v.    balance out to, be on average, do on average, even out to, make on average


averse

See Also

antipathetic, backward, disinclined, hostile, ill-disposed, indisposed, inimical, loath, opposed, reluctant, unfavourable, unwilling


aversion

See Also

abhorrence, animosity, antipathy, detestation, disgust, disinclination, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, indisposition, loathing, odium, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, unwillingness


aviation

aeronautics, flight, flying, powered flight


aviator

aeronaut, airman, flier, pilot


avid

See Also

   ardent, devoted, eager, enthusiastic, fanatical, fervent, intense, keen, passionate, zealous [image]  acquisitive, athirst, avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry, insatiable, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty, voracious


avoid

See Also

avert, body-swerve (Scot.), bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck (out of) (Inf.), elude, escape, eschew, evade, fight shy of, keep aloof from, keep away from, prevent, refrain from, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of


avoidance

See Also

body swerve (Scot.), circumvention, dodging, eluding, escape, eschewal, evasion, keeping away from, prevention, refraining, shirking, shunning, steering clear of


avowed

See Also

acknowledged, admitted, confessed, declared, open, professed, self-proclaimed, sworn


await

See Also

   abide, anticipate, expect, look for, look forward to, stay for, wait for [image]  attend, be in readiness for, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for, wait for


awake

See Also

•   v.    awaken, rouse, wake, wake up [image]  activate, alert, animate, arouse, awaken, call forth, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, stimulate, stir up, vivify

•   adj.    alert, alive, aroused, attentive, awakened, aware, conscious, heedful, not sleeping, observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful, wide-awake


awaken

See Also

activate, alert, animate, arouse, awake, call forth, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, rouse, stimulate, stir up, vivify, wake


awakening

See Also

•   n. activation, animating, arousal, awaking, birth, enlivening, incitement, kindling, provocation, revival, rousing, stimulation, stirring up, vivification, waking, waking up


award

See Also

•   v.    accord, adjudge, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, confer, decree, distribute, endow, gift, give, grant, hand out, present, render

•   n.    adjudication, allotment, bestowal, conferment, conferral, decision, decree, endowment, gift, hand-out, order, presentation, stipend [image]  decoration, gift, grant, prize, trophy, verdict


aware

See Also

acquainted, alive to, appreciative, apprised, attentive, au courant, clued-up (Inf.), cognizant, conscious, conversant, enlightened, familiar, hip (Sl.), informed, knowing, knowledgeable, mindful, sensible, sentient, wise (Sl.)


awareness

See Also

acquaintance, appreciation, attention, cognizance, consciousness, enlightenment, familiarity, knowledge, mindfulness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, sentience, understanding


away

See Also

•   adv.    abroad, elsewhere, from here, from home, hence, off [image]  apart, at a distance, far, remote [image]  aside, out of the way, to one side [image]  continuously, incessantly, interminably, relentlessly, repeatedly, uninterruptedly, unremittingly

•   adj.    abroad, absent, elsewhere, gone, not at home, not here, not present, not there, out

•   interj.    beat it (Sl.), begone, be off, bugger off (Taboo sl.), fuck off (Offens. taboo sl.), get lost (Inf.), get out, go, go away, on your bike (Sl.), on your way


awe

See Also

•   n.    admiration, amazement, astonishment, dread, fear, horror, respect, reverence, terror, veneration, wonder

•   v.    amaze, astonish, cow, daunt, frighten, horrify, impress, intimidate, stun, terrify


awe-inspiring

See Also

amazing, astonishing, awesome, breathtaking, daunting, fearsome, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, striking, stunning (Inf.), wonderful, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


awe-stricken, awe-struck

afraid, amazed, astonished, awed, awe-inspired, cowed, daunted, dumbfounded, fearful, frightened, horrified, impressed, intimidated, shocked, struck dumb, stunned, terrified, wonder-stricken, wonder-struck


awful

See Also

   abysmal, alarming, appalling, deplorable, dire, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, godawful (Sl.), gruesome, harrowing, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tremendous, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly [image]   Archaic amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, dread, fearsome, majestic, portentous, solemn


awfully

See Also

   badly, disgracefully, disreputably, dreadfully, inadequately, reprehensibly, shoddily, unforgivably, unpleasantly, wickedly, woefully, wretchedly [image]   Inf. badly, dreadfully, exceedingly, exceptionally, excessively, extremely, greatly, immensely, quite, terribly, very, very much


awhile

briefly, for a little while, for a moment, for a short time, for a while


awkward

See Also

   all thumbs, artless, blundering, bungling, clownish, clumsy, coarse, gauche, gawky, graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, ill-bred, inelegant, inept, inexpert, lumbering, maladroit, oafish, rude, skill-less, stiff, uncoordinated, uncouth, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrefined, unskilful, unskilled [image]  cumbersome, difficult, inconvenient, troublesome, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy [image]  compromising, cringe-making (Brit. inf.), delicate, difficult, embarrassed, embarrassing, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky (Inf.), thorny, ticklish, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely [image]  annoying, bloody-minded (Brit. inf.), difficult, disobliging, exasperating, hard to handle, intractable, irritable, perverse, prickly, stubborn, touchy, troublesome, trying, uncooperative, unhelpful, unpredictable, vexatious, vexing [image]  chancy (Inf.), dangerous, difficult, hazardous, perilous, risky


awkwardness

   artlessness, clownishness, clumsiness, coarseness, gaucheness, gaucherie, gawkiness, gracelessness, ill-breeding, inelegance, ineptness, inexpertness, maladroitness, oafishness, rudeness, skill-lessness, stiffness, uncoordination, uncouthness, ungainliness, unskilfulness, unskilledness [image]  cumbersomeness, difficulty, inconvenience, troublesomeness, unhandiness, unmanageability, unwieldiness [image]  delicacy, difficulty, discomfort, embarrassment, inconvenience, inopportuneness, painfulness, perplexingness, stickiness (Inf.), thorniness, ticklishness, unpleasantness, untimeliness [image]  bloody-mindedness (Brit. inf.), difficulty, disobligingness, intractability, irritability, perversity, prickliness, stubbornness, touchiness, uncooperativeness, unhelpfulness, unpredictability [image]  chanciness (Inf.), danger, difficulty, hazardousness, peril, perilousness, risk, riskiness


axe

See Also

•   n.    adze, chopper, hatchet [image]  an axe to grind grievance, personal consideration, pet subject, private ends, private purpose, ulterior motive [image]  the axe  Inf. cancellation, cutback, discharge, dismissal, termination, the boot (Sl.), the chop (Sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the sack (Inf.), wind-up

•   v.    chop, cut down, fell, hew [image]   Inf. cancel, cut back, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, eliminate, fire (Inf.), get rid of, oust, relegate, remove, sack (Inf.), terminate, throw out, turn off (Inf.), wind up


axiom

See Also

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, dictum, fundamental, gnome, maxim, postulate, precept, principle, truism


axiomatic

See Also

   absolute, accepted, apodictic, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, granted, indubitable, manifest, presupposed, self-evident, understood, unquestioned [image]  aphoristic, apophthegmatic, epigrammatic, gnomic, pithy, terse


axis

See Also

   axle, centre line, pivot, shaft, spindle [image]  alliance, bloc, coalition, compact, entente, league, pact


axle

arbor, axis, mandrel, pin, pivot, rod, shaft, spindle


babble

See Also

•   v.    blab, burble, cackle, chatter, gabble, gibber, gurgle, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, prate, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), run off at the mouth (Sl.), waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)

•   n.    burble, clamour, drivel, gabble, gibberish, murmur, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


babe

See Also

   ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), baby, bairn (Scot.), child, infant, nursling, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), suckling [image]  babe in arms, ingénue, innocent


baby

See Also

•   n.    ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), babe, bairn (Scot.), child, infant, newborn child, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.)

•   adj.    diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, pygmy or pigmy, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee

•   v.    coddle, cosset, humour, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon-feed


babyish

See Also

baby, childish, foolish, immature, infantile, juvenile, namby-pamby, puerile, silly, sissy, soft (Inf.), spoiled


back

See Also

•   v.    abet, advocate, assist, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, espouse, favour, finance, promote, sanction, second, side with, sponsor, subsidize, support, sustain, underwrite [image]  backtrack, go back, move back, regress, retire, retreat, reverse, turn tail, withdraw

•   n.    backside, end, far end, hind part, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail end

•   adj.    end, hind, hindmost, posterior, rear, tail [image]   From an earlier time delayed, earlier, elapsed, former, overdue, past, previous [image]  behind one's back covertly, deceitfully, secretly, sneakily, surreptitiously


backbone

See Also

    Medical spinal column, spine, vertebrae, vertebral column [image]  bottle (Brit. sl.), character, courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, mettle, moral fibre, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, stamina, steadfastness, strength of character, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower [image]  basis, foundation, mainstay, support


backbreaking

See Also

arduous, crushing, exhausting, gruelling, hard, killing, laborious, punishing, strenuous, toilsome, wearing, wearying


back down

See Also

accede, admit defeat, back-pedal, concede, give in, surrender, withdraw, yield


backer

See Also

advocate, angel (Inf.), benefactor, patron, promoter, second, sponsor, subscriber, supporter, underwriter, well-wisher


backfire

See Also

boomerang, disappoint, fail, flop (Inf.), miscarry, rebound, recoil


background

See Also

breeding, circumstances, credentials, culture, education, environment, experience, grounding, history, milieu, preparation, qualifications, tradition, upbringing


backhanded

See Also

ambiguous, double-edged, equivocal, indirect, ironic, oblique, sarcastic, sardonic, two-edged


backing

See Also

abetment, accompaniment, advocacy, aid, assistance, championing, encouragement, endorsement, espousal, funds, grant, moral support, patronage, promotion, sanction, seconding, sponsorship, subsidy, support


backlash

backfire, boomerang, counteraction, counterblast, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction


backlog

accumulation, build-up, excess, hoard, reserve, reserves, resources, stock, supply


back out

See Also

abandon, cancel, chicken out (Inf.), cop out (Sl.), give up, go back on, recant, renege, resign, retreat, withdraw


backslide

See Also

fall from grace, go astray, go wrong, lapse, regress, relapse, renege, retrogress, revert, sin, slip, stray, weaken


backslider

apostate, deserter, recidivist, recreant, renegade, reneger, turncoat


back up

See Also

aid, assist, bolster, confirm, corroborate, reinforce, second, stand by, substantiate, support


backward

See Also

•   adj.    bashful, diffident, hesitating, late, reluctant, shy, sluggish, tardy, unwilling, wavering [image]  behind, behindhand, braindead (Inf.), dense, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, obtuse, retarded, slow, stupid, subnormal, underdeveloped, undeveloped

•   adv.    aback, behind, in reverse, rearward


backwoods

See Also

•   adj.    agrestic, hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), isolated, remote, rustic, uncouth

•   n.    back of beyond, middle of nowhere, outback, sticks (Inf.)


bacteria

See Also

bacilli, bugs (Sl.), germs, microbes, microorganisms, pathogens, viruses


bad

See Also

   chickenshit (U.S. sl.), defective, deficient, duff (Brit. inf.), erroneous, fallacious, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, of a sort or of sorts, pathetic, poor, poxy (Sl.), substandard, unsatisfactory [image]  damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, ruinous, unhealthy [image]  base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, immoral, mean, sinful, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong [image]  disobedient, mischievous, naughty, unruly [image]  decayed, mouldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled [image]  disastrous, distressing, grave, harsh, painful, serious, severe, terrible [image]  ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unwell [image]  apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilty, regretful, remorseful, sad, sorry, upset [image]  adverse, discouraged, discouraging, distressed, distressing, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, troubling, unfortunate, unpleasant [image]  not bad all right, average, fair, fair to middling (Inf.), moderate (O.K. or okay) (Inf.), passable, respectable, so-so (Inf.), tolerable


badge

See Also

brand, device, emblem, identification, insignia, mark, sign, stamp, token


badger

See Also

bend someone's ear (Inf.), bully, chivvy, goad, harass, harry, hound, importune, nag, pester, plague, torment


badly

See Also

   carelessly, defectively, erroneously, faultily, imperfectly, inadequately, incorrectly, ineptly, poorly, shoddily, wrong, wrongly [image]  unfavourably, unfortunately, unsuccessfully [image]  criminally, evilly, immorally, improperly, naughtily, shamefully, unethically, wickedly [image]  acutely, deeply, desperately, exceedingly, extremely, gravely, greatly, intensely, painfully, seriously, severely


baffle

See Also

   amaze, astound, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump, stun [image]  balk, check, defeat, foil, frustrate, hinder, thwart, upset


bag

See Also

•   v.    balloon, bulge, droop, sag, swell [image]  acquire, capture, catch, gain, get, kill, land, shoot, take, trap


baggage

See Also

accoutrements, bags, belongings, equipment, gear, impedimenta, luggage, paraphernalia, suitcases, things


baggy

See Also

billowing, bulging, droopy, floppy, ill-fitting, loose, oversize, roomy, sagging, seated, slack


bail 1

•   n. bond, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, surety, warranty


bail, bale 2

•   v. dip, drain off, ladle, scoop


bail out, bale out

See Also

   aid, help, relieve, rescue [image]  escape, quit, retreat, withdraw


bait

See Also

•   n.    allurement, attraction, bribe, decoy, enticement, inducement, lure, snare, temptation

•   v.    aggravate (Inf.), annoy, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), hound, irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), persecute, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, tease, torment, wind up (Brit. sl.) [image]  allure, beguile, entice, lure, seduce, tempt


baked

arid, desiccated, dry, parched, scorched, seared, sun-baked, torrid


balance

See Also

•   v.    level, match, parallel, poise, stabilize, steady [image]  adjust, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, equate, make up for, neutralize, offset [image]  assess, compare, consider, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, weigh [image]  calculate, compute, settle, square, tally, total

•   n.    correspondence, equilibrium, equipoise, equity, equivalence, evenness, parity, symmetry [image]  composure, equanimity, poise, self-control, self-possession, stability, steadiness [image]  difference, remainder, residue, rest, surplus


balanced

See Also

disinterested, equitable, even-handed, fair, impartial, just, unbiased, unprejudiced


balance sheet

account, budget, credits and debits, ledger, report, statement


balcony

   terrace, veranda [image]  gallery, gods, upper circle


bald

See Also

   baldheaded, baldpated, depilated, glabrous (Biol.), hairless [image]  barren, bleak, exposed, naked, stark, treeless, uncovered [image]  bare, blunt, direct, downright, forthright, outright, plain, severe, simple, straight, straightforward, unadorned, unvarnished, upfront (Inf.)


balderdash

See Also

balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), garbage (Inf.), gibberish, guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, tripe (Inf.), twaddle


baldness

   alopecia (Pathology), baldheadedness, baldpatedness, glabrousness (Biol.), hairlessness [image]  barrenness, bleakness, nakedness, sparseness, starkness, treelessness [image]  austerity, bluntness, plainness, severity, simplicity, spareness


balk

See Also

   demur, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, jib, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from [image]  baffle, bar, check, counteract, defeat, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, thwart


ball

See Also

   drop, globe, globule, orb, pellet, sphere, spheroid [image]  ammunition, bullet, grapeshot, pellet, shot, slug


ballast

balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equilibrium, sandbag, stability, stabilizer, weight


balloon

See Also

•   v. belly, billow, bloat, blow up, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell


ballot

election, poll, polling, vote, voting


ballyhoo

See Also

   babble, commotion, fuss, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, racket, to-do [image]  advertising, build-up, hype, promotion, propaganda, publicity


balm

See Also

   balsam, cream, embrocation, emollient, lotion, ointment, salve, unguent [image]  anodyne, comfort, consolation, curative, palliative, restorative, solace


balmy

See Also

   clement, mild, pleasant, summery, temperate [image]   Also barmy crackpot (Inf.), crazy, daft (Inf.), foolish, goofy (Inf.), idiotic, insane, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), odd, off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), silly, stupid, up the pole (Inf.)


bamboozle

See Also

   cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, hoax, hoodwink, skin (Sl.), swindle, trick [image]  baffle, befuddle, confound, confuse, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump


ban

See Also

•   v.    banish, bar, black, blackball, block, boycott, debar, disallow, disqualify, exclude, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, suppress

•   n.    block, boycott, censorship, embargo, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo


banal

See Also

clichéd, cliché-ridden, commonplace, everyday, hackneyed, humdrum, mundane, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, tired, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid


banality

See Also

bromide (Inf.), cliché, commonplace, platitude, triteness, trite phrase, triviality, truism, vapidity


band 1

See Also

•   n. bandage, belt, binding, bond, chain, cord, fetter, fillet, ligature, manacle, ribbon, shackle, strap, strip, tie


band 2

See Also

•   n.    assembly, association, bevy, body, camp, clique, club, company, coterie, crew (Inf.), gang, horde, party, posse (Inf.), society, troop [image]  combo, ensemble, group, orchestra

•   v.    affiliate, ally, consolidate, federate, gather, group, join, merge, unite


bandage

See Also

•   n.    compress, dressing, gauze, plaster

•   v.    bind, cover, dress, swathe


bandit

See Also

brigand, crook, desperado, footpad, freebooter, gangster, gunman, highwayman, hijacker, marauder, outlaw, pirate, racketeer, robber, thief


bandy

•   v.    barter, exchange, interchange, pass, shuffle, swap, throw, toss, trade

•   adj.    bandy-legged, bent, bowed, bow-legged, crooked, curved


bane

See Also

affliction, bête noire, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, ruin, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, woe


baneful

See Also

baleful, calamitous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, disastrous, fatal, harmful, hurtful, injurious, maleficent, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, ruinous, venomous


bang

See Also

•   n.    boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, detonation, explosion, peal, pop, report, shot, slam, thud, thump [image]  belt (Inf.), blow, box, bump, cuff, hit, knock, punch, smack, stroke, wallop (Inf.), whack

•   v.    bash (Inf.), beat, belt (Inf.), bump, clatter, crash, hammer, knock, pound, pummel, rap, slam, strike, thump [image]  boom, burst, clang, detonate, drum, echo, explode, peal, resound, thump, thunder

•   adv.    abruptly, hard, headlong, noisily, precisely, slap, smack, straight, suddenly


banish

See Also

   deport, drive away, eject, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, outlaw, shut out, transport [image]  ban, cast out, discard, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, eliminate, eradicate, get rid of, oust, remove, shake off


banishment

See Also

deportation, exile, expatriation, expulsion, proscription, transportation


banisters

balusters, balustrade, handrail, rail, railing


bank 1

See Also

•   n.    accumulation, depository, fund, hoard, repository, reserve, reservoir, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse

•   v.    deal with, deposit, keep, save, transact business with


bank 2

See Also

•   n.    banking, embankment, heap, mass, mound, pile, ridge [image]  brink, edge, margin, shore, side

•   v.    amass, heap, mass, mound, pile, stack [image]  camber, cant, heel, incline, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tip


bank on

See Also

assume, believe in, count on, depend on, lean on, look to, rely on, trust


bankrupt

See Also

broke (Inf.), depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, insolvent, lacking, ruined, spent


bankruptcy

See Also

disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, insolvency, lack, liquidation, ruin


banner

banderole, burgee, colours, ensign, fanion, flag, gonfalon, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer


banquet

See Also

dinner, feast, meal, repast, revel, treat


banter

See Also

•   v.    chaff, deride, jeer, jest, joke, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), kid (Inf.), make fun of, rib (Inf.), ridicule, taunt, tease, twit

•   n.    badinage, chaff, chaffing, derision, jeering, jesting, joking, kidding (Inf.), mockery, persiflage, pleasantry, raillery, repartee, ribbing (Inf.), ridicule, wordplay


baptism

   christening, immersion, purification, sprinkling [image]  beginning, debut, dedication, initiation, introduction, launching, rite of passage


baptize

See Also

   besprinkle, cleanse, immerse, purify [image]  admit, enrol, initiate, recruit [image]  call, christen, dub, name, title


bar

See Also

•   n.    batten, crosspiece, paling, palisade, pole, rail, rod, shaft, stake, stick [image]  barricade, barrier, block, deterrent, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, rail, railing, stop [image]  boozer (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), canteen, counter, inn, lounge, pub (Inf., chiefly Brit.), public house, saloon, taproom, tavern, watering hole (Facetious sl.) [image]  bench, court, courtroom, dock, law court [image]   Law barristers, body of lawyers, counsel, court, judgment, tribunal

•   v.    barricade, bolt, fasten, latch, lock, secure [image]  ban, black, blackball, exclude, forbid, hinder, keep out, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, restrain


barb

See Also

   bristle, point, prickle, prong, quill, spike, spur, thorn [image]  affront, cut, dig, gibe, insult, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, sneer


barbarian

See Also

•   n.    brute, hooligan, lout, lowbrow, ned (Sl.), ruffian, savage, vandal, yahoo [image]  bigot, boor, ignoramus, illiterate, lowbrow, philistine

•   adj.    boorish, crude, lowbrow, philistine, primitive, rough, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, vulgar, wild


barbaric

See Also

   primitive, rude, uncivilized, wild [image]  barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, crude, cruel, fierce, inhuman, savage, uncouth, vulgar


barbarism

See Also

   coarseness, crudity, savagery, uncivilizedness [image]  atrocity, barbarity, enormity, outrage [image]  corruption, misusage, misuse, solecism, vulgarism


barbarity

See Also

brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness


barbarous

See Also

   barbarian, brutish, primitive, rough, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, wild [image]  barbaric, brutal, cruel, ferocious, heartless, inhuman, monstrous, ruthless, vicious [image]  coarse, crude, ignorant, uncultured, unlettered, unrefined, vulgar


bare

See Also

   buck naked (Sl.), denuded, exposed, in the raw (Inf.), naked, naked as the day one was born (Inf.), nude, peeled, shorn, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed, without a stitch on (Inf.) [image]  barren, blank, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, unfurnished, vacant, void, wanting [image]  austere, bald, basic, cold, essential, hard, literal, plain, severe, sheer, simple, spare, spartan, stark, unadorned, unembellished, unvarnished


barefaced

See Also

   audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impudent, insolent, shameless [image]  bald, blatant, flagrant, glaring, manifest, naked, obvious, open, palpable, patent, transparent, unconcealed


barely

See Also

almost, hardly, just, only just, scarcely


bargain

See Also

•   n.    agreement, arrangement, business, compact, contract, convention, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding [image]  (cheap) purchase, discount, giveaway, good buy, good deal, good value, reduction, snip (Inf.), steal (Inf.)

•   v.    agree, contract, covenant, negotiate, promise, stipulate, transact [image]  barter, buy, deal, haggle, sell, trade, traffic


bargain for

See Also

anticipate, contemplate, expect, foresee, imagine, look for, plan for


bargain on

assume, bank on, count on, depend on, plan on, rely on


barge

See Also

canal boat, flatboat, lighter, narrow boat, scow


barge in

break in, burst in, butt in, infringe, interrupt, intrude, muscle in (Inf.)


barge into

bump into, cannon into, collide with, hit, push, shove


bark 1

See Also

•   n.    casing, cortex (Anat., bot.), covering, crust, husk, rind, skin

•   v.    abrade, flay, rub, scrape, shave, skin, strip


bark 2

See Also

•   n.

•   v. bay, growl, howl, snarl, woof, yap, yelp

•   v.     Fig. bawl, bawl at, berate, bluster, growl, shout, snap, snarl, yell


barmy

See Also

    Also balmy crackpot (Inf.), crazy, daft (Inf.), dippy, doolally (Sl.), foolish, goofy (Inf.), idiotic, insane, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), odd, off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), silly, stupid, up the pole (Inf.) [image]  fermenting, foamy, frothy, spumy, yeasty


baroque

See Also

bizarre, convoluted, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, florid, grotesque, ornate, overdecorated, rococo


barracks

billet, camp, cantonment, casern, encampment, garrison, quarters


barrage

See Also

   battery, bombardment, cannonade, curtain of fire, fusillade, gunfire, salvo, shelling, volley [image]  assault, attack, burst, deluge, hail, mass, onslaught, plethora, profusion, rain, storm, stream, torrent


barren

See Also

   childless, infecund, infertile, sterile, unprolific [image]  arid, desert, desolate, dry, empty, unfruitful, unproductive, waste [image]  boring, dull, flat, fruitless, lacklustre, stale, uninformative, uninspiring, uninstructive, uninteresting, unrewarding, useless, vapid


barricade

See Also

•   n.    barrier, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, stockade

•   v.    bar, block, blockade, defend, fortify, obstruct, protect, shut in


barrier

See Also

   bar, barricade, block, blockade, boundary, ditch, fence, fortification, obstacle, obstruction, pale, railing, rampart, stop, wall [image]   Fig. check, difficulty, drawback, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, restriction, stumbling block


barter

See Also

bargain, exchange, haggle, sell, swap, trade, traffic


base 1

See Also

•   n.    bed, bottom, foot, foundation, groundwork, pedestal, rest, stand, support [image]  basis, core, essence, essential, fundamental, heart, key, origin, principal, root, source [image]  camp, centre, headquarters, home, post, settlement, starting point, station

•   v.    build, construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, station


base 2

See Also

   abject, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, dishonourable, disreputable, evil, ignoble, immoral, infamous, scandalous, shameful, sordid, vile, villainous, vulgar, wicked [image]  downtrodden, grovelling, low, lowly, mean, menial, miserable, paltry, pitiful, poor, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, worthless, wretched [image]  adulterated, alloyed, counterfeit, debased, fake, forged, fraudulent, impure, inferior, pinchbeck, spurious


baseless

See Also

groundless, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unjustified, unsubstantiated, unsupported


baseness

See Also

   contemptibility, degradation, depravation, depravity, despicability, disgrace, ignominy, infamy, notoriety, obloquy, turpitude [image]  lowliness, meanness, misery, poverty, servility, slavishness, subservience, vileness, worthlessness, wretchedness [image]  adulteration, debasement, fraudulence, phoneyness or phoniness (Inf.), pretence, speciousness, spuriousness


bash

See Also

•   v.    belt (Inf.), biff (Sl.), break, chin (Sl.), crash, crush, deck (Sl.), hit, lay one on (Sl.), punch, slosh (Brit. sl.), smash, sock (Sl.), strike, wallop (Inf.)

•   n.    attempt, crack (Inf.), go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), try


bashful

See Also

abashed, blushing, confused, constrained, coy, diffident, easily embarrassed, nervous, overmodest, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, shy, timid, timorous


basic

See Also

bog-standard (Inf.), central, elementary, essential, fundamental, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, necessary, primary, radical, underlying, vital


basically

See Also

at bottom, at heart, au fond, essentially, firstly, fundamentally, inherently, in substance, intrinsically, mostly, primarily, radically


basics

See Also

brass tacks (Inf.), core, essentials, facts, fundamentals, hard facts, necessaries, nitty-gritty (Inf.), nuts and bolts (Inf.), practicalities, principles, rudiments


basis

See Also

   base, bottom, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, support [image]  chief ingredient, core, essential, fundamental, heart, premise, principal element, principle, theory


bask

See Also

   laze, lie in, loll, lounge, relax, sunbathe, swim in, toast oneself, warm oneself [image]  delight in, enjoy, indulge oneself, luxuriate, relish, revel, savour, take pleasure, wallow


bass

deep, deep-toned, grave, low, low-pitched, resonant, sonorous


bastard

See Also

•   n.    illegitimate (child), love child, natural child, whoreson (Archaic)

•   adj.    adulterated, baseborn, counterfeit, false, illegitimate, imperfect, impure, inferior, irregular, misbegotten, sham, spurious


bastion

See Also

bulwark, citadel, defence, fastness, fortress, mainstay, prop, rock, stronghold, support, tower of strength


bat

See Also

bang, hit, punch, rap, smack, strike, swat, thump, wallop (Inf.), whack


batch

See Also

accumulation, aggregation, amount, assemblage, bunch, collection, crowd, group, lot, pack, quantity, set


bath

See Also

•   n.    ablution, cleansing, douche, douse, scrubbing, shower, soak, soaping, sponging, tub, wash, washing

•   v.    bathe, clean, douse, lave (Archaic), scrub down, shower, soak, soap, sponge, tub, wash


bathe

See Also

•   v.    cleanse, cover, dunk, flood, immerse, moisten, rinse, soak, steep, suffuse, wash, wet

•   n.    dip, dook (Scot.), swim, wash


bathing costume

bathing suit, bikini, swimming costume, swimsuit, trunks


bathos

anticlimax, false pathos, letdown, mawkishness, sentimentality


baton

See Also

club, crook, mace, rod, sceptre, staff, stick, truncheon, wand


battalion

army, brigade, company, contingent, division, force, horde, host, legion, multitude, regiment, squadron, throng


batten 1

See Also

board up, clamp down, cover up, fasten, fasten down, fix, nail down, secure, tighten


batten 2

See Also

fatten, flourish, gain, grow, increase, prosper, thrive, wax


batter

See Also

   assault, bash (Inf.), beat, belabour, break, buffet, clobber (Sl.), dash against, lambast(e), lash, pelt, pound, pummel, smash, smite, thrash, wallop (Inf.) [image]  bruise, crush, deface, demolish, destroy, disfigure, hurt, injure, mangle, mar, maul, ruin, shatter, shiver, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.)


battered

See Also

beaten, beat-up (Inf.), broken-down, bruised, crushed, damaged, dilapidated, injured, ramshackle, squashed, weather-beaten


battery

See Also

   chain, ring, sequence, series, set, suite [image]  assault, attack, beating, mayhem, onslaught, physical violence, thumping [image]  artillery, cannon, cannonry, gun emplacements, guns


battle

See Also

•   n.    action, attack, combat, encounter, engagement, fight, fray, hostilities, skirmish, war, warfare [image]  agitation, campaign, clash, conflict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, head-to-head, strife, struggle

•   v.    agitate, argue, clamour, combat, contend, contest, dispute, feud, fight, strive, struggle, war


battle cry

catchword, motto, slogan, war cry, war whoop, watchword


battlefield

See Also

battleground, combat zone, field, field of battle, front


battleship

capital ship, gunboat, man-of-war, ship of the line, warship


batty

See Also

barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), barmy (Sl.), bats (Sl.), bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), cracked (Sl.), crackers (Brit. sl.), crackpot (Inf.), cranky (Inf.), crazy, daft (Inf.), dotty (Sl., chiefly Brit.), eccentric, insane, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mad, not the full shilling (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), odd, oddball (Inf.), off one's rocker (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, out to lunch (Inf.), peculiar, potty (Brit. inf.), queer (Inf.), screwy (Inf.), touched, up the pole (Inf.), wacko (Sl.)


bauble

See Also

bagatelle, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw, knick-knack, plaything, toy, trifle, trinket


bawd

brothel-keeper, madam, pimp, procuress, prostitute, whore, working girl (Facetious sl.)


bawdy

See Also

blue, coarse, dirty, erotic, gross, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, prurient, ribald, risqué, rude, salacious, smutty, steamy (Inf.), suggestive, vulgar


bawl

See Also

   bellow, call, clamour, halloo, howl, roar, shout, vociferate, yell [image]  blubber, cry, sob, squall, wail, weep


bay 1

See Also

bight, cove, gulf, inlet, natural harbour, sound


bay 2

See Also

alcove, compartment, embrasure, niche, nook, opening, recess


bay 3

See Also

   bark, bell, clamour, cry, growl, howl, yelp [image]  at bay caught, cornered, trapped


bayonet

See Also

•   v. impale, knife, run through, spear, stab, stick, transfix


bazaar

See Also

   exchange, market, marketplace, mart [image]  bring-and-buy, fair, fête, sale of work


be

See Also

   be alive, breathe, exist, inhabit, live [image]  befall, come about, come to pass, happen, occur, take place, transpire (Inf.) [image]  abide, continue, endure, last, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive


beach

coast, lido, littoral, margin, plage, sands, seaboard (Chiefly U.S.), seashore, seaside, shingle, shore, strand, water's edge


beachcomber

See Also

forager, loafer, scavenger, scrounger, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer


beached

abandoned, aground, ashore, deserted, grounded, high and dry, marooned, stranded, wrecked


beacon

See Also

beam, bonfire, flare, lighthouse, pharos, rocket, sign, signal, signal fire, smoke signal, watchtower


bead

blob, bubble, dot, drop, droplet, globule, pellet, pill, spherule


beads

chaplet, choker, necklace, necklet, pearls, pendant, rosary


beak

See Also

   bill, mandible, neb (Archaic or dialect), nib [image]  nose, proboscis, snout [image]   Naut. bow, prow, ram, rostrum, stem


beam

See Also

•   n.    girder, joist, plank, rafter, spar, support, timber [image]  bar, emission, gleam, glimmer, glint, glow, radiation, ray, shaft, streak, stream

•   v.    broadcast, emit, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiate, shine, transmit [image]  grin, laugh, smile


beaming

See Also

   beautiful, bright, brilliant, flashing, gleaming, glistening, glittering, radiant, scintillating, shining, sparkling [image]  cheerful, grinning, happy, joyful, smiling, sunny


bear

See Also

   bring, carry, convey, hump (Brit. sl.), move, take, tote (Inf.), transport [image]  cherish, entertain, exhibit, harbour, have, hold, maintain, possess, shoulder, support, sustain, uphold, weigh upon [image]  abide, admit, allow, brook, endure, permit, put up with (Inf.), stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo [image]  beget, breed, bring forth, develop, engender, generate, give birth to, produce, yield


bearable

admissible, endurable, manageable, passable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable


beard

See Also

•   n.    bristles, five-o'clock shadow, stubble, whiskers

•   v.    brave, confront, dare, defy, face, oppose, tackle


bearded

bewhiskered, bristly, bushy, hairy, hirsute, shaggy, stubbly, unshaven, whiskered


beardless

   barefaced, clean-shaven, hairless, smooth, smooth-faced [image]  callow, fresh, green, immature, inexperienced


bear down

See Also

   burden, compress, encumber, press down, push, strain, weigh down [image]  advance on, approach, attack, close in, converge on, move in


bearer

See Also

   agent, carrier, conveyor, messenger, porter, runner, servant [image]  beneficiary, consignee, payee


bearing

See Also

   air, aspect, attitude, behaviour, carriage, demeanour, deportment, manner, mien, posture [image]   Naut. course, direction, point of compass [image]  application, connection, import, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, significance


bearings

See Also

aim, course, direction, location, orientation, position, situation, track, way, whereabouts


bear on

See Also

affect, appertain to, belong to, concern, involve, pertain to, refer to, relate to, touch upon


bear out

See Also

confirm, corroborate, endorse, justify, prove, substantiate, support, uphold, vindicate


bear up

See Also

bear the brunt, carry on, endure, grin and bear it (Inf.), persevere, suffer, withstand


bear with

See Also

be patient, forbear, make allowances, put up with (Inf.), suffer, tolerate, wait


beast

See Also

   animal, brute, creature [image]  barbarian, brute, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, sadist, savage, swine


beastly

See Also

   animal, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brutish, coarse, cruel, depraved, inhuman, monstrous, repulsive, sadistic, savage [image]  awful, disagreeable, foul, horrid, mean, nasty, rotten, shitty (Taboo sl.), terrible, unpleasant


beat

See Also

•   v.    bang, batter, belt (Inf.), break, bruise, buffet, cane, chin (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), cudgel, deck (Sl.), drub, flog, hit, knock, lambast(e), lash, lay one on (Sl.), lick (Inf.), maul, pelt, pound, punch, strike, thrash, thwack, whip [image]  best, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), conquer, defeat, excel, lick (Inf.), master, outdo, outrun, outstrip, overcome, overwhelm, run rings around (Inf.), subdue, surpass, tank (Sl.), undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.) [image]  fashion, forge, form, hammer, model, shape, work [image]  flap, flutter, palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, throb, thump, tremble, vibrate [image]  beat it bugger off (Taboo sl.), depart, exit, fuck off (Offens. taboo sl.), get lost (Inf.), go away, hook it (Sl.), hop it (Sl.), leave, piss off (Taboo sl.), scarper (Brit. sl.), scram (Inf.), shoo, skedaddle (Inf.), vamoose (Sl., chiefly U.S.)

•   n.    belt (Inf.), blow, hit, lash, punch, shake, slap, strike, swing, thump [image]  flutter, palpitation, pulsation, pulse, throb [image]  accent, cadence, measure (Prosody), metre, rhythm, stress, time [image]  circuit, course, path, rounds, route, way

•   adj.     Sl. clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), exhausted, fatigued, tired, wearied, worn out, zonked (Sl.)


beaten

See Also

   baffled, cowed, defeated, disappointed, disheartened, frustrated, overcome, overwhelmed, thwarted, vanquished [image]  forged, formed, hammered, shaped, stamped, worked [image]  much travelled, trampled, trodden, well-trodden, well-used, worn [image]  blended, foamy, frothy, mixed, stirred, whipped, whisked


beating

See Also

   belting (Inf.), caning, chastisement, corporal punishment, flogging, pasting (Sl.), slapping, smacking, thrashing, whipping [image]  conquest, defeat, downfall, overthrow, pasting (Sl.), rout, ruin


beat up

See Also

assault, attack, batter, beat the living daylights out of (Inf.), clobber (Sl.), do over (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), duff up (Brit. sl.), fill in (Brit. sl.), knock about or around, lambast(e), put the boot in (Sl.), thrash


beau

See Also

   admirer, boyfriend, escort, fancy man (Sl.), fiancé, guy (Inf.), leman (Archaic), lover, suitor, swain, sweetheart [image]  cavalier, coxcomb, dandy, fop, gallant, ladies' man, popinjay, swell (Inf.)


beautiful

See Also

alluring, appealing, attractive, charming, comely, delightful, drop-dead (Sl.), exquisite, fair, fine, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, lovely, pleasing, radiant, ravishing, stunning (Inf.)


beautify

See Also

adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, enhance, festoon, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, ornament


beauty

See Also

   allure, attractiveness, bloom, charm, comeliness, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, glamour, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, pulchritude, seemliness, symmetry [image]  belle, charmer, cracker (Sl.), goddess, good-looker, lovely (Sl.), stunner (Inf.), Venus [image]  advantage, asset, attraction, benefit, blessing, boon, excellence, feature, good thing


becalmed

motionless, settled, still, stranded, stuck


because

See Also

as, by reason of, in that, on account of, owing to, since, thanks to


beckon

See Also

   bid, gesticulate, gesture, motion, nod, signal, summon, wave at [image]  allure, attract, call, coax, draw, entice, invite, lure, pull, tempt


becloud

See Also

bedim, befog, complicate, confuse, darken, muddle, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, screen, veil


become

See Also

   alter to, be transformed into, change into, develop into, evolve into, grow into, mature into, metamorphose into, ripen into [image]  embellish, enhance, fit, flatter, grace, harmonize, ornament, set off, suit


becoming

See Also

   attractive, comely, enhancing, flattering, graceful, neat, pretty, tasteful [image]  appropriate, befitting, comme il faut, compatible, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, in keeping, meet (Archaic), proper, seemly, suitable, worthy


bed

See Also

•   n.    bedstead, berth, bunk, cot, couch, divan, pallet [image]  area, border, garden, patch, plot, row, strip [image]  base, bottom, foundation, groundwork, substratum

•   v.    base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, plant, settle, set up


bedazzle

amaze, astound, bewilder, blind, captivate, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun


bedclothes

bedding, bed linen, blankets, coverlets, covers, duvets, eiderdowns, pillowcases, pillows, quilts, sheets


bed down

See Also

lie, retire, settle down, sleep, turn in (Inf.)


bedeck

See Also

adorn, array, bedight (Archaic), bedizen (Archaic), decorate, embellish, festoon, garnish, ornament, trim


bedevil

See Also

afflict, aggravate (Inf.), annoy, be on one's back (Sl.), confound, distress, fret, frustrate, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, pester, plague, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry


bedlam

See Also

chaos, clamour, commotion, confusion, furore, hubbub, hullabaloo, madhouse (Inf.), noise, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, uproar


bedraggled

See Also

dirty, dishevelled, disordered, drenched, dripping, messy, muddied, muddy, sodden, soiled, stained, sullied, unkempt, untidy


bedridden

See Also

confined, confined to bed, flat on one's back, incapacitated, laid up (Inf.)


bedrock

See Also

   bed, bottom, foundation, nadir, rock bottom, substratum, substructure [image]  basics, basis, core, essentials, fundamentals, roots


beef

See Also

    Inf. brawn, flesh, heftiness, muscle, physique, robustness, sinew, strength [image]   Sl. complaint, criticism, dispute, grievance, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, objection, protest, protestation


beefy

See Also

 Inf.    brawny, bulky, burly, hulking, muscular, stalwart, stocky, strapping, sturdy, thickset [image]  chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavy, obese, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, pudgy, rotund


beetle, beetling

See Also

•   adj. hanging over, jutting, leaning over, overhanging, pendent, projecting, prominent, protruding, sticking out, swelling over


befall

See Also

bechance, betide, chance, come to pass, ensue, fall, follow, happen, materialize, occur, supervene, take place, transpire (Inf.)


befitting

See Also

apposite, appropriate, becoming, fit, fitting, meet (Archaic), proper, right, seemly, suitable


before

See Also

•   adv.    ahead, earlier, formerly, in advance, in front, previously, sooner

•   prep.    earlier than, in advance of, in front of, in the presence of, prior to


beforehand

See Also

ahead of time, already, before, before now, earlier, in advance, in anticipation, previously, sooner


befriend

See Also

advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, encourage, favour, help, patronize, side with, stand by, succour, support, sustain, uphold, welcome


befuddled

See Also

confused, dazed, fuddled, groggy (Inf.), inebriated, intoxicated, muddled, woozy (Inf.)


beg

See Also

   beseech, crave, desire, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, solicit, supplicate [image]  blag (Sl.), cadge, call for alms, mooch (Sl.), scrounge, seek charity, solicit charity, sponge on, touch (someone) for (Sl.) [image]  Also beg the question avoid, dodge, duck (Inf.), equivocate, eschew, evade, fend off, flannel (Brit. inf.), hedge, parry, shirk, shun, sidestep


beggar

See Also

•   n.    bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), bum (Inf.), cadger, mendicant, scrounger (Inf.), sponger (Inf.), supplicant, tramp, vagrant [image]  bankrupt, down-and-out, pauper, starveling

•   v.    Also beggar description baffle, challenge, defy, surpass


beggarly

See Also

abject, base, contemptible, despicable, destitute, impoverished, inadequate, indigent, low, meagre, mean, miserly, needy, niggardly, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, stingy, vile, wretched


begin

See Also

   commence, embark on, inaugurate, initiate, instigate, institute, prepare, set about, set on foot, start [image]  appear, arise, be born, come into being, come into existence, commence, crop up (Inf.), dawn, emerge, happen, originate, spring, start


beginner

See Also

amateur, apprentice, cub, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn (Inf.), initiate, learner, neophyte, novice, recruit, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro


beginning

See Also

   birth, commencement, inauguration, inception, initiation, onset, opening, opening move, origin, outset, overture, preface, prelude, rise, rudiments, source, start, starting point [image]  embryo, fount, fountainhead, germ, root, seed


begrime

See Also

besmirch, blacken, dirty, muddy, smear, smirch, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish


begrudge

See Also

be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, envy, grudge, resent


beguile

See Also

   befool, cheat, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, hoodwink, impose on, mislead, trick [image]  amuse, charm, cheer, delight, distract, divert, engross, entertain, occupy, solace, tickle the fancy of


beguiling

See Also

alluring, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, diverting, enchanting, entertaining, enthralling, interesting, intriguing


behalf

account, advantage, benefit, defence, good, interest, part, profit, sake, side, support


behave

See Also

   act, function, operate, perform, run, work [image]  act correctly, conduct oneself properly, mind one's manners


behaviour

See Also

   actions, bearing, carriage, comportment, conduct, demeanour, deportment, manner, manners, ways [image]  action, functioning, operation, performance


behest

See Also

bidding, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, wish


behind

See Also

•   prep.    after, at the back of, at the rear of, following, later than [image]  at the bottom of, causing, initiating, instigating, responsible for [image]  backing, for, in agreement, on the side of, supporting

•   adv.    after, afterwards, following, in the wake (of), next, subsequently [image]  behindhand, in arrears, in debt, overdue

•   n.    arse (Taboo sl.), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), bottom, bum (Brit. sl.), buns (U.S. sl.), butt (U.S. & Canad. inf.), buttocks, derrière (Euphemistic), jacksy (Brit. sl.), posterior, rump, seat, tail (Inf.)


behindhand

See Also

backward, behind time, dilatory, late, remiss, slow, tardy


behold

See Also

•   v.    check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), consider, contemplate, discern, eye, eyeball (U.S. sl.), get a load of (Inf.), look at, observe, perceive, recce (Sl.), regard, scan, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, watch, witness

•   interj.    lo, look, mark, observe, see, watch


beholden

See Also

bound, grateful, indebted, obligated, obliged, owing, under obligation


beige

biscuit, buff, café au lait, camel, cinnamon, coffee, cream, ecru, fawn, khaki, mushroom, neutral, oatmeal, sand, tan


being

See Also

   actuality, animation, existence, life, living, reality [image]  entity, essence, nature, soul, spirit, substance [image]  animal, beast, body, creature, human being, individual, living thing, mortal, thing


belabour

See Also

   batter, beat, clobber (Sl.), flog, lambast(e), thrash, whip [image]  attack, berate, blast, castigate, censure, criticize, excoriate, flay, lambast(e), lay into (Inf.), put down, tear into (Inf.)


belated

behindhand, behind time, delayed, late, overdue, tardy


belch

See Also

   burp (Inf.), eruct, eructate, hiccup [image]  discharge, disgorge, emit, erupt, give off, gush, spew forth, vent, vomit


beleaguered

badgered, beset, besieged, bothered, harassed, nagged, persecuted, plagued, put upon, set upon, vexed


belief

See Also

   admission, assent, assurance, confidence, conviction, credit, feeling, impression, judgment, notion, opinion, persuasion, presumption, reliance, theory, trust, view [image]  credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, principles, tenet


believable

See Also

acceptable, authentic, credible, creditable, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, reliable, trustworthy, verisimilar


believe

See Also

   accept, be certain of, be convinced of, buy (Sl.), count on, credit, depend on, have faith in, hold, place confidence in, presume true, rely on, swallow (Inf.), swear by, trust [image]  assume, conjecture, consider, gather, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, think


believer

adherent, convert, devotee, disciple, follower, proselyte, protagonist, supporter, upholder, zealot


bellow

See Also

bell, bawl, call, clamour, cry, howl, roar, scream, shout, shriek, yell


belly

See Also

•   n.    abdomen, breadbasket (Sl.), corporation (Inf.), gut, insides (Inf.), paunch, potbelly, stomach, tummy, vitals

•   v.    billow, bulge, fill, spread, swell, swell out


belong

See Also

   (With to) be at the disposal of, be held by, be owned by, be the property of [image]  (With to) be affiliated to, be allied to, be a member of, be associated with, be included in [image]  attach to, be connected with, be fitting, be part of, fit, go with, have as a proper place, pertain to, relate to


belonging

See Also

acceptance, affiliation, affinity, association, attachment, fellowship, inclusion, kinship, loyalty, rapport, relationship


belongings

See Also

accoutrements, chattels, effects, gear, goods, paraphernalia, personal property, possessions, stuff, things


beloved

See Also

admired, adored, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, loved, pet, precious, prized, revered, sweet, treasured, worshipped


below

See Also

•   adv.    beneath, down, lower, under, underneath

•   prep.    inferior, lesser, lesser than, subject, subordinate, unworthy of [image]  below par below average, imperfect, inferior, off colour, off form, poor, second-rate, unfit


belt

See Also

   band, cincture, cummerbund, girdle, girth, sash, waistband [image]   Geog. area, district, layer, region, stretch, strip, tract, zone [image]  below the belt cowardly, foul, not playing the game (Inf.), unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, unsporting, unsportsmanlike


bemused

See Also

absent-minded, at sea, bewildered, confused, dazed, engrossed, flummoxed, fuddled, half-drunk, muddled, nonplussed, perplexed, preoccupied, stunned, stupefied, tipsy


bench

See Also

   form, pew, seat, settle, stall [image]  board, counter, table, trestle table, workbench, worktable [image]  court, courtroom, judge, judges, judiciary, magistrate, magistrates, tribunal


bend

See Also

•   v.    arc, arch, bow, buckle, contort, crouch, curve, deflect, diverge, flex, incline, incurvate, lean, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, warp [image]  compel, direct, influence, mould, persuade, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield

•   n.    angle, arc, arch, bow, corner, crook, curve, hook, loop, turn, twist, zigzag


beneath

See Also

•   adv.    below, in a lower place, underneath

•   prep.    below, inferior to, less than, lower than, unbefitting, underneath, unworthy of


beneficial

See Also

advantageous, benign, expedient, favourable, gainful, healthful, helpful, profitable, salubrious, salutary, serviceable, useful, valuable, wholesome


benefit

See Also

•   n.    advantage, aid, asset, assistance, avail, betterment, blessing, boon, favour, gain, good, help, interest, profit, use

•   v.    advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, enhance, further, improve, profit, promote, serve


bent

See Also

•   adj.    angled, arched, bowed, crooked, curved, hunched, stooped, twisted [image]  (With on) determined, disposed, fixed, inclined, insistent, predisposed, resolved, set

•   n.    ability, aptitude, bag (Sl.), cup of tea (Inf.), facility, faculty, flair, forte, inclination, knack, leaning, penchant, preference, proclivity, propensity, talent, tendency


bequeath

See Also

bestow, commit, endow, entrust, give, grant, hand down, impart, leave to by will, pass on, transmit, will


bequest

See Also

bequeathal, bestowal, dower, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust


bereave

See Also

afflict, deprive of kindred, dispossess, divest, make destitute, strip, take away from, widow


bereavement

See Also

affliction, death, deprivation, loss, misfortune, tribulation


berserk

See Also

amok, ape (Sl.), apeshit (Sl.), crazy, enraged, frantic, frenzied, insane, mad, maniacal, manic, rabid, raging, uncontrollable, violent, wild


berth

See Also

•   n.    bed, billet, bunk, cot (Naut.), hammock [image]  anchorage, dock, harbour, haven, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf [image]  appointment, employment, job, living, position, post, situation

•   v.     Naut. anchor, dock, drop anchor, land, moor, tie up


beseech

See Also

adjure, ask, beg, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate


beside

See Also

   abreast of, adjacent to, alongside, at the side of, close to, near, nearby, neighbouring, next door to, next to, overlooking [image]  beside oneself apoplectic, berserk, crazed, delirious, demented, deranged, desperate, distraught, frantic, frenzied, insane, mad, out of one's mind, unbalanced, uncontrolled, unhinged


besides

See Also

•   adv.    also, as well, further, furthermore, in addition, moreover, otherwise, too, what's more

•   prep.    apart from, barring, excepting, excluding, in addition to, other than, over and above, without


besiege

See Also

   beleaguer, beset, blockade, confine, encircle, encompass, environ, hedge in, hem in, invest (Rare), lay siege to, shut in, surround [image]  badger, bend someone's ear (Inf.), bother, harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), hound, importune, nag, pester, plague, trouble


besotted

See Also

   befuddled, bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), drunk, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pissed (Taboo sl.), smashed (Sl.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stupefied, wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.) [image]  doting, hypnotized, infatuated, smitten, spellbound [image]  confused, foolish, muddled, witless


best

See Also

•   adj.    chief, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, highest, leading, most excellent, outstanding, perfect, pre-eminent, principal, superlative, supreme, unsurpassed [image]  advantageous, apt, correct, golden, most desirable, most fitting, right [image]  greatest, largest, most

•   adv.    advantageously, attractively, excellently, most fortunately [image]  extremely, greatly, most deeply, most fully, most highly

•   n.    choice, cream, elite, favourite, finest, first, flower, pick, prime, top [image]  hardest, highest endeavour, utmost

•   v.    beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), conquer, defeat, get the better of, lick (Inf.), master, outclass, outdo, run rings around (Inf.), surpass, tank (Sl.), thrash, triumph over, trounce, undo, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


bestial

See Also

animal, barbaric, barbarous, beastlike, beastly, brutal, brutish, carnal, degraded, depraved, gross, inhuman, low, savage, sensual, sordid, vile


bestow

See Also

accord, allot, apportion, award, commit, confer, donate, entrust, give, grant, hand out, honour with, impart, lavish, present, render to


bestride

bestraddle, bridge, dominate, extend, mount, span, step over, straddle, tower over


bet

See Also

•   n.    ante, gamble, hazard, long shot, pledge, risk, speculation, stake, venture, wager

•   v.    chance, gamble, hazard, pledge, punt (Chiefly Brit.), put money on, risk, speculate, stake, venture, wager


bête noire

See Also

abomination, anathema, aversion, bane, bugbear, curse, pet hate


betide

See Also

bechance, befall, chance, come to pass, crop up (Inf.), ensue, happen, occur, overtake, supervene, take place, transpire (Inf.)


betimes

anon, beforehand, before long, erelong (Archaic or poetic), early, first thing, in good time, punctually, seasonably, soon


betoken

See Also

augur, bespeak, bode, declare, denote, evidence, indicate, manifest, mark, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, represent, signify, suggest, typify


betray

See Also

   be disloyal  (treacherous, unfaithful), break one's promise, break with, double-cross (Inf.), inform on or against, sell down the river (Inf.), sell out (Inf.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.) [image]  blurt out, disclose, divulge, evince, expose, give away, lay bare, let slip, manifest, reveal, show, tell, tell on, uncover, unmask [image]  beguile, corrupt, deceive, delude, dupe, ensnare, entrap, lead astray, mislead, undo [image]  abandon, desert, forsake, jilt, walk out on


betrayal

See Also

   deception, disloyalty, double-cross (Inf.), double-dealing, duplicity, falseness, perfidy, sell-out (Inf.), treachery, treason, trickery, unfaithfulness [image]  blurting out, disclosure, divulgence, giving away, revelation, telling


better

See Also

•   adj.    bigger, excelling, finer, fitter, greater, higher quality, larger, more appropriate  (desirable, expert, fitting, suitable, useful, valuable), preferable, superior, surpassing, worthier [image]  cured, fitter, fully recovered, healthier, improving, less ill, mending, more healthy, on the mend (Inf.), progressing, recovering, stronger, well [image]  bigger, greater, larger, longer

•   adv.    in a more excellent manner, in a superior way, more advantageously  (attractively, competently, completely, effectively, thoroughly), to a greater degree

•   v.    advance, ameliorate, amend, correct, enhance, forward, further, improve, meliorate, mend, promote, raise, rectify, reform [image]  beat, cap (Inf.), clobber (Sl.), exceed, excel, improve on or upon, lick (Inf.), outdo, outstrip, run rings around (Inf.), surpass, top

•   n.    get the better of beat, best, defeat, get the upper hand, outdo, outsmart (Inf.), outwit, prevail over, score off, surpass, triumph over, worst


between

See Also

amidst, among, betwixt, halfway, in the middle of, mid


beverage

See Also

bevvy (Dialect), draught, drink, libation (Facetious), liquid, liquor, potable, potation, refreshment


bevy

See Also

   band, bunch (Inf.), collection, company, crowd, gathering, group, pack, troupe [image]  covey, flight, flock


bewail

See Also

bemoan, cry over, deplore, express sorrow, grieve for, keen, lament, moan, mourn, regret, repent, rue, wail, weep over


beware

See Also

avoid, be careful  (cautious, wary), guard against, heed, look out, mind, refrain from, shun, steer clear of, take heed, watch out


bewilder

See Also

baffle, befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, daze, flummox, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy


bewildered

See Also

at sea, awed, baffled, bamboozled (Inf.), confused, disconcerted, dizzy, flummoxed, giddy, mystified, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled, speechless, startled, stunned, surprised, taken aback, uncertain


bewitch

See Also

absorb, allure, attract, beguile, captivate, charm, enchant, enrapture, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, ravish, spellbind


bewitched

See Also

charmed, enchanted, entranced, mesmerized, possessed, spellbound, transformed, under a spell, unrecognizable


beyond

See Also

above, apart from, at a distance, away from, before, farther, out of range, out of reach, outwith (Scot.), over, past, remote, superior to, yonder


bias

See Also

•   n.    bent, bigotry, favouritism, inclination, intolerance, leaning, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, tendency, turn, unfairness [image]  angle, cross, diagonal line, slant

•   v.    distort, influence, predispose, prejudice, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight


biased

See Also

distorted, embittered, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, predisposed, prejudiced, slanted, swayed, twisted, warped, weighted


bicker

See Also

argue, disagree, dispute, fight, quarrel, row (Inf.), scrap (Inf.), spar, squabble, wrangle


bid

See Also

•   v.    offer, proffer, propose, submit, tender [image]  call, greet, say, tell, wish [image]  ask, call, charge, command, desire, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, require, solicit, summon, tell

•   n.    advance, amount, offer, price, proposal, proposition, submission, sum, tender [image]  attempt, crack (Inf.), effort, endeavour, go (Inf.), stab (Inf.), try, venture


bidding

See Also

   beck, behest, call, canon, charge, command, demand, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, order, request, summons [image]  auction, offer, offers, proposal, tender


big

See Also

   bulky, burly, colossal, considerable, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gigantic, great, huge, hulking, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, large, mammoth, massive, ponderous, prodigious, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous [image]  big-time (Inf.), eminent, important, influential, leading, main, major league (Inf.), momentous, paramount, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, valuable, weighty [image]  adult, elder, grown, grown-up, mature [image]  altruistic, benevolent, generous, gracious, heroic, magnanimous, noble, princely, unselfish [image]  arrogant, boastful, bragging, conceited, haughty, inflated, pompous, pretentious, proud


bigot

See Also

dogmatist, fanatic, persecutor, sectarian, zealot


bigoted

See Also

biased, dogmatic, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded, obstinate, opinionated, prejudiced, sectarian, twisted, warped


bigotry

bias, discrimination, dogmatism, fanaticism, ignorance, injustice, intolerance, mindlessness, narrow-mindedness, pig-ignorance (Sl.), prejudice, provincialism, racialism, racism, sectarianism, sexism, unfairness


bigwig

See Also

big cheese (Sl., old-fashioned), big gun (Inf.), big noise (Inf.), big shot (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), celebrity, dignitary, heavyweight (Inf.), mogul, nob (Sl.), notability, notable, panjandrum, personage, somebody, V.I.P.


bile

See Also

anger, bitterness, churlishness, ill humour, irascibility, irritability, nastiness, peevishness, rancour, spleen


bilious

See Also

   liverish, nauseated, out of sorts, queasy, sick [image]  bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabby, cross, crotchety, edgy, grouchy (Inf.), grumpy, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, irritable, nasty, peevish, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), short-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy


bilk

See Also

bamboozle (Inf.), cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, defraud, do (Sl.), fleece, rook (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), swindle, trick


bill 1

See Also

•   n.    account, charges, invoice, note of charge, reckoning, score, statement, tally [image]  advertisement, broadsheet, bulletin, circular, handbill, handout, leaflet, notice, placard, playbill, poster [image]  agenda, card, catalogue, inventory, list, listing, programme, roster, schedule, syllabus [image]  measure, piece of legislation, projected law, proposal

•   v.    charge, debit, figure, invoice, reckon, record [image]  advertise, announce, give advance notice of, post


bill 2

See Also

beak, mandible, neb (Archaic or dialect), nib


billet

See Also

•   n.    accommodation, barracks, lodging, quarters

•   v.    accommodate, berth, quarter, station


billow

See Also

•   n.    breaker, crest, roller, surge, swell, tide, wave [image]  cloud, deluge, flood, outpouring, rush, surge, wave

•   v.    balloon, belly, puff up, rise up, roll, surge, swell


billowy

heaving, rippling, rolling, surging, swelling, swirling, undulating, waving, wavy


bind

See Also

•   v.    attach, fasten, glue, hitch, lash, paste, rope, secure, stick, strap, tie, tie up, truss, wrap [image]  compel, constrain, engage, force, necessitate, obligate, oblige, prescribe, require [image]  confine, detain, hamper, hinder, restrain, restrict [image]  bandage, cover, dress, encase, swathe, wrap [image]  border, edge, finish, hem, trim

•   n.     Inf. bore, difficulty, dilemma, drag (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), nuisance, pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), predicament, quandary, spot (Inf.), tight spot


binding

See Also

•   adj. compulsory, conclusive, imperative, indissoluble, irrevocable, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, unalterable


binge

See Also

beano (Brit. sl.), bender (Inf.), blind (Sl.), bout, feast, fling, jag (Sl.), orgy, spree


biography

See Also

account, curriculum vitae, CV, life, life history, life story, memoir, memoirs, profile, record


birth

See Also

   childbirth, delivery, nativity, parturition [image]  beginning, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, origin, rise, source [image]  ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, line, lineage, nobility, noble extraction, parentage, pedigree, race, stock, strain


bisect

See Also

bifurcate, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, divide in two, halve, intersect, separate, split, split down the middle


bishopric

diocese, episcopacy, episcopate, primacy, see


bit 1

See Also

   atom, chip, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, mite, morsel, mouthful, part, piece, remnant, scrap, segment, slice, small piece, speck, tittle, whit [image]  instant, jiffy (Inf.), little while, minute, moment, period, second, spell, tick (Brit. inf.), time


bit 2

See Also

   brake, check, curb, restraint, snaffle [image]  take the bit in or between one's teeth defy, disobey, get stuck into (Inf.), get to grips with, rebel, resist, revolt, run amok, rush into, set about


bitchy

See Also

backbiting, catty (Inf.), cruel, malicious, mean, nasty, rancorous, shrewish, snide, spiteful, venomous, vicious, vindictive, vixenish


bite

See Also

•   v.    champ, chew, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, gnaw, grip, hold, masticate, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, seize, snap, tear, wound [image]  burn, corrode, eat away, eat into, erode, smart, sting, tingle, wear away

•   n.    itch, nip, pinch, prick, smarting, sting, tooth marks, wound [image]  food, light meal, morsel, mouthful, piece, refreshment, snack, taste [image]  edge, kick (Inf.), piquancy, punch (Inf.), pungency, spice


biting

See Also

   bitter, blighting, cold, cutting, freezing, harsh, nipping, penetrating, piercing, sharp [image]  caustic, cutting, incisive, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic, withering


bitter

See Also

   acerb, acid, acrid, astringent, sharp, sour, tart, unsweetened, vinegary [image]  acrimonious, begrudging, crabbed, embittered, hostile, morose, rancorous, resentful, sore, sour, sullen, with a chip on one's shoulder [image]  calamitous, cruel, dire, distressing, galling, grievous, harsh, heartbreaking, merciless, painful, poignant, ruthless, savage, vexatious [image]  biting, fierce, freezing, intense, severe, stinging


bitterness

See Also

   acerbity, acidity, sharpness, sourness, tartness, vinegariness [image]  animosity, grudge, hostility, pique, rancour, resentment [image]  acrimoniousness, asperity, sarcasm, venom, virulence


bizarre

See Also

abnormal, comical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, freakish, grotesque, ludicrous, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-beat, off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, outré, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, rum (Brit. sl.), strange, unusual, wacko (Sl.), way-out (Inf.), weird, zany


blab

See Also

blow wide open (Sl.), blurt out, disclose, divulge, gossip, let slip, reveal, shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.), tattle, tell, tell all, tell on


blabber

•   n.    busybody, gossip, informer, rumour-monger, scandalmonger, talebearer, tattler, telltale

•   v.    blather, blether (Scot.), chatter, gab (Inf.), jabber, prattle


black

See Also

•   adj.    coal-black, dark, dusky, ebony, inky, jet, murky, pitchy, raven, sable, starless, stygian, swarthy [image]   Fig. atrocious, depressing, dismal, distressing, doleful, foreboding, funereal, gloomy, hopeless, horrible, lugubrious, mournful, ominous, sad, sombre [image]  dingy, dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby, soiled, sooty, stained [image]  angry, furious, hostile, menacing, resentful, sullen, threatening [image]  bad, evil, iniquitous, nefarious, villainous, wicked

•   v.    ban, bar, blacklist, boycott

•   n.    in the black in credit, in funds, solvent, without debt


blackball

See Also

•   v. ban, bar, blacklist, debar, drum out, exclude, expel, ostracize, oust, repudiate, snub, vote against


blacken

See Also

   befoul, begrime, cloud, darken, grow black, make black, smudge, soil [image]  bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonour, knock (Inf.), malign, rubbish (Inf.), slag (off) (Sl.), slander, smear, smirch, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify


blackguard

See Also

bad egg (Old-fashioned inf.), bastard (Offensive), blighter (Brit. inf.), bounder (Old-fashioned Brit. sl.), bugger (Taboo sl.), miscreant, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, scumbag (Sl.), shit (Taboo sl.), son-of-a-bitch (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), swine, villain, wretch


blacklist

See Also

•   v. ban, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, exclude, expel, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, reject, repudiate, snub, vote against


black magic

See Also

black art, diabolism, necromancy, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry


blackmail

See Also

•   n.    bribe, exaction, extortion, hush money (Sl.), intimidation, milking, pay-off (Inf.), protection (Inf.), ransom, shakedown (U.S. sl.), slush fund

•   v.    bleed (Inf.), bribe, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk, squeeze, threaten


blackness

See Also

darkness, duskiness, gloom, inkiness, melanism, murkiness, nigrescence, nigritude (Rare), swarthiness


blackout

•   n.    coma, faint, loss of consciousness, oblivion, swoon, syncope (Pathology), unconsciousness [image]  power cut, power failure [image]  censorship, noncommunication, radio silence, secrecy, suppression, withholding news


black out

•   v.    conceal, cover, darken, eclipse, obfuscate, shade [image]  collapse, faint, flake out (Inf.), lose consciousness, pass out, swoon


black sheep

See Also

disgrace, dropout, ne'er-do-well, outcast, prodigal, renegade, reprobate, wastrel


blame

See Also

•   n.    accountability, culpability, fault, guilt, incrimination, liability, onus, rap (Sl.), responsibility [image]  accusation, castigation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, recrimination, reproach, reproof, stick (Sl.)

•   v.    accuse, admonish, blast, censure, charge, chide, condemn, criticize, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, hold responsible, lambast(e), put down, reprehend, reproach, reprove, tax, tear into (Inf.), upbraid


blameless

See Also

above suspicion, clean, faultless, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, in the clear, irreproachable, perfect, squeaky-clean, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unoffending, unspotted, unsullied, untarnished, upright, virtuous


blameworthy

See Also

discreditable, disreputable, indefensible, inexcusable, iniquitous, reprehensible, reproachable, shameful


bland

See Also

   boring, dull, flat, humdrum, insipid, monotonous, tasteless, tedious, undistinctive, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vapid, weak [image]  affable, amiable, congenial, courteous, debonair, friendly, gentle, gracious, smooth, suave, unemotional, urbane [image]  balmy, calm, mild, mollifying, nonirritant or  non-irritating (Medical), soft, soothing, temperate


blandishments

See Also

blarney, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, fawning, flattery, ingratiation, inveiglement, soft soap (Inf.), soft words, sweet talk (Inf.), wheedling, winning caresses


blank

See Also

•   adj.    bare, clean, clear, empty, plain, spotless, uncompleted, unfilled, unmarked, void, white [image]  deadpan, dull, empty, expressionless, hollow, impassive, inane, lifeless, poker-faced (Inf.), vacant, vacuous, vague [image]  at a loss, at sea, bewildered, confounded, confused, disconcerted, dumbfounded, flummoxed, muddled, nonplussed, uncomprehending [image]  absolute, complete, outright, thorough, unqualified, utter

•   n.    emptiness, empty space, gap, nothingness, space, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void


blanket

See Also

•   n.    afghan, cover, coverlet, rug [image]  carpet, cloak, coat, coating, covering, envelope, film, layer, mantle, sheet, wrapper, wrapping

•   adj.    across-the-board, all-inclusive, comprehensive, overall, sweeping, wide-ranging

•   v.    cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, cover, eclipse, hide, mask, obscure, suppress, surround


blare

See Also

blast, boom, clamour, clang, honk, hoot, peal, resound, roar, scream, sound out, toot, trumpet


blarney

See Also

blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, exaggeration, flattery, honeyed words, overpraise, soft soap (Inf.), spiel, sweet talk (Inf.), wheedling


blasé

See Also

apathetic, bored, cloyed, glutted, indifferent, jaded, lukewarm, nonchalant, offhand, satiated, surfeited, unconcerned, unexcited, uninterested, unmoved, weary, world-weary


blaspheme

abuse, anathematize, curse, damn, desecrate, execrate, profane, revile, swear


blasphemous

See Also

godless, impious, irreligious, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious, ungodly


blasphemy

See Also

cursing, desecration, execration, impiety, impiousness, indignity (to God), irreverence, profanation, profaneness, profanity, sacrilege, swearing


blast

See Also

•   n.

•   v.    blare, blow, clang, honk, peal, scream, toot, wail

•   n.    bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, eruption, explosion, outburst, salvo, volley [image]  gale, gust, squall, storm, strong breeze, tempest

•   v.    blow up, break up, burst, demolish, destroy, explode, ruin, shatter [image]  blight, kill, shrivel, wither [image]  attack, castigate, criticize, flay, lambast(e), put down, rail at, tear into (Inf.)


blasted

blighted, desolated, destroyed, devastated, ravaged, ruined, shattered, spoiled, wasted, withered


blastoff

•   n. discharge, expulsion, firing, launch, launching, lift-off, projection, shot


blatant

See Also

   bald, brazen, conspicuous, flagrant, flaunting, glaring, naked, obtrusive, obvious, ostentatious, outright, overt, prominent, pronounced, sheer, unmitigated [image]  clamorous, deafening, ear-splitting, harsh, loud, noisy, piercing, strident


blaze

See Also

•   n.    bonfire, conflagration, fire, flame, flames [image]  beam, brilliance, flare, flash, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, light, radiance [image]  blast, burst, eruption, flare-up, fury, outbreak, outburst, rush, storm, torrent

•   v.    beam, burn, fire, flame, flare, flash, glare, gleam, glow, shine [image]  boil, explode, flare up, fume, seethe


bleach

blanch, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, peroxide, wash out, whiten


bleached

See Also

achromatic, etiolated, faded, lightened, peroxided, stone-washed, washed-out


bleak

See Also

   bare, barren, chilly, cold, desolate, exposed, gaunt, open, raw, unsheltered, weather-beaten, windswept, windy [image]  cheerless, comfortless, depressing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, grim, hopeless, joyless, sombre, unpromising


bleary

See Also

blurred, blurry, dim, fogged, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, misty, murky, rheumy, watery


bleed

See Also

   exude, flow, gush, lose blood, ooze, run, seep, shed blood, spurt, trickle, weep [image]  deplete, drain, draw or take blood, exhaust, extort, extract, fleece, leech, milk, phlebotomize (Medical), reduce, sap, squeeze [image]  ache, agonize, feel for, grieve, pity, suffer, sympathize


blemish

See Also

•   n.    blot, blotch, blur, defect, demerit, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonour, fault, flaw, imperfection, mark, scar, smirch, smudge, speck, spot, stain, taint

•   v.    blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, impair, injure, mar, mark, smirch, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish


blend

See Also

•   v.    amalgamate, coalesce, combine, compound, fuse, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix, synthesize, unite [image]  complement, fit, go well, go with, harmonize, suit

•   n.    alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, combination, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, meld, mix, mixture, synthesis, union


bless

See Also

   anoint, consecrate, dedicate, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, invoke happiness on, magnify, ordain, praise, sanctify, thank [image]  bestow, endow, favour, give, grace, grant, provide


blessed

See Also

   adored, beatified, divine, hallowed, holy, revered, sacred, sanctified [image]  endowed, favoured, fortunate, granted, jammy (Brit. sl.), lucky [image]  blissful, contented, glad, happy, joyful, joyous


blessedness

See Also

beatitude, bliss, blissfulness, content, felicity, happiness, heavenly joy, pleasure, sanctity, state of grace, summum bonum


blessing

See Also

   benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, grace, invocation, thanksgiving [image]  approbation, approval, backing, concurrence, consent, favour, good wishes, leave, permission, regard, sanction, support [image]  advantage, benefit, boon, bounty, favour, gain, gift, godsend, good fortune, help, kindness, profit, service, windfall


blight

See Also

•   n.    canker, decay, disease, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, rot [image]  affliction, bane, contamination, corruption, curse, evil, plague, pollution, scourge, woe

•   v.    blast, destroy, injure, nip in the bud, ruin, shrivel, taint with mildew, wither [image]   Fig. annihilate, crush, dash, disappoint, frustrate, mar, nullify, ruin, spoil, undo, wreck


blind

See Also

•   adj.    destitute of vision, eyeless, sightless, stone-blind, unseeing, unsighted, visionless [image]   Fig. careless, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, morally darkened, neglectful, oblivious, prejudiced, thoughtless, unaware of, unconscious of, uncritical, undiscerning, unmindful of, unobservant, unreasoning [image]  hasty, impetuous, irrational, mindless, rash, reckless, senseless, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unthinking, violent, wild [image]  closed, concealed, dark, dead-end, dim, hidden, leading nowhere, obscured, obstructed, without exit

•   n.    camouflage, cloak, cover, façade, feint, front, mask, masquerade, screen, smoke screen


blindly

   aimlessly, at random, confusedly, frantically, indiscriminately, instinctively, madly, purposelessly, wildly [image]  carelessly, heedlessly, impulsively, inconsiderately, passionately, recklessly, regardlessly, senselessly, thoughtlessly, unreasonably, wilfully


blink

See Also

   bat, flutter, glimpse, nictate, nictitate, peer, squint, wink [image]  flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink [image]   Fig. condone, connive at, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass by, turn a blind eye to [image]  on the blink  Sl. faulty, malfunctioning, not working (properly), on the fritz (U.S. sl.), out of action, out of order, playing up


bliss

See Also

beatitude, blessedness, blissfulness, ecstasy, euphoria, felicity, gladness, happiness, heaven, joy, paradise, rapture


blissful

See Also

cock-a-hoop, delighted, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, happy, heavenly (Inf.), in ecstasies, joyful, joyous, over the moon (Inf.), rapt, rapturous


blister

See Also

abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle (Pathology), pimple, pustule, sore, swelling, ulcer, welt, wen


blithe

See Also

   animated, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chirpy (Inf.), debonair, gay, genial, gladsome (Archaic), happy, jaunty, light-hearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious [image]  careless, casual, heedless, indifferent, nonchalant, thoughtless, unconcerned, untroubled


blitz

See Also

assault, attack, blitzkrieg, bombardment, offensive, onslaught, raid, strike


blizzard

blast, gale, snowstorm, squall, storm, tempest


bloat

See Also

balloon, blow up, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff up, swell


blob

ball, bead, bubble, dab, dewdrop, drop, droplet, glob, globule, lump, mass, pearl, pellet, pill


bloc

See Also

alliance, axis, cabal, clique, coalition, combine, entente, faction, group, league, ring, schism, union, wing


block

See Also

•   n.    bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, lump, mass, piece, square [image]  bar, barrier, blockage, hindrance, impediment, jam, obstacle, obstruction, occlusion, stoppage

•   v.    bung up (Inf.), choke, clog, close, obstruct, plug, stop up [image]  arrest, bar, check, deter, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop, thwart


blockade

See Also

barricade, barrier, block, closure, encirclement, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, siege, stoppage


blockage

See Also

block, blocking, impediment, obstruction, occlusion, stoppage, stopping up


blockhead

See Also

berk (Brit. sl.), bonehead (Sl.), charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dullard, dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), idiot, ignoramus, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), noodle, numskull or numbskull, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), thickhead, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


blond, blonde

fair, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen, golden-haired, light, light-coloured, light-complexioned, tow-headed


blood

See Also

   gore, lifeblood, vital fluid [image]  ancestry, birth, consanguinity, descendants, descent, extraction, family, kindred, kinship, lineage, noble extraction, relations [image]   Fig. anger, disposition, feeling, passion, spirit, temper


bloodcurdling

appalling, chilling, dreadful, fearful, frightening, hair-raising, horrendous, horrifying, scaring, spine-chilling, terrifying


bloodless

See Also

   cold, languid, lifeless, listless, passionless, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unfeeling [image]  anaemic, ashen, chalky, colourless, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly, wan


bloodshed

See Also

blood bath, bloodletting, butchery, carnage, gore, killing, massacre, murder, slaughter, slaying


bloodthirsty

See Also

barbarous, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, murderous, ruthless, savage, vicious, warlike


bloody

See Also

   bleeding, blood-soaked, blood-spattered, bloodstained, gaping, raw, unstaunched [image]  cruel, ferocious, fierce, sanguinary, savage


bloom

See Also

•   n.    blossom, blossoming, bud, efflorescence, flower, opening (of flowers) [image]   Fig. beauty, blush, flourishing, flush, freshness, glow, health, heyday, lustre, perfection, prime, radiance, rosiness, vigour

•   v.    blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, open, sprout [image]  develop, fare well, flourish, grow, prosper, succeed, thrive, wax


blossom

See Also

•   n.    bloom, bud, floret, flower, flowers

•   v.    bloom, burgeon, flower [image]   Fig. bloom, develop, flourish, grow, mature, progress, prosper, thrive


blot

See Also

•   n.    blotch, mark, patch, smear, smudge, speck, splodge, spot [image]  blemish, blur, defect, demerit, disgrace, fault, flaw, scar, smirch, spot, stain, taint

•   v.    bespatter, disfigure, disgrace, mark, smirch, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish [image]  absorb, dry, soak up, take up [image]  blot out cancel, darken, destroy, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, obscure, shadow


blow 1

See Also

•   v.    blast, breathe, exhale, fan, pant, puff, waft [image]  flow, rush, stream, whirl [image]  bear, buffet, drive, fling, flutter, sweep, waft, whirl, whisk [image]  blare, mouth, pipe, play, sound, toot, trumpet, vibrate

•   n.    blast, draught, flurry, gale, gust, puff, strong breeze, tempest, wind


blow 2

See Also

•   n.    bang, bash (Inf.), belt (Inf.), buffet, clomp (Sl.), clout (Inf.), clump (Sl.), knock, punch, rap, slosh (Brit. sl.), smack, sock (Sl.), stroke, thump, wallop (Inf.), whack [image]   Fig. affliction, bolt from the blue, bombshell, bummer (Sl.), calamity, catastrophe, comedown (Inf.), disappointment, disaster, jolt, misfortune, reverse, setback, shock, upset


blow out

   extinguish, put out, snuff [image]  burst, erupt, explode, rupture, shatter


blow over

be forgotten, cease, die down, disappear, end, finish, pass, pass away, subside, vanish


blow up

See Also

   bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, puff up, pump up, swell [image]  blast, bomb, burst, detonate, dynamite, explode, go off, rupture, shatter [image]  enlarge, enlarge on, exaggerate, heighten, magnify, overstate [image]   Inf. become angry, become enraged, blow a fuse (Sl., chiefly U.S.), crack up (Inf.), erupt, fly off the handle (Inf.), go off the deep end (Inf.), go up the wall (Sl.), hit the roof (Inf.), lose one's temper, rage, see red (Inf.)


bludgeon

•   n.    club, cosh (Brit.), cudgel, shillelagh, truncheon

•   v.    beat, beat up, club, cosh (Brit.), cudgel, knock down, strike [image]  browbeat, bulldoze (Inf.), bully, coerce, dragoon, force, hector, railroad (Inf.), steamroller


blue

See Also

   azure, cerulean, cobalt, cyan, navy, sapphire, sky-coloured, ultramarine [image]   Fig. dejected, depressed, despondent, dismal, downcast, down-hearted, down in the dumps (Inf.), fed up, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, sad, unhappy [image]   Inf. bawdy, dirty, indecent, lewd, naughty, near the knuckle (Inf.), obscene, risqué, smutty, vulgar


blueprint

See Also

design, draft, layout, norm, outline, pattern, pilot scheme, plan, project, prototype, scheme, sketch


blues

See Also

dejection, depression, despondency, doldrums, dumps (Inf.), gloom, gloominess, glumness, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, the hump (Brit. inf.)


bluff

See Also

•   v.    deceive, defraud, delude, fake, feign, humbug, lie, mislead, pretend, sham

•   n.    bluster, boast, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, deceit, deception, fake, feint, fraud, humbug, idle boast, lie, mere show, pretence, sham, show, subterfuge


blunder

See Also

•   n.    error, fault, inaccuracy, mistake, oversight, slip, slip-up (Inf.) [image]  bloomer (Brit. inf.), boob (Brit. sl.), boo-boo (Inf.), clanger (Inf.), faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, howler (Inf.), impropriety, indiscretion, mistake

•   v.    bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, err, slip up (Inf.) [image]  bumble, confuse, flounder, misjudge, stumble


blunt

See Also

•   adj.    dull, dulled, edgeless, pointless, rounded, unsharpened [image]   Fig. bluff, brusque, discourteous, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, impolite, outspoken, plain-spoken, rude, straightforward, tactless, trenchant, uncivil, unpolished, upfront (Inf.)

•   v.    dampen, deaden, dull, numb, soften, take the edge off, water down, weaken


blur

See Also

•   v.    becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, dim, fog, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, obscure, soften [image]  blot, smear, smudge, spot, stain

•   n.    blear, blurredness, cloudiness, confusion, dimness, fog, haze, indistinctness, obscurity [image]  blot, smear, smudge, spot, stain


blurred

See Also

bleary, blurry, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, indistinct, lacking definition, misty, nebulous, out of focus, unclear, vague


blurt out

See Also

babble, blab, cry, disclose, exclaim, gush, reveal, run off at the mouth (Sl.), spill, spill one's guts (Sl.), spill the beans (Inf.), spout (Inf.), sputter, tattle, tell all, utter suddenly


blush

See Also

•   v.    colour, crimson, flush, redden, turn red, turn scarlet

•   n.    colour, flush, glow, pink tinge, reddening, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness


bluster

See Also

•   v.    boast, brag, bulldoze, bully, domineer, hector, rant, roar, roister, storm, swagger, swell, vaunt

•   n.    bluff, boasting, boisterousness, bombast, bragging, bravado, crowing, swagger, swaggering


blustery

See Also

blusterous, boisterous, gusty, inclement, squally, stormy, tempestuous, violent, wild


board

See Also

•   n.    panel, piece of timber, plank, slat, timber [image]  daily meals, food, meals, provisions, victuals [image]  advisers, advisory group, committee, conclave, council, directorate, directors, panel, trustees

•   v.    embark, embus, enplane, enter, entrain, mount [image]  accommodate, feed, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room


boast

See Also

•   v.    blow one's own trumpet, bluster, brag, crow, exaggerate, puff, strut, swagger, talk big (Sl.), vaunt [image]  be proud of, congratulate oneself on, exhibit, flatter oneself, possess, pride oneself on, show off

•   n.    avowal, brag, gasconade (Rare), rodomontade (Literary), swank (Inf.), vaunt [image]  gem, joy, pride, pride and joy, source of pride, treasure


boastful

See Also

bragging, cocky, conceited, crowing, egotistical, puffed-up, swaggering, swanky (Inf.), swollen-headed, vainglorious, vaunting


bob

See Also

bounce, duck, hop, jerk, leap, nod, oscillate, quiver, skip, waggle, weave, wobble


bode

augur, betoken, forebode, foreshadow, foretell, forewarn, impart, omen, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, signify, threaten


bodiless

disembodied, ghostly, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spectral, spiritual, supernatural


bodily

See Also

•   adj.    actual, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, physical, substantial, tangible

•   adv.    altogether, as a body, as a group, collectively, completely, en masse, entirely, fully, totally, wholly


body

See Also

   build, figure, form, frame, physique, shape, torso, trunk [image]  cadaver, carcass, corpse, dead body, relics, remains, stiff (Sl.) [image]  being, creature, human, human being, individual, mortal, person [image]  bulk, essence, main part, mass, material, matter, substance [image]  association, band, bloc, collection, company, confederation, congress, corporation, society [image]  crowd, horde, majority, mass, mob, multitude, throng [image]  consistency, density, firmness, richness, solidity, substance


bog

See Also

fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), peat bog, quagmire, slough, swamp, wetlands


bog down

See Also

delay, halt, impede, sink, slow down, slow up, stall, stick


bogey

See Also

   apparition, bogeyman, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, spectre, spirit, spook (Inf.), sprite [image]  bête noire, bugaboo, bugbear, nightmare


boggle

See Also

   be alarmed  (confused, surprised, taken aback), shy, stagger, startle, take fright [image]  demur, dither (Chiefly Brit.), doubt, equivocate, falter, hang back, hesitate, hover, jib, shillyshally (Inf.), shrink from, vacillate, waver


boggy

See Also

fenny, marshy, miry, muddy, oozy, quaggy, soft, spongy, swampy, waterlogged, yielding


bogus

See Also

artificial, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, forged, fraudulent, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), pseudo (Inf.), sham, spurious


bohemian

•   adj.    alternative, artistic, arty (Inf.), avant-garde, eccentric, exotic, left bank, nonconformist, oddball (Inf.), offbeat, off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out (Inf.)

•   n.    beatnik, dropout, hippie, iconoclast, nonconformist


boil 1

See Also

•   v.    agitate, bubble, churn, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, seethe [image]  be angry, be indignant, blow a fuse (Sl., chiefly U.S.), crack up (Inf.), fly off the handle (Inf.), foam at the mouth (Inf.), fulminate, fume, go off the deep end (Inf.), go up the wall (Sl.), rage, rave, see red (Inf.), storm


boil 2

See Also

•   n. blain, blister, carbuncle, furuncle (Pathology), gathering, pustule, tumour, ulcer


boisterous

See Also

   bouncy, clamorous, disorderly, impetuous, loud, noisy, obstreperous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, rumbustious, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild [image]  blustery, gusty, raging, rough, squally, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent


bold

See Also

   adventurous, audacious, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, gallant, gritty, heroic, intrepid, lion-hearted, valiant, valorous [image]  barefaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, confident, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), forward, fresh (Inf.), impudent, insolent, pert, pushy (Inf.), rude, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy, shameless [image]  bright, colourful, conspicuous, eye-catching, flashy, forceful, lively, loud, prominent, pronounced, showy, spirited, striking, strong, vivid


bolster

See Also

aid, assist, augment, boost, brace, buoy up, buttress, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pillow, prop, reinforce, shore up, stay, strengthen, support


bolt

See Also

•   n.    bar, catch, fastener, latch, lock, sliding bar [image]  peg, pin, rivet, rod [image]  bound, dart, dash, escape, flight, rush, spring, sprint [image]  arrow, dart, missile, projectile, shaft, thunderbolt

•   v.    bar, fasten, latch, lock, secure [image]  cram, devour, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, stuff, swallow whole, wolf [image]  abscond, bound, dash, decamp, do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hurtle, jump, leap, make a break (for it), run, run for it, rush, skedaddle (Inf.), spring, sprint, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


bomb

See Also

•   n.    bombshell, charge, device, explosive, grenade, mine, missile, projectile, rocket, shell, torpedo

•   v.    attack, blow up, bombard, destroy, shell, strafe, torpedo


bombard

See Also

   assault, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, fire upon, open fire, pound, shell, strafe [image]  assail, attack, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, harass, hound, pester


bombardment

See Also

assault, attack, barrage, blitz, bombing, cannonade, fire, flak, fusillade, shelling, strafe


bona fide

See Also

actual, authentic, genuine, honest, kosher (Inf.), lawful, legal, legitimate, real, true


bond

See Also

•   n.    band, binding, chain, cord, fastening, fetter, ligature, link, manacle, shackle, tie [image]  affiliation, affinity, attachment, connection, link, relation, tie, union [image]  agreement, compact, contract, covenant, guarantee, obligation, pledge, promise, word

•   v.    bind, connect, fasten, fix together, fuse, glue, gum, paste


bonny

   beautiful, comely, fair, handsome, lovely, pretty, sweet [image]  bouncing, buxom, chubby, fine, plump, rounded, shapely [image]  blithe, cheerful, cheery, gay, joyful, merry, sunny, winsome


bonus

See Also

benefit, bounty, commission, dividend, extra, gift, gratuity, hand-out, honorarium, icing on the cake, perk (Brit. inf.), plus, premium, prize, reward


bony

See Also

angular, emaciated, gangling, gaunt, lanky, lean, macilent (Rare), rawboned, scrawny, skinny, thin


book

See Also

•   n.    hardback, manual, paperback, publication, roll, scroll, textbook, title, tome, tract, volume, work [image]  album, diary, exercise book, jotter, notebook, pad

•   v.    arrange for, bill, charter, engage, line up, make reservations, organize, procure, programme, reserve, schedule [image]  enrol, enter, insert, list, log, mark down, note, post, put down, record, register, write down


bookish

See Also

academic, donnish, erudite, intellectual, learned, literary, pedantic, scholarly, studious, well-read


boom

See Also

•   v.    bang, blast, crash, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, thunder [image]  develop, expand, flourish, gain, grow, increase, intensify, prosper, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive

•   n.    bang, blast, burst, clap, crash, explosion, roar, rumble, thunder [image]  advance, boost, development, expansion, gain, growth, improvement, increase, jump, push, spurt, upsurge, upswing, upturn


boomerang

See Also

backfire, come back, come home to roost, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet


boon

See Also

•   n.    advantage, benefaction, benefit, blessing, donation, favour, gift, godsend, grant, gratuity, hand-out, present, windfall

•   adj.    close, intimate, special


boorish

See Also

awkward, barbaric, bearish, churlish, clownish, coarse, crude, gross, gruff, hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), ill-bred, loutish, lubberly, oafish, rude, rustic, uncivilized, uncouth, uneducated, unrefined, vulgar


boost

See Also

•   n.    encouragement, help, hype, improvement, praise, promotion [image]  heave, hoist, lift, push, raise, shove, thrust [image]  addition, expansion, improvement, increase, increment, jump, rise

•   v.    advance, advertise, assist, crack up (Inf.), encourage, foster, further, hype, improve, inspire, plug (Inf.), praise, promote, support, sustain [image]  elevate, heave, hoist, lift, push, raise, shove, thrust [image]  add to, amplify, develop, enlarge, expand, heighten, hoick, increase, jack up, magnify, raise


boot

•   v.    drive, drop-kick, kick, knock, punt, shove [image]   Inf. dismiss, eject, expel, give the bum's rush (Sl.), give the heave or push (Inf.), kick out, kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), oust, relegate, sack (Inf.), show one the door, throw out, throw out on one's ear (Inf.)


border

See Also

•   n.    bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, confine, confines, edge, flange, hem, limit, limits, lip, margin, pale, rim, skirt, verge [image]  borderline, boundary, frontier, line, march

•   v.    bind, decorate, edge, fringe, hem, rim, trim


borderline

See Also

•   adj. ambivalent, doubtful, equivocal, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexact, marginal, unclassifiable


bore 1

See Also

•   v.    burrow, drill, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, sink, tunnel

•   n.    borehole, calibre, drill hole, hole, shaft, tunnel


bore 2

See Also

•   v.    annoy, be tedious, bother, exhaust, fatigue, jade, pall on, pester, send to sleep, tire, trouble, vex, wear out, weary, worry

•   n.    bother, drag (Inf.), dullard, dull person, headache (Inf.), nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, tiresome person, wearisome talker, yawn (Inf.)


boredom

apathy, doldrums, dullness, ennui, flatness, irksomeness, monotony, sameness, tedium, tediousness, weariness, world-weariness


boring

See Also

dead, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, insipid, mind-numbing, monotonous, repetitious, routine, stale, tedious, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, wearisome


borrow

   blag (Sl.), cadge, mooch (Sl.), scrounge (Inf.), take and return, take on loan, touch (someone) for (Sl.), use temporarily [image]  acquire, adopt, appropriate, copy, filch, imitate, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp


bosom

See Also

•   n.    breast, bust, chest [image]  affections, emotions, feelings, heart, sentiments, soul, spirit, sympathies [image]  centre, circle, core, midst, protection, shelter

•   adj.    boon, cherished, close, confidential, intimate, very dear


boss 1

See Also

•   n.    administrator, big cheese (Sl., old-fashioned), chief, director, employer, executive, foreman, gaffer (Inf., chiefly Brit.), governor (Inf.), head, kingpin, leader, manager, master, Mister Big (Sl., chiefly U.S.), numero uno (Inf.), overseer, owner, superintendent, supervisor

•   v.    administrate, command, control, direct, employ, manage, oversee, run, superintend, supervise, take charge


boss 2

See Also

knob, nub, nubble, point, protuberance, stud, tip


bossy

See Also

arrogant, authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, hectoring, high-handed, imperious, lordly, overbearing, tyrannical


botch

See Also

•   v.    balls up (Taboo sl.), blunder, bodge (Inf.), bungle, butcher, cobble, cock up (Brit. sl.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), fumble, mar, mend, mess, mismanage, muff, patch, screw up (Inf.), spoil

•   n.    balls-up (Taboo sl.), blunder, bungle, bungling, cock-up (Brit. sl.), failure, fuck-up (Offens. taboo sl.), fumble, hash, mess, miscarriage, pig's breakfast (Inf.), pig's ear (Inf.)


bother

See Also

•   v.    alarm, annoy, bend someone's ear (Inf.), concern, dismay, distress, disturb, gall, harass, hassle (Inf.), inconvenience, irritate, molest, nag, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pester, plague, put out, trouble, upset, vex, worry

•   n.    aggravation, annoyance, bustle, difficulty, flurry, fuss, gall, hassle (Inf.), inconvenience, irritation, molestation, nuisance, perplexity, pest, problem, strain, trouble, vexation, worry


bothersome

See Also

aggravating, annoying, distressing, exasperating, inconvenient, irritating, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, vexing


bottleneck

block, blockage, congestion, hold-up, impediment, jam, obstacle, obstruction, snarl-up (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


bottle up

See Also

check, contain, curb, keep back, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap


bottom

See Also

•   n.    base, basis, bed, deepest part, depths, floor, foot, foundation, groundwork, lowest part, pedestal, support [image]  lower side, sole, underneath, underside [image]  arse (Taboo sl.), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), backside, behind (Inf.), bum (Brit. sl.), buns (U.S. sl.), butt (U.S. & Canad. inf.), buttocks, derrière (Euphemistic), fundament, jacksy (Brit. sl.), posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail (Inf.) [image]  base, basis, cause, core, essence, ground, heart, mainspring, origin, principle, root, source, substance

•   adj.    base, basement, basic, fundamental, ground, last, lowest, undermost


bottomless

See Also

boundless, deep, fathomless, immeasurable, inexhaustible, infinite, unfathomable, unlimited


bounce

See Also

•   v.    bob, bound, bump, jounce, jump, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring, thump [image]   Sl. boot out (Inf.), eject, fire (Inf.), kick out (Inf.), oust, relegate, throw out

•   n.    bound, elasticity, give, rebound, recoil, resilience, spring, springiness [image]  animation, brio, dynamism, energy, go (Inf.), life, liveliness, pep, vigour, vitality, vivacity, zip (Inf.)


bouncing

See Also

blooming, bonny, healthy, robust, thriving, vigorous


bound 1

See Also

•   adj.    cased, fastened, fixed, pinioned, secured, tied, tied up [image]  certain, destined, doomed, fated, sure [image]  beholden, committed, compelled, constrained, duty-bound, forced, obligated, obliged, pledged, required


bound 2

See Also

•   v.

•   n. bob, bounce, caper, frisk, gambol, hurdle, jump, leap, lope, pounce, prance, skip, spring, vault


bound 3

See Also

•   n.    (Usually plural) border, boundary, confine, edge, extremity, fringe, limit, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, rim, termination, verge [image]  out of bounds banned, barred, forbidden, off-limits (Chiefly U.S. military), prohibited, taboo

•   v.    circumscribe, confine, define, delimit, demarcate, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate


boundary

See Also

barrier, border, borderline, bounds, brink, confines, edge, extremity, fringe, frontier, limits, march, margin, pale, precinct, termination, verge


boundless

See Also

endless, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, inexhaustible, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, unconfined, unending, unlimited, untold, vast


bountiful

See Also

   abundant, ample, bounteous, copious, exuberant, lavish, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, prolific [image]  beneficent, bounteous, generous, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, open-handed, princely, prodigal, unstinting


bouquet

See Also

   boutonniere, bunch of flowers, buttonhole, corsage, garland, nosegay, posy, spray, wreath [image]  aroma, fragrance, perfume, redolence, savour, scent


bourgeois

See Also

conventional, hidebound, materialistic, middle-class, traditional


bout

See Also

   course, fit, period, round, run, session, spell, spree, stint, stretch, term, time, turn [image]  battle, boxing match, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, head-to-head, match, set-to, struggle


bovine

See Also

dense, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, thick


bow 1

See Also

•   v.    bend, bob, droop, genuflect, incline, make obeisance, nod, stoop [image]  accept, acquiesce, comply, concede, defer, give in, kowtow, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield [image]  cast down, conquer, crush, depress, overpower, subdue, subjugate, vanquish, weigh down

•   n.    bending, bob, genuflexion, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, salaam


bow 2

See Also

 Naut. beak, fore, head, prow, stem


bowdlerize

blue-pencil, censor, clean up, expurgate, mutilate


bowels

See Also

   entrails, guts, innards (Inf.), insides (Inf.), intestines, viscera, vitals [image]  belly, core, deep, depths, hold, inside, interior [image]   Archaic compassion, mercifulness, mercy, pity, sympathy, tenderness


bowl

See Also

•   n.    basin, deep dish, vessel

•   v.    fling, hurl, pitch, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, throw, trundle, whirl


bowl over

See Also

   amaze, astonish, astound, dumbfound, stagger, startle, stun, surprise [image]  bring down, fell, floor, knock down, overthrow, overturn


box 1

See Also

•   n.    ark (Dialect), carton, case, casket, chest, container, kist (Scot. & Northern English dialect), pack, package, portmanteau, receptacle, trunk

•   v.    pack, package, wrap


box 2

See Also

•   v.    exchange blows, fight, spar [image]  belt (Inf.), buffet, butt, chin (Sl.), clout (Inf.), cuff, deck (Sl.), hit, lay one on (Sl.), punch, slap, sock (Sl.), strike, thwack, wallop (Inf.), whack

•   n.    belt (Inf.), blow, buffet, clout (Inf.), cuff, punch, slap, stroke, thumping, wallop (Inf.)


boxer

fighter, prizefighter, pugilist, sparrer, sparring partner


box in

See Also

cage, confine, contain, coop up, enclose, hem in, isolate, shut in, surround, trap


boxing

fisticuffs, prizefighting, pugilism, sparring, the fight game (Inf.), the ring


boy

See Also

fellow, junior, lad, schoolboy, stripling, youngster, youth


boycott

See Also

ban, bar, black, blackball, blacklist, embargo, exclude, ostracize, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, refrain from, refuse, reject, spurn


boyfriend

See Also

admirer, beau, date, follower, leman (Archaic), lover, man, steady, suitor, swain, sweetheart, toy boy, young man


brace

See Also

•   n.    bolster, bracer, bracket, buttress, prop, reinforcement, stanchion, stay, strut, support, truss

•   v.    bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, hold up, prop, reinforce, shove, shove up, steady, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten


bracing

See Also

brisk, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarating, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, tonic, vigorous


brag

See Also

blow one's own trumpet, bluster, boast, crow, swagger, talk big (Sl.), vaunt


braggart

See Also

bigmouth (Sl.), bluffer, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, hot dog (Chiefly U.S.), show-off (Inf.), swaggerer, swashbuckler


braid

See Also

entwine, interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace, plait, ravel, twine, weave


brain

See Also

brainbox, egghead (Inf.), genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, sage, scholar


brainless

See Also

braindead (Inf.), foolish, idiotic, inane, inept, mindless, senseless, stupid, thoughtless, unintelligent, witless


brainy

See Also

bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, smart


brake

See Also

•   n.    check, constraint, control, curb, rein, restraint

•   v.    check, decelerate, halt, moderate, reduce speed, slacken, slow, stop


branch

See Also

   arm, bough, limb, offshoot, prong, ramification, shoot, spray, sprig [image]  chapter, department, division, local office, office, part, section, subdivision, subsection, wing


branch out

See Also

add to, develop, diversify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, multiply, proliferate, ramify, spread out


brand

See Also

•   n.    cast, class, grade, kind, make, quality, sort, species, type, variety [image]  emblem, hallmark, label, mark, marker, sign, stamp, symbol, trademark [image]  blot, disgrace, infamy, mark, reproach, slur, smirch, stain, stigma, taint

•   v.    burn, burn in, label, mark, scar, stamp [image]  censure, denounce, discredit, disgrace, expose, mark, stigmatize


brandish

See Also

display, exhibit, flaunt, flourish, parade, raise, shake, swing, wield


brash

See Also

   audacious, foolhardy, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, indiscreet, precipitate, rash, reckless [image]  bold, brazen, cocky, forward, heedless, impertinent, impudent, insolent, pushy (Inf.), rude


brass

See Also

audacity, brass neck (Brit. inf.), cheek, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, front, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), presumption, rudeness


bravado

See Also

bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade (Rare), swagger, swaggering, swashbuckling, vaunting


brave

See Also

•   adj.    ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, fearless, gallant, gritty, heroic, intrepid, plucky, resolute, undaunted, valiant, valorous

•   v.    bear, beard, challenge, confront, dare, defy, endure, face, stand up to, suffer, tackle, withstand


bravery

See Also

balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), boldness, bravura, courage, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts (Inf.), hardihood, hardiness, heroism, indomitability, intrepidity, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spunk (Inf.), valour


bravura

See Also

animation, audacity, boldness, brilliance, brio, daring, dash, display, élan, energy, exhibitionism, ostentation, panache, punch (Inf.), spirit, verve, vigour, virtuosity


brawl

See Also

•   n.    affray (Law), altercation, argument, bagarre, battle, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all (Inf.), melee or mêlée, punch-up (Brit. inf.), quarrel, row (Inf.), ruckus (Inf.), rumpus, scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, scuffle, shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), skirmish, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle

•   v.    altercate, argue, battle, dispute, fight, quarrel, row (Inf.), scrap (Inf.), scuffle, tussle, wrangle, wrestle


brawn

beef (Inf.), beefiness (Inf.), brawniness, flesh, might, muscle, muscles, muscularity, power, robustness, strength, vigour


brawny

See Also

athletic, beefy (Inf.), bulky, burly, fleshy, hardy, hefty (Inf.), herculean, husky (Inf.), lusty, muscular, powerful, Ramboesque, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, strong, sturdy, thewy, thickset, vigorous, well-built, well-knit


breach

See Also

   aperture, break, chasm, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, split [image]  contravention, disobedience, infraction, infringement, noncompliance, nonobservance, offence, transgression, trespass, violation [image]  alienation, difference, disaffection, disagreement, dissension, division, estrangement, falling-out (Inf.), parting of the ways, quarrel, schism, separation, severance, variance


bread

   aliment, diet, fare, food, necessities, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals [image]   Sl. ackers (Sl.), brass (Northern English dialect), cash, dibs (Sl.), dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), dough (Sl.), finance, funds, money, necessary (Inf.), needful (Inf.), rhino (Brit. sl.), shekels (Inf.), silver, spondulicks (Sl.), tin (Sl.)


breadth

See Also

   beam (of a ship), broadness, latitude, span, spread, wideness, width [image]  amplitude, area, compass, comprehensiveness, dimension, expanse, extensiveness, extent, magnitude, measure, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, spread, sweep, vastness [image]  broad-mindedness, freedom, latitude, liberality, open-mindedness, openness, permissiveness


break

See Also

•   v.    batter, burst, crack, crash, demolish, destroy, disintegrate, divide, fracture, fragment, part, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.) [image]  breach, contravene, disobey, disregard, infract (Law), infringe, renege on, transgress, violate [image]  cow, cripple, demoralize, dispirit, enervate, enfeeble, impair, incapacitate, subdue, tame, undermine, weaken [image]  abandon, cut, discontinue, give up, interrupt, pause, rest, stop, suspend [image]  bust (Inf.), degrade, demote, discharge, dismiss, humiliate, impoverish, make bankrupt, reduce, ruin [image]  announce, come out, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, proclaim, reveal, tell [image]   Of a record, etc. beat, better, cap (Inf.), exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, surpass, top [image]  appear, burst out, come forth suddenly, emerge, erupt, happen, occur [image]  cut and run (Inf.), dash, escape, flee, fly, get away, hook it (Sl.), run away [image]  cushion, diminish, lessen, lighten, moderate, reduce, soften, weaken

•   n.    breach, cleft, crack, division, fissure, fracture, gap, gash, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, split, tear [image]  breather (Inf.), entr'acte, halt, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, let-up (Inf.), lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension [image]  alienation, breach, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split [image]   Inf. advantage, chance, fortune, opening, opportunity, stroke of luck


breakable

See Also

brittle, crumbly, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, friable


break away

   decamp, escape, flee, fly, hook it (Sl.), make a break for it, make a run for it (Inf.), make off, run away [image]  break with, detach, part company, secede, separate


breakdown

See Also

   collapse, crackup (Inf.), disintegration, disruption, failure, mishap, stoppage [image]  analysis, categorization, classification, detailed list, diagnosis, dissection, itemization


break down

See Also

be overcome, collapse, conk out (Inf.), crack up (Inf.), fail, give way, go kaput (Inf.), go to pieces, seize up, stop, stop working


break-in

See Also

breaking and entering, burglary, invasion, robbery


break in

See Also

   barge in, burst in, butt in, interfere, interject, interpose, interrupt, intervene, intrude, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.) [image]  break and enter, burgle, invade, rob [image]  accustom, condition, get used to, habituate, initiate, prepare, tame, train


break into

See Also

begin, burst into, burst out, commence, dissolve into, give way to, launch into


break off

See Also

   detach, divide, part, pull off, separate, sever, snap off, splinter [image]  cease, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, pause, stop, suspend, terminate


break out

See Also

   appear, arise, begin, commence, emerge, happen, occur, set in, spring up, start [image]  abscond, bolt, break loose, burst out, escape, flee, get free [image]  burst out, erupt


breakthrough

advance, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, improvement, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap, step forward


break-up

See Also

breakdown, breaking, crackup (Inf.), disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitting, termination, wind-up


break up

See Also

adjourn, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, part, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, suspend, terminate


breakwater

groyne, jetty, mole, sea wall, spur


breast

See Also

   boob (Sl.), bosom, bust, chest, front, teat, thorax, tit (Sl.), udder [image]  being, conscience, core, emotions, feelings, heart, seat of the affections, sentiments, soul, thoughts


breath

See Also

   air, animation, breathing, exhalation, gasp, gulp, inhalation, pant, respiration, wheeze [image]  aroma, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, smell, vapour, whiff [image]  break, breather, breathing-space, instant, moment, pause, respite, rest, second [image]  faint breeze, flutter, gust, puff, sigh, slight movement, waft, zephyr [image]  hint, murmur, suggestion, suspicion, undertone, whisper [image]  animation, energy, existence, life, lifeblood, life force, vitality


breathe

See Also

   draw in, gasp, gulp, inhale and exhale, pant, puff, respire, wheeze [image]  imbue, impart, infuse, inject, inspire, instil, transfuse [image]  articulate, express, murmur, say, sigh, utter, voice, whisper


breathless

See Also

   choking, exhausted, gasping, gulping, out of breath, panting, short-winded, spent, wheezing, winded [image]  agog, anxious, astounded, avid, eager, excited, flabbergasted (Inf.), gobsmacked (Brit. sl.), on tenterhooks, open-mouthed, thunderstruck, with bated breath


breathtaking

See Also

amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awesome, brilliant, exciting, heart-stirring, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, sensational, striking, stunning (Inf.), thrilling, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


breed

See Also

•   v.    bear, beget, bring forth, engender, generate, hatch, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce [image]  bring up, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, nurture, raise, rear [image]  arouse, bring about, cause, create, generate, give rise to, induce, make, occasion, originate, produce, stir up

•   n.    brand, class, extraction, family, ilk, kind, line, lineage, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, type, variety


breeding

See Also

   ancestry, cultivation, development, lineage, nurture, raising, rearing, reproduction, training, upbringing [image]  civility, conduct, courtesy, cultivation, culture, gentility, manners, polish, refinement, sophistication, urbanity


breeze

See Also

•   n.    air, breath of wind, capful of wind, current of air, draught, flurry, gust, light wind, puff of air, waft, whiff, zephyr

•   v.    flit, glide, hurry, move briskly, pass, sail, sally, sweep, trip


breezy

See Also

   airy, blowing, blowy, blusterous, blustery, fresh, gusty, squally, windy [image]  airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), debonair, easy-going, free and easy, genial, informal, jaunty, light, light-hearted, lively, sparkling, sparky, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious


brevity

   conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, pithiness, succinctness, terseness [image]  briefness, ephemerality, impermanence, shortness, transience, transitoriness


brew

See Also

•   v.    boil, ferment, infuse (tea), make (beer), prepare by fermentation, seethe, soak, steep, stew [image]  breed, concoct, contrive, develop, devise, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, plan, plot, project, scheme, start, stir up

•   n.    beverage, blend, concoction, distillation, drink, fermentation, infusion, liquor, mixture, preparation


bribe

See Also

•   n.    allurement, backhander (Sl.), boodle (Sl., chiefly U.S.), corrupting gift, enticement, graft (Inf.), hush money (Sl.), incentive, inducement, kickback (U.S.), pay-off (Inf.), payola (Inf.), reward for treachery, sop, sweetener (Sl.)

•   v.    buy off, corrupt, get at, grease the palm or hand of (Sl.), influence by gifts, lure, oil the palm of (Inf.), pay off (Inf.), reward, square, suborn


bribery

buying off, corruption, graft (Inf.), inducement, palm-greasing (Sl.), payola (Inf.), protection, subornation


bridge

See Also

•   n.    arch, flyover, overpass, span, viaduct [image]  band, bond, connection, link, tie

•   v.    arch over, attach, bind, connect, couple, cross, cross over, extend across, go over, join, link, reach across, span, traverse, unite


bridle

See Also

•   v.    check, constrain, control, curb, govern, keep in check, master, moderate, rein, repress, restrain, subdue [image]  be indignant, bristle, draw (oneself) up, get angry, get one's back up, raise one's hackles, rear up

•   n.    check, control, curb, rein, restraint, trammels


brief

See Also

•   adj.    compendious, compressed, concise, crisp, curt, laconic, limited, pithy, short, succinct, terse, thumbnail, to the point [image]  ephemeral, fast, fleeting, hasty, little, momentary, quick, quickie (Inf.), short, short-lived, swift, temporary, transitory [image]  abrupt, blunt, brusque, curt, sharp, short, surly

•   n.    abridgment, abstract, digest, epitome, outline, précis, sketch, summary, synopsis [image]  argument, case, contention, data, defence, demonstration

•   v.    advise, clue in (Inf.), explain, fill in (Inf.), gen up (Brit. inf.), give (someone) a rundown, give (someone) the gen (Brit. inf.), inform, instruct, prepare, prime, put (someone) in the picture (Inf.)


briefing

conference, directions, guidance, information, instruction, instructions, meeting, preamble, preparation, priming, rundown


briefly

See Also

abruptly, briskly, casually, concisely, cursorily, curtly, fleetingly, hastily, hurriedly, in a few words, in a nutshell, in brief, in outline, in passing, momentarily, precisely, quickly, shortly, temporarily


brigade

See Also

band, body, camp, company, contingent, corps, crew, force, group, organization, outfit, party, squad, team, troop, unit


bright

See Also

   beaming, blazing, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glowing, illuminated, intense, lambent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shining, sparkling, twinkling, vivid [image]  clear, clement, cloudless, fair, limpid, lucid, pellucid, pleasant, sunny, translucent, transparent, unclouded [image]  acute, astute, aware, brainy, brilliant, clear-headed, clever, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, keen, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, wide-awake [image]  auspicious, encouraging, excellent, favourable, golden, good, hopeful, optimistic, palmy, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy [image]  cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, lively, merry, sparky, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious [image]  distinguished, famous, glorious, illustrious, magnificent, outstanding, remarkable, splendid


brighten

See Also

   clear up, enliven, gleam, glow, illuminate, lighten, light up, make brighter, shine [image]  become cheerful, buck up (Inf.), buoy up, cheer, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, make happy, perk up


brilliance, brilliancy

See Also

   blaze, brightness, dazzle, effulgence, gleam, glitter, intensity, luminosity, lustre, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, sparkle, vividness [image]  acuity, aptitude, braininess, cleverness, distinction, excellence, genius, giftedness, greatness, inventiveness, talent, wisdom [image]  éclat, gilt, glamour, gorgeousness, grandeur, illustriousness, magnificence, pizzazz or pizazz (Inf.), splendour


brilliant

See Also

   ablaze, bright, coruscating, dazzling, glittering, glossy, intense, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, shining, sparkling, vivid [image]  celebrated, eminent, exceptional, famous, glorious, illustrious, magnificent, notable, outstanding, splendid, superb [image]  accomplished, acute, astute, brainy, clever, discerning, expert, gifted, intellectual, intelligent, inventive, masterly, penetrating, profound, quick, talented


brim

See Also

•   n.    border, brink, circumference, edge, flange, lip, margin, rim, skirt, verge

•   v.    fill, fill up, hold no more, overflow, run over, spill, well over


brimful

See Also

brimming, filled, flush, full, level with, overflowing, overfull, packed, running over


bring

See Also

   accompany, bear, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, import, lead, take, transfer, transport, usher [image]  cause, contribute to, create, effect, engender, inflict, occasion, produce, result in, wreak [image]  compel, convince, dispose, force, induce, influence, make, move, persuade, prevail on or upon, prompt, sway [image]  command, earn, fetch, gross, net, produce, return, sell for, yield


bring about

See Also

accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, cause, compass, create, effect, effectuate, generate, give rise to, make happen, manage, occasion, produce, realize


bring down

See Also

abase, cut down, drop, fell, floor, lay low, level, lower, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, shoot down, undermine, upset


bring in

See Also

accrue, bear, be worth, fetch, gross, produce, profit, realize, return, yield


bring off

See Also

accomplish, achieve, bring home the bacon (Inf.), bring to pass, carry off, carry out, crack it (Inf.), cut it (Inf.), discharge, execute, perform, pull off, succeed


bring up

See Also

   breed, develop, educate, form, nurture, raise, rear, support, teach, train [image]  advance, allude to, broach, introduce, mention, move, propose, put forward, submit


brink

See Also

border, boundary, brim, edge, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge


brisk

See Also

   active, agile, alert, animated, bustling, busy, energetic, lively, nimble, no-nonsense, quick, sparky, speedy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious [image]  biting, bracing, crisp, exhilarating, fresh, invigorating, keen, nippy, refreshing, sharp, snappy, stimulating


briskly

See Also

actively, apace, brusquely, coolly, decisively, efficiently, energetically, firmly, incisively, nimbly, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quickly, rapidly, readily, smartly, vigorously


bristle

•   n.    barb, hair, prickle, spine, stubble, thorn, whisker

•   v.    horripilate, prickle, rise, stand on end, stand up [image]  be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, bridle, flare up, get one's dander up (Sl.), rage, see red, seethe, spit (Inf.) [image]  (With with) abound, be alive, be thick, crawl, hum, swarm, teem


brittle

See Also

   breakable, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, shatterable, shivery [image]  curt, edgy, irritable, nervous, prim, stiff, stilted, tense, wired (Sl.)


broach

See Also

   approach, bring up, hint at, introduce, mention, open up, propose, raise the subject, speak of, suggest, talk of, touch on [image]  crack, draw off, open, pierce, puncture, start, tap, uncork


broad

See Also

   ample, beamy (of a ship), capacious, expansive, extensive, generous, large, roomy, spacious, vast, voluminous, wide, widespread [image]  all-embracing, catholic, comprehensive, encyclopedic, far-reaching, general, global, inclusive, nonspecific, sweeping, undetailed, universal, unlimited, wide, wide-ranging [image]  Also broad daylight clear, full, obvious, open, plain, straightforward, undisguised [image]  broad-minded, liberal, open, permissive, progressive, tolerant, unbiased [image]  blue, coarse, gross, improper, indecent, indelicate, near the knuckle (Inf.), unrefined, vulgar


broadcast

See Also

•   v.    air, beam, cable, put on the air, radio, relay, show, televise, transmit [image]  advertise, announce, circulate, disseminate, make public, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, spread

•   n.    programme, show, telecast, transmission


broaden

See Also

augment, develop, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, increase, open up, spread, stretch, supplement, swell, widen


broad-minded

See Also

catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, free-thinking, indulgent, liberal, open-minded, permissive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced


broadside

abuse, assault, attack, battering, bombardment, censure, criticism, denunciation, diatribe, philippic, stick (Sl.)


brochure

See Also

advertisement, booklet, circular, folder, handbill, hand-out, leaflet, mailshot, pamphlet


broke

See Also

bankrupt, bust (Inf.), cleaned out (Sl.), dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impoverished, insolvent, on one's uppers, penniless, penurious, ruined, short, skint (Brit. sl.), stony-broke (Brit. sl.), without two pennies to rub together (Inf.)


broken

See Also

   burst, demolished, destroyed, fractured, fragmented, rent, ruptured, separated, severed, shattered, shivered [image]  defective, exhausted, feeble, imperfect, kaput (Inf.), not functioning, out of order, ruined, run-down, spent, weak [image]  disconnected, discontinuous, disturbed, erratic, fragmentary, incomplete, intermittent, interrupted, spasmodic [image]  beaten, browbeaten, crippled, crushed, defeated, demoralized, humbled, oppressed, overpowered, subdued, tamed, vanquished [image]  dishonoured, disobeyed, disregarded, forgotten, ignored, infringed, isolated, retracted, traduced, transgressed [image]  disjointed, halting, hesitating, imperfect, stammering


broken-down

See Also

collapsed, dilapidated, in disrepair, inoperative, kaput (Inf.), not functioning, not in working order, old, on the blink (Sl.), on the fritz (U.S. sl.), out of commission, out of order, worn out


brokenhearted

crestfallen, desolate, despairing, devastated, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, heartbroken, heart-sick, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, prostrated, sorrowful, wretched


broker

See Also

agent, dealer, factor, go-between, intermediary, middleman, negotiator


bronze

See Also

brownish, chestnut, copper, copper-coloured, metallic brown, reddish-brown, reddish-tan, rust, tan


brood

See Also

•   v.    agonize, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, repine, ruminate, think upon [image]  cover, hatch, incubate, set, sit upon

•   n.    breed, chicks, children, clutch, family, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, progeny, young


brook

See Also

beck, burn, gill (Dialect), rill, rivulet, runnel (Literary), stream, streamlet, watercourse


brother

See Also

   blood brother, kin, kinsman, relation, relative, sibling [image]  associate, chum (Inf.), cock (Brit. inf.), colleague, companion, compeer, comrade, confrère, fellow member, mate, pal (Inf.), partner [image]  cleric, friar, monk, regular, religious


brotherhood

   brotherliness, camaraderie, companionship, comradeship, fellowship, friendliness, kinship [image]  alliance, association, clan, clique, community, coterie, fraternity, guild, league, order, society, union


brotherly

affectionate, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, cordial, fraternal, friendly, kind, neighbourly, philanthropic, sympathetic


brow

   air, appearance, aspect, bearing, countenance, eyebrow, face, forehead, front, mien, temple [image]  brim, brink, crest, crown, edge, peak, rim, summit, tip, top, verge


browbeat

See Also

badger, bulldoze (Inf.), bully, coerce, cow, domineer, dragoon, hector, intimidate, lord it over, oppress, overawe, overbear, threaten, tyrannize


brown

See Also

•   adj.    auburn, bay, brick, bronze, bronzed, browned, brunette, chestnut, chocolate, coffee, dark, donkey brown, dun, dusky, fuscous, ginger, hazel, rust, sunburnt, tan, tanned, tawny, toasted, umber

•   v.    cook, fry, grill, sauté, seal, sear


browse

See Also

   dip into, examine cursorily, flip through, glance at, leaf through, look round, look through, peruse, scan, skim, survey [image]  crop, eat, feed, graze, nibble, pasture


bruise

See Also

•   v.    blacken, blemish, contuse, crush, damage, deface, discolour, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize [image]  displease, grieve, hurt, injure, insult, offend, pain, sting, wound

•   n.    black-and-blue mark, black mark, blemish, contusion, discoloration, injury, mark, swelling


brunt

See Also

burden, force, full force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, thrust, violence


brush 1

See Also

•   n.    besom, broom, sweeper [image]  clash, conflict, confrontation, encounter, fight, fracas, scrap (Inf.), set-to (Inf.), skirmish, slight engagement, spot of bother (Inf.), tussle

•   v.    buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash [image]  caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, stroke, sweep, touch


brush 2

See Also

•   n. brushwood, bushes, copse, scrub, shrubs, thicket, undergrowth, underwood


brush-off

•   n. cold shoulder, cut, dismissal, go-by (Sl.), kiss-off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), knock-back (Sl.), rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, slight, snub, the (old) heave-ho (Inf.)


brush off

See Also

•   v. cold-shoulder, cut, deny, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, ignore, kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), put down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn, slight, snub, spurn


brush up

See Also

bone up on (Inf.), cram, go over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, relearn, revise, study


brutal

See Also

   barbarous, bloodthirsty, cruel, ferocious, heartless, inhuman, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, uncivilized, vicious [image]  animal, beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, crude, sensual [image]  bearish, callous, gruff, harsh, impolite, insensitive, rough, rude, severe, uncivil, unfeeling, unmannerly


brute

See Also

•   n.    animal, beast, creature, wild animal [image]  barbarian, beast, devil, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, sadist, savage, swine

•   adj.    bodily, carnal, fleshly, instinctive, mindless, physical, senseless, unthinking [image]  bestial, coarse, depraved, gross, sensual


bubble

See Also

•   n.    air ball, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, globule, vesicle [image]  bagatelle, delusion, fantasy, illusion, toy, trifle, vanity

•   v.    boil, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, percolate, seethe, sparkle [image]  babble, burble, gurgle, murmur, purl, ripple, trickle, trill


bubbly

   carbonated, curly, effervescent, fizzy, foamy, frothy, lathery, sparkling, sudsy [image]  animated, bouncy, elated, excited, happy, lively, merry, sparky


buccaneer

See Also

corsair, freebooter, pirate, privateer, sea-rover


buckle

See Also

•   n.    catch, clasp, clip, fastener, hasp [image]  bulge, contortion, distortion, kink, warp

•   v.    catch, clasp, close, fasten, hook, secure [image]  bend, bulge, cave in, collapse, contort, crumple, distort, fold, twist, warp


buckle down

See Also

apply oneself, exert oneself, launch into, pitch in, put one's shoulder to the wheel, set to


buck up

See Also

   get a move on, hasten, hurry up, shake a leg, speed up [image]  brighten, cheer up, encourage, hearten, inspirit, perk up, rally, take heart


bud

See Also

•   n.    embryo, germ, shoot, sprout

•   v.    burgeon, burst forth, develop, grow, pullulate, shoot, sprout


budding

See Also

beginning, burgeoning, developing, embryonic, fledgling, flowering, germinal, growing, incipient, nascent, potential, promising


budge

See Also

   dislodge, give way, inch, move, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir [image]  bend, change, convince, give way, influence, persuade, sway, yield


budget

See Also

•   n.    allocation, allowance, cost, finances, financial statement, fiscal estimate, funds, means, resources

•   v.    allocate, apportion, cost, cost out, estimate, plan, ration


buff 1

See Also

•   adj.    sandy, straw, tan, yellowish, yellowish-brown

•   n.    in the buff bare, buck naked (Sl.), in one's birthday suit (Inf.), in the altogether (Inf.), in the raw (Inf.), naked, nude, unclad, unclothed, with bare skin, without a stitch on (Inf.)

•   v.    brush, burnish, polish, rub, shine, smooth


buff 2

See Also

 Inf. addict, admirer, aficionado, connoisseur, devotee, enthusiast, expert, fan, fiend (Inf.), freak (Inf.), grandmaster, hotshot (Inf.), maven (U.S.), whiz (Inf.)


buffer

See Also

bulwark, bumper, cushion, fender, intermediary, safeguard, screen, shield, shock absorber


buffet 1

See Also

•   n. café, cafeteria, cold table, counter, cupboard, refreshment-counter, salad bar, sideboard, snack bar


buffet 2

See Also

•   v.    bang, batter, beat, box, bump, clobber (Sl.), cuff, flail, knock, lambast(e), pound, pummel, punch, push, rap, shove, slap, strike, thump, wallop (Inf.)

•   n.    bang, blow, box, bump, cuff, jolt, knock, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, thump, wallop (Inf.)


buffoon

See Also

clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, silly billy (Inf.), wag


bug

See Also

•   n.     Inf. bacterium, disease, germ, infection, microorganism, virus [image]  craze, fad, mania, obsession, rage [image]  blemish, catch, defect, error, failing, fault, flaw, glitch, gremlin, imperfection, snarl-up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), virus

•   v.     Inf. aggravate (Inf.), annoy, badger, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, disturb, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), get on one's wick (Brit. sl.), harass, hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), plague, vex [image]  eavesdrop, listen in, spy, tap, wiretap


bugbear

See Also

anathema, bane, bête noire, bogey, bugaboo, devil, dread, fiend, horror, nightmare, pet hate


build

See Also

•   v.    assemble, construct, erect, fabricate, form, make, put up, raise [image]  base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, found, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set up, start [image]  accelerate, amplify, augment, develop, enlarge, escalate, extend, improve, increase, intensify, strengthen

•   n.    body, figure, form, frame, physique, shape, structure


building

See Also

   domicile, dwelling, edifice, fabric, house, pile, structure [image]  architecture, construction, erection, fabricating, raising


build-up

See Also

   accumulation, development, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, increase [image]  ballyhoo (Inf.), hype, plug (Inf.), promotion, publicity, puff [image]  accretion, accumulation, heap, load, mass, stack, stockpile, store


built-in

See Also

essential, implicit, in-built, included, incorporated, inherent, inseparable, integral, part and parcel of


bulge

See Also

•   n.    bump, hump, lump, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swelling [image]  boost, increase, intensification, rise, surge

•   v.    bag, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, project, protrude, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell, swell out


bulk

See Also

•   n.    amplitude, bigness, dimensions, immensity, largeness, magnitude, massiveness, size, substance, volume, weight [image]  better part, body, generality, lion's share, main part, majority, major part, mass, most, nearly all, plurality, preponderance

•   v.    bulk large be important, carry weight, dominate, loom, loom large, preponderate, stand out, threaten


bulldoze

See Also

   demolish, flatten, level, raze [image]  drive, force, propel, push, shove, thrust [image]  browbeat, bully, coerce, cow, dragoon, hector, intimidate, railroad (Inf.)


bullet

See Also

ball, missile, pellet, projectile, shot, slug


bulletin

See Also

account, announcement, communication, communiqué, dispatch, message, news flash, notification, report, statement


bull-headed

See Also

headstrong, inflexible, mulish, obstinate, pig-headed, stiff-necked, stubborn, stupid, tenacious, uncompromising, unyielding, wilful


bullish

assured, bold, confident, expectant, improving, positive, rising


bully

See Also

•   n.    big bully, browbeater, bully boy, coercer, intimidator, oppressor, persecutor, ruffian, tormentor, tough

•   v.    bluster, browbeat, bulldoze (Inf.), bullyrag, coerce, cow, domineer, hector, intimidate, oppress, overbear, persecute, push around (Sl.), ride roughshod over, swagger, terrorize, tyrannize

•   adj.    admirable, excellent, fine, nifty (Inf.), radical (Inf.), very good

•   interj.    bravo, capital, good, grand, great, well done


bulwark

See Also

   bastion, buttress, defence, embankment, fortification, outwork, partition, rampart, redoubt [image]  buffer, guard, mainstay, safeguard, security, support


bump

See Also

•   v.    bang, collide (with), crash, hit, knock, slam, smash into, strike [image]  bounce, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, rattle, shake [image]  budge, dislodge, displace, move, remove, shift

•   n.    bang, blow, collision, crash, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, rap, shock, smash, thud, thump [image]  bulge, contusion, hump, knob, knot, lump, node, nodule, protuberance, swelling


bumper

See Also

•   adj. abundant, bountiful, excellent, exceptional, jumbo (Inf.), massive, mega (Sl.), prodigal, spanking (Inf.), teeming, unusual, whacking (Inf., chiefly Brit.), whopping (Inf.)


bump into

See Also

chance upon, come across, encounter, happen upon, light upon, meet, meet up with, run across, run into


bump off

See Also

assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dispatch, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, finish off, kill, knock off (Sl.), liquidate, murder, remove, rub out (U.S. sl.), take out (Sl.), wipe out (Inf.)


bumptious

See Also

arrogant, boastful, brash, cocky, conceited, egotistic, forward, full of oneself, impudent, overbearing, overconfident, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), self-assertive, showy, swaggering, vainglorious, vaunting


bunch

See Also

•   n.    assortment, batch, bouquet, bundle, clump, cluster, collection, heap, lot, mass, number, parcel, pile, quantity, sheaf, spray, stack, tuft [image]  band, bevy, crew (Inf.), crowd, flock, gang, gathering, group, knot, mob, multitude, party, posse (Inf.), swarm, team, troop

•   v.    assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram together, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack


bundle

See Also

•   n.    accumulation, assortment, batch, bunch, collection, group, heap, mass, pile, quantity, stack [image]  bag, bale, box, carton, crate, pack, package, packet, pallet, parcel, roll

•   v.    bale, bind, fasten, pack, package, palletize, tie, tie together, tie up, truss, wrap [image]  (With out, off, into, etc.) hurry, hustle, push, rush, shove, throw, thrust [image]  (With up) clothe warmly, muffle up, swathe, wrap up


bungle

See Also

blow (Sl.), blunder, bodge (Inf.), botch, butcher, cock up (Brit. sl.), foul up, fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), fudge, louse up (Sl.), make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mismanage, muff, ruin, screw up (Inf.), spoil


bungling

See Also

awkward, blundering, botching, cack-handed (Inf.), clumsy, ham-fisted (Inf.), ham-handed (Inf.), incompetent, inept, maladroit, unskilful


bunk, bunkum

See Also

balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), baloney (Inf.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), eyewash (Inf.), garbage (Inf.), guff (Sl.), havers (Scot.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hooey (Sl.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff and nonsense, tarradiddle, tomfoolery, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, tripe (Inf.), truck (Inf.), twaddle


buoy

•   n.    beacon, float, guide, marker, signal

•   v.    (With up) boost, cheer, cheer up, encourage, hearten, keep afloat, lift, raise, support, sustain


buoyant

See Also

   afloat, floatable, floating, light, weightless [image]  animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), debonair, genial, happy, jaunty, joyful, light-hearted, lively, peppy (Inf.), sparky, sunny, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious


burden

See Also

•   n.    affliction, anxiety, care, clog, encumbrance, grievance, load, millstone, obstruction, onus, responsibility, sorrow, strain, stress, trial, trouble, weight, worry [image]   Naut. cargo, freight, lading, tonnage

•   v.    bother, encumber, handicap, load, oppress, overload, overwhelm, saddle with, strain, tax, weigh down, worry


bureau

See Also

   desk, writing desk [image]  agency, branch, department, division, office, service


bureaucracy

See Also

   administration, authorities, civil service, corridors of power, directorate, government, ministry, officials, officialdom, the system [image]  bumbledom, officialdom, officialese, red tape, regulations


bureaucrat

administrator, apparatchik, civil servant, functionary, mandarin, minister, office-holder, officer, official, public servant


burglar

See Also

cat burglar, filcher, housebreaker, picklock, pilferer, robber, sneak thief, thief


burglary

See Also

break-in, breaking and entering, filching, housebreaking, larceny, pilferage, robbery, stealing, theft, thieving


burial

burying, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, obsequies, sepulture


buried

See Also

   coffined, consigned to the grave, entombed, interred, laid to rest [image]  dead and buried, dead and gone, in the grave, long gone, pushing up the daisies, six feet under [image]  covered, forgotten, hidden, repressed, sunk in oblivion, suppressed [image]  cloistered, concealed, hidden, private, sequestered, tucked away [image]  caught up, committed, concentrating, devoted, engrossed, immersed, intent, lost, occupied, preoccupied, rapt


burlesque

See Also

•   n.    caricature, mock, mockery, parody, satire, send-up (Brit. inf.), spoof (Inf.), takeoff (Inf.), travesty

•   adj.    caricatural, comic, farcical, hudibrastic, ironical, ludicrous, mock, mock-heroic, mocking, parodic, satirical, travestying

•   v.    ape, caricature, exaggerate, imitate, lampoon, make fun of, mock, parody, ridicule, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), spoof (Inf.), take off (Inf.), take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), travesty


burly

See Also

beefy (Inf.), big, brawny, bulky, hefty, hulking, muscular, powerful, Ramboesque, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built


burn

See Also

   be ablaze, be on fire, blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, smoke [image]  brand, calcine, char, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, parch, reduce to ashes, scorch, set on fire, shrivel, singe, toast, wither [image]  bite, hurt, pain, smart, sting, tingle [image]  be excited  (angry, aroused, inflamed, passionate), blaze, desire, fume, seethe, simmer, smoulder, yearn [image]  consume, eat up, expend, use


burning

See Also

   blazing, fiery, flaming, flashing, gleaming, glowing, hot, illuminated, scorching, smouldering [image]  all-consuming, ardent, eager, earnest, fervent, fervid, flaming, frantic, frenzied, impassioned, intense, passionate, vehement, zealous [image]  acrid, biting, caustic, irritating, painful, piercing, prickling, pungent, reeking, smarting, stinging, tingling [image]  acute, compelling, critical, crucial, essential, important, pressing, significant, urgent, vital


burrow

See Also

•   n.    den, hole, lair, retreat, shelter, tunnel

•   v.    delve, dig, excavate, hollow out, scoop out, tunnel


burst

See Also

•   v.    blow up, break, crack, disintegrate, explode, fly open, fragment, puncture, rend asunder, rupture, shatter, shiver, split, tear apart [image]  barge, break, break out, erupt, gush forth, run, rush, spout

•   n.    bang, blast, blasting, blowout, blow-up, breach, break, crack, discharge, explosion, rupture, split [image]  eruption, fit, gush, gust, outbreak, outburst, outpouring, rush, spate, spurt, surge, torrent

•   adj.    flat, punctured, rent, ruptured, split


bury

See Also

   consign to the grave, entomb, inearth, inhume, inter, lay to rest, sepulchre [image]  conceal, cover, cover up, enshroud, hide, secrete, shroud, stash (Inf.), stow away [image]  drive in, embed, engulf, implant, sink, submerge [image]  absorb, engage, engross, immerse, interest, occupy


bush

   hedge, plant, shrub, shrubbery, thicket [image]  backwoods, brush, scrub, scrubland, the wild, woodland


busily

actively, assiduously, briskly, carefully, diligently, earnestly, energetically, industriously, intently, purposefully, speedily, strenuously


business

See Also

   calling, career, craft, employment, function, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work [image]  company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm, organization, venture [image]  bargaining, commerce, dealings, industry, manufacturing, merchandising, selling, trade, trading, transaction [image]  affair, assignment, concern, duty, function, issue, matter, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic


businesslike

See Also

correct, efficient, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, practical, professional, regular, routine, systematic, thorough, well-ordered, workaday


businessman, businesswoman

capitalist, employer, entrepreneur, executive, financier, homme d'affaires, industrialist, merchant, tradesman, tycoon


bust 1

See Also

bosom, breast, chest, torso


bust 2

See Also

•   v.    break, burst, fracture, rupture [image]  bankrupt, break, crash, fail, impoverish, ruin [image]  arrest, catch, collar (Inf.), cop (Sl.), feel one's collar (Sl.), lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), raid, search

•   adj.    go bust become insolvent, be ruined, break, fail, go bankrupt

•   n.    arrest, capture, cop (Sl.), raid, search, seizure


bustle

See Also

•   v.    beetle, bestir, dash, flutter, fuss, hasten, hurry, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear

•   n.    activity, ado, agitation, commotion, excitement, flurry, fuss, haste, hurly-burly, hurry, pother, stir, to-do, tumult


busy

See Also

•   adj.    active, assiduous, brisk, diligent, employed, engaged, engrossed, hard at work, industrious, in harness, occupied, on duty, persevering, slaving, working [image]  active, energetic, exacting, full, hectic, hustling, lively, on the go (Inf.), restless, strenuous, tireless, tiring [image]  fussy, inquisitive, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, officious, prying, snoopy, stirring, troublesome

•   v.    absorb, employ, engage, engross, immerse, interest, occupy


busybody

See Also

eavesdropper, gossip, intriguer, intruder, meddler, nosy parker (Inf.), pry, scandalmonger, snoop, snooper, stirrer (Inf.), troublemaker


but

See Also

•   conj.    further, however, moreover, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, still, yet [image]  bar, barring, except, excepting, excluding, notwithstanding, save, with the exception of

•   adv.    just, merely, only, simply, singly, solely


butcher

See Also

•   n.    destroyer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, slayer

•   v.    carve, clean, cut, cut up, dress, joint, prepare, slaughter [image]  assassinate, cut down, destroy, exterminate, kill, liquidate, massacre, put to the sword, slaughter, slay [image]  bodge (Inf.), botch, destroy, mess up, mutilate, ruin, spoil, wreck


butchery

See Also

blood bath, blood-letting, bloodshed, carnage, killing, massacre, mass murder, murder, slaughter


butt 1

See Also

   haft, handle, hilt, shaft, shank, stock [image]  base, end, fag end (Inf.), foot, leftover, stub, tail, tip


butt 2

See Also

Aunt Sally, dupe, laughing stock, mark, object, point, subject, target, victim


butt 3

See Also

•   v.

•   n.     With or of the head or horns buck, buffet, bump, bunt, jab, knock, poke, prod, punch, push, ram, shove, thrust

•   v.    abut, join, jut, meet, project, protrude [image]  (With in or into) chip in (Inf.), cut in, interfere, interrupt, intrude, meddle, put one's oar in, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), stick one's nose in


butt 4

See Also

barrel, cask, pipe


buttonhole

See Also

•   v.  Fig. accost, bore, catch, detain in talk, grab, importune, persuade importunately, take aside, waylay


buttress

See Also

•   n.    abutment, brace, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, support

•   v.    augment, back up, bolster, brace, prop, prop up, reinforce, shore, shore up, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold


buy

See Also

•   v.    acquire, get, invest in, obtain, pay for, procure, purchase, score (Sl.), shop for [image]  (Often with off) bribe, corrupt, fix (Inf.), grease someone's palm (Sl.), square, suborn

•   n.    acquisition, bargain, deal, purchase


by

•   prep.    along, beside, by way of, close to, near, next to, over, past, via [image]  through, through the agency of, under the aegis of

•   adv.    aside, at hand, away, beyond, close, handy, in reach, near, past, to one side


by and by

See Also

before long, erelong (Archaic or poetic), eventually, in a while, in the course of time, one day, presently, soon


bypass

See Also

avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), circumvent, depart from, detour round, deviate from, get round, go round, ignore, neglect, outflank, pass round


bystander

eyewitness, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passer-by, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness


cab

See Also

hackney, hackney carriage, minicab, taxi, taxicab


cabin

   berth, bothy, chalet, cot, cottage, crib, hovel, hut, lodge, shack, shanty, shed [image]  berth, compartment, deckhouse, quarters, room


cabinet

   case, chiffonier, closet, commode, cupboard, dresser, escritoire, locker [image]  administration, assembly, council, counsellors, ministry [image]  apartment, boudoir, chamber (Archaic)


cackle

See Also

babble, blather, chatter, chuckle, cluck, crow, gabble, gibber, giggle, jabber, prattle, snicker, snigger, titter


cad

bounder (Old-fashioned Brit. sl.), churl, cur, dastard (Archaic), heel (Sl.), knave, rat (Inf.), rotter (Sl., chiefly Brit.), scumbag (Sl.)


caddish

despicable, ill-bred, low, ungentlemanly, unmannerly


café

See Also

cafeteria, coffee bar, coffee shop, lunchroom, restaurant, snack bar, tearoom


cage

See Also

•   v.    confine, coop up, fence in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, lock up, mew, pound, restrain, shut up

•   n.    corral (U.S.), enclosure, pen, pound


cajole

See Also

beguile, coax, decoy, dupe, entice, entrap, flatter, inveigle, lure, manoeuvre, mislead, seduce, sweet-talk (Inf.), tempt, wheedle


cake

See Also

•   v.    bake, cement, coagulate, congeal, consolidate, dry, encrust, harden, inspissate (Archaic), ossify, solidify, thicken

•   n.    bar, block, cube, loaf, lump, mass, slab


calamitous

See Also

blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, devastating, dire, disastrous, fatal, pernicious, ruinous, tragic, woeful


calamity

See Also

adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, tragedy, trial, tribulation, woe, wretchedness


calculate

See Also

   adjust, compute, consider, count, determine, enumerate, estimate, figure, gauge, judge, rate, reckon, value, weigh, work out [image]  aim, design, intend, plan


calculated

See Also

considered, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, purposeful


calculating

See Also

canny, cautious, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, Machiavellian, manipulative, politic, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly


calculation

See Also

   answer, computation, estimate, estimation, figuring, forecast, judgment, reckoning, result [image]  caution, circumspection, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, forethought, planning, precaution


calibre

See Also

   bore, diameter, gauge, measure [image]   Fig. ability, capacity, distinction, endowment, faculty, force, gifts, merit, parts, quality, scope, stature, strength, talent, worth


call

See Also

•   v.    announce, arouse, awaken, cry, cry out, hail, halloo, proclaim, rouse, shout, waken, yell [image]  assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, rally, summon [image]  give (someone) a bell (Brit. sl.), phone, ring up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), telephone [image]  christen, denominate, describe as, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, style, term [image]  announce, appoint, declare, decree, elect, ordain, order, proclaim, set apart [image]  consider, estimate, judge, regard, think

•   n.    cry, hail, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yell [image]  announcement, appeal, command, demand, invitation, notice, order, plea, request, ring (Inf., chiefly Brit.), summons, supplication, visit [image]  cause, claim, excuse, grounds, justification, need, occasion, reason, right, urge


call for

See Also

   demand, entail, involve, necessitate, need, occasion, require, suggest [image]  collect, fetch, pick up, uplift (Scot.)


calling

See Also

business, career, employment, life's work, line, métier, mission, occupation, profession, province, pursuit, trade, vocation, walk of life, work


call on

   drop in on, look in on, look up, see, visit [image]  appeal to, ask, bid, call upon, entreat, invite, invoke, request, summon, supplicate


callous

See Also

apathetic, case-hardened, cold, hard-bitten, hard-boiled (Inf.), hardened, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, indifferent, indurated (Rare), insensate, insensible, insensitive, inured, obdurate, soulless, thick-skinned, torpid, uncaring, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic


calm

See Also

•   adj.    balmy, halcyon, mild, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, windless [image]  collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, equable, impassive, imperturbable, relaxed, sedate, self-possessed, undisturbed, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unfazed (Inf.), unflappable (Inf.), unmoved, unruffled

•   v.    hush, mollify, placate, quieten, relax, soothe

•   n.    calmness, hush, peace, peacefulness, quiet, repose, serenity, stillness


calmness

See Also

   calm, composure, equability, hush, motionlessness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, repose, restfulness, serenity, smoothness, stillness, tranquillity [image]  composure, cool (Sl.), coolness, dispassion, equanimity, impassivity, imperturbability, poise, sang-froid, self-possession


camouflage

See Also

•   n.    blind, cloak, concealment, cover, deceptive markings, disguise, false appearance, front, guise, mask, masquerade, mimicry, protective colouring, screen, subterfuge

•   v.    cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, veil


camp 1

See Also

bivouac, camping ground, camp site, cantonment (Mil.), encampment, tents


camp 2

See Also

affected, artificial, camped up (Inf.), campy (Inf.), effeminate, mannered, ostentatious, poncy (Sl.), posturing


campaign

See Also

attack, crusade, drive, expedition, jihad (Rare), movement, offensive, operation, push


cancel

See Also

   abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, blot out, call off, countermand, cross out, delete, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, obliterate, obviate, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke [image]  balance out, compensate for, counterbalance, make up for, neutralize, nullify, obviate, offset, redeem


cancellation

See Also

abandoning, abandonment, abolition, annulment, deletion, elimination, quashing, repeal, revocation


cancer

See Also

blight, canker, carcinoma (Pathol.), corruption, evil, growth, malignancy, pestilence, rot, sickness, tumour


candid

See Also

   blunt, downright, fair, forthright, frank, free, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, open, outspoken, plain, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unbiased, unequivocal, unprejudiced, upfront (Inf.) [image]  impromptu, informal, uncontrived, unposed


candidate

See Also

applicant, aspirant, claimant, competitor, contender, contestant, entrant, nominee, possibility, runner, solicitant, suitor


candour

See Also

artlessness, directness, fairness, forthrightness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, impartiality, ingenuousness, naïveté, openness, outspokenness, simplicity, sincerity, straightforwardness, truthfulness, unequivocalness


canker

See Also

•   v.    blight, consume, corrode, corrupt, embitter, envenom, inflict, poison, pollute, rot, rust, waste away

•   n.    bane, blight, blister, cancer, corrosion, corruption, infection, lesion, rot, scourge, sore, ulcer


cannon

   artillery piece, big gun, field gun, gun, mortar [image]  (Plural) artillery, battery, big guns, cannonry, field guns, guns, ordnance


canny

See Also

acute, artful, astute, careful, cautious, circumspect, clever, judicious, knowing, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise, worldly-wise


canon

See Also

catalogue, criterion, dictate, formula, list, precept, principle, regulation, roll, rule, standard, statute, yardstick


canopy

See Also

awning, baldachin, covering, shade, sunshade, tester


cant

See Also

•   n.    affected piety, humbug, hypocrisy, insincerity, lip service, pious platitudes, pretence, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sham holiness [image]  argot, jargon, lingo, slang, vernacular

•   v.    angle, bevel, incline, rise, slant, slope, tilt


cantankerous

See Also

bad-tempered, captious, choleric, contrary, crabby, cranky (U.S., Canad., & Irish inf.), crotchety (Inf.), crusty, difficult, disagreeable, grouchy (Inf.), grumpy, ill-humoured, irascible, irritable, liverish, peevish, perverse, quarrelsome, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), testy, tetchy


canter

See Also

•   n. amble, dogtrot, easy gait, jog, lope


canting

See Also

hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, sanctimonious, two-faced


canvass

See Also

•   v.    analyse, campaign, electioneer, examine, inspect, investigate, poll, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, solicit votes, study, ventilate [image]  agitate, debate, discuss, dispute

•   n.    examination, investigation, poll, scrutiny, survey, tally


canyon

See Also

coulee (U.S.), gorge, gulch (U.S.), gulf, gully, ravine


cap

See Also

•   v. beat, better, clobber (Sl.), complete, cover, crown, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, lick (Inf.), outdo, outstrip, overtop, run rings around (Inf.), surpass, top, transcend


capability

See Also

ability, capacity, competence, facility, faculty, means, potential, potentiality, power, proficiency, qualification(s), wherewithal


capable

See Also

able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, clever, competent, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, intelligent, masterly, proficient, qualified, skilful, suited, susceptible, talented


capacious

See Also

ample, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, expansive, extended, extensive, generous, liberal, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide


capacity

See Also

   amplitude, compass, dimensions, extent, magnitude, range, room, scope, size, space, volume [image]  ability, aptitude, aptness, brains, capability, cleverness, competence, competency, efficiency, facility, faculty, forte, genius, gift, intelligence, power, readiness, strength [image]  appointment, function, office, position, post, province, role, service, sphere


cape

See Also

chersonese (Poetic), head, headland, ness (Archaic), peninsula, point, promontory


caper

See Also

•   v.    bounce, bound, cavort, dance, frisk, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, leap, romp, skip, spring, trip

•   n.    antic, dido (Inf.), escapade, gambol, high jinks, hop, jape, jest, jump, lark (Inf.), leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, revel, shenanigan (Inf.), sport, stunt


capital

See Also

•   adj.    cardinal, central, chief, controlling, essential, foremost, important, leading, main, major, overruling, paramount, pre-eminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, vital [image]  excellent, fine, first, first-rate, prime, splendid, sterling, superb, world-class

•   n.    assets, cash, finance, finances, financing, funds, investment(s), means, money, principal, property, resources, stock, wealth, wherewithal


capitalism

free enterprise, laissez faire, private enterprise, private ownership


capitulate

See Also

come to terms, give in, give up, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield


capitulation

See Also

accedence, submission, surrender, yielding


caprice

See Also

changeableness, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, freak, humour, impulse, inconstancy, notion, quirk, vagary, whim, whimsy


capricious

See Also

changeful, crotchety (Inf.), erratic, fanciful, fickle, fitful, freakish, impulsive, inconstant, mercurial, odd, queer, quirky, unpredictable, variable, wayward, whimsical


capsize

See Also

invert, keel over, overturn, tip over, turn over, turn turtle, upset


capsule

See Also

   bolus, lozenge, pill, tablet, troche (Medical) [image]  case, pericarp (Bot.), pod, receptacle, seed vessel, sheath, shell, vessel


captain

See Also

boss, chief, chieftain, commander, head, leader, master, number one (Inf.), officer, (senior) pilot, skipper


captivate

See Also

absorb, allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, dazzle, enamour, enchant, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthral, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, infatuate, lure, mesmerize, ravish, seduce, win


captive

See Also

•   n.    bondservant, convict, detainee, hostage, internee, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave

•   adj.    caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, incarcerated, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated


captivity

bondage, confinement, custody, detention, durance (Archaic), duress, enthralment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, restraint, servitude, slavery, thraldom, vassalage


capture

See Also

•   v.    apprehend, arrest, bag, catch, collar (Inf.), feel one's collar (Sl.), lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), secure, seize, take, take into custody, take prisoner

•   n.    apprehension, arrest, catch, imprisonment, seizure, taking, taking captive, trapping


car

   auto (U.S.), automobile, jalopy (Inf.), machine, motor, motorcar, vehicle [image]  buffet car, cable car, coach, dining car, (railway) carriage, sleeping car, van


carcass

See Also

body, cadaver (Medical), corpse, corse (Archaic), dead body, framework, hulk, remains, shell, skeleton


cardinal

See Also

capital, central, chief, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest, important, key, leading, main, paramount, pre-eminent, primary, prime, principal


care

See Also

   affliction, anxiety, burden, concern, disquiet, hardship, interest, perplexity, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, stress, tribulation, trouble, vexation, woe, worry [image]  attention, carefulness, caution, circumspection, consideration, direction, forethought, heed, management, meticulousness, pains, prudence, regard, vigilance, watchfulness [image]  charge, control, custody, guardianship, keeping, management, ministration, protection, supervision, ward


career

See Also

•   n.    calling, employment, life work, livelihood, occupation, pursuit, vocation [image]  course, passage, path, procedure, progress, race, walk

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), dash, hurtle, race, rush, speed, tear


care for

See Also

   attend, foster, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, protect, provide for, tend, watch over [image]  be fond of, desire, enjoy, find congenial, like, love, prize, take to, want


carefree

See Also

airy, blithe, breezy, buoyant, careless, cheerful, cheery, chirpy (Inf.), easy-going, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, light-hearted, lightsome (Archaic), radiant, sunny, untroubled


careful

See Also

   accurate, attentive, cautious, chary, circumspect, conscientious, discreet, fastidious, heedful, painstaking, precise, prudent, punctilious, scrupulous, thoughtful, thrifty [image]  alert, concerned, judicious, mindful, particular, protective, solicitous, vigilant, wary, watchful


careless

See Also

   absent-minded, cursory, forgetful, hasty, heedless, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, negligent, perfunctory, regardless, remiss, thoughtless, unconcerned, unguarded, unmindful, unthinking [image]  inaccurate, irresponsible, lackadaisical, neglectful, offhand, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy (Inf.) [image]  artless, casual, nonchalant, unstudied


carelessness

See Also

inaccuracy, inattention, inconsiderateness, indiscretion, irresponsibility, laxity, laxness, neglect, negligence, omission, remissness, slackness, sloppiness (Inf.), thoughtlessness


caress

See Also

•   v.    cuddle, embrace, fondle, hug, kiss, nuzzle, pet, stroke

•   n.    cuddle, embrace, fondling, hug, kiss, pat, stroke


caretaker

•   n.    concierge, curator, custodian, janitor, keeper, porter, superintendent, warden, watchman

•   adj.    holding, interim, short-term, temporary


cargo

See Also

baggage, consignment, contents, freight, goods, lading, load, merchandise, shipment, tonnage, ware


caricature

See Also

•   n.    burlesque, cartoon, distortion, farce, lampoon, mimicry, parody, pasquinade, satire, send-up (Brit. inf.), takeoff (Inf.), travesty

•   v.    burlesque, distort, lampoon, mimic, mock, parody, ridicule, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), take off (Inf.)


carnage

See Also

blood bath, bloodshed, butchery, havoc, holocaust, massacre, mass murder, murder, shambles, slaughter


carnival

See Also

celebration, fair, festival, fête, fiesta, gala, holiday, jamboree, jubilee, Mardi Gras, merrymaking, revelry


carol

See Also

canticle, canzonet, chorus, ditty, hymn, lay, noel, song, strain


carp

See Also

beef (Sl.), cavil, censure, complain, criticize, find fault, hypercriticize, knock (Inf.), kvetch (U.S. sl.), nag, pick holes, quibble, reproach


carpenter

cabinet-maker, joiner, woodworker


carriage

See Also

   carrying, conveyance, conveying, delivery, freight, transport, transportation [image]  cab, coach, conveyance, vehicle [image]   Fig. air, bearing, behaviour, comportment, conduct, demeanour, deportment, gait, manner, mien, posture, presence


carry

See Also

   bear, bring, conduct, convey, fetch, haul, hump (Brit. sl.), lift, lug, move, relay, take, tote (Inf.), transfer, transmit, transport [image]  accomplish, capture, effect, gain, secure, win [image]  drive, impel, influence, motivate, spur, urge [image]  bear, bolster, hold up, maintain, shoulder, stand, suffer, support, sustain, underpin, uphold [image]  broadcast, communicate, display, disseminate, give, offer, publish, release, stock


carry on

See Also

   continue, endure, keep going, last, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist [image]  administer, manage, operate, run [image]   Inf. create (Sl.), make a fuss, misbehave


carry out

See Also

accomplish, achieve, carry through, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, fulfil, implement, perform, realize


carton

See Also

box, case, container, pack, package, packet


cartoon

See Also

animated cartoon, animated film, animation, caricature, comic strip, lampoon, parody, satire, sketch, takeoff (Inf.)


cartridge

   capsule, case, cassette, container, cylinder, magazine [image]  charge, round, shell


carve

See Also

chip, chisel, cut, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave (Archaic), hack, hew, incise, indent, inscribe, mould, sculpt, sculpture, slash, slice, whittle


cascade

See Also

•   n.    avalanche, cataract, deluge, falls, flood, fountain, outpouring, shower, torrent, waterfall

•   v.    descend, flood, gush, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spill, surge, tumble


case

See Also

   box, cabinet, canister, capsule, carton, cartridge, casket, chest, compact, container, crate, holder, receptacle, shell, suitcase, tray, trunk [image]  capsule, casing, cover, covering, envelope, folder, integument, jacket, sheath, wrapper, wrapping [image]  circumstance(s), condition, context, contingency, dilemma, event, plight, position, predicament, situation, state [image]  example, illustration, instance, occasion, occurrence, specimen [image]   Law action, cause, dispute, lawsuit, proceedings, process, suit, trial


cash

See Also

ackers (Sl.), banknotes, brass (Northern English dialect), bread (Sl.), bullion, charge, coin, coinage, currency, dibs (Sl.), dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), dough (Sl.), funds, money, necessary (Inf.), needful (Inf.), notes, payment, ready (Inf.), ready money, resources, rhino (Brit. sl.), shekels (Inf.), silver, specie, spondulicks (Sl.), tin (Sl.), wherewithal


cashier

See Also

•   n.    accountant, bank clerk, banker, bursar, clerk, purser, teller, treasurer

•   v.    break, cast off, discard, discharge, dismiss, drum out, expel


casket

See Also

ark (Dialect), box, case, chest, coffer, jewel box, kist (Scot. & Northern English dialect)


cast

See Also

•   v.    chuck (Inf.), drive, drop, fling, hurl, impel, launch, lob, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, throw, thrust, toss [image]  bestow, deposit, diffuse, distribute, emit, give, radiate, scatter, shed, spread [image]  allot, appoint, assign, choose, name, pick, select [image]  add, calculate, compute, figure, forecast, reckon, total [image]  form, found, model, mould, set, shape

•   n.    fling, lob, throw, thrust, toss [image]  air, appearance, complexion, demeanour, look, manner, mien, semblance, shade, stamp, style, tinge, tone, turn [image]  actors, characters, company, dramatis personae, players, troupe


cast down

See Also

deject, depress, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit


caste

See Also

class, estate, grade, lineage, order, race, rank, social order, species, station, status, stratum


castigate

See Also

bawl out (Inf.), beat, berate, blast, cane, carpet (Inf.), censure, chasten, chastise, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), correct, criticize, discipline, dress down (Inf.), excoriate, flail, flay, flog, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), haul over the coals (Inf.), lambast(e), lash, put down, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, scold, scourge, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), whip


castle

See Also

chateau, citadel, donjon, fastness, fortress, keep, mansion, palace, peel, stronghold, tower


casual

See Also

   accidental, chance, contingent, fortuitous, incidental, irregular, occasional, random, serendipitous, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseen, unintentional, unpremeditated [image]  apathetic, blasé, cursory, indifferent, informal, insouciant, lackadaisical, nonchalant, offhand, perfunctory, relaxed, unconcerned [image]  informal, non-dressy, sporty


casualty

See Also

   loss, sufferer, victim [image]  accident, calamity, catastrophe, chance, contingency, disaster, misadventure, misfortune, mishap


cat

See Also

feline, grimalkin, malkin (Archaic), moggy (Sl.), mouser, puss (Inf.), pussy (Inf.), tabby


catalogue

See Also

•   n.    directory, gazetteer, index, inventory, list, record, register, roll, roster, schedule

•   v.    accession, alphabetize, classify, file, index, inventory, list, register, tabulate


catapult

See Also

•   n.    ballista, sling, slingshot (U.S.), trebuchet

•   v.    heave, hurl, hurtle, pitch, plunge, propel, shoot, toss


cataract

   cascade, deluge, downpour, falls, Niagara, rapids, torrent, waterfall [image]   Medical opacity (of the eye)


catastrophe

See Also

   adversity, affliction, blow, bummer (Sl.), calamity, cataclysm, devastation, disaster, failure, fiasco, ill, meltdown (Inf.), mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, tragedy, trial, trouble [image]  conclusion, culmination, curtain, debacle, dénouement, end, finale, termination, upshot, winding-up


catcall

See Also

•   v.    boo, deride, gibe, give the bird to (Inf.), hiss, jeer, whistle

•   n.    boo, gibe, hiss, jeer, raspberry, whistle


catch

See Also

•   v.    apprehend, arrest, capture, clutch, ensnare, entangle, entrap, feel one's collar (Sl.), get, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), seize, snare, snatch, take [image]  detect, discover, expose, find out, surprise, take unawares, unmask [image]  bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, enrapture, fascinate [image]  contract, develop, get, go down with, incur, succumb to, suffer from [image]  apprehend, discern, feel, follow, get, grasp, hear, perceive, recognize, sense, take in, twig (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    bolt, clasp, clip, fastener, hasp, hook, hook and eye, latch, sneck, snib (Scot.) [image]  disadvantage, drawback, fly in the ointment, hitch, snag, stumbling block, trap, trick


catching

See Also

   communicable, contagious, infectious, infective, transferable, transmittable [image]  attractive, captivating, charming, enchanting, fascinating, fetching, taking, winning


catch on

See Also

comprehend, find out, grasp, see, see through, twig (Brit. inf.), understand


catchword

See Also

byword, motto, password, refrain, slogan, watchword


catchy

See Also

captivating, haunting, memorable, popular


catechize

See Also

cross-examine, drill, examine, grill (Inf.), interrogate, question


categorical

See Also

absolute, direct, downright, emphatic, explicit, express, positive, unambiguous, unconditional, unequivocal, unqualified, unreserved


category

See Also

class, classification, department, division, grade, grouping, head, heading, list, order, rank, section, sort, type


cater

furnish, outfit, provide, provision, purvey, supply, victual


catholic

See Also

all-embracing, all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, eclectic, ecumenical, general, global, liberal, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide


cattle

beasts, bovines, cows, kine (Archaic), livestock, neat (Archaic), stock


catty

backbiting, bitchy (Inf.), ill-natured, malevolent, malicious, mean, rancorous, shrewish, snide, spiteful, venomous


caucus

See Also

assembly, conclave, congress, convention, get-together (Inf.), meeting, parley, session


cause

See Also

•   n.    agent, beginning, creator, genesis, mainspring, maker, origin, originator, prime mover, producer, root, source, spring [image]  account, agency, aim, basis, consideration, end, grounds, incentive, inducement, motivation, motive, object, purpose, reason [image]  attempt, belief, conviction, enterprise, ideal, movement, purpose, undertaking

•   v.    begin, bring about, compel, create, effect, engender, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, lead to, motivate, occasion, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in


caustic

See Also

   acrid, astringent, biting, burning, corroding, corrosive, keen, mordant, vitriolic [image]  acrimonious, cutting, mordacious, pungent, sarcastic, scathing, severe, stinging, trenchant, virulent, vitriolic


caution

See Also

•   n.    alertness, care, carefulness, circumspection, deliberation, discretion, forethought, heed, heedfulness, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness [image]  admonition, advice, counsel, injunction, warning

•   v.    admonish, advise, tip off, urge, warn


cautious

See Also

alert, cagey (Inf.), careful, chary, circumspect, discreet, guarded, heedful, judicious, prudent, tentative, vigilant, wary, watchful


cavalcade

See Also

array, march-past, parade, procession, spectacle, train


cavalier

See Also

•   n.    chevalier, equestrian, horseman, knight, royalist [image]  beau, blade (Archaic), escort, gallant, gentleman

•   adj.    arrogant, condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, scornful, supercilious


cavalry

horse, horsemen, mounted troops


cave

See Also

cavern, cavity, den, grotto, hollow


caveat

See Also

admonition, caution, warning


cavern

See Also

cave, hollow, pothole


cavernous

See Also

   concave, deep-set, hollow, sunken, yawning [image]  echoing, resonant, reverberant, sepulchral


cavil

See Also

beef (Sl.), carp, censure, complain, find fault, hypercriticize, kvetch (U.S. sl.), object, quibble


cavity

See Also

crater, dent, gap, hole, hollow, pit


cease

See Also

break off, bring or  come to an end, conclude, culminate, desist, die away, discontinue, end, fail, finish, halt, leave off, refrain, stay, stop, terminate


ceaseless

See Also

constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indefatigable, interminable, never-ending, nonstop, perennial, perpetual, unending, unremitting, untiring


cede

See Also

abandon, abdicate, allow, concede, convey, grant, hand over, make over, relinquish, renounce, resign, step down (Inf.), surrender, transfer, yield


celebrate

See Also

bless, commemorate, commend, crack up (Inf.), drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honour, keep, laud, observe, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, rejoice, reverence, solemnize, toast


celebrated

See Also

acclaimed, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, glorious, illustrious, lionized, notable, outstanding, popular, pre-eminent, prominent, renowned, revered, well-known


celebration

See Also

   beano (Brit. sl.), carousal, festival, festivity, gala, jollification, jubilee, junketing, merrymaking, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), revelry [image]  anniversary, commemoration, honouring, observance, performance, remembrance, solemnization


celebrity

See Also

   big name, big shot (Inf.), bigwig (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), dignitary, lion, luminary, megastar (Inf.), name, personage, personality, star, superstar, V.I.P.   distinction, éclat, eminence, fame, glory, honour, notability, popularity, pre-eminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom


celestial

See Also

angelic, astral, divine, elysian, empyrean (Poetic), eternal, ethereal, godlike, heavenly, immortal, seraphic, spiritual, sublime, supernatural


cell

See Also

   cavity, chamber, compartment, cubicle, dungeon, stall [image]  caucus, coterie, group, nucleus, unit


cement

See Also

•   v.    attach, bind, bond, cohere, combine, glue, gum, join, plaster, seal, solder, stick together, unite, weld

•   n.    adhesive, binder, glue, gum, paste, plaster, sealant


cemetery

burial ground, churchyard, God's acre, graveyard, necropolis


censor

See Also

blue-pencil, bowdlerize, cut, expurgate


censorious

See Also

captious, carping, cavilling, condemnatory, disapproving, disparaging, fault-finding, hypercritical, scathing, severe


censure

See Also

•   v.    abuse, bawl out (Inf.), berate, blame, blast, carpet (Inf.), castigate, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, excoriate, give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), lambast(e), put down, read the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), upbraid

•   n.    blame, castigation, condemnation, criticism, disapproval, dressing down (Inf.), obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stick (Sl.), stricture


central

See Also

chief, essential, focal, fundamental, inner, interior, key, main, mean, median, mid, middle, primary, principal


centralize

amalgamate, compact, concentrate, concentre, condense, converge, incorporate, rationalize, streamline, unify


centre

See Also

•   n.    bull's-eye, core, crux, focus, heart, hub, kernel, mid, middle, midpoint, nucleus, pivot

•   v.    cluster, concentrate, converge, focus, revolve


centrepiece

cynosure, epergne, focus, highlight, hub, star


ceremonial

See Also

•   adj.    formal, liturgical, ritual, ritualistic, solemn, stately

•   n.    ceremony, formality, rite, ritual, solemnity


ceremonious

See Also

civil, courteous, courtly, deferential, dignified, exact, formal, precise, punctilious, ritual, solemn, starchy (Inf.), stately, stiff


ceremony

See Also

   commemoration, function, observance, parade, rite, ritual, service, show, solemnities [image]  ceremonial, decorum, etiquette, form, formal courtesy, formality, niceties, pomp, propriety, protocol


certain

See Also

   assured, confident, convinced, positive, satisfied, sure [image]  ascertained, conclusive, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, known, plain, true, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unmistakable, valid [image]  bound, definite, destined, fated, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, sure [image]  decided, definite, established, fixed, settled [image]  assured, constant, dependable, reliable, stable, staunch, steady, trustworthy, unfailing, unquestionable [image]  express, individual, particular, precise, special, specific


certainty

See Also

   assurance, authoritativeness, certitude, confidence, conviction, faith, indubitableness, inevitability, positiveness, sureness, trust, validity [image]  fact, reality, sure thing (Inf.), surety, truth


certificate

See Also

authorization, credential(s), diploma, document, licence, testimonial, voucher, warrant


certify

See Also

ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, aver, avow, confirm, corroborate, declare, endorse, guarantee, notify, show, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness


chafe

See Also

abrade, anger, annoy, exasperate, fret, fume, gall, grate, incense, inflame, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry


chaff

See Also

•   n.    dregs, glumes, hulls, husks, refuse, remains, rubbish, trash, waste [image]  badinage, banter, joking, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), persiflage, raillery, teasing

•   v.    banter, deride, jeer, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), mock, rib (Inf.), ridicule, scoff, take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), taunt, tease


chain

See Also

•   v.    bind, confine, enslave, fetter, gyve (Archaic), handcuff, manacle, restrain, shackle, tether, trammel, unite

•   n.    bond, coupling, fetter, link, manacle, shackle, union [image]  concatenation, progression, sequence, series, set, string, succession, train


chairman

chairperson, chairwoman, director, master of ceremonies, president, presider, speaker, spokesman, toastmaster


challenge

See Also

•   v.    accost, arouse, beard, brave, call out, claim, confront, dare, defy, demand, dispute, face off (Sl.), impugn, investigate, object to, provoke, question, require, stimulate, summon, tackle, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet, try

•   n.    confrontation, dare, defiance, face-off (Sl.), interrogation, provocation, question, summons to contest, test, trial, ultimatum


chamber

See Also

   apartment, bedroom, cavity, compartment, cubicle, enclosure, hall, hollow, room [image]  assembly, council, legislative body, legislature


champion

See Also

•   n.    backer, challenger, conqueror, defender, guardian, hero, nonpareil, patron, protector, title holder, upholder, victor, vindicator, warrior, winner

•   v.    advocate, back, defend, encourage, espouse, fight for, promote, stick up for (Inf.), support, uphold


chance

See Also

•   n.    liability, likelihood, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, possibility, probability, prospect, scope, time, window [image]  accident, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destiny, fate, fortuity, fortune, luck, misfortune, peril, providence [image]  gamble, hazard, jeopardy, risk, speculation, uncertainty

•   v.    befall, betide, come about, come to pass, fall out, happen, occur [image]  endanger, gamble, go out on a limb, hazard, jeopardize, risk, stake, try, venture, wager

•   adj.    accidental, casual, contingent, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, serendipitous, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unintentional, unlooked-for


chancy

See Also

dangerous, dicey (Inf., chiefly Brit.), dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), hazardous, perilous, problematical, risky, speculative, uncertain


change

See Also

•   v.    alter, convert, diversify, fluctuate, metamorphose, moderate, modify, mutate, reform, remodel, reorganize, restyle, shift, transform, transmute, vacillate, vary, veer [image]  alternate, barter, convert, displace, exchange, interchange, remove, replace, substitute, swap (Inf.), trade, transmit

•   n.    alteration, difference, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, permutation, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, vicissitude [image]  conversion, exchange, interchange, substitution, trade [image]  break (Inf.), departure, diversion, novelty, variation, variety


changeable

See Also

capricious, changeful, chequered, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluid, inconstant, irregular, kaleidoscopic, labile (Chem.), mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, temperamental, uncertain, uneven, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, variable, versatile, volatile, wavering


changeless

See Also

abiding, consistent, constant, eternal, everlasting, fixed, immovable, immutable, permanent, perpetual, regular, reliable, resolute, settled, stationary, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unchanging, uniform, unvarying


channel

See Also

•   n.    canal, chamber, conduit, duct, fluting, furrow, groove, gutter, main, passage, route, strait [image]   Fig. approach, artery, avenue, course, means, medium, path, route, way

•   v.    conduct, convey, direct, guide, transmit


chant

See Also

•   n.    carol, chorus, melody, psalm, song

•   v.    carol, chorus, croon, descant, intone, recite, sing, warble


chaos

See Also

anarchy, bedlam, confusion, disorder, disorganization, entropy, lawlessness, pandemonium, tumult


chaotic

See Also

anarchic, confused, deranged, disordered, disorganized, lawless, purposeless, rampageous, riotous, topsy-turvy, tumultuous, uncontrolled


chap

See Also

bloke (Brit. inf.), character, cove (Sl.), customer (Inf.), dude (U.S. & Canad. inf.), fellow, guy (Inf.), individual, person, sort, type


chaperon

See Also

•   n.    companion, duenna, escort, governess

•   v.    accompany, attend, escort, protect, safeguard, shepherd, watch over


chapter

See Also

clause, division, episode, part, period, phase, section, stage, topic


char

See Also

carbonize, cauterize, scorch, sear, singe


character

See Also

   attributes, bent, calibre, cast, complexion, constitution, disposition, individuality, kidney, make-up, marked traits, nature, personality, quality, reputation, temper, temperament, type [image]  honour, integrity, rectitude, strength, uprightness [image]  card (Inf.), eccentric, nut (Sl.), oddball (Inf.), odd bod (Inf.), oddity, original, queer fish (Brit. inf.), wacko (Sl.) [image]  cipher, device, emblem, figure, hieroglyph, letter, logo, mark, rune, sign, symbol, type [image]  part, persona, portrayal, role [image]  fellow, guy (Inf.), individual, person, sort, type


characteristic

See Also

•   adj.    distinctive, distinguishing, idiosyncratic, individual, peculiar, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, typical

•   n.    attribute, faculty, feature, idiosyncrasy, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, quirk, trait


characterize

See Also

brand, distinguish, identify, indicate, inform, mark, represent, stamp, typify


charade

See Also

fake, farce, pantomime, parody, pretence, travesty


charge

See Also

•   v.    accuse, arraign, blame, impeach, incriminate, indict, involve

•   n.    accusation, allegation, imputation, indictment

•   v.    assail, assault, attack, rush, storm

•   n.    assault, attack, onset, onslaught, rush, sortie

•   v.    afflict, burden, commit, entrust, tax

•   n.    burden, care, concern, custody, duty, office, responsibility, safekeeping, trust, ward [image]  amount, cost, damage (Inf.), expenditure, expense, outlay, payment, price, rate

•   v.    fill, instil, lade, load, suffuse [image]  bid, command, demand, enjoin, exhort, instruct, order, require

•   n.    canon, command, demand, dictate, direction, exhortation, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept


charitable

See Also

   beneficent, benevolent, bountiful, eleemosynary, generous, kind, lavish, liberal, philanthropic [image]  broad-minded, considerate, favourable, forgiving, gracious, humane, indulgent, kindly, lenient, magnanimous, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding


charity

See Also

   alms-giving, assistance, benefaction, contributions, donations, endowment, fund, gift, hand-out, largess or largesse, philanthropy, relief [image]  affection, Agape, altruism, benevolence, benignity, bountifulness, bounty, compassion, fellow feeling, generosity, goodness, good will, humanity, indulgence, love, pity, tenderheartedness


charlatan

See Also

cheat, con man (Inf.), fake, fraud, impostor, mountebank, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretender, quack, sham, swindler


charm

See Also

•   v.    absorb, allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, enamour, enchant, enrapture, entrance, fascinate, mesmerize, please, ravish, win, win over

•   n.    allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, desirability, enchantment, fascination, magic, magnetism, sorcery, spell [image]  amulet, fetish, good-luck piece, lucky piece, periapt (Rare), talisman, trinket


charming

See Also

appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, delectable, delightful, engaging, eye-catching, fetching, irresistible, likable or likeable, lovely, pleasant, pleasing, seductive, winning, winsome


chart

See Also

•   n.    blueprint, diagram, graph, map, plan, table, tabulation

•   v.    delineate, draft, graph, map out, outline, plot, shape, sketch


charter

See Also

•   n.    bond, concession, contract, deed, document, franchise, indenture, licence, permit, prerogative, privilege, right

•   v.    authorize, commission, employ, hire, lease, rent, sanction


chase

See Also

•   v.    course, drive, drive away, expel, follow, hound, hunt, pursue, put to flight, run after, track

•   n.    hunt, hunting, pursuit, race, venery (Archaic)


chassis

See Also

anatomy, bodywork, frame, framework, fuselage, skeleton, substructure


chaste

See Also

austere, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, modest, moral, neat, pure, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, unaffected, uncontaminated, undefiled, unsullied, vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome


chasten

See Also

afflict, castigate, chastise, correct, cow, curb, discipline, humble, humiliate, repress, soften, subdue, tame


chastise

See Also

beat, berate, castigate, censure, correct, discipline, flog, lash, lick (Inf.), punish, scold, scourge, upbraid, whip


chastity

See Also

celibacy, continence, innocence, maidenhood, modesty, purity, virginity, virtue


chat

See Also

•   n.    chatter, chinwag (Brit. inf.), confab (Inf.), gossip, heart-to-heart, natter, talk, tête-à-tête

•   v.    chatter, chew the rag or fat (Sl.), gossip, jaw (Sl.), natter, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), talk


chatter

See Also

•   n.

•   v. babble, blather, chat, gab (Inf.), gossip, jabber, natter, prate, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), tattle, twaddle


chatty

See Also

colloquial, familiar, friendly, gossipy, informal, newsy (Inf.), talkative


cheap

See Also

   bargain, cheapo (Inf.), cut-price, economical, economy, inexpensive, keen, low-cost, low-priced, reasonable, reduced, sale [image]  bush-league (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), chickenshit (U.S. sl.), common, crappy (Sl.), dime-a-dozen (Inf.), inferior, paltry, piss-poor (U.S. taboo sl.), poor, poxy (Sl.), second-rate, shoddy, tatty, tawdry, tinhorn (U.S. sl.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. sl.), worthless [image]  base, contemptible, despicable, low, mean, scurvy, sordid, vulgar


cheapen

See Also

belittle, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, lower


cheat

See Also

•   v.    bamboozle (Inf.), beguile, bilk, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle (Inf.), do (Inf.), double-cross (Inf.), dupe, finagle (Inf.), fleece, fool, gull (Archaic), hoax, hoodwink, kid (Inf.), mislead, rip off (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle, take for a ride (Inf.), take in (Inf.), thwart, trick, victimize [image]  baffle, check, defeat, deprive, foil, frustrate, prevent, thwart

•   n.    artifice, deceit, deception, fraud, imposture, rip-off (Sl.), scam (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle, trickery [image]  charlatan, cheater, chiseller (Inf.), con man (Inf.), deceiver, dodger, double-crosser (Inf.), impostor, knave (Archaic), rogue, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster


check

See Also

•   v.    check out (Inf.), compare, confirm, enquire into, examine, inspect, investigate, look at, look over, make sure, monitor, note, probe, research, scrutinize, study, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), test, tick, verify, vet, work over [image]  arrest, bar, bridle, control, curb, delay, halt, hinder, impede, inhibit, limit, nip in the bud, obstruct, pause, rein, repress, restrain, retard, stop, thwart [image]  admonish, bawl out (Inf.), blame, carpet (Inf.), chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), give (someone) a row (Inf.), rate, read the riot act, rebuff, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.)

•   n.    examination, inspection, investigation, research, scrutiny, test [image]  constraint, control, curb, damper, hindrance, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, rein, restraint, stoppage [image]  blow, disappointment, frustration, rejection, reverse, setback


cheek

See Also

audacity, brass neck (Brit. inf.), brazenness, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), disrespect, effrontery, front, gall (Inf.), impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip (Sl.), neck (Inf.), nerve, sauce (Inf.), temerity


cheeky

See Also

audacious, disrespectful, fresh (Inf.), forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, insulting, lippy (U.S. & Canad. sl.), pert, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy


cheer

See Also

•   v.    animate, brighten, buoy up, cheer up, comfort, console, elate, elevate, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, hearten, incite, inspirit, solace, uplift, warm [image]  acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah

•   n.    animation, buoyancy, cheerfulness, comfort, gaiety, gladness, glee, hopefulness, joy, liveliness, merriment, merry-making, mirth, optimism, solace [image]  acclamation, applause, ovation, plaudits


cheerful

See Also

animated, blithe, bright, bucked (Inf.), buoyant, cheery, chirpy (Inf.), contented, enlivening, enthusiastic, gay, genial, glad, gladsome (Archaic), happy, hearty, jaunty, jolly, joyful, light-hearted, lightsome (Archaic), merry, optimistic, pleasant, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, upbeat (Inf.)


cheerfulness

See Also

buoyancy, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, good cheer, good humour, high spirits, jauntiness, joyousness, light-heartedness


cheering

See Also

auspicious, bright, comforting, encouraging, heartening, promising, propitious


cheerless

See Also

austere, bleak, comfortless, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, drab, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, sombre, sorrowful, sullen, unhappy, woebegone, woeful


cheer up

See Also

brighten, buck up (Inf.), comfort, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, jolly along (Inf.), perk up, rally, take heart


cheery

See Also

breezy, carefree, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), genial, good-humoured, happy, jovial, lively, pleasant, sunny, upbeat (Inf.)


chemical

See Also

compound, drug, potion, synthetic


cherish

See Also

care for, cleave to, cling to, comfort, cosset, encourage, entertain, foster, harbour, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, prize, shelter, support, sustain, treasure


cherubic

adorable, angelic, heavenly, innocent, lovable, seraphic, sweet


chest

See Also

ark (Dialect), box, case, casket, coffer, crate, kist (Scot. & Northern English dialect), strongbox, trunk


chew

See Also

   bite, champ, crunch, gnaw, grind, masticate, munch [image]   Fig. (Usually with over) consider, deliberate upon, meditate, mull (over), muse on, ponder, reflect upon, ruminate, weigh


chic

See Also

elegant, fashionable, modish, sexy (Inf.), smart, stylish, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-date


chide

See Also

admonish, bawl out (Inf.), berate, blame, blast, carpet (Inf.), censure, check, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), criticize, find fault, give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), give (someone) a row (Inf.), lambast(e), lecture, put down, read the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), upbraid


chief

See Also

•   adj.    big-time (Inf.), capital, cardinal, central, especial, essential, foremost, grand, highest, key, leading, main, major league (Inf.), most important, outstanding, paramount, predominant, pre-eminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, superior, supreme, uppermost, vital

•   n.    boss (Inf.), captain, chieftain, commander, director, governor, head, leader, lord, manager, master, principal, ringleader, ruler, superintendent, suzerain


chiefly

See Also

above all, especially, essentially, in general, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, predominantly, primarily, principally, usually


child

See Also

ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), babe, baby, bairn (Scot.), brat, chit, descendant, infant, issue, juvenile, kid (Inf.), little one, minor, nipper (Inf.), nursling, offspring, progeny, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), suckling, toddler, tot, wean (Scot.), youngster


childbirth

See Also

accouchement, child-bearing, confinement, delivery, labour, lying-in, parturition, travail


childhood

boyhood, girlhood, immaturity, infancy, minority, schooldays, youth


childish

See Also

boyish, foolish, frivolous, girlish, immature, infantile, juvenile, puerile, silly, simple, trifling, weak, young


childlike

See Also

artless, credulous, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, trustful, trusting, unfeigned


chill

See Also

•   adj.    biting, bleak, chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, parky (Brit. inf.), raw, sharp, wintry [image]   Fig. aloof, cool, depressing, distant, frigid, hostile, stony, unfriendly, ungenial, unresponsive, unwelcoming

•   v.    congeal, cool, freeze, refrigerate [image]   Fig. dampen, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay

•   n.    bite, cold, coldness, coolness, crispness, frigidity, nip, rawness, sharpness


chilly

See Also

   blowy, breezy, brisk, cool, crisp, draughty, fresh, nippy, parky (Brit. inf.), penetrating, sharp [image]  frigid, hostile, unfriendly, unresponsive, unsympathetic, unwelcoming


chime

See Also

boom, clang, dong, jingle, peal, ring, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll


china

See Also

ceramics, crockery, porcelain, pottery, service, tableware, ware


chink

See Also

aperture, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, fissure, flaw, gap, opening, rift


chip

See Also

•   n.    dent, flake, flaw, fragment, nick, notch, paring, scrap, scratch, shard, shaving, sliver, wafer

•   v.    chisel, damage, gash, nick, whittle


chip in

See Also

contribute, donate, go Dutch (Inf.), interpose, interrupt, pay, subscribe


chivalrous

See Also

bold, brave, courageous, courteous, courtly, gallant, gentlemanly, heroic, high-minded, honourable, intrepid, knightly, magnanimous, true, valiant


chivalry

See Also

courage, courtesy, courtliness, gallantry, gentlemanliness, knight-errantry, knighthood, politeness


chivvy

See Also

annoy, badger, bend someone's ear (Inf.), bug (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), hound, nag, pester, plague, pressure (Inf.), prod, torment


choice

See Also

•   n.    alternative, discrimination, election, option, pick, preference, say, selection, variety

•   adj.    bad (Sl.), best, crucial (Sl.), dainty, def (Sl.), elect, elite, excellent, exclusive, exquisite, hand-picked, nice, precious, prime, prize, rare, select, special, superior, uncommon, unusual, valuable


choke

See Also

asphyxiate, bar, block, bung, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, gag, obstruct, occlude, overpower, smother, stifle, stop, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle


choleric

See Also

angry, bad-tempered, cross, fiery, hasty, hot, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, passionate, petulant, quick-tempered, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), testy, tetchy, touchy


choose

See Also

adopt, cull, designate, desire, elect, espouse, fix on, opt for, pick, predestine, prefer, see fit, select, settle upon, single out, take, wish


choosy

See Also

discriminating, exacting, faddy, fastidious, finicky, fussy, particular, picky (Inf.), selective


chop

See Also

•   v.    axe, cleave, cut, fell, hack, hew, lop, sever, shear, slash, truncate

•   n.    the chop  Sl. dismissal, one's cards, sacking (Inf.), termination, the axe (Inf.), the boot (Sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the sack (Inf.)


choppy

See Also

blustery, broken, rough, ruffled, squally, tempestuous


chop up

cube, dice, divide, fragment, mince


chore

See Also

burden, duty, errand, fag (Inf.), job, task


chortle

See Also

cackle, chuckle, crow, guffaw


chorus

See Also

   choir, choristers, ensemble, singers, vocalists [image]  burden, refrain, response, strain [image]  accord, concert, harmony, unison


christen

See Also

baptize, call, designate, dub, name, style, term, title


chronic

See Also

   confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, habitual, incessant, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, persistent [image]   Inf. abysmal, appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful


chronicle

See Also

•   n.    account, annals, diary, history, journal, narrative, record, register, story

•   v.    enter, narrate, put on record, record, recount, register, relate, report, set down, tell


chronicler

annalist, diarist, historian, historiographer, narrator, recorder, reporter, scribe


chronological

consecutive, historical, in sequence, ordered, progressive, sequential


chubby

See Also

buxom, flabby, fleshy, plump, podgy, portly, rotund, round, stout, tubby


chuck

See Also

cast, discard, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss


chuckle

See Also

chortle, crow, exult, giggle, laugh, snigger, titter


chum

See Also

cock (Brit. inf.), companion, comrade, crony, friend, mate (Inf.), pal (Inf.)


chunk

See Also

block, dollop (Inf.), hunk, lump, mass, piece, portion, slab, wad, wodge (Brit. inf.)


chunky

See Also

beefy (Inf.), dumpy, stocky, stubby, thickset


churlish

See Also

   boorish, brusque, crabbed, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, loutish, morose, oafish, rude, sullen, surly, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly, vulgar [image]  close-fisted, illiberal, inhospitable, mean, miserly, niggardly, unneighbourly, unsociable


churlishness

See Also

boorishness, crassness, crudeness, loutishness, oafishness, rudeness, surliness, uncouthness


churn

See Also

agitate, beat, boil, convulse, foam, froth, seethe, stir up, swirl, toss


cigarette

cancer stick (Sl.), ciggy (Inf.), coffin nail (Sl.), fag (Brit. sl.), gasper (Sl.), smoke


cinema

big screen (Inf.), films, flicks (Sl.), motion pictures, movies, pictures


cipher

See Also

   nil, nothing, nought, zero [image]  nobody, nonentity [image]  character, digit, figure, number, numeral, symbol [image]  code, cryptograph [image]  device, logo, mark, monogram


circle

See Also

•   n.    band, circumference, coil, cordon, cycle, disc, globe, lap, loop, orb, perimeter, periphery, revolution, ring, round, sphere, turn [image]  area, bounds, circuit, compass, domain, enclosure, field, orbit, province, range, realm, region, scene, sphere [image]  assembly, class, clique, club, company, coterie, crowd, fellowship, fraternity, group, order, school, set, society

•   v.    belt, circumnavigate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, hem in, pivot, revolve, ring, rotate, surround, tour, whirl


circuit

See Also

   area, compass, course, journey, lap, orbit, perambulation, revolution, round, route, tour, track [image]  boundary, bounding line, bounds, circumference, compass, district, limit, pale, range, region, tract


circuitous

See Also

ambagious (Archaic), devious, indirect, labyrinthine, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, winding


circulate

See Also

   broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, issue, make known, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, spread [image]  flow, gyrate, radiate, revolve, rotate


circulation

See Also

   currency, dissemination, distribution, spread, transmission, vogue [image]  circling, flow, motion, rotation


circumference

See Also

border, boundary, bounds, circuit, edge, extremity, fringe, limits, outline, pale, perimeter, periphery, rim, verge


circumscribe

See Also

bound, confine, define, delimit, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, hem in, limit, mark off, restrain, restrict, straiten, surround


circumspect

See Also

attentive, canny, careful, cautious, deliberate, discreet, discriminating, guarded, heedful, judicious, observant, politic, prudent, sagacious, sage, vigilant, wary, watchful


circumstance

See Also

accident, condition, contingency, detail, element, event, fact, factor, happening, incident, item, occurrence, particular, position, respect, situation


circumstances

See Also

life style, means, position, resources, situation, state, state of affairs, station, status, times


circumstantial

See Also

conjectural, contingent, detailed, founded on circumstances, hearsay, incidental, indirect, inferential, particular, presumptive, provisional, specific


cistern

basin, reservoir, sink, tank, vat


citadel

See Also

bastion, fastness, fortification, fortress, keep, stronghold, tower


citation

See Also

   commendation, excerpt, illustration, passage, quotation, quote, reference, source [image]  award, commendation, mention


cite

See Also

   adduce, advance, allude to, enumerate, evidence, extract, mention, name, quote, specify [image]   Law call, subpoena, summon


citizen

See Also

burgess, burgher, denizen, dweller, freeman, inhabitant, ratepayer, resident, subject, townsman


city

See Also

•   n.    conurbation, megalopolis, metropolis, municipality

•   adj.    civic, metropolitan, municipal, urban


civic

See Also

borough, communal, community, local, municipal, public


civil

See Also

   civic, domestic, home, interior, municipal, political [image]  accommodating, affable, civilized, complaisant, courteous, courtly, obliging, polished, polite, refined, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered


civilization

   advancement, cultivation, culture, development, education, enlightenment, progress, refinement, sophistication [image]  community, nation, people, polity, society [image]  customs, mores, way of life


civilize

See Also

cultivate, educate, enlighten, humanize, improve, polish, refine, sophisticate, tame


civilized

See Also

cultured, educated, enlightened, humane, polite, sophisticated, tolerant, urbane


claim

See Also

•   v.    allege, ask, assert, call for, challenge, collect, demand, exact, hold, insist, maintain, need, pick up, profess, require, take, uphold

•   n.    affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, call, demand, petition, pretension, privilege, protestation, request, requirement, right, title


clamber

claw, climb, scale, scrabble, scramble, shin


clamour

See Also

agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha, commotion, din, exclamation, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, racket, shout, shouting, uproar, vociferation


clamp

See Also

•   n.    bracket, fastener, grip, press, vice

•   v.    brace, clinch, fasten, fix, impose, make fast, secure


clan

See Also

band, brotherhood, clique, coterie, faction, family, fraternity, gens, group, house, order, race, schism, sect, sept, set, society, sodality, tribe


clang

See Also

•   v.    bong, chime, clank, clash, jangle, resound, reverberate, ring, toll

•   n.    clangour, ding-dong, knell, reverberation


clap

See Also

   acclaim, applaud, cheer [image]  bang, pat, punch, slap, strike gently, thrust, thwack, wallop (Inf.), whack


claptrap

See Also

affectation, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), blarney, bombast, bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), flannel (Brit. inf.), garbage (Inf.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), humbug, insincerity, moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rodomontade (Literary), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.)


clarification

See Also

elucidation, explanation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, simplification


clarify

See Also

   clear up, elucidate, explain, explicate, illuminate, interpret, make plain, resolve, simplify, throw or shed light on [image]  cleanse, purify, refine


clarity

See Also

clearness, comprehensibility, definition, explicitness, intelligibility, limpidity, lucidity, obviousness, precision, simplicity, transparency


clash

See Also

•   v.    bang, clang, clank, clatter, crash, jangle, jar, rattle [image]  conflict, cross swords, feud, grapple, quarrel, war, wrangle

•   n.    brush, collision, conflict, confrontation, difference of opinion, disagreement, fight, showdown (Inf.)


clasp

See Also

•   v.    attack, clutch, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, press, seize, squeeze

•   n.    brooch, buckle, catch, clip, fastener, fastening, grip, hasp, hook, pin, press stud, snap [image]  embrace, grasp, grip, hold, hug


class

See Also

•   n.    caste, category, classification, collection, denomination, department, division, genre, genus, grade, group, grouping, kind, league, order, rank, set, sort, species, sphere, stamp, status, type, value

•   v.    brand, categorize, classify, codify, designate, grade, group, label, rank, rate


classic

See Also

•   adj.    best, consummate, finest, first-rate, masterly, world-class [image]  archetypal, definitive, exemplary, ideal, master, model, paradigmatic, quintessential, standard [image]  characteristic, regular, standard, time-honoured, typical, usual [image]  abiding, ageless, deathless, enduring, immortal, lasting, undying

•   n.    exemplar, masterpiece, masterwork, model, paradigm, prototype, standard


classical

See Also

   chaste, elegant, harmonious, pure, refined, restrained, symmetrical, understated, well-proportioned [image]  Attic, Augustan, Grecian, Greek, Hellenic, Latin, Roman


classification

See Also

analysis, arrangement, cataloguing, categorization, codification, grading, sorting, taxonomy


classify

See Also

arrange, catalogue, categorize, codify, dispose, distribute, file, grade, pigeonhole, rank, sort, systematize, tabulate


clause

   article, chapter, condition, paragraph, part, passage, section [image]  heading, item, point, provision, proviso, rider, specification, stipulation


claw

See Also

•   n.    nail, nipper, pincer, talon, tentacle, unguis

•   v.    dig, graze, lacerate, mangle, maul, rip, scrabble, scrape, scratch, tear


clean

See Also

•   adj.    faultless, flawless, fresh, hygienic, immaculate, impeccable, laundered, pure, sanitary, spotless, squeaky-clean, unblemished, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, washed [image]  antiseptic, clarified, decontaminated, natural, purified, sterile, sterilized, unadulterated, uncontaminated, unpolluted [image]  chaste, decent, exemplary, good, honourable, impeccable, innocent, moral, pure, respectable, undefiled, upright, virtuous [image]  delicate, elegant, graceful, neat, simple, tidy, trim, uncluttered [image]  complete, conclusive, decisive, entire, final, perfect, thorough, total, unimpaired, whole

•   v.    bath, cleanse, deodorize, disinfect, do up, dust, launder, lave, mop, purge, purify, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sponge, swab, sweep, vacuum, wash, wipe


clean-cut

See Also

chiselled, clear, definite, etched, neat, outlined, sharp, trim, well-defined


cleanse

See Also

absolve, clean, clear, lustrate, purge, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, wash


cleanser

detergent, disinfectant, purifier, scourer, soap, soap powder, solvent


clear 1

See Also

•   adj.    bright, cloudless, fair, fine, halcyon, light, luminous, shining, sunny, unclouded, undimmed [image]  apparent, articulate, audible, blatant, coherent, comprehensible, conspicuous, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, incontrovertible, intelligible, lucid, manifest, obvious, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pronounced, recognizable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable [image]  empty, free, open, smooth, unhampered, unhindered, unimpeded, unlimited, unobstructed [image]  crystalline, glassy, limpid, pellucid, see-through, translucent, transparent [image]  certain, convinced, decided, definite, positive, resolved, satisfied, sure [image]  clean, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, pure, sinless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, untroubled


clear 2

See Also

•   v.    clean, cleanse, erase, purify, refine, sweep away, tidy (up), wipe [image]  break up, brighten, clarify, lighten [image]  absolve, acquit, excuse, exonerate, justify, vindicate [image]  emancipate, free, liberate, set free [image]  disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, loosen, open, rid, unblock, unclog, unload, unpack [image]  jump, leap, miss, pass over, vault [image]  acquire, earn, gain, make, reap, secure


clearance

See Also

   authorization, consent, endorsement, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, leave, O.K. or okay (Inf.), permission, sanction [image]  allowance, gap, headroom, margin [image]  depopulation, emptying, evacuation, eviction, removal, unpeopling, withdrawal


clear-cut

See Also

definite, explicit, plain, precise, specific, straightforward, unambiguous, unequivocal


clearly

See Also

beyond doubt, distinctly, evidently, incontestably, incontrovertibly, markedly, obviously, openly, overtly, undeniably, undoubtedly


clear out

See Also

   empty, exhaust, get rid of, sort, tidy up [image]  beat it (Sl.), decamp, depart, hook it (Sl.), leave, make oneself scarce, retire, slope off, take oneself off, withdraw


clear up

See Also

   answer, clarify, elucidate, explain, resolve, solve, straighten out, unravel [image]  order, rearrange, tidy (up)


cleave

See Also

crack, dissever, disunite, divide, hew, open, part, rend, rive, sever, slice, split, sunder, tear asunder


clergy

churchmen, clergymen, clerics, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy orders, ministry, priesthood, the cloth


clergyman

See Also

chaplain, cleric, curate, divine, father, man of God, man of the cloth, minister, padre, parson, pastor, priest, rabbi, rector, reverend (Inf.), vicar


clerical

See Also

   ecclesiastical, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal [image]  book-keeping, clerkish, clerkly, office, secretarial, stenographic


clever

See Also

able, adroit, apt, astute, brainy (Inf.), bright, canny, capable, cunning, deep, dexterous, discerning, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, quick, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, skilful, smart, talented, witty


cleverness

See Also

ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, brightness, canniness, dexterity, flair, gift, gumption (Brit. inf.), ingenuity, intelligence, nous (Brit. sl.), quickness, quick wits, resourcefulness, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), suss (Sl.), talent, wit


cliché

banality, bromide, chestnut (Inf.), commonplace, hackneyed phrase, old saw, platitude, stereotype, truism


click

See Also

•   n.

•   v.    beat, clack, snap, tick

•   v.     Inf. become clear, come home (to), fall into place, make sense [image]   Sl. be compatible, be on the same wavelength, feel a rapport, get on, go over, hit it off (Inf.), make a hit, succeed, take to each other


client

See Also

applicant, buyer, consumer, customer, dependant, habitué, patient, patron, protégé, shopper


clientele

See Also

business, clients, customers, following, market, patronage, regulars, trade


cliff

See Also

bluff, crag, escarpment, face, overhang, precipice, rock face, scar, scarp


climactic

See Also

climactical, critical, crucial, decisive, paramount, peak


climate

See Also

   clime, country, region, temperature, weather [image]  ambience, disposition, feeling, mood, temper, tendency, trend


climax

See Also

•   n.    acme, apogee, crest, culmination, head, height, highlight, high spot (Inf.), ne plus ultra, pay-off (Inf.), peak, summit, top, zenith

•   v.    come to a head, culminate, peak


climb

See Also

ascend, clamber, mount, rise, scale, shin up, soar, top


climb down

See Also

   descend, dismount [image]  back down, eat crow (U.S. inf.), eat one's words, retract, retreat


clinch

See Also

   assure, cap, conclude, confirm, decide, determine, seal, secure, set the seal on, settle, sew up (Inf.), verify [image]  bolt, clamp, fasten, fix, make fast, nail, rivet, secure [image]  clutch, cuddle, embrace, grasp, hug, squeeze


cling

See Also

adhere, attach to, be true to, clasp, cleave to, clutch, embrace, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, stick, twine round


clip 1

See Also

•   v.    crop, curtail, cut, cut short, dock, pare, prune, shear, shorten, snip, trim

•   n.

•   v.  Inf. belt (Inf.), blow, box, clout (Inf.), cuff, knock, punch, skelp (Dialect), smack, thump, wallop (Inf.), whack

•   n.     Inf. gallop, lick (Inf.), rate, speed, velocity


clip 2

See Also

•   v. attach, fasten, fix, hold, pin, staple


clique

See Also

cabal, circle, clan, coterie, crew (Inf.), crowd, faction, gang, group, mob, pack, posse (Inf.), schism, set


cloak

See Also

•   v.    camouflage, conceal, cover, disguise, hide, mask, obscure, screen, veil

•   n.    blind, cape, coat, cover, front, mantle, mask, pretext, shield, wrap


clog

See Also

•   v.    block, burden, bung, congest, dam up, hamper, hinder, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude, shackle, stop up

•   n.    burden, dead weight, drag, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstruction


cloistered

See Also

cloistral, confined, hermitic, insulated, reclusive, restricted, secluded, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn


close 1

See Also

•   v.    bar, block, bung, choke, clog, confine, cork, fill, lock, obstruct, plug, seal, secure, shut, shut up, stop up [image]  axe (Inf.), cease, complete, conclude, culminate, discontinue, end, finish, mothball, shut down, terminate, wind up [image]  come together, connect, couple, fuse, grapple, join, unite


close 2

See Also

   adjacent, adjoining, approaching, at hand, handy, hard by, imminent, impending, near, nearby, neighbouring, nigh, proximate, upcoming, within sniffing distance (Inf.) [image]  compact, congested, cramped, cropped, crowded, dense, impenetrable, jam-packed, packed, short, solid, thick, tight [image]  accurate, conscientious, exact, faithful, literal, precise, strict [image]  alert, assiduous, attentive, careful, concentrated, detailed, dogged, earnest, fixed, intense, intent, keen, minute, painstaking, rigorous, searching, thorough [image]  attached, confidential, dear, devoted, familiar, inseparable, intimate, loving [image]  airless, confined, frowsty, fuggy, heavy, humid, muggy, oppressive, stale, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sweltering, thick, unventilated [image]  hidden, private, reticent, retired, secluded, secret, secretive, taciturn, uncommunicative, unforthcoming [image]  illiberal, mean, mingy (Brit. inf.), miserly, near, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, stingy, tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-fisted, ungenerous


close 3

See Also

cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, end, ending, finale, finish, termination


closed

See Also

   fastened, locked, out of business, out of service, sealed, shut [image]  concluded, decided, ended, finished, over, resolved, settled, terminated [image]  exclusive, restricted


cloth

dry goods, fabric, material, stuff, textiles


clothe

See Also

accoutre, apparel, array, attire, bedizen (Archaic), caparison, cover, deck, doll up (Sl.), drape, dress, endow, enwrap, equip, fit out, garb, get ready, habit, invest, outfit, rig, robe, swathe


clothes, clothing

See Also

apparel, attire, clobber (Brit. sl.), costume, dress, duds (Inf.), ensemble, garb, garments, gear (Inf.), get-up (Inf.), glad rags (Inf.), habits, outfit, raiment (Archaic or poetic), rigout (Inf.), togs (Inf.), vestments, vesture, wardrobe, wear


cloud

See Also

•   n.    billow, darkness, fog, gloom, haze, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, vapour [image]  crowd, dense mass, flock, horde, host, multitude, shower, swarm, throng

•   v.    becloud, darken, dim, eclipse, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil [image]  confuse, disorient, distort, impair, muddle


cloudy

See Also

blurred, confused, dark, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, gloomy, hazy, indistinct, leaden, louring or lowering, muddy, murky, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, sombre, sullen, sunless


clown

See Also

•   n.    buffoon, comedian, dolt, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, mountebank, pierrot, prankster, punchinello [image]  boor, clodhopper (Inf.), hind (Obsolete), peasant, swain (Archaic), yahoo, yokel

•   v.    act the fool, act the goat, jest, mess about, piss about (Taboo sl.), piss around (Taboo sl.)


club

See Also

•   n.    bat, bludgeon, cosh (Brit.), cudgel, stick, truncheon

•   v.    bash, baste, batter, beat, bludgeon, clobber (Sl.), clout (Inf.), cosh (Brit.), hammer, pommel (Rare), pummel, strike

•   n.    association, circle, clique, company, fraternity, group, guild, lodge, order, set, society, sodality, union


clue

See Also

evidence, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, pointer, sign, suggestion, suspicion, tip, tip-off, trace


clump

See Also

•   n.    bunch, bundle, cluster, mass, shock

•   v.    bumble, clomp, lumber, plod, stamp, stomp, stump, thud, thump, tramp


clumsy

See Also

accident-prone, awkward, blundering, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered (Inf.), cack-handed (Inf.), gauche, gawky, ham-fisted (Inf.), ham-handed (Inf.), heavy, ill-shaped, inept, inexpert, klutzy (U.S. & Canad. sl.), lumbering, maladroit, ponderous, uncoordinated, uncouth, ungainly, unhandy, unskilful, unwieldy


cluster

See Also

•   n.    assemblage, batch, bunch, clump, collection, gathering, group, knot

•   v.    assemble, bunch, collect, flock, gather, group


clutch

See Also

catch (up), clasp, cling to, embrace, fasten, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize, snatch


clutches

claws, control, custody, grasp, grip, hands, keeping, possession, power, sway


clutter

See Also

•   n.    confusion, disarray, disorder, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, mess, muddle, untidiness

•   v.    litter, scatter, strew


coach

See Also

•   n.    bus, car, carriage, charabanc, vehicle [image]  handler, instructor, teacher, trainer, tutor

•   v.    cram, drill, exercise, instruct, prepare, train, tutor


coalesce

See Also

amalgamate, blend, cohere, combine, come together, commingle, commix, consolidate, fraternize, fuse, incorporate, integrate, meld, merge, mix, unite


coalition

See Also

affiliation, alliance, amalgam, amalgamation, association, bloc, combination, compact, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, fusion, integration, league, merger, union


coarse

See Also

   boorish, brutish, coarse-grained, foul-mouthed, gruff, loutish, rough, rude, uncivil [image]  bawdy, earthy, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, indelicate, inelegant, mean, offensive, raunchy (Sl.), ribald, rude, smutty, vulgar [image]  coarse-grained, crude, homespun, impure, rough-hewn, unfinished, unpolished, unprocessed, unpurified, unrefined


coarsen

See Also

anaesthetize, blunt, callous, deaden, desensitize, dull, harden, indurate, roughen


coarseness

See Also

bawdiness, boorishness, crudity, earthiness, indelicacy, offensiveness, poor taste, ribaldry, roughness, smut, smuttiness, uncouthness, unevenness


coast

See Also

•   n.    beach, border, coastline, littoral, seaboard, seaside, shore, strand

•   v.    cruise, drift, freewheel, get by, glide, sail, taxi


coat

See Also

•   n.    fleece, fur, hair, hide, pelt, skin, wool [image]  coating, covering, layer, overlay

•   v.    Artex (Trademark), apply, cover, plaster, smear, spread


coating

See Also

blanket, coat, covering, dusting, film, finish, glaze, lamination, layer, membrane, patina, sheet, skin, varnish, veneer


coax

See Also

allure, beguile, cajole, decoy, entice, flatter, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, soft-soap (Inf.), soothe, sweet-talk (Inf.), talk into, wheedle


cock

See Also

•   n.    chanticleer, cockerel, rooster

•   v.    perk up, prick, raise, stand up


cockeyed

absurd, askew, asymmetrical, awry, crazy, crooked, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, skewwhiff (Brit. inf.), squint (Inf.)


cocky

See Also

arrogant, brash, cocksure, conceited, egotistical, lordly, swaggering, swollen-headed, vain


code

See Also

   cipher, cryptograph [image]  canon, convention, custom, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, regulations, rules, system


cogent

See Also

compelling, conclusive, convincing, effective, forceful, forcible, influential, irresistible, potent, powerful, strong, urgent, weighty


cogitate

See Also

consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think


cogitation

See Also

consideration, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, rumination, thought


cognate

See Also

affiliated, akin, alike, allied, analogous, associated, connected, kindred, related, similar


cognition

See Also

apprehension, awareness, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, perception, reasoning, understanding


coherent

See Also

articulate, comprehensible, consistent, intelligible, logical, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, rational, reasoned, systematic


coil

See Also

convolute, curl, entwine, loop, snake, spiral, twine, twist, wind, wreathe, writhe


coin

See Also

•   v.    conceive, create, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, invent, make up, mint, mould, originate, think up

•   n.    cash, change, copper, dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), money, silver, specie


coincide

See Also

   be concurrent, coexist, occur simultaneously, synchronize [image]  accord, harmonize, match, quadrate, square, tally [image]  acquiesce, agree, concur, correspond


coincidence

   accident, chance, eventuality, fluke, fortuity, happy accident, luck, stroke of luck [image]  concomitance, concurrence, conjunction, correlation, correspondence, synchronism


coincidental

   accidental, casual, chance, fluky (Inf.), fortuitous, unintentional, unplanned [image]  coincident, concomitant, concurrent, simultaneous, synchronous


cold

See Also

•   adj.    arctic, biting, bitter, bleak, brumal, chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, harsh, icy, inclement, parky (Brit. inf.), raw, wintry [image]  benumbed, chilled, chilly, freezing, frozen to the marrow, numbed, shivery [image]  aloof, apathetic, cold-blooded, dead, distant, frigid, glacial, indifferent, inhospitable, lukewarm, passionless, phlegmatic, reserved, spiritless, standoffish, stony, undemonstrative, unfeeling, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic

•   n.    chill, chilliness, coldness, frigidity, frostiness, iciness, inclemency


cold-blooded

See Also

barbarous, brutal, callous, cruel, dispassionate, heartless, inhuman, merciless, pitiless, Ramboesque, ruthless, savage, steely, stony-hearted, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved


cold-hearted

See Also

callous, detached, frigid, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, stony-hearted, uncaring, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic


collaborate

See Also

   cooperate, coproduce, join forces, participate, team up, work together [image]  collude, conspire, cooperate, fraternize


collaboration

See Also

alliance, association, concert, cooperation, partnership, teamwork


collaborator

See Also

   associate, colleague, confederate, co-worker, partner, team-mate [image]  collaborationist, fraternizer, quisling, traitor, turncoat


collapse

See Also

•   v.    break down, cave in, come to nothing, crack up (Inf.), crumple, fail, faint, fall, fold, founder, give way, subside

•   n.    breakdown, cave-in, disintegration, downfall, exhaustion, failure, faint, flop, prostration, subsidence


collar

See Also

•   v. apprehend, appropriate, capture, catch, grab, lay hands on, nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), seize


colleague

See Also

aider, ally, assistant, associate, auxiliary, coadjutor (Rare), collaborator, companion, comrade, confederate, confrère, fellow worker, helper, partner, team-mate, workmate


collect

See Also

   accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, gather, heap, hoard, save, stockpile [image]  assemble, cluster, congregate, convene, converge, flock together, rally [image]  acquire, muster, obtain, raise, secure, solicit


collected

See Also

calm, composed, confident, cool, placid, poised, sedate, self-possessed, serene, together (Sl.), unfazed (Inf.), unperturbable, unperturbed, unruffled


collection

See Also

   accumulation, anthology, compilation, congeries, heap, hoard, mass, pile, set, stockpile, store [image]  assemblage, assembly, assortment, cluster, company, congregation, convocation, crowd, gathering, group [image]  alms, contribution, offering, offertory


collide

See Also

clash, come into collision, conflict, crash, meet head-on


collision

See Also

   accident, bump, crash, impact, pile-up (Inf.), prang (Inf.), smash [image]  clash, clashing, conflict, confrontation, encounter, opposition, skirmish


colloquial

See Also

conversational, demotic, everyday, familiar, idiomatic, informal, vernacular


collusion

cahoots (Inf.), complicity, connivance, conspiracy, craft, deceit, fraudulent artifice, intrigue, secret understanding


colonist

colonial, colonizer, frontiersman, homesteader (U.S.), immigrant, pioneer, planter, settler


colonize

open up, people, pioneer, populate, settle


colony

See Also

community, dependency, dominion, outpost, possession, province, satellite state, settlement, territory


colossal

See Also

Brobdingnagian, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), herculean, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, titanic, vast


colour

See Also

•   n.    colorant, coloration, complexion, dye, hue, paint, pigment, pigmentation, shade, tincture, tinge, tint [image]  animation, bloom, blush, brilliance, flush, glow, liveliness, rosiness, ruddiness, vividness [image]   Fig. appearance, disguise, excuse, façade, false show, guise, plea, pretence, pretext, semblance

•   v.    colourwash, dye, paint, stain, tinge, tint [image]   Fig. disguise, distort, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, garble, gloss over, misrepresent, pervert, prejudice, slant, taint [image]  blush, burn, crimson, flush, go crimson, redden


colourful

See Also

   bright, brilliant, Day-glo (Trademark), intense, jazzy (Inf.), kaleidoscopic, motley, multicoloured, psychedelic, rich, variegated, vibrant, vivid [image]  characterful, distinctive, graphic, interesting, lively, picturesque, rich, stimulating, unusual, vivid


colourless

See Also

   achromatic, achromic, anaemic, ashen, bleached, drab, faded, neutral, sickly, wan, washed out [image]  characterless, dreary, insipid, lacklustre, tame, uninteresting, unmemorable, vacuous, vapid


colours

See Also

   banner, emblem, ensign, flag, standard [image]   Fig. aspect, breed, character, identity, nature, stamp, strain


column

See Also

   cavalcade, file, line, list, procession, queue, rank, row, string, train [image]  caryatid, obelisk, pilaster, pillar, post, shaft, support, upright


columnist

See Also

correspondent, critic, editor, gossip columnist, journalist, journo (Sl.), reporter, reviewer


coma

See Also

drowsiness, insensibility, lethargy, oblivion, somnolence, stupor, torpor, trance, unconsciousness


comatose

See Also

drowsy, drugged, insensible, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, somnolent, soporose (Medical), stupefied, torpid, unconscious


comb

See Also

•   v.    arrange, curry, dress, groom, untangle [image]   Of flax, wool, etc. card, hackle, hatchel, heckle, tease, teasel, teazle [image]   Fig. go through with a fine-tooth comb, hunt, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, search, sift, sweep


combat

See Also

•   n.    action, battle, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare

•   v.    battle, contend, contest, cope, defy, do battle with, engage, fight, oppose, resist, strive, struggle, withstand


combatant

See Also

•   n.    adversary, antagonist, belligerent, contender, enemy, fighter, fighting man, gladiator, opponent, serviceman, soldier, warrior

•   adj.    battling, belligerent, combating, conflicting, contending, fighting, opposing, warring


combination

See Also

   amalgam, amalgamation, blend, coalescence, composite, connection, meld, mix, mixture [image]  alliance, association, cabal, cartel, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, consortium, conspiracy, federation, merger, syndicate, unification, union


combine

See Also

amalgamate, associate, bind, blend, bond, compound, connect, cooperate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, join (together), link, marry, meld, merge, mix, pool, put together, synthesize, unify, unite


come

See Also

   advance, appear, approach, arrive, become, draw near, enter, happen, materialize, move, move towards, near, occur, originate, show up (Inf.), turn out, turn up (Inf.) [image]  appear, arrive, attain, enter, materialize, reach, show up (Inf.), turn up (Inf.) [image]  fall, happen, occur, take place [image]  arise, emanate, emerge, end up, flow, issue, originate, result, turn out [image]  extend, reach [image]  be available  (made, offered, on offer, produced)


come about

See Also

arise, befall, come to pass, happen, occur, result, take place, transpire (Inf.)


come across

See Also

bump into (Inf.), chance upon, discover, encounter, find, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, notice, stumble upon, unearth


come along

See Also

develop, improve, mend, perk up, pick up, progress, rally, recover, recuperate


come apart

See Also

break, come unstuck, crumble, disintegrate, fall to pieces, give way, separate, split, tear


come at

   attain, discover, find, grasp, reach [image]  assail, assault, attack, charge, fall upon, fly at, go for, light into, rush, rush at


comeback

See Also

   rally, rebound, recovery, resurgence, return, revival, triumph [image]  rejoinder, reply, response, retaliation, retort, riposte


come back

See Also

reappear, recur, re-enter, return


come between

See Also

alienate, divide, estrange, interfere, meddle, part, separate, set at odds


come by

See Also

acquire, get, lay hold of, obtain, procure, score (Sl.), secure, take possession of, win


come clean

See Also

acknowledge, admit, confess, make a clean breast of, own up, reveal, sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.)


comedian

See Also

card (Inf.), clown, comic, funny man, humorist, jester, joker, laugh (Inf.), wag, wit


comedown

See Also

anticlimax, blow, decline, deflation, demotion, disappointment, humiliation, letdown, reverse


come down

See Also

   decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fall, go downhill, reduce, worsen [image]  choose, decide, favour, recommend


come down on

bawl out (Inf.), blast, carpet (Inf.), chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), criticize, dress down (Inf.), give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), jump on (Inf.), lambast(e), put down, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.)


come down to

amount to, boil down to, end up as, result in


come down with

ail, be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, get, sicken, take, take sick


comedy

See Also

chaffing, drollery, facetiousness, farce, fun, hilarity, humour, jesting, joking, light entertainment, sitcom (Inf.), slapstick, wisecracking, witticisms


come forward

See Also

offer one's services, present or proffer oneself, volunteer


come in

appear, arrive, cross the threshold, enter, finish, reach, show up (Inf.)


come in for

acquire, bear the brunt of, endure, get, receive, suffer


come off

go off, happen, occur, succeed, take place, transpire (Inf.)


come out

See Also

   appear, be published  (announced, divulged, issued, released, reported, revealed) [image]  conclude, end, result, terminate


come out with

See Also

acknowledge, come clean, declare, disclose, divulge, lay open, own, own up, say


come round

See Also

   accede, acquiesce, allow, concede, grant, mellow, relent, yield [image]  come to, rally, recover, regain consciousness, revive [image]  call, drop in, pop in, stop by, visit


come through

See Also

   accomplish, achieve, prevail, succeed, triumph [image]  endure, survive, weather the storm, withstand


come up

See Also

arise, crop up, happen, occur, rise, spring up, turn up


comeuppance

See Also

chastening, deserts, due reward, dues, merit, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution


come up to

See Also

admit of comparison with, approach, compare with, equal, match, measure up to, meet, resemble, rival, stand or bear comparison with


come up with

See Also

advance, create, discover, furnish, offer, present, produce, propose, provide, submit, suggest


comfort

See Also

•   v.    alleviate, assuage, cheer, commiserate with, compassionate (Archaic), console, ease, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, reassure, refresh, relieve, solace, soothe, strengthen

•   n.    aid, alleviation, cheer, compensation, consolation, ease, encouragement, enjoyment, help, relief, satisfaction, succour, support [image]  cosiness, creature comforts, ease, luxury, opulence, snugness, wellbeing


comfortable

See Also

   adequate, agreeable, ample, commodious, convenient, cosy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, homely, loose, loose-fitting, pleasant, relaxing, restful, roomy, snug [image]  at ease, contented, gratified, happy, relaxed, serene [image]  affluent, prosperous, well-off, well-to-do


comforting

See Also

cheering, consolatory, consoling, encouraging, heart-warming, inspiriting, reassuring, soothing


comfortless

See Also

   bleak, cheerless, cold, desolate, dismal, dreary [image]  disconsolate, forlorn, inconsolable, miserable, sick at heart, woebegone, wretched


comic

See Also

•   adj.    amusing, comical, droll, facetious, farcical, funny, humorous, jocular, joking, light, rich, waggish, witty

•   n.    buffoon, clown, comedian, funny man, humorist, jester, wag, wit


comical

See Also

absurd, amusing, comic, diverting, droll, entertaining, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, priceless, ridiculous, risible, side-splitting, silly, whimsical


coming

See Also

•   adj.    approaching, at hand, due, en route, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, in store, in the wind, near, next, nigh, upcoming [image]  aspiring, future, promising, up-and-coming

•   n.    accession, advent, approach, arrival


command

See Also

•   v.    bid, charge, compel, demand, direct, enjoin, order, require [image]  administer, control, dominate, govern, handle, head, lead, manage, reign over, rule, supervise, sway

•   n.    behest, bidding, canon, commandment, decree, demand, direction, directive, edict, fiat, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, requirement, ultimatum [image]  authority, charge, control, direction, domination, dominion, government, grasp, management, mastery, power, rule, supervision, sway, upper hand


commandeer

See Also

appropriate, confiscate, expropriate, hijack, requisition, seize, sequester, sequestrate, usurp


commander

See Also

boss, captain, chief, C in C, C.O., commander-in-chief, commanding officer, director, head, leader, officer, ruler


commanding

See Also

   advantageous, controlling, decisive, dominant, dominating, superior [image]  assertive, authoritative, autocratic, compelling, forceful, imposing, impressive, peremptory


commemorate

celebrate, honour, immortalize, keep, memorialize, observe, pay tribute to, remember, salute, solemnize


commemoration

See Also

ceremony, honouring, memorial service, observance, remembrance, tribute


commemorative

See Also

celebratory, dedicatory, in honour, in memory, in remembrance, memorial


commence

See Also

begin, embark on, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, open, originate, start


commend

See Also

   acclaim, applaud, approve, compliment, crack up (Inf.), eulogize, extol, praise, recommend, speak highly of [image]  commit, confide, consign, deliver, entrust, hand over, yield


commendable

See Also

admirable, creditable, deserving, estimable, exemplary, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, worthy


commendation

See Also

acclaim, acclamation, approbation, approval, Brownie points, credit, encomium, encouragement, good opinion, panegyric, praise, recommendation


commensurate

See Also

adequate, appropriate, coextensive, comparable, compatible, consistent, corresponding, due, equivalent, fit, fitting, in accord, proportionate, sufficient


comment

See Also

•   v.    animadvert, interpose, mention, note, observe, opine, point out, remark, say, utter [image]  annotate, criticize, elucidate, explain, interpret

•   n.    animadversion, observation, remark, statement [image]  annotation, commentary, criticism, elucidation, explanation, exposition, illustration, note


commentary

See Also

analysis, critique, description, exegesis, explanation, narration, notes, review, treatise, voice-over


commentator

See Also

   commenter, reporter, special correspondent, sportscaster [image]  annotator, critic, expositor, interpreter, scholiast


commerce

See Also

   business, dealing, exchange, merchandising, trade, traffic [image]  communication, dealings, intercourse, relations, socializing


commercial

See Also

   business, mercantile, profit-making, sales, trade, trading [image]  in demand, marketable, popular, profitable, saleable [image]  exploited, materialistic, mercenary, monetary, pecuniary, profit-making, venal


commission

See Also

•   n.    appointment, authority, charge, duty, employment, errand, function, mandate, mission, task, trust, warrant [image]  allowance, brokerage, compensation, cut, fee, percentage, rake-off (Sl.), royalties [image]  board, body of commissioners, commissioners, committee, delegation, deputation, representative

•   v.    appoint, authorize, contract, delegate, depute, empower, engage, nominate, order, select, send


commit

See Also

   carry out, do, enact, execute, perform, perpetrate [image]  commend, confide, consign, deliver, deposit, engage, entrust, give, hand over [image]  align, bind, compromise, endanger, make liable, obligate, pledge, rank [image]  confine, imprison, put in custody


commitment

See Also

   duty, engagement, liability, obligation, responsibility, tie [image]  adherence, dedication, devotion, involvement, loyalty [image]  assurance, guarantee, pledge, promise, undertaking, vow, word


common

See Also

   average, commonplace, conventional, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, humdrum, obscure, ordinary, plain, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, simple, standard, stock, usual, workaday [image]  accepted, general, popular, prevailing, prevalent, universal, widespread [image]  collective, communal, community, popular, public, social [image]  coarse, hackneyed, inferior, low, pedestrian, plebeian, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar


commonplace

See Also

•   adj.    banal, common, customary, everyday, humdrum, mundane, obvious, ordinary, pedestrian, stale, threadbare, trite, uninteresting, widespread, worn out

•   n.    banality, cliché, platitude, truism


common-sense, common-sensical

•   adj. astute, down-to-earth, hard-headed, judicious, level-headed, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd, sound


common sense

See Also

good sense, gumption (Brit. inf.), horse sense, level-headedness, mother wit, native intelligence, nous (Brit. sl.), practicality, prudence, reasonableness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), sound judgment, soundness, wit


commotion

See Also

ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, disorder, disturbance, excitement, ferment, furore, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, perturbation, racket, riot, rumpus, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar


communal

See Also

collective, communistic, community, general, joint, neighbourhood, public, shared


commune 1

See Also

•   v.    communicate, confer, confide in, converse, discourse, discuss, parley [image]  contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, reflect


commune 2

See Also

•   n. collective, community, cooperative, kibbutz


communicate

See Also

acquaint, announce, be in contact, be in touch, connect, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, impart, inform, make known, pass on, phone, proclaim, publish, report, reveal, ring up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), signify, spread, transmit, unfold


communication

See Also

   connection, contact, conversation, correspondence, dissemination, intercourse, link, transmission [image]  announcement, disclosure, dispatch, information, intelligence, message, news, report, statement, word


communications

See Also

   routes, transport, travel [image]  information technology, media, publicity, public relations, telecommunications


communicative

candid, chatty, conversable, expansive, forthcoming, frank, informative, loquacious, open, outgoing, talkative, unreserved, voluble


communion

See Also

   accord, affinity, agreement, closeness, communing, concord, consensus, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercourse, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity [image]   Church Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Mass, Sacrament


communiqué

See Also

announcement, bulletin, dispatch, news flash, official communication, report


communism

Bolshevism, collectivism, Marxism, socialism, state socialism


communist

Bolshevik, collectivist, Marxist, Red (Inf.), socialist


community

See Also

   association, body politic, brotherhood, commonwealth, company, district, general public, locality, people, populace, population, public, residents, society, state [image]  affinity, agreement, identity, likeness, sameness, similarity


commute

See Also

   barter, exchange, interchange, substitute, switch, trade [image]   Law: of penalties, etc. alleviate, curtail, mitigate, modify, reduce, remit, shorten, soften


commuter

•   n.    daily traveller, straphanger (Inf.), suburbanite

•   adj.    suburban


compact 1

See Also

•   adj.    close, compressed, condensed, dense, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, pressed together, solid, thick [image]  brief, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, laconic, pithy, pointed, succinct, terse, to the point

•   v.    compress, condense, cram, pack down, stuff, tamp


compact 2

See Also

•   n. agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, concordat, contract, covenant, deal, entente, pact, stipulation, treaty, understanding


companion

See Also

   accomplice, ally, associate, buddy (Inf.), colleague, comrade, confederate, consort, crony, friend, mate (Inf.), partner [image]  aide, assistant, attendant, chaperon, duenna, escort, squire [image]  complement, counterpart, fellow, match, mate, twin


companionable

See Also

affable, congenial, conversable, convivial, cordial, familiar, friendly, genial, gregarious, neighbourly, outgoing, sociable


companionship

See Also

amity, camaraderie, company, comradeship, conviviality, esprit de corps, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, rapport, togetherness


company

See Also

   assemblage, assembly, band, bevy, body, camp, circle, collection, community, concourse, convention, coterie, crew, crowd, ensemble, gathering, group, league, party, set, throng, troop, troupe, turnout [image]  association, business, concern, corporation, establishment, firm, house, partnership, syndicate [image]  callers, companionship, fellowship, guests, party, presence, society, visitors


comparable

See Also

   a match for, as good as, commensurate, equal, equivalent, in a class with, on a par, proportionate, tantamount [image]  akin, alike, analogous, cognate, corresponding, related, similar


comparative

approximate, by comparison, qualified, relative


compare

See Also

   (With with) balance, collate, contrast, juxtapose, set against, weigh [image]  (With to) correlate, equate, identify with, liken, parallel, resemble [image]   Be the equal of approach, approximate to, bear comparison, be in the same class as, be on a par with, come up to, compete with, equal, hold a candle to, match, vie


comparison

See Also

   collation, contrast, distinction, juxtaposition [image]  analogy, comparability, correlation, likeness, resemblance, similarity


compartment

See Also

   alcove, bay, berth, booth, carrel, carriage, cell, chamber, cubbyhole, cubicle, locker, niche, pigeonhole, section [image]  area, category, department, division, section, subdivision


compass

See Also

•   n.    area, bound, boundary, circle, circuit, circumference, enclosure, extent, field, limit, range, reach, realm, round, scope, sphere, stretch, zone

•   v.    beset, besiege, blockade, circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, hem in, invest (Rare), surround [image]  accomplish, achieve, attain, bring about, effect, execute, fulfil, perform, procure, realize


compassion

See Also

charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, fellow feeling, heart, humanity, kindness, mercy, pity, quarter, ruth (Archaic), soft-heartedness, sorrow, sympathy, tender-heartedness, tenderness


compassionate

See Also

benevolent, charitable, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted, understanding


compatibility

affinity, agreement, amity, concord, congeniality, empathy, harmony, like-mindedness, rapport, single-mindedness, sympathy


compatible

See Also

accordant, adaptable, agreeable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, harmonious, in harmony, in keeping, like-minded, reconcilable, suitable


compel

See Also

bulldoze (Inf.), coerce, constrain, dragoon, drive, enforce, exact, force, hustle (Sl.), impel, make, necessitate, oblige, railroad (Inf.), restrain, squeeze, urge


compelling

See Also

   cogent, conclusive, convincing, forceful, irrefutable, powerful, telling, weighty [image]  enchanting, enthralling, gripping, hypnotic, irresistible, mesmeric, spellbinding [image]  binding, coercive, imperative, overriding, peremptory, pressing, unavoidable, urgent


compensate

See Also

   atone, indemnify, make good, make restitution, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy [image]  balance, cancel (out), counteract, counterbalance, countervail, make amends, make up for, offset, redress


compensation

See Also

amends, atonement, damages, indemnification, indemnity, meed (Archaic), payment, recompense, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, restitution, reward, satisfaction


compete

See Also

be in the running, challenge, contend, contest, emulate, fight, pit oneself against, rival, strive, struggle, vie


competence

See Also

ability, adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, competency, craft, expertise, fitness, proficiency, skill, suitability


competent

See Also

able, adapted, adequate, appropriate, capable, clever, endowed, equal, fit, pertinent, proficient, qualified, sufficient, suitable


competition

See Also

   contention, contest, emulation, one-upmanship (Inf.), opposition, rivalry, strife, struggle [image]  championship, contest, event, head-to-head, puzzle, quiz, tournament [image]  challengers, field, opposition, rivals


competitive

aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, opposing, rival, vying


competitor

See Also

adversary, antagonist, challenger, competition, contestant, emulator, opponent, opposition, rival


compile

accumulate, amass, anthologize, collect, cull, garner, gather, marshal, organize, put together


complacency

See Also

contentment, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction, self-satisfaction, smugness


complacent

See Also

contented, gratified, pleased, pleased with oneself, satisfied, self-assured, self-contented, self-righteous, self-satisfied, serene, smug, unconcerned


complain

See Also

beef (Sl.), bellyache (Sl.), bemoan, bewail, bitch (Sl.), bleat, carp, deplore, find fault, fuss, grieve, gripe (Inf.), groan, grouch (Inf.), grouse, growl, grumble, kick up a fuss (Inf.), kvetch (U.S. sl.), lament, moan, whine, whinge (Inf.)


complaint

See Also

   accusation, annoyance, beef (Sl.), bitch (Sl.), charge, criticism, dissatisfaction, fault-finding, grievance, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, lament, moan, plaint, protest, remonstrance, trouble, wail [image]  affliction, ailment, disease, disorder, illness, indisposition, malady, sickness, upset


complement

See Also

•   n.    companion, completion, consummation, correlative, counterpart, finishing touch, rounding-off, supplement [image]  aggregate, capacity, entirety, quota, total, totality, wholeness

•   v.    cap (Inf.), complete, crown, round off, set off


complementary

See Also

companion, completing, correlative, corresponding, fellow, interdependent, interrelating, matched, reciprocal


complete

See Also

•   adj.    all, entire, faultless, full, intact, integral, plenary, unabridged, unbroken, undivided, unimpaired, whole [image]  accomplished, achieved, concluded, ended, finished [image]  absolute, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), dyed-in-the-wool, outright, perfect, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, utter

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, cap, close, conclude, crown, discharge, do, end, execute, fill in, finalize, finish, fulfil, perfect, perform, realize, round off, settle, terminate, wrap up (Inf.)


completely

See Also

absolutely, altogether, down to the ground, en masse, entirely, from A to Z, from beginning to end, fully, heart and soul, hook, line and sinker, in full, in toto, perfectly, quite, root and branch, solidly, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly


completion

See Also

accomplishment, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, end, expiration, finalization, fruition, fulfilment, realization


complex

See Also

•   adj.    circuitous, complicated, convoluted, Daedalian (Literary), intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mingled, mixed, tangled, tortuous [image]  composite, compound, compounded, heterogeneous, manifold, multifarious, multiple

•   n.    aggregate, composite, network, organization, scheme, structure, synthesis, system [image]  fixation, fixed idea, idée fixe, obsession, phobia, preoccupation


complexion

See Also

   colour, colouring, hue, pigmentation, skin, skin tone [image]  appearance, aspect, cast, character, countenance, disposition, guise, light, look, make-up, nature, stamp


complexity

See Also

complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, multiplicity, ramification


compliance

See Also

acquiescence, agreement, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, obedience, observance, passivity, submission, submissiveness, yielding


complicate

See Also

confuse, entangle, interweave, involve, make intricate, muddle, ravel, snarl up


complicated

See Also

   Byzantine (of attitudes, etc.), complex, convoluted, elaborate, interlaced, intricate, involved, labyrinthine [image]  difficult, involved, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, troublesome


complication

See Also

   combination, complexity, confusion, entanglement, intricacy, mixture, web [image]  aggravation, difficulty, drawback, embarrassment, factor, obstacle, problem, snag


complicity

See Also

abetment, collaboration, collusion, concurrence, connivance


compliment

See Also

•   n.    admiration, bouquet, commendation, congratulations, courtesy, eulogy, favour, flattery, honour, praise, tribute

•   v.    commend, congratulate, crack up (Inf.), extol, felicitate, flatter, laud, pay tribute to, praise, salute, sing the praises of, speak highly of, wish joy to


complimentary

See Also

   appreciative, approving, commendatory, congratulatory, eulogistic, flattering, laudatory, panegyrical [image]  courtesy, donated, free, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous, honorary, on the house


compliments

See Also

good wishes, greetings, regards, remembrances, respects, salutation


comply

See Also

abide by, accede, accord, acquiesce, adhere to, agree to, conform to, consent to, defer, discharge, follow, fulfil, obey, observe, perform, respect, satisfy, submit, yield


component

See Also

•   n.    constituent, element, ingredient, item, part, piece, unit

•   adj.    composing, constituent, inherent, intrinsic


compose

See Also

   build, compound, comprise, constitute, construct, fashion, form, make, make up, put together [image]  contrive, create, devise, frame, imagine, indite, invent, produce, write [image]  adjust, arrange, reconcile, regulate, resolve, settle [image]  appease, assuage, calm, collect, control, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, soothe, still, tranquillize


composed

See Also

at ease, calm, collected, confident, cool, imperturbable, laid-back (Inf.), level-headed, poised, relaxed, sedate, self-possessed, serene, together (Sl.), tranquil, unfazed (Inf.), unflappable, unruffled, unworried


composite

See Also

•   adj.    blended, combined, complex, compound, conglomerate, mixed, synthesized

•   n.    amalgam, blend, compound, conglomerate, fusion, meld, synthesis


composition

See Also

   arrangement, configuration, constitution, design, form, formation, layout, make-up, organization, structure [image]  compilation, creation, fashioning, formation, formulation, invention, making, mixture, production [image]  creation, essay, exercise, literary work, opus, piece, study, treatise, work, writing [image]  arrangement, balance, concord, consonance, harmony, placing, proportion, symmetry


compost

See Also

humus, mulch, organic fertilizer


composure

See Also

aplomb, calm, calmness, collectedness, cool (Sl.), coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, placidity, poise, sang-froid, sedateness, self-assurance, self-possession, serenity, tranquillity


compound

See Also

•   v.    amalgamate, blend, coalesce, combine, concoct, fuse, intermingle, meld, mingle, mix, synthesize, unite [image]  add to, aggravate, augment, complicate, exacerbate, heighten, intensify, magnify, worsen [image]   Used of a dispute, difference, etc. adjust, arrange, compose, settle

•   n.    alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, composite, composition, conglomerate, fusion, medley, meld, mixture, synthesis

•   adj.    complex, composite, conglomerate, intricate, multiple, not simple


comprehend

See Also

   apprehend, assimilate, conceive, discern, fathom, grasp, know, make out, perceive, see, take in, understand [image]  comprise, contain, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, include, involve, take in


comprehensible

See Also

clear, coherent, conceivable, explicit, graspable, intelligible, plain, understandable, user-friendly


comprehension

See Also

   conception, discernment, grasp, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, perception, realization, sense, understanding [image]  compass, domain, field, limits, province, range, reach, scope


comprehensive

See Also

all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, complete, encyclopedic, exhaustive, extensive, full, inclusive, sweeping, thorough, umbrella, wide


compress

See Also

abbreviate, compact, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, cram, crowd, crush, knit, press, pucker, shorten, squash, squeeze, summarize, wedge


compressed

See Also

abridged, compact, compacted, concentrated, concise, consolidated, constricted, flattened, reduced, shortened, squashed, squeezed


compression

See Also

condensation, consolidation, constriction, crushing, pressure, squeezing, wedging


comprise

See Also

   be composed of, comprehend, consist of, contain, embrace, encompass, include, take in [image]  compose, constitute, form, make up


compromise

See Also

•   v.    adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, give and take, go fifty-fifty (Inf.), meet halfway, settle, strike a balance

•   n.    accommodation, accord, adjustment, agreement, concession, give-and-take, half measures, middle ground, settlement, trade-off

•   v.    discredit, dishonour, embarrass, endanger, expose, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, prejudice, weaken


compulsion

See Also

   coercion, constraint, demand, duress, force, obligation, pressure, urgency [image]  drive, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, urge


compulsive

See Also

besetting, compelling, driving, irresistible, obsessive, overwhelming, uncontrollable, urgent


compulsory

See Also

binding, de rigueur, forced, imperative, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite


compute

See Also

add up, calculate, cast up, cipher, count, enumerate, estimate, figure, figure out, measure, rate, reckon, sum, tally, total


comrade

See Also

ally, associate, buddy (Inf.), cock (Brit. inf.), colleague, companion, compatriot, compeer, confederate, co-worker, crony, fellow, friend, mate (Inf.), pal (Inf.), partner


concave

See Also

cupped, depressed, excavated, hollow, hollowed, incurved, indented, scooped, sunken


conceal

See Also

bury, camouflage, cover, disguise, dissemble, hide, keep dark, keep secret, mask, obscure, screen, secrete, shelter, stash (Inf.)


concealed

See Also

covered, hidden, inconspicuous, masked, obscured, screened, secret, secreted, tucked away, unseen


concealment

See Also

camouflage, cover, disguise, hideaway, hide-out, hiding, secrecy


concede

See Also

   accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, confess, grant, own [image]  cede, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield


conceit

See Also

   amour-propre, arrogance, complacency, egotism, narcissism, pride, self-importance, self-love, swagger, vainglory, vanity [image]   Archaic belief, fancy, fantasy, idea, image, imagination, judgment, notion, opinion, quip, thought, vagary, whim, whimsy


conceited

See Also

arrogant, bigheaded (Inf.), cocky, egotistical, immodest, narcissistic, overweening, puffed up, self-important, stuck up (Inf.), swollen-headed, vain, vainglorious


conceivable

See Also

believable, credible, imaginable, possible, thinkable


conceive

See Also

   appreciate, apprehend, believe, comprehend, envisage, fancy, grasp, imagine, realize, suppose, understand [image]  contrive, create, design, develop, devise, form, formulate, produce, project, purpose, think up [image]  become impregnated, become pregnant


concentrate

See Also

   be engrossed in, consider closely, focus attention on, give all one's attention to, put one's mind to, rack one's brains [image]  bring to bear, centre, cluster, converge, focus [image]  accumulate, cluster, collect, congregate, gather, huddle


concentrated

See Also

   all-out (Inf.), deep, hard, intense, intensive [image]  boiled down, condensed, evaporated, reduced, rich, thickened, undiluted


concentration

See Also

   absorption, application, heed, single-mindedness [image]  bringing to bear, centralization, centring, combination, compression, consolidation, convergence, focusing, intensification [image]  accumulation, aggregation, cluster, collection, convergence, horde, mass


concept

See Also

abstraction, conception, conceptualization, hypothesis, idea, image, impression, notion, theory, view


conception

See Also

   concept, design, idea, image, notion, plan [image]  beginning, birth, formation, inception, initiation, invention, launching, origin, outset [image]  appreciation, clue, comprehension, impression, inkling, perception, picture, understanding [image]  fertilization, germination, impregnation, insemination


concern

See Also

•   v.    affect, apply to, bear on, be relevant to, interest, involve, pertain to, regard, touch

•   n.    affair, business, charge, deportment, field, interest, involvement, job, matter, mission, occupation, responsibility, task, transaction [image]  bearing, importance, interest, reference, relation, relevance

•   v.    bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, make anxious, make uneasy, perturb, trouble, worry

•   n.    anxiety, apprehension, attention, burden, care, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, responsibility, solicitude, worry [image]  business, company, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm, house, organization


concerned

See Also

   active, implicated, interested, involved, mixed up, privy to [image]  anxious, bothered, distressed, disturbed, exercised, troubled, uneasy, upset, worried [image]  attentive, caring, interested, solicitous


concerning

See Also

about, anent (Scot.), apropos of, as regards, as to, in the matter of, on the subject of, re, regarding, relating to, respecting, touching, with reference to


concert

See Also

•   n.    accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, unanimity, union, unison [image]  in concert concertedly, in collaboration, in league, in unison, jointly, shoulder to shoulder, together, unanimously


concerted

See Also

agreed upon, collaborative, combined, coordinated, joint, planned, prearranged, united


concession

See Also

   acknowledgment, admission, assent, confession, surrender, yielding [image]  adjustment, allowance, boon, compromise, grant, indulgence, permit, privilege, sop


conciliate

See Also

appease, disarm, mediate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, reconcile, restore harmony, soothe, win over


conciliation

See Also

appeasement, disarming, mollification, pacification, placation, propitiation, reconciliation, soothing


conciliatory

See Also

appeasing, disarming, irenic, mollifying, pacific, peaceable, placatory, propitiative


concise

See Also

brief, compact, compendious, compressed, condensed, epigrammatic, laconic, pithy, short, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse, to the point


conclude

See Also

   bring down the curtain, cease, close, come to an end, complete, draw to a close, end, finish, round off, terminate, wind up [image]  assume, decide, deduce, gather, infer, judge, reckon (Inf.), sum up, suppose, surmise [image]  accomplish, bring about, carry out, clinch, decide, determine, effect, establish, fix, pull off, resolve, settle, work out


conclusion

See Also

   close, completion, end, finale, finish, result, termination [image]  consequence, culmination, issue, outcome, result, sequel, upshot [image]  agreement, conviction, decision, deduction, inference, judgment, opinion, resolution, settlement, verdict [image]  in conclusion finally, in closing, lastly, to sum up


conclusive

See Also

clinching, convincing, decisive, definite, definitive, final, irrefutable, ultimate, unanswerable, unarguable


concoct

See Also

brew, contrive, cook up (Inf.), design, devise, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, manufacture, mature, plot, prepare, project, think up, trump up


concoction

See Also

blend, brew, combination, compound, contrivance, creation, mixture, preparation


concrete

See Also

•   adj.    actual, definite, explicit, factual, material, real, sensible, specific, substantial, tangible [image]  calcified, compact, compressed, conglomerated, consolidated, firm, petrified, solid, solidified

•   n.    cement (Not in technical usage), concretion


concubine

courtesan, kept woman, leman (Archaic), mistress, odalisque, paramour


concur

See Also

accede, accord, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, coincide, combine, consent, cooperate, harmonize, join


concurrent

See Also

   coexisting, coincident, concerted, concomitant, contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous [image]  confluent, convergent, converging, uniting [image]  agreeing, at one, compatible, consentient, consistent, cooperating, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, like-minded, of the same mind


concussion

See Also

clash, collision, crash, impact, jarring, jolt, jolting, shaking, shock


condemn

See Also

   blame, censure, damn, denounce, disapprove, excoriate, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, upbraid [image]  convict, damn, doom, pass sentence on, proscribe, sentence


condemnation

See Also

   blame, censure, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, reproach, reprobation, reproof, stricture [image]  conviction, damnation, doom, judgment, proscription, sentence


condensation

See Also

   abridgment, contraction, digest, précis, synopsis [image]  condensate, deliquescence, distillation, liquefaction, precipitate, precipitation [image]  compression, concentration, consolidation, crystallization, curtailment, reduction


condense

See Also

   abbreviate, abridge, compact, compress, concentrate, contract, curtail, encapsulate, epitomize, précis, shorten, summarize [image]  boil down, coagulate, concentrate, decoct, precipitate (Chem.), reduce, solidify, thicken


condensed

See Also

   abridged, compressed, concentrated, curtailed, shortened, shrunken, slimmed down, summarized [image]  boiled down, clotted, coagulated, concentrated, precipitated (Chem.), reduced, thickened


condescend

See Also

   be courteous, bend, come down off one's high horse (Inf.), deign, humble or demean oneself, lower oneself, see fit, stoop, submit, unbend (Inf.), vouchsafe [image]  patronize, talk down to


condescending

See Also

disdainful, lofty, lordly, patronizing, snobbish, snooty (Inf.), supercilious, superior, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.)


condition

See Also

•   n.    case, circumstances, plight, position, predicament, shape, situation, state, state of affairs, status quo [image]  arrangement, article, demand, limitation, modification, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requirement, requisite, restriction, rider, rule, stipulation, terms [image]  fettle, fitness, health, kilter, order, shape, state of health, trim [image]  ailment, complaint, infirmity, malady, problem, weakness [image]  caste, class, estate, grade, order, position, rank, status, stratum

•   v.    accustom, adapt, educate, equip, habituate, inure, make ready, prepare, ready, tone up, train, work out


conditional

See Also

contingent, dependent, limited, provisional, qualified, subject to, with reservations


conditioned

See Also

acclimatized, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, familiarized, habituated, inured, made ready, prepared, seasoned, trained, used


conditioning

•   n.    grooming, preparation, readying, training [image]  accustoming, familiarization, hardening, inurement, reorientation, seasoning

•   adj.    astringent, toning


conditions

See Also

circumstances, environment, milieu, situation, surroundings, way of life


condone

See Also

disregard, excuse, forgive, let pass, look the other way, make allowance for, overlook, pardon, turn a blind eye to, wink at


conduct

See Also

•   n.    administration, control, direction, guidance, leadership, management, organization, running, supervision

•   v.    administer, carry on, control, direct, govern, handle, lead, manage, organize, preside over, regulate, run, supervise [image]  accompany, attend, chair, convey, escort, guide, pilot, preside over, steer, usher

•   n.    attitude, bearing, behaviour, carriage, comportment, demeanour, deportment, manners, mien (Literary), ways

•   v.    acquit, act, behave, carry, comport, deport


confederacy

See Also

alliance, bund, coalition, compact, confederation, conspiracy, covenant, federation, league, union


confederate

See Also

•   adj.    allied, associated, combined, federal, federated, in alliance

•   n.    abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, associate, colleague, partner

•   v.    ally, amalgamate, associate, band together, combine, federate, merge, unite


confer

See Also

   accord, award, bestow, give, grant, hand out, present, vouchsafe [image]  consult, converse, deliberate, discourse, parley, talk


conference

See Also

colloquium, congress, consultation, convention, convocation, discussion, forum, meeting, seminar, symposium, teach-in


confess

See Also

   acknowledge, admit, allow, blurt out, come clean (Inf.), concede, confide, disclose, divulge, grant, make a clean breast of, own, own up, recognize, sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.) [image]  affirm, assert, attest, aver, confirm, declare, evince, manifest, profess, prove, reveal


confession

See Also

acknowledgment, admission, avowal, disclosure, divulgence, exposure, revelation, unbosoming


confidant, confidante

See Also

alter ego, bosom friend, close friend, crony, familiar, intimate


confide

See Also

   admit, breathe, confess, disclose, divulge, impart, reveal, whisper [image]  commend, commit, consign, entrust


confidence

See Also

   belief, credence, dependence, faith, reliance, trust [image]  aplomb, assurance, boldness, courage, firmness, nerve, self-possession, self-reliance [image]  in confidence between you and me (and the gatepost), confidentially, in secrecy, privately


confident

See Also

   certain, convinced, counting on, positive, satisfied, secure, sure [image]  assured, bold, dauntless, fearless, self-assured, self-reliant


confidential

See Also

   classified, hush-hush (Inf.), intimate, off the record, private, privy, secret [image]  faithful, familiar, trusted, trustworthy, trusty


confidentially

See Also

behind closed doors, between ourselves, in camera, in confidence, in secret, personally, privately, sub rosa


confine

See Also

•   v.    bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, enclose, hem in, hold back, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shut up, straiten

•   n.    border, boundary, frontier, limit, precinct


confined

See Also

   enclosed, limited, restricted [image]  in childbed, in childbirth, lying-in


confinement

See Also

   custody, detention, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, porridge (Sl.) [image]  accouchement, childbed, childbirth, labour, lying-in, parturition, time, travail


confines

See Also

boundaries, bounds, circumference, edge, limits, pale, precincts


confirm

See Also

   assure, buttress, clinch, establish, fix, fortify, reinforce, settle, strengthen [image]  approve, authenticate, bear out, corroborate, endorse, ratify, sanction, substantiate, validate, verify


confirmation

See Also

   authentication, corroboration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testimony, validation, verification [image]  acceptance, agreement, approval, assent, endorsement, ratification, sanction


confirmed

See Also

chronic, dyed-in-the-wool, habitual, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, rooted, seasoned


confiscate

appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate


confiscation

appropriation, expropriation, forfeiture, impounding, seizure, sequestration, takeover


conflict

See Also

•   n.    battle, clash, collision, combat, contention, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, fracas, head-to-head, set-to (Inf.), strife, war, warfare [image]  antagonism, bad blood, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, divided loyalties, friction, hostility, interference, opposition, strife, variance

•   v.    be at variance, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, fight, interfere, strive, struggle


conflicting

See Also

antagonistic, clashing, contradictory, contrary, discordant, inconsistent, opposed, opposing, paradoxical


conform

See Also

   adapt, adjust, comply, fall in with, follow, follow the crowd, obey, run with the pack, yield [image]  accord, agree, assimilate, correspond, harmonize, match, square, suit, tally


conformation

See Also

anatomy, arrangement, build, configuration, form, framework, outline, shape, structure


conformist

See Also

•   n. Babbitt (U.S.), conventionalist, stick-in-the-mud (Inf.), traditionalist, yes man


conformity

See Also

   allegiance, Babbittry (U.S.), compliance, conventionality, observance, orthodoxy [image]  affinity, agreement, conformance, congruity, consonance, correspondence, harmony, likeness, resemblance, similarity


confound

See Also

   amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bewilder, confuse, dumbfound, flabbergast (Inf.), flummox, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, startle, surprise [image]  annihilate, contradict, demolish, destroy, explode, overthrow, overwhelm, refute, ruin


confront

See Also

accost, beard, brave, bring face to face with, challenge, defy, encounter, face, face off (Sl.), face up to, oppose, stand up to, tackle


confrontation

See Also

conflict, contest, crisis, encounter, face-off (Sl.), head-to-head, set-to (Inf.), showdown (Inf.)


confuse

See Also

   baffle, bemuse, bewilder, darken, faze, flummox, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, puzzle [image]  blend, confound, disarrange, disorder, intermingle, involve, jumble, mingle, mistake, mix up, muddle, ravel, snarl up (Inf.), tangle [image]  abash, addle, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, embarrass, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle (Inf.), shame, throw off balance, unnerve, upset


confused

See Also

   at a loss, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, bewildered, dazed, discombobulated (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), disorganized, disorientated, flummoxed, muddled, muzzy (U.S. inf.), nonplussed, not with it (Inf.), perplexed, puzzled, taken aback, thrown off balance, upset [image]  at sixes and sevens, chaotic, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), hugger-mugger (Archaic), in disarray, jumbled, mistaken, misunderstood, mixed up, out of order, topsy-turvy, untidy


confusing

See Also

ambiguous, baffling, complicated, contradictory, disconcerting, inconsistent, misleading, muddling, perplexing, puzzling, unclear


confusion

See Also

   befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, disorientation, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement [image]  bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hodgepodge (U.S.), hotchpotch, jumble, mess, muddle, pig's breakfast (Inf.), shambles, state, tangle, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval [image]  abashment, chagrin, demoralization, discomfiture, distraction, embarrassment, fluster, perturbation


congenial

See Also

adapted, affable, agreeable, companionable, compatible, complaisant, favourable, fit, friendly, genial, kindly, kindred, like-minded, pleasant, pleasing, suitable, sympathetic, well-suited


congenital

See Also

   constitutional, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, natural [image]   Inf. complete, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), inveterate, thorough, utter


congested

See Also

blocked-up, clogged, crammed, crowded, jammed, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, packed, stuffed, stuffed-up, teeming


congestion

See Also

bottleneck, clogging, crowding, jam, mass, overcrowding, snarl-up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), surfeit


conglomerate

See Also

•   adj.    amassed, clustered, composite, heterogeneous, massed

•   v.    accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, cluster, coalesce, snowball

•   n.    agglomerate, aggregate, multinational


conglomeration

See Also

accumulation, aggregation, assortment, combination, composite, hotchpotch, mass, medley, miscellany, mishmash, potpourri


congratulate

See Also

compliment, felicitate, wish joy to


congratulations

See Also

best wishes, compliments, felicitations, good wishes, greetings


congregate

See Also

assemble, collect, come together, concentrate, convene, converge, convoke, flock, forgather, gather, mass, meet, muster, rally, rendezvous, throng


congregation

See Also

assembly, brethren, crowd, fellowship, flock, host, laity, multitude, parish, parishioners, throng


congress

See Also

assembly, chamber of deputies, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, diet, house, legislative assembly, legislature, meeting, parliament, representatives


conic, conical

cone-shaped, conoid, funnel-shaped, pointed, pyramidal, tapered, tapering


conjecture

See Also

•   v.    assume, fancy, guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize

•   n.    assumption, conclusion, fancy, guess, guesstimate (Inf.), guesswork, hypothesis, inference, notion, presumption, shot in the dark, speculation, supposition, surmise, theorizing, theory


conjugal

bridal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded


conjunction

See Also

association, coincidence, combination, concurrence, juxtaposition, union


conjure

   juggle, play tricks [image]  bewitch, call upon, cast a spell, charm, enchant, fascinate, invoke, raise, rouse, summon up [image]  adjure, appeal to, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, pray, supplicate


conjurer, conjuror

See Also

magician, miracle-worker, sorcerer, thaumaturge (Rare), wizard


conjure up

See Also

bring to mind, contrive, create, evoke, produce as by magic, recall, recollect


connect

See Also

affix, ally, associate, cohere, combine, couple, fasten, join, link, relate, unite


connected

See Also

   affiliated, akin, allied, associated, banded together, bracketed, combined, coupled, joined, linked, related, united [image]   Of speech coherent, comprehensible, consecutive, intelligible


connection

See Also

   alliance, association, attachment, coupling, fastening, junction, link, tie, union [image]  affiliation, affinity, association, bond, commerce, communication, correlation, correspondence, intercourse, interrelation, liaison, link, marriage, relation, relationship, relevance, tie-in [image]  context, frame of reference, reference [image]  acquaintance, ally, associate, contact, friend, sponsor [image]  kin, kindred, kinsman, kith, relation, relative


connivance

abetment, abetting, collusion, complicity, conspiring, tacit consent


connive

   cabal, collude, conspire, cook up (Inf.), intrigue, plot, scheme [image]  (With at) abet, aid, be an accessory to, be a party to, be in collusion with, blink at, disregard, lend oneself to, let pass, look the other way, overlook, pass by, shut one's eyes to, turn a blind eye to, wink at


connoisseur

See Also

aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, authority, buff (Inf.), cognoscente, devotee, expert, judge, maven (U.S.), savant, specialist, whiz (Inf.)


conquer

See Also

   beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), checkmate, clobber (Sl.), crush, defeat, discomfit, get the better of, humble, lick (Inf.), master, overcome, overpower, overthrow, prevail, quell, rout, run rings around (Inf.), subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, tank (Sl.), triumph, undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.) [image]  acquire, annex, obtain, occupy, overrun, seize, win


conqueror

See Also

champion, conquistador, defeater, hero, lord, master, subjugator, vanquisher, victor, winner


conquest

See Also

   defeat, discomfiture, mastery, overthrow, pasting (Sl.), rout, triumph, vanquishment, victory [image]  acquisition, annexation, appropriation, coup, invasion, occupation, subjection, subjugation, takeover [image]  captivation, enchantment, enthralment, enticement, seduction [image]  acquisition, adherent, admirer, catch, fan, feather in one's cap, follower, prize, supporter, worshipper


conscience

See Also

   moral sense, principles, scruples, sense of right and wrong, still small voice [image]  in all conscience assuredly, certainly, fairly, honestly, in truth, rightly, truly


conscience-stricken

See Also

ashamed, compunctious, contrite, disturbed, guilty, penitent, remorseful, repentant, sorry, troubled


conscientious

See Also

   careful, diligent, exact, faithful, meticulous, painstaking, particular, punctilious, thorough [image]  high-minded, high-principled, honest, honourable, incorruptible, just, moral, responsible, scrupulous, straightforward, strict, upright


conscious

See Also

   alert, alive to, awake, aware, clued-up (Inf.), cognizant, percipient, responsive, sensible, sentient, wise to (Sl.) [image]  calculated, deliberate, intentional, knowing, premeditated, rational, reasoning, reflective, responsible, self-conscious, studied, wilful


consciousness

See Also

apprehension, awareness, knowledge, realization, recognition, sensibility


consecrate

See Also

dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate


consecutive

See Also

chronological, following, in sequence, in turn, running, sequential, seriatim, succeeding, successive, uninterrupted


consensus

See Also

agreement, assent, common consent, concord, concurrence, general agreement, harmony, unanimity, unity


consent

See Also

•   v.    accede, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, assent, comply, concede, concur, permit, yield

•   n.    acquiescence, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concession, concurrence, go-ahead (Inf.), O.K. or okay (Inf.), permission, sanction


consequence

See Also

   effect, end, event, issue, outcome, repercussion, result, sequel, upshot [image]  account, concern, import, importance, interest, moment, note, portent, significance, value, weight [image]  bottom, distinction, eminence, notability, rank, repute, standing, status [image]  in consequence as a result, because, following


consequent

See Also

ensuing, following, resultant, resulting, sequential, subsequent, successive


consequently

accordingly, ergo, hence, necessarily, subsequently, therefore, thus


conservation

custody, economy, guardianship, husbandry, maintenance, preservation, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, saving, upkeep


conservative

See Also

•   adj.    cautious, conventional, die-hard, guarded, hidebound, middle-of-the-road, moderate, quiet, reactionary, right-wing, sober, tory, traditional

•   n.    middle-of-the-roader, moderate, reactionary, right-winger, stick-in-the-mud (Inf.), tory, traditionalist


conservatory

See Also

glasshouse, greenhouse, hothouse


conserve

See Also

go easy on, hoard, husband, keep, nurse, preserve, protect, save, store up, take care of, use sparingly


consider

See Also

   chew over, cogitate, consult, contemplate, deliberate, discuss, examine, eye up, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think about, turn over in one's mind, weigh, work over [image]  believe, deem, hold to be, judge, rate, regard as, think [image]  bear in mind, care for, keep in view, make allowance for, reckon with, regard, remember, respect, take into account


considerable

See Also

   abundant, ample, appreciable, comfortable, goodly, great, large, lavish, marked, much, noticeable, plentiful, reasonable, sizable, substantial, tidy, tolerable [image]  distinguished, important, influential, noteworthy, renowned, significant, venerable


considerably

See Also

appreciably, greatly, markedly, noticeably, remarkably, significantly, substantially, very much


considerate

See Also

attentive, charitable, circumspect, concerned, discreet, forbearing, kind, kindly, mindful, obliging, patient, tactful, thoughtful, unselfish


consideration

See Also

   analysis, attention, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, discussion, examination, perusal, reflection, regard, review, scrutiny, study, thought [image]  concern, factor, issue, point [image]  concern, considerateness, friendliness, kindliness, kindness, respect, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness [image]  fee, payment, perquisite, recompense, remuneration, reward, tip [image]  take into consideration bear in mind, make allowance for, take into account, weigh


considering

See Also

all in all, all things considered, insomuch as, in the light of, in view of


consignment

See Also

    Act of consigning assignment, committal, dispatch, distribution, entrusting, handing over, relegation, sending, shipment, transmittal [image]   Something consigned batch, delivery, goods, shipment


consist

   (With of) amount to, be composed of, be made up of, comprise, contain, embody, include, incorporate, involve [image]  (With in) be expressed by, be found or contained in, inhere, lie, reside


consistent

See Also

   constant, dependable, persistent, regular, steady, true to type, unchanging, undeviating [image]  accordant, agreeing, all of a piece, coherent, compatible, congruous, consonant, harmonious, logical


consolation

See Also

alleviation, assuagement, cheer, comfort, ease, easement, encouragement, help, relief, solace, succour, support


console

See Also

assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, encourage, express sympathy for, relieve, solace, soothe


consolidate

See Also

   amalgamate, cement, combine, compact, condense, conjoin, federate, fuse, harden, join, solidify, thicken, unite [image]  fortify, reinforce, secure, stabilize, strengthen


consolidation

See Also

alliance, amalgamation, association, compression, condensation, federation, fortification, fusion, reinforcement, strengthening


consort

See Also

•   n.    associate, companion, fellow, husband, partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse (of a reigning monarch), wife

•   v.    associate, fraternize, go around with, hang about, around or out with, keep company, mingle, mix [image]  accord, agree, correspond, harmonize, square, tally


conspicuous

See Also

   apparent, blatant, clear, discernible, easily seen, evident, manifest, noticeable, obvious, patent, perceptible, visible [image]  celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, illustrious, notable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, signal, striking [image]  blatant, flagrant, flashy, garish, glaring, showy


conspiracy

See Also

cabal, collusion, confederacy, frame-up (Sl.), intrigue, league, machination, plot, scheme, treason


conspirator

See Also

cabalist, conspirer, intriguer, plotter, schemer, traitor


conspire

See Also

   cabal, confederate, contrive, devise, hatch treason, intrigue, machinate, manoeuvre, plot, scheme [image]  combine, concur, conduce, contribute, cooperate, tend, work together


constancy

See Also

decision, determination, devotion, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, permanence, perseverance, regularity, resolution, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, tenacity, uniformity


constant

See Also

   continual, even, firm, fixed, habitual, immovable, immutable, invariable, permanent, perpetual, regular, stable, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unbroken, uniform, unvarying [image]  ceaseless, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, never-ending, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, sustained, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting [image]  determined, dogged, persevering, resolute, unflagging, unshaken, unwavering [image]  attached, dependable, devoted, faithful, loyal, stalwart, staunch, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing


constantly

See Also

all the time, always, aye (Scot.), continually, continuously, endlessly, everlastingly, incessantly, interminably, invariably, morning, noon and night, night and day, nonstop, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly


consternation

See Also

alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, dismay, distress, dread, fear, fright, horror, panic, shock, terror, trepidation


constituent

See Also

•   adj.    basic, component, elemental, essential, integral

•   n.    component, element, essential, factor, ingredient, part, principle, unit [image]  elector, voter


constitute

See Also

   compose, comprise, create, enact, establish, fix, form, found, make, make up, set up [image]  appoint, authorize, commission, delegate, depute, empower, name, nominate, ordain


constitution

See Also

   composition, establishment, formation, organization [image]  build, character, composition, disposition, form, habit, health, make-up, nature, physique, structure, temper, temperament


constitutional

See Also

•   adj.    congenital, inborn, inherent, intrinsic, organic [image]  chartered, statutory, vested

•   n.    airing, stroll, turn, walk


constrain

See Also

   bind, coerce, compel, drive, force, impel, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, urge [image]  chain, check, confine, constrict, curb, hem in, rein, restrain, straiten


constrained

See Also

embarrassed, forced, guarded, inhibited, reserved, reticent, subdued, unnatural


constraint

See Also

   coercion, compulsion, force, necessity, pressure, restraint [image]  bashfulness, diffidence, embarrassment, inhibition, repression, reservation, restraint, timidity [image]  check, curb, damper, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, rein, restriction


construct

See Also

assemble, build, compose, create, design, elevate, engineer, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, form, formulate, found, frame, make, manufacture, organize, put up, raise, set up, shape


construction

See Also

   assembly, building, composition, creation, edifice, erection, fabric, fabrication, figure, form, formation, shape, structure [image]  explanation, inference, interpretation, reading, rendering


constructive

See Also

helpful, positive, practical, productive, useful, valuable


consult

See Also

   ask, ask advice of, commune, compare notes, confer, consider, debate, deliberate, interrogate, question, refer to, take counsel, turn to [image]  consider, have regard for, regard, respect, take account of, take into consideration


consultant

adviser, authority, specialist


consultation

See Also

appointment, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, interview, meeting, seminar, session


consume

See Also

   absorb, deplete, dissipate, drain, eat up, employ, exhaust, expend, finish up, fritter away, lavish, lessen, spend, squander, use, use up, utilize, vanish, waste, wear out [image]  devour, eat, eat up, gobble (up), guzzle, polish off (Inf.), put away, swallow [image]  annihilate, decay, demolish, destroy, devastate, lay waste, ravage [image]  (Often passive) absorb, devour, dominate, eat up, engross, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy


consumer

See Also

buyer, customer, purchaser, shopper, user


consuming

See Also

absorbing, compelling, devouring, engrossing, excruciating, gripping, immoderate, overwhelming, tormenting


consummate

See Also

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, carry out, compass, complete, conclude, crown, effectuate, end, finish, perfect, perform

•   adj.    absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), finished, matchless, perfect, polished, practised, skilled, superb, supreme, total, transcendent, ultimate, unqualified, utter


consumption

See Also

   consuming, decay, decrease, depletion, destruction, diminution, dissipation, drain, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, use, using up, utilization, waste [image]   Medical atrophy, emaciation, phthisis, T.B., tuberculosis


contact

See Also

•   n.    association, communication, connection [image]  approximation, contiguity, junction, juxtaposition, touch, union [image]  acquaintance, connection

•   v.    approach, call, communicate with, get or be in touch with, get hold of, phone, reach, ring (up) (Inf., chiefly Brit.), speak to, write to


contagious

catching, communicable, epidemic, epizootic (Veterinary medicine), infectious, pestiferous, pestilential, spreading, taking (Inf.), transmissible


contain

See Also

   accommodate, enclose, have capacity for, hold, incorporate, seat [image]  comprehend, comprise, embody, embrace, include, involve [image]  control, curb, hold back, hold in, repress, restrain, stifle


container

See Also

holder, receptacle, repository, vessel


contaminate

See Also

adulterate, befoul, corrupt, defile, deprave, infect, pollute, radioactivate, smirch, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate


contamination

See Also

adulteration, contagion, corruption, decay, defilement, dirtying, filth, foulness, impurity, infection, poisoning, pollution, radioactivation, rottenness, taint


contemplate

See Also

   brood over, consider, deliberate, meditate, meditate on, mull over, muse over, observe, ponder, reflect upon, revolve or turn over in one's mind, ruminate (upon), study [image]  behold, check out (Inf.), examine, eye, eye up, gaze at, inspect, recce (Sl.), regard, scrutinize, stare at, survey, view, weigh [image]  aspire to, consider, design, envisage, expect, foresee, have in view or in mind, intend, mean, plan, propose, think of


contemplation

See Also

   cogitation, consideration, deliberation, meditation, musing, pondering, reflection, reverie, rumination, thought [image]  examination, gazing at, inspection, looking at, observation, recce (Sl.), scrutiny, survey, viewing


contemplative

See Also

deep or lost in thought, in a brown study, intent, introspective, meditative, musing, pensive, rapt, reflective, ruminative, thoughtful


contemporary

See Also

•   adj.    coetaneous (Rare), coeval, coexistent, coexisting, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronous [image]  à la mode, current, happening (Inf.), in fashion, latest, modern, newfangled, present, present-day, recent, trendy (Brit. inf.), ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, with it (Inf.)

•   n.    compeer, fellow, peer


contempt

See Also

   condescension, contumely, derision, despite (Archaic), disdain, disregard, disrespect, mockery, neglect, scorn, slight [image]   A state of contempt disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, shame


contemptible

See Also

abject, base, cheap, degenerate, despicable, detestable, ignominious, low, low-down (Inf.), mean, measly, paltry, pitiful, scurvy, shabby, shameful, vile, worthless


contemptuous

See Also

arrogant, cavalier, condescending, contumelious, derisive, disdainful, haughty, high and mighty, insolent, insulting, scornful, sneering, supercilious, withering


contend

See Also

   clash, compete, contest, cope, emulate, grapple, jostle, litigate, skirmish, strive, struggle, vie [image]  affirm, allege, argue, assert, aver, avow, debate, dispute, hold, maintain


content 1

See Also

•   v.    appease, delight, gladden, gratify, humour, indulge, mollify, placate, please, reconcile, sate, satisfy, suffice

•   n.    comfort, contentment, ease, gratification, peace, peace of mind, pleasure, satisfaction

•   adj.    agreeable, at ease, comfortable, contented, fulfilled, satisfied, willing to accept


content 2

See Also

   burden, essence, gist, ideas, matter, meaning, significance, substance, text, thoughts [image]  capacity, load, measure, size, volume


contented

See Also

at ease, at peace, cheerful, comfortable, complacent, content, glad, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied, serene, thankful


contention

See Also

   competition, contest, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, feuding, hostility, rivalry, row, strife, struggle, wrangling [image]  affirmation, allegation, argument, assertion, asseveration, belief, claim, declaration, ground, idea, maintaining, opinion, position, profession, stand, thesis, view


contentious

See Also

argumentative, bickering, captious, cavilling, combative, controversial, cross, disputatious, factious, litigious, peevish, perverse, pugnacious, quarrelsome, querulous, wrangling


contentment

See Also

comfort, complacency, content, contentedness, ease, equanimity, fulfilment, gladness, gratification, happiness, peace, pleasure, repletion, satisfaction, serenity


contents

See Also

   constituents, elements, ingredients, load [image]  chapters, divisions, subject matter, subjects, themes, topics


contest

See Also

•   n.    competition, game, head-to-head, match, tournament, trial [image]  affray, altercation, battle, combat, conflict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, encounter, fight, shock, struggle

•   v.    compete, contend, fight, fight over, strive, vie [image]  argue, call in or into question, challenge, debate, dispute, doubt, litigate, object to, oppose, question


contestant

See Also

aspirant, candidate, competitor, contender, entrant, participant, player


context

See Also

   background, connection, frame of reference, framework, relation [image]  ambience, circumstances, conditions, situation


continent

See Also

abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate, chaste, self-restrained, sober


contingency

See Also

accident, chance, emergency, event, eventuality, fortuity, happening, incident, juncture, possibility, uncertainty


contingent

See Also

•   adj.    (With on or upon) conditional, controlled by, dependent, subject to [image]  accidental, casual, fortuitous, haphazard, random, uncertain

•   n.    batch, body, bunch (Inf.), deputation, detachment, group, mission, quota, section, set


continual

See Also

constant, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, frequent, incessant, interminable, oft-repeated, perpetual, recurrent, regular, repeated, repetitive, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting


continually

See Also

all the time, always, aye (Scot.), constantly, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, forever, incessantly, interminably, nonstop, persistently, repeatedly


continuation

See Also

   addition, extension, furtherance, postscript, sequel, supplement [image]  maintenance, perpetuation, prolongation, resumption


continue

See Also

   abide, carry on, endure, last, live on, persist, remain, rest, stay, stay on, survive [image]  go on, keep at, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, maintain, persevere, persist in, prolong, pursue, stick at, stick to, sustain [image]  draw out, extend, lengthen, project, prolong, reach [image]  carry on, pick up where one left off, proceed, recommence, resume, return to, take up


continuing

See Also

enduring, in progress, lasting, ongoing, sustained


continuity

See Also

cohesion, connection, flow, interrelationship, progression, sequence, succession, whole


continuous

See Also

connected, constant, continued, extended, prolonged, unbroken, unceasing, undivided, uninterrupted


contour

See Also

curve, figure, form, lines, outline, profile, relief, shape, silhouette


contraband

•   n.    black-marketing, bootlegging, moonshine (U.S.), rum-running, smuggling, trafficking

•   adj.    banned, black-market, bootleg, bootlegged, forbidden, hot (Inf.), illegal, illicit, interdicted, prohibited, smuggled, unlawful


contract

See Also

•   v.    abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, confine, constrict, curtail, dwindle, epitomize, knit, lessen, narrow, pucker, purse, reduce, shrink, shrivel, tighten, wither, wrinkle [image]  agree, arrange, bargain, clinch, close, come to terms, commit oneself, covenant, engage, enter into, negotiate, pledge, stipulate [image]  acquire, be afflicted with, catch, develop, get, go down with, incur

•   n.    agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, deal (Inf.), engagement, pact, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding


contraction

See Also

abbreviation, compression, constriction, diminution, drawing in, elision, narrowing, reduction, shortening, shrinkage, shrivelling, tensing, tightening


contradict

See Also

be at variance with, belie, challenge, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, deny, dispute, gainsay (Archaic or literary), impugn, negate, oppose, rebut


contradiction

See Also

conflict, confutation, contravention, denial, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite


contradictory

See Also

antagonistic, antithetical, conflicting, contrary, discrepant, incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, opposed, opposite, paradoxical, repugnant


contraption

See Also

apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, instrument, mechanism, rig


contrary

See Also

•   adj.    adverse, antagonistic, clashing, contradictory, counter, discordant, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, opposed, opposite, paradoxical [image]  awkward, balky, cantankerous, cussed (Inf.), difficult, disobliging, froward, intractable, obstinate, perverse, stroppy (Brit. sl.), thrawn (Northern English dialect), unaccommodating, wayward, wilful

•   n.    antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse [image]  on the contrary conversely, in contrast, not at all, on the other hand, quite the opposite or reverse


contrast

See Also

•   n.    comparison, contrariety, difference, differentiation, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, foil, opposition

•   v.    compare, differ, differentiate, distinguish, oppose, set in opposition, set off


contribute

See Also

   add, afford, bestow, chip in (Inf.), donate, furnish, give, provide, subscribe, supply [image]  be conducive, be instrumental, be partly responsible for, conduce, help, lead, tend


contribution

See Also

addition, bestowal, donation, gift, grant, input, offering, stipend, subscription


contributor

See Also

   backer, bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, patron, subscriber, supporter [image]  correspondent, freelance, freelancer, journalist, journo (Sl.), reporter


contrite

See Also

chastened, conscience-stricken, humble, in sackcloth and ashes, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, sorrowful, sorry


contrivance

See Also

   artifice, design, dodge, expedient, fabrication, formation, intrigue, inventiveness, machination, measure, plan, plot, project, ruse, scheme, stratagem, trick [image]  apparatus, appliance, contraption, device, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, invention, machine, mechanism


contrive

See Also

   concoct, construct, create, design, devise, engineer, fabricate, frame, improvise, invent, manufacture, wangle (Inf.) [image]  arrange, bring about, effect, hit upon, manage, manoeuvre, plan, plot, scheme, succeed


contrived

See Also

artificial, elaborate, forced, laboured, overdone, planned, recherché, strained, unnatural


control

See Also

•   v.    administer, boss (Inf.), call the tune, command, conduct, direct, dominate, govern, handle, have charge of, hold the purse strings, lead, manage, manipulate, oversee, pilot, reign over, rule, steer, superintend, supervise [image]  bridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, limit, master, rein in, repress, restrain, subdue [image]   Used of a machine, an experiment, etc. counteract, determine, monitor, regulate, verify

•   n.    authority, charge, command, direction, discipline, government, guidance, jurisdiction, management, mastery, oversight, rule, superintendence, supervision, supremacy [image]  brake, check, curb, limitation, regulation, restraint


controls

console, control panel, dash, dashboard, dials, instruments


controversial

See Also

at issue, contended, contentious, controvertible, debatable, disputable, disputed, open to question, polemic, under discussion


controversy

See Also

altercation, argument, contention, debate, discussion, dispute, dissension, polemic, quarrel, row, squabble, strife, wrangle, wrangling


convalescence

improvement, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation, return to health


convalescent

See Also

•   adj. getting better, improving, mending, on the mend, recovering, recuperating


convene

See Also

assemble, bring together, call, come together, congregate, convoke, gather, meet, muster, rally, summon


convenience

See Also

   accessibility, appropriateness, availability, fitness, handiness, opportuneness, serviceability, suitability, usefulness, utility [image]   A convenient time or situation chance, leisure, opportunity, spare moment, spare time [image]  accommodation, advantage, benefit, comfort, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, service, use [image]   A useful device amenity, appliance, comfort, facility, help, labour-saving device


convenient

See Also

   adapted, appropriate, beneficial, commodious, fit, fitted, handy, helpful, labour-saving, opportune, seasonable, serviceable, suitable, suited, timely, useful, well-timed [image]  accessible, at hand, available, close at hand, handy, just round the corner, nearby, within reach


convent

See Also

convent school, nunnery, religious community


convention

See Also

   assembly, conference, congress, convocation, council, delegates, meeting, representatives [image]  code, custom, etiquette, formality, practice, propriety, protocol, tradition, usage [image]  agreement, bargain, compact, concordat, contract, pact, protocol, stipulation, treaty


conventional

See Also

   accepted, common, correct, customary, decorous, expected, formal, habitual, normal, ordinary, orthodox, prevailing, prevalent, proper, regular, ritual, standard, traditional, usual, wonted [image]  banal, bourgeois, commonplace, hackneyed, hidebound, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, stereotyped, unoriginal


converge

See Also

coincide, combine, come together, concentrate, focus, gather, join, meet, merge, mingle


conversant

See Also

(Usually with with) acquainted, au fait, experienced, familiar, knowledgeable, practised, proficient, skilled, versed, well-informed, well up in (Inf.)


conversation

See Also

chat, chinwag (Brit. inf.), colloquy, communication, communion, confab (Inf.), confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, exchange, gossip, intercourse, powwow, talk, tête-à-tête


converse

See Also

•   n.    antithesis, contrary, obverse, opposite, other side of the coin, reverse

•   adj.    contrary, counter, opposite, reverse, reversed, transposed


conversion

See Also

   change, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, transmogrification (Jocular), transmutation [image]  adaptation, alteration, modification, reconstruction, remodelling, reorganization [image]  change of heart, proselytization, rebirth, reformation, regeneration


convert 1

See Also

•   v.    alter, change, interchange, metamorphose, transform, transmogrify (Jocular), transmute, transpose, turn [image]  adapt, apply, appropriate, modify, remodel, reorganize, restyle, revise [image]  baptize, bring to God, convince, proselytize, reform, regenerate, save


convert 2

See Also

•   n. catechumen, disciple, neophyte, proselyte


convex

bulging, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, rounded


convey

See Also

   bear, bring, carry, conduct, fetch, forward, grant, guide, move, send, support, transmit, transport [image]  communicate, disclose, impart, make known, relate, reveal, tell [image]   Law bequeath, cede, deliver, demise, devolve, grant, lease, transfer, will


conveyance

See Also

   carriage, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transport, transportation [image]  transport, vehicle


convict

See Also

•   v.    condemn, find guilty, imprison, pronounce guilty, sentence

•   n.    con (Sl.), criminal, culprit, felon, jailbird, lag (Sl.), malefactor, prisoner, villain


conviction

See Also

   assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, earnestness, fervour, firmness, reliance [image]  belief, creed, faith, opinion, persuasion, principle, tenet, view


convince

See Also

assure, bring round, gain the confidence of, persuade, prevail upon, prove to, satisfy, sway, win over


convincing

See Also

cogent, conclusive, credible, impressive, incontrovertible, likely, persuasive, plausible, powerful, probable, telling, verisimilar


convoy

See Also

•   n.    armed guard, attendance, attendant, escort, guard, protection

•   v.    accompany, attend, escort, guard, pilot, protect, shepherd, usher


convulse

See Also

agitate, churn up, derange, disorder, disturb, shake, shatter, twist, work


convulsion

See Also

   agitation, commotion, disturbance, furore, shaking, tumult, turbulence, upheaval [image]  contortion, contraction, cramp, fit, paroxysm, seizure, spasm, throe (Rare), tremor


cool

See Also

•   adj.    chilled, chilling, chilly, coldish, nippy, refreshing [image]  calm, collected, composed, deliberate, dispassionate, imperturbable, laid-back (Inf.), level-headed, placid, quiet, relaxed, sedate, self-controlled, self-possessed, serene, together (Sl.), unemotional, unexcited, unfazed (Inf.), unruffled [image]  aloof, apathetic, distant, frigid, incurious, indifferent, lukewarm, offhand, reserved, standoffish, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unwelcoming [image]  audacious, bold, brazen, cheeky, impertinent, impudent, presumptuous, shameless [image]   Inf. cosmopolitan, elegant, sophisticated, urbane

•   v.    chill, cool off, freeze, lose heat, refrigerate [image]  abate, allay, assuage, calm (down), dampen, lessen, moderate, quiet, temper

•   n.     Sl. calmness, composure, control, poise, self-control, self-discipline, self-possession, temper


coop

See Also

•   n.    box, cage, enclosure, hutch, pen, pound

•   v.    cage, confine, immure, impound, imprison, pen, pound, shut up


cooperate

See Also

abet, aid, assist, collaborate, combine, concur, conduce, conspire, contribute, coordinate, go along with, help, join forces, pitch in, play ball (Inf.), pool resources, pull together, work together


cooperation

See Also

assistance, collaboration, combined effort, concert, concurrence, esprit de corps, give-and-take, helpfulness, participation, responsiveness, teamwork, unity


cooperative

See Also

   accommodating, helpful, obliging, responsive, supportive [image]  coactive, collective, combined, concerted, coordinated, joint, shared, unified, united


coordinate

See Also

•   v.    correlate, harmonize, integrate, match, mesh, organize, relate, synchronize, systematize

•   adj.    coequal, correlative, correspondent, equal, equivalent, parallel, tantamount


cope

See Also

   carry on, get by (Inf.), hold one's own, make out (Inf.), make the grade, manage, rise to the occasion, struggle through, survive [image]  cope with contend, deal, dispatch, encounter, grapple, handle, struggle, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle


copious

See Also

abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, extensive, exuberant, full, generous, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, rich, superabundant


copy

See Also

•   n.    archetype, carbon copy, counterfeit, duplicate, facsimile, fake, fax, forgery, image, imitation, likeness, model, pattern, photocopy, Photostat (Trademark), print, replica, replication, representation, reproduction, transcription, Xerox (Trademark)

•   v.    counterfeit, duplicate, photocopy, Photostat (Trademark), replicate, reproduce, transcribe, Xerox (Trademark) [image]  ape, echo, emulate, follow, follow suit, follow the example of, imitate, mimic, mirror, parrot, repeat, simulate


cordial

See Also

affable, affectionate, agreeable, cheerful, congenial, earnest, friendly, genial, heartfelt, hearty, invigorating, sociable, warm, warm-hearted, welcoming, wholehearted


cordiality

See Also

affability, amiability, friendliness, geniality, heartiness, sincerity, warmth, wholeheartedness


cordon

See Also

•   n.    barrier, chain, line, ring

•   v.    cordon off close off, encircle, enclose, fence off, isolate, picket, separate, surround


core

See Also

centre, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, nub, nucleus, pith


corner

See Also

•   n.    angle, bend, crook, joint [image]  cavity, cranny, hideaway, hide-out, hidey-hole (Inf.), hole, niche, nook, recess, retreat [image]  hole (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), pickle (Inf.), predicament, spot (Inf.), tight spot

•   v.    bring to bay, run to earth, trap [image]  Also corner the market dominate, engross, hog (Sl.), monopolize


cornerstone

See Also

   quoin [image]  basis, bedrock, key, premise, starting point


corny

See Also

banal, commonplace, dull, feeble, hackneyed, maudlin, mawkish, old-fashioned, old hat, sentimental, stale, stereotyped, trite


corporal

See Also

anatomical, bodily, carnal, corporeal (Archaic), fleshly, material, physical, somatic


corporate

See Also

allied, collaborative, collective, combined, communal, joint, merged, pooled, shared, united


corporation

See Also

   association, corporate body, society [image]  civic authorities, council, municipal authorities, town council [image]   Inf. beer belly (Inf.), paunch, pod, pot, potbelly, spare tyre, spread (Inf.)


corps

See Also

band, body, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, unit


corpse

body, cadaver, carcass, remains, stiff (Sl.)


corpulent

See Also

beefy (Inf.), bulky, burly, fat, fattish, fleshy, large, lusty, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, stout, tubby, well-padded


correct

See Also

•   v.    adjust, amend, cure, emend, improve, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, right [image]  admonish, chasten, chastise, chide, discipline, punish, reprimand, reprove

•   adj.    accurate, equitable, exact, faultless, flawless, just, O.K. or okay (Inf.), precise, regular, right, strict, true [image]  acceptable, appropriate, diplomatic, fitting, kosher (Inf.), O.K. or okay (Inf.), proper, seemly, standard


correction

See Also

   adjustment, alteration, amendment, emendation, improvement, modification, rectification, righting [image]  admonition, castigation, chastisement, discipline, punishment, reformation, reproof


corrective

See Also

•   adj.    palliative, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic [image]  disciplinary, penal, punitive, reformatory


correctly

See Also

accurately, aright, perfectly, precisely, properly, right, rightly


correctness

See Also

   accuracy, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness, fidelity, preciseness, precision, regularity, truth [image]  bon ton, civility, decorum, good breeding, propriety, seemliness


correlate

See Also

associate, compare, connect, coordinate, correspond, equate, interact, parallel, tie in


correlation

See Also

alternation, correspondence, equivalence, interaction, interchange, interdependence, interrelationship, reciprocity


correspond

See Also

   accord, agree, be consistent, coincide, complement, conform, correlate, dovetail, fit, harmonize, match, square, tally [image]  communicate, exchange letters, keep in touch, write


correspondence

See Also

   agreement, analogy, coincidence, comparability, comparison, concurrence, conformity, congruity, correlation, fitness, harmony, match, relation, similarity [image]  communication, letters, mail, post, writing


correspondent

See Also

•   n.    letter writer, pen friend or pal [image]  contributor, gazetteer (Archaic), journalist, journo (Sl.), reporter, special correspondent

•   adj.    analogous, comparable, like, parallel, reciprocal, similar


corresponding

See Also

analogous, answering, complementary, correlative, correspondent, equivalent, identical, interrelated, matching, reciprocal, similar, synonymous


corridor

See Also

aisle, alley, hallway, passage, passageway


corroborate

See Also

authenticate, back up, bear out, confirm, document, endorse, establish, ratify, substantiate, support, sustain, validate


corrode

See Also

canker, consume, corrupt, deteriorate, eat away, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rust, waste, wear away


corrosive

   acrid, biting, caustic, consuming, corroding, erosive, virulent, vitriolic, wasting, wearing [image]  caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, sarcastic, trenchant, venomous, vitriolic


corrugated

channelled, creased, crinkled, fluted, furrowed, grooved, puckered, ridged, rumpled, wrinkled


corrupt

See Also

•   adj.    bent (Sl.), bribable, crooked (Inf.), dishonest, fraudulent, rotten, shady (Inf.), unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal [image]  abandoned, debased, defiled, degenerate, demoralized, depraved, dishonoured, dissolute, profligate, vicious

•   v.    bribe, buy off, debauch, demoralize, deprave, entice, fix (Inf.), grease (someone's) palm (Sl.), lure, pervert, square, suborn, subvert

•   adj.    adulterated, altered, contaminated, decayed, defiled, distorted, doctored, falsified, infected, polluted, putrescent, putrid, rotten, tainted

•   v.    adulterate, contaminate, debase, defile, doctor, infect, putrefy, spoil, taint, tamper with, vitiate


corruption

See Also

   breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crookedness (Inf.), demoralization, dishonesty, extortion, fiddling (Inf.), fraud, fraudulency, graft (Inf.), jobbery, profiteering, shadiness, shady dealings (Inf.), unscrupulousness, venality [image]  baseness, decadence, degeneration, degradation, depravity, evil, immorality, impurity, iniquity, perversion, profligacy, sinfulness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, wickedness [image]  adulteration, debasement, decay, defilement, distortion, doctoring, falsification, foulness, infection, pollution, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, rottenness


corset

   belt, bodice, corselet, foundation garment, girdle, panty girdle, stays (Rare) [image]   Fig. check, curb, limitation, restriction


cosmetic

See Also

•   adj. beautifying, nonessential, superficial, surface, touching-up


cosmic

grandiose, huge, immense, infinite, limitless, measureless, universal, vast


cosmonaut

astronaut, spaceman, space pilot


cosmopolitan

See Also

•   adj.    broad-minded, catholic, open-minded, sophisticated, universal, urbane, well-travelled, worldly, worldly-wise

•   n.    cosmopolite, jetsetter, man or woman of the world, sophisticate


cost

See Also

•   n.    amount, charge, damage (Inf.), expenditure, expense, figure, outlay, payment, price, rate, worth [image]  damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, harm, hurt, injury, loss, penalty, sacrifice, suffering

•   v.    come to, command a price of, sell at, set (someone) back (Inf.) [image]   Fig. do disservice to, harm, hurt, injure, lose, necessitate


costly

See Also

   dear, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, highly-priced, steep (Inf.), stiff, valuable [image]  gorgeous, lavish, luxurious, opulent, precious, priceless, rich, splendid, sumptuous [image]   Entailing loss or sacrifice catastrophic, damaging, deleterious, disastrous, harmful, loss-making, ruinous, sacrificial


costs

   budget, expenses, outgoings [image]  at all costs at any price, no matter what, regardless, without fail


costume

See Also

apparel, attire, clothing, dress, ensemble, garb, get-up (Inf.), livery, national dress, outfit, robes, uniform


cosy

See Also

comfortable, comfy (Inf.), cuddled up, homely, intimate, secure, sheltered, snug, snuggled down, tucked up, warm


cottage

but-and-ben (Scot.), cabin, chalet, cot, hut, lodge, shack


cough

See Also

•   n.    bark, frog or tickle in one's throat, hack

•   v.    bark, clear one's throat, hack, hawk, hem


cough up

See Also

ante up (Inf., chiefly U.S.), come across, deliver, fork out (Sl.), give up, hand over, shell out (Inf.), surrender


council

See Also

assembly, board, cabinet, chamber, committee, conclave, conference, congress, convention, convocation, diet, governing body, house, ministry, panel, parliament, synod


counsel

See Also

•   n.    admonition, advice, caution, consideration, consultation, deliberation, direction, forethought, guidance, information, recommendation, suggestion, warning [image]  advocate, attorney, barrister, lawyer, legal adviser, solicitor

•   v.    admonish, advise, advocate, caution, exhort, instruct, prescribe, recommend, urge, warn


count

See Also

•   v.    add (up), calculate, cast up, check, compute, enumerate, estimate, number, reckon, score, tally, tot up [image]  consider, deem, esteem, impute, judge, look upon, rate, regard, think [image]  carry weight, cut any ice (Inf.), enter into consideration, matter, rate, signify, tell, weigh [image]  include, number among, take into account or consideration

•   n.    calculation, computation, enumeration, numbering, poll, reckoning, sum, tally


countenance

See Also

•   n.    appearance, aspect, expression, face, features, look, mien, physiognomy, visage [image]  aid, approval, assistance, backing, endorsement, favour, sanction, support

•   v.    abet, aid, approve, back, champion, condone, encourage, endorse, help, sanction, support [image]  brook, endure, put up with (Inf.), stand for (Inf.), tolerate


counter

See Also

•   adv.    against, at variance with, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, in defiance of, versus

•   adj.    adverse, against, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, obverse, opposed, opposing, opposite

•   v.    answer, hit back, meet, offset, parry, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ward off


counteract

See Also

annul, check, contravene, counterbalance, countervail, cross, defeat, foil, frustrate, hinder, invalidate, negate, neutralize, obviate, offset, oppose, resist, thwart


counterbalance

See Also

balance, compensate, counterpoise, countervail, make up for, offset, set off


counterfeit

See Also

•   v.    copy, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, pretend, sham, simulate

•   adj.    bogus, copied, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), pseud (Inf.), pseudo (Inf.), sham, simulated, spurious, suppositious

•   n.    copy, fake, forgery, fraud, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), reproduction, sham


countermand

See Also

annul, cancel, override, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke


counterpart

See Also

complement, copy, correlative, duplicate, equal, fellow, match, mate, opposite number, supplement, tally, twin


countless

See Also

endless, immeasurable, incalculable, infinite, innumerable, legion, limitless, measureless, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, untold


count on

count on or upon

See Also

bank on, believe (in), depend on, lean on, pin one's faith on, reckon on, rely on, take for granted, take on trust, trust


count out

disregard, except, exclude, leave out, leave out of account, pass over


country

See Also

•   n.    commonwealth, kingdom, nation, people, realm, sovereign state, state [image]  fatherland, homeland, motherland, nationality, native land, patria [image]  land, part, region, terrain, territory [image]  citizenry, citizens, community, electors, grass roots, inhabitants, nation, people, populace, public, society, voters [image]  backwoods, boondocks (U.S. sl.), countryside, farmland, green belt, outback (Aust. & N.Z.), outdoors, provinces, rural areas, sticks (Inf.), the back of beyond, the middle of nowhere, wide open spaces (Inf.)

•   adj.    agrestic, agrarian, Arcadian, bucolic, georgic (Literary), landed, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic


countryman

See Also

   bumpkin, country dweller, farmer, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hind (Obsolete), husbandman, peasant, provincial, rustic, swain, yokel [image]  compatriot, fellow citizen


countryside

See Also

country, farmland, green belt, outback (Aust. & N.Z.), outdoors, panorama, sticks (Inf.), view, wide open spaces (Inf.)


count up

See Also

add, reckon up, sum, tally, total


county

See Also

•   n.    province, shire

•   adj.    green-wellie, huntin', shootin', and fishin' (Inf.), plummy (Inf.), tweedy, upper-class, upper-crust (Inf.)


coup

See Also

accomplishment, action, deed, exploit, feat, manoeuvre, masterstroke, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, tour de force


couple

See Also

•   n.    brace, duo, item, pair, span (of horses or oxen), twain (Archaic), twosome

•   v.    buckle, clasp, conjoin, connect, hitch, join, link, marry, pair, unite, wed, yoke


coupon

card, certificate, detachable portion, slip, ticket, token, voucher


courage

See Also

balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), boldness, bottle (Brit. sl.), bravery, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts (Inf.), hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, resolution, spunk (Inf.), valour


courageous

See Also

audacious, ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, brave, daring, dauntless, fearless, gallant, gritty, hardy, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, plucky, resolute, stalwart, stouthearted, valiant, valorous


course

See Also

•   n.    advance, advancement, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, march, movement, order, progress, progression, sequence, succession, unfolding [image]  channel, direction, line, orbit, passage, path, road, route, tack, track, trail, trajectory, way [image]  duration, lapse, passage, passing, sweep, term, time [image]  behaviour, conduct, manner, method, mode, plan, policy, procedure, programme, regimen [image]  cinder track, circuit, lap, race, racecourse, round [image]  classes, course of study, curriculum, lectures, programme, schedule, studies

•   v.    dash, flow, gush, move apace, race, run, scud, scurry, speed, stream, surge, tumble [image]  chase, follow, hunt, pursue [image]  in due course eventually, finally, in the course of time, in the end, in time, sooner or later [image]  of course certainly, definitely, indubitably, naturally, obviously, undoubtedly, without a doubt


court

See Also

•   n.    cloister, courtyard, piazza, plaza, quad (Inf.), quadrangle, square, yard [image]  hall, manor, palace [image]  attendants, cortege, entourage, retinue, royal household, suite, train [image]  bar, bench, court of justice, lawcourt, seat of judgment, tribunal [image]  addresses, attention, homage, respects, suit

•   v.    chase, date, go (out) with, go steady with (Inf.), keep company with, make love to, pay court to, pay one's addresses to, pursue, run after, serenade, set one's cap at, sue (Archaic), take out, walk out with, woo [image]  cultivate, curry favour with, fawn upon, flatter, pander to, seek, solicit [image]  attract, bring about, incite, invite, prompt, provoke, seek


courteous

See Also

affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, courtly, elegant, gallant, gracious, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, respectful, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered


courtesy

See Also

   affability, civility, courteousness, courtliness, elegance, gallantness, gallantry, good breeding, good manners, graciousness, polish, politeness, urbanity [image]  benevolence, consent, consideration, favour, generosity, indulgence, kindness


courtier

attendant, follower, henchman, liegeman, pursuivant (Historical), squire, train-bearer


courtly

See Also

affable, aristocratic, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, highbred, lordly, obliging, polished, refined, stately, urbane


courtship

courting, engagement, keeping company, pursuit, romance, suit, wooing


courtyard

See Also

area, enclosure, peristyle, playground, quad, quadrangle, yard


cove

See Also

anchorage, bay, bayou, creek, firth or frith (Scot.), inlet, sound


covenant

See Also

•   n.    arrangement, bargain, commitment, compact, concordat, contract, convention, pact, promise, stipulation, treaty, trust [image]  bond, deed

•   v.    agree, bargain, contract, engage, pledge, stipulate, undertake


cover

See Also

•   v.    camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover up, curtain, disguise, eclipse, enshroud, hide, hood, house, mask, obscure, screen, secrete, shade, shroud, veil

•   n.    cloak, cover-up, disguise, façade, front, mask, pretence, screen, smoke screen, veil, window-dressing

•   v.    defend, guard, protect, reinforce, shelter, shield, watch over

•   n.    camouflage, concealment, defence, guard, hiding place, protection, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, shield, undergrowth, woods

•   v.    canopy, clothe, coat, daub, dress, encase, envelop, invest, layer, mantle, overlay, overspread, put on, wrap

•   n.    binding, canopy, cap, case, clothing, coating, covering, dress, envelope, jacket, lid, sheath, top, wrapper

•   v.    comprehend, comprise, consider, contain, deal with, embody, embrace, encompass, examine, include, incorporate, involve, provide for, refer to, survey, take account of [image]  double for, fill in for, relieve, stand in for, substitute, take over, take the rap for (Sl.) [image]  describe, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report, tell of, write up [image]  balance, compensate, counterbalance, insure, make good, make up for, offset

•   n.    compensation, indemnity, insurance, payment, protection, reimbursement

•   v.    cross, pass through or over, range, travel over, traverse [image]  engulf, flood, overrun, submerge, wash over


covering

See Also

•   n.    blanket, casing, clothing, coating, cover, housing, layer, overlay, protection, shelter, top, wrap, wrapper, wrapping

•   adj.    accompanying, descriptive, explanatory, introductory


cover-up

See Also

complicity, concealment, conspiracy, front, smoke screen, whitewash (Inf.)


cover up

See Also

   conceal, cover one's tracks, feign ignorance, hide, hush up, keep dark, keep secret, keep silent about, keep under one's hat (Inf.), repress, stonewall, suppress, whitewash (Inf.) [image]  Artex (Trademark), coat, cover, encrust, envelop, hide, plaster, slather (U.S. sl.), swathe


covet

See Also

aspire to, begrudge, crave, desire, envy, fancy (Inf.), hanker after, have one's eye on, long for, lust after, thirst for, yearn for


covetous

See Also

acquisitive, avaricious, close-fisted, envious, grasping, greedy, jealous, mercenary, rapacious, yearning


coward

See Also

caitiff (Archaic), chicken (Sl.), craven, dastard (Archaic), faint-heart, funk (Inf.), poltroon, recreant (Archaic), renegade, scaredy-cat (Inf.), skulker, sneak, wimp (Inf.), yellow-belly (Sl.)


cowardly

See Also

abject, base, caitiff (Archaic), chicken (Sl.), chicken-hearted, chickenshit (U.S. sl.), craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, fearful, gutless (Inf.), lily-livered, pusillanimous, recreant (Archaic), scared, shrinking, soft, spineless, timorous, weak, weak-kneed (Inf.), white-livered, yellow (Inf.)


cowboy

See Also

broncobuster (U.S.), cattleman, cowhand, cowpuncher (U.S. inf.), drover, gaucho (S. American), herder, herdsman, rancher, ranchero (U.S.), stockman, wrangler (U.S.)


cower

See Also

cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, quail, shrink, skulk, sneak, tremble, truckle


coy

See Also

arch, backward, bashful, coquettish, demure, evasive, flirtatious, kittenish, modest, overmodest, prudish, reserved, retiring, self-effacing, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid


crack

See Also

•   v.    break, burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, craze, fracture, rive, snap, splinter, split

•   n.    breach, break, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, fracture, gap, interstice, rift

•   v.    burst, crash, detonate, explode, pop, ring, snap

•   n.    burst, clap, crash, explosion, pop, report, snap

•   v.    break down, collapse, give way, go to pieces, lose control, succumb, yield

•   v.

•   n.     Inf. buffet, clip (Inf.), clout (Inf.), cuff, slap, thump, wallop (Inf.), whack

•   v.    decipher, fathom, get the answer to, solve, work out

•   n.     Inf. attempt, go (Inf.), opportunity, stab (Inf.), try [image]   Sl. dig, funny remark, gag (Inf.), insult, jibe, joke, quip, smart-alecky remark, wisecrack, witticism

•   adj.     Sl. ace, choice, elite, excellent, first-class, first-rate, hand-picked, superior, world-class


cracked

See Also

   broken, chipped, crazed, damaged, defective, faulty, fissured, flawed, imperfect, split [image]   Sl. bats (Sl.), batty (Sl.), crackbrained, crackpot (Inf.), crazy (Inf.), daft (Inf.), eccentric, insane, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), oddball (Inf.), off one's head or nut (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), off-the-wall (Sl.), out of one's mind, outré, out to lunch (Inf.), round the bend (Sl.), touched, up the pole (Inf.), wacko (Sl.)


cracked up

blown up, exaggerated, hyped (up), overpraised, overrated, puffed up


crack up

See Also

break down, collapse, come apart at the seams (Inf.), freak out (Inf.), go ape (Sl.), go apeshit (Sl.), go berserk, go crazy (Inf.), go off one's rocker (Sl.), go out of one's mind, go to pieces, have a breakdown, throw a wobbly (Sl.)


cradle

See Also

•   n.    bassinet, cot, crib, Moses basket [image]   Fig. beginning, birthplace, fount, fountainhead, origin, source, spring, wellspring

•   v.    hold, lull, nestle, nurse, rock, support [image]  nourish, nurture, tend, watch over


craft

See Also

   ability, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, dexterity, expertise, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know-how (Inf.), skill, technique, workmanship [image]  artfulness, artifice, contrivance, craftiness, cunning, deceit, duplicity, guile, ruse, scheme, shrewdness, stratagem, subterfuge, subtlety, trickery, wiles [image]  business, calling, employment, handicraft, handiwork, line, occupation, pursuit, trade, vocation, work [image]  aircraft, barque, boat, plane, ship, spacecraft, vessel


craftiness

See Also

artfulness, astuteness, canniness, cunning, deviousness, duplicity, foxiness, guile, shrewdness, slyness, subtlety, trickiness, wiliness


craftsman

See Also

artificer, artisan, maker, master, skilled worker, smith, technician, wright


craftsmanship

See Also

artistry, expertise, mastery, technique, workmanship


crafty

See Also

artful, astute, calculating, canny, cunning, deceitful, designing, devious, duplicitous, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, insidious, knowing, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricksy, tricky, wily


crag

See Also

aiguille, bluff, peak, pinnacle, rock, tor


cram

See Also

   compact, compress, crowd, crush, fill to overflowing, force, jam, overcrowd, overfill, pack, pack in, press, ram, shove, squeeze, stuff [image]  glut, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, overeat, overfeed, pig out (Sl.), put or pack away, satiate, stuff [image]   Inf. bone up on (Inf.), con, grind, mug up (Sl.), revise, study, swot, swot up


cramp 1

See Also

•   v. check, circumscribe, clog, confine, constrain, encumber, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart


cramp 2

See Also

•   n. ache, contraction, convulsion, crick, pain, pang, shooting pain, spasm, stiffness, stitch, twinge


cramped

See Also

   awkward, circumscribed, closed in, confined, congested, crowded, hemmed in, jammed in, narrow, overcrowded, packed, restricted, squeezed, uncomfortable [image]   Esp. of handwriting crabbed, indecipherable, irregular, small


cranky

See Also

bizarre, capricious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, freaky (Sl.), funny (Inf.), idiosyncratic, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, peculiar, queer, quirky, rum (Brit. sl.), strange, wacko (Sl.), wacky (Sl.)


cranny

See Also

breach, chink, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, nook, opening, rift


crash

See Also

•   n.    bang, boom, clang, clash, clatter, clattering, din, racket, smash, smashing, thunder

•   v.    break, break up, dash to pieces, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter [image]  come a cropper (Inf.), dash, fall, fall headlong, give way, hurtle, lurch, overbalance, pitch, plunge, precipitate oneself, sprawl, topple [image]  bang, bump (into), collide, crash-land (an aircraft), drive into, have an accident, hit, hurtle into, plough into, run together, wreck

•   n.    accident, bump, collision, jar, jolt, pile-up (Inf.), prang (Inf.), smash, smash-up, thud, thump, wreck [image]  bankruptcy, collapse, debacle, depression, downfall, failure, ruin, smash

•   v.    be ruined, collapse, fail, fold, fold up, go broke (Inf.), go bust (Inf.), go to the wall, go under, smash

•   adj.     Of a course of studies, etc. emergency, intensive, immediate, round-the-clock, speeded-up, telescoped, urgent


crass

See Also

asinine, blundering, boorish, bovine, coarse, dense, doltish, gross, indelicate, insensitive, lumpish, oafish, obtuse, stupid, unrefined, witless


crate

See Also

•   n.    box, case, container, packing case, tea chest

•   v.    box, case, encase, enclose, pack, pack up


crater

See Also

depression, dip, hollow, shell hole


crave

See Also

   be dying for, cry out for (Inf.), desire, eat one's heart out over, fancy (Inf.), hanker after, hope for, hunger after, long for, lust after, need, pant for, pine for, require, sigh for, thirst for, want, yearn for [image]  ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, petition, plead for, pray for, seek, solicit, supplicate


craving

See Also

appetite, cacoethes, desire, hankering, hope, hunger, longing, lust, thirst, urge, yearning, yen (Inf.)


crawl

See Also

   advance slowly, creep, drag, go on all fours, inch, move at a snail's pace, move on hands and knees, pull or drag oneself along, slither, worm one's way, wriggle, writhe [image]  be overrun  (alive, full of, lousy (Sl.)), swarm, teem [image]  abase oneself, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), cringe, fawn, grovel, humble oneself, kiss ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), pander to, toady, truckle


craze

See Also

•   n.    enthusiasm, fad, fashion, infatuation, mania, mode, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the latest (Inf.), thing, trend, vogue

•   v.    bewilder, confuse, dement, derange, distemper, drive mad, enrage, infatuate, inflame, madden, make insane, send crazy or berserk, unbalance, unhinge


crazy

See Also

    Inf. a bit lacking upstairs (Inf.), barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), barmy (Sl.), batty (Sl.), berserk, bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), cracked (Sl.), crackpot (Inf.), crazed, cuckoo (Inf.), daft (Inf.), delirious, demented, deranged, idiotic, insane, loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, maniacal, mental (Sl.), not all there (Inf.), not the full shilling (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), nutty as a fruitcake (Sl.), off one's head (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), off-the-wall (Sl.), of unsound mind, out to lunch (Inf.), potty (Brit. inf.), round the bend (Sl.), touched, unbalanced, unhinged, up the pole (Inf.) [image]  bizarre, eccentric, fantastic, odd, oddball (Inf.), outrageous, peculiar, ridiculous, rum (Brit. sl.), silly, strange, wacko (Sl.), weird [image]  absurd, bird-brained (Inf.), cockeyed (Inf.), derisory, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, half-baked (Inf.), idiotic, ill-conceived, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, irresponsible, ludicrous, nonsensical, potty (Brit. inf.), preposterous, puerile, quixotic, senseless, short-sighted, unrealistic, unwise, unworkable, wild [image]   Inf. ardent, beside oneself, devoted, eager, enamoured, enthusiastic, fanatical, hysterical, infatuated, into (Inf.), mad, passionate, smitten, very keen, wild (Inf.), zealous


creak

•   v. grate, grind, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, squeak, squeal


cream

See Also

•   n.    cosmetic, emulsion, essence, liniment, lotion, oil, ointment, paste, salve, unguent [image]  best, crème de la crème, elite, flower, pick, prime

•   adj.    off-white, yellowish-white


creamy

buttery, creamed, lush, milky, oily, rich, smooth, soft, velvety


crease

See Also

•   v.    corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, double up, fold, pucker, ridge, ruck up, rumple, screw up, wrinkle

•   n.    bulge, corrugation, fold, groove, line, overlap, pucker, ridge, ruck, tuck, wrinkle


create

See Also

   beget, bring into being or existence, coin, compose, concoct, design, develop, devise, dream up (Inf.), form, formulate, generate, give birth to, give life to, hatch, initiate, invent, make, originate, produce, spawn [image]  appoint, constitute, establish, found, install, invest, make, set up [image]  bring about, cause, lead to, occasion


creation

See Also

   conception, formation, generation, genesis, making, procreation, siring [image]  constitution, development, establishment, formation, foundation, inception, institution, laying down, origination, production, setting up [image]  achievement, brainchild (Inf.), chef-d'oeuvre, concept, concoction, handiwork, invention, magnum opus, pièce de résistance, production [image]  all living things, cosmos, life, living world, natural world, nature, universe, world


creative

See Also

artistic, clever, fertile, gifted, imaginative, ingenious, inspired, inventive, original, productive, stimulating, visionary


creativity

See Also

cleverness, fecundity, fertility, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, productivity, talent


creator

See Also

architect, author, begetter, designer, father, framer, God, initiator, inventor, maker, originator, prime mover


creature

See Also

   animal, beast, being, brute, critter (U.S. dialect), dumb animal, living thing, lower animal, quadruped [image]  body, character, fellow, human being, individual, man, mortal, person, soul, wight (Archaic), woman [image]  dependant, hanger-on, hireling, instrument (Inf.), lackey, minion, puppet, retainer, tool, wretch


credentials

See Also

attestation, authorization, card, certificate, deed, diploma, docket, letter of recommendation or introduction, letters of credence, licence, missive, passport, recommendation, reference(s), testament, testimonial, title, voucher, warrant


credibility

believability, believableness, integrity, plausibility, reliability, tenability, trustworthiness


credible

See Also

   believable, conceivable, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, reasonable, supposable, tenable, thinkable, verisimilar [image]  dependable, honest, reliable, sincere, trustworthy, trusty


credit

See Also

•   n.    acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, Brownie points, commendation, fame, glory, honour, kudos, merit, praise, recognition, thanks, tribute [image]  character, clout (Inf.), esteem, estimation, good name, influence, position, prestige, regard, reputation, repute, standing, status [image]  belief, confidence, credence, faith, reliance, trust [image]  Also be a credit to feather in one's cap, honour, source of satisfaction or pride [image]  on credit by deferred payment, by instalments, on account, on hire-purchase, on (the) H.P., on the slate (Inf.), on tick (Inf.)

•   v.    (With with) accredit, ascribe to, assign to, attribute to, chalk up to (Inf.), impute to, refer to [image]  accept, bank on, believe, buy (Sl.), depend on, fall for, have faith in, rely on, swallow (Inf.), trust


creditable

See Also

admirable, commendable, deserving, estimable, exemplary, honourable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, reputable, respectable, worthy


credulity

blind faith, credulousness, gullibility, naiveté, silliness, simplicity, stupidity


credulous

See Also

born yesterday (Inf.), dupable, green, gullible, naive, overtrusting, trustful, uncritical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious


creed

See Also

articles of faith, belief, canon, catechism, confession, credo, doctrine, dogma, persuasion, principles, profession (of faith), tenet


creek

See Also

   bay, bight, cove, firth or frith (Scot.), inlet [image]   U.S., Canad., & Aust. bayou, brook, rivulet, runnel, stream, streamlet, tributary, watercourse


creep

See Also

•   v.    crawl, crawl on all fours, glide, insinuate, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe [image]  approach unnoticed, skulk, slink, sneak, steal, tiptoe [image]  crawl, dawdle, drag, edge, inch, proceed at a snail's pace [image]  bootlick (Inf.), brown-nose (Taboo sl.), cower, cringe, fawn, grovel, kiss (someone's) ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), kowtow, pander to, scrape, suck up to (Inf.), toady, truckle

•   n.     Sl. ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), bootlicker (Inf.), brown-noser (Taboo sl.), sneak, sycophant, toady [image]  give one the creeps or make one's flesh creep disgust, frighten, horrify, make one flinch  (quail, shrink, squirm, wince), make one's hair stand on end (Inf.), repel, repulse, scare, terrify, terrorize


creeper

climber, climbing plant, rambler, runner, trailing plant, vine (Chiefly U.S.)


creepy

See Also

awful, direful, disgusting, disturbing, eerie, forbidding, frightening, ghoulish, goose-pimply (Inf.), gruesome, hair-raising, horrible, macabre, menacing, nightmarish, ominous, scary (Inf.), sinister, terrifying, threatening, unpleasant, weird


crescent

See Also

•   n.    half-moon, meniscus, new moon, old moon, sickle, sickle-shape

•   adj.    arched, bow-shaped, curved, falcate, semicircular, sickle-shaped [image]   Archaic growing, increasing, waxing


crest

See Also

   apex, crown, head, height, highest point, peak, pinnacle, ridge, summit, top [image]  aigrette, caruncle (Zoology), cockscomb, comb, crown, mane, panache, plume, tassel, topknot, tuft [image]   Heraldry badge, bearings, charge, device, emblem, insignia, symbol


crestfallen

See Also

chapfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


crevice

See Also

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, opening, rent, rift, slit, split


crew

See Also

   hands, (ship's) company, (ship's) complement [image]  company, corps, gang, party, posse, squad, team, working party [image]   Inf. assemblage, band, bunch (Inf.), camp, company, crowd, gang, herd, horde, lot, mob, pack, posse (Inf.), set, swarm, troop


crib

See Also

•   n.    bassinet, bed, cot, cradle [image]  bin, box, bunker, manger, rack, stall [image]   Inf. key, translation, trot (U.S. sl.)

•   v.     Inf. cheat, pass off as one's own work, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, purloin, steal [image]  box up, cage, confine, coop, coop up, enclose, fence, imprison, limit, pen, rail, restrict, shut in


crime

See Also

   atrocity, fault, felony, job (Inf.), malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanour, offence, outrage, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, violation, wrong [image]  corruption, delinquency, guilt, illegality, iniquity, lawbreaking, malefaction, misconduct, sin, unrighteousness, vice, villainy, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing


criminal

See Also

•   n.    con (Sl.), con man (Inf.), convict, crook (Inf.), culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, jailbird, lag (Sl.), lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, sinner, transgressor, villain

•   adj.    bent (Sl.), corrupt, crooked (Inf.), culpable, felonious, illegal, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, lawless, nefarious, peccant (Rare), under-the-table, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wrong [image]   Inf. deplorable, foolish, preposterous, ridiculous, scandalous, senseless


cringe

See Also

   blench, cower, dodge, draw back, duck, flinch, quail, quiver, recoil, shrink, shy, start, tremble, wince [image]  bend, bootlick (Inf.), bow, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), crawl, creep, crouch, fawn, grovel, kiss ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), kneel, kowtow, pander to, sneak, stoop, toady, truckle


cripple

See Also

•   v.    debilitate, disable, enfeeble, hamstring, incapacitate, lame, maim, mutilate, paralyse, weaken [image]  bring to a standstill, cramp, damage, destroy, halt, impair, put out of action, ruin, spoil, vitiate


crippled

See Also

bedridden, deformed, disabled, enfeebled, handicapped, housebound, incapacitated, laid up (Inf.), lame, paralysed


crisis

See Also

   climacteric, climax, confrontation, critical point, crunch (Inf.), crux, culmination, height, moment of truth, point of no return, turning point [image]  catastrophe, critical situation, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, emergency, exigency, extremity, meltdown (Inf.), mess, panic stations (Inf.), plight, predicament, quandary, strait, trouble


crisp

See Also

   brittle, crispy, crumbly, crunchy, firm, fresh, unwilted [image]  bracing, brisk, fresh, invigorating, refreshing [image]  brief, brusque, clear, incisive, pithy, short, succinct, tart, terse [image]  clean-cut, neat, orderly, smart, snappy, spruce, tidy, trig (Archaic or dialect), well-groomed, well-pressed


criterion

See Also

bench mark, canon, gauge, measure, norm, par, principle, proof, rule, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick


critic

See Also

   analyst, arbiter, authority, commentator, connoisseur, expert, expositor, judge, pundit, reviewer [image]  attacker, carper, caviller, censor, censurer, detractor, fault-finder, knocker (Inf.), Momus, reviler, vilifier


critical

See Also

   captious, carping, cavilling, censorious, derogatory, disapproving, disparaging, fault-finding, nagging, niggling, nit-picking (Inf.), scathing [image]  accurate, analytical, diagnostic, discerning, discriminating, fastidious, judicious, penetrating, perceptive, precise [image]  all-important, crucial, dangerous, deciding, decisive, grave, hairy (Sl.), high-priority, momentous, perilous, pivotal, precarious, pressing, psychological, risky, serious, urgent, vital


criticism

See Also

   animadversion, bad press, brickbats (Inf.), censure, character assassination, critical remarks, disapproval, disparagement, fault-finding, flak (Inf.), knocking (Inf.), panning (Inf.), slam (Sl.), slating (Inf.), stick (Sl.), stricture [image]  analysis, appraisal, appreciation, assessment, comment, commentary, critique, elucidation, evaluation, judgment, notice, review


criticize

See Also

   animadvert on or upon, blast, carp, censure, condemn, disapprove of, disparage, excoriate, find fault with, give (someone or something) a bad press, knock (Inf.), lambast(e), nag at, pan (Inf.), pass strictures upon, pick to pieces, put down, slam (Sl.), slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.) [image]  analyse, appraise, assess, comment upon, evaluate, give an opinion, judge, pass judgment on, review


critique

See Also

analysis, appraisal, assessment, commentary, essay, examination, review, treatise


croak

See Also

•   v.    caw, gasp, grunt, squawk, utter or speak harshly  (huskily, throatily), wheeze [image]   Inf. complain, groan, grouse, grumble, moan, murmur, mutter, repine [image]   Sl. buy it (U.S. sl.), check out (U.S. sl.), die, expire, go belly-up (Sl.), hop the twig (Inf.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Inf.), pass away, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), perish, pop one's clogs (Inf.)


crook

See Also

•   n.     Inf. cheat, chiseller (Inf.), criminal, knave (Archaic), lag (Sl.), racketeer, robber, rogue, shark, swindler, thief, villain

•   v.    angle, bend, bow, curve, flex, hook


crooked

See Also

   anfractuous, bent, bowed, crippled, curved, deformed, deviating, disfigured, distorted, hooked, irregular, meandering, misshapen, out of shape, tortuous, twisted, twisting, warped, winding, zigzag [image]  angled, askew, asymmetric, at an angle, awry, lopsided, off-centre, skewwhiff (Brit. inf.), slanted, slanting, squint, tilted, to one side, uneven, unsymmetrical [image]   Inf. bent (Sl.), corrupt, crafty, criminal, deceitful, dishonest, dishonourable, dubious, fraudulent, illegal, knavish, nefarious, questionable, shady (Inf.), shifty, treacherous, underhand, under-the-table, unlawful, unprincipled, unscrupulous


croon

See Also

breathe, hum, purr, sing, warble


crop

See Also

•   n.    fruits, gathering, harvest, produce, reaping, season's growth, vintage, yield

•   v.    clip, curtail, cut, dock, lop, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shear, shorten, snip, top, trim [image]  bring home, bring in, collect, garner, gather, harvest, mow, pick, reap [image]  browse, graze, nibble


crop up

See Also

appear, arise, emerge, happen, occur, spring up, turn up


cross

See Also

•   adj.    angry, annoyed, cantankerous, captious, churlish, crotchety (Inf.), crusty, disagreeable, fractious, fretful, grouchy (Inf.), grumpy, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), ill-humoured, ill-tempered, impatient, in a bad mood, irascible, irritable, liverish, out of humour, peeved (Inf.), peevish, pettish, petulant, pissed off (Taboo sl.), put out, querulous, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), shirty (Sl., chiefly Brit.), short, snappish, snappy, splenetic, sullen, surly, testy, tetchy, vexed, waspish

•   v.    bridge, cut across, extend over, ford, meet, pass over, ply, span, traverse, zigzag [image]  crisscross, intersect, intertwine, lace, lie athwart of [image]  blend, crossbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, hybridize, interbreed, intercross, mix, mongrelize [image]  block, deny, foil, frustrate, hinder, impede, interfere, obstruct, oppose, resist, thwart

•   n.    affliction, burden, grief, load, misery, misfortune, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe, worry [image]  crucifix, rood [image]  crossing, crossroads, intersection, junction [image]  amalgam, blend, combination, crossbreed, cur, hybrid, hybridization, mixture, mongrel, mutt (Sl.)

•   adj.    crosswise, intersecting, oblique, transverse [image]  adverse, contrary, opposed, opposing, unfavourable [image]   Involving an interchange opposite, reciprocal


cross-examine

See Also

catechize, grill (Inf.), interrogate, pump, question, quiz


cross out

cross out or off

See Also

blue-pencil, cancel, delete, eliminate, strike off or out


crotch

See Also

crutch, groin


crotchety

See Also

awkward, bad-tempered, cantankerous, contrary, crabby, cross, crusty, curmudgeonly, difficult, disagreeable, fractious, grumpy, irritable, liverish, obstreperous, peevish, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), surly, testy, tetchy


crouch

See Also

   bend down, bow, duck, hunch, kneel, squat, stoop [image]  abase oneself, cower, cringe, fawn, grovel, pander to, truckle


crow

See Also

bluster, boast, brag, drool, exult, flourish, gloat, glory in, strut, swagger, triumph, vaunt


crowd

See Also

•   n.    army, assembly, bevy, company, concourse, flock, herd, horde, host, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, rabble, swarm, throng, troupe [image]  bunch (Inf.), circle, clique, group, lot, set [image]  attendance, audience, gate, house, spectators

•   v.    cluster, congregate, cram, flock, forgather, gather, huddle, mass, muster, press, push, stream, surge, swarm, throng [image]  bundle, congest, cram, pack, pile, squeeze [image]  batter, butt, elbow, jostle, shove [image]  the crowd hoi polloi, masses, mob, people, populace, proletariat, public, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, vulgar herd


crowded

See Also

busy, congested, cramped, crushed, full, huddled, jam-packed, mobbed, overflowing, packed, populous, swarming, teeming, thronged


crown

See Also

•   n.    chaplet, circlet, coronal (Poetic), coronet, diadem, tiara [image]  bays, distinction, garland, honour, kudos, laurels, laurel wreath, prize, trophy [image]  emperor, empress, king, monarch, monarchy, queen, rex, royalty, ruler, sovereign, sovereignty [image]  acme, apex, crest, head, perfection, pinnacle, summit, tip, top, ultimate, zenith

•   v.    adorn, dignify, festoon, honour, invest, reward [image]  be the climax or culmination of, cap, complete, consummate, finish, fulfil, perfect, put the finishing touch to, round off, surmount, terminate, top [image]   Sl. belt (Inf.), biff (Sl.), box, cuff, hit over the head, punch


crucial

See Also

   central, critical, decisive, pivotal, psychological, searching, testing, trying [image]   Inf. essential, high-priority, important, momentous, pressing, urgent, vital


crucify

See Also

   execute, harrow, persecute, rack, torment, torture [image]   Sl. lampoon, pan (Inf.), ridicule, tear to pieces, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


crude

See Also

   boorish, coarse, crass, dirty, gross, indecent, lewd, obscene, smutty, tactless, tasteless, uncouth, vulgar [image]  natural, raw, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unrefined [image]  clumsy, makeshift, outline, primitive, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, sketchy, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, unpolished


crudely

See Also

bluntly, clumsily, coarsely, impolitely, indecently, pulling no punches (Inf.), roughly, rudely, sketchily, tastelessly, vulgarly


crudity

See Also

   coarseness, crudeness, impropriety, indecency, indelicacy, lewdness, loudness, lowness, obscenity, obtrusiveness, smuttiness, vulgarity [image]  clumsiness, crudeness, primitiveness, roughness, rudeness


cruel

See Also

   atrocious, barbarous, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, depraved, excruciating, fell (Archaic), ferocious, fierce, flinty, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, hellish, implacable, inclement, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, murderous, painful, poignant, Ramboesque, ravening, raw, relentless, remorseless, sadistic, sanguinary, savage, severe, spiteful, stony-hearted, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, vengeful, vicious [image]  merciless, pitiless, ruthless, unrelenting


cruelly

See Also

   barbarously, brutally, brutishly, callously, ferociously, fiercely, heartlessly, in cold blood, mercilessly, pitilessly, sadistically, savagely, spitefully, unmercifully, viciously [image]  bitterly, deeply, fearfully, grievously, monstrously, mortally, severely


cruelty

See Also

barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brutishness, callousness, depravity, ferocity, fiendishness, hardheartedness, harshness, heartlessness, inhumanity, mercilessness, murderousness, ruthlessness, sadism, savagery, severity, spite, spitefulness, venom, viciousness


cruise

See Also

•   v.    coast, sail, voyage [image]  coast, drift, keep a steady pace, travel along

•   n.    boat trip, sail, sea trip, voyage


crumb

See Also

atom, bit, grain, mite, morsel, particle, scrap, shred, sliver, snippet, soupçon, speck


crumble

See Also

   bruise, crumb, crush, fragment, granulate, grind, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate [image]  break up, collapse, come to dust, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, fall apart, go to pieces, go to wrack and ruin, moulder, perish, tumble down


crumple

See Also

   crease, crush, pucker, rumple, screw up, wrinkle [image]  break down, cave in, collapse, fall, give way, go to pieces


crunch

See Also

•   v.    champ, chew noisily, chomp, grind, masticate, munch

•   n.     Inf. crisis, critical point, crux, emergency, hour of decision, moment of truth, test


crusade

See Also

campaign, cause, drive, holy war, jihad, movement, push


crusader

See Also

advocate, campaigner, champion, reformer


crush

See Also

•   v.    bray, break, bruise, comminute, compress, contuse, crease, crumble, crumple, crunch, mash, pound, pulverize, rumple, smash, squeeze, wrinkle [image]  conquer, extinguish, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, put down, quell, stamp out, subdue, vanquish [image]  abash, browbeat, chagrin, dispose of, humiliate, mortify, put down (Sl.), quash, shame [image]  embrace, enfold, hug, press, squeeze

•   n.    crowd, huddle, jam, party


crust

See Also

caking, coat, coating, concretion, covering, film, incrustation, layer, outside, scab, shell, skin, surface


crusty

See Also

   brittle, crisp, crispy, friable, hard, short, well-baked, well-done [image]  brusque, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabby, cross, curt, gruff, ill-humoured, irritable, peevish, prickly, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), short, short-tempered, snappish, snarling, splenetic, surly, testy, tetchy, touchy


cry

See Also

•   v.    bawl, bewail, blubber, boohoo, greet (Scot. or archaic), howl one's eyes out, keen, lament, mewl, pule, shed tears, snivel, sob, wail, weep, whimper, whine, whinge (Inf.), yowl

•   n.    bawling, blubbering, crying, greet (Scot. or archaic), howl, keening, lament, lamentation, plaint (Archaic), snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, wailing, weep, weeping

•   v.    bawl, bell, bellow, call, call out, ejaculate, exclaim, hail, halloo, holler (Inf.), howl, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, vociferate, whoop, yell

•   n.    bawl, bell, bellow, call, ejaculation, exclamation, holler (Inf.), hoot, howl, outcry, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squawk, whoop, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo

•   v.    advertise, announce, bark (Inf.), broadcast, bruit, hawk, noise, proclaim, promulgate, publish, trumpet

•   n.    announcement, barking (Inf.), noising, proclamation, publication

•   v.    beg, beseech, clamour, entreat, implore, plead, pray

•   n.    appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, prayer, supplication


cry down

asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belittle, decry, denigrate, disparage, knock (Inf.), rubbish (Inf.), run down, slag (off) (Sl.)


cry off

back out, beg off, cop out (Sl.), excuse oneself, quit, withdraw, withdraw from


crypt

See Also

catacomb, tomb, undercroft, vault


cub

See Also

   offspring, whelp, young [image]  babe (Inf.), beginner, fledgling, greenhorn (Inf.), lad, learner, puppy, recruit, tenderfoot, trainee, whippersnapper, youngster


cuddle

See Also

canoodle (Sl.), clasp, cosset, embrace, fondle, hug, nestle, pet, snuggle


cuddly

See Also

buxom, cuddlesome, curvaceous, huggable, lovable, plump, soft, warm


cudgel

•   n.    bastinado, baton, bludgeon, club, cosh (Brit.), shillelagh, stick, truncheon

•   v.    bang, baste, batter, beat, bludgeon, cane, cosh (Brit.), drub, maul, pound, pummel, thrash, thump, thwack


cue

See Also

catchword, hint, key, nod, prompting, reminder, sign, signal, suggestion


cuff

See Also

off the cuff ad lib, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, off the top of one's head, on the spur of the moment, spontaneous, spontaneously, unrehearsed


cul-de-sac

blind alley, dead end


culminate

See Also

climax, close, come to a climax, come to a head, conclude, end, end up, finish, rise to a crescendo, terminate, wind up


culmination

See Also

acme, apex, apogee, climax, completion, conclusion, consummation, crown, crowning touch, finale, height, ne plus ultra, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line, summit, top, zenith


culpable

See Also

answerable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, found wanting, guilty, in the wrong, liable, reprehensible, sinful, to blame, wrong


culprit

See Also

criminal, delinquent, evildoer, felon, guilty party, malefactor, miscreant, offender, person responsible, rascal, sinner, transgressor, villain, wrongdoer


cult

See Also

   body, church, clique, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, religion, school, sect [image]  admiration, craze, devotion, idolization, reverence, veneration, worship


cultivate

See Also

   bring under cultivation, farm, fertilize, harvest, plant, plough, prepare, tend, till, work [image]  ameliorate, better, bring on, cherish, civilize, develop, discipline, elevate, enrich, foster, improve, polish, promote, refine, train [image]  aid, devote oneself to, encourage, forward, foster, further, help, patronize, promote, pursue, support [image]  associate with, butter up, consort with, court, dance attendance upon, run after, seek out, seek someone's company or friendship, take trouble or pains with


cultivation

See Also

   agronomy, farming, gardening, husbandry, planting, ploughing, tillage, tilling, working [image]  breeding, civility, civilization, culture, discernment, discrimination, education, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, learning, letters, manners, polish, refinement, sophistication, taste [image]  advancement, advocacy, development, encouragement, enhancement, fostering, furtherance, help, nurture, patronage, promotion, support [image]  devotion to, pursuit, study


cultural

See Also

artistic, broadening, civilizing, developmental, edifying, educational, educative, elevating, enlightening, enriching, humane, humanizing, liberal, liberalizing


culture

See Also

   civilization, customs, life style, mores, society, stage of development, the arts, way of life [image]  accomplishment, breeding, education, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, gentility, good taste, improvement, polish, politeness, refinement, sophistication, urbanity [image]  agriculture, agronomy, cultivation, farming, husbandry


cultured

See Also

accomplished, advanced, educated, enlightened, erudite, genteel, highbrow, knowledgeable, polished, refined, scholarly, urbane, versed, well-bred, well-informed, well-read


culvert

channel, conduit, drain, gutter, watercourse


cumbersome

See Also

awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbrous, embarrassing, heavy, hefty (Inf.), incommodious, inconvenient, oppressive, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighty


cumulative

accruing, accumulative, aggregate, amassed, collective, heaped, increasing, snowballing


cunning

See Also

•   adj.    artful, astute, canny, crafty, devious, foxy, guileful, knowing, Machiavellian, sharp, shifty, shrewd, subtle, tricky, wily

•   n.    artfulness, astuteness, craftiness, deceitfulness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, shrewdness, slyness, trickery, wiliness

•   adj.    adroit, deft, dexterous, imaginative, ingenious, skilful

•   n.    ability, adroitness, art, artifice, cleverness, craft, deftness, dexterity, finesse, ingenuity, skill, subtlety


cup

See Also

beaker, cannikin, chalice, cupful, demitasse, draught, drink, goblet, potion, teacup, trophy


cupboard

See Also

ambry (Obsolete), cabinet, closet, locker, press


curb

See Also

•   v.    bite back, bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, hinder, impede, inhibit, moderate, muzzle, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, subdue, suppress

•   n.    brake, bridle, check, control, deterrent, limitation, rein, restraint


curdle

See Also

clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curd, solidify, thicken, turn sour


cure

See Also

•   v.    alleviate, correct, ease, heal, help, make better, mend, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, restore, restore to health

•   n.    alleviation, antidote, corrective, healing, medicine, nostrum, panacea, recovery, remedy, restorative, specific, treatment

•   v.    dry, kipper, pickle, preserve, salt, smoke


curiosity

See Also

   inquisitiveness, interest, nosiness (Inf.), prying, snooping (Inf.) [image]  celebrity, freak, marvel, novelty, oddity, phenomenon, rarity, sight, spectacle, wonder [image]  bibelot, bygone, curio, knickknack, objet d'art, trinket


curious

See Also

   inquiring, inquisitive, interested, puzzled, questioning, searching [image]  inquisitive, meddling, nosy (Inf.), peeping, peering, prying, snoopy (Inf.) [image]  bizarre, exotic, extraordinary, marvellous, mysterious, novel, odd, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, strange, unconventional, unexpected, unique, unorthodox, unusual, wonderful


curl

See Also

•   v.    bend, coil, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, curve, entwine, frizz, loop, meander, ripple, spiral, turn, twine, twirl, twist, wind, wreathe, writhe

•   n.    coil, curlicue, kink, ringlet, spiral, twist, whorl


curly

See Also

corkscrew, crimped, crimpy, crinkly, crisp, curled, curling, frizzy, fuzzy, kinky, permed, spiralled, waved, wavy, winding


currency

See Also

   bills, coinage, coins, dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), medium of exchange, money, notes [image]  acceptance, circulation, exposure, popularity, prevalence, publicity, transmission, vogue


current

See Also

•   adj.    accepted, circulating, common, common knowledge, customary, general, going around, in circulation, in progress, in the air, in the news, ongoing, popular, present, prevailing, prevalent, rife, topical, widespread [image]  contemporary, fashionable, happening (Inf.), in, in fashion, in vogue, now (Inf.), present-day, sexy (Inf.), trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-date, up-to-the-minute

•   n.    course, draught, flow, jet, progression, river, stream, tide, tideway, undertow [image]  atmosphere, drift, feeling, inclination, mood, tendency, trend, undercurrent, vibes (Sl.)


curse

See Also

•   n.    blasphemy, expletive, oath, obscenity, swearing, swearword [image]  anathema, ban, denunciation, evil eye, excommunication, execration, hoodoo (Inf.), imprecation, jinx, malediction, malison (Archaic) [image]  affliction, bane, burden, calamity, cross, disaster, evil, hardship, misfortune, ordeal, plague, scourge, torment, tribulation, trouble, vexation

•   v.    be foul-mouthed, blaspheme, cuss (Inf.), swear, take the Lord's name in vain, turn the air blue (Inf.), use bad language [image]  accurse, anathematize, damn, excommunicate, execrate, fulminate, imprecate [image]  afflict, blight, burden, destroy, doom, plague, scourge, torment, trouble, vex


cursed

See Also

   accursed, bedevilled, blighted, cast out, confounded, damned, doomed, excommunicate, execrable, fey (Scot.), foredoomed, ill-fated, star-crossed, unholy, unsanctified, villainous [image]  abominable, damnable, detestable, devilish, fell (Archaic), fiendish, hateful, infamous, infernal, loathsome, odious, pernicious, pestilential, vile


curt

See Also

abrupt, blunt, brief, brusque, concise, gruff, offhand, pithy, rude, sharp, short, snappish, succinct, summary, tart, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious


curtail

See Also

abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, cut back, cut short, decrease, dock, lessen, lop, pare down, reduce, retrench, shorten, trim, truncate


curtailment

See Also

abbreviation, abridgment, contraction, cutback, cutting, cutting short, docking, retrenchment, truncation


curtain

See Also

•   n.    drape (Chiefly U.S.), hanging

•   v.    conceal, drape, hide, screen, shroud, shut off, shutter, veil


curve

See Also

•   v.    arc, arch, bend, bow, coil, hook, inflect, spiral, swerve, turn, twist, wind

•   n.    arc, bend, camber, curvature, half-moon, loop, trajectory, turn


curved

See Also

arced, arched, bent, bowed, crooked, humped, rounded, serpentine, sinuous, sweeping, turned, twisted


cushion

See Also

•   n.    beanbag, bolster, hassock, headrest, pad, pillow, scatter cushion, squab

•   v.    bolster, buttress, cradle, dampen, deaden, muffle, pillow, protect, soften, stifle, support, suppress


custody

See Also

   aegis, auspices, care, charge, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, supervision, trusteeship, tutelage, ward, watch [image]  arrest, confinement, detention, durance (Archaic), duress, imprisonment, incarceration


custom

See Also

   habit, habitude (Rare), manner, mode, procedure, routine, way, wont [image]  convention, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, matter of course, observance, observation, policy, practice, praxis, ritual, rule, style, tradition, unwritten law, usage, use [image]  customers, patronage, trade


customarily

See Also

as a rule, commonly, generally, habitually, in the ordinary way, normally, ordinarily, regularly, traditionally, usually


customary

See Also

accepted, accustomed, acknowledged, common, confirmed, conventional, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, regular, routine, traditional, usual, wonted


customer

See Also

buyer, client, consumer, habitué, patron, prospect, purchaser, regular (Inf.), shopper


customs

See Also

duty, import charges, tariff, taxes, toll


cut

See Also

•   v.    chop, cleave, divide, gash, incise, lacerate, nick, notch, penetrate, pierce, score, sever, slash, slice, slit, wound [image]  carve, chip, chisel, chop, engrave, fashion, form, inscribe, saw, sculpt, sculpture, shape, whittle [image]  clip, dock, fell, gather, hack, harvest, hew, lop, mow, pare, prune, reap, saw down, shave, trim [image]  contract, cut back, decrease, ease up on, lower, rationalize, reduce, slash, slim (down) [image]  abbreviate, abridge, condense, curtail, delete, edit out, excise, precis, shorten [image]  (Often with through, off, or across) bisect, carve, cleave, cross, dissect, divide, interrupt, intersect, part, segment, sever, slice, split, sunder [image]  avoid, cold-shoulder, freeze (someone) out (Inf.), grieve, hurt, ignore, insult, look straight through (someone), pain, put down, send to Coventry, slight, snub, spurn, sting, turn one's back on, wound

•   n.    gash, graze, groove, incision, laceration, nick, rent, rip, slash, slit, stroke, wound [image]  cutback, decrease, decrement, diminution, economy, fall, lowering, reduction, saving [image]   Inf. chop (Sl.), division, kickback (Chiefly U.S.), percentage, piece, portion, rake-off (Sl.), section, share, slice [image]  configuration, fashion, form, look, mode, shape, style [image]  a cut above  Inf. better than, higher than, more efficient  (capable, competent, reliable, trustworthy, useful), superior to [image]  cut and dried  Inf. automatic, fixed, organized, prearranged, predetermined, settled, sorted out (Inf.)


cutback

See Also

cut, decrease, economy, lessening, reduction, retrenchment


cut down

See Also

   fell, hew, level, lop, raze [image]  (Sometimes with on) decrease, lessen, lower, reduce [image]  blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dispatch, kill, massacre, mow down, slaughter, slay (Archaic), take out (Sl.) [image]  cut (someone) down to size abash, humiliate, make (someone) look small, take the wind out of (someone's) sails


cut in

See Also

break in, butt in, interpose, interrupt, intervene, intrude, move in (Inf.)


cut off

See Also

   disconnect, intercept, interrupt, intersect [image]  bring to an end, discontinue, halt, obstruct, suspend [image]  isolate, separate, sever [image]  disinherit, disown, renounce


cut out

See Also

   cease, delete, extract, give up, kick (Inf.), refrain from, remove, sever, stop [image]   Inf. displace, eliminate, exclude, oust, supersede, supplant


cut out for

adapted, adequate, competent, designed, equipped, fitted, qualified, suitable, suited


cut-price

bargain, cheap, cheapo (Inf.), cut-rate (Chiefly U.S.), reduced, sale


cut short

See Also

abort, break off, bring to an end, check, halt, interrupt, leave unfinished, postpone, stop, terminate


cutthroat

See Also

•   n.    assassin, bravo, butcher, executioner, heavy (Sl.), hit man (Sl.), homicide, killer, liquidator, murderer, slayer (Archaic), thug

•   adj.    barbarous, bloodthirsty, bloody, cruel, death-dealing, ferocious, homicidal, murderous, savage, thuggish, violent [image]  competitive, dog-eat-dog, fierce, relentless, ruthless, unprincipled


cutting

See Also

•   adj.    biting, bitter, chill, keen, numbing, penetrating, piercing, raw, sharp, stinging [image]  acid, acrimonious, barbed, bitter, caustic, hurtful, malicious, mordacious, pointed, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, trenchant, vitriolic, wounding


cut up

See Also

•   v.    carve, chop, dice, divide, mince, slice [image]  injure, knife, lacerate, slash, wound [image]   Inf. blast, criticize, crucify (Sl.), give (someone or something) a rough ride, lambast(e), pan (Inf.), put down, ridicule, slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.), vilify

•   adj.     Inf. agitated, dejected, desolated, distressed, disturbed, heartbroken, stricken, upset, wretched


cycle

See Also

aeon, age, circle, era, period, phase, revolution, rotation, round (of years)


cynic

doubter, misanthrope, misanthropist, pessimist, sceptic, scoffer


cynical

See Also

contemptuous, derisive, distrustful, ironic, misanthropic, misanthropical, mocking, mordacious, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, sceptical, scoffing, scornful, sneering, unbelieving


cynicism

See Also

disbelief, doubt, misanthropy, pessimism, sarcasm, sardonicism, scepticism


dabble

See Also

   dip, guddle (Scot.), moisten, paddle, spatter, splash, sprinkle, wet [image]  dally, dip into, play at, potter, tinker, trifle (with)


dabbler

amateur, dilettante, potterer, tinkerer, trifler


dab hand

See Also

ace (Inf.), adept, buff (Inf.), dabster (Dialect), expert, hotshot (Inf.), maven (U.S.), past master, whiz (Inf.), wizard


dagger

   bayonet, dirk, poniard, skean, stiletto [image]  at daggers drawn at enmity, at loggerheads, at odds, at war, on bad terms, up in arms [image]  look daggers frown, glare, glower, look black, lour or lower, scowl


daily

See Also

•   adj.    circadian, diurnal, everyday, quotidian [image]  common, commonplace, day-to-day, everyday, ordinary, quotidian, regular, routine

•   adv.    constantly, day after day, day by day, every day, often, once a day, per diem, regularly


dainty

See Also

•   adj.    charming, delicate, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, neat, petite, pretty [image]  choice, delectable, delicious, palatable, savoury, tasty, tender, toothsome [image]  choosy, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, mincing, nice, particular, picky (Inf.), refined, scrupulous

•   n.    bonne bouche, delicacy, fancy, sweetmeat, titbit


dale

See Also

bottom, coomb, dell, dingle, glen, strath (Scot.), vale, valley


dam

See Also

•   n.    barrage, barrier, embankment, hindrance, obstruction, wall

•   v.    barricade, block, block up, check, choke, confine, hold back, hold in, obstruct, restrict


damage

See Also

•   n.    destruction, detriment, devastation, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, loss, mischief, mutilation, suffering [image]   Inf. bill, charge, cost, expense, total [image]  (Plural) compensation, fine, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction

•   v.    deface, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, tamper with, undo, weaken, wreck


damaging

See Also

deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, injurious, prejudicial, ruinous


dame

See Also

baroness, dowager, grande dame, lady, matron (Archaic), noblewoman, peeress


damn

See Also

•   v.    blast, castigate, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, excoriate, inveigle against, lambast(e), pan (Inf.), put down, slam (Sl.), slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.) [image]  abuse, anathematize, blaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, revile, swear [image]  condemn, doom, sentence

•   n.    brass farthing, hoot, iota, jot, tinker's curse or damn (Sl.), two hoots, whit [image]  not give a damn be indifferent, not care, not mind


damnable

See Also

abominable, accursed, atrocious, culpable, cursed, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, horrible, offensive, wicked


damnation

See Also

anathema, ban, condemnation, consigning to perdition, damning, denunciation, doom, excommunication, objurgation, proscription, sending to hell


damned

See Also

   accursed, anathematized, condemned, doomed, infernal, lost, reprobate, unhappy [image]   Sl. confounded, despicable, detestable, hateful, infamous, infernal, loathsome, revolting


damning

See Also

accusatorial, condemnatory, damnatory, dooming, implicating, implicative, incriminating


damp

See Also

•   n.    clamminess, dampness, darkness, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, moisture, muzziness, vapour

•   adj.    clammy, dank, dewy, dripping, drizzly, humid, misty, moist, muggy, sodden, soggy, sopping, vaporous, wet

•   v.    dampen, moisten, wet [image]   Fig. allay, check, chill, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dispirit, dull, inhibit, moderate, restrain, stifle

•   n.     Fig. check, chill, cold water (Inf.), curb, damper, discouragement, gloom, restraint, wet blanket (Inf.)


damper

See Also

chill, cloud, cold water (Inf.), curb, discouragement, gloom, hindrance, kill-joy, pall, restraint, wet blanket (Inf.)


dance

See Also

•   v.    bob up and down, caper, cut a rug (Inf.), frolic, gambol, hop, jig, prance, rock, skip, spin, sway, swing, trip, whirl

•   n.    ball, dancing party, disco, discotheque, hop (Inf.), knees-up (Brit. inf.), social


danger

See Also

endangerment, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, precariousness, risk, threat, venture, vulnerability


dangerous

See Also

alarming, breakneck, chancy (Inf.), exposed, hairy (Sl.), hazardous, insecure, menacing, nasty, parlous (Archaic), perilous, precarious, risky, threatening, treacherous, ugly, unchancy (Scot.), unsafe, vulnerable


dangerously

   alarmingly, carelessly, daringly, desperately, harmfully, hazardously, perilously, precariously, recklessly, riskily, unsafely, unsecurely [image]  critically, gravely, seriously, severely


dangle

See Also

•   v.    depend, flap, hang, hang down, sway, swing, trail [image]  brandish, entice, flaunt, flourish, lure, tantalize, tempt, wave


dapper

See Also

active, brisk, chic, dainty, natty (Inf.), neat, nice, nimble, smart, soigné or soignée, spruce, spry, stylish, trig (Archaic or dialect), trim, well-groomed, well turned out


dappled

brindled, checkered, flecked, freckled, mottled, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, variegated


dare

See Also

•   v.    challenge, defy, goad, provoke, taunt, throw down the gauntlet [image]  adventure, brave, endanger, gamble, hazard, make bold, presume, risk, stake, venture

•   n.    challenge, defiance, provocation, taunt


daredevil

See Also

•   n.    adventurer, desperado, exhibitionist, hot dog (Chiefly U.S.), madcap, show-off (Inf.), stunt man

•   adj.    adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, death-defying, madcap, reckless


daring

See Also

•   adj.    adventurous, audacious, ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, brave, daredevil, fearless, game (Inf.), have-a-go (Inf.), impulsive, intrepid, plucky, rash, reckless, valiant, venturesome

•   n.    audacity, balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), boldness, bottle (Brit. sl.), bravery, courage, derring-do (Archaic), fearlessness, grit, guts (Inf.), intrepidity, nerve (Inf.), pluck, rashness, spirit, spunk (Inf.), temerity


dark

See Also

•   adj.    black, brunette, dark-skinned, dusky, ebony, sable, swarthy [image]  cloudy, darksome (Literary), dim, dingy, indistinct, murky, overcast, pitch-black, pitchy, shadowy, shady, sunless, unlit [image]  abstruse, arcane, concealed, cryptic, deep, Delphic, enigmatic, hidden, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, puzzling, recondite, secret [image]  bleak, cheerless, dismal, doleful, drab, gloomy, grim, joyless, morbid, morose, mournful, sombre [image]  benighted, ignorant, uncultivated, unenlightened, unlettered [image]  atrocious, damnable, evil, foul, hellish, horrible, infamous, infernal, nefarious, satanic, sinful, sinister, vile, wicked [image]  angry, dour, forbidding, frowning, glowering, glum, ominous, scowling, sulky, sullen, threatening

•   n.    darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, murk, murkiness, obscurity, semi-darkness [image]  evening, night, nightfall, night-time, twilight [image]   Fig. concealment, ignorance, secrecy


darken

See Also

   becloud, blacken, cloud up or over, deepen, dim, eclipse, make dark, make darker, make dim, obscure, overshadow, shade, shadow [image]  become angry, become gloomy, blacken, cast a pall over, cloud, deject, depress, dispirit, grow troubled, look black, sadden


darkness

See Also

   blackness, dark, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, murk, murkiness, nightfall, obscurity, shade, shadiness, shadows [image]   Fig. blindness, concealment, ignorance, mystery, privacy, secrecy, unawareness


darling

See Also

•   n.    beloved, dear, dearest, love, sweetheart, truelove [image]  apple of one's eye, blue-eyed boy, fair-haired boy (U.S.), favourite, pet, spoilt child

•   adj.    adored, beloved, cherished, dear, precious, treasured [image]  adorable, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, enchanting, lovely, sweet


darn

•   v.    cobble up, mend, patch, repair, sew up, stitch

•   n.    invisible repair, mend, patch, reinforcement


dart

See Also

   bound, dash, flash, flit, fly, race, run, rush, scoot, shoot, spring, sprint, start, tear, whistle, whiz [image]  cast, fling, hurl, launch, propel, send, shoot, sling, throw


dash

See Also

•   v.    break, crash, destroy, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter [image]  cast, fling, hurl, slam, sling, throw [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, bound, burn rubber (Inf.), dart, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, race, run, rush, speed, spring, sprint, tear [image]  abash, chagrin, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, discourage [image]  blight, foil, frustrate, ruin, spoil, thwart, undo

•   n.    bolt, dart, haste, onset, race, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt [image]  brio, élan, flair, flourish, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigour, vivacity [image]  bit, drop, flavour, hint, little, pinch, smack, soupçon, sprinkling, suggestion, tinge, touch


dashing

See Also

   bold, daring, debonair, exuberant, gallant, lively, plucky, spirited, swashbuckling [image]  dapper, dazzling, elegant, flamboyant, jaunty, showy, smart, sporty, stylish, swish (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


data

See Also

details, documents, dope (Inf.), facts, figures, info (Inf.), information, input, materials, statistics


date

See Also

•   n.    age, epoch, era, period, stage, time [image]  appointment, assignation, engagement, meeting, rendezvous, tryst [image]  escort, friend, partner, steady (Inf.) [image]  out of date antiquated, archaic, dated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé [image]  to date now, so far, up to now, up to the present, up to this point, yet [image]  up-to-date à la mode, contemporary, current, fashionable, modern, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-the-minute

•   v.    assign a date to, determine the date of, fix the period of, put a date on [image]  bear a date, belong to, come from, exist from, originate in [image]  become obsolete, be dated, obsolesce, show one's age


dated

See Also

antiquated, archaic, démodé, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat, out, outdated, outmoded, out of date, passé, unfashionable, untrendy (Brit. inf.)


daub

See Also

•   v.    coat, cover, paint, plaster, slap on (Inf.), smear [image]  bedaub, begrime, besmear, blur, deface, dirty, grime, smirch, smudge, spatter, splatter, stain, sully

•   n.    blot, blotch, smear, smirch, splodge, splotch, spot, stain


daunt

See Also

   alarm, appal, cow, dismay, frighten, frighten off, intimidate, overawe, scare, subdue, terrify [image]  deter, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, put off, shake


daunted

See Also

•   adj. alarmed, cowed, demoralized, deterred, discouraged, disillusioned, dismayed, dispirited, downcast, frightened, hesitant, intimidated, overcome, put off, unnerved


dauntless

See Also

bold, brave, courageous, daring, doughty, fearless, gallant, gritty, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, resolute, stouthearted, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous


dawdle

See Also

dally, delay, dilly-dally (Inf.), fritter away, hang about, idle, lag, loaf, loiter, potter, trail, waste time


dawn

See Also

•   n.    aurora (Poetic), cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, dayspring (Poetic), morning, sunrise, sunup

•   v.    break, brighten, gleam, glimmer, grow light, lighten

•   n.    advent, beginning, birth, dawning, emergence, genesis, inception, onset, origin, outset, rise, start, unfolding

•   v.    appear, begin, develop, emerge, initiate, open, originate, rise, unfold [image]  come into one's head, come to mind, cross one's mind, flash across one's mind, hit, occur, register (Inf.), strike


day

   daylight, daylight hours, daytime, twenty-four hours, working day [image]  age, ascendancy, cycle, epoch, era, generation, height, heyday, period, prime, time, zenith [image]  date, particular day, point in time, set time, time [image]  call it a day  Inf. end, finish, knock off (Inf.), leave off, pack it in (Sl.), pack up (Inf.), shut up shop, stop [image]  day after day continually, monotonously, persistently, regularly, relentlessly [image]  day by day daily, gradually, progressively, steadily


daybreak

See Also

break of day, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, dayspring (Poetic), first light, morning, sunrise, sunup


daydream

See Also

•   n.    dream, imagining, musing, reverie, stargazing, vision, woolgathering [image]  castle in the air or in Spain, dream, fancy, fantasy, figment of the imagination, fond hope, pipe dream, wish

•   v.    dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, imagine, muse, stargaze


daydreamer

castle-builder, dreamer, fantast, pipe dreamer, visionary, Walter Mitty, wishful thinker, woolgatherer


daylight

See Also

   light of day, sunlight, sunshine [image]  broad day, daylight hours, daytime [image]  full view, light of day, openness, public attention


daze

See Also

•   v.    benumb, numb, paralyse, shock, stun, stupefy [image]  amaze, astonish, astound, befog, bewilder, blind, confuse, dazzle, dumbfound, flabbergast (Inf.), flummox, nonplus, perplex, stagger, startle, surprise

•   n.    bewilderment, confusion, distraction, shock, stupor, trance, trancelike state


dazed

See Also

at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confused, disorientated, dizzy, dopey (Sl.), flabbergasted (Inf.), flummoxed, fuddled, groggy (Inf.), light-headed, muddled, nonplussed, numbed, perplexed, punch-drunk, shocked, staggered, stunned, stupefied, woozy (Inf.)


dazzle

See Also

•   v.    bedazzle, blind, blur, confuse, daze [image]  amaze, astonish, awe, bowl over (Inf.), fascinate, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, strike dumb, stupefy

•   n.    brilliance, éclat, flash, glitter, magnificence, razzle-dazzle (Sl.), razzmatazz (Sl.), sparkle, splendour


dazzling

See Also

brilliant, drop-dead (Sl.), glittering, glorious, radiant, ravishing, scintillating, sensational (Inf.), shining, sparkling, splendid, stunning, sublime, superb, virtuoso


dead

See Also

•   adj.    deceased, defunct, departed, extinct, gone, inanimate, late, lifeless, passed away, perished [image]  apathetic, callous, cold, dull, frigid, glassy, glazed, indifferent, inert, lukewarm, numb, paralysed, spiritless, torpid, unresponsive, wooden [image]  barren, inactive, inoperative, not working, obsolete, stagnant, sterile, still, unemployed, unprofitable, useless [image]  boring, dead-and-alive, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), insipid, stale, tasteless, uninteresting, vapid [image]   Fig. absolute, complete, downright, entire, outright, thorough, total, unqualified, utter [image]   Inf. dead beat (Inf.), exhausted, spent, tired, worn out

•   n.    depth, middle, midst

•   adv.    absolutely, completely, directly, entirely, exactly, totally


deaden

See Also

abate, alleviate, anaesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, cushion, damp, dampen, diminish, dull, hush, impair, lessen, muffle, mute, numb, paralyse, quieten, reduce, smother, stifle, suppress, weaken


deadlock

cessation, dead heat, draw, full stop, halt, impasse, stalemate, standoff, standstill, tie


deadly

See Also

   baleful, baneful, dangerous, death-dealing, deathly, destructive, fatal, lethal, malignant, mortal, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, venomous [image]  cruel, grim, implacable, mortal, ruthless, savage, unrelenting [image]  ashen, deathlike, deathly, ghastly, ghostly, pallid, wan, white [image]  accurate, effective, exact, on target, precise, sure, true, unerring, unfailing [image]   Inf. boring, dull, ho-hum (Inf.), mind-numbing, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting, wearisome


deaf

See Also

•   adj.    hard of hearing, stone deaf, without hearing [image]  indifferent, oblivious, unconcerned, unhearing, unmoved


deafen

din, drown out, make deaf, split or burst the eardrums


deafening

See Also

booming, dinning, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, intense, overpowering, piercing, resounding, ringing, thunderous


deal

See Also

•   v.    (With with) attend to, cope with, handle, manage, oversee, see to, take care of, treat [image]  (With with) concern, consider, treat (of) [image]  (With with) act, behave, conduct oneself [image]  bargain, buy and sell, do business, negotiate, sell, stock, trade, traffic, treat (with)

•   n.     Inf. agreement, arrangement, bargain, contract, pact, transaction, understanding

•   v.    allot, apportion, assign, bestow, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, give, mete out, reward, share

•   n.    amount, degree, distribution, extent, portion, quantity, share, transaction [image]  cut and shuffle, distribution, hand, round, single game


dealer

See Also

chandler, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, purveyor, supplier, trader, tradesman, wholesaler


dealings

See Also

business, business relations, commerce, trade, traffic, transactions, truck


dear

See Also

•   adj.    beloved, cherished, close, darling, esteemed, familiar, favourite, intimate, precious, prized, respected, treasured [image]  at a premium, costly, expensive, high-priced, overpriced, pricey (Inf.)

•   n.    angel, beloved, darling, loved one, precious, treasure

•   adv.    at a heavy cost, at a high price, at great cost, dearly


dearly

   extremely, greatly, profoundly, very much [image]  affectionately, devotedly, fondly, lovingly, tenderly [image]  at a heavy cost, at a high price, at great cost, dear


death

See Also

   bereavement, cessation, curtains (Inf.), decease, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, end, exit, expiration, loss, passing, quietus, release [image]  annihilation, destruction, downfall, eradication, extermination, extinction, finish, grave, obliteration, ruin, ruination, undoing


deathless

See Also

eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incorruptible, timeless, undying


deathly

See Also

   cadaverous, deathlike, gaunt, ghastly, grim, haggard, pale, pallid, wan [image]  deadly, extreme, fatal, intense, mortal, terrible


debacle

See Also

catastrophe, collapse, defeat, devastation, disaster, downfall, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, ruination


debase

See Also

   abase, cheapen, degrade, demean, devalue, disgrace, dishonour, drag down, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, shame [image]  adulterate, bastardize, contaminate, corrupt, defile, depreciate, impair, pollute, taint, vitiate


debased

See Also

   adulterated, depreciated, devalued, impure, lowered, mixed, polluted, reduced [image]  abandoned, base, corrupt, debauched, degraded, depraved, fallen, low, perverted, sordid, vile


debasement

See Also

   adulteration, contamination, depreciation, devaluation, pollution, reduction [image]  abasement, baseness, corruption, degradation, depravation, perversion


debatable

See Also

arguable, borderline, controversial, disputable, doubtful, dubious, iffy (Inf.), in dispute, moot, open to question, problematical, questionable, uncertain, undecided, unsettled


debate

See Also

•   v.    argue, contend, contest, controvert, discuss, dispute, question, wrangle

•   n.    altercation, argument, contention, controversy, discussion, disputation, dispute, polemic, row

•   v.    cogitate, consider, deliberate, meditate upon, mull over, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, weigh

•   n.    cogitation, consideration, deliberation, meditation, reflection


debilitate

See Also

devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, incapacitate, prostrate, relax, sap, undermine, weaken, wear out


debility

See Also

decrepitude, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, faintness, feebleness, frailty, incapacity, infirmity, languor, malaise, sickliness, weakness


debonair

See Also

affable, buoyant, charming, cheerful, courteous, dashing, elegant, jaunty, light-hearted, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred


debris

See Also

bits, brash, detritus, dross, fragments, litter, pieces, remains, rubbish, rubble, ruins, waste, wreck, wreckage


debt

See Also

   arrears, bill, claim, commitment, debit, due, duty, liability, obligation, score [image]  in debt accountable, beholden, in arrears, in hock (Inf., chiefly U.S.), in the red (Inf.), liable, owing, responsible


debtor

borrower, defaulter, insolvent, mortgagor


debunk

See Also

cut down to size, deflate, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, ridicule, show up


debut

See Also

beginning, bow, coming out, entrance, first appearance, inauguration, initiation, introduction, launching, presentation


decadence

See Also

corruption, debasement, decay, decline, degeneration, deterioration, dissipation, dissolution, fall, perversion, retrogression


decadent

See Also

corrupt, debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, immoral, self-indulgent


decapitate

behead, execute, guillotine


decay

See Also

•   v.    atrophy, crumble, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, dwindle, moulder, shrivel, sink, spoil, wane, waste away, wear away, wither [image]  corrode, decompose, mortify, perish, putrefy, rot

•   n.    atrophy, collapse, decadence, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, dying, fading, failing, wasting, withering [image]  caries, cariosity, decomposition, gangrene, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rotting


decayed

See Also

bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, perished, putrefied, putrid, rank, rotten, spoiled, wasted, withered


decaying

See Also

crumbling, deteriorating, disintegrating, gangrenous, perishing, putrefacient, rotting, wasting away, wearing away


decease

See Also

•   n.    death, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, release

•   v.    buy it (U.S. sl.), cease, check out (U.S. sl.), croak (Sl.), die, expire, go belly-up (Sl.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Sl.), pass away or on or over, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), perish, pop one's clogs (Inf.)


deceased

•   adj. dead, defunct, departed, expired, finished, former, gone, late, lifeless, lost


deceit

See Also

   artifice, cheating, chicanery, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, pretence, slyness, treachery, trickery, underhandedness [image]  artifice, blind, cheat, chicanery, deception, duplicity, fake, feint, fraud, imposture, misrepresentation, pretence, ruse, scam (Sl.), sham, shift, sting (Inf.), stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trick, wile


deceitful

See Also

counterfeit, crafty, deceiving, deceptive, designing, dishonest, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, fallacious, false, fraudulent, guileful, hypocritical, illusory, insincere, knavish (Archaic), sneaky, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, untrustworthy


deceive

See Also

   bamboozle (Inf.), beguile, betray, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, delude, disappoint, double-cross (Inf.), dupe, ensnare, entrap, fool, hoax, hoodwink, impose upon, kid (Inf.), lead (someone) on (Inf.), mislead, outwit, pull a fast one (Sl.), pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, stiff (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle, take for a ride (Inf.), take in (Inf.), trick [image]  be deceived by be made a fool of, be taken in (by), be the dupe of, bite, fall for, fall into a trap, swallow (Inf.), swallow hook, line, and sinker (Inf.), take the bait


decency

See Also

appropriateness, civility, correctness, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, fitness, good form, good manners, modesty, propriety, respectability, seemliness


decent

See Also

   appropriate, becoming, befitting, chaste, comely, comme il faut, decorous, delicate, fit, fitting, modest, nice, polite, presentable, proper, pure, respectable, seemly, suitable [image]  acceptable, adequate, ample, average, competent, fair, passable, reasonable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable [image]  accommodating, courteous, friendly, generous, gracious, helpful, kind, obliging, thoughtful


deception

See Also

   craftiness, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, insincerity, legerdemain, treachery, trickery [image]  artifice, bluff, canard, cheat, decoy, feint, fraud, hoax, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), illusion, imposture, leg-pull (Brit. inf.), lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), ruse, sham, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile


deceptive

See Also

ambiguous, deceitful, delusive, dishonest, fake, fallacious, false, fraudulent, illusory, misleading, mock, specious, spurious, unreliable


decide

See Also

adjudge, adjudicate, choose, come to a conclusion, commit oneself, conclude, decree, determine, elect, end, make a decision, make up one's mind, purpose, reach or come to a decision, resolve, settle


decided

See Also

   absolute, categorical, certain, clear-cut, definite, distinct, express, indisputable, positive, pronounced, unambiguous, undeniable, undisputed, unequivocal, unquestionable [image]  assertive, decisive, deliberate, determined, emphatic, firm, resolute, strong-willed, unfaltering, unhesitating


decidedly

See Also

absolutely, certainly, clearly, decisively, distinctly, downright, positively, unequivocally, unmistakably


deciding

chief, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, influential, prime, principal, significant


decipher

See Also

construe, crack, decode, deduce, explain, figure out (Inf.), interpret, make out, read, reveal, solve, suss (out) (Sl.), understand, unfold, unravel


decision

See Also

   arbitration, conclusion, finding, judgment, outcome, resolution, result, ruling, sentence, settlement, verdict [image]  decisiveness, determination, firmness, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, strength of mind or will


decisive

See Also

   absolute, conclusive, critical, crucial, definite, definitive, fateful, final, influential, momentous, positive, significant [image]  decided, determined, firm, forceful, incisive, resolute, strong-minded, trenchant


deck

See Also

•   v.    adorn, apparel (Archaic), array, attire, beautify, bedeck, bedight (Archaic), bedizen (Archaic), clothe, decorate, dress, embellish, festoon, garland, grace, ornament, trim [image]  deck up or out doll up (Sl.), get ready, prettify, pretty up, prink, rig out, tog up or out, trick out


declaim

See Also

   harangue, hold forth, lecture, orate, perorate, proclaim, rant, recite, speak, spiel (Inf.) [image]  declaim against attack, decry, denounce, inveigh, rail


declamation

See Also

address, harangue, lecture, oration, rant, recitation, speech, tirade


declaration

See Also

   acknowledgment, affirmation, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, deposition, disclosure, protestation, revelation, statement, testimony [image]  announcement, edict, manifesto, notification, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento


declarative, declaratory

affirmative, definite, demonstrative, enunciatory, explanatory, expository, expressive, positive


declare

See Also

   affirm, announce, assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, claim, confirm, maintain, proclaim, profess, pronounce, state, swear, testify, utter, validate [image]  confess, convey, disclose, make known, manifest, reveal, show


decline

See Also

•   v.    abstain, avoid, deny, forgo, refuse, reject, say `no', send one's regrets, turn down [image]  decrease, diminish, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, lessen, shrink, sink, wane

•   n.    abatement, diminution, downturn, drop, dwindling, falling off, lessening, recession, slump

•   v.    decay, degenerate, deteriorate, droop, languish, pine, weaken, worsen

•   n.    decay, decrepitude, degeneration, deterioration, enfeeblement, failing, senility, weakening, worsening [image]   Archaic consumption, phthisis, tuberculosis

•   v.    descend, dip, sink, slant, slope

•   n.    declivity, hill, incline, slope


decompose

See Also

   break up, crumble, decay, fall apart, fester, putrefy, rot, spoil [image]  analyse, atomize, break down, break up, decompound, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, distil, separate


decomposition

atomization, breakdown, corruption, decay, disintegration, dissolution, division, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot


décor

See Also

colour scheme, decoration, furnishing style, ornamentation


decorate

See Also

   adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, embellish, enrich, festoon, grace, ornament, trim [image]  colour, do up (Inf.), furbish, paint, paper, renovate, wallpaper [image]  cite, honour, pin a medal on


decoration

See Also

   adornment, beautification, elaboration, embellishment, enrichment, garnishing, ornamentation, trimming [image]  arabesque, bauble, cartouch(e), curlicue, falderal, festoon, flounce, flourish, frill, furbelow, garnish, ornament, scroll, spangle, trimmings, trinket [image]  award, badge, colours, emblem, garter, medal, order, ribbon, star


decorative

See Also

adorning, arty-crafty, beautifying, enhancing, fancy, nonfunctional, ornamental, pretty


decorous

See Also

appropriate, becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, dignified, fit, fitting, mannerly, polite, proper, refined, sedate, seemly, staid, suitable, well-behaved


decorum

See Also

behaviour, breeding, courtliness, decency, deportment, dignity, etiquette, gentility, good grace, good manners, gravity, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, punctilio, respectability, seemliness


decoy

See Also

•   n.    attraction, bait, ensnarement, enticement, inducement, lure, pretence, trap

•   v.    allure, bait, deceive, ensnare, entice, entrap, inveigle, lure, seduce, tempt


decrease

See Also

•   v.    abate, contract, curtail, cut down, decline, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease, fall off, lessen, lower, peter out, reduce, shrink, slacken, subside, wane

•   n.    abatement, contraction, cutback, decline, diminution, downturn, dwindling, ebb, falling off, lessening, loss, reduction, shrinkage, subsidence


decree

See Also

•   n.    act, canon, command, demand, dictum, edict, enactment, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, proclamation, regulation, ruling, statute

•   v.    command, decide, demand, determine, dictate, enact, establish, lay down, ordain, order, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, rule


decrepit

See Also

   aged, crippled, debilitated, doddering, effete, feeble, frail, incapacitated, infirm, superannuated, wasted, weak [image]  antiquated, battered, beat-up (Inf.), broken-down, deteriorated, dilapidated, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tumble-down, weather-beaten, worn-out


decry

See Also

abuse, asperse, belittle, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, cry down, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, discredit, disparage, excoriate, lambast(e), put down, rail against, run down, tear into (Inf.), traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue


dedicate

See Also

   commit, devote, give over to, pledge, surrender [image]  address, assign, inscribe, offer [image]  bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify, set apart


dedicated

See Also

committed, devoted, enthusiastic, given over to, purposeful, single-minded, sworn, wholehearted, zealous


dedication

See Also

   adherence, allegiance, commitment, devotedness, devotion, faithfulness, loyalty, single-mindedness, wholeheartedness [image]  address, inscription, message [image]  consecration, hallowing, sanctification


deduce

See Also

conclude, derive, draw, gather, glean, infer, reason, take to mean, understand


deduct

See Also

decrease by, knock off (Inf.), reduce by, remove, subtract, take away, take from, take off, take out, withdraw


deduction

See Also

   assumption, conclusion, consequence, corollary, finding, inference, reasoning, result [image]  abatement, allowance, decrease, diminution, discount, reduction, subtraction, withdrawal


deed

See Also

   achievement, act, action, exploit, fact, feat, performance, reality, truth [image]   Law contract, document, indenture, instrument, title, title deed, transaction


deem

See Also

account, believe, conceive, consider, esteem, estimate, hold, imagine, judge, reckon, regard, suppose, think


deep

See Also

•   adj.    abyssal, bottomless, broad, far, profound, unfathomable, wide, yawning [image]  abstract, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, hidden, mysterious, obscure, recondite, secret [image]  acute, discerning, learned, penetrating, sagacious, wise [image]  artful, astute, canny, cunning, designing, devious, insidious, knowing, scheming, shrewd [image]  extreme, grave, great, intense, profound, unqualified [image]  absorbed, engrossed, immersed, lost, preoccupied, rapt [image]   Of a colour dark, intense, rich, strong, vivid [image]   Of a sound bass, booming, full-toned, low, low-pitched, resonant, sonorous

•   n.    (Usually preceded by the) briny (Inf.), high seas, main, ocean, sea [image]  culmination, dead, middle, mid point

•   adv.    deeply, far down, far into, late


deepen

See Also

   dig out, dredge, excavate, hollow, scoop out, scrape out [image]  grow, increase, intensify, magnify, reinforce, strengthen


deeply

See Also

   completely, gravely, profoundly, seriously, severely, thoroughly, to the heart, to the quick [image]  acutely, affectingly, distressingly, feelingly, intensely, mournfully, movingly, passionately, sadly


deep-rooted

deep-rooted or deep-seated

See Also

confirmed, entrenched, fixed, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, subconscious, unconscious


deface

See Also

blemish, deform, destroy, disfigure, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, obliterate, spoil, sully, tarnish, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), vandalize


defacement

blemish, damage, destruction, disfigurement, distortion, impairment, injury, mutilation, vandalism


de facto

•   adv.    actually, in effect, in fact, in reality, really

•   adj.    actual, existing, real


defamation

See Also

aspersion, calumny, character assassination, denigration, disparagement, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal, slander, slur, smear, traducement, vilification


defamatory

See Also

abusive, calumnious, contumelious, denigrating, derogatory, disparaging, injurious, insulting, libellous, slanderous, vilifying, vituperative


defame

See Also

asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belie, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, cast a slur on, cast aspersions on, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disparage, knock (Inf.), libel, malign, rubbish (Inf.), slag (off) (Sl.), slander, smear, speak evil of, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vituperate


default

See Also

•   n.    absence, defect, deficiency, dereliction, failure, fault, lack, lapse, neglect, nonpayment, omission, want

•   v.    bilk, defraud, dodge, evade, fail, levant (Brit.), neglect, rat (Inf.), swindle, welsh (Sl.)


defaulter

See Also

delinquent, embezzler, levanter (Brit.), nonpayer, offender, peculator, welsher (Sl.)


defeat

See Also

•   v.    beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), conquer, crush, lick (Inf.), master, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, quell, repulse, rout, run rings around (Inf.), subdue, subjugate, tank (Sl.), undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.) [image]  baffle, balk, confound, disappoint, discomfit, foil, frustrate, get the better of, ruin, thwart

•   n.    beating, conquest, debacle, overthrow, pasting (Sl.), repulse, rout, trouncing, vanquishment [image]  disappointment, discomfiture, failure, frustration, rebuff, repulse, reverse, setback, thwarting


defeated

See Also

balked, beaten, bested, checkmated, conquered, crushed, licked (Inf.), overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, routed, thrashed, thwarted, trounced, vanquished, worsted


defeatist

See Also

•   n.    pessimist, prophet of doom, quitter, submitter, yielder

•   adj.    pessimistic


defect

See Also

•   n.    blemish, blotch, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, imperfection, mistake, spot, taint, want [image]  absence, default, deficiency, frailty, inadequacy, lack, shortcoming, weakness

•   v.    abandon, apostatize, break faith, change sides, desert, go over, rebel, revolt, tergiversate, walk out on (Inf.)


defection

abandonment, apostasy, backsliding, dereliction, desertion, rebellion, revolt


defective

See Also

   broken, deficient, faulty, flawed, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, not working, out of order, scant, short [image]  abnormal, mentally deficient, retarded, subnormal


defector

See Also

apostate, deserter, rat (Inf.), recreant (Archaic), renegade, runagate (Archaic), tergiversator, turncoat


defence

See Also

   armament, cover, deterrence, guard, immunity, protection, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter [image]  barricade, bastion, buckler, bulwark, buttress, fastness, fortification, rampart, shield [image]  apologia, apology, argument, excuse, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, justification, plea, vindication [image]   Law alibi, case, declaration, denial, plea, pleading, rebuttal, testimony


defenceless

See Also

endangered, exposed, helpless, naked, powerless, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable, wide open


defend

See Also

   cover, fortify, guard, keep safe, preserve, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, ward off, watch over [image]  assert, champion, endorse, espouse, justify, maintain, plead, speak up for, stand by, stand up for, stick up for (Inf.), support, sustain, uphold, vindicate


defendant

See Also

appellant, defence, litigant, offender, prisoner at the bar, respondent, the accused


defender

See Also

   bodyguard, escort, guard, protector [image]  advocate, champion, patron, sponsor, supporter, vindicator


defensible

See Also

   holdable, impregnable, safe, secure, unassailable [image]  justifiable, pardonable, permissible, plausible, tenable, valid, vindicable


defensive

averting, defending, on the defensive, opposing, protective, safeguarding, uptight (Inf.), watchful, withstanding


defensively

at bay, in defence, in self-defence, on guard, on the defensive, suspiciously


defer 1

See Also

adjourn, delay, hold over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put off, put on ice, put on the back burner (Inf.), set aside, shelve, suspend, table, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.)


defer 2

See Also

accede, bow, capitulate, comply, give in, give way to, respect, submit, yield


deference

See Also

   acquiescence, capitulation, complaisance, compliance, obedience, obeisance, submission, yielding [image]  attention, civility, consideration, courtesy, esteem, homage, honour, obeisance, politeness, regard, respect, reverence, thoughtfulness, veneration


deferential

See Also

civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dutiful, ingratiating, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, polite, regardful, respectful, reverential, submissive


deferment, deferral

See Also

adjournment, delay, moratorium, postponement, putting off, stay, suspension


defiance

See Also

challenge, confrontation, contempt, contumacy, disobedience, disregard, insolence, insubordination, opposition, provocation, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, spite


defiant

See Also

aggressive, audacious, bold, challenging, contumacious, daring, disobedient, insolent, insubordinate, mutinous, provocative, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, truculent


deficiency

See Also

   defect, demerit, failing, fault, flaw, frailty, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness [image]  absence, dearth, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, scarcity, shortage


deficient

See Also

   defective, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, unsatisfactory, weak [image]  exiguous, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meagre, pathetic, scant, scanty, scarce, short, skimpy, wanting


deficit

arrears, default, deficiency, loss, shortage, shortfall


defiled

See Also

besmirched, desecrated, dishonoured, impure, polluted, profaned, ravished, spoilt, tainted, unclean


define

See Also

   characterize, describe, designate, detail, determine, explain, expound, interpret, specify, spell out [image]  bound, circumscribe, delimit, delineate, demarcate, limit, mark out, outline


definite

See Also

   clear, clear-cut, clearly defined, determined, exact, explicit, express, fixed, marked, obvious, particular, precise, specific [image]  assured, certain, decided, guaranteed, positive, settled, sure


definitely

See Also

absolutely, beyond any doubt, categorically, certainly, clearly, decidedly, easily, far and away, finally, indubitably, obviously, plainly, positively, surely, undeniably, unequivocally, unmistakably, unquestionably, without doubt, without fail, without question


definition

See Also

   clarification, description, elucidation, explanation, exposition, statement of meaning [image]  delimitation, delineation, demarcation, determination, fixing, outlining, settling [image]  clarity, contrast, distinctness, focus, precision, sharpness


definitive

See Also

absolute, authoritative, complete, conclusive, decisive, exhaustive, final, perfect, reliable, ultimate


deflate

See Also

   collapse, contract, empty, exhaust, flatten, puncture, shrink, void [image]  chasten, dash, debunk (Inf.), disconcert, dispirit, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down (Sl.), squash, take the wind out of (someone's) sails [image]   Economics decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, reduce


deflect

See Also

bend, deviate, diverge, glance off, ricochet, shy, sidetrack, slew, swerve, turn, turn aside, twist, veer, wind


deflection

See Also

aberration, bend, declination, deviation, divergence, drift, refraction, swerve, veer


deform

   buckle, contort, distort, gnarl, malform, mangle, misshape, twist, warp [image]  cripple, deface, disfigure, injure, maim, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil


deformed

See Also

   bent, blemished, crippled, crooked, disfigured, distorted, maimed, malformed, mangled, marred, misbegotten, misshapen [image]  depraved, gross, offensive, perverted, twisted, warped


deformity

   abnormality, defect, disfigurement, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misproportion, misshapenness, ugliness [image]  corruption, depravity, grossness, hatefulness, vileness


defraud

See Also

beguile, bilk, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, delude, diddle (Inf.), do (Sl.), dupe, embezzle, fleece, gull (Archaic), gyp (Sl.), outwit, pilfer, pull a fast one on (Inf.), rip off (Sl.), rob, rook (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), swindle, trick


deft

See Also

able, adept, adroit, agile, clever, dexterous, expert, handy, neat, nimble, proficient, skilful


defunct

See Also

   dead, deceased, departed, extinct, gone [image]  a dead letter, bygone, expired, inoperative, invalid, nonexistent, not functioning, obsolete, out of commission


defy

See Also

   beard, brave, challenge, confront, contemn, dare, despise, disregard, face, flout, hurl defiance at, provoke, scorn, slight, spurn [image]  baffle, defeat, elude, foil, frustrate, repel, repulse, resist, thwart, withstand


degenerate

See Also

•   adj.    base, corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerated, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissolute, fallen, immoral, low, mean, perverted, pervy (Sl.)

•   v.    decay, decline, decrease, deteriorate, fall off, lapse, regress, retrogress, rot, sink, slip, worsen


degeneration

See Also

debasement, decline, degeneracy, descent, deterioration, dissipation, dissolution, regression


degradation

See Also

   abasement, debasement, decadence, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, demotion, derogation, deterioration, downgrading, perversion [image]  discredit, disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, ignominy, mortification, shame


degrade

See Also

   cheapen, corrupt, debase, demean, deteriorate, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, humble, humiliate, impair, injure, pervert, shame, vitiate [image]  break, cashier, demote, depose, downgrade, lower, reduce to inferior rank [image]  adulterate, dilute, doctor, mix, thin, water, water down, weaken


degraded

See Also

abandoned, base, corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, depraved, despicable, disgraced, disreputable, dissolute, low, mean, profligate, sordid, vicious, vile


degrading

See Also

cheapening, contemptible, debasing, demeaning, disgraceful, dishonourable, humiliating, infra dig (Inf.), lowering, shameful, undignified, unworthy


degree

See Also

   class, grade, level, order, position, rank, standing, station, status [image]  division, extent, gradation, grade, interval, limit, mark, measure, notch, point, rung, scale, stage, step, unit [image]  ambit, calibre, extent, intensity, level, measure, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, scale, scope, severity, standard [image]  by degrees bit by bit, gently, gradually, imperceptibly, inch by inch, little by little, slowly, step by step


deign

See Also

condescend, consent, deem worthy, lower oneself, see fit, stoop, think fit


deity

celestial being, divine being, divinity, god, goddess, godhead, idol, immortal, supreme being


dejected

See Also

blue, cast down, crestfallen, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, dismal, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), woebegone, wretched


dejection

See Also

blues, depression, despair, despondency, doldrums, downheartedness, dumps (Inf.), gloom, gloominess, heavy-heartedness, low spirits, melancholy, sadness, sorrow, the hump (Brit. inf.), unhappiness


de jure

according to the law, by right, legally, rightfully


delay

See Also

•   v.    defer, hold over, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, put on the back burner (Inf.), shelve, stall, suspend, table, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.), temporize

•   n.    deferment, postponement, procrastination, stay, suspension

•   v.    arrest, bog down, check, detain, halt, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, obstruct, retard, set back, slow up, stop

•   n.    check, detention, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, interruption, interval, obstruction, setback, stoppage, wait

•   v.    dawdle, dilly-dally (Inf.), drag, lag, linger, loiter, tarry

•   n.    dawdling, dilly-dallying (Inf.), lingering, loitering, tarrying


delectable

See Also

adorable, agreeable, appetizing, charming, dainty, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, enticing, gratifying, inviting, luscious, lush, pleasant, pleasurable, satisfying, scrumptious (Inf.), tasty, toothsome, yummy (Sl.)


delegate

See Also

•   n.    agent, ambassador, commissioner, deputy, envoy, legate, representative, vicar

•   v.    accredit, appoint, authorize, commission, depute, designate, empower, mandate [image]  assign, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, pass on, relegate, transfer


delegation

See Also

   commission, contingent, deputation, embassy, envoys, legation, mission [image]  assignment, commissioning, committal, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, relegation


delete

See Also

blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, cut out, dele, edit, edit out, efface, erase, excise, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, strike out


deliberate

See Also

•   v.    cogitate, consider, consult, debate, discuss, meditate, mull over, ponder, reflect, think, weigh

•   adj.    calculated, conscious, considered, designed, intentional, planned, prearranged, premeditated, purposeful, studied, thoughtful, wilful [image]  careful, cautious, circumspect, heedful, measured, methodical, ponderous, prudent, slow, thoughtful, unhurried, wary


deliberately

See Also

by design, calculatingly, consciously, determinedly, emphatically, in cold blood, intentionally, knowingly, on purpose, pointedly, resolutely, studiously, wilfully, wittingly


deliberation

See Also

   calculation, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, cogitation, consideration, coolness, forethought, meditation, prudence, purpose, reflection, speculation, study, thought, wariness [image]  conference, consultation, debate, discussion


delicacy

See Also

   accuracy, daintiness, elegance, exquisiteness, fineness, lightness, nicety, precision, subtlety [image]  debility, flimsiness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, slenderness, tenderness, weakness [image]  discrimination, fastidiousness, finesse, purity, refinement, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, tact, taste [image]  bonne bouche, dainty, luxury, relish, savoury, titbit, treat


delicate

See Also

   ailing, debilitated, flimsy, fragile, frail, sickly, slender, slight, tender, weak [image]  choice, dainty, delicious, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, savoury, tender [image]  faint, muted, pastel, soft, subdued, subtle [image]  accurate, deft, detailed, minute, precise, skilled [image]  considerate, diplomatic, discreet, sensitive, tactful [image]  critical, difficult, precarious, sensitive, sticky (Inf.), ticklish, touchy [image]  careful, critical, discriminating, fastidious, nice, prudish, pure, refined, scrupulous, squeamish


delicately

See Also

carefully, daintily, deftly, elegantly, exquisitely, fastidiously, finely, gracefully, lightly, precisely, sensitively, skilfully, softly, subtly, tactfully


delicious

See Also

   ambrosial, appetizing, choice, dainty, delectable, luscious, mouthwatering, nectareous, palatable, savoury, scrumptious (Inf.), tasty, toothsome, yummy (Sl.) [image]  agreeable, charming, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, exquisite, pleasant, pleasing


delight

See Also

•   n.    ecstasy, enjoyment, felicity, gladness, gratification, happiness, jollies (Sl.), joy, pleasure, rapture, transport

•   v.    amuse, charm, cheer, divert, enchant, gratify, please, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, thrill [image]  (With in) appreciate, enjoy, feast on, glory in, indulge in, like, love, luxuriate in, relish, revel in, savour


delighted

See Also

captivated, charmed, cock-a-hoop, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, gladdened, happy, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), pleased, rapt, thrilled


delightful

See Also

agreeable, amusing, captivating, charming, congenial, delectable, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, thrilling


delinquency

See Also

crime, fault, misbehaviour, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanour, offence, wrongdoing


delinquent

See Also

criminal, culprit, defaulter, juvenile delinquent, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, offender, villain, wrongdoer, young offender


delirious

See Also

   crazy, demented, deranged, incoherent, insane, light-headed, mad, raving, unhinged [image]  beside oneself, carried away, corybantic, ecstatic, excited, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, wild


delirium

See Also

   aberration, derangement, hallucination, insanity, lunacy, madness, raving [image]  ecstasy, fever, frenzy, fury, hysteria, passion, rage


deliver

See Also

   bear, bring, carry, cart, convey, distribute, transport [image]  cede, commit, give up, grant, hand over, make over, relinquish, resign, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield [image]  acquit, discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, ransom, redeem, release, rescue, save [image]  announce, declare, give, give forth, present, proclaim, pronounce, publish, read, utter [image]  administer, aim, deal, direct, give, inflict, launch, strike, throw [image]  discharge, dispense, feed, give forth, provide, purvey, release, supply


deliverance

See Also

emancipation, escape, liberation, ransom, redemption, release, rescue, salvation


delivery

See Also

   consignment, conveyance, dispatch, distribution, handing over, surrender, transfer, transmission, transmittal [image]  articulation, elocution, enunciation, intonation, speech, utterance [image]   Medical childbirth, confinement, labour, parturition [image]  deliverance, escape, liberation, release, rescue


delude

See Also

bamboozle (Inf.), beguile, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, dupe, fool, gull (Archaic), hoax, hoodwink, impose on, kid (Inf.), lead up the garden path (Inf.), misguide, mislead, take in (Inf.), trick


deluge

See Also

•   n.    cataclysm, downpour, flood, inundation, overflowing, spate, torrent [image]   Fig. avalanche, barrage, flood, rush, spate, torrent

•   v.    douse, drench, drown, flood, inundate, soak, submerge, swamp [image]   Fig. engulf, inundate, overload, overrun, overwhelm, swamp


delusion

See Also

deception, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, hallucination, illusion, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, mistake, phantasm, self-deception


de luxe

See Also

choice, costly, elegant, exclusive, expensive, gorgeous, grand, luxurious, opulent, palatial, plush (Inf.), rich, select, special, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), sumptuous, superior


delve

See Also

burrow, dig into, examine, explore, ferret out, investigate, look into, probe, ransack, research, rummage, search, unearth


demagogue

See Also

agitator, firebrand, haranguer, rabble-rouser, soapbox orator


demand

See Also

•   v.    ask, challenge, inquire, interrogate, question, request [image]  call for, cry out for, entail, involve, necessitate, need, require, take, want [image]  claim, exact, expect, insist on, order

•   n.    bidding, charge, inquiry, interrogation, order, question, request, requisition [image]  call, claim, market, necessity, need, requirement, want [image]  in demand fashionable, in vogue, needed, popular, requested, sought after


demanding

See Also

   challenging, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, hard, taxing, tough, trying, wearing [image]  clamorous, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, pressing, urgent


demarcate

See Also

define, delimit, determine, differentiate, distinguish between, fix, mark, separate


demarcation

See Also

   bound, boundary, confine, enclosure, limit, margin, pale [image]  delimitation, differentiation, distinction, division, separation


demean

See Also

abase, debase, degrade, descend, humble, lower, stoop


demeanour

See Also

air, bearing, behaviour, carriage, comportment, conduct, deportment, manner, mien


demented

See Also

barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), crackbrained, crackpot (Inf.), crazed, crazy, daft (Inf.), deranged, distraught, dotty (Sl., chiefly Brit.), foolish, frenzied, idiotic, insane, loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mad, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, not the full shilling (Inf.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), unbalanced, unhinged, up the pole (Inf.)


democracy

See Also

commonwealth, government by the people, representative government, republic


democratic

See Also

autonomous, egalitarian, popular, populist, representative, republican, self-governing


demolish

See Also

   bulldoze, destroy, dismantle, flatten, knock down, level, overthrow, pulverize, raze, ruin, tear down, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.) [image]   Fig. annihilate, blow out of the water (Sl.), defeat, destroy, lick (Inf.), master, overthrow, overturn, tank (Sl.), undo, wipe the floor with (Inf.), wreck [image]  consume, devour, eat, gobble up, put away


demolition

See Also

bulldozing, destruction, explosion, knocking down, levelling, razing, wrecking


demon

See Also

   devil, evil spirit, fiend, ghoul, goblin, malignant spirit [image]   Fig. devil, fiend, ghoul, monster, rogue, villain [image]  ace (Inf.), addict, fanatic, fiend, go-getter (Inf.), master, wizard [image]  daemon, daimon, genius, guardian spirit, ministering angel, numen


demonic, demoniac, demoniacal

   devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic [image]  crazed, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, like one possessed, mad, maniacal, manic


demonstrable

attestable, axiomatic, certain, evident, evincible, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, obvious, palpable, positive, provable, self-evident, undeniable, unmistakable, verifiable


demonstrate

See Also

   display, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, indicate, manifest, prove, show, testify to [image]  describe, explain, illustrate, make clear, show how, teach [image]  march, parade, picket, protest, rally


demonstration

See Also

   affirmation, confirmation, display, evidence, exhibition, expression, illustration, manifestation, proof, substantiation, testimony, validation [image]  description, explanation, exposition, presentation, test, trial [image]  march, mass lobby, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit-in


demonstrative

See Also

   affectionate, effusive, emotional, expansive, expressive, gushing, loving, open, unreserved, unrestrained [image]  evincive, explanatory, expository, illustrative, indicative, symptomatic


demoralize

See Also

   cripple, daunt, deject, depress, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, enfeeble, psych out (Inf.), rattle (Inf.), sap, shake, undermine, unnerve, weaken [image]  corrupt, debase, debauch, deprave, lower, pervert, vitiate


demoralized

See Also

   broken, crushed, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, sick as a parrot (Inf.), subdued, unmanned, unnerved, weakened [image]  bad, base, corrupt, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, immoral, low, reprobate, sinful, wicked


demur

See Also

•   v.    balk, cavil, disagree, dispute, doubt, hesitate, object, pause, protest, refuse, take exception, waver

•   n.    compunction, demurral, demurrer, dissent, hesitation, misgiving, objection, protest, qualm, scruple


demure

See Also

   decorous, diffident, grave, modest, reserved, reticent, retiring, sedate, shy, sober, staid, unassuming [image]  affected, bashful, coy, priggish, prim, prissy (Inf.), prudish, strait-laced


den

See Also

   cave, cavern, haunt, hide-out, hole, lair, shelter [image]  cloister, cubbyhole, hideaway, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, snuggery, study


denial

See Also

adjuration, contradiction, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissal, dissent, negation, prohibition, rebuff, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, retraction, veto


denigrate

See Also

asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belittle, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, decry, defame, disparage, impugn, knock (Inf.), malign, revile, rubbish (Inf.), run down, slag (off) (Sl.), slander, vilify


denigration

See Also

aspersion, backbiting, defamation, detraction, disparagement, obloquy, scandal, scurrility, slander, vilification


denomination

See Also

   belief, communion, creed, persuasion, religious group, school, sect [image]  grade, size, unit, value [image]  body, category, class, classification, group [image]  appellation, designation, label, name, style, term, title


denote

See Also

betoken, designate, express, imply, import, indicate, mark, mean, show, signify, typify


denounce

See Also

accuse, arraign, attack, brand, castigate, censure, condemn, declaim against, decry, denunciate, excoriate, impugn, proscribe, revile, stigmatize, vilify


dense

See Also

   close, close-knit, compact, compressed, condensed, heavy, impenetrable, opaque, solid, substantial, thick, thickset [image]  blockish, braindead (Inf.), crass, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, obtuse, slow, slow-witted, stolid, stupid, thick, thick-witted


density

See Also

   body, bulk, closeness, compactness, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, impenetrability, mass, solidity, thickness, tightness [image]  crassness, dullness, obtuseness, slowness, stolidity, stupidity, thickness


dent

See Also

•   n.    chip, concavity, crater, depression, dimple, dip, hollow, impression, indentation, pit

•   v.    depress, dint, gouge, hollow, imprint, make a dent in, make concave, press in, push in


denude

See Also

bare, divest, expose, lay bare, strip, uncover


deny

See Also

   contradict, disagree with, disprove, gainsay (Archaic or literary), oppose, rebuff, rebut, refute [image]  abjure, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke [image]  begrudge, decline, disallow, forbid, negative, refuse, reject, turn down, veto, withhold


deodorant

air freshener, antiperspirant, deodorizer, disinfectant, fumigant


depart

See Also

   absent (oneself), decamp, disappear, escape, exit, go, go away, hook it (Sl.), leave, migrate, quit, remove, retire, retreat, set forth, slope off, start out, take (one's) leave, vanish, withdraw [image]  deviate, differ, digress, diverge, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer


departed

See Also

dead, deceased, expired, late


department

See Also

   district, division, province, region, sector [image]  branch, bureau, division, office, section, station, subdivision, unit [image]  area, domain, function, line, province, realm, responsibility, speciality, sphere


departure

See Also

   exit, exodus, going, going away, leave-taking, leaving, removal, retirement, withdrawal [image]  abandonment, branching off, deviation, digression, divergence, variation, veering [image]  branching out, change, difference, innovation, novelty, shift


depend

See Also

   bank on, build upon, calculate on, confide in, count on, lean on, reckon on, rely upon, trust in, turn to [image]  be based on, be contingent on, be determined by, be subject to, be subordinate to, hang on, hinge on, rest on, revolve around


dependable

See Also

faithful, reliable, reputable, responsible, staunch, steady, sure, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing


dependant

See Also

•   n. child, client, hanger-on, henchman, minion, minor, protégé, relative, retainer, subordinate, vassal


dependent

See Also

•   adj.    counting on, defenceless, helpless, immature, reliant, relying on, vulnerable, weak [image]  conditional, contingent, depending, determined by, liable to, relative, subject to [image]  feudal, subject, subordinate, tributary


depict

See Also

   delineate, draw, illustrate, limn, outline, paint, picture, portray, render, reproduce, sculpt, sketch [image]  characterize, describe, detail, narrate, outline, sketch


deplete

See Also

bankrupt, consume, decrease, drain, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, use up


depleted

See Also

consumed, decreased, depreciated, devoid of, drained, emptied, exhausted, lessened, out of, reduced, short of, spent, used (up), wasted, weakened, worn out


depletion

See Also

attenuation, consumption, decrease, deficiency, diminution, drain, dwindling, exhaustion, expenditure, lessening, lowering, reduction, using up


deplorable

See Also

   calamitous, dire, disastrous, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, lamentable, melancholy, miserable, pitiable, regrettable, sad, unfortunate, wretched [image]  blameworthy, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, execrable, opprobrious, reprehensible, scandalous, shameful


deplore

See Also

   bemoan, bewail, grieve for, lament, mourn, regret, rue, sorrow over [image]  abhor, censure, condemn, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, excoriate, object to


deploy

See Also

arrange, dispose, extend, position, redistribute, set out, set up, spread out, station, use, utilize


deport

See Also

   banish, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, oust [image]  (Used reflexively) acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, hold


deportation

See Also

banishment, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, transportation


deportment

See Also

air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behaviour, carriage, cast, comportment, conduct, demeanour, manner, mien, posture, stance


depose

See Also

   break, cashier, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, oust, remove from office [image]   Law avouch, declare, make a deposition, testify


deposit

See Also

•   v.    drop, lay, locate, place, precipitate, put, settle, sit down [image]  amass, bank, consign, entrust, hoard, lodge, save, store

•   n.    down payment, instalment, money (in bank), part payment, pledge, retainer, security, stake, warranty [image]  accumulation, alluvium, deposition, dregs, lees, precipitate, sediment, silt


deposition

See Also

   dethronement, dismissal, displacement, ousting, removal [image]   Law affidavit, declaration, evidence, sworn statement, testimony


depository

See Also

depot, repository, safe-deposit box, store, storehouse, warehouse


depot

See Also

   depository, repository, storehouse, warehouse [image]   Military arsenal, dump [image]  bus station, garage, terminus


deprave

See Also

brutalize, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, lead astray, pervert, seduce, subvert, vitiate


depraved

See Also

abandoned, corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, evil, immoral, lascivious, lewd, licentious, perverted, pervy (Sl.), profligate, shameless, sinful, vicious, vile, wicked


depravity

See Also

baseness, contamination, corruption, criminality, debasement, debauchery, degeneracy, depravation, evil, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, sinfulness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, vitiation, wickedness


depreciate

See Also

   decrease, deflate, devaluate, devalue, lessen, lose value, lower, reduce [image]  belittle, decry, denigrate, deride, detract, disparage, look down on, ridicule, run down, scorn, sneer at, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue


depreciation

See Also

   deflation, depression, devaluation, drop, fall, slump [image]  belittlement, deprecation, derogation, detraction, disparagement, pejoration


depress

See Also

   cast down, chill, damp, daunt, deject, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, make despondent, oppress, sadden, weigh down [image]  debilitate, devitalize, drain, enervate, exhaust, lower, sap, slow up, weaken [image]  cheapen, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, impair, lessen, lower, reduce [image]  flatten, level, lower, press down, push down


depressed

See Also

   blue, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, discouraged, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps (Inf.), fed up, glum, low, low-spirited, melancholy, moody, morose, pessimistic, sad, unhappy [image]  concave, hollow, indented, recessed, set back, sunken [image]   Of an area, circumstances deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, distressed, grey, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down [image]  cheapened, depreciated, devalued, impaired, weakened


depressing

See Also

black, bleak, daunting, dejecting, depressive, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, harrowing, heartbreaking, hopeless, melancholy, sad, saddening, sombre


depression

See Also

   dejection, despair, despondency, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps (Inf.), gloominess, hopelessness, low spirits, melancholia, melancholy, sadness, the blues, the hump (Brit. inf.) [image]   Commerce dullness, economic decline, hard or bad times, inactivity, lowness, recession, slump, stagnation [image]  bowl, cavity, concavity, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, sag, sink, valley


deprivation

See Also

   denial, deprival, dispossession, divestment, expropriation, removal, withdrawal, withholding [image]  destitution, detriment, disadvantage, distress, hardship, need, privation, want


deprive

See Also

bereave, despoil, dispossess, divest, expropriate, rob, strip, wrest


deprived

See Also

bereft, denuded, destitute, disadvantaged, forlorn, in need, in want, lacking, necessitous, needy, poor


depth

See Also

   abyss, deepness, drop, extent, measure, profoundness, profundity [image]   Fig. astuteness, discernment, insight, penetration, profoundness, profundity, sagacity, wisdom [image]  abstruseness, complexity, obscurity, reconditeness [image]  intensity, richness, strength [image]  (Often plural) abyss, bowels of the earth, deepest  (furthest, innermost, most intense, remotest), middle, midst, slough of despond [image]  in depth comprehensively, extensively, intensively, thoroughly


deputation

See Also

   commission, delegates, delegation, deputies, embassy, envoys, legation [image]  appointment, assignment, commission, designation, nomination


deputize

See Also

   commission, delegate, depute [image]  act for, stand in for, take the place of, understudy


deputy

See Also

•   n.    agent, ambassador, commissioner, delegate, legate, lieutenant, nuncio, proxy, representative, second-in-command, substitute, surrogate, vicegerent

•   adj.    assistant, depute (Scot.), subordinate


derange

See Also

   confound, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, displace, disturb, ruffle, unsettle, upset [image]  craze, dement (Rare), drive mad, madden, make insane, unbalance, unhinge


deranged

See Also

barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), berserk, crackpot (Inf.), crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, distracted, frantic, frenzied, insane, irrational, loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mad, maddened, not the full shilling (Inf.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), unbalanced, unhinged, up the pole (Inf.)


derelict

See Also

•   adj.    abandoned, deserted, dilapidated, discarded, forsaken, neglected, ruined [image]  careless, irresponsible, lax, negligent, remiss, slack

•   n.    bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), bum (Inf.), down-and-out, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, outcast, tramp, vagrant, wastrel


dereliction

See Also

   delinquency, evasion, failure, faithlessness, fault, neglect, negligence, nonperformance, remissness [image]  abandonment, abdication, desertion, forsaking, relinquishment, renunciation


deride

See Also

chaff, contemn, detract, disdain, disparage, flout, gibe, insult, jeer, knock (Inf.), mock, pooh-pooh, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), taunt


derisory

See Also

contemptible, insulting, laughable, ludicrous, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous


derivation

See Also

   acquiring, deriving, extraction, getting, obtaining [image]  ancestry, basis, beginning, descent, etymology, foundation, genealogy, origin, root, source


derivative

See Also

•   adj.    acquired, borrowed, derived, inferred, obtained, procured, transmitted [image]  copied, imitative, plagiaristic, plagiarized, rehashed, secondary, second-hand, uninventive, unoriginal

•   n.    by-product, derivation, descendant, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off


derive

See Also

   collect, deduce, draw, elicit, extract, follow, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, obtain, procure, receive, trace [image]  (With from) arise, descend, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, spring from, stem from


derogatory

See Also

belittling, damaging, defamatory, depreciative, detracting, discreditable, dishonouring, disparaging, injurious, offensive, slighting, uncomplimentary, unfavourable, unflattering


descend

See Also

   alight, dismount, drop, fall, go down, move down, plummet, plunge, sink, subside, tumble [image]  dip, gravitate, incline, slant, slope [image]  be handed down, be passed down, derive, issue, originate, proceed, spring [image]  abase oneself, condescend, degenerate, deteriorate, lower oneself, stoop [image]  (Often with on) arrive, assail, assault, attack, come in force, invade, pounce, raid, swoop


descent

See Also

   coming down, drop, fall, plunge, swoop [image]  declination, declivity, dip, drop, incline, slant, slope [image]  ancestry, extraction, family tree, genealogy, heredity, lineage, origin, parentage [image]  debasement, decadence, decline, degradation, deterioration [image]  assault, attack, foray, incursion, invasion, pounce, raid, swoop


describe

See Also

   characterize, define, depict, detail, explain, express, illustrate, narrate, portray, recount, relate, report, specify, tell [image]  delineate, draw, mark out, outline, trace


description

See Also

   account, characterization, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, narration, narrative, portrayal, report, representation, sketch [image]  brand, breed, category, class, genre, genus, ilk, kidney, kind, order, sort, species, type, variety


descriptive

See Also

circumstantial, depictive, detailed, explanatory, expressive, graphic, illustrative, pictorial, picturesque, vivid


desert 1

See Also

•   n.    solitude, waste, wasteland, wilderness, wilds

•   adj.    arid, bare, barren, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, uncultivated, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild


desert 2

See Also

•   v. abandon, abscond, betray, decamp, defect, forsake, give up, go over the hill (Military sl.), jilt, leave, leave high and dryfb, leave (someone) in the lurch, leave stranded, maroon, quit, rat (on) (Inf.), relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on (Inf.), strand, throw over, vacate, walk out on (Inf.)


deserted

See Also

abandoned, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, neglected, solitary, unfriended, unoccupied, vacant


deserter

See Also

absconder, apostate, defector, escapee, fugitive, rat (Inf.), renegade, runaway, traitor, truant


desertion

See Also

abandonment, absconding, apostasy, betrayal, defection, departure, dereliction, escape, evasion, flight, forsaking, relinquishment, truancy


deserve

be entitled to, be worthy of, earn, gain, justify, merit, procure, rate, warrant, win


deserved

appropriate, condign, due, earned, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, justified, meet (Archaic), merited, proper, right, rightful, suitable, warranted, well-earned


deserving

See Also

commendable, estimable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, righteous, worthy


design

See Also

•   v.    delineate, describe, draft, draw, outline, plan, sketch, trace

•   n.    blueprint, delineation, draft, drawing, model, outline, plan, scheme, sketch

•   v.    conceive, create, fabricate, fashion, invent, originate, think up

•   n.    arrangement, configuration, construction, figure, form, motif, organization, pattern, shape, style

•   v.    aim, contrive, destine, devise, intend, make, mean, plan, project, propose, purpose, scheme, tailor

•   n.    enterprise, plan, project, schema, scheme, undertaking [image]  aim, end, goal, intent, intention, meaning, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, target, view [image]  (Often plural) conspiracy, evil intentions, intrigue, machination, plot, scheme


designate

See Also

   call, christen, dub, entitle, label, name, nominate, style, term [image]  allot, appoint, assign, choose, delegate, depute, nominate, select [image]  characterize, define, denote, describe, earmark, indicate, pinpoint, show, specify, stipulate


designation

See Also

   denomination, description, epithet, label, mark, name, title [image]  appointment, classification, delegation, indication, selection, specification


designer

See Also

   architect, artificer, couturier, creator, deviser, inventor, originator, stylist [image]  conniver, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer


designing

See Also

artful, astute, conniving, conspiring, crafty, crooked (Inf.), cunning, deceitful, devious, intriguing, Machiavellian, plotting, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous, wily


desirability

See Also

advantage, benefit, merit, profit, usefulness, value, worth


desirable

See Also

   advantageous, advisable, agreeable, beneficial, covetable, eligible, enviable, good, pleasing, preferable, profitable, worthwhile [image]  adorable, alluring, attractive, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, seductive, sexy (Inf.)


desire

See Also

•   v.    aspire to, covet, crave, desiderate, fancy, hanker after, hope for, long for, set one's heart on, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for

•   n.    appetite, aspiration, craving, hankering, hope, longing, need, thirst, want, wish, yearning, yen (Inf.)

•   v.    ask, entreat, importune, petition, request, solicit

•   n.    appeal, entreaty, importunity, petition, request, solicitation, supplication [image]  appetite, concupiscence, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, lust, lustfulness, passion


desired

See Also

accurate, appropriate, correct, exact, expected, express, fitting, necessary, particular, proper, required, right


desirous

See Also

ambitious, anxious, aspiring, avid, craving, desiring, eager, hopeful, hoping, keen, longing, ready, willing, wishing, yearning


desist

See Also

abstain, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, give over (Inf.), give up, have done with, kick (Inf.), leave off, pause, refrain from, remit, stop, suspend


desolate

See Also

•   adj.    bare, barren, bleak, desert, dreary, godforsaken, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, waste, wild

•   v.    depopulate, despoil, destroy, devastate, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ravage, ruin

•   adj.    abandoned, bereft, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, depressing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, gloomy, lonely, melancholy, miserable, wretched

•   v.    daunt, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, grieve


desolation

See Also

   destruction, devastation, havoc, ravages, ruin, ruination [image]  barrenness, bleakness, desolateness, forlornness, isolation, loneliness, solitariness, solitude, wildness [image]  anguish, dejection, despair, distress, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness


despair

See Also

•   v.    despond, give up, lose heart, lose hope

•   n.    anguish, dejection, depression, desperation, despondency, disheartenment, gloom, hopelessness, melancholy, misery, wretchedness [image]  burden, cross, hardship, ordeal, pain, trial, tribulation


despairing

See Also

anxious, broken-hearted, dejected, depressed, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, suicidal, wretched


desperado

See Also

bandit, criminal, cutthroat, gangster, gunman, heavy (Sl.), hoodlum (Chiefly U.S.), lawbreaker, mugger (Inf.), outlaw, ruffian, thug, villain


desperate

See Also

   audacious, dangerous, daring, death-defying, determined, foolhardy, frantic, furious, hasty, hazardous, headstrong, impetuous, madcap, precipitate, rash, reckless, risky, violent, wild [image]  acute, critical, dire, drastic, extreme, great, urgent, very grave [image]  despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, wretched


desperately

See Also

   badly, dangerously, gravely, perilously, seriously, severely [image]  appallingly, fearfully, frightfully, hopelessly, shockingly


desperation

   defiance, foolhardiness, frenzy, heedlessness, impetuosity, madness, rashness, recklessness [image]  agony, anguish, anxiety, despair, despondency, distraction, heartache, hopelessness, misery, pain, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry


despicable

See Also

abject, base, beyond contempt, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, disgraceful, disreputable, hateful, ignominious, infamous, low, mean, pitiful, reprehensible, scurvy, shameful, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched


despise

See Also

abhor, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, flout, loathe, look down on, neglect, revile, scorn, slight, spurn, undervalue


despite

See Also

against, even with, in contempt of, in defiance of, in spite of, in the face of, in the teeth of, notwithstanding, regardless of, undeterred by


despoil

See Also

denude, deprive, destroy, devastate, dispossess, divest, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, rifle, rob, strip, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), vandalize, wreak havoc upon, wreck


despondency

See Also

dejection, depression, despair, desperation, disconsolateness, discouragement, dispiritedness, downheartedness, gloom, hopelessness, low spirits, melancholy, misery, sadness, the hump (Brit. inf.), wretchedness


despondent

See Also

blue, dejected, depressed, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, hopeless, in despair, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), sorrowful, woebegone, wretched


despot

See Also

autocrat, dictator, monocrat, oppressor, tyrant


despotic

See Also

absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, monocratic, oppressive, tyrannical, unconstitutional


despotism

See Also

absolutism, autarchy, autocracy, dictatorship, monocracy, oppression, totalitarianism, tyranny


destination

   harbour, haven, journey's end, landing-place, resting-place, station, stop, terminus [image]  aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intention, object, objective, purpose, target


destine

See Also

allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decree, design, devote, doom, earmark, fate, intend, mark out, ordain, predetermine, preordain, purpose, reserve


destiny

See Also

cup, divine decree, doom, fate, fortune, karma, kismet, lot, portion


destitute

See Also

   dirt-poor (Inf.), distressed, down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impecunious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on one's uppers, on the breadline (Inf.), penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, short, without two pennies to rub together (Inf.) [image]  bereft of, deficient in, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, drained, empty of, in need of, lacking, wanting, without


destitution

See Also

beggary, dire straits, distress, impecuniousness, indigence, neediness, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, privation, utter poverty, want


destroy

See Also

annihilate, blow to bits, break down, crush, demolish, desolate, devastate, dismantle, dispatch, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, kill, ravage, raze, ruin, shatter, slay, smash, torpedo, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), waste, wipe out, wreck


destruction

See Also

annihilation, crushing, demolition, devastation, downfall, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, havoc, liquidation, massacre, overthrow, overwhelming, ruin, ruination, shattering, slaughter, undoing, wreckage, wrecking


destructive

See Also

   baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, devastating, fatal, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, maleficent, noxious, pernicious, ruinous [image]  adverse, antagonistic, contrary, derogatory, discouraging, discrediting, disparaging, hostile, invalidating, negative, opposed, undermining, vicious


detach

See Also

cut off, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, disunite, divide, free, isolate, loosen, remove, segregate, separate, sever, tear off, unbridle, uncouple, unfasten, unhitch


detached

See Also

   disconnected, discrete, disjoined, divided, free, loosened, separate, severed, unconnected [image]  aloof, disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, impersonal, neutral, objective, reserved, unbiased, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprejudiced


detachment

See Also

   aloofness, coolness, indifference, nonchalance, remoteness, unconcern [image]  disinterestedness, fairness, impartiality, neutrality, nonpartisanship, objectivity [image]  disconnection, disengagement, disjoining, separation, severing [image]   Military body, detail, force, party, patrol, squad, task force, unit


detail

See Also

•   n.    aspect, component, count, element, fact, factor, feature, item, particular, point, respect, specific, technicality [image]  (Plural) fine points, minutiae, niceties, particulars, parts, trivia, trivialities [image]  in detail comprehensively, exhaustively, inside out, item by item, point by point, thoroughly [image]   Military assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, party, squad

•   v.    catalogue, delineate, depict, describe, enumerate, individualize, itemize, narrate, particularize, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, specify, tabulate [image]  allocate, appoint, assign, charge, commission, delegate, detach, send


detailed

See Also

blow-by-blow, circumstantial, comprehensive, elaborate, exact, exhaustive, full, intricate, itemized, meticulous, minute, particular, particularized, specific, thorough


detain

See Also

   check, delay, hinder, hold up, impede, keep, keep back, retard, slow up (or down), stay, stop [image]  arrest, confine, hold, intern, restrain


detect

See Also

   ascertain, catch, descry, distinguish, identify, note, notice, observe, recognize, scent, spot [image]  catch, disclose, discover, expose, find, reveal, track down, uncover, unmask


detection

See Also

discovery, exposé, exposure, ferreting out, revelation, tracking down, uncovering, unearthing, unmasking


detective

bizzy (Sl.), C.I.D. man, constable, cop (Sl.), copper (Sl.), dick (Sl., chiefly U.S.), gumshoe (U.S. sl.), investigator, private eye, private investigator, sleuth (Inf.), tec (Sl.)


detention

See Also

confinement, custody, delay, hindrance, holding back, imprisonment, incarceration, keeping in, porridge (Sl.), quarantine, restraint, withholding


deter

See Also

caution, check, damp, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, frighten, hinder, inhibit from, intimidate, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, stop, talk out of


detergent

•   n.    cleaner, cleanser

•   adj.    abstergent, cleaning, cleansing, detersive, purifying


deteriorate

See Also

   corrupt, debase, decline, degenerate, degrade, deprave, depreciate, go downhill (Inf.), go to pot, go to the dogs (Inf.), impair, injure, lower, slump, spoil, worsen [image]  be the worse for wear (Inf.), crumble, decay, decline, decompose, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fall apart, lapse, retrogress, weaken, wear away


deterioration

See Also

atrophy, corrosion, debasement, decline, degeneration, degradation, dégringolade, depreciation, descent, dilapidation, disintegration, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, retrogression, slump, vitiation, worsening


determination

See Also

   backbone, constancy, conviction, dedication, doggedness, drive, firmness, fortitude, indomitability, perseverance, persistence, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, single-mindedness, steadfastness, tenacity, willpower [image]  conclusion, decision, judgment, purpose, resolve, result, settlement, solution, verdict


determine

See Also

   arbitrate, conclude, decide, end, finish, fix upon, ordain, regulate, settle, terminate [image]  ascertain, certify, check, detect, discover, find out, learn, verify, work out [image]  choose, decide, elect, establish, fix, make up one's mind, purpose, resolve [image]  affect, condition, control, decide, dictate, direct, govern, impel, impose, incline, induce, influence, lead, modify, regulate, rule, shape


determined

See Also

bent on, constant, dogged, firm, fixed, immovable, intent, persevering, persistent, purposeful, resolute, set on, single-minded, stalwart, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, tenacious, unflinching, unwavering


determining

See Also

conclusive, critical, crucial, deciding, decisive, definitive, essential, final, important, settling


deterrent

See Also

•   n. check, curb, defensive measures, determent, discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, restraint


detest

See Also

abhor, abominate, despise, dislike intensely, execrate, feel aversion  (disgust, hostility, repugnance), hate, loathe, recoil from


detonate

See Also

blast, blow up, discharge, explode, fulminate, set off, touch off, trigger


detonation

See Also

bang, blast, blow-up, boom, discharge, explosion, fulmination, report


detour

See Also

bypass, byway, circuitous route, deviation, diversion, indirect course, roundabout way


detract

See Also

   devaluate, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, take away from [image]  deflect, distract, divert, shift


detraction

See Also

abuse, aspersion, belittlement, calumny, defamation, denigration, deprecation, disparagement, innuendo, insinuation, misrepresentation, muckraking, running down, scandalmongering, scurrility, slander, traducement, vituperation


detractor

See Also

backbiter, belittler, defamer, denigrator, derogator (Rare), disparager, muckraker, scandalmonger, slanderer, traducer


detriment

See Also

damage, disadvantage, disservice, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, loss, mischief, prejudice


detrimental

See Also

adverse, baleful, damaging, deleterious, destructive, disadvantageous, harmful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial, unfavourable


devastate

See Also

   demolish, desolate, despoil, destroy, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, spoil, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), waste, wreck [image]   Inf. chagrin, confound, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, floor (Inf.), nonplus, overpower, overwhelm, take aback


devastating

See Also

caustic, cutting, deadly, destructive, effective, incisive, keen, mordant, overpowering, overwhelming, ravishing, sardonic, satirical, savage, stunning, trenchant, vitriolic, withering


devastation

See Also

demolition, depredation, desolation, destruction, havoc, pillage, plunder, ravages, ruin, ruination, spoliation


develop

See Also

   advance, blossom, cultivate, evolve, flourish, foster, grow, mature, progress, promote, prosper, ripen [image]  amplify, augment, broaden, dilate upon, elaborate, enlarge, expand, unfold, work out [image]  acquire, begin, breed, commence, contract, establish, form, generate, invent, originate, pick up, start [image]  be a direct result of, break out, come about, ensue, follow, happen, result


development

See Also

   advance, advancement, evolution, expansion, growth, improvement, increase, maturity, progress, progression, spread, unfolding, unravelling [image]  change, circumstance, event, happening, incident, issue, occurrence, outcome, phenomenon, result, situation, turn of events, upshot


deviant

See Also

•   adj.    aberrant, abnormal, bent (Sl.), deviate, devious, freaky (Sl.), heretical, kinky (Sl.), perverse, perverted, pervy (Sl.), queer (Inf., derogatory), sick (Inf.), twisted, warped, wayward

•   n.    deviate, freak, misfit, odd type, pervert, queer (Inf., derogatory)


deviate

See Also

avert, bend, deflect, depart, differ, digress, diverge, drift, err, meander, part, stray, swerve, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander


deviation

See Also

aberration, alteration, change, deflection, departure, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, fluctuation, inconsistency, irregularity, shift, variance, variation


device

See Also

   apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, gismo or gizmo (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), implement, instrument, invention, tool, utensil [image]  artifice, design, dodge, expedient, gambit, improvisation, manoeuvre, plan, ploy, project, purpose, ruse, scheme, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, trick, wile [image]  badge, colophon, crest, design, emblem, figure, insignia, logo, motif, motto, symbol, token


devil

See Also

   (Sometimes cap.) Apollyon, archfiend, Beelzebub, Belial, Clootie (Scot.), demon, fiend, Lucifer, Old Harry (Inf.), Old Nick (Inf.), Old Scratch (Inf.), Prince of Darkness, Satan [image]  beast, brute, demon, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, rogue, savage, terror, villain [image]  imp, monkey (Inf.), pickle (Brit. inf.), rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel [image]  beggar, creature, thing, unfortunate, wretch [image]  demon, enthusiast, fiend, go-getter (Inf.)


devilish

See Also

accursed, atrocious, damnable, detestable, diabolic, diabolical, execrable, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, wicked


devilry, deviltry

   devilment, jiggery-pokery (Inf., chiefly Brit.), knavery, mischief, mischievousness, monkey-business (Inf.), rascality, roguery [image]  cruelty, evil, malevolence, malice, vice, viciousness, villainy, wickedness [image]  black magic, diablerie, diabolism, sorcery


devious

See Also

   calculating, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, dishonest, double-dealing, evasive, indirect, insidious, insincere, not straightforward, scheming, sly, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, underhand, wily [image]  circuitous, confusing, crooked, deviating, erratic, excursive, indirect, misleading, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, wandering


devise

See Also

arrange, conceive, concoct, construct, contrive, design, dream up, form, formulate, frame, imagine, invent, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, think up, work out


devoid

barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, empty, free from, lacking, sans (Archaic), vacant, void, wanting, without


devolution

decentralization, delegation


devolve

   be transferred, commission, consign, delegate, depute, entrust, fall upon or to, rest with, transfer [image]   Law alienate, be handed down, convey


devote

See Also

allot, apply, appropriate, assign, commit, concern oneself, consecrate, dedicate, enshrine, give, occupy oneself, pledge, reserve, set apart


devoted

See Also

ardent, caring, committed, concerned, constant, dedicated, devout, faithful, fond, loving, loyal, staunch, steadfast, true


devotee

See Also

addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, buff (Inf.), disciple, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, follower, supporter, votary


devotion

See Also

   adherence, allegiance, commitment, consecration, constancy, dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty [image]  adoration, devoutness, godliness, holiness, piety, prayer, religiousness, reverence, sanctity, spirituality, worship [image]  affection, ardour, attachment, earnestness, fervour, fondness, intensity, love, passion, zeal [image]  (Plural) church service, divine office, prayers, religious observance


devour

See Also

   bolt, consume, cram, dispatch, eat, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, pig out on (Sl.), polish off (Inf.), stuff, swallow, wolf [image]  annihilate, consume, destroy, ravage, spend, waste, wipe out [image]  absorb, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, delight in, drink in, enjoy, feast on, go through, read compulsively or voraciously, relish, revel in, take in


devouring

See Also

consuming, excessive, flaming, insatiable, intense, overwhelming, passionate, powerful


devout

   godly, holy, orthodox, pious, prayerful, pure, religious, reverent, saintly [image]  ardent, deep, devoted, earnest, fervent, genuine, heartfelt, intense, passionate, profound, serious, sincere, zealous


devoutly

See Also

fervently, heart and soul, profoundly, sincerely, with all one's heart


dexterity

See Also

   adroitness, artistry, craft, deftness, effortlessness, expertise, facility, finesse, handiness, knack, mastery, neatness, nimbleness, proficiency, skill, smoothness, touch [image]  ability, address, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, art, cleverness, expertness, ingenuity, readiness, skilfulness, tact


diabolical

See Also

appalling, atrocious, damnable, difficult, disastrous, dreadful, excruciating, fiendish, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hellish, nasty, outrageous, shocking, tricky, unpleasant, vile


diagnose

analyse, determine, distinguish, identify, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, pronounce, recognize


diagnosis

See Also

   analysis, examination, investigation, scrutiny [image]  conclusion, interpretation, opinion, pronouncement


diagonal

See Also

•   adj. angled, cater-cornered (U.S. inf.), cornerways, cross, crossways, crosswise, oblique, slanting


diagonally

aslant, at an angle, cornerwise, crosswise, obliquely, on the bias, on the cross


diagram

See Also

chart, drawing, figure, layout, outline, plan, representation, sketch


dialect

See Also

accent, idiom, jargon, language, lingo (Inf.), localism, patois, pronunciation, provincialism, speech, tongue, vernacular


dialectic

See Also

•   adj.    analytic, argumentative, dialectical, logical, polemical, rational, rationalistic

•   n.    (Often plural) argumentation, contention, discussion, disputation, logic, polemics, ratiocination, reasoning


dialogue

See Also

   colloquy, communication, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, duologue, interlocution [image]  conversation, lines, script, spoken part


diametric, diametrical

See Also

antipodal, antithetical, conflicting, contrary, contrasting, counter, opposed, opposite


diametrically

absolutely, completely, entirely, utterly


diary

See Also

appointment book, chronicle, daily record, day-to-day account, engagement book, Filofax (Trademark), journal


diatribe

See Also

abuse, castigation, criticism, denunciation, disputation, harangue, invective, philippic, reviling, stream of abuse, stricture, tirade, verbal onslaught, vituperation


dicey

See Also

chancy (Inf.), dangerous, difficult, hairy (Sl.), risky, ticklish, tricky


dicky

See Also

•   adj. fluttery, queer, shaky, unreliable, unsound, unsteady, weak


dictate

See Also

•   v.    read out, say, speak, transmit, utter [image]  command, decree, demand, direct, enjoin, establish, impose, lay down, ordain, order, prescribe, pronounce

•   n.    behest, bidding, command, decree, demand, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, mandate, order, ordinance, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word [image]  canon, code, dictum, law, precept, principle, rule


dictator

See Also

absolute ruler, autocrat, despot, oppressor, tyrant


dictatorial

See Also

   absolute, arbitrary, autocratic, despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical, unlimited, unrestricted [image]  authoritarian, bossy (Inf.), dogmatical, domineering, imperious, iron-handed, magisterial, oppressive, overbearing


dictatorship

See Also

absolute rule, absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, reign of terror, totalitarianism, tyranny


diction

   expression, language, phraseology, phrasing, style, usage, vocabulary, wording [image]  articulation, delivery, elocution, enunciation, fluency, inflection, intonation, pronunciation, speech


dictionary

concordance, encyclopedia, glossary, lexicon, vocabulary, wordbook


die

See Also

   breathe one's last, buy it (U.S. sl.), check out (U.S. sl.), croak (Sl.), decease, depart, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go belly-up (Sl.), hop the twig (Sl.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Sl.), pass away, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), perish, pop one's clogs (Inf.), snuff it (Sl.) [image]  decay, decline, disappear, dwindle, ebb, end, fade, lapse, pass, sink, subside, vanish, wane, wilt, wither [image]  break down, fade out or away, fail, fizzle out, halt, lose power, peter out, run down, stop [image]  ache, be eager, desire, hunger, languish, long, pine for, swoon, yearn [image]  (Usually with of) be overcome, collapse, succumb to


die-hard

See Also

•   n.    fanatic, intransigent, old fogy, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud (Inf.), ultraconservative, zealot

•   adj.    dyed-in-the-wool, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, reactionary, ultraconservative, uncompromising, unreconstructed (Chiefly U.S.)


diet 1

See Also

•   n.    abstinence, dietary, fast, regime, regimen [image]  aliment, comestibles, commons, edibles, fare, food, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, rations, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals

•   v.    abstain, eat sparingly, fast, lose weight, reduce, slim


diet 2

See Also

chamber, congress, convention, council, legislative assembly, legislature, meeting, parliament, sitting


differ

See Also

   be dissimilar, be distinct, contradict, contrast, depart from, diverge, run counter to, stand apart, vary [image]  clash, contend, debate, demur, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, take issue


difference

See Also

   alteration, change, contrast, deviation, differentiation, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctness, divergence, diversity, unlikeness, variation, variety [image]  distinction, exception, idiosyncrasy, particularity, peculiarity, singularity [image]  argument, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disagreement, discordance, dispute, quarrel, row, set-to (Inf.), strife, tiff, wrangle [image]  balance, remainder, rest, result


different

See Also

   altered, at odds, at variance, changed, clashing, contrasting, deviating, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, inconsistent, opposed, unlike [image]  another, discrete, distinct, individual, other, separate [image]  assorted, divers (Archaic), diverse, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multifarious, numerous, several, some, sundry, varied, various [image]  another story, atypical, bizarre, distinctive, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, peculiar, rare, singular, something else, special, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual


differential

See Also

•   adj.    diacritical, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing

•   n.    amount of difference, difference, discrepancy, disparity


differentiate

See Also

   contrast, discern, discriminate, distinguish, make a distinction, mark off, separate, set off or apart, tell apart [image]  adapt, alter, change, convert, make different, modify, transform


difficult

See Also

   arduous, burdensome, demanding, formidable, hard, laborious, no picnic (Inf.), onerous, painful, strenuous, toilsome, uphill, wearisome [image]  abstract, abstruse, baffling, complex, complicated, delicate, enigmatical, intricate, involved, knotty, obscure, perplexing, problematical, thorny, ticklish [image]  demanding, fastidious, fractious, fussy, hard to please, intractable, obstreperous, perverse, refractory, rigid, tiresome, troublesome, trying, unaccommodating, unamenable, unmanageable [image]  dark, full of hardship, grim, hard, straitened, tough, trying


difficulty

See Also

   arduousness, awkwardness, hardship, laboriousness, labour, pain, painfulness, strain, strenuousness, tribulation [image]  deep water, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, fix (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), jam (Inf.), mess, perplexity, pickle (Inf.), plight, predicament, quandary, spot (Inf.), straits, tight spot, trial, trouble [image]  (Often plural) complication, hassle (Inf.), hindrance, hurdle, impediment, objection, obstacle, opposition, pitfall, problem, protest, snag, stumbling block


diffidence

backwardness, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, humility, insecurity, lack of self-confidence, meekness, modesty, reluctance, reserve, self-consciousness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness


diffident

See Also

backward, bashful, constrained, distrustful, doubtful, hesitant, insecure, meek, modest, reluctant, reserved, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn


diffuse

See Also

•   adj.    circumlocutory, copious, diffusive, digressive, discursive, long-winded, loose, maundering, meandering, prolix, rambling, vague, verbose, waffling (Inf.), wordy [image]  dispersed, scattered, spread out, unconcentrated

•   v.    circulate, dispel, dispense, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, propagate, scatter, spread


diffusion

See Also

   circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, distribution, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering, spread [image]  circuitousness, diffuseness, digressiveness, discursiveness, long-windedness, prolixity, rambling, verbiage, verbosity, wandering, wordiness


dig

See Also

•   v.    break up, burrow, delve, excavate, gouge, grub, hoe, hollow out, mine, penetrate, pierce, quarry, scoop, till, tunnel, turn over [image]  drive, jab, poke, prod, punch, thrust [image]  delve, dig down, go into, investigate, probe, research, search [image]  (With out or up) bring to light, come across, come up with, discover, expose, extricate, find, retrieve, root (Inf.), rootle, uncover, unearth [image]   Inf. appreciate, enjoy, follow, groove (Dated sl.), like, understand

•   n.    jab, poke, prod, punch, thrust [image]  barb, crack (Sl.), cutting remark, gibe, insult, jeer, quip, sneer, taunt, wisecrack (Inf.)


digest

See Also

•   v.    absorb, assimilate, concoct, dissolve, incorporate, macerate [image]  absorb, assimilate, con, consider, contemplate, grasp, master, meditate, ponder, study, take in, understand [image]  arrange, classify, codify, dispose, methodize, systematize, tabulate [image]  abridge, compress, condense, reduce, shorten, summarize

•   n.    abridgment, abstract, compendium, condensation, epitome, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis


digestion

absorption, assimilation, conversion, incorporation, ingestion, transformation


dig in

   defend, entrench, establish, fortify, maintain [image]   Inf. begin, set about, start eating, tuck in (Inf.)


dignified

See Also

august, decorous, distinguished, exalted, formal, grave, honourable, imposing, lofty, lordly, noble, reserved, solemn, stately, upright


dignify

See Also

adorn, advance, aggrandize, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, grace, honour, promote, raise


dignitary

See Also

•   n. bigwig (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), high-up (Inf.), notability, notable, personage, pillar of society  (the church, the state), public figure, V.I.P., worthy


dignity

See Also

   courtliness, decorum, grandeur, gravity, hauteur, loftiness, majesty, nobility, propriety, solemnity, stateliness [image]  elevation, eminence, excellence, glory, greatness, honour, importance, nobleness, rank, respectability, standing, station, status [image]  amour-propre, pride, self-esteem, self-importance, self-possession, self-regard, self-respect


digress

See Also

be diffuse, depart, deviate, diverge, drift, expatiate, get off the point or subject, go off at a tangent, meander, ramble, stray, turn aside, wander


digression

See Also

apostrophe, aside, departure, detour, deviation, divergence, diversion, footnote, obiter dictum, parenthesis, straying, wandering


dilapidated

See Also

battered, beat-up (Inf.), broken-down, crumbling, decayed, decaying, decrepit, fallen in, falling apart, gone to wrack and ruin, in ruins, neglected, ramshackle, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, shabby, shaky, tumbledown, uncared for, worn-out


dilate

See Also

   broaden, distend, enlarge, expand, extend, puff out, stretch, swell, widen [image]  amplify, be profuse, be prolix, descant, detail, develop, dwell on, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, spin out


dilatory

See Also

backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, laggard, lingering, loitering, procrastinating, putting off, slack, slow, sluggish, snail-like, tardy, tarrying, time-wasting


dilemma

See Also

   difficulty, embarrassment, fix (Inf.), jam (Inf.), mess, perplexity, pickle (Inf.), plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, spot (Inf.), strait, tight corner or spot [image]  on the horns of a dilemma between a rock and a hard place (Inf.), between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the deep blue sea


dilettante

aesthete, amateur, dabbler, nonprofessional, trifler


diligence

See Also

activity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attentiveness, care, constancy, earnestness, heedfulness, industry, intentness, laboriousness, perseverance, sedulousness


diligent

active, assiduous, attentive, busy, careful, conscientious, constant, earnest, hard-working, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, painstaking, persevering, persistent, sedulous, studious, tireless


dilly-dally

See Also

dally, dawdle, delay, dither (Chiefly Brit.), falter, fluctuate, hesitate, hover, linger, loiter, potter, procrastinate, shillyshally (Inf.), trifle, vacillate, waver


dilute

See Also

•   v.    adulterate, cut, make thinner, thin (out), water down, weaken [image]   Fig. attenuate, decrease, diffuse, diminish, lessen, mitigate, reduce, temper, weaken


dim

See Also

•   adj.    caliginous (Archaic), cloudy, dark, darkish, dusky, grey, overcast, poorly lit, shadowy, tenebrous, unilluminated [image]  bleary, blurred, faint, fuzzy, ill-defined, indistinct, obscured, shadowy, unclear [image]  braindead (Inf.), dense, doltish, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dumb (Inf.), obtuse, slow, slow on the uptake (Inf.), stupid, thick [image]  confused, hazy, imperfect, indistinct, intangible, obscure, remote, shadowy, vague [image]  dingy, dull, feeble, lacklustre, muted, opaque, pale, sullied, tarnished, weak [image]  dashing, depressing, discouraging, gloomy, sombre, unfavourable, unpromising [image]  take a dim view be displeased, be sceptical, disapprove, look askance, reject, suspect, take exception, view with disfavour

•   v.    bedim, blur, cloud, darken, dull, fade, lower, obscure, tarnish, turn down


dimension

See Also

(Often plural)  [image]  amplitude, bulk, capacity, extent, measurement, proportions, size, volume [image]  bigness, extent, greatness, importance, largeness, magnitude, measure, range, scale, scope


diminish

See Also

   abate, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, reduce, retrench, shrink, weaken [image]  decline, die out, dwindle, ebb, fade away, peter out, recede, shrivel, slacken, subside, wane [image]  belittle, cheapen, demean, depreciate, devalue


diminution

See Also

abatement, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, lessening, reduction, retrenchment, weakening


diminutive

See Also

•   adj. bantam, Lilliputian, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, petite, pocket(-sized), pygmy or pigmy, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized, wee


din

See Also

•   n.    babel, clamour, clangour, clash, clatter, commotion, crash, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, row, shout, uproar

•   v.    (Usually with into) drum into, go on at, hammer into, inculcate, instil, instruct, teach


dine

   banquet, chow down (Sl.), eat, feast, lunch, sup [image]  (Often with on, off or upon) consume, eat, feed on


dingy

See Also

bedimmed, colourless, dark, dim, dirty, discoloured, drab, dreary, dull, dusky, faded, gloomy, grimy, murky, obscure, seedy, shabby, soiled, sombre, tacky (Inf.)


dinner

banquet, beanfeast (Brit. inf.), blowout (Sl.), collation, feast, main meal, meal, refection, repast, spread (Inf.)


dip

See Also

•   v.    bathe, douse, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, rinse, souse [image]  decline, descend, disappear, droop, drop (down), fade, fall, lower, sag, set, sink, slope, slump, subside, tilt [image]  ladle, scoop, spoon [image]  (With in or into) browse, dabble, glance at, peruse, play at, run over, sample, skim, try [image]  (With in or into) draw upon, reach into

•   n.    douche, drenching, ducking, immersion, plunge, soaking [image]  bathe, dive, plunge, swim [image]  concoction, dilution, infusion, mixture, preparation, solution, suspension [image]  basin, concavity, depression, hole, hollow, incline, slope [image]  decline, drop, fall, lowering, sag, slip, slump


diplomacy

See Also

   international negotiation, statecraft, statesmanship [image]  artfulness, craft, delicacy, discretion, finesse, savoir-faire, skill, subtlety, tact


diplomat

See Also

conciliator, go-between, mediator, moderator, negotiator, politician, public relations expert, tactician


diplomatic

See Also

adept, discreet, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, subtle, tactful


dire

See Also

   alarming, appalling, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cruel, disastrous, godawful (Sl.), horrible, horrid, ruinous, terrible, woeful [image]  dismal, dreadful, fearful, gloomy, grim, ominous, portentous [image]  critical, crucial, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, pressing, urgent


direct 1

See Also

•   v.    administer, advise, conduct, control, dispose, govern, guide, handle, lead, manage, mastermind, oversee, preside over, regulate, rule, run, superintend, supervise [image]  bid, charge, command, demand, dictate, enjoin, instruct, order [image]  guide, indicate, lead, point in the direction of, point the way, show [image]  address, aim, cast, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, point, train, turn [image]  address, label, mail, route, send, superscribe


direct 2

See Also

•   adj.    candid, downright, frank, honest, man-to-man, matter-of-fact, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, sincere, straight, straightforward, upfront (Inf.) [image]  absolute, blunt, categorical, downright, explicit, express, plain, point-blank, unambiguous, unequivocal [image]  nonstop, not crooked, shortest, straight, through, unbroken, undeviating, uninterrupted [image]  face-to-face, first-hand, head-on, immediate, personal


direction

See Also

   administration, charge, command, control, government, guidance, leadership, management, order, oversight, superintendence, supervision [image]  aim, bearing, course, line, path, road, route, track, way [image]  bent, bias, current, drift, end, leaning, orientation, proclivity, tack, tendency, tenor, trend [image]  address, label, mark, superscription


directions

See Also

briefing, guidance, guidelines, indication, instructions, plan, recommendation, regulations


directive

•   n. charge, command, decree, dictate, edict, fiat, imperative, injunction, instruction, mandate, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling


directly

See Also

   by the shortest route, exactly, in a beeline, precisely, straight, unswervingly, without deviation [image]  as soon as possible, at once, dead, due, forthwith, immediately, in a second, instantaneously, instantly, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, presently, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quickly, right away, soon, speedily, straightaway [image]  candidly, face-to-face, honestly, in person, openly, overtly, personally, plainly, point-blank, straightforwardly, truthfully, unequivocally, without prevarication


director

See Also

administrator, boss (Inf.), chairman, chief, controller, executive, governor, head, leader, manager, organizer, principal, producer, supervisor


dirge

See Also

coronach (Scot. & Irish), dead march, elegy, funeral song, lament, requiem, threnody


dirt

See Also

   crap (Sl.), crud (Sl.), dust, excrement, filth, grime, grot (Sl.), impurity, mire, muck, mud, shit (Taboo sl.), slime, smudge, stain, tarnish [image]  clay, earth, loam, soil [image]  indecency, obscenity, pornography, sleaze, smut


dirty

See Also

•   adj.    begrimed, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty (Sl.), grubby, grungy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), messy, mucky, muddy, nasty, polluted, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), soiled, sullied, unclean [image]  blue, indecent, obscene, off-colour, pornographic, risqué, salacious, sleazy, smutty, vulgar [image]  clouded, dark, dull, miry, muddy, not clear [image]  corrupt, crooked, dishonest, fraudulent, illegal, treacherous, unfair, unscrupulous, unsporting [image]  base, beggarly, contemptible, cowardly, despicable, ignominious, low, low-down (Inf.), mean, nasty, scurvy, shabby, sordid, squalid, vile [image]  angry, annoyed, bitter, indignant, offended, resentful, scorching [image]   Of weather gusty, louring or lowering, rainy, squally, stormy

•   v.    begrime, blacken, defile, foul, mess up, muddy, pollute, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spoil, stain, sully


disability

See Also

   affliction, ailment, complaint, defect, disablement, disorder, handicap, impairment, infirmity, malady [image]  disqualification, impotency, inability, incapacity, incompetency, unfitness, weakness


disable

See Also

   cripple, damage, debilitate, enfeeble, hamstring, handicap, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, paralyse, prostrate, put out of action, render hors de combat, render inoperative, unfit, unman, weaken [image]  disenable, disqualify, invalidate, render or declare incapable


disabled

See Also

bedridden, crippled, handicapped, incapacitated, infirm, lame, maimed, mangled, mutilated, paralysed, weak, weakened, wrecked


disadvantage

See Also

   damage, detriment, disservice, harm, hurt, injury, loss, prejudice [image]  (Often plural) burden, downside, drawback, flaw, fly in the ointment (Inf.), handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, liability, minus (Inf.), nuisance, privation, snag, trouble, weakness, weak point [image]  at a disadvantage boxed in, cornered, handicapped, in a corner, vulnerable


disadvantageous

See Also

adverse, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill-timed, inconvenient, inexpedient, injurious, inopportune, prejudicial, unfavourable


disaffected

See Also

alienated, antagonistic, discontented, disloyal, dissatisfied, estranged, hostile, mutinous, rebellious, seditious, uncompliant, unsubmissive


disaffection

See Also

alienation, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, breach, disagreement, discontent, dislike, disloyalty, dissatisfaction, estrangement, hostility, ill will, repugnance, resentment, unfriendliness


disagree

See Also

   be discordant, be dissimilar, conflict, contradict, counter, depart, deviate, differ, diverge, run counter to, vary [image]  argue, bicker, clash, contend, contest, debate, differ (in opinion), dispute, dissent, fall out (Inf.), have words (Inf.), object, oppose, quarrel, take issue with, wrangle [image]  be injurious, bother, discomfort, distress, hurt, make ill, nauseate, sicken, trouble, upset


disagreeable

See Also

   bad-tempered, brusque, churlish, contrary, cross, difficult, disobliging, ill-natured, irritable, nasty, peevish, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), rude, surly, tetchy, unfriendly, ungracious, unlikable or unlikeable, unpleasant [image]  disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, horrid, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavoury, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


disagreement

See Also

   difference, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, diversity, incompatibility, incongruity, unlikeness, variance [image]  altercation, argument, clash, conflict, debate, difference, discord, dispute, dissent, division, falling out, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, squabble, strife, wrangle [image]  in disagreement at daggers drawn, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, disunited, in conflict, in disharmony


disallow

See Also

   abjure, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate [image]  ban, boycott, cancel, embargo, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto


disappear

See Also

   abscond, be lost to view, depart, drop out of sight, ebb, escape, evanesce, fade away, flee, fly, go, pass, recede, retire, vanish from sight, wane, withdraw [image]  cease, cease to be known, die out, dissolve, end, evaporate, expire, fade, leave no trace, melt away, pass away, perish, vanish


disappearance

See Also

departure, desertion, disappearing, disappearing trick, eclipse, evanescence, evaporation, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, vanishing, vanishing point


disappoint

See Also

   chagrin, dash, deceive, delude, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dismay, dissatisfy, fail, let down, sadden, vex [image]  baffle, balk, defeat, disconcert, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, thwart


disappointed

See Also

balked, cast down, depressed, despondent, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, downhearted, foiled, frustrated, let down, saddened, thwarted, upset


disappointing

See Also

depressing, disagreeable, disconcerting, discouraging, failing, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, lame, pathetic, sad, second-rate, sorry, unexpected, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unworthy, upsetting


disappointment

See Also

   chagrin, discontent, discouragement, disenchantment, disillusionment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, ill-success, mortification, regret, unfulfilment [image]  blow, calamity, disaster, failure, fiasco, letdown, miscarriage, misfortune, setback, washout (Inf.)


disapproval

See Also

censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, deprecation, disapprobation, displeasure, dissatisfaction, objection, reproach, stick (Sl.)


disapprove

See Also

   (Often with of) blame, censure, condemn, deplore, deprecate, discountenance, dislike, find unacceptable, frown on, look down one's nose at (Inf.), object to, reject, take exception to [image]  disallow, set aside, spurn, turn down, veto


disarmament

arms limitation, arms reduction, de-escalation, demilitarization, demobilization


disarming

See Also

charming, irresistible, likable or likeable, persuasive, winning


disarrange

See Also

confuse, derange, discompose, disorder, disorganize, disturb, jumble (up), mess (up), scatter, shake (up), shuffle, unsettle, untidy


disarray

See Also

   confusion, discomposure, disharmony, dismay, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disunity, indiscipline, unruliness, upset [image]  chaos, clutter, dishevelment, hodgepodge (U.S.), hotchpotch, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, pig's breakfast (Inf.), shambles, state, tangle, untidiness


disaster

See Also

accident, act of God, adversity, blow, bummer (Sl.), calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, ruination, stroke, tragedy, trouble


disastrous

See Also

adverse, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, detrimental, devastating, dire, dreadful, fatal, hapless, harmful, ill-fated, ill-starred, ruinous, terrible, tragic, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, untoward


disbelief

See Also

distrust, doubt, dubiety, incredulity, mistrust, scepticism, unbelief


disbeliever

See Also

agnostic, atheist, doubter, doubting Thomas, questioner, sceptic, scoffer


disbelievingly

See Also

askance, cynically, doubtingly, incredulously, mistrustfully, quizzically, sceptically, suspiciously, with a pinch of salt


discard

See Also

abandon, axe (Inf.), cast aside, chuck (Inf.), dispense with, dispose of, ditch (Sl.), drop, dump (Inf.), get rid of, jettison, junk (Inf.), reject, relinquish, remove, repudiate, scrap, shed, throw away or out


discerning

See Also

acute, astute, clear-sighted, critical, discriminating, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise


discharge

See Also

•   v.    absolve, acquit, allow to go, clear, exonerate, free, liberate, pardon, release, set free

•   n.    acquittal, clearance, exoneration, liberation, pardon, release, remittance

•   v.    cashier, discard, dismiss, eject, expel, fire (Inf.), give (someone) the sack (Inf.), oust, remove, sack (Inf.)

•   n.    congé, demobilization, dismissal, ejection, the boot (Sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the sack (Inf.)

•   v.    detonate, explode, fire, let off, set off, shoot

•   n.    blast, burst, detonation, discharging, explosion, firing, fusillade, report, salvo, shot, volley

•   v.    disembogue, dispense, emit, empty, excrete, exude, give off, gush, leak, ooze, pour forth, release, void

•   n.    emission, emptying, excretion, flow, ooze, pus, secretion, seepage, suppuration, vent, voiding

•   v.    disburden, lighten, off-load, remove, unburden, unload

•   n.    disburdening, emptying, unburdening, unloading

•   v.    accomplish, carry out, do, execute, fulfil, observe, perform

•   n.    accomplishment, achievement, execution, fulfilment, observance, performance

•   v.    clear, honour, meet, pay, relieve, satisfy, settle, square up

•   n.    payment, satisfaction, settlement


disciple

See Also

adherent, apostle, believer, catechumen, convert, devotee, follower, learner, partisan, proselyte, pupil, student, supporter, votary


disciplinarian

authoritarian, despot, drill sergeant, hard master, martinet, stickler, strict teacher, taskmaster, tyrant


discipline

See Also

•   n.    drill, exercise, method, practice, regimen, regulation, training [image]  conduct, control, orderliness, regulation, restraint, self-control, strictness [image]  castigation, chastisement, correction, punishment [image]  area, branch of knowledge, course, curriculum, field of study, speciality, subject

•   v.    break in, bring up, check, control, drill, educate, exercise, form, govern, instruct, inure, prepare, regulate, restrain, train [image]  castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove


disclaim

See Also

abandon, abjure, abnegate, decline, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disown, forswear, rebut, reject, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract


disclose

See Also

   blow wide open (Sl.), broadcast, communicate, confess, divulge, impart, leak, let slip, make known, make public, publish, relate, reveal, spill one's guts about (Sl.), spill the beans about (Inf.), tell, unveil, utter [image]  bring to light, discover, exhibit, expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncover, unveil


disclosure

See Also

acknowledgment, admission, announcement, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, divulgence, exposé, exposure, leak, publication, revelation, uncovering


discolour

See Also

fade, mar, mark, rust, soil, stain, streak, tarnish, tinge


discomfort

See Also

•   n.    ache, annoyance, disquiet, distress, gall, hardship, hurt, inquietude, irritation, malaise, nuisance, pain, soreness, trouble, uneasiness, unpleasantness, vexation

•   v.    discomfit, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, embarrass, make uncomfortable


discomposure

See Also

agitation, anxiety, confusion, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, distraction, disturbance, embarrassment, fluster, inquietude, malaise, nervousness, perturbation, trepidation, uneasiness


disconcert

See Also

   abash, agitate, bewilder, discompose, disturb, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, nonplus, perplex, perturb, put out of countenance, rattle (Inf.), ruffle, shake up (Inf.), take aback, throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, unnerve, unsettle, upset, worry [image]  baffle, balk, confuse, defeat, disarrange, frustrate, hinder, put off, thwart, undo


disconcerted

See Also

annoyed, at sea, bewildered, caught off balance, confused, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, flummoxed, flurried, flustered, mixed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, perturbed, rattled (Inf.), ruffled, shook up (Inf.), taken aback, thrown (Inf.), troubled, unsettled, upset


disconcerting

See Also

alarming, awkward, baffling, bewildering, bothersome, confusing, dismaying, distracting, disturbing, embarrassing, off-putting (Brit. inf.), perplexing, upsetting


disconnect

See Also

cut off, detach, disengage, divide, part, separate, sever, take apart, uncouple


disconnected

See Also

confused, disjointed, garbled, illogical, incoherent, irrational, jumbled, mixed-up, rambling, uncoordinated, unintelligible, wandering


disconnection

See Also

cessation, cut-off, cutting off, discontinuation, discontinuity, interruption, separation, severance, stoppage, suspension


disconsolate

See Also

crushed, dejected, desolate, despairing, dismal, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, sad, unhappy, woeful, wretched


discontent

See Also

•   n. discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, envy, fretfulness, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation


discontented

See Also

brassed off (Brit. sl.), cheesed off (Brit. sl.), complaining, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, exasperated, fed up, fretful, miserable, pissed off (Taboo sl.), unhappy, vexed, with a chip on one's shoulder (Inf.)


discontinue

See Also

abandon, axe (Inf.), break off, cease, drop, end, finish, give up, halt, interrupt, kick (Inf.), leave off, pause, put an end to, quit, refrain from, stop, suspend, terminate


discontinued

See Also

abandoned, ended, finished, given up or over, halted, no longer made, terminated


discord

See Also

   clashing, conflict, contention, difference, disagreement, discordance, dispute, dissension, disunity, division, friction, incompatibility, lack of concord, opposition, row, rupture, strife, variance, wrangling [image]  cacophony, din, disharmony, dissonance, harshness, jangle, jarring, racket, tumult


discordant

See Also

   at odds, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, disagreeing, divergent, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, opposite [image]  cacophonous, dissonant, grating, harsh, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, shrill, strident, unmelodious


discount

See Also

•   v.    brush off (Sl.), disbelieve, disregard, ignore, leave out of account, overlook, pass over [image]  deduct, lower, mark down, rebate, reduce, take off

•   n.    abatement, allowance, concession, cut, cut price, deduction, drawback, percentage (Inf.), rebate, reduction


discourage

See Also

   abash, awe, cast down, cow, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, depress, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frighten, intimidate, overawe, psych out (Inf.), put a damper on, scare, unman, unnerve [image]  check, curb, deprecate, deter, discountenance, disfavour, dissuade, divert from, hinder, inhibit, prevent, put off, restrain, talk out of, throw cold water on (Inf.)


discouraged

See Also

crestfallen, dashed, daunted, deterred, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, downcast, down in the mouth, glum, pessimistic, put off, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


discouragement

See Also

   cold feet (Inf.), dejection, depression, despair, despondency, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, pessimism [image]  constraint, curb, damper, deterrent, disincentive, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, opposition, rebuff, restraint, setback


discouraging

See Also

dampening, daunting, depressing, disappointing, disheartening, dispiriting, off-putting (Brit. inf.), unfavourable, unpropitious


discourse

See Also

•   n.    chat, communication, conversation, converse, dialogue, discussion, seminar, speech, talk [image]  address, disquisition, dissertation, essay, homily, lecture, oration, sermon, speech, talk, treatise

•   v.    confer, converse, debate, declaim, discuss, expatiate, hold forth, speak, talk


discourteous

See Also

abrupt, bad-mannered, boorish, brusque, curt, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, insolent, offhand, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unmannerly


discourtesy

See Also

   bad manners, disrespectfulness, ill-breeding, impertinence, impoliteness, incivility, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness, unmannerliness [image]  affront, cold shoulder, insult, rebuff, slight, snub


discover

See Also

   bring to light, come across, come upon, dig up, find, light upon, locate, turn up, uncover, unearth [image]  ascertain, descry, detect, determine, discern, disclose, espy, find out, get wise to (Inf.), learn, notice, perceive, realize, recognize, reveal, see, spot, suss (out) (Sl.), turn up, uncover [image]  conceive, contrive, design, devise, invent, originate, pioneer


discoverer

See Also

author, explorer, founder, initiator, inventor, originator, pioneer


discovery

See Also

   ascertainment, detection, disclosure, espial, exploration, finding, introduction, locating, location, origination, revelation, uncovering [image]  bonanza, breakthrough, coup, find, findings, godsend, innovation, invention, secret


discredit

See Also

•   v.    blame, bring into disrepute, censure, defame, degrade, detract from, disgrace, dishonour, disparage, reproach, slander, slur, smear, vilify

•   n.    aspersion, censure, disgrace, dishonour, disrepute, ignominy, ill-repute, imputation, odium, reproach, scandal, shame, slur, smear, stigma

•   v.    challenge, deny, disbelieve, discount, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, question

•   n.    distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, scepticism, suspicion


discreditable

See Also

blameworthy, degrading, disgraceful, dishonourable, humiliating, ignominious, improper, infamous, reprehensible, scandalous, shameful, unprincipled, unworthy


discredited

See Also

brought into disrepute, debunked, discarded, exploded, exposed, obsolete, outworn, refuted, rejected


discreet

See Also

careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, diplomatic, discerning, guarded, judicious, politic, prudent, reserved, sagacious, sensible, tactful, wary


discrepancy

See Also

conflict, contrariety, difference, disagreement, discordance, disparity, dissimilarity, dissonance, divergence, incongruity, inconsistency, variance, variation


discretion

See Also

   acumen, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, consideration, diplomacy, discernment, good sense, heedfulness, judgment, judiciousness, maturity, prudence, sagacity, tact, wariness [image]  choice, disposition, inclination, liking, mind, option, pleasure, predilection, preference, responsibility, volition, will, wish


discretionary

See Also

arbitrary (Law), elective, nonmandatory, open, open to choice, optional, unrestricted


discriminate

See Also

   disfavour, favour, show bias, show prejudice, single out, treat as inferior, treat differently, victimize [image]  assess, differentiate, discern, distinguish, draw a distinction, evaluate, segregate, separate, sift, tell the difference


discriminating

See Also

acute, astute, critical, cultivated, discerning, fastidious, keen, particular, refined, selective, sensitive, tasteful


discrimination

See Also

   bias, bigotry, favouritism, inequity, intolerance, prejudice, unfairness [image]  acumen, acuteness, clearness, discernment, insight, judgment, keenness, penetration, perception, refinement, sagacity, subtlety, taste


discriminatory, discriminative

See Also

   biased, favouring, inequitable, one-sided, partial, partisan, preferential, prejudiced, prejudicial, unjust, weighted [image]  analytical, astute, differentiating, discerning, discriminating, perceptive, perspicacious


discuss

See Also

argue, confer, consider, consult with, converse, debate, deliberate, examine, exchange views on, get together, go into, reason about, review, sift, talk about, thrash out, ventilate, weigh up the pros and cons


discussion

See Also

analysis, argument, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, examination, exchange, review, scrutiny, seminar, symposium


disdain

See Also

•   v.    belittle, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, look down on, look down one's nose at (Inf.), misprize, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, slight, sneer at, spurn, undervalue

•   n.    arrogance, contempt, contumely, derision, dislike, haughtiness, hauteur, indifference, scorn, sneering, snobbishness, superciliousness


disdainful

See Also

aloof, arrogant, contemptuous, derisive, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), hoity-toity (Inf.), insolent, proud, scornful, sneering, supercilious, superior


disease

See Also

   affliction, ailment, complaint, condition, disorder, ill health, illness, indisposition, infection, infirmity, malady, sickness, upset [image]   Fig. blight, cancer, canker, contagion, contamination, disorder, malady, plague


diseased

See Also

ailing, infected, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, unwholesome


disembark

See Also

alight, arrive, get off, go ashore, land, step out of


disembodied

bodiless, ghostly, immaterial, incorporeal, intangible, phantom, spectral, spiritual, unbodied


disenchanted

blasé, cynical, disappointed, disillusioned, indifferent, jaundiced, let down, out of love, sick of, soured, undeceived


disenchantment

disappointment, disillusion, disillusionment, revulsion, rude awakening


disengage

See Also

   disentangle, ease, extricate, free, liberate, loosen, release, set free, unbridle, unloose, untie [image]  detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate, undo, withdraw


disengaged

   apart, detached, free, loose, out of gear, released, separate, unattached, unconnected, uncoupled [image]  at ease, at leisure, free, not busy, uncommitted, unoccupied, vacant


disengagement

See Also

detachment, disconnection, disentanglement, division, separation, withdrawal


disentangle

See Also

   detach, disconnect, disengage, extricate, free, loose, separate, sever, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwist [image]  clarify, clear (up), resolve, simplify, sort out, work out


disfavour

See Also

   disapprobation, disapproval, dislike, displeasure [image]  Also fall into disfavour bad books (Inf.), discredit, disesteem, disgrace, doghouse (Inf.), shame, unpopularity [image]  bad turn, discourtesy, disservice


disfigure

See Also

blemish, damage, deface, deform, disfeature, distort, injure, maim, make ugly, mar, mutilate, scar


disfigurement

See Also

blemish, defacement, defect, deformity, distortion, impairment, injury, mutilation, scar, spot, stain


disgrace

See Also

•   n.    baseness, degradation, dishonour, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, shame [image]  aspersion, blemish, blot, defamation, reproach, scandal, slur, stain, stigma [image]  contempt, discredit, disesteem, disfavour, obloquy

•   v.    abase, bring shame upon, defame, degrade, discredit, disfavour, dishonour, disparage, humiliate, reproach, shame, slur, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint


disgraced

See Also

branded, degraded, discredited, dishonoured, humiliated, in disgrace, in the doghouse (Inf.), mortified, shamed, stigmatized


disgraceful

See Also

blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, discreditable, dishonourable, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, low, mean, opprobrious, scandalous, shameful, shocking, unworthy


disgruntled

See Also

annoyed, cheesed off (Brit. sl.), discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grumpy, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), huffy, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, pissed off (Taboo sl.), put out, sulky, sullen, testy, vexed


disguise

See Also

•   v.    camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, hide, mask, screen, secrete, shroud, veil [image]  deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, falsify, fudge, gloss over, misrepresent

•   n.    camouflage, cloak, costume, cover, get-up (Inf.), mask, screen, veil [image]  deception, dissimulation, façade, front, pretence, semblance, trickery, veneer


disguised

See Also

camouflaged, cloaked, covert, fake, false, feigned, incognito, in disguise, masked, pretend, undercover, unrecognizable


disgust

See Also

•   v.    cause aversion, displease, fill with loathing, gross out (U.S. sl.), nauseate, offend, outrage, put off, repel, revolt, sicken, turn one's stomach

•   n.    abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, dislike, distaste, hatefulness, hatred, loathing, nausea, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion


disgusted

See Also

appalled, nauseated, offended, outraged, repelled, repulsed, scandalized, sick and tired of (Inf.), sickened, sick of (Inf.)


disgusting

See Also

abominable, cringe-making (Brit. inf.), detestable, distasteful, foul, gross, grotty (Sl.), hateful, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, revolting, shameless, sickening, stinking, vile, vulgar, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


dish

See Also

•   n.    bowl, plate, platter, salver [image]  fare, food, recipe

•   v.     Sl. finish, muck up (Sl.), ruin, spoil, torpedo, wreck


dishearten

See Also

cast down, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dismay, dispirit, put a damper on


disheartened

See Also

crestfallen, crushed, daunted, dejected, depressed, disappointed, discouraged, dismayed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


dishevelled

See Also

bedraggled, blowzy, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy, hanging loose, messy, ruffled, rumpled, tousled, uncombed, unkempt, untidy


dishonest

See Also

bent (Sl.), cheating, corrupt, crafty, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, designing, disreputable, double-dealing, false, fraudulent, guileful, knavish (Archaic), lying, mendacious, perfidious, shady (Inf.), swindling, treacherous, unfair, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, untruthful


dishonesty

See Also

cheating, chicanery, corruption, craft, criminality, crookedness, deceit, duplicity, falsehood, falsity, fraud, fraudulence, graft (Inf.), improbity, mendacity, perfidy, sharp practice, stealing, treachery, trickery, unscrupulousness, wiliness


dishonour

See Also

•   v.    abase, blacken, corrupt, debase, debauch, defame, degrade, discredit, disgrace, shame, sully [image]  defile, deflower, pollute, rape, ravish, seduce

•   n.    abasement, degradation, discredit, disfavour, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame [image]  abuse, affront, discourtesy, indignity, insult, offence, outrage, slight


dishonourable

See Also

   base, contemptible, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, scandalous, shameful [image]  blackguardly, corrupt, disreputable, shameless, treacherous, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy


dish out

allocate, distribute, dole out, hand out, inflict, mete out


dish up

hand out, ladle, prepare, present, produce, scoop, serve, spoon


disillusion

See Also

•   v. break the spell, bring down to earth, disabuse, disenchant, open the eyes of, shatter one's illusions, undeceive


disillusioned

See Also

disabused, disappointed, disenchanted, enlightened, indifferent, out of love, sadder and wiser, undeceived


disincentive

damper, determent, deterrent, discouragement, dissuasion, impediment


disinclination

See Also

alienation, antipathy, aversion, demur, dislike, hesitance, lack of desire, lack of enthusiasm, loathness, objection, opposition, reluctance, repugnance, resistance, unwillingness


disinclined

See Also

antipathetic, averse, balking, hesitating, indisposed, loath, not in the mood, opposed, reluctant, resistant, unwilling


disinfect

clean, cleanse, decontaminate, deodorize, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize


disinfectant

See Also

antiseptic, germicide, sanitizer, sterilizer


disinherit

cut off, cut off without a penny, disown, dispossess, oust, repudiate


disintegrate

See Also

break apart, break up, crumble, disunite, fall apart, fall to pieces, reduce to fragments, separate, shatter, splinter


disinterest

See Also

candidness, detachment, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, equity, fairness, impartiality, justice, neutrality, unbiasedness


disinterested

See Also

candid, detached, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, free from self-interest, impartial, impersonal, neutral, outside, unbiased, uninvolved, unprejudiced, unselfish


disjointed

See Also

   aimless, confused, disconnected, disordered, fitful, incoherent, loose, rambling, spasmodic, unconnected [image]  disconnected, dislocated, displaced, disunited, divided, separated, split


dislike

See Also

•   n.    animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disapprobation, disapproval, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, distaste, enmity, hatred, hostility, loathing, odium, repugnance

•   v.    abhor, abominate, be averse to, despise, detest, disapprove, disfavour, disrelish, hate, have no taste or stomach for, loathe, not be able to bear or abide, object to, scorn, shun


dislocate

See Also

   disorder, displace, disrupt, disturb, misplace, shift [image]  disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disunite, luxate (Medical), put out of joint, unhinge


dislocation

   disarray, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, misplacement [image]  disarticulation, disconnection, disengagement, luxation (Medical), unhinging


disloyal

See Also

apostate, disaffected, faithless, false, perfidious, seditious, subversive, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, two-faced, unfaithful, unpatriotic, untrustworthy


disloyalty

See Also

betrayal of trust, breach of trust, breaking of faith, deceitfulness, double-dealing, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidy, Punic faith, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness


dismal

See Also

black, bleak, cheerless, dark, depressing, despondent, discouraging, dolorous, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, gruesome, lonesome, louring or lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, sad, sombre, sorrowful


dismay

See Also

•   v.    affright, alarm, appal, distress, fill with consternation, frighten, horrify, paralyse, scare, terrify, unnerve [image]  daunt, disappoint, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, put off

•   n.    agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, consternation, distress, dread, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, trepidation [image]  chagrin, disappointment, discouragement, disillusionment, upset


dismember

See Also

amputate, anatomize, cut into pieces, disjoint, dislimb, dislocate, dissect, divide, mutilate, rend, sever


dismiss

See Also

   axe (Inf.), cashier, discharge, fire (Inf.), give notice to, kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lay off, oust, remove, sack (Inf.), send packing (Inf.) [image]  disband, disperse, dissolve, free, let go, release, send away [image]  banish, discard, dispel, disregard, drop, lay aside, pooh-pooh, put out of one's mind, reject, relegate, repudiate, set aside, shelve, spurn


dismissal

See Also

   adjournment, congé, end, freedom to depart, permission to go, release [image]  discharge, expulsion, kiss-off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), marching orders (Inf.), notice, one's books or cards (Inf.), removal, the boot (Sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the push (Sl.), the sack (Inf.)


disobedience

See Also

indiscipline, infraction, insubordination, mutiny, noncompliance, nonobservance, recalcitrance, revolt, unruliness, waywardness


disobedient

See Also

contrary, contumacious, defiant, disorderly, froward, insubordinate, intractable, mischievous, naughty, noncompliant, nonobservant, obstreperous, refractory, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, wilful


disobey

See Also

contravene, defy, disregard, flout, go counter to, ignore, infringe, overstep, rebel, refuse to obey, resist, transgress, violate


disorderly

See Also

   chaotic, confused, disorganized, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, messy, shambolic (Inf.), unsystematic, untidy [image]  boisterous, disruptive, indisciplined, lawless, obstreperous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, tumultuous, turbulent, ungovernable, unlawful, unmanageable, unruly


disorganize

See Also

break up, confuse, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, make a shambles of, muddle, turn topsy-turvy, unsettle, upset


disorganized

See Also

chaotic, confused, disordered, haphazard, jumbled, muddled, shuffled, unmethodical, unorganized, unsystematic


disown

See Also

abandon, abnegate, cast off, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, rebut, refuse to acknowledge or recognize, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract


disparage

See Also

asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belittle, blast, criticize, decry, defame, degrade, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, detract from, discredit, disdain, dismiss, knock (Inf.), lambast(e), malign, minimize, put down, ridicule, rubbish (Inf.), run down, scorn, slag (off) (Sl.), slander, tear into (Inf.), traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify


disparagement

See Also

aspersion, belittlement, condemnation, contempt, contumely, criticism, debasement, degradation, denunciation, depreciation, derision, derogation, detraction, discredit, disdain, impairment, lessening, prejudice, reproach, ridicule, scorn, slander, underestimation


dispassionate

See Also

   calm, collected, composed, cool, imperturbable, moderate, quiet, serene, sober, temperate, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unfazed (Inf.), unmoved, unruffled [image]  candid, detached, disinterested, fair, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, neutral, objective, unbiased, uninvolved, unprejudiced


dispatch, despatch

See Also

•   v.    accelerate, consign, dismiss, express, forward, hasten, hurry, quicken, remit, send, transmit [image]  conclude, discharge, dispose of, expedite, finish, make short work of (Inf.), perform, settle [image]  assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), butcher, eliminate (Sl.), execute, finish off, kill, murder, put an end to, slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.)

•   n.    alacrity, celerity, expedition, haste, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness [image]  account, bulletin, communication, communiqué, document, instruction, item, letter, message, missive, news, piece, report, story


dispel

See Also

allay, banish, chase away, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, drive away, eliminate, expel, resolve, rout, scatter


dispensable

disposable, expendable, inessential, needless, nonessential, superfluous, unnecessary, unrequired, useless


dispensation

See Also

   allotment, appointment, apportionment, bestowal, conferment, consignment, dealing out, disbursement, distribution, endowment, supplying [image]  award, dole, part, portion, quota, share [image]  administration, direction, economy, management, plan, regulation, scheme, stewardship, system [image]  exception, exemption, immunity, indulgence, licence, permission, privilege, relaxation, relief, remission, reprieve


dispense

See Also

   allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal out, disburse, distribute, dole out, mete out, share [image]  measure, mix, prepare, supply [image]  administer, apply, carry out, direct, discharge, enforce, execute, implement, operate, undertake [image]  except, excuse, exempt, exonerate, let off (Inf.), release, relieve, reprieve [image]  (With with) abstain from, do without, forgo, give up, omit, relinquish, waive [image]  (With with) abolish, brush aside, cancel, dispose of, disregard, do away with, get rid of, ignore, pass over, render needless, shake off


disperse

See Also

   broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, scatter, spread, strew [image]  break up, disappear, disband, dismiss, dispel, dissolve, rout, scatter, send off, separate, vanish


dispirited

See Also

crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, down, downcast, gloomy, glum, in the doldrums, low, morose, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


displace

See Also

   derange, disarrange, disturb, misplace, move, shift, transpose [image]  cashier, depose, discard, discharge, dismiss, fire (Inf.), remove, sack (Inf.) [image]  crowd out, oust, replace, succeed, supersede, supplant, take the place of [image]  dislocate, dislodge, dispossess, eject, evict, force out, unsettle


display

See Also

•   v.    betray, demonstrate, disclose, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, manifest, open, open to view, present, reveal, show, unveil [image]  expand, extend, model, open out, spread out, stretch out, unfold, unfurl [image]  boast, flash (Inf.), flaunt, flourish, parade, show off, vaunt

•   n.    array, demonstration, exhibition, exposition, exposure, manifestation, presentation, revelation, show [image]  flourish, ostentation, pageant, parade, pomp, show, spectacle


displease

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), anger, annoy, disgust, dissatisfy, exasperate, gall, hassle (Inf.), incense, irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, offend, pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, put out, rile, upset, vex


displeasure

See Also

anger, annoyance, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavour, disgruntlement, dislike, dissatisfaction, distaste, indignation, irritation, offence, pique, resentment, vexation, wrath


disposable

See Also

   biodegradable, compostable, decomposable, nonreturnable, paper, throwaway [image]  at one's service, available, consumable, expendable, free for use, spendable


disposal

See Also

   clearance, discarding, dumping (Inf.), ejection, jettisoning, parting with, relinquishment, removal, riddance, scrapping, throwing away [image]  arrangement, array, dispensation, disposition, distribution, grouping, placing, position [image]  assignment, bequest, bestowal, consignment, conveyance, dispensation, gift, settlement, transfer [image]  Also at one's disposal authority, conduct, control, determination, direction, discretion, government, management, ordering, regulation, responsibility


dispose

See Also

   adjust, arrange, array, determine, distribute, fix, group, marshal, order, place, put, range, rank, regulate, set, settle, stand [image]  actuate, adapt, bias, condition, incline, induce, influence, lead, motivate, move, predispose, prompt, tempt


disposed

See Also

apt, given, inclined, liable, likely, of a mind to, predisposed, prone, ready, subject, tending towards


dispose of

See Also

   deal with, decide, determine, end, finish with, settle [image]  bestow, give, make over, part with, sell, transfer [image]  bin (Inf.), chuck (Inf.), destroy, discard, dump (Inf.), get rid of, jettison, junk (Inf.), scrap, throw out or away, unload


disposition

See Also

   character, constitution, make-up, nature, spirit, temper, temperament [image]  bent, bias, habit, inclination, leaning, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, tendency [image]  adjustment, arrangement, classification, disposal, distribution, grouping, ordering, organization, placement [image]  control, direction, disposal, management, regulation


disproportion

asymmetry, discrepancy, disparity, imbalance, inadequacy, inequality, insufficiency, lopsidedness, unevenness, unsuitableness


disproportionate

See Also

excessive, incommensurate, inordinate, out of proportion, too much, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unreasonable


disprove

See Also

confute, contradict, controvert, discredit, expose, give the lie to, invalidate, negate, prove false, rebut, refute


disputation

See Also

argumentation, controversy, debate, dispute, dissension, polemics


dispute

See Also

•   v.    altercate, argue, brawl, clash, contend, debate, discuss, quarrel, row, spar, squabble, wrangle [image]  challenge, contest, contradict, controvert, deny, doubt, impugn, question, rebut

•   n.    altercation, argument, bagarre, brawl, conflict, disagreement, discord, disturbance, feud, friction, quarrel, shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), strife, wrangle [image]  argument, contention, controversy, debate, discussion, dissension


disqualification

See Also

   disability, disablement, incapacitation, incapacity, unfitness [image]  debarment, disenablement, disentitlement, elimination, exclusion, incompetence, ineligibility, rejection


disqualified

See Also

debarred, eliminated, ineligible, knocked out, out of the running


disqualify

   disable, incapacitate, invalidate, unfit (Rare) [image]  ban, debar, declare ineligible, disentitle, preclude, prohibit, rule out


disquiet

See Also

•   n.    alarm, angst, anxiety, concern, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, nervousness, restlessness, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worry

•   v.    agitate, annoy, bother, concern, discompose, distress, disturb, fret, harass, hassle (Inf.), incommode, make uneasy, perturb, pester, plague, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex, worry


disquieting

See Also

annoying, bothersome, disconcerting, distressing, disturbing, harrowing, irritating, perturbing, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, worrying


disregard

See Also

•   v.    brush aside or away, discount, disobey, ignore, laugh off, leave out of account, make light of, neglect, overlook, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, take no notice of, turn a blind eye to [image]  brush off (Sl.), cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, disdain, disparage, slight, snub

•   n.    brushoff (Sl.), contempt, disdain, disrespect, heedlessness, ignoring, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, oversight, slight, the cold shoulder


disrepair

See Also

   collapse, decay, deterioration, dilapidation, ruination [image]  in disrepair broken, bust (Inf.), decayed, decrepit, kaput (Inf.), not functioning, on the blink (Sl.), out of commission, out of order, worn-out


disreputable

See Also

   base, contemptible, derogatory, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonourable, disorderly, ignominious, infamous, louche, low, mean, notorious, opprobrious, scandalous, shady (Inf.), shameful, shocking, unprincipled, vicious, vile [image]  bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dishevelled, down at heel, scruffy, seedy, shabby, threadbare, worn


disrepute

See Also

discredit, disesteem, disfavour, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy, ill favour, ill repute, infamy, obloquy, shame, unpopularity


disrespect

See Also

contempt, discourtesy, dishonour, disregard, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, irreverence, lack of respect, lese-majesty, rudeness, unmannerliness


disrespectful

See Also

bad-mannered, cheeky, contemptuous, discourteous, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, insulting, irreverent, misbehaved, rude, uncivil


disrupt

See Also

   agitate, confuse, disorder, disorganize, disturb, spoil, throw into disorder, upset [image]  break up or into, interfere with, interrupt, intrude, obstruct, unsettle, upset


disruption

See Also

confusion, disarray, disorder, disorderliness, disturbance, interference, interruption, stoppage


disruptive

See Also

confusing, disorderly, distracting, disturbing, obstreperous, troublemaking, troublesome, unruly, unsettling, upsetting


dissatisfaction

See Also

annoyance, chagrin, disappointment, discomfort, discontent, dislike, dismay, displeasure, distress, exasperation, frustration, irritation, regret, resentment, unhappiness


dissatisfied

See Also

disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, fed up, frustrated, not satisfied, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied


dissect

See Also

   anatomize, cut up or apart, dismember, lay open [image]  analyse, break down, explore, inspect, investigate, research, scrutinize, study


dissection

See Also

   anatomization, anatomy, autopsy, dismemberment, necropsy, postmortem (examination) [image]  analysis, breakdown, examination, inspection, investigation, research, scrutiny


disseminate

See Also

broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disperse, dissipate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, scatter, sow, spread


dissemination

See Also

broadcasting, circulation, diffusion, distribution, promulgation, propagation, publication, publishing, spread


dissension

See Also

conflict, conflict of opinion, contention, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissent, friction, quarrel, row, strife, variance


dissent

See Also

•   v.    decline, differ, disagree, object, protest, refuse, withhold assent or approval

•   n.    difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, dissidence, nonconformity, objection, opposition, refusal, resistance


dissenter

See Also

disputant, dissident, nonconformist, objector, protestant


dissentient

See Also

•   adj. conflicting, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissident, opposing, protesting


dissertation

See Also

critique, discourse, disquisition, essay, exposition, thesis, treatise


disservice

See Also

bad turn, disfavour, harm, ill turn, injury, injustice, unkindness, wrong


dissident

See Also

•   adj.    differing, disagreeing, discordant, dissentient, dissenting, heterodox, nonconformist, schismatic

•   n.    agitator, dissenter, protestor, rebel, recusant


dissimilar

See Also

different, disparate, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, manifold, mismatched, not alike, not capable of comparison, not similar, unlike, unrelated, various


dissimilarity

See Also

difference, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, heterogeneity, incomparability, nonuniformity, unlikeness, unrelatedness


dissipate

See Also

   burn up, consume, deplete, expend, fritter away, indulge oneself, lavish, misspend, run through, spend, squander, waste [image]  disappear, dispel, disperse, dissolve, drive away, evaporate, scatter, vanish


dissipated

See Also

   abandoned, debauched, dissolute, intemperate, profligate, rakish, self-indulgent [image]  consumed, destroyed, exhausted, scattered, squandered, wasted


dissipation

See Also

   abandonment, debauchery, dissoluteness, drunkenness, excess, extravagance, indulgence, intemperance, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, squandering, wantonness, waste [image]  amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, gratification [image]  disappearance, disintegration, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, scattering, vanishing


dissociate

See Also

   break off, disband, disrupt, part company, quit [image]  detach, disconnect, distance, divorce, isolate, segregate, separate, set apart


dissolute

See Also

abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, immoral, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, profligate, rakish, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wild


dissolution

See Also

   breaking up, disintegration, division, divorce, parting, resolution, separation [image]  death, decay, decomposition, demise, destruction, dispersal, extinction, overthrow, ruin [image]  adjournment, conclusion, disbandment, discontinuation, dismissal, end, ending, finish, suspension, termination [image]  corruption, debauchery, dissipation, intemperance, wantonness [image]  disappearance, evaporation, liquefaction, melting, solution


dissolve

See Also

   deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, soften, thaw [image]  crumble, decompose, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, dissipate, dwindle, evanesce, evaporate, fade, melt away, perish, vanish, waste away [image]  axe (Inf.), break up, destroy, discontinue, dismiss, end, overthrow, ruin, suspend, terminate, wind up [image]  break into or up, collapse, disorganize, disunite, divorce, loose, resolve into, separate, sever


dissuade

See Also

advise against, deter, discourage, disincline, divert, expostulate, persuade not to, put off, remonstrate, talk out of, urge not to, warn


distance

See Also

•   n.    absence, extent, gap, interval, lapse, length, range, reach, remoteness, remove, separation, space, span, stretch, width [image]  aloofness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, reserve, restraint, stiffness [image]  go the distance bring to an end, complete, finish, see through, stay the course [image]  keep one's distance avoid, be aloof  (indifferent, reserved), keep (someone) at arm's length, shun [image]  in the distance afar, far away, far off, on the horizon, yonder

•   v.    dissociate oneself, put in proportion, separate oneself [image]  leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outrun, outstrip, pass


distant

See Also

   abroad, afar, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed [image]  apart, disparate, dispersed, distinct, scattered, separate [image]  aloof, ceremonious, cold, cool, formal, haughty, reserved, restrained, reticent, standoffish, stiff, unapproachable, unfriendly, withdrawn [image]  faint, indirect, indistinct, obscure, slight, uncertain


distaste

See Also

abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disfavour, disgust, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, horror, loathing, odium, repugnance, revulsion


distasteful

See Also

abhorrent, disagreeable, displeasing, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, undesirable, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavoury


distend

See Also

balloon, bloat, bulge, dilate, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, puff, stretch, swell, widen


distended

See Also

bloated, dilated, enlarged, expanded, inflated, puffy, stretched, swollen, tumescent


distil

See Also

condense, draw out, evaporate, express, extract, press out, purify, rectify, refine, sublimate, vaporize


distillation

See Also

elixir, essence, extract, quintessence, spirit


distinct

See Also

   apparent, blatant, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, evident, lucid, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, palpable, patent, plain, recognizable, sharp, unambiguous, unmistakable, well-defined [image]  detached, different, discrete, dissimilar, individual, separate, unconnected


distinction

See Also

   differentiation, discernment, discrimination, penetration, perception, separation [image]  contrast, difference, differential, division, separation [image]  characteristic, distinctiveness, feature, individuality, mark, particularity, peculiarity, quality [image]  account, celebrity, consequence, credit, eminence, excellence, fame, greatness, honour, importance, merit, name, note, prominence, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, superiority, worth


distinctive

See Also

characteristic, different, distinguishing, extraordinary, idiosyncratic, individual, original, peculiar, singular, special, typical, uncommon, unique


distinctly

See Also

clearly, decidedly, definitely, evidently, manifestly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, patently, plainly, precisely, sharply


distinctness

See Also

   clarity, lucidity, obviousness, plainness, sharpness, vividness [image]  detachment, difference, discreteness, disparateness, dissimilarity, dissociation, distinctiveness, individuality, separation


distinguish

See Also

   ascertain, decide, determine, differentiate, discriminate, judge, tell apart, tell between, tell the difference [image]  categorize, characterize, classify, individualize, make distinctive, mark, separate, set apart, single out [image]  discern, know, make out, perceive, pick out, recognize, see, tell [image]  celebrate, dignify, honour, immortalize, make famous, signalize


distinguishable

See Also

clear, conspicuous, discernible, evident, manifest, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, plain, recognizable, well-marked


distinguished

See Also

   acclaimed, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned, well-known [image]  conspicuous, extraordinary, marked, outstanding, signal, striking


distinguishing

See Also

characteristic, different, differentiating, distinctive, individualistic, marked, peculiar, typical


distort

See Also

   bend, buckle, contort, deform, disfigure, misshape, twist, warp, wrench, wrest [image]  bias, colour, falsify, garble, misrepresent, pervert, slant, twist


distortion

See Also

   bend, buckle, contortion, crookedness, deformity, malformation, twist, twistedness, warp [image]  bias, colouring, falsification, misrepresentation, perversion, slant


distract

See Also

   divert, draw away, sidetrack, turn aside [image]  amuse, beguile, engross, entertain, occupy [image]  agitate, bewilder, confound, confuse, derange, discompose, disconcert, disturb, harass, madden, perplex, puzzle, torment, trouble


distracted

See Also

   agitated, at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, flustered, harassed, in a flap (Inf.), perplexed, puzzled, troubled [image]  crazy, deranged, desperate, distraught, frantic, frenzied, grief-stricken, insane, mad, overwrought, raving, wild


distracting

See Also

bewildering, bothering, confusing, disconcerting, dismaying, disturbing, off-putting (Brit. inf.), perturbing


distraction

See Also

   abstraction, agitation, bewilderment, commotion, confusion, discord, disorder, disturbance [image]  amusement, beguilement, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, pastime, recreation [image]  disturbance, diversion, interference, interruption [image]  aberration, alienation, delirium, derangement, desperation, frenzy, hallucination, incoherence, insanity, mania


distress

See Also

•   n.    affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, desolation, discomfort, grief, heartache, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, woe, worry, wretchedness [image]  adversity, calamity, destitution, difficulties, hardship, indigence, misfortune, need, poverty, privation, straits, trial, trouble

•   v.    afflict, agonize, bother, disturb, grieve, harass, harrow, pain, perplex, sadden, torment, trouble, upset, worry, wound


distressed

See Also

   afflicted, agitated, anxious, distracted, distraught, saddened, tormented, troubled, upset, worried, wretched [image]  destitute, indigent, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, straitened


distressing

See Also

affecting, afflicting, distressful, disturbing, grievous, harrowing, heart-breaking, hurtful, lamentable, nerve-racking, painful, sad, upsetting, worrying


distribute

See Also

   administer, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, dispose, divide, dole out, give, measure out, mete, share [image]  circulate, convey, deliver, hand out, pass round [image]  diffuse, disperse, disseminate, scatter, spread, strew [image]  arrange, assort, categorize, class, classify, file, group


distribution

See Also

   allocation, allotment, apportionment, dispensation, division, dole, partition, sharing [image]  circulation, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, propagation, scattering, spreading [image]  arrangement, assortment, classification, disposition, grouping, location, organization, placement [image]   Commerce dealing, delivery, handling, mailing, marketing, trading, transport, transportation


district

See Also

area, community, locale, locality, neighbourhood, parish, quarter, region, sector, vicinity, ward


distrust

See Also

•   v.    be sceptical of, be suspicious of, be wary of, disbelieve, discredit, doubt, misbelieve, mistrust, question, smell a rat (Inf.), suspect, wonder about

•   n.    disbelief, doubt, dubiety, lack of faith, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, scepticism, suspicion, wariness


disturb

See Also

   bother, butt in on, disrupt, interfere with, interrupt, intrude on, pester, rouse, startle [image]  confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, muddle, unsettle [image]  agitate, alarm, annoy, confound, discompose, distract, distress, excite, fluster, harass, hassle (Inf.), perturb, ruffle, shake, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, worry


disturbance

See Also

   agitation, annoyance, bother, confusion, derangement, disorder, distraction, hindrance, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, upset [image]  bother (Inf.), brawl, commotion, disorder, fracas, fray, hubbub, riot, ruckus (Inf.), ruction (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar


disturbed

See Also

    Psychiatry disordered, maladjusted, neurotic, troubled, unbalanced, upset [image]  agitated, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, concerned, disquieted, nervous, troubled, uneasy, upset, worried


disturbing

See Also

agitating, alarming, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, frightening, harrowing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, worrying


disuse

abandonment, decay, desuetude, discontinuance, idleness, neglect, non-employment, nonuse


ditch

See Also

•   n.    channel, drain, dyke, furrow, gully, moat, trench, watercourse

•   v.    dig, drain, excavate, gouge, trench [image]   Sl. abandon, axe (Inf.), bin (Inf.), chuck (Inf.), discard, dispose of, drop, dump (Inf.), get rid of, jettison, junk (Inf.), scrap, throw out or overboard


dither

See Also

•   v.    faff about (Brit. inf.), falter, haver, hesitate, oscillate, shillyshally (Inf.), swither (Scot.), teeter, vacillate, waver

•   n.    bother, flap (Inf.), fluster, flutter, pother, stew (Inf.), tiz-woz (Inf.), tizzy (Inf.), twitter (Inf.)


dive

See Also

•   v.    descend, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go underwater, jump, leap, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, submerge, swoop

•   n.    dash, header (Inf.), jump, leap, lunge, nose dive, plunge, spring [image]   Sl. honky-tonk (U.S. sl.), joint (Sl.), sleazy bar


diverge

See Also

   bifurcate, branch, divaricate, divide, fork, part, radiate, separate, split, spread [image]  be at odds, be at variance, conflict, differ, disagree, dissent [image]  depart, deviate, digress, meander, stray, turn aside, wander


divergence

See Also

branching out, deflection, departure, deviation, difference, digression, disparity, divagation, ramification, separation, varying


divergent

See Also

conflicting, deviating, different, differing, disagreeing, dissimilar, diverging, diverse, separate, variant


divers

different, manifold, many, multifarious, numerous, several, some, sundry, varied, various


diverse

See Also

   assorted, diversified, manifold, miscellaneous, of every description, several, sundry, varied, various [image]  different, differing, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, separate, unlike, varying


diversify

alter, assort, branch out, change, expand, mix, modify, spread out, transform, variegate, vary


diversion

See Also

   alteration, change, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, variation [image]  amusement, beguilement, delight, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, entertainment, game, gratification, jollies (Sl.), pastime, play, pleasure, recreation, relaxation, sport


diversity

See Also

assortment, difference, dissimilarity, distinctiveness, divergence, diverseness, diversification, heterogeneity, medley, multiplicity, range, unlikeness, variance, variegation, variety


divert

See Also

   avert, deflect, redirect, switch, turn aside [image]  amuse, beguile, delight, entertain, gratify, recreate, regale [image]  detract, distract, draw or lead away from, lead astray, sidetrack


diverting

See Also

amusing, beguiling, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, humorous, pleasant


divest

See Also

   denude, disrobe, doff, remove, strip, take off, unclothe, undress [image]  deprive, despoil, dispossess, strip


divide

See Also

   bisect, cleave, cut (up), detach, disconnect, part, partition, segregate, separate, sever, shear, split, subdivide, sunder [image]  allocate, allot, apportion, deal out, dispense, distribute, divvy (up) (Inf.), dole out, measure out, portion, share [image]  alienate, break up, cause to disagree, come between, disunite, estrange, set or pit against one another, set at variance or odds, sow dissension, split [image]  arrange, categorize, classify, grade, group, put in order, separate, sort


dividend

See Also

bonus, cut (Inf.), divvy (Inf.), extra, gain, plus, portion, share, surplus


divine

See Also

•   adj.    angelic, celestial, godlike, heavenly, holy, spiritual, superhuman, supernatural [image]  consecrated, holy, religious, sacred, sanctified, spiritual [image]  beatific, blissful, exalted, mystical, rapturous, supreme, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane [image]   Inf. beautiful, excellent, glorious, marvellous, perfect, splendid, superlative, wonderful

•   n.    churchman, clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, minister, pastor, priest, reverend

•   v.    apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, foretell, guess, infer, intuit, perceive, prognosticate, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand [image]   Of water or minerals dowse


diviner

   astrologer, augur, oracle, prophet, seer, sibyl, soothsayer [image]   Of water or minerals dowser


divinity

   deity, divine nature, godhead, godhood, godliness, holiness, sanctity [image]  daemon, deity, genius, god, goddess, guardian spirit, spirit [image]  religion, religious studies, theology


divisible

dividable, fractional, separable, splittable


division

See Also

   bisection, cutting up, detaching, dividing, partition, separation, splitting up [image]  allotment, apportionment, distribution, sharing [image]  border, boundary, demarcation, divide, divider, dividing line, partition [image]  branch, category, class, compartment, department, group, head, part, portion, section, sector, segment [image]  breach, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, disunion, estrangement, feud, rupture, split, variance


divisive

See Also

alienating, damaging, detrimental, discordant, disruptive, estranging, inharmonious, pernicious, troublesome, unsettling


divorce

See Also

•   n.    annulment, breach, break, decree nisi, dissolution, disunion, rupture, separation, severance, split-up

•   v.    annul, disconnect, dissociate, dissolve (marriage), disunite, divide, part, separate, sever, split up, sunder


divulge

See Also

betray, blow wide open (Sl.), communicate, confess, declare, disclose, exhibit, expose, impart, leak, let slip, make known, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill (Inf.), spill one's guts about (Sl.), tell, uncover


dizzy

See Also

   faint, giddy, light-headed, off balance, reeling, shaky, staggering, swimming, vertiginous, weak at the knees, wobbly, woozy (Inf.) [image]  at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, dazed, dazzled, muddled [image]  lofty, steep, vertiginous [image]   Inf. capricious, fickle, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, light-headed, scatterbrained, silly


do

See Also

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, conclude, discharge, end, execute, perform, produce, transact, undertake, work [image]  answer, be adequate, be enough, be of use, be sufficient, pass muster, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit [image]  arrange, be responsible for, fix, get ready, look after, make, make ready, organize, prepare, see to, take on [image]  decipher, decode, figure out, puzzle out, resolve, solve, work out [image]  adapt, render, translate, transpose [image]  bear oneself, behave, carry oneself, comport oneself, conduct oneself [image]  fare, get along, get on, make out, manage, proceed [image]  bring about, cause, create, effect, produce [image]   Of a play, etc. act, give, perform, present, produce, put on [image]   Inf. cover, explore, journey through or around, look at, stop in, tour, travel, visit [image]   Inf. cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle (Inf.), dupe, fleece, hoax, skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), swindle, take (someone) for a ride (Inf.), trick

•   n.     Inf. affair, event, function, gathering, occasion, party [image]  do's and don'ts  Inf. code, customs, etiquette, instructions, regulations, rules, standards


do away with

See Also

   blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), destroy, do in (Sl.), exterminate, kill, liquidate, murder, slay, take out (Sl.) [image]  abolish, axe (Inf.), chuck (Inf.), discard, discontinue, eliminate, get rid of, junk (Inf.), put an end to, remove


docile

See Also

amenable, biddable, compliant, ductile, manageable, obedient, pliant, submissive, teachable (Rare), tractable


docility

See Also

amenability, biddableness, compliance, ductility, manageability, meekness, obedience, pliancy, submissiveness, tractability


dock

See Also

•   n.    harbour, pier, quay, waterfront, wharf

•   v.    anchor, berth, drop anchor, land, moor, put in, tie up [image]   Of spacecraft couple, hook up, join, link up, rendezvous, unite


docket

See Also

•   n.    bill, certificate, chit, chitty, counterfoil, label, receipt, tab, tag, tally, ticket

•   v.    catalogue, file, index, label, mark, register, tab, tag, ticket


doctor

See Also

•   n.    general practitioner, G.P., medic (Inf.), medical practitioner, physician

•   v.    apply medication to, give medical treatment to, treat [image]  botch, cobble, do up (Inf.), fix, mend, patch up, repair [image]  alter, change, disguise, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, pervert, tamper with [image]  add to, adulterate, cut, dilute, mix with, spike, water down


doctrinaire

See Also

•   adj.    biased, dogmatic, fanatical, inflexible, insistent, opinionated, rigid [image]  hypothetical, ideological, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unpragmatic, unrealistic


doctrine

See Also

article, article of faith, belief, canon, concept, conviction, creed, dogma, opinion, precept, principle, teaching, tenet


document

See Also

•   n.    certificate, instrument, legal form, paper, record, report

•   v.    authenticate, back up, certify, cite, corroborate, detail, give weight to, instance, particularize, substantiate, support, validate, verify


doddering

aged, decrepit, doddery, faltering, feeble, floundering, infirm, senile, shaky, shambling, tottery, trembly, unsteady, weak


dodge

See Also

•   v.    body-swerve (Scot.), dart, duck, shift, sidestep, swerve, turn aside [image]  avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), deceive, elude, equivocate, evade, fend off, flannel (Brit. inf.), fudge, get out of, hedge, parry, shirk, shuffle, trick

•   n.    contrivance, device, feint, flannel (Brit. inf.), machination, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wheeze (Brit. sl.), wile


dodger

See Also

evader, shifty so-and-so, shirker, slacker, slippery one, slyboots, trickster


doer

See Also

achiever, active person, activist, bustler, dynamo, go-getter (Inf.), live wire (Sl.), organizer, powerhouse (Sl.), wheeler-dealer (Inf.)


doff

See Also

    Of a hat lift, raise, remove, take off, tip, touch [image]   Of clothing cast off, discard, remove, shed, slip off, slip out of, take off, throw off, undress


dog

See Also

•   n.    bitch, canine, cur, hound, man's best friend, mongrel, mutt (Sl.), pooch (Sl.), pup, puppy, tyke [image]   Inf. beast, blackguard, cur, heel (Sl.), knave (Archaic), scoundrel, villain [image]  dog-eat-dog cutthroat, ferocious, fierce, ruthless, vicious, with no holds barred [image]  go to the dogs  Inf. degenerate, deteriorate, go down the drain, go to pot, go to ruin

•   v.    haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tail (Inf.), track, trail, trouble


dogged

See Also

determined, firm, immovable, indefatigable, obstinate, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, resolute, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, unflagging, unshakable, unyielding


doggedness

See Also

bulldog tenacity, determination, endurance, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, relentlessness, resolution, single-mindedness, steadfastness, steadiness, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity


dogma

See Also

article, article of faith, belief, credo, creed, doctrine, opinion, precept, principle, teachings, tenet


dogmatic

See Also

   arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, categorical, dictatorial, doctrinaire, downright, emphatic, imperious, magisterial, obdurate, opinionated, overbearing, peremptory [image]  authoritative, canonical, categorical, doctrinal, ex cathedra, oracular, positive


dogmatism

See Also

arbitrariness, arrogance, dictatorialness, imperiousness, opinionatedness, peremptoriness, positiveness, presumption


dogsbody

drudge, general factotum, maid or man of all work, menial, skivvy (Chiefly Brit.), slave


do in

See Also

   blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), butcher, dispatch, eliminate (Sl.), execute, kill, liquidate, murder, slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.) [image]  exhaust, fag (Inf.), fatigue, knacker (Sl.), shatter (Inf.), tire, wear out, weary


doing

See Also

achievement, act, action, carrying out or through, deed, execution, exploit, handiwork, implementation, performance


doings

See Also

actions, affairs, concerns, dealings, deeds, events, exploits, goings-on (Inf.), handiwork, happenings, proceedings, transactions


doldrums

See Also

apathy, blues, boredom, depression, dullness, dumps (Inf.), ennui, gloom, inertia, lassitude, listlessness, malaise, stagnation, tedium, the hump (Brit. inf.), torpor


dole

See Also

•   n.    allowance, alms, benefit, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, modicum, parcel, pittance, portion, quota, share [image]  allocation, allotment, apportionment, dispensation, distribution, division

•   v.    (Usually with out) administer, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, give, hand out, mete, share


dolt

See Also

ass, berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, booby, charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), clot (Brit. inf.), coot, dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dullard, dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), idiot, ignoramus, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, thickhead, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


domestic

See Also

•   adj.    domiciliary, family, home, household, private [image]  domesticated, home-loving, homely, housewifely, stay-at-home [image]  domesticated, house, house-trained, pet, tame, trained [image]  indigenous, internal, native, not foreign

•   n.    char (Inf.), charwoman, daily, daily help, help, maid, servant, woman (Inf.)


domesticate

   break, gentle, house-train, tame, train [image]  acclimatize, accustom, familiarize, habituate, naturalize


domesticated

See Also

    Of plants or animals broken (in), naturalized, tame, tamed [image]   Of people domestic, home-loving, homely, house-trained (Jocular), housewifely


dominant

See Also

   ascendant, assertive, authoritative, commanding, controlling, governing, leading, presiding, ruling, superior, supreme [image]  chief, influential, main, outstanding, paramount, predominant, pre-eminent, prevailing, prevalent, primary, principal, prominent


dominate

See Also

   control, direct, domineer, govern, have the upper hand over, have the whip hand over, keep under one's thumb, lead, lead by the nose (Inf.), master, monopolize, overbear, rule, tyrannize [image]  bestride, loom over, overlook, stand head and shoulders above, stand over, survey, tower above [image]  detract from, eclipse, outshine, overrule, overshadow, predominate, prevail over


domination

See Also

   ascendancy, authority, command, control, influence, mastery, power, rule, superiority, supremacy, sway [image]  despotism, dictatorship, oppression, repression, subjection, subordination, suppression, tyranny


domineer

See Also

bluster, boss around or about (Inf.), browbeat, bully, hector, intimidate, lord (it) over, menace, overbear, ride roughshod over, swagger, threaten, tyrannize


domineering

See Also

arrogant, authoritarian, autocratic, bossy (Inf.), coercive, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, iron-handed, magisterial, masterful, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical


dominion

See Also

   ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, government, jurisdiction, mastery, power, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway [image]  country, domain, empire, kingdom, patch, province, realm, region, territory, turf (U.S. sl.)


don

See Also

clothe oneself in, dress in, get into, pull on, put on, slip on or into


donate

See Also

bequeath, bestow, chip in (Inf.), contribute, gift, give, hand out, make a gift of, present, subscribe


donation

See Also

alms, benefaction, boon, contribution, gift, grant, gratuity, hand-out, largess or largesse, offering, present, stipend, subscription


done

See Also

•   adj.    accomplished, completed, concluded, consummated, ended, executed, finished, over, perfected, realized, terminated, through [image]  cooked, cooked enough, cooked sufficiently, cooked to a turn, ready [image]  depleted, exhausted, finished, spent, used up [image]  acceptable, conventional, de rigueur, proper [image]   Inf. cheated, conned (Inf.), duped, taken for a ride (Inf.), tricked

•   interj.    agreed, it's a bargain, O.K. or okay (Inf.), settled, you're on (Inf.) [image]  done for  Inf. beaten, broken, dashed, defeated, destroyed, doomed, finished, foiled, lost, ruined, undone, wrecked [image]  done in or up  Inf. all in (Sl.), bushed (Inf.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead (Inf.), dead beat (Inf.), dog-tired (Inf.), exhausted, fagged out (Inf.), knackered (Sl.), on one's last legs, ready to drop, tired out, worn out, worn to a frazzle (Inf.), zonked (Sl.) [image]  have done with be through with, desist, end relations with, finish with, give up, throw over, wash one's hands of


donnish

bookish, erudite, formalistic, pedagogic, pedantic, precise, scholarly, scholastic


donor

See Also

almsgiver, benefactor, contributor, donator, giver, grantor (Law), philanthropist


doom

See Also

•   n.    catastrophe, death, destiny, destruction, downfall, fate, fortune, lot, portion, ruin [image]  condemnation, decision, decree, judgment, sentence, verdict [image]  Armageddon, Doomsday, end of the world, Judgment Day, the Last Day, the Last Judgment, the last trump

•   v.    condemn, consign, damn, decree, destine, foreordain, judge, predestine, preordain, sentence, threaten


doomed

See Also

bedevilled, bewitched, condemned, cursed, fated, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-omened, luckless, star-crossed


door

See Also

   doorway, egress, entrance, entry, exit, ingress, opening [image]  lay at the door of blame, censure, charge, hold responsible, impute to [image]  out of doors alfresco, in the air, out, outdoors, outside [image]  show someone the door ask to leave, boot out (Inf.), bounce (Sl.), eject, oust, show out


do out of

See Also

balk, bilk, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deprive, diddle (Inf.), swindle, trick


dope

See Also

•   n.    drugs, narcotic, opiate [image]  berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), idiot, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.) [image]  details, facts, gen (Brit. inf.), info (Inf.), information, inside information, lowdown (Inf.), news, tip

•   v.    anaesthetize, doctor, drug, inject, knock out, narcotize, sedate, stupefy


dormant

See Also

asleep, comatose, fallow, hibernating, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, quiescent, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, suspended, torpid


dose

See Also


dosage

draught, drench, measure, portion, potion, prescription, quantity


dot

See Also

•   n.    atom, circle, dab, fleck, full stop, iota, jot, mark, mite, mote, point, speck, speckle, spot [image]  on the dot exactly, on time, precisely, promptly, punctually, to the minute

•   v.    dab, dabble, fleck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, stipple, stud


dotage

   decrepitude, feebleness, imbecility, old age, second childhood, senility, weakness [image]  doting, foolish fondness, infatuation


dote on

dote on or upon

See Also

admire, adore, hold dear, idolize, lavish affection on, prize, treasure


doting

See Also

adoring, devoted, fond, foolish, indulgent, lovesick


double

See Also

•   adj.    binate (Botany), coupled, doubled, dual, duplicate, in pairs, paired, twice, twin, twofold [image]  deceitful, dishonest, false, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, knavish (Archaic), perfidious, treacherous, two-faced, vacillating

•   v.    duplicate, enlarge, fold, grow, increase, magnify, multiply, plait, repeat

•   n.    clone, copy, counterpart, dead ringer (Sl.), Doppelgänger, duplicate, fellow, impersonator, lookalike, mate, replica, ringer (Sl.), spitting image (Inf.), twin [image]  at or on the double at full speed, briskly, immediately, in double-quick time, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, quickly, without delay


double-cross

See Also

betray, cheat, cozen, defraud, hoodwink, mislead, swindle, trick, two-time (Inf.)


double-dealer

betrayer, cheat, con man (Inf.), cozen, deceiver, dissembler, double-crosser (Inf.), fraud, hypocrite, rogue, swindler, traitor, two-timer (Inf.)


double-dealing

See Also

•   n.    bad faith, betrayal, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, foul play, hypocrisy, mendacity, perfidy, treachery, trickery, two-timing (Inf.)

•   adj.    cheating, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, dishonest, duplicitous, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, perfidious, sneaky, swindling, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, two-timing (Inf.), underhanded, untrustworthy, wily


double entendre

ambiguity, double meaning, innuendo, play on words, pun


doubt

See Also

•   v.    discredit, distrust, fear, lack confidence in, misgive, mistrust, query, question, suspect

•   n.    apprehension, disquiet, distrust, fear, incredulity, lack of faith, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, scepticism, suspicion

•   v.    be dubious, be uncertain, demur, fluctuate, hesitate, scruple, vacillate, waver

•   n.    dubiety, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, lack of conviction, suspense, uncertainty, vacillation [image]  ambiguity, confusion, difficulty, dilemma, perplexity, problem, quandary [image]  no doubt admittedly, assuredly, certainly, doubtless, doubtlessly, probably, surely


doubter

See Also

agnostic, disbeliever, doubting Thomas, questioner, sceptic, unbeliever


doubtful

See Also

   ambiguous, debatable, dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), dubious, equivocal, hazardous, iffy (Inf.), inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, obscure, precarious, problematic(al), questionable, unclear, unconfirmed, unsettled, vague [image]  distrustful, hesitating, in two minds (Inf.), irresolute, leery (Sl.), perplexed, sceptical, suspicious, tentative, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, vacillating, wavering [image]  disreputable, dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), dubious, questionable, shady (Inf.), suspect, suspicious


doubtless

See Also

   assuredly, certainly, clearly, indisputably, of course, precisely, surely, truly, undoubtedly, unquestionably, without doubt [image]  apparently, most likely, ostensibly, presumably, probably, seemingly, supposedly


dour

See Also

   dismal, dreary, forbidding, gloomy, grim, morose, sour, sullen, unfriendly [image]  austere, hard, inflexible, obstinate, rigid, rigorous, severe, strict, uncompromising, unyielding


dovetail

See Also

•   v.    fit, fit together, interlock, join, link, mortise, tenon, unite [image]  accord, agree, coincide, conform, correspond, harmonize, match, tally


dowdy

See Also

dingy, drab, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, ill-dressed, old-fashioned, scrubby (Brit. inf.), shabby, slovenly, tacky (U.S. inf.), unfashionable


dower

See Also

   dowry, inheritance, legacy, portion, provision, share [image]  endowment, faculty, gift, talent


do without

See Also

abstain from, dispense with, forgo, get along without, give up, kick (Inf.), manage without


down

See Also

•   adj.    blue, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dismal, downcast, low, miserable, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), unhappy

•   v.    bring down, fell, floor, knock down, overthrow, prostrate, subdue, tackle, throw, trip [image]   Inf. drain, drink (down), gulp, put away, swallow, toss off

•   n.    decline, descent, drop, dropping, fall, falling, reverse [image]  have a down on  Inf. be antagonistic or hostile to, be anti (Inf.), bear a grudge towards, be contra (Inf.), be prejudiced against, be set against, feel ill will towards, have it in for (Sl.) [image]  down with away with, get rid of, kick out (Inf.), oust, push out


down and out

See Also

•   adj.    derelict, destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), flat broke (Inf.), impoverished, penniless, ruined, short, without two pennies to rub together (Inf.) [image]  down-and-out

•   n. bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), beggar, bum (Inf.), derelict, dosser (Brit. sl.), loser, outcast, pauper, tramp, vagabond, vagrant


downcast

See Also

cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dismayed, dispirited, miserable, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), unhappy


downfall

See Also

   breakdown, collapse, comedown, comeuppance (Sl.), debacle, descent, destruction, disgrace, fall, overthrow, ruin, undoing [image]  cloudburst, deluge, downpour, rainstorm


downgrade

See Also

   degrade, demote, humble, lower or reduce in rank, take down a peg (Inf.) [image]  decry, denigrate, detract from, disparage, run down


downhearted

See Also

blue, chapfallen, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, downcast, low-spirited, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), sorrowful, unhappy


downpour

See Also

cloudburst, deluge, flood, inundation, rainstorm, torrential rain


downright

See Also

   absolute, arrant, blatant, categorical, clear, complete, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), explicit, out-and-out, outright, plain, positive, simple, thoroughgoing, total, undisguised, unequivocal, unqualified, utter [image]  blunt, candid, forthright, frank, honest, open, outspoken, plain, sincere, straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder, upfront (Inf.)


down-to-earth

See Also

common-sense, hard-headed, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plain-spoken, practical, realistic, sane, sensible, unsentimental


downward

See Also

•   adj. declining, descending, earthward, heading down, sliding, slipping


doze

See Also

•   v.    catnap, drop off (Inf.), drowse, kip (Brit. sl.), nap, nod, nod off (Inf.), sleep, sleep lightly, slumber, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    catnap, forty winks (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), little sleep, nap, shuteye (Sl.), siesta, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)


drab

See Also

cheerless, colourless, dingy, dismal, dreary, dull, flat, gloomy, grey, lacklustre, shabby, sombre, uninspired, vapid


draft

See Also

•   v.    compose, delineate, design, draw, draw up, formulate, outline, plan, sketch

•   n.    abstract, delineation, outline, plan, preliminary form, rough, sketch, version [image]  bill (of exchange), cheque, order, postal order


drag

See Also

•   v.    draw, hale, haul, lug, pull, tow, trail, tug, yank [image]  crawl, creep, go slowly, inch, limp along, shamble, shuffle [image]  dawdle, draggle, lag behind, linger, loiter, straggle, trail behind [image]  (With on or out) draw out, extend, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out [image]  drag one's feet  Inf. block, hold back, obstruct, procrastinate, stall

•   n.     Sl. annoyance, bore, bother, nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pest


dragging

See Also

boring, dull, going slowly, humdrum, mind-numbing, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, wearisome


dragoon

See Also

•   v. browbeat, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, impel, intimidate, railroad (Inf.), strong-arm (Inf.)


drain

See Also

•   v.    bleed, draw off, dry, empty, evacuate, milk, pump off or out, remove, tap, withdraw [image]  consume, deplete, dissipate, empty, exhaust, sap, strain, tax, use up, weary [image]  discharge, effuse, exude, flow out, leak, ooze, seep, trickle, well out [image]  drink up, finish, gulp down, quaff, swallow

•   n.    channel, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse [image]  depletion, drag, exhaustion, expenditure, reduction, sap, strain, withdrawal [image]  down the drain gone, gone for good, lost, ruined, wasted


drainage

See Also

bilge (water), seepage, sewage, sewerage, waste


dram

See Also

drop, glass, measure, shot (Inf.), slug, snifter (Inf.), snort (Sl.), tot


drama

See Also

   dramatization, play, show, stage play, stage show, theatrical piece [image]  acting, dramatic art, dramaturgy, stagecraft, theatre, Thespian art [image]  crisis, dramatics, excitement, histrionics, scene, spectacle, theatrics, turmoil


dramatic

See Also

   dramaturgic, dramaturgical, theatrical, Thespian [image]  breathtaking, climactic, electrifying, emotional, exciting, melodramatic, sensational, shock-horror (Facetious), startling, sudden, suspenseful, tense, thrilling [image]  affecting, effective, expressive, impressive, moving, powerful, striking, vivid


dramatist

dramaturge, playwright, screen-writer, scriptwriter


dramatize

See Also

act, exaggerate, lay it on (thick) (Sl.), make a performance of, overdo, overstate, play-act, play to the gallery


drastic

See Also

desperate, dire, extreme, forceful, harsh, radical, severe, strong


draught

See Also

    Of air current, flow, influx, movement, puff [image]  dragging, drawing, haulage, pulling, traction [image]  cup, dose, drench, drink, potion, quantity


draw

See Also

•   v.    drag, haul, pull, tow, tug [image]  delineate, depict, design, map out, mark out, outline, paint, portray, sketch, trace [image]  deduce, derive, get, infer, make, take [image]  allure, attract, bring forth, call forth, elicit, engage, entice, evoke, induce, influence, invite, persuade [image]  extort, extract, pull out, take out [image]  attenuate, elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch [image]  breathe in, drain, inhale, inspire, puff, pull, respire, suck [image]  compose, draft, formulate, frame, prepare, write [image]  choose, pick, select, single out, take

•   n.     Inf. attraction, enticement, lure, pull (Inf.) [image]  dead heat, deadlock, impasse, stalemate, tie


drawback

See Also

defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, downside, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment (Inf.), handicap, hindrance, hitch, impediment, imperfection, nuisance, obstacle, snag, stumbling block, trouble


draw back

See Also

recoil, retract, retreat, shrink, start back, withdraw


drawing

See Also

cartoon, delineation, depiction, illustration, outline, picture, portrayal, representation, sketch, study


drawl

See Also

•   v.  Of speech sounds drag out, draw out, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract


drawling

dragging, drawly, droning, dull, twanging, twangy


drawn

See Also

fatigued, fraught, haggard, harassed, harrowed, pinched, sapped, strained, stressed, taut, tense, tired, worn


draw on

See Also

employ, exploit, extract, fall back on, have recourse to, make use of, rely on, take from, use


draw out

See Also

drag out, extend, lengthen, make longer, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin out, stretch, string out


draw up

See Also

   bring to a stop, halt, pull up, run in, stop, stop short [image]  compose, draft, formulate, frame, prepare, write out


dread

See Also

•   v.    anticipate with horror, cringe at, fear, have cold feet (Inf.), quail, shrink from, shudder, tremble

•   n.    affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, dismay, fear, fright, funk (Inf.), heebie-jeebies (Sl.), horror, terror, trepidation

•   adj.    alarming, awe-inspiring, awful, dire, dreaded, dreadful, frightening, frightful, horrible, terrible, terrifying


dreadful

See Also

alarming, appalling, awful, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, ghastly, godawful (Sl.), grievous, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrendous, horrible, monstrous, shocking, terrible, tragic, tremendous


dream

See Also

•   n.    daydream, delusion, fantasy, hallucination, illusion, imagination, pipe dream, reverie, speculation, trance, vagary, vision [image]  ambition, aspiration, design, desire, goal, hope, notion, thirst, wish [image]  beauty, delight, gem, joy, marvel, pleasure, treasure

•   v.    build castles in the air or in Spain, conjure up, daydream, envisage, fancy, fantasize, hallucinate, have dreams, imagine, stargaze, think, visualize


dreamer

See Also

daydreamer, Don Quixote, fantasist, fantasizer, fantast, idealist, romancer, theorizer, utopian, visionary, Walter Mitty


dreamland

See Also

cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudland, dream world, fairyland, fantasy, illusion, land of dreams, land of make-believe, land of Nod, never-never land (Inf.), sleep


dream up

See Also

concoct, contrive, cook up (Inf.), create, devise, hatch, imagine, invent, spin, think up


dreamy

See Also

   airy-fairy, dreamlike, fanciful, imaginary, impractical, quixotic, speculative, surreal, vague, visionary [image]  chimerical, dreamlike, fantastic, intangible, misty, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, shadowy, unreal [image]  absent, abstracted, daydreaming, faraway, in a reverie, musing, pensive, preoccupied, with one's head in the clouds [image]  calming, gentle, lulling, relaxing, romantic, soothing


dreary

See Also

   bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing, dismal, doleful, downcast, drear, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, joyless, lonely, lonesome, melancholy, mournful, sad, solitary, sombre, sorrowful, wretched [image]  boring, colourless, drab, dull, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, lifeless, mind-numbing, monotonous, routine, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome


dregs

See Also

   deposit, draff, dross, grounds, lees, residue, residuum, scourings, scum, sediment, trash, waste [image]   Sl. canaille, down-and-outs, good-for-nothings, outcasts, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, scum


drench

See Also

•   v.    drown, duck, flood, imbrue, inundate, saturate, soak, souse, steep, wet

•   n.     Veterinary dose, physic, purge


dress

See Also

•   n.    costume, ensemble, frock, garment, get-up (Inf.), gown, outfit, rigout (Inf.), robe, suit [image]  apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, garb, garments, gear (Inf.), guise, habiliment, raiment (Archaic or poetic), togs, vestment

•   v.    attire, change, clothe, don, garb, put on, robe, slip on or into [image]  adorn, apparel (Archaic), array, bedeck, deck, decorate, drape, embellish, festoon, furbish, ornament, rig, trim [image]  adjust, align, arrange, comb (out), dispose, do (up), fit, get ready, groom, prepare, set, straighten [image]  bandage, bind up, plaster, treat


dress down

See Also

bawl out (Inf.), berate, carpet (Inf.), castigate, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), haul over the coals, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), upbraid


dressmaker

See Also

couturier, modiste, seamstress, sewing woman, tailor


dress up

See Also

   doll up (Sl.), dress for dinner, dress formally, put on one's best bib and tucker (Inf.), put on one's glad rags (Inf.) [image]  disguise, play-act, put on fancy dress, wear a costume [image]  beautify, do oneself up, embellish, gild, improve, titivate, trick out or up


dribble

See Also

   drip, drop, fall in drops, leak, ooze, run, seep, trickle [image]  drip saliva, drivel, drool, slaver, slobber


drift

See Also

•   v.    be carried along, coast, float, go (aimlessly), meander, stray, waft, wander [image]  accumulate, amass, bank up, drive, gather, pile up

•   n.    accumulation, bank, heap, mass, mound, pile [image]  course, current, direction, flow, impulse, movement, rush, sweep, trend [image]   Fig. aim, design, direction, gist, implication, import, intention, meaning, object, purport, scope, significance, tendency, tenor, thrust


drill

See Also

•   v.    coach, discipline, exercise, instruct, practise, rehearse, teach, train

•   n.    discipline, exercise, instruction, practice, preparation, repetition, training

•   v.    bore, penetrate, perforate, pierce, puncture, sink in

•   n.    bit, borer, boring-tool, gimlet, rotary tool


drink

See Also

•   v.    absorb, drain, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, partake of, quaff, sip, suck, sup, swallow, swig (Inf.), swill, toss off, wash down, wet one's whistle (Inf.) [image]  bend the elbow (Inf.), bevvy (Dialect), booze (Inf.), carouse, go on a binge or bender (Inf.), hit the bottle (Inf.), indulge, pub-crawl (Inf., chiefly Brit.), revel, tipple, tope, wassail

•   n.    beverage, liquid, potion, refreshment, thirst quencher [image]  alcohol, booze (Inf.), hooch or hootch (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), liquor, spirits, the bottle (Inf.) [image]  cup, draught, glass, gulp, noggin, sip, snifter (Inf.), swallow, swig (Inf.), taste, tipple [image]  the drink  Inf. the briny (Inf.), the deep, the main, the ocean, the sea


drinker

alcoholic, bibber, boozer (Inf.), dipsomaniac, drunk, drunkard, guzzler, inebriate, lush (Sl.), soak (Sl.), sot, sponge (Inf.), tippler, toper, wino (Inf.)


drink in

See Also

absorb, assimilate, be all ears (Inf.), be fascinated by, be rapt, hang on (someone's) words, hang on the lips of, pay attention


drink to

See Also

pledge, pledge the health of, salute, toast


drip

See Also

•   v.    dribble, drizzle, drop, exude, filter, plop, splash, sprinkle, trickle

•   n.    dribble, dripping, drop, leak, trickle [image]   Inf. milksop, mummy's boy (Inf.), namby-pamby, ninny, softy (Inf.), weakling, weed (Inf.), wet (Brit. inf.)


drive

See Also

•   v.    herd, hurl, impel, propel, push, send, urge [image]  direct, go, guide, handle, manage, motor, operate, ride, steer, travel [image]  actuate, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, goad, harass, impel, motivate, oblige, overburden, overwork, press, prick, prod, prompt, railroad (Inf.), rush, spur [image]  dash, dig, plunge, hammer, ram, sink, stab, thrust

•   n.    excursion, hurl (Scot.), jaunt, journey, outing, ride, run, spin (Inf.), trip, turn [image]  action, advance, appeal, campaign, crusade, effort, push (Inf.), surge [image]  ambition, effort, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go (Inf.), initiative, motivation, pep, pressure, push (Inf.), vigour, zip (Inf.)


drive at

aim, allude to, get at, have in mind, hint at, imply, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, mean, refer to, signify, suggest


drivel

See Also

•   v.    dribble, drool, slaver, slobber [image]  babble, blether, gab (Inf.), gas (Inf.), maunder, prate, ramble, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)

•   n.    balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), blah (Sl.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), dross, eyewash (Inf.), fatuity, garbage (Inf.), gibberish, guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), prating, rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.), twaddle, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.) [image]  saliva, slaver, slobber


driving

See Also

compelling, dynamic, energetic, forceful, galvanic, sweeping, vigorous, violent


drizzle

See Also

•   n.    fine rain, Scotch mist, smir (Scot.)

•   v.    mizzle (Dialect), rain, shower, spot or spit with rain, spray, sprinkle


droll

See Also

amusing, clownish, comic, comical, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, farcical, funny, humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), quaint, ridiculous, risible, waggish, whimsical


drone 1

See Also

•   n. couch potato (Sl.), idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, scrounger (Inf.), skiver (Brit. sl.), sluggard, sponger (Inf.)


drone 2

See Also

•   v.    buzz, hum, purr, thrum, vibrate, whirr [image]  (Often with on) be boring, chant, drawl, intone, prose about, speak monotonously, spout, talk interminably

•   n.    buzz, hum, murmuring, purr, thrum, vibration, whirr, whirring


droop

See Also

   bend, dangle, drop, fall down, hang (down), sag, sink [image]  decline, diminish, fade, faint, flag, languish, slump, wilt, wither [image]  despond, falter, give in, give up, give way, lose heart or hope


drop

See Also

•   n.    bead, bubble, driblet, drip, droplet, globule, pearl, tear [image]  dab, dash, mouthful, nip, pinch, shot (Inf.), sip, spot, taste, tot, trace, trickle [image]  abyss, chasm, declivity, descent, fall, plunge, precipice, slope [image]  cut, decline, decrease, deterioration, downturn, fall-off, lowering, reduction, slump

•   v.    dribble, drip, fall in drops, trickle [image]  decline, depress, descend, diminish, dive, droop, fall, lower, plummet, plunge, sink, tumble [image]  abandon, axe (Inf.), cease, desert, discontinue, forsake, give up, kick (Inf.), leave, quit, relinquish, remit, terminate [image]   Inf. disown, ignore, jilt, reject, renounce, repudiate, throw over [image]  (Sometimes with off) deposit, leave, let off, set down, unload


drop in (on)

blow in (Inf.), call, call in, go and see, look in (on), look up, pop in (Inf.), roll up (Inf.), stop, turn up, visit


drop off

See Also

   decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, lessen, slacken [image]  allow to alight, deliver, leave, let off, set down [image]   Inf. catnap, doze (off), drowse, fall asleep, have forty winks (Inf.), nod (off), snooze (Inf.)


drop out

abandon, back out, cop out (Sl.), forsake, give up, leave, quit, renege, stop, withdraw


drought

See Also

   aridity, dehydration, drouth (Scot.), dryness, dry spell, dry weather, parchedness [image]  dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, scarcity, shortage, want


drove

See Also

collection, company, crowd, flock, gathering, herd, horde, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng


drown

See Also

   deluge, drench, engulf, flood, go down, go under, immerse, inundate, sink, submerge, swamp [image]   Fig. deaden, engulf, muffle, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, stifle, swallow up, wipe out


drowse

See Also

•   v.    be drowsy, be lethargic, be sleepy, doze, drop off (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), nap, nod, sleep, slumber, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    doze, forty winks (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), nap, sleep, slumber, zizz (Brit. inf.)


drowsy

See Also

   comatose, dazed, dopey (Sl.), dozy, drugged, half asleep, heavy, lethargic, nodding, sleepy, somnolent, tired, torpid [image]  dreamy, lulling, restful, sleepy, soothing, soporific


drubbing

See Also

beating, clobbering (Sl.), defeat, flogging, hammering (Inf.), licking (Inf.), pasting (Sl.), pounding, pummelling, thrashing, trouncing, walloping (Inf.), whipping


drudge

See Also

•   n.    dogsbody (Inf.), factotum, hack, maid or man of all work, menial, plodder, scullion (Archaic), servant, skivvy (Chiefly Brit.), slave, toiler, worker

•   v.    grind (Inf.), keep one's nose to the grindstone, labour, moil (Archaic or dialect), plod, plug away (Inf.), slave, toil, work


drudgery

See Also

chore, donkey-work, fag (Inf.), grind (Inf.), hack work, hard work, labour, menial labour, skivvying (Brit.), slavery, slog, sweat (Inf.), sweated labour, toil


drug

See Also

•   n.    medicament, medication, medicine, physic, poison, remedy [image]  dope (Sl.), narcotic, opiate, stimulant

•   v.    administer a drug, dope (Sl.), dose, medicate, treat [image]  anaesthetize, deaden, knock out, numb, poison, stupefy


drugged

See Also

bombed (Sl.), comatose, doped (Sl.), dopey (Sl.), flying (Sl.), high (Inf.), on a trip (Inf.), out of it (Sl.), out of one's mind (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), smashed (Sl.), spaced out (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), stupefied, turned on (Sl.), under the influence (Inf.), wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)


drum

See Also

•   v.    beat, pulsate, rap, reverberate, tap, tattoo, throb [image]  (With into) din into, drive home, hammer away, harp on, instil, reiterate


drum up

attract, bid for, canvass, obtain, petition, round up, solicit


drunk

See Also

•   adj.    bacchic, bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), canned (Sl.), drunken, flying (Sl.), fu' (Scot.), fuddled, half seas over (Inf.), inebriated, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), loaded (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), maudlin, merry (Brit. inf.), muddled, out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pickled (Inf.), pie-eyed (Sl.), pissed (Taboo sl.), plastered (Sl.), sloshed (Sl.), smashed (Sl.), soaked (Inf.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stewed (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), tanked up (Sl.), tiddly (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tight (Inf.), tipsy, tired and emotional (Euphemistic), under the influence (Inf.), wasted (Sl.), well-oiled (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)

•   n.    boozer (Inf.), drunkard, inebriate, lush (Sl.), soak (Sl.), sot, toper, wino (Inf.)


drunkard

alcoholic, carouser, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, lush (Sl.), soak (Sl.), sot, tippler, toper, wino (Inf.)


drunken

   bevvied (Dialect), bibulous, blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), boozing (Inf.), drunk, flying (Sl.), (gin-)sodden, inebriate, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pissed (Taboo sl.), red-nosed, smashed (Sl.), sottish, steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), tippling, toping, under the influence (Inf.), wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.) [image]  bacchanalian, bacchic, boozy (Inf.), debauched, dionysian, dissipated, orgiastic, riotous, saturnalian


drunkenness

See Also

alcoholism, bibulousness, dipsomania, inebriety, insobriety, intemperance, intoxication, sottishness, tipsiness


dry

See Also

•   adj.    arid, barren, dehydrated, desiccated, dried up, juiceless, moistureless, parched, sapless, thirsty, torrid, waterless [image]   Fig. boring, dreary, dull, ho-hum (Inf.), monotonous, plain, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting [image]   Fig. cutting, deadpan, droll, keen, low-key, quietly humorous, sarcastic, sharp, sly

•   v.    dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, make dry, parch, sear [image]  (With out or up) become dry, become unproductive, harden, mummify, shrivel up, wilt, wither, wizen


dryness

See Also

aridity, aridness, dehumidification, dehydration, drought, thirst, thirstiness


dual

See Also

binary, coupled, double, duplex, duplicate, matched, paired, twin, twofold


dub

See Also

   bestow, confer, confer knighthood upon, entitle, knight [image]  call, christen, denominate, designate, label, name, nickname, style, term


dubious

See Also

   doubtful, hesitant, iffy (Inf.), leery (Sl.), sceptical, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsure, wavering [image]  ambiguous, debatable, dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, equivocal, indefinite, indeterminate, obscure, problematical, unclear, unsettled [image]  dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), fishy (Inf.), questionable, shady (Inf.), suspect, suspicious, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy


duck

See Also

   bend, bob, bow, crouch, dodge, drop, lower, stoop [image]  dip, dive, douse, dunk, immerse, plunge, souse, submerge, wet [image]   Inf. avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), dodge, escape, evade, shirk, shun, sidestep


duct

See Also

blood vessel, canal, channel, conduit, funnel, passage, pipe, tube


dud

See Also

•   n.    failure, flop (Inf.), washout (Inf.)

•   adj.    broken, bust (Inf.), duff (Brit. inf.), failed, inoperative, kaput (Inf.), not functioning, valueless, worthless


dudgeon

See Also

    Archaic indignation, ire, resentment, umbrage, wrath [image]  in high dudgeon angry, fuming, indignant, offended, resentful, vexed


due

See Also

•   adj.    in arrears, outstanding, owed, owing, payable, unpaid [image]  appropriate, becoming, bounden, deserved, fit, fitting, just, justified, merited, obligatory, proper, requisite, right, rightful, suitable, well-earned [image]  adequate, ample, enough, plenty of, sufficient [image]  expected, expected to arrive, scheduled

•   n.    comeuppance (Sl.), deserts, merits, prerogative, privilege, right(s)

•   adv.    dead, direct, directly, exactly, straight, undeviatingly


duel

See Also

•   n.    affair of honour, single combat [image]  clash, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, head-to-head, rivalry

•   v.    clash, compete, contend, contest, fight, rival, struggle, vie with


dues

See Also

charge, charges, contribution, fee, levy, membership fee


duffer

See Also

blunderer, booby, bungler, clod, clot (Brit. inf.), galoot (Sl., chiefly U.S.), lubber, lummox (Inf.), oaf


dull

See Also

•   adj.    braindead (Inf.), dense, dim, dim-witted (Inf.), doltish, dozy (Brit. inf.), obtuse, slow, stolid, stupid, thick, unintelligent [image]  apathetic, blank, callous, dead, empty, heavy, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, unresponsive, unsympathetic, vacuous [image]  banal, boring, commonplace, dozy, dreary, dry, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, mind-numbing, monotonous, plain, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninteresting, vapid [image]  blunt, blunted, dulled, edgeless, not keen, not sharp, unsharpened [image]  cloudy, dim, dismal, gloomy, leaden, opaque, overcast, turbid [image]  depressed, inactive, slack, slow, sluggish, torpid, uneventful [image]  drab, faded, feeble, indistinct, lacklustre, muffled, murky, muted, sombre, subdued, subfusc, toned-down

•   v.    dampen, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, sadden [image]  allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, lessen, mitigate, moderate, palliate, paralyse, relieve, soften, stupefy, take the edge off [image]  cloud, darken, dim, fade, obscure, stain, sully, tarnish


dullard

See Also

blockhead, clod, dimwit (Inf.), dolt, dope (Inf.), dunce, lamebrain (Inf.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf


duly

See Also

   accordingly, appropriately, befittingly, correctly, decorously, deservedly, fittingly, properly, rightfully, suitably [image]  at the proper time, on time, punctually


dumb

See Also

   at a loss for words, inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, soundless, speechless, tongue-tied, voiceless, wordless [image]   Inf. asinine, braindead (Inf.), dense, dim-witted (Inf.), dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, foolish, obtuse, stupid, thick, unintelligent


dumbfound, dumfound

See Also

amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, bowl over (Inf.), confound, confuse, flabbergast (Inf.), flummox, nonplus, overwhelm, stagger, startle, stun, take aback


dumbfounded, dumfounded

See Also

amazed, astonished, astounded, at sea, bewildered, bowled over (Inf.), breathless, confounded, confused, dumb, flabbergasted (Inf.), flummoxed, gobsmacked (Brit. sl.), knocked for six (Inf.), knocked sideways (Inf.), nonplussed, overcome, overwhelmed, speechless, staggered, startled, stunned, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck


dummy

See Also

•   n.    figure, form, lay figure, manikin, mannequin, model [image]  copy, counterfeit, duplicate, imitation, sham, substitute [image]   Sl. berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dullard, dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, wally (Sl.)

•   adj.    artificial, bogus, fake, false, imitation, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), sham, simulated [image]  mock, practice, simulated, trial


dump

See Also

•   v.    deposit, drop, fling down, let fall, throw down [image]  coup (Scot.), discharge, dispose of, ditch (Sl.), empty out, get rid of, jettison, scrap, throw away or out, tip, unload

•   n.    junkyard, refuse heap, rubbish heap, rubbish tip, tip [image]   Inf. hole (Inf.), hovel, joint (Sl.), mess, pigsty, shack, shanty, slum


dumps

See Also

blues, dejection, depression, despondency, dolour, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, melancholy, mopes, sadness, the hump (Brit. inf.), unhappiness, woe


dun

See Also

•   v. beset, importune, pester, plague, press, urge


dunce

See Also

ass, blockhead, bonehead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dolt, donkey, duffer (Inf.), dullard, dunderhead, goose (Inf.), halfwit, ignoramus, lamebrain (Inf.), loon (Inf.), moron, nincompoop, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, simpleton, thickhead


dungeon

See Also

cage, cell, donjon, lockup, oubliette, prison, vault


duplicate

See Also

•   adj.    corresponding, identical, matched, matching, twin, twofold

•   n.    carbon copy, clone, copy, double, facsimile, fax, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, photocopy, Photostat (Trademark), replica, reproduction, ringer (Sl.), twin, Xerox (Trademark)

•   v.    clone, copy, double, echo, fax, photocopy, Photostat (Trademark), repeat, replicate, reproduce, Xerox (Trademark)


durability

See Also

constancy, durableness, endurance, imperishability, lastingness, permanence, persistence


durable

See Also

abiding, constant, dependable, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, hard-wearing, lasting, long-lasting, permanent, persistent, reliable, resistant, sound, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough


duress

See Also

   coercion, compulsion, constraint, pressure, threat [image]  captivity, confinement, constraint, hardship, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint


dusk

See Also

   dark, evening, eventide, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight [image]   Poetic darkness, gloom, murk, obscurity, shade, shadowiness


dusky

See Also

   dark, dark-complexioned, dark-hued, sable, swarthy [image]  caliginous (Archaic), cloudy, crepuscular, darkish, dim, gloomy, murky, obscure, overcast, shadowy, shady, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, veiled


dust

See Also

•   n.    fine fragments, grime, grit, particles, powder, powdery dirt [image]  dirt, earth, ground, soil [image]   Inf. commotion, disturbance, fuss, racket, row [image]  bite the dust  Inf. die, drop dead, expire, fall in battle, pass away, perish [image]  lick the dust  Inf. be servile, bootlick (Inf.), demean oneself, grovel, kowtow, toady [image]  throw dust in the eyes of con (Sl.), confuse, deceive, fool, have (someone) on, hoodwink, mislead, take in (Inf.)

•   v.    cover, dredge, powder, scatter, sift, spray, spread, sprinkle


dusty

See Also

   dirty, grubby, sooty, unclean, undusted, unswept [image]  chalky, crumbly, friable, granular, powdery, sandy


dutiful

See Also

compliant, conscientious, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous (Archaic), filial, obedient, punctilious, respectful, reverential, submissive


duty

See Also

   assignment, business, calling, charge, engagement, function, mission, obligation, office, onus, province, responsibility, role, service, task, work [image]  allegiance, deference, loyalty, obedience, respect, reverence [image]  customs, due, excise, impost, levy, tariff, tax, toll [image]  do duty for stand in, substitute, take the place of [image]  be the duty of behove (Archaic), be incumbent upon, belong to, be (someone's) pigeon (Brit. inf.), be up to (Inf.), devolve upon, pertain to, rest with [image]  off duty at leisure, free, off, off work, on holiday [image]  on duty at work, busy, engaged


dwarf

See Also

•   n.    bantam, homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, Lilliputian, manikin, midget, pygmy or pigmy, Tom Thumb [image]  gnome, goblin

•   adj.    baby, bonsai, diminutive, dwarfed, Lilliputian, miniature, petite, pocket, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized

•   v.    dim, diminish, dominate, minimize, overshadow, tower above or over [image]  check, cultivate by bonsai, lower, retard, stunt


dwell

See Also

abide, establish oneself, hang out (Inf.), inhabit, live, lodge, quarter, remain, reside, rest, settle, sojourn, stay, stop


dwelling

See Also

abode, domicile, dwelling house, establishment, habitation, home, house, lodging, pad (Sl.), quarters, residence


dwell on

dwell on or upon

See Also

be engrossed in, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on, linger over, tarry over


dye

See Also

•   n.    colorant, colour, colouring, pigment, stain, tinge, tint

•   v.    colour, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint


dyed-in-the-wool

See Also

complete, confirmed, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), deep-rooted, die-hard, entrenched, established, inveterate, through-and-through


dying

See Also

at death's door, ebbing, expiring, fading, failing, final, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, passing, perishing, sinking


dynamic

See Also

active, driving, electric, energetic, forceful, go-ahead, go-getting (Inf.), high-powered, lively, magnetic, powerful, vigorous, vital, zippy (Inf.)


dynasty

See Also

ascendancy, dominion, empire, government, house, regime, rule, sovereignty, sway


each

See Also

•   adj.    every

•   pron.    each and every one, each one, every one, one and all

•   adv.    apiece, for each, from each, individually, per capita, per head, per person, respectively, singly, to each


eager

See Also

agog, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, greedy, hot, hungry, impatient, intent, keen, longing, raring, vehement, yearning, zealous


eagerness

See Also

ardour, avidity, earnestness, enthusiasm, fervour, greediness, heartiness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity, intentness, keenness, longing, thirst, vehemence, yearning, zeal


ear

 Fig.    attention, consideration, hearing, heed, notice, regard [image]  appreciation, discrimination, musical perception, sensitivity, taste


early

See Also

•   adj.    advanced, forward, premature, untimely [image]  primeval, primitive, primordial, undeveloped, young

•   adv.    ahead of time, beforehand, betimes (Archaic), in advance, in good time, prematurely, too soon


earn

See Also

   bring in, collect, draw, gain, get, gross, make, net, obtain, procure, realize, reap, receive [image]  acquire, attain, be entitled to, be worthy of, deserve, merit, rate, warrant, win


earnest

See Also

•   adj.    close, constant, determined, firm, fixed, grave, intent, resolute, resolved, serious, sincere, solemn, stable, staid, steady, thoughtful [image]  ardent, devoted, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, heartfelt, impassioned, keen, passionate, purposeful, urgent, vehement, warm, zealous

•   n.    determination, reality, resolution, seriousness, sincerity, truth [image]  assurance, deposit, down payment, earnest money (Law), foretaste, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, token


earnings

See Also

emolument, gain, income, pay, proceeds, profits, receipts, remuneration, return, reward, salary, stipend, takings, wages


earth

See Also

   globe, orb, planet, sphere, terrestrial sphere, world [image]  clay, clod, dirt, ground, land, loam, mould, sod, soil, topsoil, turf


earthenware

ceramics, crockery, crocks, pots, pottery, terra cotta


earthly

   mundane, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, worldly [image]  human, material, mortal, non-spiritual, profane, secular, temporal, worldly [image]  base, carnal, fleshly, gross, low, materialistic, physical, sensual, sordid, vile [image]   Inf. conceivable, feasible, imaginable, likely, possible, practical


ease

See Also

•   n.    affluence, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, enjoyment, happiness, leisure, peace, peace of mind, quiet, quietude, relaxation, repose, rest, restfulness, serenity, tranquillity [image]  easiness, effortlessness, facility, readiness, simplicity [image]  flexibility, freedom, informality, liberty, naturalness, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness [image]  aplomb, composure, insouciance, nonchalance, poise, relaxedness

•   v.    abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, disburden, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, quiet, relax, relent, relieve, slacken, soothe, still, tranquillize [image]  aid, assist, expedite, facilitate, forward, further, lessen the labour of, make easier, simplify, smooth, speed up [image]  edge, guide, inch, manoeuvre, move carefully, slide, slip, squeeze, steer


easily

See Also

   comfortably, effortlessly, facilely, readily, simply, smoothly, with ease, without difficulty, without trouble [image]  absolutely, beyond question, by far, certainly, clearly, definitely, doubtlessly, far and away, indisputably, indubitably, plainly, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unquestionably, without a doubt [image]  almost certainly, probably, well


easy

See Also

   a piece of cake (Inf.), a pushover (Sl.), child's play (Inf.), clear, easy-peasy (Sl.), effortless, facile, light, no bother, not difficult, no trouble, painless, simple, smooth, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding [image]  calm, carefree, comfortable, contented, cushy (Inf.), easeful, leisurely, peaceful, pleasant, quiet, relaxed, satisfied, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, untroubled, unworried, well-to-do [image]  flexible, indulgent, lenient, liberal, light, mild, permissive, tolerant, unburdensome, unoppressive [image]  affable, casual, easy-going, friendly, gentle, graceful, gracious, informal, laid-back (Inf.), mild, natural, open, pleasant, relaxed, smooth, tolerant, unaffected, unceremonious, unconstrained, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious [image]  accommodating, amenable, biddable, compliant, docile, gullible, manageable, pliant, soft, submissive, suggestible, susceptible, tractable, trusting, yielding [image]  comfortable, gentle, leisurely, light, mild, moderate, temperate, undemanding, unexacting, unhurried


easy-going

See Also

amenable, calm, carefree, casual, complacent, easy, easy-oasy (Sl.), even-tempered, flexible, happy-go-lucky, indulgent, insouciant, laid-back (Inf.), lenient, liberal, mild, moderate, nonchalant, permissive, placid, relaxed, serene, tolerant, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried


eat

See Also

   chew, consume, devour, gobble, ingest, munch, scoff (Sl.), swallow [image]  break bread, chow down (Sl.), dine, feed, have a meal, take food, take nourishment [image]  corrode, crumble, decay, dissolve, erode, rot, waste away, wear away [image]  eat one's words abjure, recant, rescind, retract, take (statement) back


eavesdrop

See Also

bug (Inf.), listen in, monitor, overhear, snoop (Inf.), spy, tap


ebb

See Also

•   v.    abate, fall away, fall back, flow back, go out, recede, retire, retreat, retrocede, sink, subside, wane, withdraw

•   n.    ebb tide, going out, low tide, low water, reflux, regression, retreat, retrocession, subsidence, wane, waning, withdrawal

•   v.    decay, decline, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, diminish, drop, dwindle, fade away, fall away, flag, lessen, peter out, shrink, sink, slacken, weaken

•   n.    decay, decline, decrease, degeneration, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, fading away, flagging, lessening, petering out, shrinkage, sinking, slackening, weakening


eccentric

See Also

•   adj.    aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, capricious, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, irregular, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, outré, peculiar, queer (Inf.), quirky, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, wacko (Sl.), weird, whimsical

•   n.    card (Inf.), case (Inf.), character (Inf.), crank (Inf.), freak (Inf.), kook (U.S. & Canad. inf.), nonconformist, nut (Sl.), oddball (Inf.), odd fish (Inf.), oddity, queer fish (Brit. inf.), rum customer (Brit. sl.), screwball (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), wacko (Sl.), weirdo or weirdie (Inf.)


eccentricity

See Also

aberration, abnormality, anomaly, bizarreness, caprice, capriciousness, foible, freakishness, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, nonconformity, oddity, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, queerness (Inf.), quirk, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, waywardness, weirdness, whimsicality, whimsicalness


ecclesiastic

•   n.    churchman, clergyman, cleric, divine, holy man, man of the cloth, minister, parson, pastor, priest

•   adj.     Also ecclesiastical church, churchly, clerical, divine, holy, pastoral, priestly, religious, spiritual


echo

See Also

•   v.    repeat, resound, reverberate [image]  ape, copy, imitate, mirror, parallel, parrot, recall, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, ring, second

•   n.    answer, repetition, reverberation [image]  copy, imitation, mirror image, parallel, reflection, reiteration, reproduction, ringing [image]  allusion, evocation, hint, intimation, memory, reminder, suggestion, trace [image]  (Often plural) aftereffect, aftermath, consequence, repercussion


eclipse

See Also

•   v.    blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, obscure, overshadow, shroud, veil [image]  exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, surpass, transcend

•   n.    darkening, dimming, extinction, obscuration, occultation, shading [image]  decline, diminution, failure, fall, loss


economic

See Also

   business, commercial, financial, industrial, mercantile, trade [image]  money-making, productive, profitable, profit-making, remunerative, solvent, viable [image]  bread-and-butter (Inf.), budgetary, financial, fiscal, material, monetary, pecuniary [image]   Inf.  Also economical cheap, fair, inexpensive, low, low-priced, modest, reasonable


economical

See Also

   cost-effective, efficient, money-saving, sparing, time-saving, unwasteful, work-saving [image]  careful, economizing, frugal, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty [image]   Also economic cheap, fair, inexpensive, low, low-priced, modest, reasonable


economize

See Also

be economical, be frugal, be sparing, cut back, husband, retrench, save, scrimp, tighten one's belt


economy

See Also

frugality, husbandry, parsimony, providence, prudence, restraint, retrenchment, saving, sparingness, thrift, thriftiness


ecstasy

See Also

bliss, delight, elation, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, fervour, frenzy, joy, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven, trance, transport


ecstatic

See Also

blissful, cock-a-hoop, delirious, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, in exaltation, in transports of delight, joyful, joyous, on cloud nine (Inf.), overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), rapturous, rhapsodic, transported


eddy

See Also

•   n.    counter-current, counterflow, swirl, tideway, undertow, vortex, whirlpool

•   v.    swirl, whirl


edge

See Also

•   n.    border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, contour, flange, fringe, limit, line, lip, margin, outline, perimeter, periphery, rim, side, threshold, verge [image]  acuteness, animation, bite, effectiveness, force, incisiveness, interest, keenness, point, pungency, sharpness, sting, urgency, zest [image]  advantage, ascendancy, dominance, lead, superiority, upper hand [image]  on edge apprehensive, eager, edgy, excited, ill at ease, impatient, irritable, keyed up, nervous, on tenterhooks, tense, tetchy, twitchy (Inf.), uptight (Inf.), wired (Sl.)

•   v.    bind, border, fringe, hem, rim, shape, trim [image]  creep, ease, inch, sidle, steal, work, worm [image]  hone, sharpen, strop, whet


edgy

See Also

anxious, ill at ease, irascible, irritable, keyed up, nervous, nervy (Brit. inf.), on edge, restive, tense, tetchy, touchy, twitchy (Inf.), uptight (Inf.), wired (Sl.)


edible

comestible (Rare), digestible, eatable, esculent, fit to eat, good, harmless, palatable, wholesome


edict

See Also

act, canon, command, decree, demand, dictate, dictum, enactment, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, manifesto, order, ordinance, proclamation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase (Rare)


edifice

building, construction, erection, fabric (Rare), habitation, house, pile, structure


edify

See Also

educate, elevate, enlighten, guide, improve, inform, instruct, nurture, school, teach, uplift


edit

See Also

   adapt, annotate, censor, check, condense, correct, emend, polish, redact, rephrase, revise, rewrite [image]  assemble, compose, put together, rearrange, reorder, select


edition

copy, impression, issue, number, printing, programme (TV, Radio), version, volume


educate

See Also

civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, mature, rear, school, teach, train, tutor


educated

See Also

   coached, informed, instructed, nurtured, schooled, taught, tutored [image]  civilized, cultivated, cultured, enlightened, experienced, informed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literary, polished, refined, tasteful


education

See Also

breeding, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, development, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, improvement, indoctrination, instruction, knowledge, nurture, scholarship, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutoring


educational

cultural, didactic, edifying, educative, enlightening, heuristic, improving, informative, instructive


educative

See Also

didactic, edifying, educational, enlightening, heuristic, improving, informative, instructive


eerie

See Also

awesome, creepy (Inf.), eldritch (Poetic), fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary (Inf.), spectral, spooky (Inf.), strange, uncanny, unearthly, uneasy, weird


efface

See Also

   annihilate, blot out, cancel, cross out, delete, destroy, dim, eradicate, erase, excise, expunge, extirpate, obliterate, raze, rub out, wipe out [image]   Of oneself be modest  (bashful, diffident, retiring, timid, unassertive), humble, lower, make inconspicuous, withdraw


effect

See Also

•   n.    aftermath, conclusion, consequence, event, fruit, issue, outcome, result, upshot [image]  clout (Inf.), effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, fact, force, influence, power, reality, strength, use, validity, vigour, weight [image]  drift, essence, impact, import, impression, meaning, purport, purpose, sense, significance, tenor [image]  action, enforcement, execution, force, implementation, operation [image]  in effect actually, effectively, essentially, for practical purposes, in actuality, in fact, in reality, in truth, really, to all intents and purposes, virtually [image]  take effect become operative, begin, come into force, produce results, work

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, actuate, bring about, carry out, cause, complete, consummate, create, effectuate, execute, fulfil, give rise to, initiate, make, perform, produce


effective

See Also

   able, active, adequate, capable, competent, effectual, efficacious, efficient, energetic, operative, productive, serviceable, useful [image]  cogent, compelling, convincing, emphatic, forceful, forcible, impressive, moving, persuasive, potent, powerful, striking, telling [image]  active, actual, current, in effect, in execution, in force, in operation, operative, real


effectiveness

See Also

bottom, capability, clout (Inf.), cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, influence, potency, power, strength, success, use, validity, vigour, weight


effects

See Also

belongings, chattels, furniture, gear, goods, movables, paraphernalia, possessions, property, things, trappings


effeminacy

delicacy, femininity, softness, tenderness, unmanliness, weakness, womanishness, womanliness


effeminate

See Also

camp (Inf.), delicate, feminine, poofy (Sl.), sissy, soft, tender, unmanly, weak, wimpish or wimpy (Inf.), womanish, womanlike, womanly


effervesce

See Also

bubble, ferment, fizz, foam, froth, sparkle


effervescence

   bubbling, ferment, fermentation, fizz, foam, foaming, froth, frothing, sparkle [image]  animation, brio, buoyancy, ebullience, enthusiasm, excitedness, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, gaiety, high spirits, liveliness, pizzazz or pizazz (Inf.), vim (Sl.), vitality, vivacity, zing (Inf.)


effervescent

See Also

   bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, fermenting, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, frothing, frothy, sparkling [image]  animated, bubbly, buoyant, ebullient, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, gay, in high spirits, irrepressible, lively, merry, vital, vivacious, zingy (Inf.)


effete

See Also

   corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, ineffectual, overrefined, spoiled, weak [image]  burnt out, drained, enervated, exhausted, played out, spent, used up, wasted, worn out [image]  barren, fruitless, infecund, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, unprolific


efficacious

See Also

active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, efficient, energetic, operative, potent, powerful, productive, serviceable, successful, useful


efficacy

See Also

ability, capability, competence, effect, effectiveness, efficaciousness, efficiency, energy, force, influence, potency, power, strength, success, use, vigour, virtue, weight


efficiency

See Also

ability, adeptness, capability, competence, economy, effectiveness, efficacy, power, productivity, proficiency, readiness, skilfulness, skill


efficient

See Also

able, adept, businesslike, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, organized, powerful, productive, proficient, ready, skilful, well-organized, workmanlike


effigy

dummy, figure, guy, icon, idol, image, likeness, picture, portrait, representation, statue


effluent

•   n.    effluvium, pollutant, sewage, waste [image]  discharge, effluence, efflux, emanation, emission, exhalation, flow, issue, outflow, outpouring

•   adj.    discharged, emanating, emitted, outflowing


effort

See Also

   application, endeavour, energy, exertion, force, labour, pains, power, strain, stress, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail (Literary), trouble, work [image]  attempt, endeavour, essay, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), try [image]  accomplishment, achievement, act, creation, deed, feat, job, product, production


effortless

See Also

easy, easy-peasy (Sl.), facile, painless, simple, smooth, uncomplicated, undemanding, untroublesome


effulgent

See Also

beaming, blazing, bright, brilliant, dazzling, flaming, fluorescent, fulgent (Poetic), glowing, incandescent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent (Literary), resplendent, shining, splendid, vivid


effusion

See Also

   discharge, effluence, efflux, emission, gush, issue, outflow, outpouring, shedding, stream [image]  address, outpouring, speech, talk, utterance, writing


effusive

See Also

demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic, expansive, extravagant, exuberant, free-flowing, fulsome, gushing, lavish, overflowing, profuse, talkative, unreserved, unrestrained, wordy


egg on

See Also

encourage, exhort, goad, incite, prod, prompt, push, spur, urge


egocentric

egoistic, egoistical, egotistic, egotistical, self-centred, selfish


egoism

See Also

egocentricity, egomania, egotism, narcissism, self-absorption, self-centredness, self-importance, self-interest, selfishness, self-love, self-regard, self-seeking


egoist

See Also

egomaniac, egotist, narcissist, self-seeker


egoistic, egoistical

See Also

egocentric, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, full of oneself, narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-centred, self-important, self-seeking


egotism

See Also

conceitedness, egocentricity, egoism, egomania, narcissism, self-admiration, self-centredness, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-importance, self-love, self-praise, superiority, vainglory, vanity


egotist

See Also

bighead (Inf.), blowhard (Inf.), boaster, braggadocio, braggart, egoist, egomaniac, self-admirer, swaggerer


egotistic, egotistical

See Also

boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, full of oneself, narcissistic, opinionated, self-admiring, self-centred, self-important, superior, vain, vainglorious


egress

See Also

departure, emergence, escape, exit, exodus, issue, outlet, passage out, vent, way out, withdrawal


eject

See Also

   cast out, discharge, disgorge, emit, expel, spew, spout, throw out, vomit [image]  banish, boot out (Inf.), bounce (Sl.), deport, dispossess, drive out, evacuate, evict, exile, expel, give the bum's rush (Sl.), oust, relegate, remove, show one the door, throw out, throw out on one's ear (Inf.), turn out [image]  discharge, dislodge, dismiss, fire (Inf.), get rid of, kick out (Inf.), oust, sack (Inf.), throw out


ejection

See Also

   casting out, disgorgement, expulsion, spouting, throwing out [image]  banishment, deportation, dispossession, evacuation, eviction, exile, expulsion, ouster (Law), removal [image]  discharge, dislodgement, dismissal, firing (Inf.), sacking (Inf.), the boot (Sl.), the sack (Inf.)


eke out

   be economical with, be frugal with, be sparing with, economize on, husband, stretch out [image]  add to, enlarge, increase, make up (with), supplement


elaborate

See Also

•   adj.    careful, detailed, exact, intricate, laboured, minute, painstaking, perfected, precise, skilful, studied, thorough [image]  complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, extravagant, fancy, fussy, involved, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, showy

•   v.    add detail, amplify, complicate, decorate, develop, devise, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand (upon), flesh out, garnish, improve, ornament, polish, produce, refine, work out


elapse

See Also

glide by, go, go by, lapse, pass, pass by, roll by, roll on, slip away, slip by


elastic

See Also

   ductile, flexible, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubbery, springy, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, yielding [image]  accommodating, adaptable, adjustable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, supple, tolerant, variable, yielding [image]  bouncy, buoyant, irrepressible, resilient


elated

See Also

animated, blissful, cheered, cock-a-hoop, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exultant, gleeful, in high spirits, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), proud, puffed up, rapt, roused


elation

See Also

bliss, delight, ecstasy, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high spirits, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture


elbow

See Also

•   n.    angle, bend, corner, joint, turn [image]  at one's elbow at hand, close by, handy, near, to hand, within reach [image]  out at elbow(s) beggarly, down at heel, impoverished, in rags, ragged, seedy, shabby, tattered [image]  rub elbows with associate, fraternize, hang out (Inf.), hobnob, mingle, mix, socialize [image]  up to the elbows absorbed, busy, engaged, engrossed, immersed, occupied, tied up, up to the ears, wrapped up

•   v.    bump, crowd, hustle, jostle, knock, nudge, push, shoulder, shove


elbowroom

See Also

freedom, latitude, leeway, play, room, scope, space


elder

See Also

•   adj.    ancient, earlier born, first-born, older, senior

•   n.    older person, senior [image]   Presbyterianism church official, office bearer, presbyter


elect

See Also

•   v.    appoint, choose, decide upon, designate, determine, opt for, pick, pick out, prefer, select, settle on, vote

•   adj.    choice, chosen, elite, hand-picked, picked, preferred, select, selected


election

See Also

appointment, choice, choosing, decision, determination, judgment, preference, selection, vote, voting


elector

chooser, constituent, selector, voter


electric

 Fig. charged, dynamic, exciting, rousing, stimulating, stirring, tense, thrilling


electrify

See Also

 Fig. amaze, animate, astonish, astound, excite, fire, galvanize, invigorate, jolt, rouse, shock, startle, stimulate, stir, take one's breath away, thrill


elegance, elegancy

See Also

   beauty, courtliness, dignity, exquisiteness, gentility, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, luxury, polish, politeness, refinement, sumptuousness [image]  discernment, distinction, propriety, style, taste


elegant

See Also

   à la mode, artistic, beautiful, chic, choice, comely, courtly, cultivated, delicate, exquisite, fashionable, fine, genteel, graceful, handsome, luxurious, modish, nice, polished, refined, stylish, sumptuous, tasteful [image]  appropriate, apt, clever, effective, ingenious, neat, simple


elegy

coronach (Scot. & Irish), dirge, keen, lament, plaint (Archaic), requiem, threnody


element

See Also

   basis, component, constituent, essential factor, factor, feature, hint, ingredient, member, part, section, subdivision, trace, unit [image]  domain, environment, field, habitat, medium, milieu, sphere


elementary

See Also

   clear, easy, facile, plain, rudimentary, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated [image]  basic, bog-standard (Inf.), elemental, fundamental, initial, introductory, original, primary, rudimentary


elements

See Also

   basics, essentials, foundations, fundamentals, principles, rudiments [image]  atmospheric conditions, atmospheric forces, powers of nature, weather


elevate

See Also

   heighten, hoist, lift, lift up, raise, uplift, upraise [image]  advance, aggrandize, exalt, prefer, promote, upgrade [image]  animate, boost, brighten, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, hearten, lift up, perk up, raise, rouse, uplift [image]  augment, boost, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, swell


elevated

See Also

   dignified, exalted, grand, high, high-flown, high-minded, inflated, lofty, noble, sublime [image]  animated, bright, cheerful, cheery, elated, excited, exhilarated, gleeful, in high spirits, overjoyed


elevation

See Also

   altitude, height [image]  acclivity, eminence, height, hill, hillock, mountain, rise, rising ground [image]  exaltedness, grandeur, loftiness, nobility, nobleness, sublimity [image]  advancement, aggrandizement, exaltation, preferment, promotion, upgrading


elicit

See Also

bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, cause, derive, draw out, educe, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, give rise to, obtain, wrest


eligible

acceptable, appropriate, desirable, fit, preferable, proper, qualified, suitable, suited, worthy


eliminate

See Also

   cut out, dispose of, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, get rid of, remove, stamp out, take out [image]  axe (Inf.), dispense with, disregard, drop, eject, exclude, expel, ignore, knock out, leave out, omit, put out, reject, throw out [image]   Sl. annihilate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), kill, liquidate, murder, rub out (U.S. sl.), slay, take out (Sl.), terminate, waste (Inf.)


elite

See Also

•   n.    aristocracy, best, cream, crème de la crème, elect, flower, gentry, high society, nobility, pick, upper class

•   adj.    aristocratic, best, choice, crack (Sl.), elect, exclusive, first-class, noble, pick, selected, upper-class


elocution

articulation, declamation, delivery, diction, enunciation, oratory, pronunciation, public speaking, rhetoric, speech, speechmaking, utterance, voice production


elongate

See Also

draw out, extend, lengthen, make longer, prolong, protract, stretch


elope

abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, leave, run away, run off, slip away, steal away


eloquence

expression, expressiveness, fluency, forcefulness, oratory, persuasiveness, rhetoric, way with words


eloquent

See Also

   articulate, fluent, forceful, graceful, moving, persuasive, silver-tongued, stirring, well-expressed [image]  expressive, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, suggestive, telling, vivid


elsewhere

See Also

abroad, absent, away, hence (Archaic), in or to another place, not here, not present, somewhere else


elucidate

See Also

annotate, clarify, clear up, explain, explicate, expound, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make plain, shed or throw light upon, spell out, unfold


elucidation

See Also

annotation, clarification, comment, commentary, explanation, explication, exposition, gloss, illumination, illustration, interpretation


elude

See Also

   avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), circumvent, dodge, duck (Inf.), escape, evade, flee, get away from, outrun, shirk, shun [image]  baffle, be beyond (someone), confound, escape, foil, frustrate, puzzle, stump, thwart


elusive

   difficult to catch, shifty, slippery, tricky [image]  baffling, fleeting, indefinable, intangible, puzzling, subtle, transient, transitory [image]  ambiguous, deceitful, deceptive, elusory, equivocal, evasive, fallacious, fraudulent, illusory, misleading, oracular, unspecific


emaciated

See Also

atrophied, attenuate, attenuated, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, lank, lean, macilent (Rare), meagre, pinched, scrawny, skeletal, thin, undernourished, wasted


emaciation

See Also

atrophy, attenuation, gauntness, haggardness, leanness, meagreness, scrawniness, thinness, wasting away


emanate

See Also

   arise, come forth, derive, emerge, flow, issue, originate, proceed, spring, stem [image]  discharge, emit, exhale, give off, give out, issue, radiate, send forth


emanation

See Also

   arising, derivation, emergence, flow, origination, proceeding [image]  discharge, effluent, efflux, effusion, emission, exhalation, radiation


emancipate

See Also

deliver, discharge, disencumber, disenthral, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, release, set free, unbridle, unchain, unfetter, unshackle


emancipation

See Also

deliverance, discharge, enfranchisement, freedom, liberation, liberty, manumission, release


embalm

   mummify, preserve [image]   Of memories cherish, consecrate, conserve, enshrine, immortalize, store, treasure [image]   Poetic make fragrant, perfume, scent


embargo

See Also

•   n.    ban, bar, barrier, block, blockage, boycott, check, hindrance, impediment, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, restraint, restriction, stoppage

•   v.    ban, bar, block, boycott, check, impede, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, stop


embark

See Also

   board ship, go aboard, put on board, take on board, take ship [image]  (With on or upon) begin, broach, commence, engage, enter, initiate, launch, plunge into, set about, set out, start, take up, undertake


embarrass

See Also

abash, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distress, faze, fluster, mortify, put out of countenance, shame, show up (Inf.)


embarrassing

See Also

awkward, blush-making, compromising, cringe-making (Brit. inf.), discomfiting, disconcerting, distressing, humiliating, mortifying, sensitive, shameful, shaming, touchy, tricky, uncomfortable


embarrassment

See Also

   awkwardness, bashfulness, chagrin, confusion, discomfiture, discomposure, distress, humiliation, mortification, self-consciousness, shame, showing up (Inf.) [image]  bind (Inf.), difficulty, mess, pickle (Inf.), predicament, scrape (Inf.) [image]  excess, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus


embellish

See Also

adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, elaborate, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, garnish, gild, grace, ornament, tart up (Sl.), varnish


embellishment

See Also

adornment, decoration, elaboration, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, gilding, ornament, ornamentation, trimming


embezzle

See Also

abstract, appropriate, defalcate (Law), filch, have one's hand in the till (Inf.), misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, rip off (Sl.), steal


embezzlement

See Also

abstraction, appropriation, defalcation (Law), filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, stealing, theft, thieving


embitter

See Also

   alienate, anger, disaffect, disillusion, envenom, make bitter or resentful, poison, sour [image]  aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen


emblazon

   adorn, blazon, colour, decorate, embellish, illuminate, ornament, paint [image]  crack up (Inf.), extol, glorify, laud (Literary), praise, proclaim, publicize, publish, trumpet


emblem

See Also

badge, crest, device, figure, image, insignia, mark, representation, sigil (Rare), sign, symbol, token, type


embodiment

See Also

   bodying forth, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, incarnation, incorporation, manifestation, personification, realization, reification, representation, symbol, type [image]  bringing together, codification, collection, combination, comprehension, concentration, consolidation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, organization, systematization


embolden

See Also

animate, cheer, encourage, fire, hearten, inflame, inspirit, invigorate, nerve, reassure, rouse, stimulate, stir, strengthen, vitalize


embrace

See Also

•   v.    clasp, cuddle, encircle, enfold, grasp, hold, hug, seize, squeeze, take or hold in one's arms [image]  accept, adopt, avail oneself of, espouse, grab, make use of, receive, seize, take up, welcome [image]  comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, deal with, embody, enclose, encompass, include, involve, provide for, subsume, take in, take into account

•   n.    canoodle (Sl.), clasp, clinch (Sl.), cuddle, hug, squeeze


embroil

See Also

complicate, compromise, confound, confuse, disorder, disturb, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, trouble


embryo

See Also

beginning, germ, nucleus, root, rudiment


emend

See Also

amend, correct, edit, improve, rectify, redact, revise


emendation

amendment, correction, editing, improvement, rectification, redaction, revision


emerge

See Also

   appear, arise, become visible, come forth, come into view, come out, come up, emanate, issue, proceed, rise, spring up, surface [image]  become apparent, become known, come out, come to light, crop up, develop, materialize, transpire, turn up


emergence

See Also

advent, apparition, appearance, arrival, coming, dawn, development, disclosure, emanation, issue, materialization, rise


emergency

See Also

crisis, danger, difficulty, exigency, extremity, necessity, panic stations (Inf.), pass, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.), strait


emigrate

migrate, move, move abroad, remove


emigration

departure, exodus, migration, removal


eminence

See Also

   celebrity, dignity, distinction, esteem, fame, greatness, illustriousness, importance, notability, note, pre-eminence, prestige, prominence, rank, renown, reputation, repute, superiority [image]  elevation, height, high ground, hill, hillock, knoll, rise, summit


eminent

See Also

big-time (Inf.), celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famous, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, important, major league (Inf.), notable, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, pre-eminent, prestigious, prominent, renowned, signal, superior, well-known


eminently

See Also

conspicuously, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, greatly, highly, notably, outstandingly, prominently, remarkably, signally, strikingly, surpassingly, well


emission

See Also

diffusion, discharge, ejaculation, ejection, emanation, exhalation, exudation, issuance, issue, radiation, shedding, transmission, utterance, venting


emit

See Also

breathe forth, cast out, diffuse, discharge, eject, emanate, exhale, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, issue, radiate, send forth, send out, shed, throw out, transmit, utter, vent


emolument

See Also

benefit, compensation, earnings, fee, gain, hire, pay, payment, profits, recompense, remuneration, return, reward, salary, stipend, wages


emotion

See Also

agitation, ardour, excitement, feeling, fervour, passion, perturbation, sensation, sentiment, vehemence, warmth


emotional

See Also

   demonstrative, excitable, feeling, hot-blooded, passionate, responsive, sensitive, sentimental, susceptible, temperamental, tender, warm [image]  affecting, emotive, exciting, heart-warming, moving, pathetic, poignant, sentimental, stirring, tear-jerking (Inf.), thrilling, touching [image]  ardent, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, heated, impassioned, passionate, roused, stirred, zealous


emotive

   argumentative, controversial, delicate, sensitive, touchy [image]  affecting, emotional, exciting, heart-warming, moving, pathetic, poignant, sentimental, stirring, tear-jerking (Inf.), thrilling, touching [image]  ardent, emotional, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, fiery, heated, impassioned, passionate, roused, stirred, zealous


emphasis

See Also

accent, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, importance, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, pre-eminence, priority, prominence, significance, strength, stress, underscoring, weight


emphasize

See Also

accent, accentuate, dwell on, give priority to, highlight, insist on, lay stress on, play up, press home, put the accent on, stress, underline, underscore, weight


emphatic

See Also

absolute, categorical, certain, decided, definite, direct, distinct, earnest, energetic, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, insistent, marked, momentous, positive, powerful, pronounced, resounding, significant, striking, strong, telling, unequivocal, unmistakable, vigorous


empire

See Also

   commonwealth, domain, imperium (Rare), kingdom, realm [image]  authority, command, control, dominion, government, power, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway


empirical, empiric

experiential, experimental, first-hand, observed, practical, pragmatic


emplacement

   location, lodgment, platform, position, site, situation, station [image]  placement, placing, positioning, putting in place, setting up, stationing


employ

See Also

•   v.    commission, engage, enlist, hire, retain, take on [image]  engage, fill, keep busy, make use of, occupy, spend, take up, use up [image]  apply, bring to bear, exercise, exert, make use of, ply, put to use, use, utilize

•   n.    employment, engagement, hire, service


employed

active, busy, engaged, in a job, in employment, in work, occupied, working


employee

See Also

hand, job-holder, staff member, wage-earner, worker, workman


employer

See Also

boss (Inf.), business, company, establishment, firm, gaffer (Inf., chiefly Brit.), organization, outfit (Inf.), owner, patron, proprietor


employment

See Also

   engagement, enlistment, hire, retaining, taking on [image]  application, exercise, exertion, use, utilization [image]  avocation (Archaic), business, calling, craft, employ, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, service, trade, vocation, work


emporium

bazaar, market, mart, shop, store, warehouse


empower

See Also

allow, authorize, commission, delegate, enable, entitle, license, permit, qualify, sanction, warrant


emptiness

See Also

   bareness, blankness, desertedness, desolation, destitution, vacancy, vacuum, void, waste [image]  aimlessness, banality, barrenness, frivolity, futility, hollowness, inanity, ineffectiveness, meaninglessness, purposelessness, senselessness, silliness, unreality, unsatisfactoriness, unsubstantiality, vainness, valuelessness, vanity, worthlessness [image]  cheapness, hollowness, idleness, insincerity, triviality, trivialness [image]  absentness, blankness, expressionlessness, unintelligence, vacancy, vacantness, vacuity, vacuousness [image]   Inf. desire, hunger, ravening


empty

See Also

•   adj.    bare, blank, clear, deserted, desolate, destitute, hollow, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, untenanted, vacant, void, waste [image]  aimless, banal, bootless, frivolous, fruitless, futile, hollow, inane, ineffective, meaningless, purposeless, senseless, silly, unreal, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, vain, valueless, worthless [image]  cheap, hollow, idle, insincere, trivial [image]  absent, blank, expressionless, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous [image]   Inf. famished, hungry, ravenous, starving (Inf.), unfed, unfilled

•   v.    clear, consume, deplete, discharge, drain, dump, evacuate, exhaust, gut, pour out, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void


empty-headed

See Also

brainless, dizzy (Inf.), featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy (Inf.), harebrained, inane, scatterbrained, silly, skittish, vacuous


enable

See Also

allow, authorize, capacitate, commission, empower, entitle, facilitate, fit, license, permit, prepare, qualify, sanction, warrant


enact

See Also

   authorize, command, decree, establish, legislate, ordain, order, pass, proclaim, ratify, sanction [image]  act, act out, appear as, depict, perform, personate, play, play the part of, portray, represent


enactment

See Also

   authorization, command, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, law, legislation, order, ordinance, proclamation, ratification, regulation, statute [image]  acting, depiction, performance, personation, play-acting, playing, portrayal, representation


enamour

See Also

absorb, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, endear, enrapture, entrance, fascinate, infatuate


enamoured

See Also

bewitched, captivated, charmed, crazy about (Inf.), enchanted, enraptured, entranced, fascinated, fond, infatuated, in love, nuts on or about (Sl.), smitten, swept off one's feet, taken, wild about (Inf.)


encampment

See Also

base, bivouac, camp, camping ground, campsite, cantonment, quarters, tents


encapsulate, incapsulate

abridge, compress, condense, digest, epitomize, précis, summarize, sum up


enchant

See Also

beguile, bewitch, captivate, cast a spell on, charm, delight, enamour, enrapture, enthral, fascinate, hypnotize, mesmerize, ravish, spellbind


enchanter

conjurer, magician, magus, necromancer, sorcerer, spellbinder, warlock, witch, wizard


enchanting

See Also

alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, delightful, endearing, entrancing, fascinating, lovely, pleasant, ravishing, winsome


enchantment

See Also

   allure, allurement, beguilement, bliss, charm, delight, fascination, hypnotism, mesmerism, rapture, ravishment, transport [image]  charm, conjuration, incantation, magic, necromancy, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, wizardry


enchantress

   conjurer, lamia, magician, necromancer, sorceress, spellbinder, witch [image]  charmer, femme fatale, seductress, siren, vamp (Inf.)


enclose, inclose

See Also

   bound, circumscribe, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, environ, fence, hedge, hem in, impound, pen, pound, shut in, wall in, wrap [image]  include, insert, put in, send with [image]  comprehend, contain, embrace, hold, include, incorporate


encompass

See Also

   circle, circumscribe, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, girdle, hem in, ring, surround [image]  bring about, cause, contrive, devise, effect, manage [image]  admit, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, embody, embrace, hold, include, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in


encounter

See Also

•   v.    bump into (Inf.), chance upon, come upon, confront, experience, face, happen on or upon, meet, run across, run into (Inf.) [image]  attack, clash with, combat, come into conflict with, contend, cross swords with, do battle with, engage, face off (Sl.), fight, grapple with, strive, struggle

•   n.    brush, confrontation, meeting, rendezvous [image]  action, battle, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contest, dispute, engagement, face-off (Sl.), fight, head-to-head, run-in (Inf.), set to (Inf.), skirmish


encourage

See Also

   animate, buoy up, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, rouse, stimulate [image]  abet, advance, advocate, aid, boost, egg on, favour, forward, foster, further, help, promote, prompt, spur, strengthen, succour, support, urge


encouragement

See Also

advocacy, aid, boost, cheer, consolation, favour, help, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, promotion, reassurance, security blanket (Inf.), stimulation, stimulus, succour, support, urging


encouraging

See Also

bright, cheerful, cheering, comforting, good, heartening, hopeful, promising, reassuring, rosy, satisfactory, stimulating


encroach

See Also

appropriate, arrogate, impinge, infringe, intrude, invade, make inroads, overstep, trench, trespass, usurp


encroachment

See Also

appropriation, arrogation, impingement, incursion, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, trespass, usurpation, violation


encumber

See Also

burden, clog, cramp, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, incommode, inconvenience, make difficult, obstruct, oppress, overload, retard, saddle, slow down, trammel, weigh down


encumbrance

See Also

burden, clog, difficulty, drag, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, liability, load, millstone, obstacle, obstruction


end

See Also

•   n.    bound, boundary, edge, extent, extreme, extremity, limit, point, terminus, tip [image]  attainment, cessation, close, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, denouement, ending, expiration, expiry, finale, finish, issue, outcome, resolution, result, sequel, stop, termination, upshot, wind-up [image]  aim, aspiration, design, drift, goal, intent, intention, object, objective, point, purpose, reason [image]  part, piece, portion, responsibility, share, side [image]  bit, butt, fragment, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap, stub, tag end, tail end [image]  annihilation, death, demise, destruction, dissolution, doom, extermination, extinction, ruin, ruination [image]  the end  Sl. beyond endurance, insufferable, intolerable, the final blow, the last straw, the limit (Inf.), the worst, too much (Inf.), unbearable, unendurable

•   v.    axe (Inf.), bring to an end, cease, close, complete, conclude, culminate, dissolve, expire, finish, resolve, stop, terminate, wind up [image]  abolish, annihilate, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, kill, put to death, ruin


endanger

See Also

compromise, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, put at risk, put in danger, risk, threaten


endear

See Also

attach, attract, bind, captivate, charm, engage, win


endearing

See Also

adorable, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, engaging, lovable, sweet, winning, winsome


endearment

See Also

   affectionate utterance, loving word, sweet nothing [image]  affection, attachment, fondness, love


endeavour

See Also

•   n.    aim, attempt, crack (Inf.), effort, enterprise, essay, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), trial, try, undertaking, venture

•   v.    aim, aspire, attempt, bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's best, do one's damnedest (Inf.), essay, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), have a go  (crack (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.)) (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, make an all-out effort (Inf.), make an effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), strive, struggle, take pains, try, undertake


ending

See Also

catastrophe, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consummation, culmination, denouement, end, finale, finish, resolution, termination, wind-up


endless

See Also

   boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, eternal, everlasting, immortal, incessant, infinite, interminable, limitless, measureless, perpetual, unbounded, unbroken, undying, unending, uninterrupted, unlimited [image]  interminable, monotonous, overlong [image]  continuous, unbroken, undivided, whole


endorse, indorse

See Also

   advocate, affirm, approve, authorize, back, champion, confirm, espouse, favour, prescribe, promote, ratify, recommend, sanction, subscribe to, support, sustain, vouch for, warrant [image]  countersign, sign, superscribe, undersign


endorsement, indorsement

See Also

   comment, countersignature, qualification, signature, superscription [image]  advocacy, affirmation, approbation, approval, authorization, backing, championship, confirmation, espousal, favour, fiat, O.K. or okay (Inf.), promotion, ratification, recommendation, sanction, seal of approval, subscription to, support, warrant


endow

See Also

award, bequeath, bestow, confer, donate, endue, enrich, favour, finance, fund, furnish, give, grant, invest, leave, make over, provide, purvey, settle on, supply, will


endowment

See Also

   award, benefaction, bequest, bestowal, boon, donation, fund, gift, grant, hand-out, income, largess or largesse, legacy, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stipend [image]  (Often plural) ability, aptitude, attribute, capability, capacity, faculty, flair, genius, gift, power, qualification, quality, talent


end up

See Also

   become eventually, finish as, finish up, pan out (Inf.), turn out to be [image]  arrive finally, come to a halt, fetch up (Inf.), finish up, stop, wind up


endurable

acceptable, bearable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable


endurance

See Also

   bearing, fortitude, patience, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resignation, resolution, stamina, staying power, strength, submission, sufferance, tenacity, toleration [image]  continuation, continuity, durability, duration, immutability, lastingness, longevity, permanence, stability


endure

See Also

   bear, brave, cope with, experience, go through, stand, stick it out (Inf.), suffer, support, sustain, take it (Inf.), thole (Scot.), undergo, weather, withstand [image]  abide, allow, bear, brook, countenance, permit, put up with, stand, stick (Sl.), stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take patiently, tolerate [image]  abide, be durable, continue, hold, last, live, live on, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, survive, wear well


enduring

See Also

abiding, continuing, durable, eternal, firm, immortal, immovable, imperishable, lasting, living, long-lasting, perennial, permanent, persistent, persisting, prevailing, remaining, steadfast, steady, surviving, unfaltering, unwavering


enemy

See Also

adversary, antagonist, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, the opposition, the other side


energetic

See Also

active, animated, brisk, dynamic, forceful, forcible, high-powered, indefatigable, lively, potent, powerful, spirited, strenuous, strong, tireless, vigorous, zippy (Inf.)


energy

See Also

activity, animation, ardour, brio, drive, efficiency, élan, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, get-up-and-go (Inf.), go (Inf.), intensity, life, liveliness, pep, pluck, power, spirit, stamina, strength, strenuousness, verve, vigour, vim (Sl.), vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zip (Inf.)


enfold, infold

See Also

clasp, embrace, enclose, encompass, envelop, enwrap, fold, hold, hug, shroud, swathe, wrap, wrap up


enforce

See Also

administer, apply, carry out, coerce, compel, constrain, exact, execute, implement, impose, insist on, oblige, prosecute, put in force, put into effect, reinforce, require, urge


enforced

See Also

compelled, compulsory, constrained, dictated, imposed, involuntary, necessary, ordained, prescribed, required, unavoidable, unwilling


enforcement

See Also

   administration, application, carrying out, exaction, execution, implementation, imposition, prosecution, reinforcement [image]  coercion, compulsion, constraint, insistence, obligation, pressure, requirement


enfranchise

See Also

   give the vote to, grant suffrage to, grant the franchise to, grant voting rights to [image]  emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release, set free


enfranchisement

   giving the vote, granting suffrage or the franchise, granting voting rights [image]  emancipation, freedom, freeing, liberating, liberation, manumission, release, setting free


engage

See Also

   appoint, commission, employ, enlist, enrol, hire, retain, take on [image]  bespeak, book, charter, hire, lease, prearrange, rent, reserve, secure [image]  absorb, busy, engross, grip, involve, occupy, preoccupy, tie up [image]  allure, arrest, attach, attract, captivate, catch, charm, draw, enamour, enchant, fascinate, fix, gain, win [image]  embark on, enter into, join, partake, participate, practise, set about, take part, undertake [image]  affiance, agree, betroth (Archaic), bind, commit, contract, covenant, guarantee, obligate, oblige, pledge, promise, undertake, vouch, vow [image]   Military assail, attack, combat, come to close quarters with, encounter, face off (Sl.), fall on, fight with, give battle to, join battle with, meet, take on [image]  activate, apply, bring into operation, energize, set going, switch on [image]  dovetail, interact, interconnect, interlock, join, mesh


engaged

See Also

   affianced, betrothed (Archaic), pledged, promised, spoken for [image]  absorbed, busy, committed, employed, engrossed, in use, involved, occupied, preoccupied, tied up, unavailable


engagement

See Also

   assurance, betrothal, bond, compact, contract, oath, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, troth (Archaic), undertaking, vow, word [image]  appointment, arrangement, commitment, date, meeting [image]  commission, employment, gig (Inf.), job, post, situation, stint, work [image]  action, battle, combat, conflict, confrontation, contest, encounter, face-off (Sl.), fight


engaging

See Also

agreeable, appealing, attractive, captivating, charming, enchanting, fascinating, fetching (Inf.), likable or likeable, lovable, pleasant, pleasing, winning, winsome


engender

See Also

   beget, breed, bring about, cause, create, excite, foment, generate, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, lead to, make, occasion, precipitate, produce, provoke [image]  beget, breed, bring forth, father, generate, give birth to, procreate, propagate, sire, spawn


engine

   machine, mechanism, motor [image]  agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, contrivance, device, implement, instrument, means, tool, weapon


engineer

See Also

•   n.    architect, contriver, designer, deviser, director, inventor, manager, manipulator, originator, planner, schemer

•   v.    bring about, cause, concoct, contrive, control, create, devise, effect, encompass, finagle (Inf.), manage, manoeuvre, mastermind, originate, plan, plot, scheme, wangle (Inf.)


engrave

See Also

   carve, chase, chisel, cut, enchase (Rare), etch, grave (Archaic), inscribe [image]  impress, imprint, print [image]  embed, fix, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, lodge


engraving

See Also

   carving, chasing, chiselling, cutting, dry point, enchasing (Rare), etching, inscribing, inscription [image]  block, carving, etching, inscription, plate, woodcut [image]  etching, impression, print


engross

See Also

   absorb, arrest, engage, engulf, hold, immerse, involve, occupy, preoccupy [image]  corner, monopolize, sew up (U.S.)


engrossed

See Also

absorbed, captivated, caught up, deep, enthralled, fascinated, gripped, immersed, intent, intrigued, lost, preoccupied, rapt, riveted


engrossing

See Also

absorbing, captivating, compelling, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, interesting, intriguing, riveting


enhance

See Also

add to, augment, boost, complement, elevate, embellish, exalt, heighten, improve, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell


enigma

See Also

conundrum, mystery, problem, puzzle, riddle, teaser


enigmatic, enigmatical

See Also

ambiguous, cryptic, Delphic, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, obscure, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, sphinxlike, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible


enjoin

See Also

   advise, bid, call upon, charge, command, counsel, demand, direct, instruct, order, prescribe, require, urge, warn [image]   Law ban, bar, disallow, forbid, interdict, place an injunction on, preclude, prohibit, proscribe, restrain


enjoy

See Also

   appreciate, be entertained by, be pleased with, delight in, like, rejoice in, relish, revel in, take joy in, take pleasure in or from [image]  be blessed or favoured with, experience, have, have the benefit of, have the use of, own, possess, reap the benefits of, use [image]  enjoy oneself have a ball (Inf.), have a good time, have fun, make merry


enjoyable

See Also

agreeable, amusing, delectable, delicious, delightful, entertaining, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, to one's liking


enjoyment

See Also

   amusement, delectation, delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, indulgence, joy, pleasure, recreation, relish, satisfaction, zest [image]  advantage, benefit, exercise, ownership, possession, use


enlarge

See Also

   add to, amplify, augment, blow up (Inf.), broaden, diffuse, dilate, distend, elongate, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, make or grow larger, multiply, stretch, swell, wax, widen [image]  amplify, descant, develop, dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, give details


enlighten

See Also

advise, apprise, cause to understand, civilize, counsel, edify, educate, inform, instruct, make aware, teach


enlightened

See Also

aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, educated, informed, knowledgeable, liberal, literate, open-minded, reasonable, refined, sophisticated


enlightenment

See Also

awareness, broad-mindedness, civilization, comprehension, cultivation, edification, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, open-mindedness, refinement, sophistication, teaching, understanding, wisdom


enlist

See Also

engage, enrol, enter (into), gather, join, join up, muster, obtain, procure, recruit, register, secure, sign up, volunteer


enliven

See Also

animate, brighten, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, excite, exhilarate, fire, gladden, hearten, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, pep up, perk up, quicken, rouse, spark, stimulate, vitalize, vivify, wake up


enmity

See Also

acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancour, spite, venom


ennoble

See Also

aggrandize, dignify, elevate, enhance, exalt, glorify, honour, magnify, raise


ennui

See Also

boredom, dissatisfaction, lassitude, listlessness, tedium, the doldrums


enormity

See Also

   atrociousness, atrocity, depravity, disgrace, evilness, heinousness, monstrousness, nefariousness, outrageousness, turpitude, viciousness, vileness, villainy, wickedness [image]  abomination, atrocity, crime, disgrace, evil, horror, monstrosity, outrage, villainy [image]   Inf. enormousness, greatness, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, massiveness, vastness


enormous

See Also

   astronomic, Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, excessive, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, vast [image]   Archaic abominable, atrocious, depraved, disgraceful, evil, heinous, monstrous, nefarious, odious, outrageous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked


enough

See Also

•   adj.    abundant, adequate, ample, plenty, sufficient

•   n.    abundance, adequacy, ample supply, plenty, right amount, sufficiency

•   adv.    abundantly, adequately, amply, fairly, moderately, passably, reasonably, satisfactorily, sufficiently, tolerably


enquire

See Also

   ask, query, question, request information, seek information [image]   Also inquire conduct an inquiry, examine, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, make inquiry, probe, research, scrutinize, search


enquiry

See Also

   query, question [image]   Also inquiry examination, exploration, inquest, inspection, investigation, probe, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey


enrage

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), anger, exasperate, gall, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, irritate, madden, make one's blood boil, make one see red (Inf.), nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), provoke


enraged

See Also

aggravated (Inf.), angered, angry, boiling mad, cross, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, inflamed, infuriated, irate, irritated, livid (Inf.), mad (Inf.), raging, raging mad, wild


enrich

See Also

   make rich, make wealthy [image]  aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, cultivate, develop, endow, enhance, improve, refine, supplement [image]  adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament


enrol

See Also

   chronicle, inscribe, list, note, record [image]  accept, admit, engage, enlist, join up, matriculate, recruit, register, sign up or on, take on


enrolment

See Also

acceptance, admission, engagement, enlistment, matriculation, recruitment, registration


en route

See Also

in transit, on or along the way, on the road


ensemble

See Also

•   n.    aggregate, assemblage, collection, entirety, set, sum, total, totality, whole, whole thing [image]  costume, get-up (Inf.), outfit, suit [image]  band, cast, chorus, company, group, supporting cast, troupe

•   adv.    all at once, all together, as a group, as a whole, at once, at the same time, en masse, in concert


enshrine

See Also

apotheosize, cherish, consecrate, dedicate, embalm, exalt, hallow, preserve, revere, sanctify, treasure


enshroud

See Also

cloak, cloud, conceal, cover, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, hide, obscure, pall, shroud, veil, wrap


ensign

See Also

badge, banner, colours, flag, jack, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer


enslave

See Also

bind, dominate, enchain, enthral, reduce to slavery, subjugate, yoke


ensue

See Also

arise, attend, be consequent on, befall, come after, come next, come to pass (Archaic), derive, flow, follow, issue, proceed, result, stem, succeed, supervene, turn out or up


ensure, insure

See Also

   certify, confirm, effect, guarantee, make certain, make sure, secure, warrant [image]  guard, make safe, protect, safeguard, secure


entail

See Also

bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, result in


entangle

See Also

   catch, compromise, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, foul, implicate, involve, knot, mat, mix up, ravel, snag, snare, tangle, trammel, trap [image]  bewilder, complicate, confuse, jumble, mix up, muddle, perplex, puzzle, snarl, twist


entanglement

See Also

   complication, confusion, ensnarement, entrapment, imbroglio (Obsolete), involvement, jumble, knot, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, snarl-up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), tangle, toils, trap [image]  difficulty, embarrassment, imbroglio, involvement, liaison, predicament, tie


enter

See Also

   arrive, come or go in or into, insert, introduce, make an entrance, pass into, penetrate, pierce [image]  become a member of, begin, commence, commit oneself to, embark upon, enlist, enrol, join, participate in, set about, set out on, sign up, start, take part in, take up [image]  inscribe, list, log, note, record, register, set down, take down [image]  offer, present, proffer, put forward, register, submit, tender


enterprise

See Also

   adventure, effort, endeavour, essay, operation, plan, programme, project, undertaking, venture [image]  activity, adventurousness, alertness, audacity, boldness, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go (Inf.), gumption (Inf.), initiative, pep, push (Inf.), readiness, resource, resourcefulness, spirit, vigour, zeal [image]  business, company, concern, establishment, firm, operation


enterprising

See Also

active, adventurous, alert, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, go-ahead, intrepid, keen, ready, resourceful, spirited, stirring, up-and-coming, venturesome, vigorous, zealous


entertain

See Also

   amuse, charm, cheer, delight, divert, occupy, please, recreate (Rare), regale [image]  accommodate, be host to, harbour, have company, have guests or visitors, lodge, put up, show hospitality to, treat [image]  cherish, cogitate on, conceive, consider, contemplate, foster, harbour, hold, imagine, keep in mind, maintain, muse over, ponder, support, think about, think over


entertaining

See Also

amusing, charming, cheering, delightful, diverting, funny, humorous, interesting, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, recreative (Rare), witty


entertainment

See Also

amusement, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, fun, good time, leisure activity, pastime, play, pleasure, recreation, satisfaction, sport, treat


enthral

See Also

absorb, beguile, captivate, charm, enchant, enrapture, entrance, fascinate, grip, hold spellbound, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, ravish, rivet, spellbind


enthralling

See Also

beguiling, captivating, charming, compelling, compulsive, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating, gripping, hypnotizing, intriguing, mesmerizing, riveting, spellbinding


enthusiasm

See Also

   ardour, avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, excitement, fervour, frenzy, interest, keenness, passion, relish, vehemence, warmth, zeal, zest [image]  craze, fad (Inf.), hobby, hobbyhorse, interest, mania, passion, rage


enthusiast

See Also

admirer, aficionado, buff (Inf.), devotee, fan, fanatic, fiend (Inf.), follower, freak (Inf.), lover, supporter, zealot


enthusiastic

See Also

ardent, avid, devoted, eager, earnest, ebullient, excited, exuberant, fervent, fervid, forceful, hearty, keen, lively, passionate, spirited, unqualified, unstinting, vehement, vigorous, warm, wholehearted, zealous


entice

See Also

allure, attract, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, inveigle, lead on, lure, persuade, prevail on, seduce, tempt, wheedle


entire

See Also

   complete, full, gross, total, whole [image]  absolute, full, outright, thorough, total, undiminished, unmitigated, unreserved, unrestricted [image]  intact, perfect, sound, unbroken, undamaged, unmarked, unmarred, whole, without a scratch [image]  continuous, integrated, unbroken, undivided, unified


entirely

See Also

   absolutely, altogether, completely, fully, in every respect, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, wholly, without exception, without reservation [image]  exclusively, only, solely


entirety

See Also

   absoluteness, completeness, fullness, totality, undividedness, unity, wholeness [image]  aggregate, sum, total, unity, whole


entitle

See Also

   accredit, allow, authorize, empower, enable, enfranchise, fit for, license, make eligible, permit, qualify for, warrant [image]  call, characterize, christen, denominate, designate, dub, label, name, style, term, title


entity

See Also

   being, body, creature, existence, individual, object, organism, presence, quantity, substance, thing [image]  essence, essential nature, quiddity (Philosophy), quintessence, real nature


entourage

   associates, attendants, companions, company, cortege, court, escort, followers, following, retainers, retinue, staff, suite, train [image]  ambience, environment, environs, milieu, surroundings


entrails

See Also

bowels, guts, innards (Inf.), insides (Inf.), intestines, offal, viscera


entrance 1

See Also

•   n.    access, avenue, door, doorway, entry, gate, ingress, inlet, opening, passage, portal, way in [image]  appearance, arrival, coming in, entry, ingress, introduction [image]  access, admission, admittance, entrée, entry, ingress, permission to enter [image]  beginning, commencement, debut, initiation, introduction, outset, start


entrance 2

See Also

•   v.    absorb, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, fascinate, gladden, ravish, spellbind, transport [image]  hypnotize, mesmerize, put in a trance


entrant

See Also

   beginner, convert, initiate, neophyte, newcomer, new member, novice, probationer, tyro [image]  candidate, competitor, contestant, entry, participant, player


entreaty

See Also

appeal, earnest request, exhortation, importunity, petition, plea, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication


entrench, intrench

   construct defences, dig in, dig trenches, fortify [image]  anchor, dig in, embed, ensconce, establish, fix, implant, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, root, seat, set, settle [image]  encroach, impinge, infringe, interlope, intrude, make inroads, trespass


entrenched, intrenched

See Also

deep-rooted, deep-seated, firm, fixed, indelible, ineradicable, ingrained, rooted, set, unshakable, well-established


entrust, intrust

See Also

assign, authorize, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, give custody of, hand over, invest, trust, turn over


entry

See Also

   appearance, coming in, entering, entrance, initiation, introduction [image]  access, avenue, door, doorway, entrance, gate, ingress, inlet, opening, passage, passageway, portal, way in [image]  access, admission, entrance, entrée, free passage, permission to enter [image]  account, item, jotting, listing, memo, memorandum, minute, note, record, registration [image]  attempt, candidate, competitor, contestant, effort, entrant, participant, player, submission


entwine, intwine

See Also

braid, embrace, encircle, entwist (Archaic), interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, plait, ravel, surround, twine, twist, weave, wind


enumerate

See Also

   cite, detail, itemize, list, mention, name, quote, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, specify, spell out, tell [image]  add up, calculate, compute, count, number, reckon, sum up, tally, total


enunciate

See Also

   articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound, speak, utter, vocalize, voice [image]  declare, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, state


envelop

See Also

blanket, cloak, conceal, cover, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enwrap, hide, obscure, sheathe, shroud, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap


envelope

See Also

case, casing, coating, cover, covering, jacket, sheath, shell, skin, wrapper, wrapping


enviable

See Also

advantageous, blessed, covetable, desirable, favoured, fortunate, lucky, much to be desired, privileged


envious

See Also

begrudging, covetous, green-eyed, green with envy, grudging, jaundiced, jealous, malicious, resentful, spiteful


environ

See Also

beset, besiege, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, envelop, gird, hem, invest (Rare), ring, surround


environment

See Also

atmosphere, background, conditions, context, domain, element, habitat, locale, medium, milieu, scene, setting, situation, surroundings, territory


environs

See Also

district, locality, neighbourhood, outskirts, precincts, purlieus, suburbs, surrounding area, vicinity


envisage

See Also

   conceive (of), conceptualize, contemplate, fancy, imagine, picture, think up, visualize [image]  anticipate, envision, foresee, predict, see


envision

See Also

anticipate, conceive of, contemplate, envisage, foresee, predict, see, visualize


envoy

See Also

agent, ambassador, courier, delegate, deputy, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, legate, messenger, minister, plenipotentiary, representative


envy

See Also

•   n.    covetousness, enviousness, grudge, hatred, ill will, jealousy, malice, malignity, resentfulness, resentment, spite, the green-eyed monster (Inf.)

•   v.    be envious (of), begrudge, be jealous (of), covet, grudge, resent


ephemeral

See Also

brief, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory


epicure

   bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet [image]  glutton, gourmand, hedonist, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary


epicurean

See Also

•   adj.    gluttonous, gourmandizing, hedonistic, libertine, luscious, lush, luxurious, pleasure-seeking, self-indulgent, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuous

•   n.    bon vivant, epicure, foodie, gastronome, gourmet


epidemic

See Also

•   adj.    general, pandemic, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, rife, sweeping, wide-ranging, widespread

•   n.    contagion, growth, outbreak, plague, rash, spread, upsurge, wave


epigram

See Also

aphorism, bon mot, quip, witticism


epilogue

See Also

afterword, coda, concluding speech, conclusion, postscript


episode

See Also

   adventure, affair, business, circumstance, escapade, event, experience, happening, incident, matter, occurrence [image]  chapter, instalment, part, passage, scene, section


epistle

communication, letter, message, missive, note


epithet

See Also

appellation, description, designation, moniker or monicker (Sl.), name, nickname, sobriquet, tag, title


epitome

See Also

   archetype, embodiment, essence, exemplar, norm, personification, quintessence, representation, type, typical example [image]  abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, digest, précis, résumé, summary, syllabus, synopsis


epitomize

See Also

   embody, exemplify, illustrate, incarnate, personify, represent, symbolize, typify [image]  abbreviate, abridge, abstract, condense, contract, curtail, cut, encapsulate, précis, reduce, shorten, summarize, synopsize


epoch

See Also

age, date, era, period, time


equable

See Also

   agreeable, calm, composed, easy-going, even-tempered, imperturbable, level-headed, placid, serene, temperate, unexcitable, unfazed (Inf.), unflappable (Inf.), unruffled [image]  consistent, constant, even, regular, smooth, stable, steady, temperate, tranquil, unchanging, uniform, unvarying


equal

See Also

•   adj.    alike, commensurate, equivalent, identical, like, one and the same, proportionate, tantamount, the same, uniform [image]  balanced, corresponding, egalitarian, even, evenly balanced, evenly matched, evenly proportioned, fifty-fifty (Inf.), level pegging (Brit. inf.), matched, regular, symmetrical, uniform, unvarying [image]  able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, good enough, ready, strong enough, suitable, up to [image]  egalitarian, equable, even-handed, fair, impartial, just, unbiased

•   n.    brother, compeer, counterpart, equivalent, fellow, match, mate, parallel, peer, rival, twin

•   v.    agree with, amount to, balance, be equal to, be even with, be level with, be tantamount to, come up to, correspond to, equalize, equate, even, level, match, parallel, rival, square with, tally with, tie with


equality

See Also

balance, coequality, correspondence, egalitarianism, equal opportunity, equatability, equivalence, evenness, fairness, identity, likeness, parity, sameness, similarity, uniformity


equalize

See Also

balance, equal, equate, even up, level, make equal, match, regularize, smooth, square, standardize


equate

See Also

agree, balance, be commensurate, compare, correspond with or to, equalize, liken, make or be equal, match, offset, pair, parallel, square, tally, think of together


equation

See Also

agreement, balancing, comparison, correspondence, equality, equalization, equating, equivalence, likeness, match, pairing, parallel


equestrian

•   adj.    in the saddle, mounted, on horseback

•   n.    cavalier (Archaic), horseman, knight, rider


equilibrium

See Also

   balance, counterpoise, equipoise, evenness, rest, stability, steadiness, symmetry [image]  calm, calmness, collectedness, composure, coolness, equanimity, poise, self-possession, serenity, stability, steadiness


equip

See Also

accoutre, arm, array, attire, deck out, dress, endow, fit out, fit up, furnish, kit out, outfit, prepare, provide, rig, stock, supply


equipment

See Also

accoutrements, apparatus, appurtenances, baggage, equipage, furnishings, furniture, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, stuff, supplies, tackle, tools


equitable

See Also

candid, disinterested, dispassionate, due, even-handed, fair, honest, impartial, just, nondiscriminatory, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, unbiased, unprejudiced


equity

See Also

disinterestedness, equitableness, even-handedness, fair-mindedness, fairness, fair play, honesty, impartiality, integrity, justice, reasonableness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness


equivalence

See Also

agreement, alikeness, conformity, correspondence, equality, evenness, identity, interchangeableness, likeness, match, parallel, parity, sameness, similarity, synonymy


equivalent

See Also

•   adj.    alike, commensurate, comparable, correspondent, corresponding, equal, even, homologous, interchangeable, of a kind, same, similar, synonymous, tantamount

•   n.    correspondent, counterpart, equal, match, opposite number, parallel, peer, twin


equivocal

See Also

ambiguous, ambivalent, doubtful, dubious, evasive, indefinite, indeterminate, misleading, oblique, obscure, oracular, prevaricating, questionable, suspicious, uncertain, vague


era

See Also

aeon, age, cycle, date, day or days, epoch, generation, period, stage, time


eradicate

See Also

abolish, annihilate, deracinate, destroy, efface, eliminate, erase, excise, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, remove, root out, stamp out, uproot, weed out, wipe out


eradication

See Also

abolition, annihilation, deracination, destruction, effacement, elimination, erasure, expunction, extermination, extinction, extirpation, obliteration, removal


erase

See Also

blot, cancel, delete, efface, excise, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, scratch out, wipe out


erect

See Also

•   adj.    elevated, firm, perpendicular, pricked-up, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, straight, upright, vertical

•   v.    build, construct, elevate, lift, mount, pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, stand up [image]  create, establish, form, found, initiate, institute, organize, set up


erection

   assembly, building, construction, creation, elevation, establishment, fabrication, manufacture [image]  building, construction, edifice, pile, structure


erode

See Also

abrade, consume, corrode, destroy, deteriorate, disintegrate, eat away, grind down, spoil, wear down or away


erosion

See Also

abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrasion, corrosion, destruction, deterioration, disintegration, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, wear, wearing down or away


erotic

See Also

amatory, aphrodisiac, carnal, erogenous, lustful, rousing, seductive, sensual, sexy (Inf.), steamy (Inf.), stimulating, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous


err

See Also

   be inaccurate, be incorrect, be in error, blunder, go astray, go wrong, make a mistake, misapprehend, miscalculate, misjudge, mistake, slip up (Inf.) [image]  be out of order, deviate, do wrong, fall, go astray, lapse, misbehave, offend, sin, transgress, trespass


errand

See Also

charge, commission, job, message, mission, task


erratic

See Also

   aberrant, abnormal, capricious, changeable, desultory, eccentric, fitful, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, shifting, uneven, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, variable, wayward [image]  directionless, meandering, planetary, wandering


erroneous

See Also

amiss, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, mistaken, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, wrong


error

See Also

   bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boner (Sl.), boob (Brit. sl.), delusion, erratum, fallacy, fault, flaw, howler (Inf.), inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, mistake, oversight, slip, solecism [image]  delinquency, deviation, fault, lapse, misdeed, offence, sin, transgression, trespass, wrong, wrongdoing


erstwhile

bygone, ex (Inf.), former, late, old, once, one-time, past, previous, quondam, sometime


erudite

See Also

cultivated, cultured, educated, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-educated, well-read


erupt

See Also

   be ejected, belch forth, blow up, break out, burst forth, burst into, burst out, discharge, explode, flare up, gush, pour forth, spew forth or out, spit out, spout, throw off, vent, vomit [image]   Medical appear, break out


eruption

See Also

   discharge, ejection, explosion, flare-up, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting [image]   Medical inflammation, outbreak, rash


escalate

See Also

amplify, ascend, be increased, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, mount, raise, rise, step up


escapade

See Also

adventure, antic, caper, fling, lark (Inf.), mischief, prank, romp, scrape (Inf.), spree, stunt, trick


escape

See Also

•   v.    abscond, bolt, break free or out, decamp, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), do a runner (Sl.), flee, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), get away, hook it (Sl.), make or effect one's escape, make one's getaway, run away or off, skedaddle (Inf.), skip, slip away, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.)

•   n.    bolt, break, break-out, decampment, flight, getaway

•   v.    avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, pass, shun, slip

•   n.    avoidance, circumvention, elusion, evasion

•   v.    discharge, drain, emanate, exude, flow, gush, issue, leak, pour forth, seep, spurt

•   n.    discharge, drain, effluence, efflux, emanation, emission, gush, leak, leakage, outflow, outpour, seepage, spurt

•   v.    baffle, be beyond (someone), be forgotten by, elude, puzzle, stump

•   n.    distraction, diversion, pastime, recreation, relief


escort

See Also

•   n.    bodyguard, company, convoy, cortege, entourage, guard, protection, retinue, safeguard, train [image]  attendant, beau, chaperon, companion, guide, partner, protector, squire (Rare)

•   v.    accompany, chaperon, conduct, convoy, guard, guide, lead, partner, protect, shepherd, squire, usher


especial

   chief, distinguished, exceptional, extraordinary, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, principal, signal, special, uncommon, unusual [image]  exclusive, express, individual, particular, peculiar, personal, private, singular, special, specific, unique


especially

See Also

   chiefly, conspicuously, exceptionally, extraordinarily, largely, mainly, markedly, notably, outstandingly, principally, remarkably, signally, specially, strikingly, supremely, uncommonly, unusually [image]  exclusively, expressly, particularly, peculiarly, singularly, specifically, uniquely


espionage

counter-intelligence, intelligence, spying, surveillance, undercover work


espousal

See Also

   adoption, advocacy, backing, championing, championship, defence, embracing, maintenance, promotion, support, taking up [image]   Archaic affiancing, betrothal, betrothing (Archaic), engagement, espousing (Archaic), marriage, nuptials, plighting, wedding


espouse

See Also

   adopt, advocate, back, champion, defend, embrace, maintain, promote, stand up for, support, take up [image]   Archaic betroth (Archaic), marry, take as spouse, take to wife, wed


essay

See Also

article, composition, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, paper, piece, tract, treatise


essence

See Also

   being, core, crux, entity, heart, kernel, life, lifeblood, meaning, nature, pith, principle, quiddity, quintessence, significance, soul, spirit, substance [image]  concentrate, distillate, elixir, extract, spirits, tincture [image]   Rare cologne, fragrance, perfume, scent [image]  in essence basically, essentially, fundamentally, in effect, in substance, in the main, materially, substantially, to all intents and purposes, virtually [image]  of the essence crucial, essential, indispensable, of the utmost importance, vital, vitally important


essential

See Also

•   adj.    crucial, important, indispensable, necessary, needed, requisite, vital [image]  basic, cardinal, constitutional, elemental, elementary, fundamental, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, main, principal, radical [image]  absolute, complete, ideal, perfect, quintessential [image]  concentrated, distilled, extracted, rectified, refined, volatile

•   n.    basic, fundamental, must, necessity, prerequisite, principle, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, vital part


establish

See Also

   base, constitute, create, decree, enact, ensconce, entrench, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, install, institute, organize, plant, root, secure, settle, set up, start [image]  authenticate, certify, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, prove, ratify, show, substantiate, validate, verify


establishment

See Also

   creation, enactment, formation, foundation, founding, inauguration, installation, institution, organization, setting up [image]  business, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, firm, house, institute, institution, organization, outfit (Inf.), setup (Inf.), structure, system [image]  building, factory, house, office, plant, quarters [image]  abode, domicile, dwelling, home, house, household, pad (Sl.), residence [image]  the Establishment established order, institutionalized authority, ruling class, the powers that be, the system


estate

See Also

   area, demesne, domain, holdings, lands, manor, property [image]   Property law assets, belongings, effects, fortune, goods, possessions, property, wealth [image]  caste, class, order, rank [image]  condition, lot, period, place, position, quality, rank, situation, standing, state, station, status


esteem

See Also

•   v.    admire, be fond of, cherish, honour, like, love, prize, regard highly, respect, revere, reverence, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate [image]   Formal account, believe, calculate, consider, deem, estimate, hold, judge, rate, reckon, regard, think, view

•   n.    admiration, Brownie points, consideration, credit, estimation, good opinion, honour, regard, respect, reverence, veneration


estimate

See Also

•   v.    appraise, assess, calculate roughly, evaluate, gauge, guess, judge, number, reckon, value [image]  assess, believe, conjecture, consider, form an opinion, guess, judge, rank, rate, reckon, surmise, think

•   n.    appraisal, appraisement, approximate calculation, assessment, evaluation, guess, guesstimate (Inf.), judgment, reckoning, valuation [image]  appraisal, appraisement, assessment, belief, conjecture, educated guess, estimation, judgment, opinion, surmise, thought(s)


estimation

See Also

   appraisal, appreciation, assessment, belief, consideration, considered opinion, estimate, evaluation, judgment, opinion, view [image]  admiration, Brownie points, credit, esteem, good opinion, honour, regard, respect, reverence, veneration


estrange

See Also

alienate, antagonize, disaffect, disunite, divide, drive apart, lose or destroy the affection of, make hostile, part, separate, set at odds, withdraw, withhold


estrangement

See Also

alienation, antagonization, breach, break-up, disaffection, dissociation, disunity, division, hostility, parting, separation, split, withdrawal, withholding


estuary

See Also

creek, firth, fjord, inlet, mouth


et cetera

and others, and so forth, and so on, and the like, and the rest, et al.


etch

See Also

carve, corrode, cut, eat into, engrave, furrow, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, stamp


etching

carving, engraving, impression, imprint, inscription, print


eternal

See Also

   abiding, ceaseless, constant, deathless, endless, everlasting, immortal, infinite, interminable, never-ending, perennial, perpetual, sempiternal (Literary), timeless, unceasing, undying, unending, unremitting, without end [image]  deathless, enduring, everlasting, immortal, immutable, imperishable, indestructible, lasting, permanent


eternity

   age, ages, endlessness, for ever, immortality, infinitude, infinity, perpetuity, timelessness, time without end [image]   Theology heaven, paradise, the afterlife, the hereafter, the next world


ethical

See Also

conscientious, correct, decent, fair, fitting, good, honest, honourable, just, moral, principled, proper, right, righteous, upright, virtuous


ethics

See Also

conscience, moral code, morality, moral philosophy, moral values, principles, rules of conduct, standards


ethnic

cultural, folk, indigenous, national, native, racial, traditional


etiquette

See Also

civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decorum, formalities, good or proper behaviour, manners, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, rules, usage


eulogy

acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, commendation, compliment, encomium, exaltation, glorification, laudation, paean, panegyric, plaudit, praise, tribute


euphoria

See Also

bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, transport


evacuate

See Also

   abandon, clear, decamp, depart, desert, forsake, leave, move out, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, vacate, withdraw [image]  crap (Taboo sl.), defecate, discharge, eject, eliminate, empty, excrete, expel, shit (Taboo sl.), void


evade

See Also

   avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), circumvent, decline, dodge, duck, elude, escape, escape the clutches of, eschew, get away from, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of [image]  balk, circumvent, cop out (Sl.), equivocate, fence, fend off, flannel (Brit. inf.), fudge, hedge, parry, prevaricate, quibble, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


evaluate

See Also

appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, gauge, judge, rank, rate, reckon, size up (Inf.), value, weigh


evaluation

See Also

appraisal, assessment, calculation, estimate, estimation, judgment, opinion, rating, valuation


evanescent

See Also

brief, ephemeral, fading, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, vanishing


evangelical, evangelistic

crusading, missionary, propagandizing, proselytizing, zealous


evaporate

See Also

   dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry up, vaporize [image]  dematerialize, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, evanesce, fade, fade away, melt, melt away, vanish


evaporation

   dehydration, desiccation, drying, drying up, vaporization [image]  dematerialization, disappearance, dispelling, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, evanescence, fading, fading away, melting, melting away, vanishing


evasion

See Also

artifice, avoidance, circumvention, cop-out (Sl.), cunning, dodge, elusion, equivocation, escape, evasiveness, excuse, fudging, obliqueness, pretext, prevarication, ruse, shift, shirking, shuffling, sophism, sophistry, subterfuge, trickery, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


evasive

See Also

cagey (Inf.), casuistic, casuistical, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, devious, dissembling, elusive, elusory, equivocating, indirect, misleading, oblique, prevaricating, shifty, shuffling, slippery, sophistical, tricky


eve

See Also

   day before, night before, vigil [image]  brink, edge, point, threshold, verge


even

See Also

•   adj.    flat, flush, horizontal, level, parallel, plane, plumb, smooth, steady, straight, true, uniform [image]  constant, metrical, regular, smooth, steady, unbroken, uniform, uninterrupted, unvarying, unwavering [image]  calm, composed, cool, equable, equanimous, even-tempered, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, serene, stable, steady, tranquil, undisturbed, unexcitable, unruffled, well-balanced [image]  coequal, commensurate, comparable, drawn, equal, equalized, equally balanced, fifty-fifty (Inf.), identical, level, level pegging (Brit. inf.), like, matching, neck and neck, on a par, parallel, similar, square, the same, tied, uniform [image]  balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair and square, impartial, just, unbiased, unprejudiced [image]  get even (with)  Inf. be revenged or revenge oneself, even the score, give tit for tat, pay back, reciprocate, repay, requite, return like for like, settle the score, take an eye for an eye, take vengeance

•   adv.    all the more, much, still, yet [image]  despite, disregarding, in spite of, notwithstanding [image]  even as at the same time as, at the time that, during the time that, exactly as, just as, while, whilst [image]  even so all the same, be that as it may, despite (that), however, in spite of (that), nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding (that), still, yet

•   v.    (Often followed by out or up) align, balance, become level, equal, equalize, flatten, level, match, regularize, smooth, square, stabilize, steady [image]  even the score be revenged or revenge oneself, equalize, get even (Inf.), give tit for tat, pay (someone) back, reciprocate, repay, requite, return like for like, settle the score, take an eye for an eye, take vengeance


even-handed

See Also

balanced, disinterested, equitable, fair, fair and square, impartial, just, unbiased, unprejudiced


event

See Also

   adventure, affair, business, circumstance, escapade, episode, experience, fact, happening, incident, matter, milestone, occasion, occurrence [image]  conclusion, consequence, effect, end, issue, outcome, result, termination, upshot [image]  bout, competition, contest, game, tournament [image]  at all events at any rate, come what may, in any case, in any event, regardless, whatever happens


even-tempered

See Also

calm, composed, cool, cool-headed, equable, imperturbable, level-headed, peaceful, placid, serene, steady, tranquil, unexcitable, unruffled


eventful

active, busy, consequential, critical, crucial, decisive, dramatic, exciting, fateful, full, historic, important, lively, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, significant


eventual

concluding, consequent, ensuing, final, future, later, overall, prospective, resulting, ultimate


eventuality

See Also

case, chance, contingency, event, likelihood, possibility, probability


eventually

See Also

after all, at the end of the day, finally, in the course of time, in the end, in the long run, one day, some day, some time, sooner or later, ultimately, when all is said and done


ever

See Also

   at all, at any time  (period, point), by any chance, in any case, on any occasion [image]  always, at all times, aye (Scot.), constantly, continually, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, evermore, for ever, incessantly, perpetually, relentlessly, to the end of time, unceasingly, unendingly


everlasting

See Also

   abiding, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, imperishable, indestructible, infinite, interminable, never-ending, perpetual, timeless, undying [image]  ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, incessant, interminable, never-ending, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting


evermore

See Also

always, eternally, ever, for ever, in perpetuum, to the end of time


every

all, each, each one, the whole number


everybody

See Also

all and sundry, each one, each person, everyone, every person, one and all, the whole world


everyday

See Also

   daily, quotidian [image]  accustomed, banal, common, common or garden (Inf.), commonplace, conventional, customary, dull, familiar, frequent, habitual, informal, mundane, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, stock, unexceptional, unimaginative, usual, wonted, workaday


everyone

See Also

all and sundry, each one, each person, everybody, every person, one and all, the whole world


everything

See Also

all, each thing, the aggregate, the entirety, the lot, the sum, the total, the whole caboodle (Inf.), the whole lot


everywhere

See Also

all around, all over, far and wide or near, high and low, in each place, in every place, omnipresent, the world over, to or in all places, ubiquitous, ubiquitously


evict

See Also

boot out (Inf.), chuck out (Inf.), dislodge, dispossess, eject, expel, kick out (Inf.), oust, put out, remove, show the door (to), throw on to the streets, throw out, turf out (Inf.), turn out


evidence

See Also

•   n.    affirmation, attestation, averment, confirmation, corroboration, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, grounds, indication, manifestation, mark, proof, sign, substantiation, testimony, token, witness

•   v.    demonstrate, denote, display, evince, exhibit, indicate, manifest, prove, reveal, show, signify, testify to, witness


evident

See Also

apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, manifest, noticeable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, tangible, unmistakable, visible


evidently

See Also

   clearly, doubtless, doubtlessly, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indisputably, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly, undoubtedly, unmistakably, without question [image]  apparently, it seems, it would seem, ostensibly, outwardly, seemingly, to all appearances


evil

See Also

•   adj.    bad, base, corrupt, depraved, heinous, immoral, iniquitous, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malignant, nefarious, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

•   n.    badness, baseness, corruption, curse, depravity, heinousness, immorality, iniquity, maleficence, malignity, sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vice, viciousness, villainy, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing

•   adj.    baneful (Archaic), calamitous, catastrophic, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, dire, disastrous, harmful, hurtful, inauspicious, injurious, mischievous, painful, pernicious, ruinous, sorrowful, unfortunate, unlucky, woeful

•   n.    affliction, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, harm, hurt, ill, injury, mischief, misery, misfortune, pain, ruin, sorrow, suffering, woe

•   adj.    foul, mephitic, noxious, offensive, pestilential, putrid, unpleasant, vile


evoke

See Also

   arouse, awaken, call, excite, give rise to, induce, recall, rekindle, stimulate, stir up, summon up [image]  call forth, educe (Rare), elicit, produce, provoke [image]  arouse, call, call forth, conjure up, invoke, raise, summon


evolution

See Also

development, enlargement, evolvement, expansion, growth, increase, maturation, progress, progression, unfolding, unrolling, working out


evolve

See Also

develop, disclose, educe, elaborate, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, mature, open, progress, unfold, unroll, work out


exact

See Also

•   adj.    accurate, careful, correct, definite, explicit, express, faithful, faultless, identical, literal, methodical, orderly, particular, precise, right, specific, true, unequivocal, unerring, veracious, very [image]  careful, exacting, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, strict

•   v.    call for, claim, command, compel, demand, extort, extract, force, impose, insist upon, require, squeeze, wrest, wring


exacting

See Also

demanding, difficult, hard, harsh, imperious, oppressive, painstaking, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, unsparing


exactly

See Also

•   adv.    accurately, carefully, correctly, definitely, explicitly, faithfully, faultlessly, literally, methodically, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, severely, strictly, truly, truthfully, unequivocally, unerringly, veraciously [image]  absolutely, bang, explicitly, expressly, indeed, in every respect, just, particularly, precisely, quite, specifically [image]  not exactly  Ironical by no means, certainly not, hardly, in no manner, in no way, not at all, not by any means, not quite, not really

•   interj.    absolutely, assuredly, as you say, certainly, indeed, just so, of course, precisely, quite, quite so, spot-on (Brit. inf.), truly


exactness

See Also

accuracy, carefulness, correctness, exactitude, faithfulness, faultlessness, nicety, orderliness, painstakingness, preciseness, precision, promptitude, regularity, rigorousness, rigour, scrupulousness, strictness, truth, unequivocalness, veracity


exaggerate

See Also

amplify, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on thick (Inf.), magnify, make a federal case of (U.S. inf.), make a production (out) of (Inf.), overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate


exaggerated

See Also

amplified, exalted, excessive, extravagant, highly coloured, hyped, hyperbolic, inflated, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overstated, over the top (Inf.), pretentious, tall (Inf.)


exaggeration

See Also

amplification, embellishment, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, hyperbole, inflation, magnification, overemphasis, overestimation, overstatement, pretension, pretentiousness


exalt

See Also

   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, honour, promote, raise, upgrade [image]  acclaim, apotheosize, applaud, bless, crack up (Inf.), extol, glorify, idolize, laud, magnify (Archaic), pay homage to, pay tribute to, praise, reverence, set on a pedestal, worship [image]  animate, arouse, electrify, elevate, excite, fire the imagination (of), heighten, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, uplift [image]  delight, elate, exhilarate, fill with joy, thrill


exaltation

See Also

   advancement, aggrandizement, dignity, elevation, eminence, ennoblement, grandeur, high rank, honour, loftiness, prestige, promotion, rise, upgrading [image]  acclaim, acclamation, apotheosis, applause, blessing, extolment, glorification, glory, homage, idolization, laudation, lionization, magnification, panegyric, plaudits, praise, reverence, tribute, worship [image]  animation, elevation, excitement, inspiration, stimulation, uplift [image]  bliss, delight, ecstasy, elation, exhilaration, exultation, joy, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, transport


exalted

See Also

   august, dignified, elevated, eminent, grand, high, high-ranking, honoured, lofty, prestigious [image]  elevated, high-minded, ideal, intellectual, lofty, noble, sublime, superior, uplifting [image]   Inf. elevated, exaggerated, excessive, inflated, overblown, pretentious [image]  animated, blissful, cock-a-hoop, ecstatic, elated, elevated, excited, exhilarated, exultant, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, inspired, inspirited, joyous, jubilant, on cloud nine (Inf.), over the moon (Inf.), rapturous, stimulated, transported, uplifted


examination

See Also

analysis, assay, catechism, checkup, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, observation, perusal, probe, questioning, quiz, recce (Sl.), research, review, scrutiny, search, study, survey, test, trial


examine

See Also

   analyse, appraise, assay, check, check out, consider, explore, go over or through, inspect, investigate, look over, peruse, ponder, pore over, probe, recce (Sl.), research, review, scan, scrutinize, sift, study, survey, take stock of, test, vet, weigh, work over [image]  catechize, cross-examine, grill (Inf.), inquire, interrogate, question, quiz


example

See Also

   case, case in point, exemplification, illustration, instance, sample, specimen [image]  archetype, exemplar, ideal, illustration, model, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, precedent, prototype, standard [image]  admonition, caution, lesson, warning [image]  for example as an illustration, by way of illustration, e.g., exempli gratia, for instance, to cite an instance, to illustrate


exasperate

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), anger, annoy, bug (Inf.), embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get (Inf.), get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, peeve (Inf.), pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, rankle, rile (Inf.), rouse, try the patience of, vex


exasperation

See Also

aggravation (Inf.), anger, annoyance, exacerbation, fury, ire (Literary), irritation, passion, pique, provocation, rage, vexation, wrath


excavate

See Also

burrow, cut, delve, dig, dig out, dig up, gouge, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth


excavation

See Also

burrow, cavity, cut, cutting, dig, diggings, ditch, dugout, hole, hollow, mine, pit, quarry, shaft, trench, trough


exceed

See Also

   beat, be superior to, better, cap (Inf.), eclipse, excel, go beyond, outdistance, outdo, outreach, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overtake, pass, run rings around (Inf.), surmount, surpass, top, transcend [image]  go beyond the bounds of, go over the limit of, go over the top, overstep


exceeding

See Also

enormous, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, great, huge, pre-eminent, superior, superlative, surpassing, vast


exceedingly

See Also

enormously, especially, exceptionally, excessively, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, inordinately, superlatively, surpassingly, unusually, vastly, very


excel

See Also

   beat, be superior, better, cap (Inf.), eclipse, exceed, go beyond, outdo, outrival, outshine, pass, run rings around (Inf.), surmount, surpass, top, transcend [image]  be good, be master of, be proficient, be skilful, be talented, predominate, shine, show talent, take precedence


excellence

See Also

distinction, eminence, fineness, goodness, greatness, high quality, merit, perfection, pre-eminence, purity, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, worth


excellent

See Also

A1 or A-one (Inf.), admirable, boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), brilliant, capital, champion, chillin' (U.S. sl.), choice, cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), distinguished, estimable, exemplary, exquisite, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, great, jim-dandy (Sl.), mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), meritorious, notable, noted, outstanding, prime, select, sovereign, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, tiptop, top-notch (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), world-class, worthy


except

See Also

•   prep.     Also except for apart from, bar, barring, besides, but, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, omitting, other than, save (Archaic), saving, with the exception of

•   v.    ban, bar, disallow, exclude, leave out, omit, pass over, reject, rule out


exception

See Also

   debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, leaving out, omission, passing over, rejection [image]  anomaly, departure, deviation, freak, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, special case [image]  take exception be offended, be resentful, demur, disagree, object, quibble, take offence, take umbrage


exceptional

See Also

   aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, extraordinary, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, rare, singular, special, strange, uncommon, unusual [image]  excellent, extraordinary, marvellous, notable, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, special, superior


excess

See Also

•   n.    glut, leftover, overabundance, overdose, overflow, overload, plethora, remainder, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, too much [image]  debauchery, dissipation, dissoluteness, exorbitance, extravagance, immoderation, intemperance, overindulgence, prodigality, unrestraint

•   adj.    extra, leftover, redundant, remaining, residual, spare, superfluous, surplus


excessive

See Also

disproportionate, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, needless, O.T.T. (Sl.), overdone, overmuch, over the top (Sl.), prodigal, profligate, superfluous, too much, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable


exchange

See Also

•   v.    bandy, barter, change, commute, convert into, interchange, reciprocate, swap (Inf.), switch, trade, truck

•   n.    barter, dealing, interchange, quid pro quo, reciprocity, substitution, swap (Inf.), switch, tit for tat, trade, traffic, truck [image]  Bourse, market


excitable

See Also

edgy, emotional, hasty, highly strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, irascible, mercurial, nervous, passionate, quick-tempered, sensitive, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uptight (Inf.), violent, volatile


excite

See Also

agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, evoke, fire, foment, galvanize, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir up, thrill, titillate, waken, whet


excited

See Also

aflame, agitated, animated, aroused, awakened, discomposed, disturbed, enthusiastic, feverish, flurried, high (Inf.), hot and bothered (Inf.), moved, nervous, overwrought, roused, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, tumultuous, wild, worked up


excitement

See Also

   action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, commotion, discomposure, elation, enthusiasm, ferment, fever, flurry, furore, heat, kicks (Inf.), passion, perturbation, thrill, tumult, warmth [image]  impulse, incitement, instigation, motivation, motive, provocation, stimulation, stimulus, urge


exciting

See Also

dramatic, electrifying, exhilarating, inspiring, intoxicating, moving, provocative, rip-roaring (Inf.), rousing, sensational, sexy (Inf.), stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating


exclaim

See Also

call, call out, cry, cry out, declare, ejaculate, proclaim, shout, utter, vociferate, yell


exclamation

See Also

call, cry, ejaculation, expletive, interjection, outcry, shout, utterance, vociferation, yell


exclude

See Also

   ban, bar, black, blackball, boycott, debar, disallow, embargo, forbid, interdict, keep out, ostracize, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, shut out, veto [image]  count out, eliminate, except, ignore, leave out, omit, pass over, preclude, reject, repudiate, rule out, set aside [image]  bounce (Sl.), drive out, eject, evict, expel, force out, get rid of, oust, remove, throw out


exclusion

See Also

   ban, bar, boycott, debarment, embargo, forbiddance, interdict, nonadmission, preclusion, prohibition, proscription, refusal, veto [image]  elimination, exception, omission, rejection, repudiation [image]  eviction, expulsion, removal


exclusive

See Also

   absolute, complete, entire, full, only, private, single, sole, total, undivided, unique, unshared, whole [image]  aristocratic, chic, choice, clannish, classy (Sl.), cliquish, closed, discriminative, elegant, fashionable, high-toned, limited, narrow, posh (Inf., chiefly Brit.), private, restricted, restrictive, ritzy (Sl.), select, selfish, snobbish, swish (Inf., chiefly Brit.), top-drawer, up-market [image]  confined, limited, peculiar, restricted, unique [image]  debarring, except for, excepting, excluding, leaving aside, not counting, omitting, restricting, ruling out


excommunicate

See Also

anathematize, ban, banish, cast out, denounce, eject, exclude, expel, proscribe, remove, repudiate, unchurch


excruciating

See Also

acute, agonizing, burning, exquisite, extreme, harrowing, insufferable, intense, piercing, racking, searing, severe, tormenting, torturous, unbearable, unendurable, violent


excursion

See Also

   airing, day trip, expedition, jaunt, journey, outing, pleasure trip, ramble, tour, trip [image]  detour, deviation, digression, episode, excursus, wandering


excusable

allowable, defensible, forgivable, justifiable, minor, pardonable, permissible, slight, understandable, venial, warrantable


excuse

See Also

•   v.    absolve, acquit, bear with, exculpate, exonerate, extenuate, forgive, indulge, make allowances for, overlook, pardon, pass over, tolerate, turn a blind eye to, wink at [image]  apologize for, condone, defend, explain, justify, mitigate, vindicate [image]  absolve, discharge, exempt, free, let off, liberate, release, relieve, spare

•   n.    apology, defence, explanation, grounds, justification, mitigation, plea, pretext, reason, vindication [image]  cop-out (Sl.), disguise, evasion, expedient, makeshift, pretence, pretext, semblance, shift, subterfuge [image]   Inf. apology, makeshift, mockery, substitute, travesty


execrate

See Also

abhor, abominate, anathematize, condemn, curse, damn, denounce, deplore, despise, detest, excoriate, hate, imprecate, loathe, revile, slam (Sl.), vilify


execration

See Also

abhorrence, abomination, anathema, condemnation, contempt, curse, damnation, detestation, excoriation, hate, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, vilification


execute

See Also

   behead, electrocute, guillotine, hang, kill, put to death, shoot [image]  accomplish, achieve, administer, bring off, carry out, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfil, implement, perform, prosecute, put into effect, realize, render [image]   Law deliver, seal, serve, sign, validate


execution

See Also

   accomplishment, achievement, administration, carrying out, completion, consummation, discharge, effect, enactment, enforcement, implementation, operation, performance, prosecution, realization, rendering [image]  capital punishment, hanging, killing [image]  delivery, manner, mode, performance, rendition, style, technique [image]   Law warrant, writ


executioner

See Also

   hangman, headsman [image]  assassin, exterminator, hit man (Sl.), killer, liquidator, murderer, slayer


executive

See Also

•   n.    administrator, director, manager, official [image]  administration, directorate, directors, government, hierarchy, leadership, management

•   adj.    administrative, controlling, decision-making, directing, governing, managerial


exemplary

See Also

   admirable, commendable, correct, estimable, excellent, fine, good, honourable, ideal, laudable, meritorious, model, praiseworthy, punctilious, sterling [image]  admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning [image]  characteristic, illustrative, representative, typical


exemplify

See Also

demonstrate, depict, display, embody, evidence, exhibit, illustrate, instance, manifest, represent, serve as an example of, show


exempt

See Also

•   v.    absolve, discharge, except, excuse, exonerate, free, grant immunity, let off, liberate, release, relieve, spare

•   adj.    absolved, clear, discharged, excepted, excused, favoured, free, immune, liberated, not liable, not subject, privileged, released, spared


exemption

See Also

absolution, discharge, dispensation, exception, exoneration, freedom, immunity, privilege, release


exercise

See Also

•   v.    apply, bring to bear, employ, enjoy, exert, practise, put to use, use, utilize, wield [image]  discipline, drill, habituate, inure, practise, train, work out [image]  afflict, agitate, annoy, burden, distress, disturb, occupy, pain, perturb, preoccupy, trouble, try, vex, worry

•   n.    action, activity, discipline, drill, drilling, effort, labour, toil, training, work, work-out [image]  accomplishment, application, discharge, employment, enjoyment, exertion, fulfilment, implementation, practice, use, utilization [image]  drill, lesson, practice, problem, schooling, schoolwork, task, work


exert

See Also

   bring into play, bring to bear, employ, exercise, expend, make use of, put forth, use, utilize, wield [image]  exert oneself apply oneself, bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's best, do one's damnedest (Inf.), endeavour, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, make an all-out effort (Inf.), make an effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), spare no effort, strain, strive, struggle, toil, try hard, work


exertion

See Also

action, application, attempt, effort, employment, endeavour, exercise, industry, labour, pains, strain, stretch, struggle, toil, travail (Literary), trial, use, utilization


exhaust

See Also

   bankrupt, cripple, debilitate, disable, drain, enervate, enfeeble, fatigue, impoverish, prostrate, sap, tire, tire out, weaken, wear out [image]  consume, deplete, dissipate, expend, finish, run through, spend, squander, use up, waste [image]  drain, dry, empty, strain, void [image]  be emitted, discharge, emanate, escape, issue


exhausted

See Also

   all in (Sl.), beat (Sl.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), crippled, dead (Inf.), dead beat (Inf.), dead tired, debilitated, disabled, dog-tired (Inf.), done in (Inf.), drained, enervated, enfeebled, fatigued, jaded, knackered (Sl.), out on one's feet (Inf.), prostrated, ready to drop, sapped, spent, tired out, wasted, weak, worn out, zonked (Sl.) [image]  at an end, consumed, depleted, dissipated, done, expended, finished, gone, spent, squandered, used up, wasted [image]  bare, drained, dry, empty, void


exhausting

See Also

arduous, backbreaking, crippling, debilitating, difficult, draining, enervating, fatiguing, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, sapping, strenuous, taxing, testing, tiring


exhaustion

See Also

   debilitation, enervation, fatigue, feebleness, lassitude, prostration, tiredness, weariness [image]  consumption, depletion, emptying


exhaustive

See Also

all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out (Inf.), complete, comprehensive, encyclopedic, extensive, far-reaching, full, full-scale, in-depth, intensive, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, total


exhibit

See Also

•   v.    air, demonstrate, disclose, display, evidence, evince, expose, express, flaunt, indicate, make clear or plain, manifest, offer, parade, present, put on view, reveal, show

•   n.    display, exhibition, illustration, model, show


exhibition

See Also

airing, demonstration, display, exhibit, expo (Inf.), exposition, fair, manifestation, performance, presentation, representation, show, showing, spectacle


exhilarating

See Also

breathtaking, cheering, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, gladdening, invigorating, stimulating, thrilling, vitalizing


exhort

See Also

admonish, advise, beseech, bid, call upon, caution, counsel, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, persuade, press, prompt, spur, urge, warn


exhortation

See Also

admonition, advice, beseeching, bidding, caution, counsel, encouragement, enjoinder (Rare), entreaty, goading, incitement, lecture, persuasion, sermon, urging, warning


exhume

dig up, disentomb, disinter, unbury, unearth


exigency, exigence

See Also

   acuteness, constraint, criticalness, demandingness, difficulty, distress, emergency, imperativeness, necessity, needfulness, pressingness, pressure, stress, urgency [image]  constraint, demand, necessity, need, requirement, wont [image]  crisis, difficulty, emergency, extremity, fix (Inf.), hardship, jam (Inf.), juncture, panic stations (Inf.), pass, pickle (Inf.), pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.), strait


exile

See Also

•   n.    banishment, deportation, expatriation, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, separation [image]  deportee, émigré, expatriate, outcast, refugee

•   v.    banish, deport, drive out, eject, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oust, proscribe


exist

See Also

   abide, be, be extant, be living, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, live, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, survive [image]  eke out a living, get along or by, stay alive, subsist, survive


existence

See Also

   actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, life, subsistence, survival [image]  being, creature, entity, thing [image]  creation, life, reality, the world


existent

See Also

abiding, around, current, enduring, existing, extant, in existence, living, obtaining, present, prevailing, remaining, standing, surviving


exit

See Also

•   n.    door, egress, gate, outlet, passage out, vent, way out [image]  adieu, departure, evacuation, exodus, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, retirement, retreat, withdrawal [image]  death, decease, demise, expiry, passing away

•   v.    bid farewell, depart, go away, go offstage (Theatre), go out, issue, leave, retire, retreat, say goodbye, take one's leave, withdraw


exodus

See Also

departure, evacuation, exit, flight, going out, leaving, migration, retirement, retreat, withdrawal


exonerate

See Also

   absolve, acquit, clear, discharge, dismiss, exculpate, excuse, justify, pardon, vindicate [image]  discharge, dismiss, except, excuse, exempt, free, let off, liberate, release, relieve


exorbitant

See Also

enormous, excessive, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted


exorcise

adjure, cast out, deliver (from), drive out, expel, purify


exorcism

See Also

adjuration, casting out, deliverance, driving out, expulsion, purification


exotic

See Also

   alien, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, imported, introduced, naturalized, not native [image]  bizarre, colourful, curious, different, extraordinary, fascinating, glamorous, mysterious, outlandish, peculiar, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual


expand

See Also

   amplify, augment, bloat, blow up, broaden, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, extend, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, multiply, prolong, protract, swell, thicken, wax, widen [image]  diffuse, open (out), outspread, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll [image]  amplify, develop, dilate, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, expatiate, expound, flesh out, go into detail


expanse

See Also

area, breadth, extent, field, plain, range, space, stretch, sweep, tract


expansion

See Also

amplification, augmentation, development, diffusion, dilatation, distension, enlargement, expanse, growth, increase, inflation, magnification, multiplication, opening out, spread, swelling, unfolding, unfurling


expansive

See Also

   dilating, distending, elastic, enlargeable, expanding, extendable, inflatable, stretching, stretchy, swelling [image]  all-embracing, broad, comprehensive, extensive, far-reaching, inclusive, thorough, voluminous, wide, wide-ranging, widespread [image]  affable, communicative, easy, effusive, free, friendly, garrulous, genial, loquacious, open, outgoing, sociable, talkative, unreserved, warm


expatiate

See Also

amplify, descant, develop, dilate, dwell on, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, expound, go into detail


expatriate

See Also

•   adj.    banished, emigrant, émigré, exiled, refugee

•   n.    emigrant, émigré, exile

•   v.    banish, exile, expel, ostracize, proscribe


expect

See Also

   assume, believe, calculate, conjecture, forecast, foresee, imagine, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, think, trust [image]  anticipate, await, bargain for, contemplate, envisage, hope for, look ahead to, look for, look forward to, predict, watch for [image]  call for, count on, demand, insist on, look for, rely upon, require, want, wish


expectancy

   anticipation, assumption, belief, conjecture, expectation, hope, looking forward, prediction, presumption, probability, supposition, surmise, suspense, waiting [image]  likelihood, outlook, prospect


expectant

See Also

   anticipating, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, eager, expecting, hopeful, in suspense, ready, watchful [image]  enceinte, expecting (Inf.), gravid, pregnant


expectation

See Also

   assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, forecast, likelihood, presumption, probability, supposition, surmise, trust [image]  anticipation, apprehension, chance, expectancy, fear, hope, looking forward, outlook, possibility, prediction, promise, prospect, suspense [image]  demand, insistence, reliance, requirement, trust, want, wish


expecting

enceinte, expectant, gravid, in the club (Brit. sl.), in the family way (Inf.), pregnant, with child


expediency, expedience

See Also

   advantageousness, advisability, appropriateness, aptness, benefit, convenience, desirability, effectiveness, fitness, helpfulness, judiciousness, meetness, practicality, pragmatism, profitability, properness, propriety, prudence, suitability, usefulness, utilitarianism, utility [image]  contrivance, device, expedient, makeshift, manoeuvre, means, measure, method, resort, resource, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute


expedient

See Also

•   adj.    advantageous, advisable, appropriate, beneficial, convenient, desirable, effective, fit, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, suitable, useful, utilitarian, worthwhile

•   n.    contrivance, device, expediency, makeshift, manoeuvre, means, measure, method, resort, resource, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute


expedite

See Also

accelerate, advance, assist, dispatch, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, rush, speed (up), urge


expedition

See Also

   enterprise, excursion, exploration, journey, mission, quest, safari, tour, trek, trip, undertaking, voyage [image]  company, crew, explorers, team, travellers, voyagers, wayfarers [image]  alacrity, celerity, dispatch, expeditiousness, haste, hurry, promptness, quickness, rapidity, readiness, speed, swiftness


expel

See Also

   belch, cast out, discharge, dislodge, drive out, eject, remove, spew, throw out [image]  ban, banish, bar, black, blackball, discharge, dismiss, drum out, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, give the bum's rush (Sl.), oust, proscribe, relegate, send packing, show one the door, throw out, throw out on one's ear (Inf.), turf out (Inf.)


expend

See Also

consume, disburse, dissipate, employ, exhaust, fork out (Sl.), go through, lay out (Inf.), pay out, shell out (Inf.), spend, use (up)


expendable

See Also

dispensable, inessential, nonessential, replaceable, unimportant, unnecessary


expenditure

See Also

application, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, expense, outgoings, outlay, output, payment, spending, use


expense

See Also

charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, expenditure, loss, outlay, output, payment, sacrifice, spending, toll, use


expensive

See Also

costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, high-priced, inordinate, lavish, overpriced, rich, steep (Inf.), stiff


experience

See Also

•   n.    contact, doing, evidence, exposure, familiarity, involvement, know-how (Inf.), knowledge, observation, participation, practice, proof, training, trial, understanding [image]  adventure, affair, encounter, episode, event, happening, incident, occurrence, ordeal, test, trial

•   v.    apprehend, become familiar with, behold, encounter, endure, face, feel, go through, have, know, live through, meet, observe, participate in, perceive, sample, sense, suffer, sustain, taste, try, undergo


experienced

See Also

   accomplished, adept, capable, competent, expert, familiar, knowledgeable, master, practised, professional, qualified, seasoned, skilful, tested, trained, tried, veteran, well-versed [image]  knowing, mature, sophisticated, wise, worldly, worldly-wise


experiment

See Also

•   n.    assay, attempt, examination, experimentation, investigation, procedure, proof, research, test, trial, trial and error, trial run, venture

•   v.    assay, examine, investigate, put to the test, research, sample, test, try, verify


experimental

See Also

empirical, exploratory, pilot, preliminary, probationary, provisional, speculative, tentative, test, trial, trial-and-error


expert

See Also

•   n.    ace (Inf.), adept, authority, buff (Inf.), connoisseur, dab hand (Brit. inf.), hotshot (Inf.), master, maven (U.S.), past master, pro (Inf.), professional, specialist, virtuoso, whiz (Inf.), wizard

•   adj.    able, adept, adroit, apt, clever, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, knowledgeable, master, masterly, practised, professional, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled, trained, virtuoso


expertise

See Also

ableness, adroitness, aptness, cleverness, command, craft, deftness, dexterity, expertness, facility, judgment, knack, know-how (Inf.), knowledge, masterliness, mastery, proficiency, skilfulness, skill


expertness

See Also

ableness, adroitness, aptness, command, craft, deftness, dexterity, expertise, facility, judgment, know-how (Inf.), knowledge, masterliness, mastery, proficiency, skilfulness, skill


expire

See Also

   cease, close, come to an end, conclude, end, finish, lapse, run out, stop, terminate [image]  breathe out, emit, exhale, expel [image]  buy it (U.S. sl.), check out (U.S. sl.), croak (Sl.), decease, depart, die, go belly-up (Sl.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Inf.), pass away or on, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), perish, pop one's clogs (Inf.)


explain

See Also

   clarify, clear up, define, demonstrate, describe, disclose, elucidate, explicate (Formal), expound, illustrate, interpret, make clear or plain, resolve, solve, teach, unfold [image]  account for, excuse, give an explanation for, give a reason for, justify


explanation

See Also

   clarification, definition, demonstration, description, elucidation, explication, exposition, illustration, interpretation, resolution [image]  account, answer, cause, excuse, justification, meaning, mitigation, motive, reason, sense, significance, vindication


explanatory

See Also

demonstrative, descriptive, elucidatory, explicative, expository, illuminative, illustrative, interpretive, justifying


explicit

See Also

absolute, categorical, certain, clear, definite, direct, distinct, exact, express, frank, open, outspoken, patent, plain, positive, precise, specific, stated, straightforward, unambiguous, unequivocal, unqualified, unreserved, upfront (Inf.)


explode

See Also

   blow up, burst, detonate, discharge, erupt, go off, set off, shatter, shiver [image]  belie, debunk, discredit, disprove, give the lie to, invalidate, refute, repudiate


exploit

See Also

•   n.    accomplishment, achievement, adventure, attainment, deed, escapade, feat, stunt

•   v.    abuse, impose upon, manipulate, milk, misuse, play on or upon, take advantage of [image]  capitalize on, cash in on (Inf.), make capital out of, make use of, profit by or from, put to use, turn to account, use, use to advantage, utilize


exploration

See Also

   analysis, examination, inquiry, inspection, investigation, probe, research, scrutiny, search, study [image]  expedition, recce (Sl.), reconnaissance, survey, tour, travel, trip


exploratory

See Also

analytic, experimental, fact-finding, investigative, probing, searching, trial


explore

See Also

   analyse, examine, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look into, probe, prospect, research, scrutinize, search, work over [image]  case (Sl.), have or take a look around, range over, recce (Sl.), reconnoitre, scout, survey, tour, travel, traverse


explosion

See Also

   bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, detonation, discharge, outburst, report [image]  eruption, fit, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm


explosive

See Also

   unstable, volatile [image]  fiery, stormy, touchy, vehement, violent [image]  charged, dangerous, hazardous, overwrought, perilous, tense, ugly


exponent

See Also

   advocate, backer, champion, defender, promoter, propagandist, proponent, spokesman, spokeswoman, supporter, upholder [image]  commentator, demonstrator, elucidator, expositor, expounder, illustrator, interpreter [image]  example, exemplar, illustration, indication, model, norm, sample, specimen, type [image]  executant, interpreter, performer, player, presenter


expose

See Also

   display, exhibit, manifest, present, put on view, reveal, show, uncover, unveil [image]  air, betray, blow wide open (Sl.), bring to light, denounce, detect, disclose, divulge, lay bare, let out, make known, reveal, show up, smoke out, uncover, unearth, unmask [image]  endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, leave open, make vulnerable, risk, subject [image]  (With to) acquaint with, bring into contact with, familiarize with, introduce to, make conversant with


exposed

See Also

   bare, exhibited, laid bare, made manifest, made public, on display, on show, on view, revealed, shown, unconcealed, uncovered, unveiled [image]  open, open to the elements, unprotected, unsheltered [image]  in danger, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, open, susceptible, vulnerable


exposition

See Also

   account, commentary, critique, description, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, illustration, interpretation, presentation [image]  demonstration, display, exhibition, expo (Inf.), fair, presentation, show


expostulate

See Also

argue (with), dissuade, protest, reason (with), remonstrate (with)


exposure

See Also

   baring, display, exhibition, manifestation, presentation, publicity, revelation, showing, uncovering, unveiling [image]  airing, betrayal, denunciation, detection, disclosure, divulgence, divulging, exposé, revelation, unmasking [image]  danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, vulnerability [image]  acquaintance, contact, conversancy, experience, familiarity, introduction, knowledge [image]  aspect, frontage, location, outlook, position, setting, view


expound

See Also

describe, elucidate, explain, explicate (Formal), illustrate, interpret, set forth, spell out, unfold


express

See Also

•   v.    articulate, assert, asseverate, communicate, couch, declare, enunciate, phrase, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, say, speak, state, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, word [image]  bespeak, convey, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, evince, exhibit, indicate, intimate, make known, manifest, represent, reveal, show, signify, stand for, symbolize, testify [image]  extract, force out, press out, squeeze out

•   adj.    accurate, categorical, certain, clear, definite, direct, distinct, exact, explicit, outright, plain, pointed, precise, unambiguous [image]  clearcut, especial, particular, singular, special [image]  direct, fast, high-speed, nonstop, quick, quickie (Inf.), rapid, speedy, swift


expression

See Also

   announcement, assertion, asseveration, communication, declaration, enunciation, mention, pronouncement, speaking, statement, utterance, verbalization, voicing [image]  demonstration, embodiment, exhibition, indication, manifestation, representation, show, sign, symbol, token [image]  air, appearance, aspect, countenance, face, look, mien (Literary) [image]  choice of words, delivery, diction, emphasis, execution, intonation, language, phraseology, phrasing, speech, style, wording [image]  idiom, locution, phrase, remark, set phrase, term, turn of phrase, word


expressive

See Also

   eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, lively, mobile, moving, poignant, striking, strong, sympathetic, telling, vivid [image]  allusive, demonstrative, indicative, meaningful, pointed, pregnant, revealing, significant, suggestive, thoughtful


expressly

See Also

   especially, exactly, intentionally, on purpose, particularly, precisely, purposely, specially, specifically [image]  absolutely, categorically, clearly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, explicitly, in no uncertain terms, manifestly, outright, plainly, pointedly, positively, unambiguously, unequivocally, unmistakably


expropriate

See Also

appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, impound, requisition, seize, take, take over


expulsion

See Also

banishment, debarment, discharge, dislodgment, dismissal, ejection, eviction, exclusion, exile, expatriation, extrusion, proscription, removal


expurgate

See Also

blue-pencil, bowdlerize, censor, clean up (Inf.), cut, purge, purify


exquisite

See Also

   beautiful, dainty, delicate, elegant, fine, lovely, precious [image]  attractive, beautiful, charming, comely, lovely, pleasing, striking [image]  admirable, choice, consummate, delicious, excellent, fine, flawless, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, peerless, perfect, rare, select, splendid, superb, superlative [image]  appreciative, consummate, cultivated, discerning, discriminating, fastidious, impeccable, meticulous, polished, refined, selective, sensitive [image]  acute, excruciating, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, sharp


extempore

See Also

•   adv.

•   adj. ad lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, freely, impromptu, improvised, offhand, off the cuff (Inf.), off the top of one's head, on the spot, spontaneously, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared


extemporize

See Also

ad-lib, busk, improvise, make up, play (it) by ear, vamp, wing it (Inf.)


extend

See Also

   carry on, continue, drag out, draw out, elongate, lengthen, make longer, prolong, protract, spin out, spread out, stretch, unfurl, unroll [image]  carry on, continue, go on, last, take [image]  amount to, attain, go as far as, reach, spread [image]  add to, amplify, augment, broaden, develop, dilate, enhance, enlarge, expand, increase, spread, supplement, widen [image]  advance, bestow, confer, give, grant, hold out, impart, offer, present, proffer, put forth, reach out, stretch out, yield


extended

See Also

   continued, drawn-out, elongated, enlarged, lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, spread (out), stretched out, unfolded, unfurled, unrolled [image]  broad, comprehensive, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-reaching, large-scale, sweeping, thorough, wide, widespread [image]  conferred, outstretched, proffered, stretched out


extension

See Also

   amplification, augmentation, broadening, continuation, delay, development, dilatation, distension, elongation, enlargement, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, postponement, prolongation, protraction, spread, stretching, widening [image]  addendum, addition, adjunct, add-on, annexe, appendage, appendix, branch, ell, supplement, wing


extensive

See Also

all-inclusive, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, expanded, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, general, great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), large, large-scale, lengthy, long, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, spacious, sweeping, thorough, universal, vast, voluminous, wholesale, wide, widespread


extent

See Also

   ambit, bounds, compass, play, range, reach, scope, sphere, sweep [image]  amount, amplitude, area, breadth, bulk, degree, duration, expanse, expansion, length, magnitude, measure, quantity, size, stretch, term, time, volume, width


extenuating

See Also

justifying, mitigating, moderating, qualifying, serving as an excuse


exterior

See Also

•   n.    appearance, aspect, coating, covering, façade, face, finish, outside, shell, skin, surface

•   adj.    external, outer, outermost, outside, outward, superficial, surface [image]  alien, exotic, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, outside


exterminate

See Also

abolish, annihilate, destroy, eliminate, eradicate, extirpate


external

   apparent, exterior, outer, outermost, outside, outward, superficial, surface, visible [image]  alien, exotic, exterior, extramural, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, independent, outside


extinct

See Also

   dead, defunct, gone, lost, vanished [image]  doused, extinguished, inactive, out, quenched, snuffed out [image]  abolished, defunct, ended, obsolete, terminated, void


extinction

See Also

abolition, annihilation, death, destruction, dying out, eradication, excision, extermination, extirpation, obliteration, oblivion


extinguish

See Also

   blow out, douse, put out, quench, smother, snuff out, stifle [image]  abolish, annihilate, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, kill, obscure, remove, suppress, wipe out


extol

See Also

acclaim, applaud, celebrate, commend, crack up (Inf.), cry up, eulogize, exalt, glorify, laud, magnify (Archaic), panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, sing the praises of


extort

See Also

blackmail, bleed (Inf.), bully, coerce, exact, extract, force, squeeze, wrest, wring


extortion

See Also

   blackmail, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, force, oppression, rapacity, shakedown (U.S. sl.) [image]  enormity, exorbitance, expensiveness, overcharging


extortionate

See Also

   excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inflated, inordinate, outrageous, preposterous, sky-high, unreasonable [image]  blood-sucking (Inf.), exacting, grasping, hard, harsh, oppressive, rapacious, rigorous, severe, usurious


extra

See Also

•   adj.    accessory, added, additional, add-on, ancillary, auxiliary, fresh, further, more, new, other, supplemental, supplementary [image]  excess, extraneous, inessential, leftover, needless, redundant, reserve, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, unneeded, unused

•   n.    accessory, addendum, addition, add-on, adjunct, affix, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, bonus, complement, extension, supernumerary, supplement

•   adv.    especially, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, particularly, remarkably, uncommonly, unusually


extract

See Also

•   v.    draw, extirpate, pluck out, pull, pull out, remove, take out, uproot, withdraw [image]  bring out, derive, draw, elicit, evoke, exact, gather, get, glean, obtain, reap, wrest, wring [image]  deduce, derive, develop, educe, elicit, evolve [image]  distil, draw out, express, obtain, press out, separate out, squeeze, take out [image]  abstract, choose, cite, copy out, cull, cut out, quote, select

•   n.    concentrate, decoction, distillate, distillation, essence, juice [image]  abstract, citation, clipping, cutting, excerpt, passage, quotation, selection


extraction

See Also

   drawing, extirpation, pulling, removal, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal [image]  derivation, distillation, separation [image]  ancestry, birth, blood, derivation, descent, family, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race, stock


extraneous

See Also

   accidental, additional, adventitious, extra, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, peripheral, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded [image]  beside the point, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, irrelevant, off the subject, unconnected, unrelated [image]  adventitious, alien, exotic, external, extrinsic, foreign, out of place, strange


extraordinary

See Also

amazing, bizarre, curious, exceptional, fantastic, marvellous, notable, odd, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, surprising, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unique, unprecedented, unusual, unwonted, weird, wonderful, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


extravagance

See Also

   improvidence, lavishness, overspending, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, squandering, waste, wastefulness [image]  absurdity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, folly, immoderation, outrageousness, preposterousness, recklessness, unreasonableness, unrestraint, wildness


extravagant

See Also

   excessive, improvident, imprudent, lavish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, wasteful [image]  absurd, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, fanciful, fantastic, foolish, immoderate, inordinate, O.T.T. (Sl.), outrageous, over the top (Sl.), preposterous, reckless, unreasonable, unrestrained, wild [image]  fancy, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, grandiose, ornate, ostentatious, pretentious, showy [image]  costly, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, inordinate, overpriced, steep (Inf.), unreasonable


extreme

See Also

•   adj.    acute, great, greatest, high, highest, intense, maximum, severe, supreme, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, worst [image]  downright, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fanatical, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, O.T.T. (Sl.), out-and-out, outrageous, over the top (Sl.), radical, remarkable, sheer, uncommon, unconventional, unreasonable, unusual, utter, zealous [image]  dire, Draconian, drastic, harsh, radical, rigid, severe, stern, strict, unbending, uncompromising [image]  faraway, far-off, farthest, final, last, most distant, outermost, remotest, terminal, ultimate, utmost, uttermost

•   n.    acme, apex, apogee, boundary, climax, consummation, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, limit, maximum, minimum, nadir, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, ultimate, zenith


extremely

See Also

acutely, awfully (Inf.), exceedingly, exceptionally, excessively, extraordinarily, greatly, highly, inordinately, intensely, markedly, quite, severely, terribly, to or in the extreme, ultra, uncommonly, unusually, utterly, very


extremist

See Also

die-hard, fanatic, radical, ultra, zealot


extremity

See Also

   acme, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, edge, end, extreme, frontier, limit, margin, maximum, minimum, nadir, pinnacle, pole, rim, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate, verge, zenith [image]  acuteness, climax, consummation, depth, excess, height [image]  adversity, crisis, dire straits, disaster, emergency, exigency, hardship, pinch, plight, setback, trouble [image]  (Plural) fingers and toes, hands and feet, limbs


extricate

See Also

clear, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, free, get out, get (someone) off the hook (Sl.), liberate, release, relieve, remove, rescue, withdraw, wriggle out of


exuberance

See Also

   animation, brio, buoyancy, cheerfulness, eagerness, ebullience, effervescence, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, high spirits, life, liveliness, pep, spirit, sprightliness, vigour, vitality, vivacity, zest [image]  effusiveness, exaggeration, excessiveness, fulsomeness, lavishness, prodigality, superfluity [image]  abundance, copiousness, lavishness, lushness, luxuriance, plenitude, profusion, rankness, richness, superabundance, teemingness


exuberant

See Also

   animated, buoyant, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), eager, ebullient, effervescent, elated, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, full of life, high-spirited, in high spirits, lively, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, upbeat (Inf.), vigorous, vivacious, zestful [image]  effusive, exaggerated, excessive, fulsome, lavish, overdone, prodigal, superfluous [image]  abundant, copious, lavish, lush, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, rank, rich, superabundant, teeming


exult

See Also

   be delighted, be elated, be in high spirits, be joyful, be jubilant, be overjoyed, celebrate, jubilate, jump for joy, make merry, rejoice [image]  boast, brag, crow, drool, gloat, glory (in), revel, take delight in, taunt, triumph, vaunt


exultant

See Also

cock-a-hoop, delighted, elated, exulting, flushed, gleeful, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), rapt, rejoicing, revelling, transported, triumphant


exultation

See Also

   celebration, delight, elation, glee, high spirits, joy, joyousness, jubilation, merriness, rejoicing, transport [image]  boasting, bragging, crowing, gloating, glory, glorying, revelling, triumph


eye

See Also

•   n.    eyeball, optic (Inf.), orb (Poetic), peeper (Sl.) [image]  appreciation, discernment, discrimination, judgment, perception, recognition, taste [image]  (Often plural) belief, judgment, mind, opinion, point of view, viewpoint [image]  keep an or one's eye on guard, keep in view, keep tabs on (Inf.), keep under surveillance, look after, look out for, monitor, observe, pay attention to, regard, scrutinize, supervise, survey, watch, watch over [image]  an eye for an eye justice, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance [image]  lay, clap or set eyes on behold, come across, encounter, meet, notice, observe, run into, see [image]  see eye to eye accord, agree, back, be in unison, coincide, concur, fall in, get on, go along, harmonize, jibe (Inf.), subscribe to [image]  up to one's eyes busy, caught up, engaged, flooded out, fully occupied, inundated, overwhelmed, up to here, up to one's elbows, wrapped up in

•   v.    check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), contemplate, eyeball (U.S. sl.), gaze at, get a load of (Inf.), glance at, have or take a look at, inspect, look at, peruse, recce (Sl.), regard, scan, scrutinize, stare at, study, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, watch [image]  eye up, give (someone) the (glad) eye, leer at, make eyes at, ogle


eyesight

observation, perception, range of vision, sight, vision


eyesore

See Also

atrocity, blemish, blight, blot, disfigurement, disgrace, horror, mess, monstrosity, sight (Inf.), ugliness


eyewitness

bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passer-by, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness


fable

   allegory, apologue, legend, myth, parable, story, tale [image]  fabrication, fairy story (Inf.), falsehood, fantasy, fib, fiction, figment, invention, lie, romance, tall story (Inf.), untruth, urban legend, white lie, yarn (Inf.)


fabric

See Also

   cloth, material, stuff, textile, web [image]  constitution, construction, foundations, framework, infrastructure, make-up, organization, structure


fabricate

See Also

   assemble, build, construct, erect, fashion, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape [image]  coin, concoct, devise, fake, falsify, feign, forge, form, invent, make up, trump up


fabrication

See Also

   assemblage, assembly, building, construction, erection, manufacture, production [image]  cock-and-bull story (Inf.), concoction, fable, fairy story (Inf.), fake, falsehood, fiction, figment, forgery, invention, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), myth, untruth


fabulous

See Also

   amazing, astounding, breathtaking, fictitious, immense, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, phenomenal, unbelievable [image]   Inf. brilliant, fantastic (Inf.), magic (Inf.), marvellous, out-of-this-world (Inf.), sensational (Inf.), spectacular, superb, wonderful [image]  apocryphal, fantastic, fictitious, imaginary, invented, legendary, made-up, mythical, unreal


façade

See Also

appearance, exterior, face, front, frontage, guise, mask, pretence, semblance, show, veneer


face

See Also

•   n.    clock (Brit. sl.), countenance, dial (Brit. sl.), features, kisser (Sl.), lineaments, mug (Sl.), phiz or phizog (Sl.), physiognomy, visage [image]  appearance, aspect, expression, frown, grimace, look, moue, pout, scowl, smirk [image]  air, appearance, disguise, display, exterior, façade, front, mask, pretence, semblance, show [image]  authority, dignity, honour, image, prestige, reputation, self-respect, standing, status [image]   Inf. assurance, audacity, boldness, brass neck (Brit. inf.), cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), confidence, effrontery, front, gall (Inf.), impudence, neck (Inf.), nerve, presumption, sauce (Inf.) [image]  aspect, cover, exterior, facet, front, outside, right side, side, surface [image]  face to face à deux, confronting, eyeball to eyeball, in confrontation, opposite, tête-à-tête, vis-à-vis [image]  fly in the face of act in defiance of, defy, disobey, go against, oppose, rebel against, snap one's fingers at (Inf.) [image]  on the face of it apparently, at first sight, seemingly, to all appearances, to the eye [image]  pull (or make) a long face frown, grimace, knit one's brows, look black  (disapproving, displeased, put out, stern), lour or lower, pout, scowl, sulk [image]  show one's face approach, be seen, come, put in or make an appearance, show up (Inf.), turn up [image]  to one's face directly, in one's presence, openly, straight

•   v.    be confronted by, brave, come up against, confront, cope with, deal with, defy, encounter, experience, face off (Sl.), meet, oppose, tackle [image]  be opposite, front onto, give towards or  onto, look onto, overlook [image]  clad, coat, cover, dress, finish, level, line, overlay, sheathe, surface, veneer


facet

See Also

angle, aspect, face, part, phase, plane, side, slant, surface


facetious

See Also

amusing, comical, droll, flippant, frivolous, funny, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocular, merry, playful, pleasant, tongue in cheek, unserious, waggish, witty


face up to

See Also

accept, acknowledge, come to terms with, confront, cope with, deal with, meet head-on, tackle


facile

See Also

   adept, adroit, dexterous, easy, effortless, fluent, light, proficient, quick, ready, simple, skilful, smooth, uncomplicated [image]  cursory, glib, hasty, shallow, slick, superficial


facilitate

See Also

assist the progress of, ease, expedite, forward, further, help, make easy, promote, smooth the path of, speed up


facility

See Also

   ability, adroitness, craft, dexterity, ease, efficiency, effortlessness, expertness, fluency, gift, knack, proficiency, quickness, readiness, skilfulness, skill, smoothness, talent [image]  (Often plural) advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, convenience, equipment, means, opportunity, resource


facing

See Also

•   adj.    fronting, opposite, partnering

•   n.    cladding, coating, façade, false front, front, overlay, plaster, reinforcement, revetment, stucco, surface, trimming, veneer


facsimile

See Also

carbon, carbon copy, copy, duplicate, fax (Trademark), photocopy, Photostat (Trademark), print, replica, reproduction, transcript, Xerox (Trademark)


fact

See Also

   act, deed, event, fait accompli, happening, incident, occurrence, performance [image]  actuality, certainty, gospel (truth), naked truth, reality, truth [image]  circumstance, detail, feature, item, particular, point, specific [image]  in fact actually, indeed, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, really, truly


faction

See Also

   bloc, cabal, camp, caucus, clique, coalition, combination, confederacy, contingent, coterie, division, gang, ginger group, group, junta, lobby, minority, party, pressure group, schism, section, sector, set, splinter group [image]  conflict, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, division, divisiveness, friction, infighting, rebellion, sedition, strife, tumult, turbulence


factious

conflicting, contentious, disputatious, dissident, divisive, insurrectionary, litigious, malcontent, mutinous, partisan, rebellious, refractory, rival, sectarian, seditious, troublemaking, tumultuous, turbulent, warring


factor

See Also

   aspect, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, determinant, element, influence, item, part, point, thing [image]   Scot. agent, deputy, estate manager, middleman, reeve, steward


factory

See Also

manufactory (Obsolete), mill, plant, works


factotum

See Also

Girl Friday, handyman, jack of all trades, Man Friday, man of all work, odd job man


facts

See Also

data, details, gen (Brit. inf.), info (Inf.), information, the lowdown (Inf.), the score (Inf.), the whole story


factual

See Also

accurate, authentic, circumstantial, close, correct, credible, exact, faithful, genuine, literal, matter-of-fact, objective, precise, real, sure, true, true-to-life, unadorned, unbiased, veritable


faculties

See Also

capabilities, intelligence, powers, reason, senses, wits


faculty

See Also

   ability, adroitness, aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, gift, knack, power, propensity, readiness, skill, talent, turn [image]  branch of learning, department, discipline, profession, school, teaching staff (Chiefly U.S.) [image]  authorization, licence, prerogative, privilege, right


fad

See Also

affectation, craze, fancy, fashion, mania, mode, rage, trend, vogue, whim


fade

See Also

   blanch, bleach, blench, dim, discolour, dull, grow dim, lose colour, lose lustre, pale, wash out [image]  decline, die away, die out, dim, disappear, disperse, dissolve, droop, dwindle, ebb, etiolate, evanesce, fail, fall, flag, languish, melt away, perish, shrivel, vanish, vanish into thin air, wane, waste away, wilt, wither


faded

See Also

bleached, dim, discoloured, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lustreless, pale, washed out


fading

See Also

declining, decreasing, disappearing, dying, on the decline, vanishing


faeces

See Also

bodily waste, droppings, dung, excrement, excreta, ordure, stools


fail

See Also

   be defeated, be found lacking or  wanting, be in vain, be unsuccessful, break down, come a cropper (Inf.), come to grief, come to naught, come to nothing, fall, fall short, fall short of, fall through, fizzle out (Inf.), flop (Inf.), founder, go astray, go belly-up (Sl.), go down, go down like a lead balloon (Inf.), go up in smoke, meet with disaster, miscarry, misfire, miss, not make the grade (Inf.), run aground, turn out badly [image]  abandon, break one's word, desert, disappoint, forget, forsake, let down, neglect, omit [image]  be on one's last legs (Inf.), cease, conk out (Inf.), cut out, decline, die, disappear, droop, dwindle, fade, give out, give up, gutter, languish, peter out, sicken, sink, stop working, wane, weaken [image]  become insolvent, close down, crash, fold (Inf.), go bankrupt, go broke (Inf.), go bust (Inf.), go into receivership, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, smash [image]  without fail conscientiously, constantly, dependably, like clockwork, punctually, regularly, religiously, without exception


failing

See Also

•   n.    blemish, blind spot, defect, deficiency, drawback, error, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, lapse, miscarriage, misfortune, shortcoming, weakness

•   prep.    in default of, in the absence of, lacking


failure

See Also

   abortion, breakdown, collapse, defeat, downfall, fiasco, frustration, lack of success, miscarriage, overthrow, wreck [image]  black sheep, dead duck (Sl.), disappointment, dud (Inf.), flop (Inf.), incompetent, loser, ne'er-do-well, no-good, no-hoper (Chiefly Aust.), nonstarter, washout (Inf.) [image]  default, deficiency, dereliction, neglect, negligence, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonsuccess, omission, remissness, shortcoming, stoppage [image]  breakdown, decay, decline, deterioration, failing, loss [image]  bankruptcy, crash, downfall, folding (Inf.), insolvency, ruin


faint

See Also

•   adj.    bleached, delicate, dim, distant, dull, faded, faltering, feeble, hazy, hushed, ill-defined, indistinct, light, low, muffled, muted, soft, subdued, thin, vague, whispered [image]  feeble, remote, slight, unenthusiastic, weak [image]  dizzy, drooping, enervated, exhausted, faltering, fatigued, giddy, languid, lethargic, light-headed, muzzy, vertiginous, weak, woozy (Inf.) [image]  faint-hearted, lily-livered, spiritless, timid, timorous

•   v.    black out, collapse, fade, fail, flake out (Inf.), keel over (Inf.), languish, lose consciousness, pass out, swoon (Literary), weaken

•   n.    blackout, collapse, swoon (Literary), syncope (Pathology), unconsciousness


faint-hearted

See Also

chickenshit (U.S. sl.), cowardly, diffident, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, irresolute, spineless, timid, timorous, weak, yellow


faintly

See Also

   feebly, in a whisper, indistinctly, softly, weakly [image]  a little, dimly, slightly, somewhat


fair 1

See Also

•   adj.    above board, according to the rules, clean, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, honest, honourable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, objective, on the level (Inf.), proper, square, trustworthy, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright [image]  blond, blonde, fair-haired, flaxen-haired, light, light-complexioned, tow-haired, towheaded [image]  adequate, all right, average, decent, mediocre, middling, moderate, not bad, O.K. or okay (Inf.), passable, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, so-so (Inf.), tolerable [image]  beauteous, beautiful, bonny, comely, handsome, lovely, pretty, well-favoured [image]  bright, clear, clement, cloudless, dry, favourable, fine, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded


fair 2

See Also

•   n. bazaar, carnival, expo (Inf.), exposition, festival, fête, gala, market, show


fair-and-square

above board, correct, honest, just, kosher (Inf.), on the level (Inf.), straight


fairly

See Also

   adequately, moderately, pretty well, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, tolerably [image]  deservedly, equitably, honestly, impartially, justly, objectively, properly, without fear or favour [image]  absolutely, in a manner of speaking, positively, really, veritably


fair-minded

disinterested, even-handed, impartial, just, open-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced


fairness

See Also

decency, disinterestedness, equitableness, equity, impartiality, justice, legitimacy, rightfulness, uprightness


fairy

See Also

brownie, elf, hob, leprechaun, peri, pixie, Robin Goodfellow, sprite


fairy tale

fairy tale or fairy story

   folk tale, romance [image]  cock-and-bull story (Inf.), fabrication, fantasy, fiction, invention, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), tall story, untruth


faith

See Also

   assurance, confidence, conviction, credence, credit, dependence, reliance, trust [image]  belief, church, communion, creed, denomination, dogma, persuasion, religion [image]  allegiance, constancy, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, troth (Archaic), truth, truthfulness [image]  Also keep faith, in good faith honour, pledge, promise, sincerity, vow, word, word of honour


faithful

See Also

   attached, constant, dependable, devoted, immovable, loyal, reliable, staunch, steadfast, true, true-blue, trusty, truthful, unswerving, unwavering [image]  accurate, close, exact, just, precise, strict, true [image]  the faithful adherents, believers, brethren, communicants, congregation, followers, the elect


faithfulness

See Also

   adherence, constancy, dependability, devotion, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, trustworthiness [image]  accuracy, closeness, exactness, justice, strictness, truth


faithless

See Also

disloyal, doubting, false, false-hearted, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant (Archaic), traitorous, treacherous, unbelieving, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful


faithlessness

See Also

betrayal, disloyalty, fickleness, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness


fake

See Also

•   v.    affect, assume, copy, counterfeit, fabricate, feign, forge, pretend, put on, sham, simulate

•   n.    charlatan, copy, forgery, fraud, hoax, imitation, impostor, mountebank, phoney or phony (Inf.), reproduction, sham

•   adj.    affected, artificial, assumed, counterfeit, false, forged, imitation, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), pinchbeck, pseudo (Inf.), reproduction, sham


fall

See Also

•   v.    be precipitated, cascade, collapse, crash, descend, dive, drop, drop down, go head over heels, keel over, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, settle, sink, stumble, subside, topple, trip, trip over, tumble [image]  abate, become lower, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, drop, dwindle, ebb, fall off, flag, go down, lessen, slump, subside [image]  be overthrown, be taken, capitulate, give in or  up, give way, go out of office, pass into enemy hands, resign, succumb, surrender, yield [image]  be a casualty, be killed, be lost, be slain, die, meet one's end, perish [image]  become, befall, chance, come about, come to pass, fall out, happen, occur, take place [image]  fall foul of brush with, come into conflict with, cross swords with, have trouble with, make an enemy of [image]  fall in love (with) become attached to, become enamoured of, become fond of, become infatuated (with), be smitten by, conceive an affection for, fall (for), lose one's heart (to), take a fancy to [image]  fall away, incline, incline downwards, slope [image]  backslide, err, go astray, lapse, offend, sin, transgress, trespass, yield to temptation

•   n.    descent, dive, drop, nose dive, plummet, plunge, slip, spill, tumble [image]  cut, decline, decrease, diminution, dip, drop, dwindling, falling off, lessening, lowering, reduction, slump [image]  capitulation, collapse, death, defeat, destruction, downfall, failure, overthrow, resignation, ruin, surrender [image]  declivity, descent, downgrade, incline, slant, slope [image]  degradation, failure, lapse, sin, slip, transgression


fallacy

See Also

casuistry, deceit, deception, delusion, error, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, illusion, inconsistency, misapprehension, misconception, mistake, sophism, sophistry, untruth


fall apart

See Also

break up, crumble, disband, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, fall to bits, go or come to pieces, lose cohesion, shatter


fall asleep

doze off, drop off (Inf.), go to sleep, nod off (Inf.)


fall back on

See Also

call upon, employ, have recourse to, make use of, press into service, resort to


fall behind

be in arrears, drop back, get left behind, lag, lose one's place, trail


fall down

See Also

disappoint, fail, fail to make the grade, fall short, go wrong, prove unsuccessful


fallen

See Also

•   adj.    collapsed, decayed, flat, on the ground, ruinous, sunken [image]  disgraced, dishonoured, immoral, loose, lost, ruined, shamed, sinful, unchaste [image]  dead, killed, lost, perished, slain, slaughtered


fall for

See Also

   become infatuated with, desire, fall in love with, lose one's head over, succumb to the charms of [image]  accept, be deceived  (duped, fooled, taken in), buy (Sl.), give credence to, swallow (Inf.)


fallible

See Also

erring, frail, ignorant, imperfect, mortal, prone to error, uncertain, weak


fall in

See Also

cave in, collapse, come down about one's ears, sink


falling off

See Also

•   n. deceleration, decline, decrease, deterioration, downward trend, drop, slackening, slowing down, slump, waning, worsening


fall in with

See Also

accept, agree with, assent, concur with, cooperate with, go along with, support


fall out

See Also

   altercate, argue, clash, differ, disagree, fight, quarrel, squabble [image]  chance, come to pass, happen, occur, pan out (Inf.), result, take place, turn out


fallow

dormant, idle, inactive, inert, resting, uncultivated, undeveloped, unplanted, untilled, unused


fall short

See Also

be deficient  (lacking, wanting), fail, miss, prove inadequate


fall through

See Also

come to nothing, fail, fizzle out (Inf.), miscarry


false

See Also

   concocted, erroneous, faulty, fictitious, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, mistaken, unfounded, unreal, wrong [image]  lying, mendacious, truthless, unreliable, unsound, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful [image]  artificial, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, feigned, forged, imitation, mock, pretended, sham, simulated, spurious, synthetic [image]  deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, fraudulent, hypocritical, misleading, trumped up [image]  dishonest, dishonourable, disloyal, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false-hearted, hypocritical, perfidious, treacherous, treasonable, two-faced, unfaithful, untrustworthy [image]  play (someone) false betray, cheat, deceive, double-cross, give the Judas kiss to, sell down the river (Inf.), stab in the back


falsehood

See Also

   deceit, deception, dishonesty, dissimulation, inveracity (Rare), mendacity, perjury, prevarication, untruthfulness [image]  fabrication, fib, fiction, lie, misstatement, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), story, untruth


falsification

See Also

adulteration, deceit, dissimulation, distortion, forgery, misrepresentation, perversion, tampering with


falsify

See Also

alter, belie, cook (Sl.), counterfeit, distort, doctor, fake, forge, garble, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, tamper with


falter

See Also

break, hesitate, shake, speak haltingly, stammer, stumble, stutter, totter, tremble, vacillate, waver


faltering

See Also

broken, hesitant, irresolute, stammering, tentative, timid, uncertain, weak


fame

See Also

celebrity, credit, eminence, glory, honour, illustriousness, name, prominence, public esteem, renown, reputation, repute, stardom


familiar

See Also

   accustomed, common, common or garden (Inf.), conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, household, mundane, ordinary, recognizable, repeated, routine, stock, well-known [image]  familiar with abreast of, acquainted with, at home with, au courant, au fait, aware of, conscious of, conversant with, introduced, knowledgeable, no stranger to, on speaking terms with, versed in, well up in [image]  amicable, buddy-buddy (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chummy (Inf.), close, confidential, cordial, easy, free, free-and-easy, friendly, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, intimate, near, open, palsy-walsy (Inf.), relaxed, unceremonious, unconstrained, unreserved [image]  bold, disrespectful, forward, impudent, intrusive, overfree, presuming, presumptuous


familiarity

See Also

   acquaintance, acquaintanceship, awareness, experience, grasp, understanding [image]  absence of reserve, closeness, ease, fellowship, freedom, friendliness, friendship, informality, intimacy, naturalness, openness, sociability, unceremoniousness [image]  boldness, disrespect, forwardness, liberties, liberty, presumption


familiarize

See Also

accustom, bring into common use, coach, get to know (about), habituate, instruct, inure, make conversant, make used to, prime, school, season, train


family

See Also

   brood, children, descendants, folk (Inf.), household, issue, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen, kith and kin, ménage, offspring, one's nearest and dearest, one's own flesh and blood, people, progeny, relations, relatives [image]  ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, clan, descent, dynasty, extraction, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, house, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, race, sept, stemma, stirps, strain, tribe [image]  class, classification, genre, group, kind, network, subdivision, system


family tree

See Also

ancestry, extraction, genealogy, line, lineage, line of descent, pedigree, stemma, stirps


famine

See Also

dearth, destitution, hunger, scarcity, starvation


famous

See Also

acclaimed, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, excellent, far-famed, glorious, honoured, illustrious, legendary, lionized, much-publicized, notable, noted, prominent, remarkable, renowned, signal, well-known


fan 1

See Also

•   v.     Often fig. add fuel to the flames, agitate, arouse, enkindle, excite, impassion, increase, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir up, whip up, work up [image]  air-condition, air-cool, blow, cool, refresh, ventilate, winnow (Rare)

•   n.    air conditioner, blade, blower, propeller, punkah (In India), vane, ventilator


fan 2

See Also

adherent, admirer, aficionado, buff (Inf.), devotee, enthusiast, fiend (Inf.), follower, freak (Inf.), groupie (Sl.), lover, rooter (U.S.), supporter, zealot


fanatic

See Also

•   n. activist, addict, bigot, buff (Inf.), devotee, enthusiast, extremist, militant, visionary, zealot


fanatical

See Also

bigoted, burning, enthusiastic, extreme, fervent, frenzied, immoderate, mad, obsessive, overenthusiastic, passionate, rabid, visionary, wild, zealous


fanciful

See Also

capricious, chimerical, curious, extravagant, fabulous, fairy-tale, fantastic, ideal, imaginary, imaginative, mythical, poetic, romantic, unreal, visionary, whimsical, wild


fancy

See Also

•   v.    be inclined to think, believe, conceive, conjecture, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imagine, infer, reckon, suppose, surmise, think, think likely [image]  be attracted to, crave, desire, dream of, hanker after, have a yen for, hope for, long for, relish, thirst for, wish for, would like, yearn for [image]   Inf. be attracted to, be captivated by, desire, favour, go for, have an eye for, like, lust after, prefer, take a liking to, take to

•   n.    caprice, desire, humour, idea, impulse, inclination, notion, thought, urge, whim [image]  fondness, hankering, inclination, liking, partiality, predilection, preference, relish, thirst [image]  conception, image, imagination, impression [image]  chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, fantasy, nightmare, phantasm, vision

•   adj.    baroque, decorated, decorative, elaborate, elegant, embellished, extravagant, fanciful, intricate, ornamental, ornamented, ornate [image]  capricious, chimerical, delusive, fanciful, fantastic, far-fetched, illusory, whimsical


fanfare

ballyhoo, fanfaronade, flourish, trump (Archaic), trumpet call, tucket (Archaic)


fantastic

See Also

   comical, eccentric, exotic, fanciful, freakish, grotesque, imaginative, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, outré, peculiar, phantasmagorical, quaint, queer, rococo, strange, unreal, weird, whimsical [image]  ambitious, chimerical, extravagant, far-fetched, grandiose, illusory, ludicrous, ridiculous, unrealistic, visionary, wild [image]  absurd, capricious, implausible, incredible, irrational, mad, preposterous, unlikely [image]   Inf. enormous, extreme, great, overwhelming, severe, tremendous [image]   Inf. boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), excellent, first-rate, jim-dandy (Sl.), marvellous, mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), out of this world (Inf.), sensational (Inf.), sovereign, superb, topping (Brit. sl.), wonderful, world-class


fantasy, phantasy

See Also

   creativity, fancy, imagination, invention, originality [image]  apparition, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, figment of the imagination, flight of fancy, hallucination, illusion, mirage, nightmare, pipe dream, reverie, vision


far

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•   adv.    afar, a good way, a great distance, a long way, deep, miles [image]  considerably, decidedly, extremely, greatly, incomparably, much, very much [image]  by far by a long chalk (Inf.), by a long shot, by a long way, easily, far and away, immeasurably, incomparably, to a great degree, very much [image]  far and wide broadly, everywhere, extensively, far and near, here, there, and everywhere, widely, worldwide [image]  so far thus far, to date, until now, up to now, up to the present

•   adj.    distant, faraway, far-flung, far-off, far-removed, long, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed


faraway

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   beyond the horizon, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, far-removed, outlying, remote [image]  absent, abstracted, distant, dreamy, lost


farce

See Also

   broad comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, comedy, satire, slapstick [image]  absurdity, joke, mockery, nonsense, parody, ridiculousness, sham, travesty


farcical

See Also

absurd, amusing, comic, custard-pie, derisory, diverting, droll, funny, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick


fare

See Also

•   n.    charge, passage money, price, ticket money, transport cost [image]  passenger, pick-up (Inf.), traveller [image]  commons, diet, eatables, feed, food, meals, menu, nosebag (Sl.), provisions, rations, sustenance, table, tack (Inf.), victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect)

•   v.    do, get along, get on, make out, manage, prosper [image]  (Used impersonally) go, happen, pan out (Inf.), proceed, turn out


farewell

See Also

adieu, adieux or  adieus, departure, goodbye, leave-taking, parting, sendoff (Inf.), valediction


far-fetched

See Also

doubtful, dubious, fantastic, hard to swallow (Inf.), implausible, improbable, incredible, preposterous, strained, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic


farm

See Also

•   n.    acreage, acres, croft (Scot.), farmstead, grange, holding, homestead, land, plantation, ranch (Chiefly North American), smallholding, station (Aust. & N.Z.)

•   v.    bring under cultivation, cultivate, operate, plant, practise husbandry, till the soil, work


farmer

See Also

agriculturist, agronomist, husbandman, smallholder, yeoman


farming

See Also

agriculture, agronomy, husbandry


far-reaching

See Also

broad, extensive, important, momentous, pervasive, significant, sweeping, widespread


far-sighted

See Also

acute, canny, cautious, discerning, far-seeing, judicious, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sage, shrewd, wise


fascinate

See Also

absorb, allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enamour, enchant, engross, enrapture, enravish, enthral, entrance, hold spellbound, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, mesmerize, ravish, rivet, spellbind, transfix


fascinated

See Also

absorbed, beguiled, bewitched, captivated, charmed, engrossed, enthralled, entranced, hooked on, hypnotized, infatuated, smitten, spellbound, under a spell


fascinating

See Also

alluring, bewitching, captivating, compelling, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enticing, gripping, intriguing, irresistible, ravishing, riveting, seductive


fascination

See Also

allure, attraction, charm, enchantment, glamour, lure, magic, magnetism, pull, sorcery, spell


fashion

See Also

•   n.    convention, craze, custom, fad, latest, latest style, look, mode, prevailing taste, rage, style, trend, usage, vogue [image]  attitude, demeanour, manner, method, mode, style, way [image]  appearance, configuration, cut, figure, form, guise (Archaic), line, make, model, mould, pattern, shape, stamp [image]  description, kind, sort, stamp, type [image]  beau monde, fashionable society, high society, jet set [image]  after a fashion in a manner of speaking, in a way, moderately, somehow, somehow or other, to a degree, to some extent

•   v.    construct, contrive, create, design, forge, form, make, manufacture, mould, shape, work [image]  accommodate, adapt, adjust, fit, suit, tailor


fashionable

See Also

à la mode, all the go (Inf.), all the rage, chic, cool (Sl.), current, customary, genteel, happening (Inf.), hip (Sl.), in (Inf.), in vogue, latest, modern, modish, popular, prevailing, smart, stylish, trendsetting, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, usual, voguish (Inf.), with it (Inf.)


fast

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•   adj.    accelerated, brisk, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, mercurial, nippy (Brit. inf.), quick, quickie (Inf.), rapid, speedy, swift, winged

•   adv.    apace, hastily, hell for leather (Inf.), hotfoot, hurriedly, in haste, like a bat out of hell (Sl.), like a flash, like a shot (Inf.), pdq (Sl.), posthaste, presto, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, with all haste

•   adj.    close, constant, fastened, firm, fixed, fortified, immovable, impregnable, lasting, loyal, permanent, secure, sound, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, tight, unwavering

•   adv.    deeply, firmly, fixedly, securely, soundly, tightly

•   adj.    dissipated, dissolute, extravagant, gadabout (Inf.), giddy, immoral, intemperate, licentious, loose, profligate, promiscuous, rakish, reckless, self-indulgent, wanton, wild

•   adv.    extravagantly, intemperately, loosely, promiscuously, rakishly, recklessly, wildly [image]  pull a fast one bamboozle (Inf.), cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, defraud, hoodwink, put one over on (Inf.), swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride (Inf.), trick


fasten

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   affix, anchor, attach, bind, bolt, chain, connect, fix, grip, join, lace, link, lock, make fast, make firm, seal, secure, tie, unite [image]   Fig. aim, bend, concentrate, direct, fix, focus, rivet


fat

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•   adj.    beefy (Inf.), broad in the beam (Inf.), corpulent, elephantine, fleshy, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy, portly, roly-poly, rotund, solid, stout, tubby [image]  adipose, fatty, greasy, lipid, oily, oleaginous, suety [image]  affluent, cushy (Sl.), fertile, flourishing, fruitful, jammy (Brit. sl.), lucrative, lush, productive, profitable, prosperous, remunerative, rich, thriving

•   n.    adipose tissue, beef (Inf.), blubber, bulk, cellulite, corpulence, fatness, flab, flesh, obesity, overweight, paunch, weight problem


fatal

See Also

   deadly, destructive, final, incurable, killing, lethal, malignant, mortal, pernicious, terminal [image]  baleful, baneful, calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous, lethal, ruinous [image]  critical, crucial, decisive, destined, determining, doomed, fateful, final, foreordained, inevitable, predestined


fatality

See Also

casualty, deadliness, death, disaster, fatal accident, lethalness, loss, mortality


fate

See Also

   chance, destiny, divine will, fortune, kismet, nemesis, predestination, providence, weird (Archaic) [image]  cup, fortune, horoscope, lot, portion, stars [image]  end, future, issue, outcome, upshot [image]  death, destruction, doom, downfall, end, ruin


fated

See Also

destined, doomed, foreordained, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, marked down, predestined, pre-elected, preordained, sure, written


fateful

See Also

   critical, crucial, decisive, important, portentous, significant [image]  deadly, destructive, disastrous, fatal, lethal, ominous, ruinous


father

See Also

•   n.    begetter, dad (Inf.), daddy (Inf.), governor (Inf.), old boy (Inf.), old man (Inf.), pa (Inf.), papa (Old-fashioned inf.), pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop (Inf.), sire [image]  ancestor, forebear, forefather, predecessor, progenitor [image]  architect, author, creator, founder, inventor, maker, originator, prime mover [image]  city father, elder, leader, patriarch, patron, senator [image]  abbé, confessor, curé, padre (Inf.), pastor, priest

•   v.    beget, get, procreate, sire [image]  create, engender, establish, found, institute, invent, originate


fatherland

See Also

homeland, land of one's birth, land of one's fathers, motherland, native land, old country


fatherly

affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender


fathom

See Also

   divine, estimate, gauge, measure, penetrate, plumb, probe, sound [image]  comprehend, get to the bottom of, grasp, interpret, understand


fatigue

See Also

•   v.    drain, drain of energy, exhaust, fag (out) (Inf.), jade, knacker (Sl.), overtire, poop (Inf.), take it out of (Inf.), tire, weaken, wear out, weary, whack (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    debility, ennui, heaviness, languor, lethargy, listlessness, overtiredness, tiredness


fatten

See Also

   broaden, coarsen, expand, gain weight, grow fat, put on weight, spread, swell, thicken, thrive [image]  (Often with up) bloat, build up, cram, distend, feed, feed up, nourish, overfeed, stuff


fatuous

See Also

absurd, asinine, brainless, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, inane, ludicrous, lunatic, mindless, moronic, puerile, silly, stupid, vacuous, weak-minded, witless


fault

See Also

•   n.    blemish, defect, deficiency, demerit, drawback, failing, flaw, imperfection, infirmity, lack, shortcoming, snag, weakness, weak point [image]  blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), error, error of judgment, inaccuracy, indiscretion, lapse, mistake, negligence, offence, omission, oversight, slip, slip-up [image]  accountability, culpability, liability, responsibility [image]  delinquency, frailty, lapse, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanour, offence, peccadillo, sin, transgression, trespass, wrong [image]  at fault answerable, blamable, culpable, guilty, in the wrong, responsible, to blame [image]  find fault with carp at, complain, criticize, pick holes in, pull to pieces, quibble, take to task [image]  to a fault excessively, immoderately, in the extreme, needlessly, out of all proportion, overly (U.S.), overmuch, preposterously, ridiculously, unduly

•   v.    blame, call to account, censure, criticize, find fault with, find lacking, hold (someone) accountable  (responsible, to blame), impugn


fault-finding

See Also

•   n.    carping, hairsplitting, nagging, niggling, nit-picking (Inf.)

•   adj.    captious, carping, censorious, critical, hypercritical, pettifogging


faultless

See Also

   accurate, classic, correct, exemplary, faithful, flawless, foolproof, impeccable, model, perfect, unblemished [image]  above reproach, blameless, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, irreproachable, pure, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied


faulty

See Also

bad, blemished, broken, damaged, defective, erroneous, fallacious, flawed, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, invalid, malfunctioning, not working, out of order, unsound, weak, wrong


faux pas

See Also

bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), breach of etiquette, clanger (Inf.), gaffe, gaucherie, impropriety, indiscretion, solecism


favour

See Also

•   n.    approbation, approval, backing, bias, championship, espousal, esteem, favouritism, friendliness, good opinion, good will, grace, kindness, kind regard, partiality, patronage, promotion, support [image]  benefit, boon, courtesy, good turn, indulgence, kindness, obligement (Scot. or Archaic), service [image]  in favour of all for (Inf.), backing, for, on the side of, pro, supporting, to the benefit of [image]  gift, keepsake, love-token, memento, present, souvenir, token [image]  badge, decoration, knot, ribbons, rosette

•   v.    be partial to, esteem, have in one's good books, indulge, pamper, pull strings for (Inf.), reward, side with, smile upon, spoil, treat with partiality, value [image]  advocate, approve, back, be in favour of, champion, choose, commend, countenance, encourage, espouse, fancy, incline towards, like, opt for, patronize, prefer, single out, support [image]  abet, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, do a kindness to, facilitate, help, oblige, promote, succour [image]   Inf. be the image or  picture of, look like, resemble, take after [image]  ease, extenuate, spare


favourable

See Also

   advantageous, appropriate, auspicious, beneficial, convenient, encouraging, fair, fit, good, helpful, hopeful, opportune, promising, propitious, suitable, timely [image]  affirmative, agreeable, amicable, approving, benign, encouraging, enthusiastic, friendly, kind, positive, reassuring, sympathetic, understanding, welcoming, well-disposed


favourably

See Also

   advantageously, auspiciously, conveniently, fortunately, opportunely, profitably, to one's advantage, well [image]  agreeably, approvingly, enthusiastically, genially, graciously, helpfully, in a kindly manner, positively, with approval  (approbation, cordiality), without prejudice


favourite

See Also

•   adj.    best-loved, choice, dearest, esteemed, favoured, preferred

•   n.    beloved, blue-eyed boy (Inf.), choice, darling, dear, idol, pet, pick, preference, teacher's pet, the apple of one's eye


favouritism

See Also

bias, jobs for the boys (Inf.), nepotism, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment


fawn 1

See Also

•   adj. beige, buff, greyish-brown, neutral


fawn 2

See Also

•   v. (Often with on or upon) be obsequious, be servile, bow and scrape, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), court, crawl, creep, cringe, curry favour, dance attendance, flatter, grovel, ingratiate oneself, kiss ass (U S. & Canad. taboo sl.), kneel, kowtow, lick (someone's) boots, pander to, pay court, toady, truckle


fawning

See Also

abject, bootlicking (Inf.), bowing and scraping, crawling, cringing, deferential, flattering, grovelling, obsequious, prostrate, servile, slavish, sycophantic


fear

See Also

•   n.    alarm, apprehensiveness, awe, blue funk (Inf.), consternation, cravenness, dismay, dread, fright, horror, panic, qualms, terror, timidity, tremors, trepidation [image]  bête noire, bogey, bugbear, horror, nightmare, phobia, spectre [image]  agitation, anxiety, apprehension, concern, disquietude, distress, doubt, foreboding(s), misgiving(s), solicitude, suspicion, unease, uneasiness, worry [image]  awe, reverence, veneration, wonder

•   v.    apprehend, be apprehensive  (afraid, frightened, scared), be in a blue funk (Inf.), dare not, dread, have a horror of, have a phobia about, have butterflies in one's stomach (Inf.), have qualms, live in dread of, shake in one's shoes, shudder at, take fright, tremble at [image]  anticipate, apprehend, be afraid, expect, foresee, suspect [image]  (With for) be anxious  (concerned, distressed), be disquieted over, feel concern for, tremble for, worry about [image]  respect, revere, reverence, stand in awe of, venerate


fearful

See Also

   afraid, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, diffident, faint-hearted, frightened, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hesitant, intimidated, jittery (Inf.), jumpy, nervous, nervy (Brit. inf.), panicky, pusillanimous, scared, shrinking, tense, timid, timorous, uneasy, wired (Sl.) [image]  appalling, atrocious, awful, dire, distressing, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grievous, grim, gruesome, hair-raising, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, monstrous, shocking, terrible, unspeakable


fearfully

See Also

   apprehensively, diffidently, in fear and trembling, nervously, timidly, timorously, uneasily, with many misgivings or  forebodings, with one's heart in one's mouth [image]  awfully, exceedingly, excessively, frightfully, terribly, tremendously, very


fearless

See Also

ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, brave, confident, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, gallant, game (Inf.), gutsy (Sl.), heroic, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, plucky, unabashed, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous


fearlessness

See Also

balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), boldness, bravery, confidence, courage, dauntlessness, guts (Inf.), indomitability, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, nerve, pluckiness


fearsome

alarming, appalling, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, baleful, daunting, dismaying, formidable, frightening, hair-raising, hellacious (U.S. sl.), horrendous, horrifying, menacing, unnerving


feasibility

See Also

expediency, practicability, usefulness, viability, workability


feasible

See Also

achievable, attainable, likely, possible, practicable, realizable, reasonable, viable, workable


feast

See Also

•   n.    banquet, barbecue, beanfeast (Brit. inf.), beano (Brit. sl.), blowout (Sl.), carousal, carouse, dinner, entertainment, festive board, jollification, junket, repast, revels, slap-up meal (Brit. inf.), spread (Inf.), treat [image]  celebration, festival, fête, gala day, holiday, holy day, saint's day [image]  delight, enjoyment, gratification, pleasure, treat

•   v.    eat one's fill, eat to one's heart's content, fare sumptuously, gorge, gormandize, indulge, overindulge, pig out (Sl.), stuff, stuff one's face (Sl.), wine and dine [image]  entertain, hold a reception for, kill the fatted calf for, regale, treat, wine and dine [image]  delight, gladden, gratify, rejoice, thrill


feat

See Also

accomplishment, achievement, act, attainment, deed, exploit, performance


feathers

down, plumage, plumes


feathery

See Also

downy, feathered, fluffy, plumate or  plumose (Bot. & Zool.), plumed, plumy, wispy


feature

See Also

•   n.    aspect, attribute, characteristic, facet, factor, hallmark, mark, peculiarity, point, property, quality, trait [image]  attraction, crowd puller (Inf.), draw, highlight, innovation, main item, special, special attraction, speciality, specialty [image]  article, column, comment, item, piece, report, story

•   v.    accentuate, call attention to, emphasize, give prominence to, give the full works (Sl.), headline, play up, present, promote, set off, spotlight, star


features

See Also

countenance, face, lineaments, physiognomy


feckless

See Also

aimless, feeble, futile, hopeless, incompetent, ineffectual, irresponsible, shiftless, useless, weak, worthless


federate

See Also

•   v. amalgamate, associate, combine, confederate, integrate, syndicate, unify, unite


federation

See Also

alliance, amalgamation, association, Bund, coalition, combination, confederacy, copartnership, entente, federacy, league, syndicate, union


fed up (with)

annoyed, blue, bored, brassed off (Brit. sl.), browned-off (Inf.), depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), pissed off (Taboo sl.), sick and tired of (Inf.), tired of, weary of


fee

See Also

account, bill, charge, compensation, emolument, hire, honorarium, meed (Archaic), pay, payment, recompense, remuneration, reward, toll


feeble

See Also

   debilitated, delicate, doddering, effete, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, exhausted, failing, faint, frail, infirm, languid, powerless, puny, shilpit (Scot.), sickly, weak, weakened, weedy (Inf.) [image]  flat, flimsy, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, insignificant, insufficient, lame, paltry, pathetic, poor, slight, tame, thin, unconvincing, weak


feeble-minded

See Also

addle-pated, bone-headed (Sl.), braindead (Inf.), deficient, dim-witted (Inf.), dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dumb (Inf.), half-witted, idiotic, imbecilic, lacking, moronic, obtuse, retarded, simple, slow on the uptake, slow-witted, soft in the head (Inf.), stupid, vacant, weak-minded


feebleness

See Also

   debility, delicacy, effeteness, enervation, etiolation, exhaustion, frailness, frailty, incapacity, infirmity, lack of strength, languor, lassitude, sickliness, weakness [image]  flimsiness, inadequacy, incompetence, indecisiveness, ineffectualness, insignificance, insufficiency, lameness, weakness


feed

See Also

•   v.    cater for, nourish, provide for, provision, supply, sustain, victual, wine and dine [image]  (Sometimes with on) devour, eat, exist on, fare, graze, live on, nurture, partake of, pasture, subsist, take nourishment [image]  augment, bolster, encourage, foster, fuel, minister to, strengthen, supply

•   n.    fodder, food, forage, pasturage, provender, silage [image]   Inf. feast, meal, nosh (Sl.), nosh-up (Brit. sl.), repast, spread (Inf.), tuck-in (Inf.)


feel

See Also

•   v.    caress, finger, fondle, handle, manipulate, maul, paw, run one's hands over, stroke, touch [image]  be aware of, be sensible of, endure, enjoy, experience, go through, have, have a sensation of, know, notice, observe, perceive, suffer, take to heart, undergo [image]  explore, fumble, grope, sound, test, try [image]  be convinced, feel in one's bones, have a hunch, have the impression, intuit, sense [image]  believe, be of the opinion that, consider, deem, hold, judge, think [image]  appear, resemble, seem, strike one as [image]  (With for) be moved by, be sorry for, bleed for, commiserate, compassionate, condole with, empathize, feel compassion for, pity, sympathize with [image]  feel like could do with, desire, fancy, feel inclined, feel the need for, feel up to, have the inclination, want

•   n.    finish, surface, texture, touch [image]  air, ambience, atmosphere, feeling, impression, quality, sense, vibes (Sl.)


feeler

   antenna, tentacle, whisker [image]  advance, approach, probe, trial balloon


feeling

See Also

   feel, perception, sensation, sense, sense of touch, touch [image]  apprehension, consciousness, hunch, idea, impression, inkling, notion, presentiment, sense, suspicion [image]  affection, ardour, emotion, fervour, fondness, heat, intensity, passion, sentiment, sentimentality, warmth [image]  appreciation, compassion, concern, empathy, pity, sensibility, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding [image]  inclination, instinct, opinion, point of view, view [image]  air, ambience, atmosphere, aura, feel, mood, quality, vibes (Sl.) [image]  bad feeling anger, dislike, distrust, enmity, hostility, upset


feelings

See Also

ego, emotions, self-esteem, sensitivities, susceptibilities


feline

See Also

   catlike, leonine [image]  graceful, sinuous, sleek, slinky, smooth, stealthy


fell

See Also

•   v. cut, cut down, demolish, flatten, floor, hew, knock down, level, prostrate, raze, strike down


fellow

See Also

•   n.    bloke (Brit. inf.), boy, chap (Inf.), character, customer (Inf.), guy (Inf.), individual, man, person, punter (Inf.) [image]  associate, colleague, companion, compeer, comrade, co-worker, equal, friend, member, partner, peer [image]  brother, counterpart, double, duplicate, match, mate, twin

•   adj.    affiliated, akin, allied, associate, associated, co-, like, related, similar


fellowship

See Also

   amity, brotherhood, camaraderie, communion, companionability, companionship, familiarity, fraternization, intercourse, intimacy, kindliness, sociability [image]  association, brotherhood, club, fraternity, guild, league, order, sisterhood, society, sodality


feminine

   delicate, gentle, girlish, graceful, ladylike, modest, soft, tender, womanly [image]  camp (Inf.), effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, weak, womanish


femme fatale

charmer, Circe, enchantress, seductress, siren, vamp (Inf.)


fen

bog, holm (Dialect), marsh, morass, moss (Scot.), quagmire, slough, swamp


fence

See Also

•   n.    barbed wire, barricade, barrier, defence, guard, hedge, paling, palisade, railings, rampart, shield, stockade, wall [image]  on the fence between two stools, irresolute, uncertain, uncommitted, undecided, vacillating

•   v.    (Often with in or off) bound, circumscribe, confine, coop, defend, encircle, enclose, fortify, guard, hedge, impound, pen, pound, protect, restrict, secure, separate, surround [image]  beat about the bush, cavil, dodge, equivocate, evade, flannel (Brit. inf.), hedge, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, stonewall, tergiversate


fencing

 Fig. beating about the bush, double talk, equivocation, evasiveness, hedging, parrying, prevarication, quibbling, stonewalling, tergiversation, weasel words (Inf., chiefly U.S.)


ferment

See Also

•   v.    boil, brew, bubble, concoct, effervesce, foam, froth, heat, leaven, rise, seethe, work

•   n.    bacteria, barm, fermentation agent, leaven, leavening, mother, mother-of-vinegar, yeast

•   v.     Fig. agitate, boil, excite, fester, foment, heat, incite, inflame, provoke, rouse, seethe, smoulder, stir up

•   n.     Fig. agitation, brouhaha, commotion, disruption, excitement, fever, frenzy, furore, glow, heat, hubbub, imbroglio, state of unrest, stew, stir, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar


ferocious

See Also

   feral, fierce, predatory, rapacious, ravening, savage, violent, wild [image]  barbaric, barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, cruel, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, tigerish, vicious


ferocity

See Also

barbarity, bloodthirstiness, brutality, cruelty, ferociousness, fierceness, inhumanity, rapacity, ruthlessness, savageness, savagery, viciousness, wildness


ferret out

See Also

bring to light, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, get at, nose out, root out, run to earth, search out, smell out, trace, track down, unearth


ferry

See Also

•   n.    ferryboat, packet, packet boat

•   v.    carry, chauffeur, convey, run, ship, shuttle, transport


fertile

See Also

abundant, fat, fecund, flowering, flowing with milk and honey, fruit-bearing, fruitful, generative, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, productive, prolific, rich, teeming, yielding


fertility

See Also

abundance, fecundity, fruitfulness, luxuriance, productiveness, richness


fertilize

See Also

   fecundate, fructify, impregnate, inseminate, make fruitful, make pregnant, pollinate [image]  compost, dress, enrich, feed, manure, mulch, top-dress


fertilizer

compost, dressing, dung, guano, manure, marl


fervent, fervid

See Also

animated, ardent, devout, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, enthusiastic, excited, fiery, flaming, heartfelt, impassioned, intense, perfervid (Literary), vehement, warm, zealous


fervour

See Also

animation, ardour, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, excitement, fervency, intensity, passion, vehemence, warmth, zeal


festival

See Also

   anniversary, commemoration, feast, fête, fiesta, holiday, holy day, saint's day [image]  carnival, celebration, entertainment, festivities, fête, field day, gala, jubilee, treat


festive

See Also

back-slapping, carnival, celebratory, cheery, Christmassy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, happy, hearty, holiday, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, light-hearted, merry, mirthful, sportive


festivity

See Also

   amusement, conviviality, fun, gaiety, jollification, joviality, joyfulness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasure, revelry, sport [image]  (Often plural) beano (Brit. sl.), carousal, celebration, entertainment, festival, festive event, festive proceedings, fun and games, jollification, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.)


festoon

See Also

•   n.    chaplet, garland, lei, swag, swathe, wreath

•   v.    array, bedeck, beribbon, deck, decorate, drape, garland, hang, swathe, wreathe


fetch

See Also

   bring, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, escort, get, go for, lead, obtain, retrieve, transport [image]  draw forth, elicit, give rise to, produce [image]  bring in, earn, go for, make, realize, sell for, yield


fetching

See Also

alluring, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, enchanting, enticing, fascinating, intriguing, sweet, taking, winsome


fête, fete

See Also

•   n.    bazaar, fair, festival, gala, garden party, sale of work

•   v.    bring out the red carpet for (someone), entertain regally, hold a reception for (someone), honour, kill the fatted calf for (someone), lionize, make much of, treat, wine and dine


fetish

See Also

   amulet, cult object, talisman [image]  fixation, idée fixe, mania, obsession, thing (Inf.)


feud

See Also

•   n.    argument, bad blood, bickering, broil, conflict, contention, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, estrangement, faction, falling out, grudge, hostility, quarrel, row, rivalry, strife, vendetta

•   v.    be at daggers drawn, be at odds, bicker, brawl, clash, contend, dispute, duel, fall out, quarrel, row, squabble, war


fever

See Also

 Fig. agitation, delirium, ecstasy, excitement, ferment, fervour, flush, frenzy, heat, intensity, passion, restlessness, turmoil, unrest


feverish

See Also

   burning, febrile, fevered, flaming, flushed, hectic, hot, inflamed, pyretic (Medical) [image]  agitated, desperate, distracted, excited, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, impatient, obsessive, overwrought, restless


few

See Also

•   adj.    hardly any, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, meagre, negligible, not many, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, sparse, sporadic, thin [image]  few and far between at great intervals, hard to come by, infrequent, in short supply, irregular, rare, scarce, scattered, seldom met with, uncommon, unusual, widely spaced

•   pron.    handful, scarcely any, scattering, small number, some


fiancé, fiancée

betrothed, intended, prospective spouse, wife- or husband-to-be


fiasco

See Also

balls-up (Taboo sl.), catastrophe, cock-up (Brit. sl.), debacle, disaster, failure, flap (Inf.), fuck-up (Offens. taboo sl.), mess, rout, ruin, washout (Inf.)


fib

See Also

•   n. fiction, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), prevarication, story, untruth, white lie, whopper (Inf.)


fibre

See Also

   fibril, filament, pile, staple, strand, texture, thread, wisp [image]   Fig. essence, nature, quality, spirit, substance [image]   Fig. Also moral fibre resolution, stamina, strength, strength of character, toughness


fickle

See Also

blowing hot and cold, capricious, changeable, faithless, fitful, flighty, inconstant, irresolute, mercurial, mutable, quicksilver, temperamental, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, variable, volatile


fickleness

See Also

capriciousness, fitfulness, flightiness, inconstancy, mutability, unfaithfulness, unpredictability, unsteadiness, volatility


fiction

See Also

   fable, fantasy, legend, myth, novel, romance, story, storytelling, tale, urban legend, work of imagination, yarn (Inf.) [image]  cock and bull story (Inf.), concoction, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figment of the imagination, imagination, improvisation, invention, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), tall story, untruth


fictional

imaginary, invented, legendary, made-up, nonexistent, unreal


fictitious

See Also

apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus, counterfeit, fabricated, false, fanciful, feigned, imaginary, imagined, improvised, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical, spurious, unreal, untrue


fiddle

See Also

•   v.    (Often with with) fidget, finger, interfere with, mess about or  around, play, tamper with, tinker, toy, trifle [image]   Inf. cheat, cook the books (Inf.), diddle (Inf.), finagle (Inf.), fix, gerrymander, graft (Inf.), manoeuvre, racketeer, sting (Inf.), swindle, wangle (Inf.)

•   n.    violin [image]  fit as a fiddle blooming, hale and hearty, healthy, in fine fettle, in good form, in good shape, in rude health, in the pink, sound, strong [image]   Inf. fix, fraud, graft (Inf.), piece of sharp practice, racket, scam (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle, wangle (Inf.)


fiddling

See Also

futile, insignificant, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), pettifogging, petty, trifling, trivial


fidelity

See Also

   allegiance, constancy, dependability, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fealty, integrity, lealty (Archaic or Scot.), loyalty, staunchness, troth (Archaic), true-heartedness, trustworthiness [image]  accuracy, adherence, closeness, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, preciseness, precision, scrupulousness


fidget

See Also

•   v.    be like a cat on hot bricks (Inf.), bustle, chafe, fiddle (Inf.), fret, jiggle, jitter (Inf.), move restlessly, squirm, twitch, worry

•   n.    (Usually the fidgets) fidgetiness, jitters (Inf.), nervousness, restlessness, unease, uneasiness


fidgety

See Also

impatient, jerky, jittery (Inf.), jumpy, nervous, on edge, restive, restless, twitchy (Inf.), uneasy


field

See Also

•   n.    grassland, green, greensward (Archaic or literary), lea (Poetic), mead (Archaic), meadow, pasture [image]  applicants, candidates, competition, competitors, contestants, entrants, possibilities, runners [image]  area, bailiwick, bounds, confines, department, discipline, domain, environment, limits, line, metier, pale, province, purview, range, scope, speciality, specialty, sphere of influence  (activity, interest, study), territory

•   v.    catch, pick up, retrieve, return, stop [image]   Fig. deal with, deflect, handle, turn aside


fiend

See Also

   demon, devil, evil spirit, hellhound [image]  barbarian, beast, brute, degenerate, ghoul, monster, ogre, savage [image]   Inf. addict, enthusiast, fanatic, freak (Inf.), maniac


fiendish

See Also

accursed, atrocious, black-hearted, cruel, demoniac, devilish, diabolical, hellish, implacable, infernal, inhuman, malevolent, malicious, malignant, monstrous, satanic, savage, ungodly, unspeakable, wicked


fierce

See Also

   baleful, barbarous, brutal, cruel, dangerous, fell (Archaic), feral, ferocious, fiery, menacing, murderous, passionate, savage, threatening, tigerish, truculent, uncontrollable, untamed, vicious, wild [image]  blustery, boisterous, furious, howling, inclement, powerful, raging, stormy, strong, tempestuous, tumultuous, uncontrollable, violent [image]  cutthroat, intense, keen, relentless, strong


fiercely

See Also

ferociously, frenziedly, furiously, in a frenzy, like cat and dog, menacingly, passionately, savagely, tempestuously, tigerishly, tooth and nail, uncontrolledly, viciously, with bared teeth, with no holds barred


fight

See Also

•   v.    assault, battle, bear arms against, box, brawl, carry on war, clash, close, combat, come to blows, conflict, contend, cross swords, do battle, engage, engage in hostilities, exchange blows, feud, go to war, grapple, joust, row, scrap (Inf.), spar, struggle, take the field, take up arms against, tilt, tussle, wage war, war, wrestle [image]  contest, defy, dispute, make a stand against, oppose, resist, stand up to, strive, struggle, withstand [image]  argue, bicker, dispute, fall out (Inf.), squabble, wrangle [image]  carry on, conduct, engage in, prosecute, wage [image]  fight shy of avoid, duck out of (Inf.), keep aloof from, keep at arm's length, shun, steer clear of

•   n.    action, affray (Law), altercation, bagarre, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dispute, dissension, dogfight, duel, encounter, engagement, exchange of blows, fracas, fray, free-for-all (Inf.), head-to-head, hostilities, joust, melee or mêlée, passage of arms, riot, row, rumble (U.S. & N.Z. sl.), scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, scuffle, set-to (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), skirmish, sparring match, struggle, tussle, war [image]   Fig. belligerence, gameness, mettle, militancy, pluck, resistance, spirit, will to resist


fight back

   defend oneself, give tit for tat, hit back, put up a fight, reply, resist, retaliate [image]  bottle up, contain, control, curb, hold back, hold in check, restrain


fight down

bottle up, control, curb, hold back, repress, restrain, suppress


fighter

See Also

   fighting man, man-at-arms, soldier, warrior [image]  boxer, bruiser (Inf.), prize fighter, pugilist [image]  antagonist, battler, belligerent, combatant, contender, contestant, disputant, militant


fighting

See Also

•   adj.    aggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, hawkish, martial, militant, pugnacious, sabre-rattling, truculent, warlike

•   n.    battle, bloodshed, blows struck, combat, conflict, hostilities, warfare


fight off

beat off, keep or  hold at bay, repel, repress, repulse, resist, stave off, ward off


figure

See Also

•   n.    character, cipher, digit, number, numeral, symbol [image]  amount, cost, price, sum, total, value [image]  form, outline, shadow, shape, silhouette [image]  body, build, chassis (Sl.), frame, physique, proportions, shape, torso [image]  depiction, design, device, diagram, drawing, emblem, illustration, motif, pattern, representation, sketch [image]  celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy

•   v.    (Often with up) add, calculate, compute, count, reckon, sum, tally, tot up, work out [image]  (Usually with in) act, appear, be conspicuous, be featured, be included, be mentioned, contribute to, feature, have a place in, play a part [image]  it figures it follows, it goes without saying, it is to be expected


figurehead

cipher, dummy, front man (Inf.), leader in name only, man of straw, mouthpiece, name, nonentity, puppet, straw man (Chiefly U.S.), titular or nominal head, token


figure of speech

See Also

conceit, image, trope, turn of phrase


figure out

See Also

   calculate, compute, reckon, work out [image]  comprehend, decipher, fathom, make head or tail of (Inf.), make out, resolve, see, suss (out) (Sl.), understand


filament

See Also

cilium (Biol. & Zool.), fibre, fibril, pile, staple, strand, string, thread, wire, wisp


filch

See Also

abstract, cabbage (Brit. sl.), crib (Inf.), embezzle, half-inch (Old-fashioned sl.), lift (Inf.), misappropriate, nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch (Inf.), purloin, rip off (Sl.), snaffle (Brit. inf.), steal, swipe (Sl.), take, thieve, walk off with


file 1

See Also

•   v. abrade, burnish, furbish, polish, rasp, refine, rub, rub down, scrape, shape, smooth


file 2

See Also

•   n.    case, data, documents, dossier, folder, information, portfolio

•   v.    document, enter, pigeonhole, put in place, record, register, slot in (Inf.)

•   n.    column, line, list, queue, row, string

•   v.    march, parade, troop


filibuster

See Also

•   n.     Chiefly U.S., with reference to legislation delay, hindrance, obstruction, postponement, procrastination

•   v.     Chiefly U.S., with reference to legislation delay, hinder, obstruct, prevent, procrastinate, put off

•   n.    adventurer, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, pirate, sea robber, sea rover, soldier of fortune


fill

See Also

   brim over, cram, crowd, furnish, glut, gorge, inflate, pack, pervade, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, stock, store, stuff, supply, swell [image]  charge, imbue, impregnate, overspread, pervade, saturate, suffuse [image]  block, bung, close, cork, plug, seal, stop [image]  assign, carry out, discharge, engage, execute, fulfil, hold, occupy, officiate, perform, take up [image]  one's fill all one wants, ample, a sufficiency, enough, plenty, sufficient


fill in

See Also

   answer, complete, fill out (U.S.), fill up [image]   Inf. acquaint, apprise, bring up to date, give the facts or  background, inform, put wise (Sl.) [image]  deputize, replace, represent, stand in, sub, substitute, take the place of


filling

See Also

•   n.    contents, filler, innards (Inf.), inside, insides, padding, stuffing, wadding

•   adj.    ample, heavy, satisfying, square, substantial


film

See Also

•   n.    coat, coating, covering, dusting, gauze, integument, layer, membrane, pellicle, scum, skin, tissue [image]  blur, cloud, haze, haziness, mist, mistiness, opacity, veil [image]  flick (Sl.), motion picture, movie (U.S. inf.)

•   v.    photograph, shoot, take, video, videotape [image]  (Often with over) blear, blur, cloud, dull, haze, mist, veil


filmy

See Also

   chiffon, cobwebby, delicate, diaphanous, fine, finespun, flimsy, floaty, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, seethrough, sheer, transparent [image]  bleared, bleary, blurred, blurry, cloudy, dim, hazy, membranous, milky, misty, opalescent, opaque, pearly


filter

See Also

•   v.    clarify, filtrate, purify, refine, screen, sieve, sift, strain, winnow [image]  (Often with through or out) dribble, escape, exude, leach, leak, ooze, penetrate, percolate, seep, trickle, well

•   n.    gauze, membrane, mesh, riddle, sieve, strainer


filth

   carrion, contamination, crap (Sl.), crud (Sl.), defilement, dirt, dung, excrement, excreta, faeces, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, grot (Sl.), muck, nastiness, ordure, pollution, putrefaction, putrescence, refuse, sewage, shit (Taboo sl.), slime, sludge, squalor, uncleanness [image]  corruption, dirty-mindedness, impurity, indecency, obscenity, pornography, smut, vileness, vulgarity


filthy

See Also

   dirty, faecal, feculent, foul, nasty, polluted, putrid, scummy, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), slimy, squalid, unclean, vile [image]  begrimed, black, blackened, grimy, grubby, miry, mucky, muddy, mud-encrusted, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), smoky, sooty, unwashed [image]  bawdy, coarse, corrupt, depraved, dirty-minded, foul, foul-mouthed, impure, indecent, lewd, licentious, obscene, pornographic, smutty, suggestive [image]  base, contemptible, despicable, low, mean, offensive, scurvy, vicious, vile


final

See Also

   closing, concluding, end, eventual, last, last-minute, latest, terminal, terminating, ultimate [image]  absolute, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, finished, incontrovertible, irrevocable, settled


finale

See Also

climax, close, conclusion, crowning glory, culmination, dénouement, epilogue, finis, last act


finality

See Also

certitude, conclusiveness, decidedness, decisiveness, definiteness, inevitableness, irrevocability, resolution, unavoidability


finalize

See Also

agree, clinch, complete, conclude, decide, settle, sew up (Inf.), tie up, work out, wrap up (Inf.)


finally

See Also

   at last, at length, at long last, at the last, at the last moment, eventually, in the end, in the long run, lastly, ultimately, when all is said and done [image]  in conclusion, in summary, to conclude [image]  beyond the shadow of a doubt, completely, conclusively, convincingly, decisively, for all time, for ever, for good, inescapably, inexorably, irrevocably, once and for all, permanently


finance

See Also

•   n.    accounts, banking, business, commerce, economics, financial affairs, investment, money, money management

•   v.    back, bankroll (U.S.), float, fund, guarantee, pay for, provide security for, set up in business, subsidize, support, underwrite


finances

See Also

affairs, assets, capital, cash, financial condition, funds, money, resources, wherewithal


financial

budgeting, economic, fiscal, monetary, money, pecuniary


find

See Also

•   v.    catch sight of, chance upon, come across, come up with, descry, discover, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, hit upon, lay one's hand on, light upon, locate, meet, recognize, run to earth, spot, stumble upon, track down, turn up, uncover, unearth [image]  achieve, acquire, attain, earn, gain, get, obtain, procure, win [image]  get back, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve [image]  arrive at, ascertain, become aware, detect, discover, experience, learn, note, notice, observe, perceive, realise, remark [image]  be responsible for, bring, contribute, cough up (Inf.), furnish, provide, purvey, supply

•   n.    acquisition, asset, bargain, catch, discovery, good buy


finding

See Also

award, conclusion, decision, decree, judgment, pronouncement, recommendation, verdict


find out

See Also

   detect, discover, learn, note, observe, perceive, realize [image]  bring to light, catch, detect, disclose, expose, reveal, rumble (Brit. inf.), suss (out) (Sl.), uncover, unmask


fine 1

See Also

•   adj.    accomplished, admirable, beautiful, choice, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, first-class, first-rate, great, magnificent, masterly, ornate, outstanding, rare, select, showy, skilful, splendid, sterling, superior, supreme, world-class [image]  balmy, bright, clear, clement, cloudless, dry, fair, pleasant, sunny [image]  dainty, delicate, elegant, expensive, exquisite, fragile, quality [image]  abstruse, acute, critical, discriminating, fastidious, hairsplitting, intelligent, keen, minute, nice, precise, quick, refined, sensitive, sharp, subtle, tasteful, tenuous [image]  delicate, diaphanous, fine-grained, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, lightweight, powdered, powdery, pulverized, sheer, slender, small, thin [image]  clear, pure, refined, solid, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unpolluted [image]  attractive, bonny, good-looking, handsome, lovely, smart, striking, stylish, well-favoured [image]  acceptable, agreeable, all right, convenient, good, hunky-dory (Inf.), O.K. or okay (Inf.), satisfactory, suitable [image]  brilliant, cutting, honed, keen, polished, razor-sharp, sharp


fine 2

See Also

•   v.    amerce (Archaic), mulct, penalize, punish

•   n.    amercement (Obsolete), damages, forfeit, penalty, punishment


finery

See Also

best bib and tucker (Inf.), decorations, frippery, gear (Inf.), gewgaws, glad rags (Inf.), ornaments, showiness, splendour, Sunday best, trappings, trinkets


finesse

See Also

•   n.    adeptness, adroitness, artfulness, cleverness, craft, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, know-how (Inf.), polish, quickness, savoir-faire, skill, sophistication, subtlety, tact [image]  artifice, bluff, feint, manoeuvre, ruse, stratagem, trick, wile

•   v.    bluff, manipulate, manoeuvre


finger

See Also

•   v.    feel, fiddle with (Inf.), handle, manipulate, maul, meddle with, paw (Inf.), play about with, touch, toy with [image]  put one's finger on bring to mind, discover, find out, hit the nail on the head, hit upon, identify, indicate, locate, pin down, place, recall, remember


finish

See Also

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, bring to a close or  conclusion, carry through, cease, close, complete, conclude, culminate, deal with, discharge, do, end, execute, finalize, fulfil, get done, get out of the way, make short work of, put the finishing touch(es) to, round off, settle, stop, terminate, wind up, wrap up (Inf.) [image]  (Sometimes with up or off) consume, deplete, devour, dispatch, dispose of, drain, drink, eat, empty, exhaust, expend, spend, use, use up [image]  (Often with off) administer or  give the coup de grâce, annihilate, best, bring down, defeat, destroy, dispose of, drive to the wall, exterminate, get rid of, kill, overcome, overpower, put an end to, rout, ruin, worst

•   n.    cessation, close, closing, completion, conclusion, culmination, dénouement, end, ending, finale, last stage(s), termination, winding up (Inf.), wind-up [image]  annihilation, bankruptcy, curtains (Inf.), death, defeat, end, end of the road, liquidation, ruin

•   v.    elaborate, perfect, polish, refine

•   n.    cultivation, culture, elaboration, perfection, polish, refinement, sophistication

•   v.    coat, face, gild, lacquer, polish, smooth off, stain, texture, veneer, wax

•   n.    appearance, grain, lustre, patina, polish, shine, smoothness, surface, texture


finished

See Also

   accomplished, classic, consummate, cultivated, elegant, expert, flawless, impeccable, masterly, perfected, polished, professional, proficient, refined, skilled, smooth, urbane [image]  accomplished, achieved, closed, complete, completed, concluded, done, ended, entire, final, finalized, full, in the past, over, over and done with, sewed up (Inf.), shut, terminated, through, tied up, wrapped up (Inf.) [image]  done, drained, empty, exhausted, gone, played out (Inf.), spent, used up [image]  bankrupt, defeated, devastated, done for (Inf.), doomed, gone, liquidated, lost, ruined, through, undone, washed up (Inf., chiefly U.S.), wiped out, wound up, wrecked


finite

bounded, circumscribed, conditioned, delimited, demarcated, limited, restricted, subject to limitations, terminable


fire

See Also

•   n.    blaze, combustion, conflagration, flames, inferno [image]  barrage, bombardment, cannonade, flak, fusillade, hail, salvo, shelling, sniping, volley [image]   Fig. animation, ardour, brio, burning passion, dash, eagerness, élan, enthusiasm, excitement, fervency, fervour, force, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, lustre, passion, pizzazz or pizazz (Inf.), radiance, scintillation, sparkle, spirit, splendour, verve, vigour, virtuosity, vivacity [image]  hanging fire delayed, in abeyance, pending, postponed, put back, put off, shelved, suspended, undecided [image]  on fire  [image]  ablaze, aflame, alight, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, in flames [image]  ardent, eager, enthusiastic, excited, inspired, passionate

•   v.    enkindle, ignite, kindle, light, put a match to, set ablaze, set aflame, set alight, set fire to, set on fire [image]  detonate, discharge, eject, explode, hurl, launch, let off, loose, pull the trigger, set off, shell, shoot, touch off [image]   Fig. animate, arouse, electrify, enliven, excite, galvanize, impassion, incite, inflame, inspire, inspirit, irritate, quicken, rouse, stir [image]   Inf. cashier, discharge, dismiss, give marching orders, kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), make redundant, sack (Inf.), show the door


firebrand

See Also

 Fig. agitator, demagogue, fomenter, incendiary, instigator, rabble-rouser, soapbox orator, tub-thumper


fireworks

   illuminations, pyrotechnics [image]   Fig. fit of rage, hysterics, paroxysms, rage, rows, storm, temper, trouble, uproar


firm 1

See Also

•   adj.    close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, congealed, dense, hard, inelastic, inflexible, jelled, jellified, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, unyielding [image]  anchored, braced, cemented, embedded, fast, fastened, fixed, immovable, motionless, riveted, robust, rooted, secure, secured, stable, stationary, steady, strong, sturdy, taut, tight, unfluctuating, unmoving, unshakable [image]  adamant, constant, definite, fixed, immovable, inflexible, obdurate, resolute, resolved, set on, settled, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, strict, true, unalterable, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding


firm 2

See Also

•   n. association, business, company, concern, conglomerate, corporation, enterprise, house, organization, outfit (Inf.), partnership


firmly

See Also

   enduringly, immovably, like a rock, motionlessly, securely, steadily, tightly, unflinchingly, unshakably [image]  determinedly, resolutely, staunchly, steadfastly, strictly, through thick and thin, unchangeably, unwaveringly, with a rod of iron, with decision


firmness

See Also

   compactness, density, fixedness, hardness, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, stiffness [image]  immovability, soundness, stability, steadiness, strength, tautness, tensile strength, tension, tightness [image]  constancy, fixedness, fixity of purpose, inflexibility, obduracy, resolution, resolve, staunchness, steadfastness, strength of will, strictness


first

See Also

•   adj.    chief, foremost, head, highest, leading, pre-eminent, prime, principal, ruling [image]  earliest, initial, introductory, maiden, opening, original, premier, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine [image]  basic, cardinal, elementary, fundamental, key, primary, rudimentary

•   adv.    at the beginning, at the outset, before all else, beforehand, firstly, initially, in the first place, to begin with, to start with

•   n.    Also from the first beginning, commencement, inception, introduction, outset, start, starting point, word "go' (Inf.)


firsthand

direct, straight from the horse's mouth


first-rate

See Also

admirable, A1 or A-one (Inf.), boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), crack (Sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), elite, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, first class, jim-dandy (Sl.), mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), outstanding, prime, second to none, sovereign, superb, superlative, tiptop, top, topnotch (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), tops (Sl.), world-class


fish out

extract, extricate, find, haul out, produce, pull out


fishy

See Also

    Inf. dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, dubious, funny (Inf.), implausible, improbable, odd, queer, questionable, rum (Brit. sl.), suspect, suspicious, unlikely [image]  blank, deadpan, dull, expressionless, glassy, glassy-eyed, inexpressive, lacklustre, lifeless, vacant, wooden [image]  fishlike, piscatorial, piscatory, piscine


fissure

See Also

breach, break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fault, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split


fit 1

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•   adj.    able, adapted, adequate, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, capable, competent, convenient, correct, deserving, equipped, expedient, fitted, fitting, good enough, meet (Archaic), prepared, proper, qualified, ready, right, seemly, suitable, trained, well-suited, worthy [image]  able-bodied, hale, healthy, in good condition, in good shape, in good trim, robust, strapping, toned up, trim, well

•   v.    accord, agree, be consonant, belong, concur, conform, correspond, dovetail, go, interlock, join, match, meet, suit, tally [image]  (Often with out or up) accommodate, accoutre, arm, equip, fit out, kit out, outfit, prepare, provide, rig out [image]  adapt, adjust, alter, arrange, dispose, fashion, modify, place, position, shape


fit 2

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•   n.    attack, bout, convulsion, paroxysm, seizure, spasm [image]  caprice, fancy, humour, mood, whim [image]  bout, burst, outbreak, outburst, spell [image]  by fits and starts erratically, fitfully, intermittently, irregularly, on and off, spasmodically, sporadically, unsystematically


fitful

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broken, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, fluctuating, haphazard, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, irregular, spasmodic, sporadic, uneven, unstable, variable


fitfully

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desultorily, erratically, in fits and starts, in snatches, intermittently, interruptedly, irregularly, off and on, spasmodically, sporadically


fitness

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   adaptation, applicability, appropriateness, aptness, competence, eligibility, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualifications, readiness, seemliness, suitability [image]  good condition, good health, health, robustness, strength, vigour


fitted

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   adapted, cut out for, equipped, fit, qualified, right, suitable, tailor-made [image]  (Often with with) accoutred, appointed, armed, equipped, furnished, outfitted, provided, rigged out, set up, supplied [image]  built-in, permanent


fitting

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•   adj.    apposite, appropriate, becoming, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, desirable, meet (Archaic), proper, right, seemly, suitable

•   n.    accessory, attachment, component, connection, part, piece, unit


fix

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•   v.    anchor, embed, establish, implant, install, locate, place, plant, position, root, set, settle [image]  attach, bind, cement, connect, couple, fasten, glue, link, make fast, pin, secure, stick, tie [image]  agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, decide, define, determine, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, specify [image]  adjust, correct, mend, patch up, put to rights, regulate, repair, see to, sort [image]  congeal, consolidate, harden, rigidify, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken [image]  direct, focus, level at, rivet [image]   Inf. bribe, fiddle (Inf.), influence, manipulate, manoeuvre, pull strings (Inf.), rig [image]   Sl. cook (someone's) goose (Inf.), get even with (Inf.), get revenge on, pay back, settle (someone's) hash (Inf.), sort (someone) out (Inf.), take retribution on, wreak vengeance on

•   n.     Inf. difficult situation, difficulty, dilemma, embarrassment, hole (Sl.), hot water (Inf.), jam (Inf.), mess, pickle (Inf.), plight, predicament, quandary, spot (Inf.), ticklish situation, tight spot


fixation

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complex, hang-up (Inf.), idée fixe, infatuation, mania, obsession, preoccupation, thing (Inf.)


fixed

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   anchored, attached, established, immovable, made fast, permanent, rigid, rooted, secure, set [image]  intent, level, resolute, steady, unbending, unblinking, undeviating, unflinching, unwavering [image]  agreed, arranged, decided, definite, established, planned, resolved, settled [image]  going, in working order, mended, put right, repaired, sorted [image]   Inf. framed, manipulated, packed, put-up, rigged


fix up

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   agree on, arrange, fix, organize, plan, settle, sort out [image]  (Often with with) accommodate, arrange for, bring about, furnish, lay on, provide


fizz

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bubble, effervesce, fizzle, froth, hiss, sparkle, sputter


fizzle out

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abort, collapse, come to nothing, die away, end in disappointment, fail, fall through, fold (Inf.), miss the mark, peter out


fizzy

bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, effervescent, gassy, sparkling


flabbergasted

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abashed, amazed, astonished, astounded, bowled over (Inf.), confounded, dazed, disconcerted, dumbfounded, gobsmacked (Brit. sl.), nonplussed, overcome, overwhelmed, rendered speechless, speechless, staggered, struck dumb, stunned


flag 1

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•   v. abate, decline, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, faint, fall, fall off, feel the pace, languish, peter out, pine, sag, sink, slump, succumb, taper off, wane, weaken, weary, wilt


flag 2

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•   n.    banderole, banner, colours, ensign, gonfalon, jack, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer

•   v.    (Sometimes with down) hail, salute, signal, warn, wave [image]  docket, indicate, label, mark, note, tab


flagging

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declining, decreasing, deteriorating, ebbing, fading, failing, faltering, giving up, sinking, slowing down, tiring, waning, weakening, wilting


flagrant

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arrant, atrocious, awful, barefaced, blatant, bold, brazen, crying, dreadful, egregious, enormous, flagitious, flaunting, glaring, heinous, immodest, infamous, notorious, open, ostentatious, out-and-out, outrageous, scandalous, shameless, undisguised


flagstone

block, flag, paving stone, slab


flail

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•   v. beat, thrash, thresh, windmill


flair

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   ability, accomplishment, aptitude, faculty, feel, genius, gift, knack, mastery, talent [image]  chic, dash, discernment, elegance, panache, style, stylishness, taste


flake

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•   n.    disk, lamina, layer, peeling, scale, shaving, sliver, squama (Biol.), wafer

•   v.    blister, chip, desquamate, peel (off), scale (off)


flamboyant

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   actorly, baroque, camp (Inf.), elaborate, extravagant, florid, ornate, ostentatious, over the top (Inf.), rich, rococo, showy, theatrical [image]  brilliant, colourful, dashing, dazzling, exciting, glamorous, glitzy (Sl.), swashbuckling


flame

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•   v.    blaze, burn, flare, flash, glare, glow, shine

•   n.    blaze, brightness, fire, light [image]   Fig. affection, ardour, enthusiasm, fervency, fervour, fire, intensity, keenness, passion, warmth [image]   Inf. beau, beloved, boyfriend, girlfriend, heart-throb (Brit.), ladylove, lover, sweetheart


flameproof

fire-resistant, incombustible, nonflammable, non-inflammable


flaming

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   ablaze, afire, blazing, brilliant, burning, fiery, glowing, ignited, in flames, raging, red, red-hot [image]  angry, ardent, aroused, frenzied, hot, impassioned, intense, raging, scintillating, vehement, vivid


flank

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•   n.    ham, haunch, hip, loin, quarter, side, thigh [image]  side, wing

•   v.    border, bound, edge, fringe, line, screen, skirt, wall


flannel

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 Fig.

•   n.    baloney (Inf.), blarney, equivocation, flattery, hedging, prevarication, soft soap (Inf.), sweet talk (U.S. inf.), waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), weasel words (Inf., chiefly U.S.)

•   v.    blarney, butter up, equivocate, flatter, hedge, prevaricate, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, soft-soap (Inf.), sweet-talk (Inf.), waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


flap

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•   v.    agitate, beat, flail, flutter, shake, swing, swish, thrash, thresh, vibrate, wag, wave

•   n.    bang, banging, beating, flutter, shaking, swinging, swish, waving

•   v.     Inf. dither (Chiefly Brit.), fuss, panic

•   n.     Inf. agitation, commotion, fluster, panic, state (Inf.), stew (Inf.), sweat (Inf.), tizzy (Inf.), twitter (Inf.) [image]  apron, cover, fly, fold, lapel, lappet, overlap, skirt, tab, tail


flare

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•   v.    blaze, burn up, dazzle, flicker, flutter, glare, waver [image]  (Often with out) broaden, spread out, widen

•   n.    blaze, burst, dazzle, flame, flash, flicker, glare


flare up

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blaze, blow one's top (Inf.), boil over, break out, explode, fire up, fly off the handle (Inf.), lose control, lose one's cool (Inf.), lose one's temper, throw a tantrum


flash

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•   v.    blaze, coruscate, flare, flicker, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, light, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

•   n.    blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flare, flicker, gleam, ray, scintillation, shaft, shimmer, spark, sparkle, streak, twinkle

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), dart, dash, fly, race, shoot, speed, sprint, streak, sweep, whistle, zoom

•   n.    instant, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkling, twinkling of an eye, two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.)

•   v.    display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, flourish, show

•   n.    burst, demonstration, display, manifestation, outburst, show, sign, touch

•   adj.     Inf. cheap, glamorous, naff (Brit. sl.), ostentatious, tacky (Inf.), tasteless, vulgar


flashy

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brash, cheap, cheap and nasty, flamboyant, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy (Sl.), in poor taste, jazzy (Inf.), loud, meretricious, naff (Brit. sl.), ostentatious, over the top (Inf.), showy, snazzy (Inf.), tacky (Inf.), tasteless, tawdry, tinselly


flat 1

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•   adj.    even, horizontal, level, levelled, low, planar, plane, smooth, unbroken [image]  laid low, lying full length, outstretched, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, supine [image]  boring, dead, dull, flavourless, ho-hum (Inf.), insipid, jejune, lacklustre, lifeless, monotonous, pointless, prosaic, spiritless, stale, tedious, uninteresting, vapid, watery, weak [image]  absolute, categorical, direct, downright, explicit, final, fixed, out-and-out, peremptory, plain, positive, straight, unconditional, unequivocal, unmistakable, unqualified [image]  blown out, burst, collapsed, deflated, empty, punctured

•   n.    (Often plural) lowland, marsh, mud flat, plain, shallow, shoal, strand, swamp

•   adv.    absolutely, categorically, completely, exactly, point blank, precisely, utterly [image]  flat out all out, at full gallop, at full speed, at full tilt, for all one is worth, hell for leather (Inf.), posthaste, under full steam


flat 2

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apartment, rooms


flatly

absolutely, categorically, completely, positively, unhesitatingly


flatness

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   evenness, horizontality, levelness, smoothness, uniformity [image]  dullness, emptiness, insipidity, monotony, staleness, tedium, vapidity


flatten

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   compress, even out, iron out, level, plaster, raze, roll, smooth off, squash, trample [image]  bowl over, crush, fell, floor, knock down, knock off one's feet, prostrate, subdue


flatter

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   blandish, butter up, cajole, compliment, court, fawn, flannel (Brit. inf.), humour, inveigle, lay it on (thick) (Sl.), pander to, praise, puff, soft-soap (Inf.), sweet-talk (Inf.), wheedle [image]  become, do something for, enhance, set off, show to advantage, suit


flattering

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   becoming, effective, enhancing, kind, well-chosen [image]  adulatory, complimentary, fawning, fulsome, gratifying, honeyed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, laudatory, sugary


flattery

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adulation, blandishment, blarney, cajolery, false praise, fawning, flannel (Brit. inf.), fulsomeness, honeyed words, obsequiousness, servility, soft-soap (Inf.), sweet-talk (Inf.), sycophancy, toadyism


flavour

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•   n.    aroma, essence, extract, flavouring, odour, piquancy, relish, savour, seasoning, smack, tang, taste, zest, zing (Inf.) [image]  aspect, character, essence, feel, feeling, property, quality, soupçon, stamp, style, suggestion, tinge, tone, touch

•   v.    ginger up, imbue, infuse, lace, leaven, season, spice


flavouring

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essence, extract, spirit, tincture, zest


flaw

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   blemish, defect, disfigurement, failing, fault, imperfection, scar, speck, spot, weakness, weak spot [image]  breach, break, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, fracture, rent, rift, scission, split, tear


flawed

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blemished, broken, chipped, cracked, damaged, defective, erroneous, faulty, imperfect, unsound


flawless

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   faultless, impeccable, perfect, spotless, unblemished, unsullied [image]  intact, sound, unbroken, undamaged, whole


flee

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abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat, bolt, cut and run (Inf.), decamp, depart, do a runner (Sl.), escape, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), get away, hook it (Sl.), leave, make a quick exit, make off, make oneself scarce (Inf.), make one's escape, make one's getaway, run away, scarper (Brit. sl.), shun, skedaddle (Inf.), slope off, split (Sl.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take off (Inf.), take to one's heels, vanish


fleece

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    Fig. bleed (Inf.), cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, defraud, despoil, diddle (Inf.), mulct, overcharge, plunder, rifle, rip off (Sl.), rob, rook (Sl.), skin (Sl.), soak (U.S. & Canad. sl.), steal, stiff (Sl.), swindle, take for a ride (Inf.), take to the cleaners (Sl.) [image]  clip, shear


fleet

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•   n. argosy, armada, flotilla, naval force, navy, sea power, squadron, task force, vessels, warships


fleeting

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brief, ephemeral, evanescent, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, here today, gone tomorrow, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory


flesh

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   beef (Inf.), body, brawn, fat, fatness, food, meat, tissue, weight [image]  animality, body, carnality, flesh and blood, human nature, physicality, physical nature, sensuality [image]  homo sapiens, humankind, human race, living creatures, man, mankind, mortality, people, race, stock, world [image]  one's own flesh and blood blood, family, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kith and kin, relations, relatives


flex

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•   v. angle, bend, contract, crook, curve, tighten


flexibility

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adaptability, adjustability, complaisance, elasticity, give (Inf.), pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, tensility


flexible

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   bendable, ductile, elastic, limber, lissom(e), lithe, mouldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, springy, stretchy, supple, tensile, whippy, willowy, yielding [image]  adaptable, adjustable, discretionary, open, variable [image]  amenable, biddable, complaisant, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, responsive, tractable


flick

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•   v.    dab, fillip, flip, hit, jab, peck, rap, strike, tap, touch [image]  (With through) browse, flip, glance, skim, skip, thumb

•   n.    fillip, flip, jab, peck, rap, tap, touch


flicker

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•   v.    flare, flash, glimmer, gutter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle [image]  flutter, quiver, vibrate, waver

•   n.    flare, flash, gleam, glimmer, spark [image]  atom, breath, drop, glimmer, iota, spark, trace, vestige


flickering

fitful, guttering, twinkling, unsteady, wavering


flight 1

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   flying, mounting, soaring, winging [image]   Of air travel journey, trip, voyage [image]  aerial navigation, aeronautics, air transport, aviation, flying [image]  cloud, flock, formation, squadron, swarm, unit, wing


flight 2

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   departure, escape, exit, exodus, fleeing, getaway, retreat, running away [image]  put to flight chase off, disperse, drive off, rout, scare off, scatter, send packing, stampede [image]  take (to) flight abscond, beat a retreat, bolt, decamp, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), do a runner (Sl.), flee, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), light out (Inf.), make a hasty retreat, run away or off, skedaddle (Inf.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), withdraw hastily


flimsy

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   delicate, fragile, frail, gimcrack, insubstantial, makeshift, rickety, shaky, shallow, slight, superficial, unsubstantial [image]  chiffon, gauzy, gossamer, light, sheer, thin, transparent [image]  feeble, frivolous, implausible, inadequate, pathetic, poor, thin, transparent, trivial, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, weak


flinch

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baulk, blench, cower, cringe, draw back, duck, flee, quail, recoil, retreat, shirk, shrink, shy away, start, swerve, wince, withdraw


fling

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•   v.    cast, catapult, chuck (Inf.), heave, hurl, jerk, let fly, lob (Inf.), pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy, sling, throw, toss

•   n.    cast, lob, pitch, shot, throw, toss [image]  bash, beano (Brit. sl.), binge (Inf.), bit of fun, good time, indulgence, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), spree [image]  attempt, bash (Inf.), crack (Inf.), gamble, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), trial, try, venture, whirl (Inf.)


flip

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•   v.

•   n. cast, flick, jerk, pitch, snap, spin, throw, toss, twist


flippancy

cheek (Inf.), cheekiness, disrespectfulness, frivolity, impertinence, irreverence, levity, pertness, sauciness


flippant

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cheeky, disrespectful, flip (Inf.), frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, irreverent, offhand, pert, rude, saucy, superficial


flirt

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•   v.    chat up (Inf.), coquet, dally, lead on, make advances, make eyes at, philander [image]  (Usually with with) consider, dabble in, entertain, expose oneself to, give a thought to, play with, toy with, trifle with

•   n.    coquette, heart-breaker, philanderer, tease, trifler, wanton


flirtation

coquetry, dalliance, intrigue, philandering, teasing, toying, trifling


flirtatious

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amorous, arch, come-hither, come-on (Inf.), coquettish, coy, enticing, flirty, provocative, sportive, teasing


flirting

amorous play, chatting up (Inf.), coquetry, dalliance, sport


float

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•   v.    be or lie on the surface, be buoyant, displace water, hang, hover, poise, rest on water, stay afloat [image]  bob, drift, glide, move gently, sail, slide, slip along [image]  get going, launch, promote, push off, set up


floating

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   afloat, buoyant, buoyed up, nonsubmersible, ocean-going, sailing, swimming, unsinkable [image]  fluctuating, free, migratory, movable, unattached, uncommitted, unfixed, variable, wandering


flock

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•   v.    collect, congregate, converge, crowd, gather, group, herd, huddle, mass, throng, troop

•   n.    colony, drove, flight, gaggle, herd, skein [image]  assembly, bevy, collection, company, congregation, convoy, crowd, gathering, group, herd, host, mass, multitude, throng


flog

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   beat, castigate, chastise, flagellate, flay, lambast(e), lash, scourge, thrash, trounce, whack, whip [image]  drive, oppress, overexert, overtax, overwork, punish, push, strain, tax


flogging

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beating, caning, flagellation, hiding (Inf.), horsewhipping, lashing, scourging, thrashing, trouncing, whipping


flood

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•   v.    brim over, deluge, drown, immerse, inundate, overflow, pour over, submerge, swamp [image]  engulf, flow, gush, overwhelm, rush, surge, swarm, sweep [image]  choke, fill, glut, oversupply, saturate

•   n.    deluge, downpour, flash flood, freshet, inundation, overflow, spate, tide, torrent [image]  abundance, flow, glut, multitude, outpouring, profusion, rush, stream, torrent


floor

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•   n.    level, stage, storey, tier

•   v.     Fig. baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over (Inf.), bring up short, confound, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, dumbfound, faze, knock down, nonplus, overthrow, perplex, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw (Inf.)


flop

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•   v.    collapse, dangle, droop, drop, fall, hang limply, sag, slump, topple, tumble [image]   Inf. bomb (U.S. & Canad. sl.), close, come to nothing, fail, fall flat, fall short, fold (Inf.), founder, go belly-up (Sl.), go down like a lead balloon (Inf.), misfire

•   n.     Inf. cockup (Brit. sl.), debacle, disaster, failure, fiasco, loser, nonstarter, washout (Inf.)


floral

flower-patterned, flowery


florid

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   blowzy, flushed, high-coloured, high-complexioned, rubicund, ruddy [image]  baroque, busy, embellished, euphuistic, figurative, flamboyant, flowery, fussy, grandiloquent, high-flown, ornate, overelaborate


flotsam

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debris, detritus, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sweepings, wreckage


flounder

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•   v. be in the dark, blunder, fumble, grope, muddle, plunge, struggle, stumble, thrash, toss, tumble, wallow


flourish

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•   v.    bear fruit, be in one's prime, be successful, be vigorous, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, do well, flower, get ahead, get on, go great guns (Sl.), go up in the world, grow, grow fat, increase, prosper, succeed, thrive [image]  brandish, display, flaunt, flutter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wave, wield

•   n.    brandishing, dash, display, fanfare, parade, shaking, show, showy gesture, twirling, wave [image]  curlicue, decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, plume, sweep


flourishing

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blooming, burgeoning, doing well, going strong, in the pink, in top form, lush, luxuriant, mushrooming, on the up and up (Inf.), prospering, rampant, successful, thriving


flout

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defy, deride, gibe at, insult, jeer at, laugh in the face of, mock, outrage, ridicule, scoff at, scorn, scout (Archaic), show contempt for, sneer at, spurn, take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), taunt, treat with disdain


flow

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•   v.    circulate, course, glide, gush, move, pour, purl, ripple, roll, run, rush, slide, surge, sweep, swirl, whirl [image]  cascade, deluge, flood, inundate, issue, overflow, pour, run, run out, spew, spill, spurt, squirt, stream, teem, well forth [image]  arise, emanate, emerge, issue, pour, proceed, result, spring

•   n.    course, current, drift, flood, flux, gush, issue, outflow, outpouring, spate, stream, tide, tideway, undertow [image]  abundance, deluge, effusion, emanation, outflow, outpouring, plenty, plethora, succession, train


flower

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•   n.    bloom, blossom, efflorescence [image]   Fig. best, choicest part, cream, elite, freshness, greatest or finest point, height, pick, vigour

•   v.    bloom, blossom, blow, burgeon, effloresce, flourish, mature, open, unfold


flowering

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•   adj. abloom, blooming, blossoming, florescent, in bloom, in blossom, in flower, open, out, ready


flowery

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baroque, embellished, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, high-flown, ornate, overwrought, rhetorical


flowing

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   falling, gushing, rolling, rushing, smooth, streaming, sweeping [image]  continuous, cursive, easy, fluent, smooth, unbroken, uninterrupted [image]  abounding, brimming over, flooded, full, overrun, prolific, rich, teeming


fluctuate

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alter, alternate, change, ebb and flow, go up and down, hesitate, oscillate, rise and fall, seesaw, shift, swing, undulate, vacillate, vary, veer, waver


fluctuation

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alternation, change, fickleness, inconstancy, instability, oscillation, shift, swing, unsteadiness, vacillation, variation, wavering


fluency

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articulateness, assurance, command, control, ease, facility, glibness, readiness, slickness, smoothness, volubility


fluent

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articulate, easy, effortless, facile, flowing, glib, natural, ready, smooth, smooth-spoken, voluble, well-versed


fluff

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•   n.    down, dust, dustball, fuzz, lint, nap, oose (Scot.), pile

•   v.     Inf. bungle, cock up (Brit. sl.), foul up (Inf.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), make a mess off, mess up (Inf.), muddle, screw up (Inf.), spoil


fluid

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•   adj.    aqueous, flowing, in solution, liquefied, liquid, melted, molten, running, runny, watery [image]  adaptable, adjustable, changeable, flexible, floating, fluctuating, indefinite, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting [image]  easy, elegant, feline, flowing, graceful, sinuous, smooth

•   n.    liquid, liquor, solution


flurry

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•   n.     Fig. ado, agitation, bustle, commotion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap, fluster, flutter, furore, fuss, hurry, stir, to-do, tumult, whirl [image]  flaw, gust, squall [image]  burst, outbreak, spell, spurt

•   v.    agitate, bewilder, bother, bustle, confuse, disconcert, disturb, faze, fluster, flutter, fuss, hassle (Inf.), hurry, hustle, rattle (Inf.), ruffle, unnerve, unsettle, upset


flush 1

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•   v.    blush, burn, colour, colour up, crimson, flame, glow, go red, redden, suffuse

•   n.    bloom, blush, colour, freshness, glow, redness, rosiness

•   v.    cleanse, douche, drench, eject, expel, flood, hose down, rinse out, swab, syringe, wash out


flush 2

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•   adj.    even, flat, level, plane, square, true [image]  abundant, affluent, full, generous, lavish, liberal, overflowing, prodigal [image]   Inf. in funds, in the money (Inf.), moneyed, rich, rolling (Sl.), wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-supplied

•   adv.    even with, hard against, in contact with, level with, squarely, touching


flushed

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   blushing, burning, crimson, embarrassed, feverish, glowing, hot, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy [image]  (Often with with) ablaze, animated, aroused, elated, enthused, excited, exhilarated, high (Inf.), inspired, intoxicated, thrilled


fluster

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•   v.    agitate, bother, bustle, confound, confuse, disturb, excite, flurry, hassle (Inf.), heat, hurry, make nervous, perturb, rattle (Inf.), ruffle, throw off balance, unnerve, upset

•   n.    agitation, bustle, commotion, disturbance, dither (Chiefly Brit.), flap (Inf.), flurry, flutter, furore, perturbation, ruffle, state (Inf.), turmoil


flutter

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•   v.    agitate, bat, beat, flap, flicker, flit, flitter, fluctuate, hover, palpitate, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shiver, tremble, vibrate, waver

•   n.    palpitation, quiver, quivering, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitching, vibration [image]  agitation, commotion, confusion, dither (Chiefly Brit.), excitement, flurry, fluster, perturbation, state (Inf.), state of nervous excitement, tremble, tumult


fly

See Also

•   v.    flit, flutter, hover, mount, sail, soar, take to the air, take wing, wing [image]  aviate, be at the controls, control, manoeuvre, operate, pilot [image]  display, flap, float, flutter, show, wave [image]  elapse, flit, glide, pass, pass swiftly, roll on, run its course, slip away [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), be off like a shot (Inf.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), career, dart, dash, hare (Brit. inf.), hasten, hurry, race, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, whiz (Inf.), zoom [image]  abscond, avoid, beat a retreat, clear out (Inf.), cut and run (Inf.), decamp, disappear, do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), get away, hasten away, hightail (Inf., chiefly U.S.), light out (Inf.), make a getaway, make a quick exit, make one's escape, run, run for it, run from, show a clean pair of heels, shun, skedaddle (Inf.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take off, take to one's heels [image]  fly in the ointment difficulty, drawback, flaw, hitch, problem, rub, small problem, snag [image]  fly off the handle blow one's top, explode, flip one's lid (Sl.), fly into a rage, have a tantrum, hit or go through the roof (Inf.), let fly (Inf.), lose one's cool (Sl.), lose one's temper [image]  let fly  [image]  burst forth, give free reign, keep nothing back, lash out, let (someone) have it, lose one's temper, tear into (Inf.), vent [image]  cast, chuck (Inf.), fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, let off, lob (Inf.), shoot, sling, throw


fly at

See Also

assail, assault, attack, belabour, fall upon, get stuck into (Inf.), go for, have a go at (Inf.), lay about, pitch into (Inf.), rush at


fly-by-night

See Also

•   adj.    cowboy (Inf.), dubious, questionable, shady, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy [image]  brief, here today, gone tomorrow, impermanent, short-lived


flying

See Also

•   adj.    brief, fleeting, fugacious, hasty, hurried, rushed, short-lived, transitory [image]  express, fast, fleet, mercurial, mobile, rapid, speedy, winged [image]  airborne, flapping, floating, fluttering, gliding, hovering, in the air, soaring, streaming, volitant, waving, wind-borne, winging


foam

See Also

•   n.    bubbles, froth, head, lather, spray, spume, suds

•   v.    boil, bubble, effervesce, fizz, froth, lather


focus

See Also

•   n.    bull's eye, centre, centre of activity, centre of attraction, core, cynosure, focal point, headquarters, heart, hub, meeting place, target [image]  in focus clear, distinct, sharp-edged, sharply defined [image]  out of focus blurred, fuzzy, ill-defined, indistinct, muzzy, unclear

•   v.    aim, bring to bear, centre, concentrate, converge, direct, fix, join, meet, pinpoint, rivet, spotlight, zero in (Inf.), zoom in


foe

See Also

adversary, antagonist, enemy, foeman (Archaic), opponent, rival


fog

See Also

•   n.    gloom, miasma, mist, murk, murkiness, peasouper (Inf.), smog [image]   Fig. blindness, confusion, daze, haze, mist, obscurity, perplexity, stupor, trance

•   v.    becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, muddle, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, stupefy [image]  cloud, mist over or up, steam up


foggy

See Also

   blurred, brumous (Rare), cloudy, dim, grey, hazy, indistinct, misty, murky, nebulous, obscure, smoggy, soupy, vaporous [image]   Fig. befuddled, bewildered, clouded, cloudy, confused, dark, dazed, dim, indistinct, muddled, obscure, stupefied, stupid, unclear, vague


foil

See Also

•   v. baffle, balk, check, checkmate, circumvent, counter, defeat, disappoint, elude, frustrate, nip in the bud, nullify, outwit, put a spoke in (someone's) wheel (Brit.), stop, thwart


foist

fob off, get rid of, impose, insert, insinuate, interpolate, introduce, palm off, pass off, put over, sneak in, unload


fold

See Also

•   v.    bend, crease, crumple, dog-ear, double, double over, gather, intertwine, overlap, pleat, tuck, turn under

•   n.    bend, crease, double thickness, folded portion, furrow, knife-edge, layer, overlap, pleat, turn, wrinkle

•   v.    do up, enclose, enfold, entwine, envelop, wrap, wrap up [image]   Inf. be ruined, close, collapse, crash, fail, go bankrupt, go belly-up (Sl.), go bust (Inf.), go down like a lead balloon (Inf.), go to the wall, go under, shut down


folder

See Also

binder, envelope, file, portfolio


folk

See Also

clan, ethnic group, family, kin, kindred, people, race, tribe


follow

See Also

   come after, come next, step into the shoes of, succeed, supersede, supplant, take the place of [image]  chase, dog, hound, hunt, pursue, run after, shadow, stalk, tail (Inf.), track, trail [image]  accompany, attend, bring up the rear, come or go with, come after, escort, tag along, tread on the heels of [image]  act in accordance with, be guided by, comply, conform, give allegiance to, heed, mind, note, obey, observe, regard, watch [image]  appreciate, catch, catch on (Inf.), comprehend, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, keep up with, realize, see, take in, understand [image]  arise, be consequent, develop, emanate, ensue, flow, issue, proceed, result, spring, supervene [image]  adopt, copy, emulate, imitate, live up to, pattern oneself upon, take as example [image]  be a devotee or supporter of, be devoted to, be interested in, cultivate, keep abreast of, support


follower

See Also

   adherent, admirer, apostle, backer, believer, convert, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, habitué, henchman, partisan, protagonist, pupil, representative, supporter, votary, worshipper [image]  attendant, companion, hanger-on, helper, henchman, lackey, minion, retainer (History), sidekick (Sl.)


following

See Also

•   adj.    coming, consequent, consequential, ensuing, later, next, specified, subsequent, succeeding, successive

•   n.    audience, circle, clientele, coterie, entourage, fans, patronage, public, retinue, suite, support, supporters, train


follow up

   check out, find out about, investigate, look into, make inquiries, pursue, research [image]  consolidate, continue, make sure, reinforce


folly

See Also

absurdity, bêtise (Rare), daftness (Inf.), fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, imprudence, indiscretion, irrationality, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, rashness, recklessness, silliness, stupidity


fond

See Also

   (With of) addicted to, attached to, enamoured of, have a liking  (fancy, taste, soft spot), hooked on, into (Inf.), keen on, partial to, predisposed towards [image]  adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring, devoted, doting, indulgent, loving, tender, warm [image]  absurd, credulous, deluded, delusive, delusory, empty, foolish, indiscreet, naive, overoptimistic, vain


fondle

See Also

caress, cuddle, dandle, pat, pet, stroke


fondly

   affectionately, dearly, indulgently, lovingly, possessively, tenderly, with affection [image]  credulously, foolishly, naively, stupidly, vainly


fondness

See Also

   attachment, fancy, liking, love, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, soft spot, susceptibility, taste, weakness [image]  affection, attachment, devotion, kindness, love, tenderness


food

See Also

   aliment, board, bread, chow (Inf.), comestibles, commons, cooking, cuisine, diet, eatables (Sl.), eats (Sl.), edibles, fare, feed, foodstuffs, grub (Sl.), larder, meat, menu, nosebag (Sl.), nosh (Sl.), nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum (Rare), provender, provisions, rations, refreshment, scoff (Sl.), stores, subsistence, sustenance, table, tack (Inf.), tuck (Inf.), viands, victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect) [image]   Cattle, etc. feed, fodder, forage, provender


fool

See Also

•   n.    ass, berk (Brit. sl.), bird-brain (Inf.), blockhead, bonehead (Sl.), charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), clodpate (Archaic), clot (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dunce, dunderhead, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fathead (Inf.), fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), goose (Inf.), halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile (Inf.), jackass, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), loon, mooncalf, moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, ninny, nit (Inf.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), sap (Sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), silly, simpleton, twerp or twirp (Inf.), twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.) [image]  butt, chump (Inf.), dupe, easy mark (Inf.), fall guy (Inf.), greenhorn (Inf.), gull (Archaic), laughing stock, mug (Brit. sl.), stooge (Sl.), sucker (Sl.) [image]  buffoon, clown, comic, harlequin, jester, merry-andrew, motley, pierrot, punchinello [image]  act or play the fool act up, be silly, cavort, clown, cut capers, frolic, lark about (Inf.), mess about, piss about (Taboo sl.), piss around (Taboo sl.), play the goat, show off (Inf.)

•   v.    bamboozle, beguile, bluff, cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, delude, dupe, gull (Archaic), have (someone) on, hoax, hoodwink, kid (Inf.), make a fool of, mislead, play a trick on, put one over on (Inf.), stiff (Sl.), take in, trick [image]  act the fool, cut capers, feign, jest, joke, kid (Inf.), make believe, piss about (Taboo sl.), piss around (Taboo sl.), pretend, tease [image]  (With with, around with, or about with) fiddle (Inf.), meddle, mess, monkey, piss about (Taboo sl.), piss around (Taboo sl.), play, tamper, toy, trifle


foolery

See Also

antics, capers, carry-on (Inf., chiefly Brit.), childishness, clowning, folly, fooling, horseplay, larks, mischief, monkey tricks (Inf.), nonsense, practical jokes, pranks, shenanigans (Inf.), silliness, tomfoolery


foolhardy

See Also

adventurous, bold, hot-headed, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, madcap, precipitate, rash, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous


foolish

See Also

   absurd, asinine, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, imprudent, inane, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, nonsensical, senseless, short-sighted, silly, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise [image]  braindead (Inf.), brainless, crackpot (Inf.), crazy, daft (Inf.), doltish, fatuous, goofy (Inf.), half-baked (Inf.), half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, loopy (Inf.), ludicrous, mad, moronic, potty (Brit. inf.), ridiculous, senseless, silly, simple, stupid, weak, witless


foolishly

See Also

absurdly, idiotically, ill-advisedly, imprudently, incautiously, indiscreetly, injudiciously, like a fool, mistakenly, short-sightedly, stupidly, unwisely, without due consideration


foolishness

See Also

   absurdity, bêtise (Rare), folly, idiocy, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, irresponsibility, silliness, stupidity, weakness [image]  bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), carrying-on (Inf., chiefly Brit.), claptrap (Inf.), foolery, nonsense, rigmarole, rubbish


foolproof

See Also

certain, guaranteed, infallible, never-failing, safe, sure-fire (Inf.), unassailable, unbreakable


footing

See Also

   basis, establishment, foot-hold, foundation, ground, groundwork, installation, settlement [image]  condition, grade, position, rank, relations, relationship, standing, state, status, terms


footling

See Also

fiddling, fussy, hairsplitting, immaterial, insignificant, irrelevant, minor, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), niggly, petty, pointless, silly, time-wasting, trifling, trivial, unimportant


footstep

See Also

   footfall, step, tread [image]  footmark, footprint, trace, track


forage

See Also

•   n.     Cattle, etc. feed, fodder, food, foodstuffs, provender

•   v.    cast about, explore, hunt, look round, plunder, raid, ransack, rummage, scavenge, scour, scrounge (Inf.), search, seek


forbear

See Also

abstain, avoid, cease, decline, desist, eschew, hold back, keep from, omit, pause, refrain, resist the temptation to, restrain oneself, stop, withhold


forbearance

See Also

   indulgence, leniency, lenity, longanimity (Rare), long-suffering, mildness, moderation, patience, resignation, restraint, self-control, temperance, tolerance [image]  abstinence, avoidance, refraining


forbearing

See Also

clement, easy, forgiving, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, tolerant


forbid

See Also

ban, debar, disallow, exclude, hinder, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, preclude, prohibit, proscribe, rule out, veto


forbidden

See Also

banned, outlawed, out of bounds, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten, vetoed


forbidding

See Also

   abhorrent, disagreeable, odious, offensive, off-putting (Brit. inf.), repellent, repulsive [image]  baleful, daunting, foreboding, frightening, grim, hostile, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening, unfriendly


force

See Also

•   n.    dynamism, energy, impact, impulse, life, might, momentum, muscle, potency, power, pressure, stimulus, strength, stress, vigour [image]  arm-twisting (Inf.), coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, enforcement, pressure, violence [image]  bite, cogency, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, influence, persuasiveness, power, punch (Inf.), strength, validity, weight [image]  drive, emphasis, fierceness, intensity, persistence, vehemence, vigour [image]  army, battalion, body, corps, detachment, division, host, legion, patrol, regiment, squad, squadron, troop, unit [image]  in force  [image]  binding, current, effective, in operation, on the statute book, operative, valid, working [image]  all together, in full strength, in great numbers

•   v.    bring pressure to bear upon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, impel, impose, make, necessitate, obligate, oblige, overcome, press, press-gang, pressure, pressurize, put the squeeze on (Inf.), railroad (Inf.), strong-arm (Inf.), urge [image]  blast, break open, prise, propel, push, thrust, use violence on, wrench, wrest [image]  drag, exact, extort, wring


forced

See Also

   compulsory, conscripted, enforced, involuntary, mandatory, obligatory, slave, unwilling [image]  affected, artificial, contrived, false, insincere, laboured, stiff, strained, unnatural, wooden


forceful

See Also

cogent, compelling, convincing, dynamic, effective, persuasive, pithy, potent, powerful, telling, vigorous, weighty


forcible

See Also

   active, cogent, compelling, effective, efficient, energetic, forceful, impressive, mighty, potent, powerful, strong, telling, valid, weighty [image]  aggressive, armed, coercive, compulsory, drastic, violent


forcibly

See Also

against one's will, by force, by main force, compulsorily, under compulsion, under protest, willy-nilly


forebear

See Also

ancestor, father, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor


forebode

See Also

augur, betoken, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, indicate, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise, vaticinate (Rare), warn of


foreboding

See Also

   anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, chill, dread, fear, misgiving, premonition, presentiment [image]  augury, foreshadowing, foretoken, omen, portent, prediction, presage, prognostication, sign, token, warning


forecast

See Also

•   v.    anticipate, augur, calculate, divine, estimate, foresee, foretell, plan, predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate (Rare)

•   n.    anticipation, conjecture, foresight, forethought, guess, outlook, planning, prediction, prognosis, projection, prophecy


forefather

ancestor, father, forebear, forerunner, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor


foregoing

See Also

above, antecedent, anterior, former, preceding, previous, prior


foreground

centre, forefront, front, limelight, prominence


foreign

See Also

   alien, borrowed, distant, exotic, external, imported, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, unfamiliar, unknown [image]  extraneous, extrinsic, incongruous, irrelevant, unassimilable, uncharacteristic, unrelated


foreigner

See Also

alien, immigrant, incomer, newcomer, outlander, stranger


foremost

See Also

chief, first, front, headmost, highest, inaugural, initial, leading, paramount, pre-eminent, primary, prime, principal, supreme


forerunner

See Also

   ancestor, announcer, envoy, forebear, foregoer, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor, progenitor, prototype [image]  augury, foretoken, indication, omen, portent, premonition, prognostic, sign, token


foresee

See Also

anticipate, divine, envisage, forebode, forecast, foretell, predict, prophesy, vaticinate (Rare)


foreshadow

See Also

adumbrate, augur, betoken, bode, forebode, imply, indicate, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, promise, prophesy, signal


foresight

See Also

anticipation, care, caution, circumspection, far-sightedness, forethought, precaution, premeditation, preparedness, prescience, prevision (Rare), provision, prudence


forestry

arboriculture, dendrology (Bot.), silviculture, woodcraft, woodmanship


foretell

See Also

adumbrate, augur, bode, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, forewarn, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, signify, soothsay, vaticinate (Rare)


forethought

See Also

anticipation, far-sightedness, foresight, precaution, providence, provision, prudence


forever

   always, evermore, for all time, for good and all (Inf.), for keeps, in perpetuity, till Doomsday, till the cows come home (Inf.), till the end of time, world without end [image]  all the time, constantly, continually, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, incessantly, interminably, perpetually, unremittingly


forewarn

See Also

admonish, advise, alert, apprise, caution, dissuade, give fair warning, put on guard, put on the qui vive, tip off


foreword

See Also

introduction, preamble, preface, preliminary, prolegomenon, prologue


forfeit

See Also

•   n.    amercement (Obsolete), damages, fine, forfeiture, loss, mulct, penalty

•   v.    be deprived of, be stripped of, give up, lose, relinquish, renounce, surrender


forfeiture

See Also

confiscation, giving up, loss, relinquishment, sequestration (Law), surrender


forge

See Also

•   v.    construct, contrive, create, devise, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out, invent, make, mould, shape, work [image]  coin, copy, counterfeit, fake, falsify, feign, imitate


forger

coiner, counterfeiter, falsifier


forgery

See Also

   coining, counterfeiting, falsification, fraudulence, fraudulent imitation [image]  counterfeit, fake, falsification, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), sham


forget

See Also

   consign to oblivion, dismiss from one's mind, let bygones be bygones, let slip from the memory [image]  leave behind, lose sight of, omit, overlook


forgetful

See Also

absent-minded, apt to forget, careless, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, slapdash, slipshod, unmindful


forgetfulness

See Also

absent-mindedness, abstraction, carelessness, dreaminess, heedlessness, inattention, lapse of memory, laxity, laxness, oblivion, obliviousness, woolgathering


forgive

See Also

absolve, accept (someone's) apology, acquit, bear no malice, condone, excuse, exonerate, let bygones be bygones, let off (Inf.), pardon, remit


forgiveness

See Also

absolution, acquittal, amnesty, condonation, exoneration, mercy, overlooking, pardon, remission


forgiving

See Also

clement, compassionate, forbearing, humane, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, mild, soft-hearted, tolerant


forgo, forego

See Also

abandon, abjure, cede, do without, give up, kick (Inf.), leave alone or out, relinquish, renounce, resign, sacrifice, surrender, waive, yield


forgotten

See Also

blotted out, buried, bygone, consigned to oblivion, gone (clean) out of one's mind, left behind or out, lost, obliterated, omitted, past, past recall, unremembered


fork

•   v. bifurcate, branch, branch off, diverge, divide, go separate ways, part, split


forked

angled, bifurcate(d), branched, branching, divided, pronged, split, tined, zigzag


forlorn

See Also

abandoned, bereft, cheerless, comfortless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, lonely, lost, miserable, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, unhappy, woebegone, wretched


form 1

See Also

•   v.    assemble, bring about, build, concoct, construct, contrive, create, devise, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, found, invent, make, manufacture, model, mould, produce, put together, set up, shape, stamp [image]  arrange, combine, design, dispose, draw up, frame, organize, pattern, plan, think up [image]  accumulate, appear, become visible, come into being, crystallize, grow, materialize, rise, settle, show up (Inf.), take shape [image]  acquire, contract, cultivate, develop, get into (Inf.), pick up [image]  compose, comprise, constitute, make, make up, serve as [image]  bring up, discipline, educate, instruct, rear, school, teach, train


form 2

See Also

•   n.    appearance, cast, configuration, construction, cut, fashion, formation, model, mould, pattern, shape, stamp, structure [image]  anatomy, being, body, build, figure, frame, outline, person, physique, shape, silhouette [image]  arrangement, character, description, design, guise, kind, manifestation, manner, method, mode, order, practice, semblance, sort, species, stamp, style, system, type, variety, way [image]  format, framework, harmony, order, orderliness, organization, plan, proportion, structure, symmetry [image]  condition, fettle, fitness, good condition, good spirits, health, shape, trim [image]  off form below par, not in the pink (Inf.), not up to the mark, out of condition, stale, under the weather (Inf.), unfit [image]  behaviour, ceremony, conduct, convention, custom, done thing, etiquette, formality, manners, procedure, protocol, ritual, rule [image]  application, document, paper, sheet [image]  class, grade, rank


formal

See Also

   approved, ceremonial, explicit, express, fixed, lawful, legal, methodical, official, prescribed, pro forma, regular, rigid, ritualistic, set, solemn, strict [image]  affected, aloof, ceremonious, conventional, correct, exact, precise, prim, punctilious, reserved, starched, stiff, unbending


formality

See Also

   ceremony, convention, conventionality, custom, form, gesture, matter of form, procedure, red tape, rite, ritual [image]  ceremoniousness, correctness, decorum, etiquette, politesse, protocol, punctilio


formation

See Also

   accumulation, compilation, composition, constitution, crystallization, development, establishment, evolution, forming, generation, genesis, manufacture, organization, production [image]  arrangement, configuration, design, disposition, figure, grouping, pattern, rank, structure


formative

   impressionable, malleable, mouldable, pliant, sensitive, susceptible [image]  determinative, developmental, influential, moulding, shaping


former

See Also

   antecedent, anterior, ci-devant, earlier, erstwhile, ex-, late, one-time, previous, prior, quondam, whilom (Archaic) [image]  ancient, bygone, departed, long ago, long gone, of yore, old, old-time, past [image]  above, aforementioned, aforesaid, first mentioned, foregoing, preceding


formerly

See Also

aforetime (Archaic), already, at one time, before, heretofore, lately, once, previously


formidable

See Also

   appalling, baleful, dangerous, daunting, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, frightful, horrible, intimidating, menacing, shocking, terrifying, threatening [image]  arduous, challenging, colossal, difficult, mammoth, onerous, overwhelming, staggering, toilsome [image]  awesome, great, impressive, indomitable, mighty, powerful, puissant, redoubtable, terrific, tremendous


formula

See Also

   form of words, formulary, rite, ritual, rubric [image]  blueprint, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, recipe, rule, way


formulate

See Also

   codify, define, detail, express, frame, give form to, particularize, set down, specify, systematize [image]  coin, develop, devise, evolve, forge, invent, map out, originate, plan, work out


forsake

See Also

   abandon, cast off, desert, disown, jettison, jilt, leave, leave in the lurch, quit, repudiate, throw over [image]  abdicate, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, kick (Inf.), relinquish, renounce, set aside, surrender, turn one's back on, yield


forsaken

See Also

abandoned, cast off, deserted, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, ignored, isolated, jilted, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, marooned, outcast, solitary


fort

See Also

   blockhouse, camp, castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, garrison, redoubt, station, stronghold [image]  hold the fort carry on, keep things moving, keep things on an even keel, maintain the status quo, stand in, take over the reins


forte

See Also

gift, long suit (Inf.), métier, speciality, strength, strong point, talent


forth

See Also

ahead, away, forward, into the open, onward, out, out of concealment, outward


forthcoming

See Also

   approaching, coming, expected, future, imminent, impending, prospective, upcoming [image]  accessible, at hand, available, in evidence, obtainable, on tap (Inf.), ready [image]  chatty, communicative, expansive, free, informative, open, sociable, talkative, unreserved


forthright

See Also

above-board, blunt, candid, direct, downright, frank, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, straightforward, straight from the shoulder (Inf.), upfront (Inf.)


forthwith

See Also

at once, directly, immediately, instantly, quickly, right away, straightaway, tout de suite, without delay


fortification

See Also

   bastion, bulwark, castle, citadel, defence, fastness, fort, fortress, keep, protection, stronghold [image]  embattlement, reinforcement, strengthening


fortify

See Also

   augment, brace, buttress, embattle, garrison, protect, reinforce, secure, shore up, strengthen, support [image]  brace, cheer, confirm, embolden, encourage, hearten, invigorate, reassure, stiffen, strengthen, sustain


fortitude

See Also

backbone, braveness, courage, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, fearlessness, firmness, grit, guts (Inf.), hardihood, intrepidity, patience, perseverance, pluck, resolution, staying power, stoutheartedness, strength, strength of mind, valour


fortress

See Also

castle, citadel, fastness, fort, redoubt, stronghold


fortunate

See Also

   born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, bright, favoured, golden, happy, having a charmed life, in luck, jammy (Brit. sl.), lucky, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty (Inf.), successful, well-off [image]  advantageous, auspicious, convenient, encouraging, expedient, favourable, felicitous, fortuitous, helpful, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, providential, timely


fortunately

See Also

by a happy chance, by good luck, happily, luckily, providentially


fortune

See Also

   affluence, big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, gold mine, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), opulence, possessions, pretty penny (Inf.), property, prosperity, riches, tidy sum (Inf.), treasure, wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wealth [image]  accident, chance, contingency, destiny, fate, fortuity, hap (Archaic), hazard, kismet, luck, providence [image]  (Often plural) adventures, circumstances, destiny, doom, expectation, experience(s), history, life, lot, portion, star, success [image]  bomb (Brit. sl.), bundle (Sl.), king's ransom, mint, packet (Sl.), pile (Inf.), wealth


forward

See Also

•   adj.    advanced, advancing, early, forward-looking, onward, precocious, premature, progressive, well-developed [image]  advance, first, fore, foremost, front, head, leading [image]  assuming, bare-faced, bold, brash, brass-necked (Brit. inf.), brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, confident, familiar, fresh (Inf.), impertinent, impudent, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), sassy (U.S. inf.)

•   adv.     Also forwards ahead, forth, on, onward [image]  into consideration, into prominence, into the open, into view, out, to light, to the fore, to the surface

•   v.    advance, aid, assist, back, encourage, expedite, favour, foster, further, hasten, help, hurry, promote, speed, support [image]   Commerce dispatch, freight, post, route, send, send on, ship, transmit


forward-looking

See Also

dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, go-ahead, go-getting (Inf.), liberal, modern, progressive, reforming


forwardness

See Also

boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek (Inf.), cheekiness, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), impertinence, impudence, overconfidence, pertness, presumption


foster

See Also

   cultivate, encourage, feed, foment, nurture, promote, stimulate, support, uphold [image]  bring up, mother, nurse, raise, rear, take care of [image]  accommodate, cherish, entertain, harbour, nourish, sustain


foul

See Also

•   adj.    contaminated, dirty, disgusting, fetid, filthy, grotty (Sl.), grungy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), impure, loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, nasty, nauseating, noisome, offensive, olid, polluted, putrid, rank, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), squalid, stinking, sullied, tainted, unclean, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  abusive, blasphemous, blue, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul-mouthed, gross, indecent, lewd, low, obscene, profane, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar [image]  abhorrent, abominable, base, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonourable, egregious, hateful, heinous, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, notorious, offensive, scandalous, shameful, shitty (Taboo sl.), vicious, vile, wicked [image]  crooked, dirty, dishonest, fraudulent, inequitable, shady (Inf.), underhand, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, unsportsmanlike [image]  bad, blustery, disagreeable, foggy, murky, rainy, rough, stormy, wet, wild

•   v.    begrime, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, defile, dirty, pollute, smear, smirch, soil, stain, sully, taint [image]  block, catch, choke, clog, ensnare, entangle, jam, snarl, twist


foul play

chicanery, corruption, crime, deception, dirty work, double-dealing, duplicity, fraud, perfidy, roguery, sharp practice, skulduggery, treachery, villainy


found

See Also

   bring into being, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fix, inaugurate, institute, organize, originate, plant, raise, settle, set up, start [image]  base, bottom, build, ground, rest, root, sustain


foundation

See Also

   base, basis, bedrock, bottom, footing, groundwork, substructure, underpinning [image]  endowment, establishment, inauguration, institution, organization, setting up, settlement


founder 1

See Also

•   n. architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, designer, establisher, father, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patriarch


founder 2

See Also

•   v.    be lost, go down, go to the bottom, sink, submerge [image]   Fig. abort, break down, collapse, come to grief, come to nothing, fail, fall through, go belly-up (Sl.), go down like a lead balloon (Inf.), miscarry, misfire [image]  collapse, fall, go lame, lurch, sprawl, stagger, stumble, trip


foundling

orphan, outcast, stray, waif


fountain

See Also

   font, fount, jet, reservoir, spout, spray, spring, well [image]   Fig. beginning, cause, commencement, derivation, fount, fountainhead, genesis, origin, rise, source, wellhead, wellspring


foxy

See Also

artful, astute, canny, crafty, cunning, devious, guileful, knowing, sharp, shrewd, sly, tricky, wily


foyer

See Also

antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, lobby, reception area, vestibule


fracas

See Also

affray (Law), aggro (Sl.), bagarre, brawl, disturbance, donnybrook, fight, free-for-all (Inf.), melee or mêlée, quarrel, riot, row, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), skirmish, trouble, uproar


fractious

See Also

awkward, captious, crabby, cross, fretful, froward, grouchy (Inf.), irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), recalcitrant, refractory, testy, tetchy, touchy, unruly


fracture

See Also

•   n.    breach, break, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, opening, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split

•   v.    break, crack, rupture, splinter, split


fragile

See Also

breakable, brittle, dainty, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, frail, frangible, infirm, slight, weak


fragment

See Also

•   n.    bit, chip, fraction, morsel, oddment, part, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, shiver, sliver

•   v.    break, break up, come apart, come to pieces, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, split up


fragmentary

See Also

bitty, broken, disconnected, discrete, disjointed, incoherent, incomplete, partial, piecemeal, scattered, scrappy, sketchy, unsystematic


fragrance

See Also

aroma, balm, bouquet, fragrancy, perfume, redolence, scent, smell, sweet odour


fragrant

See Also

ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling


frail

See Also

breakable, brittle, decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frangible, infirm, insubstantial, puny, slight, tender, unsound, vulnerable, weak, wispy


frailty

See Also

   fallibility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, peccability, puniness, susceptibility, weakness [image]  blemish, defect, deficiency, failing, fault, flaw, foible, imperfection, peccadillo, shortcoming, vice, weak point


frame

See Also

•   v.    assemble, build, constitute, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, institute, invent, make, manufacture, model, mould, put together, set up [image]  block out, compose, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, devise, draft, draw up, form, formulate, hatch, map out, plan, shape, sketch [image]  case, enclose, mount, surround

•   n.    casing, construction, fabric, form, framework, scheme, shell, structure, system [image]  anatomy, body, build, carcass, morphology, physique, skeleton [image]  mount, mounting, setting [image]  frame of mind attitude, disposition, fettle, humour, mood, outlook, spirit, state, temper


frame-up

See Also

fabrication, fit-up (Sl.), put-up job, trumped-up charge


framework

See Also

core, fabric, foundation, frame, frame of reference, groundwork, plan, schema, shell, skeleton, structure, the bare bones


franchise

See Also

authorization, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, prerogative, privilege, right, suffrage, vote


frank

See Also

artless, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free, honest, ingenuous, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, sincere, straightforward, straight from the shoulder (Inf.), transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, unreserved, unrestricted, upfront (Inf.)


frankly

See Also

   candidly, honestly, in truth, to be honest [image]  bluntly, directly, freely, openly, overtly, plainly, straight, without reserve


frankness

See Also

absence of reserve, bluntness, candour, forthrightness, ingenuousness, openness, outspokenness, plain speaking, truthfulness


frantic

See Also

at one's wits' end, berserk, beside oneself, desperate, distracted, distraught, fraught (Inf.), frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, mad, overwrought, raging, raving, uptight (Inf.), wild


fraternity

See Also

association, brotherhood, camaraderie, circle, clan, club, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, guild, kinship, league, order, set, sodality, union


fraternize

See Also

associate, concur, consort, cooperate, go around with, hang out (Inf.), hobnob, keep company, mingle, mix, socialize, sympathize, unite


fraud

See Also

   artifice, canard, cheat, chicane, chicanery, craft, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, hoax, humbug, imposture, scam (Sl.), sharp practice, spuriousness, sting (Inf.), stratagems, swindling, treachery, trickery [image]  bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, double-dealer, fake, forgery, hoax, hoaxer, impostor, mountebank, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretender, quack, sham, swindler


fraudulent

See Also

counterfeit, crafty, criminal, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, false, knavish, phoney or phony (Inf.), sham, spurious, swindling, treacherous


fray

See Also

•   v. become threadbare, chafe, fret, rub, wear, wear away, wear thin


frayed

See Also

frazzled, out at elbows, ragged, tattered, threadbare, worn


freak

See Also

•   n.    aberration, abnormality, abortion, anomaly, grotesque, malformation, monster, monstrosity, mutant, oddity, queer fish (Brit. inf.), rara avis, sport (Biol.), teratism, weirdo or weirdie (Inf.) [image]  caprice, crotchet, fad, fancy, folly, humour, irregularity, quirk, turn, twist, vagary, whim, whimsy [image]   Sl. addict, aficionado, buff (Inf.), devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend (Inf.), nut (Sl.)

•   adj.    aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, erratic, exceptional, fluky (Inf.), fortuitous, odd, queer, unaccountable, unexpected, unforeseen, unparalleled, unpredictable, unusual


free

See Also

•   adj.    buckshee (Brit. sl.), complimentary, for free (Inf.), for nothing, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous, on the house, unpaid, without charge [image]  at large, at liberty, footloose, independent, liberated, loose, off the hook (Sl.), on the loose, uncommitted, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unrestrained [image]  able, allowed, clear, disengaged, loose, open, permitted, unattached, unengaged, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammelled [image]  (With of) above, beyond, deficient in, devoid of, exempt from, immune to, lacking (in), not liable to, safe from, sans (Archaic), unaffected by, unencumbered by, untouched by, without [image]  autarchic, autonomous, democratic, emancipated, independent, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign [image]  at leisure, available, empty, extra, idle, not tied down, spare, unemployed, uninhabited, unoccupied, unused, vacant [image]  casual, easy, familiar, forward, frank, free and easy, informal, laid-back (Inf.), lax, liberal, loose, natural, open, relaxed, spontaneous, unbidden, unceremonious, unconstrained, unforced, uninhibited [image]  big (Inf.), bounteous, bountiful, charitable, eager, generous, hospitable, lavish, liberal, munificent, open-handed, prodigal, unsparing, unstinting, willing [image]  free and easy casual, easy-going, informal, laid-back (Inf.), lax, lenient, liberal, relaxed, tolerant, unceremonious

•   adv.    at no cost, for love, gratis, without charge [image]  abundantly, copiously, freely, idly, loosely

•   v.    deliver, discharge, disenthrall, emancipate, let go, let out, liberate, loose, manumit, release, set at liberty, set free, turn loose, unbridle, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unleash, untie [image]  clear, cut loose, deliver, disengage, disentangle, exempt, extricate, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unshackle


freedom

See Also

   autonomy, deliverance, emancipation, home rule, independence, liberty, manumission, release, self-government [image]  exemption, immunity, impunity, privilege [image]  ability, blank cheque, carte blanche, discretion, elbowroom, facility, flexibility, free rein, latitude, leeway, licence, opportunity, play, power, range, scope [image]  abandon, candour, directness, ease, familiarity, frankness, informality, ingenuousness, lack of restraint or reserve, openness, unconstraint [image]  boldness, brazenness, disrespect, forwardness, impertinence, laxity, licence, overfamiliarity, presumption


free-for-all

See Also

affray (Law), bagarre, brawl, donnybrook, dust-up (Inf.), fight, fracas, melee or mêlée, riot, row, scrimmage, shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.)


free hand

•   n. authority, blank cheque, carte blanche, discretion, freedom, latitude, liberty, scope


freely

See Also

   of one's own accord, of one's own free will, spontaneously, voluntarily, willingly, without prompting [image]  candidly, frankly, openly, plainly, unreservedly, without reserve [image]  as you please, unchallenged, without let or hindrance, without restraint [image]  abundantly, amply, bountifully, copiously, extravagantly, lavishly, liberally, like water, open-handedly, unstintingly, with a free hand [image]  cleanly, easily, loosely, readily, smoothly


freethinker

See Also

agnostic, deist, doubter, infidel, sceptic, unbeliever


freeze

See Also

   benumb, chill, congeal, glaciate, harden, ice over or up, stiffen [image]  fix, hold up, inhibit, peg, stop, suspend


freezing

See Also

arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilled, cutting, frost-bound, frosty, glacial, icy, numbing, parky (Brit. inf.), penetrating, polar, raw, Siberian, wintry


freight

See Also

•   n.    carriage, conveyance, shipment, transportation [image]  bales, bulk, burden, cargo, consignment, contents, goods, haul, lading, load, merchandise, payload, tonnage


French

Gallic


frenzied

See Also

agitated, all het up (Inf.), convulsive, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, rabid, uncontrolled, wild


frenzy

See Also

   aberration, agitation, delirium, derangement, distraction, fury, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, paroxysm, passion, rage, seizure, transport, turmoil [image]  bout, burst, convulsion, fit, outburst, paroxysm, spasm


frequency

constancy, frequentness, periodicity, prevalence, recurrence, repetition


frequent 1

See Also

•   adj. common, constant, continual, customary, everyday, familiar, habitual, incessant, numerous, persistent, recurrent, recurring, reiterated, repeated, usual


frequent 2

See Also

•   v. attend, be a regular customer of, be found at, hang out at (Inf.), haunt, patronize, resort, visit


frequently

See Also

commonly, customarily, habitually, many a time, many times, much, not infrequently, oft (Archaic or poetic), often, oftentimes (Archaic), over and over again, repeatedly, thick and fast, very often


fresh

See Also

   different, latest, modern, modernistic, new, new-fangled, novel, original, recent, this season's, unconventional, unusual, up-to-date [image]  added, additional, auxiliary, extra, further, more, other, renewed, supplementary [image]  bracing, bright, brisk, clean, clear, cool, crisp, invigorating, pure, refreshing, spanking, sparkling, stiff, sweet, unpolluted [image]  alert, bouncing, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (Inf.), chipper (Inf.), energetic, full of vim and vigour (Inf.), invigorated, keen, like a new man, lively, refreshed, rested, restored, revived, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vital [image]  blooming, clear, fair, florid, glowing, good, hardy, healthy, rosy, ruddy, wholesome [image]  dewy, undimmed, unfaded, unwearied, unwithered, verdant, vivid, young [image]  artless, callow, green, inexperienced, natural, new, raw, uncultivated, untrained, untried, youthful [image]  crude, green, natural, raw, uncured, undried, unprocessed, unsalted [image]   Inf. bold, brazen, cheeky, disrespectful, familiar, flip (Inf.), forward, impudent, insolent, pert, presumptuous, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy, smart-alecky (Inf.)


freshen

   enliven, freshen up, liven up, refresh, restore, revitalize, rouse, spruce up, titivate [image]  air, purify, ventilate


freshness

See Also

   innovativeness, inventiveness, newness, novelty, originality [image]  bloom, brightness, cleanness, clearness, dewiness, glow, shine, sparkle, vigour, wholesomeness


fret

See Also

   affront, agonize, anguish, annoy, brood, chagrin, goad, grieve, harass, irritate, lose sleep over, provoke, ruffle, torment, upset or distress oneself, worry [image]  agitate, bother, distress, disturb, gall, irk, nag, nettle, peeve (Inf.), pique, rankle with, rile, trouble, vex


fretful

See Also

captious, complaining, cross, crotchety (Inf.), edgy, fractious, irritable, out of sorts, peevish, petulant, querulous, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), short-tempered, splenetic, testy, tetchy, touchy, uneasy


friction

See Also

   abrasion, attrition, chafing, erosion, fretting, grating, irritation, rasping, resistance, rubbing, scraping, wearing away [image]  animosity, antagonism, bad blood, bad feeling, bickering, conflict, disagreement, discontent, discord, disharmony, dispute, dissension, hostility, incompatibility, opposition, resentment, rivalry, wrangling


friend

See Also

   Achates, alter ego, boon companion, bosom friend, buddy (Inf.), china (Brit. sl.), chum (Inf.), cock (Brit. inf.), companion, comrade, confidant, crony, familiar, intimate, mate (Inf.), pal, partner, playmate, soul mate [image]  adherent, advocate, ally, associate, backer, benefactor, partisan, patron, protagonist, supporter, well-wisher


friendless

abandoned, alienated, all alone, alone, cut off, deserted, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, ostracized, shunned, solitary, unattached, with no one to turn to, without a friend in the world, without ties


friendliness

See Also

affability, amiability, companionability, congeniality, conviviality, geniality, kindliness, mateyness or matiness (Brit. inf.), neighbourliness, open arms, sociability, warmth


friendly

See Also

affable, affectionate, amiable, amicable, attached, attentive, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, benign, buddy-buddy (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chummy (Inf.), close, clubby, companionable, comradely, conciliatory, confiding, convivial, cordial, familiar, favourable, fond, fraternal, genial, good, helpful, intimate, kind, kindly, matey or maty (Brit. inf.), neighbourly, on good terms, on visiting terms, outgoing, palsy-walsy (Inf.), peaceable, propitious, receptive, sociable, sympathetic, thick (Inf.), welcoming, well-disposed


friendship

See Also

affection, affinity, alliance, amity, attachment, benevolence, closeness, concord, familiarity, fondness, friendliness, good-fellowship, good will, harmony, intimacy, love, rapport, regard


fright

See Also

   alarm, apprehension, (blue) funk (Inf.), cold sweat, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fear and trembling, horror, panic, quaking, scare, shock, terror, the shivers, trepidation [image]   Inf. eyesore, frump, mess (Inf.), scarecrow, sight (Inf.)


frighten

See Also

affright (Archaic), alarm, appal, cow, daunt, dismay, freeze one's blood, intimidate, make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end (Inf.), make (someone) jump out of his skin (Inf.), petrify, put the wind up (someone) (Inf.), scare, scare (someone) stiff, scare the living daylights out of (someone) (Inf.), shock, startle, terrify, terrorize, throw into a fright, throw into a panic, unman, unnerve


frightened

See Also

abashed, affrighted (Archaic), afraid, alarmed, cowed, dismayed, frozen, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in fear and trepidation, numb with fear, panicky, petrified, scared, scared shitless (Taboo sl.), scared stiff, shit-scared (Taboo sl.), startled, terrified, terrorized, terror-stricken, unnerved


frightening

See Also

alarming, appalling, baleful, bloodcurdling, daunting, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, hair-raising, horrifying, intimidating, menacing, scary (Inf.), shocking, spooky (Inf.), terrifying, unnerving


frightful

See Also

   alarming, appalling, awful, dire, dread, dreadful, fearful, ghastly, godawful (Sl.), grim, grisly, gruesome, harrowing, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, lurid, macabre, petrifying, shocking, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving, unspeakable [image]  annoying, awful, disagreeable, dreadful, extreme, great, insufferable, terrible, terrific, unpleasant


frigid

See Also

   arctic, chill, cold, cool, frost-bound, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hyperboreal, icy, Siberian, wintry [image]  aloof, austere, cold-hearted, forbidding, formal, icy, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving, unresponsive


frigidity

See Also

aloofness, austerity, chill, cold-heartedness, coldness, frostiness, iciness, impassivity, lack of response, lifelessness, passivity, touch-me-not attitude, unapproachability, unresponsiveness, wintriness


frills

See Also

additions, affectation(s), bits and pieces, decoration(s), dressing up, embellishment(s), extras, fanciness, fandangles, finery, frilliness, frippery, fuss, gewgaws, jazz (Sl.), mannerisms, nonsense, ornamentation, ostentation, superfluities, tomfoolery, trimmings


fringe

See Also

•   n.    binding, border, edging, hem, tassel, trimming [image]  borderline, edge, limits, march, marches, margin, outskirts, perimeter, periphery

•   adj.    unconventional, unofficial, unorthodox

•   v.    border, edge, enclose, skirt, surround, trim


frisk

See Also

   bounce, caper, cavort, curvet, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip [image]   Inf. check, inspect, run over, search, shake down (U.S. sl.)


frisky

bouncy, coltish, frolicsome, full of beans (Inf.), full of joie de vivre, high-spirited, in high spirits, kittenish, lively, playful, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive


fritter (away)

dally away, dissipate, fool away, idle (away), misspend, run through, spend like water, squander, waste


frivolity

See Also

childishness, flightiness, flippancy, flummery, folly, frivolousness, fun, gaiety, giddiness, jest, levity, light-heartedness, lightness, nonsense, puerility, shallowness, silliness, superficiality, trifling, triviality


frivolous

See Also

   childish, dizzy, empty-headed, flighty, flip (Inf.), flippant, foolish, giddy, idle, ill-considered, juvenile, light-minded, nonserious, puerile, silly, superficial [image]  extravagant, footling (Inf.), impractical, light, minor, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), niggling, paltry, peripheral, petty, pointless, shallow, trifling, trivial, unimportant


frizzle

crisp, fry, hiss, roast, scorch, sizzle, sputter


frolic

See Also

•   v.    caper, cavort, cut capers, frisk, gambol, lark, make merry, play, rollick, romp, sport

•   n.    antic, escapade, gambado, gambol, game, lark, prank, revel, romp, spree [image]  amusement, drollery, fun, fun and games, gaiety, high jinks, merriment, skylarking (Inf.), sport


frolicsome

See Also

coltish, frisky, gay, kittenish, lively, merry, playful, rollicking, sportive, sprightly, wanton (Archaic)


front

See Also

•   n.    anterior, exterior, façade, face, facing, foreground, forepart, frontage, obverse [image]  beginning, fore, forefront, front line, head, lead, top, van, vanguard [image]  air, appearance, aspect, bearing, countenance, demeanour, expression, exterior, face, manner, mien, show [image]  blind, cover, cover-up, disguise, façade, mask, pretext, show [image]  in front ahead, before, first, in advance, in the lead, in the van, leading, preceding, to the fore

•   adj.    first, foremost, head, headmost, lead, leading, topmost

•   v.    face (onto), look over or  onto, overlook


frontier

See Also

borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, confines, edge, limit, marches, perimeter, verge


frost

freeze, freeze-up, hoarfrost, Jack Frost, rime


frosty

See Also

   chilly, cold, frozen, hoar (Rare), ice-capped, icicled, icy, parky (Brit. inf.), rimy, wintry [image]  discouraging, frigid, off-putting (Brit. inf.), standoffish, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, unwelcoming


froth

See Also

•   n.    bubbles, effervescence, foam, head, lather, scum, spume, suds

•   v.    bubble over, come to a head, effervesce, fizz, foam, lather


frothy

See Also

   foaming, foamy, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy [image]   Fig. empty, frilly, frivolous, light, petty, slight, trifling, trivial, trumpery, unnecessary, unsubstantial, vain


frown

See Also

   give a dirty look, glare, glower, knit one's brows, look daggers, lour or lower, scowl [image]  (With on or upon) disapprove of, discountenance, discourage, dislike, look askance at, not take kindly to, show disapproval or  displeasure, take a dim view of, view with disfavour


frowsty

See Also

close, fuggy, fusty, ill-smelling, musty, stale, stuffy


frozen

See Also

   arctic, chilled, chilled to the marrow, frigid, frosted, icebound, ice-cold, ice-covered, icy, numb [image]  fixed, pegged (of prices), petrified, rooted, stock-still, stopped, suspended, turned to stone


frugal

See Also

abstemious, careful, cheeseparing, economical, meagre, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-wise, provident, prudent, saving, sparing, thrifty


fruit

   crop, harvest, produce, product, yield [image]  advantage, benefit, consequence, effect, outcome, profit, result, return, reward


fruitful

See Also

   fecund, fertile, fructiferous [image]  abundant, copious, flush, plenteous, plentiful, productive, profuse, prolific, rich, spawning [image]  advantageous, beneficial, effective, gainful, productive, profitable, rewarding, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile


fruition

See Also

actualization, attainment, completion, consummation, enjoyment, fulfilment, materialization, maturation, maturity, perfection, realization, ripeness


fruitless

See Also

abortive, barren, bootless, futile, idle, ineffectual, in vain, pointless, profitless, to no avail, to no effect, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unprolific, unsuccessful, useless, vain


fruity

See Also

   full, mellow, resonant, rich [image]   Inf. bawdy, blue, hot, indecent, indelicate, juicy, near the knuckle (Inf.), racy, ripe, risqué, salacious, sexy, smutty, spicy (Inf.), suggestive, titillating, vulgar


frustrate

See Also

   baffle, balk, block, check, circumvent, confront, counter, defeat, disappoint, foil, forestall, inhibit, neutralize, nullify, render null and void, stymie, thwart [image]  depress, discourage, dishearten


frustrated

See Also

carrying a chip on one's shoulder (Inf.), disappointed, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, embittered, foiled, irked, resentful, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


frustration

See Also

   blocking, circumvention, contravention, curbing, failure, foiling, nonfulfilment, nonsuccess, obstruction, thwarting [image]  annoyance, disappointment, dissatisfaction, grievance, irritation, resentment, vexation


fuddled

See Also

bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), confused, drunk, flying (Sl.), inebriated, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), muddled, muzzy, out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pissed (Taboo sl.), smashed (Sl.), sozzled (Inf.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stupefied, tipsy, wasted (Sl.), woozy (Inf.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)


fuddy-duddy

See Also

•   n. back number (Inf.), conservative, dinosaur, dodo (Inf.), fossil, museum piece, (old) fogy, square (Inf.), stick-in-the-mud (Inf.), stuffed shirt (Inf.)


fudge

See Also

•   v. avoid, cook (Sl.), dodge, equivocate, evade, fake, falsify, flannel (Brit. inf.), hedge, misrepresent, patch up, shuffle, slant, stall


fuel

•   n.     Fig. ammunition, encouragement, fodder, food, incitement, material, means, nourishment, provocation

•   v.    charge, fan, feed, fire, incite, inflame, nourish, stoke up, sustain


fugitive

See Also

•   n.    deserter, escapee, refugee, runagate (Archaic), runaway

•   adj.    brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeing, fleeting, flitting, flying, fugacious, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, unstable


fulfil

See Also

accomplish, achieve, answer, bring to completion, carry out, complete, comply with, conclude, conform to, discharge, effect, execute, fill, finish, keep, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, realise, satisfy


fulfilment

See Also

accomplishment, achievement, attainment, carrying out or  through, completion, consummation, crowning, discharge, discharging, effecting, end, implementation, observance, perfection, realization


full

See Also

   brimful, brimming, complete, entire, filled, gorged, intact, loaded, replete, sated, satiated, satisfied, saturated, stocked, sufficient [image]  abundant, adequate, all-inclusive, ample, broad, comprehensive, copious, detailed, exhaustive, extensive, generous, maximum, plenary, plenteous, plentiful, thorough, unabridged [image]  chock-a-block, chock-full, crammed, crowded, in use, jammed, occupied, packed, taken [image]  clear, deep, distinct, loud, resonant, rich, rounded [image]  baggy, balloonlike, buxom, capacious, curvaceous, large, loose, plump, puffy, rounded, voluminous, voluptuous [image]  in full completely, in its entirety, in total, in toto, without exception [image]  to the full completely, entirely, fully, thoroughly, to the utmost, without reservation


full-blooded

See Also

ballsy (Taboo sl.), gutsy (Sl.), hearty, lusty, mettlesome, red-blooded, vigorous, virile


full-bodied

fruity, full-flavoured, heady, heavy, mellow, redolent, rich, strong, well-matured


full-grown

adult, developed, full-fledged, grown-up, in one's prime, marriageable, mature, nubile, of age, ripe


fullness

See Also

   abundance, adequateness, ampleness, copiousness, fill, glut, plenty, profusion, repletion, satiety, saturation, sufficiency [image]  broadness, completeness, comprehensiveness, entirety, extensiveness, plenitude, totality, vastness, wealth, wholeness [image]  clearness, loudness, resonance, richness, strength [image]  curvaceousness, dilation, distension, enlargement, roundness, swelling, tumescence, voluptuousness


full-scale

all-encompassing, all-out, comprehensive, exhaustive, extensive, full-dress, in-depth, major, proper, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, wide-ranging


fully

See Also

   absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, every inch, from first to last, heart and soul, in all respects, intimately, perfectly, positively, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly [image]  abundantly, adequately, amply, comprehensively, enough, plentifully, satisfactorily, sufficiently [image]  at least, quite, without (any) exaggeration, without a word of a lie (Inf.)


fully-fledged

experienced, mature, professional, proficient, qualified, senior, time-served, trained


fulmination

See Also

condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, excoriation, invective, obloquy, philippic, reprobation, tirade


fulsome

See Also

adulatory, cloying, excessive, extravagant, fawning, gross, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, nauseating, overdone, saccharine, sickening, smarmy (Brit. inf.), sycophantic, unctuous


fumble

See Also

   bumble, feel around, flounder, grope, paw (Inf.), scrabble [image]  bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, cock up (Brit. sl.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), make a hash of (Inf.), mess up, misfield, mishandle, mismanage, muff, spoil


fume

See Also

 Fig.

•   v.    blow a fuse (Sl., chiefly U.S.), boil, chafe, champ at the bit (Inf.), crack up (Inf.), fly off the handle (Inf.), get hot under the collar (Inf.), get steamed up about (Sl.), go off the deep end (Inf.), go up the wall (Sl.), rage, rant, rave, see red (Inf.), seethe, smoulder, storm

•   n.    agitation, dither (Chiefly Brit.), fit, fret, fury, passion, rage, stew (Inf.), storm


fumes

effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, gas, haze, miasma, pollution, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapour


fumigate

clean out or  up, cleanse, disinfect, purify, sanitize, sterilize


fuming

See Also

all steamed up (Sl.), angry, at boiling point (Inf.), enraged, foaming at the mouth, in a rage, incensed, raging, roused, seething, up in arms


fun

See Also

•   n.    amusement, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, gaiety, good time, high jinks, jollification, jollity, joy, junketing, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasure, recreation, romp, sport, treat, whoopee (Inf.) [image]  buffoonery, clowning, foolery, game, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joking, nonsense, play, playfulness, skylarking (Inf.), sport, teasing, tomfoolery [image]  in or for fun facetiously, for a joke, for a laugh, in jest, jokingly, light-heartedly, mischievously, playfully, roguishly, teasingly, tongue in cheek, with a gleam or  twinkle in one's eye, with a straight face [image]  make fun of deride, hold up to ridicule, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make game of, make sport of, make the butt of, mock, parody, poke fun at, rag, rib (Inf.), ridicule, satirize, scoff at, send up (Brit. inf.), sneer at, take off, take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), taunt

•   adj.    amusing, convivial, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, lively, witty


function

See Also

•   n.    activity, business, capacity, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, job, mission, occupation, office, operation, part, post, province, purpose, raison d'être, responsibility, role, situation, task

•   v.    act, act the part of, behave, be in commission, be in operation or  action, be in running order, do duty, go, officiate, operate, perform, run, serve, serve one's turn, work

•   n.    affair, do (Inf.), gathering, reception, social occasion


functional

See Also

hard-wearing, operative, practical, serviceable, useful, utilitarian, utility, working


fund

See Also

•   n.    capital, endowment, fall-back, foundation, kitty, pool, reserve, stock, store, supply [image]  hoard, mine, repository, reserve, reservoir, source, storehouse, treasury, vein

•   v.    capitalize, endow, finance, float, pay for, promote, stake, subsidize, support


fundamental

See Also

•   adj.    basic, bog-standard (Inf.), cardinal, central, constitutional, crucial, elementary, essential, first, important, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, necessary, organic, primary, prime, principal, radical, rudimentary, underlying, vital

•   n.    axiom, basic, cornerstone, essential, first principle, law, principle, rudiment, rule, sine qua non


fundamentally

See Also

at bottom, at heart, basically, essentially, intrinsically, primarily, radically


funds

See Also

   ackers (Sl.), brass (Northern English dialect), bread (Sl.), capital, cash, dibs (Sl.), dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), dough (Sl.), finance, hard cash, money, necessary (Inf.), needful (Inf.), ready money, resources, rhino (Brit. sl.), savings, shekels (Inf.), silver, spondulicks (Sl.), the ready (Inf.), the wherewithal, tin (Sl.) [image]  in funds flush (Inf.), in the black, solvent, well-off, well-supplied


funeral

See Also

burial, inhumation, interment, obsequies


funnel

See Also

•   v. channel, conduct, convey, direct, filter, move, pass, pour


funny

See Also

•   adj.    absurd, amusing, a scream  (card (Inf.), caution) (Inf.) (Inf.), comic, comical, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocular, jolly, killing (Inf.), laughable, ludicrous, rich, ridiculous, riotous, risible, side-splitting, silly, slapstick, waggish, witty [image]  curious, dubious, mysterious, odd, peculiar, perplexing, puzzling, queer, remarkable, rum (Brit. sl.), strange, suspicious, unusual, weird

•   n.     Inf. crack (Sl.), jest, joke, play on words, pun, quip, wisecrack, witticism


furious

See Also

   angry, beside oneself, boiling, cross, enraged, frantic, frenzied, fuming, incensed, infuriated, in high dudgeon, livid (Inf.), mad, maddened, on the warpath (Inf.), raging, up in arms, wrathful, wroth (Archaic) [image]  agitated, boisterous, fierce, impetuous, intense, savage, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, violent, wild


furnish

See Also

   appoint, decorate, equip, fit  (out, up), outfit, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock, store, supply [image]  afford, bestow, endow, give, grant, hand out, offer, present, provide, reveal, supply


furniture

See Also

appliances, appointments, chattels, effects, equipment, fittings, furnishings, goods, household goods, movable property, movables, possessions, things (Inf.)


furore

See Also

   commotion, disturbance, excitement, flap (Inf.), frenzy, fury, hullabaloo, outburst, outcry, stir, to-do, uproar [image]  craze, enthusiasm, mania, rage


further

See Also

•   adj.    additional, extra, fresh, more, new, other, supplementary

•   adv.    additionally, also, as well as, besides, furthermore, in addition, moreover, on top of, over and above, to boot, what's more, yet

•   v.    advance, aid, assist, champion, contribute to, encourage, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, hasten, help, lend support to, patronize, plug (Inf.), promote, push, speed, succour, work for


furtherance

See Also

advancement, advocacy, backing, boosting, carrying-out, championship, promotion, prosecution, pursuit


furthest

See Also

extreme, farthest, furthermost, most distant, outermost, outmost, remotest, ultimate, uttermost


furtive

See Also

clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, hidden, secret, secretive, skulking, slinking, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, underhand, under-the-table


fury

See Also

   anger, frenzy, impetuosity, ire, madness, passion, rage, wrath [image]  ferocity, fierceness, force, intensity, power, savagery, severity, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence [image]  bacchante, hag, hellcat, shrew, spitfire, termagant, virago, vixen


fuss

See Also

•   n.    ado, agitation, bother, bustle, commotion, confusion, excitement, fidget, flap (Inf.), flurry, fluster, flutter, hurry, palaver, pother, stir, storm in a teacup (Brit.), to-do, upset, worry [image]  altercation, argument, bother, complaint, difficulty, display, furore, hassle (Inf.), objection, row, squabble, trouble, unrest, upset

•   v.    bustle, chafe, fidget, flap (Inf.), fret, fume, get in a stew (Inf.), get worked up, labour over, make a meal of (Inf.), make a thing of (Inf.), niggle, take pains, worry


fussy

See Also

   choosy (Inf.), dainty, difficult, discriminating, exacting, faddish, faddy, fastidious, finicky, hard to please, nit-picking (Inf.), old-maidish, old womanish, overparticular, particular, pernickety, picky (Inf.), squeamish [image]  busy, cluttered, overdecorated, overelaborate, overembellished, overworked, rococo


futile

See Also

   abortive, barren, bootless, empty, forlorn, fruitless, hollow, ineffectual, in vain, nugatory, profitless, sterile, to no avail, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain, valueless, worthless [image]  idle, pointless, trifling, trivial, unimportant


futility

See Also

   bootlessness, emptiness, fruitlessness, hollowness, ineffectiveness, uselessness [image]  pointlessness, triviality, unimportance, vanity


future

See Also

•   n.    expectation, hereafter, outlook, prospect, time to come

•   adj.    approaching, coming, destined, eventual, expected, fated, forthcoming, impending, in the offing, later, prospective, subsequent, to be, to come, ultimate, unborn


gad (about or around)

gallivant, ramble, range, roam, rove, run around, stravaig (Scot., & northern English dialect), stray, traipse (Inf.), wander


gadabout

See Also

gallivanter, pleasure-seeker, rambler, rover, wanderer


gadget

See Also

appliance, contraption (Inf.), contrivance, device, gimmick, gizmo (Sl., chiefly U.S.), instrument, invention, novelty, thing, tool


gaffe

See Also

bloomer (Inf.), blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), boo-boo (Inf.), clanger (Inf.), faux pas, gaucherie, howler, indiscretion, mistake, slip, solecism


gaffer

See Also

   granddad, greybeard, old boy (Inf.), old fellow, old man, old-timer (U.S.) [image]   Inf. boss (Inf.), foreman, ganger, manager, overseer, superintendent, supervisor


gag 1

See Also

•   v.    curb, muffle, muzzle, quiet, silence, stifle, still, stop up, suppress, throttle [image]   Sl. barf (Sl.), disgorge, heave, puke (Sl.), retch, spew, throw up (Inf.), vomit [image]   Sl. choke, gasp, pant, struggle for breath


gag 2

See Also

crack (Sl.), funny (Inf.), hoax, jest, joke, wisecrack (Inf.), witticism


gaiety

See Also

   animation, blitheness, blithesomeness (Literary), cheerfulness, effervescence, elation, exhilaration, glee, good humour, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, light-heartedness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, sprightliness, vivacity [image]  celebration, conviviality, festivity, fun, jollification, merrymaking, revelry, revels [image]  brightness, brilliance, colour, colourfulness, gaudiness, glitter, show, showiness, sparkle


gaily

See Also

   blithely, cheerfully, gleefully, happily, joyfully, light-heartedly, merrily [image]  brightly, brilliantly, colourfully, flamboyantly, flashily, gaudily, showily


gain

See Also

•   v.    achieve, acquire, advance, attain, bag, build up, capture, collect, enlist, gather, get, glean, harvest, improve, increase, net, obtain, pick up, procure, profit, realize, reap, score (Sl.), secure, win, win over [image]  acquire, bring in, clear, earn, get, make, net, obtain, produce, realize, win, yield [image]  (Usually with on)  [image]  approach, catch up with, close with, get nearer, narrow the gap, overtake [image]  draw or pull away from, get farther away, leave behind, outdistance, recede, widen the gap [image]  arrive at, attain, come to, get to, reach [image]  gain time delay, procrastinate, stall, temporize, use delaying tactics

•   n.    accretion, achievement, acquisition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, dividend, earnings, emolument, growth, headway, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, return, rise, winnings, yield


gains

See Also

booty, earnings, gainings, pickings, prize, proceeds, profits, revenue, takings, winnings


gainsay

See Also

contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, disagree with, dispute, rebut, retract


gait

See Also

bearing, carriage, pace, step, stride, tread, walk


gala

See Also

•   n.    beano (Brit. sl.), carnival, celebration, festival, festivity, fête, jamboree, pageant, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.)

•   adj.    celebratory, convivial, festal, festive, gay, jovial, joyful, merry


gale

See Also

   blast, cyclone, hurricane, squall, storm, tempest, tornado, typhoon [image]   Inf. burst, eruption, explosion, fit, howl, outbreak, outburst, peal, shout, shriek


gall 1

See Also

    Inf. brass (Inf.), brass neck (Brit. inf.), brazenness, cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, impertinence, impudence, insolence, neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), sauciness [image]  acrimony, animosity, animus, antipathy, bad blood, bile, bitterness, enmity, hostility, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancour, sourness, spite, spleen, venom


gall 2

See Also

•   n.    abrasion, chafe, excoriation, raw spot, scrape, sore, sore spot, wound [image]  aggravation (Inf.), annoyance, bother, botheration (Inf.), exasperation, harassment, irritant, irritation, nuisance, pest, provocation, vexation

•   v.    abrade, bark, chafe, excoriate, fret, graze, irritate, rub raw, scrape, skin [image]  aggravate (Inf.), annoy, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, exasperate, fret, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, nag, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, peeve (Inf.), pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), plague, provoke, rankle, rile (Inf.), rub up the wrong way, ruffle, vex


gallant

See Also

•   adj.    bold, brave, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, fearless, game (Inf.), heroic, high-spirited, honourable, intrepid, lion-hearted, manful, manly, mettlesome, noble, plucky, valiant, valorous [image]  attentive, chivalrous, courteous, courtly, gentlemanly, gracious, magnanimous, noble, polite [image]  august, dignified, elegant, glorious, grand, imposing, lofty, magnificent, noble, splendid, stately

•   n.    admirer, beau, boyfriend, escort, leman (Archaic), lover, paramour, suitor, wooer [image]  beau, blade (Archaic), buck (Inf.), dandy, fop, ladies' man, lady-killer (Inf.), man about town, man of fashion [image]  adventurer, cavalier, champion, daredevil, hero, knight, man of mettle, preux chevalier


gallantry

See Also

   audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, derring-do (Archaic), fearlessness, heroism, intrepidity, manliness, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, valiance, valour [image]  attentiveness, chivalry, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, elegance, gentlemanliness, graciousness, nobility, politeness


galling

See Also

aggravating (Inf.), annoying, bitter, bothersome, exasperating, harassing, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, plaguing, provoking, rankling, vexatious, vexing


gallop

See Also

barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, career, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hie (Archaic), hurry, race, run, rush, scud, shoot, speed, sprint, tear along, zoom


galore

à gogo (Inf.), all over the place, aplenty, everywhere, in abundance, in great quantity, in numbers, in profusion, to spare


galvanize

See Also

arouse, awaken, electrify, excite, fire, inspire, invigorate, kick-start, jolt, move, prod, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stimulate, stir, thrill, vitalize, wake


gamble

See Also

•   v.    back, bet, game, have a flutter (Inf.), lay or make a bet, play, punt, stake, try one's luck, wager [image]  back, chance, hazard, put one's faith or trust in, risk, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out (Inf.), take a chance, venture

•   n.    chance, leap in the dark, lottery, risk, speculation, uncertainty, venture [image]  bet, flutter (Inf.), punt, wager


gambol

See Also

•   v.    caper, cavort, curvet, cut a caper, frisk, frolic, hop, jump, prance, rollick, skip

•   n.    antic, caper, frolic, gambado, hop, jump, prance, skip, spring


game 1

See Also

•   n.    amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, frolic, fun, jest, joke, lark, merriment, pastime, play, recreation, romp, sport [image]  competition, contest, event, head-to-head, match, meeting, round, tournament [image]  adventure, business, enterprise, line, occupation, plan, proceeding, scheme, undertaking [image]  chase, prey, quarry, wild animals [image]   Inf. design, device, plan, plot, ploy, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tactic, trick [image]  make (a) game of deride, make a fool of, make a laughing stock, make fun of, make sport of, mock, poke fun at, ridicule, send up (Brit. inf.)


game 2

See Also

•   adj.    ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, dogged, fearless, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), gallant, gritty, have-a-go (Inf.), heroic, intrepid, persevering, persistent, plucky, resolute, spirited, unflinching, valiant, valorous [image]  desirous, disposed, eager, inclined, interested, prepared, ready, willing


gamut

area, catalogue, compass, field, range, scale, scope, series, sweep


gang

See Also

band, bevy, camp, circle, clique, club, company, coterie, crew (Inf.), crowd, group, herd, horde, lot, mob, pack, party, posse (Sl.), ring, set, shift, squad, team, troupe


gangling, gangly

See Also

angular, awkward, lanky, loose-jointed, rangy, rawboned, skinny, spindly, tall


gangster

See Also

bandit, brigand, crook (Inf.), desperado, gang member, heavy (Sl.), hood (U.S. sl.), hoodlum (Chiefly U.S.), mobster (U.S. sl.), racketeer, robber, ruffian, thug, tough


gap

See Also

   blank, breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, discontinuity, divide, entr'acte, hiatus, hole, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, opening, pause, recess, rent, respite, rift, space, vacuity, void [image]  difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, inconsistency


gape

See Also

   gawk, gawp (Brit. sl.), goggle, stare, wonder [image]  crack, open, split, yawn


gaping

See Also

broad, cavernous, great, open, vast, wide, wide open, yawning


garbage

See Also

   bits and pieces, debris, detritus, junk, litter, odds and ends, rubbish, scraps [image]  dreck (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dross, filth, muck, offal, refuse, rubbish, scourings, slops, sweepings, swill, trash (Chiefly U.S.), waste [image]  balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), codswallop (Brit. sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), flapdoodle (Sl.), garbage (Chiefly U.S.), gibberish, guff (Sl.), havers (Scot.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, tosh (Inf.), tripe (Inf.), twaddle


garble

See Also

   confuse, jumble, mix up [image]  corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, misinterpret, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, mistranslate, mutilate, pervert, slant, tamper with, twist


garish

See Also

brash, brassy, brummagem, cheap, flash (Inf.), flashy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, loud, meretricious, naff (Brit. sl.), raffish, showy, tacky (Inf.), tasteless, tawdry, vulgar


garland

See Also

•   n.    bays, chaplet, coronal, crown, festoon, honours, laurels, wreath

•   v.    adorn, crown, deck, festoon, wreathe


garments

apparel, array, articles of clothing, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, duds (Inf.), garb, gear (Sl.), habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment (Archaic), robes, togs, uniform, vestments, wear


garner

See Also

•   v.    accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, deposit, gather, hoard, husband, lay in or up, put by, reserve, save, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure

•   n.     Literary depository, granary, store, storehouse, vault


garnish

See Also

•   v.    adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, enhance, festoon, grace, ornament, set off, trim

•   n.    adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, festoon, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, trim, trimming


garrison

See Also

•   n.    armed force, command, detachment, troops, unit [image]  base, camp, encampment, fort, fortification, fortress, post, station, stronghold

•   v.    assign, mount, position, post, put on duty, station [image]  defend, guard, man, occupy, protect, supply with troops


garrulous

See Also

   babbling, chattering, chatty, effusive, gabby (Inf.), glib, gossiping, gushing, loquacious, mouthy, prating, prattling, talkative, verbose, voluble [image]  diffuse, gassy (Sl.), long-winded, prolix, prosy, verbose, windy, wordy


gash

See Also

•   v.    cleave, cut, gouge, incise, lacerate, rend, slash, slit, split, tear, wound

•   n.    cleft, cut, gouge, incision, laceration, rent, slash, slit, split, tear, wound


gasp

See Also

•   v.    blow, catch one's breath, choke, fight for breath, gulp, pant, puff

•   n.    blow, ejaculation, exclamation, gulp, pant, puff


gate

See Also

access, barrier, door, doorway, egress, entrance, exit, gateway, opening, passage, port (Scot.), portal


gather

See Also

   accumulate, amass, assemble, bring or get together, collect, congregate, convene, flock, forgather, garner, group, heap, hoard, marshal, mass, muster, pile up, round up, stack up, stockpile [image]  assume, be led to believe, conclude, deduce, draw, hear, infer, learn, make, surmise, understand [image]  clasp, draw, embrace, enfold, hold, hug [image]  crop, cull, garner, glean, harvest, pick, pluck, reap, select [image]  build, deepen, enlarge, expand, grow, heighten, increase, intensify, rise, swell, thicken, wax [image]  fold, pleat, pucker, ruffle, shirr, tuck


gathering

See Also

   assemblage, assembly, company, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, flock, get-together (Inf.), group, knot, meeting, muster, party, rally, throng, turnout [image]  accumulation, acquisition, aggregate, collecting, collection, concentration, gain, heap, hoard, mass, pile, procuring, roundup, stock, stockpile [image]   Inf. abscess, boil, carbuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, spot, tumour, ulcer


gauche

See Also

awkward, clumsy, graceless, ignorant, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking in social graces, maladroit, tactless, uncultured, unpolished, unsophisticated


gaudy

See Also

brash, bright, brilliant, brummagem, flash (Inf.), flashy, florid, garish, gay, glaring, loud, meretricious, naff (Brit. sl.), ostentatious, raffish, showy, tacky (Inf.), tasteless, tawdry, vulgar


gauge

See Also

•   v.    ascertain, calculate, check, compute, count, determine, measure, weigh [image]  adjudge, appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, guess, judge, rate, reckon, value

•   n.    basis, criterion, example, exemplar, guide, guideline, indicator, measure, meter, model, par, pattern, rule, sample, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick [image]  bore, capacity, degree, depth, extent, height, magnitude, measure, scope, size, span, thickness, width


gaunt

See Also

   angular, attenuated, bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, lank, lean, macilent (Rare), meagre, pinched, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, thin, wasted [image]  bare, bleak, desolate, dismal, dreary, forbidding, forlorn, grim, harsh


gawky

See Also

awkward, clownish, clumsy, gauche, loutish, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, uncouth, ungainly


gay

See Also

•   adj.    homosexual, lesbian, poofy (Offens. sl.), queer (Offens. sl.) [image]  animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, debonair, glad, gleeful, happy, hilarious, insouciant, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, lively, merry, sparkling, sunny, vivacious [image]  bright, brilliant, colourful, flamboyant, flashy, fresh, garish, gaudy, rich, showy, vivid [image]  convivial, festive, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, merry, playful, pleasure-seeking, rakish, rollicking, sportive, waggish

•   n.    dyke (Offens. sl.), faggot (U.S. offens. sl.), fairy (Offens. sl.), homosexual, invert, lesbian, poof (Offens. sl.), queer (Offens. sl.)


gaze

See Also

•   v.    contemplate, eyeball (U.S. sl.), gape, look, look fixedly, regard, stare, view, watch, wonder

•   n.    fixed look, look, stare


gazette

journal, newspaper, news-sheet, organ, paper, periodical


gear

See Also

•   n.    cog, cogwheel, gearwheel, toothed wheel [image]  cogs, gearing, machinery, mechanism, works [image]  accessories, accoutrements, apparatus, equipment, harness, instruments, outfit, paraphernalia, rigging, supplies, tackle, tools, trappings [image]  baggage, belongings, effects, kit, luggage, stuff, things [image]   Sl. apparel, array, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garments, habit, outfit, rigout (Inf.), togs, wear

•   v.    adapt, adjust, equip, fit, rig, suit, tailor


gelatinous

See Also

gluey, glutinous, gummy, jelly-like, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous


gelid

arctic, chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, icy, polar


gem

See Also

   jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, stone [image]  flower, jewel, masterpiece, pearl, pick, prize, treasure


genealogy

See Also

ancestry, blood line, derivation, descent, extraction, family tree, line, lineage, pedigree, progeniture, stemma, stirps, stock, strain


general

See Also

   accepted, broad, common, extensive, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, universal, widespread [image]  accustomed, conventional, customary, everyday, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, typical, usual [image]  approximate, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, inexact, loose, undetailed, unspecific, vague [image]  across-the-board, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehensive, encyclopedic, generic, indiscriminate, miscellaneous, panoramic, sweeping, total, universal


generality

See Also

   abstract principle, generalization, loose statement, sweeping statement, vague notion [image]  acceptedness, commonness, extensiveness, popularity, prevalence, universality [image]  approximateness, impreciseness, indefiniteness, inexactness, lack of detail, looseness, vagueness [image]  breadth, catholicity, comprehensiveness, miscellaneity, sweepingness, universality


generally

See Also

   almost always, as a rule, by and large, conventionally, customarily, for the most part, habitually, in most cases, largely, mainly, normally, on average, on the whole, ordinarily, regularly, typically, usually [image]  commonly, extensively, popularly, publicly, universally, widely [image]  approximately, broadly, chiefly, for the most part, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, predominantly, principally


generate

See Also

beget, breed, bring about, cause, create, engender, form, give rise to, initiate, make, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, spawn, whip up


generation

See Also

   begetting, breeding, creation, engenderment, formation, genesis, origination, procreation, production, propagation, reproduction [image]  age group, breed, crop [image]  age, day, days, epoch, era, period, time, times


generic

all-encompassing, blanket, collective, common, comprehensive, general, inclusive, sweeping, universal, wide


generosity

See Also

   beneficence, benevolence, bounteousness, bounty, charity, kindness, largess or largesse, liberality, munificence, open-handedness [image]  disinterestedness, goodness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, nobleness, unselfishness


generous

See Also

   beneficent, benevolent, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, hospitable, kind, lavish, liberal, munificent, open-handed, princely, prodigal, ungrudging, unstinting [image]  big-hearted, disinterested, good, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, noble, unselfish [image]  abundant, ample, copious, full, lavish, liberal, overflowing, plentiful, rich, unstinting


genesis

See Also

beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, engendering, formation, generation, inception, origin, outset, propagation, root, source, start


genial

See Also

affable, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, congenial, convivial, cordial, easygoing, enlivening, friendly, glad, good-natured, happy, hearty, jolly, jovial, joyous, kind, kindly, merry, pleasant, sunny, warm, warm-hearted


geniality

affability, agreeableness, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, happiness, heartiness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyousness, kindliness, kindness, mirth, pleasantness, sunniness, warm-heartedness, warmth


genius

See Also

   adept, buff (Inf.), brain (Inf.), brainbox, expert, hotshot (Inf.), intellect (Inf.), maestro, master, master-hand, mastermind, maven (U.S.), virtuoso, whiz (Inf.) [image]  ability, aptitude, bent, brilliance, capacity, creative power, endowment, faculty, flair, gift, inclination, knack, propensity, talent, turn


genteel

See Also

aristocratic, civil, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, fashionable, formal, gentlemanly, ladylike, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, respectable, sophisticated, stylish, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered


gentility

See Also

   breeding, civility, courtesy, courtliness, cultivation, culture, decorum, elegance, etiquette, formality, good breeding, good manners, mannerliness, polish, politeness, propriety, refinement, respectability, sophistication, urbanity [image]  blue blood, gentle birth, good family, high birth, nobility, rank [image]  aristocracy, elite, gentlefolk, gentry, nobility, nobles, ruling class, upper class


gentle

See Also

   amiable, benign, bland, compassionate, dove-like, humane, kind, kindly, lenient, meek, merciful, mild, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, soft, sweet-tempered, tender [image]  balmy, calm, clement, easy, light, low, mild, moderate, muted, placid, quiet, serene, slight, smooth, soft, soothing, temperate, tranquil, untroubled [image]  easy, gradual, imperceptible, light, mild, moderate, slight, slow [image]  biddable, broken, docile, manageable, placid, tame, tractable [image]   Archaic aristocratic, civil, courteous, cultured, elegant, genteel, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, high-born, ladylike, noble, polished, polite, refined, upper-class, well-born, well-bred


gentlemanly

See Also

civil, civilized, courteous, cultivated, debonair, gallant, genteel, gentlemanlike, honourable, mannerly, noble, obliging, polished, polite, refined, reputable, suave, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered


genuine

See Also

   actual, authentic, bona fide, honest, legitimate, natural, original, pure, real, sound, sterling, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, veritable [image]  artless, candid, earnest, frank, heartfelt, honest, sincere, unaffected, unfeigned


germ

See Also

   bacterium, bug (Inf.), microbe, microorganism, virus [image]  beginning, bud, cause, embryo, origin, root, rudiment, seed, source, spark [image]  bud, egg, embryo, nucleus, ovule, ovum, seed, spore, sprout


germane

See Also

akin, allied, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, material, pertinent, proper, related, relevant, suitable, to the point or purpose


germinate

bud, develop, generate, grow, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate


gestation

development, evolution, incubation, maturation, pregnancy, ripening


gesticulate

See Also

gesture, indicate, make a sign, motion, sign, signal, wave


gesture

See Also

•   n.    action, gesticulation, indication, motion, sign, signal

•   v.    gesticulate, indicate, motion, sign, signal, wave


get

See Also

   achieve, acquire, attain, bag, bring, come by, come into possession of, earn, fall heir to, fetch, gain, glean, inherit, make, net, obtain, pick up, procure, realize, reap, receive, score (Sl.), secure, succeed to, win [image]  be afflicted with, become infected with, be smitten by, catch, come down with, contract, fall victim to, take [image]  arrest, capture, collar (Inf.), grab, lay hold of, nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), seize, take, trap [image]  become, come to be, grow, turn, wax [image]  catch, comprehend, fathom, follow, hear, notice, perceive, see, suss (out) (Sl.), take in, understand, work out [image]  arrive, come, make it (Inf.), reach [image]  arrange, contrive, fix, manage, succeed, wangle (Inf.) [image]  coax, convince, induce, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway, talk into, wheedle, win over [image]  communicate with, contact, get in touch with, reach [image]   Inf. affect, arouse, excite, have an effect on, impress, move, stimulate, stir, touch [image]   Inf. annoy, bother, bug (Inf.), gall, get (someone's) goat (Sl.), irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pique, rub (someone) up the wrong way, upset, vex [image]  baffle, confound, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump


get across

See Also

   cross, ford, negotiate, pass over, traverse [image]  bring home to, communicate, convey, get (something) through to, impart, make clear or understood, put over, transmit


get ahead

See Also

   advance, be successful, cut it (Inf.), do well, flourish, get on, make good, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive [image]  excel, leave behind, outdo, outmanoeuvre, overtake, surpass


get along

See Also

   agree, be compatible, be friendly, get on, harmonize, hit it off (Inf.) [image]  cope, develop, fare, get by (Inf.), make out (Inf.), manage, progress, shift [image]  be off, depart, go, go away, leave, move off, slope off


get at

See Also

   acquire, attain, come to grips with, gain access to, get, get hold of, reach [image]  hint, imply, intend, lead up to, mean, suggest [image]  annoy, attack, be on one's back (Sl.), blame, carp, criticize, find fault with, hassle (Inf.), irritate, nag, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pick on, taunt [image]  bribe, buy off, corrupt, influence, suborn, tamper with


getaway

break, break-out, decampment, escape, flight


get away

See Also

abscond, break free, break out, decamp, depart, disappear, escape, flee, leave, make good one's escape, slope off


get back

See Also

   recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve [image]  arrive home, come back or home, return, revert, revisit [image]  (With at) be avenged, get even with, give tit for tat, hit back, retaliate, settle the score with, take vengeance on


get by

See Also

   circumvent, get ahead of, go around, go past, overtake, pass, round [image]   Inf. contrive, cope, exist, fare, get along, make both ends meet, manage, subsist, survive


get down

See Also

   alight, bring down, climb down, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, lower, step down [image]  bring down, depress, dishearten, dispirit


get in

alight, appear, arrive, collect, come, embark, enter, include, infiltrate, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate


get off

See Also

   alight, depart, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, leave [image]  detach, remove, shed, take off


get on

See Also

   ascend, board, climb, embark, mount [image]  advance, cope, cut it (Inf.), fare, get along, make out (Inf.), manage, progress, prosper, succeed [image]  agree, be compatible, be friendly, concur, get along, harmonize, hit it off (Inf.)


get out

See Also

alight, break out, clear out (Inf.), decamp, escape, evacuate, extricate oneself, free oneself, leave, vacate, withdraw


get out of

avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), dodge, escape, evade, shirk


get over

See Also

   cross, ford, get across, pass, pass over, surmount, traverse [image]  come round, get better, mend, pull through, rally, recover from, revive, survive [image]  defeat, get the better of, master, overcome, shake off [image]  communicate, convey, get or put across, impart, make clear or understood


get round

See Also

   bypass, circumvent, edge, evade, outmanoeuvre, skirt [image]   Inf. cajole, coax, convert, persuade, prevail upon, talk round, wheedle, win over


get together

See Also

accumulate, assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, gather, join, meet, muster, rally, unite


get up

See Also

arise, ascend, climb, increase, mount, rise, scale, stand


ghastly

See Also

ashen, cadaverous, deathlike, deathly pale, dreadful, frightful, godawful (Sl.), grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, livid, loathsome, pale, pallid, repellent, shocking, spectral, terrible, terrifying, wan


ghost

See Also

   apparition, eidolon, manes, phantasm, phantom, revenant, shade (Literary), soul, spectre, spirit, spook (Inf.), wraith [image]  glimmer, hint, possibility, semblance, shadow, suggestion, trace


ghostly

See Also

eerie, ghostlike, illusory, insubstantial, phantasmal, phantom, spectral, spooky (Inf.), supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird, wraithlike


giant

See Also

•   n.    behemoth, colossus, Hercules, leviathan, monster, ogre, titan

•   adj.    Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), large, mammoth, monstrous, prodigious, titanic, vast


gibberish

See Also

babble, balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), blather, bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), double talk, drivel, eyewash (Inf.), gabble, garbage (Inf.), gobbledegook (Inf.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), jabber, jargon, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), prattle, shit (Taboo sl.), tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.), twaddle, yammer (Inf.)


gibe, jibe

See Also

•   v.    deride, flout, jeer, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, take the piss out of (Sl.), taunt, twit

•   n.    barb, crack (Sl.), cutting remark, derision, dig, jeer, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, scoffing, sneer, taunt


giddiness

See Also

dizziness, faintness, light-headedness, vertigo


giddy

See Also

   dizzy, dizzying, faint, light-headed, reeling, unsteady, vertiginous [image]  capricious, careless, changeable, changeful, erratic, fickle, flighty, frivolous, heedless, impulsive, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, reckless, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, wild


gift

See Also

   benefaction, bequest, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, grant, gratuity, hand-out, largess or largesse, legacy, offering, present [image]  ability, aptitude, attribute, bent, capability, capacity, endowment, faculty, flair, genius, knack, power, talent, turn


gifted

See Also

able, accomplished, adroit, brilliant, capable, clever, expert, ingenious, intelligent, masterly, skilled, talented


gigantic

See Also

Brobdingnagian, colossal, Cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, herculean, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, mammoth, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast


giggle

•   v.

•   n. cackle, chortle, chuckle, laugh, snigger, tee-hee, titter, twitter


gild

See Also

adorn, beautify, bedeck, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embellish, embroider, enhance, enrich, garnish, grace, ornament


gimmick

See Also

contrivance, device, dodge, gadget, gambit, gizmo (Sl., chiefly U.S.), ploy, scheme, stratagem, stunt, trick


gingerly

See Also

•   adv.    carefully, cautiously, charily, circumspectly, daintily, delicately, fastidiously, hesitantly, reluctantly, squeamishly, suspiciously, timidly, warily

•   adj.    careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, dainty, delicate, fastidious, hesitant, reluctant, squeamish, suspicious, timid, wary


gird

See Also

   belt, bind, girdle [image]  blockade, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engird, environ, hem in, pen, ring, surround [image]  brace, fortify, make ready, prepare, ready, steel


girdle

See Also

•   n.    band, belt, cincture, cummerbund, fillet, sash, waistband

•   v.    bind, bound, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, environ, gird, hem, ring, surround


girl

See Also

bird (Sl.), chick (Sl.), colleen (Irish), damsel (Archaic), daughter, female child, lass, lassie (Inf.), maid (Archaic), maiden (Archaic), miss, wench


girth

See Also

bulk, circumference, measure, size


gist

See Also

core, drift, essence, force, idea, import, marrow, meaning, nub, pith, point, quintessence, sense, significance, substance


give

See Also

   accord, administer, allow, award, bestow, commit, confer, consign, contribute, deliver, donate, entrust, furnish, grant, hand over or out, make over, permit, present, provide, purvey, supply, vouchsafe [image]  announce, be a source of, communicate, emit, impart, issue, notify, pronounce, publish, render, transmit, utter [image]  demonstrate, display, evidence, indicate, manifest, offer, proffer, provide, set forth, show [image]  allow, cede, concede, devote, grant, hand over, lend, relinquish, surrender, yield [image]  cause, do, engender, lead, make, occasion, perform, produce [image]  bend, break, collapse, fall, recede, retire, sink


give away

See Also

betray, disclose, divulge, expose, inform on, leak, let out, let slip, shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), reveal, uncover


give in

See Also

admit defeat, capitulate, collapse, comply, concede, quit, submit, succumb, surrender, yield


given

See Also

addicted, apt, disposed, inclined, liable, likely, prone


give off

See Also

discharge, emit, exhale, exude, produce, release, send out, smell of, throw out, vent


give out

See Also

   discharge, emit, exhale, exude, produce, release, send out, smell of, throw out, vent [image]  announce, broadcast, communicate, disseminate, impart, make known, notify, publish, transmit, utter


give up

See Also

abandon, capitulate, cease, cede, cut out, desist, despair, forswear, hand over, kick (Inf.), leave off, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, step down (Inf.), stop, surrender, throw in the towel, waive


glad

See Also

   blithesome (Literary), cheerful, chuffed (Sl.), contented, delighted, gay, gleeful, gratified, happy, jocund, jovial, joyful, overjoyed, pleased, willing [image]  animated, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delightful, felicitous, gratifying, joyous, merry, pleasant, pleasing


gladden

See Also

cheer, delight, elate, enliven, exhilarate, gratify, hearten, please, rejoice


gladly

See Also

cheerfully, freely, gaily, gleefully, happily, jovially, joyfully, joyously, lief (Rare), merrily, readily, willingly, with (a) good grace, with pleasure


gladness

See Also

animation, blitheness, cheerfulness, delight, felicity, gaiety, glee, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasure


glamorous

See Also

alluring, attractive, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, dazzling, elegant, enchanting, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, glittering, glitzy (Sl.), glossy, lovely, prestigious, smart


glamour

See Also

allure, appeal, attraction, beauty, bewitchment, charm, enchantment, fascination, magnetism, prestige, ravishment, witchery


glance

See Also

•   v.    check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. inf.), gaze, glimpse, look, peek, peep, scan, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view [image]  flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, reflect, shimmer, shine, twinkle [image]  bounce, brush, graze, rebound, ricochet, skim [image]  (With over, through, etc.) browse, dip into, flip through, leaf through, riffle through, run over or through, scan, skim through, thumb through

•   n.    brief look, butcher's (Brit. sl.), dekko (Sl.), gander (Inf.), glimpse, look, peek, peep, quick look, shufti (Brit. sl.), squint, view [image]  flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, reflection, sparkle, twinkle [image]  allusion, passing mention, reference


glare

See Also

•   v.    frown, give a dirty look, glower, look daggers, lour or lower, scowl, stare angrily [image]  blaze, dazzle, flame, flare

•   n.    angry stare, black look, dirty look, frown, glower, lour or lower, scowl [image]  blaze, brilliance, dazzle, flame, flare, glow [image]  flashiness, floridness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, showiness, tawdriness


glaring

See Also

   audacious, blatant, conspicuous, egregious, flagrant, gross, manifest, obvious, open, outrageous, outstanding, overt, patent, rank, unconcealed, visible [image]  blazing, bright, dazzling, flashy, florid, garish, glowing, loud


glassy

See Also

   clear, glossy, icy, shiny, slick, slippery, smooth, transparent [image]  blank, cold, dazed, dull, empty, expressionless, fixed, glazed, lifeless, vacant


glaze

See Also

•   v.    burnish, coat, enamel, furbish, gloss, lacquer, polish, varnish

•   n.    coat, enamel, finish, gloss, lacquer, lustre, patina, polish, shine, varnish


gleam

See Also

•   n.    beam, flash, glimmer, glow, ray, sparkle [image]  brightness, brilliance, coruscation, flash, gloss, lustre, sheen, splendour [image]  flicker, glimmer, hint, inkling, ray, suggestion, trace

•   v.    coruscate, flare, flash, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle


glee

See Also

cheerfulness, delight, elation, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, sprightliness, triumph, verve


gleeful

See Also

cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), cock-a-hoop, delighted, elated, exuberant, exultant, gay, gratified, happy, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), pleased, rapt, triumphant


glib

See Also

artful, easy, fast-talking, fluent, garrulous, insincere, plausible, quick, ready, slick, slippery, smooth, smooth-tongued, suave, talkative, voluble


glide

See Also

coast, drift, float, flow, fly, roll, run, sail, skate, skim, slide, slip, soar


glimmer

See Also

•   v.    blink, flicker, gleam, glisten, glitter, glow, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle

•   n.    blink, flicker, gleam, glow, ray, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle [image]  flicker, gleam, grain, hint, inkling, ray, suggestion, trace


glimpse

See Also

•   n.    brief view, butcher's (Brit. sl.), gander (Inf.), glance, look, peek, peep, quick look, shufti (Brit. sl.), sight, sighting, squint

•   v.    catch sight of, clock (Brit. inf.), descry, espy, sight, spot, spy, view


glint

See Also

•   v.    flash, gleam, glimmer, glitter, shine, sparkle, twinkle

•   n.    flash, gleam, glimmer, glitter, shine, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling


glisten

coruscate, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle


glitter

See Also

•   v.    coruscate, flare, flash, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle

•   n.    beam, brightness, brilliance, flash, glare, gleam, lustre, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle [image]  display, gaudiness, gilt, glamour, pageantry, show, showiness, splendour, tinsel


gloat

See Also

crow, drool, exult, glory, relish, revel in, rub it in (Inf.), triumph, vaunt


global

See Also

   international, pandemic, planetary, universal, world, worldwide [image]  all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, thorough, total, unbounded, unlimited


globe

See Also

ball, earth, orb, planet, round, sphere, world


globule

See Also

bead, bubble, drop, droplet, particle, pearl, pellet


gloom

See Also

   blackness, cloud, cloudiness, dark, darkness, dimness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, gloominess, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight [image]  blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, downheartedness, low spirits, melancholy, misery, sadness, sorrow, the hump (Brit. inf.), unhappiness, woe


gloomy

See Also

   black, crepuscular, dark, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, murky, obscure, overcast, shadowy, sombre, Stygian, tenebrous [image]  bad, black, cheerless, comfortless, depressing, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, joyless, sad, saddening, sombre [image]  blue, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, dismal, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps (Inf.), down in the mouth, glum, in low spirits, melancholy, miserable, moody, morose, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, sullen


glorify

See Also

   add lustre to, adorn, aggrandize, augment, dignify, elevate, enhance, ennoble, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, raise [image]  adore, apotheosize, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, enshrine, exalt, honour, idolize, pay homage to, revere, sanctify, venerate, worship [image]  celebrate, crack up (Inf.), cry up (Inf.), eulogize, extol, hymn, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, praise, sing or sound the praises of


glorious

See Also

   celebrated, distinguished, elevated, eminent, excellent, famed, famous, grand, honoured, illustrious, magnificent, majestic, noble, noted, renowned, sublime, triumphant [image]  beautiful, bright, brilliant, dazzling, divine, effulgent, gorgeous, radiant, resplendent, shining, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), superb [image]   Inf. delightful, enjoyable, excellent, fine, gorgeous, great, heavenly (Inf.), marvellous, pleasurable, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), wonderful


glory

See Also

•   n.    celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, fame, honour, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, praise, prestige, renown [image]  adoration, benediction, blessing, gratitude, homage, laudation, praise, thanksgiving, veneration, worship [image]  éclat, grandeur, greatness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, pageantry, pomp, splendour, sublimity, triumph [image]  beauty, brilliance, effulgence, gorgeousness, lustre, radiance, resplendence

•   v.    boast, crow, drool, exult, gloat, pride oneself, relish, revel, take delight, triumph


gloss 1

•   n.    brightness, brilliance, burnish, gleam, lustre, polish, sheen, shine, varnish, veneer [image]  appearance, façade, front, mask, semblance, show, surface

•   v.    burnish, finish, furbish, glaze, lacquer, polish, shine, varnish, veneer [image]  camouflage, conceal, cover up, disguise, hide, mask, smooth over, veil, whitewash (Inf.)


gloss 2

•   n.    annotation, comment, commentary, elucidation, explanation, footnote, interpretation, note, scholium, translation

•   v.    annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, translate


glossy

See Also

bright, brilliant, burnished, glassy, glazed, lustrous, polished, sheeny, shining, shiny, silken, silky, sleek, smooth


glow

See Also

•   n.    burning, gleam, glimmer, incandescence, lambency, light, luminosity, phosphorescence [image]  brightness, brilliance, effulgence, radiance, splendour, vividness [image]  ardour, earnestness, enthusiasm, excitement, fervour, gusto, impetuosity, intensity, passion, vehemence, warmth [image]  bloom, blush, flush, reddening, rosiness

•   v.    brighten, burn, gleam, glimmer, redden, shine, smoulder [image]  be suffused, blush, colour, fill, flush, radiate, thrill, tingle


glower

See Also

•   v.    frown, give a dirty look, glare, look daggers, lour or lower, scowl

•   n.    angry stare, black look, dirty look, frown, glare, lour or lower, scowl


glowing

See Also

   aglow, beaming, bright, flaming, florid, flushed, lambent, luminous, radiant, red, rich, ruddy, suffused, vibrant, vivid, warm [image]  adulatory, complimentary, ecstatic, enthusiastic, eulogistic, laudatory, panegyrical, rave (Inf.), rhapsodic


glue

See Also

•   n.    adhesive, cement, gum, mucilage, paste

•   v.    affix, agglutinate, cement, fix, gum, paste, seal, stick


glum

See Also

chapfallen, churlish, crabbed, crestfallen, crusty, dejected, doleful, down, gloomy, gruff, grumpy, huffy, ill-humoured, low, moody, morose, pessimistic, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen, surly


glut

See Also

•   n.    excess, overabundance, oversupply, plethora, saturation, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

•   v.    cram, fill, gorge, overfeed, satiate, stuff [image]  choke, clog, deluge, flood, inundate, overload, oversupply, saturate


glutton

See Also

gannet (Sl.), gobbler, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, pig (Inf.)


gluttony

gormandizing, gourmandism, greed, greediness, piggishness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity


gnarled

See Also

contorted, knotted, knotty, knurled, leathery, rough, rugged, twisted, weather-beaten, wrinkled


gnaw

See Also

   bite, chew, munch, nibble, worry [image]  consume, devour, eat away or into, erode, fret, wear away or down [image]  distress, fret, harry, haunt, nag, plague, prey on one's mind, trouble, worry


go

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•   v.    advance, decamp, depart, fare (Archaic), journey, leave, make for, move, move out, pass, proceed, repair, set off, slope off, travel, withdraw [image]  function, move, operate, perform, run, work [image]  connect, extend, fit, give access, lead, reach, run, span, spread, stretch [image]  avail, concur, conduce, contribute, incline, lead to, serve, tend, work towards [image]  develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, pan out (Inf.), proceed, result, turn out, work out [image]  accord, agree, blend, chime, complement, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, suit [image]  buy it (U.S. sl.), check out (U.S. sl.), croak (Sl.), die, expire, give up the ghost, go belly-up (Sl.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Sl.), pass away, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), perish, pop one's clogs (Inf.) [image]  elapse, expire, flow, lapse, pass, slip away

•   n.    attempt, bid, crack (Inf.), effort, essay, shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), try, turn, whack (Inf.), whirl (Inf.) [image]   Inf. activity, animation, brio, drive, energy, force, get-up-and-go (Inf.), life, oomph (Inf.), pep, spirit, verve, vigour, vitality, vivacity


goad

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•   n.    impetus, incentive, incitement, irritation, motivation, pressure, spur, stimulation, stimulus, urge

•   v.    annoy, arouse, be on one's back (Sl.), drive, egg on, exhort, harass, hassle (Inf.), hound, impel, incite, instigate, irritate, lash, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate, sting, urge, worry


go-ahead

See Also

•   n.     Inf. assent, authorization, consent, green light, leave, O.K. or okay (Inf.), permission

•   adj.    ambitious, enterprising, go-getting (Inf.), pioneering, progressive, up-and-coming


go ahead

See Also

advance, begin, continue, go forward, go on, proceed, progress


goal

See Also

aim, ambition, design, destination, end, intention, limit, mark, object, objective, purpose, target


go along

See Also

   acquiesce, agree, assent, concur, cooperate, follow [image]  accompany, carry on, escort, join, keep up, move, pass, travel


go away

See Also

decamp, depart, exit, hook it (Sl.), leave, move out, recede, slope off, withdraw


go back

See Also

   retrocede, return, revert [image]  change one's mind, desert, forsake, renege, repudiate, retract


gobble

See Also

bolt, cram, devour, gorge, gulp, guzzle, pig out on (U.S. & Canad. sl.), stuff, swallow, wolf


go-between

See Also

agent, broker, dealer, factor, intermediary, liaison, mediator, medium, middleman


go by

   elapse, exceed, flow on, move onward, pass, proceed [image]  adopt, be guided by, follow, heed, judge from, observe, take as guide


godforsaken

See Also

abandoned, backward, bleak, deserted, desolate, dismal, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, lonely, neglected, remote, wretched


godless

See Also

atheistic, depraved, evil, impious, irreligious, profane, ungodly, unprincipled, unrighteous, wicked


godlike

celestial, deific, deiform, divine, heavenly, superhuman, transcendent


godly

devout, god-fearing, good, holy, pious, religious, righteous, saintly


go down

See Also

   be beaten, collapse, decline, decrease, drop, fall, founder, go under, lose, set, sink, submerge, submit, suffer defeat [image]  be commemorated  (recalled, recorded, remembered)


godsend

See Also

blessing, boon, manna, stroke of luck, windfall


go far

advance, be successful, cut it (Inf.), do well, get ahead (Inf.), get on (Inf.), make a name for oneself, progress, succeed


go for

See Also

   clutch at, fetch, obtain, reach, seek, stretch for [image]  admire, be attracted to, be fond of, choose, favour, hold with, like, prefer [image]  assail, assault, attack, launch oneself at, rush upon, set about or upon, spring upon


go in (for)

adopt, embrace, engage in, enter, espouse, practise, pursue, take up, undertake


go into

See Also

   begin, develop, enter, participate in, undertake [image]  analyse, consider, delve into, discuss, examine, inquire into, investigate, look into, probe, pursue, research, review, scrutinize, study, work over


golden

See Also

   blond or blonde, bright, brilliant, flaxen, resplendent, shining, yellow [image]  best, blissful, delightful, flourishing, glorious, happy, joyful, joyous, precious, prosperous, rich, successful [image]  advantageous, auspicious, excellent, favourable, opportune, promising, propitious, rosy, valuable


gone

See Also

   elapsed, ended, finished, over, past [image]  absent, astray, away, lacking, lost, missing, vanished [image]  dead, deceased, defunct, departed, extinct, no more [image]  consumed, done, finished, spent, used up


good

See Also

•   adj.    acceptable, admirable, agreeable, bad (Sl.), capital, choice, commendable, crucial (Sl.), excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, great, hunky-dory (Inf.), pleasant, pleasing, positive, precious, satisfactory, splendid, super (Inf.), superior, tiptop, valuable, wicked (Sl.), world-class, worthy [image]  admirable, estimable, ethical, exemplary, honest, honourable, moral, praiseworthy, right, righteous, trustworthy, upright, virtuous, worthy [image]  able, accomplished, adept, adroit, capable, clever, competent, dexterous, efficient, expert, first-rate, proficient, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skilled, sound, suitable, talented, thorough, useful [image]  adequate, advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, convenient, favourable, fit, fitting, healthy, helpful, opportune, profitable, propitious, salubrious, salutary, suitable, useful, wholesome [image]  eatable, fit to eat, sound, uncorrupted, untainted, whole [image]  altruistic, approving, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, friendly, gracious, humane, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, merciful, obliging, well-disposed [image]  authentic, bona fide, dependable, genuine, honest, legitimate, proper, real, reliable, sound, true, trustworthy, valid [image]  decorous, dutiful, mannerly, obedient, orderly, polite, proper, seemly, well-behaved, well-mannered [image]  agreeable, cheerful, congenial, convivial, enjoyable, gratifying, happy, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying [image]  adequate, ample, complete, considerable, entire, extensive, full, large, long, sizable, solid, substantial, sufficient, whole [image]  best, fancy, finest, newest, nicest, precious, smartest, special, valuable [image]   Of weather balmy, bright, calm, clear, clement, cloudless, fair, halcyon, mild, sunny, sunshiny, tranquil

•   n.    advantage, avail, behalf, benefit, gain, interest, profit, service, use, usefulness, welfare, wellbeing, worth [image]  excellence, goodness, merit, morality, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, worth [image]  for good finally, for ever, irrevocably, never to return, once and for all, permanently, sine die


goodbye

See Also

adieu, farewell, leave-taking, parting


good-for-nothing

See Also

•   n.    black sheep, idler, layabout, ne'er-do-well, profligate, rapscallion, scapegrace, skiver (Brit. sl.), waster, wastrel

•   adj.    feckless, idle, irresponsible, useless, worthless


good-humoured

See Also

affable, amiable, cheerful, congenial, genial, good-tempered, happy, pleasant


good-looking

See Also

attractive, comely, fair, handsome, personable, pretty, well-favoured


goodly

See Also

   ample, considerable, large, significant, sizable, substantial, tidy (Inf.) [image]  agreeable, attractive, comely, desirable, elegant, fine, good-looking, graceful, handsome, personable, pleasant, pleasing, well-favoured


good-natured

See Also

agreeable, benevolent, friendly, good-hearted, helpful, kind, kindly, tolerant, warm-hearted, well-disposed, willing to please


goodness

See Also

   excellence, merit, quality, superiority, value, worth [image]  beneficence, benevolence, friendliness, generosity, good will, graciousness, humaneness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, obligingness [image]  honesty, honour, integrity, merit, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue [image]  advantage, benefit, nourishment, nutrition, salubriousness, wholesomeness


goods

See Also

   appurtenances, belongings, chattels, effects, furnishings, furniture, gear, movables, paraphernalia, possessions, property, things, trappings [image]  commodities, merchandise, stock, stuff, wares


good will

See Also

amity, benevolence, favour, friendliness, friendship, heartiness, kindliness, zeal


go off

See Also

   blow up, detonate, explode, fire [image]  happen, occur, take place [image]  decamp, depart, go away, hook it (Sl.), leave, move out, part, quit, slope off [image]   Inf. go bad, go stale, rot


go on

See Also

   continue, endure, happen, last, occur, persist, proceed, stay [image]  blether, carry on, chatter, prattle, rabbit (Brit. inf.), ramble on, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), witter (on) (Inf.)


go out

See Also

   depart, exit, leave [image]  be extinguished, die out, expire, fade out


go over

See Also

   examine, inspect, rehearse, reiterate, review, revise, study, work over [image]  peruse, read, scan, skim


gorge 1

See Also

•   n. canyon, cleft, clough (Dialect), defile, fissure, pass, ravine


gorge 2

See Also

•   v. bolt, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, overeat, pig out (U.S. & Canad. sl.), raven, sate, satiate, stuff, surfeit, swallow, wolf


gorgeous

See Also

   beautiful, brilliant, dazzling, drop-dead (Sl.), elegant, glittering, grand, luxuriant, magnificent, opulent, ravishing, resplendent, showy, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), stunning (Inf.), sumptuous, superb [image]   Inf. attractive, bright, delightful, enjoyable, exquisite, fine, glorious, good, good-looking, lovely, pleasing


gory

See Also

blood-soaked, bloodstained, bloodthirsty, bloody, ensanguined (Literary), murderous, sanguinary


gospel

See Also

   certainty, fact, the last word, truth, verity [image]  credo, creed, doctrine, message, news, revelation, tidings


gossamer

See Also

•   adj. airy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, flimsy, gauzy, light, sheer, silky, thin, transparent


gossip

See Also

•   n.    blether, chinwag (Brit. inf.), chitchat, clishmaclaver (Scot.), dirt (U.S. sl.), gen (Brit. inf.), hearsay, idle talk, jaw (Sl.), latest (Inf.), newsmongering (Old-fashioned), prattle, scandal, small talk, tittle-tattle [image]  babbler, blatherskite, blether, busybody, chatterbox (Inf.), chatterer, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, newsmonger (Old-fashioned), prattler, quidnunc, scandalmonger, tattler, telltale

•   v.    blather, blether, chat, gabble, jaw (Sl.), prate, prattle, tattle


go through

See Also

   bear, brave, endure, experience, suffer, tolerate, undergo, withstand [image]  consume, exhaust, squander, use [image]  check, examine, explore, hunt, look, search, work over


go under

See Also

default, die, drown, fail, fold (Inf.), founder, go down, sink, submerge, succumb


govern

See Also

   administer, be in power, command, conduct, control, direct, guide, handle, hold sway, lead, manage, order, oversee, pilot, reign, rule, steer, superintend, supervise [image]  bridle, check, contain, control, curb, direct, discipline, get the better of, hold in check, inhibit, master, regulate, restrain, subdue, tame [image]  decide, determine, guide, influence, rule, sway, underlie


government

See Also

   administration, authority, dominion, execution, governance, law, polity, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft [image]  administration, executive, ministry, powers-that-be, regime [image]  authority, command, control, direction, domination, guidance, management, regulation, restraint, superintendence, supervision, sway


governor

See Also

administrator, boss (Inf.), chief, commander, comptroller, controller, director, executive, head, leader, manager, overseer, ruler, superintendent, supervisor


go with

See Also

accompany, agree, blend, complement, concur, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, suit


go without

abstain, be denied, be deprived of, deny oneself, do without, go short, lack, want


gown

costume, dress, frock, garb, garment, habit, robe


grab

See Also

bag, capture, catch (up), catch or take hold of, clutch, grasp, grip, latch on to, nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), pluck, seize, snap up, snatch


grace

See Also

•   n.    attractiveness, beauty, charm, comeliness, ease, elegance, finesse, gracefulness, loveliness, pleasantness, poise, polish, refinement, shapeliness, tastefulness [image]  benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, favour, generosity, goodness, good will, kindliness, kindness [image]  breeding, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, etiquette, mannerliness, manners, propriety, tact [image]  charity, clemency, compassion, forgiveness, indulgence, leniency, lenity, mercy, pardon, quarter, reprieve [image]  benediction, blessing, prayer, thanks, thanksgiving

•   v.    adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dignify, distinguish, elevate, embellish, enhance, enrich, favour, garnish, glorify, honour, ornament, set off


graceful

See Also

agile, beautiful, becoming, charming, comely, easy, elegant, fine, flowing, gracile (Rare), natural, pleasing, smooth, symmetrical, tasteful


gracious

See Also

accommodating, affable, amiable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, friendly, hospitable, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, well-mannered


grade

See Also

•   n.    brand, category, class, condition, degree, echelon, group, level, mark, notch, order, place, position, quality, rank, rung, size, stage, station, step [image]  make the grade  Inf. come through with flying colours, come up to scratch (Inf.), measure up, measure up to expectations, pass muster, prove acceptable, succeed, win through [image]  acclivity, bank, declivity, gradient, hill, incline, rise, slope

•   v.    arrange, brand, class, classify, evaluate, group, order, range, rank, rate, sort, value


gradient

See Also

acclivity, bank, declivity, grade, hill, incline, rise, slope


gradual

See Also

continuous, even, gentle, graduated, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, successive, unhurried


gradually

See Also

bit by bit, by degrees, drop by drop, evenly, gently, little by little, moderately, piece by piece, piecemeal, progressively, slowly, steadily, step by step, unhurriedly


graduate

See Also

•   v.    calibrate, grade, mark off, measure out, proportion, regulate [image]  arrange, classify, grade, group, order, range, rank, sort


graft

See Also

•   n.    bud, implant, scion, shoot, splice, sprout

•   v.    affix, implant, ingraft, insert, join, splice, transplant


grain

See Also

   cereals, corn [image]  grist, kernel, seed [image]  atom, bit, crumb, fragment, granule, iota, jot, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, piece, scintilla (Rare), scrap, scruple, spark, speck, suspicion, trace, whit [image]  fibre, nap, pattern, surface, texture, weave [image]  character, disposition, humour, inclination, make-up, temper


grand

See Also

   ambitious, august, dignified, elevated, eminent, exalted, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grandiose, great, haughty, illustrious, imposing, impressive, large, lofty, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, opulent, ostentatious, palatial, pompous, pretentious, princely, regal, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb [image]  admirable, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, great (Inf.), hunky-dory (Inf.), marvellous (Inf.), outstanding, smashing (Inf.), splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), super (Inf.), superb, terrific (Inf.), very good, wonderful, world-class [image]  big-time (Inf.), chief, head, highest, lead, leading, main, major league (Inf.), pre-eminent, principal, supreme


grandeur

See Also

augustness, dignity, greatness, importance, loftiness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, pomp, splendour, state, stateliness, sublimity


grandiose

See Also

   affected, ambitious, bombastic, extravagant, flamboyant, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, showy [image]  ambitious, grand, imposing, impressive, lofty, magnificent, majestic, monumental, stately


grant

See Also

•   v.    accede to, accord, acknowledge, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, allow, assign, award, bestow, cede, concede, confer, consent to, donate, give, hand out, impart, permit, present, vouchsafe, yield [image]   Law assign, convey, transfer, transmit

•   n.    admission, allocation, allotment, allowance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, concession, donation, endowment, gift, hand-out, present, stipend, subsidy


granule

atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, molecule, particle, scrap, speck


graphic

See Also

   clear, descriptive, detailed, explicit, expressive, forcible, illustrative, lively, lucid, picturesque, striking, telling, vivid, well-drawn [image]  delineated, diagrammatic, drawn, illustrative, pictorial, representational, seen, visible, visual


grapple

See Also

   catch, clasp, clutch, come to grips, fasten, grab, grasp, grip, hold, hug, lay or take hold, make fast, seize, wrestle [image]  address oneself to, attack, battle, clash, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle, encounter, engage, face, fight, struggle, tackle, take on, tussle, wrestle


grasp

See Also

•   v.    catch (up), clasp, clinch, clutch, grab, grapple, grip, hold, lay or take hold of, seize, snatch [image]  catch or get the drift of, catch on, comprehend, follow, get, realize, see, take in, understand

•   n.    clasp, clutches, embrace, grip, hold, possession, tenure [image]  capacity, compass, control, extent, mastery, power, range, reach, scope, sway, sweep [image]  awareness, comprehension, ken, knowledge, mastery, perception, realization, understanding


grasping

See Also

acquisitive, avaricious, close-fisted, covetous, greedy, mean, miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching (Inf.), rapacious, selfish, stingy, tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tightfisted, usurious, venal


grate

See Also

•   v.    mince, pulverize, shred, triturate [image]  creak, grind, rasp, rub, scrape, scratch [image]  aggravate (Inf.), annoy, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get one down, get on one's nerves (Inf.), irk, irritate, jar, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, peeve, rankle, rub one up the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, vex


grateful

See Also

   appreciative, beholden, indebted, obliged, thankful [image]  acceptable, agreeable, favourable, gratifying, nice, pleasing, refreshing, restful, satisfactory, satisfying, welcome


gratify

See Also

cater to, delight, favour, feed, fulfil, give pleasure, gladden, humour, indulge, pander to, please, recompense, requite, satisfy, thrill


grating

See Also

•   adj. annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, grinding, harsh, irksome, irritating, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, scraping, squeaky, strident, unpleasant, vexatious


gratis

See Also

buckshee (Brit. sl.), for nothing, free, freely, free of charge, gratuitously, on the house, unpaid


gratitude

See Also

appreciation, gratefulness, indebtedness, obligation, recognition, sense of obligation, thankfulness, thanks


gratuitous

See Also

   buckshee (Brit. sl.), complimentary, free, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, unrewarded, voluntary [image]  assumed, baseless, causeless, groundless, irrelevant, needless, superfluous, uncalled-for, unfounded, unjustified, unmerited, unnecessary, unprovoked, unwarranted, wanton


gratuity

See Also

baksheesh, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, donation, gift, largess or largesse, perquisite, pourboire, present, recompense, reward, tip


grave 1

See Also

•   n. burying place, crypt, last resting place, mausoleum, pit, sepulchre, tomb, vault


grave 2

See Also

   dignified, dour, dull, earnest, gloomy, grim-faced, heavy, leaden, long-faced, muted, quiet, sage (Obsolete), sedate, serious, sober, solemn, sombre, staid, subdued, thoughtful, unsmiling [image]  acute, critical, crucial, dangerous, exigent, hazardous, important, life-and-death, momentous, of great consequence, perilous, pressing, serious, severe, significant, threatening, urgent, vital, weighty


graveyard

boneyard (Inf.), burial ground, cemetery, charnel house, churchyard, God's acre (Literary), necropolis


gravitate

   (With to or towards) be influenced  (attracted, drawn, pulled), incline, lean, move, tend [image]  be precipitated, descend, drop, fall, precipitate, settle, sink


gravity

See Also

   acuteness, consequence, exigency, hazardousness, importance, moment, momentousness, perilousness, pressingness, seriousness, severity, significance, urgency, weightiness [image]  demureness, dignity, earnestness, gloom, gravitas, grimness, reserve, sedateness, seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, thoughtfulness


graze

See Also

•   v.    brush, glance off, kiss, rub, scrape, shave, skim, touch [image]  abrade, bark, chafe, scrape, scratch, skin

•   n.    abrasion, scrape, scratch


greasy

See Also

   fatty, oily, slick, slimy, slippery [image]  fawning, glib, grovelling, ingratiating, oily, slick, smarmy (Brit. inf.), smooth, sycophantish, toadying, unctuous


great

See Also

   big, bulky, colossal, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gigantic, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, large, mammoth, prodigious, stupendous, tremendous, vast, voluminous [image]  extended, lengthy, long, prolonged, protracted [image]  big-time (Inf.), capital, chief, grand, head, lead, leading, main, major, major league (Inf.), paramount, primary, principal, prominent, superior [image]  considerable, decided, excessive, extravagant, extreme, grievous, high, inordinate, prodigious, pronounced, strong [image]  consequential, critical, crucial, grave, heavy, important, momentous, serious, significant, weighty [image]  celebrated, distinguished, eminent, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, glorious, illustrious, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, renowned, superb, superlative, talented, world-class [image]  august, chivalrous, dignified, distinguished, exalted, fine, glorious, grand, heroic, high-minded, idealistic, impressive, lofty, magnanimous, noble, princely, sublime [image]  active, devoted, enthusiastic, keen, zealous [image]  able, adept, adroit, crack (Sl.), expert, good, masterly, proficient, skilful, skilled [image]   Inf. admirable, boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Inf.), excellent, fantastic (Inf.), fine, first-rate, good, hunky-dory (Inf.), jim-dandy (Sl.), marvellous (Inf.), mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), sovereign, superb, terrific (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), tremendous (Inf.), wonderful [image]  absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, downright, egregious, flagrant, out-and-out, perfect, positive, thoroughgoing, thundering (Inf.), total, unmitigated, unqualified, utter


greatly

See Also

abundantly, by leaps and bounds, by much, considerably, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, highly, hugely, immensely, markedly, mightily, much, notably, powerfully, remarkably, tremendously, vastly, very much


greatness

See Also

   bulk, enormity, hugeness, immensity, largeness, length, magnitude, mass, prodigiousness, size, vastness [image]  amplitude, force, high degree, intensity, potency, power, strength [image]  gravity, heaviness, import, importance, moment, momentousness, seriousness, significance, urgency, weight [image]  celebrity, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, grandeur, illustriousness, lustre, note, renown [image]  chivalry, dignity, disinterestedness, generosity, grandeur, heroism, high-mindedness, idealism, loftiness, majesty, nobility, nobleness, stateliness, sublimity


greed, greediness

See Also

   edacity, esurience, gluttony, gormandizing, hunger, insatiableness, ravenousness, voracity [image]  acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, desire, eagerness, graspingness, longing, rapacity, selfishness


greedy

See Also

   edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gormandizing, hoggish, hungry, insatiable, piggish, ravenous, voracious [image]  acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, craving, desirous, eager, grasping, hungry, impatient, rapacious, selfish


Greek

See Also

•   n.    Hellene

•   adj.    Hellenic


green

See Also

•   adj.    blooming, budding, flourishing, fresh, grassy, leafy, new, undecayed, verdant, verdurous [image]  fresh, immature, new, raw, recent, unripe [image]  conservationist, ecological, environment-friendly, non-polluting [image]  callow, credulous, gullible, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, inexpert, ingenuous, innocent, naive, new, raw, unpolished, unpractised, unskilful, unsophisticated, untrained, unversed, wet behind the ears (Inf.) [image]  covetous, envious, grudging, jealous, resentful [image]  ill, nauseous, pale, sick, unhealthy, wan [image]  immature, pliable, supple, tender, undried, unseasoned, young

•   n.    common, grassplot, lawn, sward, turf


greet

See Also

accost, address, compliment, hail, meet, nod to, receive, salute, tip one's hat to, welcome


greeting

See Also

   address, hail, reception, salutation, salute, welcome [image]  (Plural) best wishes, compliments, devoirs, good wishes, regards, respects, salutations


gregarious

affable, companionable, convivial, cordial, friendly, outgoing, sociable, social


grey

See Also

   ashen, bloodless, colourless, livid, pale, pallid, wan [image]  cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressing, dim, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, foggy, gloomy, misty, murky, overcast, sunless [image]  anonymous, characterless, colourless, dull, indistinct, neutral, unclear, unidentifiable [image]  aged, ancient, elderly, experienced, hoary, mature, old, venerable


grief

See Also

   affliction, agony, anguish, bereavement, dejection, distress, grievance, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, misery, mournfulness, mourning, pain, regret, remorse, sadness, sorrow, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe [image]  come to grief  Inf. come unstuck, fail, meet with disaster, miscarry


grievance

See Also

affliction, beef (Sl.), complaint, damage, distress, grief, gripe (Inf.), hardship, injury, injustice, protest, resentment, sorrow, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wrong


grieve

See Also

   ache, bemoan, bewail, complain, deplore, lament, mourn, regret, rue, sorrow, suffer, wail, weep [image]  afflict, agonize, break the heart of, crush, distress, hurt, injure, make one's heart bleed, pain, sadden, wound


grievous

See Also

   afflicting, calamitous, damaging, distressing, dreadful, grave, harmful, heavy, hurtful, injurious, lamentable, oppressive, painful, severe, wounding [image]  appalling, atrocious, deplorable, dreadful, egregious, flagrant, glaring, heinous, intolerable, lamentable, monstrous, offensive, outrageous, shameful, shocking, unbearable [image]  agonized, grief-stricken, heart-rending, mournful, pitiful, sorrowful, tragic


grim

See Also

cruel, ferocious, fierce, forbidding, formidable, frightful, ghastly, godawful (Sl.), grisly, gruesome, hard, harsh, hideous, horrible, horrid, implacable, merciless, morose, relentless, resolute, ruthless, severe, shocking, sinister, stern, sullen, surly, terrible, unrelenting, unyielding


grimace

•   n.    face, frown, mouth, scowl, sneer, wry face

•   v.    frown, lour or lower, make a face or faces, mouth, scowl, sneer


grime

See Also

dirt, filth, grot (Sl.), smut, soot


grimy

See Also

begrimed, besmeared, besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, grubby, scuzzy (Sl.), smutty, soiled, sooty, unclean


grind

See Also

•   v.    abrade, comminute, crush, granulate, grate, kibble, mill, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate [image]  file, polish, sand, sharpen, smooth, whet [image]  gnash, grate, grit, scrape [image]  (With down) afflict, harass, hold down, hound, oppress, persecute, plague, trouble, tyrannize (over)

•   n.     Inf. chore, drudgery, hard work, labour, sweat (Inf.), task, toil


grip

See Also

•   n.    clasp, handclasp (U.S.), purchase [image]  clutches, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, hold, influence, keeping, mastery, perception, possession, power, tenure, understanding [image]  come or get to grips (with) close with, confront, contend with, cope with, deal with, encounter, face up to, grapple with, grasp, handle, meet, tackle, take on, undertake

•   v.    clasp, clutch, grasp, hold, latch on to, seize, take hold of [image]  absorb, catch up, compel, engross, enthral, entrance, fascinate, hold, involve, mesmerize, rivet, spellbind


gripping

See Also

compelling, compulsive, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, riveting, spellbinding, thrilling, unputdownable (Inf.)


grisly

See Also

abominable, appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grim, gruesome, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrible, horrid, macabre, shocking, sickening, terrible, terrifying


grit

See Also

•   n.    dust, gravel, pebbles, sand [image]  backbone, balls (Taboo sl.), courage, determination, doggedness, fortitude, gameness, guts (Inf.), hardihood, mettle, nerve, perseverance, pluck, resolution, spirit, tenacity, toughness

•   v.    clench, gnash, grate, grind


gritty

See Also

   abrasive, dusty, grainy, granular, gravelly, rasping, rough, sandy [image]  ballsy (Taboo sl.), brave, courageous, determined, dogged, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), game, hardy, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, spirited, steadfast, tenacious, tough


groan

See Also

•   n.    cry, moan, sigh, whine [image]   Inf. beef (Sl.), complaint, gripe (Inf.), grouse, grumble, objection, protest

•   v.    cry, moan, sigh, whine [image]   Inf. beef (Sl.), bemoan, bitch (Sl.), complain, gripe (Inf.), grouse, grumble, lament, object


groggy

See Also

befuddled, confused, dazed, dizzy, faint, muzzy, punch-drunk, reeling, shaky, staggering, stunned, stupefied, unsteady, weak, wobbly, woozy (Inf.)


groom

See Also

•   n.    currier (Rare), hostler or  ostler (Archaic), stableboy, stableman

•   v.    clean, dress, get up (Inf.), preen, primp, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, turn out [image]  brush, clean, curry, rub down, tend [image]  coach, drill, educate, make ready, nurture, prepare, prime, ready, train


groove

See Also

channel, cut, cutting, flute, furrow, gutter, hollow, indentation, rebate, rut, score, trench


grope

cast about, feel, finger, fish, flounder, fumble, grabble, scrabble, search


gross

See Also

•   adj.    big, bulky, corpulent, dense, fat, great, heavy, hulking, large, lumpish, massive, obese, overweight, thick [image]  aggregate, before deductions, before tax, entire, total, whole [image]  coarse, crude, improper, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, low, obscene, offensive, ribald, rude, sensual, smutty, unseemly, vulgar [image]  apparent, arrant, blatant, downright, egregious, flagrant, glaring, grievous, heinous, manifest, obvious, outrageous, plain, rank, serious, shameful, sheer, shocking, unmitigated, unqualified, utter [image]  boorish, callous, coarse, crass, dull, ignorant, imperceptive, insensitive, tasteless, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unsophisticated

•   v.    bring in, earn, make, rake in (Inf.), take


grotesque

See Also

absurd, bizarre, deformed, distorted, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, freakish, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, misshapen, odd, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous, strange, unnatural, weird, whimsical


ground

See Also

•   n.    clod, dirt, dry land, dust, earth, field, land, loam, mould, sod, soil, terra firma, terrain, turf [image]  (Often plural) area, country, district, domain, estate, fields, gardens, habitat, holding, land, property, realm, terrain, territory, tract [image]  (Usually plural) account, argument, base, basis, call, cause, excuse, factor, foundation, inducement, justification, motive, occasion, premise, pretext, rationale, reason [image]  (Usually plural) deposit, dregs, grouts, lees, sediment, settlings [image]  arena, field, park (Inf.), pitch, stadium

•   v.    base, establish, fix, found, set, settle [image]  acquaint with, coach, familiarize with, inform, initiate, instruct, prepare, teach, train, tutor


groundless

See Also

baseless, chimerical, empty, false, idle, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled-for, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unsupported, unwarranted


groundwork

See Also

base, basis, cornerstone, footing, foundation, fundamentals, preliminaries, preparation, spadework, underpinnings


group

See Also

•   n.    aggregation, assemblage, association, band, batch, bevy, bunch, camp, category, circle, class, clique, clump, cluster, collection, company, congregation, coterie, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, organization, pack, party, posse (Sl.), set, troop

•   v.    arrange, assemble, associate, assort, bracket, class, classify, dispose, gather, marshal, order, organize, put together, range, sort [image]  associate, band together, cluster, congregate, consort, fraternize, gather, get together


grouse

See Also

•   v.    beef (Sl.), bellyache (Sl.), bitch (Sl.), bleat, carp, complain, find fault, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grumble, kvetch (U.S. sl.), moan, whine, whinge (Inf.)

•   n.    beef (Sl.), complaint, grievance, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grumble, moan, objection, protest


grovel

See Also

abase oneself, bootlick (Inf.), bow and scrape, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, demean oneself, fawn, flatter, humble oneself, kiss ass (Taboo sl.), kowtow, pander to, sneak, toady


grow

See Also

   develop, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, multiply, spread, stretch, swell, thicken, widen [image]  develop, flourish, germinate, shoot, spring up, sprout, vegetate [image]  arise, issue, originate, spring, stem [image]  advance, expand, flourish, improve, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive [image]  become, come to be, develop (into), get, turn, wax [image]  breed, cultivate, farm, nurture, produce, propagate, raise


grown-up

See Also

•   adj.    adult, fully-grown, mature, of age

•   n.    adult, man, woman


growth

See Also

   aggrandizement, augmentation, development, enlargement, evolution, expansion, extension, growing, heightening, increase, multiplication, proliferation, stretching, thickening, widening [image]  crop, cultivation, development, germination, produce, production, shooting, sprouting, vegetation [image]  advance, advancement, expansion, improvement, progress, prosperity, rise, success [image]   Medicine excrescence, lump, tumour


grub

See Also

•   v.    burrow, dig up, probe, pull up, root (Inf.), rootle (Brit.), search for, uproot [image]  ferret, forage, hunt, rummage, scour, search, uncover, unearth [image]  drudge, grind (Inf.), labour, plod, slave, slog, sweat, toil

•   n.    caterpillar, larva, maggot [image]   Sl. eats (Sl.), feed, food, nosebag (Sl.), nosh (Sl.), rations, sustenance, tack (Inf.), victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect)


grubby

See Also

besmeared, dirty, filthy, frowzy, grimy, manky (Scot. dialect), mean, messy, mucky, scruffy, scuzzy (Sl.), seedy, shabby, slovenly, smutty, soiled, sordid, squalid, unkempt, untidy, unwashed


grudge

See Also

•   n.    animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, dislike, enmity, grievance, hard feelings, hate, ill will, malevolence, malice, pique, rancour, resentment, spite, venom

•   v.    begrudge, be reluctant, complain, covet, envy, hold back, mind, resent, stint


gruelling

See Also

arduous, backbreaking, brutal, crushing, demanding, difficult, exhausting, fatiguing, fierce, grinding, hard, harsh, laborious, punishing, severe, stiff, strenuous, taxing, tiring, trying


gruesome

See Also

abominable, awful, fearful, ghastly, grim, grisly, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, loathsome, macabre, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible


gruff

See Also

   bad-tempered, bearish, blunt, brusque, churlish, crabbed, crusty, curt, discourteous, grouchy (Inf.), grumpy, ill-humoured, ill-natured, impolite, rough, rude, sour, sullen, surly, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly [image]  croaking, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rasping, rough, throaty


grumble

See Also

•   v.    beef (Sl.), bellyache (Sl.), bitch (Sl.), bleat, carp, complain, find fault, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, kvetch (U.S. sl.), moan, repine, whine, whinge (Inf.) [image]  growl, gurgle, murmur, mutter, roar, rumble

•   n.    beef (Sl.), complaint, grievance, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, moan, objection, protest [image]  growl, gurgle, murmur, muttering, roar, rumble


guarantee

See Also

•   n.    assurance, bond, certainty, collateral, covenant, earnest, guaranty, pledge, promise, security, surety, undertaking, warranty, word, word of honour

•   v.    answer for, assure, certify, ensure, insure, maintain, make certain, pledge, promise, protect, secure, stand behind, swear, vouch for, warrant


guard

See Also

•   v.    cover, defend, escort, keep, mind, oversee, patrol, police, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, supervise, tend, watch, watch over

•   n.    custodian, defender, lookout, picket, protector, sentinel, sentry, warder, watch, watchman [image]  convoy, escort, patrol [image]  buffer, bulwark, bumper, defence, pad, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shield [image]  attention, care, caution, heed, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness [image]  off (one's) guard napping, unprepared, unready, unwary, with one's defences down [image]  on (one's) guard alert, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, prepared, ready, vigilant, wary, watchful


guarded

See Also

cagey (Inf.), careful, cautious, circumspect, discreet, leery (Sl.), noncommittal, prudent, reserved, restrained, reticent, suspicious, wary


guardian

See Also

attendant, champion, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, preserver, protector, trustee, warden, warder


guerrilla

freedom fighter, irregular, member of the underground or resistance, partisan, underground fighter


guess

See Also

•   v.    conjecture, estimate, fathom, hypothesize, penetrate, predict, solve, speculate, work out [image]  believe, conjecture, dare say, deem, divine, fancy, hazard, imagine, judge, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, think

•   n.    conjecture, feeling, hypothesis, judgment, notion, prediction, reckoning, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory


guesswork

See Also

conjecture, estimation, presumption, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory


guest

See Also

boarder, caller, company, lodger, visitant, visitor


guidance

See Also

advice, auspices, conduct, control, counsel, counselling, direction, government, help, instruction, intelligence, leadership, management, teaching


guide

See Also

•   v.    accompany, attend, conduct, convoy, direct, escort, lead, pilot, shepherd, show the way, steer, usher [image]  command, control, direct, handle, manage, manoeuvre, steer [image]  advise, counsel, educate, govern, influence, instruct, oversee, regulate, rule, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, train

•   n.    adviser, attendant, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, counsellor, director, dragoman, escort, leader, mentor, monitor, pilot, steersman, teacher, usher [image]  criterion, example, exemplar, ideal, inspiration, lodestar, master, model, par, paradigm, standard [image]  beacon, clue, guiding light, key, landmark, lodestar, mark, marker, pointer, sign, signal, signpost [image]  catalogue, directory, guidebook, handbook, instructions, key, manual, vade mecum


guild

See Also

association, brotherhood, club, company, corporation, fellowship, fraternity, league, lodge, order, organization, society, union


guile

See Also

art, artfulness, artifice, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, duplicity, gamesmanship (Inf.), knavery, ruse, sharp practice, slyness, treachery, trickery, trickiness, wiliness


guilt

See Also

   blame, blameworthiness, criminality, culpability, delinquency, guiltiness, iniquity, misconduct, responsibility, sinfulness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing [image]  bad conscience, contrition, disgrace, dishonour, guiltiness, guilty conscience, infamy, regret, remorse, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, stigma


guiltless

See Also

blameless, clean (Sl.), clear, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, irreproachable, pure, sinless, spotless, squeaky-clean, unimpeachable, unsullied, untainted, untarnished


guilty

See Also

   at fault, blameworthy, convicted, criminal, culpable, delinquent, erring, evil, felonious, iniquitous, offending, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, to blame, wicked, wrong [image]  ashamed, conscience-stricken, contrite, hangdog, regretful, remorseful, rueful, shamefaced, sheepish, sorry


gulf

See Also

   bay, bight, sea inlet [image]  abyss, breach, chasm, cleft, gap, opening, rent, rift, separation, split, void, whirlpool


gullibility

credulity, innocence, naiveté, simplicity, trustingness


gullible

See Also

born yesterday, credulous, easily taken in, foolish, green, innocent, naive, silly, simple, trusting, unsceptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting


gully

See Also

channel, ditch, gutter, watercourse


gulp

See Also

•   v.    bolt, devour, gobble, guzzle, knock back (Inf.), quaff, swallow, swig (Inf.), swill, toss off, wolf [image]  choke, gasp, stifle, swallow

•   n.    draught, mouthful, swallow, swig (Inf.)


gum

See Also

•   n.    adhesive, cement, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, resin

•   v.    affix, cement, clog, glue, paste, stick, stiffen


gumption

See Also

ability, acumen, astuteness, cleverness, common sense, discernment, enterprise, get-up-and-go (Inf.), horse sense, initiative, mother wit, nous (Brit. sl.), resourcefulness, sagacity, savvy (Sl.), shrewdness, spirit, wit(s)


gunman

See Also

assassin, bandit, bravo, desperado, gangster, gunslinger (U.S. sl.), heavy (Sl.), hit man (Sl.), killer, mobster (U.S. sl.), murderer, terrorist, thug


gurgle

See Also

•   v.    babble, bubble, burble, crow, lap, murmur, plash, purl, ripple, splash

•   n.    babble, murmur, purl, ripple


guru

See Also

authority, guiding light, leader, maharishi, mahatma, master, mentor, sage, swami, teacher, tutor


gush

See Also

•   v.    burst, cascade, flood, flow, issue, jet, pour, run, rush, spout, spurt, stream [image]  babble, blather, chatter, effervesce, effuse, enthuse, jabber, overstate, spout

•   n.    burst, cascade, flood, flow, issue, jet, outburst, outflow, rush, spout, spurt, stream, torrent [image]  babble, blather, chatter, effusion, exuberance


gust

See Also

•   n.    blast, blow, breeze, flurry, gale, puff, rush, squall [image]  burst, eruption, explosion, fit, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, storm, surge

•   v.    blast, blow, puff, squall


gusto

See Also

appetite, appreciation, brio, delight, enjoyment, enthusiasm, exhilaration, fervour, liking, pleasure, relish, savour, verve, zeal, zest


gut

See Also

•   n.    (Often plural) belly, bowels, entrails, innards (Inf.), insides (Inf.), intestines, inwards, paunch, stomach, viscera [image]  (Plural)  Inf. audacity, backbone, boldness, bottle (Sl.), courage, daring, forcefulness, grit, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk (Inf.), willpower

•   v.    clean, disembowel, draw, dress, eviscerate [image]  clean out, despoil, empty, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, rifle, sack, strip

•   adj.     Inf. basic, deep-seated, emotional, heartfelt, innate, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral


gutter

See Also

channel, conduit, ditch, drain, duct, pipe, sluice, trench, trough, tube


guttural

See Also

deep, gravelly, gruff, hoarse, husky, low, rasping, rough, thick, throaty


guy

See Also

•   n.     Inf. bloke (Brit. inf.), cat (Sl.), chap, fellow, lad, man, person, youth

•   v.    caricature, make (a) game of, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, rib (Inf.), ridicule, send up (Brit inf.), take off (Inf.), take the piss out of (Sl.)


guzzle

See Also

bolt, carouse, cram, devour, drink, gobble, gorge, gormandize, knock back (Inf.), pig out (U.S. & Canad. sl.), quaff, stuff (oneself), swill, tope, wolf


Gypsy, Gipsy

See Also

Bohemian, nomad, rambler, roamer, Romany, rover, traveller, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer


habit

See Also

•   n.    bent, custom, disposition, manner, mannerism, practice, proclivity, propensity, quirk, tendency, way [image]  convention, custom, mode, practice, routine, rule, second nature, tradition, usage, wont [image]  constitution, disposition, frame of mind, make-up, nature [image]  addiction, dependence, fixation, obsession, weakness [image]  apparel, dress, garb, garment, habiliment, riding dress

•   v.    array, attire, clothe, dress, equip


habitation

See Also

   abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, home, house, living quarters, lodging, pad (Sl.), quarters, residence [image]  inhabitance, inhabitancy, occupancy, occupation, tenancy


habitual

See Also

   accustomed, common, customary, familiar, fixed, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, standard, traditional, usual, wonted [image]  chronic, confirmed, constant, established, frequent, hardened, ingrained, inveterate, persistent, recurrent


habituate

See Also

acclimatize, accustom, break in, condition, discipline, familiarize, harden, inure, make used to, school, season, train


habitué

See Also

constant customer, frequenter, frequent visitor, regular (Inf.), regular patron


hack 1

See Also

•   v.    chop, cut, gash, hew, kick, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, notch, slash

•   n.    chop, cut, gash, notch, slash

•   v.

•   n.     Inf. bark, cough, rasp


hack 2

See Also

•   adj.    banal, mediocre, pedestrian, poor, stereotyped, tired, undistinguished, uninspired, unoriginal

•   n.    Grub Street writer, literary hack, penny-a-liner, scribbler [image]  drudge, plodder, slave [image]  crock, hired horse, horse, jade, nag, poor old tired horse


hackles

make one's hackles rise anger, annoy, bridle at, cause resentment, get one's dander up (Sl.), infuriate, make one see red (Inf.)


hackneyed

See Also

banal, clichéd, common, commonplace, overworked, pedestrian, played out (Inf.), run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, worn-out


hag

ballbreaker (Sl.), beldam (Archaic), crone, fury, harridan, Jezebel, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen, witch


haggard

See Also

careworn, drawn, emaciated, gaunt, ghastly, hollow-eyed, pinched, shrunken, thin, wan, wasted, wrinkled


haggle

   bargain, barter, beat down, chaffer, dicker (Chiefly U.S.), higgle, palter [image]  bicker, dispute, quarrel, squabble, wrangle


hail 1

See Also

 Fig.

•   n.    barrage, bombardment, pelting, rain, shower, storm, volley

•   v.    barrage, batter, beat down upon, bombard, pelt, rain, rain down on, shower, storm, volley


hail 2

See Also

   acclaim, acknowledge, applaud, cheer, exalt, glorify, greet, honour, salute, welcome [image]  accost, address, call, flag down, halloo, shout to, signal to, sing out, speak to, wave down [image]  (With from) be a native of, be born in, come from, originate in


hair

See Also

   head of hair, locks, mane, mop, shock, tresses [image]  by a hair by a fraction of an inch, by a hair's-breadth, by a narrow margin, by a split second, by a whisker, by the skin of one's teeth [image]  get in one's hair aggravate (Inf.), annoy, exasperate, be on one's back (Sl.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), plague [image]  let one's hair down chill out (Sl., chiefly U.S.), let it all hang out (Inf.), let off steam (Inf.), let oneself go, relax, veg out (Sl., chiefly U.S.) [image]  not turn a hair keep one's cool (Sl.), keep one's hair on (Brit. inf.), not bat an eyelid, remain calm [image]  split hairs cavil, find fault, overrefine, pettifog, quibble


hair-raising

See Also

alarming, bloodcurdling, breathtaking, creepy, exciting, frightening, horrifying, petrifying, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, startling, terrifying, thrilling


hair's-breadth

•   n.    fraction, hair, jot, narrow margin, whisker

•   adj.    close, hazardous, narrow


hairsplitting

See Also

•   adj. captious, carping, cavilling, fault-finding, fine, finicky, nice, niggling, nit-picking (Inf.), overrefined, pettifogging, quibbling, subtle


hairy

See Also

   bearded, bewhiskered, bushy, fleecy, furry, hirsute, pileous (Biol.), pilose (Biol.), shaggy, stubbly, unshaven, woolly [image]   Sl. dangerous, difficult, hazardous, perilous, risky, scaring


halcyon

See Also

   calm, gentle, mild, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled [image]   Fig. carefree, flourishing, golden, happy, palmy, prosperous


hale

See Also

able-bodied, blooming, fit, flourishing, healthy, hearty, in fine fettle, in the pink, robust, sound, strong, vigorous, well


half

•   n.    bisection, division, equal part, fifty per cent, fraction, hemisphere, portion, section

•   adj.    divided, fractional, halved, incomplete, limited, moderate, partial

•   adv.    after a fashion, all but, barely, inadequately, incompletely, in part, partially, partly, pretty nearly, slightly [image]  by half considerably, excessively, very much


half-baked

See Also

   brainless, crackpot (Inf.), crazy, foolish, harebrained, inane, loopy (Inf.), senseless, silly, stupid [image]  ill-conceived, ill-judged, impractical, poorly planned, short-sighted, unformed, unthought out or through


half-hearted

See Also

apathetic, cool, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), indifferent, lacklustre, listless, lukewarm, neutral, passive, perfunctory, spiritless, tame, unenthusiastic, uninterested


halfway

See Also

•   adv.    midway, to or in the middle, to the midpoint [image]  incompletely, moderately, nearly, partially, partly, rather [image]  meet halfway accommodate, come to terms, compromise, concede, give and take, strike a balance, trade off

•   adj.    central, equidistant, intermediate, mid, middle, midway [image]  imperfect, incomplete, moderate, partial, part-way


halfwit

See Also

airhead (Sl.), berk (Brit. sl.), charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dullard, dunce, dunderhead, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), idiot, imbecile (Inf.), jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), mental defective, moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


half-witted

addle-brained, barmy (Sl.), batty (Sl.), crazy, doltish, dull, dull-witted, feeble-minded, flaky (U.S. sl.), foolish, goofy (Inf.), idiotic, moronic, nerdish or nurdish (Sl.), obtuse, silly, simple, simple-minded, stupid


hall

See Also

   corridor, entrance hall, entry, foyer, hallway, lobby, passage, passageway, vestibule [image]  assembly room, auditorium, chamber, concert hall, meeting place


hallmark

See Also

   authentication, device, endorsement, mark, seal, sign, signet, stamp, symbol [image]  badge, emblem, indication, sure sign, telltale sign


hallucination

See Also

aberration, apparition, delusion, dream, fantasy, figment of the imagination, illusion, mirage, phantasmagoria, vision


halo

See Also

aura, aureole or aureola, corona, halation (Photog.), nimbus, radiance, ring of light


halt 1

See Also

•   v.    break off, call it a day, cease, close down, come to an end, desist, draw up, pull up, rest, stand still, stop, wait [image]  arrest, block, bring to an end, check, curb, cut short, end, hold back, impede, obstruct, staunch, stem, terminate

•   n.    arrest, break, close, end, impasse, interruption, pause, stand, standstill, stop, stoppage, termination


halt 2

See Also

•   v.    be defective, falter, hobble, limp, stumble [image]  be unsure, boggle, dither (Chiefly Brit.), haver, hesitate, pause, stammer, swither (Scot.), think twice, waver

•   adj.     Archaic crippled, lame, limping


halting

See Also

awkward, faltering, hesitant, imperfect, laboured, stammering, stumbling, stuttering


halve

See Also

•   v.    bisect, cut in half, divide equally, reduce by fifty per cent, share equally, split in two

•   n.    (Plural) by halves imperfectly, incompletely, scrappily, skimpily


hammer

See Also

•   v.    bang, beat, drive, hit, knock, lambast(e), strike, tap [image]  beat out, fashion, forge, form, make, shape [image]  (Often with into) din into, drive home, drub into, drum into, grind into, impress upon, instruct, repeat [image]  (Often with away (at)) beaver away (Brit. inf.), drudge, grind, keep on, peg away (Chiefly Brit.), persevere, persist, plug away (Inf.), pound away, stick at, work [image]   Inf. beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), defeat, drub, lick (Inf.), master, run rings around (Inf.), slate (Inf.), tank (Sl.), thrash, trounce, undo, wipe the floor with (Inf.), worst


hammer out

See Also

accomplish, bring about, come to a conclusion, complete, excogitate, finish, form a resolution, make a decision, negotiate, produce, settle, sort out, thrash out, work out


hamper

See Also

•   v. bind, cramp, curb, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, frustrate, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, interfere with, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, slow down, thwart, trammel


hamstrung

at a loss, crippled, disabled, helpless, hors de combat, incapacitated, paralysed


hand

See Also

•   n.    fist, hook, meathook (Sl.), mitt (Sl.), palm, paw (Inf.) [image]  agency, direction, influence, part, participation, share [image]  aid, assistance, help, support [image]  artificer, artisan, craftsman, employee, hired man, labourer, operative, worker, workman [image]  calligraphy, chirography, handwriting, longhand, penmanship, script [image]  clap, ovation, round of applause [image]  ability, art, artistry, skill [image]  at or on hand approaching, available, close, handy, imminent, near, nearby, on tap (Inf.), ready, within reach [image]  from hand to mouth by necessity, improvidently, in poverty, insecurely, on the breadline (Inf.), precariously, uncertainly [image]  hand in glove allied, in cahoots (Inf.), in league, in partnership [image]  hand over fist by leaps and bounds, easily, steadily, swiftly [image]  in hand  [image]  in order, receiving attention, under control [image]  available for use, in reserve, put by, ready

•   v.    deliver, hand over, pass [image]  aid, assist, conduct, convey, give, guide, help, lead, present, transmit


handbook

Baedeker, guide, guidebook, instruction book, manual, vade mecum


handcuff

See Also

•   v.    fetter, manacle, shackle

•   n.    (Plural) bracelets (Sl.), cuffs (Inf.), fetters, manacles, shackles


hand down

hand down or on

See Also

bequeath, give, grant, pass on or down, transfer, will


handful

See Also

few, small number, small quantity, smattering, sprinkling


handicap

See Also

•   n.    barrier, block, disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, limitation, millstone, obstacle, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block [image]  advantage, edge, head start, odds, penalty, upper hand [image]  defect, disability, impairment

•   v.    burden, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hold back, impede, limit, place at a disadvantage, restrict, retard


handicraft

art, artisanship, craft, craftsmanship, handiwork, skill, workmanship


handiwork

See Also

   craft, handicraft, handwork [image]  achievement, artefact, creation, design, invention, product, production, result


handle

See Also

•   n.    grip, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, knob, stock

•   v.    feel, finger, fondle, grasp, hold, maul, paw (Inf.), pick up, poke, touch [image]  control, direct, guide, manage, manipulate, manoeuvre, operate, steer, use, wield [image]  administer, conduct, cope with, deal with, manage, supervise, take care of, treat [image]  discourse, discuss, treat [image]  carry, deal in, market, sell, stock, trade, traffic in


handling

See Also

administration, approach, conduct, direction, management, manipulation, running, treatment


hand-out

See Also

   alms, charity, dole [image]  bulletin, circular, free sample, leaflet, literature (Inf.), mailshot, press release


hand out

See Also

deal out, disburse, dish out (Inf.), dispense, disseminate, distribute, give out, mete


hand over

See Also

deliver, donate, fork out or up (Sl.), present, release, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield


hand-picked

See Also

choice, chosen, elect, elite, recherché, select, selected


hands

See Also

   authority, care, charge, command, control, custody, disposal, guardianship, keeping, possession, power, supervision [image]  hands down easily, effortlessly, with no contest, with no trouble


handsome

See Also

   admirable, attractive, becoming, comely, dishy (Inf., chiefly Brit.), elegant, fine, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, majestic, personable, stately, well-proportioned [image]  abundant, ample, bountiful, considerable, generous, gracious, large, liberal, magnanimous, plentiful, sizable


handsomely

abundantly, amply, bountifully, generously, liberally, magnanimously, munificently, plentifully, richly


handwriting

See Also

calligraphy, chirography, fist, hand, longhand, penmanship, scrawl, script


handy

See Also

   accessible, at or on hand, available, close, convenient, near, nearby, within reach [image]  convenient, easy to use, helpful, manageable, neat, practical, serviceable, useful, user-friendly [image]  adept, adroit, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, nimble, proficient, ready, skilful, skilled


hang

See Also

•   v.    be pendent, dangle, depend, droop, incline, suspend [image]  execute, gibbet, send to the gallows, string up (Inf.) [image]  adhere, cling, hold, rest, stick [image]  attach, cover, deck, decorate, drape, fasten, fix, furnish [image]  be poised, drift, float, hover, remain, swing [image]  bend downward, bend forward, bow, dangle, drop, incline, lean over, let droop, loll, lower, sag, trail [image]  hang fire be slow, be suspended, delay, hang back, procrastinate, stall, stick, vacillate

•   n.    get the hang of comprehend, get the knack or technique, grasp, understand


hang about

hang about or around

See Also

   dally, linger, loiter, roam, tarry, waste time [image]  associate with, frequent, hang out (Inf.), haunt, resort


hang back

See Also

be backward, be reluctant, demur, hesitate, hold back, recoil


hangdog

•   adj. abject, browbeaten, cowed, cringing, defeated, downcast, furtive, guilty, shamefaced, sneaking, wretched


hanger-on

See Also

dependant, follower, freeloader (Sl.), lackey, leech, ligger (Sl.), minion, parasite, sponger (Inf.), sycophant


hanging

See Also

•   adj.    dangling, drooping, flapping, flopping, floppy, loose, pendent, suspended, swinging, unattached, unsupported [image]  undecided, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air (Inf.) [image]  beetle, beetling, jutting, overhanging, projecting, prominent


hang on

See Also

   carry on, continue, endure, go on, hold on, hold out, persevere, persist, remain [image]  cling, clutch, grasp, grip, hold fast [image]  be conditional upon, be contingent on, be dependent on, be determined by, depend on, hinge, rest, turn on [image]   Also hang onto, hang upon be rapt, give ear, listen attentively [image]   Inf. hold on, hold the line, remain, stop, wait


hangover

See Also

aftereffects, crapulence, head (Inf.), morning after (Inf.)


hang over

See Also

be imminent, impend, loom, menace, threaten


hang-up

See Also

block, difficulty, inhibition, obsession, preoccupation, problem, thing (Inf.)


hank

See Also

coil, length, loop, piece, roll, skein


hanker

See Also

(With for or after) covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, hope, hunger, itch, long, lust, pine, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen (Inf.)


hankering

See Also

craving, desire, hope, hunger, itch, longing, pining, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen (Inf.)


haphazard

See Also

   accidental, arbitrary, chance, fluky (Inf.), random [image]  aimless, careless, casual, disorderly, disorganized, hit or miss (Inf.), indiscriminate, slapdash, slipshod, unmethodical, unsystematic


happen

See Also

   appear, arise, come about, come off (Inf.), come to pass, crop up (Inf.), develop, ensue, eventuate, follow, materialize, occur, present itself, result, take place, transpire (Inf.) [image]  become of, befall, betide [image]  chance, fall out, have the fortune to be, pan out (Inf.), supervene, turn out


happening

See Also

accident, adventure, affair, case, chance, episode, escapade, event, experience, incident, occasion, occurrence, phenomenon, proceeding, scene


happily

See Also

   agreeably, contentedly, delightedly, enthusiastically, freely, gladly, heartily, lief (Rare), willingly, with pleasure [image]  blithely, cheerfully, gaily, gleefully, joyfully, joyously, merrily [image]  auspiciously, favourably, fortunately, luckily, opportunely, propitiously, providentially, seasonably [image]  appropriately, aptly, felicitously, gracefully, successfully


happiness

See Also

beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, gladness, high spirits, joy, jubilation, light-heartedness, merriment, pleasure, prosperity, satisfaction, wellbeing


happy

See Also

   blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, cheerful, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, delighted, ecstatic, elated, glad, gratified, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, merry, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), pleased, rapt, sunny, thrilled, walking on air (Inf.) [image]  advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, convenient, enviable, favourable, felicitous, fortunate, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, timely, well-timed


happy-go-lucky

blithe, carefree, casual, devil-may-care, easy-going, heedless, improvident, insouciant, irresponsible, light-hearted, nonchalant, unconcerned, untroubled


harangue

See Also

•   n.    address, declamation, diatribe, exhortation, lecture, oration, philippic, screed, speech, spiel (Inf.), tirade

•   v.    address, declaim, exhort, hold forth, lecture, rant, spout (Inf.)


harass

See Also

annoy, badger, bait, beleaguer, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, chivvy (Brit.), devil (Inf.), disturb, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, harry, hassle (Inf.), hound, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, tease, tire, torment, trouble, vex, weary, worry


harassed

See Also

careworn, distraught, harried, hassled (Inf.), plagued, strained, tormented, troubled, under pressure, under stress, vexed, worried


harassment

See Also

aggravation (Inf.), annoyance, badgering, bedevilment, bother, hassle (Inf.), irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, pestering, torment, trouble, vexation


harbour

See Also

•   n.    anchorage, destination, haven, port [image]  asylum, covert, haven, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter

•   v.    conceal, hide, lodge, protect, provide refuge, relieve, secrete, shelter, shield [image]  believe, brood over, cherish, cling to, entertain, foster, hold, imagine, maintain, nurse, nurture, retain


hard

See Also

•   adj.    compact, dense, firm, impenetrable, inflexible, rigid, rocklike, solid, stiff, stony, strong, tough, unyielding [image]  arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, Herculean, laborious, rigorous, strenuous, toilsome, tough, uphill, wearying [image]  baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, intricate, involved, knotty, perplexing, puzzling, tangled, thorny, unfathomable [image]  callous, cold, cruel, exacting, grim, hardhearted, harsh, implacable, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, severe, stern, strict, stubborn, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic [image]  calamitous, dark, disagreeable, disastrous, distressing, grievous, grim, intolerable, painful, unpleasant [image]  driving, fierce, forceful, heavy, powerful, strong, violent [image]   Of feelings or words acrimonious, angry, antagonistic, bitter, hostile, rancorous, resentful [image]   Of truth or facts actual, bare, cold, definite, indisputable, plain, undeniable, unvarnished, verified

•   adv.    energetically, fiercely, forcefully, forcibly, heavily, intensely, powerfully, severely, sharply, strongly, vigorously, violently, with all one's might, with might and main [image]  assiduously, determinedly, diligently, doggedly, earnestly, industriously, intently, persistently, steadily, strenuously, untiringly [image]  agonizingly, badly, distressingly, harshly, laboriously, painfully, roughly, severely, with difficulty [image]  bitterly, hardly, keenly, rancorously, reluctantly, resentfully, slowly, sorely


hard and fast

binding, immutable, incontrovertible, inflexible, invariable, rigid, set, strict, stringent, unalterable


hard-bitten

hard-bitten or hard-boiled

See Also

case-hardened, cynical, down-to-earth, hard-headed, hard-nosed (Inf.), matter-of-fact, practical, realistic, shrewd, tough, unsentimental


hard-core

See Also

   dedicated, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, extreme, intransigent, obstinate, rigid, staunch, steadfast [image]  explicit, obscene


harden

See Also

   anneal, bake, cake, freeze, set, solidify, stiffen [image]  brace, buttress, fortify, gird, indurate, nerve, reinforce, steel, strengthen, toughen [image]  accustom, brutalize, case-harden, habituate, inure, season, train


hardened

See Also

   chronic, fixed, habitual, incorrigible, inveterate, irredeemable, reprobate, set, shameless [image]  accustomed, habituated, inured, seasoned, toughened


hard-headed

See Also

astute, cool, hard-boiled (Inf.), level-headed, practical, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, shrewd, tough, unsentimental


hardhearted

See Also

callous, cold, cruel, hard, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, pitiless, stony, uncaring, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic


hard-hitting

critical, no holds barred, pulling no punches, strongly worded, tough, uncompromising, unsparing, vigorous


hardiness

See Also

boldness, courage, fortitude, intrepidity, resilience, resolution, robustness, ruggedness, sturdiness, toughness, valour


hardline

See Also

definite, inflexible, intransigent, tough, uncompromising, undeviating, unyielding


hardly

See Also

almost not, barely, by no means, faintly, infrequently, just, not at all, not quite, no way, only, only just, scarcely, with difficulty


hard-pressed

harried, hotly pursued, in difficulties, pushed (Inf.), under attack, under pressure, up against it (Inf.), with one's back to the wall


hardship

See Also

adversity, affliction, austerity, burden, calamity, destitution, difficulty, fatigue, grievance, labour, misery, misfortune, need, oppression, persecution, privation, suffering, toil, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, want


hard up

bankrupt, broke (Inf.), bust (Inf.), cleaned out (Sl.), dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impecunious, impoverished, in the red (Inf.), on one's uppers (Inf.), out of pocket, penniless, poor, short, short of cash or funds, skint (Brit. sl.), without two pennies to rub together (Inf.)


hard-wearing

See Also

durable, resilient, rugged, stout, strong, tough, well-made


hard-working

See Also

assiduous, busy, conscientious, diligent, energetic, indefatigable, industrious, sedulous, zealous


hardy

See Also

   firm, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, in fine fettle, lusty, robust, rugged, sound, stalwart, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous [image]  bold, brave, courageous, daring, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), gritty, heroic, intrepid, manly, plucky, resolute, stouthearted, valiant, valorous [image]  audacious, brazen, foolhardy, headstrong, impudent, rash, reckless


hark back

look back, recall, recollect, regress, remember, revert, think back


harlot

See Also

call girl, fallen woman, hussy, loose woman, pro (Sl.), prostitute, scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), slag (Brit. sl.), streetwalker, strumpet, tart (Inf.), tramp (Sl.), whore, working girl (Facetious sl.)


harm

See Also

•   n.    abuse, damage, detriment, disservice, hurt, ill, impairment, injury, loss, mischief, misfortune [image]  evil, immorality, iniquity, sin, sinfulness, vice, wickedness, wrong

•   v.    abuse, blemish, damage, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, injure, maltreat, mar, molest, ruin, spoil, wound


harmful

See Also

baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, evil, hurtful, injurious, maleficent, noxious, pernicious


harmless

See Also

gentle, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, nontoxic, not dangerous, safe, unobjectionable


harmonious

See Also

   agreeable, compatible, concordant, congruous, consonant, coordinated, correspondent, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, harmonizing, matching, mellifluous, melodious, musical, sweet-sounding, symphonious (Literary), tuneful [image]  agreeable, amicable, compatible, concordant, congenial, cordial, en rapport, fraternal, friendly, in accord, in harmony, in unison, of one mind, sympathetic


harmonize

See Also

accord, adapt, agree, arrange, attune, be in unison, be of one mind, blend, chime with, cohere, compose, coordinate, correspond, match, reconcile, suit, tally, tone in with


harmony

See Also

   accord, agreement, amicability, amity, assent, compatibility, concord, conformity, consensus, cooperation, friendship, good will, like-mindedness, peace, rapport, sympathy, unanimity, understanding, unity [image]  balance, compatibility, concord, congruity, consistency, consonance, coordination, correspondence, fitness, parallelism, suitability, symmetry [image]  euphony, melodiousness, melody, tune, tunefulness, unison


harness

See Also

•   n.    equipment, gear, tack, tackle, trappings [image]  in harness active, at work, busy, in action, working

•   v.    couple, hitch up, put in harness, saddle, yoke [image]  apply, channel, control, employ, exploit, make productive, mobilize, render useful, turn to account, utilize


harp

(With on or upon) dwell on, go on, labour, press, reiterate, renew, repeat


harrowing

See Also

agonizing, alarming, chilling, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, frightening, heartbreaking, heart-rending, nerve-racking, painful, racking, scaring, terrifying, tormenting, traumatic


harry

See Also

   annoy, badger, bedevil, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, chivvy, disturb, fret, get in one's hair (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), molest, persecute, pester, plague, tease, torment, trouble, vex, worry [image]  depredate (Rare), despoil, devastate, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, rob, sack


harsh

See Also

   coarse, croaking, crude, discordant, dissonant, glaring, grating, guttural, jarring, rasping, raucous, rough, strident, unmelodious [image]  abusive, austere, bitter, bleak, brutal, comfortless, cruel, dour, Draconian, drastic, grim, hard, pitiless, punitive, relentless, ruthless, severe, sharp, Spartan, stern, stringent, unfeeling, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting


harshly

See Also

brutally, cruelly, grimly, roughly, severely, sharply, sternly, strictly


harshness

See Also

acerbity, acrimony, asperity, austerity, bitterness, brutality, churlishness, coarseness, crudity, hardness, ill-temper, rigour, roughness, severity, sourness, sternness


harvest

See Also

•   n.    harvesting, harvest-time, ingathering, reaping [image]  crop, produce, yield [image]   Fig. consequence, effect, fruition, product, result, return

•   v.    gather, mow, pick, pluck, reap [image]  accumulate, acquire, amass, collect, garner


hash

See Also

   balls-up (Taboo sl.), cock-up (Brit. sl.), confusion, fuck-up (Offens. taboo sl.), hodgepodge (U.S.), hotchpotch, jumble, mess, mishmash, mix-up, muddle, pig's breakfast (Inf.), pig's ear (Inf.), shambles, state [image]  make a hash of  Inf. bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, cock up (Brit. sl.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), jumble, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, mix, muddle


hassle

See Also

•   n.    altercation, argument, bickering, disagreement, dispute, fight, quarrel, row, squabble, tussle, wrangle [image]  bother, difficulty, inconvenience, problem, struggle, trial, trouble, upset

•   v.    annoy, badger, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, bug (Inf.), get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, harry, hound, pester


haste

See Also

   alacrity, briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, nimbleness, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, swiftness, urgency, velocity [image]  bustle, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, hustle, impetuosity, precipitateness, rashness, recklessness, rush


hasten

See Also

   barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), beetle, bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), dash, fly, haste, hurry (up), make haste, race, run, rush, scurry, scuttle, speed, sprint, step on it (Inf.), tear (along) [image]  accelerate, advance, dispatch, expedite, goad, hurry (up), precipitate, press, push forward, quicken, speed (up), step up (Inf.), urge


hastily

See Also

   apace, double-quick, fast, hotfoot, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quickly, rapidly, speedily, straightaway [image]  heedlessly, hurriedly, impetuously, impulsively, on the spur of the moment, precipitately, rashly, recklessly, too quickly


hasty

See Also

   brisk, eager, expeditious, fast, fleet, hurried, prompt, rapid, speedy, swift, urgent [image]  brief, cursory, fleeting, passing, perfunctory, rushed, short, superficial [image]  foolhardy, headlong, heedless, impetuous, impulsive, indiscreet, precipitate, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unduly quick [image]  brusque, excited, fiery, hot-headed, hot-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, passionate, quick-tempered, snappy


hatch

See Also

   breed, bring forth, brood, incubate [image]   Fig. conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up (Inf.), design, devise, dream up (Inf.), manufacture, plan, plot, project, scheme, think up, trump up


hatchet man

assassin, bravo, calumniator, cutthroat, debunker, defamer, destroyer, detractor, gunman, heavy (Sl.), hired assassin, hit man (Sl.), killer, murderer, smear campaigner, thug, traducer


hate

See Also

•   v.    abhor, abominate, be hostile to, be repelled by, be sick of, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, have an aversion to, loathe, recoil from [image]  be loath, be reluctant, be sorry, be unwilling, dislike, feel disinclined, have no stomach for, shrink from

•   n.    abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, dislike, enmity, execration, hatred, hostility, loathing, odium


hateful

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, forbidding, foul, heinous, horrible, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, vile


hatred

See Also

abomination, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, dislike, enmity, execration, hate, ill will, odium, repugnance, revulsion


haughty

See Also

arrogant, assuming, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, high, high and mighty (Inf.), hoity-toity (Inf.), imperious, lofty, overweening, proud, scornful, snobbish, snooty (Inf.), stuck-up (Inf.), supercilious, uppish (Brit. inf.)


haul

See Also

•   v.    drag, draw, hale, heave, lug, pull, tow, trail, tug [image]  carry, cart, convey, hump (Brit. sl.), move, transport

•   n.    drag, heave, pull, tug [image]  booty, catch, find, gain, harvest, loot, spoils, takings, yield


haunt

See Also

•   v.    visit, walk [image]  beset, come back, obsess, plague, possess, prey on, recur, stay with, torment, trouble, weigh on [image]  frequent, hang around or about, repair, resort, visit

•   n.    den, gathering place, hangout (Inf.), meeting place, rendezvous, resort, stamping ground


haunted

See Also

   cursed, eerie, ghostly, jinxed, possessed, spooky (Inf.) [image]  obsessed, plagued, preoccupied, tormented, troubled, worried


haunting

See Also

disturbing, eerie, evocative, indelible, nostalgic, persistent, poignant, recurrent, recurring, unforgettable


have

See Also

   hold, keep, obtain, occupy, own, possess, retain [image]  accept, acquire, gain, get, obtain, procure, receive, secure, take [image]  comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, include, take in [image]  endure, enjoy, experience, feel, meet with, suffer, sustain, undergo [image]   Sl. cheat, deceive, dupe, fool, outwit, stiff (Sl.), swindle, take in (Inf.), trick [image]  (Usually have to) be bound, be compelled, be forced, be obliged, have got to, must, ought, should [image]  allow, consider, entertain, permit, put up with (Inf.), think about, tolerate [image]  bear, beget, bring forth, bring into the world, deliver, give birth to [image]  have had it  Inf. be defeated, be exhausted, be finished, be out, be past it (Inf.), be pooped (U.S. sl.), be stonkered (Sl.)


haven

See Also

   anchorage, harbour, port, roads (Nautical) [image]   Fig. asylum, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter


have on

   be clothed in, be dressed in, wear [image]  be committed to, be engaged to, have on the agenda, have planned [image]   Of a person deceive, kid (Inf.), play a joke on, tease, trick, wind up (Brit. sl.)


havoc

See Also

   carnage, damage, desolation, despoliation, destruction, devastation, rack and ruin, ravages, ruin, slaughter, waste, wreck [image]   Inf. chaos, confusion, disorder, disruption, mayhem, shambles [image]  play havoc (with) bring into chaos, confuse, demolish, destroy, devastate, disorganize, disrupt, wreck


hawk

See Also

•   v.    bark (Inf.), cry, market, peddle, sell, tout (Inf.), vend [image]  (Often with about) bandy about (Inf.), bruit about, buzz, noise abroad, put about, retail, rumour


hazardous

See Also

   dangerous, dicey (Inf., chiefly Brit.), difficult, fraught with danger, hairy (Sl.), insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, unsafe [image]  chancy (Inf.), haphazard, precarious, uncertain, unpredictable


haze

See Also

cloud, dimness, film, fog, mist, obscurity, smog, smokiness, steam, vapour


hazy

See Also

   blurry, cloudy, dim, dull, faint, foggy, misty, nebulous, obscure, overcast, smoky, veiled [image]   Fig. fuzzy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, loose, muddled, muzzy, nebulous, uncertain, unclear, vague


head

See Also

•   n.    bean (U.S. & Canad. sl.), conk (Sl.), cranium, crown, loaf (Sl.), noddle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), noggin, nut (Sl.), pate, skull [image]  boss (Inf.), captain, chief, chieftain, commander, director, headmaster, headmistress, head teacher, leader, manager, master, principal, superintendent, supervisor [image]  apex, crest, crown, height, peak, pitch, summit, tip, top, vertex [image]  cutting edge, first place, fore, forefront, front, van, vanguard [image]  beginning, commencement, origin, rise, source, start [image]  ability, aptitude, brain, brains (Inf.), capacity, faculty, flair, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, talent, thought, understanding [image]  branch, category, class, department, division, heading, section, subject, topic [image]  climax, conclusion, crisis, culmination, end, turning point [image]   Geog. cape, foreland, headland, point, promontory [image]  go to one's head dizzy, excite, intoxicate, make conceited, puff up [image]  head over heels completely, intensely, thoroughly, uncontrollably, utterly, wholeheartedly [image]  put (our, their, etc.) heads together  Inf. confab (Inf.), confabulate, confer, consult, deliberate, discuss, palaver, powwow, talk over

•   adj.    arch, chief, first, foremost, front, highest, leading, main, pre-eminent, premier, prime, principal, supreme, topmost

•   v.    be or go first, cap, crown, lead, lead the way, precede, top [image]  be in charge of, command, control, direct, govern, guide, lead, manage, rule, run, supervise [image]  (Often with for) aim, go to, make a beeline for, make for, point, set off for, set out, start towards, steer, turn


headache

See Also

   cephalalgia (Medical), head (Inf.), migraine, neuralgia [image]   Inf. bane, bother, inconvenience, nuisance, problem, trouble, vexation, worry


headfirst

•   adj.

•   adv. diving, headlong, head-on

•   adv.    carelessly, hastily, head over heels, precipitately, rashly, recklessly


heading

See Also

   caption, headline, name, rubric, title [image]  category, class, division, section


headlong

See Also

•   adj.

•   adv. headfirst, headforemost, head-on

•   adj.    breakneck, dangerous, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitate, reckless, thoughtless

•   adv.    hastily, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hurriedly, pell-mell, precipitately, rashly, thoughtlessly, wildly


head off

See Also

   block off, cut off, deflect, divert, intercept, interpose, intervene [image]  avert, fend off, forestall, parry, prevent, stop, ward off


headstrong

See Also

contrary, foolhardy, froward, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, mulish, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, rash, reckless, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, ungovernable, unruly, wilful


headway

See Also

   advance, improvement, progress, progression, way [image]  make headway advance, come or get on, cover ground, develop, gain, gain ground, make strides, progress


heady

See Also

   inebriating, intoxicating, potent, spirituous, strong [image]  exciting, exhilarating, intoxicating, overwhelming, stimulating, thrilling [image]  hasty, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitate, rash, reckless, thoughtless


heal

See Also

   cure, make well, mend, regenerate, remedy, restore, treat [image]  alleviate, ameliorate, compose, conciliate, harmonize, patch up, reconcile, settle, soothe


healing

See Also

   analeptic, curative, medicinal, remedial, restorative, restoring, sanative, therapeutic [image]  assuaging, comforting, emollient, gentle, lenitive, mild, mitigative, palliative, soothing


health

See Also

   fitness, good condition, haleness, healthiness, robustness, salubrity, soundness, strength, vigour, wellbeing [image]  condition, constitution, fettle, form, shape, state, tone


healthy

See Also

   active, blooming, fit, flourishing, hale, hale and hearty, hardy, hearty, in fine feather, in fine fettle, in fine form, in good condition, in good shape (Inf.), in the pink, physically fit, robust, sound, strong, sturdy, vigorous, well [image]  beneficial, bracing, good for one, healthful, health-giving, hygienic, invigorating, nourishing, nutritious, salubrious, salutary, wholesome


heap

See Also

•   n.    accumulation, aggregation, collection, hoard, lot, mass, mound, mountain, pile, stack, stockpile, store [image]  (Often plural)  Inf. abundance, a lot, great deal, lashings (Brit. inf.), load(s) (Inf.), lots (Inf.), mass, mint, ocean(s), oodles (Inf.), plenty, pot(s) (Inf.), quantities, stack(s), tons

•   v.    accumulate, amass, augment, bank, collect, gather, hoard, increase, mound, pile, stack, stockpile, store [image]  assign, bestow, burden, confer, load, shower upon


hear

See Also

   attend, be all ears (Inf.), catch, eavesdrop, give attention, hark, hearken (Archaic), heed, listen in, listen to, overhear [image]  ascertain, be informed, be told of, discover, find out, gather, get wind of (Inf.), hear tell (Dialect), learn, pick up, understand [image]   Law examine, investigate, judge, try


hearing

See Also

   audition, auditory, ear, perception [image]  audience, audition, chance to speak, interview [image]  auditory range, earshot, hearing distance, range, reach, sound [image]  industrial tribunal, inquiry, investigation, review, trial


hearsay

See Also

buzz, dirt (U.S. sl.), gossip, grapevine (Inf.), idle talk, mere talk, on dit, report, rumour, scuttlebutt (Sl., chiefly U.S.), talk, talk of the town, tittle-tattle, word of mouth


heart

See Also

   character, disposition, emotion, feeling, inclination, nature, sentiment, soul, sympathy, temperament [image]  affection, benevolence, compassion, concern, humanity, love, pity, tenderness, understanding [image]  balls (Taboo sl.), boldness, bravery, courage, fortitude, guts (Inf.), mettle, mind, nerve, pluck, purpose, resolution, spirit, spunk (Inf.), will [image]  central part, centre, core, crux, essence, hub, kernel, marrow, middle, nucleus, pith, quintessence, root [image]  at heart au fond, basically, essentially, fundamentally, in essence, in reality, really, truly [image]  by heart by memory, by rote, off pat, parrot-fashion (Inf.), pat, word for word [image]  eat one's heart out agonize, brood, grieve, mope, mourn, pine, regret, repine, sorrow [image]  from (the bottom of) one's heart deeply, devoutly, fervently, heart and soul, heartily, sincerely, with all one's heart [image]  heart and soul absolutely, completely, devotedly, entirely, gladly, wholeheartedly [image]  take heart be comforted, be encouraged, be heartened, brighten up, buck up (Inf.), cheer up, perk up, revive


heartbreaking

See Also

agonizing, bitter, desolating, disappointing, distressing, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, pitiful, poignant, sad, tragic


heartbroken

See Also

brokenhearted, crestfallen, crushed, dejected, desolate, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, downcast, grieved, heartsick, miserable, sick as a parrot (Inf.)


heartfelt

See Also

ardent, cordial, deep, devout, earnest, fervent, genuine, hearty, honest, profound, sincere, unfeigned, warm, wholehearted


heartily

See Also

   cordially, deeply, feelingly, genuinely, profoundly, sincerely, unfeignedly, warmly [image]  eagerly, earnestly, enthusiastically, resolutely, vigorously, zealously [image]  absolutely, completely, thoroughly, totally, very


heartless

See Also

brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel, hard, hardhearted, harsh, inhuman, merciless, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling, unkind


heart-rending

See Also

affecting, distressing, harrowing, heartbreaking, moving, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poignant, sad, tragic


heart-to-heart

See Also

•   adj.    candid, intimate, open, personal, sincere, unreserved

•   n.    cosy chat, tête-à-tête


heart-warming

See Also

   gratifying, pleasing, rewarding, satisfying [image]  affecting, cheering, encouraging, heartening, moving, touching, warming


hearty

See Also

   affable, ardent, back-slapping, cordial, eager, ebullient, effusive, enthusiastic, friendly, generous, genial, jovial, unreserved, warm [image]  earnest, genuine, heartfelt, honest, real, sincere, true, unfeigned, wholehearted [image]  active, energetic, hale, hardy, healthy, robust, sound, strong, vigorous, well [image]  ample, filling, nourishing, sizable, solid, square, substantial


heat

See Also

•   n.    calefaction, fever, fieriness, high temperature, hotness, hot spell, sultriness, swelter, torridity, warmness, warmth [image]   Fig. agitation, ardour, earnestness, excitement, fervour, fever, fury, impetuosity, intensity, passion, vehemence, violence, warmth, zeal

•   v.    become warm, chafe, flush, glow, grow hot, make hot, reheat, warm up [image]  animate, excite, impassion, inflame, inspirit, rouse, stimulate, stir, warm


heated

See Also

angry, bitter, excited, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent


heathen

See Also

•   n.    idolater, idolatress, infidel, pagan, unbeliever [image]  barbarian, philistine, savage

•   adj.    godless, heathenish, idolatrous, infidel, irreligious, pagan [image]  barbaric, philistine, savage, uncivilized, unenlightened


heave

See Also

   drag (up), elevate, haul (up), heft (Inf.), hoist, lever, lift, pull (up), raise, tug [image]  cast, fling, hurl, pitch, send, sling, throw, toss [image]  breathe heavily, groan, puff, sigh, sob, suspire (Archaic), utter wearily [image]  billow, breathe, dilate, exhale, expand, palpitate, pant, rise, surge, swell, throb [image]  barf (U.S. sl.), be sick, chuck (up) (Sl., chiefly U.S.), chunder (Sl., chiefly Aust.), do a technicolour yawn (Sl.), gag, retch, spew, throw up (Inf.), toss one's cookies (U.S. sl.), upchuck (U.S. sl.), vomit


heaven

See Also

   abode of God, bliss, Elysium or Elysian fields (Greek myth), happy hunting ground (Amerind legend), hereafter, life everlasting, life to come, next world, nirvana (Buddhism, Hinduism), paradise, Valhalla (Norse myth), Zion (Christianity) [image]  (Usually plural) empyrean (Poetic), ether, firmament, sky, welkin (Archaic) [image]   Fig. bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, happiness, paradise, rapture, seventh heaven, sheer bliss, transport, utopia


heavenly

See Also

    Inf. alluring, beautiful, blissful, delightful, divine (Inf.), entrancing, exquisite, glorious, lovely, rapturous, ravishing, sublime, wonderful [image]  angelic, beatific, blessed, blest, celestial, cherubic, divine, empyrean (Poetic), extraterrestrial, godlike, holy, immortal, paradisaical, seraphic, superhuman, supernal (Literary), supernatural


heavily

   awkwardly, clumsily, ponderously, weightily [image]  laboriously, painfully, with difficulty [image]  completely, decisively, roundly, thoroughly, utterly [image]  dejectedly, dully, gloomily, sluggishly, woodenly [image]  closely, compactly, densely, fast, hard, thick, thickly [image]  deep, deeply, profoundly, sound, soundly [image]  a great deal, considerably, copiously, excessively, frequently, to excess, very much


heaviness

See Also

   gravity, heftiness, ponderousness, weight [image]  arduousness, burdensomeness, grievousness, onerousness, oppressiveness, severity, weightiness [image]  deadness, dullness, languor, lassitude, numbness, sluggishness, torpor [image]  dejection, depression, despondency, gloom, gloominess, glumness, melancholy, sadness, seriousness


heavy

See Also

   bulky, hefty, massive, ponderous, portly, weighty [image]  burdensome, difficult, grievous, hard, harsh, intolerable, laborious, onerous, oppressive, severe, tedious, vexatious, wearisome [image]  apathetic, drowsy, dull, inactive, indolent, inert, listless, slow, sluggish, stupid, torpid, wooden [image]  crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, gloomy, grieving, melancholy, sad, sorrowful [image]  complex, deep, difficult, grave, profound, serious, solemn, weighty [image]  abundant, considerable, copious, excessive, large, profuse [image]  burdened, encumbered, laden, loaded, oppressed, weighted [image]  boisterous, rough, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, violent, wild [image]  dull, gloomy, leaden, louring or lowering, overcast


heavy-handed

   awkward, bungling, clumsy, graceless, ham-fisted (Inf.), ham-handed (Inf.), inept, inexpert, like a bull in a china shop (Inf.), maladroit, unhandy [image]  bungling, inconsiderate, insensitive, tactless, thoughtless [image]  autocratic, domineering, harsh, oppressive, overbearing


heckle

See Also

bait, barrack (Inf.), boo, disrupt, interrupt, jeer, pester, shout down, taunt


hectic

See Also

animated, boisterous, chaotic, excited, fevered, feverish, flurrying, flustering, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, heated, riotous, rumbustious, tumultuous, turbulent, wild


hector

See Also

bluster, boast, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, harass, huff and puff, intimidate, menace, provoke, ride roughshod over, roister, threaten, worry


hedge

See Also

•   n.    hedgerow, quickset [image]  barrier, boundary, screen, windbreak [image]  compensation, counterbalance, guard, insurance cover, protection

•   v.    border, edge, enclose, fence, surround [image]  block, confine, hem in  (about, around), hinder, obstruct, restrict [image]  beg the question, be noncommittal, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, flannel (Brit. inf.), prevaricate, pussyfoot (Inf.), quibble, sidestep, temporize, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.) [image]  cover, fortify, guard, insure, protect, safeguard, shield


heed

See Also

•   n.    attention, care, caution, consideration, ear, heedfulness, mind, note, notice, regard, respect, thought, watchfulness

•   v.    attend, bear in mind, be guided by, consider, follow, give ear to, listen to, mark, mind, note, obey, observe, pay attention to, regard, take notice of, take to heart


heedful

See Also

attentive, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, mindful, observant, prudent, vigilant, wary, watchful


heedless

See Also

careless, foolhardy, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, precipitate, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking


heel 1

See Also

•   n.    crust, end, remainder, rump, stub, stump [image]   Sl. blackguard, bounder (Old-fashioned Brit. sl.), cad (Brit inf.), cocksucker (Taboo sl.), rotter (Sl., chiefly Brit.), scally (Northwest English dialect), scoundrel, scumbag (Sl.), swine [image]  down at heel dowdy, impoverished, out at elbows, run-down, seedy, shabby, slipshod, slovenly, worn [image]  take to one's heels escape, flee, hook it, Sl., run away or off, show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), take flight, vamoose (Sl., chiefly U.S.) [image]  well-heeled affluent, flush (Inf.), moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do


heel 2

See Also

cant, careen, incline, keel over, lean over, list, tilt


hefty

See Also

   beefy (Inf.), big, brawny, burly, hulking, husky (Inf.), massive, muscular, Ramboesque, robust, strapping, strong [image]  forceful, heavy, powerful, thumping (Sl.), vigorous [image]  ample, awkward, bulky, colossal, cumbersome, heavy, large, massive, ponderous, substantial, tremendous, unwieldy, weighty


height

See Also

   altitude, elevation, highness, loftiness, stature, tallness [image]  apex, apogee, crest, crown, elevation, hill, mountain, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith [image]  acme, dignity, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, loftiness, prominence [image]  climax, culmination, extremity, limit, maximum, ne plus ultra, ultimate, utmost degree, uttermost


heighten

See Also

   add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, enhance, improve, increase, intensify, magnify, sharpen, strengthen [image]  elevate, enhance, ennoble, exalt, magnify, raise, uplift


heir

See Also

beneficiary, heiress (Fem.), inheritor, inheritress or inheritrix (Fem.), next in line, scion, successor


hell

See Also

   Abaddon, abode of the damned, abyss, Acheron (Greek myth), bottomless pit, fire and brimstone, Gehenna (New Testament, Judaism), Hades (Greek myth), hellfire, infernal regions, inferno, lower world, nether world, Tartarus (Greek myth), underworld [image]  affliction, agony, anguish, martyrdom, misery, nightmare, ordeal, suffering, torment, trial, wretchedness [image]  hell for leather at the double, full-tilt, headlong, hotfoot, hurriedly, like a bat out of hell (Sl.), pell-mell, posthaste, quickly, speedily, swiftly


hellish

See Also

   damnable, damned, demoniacal, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, infernal [image]  abominable, accursed, atrocious, barbarous, cruel, detestable, execrable, inhuman, monstrous, nefarious, vicious, wicked


helm

    Nautical rudder, steering gear, tiller, wheel [image]   Fig. command, control, direction, leadership, rule [image]  at the helm at the wheel, directing, in charge, in command, in control, in the driving seat, in the saddle


help

See Also

•   v.    abet, aid, assist, back, befriend, cooperate, encourage, lend a hand, promote, relieve, save, second, serve, stand by, succour, support [image]  alleviate, ameliorate, cure, ease, facilitate, heal, improve, mitigate, relieve, remedy, restore [image]  abstain, avoid, control, eschew, forbear, hinder, keep from, prevent, refrain from, resist, shun, withstand

•   n.    advice, aid, assistance, avail, benefit, cooperation, guidance, helping hand, promotion, service, support, use, utility [image]  assistant, employee, hand, helper, worker [image]  balm, corrective, cure, relief, remedy, restorative, salve, succour


helper

See Also

abettor, adjutant, aide, aider, ally, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, deputy, helpmate, henchman, mate, partner, protagonist, right-hand man, second, subsidiary, supporter


helpful

See Also

   advantageous, beneficial, constructive, favourable, fortunate, practical, productive, profitable, serviceable, timely, useful [image]  accommodating, beneficent, benevolent, caring, considerate, cooperative, friendly, kind, neighbourly, supportive, sympathetic


helping

See Also

•   n. dollop (Inf.), piece, plateful, portion, ration, serving


helpless

See Also

   abandoned, defenceless, dependent, destitute, exposed, forlorn, unprotected, vulnerable [image]  debilitated, disabled, feeble, impotent, incapable, incompetent, infirm, paralysed, powerless, unfit, weak


helter-skelter

See Also

•   adv.    carelessly, hastily, headlong, hurriedly, pell-mell, rashly, recklessly, wildly

•   adj.    anyhow, confused, disordered, haphazard, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), hit-or-miss, jumbled, muddled, random, topsy-turvy


hem

See Also

•   n.    border, edge, fringe, margin, trimming

•   v.    (Usually with in) beset, border, circumscribe, confine, edge, enclose, environ, hedge in, restrict, shut in, skirt, surround


hence

See Also

ergo, for this reason, on that account, therefore, thus


henceforth

from now on, from this day forward, hence, hereafter, hereinafter, in the future


henpecked

See Also

browbeaten, bullied, cringing, dominated, led by the nose, meek, subject, subjugated, timid, treated like dirt


herald

See Also

•   n.    bearer of tidings, crier, messenger [image]  forerunner, harbinger, indication, omen, precursor, sign, signal, token

•   v.    advertise, announce, broadcast, proclaim, publicize, publish, trumpet [image]  foretoken, harbinger, indicate, pave the way, portend, precede, presage, promise, show, usher in


herd

See Also

•   n.    assemblage, collection, crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng [image]  mob, populace, rabble, riffraff, the hoi polloi, the masses, the plebs

•   v.    assemble, associate, collect, congregate, flock, gather, huddle, muster, rally [image]  drive, force, goad, guide, lead, shepherd, spur


hereafter

See Also

•   adv.    after this, from now on, hence, henceforth, henceforward, in future

•   n.    afterlife, future life, life after death, next world, the beyond


hereditary

See Also

   family, genetic, inborn, inbred, inheritable, transmissible [image]  ancestral, bequeathed, handed down, inherited, patrimonial, traditional, transmitted, willed


heredity

See Also

congenital traits, constitution, genetic make-up, genetics, inheritance


heresy

See Also

apostasy, dissidence, error, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, revisionism, schism, unorthodoxy


heretic

See Also

apostate, dissenter, dissident, nonconformist, renegade, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, separatist


heretical

See Also

freethinking, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, revisionist, schismatic, unorthodox


heritage

See Also

bequest, birthright, endowment, estate, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, share, tradition


hermit

See Also

anchoret, anchorite, eremite, monk, recluse, solitary, stylite


hero

See Also

   celeb (Inf.), celebrity, champion, conqueror, exemplar, great man, heart-throb (Brit.), idol, man of the hour, megastar (Inf.), popular figure, star, superstar, victor [image]  lead actor, leading man, male lead, principal male character, protagonist


heroic

See Also

   bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, intrepid, lion-hearted, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous [image]  classical, Homeric, legendary, mythological [image]  classic, elevated, epic, exaggerated, extravagant, grand, grandiose, high-flown, inflated


heroine

See Also

   celeb (Inf.), celebrity, goddess, ideal, megastar (Inf.), woman of the hour [image]  diva, female lead, lead actress, leading lady, prima donna, principal female character, protagonist


heroism

See Also

boldness, bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, intrepidity, prowess, spirit, valour


hero worship

See Also

admiration, adoration, adulation, idealization, idolization, putting on a pedestal, veneration


hesitant

See Also

diffident, doubtful, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, irresolute, lacking confidence, reluctant, sceptical, shy, timid, uncertain, unsure, vacillating, wavering


hesitate

See Also

   be uncertain, delay, dither (Chiefly Brit.), doubt, haver (Brit.), pause, shillyshally (Inf.), swither (Scot.), vacillate, wait, waver [image]  balk, be reluctant, be unwilling, boggle, demur, hang back, scruple, shrink from, think twice [image]  falter, fumble, hem and haw, stammer, stumble, stutter


hesitation

See Also

   delay, doubt, dubiety, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, uncertainty, vacillation [image]  demurral, misgiving(s), qualm(s), reluctance, scruple(s), unwillingness [image]  faltering, fumbling, hemming and hawing, stammering, stumbling, stuttering


hew

See Also

   axe, chop, cut, hack, lop, split [image]  carve, fashion, form, make, model, sculpt, sculpture, shape, smooth


heyday

See Also

bloom, flowering, pink, prime, prime of life, salad days


hiatus

See Also

aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, entr'acte, gap, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, respite, rift, space


hidden

See Also

abstruse, clandestine, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, hermetic, hermetical, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, secret, shrouded, ulterior, unrevealed, unseen, veiled


hide 1

See Also

   cache, conceal, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, hole up, lie low, secrete, stash (Inf.), take cover [image]  blot out, bury, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, eclipse, mask, obscure, screen, shelter, shroud, veil [image]  hush up, keep secret, suppress, withhold


hide 2

See Also

fell, pelt, skin


hidebound

See Also

brassbound, conventional, narrow, narrow-minded, rigid, set, set in one's ways, strait-laced, ultraconservative


hideous

See Also

   ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, gruesome, monstrous, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unsightly [image]  abominable, appalling, awful, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, godawful (Sl.), horrendous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, macabre, obscene, odious, shocking, sickening, terrible, terrifying


hide-out

See Also

den, hideaway, hiding place, lair, secret place, shelter


hiding

See Also

•   n. beating, caning, drubbing, flogging, larruping (Brit. dialect), lathering (Inf.), licking (Inf.), spanking, tanning (Sl.), thrashing, walloping (Inf.), whaling, whipping


hierarchy

See Also

grading, pecking order, ranking


hieroglyphic

See Also

•   adj. enigmatical, figurative, indecipherable, obscure, runic, symbolical


high

See Also

•   adj.    elevated, lofty, soaring, steep, tall, towering [image]  excessive, extraordinary, extreme, great, intensified, sharp, strong [image]  arch, big-time (Inf.), chief, consequential, distinguished, eminent, exalted, important, influential, leading, major league (Inf.), notable, powerful, prominent, ruling, significant, superior [image]  arrogant, boastful, bragging, despotic, domineering, haughty, lofty, lordly, ostentatious, overbearing, proud, tyrannical, vainglorious [image]  capital, extreme, grave, important, serious [image]  boisterous, bouncy (Inf.), cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, joyful, light-hearted, merry, strong, tumultuous, turbulent [image]   Inf. delirious, euphoric, freaked out (Inf.), hyped up (Sl.), inebriated, intoxicated, on a trip (Inf.), spaced out (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), tripping (Inf.), turned on (Sl.), zonked (Sl.) [image]  costly, dear, exorbitant, expensive, high-priced, steep (Inf.), stiff [image]  acute, high-pitched, penetrating, piercing, piping, sharp, shrill, soprano, strident, treble [image]  extravagant, grand, lavish, luxurious, rich [image]  gamy, niffy (Brit. sl.), pongy (Brit. inf.), strong-flavoured, tainted, whiffy (Brit. sl.) [image]  high and dry abandoned, bereft, destitute, helpless, stranded [image]  high and low all over, everywhere, exhaustively, far and wide, in every nook and cranny [image]  high and mighty  Inf. arrogant, cavalier, conceited, disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up (Inf.), superior

•   adv.    aloft, at great height, far up, way up

•   n.    apex, crest, height, peak, record level, summit, top [image]   Inf. delirium, ecstasy, euphoria, intoxication, trip (Inf.)


highbrow

See Also

•   n.    aesthete, Brahmin (U.S.), brain (Inf.), brainbox (Sl.), egghead (Inf.), intellectual, mastermind, savant, scholar

•   adj.    bookish, brainy (Inf.), cultivated, cultured, deep, highbrowed, intellectual, sophisticated


high-class

A1 or A-one (Inf.), choice, classy (Sl.), elite, exclusive, first-rate, high-quality, high-toned, posh (Inf., chiefly Brit.), ritzy (Sl.), select, superior, swish (Inf., chiefly Brit.), tip-top, top-drawer, top-flight, tops (Sl.), U (Brit. inf.), up-market, upper-class


high-flown

See Also

elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, florid, grandiose, high-falutin (Inf.), inflated, lofty, magniloquent, overblown, pretentious


high-handed

See Also

arbitrary, autocratic, bossy (Inf.), despotic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, inconsiderate, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, self-willed, tyrannical, wilful


highland

See Also

•   n. heights, hill country, hills, mesa, mountainous region, plateau, tableland, uplands


highlight

See Also

•   n.    best part, climax, feature, focal point, focus, high point, high spot, main feature, memorable part, peak

•   v.    accent, accentuate, bring to the fore, emphasize, feature, focus attention on, give prominence to, play up, set off, show up, spotlight, stress, underline


highly

See Also

   decidedly, eminently, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, immensely, supremely, tremendously, vastly, very, very much [image]  appreciatively, approvingly, enthusiastically, favourably, warmly, well


highly strung

easily upset, edgy, excitable, irascible, irritable, nervous, nervy (Brit. inf.), neurotic, restless, sensitive, stressed, taut, temperamental, tense, tetchy, twitchy (Inf.), wired (Sl.)


high-minded

See Also

elevated, ethical, fair, good, honourable, idealistic, magnanimous, moral, noble, principled, pure, righteous, upright, virtuous, worthy


high-powered

See Also

aggressive, driving, dynamic, effective, energetic, enterprising, fast-track, forceful, go-ahead, go-getting (Inf.), highly capable, vigorous


high-pressure

 Of salesmanship aggressive, bludgeoning, coercive, compelling, forceful, high-powered, importunate, insistent, intensive, persistent, persuasive, pushy (Inf.)


high-sounding

See Also

affected, artificial, bombastic, extravagant, flamboyant, florid, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, imposing, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, pretentious, stilted, strained


high-speed

brisk, express, fast, hotted-up (Inf.), quick, rapid, souped-up (Inf.), streamlined, swift


high-spirited

See Also

animated, boisterous, bold, bouncy, daring, dashing, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, exuberant, frolicsome, full of life, fun-loving, gallant, lively, mettlesome, sparky, spirited, spunky (Inf.), vibrant, vital, vivacious


high spirits

See Also

abandon, boisterousness, exhilaration, exuberance, good cheer, hilarity, joie de vivre, rare good humour


hijack

See Also

commandeer, expropriate, seize, skyjack, take over


hike

See Also

•   v.    back-pack, hoof it (Sl.), leg it (Inf.), ramble, tramp, walk [image]  (Usually with up) hitch up, jack up, lift, pull up, raise

•   n.    journey on foot, march, ramble, tramp, trek, walk


hilarious

See Also

amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, funny, gay, happy, humorous, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful, noisy, rollicking, side-splitting, uproarious


hilarity

See Also

amusement, boisterousness, cheerfulness, conviviality, exhilaration, exuberance, gaiety, glee, high spirits, jollification, jollity, joviality, joyousness, laughter, levity, merriment, mirth


hill

See Also

   brae (Scot.), down (Archaic), elevation, eminence, fell, height, hillock, hilltop, knoll, mound, mount, prominence, tor [image]  drift, heap, hummock, mound, pile, stack [image]  acclivity, brae (Scot.), climb, gradient, incline, rise, slope


hillock

See Also

barrow, hummock, knap (Dialect), knoll, monticule, mound, tump (Western Brit. dialect)


hilt

See Also

   grip, haft, handgrip, handle, helve [image]  to the hilt completely, entirely, fully, totally, wholly


hind

See Also

after, back, caudal (Anat.), hinder, posterior, rear


hinder

See Also

arrest, block, check, debar, delay, deter, encumber, frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hold up or back, impede, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, prevent, retard, slow down, stop, stymie, thwart, trammel


hindmost

See Also

concluding, final, furthest, furthest behind, last, most remote, rearmost, terminal, trailing, ultimate


hindrance

See Also

bar, barrier, block, check, deterrent, difficulty, drag, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hitch, impediment, interruption, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block, trammel


hinge

See Also

•   v. be contingent, be subject to, depend, hang, pivot, rest, revolve around, turn


hint

See Also

•   n.    allusion, clue, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, reminder, suggestion, tip-off, word to the wise [image]  advice, help, pointer, suggestion, tip, wrinkle (Inf.) [image]  breath, dash, soupçon, speck, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, undertone, whiff, whisper

•   v.    allude, cue, imply, indicate, insinuate, intimate, let it be known, mention, prompt, suggest, tip off


hippie

beatnik, bohemian, dropout, flower child


hire

See Also

•   v.    appoint, commission, employ, engage, sign up, take on [image]  charter, engage, lease, let, rent

•   n.    charge, cost, fee, price, rent, rental


hiss

See Also

•   n.    buzz, hissing, sibilance, sibilation [image]  boo, catcall, contempt, derision, jeer, raspberry

•   v.    rasp, shrill, sibilate, wheeze, whirr, whistle, whiz [image]  blow a raspberry, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, hoot, jeer, mock, revile, ridicule


historian

annalist, biographer, chronicler, historiographer, recorder


historic

See Also

celebrated, consequential, epoch-making, extraordinary, famous, momentous, notable, outstanding, red-letter, remarkable, significant


historical

See Also

actual, archival, attested, authentic, chronicled, documented, factual, real, verifiable


history

See Also

   account, annals, autobiography, biography, chronicle, memoirs, narration, narrative, recapitulation, recital, record, relation, saga, story [image]  ancient history, antiquity, bygone times, days of old, days of yore, olden days, the good old days, the old days, the past, yesterday, yesteryear


hit

See Also

•   v.    bang, bash (Inf.), batter, beat, belt (Inf.), chin (Sl.), clip (Inf.), clobber (Sl.), clout (Inf.), cuff, deck (Sl.), flog, knock, lambast(e), lay one on (Sl.), lob, punch, slap, smack, smite (Archaic), sock (Sl.), strike, swat, thump, wallop (Inf.), whack [image]  bang into, bump, clash with, collide with, crash against, meet head-on, run into, smash into [image]  accomplish, achieve, arrive at, attain, gain, reach, secure, strike, touch [image]  affect, damage, devastate, impinge on, influence, leave a mark on, make an impact or impression on, move, overwhelm, touch

•   n.    belt (Inf.), blow, bump, clash, clout (Inf.), collision, cuff, impact, knock, rap, shot, slap, smack, stroke, swipe (Inf.), wallop (Inf.) [image]   Inf. sellout, sensation, smash (Inf.), success, triumph, winner


hitch

See Also

•   v.    attach, connect, couple, fasten, harness, join, make fast, tether, tie, unite, yoke [image]  (Often with up) hoick, jerk, pull, tug, yank [image]   Inf. hitchhike, thumb a lift

•   n.    catch, check, delay, difficulty, drawback, hassle (Inf.), hindrance, hold-up, impediment, mishap, obstacle, problem, snag, stoppage, trouble


hither

close, closer, here, near, nearer, nigh (Archaic), over here, to this place


hitherto

See Also

heretofore, previously, so far, thus far, till now, until now, up to now


hit off

   capture, catch, impersonate, mimic, represent, take off (Inf.) [image]  hit it off  Inf. be on good terms, click (Sl.), get on (well) with, take to, warm to


hit on

hit on or upon

arrive at, chance upon, come upon, discover, guess, invent, light upon, realize, strike upon, stumble on, think up


hit or miss

aimless, casual, cursory, disorganized, haphazard, indiscriminate, perfunctory, random, undirected, uneven


hit out (at)

assail, attack, castigate, condemn, denounce, inveigh against, lash out, rail against, strike out at


hoard

See Also

•   n.    accumulation, cache, fall-back, fund, heap, mass, pile, reserve, stockpile, store, supply, treasure-trove

•   v.    accumulate, amass, buy up, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hive, lay up, put away, put by, save, stash away (Inf.), stockpile, store, treasure


hoarder

collector, magpie (Brit.), miser, niggard, saver, squirrel (Inf.), tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.)


hoarse

See Also

croaky, discordant, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty


hoary

See Also

   frosty, grey, grey-haired, grizzled, hoar, silvery, white, white-haired [image]  aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, old, venerable


hoax

See Also

•   n.    canard, cheat, con (Inf.), deception, fast one (Inf.), fraud, imposture, joke, practical joke, prank, ruse, spoof (Inf.), swindle, trick

•   v.    bamboozle (Inf.), befool, bluff, con (Sl.), deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gammon (Brit. inf.), gull (Archaic), hoodwink, hornswoggle (Sl.), kid (Inf.), swindle, take in (Inf.), take (someone) for a ride (Inf.), trick, wind up (Brit. sl.)


hobby

See Also

diversion, favourite occupation, (leisure) activity, leisure pursuit, pastime, relaxation, sideline


hobnob

See Also

associate, consort, fraternize, hang about, hang out (Inf.), keep company, mingle, mix, socialize


hoi polloi

See Also

admass, canaille, commonalty, riffraff, the (common) herd, the common people, the great unwashed (Inf. & derogatory), the lower orders, the masses, the plebs, the populace, the proles (Derogatory sl., chiefly Brit.), the proletariat, the rabble, the third estate, the underclass


hoist

See Also

•   v.    elevate, erect, heave, lift, raise, rear, upraise

•   n.    crane, elevator, lift, tackle, winch


hold

See Also

•   v.    have, keep, maintain, occupy, own, possess, retain [image]  adhere, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, clutch, cradle, embrace, enfold, grasp, grip, stick [image]  arrest, bind, check, confine, curb, detain, impound, imprison, pound, restrain, stay, stop, suspend [image]  assume, believe, consider, deem, entertain, esteem, judge, maintain, presume, reckon, regard, think, view [image]  continue, endure, last, persevere, persist, remain, resist, stay, wear [image]  assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, conduct, convene, have, officiate at, preside over, run, solemnize [image]  bear, brace, carry, prop, shoulder, support, sustain, take [image]  accommodate, comprise, contain, have a capacity for, seat, take [image]  apply, be in force, be the case, exist, hold good, operate, remain true, remain valid, stand up [image]  hold one's own do well, hold fast, hold out, keep one's head above water, keep pace, keep up, maintain one's position, stand firm, stand one's ground, stay put, stick to one's guns (Inf.)

•   n.    clasp, clutch, grasp, grip [image]  anchorage, foothold, footing, leverage, prop, purchase, stay, support, vantage [image]  ascendancy, authority, clout (Inf.), control, dominance, dominion, influence, mastery, pull (Inf.), sway


hold back

See Also

   check, control, curb, inhibit, rein, repress, restrain, suppress [image]  desist, forbear, keep back, refuse, withhold


holder

See Also

   bearer, custodian, incumbent, keeper, occupant, owner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser [image]  case, container, cover, housing, receptacle, sheath


hold forth

See Also

declaim, descant, discourse, go on, harangue, lecture, orate, preach, speak, speechify, spiel (Inf.), spout (Inf.)


hold off

See Also

   avoid, defer, delay, keep from, postpone, put off, refrain [image]  fend off, keep off, rebuff, repel, repulse, stave off


hold out

See Also

   extend, give, offer, present, proffer [image]  carry on, continue, endure, hang on, last, persevere, persist, stand fast, withstand


hold over

See Also

adjourn, defer, delay, postpone, put off, suspend, waive


hold-up

   bottleneck, delay, difficulty, hitch, obstruction, setback, snag, stoppage, traffic jam, trouble, wait [image]  burglary, mugging (Inf.), robbery, steaming (Inf.), stick-up (Sl., chiefly U.S.), theft


hold up

See Also

   delay, detain, hinder, impede, retard, set back, slow down, stop [image]  bolster, brace, buttress, jack up, prop, shore up, support, sustain [image]  mug (Inf.), rob, stick up (Sl., chiefly U.S.), waylay [image]  display, exhibit, flaunt, present, show [image]  bear up, endure, last, survive, wear


hold with

See Also

agree to or with, approve of, be in favour of, countenance, subscribe to, support, take kindly to


hole

See Also

   aperture, breach, break, crack, fissure, gap, opening, orifice, outlet, perforation, puncture, rent, split, tear, vent [image]  cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, depression, excavation, hollow, pit, pocket, scoop, shaft [image]  burrow, covert, den, earth, lair, nest, retreat, shelter [image]   Inf. dive (Sl.), dump (Inf.), hovel, joint (Sl.), slum [image]   Inf. cell, dungeon, oubliette, prison [image]  defect, discrepancy, error, fallacy, fault, flaw, inconsistency, loophole [image]   Sl. dilemma, fix (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), imbroglio, jam (Inf.), mess, predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.), spot (Inf.), tangle, tight spot [image]  pick holes in asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), cavil, crab (Inf.), criticize, denigrate, disparage, disprove, find fault, knock (Inf.), niggle, pull to pieces, put down, rubbish (Inf.), run down, slag (off) (Sl.), slate (Inf.)


holiday

See Also

   break, leave, recess, time off, vacation [image]  anniversary, bank holiday, celebration, feast, festival, festivity, fête, gala, public holiday, saint's day


holier-than-thou

See Also

goody-goody (Inf.), pietistic, pietistical, priggish, religiose, sanctimonious, self-righteous, self-satisfied, smug, squeaky-clean, unctuous


holiness

See Also

blessedness, devoutness, divinity, godliness, piety, purity, religiousness, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, virtuousness


hollow

See Also

•   adj.    empty, not solid, unfilled, vacant, void [image]  cavernous, concave, deep-set, depressed, indented, sunken [image]  deep, dull, expressionless, flat, low, muffled, muted, reverberant, rumbling, sepulchral, toneless [image]  empty, fruitless, futile, meaningless, pointless, Pyrrhic, specious, unavailing, useless, vain, worthless [image]  empty, famished, hungry, ravenous, starved [image]  artificial, cynical, deceitful, faithless, false, flimsy, hollow-hearted, hypocritical, insincere, treacherous, unsound, weak [image]  beat (someone) hollow  Inf. defeat, hammer (Inf.), outdo, overcome, rout, thrash, trounce, worst

•   n.    basin, bowl, cave, cavern, cavity, concavity, crater, cup, den, dent, depression, dimple, excavation, hole, indentation, pit, trough [image]  bottom, dale, dell, dingle, glen, valley

•   v.    channel, dig, dish, excavate, furrow, gouge, groove, pit, scoop


holocaust

See Also

annihilation, carnage, conflagration, destruction, devastation, fire, genocide, inferno, massacre, mass murder


holy

See Also

   devout, divine, faithful, god-fearing, godly, hallowed, pious, pure, religious, righteous, saintly, sublime, virtuous [image]  blessed, consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, venerable, venerated


home

See Also

•   n.    abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation, house, pad (Sl.), residence [image]  birthplace, family, fireside, hearth, homestead, home town, household [image]  abode, element, environment, habitat, habitation, haunt, home ground, range, stamping ground, territory [image]  at home  [image]  available, in, present [image]  at ease, comfortable, familiar, relaxed [image]  entertaining, giving a party, having guests, receiving [image]  (As a noun) party, reception, soirée [image]  at home in, on, or with conversant with, familiar with, knowledgeable, proficient, skilled, well-versed [image]  bring home to drive home, emphasize, impress upon, make clear, press home

•   adj.    central, domestic, familiar, family, household, inland, internal, local, national, native


homeland

See Also

country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land


homeless

See Also

•   adj.    abandoned, destitute, displaced, dispossessed, down-and-out, exiled, forlorn, forsaken, outcast, unsettled

•   n.    the homeless dossers (Brit. sl.), squatters, vagrants


homelike

See Also

cheerful, comfortable, cosy, easy, familiar, homy, informal, intimate, relaxing, snug


homely

See Also

comfortable, comfy (Inf.), cosy, domestic, downhome (Sl., chiefly U.S.), everyday, familiar, friendly, homelike, homespun, homy, informal, modest, natural, ordinary, plain, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unpretentious, welcoming


homespun

See Also

artless, coarse, homely, home-made, inelegant, plain, rough, rude, rustic, unpolished, unsophisticated


homicidal

See Also

deadly, death-dealing, lethal, maniacal, mortal, murderous


homicide

See Also

   bloodshed, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying [image]  killer, murderer, slayer


homogeneity

analogousness, comparability, consistency, correspondence, identicalness, oneness, sameness, similarity, uniformity


homogeneous

akin, alike, analogous, cognate, comparable, consistent, identical, kindred, similar, uniform, unvarying


homosexual

•   adj. bent (Sl.), camp (Inf.), gay, homoerotic, lesbian, queer (Inf., derogatory), sapphic


honest

See Also

   conscientious, decent, ethical, high-minded, honourable, law-abiding, reliable, reputable, scrupulous, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, upright, veracious, virtuous [image]  above board, authentic, bona fide, genuine, honest to goodness, on the level (Inf.), on the up and up, proper, real, straight, true [image]  equitable, fair, fair and square, impartial, just [image]  candid, direct, forthright, frank, ingenuous, open, outright, plain, sincere, straightforward, undisguised, unfeigned, upfront (Inf.)


honestly

See Also

   by fair means, cleanly, ethically, honourably, in good faith, lawfully, legally, legitimately, on the level (Inf.), with clean hands [image]  candidly, frankly, in all sincerity, in plain English, plainly, straight (out), to one's face, truthfully


honesty

See Also

   faithfulness, fidelity, honour, incorruptibility, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, reputability, scrupulousness, straightness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, veracity, virtue [image]  bluntness, candour, equity, even-handedness, fairness, frankness, genuineness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, sincerity, straightforwardness


honorary

See Also

complimentary, ex officio, formal, honoris causa, in name or title only, nominal, titular, unofficial, unpaid


honour

See Also

•   n.    credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, fame, glory, high standing, prestige, rank, renown, reputation, repute [image]  acclaim, accolade, adoration, Brownie points, commendation, deference, homage, kudos, praise, recognition, regard, respect, reverence, tribute, veneration [image]  decency, fairness, goodness, honesty, integrity, morality, principles, probity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, uprightness [image]  compliment, credit, favour, pleasure, privilege, source of pride or satisfaction [image]  chastity, innocence, modesty, purity, virginity, virtue

•   v.    admire, adore, appreciate, esteem, exalt, glorify, hallow, prize, respect, revere, reverence, value, venerate, worship [image]  be as good as (Inf.), be faithful to, be true to, carry out, discharge, fulfil, keep, live up to, observe [image]  acclaim, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, crack up (Inf.), decorate, dignify, exalt, glorify, laud, lionize, praise [image]  accept, acknowledge, cash, clear, credit, pass, pay, take


honourable

See Also

   ethical, fair, high-minded, honest, just, moral, principled, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright, upstanding, virtuous [image]  distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noted, prestigious, renowned, venerable [image]  creditable, estimable, proper, reputable, respectable, respected, right, righteous, virtuous


honours

See Also

adornments, awards, decorations, dignities, distinctions, laurels, titles


hoodwink

See Also

bamboozle (Inf.), befool, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull (Archaic), hoax, impose, kid (Inf.), lead up the garden path (Inf.), mislead, pull a fast one on (Inf.), rook (Sl.), swindle, trick


hook

See Also

•   n.    catch, clasp, fastener, hasp, holder, link, lock, peg [image]  noose, snare, springe, trap [image]  by hook or by crook by any means, by fair means or foul, somehow, somehow or other, someway [image]  hook, line, and sinker  Inf. completely, entirely, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, wholly [image]  off the hook  Sl. acquitted, cleared, exonerated, in the clear, let off, under no obligation, vindicated

•   v.    catch, clasp, fasten, fix, hasp, secure [image]  catch, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap


hooligan

See Also

casual, lager lout, delinquent, hoodlum (Chiefly U.S.), ned (Sl.), rowdy, ruffian, tough, vandal, yob or yobbo (Brit. sl.)


hoop

band, circlet, girdle, loop, ring, wheel


hoot

See Also

•   n.    call, cry, toot [image]  boo, catcall, hiss, jeer, yell [image]   Inf. card (Inf.), caution (Inf.), laugh (Inf.), scream (Inf.)

•   v.    boo, catcall, condemn, decry, denounce, execrate, hiss, howl down, jeer, yell at [image]  cry, scream, shout, shriek, toot, whoop, yell


hop

See Also

•   v.    bound, caper, dance, jump, leap, skip, spring, vault, trip

•   n.    bounce, bound, jump, leap, skip, spring, step, vault


hope

See Also

•   n.    ambition, anticipation, assumption, belief, confidence, desire, dream, expectancy, expectation, faith, longing

•   v.    anticipate, aspire, await, believe, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, long, look forward to, rely, trust


hopeful

See Also

   anticipating, assured, buoyant, confident, expectant, looking forward to, optimistic, sanguine [image]  auspicious, bright, cheerful, encouraging, heartening, promising, propitious, reassuring, rosy


hopefully

   confidently, expectantly, optimistically, sanguinely [image]   Inf. all being well, conceivably, expectedly, feasibly, probably


hopeless

See Also

   defeatist, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, downhearted, forlorn, in despair, pessimistic, woebegone [image]  helpless, incurable, irremediable, irreparable, irreversible, lost, past remedy, remediless [image]  forlorn, futile, impossible, impracticable, pointless, unachievable, unattainable, useless, vain [image]   Inf. inadequate, incompetent, ineffectual, inferior, no good, pathetic, poor, useless (Inf.)


horde

See Also

band, crew, crowd, drove, gang, host, mob, multitude, pack, press, swarm, throng, troop


horizon

   field of vision, skyline, vista [image]  ambit, compass, ken, perspective, prospect, purview, range, realm, scope, sphere, stretch


horrible

See Also

   abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, heinous, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrid, loathsome, obscene, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrifying [image]   Inf. awful, beastly (Inf.), cruel, disagreeable, dreadful, ghastly (Inf.), horrid, mean, nasty, terrible, unkind, unpleasant


horrid

See Also

   awful, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, horrible, nasty, obscene, offensive, terrible, unpleasant, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  abominable, alarming, appalling, formidable, frightening, hair-raising, harrowing, hideous, horrific, odious, repulsive, revolting, shocking, terrifying, terrorizing [image]   Inf. beastly (Inf.), cruel, mean, nasty, unkind


horrify

See Also

   affright, alarm, frighten, intimidate, petrify, scare, terrify, terrorize [image]  appal, disgust, dismay, gross out (U.S. sl.), outrage, shock, sicken


horror

See Also

   alarm, apprehension, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fright, panic, terror [image]  abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, hatred, loathing, odium, repugnance, revulsion


horror-struck

horror-struck or horror-stricken

See Also

aghast, appalled, awe-struck, frightened to death, horrified, petrified, scared out of one's wits, shocked


horseman

cavalier, cavalryman, dragoon, equestrian, horse-soldier, rider


horseplay

See Also

buffoonery, clowning, fooling around, high jinks, pranks, romping, rough-and-tumble, roughhousing (Sl.), skylarking (Inf.)


horse sense

common sense, gumption (Brit. inf.), judgment, mother wit, nous (Brit. sl.), practicality


hospitable

See Also

   amicable, bountiful, cordial, friendly, generous, genial, gracious, kind, liberal, sociable, welcoming [image]  accessible, amenable, open-minded, receptive, responsive, tolerant


hospitality

See Also

cheer, conviviality, cordiality, friendliness, heartiness, hospitableness, neighbourliness, sociability, warmth, welcome


host 1

See Also

•   n.    entertainer, innkeeper, landlord, master of ceremonies, proprietor [image]  anchor man, compere (Brit.), presenter

•   v.    compere (Brit.), front (Inf.), introduce, present


host 2

See Also

army, array, drove, horde, legion, multitude, myriad, swarm, throng


hostage

captive, gage, pawn, pledge, prisoner, security, surety


hostile

See Also

   antagonistic, anti (Inf.), bellicose, belligerent, contrary, ill-disposed, inimical, malevolent, opposed, opposite, rancorous, unkind, warlike [image]  adverse, alien, inhospitable, unfriendly, unpropitious, unsympathetic, unwelcoming


hostilities

See Also

conflict, fighting, state of war, war, warfare


hostility

See Also

abhorrence, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, enmity, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, resentment, unfriendliness


hot

See Also

   blistering, boiling, burning, fiery, flaming, heated, piping hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, steaming, sultry, sweltering, torrid, warm [image]  acrid, biting, peppery, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy [image]   Fig. animated, ardent, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, impetuous, inflamed, intense, irascible, lustful, passionate, raging, stormy, touchy, vehement, violent [image]  fresh, just out, latest, new, recent, up to the minute [image]  approved, favoured, in demand, in vogue, popular, sought-after [image]  close, following closely, in hot pursuit, near


hot air

See Also

blather, blether, bombast, bosh (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), empty talk, gas (Inf.), guff (Sl.), rant, tall talk (Inf.), verbiage, wind


hotbed

breeding ground, den, forcing house, nest, nursery, seedbed


hot-blooded

See Also

ardent, excitable, fervent, fiery, heated, impulsive, passionate, rash, spirited, temperamental, wild


hotchpotch

See Also

conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, hash, hodgepodge (U.S.), jumble, medley, mélange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, olio, olla podrida, potpourri


hotfoot

See Also

hastily, helter-skelter, hurriedly, pell-mell, posthaste, quickly, speedily


hothead

daredevil, desperado, hotspur, madcap, tearaway


hot-headed

See Also

fiery, foolhardy, hasty, hot-tempered, impetuous, precipitate, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, unruly, volatile


hound

See Also

•   v.    chase, drive, give chase, hunt, hunt down, pursue [image]  badger, goad, harass, harry, impel, persecute, pester, prod, provoke


house

See Also

•   n.    abode, building, domicile, dwelling, edifice, habitation, home, homestead, pad (Sl.), residence [image]  family, household, ménage [image]  ancestry, clan, dynasty, family tree, kindred, line, lineage, race, tribe [image]  business, company, concern, establishment, firm, organization, outfit (Inf.), partnership [image]  assembly, Commons, legislative body, parliament [image]  hotel, inn, public house, tavern [image]  on the house for nothing, free, gratis, without expense

•   v.    accommodate, billet, board, domicile, harbour, lodge, put up, quarter, take in [image]  contain, cover, keep, protect, sheathe, shelter, store


household

See Also

•   n.    family, home, house, ménage

•   adj.    domestic, domiciliary, family, ordinary, plain


householder

homeowner, occupant, resident, tenant


housekeeping

home economy, homemaking (U.S.), housecraft, household management, housewifery


housing

See Also

   accommodation, dwellings, homes, houses [image]  case, casing, container, cover, covering, enclosure, sheath


hovel

See Also

cabin, den, hole, hut, shack, shanty, shed


hover

See Also

   be suspended, drift, float, flutter, fly, hang, poise [image]  hang about, linger, wait nearby [image]  alternate, dither (Chiefly Brit.), falter, fluctuate, haver (Brit.), oscillate, pause, seesaw, swither (Scot. dialect), vacillate, waver


however

See Also

after all, anyhow, be that as it may, but, even though, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the other hand, still, though, yet


howl

See Also

•   n.    bawl, bay, bell, bellow, clamour, cry, groan, hoot, outcry, roar, scream, shriek, ululation, wail, yelp, yowl

•   v.    bawl, bell, bellow, cry, cry out, lament, quest (used of hounds), roar, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, yell, yelp


howler

See Also

bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boner (Sl.), boob (Brit. sl.), booboo (Inf.), bull (Sl.), clanger (Inf.), error, malapropism, mistake, schoolboy howler


hub

See Also

centre, core, focal point, focus, heart, middle, nerve centre, pivot


huddle

See Also

•   n.    confusion, crowd, disorder, heap, jumble, mass, mess, muddle [image]   Inf. confab (Inf.), conference, discussion, meeting, powwow

•   v.    cluster, converge, crowd, flock, gather, press, throng [image]  crouch, cuddle, curl up, hunch up, make oneself small, nestle, snuggle


hue

   colour, dye, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone [image]  aspect, cast, complexion, light


hue and cry

See Also

brouhaha, clamour, furore, hullabaloo, much ado, outcry, ruction (Inf.), rumpus, uproar


hug

See Also

•   v.    clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold, hold close, squeeze, take in one's arms [image]  cling to, follow closely, keep close, stay near [image]  cherish, cling, hold onto, nurse, retain

•   n.    bear hug, clasp, clinch (Sl.), embrace, squeeze


huge

See Also

Brobdingnagian, bulky, colossal, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), great, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), large, mammoth, massive, mega (Sl.), monumental, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast


hulk

See Also

   derelict, frame, hull, shell, shipwreck, wreck [image]  lout, lubber, lump (Inf.), oaf


hull

See Also

•   n.    body, casing, covering, frame, framework, skeleton [image]  husk, peel, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin

•   v.    husk, peel, shell, shuck, skin, trim


hum

See Also

   bombinate or bombilate (Literary), buzz, croon, drone, mumble, murmur, purr, sing, throb, thrum, vibrate, whir [image]  be active, be busy, bustle, buzz, move, pulsate, pulse, stir, vibrate


human

See Also

•   adj.    anthropoid, fleshly, manlike, mortal [image]  approachable, compassionate, considerate, fallible, forgivable, humane, kind, kindly, natural, understandable, understanding, vulnerable

•   n.    body, child, creature, human being, individual, man, mortal, person, soul, wight (Archaic), woman


humane

See Also

benevolent, benign, charitable, clement, compassionate, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, good, good-natured, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, sympathetic, tender, understanding


humanitarian

See Also

•   adj.    altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, compassionate, humane, philanthropic, public-spirited

•   n.    altruist, benefactor, Good Samaritan, philanthropist


humanitarianism

beneficence, benevolence, charity, generosity, good will, humanism, philanthropy


humanities

See Also

classical studies, classics, liberal arts, literae humaniores


humanity

See Also

   flesh, Homo sapiens, humankind, human race, man, mankind, men, mortality, people [image]  human nature, humanness, mortality [image]  benevolence, benignity, brotherly love, charity, compassion, fellow feeling, kind-heartedness, kindness, mercy, philanthropy, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance, understanding


humanize

civilize, cultivate, educate, enlighten, improve, mellow, polish, reclaim, refine, soften, tame


humble

See Also

•   adj.    meek, modest, self-effacing, submissive, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious [image]  common, commonplace, insignificant, low, low-born, lowly, mean, modest, obscure, ordinary, plebeian, poor, simple, undistinguished, unimportant, unpretentious [image]  courteous, deferential, obliging, obsequious, polite, respectful, servile, subservient

•   v.    abase, abash, break, bring down, chagrin, chasten, crush, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, humiliate, lower, mortify, put down (Sl.), reduce, shame, sink, subdue, take down a peg (Inf.) [image]  humble oneself abase oneself, eat crow (U.S. inf.), eat humble pie, go on bended knee, grovel, swallow one's pride


humbug

See Also

•   n.    bluff, canard, cheat, deceit, deception, dodge, feint, fraud, hoax, imposition, imposture, ruse, sham, swindle, trick, trickery, wile [image]  charlatan, cheat, con man (Inf.), faker, fraud, impostor, phoney or phony (Inf.), quack, swindler, trickster [image]  baloney (Inf.), cant, charlatanry, claptrap (Inf.), eyewash (Inf.), gammon (Brit. inf.), hypocrisy, nonsense, quackery, rubbish

•   v.    bamboozle (Inf.), befool, beguile, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull (Archaic), hoax, hoodwink, impose, mislead, swindle, take in (Inf.), trick


humdrum

See Also

banal, boring, commonplace, dreary, dull, ho-hum (Inf.), mind-numbing, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, repetitious, routine, tedious, tiresome, uneventful, uninteresting, unvaried, wearisome


humid

See Also

clammy, damp, dank, moist, muggy, steamy, sticky, sultry, watery, wet


humidity

See Also

clamminess, damp, dampness, dankness, dew, humidness, moistness, moisture, mugginess, sogginess, wetness


humiliate

See Also

abase, abash, bring low, chagrin, chasten, crush, debase, degrade, discomfit, disgrace, embarrass, humble, make (someone) eat humble pie, mortify, put down (Sl.), shame, subdue, take down a peg (Inf.)


humiliating

See Also

cringe-making (Brit. inf.), crushing, degrading, disgracing, embarrassing, humbling, ignominious, mortifying, shaming


humiliation

See Also

abasement, affront, chagrin, condescension, degradation, disgrace, dishonour, embarrassment, humbling, ignominy, indignity, loss of face, mortification, put-down, resignation, self-abasement, shame, submission, submissiveness


humility

diffidence, humbleness, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, modesty, self-abasement, servility, submissiveness, unpretentiousness


humorist

See Also

card (Inf.), comedian, comic, eccentric, funny man, jester, joker, wag, wit


humorous

See Also

amusing, comic, comical, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, funny, hilarious, jocose, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, side-splitting, waggish, whimsical, witty


humour

See Also

•   n.    amusement, comedy, drollery, facetiousness, fun, funniness, jocularity, ludicrousness, wit [image]  comedy, farce, gags (Inf.), jesting, jests, jokes, joking, pleasantry, wisecracks (Inf.), wit, witticisms, wittiness [image]  disposition, frame of mind, mood, spirits, temper [image]  bent, bias, fancy, freak, mood, propensity, quirk, vagary, whim

•   v.    accommodate, cosset, favour, feed, flatter, go along with, gratify, indulge, mollify, pamper, pander to, spoil


hump

See Also

•   n.    bulge, bump, hunch, knob, lump, mound, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swelling [image]  the hump  Brit. inf. megrims (Rare), the blues, the doldrums, the dumps (Inf.), the grumps (Inf.), the mopes, the sulks

•   v.    arch, curve, form a hump, hunch, lift, tense [image]   Sl. carry, heave, hoist, lug, shoulder


hunch

See Also

•   n.    feeling, idea, impression, inkling, intuition, premonition, presentiment, suspicion

•   v.    arch, bend, crouch, curve, draw in, huddle, hump, squat, stoop, tense


hunchback

crookback (Rare), crouch-back (Archaic), humpback, kyphosis (Pathol.), Quasimodo


hunger

See Also

•   n.    appetite, emptiness, esurience, famine, hungriness, ravenousness, starvation, voracity [image]  appetence, appetite, craving, desire, greediness, itch, lust, thirst, yearning, yen (Inf.)

•   v.    crave, desire, hanker, hope, itch, long, pine, starve, thirst, want, wish, yearn


hungry

See Also

   empty, famished, famishing, hollow, peckish (Inf., chiefly Brit.), ravenous, sharp-set, starved, starving, voracious [image]  athirst, avid, covetous, craving, desirous, eager, greedy, keen, yearning


hunk

See Also

block, chunk, gobbet, lump, mass, piece, slab, wedge, wodge (Brit. inf.)


hunt

See Also

•   v.    chase, gun for, hound, pursue, stalk, track, trail [image]  ferret about, forage, go in quest of, look, look high and low, rummage through, scour, search, seek, try to find

•   n.    chase, hunting, investigation, pursuit, quest, search


hunted

careworn, desperate, distraught, gaunt, haggard, harassed, harried, persecuted, stricken, terror-stricken, tormented, worn


hurdle

See Also

•   n.    barricade, barrier, block, fence, hedge, wall [image]  barrier, block, complication, difficulty, handicap, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stumbling block


hurl

See Also

cast, chuck (Inf.), fire, fling, heave, launch, let fly, pitch, project, propel, send, shy, sling, throw, toss


hurly-burly

See Also

bedlam, brouhaha, chaos, commotion, confusion, disorder, furore, hubbub, pandemonium, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, uproar


hurricane

cyclone, gale, storm, tempest, tornado, twister (U.S. inf.), typhoon, willy-willy (Aust.), windstorm


hurried

See Also

breakneck, brief, cursory, hasty, hectic, perfunctory, precipitate, quick, quickie (Inf.), rushed, short, slapdash, speedy, superficial, swift


hurry

See Also

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), burn rubber (Inf.), dash, fly, get a move on (Inf.), lose no time, make haste, rush, scoot, scurry, step on it (Inf.) [image]  accelerate, expedite, goad, hasten, hustle, push on, quicken, speed (up), urge

•   n.    bustle, celerity, commotion, dispatch, expedition, flurry, haste, precipitation, promptitude, quickness, rush, speed, urgency


hurt

See Also

•   v.    bruise, damage, disable, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, wound [image]  ache, be sore, be tender, burn, pain, smart, sting, throb [image]  afflict, aggrieve, annoy, cut to the quick, distress, grieve, pain, sadden, sting, upset, wound

•   n.    discomfort, distress, pain, pang, soreness, suffering [image]  bruise, sore, wound [image]  damage, detriment, disadvantage, harm, injury, loss, mischief, wrong

•   adj.    bruised, cut, damaged, grazed, harmed, injured, scarred, scraped, scratched, wounded [image]  aggrieved, crushed, injured, miffed (Inf.), offended, pained, piqued, rueful, sad, wounded


hurtful

See Also

cruel, cutting, damaging, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, distressing, harmful, injurious, maleficent, malicious, mean, mischievous, nasty, pernicious, prejudicial, spiteful, unkind, upsetting, wounding


husband

See Also

•   v. budget, conserve, economize, hoard, manage thriftily, save, store, use sparingly


husbandry

See Also

   agriculture, agronomy, cultivation, farming, land management, tillage [image]  careful management, economy, frugality, good housekeeping, thrift


hush

See Also

•   v.    mute, muzzle, quieten, shush, silence, still, suppress [image]  allay, appease, calm, compose, mollify, soothe

•   n.    calm, peace, peacefulness, quiet, silence, still (Poetic), stillness, tranquillity


hush-hush

See Also

classified, confidential, restricted, secret, top-secret


husk

See Also

bark, chaff, covering, glume, hull, rind, shuck


huskiness

dryness, harshness, hoarseness, raspingness, roughness


husky

See Also

   croaking, croaky, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty [image]   Inf. beefy (Inf.), brawny, burly, hefty, muscular, powerful, Ramboesque, rugged, stocky, strapping, thickset


hustle

See Also

bustle, crowd, elbow, force, haste, hasten, hurry, impel, jog, jostle, push, rush, shove, thrust


hut

See Also

cabin, den, hovel, lean-to, refuge, shanty, shed, shelter


hybrid

See Also

•   n. amalgam, composite, compound, cross, crossbreed, half-blood, half-breed, mixture, mongrel, mule


hygiene

cleanliness, hygienics, sanitary measures, sanitation


hygienic

See Also

aseptic, clean, disinfected, germ-free, healthy, pure, salutary, sanitary, sterile


hype

See Also

ballyhoo (Inf.), brouhaha, build-up, plugging (Inf.), promotion, publicity, puffing, racket, razzmatazz (Sl.)


hyperbole

See Also

amplification, enlargement, exaggeration, magnification, overstatement


hypercritical

captious, carping, cavilling, censorious, fault-finding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, niggling, overcritical, overexacting, overscrupulous, pernickety (Inf.), strict


hypnotic

See Also

mesmeric, mesmerizing, narcotic, opiate, sleep-inducing, somniferous, soothing, soporific, spellbinding


hypnotize

See Also

   mesmerize, put in a trance, put to sleep [image]  absorb, entrance, fascinate, magnetize, spellbind


hypocrisy

See Also

cant, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, dissembling, duplicity, falsity, imposture, insincerity, pharisaism, phariseeism, phoneyness or phoniness (Inf.), pretence, sanctimoniousness, speciousness, two-facedness


hypocrite

See Also

charlatan, deceiver, dissembler, fraud, Holy Willie, impostor, Pecksniff, pharisee, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretender, Tartuffe, whited sepulchre


hypocritical

See Also

canting, deceitful, deceptive, dissembling, duplicitous, false, fraudulent, hollow, insincere, Janus-faced, pharisaical, phoney or phony (Inf.), sanctimonious, specious, spurious, two-faced


hypothesis

See Also

assumption, postulate, premise, premiss, proposition, supposition, theory, thesis


hypothetical

See Also

academic, assumed, conjectural, imaginary, putative, speculative, supposed, theoretical


hysteria

agitation, delirium, frenzy, hysterics, madness, panic, unreason


hysterical

See Also

   berserk, beside oneself, convulsive, crazed, distracted, distraught, frantic, frenzied, mad, overwrought, raving, uncontrollable [image]   Inf. comical, farcical, hilarious, screaming, side-splitting, uproarious, wildly funny


ice

   break the ice begin, initiate the proceedings, kick off (Inf.), lead the way, make a start, start or set the ball rolling (Inf.), take the plunge (Inf.) [image]  on thin ice at risk, in jeopardy, open to attack, out on a limb, sticking one's neck out (Inf.), unsafe, vulnerable


ice-cold

See Also

arctic, biting, bitter, chilled to the bone or marrow, freezing, frozen, glacial, icy, raw, refrigerated, shivering


icy

See Also

   arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilling, chilly, cold, freezing, frost-bound, frosty, frozen over, ice-cold, parky (Brit. inf.), raw [image]  glacial, glassy, like a sheet of glass, rimy, slippery, slippy (Inf. or dialect) [image]   Fig. aloof, cold, distant, forbidding, frigid, frosty, glacial, hostile, indifferent, steely, stony, unfriendly, unwelcoming


idea

See Also

   abstraction, concept, conception, conclusion, fancy, impression, judgment, perception, thought, understanding [image]  belief, conviction, doctrine, interpretation, notion, opinion, teaching, view, viewpoint [image]  approximation, clue, estimate, guess, hint, impression, inkling, intimation, notion, suspicion [image]  aim, end, import, intention, meaning, object, objective, plan, purpose, raison d'être, reason, sense, significance [image]  design, hypothesis, plan, recommendation, scheme, solution, suggestion, theory [image]  archetype, essence, form, pattern


ideal

See Also

•   n.    archetype, criterion, epitome, example, exemplar, last word, model, nonpareil, paradigm, paragon, pattern, perfection, prototype, standard, standard of perfection [image]  (Often plural) moral value, principle, standard

•   adj.    archetypal, classic, complete, consummate, model, optimal, perfect, quintessential, supreme [image]  abstract, conceptual, hypothetical, intellectual, mental, notional, theoretical, transcendental [image]  fanciful, imaginary, impractical, ivory-tower, unattainable, unreal, Utopian, visionary


idealist

•   n. dreamer, romantic, Utopian, visionary


idealistic

See Also

impracticable, optimistic, perfectionist, quixotic, romantic, starry-eyed, Utopian, visionary


ideally

See Also

all things being equal, if one had one's way, in a perfect world, under the best of circumstances


identical

See Also

alike, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equivalent, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, matching, selfsame, the same, twin


identification

See Also

   cataloguing, classifying, establishment of identity, labelling, naming, pinpointing, recognition [image]  association, connection, empathy, fellow feeling, involvement, rapport, relationship, sympathy [image]  credentials, ID, identity card, letters of introduction, papers


identify

See Also

   catalogue, classify, diagnose, flag, label, make out, name, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on (Inf.), recognize, single out, spot, tag [image]  (Often with with) ally, associate, empathize, feel for, put in the same category, put oneself in the place or shoes of, relate to, respond to, see through another's eyes, think of in connection (with)


identity

See Also

   distinctiveness, existence, individuality, oneness, particularity, personality, self, selfhood, singularity, uniqueness [image]  accord, correspondence, empathy, rapport, sameness, unanimity, unity


idiocy

See Also

abject stupidity, asininity, cretinism, fatuity, fatuousness, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, senselessness, tomfoolery


idiom

See Also

   expression, locution, phrase, set phrase, turn of phrase [image]  jargon, language, mode of expression, parlance, style, talk, usage, vernacular


idiomatic

See Also

dialectal, native, vernacular


idiosyncrasy

See Also

affectation, characteristic, eccentricity, habit, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, personal trait, quirk, singularity, trick


idiot

See Also

airhead (Sl.), ass, berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, booby, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, cretin, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dork (Sl.), dunderhead, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), halfwit, imbecile, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), mooncalf, moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


idiotic

See Also

asinine, braindead (Inf.), crackpot (Inf.), crazy, daft (Inf.), dumb (Inf.), fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, halfwitted, harebrained, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, insane, loopy (Inf.), lunatic, moronic, senseless, stupid, unintelligent


idle

See Also

•   adj.    dead, empty, gathering dust, inactive, jobless, mothballed, out of action or operation, out of work, redundant, stationary, ticking over, unemployed, unoccupied, unused, vacant [image]  indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, shiftless, slothful, sluggish [image]  frivolous, insignificant, irrelevant, nugatory, superficial, trivial, unhelpful, unnecessary [image]  abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, groundless, ineffective, of no avail, otiose, pointless, unavailing, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain, worthless

•   v.    (Often with away) dally, dawdle, fool, fritter, hang out (Inf.), kill time, laze, loiter, lounge, potter, waste, while [image]  bob off (Brit. sl.), coast, drift, mark time, shirk, sit back and do nothing, skive (Brit. sl.), slack, slow down, take it easy, vegetate, veg out (Sl.)


idleness

See Also

   inaction, inactivity, leisure, time on one's hands, unemployment [image]  hibernation, inertia, laziness, shiftlessness, sloth, sluggishness, torpor, vegetating [image]  dilly-dallying (Inf.), lazing, loafing, pottering, skiving (Brit. sl.), time-wasting, trifling


idling

•   adj. dawdling, drifting, loafing, pottering, resting, resting on one's oars, taking it easy, ticking over


idol

See Also

   deity, god, graven image, image, pagan symbol [image]   Fig. beloved, darling, favourite, hero, pet, pin-up (Sl.), superstar


idolater

   heathen, idol-worshipper, pagan [image]  admirer, adorer, devotee, idolizer, votary, worshipper


idolatry

adoration, adulation, apotheosis, deification, exaltation, glorification, hero worship, idolizing


idolize

See Also

admire, adore, apotheosize, bow down before, deify, dote upon, exalt, glorify, hero-worship, look up to, love, revere, reverence, venerate, worship, worship to excess


if

•   conj.    admitting, allowing, assuming, granting, in case, on condition that, on the assumption that, provided, providing, supposing, though, whenever, wherever, whether

•   n.    condition, doubt, hesitation, stipulation, uncertainty


ignite

See Also

burn, burst into flames, catch fire, fire, flare up, inflame, kindle, light, put a match to (Inf.), set alight, set fire to, take fire, touch off


ignominious

See Also

abject, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, humiliating, indecorous, inglorious, mortifying, scandalous, shameful, sorry, undignified


ignominy

See Also

bad odour, contempt, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disrepute, humiliation, infamy, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, stigma


ignorance

See Also

   greenness, inexperience, innocence, nescience (Literary), oblivion, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity [image]  benightedness, blindness, illiteracy, lack of education, mental darkness, unenlightenment, unintelligence


ignorant

See Also

   benighted, blind to, inexperienced, innocent, in the dark about, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unknowing, unschooled, unwitting [image]  green, illiterate, naive, unaware, uncultivated, uneducated, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unread, untaught, untrained, untutored [image]  crass, crude, gross, half-baked (Inf.), insensitive, rude, shallow, superficial, uncomprehending, unscholarly


ignore

See Also

be oblivious to, bury one's head in the sand, cold-shoulder, cut (Inf.), discount, disregard, give the cold shoulder to, neglect, overlook, pass over, pay no attention to, reject, send (someone) to Coventry, shut one's eyes to, take no notice of, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back on


ill

See Also

•   adj.    ailing, dicky (Brit. inf.), diseased, funny (Inf.), indisposed, infirm, laid up (Inf.), not up to snuff (Inf.), off-colour, on the sick list (Inf.), out of sorts (Inf.), poorly (Inf.), queasy, queer, seedy (Inf.), sick, under the weather (Inf.), unhealthy, unwell, valetudinarian [image]  bad, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, iniquitous, injurious, ruinous, unfortunate, unlucky, vile, wicked, wrong [image]  acrimonious, adverse, antagonistic, cantankerous, cross, harsh, hateful, hostile, hurtful, inimical, malevolent, malicious, sullen, surly, unfriendly, unkind [image]  disturbing, foreboding, inauspicious, ominous, sinister, threatening, unfavourable, unhealthy, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, unwholesome

•   n.    affliction, hardship, harm, hurt, injury, misery, misfortune, pain, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, woe [image]  ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, sickness [image]  abuse, badness, cruelty, damage, depravity, destruction, evil, ill usage, malice, mischief, suffering, wickedness

•   adv.    badly, hard, inauspiciously, poorly, unfavourably, unfortunately, unluckily [image]  barely, by no means, hardly, insufficiently, scantily [image]  Also ill-gotten criminally, dishonestly, foully, fraudulently, illegally, illegitimately, illicitly, unlawfully, unscrupulously


ill-advised

See Also

foolhardy, foolish, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, misguided, overhasty, rash, reckless, short-sighted, thoughtless, unseemly, unwise, wrong-headed


ill-assorted

See Also

incompatible, incongruous, inharmonious, mismatched, uncongenial, unsuited


ill at ease

See Also

anxious, awkward, disquieted, disturbed, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, nervous, on edge, on pins and needles (Inf.), on tenterhooks, out of place, restless, self-conscious, strange, tense, twitchy (Inf.), uncomfortable, uneasy, unquiet, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure, wired (Sl.)


ill-bred

See Also

bad-mannered, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, indelicate, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, ungallant, ungentlemanly, unladylike, unmannerly, unrefined, vulgar


ill-defined

See Also

blurred, dim, fuzzy, indistinct, nebulous, shadowy, unclear, vague, woolly


ill-disposed

See Also

against, antagonistic, anti (Inf.), antipathetic, averse, disobliging, down on (Inf.), hostile, inimical, opposed, uncooperative, unfriendly, unwelcoming


illegal

See Also

actionable (Law), banned, black-market, bootleg, criminal, felonious, forbidden, illicit, lawless, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, wrongful


illegality

crime, criminality, felony, illegitimacy, illicitness, lawlessness, unlawfulness, wrong, wrongness


illegible

See Also

crabbed, faint, hard to make out, hieroglyphic, indecipherable, obscure, scrawled, undecipherable, unreadable


illegitimate

See Also

   illegal, illicit, improper, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-table, unlawful, unsanctioned [image]  baseborn (Archaic), bastard, born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock, fatherless, misbegotten (Literary), natural, spurious (Rare) [image]  illogical, incorrect, invalid, spurious, unsound


ill-fated

See Also

blighted, doomed, hapless, ill-omened, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky


ill feeling

See Also

animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, bitterness, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, dudgeon (Archaic), enmity, frustration, hard feelings, hostility, ill will, indignation, offence, rancour, resentment


ill-founded

See Also

baseless, empty, groundless, idle, unjustified, unproven, unreliable, unsubstantiated, unsupported


ill-humoured

See Also

acrimonious, bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, disagreeable, grumpy, huffy, impatient, irascible, irritable, like a bear with a sore head (Inf.), liverish, mardy (Dialect), moody, morose, out of sorts, out of temper, petulant, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), sharp, snappish, snappy, sulky, sullen, tart, testy, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy, waspish


illicit

See Also

   black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, prohibited, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed [image]  clandestine, forbidden, furtive, guilty, immoral, improper, wrong


illiteracy

benightedness, ignorance, illiterateness, lack of education


illiterate

See Also

benighted, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated, unlettered, untaught, untutored


ill-judged

See Also

foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, injudicious, misguided, overhasty, rash, short-sighted, unwise, wrong-headed


ill-mannered

See Also

badly behaved, boorish, churlish, coarse, discourteous, ill-behaved, ill-bred, impolite, insolent, loutish, rude, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly


ill-natured

See Also

bad-tempered, catty (Inf.), churlish, crabbed, cross, cross-grained, disagreeable, disobliging, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, perverse, petulant, spiteful, sulky, sullen, surly, unfriendly, unkind, unpleasant


illness

See Also

affliction, ailment, attack, complaint, disability, disease, disorder, ill health, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, poor health, sickness


illogical

See Also

absurd, fallacious, faulty, inconclusive, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, meaningless, senseless, sophistical, specious, spurious, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound


ill-starred

See Also

doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, inauspicious, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky


ill temper

See Also

annoyance, bad temper, crossness, curtness, impatience, irascibility, irritability, petulance, sharpness, spitefulness, tetchiness


ill-tempered

See Also

annoyed, bad-tempered, choleric, cross, curt, grumpy, ill-humoured, impatient, irascible, irritable, liverish, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), sharp, spiteful, testy, tetchy, touchy


ill-timed

See Also

awkward, inappropriate, inconvenient, inept, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely, unwelcome


ill-treat

See Also

abuse, damage, handle roughly, harass, harm, harry, ill-use, injure, knock about or around, maltreat, mishandle, misuse, oppress, wrong


ill-treatment

abuse, damage, harm, ill-use, injury, mistreatment, misuse, rough handling


illuminate

See Also

   brighten, illumine (Literary), irradiate, light, light up [image]  clarify, clear up, elucidate, enlighten, explain, explicate, give insight into, instruct, interpret, make clear, shed light on [image]  adorn, decorate, illustrate, ornament


illuminating

enlightening, explanatory, helpful, informative, instructive, revealing


illumination

See Also

   beam, brightening, brightness, light, lighting, lighting up, lights, radiance, ray [image]  awareness, clarification, edification, enlightenment, insight, inspiration, instruction, perception, revelation, understanding


illusion

See Also

   chimera, daydream, fantasy, figment of the imagination, hallucination, ignis fatuus, mirage, mockery, phantasm, semblance, will-o'-the-wisp [image]  deception, delusion, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, misapprehension, misconception


illusory

illusory or illusive

See Also

apparent, Barmecide, beguiling, chimerical, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, false, hallucinatory, misleading, mistaken, seeming, sham, unreal, untrue


illustrate

See Also

   bring home, clarify, demonstrate, elucidate, emphasize, exemplify, exhibit, explain, explicate, instance, interpret, make clear, make plain, point up, show [image]  adorn, decorate, depict, draw, ornament, picture, sketch


illustrated

decorated, embellished, graphic, illuminated, pictorial, picture, pictured, with illustrations


illustration

See Also

   analogy, case, case in point, clarification, demonstration, elucidation, example, exemplification, explanation, instance, interpretation, specimen [image]  adornment, decoration, figure, picture, plate, sketch


illustrious

See Also

brilliant, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, exalted, famed, famous, glorious, great, noble, notable, noted, prominent, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, signal, splendid


ill will

See Also

acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, dislike, enmity, envy, grudge, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, malevolence, malice, no love lost, rancour, resentment, spite, unfriendliness, venom


image

See Also

   appearance, effigy, figure, icon, idol, likeness, picture, portrait, reflection, representation, statue [image]  chip off the old block (Inf.), counterpart, (dead) ringer (Sl.), Doppelgänger, double, facsimile, replica, similitude, spit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), spitting image or spit and image (Inf.) [image]  conceit, concept, conception, figure, idea, impression, mental picture, perception, trope


imaginable

See Also

believable, comprehensible, conceivable, credible, likely, plausible, possible, supposable, thinkable, under the sun, within the bounds of possibility


imaginary

See Also

assumed, chimerical, dreamlike, fancied, fanciful, fictional, fictitious, hallucinatory, hypothetical, ideal, illusive, illusory, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, mythological, nonexistent, phantasmal, shadowy, supposed, suppositious, supposititious, unreal, unsubstantial, visionary


imagination

See Also

   creativity, enterprise, fancy, ingenuity, insight, inspiration, invention, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness, vision, wit, wittiness [image]  chimera, conception, idea, ideality, illusion, image, invention, notion, supposition, unreality


imaginative

See Also

clever, creative, dreamy, enterprising, fanciful, fantastic, ingenious, inspired, inventive, original, poetical, visionary, vivid, whimsical


imagine

See Also

   conceive, conceptualize, conjure up, create, devise, dream up (Inf.), envisage, fantasize, form a mental picture of, frame, invent, picture, plan, project, scheme, see in the mind's eye, think of, think up, visualize [image]  apprehend, assume, believe, conjecture, deduce, deem, fancy, gather, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), infer, realize, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it, think


imbecile

See Also

•   n.    berk (Brit. sl.), bungler, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, cretin, dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dotard, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), halfwit, idiot, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), numskull or numbskull, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), thickhead, tosser (Brit. sl.), twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)

•   adj.    asinine, braindead (Inf.), fatuous, feeble-minded, foolish, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, ludicrous, moronic, simple, stupid, thick, witless


imbecility

See Also

asininity, childishness, cretinism, fatuity, foolishness, idiocy, inanity, incompetency, stupidity


imbibe

See Also

   consume, drink, knock back (Inf.), quaff, sink (Inf.), suck, swallow, swig (Inf.) [image]   Literary absorb, acquire, assimilate, gain, gather, ingest, receive, take in


imitate

See Also

affect, ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, counterfeit, do (Inf.), do an impression of, duplicate, echo, emulate, follow, follow in the footsteps of, follow suit, impersonate, mimic, mirror, mock, parody, personate, repeat, send up (Brit. inf.), simulate, spoof (Inf.), take a leaf out of (someone's) book, take off (Inf.), travesty


imitation

See Also

•   n.    aping, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, duplication, echoing, likeness, mimicry, resemblance, simulation [image]  fake, forgery, impersonation, impression, mockery, parody, reflection, replica, reproduction, sham, substitution, takeoff (Inf.), travesty

•   adj.    artificial, dummy, ersatz, man-made, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), pseudo (Inf.), repro, reproduction, sham, simulated, synthetic


imitative

See Also

copied, copycat (Inf.), copying, derivative, echoic, mimetic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrotlike, plagiarized, pseudo (Inf.), put-on, second-hand, simulated, unoriginal


imitator

aper, copier, copycat (Inf.), echo, epigone (Rare), follower, impersonator, impressionist, mimic, parrot, shadow


immaculate

See Also

   clean, impeccable, neat, neat as a new pin, spick-and-span, spruce, squeaky-clean, trim, unexceptionable [image]  above reproach, faultless, flawless, guiltless, impeccable, incorrupt, innocent, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unblemished, uncontaminated, undefiled, unpolluted, unsullied, untarnished, virtuous


immaterial

See Also

   a matter of indifference, extraneous, impertinent, inapposite, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, insignificant, irrelevant, of little account, of no consequence, of no importance, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary [image]  airy, disembodied, ethereal, ghostly, incorporeal, metaphysical, spiritual, unembodied, unsubstantial


immature

See Also

   adolescent, crude, green, imperfect, premature, raw, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, untimely, young [image]  babyish, callow, childish, inexperienced, infantile, jejune, juvenile, puerile, wet behind the ears (Inf.)


immaturity

See Also

   crudeness, crudity, greenness, imperfection, rawness, unpreparedness, unripeness [image]  babyishness, callowness, childishness, inexperience, juvenility, puerility


immeasurable

See Also

bottomless, boundless, endless, illimitable, immense, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, unfathomable, unlimited, vast


immediate

See Also

   instant, instantaneous [image]  adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, near, nearest, next, primary, proximate, recent [image]  actual, current, existing, extant, on hand, present, pressing, up to date, urgent


immediately

See Also

   at once, before you could say Jack Robinson (Inf.), directly, forthwith, instantly, now, posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), right away, right now, straight away, this instant, this very minute, tout de suite, unhesitatingly, without delay, without hesitation [image]  at first hand, closely, directly, nearly


immemorial

See Also

age-old, ancient, archaic, fixed, long-standing, of yore, olden (Archaic), rooted, time-honoured, traditional


immense

See Also

Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, extensive, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), illimitable, immeasurable, infinite, interminable, jumbo (Inf.), large, mammoth, massive, mega (Sl.), monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast


immensity

bulk, enormity, expanse, extent, greatness, hugeness, infinity, magnitude, massiveness, scope, size, sweep, vastness


immersion

See Also

   baptism, bathe, dip, dipping, dousing, ducking, dunking, plunging, submerging [image]   Fig. absorption, concentration, involvement, preoccupation


immigrant

See Also

incomer, newcomer, settler


imminent

See Also

at hand, brewing, close, coming, fast-approaching, forthcoming, gathering, impending, in the air, in the offing, looming, menacing, near, nigh (Archaic), on the horizon, on the way, threatening, upcoming


immobile

See Also

at a standstill, at rest, fixed, frozen, immobilized, immotile, immovable, like a statue, motionless, rigid, riveted, rooted, stable, static, stationary, stiff, still, stock-still, stolid, unmoving


immobility

See Also

absence of movement, firmness, fixity, immovability, inertness, motionlessness, stability, steadiness, stillness


immobilize

See Also

bring to a standstill, cripple, disable, freeze, halt, lay up (Inf.), paralyse, put out of action, render inoperative, stop, transfix


immoderate

See Also

egregious, enormous, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, inordinate, intemperate, O.T.T. (Sl.), over the odds (Inf.), over the top (Sl.), profligate, steep (Inf.), uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton


immodesty

See Also

   bawdiness, coarseness, impurity, indecorousness, indelicacy, lewdness, obscenity [image]  audacity, balls (Taboo sl.), boldness, brass neck (Brit. inf.), forwardness, gall (Inf.), impudence, shamelessness, temerity


immoral

See Also

abandoned, bad, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dishonest, dissolute, evil, impure, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, licentious, nefarious, obscene, of easy virtue, pornographic, profligate, reprobate, sinful, unchaste, unethical, unprincipled, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong


immorality

See Also

badness, corruption, debauchery, depravity, dissoluteness, evil, iniquity, licentiousness, profligacy, sin, turpitude, vice, wickedness, wrong


immortal

See Also

•   adj.    abiding, constant, death-defying, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, incorruptible, indestructible, lasting, perennial, perpetual, sempiternal (Literary), timeless, undying, unfading

•   n.    god, goddess, Olympian [image]  genius, great (Usually plural), hero, paragon


immortality

See Also

   deathlessness, endlessness, eternity, everlasting life, incorruptibility, indestructibility, perpetuity, timelessness [image]  celebrity, fame, glorification, gloriousness, glory, greatness, renown


immortalize

See Also

apotheosize, celebrate, commemorate, enshrine, eternalize, eternize, exalt, glorify, memorialize, perpetuate, solemnize


immovable

See Also

   fast, firm, fixed, immutable, jammed, rooted, secure, set, stable, stationary, stuck, unbudgeable [image]  adamant, constant, impassive, inflexible, obdurate, resolute, steadfast, stony-hearted, unchangeable, unimpressionable, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding


immune

See Also

clear, exempt, free, insusceptible, invulnerable, let off (Inf.), not affected, not liable, not subject, proof (against), protected, resistant, safe, unaffected


immunity

See Also

   amnesty, charter, exemption, exoneration, franchise, freedom, indemnity, invulnerability, liberty, licence, prerogative, privilege, release, right [image]  immunization, protection, resistance


immunize

inoculate, protect, safeguard, vaccinate


imp

See Also

brat, demon, devil, gamin, minx, pickle (Brit. inf.), rascal, rogue, scamp, sprite, urchin


impact

See Also

•   n.    bang, blow, bump, collision, concussion, contact, crash, force, jolt, knock, shock, smash, stroke, thump [image]  brunt, burden, consequences, effect, full force, impression, influence, meaning, power, repercussions, significance, thrust, weight

•   v.    clash, collide, crash, crush, hit, strike


impair

See Also

blunt, damage, debilitate, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, enervate, enfeeble, harm, hinder, injure, lessen, mar, reduce, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen


impaired

See Also

damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect, unsound


impart

See Also

   communicate, convey, disclose, discover, divulge, make known, pass on, relate, reveal, tell [image]  accord, afford, bestow, confer, contribute, give, grant, lend, offer, yield


impartial

See Also

detached, disinterested, equal, equitable, even-handed, fair, just, neutral, nondiscriminating, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced, without fear or favour


impartiality

See Also

detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, equality, equity, even-handedness, fairness, lack of bias, neutrality, nonpartisanship, objectivity, open-mindedness


impassable

See Also

blocked, closed, impenetrable, obstructed, pathless, trackless, unnavigable


impasse

See Also

blind alley (Inf.), dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standoff, standstill


impassioned

See Also

animated, ardent, blazing, excited, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, furious, glowing, heated, inflamed, inspired, intense, passionate, rousing, stirring, vehement, violent, vivid, warm, worked up


impatience

See Also

   haste, hastiness, heat, impetuosity, intolerance, irritability, irritableness, quick temper, rashness, shortness, snappiness, vehemence, violence [image]  agitation, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, edginess, fretfulness, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, uneasiness


impatient

See Also

   abrupt, brusque, curt, demanding, edgy, hasty, hot-tempered, indignant, intolerant, irritable, quick-tempered, snappy, sudden, testy, vehement, violent [image]  agog, athirst, chafing, eager, fretful, headlong, impetuous, like a cat on hot bricks (Inf.), restless, straining at the leash


impeach

See Also

   accuse, arraign, blame, censure, charge, criminate (Rare), denounce, indict, tax [image]  call into question, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, challenge, disparage, impugn, question


impeachment

accusation, arraignment, indictment


impeccable

See Also

above suspicion, blameless, exact, exquisite, faultless, flawless, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, irreproachable, perfect, precise, pure, sinless, stainless, unblemished, unerring, unimpeachable


impecunious

See Also

broke (Inf.), cleaned out (Sl.), destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), indigent, insolvent, penniless, poverty-stricken, short, skint (Brit. sl.), stony (Brit. sl.), strapped (Sl.), without two pennies to rub together (Inf.)


impede

See Also

bar, block, brake, check, clog, curb, delay, disrupt, hamper, hinder, hold up, obstruct, restrain, retard, slow (down), stop, throw a spanner in the works (Brit. inf.), thwart


impediment

See Also

bar, barrier, block, check, clog, curb, defect, difficulty, encumbrance, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stumbling block


impedimenta

See Also

accoutrements, baggage, belongings, effects, equipment, gear, junk (Inf.), luggage, movables, odds and ends, paraphernalia, possessions, stuff, things, trappings, traps


impel

See Also

actuate, chivy, compel, constrain, drive, force, goad, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, oblige, power, prod, prompt, propel, push, require, spur, stimulate, urge


impending

See Also

approaching, brewing, coming, forthcoming, gathering, hovering, imminent, in the offing, looming, menacing, near, nearing, on the horizon, threatening, upcoming


impenetrable

See Also

   dense, hermetic, impassable, impermeable, impervious, inviolable, solid, thick, unpierceable [image]  arcane, baffling, cabbalistic, dark, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, obscure, unfathomable, unintelligible


imperative

See Also

   compulsory, crucial, essential, exigent, indispensable, insistent, obligatory, pressing, urgent, vital [image]  authoritative, autocratic, commanding, dictatorial, domineering, high-handed, imperious, lordly, magisterial, peremptory


imperceptible

See Also

faint, fine, gradual, impalpable, inappreciable, inaudible, indiscernible, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, invisible, microscopic, minute, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, undetectable, unnoticeable


imperceptibly

See Also

by a hair's-breadth, inappreciably, indiscernibly, invisibly, little by little, slowly, subtly, unnoticeably, unobtrusively, unseen


imperfect

See Also

broken, damaged, defective, deficient, faulty, flawed, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, limited, partial, patchy, rudimentary, sketchy, undeveloped, unfinished


imperfection

See Also

blemish, defect, deficiency, failing, fallibility, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, inadequacy, incompleteness, infirmity, insufficiency, peccadillo, scar, shortcoming, stain, taint, weakness, weak point


imperial

See Also

   kingly, majestic, princely, queenly, regal, royal, sovereign [image]  august, exalted, grand, great, high, imperious, lofty, magnificent, noble, superior, supreme


imperil

See Also

endanger, expose, hazard, jeopardize, risk


imperishable

See Also

abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, indestructible, perennial, permanent, perpetual, undying, unfading, unforgettable


impersonal

See Also

aloof, bureaucratic, businesslike, cold, detached, dispassionate, formal, inhuman, neutral, remote


impersonate

See Also

act, ape, caricature, do (Inf.), do an impression of, enact, imitate, masquerade as, mimic, parody, pass oneself off as, personate, pose as (Inf.), take off (Inf.)


impersonation

See Also

caricature, imitation, impression, mimicry, parody, takeoff (Inf.)


impertinence

See Also

assurance, audacity, backchat (Inf.), boldness, brass neck (Brit. inf.), brazenness, cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), disrespect, effrontery, forwardness, front, impudence, incivility, insolence, neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), pertness, presumption, rudeness, sauce (Inf.)


impertinent

See Also

   bold, brazen, cheeky (Inf.), discourteous, disrespectful, flip (Inf.), forward, fresh (Inf.), impolite, impudent, insolent, interfering, lippy (U.S. & Canad. sl.), pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy (Inf.), uncivil, unmannerly [image]  inapplicable, inappropriate, incongruous, irrelevant


imperturbable

See Also

calm, collected, complacent, composed, cool, equanimous, nerveless, sedate, self-possessed, serene, stoical, tranquil, undisturbed, unexcitable, unfazed (Inf.), unflappable (Inf.), unmoved, unruffled


impervious

See Also

   hermetic, impassable, impenetrable, impermeable, imperviable, invulnerable, resistant, sealed [image]  closed to, immune, invulnerable, proof against, unaffected by, unmoved by, unreceptive, unswayable, untouched by


impetuosity

See Also

haste, hastiness, impulsiveness, precipitancy, precipitateness, rashness, vehemence, violence


impetuous

See Also

ardent, eager, fierce, furious, hasty, headlong, impassioned, impulsive, passionate, precipitate, rash, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unbridled, unplanned, unpremeditated, unreflecting, unrestrained, unthinking, vehement, violent


impetuously

See Also

helter-skelter, impulsively, in the heat of the moment, on the spur of the moment, passionately, rashly, recklessly, spontaneously, unthinkingly, vehemently, without thinking


impetus

See Also

   catalyst, goad, impulse, impulsion, incentive, motivation, push, spur, stimulus [image]  energy, force, momentum, power


impiety

See Also

godlessness, iniquity, irreligion, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, sacrilege, sinfulness, ungodliness, unholiness, unrighteousness, wickedness


impinge

See Also

   encroach, invade, make inroads, obtrude, trespass, violate [image]  affect, bear upon, have a bearing on, influence, infringe, relate to, touch, touch upon [image]  clash, collide, dash, strike


impious

See Also

blasphemous, godless, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious, sinful, ungodly, unholy, unrighteous, wicked


impish

See Also

devilish, elfin, mischievous, prankish, puckish, rascally, roguish, sportive, waggish


implacability

implacableness, inexorability, inflexibility, intractability, mercilessness, pitilessness, relentlessness, ruthlessness, unforgivingness, vengefulness


implacable

See Also

cruel, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, merciless, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unforgiving, unrelenting, unyielding


implant

See Also

   inculcate, infix, infuse, inseminate, instil, sow [image]  embed, fix, graft, ingraft, insert, place, plant, root, sow


implement

See Also

•   n.    agent, apparatus, appliance, device, gadget, instrument, tool, utensil

•   v.    bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enforce, execute, fulfil, perform, put into action or effect, realize


implementation

See Also

accomplishment, carrying out, discharge, effecting, enforcement, execution, fulfilment, performance, performing, realization


implicate

See Also

associate, compromise, concern, embroil, entangle, imply, include, incriminate, inculpate, involve, mire, tie up with


implicated

See Also

incriminated, involved, suspected, under suspicion


implication

See Also

   association, connection, entanglement, incrimination, involvement [image]  conclusion, inference, innuendo, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramification, significance, signification, suggestion


implicit

See Also

   contained, implied, inferred, inherent, latent, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unspoken [image]  absolute, constant, entire, firm, fixed, full, steadfast, total, unhesitating, unqualified, unreserved, unshakable, unshaken, wholehearted


implicitly

absolutely, completely, firmly, unconditionally, unhesitatingly, unreservedly, utterly, without reservation


implied

See Also

hinted at, implicit, indirect, inherent, insinuated, suggested, tacit, undeclared, unexpressed, unspoken, unstated


implore

See Also

beg, beseech, conjure, crave, entreat, go on bended knee to, importune, plead with, pray, solicit, supplicate


imply

See Also

   connote, give (someone) to understand, hint, insinuate, intimate, signify, suggest [image]  betoken, denote, entail, evidence, import, include, indicate, involve, mean, point to, presuppose


impolite

See Also

bad-mannered, boorish, churlish, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, loutish, rough, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungallant, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unladylike, unmannerly, unrefined


impoliteness

bad manners, boorishness, churlishness, discourtesy, disrespect, incivility, indelicacy, insolence, rudeness, unmannerliness


import

See Also

•   n.    bearing, drift, gist, implication, intention, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, thrust [image]  bottom, consequence, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, substance, weight

•   v.    bring in, introduce, land


importance

See Also

   concern, consequence, import, interest, moment, momentousness, significance, substance, value, weight [image]  bottom, distinction, eminence, esteem, influence, mark, pre-eminence, prestige, prominence, standing, status, usefulness, worth


important

See Also

   far-reaching, grave, large, material, meaningful, momentous, of substance, primary, salient, serious, signal, significant, substantial, urgent, weighty [image]  big-time (Inf.), eminent, foremost, high-level, high-ranking, influential, leading, major league (Inf.), notable, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, powerful, pre-eminent, prominent, seminal [image]  (Usually with to) basic, essential, of concern or interest, relevant, valuable, valued


importunate

See Also

burning, clamant, clamorous, demanding, dogged, earnest, exigent, insistent, persistent, pertinacious, pressing, solicitous, troublesome, urgent


impose

See Also

   decree, establish, exact, fix, institute, introduce, lay, levy, ordain, place, promulgate, put, set [image]  appoint, charge with, dictate, enforce, enjoin, inflict, prescribe, saddle (someone) with [image]  (With on or upon) butt in, encroach, foist, force oneself, gate-crash (Inf.), horn in (Inf.), intrude, obtrude, presume, take liberties, trespass [image]  (With on or upon)  [image]  abuse, exploit, play on, take advantage of, use [image]  con (Inf.), deceive, dupe, hoodwink, pull the wool over (somebody's) eyes, trick


imposing

See Also

august, commanding, dignified, effective, grand, impressive, majestic, stately, striking


imposition

See Also

   application, decree, introduction, laying on, levying, promulgation [image]  cheek (Inf.), encroachment, intrusion, liberty, presumption [image]  artifice, cheating, con (Inf.), deception, dissimulation, fraud, hoax, imposture, stratagem, trickery [image]  burden, charge, constraint, duty, levy, tax


impossibility

See Also

hopelessness, impracticability, inability, inconceivability


impossible

See Also

   beyond one, beyond the bounds of possibility, hopeless, impracticable, inconceivable, not to be thought of, out of the question, unachievable, unattainable, unobtainable, unthinkable [image]  absurd, inadmissible, insoluble, intolerable, ludicrous, outrageous, preposterous, unacceptable, unanswerable, ungovernable, unreasonable, unsuitable, unworkable


impostor

See Also

charlatan, cheat, deceiver, fake, fraud, hypocrite, impersonator, knave (Archaic), phoney or phony (Inf.), pretender, quack, rogue, sham, trickster


impotence

disability, enervation, feebleness, frailty, helplessness, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, inefficiency, infirmity, paralysis, powerlessness, uselessness, weakness


impotent

See Also

disabled, emasculate, enervated, feeble, frail, helpless, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, infirm, nerveless, paralysed, powerless, unable, unmanned, weak


impoverish

See Also

   bankrupt, beggar, break, ruin [image]  deplete, diminish, drain, exhaust, pauperize, reduce, sap, use up, wear out


impoverished

See Also

   bankrupt, destitute, distressed, impecunious, indigent, in reduced or straitened circumstances, necessitous, needy, on one's uppers, penurious, poverty-stricken, ruined, straitened [image]  barren, denuded, depleted, drained, empty, exhausted, played out, reduced, spent, sterile, worn out


impracticability

futility, hopelessness, impossibility, impracticality, unsuitableness, unworkability, uselessness


impracticable

See Also

   impossible, out of the question, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unworkable [image]  awkward, impractical, inapplicable, inconvenient, unserviceable, unsuitable, useless


impractical

See Also

   impossible, impracticable, inoperable, nonviable, unrealistic, unserviceable, unworkable, visionary, wild [image]  idealistic, romantic, starry-eyed, unbusinesslike, unrealistic, visionary


impracticality

See Also

hopelessness, impossibility, inapplicability, romanticism, unworkability


imprecise

See Also

ambiguous, blurred round the edges, careless, equivocal, estimated, fluctuating, hazy, ill-defined, inaccurate, indefinite, indeterminate, inexact, inexplicit, loose, rough, sloppy (Inf.), vague, wide of the mark, woolly


impregnable

See Also

immovable, impenetrable, indestructible, invincible, invulnerable, secure, strong, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unshakable


impregnate

   fill, imbrue (Rare), imbue, infuse, percolate, permeate, pervade, saturate, seep, soak, steep, suffuse [image]  fecundate, fertilize, fructify, get with child, inseminate, make pregnant


impress

See Also

   affect, excite, grab (Inf.), influence, inspire, make an impression, move, stir, strike, sway, touch [image]  (Often with on or upon) bring home to, emphasize, fix, inculcate, instil into, stress [image]  emboss, engrave, imprint, indent, mark, print, stamp


impression

See Also

   effect, feeling, impact, influence, reaction, sway [image]  make an impression arouse comment, be conspicuous, cause a stir, excite notice, find favour, make a hit (Inf.), make an impact, stand out [image]  belief, concept, conviction, fancy, feeling, funny feeling (Inf.), hunch, idea, memory, notion, opinion, recollection, sense, suspicion [image]  brand, dent, hollow, impress, imprint, indentation, mark, outline, stamp, stamping [image]  edition, imprinting, issue, printing [image]  imitation, impersonation, parody, send-up (Brit. inf.), takeoff (Inf.)


impressionable

See Also

feeling, gullible, ingenuous, open, receptive, responsive, sensitive, suggestible, susceptible, vulnerable


impressive

See Also

affecting, exciting, forcible, moving, powerful, stirring, striking, touching


imprint

See Also

•   n.    impression, indentation, mark, print, sign, stamp

•   v.    engrave, establish, etch, fix, impress, print, stamp


imprison

See Also

confine, constrain, detain, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock up, put away, put under lock and key, send down (Inf.), send to prison


imprisoned

behind bars, captive, confined, immured, incarcerated, in irons, in jail, inside (Sl.), interned, jailed, locked up, put away, under lock and key


imprisonment

See Also

confinement, custody, detention, durance (Archaic), duress, incarceration, internment, porridge (Sl.)


improbability

doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, uncertainty, unlikelihood


improbable

See Also

doubtful, dubious, fanciful, far-fetched, implausible, questionable, unbelievable, uncertain, unconvincing, unlikely, weak


impromptu

See Also

•   adj.    ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, improvised, offhand, off the cuff (Inf.), spontaneous, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unscripted, unstudied

•   adv.    ad lib, off the cuff (Inf.), off the top of one's head (Inf.), on the spur of the moment, spontaneously, without preparation


improper

See Also

   impolite, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, off-colour, risqué, smutty, suggestive, unbecoming, unfitting, unseemly, untoward, vulgar [image]  ill-timed, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, infelicitous, inopportune, malapropos, out of place, uncalled-for, unfit, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited, unwarranted [image]  abnormal, erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, irregular, wrong


impropriety

See Also

   bad taste, immodesty, incongruity, indecency, indecorum, unsuitability, vulgarity [image]  bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, mistake, slip, solecism


improve

See Also

   advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, correct, face-lift, help, mend, polish, rectify, touch up, upgrade [image]  develop, enhance, gain strength, increase, look up (Inf.), make strides, perk up, pick up, progress, rally, reform, rise, take a turn for the better (Inf.), take on a new lease of life (Inf.) [image]  convalesce, gain ground, gain strength, grow better, make progress, mend, recover, recuperate, turn the corner [image]  clean up one's act (Inf.), get it together (Inf.), get one's act together (Inf.), pull one's socks up (Brit. inf.), reform, shape up (Inf.), turn over a new leaf


improvement

See Also

   advancement, amelioration, amendment, augmentation, betterment, correction, face-lift, gain, rectification [image]  advance, development, enhancement, furtherance, increase, progress, rally, recovery, reformation, rise, upswing


improvisation

See Also

ad-lib, ad-libbing, expedient, extemporizing, impromptu, invention, makeshift, spontaneity


improvise

See Also

   ad-lib, busk, coin, extemporize, invent, play it by ear (Inf.), speak off the cuff (Inf.), vamp, wing it (Inf.) [image]  concoct, contrive, devise, make do, throw together


improvised

See Also

ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, makeshift, off the cuff (Inf.), spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared, unrehearsed


imprudent

See Also

careless, foolhardy, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, irresponsible, overhasty, rash, reckless, temerarious, unthinking, unwise


impudence

See Also

assurance, audacity, backchat (Inf.), boldness, brass neck (Brit. inf.), brazenness, bumptiousness, cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, face (Inf.), front, impertinence, insolence, lip (Sl.), neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), pertness, presumption, rudeness, sauciness, shamelessness


impudent

See Also

audacious, bold, bold-faced, brazen, bumptious, cheeky (Inf.), cocky (Inf.), forward, fresh (Inf.), immodest, impertinent, insolent, lippy (U.S. & Canad. sl.), pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy (Inf.), shameless


impulse

See Also

   catalyst, force, impetus, momentum, movement, pressure, push, stimulus, surge, thrust [image]   Fig. caprice, drive, feeling, incitement, inclination, influence, instinct, motive, notion, passion, resolve, urge, whim, wish


impulsive

See Also

devil-may-care, emotional, hasty, headlong, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, unconsidered, unpredictable, unpremeditated


impunity

See Also

dispensation, exemption, freedom, immunity, liberty, licence, nonliability, permission, security


impure

See Also

   admixed, adulterated, alloyed, debased, mixed, unrefined [image]  contaminated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, infected, polluted, sullied, tainted, unclean, unwholesome, vitiated [image]  carnal, coarse, corrupt, gross, immodest, immoral, indecent, indelicate, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, obscene, prurient, ribald, salacious, smutty, unchaste, unclean


impurity

See Also

   admixture, adulteration, mixture [image]  befoulment, contamination, defilement, dirtiness, filth, foulness, infection, pollution, taint, uncleanness [image]  (Often plural) bits, contaminant, dirt, dross, foreign body, foreign matter, grime, marks, pollutant, scum, spots, stains [image]  carnality, coarseness, corruption, grossness, immodesty, immorality, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, licentiousness, obscenity, prurience, salaciousness, smuttiness, unchastity, vulgarity


imputation

See Also

accusation, ascription, aspersion, attribution, blame, censure, charge, insinuation, reproach, slander, slur


impute

See Also

accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, credit, lay at the door of, refer, set down to


inability

See Also

disability, disqualification, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineptitude, powerlessness


inaccessible

See Also

impassable, out of reach, out of the way, remote, unapproachable, unattainable, un-get-at-able (Inf.), unreachable


inaccuracy

See Also

   erroneousness, imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness, unfaithfulness, unreliability [image]  blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), corrigendum, defect, erratum, error, fault, howler (Inf.), literal (Printing), miscalculation, mistake, slip, typo (Inf., printing)


inaccurate

See Also

careless, defective, discrepant, erroneous, faulty, imprecise, incorrect, in error, inexact, mistaken, out, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, wide of the mark, wild, wrong


inaccurately

See Also

carelessly, clumsily, imprecisely, inexactly, unfaithfully, unreliably


inaction

See Also

dormancy, idleness, immobility, inactivity, inertia, rest, torpidity, torpor


inactive

See Also

   abeyant, dormant, idle, immobile, inert, inoperative, jobless, kicking one's heels, latent, mothballed, out of service, out of work, unemployed, unoccupied, unused [image]  dull, indolent, lazy, lethargic, low-key (Inf.), passive, quiet, sedentary, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, torpid


inactivity

See Also

   dormancy, hibernation, immobility, inaction, passivity, unemployment [image]  dilatoriness, dolce far niente, dullness, heaviness, indolence, inertia, inertness, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, quiescence, sloth, sluggishness, stagnation, torpor, vegetation


inadequacy

See Also

   dearth, deficiency, inadequateness, incompleteness, insufficiency, meagreness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortage, skimpiness [image]  defectiveness, faultiness, inability, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, unfitness, unsuitableness [image]  defect, failing, imperfection, lack, shortage, shortcoming, weakness


inadequate

See Also

   defective, deficient, faulty, imperfect, incommensurate, incomplete, insubstantial, insufficient, meagre, niggardly, scant, scanty, short, sketchy, skimpy, sparse [image]  found wanting, inapt, incapable, incompetent, not up to scratch (Inf.), unequal, unfitted, unqualified


inadequately

See Also

imperfectly, insufficiently, meagrely, poorly, scantily, sketchily, skimpily, sparsely, thinly


inadmissible

See Also

immaterial, improper, inappropriate, incompetent, irrelevant, unacceptable, unallowable, unqualified, unreasonable


inadvertently

See Also

   carelessly, heedlessly, in an unguarded moment, negligently, thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unthinkingly [image]  accidentally, by accident, by mistake, involuntarily, mistakenly, unintentionally, unwittingly


inadvisable

ill-advised, impolitic, imprudent, inexpedient, injudicious, unwise


inane

See Also

asinine, daft (Inf.), devoid of intelligence, empty, fatuous, frivolous, futile, goofy (Inf.), idiotic, imbecilic, mindless, puerile, senseless, silly, stupid, trifling, unintelligent, vacuous, vain, vapid, worthless


inanimate

See Also

cold, dead, defunct, extinct, inactive, inert, insensate, insentient, lifeless, quiescent, soulless, spiritless


inapplicable

See Also

inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, irrelevant, unsuitable, unsuited


inappropriate

See Also

disproportionate, ill-fitted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, incongruous, malapropos, out of place, tasteless, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely


inapt

See Also

   ill-fitted, ill-suited, inapposite, inappropriate, infelicitous, unsuitable, unsuited [image]  awkward, clumsy, dull, gauche, incompetent, inept, inexpert, maladroit, slow, stupid


inarticulate

See Also

   blurred, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, muffled, mumbled, unclear, unintelligible [image]  dumb, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, voiceless, wordless [image]  faltering, halting, hesitant, poorly spoken


inattention

See Also

absent-mindedness, carelessness, daydreaming, disregard, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattentiveness, indifference, neglect, preoccupation, thoughtlessness, woolgathering


inattentive

See Also

absent-minded, careless, distracted, distrait, dreamy, heedless, inadvertent, neglectful, negligent, preoccupied, regardless, remiss, slapdash, slipshod, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, vague


inaudible

See Also

indistinct, low, mumbling, out of earshot, stifled, unheard


inaugural

See Also

dedicatory, first, initial, introductory, maiden, opening


inaugurate

See Also

   begin, commence, get under way, initiate, institute, introduce, kick off (Inf.), launch, originate, set in motion, set up, usher in [image]  induct, install, instate, invest [image]  commission, dedicate, open, ordain


inauguration

See Also

   initiation, institution, launch, launching, opening, setting up [image]  induction, installation, investiture


inauspicious

See Also

bad, black, discouraging, ill-omened, ominous, unfavourable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward


inborn

See Also

congenital, connate, hereditary, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intuitive, native, natural


inbred

See Also

constitutional, deep-seated, ingrained, inherent, innate, native, natural


incalculable

See Also

boundless, countless, enormous, immense, incomputable, inestimable, infinite, innumerable, limitless, measureless, numberless, uncountable, untold, vast, without number


incantation

See Also

abracadabra, chant, charm, conjuration, formula, hex (U.S. & Canad. inf.), invocation, spell


incapable

See Also

   feeble, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, inept, inexpert, insufficient, not equal to, not up to, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak [image]  helpless, impotent, powerless, unable, unfit [image]  (With of) impervious, not admitting of, not susceptible to, resistant


incapacitate

See Also

cripple, disable, disqualify, immobilize, lay up (Inf.), paralyse, prostrate, put out of action (Inf.), scupper (Brit. sl.), unfit (Rare)


incapacitated

See Also

disqualified, hors de combat, immobilized, indisposed, laid up (Inf.), out of action (Inf.), unfit


incapacity

See Also

disqualification, feebleness, impotence, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incompetency, ineffectiveness, powerlessness, unfitness, weakness


incarcerate

See Also

commit, confine, coop up, detain, gaol, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, lock up, put under lock and key, restrain, restrict, send down (Brit.), throw in jail


incarnate

See Also

   in bodily form, in human form, in the flesh, made flesh [image]  embodied, personified, typified


incarnation

See Also

avatar, bodily form, embodiment, epitome, exemplification, impersonation, manifestation, personification, type


incautious

See Also

careless, hasty, heedless, ill-advised, ill-judged, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, negligent, precipitate, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary


incautiously

See Also

imprudently, impulsively, indiscreetly, precipitately, rashly, recklessly, thoughtlessly, unthinkingly


incendiary

See Also

•   adj.    dissentious, inflammatory, provocative, rabble-rousing, seditious, subversive

•   n.    arsonist, firebug (Inf.), fire raiser, pyromaniac [image]  agitator, demagogue, firebrand, insurgent, rabble-rouser, revolutionary


incense 1

See Also

•   v. anger, enrage, exasperate, excite, gall, get one's hackles up, inflame, infuriate, irritate, madden, make one's blood boil (Inf.), make one see red (Inf.), make one's hackles rise, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), provoke, raise one's hackles, rile (Inf.)


incense 2

See Also

•   n. aroma, balm, bouquet, fragrance, perfume, redolence, scent


incensed

See Also

angry, cross, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, indignant, infuriated, irate, ireful (Literary), mad (Inf.), maddened, on the warpath (Inf.), steamed up (Sl.), up in arms, wrathful


incentive

See Also

bait, carrot (Inf.), encouragement, enticement, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, lure, motivation, motive, spur, stimulant, stimulus


inception

See Also

beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, inauguration, initiation, kickoff (Inf.), origin, outset, rise, start


incessant

See Also

ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, interminable, never-ending, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unrelenting, unremitting


incessantly

See Also

all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, endlessly, eternally, everlastingly, interminably, nonstop, perpetually, persistently, without a break


incident

See Also

   adventure, circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, matter, occasion, occurrence [image]  brush, clash, commotion, confrontation, contretemps, disturbance, mishap, scene, skirmish


incidental

See Also

   accidental, casual, chance, fortuitous, odd, random [image]  (With to) accompanying, attendant, by-the-way, concomitant, contingent, contributory, related [image]  ancillary, minor, nonessential, occasional, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary


incidentally

See Also

   accidentally, by chance, casually, fortuitously [image]  by the bye, by the way, in passing, parenthetically


incidentals

contingencies, extras, minutiae, odds and ends


incinerate

See Also

burn up, carbonize, char, consume by fire, cremate, reduce to ashes


incipient

See Also

beginning, commencing, developing, embryonic, inceptive, inchoate, nascent, originating, starting


incise

See Also

carve, chisel, cut (into), engrave, etch, inscribe


incision

See Also

cut, gash, notch, opening, slash, slit


incisive

See Also

   acute, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, trenchant [image]  acid, biting, caustic, cutting, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, severe, sharp, vitriolic


incisiveness

See Also

   keenness, penetration, perspicacity, sharpness, trenchancy [image]  acidity, pungency, sarcasm


incite

See Also

agitate for or against, animate, drive, egg on, encourage, excite, foment, goad, impel, inflame, instigate, prod, prompt, provoke, put up to, rouse, set on, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up


incitement

See Also

agitation, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, instigation, motivation, motive, prompting, provocation, spur, stimulus


incivility

See Also

bad manners, boorishness, discourteousness, discourtesy, disrespect, ill-breeding, impoliteness, rudeness, unmannerliness


inclemency

See Also

   bitterness, boisterousness, rawness, rigour, roughness, severity, storminess [image]  callousness, cruelty, harshness, mercilessness, severity, tyranny, unfeelingness


inclement

See Also

   bitter, boisterous, foul, harsh, intemperate, rigorous, rough, severe, stormy, tempestuous [image]  callous, cruel, draconian, harsh, intemperate, merciless, pitiless, rigorous, severe, tyrannical, unfeeling, unmerciful


inclination

See Also

   affection, aptitude, bent, bias, desire, disposition, fancy, fondness, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, stomach, taste, tendency, thirst, turn, turn of mind, wish [image]  bending, bow, bowing, nod [image]  angle, bend, bending, deviation, gradient, incline, leaning, pitch, slant, slope, tilt


incline

See Also

•   v.    be disposed or predisposed, bias, influence, persuade, predispose, prejudice, sway, tend, turn [image]  bend, bow, lower, nod, nutate (Rare), stoop [image]  bend, bevel, cant, deviate, diverge, heel, lean, slant, slope, tend, tilt, tip, veer

•   n.    acclivity, ascent, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, ramp, rise, slope


inclined

See Also

apt, disposed, given, liable, likely, minded, of a mind (Inf.), predisposed, prone, willing


inclose

See ENCLOSE


include

See Also

   comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encompass, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in, take into account [image]  add, allow for, build in, count, enter, insert, introduce, number among


including

See Also

as well as, containing, counting, inclusive of, plus, together with, with


inclusion

See Also

addition, incorporation, insertion


inclusive

See Also

across-the-board, all-embracing, all in, all together, blanket, catch-all (Chiefly U.S.), comprehensive, full, general, global, in toto, overall, sweeping, umbrella, without exception


incognito

See Also

disguised, in disguise, under an assumed name, unknown, unrecognized


incoherence

See Also

disconnectedness, disjointedness, inarticulateness, unintelligibility


incoherent

See Also

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, inarticulate, inconsistent, jumbled, loose, muddled, rambling, stammering, stuttering, unconnected, uncoordinated, unintelligible, wandering, wild


incombustible

fireproof, flameproof, noncombustible, nonflammable, noninflammable


income

See Also

earnings, gains, interest, means, pay, proceeds, profits, receipts, revenue, salary, takings, wages


incoming

See Also

approaching, arriving, entering, homeward, landing, new, returning, succeeding


incomparable

See Also

beyond compare, inimitable, matchless, paramount, peerless, superlative, supreme, transcendent, unequalled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled


incomparably

See Also

beyond compare, by far, easily, eminently, far and away, immeasurably


incompatibility

See Also

antagonism, conflict, discrepancy, disparateness, incongruity, inconsistency, irreconcilability, uncongeniality


incompatible

See Also

antagonistic, antipathetic, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, discrepant, disparate, ill-assorted, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irreconcilable, mismatched, uncongenial, unsuitable, unsuited


incompetence

See Also

inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetency, ineffectiveness, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, skill-lessness, unfitness, uselessness


incompetent

See Also

bungling, cowboy (Inf.), floundering, incapable, incapacitated, ineffectual, inept, inexpert, insufficient, skill-less, unable, unfit, unfitted, unskilful, useless


incomplete

See Also

broken, defective, deficient, fragmentary, imperfect, insufficient, lacking, partial, short, unaccomplished, undeveloped, undone, unexecuted, unfinished, wanting


incomprehensible

See Also

above one's head, all Greek to (Inf.), baffling, beyond comprehension, beyond one's grasp, enigmatic, impenetrable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, obscure, opaque, perplexing, puzzling, unfathomable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unthinkable


inconceivable

See Also

beyond belief, impossible, incomprehensible, incredible, mind-boggling (Inf.), not to be thought of, out of the question, staggering (Inf.), unbelievable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unknowable, unthinkable


inconclusive

See Also

ambiguous, indecisive, indeterminate, open, uncertain, unconvincing, undecided, unsettled, up in the air (Inf.), vague


incongruity

See Also

conflict, discrepancy, disparity, inappropriateness, inaptness, incompatibility, inconsistency, inharmoniousness, unsuitability


incongruous

See Also

absurd, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, disconsonant, discordant, extraneous, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incoherent, incompatible, inconsistent, out of keeping, out of place, unbecoming, unsuitable, unsuited


inconsiderable

See Also

exiguous, inconsequential, insignificant, light, minor, negligible, petty, slight, small, small-time (Inf.), trifling, trivial, unimportant


inconsiderate

See Also

careless, indelicate, insensitive, intolerant, rude, self-centred, selfish, tactless, thoughtless, uncharitable, ungracious, unkind, unthinking


inconsistency

See Also

   contrariety, disagreement, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsonance, paradox, variance [image]  fickleness, instability, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness


inconsistent

See Also

   at odds, at variance, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, discrepant, incoherent, incompatible, in conflict, incongruous, inconstant, irreconcilable, out of step [image]  capricious, changeable, erratic, fickle, inconstant, irregular, uneven, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, vagarious (Rare), variable


inconsistently

contradictorily, differently, eccentrically, erratically, inequably, randomly, unequally, unfairly, unpredictably, variably


inconsolable

See Also

brokenhearted, desolate, despairing, heartbroken, heartsick, prostrate with grief, sick at heart


inconspicuous

See Also

camouflaged, hidden, insignificant, modest, muted, ordinary, plain, quiet, retiring, unassuming, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unostentatious


incontestable

See Also

beyond doubt, beyond question, certain, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, self-evident, sure, undeniable, unquestionable


incontinent

See Also

   unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, ungovernable, ungoverned, unrestrained [image]  debauched, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, loose, lustful, profligate, promiscuous, unchaste, wanton


incontrovertible

See Also

beyond dispute, certain, established, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, positive, sure, undeniable, unquestionable, unshakable


inconvenience

See Also

•   n.    annoyance, awkwardness, bother, difficulty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, downside, drawback, fuss, hassle (Inf.), hindrance, nuisance, trouble, uneasiness, upset, vexation [image]  awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unfitness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness

•   v.    bother, discommode, disrupt, disturb, give (someone) bother or trouble, hassle (Inf.), irk, make (someone) go out of his way, put out, put to trouble, trouble, upset


inconvenient

See Also

   annoying, awkward, bothersome, disadvantageous, disturbing, embarrassing, inopportune, tiresome, troublesome, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, vexatious [image]  awkward, cumbersome, difficult, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy


incorporate

See Also

absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, coalesce, combine, consolidate, embody, fuse, include, integrate, meld, merge, mix, subsume, unite


incorrect

See Also

erroneous, false, faulty, flawed, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inexact, mistaken, out, specious, unfitting, unsuitable, untrue, wide of the mark (Inf.), wrong


incorrectness

erroneousness, error, fallacy, faultiness, impreciseness, imprecision, impropriety, inaccuracy, inexactness, speciousness, unsoundness, unsuitability, wrongness


incorrigible

See Also

hardened, hopeless, incurable, intractable, inveterate, irredeemable, unreformed


incorruptibility

See Also

honesty, honour, integrity, justness, uprightness


incorruptible

See Also

   above suspicion, honest, honourable, just, straight, trustworthy, unbribable, upright [image]  everlasting, imperishable, undecaying


increase

See Also

•   v.    add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, develop, dilate, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, prolong, raise, snowball, spread, step up (Inf.), strengthen, swell, wax

•   n.    addition, augmentation, boost, development, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, gain, growth, increment, intensification, rise, upsurge, upturn [image]  on the increase developing, escalating, expanding, growing, increasing, multiplying, on the rise, proliferating, spreading


increasingly

more and more, progressively, to an increasing extent


incredible

See Also

   absurd, beyond belief, far-fetched, implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, preposterous, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable [image]   Inf. ace (Inf.), amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, brilliant, def (Sl.), extraordinary, far-out (Sl.), great, marvellous, mega (Sl.), prodigious, rad (Inf.), sensational (Inf.), superhuman, wonderful


incredulity

See Also

disbelief, distrust, doubt, scepticism, unbelief


incredulous

See Also

disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, mistrustful, sceptical, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced


increment

See Also

accretion, accrual, accrument, addition, advancement, augmentation, enlargement, gain, increase, step (up), supplement


incriminate

See Also

accuse, arraign, blacken the name of, blame, charge, impeach, implicate, inculpate, indict, involve, point the finger at (Inf.), stigmatize


incumbent

See Also

binding, compulsory, mandatory, necessary, obligatory


incur

See Also

arouse, bring (upon oneself), contract, draw, earn, expose oneself to, gain, induce, lay oneself open to, meet with, provoke


incurable

See Also

•   adj.    dyed-in-the-wool, hopeless, incorrigible, inveterate [image]  fatal, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, remediless, terminal


indebted

See Also

beholden, grateful, in debt, obligated, obliged, under an obligation


indecency

See Also

bawdiness, coarseness, crudity, foulness, grossness, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, indecorum, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, obscenity, outrageousness, pornography, smut, smuttiness, unseemliness, vileness, vulgarity


indecent

See Also

   blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, improper, impure, indelicate, lewd, licentious, pornographic, salacious, scatological, smutty, vile [image]  ill-bred, improper, in bad taste, indecorous, offensive, outrageous, tasteless, unbecoming, unseemly, vulgar


indecipherable

See Also

crabbed, illegible, indistinguishable, unintelligible, unreadable


indecision

See Also

ambivalence, dithering (Chiefly Brit.), doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution, shilly-shallying (Inf.), uncertainty, vacillation, wavering


indecisive

See Also

   dithering (Chiefly Brit.), doubtful, faltering, hesitating, in two minds (Inf.), irresolute, pussyfooting (Inf.), tentative, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, vacillating, wavering [image]  inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear, undecided


indeed

See Also

actually, certainly, doubtlessly, in point of fact, in truth, positively, really, strictly, to be sure, truly, undeniably, undoubtedly, verily (Archaic), veritably


indefensible

See Also

faulty, inexcusable, insupportable, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, untenable, unwarrantable, wrong


indefinable

See Also

dim, hazy, impalpable, indescribable, indistinct, inexpressible, nameless, obscure, unrealized, vague


indefinite

See Also

ambiguous, confused, doubtful, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-defined, imprecise, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, loose, obscure, oracular, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undetermined, unfixed, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, vague


indefinitely

ad infinitum, continually, endlessly, for ever, sine die


indelible

See Also

enduring, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inexpungible, inextirpable, ingrained, lasting, permanent


indelicacy

See Also

bad taste, coarseness, crudity, grossness, immodesty, impropriety, indecency, obscenity, offensiveness, rudeness, smuttiness, suggestiveness, tastelessness, vulgarity


indelicate

See Also

blue, coarse, crude, embarrassing, gross, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, low, near the knuckle (Inf.), obscene, off-colour, offensive, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, unseemly, untoward, vulgar


indemnify

   endorse, guarantee, insure, protect, secure, underwrite [image]  compensate, pay, reimburse, remunerate, repair, repay, requite, satisfy


indemnity

See Also

   guarantee, insurance, protection, security [image]  compensation, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, restitution, satisfaction [image]   Law exemption, immunity, impunity, privilege


indent

See Also

•   v.    ask for, order, request, requisition [image]  cut, dint, mark, nick, notch, pink, scallop, score, serrate


independence

See Also

autarchy, autonomy, freedom, home rule, liberty, self-determination, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty


independent

See Also

   absolute, free, liberated, separate, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unrelated [image]  autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, decontrolled, nonaligned, self-determining, self-governing, separated, sovereign [image]  bold, individualistic, liberated, self-contained, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-supporting, unaided, unconventional


independently

See Also

alone, autonomously, by oneself, individually, on one's own, separately, solo, unaided


indescribable

See Also

beggaring description, beyond description, beyond words, incommunicable, indefinable, ineffable, inexpressible, unutterable


indestructible

See Also

abiding, durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indissoluble, lasting, nonperishable, permanent, unbreakable, unfading


indeterminate

See Also

imprecise, inconclusive, indefinite, inexact, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unfixed, unspecified, unstipulated, vague


index

See Also

   clue, guide, indication, mark, sign, symptom, token [image]  director, forefinger, hand, indicator, needle, pointer


indicate

See Also

   add up to (Inf.), bespeak, be symptomatic of, betoken, denote, evince, imply, manifest, point to, reveal, show, signify, suggest [image]  designate, point out, point to, specify [image]  display, express, mark, read, record, register, show


indication

See Also

clue, evidence, explanation, forewarning, hint, index, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, note, omen, portent, sign, signal, suggestion, symptom, warning


indicative

See Also

exhibitive, indicatory, indicial, pointing to, significant, suggestive, symptomatic


indicator

See Also

display, gauge, guide, index, mark, marker, meter, pointer, sign, signal, signpost, symbol


indictment

accusation, allegation, charge, impeachment, prosecution, summons


indifference

See Also

   absence of feeling, aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, lack of interest, negligence, nonchalance, stoicalness, unconcern [image]  disinterestedness, dispassion, equity, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity [image]  insignificance, irrelevance, triviality, unimportance


indifferent

See Also

   aloof, apathetic, callous, careless, cold, cool, detached, distant, heedless, impervious, inattentive, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, unimpressed, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic [image]  immaterial, insignificant, of no consequence, unimportant [image]  average, fair, mediocre, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, perfunctory, so-so (Inf.), undistinguished, uninspired [image]  disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, impartial, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, uninvolved, unprejudiced


indigestion

dyspepsia, dyspepsy, heartburn, upset stomach


indignant

See Also

angry, annoyed, disgruntled, exasperated, fuming (Inf.), furious, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), heated, huffy (Inf.), in a huff, incensed, in high dudgeon, irate, livid (Inf.), mad (Inf.), miffed (Inf.), narked (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), peeved (Inf.), pissed off (Taboo sl.), provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red (Inf.), sore (Inf.), up in arms (Inf.), wrathful


indignation

See Also

anger, exasperation, fury, ire (Literary), pique, rage, resentment, righteous anger, scorn, umbrage, wrath


indignity

See Also

abuse, affront, contumely, dishonour, disrespect, humiliation, injury, insult, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, slap in the face (Inf.), slight, snub


indirect

See Also

   backhanded, circuitous, circumlocutory, crooked, devious, long-drawn-out, meandering, oblique, periphrastic, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, wandering, winding, zigzag [image]  ancillary, collateral, contingent, incidental, secondary, subsidiary, unintended


indirectly

See Also

by implication, circumlocutorily, in a roundabout way, obliquely, periphrastically, second-hand


indiscernible

See Also

hidden, impalpable, imperceptible, indistinct, indistinguishable, invisible, unapparent, undiscernible


indiscreet

See Also

foolish, hasty, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, naive, rash, reckless, tactless, undiplomatic, unthinking, unwise


indiscretion

See Also

bloomer (Brit. inf.), boob (Brit. sl.), error, faux pas, folly, foolishness, gaffe, gaucherie, imprudence, mistake, rashness, recklessness, slip, slip of the tongue, tactlessness


indiscriminate

See Also

   aimless, careless, desultory, general, hit or miss (Inf.), random, sweeping, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unselective, unsystematic, wholesale [image]  chaotic, confused, haphazard, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley, promiscuous, undistinguishable


indispensable

See Also

crucial, essential, imperative, key, necessary, needed, needful, requisite, vital


indisposed

See Also

   ailing, confined to bed, ill, laid up (Inf.), on the sick list (Inf.), poorly (Inf.), sick, unwell [image]  averse, disinclined, loath, reluctant, unwilling


indisposition

See Also

   ailment, ill health, illness, sickness [image]  aversion, disinclination, dislike, distaste, hesitancy, reluctance, unwillingness


indisputable

See Also

absolute, beyond doubt, certain, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable, positive, sure, unassailable, undeniable, unquestionable


indissoluble

abiding, binding, enduring, eternal, fixed, imperishable, incorruptible, indestructible, inseparable, lasting, permanent, solid, unbreakable


indistinct

See Also

ambiguous, bleary, blurred, confused, dim, doubtful, faint, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscernible, indistinguishable, misty, muffled, obscure, out of focus, shadowy, unclear, undefined, unintelligible, vague, weak


indistinguishable

See Also

   alike, identical, like as two peas in a pod (Inf.), (the) same, twin [image]  imperceptible, indiscernible, invisible, obscure


individual

See Also

•   adj.    characteristic, discrete, distinct, distinctive, exclusive, identical, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personalized, proper, respective, separate, several, single, singular, special, specific, unique

•   n.    being, body (Inf.), character, creature, mortal, party, person, personage, soul, type, unit


individualism

See Also

egocentricity, egoism, freethinking, independence, originality, self-direction, self-interest, self-reliance


individualist

freethinker, independent, loner, lone wolf, maverick, nonconformist, original


individuality

See Also

character, discreteness, distinction, distinctiveness, originality, peculiarity, personality, separateness, singularity, uniqueness


individually

See Also

apart, independently, one at a time, one by one, personally, separately, severally, singly


indoctrinate

See Also

brainwash, drill, ground, imbue, initiate, instruct, school, teach, train


indoctrination

See Also

brainwashing, drilling, grounding, inculcation, instruction, schooling, training


indolent

See Also

fainéant, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, listless, lumpish, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, torpid, workshy


indomitable

See Also

bold, invincible, resolute, staunch, steadfast, unbeatable, unconquerable, unflinching, untameable, unyielding


indubitable

See Also

certain, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, obvious, sure, unarguable, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable, veritable


induce

See Also

   actuate, convince, draw, encourage, get, impel, incite, influence, instigate, move, persuade, press, prevail upon, prompt, talk into [image]  bring about, cause, effect, engender, generate, give rise to, lead to, occasion, produce, set in motion, set off


inducement

See Also

attraction, bait, carrot (Inf.), cause, come-on (Inf.), consideration, encouragement, impulse, incentive, incitement, influence, lure, motive, reward, spur, stimulus, urge


indulge

See Also

   cater to, feed, give way to, gratify, pander to, regale, satiate, satisfy, treat oneself to, yield to [image]  (With in) bask in, give free rein to, give oneself up to, luxuriate in, revel in, wallow in [image]  baby, coddle, cosset, favour, foster, give in to, go along with, humour, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil


indulgence

See Also

   excess, fondness, immoderation, intemperance, intemperateness, kindness, leniency, pampering, partiality, permissiveness, profligacy, profligateness, spoiling [image]  appeasement, fulfilment, gratification, satiation, satisfaction [image]  extravagance, favour, luxury, privilege, treat [image]  courtesy, forbearance, good will, patience, tolerance, understanding


indulgent

See Also

compliant, easy-going, favourable, fond, forbearing, gentle, gratifying, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, mild, permissive, tender, tolerant, understanding


industrialist

See Also

baron, big businessman, boss, capitalist, captain of industry, financier, magnate, manufacturer, producer, tycoon


industrious

See Also

active, assiduous, busy, conscientious, diligent, energetic, hard-working, laborious, persevering, persistent, productive, purposeful, sedulous, steady, tireless, zealous


industriously

See Also

assiduously, conscientiously, diligently, doggedly, hard, like a Trojan, nose to the grindstone (Inf.), perseveringly, sedulously, steadily, without slacking


industry

See Also

   business, commerce, commercial enterprise, manufacturing, production, trade [image]  activity, application, assiduity, determination, diligence, effort, labour, perseverance, persistence, tirelessness, toil, vigour, zeal


inebriated

See Also

befuddled, bevvied (Dialect), blind drunk, blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), drunk, flying (Sl.), fou or fu' (Scot.), half-cut (Inf.), half seas over (Inf.), high (Inf.), high as a kite (Inf.), inebriate, in one's cups, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), merry (Brit. inf.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pie-eyed (Sl.), pissed (Taboo sl.), plastered (Sl.), smashed (Sl.), sozzled (Inf.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), the worse for drink, three sheets in the wind (Inf.), tight (Inf.), tipsy, under the influence (Inf.), under the weather (Inf.), wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)


ineffective

See Also

barren, bootless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, weak, worthless


ineffectual

See Also

abortive, bootless, emasculate, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, lame, powerless, unavailing, useless, vain, weak


inefficiency

See Also

carelessness, disorganization, incompetence, muddle, slackness, sloppiness


inefficient

See Also

cowboy (Inf.), disorganized, feeble, incapable, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, slipshod, sloppy, wasteful, weak


ineligible

See Also

disqualified, incompetent (Law), objectionable, ruled out, unacceptable, undesirable, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, unsuitable


inept

See Also

   awkward, bumbling, bungling, cack-handed (Inf.), clumsy, cowboy (Inf.), gauche, incompetent, inexpert, maladroit, unhandy, unskilful, unworkmanlike [image]  absurd, improper, inappropriate, inapt, infelicitous, malapropos, meaningless, out of place, pointless, ridiculous, unfit, unsuitable


ineptitude

See Also

   clumsiness, gaucheness, incapacity, incompetence, inexpertness, unfitness, unhandiness [image]  absurdity, inappropriateness, pointlessness, uselessness


inequality

See Also

bias, difference, disparity, disproportion, diversity, imparity, irregularity, lack of balance, preferentiality, prejudice, unevenness


inequitable

See Also

biased, discriminatory, one-sided, partial, partisan, preferential, prejudiced, unfair, unjust


inert

See Also

dead, dormant, dull, idle, immobile, inactive, inanimate, indolent, lazy, leaden, lifeless, motionless, passive, quiescent, slack, slothful, sluggish, slumberous (Chiefly poetic), static, still, torpid, unmoving, unreactive, unresponsive


inertia

See Also

apathy, deadness, disinclination to move, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpor, unresponsiveness


inescapable

See Also

certain, destined, fated, ineluctable, ineludible (Rare), inevitable, inexorable, sure, unavoidable


inestimable

See Also

beyond price, immeasurable, incalculable, invaluable, precious, priceless, prodigious


inevitable

See Also

assured, certain, decreed, destined, fixed, ineluctable, inescapable, inexorable, necessary, ordained, settled, sure, unavoidable, unpreventable


inevitably

See Also

as a necessary consequence, as a result, automatically, certainly, necessarily, of necessity, perforce, surely, unavoidably, willy-nilly


inexcusable

See Also

indefensible, inexpiable, outrageous, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, unwarrantable


inexhaustible

See Also

   bottomless, boundless, endless, illimitable, infinite, limitless, measureless, never-ending, unbounded [image]  indefatigable, tireless, undaunted, unfailing, unflagging, untiring, unwearied, unwearying


inexorable

See Also

adamant, cruel, hard, harsh, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inflexible, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, severe, unappeasable, unbending, unrelenting, unyielding


inexorably

See Also

implacably, inevitably, irresistibly, relentlessly, remorselessly, unrelentingly


inexpensive

See Also

bargain, budget, cheap, economical, low-cost, low-priced, modest, reasonable


inexperience

See Also

callowness, greenness, ignorance, newness, rawness, unexpertness, unfamiliarity


inexperienced

See Also

amateur, callow, fresh, green, immature, new, raw, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unfamiliar, unfledged, unpractised, unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, wet behind the ears (Inf.)


inexpert

See Also

amateurish, awkward, bungling, cack-handed (Inf.), clumsy, inept, maladroit, skill-less, unhandy, unpractised, unprofessional, unskilful, unskilled, unworkmanlike


inexplicable

See Also

baffling, beyond comprehension, enigmatic, incomprehensible, inscrutable, insoluble, mysterious, mystifying, strange, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible


inexpressible

See Also

incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, unutterable


inexpressive

See Also

bland, blank, cold, dead, deadpan, emotionless, empty, expressionless, impassive, inanimate, inscrutable, lifeless, stony, vacant


inextinguishable

enduring, eternal, immortal, imperishable, indestructible, irrepressible, undying, unquenchable, unsuppressible


inextricably

indissolubly, indistinguishably, inseparably, intricately, irretrievably, totally


infallibility

See Also

   faultlessness, impeccability, irrefutability, omniscience, perfection, supremacy, unerringness [image]  dependability, reliability, safety, sureness, trustworthiness


infallible

See Also

   faultless, impeccable, omniscient, perfect, unerring, unimpeachable [image]  certain, dependable, foolproof, reliable, sure, sure-fire (Inf.), trustworthy, unbeatable, unfailing


infamous

See Also

abominable, atrocious, base, detestable, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, egregious, flagitious, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, scandalous, scurvy, shameful, shocking, vile, villainous, wicked


infancy

See Also

   babyhood, early childhood [image]  beginnings, cradle, dawn, early stages, emergence, inception, origins, outset, start


infant

See Also

•   n.    ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), babe, baby, bairn (Scot.), child, little one, neonate, newborn child, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), suckling, toddler, tot, wean (Scot.)

•   adj.    baby, dawning, developing, early, emergent, growing, immature, initial, nascent, newborn, unfledged, young


infantile

See Also

babyish, childish, immature, puerile, tender, weak, young


infatuate

See Also

befool, beguile, besot, bewitch, captivate, delude, enchant, enrapture, enravish, fascinate, make a fool of, mislead, obsess, stupefy, sweep one off one's feet, turn (someone's) head


infatuated

See Also

beguiled, besotted, bewitched, captivated, carried away, crazy about (Inf.), enamoured, enraptured, fascinated, head over heels in love with, inflamed, intoxicated, obsessed, possessed, smitten (Inf.), spellbound, swept off one's feet, under the spell of


infatuation

See Also

crush (Inf.), fixation, folly, foolishness, madness, obsession, passion, thing (Inf.)


infect

See Also

affect, blight, contaminate, corrupt, defile, influence, poison, pollute, spread to or among, taint, touch, vitiate


infection

See Also

contagion, contamination, corruption, defilement, poison, pollution, septicity, virus


infectious

See Also

catching, communicable, contagious, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, infective, pestilential, poisoning, polluting, spreading, transmittable, virulent, vitiating


infer

See Also

conclude, conjecture, deduce, derive, gather, presume, read between the lines, surmise, understand


inference

See Also

assumption, conclusion, conjecture, consequence, corollary, deduction, illation (Rare), presumption, reading, surmise


inferior

See Also

•   adj.    junior, lesser, lower, menial, minor, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath [image]  bad, bush-league (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crappy (Sl.), dime-a-dozen (Inf.), duff (Brit. inf.), imperfect, indifferent, low-grade, mean, mediocre, of a sort or of sorts, piss-poor (Taboo sl.), poor, poorer, poxy (Sl.), second-class, second-rate, shoddy, substandard, tinhorn (U.S. sl.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. sl.), worse

•   n.    junior, menial, subordinate, underling


inferiority

   badness, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, insignificance, meanness, mediocrity, shoddiness, unimportance, worthlessness [image]  abasement, inferior status or standing, lowliness, subordination, subservience


infernal

See Also

   chthonian, Hadean, hellish, lower, nether, Plutonian, Stygian, Tartarean (Literary), underworld [image]  accursed, damnable, damned, demonic, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, malevolent, malicious, satanic


infertile

See Also

barren, infecund, nonproductive, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive


infertility

See Also

barrenness, infecundity, sterility, unfruitfulness, unproductiveness


infest

See Also

beset, flood, invade, overrun, penetrate, permeate, ravage, swarm, throng


infested

See Also

alive, beset, crawling, lousy (Sl.), overrun, pervaded, plagued, ravaged, ridden, swarming, teeming


infiltrate

See Also

creep in, filter through, insinuate oneself, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sneak in (Inf.), work or worm one's way into


infinite

See Also

absolute, all-embracing, bottomless, boundless, enormous, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, inestimable, inexhaustible, interminable, limitless, measureless, never-ending, numberless, perpetual, stupendous, total, unbounded, uncounted, untold, vast, wide, without end, without number


infinitesimal

See Also

atomic, inappreciable, insignificant, microscopic, minuscule, minute, negligible, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, unnoticeable, wee


infinity

boundlessness, endlessness, eternity, immensity, infinitude, perpetuity, vastness


infirm

See Also

   ailing, debilitated, decrepit, doddering, doddery, enfeebled, failing, feeble, frail, lame, weak [image]  faltering, indecisive, insecure, irresolute, shaky, unsound, unstable, vacillating, wavering, weak, wobbly


infirmity

See Also

   debility, decrepitude, deficiency, feebleness, frailty, ill health, imperfection, sickliness, vulnerability [image]  ailment, defect, disorder, failing, fault, malady, sickness, weakness


inflame

See Also

   agitate, anger, arouse, embitter, enrage, exasperate, excite, fire, foment, heat, ignite, impassion, incense, infuriate, intoxicate, kindle, madden, provoke, rile, rouse, stimulate [image]  aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, fan, increase, intensify, worsen


inflamed

See Also

angry, chafing, festering, fevered, heated, hot, infected, red, septic, sore, swollen


inflammable

combustible, flammable, incendiary


inflammation

See Also

burning, heat, painfulness, rash, redness, sore, soreness, tenderness


inflammatory

See Also

anarchic, demagogic, explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflaming, instigative, insurgent, intemperate, provocative, rabble-rousing, rabid, riotous, seditious


inflate

See Also

aerate, aggrandize, amplify, balloon, bloat, blow up, boost, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, increase, puff up or out, pump up, swell


inflated

See Also

bombastic, exaggerated, grandiloquent, ostentatious, overblown, swollen


inflation

See Also

aggrandizement, blowing up, distension, enhancement, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, increase, intensification, puffiness, rise, spread, swelling, tumefaction


inflection

See Also

   accentuation, bend, bow, crook, curvature, intonation, modulation [image]   Gram. conjugation, declension [image]  angle, arc, arch


inflexibility

See Also

   hardness, immovability, inelasticity, rigidity, stiffness, stringency [image]  fixity, intransigence, obduracy, obstinacy, steeliness


inflexible

See Also

   adamant, brassbound, dyed-in-the-wool, firm, fixed, hard and fast, immovable, immutable, implacable, inexorable, intractable, iron, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigorous, set, set in one's ways, steadfast, steely, stiff-necked, strict, stringent, stubborn, unadaptable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising, unyielding [image]  hard, hardened, inelastic, nonflexible, rigid, stiff, taut


inflict

See Also

administer, apply, deliver, exact, impose, levy, mete or deal out, visit, wreak


infliction

See Also

   administration, exaction, imposition, perpetration, wreaking [image]  affliction, penalty, punishment, trouble, visitation, worry


influence

See Also

•   n.    agency, ascendancy, authority, control, credit, direction, domination, effect, guidance, magnetism, mastery, power, pressure, rule, spell, sway, weight [image]  bottom, clout (Inf.), connections, good offices, hold, importance, leverage, power, prestige, pull (Inf.), weight

•   v.    act or work upon, affect, arouse, bias, control, count, direct, dispose, guide, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, lead to believe, manipulate, modify, move, persuade, predispose, prompt, rouse, sway [image]  bring pressure to bear upon, carry weight with, make oneself felt, pull strings (Inf.)


influential

See Also

authoritative, controlling, effective, efficacious, forcible, guiding, important, instrumental, leading, meaningful, momentous, moving, persuasive, potent, powerful, significant, telling, weighty


influx

See Also

arrival, convergence, flow, incursion, inflow, inrush, inundation, invasion, rush


inform

See Also

   acquaint, advise, apprise, clue in (Inf.), communicate, enlighten, give (someone) to understand, instruct, leak to, let know, make conversant (with), notify, put (someone) in the picture (Inf.), send word to, teach, tell, tip off [image]  (Often with against or on) betray, blab, blow the whistle on (Inf.), clype (Scot.), denounce, grass (Brit. sl.), incriminate, inculpate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), peach (Sl.), rat (Inf.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), snitch (Sl.), spill one's guts (Sl.), squeal (Sl.), tell all, tell on (Inf.) [image]  animate, characterize, illuminate, imbue, inspire, permeate, suffuse, typify


informal

See Also

casual, colloquial, cosy, easy, familiar, natural, relaxed, simple, unceremonious, unconstrained, unofficial


informality

See Also

casualness, ease, familiarity, lack of ceremony, naturalness, relaxation, simplicity


information

See Also

advice, blurb, counsel, data, dope (Inf.), facts, gen (Brit. inf.), info (Inf.), inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, latest (Inf.), lowdown (Inf.), material, message, news, notice, report, tidings, word


informative

See Also

chatty, communicative, edifying, educational, enlightening, forthcoming, gossipy, illuminating, instructive, newsy, revealing


informed

See Also

abreast, acquainted, au courant, au fait, briefed, conversant, enlightened, erudite, expert, familiar, genned up (Brit. inf.), in the know (Inf.), knowledgeable, learned, posted, primed, reliable, up, up to date, versed, well-read


informer

See Also

accuser, betrayer, grass (Brit. sl.), Judas, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), sneak, squealer (Sl.), stool pigeon


infrequent

See Also

few and far between, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unusual


infringe

See Also

   break, contravene, disobey, transgress, violate [image]  (With on or upon) encroach, intrude, trespass


infringement

See Also

breach, contravention, infraction, noncompliance, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation


infuriate

See Also

anger, be like a red rag to a bull, enrage, exasperate, gall, get one's back up, get one's goat (Sl.), incense, irritate, madden, make one's blood boil, make one see red (Inf.), make one's hackles rise, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), provoke, raise one's hackles, rile


infuriating

aggravating (Inf.), annoying, exasperating, galling, irritating, maddening, mortifying, pestilential, provoking, vexatious


ingenious

See Also

adroit, bright, brilliant, clever, crafty, creative, dexterous, fertile, inventive, masterly, original, ready, resourceful, shrewd, skilful, subtle


ingenuity

See Also

adroitness, cleverness, faculty, flair, genius, gift, ingeniousness, inventiveness, knack, originality, resourcefulness, sharpness, shrewdness, skill, turn


ingenuous

See Also

artless, candid, childlike, frank, guileless, honest, innocent, naive, open, plain, simple, sincere, trustful, trusting, unreserved, unsophisticated, unstudied


ingenuousness

See Also

artlessness, candour, frankness, guilelessness, innocence, naivety, openness, trustingness, unsuspiciousness


inglorious

discreditable, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, failed, humiliating, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, obscure, shameful, unheroic, unknown, unsuccessful, unsung


ingratiate

See Also

be a yes man, blandish, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), crawl, curry favour, fawn, flatter, get in with, get on the right side of, grovel, insinuate oneself, kiss (someone's) ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), lick (someone's) boots, pander to, play up to, rub (someone) up the right way (Inf.), seek the favour (of someone), suck up to (Inf.), toady, worm oneself into (someone's) favour


ingratiating

See Also

bootlicking (Inf.), crawling, fawning, flattering, humble, obsequious, servile, sycophantic, timeserving, toadying, unctuous


ingratitude

thanklessness, unappreciativeness, ungratefulness


ingredient

component, constituent, element, part


inhabit

See Also

abide, dwell, live, lodge, make one's home, occupy, people, populate, possess, reside, take up residence in, tenant


inhabitant

See Also

aborigine, citizen, denizen, dweller, indigene, indweller, inmate, native, occupant, occupier, resident, tenant


inhabited

colonized, developed, held, occupied, peopled, populated, settled, tenanted


inhale

See Also

breathe in, draw in, gasp, respire, suck in


inherent

See Also

basic, congenital, connate, essential, hereditary, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, ingrained, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, native, natural


inherit

See Also

accede to, be bequeathed, be left, come into, fall heir to, succeed to


inheritance

See Also

bequest, birthright, heritage, legacy, patrimony


inhibit

See Also

arrest, bar, bridle, check, constrain, cramp (someone's) style (Inf.), curb, debar, discourage, forbid, frustrate, hinder, hold back or in, impede, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, restrain, stop


inhibited

See Also

constrained, frustrated, guarded, repressed, reserved, reticent, self-conscious, shy, subdued, uptight (Inf.), withdrawn


inhibition

See Also

bar, block, check, embargo, hang-up (Inf.), hindrance, interdict, mental blockage, obstacle, prohibition, reserve, restraint, restriction, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness


inhospitable

See Also

   cool, uncongenial, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind, unreceptive, unsociable, unwelcoming, xenophobic [image]  bare, barren, bleak, desolate, empty, forbidding, godforsaken, hostile, lonely, sterile, unfavourable, uninhabitable


inhuman

See Also

animal, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cold-blooded, cruel, diabolical, fiendish, heartless, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, unfeeling, vicious


inhumane

See Also

brutal, cruel, heartless, pitiless, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic


inhumanity

See Also

atrocity, barbarism, brutality, brutishness, cold-bloodedness, cold-heartedness, cruelty, hardheartedness, heartlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unkindness, viciousness


inimical

See Also

adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, contrary, destructive, disaffected, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill-disposed, injurious, noxious, opposed, oppugnant (Rare), pernicious, repugnant, unfavourable, unfriendly, unwelcoming


inimitable

See Also

consummate, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, supreme, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassable


iniquitous

See Also

abominable, accursed, atrocious, base, criminal, evil, heinous, immoral, infamous, nefarious, reprehensible, reprobate, sinful, unjust, unrighteous, vicious, wicked


iniquity

See Also

abomination, baseness, crime, evil, evildoing, heinousness, infamy, injustice, misdeed, offence, sin, sinfulness, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing


initial

See Also

•   adj. beginning, commencing, early, first, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, introductory, opening, primary


initially

at or in the beginning, at first, at the outset, at the start, first, firstly, in the early stages, originally, primarily, to begin with


initiate

See Also

•   v.    begin, break the ice, commence, get under way, inaugurate, institute, kick off (Inf.), kick-start, launch, lay the foundations of, open, originate, pioneer, set going, set in motion, set the ball rolling, start [image]  coach, familiarize with, indoctrinate, induct, instate, instruct, introduce, invest, teach, train

•   n.    beginner, convert, entrant, learner, member, novice, probationer, proselyte, tyro


initiation

See Also

admission, commencement, debut, enrolment, entrance, inauguration, inception, induction, installation, instatement, introduction, investiture


initiative

See Also

   advantage, beginning, commencement, first move, first step, lead [image]  ambition, drive, dynamism, enterprise, get-up-and-go (Inf.), inventiveness, leadership, originality, push (Inf.), resource, resourcefulness


inject

See Also

   inoculate, jab (Inf.), shoot (Inf.), vaccinate [image]  bring in, infuse, insert, instil, interject, introduce


injection

See Also

   inoculation, jab (Inf.), shot (Inf.), vaccination, vaccine [image]  dose, infusion, insertion, interjection, introduction


injudicious

See Also

foolish, hasty, ill-advised, ill-judged, ill-timed, impolitic, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, rash, unthinking, unwise


injunction

See Also

admonition, command, dictate, exhortation, instruction, mandate, order, precept, ruling


injure

See Also

abuse, blemish, blight, break, damage, deface, disable, harm, hurt, impair, maltreat, mar, ruin, spoil, tarnish, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wrong


injured

See Also

   broken, disabled, hurt, lamed, undermined, weakened, wounded [image]  cut to the quick, disgruntled, displeased, hurt, long-suffering, put out, reproachful, stung, unhappy, upset, wounded [image]  abused, blackened, blemished, defamed, ill-treated, maligned, maltreated, offended, tarnished, vilified, wronged


injury

See Also

abuse, damage, detriment, disservice, evil, grievance, harm, hurt, ill, injustice, mischief, ruin, wound, wrong


injustice

See Also

bias, discrimination, favouritism, inequality, inequity, iniquity, one-sidedness, oppression, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, wrong


inkling

See Also

clue, conception, faintest or foggiest idea, glimmering, hint, idea, indication, intimation, notion, suggestion, suspicion, whisper


inland

See Also

•   adj. domestic, interior, internal, upcountry


inlet

See Also

arm (of the sea), bay, bight, cove, creek, entrance, firth or frith (Scot.), ingress, passage, sea loch (Scot.)


inmost

inmost or innermost

See Also

basic, buried, central, deep, deepest, essential, intimate, personal, private, secret


innate

See Also

congenital, connate, constitutional, essential, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, intuitive, native, natural


inner

See Also

   central, essential, inside, interior, internal, intestinal, inward, middle [image]  esoteric, hidden, intimate, personal, private, repressed, secret, unrevealed [image]  emotional, mental, psychological, spiritual


innkeeper

host, hostess, hotelier, landlady, landlord, mine host, publican


innocence

See Also

   blamelessness, chastity, clean hands, guiltlessness, incorruptibility, probity, purity, righteousness, sinlessness, stainlessness, uprightness, virginity, virtue [image]  harmlessness, innocuousness, innoxiousness, inoffensiveness [image]  artlessness, credulousness, freshness, guilelessness, gullibility, inexperience, ingenuousness, naiveté, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness [image]  ignorance, lack of knowledge, nescience (Literary), unawareness, unfamiliarity


innocent

See Also

•   adj.    blameless, clear, faultless, guiltless, honest, in the clear, not guilty, uninvolved, unoffending [image]  chaste, immaculate, impeccable, incorrupt, pristine, pure, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unsullied, upright, virgin, virginal [image]  (With of) clear of, empty of, free from, ignorant, lacking, nescient, unacquainted with, unaware, unfamiliar with, untouched by [image]  harmless, innocuous, inoffensive, unmalicious, unobjectionable, well-intentioned, well-meant [image]  artless, childlike, credulous, frank, guileless, gullible, ingenuous, naive, open, simple, unsuspicious, unworldly, wet behind the ears (Inf.)

•   n.    babe (in arms) (Inf.), child, greenhorn (Inf.), ingénue (fem.)


innovation

See Also

alteration, change, departure, introduction, modernism, modernization, newness, novelty, variation


innuendo

See Also

aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, suggestion, whisper


innumerable

See Also

beyond number, countless, incalculable, infinite, many, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, numerous, unnumbered, untold


inoffensive

harmless, humble, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, mild, neutral, nonprovocative, peaceable, quiet, retiring, unobjectionable, unobtrusive, unoffending


inoperative

See Also

broken, broken-down, defective, hors de combat, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, invalid, nonactive, null and void, on the fritz (U.S. sl.), out of action, out of commission, out of order, out of service, unserviceable, unworkable, useless


inopportune

See Also

ill-chosen, ill-timed, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, malapropos, mistimed, unfavourable, unfortunate, unpropitious, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely


inordinate

See Also

disproportionate, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate, preposterous, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted


inorganic

artificial, chemical, man-made, mineral


inquest

See Also

inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probe


inquire

See Also

   examine, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, make inquiries, probe, research, scrutinize, search [image]   Also enquire ask, query, question, request information, seek information


inquiring

See Also

analytical, curious, doubtful, inquisitive, interested, investigative, nosy (Inf.), outward-looking, probing, questioning, searching, wondering


inquiry

See Also

   examination, exploration, inquest, interrogation, investigation, probe, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey [image]   Also enquiry query, question


inquisition

See Also

cross-examination, examination, grilling (Inf.), inquest, inquiry, investigation, question, quizzing, third degree (Inf.)


inquisitive

See Also

curious, inquiring, intrusive, nosy (Inf.), nosy-parkering (Inf.), peering, probing, prying, questioning, scrutinizing, snooping (Inf.), snoopy (Inf.)


inroad

See Also

   advance, encroachment, foray, incursion, intrusion, invasion, irruption, onslaught, raid [image]  make inroads upon consume, eat away, eat up or into, encroach upon, use up


insane

See Also

   barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), crackpot (Inf.), crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, loopy (Inf.), mad, mentally disordered, mentally ill, non compos mentis, not the full shilling (Inf.), off one's trolley (Sl.), of unsound mind, out of one's mind, out to lunch (Inf.), unhinged, up the pole (Inf.) [image]  barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), barmy (Sl.), batty (Sl.), bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), cracked (Sl.), crackers (Brit. sl.), cuckoo (Inf.), loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), mental (Sl.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), off one's chump (Sl.), off one's head (Sl.), off one's nut (Sl.), off one's rocker (Sl.), round the bend (Inf.), round the twist (Inf.), screwy (Inf.) [image]  bizarre, daft (Inf.), fatuous, foolish, idiotic, impractical, inane, irrational, irresponsible, lunatic, preposterous, senseless, stupid


insanitary

contaminated, dirtied, dirty, disease-ridden, feculent, filthy, impure, infected, infested, insalubrious, noxious, polluted, unclean, unhealthy, unhygienic


insanity

See Also

   aberration, craziness, delirium, dementia, frenzy, madness, mental derangement, mental disorder, mental illness [image]  folly, irresponsibility, lunacy, preposterousness, senselessness, stupidity


insatiable

See Also

gluttonous, greedy, insatiate, intemperate, quenchless, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable, unquenchable, voracious


inscribe

See Also

   carve, cut, engrave, etch, impress, imprint [image]  engross, enlist, enrol, enter, record, register, write [image]  address, dedicate


inscription

See Also

dedication, engraving, label, legend, lettering, saying, words


inscrutable

See Also

   blank, deadpan, enigmatic, impenetrable, poker-faced (Inf.), sphinxlike, unreadable [image]  hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterious, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible


insecure

See Also

   afraid, anxious, uncertain, unconfident, unsure [image]  dangerous, defenceless, exposed, hazardous, ill-protected, open to attack, perilous, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, unshielded, vulnerable [image]  built upon sand, flimsy, frail, insubstantial, loose, on thin ice, precarious, rickety, rocky, shaky, unreliable, unsound, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly


insecurity

See Also

   anxiety, fear, uncertainty, unsureness, worry [image]  danger, defencelessness, hazard, peril, risk, uncertainty, vulnerability, weakness [image]  dubiety, frailness, instability, precariousness, shakiness, uncertainty, unreliability, unsteadiness, weakness


insensibility

See Also

   apathy, callousness, dullness, indifference, inertia, insensitivity, lethargy, thoughtlessness, torpor [image]  inertness, numbness, unconsciousness


insensible

See Also

   anaesthetized, benumbed, dull, inert, insensate, numbed, senseless, stupid, torpid [image]  apathetic, callous, cold, deaf, hard-hearted, impassive, impervious, indifferent, oblivious, unaffected, unaware, unconscious, unfeeling, unmindful, unmoved, unresponsive, unsusceptible, untouched [image]  imperceivable, imperceptible, minuscule, negligible, unnoticeable


insensitive

See Also

   callous, crass, hardened, imperceptive, indifferent, obtuse, tactless, thick-skinned, tough, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsusceptible [image]  (With to) dead to, immune to, impervious to, nonreactive, proof against, unaffected by, unmoved by


inseparable

See Also

   conjoined, inalienable, indissoluble, indivisible, inseverable [image]  bosom, close, devoted, intimate


insert

See Also

embed, enter, implant, infix, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, place, pop in (Inf.), put, set, stick in, tuck in, work in


insertion

See Also

addition, implant, inclusion, insert, inset, interpolation, introduction, supplement


inside

See Also

•   n.    contents, inner part, interior [image]  (Often plural)  Inf. belly, bowels, entrails, gut, guts, innards (Inf.), internal organs, stomach, viscera, vitals

•   adv.    indoors, under cover, within

•   adj.    inner, innermost, interior, internal, intramural, inward [image]  classified, confidential, esoteric, exclusive, internal, limited, private, restricted, secret


insidious

See Also

artful, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, designing, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, intriguing, Machiavellian, slick, sly, smooth, sneaking, stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, wily


insight

See Also

acumen, awareness, comprehension, discernment, intuition, intuitiveness, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perspicacity, understanding, vision


insignia

See Also

badge, crest, decoration, distinguishing mark, earmark, emblem, ensign, symbol


insignificance

See Also

immateriality, inconsequence, irrelevance, meaninglessness, negligibility, paltriness, pettiness, triviality, unimportance, worthlessness


insignificant

See Also

flimsy, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, irrelevant, meagre, meaningless, measly, minor, negligible, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, of no account  (consequence, moment), paltry, petty, scanty, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial


insincere

See Also

deceitful, deceptive, devious, dishonest, disingenuous, dissembling, dissimulating, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, false, hollow, hypocritical, Janus-faced, lying, mendacious, perfidious, pretended, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful


insincerity

See Also

deceitfulness, deviousness, dishonesty, disingenuousness, dissimulation, duplicity, faithlessness, hypocrisy, lip service, mendacity, perfidy, pretence, untruthfulness


insinuate

See Also

   allude, hint, imply, indicate, intimate, suggest [image]  infiltrate, infuse, inject, instil, introduce [image]  curry favour, get in with, ingratiate, worm or work one's way in


insinuation

See Also

   allusion, aspersion, hint, implication, innuendo, slur, suggestion [image]  infiltration, infusion, ingratiating, injection, instillation, introduction


insipid

See Also

   anaemic, banal, bland, characterless, colourless, drab, dry, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), jejune, lifeless, limp, pointless, prosaic, prosy, spiritless, stale, stupid, tame, tedious, trite, unimaginative, uninteresting, vapid, weak, wearisome, wishy-washy (Inf.) [image]  bland, flavourless, savourless, tasteless, unappetizing, watered down, watery, wishy-washy (Inf.)


insipidity, insipidness

See Also

   banality, colourlessness, dullness, flatness, lack of imagination, pointlessness, staleness, tameness, tediousness, triteness, uninterestingness, vapidity [image]  blandness, flavourlessness, lack of flavour, tastelessness


insist

See Also

   be firm, brook no refusal, demand, lay down the law, not take no for an answer, persist, press (someone), require, stand firm, stand one's ground, take or make a stand, urge [image]  assert, asseverate, aver, claim, contend, hold, maintain, reiterate, repeat, swear, urge, vow


insistence

See Also

assertion, contention, demands, emphasis, importunity, insistency, persistence, pressing, reiteration, stress, urging


insistent

See Also

demanding, dogged, emphatic, exigent, forceful, importunate, incessant, peremptory, persevering, persistent, pressing, unrelenting, urgent


insolence

See Also

abuse, audacity, backchat (Inf.), boldness, cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), contemptuousness, contumely, disrespect, effrontery, front, gall (Inf.), impertinence, impudence, incivility, insubordination, offensiveness, pertness, rudeness, sauce (Inf.), uncivility


insolent

See Also

abusive, bold, brazen-faced, contemptuous, fresh (Inf.), impertinent, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, pert, rude, saucy, uncivil


insoluble

See Also

baffling, impenetrable, indecipherable, inexplicable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, unaccountable, unfathomable, unsolvable


insolvency

See Also

bankruptcy, failure, liquidation, ruin


insolvent

See Also

bankrupt, broke (Inf.), failed, gone bust (Inf.), gone to the wall, in queer street (Inf.), in receivership, in the hands of the receivers, on the rocks (Inf.), ruined


insomnia

See Also

sleeplessness, wakefulness


inspect

See Also

audit, check, check out (Inf.), examine, eyeball (U.S. sl.), give (something or someone) the once-over (Inf.), go over or through, investigate, look over, oversee, recce (Sl.), research, scan, scrutinize, search, superintend, supervise, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), vet, work over


inspection

See Also

check, checkup, examination, investigation, look-over, once-over (Inf.), recce (Sl.), review, scan, scrutiny, search, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, survey


inspector

See Also

censor, checker, critic, examiner, investigator, overseer, scrutineer, scrutinizer, superintendent, supervisor


inspiration

See Also

   arousal, awakening, encouragement, influence, muse, spur, stimulus [image]  afflatus, creativity, elevation, enthusiasm, exaltation, genius, illumination, insight, revelation, stimulation


inspire

See Also

   animate, be responsible for, encourage, enliven, fire or touch the imagination of, galvanize, hearten, imbue, influence, infuse, inspirit, instil, rouse, spark off, spur, stimulate [image]  arouse, enkindle, excite, give rise to, produce, quicken, rouse, stir


inspired

See Also

   brilliant, dazzling, enthralling, exciting, impressive, memorable, of genius, outstanding, superlative, thrilling, wonderful [image]   Of a guess instinctive, instinctual, intuitive [image]  aroused, elated, enthused, exalted, exhilarated, galvanized, possessed, stimulated, stirred up, uplifted


inspiring

affecting, encouraging, exciting, exhilarating, heartening, moving, rousing, stimulating, stirring, uplifting


instability

See Also

capriciousness, changeableness, disequilibrium, fickleness, fitfulness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, imbalance, impermanence, inconstancy, insecurity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, unpredictability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, wavering, weakness


install, instal

See Also

   fix, lay, lodge, place, position, put in, set up, station [image]  establish, inaugurate, induct, instate, institute, introduce, invest, set up [image]  ensconce, position, settle


installation

See Also

   establishment, fitting, instalment, placing, positioning, setting up [image]  inauguration, induction, instatement, investiture [image]  equipment, machinery, plant, system [image]   Military base, establishment, post, station


instalment

See Also

chapter, division, episode, part, portion, repayment, section


instance

See Also

•   n.    case, case in point, example, illustration, occasion, occurrence, precedent, situation, time [image]  application, behest, demand, entreaty, importunity, impulse, incitement, insistence, instigation, pressure, prompting, request, solicitation, urging

•   v.    adduce, cite, mention, name, quote, specify


instant

See Also

•   n.    flash, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, shake (Inf.), split second, tick (Brit. inf.), trice, twinkling, twinkling of an eye (Inf.), two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.) [image]  on the instant forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, right away, without delay [image]  juncture, moment, occasion, point, time

•   adj.    direct, immediate, instantaneous, on-the-spot, prompt, quick, quickie (Inf.), split-second, urgent [image]  convenience, fast, precooked, ready-mixed [image]  burning, exigent, imperative, importunate, pressing, urgent


instantaneous

See Also

direct, immediate, instant, on-the-spot


instantaneously

See Also

at once, forthwith, immediately, in a fraction of a second, instantly, in the same breath, in the twinkling of an eye (Inf.), like greased lightning (Inf.), on the instant, on the spot, posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quick as lightning, straight away, then and there


instantly

See Also

at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantaneously, instanter (Law), now, on the spot, posthaste, pronto (Inf.), right away, right now, straight away, there and then, this minute, tout de suite, without delay


instead

   alternatively, in lieu, in preference, on second thoughts, preferably, rather [image]  (With of) as an alternative or equivalent to, in lieu of, in place of, rather than


instigate

See Also

actuate, bring about, encourage, foment, get going, impel, incite, influence, initiate, kick-start, kindle, move, persuade, prod, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, set on, spur, start, stimulate, stir up, trigger, urge, whip up


instigation

See Also

behest, bidding, encouragement, incentive, incitement, prompting, urging


instigator

See Also

agitator, firebrand, fomenter, goad, incendiary, inciter, leader, mischief-maker, motivator, prime mover, ringleader, spur, stirrer (Inf.), troublemaker


instil, instill

See Also

engender, engraft, imbue, implant, impress, inculcate, infix, infuse, insinuate, introduce


instinct

aptitude, faculty, feeling, gift, gut feeling (Inf.), gut reaction (Inf.), impulse, intuition, knack, natural inclination, predisposition, proclivity, sixth sense, talent, tendency, urge


instinctive

See Also

automatic, inborn, inherent, innate, instinctual, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, mechanical, native, natural, reflex, spontaneous, unlearned, unpremeditated, unthinking, visceral


instinctively

See Also

automatically, by instinct, intuitively, involuntarily, naturally, without thinking


institute 1

See Also

•   v. appoint, begin, bring into being, commence, constitute, enact, establish, fix, found, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invest, launch, ordain, organize, originate, pioneer, put into operation, set in motion, settle, set up, start


institute 2

See Also

•   n.    academy, association, college, conservatory, foundation, guild, institution, school, seat of learning, seminary, society [image]  custom, decree, doctrine, dogma, edict, law, maxim, precedent, precept, principle, regulation, rule, tenet


institution

See Also

   constitution, creation, enactment, establishment, formation, foundation, initiation, introduction, investiture, investment, organization [image]  academy, college, establishment, foundation, hospital, institute, school, seminary, society, university [image]  convention, custom, fixture, law, practice, ritual, rule, tradition


institutional

   accepted, bureaucratic, conventional, established, establishment (Inf.), formal, organized, orthodox, societal [image]  cheerless, clinical, cold, drab, dreary, dull, forbidding, formal, impersonal, monotonous, regimented, routine, uniform, unwelcoming


instruct

See Also

   bid, charge, command, canon, direct, enjoin, order, tell [image]  coach, discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, ground, guide, inform, school, teach, train, tutor [image]  acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, counsel, inform, notify, tell


instruction

See Also

   apprenticeship, coaching, discipline, drilling, education, enlightenment, grounding, guidance, information, lesson(s), preparation, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage [image]  briefing, command, demand, direction, directive, injunction, mandate, order, ruling


instructions

See Also

advice, directions, guidance, information, key, orders, recommendations, rules


instructive

See Also

cautionary, didactic, edifying, educational, enlightening, helpful, illuminating, informative, instructional, revealing, useful


instructor

See Also

adviser, coach, demonstrator, exponent, guide, handler, master, mentor, mistress, pedagogue, preceptor (Rare), schoolmaster, schoolmistress, teacher, trainer, tutor


instrument

See Also

   apparatus, appliance, contraption (Inf.), contrivance, device, gadget, implement, mechanism, tool, utensil [image]  agency, agent, channel, factor, force, means, mechanism, medium, organ, vehicle [image]   Inf. cat's-paw, dupe, pawn, puppet, tool


instrumental

active, assisting, auxiliary, conducive, contributory, helpful, helping, influential, involved, of help or service, subsidiary, useful


insubordinate

See Also

contumacious, defiant, disobedient, disorderly, fractious, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, seditious, turbulent, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly


insubordination

See Also

defiance, disobedience, indiscipline, insurrection, mutinousness, mutiny, rebellion, recalcitrance, revolt, riotousness, sedition, ungovernability


insufferable

See Also

detestable, dreadful, enough to test the patience of a saint, enough to try the patience of Job, impossible, insupportable, intolerable, more than flesh and blood can stand, outrageous, past bearing, too much, unbearable, unendurable, unspeakable


insufficient

See Also

deficient, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, lacking, scant, short, unfitted, unqualified


insular

See Also

 Fig. blinkered, circumscribed, closed, contracted, cut off, illiberal, inward-looking, isolated, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, parish-pump, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial


insulate

 Fig. close off, cocoon, cushion, cut off, isolate, protect, sequester, shield, wrap up in cotton wool


insult

See Also

•   n.    abuse, affront, aspersion, contumely, indignity, insolence, offence, outrage, put-down, rudeness, slap in the face (Inf.), slight, snub

•   v.    abuse, affront, call names, give offence to, injure, miscall (Dialect), offend, outrage, put down, revile, slag (off) (Sl.), slander, slight, snub


insulting

See Also

abusive, affronting, contemptuous, degrading, disparaging, insolent, offensive, rude, scurrilous, slighting


insuperable

impassable, insurmountable, invincible, unconquerable


insupportable

See Also

   insufferable, intolerable, past bearing, unbearable, unendurable [image]  indefensible, unjustifiable, untenable


insurance

See Also

assurance, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnification, indemnity, protection, provision, safeguard, security, something to fall back on (Inf.), warranty


insure

See Also

assure, cover, guarantee, indemnify, underwrite, warrant


insurgent

See Also

•   n.    insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, resister, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter

•   adj.    disobedient, insubordinate, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious


insurmountable

hopeless, impassable, impossible, insuperable, invincible, overwhelming, unconquerable


insurrection

See Also

coup, insurgency, mutiny, putsch, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising


intact

See Also

all in one piece, complete, entire, perfect, scatheless, sound, together, unbroken, undamaged, undefiled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unscathed, untouched, unviolated, virgin, whole


integral

See Also

   basic, component, constituent, elemental, essential, fundamental, indispensable, intrinsic, necessary, requisite [image]  complete, entire, full, intact, undivided, whole


integrate

See Also

accommodate, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, coalesce, combine, fuse, harmonize, incorporate, intermix, join, knit, meld, merge, mesh, unite


integration

See Also

amalgamation, assimilation, blending, combining, commingling, fusing, harmony, incorporation, mixing, unification


integrity

See Also

   candour, goodness, honesty, honour, incorruptibility, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue [image]  coherence, cohesion, completeness, soundness, unity, wholeness


intellect

See Also

   brains (Inf.), intelligence, judgment, mind, reason, sense, understanding [image]   Inf. brain (Inf.), egghead (Inf.), genius, intellectual, intelligence, mind, thinker


intellectual

See Also

•   adj.    bookish, cerebral, highbrow, intelligent, mental, rational, scholarly, studious, thoughtful

•   n.    academic, egghead (Inf.), highbrow, thinker


intelligence

See Also

   acumen, alertness, aptitude, brain power, brains (Inf.), brightness, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, discernment, grey matter (Inf.), intellect, mind, nous (Brit. sl.), penetration, perception, quickness, reason, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), understanding [image]  advice, data, disclosure, facts, findings, gen (Brit. inf.), information, knowledge, low-down (Inf.), news, notice, notification, report, rumour, tidings, tip-off, word


intelligent

See Also

acute, alert, apt, brainy (Inf.), bright, clever, discerning, enlightened, instructed, knowing, penetrating, perspicacious, quick, quick-witted, rational, sharp, smart, thinking, well-informed


intelligentsia

eggheads (Inf.), highbrows, illuminati, intellectuals, literati, masterminds, the learned


intelligibility

See Also

clarity, clearness, comprehensibility, distinctness, explicitness, lucidity, plainness, precision, simplicity


intelligible

See Also

clear, comprehensible, distinct, lucid, open, plain, understandable


intemperate

See Also

excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, intoxicated, O.T.T. (Sl.), over the top (Sl.), passionate, prodigal, profligate, self-indulgent, severe, tempestuous, unbridled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, violent, wild


intend

See Also

   aim, be resolved or determined, contemplate, determine, have in mind or view, mean, meditate, plan, propose, purpose, scheme [image]  (Often with for) aim, consign, design, destine, earmark, mark out, mean, set apart


intense

See Also

   acute, agonizing, close, concentrated, deep, drastic, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fierce, forceful, great, harsh, intensive, powerful, profound, protracted, severe, strained, unqualified [image]  ardent, burning, consuming, eager, earnest, energetic, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fierce, flaming, forcible, heightened, impassioned, keen, passionate, speaking, vehement


intensely

See Also

deeply, extremely, fiercely, passionately, profoundly, strongly


intensify

See Also

add fuel to the flames (Inf.), add to, aggravate, augment, boost, concentrate, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, heighten, increase, magnify, quicken, redouble, reinforce, set off, sharpen, step up (Inf.), strengthen, whet


intensity

See Also

ardour, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, energy, excess, extremity, fanaticism, fervency, fervour, fierceness, fire, force, intenseness, keenness, passion, potency, power, severity, strain, strength, tension, vehemence, vigour


intensive

See Also

all-out, comprehensive, concentrated, demanding, exhaustive, in-depth, thorough, thoroughgoing


intent

See Also

•   adj.    absorbed, alert, attentive, committed, concentrated, determined, eager, earnest, engrossed, fixed, industrious, intense, occupied, piercing, preoccupied, rapt, resolute, resolved, steadfast, steady, watchful, wrapped up [image]  bent, hellbent (Inf.), set

•   n.    aim, design, end, goal, intention, meaning, object, objective, plan, purpose [image]  to all intents and purposes as good as, practically, virtually


intention

See Also

aim, design, end, end in view, goal, idea, intent, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, scope, target, view


intentional

See Also

calculated, deliberate, designed, done on purpose, intended, meant, planned, prearranged, preconcerted, premeditated, purposed, studied, wilful


intentionally

See Also

by design, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, wilfully


intently

See Also

attentively, closely, fixedly, hard, keenly, searchingly, steadily, watchfully


inter

bury, entomb, inhume, inurn, lay to rest, sepulchre


intercede

See Also

advocate, arbitrate, interpose, intervene, mediate, plead, speak


intercept

See Also

arrest, block, catch, check, cut off, deflect, head off, interrupt, obstruct, seize, stop, take


intercession

See Also

advocacy, entreaty, good offices, intervention, mediation, plea, pleading, prayer, solicitation, supplication


interchange

See Also

•   v.    alternate, bandy, barter, exchange, reciprocate, swap (Inf.), switch, trade

•   n.    alternation, crossfire, exchange, give and take, intersection, junction, reciprocation


interchangeable

See Also

commutable, equivalent, exchangeable, identical, reciprocal, synonymous, the same, transposable


intercourse

See Also

   association, commerce, communication, communion, connection, contact, converse, correspondence, dealings, intercommunication, trade, traffic, truck [image]  carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intimacy, nookie (Sl.), rumpy-pumpy (Sl.), sex (Inf.), sexual act, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, the other (Inf.)


interest

See Also

•   n.    affection, attention, attentiveness, attraction, concern, curiosity, notice, regard, suspicion, sympathy [image]  concern, consequence, importance, moment, note, relevance, significance, weight [image]  activity, diversion, hobby, leisure activity, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, relaxation [image]  advantage, benefit, gain, good, profit [image]  in the interest of for the sake of, on behalf of, on the part of, profitable to, to the advantage of [image]  authority, claim, commitment, influence, investment, involvement, participation, portion, right, share, stake [image]  (Often plural) affair, business, care, concern, matter

•   v.    amuse, arouse one's curiosity, attract, divert, engross, fascinate, hold the attention of, intrigue, move, touch [image]  affect, concern, engage, involve


interested

See Also

   affected, attentive, attracted, curious, drawn, excited, fascinated, intent, into (Inf.), keen, moved, responsive, stimulated [image]  biased, concerned, implicated, involved, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced


interesting

See Also

absorbing, amusing, appealing, attractive, compelling, curious, engaging, engrossing, entertaining, gripping, intriguing, pleasing, provocative, stimulating, suspicious, thought-provoking, unusual


interfere

See Also

   butt in, get involved, intermeddle, intervene, intrude, meddle, poke one's nose in (Inf.), put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), stick one's oar in (Inf.), tamper [image]  (Often with with) be a drag upon (Inf.), block, clash, collide, conflict, cramp, frustrate, get in the way of, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, trammel


interference

See Also

   intermeddling, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, meddling, prying [image]  clashing, collision, conflict, impedance, obstruction, opposition


interim

•   adj.    acting, caretaker, improvised, intervening, makeshift, pro tem, provisional, stopgap, temporary

•   n.    entr'acte, interregnum, interval, meantime, meanwhile, respite


interior

See Also

•   adj.    inner, inside, internal, inward [image]   Geog. central, inland, remote, upcountry [image]   Politics domestic, home [image]  hidden, inner, intimate, mental, personal, private, secret, spiritual

•   n.    bosom, centre, contents, core, heart, innards (Inf.), inside [image]   Geog. centre, heartland, upcountry


interjection

See Also

cry, ejaculation, exclamation, interpolation, interposition


interloper

See Also

gate-crasher (Inf.), intermeddler, intruder, meddler, trespasser, uninvited guest, unwanted visitor


interlude

See Also

break, breathing space, delay, entr'acte, episode, halt, hiatus, intermission, interval, pause, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, wait


intermediary

See Also

•   n. agent, broker, entrepreneur, go-between, mediator, middleman


intermediate

See Also

halfway, in-between (Inf.), intermediary, interposed, intervening, mean, mid, middle, midway, transitional


interment

burial, burying, funeral, inhumation, sepulture


interminable

See Also

boundless, ceaseless, dragging, endless, everlasting, immeasurable, infinite, limitless, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, never-ending, perpetual, protracted, unbounded, unlimited, wearisome


intermingle

See Also

amalgamate, blend, combine, commingle, commix, fuse, interlace, intermix, interweave, meld, merge, mix


intermission

See Also

break, cessation, entr'acte, interlude, interruption, interval, let-up (Inf.), lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension


intermittent

See Also

broken, discontinuous, fitful, irregular, occasional, periodic, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, spasmodic, sporadic, stop-go (Inf.)


intern

See Also

confine, detain, hold, hold in custody


internal

See Also

   inner, inside, interior, intimate, private, subjective [image]  civic, domestic, home, in-house, intramural


international

cosmopolitan, ecumenical (Rare), global, intercontinental, universal, worldwide


interpolate

See Also

add, insert, intercalate, introduce


interpolation

addition, aside, insert, insertion, intercalation, interjection, introduction


interpose

See Also

   come or place between, intercede, interfere, intermediate, intervene, intrude, mediate, step in [image]  insert, interject, interrupt (with), introduce, put forth


interpret

See Also

adapt, clarify, construe, decipher, decode, define, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, make sense of, paraphrase, read, render, solve, spell out, take, throw light on, translate, understand


interpretation

See Also

analysis, clarification, construction, diagnosis, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, meaning, performance, portrayal, reading, rendering, rendition, sense, signification, translation, understanding, version


interpreter

annotator, commentator, exponent, scholiast, translator


interrogate

See Also

ask, catechize, cross-examine, cross-question, enquire, examine, give (someone) the third degree (Inf.), grill (Inf.), inquire, investigate, pump, put the screws on (Inf.), question, quiz


interrogation

See Also

cross-examination, cross-questioning, enquiry, examination, grilling (Inf.), inquiry, inquisition, probing, questioning, third degree (Inf.)


interrogative

curious, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, questioning, quizzical


interrupt

See Also

barge in (Inf.), break, break in, break off, break (someone's) train of thought, butt in, check, cut, cut off, cut short, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, heckle, hinder, hold up, interfere (with), intrude, lay aside, obstruct, punctuate, separate, sever, stay, stop, suspend


interrupted

See Also

broken, cut off, disconnected, discontinuous, disturbed, incomplete, intermittent, uneven


interruption

See Also

break, cessation, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, intrusion, obstacle, obstruction, pause, separation, severance, stop, stoppage, suspension


intersect

See Also

bisect, crisscross, cross, cut, cut across, divide, meet


intersection

See Also

crossing, crossroads, interchange, junction


interval

See Also

break, delay, distance, entr'acte, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, meantime, meanwhile, opening, pause, period, playtime, respite, rest, season, space, spell, term, time, wait


intervene

See Also

   arbitrate, intercede, interfere, interpose oneself, intrude, involve oneself, mediate, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), step in (Inf.), take a hand (Inf.) [image]  befall, come to pass, ensue, happen, occur, succeed, supervene, take place


intervention

See Also

agency, intercession, interference, interposition, intrusion, mediation


interview

See Also

•   n.    audience, conference, consultation, dialogue, evaluation, meeting, oral (examination), press conference, talk

•   v.    examine, interrogate, question, sound out, talk to


interviewer

examiner, interlocutor, interrogator, investigator, questioner, reporter


interwoven

blended, connected, entwined, inmixed, interconnected, interlaced, interlocked, intermingled, knit


intestinal

abdominal, coeliac, duodenal, gut (Inf.), inner, stomachic, visceral


intestines

See Also

bowels, entrails, guts, innards (Inf.), insides (Inf.), internal organs, viscera, vitals


intimacy

See Also

closeness, confidence, confidentiality, familiarity, fraternization, understanding


intimate 1

See Also

•   adj.    bosom, cherished, close, confidential, dear, friendly, near, nearest and dearest, thick (Inf.), warm [image]  confidential, personal, private, privy, secret [image]  deep, detailed, exhaustive, experienced, first-hand, immediate, in-depth, penetrating, personal, profound, thorough [image]  comfy (Inf.), cosy, friendly, informal, snug, tête-à-tête, warm

•   n.    bosom friend, buddy (Inf.), china (Brit. sl.), chum (Inf.), close friend, cock (Brit. inf.), comrade, confidant, confidante, (constant) companion, crony, familiar, friend, mate (Inf.), mucker (Brit. sl.), pal


intimate 2

See Also

•   v. allude, announce, communicate, declare, drop a hint, give (someone) to understand, hint, impart, imply, indicate, insinuate, let it be known, make known, remind, state, suggest, tip (someone) the wink (Brit. inf.), warn


intimately

See Also

   affectionately, closely, confidentially, confidingly, familiarly, personally, tenderly, very well, warmly [image]  fully, in detail, inside out, thoroughly, through and through, to the core, very well


intimation

See Also

   allusion, hint, indication, inkling, insinuation, reminder, suggestion, warning [image]  announcement, communication, declaration, notice


intimidate

See Also

affright (Archaic), alarm, appal, browbeat, bully, coerce, cow, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frighten, lean on (Inf.), overawe, scare, scare off (Inf.), subdue, terrify, terrorize, threaten, twist someone's arm (Inf.)


intimidation

See Also

arm-twisting (Inf.), browbeating, bullying, coercion, fear, menaces, pressure, terror, terrorization, threat(s)


intolerable

See Also

beyond bearing, excruciating, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, more than flesh and blood can stand, not to be borne, painful, unbearable, unendurable


intolerance

See Also

bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination, dogmatism, fanaticism, illiberality, impatience, jingoism, narrow-mindedness, narrowness, prejudice, racialism, racism, xenophobia


intolerant

See Also

bigoted, chauvinistic, dictatorial, dogmatic, fanatical, illiberal, impatient, narrow, narrow-minded, one-sided, prejudiced, racialist, racist, small-minded, uncharitable, xenophobic


intone

See Also

chant, croon, intonate, recite, sing


intoxicate

See Also

   addle, befuddle, fuddle, go to one's head, inebriate, put (someone) under the table (Inf.), stupefy [image]   Fig. elate, excite, exhilarate, inflame, make one's head spin, stimulate


intoxicated

See Also

   bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), canned (Sl.), cut (Brit. sl.), drunk, drunken, flying (Sl.), fuddled, half seas over (Brit. inf.), high (Inf.), inebriated, in one's cups (Inf.), legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pissed (Taboo sl.), plastered (Sl.), smashed (Sl.), sozzled (Inf.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stewed (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), the worse for drink, three sheets in the wind (Inf.), tight (Inf.), tipsy, under the influence, wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.) [image]   Fig. dizzy, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, high (Inf.), infatuated, sent (Sl.), stimulated


intoxicating

See Also

   alcoholic, inebriant, intoxicant, spirituous, strong [image]   Fig. exciting, exhilarating, heady, sexy (Inf.), stimulating, thrilling


intoxication

See Also

   drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness [image]   Fig. delirium, elation, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, infatuation


intransigent

See Also

hardline, immovable, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tough, unbending, unbudgeable, uncompromising, unyielding


intrepid

See Also

audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game (Inf.), have-a-go (Inf.), heroic, lion-hearted, nerveless, plucky, resolute, stalwart, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous


intricacy

See Also

complexity, complication, convolutions, elaborateness, entanglement, intricateness, involution, involvement, knottiness, obscurity


intricate

See Also

baroque, Byzantine, complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal (Literary), difficult, elaborate, fancy, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, obscure, perplexing, rococo, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous


intrigue

See Also

•   v.    arouse the curiosity of, attract, charm, fascinate, interest, pique, rivet, tickle one's fancy, titillate [image]  connive, conspire, machinate, manoeuvre, plot, scheme

•   n.    cabal, chicanery, collusion, conspiracy, double-dealing, knavery, machination, manipulation, manoeuvre, plot, ruse, scheme, sharp practice, stratagem, trickery, wile [image]  affair, amour, intimacy, liaison, romance


intriguing

See Also

beguiling, compelling, diverting, exciting, fascinating, interesting, tantalizing, titillating


intrinsic

See Also

basic, built-in, central, congenital, constitutional, elemental, essential, fundamental, genuine, inborn, inbred, inherent, native, natural, radical, real, true, underlying


introduce

See Also

   acquaint, do the honours, familiarize, make known, make the introduction, present [image]  begin, bring in, commence, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, pioneer, set up, start, usher in [image]  advance, air, bring up, broach, moot, offer, propose, put forward, recommend, set forth, submit, suggest, ventilate [image]  announce, lead into, lead off, open, preface [image]  add, inject, insert, interpolate, interpose, put in, throw in (Inf.)


introduction

See Also

   baptism, debut, establishment, first acquaintance, inauguration, induction, initiation, institution, launch, pioneering, presentation [image]  commencement, exordium, foreword, intro (Inf.), lead-in, opening, opening passage, opening remarks, overture, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prologue [image]  addition, insertion, interpolation


introductory

See Also

early, elementary, first, inaugural, initial, initiatory, opening, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, starting


introspective

See Also

brooding, contemplative, inner-directed, introverted, inward-looking, meditative, pensive, subjective


introverted

See Also

indrawn, inner-directed, introspective, inward-looking, self-centred, self-contained, withdrawn


intrude

See Also

butt in, encroach, infringe, interfere, interrupt, meddle, obtrude, push in, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), thrust oneself in or forward, trespass, violate


intruder

See Also

burglar, gate-crasher (Inf.), infiltrator, interloper, invader, prowler, raider, snooper (Inf.), squatter, thief, trespasser


intrusion

See Also

encroachment, infringement, interference, interruption, invasion, trespass, violation


intrusive

See Also

disturbing, forward, impertinent, importunate, interfering, invasive, meddlesome, nosy (Inf.), officious, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), uncalled-for, unwanted


intuition

See Also

discernment, hunch, insight, instinct, perception, presentiment, sixth sense


intuitive

See Also

innate, instinctive, instinctual, involuntary, spontaneous, unreflecting, untaught


inundate

See Also

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, glut, immerse, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, submerge, swamp


invade

See Also

   assail, assault, attack, burst in, descend upon, encroach, infringe, make inroads, occupy, raid, violate [image]  infect, infest, overrun, overspread, penetrate, permeate, pervade, swarm over


invader

See Also

aggressor, alien, attacker, looter, plunderer, raider, trespasser


invalid 1

See Also

•   adj.    ailing, bedridden, disabled, feeble, frail, ill, infirm, poorly (Inf.), sick, sickly, valetudinarian, weak

•   n.    convalescent, patient, valetudinarian


invalid 2

See Also

•   adj. baseless, fallacious, false, ill-founded, illogical, inoperative, irrational, not binding, nugatory, null, null and void, unfounded, unscientific, unsound, untrue, void, worthless


invalidate

See Also

abrogate, annul, cancel, nullify, overrule, overthrow, quash, render null and void, rescind, undermine, undo, weaken


invaluable

See Also

beyond price, costly, inestimable, precious, priceless, valuable


invariable

See Also

changeless, consistent, constant, fixed, immutable, inflexible, regular, rigid, set, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unfailing, uniform, unvarying, unwavering


invariably

See Also

always, consistently, customarily, day in, day out, ever, every time, habitually, inevitably, on every occasion, perpetually, regularly, unfailingly, without exception


invasion

See Also

   aggression, assault, attack, foray, incursion, inroad, irruption, offensive, onslaught, raid [image]  breach, encroachment, infiltration, infraction, infringement, intrusion, overstepping, usurpation, violation


invective

See Also

abuse, berating, billingsgate, castigation, censure, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, obloquy, philippic(s), reproach, revilement, sarcasm, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation


invent

See Also

   coin, come up with (Inf.), conceive, contrive, create, design, devise, discover, dream up (Inf.), formulate, imagine, improvise, originate, think up [image]  concoct, cook up (Inf.), fabricate, feign, forge, make up, manufacture, trump up


invention

See Also

   brainchild (Inf.), contraption, contrivance, creation, design, development, device, discovery, gadget, instrument [image]  coinage, creativeness, creativity, genius, imagination, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness, originality, resourcefulness [image]  deceit, fabrication, fake, falsehood, fantasy, fib (Inf.), fiction, figment or product of (someone's) imagination, forgery, lie, prevarication, sham, story, tall story (Inf.), untruth, yarn


inventive

See Also

creative, fertile, gifted, ground-breaking, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, inspired, original, resourceful


inventor

See Also

architect, author, coiner, creator, designer, father, framer, maker, originator


inventory

See Also

•   n. account, catalogue, file, list, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, stock book


inverse

See Also

•   adj. contrary, converse, inverted, opposite, reverse, reversed, transposed


inversion

antipode, antithesis, contraposition, contrariety, contrary, opposite, reversal, transposal, transposition


invert

See Also

capsize, introvert, intussuscept (Pathol.), invaginate (Pathol.), overset, overturn, reverse, transpose, turn inside out, turn turtle, turn upside down, upset, upturn


invest

See Also

   advance, devote, lay out, put in, sink, spend [image]  endow, endue, provide, supply [image]  authorize, charge, empower, license, sanction, vest [image]  adopt, consecrate, enthrone, establish, inaugurate, induct, install, ordain [image]   Mil. beleaguer, beset, besiege, enclose, lay siege to, surround [image]   Archaic array, bedeck, bedizen (Archaic), clothe, deck, drape, dress, robe


investigate

See Also

consider, enquire into, examine, explore, go into, inquire into, inspect, look into, make enquiries, probe, put to the test, recce (Sl.), research, scrutinize, search, sift, study, work over


investigation

See Also

analysis, enquiry, examination, exploration, fact finding, hearing, inquest, inquiry, inspection, probe, recce (Sl.), research, review, scrutiny, search, study, survey


investigator

See Also

dick (Sl., chiefly U.S.), examiner, gumshoe (U.S. sl.), inquirer, (private) detective, private eye (Inf.), researcher, reviewer, sleuth or sleuthhound (Inf.)


investiture

See Also

admission, enthronement, inauguration, induction, installation, instatement, investing, investment, ordination


investment

See Also

   asset, investing, speculation, transaction, venture [image]  ante (Inf.), contribution, stake [image]   Mil. beleaguering, besieging, blockading, siege, surrounding


inveterate

See Also

chronic, confirmed, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, established, habitual, hard-core, hardened, incorrigible, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, long-standing, obstinate


invidious

See Also

discriminatory, envious (Obsolete), hateful, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, slighting, undesirable


invigorate

See Also

animate, brace, buck up (Inf.), energize, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen (up), galvanize, harden, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, put new heart into, quicken, refresh, rejuvenate, revitalize, stimulate, strengthen


invincible

See Also

impregnable, indestructible, indomitable, inseparable, insuperable, invulnerable, unassailable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unsurmountable, unyielding


inviolable

See Also

hallowed, holy, inalienable, sacred, sacrosanct, unalterable


inviolate

entire, intact, pure, sacred, stainless, unbroken, undefiled, undisturbed, unhurt, unpolluted, unstained, unsullied, untouched, virgin, whole


invisible

See Also

   imperceptible, indiscernible, out of sight, unperceivable, unseen [image]  concealed, disguised, hidden, inappreciable, inconspicuous, infinitesimal, microscopic


invitation

See Also

   asking, begging, bidding, call, invite (Inf.), request, solicitation, summons, supplication [image]  allurement, challenge, come-on (Inf.), coquetry, enticement, glad eye (Inf.), incitement, inducement, open door, overture, provocation, temptation


invite

See Also

   ask, beg, bid, call, request, request the pleasure of (someone's) company, solicit, summon [image]  allure, ask for (Inf.), attract, bring on, court, draw, encourage, entice, lead, leave the door open to, provoke, solicit, tempt, welcome


inviting

See Also

alluring, appealing, attractive, beguiling, captivating, delightful, engaging, enticing, fascinating, intriguing, magnetic, mouthwatering, pleasing, seductive, tempting, warm, welcoming, winning


invocation

See Also

appeal, beseeching, entreaty, petition, prayer, supplication


invoke

See Also

   adjure, appeal to, beg, beseech, call upon, conjure, entreat, implore, petition, pray, solicit, supplicate [image]  apply, call in, have recourse to, implement, initiate, put into effect, resort to, use


involuntary

See Also

   compulsory, forced, obligatory, reluctant, unwilling [image]  automatic, blind, conditioned, instinctive, instinctual, reflex, spontaneous, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintentional, unthinking


involve

See Also

   entail, imply, mean, necessitate, presuppose, require [image]  affect, associate, compromise, concern, connect, draw in, implicate, incriminate, inculpate, mix up (Inf.), touch [image]  comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, embrace, include, incorporate, number among, take in [image]  absorb, bind, commit, engage, engross, grip, hold, preoccupy, rivet, wrap up [image]  complicate, embroil, enmesh, entangle, link, mire, mix up, snarl up, tangle


involved

See Also

   Byzantine, complex, complicated, confusing, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous [image]  caught (up), concerned, implicated, in on (Inf.), mixed up in or with, occupied, participating, taking part


involvement

See Also

   association, commitment, concern, connection, dedication, interest, participation, responsibility [image]  complexity, complication, difficulty, embarrassment, entanglement, imbroglio, intricacy, problem, ramification


invulnerable

See Also

impenetrable, indestructible, insusceptible, invincible, proof against, safe, secure, unassailable


inward

•   adj.    entering, inbound, incoming, inflowing, ingoing, inpouring, penetrating [image]  confidential, hidden, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, internal, personal, private, privy, secret


inwardly

See Also

at heart, deep down, in one's head, in one's inmost heart, inside, privately, secretly, to oneself, within


Irish

green, Hibernian


irksome

See Also

aggravating, annoying, boring, bothersome, burdensome, disagreeable, exasperating, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, uninteresting, unwelcome, vexatious, vexing, wearisome


iron

See Also

•   adj.    chalybeate, ferric, ferrous, irony [image]   Fig. adamant, cruel, hard, heavy, immovable, implacable, indomitable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, robust, steel, steely, strong, tough, unbending, unyielding


ironic, ironical

See Also

   double-edged, mocking, mordacious, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scoffing, sneering, wry [image]  incongruous, paradoxical


iron out

See Also

clear up, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expedite, get rid of, harmonize, put right, reconcile, resolve, settle, simplify, smooth over, sort out, straighten out, unravel


irons

bonds, chains, fetters, gyves (Archaic), manacles, shackles


irony

See Also

   mockery, sarcasm, satire [image]  contrariness, incongruity, paradox


irrational

See Also

   absurd, crackpot (Inf.), crazy, foolish, illogical, injudicious, loopy (Inf.), nonsensical, preposterous, silly, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, unthinking, unwise [image]  aberrant, brainless, crazy, demented, insane, mindless, muddle-headed, raving, senseless, unstable, wild


irrationality

See Also

absurdity, brainlessness, illogicality, insanity, lack of judgment, lunacy, madness, preposterousness, senselessness, unreasonableness, unsoundness


irreconcilable

See Also

   hardline, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, unappeasable, uncompromising [image]  clashing, conflicting, diametrically opposed, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, opposed


irrecoverable

See Also

gone for ever, irreclaimable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, irretrievable, lost, unregainable, unsalvageable, unsavable


irrefutable

See Also

apodeictic, apodictic, beyond question, certain, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, invincible, irrefragable, irresistible, sure, unanswerable, unassailable, undeniable, unquestionable


irregular

See Also

•   adj.    desultory, disconnected, eccentric, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fragmentary, haphazard, inconstant, intermittent, nonuniform, occasional, out of order, patchy, random, shifting, spasmodic, sporadic, uncertain, uneven, unmethodical, unpunctual, unsteady, unsystematic, variable, wavering [image]  abnormal, anomalous, capricious, disorderly, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inordinate, odd, peculiar, queer, quirky, rum (Brit. sl.), unconventional, unofficial, unorthodox, unsuitable, unusual [image]  asymmetrical, broken, bumpy, craggy, crooked, elliptic, elliptical, holey, jagged, lopsided, lumpy, pitted, ragged, rough, serrated, unequal, uneven, unsymmetrical

•   n.    guerrilla, partisan, volunteer


irregularity

See Also

   asymmetry, bumpiness, crookedness, jaggedness, lack of symmetry, lopsidedness, lumpiness, patchiness, raggedness, roughness, spottiness, unevenness [image]  aberration, abnormality, anomaly, breach, deviation, eccentricity, freak, malfunction, malpractice, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, unconventionality, unorthodoxy [image]  confusion, desultoriness, disorderliness, disorganization, haphazardness, lack of method, randomness, uncertainty, unpunctuality, unsteadiness


irrelevance, irrelevancy

See Also

inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptness, inconsequence, non sequitur


irrelevant

See Also

beside the point, extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, inconsequent, neither here nor there, unconnected, unrelated


irreparable

See Also

beyond repair, incurable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irreplaceable, irretrievable, irreversible


irreplaceable

See Also

indispensable, invaluable, priceless, unique, vital


irrepressible

See Also

boisterous, bubbling over, buoyant, ebullient, effervescent, insuppressible, uncontainable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unquenchable, unrestrainable, unstoppable


irreproachable

See Also

beyond reproach, blameless, faultless, guiltless, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreprovable, perfect, pure, unblemished, unimpeachable


irresistible

See Also

   compelling, imperative, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, potent, urgent [image]  ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, unavoidable [image]  alluring, beckoning, enchanting, fascinating, ravishing, seductive, tempting


irresolute

See Also

doubtful, fickle, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, infirm, in two minds, tentative, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, weak


irrespective of

apart from, despite, discounting, in spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of, without reference to, without regard to


irresponsible

See Also

careless, featherbrained, flighty, giddy, harebrained, harum-scarum, ill-considered, immature, reckless, scatter-brained, shiftless, thoughtless, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy, wild


irreverence

See Also

cheek (Inf.), cheekiness (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), derision, disrespect, flippancy, impertinence, impudence, lack of respect, mockery, sauce (Inf.)


irreverent

See Also

cheeky (Inf.), contemptuous, derisive, disrespectful, flip (Inf.), flippant, fresh (Inf.), iconoclastic, impertinent, impious, impudent, mocking, sassy (U.S. inf.), saucy, tongue-in-cheek


irreversible

See Also

final, incurable, irreparable, irrevocable, unalterable


irrevocable

See Also

changeless, fated, fixed, immutable, invariable, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, predestined, predetermined, settled, unalterable, unchangeable, unreversible


irrigate

flood, inundate, moisten, water, wet


irritability

See Also

bad temper, ill humour, impatience, irascibility, peevishness, petulance, prickliness, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness


irritable

See Also

bad-tempered, cantankerous, choleric, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety (Inf.), dyspeptic, edgy, exasperated, fiery, fretful, hasty, hot, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, irascible, narky (Brit. sl.), out of humour, oversensitive, peevish, petulant, prickly, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), snappish, snappy, snarling, tense, testy, tetchy, touchy


irritate

See Also

   aggravate (Inf.), anger, annoy, bother, drive one up the wall (Sl.), enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get one's back up, get one's hackles up, get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, incense, inflame, infuriate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, offend, pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, raise one's hackles, rankle with, rub up the wrong way (Inf.), ruffle, try one's patience, vex [image]  aggravate, chafe, fret, inflame, intensify, pain, rub


irritated

See Also

angry, annoyed, bothered, cross, displeased, exasperated, flustered, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), harassed, impatient, irritable, nettled, out of humour, peeved (Inf.), piqued, pissed off (Taboo sl.), put out, ruffled, vexed


irritating

See Also

aggravating (Inf.), annoying, displeasing, disquieting, disturbing, galling, infuriating, irksome, maddening, nagging, pestilential, provoking, thorny, troublesome, trying, upsetting, vexatious, worrisome


irritation

See Also

   anger, annoyance, crossness, displeasure, exasperation, ill humour, ill temper, impatience, indignation, irritability, resentment, shortness, snappiness, testiness, vexation, wrath [image]  aggravation (Inf.), annoyance, drag (Inf.), gall, goad, irritant, nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, provocation, tease, thorn in one's flesh


isolate

See Also

cut off, detach, disconnect, divorce, insulate, quarantine, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart


isolated

See Also

   backwoods, hidden, incommunicado, in the middle of nowhere, lonely, off the beaten track, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, retired, secluded, unfrequented [image]  abnormal, anomalous, exceptional, freak, random, single, solitary, special, unique, unrelated, untypical, unusual


isolation

See Also

aloofness, detachment, disconnection, exile, insularity, insulation, loneliness, quarantine, remoteness, retirement, seclusion, segregation, self-sufficiency, separation, solitude, withdrawal


issue

See Also

•   n.    affair, argument, concern, controversy, matter, matter of contention, point, point in question, problem, question, subject, topic [image]  at issue at variance, controversial, in disagreement, in dispute, to be decided, under discussion, unsettled [image]  take issue challenge, disagree, dispute, object, oppose, raise an objection, take exception [image]  conclusion, consequence, culmination, effect, end, finale, outcome, pay-off (Inf.), result, termination, upshot [image]  copy, edition, impression, instalment, number, printing [image]  circulation, delivery, dispersion, dissemination, distribution, granting, issuance, issuing, publication, sending out, supply, supplying [image]  children, descendants, heirs, offspring, progeny, scions, seed (Chiefly biblical)

•   v.    announce, broadcast, circulate, deliver, distribute, emit, give out, promulgate, publish, put in circulation, put out, release [image]  arise, be a consequence of, come forth, emanate, emerge, flow, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem


itch

See Also

•   v.    crawl, irritate, prickle, tickle, tingle [image]  ache, burn, crave, hanker, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, yearn

•   n.    irritation, itchiness, prickling, tingling [image]  craving, desire, hankering, hunger, longing, lust, passion, restlessness, yearning, yen (Inf.)


itching

See Also

agog, aquiver, atremble, avid, burning, consumed with curiosity, eager, impatient, inquisitive, longing, mad keen (Inf.), raring, spoiling for


itchy

See Also

eager, edgy, fidgety, impatient, restive, restless, unsettled


item

See Also

   article, aspect, component, consideration, detail, entry, matter, particular, point, thing [image]  account, article, bulletin, dispatch, feature, note, notice, paragraph, piece, report


itemize

See Also

count, detail, document, enumerate, instance, inventory, list, number, particularize, record, set out, specify


itinerant

See Also

•   adj. ambulatory, Gypsy, journeying, migratory, nomadic, peripatetic, roaming, roving, travelling, unsettled, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring


itinerary

   circuit, journey, line, programme, route, schedule, timetable, tour [image]  Baedeker, guide, guidebook


ivory tower

cloister, refuge, remoteness, retreat, sanctum, seclusion, splendid isolation, unreality, world of one's own


jab

See Also

•   v.

•   n. dig, lunge, nudge, poke, prod, punch, stab, tap, thrust


jacket

See Also

case, casing, coat, covering, envelope, folder, sheath, skin, wrapper, wrapping


jackpot

See Also

award, bonanza, kitty, pool, pot, prize, reward, winnings


jack up

See Also

   elevate, heave, hoist, lift, lift up, raise, rear [image]  accelerate, augment, boost, escalate, increase, inflate, put up, raise


jade

See Also

harridan, hussy, nag, shrew, slattern, slut, trollop, vixen, wench


jaded

See Also

   clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), exhausted, fagged (out) (Inf.), fatigued, spent, tired, tired-out, weary, zonked (Sl.) [image]  bored, cloyed, dulled, glutted, gorged, sated, satiated, surfeited, tired


jagged

See Also

barbed, broken, cleft, craggy, denticulate, indented, notched, pointed, ragged, ridged, rough, serrated, snaggy, spiked, toothed, uneven


jail, gaol

See Also

•   n.    borstal, brig (Chiefly U.S.), can (Sl.), clink (Sl.), cooler (Sl.), inside (Sl.), jailhouse (Southern U.S.), jug (Sl.), lockup, nick (Brit. sl.), penitentiary (U.S.), poky or pokey (U.S. & Canad. sl.), prison, quod (Sl.), reformatory, slammer (Sl.), stir (Sl.)

•   v.    confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, lock up, send down


jailer, gaoler

captor, guard, keeper, screw (Sl.), turnkey (Archaic), warden, warder


jam

See Also

•   v.    cram, crowd, crush, force, pack, press, ram, squeeze, stuff, throng, wedge [image]  block, cease, clog, congest, halt, obstruct, stall, stick

•   n.    crowd, crush, horde, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, swarm, throng [image]  bind, dilemma, fix (Inf.), hole (Sl.), hot water, pickle (Inf.), plight, predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.), spot (Inf.), strait, tight spot, trouble


jamboree

See Also

beano (Brit. sl.), carnival, carousal, carouse, celebration, festival, festivity, fête, frolic, jubilee, merriment, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), revelry, spree


jangle

See Also

•   v.    chime, clank, clash, clatter, jingle, rattle, vibrate

•   n.    cacophony, clang, clangour, clash, din, dissonance, jar, racket, rattle, reverberation


janitor

See Also

caretaker, concierge, custodian, doorkeeper, porter


jar 1

See Also

amphora, carafe, container, crock, flagon, jug, pitcher, pot, receptacle, urn, vase, vessel


jar 2

See Also

•   v.    bicker, clash, contend, disagree, interfere, oppose, quarrel, wrangle [image]  agitate, convulse, disturb, grate, irritate, jolt, offend, rasp, rattle (Inf.), rock, shake, vibrate [image]  annoy, clash, discompose, gall, get on one's nerves (Inf.), grate, grind, irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, piss one off (Taboo sl.)

•   n.    agitation, altercation, bickering, disagreement, discord, grating, irritation, jolt, quarrel, rasping, wrangling


jargon

See Also

   argot, cant, dialect, idiom, lingo (Inf.), parlance, patois, slang, tongue, usage [image]  balderdash, bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), drivel, gabble, gibberish, gobbledegook, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, palaver, rigmarole, twaddle


jaundiced

See Also

   cynical, preconceived, sceptical [image]  biased, bigoted, bitter, distorted, envious, hostile, jealous, partial, prejudiced, resentful, spiteful, suspicious


jaunt

See Also

airing, excursion, expedition, outing, promenade, ramble, stroll, tour, trip


jaunty

See Also

airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, dapper, gay, high-spirited, lively, perky, self-confident, showy, smart, sparky, sprightly, spruce, trim


jaw

•   v.    babble, chat, chatter, gossip, lecture, spout, talk [image]  abuse, censure, criticize, revile, scold

•   n.    chat, chinwag (Brit. inf.), conversation, gabfest (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), gossip, natter, talk


jaws

See Also

abyss, aperture, entrance, gates, ingress, maw, mouth, opening, orifice


jazz up

animate, enhance, enliven, heighten, improve


jealous

See Also

   covetous, desirous, emulous, envious, green, green-eyed, grudging, intolerant, invidious, resentful, rival [image]  anxious, apprehensive, attentive, guarded, mistrustful, protective, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, wary, watchful, zealous


jealousy

covetousness, distrust, envy, heart-burning, ill-will, mistrust, possessiveness, resentment, spite, suspicion


jeer

See Also

•   v.    banter, barrack, cock a snook at (Brit.), contemn (Formal), deride, flout, gibe, heckle, hector, knock (Inf.), mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt

•   n.    abuse, aspersion, boo, catcall, derision, gibe, hiss, hoot, obloquy, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt


jeopardize

See Also

chance, endanger, expose, gamble, hazard, imperil, risk, stake, venture


jeopardy

See Also

danger, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, peril, pitfall, precariousness, risk, venture, vulnerability


jeremiad

complaint, groan, keen, lament, lamentation, moan, plaint, wail


jerk

See Also

•   v.

•   n. jolt, lurch, pull, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wrench, yank


jerky

See Also

bouncy, bumpy, convulsive, fitful, jolting, jumpy, rough, shaky, spasmodic, tremulous, twitchy, uncontrolled


jerry-built

cheap, defective, faulty, flimsy, ramshackle, rickety, shabby, slipshod, thrown together, unsubstantial


jest

See Also

•   n.    banter, bon mot, crack (Sl.), fun, gag (Inf.), hoax, jape, joke, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), play, pleasantry, prank, quip, sally, sport, wisecrack (Inf.), witticism

•   v.    banter, chaff, deride, gibe, jeer, joke, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), kid (Inf.), mock, quip, scoff, sneer, tease


jester

   comedian, comic, humorist, joker, quipster, wag, wit [image]  buffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, madcap, mummer, pantaloon, prankster, zany


jet 1

See Also

•   adj. black, coal-black, ebony, inky, pitch-black, raven, sable


jet 2

See Also

•   n.    flow, fountain, gush, spout, spray, spring, stream [image]  atomizer, nose, nozzle, rose, spout, sprayer, sprinkler

•   v.    flow, gush, issue, rush, shoot, spew, spout, squirt, stream, surge [image]  fly, soar, zoom


jettison

See Also

abandon, discard, dump, eject, expel, heave, scrap, throw overboard, unload


jetty

breakwater, dock, groyne, mole, pier, quay, wharf


jewel

See Also

   brilliant, gemstone, ornament, precious stone, rock (Sl.), sparkler (Inf.), trinket [image]  charm, find, gem, humdinger (Sl.), masterpiece, paragon, pearl, prize, rarity, treasure, wonder


jewellery

finery, gems, jewels, ornaments, precious stones, regalia, treasure, trinkets


Jezebel

See Also

harlot, harridan, hussy, jade, virago, wanton, witch


jib

See Also

balk, recoil, refuse, retreat, shrink, stop short


jig

See Also

•   v. bob, bounce, caper, jiggle, jounce, prance, shake, skip, twitch, wiggle, wobble


jingle

See Also

•   v.    chime, clatter, clink, jangle, rattle, ring, tinkle, tintinnabulate

•   n.    clang, clangour, clink, rattle, reverberation, ringing, tinkle [image]  chorus, ditty, doggerel, limerick, melody, song, tune


jinx

•   n.    black magic, curse, evil eye, hex (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hoodoo (Inf.), nemesis, plague, voodoo

•   v.    bewitch, curse, hex (U.S. & Canad. inf.)


jitters

See Also

anxiety, fidgets, heebie-jeebies (Sl.), nerves, nervousness, tenseness, the shakes (Inf.), the willies (Inf.)


jittery

See Also

agitated, anxious, fidgety, hyper (Inf.), jumpy, nervous, quivering, shaky, trembling, twitchy (Inf.), wired (Sl.)


job

See Also

   affair, assignment, charge, chore, concern, contribution, duty, enterprise, errand, function, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, undertaking, venture, work [image]  activity, business, calling, capacity, career, craft, employment, function, livelihood, métier, occupation, office, position, post, profession, situation, trade, vocation [image]  allotment, assignment, batch, commission, consignment, contract, lot, output, piece, portion, product, share


jobless

See Also

idle, inactive, out of work, unemployed, unoccupied


jockey

•   v.    bamboozle, cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, dupe, fool, hoax, hoodwink, trick [image]  cajole, engineer, finagle (Inf.), ingratiate, insinuate, manage, manipulate, manoeuvre, negotiate, trim, wheedle


jocular

See Also

amusing, comical, droll, facetious, frolicsome, funny, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, playful, roguish, sportive, teasing, waggish, whimsical, witty


jog

See Also

   activate, arouse, nudge, prod, prompt, push, remind, shake, stimulate, stir, suggest [image]  bounce, jar, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, rock, shake [image]  canter, dogtrot, lope, run, trot [image]  lumber, plod, traipse (Inf.), tramp, trudge


joie de vivre

See Also

ebullience, enjoyment, enthusiasm, gaiety, gusto, joy, joyfulness, pleasure, relish, zest


join

See Also

   accompany, add, adhere, annex, append, attack, cement, combine, connect, couple, fasten, knit, link, marry, splice, tie, unite, yoke [image]  affiliate with, associate with, enlist, enrol, enter, sign up [image]  adjoin, border, border on, butt, conjoin, extend, meet, reach, touch, verge on


joint

See Also

•   n.    articulation, connection, hinge, intersection, junction, juncture, knot, nexus, node, seam, union

•   adj.    collective, combined, communal, concerted, consolidated, cooperative, joined, mutual, shared, united

•   v.    connect, couple, fasten, fit, join, unite [image]  carve, cut up, dismember, dissect, divide, segment, sever, sunder


jointly

See Also

as one, collectively, in common, in conjunction, in league, in partnership, mutually, together, unitedly


joke

See Also

•   n.    frolic, fun, gag (Inf.), jape, jest, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lark, play, prank, pun, quip, quirk, sally, sport, whimsy, wisecrack (Inf.), witticism, yarn [image]  buffoon, butt, clown, laughing stock, simpleton, target

•   v.    banter, chaff, deride, frolic, gambol, jest, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), kid (Inf.), mock, quip, ridicule, taunt, tease, wind up (Brit. sl.)


joker

See Also

buffoon, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, jester, kidder (Inf.), prankster, trickster, wag, wit


jolly

See Also

blithesome, carefree, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), convivial, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, genial, gladsome (Archaic), hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, merry, mirthful, playful, sportive, sprightly, upbeat (Inf.)


jolt

See Also

•   v.    jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, push, shake, shove [image]  astonish, discompose, disturb, perturb, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, upset

•   n.    bump, jar, jerk, jog, jump, lurch, quiver, shake, start [image]  blow, bolt from the blue, bombshell, reversal, setback, shock, surprise, thunderbolt


jostle

See Also

bump, butt, crowd, elbow, hustle, jog, joggle, jolt, press, push, scramble, shake, shove, squeeze, throng, thrust


journal

See Also

   chronicle, daily, gazette, magazine, monthly, newspaper, paper, periodical, record, register, review, tabloid, weekly [image]  chronicle, commonplace book, daybook, diary, log, record


journalist

broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, hack, journo (Sl.), newsman, newspaperman, pressman, reporter, scribe (Inf.), stringer


journey

See Also

•   n.    excursion, expedition, jaunt, odyssey, outing, passage, peregrination, pilgrimage, progress, ramble, tour, travel, trek, trip, voyage

•   v.    fare, fly, go, peregrinate, proceed, ramble, range, roam, rove, tour, travel, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend


jovial

See Also

airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, cheery, convivial, cordial, gay, glad, happy, hilarious, jocose, jocund, jolly, jubilant, merry, mirthful


joy

See Also

   bliss, delight, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exultation, felicity, festivity, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, pleasure, rapture, ravishment, satisfaction, transport [image]  charm, delight, gem, jewel, pride, prize, treasure, treat, wonder


joyful

See Also

blithesome, cock-a-hoop, delighted, elated, enraptured, glad, gladsome (Archaic), gratified, happy, jocund, jolly, jovial, jubilant, light-hearted, merry, over the moon (Inf.), pleased, rapt, satisfied


joyless

See Also

cheerless, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, downcast, dreary, gloomy, miserable, sad, unhappy


joyous

See Also

cheerful, festive, heartening, joyful, merry, rapturous


jubilant

See Also

cock-a-hoop, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exuberant, exultant, glad, joyous, overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), rejoicing, rhapsodic, thrilled, triumphal, triumphant


jubilation

See Also

celebration, ecstasy, elation, excitement, exultation, festivity, jamboree, joy, jubilee, triumph


jubilee

See Also

carnival, celebration, festival, festivity, fête, gala, holiday


judge

See Also

•   n.    adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, moderator, referee, umpire [image]  appraiser, arbiter, assessor, authority, connoisseur, critic, evaluator, expert [image]  beak (Brit. sl.), justice, magistrate

•   v.    adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, ascertain, conclude, decide, determine, discern, distinguish, mediate, referee, umpire [image]  appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, criticize, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, rate, review, value [image]  adjudge, condemn, decree, doom, find, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, rule, sentence, sit, try


judgment

See Also

   acumen, common sense, discernment, discrimination, intelligence, penetration, percipience, perspicacity, prudence, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), taste, understanding, wisdom [image]  arbitration, award, conclusion, decision, decree, determination, finding, order, result, ruling, sentence, verdict [image]  appraisal, assessment, belief, conviction, deduction, diagnosis, estimate, finding, opinion, valuation, view [image]  damnation, doom, fate, misfortune, punishment, retribution


judicial

See Also

   judiciary, juridical, legal, official [image]  discriminating, distinguished, impartial, judgelike, magisterial, magistral


judicious

See Also

acute, astute, careful, cautious, circumspect, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, enlightened, expedient, informed, politic, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, shrewd, skilful, sober, sound, thoughtful, well-advised, well-judged, wise


jug

See Also

carafe, container, crock, ewer, jar, pitcher, urn, vessel


juggle

See Also

alter, change, disguise, doctor (Inf.), falsify, fix (Inf.), manipulate, manoeuvre, misrepresent, modify, tamper with


juice

extract, fluid, liquid, liquor, nectar, sap, secretion, serum


juicy

See Also

   lush, moist, sappy, succulent, watery [image]  colourful, interesting, provocative, racy, risqué, sensational, spicy (Inf.), suggestive, vivid


jumble

See Also

•   v.    confound, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, entangle, mistake, mix, muddle, ravel, shuffle, tangle

•   n.    chaos, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch (U.S.), litter, medley, mélange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, pig's breakfast (Inf.)


jumbo

See Also

elephantine, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, large, mega (Inf.), oversized


jump

See Also

•   v.    bounce, bound, caper, clear, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, skip, spring, vault [image]  flinch, jerk, recoil, start, wince [image]  avoid, digress, evade, miss, omit, overshoot, skip, switch [image]  advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, increase, mount, rise, surge

•   n.    bound, buck, caper, hop, leap, skip, spring, vault [image]  barricade, barrier, fence, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, rail [image]  breach, break, gap, hiatus, interruption, lacuna, space [image]  advance, augmentation, boost, increase, increment, rise, upsurge, upturn [image]  jar, jerk, jolt, lurch, shock, start, swerve, twitch, wrench


jumper

jersey, pullover, sweater, woolly


jumpy

See Also

agitated, anxious, apprehensive, fidgety, hyper (Inf.), jittery (Inf.), nervous, on edge, restless, shaky, tense, timorous, twitchy (Inf.), wired (Sl.)


junction

See Also

alliance, combination, connection, coupling, joint, juncture, linking, seam, union


juncture

See Also

   conjuncture, contingency, crisis, crux, emergency, exigency, moment, occasion, point, predicament, strait, time [image]  bond, connection, convergence, edge, intersection, junction, link, seam, weld


junior

See Also

inferior, lesser, lower, minor, secondary, subordinate, younger


junk

See Also

clutter, debris, dreck (Sl., chiefly U.S.), leavings, litter, oddments, odds and ends, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scrap, trash, waste


jurisdiction

See Also

   authority, command, control, dominion, influence, power, prerogative, rule, say, sway [image]  area, bounds, circuit, compass, district, dominion, field, orbit, province, range, scope, sphere, zone


just

See Also

•   adj.    blameless, conscientious, decent, equitable, fair, fairminded, good, honest, honourable, impartial, lawful, pure, right, righteous, unbiased, upright, virtuous [image]  accurate, correct, exact, faithful, normal, precise, proper, regular, sound, true [image]  appropriate, apt, condign, deserved, due, fitting, justified, legitimate, merited, proper, reasonable, rightful, suitable, well-deserved

•   adv.    absolutely, completely, entirely, exactly, perfectly, precisely [image]  hardly, lately, only now, recently, scarcely [image]  at most, but, merely, no more than, nothing but, only, simply, solely


just about

See Also

all but, almost, around, close to, nearly, not quite, practically, well-nigh


justice

See Also

   equity, fairness, honesty, impartiality, integrity, justness, law, legality, legitimacy, reasonableness, rectitude, right [image]  amends, compensation, correction, penalty, recompense, redress, reparation [image]  judge, magistrate


justifiable

See Also

acceptable, defensible, excusable, fit, lawful, legitimate, proper, reasonable, right, sound, tenable, understandable, valid, vindicable, warrantable, well-founded


justification

See Also

   absolution, apology, approval, defence, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, plea, rationalization, vindication [image]  basis, defence, grounds, plea, reason, warrant


justify

See Also

absolve, acquit, approve, confirm, defend, establish, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, explain, legalize, legitimize, maintain, substantiate, support, sustain, uphold, validate, vindicate, warrant


justly

See Also

accurately, correctly, equally, equitably, fairly, honestly, impartially, lawfully, properly


jut

See Also

bulge, extend, impend, overhang, poke, project, protrude, stick out


juvenile

See Also

•   n.    adolescent, boy, child, girl, infant, minor, youth

•   adj.    babyish, boyish, callow, childish, girlish, immature, inexperienced, infantile, jejune, puerile, undeveloped, unsophisticated, young, youthful


juxtaposition

See Also

adjacency, closeness, contact, contiguity, nearness, propinquity, proximity, vicinity


keen

See Also

   ardent, avid, devoted to, eager, earnest, ebullient, enthusiastic, fervid, fierce, fond of, impassioned, intense, into (Inf.), zealous [image]  acid, acute, biting, caustic, cutting, edged, finely honed, incisive, penetrating, piercing, pointed, razorlike, sardonic, satirical, sharp, tart, trenchant, vitriolic [image]  astute, brilliant, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, perceptive, perspicacious, quick, sagacious, sapient, sensitive, shrewd, wise


keenness

See Also

   ardour, avidity, avidness, diligence, eagerness, earnestness, ebullience, enthusiasm, fervour, impatience, intensity, passion, zeal, zest [image]  acerbity, harshness, incisiveness, mordancy, penetration, pungency, rigour, severity, sharpness, sternness, trenchancy, unkindness, virulence [image]  astuteness, canniness, cleverness, discernment, insight, sagacity, sapience, sensitivity, shrewdness, wisdom


keep

See Also

•   v.    conserve, control, hold, maintain, possess, preserve, retain [image]  accumulate, amass, carry, deal in, deposit, furnish, garner, heap, hold, pile, place, stack, stock, store, trade in [image]  care for, defend, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, operate, protect, safeguard, shelter, shield, tend, watch over [image]  board, feed, foster, maintain, nourish, nurture, provide for, provision, subsidize, support, sustain, victual [image]  accompany, associate with, consort with, fraternize with [image]  arrest, block, check, constrain, control, curb, delay, detain, deter, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, inhibit, keep back, limit, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, stall, withhold [image]  adhere to, celebrate, commemorate, comply with, fulfil, hold, honour, obey, observe, perform, respect, ritualize, solemnize

•   n.    board, food, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, nourishment, subsistence, support [image]  castle, citadel, donjon, dungeon, fastness, stronghold, tower


keep at

See Also

be steadfast, carry on, complete, continue, drudge, endure, finish, grind, labour, last, maintain, persevere, persist, remain, slave, stay, stick, toil


keep back

See Also

   check, constrain, control, curb, delay, hold back, limit, prohibit, restrain, restrict, retard, withhold [image]  censor, conceal, hide, reserve, suppress, withhold


keeper

See Also

attendant, caretaker, curator, custodian, defender, gaoler, governor, guard, guardian, jailer, overseer, preserver, steward, superintendent, warden, warder


keeping

See Also

   aegis, auspices, care, charge, custody, guardianship, keep, maintenance, patronage, possession, protection, safekeeping, trust [image]  accord, agreement, balance, compliance, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, harmony, observance, proportion


keep on

See Also

carry on, continue, endure, last, persevere, persist, prolong, remain


keepsake

emblem, favour, memento, relic, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, symbol, token


keep up

See Also

balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, keep pace, maintain, match, persevere, preserve, rival, sustain, vie


keg

barrel, cask, drum, firkin, hogshead, tun, vat


kernel

See Also

core, essence, germ, gist, grain, marrow, nub, pith, seed, substance


key

See Also

•   n.    latchkey, opener [image]   Fig. answer, clue, cue, explanation, guide, indicator, interpretation, lead, means, pointer, sign, solution, translation

•   adj.    basic, chief, crucial, decisive, essential, fundamental, important, leading, main, major, pivotal, principal


keynote

centre, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, pith, substance, theme


kick

See Also

•   v.    boot, punt [image]   Fig. complain, gripe (Inf.), grumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, resist, spurn [image]   Inf. abandon, desist from, give up, leave off, quit, stop

•   n.    force, intensity, pep, power, punch, pungency, snap (Inf.), sparkle, strength, tang, verve, vitality, zest [image]  buzz (Sl.), enjoyment, excitement, fun, gratification, jollies (Sl.), pleasure, stimulation, thrill


kickoff

See Also

•   n. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, start


kick off

See Also

•   v. begin, commence, get under way, initiate, kick-start, open, start


kick out

See Also

discharge, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), get rid of, give the bum's rush (Sl.), oust, reject, remove, sack (Inf.), show one the door, throw out on one's ear (Inf.), toss out


kid

See Also

•   n.    ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), baby, bairn, boy, child, girl, infant, lad, lass, little one, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), stripling, teenager, tot, youngster, youth

•   v.    bamboozle, beguile, cozen, delude, fool, gull (Archaic), hoax, hoodwink, jest, joke, mock, plague, pretend, rag (Brit.), ridicule, tease, trick, wind up (Brit. sl.)


kidnap

See Also

abduct, capture, hijack, hold to ransom, remove, seize, steal


kill

See Also

   annihilate, assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), butcher, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in (Sl.), eradicate, execute, exterminate, extirpate, knock off (Sl.), liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.), take (someone's) life, waste (Inf.) [image]   Fig. cancel, cease, deaden, defeat, extinguish, halt, quash, quell, ruin, scotch, smother, stifle, still, stop, suppress, veto


killer

See Also

assassin, butcher, cutthroat, destroyer, executioner, exterminator, gunman, hit man (Sl.), liquidator, murderer, slaughterer, slayer


killing

See Also

•   n.    bloodshed, carnage, execution, extermination, fatality, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, murder, slaughter, slaying [image]   Inf. bomb (Sl.), bonanza, cleanup (Inf.), coup, gain, profit, success, windfall

•   adj.    deadly, death-dealing, deathly, fatal, lethal, mortal, murderous [image]   Inf. debilitating, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, punishing, tiring [image]   Inf. absurd, amusing, comical, hilarious, ludicrous, uproarious


kill-joy

See Also

dampener, damper, spoilsport, wet blanket (Inf.)


kin

See Also

•   n.    affinity, blood, connection, consanguinity, extraction, kinship, lineage, relationship, stock [image]  connections, family, kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen, kith, people, relations, relatives

•   adj.    akin, allied, close, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, near, related


kind 1

See Also

•   n.    brand, breed, class, family, genus, ilk, race, set, sort, species, stamp, variety [image]  character, description, essence, habit, manner, mould, nature, persuasion, sort, style, temperament, type


kind 2

See Also

•   adj. affectionate, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, bounteous, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, good, gracious, humane, indulgent, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, loving, mild, neighbourly, obliging, philanthropic, propitious, sympathetic, tender-hearted, thoughtful, understanding


kind-hearted

See Also

altruistic, amicable, compassionate, considerate, generous, good-natured, gracious, helpful, humane, kind, sympathetic, tender-hearted


kindle

See Also

   fire, ignite, inflame, light, set fire to [image]   Fig. agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, enkindle, exasperate, excite, foment, incite, induce, inflame, inspire, provoke, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, thrill


kindliness

See Also

amiability, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, charity, compassion, friendliness, gentleness, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindness, sympathy


kindly

See Also

•   adj.    affable, beneficial, benevolent, benign, compassionate, cordial, favourable, genial, gentle, good-natured, hearty, helpful, kind, mild, pleasant, polite, sympathetic, warm

•   adv.    agreeably, cordially, graciously, politely, tenderly, thoughtfully


kindness

See Also

   affection, amiability, beneficence, benevolence, charity, clemency, compassion, decency, fellow-feeling, generosity, gentleness, goodness, good will, grace, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, magnanimity, patience, philanthropy, tenderness, tolerance, understanding [image]  aid, assistance, benefaction, bounty, favour, generosity, good deed, help, service


kindred

See Also

•   n.    affinity, consanguinity, relationship [image]  connections, family, flesh, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen, lineage, relations, relatives

•   adj.    affiliated, akin, allied, cognate, congenial, corresponding, kin, like, matching, related, similar


king

See Also

crowned head, emperor, majesty, monarch, overlord, prince, ruler, sovereign


kingdom

See Also

   dominion, dynasty, empire, monarchy, realm, reign, sovereignty [image]  commonwealth, county, division, nation, province, state, territory, tract [image]  area, domain, field, province, sphere, territory


kink

See Also

   bend, coil, corkscrew, crimp, entanglement, frizz, knot, tangle, twist, wrinkle [image]  cramp, crick, pang, pinch, spasm, stab, tweak, twinge [image]  complication, defect, difficulty, flaw, hitch, imperfection, knot, tangle [image]  crotchet, eccentricity, fetish, foible, idiosyncrasy, quirk, singularity, vagary, whim


kinky

See Also

   bizarre, eccentric, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, outré, peculiar, queer, quirky, strange, unconventional, wacko (Sl.), weird [image]  degenerated, depraved, deviant, licentious, perverted, pervy (Sl.), unnatural, warped [image]  coiled, crimped, curled, curly, frizzled, frizzy, tangled, twisted


kinship

See Also

   blood relationship, consanguinity, kin, relation, ties of blood [image]  affinity, alliance, association, bearing, connection, correspondence, relationship, similarity


kinsman

See Also

blood relative, fellow clansman, fellow tribesman, relation, relative


kiosk

bookstall, booth, counter, newsstand, stall, stand


kiss

See Also

•   v.    buss (Archaic), canoodle (Sl.), greet, neck (Inf.), osculate, peck (Inf.), salute, smooch (Inf.) [image]  brush, caress, glance, graze, scrape, touch

•   n.    buss (Archaic), osculation, peck (Inf.), smacker (Sl.)


kit

See Also

accoutrements, apparatus, effects, equipment, gear, impedimenta, implements, instruments, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, supplies, tackle, tools, trappings, utensils


kitchen

cookhouse, galley, kitchenette


knack

See Also

ability, adroitness, aptitude, bent, capacity, dexterity, expertise, expertness, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, handiness, ingenuity, propensity, quickness, skilfulness, skill, talent, trick


knave

See Also

blackguard, bounder (Old-fashioned Brit. sl.), cheat, cocksucker (Taboo sl.), rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, rotter (Sl., chiefly Brit.), scally (Northwest English dialect), scallywag (Inf.), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scumbag (Sl.), swindler, varlet (Archaic), villain


knavery

See Also

chicanery, corruption, deceit, deception, dishonesty, double-dealing, duplicity, fraud, imposture, rascality, roguery, trickery, villainy


knead

blend, form, manipulate, massage, mould, press, rub, shape, squeeze, stroke, work


kneel

See Also

bow, bow down, curtsey, curtsy, genuflect, get down on one's knees, kowtow, make obeisance, stoop


knell

See Also

•   v.    announce, chime, herald, peal, resound, ring, sound, toll

•   n.    chime, peal, ringing, sound, toll


knickers

See Also

bloomers, briefs, drawers, panties, smalls, underwear


knick-knack

See Also

bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw, plaything, trifle, trinket


knife

See Also

•   n.    blade, cutter, cutting tool

•   v.    cut, impale, lacerate, pierce, slash, stab, wound


knit

See Also

   affix, ally, bind, connect, contract, fasten, heal, interlace, intertwine, join, link, loop, mend, secure, tie, unite, weave [image]  crease, furrow, knot, wrinkle, pucker


knob

See Also

boss, bulk, bump, bunch, hump, knot, knurl, lump, nub, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, tumour


knock

See Also

•   v.    belt (Inf.), buffet, chin (Sl.), clap, cuff, deck (Sl.), hit, lay one on (Sl.), punch, rap, slap, smack, smite (Archaic), strike, thump, thwack

•   n.    belt (Inf.), blow, box, clip, clout (Inf.), cuff, hammering, rap, slap, smack, thump

•   v.     Inf. abuse, asperse, belittle, carp, cavil, censure, condemn, criticize, deprecate, disparage, find fault, lambast(e), run down, slag (off) (Sl.), slam (Sl.)

•   n.    blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, defeat, failure, heat (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rebuff, rejection, reversal, setback, slagging (off) (Sl.), stick (Sl.), stricture


knock about

knock about or around

See Also

   ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse, travel, wander [image]  abuse, batter, beat up (Inf.), bruise, buffet, clobber (Sl.), damage, hit, hurt, lambast(e), maltreat, manhandle, maul, mistreat, strike, wound


knock down

See Also

batter, clout (Inf.), demolish, destroy, fell, floor, level, pound, raze, smash, wallop (Inf.), wreck


knock off

See Also

   clock off, clock out, complete, conclude, finish, stop work, terminate [image]  blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), filch, nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch, purloin, rob, steal, thieve [image]  assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), do away with, do in (Sl.), kill, liquidate, murder, slay, take out (Sl.), waste (Inf.)


knockout

   coup de grâce, kayo (Sl.), KO or K.O. (Sl.) [image]  hit, sensation, smash, smash-hit, stunner (Inf.), success, triumph, winner


knot

See Also

•   v.    bind, complicate, entangle, knit, loop, secure, tether, tie, weave

•   n.    bond, bow, braid, connection, joint, ligature, loop, rosette, tie [image]  aggregation, bunch, clump, cluster, collection, heap, mass, pile, tuft [image]  assemblage, band, circle, clique, company, crew (Inf.), crowd, gang, group, mob, pack, set, squad


know

See Also

   apprehend, comprehend, experience, fathom, feel certain, ken (Scot.), learn, notice, perceive, realize, recognize, see, undergo, understand [image]  associate with, be acquainted with, be familiar with, fraternize with, have dealings with, have knowledge of, recognize [image]  differentiate, discern, distinguish, identify, make out, perceive, recognize, see, tell


know-how

See Also

ability, adroitness, aptitude, capability, craft, dexterity, experience, expertise, faculty, flair, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, proficiency, savoir-faire, skill, talent


knowing

See Also

   astute, clever, clued-up (Inf.), competent, discerning, experienced, expert, intelligent, qualified, skilful, well-informed [image]  acute, cunning, eloquent, expressive, meaningful, perceptive, sagacious, shrewd, significant [image]  aware, conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional


knowingly

See Also

consciously, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposely, wilfully, wittingly


knowledge

See Also

   education, enlightenment, erudition, instruction, intelligence, learning, scholarship, schooling, science, tuition, wisdom [image]  ability, apprehension, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, grasp, judgment, recognition, understanding [image]  acquaintance, cognizance, familiarity, information, intimacy, notice


knowledgeable

See Also

   acquainted, au courant, au fait, aware, clued-up (Inf.), cognizant, conscious, conversant, experienced, familiar, in the know (Inf.), understanding, well-informed [image]  educated, erudite, intelligent, learned, lettered, scholarly


known

See Also

acknowledged, admitted, avowed, celebrated, common, confessed, familiar, famous, manifest, noted, obvious, patent, plain, popular, published, recognized, well-known


knuckle under

See Also

•   v. accede, acquiesce, capitulate, give in, give way, submit, succumb, surrender, yield


label

See Also

•   n.    docket (Chiefly Brit.), flag, marker, sticker, tag, tally, ticket [image]  characterization, classification, description, epithet [image]  brand, company, mark, trademark

•   v.    docket (Chiefly Brit.), flag, mark, stamp, sticker, tag, tally [image]  brand, call, characterize, class, classify, define, describe, designate, identify, name


labour

See Also

•   n.    industry, toil, work [image]  employees, hands, labourers, workers, work force, workmen [image]  donkey-work, drudgery, effort, exertion, grind (Inf.), industry, pains, painstaking, sweat (Inf.), toil, travail [image]  chore, job, task, undertaking [image]  childbirth, contractions, delivery, labour pains, pains, parturition, throes, travail

•   v.    drudge, endeavour, grind (Inf.), peg along or  away (Chiefly Brit.), plod, plug along or  away (Inf.), slave, strive, struggle, sweat (Inf.), toil, travail, work [image]  (Usually with under) be a victim of, be burdened by, be disadvantaged, suffer [image]  dwell on, elaborate, make a federal case of (U.S. inf.), make a production (out) of (Inf.), overdo, overemphasize, strain [image]   Of a ship heave, pitch, roll, toss


laboured

See Also

   awkward, difficult, forced, heavy, stiff, strained [image]  affected, contrived, overdone, overwrought, ponderous, studied, unnatural


labourer

See Also

blue-collar worker, drudge, hand, labouring man, manual worker, navvy (Brit. inf.), unskilled worker, worker, working man, workman


labyrinth

See Also

coil, complexity, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knotty problem, maze, perplexity, puzzle, riddle, snarl, tangle, windings


lace

See Also

•   n.    filigree, netting, openwork, tatting [image]  bootlace, cord, shoelace, string, thong, tie

•   v.    attach, bind, close, do up, fasten, intertwine, interweave, thread, tie, twine [image]  add to, fortify, mix in, spike


lacerate

See Also

   claw, cut, gash, jag, maim, mangle, rend, rip, slash, tear, wound [image]   Fig. afflict, distress, harrow, rend, torment, torture, wound


lachrymose

See Also

crying, dolorous, lugubrious, mournful, sad, tearful, weeping, weepy (Inf.), woeful


lack

See Also

•   n.    absence, dearth, deficiency, deprivation, destitution, insufficiency, need, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, want

•   v.    be deficient in, be short of, be without, miss, need, require, want


lackadaisical

See Also

   apathetic, dull, enervated, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, indifferent, languid, languorous, lethargic, limp, listless, spiritless [image]  abstracted, dreamy, idle, indolent, inert, lazy


lackey

See Also

   ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), brown-noser (Taboo sl.), creature, fawner, flatterer, flunky, hanger-on, instrument, menial, minion, parasite, pawn, sycophant, toady, tool, yes man [image]  attendant, flunky, footman, manservant, valet, varlet (Archaic)


lacking

See Also

defective, deficient, flawed, impaired, inadequate, minus (Inf.), missing, needing, sans (Archaic), wanting, without


lacklustre

See Also

boring, dim, drab, dry, dull, flat, leaden, lifeless, lustreless, muted, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, uninspired, vapid


laconic

See Also

brief, compact, concise, crisp, curt, pithy, sententious, short, succinct, terse, to the point


lad

See Also

boy, chap (Inf.), fellow, guy (Inf.), juvenile, kid (Inf.), laddie (Scot.), schoolboy, shaver (Inf.), stripling, youngster, youth


laden

See Also

burdened, charged, encumbered, fraught, full, hampered, loaded, oppressed, taxed, weighed down, weighted


lady-killer

See Also

Casanova, Don Juan, heartbreaker, ladies' man, libertine, Lothario, philanderer, rake, roué, wolf (Inf.), womanizer


ladylike

See Also

courtly, cultured, decorous, elegant, genteel, modest, polite, proper, refined, respectable, well-bred


lag

See Also

   be behind, dawdle, delay, drag (behind), drag one's feet (Inf.), hang back, idle, linger, loiter, saunter, straggle, tarry, trail [image]  decrease, diminish, ebb, fail, fall off, flag, lose strength, slacken, wane


laggard

See Also

dawdler, idler, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, lounger, saunterer, skiver (Brit. sl.), slowcoach (Brit. inf.), slowpoke (U.S. & Canad. inf.), sluggard, snail, straggler


laid-back

See Also

at ease, casual, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), free and easy, relaxed, together (Sl.), unflappable (Inf.), unhurried


laid up

See Also

bedridden, disabled, housebound, ill, immobilized, incapacitated, injured, on the sick list, out of action (Inf.), sick


lair

See Also

   burrow, den, earth, form, hole, nest, resting place [image]   Inf. den, hide-out, refuge, retreat, sanctuary


laissez faire

See Also

•   n. free enterprise, free trade, individualism, live and let live, nonintervention


lame

See Also

   crippled, defective, disabled, game, halt (Archaic), handicapped, hobbling, limping [image]   Fig. feeble, flimsy, inadequate, insufficient, pathetic, poor, thin, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, weak


lament

See Also

•   v.    bemoan, bewail, complain, deplore, grieve, mourn, regret, sorrow, wail, weep

•   n.    complaint, keening, lamentation, moan, moaning, plaint, ululation, wail, wailing [image]  coronach (Scot. & Irish), dirge, elegy, monody, requiem, threnody


lamentable

See Also

   deplorable, distressing, grievous, harrowing, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic, unfortunate, woeful [image]  low, meagre, mean, miserable, pitiful, poor, unsatisfactory, wretched


lamentation

See Also

dirge, grief, grieving, keening, lament, moan, mourning, plaint, sobbing, sorrow, ululation, wailing, weeping


lampoon

See Also

•   n.    burlesque, caricature, parody, pasquinade, satire, send-up (Brit. inf.), skit, squib, takeoff (Inf.)

•   v.    burlesque, caricature, make fun of, mock, parody, pasquinade, ridicule, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), squib, take off (Inf.)


land

See Also

•   n.    dry land, earth, ground, terra firma [image]  dirt, ground, loam, soil [image]  countryside, farming, farmland, rural districts [image]  acres, estate, grounds, property, real property, realty [image]  country, district, fatherland, motherland, nation, province, region, territory, tract

•   v.    alight, arrive, berth, come to rest, debark, disembark, dock, touch down [image]  (Sometimes with up) arrive, bring, carry, cause, end up, lead, turn up, wind up [image]   Inf. acquire, gain, get, obtain, score (Sl.), secure, win


landlord

   host, hotelier, hotel-keeper, innkeeper [image]  freeholder, lessor, owner, proprietor


landmark

See Also

   feature, monument [image]  crisis, milestone, turning point, watershed [image]  benchmark, boundary, cairn, milepost, signpost


landscape

See Also

countryside, outlook, panorama, prospect, scene, scenery, view, vista


landslide

•   n.    avalanche, landslip, rockfall

•   adj.    decisive, overwhelming, runaway


language

See Also

   communication, conversation, discourse, expression, interchange, parlance, speech, talk, utterance, verbalization, vocalization [image]  argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, lingo (Inf.), lingua franca, patois, speech, terminology, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary [image]  diction, expression, phraseology, phrasing, style, wording


languid

See Also

   drooping, faint, feeble, languorous, limp, pining, sickly, weak, weary [image]  indifferent, lackadaisical, languorous, lazy, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic, uninterested [image]  dull, heavy, inactive, inert, lethargic, sluggish, torpid


languish

See Also

   decline, droop, fade, fail, faint, flag, sicken, waste, weaken, wilt, wither [image]  (Often with for) desire, eat one's heart out over, hanker, hunger, long, pine, sigh, want, yearn [image]  be abandoned, be disregarded, be neglected, rot, suffer, waste away [image]  brood, despond, grieve, repine, sorrow


languishing

See Also

   declining, deteriorating, drooping, droopy, fading, failing, flagging, sickening, sinking, wasting away, weak, weakening, wilting, withering [image]  dreamy, longing, lovelorn, lovesick, melancholic, nostalgic, pensive, pining, soulful, tender, wistful, woebegone, yearning


lank

See Also

   dull, lifeless, limp, long, lustreless, straggling [image]  attenuated, emaciated, gaunt, lanky, lean, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin


lanky

See Also

angular, bony, gangling, gaunt, loose-jointed, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, spare, tall, thin, weedy (Inf.)


lap 1

See Also

•   n.    circle, circuit, course, distance, loop, orbit, round, tour

•   v.    cover, enfold, envelop, fold, swaddle, swathe, turn, twist, wrap


lap 2

See Also

   gurgle, plash, purl, ripple, slap, splash, swish, wash [image]  drink, lick, sip, sup


lapse

See Also

•   n.    error, failing, fault, indiscretion, mistake, negligence, omission, oversight, slip [image]  break, gap, intermission, interruption, interval, lull, passage, pause [image]  backsliding, decline, descent, deterioration, drop, fall, relapse

•   v.    decline, degenerate, deteriorate, drop, fail, fall, sink, slide, slip [image]  become obsolete, become void, end, expire, run out, stop, terminate


lapsed

See Also

   discontinued, ended, expired, finished, invalid, out of date, run out, unrenewed [image]  backsliding, lacking faith, nonpractising


large

See Also

   big, bulky, colossal, considerable, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), goodly, great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), king-size, man-size, massive, mega (Sl.), monumental, sizable, substantial, tidy (Inf.), vast [image]  abundant, ample, broad, capacious, comprehensive, copious, extensive, full, generous, grand, grandiose, liberal, plentiful, roomy, spacious, sweeping, wide [image]  at large  [image]  at liberty, free, on the loose, on the run, roaming, unconfined [image]  as a whole, chiefly, generally, in general, in the main, mainly [image]  at length, considerably, exhaustively, greatly, in full detail


largely

See Also

as a rule, by and large, chiefly, considerably, extensively, generally, mainly, mostly, predominantly, primarily, principally, to a great extent, widely


large-scale

See Also

broad, extensive, far-reaching, global, sweeping, vast, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging


largess, largesse

   alms-giving, benefaction, bounty, charity, generosity, liberality, munificence, open-handedness, philanthropy [image]  bequest, bounty, donation, endowment, gift, grant, present


lark

See Also

•   n.    antic, caper, escapade, fling, frolic, fun, gambol, game, jape, mischief, prank, revel, rollick, romp, skylark, spree

•   v.    caper, cavort, cut capers, frolic, gambol, have fun, make mischief, play, rollick, romp, sport


lash 1

See Also

•   n.    blow, hit, stripe, stroke, swipe (Inf.)

•   v.    beat, birch, chastise, flagellate, flog, horsewhip, lam (Sl.), lambast(e), scourge, thrash, whip [image]  beat, buffet, dash, drum, hammer, hit, knock, lambast(e), larrup (Dialect), pound, punch, smack, strike [image]  attack, belabour, berate, blast, castigate, censure, criticize, flay, lambast(e), lampoon, put down, ridicule, satirize, scold, tear into (Inf.), upbraid


lash 2

See Also

bind, fasten, join, make fast, rope, secure, strap, tie


lass

See Also

bird (Sl.), chick (Sl.), colleen (Irish), damsel, girl, lassie (Inf.), maid, maiden, miss, schoolgirl, wench (Facetious), young woman


last 1

See Also

•   adj.    aftermost, at the end, hindmost, rearmost [image]  latest, most recent [image]  closing, concluding, extreme, final, furthest, remotest, terminal, ultimate, utmost

•   adv.    after, behind, bringing up the rear, in or at the end, in the rear

•   n.    close, completion, conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, termination [image]  at last at length, eventually, finally, in conclusion, in the end, ultimately


last 2

See Also

•   v. abide, carry on, continue, endure, hold on, hold out, keep, keep on, persist, remain, stand up, survive, wear


last-ditch

all-out (Inf.), desperate, final, frantic, heroic, straining, struggling


lasting

See Also

abiding, continuing, deep-rooted, durable, enduring, eternal, indelible, lifelong, long-standing, long-term, perennial, permanent, perpetual, unceasing, undying, unending


lastly

See Also

after all, all in all, at last, finally, in conclusion, in the end, to conclude, to sum up, ultimately


last word, the

   final say, finis, summation, ultimatum [image]  best, cream, crème de la crème, crown, epitome, ne plus ultra, perfection, quintessence, ultimate [image]  dernier cri, fashion, latest, newest, rage, vogue


latch

•   n.    bar, bolt, catch, clamp, fastening, hasp, hook, lock, sneck (Dialect)

•   v.    bar, bolt, fasten, lock, make fast, secure, sneck (Dialect)


late

See Also

•   adj.    behind, behindhand, belated, delayed, last-minute, overdue, slow, tardy, unpunctual [image]  advanced, fresh, modern, new, recent [image]  dead, deceased, defunct, departed, ex-, former, old, past, preceding, previous

•   adv.    at the last minute, behindhand, behind time, belatedly, dilatorily, slowly, tardily, unpunctually


lately

See Also

in recent times, just now, latterly, not long ago, of late, recently


lateness

advanced hour, belatedness, delay, late date, retardation, tardiness, unpunctuality


later

See Also

•   adv. after, afterwards, by and by, in a while, in time, later on, next, subsequently, thereafter


lateral

edgeways, flanking, side, sideward, sideways


latest

See Also

•   adj. current, fashionable, happening (Inf.), in, modern, most recent, newest, now, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, with it (Inf.)


lather

See Also

•   n.    bubbles, foam, froth, soap, soapsuds, suds [image]   Inf. dither (Chiefly Brit.), fever, flap (Inf.), fluster, fuss, pother, state (Inf.), stew (Inf.), sweat, tizzy (Inf.), twitter (Inf.)

•   v.    foam, froth, soap [image]   Inf. beat, cane, drub, flog, lambast(e), strike, thrash, whip


lathery

bubbly, foamy, frothy, soapy, sudsy


latitude

See Also

   breadth, compass, extent, range, reach, room, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, width [image]  elbowroom, freedom, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, licence, play, unrestrictedness


latter

See Also

closing, concluding, last, last-mentioned, later, latest, modern, recent, second


latterly

See Also

hitherto, lately, of late, recently


lattice

See Also

fretwork, grating, grid, grille, latticework, mesh, network, openwork, reticulation, tracery, trellis, web


laudable

See Also

admirable, commendable, creditable, estimable, excellent, meritorious, of note, praiseworthy, worthy


laudatory

See Also

acclamatory, adulatory, approbatory, approving, commendatory, complimentary, eulogistic, panegyrical


laugh

See Also

•   v.    be convulsed (Inf.), be in stitches, bust a gut (Inf.), chortle, chuckle, crack up (Inf.), crease up (Inf.), giggle, guffaw, roar with laughter, snigger, split one's sides, titter [image]  laugh at belittle, deride, jeer, lampoon, make a mock of, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff at, take the mickey (out of) (Inf.), taunt

•   n.    belly laugh (Inf.), chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, roar or shriek of laughter, snigger, titter [image]   Inf. card (Inf.), caution (Inf.), clown, comedian, comic, entertainer, hoot (Inf.), humorist, joke, lark, scream (Inf.), wag, wit


laughable

See Also

   absurd, derisive, derisory, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, worthy of scorn [image]  amusing, comical, diverting, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, mirthful, risible


laughing stock

See Also

Aunt Sally (Brit.), butt, everybody's fool, fair game, figure of fun, target, victim


laugh off

brush aside, dismiss, disregard, ignore, minimize, pooh-pooh, shrug off


laughter

See Also

   cachinnation, chortling, chuckling, giggling, guffawing, laughing, tittering [image]  amusement, glee, hilarity, merriment, mirth


launch

See Also

   cast, discharge, dispatch, fire, project, propel, send off, set afloat, set in motion, throw [image]  begin, commence, embark upon, inaugurate, initiate, instigate, introduce, open, start


laurels

See Also

acclaim, awards, bays, Brownie points, commendation, credit, distinction, fame, glory, honour, kudos, praise, prestige, recognition, renown, reward


lavatory

bathroom, bog (Sl.), can (U.S. & Canad. sl.), cloakroom (Brit.), crapper (Taboo sl.), Gents, head(s) (Nautical sl.), john (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), khazi (Sl.), Ladies, latrine, little boy's room (Inf.), little girl's room (Inf.), loo (Brit. inf.), pissoir, powder room, (public) convenience, toilet, washroom, water closet, W.C.


lavish

See Also

•   adj.    abundant, copious, exuberant, lush, luxuriant, opulent, plentiful, profuse, prolific, sumptuous [image]  bountiful, effusive, free, generous, liberal, munificent, open-handed, unstinting [image]  exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, prodigal, thriftless, unreasonable, unrestrained, wasteful, wild

•   v.    deluge, dissipate, expend, heap, pour, shower, spend, squander, waste


law

See Also

   charter, code, constitution, jurisprudence [image]  act, canon, code, command, commandment, covenant, decree, demand, edict, enactment, order, ordinance, rule, statute [image]  axiom, canon, criterion, formula, precept, principle, regulation, standard [image]  lay down the law dictate, dogmatize, emphasize, pontificate


law-abiding

See Also

compliant, dutiful, good, honest, honourable, lawful, obedient, orderly, peaceable, peaceful


lawbreaker

See Also

convict, criminal, crook (Inf.), culprit, delinquent, felon (Formerly criminal law), miscreant, offender, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, violater, villain, wrongdoer


lawful

See Also

allowable, authorized, constitutional, just, legal, legalized, legitimate, licit, permissible, proper, rightful, valid, warranted


lawless

See Also

anarchic, chaotic, disorderly, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, reckless, riotous, seditious, ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly, wild


lawsuit

action, argument, case, cause, contest, dispute, industrial tribunal, litigation, proceedings, prosecution, suit, trial


lawyer

See Also

advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, legal adviser, solicitor


lax

See Also

   careless, casual, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), lenient, neglectful, negligent, overindulgent, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod [image]  broad, general, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, inexact, nonspecific, shapeless, vague [image]  flabby, flaccid, loose, slack, soft, yielding


lay 1

See Also

   deposit, establish, leave, place, plant, posit, put, set, set down, settle, spread [image]  arrange, dispose, locate, organize, position, set out [image]  bear, deposit, produce [image]  advance, bring forward, lodge, offer, present, put forward, submit [image]  allocate, allot, ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, impute [image]  concoct, contrive, design, devise, hatch, plan, plot, prepare, work out [image]  apply, assess, burden, charge, encumber, impose, saddle, tax [image]  bet, gamble, give odds, hazard, risk, stake, wager [image]  allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, quiet, relieve, soothe, still, suppress [image]  lay bare disclose, divulge, explain, expose, reveal, show, unveil [image]  lay hands on  [image]  acquire, get, get hold of, grab, grasp, seize [image]  assault, attack, beat up, lay into (Inf.), set on [image]  discover, find, unearth [image]   Christianity bless, confirm, consecrate, ordain [image]  lay hold of get, get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, seize, snatch


lay 2

See Also

   laic, laical, nonclerical, secular [image]  amateur, inexpert, nonprofessional, nonspecialist


layabout

See Also

beachcomber, couch potato (Sl.), good-for-nothing, idler, laggard, loafer, lounger, ne'er-do-well, shirker, skiver (Brit. sl.), slubberdegullion (Archaic), vagrant, wastrel


lay aside

See Also

abandon, cast aside, dismiss, postpone, put aside, put off, reject, shelve


lay down

See Also

   discard, drop, give, give up, relinquish, surrender, yield [image]  affirm, assume, establish, formulate, ordain, postulate, prescribe, stipulate


layer

See Also

   bed, ply, row, seam, stratum, thickness, tier [image]  blanket, coat, coating, cover, covering, film, mantle, sheet


lay in

See Also

accumulate, amass, build up, collect, hoard, stockpile, stock up, store (up)


lay into

See Also

assail, attack, belabour, hit out at, lambast(e), let fly at, pitch into (Inf.), set about


layman

amateur, lay person, nonprofessional, outsider


lay-off

See Also

discharge, dismissal, unemployment


lay off

   discharge, dismiss, drop, let go, make redundant, oust, pay off [image]   Inf. cease, desist, give it a rest (Inf.), give over (Inf.), give up, leave alone, leave off, let up, quit, stop


lay on

See Also

   cater (for), furnish, give, provide, purvey, supply [image]  lay it on  Sl. butter up, exaggerate, flatter, overdo it, overpraise, soft-soap (Inf.)


layout

See Also

arrangement, design, draft, formation, geography, outline, plan


lay out

See Also

   arrange, design, display, exhibit, plan, spread out [image]   Inf. disburse, expend, fork out (Sl.), invest, pay, shell out (Inf.), spend [image]   Inf. kayo (Sl.), knock for six (Inf.), knock out, knock unconscious, KO or K.O. (Sl.)


laziness

See Also

dilatoriness, do-nothingness, faineance, faineancy, idleness, inactivity, indolence, lackadaisicalness, slackness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, tardiness


lazy

See Also

   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, remiss, shiftless, slack, slothful, slow, workshy [image]  drowsy, languid, languorous, lethargic, sleepy, slow-moving, sluggish, somnolent, torpid


leach

See Also

drain, extract, filter, filtrate, lixiviate (Chem.), percolate, seep, strain


lead

See Also

•   v.    conduct, escort, guide, pilot, precede, show the way, steer, usher [image]  cause, dispose, draw, incline, induce, influence, persuade, prevail, prompt [image]  command, direct, govern, head, manage, preside over, supervise [image]  be ahead (of), blaze a trail, come first, exceed, excel, outdo, outstrip, surpass, transcend [image]  experience, have, live, pass, spend, undergo [image]  bring on, cause, conduce, contribute, produce, result in, serve, tend

•   n.    advance, advantage, cutting edge, edge, first place, margin, precedence, primacy, priority, start, supremacy, van, vanguard [image]  direction, example, guidance, leadership, model [image]  clue, guide, hint, indication, suggestion, tip, trace [image]  leading role, principal, protagonist, star part, title role

•   adj.    chief, first, foremost, head, leading, main, most important, premier, primary, prime, principal


leader

See Also

bellwether, boss (Inf.), captain, chief, chieftain, commander, conductor, counsellor, director, guide, head, number one, principal, ringleader, ruler, superior


leadership

See Also

   administration, direction, directorship, domination, guidance, management, running, superintendency [image]  authority, command, control, influence, initiative, pre-eminence, supremacy, sway


leading

See Also

chief, dominant, first, foremost, governing, greatest, highest, main, number one, outstanding, pre-eminent, primary, principal, ruling, superior


lead on

See Also

beguile, deceive, draw on, entice, inveigle, lure, seduce, string along (Inf.), tempt


lead up to

See Also

approach, intimate, introduce, make advances, make overtures, pave the way, prepare for, prepare the way, work round to


leaf

See Also

•   n.    blade, bract, flag, foliole, frond, needle, pad [image]  folio, page, sheet [image]  turn over a new leaf amend, begin anew, change, change one's ways, improve, reform

•   v.    bud, green, put out leaves, turn green [image]  browse, flip, glance, riffle, skim, thumb (through)


leaflet

See Also

advert (Brit. inf.), bill, booklet, brochure, circular, handbill, mailshot, pamphlet


league

See Also

•   n.    alliance, association, band, coalition, combination, combine, compact, confederacy, confederation, consortium, federation, fellowship, fraternity, group, guild, order, partnership, union [image]  ability group, category, class, level [image]  in league (with) allied, collaborating, hand in glove, in cahoots (Inf.), leagued

•   v.    ally, amalgamate, associate, band, collaborate, combine, confederate, join forces, unite


leak

See Also

•   n.    aperture, chink, crack, crevice, fissure, hole, opening, puncture [image]  drip, leakage, leaking, oozing, percolation, seepage [image]  disclosure, divulgence

•   v.    discharge, drip, escape, exude, ooze, pass, percolate, seep, spill, trickle [image]  blow wide open (Sl.), disclose, divulge, give away, let slip, let the cat out of the bag, make known, make public, pass on, reveal, spill the beans (Inf.), tell


leaky

cracked, holey, leaking, not watertight, perforated, porous, punctured, split, waterlogged


lean 1

See Also

•   v.    be supported, prop, recline, repose, rest [image]  bend, heel, incline, slant, slope, tilt, tip [image]  be disposed to, be prone to, favour, gravitate towards, have a propensity, prefer, tend [image]  confide, count on, depend, have faith in, rely, trust


lean 2

See Also

•   adj.    angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lank, macilent (Rare), rangy, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, unfatty, wiry [image]  bare, barren, inadequate, infertile, meagre, pitiful, poor, scanty, sparse, unfruitful, unproductive


leaning

See Also

aptitude, bent, bias, disposition, inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency


leap

See Also

•   v.    bounce, bound, caper, cavort, frisk, gambol, hop, jump, skip, spring [image]   Fig. arrive at, come to, form hastily, hasten, hurry, jump, reach, rush [image]  clear, jump (over), vault [image]  advance, become prominent, escalate, gain attention, increase, rocket, soar, surge

•   n.    bound, caper, frisk, hop, jump, skip, spring, vault [image]  escalation, increase, rise, surge, upsurge, upswing


learn

See Also

   acquire, attain, become able, grasp, imbibe, master, pick up [image]  commit to memory, con (Archaic), get off pat, get (something) word-perfect, learn by heart, memorize [image]  ascertain, detect, determine, discern, discover, find out, gain, gather, hear, suss (out) (Sl.), understand


learned

See Also

academic, cultured, erudite, experienced, expert, highbrow, intellectual, lettered, literate, scholarly, skilled, versed, well-informed, well-read


learner

See Also

   apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice, tyro [image]  disciple, pupil, scholar, student, trainee


learning

See Also

acquirements, attainments, culture, education, erudition, information, knowledge, letters, literature, lore, research, scholarship, schooling, study, tuition, wisdom


lease

See Also

•   v. charter, hire, let, loan, rent


leash

See Also

•   n.    lead, rein, tether [image]  check, control, curb, hold, restraint

•   v.    fasten, secure, tether, tie up [image]  check, control, curb, hold back, restrain, suppress


least

See Also

feeblest, fewest, last, lowest, meanest, minimum, minutest, poorest, slightest, smallest, tiniest


leathery

See Also

coriaceous, durable, hard, hardened, leatherlike, leathern (Archaic), rough, rugged, tough, wrinkled


leave 1

See Also

•   v.    abandon, abscond, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), exit, flit (Inf.), forsake, go, go away, hook it (Sl.), move, pull out, quit, relinquish, retire, set out, slope off, take off (Inf.), withdraw [image]  forget, lay down, leave behind, mislay [image]  cause, deposit, generate, produce, result in [image]  abandon, cease, desert, desist, drop, evacuate, forbear, give up, refrain, relinquish, renounce, stop, surrender [image]  allot, assign, cede, commit, consign, entrust, give over, refer [image]  bequeath, demise, devise (Law), hand down, transmit, will


leave 2

See Also

•   n.    allowance, authorization, concession, consent, dispensation, freedom, liberty, permission, sanction [image]  furlough, holiday, leave of absence, sabbatical, time off, vacation [image]  adieu, departure, farewell, goodbye, leave-taking, parting, retirement, withdrawal


leaven

See Also

•   n.    barm, ferment, leavening, yeast [image]   Fig. catalyst, influence, inspiration

•   v.    ferment, lighten, raise, work [image]   Fig. elevate, imbue, inspire, permeate, pervade, quicken, stimulate, suffuse


leave off

See Also

abstain, break off, cease, desist, discontinue, end, give over (Inf.), give up, halt, kick (Inf.), knock off (Inf.), refrain, stop


leave out

See Also

bar, cast aside, count out, disregard, except, exclude, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, reject


leavings

See Also

bits, dregs, fragments, leftovers, orts (Archaic or dialect), pieces, refuse, remains, remnants, residue, scraps, spoil, sweepings, waste


lecherous

See Also

carnal, concupiscent, goatish (Archaic or literary), lascivious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (U.S. sl.), lubricous, lustful, prurient, randy (Inf., chiefly Brit.), raunchy (Sl.), ruttish, salacious, unchaste, wanton


lechery

See Also

carnality, concupiscence, debauchery, lasciviousness, lecherousness, leching (Inf.), lewdness, libertinism, libidinousness, licentiousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, profligacy, prurience, rakishness, randiness (Inf., chiefly Brit.), salaciousness, sensuality, wantonness, womanizing


lecture

See Also

•   n.    address, discourse, disquisition, harangue, instruction, lesson, speech, talk

•   v.    address, discourse, expound, give a talk, harangue, hold forth, speak, spout, talk, teach

•   n.    castigation, censure, chiding, dressing-down (Inf.), going-over (Inf.), heat (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding, talking-to (Inf.), telling off (Inf.), wigging (Brit. sl.)

•   v.    admonish, bawl out (Inf.), berate, carpet (Inf.), castigate, censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), rate, read the riot act, reprimand, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.)


ledge

mantle, projection, ridge, shelf, sill, step


leer

•   n.

•   v. drool, eye, gloat, goggle, grin, ogle, smirk, squint, stare, wink


lees

See Also

deposit, dregs, grounds, precipitate, refuse, sediment, settlings


leeway

See Also

elbowroom, latitude, margin, play, room, scope, space


left

See Also

•   adj.    larboard (Nautical), left-hand, port, sinistral [image]   Of politics leftist, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical, socialist


left-handed

   awkward, cack-handed (Inf.), careless, clumsy, fumbling, gauche, maladroit [image]  ambiguous, backhanded, double-edged, enigmatic, equivocal, indirect, ironic, sardonic


leftover

See Also

•   n.    legacy, remainder, residue, surplus, survivor [image]  (Plural) leavings, oddments, odds and ends, remains, remnants, scraps

•   adj.    excess, extra, remaining, surplus, uneaten, unused, unwanted


leg

•   n.    limb, lower limb, member, pin (Inf.), stump (Inf.) [image]  brace, prop, support, upright [image]  lap, part, portion, section, segment, stage, stretch [image]  a leg up assistance, boost, help, helping hand, push, support [image]  not have a leg to stand on  Inf. be defenceless, be full of holes, be illogical, be invalid, be undermined, be vulnerable, lack support [image]  on one's (its) last legs about to break down, about to collapse, at death's door, dying, exhausted, failing, giving up the ghost, worn out [image]  pull someone's leg  Inf. chaff, deceive, fool, kid (Inf.), make fun of, tease, trick, wind up (Brit. sl.) [image]  shake a leg  Sl.    get a move on (Inf.), get cracking (Inf.), hasten, hurry, look lively (Inf.), rush, stir one's stumps [image]  boogie (Sl.), dance, get down (Inf., chiefly U.S.), hoof it (Sl.), trip the light fantastic [image]  stretch one's legs exercise, go for a walk, move about, promenade, stroll, take a walk, take the air

•   v.    leg it  Inf. go on foot, hotfoot, hurry, run, skedaddle (Inf.), walk


legacy

See Also

   bequest, devise (Law), estate, gift, heirloom, inheritance [image]  birthright, endowment, heritage, inheritance, patrimony, throwback, tradition


legal

See Also

   allowable, allowed, authorized, constitutional, lawful, legalized, legitimate, licit, permissible, proper, rightful, sanctioned, valid [image]  forensic, judicial, juridical


legality

See Also

accordance with the law, admissibleness, lawfulness, legitimacy, permissibility, rightfulness, validity


legalize

See Also

allow, approve, authorize, decriminalize, legitimate, legitimatize, license, permit, sanction, validate


legation

See Also

consulate, delegation, diplomatic mission, embassy, envoys, ministry, representation


legend

See Also

   fable, fiction, folk tale, myth, narrative, saga, story, tale, urban legend [image]  celeb (Inf.), celebrity, luminary, marvel, megastar (Inf.), phenomenon, prodigy, spectacle, wonder [image]  caption, device, inscription, motto [image]  cipher, code, key, table of symbols


legendary

See Also

   apocryphal, fabled, fabulous, fanciful, fictitious, mythical, romantic, storied, traditional [image]  celebrated, famed, famous, illustrious, immortal, renowned, well-known


legibility

clarity, decipherability, ease of reading, legibleness, neatness, plainness, readability, readableness


legible

clear, decipherable, distinct, easily read, easy to read, neat, plain, readable


legion

See Also

•   n.    army, brigade, company, division, force, troop [image]  drove, horde, host, mass, multitude, myriad, number, throng

•   adj.    countless, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, numerous, very many


legislate

See Also

codify, constitute, enact, establish, make laws, ordain, pass laws, prescribe, put in force


legislation

See Also

   codification, enactment, lawmaking, prescription, regulation [image]  act, bill, charter, law, measure, regulation, ruling, statute


legislative

•   adj. congressional, judicial, juridical, jurisdictive, lawgiving, lawmaking, ordaining, parliamentary


legislator

See Also

lawgiver, lawmaker, parliamentarian


legislature

assembly, chamber, congress, diet, house, lawmaking body, parliament, senate


legitimate

See Also

•   adj.    acknowledged, authentic, authorized, genuine, kosher (Inf.), lawful, legal, legit (Sl.), licit, proper, real, rightful, sanctioned, statutory, true [image]  admissible, correct, just, justifiable, logical, reasonable, sensible, valid, warranted, well-founded

•   v.    authorize, legalize, legitimatize, legitimize, permit, pronounce lawful, sanction


legitimatize, legitimize

authorize, legalize, legitimate, permit, pronounce lawful, sanction


leisure

See Also

   breathing space, ease, freedom, free time, holiday, liberty, opportunity, pause, quiet, recreation, relaxation, respite, rest, retirement, spare moments, spare time, time off, vacation [image]  at leisure  [image]  available, free, not booked up, on holiday, unengaged, unoccupied [image]  Also at one's leisure at an unhurried pace, at one's convenience, deliberately, in one's own (good) time, unhurriedly, when it suits one, when one gets round to it (Inf.), without hurry


leisurely

•   adj.    comfortable, easy, gentle, laid-back (Inf.), lazy, relaxed, restful, slow, unhurried

•   adv.    at one's convenience, at one's leisure, comfortably, deliberately, easily, indolently, lazily, lingeringly, slowly, unhurriedly, without haste


lend

   accommodate one with, advance, loan [image]  add, afford, bestow, confer, contribute, furnish, give, grant, hand out, impart, present, provide, supply [image]  lend an ear give ear, hearken (Archaic), heed, listen, take notice [image]  lend a hand aid, assist, give a (helping) hand, help, help out [image]  lend itself to be adaptable, be appropriate, be serviceable, fit, present opportunities of, suit [image]  lend oneself to agree, consent, cooperate, countenance, espouse, support


length

See Also

    Of linear extent distance, extent, longitude, measure, reach, span [image]   Of time duration, period, space, span, stretch, term [image]  measure, piece, portion, section, segment [image]  elongation, extensiveness, lengthiness, protractedness [image]  at length  [image]  completely, fully, in depth, in detail, thoroughly, to the full [image]  for ages, for a long time, for hours, interminably [image]  at last, at long last, eventually, finally, in the end


lengthen

See Also

continue, draw out, elongate, expand, extend, increase, make longer, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch


lengthy

See Also

diffuse, drawn-out, extended, interminable, lengthened, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, tedious, verbose, very long


leniency, lenience

See Also

clemency, compassion, forbearance, gentleness, indulgence, lenity, mercy, mildness, moderation, pity, quarter, tenderness, tolerance


lenient

See Also

clement, compassionate, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, kind, merciful, mild, sparing, tender, tolerant


lesbian

•   n.    butch (Sl.), dyke (Sl.), sapphist, tribade

•   adj.    butch (Sl.), gay, homosexual, sapphic, tribadic


less

See Also

•   adj.    shorter, slighter, smaller [image]  inferior, minor, secondary, subordinate

•   adv.    barely, little, meagrely, to a smaller extent

•   prep.    excepting, lacking, minus, subtracting, without


lessen

See Also

abate, abridge, contract, curtail, decrease, de-escalate, degrade, die down, diminish, dwindle, ease, erode, grow less, impair, lighten, lower, minimize, moderate, narrow, reduce, relax, shrink, slacken, slow down, weaken, wind down


lessening

See Also

abatement, contraction, curtailment, decline, decrease, de-escalation, diminution, dwindling, ebbing, erosion, let-up (Inf.), minimization, moderation, petering out, reduction, shrinkage, slackening, slowing down, waning, weakening


lesser

See Also

inferior, less important, lower, minor, secondary, slighter, subordinate, under-


lesson

See Also

   class, coaching, instruction, period, schooling, teaching, tutoring [image]  assignment, drill, exercise, homework, lecture, practice, reading, recitation, task [image]  deterrent, example, exemplar, message, model, moral, precept [image]  admonition, censure, chiding, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding, warning


let 1

See Also

•   v.    allow, authorize, entitle, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead  (green light, O.K. or okay (Inf.)) (Inf.), grant, permit, sanction, suffer (Archaic), tolerate, warrant [image]  hire, lease, rent [image]  allow, cause, enable, grant, make, permit


let 2

See Also

•   n. constraint, hindrance, impediment, interference, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, restriction


letdown

See Also

anticlimax, bitter pill, blow, comedown (Inf.), disappointment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, frustration, setback, washout (Inf.)


let down

See Also

disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in the lurch, leave stranded


lethal

See Also

baneful, dangerous, deadly, deathly, destructive, devastating, fatal, mortal, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, virulent


lethargic

See Also

apathetic, comatose, debilitated, drowsy, dull, enervated, heavy, inactive, indifferent, inert, languid, lazy, listless, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stupefied, torpid


lethargy

See Also

apathy, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude (Rare), inaction, indifference, inertia, languor, lassitude, listlessness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor


let in

admit, allow to enter, give access to, greet, include, incorporate, receive, take in, welcome


let off

See Also

   detonate, discharge, emit, explode, exude, fire, give off, leak, release [image]  absolve, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, pardon, release, spare


let out

See Also

   emit, give vent to, produce [image]  discharge, free, let go, liberate, release [image]  betray, blow wide open (Sl.), disclose, leak, let fall, let slip, make known, reveal


letter

See Also

   character, sign, symbol [image]  acknowledgment, answer, billet (Archaic), communication, dispatch, epistle, line, message, missive, note, reply [image]  to the letter accurately, exactly, literally, precisely, strictly, word for word


letters

See Also

belles-lettres, culture, erudition, humanities, learning, literature, scholarship


let-up

See Also

abatement, break, cessation, interval, lessening, lull, pause, recess, remission, respite, slackening


let up

See Also

abate, decrease, diminish, ease (up), moderate, relax, slacken, stop, subside


level

See Also

•   adj.    consistent, even, flat, horizontal, plain, plane, smooth, uniform [image]  aligned, balanced, commensurate, comparable, equal, equivalent, even, flush, in line, neck and neck, on a line, on a par, proportionate [image]  calm, equable, even, even-tempered, stable, steady

•   v.    even off or out, flatten, make flat, plane, smooth [image]  bulldoze, demolish, destroy, devastate, equalize, flatten, knock down, lay low, pull down, raze, smooth, tear down, wreck [image]  aim, beam, direct, focus, point, train [image]   Inf. be above board, be frank, be honest, be open, be straightforward, be up front (Sl.), come clean (Inf.), keep nothing back

•   n.    altitude, elevation, height, vertical position [image]  achievement, degree, grade, position, rank, stage, standard, standing, status [image]  bed, floor, layer, storey, stratum, zone [image]  flat surface, horizontal, plain, plane [image]  on the level  Inf. above board, fair, genuine, honest, open, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, up front (Sl.)


level-headed

See Also

balanced, calm, collected, composed, cool, dependable, even-tempered, reasonable, sane, self-possessed, sensible, steady, together (Sl.), unflappable (Inf.)


lever

See Also

•   n.    bar, crowbar, handle, handspike, jemmy

•   v.    force, jemmy, move, prise, pry (U.S.), purchase, raise


leverage

See Also

ascendancy, authority, clout (Inf.), influence, pull (Inf.), purchasing power, rank, weight


levity

See Also

buoyancy, facetiousness, fickleness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, giddiness, light-heartedness, light-mindedness, silliness, skittishness, triviality


levy

See Also

•   v.    charge, collect, demand, exact, gather, impose, tax [image]  call, call up, conscript, mobilize, muster, press, raise, summon

•   n.    assessment, collection, exaction, gathering, imposition [image]  assessment, duty, excise, fee, imposition, impost, tariff, tax, toll


lewd

See Also

bawdy, blue, dirty, impure, indecent, lascivious, libidinous, licentious, loose, lustful, obscene, pornographic, profligate, salacious, smutty, unchaste, vile, vulgar, wanton, wicked


lewdness

See Also

bawdiness, carnality, crudity, debauchery, depravity, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lechery, licentiousness, lubricity, obscenity, pornography, profligacy, salaciousness, smut, smuttiness, unchastity, vulgarity, wantonness


liability

See Also

   accountability, answerability, culpability, duty, obligation, onus, responsibility [image]  arrear, debit, debt, indebtedness, obligation [image]  burden, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, millstone, minus (Inf.), nuisance [image]  likelihood, probability, proneness, susceptibility, tendency


liable

See Also

   accountable, amenable, answerable, bound, chargeable, obligated, responsible [image]  exposed, open, subject, susceptible, vulnerable [image]  apt, disposed, inclined, likely, prone, tending [image]  render oneself liable to expose oneself to, incur, lay oneself open to, run the risk of


liaison

See Also

   communication, connection, contact, go-between, hook-up, interchange, intermediary [image]  affair, amour, entanglement, illicit romance, intrigue, love affair, romance


liar

fabricator, falsifier, fibber, perjurer, prevaricator, storyteller (Inf.)


libel

See Also

•   n.    aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, obloquy, slander, smear, vituperation

•   v.    blacken, calumniate, defame, derogate, drag (someone's) name through the mud, malign, revile, slander, slur, smear, traduce, vilify


libellous

See Also

aspersive, calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, derogatory, false, injurious, malicious, maligning, scurrilous, slanderous, traducing, untrue, vilifying, vituperative


liberal

See Also

   advanced, humanistic, latitudinarian, libertarian, progressive, radical, reformist, right-on (Inf.) [image]  altruistic, beneficent, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free-handed, generous, kind, open-handed, open-hearted, prodigal, unstinting [image]  advanced, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, high-minded, humanitarian, indulgent, magnanimous, permissive, right-on (Inf.), tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, unprejudiced [image]  abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, handsome, lavish, munificent, plentiful, profuse, rich [image]  broad, flexible, free, general, inexact, lenient, loose, not close, not literal, not strict


liberality

See Also

   altruism, beneficence, benevolence, bounty, charity, free-handedness, generosity, kindness, largess or largesse, munificence, open-handedness, philanthropy [image]  breadth, broad-mindedness, candour, catholicity, impartiality, latitude, liberalism, libertarianism, magnanimity, permissiveness, progressivism, toleration


liberalize

ameliorate, broaden, ease, expand, extend, loosen, mitigate, moderate, modify, relax, slacken, soften, stretch


liberate

See Also

deliver, discharge, disenthral, emancipate, free, let loose, let out, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, set free


liberation

See Also

deliverance, emancipation, enfranchisement, freedom, freeing, liberating, liberty, manumission, redemption, release, unfettering, unshackling


liberator

deliverer, emancipator, freer, manumitter, redeemer, rescuer, saviour


libertine

See Also

•   n.    debauchee, lech or letch (Inf.), lecher, loose liver, profligate, rake, reprobate, roué, seducer, sensualist, voluptuary, womanizer

•   adj.    abandoned, corrupt, debauched, decadent, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, immoral, licentious, profligate, rakish, reprobate, voluptuous, wanton


liberty

See Also

   autonomy, emancipation, freedom, immunity, independence, liberation, release, self-determination, sovereignty [image]  authorization, with a blank cheque, carte blanche, dispensation, exemption, franchise, freedom, leave, licence, permission, prerogative, privilege, right, sanction [image]  (Often plural) disrespect, familiarity, forwardness, impertinence, impropriety, impudence, insolence, overfamiliarity, presumption, presumptuousness [image]  at liberty free, not confined, on the loose, unlimited, unoccupied, unrestricted


libidinous

See Also

carnal, concupiscent, debauched, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, lickerish (Archaic), loose, lustful, prurient, randy (Inf., chiefly Brit.), ruttish, salacious, sensual, unchaste, wanton, wicked


licence

See Also

•   n.    authority, authorization, carte blanche, certificate, charter, dispensation, entitlement, exemption, immunity, leave, liberty, permission, permit, privilege, right, warrant [image]  freedom, independence, latitude, liberty, self-determination [image]  abandon, anarchy, disorder, excess, immoderation, impropriety, indulgence, irresponsibility, lawlessness, laxity, profligacy, unruliness


license

See Also

•   v. accredit, allow, authorize, certify, commission, empower, entitle, permit, sanction, warrant


licentious

See Also

abandoned, debauched, disorderly, dissolute, immoral, impure, lascivious, lax, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lubricious, lubricous, lustful, profligate, promiscuous, sensual, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, uncurbed, unruly, wanton


licentiousness

See Also

abandon, debauchery, dissipation, dissoluteness, lechery, lewdness, libertinism, libidinousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, profligacy, promiscuity, prurience, salaciousness, salacity, wantonness


lick

See Also

•   v.    brush, lap, taste, tongue, touch, wash [image]   Of flames dart, flick, flicker, ignite, kindle, play over, ripple, touch [image]   Inf.    blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), defeat, master, overcome, rout, run rings around (Inf.), tank (Sl.), trounce, undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.) [image]  beat, clobber (Sl.), flog, lambast(e), slap, spank, strike, thrash, wallop (Inf.) [image]  beat, best, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), excel, outdo, outstrip, run rings around (Inf.), surpass, tank (Sl.), top, wipe the floor with (Inf.)

•   n.    bit, brush, dab, little, sample, speck, stroke, taste, touch [image]   Inf. clip (Inf.), pace, rate, speed


licking

See Also

   beating, drubbing, flogging, hiding (Inf.), spanking, tanning (Sl.), thrashing, whipping [image]  beating, defeat, drubbing, pasting (Sl.), trouncing


lie 1

See Also

•   v.    dissimulate, equivocate, fabricate, falsify, fib, forswear oneself, invent, misrepresent, perjure, prevaricate, tell a lie, tell untruths

•   n.    deceit, fabrication, falsehood, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, invention, mendacity, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), prevarication, untruth, white lie


lie 2

See Also

•   v.    be prone, be prostrate, be recumbent, be supine, couch, loll, lounge, recline, repose, rest, sprawl, stretch out [image]  be, be buried, be found, be interred, be located, belong, be placed, be situated, exist, extend, remain [image]  (Usually with on or upon) burden, oppress, press, rest, weigh [image]  (Usually with in) be present, consist, dwell, exist, inhere, pertain [image]  lie low conceal oneself, go to earth, go underground, hide, hide away, hide out, hole up, keep a low profile, keep out of sight, lurk, skulk, take cover


life

See Also

   animation, being, breath, entity, growth, sentience, viability, vitality [image]  being, career, continuance, course, duration, existence, lifetime, span, time [image]  human, human being, individual, mortal, person, soul [image]  autobiography, biography, career, confessions, history, life story, memoirs, story [image]  behaviour, conduct, life style, way of life [image]  the human condition, the times, the world, this mortal coil, trials and tribulations, vicissitudes [image]  activity, animation, brio, energy, get-up-and-go (Inf.), go (Inf.), high spirits, liveliness, oomph (Inf.), pep, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigour, vitality, vivacity, zest [image]  animating spirit, élan vital, essence, heart, lifeblood, soul, spirit, vital spark [image]  creatures, living beings, living things, organisms, wildlife [image]  come to life awaken, become animate, revive, rouse, show signs of life [image]  for dear life  Inf. desperately, for all one is worth, intensely, quickly, urgently, vigorously


lifeless

See Also

   cold, dead, deceased, defunct, extinct, inanimate, inert [image]  bare, barren, desert, empty, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, waste [image]  cold, colourless, dull, flat, heavy, hollow, lacklustre, lethargic, listless, passive, pointless, slow, sluggish, spent, spiritless, static, stiff, torpid, wooden [image]  comatose, dead to the world (Inf.), in a faint, inert, insensate, insensible, out cold, out for six, unconscious


lifelike

authentic, exact, faithful, graphic, natural, photographic, real, realistic, true-to-life, undistorted, vivid


lifelong

constant, deep-rooted, enduring, for all one's life, for life, lasting, lifetime, long-lasting, long-standing, perennial, permanent, persistent


lifetime

See Also

all one's born days, career, course, day(s), existence, life span, one's natural life, period, span, time


lift

See Also

•   v.    bear aloft, buoy up, draw up, elevate, heft (Inf.), hoist, pick up, raise, raise high, rear, upheave, uplift, upraise [image]  advance, ameliorate, boost, dignify, elevate, enhance, exalt, improve, promote, raise, upgrade [image]  annul, cancel, countermand, end, relax, remove, rescind, revoke, stop, terminate [image]  ascend, be dispelled, climb, disappear, disperse, dissipate, mount, rise, vanish [image]   Inf. appropriate, blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), copy, crib (Inf.), half-inch (Old-fashioned sl.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch (Inf.), pirate, plagiarize, pocket, purloin, steal, take, thieve

•   n.    car ride, drive, ride, run, transport [image]  boost, encouragement, fillip, pick-me-up, reassurance, shot in the arm (Inf.), uplift [image]  elevator (Chiefly U.S.)


light 1

See Also

•   n.    blaze, brightness, brilliance, effulgence, flash, glare, gleam, glint, glow, illumination, incandescence, lambency, luminescence, luminosity, lustre, phosphorescence, radiance, ray, refulgence, scintillation, shine, sparkle [image]  beacon, bulb, candle, flare, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, star, taper, torch, windowpane [image]  broad day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, morn (Poetic), morning, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine [image]   Fig. angle, approach, aspect, attitude, context, interpretation, point of view, slant, vantage point, viewpoint [image]  awareness, comprehension, elucidation, explanation, illustration, information, insight, knowledge, understanding [image]  example, exemplar, guiding light, model, paragon, shining example [image]  flame, lighter, match [image]  bring to light disclose, discover, expose, reveal, show, uncover, unearth, unveil [image]  come to light appear, be disclosed, be discovered, be revealed, come out, transpire, turn up [image]  in (the) light of bearing in mind, because of, considering, in view of, taking into account, with knowledge of [image]  shed or throw light on clarify, clear up, elucidate, explain, simplify

•   adj.    aglow, bright, brilliant, glowing, illuminated, luminous, lustrous, shining, sunny, well-lighted, well-lit [image]  bleached, blond, faded, fair, light-hued, light-toned, pale, pastel

•   v.    fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, set a match to [image]  brighten, clarify, floodlight, flood with light, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lighten, light up, put on, switch on, turn on [image]  animate, brighten, cheer, irradiate, lighten


light 2

See Also

•   adj.    airy, buoyant, delicate, easy, flimsy, imponderous, insubstantial, lightsome, lightweight, portable, slight, underweight [image]  faint, gentle, indistinct, mild, moderate, slight, soft, weak [image]  inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, minute, scanty, slight, small, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, unsubstantial, wee [image]  cushy (Inf.), easy, effortless, manageable, moderate, simple, undemanding, unexacting, untaxing [image]  agile, airy, graceful, light-footed, lithe, nimble, sprightly, sylphlike [image]  amusing, diverting, entertaining, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, light-hearted, pleasing, superficial, trifling, trivial, witty [image]  airy, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, fickle, frivolous, gay, lively, merry, sunny [image]  dizzy, giddy, light-headed, reeling, unsteady, volatile [image]  digestible, frugal, modest, not heavy, not rich, restricted, small [image]  crumbly, friable, loose, porous, sandy, spongy

•   v.    alight, land, perch, settle [image]  (With on or upon) chance, come across, discover, encounter, find, happen upon, hit upon, stumble on


lighten 1

See Also

become light, brighten, flash, gleam, illuminate, irradiate, light up, make bright, shine


lighten 2

See Also

   disburden, ease, make lighter, reduce in weight, unload [image]  allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, ease, facilitate, lessen, mitigate, reduce, relieve [image]  brighten, buoy up, cheer, elate, encourage, gladden, hearten, inspire, lift, perk up, revive


light-fingered

crafty, crooked (Inf.), dishonest, furtive, pilfering, pinching (Inf.), shifty, sly, stealing, thieving, underhand


light-headed

See Also

   bird-brained (Inf.), featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, inane, rattlebrained (Sl.), shallow, silly, superficial, trifling [image]  delirious, dizzy, faint, giddy, hazy, vertiginous, woozy (Inf.)


light-hearted

See Also

blithe, blithesome (Literary), bright, carefree, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), effervescent, frolicsome, gay, genial, glad, gleeful, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, playful, sunny, untroubled, upbeat (Inf.)


lightless

caliginous (Archaic), dark, dim, dusky, gloomy, inky, jet black, murky, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, Stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit


lightly

   airily, delicately, faintly, gently, gingerly, slightly, softly, timidly [image]  moderately, sparingly, sparsely, thinly [image]  easily, effortlessly, readily, simply [image]  breezily, carelessly, flippantly, frivolously, heedlessly, indifferently, slightingly, thoughtlessly


lightweight

See Also

•   adj. inconsequential, insignificant, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), of no account, paltry, petty, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant, worthless


likable, likeable

agreeable, amiable, appealing, attractive, charming, engaging, friendly, genial, nice, pleasant, pleasing, sympathetic, winning, winsome


like 1

See Also

•   adj.    akin, alike, allied, analogous, approximating, cognate, corresponding, equivalent, identical, parallel, relating, resembling, same, similar

•   n.    counterpart, equal, fellow, match, parallel, twin


like 2

See Also

•   v.    adore (Inf.), be fond of, be keen on, be partial to, delight in, dig (Sl.), enjoy, go for, love, relish, revel in [image]  admire, appreciate, approve, cherish, esteem, hold dear, prize, take a shine to (Inf.), take to [image]  care to, choose, choose to, desire, fancy, feel inclined, prefer, select, want, wish

•   n.    (Usually plural) cup of tea (Inf.), favourite, liking, partiality, predilection, preference


likelihood

See Also

chance, good chance, liability, likeliness, possibility, probability, prospect, reasonableness, strong possibility


likely

See Also

•   adj.    anticipated, apt, disposed, expected, in a fair way, inclined, liable, on the cards, possible, probable, prone, tending, to be expected [image]  be or seem likely be in the running for, bid fair, incline towards, promise, stand a good chance, suggest, tend [image]  believable, credible, feasible, plausible, reasonable, verisimilar [image]  acceptable, agreeable, appropriate, befitting, fit, pleasing, proper, qualified, suitable [image]  fair, favourite, hopeful, odds-on, promising, up-and-coming

•   adv.    doubtlessly, in all probability, like as not (Inf.), like enough (Inf.), no doubt, presumably, probably


liken

compare, equate, juxtapose, match, parallel, relate, set beside


likeness

See Also

   affinity, correspondence, resemblance, similarity, similitude [image]  copy, counterpart, delineation, depiction, effigy, facsimile, image, model, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, study [image]  appearance, form, guise, semblance


liking

See Also

affection, affinity, appreciation, attraction, bent, bias, desire, fondness, inclination, love, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, proneness, propensity, soft spot, stomach, taste, tendency, thirst, weakness


limb

   appendage, arm, extension, extremity, leg, member, part, wing [image]  bough, branch, offshoot, projection, spur


limelight

See Also

attention, celebrity, fame, glare of publicity, prominence, public eye, publicity, public notice, recognition, stardom, the spotlight


limit

See Also

•   n.    bound, breaking point, cutoff point, deadline, end, end point, furthest bound, greatest extent, termination, the bitter end, ultimate, utmost [image]  (Often plural) border, boundary, confines, edge, end, extent, frontier, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct [image]  ceiling, check, curb, limitation, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction [image]  the limit  Inf. enough, it (Inf.), the end, the last straw

•   v.    bound, check, circumscribe, confine, curb, delimit, demarcate, fix, hem in, hinder, ration, restrain, restrict, specify, straiten


limitation

See Also

block, check, condition, constraint, control, curb, disadvantage, drawback, impediment, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restraint, restriction, snag


limited

See Also

   bounded, checked, circumscribed, confined, constrained, controlled, curbed, defined, finite, fixed, hampered, hemmed in, restricted [image]  cramped, diminished, inadequate, insufficient, minimal, narrow, reduced, restricted, scant, short, unsatisfactory


limitless

See Also

boundless, countless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, inexhaustible, infinite, measureless, never-ending, numberless, unbounded, uncalculable, undefined, unending, unlimited, untold, vast


limp 1

See Also

•   v.    falter, halt (Archaic), hobble, hop, shamble, shuffle

•   n.    hobble, lameness


limp 2

See Also

•   adj.    drooping, flabby, flaccid, flexible, floppy, lax, limber, loose, pliable, relaxed, slack, soft [image]  debilitated, enervated, exhausted, lethargic, spent, tired, weak, worn out


line 1

See Also

•   n.    band, bar, channel, dash, groove, mark, rule, score, scratch, streak, stripe, stroke, underline [image]  crease, crow's foot, furrow, mark, wrinkle [image]  border, borderline, boundary, demarcation, edge, frontier, limit, mark [image]  configuration, contour, features, figure, outline, profile, silhouette [image]  cable, cord, filament, rope, strand, string, thread, wire, wisp [image]  axis, course, direction, path, route, track, trajectory [image]  approach, avenue, belief, course, course of action, ideology, method, policy, position, practice, procedure, scheme, system [image]  activity, area, bag (Sl.), business, calling, department, employment, field, forte, interest, job, occupation, profession, province, pursuit, specialization, trade, vocation [image]  column, crocodile (Brit.), file, procession, queue, rank, row, sequence, series [image]  ancestry, breed, family, lineage, race, stock, strain, succession [image]  card, letter, message, note, postcard, report, word [image]  clue, hint, indication, information, lead [image]   Military disposition, firing line, formation, front, front line, position, trenches [image]  draw the line lay down the law, object, prohibit, put one's foot down, restrict, set a limit [image]  in line  [image]  in alignment, in a row, plumb, straight, true [image]  in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, in step [image]  in line for a candidate for, being considered for, due for, in the running for, next in succession to, on the short list for

•   v.    crease, cut, draw, furrow, inscribe, mark, rule, score, trace, underline [image]  border, bound, edge, fringe, rank, rim, skirt, verge


line 2

See Also

•   v. ceil, cover, face, fill, interline


lineaments

configuration, countenance, face, features, line, outline, phiz or phizog (Sl., chiefly Brit.), physiognomy, trait, visage


lined

See Also

   feint, ruled [image]  furrowed, wizened, worn, wrinkled


lines

See Also

   appearance, configuration, contour, cut, outline, shape, style [image]  convention, example, model, pattern, plan, principle, procedure [image]  part, script, words


line-up

See Also

arrangement, array, row, selection, team


line up

See Also

   fall in, form ranks, queue up [image]  assemble, come up with, lay on, obtain, organize, prepare, procure, produce, secure [image]  align, arrange, array, marshal, order, range, regiment, straighten


linger

See Also

   hang around, loiter, remain, stay, stop, tarry, wait [image]  dally, dawdle, delay, idle, lag, procrastinate, take one's time [image]  cling to life, die slowly, hang on, last, survive [image]  abide, continue, endure, persist, remain, stay


lingering

See Also

dragging, long-drawn-out, persistent, protracted, remaining, slow


link

See Also

•   n.    component, constituent, division, element, member, part, piece [image]  affiliation, affinity, association, attachment, bond, connection, joint, knot, liaison, relationship, tie, tie-up, vinculum

•   v.    attach, bind, connect, couple, fasten, join, tie, unite, yoke [image]  associate, bracket, connect, identify, relate


lion

 Fig.    brave man, champion, conqueror, fighter, hero, warrior [image]  big name, celeb (Inf.), celebrity, idol, luminary, megastar (Inf.), notable, prodigy, star, superstar, V.I.P., wonder [image]  beard the lion in his den brave, confront, court destruction, defy danger, face, stand up to, tempt providence


lip

See Also

   brim, brink, edge, flange, margin, rim [image]   Sl. backchat (Inf.), cheek (Inf.), effrontery, impertinence, insolence, rudeness, sauce (Inf.) [image]   Music control, embouchure [image]  smack or lick one's lips anticipate, delight in, drool over, enjoy, gloat over, relish, savour, slaver over


liquid

See Also

•   n.    fluid, juice, liquor, solution

•   adj.    aqueous, flowing, fluid, liquefied, melted, molten, running, runny, thawed, wet [image]  bright, brilliant, clear, limpid, shining, translucent, transparent [image]  dulcet, fluent, mellifluent, mellifluous, melting, smooth, soft, sweet [image]   Of assets convertible, negotiable


liquidate

See Also

   clear, discharge, honour, pay, pay off, settle, square [image]  abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, terminate [image]  cash, convert to cash, realize, sell off, sell up [image]  annihilate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, exterminate, finish off, get rid of, kill, murder, remove, rub out (U.S. sl.), silence, take out (Sl.), wipe out (Inf.)


liquor

See Also

   alcohol, booze (Inf.), drink, grog, hard stuff (Inf.), hooch or hootch (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), intoxicant, juice (Inf.), spirits, strong drink [image]  broth, extract, gravy, infusion, juice, liquid, stock


list 1

See Also

•   n.    catalogue, directory, file, index, inventory, invoice, leet (Scot.), listing, record, register, roll, schedule, series, syllabus, tabulation, tally

•   v.    bill, book, catalogue, enrol, enter, enumerate, file, index, itemize, note, record, register, schedule, set down, tabulate, write down


list 2

See Also

•   v.    cant, careen, heel, heel over, incline, lean, tilt, tip

•   n.    cant, leaning, slant, tilt


listen

See Also

   attend, be all ears, be attentive, give ear, hang on (someone's) words, hark, hear, hearken (Archaic), keep one's ears open, lend an ear, pin back one's ears (Inf.), prick up one's ears [image]  concentrate, do as one is told, give heed to, heed, mind, obey, observe, pay attention, take notice


listless

See Also

apathetic, enervated, heavy, impassive, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, languid, languishing, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lymphatic, mopish, sluggish, spiritless, supine, torpid, vacant


literacy

See Also

ability, articulacy, articulateness, cultivation, education, knowledge, learning, proficiency, scholarship


literal

See Also

   accurate, close, exact, faithful, strict, verbatim, word for word [image]  boring, colourless, down-to-earth, dull, factual, matter-of-fact, prosaic, prosy, unimaginative, uninspired [image]  actual, bona fide, genuine, gospel, plain, real, simple, true, unexaggerated, unvarnished


literally

See Also

actually, exactly, faithfully, plainly, precisely, really, simply, strictly, to the letter, truly, verbatim, word for word


literary

See Also

bookish, erudite, formal, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read


literate

See Also

cultivated, cultured, educated, erudite, informed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, well-informed, well-read


literature

See Also

   belles-lettres, letters, lore, writings, written works [image]  brochure, information, leaflet, mailshot, pamphlet


lithe

See Also

flexible, limber, lissom(e), loose-jointed, loose-limbed, pliable, pliant, supple


litigant

See Also

claimant, contestant, disputant, litigator, party, plaintiff


litigate

See Also

contest at law, file a suit, go to court, go to law, institute legal proceedings, press charges, prosecute, sue


litigation

See Also

action, case, contending, disputing, lawsuit, process, prosecution


litigious

See Also

argumentative, belligerent, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome


litter

See Also

•   n.    debris, detritus, fragments, garbage (Chiefly U.S.), grot (Sl.), muck, refuse, rubbish, shreds [image]  clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, jumble, mess, scatter, untidiness [image]  brood, family, offspring, progeny, young [image]  bedding, couch, floor cover, mulch, straw-bed [image]  palanquin, stretcher

•   v.    clutter, derange, disarrange, disorder, mess up, scatter, strew


little

See Also

•   adj.    diminutive, dwarf, elfin, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, mini, miniature, minute, petite, pygmy or pigmy, short, slender, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee [image]  babyish, immature, infant, junior, undeveloped, young [image]  hardly any, insufficient, meagre, measly, scant, skimpy, small, sparse [image]  brief, fleeting, hasty, passing, short, short-lived [image]  inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, negligible, paltry, trifling, trivial, unimportant [image]  base, cheap, illiberal, mean, narrow-minded, petty, small-minded

•   adv.    barely, hardly, not much, not quite, only just [image]  hardly ever, not often, rarely, scarcely, seldom [image]  little by little bit by bit, by degrees, gradually, imperceptibly, piecemeal, progressively, slowly, step by step

•   n.    bit, dab, dash, fragment, hint, modicum, particle, pinch, small amount, snippet, speck, spot, tad (Inf., chiefly U.S.), taste, touch, trace, trifle


live 1

See Also

•   v.    be, be alive, breathe, draw breath, exist, have life [image]  be permanent, be remembered, last, persist, prevail, remain alive [image]  (Sometimes with in) abide, dwell, hang out (Inf.), inhabit, lodge, occupy, reside, settle, stay (Chiefly Scot.) [image]  abide, continue, earn a living, endure, fare, feed, get along, lead, make ends meet, pass, remain, subsist, support oneself, survive [image]  be happy, enjoy life, flourish, luxuriate, make the most of life, prosper, thrive [image]  live it up  Inf. celebrate, enjoy oneself, have a ball (Inf.), have fun, make whoopee (Inf.), paint the town red, push the boat out (Brit. inf.), revel


live 2

See Also

•   adj.    alive, animate, breathing, existent, living, quick (Archaic), vital [image]  active, burning, controversial, current, hot, pertinent, pressing, prevalent, topical, unsettled, vital [image]   Inf. active, alert, brisk, dynamic, earnest, energetic, lively, sparky, vigorous, vivid, wide-awake [image]  active, alight, blazing, burning, connected, glowing, hot, ignited, smouldering, switched on


livelihood

See Also

employment, job, living, maintenance, means, (means of) support, occupation, (source of) income, subsistence, sustenance, work


liveliness

See Also

activity, animation, boisterousness, brio, briskness, dynamism, energy, gaiety, quickness, smartness, spirit, sprightliness, vitality, vivacity


lively

See Also

   active, agile, alert, brisk, chipper (Inf.), chirpy (Inf.), energetic, full of pep (Inf.), keen, nimble, perky, quick, sprightly, spry, vigorous [image]  animated, blithe, blithesome, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), frisky, frolicsome, gay, merry, sparkling, sparky, spirited, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious [image]  astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, crowded, eventful, moving, stirring [image]  bright, colourful, exciting, forceful, invigorating, racy, refreshing, stimulating, vivid


liven

animate, brighten, buck up (Inf.), enliven, hot up (Inf.), pep up, perk up, put life into, rouse, stir, vitalize, vivify


liverish

See Also

   bilious, queasy, sick [image]  crotchety (Inf.), crusty, disagreeable, fratchy (Inf.), grumpy, ill-humoured, irascible, irritable, peevish, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), snappy, splenetic, tetchy


livery

See Also

attire, clothing, costume, dress, garb, raiment (Archaic or poetic), regalia, suit, uniform, vestments


live wire

See Also

ball of fire (Inf.), dynamo, go-getter (Inf.), hustler (U.S. & Canad. sl.), life and soul of the party, self-starter


livid

See Also

   angry, black-and-blue, bruised, contused, discoloured, purple [image]  ashen, blanched, bloodless, doughy, greyish, leaden, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen [image]   Inf. angry, beside oneself, boiling, cross, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, mad (Inf.), outraged


living

See Also

•   adj.    active, alive, animated, breathing, existing, in the land of the living (Inf.), lively, quick (Archaic), strong, vigorous, vital [image]  active, contemporary, continuing, current, developing, extant, in use, ongoing, operative, persisting

•   n.    animation, being, existence, existing, life, subsistence [image]  life style, mode of living, way of life [image]  job, livelihood, maintenance, (means of) support, occupation, (source of) income, subsistence, sustenance, work [image]   Church of England benefice, incumbency, stipend [image]  the living flesh and blood, the quick (Archaic)


load

See Also

•   n.    bale, cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment [image]  affliction, burden, encumbrance, incubus, millstone, onus, oppression, pressure, trouble, weight, worry

•   v.    cram, fill, freight, heap, lade, pack, pile, stack, stuff [image]  burden, encumber, hamper, oppress, saddle with, trouble, weigh down, worry [image]   Of firearms charge, make ready, prepare to fire, prime [image]  load the dice fix, rig, set up


loaded

See Also

   burdened, charged, freighted, full, laden, weighted [image]  biased, distorted, weighted [image]  artful, insidious, manipulative, prejudicial, tricky [image]  at the ready, charged, primed, ready to shoot or fire [image]   Sl. affluent, flush (Inf.), moneyed, rich, rolling (Sl.), wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well off, well-to-do


loaf

See Also

•   n.    block, cake, cube, lump, slab [image]   Sl. block (Inf.), chump (Brit. sl.), gumption (Brit. inf.), head, noddle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), nous (Brit. sl.), sense


loan

See Also

•   n.    accommodation, advance, allowance, credit, mortgage, touch (Sl.)

•   v.    accommodate, advance, allow, credit, lend, let out


loath, loth

See Also

against, averse, backward, counter, disinclined, indisposed, opposed, reluctant, resisting, unwilling


loathing

See Also

abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, execration, hatred, horror, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion


loathsome

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, hateful, horrible, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


lobby

See Also

•   n.    corridor, entrance hall, foyer, hall, hallway, passage, passageway, porch, vestibule [image]  pressure group

•   v.    bring pressure to bear, campaign for, exert influence, influence, persuade, press for, pressure, promote, pull strings (Brit. inf.), push for, solicit votes, urge


local

See Also

•   adj.    community, district, neighbourhood, parish, provincial, regional [image]  confined, limited, narrow, parish pump, parochial, provincial, restricted, small-town

•   n.    character (Inf.), inhabitant, local yokel (Disparaging), native, resident


locality

See Also

   area, district, neck of the woods (Inf.), neighbourhood, region, vicinity [image]  locale, location, place, position, scene, setting, site, spot


localize

   circumscribe, concentrate, confine, contain, delimit, delimitate, limit, restrain, restrict [image]  ascribe, assign, narrow down, pinpoint, specify


locate

See Also

   come across, detect, discover, find, lay one's hands on, pin down, pinpoint, run to earth, track down, unearth [image]  establish, fix, place, put, seat, set, settle, situate


location

See Also

bearings, locale, locus, place, point, position, site, situation, spot, venue, whereabouts


lock 1

See Also

•   n.    bolt, clasp, fastening, padlock

•   v.    bolt, close, fasten, latch, seal, secure, shut, sneck (Dialect) [image]  clench, engage, entangle, entwine, join, link, mesh, unite [image]  clasp, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, grapple, grasp, hug, press


lock 2

See Also

curl, ringlet, strand, tress, tuft


lock out

ban, bar, debar, exclude, keep out, refuse admittance to, shut out


lockup

See Also

can (Sl.), cell, cooler (Sl.), gaol, jail, jug (Sl.), police cell


lock up

See Also

cage, confine, detain, imprison, incarcerate, jail, put behind bars, shut up


lodge

See Also

•   n.    cabin, chalet, cottage, gatehouse, house, hunting lodge, hut, shelter [image]  assemblage, association, branch, chapter, club, group, society [image]  den, haunt, lair, retreat

•   v.    accommodate, billet, board, entertain, harbour, put up, quarter, room, shelter, sojourn, stay, stop [image]  become fixed, catch, come to rest, imbed, implant, stick [image]  deposit, file, lay, place, put, put on record, register, set, submit


lodger

boarder, guest, paying guest, P.G., resident, roomer, tenant


lodging

See Also

(Often plural) abode, accommodation, apartments, boarding, digs (Brit. inf.), dwelling, habitation, quarters, residence, rooms, shelter


lofty

See Also

   elevated, high, raised, sky-high, soaring, tall, towering [image]  dignified, distinguished, elevated, exalted, grand, illustrious, imposing, majestic, noble, renowned, stately, sublime, superior [image]  arrogant, condescending, disdainful, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), lordly, patronizing, proud, snooty (Inf.), supercilious, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.)


log

See Also

•   n.    block, bole, chunk, piece of timber, stump, trunk

•   v.    chop, cut, fell, hew

•   n.    account, chart, daybook, journal, listing, logbook, record, tally

•   v.    book, chart, make a note of, note, record, register, report, set down, tally


loggerhead

at loggerheads at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at enmity, at odds, estranged, feuding, in dispute, opposed, quarrelling


logic

See Also

   argumentation, deduction, dialectics, ratiocination, science of reasoning, syllogistic reasoning [image]  good reason, good sense, reason, sense, sound judgment [image]  chain of thought, coherence, connection, link, rationale, relationship


logical

See Also

   clear, cogent, coherent, consistent, deducible, pertinent, rational, reasonable, relevant, sound, valid, well-organized [image]  judicious, most likely, necessary, obvious, plausible, reasonable, sensible, wise


loiter

See Also

dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally (Inf.), hang about or around, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, saunter, skulk, stroll


loll

See Also

   flop, lean, loaf, lounge, recline, relax, slouch, slump, sprawl [image]  dangle, droop, drop, flap, flop, hang, hang loosely, sag


lone

See Also

by oneself, deserted, isolated, lonesome, one, only, separate, separated, single, sole, solitary, unaccompanied


loneliness

See Also

aloneness, desertedness, desolation, dreariness, forlornness, isolation, lonesomeness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude


lonely

See Also

   abandoned, destitute, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, lonesome, outcast [image]  alone, apart, by oneself, companionless, isolated, lone, single, solitary, withdrawn [image]  deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, off the beaten track (Inf.), out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited


long 1

See Also

•   adj.    elongated, expanded, extended, extensive, far-reaching, lengthy, spread out, stretched [image]  dragging, interminable, late, lengthy, lingering, long-drawn-out, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy


long 2

See Also

•   v. covet, crave, desire, dream of, eat one's heart out over, hanker, hunger, itch, lust, pine, want, wish, yearn


longing

See Also

•   n.    ambition, aspiration, coveting, craving, desire, hankering, hope, hungering, itch, thirst, urge, wish, yearning, yen (Inf.)

•   adj.    anxious, ardent, avid, craving, desirous, eager, hungry, languishing, pining, wishful, wistful, yearning


long-lived

See Also

enduring, full of years, longevous, long-lasting, old as Methuselah


long-standing

See Also

abiding, enduring, established, fixed, hallowed by time, long-established, long-lasting, long-lived, time-honoured


long-suffering

See Also

easygoing, forbearing, forgiving, patient, resigned, stoical, tolerant, uncomplaining


long-winded

See Also

diffuse, discursive, garrulous, lengthy, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolix, prolonged, rambling, repetitious, tedious, verbose, wordy


look

See Also

•   v.    behold (Archaic), check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), consider, contemplate, examine, eye, eyeball (U.S. sl.), feast one's eyes upon, gaze, get a load of (Inf.), glance, inspect, observe, peep, recce (Sl.), regard, scan, scrutinize, see, study, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), take a gander at (Inf.), view, watch [image]  appear, display, evidence, exhibit, look like, make clear, manifest, present, seem, seem to be, show, strike one as [image]  face, front, front on, give onto, overlook [image]  anticipate, await, expect, hope, reckon on [image]  forage, hunt, search, seek [image]  gape, gawk, gawp (Brit. sl.), glower, goggle, rubberneck (Sl.), ogle, stare [image]  look like be the image of, favour, make one think of, put one in mind of, remind one of, resemble, take after

•   n.    butcher's (Brit. sl.), examination, eyeful (Inf.), gander (Inf.), gaze, glance, glimpse, inspection, look-see (Sl.), observation, once-over (Inf.), peek, recce (Sl.), review, shufti (Brit. sl.), sight, squint (Inf.), survey, view [image]  air, appearance, aspect, bearing, cast, complexion, countenance, demeanour, effect, expression, face, fashion, guise, manner, mien (Literary), semblance


look after

See Also

attend to, care for, guard, keep an eye on, mind, nurse, protect, sit with, supervise, take care of, take charge of, tend, watch


look down on

look down on or upon

See Also

contemn, despise, disdain, hold in contempt, look down one's nose at (Inf.), misprize, scorn, sneer, spurn, treat with contempt, turn one's nose up (at) (Inf.)


look forward to

See Also

anticipate, await, count on, count the days until, expect, hope for, long for, look for, wait for


look into

See Also

check out, delve into, examine, explore, follow up, go into, inquire about, inspect, investigate, look over, make enquiries, make inquiries, probe, research, scrutinize, study


lookout

See Also

   guard, qui vive, readiness, vigil, watch [image]  guard, sentinel, sentry, vedette (Military), watchman [image]  beacon, citadel, observation post, observatory, post, tower, watchtower [image]   Inf. business, concern, funeral (Inf.), pigeon (Brit. inf.), worry [image]  chances, future, likelihood, outlook, prospect, view


look out

See Also

be alert, be careful, be on guard, be on the qui vive, be vigilant, beware, keep an eye out, keep one's eyes open  (peeled, skinned), pay attention, watch out


look over

See Also

cast an eye over, check, check out (Inf.), examine, eyeball (U.S. sl.), flick through, inspect, look through, monitor, peruse, scan, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, work over


look up

See Also

   find, hunt for, research, search for, seek out, track down [image]  ameliorate, come along, get better, improve, perk up, pick up, progress, shape up (Inf.), show improvement [image]  (With to) admire, defer to, esteem, have a high opinion of, honour, regard highly, respect, revere [image]  call (on), drop in on (Inf.), go to see, look in on, pay a visit to, visit


loom

See Also

   appear, become visible, be imminent, bulk, emerge, hover, impend, menace, take shape, threaten [image]  dominate, hang over, mount, overhang, overshadow, overtop, rise, soar, tower


loop

See Also

•   n.    bend, circle, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, loophole, noose, ring, spiral, twirl, twist, whorl

•   v.    bend, braid, circle, coil, connect, curl, curve round, encircle, fold, join, knot, roll, spiral, turn, twist, wind round


loophole

See Also

   aperture, knothole, opening, slot [image]   Fig. avoidance, escape, evasion, excuse, let-out, means of escape, plea, pretence, pretext, subterfuge


loose

See Also

•   adj.    floating, free, insecure, movable, released, unattached, unbound, unconfined, unfastened, unfettered, unrestricted, unsecured, untied, wobbly [image]  baggy, easy, hanging, loosened, not fitting, not tight, relaxed, slack, slackened, sloppy [image]  diffuse, disconnected, disordered, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, indistinct, inexact, rambling, random, vague [image]  abandoned, debauched, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, fast, immoral, lewd, libertine, licentious, profligate, promiscuous, unchaste, wanton [image]  careless, heedless, imprudent, lax, negligent, rash, thoughtless, unmindful

•   v.    detach, disconnect, disengage, ease, free, let go, liberate, loosen, release, set free, slacken, unbind, unbridle, undo, unfasten, unleash, unloose, untie


loosen

See Also

   detach, let out, separate, slacken, unbind, undo, unloose, unstick, untie, work free, work loose [image]  deliver, free, let go, liberate, release, set free [image]  (Often with up) ease up or off, go easy (Inf.), lessen, let up, lighten up (Sl.), mitigate, moderate, relax, soften, weaken


loot

See Also

•   n.    booty, goods, haul, plunder, prize, spoils, swag (Sl.)

•   v.    despoil, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle, rob, sack


lopsided

See Also

askew, asymmetrical, awry, cockeyed, crooked, disproportionate, off balance, one-sided, out of shape, out of true, skewwhiff (Brit. inf.), squint, tilting, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, warped


lord

See Also

   commander, governor, king, leader, liege, master, monarch, overlord, potentate, prince, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior [image]  earl, noble, nobleman, peer, viscount [image]  lord it over act big (Sl.), be overbearing, boss around (Inf.), domineer, order around, play the lord, pull rank, put on airs, swagger


Lord, Our or The

Christ, God, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, the Almighty


lordly

See Also

   arrogant, condescending, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, domineering, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), high-handed, hoity-toity (Inf.), imperious, lofty, overbearing, patronizing, proud, stuck-up (Inf.), supercilious, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tyrannical [image]  aristocratic, dignified, exalted, gracious, grand, imperial, lofty, majestic, noble, princely, regal, stately


lore

See Also

   beliefs, doctrine, experience, folk-wisdom, mythos, saws, sayings, teaching, traditional wisdom, traditions, wisdom [image]  erudition, knowhow (Inf.), knowledge, learning, letters, scholarship


lose

See Also

   be deprived of, displace, drop, fail to keep, forget, mislay, misplace, miss, suffer loss [image]  capitulate, default, fail, fall short, forfeit, lose out on (Inf.), miss, pass up (Inf.), yield [image]  be defeated, be the loser, be worsted, come a cropper (Inf.), come to grief, get the worst of, lose out, suffer defeat, take a licking (Inf.) [image]  consume, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust, expend, lavish, misspend, squander, use up, waste [image]  confuse, miss, stray from, wander from [image]  lap, leave behind, outdistance, outrun, outstrip, overtake, pass [image]  dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, give someone the slip, shake off, slip away, throw off


loser

See Also

also-ran, dud (Inf.), failure, flop (Inf.), lemon (Sl.), no-hoper (Aust. sl.), underdog, washout (Inf.)


loss

See Also

   bereavement, deprivation, disappearance, drain, failure, forfeiture, losing, misfortune, mislaying, privation, squandering, waste [image]  cost, damage, defeat, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, ruin [image]  (Plural) casualties, dead, death toll, fatalities, number killed  (captured, injured, missing, wounded) [image]  (Sometimes plural) debit, debt, deficiency, deficit, depletion, losings, shrinkage [image]  at a loss at one's wits' end, baffled, bewildered, confused, helpless, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled, stuck (Inf.), stumped


lost

See Also

   disappeared, forfeited, mislaid, misplaced, missed, missing, strayed, vanished, wayward [image]  adrift, astray, at sea, disoriented, off-course, off-track [image]  baffled, bewildered, clueless (Sl.), confused, helpless, ignorant, mystified, perplexed, puzzled [image]  abolished, annihilated, demolished, destroyed, devastated, eradicated, exterminated, obliterated, perished, ruined, wasted, wiped out, wrecked [image]  absent, absorbed, abstracted, distracted, dreamy, engrossed, entranced, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, taken up [image]  consumed, dissipated, frittered away, misapplied, misdirected, misspent, misused, squandered, wasted [image]  bygone, dead, extinct, forgotten, gone, lapsed, obsolete, out-of-date, past, unremembered [image]  abandoned, corrupt, damned, depraved, dissolute, fallen, irreclaimable, licentious, profligate, unchaste, wanton


lot

See Also

   assortment, batch, bunch (Inf.), collection, consignment, crowd, group, quantity, set [image]  accident, chance, destiny, doom, fate, fortune, hazard, plight, portion [image]  allowance, cut (Inf.), parcel, part, percentage, piece, portion, quota, ration, share [image]  a lot or lots abundance, a great deal, heap(s), large amount, load(s) (Inf.), masses (Inf.), numbers, ocean(s), oodles (Inf.), piles (Inf.), plenty, quantities, reams (Inf.), scores, stack(s) [image]  draw lots choose, cut for aces, cut straws (Inf.), decide, pick, select, spin a coin, toss up [image]  throw in one's lot with ally or align oneself with, join, join forces with, join fortunes with, make common cause with, support


lotion

See Also

balm, cream, embrocation, liniment, salve, solution


lottery

See Also

   draw, raffle, sweepstake [image]  chance, gamble, hazard, risk, toss-up (Inf.), venture


loud

See Also

   blaring, blatant, boisterous, booming, clamorous, deafening, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, forte (Music), high-sounding, noisy, obstreperous, piercing, resounding, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, vociferous [image]   Fig. brash, brassy, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glaring, lurid, naff (Brit. sl.), ostentatious, showy, tacky (Inf.), tasteless, tawdry, vulgar [image]  brash, brazen, coarse, crass, crude, loud-mouthed (Inf.), offensive, raucous, vulgar


loudly

See Also

at full volume, at the top of one's voice, clamorously, deafeningly, fortissimo (Music), lustily, noisily, shrilly, uproariously, vehemently, vigorously, vociferously


lounge

See Also

•   v.    laze, lie about, loaf, loiter, loll, recline, relax, saunter, sprawl, take it easy [image]  dawdle, fritter time away, hang out (Inf.), idle, kill time, pass time idly, potter, veg out (Sl., chiefly U.S.), waste time


lour, lower

   be brewing, blacken, cloud up or over, darken, loom, menace, threaten [image]  frown, give a dirty look, glare, glower, look daggers, look sullen, scowl


lout

See Also

bear, boor, bumpkin, churl, clod, clumsy idiot, dolt, gawk, lubber, lummox (Inf.), ned (Sl.), oaf, yahoo, yob or yobbo (Brit. sl.)


lovable

See Also

adorable, amiable, attractive, captivating, charming, cuddly, cute, delightful, enchanting, endearing, engaging, fetching (Inf.), likable or likeable, lovely, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome


love

See Also

•   v.    adore, adulate, be attached to, be in love with, cherish, dote on, have affection for, hold dear, idolize, prize, think the world of, treasure, worship [image]  appreciate, delight in, desire, enjoy, fancy, have a weakness for, like, relish, savour, take pleasure in [image]  canoodle (Sl.), caress, cuddle, embrace, fondle, kiss, neck (Inf.), pet

•   n.    adoration, adulation, affection, amity, ardour, attachment, devotion, fondness, friendship, infatuation, liking, passion, rapture, regard, tenderness, warmth [image]  delight, devotion, enjoyment, fondness, inclination, liking, partiality, relish, soft spot, taste, weakness [image]  angel, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dear one, inamorata, inamorato, leman (Archaic), loved one, lover, sweet, sweetheart, truelove [image]  for love for nothing, freely, free of charge, gratis, pleasurably, without payment [image]  for love or money by any means, ever, under any conditions [image]  in love besotted, charmed, enamoured, enraptured, infatuated, smitten [image]  fall in love (with) bestow one's affections on, be taken with, fall for, lose one's heart (to), take a shine to (Inf.)


love affair

   affair, affaire de coeur, amour, intrigue, liaison, relationship, romance [image]  appreciation, devotion, enthusiasm, love, mania, passion


lovely

See Also

   admirable, adorable, amiable, attractive, beautiful, charming, comely, exquisite, graceful, handsome, pretty, sweet, winning [image]  agreeable, captivating, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing


lover

See Also

admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, fancy man (Sl.), fancy woman (Sl.), fiancé, fiancée, flame (Inf.), girlfriend, inamorata, inamorato, leman (Archaic), mistress, paramour, suitor, swain (Archaic), sweetheart, toy boy


loving

See Also

affectionate, amorous, ardent, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, fond, friendly, kind, solicitous, tender, warm, warm-hearted


low

See Also

   fubsy (Archaic or dialect), little, short, small, squat, stunted [image]  deep, depressed, ground-level, low-lying, shallow, subsided, sunken [image]  depleted, insignificant, little, meagre, measly, paltry, reduced, scant, small, sparse, trifling [image]  deficient, inadequate, inferior, low-grade, mediocre, pathetic, poor, puny, second-rate, shoddy, substandard, worthless [image]  coarse, common, crude, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, gross, ill-bred, obscene, rough, rude, unbecoming, undignified, unrefined, vulgar [image]  humble, lowborn, lowly, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, simple, unpretentious [image]  blue, brassed off (Brit. sl.), dejected, depressed, despondent, disheartened, dismal, down, downcast, down in the dumps (Inf.), fed up, forlorn, gloomy, glum, miserable, morose, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), unhappy [image]  debilitated, dying, exhausted, feeble, frail, ill, prostrate, reduced, sinking, stricken, weak [image]  gentle, hushed, muffled, muted, quiet, soft, subdued, whispered [image]  cheap, economical, inexpensive, moderate, modest, reasonable [image]  abject, base, contemptible, dastardly, degraded, depraved, despicable, ignoble, mean, menial, nasty, scurvy, servile, sordid, unworthy, vile, vulgar


lowdown

 Inf. dope (Inf.), gen (Brit. inf.), info (Inf.), information, inside story, intelligence


lower 1

See Also

•   adj.    inferior, junior, lesser, low-level, minor, secondary, second-class, smaller, subordinate, under [image]  curtailed, decreased, diminished, lessened, pared down, reduced

•   v.    depress, drop, fall, let down, make lower, sink, submerge, take down [image]  abase, belittle, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, devalue, disgrace, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop [image]  abate, curtail, cut, decrease, diminish, lessen, minimize, moderate, prune, reduce, slash [image]  soften, tone down


lower 2

See Also

See LOUR


low-grade

See Also

bad, bush-league (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), chickenshit (U.S. sl.), dime-a-dozen (Inf.), duff (Inf.), inferior, not good enough, not up to snuff (Inf.), of a sort or of sorts, piss-poor (Taboo sl.), poor, poxy (Sl.), second-rate, substandard, tinhorn (U.S. sl.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


low-key

See Also

low-pitched, muffled, muted, played down, quiet, restrained, subdued, toned down, understated


lowly

See Also

   ignoble, inferior, lowborn, mean, obscure, plebeian, proletarian, subordinate [image]  docile, dutiful, gentle, humble, meek, mild, modest, submissive, unassuming [image]  average, common, homespun, modest, ordinary, plain, poor, simple, unpretentious


low-spirited

See Also

apathetic, blue, brassed off (Brit. sl.), dejected, depressed, despondent, dismal, down, down-hearted, down in the dumps (Inf.), fed up, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, miserable, moody, sad, unhappy


loyal

See Also

attached, constant, dependable, devoted, dutiful, faithful, immovable, patriotic, staunch, steadfast, tried and true, true, true-blue, true-hearted, trustworthy, trusty, unswerving, unwavering


loyalty

See Also

allegiance, constancy, dependability, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, patriotism, reliability, staunchness, steadfastness, troth (Archaic), true-heartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness


lubricate

grease, make slippery, make smooth, oil, oil the wheels, smear, smooth the way


lucid

See Also

   clear, clear-cut, comprehensible, crystal clear, distinct, evident, explicit, intelligible, limpid, obvious, pellucid, plain, transparent [image]  beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, gleaming, luminous, radiant, resplendent, shining [image]  clear, crystalline, diaphanous, glassy, limpid, pellucid, pure, translucent, transparent [image]  all there, clear-headed, compos mentis, in one's right mind, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sound


luck

See Also

   accident, chance, destiny, fate, fortuity, fortune, hap (Archaic), hazard [image]  advantage, blessing, break (Inf.), fluke, godsend, good fortune, good luck, prosperity, serendipity, stroke, success, windfall


luckily

   favourably, fortunately, happily, opportunely, propitiously, providentially [image]  as it chanced, as luck would have it, by chance, fortuitously


luckless

See Also

calamitous, cursed, disastrous, doomed, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, ill-starred, jinxed, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful


lucky

See Also

   advantageous, blessed, charmed, favoured, fortunate, jammy (Brit. sl.), prosperous, serendipitous, successful [image]  adventitious, auspicious, fortuitous, opportune, propitious, providential, timely


lucrative

See Also

advantageous, fat, fruitful, gainful, high-income, money-making, paying, productive, profitable, remunerative, well-paid


lucre

gain, mammon, money, pelf, profit, riches, spoils, wealth


ludicrous

See Also

absurd, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, farcical, funny, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous, silly, zany


luggage

See Also

baggage, bags, cases, gear, impedimenta, paraphernalia, suitcases, things, trunks


lugubrious

See Also

dirgelike, dismal, doleful, dreary, funereal, gloomy, melancholy, morose, mournful, sad, serious, sombre, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful


lukewarm

See Also

   blood-warm, tepid, warm [image]   Fig. apathetic, cold, cool, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, indifferent, laodicean, phlegmatic, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, uninterested, unresponsive


lull

See Also

•   v.    allay, calm, compose, hush, lullaby, pacify, quell, quiet, rock to sleep, soothe, still, subdue, tranquillize [image]  abate, cease, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ease off, let up, moderate, quieten down, slacken, subside, wane

•   n.    calm, calmness, hush, let-up (Inf.), pause, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, tranquillity


lullaby

See Also

berceuse, cradlesong


lumber 1

See Also

•   n.    castoffs, clutter, discards, jumble, junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, trumpery, white elephants

•   v.     Brit. sl. burden, encumber, impose upon, land, load, saddle


lumber 2

See Also

•   v. clump, lump along, plod, shamble, shuffle, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle


lumbering

See Also

awkward, blundering, bovine, bumbling, clumsy, elephantine, heavy, heavy-footed, hulking, lubberly, overgrown, ponderous, ungainly, unwieldy


luminous

See Also

   bright, brilliant, glowing, illuminated, lighted, lit, luminescent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, shining, vivid [image]  clear, evident, intelligible, lucid, obvious, perspicuous, plain, transparent


lump 1

See Also

•   n.    ball, bunch, cake, chunk, clod, cluster, dab, gob, gobbet, group, hunk, mass, nugget, piece, spot, wedge [image]  bulge, bump, growth, hump, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, tumescence, tumour

•   v.    agglutinate, aggregate, batch, bunch, coalesce, collect, combine, conglomerate, consolidate, group, mass, pool, unite


lump 2

See Also

•   v. bear, brook, endure, put up with, stand, suffer, take, thole (Northern English dialect), tolerate


lunacy

See Also

   dementia, derangement, idiocy, insanity, madness, mania, psychosis [image]  aberration, absurdity, craziness, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, madness, senselessness, stupidity, tomfoolery


lunatic

See Also

•   adj.    barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), barmy (Sl.), bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), crackbrained, crackpot (Inf.), crazy, daft, demented, deranged, insane, irrational, loopy (Inf.), mad, maniacal, not the full shilling (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), psychotic, unhinged, up the pole (Inf.)

•   n.    headbanger (Inf.), headcase (Inf.), loony (Sl.), madman, maniac, nut (Sl.), nutcase (Sl.), nutter (Brit. sl.), psychopath


lunge

See Also

•   n.    charge, cut, jab, pass, pounce, spring, stab, swing, swipe (Inf.), thrust

•   v.    bound, charge, cut, dash, dive, fall upon, hit at, jab, leap, pitch into (Inf.), plunge, poke, pounce, set upon, stab, strike at, thrust


lure

See Also

•   v.    allure, attract, beckon, decoy, draw, ensnare, entice, inveigle, invite, lead on, seduce, tempt

•   n.    allurement, attraction, bait, carrot (Inf.), come-on (Inf.), decoy, enticement, inducement, magnet, siren song, temptation


lurid

See Also

   exaggerated, graphic, melodramatic, sensational, shock-horror (Facetious), shocking, startling, unrestrained, vivid, yellow (of journalism) [image]  disgusting, ghastly, gory, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, revolting, savage, violent [image]  ashen, ghastly, pale, pallid, sallow, wan [image]  bloody, fiery, flaming, glaring, glowering, intense, livid, overbright, sanguine


lurk

See Also

conceal oneself, crouch, go furtively, hide, lie in wait, move with stealth, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak, snoop


luscious

See Also

appetizing, delectable, delicious, honeyed, juicy, mouth-watering, palatable, rich, savoury, scrumptious (Inf.), succulent, sweet, toothsome, yummy (Sl.)


lush

See Also

   abundant, dense, flourishing, green, lavish, overgrown, prolific, rank, teeming, verdant [image]  fresh, juicy, ripe, succulent, tender [image]  elaborate, extravagant, grand, lavish, luxurious, opulent, ornate, palatial, plush (Inf.), ritzy (Sl.), sumptuous


lust

See Also

•   n.    carnality, concupiscence, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, libido, licentiousness, pruriency, randiness (Inf., chiefly Brit.), salaciousness, sensuality, the hots (Sl.), wantonness [image]  appetence, appetite, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, desire, greed, longing, passion, thirst

•   v.    be consumed with desire for, covet, crave, desire, hunger for or after, lech after (Inf.), need, slaver over, want, yearn


lustre

See Also

   burnish, gleam, glint, glitter, gloss, glow, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle [image]  brightness, brilliance, dazzle, lambency, luminousness, radiance, resplendence [image]  distinction, fame, glory, honour, illustriousness, prestige, renown


lusty

See Also

brawny, energetic, hale, healthy, hearty, in fine fettle, powerful, Ramboesque, red-blooded (Inf.), robust, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virile


luxurious

See Also

   comfortable, costly, de luxe, expensive, lavish, magnificent, opulent, plush (Inf.), rich, ritzy (Sl.), splendid, sumptuous, well-appointed [image]  epicurean, pampered, pleasure-loving, self-indulgent, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuous


luxury

See Also

   affluence, hedonism, opulence, richness, splendour, sumptuousness, voluptuousness [image]  bliss, comfort, delight, enjoyment, gratification, indulgence, pleasure, satisfaction, wellbeing [image]  extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, nonessential, treat


lying

See Also

•   n.    deceit, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsity, fibbing, guile, mendacity, perjury, prevarication, untruthfulness

•   adj.    deceitful, dishonest, dissembling, double-dealing, false, guileful, mendacious, perfidious, treacherous, two-faced, untruthful


lyric

See Also

•   adj.     Of poetry expressive, lyrical, melodic, musical, songlike [image]   Of a voice clear, dulcet, flowing, graceful, light, silvery

•   n.    (Plural) book, libretto, text, the words, words of a song


lyrical

See Also

carried away, ecstatic, effusive, emotional, enthusiastic, expressive, impassioned, inspired, poetic, rapturous, rhapsodic


macabre

See Also

cadaverous, deathlike, deathly, dreadful, eerie, frightening, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrid, morbid, unearthly, weird


machine

See Also

   apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, instrument, mechanism, tool [image]  agency, machinery, organization, party, setup (Inf.), structure, system [image]   Fig. agent, automaton, mechanical man, puppet, robot, zombie


machinery

See Also

   apparatus, equipment, gear, instruments, mechanism, tackle, tools, works [image]  agency, channels, machine, organization, procedure, structure, system


mad

See Also

   aberrant, bananas (Sl.), barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), barmy (Sl.), batty (Sl.), bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), crackers (Brit. sl.), crackpot (Inf.), crazed, crazy (Inf.), cuckoo (Inf.), delirious, demented, deranged, distracted, flaky (U.S. sl.), frantic, frenzied, insane, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mental (Sl.), non compos mentis, not the full shilling (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), off one's chump (Sl.), off one's head (Sl.), off one's nut (Sl.), off one's rocker (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), of unsound mind, out of one's mind, out to lunch (Inf.), psychotic, rabid, raving, round the bend (Brit. sl.), round the twist (Brit. sl.), screwy (Inf.), unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, up the pole (Inf.) [image]  absurd, asinine, daft (Inf.), foolhardy, foolish, imprudent, inane, irrational, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, unreasonable, unsafe, unsound, wild [image]   Inf. angry, ape (Sl.), apeshit (Sl.), berserk, cross, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, in a wax (Inf., chiefly Brit.), incensed, infuriated, irate, irritated, livid (Inf.), raging, resentful, seeing red (Inf.), wild, wrathful [image]  ardent, avid, crazy, daft (Inf.), devoted, dotty (Sl., chiefly Brit.), enamoured, enthusiastic, fanatical, fond, hooked, impassioned, infatuated, in love with, keen, nuts (Sl.), wild, zealous [image]  abandoned, agitated, boisterous, ebullient, energetic, excited, frenetic, frenzied, gay, riotous, uncontrolled, unrestrained, wild [image]  like mad  Inf. energetically, enthusiastically, excitedly, furiously, madly, quickly, rapidly, speedily, unrestrainedly, violently, wildly, with might and main


madden

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), annoy, craze, derange, drive one crazy  (off one's head (Sl.), out of one's mind, round the bend (Brit. sl.), round the twist (Brit. sl.), to distraction) (Inf.), enrage, exasperate, gall, get one's hackles up, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, make one's blood boil, make one see red (Inf.), make one's hackles rise, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, raise one's hackles, unhinge, upset, vex


made-up

See Also

fabricated, false, fictional, imaginary, invented, make-believe, mythical, specious, trumped-up, unreal, untrue


madly

See Also

   crazily, deliriously, dementedly, distractedly, frantically, frenziedly, hysterically, insanely, rabidly [image]  absurdly, foolishly, irrationally, ludicrously, nonsensically, senselessly, unreasonably, wildly [image]  energetically, excitedly, furiously, hastily, hotfoot, hurriedly, like mad (Inf.), quickly, rapidly, recklessly, speedily, violently, wildly [image]   Inf. desperately, devotedly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, intensely, passionately, to distraction


madman

madman or madwoman

headbanger (Inf.), headcase (Inf.), loony (Sl.), lunatic, maniac, mental case (Sl.), nut (Sl.), nutcase (Sl.), nutter (Brit. sl.), psycho (Sl.), psychopath, psychotic


madness

See Also

   aberration, craziness, delusion, dementia, derangement, distraction, insanity, lunacy, mania, mental illness, psychopathy, psychosis [image]  absurdity, daftness (Inf.), folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, nonsense, preposterousness, wildness [image]  anger, exasperation, frenzy, fury, ire, rage, raving, wildness, wrath [image]  ardour, craze, enthusiasm, fanaticism, fondness, infatuation, keenness, passion, rage, zeal [image]  abandon, agitation, excitement, frenzy, furore, intoxication, riot, unrestraint, uproar


magazine

See Also

   journal, pamphlet, paper, periodical [image]  ammunition dump, arsenal, depot, powder room (Obsolete), store, storehouse, warehouse


magic

See Also

•   n.    black art, enchantment, necromancy, occultism, sorcery, sortilege, spell, theurgy, witchcraft, wizardry [image]  conjuring, hocus-pocus, illusion, jiggery-pokery (Inf., chiefly Brit.), jugglery, legerdemain, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, trickery [image]  allurement, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamour, magnetism, power

•   adj.     Also magical bewitching, charismatic, charming, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating, magnetic, marvellous, miraculous, sorcerous, spellbinding


magician

   archimage (Rare), conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, enchantress, illusionist, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge (Rare), theurgist, warlock, witch, wizard [image]  genius, marvel, miracle-worker, spellbinder, virtuoso, wizard, wonder-worker


magisterial

See Also

arrogant, assertive, authoritative, bossy (Inf.), commanding, dictatorial, domineering, high-handed, imperious, lordly, masterful, overbearing, peremptory


magistrate

See Also

bailie (Scot.), J.P., judge, justice, justice of the peace, provost (Scot.)


magnanimity

See Also

beneficence, big-heartedness, bountifulness, charitableness, generosity, high-mindedness, largess or largesse, munificence, nobility, open-handedness, selflessness, unselfishness


magnanimous

See Also

beneficent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, free, generous, great-hearted, handsome, high-minded, kind, kindly, munificent, noble, open-handed, selfless, ungrudging, unselfish, unstinting


magnate

See Also

   baron, big cheese (Sl., old-fashioned), big noise (Inf.), big shot (Inf.), big wheel (Sl.), bigwig (Inf.), captain of industry, chief, fat cat (Sl., chiefly U.S.), leader, mogul, Mister Big (Sl., chiefly U.S.), nabob (Inf.), notable, plutocrat, tycoon, V.I.P.   aristo (Inf.), aristocrat, baron, bashaw, grandee, magnifico, merchant, noble, notable, personage, prince


magnetic

See Also

alluring, attractive, captivating, charismatic, charming, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating, hypnotic, irresistible, mesmerizing, seductive


magnetism

See Also

allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, captivatingness, charisma, charm, draw, drawing power, enchantment, fascination, hypnotism, magic, mesmerism, power, pull, seductiveness, spell


magnification

See Also

aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, blow-up (Inf.), boost, build-up, deepening, dilation, enhancement, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, heightening, increase, inflation, intensification


magnificence

See Also

brilliance, éclat, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, luxuriousness, luxury, majesty, nobility, opulence, pomp, resplendence, splendour, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness


magnificent

See Also

august, brilliant, elegant, elevated, exalted, excellent, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, lavish, luxurious, majestic, noble, opulent, outstanding, princely, regal, resplendent, rich, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superior, transcendent


magnify

See Also

   aggrandize, amplify, augment, blow up (Inf.), boost, build up, deepen, dilate, enlarge, expand, heighten, increase, intensify [image]  aggravate, blow up, blow up out of all proportion, dramatize, enhance, exaggerate, inflate, make a federal case of (U.S. inf.), make a mountain out of a molehill, make a production (out) of (Inf.), overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate


magnitude

See Also

   consequence, eminence, grandeur, greatness, importance, mark, moment, note, significance, weight [image]  amount, amplitude, bigness, bulk, capacity, dimensions, enormity, expanse, extent, hugeness, immensity, intensity, largeness, mass, measure, proportions, quantity, size, space, strength, vastness, volume


maid

See Also

   damsel, girl, lass, lassie (Inf.), maiden, miss, nymph (Poetic), wench [image]  abigail (Archaic), handmaiden (Archaic), housemaid, maidservant, servant, serving-maid


maiden

See Also

•   n.    damsel, girl, lass, lassie (Inf.), maid, miss, nymph (Poetic), virgin, wench

•   adj.    chaste, intact, pure, undefiled, unmarried, unwed, virgin, virginal [image]  first, inaugural, initial, initiatory, introductory [image]  fresh, new, unbroached, untapped, untried, unused


maidenly

See Also

chaste, decent, decorous, demure, gentle, girlish, modest, pure, reserved, undefiled, unsullied, vestal, virginal, virtuous


mail

See Also

•   n.    correspondence, letters, packages, parcels, post [image]  post, postal service, postal system

•   v.    dispatch, forward, post, send, send by mail or post


maim

See Also

cripple, disable, hamstring, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, mutilate, put out of action, wound


main

See Also

•   adj.    capital, cardinal, central, chief, critical, crucial, essential, foremost, head, leading, necessary, outstanding, paramount, particular, predominant, pre-eminent, premier, primary, prime, principal, special, supreme, vital [image]  absolute, brute, direct, downright, entire, mere, pure, sheer, undisguised, utmost, utter

•   n.    cable, channel, conduit, duct, line, pipe [image]  effort, force, might, potency, power, puissance, strength [image]  in (or for) the main for the most part, generally, in general, mainly, mostly, on the whole


mainly

See Also

above all, chiefly, first and foremost, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, largely, mostly, most of all, on the whole, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantially, to the greatest extent, usually


mainstay

See Also

anchor, backbone, bulwark, buttress, chief support, linchpin, pillar, prop


maintain

See Also

   care for, carry on, conserve, continue, finance, keep, keep up, look after, nurture, perpetuate, preserve, prolong, provide, retain, supply, support, sustain, take care of, uphold [image]  affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, insist, profess, state [image]  advocate, argue for, back, champion, defend, fight for, justify, plead for, stand by, take up the cudgels for, uphold, vindicate


maintenance

See Also

   care, carrying-on, conservation, continuance, continuation, keeping, nurture, perpetuation, preservation, prolongation, provision, repairs, retainment, supply, support, sustainment, sustention, upkeep [image]  aliment, alimony, allowance, food, keep, livelihood, living, subsistence, support, sustenance, upkeep


majestic

See Also

august, awesome, dignified, elevated, exalted, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lofty, magnificent, monumental, noble, pompous, princely, regal, royal, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), stately, sublime, superb


majesty

See Also

augustness, awesomeness, dignity, exaltedness, glory, grandeur, imposingness, impressiveness, kingliness, loftiness, magnificence, nobility, pomp, queenliness, royalty, splendour, state, stateliness, sublimity


major

See Also

   better, bigger, chief, elder, greater, head, higher, larger, lead, leading, main, most, senior, superior, supreme, uppermost [image]  critical, crucial, grave, great, important, mega (Sl.), notable, outstanding, pre-eminent, radical, serious, significant, vital, weighty


majority

See Also

   best part, bulk, greater number, mass, more, most, plurality, preponderance, superiority [image]  adulthood, manhood, maturity, seniority, womanhood


make

See Also

•   v.    assemble, build, compose, constitute, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, manufacture, mould, originate, produce, put together, shape, synthesize [image]  accomplish, beget, bring about, cause, create, effect, engender, generate, give rise to, lead to, occasion, produce [image]  cause, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, induce, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, railroad (Inf.), require [image]  appoint, assign, create, designate, elect, install, invest, nominate, ordain [image]  draw up, enact, establish, fix, form, frame, pass [image]  add up to, amount to, compose, constitute, embody, form, represent [image]  act, carry out, do, effect, engage in, execute, perform, practise, prosecute [image]  calculate, estimate, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think [image]  acquire, clear, earn, gain, get, net, obtain, realize, secure, take in, win [image]  arrive at, arrive in time for, attain, catch, get to, meet, reach [image]  make it  Inf. arrive (Inf.), be successful, come through, crack it (Inf.), cut it (Inf.), get on, get somewhere, prosper, pull through, succeed, survive

•   n.    brand, build, character, composition, constitution, construction, cut, designation, form, kind, make-up, mark, model, shape, sort, structure, style, type, variety [image]  cast of mind, character, disposition, frame of mind, humour, kidney, make-up, nature, stamp, temper, temperament


make away

   abscond, beat a hasty retreat, clear out (Inf.), cut and run (Inf.), decamp, depart, do a runner (Sl.), flee, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hook it (Sl.), make off, run away or off, run for it (Inf.), scoot, skedaddle (Inf.), slope off, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take to one's heels [image]  (With with) abduct, cabbage (Brit. sl.), carry off, filch, kidnap, knock off (Sl.), make off with, nab (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch (Inf.), purloin, steal, swipe (Sl.) [image]  (With with) blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), destroy, dispose of, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, get rid of, kill, murder, rub out (U.S. sl.)


make-believe

See Also

•   n.    charade, dream, fantasy, imagination, play-acting, pretence, unreality

•   adj.    dream, fantasized, fantasy, imaginary, imagined, made-up, mock, pretend, pretended, sham, unreal


make believe

See Also

act as if or though, dream, enact, fantasize, imagine, play, play-act, pretend


make do

See Also

cope, get along or by, improvise, manage, muddle through, scrape along or by


make for

See Also

   aim for, be bound for, head for or towards, proceed towards, steer (a course) for [image]  assail, assault, attack, fall on, fly at, go for, have a go at (Inf.), lunge at, set upon [image]  be conducive to, conduce to, contribute to, facilitate, favour, promote


make off

See Also

   abscond, beat a hasty retreat, bolt, clear out (Inf.), cut and run (Inf.), decamp, do a runner (Sl.), flee, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hook it (Sl.), make away, run away or off, run for it (Inf.), skedaddle (Inf.), slope off, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take to one's heels [image]  (With with) abduct, cabbage (Brit. sl.), carry off, filch, kidnap, knock off (Sl.), make away with, nab (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch (Inf.), purloin, run away or off with, steal, swipe (Sl.)


make out

See Also

   descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, perceive, recognize, see [image]  comprehend, decipher, fathom, follow, grasp, perceive, realize, see, suss (out) (Sl.), understand, work out [image]  complete, draw up, fill in or out, inscribe, write (out) [image]  demonstrate, describe, prove, represent, show [image]  assert, claim, let on, make as if or though, pretend [image]  fare, get on, manage, prosper, succeed, thrive


maker

See Also

author, builder, constructor, director, fabricator, framer, manufacturer, producer


Maker

Creator, God


makeshift

See Also

•   adj.    expedient, jury (Chiefly nautical), make-do, provisional, rough and ready, stopgap, substitute, temporary

•   n.    expedient, shift, stopgap, substitute


make-up

See Also

   cosmetics, face (Inf.), greasepaint (Theatre), maquillage, paint (Inf.), powder, war paint (Inf., humorous) [image]  arrangement, assembly, composition, configuration, constitution, construction, form, format, formation, organization, structure [image]  build, cast of mind, character, constitution, disposition, figure, frame of mind, make, nature, stamp, temper, temperament


make up

See Also

   compose, comprise, constitute, form [image]  coin, compose, concoct, construct, cook up (Inf.), create, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, frame, hatch, invent, manufacture, originate, trump up, write [image]  complete, fill, meet, supply [image]  (With for) atone, balance, compensate, make amends, offset, recompense, redeem, redress, requite [image]  bury the hatchet, call it quits, come to terms, compose, forgive and forget, make peace, mend, reconcile, settle, shake hands [image]  make up one's mind choose, come to a decision, decide, determine, make a decision, reach a decision, resolve, settle [image]  make up to  Inf. chat up (Inf.), court, curry favour with, flirt with, make overtures to, woo


makings

   beginnings, capability, capacity, ingredients, materials, potentiality, potential(s), qualities [image]  earnings, income, proceeds, profits, returns, revenue, takings


maladjusted

See Also

alienated, disturbed, estranged, hung-up (Sl.), neurotic, unstable


maladministration

blundering, bungling, corruption, dishonesty, incompetence, inefficiency, malfeasance (Law), malpractice, misgovernment, mismanagement, misrule


malady

See Also

affliction, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, ill, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness


malcontent

•   adj.    disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, disgusted, dissatisfied, dissentious, factious, ill-disposed, rebellious, resentful, restive, unhappy, unsatisfied

•   n.    agitator, complainer, fault-finder, grouch (Inf.), grouser, grumbler, mischief-maker, rebel, stirrer (Inf.), troublemaker


male

See Also

manful, manlike, manly, masculine, virile


malefactor

See Also

convict, criminal, crook (Inf.), culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, lawbreaker, miscreant, offender, outlaw, transgressor, villain, wrongdoer


malevolence

See Also

hate, hatred, ill will, malice, maliciousness, malignity, rancour, spite, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness


malevolent

See Also

baleful, evil-minded, hateful (Archaic), hostile, ill-natured, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, pernicious, rancorous, spiteful, vengeful, vicious, vindictive


malformation

See Also

crookedness, deformity, distortion, misshape, misshapenness


malfunction

See Also

•   v.    break down, develop a fault, fail, go wrong

•   n.    breakdown, defect, failure, fault, flaw, glitch, impairment


malice

See Also

animosity, animus, bad blood, bitterness, enmity, evil intent, hate, hatred, ill will, malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, rancour, spite, spitefulness, spleen, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness


malicious

See Also

baleful, bitchy (Inf.), bitter, catty (Inf.), evil-minded, hateful, ill-disposed, ill-natured, injurious, malevolent, malignant, mischievous, pernicious, rancorous, resentful, shrewish, spiteful, vengeful, vicious


malign

See Also

•   adj.    bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, destructive, evil, harmful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, maleficent, malevolent, malignant, pernicious, vicious, wicked

•   v.    abuse, asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), blacken (someone's name), calumniate, defame, denigrate, derogate, disparage, do a hatchet job on (Inf.), harm, injure, knock (Inf.), libel, revile, rubbish (Inf.), run down, slag (off) (Sl.), slander, smear, speak ill of, traduce, vilify


malignant

See Also

   baleful, bitter, destructive, harmful, hostile, hurtful, inimical, injurious, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, of evil intent, pernicious, spiteful, vicious [image]   Medical cancerous, dangerous, deadly, evil, fatal, irremediable, metastatic, uncontrollable, virulent


malpractice

See Also

   abuse, dereliction, misbehaviour, misconduct, mismanagement, negligence [image]  abuse, misdeed, offence, transgression


maltreat

See Also

abuse, bully, damage, handle roughly, harm, hurt, ill-treat, injure, mistreat


mammoth

See Also

Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), massive, mega (Sl.), mighty, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, vast


man

See Also

•   n.    bloke (Brit. inf.), chap (Inf.), gentleman, guy (Inf.), male [image]  adult, being, body, human, human being, individual, one, person, personage, somebody, soul [image]  Homo sapiens, humanity, humankind, human race, mankind, mortals, people [image]  attendant, employee, follower, hand, hireling, liegeman, manservant, retainer, servant, soldier, subject, subordinate, valet, vassal, worker, workman [image]  beau, boyfriend, husband, lover, partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse [image]  to a man bar none, every one, one and all, unanimously, without exception

•   v.    crew, fill, furnish with men, garrison, occupy, people, staff


manacle

See Also

•   n.    bond, chain, fetter, gyve (Archaic), handcuff, iron, shackle, tie

•   v.    bind, chain, check, clap or put in irons, confine, constrain, curb, fetter, hamper, handcuff, inhibit, put in chains, restrain, shackle, tie one's hands


manage

See Also

   administer, be in charge (of), command, concert, conduct, direct, govern, handle, manipulate, oversee, preside over, rule, run, superintend, supervise [image]  accomplish, arrange, bring about or off, contrive, cope with, crack it (Inf.), cut it (Inf.), deal with, effect, engineer, succeed [image]  control, dominate, govern, guide, handle, influence, manipulate, operate, pilot, ply, steer, train, use, wield [image]  carry on, cope, fare, get along, get by (Inf.), get on, make do, make out, muddle through, shift, survive


manageable

See Also

amenable, compliant, controllable, convenient, docile, easy, governable, handy, submissive, tamable, tractable, user-friendly, wieldy


management

See Also

   administration, board, bosses (Inf.), directorate, directors, employers, executive(s) [image]  administration, care, charge, command, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, manipulation, operation, rule, running, superintendence, supervision


manager

See Also

administrator, boss (Inf.), comptroller, conductor, controller, director, executive, gaffer (Inf., chiefly Brit.), governor, head, organizer, overseer, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor


mandate

See Also

authority, authorization, bidding, charge, command, commission, decree, directive, edict, fiat, injunction, instruction, order, precept, sanction, warrant


mandatory

See Also

binding, compulsory, obligatory, required, requisite


manful

See Also

bold, brave, courageous, daring, determined, gallant, hardy, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, manly, noble, powerful, resolute, stalwart, stout, stout-hearted, strong, valiant, vigorous


manfully

See Also

boldly, bravely, courageously, desperately, determinedly, gallantly, hard, heroically, intrepidly, like a Trojan, like one possessed, like the devil, nobly, powerfully, resolutely, stalwartly, stoutly, strongly, to the best of one's ability, valiantly, vigorously, with might and main


mangle

See Also

butcher, cripple, crush, cut, deform, destroy, disfigure, distort, hack, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, mutilate, rend, ruin, spoil, tear, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), wreck


mangy

dirty, grungy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), mean, moth-eaten, scabby (Inf.), scruffy, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), seedy, shabby, shoddy, squalid


manhandle

See Also

   handle roughly, knock about or around, maul, paw (Inf.), pull, push, rough up [image]  carry, haul, heave, hump (Brit. sl.), lift, manoeuvre, pull, push, shove, tug


manhood

See Also

bravery, courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, hardihood, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, maturity, mettle, resolution, spirit, strength, valour, virility


mania

See Also

   aberration, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, disorder, frenzy, insanity, lunacy, madness [image]  cacoethes, craving, craze, desire, enthusiasm, fad (Inf.), fetish, fixation, obsession, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing (Inf.)


maniac

See Also

   headbanger (Inf.), headcase (Inf.), loony (Sl.), lunatic, madman, madwoman, nutcase (Sl.), nutter (Brit. sl.), psycho (Sl.), psychopath [image]  enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend (Inf.), freak (Inf.)


manifest

See Also

•   adj.    apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, glaring, noticeable, obvious, open, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable, visible

•   v.    declare, demonstrate, display, establish, evince, exhibit, expose, express, make plain, prove, reveal, set forth, show


manifestation

See Also

appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, exhibition, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, materialization, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token


manifold

See Also

abundant, assorted, copious, diverse, diversified, many, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multiplied, multitudinous, numerous, varied, various


manipulate

See Also

   employ, handle, operate, ply, use, wield, work [image]  conduct, control, direct, engineer, guide, influence, manoeuvre, negotiate, steer


mankind

See Also

Homo sapiens, humanity, humankind, human race, man, people


manliness

See Also

boldness, bravery, courage, fearlessness, firmness, hardihood, heroism, independence, intrepidity, machismo, manfulness, manhood, masculinity, mettle, resolution, stoutheartedness, valour, vigour, virility


manly

See Also

bold, brave, butch (Sl.), courageous, daring, dauntless, fearless, gallant, hardy, heroic, macho, male, manful, masculine, muscular, noble, powerful, Ramboesque, red-blooded (Inf.), resolute, robust, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, valiant, valorous, vigorous, virile, well-built


man-made

See Also

artificial, ersatz, manufactured, plastic (Sl.), synthetic


manner

See Also

   air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behaviour, comportment, conduct, demeanour, deportment, look, mien (Literary), presence, tone [image]  approach, custom, fashion, form, genre, habit, line, means, method, mode, practice, procedure, process, routine, style, tack, tenor, usage, way, wont [image]  brand, breed, category, form, kind, nature, sort, type, variety


mannered

See Also

affected, artificial, posed, pretentious, pseudo (Inf.), put-on, stilted


mannerism

See Also

characteristic, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, trait, trick


mannerly

See Also

civil, civilized, courteous, decorous, genteel, gentlemanly, gracious, ladylike, polished, polite, refined, respectful, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered


manners

See Also

   bearing, behaviour, breeding, carriage, comportment, conduct, demeanour, deportment [image]  ceremony, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, polish, politeness, politesse, proprieties, protocol, refinement, social graces, the done thing


manoeuvre

See Also

•   n.    action, artifice, dodge, intrigue, machination, move, movement, plan, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, trick [image]  deployment, evolution, exercise, movement, operation

•   v.    contrive, devise, engineer, intrigue, machinate, manage, manipulate, plan, plot, pull strings, scheme, wangle (Inf.) [image]  deploy, exercise, move [image]  direct, drive, guide, handle, navigate, negotiate, pilot, steer


mansion

See Also

abode, dwelling, habitation, hall, manor, residence, seat, villa


mantle

See Also

•   n.     Archaic cape, cloak, hood, shawl, wrap [image]  blanket, canopy, cloud, cover, covering, curtain, envelope, pall, screen, shroud, veil

•   v.    blanket, cloak, cloud, cover, disguise, envelop, hide, mask, overspread, screen, shroud, veil, wrap


manual

See Also

•   adj.    done by hand, hand-operated, human, physical

•   n.    bible, enchiridion (Rare), guide, guidebook, handbook, instructions, workbook


manufacture

See Also

•   v.    assemble, build, compose, construct, create, fabricate, forge, form, make, mass-produce, mould, process, produce, put together, shape, turn out [image]  concoct, cook up (Inf.), devise, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, think up, trump up

•   n.    assembly, construction, creation, fabrication, making, mass-production, produce, production


manufacturer

builder, constructor, creator, fabricator, factory-owner, industrialist, maker, producer


manure

See Also

compost, droppings, dung, excrement, fertilizer, muck, ordure


many

See Also

•   adj.    abundant, copious, countless, divers (Archaic), frequent, innumerable, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, profuse, sundry, umpteen (Inf.), varied, various

•   n.    a horde, a lot, a mass, a multitude, a thousand and one, heaps (Inf.), large numbers, lots (Inf.), piles (Inf.), plenty, scores, tons (Inf.), umpteen (Inf.) [image]  the many crowd, hoi polloi, majority, masses, multitude, people, rank and file


mar

See Also

blemish, blight, blot, damage, deface, detract from, disfigure, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mutilate, ruin, scar, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate


maraud

despoil, forage, foray, harry, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, reive (Dialect), sack


marauder

bandit, brigand, buccaneer, cateran (Scot.), corsair, freebooter, mosstrooper, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, ravager, reiver (Dialect), robber


march

See Also

•   v.    file, footslog, pace, parade, stalk, stride, strut, tramp, tread, walk

•   n.    hike, routemarch, tramp, trek, walk [image]  demo (Inf.), demonstration, parade, procession [image]  gait, pace, step, stride [image]  advance, development, evolution, progress, progression [image]  on the march advancing, afoot, astir, en route, marching, on one's way, on the way, proceeding, progressing, under way


marches

See Also

borderland, borders, boundaries, confines, frontiers, limits, marchlands


margin

See Also

   border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, confine, edge, limit, perimeter, periphery, rim, side, verge [image]  allowance, compass, elbowroom, extra, latitude, leeway, play, room, scope, space, surplus


marginal

See Also

   bordering, borderline, on the edge, peripheral [image]  insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, slight, small


marijuana

bhang, cannabis, charas, dope (Sl.), ganja, grass (Sl.), hash (Sl.), hashish, hemp, kif, leaf (Sl.), mary jane (U.S. sl.), pot (Sl.), sinsemilla, smoke (Inf.), stuff (Sl.), tea (U.S. sl.), weed (Sl.)


marine

See Also

maritime, nautical, naval, ocean-going, oceanic, pelagic, saltwater, sea, seafaring, seagoing, thalassic


mariner

bluejacket, gob (U.S. sl.), hand, Jack Tar, matelot (Sl., chiefly Brit..), navigator, sailor, salt, sea dog, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, tar


marital

conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded


maritime

   marine, nautical, naval, oceanic, sea, seafaring [image]  coastal, littoral, seaside


mark

See Also

•   n.    blemish, blot, blotch, bruise, dent, impression, line, nick, pock, scar, scratch, smirch, smudge, splotch, spot, stain, streak [image]  badge, blaze, brand, characteristic, device, earmark, emblem, evidence, feature, flag, hallmark, impression, incision, index, indication, label, note, print, proof, seal, sign, signet, stamp, symbol, symptom, token [image]  criterion, level, measure, norm, par, standard, yardstick [image]  aim, end, goal, object, objective, purpose, target [image]  consequence, dignity, distinction, eminence, fame, importance, influence, notability, note, notice, prestige, quality, regard, standing [image]  footmark, footprint, sign, trace, track, trail, vestige [image]  make one's mark achieve recognition, be a success, find a place in the sun, get on in the world, make a success of oneself, make good, make it (Inf.), make something of oneself, prosper, succeed

•   v.    blemish, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, dent, impress, imprint, nick, scar, scratch, smirch, smudge, splotch, stain, streak [image]  brand, characterize, flag, identify, label, stamp [image]  betoken, denote, distinguish, evince, exemplify, illustrate, show [image]  attend, hearken (Archaic), mind, note, notice, observe, pay attention, pay heed, regard, remark, watch [image]  appraise, assess, correct, evaluate, grade


marked

See Also

apparent, blatant, clear, considerable, conspicuous, decided, distinct, evident, manifest, notable, noted, noticeable, obvious, outstanding, patent, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking


markedly

See Also

clearly, considerably, conspicuously, decidedly, distinctly, evidently, greatly, manifestly, notably, noticeably, obviously, outstandingly, patently, remarkably, signally, strikingly, to a great extent


market

See Also

•   n.    bazaar, fair, mart

•   v.    offer for sale, retail, sell, vend


marketable

See Also

in demand, merchantable, salable, sought after, vendible, wanted


marksman, -woman

See Also

crack shot (Inf.), deadeye (Inf., chiefly U.S.), dead shot (Inf.), good shot, sharpshooter


maroon

See Also

abandon, cast ashore, cast away, desert, leave, leave high and dry (Inf.), strand


marriage

See Also

   espousal, match, matrimony, nuptial rites, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony, wedlock [image]  alliance, amalgamation, association, confederation, coupling, link, merger, union


married

See Also

   hitched (Sl.), joined, one, spliced (Inf.), united, wed, wedded [image]  conjugal, connubial, husbandly, marital, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wifely


marrow

See Also

core, cream, essence, gist, heart, kernel, pith, quick, quintessence, soul, spirit, substance


marry

See Also

   become man and wife, espouse, get hitched (Sl.), get spliced (Inf.), take the plunge (Inf.), take to wife, tie the knot (Inf.), walk down the aisle (Inf.), wed, wive (Archaic) [image]  ally, bond, join, knit, link, match, merge, splice, tie, unify, unite, yoke


marsh

See Also

bog, fen, morass, moss (Scot. & northern English dialect), quagmire, slough, swamp


marshal

See Also

   align, arrange, array, assemble, collect, deploy, dispose, draw up, gather, group, line up, muster, order, organize, rank [image]  conduct, escort, guide, lead, shepherd, usher


marshy

See Also

boggy, fenny, miry, quaggy, spongy, swampy, waterlogged, wet


martial

See Also

bellicose, belligerent, brave, heroic, military, soldierly, warlike


martinet

See Also

disciplinarian, drillmaster, stickler


martyrdom

See Also

agony, anguish, ordeal, persecution, suffering, torment, torture


marvel

See Also

•   v.    be amazed, be awed, be filled with surprise, gape, gaze, goggle, wonder

•   n.    genius, miracle, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, whiz (Inf.), wonder


marvellous

See Also

   amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, brilliant, extraordinary, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, sensational (Inf.), singular, spectacular, stupendous, wondrous (Archaic or literary) [image]  difficult or hard to believe, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incredible, surprising, unbelievable, unlikely [image]   Inf. bad (Sl.), boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), colossal, cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), excellent, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), glorious, great (Inf.), jim-dandy (Sl.), magnificent, mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), sensational (Inf.), smashing (Inf.), splendid, sovereign, stupendous, super (Inf.), superb, terrific (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), wicked (Inf.), wonderful


masculine

   male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, virile [image]  bold, brave, butch (Sl.), gallant, hardy, macho, muscular, powerful, Ramboesque, red-blooded (Inf.), resolute, robust, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, vigorous, well-built


mask

See Also

•   n.    domino, false face, visor, vizard (Archaic) [image]  blind, camouflage, cloak, concealment, cover, cover-up, disguise, façade, front, guise, screen, semblance, show, veil, veneer

•   v.    camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, hide, obscure, screen, veil


mass

See Also

•   n.    block, chunk, concretion, hunk, lump, piece [image]  aggregate, body, collection, entirety, sum, sum total, totality, whole [image]  accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, batch, bunch, collection, combination, conglomeration, heap, load, lot, pile, quantity, stack [image]  assemblage, band, body, bunch (Inf.), crowd, group, horde, host, lot, mob, number, throng, troop [image]  body, bulk, greater part, lion's share, majority, preponderance [image]  bulk, dimension, greatness, magnitude, size [image]  the masses commonalty, common people, crowd, hoi polloi, multitude

•   adj.    extensive, general, indiscriminate, large-scale, pandemic, popular, wholesale, widespread

•   v.    accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, congregate, forgather, gather, mob, muster, rally, swarm, throng


massacre

See Also

•   n.    annihilation, blood bath, butchery, carnage, extermination, holocaust, killing, mass slaughter, murder, slaughter

•   v.    annihilate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), butcher, cut to pieces, exterminate, kill, mow down, murder, slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.), wipe out


massage

•   n.    acupressure, kneading, manipulation, reflexology, rubbing, rub-down, shiatsu

•   v.    knead, manipulate, rub, rub down


massive

See Also

big, bulky, colossal, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), great, heavy, hefty, huge, hulking, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, imposing, impressive, mammoth, mega (Sl.), monster, monumental, ponderous, solid, substantial, titanic, vast, weighty, whacking (Inf.), whopping (Inf.)


master

See Also

•   n.    boss (Inf.), captain, chief, commander, controller, director, employer, governor, head, lord, manager, overlord, overseer, owner, principal, ruler, skipper (Inf.), superintendent [image]  ace (Inf.), adept, dab hand (Brit. inf.), doyen, expert, genius, grandmaster, maestro, maven (U.S.), past master, pro (Inf.), virtuoso, wizard [image]  guide, guru, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolmaster, spiritual leader, swami, teacher, tutor

•   adj.    adept, crack (Inf.), expert, masterly, proficient, skilful, skilled [image]  chief, controlling, foremost, grand, great, leading, main, predominant, prime, principal

•   v.    acquire, become proficient in, get the hang of (Inf.), grasp, learn [image]  bridle, check, conquer, curb, defeat, lick (Inf.), overcome, overpower, quash, quell, subdue, subjugate, suppress, tame, triumph over, vanquish [image]  command, control, direct, dominate, govern, manage, regulate, rule


masterful

See Also

   adept, adroit, clever, consummate, crack (Inf.), deft, dexterous, excellent, expert, exquisite, fine, finished, first-rate, masterly, skilful, skilled, superior, superlative, supreme, world-class [image]  arrogant, authoritative, bossy (Inf.), despotic, dictatorial, domineering, high-handed, imperious, magisterial, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, self-willed, tyrannical


masterly

See Also

adept, adroit, clever, consummate, crack (Inf.), dexterous, excellent, expert, exquisite, fine, finished, first-rate, masterful, skilful, skilled, superior, superlative, supreme, world-class


mastermind

See Also

•   v.    be the brains behind (Inf.), conceive, devise, direct, manage, organize, plan

•   n.    architect, authority, brain(s) (Inf.), brainbox, director, engineer, genius, intellect, manager, organizer, planner, virtuoso


masterpiece

See Also

chef d'oeuvre, classic, jewel, magnum opus, master work, pièce de résistance, tour de force


mastery

See Also

   command, comprehension, familiarity, grasp, knowledge, understanding [image]  ability, acquirement, attainment, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, expertise, finesse, know-how (Inf.), proficiency, prowess, skill, virtuosity [image]  ascendancy, authority, command, conquest, control, domination, dominion, pre-eminence, rule, superiority, supremacy, sway, triumph, upper hand, victory, whip hand


match

See Also

•   n.    bout, competition, contest, game, head-to-head, test, trial [image]  competitor, counterpart, equal, equivalent, peer, rival [image]  companion, complement, counterpart, equal, equivalent, fellow, mate, tally [image]  copy, dead ringer (Sl.), double, duplicate, equal, lookalike, replica, ringer (Sl.), spit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), spit and image (Inf.), spitting image (Inf.), twin [image]  affiliation, alliance, combination, couple, duet, item (Inf.), marriage, pair, pairing, partnership, union

•   v.    ally, combine, couple, join, link, marry, mate, pair, unite, yoke [image]  accompany, accord, adapt, agree, blend, coordinate, correspond, fit, go with, harmonize, suit, tally, tone with [image]  compare, compete, contend, emulate, equal, measure up to, oppose, pit against, rival, vie


matching

See Also

analogous, comparable, coordinating, corresponding, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, like, paired, parallel, same, toning, twin


matchless

See Also

consummate, exquisite, incomparable, inimitable, peerless, perfect, superlative, supreme, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed


mate

See Also

•   n.    better half (Humorous), husband, partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse, wife [image]   Inf. buddy (Inf.), china (Brit. sl.), chum (Inf.), cock (Brit. inf.), comrade, crony, friend, pal (Inf.) [image]  associate, colleague, companion, compeer, co-worker, fellow-worker [image]  assistant, helper, subordinate [image]  companion, double, fellow, match, twin

•   v.    breed, copulate, couple, pair [image]  marry, match, wed [image]  couple, join, match, pair, yoke


material

See Also

•   n.    body, constituents, element, matter, stuff, substance [image]  data, evidence, facts, information, notes, work [image]  cloth, fabric, stuff

•   adj.    bodily, concrete, corporeal, fleshly, nonspiritual, palpable, physical, substantial, tangible, worldly [image]  consequential, essential, grave, important, indispensable, key, meaningful, momentous, serious, significant, vital, weighty [image]  applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, pertinent, relevant


materialize

See Also

appear, come about, come into being, come to pass, happen, occur, take place, take shape, turn up


materially

See Also

considerably, essentially, gravely, greatly, much, seriously, significantly, substantially


maternal

See Also

motherly


maternity

motherhood, motherliness


matrimonial

conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, married, nuptial, spousal, wedded, wedding


matrimony

See Also

marital rites, marriage, nuptials, wedding ceremony, wedlock


matrix

forge, mould, origin, source, womb


matted

knotted, tangled, tousled, uncombed


matter

See Also

•   n.    body, material, stuff, substance [image]  affair, business, concern, episode, event, incident, issue, occurrence, proceeding, question, situation, subject, thing, topic, transaction [image]  amount, quantity, sum [image]  argument, context, purport, sense, subject, substance, text, thesis [image]  consequence, import, importance, moment, note, significance, weight [image]  complication, difficulty, distress, problem, trouble, upset, worry [image]   Medical discharge, purulence, pus, secretion

•   v.    be important, be of consequence, carry weight, count, have influence, make a difference, mean something, signify


matter-of-fact

See Also

deadpan, down-to-earth, dry, dull, emotionless, flat, lifeless, mundane, plain, prosaic, sober, unembellished, unimaginative, unsentimental, unvarnished


mature

See Also

•   adj.    adult, complete, fit, full-blown, full-grown, fully fledged, grown, grown-up, matured, mellow, of age, perfect, prepared, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned

•   v.    age, become adult, bloom, blossom, come of age, develop, grow up, maturate, mellow, perfect, reach adulthood, ripen, season


maturity

See Also

adulthood, completion, experience, full bloom, full growth, fullness, majority, manhood, maturation, matureness, perfection, ripeness, wisdom, womanhood


maudlin

See Also

lachrymose, mawkish, mushy (Inf.), overemotional, sentimental, slushy (Inf.), soppy (Brit. inf.), tearful, weepy (Inf.)


maul

See Also

   abuse, handle roughly, ill-treat, manhandle, molest, paw [image]  batter, beat, beat up (Inf.), claw, knock about or around, lacerate, lambast(e), mangle, pummel, rough up, thrash


maunder

See Also

   dawdle, dilly-dally (Inf.), drift, idle, loaf, meander, mooch (Sl.), potter, ramble, straggle, stray, traipse (Inf.) [image]  babble, blather, blether, chatter, gabble, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), ramble, rattle on, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), witter (Inf.)


mawkish

See Also

   emotional, feeble, gushy (Inf.), maudlin, mushy (Inf.), schmaltzy (Sl.), sentimental, slushy (Inf.), soppy (Brit. inf.) [image]  disgusting, flat, foul, insipid, jejune, loathsome, nauseous, offensive, stale, vapid


maxim

See Also

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, dictum, gnome, motto, proverb, rule, saw, saying


maximum

See Also

•   n.    apogee, ceiling, crest, extremity, height, most, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, upper limit, utmost, uttermost, zenith

•   adj.    greatest, highest, maximal, most, paramount, supreme, topmost, utmost


maybe

See Also

it could be, mayhap (Archaic), peradventure (Archaic), perchance (Archaic), perhaps, possibly


mayhem

See Also

chaos, commotion, confusion, destruction, disorder, fracas, havoc, trouble, violence


maze

See Also

   convolutions, intricacy, labyrinth, meander [image]   Fig. bewilderment, confusion, imbroglio, mesh, perplexity, puzzle, snarl, tangle, uncertainty, web


meadow

field, grassland, lea (Poetic), ley, pasture


meagre

See Also

   deficient, exiguous, inadequate, insubstantial, little, measly, paltry, pathetic, poor, puny, scanty, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse [image]  bony, emaciated, gaunt, hungry, lank, lean, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, starved, thin, underfed [image]  barren, infertile, poor, unfruitful, unproductive, weak


mean 1

See Also

•   v.    betoken, connote, convey, denote, drive at, express, hint at, imply, indicate, purport, represent, say, signify, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize [image]  aim, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, have in mind, intend, plan, propose, purpose, set out, want, wish [image]  design, destine, fate, fit, make, match, predestine, preordain, suit [image]  bring about, cause, engender, entail, give rise to, involve, lead to, necessitate, produce, result in [image]  adumbrate, augur, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, herald, portend, presage, promise


mean 2

See Also

•   adj.    beggarly, close, mercenary, mingy (Brit. inf.), miserly, near (Inf.), niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, selfish, skimpy, stingy, tight, tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tight-fisted, ungenerous [image]  bad-tempered, cantankerous, churlish, disagreeable, hostile, ill-tempered, malicious, nasty, rude, sour, unfriendly, unpleasant [image]  abject, base, callous, contemptible, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disgraceful, dishonourable, hard-hearted, ignoble, low-minded, narrow-minded, petty, scurvy, shabby, shameful, sordid, vile, wretched [image]  beggarly, contemptible, down-at-heel, grungy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), insignificant, miserable, paltry, petty, poor, run-down, scruffy, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), seedy, shabby, sordid, squalid, tawdry, wretched [image]  base, baseborn (Archaic), common, humble, ignoble, inferior, low, lowborn, lowly, menial, modest, obscure, ordinary, plebeian, proletarian, servile, undistinguished, vulgar


mean 3

See Also

•   n.    average, balance, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course or way, mid-point, norm

•   adj.    average, intermediate, medial, median, medium, middle, middling, normal, standard


meander

See Also

•   v.    ramble, snake, stravaig (Scot. & northern English dialect), stray, stroll, turn, wander, wind, zigzag

•   n.    bend, coil, curve, loop, turn, twist, zigzag


meaning

See Also

•   n.    connotation, denotation, drift, explanation, gist, implication, import, interpretation, message, purport, sense, significance, signification, substance, upshot, value [image]  aim, design, end, goal, idea, intention, object, plan, point, purpose, trend [image]  effect, efficacy, force, point, thrust, use, usefulness, validity, value, worth

•   adj.    eloquent, expressive, meaningful, pointed, pregnant, speaking, suggestive


meaningful

See Also

   important, material, purposeful, relevant, serious, significant, useful, valid, worthwhile [image]  eloquent, expressive, meaning, pointed, pregnant, speaking, suggestive


meaningless

See Also

aimless, empty, futile, hollow, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nugatory, pointless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, useless, vain, valueless, worthless


meanness

See Also

   minginess (Brit. inf.), miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penuriousness, selfishness, stinginess, tight-fistedness [image]  bad temper, cantankerousness, churlishness, disagreeableness, hostility, ill temper, malice, maliciousness, nastiness, rudeness, sourness, unfriendliness, unpleasantness [image]  abjectness, baseness, degeneracy, degradation, despicableness, disgracefulness, dishonourableness, low-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, pettiness, scurviness, shabbiness, shamefulness, sordidness, vileness, wretchedness [image]  beggarliness, contemptibleness, insignificance, paltriness, pettiness, poorness, scruffiness, seediness, shabbiness, sordidness, squalor, tawdriness, wretchedness [image]  baseness, humbleness, lowliness, obscurity, servility


means

See Also

   agency, avenue, channel, course, expedient, instrument, measure, medium, method, mode, process, way [image]  affluence, capital, estate, fortune, funds, income, money, property, resources, riches, substance, wealth, wherewithal [image]  by all means absolutely, certainly, definitely, doubtlessly, of course, positively, surely [image]  by means of by dint of, by way of, through, using, utilizing, via, with the aid of [image]  by no means absolutely not, definitely not, in no way, not at all, not in the least, not in the slightest, not the least bit, no way, on no account


meantime, meanwhile

See Also

at the same time, concurrently, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, in the interim, in the interval, in the intervening time, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, simultaneously


measurable

See Also

assessable, computable, determinable, gaugeable, material, mensurable, perceptible, quantifiable, quantitative, significant


measure

See Also

•   n.    allotment, allowance, amount, amplitude, capacity, degree, extent, magnitude, portion, proportion, quantity, quota, range, ration, reach, scope, share, size [image]  gauge, metre, rule, scale, yardstick [image]  method, standard, system [image]  criterion, example, model, norm, par, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick [image]  bounds, control, limit, limitation, moderation, restraint [image]  act, action, course, deed, expedient, manoeuvre, means, procedure, proceeding, step [image]  act, bill, enactment, law, resolution, statute [image]  beat, cadence, foot, metre, rhythm, verse [image]  for good measure as a bonus, besides, in addition, into the bargain, to boot

•   v.    appraise, assess, calculate, calibrate, compute, determine, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, mark out, quantify, rate, size, sound, survey, value, weigh [image]  adapt, adjust, calculate, choose, fit, judge, tailor


measurement

See Also

   appraisal, assessment, calculation, calibration, computation, estimation, evaluation, judgment, mensuration, metage, survey, valuation [image]  amount, amplitude, area, capacity, depth, dimension, extent, height, length, magnitude, size, volume, weight, width


measure out

See Also

allot, apportion, assign, deal out, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, issue, mete out, parcel out, pour out, share out


measure up (to)

be adequate, be capable, be equal to, be fit, be suitable, be suited, come up to scratch (Inf.), come up to standard, compare, cut the mustard (U.S. sl.), equal, fit or fill the bill, fulfil the expectations, make the grade (Inf.), match, meet, rival


meat

   aliment, cheer, chow (Inf.), comestibles, eats (Sl.), fare, flesh, food, grub (Sl.), nosh (Sl.), nourishment, nutriment, provender, provisions, rations, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals [image]  core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, nub, nucleus, pith, point, substance


mechanical

See Also

   automated, automatic, machine-driven [image]  automatic, cold, cursory, dead, emotionless, habitual, impersonal, instinctive, involuntary, lacklustre, lifeless, machine-like, matter-of-fact, perfunctory, routine, spiritless, unconscious, unfeeling, unthinking


mechanism

See Also

   apparatus, appliance, contrivance, device, instrument, machine, structure, system, tool [image]  action, components, gears, innards (Inf.), machinery, motor, workings, works [image]  agency, execution, functioning, means, medium, method, operation, performance, procedure, process, system, technique, workings


meddle

See Also

butt in, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, intervene, intrude, pry, put one's oar in, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), stick one's nose in (Inf.), tamper


mediate

See Also

act as middleman, arbitrate, bring to an agreement, bring to terms, conciliate, intercede, interpose, intervene, make peace between, moderate, reconcile, referee, resolve, restore harmony, settle, step in (Inf.), umpire


mediator

See Also

advocate, arbiter, arbitrator, go-between, honest broker, interceder, intermediary, judge, middleman, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, umpire


medicinal

analeptic, curative, healing, medical, remedial, restorative, roborant, sanatory, therapeutic


medicine

See Also

cure, drug, medicament, medication, nostrum, physic, remedy


medieval

   Gothic [image]   Inf. antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, old-fashioned, primitive, unenlightened


mediocre

See Also

average, banal, commonplace, fair to middling (Inf.), indifferent, inferior, insignificant, mean, medium, middling, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so (Inf.), tolerable, undistinguished, uninspired


mediocrity

See Also

   commonplaceness, indifference, inferiority, insignificance, ordinariness, poorness, unimportance [image]  cipher, lightweight (Inf.), nobody, nonentity, second-rater


meditate

See Also

   be in a brown study, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, study, think [image]  consider, contemplate, design, devise, have in mind, intend, mull over, plan, purpose, scheme, think over


meditation

See Also

brown study, cerebration, cogitation, concentration, contemplation, musing, pondering, reflection, reverie, ruminating, rumination, study, thought


medium

See Also

•   adj.    average, fair, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, midway

•   n.    average, centre, compromise, mean, middle, middle course  (ground, path, way), midpoint [image]  agency, avenue, channel, form, instrument, instrumentality, means, mode, organ, vehicle, way [image]  atmosphere, conditions, element, environment, habitat, influences, milieu, setting, surroundings [image]  channeller, spiritist, spiritualist


medley

See Also

assortment, confusion, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag (Inf.), mixture, olio, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi


meek

See Also

   deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, long-suffering, mild, modest, patient, peaceful, soft, submissive, unassuming, unpretentious, yielding [image]  acquiescent, compliant, resigned, spineless, spiritless, tame, timid, unresisting, weak, weak-kneed (Inf.), wimpish or wimpy (Inf.)


meekness

See Also

   deference, docility, forbearance, gentleness, humbleness, humility, long-suffering, lowliness, mildness, modesty, patience, peacefulness, resignation, softness, submission, submissiveness [image]  acquiescence, compliance, resignation, spinelessness, spiritlessness, tameness, timidity, weakness


meet

See Also

   bump into, chance on, come across, confront, contact, encounter, find, happen on, run across, run into [image]  abut, adjoin, come together, connect, converge, cross, intersect, join, link up, touch, unite [image]  answer, carry out, come up to, comply, cope with, discharge, equal, fulfil, gratify, handle, match, measure up, perform, satisfy [image]  assemble, collect, come together, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, muster, rally [image]  bear, encounter, endure, experience, face, go through, suffer, undergo


meeting

See Also

   assignation, confrontation, encounter, engagement, introduction, rendezvous, tryst (Archaic) [image]  assembly, audience, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, gathering, get-together (Inf.), meet, powwow, rally, reunion, session [image]  concourse, confluence, conjunction, convergence, crossing, intersection, junction, union


melancholy

See Also

•   n.    blues, dejection, depression, despondency, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, misery, pensiveness, sadness, sorrow, the hump (Brit. inf.), unhappiness, woe

•   adj.    blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the dumps (Inf.), down in the mouth, gloomy, glum, heavy-hearted, joyless, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholic, miserable, moody, mournful, pensive, sad, sombre, sorrowful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful


mellow

See Also

•   adj.    delicate, full-flavoured, juicy, mature, perfect, rich, ripe, soft, sweet, well-matured [image]  dulcet, euphonic, full, mellifluous, melodious, rich, rounded, smooth, sweet, tuneful, well-tuned [image]  cheerful, cordial, elevated, expansive, genial, half-tipsy, happy, jolly, jovial, merry (Brit. inf.), relaxed

•   v.    develop, improve, mature, perfect, ripen, season, soften, sweeten


melodious

See Also

concordant, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonious, melodic, musical, silvery, sweet-sounding, sweet-toned, tuneful


melodramatic

See Also

actressy, blood-and-thunder, extravagant, hammy (Inf.), histrionic, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, stagy, theatrical


melody

See Also

   air, descant, music, refrain, song, strain, theme, tune [image]  euphony, harmony, melodiousness, music, musicality, tunefulness


melt

See Also

   deliquesce, diffuse, dissolve, flux, fuse, liquefy, soften, thaw [image]  (Often with away) disappear, disperse, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish [image]  disarm, mollify, relax, soften, touch


member

See Also

   associate, fellow, representative [image]  appendage, arm, component, constituent, element, extremity, leg, limb, organ, part, portion


membership

See Also

   associates, body, fellows, members [image]  belonging, enrolment, fellowship, participation


memoir

See Also

account, biography, essay, journal, life, monograph, narrative, record, register


memoirs

See Also

   autobiography, diary, experiences, journals, life, life story, memories, recollections, reminiscences [image]  annals, chronicles, records, transactions


memorable

See Also

catchy, celebrated, distinguished, extraordinary, famous, historic, illustrious, important, impressive, momentous, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, signal, significant, striking, unforgettable


memorial

See Also

•   adj.    commemorative, monumental

•   n.    cairn, memento, monument, plaque, record, remembrance, souvenir [image]  address, memorandum, petition, statement


memorize

See Also

commit to memory, con (Archaic), get by heart, learn, learn by heart, learn by rote, remember


memory

See Also

   recall, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, retention [image]  commemoration, honour, remembrance [image]  celebrity, fame, glory, name, renown, reputation, repute


menace

See Also

•   v.    alarm, bode ill, browbeat, bully, frighten, impend, intimidate, loom, lour or lower, terrorize, threaten, utter threats to

•   n.    commination, intimidation, scare, threat, warning [image]  danger, hazard, jeopardy, peril [image]   Inf. annoyance, nuisance, pest, plague, troublemaker


menacing

See Also

alarming, baleful, dangerous, forbidding, frightening, intimidating, intimidatory, looming, louring or lowering, minacious, minatory, ominous, threatening


mend

See Also

•   v.    cure, darn, fix, heal, patch, rectify, refit, reform, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch [image]  ameliorate, amend, better, correct, emend, improve, rectify, reform, revise [image]  convalesce, get better, heal, recover, recuperate

•   n.    darn, patch, repair, stitch [image]  on the mend convalescent, convalescing, getting better, improving, recovering, recuperating


mendacious

deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, duplicitous, fallacious, false, fraudulent, insincere, lying, perfidious, perjured, untrue, untruthful


menial

See Also

•   adj.    boring, dull, humdrum, low-status, routine, unskilled [image]  abject, base, degrading, demeaning, fawning, grovelling, humble, ignoble, ignominious, low, lowly, mean, obsequious, servile, slavish, sorry, subservient, sycophantic, vile

•   n.    attendant, dogsbody (Inf.), domestic, drudge, flunky, labourer, lackey, serf, servant, skivvy (Chiefly Brit.), slave, underling, varlet (Archaic), vassal


menstruation

catamenia (Physiology), courses (Physiology), flow (Inf.), menses, menstrual cycle, monthly (Inf.), period, the curse (Inf.)


mental

See Also

   cerebral, intellectual [image]  deranged, disturbed, insane, lunatic, mad, mentally ill, psychiatric, psychotic, unbalanced, unstable


mentality

See Also

   brainpower, brains, comprehension, grey matter (Inf.), intellect, intelligence quotient, I.Q., mental age, mind, rationality, understanding, wit [image]  attitude, cast of mind, character, disposition, frame of mind, make-up, outlook, personality, psychology, turn of mind, way of thinking


mentally

in one's head, intellectually, in the mind, inwardly, psychologically, rationally, subjectively


mention

See Also

•   v.    acknowledge, adduce, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, hint at, impart, intimate, make known, name, point out, recount, refer to, report, reveal, speak about or of, state, tell, touch upon [image]  not to mention as well as, besides, not counting, to say nothing of

•   n.    acknowledgment, citation, recognition, tribute [image]  allusion, announcement, indication, notification, observation, reference, remark


mentor

See Also

adviser, coach, counsellor, guide, guru, instructor, teacher, tutor


menu

See Also

bill of fare, carte du jour, tariff (Chiefly Brit.)


mercantile

See Also

commercial, marketable, trade, trading


mercenary

See Also

•   adj.    acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, covetous, grasping, greedy, money-grubbing (Inf.), sordid, venal [image]  bought, hired, paid, venal

•   n.    condottiere (Hist.), free companion (Hist.), freelance (Hist.), hireling, soldier of fortune


merchandise

See Also

•   n.    commodities, goods, produce, products, staples, stock, stock in trade, truck, vendibles, wares

•   v.    buy and sell, deal in, distribute, do business in, market, retail, sell, trade, traffic in, vend


merchant

See Also

broker, dealer, purveyor, retailer, salesman, seller, shopkeeper, supplier, trader, tradesman, trafficker, vendor, wholesaler


merciful

See Also

beneficent, benignant, clement, compassionate, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gracious, humane, kind, lenient, liberal, mild, pitying, soft, sparing, sympathetic, tender-hearted


merciless

See Also

barbarous, callous, cruel, fell (Archaic), hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, implacable, inexorable, inhumane, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitying, unsparing, unsympathetic


mercy

See Also

   benevolence, charity, clemency, compassion, favour, forbearance, forgiveness, grace, kindness, leniency, pity, quarter [image]  benison (Archaic), blessing, boon, godsend, piece of luck, relief [image]  at the mercy of defenceless against, exposed to, in the clutches of, in the power of, naked before, open to, prey to, subject to, threatened by, unprotected against, vulnerable to


mere

See Also

•   adj. absolute, bare, common, complete, entire, nothing more than, plain, pure, pure and simple, sheer, simple, stark, unadulterated, unmitigated, unmixed, utter


merge

See Also

amalgamate, be swallowed up by, become lost in, blend, coalesce, combine, consolidate, converge, fuse, incorporate, intermix, join, meet, meld, melt into, mingle, mix, tone with, unite


merger

See Also

amalgamation, coalition, combination, consolidation, fusion, incorporation, union


merit

See Also

•   n.    advantage, asset, excellence, good, goodness, integrity, quality, strong point, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness [image]  claim, credit, desert, due, right

•   v.    be entitled to, be worthy of, deserve, earn, have a claim to, have a right to, have coming to one, incur, rate, warrant


meritorious

See Also

admirable, commendable, creditable, deserving, excellent, exemplary, good, honourable, laudable, praiseworthy, right, righteous, virtuous, worthy


merriment

See Also

amusement, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, revelry, sport


merry

See Also

   blithe, blithesome, carefree, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), convivial, festive, frolicsome, fun-loving, gay, genial, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, mirthful, rollicking, sportive, upbeat (Inf.), vivacious [image]  amusing, comic, comical, facetious, funny, hilarious, humorous, jocular, mirthful [image]   Brit. inf. elevated (Inf.), happy, mellow, squiffy (Brit. inf.), tiddly (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tipsy [image]  make merry carouse, celebrate, enjoy oneself, feast, frolic, have a good time, have fun, make whoopee (Inf.), revel


mesh

See Also

•   n.    net, netting, network, plexus, reticulation, tracery, web [image]  entanglement, snare, tangle, toils, trap, web

•   v.    catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, net, snare, tangle, trap [image]  combine, come together, connect, coordinate, dovetail, engage, fit together, harmonize, interlock, knit


mesmerize

See Also

absorb, captivate, enthral, entrance, fascinate, grip, hold spellbound, hypnotize, magnetize, spellbind


mess

See Also

•   n.    balls-up (Taboo sl.), bodge (Inf.), botch, chaos, clutter, cock-up (Brit. sl.), confusion, dirtiness, disarray, disorder, disorganization, fuck-up (Offens. taboo sl.), grot (Sl.), hash, hodgepodge (U.S.), hotchpotch, jumble, litter, mishmash, pig's breakfast (Inf.), shambles, state, turmoil, untidiness [image]  difficulty, dilemma, fine kettle of fish (Inf.), fix (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), imbroglio, jam (Inf.), mix-up, muddle, perplexity, pickle (Inf.), plight, predicament, spot (Inf.), stew (Inf.), tight spot

•   v.    (Often with up) befoul, besmirch, botch, bungle, clutter, cock up (Brit. sl.), dirty, disarrange, dishevel, foul, fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), litter, make a hash of (Inf.), muck up (Brit. sl.), muddle, pollute, scramble [image]  (Often with with) fiddle (Inf.), interfere, meddle, play, tamper, tinker


mess about

mess about or around

See Also

   amuse oneself, dabble, fool (about or around), footle (Inf.), muck about (Inf.), piss about or around (Taboo sl.), play about or around, potter, trifle [image]  fiddle (Inf.), fool (about or around), interfere, meddle, piss about or around (Taboo sl.), play, tamper, tinker, toy


message

See Also

   bulletin, communication, communiqué, dispatch, intimation, letter, memorandum, missive, note, notice, tidings, word [image]  idea, import, meaning, moral, point, purport, theme [image]  commission, errand, job, mission, task [image]  get the message catch on (Inf.), comprehend, get it, get the point, see, take the hint, twig (Brit. inf.), understand


messenger

See Also

agent, bearer, carrier, courier, delivery boy, emissary, envoy, errand-boy, go-between, harbinger, herald, runner


messy

See Also

chaotic, cluttered, confused, dirty, dishevelled, disordered, disorganized, grubby, littered, muddled, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), shambolic (Inf.), sloppy (Inf.), slovenly, unkempt, untidy


metaphor

allegory, analogy, emblem, figure of speech, image, symbol, trope


metaphorical

allegorical, emblematic, emblematical, figurative, symbolic, tropical (Rhetoric)


metaphysical

See Also

   basic, esoteric, essential, eternal, fundamental, general, ideal, intellectual, philosophical, profound, speculative, spiritual, subjective, universal [image]  abstract, abstruse, deep, high-flown, oversubtle, recondite, theoretical, transcendental [image]  immaterial, impalpable, incorporeal, intangible, spiritual, supernatural, unreal, unsubstantial


mete

See Also

•   v. administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, dole, measure, parcel, portion, ration, share


meteoric

brief, brilliant, dazzling, ephemeral, fast, flashing, fleeting, momentary, overnight, rapid, spectacular, speedy, sudden, swift, transient


method

See Also

   approach, arrangement, course, fashion, form, manner, mode, modus operandi, plan, practice, procedure, process, programme, routine, rule, scheme, style, system, technique, way [image]  design, form, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, planning, purpose, regularity, structure, system


methodical

See Also

businesslike, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, painstaking, planned, precise, regular, structured, systematic, tidy, well-regulated


meticulous

See Also

detailed, exact, fastidious, fussy, microscopic, painstaking, particular, perfectionist, precise, punctilious, scrupulous, strict, thorough


métier

See Also

   calling, craft, line, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation [image]  forte, long suit (Inf.), speciality, specialty, strong point, strong suit


metropolis

capital, city


microbe

bacillus, bacterium, bug (Inf.), germ, microorganism, virus


microscopic

See Also

imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, minuscule, minute, negligible, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny


midday

noon, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon, twelve o'clock


middle

See Also

•   adj.    central, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mean, medial, median, medium, mid

•   n.    centre, focus, halfway point, heart, inside, mean, midpoint, midsection, midst, thick [image]  midriff, midsection, waist


middleman

See Also

broker, distributor, entrepreneur, go-between, intermediary


middling

See Also

adequate, all right, average, fair, indifferent, mediocre, medium, moderate, modest, O.K. or okay (Inf.), ordinary, passable, run-of-the-mill, so-so (Inf.), tolerable, unexceptional, unremarkable


midget

See Also

•   n.    dwarf, gnome, homuncule, homunculus, manikin, pygmy or pigmy, shrimp (Inf.), Tom Thumb

•   adj.    baby, dwarf, Lilliputian, little, miniature, pocket, pygmy or pigmy, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny


midnight

dead of night, middle of the night, the witching hour, twelve o'clock (at night)


midst

See Also

   bosom, centre, core, depths, heart, hub, interior, middle, thick [image]  in the midst of amidst, among, during, enveloped by, in the middle of, in the thick of, surrounded by


midway

See Also

betwixt and between, halfway, in the middle


might

See Also

   ability, capability, capacity, clout (Inf.), efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, potency, power, prowess, puissance, strength, sway, valour, vigour [image]  (with) might and main as hard as one can, as hard as possible, forcefully, full blast, full force, lustily, manfully, mightily, vigorously, with all one's might or  strength


mighty

See Also

   doughty, forceful, hardy, indomitable, lusty, manful, potent, powerful, puissant, Ramboesque, robust, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous [image]  bulky, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), grand, great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, large, massive, mega (Sl.), monumental, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast


migrant

See Also

•   n.    drifter, emigrant, gypsy, immigrant, itinerant, nomad, rover, tinker, transient, traveller, vagrant, wanderer

•   adj.    drifting, gypsy, immigrant, itinerant, migratory, nomadic, roving, shifting, transient, travelling, vagrant, wandering


migrate

See Also

drift, emigrate, journey, move, roam, rove, shift, travel, trek, voyage, wander


migration

See Also

emigration, journey, movement, roving, shift, travel, trek, voyage, wandering


migratory

See Also

gypsy, itinerant, migrant, nomadic, peripatetic, roving, shifting, transient, travelling, unsettled, vagrant, wandering


mild

See Also

   amiable, balmy, bland, calm, clement, compassionate, docile, easy, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), equable, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, kind, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasant, serene, smooth, soft, temperate, tender, tranquil, warm [image]  demulcent, emollient, lenitive, mollifying, soothing


mildness

See Also

blandness, calmness, clemency, docility, forbearance, gentleness, indulgence, kindness, leniency, lenity, meekness, mellowness, moderation, placidity, smoothness, softness, temperateness, tenderness, tranquillity, warmth


milieu

See Also

background, element, environment, locale, location, mise en scène, scene, setting, sphere, surroundings


militant

See Also

•   adj.    active, aggressive, assertive, combative, Ramboesque, vigorous [image]  belligerent, combating, contending, embattled, fighting, in arms, warring

•   n.    activist, partisan [image]  belligerent, combatant, fighter, gladiator, warrior


military

See Also

•   adj.    armed, martial, soldierlike, soldierly, warlike

•   n.    armed forces, army, forces, services


militia

fencibles (History), National Guard (U.S.), reserve(s), Territorial Army (Brit.), trainband (History), yeomanry (History)


milk

See Also

•   v.    drain, draw off, express, extract, let out, press, siphon, tap [image]  bleed, drain, exploit, extract, impose on, pump, take advantage of, use, wring


milk-and-water

feeble, innocuous, insipid, jejune, nerdy or nurdy (Sl.), vapid, weak, weedy (Inf.), wimpish or wimpy (Inf.), wishy-washy (Inf.)


mill

See Also

•   n.    factory, foundry, plant, shop, works [image]  crusher, grinder [image]  run of the mill average, commonplace, everyday, fair, middling, ordinary, routine, unexceptional, unremarkable

•   v.    comminute, crush, granulate, grate, grind, pound, powder, press, pulverize [image]  crowd, seethe, swarm, throng


millstone

See Also

   grindstone, quernstone [image]  affliction, burden, dead weight, drag, encumbrance, load, weight


mime

See Also

•   n.    dumb show, gesture, mummery, pantomime

•   v.    act out, gesture, pantomime, represent, simulate


mimic

See Also

•   v.    ape, caricature, do (Inf.), imitate, impersonate, parody, take off (Inf.) [image]  echo, look like, mirror, resemble, simulate, take on the appearance of

•   n.    caricaturist, copycat (Inf.), imitator, impersonator, impressionist, parodist, parrot

•   adj.    echoic, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimetic, mock, sham, simulated


mince

See Also

   chop, crumble, cut, grind, hash [image]  diminish, euphemize, extenuate, hold back, moderate, palliate, soften, spare, tone down, weaken [image]  attitudinize, give oneself airs, ponce (Sl.), pose, posture


mincing

affected, camp (Inf.), dainty, effeminate, foppish, lah-di-dah (Inf.), nice, niminy-piminy, poncy (Sl.), precious, pretentious, sissy


mind

See Also

•   n.    brain(s) (Inf.), grey matter (Inf.), intellect, intelligence, mentality, ratiocination, reason, sense, spirit, understanding, wits [image]  memory, recollection, remembrance [image]  brain, head, imagination, psyche [image]  brain (Inf.), brainbox, genius, intellect, intellectual, thinker [image]  attitude, belief, feeling, judgment, opinion, outlook, point of view, sentiment, thoughts, view, way of thinking [image]  bent, desire, disposition, fancy, inclination, intention, leaning, notion, purpose, tendency, urge, will, wish [image]  attention, concentration, thinking, thoughts [image]  judgment, marbles (Inf.), mental balance, rationality, reason, sanity, senses, wits [image]  in or of two minds dithering (Chiefly Brit.), hesitant, shillyshallying (Inf.), swithering (Scot.), uncertain, undecided, unsure, vacillating, wavering [image]  make up one's mind choose, come to a decision, decide, determine, reach a decision, resolve [image]  bear or keep in mind be cognizant of, be mindful of, remember, take note of

•   v.    be affronted, be bothered, care, disapprove, dislike, look askance at, object, resent, take offence [image]  adhere to, attend, comply with, follow, heed, listen to, mark, note, notice, obey, observe, pay attention, pay heed to, regard, respect, take heed, watch [image]  be sure, ensure, make certain [image]  attend to, guard, have charge of, keep an eye on, look after, take care of, tend, watch [image]  be careful, be cautious, be on (one's) guard, be wary, take care, watch [image]  never mind disregard, do not concern yourself, don't bother, don't give (it) a second thought, forget (it), it does not matter, it's none of your business, it's nothing to do with you, pay no attention


mindful

See Also

alert, alive to, attentive, aware, careful, chary, cognizant, conscious, heedful, regardful, respectful, sensible, thoughtful, wary, watchful


mindless

See Also

   asinine, braindead (Inf.), brutish, careless, foolish, forgetful, gratuitous, heedless, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, inattentive, moronic, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, obtuse, stupid, thoughtless, unintelligent, unmindful, unthinking, witless [image]  automatic, brainless, mechanical


mind out

See Also

be careful, be on one's guard, beware, keep one's eyes open, look out, pay attention, take care, watch


mine

See Also

•   n.    coalfield, colliery, deposit, excavation, lode, pit, shaft, vein [image]  abundance, fund, hoard, reserve, source, stock, store, supply, treasury, wealth [image]  sap, trench, tunnel

•   v.    delve, dig for, dig up, excavate, extract, hew, quarry, unearth [image]  lay mines in or under, sow with mines [image]  sap, subvert, tunnel, undermine, weaken


miner

coalminer, collier (Brit.), pitman (Brit.)


mingle

See Also

   alloy, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, compound, intermingle, intermix, interweave, join, marry, meld, merge, mix, unite [image]  associate, circulate, consort, fraternize, hang about or around, hang out (Inf.), hobnob, rub shoulders (Inf.), socialize


miniature

See Also

•   adj. baby, diminutive, dwarf, Lilliputian, little, midget, mini, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy or pigmy, reduced, scaled-down, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, toy, wee


minimal

See Also

least, least possible, littlest, minimum, nominal, slightest, smallest, token


minimize

See Also

   abbreviate, attenuate, curtail, decrease, diminish, miniaturize, prune, reduce, shrink [image]  belittle, decry, deprecate, depreciate, discount, disparage, make light or little of, play down, underestimate, underrate


minimum

See Also

•   n.    bottom, depth, least, lowest, nadir, slightest

•   adj.    least, least possible, littlest, lowest, minimal, slightest, smallest


minion

See Also

bootlicker (Inf.), creature, darling, dependant, favourite, flatterer, flunky, follower, hanger-on, henchman, hireling, lackey, lickspittle, myrmidon, parasite, pet, sycophant, toady, underling, yes man


minister

See Also

•   n.    chaplain, churchman, clergyman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, padre (Inf.), parson, pastor, preacher, priest, rector, vicar [image]  administrator, ambassador, cabinet member, delegate, diplomat, envoy, executive, office-holder, official, plenipotentiary [image]  agent, aide, assistant, lieutenant, servant, subordinate, underling

•   v.    accommodate, administer, answer, attend, be solicitous of, cater to, pander to, serve, take care of, tend


ministry

See Also

   administration, bureau, cabinet, council, department, government, office [image]  holy orders, the church, the priesthood, the pulpit


minor

See Also

inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, junior, lesser, light, negligible, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), paltry, petty, secondary, slight, small, smaller, subordinate, trifling, trivial, unimportant, younger


minstrel

bard, harper, jongleur, musician, singer, songstress, troubadour


mint

See Also

•   n.    bomb (Brit. sl.), bundle (Sl.), fortune, heap (Inf.), King's ransom, million, packet (Sl.), pile (Inf.)

•   adj.    brand-new, excellent, first-class, fresh, perfect, unblemished, undamaged, untarnished

•   v.    cast, coin, make, produce, punch, stamp, strike [image]  coin, construct, devise, fabricate, fashion, forge, invent, make up, produce, think up


minute 1

See Also

•   n.    sixtieth of an hour, sixty seconds [image]  flash, instant, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, shake (Inf.), tick (Brit. inf.), trice [image]  any minute any moment, any second, any time, at any time, before long, very soon [image]  up to the minute all the rage, in, latest, modish, (most) fashionable, newest, now (Inf.), smart, stylish, trendiest, trendy (Brit. inf.), up to date, vogue, with it (Inf.)


minute 2

See Also

•   adj.    diminutive, fine, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, slender, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny [image]  inconsiderable, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune (U.S.), piddling (Inf.), puny, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant [image]  close, critical, detailed, exact, exhaustive, meticulous, painstaking, precise, punctilious


minutely

closely, critically, exactly, exhaustively, in detail, meticulously, painstakingly, precisely, with a fine-tooth comb


minutes

See Also

memorandum, notes, proceedings, record(s), transactions, transcript


minutiae

See Also

details, finer points, niceties, particulars, subtleties, trifles, trivia


minx

See Also

baggage (Inf., old-fashioned), coquette, flirt, hoyden, hussy, jade, tomboy, wanton


miracle

marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, thaumaturgy, wonder


miraculous

See Also

amazing, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvellous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, superhuman, supernatural, thaumaturgic, unaccountable, unbelievable, wonderful, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


mirage

See Also

hallucination, illusion, optical illusion, phantasm


mire

See Also

•   n.    bog, marsh, morass, quagmire, swamp [image]  dirt, grot (Sl.), muck, mud, ooze, slime [image]  in the mire encumbered, entangled, in difficulties, in trouble

•   v.    bog down, flounder, sink, stick in the mud [image]  begrime, besmirch, bespatter, cake, dirty, muddy, soil [image]  catch up, enmesh, entangle, involve


mirror

See Also

•   n.    glass, looking-glass, reflector, speculum [image]  copy, double, image, likeness, reflection, replica, representation, twin

•   v.    copy, depict, echo, emulate, follow, reflect, represent, show


mirth

See Also

amusement, cheerfulness, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, laughter, levity, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport


mirthful

See Also

amused, amusing, blithe, cheerful, cheery, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gladsome (Archaic), happy, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughable, light-hearted, merry, playful, sportive, uproarious, vivacious


misadventure

See Also

accident, bad break (Inf.), bad luck, bummer (Sl.), calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, failure, ill fortune, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, setback


misanthrope

See Also

cynic, egoist, egotist, mankind-hater, misanthropist


misapprehend

See Also

get hold of the wrong end of the stick, get the wrong idea or impression, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand


misapprehension

See Also

delusion, error, fallacy, false belief, false impression, misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misreading, mistake, misunderstanding, wrong idea or impression


misappropriate

See Also

cabbage (Brit. sl.), defalcate (Law), embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, pocket, steal, swindle


misbehave

See Also

act up (Inf.), be bad, be insubordinate, be naughty, carry on (Inf.), get up to mischief (Inf.), muck about (Brit. sl.)


misbehaviour

See Also

acting up (Inf.), bad behaviour, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeeds, misdemeanour, monkey business (Inf.), naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans (Inf.)


misbelief

delusion, error, fallacy, false belief, heresy, unorthodoxy


miscalculate

See Also

blunder, calculate wrongly, err, get (it) wrong, go wrong, make a mistake, misjudge, overestimate, overrate, slip up, underestimate, underrate


miscarriage

See Also

   miss (Inf.), spontaneous abortion [image]  botch (Inf.), breakdown, error, failure, misadventure, mischance, misfire, mishap, mismanagement, nonsuccess, perversion, thwarting, undoing


miscarry

See Also

   abort [image]  come to grief, come to nothing, fail, fall through, gang agley (Scot.), go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, misfire


miscellaneous

See Also

assorted, confused, diverse, diversified, farraginous, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, jumbled, manifold, many, mingled, mixed, motley, multifarious, multiform, promiscuous, sundry, varied, various


miscellany

See Also

anthology, assortment, collection, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, mixed bag, mixture, omnium-gatherum, potpourri, salmagundi, variety


mischance

See Also

accident, bad break (Inf.), bad luck, bummer (Sl.), calamity, contretemps, disaster, ill chance, ill fortune, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misfortune, mishap


mischief

See Also

   devilment, impishness, misbehaviour, monkey business (Inf.), naughtiness, pranks, roguery, roguishness, shenanigans (Inf.), trouble, waywardness [image]  devil, imp, monkey, nuisance, pest, rascal, rogue, scallywag (Inf.), scamp, tyke (Inf.), villain [image]  damage, detriment, disadvantage, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, injury, misfortune, trouble


mischievous

See Also

   arch, bad, badly behaved, exasperating, frolicsome, impish, naughty, playful, puckish, rascally, roguish, sportive, teasing, troublesome, vexatious, wayward [image]  bad, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, malicious, malignant, pernicious, sinful, spiteful, troublesome, vicious, wicked


misconception

See Also

delusion, error, fallacy, misapprehension, misconstruction, mistaken belief, misunderstanding, wrong end of the stick, wrong idea


misconduct

See Also

•   n.    delinquency, dereliction, immorality, impropriety, malfeasance (Law), malpractice, malversation (Rare), misbehaviour, misdemeanour, mismanagement, naughtiness, rudeness, transgression, unethical behaviour, wrongdoing

•   v.    behave badly, botch (up), bungle, err, make a mess of, misdirect, mismanage, sin


misdemeanour

See Also

fault, infringement, misbehaviour, misconduct, misdeed, offence, peccadillo, transgression, trespass


miser

See Also

cheapskate (Inf.), churl (Archaic), curmudgeon, hunks (Rare), niggard, penny-pincher (Inf.), screw (Sl.), Scrooge, skinflint, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


miserable

See Also

   afflicted, broken-hearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, down in the mouth (Inf.), forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, melancholy, mournful, sorrowful, unhappy, woebegone, wretched [image]  destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impoverished, indigent, meagre, needy, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken, scanty, short, without two pennies to rub together (Inf.) [image]  abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, lamentable, low, mean, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, scurvy, shabby, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, vile, worthless, wretched


miserly

See Also

avaricious, beggarly, close, close-fisted, covetous, grasping, illiberal, mean, mingy (Brit. inf.), near, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching (Inf.), penurious, sordid, stingy, tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tightfisted, ungenerous


misery

See Also

   agony, anguish, depression, desolation, despair, discomfort, distress, gloom, grief, hardship, melancholy, sadness, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness [image]  affliction, bitter pill (Inf.), burden, calamity, catastrophe, curse, disaster, hardship, load, misfortune, ordeal, sorrow, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe [image]  destitution, indigence, need, penury, poverty, privation, sordidness, squalor, want, wretchedness [image]   Brit. inf. grouch (Inf.), killjoy, moaner, pessimist, prophet of doom, sourpuss (Inf.), spoilsport, wet blanket (Inf.)


misfire

See Also

fail, fail to go off, fall through, go phut (Inf.), go wrong, miscarry


misfit

See Also

eccentric, fish out of water (Inf.), nonconformist, oddball (Inf.), square peg (in a round hole) (Inf.)


misfortune

See Also

   bad luck, evil fortune, hard luck, ill luck, infelicity [image]  accident, adversity, affliction, blow, bummer (Sl.), calamity, disaster, evil chance, failure, hardship, harm, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, reverse, setback, stroke of bad luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble


misgiving

See Also

anxiety, apprehension, distrust, doubt, dubiety, hesitation, qualm, reservation, scruple, suspicion, trepidation, uncertainty, unease, worry


misguided

See Also

deluded, erroneous, foolish, ill-advised, imprudent, injudicious, labouring under a delusion or misapprehension, misled, misplaced, mistaken, uncalled-for, unreasonable, unwarranted, unwise


mishandle

See Also

bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, make a hash of (Inf.), make a mess of, mess up (Inf.), mismanage, muff, screw (up) (Inf.)


mishap

See Also

accident, adversity, bad luck, calamity, contretemps, disaster, evil chance, evil fortune, hard luck, ill fortune, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune


misinform

deceive, give (someone) a bum steer (Inf., chiefly U.S.), give (someone) duff gen (Brit. inf.), misdirect, misguide, mislead


misinterpret

See Also

distort, falsify, get wrong, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misjudge, misread, misrepresent, mistake, misunderstand, pervert


misjudge

See Also

be wrong about, get the wrong idea about, miscalculate, overestimate, overrate, underestimate, underrate


mislay

See Also

be unable to find, be unable to put or lay one's hand on, forget the whereabouts of, lose, lose track of, misplace, miss


mislead

See Also

beguile, bluff, deceive, delude, fool, give (someone) a bum steer (Inf., chiefly U.S.), hoodwink, lead astray, misdirect, misguide, misinform, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes (Inf.), take in (Inf.)


misleading

See Also

ambiguous, casuistical, confusing, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, disingenuous, evasive, false, sophistical, specious, spurious, tricky (Inf.), unstraightforward


mismanage

See Also

be incompetent, be inefficient, bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, make a hash of (Inf.), make a mess of, maladminister, mess up, misconduct, misdirect, misgovern, mishandle


misplace

See Also

   be unable to find, be unable to put or lay one's hand on, forget the whereabouts of, lose, lose track of, misfile, mislay, miss, put in the wrong place [image]  place unwisely, place wrongly


misprint

corrigendum, erratum, literal, mistake, printing error, typo (Inf.), typographical error


misquote

distort, falsify, garble, mangle, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, muddle, pervert, quote or take out of context, twist


misrepresent

See Also

belie, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, misinterpret, misstate, pervert, twist


misrule

   bad government, maladministration, misgovernment, mismanagement [image]  anarchy, chaos, confusion, disorder, lawlessness, tumult, turmoil


miss 1

See Also

•   v.    avoid, be late for, blunder, err, escape, evade, fail, fail to grasp, fail to notice, forego, lack, leave out, let go, let slip, lose, miscarry, mistake, omit, overlook, pass over, pass up, skip, slip, trip [image]  feel the loss of, hunger for, long for, need, pine for, want, wish, yearn for

•   n.    blunder, error, failure, fault, loss, mistake, omission, oversight, want


miss 2

See Also

damsel, girl, lass, lassie (Inf.), maid, maiden, schoolgirl, spinster, young lady


misshapen

See Also

contorted, crippled, crooked, deformed, distorted, grotesque, ill-made, ill-proportioned, malformed, twisted, ugly, ungainly, unshapely, unsightly, warped, wry


missile

See Also

projectile, rocket, weapon


missing

See Also

absent, astray, gone, lacking, left behind, left out, lost, mislaid, misplaced, not present, nowhere to be found, unaccounted-for, wanting


mission

See Also

   aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, errand, goal, job, office, operation, purpose, pursuit, quest, task, trust, undertaking, vocation, work [image]  commission, delegation, deputation, embassy, legation, ministry, task force


missionary

See Also

apostle, converter, evangelist, preacher, propagandist, proselytizer


missive

See Also

communication, dispatch, epistle, letter, memorandum, message, note, report


misspent

See Also

dissipated, idle, imprudent, misapplied, prodigal, profitless, squandered, thrown away, wasted


mist

See Also

•   n.    cloud, condensation, dew, drizzle, film, fog, haar (Eastern Brit.), haze, smog, smur or  smir (Scot.), spray, steam, vapour

•   v.    becloud, befog, blur, cloud, film, fog, obscure, steam (up)


mistake

See Also

•   n.    bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), boo-boo (Inf.), clanger (Inf.), erratum, error, error of judgment, false move, fault, faux pas, gaffe, goof (Inf.), howler (Inf.), inaccuracy, miscalculation, misconception, misstep, misunderstanding, oversight, slip, slip-up (Inf.), solecism

•   v.    get wrong, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misunderstand [image]  accept as, confound, confuse with, misinterpret as, mix up with, take for [image]  be wide of or be off the mark, be wrong, blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), drop a clanger (Inf.), err, goof (Inf.), miscalculate, misjudge, put one's foot in it (Inf.), slip up (Inf.)


mistaken

See Also

barking up the wrong tree (Inf.), erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, in the wrong, labouring under a misapprehension, misguided, misinformed, misled, off target, off the mark, unfounded, unsound, wide of the mark, wrong


mistakenly

See Also

by mistake, erroneously, fallaciously, falsely, inaccurately, inappropriately, incorrectly, in error, misguidedly, wrongly


mistimed

badly timed, ill-timed, inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, unsynchronized, untimely


mistreat

See Also

abuse, brutalize, handle roughly, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, knock about or around, maltreat, manhandle, maul, misuse, molest, rough up, wrong


mistress

See Also

concubine, doxy (Archaic), fancy woman (Sl.), floozy (Sl.), girlfriend, inamorata, kept woman, ladylove (Rare), lover, paramour


mistrust

See Also

•   v.    apprehend, beware, be wary of, distrust, doubt, fear, have doubts about, suspect

•   n.    apprehension, distrust, doubt, dubiety, fear, misgiving, scepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness


mistrustful

See Also

apprehensive, cautious, chary, cynical, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, fearful, hesitant, leery (Sl.), nervous, sceptical, suspicious, uncertain, wary


misty

See Also

bleary, blurred, cloudy, dark, dim, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, murky, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, unclear, vague


misunderstand

get (it) wrong, get the wrong end of the stick, get the wrong idea (about), misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, miss the point (of), mistake


misunderstanding

   error, false impression, misapprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, mistake, mix-up, wrong idea [image]  argument, breach, conflict, difference, difficulty, disagreement, discord, dissension, falling-out (Inf.), quarrel, rift, rupture, squabble, variance


misunderstood

See Also

misconstrued, misheard, misinterpreted, misjudged, misread, unappreciated, unrecognized


misuse

See Also

•   n.    abuse, barbarism, catachresis, corruption, desecration, dissipation, malapropism, misapplication, misemployment, misusage, perversion, profanation, solecism, squandering, waste [image]  abuse, cruel treatment, exploitation, harm, ill-treatment, ill-usage, inhumane treatment, injury, maltreatment, manhandling, mistreatment, rough handling

•   v.    abuse, corrupt, desecrate, dissipate, misapply, misemploy, pervert, profane, prostitute, squander, waste [image]  abuse, brutalize, exploit, handle roughly, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mistreat, molest, wrong


mitigate

See Also

abate, allay, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, check, diminish, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, lighten, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce the force of, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, take the edge off, temper, tone down, tranquillize, weaken


mitigation

See Also

abatement, allaying, alleviation, assuagement, diminution, easement, extenuation, moderation, mollification, palliation, relief, remission


mix

See Also

•   v.    alloy, amalgamate, associate, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compound, cross, fuse, incorporate, intermingle, interweave, join, jumble, meld, merge, mingle, put together, unite [image]  associate, come together, consort, fraternize, hang out (Inf.), hobnob, join, mingle, socialize

•   n.    alloy, amalgam, assortment, blend, combination, compound, fusion, medley, meld, mixture


mixed

See Also

   alloyed, amalgamated, blended, combined, composite, compound, fused, incorporated, joint, mingled, united [image]  assorted, cosmopolitan, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, varied [image]  crossbred, hybrid, interbred, interdenominational, mongrel [image]  ambivalent, equivocal, indecisive, uncertain


mixed-up

See Also

at sea, bewildered, confused, distraught, disturbed, maladjusted, muddled, perplexed, puzzled, upset


mixture

See Also

admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, association, assortment, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, conglomeration, cross, fusion, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, meld, miscellany, mix, potpourri, salmagundi, union, variety


mix-up

See Also

confusion, disorder, fankle (Scot.), jumble, mess, mistake, misunderstanding, muddle, snarl-up (Inf., chiefly Brit.), tangle


mix up

See Also

   blend, combine, commix, mix [image]  confound, confuse, muddle [image]  bewilder, confuse, disturb, fluster, muddle, perplex, puzzle, throw into confusion, unnerve, upset [image]  embroil, entangle, implicate, involve, rope in


moan

See Also

•   n.    groan, lament, lamentation, sigh, sob, sough, wail, whine [image]   Inf. beef (Sl.), bitch (Sl.), complaint, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, kvetch (U.S. sl.), protest, whine

•   v.    bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve, groan, keen, lament, mourn, sigh, sob, sough, whine [image]   Inf. beef (Sl.), bitch (Sl.), bleat, carp, complain, gripe (Inf.), groan, grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, moan and groan, whine, whinge (Inf.)


mob

See Also

•   n.    assemblage, body, collection, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, mass, multitude, pack, press, swarm, throng [image]  class, company, crew (Inf.), gang, group, lot, set, troop [image]  canaille, commonalty, great unwashed (Inf. & derogatory), hoi polloi, masses, rabble, riffraff, scum

•   v.    crowd around, jostle, overrun, set upon, surround, swarm around [image]  cram into, crowd, crowd into, fill, fill to overflowing, jam, pack


mobile

See Also

   ambulatory, itinerant, locomotive, migrant, motile, movable, moving, peripatetic, portable, travelling, wandering [image]  animated, changeable, ever-changing, expressive


mobilize

See Also

activate, animate, call to arms, call up, get or make ready, marshal, muster, organize, prepare, put in motion, rally, ready


mock

See Also

•   v.    chaff, deride, flout, insult, jeer, laugh at, laugh to scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, ridicule, scoff, scorn, show contempt for, sneer, take the mickey (out of) (Inf.), take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), taunt, tease, wind up (Brit. sl.) [image]  ape, burlesque, caricature, counterfeit, do (Inf.), imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), take off (Inf.), travesty [image]  belie, cheat, deceive, delude, disappoint, dupe, elude, fool, let down, mislead [image]  defeat, defy, disappoint, foil, frustrate, thwart

•   n.    banter, derision, gibe, jeering, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneer, sneering [image]  Aunt Sally (Brit.), butt, dupe, fool, jest, laughing stock, sport, travesty [image]  counterfeit, fake, forgery, fraud, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), sham

•   adj.    artificial, bogus, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz, fake, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, imitation, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, pseudo (Inf.), sham, spurious


mockery

See Also

   contempt, contumely, derision, disdain, disrespect, gibes, insults, jeering, ridicule, scoffing, scorn [image]  burlesque, caricature, deception, farce, imitation, lampoon, laughing stock, mimicry, parody, pretence, send-up (Brit. inf.), sham, spoof (Inf.), take-off (Inf.), travesty [image]  apology, disappointment, farce, joke, letdown


mocking

See Also

contemptuous, contumelious, derisive, derisory, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, irreverent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scoffing, scornful, taunting


model

See Also

•   n.    copy, dummy, facsimile, image, imitation, miniature, mock-up, replica, representation [image]  archetype, design, epitome, example, exemplar, gauge, ideal, lodestar, mould, norm, original, par, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, standard, type [image]  poser, sitter, subject [image]  mannequin [image]  configuration, design, form, kind, mark, mode, stamp, style, type, variety, version

•   v.    base, carve, cast, design, fashion, form, mould, pattern, plan, sculpt, shape, stamp [image]  display, show off, sport (Inf.), wear

•   adj.    copy, dummy, facsimile, imitation, miniature [image]  archetypal, exemplary, ideal, illustrative, paradigmatic, perfect, standard, typical


moderate

See Also

•   adj.    calm, controlled, cool, deliberate, equable, gentle, judicious, limited, middle-of-the-road, mild, modest, peaceable, reasonable, restrained, sober, steady, temperate [image]  average, fair, fairish, fair to middling (Inf.), indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, passable, so-so (Inf.), unexceptional

•   v.    abate, allay, appease, assuage, calm, control, curb, decrease, diminish, ease, lessen, mitigate, modulate, pacify, play down, quiet, regulate, relax, repress, restrain, soften, soft-pedal (Inf.), subdue, tame, temper, tone down [image]  arbitrate, chair, judge, mediate, preside, referee, take the chair


moderately

See Also

fairly, gently, in moderation, passably, quite, rather, reasonably, slightly, somewhat, to a degree, tolerably, to some extent, within limits, within reason


moderation

See Also

   calmness, composure, coolness, equanimity, fairness, judiciousness, justice, justness, mildness, moderateness, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, temperance [image]  in moderation moderately, within limits, within reason


modern

See Also

contemporary, current, fresh, late, latest, neoteric (Rare), new, newfangled, novel, present, present-day, recent, twentieth-century, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, with it (Inf.)


modernize

bring into the twentieth century, bring up to date, face-lift, make over, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, revamp, update


modest

See Also

   bashful, blushing, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, meek, quiet, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shy, simple, unassuming, unpretentious [image]  fair, limited, middling, moderate, ordinary, small, unexceptional


modesty

See Also

bashfulness, coyness, decency, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, shyness, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness


modification

See Also

adjustment, alteration, change, modulation, mutation, qualification, refinement, reformation, restriction, revision, variation


modify

See Also

   adapt, adjust, alter, change, convert, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, reshape, revise, rework, transform, vary [image]  abate, ease, lessen, limit, lower, moderate, qualify, reduce, relax, restrain, restrict, soften, temper, tone down


mogul

See Also

baron, bashaw, big cheese (Sl., old-fashioned), big gun (Inf.), big noise (Inf.), big shot (Inf.), big wheel (Sl.), lord, magnate, nabob (Inf.), notable, personage, potentate, tycoon, V.I.P.


moist

See Also

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, dripping, drizzly, humid, not dry, rainy, soggy, wet, wettish


moisten

See Also

bedew, damp, dampen, humidify, lick, moisturize, soak, water, wet


moisture

See Also

damp, dampness, dankness, dew, humidity, liquid, perspiration, sweat, water, wateriness, wetness


molecule

See Also

atom, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, speck


molest

See Also

   abuse, afflict, annoy, badger, beset, bother, bug (Inf.), disturb, harass, harry, hector, irritate, persecute, pester, plague, tease, torment, upset, vex, worry [image]  abuse, accost, assail, attack, harm, hurt, ill-treat, injure, interfere with, maltreat, manhandle


moment

See Also

   flash, instant, jiffy (Inf.), minute, no time, second, shake (Inf.), split second, tick (Brit. inf.), trice, twinkling, two shakes (Inf.), two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.) [image]  hour, instant, juncture, point, point in time, stage, time [image]  concern, consequence, gravity, import, importance, seriousness, significance, substance, value, weight, weightiness, worth


momentarily

briefly, for a moment  (little while, minute, second, short time, short while), for an instant, for the nonce, temporarily


momentary

See Also

brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugitive, hasty, passing, quick, short, short-lived, temporary, transitory


momentous

See Also

consequential, critical, crucial, decisive, earth-shaking (Inf.), fateful, grave, historic, important, of moment, pivotal, serious, significant, vital, weighty


momentum

See Also

drive, energy, force, impetus, power, propulsion, push, strength, thrust


monarch

See Also

crowned head, emperor, empress, king, potentate, prince, princess, queen, ruler, sovereign


monarchy

See Also

   absolutism, autocracy, despotism, kingship, monocracy, royalism, sovereignty [image]  empire, kingdom, principality, realm


monastery

abbey, cloister, convent, friary, house, nunnery, priory, religious community


monastic

See Also

ascetic, austere, celibate, cenobitic, cloistered, cloistral, coenobitic, contemplative, conventual, eremitic, hermit-like, monachal, monkish, recluse, reclusive, secluded, sequestered, withdrawn


monetary

See Also

budgetary, capital, cash, financial, fiscal, pecuniary


money

See Also

   ackers (Sl.), banknotes, brass (Northern English dialect), bread (Sl.), capital, cash, coin, currency, dibs (Sl.), dosh (Brit. & Aust. sl.), dough (Sl.), filthy lucre (Facetious), funds, gelt (Sl., chiefly U.S.), green (Sl.), hard cash, legal tender, lolly (Brit. sl.), loot (Inf.), mazuma (Sl., chiefly U.S.), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), moolah (Sl.), necessary (Inf.), needful (Inf.), pelf (Contemptuous), readies (Inf.), rhino (Brit. sl.), riches, shekels (Inf.), silver, specie, spondulicks (Sl.), the ready (Inf.), the wherewithal, tin (Sl.), wealth [image]  in the money affluent, flush (Inf.), in clover (Inf.), loaded (Sl.), on Easy Street (Inf.), prosperous, rich, rolling (Sl.), wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do


moneymaking

•   adj. gainful, going, lucrative, paying, profitable, remunerative, successful, thriving


mongrel

See Also

•   n.    bigener (Biol.), cross, crossbreed, half-breed, hybrid, mixed breed

•   adj.    bastard, crossbred, half-breed, hybrid, of mixed breed


monitor

See Also

•   n.    guide, invigilator, overseer, prefect (Brit.), supervisor, watchdog

•   v.    check, follow, keep an eye on, keep track of, observe, oversee, record, scan, supervise, survey, watch


monk

See Also

brother, friar (loosely), monastic, religious


monkey

See Also

•   n.    primate, simian [image]  devil, imp, mischief maker, pickle (Brit. inf.), rascal, rogue, scamp [image]   Sl. ass, butt, dupe, fool, laughing stock [image]  make a monkey of make a fool of, make (someone) a laughing stock, make fun of, make (someone) look foolish  (ridiculous, silly), play a trick on, ridicule

•   v.    fiddle (Inf.), fool, interfere, meddle, mess, play, tamper, tinker, trifle


monkey business

See Also

   carry-on (Inf., chiefly Brit.), clowning, mischief, monkey tricks, pranks, shenanigans (Inf.), skylarking (Inf.), tomfoolery [image]  chicanery, dishonesty, funny business, hanky-panky (Inf.), skulduggery (Inf.), trickery


monolithic

See Also

colossal, giant, gigantic, huge, immovable, impenetrable, imposing, intractable, massive, monumental, solid, substantial, undifferentiated, undivided, unitary


monologue

See Also

harangue, lecture, sermon, soliloquy, speech


monopolize

See Also

control, corner, corner the market in, dominate, engross, exercise or have a monopoly of, hog (Sl.), keep to oneself, take over, take up


monotonous

See Also

all the same, boring, colourless, droning, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, mind-numbing, plodding, repetitious, repetitive, samey (Inf.), soporific, tedious, tiresome, toneless, unchanging, uniform, uninflected, unvaried, wearisome


monotony

boredom, colourlessness, dullness, flatness, humdrumness, monotonousness, repetitiveness, repetitiousness, routine, sameness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, uniformity, wearisomeness


monster

See Also

•   n.    barbarian, beast, bogeyman, brute, demon, devil, fiend, ghoul, ogre, savage, villain [image]  abortion, freak, lusus naturae, miscreation, monstrosity, mutant, teratism [image]  behemoth, Brobdingnagian, colossus, giant, leviathan, mammoth, titan

•   adj.    Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, jumbo (Inf.), mammoth, massive, mega (Sl.), monstrous, stupendous, titanic, tremendous


monstrosity

See Also

   abortion, eyesore, freak, horror, lusus naturae, miscreation, monster, mutant, ogre, teratism [image]  abnormality, atrocity, dreadfulness, evil, frightfulness, heinousness, hellishness, hideousness, horror, loathsomeness, obscenity


monstrous

See Also

   abnormal, dreadful, enormous, fiendish, freakish, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, miscreated, obscene, teratoid, terrible, unnatural [image]  atrocious, cruel, devilish, diabolical, disgraceful, egregious, evil, fiendish, foul, heinous, horrifying, infamous, inhuman, intolerable, loathsome, odious, outrageous, satanic, scandalous, shocking, vicious, villainous [image]  colossal, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), immense, mammoth, massive, mega (Sl.), prodigious, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast


month

four weeks, moon, thirty days


monument

See Also

   cairn, cenotaph, commemoration, gravestone, headstone, marker, mausoleum, memorial, obelisk, pillar, shrine, statue, tombstone [image]  memento, record, remembrance, reminder, testament, token, witness


monumental

See Also

   awe-inspiring, awesome, classic, enduring, enormous, epoch-making, historic, immortal, important, lasting, majestic, memorable, outstanding, prodigious, significant, stupendous, unforgettable [image]  commemorative, cyclopean, funerary, memorial, monolithic, statuary [image]   Inf. catastrophic, colossal, egregious, gigantic, great, horrible, immense, indefensible, massive, staggering, terrible, tremendous, unforgivable, whopping (Inf.)


mood

See Also

   disposition, frame of mind, humour, spirit, state of mind, temper, tenor, vein [image]  bad temper, bate (Brit. sl.), blues, depression, doldrums, dumps (Inf.), fit of pique, grumps (Inf.), low spirits, melancholy, sulk, the hump (Brit. inf.), the sulks [image]  in the mood disposed (towards), eager, favourable, inclined, interested, in the (right) frame of mind, keen, minded, willing


moody

See Also

   angry, broody, cantankerous, crabbed, crabby, crestfallen, cross, crotchety (Inf.), crusty, curt, dismal, doleful, dour, downcast, down in the dumps (Inf.), down in the mouth (Inf.), frowning, gloomy, glum, huffish, huffy, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, in a huff, in the doldrums, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mopish, mopy, morose, offended, out of sorts (Inf.), pensive, petulant, piqued, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, splenetic, sulky, sullen, temperamental, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish, wounded [image]  capricious, changeable, erratic, faddish, fickle, fitful, flighty, impulsive, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, volatile


moon

See Also

•   n.    satellite [image]  once in a blue moon almost never, hardly ever, rarely, very seldom

•   v.    daydream, idle, languish, mooch (Sl.), mope, waste time


moor 1

See Also

fell (Brit.), heath, moorland, muir (Scot.)


moor 2

See Also

anchor, berth, dock, fasten, fix, lash, make fast, secure, tie up


moot

See Also

•   adj.    arguable, at issue, contestable, controversial, debatable, disputable, doubtful, open, open to debate, undecided, unresolved, unsettled

•   v.    bring up, broach, introduce, propose, put forward, suggest, ventilate


mop

See Also

•   n.    sponge, squeegee, swab [image]  mane, shock, tangle, thatch

•   v.    clean, soak up, sponge, swab, wash, wipe


mop up

   clean up, mop, soak up, sponge, swab, wash, wipe [image]   Military account for, clean out, clear, eliminate, finish off, neutralize, pacify, round up, secure


moral

See Also

•   adj.    ethical [image]  blameless, chaste, decent, ethical, good, high-minded, honest, honourable, incorruptible, innocent, just, meritorious, noble, principled, proper, pure, right, righteous, upright, upstanding, virtuous

•   n.    lesson, meaning, message, point, significance [image]  adage, aphorism, apophthegm, epigram, gnome, maxim, motto, proverb, saw, saying


morale

See Also

confidence, esprit de corps, heart, mettle, self-esteem, spirit, temper


morality

See Also

   chastity, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, goodness, honesty, integrity, justice, principle, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue [image]  conduct, ethics, habits, ideals, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principles, standards


morals

See Also

behaviour, conduct, ethics, habits, integrity, manners, morality, mores, principles, scruples, standards


moratorium

See Also

freeze, halt, postponement, respite, standstill, stay, suspension


morbid

See Also

   brooding, funereal, ghoulish, gloomy, grim, melancholy, pessimistic, sick, sombre, unhealthy, unwholesome [image]  dreadful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrid, macabre [image]  ailing, deadly, diseased, infected, malignant, pathological, sick, sickly, unhealthy, unsound


more

See Also

•   adj.    added, additional, extra, fresh, further, new, other, spare, supplementary

•   adv.    better, further, longer, to a greater extent


moreover

See Also

additionally, also, as well, besides, further, furthermore, in addition, into the bargain, likewise, to boot, too, what is more, withal (Literary)


morgue

See Also

mortuary


moribund

   at death's door, breathing one's last, doomed, dying, fading fast, failing, (having) one foot in the grave, in extremis, near death, near the end, on one's deathbed, on one's last legs [image]  at a standstill, declining, forceless, obsolescent, on its last legs, on the way out, stagnant, stagnating, standing still, waning, weak


morning

See Also

a.m., break of day, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, morn (Poetic), morrow (Archaic), sunrise


moron

airhead (Sl.), ass, berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, bonehead (Sl.), charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, cretin, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dummy (Sl.), dunce, dunderhead, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), halfwit, idiot, imbecile, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), mental defective, muttonhead (Sl.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, thickhead, tosser (Brit. sl.), twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


morose

See Also

blue, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cross, crusty, depressed, dour, down, down in the dumps (Inf.), gloomy, glum, grouchy (Inf.), gruff, ill-humoured, ill-natured, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, low, melancholy, miserable, moody, mournful, perverse, pessimistic, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen, surly, taciturn


morsel

See Also

bit, bite, crumb, fraction, fragment, grain, mouthful, nibble, part, piece, scrap, segment, slice, snack, soupçon, tad (Inf., chiefly U.S.), taste, titbit


mortal

See Also

•   adj.    corporeal, earthly, ephemeral, human, impermanent, passing, sublunary, temporal, transient, worldly [image]  deadly, death-dealing, destructive, fatal, killing, lethal, murderous, terminal [image]  bitter, deadly, implacable, irreconcilable, out-and-out, remorseless, sworn, to the death, unrelenting [image]  agonizing, awful, dire, enormous, extreme, grave, great, intense, severe, terrible

•   n.    being, body, earthling, human, human being, individual, man, person, woman


mortality

See Also

   ephemerality, humanity, impermanence, temporality, transience [image]  bloodshed, carnage, death, destruction, fatality, killing, loss of life


mortification

See Also

   abasement, annoyance, chagrin, discomfiture, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, humiliation, loss of face, shame, vexation [image]  abasement, chastening, control, denial, discipline, subjugation [image]   Medical corruption, festering, gangrene, necrosis, putrescence


mortified

See Also

   abashed, affronted, annoyed, ashamed, chagrined, chastened, confounded, crushed, deflated, discomfited, displeased, embarrassed, given a showing-up (Inf.), humbled, humiliated, made to eat humble pie (Inf.), put down, put out (Inf.), put to shame, rendered speechless, shamed, vexed [image]  abased, chastened, conquered, controlled, crushed, disciplined, subdued [image]   Of flesh decayed, gangrenous, necrotic, rotted


mortify

See Also

   abase, abash, affront, annoy, chagrin, chasten, confound, crush, deflate, disappoint, discomfit, displease, embarrass, humble, humiliate, make (someone) eat humble pie (Inf.), put down, put to shame, shame, take (someone) down a peg (Inf.), vex [image]  abase, chasten, control, deny, discipline, subdue [image]   Of flesh become gangrenous, corrupt, deaden, die, fester, gangrene, necrose, putrefy


mortuary

funeral home (U.S.), funeral parlour, morgue


mostly

See Also

above all, almost entirely, as a rule, chiefly, customarily, for the most part, generally, largely, mainly, most often, on the whole, particularly, predominantly, primarily, principally, usually


moth-eaten

See Also

antiquated, decayed, decrepit, dilapidated, grungy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), obsolete, outdated, outworn, ragged, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), seedy, shabby, stale, tattered, threadbare, worn-out


mother

See Also

•   n.    dam, ma (Inf.), mater, mom (U.S. inf.), mum (Brit. inf.), mummy (Brit. inf.), old lady (Inf.), old woman (Inf.)

•   adj.    connate, inborn, innate, native, natural

•   v.    bear, bring forth, drop, give birth to, produce [image]  care for, cherish, nurse, nurture, protect, raise, rear, tend [image]  baby, fuss over, indulge, pamper, spoil


motherly

See Also

affectionate, caring, comforting, fond, gentle, kind, loving, maternal, protective, sheltering, tender, warm


mother wit

See Also

brains, common sense, gumption (Brit. inf.), horse sense, judgment, native intelligence, savvy (Sl.), smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.)


motion

See Also

•   n.    action, change, flow, kinesics, locomotion, mobility, motility, move, movement, passage, passing, progress, travel [image]  gesticulation, gesture, sign, signal, wave [image]  proposal, proposition, recommendation, submission, suggestion [image]  in motion afoot, functioning, going, in progress, moving, on the go (Inf.), on the move (Inf.), operational, travelling, under way, working

•   v.    beckon, direct, gesticulate, gesture, nod, signal, wave


motionless

See Also

at a standstill, at rest, calm, fixed, frozen, halted, immobile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, paralysed, standing, static, stationary, still, stock-still, transfixed, unmoved, unmoving


motivate

See Also

actuate, arouse, bring, cause, draw, drive, get going, give incentive to, impel, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, lead, move, persuade, prod, prompt, provoke, set off, set on, stimulate, stir, trigger


motivation

See Also

   ambition, desire, drive, hunger, inspiration, interest, wish [image]  impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, inspiration, instigation, motive, persuasion, reason, spur, stimulus


motive

See Also

•   n.    cause, design, ground(s), incentive, incitement, inducement, influence, inspiration, intention, mainspring, motivation, object, occasion, purpose, rationale, reason, spur, stimulus, thinking

•   adj.    activating, driving, impelling, motivating, moving, operative, prompting


motley

See Also

   assorted, disparate, dissimilar, diversified, heterogeneous, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, unlike, varied [image]  chequered, multicoloured, particoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromous, rainbow, variegated


mottled

blotchy, brindled, chequered, dappled, flecked, freckled, marbled, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, streaked, tabby, variegated


motto

See Also

adage, byword, cry, dictum, formula, gnome, maxim, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, slogan, watchword


mould 1

See Also

•   n.    cast, die, form, matrix, pattern, shape, stamp [image]  brand, build, configuration, construction, cut, design, fashion, form, format, frame, kind, line, make, pattern, shape, stamp, structure, style [image]  calibre, character, ilk, kidney, kind, nature, quality, sort, stamp, type

•   v.    carve, cast, construct, create, fashion, forge, form, make, model, sculpt, shape, stamp, work [image]  affect, control, direct, form, influence, make, shape


mould 2

See Also

blight, fungus, mildew, mouldiness, mustiness


mouldy

See Also

bad, blighted, decaying, fusty, mildewed, musty, rotten, rotting, spoiled, stale


mound

See Also

   bing (Scot.), drift, heap, pile, stack [image]  bank, dune, embankment, hill, hillock, knoll, rise [image]   Archaeology barrow, tumulus [image]  bulwark, earthwork, motte (History), rampart


mount

See Also

•   v.    ascend, clamber up, climb, escalade, go up, make one's way up, scale [image]  bestride, climb onto, climb up on, get astride, get (up) on, jump on [image]  arise, ascend, rise, soar, tower [image]  accumulate, build, escalate, grow, increase, intensify, multiply, pile up, swell [image]  display, frame, set, set off [image]  exhibit, get up (Inf.), prepare, produce, put on, stage [image]   Military deliver, launch, prepare, ready, set in motion, stage [image]  emplace, fit, install, place, position, put in place, set up

•   n.    backing, base, fixture, foil, frame, mounting, setting, stand, support [image]  horse, steed (Literary)


mountain

See Also

   alp, ben (Scot.), elevation, eminence, fell (Brit.), height, mount, Munro, peak [image]  abundance, heap, mass, mound, pile, stack, ton


mountainous

See Also

   alpine, high, highland, rocky, soaring, steep, towering, upland [image]  daunting, enormous, gigantic, great, huge, hulking, immense, mammoth, mighty, monumental, ponderous, prodigious


mourn

See Also

bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve, keen, lament, miss, rue, sorrow, wail, wear black, weep


mournful

See Also

   afflicting, calamitous, deplorable, distressing, grievous, harrowing, lamentable, melancholy, painful, piteous, plaintive, sad, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, woeful [image]  brokenhearted, cheerless, desolate, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, funereal, gloomy, grief-stricken, grieving, heartbroken, heavy, heavy-hearted, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, rueful, sad, sombre, unhappy, woeful


mourning

See Also

   bereavement, grief, grieving, keening, lamentation, weeping, woe [image]  black, sackcloth and ashes, weeds, widow's weeds


mouth

See Also

•   n.    chops (Sl.), gob (Sl., esp. Brit.), jaws, lips, maw, trap (Sl.), yap (Sl.) [image]   Inf. boasting, braggadocio, bragging, empty talk, gas (Inf.), hot air (Sl.), idle talk [image]   Inf. backchat (Inf.), cheek (Inf.), impudence, insolence, lip (Sl.), rudeness, sauce (Inf.) [image]  aperture, cavity, crevice, door, entrance, gateway, inlet, lips, opening, orifice, rim [image]  face, grimace, moue, pout, wry face [image]  down in or at the mouth blue, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dispirited, down, downcast, down in the dumps (Inf.), in low spirits, melancholy, miserable, sad, sick as a parrot (Inf.), unhappy


mouthful

See Also

bit, bite, drop, forkful, little, morsel, sample, sip, spoonful, sup, swallow, taste


mouthpiece

See Also

   agent, delegate, representative, spokesman, spokeswoman [image]  journal, organ, periodical, publication


movable

See Also

detachable, mobile, not fixed, portable, portative, transferable, transportable


move

See Also

•   v.    advance, budge, change position, drift, go, march, proceed, progress, shift, stir, walk [image]  carry, change, shift, switch, transfer, transport, transpose [image]  change residence, flit (Scot. & northern English dialect), go away, leave, migrate, move house, quit, relocate, remove [image]  activate, drive, impel, motivate, operate, prod, propel, push, set going, shift, shove, start, turn [image]  actuate, affect, agitate, cause, excite, give rise to, impel, impress, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, lead, make an impression on, motivate, persuade, prompt, rouse, stimulate, touch, urge [image]  advocate, propose, put forward, recommend, suggest, urge

•   n.    act, action, deed, manoeuvre, measure, motion, movement, ploy, shift, step, stratagem, stroke, turn [image]  change of address, flit (Scot. & northern English dialect), flitting (Scot. & northern English dialect), migration, relocation, removal, shift, transfer [image]  get a move on get cracking (Inf.), get going, hurry (up), make haste, shake a leg (Inf.), speed up, step on it (Inf.), stir oneself [image]  on the move  Inf.    in transit, journeying, moving, on the road (Inf.), on the run, on the wing, travelling, under way, voyaging [image]  active, advancing, astir, going forward, moving, progressing, stirring, succeeding


movement

See Also

   act, action, activity, advance, agitation, change, development, displacement, exercise, flow, gesture, manoeuvre, motion, move, moving, operation, progress, progression, shift, steps, stir, stirring, transfer [image]  camp, campaign, crusade, drive, faction, front, group, grouping, organization, party [image]  current, drift, flow, swing, tendency, trend [image]  action, innards (Inf.), machinery, mechanism, workings, works [image]   Music division, part, passage, section [image]  beat, cadence, measure (Prosody), metre, pace, rhythm, swing, tempo


moving

See Also

   affecting, arousing, emotional, emotive, exciting, impelling, impressive, inspiring, pathetic, persuasive, poignant, stirring, touching [image]  mobile, motile, movable, portable, running, unfixed [image]  dynamic, impelling, inspirational, motivating, propelling, stimulating, stimulative


mow

See Also

crop, cut, scythe, shear, trim


mow down

See Also

blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, massacre, shoot down, slaughter


much

See Also

•   adj.    abundant, a lot of, ample, considerable, copious, great, plenteous, plenty of, sizeable, substantial

•   adv.    a great deal, a lot, considerably, decidedly, exceedingly, frequently, greatly, indeed, often, regularly

•   n.    a good deal, a great deal, a lot, an appreciable amount, heaps (Inf.), loads (Inf.), lots (Inf.), plenty


muck

See Also

   crap (Taboo sl.), dung, manure, ordure, shit (Taboo sl.) [image]  crap (Sl.), crud (Sl.), dirt, filth, grot (Sl.), gunge (Inf.), gunk (Inf.), mire, mud, ooze, scum, sewage, shit (Taboo sl.), slime, sludge [image]  make a muck of  Sl. blow (Sl.), botch, bungle, cock up (Brit. sl.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), make a mess of, mar, mess up, muff, ruin, screw up (Inf.), spoil


muck up

See Also

blow (Sl.), bodge (Inf.), botch, bungle, cock up (Brit. sl.), fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), make a mess of, make a muck of (Sl.), mar, mess up, muff, ruin, screw up (Inf.), spoil


mud

See Also

clay, dirt, mire, ooze, silt, slime, sludge


muddle

See Also

•   v.    confuse, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, jumble, make a mess of, mess, mix up, ravel, scramble, spoil, tangle [image]  befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disorient, perplex, stupefy

•   n.    chaos, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, disorder, disorganization, fankle (Scot.), hodgepodge (U.S.), hotchpotch, jumble, mess, mix-up, perplexity, pig's breakfast (Inf.), plight, predicament, ravel, tangle


muddled

See Also

   chaotic, confused, disarrayed, disordered, disorganized, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), jumbled, messy, mixed-up, scrambled, tangled [image]  at sea, befuddled, bewildered, confused, dazed, disoriented, perplexed, stupefied, vague [image]  confused, incoherent, loose, muddleheaded, unclear, woolly


muddy

See Also

•   adj.    bespattered, boggy, clarty (Scot., & northern English dialect), dirty, grimy, marshy, miry, mucky, mud-caked, quaggy, soiled, swampy [image]  blurred, dingy, dull, flat, lustreless, smoky, unclear, washed-out [image]  cloudy, dirty, foul, impure, opaque, turbid [image]  confused, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, muddled, unclear, vague, woolly

•   v.    begrime, bespatter, cloud, dirty, smear, smirch, soil


muffle

See Also

   cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, envelop, hood, mask, shroud, swaddle, swathe, wrap up [image]  deaden, dull, gag, hush, muzzle, quieten, silence, soften, stifle, suppress


muffled

See Also

dim, dull, faint, indistinct, muted, stifled, strangled, subdued, suppressed


mug 1

See Also

beaker, cup, flagon, jug, pot, tankard, toby jug


mug 2

See Also

•   n.    charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), gull (Archaic), easy or soft touch (Sl.), fool, innocent, mark (Sl.), muggins (Brit. sl.), simpleton, sucker (Sl.)

•   v.    assail, assault, attack, beat up, do over (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), duff up (Brit. sl.), hold up, lay into (Inf.), put the boot in (Sl.), rob, set about or upon, steam (Inf.)


muggy

See Also

clammy, close, damp, humid, moist, oppressive, sticky, stuffy, sultry


mug up

bone up on (Inf.), burn the midnight oil (Inf.), cram (Inf.), get up (Inf.), study, swot (Brit. inf.)


mull

consider, contemplate, deliberate, examine, meditate, muse on, ponder, reflect on, review, ruminate, study, think about, think over, turn over in one's mind, weigh


multifarious

See Also

different, diverse, diversified, legion, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multiform, multiple, multitudinous, numerous, sundry, varied, variegated


multiple

See Also

collective, manifold, many, multitudinous, numerous, several, sundry, various


multiply

See Also

accumulate, augment, breed, build up, expand, extend, increase, proliferate, propagate, reproduce, spread


multitude

See Also

   army, assemblage, assembly, collection, concourse, congregation, crowd, great number, horde, host, legion, lot, lots (Inf.), mass, mob, myriad, sea, swarm, throng [image]  commonalty, common people, herd, hoi polloi, mob, populace, proletariat, public, rabble


munch

See Also

champ, chew, chomp, crunch, masticate, scrunch


mundane

See Also

   banal, commonplace, day-to-day, everyday, humdrum, ordinary, prosaic, routine, workaday [image]  earthly, fleshly, human, material, mortal, secular, sublunary, temporal, terrestrial, worldly


municipal

See Also

borough, city, civic, community, public, town, urban


municipality

borough, burgh (Scot.), city, district, town, township, urban community


munificence

See Also

beneficence, benevolence, big-heartedness, bounteousness, bounty, generosity, generousness, largess or largesse, liberality, magnanimousness, open-handedness, philanthropy


munificent

See Also

beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, free-handed, generous, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, open-handed, philanthropical, princely, rich, unstinting


murder

See Also

•   n.    assassination, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, homicide, killing, manslaughter, massacre, slaying [image]   Inf. agony, an ordeal, a trial, danger, difficulty, hell (Inf.), misery, trouble

•   v.    assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), butcher, destroy, dispatch, do in (Inf.), do to death, eliminate (Sl.), hit (Sl.), kill, massacre, rub out (U.S. sl.), slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.), take the life of, waste (Inf.) [image]  abuse, butcher, destroy, mangle, mar, misuse, ruin, spoil [image]   Inf. beat decisively, blow out of the water (Sl.), cream (Sl., chiefly U.S.), defeat utterly, drub, hammer (Inf.), lick (Inf.), make mincemeat of (Inf.), slaughter, tank (Sl.), thrash, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


murderer

See Also

assassin, butcher, cutthroat, hit man (Sl.), homicide, killer, slaughterer, slayer


murderous

See Also

   barbarous, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, cruel, deadly, death-dealing, destructive, devastating, fatal, fell (Archaic), ferocious, internecine, lethal, sanguinary, savage, slaughterous, withering [image]   Inf. arduous, dangerous, difficult, exhausting, harrowing, hellish (Inf.), killing (Inf.), sapping, strenuous, unpleasant


murky

See Also

cheerless, cloudy, dark, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, foggy, gloomy, grey, impenetrable, misty, nebulous, obscure, overcast


murmur

See Also

•   n.    babble, buzzing, drone, humming, mumble, muttering, purr, rumble, susurrus (Literary), undertone, whisper, whispering

•   v.    babble, buzz, drone, hum, mumble, mutter, purr, rumble, speak in an undertone, whisper

•   n.    beef (Sl.), complaint, gripe (Inf.), grouse, grumble, moan (Inf.), word

•   v.    beef (Sl.), carp, cavil, complain, gripe (Inf.), grouse, grumble, moan (Inf.)


muscle

See Also

•   n.    muscle tissue, sinew, tendon, thew [image]  brawn, clout (Inf.), force, forcefulness, might, potency, power, stamina, strength, sturdiness, weight

•   v.    muscle in  Inf. butt in, elbow one's way in, force one's way in, impose oneself


muscular

See Also

athletic, beefy (Inf.), brawny, husky (Inf.), lusty, powerful, powerfully built, Ramboesque, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, vigorous, well-knit


muse

See Also

be in a brown study, be lost in thought, brood, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dream, meditate, mull over, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think, think over, weigh


mushroom

See Also

•   v. boom, burgeon, expand, flourish, grow rapidly, increase, luxuriate, proliferate, shoot up, spread, spring up, sprout


musical

See Also

dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonious, lilting, lyrical, melodic, melodious, sweet-sounding, tuneful


musing

See Also

•   n. absent-mindedness, abstraction, brown study, cerebration, cogitation, contemplation, day-dreaming, dreaming, introspection, meditation, reflection, reverie, rumination, thinking, woolgathering


must

See Also

•   n. duty, essential, fundamental, imperative, necessary thing, necessity, obligation, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non


muster

See Also

•   v.    assemble, call together, call up, collect, come together, congregate, convene, convoke, enrol, gather, group, marshal, meet, mobilize, rally, round up, summon

•   n.    assemblage, assembly, collection, concourse, congregation, convention, convocation, gathering, meeting, mobilization, rally, roundup [image]  pass muster be or come up to scratch, be acceptable, fill the bill (Inf.), make the grade, measure up, qualify


musty

See Also

   airless, dank, decayed, frowsty, fusty, mildewed, mildewy, mouldy, old, smelly, stale, stuffy [image]  ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, banal, clichéd, dull, hackneyed, hoary, moth-eaten, obsolete, old-fashioned, stale, threadbare, trite, worn-out


mutability

See Also

alteration, change, evolution, metamorphosis, transition, variation, vicissitude


mutable

See Also

adaptable, alterable, changeable, changing, fickle, flexible, immutable, inconsistent, inconstant, irresolute, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering


mute

See Also

•   adj.    aphasiac, aphasic, aphonic, dumb, mum, silent, speechless, unexpressed, unspeaking, unspoken, voiceless, wordless

•   v.    dampen, deaden, lower, moderate, muffle, soften, soft-pedal, subdue, tone down, turn down


mutilate

See Also

   amputate, butcher, cripple, cut to pieces, cut up, damage, disable, disfigure, dismember, hack, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle [image]  adulterate, bowdlerize, butcher, censor, cut, damage, distort, expurgate, hack, mar, spoil


mutinous

See Also

bolshie (Brit. inf.), contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, insurgent, rebellious, refractory, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, subversive, turbulent, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly


mutiny

See Also

•   n.    defiance, disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, rebellion, refusal to obey orders, resistance, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising

•   v.    be insubordinate, defy authority, disobey, rebel, refuse to obey orders, resist, revolt, rise up, strike


mutter

See Also

complain, grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, mumble, murmur, rumble


mutual

common, communal, correlative, interactive, interchangeable, interchanged, joint, reciprocal, reciprocated, requited, returned, shared


muzzle

See Also

•   n.    jaws, mouth, nose, snout [image]  gag, guard

•   v.    censor, choke, curb, gag, restrain, silence, stifle, suppress


myopic

near-sighted, short-sighted


myriad

See Also

•   adj.    a thousand and one, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, innumerable, multitudinous, untold

•   n.    a million, army, a thousand, flood, horde, host, millions, mountain, multitude, scores, sea, swarm, thousands


mysterious

See Also

abstruse, arcane, baffling, concealed, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, Delphic, enigmatic, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, mystical, mystifying, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, secretive, sphinxlike, strange, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, veiled, weird


mystery

See Also

conundrum, enigma, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, secrecy, secret, teaser


mystic, mystical

See Also

abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatical, esoteric, hidden, inscrutable, metaphysical, mysterious, nonrational, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, supernatural, transcendental


mystify

See Also

baffle, bamboozle (Inf.), beat (Sl.), befog, bewilder, confound, confuse, elude, escape, flummox, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump


myth

See Also

   allegory, fable, fairy story, fiction, folk tale, legend, parable, saga, story, tradition, urban legend [image]  delusion, fancy, fantasy, figment, illusion, imagination, superstition, tall story


mythical

See Also

   allegorical, chimerical, fabled, fabulous, fairy-tale, legendary, mythological, storied [image]  fabricated, fanciful, fantasy, fictitious, imaginary, invented, made-up, make-believe, nonexistent, pretended, unreal, untrue


mythology

folklore, folk tales, legend, lore, mythos, myths, stories, tradition


nadir

See Also

bottom, depths, lowest point, minimum, rock bottom, zero


nag 1

See Also

•   v.    annoy, badger, bend someone's ear (Inf.), be on one's back (Sl.), berate, chivvy, goad, harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), henpeck, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pester, plague, provoke, scold, torment, upbraid, vex, worry

•   n.    harpy, scold, shrew, tartar, termagant, virago


nag 2

See Also

hack, horse, jade, plug (U.S.)


nagging

See Also

continuous, critical, distressing, irritating, painful, persistent, scolding, shrewish, worrying


nail

See Also

•   v. attach, beat, fasten, fix, hammer, join, pin, secure, tack


naive

See Also

   artless, candid, childlike, confiding, frank, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, natural, open, simple, trusting, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unworldly [image]  callow, credulous, gullible, green, unsuspicious


naiveté

   artlessness, candour, frankness, guilelessness, inexperience, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness, openness, simplicity [image]  callowness, credulity, gullibility


naked

See Also

   bare, buck naked (Sl.), denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, in one's birthday suit (Inf.), in the altogether (Inf.), in the buff (Inf.), in the raw (Inf.), naked as the day one was born (Inf.), nude, starkers (Inf.), stripped, unclothed, unconcealed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, without a stitch on (Inf.) [image]  blatant, evident, manifest, open, overt, patent, plain, simple, stark, unadorned, undisguised, unexaggerated, unmistakable, unqualified, unvarnished [image]  defenceless, helpless, insecure, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable


nakedness

   baldness, bareness, nudity, undress [image]  openness, plainness, simplicity, starkness


namby-pamby

See Also

anaemic, colourless, feeble, insipid, mawkish, prim, prissy (Inf.), sentimental, spineless, vapid, weak, weedy (Inf.), wimpish or wimpy (Inf.), wishy-washy (Inf.)


name

See Also

•   n.    appellation, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, handle (Sl.), moniker or monicker (Sl.), nickname, sobriquet, term, title [image]  distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, honour, note, praise, renown, repute [image]  character, credit, reputation

•   v.    baptize, call, christen, denominate, dub, entitle, label, style, term [image]  appoint, choose, cite, classify, commission, designate, flag, identify, mention, nominate, select, specify


named

   baptized, called, christened, denominated, dubbed, entitled, known as, labelled, styled, termed [image]  appointed, chosen, cited, classified, commissioned, designated, identified, mentioned, nominated, picked, selected, singled out, specified


nameless

See Also

   anonymous, innominate, undesignated, unnamed, untitled [image]  incognito, obscure, undistinguished, unheard-of, unknown, unsung [image]  abominable, horrible, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable


namely

i.e., specifically, that is to say, to wit, viz.


nap 1

See Also

•   v.    catnap, doze, drop off (Inf.), drowse, kip (Brit. sl.), nod, nod off (Inf.), rest, sleep, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    catnap, forty winks (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), rest, shuteye (Sl.), siesta, sleep, zizz (Brit. inf.)


nap 2

See Also

down, fibre, grain, pile, shag, weave


narcissism

See Also

egotism, self-admiration, self-love, vanity


narcotic

See Also

•   n.    anaesthetic, analgesic, anodyne, drug, opiate, painkiller, sedative, tranquillizer

•   adj.    analgesic, calming, dulling, hypnotic, Lethean, numbing, painkilling, sedative, somnolent, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying


narrate

See Also

chronicle, describe, detail, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, set forth, tell, unfold


narration

See Also

description, explanation, reading, recital, rehearsal, relation, storytelling, telling, voice-over (in film)


narrative

See Also

account, chronicle, detail, history, report, statement, story, tale


narrator

annalist, author, bard, chronicler, commentator, raconteur, reciter, relater, reporter, storyteller, writer


narrow

See Also

•   adj.    circumscribed, close, confined, constricted, contracted, cramped, incapacious, limited, meagre, near, pinched, restricted, scanty, straitened, tight [image]  biased, bigoted, dogmatic, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded, partial, prejudiced, reactionary, small-minded [image]  attenuated, fine, slender, slim, spare, tapering, thin [image]  exclusive, select [image]   Inf. avaricious, close (Inf.), mean, mercenary, niggardly, ungenerous

•   v.    circumscribe, constrict, diminish, limit, reduce, simplify, straiten, tighten


narrowly

See Also

   barely, by a whisker or hair's-breadth, just, only just, scarcely [image]  carefully, closely, painstakingly, scrutinizingly


narrow-minded

See Also

biased, bigoted, conservative, hidebound, illiberal, insular, intolerant, opinionated, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, reactionary, short-sighted, small-minded, strait-laced


narrows

channel, gulf, passage, sound, straits


nastiness

See Also

   defilement, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, impurity, pollution, squalor, uncleanliness [image]  indecency, licentiousness, obscenity, pollution, porn (Inf.), pornography, ribaldry, smuttiness [image]  disagreeableness, malice, meanness, offensiveness, spitefulness, unpleasantness


nasty

See Also

   dirty, disagreeable, disgusting, filthy, foul, grotty (Sl.), horrible, loathsome, malodorous, mephitic, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, polluted, repellent, repugnant, sickening, unappetizing, unpleasant, vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  blue, foul, gross, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, licentious, obscene, pornographic, ribald, smutty [image]  abusive, annoying, bad-tempered, despicable, disagreeable, distasteful, malicious, mean, spiteful, unpleasant, vicious, vile [image]  bad, critical, dangerous, painful, serious, severe


nation

See Also

commonwealth, community, country, people, population, race, realm, society, state, tribe


national

See Also

•   adj.    civil, countrywide, governmental, nationwide, public, state, widespread [image]  domestic, internal, social

•   n.    citizen, inhabitant, native, resident, subject


nationalism

allegiance, chauvinism, fealty, jingoism, loyalty, nationality, patriotism


nationality

See Also

birth, ethnic group, nation, race


nationwide

countrywide, general, national, overall, widespread


native

See Also

•   adj.    built-in, congenital, endemic, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, natal, natural [image]  genuine, original, real [image]  domestic, home, home-grown, home-made, indigenous, local, mother, vernacular [image]  aboriginal, autochthonous

•   n.    aborigine, autochthon, citizen, countryman, dweller, inhabitant, national, resident


natter

•   v.    blather, blether, chatter, gabble, gossip, jabber, jaw (Sl.), palaver, prate, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), talk, talk idly, witter (Inf.)

•   n.    blather, blether, chat, chinwag (Brit. inf.), chitchat, confabulation, conversation, gab (Inf.), gabble, gabfest (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), gossip, jabber, jaw (Sl.), palaver, prattle, talk


natty

See Also

chic, crucial (Sl.), dapper, elegant, fashionable, neat, smart, snazzy (Inf.), spruce, stylish, trendy (Brit. inf.), trim, well-dressed, well-turned-out


natural

See Also

   common, everyday, legitimate, logical, normal, ordinary, regular, typical, usual [image]  characteristic, congenital, essential, inborn, indigenous, inherent, innate, instinctive, intuitive, natal, native [image]  artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, open, real, simple, spontaneous, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unstudied [image]  organic, plain, pure, unbleached, unmixed, unpolished, unrefined, whole


naturalism

See Also

factualism, realism, verisimilitude


naturalist

   biologist, botanist, ecologist, zoologist [image]  factualist, realist


naturalize

acclimate, acclimatize, acculturate, accustom, adapt, adopt, domesticate, enfranchise, familiarize, grant citizenship, habituate


naturally

See Also

•   adv.    as anticipated, customarily, genuinely, informally, normally, simply, spontaneously, typically, unaffectedly, unpretentiously

•   interj.    absolutely, as a matter of course, certainly, of course


nature

See Also

   attributes, character, complexion, constitution, essence, features, make-up, quality, traits [image]  category, description, kind, sort, species, style, type, variety [image]  cosmos, creation, earth, environment, universe, world [image]  disposition, humour, mood, outlook, temper, temperament [image]  country, countryside, landscape, natural history, scenery


naturist

nudist


naughty

See Also

   annoying, bad, disobedient, exasperating, fractious, impish, misbehaved, mischievous, perverse, playful, refractory, roguish, sinful, teasing, wayward, wicked, worthless [image]  bawdy, blue, improper, lewd, obscene, off-colour, ribald, risqué, smutty, vulgar


nausea

See Also

   biliousness, qualm(s), queasiness, retching, sickness, squeamishness, vomiting [image]  abhorrence, aversion, disgust, loathing, odium, repugnance, revulsion


nauseate

See Also

disgust, gross out (U.S. sl.), horrify, offend, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken, turn one's stomach


nautical

marine, maritime, naval, oceanic, seafaring, seagoing, yachting


naval

See Also

marine, maritime, nautical, oceanic


navel

   bellybutton (Inf.), omphalos (Literary), umbilicus [image]  central point, centre, hub, middle


navigable

See Also

   clear, negotiable, passable, traversable, unobstructed [image]  controllable, dirigible, sailable, steerable


navigate

con (Nautical), cross, cruise, direct, drive, guide, handle, journey, manoeuvre, pilot, plan, plot, sail, skipper, steer, voyage


navigation

cruising, helmsmanship, pilotage, sailing, seamanship, steering, voyaging


navigator

See Also

mariner, pilot, seaman


navvy

ganger, labourer, worker, workman


navy

See Also

argosy (Archaic), armada, fleet, flotilla, warships


near

See Also

•   adj.    adjacent, adjoining, alongside, at close quarters, beside, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, nearby, neighbouring, nigh, proximate, touching, within sniffing distance (Inf.) [image]  approaching, forthcoming, imminent, impending, in the offing, looming, near-at-hand, next, on the cards (Inf.), upcoming [image]  akin, allied, attached, connected, dear, familiar, intimate, related [image]   Inf. close-fisted, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, tightfisted, ungenerous


nearby

See Also

•   adj.    adjacent, adjoining, convenient, handy, neighbouring

•   adv.    at close quarters, close at hand, not far away, proximate, within reach, within sniffing distance (Inf.)


nearly

See Also

•   adv. about, all but, almost, approaching, approximately, as good as, closely, just about, not quite, practically, roughly, virtually, well-nigh


nearness

See Also

   accessibility, availability, closeness, contiguity, handiness, juxtaposition, propinquity, proximity, vicinity [image]  immediacy, imminence [image]  dearness, familiarity, intimacy [image]   Inf. meanness, niggardliness, parsimony, stinginess


near-sighted

myopic, short-sighted


near thing

close shave (Inf.), narrow escape, near miss


neat

See Also

   accurate, dainty, fastidious, methodical, nice, orderly, shipshape, smart, spick-and-span, spruce, straight, systematic, tidy, trim, uncluttered [image]  adept, adroit, agile, apt, clever, deft, dexterous, efficient, effortless, elegant, expert, graceful, handy, nimble, practised, precise, skilful, stylish, well-judged [image]   Of alcoholic drinks pure, straight, undiluted, unmixed


neatly

   accurately, daintily, fastidiously, methodically, nicely, smartly, sprucely, systematically, tidily [image]  adeptly, adroitly, agilely, aptly, cleverly, deftly, dexterously, efficiently, effortlessly, elegantly, expertly, gracefully, handily, nimbly, precisely, skilfully, stylishly


neatness

See Also

   accuracy, daintiness, fastidiousness, methodicalness, niceness, nicety, orderliness, smartness, spruceness, straightness, tidiness, trimness [image]  adeptness, adroitness, agility, aptness, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, efficiency, effortlessness, elegance, expertness, grace, gracefulness, handiness, nimbleness, preciseness, precision, skilfulness, skill, style, stylishness


nebulous

See Also

ambiguous, amorphous, cloudy, confused, dim, hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misty, murky, obscure, shadowy, shapeless, uncertain, unclear, unformed, vague


necessarily

accordingly, automatically, axiomatically, by definition, certainly, compulsorily, consequently, incontrovertibly, ineluctably, inevitably, inexorably, irresistibly, naturally, nolens volens, of course, of necessity, perforce, undoubtedly, willy-nilly


necessary

See Also

   compulsory, de rigueur, essential, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, needed, needful, obligatory, required, requisite, vital [image]  certain, fated, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, unavoidable


necessitate

See Also

call for, coerce, compel, constrain, demand, entail, force, impel, make necessary, oblige, require


necessities

See Also

essentials, exigencies, fundamentals, indispensables, needs, requirements


necessity

See Also

   demand, exigency, indispensability, need, needfulness, requirement [image]  desideratum, essential, fundamental, necessary, need, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, want [image]  destitution, extremity, indigence, need, penury, poverty, privation [image]  compulsion, destiny, fate, inevitability, inexorableness, obligation


need

See Also

•   v.    call for, demand, entail, have occasion to or for, lack, miss, necessitate, require, want

•   n.    longing, requisite, want, wish [image]  deprivation, destitution, distress, extremity, impecuniousness, inadequacy, indigence, insufficiency, lack, neediness, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, shortage [image]  emergency, exigency, necessity, obligation, urgency, want [image]  demand, desideratum, essential, requirement, requisite


needed

See Also

called for, desired, lacked, necessary, required, wanted


needful

See Also

essential, indispensable, necessary, needed, required, requisite, stipulated, vital


needle

See Also

•   v. aggravate (Inf.), annoy, bait, be on one's back (Sl.), gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), goad, harass, hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, nag, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, pester, piss one off (Taboo sl.), prick, prod, provoke, rile, ruffle, spur, sting, taunt


needless

See Also

causeless, dispensable, excessive, expendable, gratuitous, groundless, nonessential, pointless, redundant, superfluous, uncalled-for, undesired, unnecessary, unwanted, useless


needlework

embroidery, fancywork, needlecraft, sewing, stitching, tailoring


needy

See Also

deprived, destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), disadvantaged, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, on the breadline (Inf.), penniless, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged


nefarious

See Also

abominable, atrocious, base, criminal, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, foul, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, shameful, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked


negate

See Also

   abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, invalidate, neutralize, nullify, obviate, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, void, wipe out [image]  contradict, deny, disallow, disprove, gainsay (Archaic or literary), oppose, rebut, refute


negation

See Also

   antithesis, antonym, contradiction, contrary, converse, counterpart, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, inverse, opposite, rejection, renunciation, reverse [image]  opposition, proscription, refusal, repudiation, veto [image]  cancellation, neutralization, nullification [image]  blank, nonexistence, nothingness, nullity, vacuity, void


negative

See Also

•   adj.    contradictory, contrary, denying, dissenting, opposing, recusant, refusing, rejecting, resisting [image]  annulling, counteractive, invalidating, neutralizing, nullifying [image]  antagonistic, colourless, contrary, cynical, gloomy, jaundiced, neutral, pessimistic, uncooperative, unenthusiastic, uninterested, unwilling, weak

•   n.    contradiction, denial, refusal


negativeness, negativity

   contradiction, contradictoriness, contrariness, denial, dissent, opposition, recusancy, refusal, rejection, resistance [image]  antagonism, colourlessness, contrariness, cynicism, gloom, neutrality, pessimism, uncooperativeness, uninterestedness, unwillingness, weakness


neglect

See Also

•   v.    contemn, discount, disdain, disregard, ignore, leave alone, overlook, pass by, rebuff, scorn, slight, spurn [image]  be remiss, evade, forget, let slide, omit, pass over, procrastinate, shirk, skimp

•   n.    disdain, disregard, disrespect, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, slight, unconcern [image]  carelessness, default, dereliction, failure, forgetfulness, laxity, laxness, neglectfulness, negligence, oversight, remissness, slackness, slovenliness


neglected

See Also

   abandoned, derelict, overgrown [image]  disregarded, unappreciated, underestimated, undervalued


negligence

See Also

carelessness, default, dereliction, disregard, failure, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inattentiveness, indifference, laxity, laxness, neglect, omission, oversight, remissness, shortcoming, slackness, thoughtlessness


negligent

See Also

careless, cursory, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, indifferent, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod, thoughtless, unmindful, unthinking


negligible

See Also

imperceptible, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, minute, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), petty, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant


negotiable

See Also

debatable, discussable or discussible, transactional, transferable, variable


negotiate

See Also

   adjudicate, arbitrate, arrange, bargain, conciliate, confer, consult, contract, deal, debate, discuss, handle, manage, mediate, parley, settle, transact, work out [image]  clear, cross, get over, get past, get round, pass, pass through, surmount


negotiation

See Also

arbitration, bargaining, debate, diplomacy, discussion, mediation, transaction, wheeling and dealing (Inf.)


neighbourhood

See Also

community, confines, district, environs, locale, locality, precincts, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, surroundings, vicinity


neighbouring

See Also

abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, connecting, contiguous, near, nearby, nearest, next, surrounding


nerve

See Also

•   n.    balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), bottle (Brit. sl.), bravery, coolness, courage, daring, determination, endurance, energy, fearlessness, firmness, force, fortitude, gameness, grit, guts (Inf.), hardihood, intrepidity, mettle, might, pluck, resolution, spirit, spunk (Inf.), steadfastness, vigour, will [image]   Inf. audacity, boldness, brass (Inf.), brass neck (Brit. inf.), brazenness, cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, front, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, neck (Inf.), sauce (Inf.), temerity

•   v.    brace, embolden, encourage, fortify, hearten, invigorate, steel, strengthen


nerve-racking

annoying, difficult, distressing, frightening, harassing, harrowing, maddening, stressful, tense, trying, worrying


nerves

See Also

anxiety, fretfulness, heebie-jeebies (Sl.), imbalance, nervousness, strain, stress, tension, worry


nervous

See Also

agitated, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fearful, fidgety, flustered, hesitant, highly strung, hyper (Inf.), hysterical, jittery (Inf.), jumpy, nervy (Brit. inf.), neurotic, on edge, ruffled, shaky, tense, timid, timorous, twitchy (Inf.), uneasy, uptight (Inf.), weak, wired (Sl.), worried


nervous breakdown

breakdown, collapse, crack-up (Inf.), nervous disorder, neurasthenia (Obsolete)


nervousness

See Also

agitation, anxiety, disquiet, excitability, fluster, perturbation, tension, timidity, touchiness, tremulousness, worry


nest

See Also

   den, haunt, hideaway, refuge, resort, retreat, snuggery [image]  breeding-ground, den, hotbed


nest egg

cache, deposit, fall-back, fund(s), reserve, savings, store


nestle

See Also

cuddle, curl up, huddle, nuzzle, snuggle


nestling

   chick, fledgling [image]  babe, babe in arms, baby, infant, suckling


net 1

See Also

•   n.    lacework, lattice, mesh, netting, network, openwork, reticulum, tracery, web

•   v.    bag, capture, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, nab (Inf.), trap


net, nett 2

See Also

•   adj.    after taxes, clear, final, take-home [image]  closing, conclusive, final

•   v.    accumulate, bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, realize, reap


nether

See Also

basal, below, beneath, bottom, inferior, lower, Stygian, under, underground


nether world

Avernus, Hades, hell, infernal regions, nether regions, underworld


nettle

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), annoy, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get on one's nerves (Inf.), goad, harass, hassle (Inf.), incense, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, ruffle, sting, tease, vex


nettled

aggrieved, angry, annoyed, chafed, cross, exasperated, galled, goaded, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), harassed, huffy, incensed, irritable, irritated, peeved, peevish, piqued, pissed off (Taboo sl.), provoked, put out, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), riled, ruffled, stung, teased, tetchy, touchy, vexed


network

See Also

arrangement, channels, circuitry, complex, convolution, grid, grill, interconnections, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, nexus, organization, plexus, structure, system, tracks, web


neurosis

abnormality, affliction, derangement, deviation, instability, maladjustment, mental disturbance, mental illness, obsession, phobia, psychological or emotional disorder


neurotic

See Also

abnormal, anxious, compulsive, deviant, disordered, distraught, disturbed, hyper (Inf.), maladjusted, manic, nervous, obsessive, overwrought, twitchy (Inf.), unhealthy, unstable


neuter

•   v. castrate, doctor (Inf.), dress, emasculate, fix (Inf.), geld, spay


neutral

See Also

   disinterested, dispassionate, even-handed, impartial, indifferent, nonaligned, nonbelligerent, noncombatant, noncommittal, nonpartisan, sitting on the fence, unaligned, unbiased, uncommitted, undecided, uninvolved, unprejudiced [image]  achromatic, colourless, dull, expressionless, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, intermediate, toneless, undefined


neutrality

See Also

detachment, disinterestedness, impartiality, nonalignment, noninterference, noninterventionism, noninvolvement, nonpartisanship


neutralize

See Also

cancel, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, frustrate, invalidate, negate, nullify, offset, undo


never-ending

See Also

boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, uninterrupted, unremitting


nevertheless

See Also

but, even so, (even) though, however, nonetheless, notwithstanding, regardless, still, yet


new

See Also

   advanced, all-singing, all-dancing, contemporary, current, different, fresh, happening (Inf.), latest, modern, modernistic, modish, newfangled, novel, original, recent, state-of-the-art, topical, ultramodern, unfamiliar, unknown, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin [image]  added, extra, more, supplementary [image]  altered, changed, improved, modernized, redesigned, renewed, restored


newcomer

See Also

alien, arrival, beginner, foreigner, immigrant, incomer, Johnny-come-lately (Inf.), novice, outsider, parvenu, settler, stranger


newfangled

all-singing, all-dancing, contemporary, fashionable, gimmicky, modern, new, new-fashioned, novel, state-of-the-art, recent


newly

See Also

anew, freshly, just, lately, latterly, recently


news

See Also

account, advice, bulletin, communiqué, dirt (U.S. sl.), disclosure, dispatch, exposé, gen (Brit. inf.), gossip, hearsay, information, intelligence, latest (Inf.), leak, news flash, release, report, revelation, rumour, scandal, statement, story, tidings, word


next

See Also

•   adj.    consequent, ensuing, following, later, subsequent, succeeding [image]  adjacent, adjoining, closest, nearest, neighbouring

•   adv.    afterwards, closely, following, later, subsequently, thereafter


next world

afterlife, afterworld, heaven, hereafter, nirvana, paradise


nibble

See Also

•   n.    bite, crumb, morsel, peck, snack, soupçon, taste, titbit

•   v.    bite, eat, gnaw, munch, nip, peck, pick at


nice

See Also

   agreeable, amiable, attractive, charming, commendable, courteous, delightful, friendly, good, kind, likable or likeable, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, refined, well-mannered [image]  dainty, fine, neat, tidy, trim [image]  accurate, careful, critical, delicate, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine, meticulous, precise, rigorous, scrupulous, strict, subtle [image]  cultured, genteel, refined, respectable, virtuous, well-bred


nicely

   acceptably, agreeably, amiably, attractively, charmingly, commendably, courteously, delightfully, kindly, likably, pleasantly, pleasingly, pleasurably, politely, prepossessingly, well [image]  daintily, finely, neatly, tidily, trimly [image]  accurately, carefully, critically, delicately, exactingly, exactly, fastidiously, finely, meticulously, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, strictly, subtly [image]  genteelly, respectably, virtuously


niceness

   agreeableness, amiability, attractiveness, charm, courtesy, delightfulness, friendliness, good manners, goodness, kindness, likableness or likeableness, pleasantness, pleasurableness, politeness, refinement [image]  daintiness, fineness, neatness, tidiness, trimness [image]  accuracy, care, carefulness, criticalness, delicacy, discrimination, exactingness, exactitude, exactness, fastidiousness, fineness, meticulosity, meticulousness, preciseness, precision, rigorousness, rigour, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, strictness, subtleness, subtlety [image]  gentility, good breeding, refinement, respectability, virtue


nicety

See Also

   accuracy, exactness, fastidiousness, finesse, meticulousness, minuteness, precision [image]  daintiness, delicacy, discrimination, distinction, nuance, refinement, subtlety


niche

See Also

   alcove, corner, hollow, nook, opening, recess [image]  calling, pigeonhole (Inf.), place, position, slot (Inf.), vocation


nick

See Also

chip, cut, damage, dent, mark, notch, scar, score, scratch, snick


nickname

See Also

diminutive, epithet, familiar name, handle (Sl.), label, pet name, moniker or monicker (Sl.), sobriquet


niggard

See Also

cheapskate (Inf.), cheeseparer, churl (Archaic), meanie or meany (Inf., chiefly Brit.), miser, penny-pincher (Inf.), screw (Sl.), Scrooge, skinflint, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.)


niggardliness

   avarice, avariciousness, closeness, covetousness, frugality, grudgingness, meanness, mercenariness, miserliness, nearness (Inf.), parsimony, penuriousness, sordidness, sparingness, stinginess, thrift, tightfistedness, ungenerousness [image]  beggarliness, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagreness, meanness, miserableness, paltriness, scantiness, skimpiness, smallness, wretchedness


niggardly

See Also

   avaricious, close, covetous, frugal, grudging, mean, mercenary, miserly, near (Inf.), parsimonious, penurious, Scroogelike, sordid, sparing, stinging, stingy, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tightfisted, ungenerous [image]  beggarly, inadequate, insufficient, meagre, mean, measly, miserable, paltry, scant, scanty, skimpy, small, wretched


niggle

See Also

   carp, cavil, criticize, find fault, fuss [image]  annoy, irritate, rankle, worry


niggling

See Also

   cavilling, finicky, fussy, insignificant, minor, nit-picking (Inf.), pettifogging, petty, picky (Inf.), piddling (Inf.), quibbling, trifling, unimportant [image]  gnawing, irritating, persistent, troubling, worrying


night

See Also

dark, darkness, dead of night, hours of darkness, night-time, night watches


night and day

all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, continuously, day in, day out, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, unremittingly


nightfall

See Also

crepuscule, dusk, eve (Archaic), evening, eventide, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), sundown, sunset, twilight, vespers


nightly

•   adv.

•   adj.    each night, every night, night after night, nights (Inf.)

•   adv.    after dark, at night, by night, in the night, nights (Inf.), nocturnally

•   adj.    night-time, nocturnal


nightmare

See Also

   bad dream, hallucination, incubus, succubus [image]  horror, ordeal, torment, trial, tribulation


nil

See Also

duck, love, naught, nihil, none, nothing, zero, zilch (Sl.)


nimble

See Also

active, agile, alert, brisk, deft, dexterous, lively, nippy (Brit. inf.), pdq (Sl.), proficient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, ready, smart, sprightly, spry, swift


nimbly

See Also

actively, acutely, agilely, alertly, briskly, deftly, dexterously, easily, fast, fleetly, hotfoot, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, proficiently, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quickly, quick-wittedly, readily, sharply, smartly, speedily, spryly, swiftly


nimbus

ambience, atmosphere, aura, aureole, cloud, corona, glow, halo, irradiation


nincompoop

See Also

berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), idiot, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lamebrain (Inf.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), ninny, nitwit (Inf.), noodle, numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


nip 1

See Also

•   v.    bite, catch, clip, compress, grip, nibble, pinch, snag, snap, snip, squeeze, tweak, twitch [image]  check, frustrate, thwart


nip 2

See Also

•   n. dram, draught, drop, finger, mouthful, peg (Brit.), portion, shot (Inf.), sip, snifter (Inf.), soupçon, sup, swallow, taste


nipper

   claw, pincer [image]   Inf. ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), baby, boy, child, girl, infant, kid (Inf.), little one, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), tot


nipple

boob (Sl.), breast, dug, mamilla, pap, papilla, teat, tit, udder


nippy

See Also

   biting, chilly, nipping, sharp, stinging [image]   Brit. inf. active, agile, fast, nimble, pdq (Sl.), quick, spry


nit-picking

See Also

captious, carping, cavilling, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, pedantic, pettifogging, quibbling


nitty-gritty

basics, brass tacks (Inf.), core, crux, essence, essentials, facts, fundamentals, gist, heart of the matter, reality, substance


nitwit

See Also

 (Inf.)dickhead (Sl.), dimwit (Inf.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Sl.), dork (Sl.), dummy (Sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), halfwit, lamebrain (Inf.), nincompoop, ninny, oaf, plank (Brit. sl.), simpleton


nob

See Also

aristo (Inf.), aristocrat, big shot (Inf.), bigwig (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), fat cat (Sl., chiefly U.S.), nabob (Inf.), toff (Brit. sl.), V.I.P.


nobble

   disable, handicap, incapacitate, weaken [image]  bribe, get at, influence, intimidate, outwit, win over [image]  filch, knock off (Sl.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, pinch (Inf.), purloin, snitch (Sl.), steal, swipe (Sl.) [image]  get hold of, grab, take


nobility

See Also

   aristocracy, elite, high society, lords, nobles, patricians, peerage, ruling class, upper class [image]  dignity, eminence, excellence, grandeur, greatness, illustriousness, loftiness, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, worthiness [image]  honour, incorruptibility, integrity, uprightness, virtue


noble

See Also

•   n.    aristo (Inf.), aristocrat, lord, nobleman, peer

•   adj.    aristocratic, blue-blooded, gentle (Archaic), highborn, lordly, patrician, titled [image]  august, dignified, distinguished, elevated, eminent, excellent, grand, great, imposing, impressive, lofty, splendid, stately, superb [image]  generous, honourable, magnanimous, upright, virtuous, worthy


nobody

See Also

   no-one [image]  cipher, lightweight (Inf.), menial, nonentity, nothing (Inf.)


nocturnal

night, nightly, night-time, of the night


nod

See Also

•   v.    acknowledge, bob, bow, dip, duck, gesture, indicate, nutate (Rare), salute, signal [image]  agree, assent, concur, show agreement [image]  be sleepy, doze, droop, drowse, kip (Brit. sl.), nap, sleep, slump, zizz (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    acknowledgment, beck, gesture, greeting, indication, salute, sign, signal


no go

futile, hopeless, impossible, not on (Inf.), vain


noise

See Also

•   n.    babble, blare, clamour, clatter, commotion, cry, din, fracas, hubbub, outcry, pandemonium, racket, row, sound, talk, tumult, uproar

•   v.    advertise, bruit, circulate, gossip, publicize, repeat, report, rumour


noiseless

hushed, inaudible, mute, muted, quiet, silent, soundless, still


noisy

See Also

boisterous, cacophonous, chattering, clamorous, deafening, ear-splitting, loud, obstreperous, piercing, riotous, strident, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vociferous


nomad

See Also

drifter, itinerant, migrant, rambler, rover, vagabond, wanderer


nomadic

See Also

itinerant, migrant, migratory, pastoral, peripatetic, roaming, roving, travelling, vagrant, wandering


nom de plume

See Also

alias, assumed name, nom de guerre, pen name, pseudonym


nomenclature

classification, codification, locution, phraseology, taxonomy, terminology, vocabulary


nominal

See Also

   formal, ostensible, pretended, professed, puppet, purported, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, supposed, theoretical, titular [image]  inconsiderable, insignificant, minimal, small, symbolic, token, trifling, trivial


nominate

See Also

appoint, assign, choose, commission, designate, elect, elevate, empower, name, present, propose, recommend, select, submit, suggest, term


nomination

See Also

appointment, choice, designation, election, proposal, recommendation, selection, suggestion


nominee

See Also

aspirant, candidate, contestant, entrant, favourite, protégé, runner


nonaligned

See Also

impartial, neutral, uncommitted, undecided


nonchalance

See Also

calm, composure, cool (Sl.), equanimity, imperturbability, indifference, sang-froid, self-possession, unconcern


nonchalant

See Also

airy, apathetic, blasé, calm, careless, casual, collected, cool, detached, dispassionate, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back (Inf.), offhand, unconcerned, unemotional, unfazed (Inf.), unperturbed


noncombatant

civilian, neutral, nonbelligerent


noncommittal

ambiguous, careful, cautious, circumspect, discreet, equivocal, evasive, guarded, indefinite, neutral, politic, reserved, tactful, temporizing, tentative, unrevealing, vague, wary


non compos mentis

See Also

crazy, deranged, insane, mentally ill, of unsound mind, unbalanced, unhinged


nonconformist

See Also

dissenter, dissentient, eccentric, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, maverick, protester, radical, rebel


nondescript

See Also

characterless, common or garden (Inf.), commonplace, dull, featureless, indeterminate, mousy, ordinary, unclassifiable, unclassified, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspiring, uninteresting, unmemorable, unremarkable, vague


none

bugger all (Sl.), f.a. (Brit. sl.), fuck all (Taboo sl.), nil, nobody, no-one, no part, not a bit, not any, nothing, not one, sweet F.A. (Brit. sl.), sweet Fanny Adams (Brit. sl.), zero


nonentity

See Also

cipher, lightweight (Inf.), mediocrity, nobody, small fry, unimportant person


nonessential

See Also

dispensable, excessive, expendable, extraneous, inessential, peripheral, superfluous, unimportant, unnecessary


nonetheless

See Also

despite that, even so, however, in spite of that, nevertheless, yet


nonexistent

See Also

chimerical, fancied, fictional, hallucinatory, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, imagined, insubstantial, legendary, missing, mythical, unreal


nonsense

See Also

absurdity, balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), blather, bombast, bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), double Dutch (Brit. inf.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), fatuity, folly, foolishness, garbage (Inf.), gibberish, guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), idiocy, inanity, jest, ludicrousness, moonshine, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, senselessness, shit (Taboo sl.), silliness, stuff, stupidity, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, tripe (Inf.), twaddle, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


nonstop

See Also

•   adj.    ceaseless, constant, continuous, direct, endless, incessant, interminable, relentless, steady, unbroken, unending, unfaltering, uninterrupted, unremitting

•   adv.    ceaselessly, constantly, continuously, directly, endlessly, incessantly, interminably, relentlessly, steadily, unbrokenly, unendingly, unfalteringly, uninterruptedly, unremittingly, without stopping


nook

See Also

alcove, cavity, corner, cranny, crevice, cubbyhole, hide-out, inglenook (Brit.), niche, opening, recess, retreat


noon

high noon, midday, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon


norm

See Also

average, benchmark, criterion, mean, measure, model, par, pattern, rule, standard, type, yardstick


normal

See Also

   accustomed, acknowledged, average, common, conventional, habitual, natural, ordinary, popular, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, usual [image]  rational, reasonable, sane, well-adjusted


normality

   accustomedness, averageness, commonness, commonplaceness, conventionality, habitualness, naturalness, ordinariness, popularity, regularity, routineness, typicality, usualness [image]  adjustment, balance, rationality, reason, sanity


normally

See Also

as a rule, commonly, habitually, ordinarily, regularly, typically, usually


north

•   adj.    Arctic, boreal, northerly, northern, polar

•   adv.    northerly, northward(s)


nose

See Also

•   n.    beak, bill, conk (Sl.), hooter (Sl.), neb (Archaic or dialect), proboscis, schnozzle (Sl., chiefly U.S.), snitch (Sl.), snout (Sl.)

•   v.    detect, scent, search (for), smell, sniff [image]  ease forward, nudge, nuzzle, push, shove [image]  meddle, pry, snoop (Inf.)


nose dive

See Also

dive, drop, plummet, plunge


nosegay

bouquet, posy


nostalgia

See Also

homesickness, longing, pining, regret, regretfulness, remembrance, reminiscence, wistfulness, yearning


nostalgic

See Also

emotional, homesick, longing, maudlin, regretful, sentimental, wistful


nostrum

See Also

cure, cure-all, drug, elixir, medicine, panacea, patent medicine, potion, quack medicine, remedy, sovereign cure, specific, treatment


nosy, nosey

See Also

curious, eavesdropping, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, prying, snooping (Inf.)


notability

See Also

   celebrity, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, renown [image]  celeb (Inf.), celebrity, dignitary, megastar (Inf.), notable, personage, V.I.P., worthy


notable

See Also

•   adj.    celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, evident, extraordinary, famous, manifest, marked, memorable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, outstanding, pre-eminent, pronounced, rare, remarkable, renowned, striking, uncommon, unusual, well-known

•   n.    celeb (Inf.), celebrity, dignitary, megastar (Inf.), notability, personage, V.I.P., worthy


notably

See Also

conspicuously, distinctly, especially, markedly, noticeably, outstandingly, particularly, remarkably, signally, strikingly, uncommonly


notation

   characters, code, script, signs, symbols, system [image]  jotting, notating, note, noting, record


notch

See Also

•   n.    cleft, cut, incision, indentation, mark, nick, score [image]   Inf. cut (Inf.), degree, grade, level, step

•   v.    cut, indent, mark, nick, score, scratch


notch up

achieve, gain, make, register, score


note

See Also

•   n.    annotation, comment, communication, epistle, gloss, jotting, letter, memo, memorandum, message, minute, record, remark, reminder [image]  indication, mark, sign, symbol, token [image]  heed, notice, observation, regard [image]  celebrity, character, consequence, distinction, eminence, fame, prestige, renown, reputation

•   v.    denote, designate, indicate, mark, mention, notice, observe, perceive, record, register, remark, see


notebook

See Also

commonplace book, diary, exercise book, Filofax (Trademark), jotter, journal, memorandum book, notepad, record book


noted

See Also

acclaimed, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, famous, illustrious, notable, notorious, prominent, recognized, renowned, well-known


notes

See Also

impressions, jottings, outline, record, report, sketch


noteworthy

See Also

exceptional, extraordinary, important, notable, outstanding, remarkable, significant, unusual


nothing

See Also

bagatelle, cipher, emptiness, naught, nobody, nonentity, nonexistence, nothingness, nought, nullity, trifle, void, zero


nothingness

See Also

   nihility, nonbeing, nonexistence, nullity, oblivion [image]  insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness


notice

See Also

•   v.    detect, discern, distinguish, heed, mark, mind, note, observe, perceive, remark, see, spot

•   n.    cognizance, consideration, heed, interest, note, observation, regard [image]  advice, announcement, communication, instruction, intelligence, intimation, news, notification, order, warning [image]  advertisement, comment, criticism, poster, review, sign [image]  attention, civility, respect


noticeable

See Also

appreciable, blatant, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, manifest, observable, obvious, perceptible, plain, striking, unmistakable


notification

See Also

advice, alert, announcement, declaration, information, intelligence, message, notice, notifying, publication, statement, telling, warning


notify

See Also

acquaint, advise, alert, announce, apprise, declare, inform, publish, tell, warn


notion

See Also

   apprehension, belief, concept, conception, idea, impression, inkling, judgment, knowledge, opinion, sentiment, understanding, view [image]  caprice, desire, fancy, impulse, inclination, whim, wish


notional

See Also

abstract, conceptual, fanciful, hypothetical, ideal, imaginary, speculative, theoretical, unreal, visionary


notoriety

See Also

dishonour, disrepute, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal


notorious

See Also

   dishonourable, disreputable, infamous, opprobrious, scandalous [image]  blatant, flagrant, glaring, obvious, open, overt, patent, undisputed


notoriously

   dishonourably, disreputably, infamously, opprobriously, scandalously [image]  blatantly, flagrantly, glaringly, notably, obviously, openly, overtly, particularly, patently, spectacularly, undisputedly


notwithstanding

See Also

although, despite, (even) though, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, though, yet


nought

See Also

naught, nil, nothing, nothingness, zero


nourish

See Also

   attend, feed, furnish, nurse, nurture, supply, sustain, tend [image]  comfort, cultivate, encourage, foster, maintain, promote, support


nourishing

See Also

alimentative, beneficial, healthful, health-giving, nutritious, nutritive, wholesome


nourishment

See Also

aliment, diet, food, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, tack (Inf.), viands, victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect)


nouveau riche

arriviste, new-rich, parvenu, upstart


novel

See Also

•   adj.    different, fresh, ground-breaking, innovative, new, original, rare, singular, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual

•   n.    fiction, narrative, romance, story, tale


novelty

See Also

   freshness, innovation, newness, oddity, originality, strangeness, surprise, unfamiliarity, uniqueness [image]  bagatelle, bauble, curiosity, gadget, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, knick-knack, memento, souvenir, trifle, trinket


novice

See Also

amateur, apprentice, beginner, convert, learner, neophyte, newcomer, novitiate, probationer, proselyte, pupil, trainee, tyro


now

See Also

   at once, immediately, instanter (Law), instantly, presently (Scot. & U.S.), promptly, straightaway [image]  any more, at the moment, nowadays, these days [image]  now and then or again at times, from time to time, infrequently, intermittently, occasionally, on and off, once in a while, on occasion, sometimes, sporadically


nowadays

See Also

any more, at the moment, in this day and age, now, these days, today


nucleus

See Also

basis, centre, core, focus, heart, kernel, nub, pivot


nude

See Also

au naturel, bare, buck naked (Sl.), disrobed, exposed, in one's birthday suit (Inf.), in the altogether (Inf.), in the buff (Inf.), in the raw (Inf.), naked, naked as the day one was born (Inf.), starkers (Inf.), stark-naked, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, without a stitch on (Inf.)


nudge

See Also

•   v. bump, dig, elbow, jog, poke, prod, push, shove, touch


nudity

bareness, dishabille, nakedness, nudism, undress


nugget

chunk, clump, hunk, lump, mass, piece


nuisance

See Also

annoyance, bore, bother, drag (Inf.), gall, hassle (Inf.), inconvenience, infliction, irritation, offence, pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pest, plague, problem, trouble, vexation


null

characterless, ineffectual, inoperative, invalid, nonexistent, null and void, powerless, useless, vain, valueless, void, worthless


nullify

See Also

abolish, abrogate, annul, bring to naught, cancel, counteract, countervail, invalidate, negate, neutralize, obviate, quash, rebut, render null and void, repeal, rescind, revoke, veto, void


nullity

See Also

characterlessness, ineffectualness, invalidity, nonexistence, powerlessness, uselessness, valuelessness, voidness, worthlessness


numb

See Also

•   adj.    benumbed, dead, deadened, frozen, immobilized, insensible, insensitive, paralysed, stupefied, torpid, unfeeling

•   v.    benumb, deaden, dull, freeze, immobilize, paralyse, stun, stupefy


number

See Also

•   n.    character, count, digit, figure, integer, numeral, sum, total, unit [image]  aggregate, amount, collection, company, crowd, horde, many, multitude, quantity, throng [image]  copy, edition, imprint, issue, printing

•   v.    account, add, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, include, reckon, tell, total


numbered

categorized, contained, counted, designated, fixed, included, limited, limited in number, specified, totalled


numberless

See Also

countless, endless, infinite, innumerable, multitudinous, myriad, unnumbered, untold


numbness

See Also

deadness, dullness, insensibility, insensitivity, paralysis, stupefaction, torpor, unfeelingness


numeral

character, cipher, digit, figure, integer, number, symbol


numerous

See Also

abundant, copious, many, plentiful, profuse, several


nunnery

See Also

abbey, cloister, convent, house, monastery


nuptials

espousal (Archaic), marriage, matrimony, wedding


nurse

See Also

•   v.    care for, look after, minister to, tend, treat [image]  breast-feed, feed, nourish, nurture, suckle, wet-nurse [image]   Fig. cherish, cultivate, encourage, foster, harbour, keep alive, preserve, promote, succour, support


nurture

See Also

•   n.    diet, food, nourishment [image]  development, discipline, education, instruction, rearing, training, upbringing

•   v.    feed, nourish, nurse, support, sustain, tend [image]  bring up, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, instruct, rear, school, train


nut

See Also

   kernel, pip, seed, stone [image]   Sl. brain, head, mind, reason, senses [image]   Sl. crackpot (Inf.), crank (Inf.), eccentric, headbanger (Inf.), headcase (Inf.), loony (Sl.), lunatic, madman, maniac, nutcase (Sl.), nutter (Brit. sl.), oddball (Inf.), psycho (Sl.), wacko (Sl.)


nutrition

See Also

food, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance


nutritious

See Also

alimental, alimentative, beneficial, healthful, health-giving, invigorating, nourishing, nutritive, strengthening, wholesome


nuts

See Also

bananas (Sl.), barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), batty (Sl.), crazy (Inf.), demented, deranged, eccentric, insane, irrational, loony (Sl.), loopy (Inf.), mad, not the full shilling (Inf.), nutty (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), psycho (Sl.), psychopathic, up the pole (Inf.)


oaf

See Also

airhead (Sl.), berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, bonehead (Sl.), booby, brute, charlie (Brit. inf.), clod, coot, dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dork (Sl.), dullard, dummy (Sl.), dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), galoot (Sl., chiefly U.S.), gawk, geek (Sl.), goon, gonzo (Sl.), gorilla (Inf.), halfwit, idiot, imbecile, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lout, lummox (Inf.), moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), sap (Sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), simpleton, twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


oafish

See Also

blockish, Boeotian, boneheaded (Sl.), bovine, brutish, dense, dim, dim-witted (Inf.), doltish, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dumb (Inf.), heavy, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, moronic, obtuse, slow on the uptake (Inf.), stupid, thick


oasis

 Fig. haven, island, refuge, resting place, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum


oath

See Also

   affirmation, avowal, bond, pledge, promise, sworn statement, vow, word [image]  blasphemy, curse, cuss (Inf.), expletive, imprecation, malediction, profanity, strong language, swearword


obdurate

See Also

adamant, callous, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, immovable, implacable, indurate (Rare), inexorable, inflexible, iron, mulish, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, proof against persuasion, relentless, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, unfeeling, unimpressible, unrelenting, unshakable, unyielding


obedience

accordance, acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformability, deference, docility, dutifulness, duty, observance, respect, reverence, submission, submissiveness, subservience, tractability


obedient

See Also

acquiescent, amenable, biddable, compliant, deferential, docile, duteous, dutiful, law-abiding, observant, regardful, respectful, submissive, subservient, tractable, under control, well-trained, yielding


obelisk

See Also

column, monolith, monument, needle, pillar, shaft


obese

See Also

corpulent, Falstaffian, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, outsize, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, roly-poly, rotund, stout, tubby, well-upholstered (Inf.)


obesity

See Also

beef (Inf.), bulk, corpulence, embonpoint, fatness, fleshiness, grossness, overweight, portliness, stoutness, tubbiness, weight problem


obey

See Also

   abide by, act upon, adhere to, be ruled by, carry out, comply, conform, discharge, do what is expected, embrace, execute, follow, fulfil, heed, keep, mind, observe, perform, respond, serve [image]  bow to, come to heel, do what one is told, get into line, give in, give way, knuckle under (Inf.), submit, succumb, surrender (to), take orders from, toe the line, yield


object 1

See Also

•   n.    article, body, entity, fact, item, phenomenon, reality, thing [image]  aim, butt, focus, recipient, target, victim [image]  design, end, end in view, end purpose, goal, idea, intent, intention, motive, objective, point, purpose, reason


object 2

See Also

•   v. argue against, demur, expostulate, oppose, protest, raise objections, take exception


objection

See Also

cavil, censure, counter-argument, demur, doubt, exception, niggle (Inf.), opposition, protest, remonstrance, scruple


objectionable

See Also

abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, dislikable or dislikeable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, indecorous, insufferable, intolerable, noxious, obnoxious, offensive, regrettable, repugnant, unacceptable, undesirable, unpleasant, unseemly, unsociable


objective

See Also

•   adj.    detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, fair, impartial, impersonal, judicial, just, open-minded, unbiased, uncoloured, unemotional, uninvolved, unprejudiced

•   n.    aim, ambition, aspiration, design, end, end in view, goal, intention, mark, object, purpose, target


objectively

See Also

disinterestedly, dispassionately, even-handedly, impartially, with an open mind, with objectivity or impartiality, without fear or favour


objectivity

See Also

detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, equitableness, impartiality, impersonality


obligation

See Also

   accountability, accountableness, burden, charge, compulsion, duty, liability, must, onus, requirement, responsibility, trust [image]  agreement, bond, commitment, contract, debt, engagement, promise, understanding [image]  under an obligation beholden, duty-bound, grateful, honour-bound, indebted, in (someone's) debt, obligated, obliged, owing a favour, thankful


obligatory

See Also

binding, coercive, compulsory, de rigueur, enforced, essential, imperative, mandatory, necessary, required, requisite, unavoidable


oblige

See Also

   bind, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, railroad (Inf.), require [image]  accommodate, benefit, do (someone) a favour or a kindness, favour, gratify, indulge, please, put oneself out for, serve


obliged

See Also

   appreciative, beholden, grateful, gratified, indebted, in (someone's) debt, thankful [image]  bound, compelled, forced, required, under an obligation, under compulsion, without any option


obliging

See Also

accommodating, agreeable, amiable, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, eager to please, friendly, good-natured, helpful, kind, polite, willing


oblique

See Also

   angled, aslant, at an angle, inclined, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, tilted [image]  backhanded, circuitous, circumlocutory, evasive, implied, indirect, roundabout, sidelong


obliquely

See Also

   aslant, aslope, at an angle, diagonally, slantwise [image]  circuitously, evasively, in a roundabout manner or way, indirectly, not in so many words


obliterate

See Also

annihilate, blot out, cancel, delete, destroy, destroy root and branch, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, extirpate, root out, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe out


obliteration

See Also

annihilation, deletion, effacement, elimination, eradication, erasure, expunction, extirpation, wiping  (blotting, rooting, sponging)


oblivion

See Also

   abeyance, disregard, forgetfulness, insensibility, neglect, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness, (waters of) Lethe [image]  blackness, darkness, eclipse, extinction, limbo, nothingness, obscurity, void


oblivious

See Also

blind, careless, deaf, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, insensible, neglectful, negligent, regardless, unaware, unconcerned, unconscious, unmindful, unobservant


obnoxious

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable or dislikeable, foul, hateable, hateful, horrid, insufferable, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, unpleasant


obscene

See Also

   bawdy, blue, coarse, dirty, disgusting, Fescennine (Rare), filthy, foul, gross, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecent, lewd, licentious, loose, offensive, pornographic, prurient, ribald, salacious, scabrous, shameless, smutty, suggestive, unchaste, unwholesome [image]   Fig. atrocious, evil, heinous, loathsome, outrageous, shocking, sickening, vile, wicked


obscenity

See Also

   bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, immodesty, impurity, lewdness, licentiousness, pornography, prurience, salacity, smuttiness, suggestiveness, vileness [image]  four-letter word, impropriety, indecency, indelicacy, profanity, smut, swearword, vulgarism [image]  abomination, affront, atrocity, blight, evil, offence, outrage, vileness, wrong


obscure

See Also

•   adj.    abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, concealed, confusing, cryptic, deep, Delphic, doubtful, enigmatic, esoteric, hazy, hidden, incomprehensible, indefinite, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unclear, vague [image]  blurred, clouded, cloudy, dim, dusky, faint, gloomy, indistinct, murky, obfuscated, shadowy, shady, sombre, tenebrous, unlit, veiled [image]  humble, inconspicuous, inglorious, little-known, lowly, minor, nameless, out-of-the-way, remote, undistinguished, unheard-of, unhonoured, unimportant, unknown, unnoted, unseen, unsung

•   v.    conceal, cover, disguise, hide, muddy, obfuscate, screen, throw a veil over, veil [image]  adumbrate, bedim, befog, block, block out, blur, cloak, cloud, darken, dim, dull, eclipse, mask, overshadow, shade, shroud


obscurity

See Also

   abstruseness, ambiguity, complexity, impenetrableness, incomprehensibility, intricacy, reconditeness, vagueness [image]  darkness, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, haze, haziness, indistinctness, murkiness, shadowiness, shadows [image]  inconspicuousness, ingloriousness, insignificance, lowliness, namelessness, nonrecognition, unimportance


observable

See Also

apparent, appreciable, blatant, clear, detectable, discernible, evident, noticeable, obvious, open, patent, perceivable, perceptible, recognizable, visible


observance

See Also

   adherence to, attention, carrying out, celebration, compliance, discharge, fulfilment, heeding, honouring, notice, observation, performance [image]  ceremonial, ceremony, custom, fashion, form, formality, practice, rite, ritual, service, tradition


observant

See Also

alert, attentive, eagle-eyed, heedful, mindful, obedient, perceptive, quick, sharp-eyed, submissive, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake


observation

See Also

   attention, cognition, consideration, examination, experience, information, inspection, knowledge, monitoring, notice, review, scrutiny, study, surveillance, watching [image]  annotation, comment, finding, note, obiter dictum, opinion, pronouncement, reflection, remark, thought, utterance


observe

See Also

   detect, discern, discover, espy, note, notice, perceive, see, spot, witness [image]  check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), contemplate, eyeball (U.S. sl.), get a load of (Inf.), keep an eye on (Inf.), keep under observation, look at, monitor, pay attention to, recce (Sl.), regard, scrutinize, study, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, watch [image]  animadvert, comment, declare, mention, note, opine, remark, say, state [image]  abide by, adhere to, comply, conform to, follow, fulfil, heed, honour, keep, mind, obey, perform, respect [image]  celebrate, commemorate, keep, remember, solemnize


observer

See Also

beholder, bystander, commentator, eyewitness, looker-on, onlooker, spectator, spotter, viewer, watcher, witness


obsess

See Also

bedevil, be on one's mind, be uppermost in one's thoughts, consume, dominate, engross, grip, haunt, monopolize, plague, possess, preoccupy, prey on one's mind, rule, torment


obsessed

See Also

beset, dominated, gripped, hag-ridden, haunted, hung up on (Sl.), immersed in, infatuated, in the grip of, preoccupied, troubled


obsession

See Also

bee in one's bonnet (Inf.), complex, enthusiasm, fetish, fixation, hang-up (Inf.), idée fixe, infatuation, mania, phobia, preoccupation, ruling passion, thing (Inf.)


obsessive

See Also

besetting, compulsive, consuming, fixed, gripping, haunting, tormenting, unforgettable


obsolescent

See Also

ageing, declining, dying out, not with it (Inf.), on the decline, on the wane, on the way out, past its prime, waning


obsolete

See Also

anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, démodé, discarded, disused, extinct, musty, old, old-fashioned, old hat, out, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, out of the ark (Inf.), outworn, passé, superannuated, vieux jeu


obstacle

See Also

bar, barrier, block, check, difficulty, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, obstruction, snag, stumbling block


obstinacy

See Also

doggedness, firmness, inflexibility, intransigence, mulishness, obduracy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, pig-headedness, resoluteness, stubbornness, tenacity, wilfulness


obstinate

See Also

contumacious, determined, dogged, firm, headstrong, immovable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, self-willed, steadfast, stiff-necked, strong-minded, stubborn, tenacious, unyielding, wilful


obstreperous

See Also

boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, loud, noisy, out of control, out of hand, rackety, rambunctious (Inf.), rampaging, raucous, restive, riotous, rip-roaring (Inf.), roistering, roisterous, rough, rowdy, stroppy (Brit. sl.), tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild


obstruct

See Also

arrest, bar, barricade, block, bring to a standstill, bung, check, choke, clog, cumber, curb, cut off, frustrate, get in the way of, hamper, hamstring, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere with, interrupt, mask, obscure, prevent, restrict, retard, shield, shut off, slow down, stop, thwart, trammel


obstruction

See Also

bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, check, difficulty, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, occlusion, snag, stop, stoppage, trammel


obstructive

See Also

awkward, blocking, delaying, hindering, inhibiting, preventative, restrictive, stalling, uncooperative, unhelpful


obtain

See Also

   achieve, acquire, attain, come by, earn, gain, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, procure, score (Sl.), secure [image]  be in force, be prevalent, be the case, exist, hold, prevail, stand


obtainable

See Also

achievable, at hand, attainable, available, on tap (Inf.), procurable, ready, realizable, to be had


obtrusive

See Also

   forward, importunate, interfering, intrusive, meddling, nosy, officious, prying, pushy (Inf.) [image]  blatant, noticeable, obvious, prominent, protruding, protuberant, sticking out


obvious

See Also

apparent, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, conspicuous, distinct, evident, indisputable, manifest, much in evidence, noticeable, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, plain as the nose on your face (Inf.), pronounced, recognizable, right under one's nose (Inf.), self-evident, self-explanatory, staring one in the face (Inf.), sticking out a mile (Inf.), straightforward, transparent, unconcealed, undeniable, undisguised, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible


obviously

See Also

certainly, clearly, distinctly, manifestly, of course, palpably, patently, plainly, undeniably, unmistakably, unquestionably, without doubt


occasion

See Also

•   n.    chance, convenience, incident, moment, occurrence, opening, opportunity, time, window [image]  affair, celebration, event, experience, happening, occurrence [image]  call, cause, excuse, ground(s), inducement, influence, justification, motive, prompting, provocation, reason

•   v.    bring about, cause, create, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, give rise to, induce, influence, inspire, lead to, move, originate, persuade, produce, prompt, provoke


occasional

casual, desultory, incidental, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, odd, rare, sporadic, uncommon


occasionally

See Also

at intervals, at times, (every) now and then, every so often, from time to time, irregularly, now and again, off and on, on and off, once in a while, on occasion, periodically, sometimes


occupant

See Also

addressee, denizen, holder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, lessee, occupier, resident, tenant, user


occupation

See Also

   activity, business, calling, craft, employment, job, line (of work), post, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, walk of life, work [image]  control, holding, occupancy, possession, residence, tenancy, tenure, use [image]  conquest, foreign rule, invasion, seizure, subjugation


occupied

See Also

   busy, employed, engaged, hard at it (Inf.), tied up (Inf.), working [image]  engaged, full, in use, taken, unavailable [image]  full, inhabited, lived-in, peopled, settled, tenanted


occupy

See Also

   (Often passive) absorb, amuse, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, hold the attention of, immerse, interest, involve, keep busy or occupied, monopolize, preoccupy, take up, tie up [image]  be established in, be in residence in, dwell in, ensconce oneself in, establish oneself in, inhabit, live in, own, possess, reside in, stay in (Scot.), tenant [image]  cover, fill, hold, permeate, pervade, take up, use, utilize [image]  capture, garrison, hold, invade, keep, overrun, seize, take over, take possession of


occur

See Also

   arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off (Inf.), come to pass (Archaic), crop up (Inf.), eventuate, happen, materialize, result, take place, turn up (Inf.) [image]  appear, be found, be met with, be present, develop, exist, manifest itself, obtain, show itself [image]  (With to) come to mind, come to one, cross one's mind, dawn on, enter one's head, spring to mind, strike one, suggest  (offer, present)


occurrence

See Also

   adventure, affair, circumstance, episode, event, happening, incident, instance, proceeding, transaction [image]  appearance, development, existence, manifestation, materialization


odd

See Also

   abnormal, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, freak, freakish, freaky (Sl.), funny, irregular, kinky (Inf.), oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, out of the ordinary, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unusual, wacko (Sl.), weird, whimsical [image]  casual, fragmentary, incidental, irregular, miscellaneous, occasional, periodic, random, seasonal, sundry, varied, various [image]  leftover, lone, remaining, single, solitary, spare, surplus, unconsumed, uneven, unmatched, unpaired


oddity

See Also

   abnormality, anomaly, eccentricity, freak, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, peculiarity, phenomenon, quirk, rarity [image]  card (Inf.), crank (Inf.), fish out of water, maverick, misfit, nut (Sl.), oddball (Inf.), odd bird (Inf.), odd fish (Brit. inf.), rara avis, screwball (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), wacko (Sl.), weirdo or weirdie (Inf.) [image]  abnormality, bizarreness, eccentricity, extraordinariness, freakishness, incongruity, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, queerness, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unnaturalness


odds

See Also

   advantage, allowance, edge, lead, superiority [image]  balance, chances, likelihood, probability [image]   Brit. difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction [image]  at odds at daggers drawn, at loggerheads, at sixes and sevens, at variance, in conflict, in disagreement, in opposition to, not in keeping, on bad terms, out of line


odds and ends

See Also

bits, bits and pieces, debris, leavings, litter, oddments, remnants, rubbish, scraps, sundry or miscellaneous items


odious

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, foul, hateful, horrible, horrid, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unpleasant, vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


odour

See Also

   aroma, bouquet, essence, fragrance, niff (Brit. sl.), perfume, redolence, scent, smell, stench, stink [image]  air, atmosphere, aura, emanation, flavour, quality, spirit


off

See Also

•   adj.    absent, cancelled, finished, gone, inoperative, postponed, unavailable [image]  bad, below par, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, low-quality, mortifying, poor, quiet, slack, substandard, unrewarding, unsatisfactory [image]  bad, decomposed, high, mouldy, rancid, rotten, sour, turned

•   adv.    apart, aside, away, elsewhere, out


off and on

See Also

(every) now and again, every once in a while, from time to time, intermittently, now and then, occasionally, on and off, sometimes, sporadically


offbeat

See Also

bizarre, Bohemian, eccentric, far-out (Sl.), freaky (Sl.), idiosyncratic, kinky (Inf.), novel, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), outré, rum (Brit. sl.), strange, uncommon, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, wacko (Sl.), way-out (Inf.), weird


off colour

See Also

ill, not up to par, off form, out of sorts, peaky, peely-wally (Scot.), poorly (Inf.), queasy, run down, sick, under par, under the weather (Inf.), unwell, washed out


offence

See Also

   breach of conduct, crime, delinquency, fault, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanour, peccadillo, sin, transgression, trespass, wrong, wrongdoing [image]  affront, displeasure, harm, hurt, indignity, injury, injustice, insult, outrage, put-down (Sl.), slight, snub [image]  anger, annoyance, displeasure, hard feelings, huff, indignation, ire (Literary), needle (Inf.), pique, resentment, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath [image]  take offence be disgruntled, be offended, get riled, go into a huff, resent, take the huff, take the needle (Inf.), take umbrage


offend

See Also

   aggravate (Inf.), affront, annoy, disgruntle, displease, fret, gall, give offence, hurt (someone's) feelings, insult, irritate, miff (Inf.), nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), outrage, pain, pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), provoke, put down, put (someone's) back up, rile, slight, snub, tread on (someone's) toes (Inf.), upset, vex, wound [image]  be disagreeable to, disgust, gross out (U.S. sl.), make (someone) sick, nauseate, repel, repulse, sicken, turn (someone) off (Inf.)


offended

See Also

affronted, disgruntled, displeased, huffy, in a huff, miffed (Inf.), outraged, pained, piqued, put out (Inf.), resentful, smarting, stung, upset


offender

See Also

criminal, crook, culprit, delinquent, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, sinner, transgressor, villain, wrongdoer


offensive

See Also

•   adj.    abusive, annoying, detestable, discourteous, displeasing, disrespectful, embarrassing, impertinent, insolent, insulting, irritating, objectionable, rude, uncivil, unmannerly [image]  abominable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, grisly, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, repellent, revolting, sickening, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavoury, vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  aggressive, attacking, invading

•   n.    attack, drive, onslaught, push (Inf.) [image]  on the offensive advancing, aggressive, attacking, invading, invasive, on the warpath (Inf.)


offer

See Also

•   v.    bid, extend, give, hold out, proffer, put on the market, put under the hammer, put up for sale, tender [image]  afford, furnish, make available, place at (someone's) disposal, present, provide, purvey, show [image]  advance, extend, move, propose, put forth, put forward, submit, suggest [image]  be at (someone's) service, come forward, offer one's services, volunteer

•   n.    attempt, bid, endeavour, essay, overture, proposal, proposition, submission, suggestion, tender


offering

See Also

contribution, donation, gift, hand-out, oblation (in religious contexts), present, sacrifice, subscription, widow's mite


offhand

See Also

•   adj.    abrupt, aloof, brusque, careless, casual, cavalier, couldn't-care-less, curt, glib, informal, offhanded, perfunctory, take-it-or-leave-it (Inf.), unceremonious, unconcerned, uninterested

•   adv.    ad lib, extempore, impromptu, just like that (Inf.), off the cuff (Inf.), off the top of one's head (Inf.), without preparation


office

See Also

   appointment, business, capacity, charge, commission, duty, employment, function, obligation, occupation, place, post, responsibility, role, service, situation, station, trust, work [image]  (Plural) advocacy, aegis, aid, auspices, backing, favour, help, intercession, intervention, mediation, patronage, recommendation, referral, support, word


officer

See Also

agent, appointee, bureaucrat, dignitary, executive, functionary, office-holder, official, public servant, representative


official

See Also

•   adj.    accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, bona fide, certified, endorsed, ex cathedra, ex officio, formal, legitimate, licensed, proper, sanctioned, straight from the horse's mouth (Inf.)

•   n.    agent, bureaucrat, executive, functionary, office bearer, officer, representative


officiate

See Also

chair, conduct, emcee (Inf.), manage, oversee, preside, serve, superintend


officious

See Also

bustling, dictatorial, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, mischievous, obtrusive, opinionated, overbusy, overzealous, pragmatical (Rare), pushy (Inf.), self-important


offing

in the offing close at hand, coming up, hovering, imminent, in prospect, in the immediate future, in the wings, on the horizon, on the way, upcoming


off-load

disburden, discharge, dump, get rid of, jettison, lighten, shift, take off, transfer, unburden, unload, unship


off-putting

See Also

daunting, discomfiting, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, dispiriting, disturbing, formidable, frustrating, intimidating, unnerving, unsettling, upsetting


offset

See Also

•   v.    balance out, cancel out, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up for, neutralize

•   n.    balance, compensation, counterbalance, counterweight, equipoise


offshoot

See Also

adjunct, appendage, branch, by-product, development, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout


offspring

See Also

brood, child, children, descendant, descendants, family, fry, heir, heirs, issue, kids (Inf.), progeny, scion, seed (Chiefly biblical), spawn, successor, successors, young


often

See Also

again and again, frequently, generally, many a time, much, oft (Archaic or poetic), oftentimes (Archaic), ofttimes (Archaic), over and over again, repeatedly, time after time, time and again


ogre

See Also

bogey, bogeyman, bugbear, demon, devil, giant, monster, spectre


oil

See Also

•   v. grease, lubricate


ointment

See Also

balm, cerate, cream, embrocation, emollient, liniment, lotion, salve, unguent


O.K., okay

•   adj.    acceptable, accurate, adequate, all right, approved, convenient, correct, fair, fine, good, in order, middling, not bad (Inf.), passable, permitted, satisfactory, so-so (Inf.), tolerable

•   n.    agreement, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, consent, endorsement, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, permission, sanction, say-so (Inf.), seal of approval

•   v.    agree to, approve, authorize, consent to, endorse, entitle, give one's consent to, give the go-ahead  (green light, thumbs up) (Inf.), pass, rubber-stamp (Inf.), sanction, say yes to

•   interj.    agreed, all right, right, roger, very good, very well, yes


old

See Also

   advanced in years, aged, ancient, decrepit, elderly, full of years, getting on, grey, grey-haired, grizzled, hoary, mature, over the hill (Inf.), past one's prime, patriarchal, senescent, senile, venerable [image]  antediluvian, antiquated, antique, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, hackneyed, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated, outmoded, out of date, passé, stale, superannuated, timeworn, unfashionable, unoriginal, worn-out [image]  aboriginal, antique, archaic, bygone, early, immemorial, of old, of yore, olden (Archaic), original, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, remote [image]  age-old, experienced, familiar, hardened, long-established, of long standing, practised, skilled, time-honoured, traditional, versed, veteran, vintage [image]  earlier, erstwhile, ex-, former, one-time, previous, quondam


old age

See Also

advancing years, age, agedness, Anno Domini (Inf.), autumn or evening of one's life, declining years, dotage, senescence, senility, Third Age


old-fashioned

See Also

ancient, antiquated, archaic, behind the times, corny (Sl.), dated, dead, démodé, fusty, musty, not with it (Inf.), obsolescent, obsolete, oldfangled, (old-)fogyish, old hat, old-time, outdated, outmoded, out of date, out of style, out of the ark (Inf.), passé, past, square (Inf.), superannuated, unfashionable


old man

elder, elder statesman, father, gaffer, grandfather, greybeard, O.A.P. (Brit.), old codger (Inf.), old stager, oldster (Inf.), old-timer (U.S.), papa (Old-fashioned inf.), patriarch, senior citizen


old-time

See Also

ancient, antique, bygone, former, old-fashioned, past, vintage


old-world

archaic, ceremonious, chivalrous, courtly, gallant, old-fashioned, picturesque, quaint, traditional


omen

See Also

augury, foreboding, foretoken, indication, portent, premonition, presage, prognostic, prognostication, sign, straw in the wind, warning, writing on the wall


ominous

See Also

baleful, dark, fateful, forbidding, foreboding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, portentous, premonitory, sinister, threatening, unpromising, unpropitious


omission

See Also

default, exclusion, failure, forgetfulness, gap, lack, leaving out, neglect, noninclusion, oversight


omit

See Also

disregard, drop, eliminate, exclude, fail, forget, give (something) a miss (Inf.), leave out, leave (something) undone, let (something) slide, miss (out), neglect, overlook, pass over, skip


omnipotence

divine right, invincibility, mastery, sovereignty, supremacy, supreme power, undisputed sway


omnipotent

all-powerful, almighty, supreme


on and off

See Also

discontinuously, (every) now and again, fitfully, from time to time, intermittently, now and then, off and on, on occasion, sometimes, spasmodically


once

See Also

   at one time, formerly, in the old days, in the past, in times gone by, in times past, long ago, once upon a time, previously [image]  at once  [image]  directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, right away, straight away, straightway (Archaic), this (very) minute, without delay, without hesitation [image]  at or in one go (Inf.), at the same time, simultaneously, together [image]  once and for all conclusively, decisively, finally, for all time, for good, for the last time, permanently, positively, with finality [image]  once in a while at intervals, at times, every now and then, from time to time, now and again, occasionally, once in a blue moon (Inf.), on occasion, sometimes


one-horse

backwoods, inferior, minor, obscure, petty, quiet, sleepy, slow, small, small-time (Inf.), tinpot (Brit. inf.), unimportant


onerous

See Also

backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, demanding, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, formidable, grave, hard, heavy, laborious, oppressive, responsible, taxing, weighty


one-sided

See Also

biased, coloured, discriminatory, inequitable, lopsided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust


one-time

See Also

erstwhile, ex-, former, late, previous, quondam, sometime


onlooker

See Also

bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness


only

See Also

•   adv.    at most, barely, exclusively, just, merely, purely, simply

•   adj.    exclusive, individual, lone, one and only, single, sole, solitary, unique


onomatopoeic

echoic, imitative, onomatopoetic


onslaught

See Also

assault, attack, blitz, charge, offensive, onrush, onset


onus

See Also

burden, liability, load, obligation, responsibility, task


ooze

See Also

•   v.    bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop, emit, escape, exude, filter, leach, leak, overflow with, percolate, seep, strain, sweat, weep

•   n.    alluvium, mire, muck, mud, silt, slime, sludge


opaque

See Also

   clouded, cloudy, dim, dull, filmy, hazy, impenetrable, lustreless, muddied, muddy, murky, obfuscated, turbid [image]  abstruse, baffling, cryptic, difficult, enigmatic, incomprehensible, obscure, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible


open

See Also

•   adj.    agape, ajar, expanded, extended, gaping, revealed, spread out, unbarred, unclosed, uncovered, unfastened, unfolded, unfurled, unlocked, unobstructed, unsealed, yawning [image]  airy, bare, clear, exposed, extensive, free, navigable, not built-up, passable, rolling, spacious, sweeping, uncluttered, uncrowded, unenclosed, unfenced, unsheltered, wide, wide-open [image]  accessible, available, free, general, nondiscriminatory, public, unconditional, unengaged, unoccupied, unqualified, unrestricted, vacant [image]  apparent, avowed, barefaced, blatant, clear, conspicuous, downright, evident, flagrant, frank, manifest, noticeable, obvious, overt, plain, unconcealed, undisguised, visible [image]  arguable, debatable, moot, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, yet to be decided [image]  disinterested, free, impartial, objective, receptive, unbiased, uncommitted, unprejudiced [image]  (With to) an easy target for, at the mercy of, defenceless against, disposed, exposed, liable, susceptible, vulnerable [image]  artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, natural, sincere, transparent, unreserved [image]  filigree, fretted, holey, honeycombed, lacy, loose, openwork, porous, spongy [image]  bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal [image]  exposed, undefended, unfortified, unprotected

•   v.    begin, begin business, commence, get or start the ball rolling, inaugurate, initiate, kick off (Inf.), launch, put up one's plate, set in motion, set up shop, start [image]  clear, crack, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unlock, unseal, untie, unwrap [image]  expand, spread (out), unfold, unfurl, unroll [image]  come apart, crack, rupture, separate, split [image]  disclose, divulge, exhibit, explain, lay bare, pour out, show, uncover


open-air

alfresco, outdoor


open-handed

See Also

bountiful, free, generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, prodigal, unstinting


opening

See Also

•   n.    aperture, breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, orifice, perforation, rent, rupture, slot, space, split, vent [image]  break (Inf.), chance, look-in (Inf.), occasion, opportunity, place, vacancy, window [image]  beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff (Inf.), launch, launching, onset, opening move, outset, overture, start

•   adj.    beginning, commencing, early, first, inaugural, initial, initiatory, introductory, maiden, primary


openly

See Also

   candidly, face to face, forthrightly, frankly, overtly, plainly, straight from the shoulder (Inf.), unhesitatingly, unreservedly [image]  blatantly, brazenly, flagrantly, in full view, in public, publicly, shamelessly, unabashedly, unashamedly, wantonly, without pretence


open-minded

See Also

broad, broad-minded, catholic, dispassionate, enlightened, free, impartial, liberal, reasonable, receptive, tolerant, unbiased, undogmatic, unprejudiced


operate

See Also

   act, be in action, function, go, perform, run, work [image]  be in charge of, handle, manage, manoeuvre, use, work [image]  perform surgery


operation

See Also

   action, affair, course, exercise, motion, movement, performance, procedure, process, use, working [image]  in operation effective, functioning, going, in action, in force, operative [image]  activity, agency, effect, effort, force, influence, instrumentality, manipulation [image]  affair, business, deal, enterprise, proceeding, transaction, undertaking [image]  assault, campaign, exercise, manoeuvre [image]  surgery


operational

See Also

functional, going, in working order, operative, prepared, ready, usable, viable, workable, working


operative

See Also

•   adj.    active, current, effective, efficient, functional, functioning, in force, in operation, operational, serviceable, standing, workable [image]  crucial, important, indicative, influential, key, relevant, significant

•   n.    artisan, employee, hand, labourer, machinist, mechanic, worker


operator

See Also

   conductor, driver, handler, mechanic, operative, practitioner, skilled employee, technician, worker [image]  administrator, contractor, dealer, director, manager, speculator, trader [image]   Inf. Machiavellian, machinator, manipulator, mover, shyster (Sl., chiefly U.S.), smart aleck (Inf.), wheeler-dealer (Inf.), wirepuller, worker


opinion

See Also

   assessment, belief, conception, conjecture, estimation, feeling, idea, impression, judgment, mind, notion, persuasion, point of view, sentiment, theory, view [image]  be of the opinion be convinced, believe, be under the impression, conclude, consider, hold, judge, reckon, suppose, surmise, think [image]  matter of opinion debatable point, matter of judgment, moot point, open question, open to debate, up to the individual


opinionated

See Also

adamant, biased, bigoted, bull-headed, cocksure, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, overbearing, pig-headed, prejudiced, self-assertive, single-minded, stubborn, uncompromising


opponent

See Also

adversary, antagonist, challenger, competitor, contestant, disputant, dissentient, enemy, foe, opposer, rival, the opposition


opportune

See Also

advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, convenient, favourable, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortunate, happy, lucky, proper, propitious, seasonable, suitable, timely, well-timed


opportunism

expediency, exploitation, Machiavellianism, making hay while the sun shines (Inf.), pragmatism, realism, Realpolitik, striking while the iron is hot (Inf.), trimming, unscrupulousness


opportunity

See Also

break (Inf.), chance, convenience, hour, look-in (Inf.), moment, occasion, opening, scope, time, window


oppose

See Also

   bar, block, check, combat, confront, contradict, counter, counterattack, defy, face, fight, fly in the face of, hinder, obstruct, prevent, resist, speak against, stand up to, take a stand against, take issue with, take on, thwart, withstand [image]  compare, contrast, counterbalance, match, pit or  set against, play off


opposed

See Also

against, antagonistic, anti (Inf.), antipathetic, antithetical, at daggers drawn, averse, clashing, conflicting, contra (Inf.), contrary, dissentient, hostile, incompatible, inimical, in opposition, opposing, opposite


opposing

See Also

antagonistic, antipathetic, clashing, combatant, conflicting, contrary, enemy, hostile, incompatible, irreconcilable, opposed, opposite, rival, warring


opposite

See Also

•   adj.    corresponding, facing, fronting [image]  adverse, antagonistic, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, diametrically opposed, different, differing, diverse, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, irreconcilable, opposed, reverse, unlike

•   n.    antithesis, contradiction, contrary, converse, inverse, reverse, the other extreme, the other side of the coin (Inf.)


opposition

See Also

   antagonism, competition, contrariety, counteraction, disapproval, hostility, obstruction, obstructiveness, prevention, resistance, unfriendliness [image]  antagonist, competition, foe, opponent, other side, rival


oppress

See Also

   afflict, burden, depress, dispirit, harass, lie or weigh heavy upon, sadden, take the heart out of, torment, vex [image]  abuse, crush, harry, maltreat, overpower, overwhelm, persecute, rule with an iron hand, subdue, subjugate, suppress, trample underfoot, tyrannize over, wrong


oppressed

See Also

abused, browbeaten, burdened, disadvantaged, downtrodden, enslaved, harassed, henpecked, maltreated, misused, prostrate, slave, subject, troubled, tyrannized, underprivileged


oppression

See Also

abuse, brutality, calamity, cruelty, hardship, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, misery, persecution, severity, subjection, suffering, tyranny


oppressive

See Also

   brutal, burdensome, cruel, despotic, grinding, harsh, heavy, inhuman, onerous, overbearing, overwhelming, repressive, severe, tyrannical, unjust [image]  airless, close, heavy, muggy, overpowering, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, torrid


oppressor

See Also

autocrat, bully, despot, harrier, intimidator, iron hand, persecutor, scourge, slave-driver, taskmaster, tormentor, tyrant


opt (for)

choose, decide (on), elect, exercise one's discretion (in favour of), go for, make a selection, plump for, prefer


optimistic

See Also

   disposed to take a favourable view, idealistic, seen through rose-coloured spectacles, Utopian [image]  assured, bright, buoyant, buoyed up, cheerful, confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful, positive, sanguine


optimum

See Also

•   adj. A1 or A-one (Inf.), best, choicest, flawless, highest, ideal, most favourable or advantageous, optimal, peak, perfect, superlative


option

See Also

alternative, choice, election, preference, selection


optional

See Also

discretionary, elective, extra, noncompulsory, open, possible, up to the individual, voluntary


opulence

See Also

   affluence, big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, easy circumstances, Easy Street (Inf.), fortune, lavishness, luxuriance, luxury, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), plenty, pretty penny (Inf.), prosperity, riches, richness, sumptuousness, tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wealth [image]  abundance, copiousness, cornucopia, fullness, profusion, richness, superabundance


opulent

See Also

   affluent, lavish, luxurious, moneyed, prosperous, rich, sumptuous, wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do [image]  abundant, copious, lavish, luxuriant, plentiful, profuse, prolific


oracle

See Also

   augur, Cassandra, prophet, seer, sibyl, soothsayer [image]  answer, augury, divination, divine utterance, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, revelation, vision [image]  adviser, authority, guru, high priest, horse's mouth, mastermind, mentor, pundit, source, wizard


oral

See Also

spoken, verbal, viva voce, vocal


oration

See Also

address, declamation, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, speech, spiel (Inf.)


orator

See Also

Cicero, declaimer, lecturer, public speaker, rhetorician, speaker, spellbinder, spieler (Inf.)


oratorical

bombastic, Ciceronian, declamatory, eloquent, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, rhetorical, silver-tongued, sonorous


oratory

declamation, elocution, eloquence, grandiloquence, public speaking, rhetoric, speechifying, speech-making, spieling (Inf.)


orb

See Also

ball, circle, globe, ring, round, sphere


orbit

See Also

•   n.    circle, circumgyration, course, cycle, ellipse, path, revolution, rotation, track, trajectory [image]   Fig. ambit, compass, course, domain, influence, range, reach, scope, sphere, sphere of influence, sweep

•   v.    circle, circumnavigate, encircle, revolve around


orchestrate

See Also

   arrange, score [image]  arrange, concert, coordinate, integrate, organize, present, put together, set up, stage-manage


ordain

See Also

   anoint, appoint, call, consecrate, destine, elect, frock, invest, nominate [image]  fate, foreordain, intend, predestine, predetermine [image]  decree, demand, dictate, enact, enjoin, establish, fix, lay down, legislate, order, prescribe, pronounce, rule, set, will


ordeal

See Also

affliction, agony, anguish, hardship, nightmare, suffering, test, torture, trial, tribulation(s), trouble(s)


order

See Also

•   n.    arrangement, harmony, method, neatness, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, propriety, regularity, symmetry, system, tidiness [image]  arrangement, array, categorization, classification, codification, disposal, disposition, grouping, layout, line, line-up, ordering, placement, progression, sequence, series, setup (Inf.), structure, succession [image]  in order  [image]  arranged, in sequence, neat, orderly, shipshape, tidy [image]  acceptable, appropriate, called for, correct, fitting, O.K. or okay (Inf.), right, suitable [image]  out of order  [image]  broken, broken-down, bust (Inf.), gone haywire (Inf.), gone phut (Inf.), in disrepair, inoperative, kaput (Inf.), nonfunctional, not working, on the blink (Sl.), on the fritz (U.S. sl.), out of commission, U/S (Inf.), wonky (Brit. sl.) [image]  improper, indecorous, not cricket (Inf.), not done, not on (Inf.), out of place, out of turn, uncalled-for, wrong [image]  calm, control, discipline, law, law and order, peace, quiet, tranquillity [image]  caste, class, degree, grade, hierarchy, pecking order (Inf.), position, rank, status [image]  breed, cast, class, family, genre, genus, ilk, kind, sort, species, subclass, taxonomic group, tribe, type [image]  behest, canon, command, decree, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, ordinance, precept, regulation, rule, say-so (Inf.), stipulation [image]  application, booking, commission, request, requisition, reservation [image]  association, brotherhood, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, organization, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, union

•   v.    adjure, bid, charge, command, decree, demand, direct, enact, enjoin, instruct, ordain, prescribe, require [image]  apply for, authorize, book, call for, contract for, engage, prescribe, request, reserve, send away for [image]  adjust, align, arrange, catalogue, class, classify, conduct, control, dispose, group, lay out, manage, marshal, neaten, organize, put to rights, regulate, set in order, sort out, systematize, tabulate, tidy


orderly

See Also

•   adj.    businesslike, in apple-pie order (Inf.), in order, methodical, neat, regular, scientific, shipshape, systematic, systematized, tidy, trim, well-organized, well-regulated [image]  controlled, decorous, disciplined, law-abiding, nonviolent, peaceable, quiet, restrained, well-behaved


ordinarily

See Also

as a rule, commonly, customarily, generally, habitually, in general, in the general run (of things), in the usual way, normally, usually


ordinary

See Also

   accustomed, banal, common, customary, established, everyday, habitual, humdrum, mundane, normal, prevailing, quotidian, regular, routine, settled, standard, stock, typical, usual, wonted [image]  common or garden (Inf.), conventional, familiar, homespun, household, humble, modest, plain, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, simple, unmemorable, unpretentious, unremarkable, workaday [image]  average, commonplace, fair, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, pedestrian, second-rate, stereotyped, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, unremarkable [image]  out of the ordinary atypical, distinguished, exceptional, exciting, extraordinary, high-calibre, imaginative, important, impressive, inspired, noteworthy, outstanding, rare, remarkable, significant, special, striking, superior, uncommon, unusual


organ

See Also

   device, implement, instrument, tool [image]  element, member, part, process, structure, unit [image]  agency, channel, forum, journal, means, medium, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, periodical, publication, vehicle, voice


organism

See Also

animal, being, body, creature, entity, living thing, structure


organization

See Also

   assembling, assembly, construction, coordination, direction, disposal, formation, forming, formulation, making, management, methodology, organizing, planning, regulation, running, standardization, structuring [image]  arrangement, chemistry, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, design, format, framework, grouping, make-up, method, organism, pattern, plan, structure, system, unity, whole [image]  association, body, combine, company, concern, confederation, consortium, corporation, federation, group, institution, league, outfit (Inf.), syndicate


organize

See Also

arrange, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, constitute, construct, coordinate, dispose, establish, form, frame, get going, get together, group, lay the foundations of, lick into shape, look after, marshal, pigeonhole, put in order, put together, run, see to (Inf.), set up, shape, straighten out, systematize, tabulate, take care of


orgy

   bacchanal, bacchanalia, carousal, carouse, debauch, revel, revelry, Saturnalia [image]  binge (Inf.), bout, excess, indulgence, overindulgence, splurge, spree, surfeit


orientation

   bearings, coordination, direction, location, position, sense of direction [image]  acclimatization, adaptation, adjustment, assimilation, breaking in, familiarization, introduction, settling in


orifice

See Also

aperture, cleft, hole, mouth, opening, perforation, pore, rent, vent


origin

See Also

   base, basis, cause, derivation, fons et origo, font (Poetic), fount, fountain, fountainhead, occasion, provenance, root, roots, source, spring, wellspring [image]  beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawning, early stages, emergence, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, launch, origination, outset, start [image]  ancestry, beginnings, birth, descent, extraction, family, heritage, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stirps, stock


original

See Also

•   adj.    aboriginal, autochthonous, commencing, earliest, early, embryonic, first, infant, initial, introductory, opening, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine, rudimentary, starting [image]  creative, fertile, fresh, ground-breaking, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, innovatory, inventive, new, novel, resourceful, seminal, unconventional, unprecedented, untried, unusual [image]  archetypal, authentic, first, first-hand, genuine, master, primary, prototypical

•   n.    archetype, master, model, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, standard, type [image]  anomaly, card (Inf.), case (Inf.), character, eccentric, nonconformist, nut (Sl.), oddball (Inf.), oddity, queer fish (Brit. inf.), wacko (Sl.), weirdo or weirdie (Inf.)


originality

See Also

boldness, break with tradition, cleverness, creativeness, creative spirit, creativity, daring, freshness, imagination, imaginativeness, individuality, ingenuity, innovation, innovativeness, inventiveness, new ideas, newness, novelty, resourcefulness, unconventionality, unorthodoxy


originally

See Also

at first, at the outset, at the start, by origin  (birth, derivation), first, initially, in the beginning, in the first place, to begin with


originate

See Also

   arise, be born, begin, come, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, issue, proceed, result, rise, spring, start, stem [image]  bring about, conceive, create, develop, discover, evolve, form, formulate, generate, give birth to, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, invent, launch, pioneer, produce, set in motion, set up


originator

See Also

architect, author, creator, father, founder, generator, innovator, inventor, maker, mother, pioneer, prime mover


ornament

See Also

•   n.    accessory, adornment, bauble, decoration, embellishment, festoon, frill, furbelow, garnish, gewgaw, knick-knack, trimming, trinket [image]  flower, honour, jewel, leading light, pride, treasure

•   v.    adorn, beautify, bedizen (Archaic), brighten, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, festoon, garnish, gild, grace, prettify, prink, trim


ornamental

See Also

attractive, beautifying, decorative, embellishing, for show, showy


ornamentation

See Also

adornment, decoration, elaboration, embellishment, embroidery, frills, ornateness


ornate

See Also

aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, busy, convoluted, decorated, elaborate, elegant, fancy, florid, flowery, fussy, high-wrought, ornamented, overelaborate, rococo


orthodox

See Also

accepted, approved, conformist, conventional, correct, customary, doctrinal, established, kosher (Inf.), official, received, sound, traditional, true, well-established


orthodoxy

authenticity, authoritativeness, authority, conformism, conformity, conventionality, devotion, devoutness, faithfulness, inflexibility, received wisdom, soundness, traditionalism


oscillate

See Also

fluctuate, seesaw, sway, swing, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waver


oscillation

See Also

fluctuation, instability, seesawing, swing, vacillation, variation, wavering


ossify

See Also

fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate (Rare), petrify, solidify, stiffen


ostensible

See Also

alleged, apparent, avowed, exhibited, manifest, outward, plausible, pretended, professed, purported, seeming, so-called, specious, superficial, supposed


ostensibly

See Also

apparently, for the ostensible purpose of, on the face of it, on the surface, professedly, seemingly, supposedly, to all intents and purposes


ostentation

See Also

affectation, boasting, display, exhibitionism, flamboyance, flashiness, flaunting, flourish, pageantry, parade, pomp, pretension, pretentiousness, show, showiness, showing off (Inf.), swank (Inf.), vaunting, window-dressing


ostentatious

See Also

boastful, brash, conspicuous, crass, dashing, extravagant, flamboyant, flash (Inf.), flashy, flaunted, gaudy, loud, obtrusive, pompous, pretentious, showy, swanky (Inf.), vain, vulgar


ostracize

See Also

avoid, banish, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cast out, cold-shoulder, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, give (someone) the cold shoulder, reject, send to Coventry, shun, snub


other

See Also

•   adj.    added, additional, alternative, auxiliary, extra, further, more, spare, supplementary [image]  contrasting, different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, remaining, separate, unrelated, variant


otherwise

See Also

•   adv.    if not, or else, or then [image]  any other way, contrarily, differently


ounce

atom, crumb, drop, grain, iota, particle, scrap, shred, speck, trace, whit


out

See Also

•   adj.    impossible, not allowed, not on (Inf.), ruled out, unacceptable [image]  abroad, absent, away, elsewhere, gone, not at home, outside [image]  antiquated, behind the times, dated, dead, démodé, old-fashioned, old hat, passé, square (Inf.), unfashionable [image]  at an end, cold, dead, doused, ended, exhausted, expired, extinguished, finished, used up


out-and-out

See Also

absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, dyed-in-the-wool, outright, perfect, thoroughgoing, total, unmitigated, unqualified, utter


outbreak

See Also

burst, epidemic, eruption, explosion, flare-up, flash, outburst, rash, spasm, upsurge


outburst

See Also

access, attack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit of temper, flare-up, gush, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, spasm, storm, surge


outcast

See Also

•   n. castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, leper, pariah, persona non grata, refugee, reprobate, untouchable, vagabond, wretch


outclass

See Also

be a cut above (Inf.), beat, eclipse, exceed, excel, leave or put in the shade, leave standing (Inf.), outdistance, outdo, outrank, outshine, outstrip, overshadow, run rings around (Inf.), surpass


outcome

See Also

aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, end, end result, issue, payoff (Inf.), result, sequel, upshot


outcry

See Also

clamour, commotion, complaint, cry, exclamation, howl, hue and cry, hullaballoo, noise, outburst, protest, scream, screech, uproar, yell


outdated

See Also

antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, démodé, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, out of date, out of style, passé, unfashionable


outdistance

See Also

leave behind, leave standing (Inf.), lose, outrun, outstrip, shake off


outdo

See Also

beat, be one up on, best, eclipse, exceed, excel, get the better of, go one better than (Inf.), outclass, outdistance, outfox, outjockey, outmanoeuvre, outshine, outsmart (Inf.), overcome, run rings around (Inf.), surpass, top, transcend


outdoor

alfresco, open-air, out-of-door(s), outside


outer

exposed, exterior, external, outlying, outside, outward, peripheral, remote, superficial, surface


outfit

See Also

•   n.    accoutrements, clothes, costume, ensemble, garb, gear (Inf.), get-up (Inf.), kit, rigout (Inf.), suit, togs (Inf.), trappings [image]   Inf. clique, company, corps, coterie, crew, firm, galère, group, organization, set, setup (Inf.), squad, team, unit

•   v.    accoutre, appoint, equip, fit out, furnish, kit out, provision, stock, supply, turn out


outfitter

clothier, costumier, couturier, dressmaker, haberdasher (U.S.), modiste, tailor


outflow

See Also

discharge, drainage, ebb, effluence, efflux, effusion, emanation, emergence, gush, issue, jet, outfall, outpouring, rush, spout


outgoing

See Also

   departing, ex-, former, last, leaving, past, retiring, withdrawing [image]  approachable, communicative, cordial, demonstrative, easy, expansive, extrovert, friendly, genial, gregarious, informal, open, sociable, sympathetic, unreserved, warm


outgoings

costs, expenditure, expenses, outlay, overheads


outing

See Also

excursion, expedition, jaunt, pleasure trip, spin (Inf.), trip


outlandish

See Also

alien, barbarous, bizarre, eccentric, exotic, fantastic, far-out (Sl.), foreign, freakish, grotesque, outré, preposterous, queer, strange, unheard-of, weird


outlaw

See Also

•   n.    bandit, brigand, desperado, fugitive, highwayman, marauder, outcast, pariah, robber

•   v.    ban, banish, bar, condemn, disallow, embargo, exclude, forbid, interdict, make illegal, prohibit, proscribe, put a price on (someone's) head


outlay

See Also

•   n. cost, disbursement, expenditure, expenses, investment, outgoings, spending


outlet

See Also

   avenue, channel, duct, egress, exit, means of expression, opening, orifice, release, safety valve, vent, way out [image]  market, shop, store


outline

See Also

•   n.    draft, drawing, frame, framework, layout, lineament(s), plan, rough, skeleton, sketch, tracing [image]  bare facts, main features, recapitulation, résumé, rough idea, rundown, summary, synopsis, thumbnail sketch [image]  configuration, contour, delineation, figure, form, profile, shape, silhouette

•   v.    adumbrate, delineate, draft, plan, rough out, sketch (in), summarize, trace


outlive

come through, endure beyond, live through, outlast, survive


outlook

See Also

   angle, attitude, frame of mind, perspective, point of view, slant, standpoint, viewpoint, views [image]  expectations, forecast, future, prospect [image]  aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista


outlying

See Also

backwoods, distant, far-flung, in the middle of nowhere, outer, out-of-the-way, peripheral, provincial, remote


outmoded

See Also

anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, bygone, dated, démodé, fossilized, obsolescent, obsolete, olden (Archaic), oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out, out of date, out of style, outworn, passé, square (Inf.), superannuated, superseded, unfashionable, unusable


out of date

See Also

antiquated, archaic, dated, discarded, elapsed, expired, extinct, invalid, lapsed, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, unfashionable


out-of-the-way

See Also

   distant, far-flung, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, off the beaten track, outlying, remote, secluded, unfrequented [image]  abnormal, curious, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, outlandish, out of the ordinary, peculiar, strange, uncommon, unusual


out of work

See Also

idle, jobless, laid off, on the dole (Brit.), out of a job, redundant, unemployed


outpouring

See Also

cascade, debouchment, deluge, effluence, efflux, effusion, emanation, flow, flux, issue, outflow, spate, spurt, stream, torrent


output

See Also

achievement, manufacture, outturn (Rare), product, production, productivity, yield


outrage

See Also

•   n.    atrocity, barbarism, enormity, evil, inhumanity [image]  abuse, affront, desecration, indignity, injury, insult, offence, profanation, rape, ravishing, shock, violation, violence [image]  anger, fury, hurt, indignation, resentment, shock, wrath

•   v.    affront, incense, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, offend, scandalize, shock [image]  abuse, defile, desecrate, injure, insult, maltreat, rape, ravage, ravish, violate


outrageous

See Also

   abominable, atrocious, barbaric, beastly, egregious, flagrant, heinous, horrible, infamous, inhuman, iniquitous, nefarious, scandalous, shocking, unspeakable, villainous, violent, wicked [image]  disgraceful, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, offensive, O.T.T. (Sl.), over the top (Sl.), preposterous, scandalous, shocking, steep (Inf.), unreasonable


outright

See Also

•   adj.    absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, out-and-out, perfect, pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unconditional, undeniable, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wholesale [image]  definite, direct, flat, straightforward, unequivocal, unqualified

•   adv.    absolutely, completely, explicitly, openly, overtly, straightforwardly, thoroughly, to the full, without hesitation, without restraint [image]  at once, cleanly, immediately, instantaneously, instantly, on the spot, straight away, there and then, without more ado


outset

See Also

beginning, commencement, early days, inauguration, inception, kickoff (Inf.), onset, opening, start, starting point


outshine

See Also

be head and shoulders above, be superior to, eclipse, leave or put in the shade, outclass, outdo, outstrip, overshadow, surpass, top, transcend, upstage


outside

See Also

•   adj.    exterior, external, extramural, extraneous, extreme, out, outdoor, outer, outermost, outward, surface [image]  distant, faint, marginal, negligible, remote, slight, slim, small, unlikely

•   n.    exterior, façade, face, front, skin, surface, topside


outsider

See Also

alien, foreigner, incomer, interloper, intruder, newcomer, nonmember, odd man out, outlander, stranger


outskirts

See Also

borders, boundary, edge, environs, faubourgs, periphery, purlieus, suburbia, suburbs, vicinity


outspoken

See Also

abrupt, blunt, candid, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, free, free-spoken, open, plain-spoken, round, unceremonious, undissembling, unequivocal, unreserved


outstanding

See Also

   celebrated, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exceptional, great, important, impressive, meritorious, pre-eminent, special, superior, superlative, well-known [image]  arresting, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, memorable, notable, noteworthy, prominent, salient, signal, striking [image]  due, ongoing, open, owing, payable, pending, remaining, uncollected, unpaid, unresolved, unsettled


outward

See Also

•   adj. apparent, evident, exterior, external, noticeable, observable, obvious, ostensible, outer, outside, perceptible, superficial, surface, visible


outwardly

See Also

apparently, as far as one can see, externally, officially, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly, professedly, seemingly, superficially, to all appearances, to all intents and purposes, to the eye


outweigh

See Also

cancel (out), compensate for, eclipse, make up for, outbalance, overcome, override, predominate, preponderate, prevail over, take precedence over, tip the scales


outwit

See Also

cheat, circumvent, deceive, defraud, dupe, get the better of, gull (Archaic), make a fool or monkey of, outfox, outjockey, outmanoeuvre, outsmart (Inf.), outthink, put one over on (Inf.), run rings round (Inf.), swindle, take in (Inf.)


outworn

See Also

abandoned, antiquated, behind the times, defunct, discredited, disused, exhausted, hackneyed, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out of date, overused, rejected, stale, superannuated, threadbare, tired, worn-out


oval

•   adj. egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, elliptical, ovate, oviform, ovoid


ovation

See Also

acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheering, cheers, clapping, laudation, plaudits, tribute


over

See Also

•   adj.    accomplished, ancient history (Inf.), at an end, by, bygone, closed, completed, concluded, done (with), ended, finished, gone, past, settled, up (Inf.)

•   adj.

•   adv.    beyond, extra, in addition, in excess, left over, remaining, superfluous, surplus, unused

•   prep.    above, on, on top of, superior to, upon [image]  above, exceeding, in excess of, more than

•   adv.    above, aloft, on high, overhead [image]  over and above added to, as well as, besides, in addition to, let alone, not to mention, on top of, plus [image]  over and over (again) ad nauseam, again and again, frequently, often, repeatedly, time and again


overact

exaggerate, ham or  ham up (Inf.), overdo, overplay


overall

See Also

•   adj.    all-embracing, blanket, complete, comprehensive, general, global, inclusive, long-range, long-term, total, umbrella

•   adv.    generally speaking, in general, in (the) large, in the long term, on the whole


overawe

See Also

abash, alarm, browbeat, cow, daunt, frighten, intimidate, scare, terrify


overbalance

See Also

capsize, keel over, lose one's balance, lose one's footing, overset, overturn, slip, take a tumble, tip over, topple over, tumble, turn turtle, upset


overbearing

See Also

arrogant, autocratic, bossy (Inf.), cavalier, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, haughty, high-handed, imperious, lordly, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, supercilious, superior, tyrannical


overcast

See Also

clouded, clouded over, cloudy, darkened, dismal, dreary, dull, grey, hazy, leaden, louring or lowering, murky, sombre, sunless, threatening


overcharge

See Also

   cheat, clip (Sl.), diddle (Inf.), do (Sl.), fleece, rip off (Sl.), rook (Sl.), short-change, skin (Sl.), sting (Inf.), surcharge [image]  burden, oppress, overburden, overload, overtask, overtax, strain, surfeit [image]   Literary embellish, embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, lay it on thick (Inf.), overstate


overcome

See Also

•   v.    beat, best, be victorious, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), come out on top (Inf.), conquer, crush, defeat, get the better of, lick (Inf.), master, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, render incapable  (helpless, powerless), rise above, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, tank (Sl.), triumph over, undo, vanquish, weather, wipe the floor with (Inf.), worst

•   adj.    affected, at a loss for words, bowled over (Inf.), overwhelmed, speechless, swept off one's feet, unable to continue, visibly moved


overconfident

See Also

brash, cocksure, foolhardy, hubristic, overweening, presumptuous, riding for a fall (Inf.), uppish (Brit. inf.)


overcritical

captious, carping, cavilling, fault-finding, hairsplitting, hard to please, hypercritical, nit-picking (Inf.), overparticular, pedantic, pernickety (Inf.), picky (Inf.)


overcrowded

See Also

choked, congested, crammed full, hoatching (Scot.), jam-packed, like the Black Hole of Calcutta, overloaded, overpopulated, packed (out), swarming


overdo

See Also

   be intemperate, belabour, carry too far, do to death (Inf.), exaggerate, gild the lily, go overboard (Inf.), go to extremes, lay it on thick (Inf.), not know when to stop, overindulge, overplay, overreach, overstate, overuse, overwork, run riot [image]  overdo it bite off more than one can chew, burn the candle at both ends (Inf.), drive oneself, fatigue, go too far, have too many irons in the fire, overburden, overload, overtax one's strength, overtire, overwork, strain or overstrain oneself, wear oneself out


overdone

See Also

   beyond all bounds, exaggerated, excessive, fulsome, hyped, immoderate, inordinate, overelaborate, preposterous, too much, undue, unnecessary [image]  burnt, burnt to a cinder, charred, dried up, overcooked, spoiled


overdue

See Also

behindhand, behind schedule, behind time, belated, late, long delayed, not before time (Inf.), owing, tardy, unpunctual


overeat

See Also

binge (Inf.), eat like a horse (Inf.), gorge, gormandize, guzzle, make a pig of oneself (Inf.), overindulge, pack away (Sl.), pig away (Sl.), pig out (Sl.), stuff, stuff oneself


overemphasize

See Also

belabour, blow up out of all proportion, lay too much stress on, make a big thing of (Inf.), make a federal case of (U.S. inf.), make a mountain out of a molehill (Inf.), make a production (out) of (Inf.), make something out of nothing, make too much of, overdramatize, overstress


overflow

See Also

•   v.    bubble  (brim, fall, pour, run, slop, well), discharge, pour out, run with, shower, spill, spray, surge [image]  cover, deluge, drown, flood, inundate, soak, submerge, swamp

•   n.    discharge, flash flood, flood, flooding, inundation, overabundance, spill, spilling over, surplus


overflowing

See Also

abounding, bountiful, brimful, copious, plentiful, profuse, rife, superabundant, swarming, teeming, thronged


overhang

See Also

•   v. beetle, bulge, cast a shadow, extend, impend, jut, loom, project, protrude, stick out, threaten


overhaul

See Also

•   v.    check, do up (Inf.), examine, inspect, recondition, re-examine, repair, restore, service, survey

•   n.    check, checkup, examination, going-over (Inf.), inspection, reconditioning, service

•   v.    catch up with, draw level with, get ahead of, overtake, pass


overhead

See Also

•   adv.    above, aloft, atop, in the sky, on high, skyward, up above, upward

•   adj.    aerial, overhanging, roof, upper


overheads

See Also

burden, oncosts, operating cost(s), running cost(s)


overheated

agitated, fiery, flaming, impassioned, inflamed, overexcited, roused


overindulge

See Also

be immoderate or intemperate, drink or eat too much, have a binge (Inf.), live it up (Inf.), make a pig of oneself (Inf.), overdo it, pig out (Sl.)


overindulgence

See Also

excess, immoderation, intemperance, overeating, surfeit


overjoyed

See Also

cock-a-hoop, delighted, deliriously happy, elated, euphoric, happy as a lark, in raptures, joyful, jubilant, on cloud nine (Inf.), only too happy, over the moon (Inf.), rapt, rapturous, thrilled, tickled pink (Inf.), transported


overlay

See Also

•   v.    adorn, blanket, cover, inlay, laminate, ornament, overspread, superimpose, veneer

•   n.    adornment, appliqué, covering, decoration, ornamentation, veneer


overload

See Also

burden, encumber, oppress, overburden, overcharge, overtax, saddle (with), strain, weigh down


overlook

See Also

   disregard, fail to notice, forget, ignore, leave out of consideration, leave undone, miss, neglect, omit, pass, slight, slip up on [image]  blink at, condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, let bygones be bygones, let one off with, let pass, let ride, make allowances for, pardon, turn a blind eye to, wink at [image]  afford a view of, command a view of, front on to, give upon, have a view of, look over or out on


overly

See Also

exceedingly, excessively, immoderately, inordinately, over, too, unduly, very much


overpower

See Also

beat, clobber (Sl.), conquer, crush, defeat, get the upper hand over, immobilize, knock out, lick (Inf.), master, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, quell, subdue, subjugate, vanquish


overpowering

See Also

compelling, extreme, forceful, invincible, irrefutable, irresistible, nauseating, overwhelming, powerful, sickening, strong, suffocating, telling, unbearable, uncontrollable


overrate

See Also

assess too highly, exaggerate, make too much of, overestimate, overpraise, overprize, oversell, overvalue, rate too highly, think or expect too much of, think too highly of


override

See Also

annul, cancel, countermand, discount, disregard, ignore, nullify, outweigh, overrule, quash, reverse, ride roughshod over, set aside, supersede, take no account of, trample underfoot, upset, vanquish


overriding

cardinal, compelling, determining, dominant, final, major, number one, overruling, paramount, pivotal, predominant, prevailing, primary, prime, ruling, supreme, ultimate


overrule

See Also

   alter, annul, cancel, countermand, disallow, invalidate, make null and void, outvote, override, overturn, recall, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule against, set aside, veto [image]  bend to one's will, control, direct, dominate, govern, influence, prevail over, sway


overrun

See Also

   cut to pieces, invade, massacre, occupy, overwhelm, put to flight, rout, swamp [image]  choke, infest, inundate, overflow, overgrow, permeate, ravage, spread like wildfire, spread over, surge over, swarm over [image]  exceed, go beyond, overshoot, run over or on


overseer

See Also

boss (Inf.), chief, foreman, gaffer (Inf., chiefly Brit.), manager, master, super (Inf.), superintendent, superior, supervisor


overshadow

See Also

   dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, leave or put in the shade, outshine, outweigh, render insignificant by comparison, rise above, steal the limelight from, surpass, take precedence over, throw into the shade, tower above [image]  adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, darken, dim, obfuscate, obscure, veil [image]  blight, cast a gloom upon, mar, ruin, spoil, take the edge off, take the pleasure or enjoyment out of, temper


oversight

See Also

   blunder, carelessness, delinquency, error, fault, inattention, lapse, laxity, mistake, neglect, omission, slip [image]  administration, care, charge, control, custody, direction, handling, inspection, keeping, management, superintendence, supervision, surveillance


overt

See Also

apparent, blatant, manifest, observable, obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed, undisguised, visible


overtake

See Also

   catch up with, do better than, draw level with, get past, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outstrip, overhaul, pass [image]  befall, catch unprepared, come upon, engulf, happen, hit, overwhelm, strike, take by surprise


overthrow

See Also

•   v.    abolish, beat, bring down, conquer, crush, defeat, depose, dethrone, do away with, master, oust, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subdue, subjugate, topple, unseat, vanquish [image]  bring to ruin, demolish, destroy, knock down, level, overturn, put an end to, raze, ruin, subvert, upend, upset

•   n.    defeat, deposition, destruction, dethronement, discomfiture, disestablishment, displacement, dispossession, downfall, end, fall, ousting, prostration, rout, ruin, subjugation, subversion, suppression, undoing, unseating


overtone

association, connotation, flavour, hint, implication, innuendo, intimation, nuance, sense, suggestion, undercurrent


overture

See Also

   (Often plural) advance, approach, conciliatory move, invitation, offer, opening move, proposal, proposition, signal, tender [image]   Music introduction, opening, prelude


overturn

See Also

   capsize, keel over, knock over or down, overbalance, reverse, spill, tip over, topple, tumble, upend, upset, upturn [image]  abolish, annul, bring down, countermand, depose, destroy, invalidate, obviate, overthrow, repeal, rescind, reverse, set aside, unseat


overweening

See Also

   arrogant, cavalier, cocksure, cocky, conceited, egotistical, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), high-handed, insolent, lordly, opinionated, pompous, presumptuous, proud, self-confident, supercilious, uppish (Brit. inf.), vain, vainglorious [image]  blown up out of all proportion, excessive, extravagant, immoderate


overweight

See Also

•   adj. ample, bulky, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, on the plump side, outsize, plump, podgy, portly, stout, tubby (Inf.), well-padded (Inf.), well-upholstered (Inf.)


overwhelm

See Also

   bury, crush, deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, snow under, submerge, swamp [image]  bowl over (Inf.), confuse, devastate, knock (someone) for six (Inf.), overcome, overpower, prostrate, render speechless, stagger [image]  crush, cut to pieces, destroy, massacre, overpower, overrun, rout


overwhelming

See Also

breathtaking, crushing, devastating, invincible, irresistible, overpowering, shattering, stunning, towering, uncontrollable, vast, vastly superior


overwork

See Also

be a slave-driver or hard taskmaster to, burden, burn the midnight oil, drive into the ground, exhaust, exploit, fatigue, oppress, overstrain, overtax, overuse, prostrate, strain, sweat (Inf.), wear out, weary, work one's fingers to the bone


overwrought

See Also

   agitated, beside oneself, distracted, excited, frantic, in a state  (tizzy (Inf.), twitter (Inf.)) (Inf.), keyed up, on edge, overexcited, overworked, stirred, strung up (Inf.), tense, uptight (Inf.), wired (Sl.), worked up (Inf.), wound up (Inf.) [image]  baroque, busy, contrived, florid, flowery, fussy, overdone, overelaborate, overembellished, overornate, rococo


owe

be beholden to, be in arrears, be in debt, be obligated or indebted, be under an obligation to


owing

See Also

•   adj. due, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, unpaid, unsettled


owing to

See Also

•   prep. as a result of, because of, on account of


own

See Also

•   adj.    individual, particular, personal, private [image]  on one's own alone, by oneself, by one's own efforts, independently, isolated, left to one's own devices, off one's own bat, on one's tod (Brit. sl.), singly, (standing) on one's own two feet, unaided, unassisted [image]  hold one's own compete, keep going, keep one's end up, keep one's head above water, maintain one's position

•   v.    be in possession of, be responsible for, enjoy, have, hold, keep, possess, retain [image]  own up (to) admit, come clean (about) (Inf.), confess, make a clean breast of, tell the truth (about) [image]  acknowledge, admit, allow, allow to be valid, avow, concede, confess, disclose, go along with, grant, recognize


owner

See Also

holder, landlord, lord, master, mistress, possessor, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix


ownership

See Also

dominion, possession, proprietary rights, proprietorship, right of possession, title


pace

See Also

•   n.    gait, measure, step, stride, tread, walk [image]  clip (Inf.), lick (Inf.), momentum, motion, movement, progress, rate, speed, tempo, time, velocity

•   v.    march, patrol, pound, stride, walk back and forth, walk up and down [image]  count, determine, mark out, measure, step


pacific

See Also

   appeasing, conciliatory, diplomatic, irenic, pacificatory, peacemaking, placatory, propitiatory [image]  dovelike, dovish, friendly, gentle, mild, nonbelligerent, nonviolent, pacifist, peaceable, peace-loving [image]  at peace, calm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled


pacifist

See Also

conchie (Inf.), conscientious objector, dove, passive resister, peace lover, peacemonger, peacenik (Inf.), satyagrahi


pack

See Also

•   n.    back pack, bale, bundle, burden, fardel (Archaic), kit, kitbag, knapsack, load, package, packet, parcel, rucksack, truss [image]  assemblage, band, bunch, collection, company, crew, crowd, deck, drove, flock, gang, group, herd, lot, mob, set, troop

•   v.    batch, bundle, burden, load, package, packet, store, stow [image]  charge, compact, compress, cram, crowd, fill, jam, mob, press, ram, stuff, tamp, throng, wedge [image]  (With off) bundle out, dismiss, hustle out, send someone about his business, send away, send packing (Inf.)


package

See Also

•   n.    box, carton, container, packet, parcel [image]  amalgamation, combination, entity, unit, whole

•   v.    batch, box, pack, packet, parcel (up), wrap, wrap up


packed

See Also

brimful, chock-a-block, chock-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, filled, full, hoatching (Scot.), jammed, jam-packed, loaded or full to the gunwales, overflowing, overloaded, packed like sardines, seething, swarming


packet

See Also

   bag, carton, container, package, parcel, poke (Dialect), wrapper, wrapping [image]   Sl. a bob or two (Brit. inf.), big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, bomb (Brit. sl.), bundle (Sl.), fortune, king's ransom (Inf.), lot(s), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), mint, pile (Inf.), pot(s) (Inf.), pretty penny (Inf.), tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


pack in

See Also

   attract, cram, draw, fill to capacity, squeeze in [image]   Brit. inf. cease, chuck (Inf.), desist, give up or over, jack in, kick (Inf.), leave off, stop


pack up

See Also

   put away, store, tidy up [image]   Inf. call it a day (Inf.), finish, give up, pack in (Brit. inf.) [image]  break down, conk out (Inf.), fail, give out, stall, stop


pact

See Also

agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, compact, concord, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, deal, league, protocol, treaty, understanding


pad

See Also

•   n.    buffer, cushion, protection, stiffening, stuffing, wad [image]  block, jotter, notepad, tablet, writing pad [image]  foot, paw, sole [image]   Sl. apartment, flat, hang-out (Inf.), home, place, quarters, room

•   v.    cushion, fill, line, pack, protect, shape, stuff [image]  (Often with out) amplify, augment, eke, elaborate, fill out, flesh out, inflate, lengthen, protract, spin out, stretch


padding

   filling, packing, stuffing, wadding [image]  hot air (Inf.), prolixity, verbiage, verbosity, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wordiness


paddle 1

See Also

•   n.    oar, scull, sweep

•   v.    oar, propel, pull, row, scull


paddle 2

See Also

dabble, plash, slop, splash (about), stir, wade


pagan

See Also

•   n.    Gentile, heathen, idolater, infidel, polytheist, unbeliever

•   adj.    Gentile, heathen, heathenish, idolatrous, infidel, irreligious, polytheistic


page 1

•   n.    folio, leaf, sheet, side [image]  chapter, episode, epoch, era, event, incident, period, phase, point, stage, time

•   v.    foliate, number, paginate


page 2

•   n.    attendant, bellboy (U.S.), footboy, pageboy, servant, squire

•   v.    announce, call, call out, preconize, seek, send for, summon


pageant

See Also

display, extravaganza, parade, procession, ritual, show, spectacle, tableau


pageantry

See Also

display, drama, extravagance, glamour, glitter, grandeur, magnificence, parade, pomp, show, showiness, spectacle, splash (Inf.), splendour, state, theatricality


pain

See Also

•   n.    ache, cramp, discomfort, hurt, irritation, pang, smarting, soreness, spasm, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe (Rare), trouble, twinge [image]  affliction, agony, anguish, bitterness, distress, grief, hardship, heartache, misery, suffering, torment, torture, tribulation, woe, wretchedness [image]   Inf. aggravation, annoyance, bore, bother, drag (Inf.), gall, headache (Inf.), irritation, nuisance, pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, vexation

•   v.    ail, chafe, discomfort, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, smart, sting, throb [image]  afflict, aggrieve, agonize, cut to the quick, disquiet, distress, grieve, hurt, sadden, torment, torture, vex, worry, wound [image]   Inf. annoy, exasperate, gall, harass, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), rile, vex


pained

See Also

aggrieved, anguished, distressed, hurt, injured, miffed (Inf.), offended, reproachful, stung, unhappy, upset, worried, wounded


painful

See Also

   afflictive, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, grievous, saddening, unpleasant [image]  aching, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, hurting, inflamed, raw, smarting, sore, tender, throbbing [image]  arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, severe, tedious, troublesome, trying, vexatious [image]   Inf. abysmal, awful, dire, dreadful, excruciating, extremely bad, godawful, terrible


painfully

See Also

alarmingly, clearly, deplorably, distressingly, dreadfully, excessively, markedly, sadly, unfortunately, woefully


painkiller

See Also

anaesthetic, analgesic, anodyne, drug, palliative, remedy, sedative


painless

easy, effortless, fast, no trouble, pain-free, quick, simple, trouble-free


pains

See Also

   assiduousness, bother, care, diligence, effort, industry, labour, special attention, trouble [image]  birth-pangs, childbirth, contractions, labour


painstaking

See Also

assiduous, careful, conscientious, diligent, earnest, exacting, hard-working, industrious, meticulous, persevering, punctilious, scrupulous, sedulous, strenuous, thorough, thoroughgoing


paint

See Also

•   n.    colour, colouring, dye, emulsion, pigment, stain, tint [image]   Inf. cosmetics, face (Inf.), greasepaint, make-up, maquillage, war paint (Inf.)

•   v.    catch a likeness, delineate, depict, draw, figure, picture, portray, represent, sketch [image]  apply, coat, colour, cover, daub, decorate, slap on (Inf.) [image]  bring to life, capture, conjure up a vision, depict, describe, evoke, make one see, portray, put graphically, recount, tell vividly [image]  paint the town red  Inf. carouse, celebrate, go on a binge (Inf.), go on a spree, go on the town, live it up (Inf.), make merry, make whoopee (Inf.), revel


pair

See Also

•   n.    brace, combination, couple, doublet, duo, match, matched set, span, twins, two of a kind, twosome, yoke

•   v.    bracket, couple, join, marry, match, match up, mate, pair off, put together, team, twin, wed, yoke


palatable

See Also

   appetizing, delectable, delicious, luscious, mouthwatering, savoury, tasty, toothsome [image]  acceptable, agreeable, attractive, enjoyable, fair, pleasant, satisfactory


palate

   appetite, heart, stomach, taste [image]  appreciation, enjoyment, gusto, liking, relish, zest


palatial

See Also

de luxe, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, illustrious, imposing, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, opulent, plush (Inf.), regal, spacious, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), stately, sumptuous


pale

See Also

•   adj.    anaemic, ashen, ashy, bleached, bloodless, colourless, faded, light, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, washed-out, white, whitish [image]  dim, faint, feeble, inadequate, poor, thin, weak

•   v.    become pale, blanch, go white, lose colour, whiten [image]  decrease, dim, diminish, dull, fade, grow dull, lessen, lose lustre


pall

See Also

•   v. become dull or tedious, bore, cloy, glut, jade, satiate, sicken, surfeit, tire, weary


palm 1

   hand, hook, meathook (Sl.), mitt (Sl.), paw (Inf.) [image]  in the palm of one's hand at one's mercy, in one's clutches  (control, power) [image]  grease someone's palm  Sl. bribe, buy, corrupt, fix (Inf.), give a backhander (Sl.), induce, influence, pay off (Inf.), square, suborn


palm 2

 Fig. bays, crown, fame, glory, honour, laurels, merit, prize, success, triumph, trophy, victory


palm off

See Also

   (With on or with) fob off, foist off, pass off [image]  (With on) foist on, force upon, impose upon, take advantage of, thrust upon, unload upon


palmy

See Also

flourishing, fortunate, glorious, golden, halcyon, happy, joyous, luxurious, prosperous, thriving, triumphant


palpable

See Also

   apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, evident, manifest, obvious, open, patent, plain, unmistakable, visible [image]  concrete, material, real, solid, substantial, tangible, touchable


palpitate

See Also

beat, flutter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, shiver, throb, tremble, vibrate


palsied

arthritic, atonic (Pathol.), crippled, debilitated, disabled, helpless, paralysed, paralytic, rheumatic, sclerotic, shaking, shaky, spastic, trembling


palter

   be evasive, deceive, double-talk, equivocate, flannel (Brit. inf.), fudge, hedge, mislead, prevaricate, shuffle, tergiversate, trifle [image]  bargain, barter, chaffer, dicker (Chiefly U.S.), haggle, higgle


paltry

See Also

base, beggarly, chickenshit (U.S. sl.), contemptible, crappy (Sl.), derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, insignificant, low, meagre, mean, measly, Mickey Mouse (Sl.), minor, miserable, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), petty, picayune (U.S.), piddling (Inf.), pitiful, poor, poxy (Sl.), puny, slight, small, sorry, trifling, trivial, twopenny-halfpenny (Brit. inf.), unimportant, worthless, wretched


pamper

See Also

baby, cater to one's every whim, coddle, cosset, fondle, gratify, humour, indulge, mollycoddle, pander to, pet, spoil


pamphlet

See Also

booklet, brochure, circular, folder, leaflet, tract


pan 1

See Also

•   n.    container, pot, saucepan, vessel

•   v.    look for, search for, separate, sift out, wash [image]   Inf. blast, censure, criticize, flay, hammer (Brit. inf.), knock (Inf.), lambast(e), put down, roast (Inf.), rubbish (Inf.), slam (Sl.), slag (off) (Sl.), slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.), throw brickbats at (Inf.)


pan 2

See Also

•   v. follow, move, scan, sweep, swing, track, traverse


panacea

See Also

catholicon, cure-all, elixir, nostrum, sovereign remedy, universal cure


panache

See Also

a flourish, brio, dash, élan, flair, flamboyance, spirit, style, swagger, verve


pandemonium

See Also

babel, bedlam, chaos, clamour, commotion, confusion, din, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, racket, ruckus (Inf.), ruction (Inf.), rumpus, tumult, turmoil, uproar


pang

See Also

ache, agony, anguish, discomfort, distress, gripe, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throe (Rare), twinge, wrench


panic

See Also

•   n.    agitation, alarm, consternation, dismay, fear, fright, horror, hysteria, scare, terror

•   v.    become hysterical, be terror-stricken, go to pieces, lose one's bottle (Brit. sl.), lose one's nerve, overreact [image]  alarm, put the wind up (someone) (Inf.), scare, startle, terrify, unnerve


panicky

See Also

afraid, agitated, distressed, fearful, frantic, frenzied, frightened, hysterical, in a flap (Inf.), in a tizzy (Inf.), jittery (Inf.), nervous, windy (Sl.), worked up, worried


panic-stricken

panic-stricken or panic-struck

See Also

aghast, agitated, alarmed, appalled, fearful, frenzied, frightened, frightened out of one's wits, frightened to death, horrified, horror-stricken, hysterical, in a cold sweat (Inf.), panicky, petrified, scared, scared shitless (Taboo sl.), scared stiff, shit-scared (Taboo sl.), startled, terrified, terror-stricken, unnerved


panoply

array, attire, dress, garb, get-up (Inf.), insignia, raiment (Archaic or poetic), regalia, show, trappings, turnout


panorama

See Also

   bird's-eye view, prospect, scenery, scenic view, view, vista [image]  overall picture, overview, perspective, survey


panoramic

all-embracing, bird's-eye, comprehensive, extensive, far-reaching, general, inclusive, overall, scenic, sweeping, wide


pant

See Also

•   v.    blow, breathe, gasp, heave, huff, palpitate, puff, throb, wheeze [image]   Fig. ache, covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, hanker after, hunger, long, pine, set one's heart on, sigh, thirst, want, yearn

•   n.    gasp, huff, puff, wheeze


pants

    Brit. boxer shorts, briefs, drawers, knickers, panties, underpants, Y-fronts (Trademark) [image]   U.S. slacks, trousers


pap

See Also

   baby food, mash, mush, pulp [image]  drivel, rubbish, trash, trivia


paper

See Also

•   n.    (Often plural) certificate, deed, documents, instrument, record [image]  (Plural) archive, diaries, documents, dossier, file, letters, records [image]  daily, blat, gazette, journal, news, newspaper, organ, rag (Inf.) [image]  analysis, article, assignment, composition, critique, dissertation, essay, examination, monograph, report, script, study, thesis, treatise [image]  on paper ideally, in the abstract, in theory, theoretically

•   adj.    cardboard, disposable, flimsy, insubstantial, paper-thin, papery, thin

•   v.    cover with paper, hang, line, paste up, wallpaper


papery

See Also

flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, light, lightweight, paperlike, paper-thin, thin


par

See Also

•   n.    average, level, mean, median, norm, standard, usual [image]  balance, equal footing, equality, equilibrium, equivalence, parity [image]  above par excellent, exceptional, first-rate (Inf.), outstanding, superior [image]  below par  [image]  below average, bush-league (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dime-a-dozen (Inf.), inferior, lacking, not up to scratch (Inf.), poor, second-rate, substandard, tinhorn (U.S. sl.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wanting [image]  not oneself, off colour (Chiefly Brit.), off form, poorly (Inf.), sick, under the weather (Inf.), unfit, unhealthy [image]  par for the course average, expected, ordinary, predictable, standard, typical, usual [image]  on a par equal, much the same, the same, well-matched [image]  up to par acceptable, adequate, good enough, passable, satisfactory, up to scratch (Inf.), up to the mark


parable

See Also

allegory, exemplum, fable, lesson, moral tale, story


parade

See Also

•   n.    array, cavalcade, ceremony, column, march, pageant, procession, review, spectacle, train [image]  array, display, exhibition, flaunting, ostentation, pomp, show, spectacle, vaunting

•   v.    defile, march, process [image]  air, brandish, display, exhibit, flaunt, make a show of, show, show off (Inf.), strut, swagger, vaunt


paradise

See Also

   City of God, divine abode, Elysian fields, garden of delights (Islam), heaven, heavenly kingdom, Olympus (Poetic), Promised Land, Zion (Christianity) [image]  Eden, Garden of Eden [image]  bliss, delight, felicity, heaven, seventh heaven, utopia


paradox

See Also

absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, contradiction, enigma, inconsistency, mystery, oddity, puzzle


paradoxical

See Also

absurd, ambiguous, baffling, confounding, contradictory, enigmatic, equivocal, illogical, impossible, improbable, inconsistent, oracular, puzzling, riddling


paragon

See Also

apotheosis, archetype, criterion, cynosure, epitome, exemplar, ideal, jewel, masterpiece, model, nonesuch (Archaic), nonpareil, norm, paradigm, pattern, prototype, quintessence, standard


paragraph

See Also

clause, item, notice, part, passage, portion, section, subdivision


parallel

See Also

•   adj.    aligned, alongside, coextensive, equidistant, side by side [image]  akin, analogous, complementary, correspondent, corresponding, like, matching, resembling, similar, uniform

•   n.    analogue, complement, corollary, counterpart, duplicate, equal, equivalent, likeness, match, twin [image]  analogy, comparison, correlation, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity

•   v.    agree, be alike, chime with, compare, complement, conform, correlate, correspond, equal, keep pace (with), match


paralyse

See Also

   cripple, debilitate, disable, incapacitate, lame [image]  anaesthetize, arrest, benumb, freeze, halt, immobilize, numb, petrify, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix


paralysis

See Also

   immobility, palsy, paresis (Pathol.) [image]  arrest, breakdown, halt, shutdown, stagnation, standstill, stoppage


paralytic

See Also

•   adj.    crippled, disabled, immobile, immobilized, incapacitated, lame, numb, palsied, paralysed [image]   Inf. bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), canned (Sl.), drunk, flying (Sl.), inebriated, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), pie-eyed (Sl.), pissed (Taboo sl.), plastered (Sl.), sloshed (Sl.), smashed (Sl.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stewed (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), tired and emotional (Euphemistic), wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)


parameter

constant, criterion, framework, guideline, limit, limitation, restriction, specification


paramount

See Also

capital, cardinal, chief, dominant, eminent, first, foremost, main, outstanding, predominant, pre-eminent, primary, prime, principal, superior, supreme


paraphernalia

See Also

accoutrements, apparatus, appurtenances, baggage, belongings, clobber (Brit. sl.), effects, equipage, equipment, gear, impedimenta, material, stuff, tackle, things, trappings


paraphrase

See Also

•   n.    interpretation, rehash, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, rewording, translation, version

•   v.    express in other words or one's own words, interpret, rehash, render, rephrase, restate, reword


parasite

See Also

bloodsucker (Inf.), cadger, drone (Brit.), hanger-on, leech, scrounger (Inf.), sponge (Inf.), sponger (Inf.)


parasitic, parasitical

bloodsucking (Inf.), cadging, leechlike, scrounging (Inf.), sponging (Inf.)


parcel

See Also

•   n.    bundle, carton, pack, package, packet [image]  band, batch, bunch, collection, company, crew, crowd, gang, group, lot, pack [image]  piece of land, plot, property, tract

•   v.    (Often with up) do up, pack, package, tie up, wrap [image]  (Often with out) allocate, allot, apportion, carve up, deal out, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, mete out, portion, share out, split up


parch

See Also

blister, burn, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, wither


parched

See Also

arid, dehydrated, dried out or up, drouthy (Scot.), dry, scorched, shrivelled, thirsty, torrid, waterless, withered


parching

•   adj. baking, blistering, burning, dry, drying, hot, roasting (Inf.), scorching, searing, sweltering, withering


pardon

See Also

•   v.    absolve, acquit, amnesty, condone, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, forgive, free, let off (Inf.), liberate, overlook, release, remit, reprieve

•   n.    absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, condonation, discharge, excuse, exoneration, forgiveness, grace, indulgence, mercy, release, remission, reprieve


pardonable

See Also

allowable, condonable, excusable, forgivable, minor, not serious, permissible, understandable, venial


parent

   begetter, father, guardian, mother, procreator, progenitor, sire [image]  architect, author, cause, creator, forerunner, origin, originator, prototype, root, source, wellspring


parentage

ancestry, birth, derivation, descent, extraction, family, line, lineage, origin, paternity, pedigree, race, stirps, stock


pariah

See Also

exile, leper, outcast, outlaw, undesirable, unperson, untouchable


parish

See Also

church, churchgoers, community, congregation, flock, fold, parishioners


parity

See Also

   consistency, equality, equal terms, equivalence, par, parallelism, quits (Inf.), uniformity, unity [image]  affinity, agreement, analogy, conformity, congruity, correspondence, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude


park

See Also

•   n.    estate, garden, grounds, parkland, pleasure garden, recreation ground, woodland

•   v.    leave, manoeuvre, position, station


parley

See Also

•   n.    colloquy, confab (Inf.), conference, congress, council, dialogue, discussion, meeting, palaver, powwow, seminar, talk(s)

•   v.    confabulate, confer, deliberate, discuss, negotiate, palaver, powwow, speak, talk


parliament

See Also

   assembly, congress, convocation, council, diet, legislature, senate, talking shop (Inf.) [image]  Parliament Houses of Parliament, Mother of Parliaments, the House, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, Westminster


parliamentary

congressional, deliberative, governmental, lawgiving, lawmaking, legislative


parlour

best room, drawing room, front room, lounge, reception room, sitting room


parlous

chancy (Inf.), dangerous, desperate, difficult, dire, hairy (Sl.), hazardous, perilous, risky


parochial

See Also

insular, inward-looking, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, parish-pump, petty, provincial, restricted, small-minded


parody

See Also

•   n.    burlesque, caricature, imitation, lampoon, satire, send-up (Brit. inf.), skit, spoof (Inf.), takeoff (Inf.) [image]  apology, caricature, farce, mockery, travesty

•   v.    burlesque, caricature, do a takeoff of (Inf.), lampoon, mimic, poke fun at, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), spoof (Inf.), take off (Inf.), take the piss out of (Taboo sl.), travesty


paroxysm

See Also

attack, convulsion, eruption, fit, flare-up (Inf.), outburst, seizure, spasm


parrot

See Also

•   n.     Fig. copycat (Inf.), imitator, (little) echo, mimic [image]  parrot-fashion  Inf. by rote, mechanically, mindlessly

•   v.    copy, echo, imitate, mimic, reiterate, repeat


parry

See Also

   block, deflect, fend off, hold at bay, rebuff, repel, repulse, stave off, ward off [image]  avoid, circumvent, dodge, duck (Inf.), evade, fence, fight shy of, shun, sidestep


parsimonious

See Also

cheeseparing, close, close-fisted, frugal, grasping, mean, mingy (Brit. inf.), miserable, miserly, near (Inf.), niggardly, penny-pinching (Inf.), penurious, saving, scrimpy, skinflinty, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tightfisted


parsimony

See Also

frugality, meanness, minginess (Brit. inf.), miserliness, nearness (Inf.), niggardliness, penny-pinching (Inf.), stinginess, tightness


parson

churchman, clergyman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, incumbent, man of God, man of the cloth, minister, pastor, preacher, priest, rector, reverend (Inf.), vicar


part

See Also

•   n.    bit, fraction, fragment, lot, particle, piece, portion, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, slice [image]  branch, component, constituent, department, division, element, ingredient, limb, member, module, organ, piece, unit [image]  behalf, cause, concern, faction, interest, party, side [image]  bit, business, capacity, charge, duty, function, involvement, office, place, responsibility, role, say, share, task, work [image]   Theat. character, lines, role [image]  (Often plural) airt (Scot.), area, district, neck of the woods (Inf.), neighbourhood, quarter, region, territory, vicinity [image]  for the most part chiefly, generally, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, principally [image]  in good part cheerfully, cordially, good-naturedly, well, without offence [image]  in part a little, in some measure, partially, partly, slightly, somewhat, to a certain extent, to some degree [image]  on the part of for the sake of, in support of, in the name of, on behalf of [image]  take part in associate oneself with, be instrumental in, be involved in, have a hand in, join in, partake in, participate in, play a part in, put one's twopence-worth in, take a hand in

•   v.    break, cleave, come apart, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dismantle, disunite, divide, rend, separate, sever, split, tear [image]  break up, depart, go, go away, go (their) separate ways, leave, part company, quit, say goodbye, separate, split up, take one's leave, withdraw [image]  part with abandon, discard, forgo, give up, let go of, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, surrender, yield


partake

See Also

   (With in) engage, enter into, participate, share, take part [image]  (With of) consume, eat, receive, share, take [image]  (With of) evince, evoke, have the quality of, show, suggest


partial

See Also

   fragmentary, imperfect, incomplete, limited, uncompleted, unfinished [image]  biased, discriminatory, influenced, interested, one-sided, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, tendentious, unfair, unjust [image]  be partial to be fond of, be keen on, be taken with, care for, have a liking  (soft spot, weakness)


partiality

See Also

   bias, favouritism, partisanship, predisposition, preference, prejudice [image]  affinity, bag (Sl.), cup of tea (Inf.), fondness, inclination, liking, love, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, taste, weakness


partially

See Also

fractionally, halfway, incompletely, in part, moderately, not wholly, partly, piecemeal, somewhat, to a certain extent or degree


participant

See Also

associate, contributor, member, partaker, participator, party, shareholder


participate

See Also

be a participant, be a party to, engage in, enter into, get in on the act, have a hand in, join in, partake, perform, share, take part


participation

See Also

assistance, contribution, involvement, joining in, partaking, partnership, sharing in, taking part


particle

See Also

atom, bit, crumb, grain, iota, jot, mite, molecule, mote, piece, scrap, shred, speck, tittle, whit


particular

See Also

•   adj.    distinct, exact, express, peculiar, precise, special, specific [image]  especial, exceptional, marked, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, singular, uncommon, unusual [image]  blow-by-blow, circumstantial, detailed, itemized, minute, painstaking, precise, selective, thorough [image]  choosy (Inf.), critical, dainty, demanding, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice (Rare), overnice, pernickety (Inf.), picky (Inf.)

•   n.    (Usually plural) circumstance, detail, fact, feature, item, specification [image]  in particular distinctly, especially, exactly, expressly, particularly, specifically


particularly

See Also

   decidedly, especially, exceptionally, markedly, notably, outstandingly, peculiarly, singularly, surprisingly, uncommonly, unusually [image]  distinctly, especially, explicitly, expressly, in particular, specifically


parting

See Also

•   n.    adieu, departure, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, valediction [image]  breaking, detachment, divergence, division, partition, rift, rupture, separation, split

•   adj.    departing, farewell, final, last, valedictory


partisan

See Also

•   n.    adherent, backer, champion, devotee, disciple, follower, stalwart, supporter, upholder, votary

•   adj.    biased, factional, interested, one-sided, partial, prejudiced, sectarian, tendentious

•   n.    guerrilla, irregular, resistance fighter, underground fighter

•   adj.    guerrilla, irregular, resistance, underground


partition

See Also

•   n.    dividing, division, segregation, separation, severance, splitting [image]  barrier, divider, room divider, screen, wall [image]  allotment, apportionment, distribution, portion, rationing out, share

•   v.    apportion, cut up, divide, parcel out, portion, section, segment, separate, share, split up, subdivide [image]  divide, fence off, screen, separate, wall off


partly

See Also

halfway, incompletely, in part, in some measure, not fully, partially, relatively, slightly, somewhat, to a certain degree or extent, up to a certain point


partner

See Also

   accomplice, ally, associate, bedfellow, collaborator, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, copartner, helper, mate, participant, team-mate [image]  bedfellow, consort, helpmate, her indoors (Brit. sl.), husband, mate, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse, wife


partnership

See Also

   companionship, connection, cooperation, copartnership, fellowship, interest, participation, sharing [image]  alliance, association, combine, company, conglomerate, cooperative, corporation, firm, house, society, union


parts

See Also

   ability, accomplishments, attributes, calibre, capabilities, endowments, faculties, genius, gifts, intellect, intelligence, talents [image]  bits and pieces, components, spare parts, spares


party

See Also

   at-home, bash (Inf.), beano (Brit. sl.), celebration, do (Inf.), festivity, function, gathering, get-together (Inf.), knees-up (Brit. inf.), rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), reception, shindig (Inf.), social, social gathering, soirée [image]  band, body, bunch (Inf.), company, crew, detachment (Military), gang, gathering, group, squad, team, unit [image]  alliance, association, cabal, camp, clique, coalition, combination, confederacy, coterie, faction, grouping, league, schism, set, side [image]  individual, person, somebody, someone [image]   Law contractor (Law), defendant, litigant, participant, plaintiff


pass 1

See Also

•   v.    depart, elapse, flow, go, go by or past, lapse, leave, move, move onwards, proceed, roll, run [image]  beat, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdistance, outdo, outstrip, surmount, surpass, transcend [image]  answer, come up to scratch (Inf.), do, get through, graduate, pass muster, qualify, succeed, suffice, suit [image]  beguile, devote, employ, experience, fill, occupy, spend, suffer, undergo, while away [image]  befall, come up, develop, fall out, happen, occur, take place [image]  convey, deliver, exchange, give, hand, kick, let have, reach, send, throw, transfer, transmit [image]  accept, adopt, approve, authorize, decree, enact, establish, legislate, ordain, ratify, sanction, validate [image]  declare, deliver, express, pronounce, utter [image]  disregard, ignore, miss, neglect, not heed, omit, overlook, skip (Inf.) [image]  crap (Taboo sl.), defecate, discharge, eliminate, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, shit (Taboo sl.), void [image]  blow over, cease, die, disappear, dissolve, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, melt away, terminate, vanish, wane [image]  (With for or as) be accepted as, be mistaken for, be regarded as, be taken for, impersonate, serve as


pass 2

See Also

•   n.    canyon, col, defile, gap, gorge, ravine [image]  authorization, identification, identity card, licence, passport, permission, permit, safe-conduct, ticket, warrant [image]   Inf. advances, approach, overture, play (Inf.), proposition, suggestion [image]  condition, juncture, pinch, plight, predicament, situation, stage, state, state of affairs, straits [image]  feint, jab, lunge, push, swing, thrust


passable

See Also

   acceptable, adequate, admissible, allowable, all right, average, fair, fair enough, mediocre, middling, moderate, not too bad, ordinary, presentable, so-so (Inf.), tolerable, unexceptional [image]  clear, crossable, navigable, open, traversable, unobstructed


passage

See Also

   alley, avenue, channel, course, lane, opening, path, road, route, thoroughfare, way [image]  corridor, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, exit, hall, hallway, lobby, passageway, vestibule [image]  clause, excerpt, extract, paragraph, piece, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, verse [image]  crossing, journey, tour, trek, trip, voyage [image]  advance, change, conversion, flow, motion, movement, passing, progress, progression, transit, transition [image]  allowance, authorization, freedom, permission, right, safe-conduct, visa, warrant [image]  acceptance, enactment, establishment, legalization, legislation, passing, ratification


pass away

See Also

buy it (U.S. sl.), check out (U.S. sl.), croak (Sl.), decease, depart (this life), die, expire, go belly-up (Sl.), kick it (Sl.), kick the bucket (Sl.), pass on, pass over, peg it (Inf.), peg out (Inf.), pop one's clogs (Inf.), shuffle off this mortal coil, snuff it (Inf.)


pass by

See Also

   go past, leave, move past, pass [image]  disregard, miss, neglect, not choose, overlook, pass over


passenger

See Also

fare, hitchhiker, pillion rider, rider, traveller


passer-by

See Also

bystander, onlooker, witness


passing

See Also

•   adj.    brief, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory [image]  casual, cursory, glancing, hasty, quick, shallow, short, slight, superficial [image]  in passing accidentally, by the bye, by the way, en passant, incidentally, on the way

•   n.    death, decease, demise, end, finish, loss, termination


passion

See Also

   animation, ardour, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, fervour, fire, heat, intensity, joy, rapture, spirit, transport, warmth, zeal, zest [image]  adoration, affection, ardour, attachment, concupiscence, desire, fondness, infatuation, itch, keenness, love, lust, the hots (Sl.) [image]  bug (Inf.), craving, craze, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, idol, infatuation, mania, obsession [image]  anger, fit, flare-up (Inf.), frenzy, fury, indignation, ire, outburst, paroxysm, rage, resentment, storm, vehemence, wrath


passionate

See Also

   amorous, ardent, aroused, desirous, erotic, hot, loving, lustful, sensual, sexy (Inf.), steamy (Inf.), wanton [image]  animated, ardent, eager, emotional, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, flaming, frenzied, heartfelt, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, intense, strong, vehement, warm, wild, zealous [image]  choleric, excitable, fiery, hot-headed, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, peppery, quick-tempered, stormy, tempestuous, violent


passive

See Also

acquiescent, compliant, docile, enduring, inactive, inert, lifeless, long-suffering, nonviolent, patient, quiescent, receptive, resigned, submissive, unassertive, uninvolved, unresisting


pass off

See Also

   counterfeit, fake, feign, make a pretence of, palm off [image]  come to an end, die away, disappear, fade out, vanish [image]  emit, evaporate, give off, send forth, vaporize [image]  be completed, go off, happen, occur, take place, turn out [image]  dismiss, disregard, ignore, pass by, wink at


pass out

    Inf. become unconscious, black out (Inf.), drop, faint, flake out (Inf.), keel over (Inf.), lose consciousness, swoon (Literary) [image]  deal out, distribute, dole out, hand out


pass over

See Also

discount, disregard, forget, ignore, not dwell on, omit, overlook, pass by, take no notice of


pass up

See Also

abstain, decline, forgo, give (something) a miss (Inf.), ignore, let go, let slip, miss, neglect, refuse, reject


password

See Also

countersign, key word, open sesame, signal, watchword


past

See Also

•   adj.    accomplished, completed, done, elapsed, ended, extinct, finished, forgotten, gone, over, over and done with, spent [image]  ancient, bygone, early, erstwhile, foregoing, former, late, long-ago, olden, preceding, previous, prior, quondam, recent

•   n.    the past antiquity, days gone by, days of yore, former times, good old days, history, long ago, olden days, old times, times past, yesteryear (Literary) [image]  background, experience, history, life, past life

•   adv.    across, beyond, by, on, over

•   prep.    after, beyond, farther than, later than, outside, over, subsequent to


paste

See Also

•   n.    adhesive, cement, glue, gum, mucilage

•   v.    cement, fasten, fix, glue, gum, stick


pastel

•   adj. delicate, light, muted, pale, soft, soft-hued


pastiche

See Also

blend, farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, medley, mélange, miscellany, mixture, motley


pastime

See Also

activity, amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, game, hobby, leisure, play, recreation, relaxation, sport


past master

See Also

ace (Inf.), artist, dab hand (Brit. inf.), expert, old hand, virtuoso, wizard


pastor

See Also

churchman, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, priest, rector, vicar


pastoral

See Also

•   adj.    agrestic, Arcadian, bucolic, country, georgic (Literary), idyllic, rural, rustic, simple [image]  clerical, ecclesiastical, ministerial, priestly


pasture

See Also

grass, grassland, grazing, grazing land, lea (Poetic), meadow, pasturage, shieling (Scot.)


pat

See Also

•   v.    caress, dab, fondle, pet, slap, stroke, tap, touch

•   n.    clap, dab, light blow, slap, stroke, tap [image]  cake, dab, lump, portion, small piece


patch

See Also

•   n.    piece of material, reinforcement [image]  bit, scrap, shred, small piece, spot, stretch [image]  area, ground, land, plot, tract

•   v.    cover, fix, mend, reinforce, repair, sew up [image]  (With up) bury the hatchet, conciliate, make friends, placate, restore, settle, settle differences, smooth


patchwork

confusion, hash, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mishmash, mixture, pastiche


patchy

See Also

bitty, erratic, fitful, inconstant, irregular, random, sketchy, spotty, uneven, variable, varying


patent

See Also

•   adj.    apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, downright, evident, flagrant, glaring, indisputable, manifest, obvious, open, palpable, transparent, unconcealed, unequivocal, unmistakable

•   n.    copyright, invention, licence


paternal

   benevolent, concerned, fatherlike, fatherly, protective, solicitous, vigilant [image]  patrilineal, patrimonial


paternity

   fatherhood, fathership [image]  descent, extraction, family, lineage, parentage [image]  authorship, derivation, origin, source


path

See Also

   footpath, footway, pathway, towpath, track, trail, walkway (Chiefly U.S.) [image]  avenue, course, direction, passage, procedure, road, route, track, walk, way


pathetic

See Also

   affecting, distressing, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, melting, moving, pitiable, plaintive, poignant, sad, tender, touching [image]  deplorable, feeble, inadequate, lamentable, meagre, measly, miserable, paltry, petty, pitiful, poor, puny, sorry, wet (Brit. inf.), woeful [image]   Sl. chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crappy (Sl.), crummy (Sl.), poxy (Sl.), rubbishy, trashy, uninteresting, useless, worthless


pathfinder

discoverer, explorer, guide, pioneer, scout, trailblazer


pathless

impassable, impenetrable, trackless, uncharted, unexplored, untrodden, waste, wild


pathos

pitiableness, pitifulness, plaintiveness, poignancy, sadness


patience

See Also

   calmness, composure, cool (Sl.), equanimity, even temper, forbearance, imperturbability, restraint, serenity, sufferance, tolerance, toleration [image]  constancy, diligence, endurance, fortitude, long-suffering, perseverance, persistence, resignation, stoicism, submission


patient

See Also

•   adj.    calm, composed, enduring, long-suffering, persevering, persistent, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, stoical, submissive, uncomplaining, untiring [image]  accommodating, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, indulgent, lenient, mild, tolerant, understanding

•   n.    case, invalid, sick person, sufferer


patriot

chauvinist, flag-waver (Inf.), jingo, lover of one's country, loyalist, nationalist


patriotic

chauvinistic, flag-waving (Inf.), jingoistic, loyal, nationalistic


patriotism

flag-waving (Inf.), jingoism, love of one's country, loyalty, nationalism


patrol

See Also

•   n.    guarding, policing, protecting, rounds, safeguarding, vigilance, watching [image]  garrison, guard, patrolman, sentinel, watch, watchman

•   v.    cruise, guard, inspect, keep guard, keep watch, make the rounds, police, pound, range, safeguard, walk the beat


patron

See Also

   advocate, angel (Inf.), backer, benefactor, champion, defender, friend, guardian, helper, philanthropist, protagonist, protector, sponsor, supporter [image]  buyer, client, customer, frequenter, habitué, shopper


patronage

See Also

   aid, assistance, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, espousal, help, promotion, sponsorship, support [image]  business, clientele, commerce, custom, trade, trading, traffic [image]  condescension, deigning, disdain, patronizing, stooping


patronize

See Also

   be lofty with, look down on, talk down to, treat as inferior, treat condescendingly, treat like a child [image]  assist, back, befriend, foster, fund, help, maintain, promote, sponsor, subscribe to, support [image]  be a customer or client of, buy from, deal with, do business with, frequent, shop at, trade with


patronizing

See Also

condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, gracious, haughty, lofty, snobbish, stooping, supercilious, superior, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.)


patter 1

•   v.    scurry, scuttle, skip, tiptoe, trip, walk lightly [image]  beat, pat, pelt, pitapat, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, spatter, tap

•   n.    pattering, pitapat, pitter-patter, tapping


patter 2

•   n.    line, monologue, pitch, spiel (Inf.) [image]  chatter, gabble, jabber, nattering, prattle, yak (Sl.) [image]  argot, cant, jargon, lingo (Inf.), patois, slang, vernacular

•   v.    babble, blab, chatter, hold forth, jabber, prate, rattle off, rattle on, spiel (Inf.), spout (Inf.), tattle


pattern

See Also

•   n.    arrangement, decoration, decorative design, design, device, figure, motif, ornament [image]  arrangement, method, order, orderliness, plan, sequence, system [image]  kind, shape, sort, style, type, variety [image]  design, diagram, guide, instructions, original, plan, stencil, template [image]  archetype, criterion, cynosure, example, exemplar, guide, model, norm, original, par, paradigm, paragon, prototype, sample, specimen, standard

•   v.    copy, emulate, follow, form, imitate, model, mould, order, shape, style [image]  decorate, design, trim


paucity

See Also

dearth, deficiency, fewness, insufficiency, lack, meagreness, paltriness, poverty, rarity, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, slenderness, slightness, smallness, sparseness, sparsity


paunch

See Also

abdomen, beer-belly (Inf.), belly, corporation (Inf.), pot, potbelly, spare tyre (Brit. sl.), spread (Inf.)


pauper

See Also

bankrupt, beggar, down-and-out, have-not, indigent, insolvent, mendicant, poor person


pause

See Also

•   v.    break, cease, delay, deliberate, desist, discontinue, halt, have a breather (Inf.), hesitate, interrupt, rest, stop briefly, take a break, wait, waver

•   n.    break, breather (Inf.), caesura, cessation, delay, discontinuance, entr'acte, gap, halt, hesitation, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, let-up (Inf.), lull, respite, rest, stay, stoppage, wait


pave

asphalt, concrete, cover, flag, floor, macadamize, surface, tar, tile


paw

See Also

•   v. grab, handle roughly, manhandle, maul, molest


pawn 1

See Also

•   v.    deposit, gage (Archaic), hazard, hock (Inf., chiefly U.S.), mortgage, pledge, pop (Inf.), stake, wager

•   n.    assurance, bond, collateral, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security


pawn 2

See Also

•   n. cat's-paw, creature, dupe, instrument, plaything, puppet, stooge (Sl.), tool, toy


pay

See Also

•   v.    clear, compensate, cough up (Inf.), discharge, foot, give, honour, liquidate, meet, offer, recompense, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, requite, reward, settle, square up [image]  be advantageous, benefit, be worthwhile, repay, serve [image]  bestow, extend, give, grant, hand out, present, proffer, render [image]  (Often with for) answer for, atone, be punished, compensate, get one's deserts, make amends, suffer, suffer the consequences [image]  bring in, produce, profit, return, yield [image]  be profitable, be remunerative, make a return, make money, provide a living [image]  avenge oneself for, get even with (Inf.), get revenge on, pay back, punish, reciprocate, repay, requite, settle a score

•   n.    allowance, compensation, earnings, emoluments, fee, hand-out, hire, income, meed (Archaic), payment, recompense, reimbursement, remuneration, reward, salary, stipend, takings, wages


payable

See Also

due, mature, obligatory, outstanding, owed, owing, receivable, to be paid


pay back

See Also

   get even with (Inf.), get one's own back, hit back, reciprocate, recompense, retaliate, settle a score [image]  refund, reimburse, repay, return, settle up, square


payment

See Also

   defrayal, discharge, outlay, paying, remittance, settlement [image]  advance, deposit, instalment, portion, premium, remittance [image]  fee, hire, remuneration, reward, wage


pay off

See Also

   discharge, dismiss, fire, lay off, let go, sack (Inf.) [image]  clear, discharge, liquidate, pay in full, settle, square [image]  be effective  (profitable, successful), succeed, work [image]  get even with (Inf.), pay back, retaliate, settle a score [image]   Inf. bribe, buy off, corrupt, get at, grease the palm of (Sl.), oil (Inf.), suborn


pay out

   cough up (Inf.), disburse, expend, fork out or over or up (Sl.), lay out (Inf.), shell out (Inf.), spend [image]  get even with (Inf.), pay back, retaliate, settle a score


peace

See Also

   accord, agreement, amity, concord, harmony [image]  armistice, cessation of hostilities, conciliation, pacification, treaty, truce [image]  calm, composure, contentment, placidity, relaxation, repose, serenity [image]  calm, calmness, hush, peacefulness, quiet, quietude, repose, rest, silence, stillness, tranquillity


peaceable

See Also

   amiable, amicable, conciliatory, dovish, friendly, gentle, inoffensive, mild, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful, peace-loving, placid, unwarlike [image]  balmy, calm, peaceful, quiet, restful, serene, still, tranquil, undisturbed


peaceful

See Also

   amicable, at peace, free from strife, friendly, harmonious, nonviolent, on friendly or good terms, without hostility [image]  calm, gentle, placid, quiet, restful, serene, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled [image]  conciliatory, irenic, pacific, peaceable, peace-loving, placatory, unwarlike


peacemaker

appeaser, arbitrator, conciliator, mediator, pacifier, peacemonger


peak

See Also

•   n.    aiguille, apex, brow, crest, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, top [image]  acme, apogee, climax, crown, culmination, high point, maximum point, ne plus ultra, zenith

•   v.    be at its height, climax, come to a head, culminate, reach its highest point, reach the zenith


peal

See Also

•   n.    blast, carillon, chime, clamour, clang, clap, crash, resounding, reverberation, ring, ringing, roar, rumble, sound, tintinnabulation

•   v.    chime, crack, crash, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, roll, rumble, sound, tintinnabulate, toll


peasant

See Also

   churl (Archaic), countryman, hind (Obsolete), rustic, son of the soil, swain (Archaic) [image]   Inf. boor, churl, country bumpkin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lout, provincial, yokel


peccadillo

See Also

error, indiscretion, infraction, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanour, petty offence, slip, trifling fault


peck

See Also

•   v.

•   n. bite, dig, hit, jab, kiss, nibble, pick, poke, prick, strike, tap


peculiar

See Also

   abnormal, bizarre, curious, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, far-out (Sl.), freakish, funny, odd, offbeat, off-the-wall (Sl.), outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, quaint, queer, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unusual, wacko (Sl.), weird [image]  appropriate, characteristic, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, endemic, idiosyncratic, individual, local, particular, personal, private, restricted, special, specific, unique


peculiarity

See Also

   abnormality, bizarreness, eccentricity, foible, freakishness, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, oddity, odd trait, queerness, quirk [image]  attribute, characteristic, distinctiveness, feature, mark, particularity, property, quality, singularity, speciality, trait


pedagogue

See Also

dogmatist, dominie (Scot.), educator, instructor, master, mistress, pedant, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, teacher


pedantic

See Also

abstruse, academic, bookish, didactic, donnish, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting, nit-picking (Inf.), overnice, particular, pedagogic, picky (Inf.), pompous, precise, priggish, punctilious, scholastic, schoolmasterly, sententious, stilted


pedantry

bookishness, finicality, hairsplitting, overnicety, pedagogism, pettifoggery, pomposity, punctiliousness, quibbling, sophistry, stuffiness


peddle

See Also

flog (Sl.), hawk, huckster, market, push (Inf.), sell, sell door to door, trade, vend


pedestal

See Also

   base, dado (Architect.), foot, foundation, mounting, pier, plinth, socle, stand, support [image]  put on a pedestal apotheosize, deify, dignify, ennoble, exalt, glorify, idealize, worship


pedestrian

See Also

•   n.    footslogger, foot-traveller, walker

•   adj.    banal, boring, commonplace, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, mediocre, mundane, ordinary, plodding, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting


pedigree

See Also

•   n.    ancestry, blood, breed, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heritage, line, lineage, race, stemma, stirps, stock

•   adj.    full-blooded, purebred, thoroughbred


peek

See Also

•   v.    glance, keek (Scot.), look, peep, peer, snatch a glimpse, sneak a look, spy, squinny, take or have a gander (Inf.), take a look

•   n.    blink, butcher's (Brit. sl.), gander (Inf.), glance, glim (Scot.), glimpse, keek (Scot.), look, look-see (Sl.), peep, shufti (Brit. sl.)


peel

See Also

•   v.    decorticate, desquamate, flake off, pare, scale, skin, strip off

•   n.    epicarp, exocarp, peeling, rind, skin


peep

See Also

•   v.    keek (Scot.), look from hiding, look surreptitiously, peek, peer, sneak a look, spy, steal a look [image]  appear briefly, emerge, peer out, show partially

•   n.    butcher's (Brit. sl.), gander (Inf.), glim (Scot.), glimpse, keek (Scot.), look, look-see (Sl.), peek, shufti (Brit. sl.)


peephole

aperture, chink, crack, crevice, fissure, hole, keyhole, opening, pinhole, slit, spyhole


peer 1

See Also

•   n.    aristo (Inf.), aristocrat, baron, count, duke, earl, lord, marquess, marquis, noble, nobleman, viscount [image]  coequal, compeer, equal, fellow, like, match


peer 2

See Also

•   v.    gaze, inspect, peep, scan, scrutinize, snoop, spy, squinny, squint [image]  appear, become visible, emerge, peep out


peerage

aristocracy, lords and ladies, nobility, peers, titled classes


peerless

See Also

beyond compare, excellent, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, outstanding, second to none, superlative, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed


peevish

See Also

acrimonious, cantankerous, captious, childish, churlish, crabbed, cross, crotchety (Inf.), crusty, fractious, fretful, grumpy, huffy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, liverish, pettish, petulant, querulous, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), short-tempered, shrewish, snappy, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish, whingeing (Inf.)


peg

See Also

•   v.    attach, fasten, fix, join, make fast, secure [image]  (With along or away) apply oneself to, beaver away (Brit. inf.), keep at it, keep going, keep on, persist, plod along, plug away at (Inf.), stick to it, work at, work away [image]   Of prices, etc. control, fix, freeze, limit, set


pelt

See Also

•   v.    assail, batter, beat, belabour, bombard, cast, hurl, pepper, pummel, shower, sling, strike, thrash, throw, wallop (Inf.) [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belt (Sl.), burn rubber (Inf.), career, charge, dash, hurry, run fast, rush, shoot, speed, tear, whiz (Inf.) [image]  bucket down (Inf.), pour, rain cats and dogs (Inf.), rain hard, teem


pen 1

See Also

•   v. commit to paper, compose, draft, draw up, jot down, write


pen 2

See Also

•   n.    cage, coop, enclosure, fold, hutch, pound, sty

•   v.    cage, confine, coop up, enclose, fence in, hedge, hem in, hurdle, impound, mew (up), pound, shut up or in


penal

corrective, disciplinary, penalizing, punitive, retributive


penalize

See Also

award a penalty against (Sport), correct, discipline, handicap, impose a penalty on, inflict a handicap on, punish, put at a disadvantage


penalty

See Also

disadvantage, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mulct, price, punishment, retribution


penance

   atonement, mortification, penalty, punishment, reparation, sackcloth and ashes [image]  do penance accept punishment, atone, make amends, make reparation, mortify oneself, show contrition, suffer


penchant

See Also

affinity, bent, bias, disposition, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency, turn


pending

See Also

awaiting, forthcoming, hanging fire, imminent, impending, in the balance, in the offing, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, up in the air


penetrate

See Also

   bore, enter, go through, impale, perforate, pierce, prick, probe, stab [image]  diffuse, enter, get in, infiltrate, permeate, pervade, seep, suffuse [image]   Fig. affect, become clear, be understood, come across, get through to, impress, touch [image]   Fig. comprehend, decipher, discern, fathom, figure out (Inf.), get to the bottom of, grasp, suss (out) (Sl.), understand, unravel, work out


penetrating

See Also

   biting, carrying, harsh, intrusive, pervasive, piercing, pungent, sharp, shrill, stinging, strong [image]   Fig. acute, astute, critical, discerning, discriminating, incisive, intelligent, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, sagacious, searching, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd


penetration

See Also

   entrance, entry, incision, inroad, invasion, perforation, piercing, puncturing [image]  acuteness, astuteness, discernment, insight, keenness, perception, perspicacity, sharpness, shrewdness, wit


penitence

See Also

compunction, contrition, regret, remorse, repentance, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, sorrow


penitent

•   adj. abject, apologetic, atoning, conscience-stricken, contrite, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorrowful, sorry


penmanship

calligraphy, chirography, fist (Inf.), hand, handwriting, longhand, script, writing


pen name

See Also

allonym, nom de plume, pseudonym


pennant

See Also

banderole, banner, burgee (Nautical), ensign, flag, jack, pennon, streamer


penniless

See Also

bankrupt, broke (Inf.), cleaned out (Sl.), destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impecunious, impoverished, indigent, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on one's uppers, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, short, skint (Brit. sl.), stony-broke (Brit. sl.), strapped (Sl.), without a penny to one's name, without two pennies to rub together (Inf.)


pension

allowance, annuity, benefit, superannuation


pensioner

O.A.P., retired person, senior citizen


pensive

See Also

blue (Inf.), cogitative, contemplative, dreamy, grave, in a brown study (Inf.), meditative, melancholy, mournful, musing, preoccupied, reflective, ruminative, sad, serious, sober, solemn, sorrowful, thoughtful, wistful


pent-up

bottled up, bridled, checked, constrained, curbed, held back, inhibited, repressed, smothered, stifled, suppressed


penury

See Also

   beggary, destitution, indigence, need, pauperism, poverty, privation, straitened circumstances, want [image]  dearth, deficiency, lack, paucity, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, sparseness


people

See Also

•   n.    human beings, humanity, humans, mankind, men and women, mortals, persons [image]  citizens, clan, community, family, folk, inhabitants, nation, population, public, race, tribe [image]  commonalty, crowd, general public, grass roots, hoi polloi, masses, mob, multitude, plebs, populace, rabble, rank and file, the herd

•   v.    colonize, inhabit, occupy, populate, settle


pepper

See Also

•   v.    flavour, season, spice [image]  bespeckle, dot, fleck, spatter, speck, sprinkle, stipple, stud [image]  bombard, pelt, riddle, scatter, shower


peppery

See Also

   fiery, highly seasoned, hot, piquant, pungent, spicy [image]  choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy, vitriolic, waspish [image]  astringent, biting, caustic, incisive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic


perceive

See Also

   be aware of, behold, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, make out, note, notice, observe, recognize, remark, see, spot [image]  appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, conclude, deduce, feel, gather, get (Inf.), grasp, know, learn, realize, see, sense, suss (out) (Sl.), understand


perceptible

See Also

apparent, appreciable, blatant, clear, conspicuous, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, noticeable, observable, obvious, palpable, perceivable, recognizable, tangible, visible


perception

See Also

apprehension, awareness, conception, consciousness, discernment, feeling, grasp, idea, impression, insight, notion, observation, recognition, sensation, sense, taste, understanding


perceptive

See Also

acute, alert, astute, aware, discerning, insightful, intuitive, observant, penetrating, percipient, perspicacious, quick, responsive, sensitive, sharp


perch

See Also

•   n.    branch, pole, post, resting place, roost

•   v.    alight, balance, land, rest, roost, settle, sit on


perchance

by chance, for all one knows, haply (Archaic), maybe, mayhap (Archaic), peradventure (Archaic), perhaps, possibly, probably


percipient

See Also

alert, alive, astute, aware, discerning, discriminating, intelligent, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp, wide-awake


percolate

See Also

drain, drip, exude, filter, filtrate, leach, ooze, penetrate, perk (of coffee, inf.), permeate, pervade, seep, strain, transfuse


percussion

blow, brunt, bump, clash, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jolt, knock, shock, smash, thump


peremptory

See Also

   absolute, binding, categorical, commanding, compelling, decisive, final, imperative, incontrovertible, irrefutable, obligatory, undeniable [image]  arbitrary, assertive, authoritative, autocratic, bossy (Inf.), dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, high-handed, imperious, intolerant, overbearing


perennial

   abiding, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, enduring, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, persistent, recurrent, unchanging [image]  ceaseless, deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, never-ending, permanent, perpetual, unceasing, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted


perfect

See Also

•   adj.    absolute, complete, completed, consummate, entire, finished, full, out-and-out, sheer, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated, utter, whole [image]  blameless, clean, excellent, faultless, flawless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, pure, splendid, spotless, sublime, superb, superlative, supreme, unblemished, unmarred, untarnished [image]  accurate, close, correct, exact, faithful, precise, right, spot-on (Brit. inf.), strict, true, unerring [image]  accomplished, adept, experienced, expert, finished, masterly, polished, practised, skilful, skilled

•   v.    accomplish, achieve, carry out, complete, consummate, effect, finish, fulfil, perform, realize [image]  ameliorate, cultivate, develop, elaborate, hone, improve, polish, refine


perfection

See Also

   accomplishment, achievement, achieving, completion, consummation, evolution, fulfilment, realization [image]  completeness, exactness, excellence, exquisiteness, faultlessness, integrity, maturity, perfectness, precision, purity, sublimity, superiority, wholeness [image]  acme, crown, ideal, paragon


perfectionist

See Also

formalist, precisian, precisionist, purist, stickler


perfectly

See Also

   absolutely, altogether, completely, consummately, entirely, fully, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly [image]  admirably, exquisitely, faultlessly, flawlessly, ideally, impeccably, superbly, superlatively, supremely, to perfection, wonderfully


perfidious

See Also

corrupt, deceitful, dishonest, disloyal, double-dealing, double-faced, faithless, false, recreant (Archaic), traitorous, treacherous, treasonous, two-faced, unfaithful, untrustworthy


perfidy

See Also

betrayal, deceit, disloyalty, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, falsity, infidelity, perfidiousness, treachery, treason


perforate

See Also

bore, drill, hole, honeycomb, penetrate, pierce, punch, puncture


perform

See Also

   accomplish, achieve, act, bring about, carry out, complete, comply with, discharge, do, effect, execute, fulfil, function, observe, pull off, satisfy, transact, work [image]  act, appear as, depict, enact, play, present, produce, put on, render, represent, stage


performance

See Also

   accomplishment, achievement, act, carrying out, completion, conduct, consummation, discharge, execution, exploit, feat, fulfilment, work [image]  acting, appearance, exhibition, gig (Inf.), interpretation, play, portrayal, presentation, production, representation, show [image]  action, conduct, efficiency, functioning, operation, practice, running, working [image]   Inf. act, behaviour, bother, business, carry-on (Inf., chiefly Brit.), fuss, pother, rigmarole, to-do


performer

See Also

actor, actress, artiste, play-actor, player, Thespian, trouper


perfume

See Also

aroma, attar, balminess, bouquet, cologne, essence, fragrance, incense, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, redolence, scent, smell, sweetness


perfunctory

See Also

automatic, careless, cursory, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, mechanical, negligent, offhand, routine, sketchy, slipshod, slovenly, stereotyped, superficial, unconcerned, unthinking, wooden


perhaps

See Also

as the case may be, conceivably, feasibly, for all one knows, it may be, maybe, perchance (Archaic), possibly


peril

See Also

danger, exposure, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menace, pitfall, risk, uncertainty, vulnerability


perilous

See Also

chancy (Inf.), dangerous, exposed, fraught with danger, hairy (Sl.), hazardous, parlous (Archaic), precarious, risky, threatening, unsafe, unsure, vulnerable


perimeter

See Also

ambit, border, borderline, boundary, bounds, circumference, confines, edge, limit, margin, periphery


period

See Also

   interval, season, space, span, spell, stretch, term, time, while [image]  aeon, age, course, cycle, date, days, epoch, era, generation, season, stage, term, time, years


periodical

See Also

•   n. journal, magazine, monthly, organ, paper, publication, quarterly, review, serial, weekly


perish

See Also

   be killed, be lost, decease, die, expire, lose one's life, pass away [image]  be destroyed, collapse, decline, disappear, fall, go under, vanish [image]  decay, decompose, disintegrate, moulder, rot, waste, wither


perishable

decaying, decomposable, destructible, easily spoilt, liable to rot, short-lived, unstable


perjure (oneself)

bear false witness, commit perjury, forswear, give false testimony, lie under oath, swear falsely


perjury

See Also

bearing false witness, false oath, false statement, false swearing, forswearing, giving false testimony, lying under oath, oath breaking, violation of an oath, wilful falsehood


permanence

constancy, continuance, continuity, dependability, durability, duration, endurance, finality, fixedness, fixity, immortality, indestructibility, lastingness, perdurability (Rare), permanency, perpetuity, stability, survival


permanent

See Also

abiding, constant, durable, enduring, eternal, everlasting, fixed, immovable, immutable, imperishable, indestructible, invariable, lasting, long-lasting, perennial, perpetual, persistent, stable, steadfast, unchanging, unfading


permeate

See Also

charge, diffuse throughout, fill, filter through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, saturate, seep through, soak through, spread throughout


permissible

See Also

acceptable, admissible, allowable, all right, authorized, kosher (Inf.), lawful, legal, legit (Sl.), legitimate, licit, O.K. or okay (Inf.), permitted, proper, sanctioned


permission

See Also

allowance, approval, assent, authorization, consent, dispensation, freedom, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, leave, liberty, licence, permit, sanction, sufferance, tolerance


permissive

See Also

acquiescent, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), forbearing, free, indulgent, latitudinarian, lax, lenient, liberal, open-minded, tolerant


permit

See Also

•   v.    admit, agree, allow, authorize, consent, empower, enable, endorse, endure, entitle, give leave or permission, grant, let, license, own, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant

•   n.    authorization, liberty, licence, pass, passport, permission, sanction, warrant


permutation

alteration, change, shift, transformation, transmutation, transposition


pernicious

See Also

bad, baleful, baneful (Archaic), damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, harmful, hurtful, injurious, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, offensive, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, venomous, wicked


pernickety

See Also

   careful, carping, difficult to please, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, nice, nit-picking (Inf.), overprecise, painstaking, particular, picky (Inf.), punctilious [image]  detailed, exacting, fiddly, fine, tricky


peroration

closing remarks, conclusion, recapitulation, recapping (Inf.), reiteration, summing-up


perpendicular

See Also

at right angles to, on end, plumb, straight, upright, vertical


perpetrate

be responsible for, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inflict, perform, wreak


perpetual

See Also

   abiding, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, sempiternal (Literary), unchanging, undying, unending [image]  ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, incessant, interminable, never-ending, perennial, persistent, recurrent, repeated, unceasing, unfailing, uninterrupted, unremitting


perpetuate

See Also

continue, eternalize, immortalize, keep alive, keep going, keep up, maintain, preserve, sustain


perplex

See Also

   baffle, befuddle, beset, bewilder, confound, confuse, dumbfound, flummox, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, stump [image]  complicate, encumber, entangle, involve, jumble, mix up, snarl up, tangle, thicken


perplexing

See Also

baffling, bewildering, complex, complicated, confusing, difficult, enigmatic, hard, inexplicable, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mysterious, mystifying, paradoxical, puzzling, strange, taxing, thorny, unaccountable, weird


perplexity

See Also

   bafflement, bewilderment, confusion, incomprehension, mystification, puzzlement, stupefaction [image]  complexity, difficulty, inextricability, intricacy, involvement, obscurity [image]  difficulty, dilemma, enigma, fix (Inf.), knotty problem, mystery, paradox, puzzle, snarl


perquisite

See Also

benefit, bonus, dividend, extra, fringe benefit, icing on the cake, perk (Brit. inf.), plus


persecute

See Also

   afflict, be on one's back (Sl.), distress, dragoon, harass, hassle (Inf.), hound, hunt, ill-treat, injure, maltreat, martyr, molest, oppress, pursue, torment, torture, victimize [image]  annoy, badger, bait, bother, pester, tease, vex, worry


perseverance

See Also

constancy, dedication, determination, diligence, doggedness, endurance, indefatigability, persistence, pertinacity, purposefulness, resolution, sedulity, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity


persevere

See Also

be determined or resolved, carry on, continue, endure, go on, hang on, hold fast, hold on (Inf.), keep going, keep on or at, maintain, persist, plug away (Inf.), pursue, remain, stand firm, stick at or to


persist

See Also

   be resolute, continue, hold on (Inf.), insist, persevere, stand firm [image]  abide, carry on, continue, endure, keep up, last, linger, remain


persistence

See Also

constancy, determination, diligence, doggedness, endurance, grit, indefatigability, perseverance, pertinacity, pluck, resolution, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, tirelessness


persistent

See Also

   assiduous, determined, dogged, enduring, fixed, immovable, indefatigable, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, pertinacious, resolute, steadfast, steady, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tireless, unflagging [image]  constant, continual, continuous, endless, incessant, interminable, never-ending, perpetual, relentless, repeated, unrelenting, unremitting


person

See Also

   being, body, human, human being, individual, living soul, soul [image]  in person bodily, in the flesh, oneself, personally


personable

See Also

affable, agreeable, amiable, attractive, charming, good-looking, handsome, likable or likeable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, presentable, winning


personage

See Also

big noise (Inf.), big shot (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), celebrity, dignitary, luminary, megastar (Inf.), notable, personality, public figure, somebody, V.I.P., well-known person, worthy


personal

See Also

   exclusive, individual, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, private, privy, special [image]  bodily, corporal, corporeal, exterior, material, physical [image]  derogatory, disparaging, insulting, nasty, offensive, pejorative, slighting


personality

See Also

   character, disposition, identity, individuality, make-up, nature, psyche, temper, temperament, traits [image]  attraction, attractiveness, character, charisma, charm, dynamism, likableness or likeableness, magnetism, pleasantness [image]  celeb (Inf.), celebrity, famous name, household name, megastar (Inf.), notable, personage, star, well-known face, well-known person


personally

See Also

   alone, by oneself, independently, in person, in the flesh, on one's own, solely [image]  for oneself, for one's part, from one's own viewpoint, in one's own view [image]  individualistically, individually, privately, specially, subjectively


personate

See Also

act, depict, do (Inf.), enact, feign, imitate, impersonate, play-act, portray, represent


personification

See Also

embodiment, epitome, image, incarnation, likeness, portrayal, recreation, representation, semblance


personify

See Also

body forth, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, image (Rare), incarnate, mirror, represent, symbolize, typify


personnel

employees, helpers, human resources, liveware, members, men and women, people, staff, workers, work force


perspective

See Also

   angle, attitude, broad view, context, frame of reference, objectivity, outlook, overview, proportion, relation, relative importance, relativity, way of looking [image]  outlook, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista


perspicacious

See Also

acute, alert, astute, aware, clear-sighted, clever, discerning, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd


perspicacity

See Also

acumen, acuteness, discernment, discrimination, insight, keenness, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicaciousness, perspicuity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), suss (Sl.), wit


perspiration

exudation, moisture, sweat, wetness


perspire

be damp, be wet, drip, exude, glow, pour with sweat, secrete, sweat, swelter


persuade

See Also

   actuate, advise, allure, bring round (Inf.), coax, counsel, entice, impel, incite, induce, influence, inveigle, prevail upon, prompt, sway, talk into, urge, win over [image]  cause to believe, convert, convince, satisfy


persuasion

See Also

   blandishment, cajolery, conversion, enticement, exhortation, inducement, influencing, inveiglement, wheedling [image]  cogency, force, persuasiveness, potency, power, pull (Inf.) [image]  belief, certitude, conviction, credo, creed, faith, firm belief, fixed opinion, opinion, tenet, views [image]  camp, cult, denomination, faction, party, school, school of thought, sect, side


persuasive

See Also

cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, effective, eloquent, forceful, impelling, impressive, inducing, influential, logical, moving, plausible, sound, telling, touching, valid, weighty, winning


pertain

See Also

appertain, apply, be appropriate, bear on, befit, belong, be part of, be relevant, concern, refer, regard, relate


pertinacious

See Also

bull-headed, determined, dogged, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persistent, perverse, pig-headed, relentless, resolute, self-willed, stiff-necked, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unyielding, wilful


pertinent

See Also

admissible, ad rem, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, fit, fitting, germane, material, pat, proper, relevant, suitable, to the point, to the purpose


pertness

See Also

audacity, brashness, brass (Inf.), bumptiousness, cheek (Inf.), cheekiness, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), cockiness, effrontery, forwardness, front, impertinence, impudence, insolence, presumption, rudeness, sauciness


perturb

See Also

   agitate, alarm, bother, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disquiet, disturb, faze, fluster, ruffle, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry [image]  confuse, disarrange, disorder, muddle, unsettle


perturbed

See Also

agitated, alarmed, anxious, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, fearful, flurried, flustered, ill at ease, nervous, restless, shaken, troubled, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset, worried


perusal

See Also

browse, check, examination, inspection, look through, read, scrutiny, study


peruse

See Also

browse, check, examine, inspect, look through, read, run one's eye over, scan, scrutinize, study, work over


pervade

See Also

affect, charge, diffuse, extend, fill, imbue, infuse, overspread, penetrate, percolate, permeate, spread through, suffuse


pervasive

See Also

common, extensive, general, inescapable, omnipresent, permeating, pervading, prevalent, rife, ubiquitous, universal, widespread


perverse

See Also

   abnormal, contradictory, contrary, delinquent, depraved, deviant, disobedient, froward, improper, incorrect, miscreant, rebellious, refractory, troublesome, unhealthy, unmanageable, unreasonable [image]  contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, dogged, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, wilful, wrong-headed [image]  contrary, mulish, obstinate, pig-headed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unyielding, wayward [image]  cantankerous, churlish, crabbed, cross, fractious, ill-natured, ill-tempered, peevish, petulant, spiteful, stroppy (Brit. sl.), surly


perversion

See Also

   aberration, abnormality, debauchery, depravity, deviation, immorality, kink (Brit. inf.), kinkiness (Sl.), unnaturalness, vice, vitiation, wickedness [image]  corruption, distortion, falsification, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misuse, twisting


perversity

See Also

contradictiveness, contradictoriness, contrariness, contumacy, frowardness, intransigence, obduracy, refractoriness, waywardness, wrong-headedness


pervert

See Also

•   v.    abuse, distort, falsify, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misuse, twist, warp [image]  corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, deprave, desecrate, initiate, lead astray, subvert

•   n.    debauchee, degenerate, deviant, weirdo or weirdie (Inf.)


perverted

See Also

aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, depraved, deviant, distorted, evil, immoral, impaired, kinky (Sl.), misguided, pervy (Sl.), sick, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiated, warped, wicked


pessimism

See Also

cynicism, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distrust, gloom, gloominess, gloomy outlook, glumness, hopelessness, melancholy, the hump (Brit. inf.)


pessimist

See Also

cynic, defeatist, doomster, gloom merchant (Inf.), kill-joy, melancholic, misanthrope, prophet of doom, wet blanket (Inf.), worrier


pessimistic

See Also

bleak, cynical, dark, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, distrustful, downhearted, fatalistic, foreboding, gloomy, glum, hopeless, melancholy, misanthropic, morose, resigned, sad


pest

See Also

   annoyance, bane, bore, bother, drag (Inf.), gall, irritation, nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), thorn in one's flesh, trial, vexation [image]  bane, blight, bug, curse, epidemic, infection, pestilence, plague, scourge


pester

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), annoy, badger, bedevil, bend someone's ear (Inf.), be on one's back (Sl.), bother, bug (Inf.), chivvy, disturb, drive one up the wall (Sl.), fret, get at, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), irk, nag, pick on, plague, ride (Inf.), torment, worry


pestilence

See Also

   Black Death, epidemic, pandemic, plague, visitation [image]  affliction, bane, blight, cancer, canker, curse, scourge


pestilential

See Also

   annoying, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hazardous, injurious, pernicious, ruinous, troublesome [image]  catching, contagious, contaminated, deadly, disease-ridden, infectious, malignant, noxious, pestiferous, poisonous, venomous


pet 1

See Also

•   n.    apple of one's eye, blue-eyed boy (Inf.), darling, favourite, idol, jewel, treasure

•   adj.    cherished, dearest, dear to one's heart, favoured, favourite, particular, preferred, special [image]  domesticated, house, house-broken, house-trained (Brit.), tame, trained

•   v.    baby, coddle, cosset, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil [image]  caress, fondle, pat, stroke [image]   Inf. canoodle (Sl.), cuddle, kiss, neck (Inf.), smooch (Inf.), snog (Brit. sl.)


pet 2

See Also

bad mood, bate (Brit. sl.), huff, ill temper, miff (Inf.), paddy (Brit. inf.), paddywhack (Brit. inf.), pique, pout, sulk, sulks, tantrum, temper


peter out

See Also

come to nothing, die out, dwindle, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, run dry, run out, stop, taper off, wane


petition

See Also

•   n.    address, appeal, application, entreaty, invocation, memorial, plea, prayer, request, round robin, solicitation, suit, supplication

•   v.    adjure, appeal, ask, beg, beseech, call upon, crave, entreat, plead, pray, press, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge


petrified

See Also

   fossilized, ossified, rocklike [image]  aghast, appalled, dazed, dumbfounded, frozen, horrified, numb, scared shitless (Taboo sl.), scared stiff, shit-scared (Taboo sl.), shocked, speechless, stunned, stupefied, terrified, terror-stricken


petrify

See Also

   calcify, fossilize, harden, set, solidify, turn to stone [image]  amaze, appal, astonish, astound, confound, dumbfound, horrify, immobilize, paralyse, stun, stupefy, terrify, transfix


petty

See Also

   contemptible, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, little, measly (Inf.), negligible, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), paltry, piddling (Inf.), slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant [image]  cheap, grudging, mean, mean-minded, shabby, small-minded, spiteful, stingy, ungenerous [image]  inferior, junior, lesser, lower, minor, secondary, subordinate


petulance

See Also

bad temper, crabbiness, ill humour, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, pique, pouts, querulousness, spleen, sulkiness, sullenness, waspishness


petulant

See Also

bad-tempered, captious, cavilling, crabbed, cross, crusty, fault-finding, fretful, huffy, ill-humoured, impatient, irritable, moody, peevish, perverse, pouting, querulous, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), snappish, sour, sulky, sullen, ungracious, waspish


phantom

See Also

   apparition, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, revenant, shade (Literary), spectre, spirit, spook (Inf.), wraith [image]  chimera, figment, figment of the imagination, hallucination, illusion, vision


pharisee

canter, dissembler, dissimulator, fraud, humbug, hypocrite, phoney or phony (Inf.), pietist, whited sepulchre


phase

See Also

aspect, chapter, condition, development, juncture, period, point, position, stage, state, step, time


phase out

axe (Inf.), close, deactivate, dispose of gradually, ease off, eliminate, pull out, remove, replace, run down, taper off, terminate, wind down, wind up, withdraw


phenomenal

See Also

exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, marvellous, miraculous, notable, outstanding, prodigious, remarkable, sensational, singular, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unusual, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


phenomenon

See Also

   circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, incident, occurrence [image]  exception, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, prodigy, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, wonder


philander

See Also

coquet, court, dally, flirt, fool around (Inf.), toy, trifle, womanize (Inf.)


philanderer

Casanova, dallier, Don Juan, flirt, gallant, gay dog, ladies' man, lady-killer (Inf.), Lothario, playboy, stud (Sl.), trifler, wolf (Inf.), womanizer (Inf.)


philanthropic

See Also

alms-giving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, charitable, eleemosynary, gracious, humane, humanitarian, kind, kind-hearted, munificent, public-spirited


philanthropist

alms-giver, altruist, benefactor, contributor, donor, giver, humanitarian, patron


philanthropy

See Also

alms-giving, altruism, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, brotherly love, charitableness, charity, generosity, humanitarianism, kind-heartedness, largess or largesse, liberality, munificence, open-handedness, patronage, public-spiritedness


philistine

See Also

•   n.    barbarian, boor, bourgeois, Goth, ignoramus, lout, lowbrow, vulgarian, yahoo

•   adj.    anti-intellectual, boorish, bourgeois, crass, ignorant, lowbrow, tasteless, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unrefined


philosopher

dialectician, logician, mahatma, metaphysician, sage, seeker after truth, theorist, thinker, wise man


philosophical, philosophic

See Also

   abstract, erudite, learned, logical, rational, sagacious, theoretical, thoughtful, wise [image]  calm, collected, composed, cool, impassive, imperturbable, patient, resigned, sedate, serene, stoical, tranquil, unruffled


philosophy

See Also

   aesthetics, knowledge, logic, metaphysics, rationalism, reason, reasoning, thinking, thought, wisdom [image]  attitude to life, basic idea, beliefs, convictions, doctrine, ideology, principle, tenets, thinking, values, viewpoint, Weltanschauung, world-view [image]  composure, coolness, dispassion, equanimity, resignation, restraint, self-possession, serenity, stoicism


phlegmatic

See Also

apathetic, bovine, cold, dull, frigid, heavy, impassive, indifferent, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, matter-of-fact, placid, sluggish, stoical, stolid, undemonstrative, unemotional, unfeeling


phobia

See Also

aversion, detestation, dislike, distaste, dread, fear, hatred, horror, irrational fear, loathing, obsession, overwhelming anxiety, repulsion, revulsion, terror, thing (Inf.)


phone

See Also

•   n.    blower (Inf.), telephone [image]  bell (Brit. sl.), buzz (Inf.), call, ring (Inf., chiefly Brit.), tinkle (Brit. inf.)

•   v.    buzz (Inf.), call, get on the blower (Inf.), give someone a bell (Brit. sl.), give someone a buzz (Inf.), give someone a call, give someone a ring (Inf., chiefly Brit.), give someone a tinkle (Brit. inf.), make a call, ring (up) (Inf., chiefly Brit.), telephone


phoney

•   adj.    affected, assumed, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, false, forged, imitation, pseudo (Inf.), put-on, sham, spurious, trick

•   n.    counterfeit, fake, faker, forgery, fraud, humbug, impostor, pretender, pseud (Inf.), sham


photograph

See Also

•   n.    image, likeness, photo (Inf.), picture, print, shot, slide, snap (Inf.), snapshot, transparency

•   v.    capture on film, film, get a shot of, record, shoot, snap (Inf.), take, take a picture of, take (someone's) picture


photographic

accurate, cinematic, detailed, exact, faithful, filmic, graphic, lifelike, minute, natural, pictorial, precise, realistic, retentive, visual, vivid


phrase

See Also

•   n.    expression, group of words, idiom, locution, motto, remark, saying, tag, utterance, way of speaking

•   v.    couch, express, formulate, frame, present, put, put into words, say, term, utter, voice, word


phraseology

See Also

choice of words, diction, expression, idiom, language, parlance, phrase, phrasing, speech, style, syntax, wording


physical

See Also

   bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, incarnate, mortal, somatic, unspiritual [image]  material, natural, palpable, real, sensible, solid, substantial, tangible, visible


physician

doc (Inf.), doctor, doctor of medicine, general practitioner, G.P., healer, M.D., medic (Inf.), medical practitioner, medico (Inf.), sawbones (Sl.), specialist


physique

See Also

body, build, constitution, figure, form, frame, make-up, shape, structure


pick

See Also

•   v.    choose, decide upon, elect, fix upon, hand-pick, mark out, opt for, select, settle upon, sift out, single out, sort out [image]  collect, cull, cut, gather, harvest, pluck, pull [image]  have no appetite, nibble, peck at, play or toy with, push the food round the plate [image]  foment, incite, instigate, provoke, start [image]  break into, break open, crack, force, jemmy, open, prise open [image]  pick one's way be tentative, find or make one's way, move cautiously, tread carefully, work through

•   n.    choice, choosing, decision, option, preference, selection [image]  choicest, crème de la crème, elect, elite, flower, pride, prize, the best, the cream, the tops (Sl.)


picket

See Also

•   n.    pale, paling, palisade, peg, post, stake, stanchion, upright [image]  demonstrator, flying picket, picketer, protester [image]  guard, lookout, patrol, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, vedette (Military), watch

•   v.    blockade, boycott, demonstrate [image]  corral (U.S.), enclose, fence, hedge in, palisade, pen in, rail in, shut in, wall in


pickle

See Also

•   n.     Inf. bind (Inf.), difficulty, dilemma, fix (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), jam (Inf.), predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.), spot (Inf.), tight spot [image]   Brit. inf. little horror, mischief, mischief maker, monkey, naughty child, rascal

•   v.    cure, keep, marinade, preserve, steep


pick-me-up

See Also

bracer (Inf.), drink, pick-up (Sl.), refreshment, restorative, roborant, shot in the arm (Inf.), stimulant, tonic


pick on

See Also

badger, bait, blame, bully, goad, hector, tease, torment


pick out

See Also

   choose, cull, hand-pick, select, separate the sheep from the goats, single out, sort out [image]  discriminate, distinguish, make distinct, make out, notice, perceive, recognize, tell apart


pick-up

See Also

•   n.    acceleration, response, revving (Inf.), speed-up [image]  change for the better, gain, improvement, rally, recovery, revival, rise, strengthening, upswing, upturn


pick up

See Also

•   v.    gather, grasp, hoist, lift, raise, take up, uplift [image]  buy, come across, find, garner, happen upon, obtain, purchase, score (Sl.) [image]  gain, gain ground, get better, improve, make a comeback (Inf.), mend, perk up, rally, recover, take a turn for the better [image]  call for, collect, get, give someone a lift, go to get, uplift (Scot.) [image]  acquire, get the hang of (Inf.), learn, master [image]   Sl. apprehend, arrest, bust (Inf.), collar (Inf.), do (Sl.), feel one's collar (Sl.), lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pinch (Inf.), pull in (Brit. sl.), run in (Sl.), take into custody


picnic

   excursion, fête champêtre, outdoor meal, outing [image]   Inf. breeze (U.S. & Canad. inf.), cakewalk (Inf.), child's play (Inf.), cinch (Sl.), duck soup (U.S. sl.), piece of cake (Brit. inf.), pushover (Sl.), snap (Inf.), walkover (Inf.)


pictorial

See Also

expressive, graphic, illustrated, picturesque, representational, scenic, striking, vivid


picture

See Also

•   n.    delineation, drawing, effigy, engraving, illustration, image, likeness, painting, photograph, portrait, portrayal, print, representation, similitude, sketch [image]  account, depiction, description, image, impression, re-creation, report [image]  carbon copy, copy, dead ringer (Sl.), double, duplicate, image, likeness, living image, lookalike, replica, ringer (Sl.), spit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), spit and image (Inf.), spitting image (Inf.), twin [image]  archetype, embodiment, epitome, essence, living example, perfect example, personification [image]  film, flick (Sl.), motion picture, movie (U.S. inf.)

•   v.    conceive of, envision, image, see, see in the mind's eye, visualize [image]  delineate, depict, describe, draw, illustrate, paint, photograph, portray, render, represent, show, sketch


picturesque

See Also

attractive, beautiful, charming, colourful, graphic, pretty, quaint, scenic, striking, vivid


piddling

See Also

chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crappy (Sl.), derisory, fiddling, insignificant, little, measly (Inf.), Mickey Mouse (Sl.), nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), paltry, petty, piffling, poxy (Sl.), puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, useless, worthless


piebald

black and white, brindled, dappled, flecked, mottled, pied, speckled, spotted


piece

See Also

•   n.    allotment, bit, chunk, division, fraction, fragment, length, morsel, mouthful, part, portion, quantity, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice [image]  case, example, instance, occurrence, sample, specimen, stroke [image]  article, bit (Inf.), composition, creation, item, production, study, work, work of art [image]  go to pieces break down, crack up (Inf.), crumple, disintegrate, fall apart, lose control, lose one's head [image]  in pieces broken, bust (Inf.), damaged, disintegrated, in bits, in smithereens, ruined, shattered, smashed [image]  of a piece alike, analogous, consistent, identical, of the same kind, similar, the same, uniform

•   v.    (Often with together) assemble, compose, fix, join, mend, patch, repair, restore, unite


pièce de résistance

See Also

chef-d'oeuvre, jewel, masterpiece, masterwork, showpiece


piecemeal

See Also

•   adv.    at intervals, bit by bit, by degrees, by fits and starts, fitfully, intermittently, little by little, partially, slowly

•   adj.    fragmentary, intermittent, interrupted, partial, patchy, spotty, unsystematic


pier

See Also

•   n.    jetty, landing place, promenade, quay, wharf [image]  buttress, column, pile, piling, pillar, post, support, upright


pierce

See Also

   bore, drill, enter, impale, penetrate, perforate, prick, probe, puncture, run through, spike, stab, stick into, transfix [image]  comprehend, discern, discover, fathom, grasp, realize, see, understand [image]   Fig. affect, cut, cut to the quick, excite, hurt, move, pain, rouse, sting, stir, strike, thrill, touch, wound


piercing

See Also

    Usually of sound ear-splitting, high-pitched, loud, penetrating, sharp, shattering, shrill [image]  alert, aware, keen, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, probing, quick-witted, searching, sharp, shrewd [image]   Usually of weather arctic, biting, bitter, cold, freezing, frosty, keen, nipping, nippy, numbing, raw, wintry [image]  acute, agonizing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, intense, painful, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing


piety

devotion, devoutness, dutifulness, duty, faith, godliness, grace, holiness, piousness, religion, reverence, sanctity, veneration


pig

See Also

   boar, grunter, hog, piggy, piglet, porker, shoat, sow, swine [image]   Inf. animal, beast, boor, brute, glutton, greedy guts (Sl.), guzzler, hog (Inf.), slob (Sl.), sloven, swine


pigeon

See Also

   bird, culver (Archaic), cushat, dove, squab [image]   Sl. dupe, fall guy (Inf.), gull (Archaic), mug (Brit. sl.), sitting duck, sucker (Sl.), victim [image]   Brit. inf. baby (Sl.), business, concern, lookout (Inf.), responsibility, worry


pigeonhole

See Also

•   n.    compartment, cubbyhole, cubicle, locker, niche, place, section [image]   Inf. category, class, classification, slot (Inf.)

•   v.    defer, file, postpone, put off, shelve [image]  catalogue, characterize, classify, codify, compartmentalize, label, slot (Inf.), sort


pig-headed

See Also

bull-headed, contrary, cross-grained, dense, froward, inflexible, mulish, obstinate, perverse, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, stupid, unyielding, wilful, wrong-headed


pigment

colorant, colour, colouring, colouring matter, dye, dyestuff, paint, stain, tincture, tint


pile 1

See Also

•   n.    accumulation, assemblage, assortment, collection, heap, hoard, mass, mound, mountain, stack, stockpile [image]   Inf. big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, bomb (Brit. sl.), fortune, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), mint, money, packet (Sl.), pot, pretty penny (Inf.), tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.), wealth [image]  (Often plural)  Inf. a lot, great deal, ocean, oodles (Inf.), quantity, stacks [image]  building, edifice, erection, structure

•   v.    accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, gather, heap, hoard, load up, mass, stack, store [image]  charge, crowd, crush, flock, flood, jam, pack, rush, stream


pile 2

See Also

beam, column, foundation, pier, piling, pillar, post, support, upright


pile 3

See Also

down, fibre, filament, fur, hair, nap, plush, shag, surface


piles

See Also

haemorrhoids


pile-up

accident, collision, crash, multiple collision, smash, smash-up (Inf.)


pilfer

See Also

appropriate, blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), embezzle, filch, knock off (Sl.), lift (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pinch (Inf.), purloin, rifle, rob, snaffle (Brit. inf.), snitch (Sl.), steal, swipe (Sl.), take, thieve, walk off with


pilgrim

crusader, hajji, palmer, traveller, wanderer, wayfarer


pilgrimage

See Also

crusade, excursion, expedition, hajj, journey, mission, tour, trip


pill

See Also

   bolus, capsule, pellet, pilule, tablet [image]  the pill oral contraceptive [image]   Sl. bore, drag (Inf.), nuisance, pain (Inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, trial


pillage

See Also

•   v.    depredate (Rare), despoil, freeboot, loot, maraud, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, reive (Dialect), rifle, rob, sack, spoil (Archaic), spoliate, strip

•   n.    depredation, devastation, marauding, plunder, rapine, robbery, sack, spoliation [image]  booty, loot, plunder, spoils


pillar

See Also

   column, pier, pilaster, piling, post, prop, shaft, stanchion, support, upright [image]  leader, leading light (Inf.), mainstay, rock, supporter, tower of strength, upholder, worthy


pillory

See Also

•   v. brand, cast a slur on, denounce, expose to ridicule, heap or pour scorn on, hold up to shame, lash, show up, stigmatize


pilot

See Also

•   n.    airman, aviator, captain, conductor, coxswain, director, flier, guide, helmsman, leader, navigator, steersman

•   v.    conduct, control, direct, drive, fly, guide, handle, lead, manage, navigate, operate, shepherd, steer

•   adj.    experimental, model, test, trial


pimple

See Also

boil, papule (Pathol.), plook (Scot.), pustule, spot, swelling, zit (Sl.)


pin

See Also

•   v.    affix, attach, fasten, fix, join, secure [image]  fix, hold down, hold fast, immobilize, pinion, press, restrain


pinch

See Also

•   v.    compress, grasp, nip, press, squeeze, tweak [image]  chafe, confine, cramp, crush, hurt, pain [image]  afflict, be stingy, distress, economize, oppress, pinch pennies, press, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint [image]   Inf. blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), filch, knock off (Sl.), lift (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pilfer, purloin, rob, snaffle (Brit. inf.), snatch, snitch (Sl.), steal, swipe (Sl.) [image]   Inf. apprehend, arrest, bust (Inf.), collar (Inf.), do (Sl.), feel one's collar (Sl.), lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pick up (Sl.), pull in (Brit. sl.), run in (Sl.), take into custody

•   n.    nip, squeeze, tweak [image]  bit, dash, jot, mite, small quantity, soupçon, speck, taste [image]  crisis, difficulty, emergency, exigency, hardship, necessity, oppression, pass, plight, predicament, pressure, strait, stress


pinched

See Also

careworn, drawn, gaunt, haggard, peaky, starved, thin, worn


pin down

See Also

   compel, constrain, force, make, press, pressurize [image]  designate, determine, home in on, identify, locate, name, pinpoint, specify [image]  bind, confine, constrain, fix, hold, hold down, immobilize, nail down, tie down


pine

See Also

   (Often with for) ache, carry a torch for, covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, hanker, hunger for, long, lust after, sigh, thirst for, wish, yearn [image]  decay, decline, droop, dwindle, fade, flag, languish, peak, sicken, sink, waste, weaken, wilt, wither


pinion

See Also

•   v. bind, chain, confine, fasten, fetter, immobilize, manacle, pin down, shackle, tie


pink

See Also

•   n.    acme, best, height, peak, perfection, summit

•   adj.    flesh, flushed, reddish, rose, roseate, rosy, salmon


pinnacle

See Also

   acme, apex, apogee, crest, crown, eminence, height, meridian, peak, summit, top, vertex, zenith [image]  belfry, cone, needle, obelisk, pyramid, spire, steeple


pinpoint

See Also

define, distinguish, get a fix on, home in on, identify, locate, spot


pint

ale, beer, jar (Brit. inf.), jug (Brit. inf.)


pioneer

See Also

•   n.    colonist, colonizer, explorer, frontiersman, settler [image]  developer, founder, founding father, innovator, leader, trailblazer

•   v.    create, develop, discover, establish, initiate, instigate, institute, invent, launch, lay the groundwork, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, start, take the lead


pious

   dedicated, devoted, devout, God-fearing, godly, holy, religious, reverent, righteous, saintly, spiritual [image]  goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, pietistic, religiose, sanctimonious, self-righteous, unctuous


pipe

See Also

•   n.    conduit, conveyor, duct, hose, line, main, passage, pipeline, tube [image]  briar, clay, meerschaum [image]  fife, horn, tooter, whistle, wind instrument

•   v.    cheep, peep, play, sing, sound, tootle, trill, tweet, twitter, warble, whistle [image]  bring in, channel, conduct, convey, siphon, supply, transmit


pipe down

belt up (Sl.), be quiet, button it (Sl.), button one's lip (Sl.), hold one's tongue, hush, put a sock in it (Brit. sl.), quieten down, shush, shut one's mouth, shut up (Inf.), silence


pipeline

   conduit, conveyor, duct, line, passage, pipe, tube [image]  in the pipeline brewing, coming, getting ready, in process, in production, on the way, under way


piquant

See Also

   acerb, biting, highly-seasoned, peppery, pungent, savoury, sharp, spicy, stinging, tangy, tart, with a kick (Inf.), zesty [image]  interesting, lively, provocative, racy, salty, scintillating, sparkling, spirited, stimulating


pique

See Also

•   n.    annoyance, displeasure, grudge, huff, hurt feelings, irritation, miff (Inf.), offence, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wounded pride

•   v.    affront, annoy, displease, gall, get (Inf.), incense, irk, irritate, miff (Inf.), mortify, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), nettle, offend, peeve (Inf.), provoke, put out, put someone's nose out of joint (Inf.), rile, sting, vex, wound [image]  arouse, excite, galvanize, goad, kindle, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir, whet [image]  (With on or upon)  Of oneself congratulate, flatter, plume, preen, pride


piracy

buccaneering, freebooting, hijacking, infringement, plagiarism, rapine, robbery at sea, stealing, theft


pirate

See Also

•   n.    buccaneer, corsair, filibuster, freebooter, marauder, raider, rover, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf [image]  cribber (Inf.), infringer, plagiarist, plagiarizer

•   v.    appropriate, borrow, copy, crib (Inf.), lift (Inf.), plagiarize, poach, reproduce, steal


pit

See Also

•   n.    abyss, cavity, chasm, coal mine, crater, dent, depression, dimple, excavation, gulf, hole, hollow, indentation, mine, pockmark, pothole, trench

•   v.    (Often with against) match, oppose, put in opposition, set against [image]  dent, dint, gouge, hole, indent, mark, nick, notch, pockmark, scar


pitch

See Also

•   v.    bung (Brit. sl.), cast, chuck (Inf.), fling, heave, hurl, launch, lob (Inf.), sling, throw, toss [image]  erect, fix, locate, place, plant, put up, raise, settle, set up, station [image]  flounder, lurch, make heavy weather, plunge, roll, toss, wallow, welter [image]  dive, drop, fall headlong, stagger, topple, tumble

•   n.    angle, cant, dip, gradient, incline, slope, steepness, tilt [image]  degree, height, highest point, level, point, summit [image]  harmonic, modulation, sound, timbre, tone [image]  line, patter, sales talk, spiel (Inf.) [image]  field of play, ground, park (U.S. & Canad.), sports field


pitch-black

See Also

dark, ebony, inky, jet, jet-black, pitch-dark, raven, sable, unlit


pitch in

See Also

   chip in (Inf.), contribute, cooperate, do one's bit, help, join in, lend a hand, participate [image]  begin, fall to, get busy, get cracking (Inf.), plunge into, set about, set to, tackle


piteous

See Also

affecting, deplorable, dismal, distressing, doleful, grievous, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, sad, sorrowful, woeful, wretched


pitfall

See Also

   banana skin (Inf.), catch, danger, difficulty, drawback, hazard, peril, snag, trap [image]  deadfall, downfall, pit, snare, trap


pith

See Also

   core, crux, essence, gist, heart, heart of the matter, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, point, quintessence, salient point, the long and the short of it [image]  consequence, depth, force, import, importance, matter, moment, power, significance, strength, substance, value, weight


pithy

See Also

brief, cogent, compact, concise, epigrammatic, expressive, finely honed, forceful, laconic, meaningful, pointed, short, succinct, terse, to the point, trenchant


pitiful

See Also

   deplorable, distressing, grievous, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, lamentable, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, sad, woeful, wretched [image]  abject, base, beggarly, contemptible, despicable, dismal, inadequate, insignificant, low, mean, measly, miserable, paltry, scurvy, shabby, sorry, vile, worthless


pitiless

See Also

brutal, callous, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, merciless, relentless, ruthless, uncaring, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsympathetic


pittance

See Also

allowance, chicken feed (Sl.), drop, mite, modicum, peanuts (Sl.), portion, ration, slave wages, trifle


pity

See Also

•   n.    charity, clemency, commiseration, compassion, condolence, fellow feeling, forbearance, kindness, mercy, quarter, sympathy, tenderness, understanding [image]  bummer (Sl.), crime (Inf.), crying shame, misfortune, regret, sad thing, shame, sin [image]  take pity on feel compassion for, forgive, have mercy on, melt, pardon, put out of one's misery, relent, reprieve, show mercy, spare

•   v.    bleed for, commiserate with, condole with, feel for, feel sorry for, grieve for, have compassion for, sympathize with, weep for


pivot

See Also

•   n.    axis, axle, fulcrum, spindle, swivel [image]  centre, focal point, heart, hinge, hub, kingpin

•   v.    revolve, rotate, spin, swivel, turn, twirl [image]  be contingent, depend, hang, hinge, rely, revolve round, turn


pixie

brownie, elf, fairy, peri, sprite


placard

See Also

advertisement, affiche, bill, poster, public notice, sticker


placate

See Also

appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, humour, mollify, pacify, propitiate, satisfy, soothe, win over


place

See Also

•   n.    area, location, locus, point, position, site, situation, spot, station, venue, whereabouts [image]  city, district, hamlet, locale, locality, neighbourhood, quarter, region, town, vicinity, village [image]  grade, position, rank, station, status [image]  appointment, berth (Inf.), billet (Inf.), employment, job, position, post [image]  abode, apartment, domicile, dwelling, flat, home, house, manor, mansion, pad (Sl.), property, residence, seat [image]  accommodation, room, space, stead [image]  affair, charge, concern, duty, function, prerogative, responsibility, right, role [image]  in place of as an alternative to, as a substitute for, in exchange for, in lieu of, instead of, taking the place of [image]  put (someone) in his place bring down, cut down to size, humble, humiliate, make (someone) eat humble pie, make (someone) swallow his pride, mortify, take down a peg (Inf.) [image]  take place befall, betide, come about, come to pass (Archaic), go on, happen, occur, transpire (Inf.)

•   v.    bung (Brit. sl.), deposit, dispose, establish, fix, install, lay, locate, plant, position, put, rest, set, settle, situate, stand, station, stick (Inf.) [image]  arrange, class, classify, grade, group, order, rank, sort [image]  associate, identify, know, put one's finger on, recognize, remember, set in context [image]  allocate, appoint, assign, charge, commission, entrust, give


placid

See Also

calm, collected, composed, cool, equable, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, imperturbable, mild, peaceful, quiet, self-possessed, serene, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unexcitable, unfazed (Inf.), unmoved, unruffled, untroubled


plagiarize

appropriate, borrow, crib (Inf.), infringe, lift (Inf.), pirate, steal, thieve


plague

See Also

•   n.    contagion, disease, epidemic, infection, pandemic, pestilence [image]   Fig. affliction, bane, blight, calamity, cancer, curse, evil, scourge, torment, trial [image]   Inf. aggravation (Inf.), annoyance, bother, hassle (Inf.), irritant, nuisance, pain (Inf.), pest, problem, thorn in one's flesh, vexation

•   v.    afflict, annoy, badger, bedevil, be on one's back (Sl.), bother, disturb, fret, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), haunt, molest, pain, persecute, pester, tease, torment, torture, trouble, vex


plain

See Also

•   adj.    apparent, clear, comprehensible, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, obvious, patent, transparent, unambiguous, understandable, unmistakable, visible [image]  artless, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, outspoken, sincere, straightforward, upfront (Inf.) [image]  common, commonplace, everyday, frugal, homely, lowly, modest, ordinary, simple, unaffected, unpretentious, workaday [image]  austere, bare, basic, discreet, modest, muted, pure, restrained, severe, simple, Spartan, stark, unadorned, unembellished, unornamented, unpatterned, unvarnished [image]  ill-favoured, no oil painting (Inf.), not beautiful, not striking, ordinary, ugly, unalluring, unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing [image]  even, flat, level, plane, smooth

•   n.    flatland, grassland, llano, lowland, mesa, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, tableland


plain-spoken

See Also

blunt, candid, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, open, outright, outspoken, straightforward, unequivocal, upfront (Inf.)


plaintive

See Also

disconsolate, doleful, grief-stricken, grievous, heart-rending, melancholy, mournful, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, rueful, sad, sorrowful, wistful, woebegone, woeful


plan

See Also

•   n.    contrivance, design, device, idea, method, plot, procedure, programme, project, proposal, proposition, scenario, scheme, strategy, suggestion, system [image]  blueprint, chart, delineation, diagram, drawing, illustration, layout, map, representation, scale drawing, sketch

•   v.    arrange, concoct, contrive, design, devise, draft, formulate, frame, invent, organize, outline, plot, prepare, represent, scheme, think out [image]  aim, contemplate, envisage, foresee, intend, mean, propose, purpose


plane

See Also

•   n.    flat surface, level surface [image]  condition, degree, footing, level, position, stratum [image]  aeroplane, aircraft, jet

•   adj.    even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plain, regular, smooth, uniform

•   v.    glide, sail, skate, skim, volplane


plant

See Also

•   n.    bush, flower, herb, shrub, vegetable, weed [image]  factory, foundry, mill, shop, works, yard [image]  apparatus, equipment, gear, machinery

•   v.    implant, put in the ground, scatter, seed, set out, sow, transplant [image]  establish, fix, found, imbed, insert, institute, lodge, root, set, settle


plaque

See Also

badge, brooch, cartouch(e), medal, medallion, panel, plate, slab, tablet


plaster

See Also

•   n.    gypsum, mortar, plaster of Paris, stucco [image]  adhesive plaster, bandage, dressing, Elastoplast (Trademark), sticking plaster

•   v.    bedaub, besmear, coat, cover, daub, overlay, smear, spread


plastic

See Also

•   adj.    compliant, docile, easily influenced, impressionable, malleable, manageable, pliable, receptive, responsive, tractable [image]  ductile, fictile, flexible, mouldable, pliable, pliant, soft, supple, tensile [image]   Sl. artificial, false, meretricious, phoney or phony (Inf.), pseudo (Inf.), sham, specious, spurious, superficial, synthetic


plate

See Also

•   n.    dish, platter, trencher (Archaic) [image]  course, dish, helping, portion, serving [image]  layer, panel, sheet, slab [image]  illustration, lithograph, print

•   v.    anodize, coat, cover, electroplate, face, gild, laminate, nickel, overlay, platinize, silver


plateau

See Also

   highland, mesa, table, tableland, upland [image]  level, levelling off, stability, stage


platform

See Also

   dais, podium, rostrum, stage, stand [image]  manifesto, objective(s), party line, policy, principle, programme, tenet(s)


platitude

   banality, bromide, cliché, commonplace, hackneyed saying, inanity, stereotype, trite remark, truism [image]  banality, dullness, inanity, insipidity, triteness, triviality, vapidity, verbiage


platitudinous

banal, clichéd, commonplace, corny (Sl.), hack, hackneyed, overworked, set, stale, stereotyped, stock, tired, trite, truistic, vapid, well-worn


platoon

company, group, outfit (Inf.), patrol, squad, squadron, team


platter

See Also

charger, dish, plate, salver, tray, trencher (Archaic)


plausible

See Also

believable, colourable, conceivable, credible, fair-spoken, glib, likely, persuasive, possible, probable, reasonable, smooth, smooth-talking, smooth-tongued, specious, tenable, verisimilar


play

See Also

•   v.    amuse oneself, caper, engage in games, entertain oneself, fool, frisk, frolic, gambol, have fun, revel, romp, sport, trifle [image]  be in a team, challenge, compete, contend against, participate, rival, take on, take part, vie with [image]  act, act the part of, execute, impersonate, perform, personate, portray, represent, take the part of [image]  bet, chance, gamble, hazard, punt (Chiefly Brit.), risk, speculate, take, wager [image]  play ball  Inf. collaborate, cooperate, go along, play along, reciprocate, respond, show willing [image]  play by ear ad lib, extemporize, improvise, rise to the occasion, take it as it comes [image]  play for time delay, drag one's feet (Inf.), filibuster, hang fire, procrastinate, stall, temporize [image]  play the fool act the goat (Inf.), clown, clown around, horse around (Inf.), lark (about) (Inf.), mess about, monkey around, skylark (Inf.) [image]  play the game  Inf. conform, follow the rules, go along with, keep in step, play by the rules, play fair, toe the line

•   n.    comedy, drama, dramatic piece, entertainment, farce, masque, performance, piece, radio play, show, soap opera, stage show, television drama, tragedy [image]  amusement, caper, diversion, entertainment, frolic, fun, gambol, game, jest, pastime, prank, recreation, romp, sport [image]  gambling, gaming [image]  action, activity, elbowroom, exercise, give (Inf.), latitude, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, range, room, scope, space, sweep, swing [image]  action, activity, employment, function, operation, transaction, working [image]  foolery, fun, humour, jest, joking, lark (Inf.), prank, sport, teasing


play around

dally, fool around, mess around, philander, take lightly, trifle, womanize


playboy

gay dog, ladies' man, lady-killer (Inf.), lover boy (Sl.), man about town, philanderer, pleasure seeker, rake, roué, socialite, womanizer


play down

See Also

gloss over, make light of, make little of, minimize, set no store by, soft-pedal (Inf.), underplay, underrate


player

See Also

   competitor, contestant, participant, sportsman, sportswoman, team member [image]  actor, actress, entertainer, performer, Thespian, trouper [image]  artist, instrumentalist, musician, music maker, performer, virtuoso


playful

See Also

   cheerful, coltish, frisky, frolicsome, gay, impish, joyous, kittenish, larkish (Inf.), lively, merry, mischievous, puckish, rollicking, spirited, sportive, sprightly, vivacious [image]  arch, coy, flirtatious, good-natured, humorous, jesting, jokey, joking, roguish, teasing, tongue-in-cheek, waggish


playmate

chum (Inf.), companion, comrade, friend, neighbour, pal (Inf.), playfellow


play on

play on or upon

See Also

abuse, capitalize on, exploit, impose on, milk, profit by, take advantage of, trade on, turn to account, utilize


plaything

See Also

amusement, bauble, game, gewgaw, gimcrack, pastime, toy, trifle, trinket


play up

See Also

   accentuate, bring to the fore, call attention to, emphasize, highlight, magnify, point up, stress, turn the spotlight on, underline [image]   Brit. inf. be painful, be sore, bother, give one gyp (Brit. & N.Z. sl.), give one trouble, hurt, pain, trouble [image]   Brit. inf. be awkward, be bolshie (Brit. inf.), be cussed (Inf.), be disobedient, be stroppy (Brit. sl.), give trouble, misbehave [image]   Brit. inf. be on the blink (Sl.), be wonky (Brit. sl.), malfunction, not work properly [image]  play up to  Inf. bootlick (Inf.), brown-nose (Taboo sl.), butter up, curry favour, fawn, flatter, get in with, ingratiate oneself, kiss (someone's) ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), pander to, suck up to (Inf.), toady


play with

See Also

   amuse oneself with, flirt with, string along, toy with, trifle with [image]  fiddle with (Inf.), fidget with, fool around, interfere with, jiggle, mess about, waggle, wiggle


playwright

dramatist, dramaturge, dramaturgist


plea

See Also

   appeal, begging, entreaty, intercession, overture, petition, prayer, request, suit, supplication [image]   Law action, allegation, cause, suit [image]  apology, claim, defence, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, pretext, vindication


plead

See Also

   appeal (to), ask, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, request, solicit, supplicate [image]  adduce, allege, argue, assert, maintain, put forward, use as an excuse


pleasant

See Also

   acceptable, agreeable, amusing, delectable, delightful, enjoyable, fine, gratifying, lovely, nice, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome [image]  affable, agreeable, amiable, charming, cheerful, cheery, congenial, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humoured, likable or likeable, nice


pleasantry

See Also

badinage, banter, bon mot, good-natured remark, jest, joke, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), quip, sally, witticism


please

See Also

   amuse, charm, cheer, content, delight, entertain, give pleasure to, gladden, gratify, humour, indulge, rejoice, satisfy, suit, tickle, tickle pink (Inf.) [image]  be inclined, choose, desire, like, opt, prefer, see fit, want, will, wish


pleased

See Also

chuffed (Brit. sl.), contented, delighted, euphoric, glad, gratified, happy, in high spirits, over the moon (Inf.), pleased as punch (Inf.), rapt, satisfied, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink (Inf.)


pleasing

See Also

agreeable, amiable, amusing, attractive, charming, delightful, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, gratifying, likable or likeable, pleasurable, polite, satisfying, winning


pleasure

See Also

   amusement, bliss, comfort, contentment, delectation, delight, diversion, ease, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, happiness, jollies (Sl.), joy, recreation, satisfaction, solace [image]  choice, command, desire, inclination, mind, option, preference, purpose, will, wish


plebeian

See Also

•   adj.    base, coarse, common, ignoble, low, lowborn, lower-class, mean, non-U (Brit. inf.), proletarian, uncultivated, unrefined, vulgar, working-class

•   n.    commoner, common man, man in the street, peasant, pleb, prole (Derogatory sl., chiefly Brit.), proletarian


pledge

See Also

•   n.    assurance, covenant, oath, promise, undertaking, vow, warrant, word, word of honour [image]  bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, pawn, security, surety [image]  health, toast

•   v.    contract, engage, give one's oath  (word, word of honour), promise, swear, undertake, vouch, vow [image]  bind, engage, gage (Archaic), guarantee, mortgage, plight [image]  drink the health of, drink to, toast


plentiful

See Also

   abundant, ample, bounteous (Literary), bountiful, complete, copious, generous, inexhaustible, infinite, lavish, liberal, overflowing, plenteous, profuse [image]  bumper, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, plenteous, productive, prolific


plenty

See Also

   abundance, enough, fund, good deal, great deal, heap(s) (Inf.), lots (Inf.), mass, masses, mine, mountain(s), oodles (Inf.), pile(s) (Inf.), plethora, quantities, quantity, stack(s), store, sufficiency, volume [image]  abundance, affluence, copiousness, fertility, fruitfulness, luxury, opulence, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, profusion, prosperity, wealth


plethora

See Also

excess, glut, overabundance, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus


pliable

See Also

   bendable, bendy, ductile, flexible, limber, lithe, malleable, plastic, pliant, supple, tensile [image]  adaptable, compliant, docile, easily led, impressionable, influenceable, manageable, persuadable, pliant, receptive, responsive, susceptible, tractable, yielding


pliant

See Also

   bendable, bendy, ductile, flexible, lithe, plastic, pliable, supple, tensile [image]  adaptable, biddable, compliant, easily led, impressionable, influenceable, manageable, persuadable, pliable, susceptible, tractable, yielding


plight

See Also

•   n. case, circumstances, condition, difficulty, dilemma, extremity, hole (Sl.), hot water (Inf.), jam (Inf.), perplexity, pickle (Inf.), predicament, scrape (Inf.), situation, spot (Inf.), state, straits, tight spot, trouble


plod

See Also

   clump, drag, lumber, slog, stomp (Inf.), tramp, tread, trudge [image]  drudge, grind (Inf.), grub, labour, peg away, persevere, plough through, plug away (Inf.), slog, soldier on, toil


plot 1

See Also

•   n.    cabal, conspiracy, covin (Law), intrigue, machination, plan, scheme, stratagem [image]  action, narrative, outline, scenario, story, story line, subject, theme, thread

•   v.    cabal, collude, conspire, contrive, hatch, intrigue, machinate, manoeuvre, plan, scheme [image]  calculate, chart, compute, draft, draw, locate, map, mark, outline [image]  brew, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up (Inf.), design, devise, frame, hatch, imagine, lay, project


plot 2

See Also

•   n. allotment, area, ground, lot, parcel, patch, tract


plough

•   v.    break ground, cultivate, dig, furrow, ridge, till, turn over [image]  (Usually with through) cut, drive, flounder, forge, plod, plunge, press, push, stagger, surge, wade [image]  (With into) bulldoze, career, crash, hurtle, plunge, shove, smash


pluck 1

See Also

•   n. backbone, balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), boldness, bottle (Brit. sl.), bravery, courage, determination, grit, guts (Inf.), hardihood, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, resolution, spirit, spunk (Inf.)


pluck 2

See Also

•   v.    collect, draw, gather, harvest, pick, pull out or off [image]  catch, clutch, jerk, pull at, snatch, tug, tweak, yank [image]  finger, pick, plunk, strum, thrum, twang


plucky

See Also

ballsy (Taboo sl.), bold, brave, courageous, daring, doughty, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), game, gritty, gutsy (Sl.), hardy, have-a-go (Inf.), heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, spirited, spunky (Inf.), undaunted, unflinching, valiant


plug

See Also

•   n.    bung, cork, spigot, stopper, stopple [image]  cake, chew, pigtail, quid, twist, wad [image]   Inf. advert (Brit. inf.), advertisement, good word, hype, mention, publicity, puff, push

•   v.    block, bung, choke, close, cork, cover, fill, pack, seal, stop, stopper, stopple, stop up, stuff [image]   Inf. advertise, build up, hype, mention, promote, publicize, puff, push, write up [image]   Sl. blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), gun down, pick off, pop, pot, put a bullet in, shoot [image]  (With along or away)  Inf. drudge, grind (Inf.), labour, peg away, plod, slog, toil


plum

 Fig.

•   n.    bonus, cream, find, pick, prize, treasure

•   adj.    best, choice, first-class, prize


plumb

See Also

•   n.    lead, plumb bob, plummet, weight

•   adv.    perpendicularly, up and down, vertically [image]  bang, exactly, precisely, slap, spot-on (Brit. inf.)

•   v.    delve, explore, fathom, gauge, go into, measure, penetrate, probe, search, sound, unravel


plume

See Also

•   n.    aigrette, crest, feather, pinion, quill

•   v.    (With on or upon) congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, pique oneself, preen oneself, pride oneself


plump

See Also

•   adj. beefy (Inf.), burly, buxom, chubby, corpulent, dumpy, fat, fleshy, full, obese, podgy, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, stout, tubby, well-covered, well-upholstered (Inf.)


plunder

See Also

•   v.    despoil, devastate, loot, pillage, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, steal, strip

•   n.    booty, ill-gotten gains, loot, pillage, prey, prize, rapine, spoils, swag (Sl.)


plunge

See Also

•   v.    cast, descend, dip, dive, douse, drop, fall, go down, immerse, jump, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, sink, submerge, swoop, throw, tumble [image]  career, charge, dash, hurtle, lurch, rush, tear

•   n.    descent, dive, drop, fall, immersion, jump, submersion, swoop


plus

See Also

•   prep.    added to, and, coupled with, with, with the addition of

•   adj.    added, additional, add-on, extra, positive, supplementary

•   n.     Inf. advantage, asset, benefit, bonus, extra, gain, good point, icing on the cake, perk (Brit. inf.), surplus


plutocrat

capitalist, Croesus, Dives, fat cat (Sl., chiefly U.S.), magnate, millionaire, moneybags (Sl.), rich man, tycoon


ply

See Also

   carry on, exercise, follow, practise, pursue, work at [image]  employ, handle, manipulate, swing, utilize, wield [image]  assail, beset, besiege, bombard, harass, importune, press, urge


poach

See Also

appropriate, encroach, hunt or fish illegally, infringe, intrude, plunder, rob, steal, steal game, trespass


pocket

See Also

•   n.    bag, compartment, hollow, pouch, receptacle, sack

•   adj.    abridged, compact, concise, little, miniature, pint-size(d) (Inf.), portable, potted (Inf.), small

•   v.    appropriate, cabbage (Brit. sl.), filch, help oneself to, lift (Inf.), pilfer, purloin, snaffle (Brit. inf.), steal, take [image]  accept, bear, brook, endure, put up with (Inf.), stomach, swallow, take, tolerate


pod

See Also

•   n.

•   v. hull, husk, shell, shuck


podgy

See Also

chubby, chunky, dumpy, fat, fleshy, fubsy (Archaic or dialect), plump, roly-poly, rotund, short and fat, squat, stout, stubby, stumpy, tubby


podium

dais, platform, rostrum, stage


poem

lyric, ode, rhyme, song, sonnet, verse


poet

bard, lyricist, maker (Archaic), rhymer, versifier


poetic

See Also

elegiac, lyric, lyrical, metrical, rhythmical, songlike


poetry

metrical composition, poems, poesy (Archaic), rhyme, rhyming, verse


poignancy

See Also

   emotion, emotionalism, evocativeness, feeling, pathos, piteousness, plaintiveness, sadness, sentiment, tenderness [image]  bitterness, intensity, keenness, piquancy, pungency, sharpness


poignant

See Also

   affecting, agonizing, bitter, distressing, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, intense, moving, painful, pathetic, sad, touching, upsetting [image]  acute, biting, caustic, keen, penetrating, piercing, pointed, sarcastic, severe [image]  acrid, piquant, pungent, sharp, stinging, tangy


point

See Also

•   n.    dot, full stop, mark, period, speck, stop [image]  location, place, position, site, spot, stage, station [image]  apex, end, nib, prong, sharp end, spike, spur, summit, tine, tip, top [image]  bill, cape, foreland, head, headland, ness (Archaic), promontory [image]  circumstance, condition, degree, extent, position, stage [image]  instant, juncture, moment, time, very minute [image]  aim, design, end, goal, intent, intention, motive, object, objective, purpose, reason, use, usefulness, utility [image]  burden, core, crux, drift, essence, gist, heart, import, main idea, marrow, matter, meaning, nub, pith, proposition, question, subject, text, theme, thrust [image]  aspect, detail, facet, feature, instance, item, nicety, particular [image]  aspect, attribute, characteristic, peculiarity, property, quality, respect, side, trait [image]  score, tally, unit [image]  beside the point immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, irrelevant, not to the purpose, off the subject, out of the way, pointless, unimportant, without connection [image]  to the point applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, brief, fitting, germane, pertinent, pithy, pointed, relevant, short, suitable, terse

•   v.    bespeak, call attention to, denote, designate, direct, indicate, show, signify [image]  aim, bring to bear, direct, level, train [image]  barb, edge, sharpen, taper, whet


point-blank

See Also

•   adj.    abrupt, blunt, categorical, direct, downright, explicit, express, plain, straight-from-the-shoulder, unreserved

•   adv.    bluntly, brusquely, candidly, directly, explicitly, forthrightly, frankly, openly, overtly, plainly, straight, straightforwardly


pointed

See Also

   acicular, acuminate, acute, barbed, cuspidate, edged, mucronate, sharp [image]  accurate, acute, biting, cutting, incisive, keen, penetrating, pertinent, sharp, telling, trenchant


pointer

See Also

   guide, hand, indicator, needle [image]  advice, caution, hint, information, recommendation, suggestion, tip, warning


pointless

See Also

absurd, aimless, fruitless, futile, inane, ineffectual, irrelevant, meaningless, nonsensical, senseless, silly, stupid, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vague, vain, worthless


point out

See Also

allude to, bring up, call attention to, identify, indicate, mention, remind, reveal, show, specify


poise

See Also

•   n.    aplomb, assurance, calmness, composure, cool (Sl.), coolness, dignity, elegance, equanimity, equilibrium, grace, presence, presence of mind, sang-froid, savoir-faire, self-possession, serenity

•   v.    balance, float, hang, hang in midair, hang suspended, hold, hover, position, support, suspend


poised

See Also

   calm, collected, composed, debonair, dignified, graceful, nonchalant, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, suave, together (Inf.), unfazed (Inf.), unruffled, urbane [image]  all set, in the wings, on the brink, prepared, ready, standing by, waiting


poison

See Also

•   n.    bane, toxin, venom [image]  bane, blight, cancer, canker, contagion, contamination, corruption, malignancy, miasma, virus

•   v.    adulterate, contaminate, envenom, give (someone) poison, infect, kill, murder, pollute [image]  corrupt, defile, deprave, pervert, subvert, taint, undermine, vitiate, warp

•   adj.    deadly, lethal, poisonous, toxic, venomous


poisonous

See Also

   baneful (Archaic), deadly, fatal, lethal, mephitic, mortal, noxious, toxic, venomous, virulent [image]  baleful, baneful (Archaic), corruptive, evil, malicious, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, vicious


poke

See Also

•   v.    butt, dig, elbow, hit, jab, nudge, prod, punch, push, shove, stab, stick, thrust [image]  butt in, interfere, intrude, meddle, nose, peek, poke one's nose into (Inf.), pry, put one's two cents in (U.S. sl.), snoop (Inf.), tamper [image]  poke fun at chaff, jeer, make a mock of, make fun of, mock, rib (Inf.), ridicule, send up (Brit. inf.), take the mickey (Inf.), take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), tease

•   n.    butt, dig, hit, jab, nudge, prod, punch, thrust


poky

confined, cramped, incommodious, narrow, small, tiny


polar

See Also

   Antarctic, Arctic, cold, extreme, freezing, frozen, furthest, glacial, icy, terminal [image]  beacon-like, cardinal, guiding, leading, pivotal [image]  antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, diametric, opposed, opposite


pole 1

See Also

bar, mast, post, rod, shaft, spar, staff, standard, stick


pole 2

See Also

   antipode, extremity, limit, terminus [image]  poles apart at opposite ends of the earth, at opposite extremes, incompatible, irreconcilable, miles apart, widely separated, worlds apart


police

See Also

•   n.    boys in blue (Inf.), constabulary, fuzz (Sl.), law enforcement agency, police force, the law (Inf.), the Old Bill (Sl.)

•   v.    control, guard, keep in order, keep the peace, patrol, protect, regulate, watch [image]   Fig. check, monitor, observe, oversee, supervise


policeman

bobby (Inf.), bogey (Sl.), constable, cop (Sl.), copper (Sl.), flatfoot (Sl.), fuzz (Sl.), gendarme (Sl.), officer, peeler (Obsolete Brit. sl.), pig (Sl.), rozzer (Sl.)


policy

See Also

   action, approach, code, course, custom, guideline, line, plan, practice, procedure, programme, protocol, rule, scheme, stratagem, theory [image]  discretion, good sense, prudence, sagacity, shrewdness, wisdom


polish

See Also

•   v.    brighten, buff, burnish, clean, furbish, rub, shine, smooth, wax [image]  brush up, correct, cultivate, emend, enhance, finish, improve, perfect, refine, touch up

•   n.    brightness, brilliance, finish, glaze, gloss, lustre, sheen, smoothness, sparkle, veneer [image]  varnish, wax [image]   Fig. breeding, class (Inf.), elegance, finesse, finish, grace, politesse, refinement, style, suavity, urbanity


polished

See Also

   bright, burnished, furbished, glassy, gleaming, glossy, shining, slippery, smooth [image]   Fig. civilized, courtly, cultivated, elegant, finished, genteel, polite, refined, sophisticated, urbane, well-bred [image]  accomplished, adept, expert, faultless, fine, flawless, impeccable, masterly, outstanding, professional, skilful, superlative


polish off

See Also

   consume, down, eat up, finish, put away, shift (Inf.), swill, wolf [image]  blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Inf.), dispose of, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, get rid of, kill, liquidate, murder, take out (Sl.)


polite

See Also

   affable, civil, complaisant, courteous, deferential, gracious, mannerly, obliging, respectful, well-behaved, well-mannered [image]  civilized, courtly, cultured, elegant, genteel, polished, refined, urbane, well-bred


politic

See Also

   artful, astute, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, ingenious, intriguing, Machiavellian, scheming, shrewd, sly, subtle, unscrupulous [image]  advisable, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in one's best interests, judicious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, tactful, wise


politician

See Also

legislator, Member of Parliament, M.P., office bearer, politico (Inf., chiefly U.S.), public servant, statesman


politics

   affairs of state, civics, government, government policy, political science, polity, statecraft, statesmanship [image]  Machiavellianism, machination, power struggle, Realpolitik


poll

•   n.    figures, returns, tally, vote, voting [image]  ballot, canvass, census, count, Gallup Poll, (public) opinion poll, sampling, survey

•   v.    register, tally [image]  ballot, canvass, interview, question, sample, survey


pollute

See Also

   adulterate, befoul, contaminate, dirty, foul, infect, make filthy, mar, poison, smirch, soil, spoil, stain, taint [image]  besmirch, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dishonour, profane, sully, violate


pollution

See Also

adulteration, contamination, corruption, defilement, dirtying, foulness, impurity, taint, uncleanness, vitiation


pomp

See Also

   ceremony, éclat, flourish, grandeur, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, parade, solemnity, splendour, state [image]  display, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, show, vainglory


pompous

See Also

   affected, arrogant, bloated, grandiose, imperious, magisterial, ostentatious, overbearing, pontifical, portentous, pretentious, puffed up, self-important, showy, supercilious, vainglorious [image]  boastful, bombastic, flatulent, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, inflated, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, turgid, windy


pond

See Also

dew pond, duck pond, fish pond, lochan (Scot.), millpond, pool, small lake, tarn


ponder

See Also

brood, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, examine, excogitate, give thought to, meditate, mull over, muse, puzzle over, reflect, ruminate, study, think, weigh


ponderous

See Also

   bulky, cumbersome, cumbrous, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, unwieldy, weighty [image]  awkward, clumsy, elephantine, graceless, heavy-footed, laborious, lumbering [image]  dreary, dull, heavy, laboured, lifeless, long-winded, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, prolix, stilted, stodgy, tedious, verbose


pontificate

See Also

declaim, dogmatize, expound, hold forth, lay down the law, pontify, preach, pronounce, sound off


pooh-pooh

See Also

belittle, brush aside, deride, disdain, dismiss, disregard, make little of, play down, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sniff at, spurn, turn up one's nose at (Inf.)


pool 1

See Also

   lake, mere, pond, puddle, splash, tarn [image]  swimming bath, swimming pool


pool 2

See Also

•   n.    collective, combine, consortium, group, syndicate, team, trust [image]  bank, funds, jackpot, kitty, pot, stakes

•   v.    amalgamate, combine, join forces, league, merge, put together, share


poor

See Also

   badly off, broke (Inf.), destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), down and out, flat broke (Inf.), hard up (Inf.), impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in need, in want, necessitous, needy, on one's beam-ends, on one's uppers, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, short, skint (Brit. sl.), stony-broke (Brit. sl.), without two pennies to rub together (Inf.) [image]  deficient, exiguous, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, meagre, measly, miserable, niggardly, pitiable, reduced, scant, scanty, skimpy, slight, sparse, straitened [image]  below par, chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crappy (Sl.), faulty, feeble, inferior, low-grade, mediocre, piss-poor (Taboo sl.), poxy (Sl.), rotten (Inf.), rubbishy, second-rate, shabby, shoddy, sorry, substandard, unsatisfactory, valueless, weak, worthless [image]  bad, bare, barren, depleted, exhausted, fruitless, impoverished, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive [image]  hapless, ill-fated, luckless, miserable, pathetic, pitiable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, wretched [image]  humble, insignificant, lowly, mean, modest, paltry, plain, trivial


poorly

See Also

•   adv.    badly, crudely, inadequately, incompetently, inexpertly, inferiorly, insufficiently, meanly, shabbily, unsatisfactorily, unsuccessfully

•   adj.     Inf. ailing, below par, ill, indisposed, off colour, out of sorts, rotten (Inf.), seedy (Inf.), sick, under the weather (Inf.), unwell


pop

See Also

•   v.    bang, burst, crack, explode, go off, report, snap [image]  (Often with in, out, etc.)  Inf. appear, call, come or go suddenly, drop in (Inf.), leave quickly, nip in (Brit. inf.), nip out (Brit. inf.), visit [image]   Esp. of eyes bulge, protrude, stick out [image]  insert, push, put, shove, slip, stick, thrust, tuck

•   n.    bang, burst, crack, explosion, noise, report [image]   Inf. fizzy drink, lemonade, soda water, soft drink


pope

Bishop of Rome, Holy Father, pontiff, Vicar of Christ


populace

See Also

commonalty, crowd, general public, hoi polloi, inhabitants, Joe (and Eileen) Public (Sl.), Joe Six-Pack (U.S. sl.), masses, mob, multitude, people, rabble, throng


popular

See Also

   accepted, approved, celebrated, famous, fashionable, favoured, favourite, in, in demand, in favour, liked, sought-after, well-liked [image]  common, conventional, current, general, prevailing, prevalent, public, standard, stock, ubiquitous, universal, widespread


popularity

See Also

acceptance, acclaim, adoration, approval, celebrity, currency, esteem, fame, favour, idolization, lionization, recognition, regard, renown, reputation, repute, vogue


popularize

See Also

disseminate, familiarize, give currency to, give mass appeal, make available to all, simplify, spread, universalize


popularly

commonly, conventionally, customarily, generally, ordinarily, regularly, traditionally, universally, usually, widely


populate

colonize, inhabit, live in, occupy, people, settle


population

See Also

citizenry, community, denizens, folk, inhabitants, natives, people, populace, residents, society


populous

crowded, heavily populated, overpopulated, packed, populated, swarming, teeming, thronged


pore 1

•   v. brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, go over, peruse, ponder, read, scrutinize, study, work over


pore 2

•   n. hole, opening, orifice, outlet, stoma


pornographic

See Also

blue, dirty, filthy, indecent, lewd, obscene, offensive, prurient, salacious, smutty


pornography

See Also

dirt, erotica, filth, indecency, obscenity, porn (Inf.), porno (Inf.), smut


porous

See Also

absorbent, absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongy


port

See Also

 Nautical anchorage, harbour, haven, roads, roadstead, seaport


portable

See Also

compact, convenient, easily carried, handy, light, lightweight, manageable, movable, portative


portend

See Also

adumbrate, augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, herald, indicate, omen, point to, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise, threaten, vaticinate (Rare), warn of


portent

See Also

augury, foreboding, foreshadowing, forewarning, harbinger, indication, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, sign, threat, warning


portentous

See Also

   alarming, crucial, fateful, forbidding, important, menacing, minatory, momentous, ominous, significant, sinister, threatening [image]  amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, extraordinary, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, wondrous (Archaic or literary) [image]  bloated, elephantine, heavy, pompous, ponderous, pontifical, self-important, solemn


porter 1

baggage attendant, bearer, carrier


porter 2

caretaker, concierge, doorman, gatekeeper, janitor


portion

See Also

•   n.    bit, fraction, fragment, morsel, part, piece, scrap, section, segment [image]  allocation, allotment, allowance, division, lot, measure, parcel, quantity, quota, ration, share [image]  helping, piece, serving [image]  cup, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck

•   v.    allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, distribute, divide, divvy up (Inf.), dole out, parcel out, partition, share out


portrait

See Also

   image, likeness, painting, photograph, picture, portraiture, representation, sketch [image]  account, characterization, depiction, description, portrayal, profile, thumbnail sketch, vignette


portray

See Also

   delineate, depict, draw, figure, illustrate, limn, paint, picture, render, represent, sketch [image]  characterize, depict, describe, paint a mental picture of, put in words [image]  act the part of, play, represent


portrayal

See Also

characterization, delineation, depiction, description, impersonation, interpretation, performance, picture, rendering, representation


pose

See Also

•   v.    arrange, model, position, sit, sit for [image]  (Often with as) feign, impersonate, masquerade as, pass oneself off as, pretend to be, profess to be, sham [image]  affect, attitudinize, posture, put on airs, show off (Inf.), strike an attitude [image]  advance, posit, present, propound, put, put forward, set, state, submit

•   n.    attitude, bearing, mien (Literary), position, posture, stance [image]  act, affectation, air, attitudinizing, façade, front, mannerism, masquerade, posturing, pretence, role


poser

See Also

brain-teaser (Inf.), conundrum, enigma, knotty point, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, teaser, tough one, vexed question


position

See Also

•   n.    area, bearings, locale, locality, location, place, point, post, reference, site, situation, spot, station, whereabouts [image]  arrangement, attitude, disposition, pose, posture, stance [image]  angle, attitude, belief, opinion, outlook, point of view, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, view, viewpoint [image]  circumstances, condition, pass, plight, predicament, situation, state, strait(s) [image]  caste, class, consequence, eminence, importance, place, prestige, rank, reputation, standing, station, stature, status [image]  berth (Inf.), billet (Inf.), capacity, duty, employment, function, job, occupation, office, place, post, role, situation

•   v.    arrange, array, dispose, fix, lay out, locate, place, put, set, settle, stand, stick (Inf.)


positive

See Also

   absolute, actual, affirmative, categorical, certain, clear, clear-cut, conclusive, concrete, decisive, definite, direct, explicit, express, firm, incontrovertible, indisputable, real, unequivocal, unmistakable [image]  assured, certain, confident, convinced, sure [image]  assertive, cocksure, decided, dogmatic, emphatic, firm, forceful, opinionated, peremptory, resolute, stubborn [image]  beneficial, constructive, effective, efficacious, forward-looking, helpful, practical, productive, progressive, useful [image]   Inf. absolute, complete, consummate, out-and-out, perfect, rank, thorough, thoroughgoing, unmitigated, utter


positively

See Also

absolutely, assuredly, categorically, certainly, definitely, emphatically, firmly, surely, undeniably, unequivocally, unmistakably, unquestionably, with certainty, without qualification


possess

See Also

   be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, enjoy, have, have to one's name, hold, own [image]  acquire, control, dominate, hold, occupy, seize, take over, take possession of [image]  bewitch, consume, control, dominate, enchant, fixate, influence, mesmerize, obsess, put under a spell


possessed

See Also

bedevilled, berserk, bewitched, consumed, crazed, cursed, demented, enchanted, frenetic, frenzied, hag-ridden, haunted, maddened, obsessed, raving, under a spell


possession

See Also

   control, custody, hold, occupancy, occupation, ownership, proprietorship, tenure, title [image]  (Plural) assets, belongings, chattels, effects, estate, goods and chattels, property, things, wealth [image]  colony, dominion, protectorate, province, territory


possessive

See Also

acquisitive, controlling, covetous, dominating, domineering, grasping, jealous, overprotective, selfish


possibility

See Also

   feasibility, likelihood, plausibility, potentiality, practicability, workableness [image]  chance, hazard, hope, liability, likelihood, odds, probability, prospect, risk [image]  (Often plural) capabilities, potential, potentiality, promise, prospects, talent


possible

See Also

   conceivable, credible, hypothetical, imaginable, likely, potential [image]  attainable, doable, feasible, on (Inf.), practicable, realizable, viable, within reach, workable [image]  hopeful, likely, potential, probable, promising


possibly

See Also

   God willing, haply (Archaic), maybe, mayhap (Archaic), peradventure (Archaic), perchance (Archaic), perhaps [image]  at all, by any chance, by any means, in any way


post 1

See Also

•   n.    column, newel, pale, palisade, picket, pillar, pole, shaft, stake, standard, stock, support, upright

•   v.    advertise, affix, announce, display, make known, pin up, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, put up, stick up


post 2

See Also

•   n.    appointment, assignment, berth (Inf.), billet (Inf.), employment, job, office, place, position, situation [image]  beat, place, position, station

•   v.    assign, establish, locate, place, position, put, situate, station


post 3

See Also

•   n.    collection, delivery, mail, postal service

•   v.    dispatch, mail, send, transmit [image]  advise, brief, fill in on (Inf.), inform, notify, report to


poster

advertisement, affiche, announcement, bill, notice, placard, public notice, sticker


posterity

   children, descendants, family, heirs, issue, offspring, progeny, scions, seed (Chiefly biblical) [image]  future, future generations, succeeding generations


postmortem

•   n. analysis, autopsy, dissection, examination, necropsy


postpone

See Also

adjourn, defer, delay, hold over, put back, put off, put on the back burner (Inf.), shelve, suspend, table, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.)


postponement

See Also

adjournment, deferment, deferral, delay, moratorium, respite, stay, suspension


postscript

See Also

addition, afterthought, afterword, appendix, P.S., supplement


postulate

See Also

advance, assume, hypothesize, posit, predicate, presuppose, propose, put forward, suppose, take for granted, theorize


posture

See Also

•   n.    attitude, bearing, carriage, disposition, mien (Literary), pose, position, set, stance [image]  circumstance, condition, mode, phase, position, situation, state [image]  attitude, disposition, feeling, frame of mind, inclination, mood, outlook, point of view, stance, standpoint

•   v.    affect, attitudinize, do for effect, hot-dog (Chiefly U.S.), make a show, pose, put on airs, show off (Inf.), try to attract attention


potent

See Also

   efficacious, forceful, mighty, powerful, puissant, strong, vigorous [image]  cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, forceful, impressive, persuasive, telling [image]  authoritative, commanding, dominant, dynamic, influential, powerful


potential

See Also

•   adj.    budding, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, inherent, latent, likely, possible, promising, undeveloped, unrealized

•   n.    ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, possibility, potentiality, power, the makings, what it takes (Inf.), wherewithal


potion

See Also

brew, concoction, cup, dose, draught, elixir, mixture, philtre, tonic


potter

See Also

dabble, fiddle (Inf.), footle (Inf.), fribble, fritter, mess about, poke along, tinker


pottery

See Also

ceramics, earthenware, stoneware, terra cotta


pouch

See Also

bag, container, pocket, poke (Dialect), purse, sack


pounce

See Also

•   v.    ambush, attack, bound onto, dash at, drop, fall upon, jump, leap at, snatch, spring, strike, swoop, take by surprise, take unawares

•   n.    assault, attack, bound, jump, leap, spring, swoop


pound 1

See Also

   batter, beat, belabour, clobber (Sl.), hammer, pelt, pummel, strike, thrash, thump [image]  bray (Dialect), bruise, comminute, crush, powder, pulverize, triturate [image]  din into, drub into, drum into, hammer into [image]  (With out) bang, beat, hammer, thump [image]  clomp, march, stomp (Inf.), thunder, tramp [image]  beat, palpitate, pitapat, pulsate, pulse, throb


pound 2

See Also

•   n. compound, enclosure, pen, yard


pour

See Also

   decant, let flow, spill, splash [image]  course, emit, flow, gush, run, rush, spew, spout, stream [image]  bucket down (Inf.), come down in torrents, pelt (down), rain, rain cats and dogs (Inf.), rain hard or heavily, sheet, teem [image]  crowd, stream, swarm, teem, throng


pout

See Also

•   v.    glower, look petulant, look sullen, lour or lower, make a moue, mope, pull a long face, purse one's lips, sulk, turn down the corners of one's mouth

•   n.    glower, long face, moue, sullen look


poverty

See Also

   beggary, destitution, distress, hand-to-mouth existence, hardship, indigence, insolvency, necessitousness, necessity, need, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, privation, want [image]  dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, paucity, scarcity, shortage [image]  aridity, bareness, barrenness, deficiency, infertility, meagreness, poorness, sterility, unfruitfulness


poverty-stricken

See Also

bankrupt, beggared, broke (Inf.), destitute, dirt-poor (Inf.), distressed, down and out, flat broke (Inf.), impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, on one's beam-ends, on one's uppers, penniless, penurious, poor, short, skint (Brit. sl.), stony-broke (Brit. sl.), without two pennies to rub together (Inf.)


powder

See Also

•   n.    dust, fine grains, loose particles, pounce, talc

•   v.    crush, granulate, grind, pestle, pound, pulverize [image]  cover, dredge, dust, scatter, sprinkle, strew


power

See Also

   ability, capability, capacity, competence, competency, faculty, potential [image]  brawn, energy, force, forcefulness, intensity, might, muscle, potency, strength, vigour, weight [image]  ascendancy, authority, bottom, command, control, dominance, domination, dominion, influence, mastery, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway [image]  authority, authorization, licence, prerogative, privilege, right, warrant


powerful

See Also

   energetic, mighty, potent, robust, stalwart, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous [image]  authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, influential, prevailing, puissant, sovereign, supreme [image]  cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, impressive, persuasive, striking, telling, weighty


powerfully

See Also

forcefully, forcibly, hard, mightily, strongly, vigorously, with might and main


powerless

See Also

   debilitated, disabled, etiolated, feeble, frail, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffectual, infirm, paralysed, prostrate, weak [image]  defenceless, dependent, disenfranchised, disfranchised, ineffective, subject, tied, unarmed, vulnerable


practicability

advantage, feasibility, operability, possibility, practicality, use, usefulness, value, viability, workability


practicable

See Also

achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, performable, possible, viable, within the realm of possibility, workable


practical

See Also

   applied, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, functional, pragmatic, realistic, utilitarian [image]  businesslike, down-to-earth, everyday, hard-headed, matter-of-fact, mundane, ordinary, realistic, sensible, workaday [image]  doable, feasible, practicable, serviceable, sound, useful, workable [image]  accomplished, efficient, experienced, proficient, qualified, seasoned, skilled, trained, veteran, working


practically

See Also

   all but, almost, basically, close to, essentially, fundamentally, in effect, just about, nearly, to all intents and purposes, very nearly, virtually, well-nigh [image]  clearly, matter-of-factly, rationally, realistically, reasonably, sensibly, unsentimentally, with common sense


practice

See Also

   custom, habit, method, mode, praxis, routine, rule, system, tradition, usage, use, usual procedure, way, wont [image]  discipline, drill, exercise, preparation, rehearsal, repetition, study, training, work-out [image]  action, application, effect, exercise, experience, operation, use [image]  business, career, profession, vocation, work


practise

See Also

   discipline, drill, exercise, go over, go through, polish, prepare, rehearse, repeat, study, train, warm up, work out [image]  apply, carry out, do, follow, live up to, observe, perform, put into practice [image]  carry on, engage in, ply, pursue, specialize in, undertake, work at


practised

See Also

able, accomplished, experienced, expert, proficient, qualified, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed


pragmatic

See Also

businesslike, down-to-earth, efficient, hard-headed, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic, sensible, utilitarian


praise

See Also

•   n.    acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, approbation, approval, cheering, commendation, compliment, congratulation, encomium, eulogy, good word, kudos, laudation, ovation, panegyric, plaudit, tribute [image]  adoration, devotion, glory, homage, thanks, worship

•   v.    acclaim, admire, applaud, approve, cheer, compliment, congratulate, crack up (Inf.), cry up, eulogize, extol, honour, laud, pay tribute to, sing the praises of [image]  adore, bless, exalt, give thanks to, glorify, magnify (Archaic), pay homage to, worship


praiseworthy

See Also

admirable, commendable, creditable, estimable, excellent, exemplary, fine, honourable, laudable, meritorious, worthy


prance

See Also

   bound, caper, cavort, dance, frisk, gambol, jump, leap, romp, skip, spring, trip [image]  parade, show off (Inf.), stalk, strut, swagger, swank (Inf.)


prank

See Also

antic, caper, escapade, frolic, jape, lark (Inf.), practical joke, skylarking (Inf.), trick


prattle

See Also

babble, blather, blether, chatter, clack, drivel, gabble, jabber, patter, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), rattle on, run off at the mouth (Sl.), run on, twitter, waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), witter (Inf.)


pray

See Also

   offer a prayer, recite the rosary, say one's prayers [image]  adjure, ask, beg, beseech, call upon, crave, cry for, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, request, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge


prayer

See Also

   communion, devotion, invocation, litany, orison, supplication [image]  appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, request, suit, supplication


preach

See Also

   address, deliver a sermon, evangelize, exhort, orate [image]  admonish, advocate, exhort, harangue, lecture, moralize, sermonize, urge


preacher

See Also

clergyman, evangelist, minister, missionary, parson, revivalist


preamble

See Also

exordium, foreword, introduction, opening move, opening statement or remarks, overture, preface, prelude, proem, prolegomenon


precarious

See Also

chancy (Inf.), dangerous, dicey (Inf., chiefly Brit.), dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, dubious, hairy (Sl.), hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, shaky, slippery, touch and go, tricky, uncertain, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure


precaution

See Also

   insurance, preventative measure, protection, provision, safeguard, safety measure [image]  anticipation, care, caution, circumspection, foresight, forethought, providence, prudence, wariness


precede

antecede, antedate, come first, forerun, go ahead of, go before, head, herald, introduce, lead, pave the way, preface, take precedence, usher


precedence

See Also

antecedence, lead, pre-eminence, preference, primacy, priority, rank, seniority, superiority, supremacy


precedent

See Also

•   n. antecedent, authority, criterion, example, exemplar, instance, model, paradigm, pattern, previous example, prototype, standard


preceding

See Also

above, aforementioned, aforesaid, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, previous, prior


precept

See Also

   behest, canon, command, commandment, decree, dictum, direction, instruction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, principle, regulation, rule, statute [image]  axiom, byword, dictum, guideline, maxim, motto, principle, rule, saying


precinct

See Also

   bound, boundary, confine, enclosure, limit [image]  area, district, quarter, section, sector, zone


precincts

See Also

borders, bounds, confines, district, environs, limits, milieu, neighbourhood, purlieus, region, surrounding area


precious

See Also

   adored, beloved, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, favourite, idolized, loved, prized, treasured, valued [image]  choice, costly, dear, expensive, exquisite, fine, high-priced, inestimable, invaluable, priceless, prized, rare, recherché, valuable [image]  affected, alembicated, artificial, chichi, fastidious, overnice, overrefined, twee (Brit. inf.)


precipice

See Also

bluff, brink, cliff, cliff face, crag, height, rock face, sheer drop, steep


precipitate

See Also

•   v.    accelerate, advance, bring on, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, press, push forward, quicken, speed up, trigger [image]  cast, discharge, fling, hurl, launch, let fly, send forth, throw

•   adj.    breakneck, headlong, plunging, rapid, rushing, swift, violent [image]  frantic, harum-scarum, hasty, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impetuous, impulsive, indiscreet, madcap, precipitous, rash, reckless [image]  abrupt, brief, quick, sudden, unexpected, without warning


precipitous

   abrupt, dizzy, falling sharply, high, perpendicular, sheer, steep [image]  abrupt, careless, harum-scarum, hasty, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, precipitate, rash, reckless, sudden


precise

See Also

   absolute, accurate, actual, clear-cut, correct, definite, exact, explicit, express, fixed, literal, particular, specific, strict, unequivocal [image]  careful, ceremonious, exact, fastidious, finicky, formal, inflexible, meticulous, nice, particular, prim, punctilious, puritanical, rigid, scrupulous, stiff, strict


precisely

See Also

absolutely, accurately, bang, correctly, exactly, just, just so, literally, neither more nor less, plumb (Inf.), slap (Inf.), smack (Inf.), square, squarely, strictly


precision

See Also

accuracy, care, correctness, definiteness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, preciseness, rigour


preclude

See Also

check, debar, exclude, forestall, hinder, inhibit, make impossible, make impracticable, obviate, prevent, prohibit, put a stop to, restrain, rule out, stop


precocious

advanced, ahead, bright, developed, forward, quick, smart


preconception

See Also

bias, notion, preconceived idea or notion, predisposition, prejudice, prepossession, presumption, presupposition


precondition

See Also

essential, must, necessity, prerequisite, requirement, sine qua non


precursor

See Also

   forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, usher, vanguard [image]  antecedent, forebear, forerunner, originator, pioneer, predecessor


precursory

antecedent, introductory, preceding, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, previous, prior


predatory

See Also

   carnivorous, hunting, predacious, rapacious, raptorial, ravening [image]  despoiling, greedy, marauding, pillaging, plundering, rapacious, ravaging, thieving, voracious, vulturine, vulturous


predecessor

See Also

   antecedent, forerunner, precursor, previous  (former, prior) [image]  ancestor, antecedent, forebear, forefather


predestination

See Also

destiny, doom, election (Theology), fate, foreordainment, foreordination, lot, necessity, predetermination


predestine

See Also

doom, fate, foreordain, mean, predestinate, predetermine, pre-elect, preordain


predetermined

See Also

agreed, arranged in advance, cut and dried (Inf.), decided beforehand, fixed, prearranged, preplanned, set, settled, set up


predicament

See Also

corner, dilemma, emergency, fix (Inf.), hole (Sl.), hot water (Inf.), jam (Inf.), mess, pickle (Inf.), pinch, plight, quandary, scrape (Inf.), situation, spot (Inf.), state, tight spot


predicate

   affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, maintain, proclaim, state [image]  connote, imply, indicate, intimate, signify, suggest [image]  (With on or upon) base, build, establish, found, ground, postulate, rest


predict

See Also

augur, divine, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, portend, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate (Rare)


predictable

See Also

anticipated, calculable, certain, expected, foreseeable, foreseen, likely, reliable, sure, sure-fire (Inf.)


prediction

See Also

augury, divination, forecast, prognosis, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying, sortilege


predilection

See Also

bag (Sl.), bias, cup of tea (Inf.), fancy, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, love, partiality, penchant, predisposition, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency, weakness


predispose

affect, bias, dispose, incline, induce, influence, lead, make (one) of a mind to, prejudice, prepare, prime, prompt, sway


predisposed

See Also

agreeable, amenable, given to, inclined, liable, minded, prone, ready, subject, susceptible, willing


predisposition

See Also

bent, bias, disposition, inclination, likelihood, penchant, potentiality, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, willingness


predominance

See Also

ascendancy, control, dominance, dominion, edge, greater number, hold, leadership, mastery, paramountcy, preponderance, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight


predominant

See Also

ascendant, capital, chief, controlling, dominant, important, leading, main, notable, paramount, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, top-priority


predominate

See Also

be most noticeable, carry weight, get the upper hand, hold sway, outweigh, overrule, overshadow, preponderate, prevail, reign, rule, tell


pre-eminence

See Also

distinction, excellence, paramountcy, predominance, prestige, prominence, renown, superiority, supremacy, transcendence


pre-eminent

See Also

chief, consummate, distinguished, excellent, foremost, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, renowned, superior, supreme, transcendent, unequalled, unrivalled, unsurpassed


pre-eminently

above all, by far, conspicuously, eminently, emphatically, exceptionally, far and away, incomparably, inimitably, matchlessly, notably, par excellence, particularly, second to none, signally, singularly, strikingly, superlatively, supremely


pre-empt

acquire, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp


preen

See Also

    Of birds clean, plume [image]  array, deck out, doll up (Sl.), dress up, prettify, primp, prink, spruce up, titivate, trig (Archaic or dialect), trim [image]  preen oneself (on) congratulate oneself, pique oneself, plume oneself, pride oneself


preface

See Also

•   n.    exordium, foreword, introduction, preamble, preliminary, prelude, proem, prolegomenon, prologue

•   v.    begin, introduce, launch, lead up to, open, precede, prefix


prefer

See Also

   adopt, be partial to, choose, desire, elect, fancy, favour, go for, incline towards, like better, opt for, pick, plump for, select, single out, wish, would rather, would sooner [image]  file, lodge, place, present, press, put forward [image]  advance, aggrandize, elevate, move up, promote, raise, upgrade


preferable

See Also

best, better, choice, chosen, favoured, more desirable, more eligible, superior, worthier


preferably

See Also

as a matter of choice, by choice, first, in or for preference, much rather, much sooner, rather, sooner, willingly


preference

See Also

   bag (Sl.), choice, cup of tea (Inf.), desire, election, favourite, first choice, option, partiality, pick, predilection, selection, top of the list [image]  advantage, favoured treatment, favouritism, first place, precedence, pride of place, priority


preferential

See Also

advantageous, better, favoured, partial, partisan, privileged, special, superior


preferment

advancement, dignity, elevation, exaltation, promotion, rise, upgrading


pregnancy

gestation, gravidity


pregnant

See Also

   big or heavy with child, enceinte, expectant, expecting (Inf.), gravid, in the club (Brit. sl.), in the family way (Inf.), in the pudding club (Sl.), preggers (Brit. inf.), with child [image]  charged, eloquent, expressive, loaded, meaningful, pointed, significant, suggestive, telling, weighty [image]  creative, imaginative, inventive, original, seminal [image]  abounding in, abundant, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, full, productive, prolific, replete, rich in, teeming


prehistoric

   earliest, early, primeval, primitive, primordial [image]  ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, out of date, out of the ark (Inf.)


prejudge

anticipate, forejudge, jump to conclusions, make a hasty assessment, presume, presuppose


prejudice

See Also

•   n.    bias, jaundiced eye, partiality, preconceived notion, preconception, prejudgment, warp [image]  bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination, injustice, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, racism, sexism, unfairness [image]  damage, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, impairment, loss, mischief

•   v.    bias, colour, distort, influence, jaundice, poison, predispose, prepossess, slant, sway, warp [image]  damage, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, undermine


prejudiced

See Also

biased, bigoted, conditioned, discriminatory, influenced, intolerant, jaundiced, narrow-minded, one-sided, opinionated, partial, partisan, prepossessed, unfair


prejudicial

See Also

counterproductive, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, inimical, injurious, undermining, unfavourable


preliminary

See Also

•   adj.    exploratory, first, initial, initiatory, introductory, opening, pilot, precursory, prefatory, preparatory, prior, qualifying, test, trial

•   n.    beginning, first round, foundation, groundwork, initiation, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, preface, prelims, prelude, preparation, start


prelude

beginning, commencement, curtain-raiser, exordium, foreword, intro (Inf.), introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, preparation, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, start


premature

   abortive, early, embryonic, forward, green, immature, incomplete, predeveloped, raw, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unseasonable, untimely [image]   Fig. hasty, ill-considered, ill-timed, impulsive, inopportune, overhasty, precipitate, previous (Inf.), rash, too soon, untimely


prematurely

See Also

   before one's time, too early, too soon, untimely [image]  at half-cock, half-cocked, overhastily, precipitately, rashly, too hastily, too soon


premeditated

aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, contrived, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, prepense, studied, wilful


premeditation

See Also

deliberation, design, determination, forethought, intention, malice aforethought, planning, plotting, prearrangement, predetermination, purpose


premier

See Also

•   n.    chancellor, head of government, P.M., prime minister

•   adj.    arch, chief, first, foremost, head, highest, leading, main, primary, prime, principal, top [image]  earliest, first, inaugural, initial, original


premiere

debut, first night, first performance, first showing, opening


premises

See Also

building, establishment, place, property, site


premiss, premise

See Also

argument, assertion, assumption, ground, hypothesis, postulate, postulation, presupposition, proposition, supposition, thesis


premium

See Also

   bonus, boon, bounty, fee, percentage (Inf.), perk (Brit. inf.), perquisite, prize, recompense, remuneration, reward [image]  appreciation, regard, stock, store, value [image]  at a premium beyond one's means, costly, expensive, hard to come by, in great demand, in short supply, like gold dust, not to be had for love or money, rare, scarce, valuable


premonition

See Also

apprehension, feeling, feeling in one's bones, foreboding, forewarning, funny feeling (Inf.), hunch, idea, intuition, misgiving, omen, portent, presage, presentiment, sign, suspicion, warning


preoccupation

See Also

   absence of mind, absent-mindedness, absorption, abstraction, brown study, daydreaming, engrossment, immersion, inattentiveness, musing, oblivion, pensiveness, prepossession, reverie, woolgathering [image]  bee in one's bonnet, concern, fixation, hang-up (Inf.), hobbyhorse, idée fixe, obsession, pet subject


preoccupied

See Also

absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, caught up in, distracted, distrait, engrossed, faraway, heedless, immersed, in a brown study, intent, lost in, lost in thought, oblivious, rapt, taken up, unaware, wrapped up


preparation

See Also

   development, getting ready, groundwork, preparing, putting in order [image]  alertness, anticipation, expectation, foresight, precaution, preparedness, provision, readiness, safeguard [image]  (Often plural) arrangement, measure, plan, provision [image]  composition, compound, concoction, medicine, mixture, tincture [image]  homework, prep (Inf.), revision, schoolwork, study, swotting (Brit. inf.)


preparatory

See Also

   basic, elementary, introductory, opening, prefatory, preliminary, preparative, primary [image]  preparatory to before, in advance of, in anticipation of, in preparation for, prior to


prepare

See Also

   adapt, adjust, anticipate, arrange, coach, dispose, form, groom, make provision, make ready, plan, practise, prime, put in order, train, warm up [image]  brace, fortify, gird, ready, steel, strengthen [image]  assemble, concoct, construct, contrive, draw up, fashion, fix up, get up (Inf.), make, produce, put together, turn out [image]  accoutre, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, outfit, provide, supply


prepared

See Also

   all set, arranged, fit, in order, in readiness, planned, primed, ready, set [image]  able, disposed, inclined, minded, of a mind, predisposed, willing


preparedness

See Also

alertness, fitness, order, preparation, readiness


preponderance

See Also

ascendancy, bulk, dominance, domination, dominion, extensiveness, greater numbers, greater part, lion's share, mass, power, predominance, prevalence, superiority, supremacy, sway, weight


preponderant

See Also

ascendant, dominant, extensive, foremost, greater, important, larger, paramount, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, significant


prepossessed

biased, inclined, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced


prepossessing

See Also

alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, handsome, inviting, likable or likeable, lovable, magnetic, pleasing, striking, taking, winning


preposterous

See Also

absurd, asinine, bizarre, crazy, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, foolish, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, out of the question, outrageous, ridiculous, senseless, shocking, unreasonable, unthinkable


prerequisite

See Also

•   adj.    called for, essential, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, necessary, needful, obligatory, of the essence, required, requisite, vital

•   n.    condition, essential, imperative, must, necessity, precondition, qualification, requirement, requisite, sine qua non


prerogative

See Also

advantage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, privilege, right, sanction, title


prescribe

See Also

appoint, assign, command, decree, define, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, impose, lay down, ordain, order, require, rule, set, specify, stipulate


prescription

See Also

   direction, formula, instruction, recipe [image]  drug, medicine, mixture, preparation, remedy


presence

See Also

   attendance, being, companionship, company, existence, habitation, inhabitance, occupancy, residence [image]  closeness, immediate circle, nearness, neighbourhood, propinquity, proximity, vicinity [image]  air, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, carriage, comportment, demeanour, ease, mien (Literary), personality, poise, self-assurance [image]  apparition, eidolon, ghost, manifestation, revenant, shade (Literary), spectre, spirit, supernatural being, wraith


presence of mind

See Also

alertness, aplomb, calmness, composure, cool (Sl.), coolness, imperturbability, level-headedness, phlegm, quickness, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-command, self-possession, wits


present 1

See Also

•   adj.    contemporary, current, existent, existing, extant, immediate, instant, present-day [image]  accounted for, at hand, available, here, in attendance, near, nearby, ready, there, to hand

•   n.    here and now, now, present moment, the time being, this day and age, today [image]  at present at the moment, just now, now, nowadays, right now [image]  for the present for a while, for the moment, for the nonce, for the time being, in the meantime, not for long, provisionally, temporarily


present 2

See Also

•   v.    acquaint with, introduce, make known [image]  demonstrate, display, exhibit, give, mount, put before the public, put on, show, stage [image]  adduce, advance, declare, expound, extend, hold out, introduce, offer, pose, produce, proffer, put forward, raise, recount, relate, state, submit, suggest, tender [image]  award, bestow, confer, donate, entrust, furnish, give, grant, hand out, hand over, offer, proffer, put at (someone's) disposal

•   n.    benefaction, boon, bounty, donation, endowment, favour, gift, grant, gratuity, hand-out, largess or largesse, offering, prezzie (Inf.)


presentable

See Also

acceptable, becoming, decent, fit to be seen, good enough, not bad (Inf.), O.K. or okay (Inf.), passable, proper, respectable, satisfactory, suitable, tolerable


presentation

See Also

   award, bestowal, conferral, donation, giving, investiture, offering [image]  appearance, arrangement, delivery, exposition, production, rendition, staging, submission [image]  demonstration, display, exhibition, performance, production, representation, show [image]  coming out, debut, introduction, launch, launching, reception


presentiment

See Also

anticipation, apprehension, expectation, fear, feeling, foreboding, forecast, forethought, hunch, intuition, misgiving, premonition, presage


presently

See Also

anon (Archaic), before long, by and by, erelong (Archaic or poetic), in a minute, in a moment, in a short while, pretty soon (Inf.), shortly, soon


preservation

See Also

conservation, defence, keeping, maintenance, perpetuation, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation, security, storage, support, upholding


preserve

See Also

•   v.    care for, conserve, defend, guard, keep, protect, safeguard, save, secure, shelter, shield [image]  continue, keep, keep up, maintain, perpetuate, retain, sustain, uphold [image]  conserve, keep, put up, save, store

•   n.    area, domain, field, realm, specialism, sphere [image]  (Often plural) confection, confiture, conserve, jam, jelly, marmalade, sweetmeat [image]  game reserve, reservation, reserve, sanctuary


preside

See Also

administer, be at the head of, be in authority, chair, conduct, control, direct, govern, head, lead, manage, officiate, run, supervise


press

See Also

•   v.    bear down on, compress, condense, crush, depress, force down, jam, mash, push, reduce, squeeze, stuff [image]  calender, finish, flatten, iron, mangle, put the creases in, smooth, steam [image]  clasp, crush, embrace, encircle, enfold, fold in one's arms, hold close, hug, squeeze [image]  compel, constrain, demand, enforce, enjoin, force, insist on [image]  beg, entreat, exhort, implore, importune, petition, plead, pressurize, sue, supplicate, urge [image]  afflict, assail, beset, besiege, disquiet, harass, plague, torment, trouble, vex, worry [image]  be pressed be hard put, be pushed  (hurried, rushed) (Inf.), be short of [image]  cluster, crowd, flock, gather, hasten, herd, hurry, mill, push, rush, seethe, surge, swarm, throng

•   n.    the press  [image]  Fleet Street, fourth estate, journalism, news media, newspapers, the papers [image]  columnists, correspondents, gentlemen of the press, journalists, journos (Sl.), newsmen, photographers, pressmen, reporters [image]  bunch, crowd, crush, flock, herd, horde, host, mob, multitude, pack, push (Inf.), swarm, throng [image]  bustle, demand, hassle (Inf.), hurry, pressure, strain, stress, urgency


pressing

See Also

burning, constraining, crucial, exigent, high-priority, imperative, important, importunate, serious, urgent, vital


pressure

See Also

   compressing, compression, crushing, force, heaviness, squeezing, weight [image]  coercion, compulsion, constraint, force, influence, obligation, power, sway [image]  adversity, affliction, burden, demands, difficulty, distress, exigency, hassle (Inf.), heat, hurry, load, press, strain, stress, urgency


prestige

See Also

authority, bottom, Brownie points, cachet, celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, honour, importance, influence, kudos, regard, renown, reputation, standing, stature, status, weight


presumably

See Also

apparently, doubtless, doubtlessly, in all likelihood, in all probability, it would seem, likely, most likely, on the face of it, probably, seemingly


presume

See Also

   assume, believe, conjecture, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), infer, posit, postulate, presuppose, suppose, surmise, take for granted, take it, think [image]  dare, go so far, have the audacity, make bold, make so bold, take the liberty, undertake, venture [image]  bank on, count on, depend, rely, trust


presumption

See Also

   assurance, audacity, boldness, brass (Inf.), brass neck (Brit. inf.), cheek (Inf.), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. inf.), effrontery, forwardness, front, gall (Inf.), impudence, insolence, neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), presumptuousness, temerity [image]  anticipation, assumption, belief, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, opinion, premiss, presupposition, supposition, surmise [image]  basis, chance, grounds, likelihood, plausibility, probability, reason


presumptuous

See Also

arrogant, audacious, bigheaded (Inf.), bold, conceited, foolhardy, forward, insolent, overconfident, overfamiliar, overweening, presuming, pushy (Inf.), rash, too big for one's boots, uppish (Brit. inf.)


presuppose

See Also

accept, assume, consider, imply, posit, postulate, presume, suppose, take as read, take for granted, take it


presupposition

assumption, belief, hypothesis, preconceived idea, preconception, premiss, presumption, supposition, theory


pretence

See Also

   acting, charade, deceit, deception, fabrication, fakery, faking, falsehood, feigning, invention, make-believe, sham, simulation, subterfuge, trickery [image]  affectation, appearance, artifice, display, façade, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), posing, posturing, pretentiousness, show, veneer [image]  claim, cloak, colour, cover, excuse, façade, garb, guise, mask, masquerade, pretext, ruse, semblance, show, veil, wile


pretend

See Also

   affect, allege, assume, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, falsify, feign, impersonate, make out, pass oneself off as, profess, put on, sham, simulate [image]  act, imagine, make believe, make up, play, play the part of, suppose [image]  allege, aspire, claim, lay claim, profess, purport


pretended

See Also

alleged, avowed, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, feigned, fictitious, imaginary, ostensible, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretend (Inf.), professed, pseudo (Inf.), purported, sham, so-called, spurious


pretender

See Also

aspirant, claimant, claimer


pretension

See Also

   aspiration, assertion, assumption, claim, demand, pretence, profession [image]  affectation, airs, conceit, hypocrisy, ostentation, pomposity, pretentiousness, self-importance, show, showiness, snobbery, snobbishness, vainglory, vanity


pretentious

See Also

affected, assuming, bombastic, conceited, exaggerated, extravagant, flaunting, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfalutin (Inf.), high-flown, high-sounding, hollow, inflated, magniloquent, mannered, ostentatious, overambitious, pompous, puffed up, showy, snobbish, specious, vainglorious


pretext

See Also

affectation, alleged reason, appearance, cloak, cover, device, excuse, guise, mask, ploy, pretence, red herring, ruse, semblance, show, simulation, veil


pretty

See Also

•   adj.    appealing, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, comely, cute, fair, good-looking, graceful, lovely, personable [image]  bijou, dainty, delicate, elegant, fine, neat, nice, pleasing, tasteful, trim

•   adv.     Inf. fairly, kind of (Inf.), moderately, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat


prevail

See Also

   be victorious, carry the day, gain mastery, overcome, overrule, prove superior, succeed, triumph, win [image]  abound, be current  (prevalent, widespread), exist generally, obtain, predominate, preponderate [image]  (Often with on or upon) bring round, convince, dispose, incline, induce, influence, persuade, prompt, sway, talk into, win over


prevailing

See Also

   common, current, customary, established, fashionable, general, in style, in vogue, ordinary, popular, prevalent, set, usual, widespread [image]  dominant, influential, main, operative, predominating, preponderating, principal, ruling


prevalence

See Also

   acceptance, commonness, common occurrence, currency, frequency, pervasiveness, popularity, profusion, regularity, ubiquity, universality [image]  ascendancy, hold, mastery, predominance, preponderance, primacy, rule, sway


prevalent

See Also

   accepted, common, commonplace, current, customary, established, everyday, extensive, frequent, general, habitual, popular, rampant, rife, ubiquitous, universal, usual, widespread [image]  ascendant, compelling, dominant, governing, powerful, predominant, prevailing, successful, superior


prevaricate

See Also

beat about the bush, beg the question, cavil, deceive, dodge, equivocate, evade, flannel (Brit. inf.), give a false colour to, hedge, lie, palter, quibble, shift, shuffle, stretch the truth, tergiversate


prevarication

See Also

cavilling, deceit, deception, equivocation, evasion, falsehood, falsification, lie, misrepresentation, pretence, quibbling, tergiversation, untruth


prevent

See Also

anticipate, avert, avoid, balk, bar, block, check, counteract, defend against, foil, forestall, frustrate, hamper, head off, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, preclude, restrain, stave off, stop, thwart, ward off


prevention

See Also

   anticipation, avoidance, deterrence, elimination, forestalling, obviation, precaution, preclusion, prophylaxis, safeguard, thwarting [image]  bar, check, deterrence, frustration, hindrance, impediment, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, stoppage


preventive, preventative

See Also

•   adj.    hampering, hindering, impeding, obstructive [image]  counteractive, deterrent, inhibitory, precautionary, prophylactic, protective, shielding

•   n.    block, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction [image]  deterrent, neutralizer, prevention, prophylactic, protection, protective, remedy, safeguard, shield


previous

See Also

   antecedent, anterior, earlier, erstwhile, ex-, foregoing, former, one-time, past, preceding, prior, quondam, sometime [image]   Inf. ahead of oneself, precipitate, premature, too early, too soon, untimely


previously

See Also

at one time, a while ago, before, beforehand, earlier, formerly, heretofore, hitherto, in advance, in anticipation, in days or years gone by, in the past, once, then, until now


prey

See Also

•   n.    game, kill, quarry [image]  dupe, fall guy (Inf.), mark, mug (Brit. sl.), target, victim

•   v.    devour, eat, feed upon, hunt, live off, seize [image]  blackmail, bleed (Inf.), bully, exploit, intimidate, take advantage of, terrorize, victimize [image]  burden, distress, hang over, haunt, oppress, trouble, weigh down, weigh heavily, worry


price

See Also

•   n.    amount, asking price, assessment, bill, charge, cost, damage (Inf.), estimate, expenditure, expense, face value, fee, figure, outlay, payment, rate, valuation, value, worth [image]  consequences, cost, penalty, sacrifice, toll [image]  bounty, compensation, premium, recompense, reward [image]  at any price anyhow, cost what it may, expense no object, no matter what the cost, regardless, whatever the cost [image]  beyond price inestimable, invaluable, of incalculable value, precious, priceless, treasured, without price

•   v.    assess, cost, estimate, evaluate, put a price on, rate, value


priceless

See Also

   beyond price, cherished, costly, dear, expensive, incalculable, incomparable, inestimable, invaluable, irreplaceable, precious, prized, rare, rich, treasured, worth a king's ransom [image]   Inf. absurd, amusing, comic, droll, funny, hilarious, killing (Inf.), rib-tickling, ridiculous, riotous, side-splitting


prick

See Also

•   v.    bore, impale, jab, lance, perforate, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, stab [image]  bite, itch, prickle, smart, sting, tingle [image]  cut, distress, grieve, move, pain, stab, touch, trouble, wound [image]  (Usually with up) point, raise, rise, stand erect

•   n.    cut, gash, hole, perforation, pinhole, puncture, wound [image]  gnawing, pang, prickle, smart, spasm, sting, twinge


prickle

See Also

•   n.    barb, needle, point, spike, spine, spur, thorn [image]  chill, formication, goose flesh, paraesthesia (Medical), pins and needles (Inf.), smart, tickle, tingle, tingling

•   v.    itch, smart, sting, tingle, twitch [image]  jab, nick, prick, stick


prickly

See Also

   barbed, brambly, briery, bristly, spiny, thorny [image]  crawling, itchy, pricking, prickling, scratchy, sharp, smarting, stinging, tingling [image]  bad-tempered, cantankerous, edgy, fractious, grumpy, irritable, liverish, peevish, pettish, petulant, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), shirty (Sl., chiefly Brit.), snappish, stroppy (Brit. sl.), tetchy, touchy, waspish [image]  complicated, difficult, intricate, involved, knotty, thorny, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying


pride

See Also

•   n.    amour-propre, dignity, honour, self-esteem, self-respect, self-worth [image]  arrogance, bigheadedness (Inf.), conceit, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, loftiness, morgue, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superciliousness, vainglory, vanity [image]  boast, gem, jewel, pride and joy, prize, treasure [image]  delight, gratification, joy, pleasure, satisfaction [image]  best, choice, cream, elite, flower, glory, pick

•   v.    be proud of, boast, brag, congratulate oneself, crow, exult, flatter oneself, glory in, pique, plume, preen, revel in, take pride, vaunt


priest

See Also

churchman, clergyman, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, father, father confessor, holy man, man of God, man of the cloth, minister, padre (Inf.), pastor, vicar


priestly

canonical, clerical, ecclesiastic, hieratic, pastoral, priestlike, sacerdotal


prig

See Also

goody-goody (Inf.), Holy Joe (Inf.), Holy Willie (Inf.), Mrs Grundy, old maid (Inf.), pedant, prude, puritan, stuffed shirt (Inf.)


priggish

See Also

goody-goody (Inf.), holier-than-thou, narrow-minded, pedantic, prim, prudish, puritanical, self-righteous, self-satisfied, smug, starchy (Inf.), stiff, stuffy


prim

See Also

demure, fastidious, formal, fussy, old-maidish (Inf.), particular, precise, priggish, prissy (Inf.), proper, prudish, puritanical, schoolmarmish (Brit. inf.), starchy (Inf.), stiff, strait-laced


prima donna

See Also

diva, leading lady, star


primarily

   above all, basically, chiefly, especially, essentially, for the most part, fundamentally, generally, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, principally [image]  at first, at or from the start, first and foremost, initially, in the beginning, in the first place, originally


primary

See Also

   best, capital, cardinal, chief, dominant, first, greatest, highest, leading, main, paramount, prime, principal, top [image]  aboriginal, earliest, initial, original, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine [image]  basic, beginning, bog-standard (Inf.), elemental, essential, fundamental, radical, ultimate, underlying [image]  elementary, introductory, rudimentary, simple


prime

See Also

•   adj.    best, capital, choice, excellent, first-class, first-rate, grade A, highest, quality, select, selected, superior, top [image]  basic, bog-standard (Inf.), earliest, fundamental, original, primary, underlying [image]  chief, leading, main, predominant, pre-eminent, primary, principal, ruling, senior

•   n.    best days, bloom, flower, full flowering, height, heyday, maturity, peak, perfection, zenith [image]  beginning, morning, opening, spring, start

•   v.    break in, coach, fit, get ready, groom, make ready, prepare, train [image]  brief, clue in (Inf.), clue up (Inf.), fill in (Inf.), gen up (Brit. inf.), give someone the lowdown (Inf.), inform, notify, tell


primeval, primaeval

See Also

ancient, earliest, early, first, old, original, prehistoric, primal, primitive, primordial, pristine


primitive

See Also

   earliest, early, elementary, first, original, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine [image]  barbarian, barbaric, crude, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, undeveloped, unrefined [image]  childlike, naive, simple, undeveloped, unsophisticated, untrained, untutored


prince

See Also

lord, monarch, potentate, ruler, sovereign


princely

See Also

   bounteous, bountiful, generous, gracious, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, open-handed, rich [image]  august, dignified, grand, high-born, imperial, imposing, lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, regal, royal, sovereign, stately


principal

See Also

•   adj.    capital, cardinal, chief, controlling, dominant, essential, first, foremost, highest, key, leading, main, most important, paramount, pre-eminent, primary, prime, strongest

•   n.    boss (Inf.), chief, director, head, leader, master, ruler, superintendent [image]  dean, director, head (Inf.), headmaster, headmistress, head teacher, master, rector [image]  assets, capital, capital funds, money [image]  first violin, lead, leader, star


principally

See Also

above all, chiefly, especially, first and foremost, for the most part, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, particularly, predominantly, primarily


principle

See Also

   assumption, axiom, canon, criterion, dictum, doctrine, dogma, ethic, formula, fundamental, golden rule, law, maxim, moral law, precept, proposition, rule, standard, truth, verity [image]  attitude, belief, code, credo, ethic, morality, opinion, tenet [image]  conscience, integrity, morals, probity, rectitude, scruples, sense of duty, sense of honour, uprightness [image]  in principle ideally, in essence, in theory, theoretically


print

See Also

•   v.    engrave, go to press, impress, imprint, issue, mark, publish, put to bed (Inf.), run off, stamp

•   n.    book, magazine, newspaper, newsprint, periodical, printed matter, publication, typescript [image]  in print  [image]  in black and white, on paper, on the streets, out, printed, published [image]  available, current, in the shops, obtainable, on the market, on the shelves [image]  out of print no longer published, o.p., unavailable, unobtainable [image]  copy, engraving, photo (Inf.), photograph, picture, reproduction [image]  characters, face, font (Chiefly U.S.), fount, lettering, letters, type, typeface


priority

See Also

first concern, greater importance, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, prerogative, rank, right of way, seniority, superiority, supremacy, the lead


priory

abbey, cloister, convent, monastery, nunnery, religious house


prison

See Also

can (Sl.), choky (Sl.), clink (Sl.), confinement, cooler (Sl.), dungeon, gaol, glasshouse (Military inf.), jail, jug (Sl.), lockup, nick (Brit. sl.), penal institution, penitentiary (U.S.), poky or pokey (U.S. & Canad. sl.), pound, quod (Sl.), slammer (Sl.), stir (Sl.)


prisoner

   con (Sl.), convict, jailbird, lag (Sl.) [image]  captive, detainee, hostage, internee


privacy

See Also

   isolation, privateness, retirement, retreat, seclusion, separateness, sequestration, solitude [image]  clandestineness, concealment, confidentiality, secrecy


private

See Also

•   adj.    clandestine, closet, confidential, covert, hush-hush (Inf.), in camera, inside, off the record, privy (Archaic), secret, unofficial [image]  exclusive, individual, intimate, own, particular, personal, reserved, special [image]  independent, nonpublic [image]  concealed, isolated, not overlooked, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary, withdrawn [image]  in private behind closed doors, confidentially, in camera, in secret, personally, privately

•   n.    enlisted man (U.S.), private soldier, squaddie or squaddy (Brit. sl.), tommy (Brit. inf.), Tommy Atkins (Brit. inf.)


privilege

See Also

advantage, benefit, birthright, claim, concession, due, entitlement, franchise, freedom, immunity, liberty, prerogative, right, sanction


privileged

See Also

   advantaged, elite, entitled, favoured, honoured, indulged, powerful, ruling, special [image]  allowed, empowered, exempt, free, granted, licensed, sanctioned, vested [image]   Of information confidential, exceptional, inside, not for publication, off the record, privy, special


prize 1

See Also

•   n.    accolade, award, honour, premium, reward, trophy [image]  haul, jackpot, purse, stakes, windfall, winnings [image]  aim, ambition, conquest, desire, gain, goal, hope [image]  booty, capture, loot, pickings, pillage, plunder, spoil(s), trophy

•   adj.    award-winning, best, champion, first-rate, outstanding, top, topnotch (Inf.), winning


prize 2

See Also

•   v. appreciate, cherish, esteem, hold dear, regard highly, set store by, treasure, value


probability

See Also

chance(s), expectation, liability, likelihood, likeliness, odds, presumption, prospect


probable

See Also

apparent, credible, feasible, likely, most likely, odds-on, on the cards, ostensible, plausible, possible, presumable, presumed, reasonable, seeming, verisimilar


probably

See Also

as likely as not, doubtless, in all likelihood, in all probability, likely, maybe, most likely, perchance (Archaic), perhaps, possibly, presumably


probation

apprenticeship, examination, initiation, novitiate, test, trial, trial period


probe

See Also

•   v.    examine, explore, go into, investigate, look into, query, research, scrutinize, search, sift, sound, test, verify, work over [image]  explore, feel around, poke, prod

•   n.    detection, examination, exploration, inquest, inquiry, investigation, research, scrutiny, study


problem

See Also

•   n.    can of worms (Inf.), complication, difficulty, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, disputed point, doubt, hard nut to crack (Inf.), point at issue, predicament, quandary, trouble [image]  brain-teaser (Inf.), conundrum, enigma, poser, puzzle, question, riddle, teaser

•   adj.    delinquent, difficult, intractable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly


problematic

See Also

chancy (Inf.), debatable, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, moot, open to doubt, problematical, puzzling, questionable, tricky, uncertain, unsettled


procedure

See Also

action, conduct, course, custom, form, formula, method, modus operandi, operation, performance, plan of action, policy, practice, process, routine, scheme, step, strategy, system, transaction


proceed

See Also

   advance, carry on, continue, get going, get on with, get under way with, go ahead, go on, make a start, move on, press on, progress, set in motion [image]  arise, come, derive, emanate, ensue, flow, follow, issue, originate, result, spring, stem


proceeding

See Also

   act, action, course of action, deed, measure, move, occurrence, procedure, process, step, undertaking, venture [image]  (Plural) account, affairs, annals, archives, business, dealings, doings, matters, minutes, records, report, transactions


proceeds

See Also

earnings, gain, income, produce, products, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, takings, yield


process

See Also

•   n.    action, course, course of action, manner, means, measure, method, mode, operation, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, system, transaction [image]  advance, course, development, evolution, formation, growth, movement, progress, progression, stage, step, unfolding [image]   Law action, case, suit, trial

•   v.    deal with, dispose of, fulfil, handle, take care of [image]  alter, convert, prepare, refine, transform, treat


procession

See Also

   cavalcade, column, cortege, file, march, motorcade, parade, train [image]  course, cycle, run, sequence, series, string, succession, train


proclaim

See Also

advertise, affirm, announce, blaze (abroad), blazon (abroad), circulate, declare, enunciate, give out, herald, indicate, make known, profess, promulgate, publish, shout from the housetops (Inf.), show, trumpet


proclamation

See Also

announcement, declaration, decree, edict, manifesto, notice, notification, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, publication


procrastinate

See Also

adjourn, be dilatory, dally, defer, delay, drag one's feet (Inf.), gain time, play a waiting game, play for time, postpone, prolong, protract, put off, retard, stall, temporize


procure

See Also

acquire, appropriate, buy, come by, earn, effect, find, gain, get, get hold of, lay hands on, manage to get, obtain, pick up, purchase, score (Sl.), secure, win


prod

See Also

•   v.    dig, drive, elbow, jab, nudge, poke, prick, propel, push, shove [image]  egg on, goad, impel, incite, motivate, move, prompt, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge

•   n.    boost, dig, elbow, jab, nudge, poke, push, shove [image]  goad, poker, spur, stick [image]  boost, cue, prompt, reminder, signal, stimulus


prodigal

See Also

•   adj.    excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, profligate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wanton, wasteful [image]  bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, sumptuous, superabundant, teeming

•   n.    big spender, profligate, spendthrift, squanderer, wastrel


prodigality

   abandon, dissipation, excess, extravagance, immoderation, intemperance, profligacy, recklessness, squandering, wantonness, waste, wastefulness [image]  abundance, amplitude, bounteousness, bounty, copiousness, cornucopia, exuberance, horn of plenty, lavishness, luxuriance, plenteousness, plenty, profusion, richness, sumptuousness


prodigious

See Also

   colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, immeasurable, immense, inordinate, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, stupendous, tremendous, vast [image]  abnormal, amazing, astounding, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic (Inf.), flabbergasting (Inf.), impressive, marvellous, miraculous, phenomenal, remarkable, staggering, startling, striking, stupendous, unusual, wonderful


prodigy

See Also

   brainbox, child genius, genius, mastermind, talent, whiz (Inf.), whiz kid (Inf.), wizard, wonder child, wunderkind [image]  marvel, miracle, one in a million, phenomenon, rare bird (Inf.), sensation, wonder [image]  abnormality, curiosity, freak, grotesque, monster, monstrosity, mutation, spectacle


produce

See Also

•   v.    compose, construct, create, develop, fabricate, invent, make, manufacture, originate, put together, turn out [image]  afford, bear, beget, breed, bring forth, deliver, engender, furnish, give, render, supply, yield [image]  bring about, cause, effect, generate, give rise to, make for, occasion, provoke, set off [image]  advance, bring forward, bring to light, demonstrate, exhibit, offer, present, put forward, set forth, show [image]  direct, do, exhibit, mount, present, put before the public, put on, show, stage [image]   Geometry extend, lengthen, prolong, protract

•   n.    crop, fruit and vegetables, greengrocery, harvest, product, yield


producer

See Also

   director, impresario, régisseur [image]  farmer, grower, maker, manufacturer


product

See Also

   artefact, commodity, concoction, creation, goods, invention, merchandise, produce, production, work [image]  consequence, effect, fruit, issue, legacy, offshoot, outcome, result, returns, spin-off, upshot, yield


production

See Also

   assembly, construction, creation, fabrication, formation, making, manufacture, manufacturing, origination, preparation, producing [image]  direction, management, presentation, staging


productive

See Also

   creative, dynamic, energetic, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, inventive, plentiful, producing, prolific, rich, teeming, vigorous [image]  advantageous, beneficial, constructive, effective, fruitful, gainful, gratifying, profitable, rewarding, useful, valuable, worthwhile


productivity

See Also

abundance, mass production, output, production, productive capacity, productiveness, work rate, yield


profane

See Also

•   adj.    disrespectful, godless, heathen, idolatrous, impious, impure, irreligious, irreverent, pagan, sacrilegious, sinful, ungodly, wicked [image]  lay, secular, temporal, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, worldly [image]  abusive, blasphemous, coarse, crude, filthy, foul, obscene, vulgar

•   v.    abuse, commit sacrilege, contaminate, debase, defile, desecrate, misuse, pervert, pollute, prostitute, violate, vitiate


profanity

See Also

abuse, blasphemy, curse, cursing, execration, foul language, four-letter word, impiety, imprecation, irreverence, malediction, obscenity, profaneness, sacrilege, swearing, swearword


profess

See Also

   acknowledge, admit, affirm, announce, assert, asseverate, aver, avow, certify, confess, confirm, declare, maintain, own, proclaim, state, vouch [image]  act as if, allege, call oneself, claim, dissemble, fake, feign, let on, make out, pretend, purport, sham


professed

See Also

   avowed, certified, confirmed, declared, proclaimed, self-acknowledged, self-confessed [image]  alleged, apparent, ostensible, pretended, purported, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, supposed, would-be


professedly

See Also

   allegedly, apparently, by one's own account, falsely, ostensibly, purportedly, supposedly, under the pretext of [image]  admittedly, avowedly, by open declaration, confessedly


profession

See Also

   business, calling, career, employment, line, line of work, métier, occupation, office, position, sphere, vocation, walk of life [image]  acknowledgment, affirmation, assertion, attestation, avowal, claim, confession, declaration, statement, testimony, vow


professional

See Also

•   adj.    ace (Inf.), adept, competent, crack (Sl.), efficient, experienced, expert, finished, masterly, polished, practised, proficient, qualified, skilled, slick, trained

•   n.    adept, authority, buff (Inf.), dab hand (Brit. inf.), expert, hotshot (Inf.), maestro, master, maven (U.S.), past master, pro (Inf.), specialist, virtuoso, whiz (Inf.), wizard


professor

See Also

don (Brit.), fellow (Brit.), head of faculty, prof (Inf.)


proficiency

See Also

ability, accomplishment, aptitude, competence, craft, dexterity, expertise, expertness, facility, knack, know-how (Inf.), mastery, skilfulness, skill, talent


proficient

See Also

able, accomplished, adept, apt, capable, clever, competent, conversant, efficient, experienced, expert, gifted, masterly, qualified, skilful, skilled, talented, trained, versed


profile

See Also

•   n.    contour, drawing, figure, form, outline, portrait, shape, side view, silhouette, sketch [image]  biography, characterization, character sketch, sketch, thumbnail sketch, vignette [image]  analysis, chart, diagram, examination, graph, review, study, survey, table


profit

See Also

•   n.    (Often plural) bottom line, earnings, emoluments, gain, percentage (Inf.), proceeds, receipts, return, revenue, surplus, takings, winnings, yield [image]  advancement, advantage, avail, benefit, gain, good, interest, use, value

•   v.    aid, avail, benefit, be of advantage to, better, contribute, gain, help, improve, promote, serve, stand in good stead [image]  capitalize on, cash in on (Inf.), exploit, learn from, make capital of, make good use of, make the most of, put to good use, rake in (Inf.), reap the benefit of, take advantage of, turn to advantage or account, use, utilize [image]  clean up (Inf.), clear, earn, gain, make a good thing of (Inf.), make a killing (Inf.), make money


profitable

See Also

   commercial, cost-effective, fruitful, gainful, lucrative, money-making, paying, remunerative, rewarding, worthwhile [image]  advantageous, beneficial, economic, expedient, fruitful, productive, rewarding, serviceable, useful, valuable, worthwhile


profiteer

•   n.    exploiter, racketeer

•   v.    exploit, fleece, make a quick buck (Sl.), make someone pay through the nose, overcharge, racketeer, skin (Sl.), sting (Inf.)


profligate

See Also

•   adj.    abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, iniquitous, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, shameless, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, wicked, wild [image]  extravagant, immoderate, improvident, prodigal, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wasteful

•   n.    debauchee, degenerate, dissipater, libertine, rake, reprobate, roué [image]  prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel


profound

See Also

   abstruse, deep, discerning, erudite, learned, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, sagacious, sage, serious, skilled, subtle, thoughtful, weighty, wise [image]  abysmal, bottomless, cavernous, deep, fathomless, yawning [image]  abject, acute, deeply felt, extreme, great, heartfelt, heartrending, hearty, intense, keen, sincere [image]  absolute, complete, consummate, exhaustive, extensive, extreme, far-reaching, intense, out-and-out, pronounced, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter


profoundly

See Also

abjectly, acutely, deeply, extremely, from the bottom of one's heart, greatly, heartily, intensely, keenly, seriously, sincerely, thoroughly, very


profuse

See Also

   abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, luxuriant, overflowing, plentiful, prolific, teeming [image]  excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fulsome, generous, immoderate, lavish, liberal, open-handed, prodigal, unstinting


profusion

See Also

abundance, bounty, copiousness, cornucopia, excess, extravagance, exuberance, glut, lavishness, luxuriance, multitude, oversupply, plenitude, plethora, prodigality, quantity, riot, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, wealth


progeny

See Also

breed, children, descendants, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, race, scions, seed (Chiefly biblical), stock, young


programme

See Also

•   n.    agenda, curriculum, line-up, list, listing, list of players, order of events, order of the day, plan, schedule, syllabus, timetable [image]  broadcast, performance, presentation, production, show [image]  design, order of the day, plan, plan of action, procedure, project, scheme

•   v.    arrange, bill, book, design, engage, formulate, itemize, lay on, line up, list, map out, plan, prearrange, schedule, work out


progress

See Also

•   n.    advance, course, movement, onward course, passage, progression, way [image]  advance, advancement, amelioration, betterment, breakthrough, development, gain, gaining ground, growth, headway, improvement, increase, progression, promotion, step forward [image]  in progress being done, going on, happening, occurring, proceeding, taking place, under way

•   v.    advance, come on, continue, cover ground, forge ahead, gain ground, gather way, get on, go forward, make headway, make one's way, make strides, move on, proceed, travel [image]  advance, ameliorate, better, blossom, develop, gain, grow, improve, increase, mature


progression

See Also

   advance, advancement, furtherance, gain, headway, movement forward, progress [image]  chain, course, cycle, order, sequence, series, string, succession


progressive

See Also

   accelerating, advancing, continuing, continuous, developing, escalating, growing, increasing, intensifying, ongoing [image]  advanced, avant-garde, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, forward-looking, go-ahead, liberal, modern, radical, reformist, revolutionary, up-and-coming


prohibit

See Also

   ban, debar, disallow, forbid, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, veto [image]  constrain, hamper, hinder, impede, make impossible, obstruct, preclude, prevent, restrict, rule out, stop


prohibited

See Also

banned, barred, forbidden, not allowed, proscribed, taboo, verboten, vetoed


prohibition

See Also

   constraint, exclusion, forbiddance, interdiction, negation, obstruction, prevention, restriction [image]  ban, bar, boycott, disallowance, embargo, injunction, interdict, proscription, veto


prohibitive

   forbidding, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, restrictive, suppressive [image]   Esp. of prices beyond one's means, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, high-priced, preposterous, sky-high, steep (Inf.)


project

See Also

•   n.    activity, assignment, design, enterprise, job, occupation, plan, programme, proposal, scheme, task, undertaking, venture, work

•   v.    contemplate, contrive, design, devise, draft, frame, map out, outline, plan, propose, purpose, scheme [image]  cast, discharge, fling, hurl, launch, make carry, propel, shoot, throw, transmit [image]  beetle, bulge, extend, jut, overhang, protrude, stand out, stick out [image]  calculate, estimate, extrapolate, forecast, gauge, predetermine, predict, reckon


projectile

See Also

bullet, missile, rocket, shell


projection

See Also

   bulge, eaves, jut, ledge, overhang, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, shelf, sill [image]  blueprint, diagram, map, outline, plan, representation [image]  calculation, computation, estimate, estimation, extrapolation, forecast, prediction, reckoning


proletarian

See Also

•   adj.    cloth-cap (Inf.), common, plebeian, working-class

•   n.    commoner, Joe Bloggs (Brit. inf.), man of the people, pleb, plebeian, prole (Derogatory sl., chiefly Brit.), worker


proletariat

See Also

commonalty, commoners, hoi polloi, labouring classes, lower classes, lower orders, plebs, proles (Derogatory sl., chiefly Brit.), the common people, the great unwashed (Inf. & derogatory), the herd, the masses, the rabble, wage-earners, working class


prolific

See Also

abundant, bountiful, copious, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, luxuriant, productive, profuse, rank, rich, teeming


prologue

exordium, foreword, introduction, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, proem


prolong

See Also

carry on, continue, delay, drag out, draw out, extend, lengthen, make longer, perpetuate, protract, spin out, stretch


promenade

See Also

•   n.    boulevard, esplanade, parade, prom, public walk, walkway [image]  airing, constitutional, saunter, stroll, turn, walk

•   v.    perambulate, saunter, stretch one's legs, stroll, take a walk, walk [image]  flaunt, parade, strut, swagger


prominence

See Also

   cliff, crag, crest, elevation, headland, height, high point, hummock, mound, pinnacle, projection, promontory, rise, rising ground, spur [image]  bulge, jutting, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swelling [image]  conspicuousness, markedness, outstandingness, precedence, salience, specialness, top billing, weight [image]  celebrity, distinction, eminence, fame, greatness, importance, name, notability, pre-eminence, prestige, rank, reputation, standing


prominent

See Also

   bulging, hanging over, jutting, projecting, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, standing out [image]  blatant, conspicuous, easily seen, eye-catching, in the foreground, noticeable, obtrusive, obvious, outstanding, pronounced, remarkable, salient, striking, to the fore, unmistakable [image]  big-time (Inf.), celebrated, chief, distinguished, eminent, famous, foremost, important, leading, main, major league (Inf.), notable, noted, outstanding, popular, pre-eminent, renowned, respected, top, well-known, well-thought-of


promiscuous

See Also

   abandoned, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, fast, immoral, lax, libertine, licentious, loose, of easy virtue, profligate, unbridled, unchaste, wanton, wild [image]  chaotic, confused, disordered, diverse, heterogeneous, ill-assorted, indiscriminate, intermingled, intermixed, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley [image]  careless, casual, haphazard, heedless, indifferent, indiscriminate, irregular, irresponsible, random, slovenly, uncontrolled, uncritical, undiscriminating, unfastidious, unselective


promise

See Also

•   v.    assure, contract, cross one's heart, engage, give an undertaking, give one's word, guarantee, pledge, plight, stipulate, swear, take an oath, undertake, vouch, vow, warrant [image]  augur, bespeak, betoken, bid fair, denote, give hope of, hint at, hold a probability, hold out hopes of, indicate, lead one to expect, look like, seem likely to, show signs of, suggest

•   n.    assurance, bond, commitment, compact, covenant, engagement, guarantee, oath, pledge, undertaking, vow, word, word of honour [image]  ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, flair, potential, talent


promising

See Also

   auspicious, bright, encouraging, favourable, full of promise, hopeful, likely, propitious, reassuring, rosy [image]  able, gifted, likely, rising, talented, up-and-coming


promote

See Also

   advance, aid, assist, back, boost, contribute to, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, help, nurture, stimulate, support [image]  aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honour, kick upstairs (Inf.), prefer, raise, upgrade [image]  advocate, call attention to, champion, endorse, espouse, popularize, prescribe, push for, recommend, speak for, sponsor, support, urge, work for [image]  advertise, beat the drum for (Inf.), hype, plug (Inf.), publicize, puff, push, sell


promotion

See Also

   advancement, aggrandizement, elevation, ennoblement, exaltation, honour, move up, preferment, rise, upgrading [image]  advancement, advocacy, backing, boosting, cultivation, development, encouragement, espousal, furtherance, progress, support [image]  advertising, advertising campaign, ballyhoo (Inf.), hard sell, hype, media hype, plugging (Inf.), propaganda, publicity, puffery (Inf.), pushing


prompt

See Also

•   adj.    early, immediate, instant, instantaneous, on time, pdq (Sl.), punctual, quick, rapid, speedy, swift, timely, unhesitating [image]  alert, brisk, eager, efficient, expeditious, quick, ready, responsive, smart, willing

•   adv.     Inf. exactly, on the dot, promptly, punctually, sharp

•   v.    cause, impel, incite, induce, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, provoke, spur, stimulate, urge [image]  assist, cue, help out, jog the memory, prod, refresh the memory, remind [image]  call forth, cause, elicit, evoke, give rise to, occasion, provoke

•   n.    cue, help, hint, jog, jolt, prod, reminder, spur, stimulus


prompter

   autocue, idiot board (Sl.), Teleprompter (Trademark) [image]  agitator, catalyst, gadfly, inspirer, instigator, moving spirit, prime mover


prompting

See Also

assistance, encouragement, hint, incitement, influence, jogging, persuasion, pressing, pressure, prodding, pushing, reminder, reminding, suggestion, urging


promptly

See Also

at once, by return, directly, hotfoot, immediately, instantly, on the dot, on time, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, pronto (Inf.), punctually, quickly, speedily, swiftly, unhesitatingly


promptness

See Also

alacrity, alertness, briskness, dispatch, eagerness, haste, promptitude, punctuality, quickness, readiness, speed, swiftness, willingness


promulgate

See Also

advertise, announce, broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, issue, make known, make public, notify, proclaim, promote, publish, spread


prone

See Also

   face down, flat, horizontal, lying down, procumbent, prostrate, recumbent, supine [image]  apt, bent, disposed, given, inclined, liable, likely, predisposed, subject, susceptible, tending


prong

See Also

point, projection, spike, tine, tip


pronounce

See Also

   accent, articulate, enunciate, say, sound, speak, stress, utter, vocalize, voice [image]  affirm, announce, assert, declare, decree, deliver, judge, proclaim


pronounced

See Also

broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, distinct, evident, marked, noticeable, obvious, striking, strong, unmistakable


pronouncement

See Also

announcement, declaration, decree, dictum, edict, judgment, manifesto, notification, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento, statement


pronunciation

See Also

accent, accentuation, articulation, diction, elocution, enunciation, inflection, intonation, speech, stress


proof

See Also

•   n.    attestation, authentication, certification, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, substantiation, testimony, verification [image]  Also put to the proof assay, examination, experiment, ordeal, scrutiny, test, trial [image]   Printing galley, galley proof, page proof, pull, slip, trial impression, trial print

•   adj.    impenetrable, impervious, repellent, resistant, strong, tight, treated [image]  be proof against hold out against, resist, stand firm against, stand up to, withstand


prop

See Also

•   v.    bolster, brace, buttress, hold up, maintain, shore, stay, support, sustain, truss, uphold [image]  lean, rest, set, stand

•   n.    brace, buttress, mainstay, stanchion, stay, support, truss


propaganda

See Also

advertising, agitprop, ballyhoo (Inf.), brainwashing, disinformation, hype, information, newspeak, promotion, publicity


propagate

See Also

   beget, breed, engender, generate, increase, multiply, procreate, produce, proliferate, reproduce [image]  broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, make known, proclaim, promote, promulgate, publicize, publish, spread, transmit


propagation

See Also

   breeding, generation, increase, multiplication, procreation, proliferation, reproduction [image]  circulation, communication, diffusion, dissemination, distribution, promotion, promulgation, spread, spreading, transmission


propel

See Also

drive, force, impel, launch, push, send, set in motion, shoot, shove, start, thrust


propensity

See Also

aptness, bent, bias, disposition, inclination, leaning, liability, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, tendency, weakness


proper

See Also

   appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, fit, fitting, legitimate, meet (Archaic), right, suitable, suited [image]  comme il faut, decent, decorous, de rigueur, genteel, gentlemanly, ladylike, mannerly, polite, punctilious, refined, respectable, seemly [image]  accepted, accurate, conventional, correct, established, exact, formal, kosher (Inf.), orthodox, precise, right [image]  characteristic, individual, own, particular, peculiar, personal, respective, special, specific


property

See Also

   assets, belongings, building(s), capital, chattels, effects, estate, goods, holdings, house(s), means, possessions, resources, riches, wealth [image]  acres, estate, freehold, holding, land, real estate, real property, realty, title [image]  ability, attribute, characteristic, feature, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, mark, peculiarity, quality, trait, virtue


prophecy

See Also

augury, divination, forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, soothsaying, sortilege, vaticination (Rare)


prophesy

See Also

augur, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, predict, presage, prognosticate, soothsay, vaticinate (Rare)


prophet

See Also

augur, Cassandra, clairvoyant, diviner, forecaster, oracle, prognosticator, prophesier, seer, sibyl, soothsayer


prophetic

See Also

augural, divinatory, fatidic (Rare), foreshadowing, mantic, oracular, predictive, presaging, prescient, prognostic, sibylline, vatic (Rare)


propitious

See Also

   advantageous, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favourable, fortunate, full of promise, happy, lucky, opportune, promising, prosperous, rosy, timely [image]  benevolent, benign, favourably inclined, friendly, gracious, kind, well-disposed


proportion

See Also

   distribution, ratio, relationship, relative amount [image]  agreement, balance, congruity, correspondence, harmony, symmetry [image]  amount, cut (Inf.), division, fraction, measure, part, percentage, quota, segment, share [image]  (Plural) amplitude, breadth, bulk, capacity, dimensions, expanse, extent, magnitude, measurements, range, scope, size, volume


proportional, proportionate

See Also

balanced, commensurate, comparable, compatible, consistent, correspondent, corresponding, equitable, equivalent, even, in proportion, just


proposal

See Also

bid, design, motion, offer, overture, plan, presentation, proffer, programme, project, proposition, recommendation, scheme, suggestion, tender, terms


propose

See Also

   advance, come up with, present, proffer, propound, put forward, submit, suggest, tender [image]  introduce, invite, name, nominate, present, put up, recommend [image]  aim, design, have every intention, have in mind, intend, mean, plan, purpose, scheme [image]  ask for someone's hand (in marriage), offer marriage, pay suit, pop the question (Inf.)


proposition

See Also

•   n.    motion, plan, programme, project, proposal, recommendation, scheme, suggestion

•   v.    accost, make an improper suggestion, make an indecent proposal, solicit


propound

See Also

advance, advocate, contend, lay down, postulate, present, propose, put forward, set forth, submit, suggest


proprietor, proprietress

See Also

deed holder, freeholder, landlady, landlord, landowner, owner, possessor, titleholder


propriety

See Also

   appropriateness, aptness, becomingness, correctness, fitness, rightness, seemliness, suitableness [image]  breeding, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, etiquette, good form, good manners, manners, modesty, politeness, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, seemliness [image]  the proprieties accepted conduct, amenities, civilities, etiquette, niceties, rules of conduct, social code, social conventions, social graces, the done thing


propulsion

drive, impetus, impulse, impulsion, momentum, motive power, power, pressure, propelling force, push, thrust


prosaic

See Also

banal, boring, commonplace, dry, dull, everyday, flat, hackneyed, humdrum, matter-of-fact, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, routine, stale, tame, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, vapid, workaday


proscribe

See Also

   ban, boycott, censure, condemn, damn, denounce, doom, embargo, forbid, interdict, prohibit, reject [image]  attaint (Archaic), banish, blackball, deport, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, outlaw


prosecute

See Also

    Law arraign, bring action against, bring suit against, bring to trial, do (Sl.), indict, litigate, prefer charges, put in the dock, put on trial, seek redress, sue, summon, take to court, try [image]  carry on, conduct, direct, discharge, engage in, manage, perform, practise, work at [image]  carry through, continue, follow through, persevere, persist, pursue, see through


prospect

See Also

•   n.    anticipation, calculation, contemplation, expectation, future, hope, odds, opening, outlook, plan, presumption, probability, promise, proposal, thought [image]  landscape, outlook, panorama, perspective, scene, sight, spectacle, view, vision, vista [image]  in prospect in sight, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, on the cards, on the horizon, planned, projected [image]  (Sometimes plural) chance, likelihood, possibility

•   v.    explore, go after, look for, search, seek, survey


prospective

about to be, anticipated, approaching, awaited, coming, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, hoped-for, imminent, intended, likely, looked-for, possible, potential, soon-to-be, -to-be, to come, upcoming


prospectus

announcement, catalogue, conspectus, list, outline, plan, programme, scheme, syllabus, synopsis


prosper

See Also

advance, be fortunate, bloom, do well, fare well, flourish, flower, get on, grow rich, make good, make it (Inf.), progress, succeed, thrive


prosperity

See Also

affluence, boom, ease, fortune, good fortune, good times, life of luxury, life of Riley (Inf.), luxury, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, the good life, wealth, well-being


prosperous

See Also

   blooming, booming, doing well, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, on the up and up (Brit.), palmy, prospering, successful, thriving [image]  affluent, in clover (Inf.), in the money (Inf.), moneyed, opulent, rich, wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do [image]  advantageous, auspicious, bright, favourable, good, profitable, promising, propitious, timely


prostitute

See Also

•   n.    bawd (Archaic), brass (Sl.), call girl, camp follower, cocotte, courtesan, fallen woman, fille de joie, harlot, hooker (U.S. sl.), hustler (U.S. & Canad. sl.), loose woman, moll (Sl.), pro (Sl.), scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), streetwalker, strumpet, tart (Inf.), trollop, white slave, whore, working girl (Facetious sl.)

•   v.    cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, devalue, misapply, pervert, profane


prostitution

harlotry, harlot's trade, Mrs. Warren's profession, streetwalking, the game (Sl.), the oldest profession, vice, whoredom


prostrate

See Also

•   adj.    abject, bowed low, flat, horizontal, kowtowing, procumbent, prone [image]  at a low ebb, dejected, depressed, desolate, drained, exhausted, fagged out (Inf.), fallen, inconsolable, overcome, spent, worn out [image]  brought to one's knees, defenceless, disarmed, helpless, impotent, overwhelmed, paralysed, powerless, reduced

•   v.     Of oneself abase, bend the knee to, bow before, bow down to, cast oneself before, cringe, fall at (someone's) feet, fall on one's knees before, grovel, kneel, kowtow, submit [image]  bring low, crush, depress, disarm, lay low, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, paralyse, reduce, ruin [image]  drain, exhaust, fag out (Inf.), fatigue, sap, tire, wear out, weary


protagonist

See Also

   central character, hero, heroine, lead, leading character, principal [image]  advocate, champion, exponent, leader, mainstay, moving spirit, prime mover, standard-bearer, supporter


protean

See Also

changeable, ever-changing, many-sided, mercurial, multiform, mutable, polymorphous, temperamental, variable, versatile, volatile


protect

See Also

care for, chaperon, cover, cover up for, defend, foster, give sanctuary, guard, harbour, keep, keep safe, look after, mount or stand guard over, preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stick up for (Inf.), support, take under one's wing, watch over


protection

See Also

   aegis, care, charge, custody, defence, guardianship, guarding, preservation, protecting, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, security [image]  armour, barrier, buffer, bulwark, cover, guard, refuge, safeguard, screen, shelter, shield


protective

See Also

careful, covering, defensive, fatherly, insulating, jealous, maternal, motherly, paternal, possessive, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding, vigilant, warm, watchful


protector

See Also

advocate, benefactor, bodyguard, champion, counsel, defender, guard, guardian, guardian angel, knight in shining armour, patron, safeguard, tower of strength


protégé, protégée

See Also

charge, dependant, discovery, pupil, student, ward


protest

See Also

•   n.    complaint, declaration, demur, demurral, disapproval, dissent, formal complaint, objection, outcry, protestation, remonstrance

•   v.    complain, cry out, demonstrate, demur, disagree, disapprove, expostulate, express disapproval, kick (against) (Inf.), object, oppose, remonstrate, say no to, take exception [image]  affirm, argue, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, testify, vow


protestation

See Also

   complaint, disagreement, dissent, expostulation, objection, outcry, protest, remonstrance, remonstration [image]  affirmation, asseveration, avowal, declaration, oath, pledge, profession, vow


protester

See Also

agitator, demonstrator, dissenter, dissident, protest marcher, rebel


protocol

See Also

   code of behaviour, conventions, courtesies, customs, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, manners, politesse, propriety, rules of conduct [image]  agreement, compact, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, pact, treaty


prototype

See Also

archetype, example, first, mock-up, model, norm, original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, standard, type


protract

See Also

continue, drag on or out, draw out, extend, keep going, lengthen, prolong, spin out, stretch out


protracted

See Also

dragged out, drawn-out, extended, interminable, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, never-ending, overlong, prolonged, spun out, time-consuming


protrude

See Also

bulge, come through, extend, jut, obtrude, point, pop (of eyes), project, shoot out, stand out, start (from), stick out


protrusion

See Also

bulge, bump, hump, jut, lump, outgrowth, projection, protuberance, swelling


protuberance

See Also

bulge, bump, excrescence, hump, knob, lump, outgrowth, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumour


proud

See Also

   appreciative, content, contented, glad, gratified, honoured, pleased, satisfied, self-respecting, well-pleased [image]  arrogant, boastful, conceited, disdainful, egotistical, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), imperious, lordly, narcissistic, orgulous (Archaic), overbearing, presumptuous, self-important, self-satisfied, snobbish, snooty (Inf.), stuck-up (Inf.), supercilious, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.), vain [image]  exalted, glorious, gratifying, illustrious, memorable, pleasing, red-letter, rewarding, satisfying [image]  august, distinguished, eminent, grand, great, illustrious, imposing, magnificent, majestic, noble, splendid, stately


prove

See Also

   ascertain, attest, authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, justify, show, show clearly, substantiate, verify [image]  analyse, assay, check, examine, experiment, put to the test, put to trial, test, try [image]  be found to be, come out, end up, result, turn out


proverb

See Also

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, byword, dictum, gnome, maxim, saw, saying


proverbial

accepted, acknowledged, archetypal, axiomatic, conventional, current, customary, famed, famous, legendary, notorious, self-evident, time-honoured, traditional, typical, unquestioned, well-known


provide

See Also

   accommodate, cater, contribute, equip, furnish, outfit, provision, purvey, stock up, supply [image]  add, afford, bring, give, impart, lend, present, produce, render, serve, yield [image]  (With for or against) anticipate, arrange for, forearm, get ready, make arrangements, make plans, plan ahead, plan for, prepare for, take measures, take precautions [image]  (With for) care for, keep, look after, maintain, support, sustain, take care of [image]  determine, lay down, require, specify, state, stipulate


providence

See Also

   destiny, divine intervention, fate, fortune, God's will, predestination [image]  care, caution, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, forethought, perspicacity, presence of mind, prudence


provident

canny, careful, cautious, discreet, economical, equipped, far-seeing, far-sighted, forearmed, foresighted, frugal, prudent, sagacious, shrewd, thrifty, vigilant, well-prepared, wise


providential

See Also

fortuitous, fortunate, happy, heaven-sent, lucky, opportune, timely, welcome


provider

   benefactor, donor, giver, source, supplier [image]  breadwinner, earner, mainstay, supporter, wage earner


providing, provided

See Also

•   conj. as long as, contingent upon, given, if and only if, in case, in the event, on condition, on the assumption, subject to, upon these terms, with the proviso, with the understanding


province

See Also

   colony, county, department, dependency, district, division, domain, patch, region, section, territory, tract, turf (U.S. sl.), zone [image]   Fig. area, business, capacity, charge, concern, duty, employment, field, function, line, orbit, part, pigeon (Brit. inf.), post, responsibility, role, sphere, turf (U.S. sl.)


provincial

See Also

•   adj.    country, hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), home-grown, homespun, local, rural, rustic [image]  insular, inward-looking, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, parish-pump, parochial, small-minded, small-town (U.S.), uninformed, unsophisticated, upcountry

•   n.    country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, yokel


provision

See Also

   accoutrement, catering, equipping, fitting out, furnishing, providing, supplying, victualling [image]  arrangement, plan, prearrangement, precaution, preparation [image]   Fig. agreement, clause, condition, demand, proviso, requirement, rider, specification, stipulation, term


provisional

See Also

conditional, contingent, interim, limited, pro tem, provisory, qualified, stopgap, temporary, tentative, transitional


provisions

See Also

comestibles, eatables, eats (Sl.), edibles, fare, feed, food, foodstuff, groceries, grub (Sl.), nosebag (Sl.), provender, rations, stores, supplies, sustenance, tack (Inf.), viands, victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect)


proviso

clause, condition, limitation, provision, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, stipulation, strings


provocation

See Also

   casus belli, cause, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, justification, motivation, reason, stimulus [image]  affront, annoyance, challenge, dare, grievance, indignity, injury, insult, offence, red rag, taunt, vexation


provocative

See Also

   aggravating (Inf.), annoying, challenging, disturbing, galling, goading, incensing, insulting, offensive, outrageous, provoking, stimulating [image]  alluring, arousing, erotic, exciting, inviting, seductive, sexy (Inf.), stimulating, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting


provoke

See Also

   affront, aggravate (Inf.), anger, annoy, chafe, enrage, exasperate, gall, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), incense, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, madden, make one's blood boil, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), offend, pique, piss one off (Taboo sl.), put out, rile, try one's patience, vex [image]  bring about, bring on or down, call forth, cause, draw forth, elicit, evoke, excite, fire, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, motivate, move, occasion, precipitate, produce, promote, prompt, rouse, stimulate, stir


prow

See Also

bow(s), fore, forepart, front, head, nose, sharp end (Jocular), stem


prowess

See Also

   ability, accomplishment, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, attainment, command, dexterity, excellence, expertise, expertness, facility, genius, mastery, skill, talent [image]  boldness, bravery, courage, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, mettle, valiance, valour


prowl

See Also

cruise, hunt, lurk, move stealthily, nose around, patrol, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink, sneak, stalk, steal


proximity

See Also

adjacency, closeness, contiguity, juxtaposition, nearness, neighbourhood, propinquity, vicinity


proxy

See Also

agent, attorney, delegate, deputy, factor, representative, substitute, surrogate


prude

Grundy, old maid (Inf.), prig, puritan, schoolmarm (Brit. inf.)


prudence

See Also

   canniness, care, caution, circumspection, common sense, discretion, good sense, heedfulness, judgment, judiciousness, sagacity, vigilance, wariness, wisdom [image]  careful budgeting, economizing, economy, far-sightedness, foresight, forethought, frugality, good management, husbandry, planning, precaution, preparedness, providence, saving, thrift


prudent

See Also

   canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, judicious, politic, sagacious, sage, sensible, shrewd, vigilant, wary, wise [image]  canny, careful, economical, far-sighted, frugal, provident, sparing, thrifty


prudery

Grundyism, old-maidishness (Inf.), overmodesty, priggishness, primness, prudishness, puritanicalness, squeamishness, starchiness (Inf.), strictness, stuffiness


prudish

See Also

demure, narrow-minded, old-maidish (Inf.), overmodest, overnice, priggish, prim, prissy (Inf.), proper, puritanical, schoolmarmish (Brit. inf.), squeamish, starchy (Inf.), strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian


prune

See Also

clip, cut, cut back, dock, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shorten, snip, trim


pry

See Also

be a busybody, be inquisitive, be nosy (Inf.), ferret about, interfere, intrude, meddle, nose into, peep, peer, poke, poke one's nose in or into (Inf.), snoop (Inf.)


prying

See Also

curious, eavesdropping, impertinent, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy (Inf.), snooping (Inf.), snoopy (Inf.), spying


psalm

See Also

chant, hymn, paean, song of praise


pseudo

See Also

•   adj. artificial, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, false, imitation, mock, not genuine, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, quasi-, sham, spurious


pseudonym

See Also

alias, assumed name, false name, incognito, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, professional name, stage name


psyche

anima, essential nature, individuality, inner man, innermost self, mind, personality, pneuma (Philos.), self, soul, spirit, subconscious, true being


psychiatrist

analyst, headshrinker (Sl.), psychoanalyser, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, shrink (Sl.), therapist


psychic

   clairvoyant, extrasensory, mystic, occult, preternatural, supernatural, telekinetic, telepathic [image]  mental, psychogenic, psychological, spiritual


psychological

See Also

   cerebral, cognitive, intellectual, mental [image]  all in the mind, emotional, imaginary, irrational, psychosomatic, subconscious, subjective, unconscious, unreal


psychology

See Also

   behaviourism, science of mind, study of personality [image]   Inf. attitude, mental make-up, mental processes, thought processes, way of thinking, what makes one tick


psychopath

headbanger (Inf.), headcase (Inf.), insane person, lunatic, madman, maniac, mental case (Sl.), nutcase (Sl.), nutter (Brit. sl.), psychotic, sociopath


psychotic

See Also

•   adj. certifiable, demented, deranged, insane, lunatic, mad, mental (Sl.), non compos mentis, off one's chump  (head (Sl.), rocker (Sl.), trolley (Sl.)) (Sl.), psychopathic, unbalanced


pub

pub or public house

alehouse (Archaic), bar, boozer (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), inn, local (Brit. inf.), roadhouse, taproom, tavern, watering hole (Facetious sl.)


puberty

adolescence, awkward age, juvenescence, pubescence, teenage, teens, young adulthood


public

See Also

•   adj.    civic, civil, common, general, national, popular, social, state, universal, widespread [image]  accessible, communal, community, free to all, not private, open, open to the public, unrestricted [image]  acknowledged, exposed, in circulation, known, notorious, obvious, open, overt, patent, plain, published, recognized [image]  important, prominent, respected, well-known

•   n.    citizens, commonalty, community, country, electorate, everyone, hoi polloi, Joe (and Eileen) Public (Sl.), Joe Six-Pack (U.S. sl.), masses, multitude, nation, people, populace, population, society, voters [image]  audience, buyers, clientele, followers, following, patrons, supporters, those interested, trade [image]  in public coram populo, for all to see, in full view, openly, overtly, publicly


publication

See Also

   advertisement, airing, announcement, appearance, broadcasting, declaration, disclosure, dissemination, notification, proclamation, promulgation, publishing, reporting [image]  book, booklet, brochure, handbill, hardback, issue, leaflet, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet, paperback, periodical, title


publicity

See Also

advertising, attention, ballyhoo (Inf.), boost, build-up, hype, plug (Inf.), press, promotion, public notice, puff, puffery (Inf.)


publicize

See Also

advertise, beat the drum for (Inf.), bring to public notice, broadcast, give publicity to, hype, make known, play up, plug (Inf.), promote, puff, push, spotlight, spread about, write up


public-spirited

altruistic, charitable, community-minded, generous, humanitarian, philanthropic, unselfish


publish

See Also

   bring out, issue, print, produce, put out [image]  advertise, announce, blow wide open (Sl.), broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, distribute, divulge, impart, leak, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, reveal, spread


pudding

afters (Brit. inf.), dessert, last course, pud (Inf.), second course, sweet


puerile

See Also

babyish, childish, foolish, immature, inane, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, weak


puff

See Also

•   n.    blast, breath, draught, emanation, flurry, gust, whiff [image]  drag (Sl.), pull, smoke [image]  bulge, bunching, swelling [image]  advertisement, commendation, favourable mention, good word, plug (Inf.), sales talk

•   v.    blow, breathe, exhale, gasp, gulp, pant, wheeze [image]  drag (Sl.), draw, inhale, pull at or on, smoke, suck [image]  (Usually with up) bloat, dilate, distend, expand, inflate, swell [image]  crack up (Inf.), hype, overpraise, plug (Inf.), praise, promote, publicize, push


puffed

   done in (Inf.), exhausted, gasping, out of breath, panting, short of breath, spent, winded [image]  puffed up bigheaded (Inf.), full of oneself, high and mighty (Inf.), proud, swollen-headed, too big for one's boots


puffy

See Also

bloated, distended, enlarged, inflamed, inflated, puffed up, swollen


pugilist

boxer, bruiser (Inf.), fighter, prizefighter, pug (Sl.)


pugnacious

See Also

aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, choleric, combative, contentious, disputatious, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, petulant, quarrelsome


pull

See Also

•   v.    drag, draw, haul, jerk, tow, trail, tug, yank [image]  cull, draw out, extract, gather, pick, pluck, remove, take out, uproot, weed [image]  dislocate, rend, rip, sprain, strain, stretch, tear, wrench [image]   Inf. attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize [image]  pull apart or to pieces attack, blast, criticize, find fault, flay, lambast(e), lay into (Inf.), pan (Inf.), pick holes in, put down, run down, slam (Sl.), slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.) [image]  pull oneself together  Inf. buck up (Inf.), get a grip on oneself, get over it, regain composure, snap out of it (Inf.) [image]  pull strings  Brit. inf. influence, pull wires (U.S.), use one's influence [image]  pull someone's leg  Inf. chaff, have (someone) on, joke, make fun of, poke fun at, rag, rib (Inf.), tease, twit, wind up (Brit. sl.)

•   n.    jerk, tug, twitch, yank [image]  attraction, drawing power, effort, exertion, force, forcefulness, influence, lure, magnetism, power [image]   Inf. advantage, bottom, clout (Inf.), influence, leverage, muscle, weight [image]  drag (Sl.), inhalation, puff


pull down

See Also

bulldoze, demolish, destroy, raze, remove


pull off

See Also

   detach, doff, remove, rip off, tear off, wrench off [image]  accomplish, bring off, carry out, crack it (Inf.), cut it (Inf.), manage, score a success, secure one's object, succeed


pull out

See Also

abandon, depart, evacuate, leave, quit, rat on, retreat, stop participating, withdraw


pull through

See Also

come through, get better, get over, pull round, rally, recover, survive, weather


pull up

See Also

   dig out, lift, raise, uproot [image]  brake, come to a halt, halt, reach a standstill, stop [image]  admonish, bawl out (Inf.), carpet (Inf.), castigate, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), dress down (Inf.), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.)


pulp

•   n.    flesh, marrow, soft part [image]  mash, mush, pap, paste, pomace, semiliquid, semisolid, triturate

•   v.    crush, mash, pulverize, squash, triturate

•   adj.    cheap, lurid, mushy (Inf.), rubbishy, sensational, trashy


pulse

See Also

•   n.    beat, beating, oscillation, pulsation, rhythm, stroke, throb, throbbing, vibration

•   v.    beat, pulsate, throb, tick, vibrate


pump

See Also

•   v.    (With out) bail out, drain, draw off, drive out, empty, force out, siphon [image]  (With up) blow up, dilate, inflate [image]  drive, force, inject, pour, push, send, supply [image]  cross-examine, give (someone) the third degree, grill (Inf.), interrogate, probe, question closely, quiz, worm out of


pun

See Also

double entendre, equivoque, paronomasia (Rhetoric), play on words, quip, witticism


punch 1

See Also

•   v.    bash (Inf.), belt (Inf.), biff (Sl.), bop (Inf.), box, clout (Inf.), hit, plug (Sl.), pummel, slam, slug, smash, sock (Sl.), strike, wallop (Inf.)

•   n.    bash (Inf.), biff (Sl.), blow, bop (Inf.), clout (Inf.), hit, jab, knock, plug (Sl.), sock (Sl.), thump, wallop (Inf.) [image]   Inf. bite, drive, effectiveness, force, forcefulness, impact, point, verve, vigour


punch 2

See Also

•   v. bore, cut, drill, perforate, pierce, pink, prick, puncture, stamp


punch-drunk

See Also

befuddled, confused, dazed, groggy (Inf.), in a daze, knocked silly, punchy (Inf.), reeling, slaphappy (Inf.), staggering, stupefied, unsteady, woozy (Inf.)


punctilio

See Also

   exactitude, finickiness, meticulousness, particularity, precision, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, strictness [image]  convention, delicacy, distinction, fine point, formality, nicety, particular, refinement


punctilious

See Also

careful, ceremonious, conscientious, exact, finicky, formal, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, precise, proper, scrupulous, strict


punctual

early, exact, in good time, on the dot, on time, precise, prompt, punctilious, seasonable, strict, timely


punctuality

promptitude, promptness, readiness, regularity


punctuate

   break, interject, interrupt, intersperse, pepper, sprinkle [image]  accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on, mark, point up, stress, underline


puncture

See Also

•   n.    break, cut, damage, hole, leak, nick, opening, perforation, rupture, slit [image]  flat, flat tyre

•   v.    bore, cut, impale, nick, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, rupture [image]  deflate, go down, go flat [image]  deflate, discourage, disillusion, flatten, humble, take down a peg (Inf.)


pundit

See Also

buff (Inf.), maestro, one of the cognoscenti, (self-appointed) authority or expert


pungent

See Also

   acerb, acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, highly flavoured, hot, peppery, piquant, seasoned, sharp, sour, spicy, stinging, strong, tangy, tart [image]  acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, incisive, keen, mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pointed, sarcastic, scathing, sharp, stinging, stringent, telling, trenchant, vitriolic


punish

See Also

   beat, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, flog, give a lesson to, give (someone) the works (Sl.), lash, penalize, rap someone's knuckles, scourge, sentence, slap someone's wrist, whip [image]  abuse, batter, give (someone) a going-over (Inf.), harm, hurt, injure, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, misuse, oppress, rough up


punishable

blameworthy, chargeable, convictable, criminal, culpable, indictable


punishing

See Also

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, exhausting, grinding, gruelling, hard, strenuous, taxing, tiring, uphill, wearing


punishment

See Also

   chastening, chastisement, comeuppance (Sl.), correction, discipline, just deserts, penalty, penance, punitive measures, retribution, sanction, what for (Inf.) [image]   Inf. abuse, beating, hard work, maltreatment, manhandling, pain, rough treatment, slave labour, torture, victimization


punitive

See Also

in reprisal, in retaliation, punitory, retaliative, retaliatory, revengeful, vindictive


punt

See Also

•   v.    back, bet, gamble, lay, stake, wager

•   n.    bet, gamble, stake, wager [image]  backer, better, gambler, punter


punter

•   n.    backer, better, gambler, punt (Chiefly Brit.) [image]   Inf. bloke (Brit. inf.), fellow, guy (Inf.), man in the street, person [image]   Inf. client, customer


puny

See Also

   diminutive, dwarfish, feeble, frail, little, pint-sized (Inf.), pygmy or pigmy, sickly, stunted, tiny, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, weak, weakly [image]  inconsequential, inferior, insignificant, minor, paltry, petty, piddling (Inf.), trifling, trivial, worthless


pup

pup or puppy

See Also

 Fig. braggart, cub, jackanapes, popinjay, whelp, whippersnapper, young dog


pupil

See Also

beginner, catechumen, disciple, learner, neophyte, novice, scholar, schoolboy, schoolgirl, student, trainee, tyro


puppet

See Also

   doll, marionette [image]   Fig. cat's-paw, creature, dupe, figurehead, gull (Archaic), instrument, mouthpiece, pawn, stooge, tool


purchasable

   bribable, corrupt, corruptible, dishonest, having one's price, unscrupulous, venal [image]  available, for sale, in stock, obtainable, on sale, on the market, to be had


purchase

See Also

•   v.    acquire, buy, come by, gain, get, get hold of, invest in, make a purchase, obtain, pay for, pick up, procure, score (Sl.), secure, shop for [image]  achieve, attain, earn, gain, realize, win

•   n.    acquisition, asset, buy, gain, investment, possession, property [image]  advantage, edge, foothold, footing, grasp, grip, hold, influence, lever, leverage, support, toehold


pure

See Also

   authentic, clear, flawless, genuine, natural, neat, perfect, real, simple, straight, true, unalloyed, unmixed [image]  clean, disinfected, germ-free, immaculate, pasteurized, sanitary, spotless, squeaky-clean, sterile, sterilized, unadulterated, unblemished, uncontaminated, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome [image]  blameless, chaste, guileless, honest, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, maidenly, modest, true, uncorrupted, undefiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virginal, virtuous [image]  absolute, complete, mere, outright, sheer, thorough, unmitigated, unqualified, utter [image]  abstract, academic, philosophical, speculative, theoretical


purely

absolutely, completely, entirely, exclusively, just, merely, only, plainly, simply, solely, totally, wholly


purge

See Also

•   v.    axe (Inf.), clean out, dismiss, do away with, eject, eradicate, expel, exterminate, get rid of, kill, liquidate, oust, remove, rid of, rout out, sweep out, wipe out [image]  absolve, cleanse, clear, exonerate, expiate, forgive, pardon, purify, wash

•   n.    cleanup, crushing, ejection, elimination, eradication, expulsion, liquidation, reign of terror, removal, suppression, witch hunt [image]  aperient (Medical), cathartic, dose of salts, emetic, enema, laxative, physic (Rare), purgative (Medical)


purify

See Also

   clarify, clean, cleanse, decontaminate, disinfect, filter, fumigate, refine, sanitize, wash [image]  absolve, cleanse, exculpate, exonerate, lustrate, redeem, sanctify, shrive


purist

See Also

classicist, formalist, pedant, precisian, stickler


puritan

See Also

•   n.    fanatic, moralist, pietist, prude, rigorist, zealot

•   adj.    ascetic, austere, hidebound, intolerant, moralistic, narrow, narrow-minded, prudish, puritanical, severe, strait-laced, strict


puritanical

See Also

ascetic, austere, bigoted, disapproving, fanatical, forbidding, narrow, narrow-minded, prim, proper, prudish, puritan, rigid, severe, stiff, strait-laced, strict, stuffy


purpose

See Also

•   n.    aim, design, function, idea, intention, object, point, principle, reason [image]  aim, ambition, aspiration, design, desire, end, goal, hope, intention, object, objective, plan, project, scheme, target, view, wish [image]  constancy, determination, firmness, persistence, resolution, resolve, single-mindedness, steadfastness, tenacity, will [image]  advantage, avail, benefit, effect, gain, good, outcome, profit, result, return, use, utility [image]  on purpose by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, purposely, wilfully, wittingly

•   v.    aim, aspire, commit oneself, contemplate, decide, design, determine, have a mind to, intend, make up one's mind, mean, meditate, plan, propose, resolve, set one's sights on, think to, work towards


purposeless

See Also

aimless, empty, goalless, motiveless, needless, pointless, senseless, uncalled-for, unnecessary, useless, vacuous, wanton


purposely

See Also

by design, calculatedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, expressly, intentionally, knowingly, on purpose, wilfully, with intent


purse

•   n.    money-bag, pouch, wallet [image]  coffers, exchequer, funds, means, money, resources, treasury, wealth, wherewithal [image]  award, gift, present, prize, reward

•   v.    close, contract, knit, pout, press together, pucker, tighten, wrinkle


pursue

See Also

   accompany, attend, chase, dog, follow, give chase to, go after, harass, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, hunt down, plague, run after, shadow, stalk, tail (Inf.), track [image]  aim for, aspire to, desire, have as one's goal, purpose, seek, strive for, try for, work towards [image]  adhere to, carry on, continue, cultivate, hold to, keep on, maintain, persevere in, persist in, proceed, see through [image]  apply oneself, carry on, conduct, engage in, perform, ply, practise, prosecute, tackle, wage, work at [image]  chase after, court, make up to (Inf.), pay attention to, pay court to, set one's cap at, woo


pursuit

See Also

   chase, hunt, hunting, inquiry, quest, search, seeking, tracking, trail, trailing [image]  activity, hobby, interest, line, occupation, pastime, pleasure, vocation


purview

See Also

   ambit, compass, confine(s), extent, field, limit, orbit, province, range, reach, scope, sphere [image]  comprehension, ken, overview, perspective, range of view, understanding


push

See Also

•   v.    depress, drive, poke, press, propel, ram, shove, thrust [image]  elbow, jostle, make or force one's way, move, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust [image]  egg on, encourage, expedite, hurry, impel, incite, persuade, press, prod, speed (up), spur, urge [image]  advertise, boost, cry up, hype, make known, plug (Inf.), promote, propagandize, publicize, puff [image]  browbeat, coerce, constrain, dragoon, encourage, exert influence on, influence, oblige

•   n.    butt, jolt, nudge, poke, prod, shove, thrust [image]   Inf. ambition, determination, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go (Inf.), go (Inf.), gumption (Inf.), initiative, pep, vigour, vitality [image]   Inf. advance, assault, attack, charge, effort, offensive, onset, thrust [image]  the push  Sl. discharge, dismissal, kiss-off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), marching orders (Inf.), one's books (Inf.), one's cards, the boot (Sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the sack (Inf.)


pushed

See Also

(Often with for) hurried, in difficulty, pressed, rushed, short of, tight, under pressure, up against it (Inf.)


pushing

See Also

   ambitious, determined, driving, dynamic, enterprising, go-ahead, on the go, purposeful, resourceful [image]  assertive, bold, brash, bumptious, forward, impertinent, intrusive, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), self-assertive


pushover

   breeze (U.S. & Canad. inf.), cakewalk (Inf.), child's play (Inf.), cinch (Sl.), doddle (Brit. sl.), duck soup (U.S. sl.), picnic (Inf.), piece of cake (Brit. inf.), walkover (Inf.) [image]  chump (Inf.), easy or soft mark (Inf.), easy game (Inf.), mug (Brit. sl.), soft touch (Sl.), stooge (Sl.), sucker (Sl.), walkover (Inf.)


pussyfoot

See Also

   creep, prowl, slink, steal, tiptoe, tread warily [image]  beat about the bush, be noncommittal, equivocate, flannel (Brit. inf.), hedge, hum and haw, prevaricate, sit on the fence, tergiversate


pustule

See Also

abscess, blister, boil, fester, gathering, pimple, ulcer, zit (Sl.)


put

See Also

   bring, deposit, establish, fix, lay, place, position, rest, set, settle, situate [image]  commit, condemn, consign, doom, enjoin, impose, inflict, levy, subject [image]  assign, constrain, employ, force, induce, make, oblige, require, set, subject to [image]  express, phrase, pose, set, state, utter, word [image]  advance, bring forward, forward, offer, posit, present, propose, set before, submit, tender [image]  cast, fling, heave, hurl, lob, pitch, throw, toss


put across

put across or over

See Also

communicate, convey, explain, get across, get through, make clear, make oneself understood, spell out


put aside

put aside or by

See Also

   cache, deposit, keep in reserve, lay by, salt away, save, squirrel away, stockpile, store, stow away [image]  bury, discount, disregard, forget, ignore


putative

See Also

alleged, assumed, commonly believed, imputed, presumed, presumptive, reported, reputed, supposed


put away

See Also

   put back, replace, return to (its) place, tidy away [image]  deposit, keep, lay in, put by, save, set aside, store away [image]  certify, commit, confine, institutionalize, lock up [image]  consume, devour, eat up, gobble, gulp down, wolf down [image]  destroy, do away with, put down, put out of its misery, put to sleep


put down

See Also

   enter, inscribe, log, record, set down, take down, transcribe, write down [image]  crush, quash, quell, repress, silence, stamp out, suppress [image]  (With to) ascribe, attribute, impute, set down [image]  destroy, do away with, put away, put out of its misery, put to sleep [image]   Sl. condemn, crush, deflate, dismiss, disparage, humiliate, mortify, reject, shame, slight, snub


put forward

See Also

advance, introduce, move, nominate, prescribe, present, press, proffer, propose, recommend, submit, suggest, tender


put off

See Also

   defer, delay, hold over, postpone, put back, put on the back burner (Inf.), reschedule, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.) [image]  abash, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, distress, faze, nonplus, perturb, rattle (Inf.), throw (Inf.), unsettle [image]  discourage, dishearten, dissuade


put on

See Also

   change into, don, dress, get dressed in, slip into [image]  affect, assume, fake, feign, make believe, play-act, pretend, sham, simulate [image]  do, mount, present, produce, show, stage [image]  add, gain, increase by [image]  back, bet, lay, place, wager


put out

See Also

   anger, annoy, confound, disturb, exasperate, harass, irk, irritate, nettle, perturb, provoke, vex [image]  blow out, douse, extinguish, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out [image]  bother, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, impose upon, incommode, inconvenience, put on the spot, trouble, upset [image]  bring out, broadcast, circulate, issue, make known, make public, publish, release


putrefy

See Also

corrupt, decay, decompose, deteriorate, go bad, rot, spoil, stink, taint


putrescent

See Also

decaying, decomposing, going bad, rotting, stinking


putrid

See Also

bad, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, off, olid, putrefied, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, rotting, spoiled, stinking, tainted


put through

See Also

accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry through, conclude, do, effect, execute, manage, pull off, realize


put up

See Also

   build, construct, erect, fabricate, raise [image]  accommodate, board, entertain, give one lodging, house, lodge, take in [image]  float, nominate, offer, present, propose, put forward, recommend, submit [image]  advance, give, invest, pay, pledge, provide, supply [image]  put up to egg on, encourage, goad, incite, instigate, prompt, put the idea into one's head, urge [image]  put up with  Inf. abide, bear, brook, endure, lump (Inf.), pocket, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate


put-upon

abused, beset, exploited, harried, imposed upon, inconvenienced, overworked, put-out, saddled, taken advantage of, taken for a fool, taken for granted, troubled


puzzle

See Also

•   v.    baffle, beat (Sl.), bewilder, confound, confuse, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stump [image]  ask oneself, brood, cudgel or rack one's brains, mull over, muse, ponder, study, think about, think hard, wonder [image]  (Usually with out) clear up, crack, crack the code, decipher, figure out, find the key, get it, get the answer, resolve, see, solve, sort out, suss (out) (Sl.), think through, unravel, work out

•   n.    brain-teaser (Inf.), conundrum, enigma, labyrinth, maze, mystery, paradox, poser, problem, question, question mark, riddle, teaser [image]  bafflement, bewilderment, confusion, difficulty, dilemma, perplexity, quandary, uncertainty


puzzled

See Also

at a loss, at sea, baffled, beaten, bewildered, clueless, confused, doubtful, flummoxed, in a fog, lost, mixed up, mystified, nonplussed, perplexed, stuck, stumped, without a clue


puzzlement

bafflement, bewilderment, confusion, disorientation, doubt, doubtfulness, mystification, perplexity, questioning, surprise, uncertainty, wonder


puzzling

See Also

abstruse, ambiguous, baffling, bewildering, beyond one, enigmatic, full of surprises, hard, incomprehensible, inexplicable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, mystifying, oracular, perplexing, unaccountable, unclear, unfathomable


pygmy, pigmy

•   n.    dwarf, homunculus, Lilliputian, manikin, midget, shrimp (Inf.), Tom Thumb [image]  cipher, lightweight (Inf.), mediocrity, nobody, nonentity, pipsqueak (Inf.), small fry

•   adj.    baby, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfish, elfin, Lilliputian, midget, miniature, minuscule, pocket, pygmean, small, stunted, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized, wee


quack

•   n.    charlatan, fake, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretender, quacksalver (Archaic)

•   adj.    counterfeit, fake, fraudulent, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, sham


quagmire

   bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, quicksand, slough, swamp [image]  difficulty, dilemma, entanglement, fix (Inf.), imbroglio, impasse, jam (Inf.), muddle, pass, pickle (Inf.), pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape (Inf.)


quail

See Also

blanch, blench, cower, cringe, droop, faint, falter, flinch, have cold feet (Inf.), quake, recoil, shake, shrink, shudder, tremble


quaint

   bizarre, curious, droll, eccentric, fanciful, fantastic, odd, old-fashioned, original, peculiar, queer, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, strange, unusual, whimsical [image]  antiquated, antique, artful, charming, gothic, ingenious, old-fashioned, old-world, picturesque


quake

See Also

convulse, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shake, shiver, shudder, throb, totter, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble


qualification

See Also

   ability, accomplishment, aptitude, attribute, capability, capacity, eligibility, endowment(s), fitness, quality, skill, suitability, suitableness [image]  allowance, caveat, condition, criterion, exception, exemption, limitation, modification, objection, prerequisite, proviso, requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, stipulation


qualified

See Also

   able, accomplished, adept, capable, certificated, competent, efficient, equipped, experienced, expert, fit, knowledgeable, licensed, practised, proficient, skilful, talented, trained [image]  bounded, circumscribed, conditional, confined, contingent, equivocal, guarded, limited, modified, provisional, reserved, restricted


qualify

See Also

   capacitate, certify, commission, condition, empower, endow, equip, fit, ground, permit, prepare, ready, sanction, train [image]  abate, adapt, assuage, circumscribe, diminish, ease, lessen, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, restrict, soften, temper, vary [image]  characterize, describe, designate, distinguish, modify, name


quality

See Also

   aspect, attribute, characteristic, condition, feature, mark, peculiarity, property, trait [image]  character, constitution, description, essence, kind, make, nature, sort [image]  calibre, distinction, excellence, grade, merit, position, pre-eminence, rank, standing, status, superiority, value, worth [image]   Obsolete aristocracy, gentry, nobility, ruling class, upper class


qualm

See Also

   anxiety, apprehension, compunction, disquiet, doubt, hesitation, misgiving, regret, reluctance, remorse, scruple, twinge or pang of conscience, uncertainty, uneasiness [image]  agony, attack, nausea, pang, queasiness, sickness, spasm, throe (Rare), twinge


quandary

See Also

bewilderment, cleft stick, delicate situation, difficulty, dilemma, doubt, embarrassment, impasse, perplexity, plight, predicament, puzzle, strait, uncertainty


quantity

See Also

   aggregate, allotment, amount, lot, number, part, portion, quota, sum, total [image]  bulk, capacity, expanse, extent, greatness, length, magnitude, mass, measure, size, volume


quarrel

See Also

•   n.    affray, altercation, argument, bagarre, brawl, breach, broil, commotion, contention, controversy, difference (of opinion), disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, feud, fight, fracas, fray, misunderstanding, row, scrap (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), skirmish, spat, squabble, strife, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle

•   v.    altercate, argue, bicker, brawl, clash, differ, disagree, dispute, fall out (Inf.), fight, row, spar, squabble, wrangle [image]  carp, cavil, complain, decry, disapprove, find fault, object to, take exception to


quarrelsome

See Also

argumentative, belligerent, cat-and-dog (Inf.), choleric, combative, contentious, cross, disputatious, fractious, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, pugnacious, querulous


quarry

See Also

aim, game, goal, objective, prey, prize, victim


quarter

See Also

•   n.    area, direction, district, locality, location, neighbourhood, part, place, point, position, province, region, side, spot, station, territory, zone [image]  clemency, compassion, favour, forgiveness, leniency, mercy, pity

•   v.    accommodate, billet, board, house, install, lodge, place, post, put up, station


quarters

See Also

abode, accommodation, barracks, billet, cantonment (Military), chambers, digs (Brit. inf.), domicile, dwelling, habitation, lodging, lodgings, post, residence, rooms, shelter, station


quash

See Also

   beat, crush, destroy, extinguish, extirpate, overthrow, put down, quell, quench, repress, squash, subdue, suppress [image]  annul, cancel, declare null and void, invalidate, nullify, overrule, overthrow, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, void


quasi-

See Also

   almost, apparently, partly, seemingly, supposedly [image]  apparent, fake, mock, near, nominal, pretended, pseudo-, seeming, semi-, sham, so-called, synthetic, virtual, would-be


quaver

•   v.    flicker, flutter, oscillate, pulsate, quake, quiver, shake, shudder, thrill, tremble, trill, twitter, vibrate, waver

•   n.    break, quiver, shake, sob, throb, tremble, trembling, tremor, trill, vibration, warble


queen

See Also

   consort, monarch, ruler, sovereign [image]  diva, doyenne, ideal, idol, mistress, model, perfection, prima donna, star


queer

See Also

•   adj.    abnormal, anomalous, atypical, curious, disquieting, droll, eerie, erratic, extraordinary, funny, odd, outlandish, outré, peculiar, remarkable, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird [image]  doubtful, dubious, fishy (Inf.), irregular, mysterious, puzzling, questionable, shady (Inf.), suspicious [image]  dizzy, faint, giddy, light-headed, queasy, reeling, uneasy [image]  crazy, demented, eccentric, idiosyncratic, irrational, mad, odd, touched, unbalanced, unhinged

•   v.    bodge (Inf.), botch, endanger, harm, impair, imperil, injure, jeopardize, mar, ruin, spoil, thwart, wreck


quell

See Also

   conquer, crush, defeat, extinguish, overcome, overpower, put down, quash, squelch, stamp out, stifle, subdue, suppress, vanquish [image]  allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, compose, deaden, dull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, silence, soothe


quench

See Also

   check, crush, destroy, douse, end, extinguish, put out, smother, snuff out, squelch, stifle, suppress [image]  allay, appease, cool, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake


querulous

See Also

cantankerous, captious, carping, censorious, complaining, critical, cross, discontented, dissatisfied, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy (Inf.), grumbling, hard to please, irascible, irritable, murmuring, peevish, petulant, plaintive, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), sour, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish, whining


query

See Also

•   v.    ask, enquire, question [image]  challenge, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, suspect

•   n.    demand, doubt, hesitation, inquiry, objection, problem, question, reservation, scepticism, suspicion


quest

See Also

•   n. adventure, crusade, enterprise, expedition, exploration, hunt, journey, mission, pilgrimage, pursuit, search, voyage


question

See Also

•   v.    ask, catechize, cross-examine, enquire, examine, grill (Inf.), interrogate, interview, investigate, probe, pump (Inf.), quiz, sound out [image]  call into question, cast doubt upon, challenge, controvert, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, doubt, impugn, mistrust, oppose, query, suspect

•   n.    examination, inquiry, interrogation, investigation [image]  argument, confusion, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, dispute, doubt, dubiety, misgiving, problem, query, uncertainty [image]  issue, motion, point, point at issue, proposal, proposition, subject, theme, topic [image]  in question at issue, in doubt, open to debate, under discussion [image]  out of the question impossible, inconceivable, not to be thought of, unthinkable


questionable

See Also

arguable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, disputable, dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy (Inf.), iffy (Inf.), moot, paradoxical, problematical, shady (Inf.), suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unproven, unreliable


queue

See Also

chain, concatenation, file, line, order, progression, sequence, series, string, succession, train


quibble

See Also

•   v.    carp, cavil, equivocate, evade, pretend, prevaricate, shift, split hairs

•   n.    artifice, cavil, complaint, criticism, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, nicety, niggle, objection, pretence, prevarication, protest, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety


quick

See Also

   active, brief, brisk, cursory, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, pdq (Sl.), perfunctory, prompt, quickie (Inf.), rapid, speedy, sudden, swift [image]  agile, alert, animated, energetic, flying, keen, lively, nimble, spirited, sprightly, spry, vivacious, winged [image]  able, acute, adept, adroit, all there (Inf.), apt, astute, bright, clever, deft, dexterous, discerning, intelligent, nimble-witted, perceptive, quick on the uptake (Inf.), quick-witted, receptive, sharp, shrewd, skilful, smart [image]  abrupt, curt, excitable, hasty, impatient, irascible, irritable, passionate, petulant, testy, touchy [image]   Archaic alive, animate, existing, live, living, viable


quicken

See Also

   accelerate, dispatch, expedite, hasten, hurry, impel, precipitate, speed [image]  activate, animate, arouse, energize, excite, galvanize, incite, inspire, invigorate, kindle, refresh, reinvigorate, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, rouse, stimulate, strengthen, vitalize, vivify


quickly

See Also

abruptly, apace, at a rate of knots (Inf.), at or on the double, at speed, briskly, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hell for leather (Inf.), hotfoot, hurriedly, immediately, instantly, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quick, rapidly, soon, speedily, swiftly, with all speed


quick-tempered

See Also

choleric, excitable, fiery, hot-tempered, impatient, impulsive, irascible, irritable, petulant, quarrelsome, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), shrewish, splenetic, testy, tetchy, waspish


quick-witted

See Also

alert, astute, clever, keen, perceptive, sharp, shrewd, smart


quiescent

See Also

calm, dormant, in abeyance, inactive, latent, motionless, peaceful, placid, quiet, resting, serene, silent, smooth, still, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoving, unruffled


quiet

See Also

•   adj.    dumb, hushed, inaudible, low, low-pitched, noiseless, peaceful, silent, soft, soundless [image]  calm, contented, gentle, mild, motionless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, serene, smooth, tranquil, untroubled [image]  isolated, private, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, undisturbed, unfrequented [image]  conservative, modest, plain, restrained, simple, sober, subdued, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretentious [image]  collected, docile, even-tempered, gentle, imperturbable, meek, mild, phlegmatic, reserved, retiring, sedate, shy, unexcitable

•   n.    calmness, ease, peace, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, silence, stillness, tranquillity


quieten

See Also

•   v. allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, deaden, dull, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, muffle, mute, palliate, quell, quiet, shush (Inf.), silence, soothe, stifle, still, stop, subdue, tranquillize


quietly

   confidentially, dumbly, in a low voice or whisper, in an undertone, inaudibly, in hushed tones, in silence, mutely, noiselessly, privately, secretly, silently, softly, without talking [image]  calmly, contentedly, dispassionately, meekly, mildly, patiently, placidly, serenely, undemonstratively [image]  coyly, demurely, diffidently, humbly, modestly, unassumingly, unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpretentiously


quietness

See Also

calm, calmness, hush, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietude, repose, rest, serenity, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity


quilt

bedspread, comforter (U.S.), counterpane, coverlet, duvet, eiderdown


quip

See Also

•   n. badinage, bon mot, counterattack, gibe, jest, joke, pleasantry, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, wisecrack (Inf.), witticism


quirk

See Also

aberration, caprice, characteristic, eccentricity, fancy, fetish, foible, habit, idée fixe, idiosyncrasy, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, trait, vagary, whim


quisling

See Also

betrayer, collaborator, fifth columnist, Judas, renegade, traitor, turncoat


quit

See Also

•   v.    abandon, abdicate, decamp, depart, desert, exit, forsake, go, leave, pull out, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, step down (Inf.), surrender, take off (Inf.), withdraw [image]  abandon, cease, conclude, discontinue, drop, end, give up, halt, stop, suspend

•   adj.    absolved, acquitted, clear, discharged, exculpated, exempt, exonerated, free, released, rid of


quite

See Also

   absolutely, completely, considerably, entirely, fully, in all respects, largely, perfectly, precisely, totally, wholly, without reservation [image]  fairly, moderately, rather, reasonably, relatively, somewhat, to a certain extent, to some degree [image]  in fact, in reality, in truth, really, truly


quiver

See Also

•   v.    agitate, convulse, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quaver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, vibrate

•   n.    convulsion, oscillation, palpitation, pulsation, shake, shiver, shudder, spasm, throb, tic, tremble, tremor, vibration


quiz

See Also

•   n.    examination, investigation, questioning, test

•   v.    ask, catechize, examine, grill (Inf.), interrogate, investigate, pump (Inf.), question


quota

See Also

allocation, allowance, assignment, cut (Inf.), part, portion, proportion, ration, share, slice, whack (Inf.)


quotation

   citation, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote (Inf.), reference, selection [image]   Commerce bid price, charge, cost, estimate, figure, price, quote (Inf.), rate, tender


quote

See Also

adduce, attest, cite, detail, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, refer to, repeat, retell


rabble

See Also

   canaille, crowd, herd, horde, mob, swarm, throng [image]   Derogatory canaille, commonalty, commoners, common people, crowd, dregs, hoi polloi, lower classes, lumpenproletariat, masses, peasantry, populace, proletariat, riffraff, scum, the great unwashed (Inf. & derogatory), trash (Chiefly U.S. & Canad.)


rabid

See Also

   hydrophobic, mad [image]  berserk, crazed, frantic, frenzied, furious, infuriated, mad, maniacal, raging, violent, wild [image]  bigoted, extreme, fanatical, fervent, intemperate, intolerant, irrational, narrow-minded, zealous


race 1

See Also

•   n.    chase, competition, contention, contest, dash, pursuit, rivalry

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), burn rubber (Inf.), career, compete, contest, dart, dash, fly, gallop, hare (Brit. inf.), hasten, hurry, run, run like mad (Inf.), speed, tear, zoom


race 2

See Also

blood, breed, clan, ethnic group, family, folk, house, issue, kin, kindred, line, lineage, nation, offspring, people, progeny, seed (Chiefly biblical), stock, tribe, type


racial

ethnic, ethnological, folk, genealogical, genetic, national, tribal


rack

See Also

•   n.    frame, framework, stand, structure [image]  affliction, agony, anguish, misery, pain, pang, persecution, suffering, torment, torture

•   v.    afflict, agonize, crucify, distress, excruciate, harass, harrow, oppress, pain, torment, torture [image]  force, pull, shake, strain, stress, stretch, tear, wrench


racket

See Also

   babel, ballyhoo (Inf.), clamour, commotion, din, disturbance, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, pandemonium, row, shouting, tumult, uproar [image]  criminal activity, fraud, illegal enterprise, scheme [image]   Sl. business, game (Inf.), line, occupation


racy

See Also

   animated, buoyant, dramatic, energetic, entertaining, exciting, exhilarating, heady, lively, sexy (Inf.), sparkling, spirited, stimulating, vigorous, zestful [image]  distinctive, piquant, pungent, rich, sharp, spicy, strong, tangy, tart, tasty [image]  bawdy, blue, broad, immodest, indecent, indelicate, naughty, near the knuckle (Inf.), off colour, risqué, smutty, spicy (Inf.), suggestive


radiance

See Also

   brightness, brilliance, effulgence, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, incandescence, light, luminosity, lustre, resplendence, shine [image]  delight, gaiety, happiness, joy, pleasure, rapture, warmth


radiant

See Also

   beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, gleaming, glittering, glorious, glowing, incandescent, luminous, lustrous, resplendent, shining, sparkling, sunny [image]  beaming, beatific, blissful, delighted, ecstatic, gay, glowing, happy, joyful, joyous, rapt, rapturous


radiate

See Also

   diffuse, disseminate, emanate, emit, give off or out, gleam, glitter, pour, scatter, send out, shed, shine, spread [image]  branch out, diverge, issue, spread out


radiation

See Also

emanation, emission, rays


radical

See Also

•   adj.    basic, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, fundamental, innate, native, natural, organic, profound, thoroughgoing [image]  complete, drastic, entire, excessive, extreme, extremist, fanatical, revolutionary, severe, sweeping, thorough, violent

•   n.    extremist, fanatic, militant, revolutionary


raffle

draw, lottery, sweep, sweepstake


ragbag

   confusion, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, miscellany, mixture, omnium-gatherum, potpourri [image]   Inf. frump, scarecrow (Inf.), scruff (Inf.), slattern, sloven, slut, trollop


rage

See Also

•   n.    agitation, anger, frenzy, fury, high dudgeon, ire, madness, mania, obsession, passion, rampage, raving, vehemence, violence, wrath [image]  craze, enthusiasm, fad (Inf.), fashion, latest thing, mode, style, vogue

•   v.    be beside oneself, be furious, blow a fuse (Sl., chiefly U.S.), blow one's top, blow up (Inf.), chafe, crack up (Inf.), fly off the handle (Inf.), foam at the mouth, fret, fume, go off the deep end (Inf.), go up the wall (Sl.), rant and rave, rave, see red (Inf.), seethe, storm, throw a fit (Inf.) [image]  be at its height, be uncontrollable, rampage, storm, surge


ragged

See Also

   contemptible, down at heel, frayed, in holes, in rags, in tatters, mean, poor, rent, scraggy, shabby, shaggy, tattered, tatty, threadbare, torn, unkempt, worn-out [image]  crude, jagged, notched, poor, rough, rugged, serrated, uneven, unfinished [image]  broken, desultory, disorganized, fragmented, irregular, uneven


raging

See Also

beside oneself, boiling mad (Inf.), doing one's nut (Brit. sl.), enraged, fit to be tied (Sl.), fizzing (Scot.), foaming at the mouth, frenzied, fuming, furious, incensed, infuriated, mad, raving, seething


rags

   castoffs, old clothes, tattered clothing, tatters [image]  in rags down at heel, out at elbow, ragged, seedy, shabby, tattered


raid

See Also

•   n.    attack, break-in, descent, foray, hit-and-run attack, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, sally, seizure, sortie, surprise attack

•   v.    assault, attack, break into, descend on, fall upon, forage (Military), foray, invade, pillage, plunder, reive (Dialect), rifle, sack, sally forth, swoop down upon


raider

See Also

attacker, forager (Military), invader, marauder, plunderer, reiver (Dialect), robber, thief


railing

See Also

balustrade, barrier, fence, paling, rails


rain

See Also

•   n.    cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, fall, precipitation, raindrops, rainfall, showers [image]  deluge, flood, hail, shower, spate, stream, torrent, volley

•   v.    bucket down (Inf.), come down in buckets (Inf.), drizzle, fall, pelt (down), pour, rain cats and dogs (Inf.), shower, teem [image]  deposit, drop, fall, shower, sprinkle [image]  bestow, lavish, pour, shower


rainy

See Also

damp, drizzly, showery, wet


raise

See Also

   build, construct, elevate, erect, exalt, heave, hoist, lift, move up, promote, put up, rear, set upright, uplift [image]  advance, aggravate, amplify, augment, boost, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, heighten, hike (up) (Inf.), increase, inflate, intensify, jack up, magnify, put up, reinforce, strengthen [image]  advance, aggrandize, elevate, exalt, prefer, promote, upgrade [image]  activate, arouse, awaken, cause, evoke, excite, foment, foster, incite, instigate, kindle, motivate, provoke, rouse, set on foot, stir up, summon up, whip up [image]  bring about, cause, create, engender, give rise to, occasion, originate, produce, provoke, start [image]  advance, bring up, broach, introduce, moot, put forward, suggest [image]  assemble, collect, form, gather, get, levy, mass, mobilize, muster, obtain, rally, recruit [image]  breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, grow, nurture, produce, propagate, rear [image]  abandon, end, give up, lift, relieve, relinquish, remove, terminate


rake 1

See Also

•   v.    collect, gather, remove, scrape up [image]  break up, harrow, hoe, scour, scrape, scratch [image]  (With up or together) assemble, collect, dig up, dredge up, gather, scrape together [image]  comb, examine, hunt, ransack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search [image]  graze, scrape, scratch [image]  enfilade, pepper, sweep


rake 2

See Also

•   n. debauchee, dissolute man, lech or letch (Inf.), lecher, libertine, playboy, profligate, rakehell (Archaic), roué, sensualist, voluptuary


rakish

See Also

breezy, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care, flashy, jaunty, natty (Inf.), raffish, smart, snazzy (Inf.), sporty


rally

See Also

•   v.    bring or come to order, reassemble, re-form, regroup, reorganize, unite

•   n.    regrouping, reorganization, reunion, stand

•   v.    assemble, bond together, bring or come together, collect, convene, gather, get together, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, round up, summon, unite

•   n.    assembly, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, gathering, mass meeting, meeting, muster

•   v.    come round, get better, get one's second wind, improve, perk up, pick up, pull through, recover, recuperate, regain one's strength, revive, take a turn for the better

•   n.    comeback (Inf.), improvement, recovery, recuperation, renewal, resurgence, revival, turn for the better


ram

See Also

•   v.    butt, collide with, crash, dash, drive, force, hit, impact, run into, slam, smash, strike [image]  beat, cram, crowd, drum, force, hammer, jam, pack, pound, stuff, tamp, thrust


ramble

See Also

•   v.    amble, drift, perambulate, peregrinate, range, roam, rove, saunter, straggle, stravaig (Scot. & northern English dialect), stray, stroll, traipse (Inf.), walk, wander [image]  meander, snake, twist and turn, wind, zigzag [image]  babble, chatter, digress, expatiate, maunder, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), rattle on, run off at the mouth (Sl.), waffle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wander, witter on (Inf.)

•   n.    excursion, hike, perambulation, peregrination, roaming, roving, saunter, stroll, tour, traipse (Inf.), trip, walk


rambler

See Also

drifter, hiker, roamer, rover, stroller, walker, wanderer, wayfarer


rambling

See Also

   circuitous, desultory, diffuse, digressive, disconnected, discursive, disjointed, incoherent, irregular, long-winded, periphrastic, prolix, wordy [image]  irregular, sprawling, spreading, straggling, trailing


ramification

See Also

   branch, development, divarication, division, excrescence, extension, forking, offshoot, outgrowth, subdivision [image]  complication, consequence, development, result, sequel, upshot


ramp

See Also

grade, gradient, incline, inclined plane, rise, slope


rampage

See Also

•   v.    go ape (Sl.), go apeshit (Sl.), go berserk, rage, run amuck, run riot, run wild, storm, tear

•   n.    destruction, frenzy, fury, rage, storm, tempest, tumult, uproar, violence [image]  on the rampage amuck, berserk, destructive, out of control, raging, rampant, riotous, violent, wild


rampant

See Also

   aggressive, dominant, excessive, flagrant, on the rampage, out of control, out of hand, outrageous, raging, rampaging, riotous, unbridled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, violent, wanton, wild [image]  epidemic, exuberant, luxuriant, prevalent, profuse, rank, rife, spreading like wildfire, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained, widespread [image]   Heraldry erect, rearing, standing, upright


rampart

See Also

barricade, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defence, earthwork, embankment, fence, fort, fortification, guard, parapet, security, stronghold, wall


ramshackle

See Also

broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, flimsy, jerry-built, rickety, shaky, tottering, tumbledown, unsafe, unsteady


rancid

bad, fetid, foul, frowsty, fusty, musty, off, putrid, rank, rotten, sour, stale, strong-smelling, tainted


random

See Also

   accidental, adventitious, aimless, arbitrary, casual, chance, desultory, fortuitous, haphazard, hit or miss, incidental, indiscriminate, purposeless, spot, stray, unplanned, unpremeditated [image]  at random accidentally, adventitiously, aimlessly, arbitrarily, by chance, casually, haphazardly, indiscriminately, irregularly, purposelessly, randomly, unsystematically, willy-nilly


range

See Also

•   n.    ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, compass, confines, distance, domain, extent, field, latitude, limits, orbit, pale, parameters (Inf.), province, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, sphere, sweep [image]  chain, file, line, rank, row, sequence, series, string, tier [image]  assortment, class, collection, gamut, kind, lot, order, selection, series, sort, variety

•   v.    align, arrange, array, dispose, draw up, line up, order [image]  arrange, bracket, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, file, grade, group, pigeonhole, rank [image]  aim, align, direct, level, point, train [image]  cruise, explore, ramble, roam, rove, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, traverse, wander [image]  extend, fluctuate, go, reach, run, stretch, vary between


rank 1

See Also

•   n.    caste, class, classification, degree, dignity, division, echelon, grade, level, nobility, order, position, quality, sort, standing, station, status, stratum, type [image]  column, file, formation, group, line, range, row, series, tier

•   v.    align, arrange, array, class, classify, dispose, grade, line up, locate, marshal, order, position, range, sort


rank 2

See Also

   abundant, dense, exuberant, flourishing, lush, luxuriant, productive, profuse, strong-growing, vigorous [image]  bad, disagreeable, disgusting, fetid, foul, fusty, gamy, mephitic, musty, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, pungent, putrid, rancid, revolting, stale, stinking, strong-smelling, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  absolute, arrant, blatant, complete, downright, egregious, excessive, extravagant, flagrant, glaring, gross, rampant, sheer, thorough, total, undisguised, unmitigated, utter [image]  abusive, atrocious, coarse, crass, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, nasty, obscene, outrageous, scurrilous, shocking, vulgar


rank and file

See Also

   lower ranks, men, other ranks, private soldiers, soldiers, troops [image]  body, general public, Joe (and Eileen) Public (Sl.), Joe Six-Pack (U.S. sl.), majority, mass, masses


rankle

See Also

anger, annoy, chafe, embitter, fester, gall, get one's goat (Sl.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), irk, irritate, piss one off (Taboo sl.), rile


ransack

See Also

   comb, explore, go through, rake, rummage, scour, search, turn inside out [image]  despoil, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, rifle, sack, strip


ransom

See Also

•   n.    deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue [image]  money, payment, payoff, price

•   v.    buy (someone) out (Inf.), buy the freedom of, deliver, liberate, obtain or pay for the release of, redeem, release, rescue, set free


rant

See Also

•   v.    bellow, bluster, cry, declaim, rave, roar, shout, spout (Inf.), vociferate, yell

•   n.    bluster, bombast, diatribe, fanfaronade (Rare), harangue, philippic, rhetoric, tirade, vociferation


rapacious

See Also

avaricious, extortionate, grasping, greedy, insatiable, marauding, plundering, predatory, preying, ravenous, usurious, voracious, wolfish


rapacity

See Also

avarice, avidity, cupidity, graspingness, greed, greediness, insatiableness, predatoriness, rapaciousness, ravenousness, usury, voraciousness, voracity, wolfishness


rape

See Also

•   n.    outrage, ravishment, sexual assault, violation [image]  depredation, despoilment, despoliation, pillage, plundering, rapine, sack, spoliation [image]  abuse, defilement, desecration, maltreatment, perversion, violation

•   v.    outrage, ravish, sexually assault, violate [image]  despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, sack, spoliate


rapid

See Also

brisk, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, pdq (Sl.), precipitate, prompt, quick, quickie (Inf.), speedy, swift


rapidity

See Also

alacrity, briskness, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, haste, hurry, precipitateness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rush, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity


rapidly

See Also

apace, at speed, briskly, expeditiously, fast, hastily, hotfoot, hurriedly, in a hurry, in a rush, in haste, like a shot, pdq (Sl.), posthaste, precipitately, promptly, pronto (Inf.), quickly, speedily, swiftly, with dispatch


rapport

See Also

affinity, bond, empathy, harmony, interrelationship, link, relationship, sympathy, tie, understanding


rapt

See Also

   absorbed, carried away, engrossed, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, gripped, held, intent, preoccupied, spellbound [image]  bewitched, blissful, captivated, charmed, delighted, ecstatic, enchanted, enraptured, rapturous, ravished, transported


rapture

See Also

beatitude, bliss, cloud nine (Inf.), delectation, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, felicity, happiness, joy, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven, spell, transport


rapturous

See Also

blissful, delighted, ecstatic, enthusiastic, euphoric, exalted, happy, in seventh heaven, joyful, joyous, on cloud nine (Inf.), overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.), rapt, ravished, rhapsodic, transported


rare

See Also

   exceptional, few, infrequent, out of the ordinary, recherché, scarce, singular, sparse, sporadic, strange, thin on the ground, uncommon, unusual [image]  admirable, choice, excellent, exquisite, extreme, fine, great, incomparable, peerless, superb, superlative [image]  invaluable, precious, priceless, rich


rarely

See Also

   almost never, hardly, hardly ever, infrequently, little, once in a blue moon, once in a while, only now and then, on rare occasions, scarcely ever, seldom [image]  exceptionally, extraordinarily, finely, notably, remarkably, singularly, uncommonly, unusually


rarity

See Also

   curio, curiosity, find, gem, one-off, pearl, treasure [image]  infrequency, scarcity, shortage, singularity, sparseness, strangeness, uncommonness, unusualness [image]  choiceness, excellence, exquisiteness, fineness, incomparability, incomparableness, peerlessness, quality, superbness [image]  invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, richness, value, worth


rascal

See Also

blackguard, caitiff (Archaic), devil, disgrace, good-for-nothing, imp, knave (Archaic), miscreant, ne'er-do-well, pickle (Brit. inf.), rake, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scally (Northwest English dialect), scallywag (Inf.), scamp, scoundrel, varmint (Inf.), villain, wastrel, wretch


rash 1

See Also

adventurous, audacious, brash, careless, foolhardy, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, helter-skelter, hot-headed, ill-advised, ill-considered, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, madcap, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome


rash 2

See Also

   eruption, outbreak [image]  epidemic, flood, outbreak, plague, series, spate, succession, wave


rashness

See Also

adventurousness, audacity, brashness, carelessness, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, indiscretion, precipitation, recklessness, temerity, thoughtlessness


rate

See Also

•   n.    degree, percentage, proportion, ratio, relation, scale, standard [image]  charge, cost, dues, duty, fee, figure, hire, price, tariff, tax, toll [image]  gait, measure, pace, speed, tempo, time, velocity [image]  class, classification, degree, grade, position, quality, rank, rating, status, value, worth [image]  at any rate anyhow, anyway, at all events, in any case, nevertheless

•   v.    adjudge, appraise, assess, class, classify, consider, count, esteem, estimate, evaluate, grade, measure, rank, reckon, regard, value, weigh [image]  be entitled to, be worthy of, deserve, merit [image]   Sl. admire, esteem, respect, think highly of, value


rather

See Also

   a bit, a little, fairly, kind of (Inf.), moderately, pretty (Inf.), quite, relatively, slightly, somewhat, sort of (Inf.), to some degree, to some extent [image]  a good bit, noticeably, significantly, very [image]  instead, more readily, more willingly, preferably, sooner


ratify

See Also

affirm, approve, authenticate, authorize, bear out, bind, certify, confirm, consent to, corroborate, endorse, establish, sanction, sign, uphold, validate


rating

See Also

class, classification, degree, designation, estimate, evaluation, grade, order, placing, position, rank, rate, standing, status


ratio

See Also

arrangement, correlation, correspondence, equation, fraction, percentage, proportion, rate, relation, relationship


ration

See Also

•   n.    allotment, allowance, dole, helping, measure, part, portion, provision, quota, share [image]  (Plural) commons (Brit.), food, provender, provisions, stores, supplies

•   v.    (With out) allocate, allot, apportion, deal, distribute, dole, give out, issue, measure out, mete, parcel out [image]  budget, conserve, control, limit, restrict, save


rational

See Also

   enlightened, intelligent, judicious, logical, lucid, realistic, reasonable, sagacious, sane, sensible, sound, wise [image]  cerebral, cognitive, ratiocinative, reasoning, thinking [image]  all there (Inf.), balanced, compos mentis, in one's right mind, lucid, normal, of sound mind, sane


rationale

See Also

exposition, grounds, logic, motivation, philosophy, principle, raison d'être, reasons, theory


rationalize

See Also

   account for, excuse, explain away, extenuate, justify, make allowance for, make excuses for, vindicate [image]  apply logic to, elucidate, reason out, resolve, think through [image]  make cuts, make more efficient, streamline, trim


rattle

See Also

•   v.    bang, clatter, jangle [image]  bounce, jar, jiggle, jolt, jounce, shake, vibrate [image]  (With on) blether, cackle, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), run on, witter (Inf.), yak (away) (Sl.) [image]   Inf. discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, faze, frighten, perturb, put (someone) off his stride, put (someone) out of countenance, scare, shake, upset [image]  (With off) list, recite, reel off, rehearse, run through, spiel off (Inf.)


raucous

See Also

grating, harsh, hoarse, husky, loud, noisy, rasping, rough, strident


ravage

See Also

•   v.    demolish, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, gut, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, raze, ruin, sack, shatter, spoil, wreak havoc on, wreck

•   n.    (Often plural) damage, demolition, depredation, desolation, destruction, devastation, havoc, pillage, plunder, rapine, ruin, ruination, spoliation, waste


rave

See Also

•   v.    babble, be delirious, fume, go mad (Inf.), rage, rant, roar, run amuck, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder [image]  (With about)  Inf. be delighted by, be mad about (Inf.), be wild about (Inf.), cry up, enthuse, gush, praise, rhapsodize

•   n.     Inf. acclaim, applause, encomium, praise [image]   Also rave-up  Brit. sl. affair, bash (Inf.), beano (Brit. sl.), blow-out (Sl.), celebration, do (Inf.), party [image]   Brit. sl. craze, fad, fashion, vogue

•   adj.     Inf. ecstatic, enthusiastic, excellent, favourable, laudatory


ravenous

See Also

   famished, starved, starving, very hungry [image]  avaricious, covetous, devouring, ferocious, gluttonous, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, predatory, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish


ravine

canyon, clough (Dialect), defile, flume, gap (U.S.), gorge, gulch (U.S.), gully, linn (Scot.), pass


raving

See Also

berserk, crazed, crazy, delirious, frantic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, insane, irrational, mad, out of one's mind, rabid, raging, wild


raw

See Also

   bloody (of meat), fresh, natural, uncooked, undressed, unprepared [image]  basic, coarse, crude, green, natural, organic, rough, unfinished, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, untreated [image]  abraded, chafed, grazed, open, scratched, sensitive, skinned, sore, tender [image]  callow, green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new, undisciplined, unpractised, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, untried [image]  bare, blunt, brutal, candid, frank, naked, plain, realistic, unembellished, unvarnished [image]  biting, bitter, bleak, chill, chilly, cold, damp, freezing, harsh, parky (Brit. inf.), piercing, unpleasant, wet


ray

See Also

   bar, beam, flash, gleam, shaft [image]  flicker, glimmer, hint, indication, scintilla, spark, trace


raze

See Also

   bulldoze, demolish, destroy, flatten, knock down, level, pull down, remove, ruin, tear down, throw down [image]  delete, efface, erase, excise, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out


reach

See Also

•   v.    arrive at, attain, get as far as, get to, land at, make [image]  contact, extend to, get (a) hold of, go as far as, grasp, stretch to, touch [image]  amount to, arrive at, attain, climb to, come to, drop, fall, move, rise, sink [image]   Inf. hand, hold out, pass, stretch [image]  communicate with, contact, establish contact with, find, get, get hold of, get in touch with, get through to, make contact with

•   n.    ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, extent, grasp, influence, jurisdiction, mastery, power, range, scope, spread, stretch, sweep


react

See Also

   acknowledge, answer, reply, respond [image]  act, behave, conduct oneself, function, operate, proceed, work


reaction

See Also

   acknowledgment, answer, feedback, reply, response [image]  compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, recoil [image]  conservatism, counter-revolution, obscurantism, the right


reactionary

See Also

•   adj.    blimpish, conservative, counter-revolutionary, obscurantist, rightist

•   n.    Colonel Blimp, conservative, counter-revolutionary, die-hard, obscurantist, rightist, right-winger


read

See Also

   glance at, look at, peruse, pore over, refer to, run one's eye over, scan, study [image]  announce, declaim, deliver, recite, speak, utter [image]  comprehend, construe, decipher, discover, interpret, perceive the meaning of, see, understand [image]  display, indicate, record, register, show


readily

See Also

   cheerfully, eagerly, freely, gladly, lief (Rare), promptly, quickly, voluntarily, willingly, with good grace, with pleasure [image]  at once, easily, effortlessly, hotfoot, in no time, pdq (Sl.), quickly, right away, smoothly, speedily, straight away, unhesitatingly, without delay, without demur, without difficulty, without hesitation


readiness

See Also

   fitness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, ripeness [image]  aptness, eagerness, gameness (Inf.), inclination, keenness, willingness [image]  adroitness, dexterity, ease, facility, handiness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, skill [image]  in readiness all set, at or on hand, at the ready, fit, prepared, primed, ready, set, waiting, waiting in the wings


reading

See Also

   examination, inspection, perusal, review, scrutiny, study [image]  homily, lecture, lesson, performance, recital, rendering, rendition, sermon [image]  conception, construction, grasp, impression, interpretation, treatment, understanding, version [image]  book-learning, edification, education, erudition, knowledge, learning, scholarship


ready

See Also

•   adj.    all set, arranged, completed, fit, in readiness, organized, prepared, primed, ripe, set [image]  agreeable, apt, disposed, eager, game (Inf.), glad, happy, have-a-go (Inf.), inclined, keen, minded, predisposed, prone, willing [image]  acute, adroit, alert, apt, astute, bright, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, handy, intelligent, keen, perceptive, prompt, quick, quick-witted, rapid, resourceful, sharp, skilful, smart [image]  about, close, in danger of, liable, likely, on the brink of, on the point of, on the verge of [image]  accessible, at or on hand, at one's fingertips, at the ready, available, close to hand, convenient, handy, near, on call, on tap (Inf.), present

•   n.    at the ready in readiness, poised, prepared, ready for action, waiting

•   v.    arrange, equip, fit out, get ready, make ready, order, organize, prepare, set


real

See Also

absolute, actual, authentic, bona fide, certain, essential, existent, factual, genuine, heartfelt, honest, intrinsic, legitimate, positive, right, rightful, sincere, true, unaffected, unfeigned, valid, veritable


realistic

See Also

   businesslike, common-sense, down-to-earth, hard-headed, level-headed, matter-of-fact, practical, pragmatic, rational, real, sensible, sober, unromantic, unsentimental [image]  authentic, faithful, genuine, graphic, lifelike, natural, naturalistic, representational, true, true to life, truthful


reality

See Also

   actuality, authenticity, certainty, corporeality, fact, genuineness, materiality, realism, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity [image]  in reality actually, as a matter of fact, in actuality, in fact, in point of fact, in truth, really


realization

See Also

   appreciation, apprehension, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, conception, consciousness, grasp, imagination, perception, recognition, understanding [image]  accomplishment, achievement, carrying-out, completion, consummation, effectuation, fulfilment


realize

See Also

   appreciate, apprehend, be cognizant of, become aware of, become conscious of, catch on (Inf.), comprehend, conceive, grasp, imagine, recognize, take in, twig (Brit. inf.), understand [image]  accomplish, actualize, bring about, bring off, bring to fruition, carry out or through, complete, consummate, do, effect, effectuate, fulfil, incarnate, make concrete, make happen, perform, reify [image]  acquire, bring or take in, clear, earn, gain, get, go for, make, net, obtain, produce, sell for


really

See Also

absolutely, actually, assuredly, categorically, certainly, genuinely, in actuality, indeed, in fact, in reality, positively, surely, truly, undoubtedly, verily, without a doubt


reap

See Also

acquire, bring in, collect, cut, derive, gain, garner, gather, get, harvest, obtain, win


rear 1

See Also

•   n.    back, back end, end, rearguard, stern, tail, tail end

•   adj.    aft, after (Nautical), back, following, hind, hindmost, last, trailing


rear 2

See Also

•   v.    breed, bring up, care for, cultivate, educate, foster, grow, nurse, nurture, raise, train [image]  elevate, hoist, hold up, lift, raise, set upright [image]  build, construct, erect, fabricate, put up [image]  loom, rise, soar, tower


reason

See Also

•   n.    apprehension, brains, comprehension, intellect, judgment, logic, mentality, mind, ratiocination, rationality, reasoning, sanity, sense(s), sound mind, soundness, understanding [image]  aim, basis, cause, design, end, goal, grounds, impetus, incentive, inducement, intention, motive, object, occasion, purpose, target, warrant, why and wherefore (Inf.) [image]  apologia, apology, argument, case, defence, excuse, explanation, exposition, ground, justification, rationale, vindication [image]  bounds, limits, moderation, propriety, reasonableness, sense, sensibleness, wisdom [image]  in or within reason in moderation, proper, reasonable, sensible, warrantable, within bounds, within limits

•   v.    conclude, deduce, draw conclusions, infer, make out, ratiocinate, resolve, solve, syllogize, think, work out [image]  (With with) argue, bring round (Inf.), debate, dispute, dissuade, expostulate, move, persuade, prevail upon, remonstrate, show (someone) the error of his ways, talk into or out of, urge, win over


reasonable

See Also

   advisable, arguable, believable, credible, intelligent, judicious, justifiable, logical, plausible, practical, rational, reasoned, sane, sensible, sober, sound, tenable, well-advised, well thought-out, wise [image]  acceptable, average, equitable, fair, fit, honest, inexpensive, just, moderate, modest, O.K. or okay (Inf.), proper, right, tolerable, within reason


reasoned

See Also

clear, judicious, logical, sensible, systematic, well expressed, well presented, well thought-out


reasoning

See Also

   analysis, cogitation, deduction, logic, ratiocination, reason, thinking, thought [image]  argument, case, exposition, hypothesis, interpretation, proof, train of thought


reassure

See Also

bolster, buoy up, cheer up, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspirit, put or set one's mind at rest, relieve (someone) of anxiety, restore confidence to


rebel

See Also

•   v.    man the barricades, mutiny, resist, revolt, rise up, take to the streets, take up arms [image]  come out against, defy, disobey, dissent, refuse to obey [image]  flinch, recoil, show repugnance, shrink, shy away

•   n.    insurgent, insurrectionary, mutineer, resistance fighter, revolutionary, revolutionist, secessionist [image]  apostate, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic

•   adj.    insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary


rebellion

See Also

   insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, resistance, revolt, revolution, rising, uprising [image]  apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, nonconformity, schism


rebellious

See Also

   contumacious, defiant, disaffected, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, intractable, mutinous, rebel, recalcitrant, revolutionary, seditious, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly [image]  difficult, incorrigible, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, unmanageable


rebirth

See Also

new beginning, regeneration, reincarnation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, revitalization, revival


rebound

See Also

•   v.    bounce, recoil, resound, return, ricochet, spring back [image]  backfire, boomerang, misfire, recoil

•   n.    bounce, comeback, kickback, repercussion, return, ricochet


rebuff

See Also

•   v.    brush off (Sl.), check, cold-shoulder, cut, decline, deny, discourage, put off, refuse, reject, repulse, resist, slight, snub, spurn, turn down

•   n.    brushoff (Sl.), check, cold shoulder, defeat, denial, discouragement, knock-back (Sl.), opposition, refusal, rejection, repulse, slight, snub, the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), thumbs down


rebuke

See Also

•   v.    admonish, bawl out (Inf.), berate, blame, carpet (Inf.), castigate, censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, dress down (Inf.), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), haul (someone) over the coals (Inf.), lecture, read the riot act, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Inf.), tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.), upbraid

•   n.    admonition, blame, castigation, censure, dressing down (Inf.), lecture, reprimand, reproach, reproof, reproval, row, telling-off (Inf.), ticking-off (Inf.), tongue-lashing, wigging (Brit. sl.)


recalcitrant

See Also

contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, refractory, stubborn, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, unwilling, wayward, wilful


recall

See Also

•   v.    bring or call to mind, call or summon up, evoke, look or think back to, mind (Dialect), recollect, remember, reminisce about [image]  abjure, annul, call back, call in, cancel, countermand, nullify, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, withdraw

•   n.    annulment, cancellation, nullification, recision, repeal, rescindment, rescission, retraction, revocation, withdrawal [image]  memory, recollection, remembrance


recant

See Also

abjure, apostatize, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withdraw


recapitulate

See Also

epitomize, go over again, outline, recap (Inf.), recount, reiterate, repeat, restate, review, run over, run through again, summarize, sum up


recede

See Also

   abate, draw back, ebb, fall back, go back, regress, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrogress, return, subside, withdraw [image]  decline, diminish, dwindle, fade, lessen, shrink, sink, wane


receipt

See Also

   acknowledgment, counterfoil, proof of purchase, sales slip, stub, voucher [image]  acceptance, delivery, receiving, reception, recipience [image]  (Plural) gains, gate, income, proceeds, profits, return, takings


receive

See Also

   accept, accept delivery of, acquire, be given, be in receipt of, collect, derive, get, obtain, pick up, take [image]  apprehend, be informed of, be told, gather, hear, perceive [image]  bear, be subjected to, encounter, experience, go through, meet with, suffer, sustain, undergo [image]  accommodate, admit, be at home to, entertain, greet, meet, take in, welcome


recent

See Also

contemporary, current, fresh, happening (Inf.), late, latter, latter-day, modern, new, novel, present-day, up-to-date, young


recently

See Also

currently, freshly, lately, latterly, newly, not long ago, of late


receptacle

See Also

container, holder, repository


reception

See Also

   acceptance, admission, receipt, receiving, recipience [image]  acknowledgment, greeting, reaction, recognition, response, treatment, welcome [image]  do (Inf.), entertainment, function, levee, party, soirée


receptive

See Also

   alert, bright, perceptive, quick on the uptake (Inf.), responsive, sensitive [image]  accessible, amenable, approachable, favourable, friendly, hospitable, interested, open, open-minded, open to suggestions, susceptible, sympathetic, welcoming


recess

See Also

   alcove, bay, cavity, corner, depression, hollow, indentation, niche, nook, oriel [image]  (Plural) bowels, depths, heart, innards (Inf.), innermost parts, penetralia, reaches, retreats, secret places [image]  break, cessation of business, closure, holiday, intermission, interval, respite, rest, vacation


recession

decline, depression, downturn, drop, slump


recipe

See Also

   directions, ingredients, instructions, receipt (Obsolete) [image]  formula, method, modus operandi, prescription, procedure, process, programme, technique


reciprocal

See Also

alternate, complementary, correlative, corresponding, equivalent, exchanged, give-and-take, interchangeable, interdependent, mutual, reciprocative, reciprocatory


reciprocate

See Also

   barter, exchange, feel in return, interchange, reply, requite, respond, return, return the compliment, swap, trade [image]  be equivalent, correspond, equal, match


recital

See Also

account, description, detailing, enumeration, narration, narrative, performance, reading, recapitulation, recitation, rehearsal, relation, rendering, repetition, statement, story, tale, telling


recitation

See Also

lecture, narration, passage, performance, piece, reading, recital, rendering, telling


recite

See Also

declaim, deliver, describe, detail, do one's party piece (Inf.), enumerate, itemize, narrate, perform, recapitulate, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, speak, tell


reckless

See Also

careless, daredevil, devil-may-care, foolhardy, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, heedless, ill-advised, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, indiscreet, irresponsible, madcap, mindless, negligent, overventuresome, precipitate, rash, regardless, thoughtless, wild


reckon

See Also

   add up, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, figure, number, tally, total [image]  account, appraise, consider, count, deem, esteem, estimate, evaluate, gauge, hold, judge, look upon, rate, regard, think of [image]  assume, believe, be of the opinion, conjecture, expect, fancy, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imagine, suppose, surmise, think [image]  (With with) cope, deal, face, handle, settle accounts, treat [image]  (With with) anticipate, bargain for, bear in mind, be prepared for, expect, foresee, plan for, take cognizance of, take into account [image]  (With on or upon) bank, calculate, count, depend, hope for, rely, take for granted, trust in [image]  to be reckoned with consequential, considerable, important, influential, powerful, significant, strong, weighty


reckoning

See Also

   adding, addition, calculation, computation, count, counting, estimate, summation, working [image]  account, bill, charge, due, score, settlement [image]  doom, judgment, last judgment, retribution


reclaim

See Also

get or take back, recapture, recover, redeem, reform, regain, regenerate, reinstate, rescue, restore, retrieve, salvage


recline

See Also

be recumbent, lay (something) down, lean, lie (down), loll, lounge, repose, rest, sprawl, stretch out


recluse

See Also

anchoress, anchorite, ascetic, eremite, hermit, monk, solitary


recognition

See Also

   detection, discovery, identification, recall, recollection, remembrance [image]  acceptance, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, appreciation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, notice, perception, realization, respect, understanding [image]  acknowledgment, appreciation, approval, gratitude, greeting, honour, salute


recognize

See Also

   identify, know, know again, make out, notice, place, recall, recollect, remember, spot [image]  accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, appreciate, avow, be aware of, concede, confess, grant, own, perceive, realize, respect, see, understand [image]  acknowledge, appreciate, approve, greet, honour, salute


recoil

See Also

•   v.    jerk back, kick, react, rebound, resile, spring back [image]  balk at, draw back, falter, flinch, quail, shrink, shy away [image]  backfire, boomerang, go wrong, misfire, rebound

•   n.    backlash, kick, reaction, rebound, repercussion


recollect

See Also

call to mind, mind (Dialect), place, recall, remember, reminisce, summon up


recollection

See Also

impression, memory, mental image, recall, remembrance, reminiscence


recommend

See Also

   advance, advise, advocate, counsel, enjoin, exhort, prescribe, propose, put forward, suggest, urge [image]  approve, commend, endorse, praise, put in a good word for, speak well of, vouch for [image]  make attractive  (acceptable, appealing, interesting)


recommendation

See Also

   advice, counsel, proposal, suggestion, urging [image]  advocacy, approbation, approval, blessing, commendation, endorsement, favourable mention, good word, plug (Inf.), praise, reference, sanction, testimonial


reconcile

See Also

   accept, accommodate, get used, make the best of, put up with (Inf.), resign, submit, yield [image]  appease, bring to terms, conciliate, make peace between, pacify, placate, propitiate, re-establish friendly relations between, restore harmony between, reunite [image]  adjust, compose, harmonize, patch up, put to rights, rectify, resolve, settle, square


reconciliation

   appeasement, conciliation, détente, pacification, propitiation, rapprochement, reconcilement, reunion, understanding [image]  accommodation, adjustment, compromise, harmony, rectification, settlement


recondite

See Also

abstruse, arcane, cabbalistic, concealed, dark, deep, difficult, esoteric, hidden, involved, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, profound, secret


recondition

See Also

do up (Inf.), fix up (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), overhaul, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp


reconnaissance

exploration, inspection, investigation, observation, patrol, recce (Sl.), reconnoitring, scan, scouting, scrutiny, survey


reconnoitre

case (Sl.), explore, get the lie of the land, inspect, investigate, make a reconnaissance (of), observe, patrol, recce (Sl.), scan, scout, scrutinize, see how the land lies, spy out, survey


reconsider

See Also

change one's mind, have second thoughts, reassess, re-evaluate, re-examine, rethink, review, revise, take another look at, think again, think better of, think over, think twice


reconstruct

See Also

   reassemble, rebuild, recreate, re-establish, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, restore [image]  build up, build up a picture of, deduce, piece together


record

See Also

•   n.    account, annals, archives, chronicle, diary, document, entry, file, journal, log, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minute, register, report [image]  documentation, evidence, memorial, remembrance, testimony, trace, witness [image]  background, career, curriculum vitae, history, performance, track record (Inf.) [image]  album, black disc, disc, EP, forty-five, gramophone record, LP, platter (U.S. sl.), recording, release, seventy-eight, single, vinyl [image]  off the record confidential, confidentially, in confidence, in private, not for publication, private, sub rosa, under the rose, unofficial, unofficially

•   v.    chalk up (Inf.), chronicle, document, enrol, enter, inscribe, log, minute, note, preserve, put down, put on file, put on record, register, report, set down, take down, transcribe, write down [image]  contain, give evidence of, indicate, read, register, say, show [image]  cut, lay down (Sl.), make a recording of, put on wax (Inf.), tape, tape-record, video, video-tape, wax (Inf.)


recorder

annalist, archivist, chronicler, clerk, diarist, historian, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe


recording

cut (Inf.), disc, gramophone record, record, tape, video


recount

See Also

delineate, depict, describe, detail, enumerate, give an account of, narrate, portray, recite, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, tell, tell the story of


recourse

alternative, appeal, choice, expedient, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, way out


recover

See Also

   find again, get back, make good, recapture, reclaim, recoup, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, restore, retake, retrieve, take back, win back [image]  bounce back, come round, convalesce, feel oneself again, get back on one's feet, get better, get well, heal, improve, mend, pick up, pull through, rally, recuperate, regain one's health or strength, revive, take a turn for the better


recovery

See Also

   convalescence, healing, improvement, mending, rally, recuperation, return to health, revival, turn for the better [image]  amelioration, betterment, improvement, rally, rehabilitation, restoration, revival, upturn [image]  recapture, reclamation, redemption, repair, repossession, restoration, retrieval


recreation

See Also

amusement, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, fun, hobby, leisure activity, pastime, play, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, sport


recrimination

See Also

bickering, counterattack, countercharge, mutual accusation, name-calling, quarrel, retaliation, retort, squabbling


recruit

See Also

•   v.    draft, enlist, enrol, impress, levy, mobilize, muster, raise, strengthen [image]  engage, enrol, gather, obtain, procure, proselytize, round up, take on, win (over) [image]  augment, build up, refresh, reinforce, renew, replenish, restore, strengthen, supply

•   n.    apprentice, beginner, convert, greenhorn (Inf.), helper, initiate, learner, neophyte, novice, proselyte, rookie (Inf.), trainee, tyro


rectify

See Also

   adjust, amend, correct, emend, fix, improve, make good, mend, put right, redress, reform, remedy, repair, right, square [image]   Chem. distil, purify, refine, separate


rectitude

See Also

   correctness, decency, equity, goodness, honesty, honour, incorruptibility, integrity, justice, morality, principle, probity, righteousness, scrupulousness, uprightness, virtue [image]  accuracy, correctness, exactness, justice, precision, rightness, soundness, verity


recuperate

See Also

convalesce, get back on one's feet, get better, improve, mend, pick up, recover, regain one's health


recur

See Also

   come again, come and go, come back, happen again, persist, reappear, repeat, return, revert [image]  be remembered, come back, haunt one's thoughts, return to mind, run through one's mind


recurrent

See Also

continued, cyclical, frequent, habitual, periodic, recurring, regular, repeated, repetitive


recycle

reclaim, reprocess, reuse, salvage, save


red

See Also

•   adj.    cardinal, carmine, cherry, coral, crimson, gules (Heraldry), maroon, pink, rose, ruby, scarlet, vermeil, vermilion, wine [image]  bay, carroty, chestnut, flame-coloured, flaming, foxy, reddish, sandy, titian [image]  blushing, embarrassed, florid, flushed, rubicund, shamefaced, suffused [image]  blooming, glowing, healthy, roseate, rosy, ruddy [image]  bloodshot, inflamed, red-rimmed [image]  bloodstained, bloody, ensanguined (Literary), gory, sanguine

•   n.    colour, redness [image]  in the red  Inf. bankrupt, in arrears, in debit, in debt, in deficit, insolvent, on the rocks, overdrawn, owing money, showing a loss [image]  see red  Inf. be or get very angry, be beside oneself with rage (Inf.), become enraged, blow a fuse (Sl., chiefly U.S.), blow one's top, boil, crack up (Inf.), fly off the handle (Inf.), go mad (Inf.), go off one's head (Sl.), go off the deep end (Inf.), go up the wall (Sl.), lose one's rag (Sl.), lose one's temper, seethe


redden

See Also

blush, colour (up), crimson, flush, go red, suffuse


redeem

See Also

   buy back, reclaim, recover, recover possession of, regain, repossess, repurchase, retrieve, win back [image]  cash (in), change, exchange, trade in [image]  abide by, acquit, adhere to, be faithful to, carry out, discharge, fulfil, hold to, keep, keep faith with, make good, meet, perform, satisfy [image]  absolve, rehabilitate, reinstate, restore to favour [image]  atone for, compensate for, defray, make amends for, make good, make up for, offset, outweigh, redress, save [image]  buy the freedom of, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, pay the ransom of, ransom, rescue, save, set free


redemption

   reclamation, recovery, repossession, repurchase, retrieval [image]  discharge, exchange, fulfilment, performance, quid pro quo, trade-in [image]  amends, atonement, compensation, expiation, reparation [image]  deliverance, emancipation, liberation, ransom, release, rescue, salvation


redress

See Also

•   v.    compensate for, make amends  (reparation, restitution), make up for, pay for, put right, recompense for [image]  adjust, amend, balance, correct, ease, even up, mend, put right, rectify, reform, regulate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore the balance, square

•   n.    aid, assistance, correction, cure, ease, help, justice, rectification, relief, remedy, satisfaction [image]  amends, atonement, compensation, payment, quittance, recompense, reparation, requital, restitution


reduce

See Also

   abate, abridge, contract, curtail, cut down, debase, decrease, depress, dilute, diminish, impair, lessen, lower, moderate, shorten, slow down, tone down, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down [image]  bankrupt, break, impoverish, pauperize, ruin [image]  bring, bring to the point of, conquer, drive, force, master, overpower, subdue, vanquish [image]  be or go on a diet, diet, lose weight, shed weight, slenderize (Chiefly U.S.), slim, trim [image]  bring down the price of, cheapen, cut, discount, lower, mark down, slash [image]  break, bring low, degrade, demote, downgrade, humble, humiliate, lower in rank, lower the status of, take down a peg (Inf.)


redundant

See Also

   de trop, excessive, extra, inessential, inordinate, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, unwanted [image]  diffuse, padded, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, repetitious, tautological, verbose, wordy


reek

See Also

•   v.    hum (Sl.), pong (Brit. inf.), smell, smell to high heaven, stink [image]  be characterized by, be permeated by, be redolent of [image]   Dialect fume, give off smoke or fumes, smoke, steam

•   n.    effluvium, fetor, mephitis, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, pong (Brit. inf.), smell, stench, stink [image]   Dialect exhalation, fumes, smoke, steam, vapour


reel

See Also

   falter, lurch, pitch, rock, roll, stagger, stumble, sway, totter, waver, wobble [image]  go round and round, revolve, spin, swim, swirl, twirl, whirl


refer

See Also

   advert, allude, bring up, cite, hint, invoke, make mention of, make reference, mention, speak of, touch on [image]  direct, guide, point, recommend, send [image]  apply, consult, go, have recourse to, look up, seek information from, turn to [image]  apply, be directed to, belong, be relevant to, concern, pertain, relate [image]  accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, credit, impute, put down to [image]  commit, consign, deliver, hand over, pass on, submit, transfer, turn over


referee

See Also

•   n.    adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge, ref (Inf.), umpire

•   v.    adjudicate, arbitrate, judge, mediate, umpire


reference

See Also

   allusion, citation, mention, note, quotation, remark [image]  applicability, bearing, concern, connection, consideration, regard, relation, respect [image]  certification, character, credentials, endorsement, good word, recommendation, testimonial


referendum

See Also

plebiscite, popular vote, public vote


refine

See Also

   clarify, cleanse, distil, filter, process, purify, rarefy [image]  civilize, cultivate, elevate, hone, improve, perfect, polish, temper


refined

See Also

   civil, civilized, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, gentlemanly, gracious, ladylike, polished, polite, sophisticated, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered [image]  cultured, delicate, discerning, discriminating, exact, fastidious, fine, nice, precise, punctilious, sensitive, sublime, subtle [image]  clarified, clean, distilled, filtered, processed, pure, purified


refinement

See Also

   clarification, cleansing, distillation, filtering, processing, purification, rarefaction, rectification [image]  fine point, fine tuning, nicety, nuance, subtlety [image]  breeding, civility, civilization, courtesy, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, discrimination, elegance, fastidiousness, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, taste, urbanity


reflect

See Also

   echo, give back, imitate, mirror, reproduce, return, throw back [image]  bear out, bespeak, communicate, demonstrate, display, evince, exhibit, express, indicate, manifest, reveal, show [image]  cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, think, wonder


reflection

See Also

   counterpart, echo, image, mirror image [image]  cerebration, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, idea, impression, meditation, musing, observation, opinion, perusal, pondering, rumination, study, thinking, thought, view [image]  aspersion, censure, criticism, derogation, imputation, reproach, slur


reform

See Also

•   v.    ameliorate, amend, better, correct, emend, improve, mend, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, rectify, regenerate, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, repair, restore, revolutionize [image]  clean up one's act (Inf.), get back on the straight and narrow (Inf.), get it together (Inf.), get one's act together (Inf.), go straight (Inf.), mend one's ways, pull one's socks up (Brit. inf.), shape up (Inf.), turn over a new leaf

•   n.    amelioration, amendment, betterment, correction, improvement, rectification, rehabilitation, renovation


refrain

See Also

•   v. abstain, avoid, cease, desist, do without, eschew, forbear, give up, kick (Inf.), leave off, renounce, stop


refresh

See Also

   brace, breathe new life into, cheer, cool, enliven, freshen, inspirit, reanimate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, revitalize, revive, revivify, stimulate [image]  brush up (Inf.), jog, prod, prompt, renew, stimulate [image]  renew, renovate, repair, replenish, restore, top up


refreshing

See Also

bracing, cooling, different, fresh, inspiriting, invigorating, new, novel, original, revivifying, stimulating, thirst-quenching


refreshment

See Also

   enlivenment, freshening, reanimation, renewal, renovation, repair, restoration, revival, stimulation [image]  (Plural) drinks, food and drink, snacks, titbits


refrigerate

chill, cool, freeze, keep cold


refuge

See Also

asylum, bolt hole, harbour, haven, hide-out, protection, resort, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter


refugee

See Also

displaced person, émigré, escapee, exile, fugitive, runaway


refund

See Also

•   v.    give back, make good, pay back, reimburse, repay, restore, return

•   n.    reimbursement, repayment, return


refurbish

See Also

clean up, do up (Inf.), fix up (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), mend, overhaul, re-equip, refit, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, set to rights, spruce up


refusal

See Also

   defiance, denial, knockback (Sl.), negation, no, rebuff, rejection, repudiation, thumbs down [image]  choice, consideration, opportunity, option


refuse 1

See Also

•   v. abstain, decline, deny, reject, repel, repudiate, say no, spurn, turn down, withhold


refuse 2

See Also

•   n. dreck (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dregs, dross, garbage, junk (Inf.), leavings, lees, litter, offscourings, rubbish, scum, sediment, sweepings, trash, waste


refute

See Also

confute, counter, discredit, disprove, give the lie to, negate, overthrow, prove false, rebut, silence


regain

See Also

   get back, recapture, recoup, recover, redeem, repossess, retake, retrieve, take back, win back [image]  get back to, reach again, reattain, return to


regard

See Also

•   v.    behold, check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), eye, eyeball (U.S. sl.), gaze at, get a load of (Inf.), look closely at, mark, notice, observe, remark, scrutinize, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, watch [image]  account, adjudge, believe, consider, deem, esteem, estimate, hold, imagine, judge, look upon, rate, see, suppose, think, treat, value, view [image]  apply to, be relevant to, concern, have a bearing on, have to do with, interest, pertain to, relate to [image]  attend, heed, listen to, mind, note, pay attention to, respect, take into consideration, take notice of

•   n.    attention, heed, interest, mind, notice [image]  account, affection, attachment, care, concern, consideration, deference, esteem, honour, love, note, reputation, repute, respect, store, sympathy, thought [image]  aspect, detail, feature, item, matter, particular, point, respect [image]  gaze, glance, look, scrutiny, stare [image]  bearing, concern, connection, reference, relation, relevance [image]  (Plural) best wishes, compliments, devoirs, good wishes, greetings, respects, salutations


regarding

See Also

about, apropos, as regards, as to, concerning, in or with regard to, in re, in respect of, in the matter of, on the subject of, re, respecting, with reference to


regardless

See Also

•   adj.    disregarding, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, neglectful, negligent, rash, reckless, remiss, unconcerned, unmindful

•   adv.    anyway, come what may, despite everything, for all that, in any case, in spite of everything, nevertheless, no matter what, nonetheless


regenerate

See Also

breathe new life into, change, inspirit, invigorate, reawaken, reconstruct, re-establish, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, revive, revivify, uplift


regime

See Also

administration, establishment, government, leadership, management, reign, rule, system


regiment

See Also

•   v. bully, control, discipline, order, organize, regulate, systematize


region

See Also

   area, country, district, division, expanse, land, locality, part, patch, place, province, quarter, section, sector, territory, tract, turf (U.S. sl.), zone [image]  domain, field, province, realm, sphere, world [image]  area, locality, neighbourhood, range, scope, vicinity


regional

See Also

district, local, parochial, provincial, sectional, zonal


register

See Also

•   n.    annals, archives, catalogue, chronicle, diary, file, ledger, list, log, memorandum, record, roll, roster, schedule

•   v.    catalogue, check in, chronicle, enlist, enrol, enter, inscribe, list, note, record, set down, sign on or up, take down [image]  be shown, bespeak, betray, display, exhibit, express, indicate, manifest, mark, read, record, reflect, reveal, say, show [image]   Inf. come home, dawn on, get through, have an effect, impress, make an impression, sink in, tell


regress

See Also

backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away or off, fall back, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrocede, retrogress, return, revert, wane


regret

See Also

•   v.    bemoan, be upset, bewail, deplore, feel remorse for, feel sorry for, grieve, lament, miss, mourn, repent, rue, weep over

•   n.    bitterness, compunction, contrition, disappointment, grief, lamentation, pang of conscience, penitence, remorse, repentance, ruefulness, self-reproach, sorrow


regrettable

See Also

deplorable, disappointing, distressing, ill-advised, lamentable, pitiable, sad, shameful, unfortunate, unhappy, woeful, wrong


regular

See Also

   common, commonplace, customary, daily, everyday, habitual, normal, ordinary, routine, typical, unvarying, usual [image]  consistent, constant, established, even, fixed, ordered, periodic, rhythmic, set, stated, steady, systematic, uniform [image]  dependable, efficient, formal, methodical, orderly, standardized, steady, systematic [image]  balanced, even, flat, level, smooth, straight, symmetrical, uniform [image]  approved, bona fide, classic, correct, established, formal, official, orthodox, prevailing, proper, sanctioned, standard, time-honoured, traditional


regulate

See Also

adjust, administer, arrange, balance, conduct, control, direct, fit, govern, guide, handle, manage, moderate, modulate, monitor, order, organize, oversee, rule, run, settle, superintend, supervise, systematize, tune


regulation

See Also

•   n.    adjustment, administration, arrangement, control, direction, governance, government, management, modulation, supervision, tuning [image]  commandment, decree, dictate, direction, edict, law, order, ordinance, precept, procedure, requirement, rule, standing order, statute

•   adj.    customary, mandatory, normal, official, prescribed, required, standard, usual


rehabilitate

See Also

   adjust, redeem, reform, reintegrate, save [image]  clear, convert, fix up (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), make good, mend, rebuild, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, re-establish, reinstate, reinvigorate, renew, renovate, restore


rehearsal

See Also

   drill, going-over (Inf.), practice, practice session, preparation, reading, rehearsing, run-through [image]  account, catalogue, description, enumeration, list, narration, recital, recounting, relation, telling


rehearse

See Also

   act, drill, go over, practise, prepare, ready, recite, repeat, run through, study, train, try out [image]  delineate, depict, describe, detail, enumerate, go over, list, narrate, recite, recount, relate, review, run through, spell out, tell, trot out (Inf.)


reign

See Also

•   n.    ascendancy, command, control, dominion, empire, hegemony, influence, monarchy, power, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway

•   v.    administer, be in power, command, govern, hold sway, influence, occupy or sit on the throne, rule, wear the crown, wield the sceptre [image]  be rampant, be rife, be supreme, hold sway, obtain, predominate, prevail


rein

See Also

•   n.    brake, bridle, check, control, curb, harness, hold, restraint, restriction [image]  give (a) free rein (to) free, give a blank cheque (to), give a free hand, give carte blanche, give (someone) his head, give way to, indulge, let go, remove restraints

•   v.    bridle, check, control, curb, halt, hold, hold back, limit, restrain, restrict, slow down


reincarnation

metempsychosis, rebirth, transmigration of souls


reinforce

See Also

augment, bolster, buttress, emphasize, fortify, harden, increase, prop, shore up, stiffen, strengthen, stress, supplement, support, toughen, underline


reinforcement

See Also

   addition, amplification, augmentation, enlargement, fortification, increase, strengthening, supplement [image]  brace, buttress, prop, shore, stay, support [image]  (Plural) additional or fresh troops, auxiliaries, reserves, support


reinstate

See Also

bring back, recall, re-establish, rehabilitate, replace, restore, return


reject

See Also

•   v.    bin, cast aside, decline, deny, despise, disallow, discard, eliminate, exclude, jettison, jilt, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scrap, spurn, throw away or out, turn down, veto

•   n.    castoff, discard, failure, flotsam, second


rejection

See Also

brushoff (Sl.), denial, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, knock-back (Sl.), rebuff, refusal, renunciation, repudiation, the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), thumbs down, veto


rejoice

See Also

be glad  (happy, overjoyed), celebrate, delight, exult, glory, joy, jump for joy, make merry, revel, triumph


rejoicing

See Also

celebration, cheer, delight, elation, exultation, festivity, gaiety, gladness, happiness, joy, jubilation, merrymaking, revelry, triumph


relapse

•   v.    backslide, degenerate, fail, fall back, lapse, regress, retrogress, revert, slip back, weaken [image]  deteriorate, fade, fail, sicken, sink, weaken, worsen

•   n.    backsliding, fall from grace, lapse, recidivism, regression, retrogression, reversion [image]  deterioration, recurrence, setback, turn for the worse, weakening, worsening


relate

See Also

   chronicle, describe, detail, give an account of, impart, narrate, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, set forth, tell [image]  ally, associate, connect, coordinate, correlate, couple, join, link [image]  appertain, apply, bear upon, be relevant to, concern, have reference to, have to do with, pertain, refer


related

See Also

   accompanying, affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, associated, cognate, concomitant, connected, correlated, interconnected, joint, linked [image]  agnate, akin, cognate, consanguineous, kin, kindred


relation

See Also

   affiliation, affinity, consanguinity, kindred, kinship, propinquity, relationship [image]  kin, kinsman, kinswoman, relative [image]  application, bearing, bond, comparison, connection, correlation, interdependence, link, pertinence, reference, regard, similarity, tie-in [image]  account, description, narration, narrative, recital, recountal, report, story, tale


relations

See Also

   affairs, associations, communications, connections, contact, dealings, interaction, intercourse, liaison, meetings, rapport, relationship, terms [image]  clan, family, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen, relatives, tribe


relationship

See Also

affair, affinity, association, bond, communications, conjunction, connection, correlation, exchange, kinship, liaison, link, parallel, proportion, rapport, ratio, similarity, tie-up


relative

See Also

•   adj.    allied, associated, comparative, connected, contingent, corresponding, dependent, proportionate, reciprocal, related, respective [image]  applicable, apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, germane, pertinent, relevant [image]  (With to) corresponding to, in proportion to, proportional to

•   n.    connection, kinsman, kinswoman, member of one's or the family, relation


relatively

See Also

comparatively, in or by comparison, rather, somewhat, to some extent


relax

See Also

   abate, diminish, ease, ebb, lessen, let up, loosen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relieve, slacken, weaken [image]  be or feel at ease, calm, chill out (Sl., chiefly U.S.), laze, let oneself go (Inf.), let one's hair down (Inf.), lighten up (Sl.), loosen up, put one's feet up, rest, soften, take it easy, take one's ease, tranquillize, unbend, unwind


relaxation

See Also

   amusement, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, leisure, pleasure, recreation, refreshment, rest [image]  abatement, diminution, easing, lessening, let-up (Inf.), moderation, reduction, slackening, weakening


relay

See Also

•   n.    relief, shift, turn [image]  communication, dispatch, message, transmission

•   v.    broadcast, carry, communicate, hand on, pass on, send, spread, transmit


release

See Also

•   v.    deliver, discharge, disengage, drop, emancipate, extricate, free, let go, let out, liberate, loose, manumit, set free, turn loose, unbridle, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unloose, unshackle, untie [image]  absolve, acquit, dispense, excuse, exempt, exonerate, let go, let off [image]  break, circulate, disseminate, distribute, issue, launch, make known, make public, present, publish, put out, unveil

•   n.    acquittal, deliverance, delivery, discharge, emancipation, freedom, liberation, liberty, manumission, relief [image]  absolution, acquittance, dispensation, exemption, exoneration, let-off (Inf.) [image]  announcement, issue, offering, proclamation, publication


relent

See Also

   acquiesce, be merciful, capitulate, change one's mind, come round, forbear, give in, give quarter, give way, have pity, melt, show mercy, soften, unbend, yield [image]  die down, drop, ease, fall, let up, relax, slacken, slow, weaken


relentless

See Also

   cruel, fierce, grim, hard, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, uncompromising, undeviating, unforgiving, unrelenting, unstoppable, unyielding [image]  incessant, nonstop, persistent, punishing, sustained, unabated, unbroken, unfaltering, unflagging, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unstoppable


relevant

See Also

admissible, ad rem, applicable, apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apt, fitting, germane, material, pertinent, proper, related, relative, significant, suited, to the point, to the purpose


reliable

See Also

certain, dependable, faithful, honest, predictable, regular, reputable, responsible, safe, sound, stable, staunch, sure, tried and true, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, upright


relic

See Also

fragment, keepsake, memento, remembrance, remnant, scrap, souvenir, survival, token, trace, vestige


relief

See Also

   abatement, alleviation, assuagement, balm, comfort, cure, deliverance, ease, easement, mitigation, palliation, release, remedy, solace [image]  aid, assistance, help, succour, support, sustenance [image]  break, breather (Inf.), diversion, let-up (Inf.), refreshment, relaxation, remission, respite, rest


relieve

See Also

   abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, console, cure, diminish, dull, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relax, salve, soften, solace, soothe [image]  aid, assist, bring aid to, help, succour, support, sustain [image]  give (someone) a break or rest, stand in for, substitute for, take over from, take the place of [image]  deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, exempt, free, release, unburden [image]  break, brighten, interrupt, let up on (Inf.), lighten, slacken, vary


religious

See Also

   churchgoing, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, faithful, god-fearing, godly, holy, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacred, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, theological [image]  conscientious, exact, faithful, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, unerring, unswerving


relish

See Also

•   v.    appreciate, delight in, enjoy, fancy, like, look forward to, luxuriate in, prefer, revel in, savour, taste

•   n.    appetite, appreciation, enjoyment, fancy, fondness, gusto, liking, love, partiality, penchant, predilection, stomach, taste, zest [image]  appetizer, condiment, sauce, seasoning [image]  flavour, piquancy, savour, smack, spice, tang, taste, trace


reluctance

See Also

aversion, backwardness, disinclination, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hesitancy, indisposition, loathing, repugnance, unwillingness


reluctant

See Also

averse, backward, disinclined, grudging, hesitant, indisposed, loath, recalcitrant, slow, unenthusiastic, unwilling


rely

See Also

bank, be confident of, be sure of, bet, count, depend, have confidence in, lean, reckon, repose trust in, swear by, trust


remain

See Also

abide, be left, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, go on, last, linger, persist, prevail, rest, stand, stay, stay behind, stay put (Inf.), survive, tarry, wait


remainder

See Also

balance, butt, dregs, excess, leavings, oddment, relic, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, stub, surplus, tail end, trace, vestige(s)


remaining

See Also

abiding, extant, lasting, left, lingering, outstanding, persisting, residual, surviving, unfinished


remains

See Also

   balance, crumbs, debris, detritus, dregs, fragments, leavings, leftovers, oddments, odds and ends, pieces, relics, remainder, remnants, residue, rest, scraps, traces, vestiges [image]  body, cadaver, carcass, corpse


remark

See Also

•   v.    animadvert, comment, declare, mention, observe, pass comment, reflect, say, state [image]  espy, heed, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, see, take note or notice of

•   n.    assertion, comment, declaration, observation, opinion, reflection, statement, thought, utterance, word [image]  acknowledgment, attention, comment, consideration, heed, mention, notice, observation, recognition, regard, thought


remarkable

See Also

conspicuous, distinguished, extraordinary, famous, impressive, miraculous, notable, noteworthy, odd, outstanding, phenomenal, pre-eminent, prominent, rare, signal, singular, strange, striking, surprising, uncommon, unusual, wonderful


remedy

See Also

•   n.    antidote, counteractive, cure, medicament, medicine, nostrum, panacea, physic (Rare), relief, restorative, specific, therapy, treatment [image]  antidote, corrective, countermeasure, panacea, redress, relief, solution

•   v.    alleviate, assuage, control, cure, ease, heal, help, mitigate, palliate, relieve, restore, soothe, treat [image]  ameliorate, correct, fix, put right, rectify, redress, reform, relieve, repair, set to rights, solve


remember

See Also

bear in mind, call to mind, call up, commemorate, keep in mind, look back (on), recall, recognize, recollect, reminisce, retain, summon up, think back


remind

See Also

awaken memories of, bring back to, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, jog one's memory, make (someone) remember, prompt, put in mind, refresh one's memory


reminiscence

See Also

anecdote, memoir, memory, recall, recollection, reflection, remembrance, retrospection, review


reminiscent

evocative, redolent, remindful, similar, suggestive


remiss

See Also

careless, culpable, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, lackadaisical, lax, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy (Inf.), slothful, slow, tardy, thoughtless, unmindful


remission

See Also

   absolution, acquittal, amnesty, discharge, excuse, exemption, exoneration, forgiveness, indulgence, pardon, release, reprieve [image]  abatement, abeyance, alleviation, amelioration, decrease, diminution, ebb, lessening, let-up (Inf.), lull, moderation, reduction, relaxation, respite, suspension


remit

See Also

•   v.    dispatch, forward, mail, post, send, transmit [image]  cancel, desist, forbear, halt, repeal, rescind, stop [image]  abate, alleviate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ease up, fall away, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relax, sink, slacken, soften, wane, weaken [image]  defer, delay, postpone, put off, put on the back burner (Inf.), shelve, suspend, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.)

•   n.    authorization, brief, guidelines, instructions, orders, terms of reference


remittance

See Also

allowance, consideration, fee, payment


remnant

See Also

balance, bit, butt, end, fragment, hangover, leftovers, oddment, piece, remainder, remains, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, stub, survival, tail end, trace, vestige


remonstrate

See Also

argue, challenge, complain, dispute, dissent, expostulate, object, protest, take exception, take issue


remorse

See Also

anguish, bad or guilty conscience, compassion, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, pangs of conscience, penitence, pity, regret, repentance, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, sorrow


remorseful

See Also

apologetic, ashamed, chastened, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, guilty, penitent, regretful, repentant, rueful, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry


remorseless

See Also

   inexorable, relentless, unrelenting, unremitting, unstoppable [image]  callous, cruel, hard, hardhearted, harsh, implacable, inhumane, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, savage, uncompassionate, unforgiving, unmerciful


remote

See Also

   backwoods, distant, far, faraway, far-off, godforsaken, inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere, isolated, lonely, off the beaten track, outlying, out-of-the-way, secluded [image]  alien, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, immaterial, irrelevant, outside, removed, unconnected, unrelated [image]  doubtful, dubious, faint, implausible, inconsiderable, meagre, negligible, outside, poor, slender, slight, slim, small, unlikely [image]  abstracted, aloof, cold, detached, distant, faraway, indifferent, introspective, introverted, removed, reserved, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uninterested, uninvolved, withdrawn


removal

See Also

   abstraction, dislodgment, dismissal, displacement, dispossession, ejection, elimination, eradication, erasure, expulsion, expunction, extraction, purging, stripping, subtraction, taking off, uprooting, withdrawal [image]  departure, flitting (Scot. & northern English dialect), move, relocation, transfer


remove

See Also

   abolish, abstract, amputate, carry off or away, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, do away with, doff, efface, eject, eliminate, erase, excise, expel, expunge, extract, get rid of, give the bum's rush (Sl.), move, oust, purge, relegate, shed, show one the door, strike out, take away, take off, take out, throw out, throw out on one's ear (Inf.), transfer, transport, unseat, wipe out, withdraw [image]  depart, flit (Scot. & northern English dialect), move, move away, quit, relocate, shift, transfer, transport, vacate [image]   Fig. assassinate, bump off (Sl.), dispose of, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, execute, get rid of, kill, liquidate, murder, take out (Sl.)


remuneration

See Also

compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, income, indemnity, meed (Archaic), pay, payment, profit, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, retainer, return, reward, salary, stipend, wages


remunerative

See Also

economic, gainful, lucrative, moneymaking, paying, profitable, recompensing, rewarding, rich, worthwhile


renaissance, renascence

awakening, new birth, new dawn, reappearance, reawakening, rebirth, re-emergence, regeneration, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, revival


render

See Also

   contribute, deliver, furnish, give, hand out, make available, pay, present, provide, show, submit, supply, tender, turn over, yield [image]  display, evince, exhibit, manifest, show [image]  exchange, give, return, swap, trade [image]  cause to become, leave, make [image]  act, depict, do, give, interpret, perform, play, portray, present, represent [image]  construe, explain, interpret, put, reproduce, restate, transcribe, translate [image]  cede, deliver, give, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, turn over, yield [image]  give back, make restitution, pay back, repay, restore, return


renew

See Also

begin again, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, extend, fix up (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, recommence, recreate, re-establish, refit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rejuvenate, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, revitalize, transform


renounce

See Also

abandon, abdicate, abjure, abnegate, abstain from, cast off, decline, deny, discard, disclaim, disown, eschew, forgo, forsake, forswear, give up, leave off, quit, recant, reject, relinquish, renege, repudiate, resign, retract, spurn, swear off, throw off, waive, wash one's hands of


renovate

See Also

do up (Inf.), fix up (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), modernize, overhaul, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, reform, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel, renew, repair, restore, revamp


renowned

See Also

acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, well-known


rent 1

See Also

•   n.    fee, hire, lease, payment, rental, tariff

•   v.    charter, hire, lease, let


rent 2

See Also

   breach, break, chink, crack, flaw, gash, hole, opening, perforation, rip, slash, slit, split, tear [image]  breach, break, cleavage, discord, dissension, disunity, division, faction, rift, rupture, schism, split


renunciation

See Also

abandonment, abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, forswearing, giving up, rejection, relinquishment, repudiation, resignation, spurning, surrender, waiver


repair 1

See Also

•   v.    compensate for, fix, heal, make good, make up for, mend, patch, patch up, put back together, put right, recover, rectify, redress, renew, renovate, restore, restore to working order, retrieve, square

•   n.    adjustment, darn, mend, overhaul, patch, restoration [image]  condition, fettle, form, nick (Inf.), shape (Inf.), state


repair 2

See Also

   betake oneself, go, head for, leave for, move, remove, retire, set off for, withdraw [image]  have recourse, resort, turn


reparation

See Also

amends, atonement, compensation, damages, indemnity, propitiation, recompense, redress, renewal, repair, requital, restitution, satisfaction


repartee

See Also

badinage, banter, bon mot, persiflage, pleasantry, raillery, riposte, sally, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay


repay

See Also

   compensate, make restitution, pay back, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, settle up with, square [image]  avenge, even or settle the score with, get back at, get even with (Inf.), get one's own back on (Inf.), hit back, make reprisal, reciprocate, retaliate, return the compliment, revenge


repeal

See Also

•   v.    abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, invalidate, nullify, obviate, recall, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, withdraw

•   n.    abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, invalidation, nullification, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, withdrawal


repeat

See Also

•   v.    duplicate, echo, iterate, quote, recapitulate, recite, redo, rehearse, reiterate, relate, renew, replay, reproduce, rerun, reshow, restate, retell

•   n.    duplicate, echo, recapitulation, reiteration, repetition, replay, reproduction, rerun, reshowing


repeatedly

See Also

again and again, frequently, many a time and oft (Archaic or poetic), many times, often, over and over, time after time, time and (time) again


repel

See Also

   beat off, check, confront, decline, drive off, fight, hold off, keep at arm's length, oppose, parry, put to flight, rebuff, refuse, reject, repulse, resist, ward off [image]  disgust, give one the creeps (Inf.), gross out (U.S. sl.), make one shudder, make one sick, nauseate, offend, put one off, revolt, sicken, turn one off (Inf.), turn one's stomach


repellent

See Also

   abhorrent, abominable, cringe-making (Brit. inf.), discouraging, disgusting, distasteful, hateful, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, off-putting (Brit. inf.), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  impermeable, proof, repelling, resistant


repent

See Also

atone, be ashamed, be contrite, be sorry, deplore, feel remorse, lament, regret, relent, reproach oneself, rue, see the error of one's ways, show penitence, sorrow


repentance

compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, sackcloth and ashes, self-reproach, sorriness, sorrow


repentant

See Also

apologetic, ashamed, chastened, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, rueful, self-reproachful, sorry


repercussion

backlash, consequence, echo, rebound, recoil, result, reverberation, sequel, side effect


repetition

See Also

duplication, echo, iteration, reappearance, recapitulation, recital, recurrence, redundancy, rehearsal, reiteration, relation, renewal, repeat, repetitiousness, replication, restatement, return, tautology


repetitive

See Also

boring, dull, mechanical, monotonous, recurrent, samey (Inf.), tedious, unchanging, unvaried


repine

See Also

brood, complain, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, lament, languish, moan, mope, murmur, sulk


replace

See Also

follow, oust, put back, re-establish, reinstate, restore, stand in lieu of, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, take over from, take the place of


replacement

See Also

double, fill-in, proxy, stand-in, substitute, successor, surrogate, understudy


replenish

See Also

fill, furnish, make up, provide, refill, reload, renew, replace, restock, restore, stock, supply, top up


replete

See Also

abounding, brimful, brimming, charged, chock-full, crammed, filled, full, full to bursting, full up, glutted, gorged, jammed, jam-packed, sated, satiated, stuffed, teeming, well-provided, well-stocked


reply

See Also

•   v.    acknowledge, answer, come back, counter, echo, make answer, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, write back

•   n.    acknowledgment, answer, comeback (Inf.), counter, counterattack, echo, reaction, reciprocation, rejoinder, response, retaliation, retort, return, riposte


report

See Also

•   n.    account, announcement, article, communication, communiqué, declaration, description, detail, dispatch, information, message, narrative, news, note, paper, piece, recital, record, relation, statement, story, summary, tale, tidings, version, word, write-up [image]  gossip, hearsay, rumour, talk [image]  character, eminence, esteem, fame, regard, reputation, repute [image]  bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, detonation, discharge, explosion, noise, reverberation, sound

•   v.    air, announce, bring word, broadcast, circulate, communicate, cover, declare, describe, detail, document, give an account of, inform of, mention, narrate, note, notify, pass on, proclaim, publish, recite, record, recount, relate, relay, state, tell, write up [image]  appear, arrive, be present, clock in or on, come, present oneself, show up (Inf.), turn up


reporter

See Also

announcer, correspondent, hack (Derogatory), journalist, journo (Sl.), newscaster, newshound (Inf.), newspaperman, newspaperwoman, pressman, writer


repose

See Also

•   n.    ease, inactivity, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, relaxation, respite, rest, restfulness, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity [image]  aplomb, calmness, composure, dignity, equanimity, peace of mind, poise, self-possession, serenity, tranquillity

•   v.    drowse, lay down, lie, lie down, lie upon, recline, relax, rest, rest upon, sleep, slumber, take it easy, take one's ease


reprehensible

See Also

bad, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, culpable, delinquent, discreditable, disgraceful, errant, erring, ignoble, objectionable, opprobrious, remiss, shameful, unworthy


represent

See Also

   act for, be, betoken, correspond to, equal, equate with, express, mean, serve as, speak for, stand for, substitute for, symbolize [image]  embody, epitomize, exemplify, personify, symbolize, typify [image]  delineate, denote, depict, describe, designate, evoke, express, illustrate, outline, picture, portray, render, reproduce, show, sketch [image]  describe as, make out to be, pass off as, pose as, pretend to be [image]  act, appear as, assume the role of, enact, exhibit, perform, play the part of, produce, put on, show, stage


representation

See Also

   account, delineation, depiction, description, illustration, image, likeness, model, narration, narrative, picture, portrait, portrayal, relation, resemblance, sketch [image]  body of representatives, committee, delegates, delegation, embassy [image]  exhibition, performance, play, production, show, sight, spectacle [image]  (Often plural) account, argument, explanation, exposition, expostulation, remonstrance, statement


representative

See Also

•   n.    agent, commercial traveller, rep, salesman, traveller [image]  archetype, embodiment, epitome, exemplar, personification, type, typical example [image]  agent, commissioner, councillor, delegate, depute (Scot.), deputy, member, member of parliament, M.P., proxy, spokesman, spokeswoman

•   adj.    archetypal, characteristic, emblematic, evocative, exemplary, illustrative, symbolic, typical [image]  chosen, delegated, elected, elective


repress

See Also

bottle up, chasten, check, control, crush, curb, hold back, hold in, inhibit, keep in check, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, restrain, silence, smother, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow


repression

authoritarianism, censorship, coercion, constraint, control, despotism, domination, inhibition, restraint, subjugation, suppression, tyranny


repressive

See Also

absolute, authoritarian, coercive, despotic, dictatorial, harsh, oppressive, severe, tough, tyrannical


reprieve

See Also

•   v.    grant a stay of execution to, let off the hook (Sl.), pardon, postpone or remit the punishment of [image]  abate, allay, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, relieve, respite

•   n.    abeyance, amnesty, deferment, pardon, postponement, remission, stay of execution, suspension [image]  abatement, alleviation, let-up (Inf.), mitigation, palliation, relief, respite


reprimand

See Also

•   n.    admonition, blame, castigation, censure, dressing-down (Inf.), flea in one's ear (Inf.), lecture, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, row, talking-to (Inf.), telling-off (Inf.), ticking-off (Inf.), tongue-lashing, wigging (Brit. sl.)

•   v.    admonish, bawl out (Inf.), blame, carpet (Inf.), castigate, censure, check, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, dress down (Inf.), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), give (someone) a row (Inf.), haul over the coals (Inf.), lecture, rap over the knuckles, read the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, send one away with a flea in one's ear (Inf.), take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.), tongue-lash, upbraid


reprisal

See Also

an eye for an eye, counterstroke, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance


reproach

See Also

•   v.    abuse, bawl out (Inf.), blame, blast, carpet (Inf.), censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, condemn, criticize, defame, discredit, disparage, find fault with, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), lambast(e), read the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), take to task, upbraid

•   n.    abuse, blame, blemish, censure, condemnation, contempt, disapproval, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, scorn, shame, slight, slur, stain, stigma


reproachful

See Also

abusive, admonitory, castigatory, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, critical, disappointed, disapproving, fault-finding, reproving, scolding, upbraiding


reproduce

See Also

   copy, duplicate, echo, emulate, imitate, match, mirror, parallel, print, recreate, repeat, replicate, represent, transcribe [image]  breed, generate, multiply, procreate, produce young, proliferate, propagate, spawn


reproduction

See Also

   breeding, generation, increase, multiplication, procreation, proliferation, propagation [image]  copy, duplicate, facsimile, imitation, picture, print, replica


reproof

See Also

admonition, blame, castigation, censure, chiding, condemnation, criticism, dressing-down (Inf.), rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproval, scolding, ticking-off (Inf.), tongue-lashing, upbraiding


reprove

See Also

abuse, admonish, bawl out (Inf.), berate, blame, carpet (Inf.), censure, check, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, condemn, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), read the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, scold, take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.), upbraid


repudiate

See Also

abandon, abjure, cast off, cut off, deny, desert, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forsake, reject, renounce, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of


repugnant

See Also

   abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hateful, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, revolting, sickening, vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.) [image]  adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, contradictory, hostile, incompatible, inconsistent, inimical, opposed


repulsive

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, forbidding, foul, hateful, hideous, horrid, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent, revolting, sickening, ugly, unpleasant, vile


reputable

See Also

creditable, estimable, excellent, good, honourable, honoured, legitimate, of good repute, reliable, respectable, trustworthy, upright, well-thought-of, worthy


reputation

See Also

character, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, honour, name, opinion, renown, repute, standing, stature


repute

See Also

celebrity, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, name, renown, reputation, standing, stature


reputed

accounted, alleged, believed, considered, deemed, estimated, held, ostensible, putative, reckoned, regarded, rumoured, said, seeming, supposed, thought


reputedly

allegedly, apparently, ostensibly, seemingly, supposedly


request

See Also

•   v.    appeal for, apply for, ask (for), beg, beseech, call for, demand, desire, entreat, petition, pray, put in for, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, supplicate

•   n.    appeal, application, asking, begging, call, demand, desire, entreaty, petition, prayer, requisition, solicitation, suit, supplication


require

See Also

   crave, depend upon, desire, have need of, lack, miss, need, stand in need of, want, wish [image]  ask, beg, beseech, bid, call upon, command, compel, constrain, demand, direct, enjoin, exact, insist upon, instruct, oblige, order, request [image]  call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, take


required

See Also

called for, compulsory, demanded, essential, mandatory, necessary, needed, obligatory, prescribed, recommended, requisite, set, unavoidable, vital


requirement

See Also

demand, desideratum, essential, lack, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, qualification, requisite, sine qua non, specification, stipulation, want


requisite

See Also

•   adj.    called for, essential, indispensable, mandatory, necessary, needed, needful, obligatory, prerequisite, required, vital

•   n.    condition, desideratum, essential, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, sine qua non


requisition

See Also

•   n.    application, call, demand, request, summons [image]  appropriation, commandeering, occupation, seizure, takeover

•   v.    apply for, call for, demand, put in for, request [image]  appropriate, commandeer, occupy, seize, take over, take possession of


rescue

See Also

•   v.    deliver, extricate, free, get out, liberate, recover, redeem, release, salvage, save, save the life of, set free

•   n.    deliverance, extrication, liberation, recovery, redemption, release, relief, salvage, salvation, saving


research

See Also

•   n.    analysis, delving, examination, experimentation, exploration, fact-finding, groundwork, inquiry, investigation, probe, scrutiny, study

•   v.    analyse, consult the archives, do tests, examine, experiment, explore, investigate, look into, make inquiries, probe, scrutinize, study, work over


resemblance

See Also

affinity, analogy, closeness, comparability, comparison, conformity, correspondence, counterpart, facsimile, image, kinship, likeness, parallel, parity, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude


resemble

See Also

bear a resemblance to, be like, be similar to, duplicate, echo, favour (Inf.), look like, mirror, parallel, put one in mind of, remind one of, take after


resent

See Also

be angry about, bear a grudge about, begrudge, be in a huff about, be offended by, dislike, feel bitter about, grudge, harbour a grudge against, have hard feelings about, object to, take amiss, take as an insult, take exception to, take offence at, take umbrage at


resentful

See Also

aggrieved, angry, bitter, embittered, exasperated, grudging, huffish, huffy, hurt, in a huff, incensed, indignant, in high dudgeon, irate, jealous, miffed (Inf.), offended, peeved (Inf.), piqued, put out, revengeful, unforgiving, wounded


resentment

See Also

anger, animosity, bitterness, displeasure, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, pique, rage, rancour, umbrage, vexation, wrath


reservation

See Also

   condition, demur, doubt, hesitancy, proviso, qualification, rider, scepticism, scruple, stipulation [image]  enclave, homeland, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, territory, tract


reserve

See Also

•   v.    conserve, hang on to, hoard, hold, husband, keep, keep back, lay up, preserve, put by, retain, save, set aside, stockpile, store, withhold [image]  bespeak, book, engage, prearrange, pre-engage, retain, secure [image]  defer, delay, keep back, postpone, put off, withhold

•   n.    backlog, cache, capital, fall-back, fund, hoard, reservoir, savings, stock, stockpile, store, supply [image]  park, preserve, reservation, sanctuary, tract [image]  aloofness, constraint, coolness, formality, modesty, reluctance, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, shyness, silence, taciturnity

•   adj.    alternate, auxiliary, extra, fall-back, secondary, spare, substitute


reserved

See Also

   booked, engaged, held, kept, restricted, retained, set aside, spoken for, taken [image]  aloof, cautious, close-mouthed, cold, cool, demure, formal, modest, prim, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, shy, silent, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, unforthcoming, unresponsive, unsociable [image]  bound, destined, fated, intended, meant, predestined


reservoir

See Also

   basin, lake, pond, tank [image]  container, holder, receptacle, repository, store, tank [image]  accumulation, fund, pool, reserves, source, stock, stockpile, store, supply


reside

See Also

   abide, dwell, hang out (Inf.), have one's home, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, settle, sojourn, stay [image]  abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, consist, dwell, exist, inhere, lie, rest with


residence

See Also

   abode, domicile, dwelling, flat, habitation, home, house, household, lodging, pad (Sl.), place, quarters [image]  hall, manor, mansion, palace, seat, villa [image]  occupancy, occupation, sojourn, stay, tenancy


resident

See Also

•   n.    citizen, denizen, indweller, inhabitant, local, lodger, occupant, tenant

•   adj.    dwelling, inhabiting, living, local, neighbourhood, settled


residue

See Also

balance, dregs, excess, extra, leftovers, remainder, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, surplus


resign

See Also

   abandon, abdicate, cede, forgo, forsake, give in one's notice, give up, hand over, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, step down (Inf.), surrender, turn over, vacate, yield [image]  resign oneself accept, acquiesce, bow, give in, give up, reconcile, submit, succumb, yield


resignation

See Also

   abandonment, abdication, departure, leaving, notice, relinquishment, renunciation, retirement, surrender [image]  acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, endurance, forbearing, fortitude, nonresistance, passivity, patience, submission, sufferance


resigned

See Also

acquiescent, compliant, long-suffering, patient, stoical, subdued, submissive, unprotesting, unresisting


resilient

See Also

   bouncy, elastic, flexible, plastic, pliable, rubbery, springy, supple, whippy [image]  bouncy, buoyant, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hardy, irrepressible, quick to recover, strong, tough


resist

See Also

   battle, be proof against, check, combat, confront, contend with, counteract, countervail, curb, defy, dispute, fight back, hinder, hold out against, oppose, put up a fight (against), refuse, repel, stand up to, struggle against, thwart, weather, withstand [image]  abstain from, avoid, forbear, forgo, keep from, leave alone, prevent oneself from, refrain from, refuse, turn down


resistance

See Also

battle, combat, contention, counteraction, defiance, fight, fighting, hindrance, impediment, intransigence, obstruction, opposition, refusal, struggle


resistant

See Also

   hard, impervious, insusceptible, proof against, strong, tough, unaffected by, unyielding [image]  antagonistic, combative, defiant, dissident, hostile, intractable, intransigent, opposed, recalcitrant, unwilling


resolute

See Also

bold, constant, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, persevering, purposeful, relentless, set, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, undaunted, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unwavering


resolution

See Also

   boldness, constancy, courage, dedication, determination, doggedness, earnestness, energy, firmness, fortitude, obstinacy, perseverance, purpose, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolve, sincerity, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, willpower [image]  aim, decision, declaration, determination, intent, intention, judgment, motion, purpose, resolve, verdict [image]  answer, end, finding, outcome, settlement, solution, solving, sorting out, unravelling, upshot, working out


resolve

See Also

•   v.    agree, conclude, decide, design, determine, fix, intend, make up one's mind, purpose, settle, undertake [image]  answer, clear up, crack, elucidate, fathom, find the solution to, suss (out) (Sl.), work out [image]  banish, clear up, dispel, explain, remove [image]  analyse, anatomize, break down, clear, disentangle, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, liquefy, melt, reduce, separate, solve, split up, unravel [image]  alter, change, convert, metamorphose, transform, transmute

•   n.    conclusion, decision, design, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking [image]  boldness, courage, determination, earnestness, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, steadfastness, willpower


resort

See Also

•   v.    avail oneself of, bring into play, employ, exercise, fall back on, have recourse to, look to, make use of, turn to, use, utilize [image]  frequent, go, haunt, head for, repair, visit

•   n.    haunt, holiday centre, refuge, retreat, spot, tourist centre, watering place (Brit.) [image]  alternative, chance, course, expedient, hope, possibility, recourse, reference


resound

See Also

echo, fill the air, re-echo, resonate, reverberate, ring


resounding

See Also

booming, echoing, full, powerful, resonant, reverberating, rich, ringing, sonorous, sounding, vibrant


resource

See Also

   ability, capability, cleverness, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness, talent [image]  hoard, reserve, source, stockpile, supply [image]  appliance, contrivance, course, device, expedient, means, resort


resourceful

See Also

able, bright, capable, clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, quick-witted, sharp, talented


resources

See Also

assets, capital, funds, holdings, materials, means, money, property, reserves, riches, supplies, wealth, wherewithal


respect

See Also

•   n.    admiration, appreciation, approbation, consideration, deference, esteem, estimation, honour, recognition, regard, reverence, veneration [image]  aspect, characteristic, detail, facet, feature, matter, particular, point, sense, way [image]  bearing, connection, reference, regard, relation [image]  (Plural) compliments, devoirs, good wishes, greetings, regards, salutations

•   v.    admire, adore, appreciate, defer to, esteem, have a good or high opinion of, honour, look up to, recognize, regard, revere, reverence, set store by, show consideration for, think highly of, value, venerate [image]  abide by, adhere to, attend, comply with, follow, heed, honour, notice, obey, observe, pay attention to, regard, show consideration for


respectable

See Also

   admirable, decent, decorous, dignified, estimable, good, honest, honourable, proper, reputable, respected, upright, venerable, worthy [image]  ample, appreciable, considerable, decent, fair, fairly good, goodly, presentable, reasonable, sizable, substantial, tidy (Inf.), tolerable


respective

See Also

corresponding, individual, own, particular, personal, relevant, separate, several, specific, various


respite

See Also

   break, breather (Inf.), breathing space, cessation, halt, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, let-up (Inf.), lull, pause, recess, relaxation, relief, rest [image]  adjournment, delay, moratorium, postponement, reprieve, stay, suspension


respond

See Also

acknowledge, act in response, answer, come back, counter, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return


response

See Also

acknowledgment, answer, comeback (Inf.), counterattack, counterblast, feedback, reaction, rejoinder, reply, retort, return, riposte


responsibility

See Also

   accountability, amenability, answerability, care, charge, duty, liability, obligation, onus, trust [image]  authority, importance, power [image]  blame, burden, culpability, fault, guilt [image]  conscientiousness, dependability, level-headedness, maturity, rationality, reliability, sensibleness, soberness, stability, trustworthiness


responsible

See Also

   at the helm, carrying the can (Inf.), in authority, in charge, in control [image]  accountable, amenable, answerable, bound, chargeable, duty-bound, liable, subject, under obligation [image]  authoritative, decision-making, executive, high, important [image]  at fault, culpable, guilty, to blame [image]  adult, conscientious, dependable, level-headed, mature, rational, reliable, sensible, sober, sound, stable, trustworthy


responsive

See Also

alive, awake, aware, forthcoming, impressionable, open, perceptive, quick to react, reactive, receptive, sensitive, sharp, susceptible, sympathetic


rest 1

See Also

•   n.    calm, doze, forty winks (Inf.), idleness, inactivity, kip (Brit. sl.), leisure, lie-down, motionlessness, nap, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, siesta, sleep, slumber, snooze (Inf.), somnolence, standstill, stillness, tranquillity, zizz (Brit. inf.) [image]  at rest asleep, at a standstill, at peace, calm, dead, motionless, peaceful, resting, sleeping, still, stopped, tranquil, unmoving [image]  break, breather (Inf.), breathing space, cessation, halt, holiday, interlude, intermission, interval, lull, pause, respite, stop, time off, vacation [image]  haven, lodging, refuge, retreat, shelter [image]  base, holder, prop, shelf, stand, support, trestle

•   v.    be at ease, be calm, doze, drowse, have a snooze (Inf.), have forty winks (Inf.), idle, kip (Brit. sl.), laze, lie down, lie still, nap, put one's feet up, refresh oneself, relax, sit down, sleep, slumber, snooze (Inf.), take a nap, take it easy, take one's ease, zizz (Brit. inf.) [image]  be supported, lay, lean, lie, prop, recline, repose, sit, stand, stretch out [image]  break off, cease, come to a standstill, desist, discontinue, halt, have a break, knock off (Inf.), stay, stop, take a breather (Inf.) [image]  base, be based, be founded, depend, found, hang, hinge, lie, rely, reside, turn


rest 2

See Also

•   n.    balance, excess, leftovers, others, remainder, remains, remnants, residue, residuum, rump, surplus

•   v.    be left, continue being, go on being, keep, remain, stay


restful

See Also

calm, calming, comfortable, languid, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, relaxed, relaxing, serene, sleepy, soothing, tranquil, tranquillizing, undisturbed, unhurried


restive

See Also

agitated, edgy, fidgety, fractious, fretful, ill at ease, impatient, jittery (Inf.), jumpy, nervous, on edge, recalcitrant, refractory, restless, uneasy, unquiet, unruly


restless

See Also

   active, bustling, changeable, footloose, hurried, inconstant, irresolute, moving, nomadic, roving, transient, turbulent, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, wandering [image]  agitated, anxious, disturbed, edgy, fidgeting, fidgety, fitful, fretful, ill at ease, jumpy, nervous, on edge, restive, sleepless, tossing and turning, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, unruly, unsettled, worried


restlessness

See Also

   activity, bustle, hurry, hurry-scurry, inconstancy, instability, movement, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unsettledness [image]  agitation, ants in one's pants (Sl.), anxiety, disquiet, disturbance, edginess, fitfulness, fretfulness, heebie-jeebies (Sl.), inquietude, insomnia, jitters (Inf.), jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness, uneasiness, worriedness


restoration

See Also

   reconstruction, recovery, refreshment, refurbishing, rehabilitation, rejuvenation, renewal, renovation, repair, revitalization, revival [image]  recovery, re-establishment, reinstallation, reinstatement, replacement, restitution, return


restore

See Also

   fix, mend, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, set to rights, touch up [image]  bring back to health, build up, reanimate, refresh, rejuvenate, revitalize, revive, revivify, strengthen [image]  bring back, give back, hand back, recover, re-establish, reinstate, replace, retrocede, return, send back [image]  reconstitute, re-enforce, reimpose, reinstate, reintroduce


restrain

See Also

   bridle, check, confine, constrain, contain, control, curb, curtail, debar, govern, hamper, handicap, harness, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, keep, keep under control, limit, muzzle, prevent, rein, repress, restrict, straiten, subdue, suppress [image]  arrest, bind, chain, confine, detain, fetter, hold, imprison, jail, lock up, manacle, pinion, tie up


restrained

See Also

   calm, controlled, mild, moderate, muted, reasonable, reticent, self-controlled, soft, steady, temperate, undemonstrative [image]  discreet, quiet, subdued, tasteful, unobtrusive


restraint

See Also

   coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, curtailment, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, restriction, self-control, self-discipline, self-possession, self-restraint, suppression [image]  arrest, bondage, bonds, captivity, chains, confinement, detention, fetters, imprisonment, manacles, pinions, straitjacket [image]  ban, boycott, bridle, check, curb, embargo, interdict, limit, limitation, rein, taboo


restrict

See Also

bound, circumscribe, confine, contain, cramp, demarcate, hamper, handicap, hem in, impede, inhibit, keep within bounds or limits, limit, regulate, restrain, straiten


restriction

See Also

check, condition, confinement, constraint, containment, control, curb, demarcation, handicap, inhibition, limitation, regulation, restraint, rule, stipulation


result

See Also

•   n.    conclusion, consequence, decision, development, effect, end, event, fruit, issue, outcome, product, reaction, sequel, termination, upshot

•   v.    appear, arise, derive, develop, emanate, ensue, eventuate, flow, follow, happen, issue, spring, stem, turn out [image]  (With in) culminate, end, finish, pan out (Inf.), terminate, wind up


resume

See Also

   begin again, carry on, continue, go on, proceed, recommence, reinstitute, reopen, restart, take up or pick up where one left off [image]  assume again, occupy again, reoccupy, take back, take up again


resumption

carrying on, continuation, fresh outbreak, new beginning, re-establishment, renewal, reopening, restart, resurgence


resurrect

See Also

breathe new life into, bring back, raise from the dead, reintroduce, renew, restore to life, revive


resurrection

comeback (Inf.), raising or rising from the dead, reappearance, rebirth, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resuscitation, return, return from the dead, revival


resuscitate

breathe new life into, bring round, bring to life, give artificial respiration to, give the kiss of life, quicken, reanimate, renew, rescue, restore, resurrect, revitalize, revive, revivify, save


retain

See Also

   absorb, contain, detain, grasp, grip, hang or hold onto, hold, hold back, hold fast, keep, keep possession of, maintain, preserve, reserve, restrain, save [image]  bear in mind, impress on the memory, keep in mind, memorize, recall, recollect, remember [image]  commission, employ, engage, hire, pay, reserve


retainer

See Also

   attendant, dependant, domestic, flunky, footman, henchman, lackey, servant, supporter, valet, vassal [image]  advance, deposit, fee


retaliate

See Also

even the score, exact retribution, get back at, get even with (Inf.), get one's own back (Inf.), give as good as one gets (Inf.), give one a taste of one's own medicine, give tit for tat, hit back, make reprisal, pay one back in one's own coin, reciprocate, return like for like, strike back, take an eye for an eye, take revenge, wreak vengeance


retaliation

See Also

an eye for an eye, a taste of one's own medicine, counterblow, counterstroke, reciprocation, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, revenge, tit for tat, vengeance


retard

See Also

arrest, brake, check, clog, decelerate, defer, delay, detain, encumber, handicap, hinder, hold back or up, impede, obstruct, set back, slow down, stall


reticence

See Also

quietness, reserve, restraint, secretiveness, silence, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unforthcomingness


reticent

See Also

close-mouthed, mum, quiet, reserved, restrained, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unspeaking


retire

See Also

   be pensioned off, (be) put out to grass (Inf.), give up work, stop working [image]  absent oneself, betake oneself, depart, exit, go away, leave, remove, withdraw [image]  go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hit the sack (Sl.), kip down (Brit. sl.), turn in (Inf.) [image]  decamp, ebb, fall back, give ground, give way, pull back, pull out, recede, retreat, withdraw


retirement

See Also

loneliness, obscurity, privacy, retreat, seclusion, solitude, withdrawal


retiring

See Also

bashful, coy, demure, diffident, humble, meek, modest, quiet, reclusive, reserved, reticent, self-effacing, shrinking, shy, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming


retract

See Also

   draw in, pull back, pull in, reel in, sheathe [image]  abjure, cancel, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, reverse, revoke, take back, unsay, withdraw [image]  back out of, go back on, renege on


retreat

See Also

•   v.    back away, depart, draw back, ebb, fall back, give ground, go back, leave, pull back, recede, recoil, retire, shrink, turn tail, withdraw

•   n.    departure, ebb, evacuation, flight, retirement, withdrawal [image]  asylum, den, haunt, haven, hideaway, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, sanctuary, seclusion, shelter


retrench

curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, economize, husband, lessen, limit, make economies, pare, prune, reduce, save, tighten one's belt, trim


retrenchment

See Also

contraction, cost-cutting, curtailment, cut, cutback, economy, pruning, reduction, rundown, tightening one's belt


retribution

See Also

an eye for an eye, compensation, justice, Nemesis, punishment, reckoning, recompense, redress, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revenge, reward, satisfaction, vengeance


retrieve

See Also

fetch back, get back, recall, recapture, recoup, recover, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, win back


retrospect

afterthought, hindsight, recollection, re-examination, remembrance, reminiscence, review, survey


return

See Also

•   v.    come back, come round again, go back, reappear, rebound, recoil, recur, repair, retreat, revert, turn back [image]  carry back, convey, give back, put back, re-establish, reinstate, remit, render, replace, restore, retrocede, send, send back, take back, transmit [image]  give back, pay back, reciprocate, recompense, refund, reimburse, repay, requite [image]  bring in, earn, make, net, repay, yield [image]  answer, come back (with), communicate, rejoin, reply, respond, retort [image]  choose, elect, pick, vote in [image]  announce, arrive at, bring in, come to, deliver, render, report, submit

•   n.    homecoming, reappearance, rebound, recoil, recrudescence, recurrence, retreat, reversion [image]  re-establishment, reinstatement, replacement, restoration [image]  advantage, benefit, gain, income, interest, proceeds, profit, revenue, takings, yield [image]  compensation, meed (Archaic), reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, requital, retaliation, reward [image]  account, form, list, report, statement, summary [image]  answer, comeback (Inf.), rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte


reveal

See Also

   announce, betray, blow wide open (Sl.), broadcast, communicate, disclose, divulge, give away, give out, impart, leak, let on, let out, let slip, make known, make public, proclaim, publish, tell [image]  bare, bring to light, display, exhibit, expose to view, lay bare, manifest, open, show, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil


revel

See Also

•   v.    (With in) bask, crow, delight, drool, gloat, indulge, joy, lap up, luxuriate, rejoice, relish, savour, take pleasure, thrive on, wallow [image]  carouse, celebrate, go on a spree, live it up (Inf.), make merry, paint the town red (Inf.), push the boat out (Brit. inf.), rave (Brit. sl.), roister, whoop it up (Inf.)

•   n.    (Often plural) bacchanal, beano (Brit. sl.), carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, festivity, gala, jollification, merrymaking, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), saturnalia, spree


revelation

See Also

announcement, betrayal, broadcasting, communication, disclosure, discovery, display, exhibition, exposé, exposition, exposure, giveaway, leak, manifestation, news, proclamation, publication, telling, uncovering, unearthing, unveiling


reveller

carouser, celebrator, merrymaker, partygoer, pleasure-seeker, roisterer


revelry

See Also

beano (Brit. sl.), carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, debauchery, festivity, fun, jollification, jollity, merrymaking, party, rave (Brit. sl.), rave-up (Brit. sl.), roistering, saturnalia, spree


revenge

See Also

•   n.    an eye for an eye, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, satisfaction, vengeance, vindictiveness

•   v.    avenge, even the score for, get one's own back for (Inf.), hit back, make reprisal for, repay, requite, retaliate, take an eye for an eye for, take revenge for, vindicate


revenue

See Also

gain, income, interest, proceeds, profits, receipts, returns, rewards, takings, yield


reverberate

See Also

echo, rebound, recoil, re-echo, resound, ring, vibrate


revere

See Also

adore, be in awe of, defer to, exalt, have a high opinion of, honour, look up to, put on a pedestal, respect, reverence, think highly of, venerate, worship


reverence

See Also

•   n.    admiration, adoration, awe, deference, devotion, high esteem, homage, honour, respect, veneration, worship

•   v.    admire, adore, be in awe of, hold in awe, honour, pay homage to, respect, revere, venerate, worship


reverent

See Also

adoring, awed, decorous, deferential, devout, humble, loving, meek, pious, respectful, reverential, solemn, submissive


reverse

See Also

•   v.    invert, transpose, turn back, turn over, turn round, turn upside down, upend [image]  alter, annul, cancel, change, countermand, declare null and void, invalidate, negate, obviate, overrule, overset, overthrow, overturn, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, undo, upset [image]  back, backtrack, back up, go backwards, move backwards, retreat

•   n.    antithesis, contradiction, contrary, converse, inverse, opposite [image]  back, flip side, other side, rear, underside, verso, wrong side [image]  adversity, affliction, blow, check, defeat, disappointment, failure, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, repulse, reversal, setback, trial, vicissitude

•   adj.    back to front, backward, contrary, converse, inverse, inverted, opposite


revert

See Also

backslide, come back, go back, hark back, lapse, recur, regress, relapse, resume, return, take up where one left off


review

See Also

•   v.    go over again, look at again, reassess, recapitulate, reconsider, re-evaluate, re-examine, rethink, revise, run over, take another look at, think over [image]  call to mind, look back on, recall, recollect, reflect on, remember, summon up [image]  assess, criticize, discuss, evaluate, examine, give one's opinion of, inspect, judge, read through, scrutinize, study, weigh, write a critique of

•   n.    analysis, examination, perusal, report, scrutiny, study, survey [image]  commentary, critical assessment, criticism, critique, evaluation, judgment, notice, study [image]  journal, magazine, periodical [image]  another look, fresh look, reassessment, recapitulation, reconsideration, re-evaluation, re-examination, rethink, retrospect, revision, second look [image]   Military display, inspection, march past, parade, procession


reviewer

See Also

arbiter, commentator, connoisseur, critic, essayist, judge


revise

See Also

   alter, amend, change, correct, edit, emend, modify, reconsider, redo, re-examine, revamp, review, rework, rewrite, update [image]  go over, memorize, reread, run through, study, swot up (Brit. inf.)


revision

See Also

   alteration, amendment, change, correction, editing, emendation, modification, re-examination, review, rewriting, updating [image]  homework, memorizing, rereading, studying, swotting (Brit. inf.)


revival

See Also

awakening, quickening, reanimation, reawakening, rebirth, recrudescence, refreshment, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revivification


revive

See Also

animate, awaken, breathe new life into, bring back to life, bring round, cheer, come round, comfort, invigorate, quicken, rally, reanimate, recover, refresh, rekindle, renew, renovate, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, rouse, spring up again


revoke

See Also

abolish, abrogate, annul, call back, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, disclaim, invalidate, negate, nullify, obviate, quash, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, set aside, take back, withdraw


revolt

See Also

•   n.    defection, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, putsch, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition, uprising

•   v.    defect, mutiny, rebel, resist, rise, take to the streets, take up arms (against) [image]  disgust, give one the creeps (Inf.), gross out (U.S. sl.), make one's flesh creep, nauseate, offend, repel, repulse, shock, sicken, turn off (Inf.), turn one's stomach


revolting

See Also

abhorrent, abominable, appalling, cringe-making (Brit. inf.), disgusting, distasteful, foul, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sickening, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


revolution

See Also

•   n.    coup, coup d'état, insurgency, mutiny, putsch, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising [image]  drastic or radical change, innovation, metamorphosis, reformation, sea change, shift, transformation, upheaval [image]  circle, circuit, cycle, gyration, lap, orbit, rotation, round, spin, turn, wheel, whirl


revolutionary

See Also

•   n.    insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, revolutionist

•   adj.    extremist, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, radical, rebel, seditious, subversive [image]  avant-garde, different, drastic, experimental, fundamental, ground-breaking, innovative, new, novel, progressive, radical, thoroughgoing


revolve

See Also

   circle, go round, gyrate, orbit, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl [image]  consider, deliberate, meditate, mull over, ponder, reflect, ruminate, study, think about, think over, turn over (in one's mind)


revulsion

See Also

abhorrence, abomination, aversion, detestation, disgust, distaste, loathing, odium, recoil, repugnance, repulsion


reward

See Also

•   n.    benefit, bonus, bounty, compensation, gain, honour, meed (Archaic), merit, payment, premium, prize, profit, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, return, wages [image]  comeuppance (Sl.), desert, just deserts, punishment, requital, retribution

•   v.    compensate, honour, make it worth one's while, pay, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite


rewarding

See Also

advantageous, beneficial, economic, edifying, enriching, fruitful, fulfilling, gainful, gratifying, pleasing, productive, profitable, remunerative, satisfying, valuable, worthwhile


rhetoric

See Also

   eloquence, oratory [image]  bombast, fustian, grandiloquence, hot air (Inf.), hyperbole, magniloquence, pomposity, rant, verbosity, wordiness


rhetorical

   bombastic, declamatory, flamboyant, flashy, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, hyperbolic, magniloquent, oratorical, pompous, pretentious, showy, silver-tongued, verbose, windy [image]  linguistic, oratorical, stylistic, verbal


rhyme

•   n.    ode, poem, poetry, song, verse [image]  rhyme or reason logic, meaning, method, plan, sense

•   v.    chime, harmonize, sound like


rhythm

See Also

accent, beat, cadence, flow, lilt, measure (Prosody), metre, movement, pattern, periodicity, pulse, swing, tempo, time


rhythmic, rhythmical

See Also

cadenced, flowing, harmonious, lilting, melodious, metrical, musical, periodic, pulsating, throbbing


ribald

See Also

bawdy, blue, broad, coarse, earthy, filthy, gross, indecent, licentious, naughty, near the knuckle (Inf.), obscene, off colour, Rabelaisian, racy, raunchy (Sl.), risqué, rude, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar


rich

See Also

   affluent, filthy rich, flush (Inf.), loaded (Sl.), made of money (Inf.), moneyed, opulent, propertied, prosperous, rolling (Sl.), stinking rich (Inf.), wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do [image]  abounding, full, productive, well-endowed, well-provided, well-stocked, well-supplied [image]  abounding, abundant, ample, copious, exuberant, fecund, fertile, fruitful, full, lush, luxurious, plenteous, plentiful, productive, prolific [image]  beyond price, costly, elaborate, elegant, expensive, exquisite, fine, gorgeous, lavish, palatial, precious, priceless, splendid, sumptuous, superb, valuable [image]  creamy, delicious, fatty, flavoursome, full-bodied, heavy, highly-flavoured, juicy, luscious, savoury, spicy, succulent, sweet, tasty [image]  bright, deep, gay, intense, strong, vibrant, vivid, warm [image]  deep, dulcet, full, mellifluous, mellow, resonant [image]  amusing, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible, side-splitting


riches

See Also

abundance, affluence, assets, fortune, gold, money, opulence, plenty, property, resources, richness, substance, treasure, wealth


richly

See Also

   elaborately, elegantly, expensively, exquisitely, gorgeously, lavishly, luxuriously, opulently, palatially, splendidly, sumptuously [image]  amply, appropriately, fully, in full measure, properly, suitably, thoroughly, well


rid

   clear, deliver, disabuse, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, free, lighten, make free, purge, relieve, unburden [image]  get rid of dispense with, dispose of, do away with, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, give the bum's rush (Sl.), jettison, remove, shake off, throw away or out, unload, weed out


riddle

See Also

brain-teaser (Inf.), Chinese puzzle, conundrum, enigma, mystery, poser, problem, puzzle, rebus, teaser


ride

See Also

•   v.    control, handle, manage, sit on [image]  be borne  (carried, supported), float, go, journey, move, progress, sit, travel [image]  dominate, enslave, grip, haunt, oppress, tyrannize over

•   n.    drive, jaunt, journey, lift, outing, spin (Inf.), trip, whirl (Inf.)


ridicule

See Also

•   n.    banter, chaff, derision, gibe, irony, jeer, laughter, mockery, raillery, sarcasm, satire, scorn, sneer, taunting

•   v.    banter, caricature, chaff, deride, humiliate, jeer, lampoon, laugh at, laugh out of court, laugh to scorn, make a fool of, make fun of, make one a laughing stock, mock, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, satirize, scoff, send up (Brit. inf.), sneer, take the mickey out of (Inf.), take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), taunt


ridiculous

See Also

absurd, comical, contemptible, derisory, farcical, foolish, funny, hilarious, inane, incredible, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, risible, silly, stupid, unbelievable


rifle

See Also

•   v. burgle, despoil, go through, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rob, rummage, sack, strip


rift

See Also

   breach, break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, opening, space, split [image]  alienation, breach, difference, disagreement, division, estrangement, falling out (Inf.), quarrel, schism, separation, split


rig

See Also

•   v.    accoutre, equip, fit out, furnish, kit out, outfit, provision, supply, turn out [image]  arrange, doctor, engineer, fake, falsify, fiddle with (Inf.), fix (Inf.), gerrymander, juggle, manipulate, tamper with, trump up

•   n.    accoutrements, apparatus, equipage, equipment, fitments, fittings, fixtures, gear, machinery, outfit, tackle


right

See Also

•   adj.    equitable, ethical, fair, good, honest, honourable, just, lawful, moral, proper, righteous, true, upright, virtuous [image]  accurate, admissible, authentic, correct, exact, factual, genuine, precise, satisfactory, sound, spot-on (Brit. inf.), true, unerring, valid, veracious [image]  advantageous, appropriate, becoming, comme il faut, convenient, deserved, desirable, done, due, favourable, fit, fitting, ideal, opportune, proper, propitious, rightful, seemly, suitable [image]  all there (Inf.), balanced, compos mentis, fine, fit, healthy, in good health, in the pink, lucid, normal, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, unimpaired, up to par, well [image]  conservative, reactionary, Tory [image]  absolute, complete, out-and-out, outright, pure, real, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter

•   adv.    accurately, aright, correctly, exactly, factually, genuinely, precisely, truly [image]  appropriately, aptly, befittingly, fittingly, properly, satisfactorily, suitably [image]  directly, immediately, instantly, promptly, quickly, straight, straightaway, without delay [image]  bang, exactly, precisely, slap-bang (Inf.), squarely [image]  absolutely, all the way, altogether, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly [image]  ethically, fairly, honestly, honourably, justly, morally, properly, righteously, virtuously [image]  advantageously, beneficially, favourably, for the better, fortunately, to advantage, well

•   n.    authority, business, claim, due, freedom, interest, liberty, licence, permission, power, prerogative, privilege, title [image]  equity, good, goodness, honour, integrity, justice, lawfulness, legality, morality, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, truth, uprightness, virtue [image]  by rights equitably, in fairness, justly, properly [image]  to rights arranged, in order, straight, tidy

•   v.    compensate for, correct, fix, put right, rectify, redress, repair, settle, set upright, sort out, straighten, vindicate


right away

See Also

at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), right off, straightaway, straight off (Inf.), this instant, without delay, without hesitation


righteous

See Also

blameless, equitable, ethical, fair, good, honest, honourable, just, law-abiding, moral, pure, squeaky-clean, upright, virtuous


righteousness

See Also

blamelessness, equity, ethicalness, faithfulness, goodness, honesty, honour, integrity, justice, morality, probity, purity, rectitude, uprightness, virtue


rigid

See Also

adamant, austere, exact, fixed, harsh, inflexible, intransigent, invariable, rigorous, set, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, undeviating, unrelenting, unyielding


rigorous

See Also

   austere, challenging, demanding, exacting, firm, hard, harsh, inflexible, rigid, severe, stern, strict, stringent, tough [image]  accurate, conscientious, exact, meticulous, nice, painstaking, precise, punctilious, scrupulous, thorough [image]  bad, bleak, extreme, harsh, inclement, inhospitable, severe


rigour

See Also

   asperity, austerity, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inflexibility, ordeal, privation, rigidity, sternness, strictness, stringency, suffering, trial [image]  accuracy, conscientiousness, exactitude, exactness, meticulousness, preciseness, precision, punctiliousness, thoroughness


rig-out

apparel, clobber (Brit. sl.), clothing, costume, dress, garb, gear (Inf.), get-up (Inf.), habit, outfit, raiment (Archaic or poetic), togs


rig out

See Also

   accoutre, equip, fit, furnish, kit out, outfit, set up [image]  array, attire, clothe, costume, dress, kit out


rig up

arrange, assemble, build, cobble together, construct, erect, fix up, improvise, put together, put up, set up, throw together


rim

See Also

border, brim, brink, circumference, edge, flange, lip, margin, verge


rind

See Also

crust, epicarp, husk, integument, outer layer, peel, skin


ring 1

See Also

•   n.    band, circle, circuit, halo, hoop, loop, round [image]  arena, circus, enclosure, rink [image]  association, band, cabal, cartel, cell, circle, clique, combine, coterie, crew (Inf.), gang, group, junta, knot, mob, organization, syndicate

•   v.    circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, gird, girdle, hem in, seal off, surround


ring 2

See Also

•   v.    chime, clang, peal, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound, toll [image]  buzz (Inf.), call, phone, telephone

•   n.    chime, knell, peal [image]  buzz (Inf.), call, phone call


rinse

See Also

•   v.    bathe, clean, cleanse, dip, splash, wash, wash out, wet

•   n.    bath, dip, splash, wash, wetting


riot

See Also

•   n.    anarchy, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, donnybrook, fray, lawlessness, mob violence, quarrel, row, street fighting, strife, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, uproar [image]  boisterousness, carousal, excess, festivity, frolic, high jinks, jollification, merrymaking, revelry, romp [image]  display, extravaganza, flourish, show, splash [image]  run riot  [image]  be out of control, break or cut loose, go wild, let oneself go, raise hell, rampage, throw off all restraint [image]  grow like weeds, grow profusely, luxuriate, spread like wildfire

•   v.    fight in the streets, go on the rampage, raise an uproar, rampage, run riot, take to the streets [image]  carouse, cut loose, frolic, go on a binge (Inf.), go on a spree, make merry, paint the town red (Inf.), revel, roister, romp


riotous

See Also

   anarchic, disorderly, insubordinate, lawless, mutinous, rampageous, rebellious, refractory, rowdy, tumultuous, ungovernable, unruly, uproarious, violent [image]  boisterous, loud, luxurious, noisy, orgiastic, rambunctious (Inf.), roisterous, rollicking, saturnalian, side-splitting, unrestrained, uproarious, wanton, wild


ripe

See Also

   fully developed, fully grown, mature, mellow, ready, ripened, seasoned [image]  accomplished, complete, finished, in readiness, perfect, prepared, ready [image]  auspicious, favourable, ideal, opportune, right, suitable, timely


ripen

See Also

burgeon, come of age, come to fruition, develop, get ready, grow ripe, make ripe, mature, prepare, season


riposte

See Also

•   n.    answer, comeback (Inf.), counterattack, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, retort, return, sally

•   v.    answer, come back, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return


rise

See Also

•   v.    arise, get out of bed, get to one's feet, get up, rise and shine, stand up, surface [image]  arise, ascend, climb, enlarge, go up, grow, improve, increase, intensify, levitate, lift, mount, move up, soar, swell, wax [image]  advance, be promoted, climb the ladder, get on, get somewhere, go places (Inf.), progress, prosper, work one's way up [image]  appear, become apparent, crop up, emanate, emerge, eventuate, flow, happen, issue, occur, originate, spring, turn up [image]  mount the barricades, mutiny, rebel, resist, revolt, take up arms [image]  ascend, climb, get steeper, go uphill, mount, slope upwards

•   n.    advance, ascent, climb, improvement, increase, upsurge, upswing, upturn, upward turn [image]  advancement, aggrandizement, climb, progress, promotion [image]  acclivity, ascent, elevation, hillock, incline, rising ground, upward slope [image]  increment, pay increase, raise (U.S.) [image]  give rise to bring about, bring on, cause, effect, produce, provoke, result in


risk

See Also

•   n.    chance, danger, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, peril, pitfall, possibility, speculation, uncertainty, venture

•   v.    chance, dare, endanger, expose to danger, gamble, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, put in jeopardy, take a chance on, venture


risky

See Also

chancy (Inf.), dangerous, dicey (Inf., chiefly Brit.), dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), fraught with danger, hazardous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go, tricky, uncertain, unsafe


rite

See Also

act, ceremonial, ceremony, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, mystery, observance, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity, usage


ritual

See Also

•   n.    ceremonial, ceremony, communion, liturgy, mystery, observance, rite, sacrament, service, solemnity [image]  convention, custom, form, formality, habit, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape, routine, stereotype, tradition, usage

•   adj.    ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, customary, formal, habitual, prescribed, procedural, routine, stereotyped


rival

See Also

•   n.    adversary, antagonist, challenger, competitor, contender, contestant, emulator, opponent [image]  compeer, equal, equivalent, fellow, match, peer

•   adj.    competing, competitive, conflicting, emulating, opposed, opposing

•   v.    be a match for, bear comparison with, come up to, compare with, compete, contend, emulate, equal, match, measure up to, oppose, seek to displace, vie with


rivalry

See Also

antagonism, competition, competitiveness, conflict, contention, contest, duel, emulation, opposition, struggle, vying


road

See Also

   avenue, course, direction, highway, lane, motorway, path, pathway, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, track, way [image]   Nautical anchorage, roadstead


roam

See Also

drift, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, stravaig (Scot. & northern English dialect), stray, stroll, travel, walk, wander


roar

See Also

•   v.    bawl, bay, bell, bellow, clamour, crash, cry, howl, rumble, shout, thunder, vociferate, yell [image]  bust a gut (Inf.), crack up (Inf.), guffaw, hoot, laugh heartily, split one's sides (Inf.)

•   n.    bellow, clamour, crash, cry, howl, outcry, rumble, shout, thunder, yell [image]  belly laugh (Inf.), guffaw, hoot


rob

See Also

bereave, burgle, cheat, con (Inf.), defraud, deprive, despoil, dispossess, do out of (Inf.), gyp (Sl.), hold up, loot, mug (Inf.), pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rifle, rip off (Sl.), sack, skin (Sl.), steam (Inf.), stiff (Sl.), strip, swindle


robber

See Also

bandit, brigand, burglar, cheat, con man (Inf.), fraud, highwayman, looter, mugger (Inf.), pirate, plunderer, raider, stealer, swindler, thief


robbery

See Also

burglary, depredation, embezzlement, filching, fraud, hold-up, larceny, mugging (Inf.), pillage, plunder, raid, rapine, rip-off (Sl.), spoliation, stealing, steaming (Inf.), stick-up (Sl., chiefly U.S.), swindle, theft, thievery


robe

See Also

•   n.    costume, gown, habit, vestment [image]  bathrobe, dressing gown, housecoat, negligee, peignoir, wrapper

•   v.    apparel (Archaic), attire, clothe, drape, dress, garb


robot

See Also

android, automaton, machine, mechanical man


robust

See Also

   able-bodied, athletic, brawny, fit, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, husky (Inf.), in fine fettle, in good health, lusty, muscular, powerful, Ramboesque, rude, rugged, sinewy, sound, staunch, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, tough, vigorous, well [image]  boisterous, coarse, earthy, indecorous, raunchy (Sl.), raw, roisterous, rollicking, rough, rude, unsubtle [image]  common-sensical, down-to-earth, hard-headed, practical, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, straightforward


rock 1

See Also

   boulder, stone [image]  anchor, bulwark, cornerstone, foundation, mainstay, protection, support, tower of strength


rock 2

See Also

   lurch, pitch, reel, roll, sway, swing, toss, wobble [image]  astonish, astound, daze, dumbfound, jar, set one back on one's heels (Inf.), shake, shock, stagger, stun, surprise


rocky

See Also

   boulder-strewn, craggy, pebbly, rough, rugged, stony [image]  adamant, firm, flinty, hard, rocklike, rugged, solid, steady, tough, unyielding


rod

See Also

bar, baton, birch, cane, crook, dowel, mace, pole, sceptre, shaft, staff, stick, switch, wand


rogue

See Also

blackguard, charlatan, cheat, con man (Inf.), crook (Inf.), deceiver, devil, fraud, knave (Archaic), mountebank, ne'er-do-well, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scally (Northwest English dialect), scamp, scoundrel, scumbag (Sl.), sharper, swindler, villain


role

See Also

   character, impersonation, part, portrayal, representation [image]  capacity, duty, function, job, part, position, post, task


roll

See Also

•   v.    elapse, flow, go past, go round, gyrate, pass, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, rotate, run, spin, swivel, trundle, turn, twirl, undulate, wheel, whirl [image]  bind, coil, curl, enfold, entwine, envelop, furl, swathe, twist, wind, wrap [image]  even, flatten, level, press, smooth, spread [image]  boom, drum, echo, grumble, resound, reverberate, roar, rumble, thunder [image]  billow, lurch, reel, rock, sway, swing, toss, tumble, wallow, welter [image]  lumber, lurch, reel, stagger, swagger, sway, waddle

•   n.    cycle, gyration, reel, revolution, rotation, run, spin, turn, twirl, undulation, wheel, whirl [image]  ball, bobbin, cylinder, reel, scroll, spool [image]  annals, catalogue, census, chronicle, directory, index, inventory, list, record, register, roster, schedule, scroll, table [image]  billowing, lurching, pitching, rocking, rolling, swell, tossing, undulation, wallowing, waves [image]  boom, drumming, growl, grumble, resonance, reverberation, roar, rumble, thunder


rollicking

See Also

•   adj. boisterous, carefree, cavorting, devil-may-care, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome, hearty, jaunty, jovial, joyous, lively, merry, playful, rip-roaring (Inf.), romping, spirited, sportive, sprightly, swashbuckling


roly-poly

See Also

buxom, chubby, fat, overweight, plump, podgy, pudgy, rotund, rounded, tubby


romance

See Also

•   n.    affair, affaire (du coeur), affair of the heart, amour, attachment, intrigue, liaison, love affair, passion, relationship [image]  adventure, charm, colour, excitement, exoticness, fascination, glamour, mystery, nostalgia, sentiment [image]  fairy tale, fantasy, fiction, idyll, legend, love story, melodrama, novel, story, tale, tear-jerker (Inf.) [image]  absurdity, exaggeration, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, fiction, flight of fancy, invention, lie, tall story (Inf.), trumped-up story

•   v.    be economical with the truth, exaggerate, fantasize, let one's imagination run away with one, lie, make up stories, stretch the truth, tell stories


romantic

•   adj.    amorous, fond, lovey-dovey, loving, mushy (Inf.), passionate, sentimental, sloppy (Inf.), soppy (Brit. inf.), tender [image]  charming, colourful, exciting, exotic, fascinating, glamorous, mysterious, nostalgic, picturesque [image]  dreamy, high-flown, idealistic, impractical, quixotic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical [image]  chimerical, exaggerated, extravagant, fabulous, fairy-tale, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, idyllic, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, legendary, made-up, unrealistic, wild

•   n.    Don Quixote, dreamer, idealist, romancer, sentimentalist, utopian, visionary


rook

See Also

•   v. bilk, cheat, cozen, clip (Sl.), defraud, diddle (Inf.), do (Sl.), fleece, gyp (Sl.), mulct, overcharge, rip off (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle


room

See Also

   allowance, area, capacity, compass, elbowroom, expanse, extent, latitude, leeway, margin, play, range, scope, space, territory, volume [image]  apartment, chamber, office [image]  chance, occasion, opportunity, scope


roomy

See Also

ample, broad, capacious, commodious, extensive, generous, large, sizable, spacious, wide


root

See Also

•   n.    radicle, radix, rhizome, stem, tuber [image]  base, beginnings, bottom, cause, core, crux, derivation, essence, foundation, fountainhead, fundamental, germ, heart, mainspring, nub, nucleus, occasion, origin, seat, seed, source, starting point [image]  (Plural) birthplace, cradle, family, heritage, home, origins, sense of belonging [image]  root and branch completely, entirely, finally, radically, thoroughly, totally, to the last man, utterly, wholly, without exception

•   v.    anchor, become established, become settled, embed, entrench, establish, fasten, fix, ground, implant, moor, set, stick, take root


rooted

See Also

confirmed, deep, deeply felt, deep-seated, entrenched, established, firm, fixed, ingrained, radical, rigid


root out

See Also

    Also root up abolish, cut out, destroy, dig up by the roots, do away with, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, get rid of, remove, tear out by the roots, uproot, weed out [image]  bring to light, dig out, discover, dredge up, produce, turn up, unearth


rope

See Also

•   n.    cable, cord, hawser, line, strand [image]  the rope capital punishment, halter, hanging, lynching, noose [image]  know the ropes be an old hand, be experienced, be knowledgeable, know all the ins and outs, know one's way around, know the score (Inf.), know what's what, know where it's at (Sl.)

•   v.    bind, fasten, hitch, lash, lasso, moor, pinion, tether, tie


rope in

See Also

drag in, engage, enlist, inveigle, involve, persuade, talk into


roster

See Also

agenda, catalogue, inventory, list, listing, register, roll, rota, schedule, scroll, table


rostrum

See Also

dais, platform, podium, stage


rosy

See Also

   pink, red, roseate, rose-coloured [image]  blooming, blushing, flushed, fresh, glowing, healthy-looking, radiant, reddish, roseate, rubicund, ruddy [image]  auspicious, bright, cheerful, encouraging, favourable, hopeful, optimistic, promising, reassuring, roseate, rose-coloured, sunny


rot

See Also

•   v.    corrode, corrupt, crumble, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, fester, go bad, moulder, perish, putrefy, spoil, taint [image]  decline, degenerate, deteriorate, languish, waste away, wither away

•   n.    blight, canker, corrosion, corruption, decay, decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, mould, putrefaction, putrescence [image]  balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), codswallop (Brit. sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), flapdoodle (Sl.), garbage (Chiefly U.S.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.), twaddle


rotary

gyratory, revolving, rotating, rotational, rotatory, spinning, turning


rotate

See Also

   go round, gyrate, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, spin, swivel, turn, wheel [image]  alternate, follow in sequence, interchange, switch, take turns


rotation

See Also

   gyration, orbit, pirouette, reel, revolution, spin, spinning, turn, turning, wheel [image]  alternation, cycle, interchanging, sequence, succession, switching


rotten

See Also

   bad, corroded, corrupt, crumbling, decayed, decaying, decomposed, decomposing, disintegrating, festering, fetid, foul, mouldering, mouldy, perished, putrescent, putrid, rank, sour, stinking, tainted, unsound [image]  bent (Sl.), corrupt, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, degenerate, dishonest, dishonourable, disloyal, faithless, immoral, mercenary, perfidious, treacherous, untrustworthy, venal, vicious [image]   Inf. base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disagreeable, filthy, mean, nasty, scurrilous, shitty (Taboo sl.), unpleasant, vile, wicked [image]   Inf. bad, deplorable, disappointing, regrettable, unfortunate, unlucky [image]   Inf. chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crummy (Sl.), duff (Brit. inf.), ill-considered, ill-thought-out, inadequate, inferior, lousy (Sl.), low-grade, of a sort or of sorts, poor, poxy (Sl.), punk, ropy or ropey (Brit. inf.), sorry, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory [image]   Inf. bad, below par, ill, off colour, poorly (Inf.), ropy or ropey (Brit. inf.), rough (Inf.), sick, under the weather (Inf.), unwell


rotter

See Also

bad lot, blackguard, blighter (Brit. inf.), bounder (Old-fashioned Brit. sl.), cad (Brit. inf.), cocksucker (Taboo sl.), cur, louse (Sl.), rat (Inf.), scumbag (Sl.), stinker (Sl.), swine


rotund

See Also

   bulbous, globular, orbicular, round, rounded, spherical [image]  chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavy, obese, plump, podgy, portly, roly-poly, rounded, stout, tubby [image]  full, grandiloquent, magniloquent, orotund, resonant, rich, round, sonorous


rough

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•   adj.    broken, bumpy, craggy, irregular, jagged, rocky, rugged, stony, uneven [image]  bristly, bushy, coarse, dishevelled, disordered, fuzzy, hairy, shaggy, tangled, tousled, uncut, unshaven, unshorn [image]  agitated, boisterous, choppy, inclement, squally, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, wild [image]  bearish, bluff, blunt, brusque, churlish, coarse, curt, discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, indelicate, loutish, rude, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultured, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, untutored [image]  boisterous, cruel, curt, drastic, extreme, hard, harsh, nasty, rowdy, severe, sharp, tough, unfeeling, unjust, unpleasant, violent [image]   Inf. below par, ill, not a hundred per cent (Inf.), off colour, poorly (Inf.), ropy or ropey (Brit. inf.), rotten (Inf.), sick, under the weather (Inf.), unwell, upset [image]  cacophonous, discordant, grating, gruff, harsh, husky, inharmonious, jarring, rasping, raucous, unmusical [image]  arduous, austere, hard, rugged, spartan, tough, uncomfortable, unpleasant, unrefined [image]  basic, crude, cursory, formless, hasty, imperfect, incomplete, quick, raw, rough-and-ready, rough-hewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, unfinished, unpolished, unrefined, untutored [image]  crude, raw, rough-hewn, uncut, undressed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unwrought [image]  amorphous, approximate, estimated, foggy, general, hazy, imprecise, inexact, sketchy, vague

•   n.    draft, mock-up, outline, preliminary sketch, suggestion [image]   Inf. bruiser, bully boy, casual, lager lout, ned (Sl.), roughneck (Sl.), rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough

•   v.    rough out adumbrate, block out, delineate, draft, outline, plan, sketch, suggest [image]  rough up bash up (Inf.), batter, beat the living daylights out of (Inf.), beat up, do over (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), knock about or around, maltreat, manhandle, mistreat, thrash


rough-and-tumble

See Also

•   n.    affray (Law), brawl, donnybrook, dust-up (Inf.), fight, fracas, melee or mêlée, punch-up (Brit. inf..), roughhouse (Sl.), scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, scuffle, shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), struggle

•   adj.    boisterous, disorderly, haphazard, indisciplined, irregular, rough, rowdy, scrambled, scrambling


round

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•   adj.    annular, ball-shaped, bowed, bulbous, circular, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disc-shaped, globular, orbicular, ring-shaped, rotund, rounded, spherical [image]  complete, entire, full, solid, unbroken, undivided, whole [image]  ample, bounteous, bountiful, considerable, generous, great, large, liberal, substantial [image]  ample, fleshy, full, full-fleshed, plump, roly-poly, rotund, rounded [image]  full, mellifluous, orotund, resonant, rich, rotund, sonorous [image]  blunt, candid, direct, frank, outspoken, plain, straightforward, unmodified

•   n.    ball, band, circle, disc, globe, orb, ring, sphere [image]  bout, cycle, sequence, series, session, succession [image]  division, lap, level, period, session, stage, turn [image]  ambit, beat, circuit, compass, course, routine, schedule, series, tour, turn [image]  bullet, cartridge, discharge, shell, shot

•   v.    bypass, circle, circumnavigate, encircle, flank, go round, skirt, turn


roundabout

See Also

•   adj. circuitous, circumlocutory, devious, discursive, evasive, indirect, meandering, oblique, periphrastic, tortuous


round off

See Also

bring to a close, cap, close, complete, conclude, crown, finish off, put the finishing touch to, settle


round up

See Also

assemble, bring together, collect, drive, gather, group, herd, marshal, muster, rally


rouse

See Also

   arouse, awaken, call, get up, rise, wake, wake up [image]  agitate, anger, animate, arouse, bestir, disturb, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, get going, incite, inflame, instigate, move, prod, provoke, startle, stimulate, stir, whip up


rousing

See Also

brisk, electrifying, exciting, exhilarating, inflammatory, inspiring, lively, moving, spirited, stimulating, stirring, vigorous


rout

See Also

•   n.    beating, debacle, defeat, disorderly retreat, drubbing, headlong flight, hiding (Inf.), licking (Inf.), overthrow, overwhelming defeat, pasting (Sl.), ruin, shambles, thrashing

•   v.    beat, chase, clobber (Sl.), conquer, crush, cut to pieces, defeat, destroy, dispel, drive off, drub, lick (Inf.), overpower, overthrow, put to flight, put to rout, scatter, tank (Sl.), thrash, throw back in confusion, wipe the floor with (Inf.), worst


route

See Also

•   n.    avenue, beat, circuit, course, direction, itinerary, journey, passage, path, road, round, run, way

•   v.    convey, direct, dispatch, forward, send, steer


routine

See Also

•   n.    custom, formula, grind (Inf.), groove, method, order, pattern, practice, procedure, programme, usage, way, wont [image]   Inf. act, bit (Inf.), line, performance, piece, spiel (Inf.)

•   adj.    conventional, customary, everyday, familiar, habitual, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual, wonted, workaday [image]  boring, clichéd, dull, hackneyed, humdrum, mind-numbing, predictable, run-of-the-mill, shtick (Sl.), tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal


row 1

See Also

bank, column, file, line, queue, range, rank, sequence, series, string, tier


row 2

See Also

•   n.    altercation, bagarre, brawl, commotion, controversy, dispute, disturbance, falling-out (Inf.), fracas, fray, fuss, noise, quarrel, racket, ruckus (Inf.), ruction (Inf.), rumpus, scrap (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), shouting match (Inf.), slanging match (Brit.), squabble, tiff, trouble, tumult, uproar [image]  castigation, dressing-down (Inf.), flea in one's ear (Inf.), lecture, reprimand, reproof, rollicking (Brit. inf.), talking-to (Inf.), telling-off (Inf.), ticking-off (Inf.), tongue-lashing

•   v.    argue, brawl, dispute, fight, scrap (Inf.), spar, squabble, wrangle


rowdy

See Also

•   adj.    boisterous, disorderly, loud, loutish, noisy, obstreperous, rough, unruly, uproarious, wild

•   n.    brawler, casual, hooligan, lager lout, lout, ned (Sl.), rough (Inf.), ruffian, tearaway (Brit.), tough, troublemaker, yahoo, yob or yobbo (Brit. sl.)


royal

   imperial, kinglike, kingly, monarchical, princely, queenly, regal, sovereign [image]  august, grand, impressive, magnificent, majestic, splendid, stately, superb, superior


rub

See Also

•   v.    abrade, caress, chafe, clean, fray, grate, knead, massage, polish, scour, scrape, shine, smooth, stroke, wipe [image]  apply, put, smear, spread [image]  rub up the wrong way aggravate (Inf.), anger, annoy, bug (Inf.), get in one's hair (Inf.), get one's goat (Sl.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), get under one's skin (Inf.), irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), peeve (Inf.), piss one off (Taboo sl.), vex

•   n.    caress, kneading, massage, polish, shine, stroke, wipe [image]  catch, difficulty, drawback, hindrance, hitch, impediment, obstacle, problem, snag, trouble


rubbish

See Also

   crap (Sl.), debris, dreck (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dregs, dross, flotsam and jetsam, garbage (Chiefly U.S.), grot (Sl.), junk (Inf.), litter, lumber, offal, offscourings, refuse, scrap, trash, waste [image]  balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), codswallop (Brit. sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), flapdoodle (Sl.), garbage (Chiefly U.S.), gibberish, guff (Sl.), havers (Scot.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.), twaddle


rub out

See Also

   cancel, delete, efface, erase, excise, expunge, obliterate, remove, wipe out [image]   U.S. sl. assassinate, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bump off (Sl.), butcher, dispatch, do in (Inf.), eliminate (Sl.), hit (Sl.), kill, knock off (Sl.), murder, slaughter, slay, take out (Sl.), waste (Inf.)


ruddy

See Also

   blooming, blushing, florid, flushed, fresh, glowing, healthy, radiant, red, reddish, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rubicund, sanguine, sunburnt [image]  crimson, pink, red, reddish, roseate, ruby, scarlet


rude

See Also

   abrupt, abusive, blunt, brusque, cheeky, churlish, curt, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, insulting, offhand, peremptory, short, uncivil, unmannerly [image]  barbarous, boorish, brutish, coarse, crude, graceless, gross, ignorant, illiterate, loutish, low, oafish, obscene, rough, savage, scurrilous, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unpolished, unrefined, untutored, vulgar [image]  artless, crude, inartistic, inelegant, makeshift, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, roughly-made, simple [image]  abrupt, harsh, sharp, startling, sudden, unpleasant, violent


rudimentary

See Also

basic, early, elementary, embryonic, fundamental, immature, initial, introductory, primary, primitive, undeveloped, vestigial


rudiments

See Also

basics, beginnings, elements, essentials, first principles, foundation, fundamentals


rueful

See Also

conscience-stricken, contrite, dismal, doleful, grievous, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, penitent, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, regretful, remorseful, repentant, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry, woebegone, woeful


ruffian

See Also

bruiser (Inf.), brute, bully, bully boy, casual, heavy (Sl.), hoodlum, hooligan, lager lout, miscreant, ned (Sl.), rascal, rogue, rough (Inf.), roughneck (Sl.), rowdy, scoundrel, thug, tough, villain, wretch, yardie


ruffle

See Also

   derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, mess up, rumple, tousle, wrinkle [image]  agitate, annoy, confuse, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, faze, fluster, harass, hassle (Inf.), irritate, nettle, peeve (Inf.), perturb, put out, rattle (Inf.), shake up (Inf.), stir, torment, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry


rugged

See Also

   broken, bumpy, craggy, difficult, irregular, jagged, ragged, rocky, rough, stark, uneven [image]  furrowed, leathery, lined, rough-hewn, strong-featured, weather-beaten, weathered, worn, wrinkled [image]  austere, crabbed, dour, gruff, hard, harsh, rough, rude, severe, sour, stern, surly [image]  barbarous, blunt, churlish, crude, graceless, rude, uncouth, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined [image]  arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, hard, harsh, laborious, rigorous, stern, strenuous, taxing, tough, trying, uncompromising [image]  beefy (Inf.), brawny, burly, hale, hardy, husky (Inf.), muscular, Ramboesque, robust, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous, well-built


ruin

See Also

•   n.    bankruptcy, breakdown, collapse, crackup (Inf.), crash, damage, decay, defeat, destitution, destruction, devastation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, failure, fall, havoc, insolvency, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, subversion, the end, undoing, Waterloo, wreck, wreckage

•   v.    bankrupt, break, bring down, bring to nothing, bring to ruin, crush, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, impoverish, lay in ruins, lay waste, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, raze, shatter, smash, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), wreak havoc upon, wreck [image]  blow (Sl.), bodge (Inf.), botch, cock up (Brit. sl.), damage, disfigure, fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), injure, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mess up, screw up (Inf.), spoil, undo


ruinous

See Also

   baleful, baneful (Archaic), calamitous, catastrophic, crippling, deadly, deleterious, destructive, devastating, dire, disastrous, extravagant, fatal, immoderate, injurious, murderous, noxious, pernicious, shattering, wasteful, withering [image]  broken-down, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, in ruins, ramshackle, ruined


rule

See Also

•   n.    axiom, canon, criterion, decree, dictum, direction, guide, guideline, law, maxim, order, ordinance, precept, principle, regulation, ruling, standard, tenet [image]  administration, ascendancy, authority, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, government, influence, jurisdiction, leadership, mastery, power, regime, reign, supremacy, sway [image]  condition, convention, custom, form, habit, order or way of things, practice, procedure, routine, tradition, wont [image]  course, formula, method, policy, procedure, way [image]  as a rule customarily, for the most part, generally, mainly, normally, on the whole, ordinarily, usually

•   v.    administer, be in authority, be in power, be number one (Inf.), command, control, direct, dominate, govern, guide, hold sway, lead, manage, preside over, regulate, reign, wear the crown [image]  adjudge, adjudicate, decide, decree, determine, establish, find, judge, lay down, pronounce, resolve, settle [image]  be customary  (pre-eminent, prevalent, superior), hold sway, obtain, predominate, preponderate, prevail


rule out

See Also

ban, debar, dismiss, disqualify, eliminate, exclude, forbid, leave out, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, reject


ruler

See Also

   commander, controller, crowned head, emperor, empress, governor, head of state, king, leader, lord, monarch, potentate, prince, princess, queen, sovereign [image]  measure, rule, straight edge, yardstick


ruling

See Also

•   n.    adjudication, decision, decree, finding, judgment, pronouncement, resolution, verdict

•   adj.    commanding, controlling, dominant, governing, leading, regnant, reigning, upper [image]  chief, current, dominant, main, predominant, pre-eminent, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, supreme


ruminate

See Also

brood, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, think, turn over in one's mind, weigh


rumour

See Also

•   n.    bruit (Archaic), buzz, canard, dirt (U.S. sl.), gossip, hearsay, news, report, story, talk, tidings, whisper, word

•   v.    bruit, circulate, gossip, noise abroad, pass around, publish, put about, report, say, tell, whisper


run

See Also

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, career, dart, dash, gallop, hare (Brit. inf.), hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, jog, leg it (Inf.), lope, race, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scurry, speed, sprint [image]  abscond, beat a retreat, beat it (Sl.), bolt, clear out, cut and run (Inf.), decamp, depart, do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), leg it (Inf.), make a run for it, make off, scarper (Brit. sl.), show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), slope off, take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take off (Inf.), take to one's heels [image]  course, glide, go, move, pass, roll, skim, slide [image]  bear, carry, convey, drive, give a lift to, manoeuvre, operate, propel, transport [image]  go, operate, ply [image]  function, go, operate, perform, tick, work [image]  administer, be in charge of, boss (Inf.), carry on, conduct, control, coordinate, direct, handle, head, lead, look after, manage, mastermind, operate, oversee, own, regulate, superintend, supervise, take care of [image]  continue, extend, go, last, lie, proceed, range, reach, stretch [image]  cascade, discharge, flow, go, gush, issue, leak, move, pour, proceed, spill, spout, stream [image]  dissolve, fuse, go soft, liquefy, melt, turn to liquid [image]  be diffused, bleed, lose colour, mix, spread [image]  come apart, come undone, ladder, tear, unravel [image]  be current, circulate, climb, creep, go round, spread, trail [image]  display, feature, print, publish [image]  be a candidate, challenge, compete, contend, put oneself up for, stand, take part [image]  bootleg, deal in, ship, smuggle, sneak, traffic in [image]  run for it abscond, bolt, cut and run (Inf.), decamp, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), make a break for it, make off, scarper (Brit. sl.), scram (Inf.), show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take off

•   n.    dash, gallop, jog, race, rush, sprint, spurt [image]  drive, excursion, jaunt, journey, joy ride (Inf.), lift, outing, ride, round, spin (Inf.), trip [image]  chain, course, cycle, passage, period, round, season, sequence, series, spell, streak, stretch, string [image]  category, class, kind, order, sort, type, variety [image]  application, demand, pressure, rush [image]  ladder, rip, snag, tear [image]  course, current, direction, drift, flow, motion, movement, passage, path, progress, stream, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, way [image]  coop, enclosure, pen [image]  in the long run at the end of the day, eventually, in the end, in the final analysis, in time, ultimately, when all is said and done [image]  on the run  [image]  at liberty, escaping, fugitive, in flight, on the lam (U.S. sl.), on the loose [image]  defeated, falling back, fleeing, in flight, in retreat, retreating, running away [image]  at speed, hastily, hurriedly, hurrying, in a hurry, in a rush, in haste


run across

See Also

bump into, chance upon, come across, come upon, encounter, meet, meet with, run into


runaway

See Also

•   n.    absconder, deserter, escapee, escaper, fugitive, refugee, truant

•   adj.    escaped, fleeing, fugitive, loose, out of control, uncontrolled, wild [image]  easily won, easy, effortless


run away

See Also

   abscond, beat it (Sl.), bolt, clear out, cut and run (Inf.), decamp, do a bunk (Brit. sl.), do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hook it (Sl.), make a run for it, run off, scarper (Brit. sl.), scram (Inf.), show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take off, take to one's heels [image]  (With with)  [image]  abduct, abscond, elope [image]  abscond, make off, pinch (Inf.), run off, snatch, steal [image]  romp home, walk it (Inf.), win by a mile (Inf.), win easily, win hands down


rundown

See Also

briefing, outline, précis, recap (Inf.), résumé, review, run-through, sketch, summary, synopsis


run-down

See Also

   below par, debilitated, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, out of condition, peaky, tried, under the weather (Inf.), unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out [image]  broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, ramshackle, seedy, shabby, tumble-down, worn-out


run down

See Also

   curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, drop, pare down, reduce, trim [image]  debilitate, exhaust, sap the strength of, tire, undermine the health of, weaken [image]  asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belittle, criticize adversely, decry, defame, denigrate, disparage, knock (Inf.), put down, revile, rubbish (Inf.), slag (off) (Sl.), speak ill of, vilify [image]  hit, knock down, knock over, run into, run over, strike


run in

See Also

   break in gently, run gently [image]   Sl. apprehend, arrest, bust (Inf.), collar (Inf.), feel one's collar (Sl.), jail, lift (Sl.), nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.), pick up, pinch (Inf.), pull in (Brit. sl.), take into custody, take to jail, throw in jail


run into

See Also

   bump into, collide with, crash into, dash against, hit, ram, strike [image]  be beset by, be confronted by, bump into, chance upon, come across, come upon, encounter, meet, meet with, run across


runner

See Also

   athlete, harrier, jogger, miler, sprinter [image]  courier, dispatch bearer, errand boy, messenger [image]  offshoot, shoot, sprig, sprout, stem, stolon (Bot.), tendril


running

See Also

•   adj.    constant, continuous, incessant, in succession, on the trot (Inf.), perpetual, together, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted [image]  flowing, moving, streaming

•   n.    administration, charge, conduct, control, coordination, direction, leadership, management, organization, regulation, superintendency, supervision [image]  functioning, maintenance, operation, performance, working [image]  competition, contention, contest


run off

See Also

   bolt, clear out, cut and run (Inf.), decamp, do a runner (Sl.), escape, flee, fly the coop (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hook it (Sl.), make off, run away, scarper (Brit. sl.), show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), take a powder (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take flight, take it on the lam (U.S. & Canad. sl.), take to one's heels [image]  churn out (Inf.), duplicate, print, produce [image]  bleed, drain, flow away, siphon, tap [image]  (With with)  [image]  lift (Inf.), make off, pinch (Inf.), purloin, run away, steal, swipe (Sl.) [image]  abscond, elope, run away


run-of-the-mill

See Also

average, banal, common, commonplace, fair, mediocre, middling, modest, ordinary, passable, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, unexciting, unimpressive


run out

See Also

   be exhausted, cease, close, come to a close, dry up, end, expire, fail, finish, give out, peter out, terminate [image]  (With of) be cleaned out, be out of, exhaust one's supply of, have no more of, have none left, have no remaining [image]  (With on)  Inf. abandon, desert, forsake, leave high and dry, leave holding the baby, leave in the lurch, rat (Inf.), run away from


run over

See Also

   hit, knock down, knock over, run down, strike [image]  brim over, overflow, spill, spill over [image]  check, examine, go over, go through, rehearse, reiterate, review, run through, survey


run through

See Also

   impale, pierce, spit, stab, stick, transfix [image]  blow (Sl.), dissipate, exhaust, fritter away, spend like water, squander, throw away, waste [image]  go over, practise, read, rehearse, run over [image]  check, examine, go through, look over, review, run over, survey


rupture

See Also

•   n.    breach, break, burst, cleavage, cleft, crack, fissure, fracture, rent, split, tear [image]  altercation, breach, break, bust-up (Inf.), contention, disagreement, disruption, dissolution, estrangement, falling-out (Inf.), feud, hostility, quarrel, rift, schism, split [image]   Medical hernia

•   v.    break, burst, cleave, crack, fracture, puncture, rend, separate, sever, split, tear [image]  break off, cause a breach, come between, disrupt, dissever, divide, split


rural

See Also

agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, Arcadian, bucolic, countrified, country, hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), pastoral, rustic, sylvan, upcountry


ruse

See Also

artifice, blind, deception, device, dodge, hoax, imposture, manoeuvre, ploy, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile


rush

See Also

•   v.    accelerate, barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), career, dart, dash, dispatch, expedite, fly, hasten, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, press, push, quicken, race, run, scramble, scurry, shoot, speed, speed up, sprint, stampede, tear

•   n.    charge, dash, dispatch, expedition, haste, hurry, race, scramble, speed, stampede, surge, swiftness, urgency

•   v.    attack, capture, charge, overcome, storm, take by storm

•   n.    assault, charge, onslaught, push, storm, surge

•   adj.    brisk, cursory, emergency, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurried, prompt, quick, rapid, swift, urgent


rust

See Also

•   n.    corrosion, oxidation

•   v.    corrode, oxidize

•   n.    blight, mildew, mould, must, rot

•   v.    atrophy, decay, decline, deteriorate, go stale, stagnate, tarnish


rustic

See Also

•   adj.    agrestic, Arcadian, bucolic, countrified, country, pastoral, rural, sylvan, upcountry [image]  artless, homely, homespun, plain, simple, unaffected, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated [image]  awkward, boorish, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping (Inf.), clownish, coarse, crude, graceless, hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), loutish, lumpish, maladroit, rough, uncouth, uncultured, unmannerly

•   n.    boor, bumpkin, clod, clodhopper (Inf.), clown, country boy, country cousin, countryman, countrywoman, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hillbilly, Hodge, peasant, son of the soil, swain (Archaic), yokel


rustle

See Also

•   v.    crackle, crepitate, crinkle, susurrate (Literary), swish, whish, whisper, whoosh

•   n.    crackle, crepitation, crinkling, susurration or susurrus (Literary), rustling, whisper


rusty

   corroded, oxidized, rust-covered, rusted [image]  chestnut, coppery, reddish, reddish-brown, russet, rust-coloured [image]  cracked, creaking, croaking, croaky, hoarse [image]  ancient, antiquated, antique, dated, old-fashioned, outmoded, out of date, passé [image]  deficient, impaired, not what it was, out of practice, sluggish, stale, unpractised, weak


rut

•   n.    furrow, gouge, groove, indentation, pothole, score, track, trough, wheelmark [image]  dead end, groove, habit, humdrum existence, pattern, routine, system

•   v.    cut, furrow, gouge, groove, hole, indent, mark, score


ruthless

See Also

adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cruel, ferocious, fierce, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, inexorable, inhuman, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, savage, severe, stern, unfeeling, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting, without pity


sabotage

•   v.    cripple, damage, destroy, disable, disrupt, incapacitate, sap the foundations of, subvert, throw a spanner in the works (Brit. inf.), undermine, vandalize, wreck

•   n.    damage, destruction, disruption, subversion, treachery, treason, wrecking


sack 1

See Also

•   v.    axe (Inf.), discharge, dismiss, fire (Inf.), give (someone) his books (Inf.), give (someone) his cards, give (someone) his marching orders, give (someone) the boot (Sl.), give (someone) the elbow, kick out (Inf.), kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.)

•   n.    the sack discharge, dismissal, termination of employment, the axe (Inf.), the boot (Sl.), the chop (Brit. sl.), the (old) heave-ho (Inf.), the order of the boot (Sl.), the push (Sl.)


sack 2

See Also

•   v.    demolish, depredate (Rare), despoil, destroy, devastate, lay waste, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, rifle, rob, ruin, spoil, strip

•   n.    depredation, despoliation, destruction, devastation, looting, pillage, plunder, plundering, rape, rapine, ravage, ruin, waste


sackcloth and ashes

See Also

compunction, contrition, grief, hair shirt, mortification, mourning, penitence, remorse, repentance


sacred

See Also

   blessed, consecrated, divine, hallowed, holy, revered, sanctified, venerable [image]  inviolable, inviolate, invulnerable, protected, sacrosanct, secure [image]  ecclesiastical, holy, religious, solemn


sacrifice

See Also

•   v.    forego, forfeit, give up, immolate, let go, lose, offer, offer up, surrender

•   n.    burnt offering, destruction, hecatomb, holocaust (Rare), immolation, loss, oblation, renunciation, surrender, votive offering


sacrilege

blasphemy, desecration, heresy, impiety, irreverence, mockery, profanation, profaneness, profanity, violation


sad

See Also

   blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dismal, doleful, down, downcast, down in the dumps (Inf.), down in the mouth (Inf.), gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heavy-hearted, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, pensive, sick at heart, sombre, triste (Archaic), unhappy, wistful, woebegone [image]  calamitous, dark, depressing, disastrous, dismal, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lachrymose, moving, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sorry, tearful, tragic, upsetting [image]  bad, deplorable, dismal, distressing, grave, lamentable, miserable, regrettable, serious, shabby, sorry, to be deplored, unfortunate, unhappy, unsatisfactory, wretched


sadden

See Also

aggrieve, bring tears to one's eyes, cast a gloom upon, cast down, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, distress, grieve, make blue, make one's heart bleed, upset


saddle

See Also

•   v. burden, charge, encumber, load, lumber (Brit. inf.), task, tax


sadistic

See Also

barbarous, beastly, brutal, cruel, fiendish, inhuman, perverse, perverted, ruthless, savage, vicious


sadness

See Also

bleakness, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, despondency, dolefulness, dolour (Poetic), gloominess, grief, heavy heart, melancholy, misery, mournfulness, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps (Inf.), the hump (Brit. inf.), tragedy, unhappiness, wretchedness


safe

See Also

•   adj.    all right, free from harm, impregnable, in safety, intact, O.K. or okay (Inf.), out of danger, out of harm's way, protected, safe and sound, secure, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed [image]  harmless, innocuous, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, pure, tame, unpolluted, wholesome [image]  cautious, circumspect, conservative, dependable, discreet, on the safe side, prudent, realistic, reliable, sure, tried and true, trustworthy, unadventurous [image]  certain, impregnable, risk-free, riskless, secure, sound

•   n.    coffer, deposit box, repository, safe-deposit box, strongbox, vault


safeguard

See Also

•   v.    defend, guard, look after, preserve, protect, screen, shield, watch over

•   n.    aegis, armour, bulwark, convoy, defence, escort, guard, protection, security, shield, surety


safely

in one piece, in safety, safe and sound, securely, with impunity, without risk, with safety


safety

See Also

assurance, cover, immunity, impregnability, protection, refuge, sanctuary, security, shelter


sage

See Also

•   adj.    acute, canny, discerning, intelligent, judicious, learned, perspicacious, politic, prudent, sagacious, sapient, sensible, wise

•   n.    authority, elder, expert, guru, mahatma, man of learning, master, Nestor, philosopher, pundit, savant, Solomon, Solon, wise man


sail

See Also

•   v.    cast or weigh anchor, embark, get under way, hoist the blue peter, put to sea, set sail [image]  captain, cruise, go by water, navigate, pilot, ride the waves, skipper, steer, voyage [image]  drift, float, fly, glide, scud, shoot, skim, skirr, soar, sweep, wing [image]   Inf. (With in or into) assault, attack, begin, belabour, fall upon, get going, get to work on, lambast(e), set about, tear into (Inf.)


sailor

hearty (Inf.), Jack Tar, lascar, leatherneck (Sl.), marine, mariner, matelot (Sl., chiefly Brit.), navigator, salt, sea dog, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, tar (Inf.)


saintly

angelic, beatific, blameless, blessed, devout, full of good works, god-fearing, godly, holy, pious, religious, righteous, sainted, saintlike, sinless, virtuous, worthy


sake

   account, advantage, behalf, benefit, consideration, gain, good, interest, profit, regard, respect, welfare, wellbeing [image]  aim, cause, end, motive, objective, principle, purpose, reason


salary

earnings, emolument, income, pay, remuneration, stipend, wage, wages


sale

See Also

   auction, deal, disposal, marketing, selling, transaction, vending [image]  buyers, consumers, customers, demand, market, outlet, purchasers [image]  for sale available, in stock, obtainable, on offer, on sale, on the market


salient

See Also

arresting, conspicuous, important, jutting, marked, noticeable, outstanding, projecting, prominent, pronounced, protruding, remarkable, signal, striking


sallow

See Also

anaemic, bilious, jaundiced-looking, pale, pallid, pasty, peely-wally (Scot.), sickly, unhealthy, wan, yellowish


sally

See Also

•   v.    erupt, go forth, issue, rush, set out, surge

•   n.     Military foray, incursion, offensive, raid, sortie, thrust [image]   Fig. bon mot, crack (Inf.), jest, joke, quip, retort, riposte, smart remark, wisecrack (Inf.), witticism [image]  escapade, excursion, frolic, jaunt, trip


salt

See Also

•   n.    flavour, relish, savour, seasoning, taste [image]  with a grain or pinch of salt cynically, disbelievingly, doubtfully, sceptically, suspiciously, with reservations [image]   Fig. Attic wit, bite, dry humour, liveliness, piquancy, punch, pungency, sarcasm, sharpness, wit, zest, zip (Inf.) [image]  mariner, sailor, sea dog, seaman, tar (Inf.)

•   adj.    brackish, briny, saline, salted, salty


salty

   brackish, briny, over-salted, saline, salt, salted [image]  colourful, humorous, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, snappy (Inf.), spicy, tangy, tart, witty, zestful


salubrious

See Also

beneficial, good for one, healthful, health-giving, healthy, invigorating, salutary, wholesome


salutary

See Also

   advantageous, beneficial, good, good for one, helpful, practical, profitable, timely, useful, valuable [image]  healthful, healthy, salubrious


salutation

See Also

address, greeting, obeisance, salute, welcome


salute

See Also

•   v.    accost, acknowledge, address, doff one's cap to, greet, hail, kiss, pay one's respects to, salaam, welcome [image]  acknowledge, honour, pay tribute or homage to, present arms, recognize, take one's hat off to (Inf.)

•   n.    address, greeting, kiss, obeisance, recognition, salaam, salutation, tribute


salvage

See Also

•   v. glean, recover, redeem, rescue, restore, retrieve, save


salvation

See Also

deliverance, escape, lifeline, preservation, redemption, rescue, restoration, saving


same

See Also

•   adj.    aforementioned, aforesaid, selfsame, very [image]  alike, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, synonymous, twin [image]  changeless, consistent, constant, invariable, unaltered, unchanged, unfailing, uniform, unvarying [image]  all the same  [image]  after all, anyhow, be that as it may, in any event, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, still [image]  immaterial, not worth mentioning, of no consequence, unimportant


sameness

See Also

consistency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, lack of variety, likeness, monotony, oneness, predictability, repetition, resemblance, similarity, standardization, tedium, uniformity


sample

See Also

•   n.    cross section, example, exemplification, illustration, indication, instance, model, pattern, representative, sign, specimen

•   v.    experience, inspect, partake of, taste, test, try

•   adj.    illustrative, pilot, representative, specimen, test, trial


sanctify

See Also

absolve, anoint, bless, cleanse, consecrate, hallow, purify, set apart


sanctimonious

See Also

canting, false, goody-goody (Inf.), holier-than-thou, hypocritical, pharisaical, pi (Brit. sl.), pietistic, pious, priggish, self-righteous, self-satisfied, smug, Tartuffian or Tartufian, too good to be true, unctuous


sanction

See Also

•   n.    allowance, approbation, approval, authority, authorization, backing, confirmation, countenance, endorsement, O.K. or okay (Inf.), ratification, stamp or seal of approval, support [image]  (Often plural) ban, boycott, coercive measures, embargo, penalty

•   v.    allow, approve, authorize, back, countenance, endorse, entitle, lend one's name to, permit, support, vouch for [image]  confirm, ratify, warrant


sanctity

See Also

   devotion, godliness, goodness, grace, holiness, piety, purity, religiousness, righteousness, sanctitude, spirituality [image]  inviolability, sacredness, solemnity


sanctuary

See Also

   altar, church, Holy of Holies, sanctum, shrine, temple [image]  asylum, haven, protection, refuge, retreat, shelter [image]  conservation area, national park, nature reserve, reserve


sane

See Also

   all there (Inf.), compos mentis, in one's right mind, in possession of all one's faculties, lucid, mentally sound, normal, of sound mind, rational [image]  balanced, judicious, level-headed, moderate, reasonable, sensible, sober, sound


sanguine

See Also

   animated, assured, buoyant, cheerful, confident, hopeful, in good heart, lively, optimistic, spirited [image]  florid, red, rubicund, ruddy


sanitary

See Also

clean, germ-free, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, unpolluted, wholesome


sanity

See Also

   mental health, normality, rationality, reason, right mind (Inf.), saneness, stability [image]  common sense, good sense, judiciousness, level-headedness, rationality, sense, soundness of judgment


sap 1

See Also

•   n.    animating force, essence, lifeblood, vital fluid [image]   Inf. charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), drip (Inf.), dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, gull (Archaic), idiot, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), muggins (Brit. sl.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, ninny, nitwit (Inf.), noddy, noodle, numskull or numbskull, oaf, plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), Simple Simon, simpleton, twit (Inf.), wally (Sl.), weakling, wet (Brit. inf.)


sap 2

See Also

•   v. bleed, deplete, devitalize, drain, enervate, erode, exhaust, rob, undermine, weaken, wear down


sarcasm

See Also

bitterness, causticness, contempt, cynicism, derision, irony, mockery, mordancy, satire, scorn, sneering, venom, vitriol


sarcastic

See Also

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, backhanded, bitchy (Inf.), biting, caustic, contemptuous, cutting, cynical, derisive, disparaging, ironical, mocking, mordacious, mordant, sardonic, sarky (Brit. inf.), satirical, sharp, sneering, taunting, vitriolic


sardonic

See Also

bitter, cynical, derisive, dry, ironical, jeering, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mocking, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, sneering, wry


Satan

See Also

Apollyon, Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Old Nick (Inf.), Old Scratch (Inf.), Prince of Darkness, The Devil, The Evil One


satanic

See Also

accursed, black, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, devilish, diabolic, evil, fiendish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, iniquitous, malevolent, malignant, wicked


satellite

See Also

•   n.    communications satellite, moon, sputnik [image]   Fig. attendant, dependant, follower, hanger-on, lackey, minion, parasite, retainer, sidekick (Sl.), sycophant, vassal

•   adj.     Fig. client, dependent, puppet, subordinate, tributary, vassal


satiate

See Also

   cloy, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, overfill, stuff [image]  sate, satisfy, slake, surfeit


satire

See Also

burlesque, caricature, irony, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, send-up (Brit. inf.), skit, spoof (Inf.), takeoff (Inf.), travesty, wit


satirical, satiric

See Also

biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, censorious, cutting, cynical, incisive, ironical, mocking, mordacious, mordant, pungent, Rabelaisian, sarcastic, sardonic, taunting, vitriolic


satirize

See Also

abuse, burlesque, censure, criticize, deride, hold up to ridicule, lampoon, lash, parody, pillory, ridicule, send up (Brit. inf.), take off (Inf.), travesty


satisfaction

See Also

   comfort, complacency, content, contentedness, contentment, ease, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, peace of mind, pleasure, pride, repletion, satiety, well-being [image]  achievement, appeasing, assuaging, fulfilment, gratification, resolution, settlement [image]  amends, atonement, compensation, damages, indemnification, justice, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, restitution, settlement, vindication


satisfactory

See Also

acceptable, adequate, all right, average, competent, fair, good enough, passable, sufficient, suitable, up to standard, up to the mark


satisfied

See Also

at ease, complacent, content, contented, convinced, easy in one's mind, happy, like the cat that swallowed the canary (Inf.), pacified, positive, smug, sure


satisfy

See Also

   appease, assuage, content, feed, fill, gratify, indulge, mollify, pacify, pander to, please, quench, sate, satiate, slake, surfeit [image]  answer, be enough  (adequate, sufficient), come up to expectations, do, fill the bill (Inf.), fulfil, meet, qualify, serve, serve the purpose, suffice [image]  assure, convince, dispel (someone's) doubts, persuade, put (someone's) mind at rest, quiet, reassure [image]  answer, comply with, discharge, fulfil, meet, pay (off), settle, square up [image]  atone, compensate, indemnify, make good, make reparation for, recompense, remunerate, requite, reward


satisfying

See Also

cheering, convincing, filling, gratifying, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfactory


saturate

See Also

douse, drench, drouk (Scot.), imbue, impregnate, ret (used of flax, etc.), seep, soak, souse, steep, suffuse, waterlog, wet through


saturated

See Also

drenched, dripping, droukit or drookit (Scot.), soaked, soaked to the skin, soaking (wet), sodden, sopping (wet), waterlogged, wet through, wringing wet


sauce

See Also

•   n. audacity, backchat (Inf.), brass (Inf.), brass neck (Brit. inf.), cheek (Inf.), cheekiness, disrespectfulness, front, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip (Sl.), neck (Inf.), nerve (Inf.), rudeness


sauciness

See Also

backchat (Inf.), brass (Inf.), brazenness, cheek (Inf.), flippancy, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip (Sl.), pertness, rudeness, sauce (Inf.)


saucy

See Also

   cheeky (Inf.), disrespectful, flip (Inf.), flippant, forward, fresh (Inf.), impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy (U.S. & Canad. sl.), pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy (U.S. inf.), smart-alecky (Inf.) [image]  dashing, gay, jaunty, natty (Inf.), perky, rakish, sporty


saunter

See Also

•   v.    amble, dally, linger, loiter, meander, mosey (Inf.), ramble, roam, rove, stravaig (Scot. & northern English dialect), stroll, take a stroll, tarry, wander

•   n.    airing, amble, breather, constitutional, perambulation, promenade, ramble, stroll, turn, walk


savage

See Also

•   adj.    feral, rough, rugged, uncivilized, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed, wild [image]  barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brutish, cruel, devilish, diabolical, ferocious, fierce, harsh, inhuman, merciless, murderous, pitiless, ravening, ruthless, sadistic, vicious [image]  in a state of nature, nonliterate, primitive, rude, unspoilt

•   n.    autochthon, barbarian, heathen, indigene, native, primitive [image]  barbarian, bear, boor, lout, roughneck (Sl.), yahoo, yob (Brit. sl.), yobbo (Brit. sl.) [image]  beast, brute, fiend, monster

•   v.    attack, lacerate, mangle, maul, tear into (Inf.)


savagery

See Also

barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, inhumanity, ruthlessness, sadism, viciousness


save

See Also

   bail (someone) out, come to (someone's) rescue, deliver, free, liberate, recover, redeem, rescue, salvage, set free [image]  be frugal, be thrifty, collect, economize, gather, hide away, hoard, hold, husband, keep, keep up one's sleeve (Inf.), lay by, put aside for a rainy day, put by, reserve, retrench, salt away, set aside, store, tighten one's belt (Inf.), treasure up [image]  conserve, guard, keep safe, look after, preserve, protect, safeguard, screen, shield, take care of [image]  hinder, obviate, prevent, rule out, spare


saving

See Also

•   adj.    compensatory, extenuating, qualifying, redeeming

•   n.    bargain, discount, economy, reduction


savings

See Also

fall-back, fund, nest egg, provision for a rainy day, reserves, resources, store


saviour

defender, deliverer, friend in need, Good Samaritan, guardian, knight in shining armour, liberator, preserver, protector, redeemer, rescuer, salvation


Saviour, Our or The

Christ, Jesus, Messiah, Redeemer


savoir-faire

See Also

accomplishment, address, diplomacy, discretion, finesse, poise, social graces, social know-how (Inf.), tact, urbanity


savour

See Also

•   n.    flavour, piquancy, relish, smack, smell, tang, taste, zest [image]  distinctive quality, excitement, flavour, interest, salt, spice, zest

•   v.    (Often with of) bear the hallmarks, be indicative, be suggestive, partake, show signs, smack, suggest, verge on [image]  appreciate, delight in, drool, enjoy, enjoy to the full, gloat over, like, luxuriate in, partake, relish, revel in, smack one's lips over


savoury

See Also

   agreeable, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, full-flavoured, good, luscious, mouthwatering, palatable, piquant, rich, scrumptious (Inf.), spicy, tangy, tasty, toothsome [image]  decent, edifying, honest, reputable, respectable, wholesome


saw

See Also

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, dictum, gnome, maxim, proverb, saying


saw-toothed

crenate (Bot., Zool.), dentate, denticulate (Biol.), notched, serrate, serrated


say

See Also

•   v.    add, affirm, announce, assert, asseverate, come out with (Inf.), declare, give voice or utterance to, maintain, mention, pronounce, put into words, remark, speak, state, utter, voice [image]  answer, disclose, divulge, give as one's opinion, make known, reply, respond, reveal, tell [image]  allege, bruit, claim, noise abroad, put about, report, rumour, suggest [image]  deliver, do, orate, perform, read, recite, rehearse, render, repeat [image]  assume, conjecture, dare say, estimate, guess, hazard a guess, imagine, judge, presume, suppose, surmise [image]  communicate, convey, express, give the impression that, imply [image]  go without saying be accepted, be a matter of course, be obvious, be self-evident, be taken as read, be taken for granted, be understood [image]  to say the least at the very least, to put it mildly, without any exaggeration

•   n.    crack (Inf.), turn  (chance, opportunity), voice, vote [image]  authority, clout (Inf.), influence, power, sway, weight


saying

See Also

adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, dictum, gnome, maxim, proverb, saw, slogan


scale 1

See Also

•   n.    calibration, degrees, gamut, gradation, graduated system, graduation, hierarchy, ladder, pecking order (Inf.), progression, ranking, register, seniority system, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, steps [image]  proportion, ratio [image]  degree, extent, range, reach, scope, way

•   v.    ascend, clamber, climb, escalade, mount, surmount [image]  adjust, proportion, prorate (Chiefly U.S.), regulate


scale 2

See Also

•   n. flake, lamina, layer, plate, squama (Biol.)


scaly

flaky, furfuraceous (Medical), scabrous, scurfy, squamous or squamose (Biol.), squamulose


scamp

See Also

devil, imp, knave (Archaic), mischief-maker, monkey, pickle (Brit. inf.), prankster, rascal, rogue, scallywag (Inf.), scapegrace, toe-rag (Sl.), tyke (Inf.), whippersnapper, wretch


scamper

See Also

beetle, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hie (Archaic), hurry, romp, run, scoot, scurry, scuttle, sprint


scan

See Also

check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), con (Archaic), examine, eyeball (U.S. sl.), get a load of (Inf.), glance over, investigate, look one up and down, look through, recce (Sl.), run one's eye over, run over, scour, scrutinize, search, size up (Inf.), skim, survey, sweep, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), take stock of


scandal

See Also

   crime, crying shame (Inf.), disgrace, embarrassment, offence, sin, wrongdoing [image]  calumny, defamation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, offence, opprobrium, reproach, shame, stigma [image]  abuse, aspersion, backbiting, dirt, dirty linen (Inf.), gossip, rumours, skeleton in the cupboard, slander, talk, tattle


scandalize

affront, appal, cause a few raised eyebrows (Inf.), disgust, horrify, offend, outrage, shock


scandalous

See Also

   atrocious, disgraceful, disreputable, highly improper, infamous, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, shameful, shocking, unseemly [image]  defamatory, gossiping, libellous, scurrilous, slanderous, untrue


scant

See Also

bare, barely sufficient, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, limited, little, minimal, sparse


scanty

See Also

bare, deficient, exiguous, inadequate, insufficient, meagre, narrow, poor, restricted, scant, short, skimpy, slender, sparing, sparse, thin


scapegoat

See Also

fall guy (Inf.), whipping boy


scar

See Also

•   n.    blemish, cicatrix, injury, mark, wound

•   v.    brand, damage, disfigure, mark, traumatize


scarce

See Also

at a premium, deficient, few, few and far between, infrequent, in short supply, insufficient, rare, seldom met with, uncommon, unusual, wanting


scarcely

See Also

   barely, hardly, only just, scarce (Archaic) [image]  by no means, definitely not, hardly, not at all, on no account, under no circumstances


scarcity

See Also

dearth, deficiency, infrequency, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, rareness, shortage, undersupply, want


scare

See Also

•   v.    affright (Archaic), alarm, daunt, dismay, frighten, give (someone) a fright, give (someone) a turn (Inf.), intimidate, panic, put the wind up (someone) (Inf.), shock, startle, terrify, terrorize

•   n.    alarm, alert, fright, panic, shock, start, terror


scared

See Also

fearful, frightened, panicky, panic-stricken, petrified, scared shitless (Taboo sl.), shaken, shit-scared (Taboo sl.), startled, terrified


scathing

See Also

belittling, biting, brutal, caustic, critical, cutting, harsh, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, savage, scornful, searing, trenchant, vitriolic, withering


scatter

See Also

   broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, fling, litter, shower, sow, spread, sprinkle, strew [image]  disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, disunite, put to flight, separate


scatterbrain

bird-brain (Inf.), butterfly, featherbrain, flibbertigibbet, grasshopper mind, madcap


scattering

See Also

few, handful, scatter, smatter, smattering, sprinkling


scenario

See Also

master plan, outline, résumé, rundown, scheme, sequence of events, sketch, story line, summary, synopsis


scene

See Also

   display, drama, exhibition, pageant, picture, representation, show, sight, spectacle, tableau [image]  area, locality, place, position, setting, site, situation, spot, whereabouts [image]  backdrop, background, location, mise en scène, set, setting [image]  act, division, episode, incident, part, stage [image]  carry-on (Inf., chiefly Brit.), commotion, confrontation, display of emotion, drama, exhibition, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, to-do, upset [image]  landscape, panorama, prospect, view, vista [image]   Inf. arena, business, environment, field of interest, milieu, world


scenery

See Also

   landscape, surroundings, terrain, view, vista [image]   Theatre backdrop, décor, flats, mise en scène, set, setting, stage set


scent

See Also

•   n.    aroma, bouquet, fragrance, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, perfume, redolence, smell [image]  spoor, track, trail

•   v.    be on the track or trail of, detect, discern, get wind of (Inf.), nose out, recognize, sense, smell, sniff, sniff out


scented

aromatic, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, redolent, sweet-smelling


sceptic

See Also

agnostic, cynic, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, Pyrrhonist, scoffer, unbeliever


sceptical

See Also

cynical, disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, unbelieving, unconvinced


scepticism

See Also

agnosticism, cynicism, disbelief, doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism, suspicion, unbelief


schedule

See Also

•   n.    agenda, calendar, catalogue, inventory, itinerary, list, list of appointments, plan, programme, timetable

•   v.    appoint, arrange, be due, book, organize, plan, programme, slot (Inf.), time


scheme

See Also

•   n.    contrivance, course of action, design, device, plan, programme, project, proposal, strategy, system, tactics, theory [image]  arrangement, blueprint, chart, codification, diagram, disposition, draft, layout, outline, pattern, schedule, schema, system [image]  conspiracy, dodge, game (Inf.), intrigue, machinations, manoeuvre, plot, ploy, ruse, shift, stratagem, subterfuge

•   v.    contrive, design, devise, frame, imagine, lay plans, plan, project, work out [image]  collude, conspire, intrigue, machinate, manoeuvre, plot, wheel and deal (Inf.)


scheming

See Also

artful, calculating, conniving, cunning, deceitful, designing, duplicitous, foxy, Machiavellian, slippery, sly, tricky, underhand, wily


schism

See Also

breach, break, discord, disunion, division, rift, rupture, separation, splintering, split


scholar

See Also

   academic, bookworm, egghead (Inf.), intellectual, man of letters, savant [image]  disciple, learner, pupil, schoolboy, schoolgirl, student


scholarly

See Also

academic, bookish, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, scholastic, studious, well-read


scholarship

See Also

   accomplishments, attainments, book-learning, education, erudition, knowledge, learning, lore [image]  bursary, exhibition, fellowship


scholastic

See Also

   academic, bookish, learned, lettered, literary, scholarly [image]  pedagogic, pedantic, precise


school

See Also

•   n.    academy, alma mater, college, department, discipline, faculty, institute, institution, seminary [image]  adherents, circle, class, clique, denomination, devotees, disciples, faction, followers, following, group, pupils, schism, sect, set [image]  creed, faith, outlook, persuasion, school of thought, stamp, way of life

•   v.    coach, discipline, drill, educate, indoctrinate, instruct, prepare, prime, train, tutor, verse


schooling

See Also

   book-learning, education, formal education, teaching, tuition [image]  coaching, drill, grounding, guidance, instruction, preparation, training


schoolteacher

See Also

dominie (Scot.), instructor, pedagogue, schoolmarm (Inf.), schoolmaster, schoolmistress


science

See Also

   body of knowledge, branch of knowledge, discipline [image]  art, skill, technique


scientific

See Also

accurate, controlled, exact, mathematical, precise, systematic


scintillate

See Also

blaze, coruscate, flash, give off sparks, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, sparkle, twinkle


scintillating

See Also

animated, bright, brilliant, dazzling, ebullient, exciting, glittering, lively, sparkling, stimulating, witty


scoff

See Also

belittle, deride, despise, flout, gibe, jeer, knock (Inf.), laugh at, make light of, make sport of, mock, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, revile, ridicule, scorn, scout (Archaic), slag (off) (Sl.), sneer, take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), taunt, twit


scold

See Also

•   v.    bawl out (Inf.), berate, blame, bring (someone) to book, carpet (Inf.), castigate, censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, find fault with, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), give (someone) a dressing-down  (row, talking-to) (Inf.), go on at, haul (someone) over the coals (Inf.), have (someone) on the carpet (Inf.), lecture, nag, rate, read the riot act, rebuke, remonstrate with, reprimand, reproach, reprove, take (someone) to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.), upbraid, vituperate

•   n.    nag, shrew, termagant (Rare), Xanthippe


scolding

See Also

dressing-down (Inf.), (good) talking-to (Inf.), lecture, piece of one's mind, rebuke, row, telling-off (Inf.), ticking-off (Inf.), tongue-lashing, wigging (Brit. sl.)


scoop

See Also

•   n.    dipper, ladle, spoon [image]  coup, exclusive, exposé, inside story, revelation, sensation

•   v.    (Often with up) clear away, gather up, lift, pick up, remove, sweep up or away, take up [image]  bail, dig, dip, empty, excavate, gouge, hollow, ladle, scrape, shovel


scope

See Also

ambit, area, capacity, compass, confines, elbowroom, extent, field of reference, freedom, latitude, liberty, opportunity, orbit, outlook, purview, range, reach, room, space, span, sphere


scorch

See Also

blacken, blister, burn, char, parch, roast, sear, shrivel, singe, wither


scorching

See Also

baking, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, flaming, red-hot, roasting, searing, sizzling, sweltering, torrid, tropical, unbearably hot


score

See Also

•   n.    grade, mark, outcome, points, record, result, total [image]  the score  Inf. the facts, the reality, the setup (Inf.), the situation, the truth [image]  (Plural) a flock, a great number, an army, a throng, crowds, droves, hosts, hundreds, legions, lots, masses, millions, multitudes, myriads, swarms, very many [image]  account, basis, cause, ground, grounds, reason [image]  a bone to pick, grievance, grudge, injury, injustice, wrong [image]  pay off old scores avenge, get even with (Inf.), get one's own back (Inf.), give an eye for an eye, give like for like or tit for tat, give (someone) a taste of his own medicine, hit back, pay (someone) back (in his own coin), repay, requite, retaliate [image]  account, amount due, bill, charge, debt, obligation, reckoning, tab (U.S. inf.), tally, total

•   v.    achieve, amass, chalk up (Inf.), gain, make, notch up (Inf.), win [image]  count, keep a tally of, keep count, record, register, tally [image]  crosshatch, cut, deface, gouge, graze, indent, mar, mark, nick, notch, scrape, scratch, slash [image]  (With out or through) cancel, cross out, delete, obliterate, put a line through, strike out [image]   Music adapt, arrange, orchestrate, set [image]  gain an advantage, go down well with (someone), impress, make a hit (Inf.), make an impact or impression, make a point, put oneself across, triumph


score off

See Also

be one up on (Inf.), get the better of, have the laugh on, humiliate, make a fool of, make (someone) look silly, worst


scorn

See Also

•   n.    contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, derision, despite, disdain, disparagement, mockery, sarcasm, scornfulness, slight, sneer

•   v.    be above, consider beneath one, contemn, curl one's lip at, deride, disdain, flout, hold in contempt, look down on, make fun of, reject, scoff at, scout (Archaic), slight, sneer at, spurn, turn up one's nose at (Inf.)


scornful

See Also

contemptuous, contumelious, defiant, derisive, disdainful, haughty, insolent, insulting, jeering, mocking, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, scoffing, slighting, sneering, supercilious, withering


scornfully

contemptuously, disdainfully, dismissively, scathingly, slightingly, with a sneer, with contempt, with disdain, witheringly, with lip curled


Scots

Caledonian, Scottish


scoundrel

See Also

asshole (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), asswipe (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), bad egg (Old-fashioned inf.), bastard (Offensive), blackguard, bugger (Taboo sl.), caitiff (Archaic), cheat, cocksucker (Taboo sl.), dastard (Archaic), good-for-nothing, heel (Sl.), incorrigible, knave (Archaic), miscreant, mother, motherfucker (Taboo sl., chiefly U.S.), ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, rogue, rotter (Sl., chiefly Brit.), scally (Northwest English dialect), scamp, scapegrace, scumbag (Sl.), shit (Taboo sl.), son-of-a-bitch (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), swine, turd (Taboo sl.), vagabond, villain, wretch


scour 1

See Also

abrade, buff, burnish, clean, cleanse, flush, furbish, polish, purge, rub, scrub, wash, whiten


scour 2

See Also

beat, comb, forage, go over with a fine-tooth comb, hunt, look high and low, rake, ransack, search


scourge

See Also

•   n.    affliction, bane, curse, infliction, misfortune, penalty, pest, plague, punishment, terror, torment, visitation [image]  cat, cat-o'-nine-tails, lash, strap, switch, thong, whip

•   v.    beat, belt (Inf.), cane, castigate, chastise, discipline, flog, horsewhip, lash, lather (Inf.), leather, punish, take a strap to, tan (someone's) hide (Sl.), thrash, trounce, wallop (Inf.), whale, whip [image]  afflict, curse, excoriate, harass, plague, terrorize, torment


scout

See Also

•   v.    case (Sl.), check out, investigate, make a reconnaissance, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), observe, probe, recce (Sl.), reconnoitre, see how the land lies, spy, spy out, survey, watch [image]  (Often with out, up, or around) cast around for, ferret out, hunt for, look for, rustle up, search for, search out, seek, track down

•   n.    advance guard, escort, lookout, outrider, precursor, reconnoitrer, vanguard [image]  recruiter, talent scout


scowl

See Also

•   v.    frown, glower, grimace, look daggers at, lour or lower

•   n.    black look, dirty look, frown, glower, grimace


scramble

See Also

•   v.    clamber, climb, crawl, move with difficulty, push, scrabble, struggle, swarm [image]  contend, hasten, jockey for position, jostle, look lively or snappy (Inf.), make haste, push, run, rush, strive, vie

•   n.    climb, trek [image]  commotion, competition, confusion, free-for-all (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), hustle, melee or mêlée, muddle, race, rat race, rush, struggle, tussle


scrap 1

See Also

•   n.    atom, bit, bite, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, part, particle, piece, portion, remnant, sliver, snatch, snippet, trace [image]  junk, off cuts, waste [image]  on the scrap heap discarded, ditched (Sl.), jettisoned, put out to grass (Inf.), redundant, written off [image]  (Plural) bits, leavings, leftovers, remains, scrapings

•   v.    abandon, break up, chuck (Inf.), demolish, discard, dispense with, ditch (Sl.), drop, get rid of, jettison, junk (Inf.), shed, throw away or out, throw on the scrapheap, toss out, trash (Sl.), write off


scrap 2

See Also

•   n.    argument, bagarre, battle, brawl, disagreement, dispute, dust-up (Inf.), fight, quarrel, row, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), squabble, tiff, wrangle

•   v.    argue, barney (Inf.), bicker, come to blows, fall out (Inf.), fight, have a shouting match (Inf.), have words, row, spar, squabble, wrangle


scrape

See Also

•   v.    abrade, bark, graze, rub, scratch, scuff, skin [image]  grate, grind, rasp, scratch, screech, set one's teeth on edge, squeak [image]  clean, erase, file, remove, rub, scour [image]  pinch, save, scrimp, skimp, stint [image]  scrape by, in, or through barely make it, cut it fine (Inf.), get by (Inf.), have a close shave (Inf.), struggle

•   n.     Inf. awkward or embarrassing situation, difficulty, dilemma, distress, fix (Inf.), mess, plight, predicament, pretty pickle (Inf.), spot (Inf.), tight spot, trouble


scrappy

See Also

bitty, disjointed, fragmentary, incomplete, perfunctory, piecemeal, sketchy, thrown together


scratch

See Also

•   v.    claw, cut, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, make a mark on, mark, rub, score, scrape [image]  annul, cancel, delete, eliminate, erase, pull out, stand down, strike off, withdraw

•   n.    blemish, claw mark, gash, graze, laceration, mark, scrape [image]  up to scratch acceptable, adequate, capable, competent, satisfactory, sufficient, up to snuff (Inf.), up to standard

•   adj.    haphazard, hastily prepared, impromptu, improvised, rough, rough-and-ready


scrawl

See Also

doodle, scrabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle, writing


scream

See Also

•   v.    bawl, cry, holler (Inf.), screech, shriek, shrill, sing out, squeal, yell [image]   Fig. be conspicuous, clash, jar, shriek

•   n.    howl, outcry, screech, shriek, wail, yell, yelp [image]   Inf. card (Inf.), caution (Inf.), character (Inf.), comedian, comic, entertainer, hoot (Inf.), joker, laugh, riot (Sl.), sensation, wag, wit


screen

See Also

•   v.    cloak, conceal, cover, hide, mask, shade, shroud, shut out, veil [image]  defend, guard, protect, safeguard, shelter, shield [image]  cull, evaluate, examine, filter, gauge, grade, process, riddle, scan, sieve, sift, sort, vet [image]  broadcast, present, put on, show

•   n.    awning, canopy, cloak, concealment, cover, guard, hedge, mantle, shade, shelter, shield, shroud [image]  mesh, net, partition, room divider


screw

See Also

•   v.    tighten, turn, twist, work in [image]  contort, contract, crumple, distort, pucker, wrinkle [image]   Inf. bring pressure to bear on, coerce, constrain, force, hold a knife to (someone's) throat, oppress, pressurize, put the screws on (Inf.), squeeze [image]   Inf. (Often with out of) bleed, extort, extract, wrest, wring


scribble

See Also

•   v. dash off, doodle, jot, pen, scratch, scrawl, write


scribe

See Also

amanuensis, clerk, copyist, notary (Archaic), penman (Rare), scrivener (Archaic), secretary, writer


script

See Also

   calligraphy, hand, handwriting, letters, longhand, penmanship, writing [image]  book, copy, dialogue, libretto, lines, manuscript, text, words


Scripture

Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, The Bible, The Book of Books, The Good Book, The Gospels, The Scriptures, The Word, The Word of God


scroll

See Also

inventory, list, parchment, roll


Scrooge

cheapskate (Inf.), meanie or meany (Inf., chiefly Brit.), miser, money-grubber (Inf.), niggard, penny-pincher (Inf.), skinflint, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


scrounge

See Also

beg, blag (Sl.), bum (Inf.), cadge, forage for, freeload (Sl.), hunt around (for), mooch (Sl.), sorn (Scot.), sponge (Inf.), touch (someone) for (Sl.), wheedle


scrounger

See Also

bum (Inf.), cadger, freeloader (Sl.), parasite, sorner (Scot.), sponger (Inf.)


scrub

See Also

•   v.    clean, cleanse, rub, scour [image]   Inf. abandon, abolish, call off, cancel, delete, discontinue, do away with, drop, forget about, give up


scruffy

See Also

disreputable, draggletailed (Archaic), frowzy, ill-groomed, mangy, messy, ragged, run-down, scrubby (Brit. inf.), seedy, shabby, slatternly, sloppy (Inf.), slovenly, sluttish, squalid, tattered, tatty, ungroomed, unkempt, untidy


scrupulous

See Also

careful, conscientious, exact, fastidious, honourable, meticulous, minute, moral, nice, painstaking, precise, principled, punctilious, rigorous, strict, upright


scrutinize

See Also

analyse, dissect, examine, explore, inquire into, inspect, investigate, peruse, pore over, probe, research, scan, search, sift, study, work over


scrutiny

See Also

analysis, close study, examination, exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, search, sifting, study


scuffle

See Also

•   v.    clash, come to blows, contend, exchange blows, fight, grapple, jostle, struggle, tussle

•   n.    affray (Law), bagarre, barney (Inf.), brawl, commotion, disturbance, fight, fray, ruck (Sl.), ruckus (Inf.), ruction (Inf.), rumpus, scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, set-to (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), skirmish, tussle


sculpture

•   v. carve, chisel, cut, fashion, form, hew, model, mould, sculp, sculpt, shape


scum

See Also

   algae, crust, dross, film, froth, impurities, offscourings, scruff [image]   Fig. canaille, dregs of society, dross, lowest of the low, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rubbish, trash (Chiefly U.S. & Canad.)


scurrilous

See Also

abusive, coarse, defamatory, foul, foul-mouthed, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, low, obscene, offensive, Rabelaisian, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, slanderous, vituperative, vulgar


scurry

See Also

•   v.    beetle, dart, dash, fly, hurry, race, scamper, scoot, scud, scuttle, skim, sprint, whisk

•   n.    bustle, flurry, scampering, whirl


scuttle

See Also

beetle, bustle, hare (Brit. inf.), hasten, hurry, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scramble, scud, scurry, scutter (Brit. inf.)


sea

See Also

•   n.    main, ocean, the briny (Inf.), the deep, the drink (Inf.), the waves [image]   Fig. abundance, expanse, mass, multitude, plethora, profusion, sheet, vast number [image]  at sea adrift, astray, at a loss, at sixes and sevens, baffled, bewildered, confused, disoriented, lost, mystified, puzzled, upset

•   adj.    aquatic, briny, marine, maritime, ocean, ocean-going, oceanic, pelagic, salt, saltwater, seagoing


seafaring

marine, maritime, nautical, naval, oceanic


seal

See Also

•   v.    bung, close, cork, enclose, fasten, make airtight, plug, secure, shut, stop, stopper, stop up, waterproof [image]  assure, attest, authenticate, confirm, establish, ratify, stamp, validate [image]  clinch, conclude, consummate, finalize, settle, shake hands on (Inf.) [image]  (With off) board up, fence off, isolate, put out of bounds, quarantine, segregate

•   n.    assurance, attestation, authentication, confirmation, imprimatur, insignia, notification, ratification, stamp


seam

See Also

•   n.    closure, joint, suture (Surgery) [image]  layer, lode, stratum, vein [image]  furrow, line, ridge, scar, wrinkle


search

See Also

•   v.    cast around, check, comb, examine, explore, ferret, frisk (Inf.), go over with a fine-tooth comb, inquire, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look, look high and low, probe, pry, ransack, rifle through, rummage through, scour, scrutinize, seek, sift, turn inside out, turn upside down

•   n.    examination, exploration, going-over (Inf.), hunt, inquiry, inspection, investigation, pursuit, quest, researches, rummage, scrutiny [image]  in search of hunting for, in need of, in pursuit of, looking for, making enquiries concerning, on the lookout for, on the track of, seeking


searching

See Also

•   adj. close, intent, keen, minute, penetrating, piercing, probing, quizzical, severe, sharp, thorough


seasickness

mal de mer


season

See Also

•   n.    division, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, period, spell, term, time, time of year

•   v.    colour, enliven, flavour, lace, leaven, pep up, salt, salt and pepper, spice [image]  acclimatize, accustom, anneal, discipline, habituate, harden, inure, mature, prepare, toughen, train [image]  mitigate, moderate, qualify, temper


seasonable

See Also

appropriate, convenient, fit, opportune, providential, suitable, timely, welcome, well-timed


seasoned

See Also

battle-scarred, experienced, hardened, long-serving, mature, old, practised, time-served, veteran, weathered, well-versed


seasoning

See Also

condiment, dressing, flavouring, relish, salt and pepper, sauce, spice


seat

See Also

•   n.    bench, chair, pew, settle, stall, stool, throne [image]  axis, capital, centre, cradle, headquarters, heart, hub, location, place, site, situation, source, station [image]  base, bed, bottom, cause, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork [image]  abode, ancestral hall, house, mansion, residence [image]  chair, constituency, incumbency, membership, place

•   v.    accommodate, cater for, contain, have room or capacity for, hold, sit, take [image]  deposit, fix, install, locate, place, set, settle, sit


seating

accommodation, chairs, places, room, seats


secede

See Also

apostatize, break with, disaffiliate, leave, pull out, quit, resign, retire, separate, split from, withdraw


secluded

See Also

cloistered, cut off, isolated, lonely, off the beaten track, out-of-the-way, private, reclusive, remote, retired, sequestered, sheltered, solitary, tucked away, unfrequented


seclusion

See Also

concealment, hiding, isolation, privacy, purdah, remoteness, retirement, retreat, shelter, solitude


second 1

See Also

•   adj.    following, next, subsequent, succeeding [image]  additional, alternative, extra, further, other, repeated [image]  inferior, lesser, lower, secondary, subordinate, supporting [image]  double, duplicate, reproduction, twin

•   n.    assistant, backer, helper, supporter

•   v.    advance, aid, approve, assist, back, encourage, endorse, forward, further, give moral support to, go along with, help, promote, support


second 2

See Also

•   n. flash, instant, jiffy (Inf.), minute, moment, sec (Inf.), split second, tick (Brit. inf.), trice, twinkling, twinkling of an eye, two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.)


secondary

See Also

   derivative, derived, indirect, resultant, resulting, second-hand [image]  consequential, contingent, inferior, lesser, lower, minor, second-rate, subordinate, unimportant [image]  alternate, auxiliary, backup, extra, fall-back, relief, reserve, second, subsidiary, supporting


second class

•   adj. déclassé, indifferent, inferior, mediocre, outclassed, second-best, second-rate, undistinguished, uninspiring


second-hand

See Also

•   adj.    handed down, hand-me-down (Inf.), nearly new, reach-me-down (Inf.), used

•   adv.    at second-hand, indirectly, on the grapevine (Inf.)


second in command

depute (Scot.), deputy, number two, right-hand man, successor designate


secondly

in the second place, next, second


second-rate

See Also

bush-league (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), cheap, cheap and nasty (Inf.), commonplace, dime-a-dozen (Inf.), inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mediocre, piss-poor (Taboo sl.), poor, rubbishy, shoddy, substandard, tacky (Inf.), tawdry, tinhorn (U.S. sl.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. sl.)


secrecy

See Also

   concealment, confidentiality, huggermugger (Rare), mystery, privacy, retirement, seclusion, silence, solitude, surreptitiousness [image]  clandestineness, covertness, furtiveness, secretiveness, stealth


secret

See Also

•   adj.    backstairs, camouflaged, cloak-and-dagger, close, closet (Inf.), concealed, conspiratorial, covered, covert, disguised, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner (Inf.), hush-hush (Inf.), reticent, shrouded, undercover, underground, under wraps, undisclosed, unknown, unpublished, unrevealed, unseen [image]  abstruse, arcane, cabbalistic, clandestine, classified, cryptic, esoteric, mysterious, occult, recondite [image]  hidden, out-of-the-way, private, retired, secluded, unfrequented, unknown [image]  close, deep, discreet, reticent, secretive, sly, stealthy, underhand

•   n.    code, confidence, enigma, formula, key, mystery, recipe, skeleton in the cupboard [image]  in secret behind closed doors, by stealth, huggermugger (Archaic), in camera, incognito, secretly, slyly, surreptitiously


secretive

See Also

cagey (Inf.), clamlike, close, cryptic, deep, enigmatic, playing one's cards close to one's chest, reserved, reticent, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, withdrawn


secretly

See Also

behind closed doors, behind (someone's) back, clandestinely, confidentially, covertly, furtively, in camera, in confidence, in one's heart, in one's inmost thoughts, in secret, on the q.t. (Inf.), on the sly, privately, quietly, stealthily, surreptitiously, unobserved


sect

See Also

camp, denomination, division, faction, group, party, schism, school, school of thought, splinter group, wing


sectarian

See Also

•   adj.    bigoted, clannish, cliquish, doctrinaire, dogmatic, exclusive, factional, fanatic, fanatical, hidebound, insular, limited, narrow-minded, parochial, partisan, rigid

•   n.    adherent, bigot, disciple, dogmatist, extremist, fanatic, partisan, true believer, zealot


section

See Also

•   n.    component, cross section, division, fraction, fragment, instalment, part, passage, piece, portion, sample, segment, slice, subdivision [image]   Chiefly U.S. area, department, district, region, sector, zone


sector

See Also

area, category, district, division, part, quarter, region, stratum, subdivision, zone


secular

See Also

civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, nonspiritual, profane, state, temporal, worldly


secure

See Also

•   adj.    immune, impregnable, out of harm's way, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded, unassailable, undamaged, unharmed [image]  dependable, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, fortified, immovable, stable, steady, tight [image]  assured, certain, confident, easy, reassured, sure [image]  absolute, conclusive, definite, in the bag (Inf.), reliable, solid, steadfast, tried and true, well-founded

•   v.    acquire, come by, gain, get, get hold of, land (Inf.), make sure of, obtain, pick up, procure, score (Sl.), win possession of [image]  attach, batten down, bolt, chain, fasten, fix, lash, lock, lock up, make fast, moor, padlock, rivet, tie up [image]  assure, ensure, guarantee, insure


security

See Also

   asylum, care, cover, custody, immunity, preservation, protection, refuge, retreat, safekeeping, safety, sanctuary [image]  defence, guards, precautions, protection, safeguards, safety measures, surveillance [image]  assurance, certainty, confidence, conviction, ease of mind, freedom from doubt, positiveness, reliance, sureness [image]  collateral, gage, guarantee, hostage, insurance, pawn, pledge, surety


sedate

See Also

calm, collected, composed, cool, decorous, deliberate, demure, dignified, earnest, grave, imperturbable, middle-aged, placid, proper, quiet, seemly, serene, serious, slow-moving, sober, solemn, staid, tranquil, unflappable (Inf.), unruffled


sedative

See Also

•   adj.    allaying, anodyne, calmative, calming, lenitive, relaxing, sleep-inducing, soothing, soporific, tranquillizing

•   n.    anodyne, calmative, downer or down (Sl.), narcotic, opiate, sleeping pill, tranquillizer


sedentary

desk, desk-bound, inactive, motionless, seated, sitting, torpid


sediment

See Also

deposit, dregs, grounds, lees, precipitate, residuum, settlings


sedition

See Also

agitation, disloyalty, incitement to riot, rabble-rousing, subversion, treason


seditious

See Also

disloyal, dissident, insubordinate, mutinous, rebellious, refractory, revolutionary, subversive, treasonable


seduce

See Also

   betray, corrupt, debauch, deflower, deprave, dishonour, ruin (Archaic) [image]  allure, attract, beguile, deceive, decoy, ensnare, entice, inveigle, lead astray, lure, mislead, tempt


seduction

See Also

   corruption, defloration, ruin (Archaic) [image]  allure, enticement, lure, snare, temptation


seductive

See Also

alluring, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, come-hither (Inf.), come-to-bed (Inf.), enticing, flirtatious, inviting, irresistible, provocative, ravishing, sexy (Inf.), siren, specious, tempting


seductress

Circe, enchantress, femme fatale, Lorelei, siren, temptress, vamp (Inf.)


see

See Also

•   v.    behold, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eyeball (U.S. sl.), get a load of (Sl.), glimpse, heed, identify, lay or clap eyes on (Inf.), look, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, recognize, regard, sight, spot, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view, witness [image]  appreciate, catch on (Inf.), comprehend, fathom, feel, follow, get, get the drift of, get the hang of (Inf.), grasp, know, make out, realize, take in, understand [image]  ascertain, determine, discover, find out, investigate, learn, make enquiries, refer to [image]  ensure, guarantee, make certain, make sure, mind, see to it, take care [image]  consider, decide, deliberate, give some thought to, judge, make up one's mind, mull over, reflect, think over [image]  confer with, consult, encounter, interview, meet, receive, run into, speak to, visit [image]  accompany, attend, escort, lead, show, usher, walk [image]  consort or associate with, court, date (Inf., chiefly U.S.), go out with, go steady with (Inf.), keep company with, walk out with (Obsolete) [image]  anticipate, divine, envisage, foresee, foretell, imagine, picture, visualize


see about

   attend to, consider, deal with, give some thought to, look after, see to, take care of [image]  investigate, look into, make enquiries, research


seed

See Also

   egg, egg cell, embryo, germ, grain, kernel, ovule, ovum, pip, spore [image]  beginning, germ, inkling, nucleus, source, start, suspicion [image]   Fig. children, descendants, heirs, issue, offspring, progeny, race, scions, spawn, successors [image]  go or run to seed decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, go downhill (Inf.), go to pieces, go to pot, go to rack and ruin, go to waste, let oneself go, retrogress


seedy

See Also

   crummy (Sl.), decaying, dilapidated, down at heel, faded, grotty (Sl.), grubby, mangy, manky (Scot. dialect), old, run-down, scruffy, shabby, sleazy, slovenly, squalid, tatty, unkempt, worn [image]   Inf. ailing, ill, off colour, out of sorts, peely-wally (Scot.), poorly (Inf.), sickly, under the weather (Inf.), unwell


seeing

See Also

•   conj. as, inasmuch as, in view of the fact that, since


seek

See Also

   be after, follow, go gunning for, go in pursuit  (quest, search), hunt, inquire, look for, pursue, search for [image]  aim, aspire to, attempt, endeavour, essay, have a go (Inf.), strive, try [image]  ask, beg, entreat, inquire, invite, petition, request, solicit


seem

See Also

appear, assume, give the impression, have the or every appearance of, look, look as if, look like, look to be, pretend, sound like, strike one as being


seemly

See Also

appropriate, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, in good taste, meet (Archaic), nice, proper, suitable, suited, the done thing


see over

inspect, look round, see round, tour


seer

See Also

augur, predictor, prophet, sibyl, soothsayer


seesaw

See Also

•   v. alternate, fluctuate, go from one extreme to the other, oscillate, pitch, swing, teeter


seethe

See Also

   boil, bubble, churn, ferment, fizz, foam, froth [image]  be in a state (Inf.), be livid  (furious, incensed), breathe fire and slaughter, foam at the mouth, fume, get hot under the collar (Inf.), rage, see red (Inf.), simmer, storm [image]  be alive with, swarm, teem


see through

See Also

•   v.    be undeceived by, be wise to (Inf.), fathom, get to the bottom of, have (someone's) number (Inf.), not fall for, penetrate [image]  see (something or someone) through help out, keep at, persevere (with), persist, see out, stay to the bitter end, stick by, stick out (Inf.), support


see to

See Also

arrange, attend to, be responsible for, do, look after, manage, organize, sort out, take care of, take charge of


segment

See Also

bit, compartment, division, part, piece, portion, section, slice, wedge


segregate

See Also

discriminate against, dissociate, isolate, separate, set apart, single out


segregation

See Also

apartheid (in South Africa), discrimination, isolation, separation


seize

See Also

   catch up, clutch, collar (Inf.), fasten, grab, grasp, grip, lay hands on, snatch, take [image]  apprehend, catch, get, grasp, nab (Inf.), nail (Inf.) [image]  abduct, annex, appropriate, arrest, capture, commandeer, confiscate, hijack, impound, take by storm, take captive, take possession of


seizure

See Also

   abduction, annexation, apprehension, arrest, capture, commandeering, confiscation, grabbing, taking [image]  attack, convulsion, fit, paroxysm, spasm


seldom

See Also

hardly ever, infrequently, not often, occasionally, once in a blue moon (Inf.), rarely, scarcely ever


select

See Also

•   v.    choose, opt for, pick, prefer, single out, sort out

•   adj.    choice, excellent, first-class, first-rate, hand-picked, picked, posh (Inf., chiefly Brit.), preferable, prime, rare, recherché, selected, special, superior, topnotch (Inf.) [image]  cliquish, elite, exclusive, limited, privileged


selection

See Also

   choice, choosing, option, pick, preference [image]  anthology, assortment, choice, collection, line-up, medley, miscellany, potpourri, range, variety


selective

See Also

careful, discerning, discriminating, discriminatory, eclectic, particular


self-assurance

See Also

assertiveness, confidence, positiveness, self-confidence, self-possession


self-centred

See Also

egotistic, inward looking, narcissistic, self-absorbed, selfish, self-seeking, wrapped up in oneself


self-confidence

See Also

aplomb, confidence, high morale, nerve, poise, self-assurance, self-reliance, self-respect


self-confident

See Also

assured, confident, fearless, poised, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself


self-conscious

See Also

affected, awkward, bashful, diffident, embarrassed, ill at ease, insecure, nervous, out of countenance, shamefaced, sheepish, uncomfortable


self-control

See Also

calmness, cool, coolness, restraint, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint, strength of mind or will, willpower


self-esteem

See Also

amour-propre, confidence, faith in oneself, pride, self-assurance, self-regard, self-respect, vanity


self-evident

See Also

axiomatic, clear, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifestly or patently true, obvious, undeniable, written all over (something)


self-government

See Also

autonomy, democracy, home rule, independence, self-determination, self-rule, sovereignty


self-important

See Also

arrogant, big-headed, bumptious, cocky, conceited, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pushy (Inf.), strutting, swaggering, swollen-headed


self-indulgence

dissipation, excess, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance, self-gratification, sensualism


selfish

See Also

egoistic, egoistical, egotistic, egotistical, greedy, looking out for number one (Inf.), mean, mercenary, narrow, self-centred, self-interested, self-seeking, ungenerous


selfless

altruistic, generous, magnanimous, self-denying, self-sacrificing, ungrudging, unselfish


self-possessed

See Also

collected, confident, cool, cool as a cucumber (Inf.), poised, self-assured, sure of oneself, together (Sl.), unruffled


self-reliant

See Also

able to stand on one's own two feet (Inf.), capable, independent, self-sufficient, self-supporting


self-respect

See Also

amour-propre, dignity, faith in oneself, morale, one's own image, pride, self-esteem


self-righteous

complacent, goody-goody (Inf.), holier-than-thou, hypocritical, pharisaic, pi (Brit. sl.), pietistic, pious, priggish, sanctimonious, self-satisfied, smug, superior, too good to be true


self-sacrifice

altruism, generosity, self-abnegation, self-denial, selflessness


self-satisfaction

complacency, contentment, ease of mind, flush of success, glow of achievement, pride, self-approbation, self-approval, smugness


self-satisfied

See Also

complacent, flushed with success, like a cat that has swallowed the cream or the canary, pleased with oneself, proud of oneself, puffed up, self-congratulatory, smug, well-pleased


self-seeking

See Also

•   adj. acquisitive, calculating, careerist, fortune-hunting, gold-digging, looking out for number one (Inf.), mercenary, on the make (Sl.), opportunistic, out for what one can get, self-interested, selfish, self-serving


sell

See Also

   barter, dispose of, exchange, put up for sale, trade [image]  be in the business of, deal in, handle, hawk, market, merchandise, peddle, retail, stock, trade in, traffic in, vend [image]  gain acceptance for, promote, put across [image]   Inf. (With on) convert to, convince of, get (someone) hooked on, persuade of, talk (someone) into, win (someone) over to [image]  betray, deliver up, give up, sell down the river (Inf.), sell out (Inf.), surrender


seller

See Also

agent, dealer, merchant, purveyor, rep, representative, retailer, salesman, saleswoman, shopkeeper, supplier, tradesman, traveller, vendor


selling

See Also

   business, commercial transactions, dealing, trading, traffic [image]  marketing, merchandising, promotion, salesmanship


sell out

See Also

   be out of stock of, dispose of, get rid of, run out of, sell up [image]   Inf. betray, break faith with, double-cross (Inf.), fail, give away, play false, rat on (Inf.), sell down the river (Inf.), stab in the back


send

See Also

   communicate, consign, convey, direct, dispatch, forward, remit, transmit [image]  cast, deliver, fire, fling, hurl, let fly, propel, shoot [image]  (With off, out, etc.) broadcast, discharge, emit, exude, give off, radiate [image]   Sl. charm, delight, electrify, enrapture, enthrall, excite, intoxicate, move, please, ravish, stir, thrill, titillate, turn (someone) on (Sl.) [image]  send (someone) packing discharge, dismiss, give (someone) the bird (Inf.), give (someone) the brushoff (Sl.), send away, send (someone) about his or her business, send (someone) away with a flea in his or her ear (Inf.)


send for

See Also

call for, demand, order, request, summon


sendoff

departure, farewell, going-away party, leave-taking, start, valediction


senile

See Also

decrepit, doddering, doting, failing, imbecile, in one's dotage, in one's second childhood


senior

See Also

•   adj. elder, higher ranking, major (Brit.), older, superior


seniority

See Also

eldership, longer service, precedence, priority, rank, superiority


sensation

See Also

   awareness, consciousness, feeling, impression, perception, sense, tingle [image]  agitation, commotion, crowd puller (Inf.), excitement, furore, hit (Inf.), scandal, stir, surprise, thrill, vibes (Sl.), wow (Sl., chiefly U.S.)


sensational

See Also

   amazing, astounding, breathtaking, dramatic, electrifying, exciting, hair-raising, horrifying, lurid, melodramatic, revealing, scandalous, sensationalistic, shock-horror (Facetious), shocking, spectacular, staggering, startling, thrilling, yellow (of the press) [image]   Inf. boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), brilliant, chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), excellent, exceptional, fabulous (Inf.), first class, impressive, jim-dandy (Sl.), marvellous, mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), mind-blowing (Inf.), out of this world (Inf.), smashing (Inf.), sovereign, superb, topping (Brit. sl.)


sense

See Also

•   n.    faculty, feeling, sensation, sensibility [image]  appreciation, atmosphere, aura, awareness, consciousness, feel, impression, intuition, perception, premonition, presentiment, sentiment [image]  definition, denotation, drift, gist, implication, import, interpretation, meaning, message, nuance, purport, significance, signification, substance [image]  (Sometimes plural) brains (Inf.), clear-headedness, cleverness, common sense, discernment, discrimination, gumption (Brit. inf.), intelligence, judgment, mother wit, nous (Brit. sl.), quickness, reason, sagacity, sanity, sharpness, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), tact, understanding, wisdom, wit(s) [image]  advantage, good, logic, point, purpose, reason, use, value, worth

•   v.    appreciate, apprehend, be aware of, discern, divine, feel, get the impression, grasp, have a feeling in one's bones (Inf.), have a funny feeling (Inf.), have a hunch, just know, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, realize, suspect, understand


senseless

See Also

   absurd, asinine, crazy, daft (Inf.), fatuous, foolish, goofy (Inf.), halfwitted, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, inane, incongruous, inconsistent, irrational, ludicrous, mad, meaningless, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, pointless, ridiculous, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise [image]  anaesthetized, cold, deadened, insensate, insensible, numb, numbed, out, out cold, stunned, unconscious, unfeeling


sensibility

See Also

   responsiveness, sensitiveness, sensitivity, susceptibility [image]  (Often plural) emotions, feelings, moral sense, sentiments, susceptibilities [image]  appreciation, awareness, delicacy, discernment, insight, intuition, perceptiveness, taste


sensible

See Also

   canny, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, intelligent, judicious, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, realistic, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, shrewd, sober, sound, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise [image]  (Usually with of) acquainted with, alive to, aware, conscious, convinced, mindful, observant, sensitive to, understanding [image]  appreciable, considerable, discernable, noticeable, palpable, perceptible, significant, tangible, visible


sensitive

See Also

   acute, delicate, easily affected, fine, impressionable, keen, perceptive, precise, reactive, responsive, sentient, susceptible [image]  delicate, easily upset  (hurt, offended), irritable, temperamental, tender, thin-skinned, touchy, umbrageous (Rare)


sensitivity

See Also

delicacy, reactiveness, reactivity, receptiveness, responsiveness, sensitiveness, susceptibility


sensual

See Also

   animal, bodily, carnal, epicurean, fleshly, luxurious, physical, unspiritual, voluptuous [image]  erotic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, randy (Inf., chiefly Brit.), raunchy (Sl.), sexual, sexy (Inf.), steamy (Inf.), unchaste


sensuality

See Also

animalism, carnality, eroticism, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, prurience, salaciousness, sexiness (Inf.), voluptuousness


sensuous

See Also

epicurean, gratifying, hedonistic, lush, pleasurable, rich, sensory, sumptuous, sybaritic


sentence

See Also

•   n.    condemnation, decision, decree, doom, judgment, order, pronouncement, ruling, verdict

•   v.    condemn, doom, mete out justice to, pass judgment on, penalize


sententious

See Also

   aphoristic, axiomatic, brief, compact, concise, epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, pithy, pointed, short, succinct, terse [image]  canting, judgmental, moralistic, pompous, ponderous, preachifying (Inf.), sanctimonious


sentiment

See Also

   emotion, sensibility, soft-heartedness, tender feeling, tenderness [image]  (Often plural) attitude, belief, feeling, idea, judgment, opinion, persuasion, saying, thought, view, way of thinking [image]  emotionalism, mawkishness, overemotionalism, romanticism, sentimentality, slush (Inf.)


sentimental

See Also

corny (Sl.), dewy-eyed, drippy (Inf.), emotional, gushy (Inf.), impressionable, maudlin, mawkish, mushy (Inf.), nostalgic, overemotional, pathetic, romantic, schmaltzy (Sl.), simpering, sloppy (Inf.), slushy (Inf.), soft-hearted, tearful, tear-jerking (Inf.), tender, touching, weepy (Inf.)


sentimentality

See Also

bathos, corniness (Sl.), emotionalism, gush (Inf.), mawkishness, mush (Inf.), nostalgia, play on the emotions, romanticism, schmaltz (Sl.), sloppiness (Inf.), slush (Inf.), sob stuff (Inf.), tenderness


separable

detachable, distinguishable, divisible, scissile, severable


separate

See Also

•   v.    break off, cleave, come apart, come away, come between, detach, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, divide, keep apart, remove, sever, split, sunder, uncouple [image]  discriminate between, isolate, put on one side, segregate, single out, sort out [image]  bifurcate, break up, disunite, diverge, divorce, estrange, go different ways, part, part company, set at variance or at odds, split up

•   adj.    detached, disconnected, discrete, disjointed, divided, divorced, isolated, unattached, unconnected [image]  alone, apart, autonomous, distinct, independent, individual, particular, single, solitary


separated

See Also

apart, broken up, disassociated, disconnected, disunited, divided, living apart, parted, put asunder, separate, split up, sundered


separately

See Also

alone, apart, independently, individually, one at a time, one by one, personally, severally, singly


separation

See Also

   break, detachment, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, division, gap, segregation, severance [image]  break-up, divorce, estrangement, farewell, leave-taking, parting, rift, split, split-up


septic

See Also

festering, infected, poisoned, pussy, putrefactive, putrefying, putrid, suppurating, toxic


sepulchre

See Also

burial place, grave, mausoleum, sarcophagus, tomb, vault


sequel

See Also

conclusion, consequence, continuation, development, end, follow-up, issue, outcome, payoff (Inf.), result, upshot


sequence

See Also

arrangement, chain, course, cycle, order, procession, progression, series, succession


sequestered

See Also

cloistered, isolated, lonely, out-of-the-way, private, quiet, remote, retired, secluded, unfrequented


seraphic

See Also

angelic, beatific, blissful, celestial, divine, heavenly, holy, pure, sublime


serene

See Also

   calm, composed, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, sedate, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled [image]  bright, clear, cloudless, fair, halcyon, unclouded


serenity

See Also

   calm, calmness, composure, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, placidity, quietness, quietude, stillness, tranquillity [image]  brightness, clearness, fairness


series

See Also

arrangement, chain, course, line, order, progression, run, sequence, set, string, succession, train


serious

See Also

   grave, humourless, long-faced, pensive, sedate, sober, solemn, stern, thoughtful, unsmiling [image]  deliberate, determined, earnest, genuine, honest, in earnest, resolute, resolved, sincere [image]  crucial, deep, difficult, far-reaching, fateful, grim, important, momentous, no laughing matter, of moment or consequence, pressing, significant, urgent, weighty, worrying [image]  acute, alarming, critical, dangerous, grave, severe


seriously

See Also

   all joking aside, earnestly, gravely, in all conscience, in earnest, no joking (Inf.), sincerely, solemnly, thoughtfully, with a straight face [image]  acutely, badly, critically, dangerously, distressingly, gravely, grievously, severely, sorely


seriousness

See Also

   earnestness, gravitas, gravity, humourlessness, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity, staidness, sternness [image]  danger, gravity, importance, moment, significance, urgency, weight


sermon

See Also

   address, exhortation, homily [image]  dressing-down (Inf.), harangue, lecture, talking-to (Inf.)


servant

See Also

attendant, domestic, drudge, help, helper, lackey, liegeman, maid, menial, retainer, servitor (Archaic), skivvy (Chiefly Brit.), slave, varlet (Archaic), vassal


serve

See Also

   aid, assist, attend to, be in the service of, be of assistance, be of use, help, minister to, oblige, succour, wait on, work for [image]  act, attend, complete, discharge, do, fulfil, go through, observe, officiate, pass, perform [image]  answer, answer the purpose, be acceptable, be adequate, be good enough, content, do, do duty as, do the work of, fill the bill (Inf.), function as, satisfy, suffice, suit [image]  arrange, deal, deliver, dish up, distribute, handle, present, provide, purvey, set out, supply


service

See Also

•   n.    advantage, assistance, avail, benefit, help, ministrations, supply, use, usefulness, utility [image]  check, maintenance, overhaul, servicing [image]  business, duty, employ, employment, labour, office, work [image]  ceremony, function, observance, rite, worship

•   v.    check, fine tune, go over, maintain, overhaul, recondition, repair, tune (up)


serviceable

See Also

advantageous, beneficial, convenient, dependable, durable, efficient, functional, hard-wearing, helpful, operative, practical, profitable, usable, useful, utilitarian


session

See Also

assembly, conference, congress, discussion, get-together (Inf.), hearing, meeting, period, seminar, sitting, term


set 1

See Also

•   v.    aim, apply, deposit, direct, embed, fasten, fix, install, lay, locate, lodge, mount, park (Inf.), place, plant, plonk, plump, position, put, rest, seat, situate, station, stick, turn [image]  agree upon, allocate, appoint, arrange, assign, conclude, decide (upon), designate, determine, establish, fix, fix up, name, ordain, regulate, resolve, schedule, settle, specify [image]  arrange, lay, make ready, prepare, spread [image]  adjust, coordinate, rectify, regulate, synchronize [image]  cake, condense, congeal, crystallize, gelatinize, harden, jell, solidify, stiffen, thicken [image]  allot, decree, impose, lay down, ordain, prescribe, specify [image]  decline, dip, disappear, go down, sink, subside, vanish

•   n.    attitude, bearing, carriage, fit, hang, position, posture, turn [image]  mise-en-scène, scene, scenery, setting, stage set, stage setting

•   adj.    agreed, appointed, arranged, customary, decided, definite, established, firm, fixed, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, regular, scheduled, settled, usual [image]  artificial, conventional, formal, hackneyed, rehearsed, routine, standard, stereotyped, stock, traditional, unspontaneous [image]  entrenched, firm, hard and fast, hardened, hidebound, immovable, inflexible, rigid, strict, stubborn [image]  (With on or upon) bent, determined, intent, resolute


set 2

See Also

•   n.    band, circle, class, clique, company, coterie, crew (Inf.), crowd, faction, gang, group, outfit, posse (Inf.), schism, sect [image]  assemblage, assortment, batch, collection, compendium, coordinated group, kit, outfit, series


set about

See Also

   address oneself to, attack, begin, get cracking (Inf.), get down to, get to work, get weaving (Inf.), make a start on, put one's shoulder to the wheel (Inf.), roll up one's sleeves, sail into (Inf.), set to, start, tackle, take the first step, wade into [image]  assail, assault, attack, belabour, lambast(e), mug (Inf.), sail into (Inf.)


set aside

See Also

   keep, keep back, put on one side, reserve, save, select, separate, set apart, single out [image]  abrogate, annul, cancel, discard, dismiss, nullify, overrule, overturn, quash, reject, render null and void, repudiate, reverse


setback

See Also

bit of trouble, blow, bummer (Sl.), check, defeat, disappointment, hitch, hold-up, misfortune, rebuff, reverse, upset


set off

See Also

   depart, embark, leave, sally forth, set out, start out [image]  detonate, explode, ignite, kick-start, light, set in motion, touch off, trigger off [image]  bring out the highlights in, enhance, show off, throw into relief


set on

See Also

assail, assault, attack, fall upon, fly at, go for, incite, instigate, let fly at, pitch into (Inf.), pounce on, sail into (Inf.), set about, sic, spur on, urge


set out

See Also

   arrange, array, describe, detail, display, dispose, elaborate, elucidate, exhibit, explain, expose to view, lay out, present, set forth [image]  begin, embark, get under way, hit the road (Sl.), sally forth, set off, start out, take to the road


setting

See Also

backdrop, background, context, frame, locale, location, mise en scène, mounting, perspective, scene, scenery, set, site, surround, surroundings


settle

See Also

   adjust, dispose, order, put into order, regulate, set to rights, straighten out, work out [image]  choose, clear up, complete, conclude, decide, dispose of, put an end to, reconcile, resolve [image]  (Often with on or upon) agree, appoint, arrange, choose, come to an agreement, confirm, decide, determine, establish, fix [image]  allay, calm, compose, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, relax, relieve, sedate, soothe, tranquillize [image]  alight, bed down, come to rest, descend, land, light, make oneself comfortable [image]  dwell, inhabit, live, make one's home, move to, put down roots, reside, set up home, take up residence [image]  colonize, found, people, pioneer, plant, populate [image]  acquit oneself of, clear, discharge, liquidate, pay, quit, square (up) [image]  decline, fall, sink, subside


settlement

See Also

   adjustment, agreement, arrangement, completion, conclusion, confirmation, disposition, establishment, resolution, termination, working out [image]  clearance, clearing, defrayal, discharge, liquidation, payment, satisfaction [image]  colonization, colony, community, encampment, hamlet, outpost, peopling


settler

See Also

colonist, colonizer, frontiersman, immigrant, pioneer, planter


set-to

See Also

argument, argy-bargy (Brit. inf.), barney (Inf.), brush, disagreement, dust-up (Inf.), fight, fracas, quarrel, row, scrap (Inf.), slanging match (Brit.), spat, squabble, wrangle


setup

See Also

arrangement, circumstances, conditions, organization, regime, structure, system


set up

See Also

   arrange, begin, compose, establish, found, initiate, install, institute, make provision for, organize, prearrange, prepare [image]  back, build up, establish, finance, promote, put some beef into (Inf.), strengthen, subsidize [image]  assemble, build, construct, elevate, erect, put together, put up, raise


set upon

See Also

ambush, assail, assault, attack, beat up, fall upon, go for, lay into (Inf.), mug (Inf.), put the boot in (Sl.), set about, turn on


several

See Also

•   adj. assorted, different, disparate, distinct, divers (Archaic), diverse, indefinite, individual, manifold, many, particular, respective, single, some, sundry, various


severe

See Also

   austere, cruel, Draconian, drastic, hard, harsh, inexorable, iron-handed, oppressive, pitiless, relentless, rigid, strict, unbending, unrelenting [image]  cold, disapproving, dour, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, serious, sober, stern, strait-laced, tight-lipped, unsmiling [image]  acute, bitter, critical, dangerous, distressing, extreme, fierce, grinding, inclement, intense, violent [image]  ascetic, austere, chaste, classic, forbidding, functional, plain, restrained, severe, simple, Spartan, unadorned, unembellished, unfussy [image]  arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, fierce, hard, punishing, rigorous, stringent, taxing, tough, unrelenting [image]  astringent, biting, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordacious, mordant, satirical, scathing, unsparing, vitriolic


severely

See Also

   harshly, rigorously, sharply, sternly, strictly, with an iron hand, with a rod of iron [image]  acutely, badly, critically, dangerously, extremely, gravely, hard, sorely


severity

See Also

austerity, gravity, hardness, harshness, plainness, rigour, seriousness, severeness, sternness, strictness, stringency, toughness


sex

See Also

   gender [image]   Inf. coition, coitus, copulation, fornication, going to bed (with someone), intimacy, lovemaking, nookie (Sl.), rumpy-pumpy (Sl.), (sexual) intercourse, sexual relations, the other (Inf.) [image]  desire, facts of life, libido, reproduction, sexuality, the birds and the bees (Inf.)


sexual

   carnal, coital, erotic, intimate, of the flesh, sensual, sexy [image]  genital, procreative, reproductive, sex, venereal


sexual intercourse

See Also

bonking (Inf.), carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, commerce (Archaic), congress, consummation, copulation, coupling, fucking (Taboo), mating, nookie (Sl.), penetration, rumpy-pumpy (Sl.), screwing (Taboo), shagging (Taboo), the other (Inf.), union


sexuality

See Also

bodily appetites, carnality, desire, eroticism, lust, sensuality, sexiness (Inf.), virility, voluptuousness


sexy

See Also

arousing, beddable, bedroom, come-hither (Inf.), cuddly, erotic, flirtatious, inviting, kissable, naughty, provocative, provoking, seductive, sensual, sensuous, slinky, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous


shabby

See Also

   dilapidated, down at heel, faded, frayed, having seen better days, mean, neglected, poor, ragged, run-down, scruffy, seedy, tattered, tatty, the worse for wear, threadbare, worn, worn-out [image]  cheap, contemptible, despicable, dirty, dishonourable, ignoble, low, low-down (Inf.), mean, rotten (Inf.), scurvy, shameful, shoddy, ungentlemanly, unworthy


shade

See Also

•   n.    coolness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows [image]  put into the shade eclipse, make pale by comparison, outclass, outshine, overshadow [image]  blind, canopy, cover, covering, curtain, screen, shield, veil [image]  colour, hue, stain, tinge, tint, tone [image]  amount, dash, degree, difference, gradation, hint, nuance, semblance, suggestion, suspicion, trace, variety [image]  apparition, eidolon, ghost, manes, phantom, shadow, spectre, spirit

•   v.    cast a shadow over, cloud, conceal, cover, darken, dim, hide, mute, obscure, protect, screen, shadow, shield, shut out the light, veil


shadow

See Also

•   n.    cover, darkness, dimness, dusk, gathering darkness, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), gloom, obscurity, protection, shade, shelter [image]  hint, suggestion, suspicion, trace [image]  eidolon, ghost, image, phantom, remnant, representation, spectre, vestige [image]  blight, cloud, gloom, sadness

•   v.    cast a shadow over, darken, overhang, screen, shade, shield [image]  dog, follow, spy on, stalk, tail (Inf.), trail


shadowy

See Also

   crepuscular, dark, dim, dusky, funereal, gloomy, indistinct, murky, obscure, shaded, shady, tenebrious, tenebrous [image]  dim, dreamlike, faint, ghostly, illusory, imaginary, impalpable, intangible, nebulous, obscure, phantom, spectral, undefined, unreal, unsubstantial, vague, wraithlike


shady

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   bosky (Literary), bowery, cool, dim, leafy, shaded, shadowy, umbrageous [image]   Inf. crooked, disreputable, dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), dubious, fishy (Inf.), questionable, shifty, slippery, suspect, suspicious, unethical, unscrupulous, untrustworthy


shaft

See Also

   handle, pole, rod, shank, stem, upright [image]  beam, gleam, ray, streak [image]  barb, cut, dart, gibe, sting, thrust


shaggy

See Also

hairy, hirsute, long-haired, rough, tousled, unkempt, unshorn


shake

See Also

•   v.    bump, fluctuate, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, oscillate, quake, quiver, rock, shiver, shudder, sway, totter, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble [image]  brandish, flourish, wave [image]  (Often with up) agitate, churn, convulse, rouse, stir [image]  discompose, distress, disturb, frighten, intimidate, move, rattle (Inf.), shock, unnerve, upset [image]  impair, pull the rug out from under (Inf.), undermine, weaken

•   n.    agitation, convulsion, disturbance, jar, jerk, jolt, jounce, pulsation, quaking, shiver, shock, shudder, trembling, tremor, vibration [image]   Inf. instant, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, tick (Brit. inf.), trice


shake off

See Also

dislodge, elude, get away from, get rid of, get shot of (Sl.), give the slip, leave behind, lose, rid oneself of, throw off


shake up

See Also

agitate, churn (up), disturb, mix, overturn, reorganize, shock, stir (up), turn upside down, unsettle, upset


shaky

See Also

   all of a quiver (Inf.), faltering, insecure, precarious, quivery, rickety, tottering, trembling, tremulous, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly [image]  dubious, iffy (Inf.), questionable, suspect, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsound, unsupported


shallow

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•   adj.     Fig. empty, flimsy, foolish, frivolous, idle, ignorant, meaningless, puerile, simple, skin-deep, slight, superficial, surface, trivial, unintelligent

•   n.    (Often plural) bank, flat, sandbank, sand bar, shelf, shoal


sham

See Also

•   n.    counterfeit, feint, forgery, fraud, hoax, humbug, imitation, impostor, imposture, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretence, pretender, pseud (Inf.), wolf in sheep's clothing

•   adj.    artificial, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, false, feigned, imitation, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, pseud (Inf.), pseudo (Inf.), simulated, spurious, synthetic

•   v.    affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, play possum, pretend, put on, simulate


shame

See Also

•   n.    blot, contempt, degradation, derision, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, skeleton in the cupboard, smear [image]  abashment, chagrin, compunction, embarrassment, humiliation, ignominy, loss of face, mortification, shamefacedness [image]  put to shame disgrace, eclipse, outclass, outdo, outstrip, show up, surpass

•   v.    abash, confound, disconcert, disgrace, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, reproach, ridicule, take (someone) down a peg (Inf.) [image]  blot, debase, defile, degrade, discredit, dishonour, smear, stain


shameful

See Also

   atrocious, base, dastardly, degrading, disgraceful, dishonourable, ignominious, indecent, infamous, low, mean, outrageous, reprehensible, scandalous, unbecoming, unworthy, vile, wicked [image]  blush-making (Inf.), cringe-making (Brit. inf.), degrading, embarrassing, humiliating, mortifying, shaming


shameless

See Also

abandoned, audacious, barefaced, brash, brazen, corrupt, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, hardened, immodest, improper, impudent, incorrigible, indecent, insolent, profligate, reprobate, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unprincipled, wanton


shape

See Also

•   n.    build, configuration, contours, cut, figure, form, lines, make, outline, profile, silhouette [image]  frame, model, mould, pattern [image]  appearance, aspect, form, guise, likeness, semblance [image]  condition, fettle, health, kilter, state, trim

•   v.    create, fashion, form, make, model, mould, produce [image]  accommodate, adapt, convert, define, develop, devise, frame, guide, modify, plan, prepare, regulate, remodel


shapeless

See Also

amorphous, asymmetrical, battered, embryonic, formless, indeterminate, irregular, misshapen, nebulous, undeveloped, unstructured


share

See Also

•   v.    apportion, assign, distribute, divide, go Dutch (Inf.), go fifty-fifty (Inf.), go halves, parcel out, partake, participate, receive, split, use in common

•   n.    allotment, allowance, contribution, cut (Inf.), division, due, lot, part, portion, proportion, quota, ration, whack (Inf.)


sharp

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•   adj.    acute, cutting, honed, jagged, keen, knife-edged, knifelike, pointed, razor-sharp, serrated, sharpened, spiky [image]  abrupt, distinct, extreme, marked, sudden [image]  alert, apt, astute, bright, clever, discerning, knowing, long-headed, observant, penetrating, perceptive, quick, quick-witted, ready, subtle [image]  artful, crafty, cunning, dishonest, fly (Sl.), shrewd, sly, smart, unscrupulous, wily [image]  acute, distressing, excruciating, fierce, intense, painful, piercing, severe, shooting, sore, stabbing, stinging, violent [image]  clear, clear-cut, crisp, distinct, well-defined [image]   Inf. chic, classy (Sl.), dressy, fashionable, natty (Inf.), smart, snappy, stylish, trendy (Inf.) [image]  acerb, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, hurtful, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, trenchant, vitriolic [image]  acerb, acerbic, acetic, acid, acrid, burning, hot, piquant, pungent, sour, tart, vinegary

•   adv.    exactly, on the dot, on time, precisely, promptly, punctually [image]  abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, without warning


sharpen

See Also

edge, grind, hone, put an edge on, strop, whet


shatter

See Also

   break, burst, crack, crush, crush to smithereens, demolish, explode, implode, pulverize, shiver, smash, split [image]  blast, blight, bring to nought, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, impair, overturn, ruin, torpedo, wreck [image]  break (someone's) heart, crush, devastate, dumbfound, knock the stuffing out of (someone) (Inf.), upset


shave

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•   v.    crop, pare, plane, shear, trim [image]  brush, graze, touch


shed

See Also

•   v.    afford, cast, diffuse, drop, emit, give, give forth, pour forth, radiate, scatter, shower, spill, throw [image]  cast off, discard, exuviate, moult, slough


sheepish

See Also

abashed, ashamed, chagrined, embarrassed, foolish, mortified, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, uncomfortable


sheer

See Also

   abrupt, headlong (Archaic), perpendicular, precipitous, steep [image]  absolute, arrant, complete, downright, out-and-out, pure, rank, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated, unqualified, utter [image]   Of fabrics diaphanous, fine, gauzy, gossamer, seethrough, thin, transparent


sheet

See Also

   coat, film, folio, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, piece, plate, slab, stratum, surface, veneer [image]  area, blanket, covering, expanse, stretch, sweep


shell

See Also

•   n.    carapace, case, husk, pod

•   v.    husk, shuck [image]  attack, barrage, blitz, bomb, bombard, strafe, strike

•   n.    chassis, frame, framework, hull, skeleton, structure


shelter

See Also

•   v.    cover, defend, guard, harbour, hide, protect, safeguard, seek refuge, shield, take in, take shelter

•   n.    asylum, cover, covert, defence, guard, haven, protection, refuge, retreat, roof over one's head, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shiel (Scot.), umbrella


sheltered

See Also

cloistered, conventual, ensconced, hermitic, isolated, protected, quiet, reclusive, retired, screened, secluded, shaded, shielded, withdrawn


shelve

See Also

defer, dismiss, freeze, hold in abeyance, hold over, lay aside, mothball, pigeonhole, postpone, put aside, put off, put on ice, put on the back burner (Inf.), suspend, table (U.S.), take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. inf.)


shepherd

See Also

•   v. conduct, convoy, guide, herd, marshal, steer, usher


shield

See Also

•   n.    buckler, escutcheon (Heraldry), targe (Archaic) [image]  aegis, bulwark, cover, defence, guard, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, shelter, ward (Archaic)

•   v.    cover, defend, guard, protect, safeguard, screen, shelter, ward off


shift

See Also

•   v.    alter, budge, change, displace, fluctuate, move, move around, rearrange, relocate, remove, reposition, swerve, switch, transfer, transpose, vary, veer [image]  Also shift for oneself assume responsibility, contrive, devise, fend, get along, look after, make do, manage, plan, scheme, take care of

•   n.    about-turn, alteration, change, displacement, fluctuation, modification, move, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, switch, transfer, veering [image]  artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expedient, move, resource, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile


shifty

See Also

contriving, crafty, deceitful, devious, duplicitous, evasive, fly-by-night (Inf.), furtive, scheming, slippery, sly, tricky, underhand, unprincipled, untrustworthy, wily


shimmer

See Also

•   v.    dance, gleam, glisten, phosphoresce, scintillate, twinkle

•   n.    diffused light, gleam, glimmer, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lustre, phosphorescence, unsteady light


shine

See Also

•   v.    beam, emit light, flash, give off light, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle [image]  be conspicuous  (distinguished, outstanding, pre-eminent), excel, stand out, stand out in a crowd, star [image]  brush, buff, burnish, polish, rub up

•   n.    brightness, glare, gleam, lambency, light, luminosity, radiance, shimmer, sparkle [image]  glaze, gloss, lustre, patina, polish, sheen


shining

See Also

   beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, gleaming, glistening, glittering, luminous, radiant, resplendent, shimmering, sparkling [image]   Fig. brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, glorious, illustrious, leading, outstanding, splendid


shiny

See Also

agleam, bright, burnished, gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, nitid (Poetic), polished, satiny, sheeny


shirk

See Also

avoid, bob off (Brit. sl.), body-swerve (Scot.), dodge, duck (out of) (Inf.), evade, get out of, scrimshank (Brit. military sl.), shun, sidestep, skive (Brit. sl.), slack


shirker

See Also

clock-watcher, dodger, gold brick (U.S. sl.), idler, malingerer, quitter, scrimshanker (Brit. military sl.), shirk, skiver (Brit. sl.), slacker


shiver

See Also

•   v. break, crack, fragment, shatter, smash, smash to smithereens, splinter


shivery

See Also

chilled, chilly, cold, quaking, quivery, shaking, shuddery, trembly


shock

See Also

•   v.    agitate, appal, astound, disgust, disquiet, give (someone) a turn (Inf.), gross out (U.S. sl.), horrify, jar, jolt, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, paralyse, revolt, scandalize, shake, shake out of one's complacency, shake up (Inf.), sicken, stagger, stun, stupefy, traumatize, unsettle

•   n.    blow, bolt from the blue, bombshell, breakdown, collapse, consternation, distress, disturbance, prostration, state of shock, stupefaction, stupor, trauma, turn (Inf.), upset [image]  blow, clash, collision, encounter, impact, jarring, jolt


shocking

See Also

abominable, appalling, atrocious, detestable, disgraceful, disgusting, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, foul, frightful, ghastly, hellacious (U.S. sl.), hideous, horrible, horrifying, loathsome, monstrous, nauseating, obscene, odious, offensive, outrageous, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, sickening, stupefying, unspeakable


shoddy

See Also

cheap-jack (Inf.), cheapo (Inf.), inferior, junky (Inf.), poor, rubbishy, second-rate, slipshod, tacky (Inf.), tatty, tawdry, trashy


shoemaker

bootmaker, cobbler, souter (Scot.)


shoot 1

See Also

•   v.    bag, blast (Sl.), blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), bring down, hit, kill, open fire, pick off, plug (Sl.), pump full of lead (Sl.), zap (Sl.) [image]  discharge, emit, fire, fling, hurl, launch, let fly, project, propel [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), charge, dart, dash, flash, fly, hurtle, race, rush, scoot, speed, spring, streak, tear, whisk, whiz (Inf.)


shoot 2

See Also

•   n.    branch, bud, offshoot, scion, slip, sprig, sprout, twig

•   v.    bud, burgeon, germinate, put forth new growth, sprout


shore

See Also

•   n.    beach, coast, foreshore, lakeside, sands, seaboard (Chiefly U.S.), seashore, strand (Poetic), waterside

•   adj.    littoral


short

See Also

•   adj.    abridged, brief, compendious, compressed, concise, curtailed, laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, terse [image]  diminutive, dumpy, fubsy (Archaic or dialect), little, low, petite, small, squat, wee [image]  brief, fleeting, momentary, short-lived, short-term [image]  (Often with of) deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, limited, low (on), meagre, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting [image]  abrupt, blunt, brusque, crusty, curt, discourteous, gruff, impolite, offhand, sharp, terse, testy, uncivil [image]  direct, straight [image]   Of pastry brittle, crisp, crumbly, friable

•   adv.    abruptly, by surprise, suddenly, unaware, without warning [image]  cut short abbreviate, arrest, butt in, curtail, cut in on, dock, halt, interrupt, reduce, stop, terminate [image]  fall short be inadequate, disappoint, fail, fall down on (Inf.), not come up to expectations or scratch (Inf.) [image]  in short briefly, in a nutshell, in a word, in essence, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, to put it briefly [image]  short of  [image]  apart from, except, other than, unless [image]  deficient in, in need of, lacking, low (on), missing, wanting


shortage

See Also

dearth, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, leanness, paucity, poverty, scarcity, shortfall, want


shortcoming

See Also

defect, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, weakness, weak point


shorten

See Also

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, diminish, dock, lessen, prune, reduce, trim, truncate, turn up


short-sighted

See Also

   myopic, near-sighted [image]  careless, ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, unthinking


short-staffed

below strength, short-handed, undermanned, understaffed


short-tempered

See Also

choleric, fiery, hot-tempered, impatient, irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), testy, touchy


shot

See Also

•   n.    discharge, lob, pot shot, throw [image]  ball, bullet, lead, pellet, projectile, slug [image]  marksman, shooter [image]   Inf. attempt, chance, conjecture, crack (Inf.), effort, endeavour, essay, go (Inf.), guess, opportunity, stab (Inf.), surmise, try, turn [image]  by a long shot  [image]  by far, easily, far and away, indubitably, undoubtedly, without doubt [image]  by any means, in any circumstances, on any account [image]  have a shot  Inf. attempt, have a go  (bash (Inf.), crack) (Inf.) (Inf.), tackle, try, try one's luck [image]  like a shot at once, eagerly, immediately, like a flash, quickly, unhesitatingly [image]  shot in the arm  Inf. boost, encouragement, fillip, impetus, lift, stimulus


shoulder

See Also

•   n.    give (someone) the cold shoulder cut (Inf.), ignore, ostracize, put down, rebuff, shun, snub [image]  put one's shoulder to the wheel  Inf. apply oneself, buckle down to (Inf.), exert oneself, get down to, make every effort, set to work, strive [image]  rub shoulders with  Inf. associate with, consort with, fraternize with, hobnob with, mix with, socialize with [image]  shoulder to shoulder as one, in cooperation, in partnership, in unity, jointly, side by side, together, united [image]  straight from the shoulder candidly, directly, frankly, man to man, outright, plainly, pulling no punches (Inf.), straight, unequivocally, with no holds barred

•   v.    accept, assume, bear, be responsible for, carry, take on, take upon oneself [image]  elbow, jostle, press, push, shove, thrust


shout

See Also

•   n.    bellow, call, cry, roar, scream, yell

•   v.    bawl, bay, bellow, call (out), cry (out), holler (Inf.), hollo, raise one's voice, roar, scream, yell


shout down

See Also

drown, drown out, overwhelm, silence


shove

See Also

•   v. crowd, drive, elbow, impel, jostle, press, propel, push, shoulder, thrust


shovel

•   v. convey, dredge, heap, ladle, load, move, scoop, shift, spoon, toss


show

See Also

•   v.    appear, be visible, blow wide open (Sl.), disclose, display, divulge, evidence, evince, exhibit, indicate, make known, manifest, present, register, reveal, testify to [image]  assert, clarify, demonstrate, elucidate, evince, explain, instruct, point out, present, prove, teach [image]  accompany, attend, conduct, escort, guide, lead [image]  accord, act with, bestow, confer, grant

•   n.    array, demonstration, display, exhibition, expo (Inf.), exposition, fair, manifestation, pageant, pageantry, parade, representation, sight, spectacle, view [image]  affectation, air, appearance, display, illusion, likeness, ostentation, parade, pose, pretence, pretext, profession, semblance [image]  entertainment, presentation, production


showdown

breaking point, clash, climax, confrontation, crisis, culmination, dénouement, exposé, face-off (Sl.), moment of truth


shower

See Also

•   n.     Fig. barrage, deluge, fusillade, plethora, rain, stream, torrent, volley [image]   Brit. sl. bunch of layabouts, crew, rabble

•   v.    deluge, heap, inundate, lavish, load, pour, rain, spray, sprinkle


showing

See Also

•   n.    demonstration, display, exhibition, presentation, staging [image]  account of oneself, appearance, demonstration, impression, performance, show, track record [image]  evidence, representation, statement


showman

entertainer, impresario, performer, publicist, stage manager


show off

See Also

   advertise, demonstrate, display, exhibit, flaunt, parade, spread out [image]  boast, brag, hot-dog (Chiefly U.S.), make a spectacle of oneself, shoot a line (Inf.), swagger


show up

See Also

   expose, highlight, lay bare, pinpoint, put the spotlight on, reveal, unmask [image]  appear, be conspicuous, be visible, catch the eye, leap to the eye, stand out [image]   Inf. embarrass, let down, mortify, put to shame, shame, show in a bad light [image]   Inf. appear, arrive, come, make an appearance, put in an appearance, turn up


shred

See Also

•   n.    bit, fragment, piece, rag, ribbon, scrap, sliver, snippet, tatter [image]   Fig. atom, grain, iota, jot, particle, scrap, trace, whit


shrewd

See Also

acute, artful, astute, calculated, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, far-seeing, far-sighted, fly (Sl.), intelligent, keen, knowing, long-headed, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, sly, smart, wily


shrewdly

artfully, astutely, cannily, cleverly, far-sightedly, knowingly, perceptively, perspicaciously, sagaciously, with all one's wits about one, with consummate skill


shrewdness

See Also

acumen, acuteness, astuteness, canniness, discernment, grasp, judgment, penetration, perspicacity, quick wits, sagacity, sharpness, smartness, suss (Sl.)


shriek

See Also

•   v.

•   n. cry, holler, howl, scream, screech, squeal, wail, whoop, yell


shrill

See Also

acute, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high, high-pitched, penetrating, piercing, piping, screeching, sharp


shrink

See Also

   contract, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fall off, grow smaller, lessen, narrow, shorten, shrivel, wither, wrinkle [image]  cower, cringe, draw back, flinch, hang back, quail, recoil, retire, shy away, wince, withdraw


shrivel

See Also

   burn, dry (up), parch, scorch, sear [image]  dehydrate, desiccate, dwindle, shrink, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle


shrivelled

See Also

desiccated, dried up, dry, sere (Archaic), shrunken, withered, wizened, wrinkled


shroud

See Also

•   v.    blanket, cloak, conceal, cover, envelop, hide, screen, swathe, veil

•   n.    cerecloth, cerement, covering, grave clothes, winding sheet [image]  cloud, mantle, pall, screen, veil


shudder

See Also

•   v.    convulse, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, tremble

•   n.    convulsion, quiver, spasm, trembling, tremor


shuffle

See Also

   drag, scrape, scuff, scuffle, shamble [image]  confuse, disarrange, disorder, intermix, jumble, mix, rearrange, shift [image]  (Usually with off or out of) beat about the bush, beg the question, cavil, dodge, equivocate, evade, flannel (Brit. inf.), gloss over, hedge, prevaricate, pussyfoot (Inf.), quibble


shun

See Also

avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), cold-shoulder, elude, eschew, evade, fight shy of, give (someone or something) a wide berth, have no part in, keep away from, shy away from, steer clear of


shut

See Also

   bar, close, draw to, fasten, push to, seal, secure, slam [image]  (With in, out, etc.) cage, confine, enclose, exclude, impound, imprison, pound, wall off or up


shut down

See Also

cease, cease operating, close, discontinue, halt, shut up, stop, switch off


shut out

See Also

   bar, black, blackball, debar, exclude, keep out, lock out, ostracize [image]  block out, conceal, cover, hide, mask, screen, veil


shuttle

See Also

•   v. alternate, commute, go back and forth, go to and fro, ply, seesaw, shunt


shut up

See Also

   bottle up, box in, cage, confine, coop up, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep in [image]   Inf. be quiet, fall silent, button it (Sl.), button one's lip (Sl.), gag, hold one's tongue, hush, keep one's trap shut (Sl.), muzzle, pipe down (Sl.), put a sock in it (Brit. sl.), silence


shy

See Also

•   adj.    backward, bashful, cautious, chary, coy, diffident, distrustful, hesitant, modest, mousy, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shrinking, suspicious, timid, wary

•   v.    (Sometimes with off or away) balk, buck, draw back, flinch, quail, rear, recoil, start, swerve, take fright, wince


shyness

See Also

bashfulness, diffidence, lack of confidence, modesty, mousiness, nervousness, reticence, self-consciousness, timidity, timidness, timorousness


sick

See Also

   green around the gills (Inf.), ill, nauseated, nauseous, puking (Sl.), qualmish, queasy [image]  ailing, diseased, feeble, indisposed, laid up (Inf.), on the sick list (Inf.), poorly (Inf.), under the weather, under par (Inf.), unwell, weak [image]   Inf. black, ghoulish, macabre, morbid, sadistic [image]   Inf. (Often with of) blasé, bored, disgusted, displeased, fed up, jaded, revolted, satiated, tired, weary


sicken

See Also

   disgust, gross out (U.S. sl.), make one's gorge rise, nauseate, repel, revolt, turn one's stomach [image]  ail, be stricken by, contract, fall ill, go down with, show symptoms of, take sick


sickening

See Also

cringe-making (Brit. inf.), disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, putrid, repulsive, revolting, stomach-turning (Inf.), vile, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


sickly

See Also

   ailing, bilious, bloodless, delicate, faint, feeble, indisposed, infirm, in poor health, lacklustre, languid, pallid, peaky, pining, unhealthy, wan, weak [image]  bilious (Inf.), cloying, mawkish, nauseating, revolting (Inf.), syrupy (Inf.)


sickness

See Also

   barfing (U.S. sl.), nausea, queasiness, (the) collywobbles (Sl.), puking (Sl.), vomiting [image]  affliction, ailment, bug (Inf.), complaint, disease, disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady


side

See Also

•   n.    border, boundary, division, edge, limit, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, rim, sector, verge [image]  aspect, face, facet, flank, hand, part, surface, view [image]  angle, light, opinion, point of view, position, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint [image]  camp, cause, faction, party, sect, team [image]   Brit. sl. airs, arrogance, insolence, pretentiousness

•   adj.    flanking, lateral [image]  ancillary, incidental, indirect, lesser, marginal, minor, oblique, roundabout, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary

•   v.    (Usually with with) ally with, associate oneself with, befriend, favour, go along with, join with, second, support, take the part of, team up with (Inf.)


sidelong

•   adj. covert, indirect, oblique, sideways


sidestep

See Also

avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck (Inf.), elude, evade, find a way round, skip, skirt


sidetrack

deflect, distract, divert, lead off the subject


sideways

See Also

•   adv.    crabwise, edgeways, laterally, obliquely, sidelong, sidewards, to the side

•   adj.    oblique, side, sidelong, slanted


siesta

catnap, doze, forty winks (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), nap, rest, sleep, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)


sieve

See Also

•   n.    colander, riddle, screen, sifter, strainer, tammy cloth

•   v.    bolt, remove, riddle, separate, sift, strain


sift

See Also

   bolt, filter, pan, part, riddle, separate, sieve [image]  analyse, examine, fathom, go through, investigate, pore over, probe, research, screen, scrutinize, work over


sigh

See Also

•   v.    breathe, complain, grieve, lament, moan, sorrow, sough, suspire (Archaic) [image]  (Often with for) eat one's heart out over, languish, long, mourn, pine, yearn


sight

See Also

•   n.    eye, eyes, eyesight, seeing, vision [image]  appearance, apprehension, eyeshot, field of vision, ken, perception, range of vision, view, viewing, visibility [image]  display, exhibition, pageant, scene, show, spectacle, vista [image]   Inf. blot on the landscape (Inf.), eyesore, fright (Inf.), mess, monstrosity, spectacle [image]  catch sight of descry, espy, glimpse, recognize, spot, view

•   v.    behold, discern, distinguish, make out, observe, perceive, see, spot


sign

See Also

•   n.    clue, evidence, gesture, giveaway, hint, indication, manifestation, mark, note, proof, signal, spoor, suggestion, symptom, token, trace, vestige [image]  board, notice, placard, warning [image]  badge, character, cipher, device, emblem, ensign, figure, logo, mark, representation, symbol [image]  augury, auspice, foreboding, forewarning, omen, portent, presage, warning, writing on the wall

•   v.    autograph, endorse, initial, inscribe, set one's hand to, subscribe [image]  beckon, gesticulate, gesture, indicate, signal, use sign language, wave


signal

See Also

•   n.    beacon, cue, flare, gesture, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, indication, indicator, mark, sign, token

•   adj.    conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, famous, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, remarkable, significant, striking

•   v.    beckon, communicate, gesticulate, gesture, give a sign to, indicate, motion, nod, sign, wave


significance

See Also

   force, implication(s), import, meaning, message, point, purport, sense, signification [image]  consequence, consideration, importance, impressiveness, matter, moment, relevance, weight


significant

See Also

   denoting, eloquent, expressing, expressive, indicative, knowing, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, suggestive [image]  critical, important, material, momentous, noteworthy, serious, vital, weighty


signify

See Also

   announce, be a sign of, betoken, communicate, connote, convey, denote, evidence, exhibit, express, imply, indicate, intimate, matter, mean, portend, proclaim, represent, show, stand for, suggest, symbolize [image]   Inf. be of importance or significance, carry weight, count, matter


silence

See Also

•   n.    calm, hush, lull, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, stillness [image]  dumbness, muteness, reticence, speechlessness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness

•   v.    cut off, cut short, deaden, extinguish, gag, muffle, quell, quiet, quieten, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress


silent

See Also

   hushed, muted, noiseless, quiet, soundless, still, stilly (Poetic) [image]  dumb, mum, mute, nonvocal, not talkative, speechless, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless [image]  aphonic (Phonetics), implicit, implied, tacit, understood, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken


silently

as quietly as a mouse (Inf.), dumbly, inaudibly, in silence, mutely, noiselessly, quietly, soundlessly, speechlessly, without a sound, wordlessly


silhouette

See Also

•   n.    delineation, form, outline, profile, shape

•   v.    delineate, etch, outline, stand out


silky

See Also

silken, sleek, smooth, velvety


silly

See Also

•   adj.    absurd, asinine, brainless, childish, dopy (Sl.), dozy (Brit. inf.), fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, frivolous, giddy, goofy (Inf.), idiotic, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, irresponsible, meaningless, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unwise, witless [image]   Inf. benumbed, dazed, groggy (Inf.), in a daze, muzzy, stunned, stupefied

•   n.     Inf. clot (Brit. inf.), duffer (Inf.), dweeb (U.S. sl.), goose (Inf.), ignoramus, nerd or nurd (Sl.), ninny, nitwit (Inf.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), silly-billy (Inf.), simpleton, twit (Inf.), wally (Sl.)


silver

See Also

•   adj.    argent (Poetic), pearly, silvered, silvery

•   n.    silver plate, silverware


similar

See Also

alike, analogous, close, comparable, congruous, corresponding, homogenous, homogeneous, in agreement, much the same, resembling, uniform


similarity

See Also

affinity, agreement, analogy, closeness, comparability, concordance, congruence, correspondence, likeness, point of comparison, relation, resemblance, sameness, similitude


similarly

See Also

by the same token, correspondingly, in like manner, likewise


simmer

•   v.  Fig. be angry  (agitated, tense, uptight (Inf.)), boil, burn, fume, rage, see red (Inf.), seethe, smart, smoulder


simmer down

calm down, collect oneself, contain oneself, control oneself, cool off or down, get down off one's high horse (Inf.), grow quieter, unwind (Inf.)


simple

See Also

   clear, easy, easy-peasy (Sl.), elementary, intelligible, lucid, manageable, plain, straightforward, uncomplicated, understandable, uninvolved [image]  classic, clean, natural, plain, Spartan, unadorned, uncluttered, unembellished, unfussy [image]  elementary, pure, single, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, undivided, unmixed [image]  artless, childlike, frank, green, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, simplistic, sincere, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated [image]  bald, basic, direct, frank, honest, naked, plain, sincere, stark, undeniable, unvarnished [image]  homely, humble, lowly, modest, rustic, unpretentious [image]  brainless, credulous, dense, dumb (Inf.), feeble, feeble-minded, foolish, half-witted, moronic, obtuse, shallow, silly, slow, stupid, thick


simple-minded

See Also

   a bit lacking (Inf.), addle-brained, backward, brainless, dead from the neck up (Inf.), dim-witted, feeble-minded, foolish, idiot, idiotic, moronic, retarded, simple, stupid [image]  artless, natural, unsophisticated


simpleton

See Also

berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, booby, charlie (Brit. inf.), coot, dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dolt, dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dullard, dunce, dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), goose (Inf.), greenhorn (Inf.), idiot, imbecile (Inf.), jackass, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), moron, nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, ninny, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, plank (Brit. sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), Simple Simon, stupid (Inf.), twerp or twirp (Inf.), twit (Inf., chiefly Brit.), wally (Sl.)


simplicity

See Also

   absence of complications, clarity, clearness, ease, easiness, elementariness, obviousness, straightforwardness [image]  clean lines, lack of adornment, modesty, naturalness, plainness, purity, restraint [image]  artlessness, candour, directness, guilelessness, innocence, lack of sophistication, naivety, openness


simplify

See Also

abridge, decipher, disentangle, facilitate, make intelligible, reduce to essentials, streamline


simply

See Also

   clearly, directly, easily, intelligibly, modestly, naturally, plainly, straightforwardly, unaffectedly, unpretentiously, without any elaboration [image]  just, merely, only, purely, solely [image]  absolutely, altogether, completely, really, totally, unreservedly, utterly, wholly


simultaneous

See Also

at the same time, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronous


simultaneously

See Also

all together, at the same time, concurrently, in chorus, in concert, in the same breath, in unison, together


sin

See Also

•   n.    crime, damnation, error, evil, guilt, iniquity, misdeed, offence, sinfulness, transgression, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing

•   v.    err, fall, fall from grace, go astray, lapse, offend, transgress, trespass (Archaic)


sincere

See Also

artless, bona fide, candid, earnest, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest, natural, no-nonsense, open, real, serious, straightforward, true, unaffected, unfeigned, upfront (Inf.), wholehearted


sincerely

See Also

earnestly, genuinely, honestly, in all sincerity, in earnest, in good faith, really, seriously, truly, wholeheartedly


sincerity

See Also

artlessness, bona fides, candour, frankness, genuineness, good faith, guilelessness, honesty, probity, seriousness, straightforwardness, truth, wholeheartedness


sinecure

cushy number (Inf.), gravy train (Sl.), money for jam or old rope (Inf.), soft job (Inf.), soft option


sinful

See Also

bad, corrupt, criminal, depraved, erring, guilty, immoral, iniquitous, irreligious, morally wrong, ungodly, unholy, unrighteous, wicked


sing

See Also

   carol, chant, chirp, croon, make melody, pipe, trill, vocalize, warble, yodel [image]   Sl., chiefly U.S. betray, blow the whistle (on) (Inf.), fink (on) (Sl., chiefly U.S.), grass (Brit. sl.), inform (on), peach (Sl.), rat (on) (Inf.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), spill one's guts (Sl.), spill the beans (Inf.), squeal (Sl.), tell all, turn in (Inf.) [image]  buzz, hum, purr, whine, whistle


singe

burn, char, scorch, sear


singer

balladeer, cantor, chanteuse (Fem.), chorister, crooner, minstrel, soloist, songster, songstress, troubadour, vocalist


single

See Also

•   adj.    distinct, individual, lone, one, only, particular, separate, singular, sole, solitary, unique [image]  free, unattached, unmarried, unwed [image]  exclusive, individual, separate, simple, unblended, uncompounded, undivided, unmixed, unshared

•   v.    (Usually with out) choose, cull, distinguish, fix on, pick, pick on or out, put on one side, select, separate, set apart, winnow


single-minded

See Also

dedicated, determined, dogged, fixed, hellbent (Inf.), monomaniacal, steadfast, stubborn, tireless, undeviating, unswerving, unwavering


singly

See Also

individually, one at a time, one by one, separately


singular

See Also

   conspicuous, eminent, exceptional, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prodigious, rare, remarkable, uncommon, unique, unparalleled [image]  atypical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, odd, oddball (Inf.), out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, puzzling, queer, strange, unusual, wacko (Sl.) [image]  individual, separate, single, sole


sinister

See Also

baleful, dire, disquieting, evil, forbidding, injurious, malevolent, malign, malignant, menacing, ominous, threatening


sink

See Also

•   v.    cave in, decline, descend, dip, disappear, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, fall, founder, go down, go under, lower, merge, plummet, plunge, sag, slope, submerge, subside [image]  abate, collapse, drop, fall, lapse, relapse, retrogress, slip, slump, subside [image]  decay, decline, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, die, diminish, dwindle, fade, fail, flag, go downhill (Inf.), lessen, weaken, worsen [image]  bore, dig, drill, drive, excavate, lay, put down [image]  be the ruin of, defeat, destroy, finish, overwhelm, ruin, scupper (Brit. sl.), seal the doom of [image]  be reduced to, debase oneself, lower oneself, stoop, succumb


sinner

See Also

evildoer, malefactor, miscreant, offender, reprobate, transgressor, trespasser (Archaic), wrongdoer


sip

See Also

•   v.    sample, sup, taste

•   n.    drop, swallow, taste, thimbleful


siren

See Also

charmer, Circe, femme fatale, Lorelei, seductress, temptress, vamp (Inf.), witch


sit

See Also

   be seated, perch, rest, settle, take a seat, take the weight off one's feet [image]  assemble, be in session, convene, deliberate, meet, officiate, preside [image]  accommodate, contain, have space for, hold, seat


site

See Also

•   n.    ground, location, place, plot, position, setting, spot

•   v.    install, locate, place, position, set, situate


sitting

See Also

•   n. congress, consultation, get-together (Inf.), hearing, meeting, period, session


situation

See Also

   locale, locality, location, place, position, seat, setting, site, spot [image]  ball game (Inf.), case, circumstances, condition, kettle of fish (Inf.), plight, scenario, state, state of affairs, status quo, the picture (Inf.) [image]  rank, sphere, station, status [image]  berth (Inf.), employment, job, office, place, position, post


size

See Also

amount, bigness, bulk, dimensions, extent, greatness, hugeness, immensity, largeness, magnitude, mass, measurement(s), proportions, range, vastness, volume


size up

See Also

appraise, assess, evaluate, eye up, get (something) taped (Brit. inf.), get the measure of, take stock of


sizzle

crackle, frizzle, fry, hiss, spit, sputter


skeleton

See Also

 Fig. bare bones, bones, draft, frame, framework, outline, sketch, structure


sketch

See Also

•   v.    block out, delineate, depict, draft, draw, outline, paint, plot, portray, represent, rough out

•   n.    delineation, design, draft, drawing, outline, plan, skeleton


sketchy

See Also

bitty, cobbled together, crude, cursory, inadequate, incomplete, outline, perfunctory, rough, scrappy, skimpy, slight, superficial, unfinished, vague


skilful

See Also

able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, clever, competent, dexterous, experienced, expert, handy, masterly, practised, professional, proficient, quick, ready, skilled, trained


skill

See Also

ability, accomplishment, adroitness, aptitude, art, cleverness, competence, craft, dexterity, experience, expertise, expertness, facility, finesse, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, knack, proficiency, quickness, readiness, skilfulness, talent, technique


skilled

See Also

able, accomplished, a dab hand at (Brit. inf.), experienced, expert, masterly, practised, professional, proficient, skilful, trained


skim

See Also

   cream, separate [image]  brush, coast, dart, float, fly, glide, sail, soar [image]  (Usually with through) glance, run one's eye over, scan, skip (Inf.), thumb or leaf through


skimp

See Also

be mean with, be niggardly, be sparing with, cut corners, pinch, scamp, scant, scrimp, stint, withhold


skin

See Also

•   n.    fell, hide, integument, pelt, tegument [image]  casing, coating, crust, film, husk, membrane, outside, peel, rind [image]  by the skin of one's teeth by a hair's-breadth, by a narrow margin, by a whisker (Inf.), narrowly, only just [image]  get under one's skin aggravate (Inf.), annoy, get in one's hair (Inf.), get on one's nerves (Inf.), grate on, irk, irritate, needle (Inf.), nettle, piss one off (Taboo sl.), rub up the wrong way

•   v.    abrade, bark, excoriate, flay, graze, peel, scrape


skinny

See Also

emaciated, lean, macilent (Rare), scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bone (Inf.), thin, twiggy, undernourished


skip

See Also

•   v.    bob, bounce, caper, cavort, dance, flit, frisk, gambol, hop, prance, trip [image]  eschew, give (something) a miss, leave out, miss out, omit, pass over, skim over [image]   Inf. cut (Inf.), dog it or dog off (Dialect), miss, play truant from, twag (Dialect)


skirmish

See Also

•   n.    affair, affray (Law), battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dust-up (Inf.), encounter, engagement, fracas, incident, scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, set-to (Inf.), spat, tussle

•   v.    clash, collide, come to blows, scrap (Inf.), tussle


skirt

See Also

•   v.    border, edge, flank, lie alongside [image]  (Often with around or round) avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), bypass, circumvent, detour, evade, steer clear of

•   n.    (Often plural) border, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outskirts, periphery, purlieus, rim


skit

See Also

burlesque, parody, sketch, spoof (Inf.), takeoff (Inf.), travesty, turn


skulk

See Also

creep, lie in wait, loiter, lurk, pad, prowl, slink, sneak


sky

See Also

•   n.    azure (Poetic), empyrean (Poetic), firmament, heavens, upper atmosphere, vault of heaven, welkin (Archaic) [image]  to the skies excessively, extravagantly, fulsomely, highly, immoderately, inordinately, profusely


slab

See Also

chunk, hunk, lump, piece, portion, slice, wedge, wodge (Brit. inf.)


slack

See Also

•   adj.    baggy, easy, flaccid, flexible, lax, limp, loose, not taut, relaxed [image]  asleep on the job (Inf.), easy-going, idle, inactive, inattentive, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, permissive, remiss, slapdash, slipshod, tardy [image]  dull, inactive, quiet, slow, slow-moving, sluggish

•   n.    excess, give (Inf.), leeway, looseness, play, room

•   v.    bob off (Brit. sl.), dodge, flag, idle, neglect, relax, shirk, skive (Brit. sl.), slacken


slacken (off)

See Also

abate, decrease, diminish, drop off, ease (off), lessen, let up, loosen, moderate, reduce, relax, release, slack off, slow down, tire


slacker

dodger, do-nothing, gold brick (U.S. sl.), good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, passenger, scrimshanker (Brit. military sl.), shirker, skiver (Brit. sl.)


slam

See Also

   bang, crash, dash, fling, hurl, smash, throw, thump [image]   Sl. attack, blast, castigate, criticize, damn, excoriate, lambast(e), pan (Inf.), pillory, shoot down (Inf.), slate (Inf.), tear into (Inf.), vilify


slander

See Also

•   n.    aspersion, backbiting, calumny, defamation, detraction, libel, misrepresentation, muckraking, obloquy, scandal, smear

•   v.    backbite, blacken (someone's) name, calumniate, decry, defame, detract, disparage, libel, malign, muckrake, slur, smear, traduce, vilify


slanderous

See Also

abusive, calumnious, damaging, defamatory, libellous, malicious


slang

See Also

•   v. abuse, berate, call names, hurl insults at, insult, inveigh against, malign, rail against, revile, vilify, vituperate


slant

See Also

•   v.    angle off, bend, bevel, cant, heel, incline, lean, list, shelve, skew, slope, tilt

•   n.    camber, declination, diagonal, gradient, incline, pitch, rake, ramp, slope, tilt

•   v.    angle, bias, colour, distort, twist, weight

•   n.    angle, attitude, bias, emphasis, leaning, one-sidedness, point of view, prejudice, viewpoint


slanting

See Also

angled, aslant, asymmetrical, at an angle, bent, canted, cater-cornered (U.S. inf.), diagonal, inclined, oblique, on the bias, sideways, slanted, slantwise, sloping, tilted, tilting


slap

See Also

•   n.    bang, blow, chin (Sl.), clout (Inf.), cuff, deck (Sl.), lay one on (Sl.), smack, spank, wallop (Inf.), whack [image]  a slap in the face affront, blow, humiliation, insult, put-down, rebuff, rebuke, rejection, repulse, snub

•   v.    bang, clap, clout (Inf.), cuff, hit, spank, strike, whack [image]   Inf. daub, plaster, plonk, spread

•   adv.     Inf. bang, directly, exactly, plumb (Inf.), precisely, slap-bang (Inf.), smack (Inf.)


slapdash

See Also

careless, clumsy, disorderly, haphazard, hasty, hurried, last-minute, messy, negligent, perfunctory, slipshod, sloppy (Inf.), slovenly, thoughtless, thrown-together, untidy


slap down

bring to heel, put (someone) in his place, rebuke, reprimand, restrain, squash


slash

See Also

•   v.    cut, gash, hack, lacerate, rend, rip, score, slit

•   n.    cut, gash, incision, laceration, rent, rip, slit

•   v.    cut, drop, lower, reduce


slashing

aggressive, biting, brutal, ferocious, harsh, savage, searing, vicious


slate

See Also

•   v. berate, blame, blast, castigate, censure, criticize, excoriate, haul over the coals (Inf.), lambas(t)e, lay into (Inf.), pan (Inf.), pitch into (Inf.), rail against, rap (someone's) knuckles, rebuke, roast (Inf.), scold, slam (Sl.), slang, take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Inf.)


slaughter

See Also

•   n.    blood bath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, extermination, holocaust, killing, liquidation, massacre, murder, slaying

•   v.    butcher, destroy, do to death, exterminate, kill, liquidate, massacre, murder, put to the sword, slay, take out (Sl.) [image]   Inf. blow out of the water (Sl.), crush, defeat, hammer (Inf.), lick (Inf.), overwhelm, rout, tank (Sl.), thrash, trounce, undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


slaughterhouse

abattoir, butchery, shambles


slave

See Also

•   n.    bondservant, bondsman, drudge, scullion (Archaic), serf, servant, skivvy (Chiefly Brit.), slavey (Brit. inf.), varlet (Archaic), vassal, villein

•   v.    drudge, grind (Inf.), skivvy (Brit.), slog, sweat, toil, work one's fingers to the bone


slavery

See Also

bondage, captivity, enslavement, serfdom, servitude, subjugation, thraldom, thrall, vassalage


slavish

See Also

   abject, base, cringing, despicable, fawning, grovelling, low, mean, menial, obsequious, servile, submissive, sycophantic [image]  conventional, imitative, second-hand, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal


slay

See Also

   annihilate, assassinate, butcher, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in (Sl.), eliminate, exterminate, kill, massacre, mow down, murder, rub out (U.S. sl.), slaughter [image]   Inf. amuse, be the death of (Inf.), impress, make a hit with (Inf.), wow (Sl., chiefly U.S.)


sleek

See Also

glossy, lustrous, shiny, smooth, well-fed, well-groomed


sleep

See Also

•   v.    be in the land of Nod, catnap, doze, drop off (Inf.), drowse, hibernate, kip (Brit. sl.), nod off (Inf.), rest in the arms of Morpheus, slumber, snooze (Inf.), snore, take a nap, take forty winks (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)

•   n.    beauty sleep (Inf.), dormancy, doze, forty winks (Inf.), hibernation, kip (Brit. sl.), nap, repose, rest, shuteye (Sl.), siesta, slumber(s), snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)


sleepiness

doziness, drowsiness, heaviness, lethargy, somnolence, torpor


sleepless

   disturbed, insomniac, restless, unsleeping, wakeful [image]  alert, unsleeping, vigilant, watchful, wide awake


sleeplessness

insomnia, wakefulness


sleepwalker

noctambulist, somnambulist


sleepwalking

noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation, somnambulism


sleepy

See Also

   drowsy, dull, heavy, inactive, lethargic, sluggish, slumbersome, somnolent, torpid [image]  dull, hypnotic, inactive, quiet, sleep-inducing, slow, slumberous, somnolent, soporific


slender

See Also

   lean, narrow, slight, slim, svelte, sylphlike, willowy [image]  inadequate, inconsiderable, insufficient, little, meagre, scant, scanty, small, spare [image]  faint, feeble, flimsy, fragile, poor, remote, slight, slim, tenuous, thin, weak


sleuth

detective, dick (Sl., chiefly U.S.), gumshoe (U.S. sl.), private eye (Inf.), (private) investigator, sleuthhound (Inf.), tail (Inf.)


slice

See Also

•   n.    cut, helping, piece, portion, segment, share, sliver, wedge

•   v.    carve, cut, divide, sever


slick

See Also

•   adj.    glib, meretricious, plausible, polished, smooth, sophistical, specious [image]  adroit, deft, dexterous, dextrous, polished, professional, sharp, skilful

•   v.    make glossy, plaster down, sleek, smarm down (Brit. inf.), smooth


slide

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•   v.    coast, glide, glissade, skim, slip, slither, toboggan, veer [image]  let slide forget, gloss over, ignore, let ride, neglect, pass over, push to the back of one's mind, turn a blind eye to


slight

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•   adj.    feeble, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, meagre, measly, minor, modest, negligible, paltry, scanty, small, superficial, trifling, trivial, unimportant, weak [image]  delicate, feeble, fragile, lightly-built, slim, small, spare

•   v.    affront, cold-shoulder, despise, disdain, disparage, give offence or umbrage to, ignore, insult, neglect, put down, scorn, show disrespect for, snub, treat with contempt

•   n.    affront, contempt, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, disrespect, inattention, indifference, insult, neglect, rebuff, slap in the face (Inf.), snub, (the) cold shoulder


slightly

See Also

a little, marginally, on a small scale, somewhat, to some extent or degree


slim

See Also

•   adj.    lean, narrow, slender, slight, svelte, sylphlike, thin, trim [image]  faint, poor, remote, slender, slight

•   v.    diet, lose weight, reduce, slenderize (Chiefly U.S.)


slimy

See Also

   clammy, glutinous, miry, mucous, muddy, oozy, viscous [image]  creeping, grovelling, obsequious, oily, servile, smarmy (Brit. inf.), soapy (Sl.), sycophantic, toadying, unctuous


sling

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•   v.    cast, chuck (Inf.), fling, heave, hurl, lob (Inf.), shy, throw, toss [image]  dangle, hang, suspend, swing


slink

See Also

creep, prowl, pussyfoot (Inf.), skulk, slip, sneak, steal


slip

See Also

•   v.    glide, skate, slide, slither [image]  fall, lose one's balance, miss or lose one's footing, skid, trip (over) [image]  conceal, creep, hide, insinuate oneself, sneak, steal [image]  (Sometimes with up) blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), err, go wrong, make a mistake, miscalculate, misjudge, mistake [image]  break away from, break free from, disappear, escape, get away, get clear of, take French leave [image]  let slip blurt out, come out with (Inf.), disclose, divulge, give away, leak, let out (Inf.), let the cat out of the bag, reveal

•   n.    bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), error, failure, fault, faux pas, imprudence, indiscretion, mistake, omission, oversight, slip of the tongue, slip-up (Inf.) [image]  give (someone) the slip dodge, elude, escape from, evade, get away from, lose (someone), outwit, shake (someone) off


slippery

See Also

   glassy, greasy, icy, lubricious (Rare), perilous, skiddy (Inf.), slippy (Inf. or dialect), smooth, unsafe, unstable, unsteady [image]  crafty, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, evasive, false, foxy, shifty, sneaky, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, unpredictable, unreliable, untrustworthy


slipshod

See Also

careless, casual, loose, slapdash, sloppy (Inf.), slovenly, unsystematic, untidy


slit

See Also

•   v.    cut (open), gash, impale, knife, lance, pierce, rip, slash, split open

•   n.    cut, fissure, gash, incision, opening, rent, split, tear


slither

See Also

•   v. glide, skitter, slide, slink, slip, snake, undulate


slog

See Also

•   v.    hit, hit for six, punch, slosh (Brit. sl.), slug, sock (Sl.), strike, thump, wallop (Inf.) [image]  apply oneself to, labour, peg away at, persevere, plod, plough through, slave, toil, tramp, trek, trudge, work

•   n.    effort, exertion, hike, labour, struggle, tramp, trek, trudge


slogan

See Also

catch-phrase, catchword, jingle, motto, rallying cry


slope

See Also

•   v.    drop away, fall, incline, lean, pitch, rise, slant, tilt

•   n.    brae (Scot.), declination, declivity, descent, downgrade (Chiefly U.S.), gradient, inclination, incline, ramp, rise, scarp, slant, tilt

•   v.    (With off, away, etc.) creep, make oneself scarce, skulk, slink, slip, steal


sloping

bevelled, cant, inclined, inclining, leaning, oblique, slanting


sloppy

See Also

   sludgy, slushy, splashy, watery, wet [image]   Inf. amateurish, careless, clumsy, hit-or-miss (Inf.), inattentive, messy, slipshod, slovenly, unkempt, untidy, weak [image]  banal, gushing, mawkish, mushy (Inf.), overemotional, sentimental, slushy (Inf.), soppy (Brit. inf.), trite, wet (Brit. inf.)


slot

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•   n.    aperture, channel, groove, hole, slit, vent [image]   Inf. niche, opening, place, position, space, time, vacancy

•   v.    adjust, assign, fit, fit in, insert, pigeonhole


sloth

See Also

faineance, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, laziness, slackness, slothfulness, sluggishness, torpor


slothful

See Also

do-nothing (Inf.), fainéant, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, skiving (Brit. sl.), slack, sluggish, torpid, workshy


slouch

See Also

•   v. droop, loll, slump, stoop


slovenly

See Also

careless, disorderly, heedless, loose, negligent, slack, slapdash, slatternly, slipshod, sloppy (Inf.), unkempt, untidy


slow

See Also

•   adj.    creeping, dawdling, deliberate, easy, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lazy, leaden, leisurely, loitering, measured, plodding, ponderous, slow-moving, sluggardly, sluggish, tortoise-like, unhurried [image]  backward, behind, behindhand, delayed, dilatory, late, long-delayed, tardy, unpunctual [image]  gradual, lingering, long-drawn-out, prolonged, protracted, time-consuming [image]  behind the times, boring, conservative, dead, dead-and-alive (Brit.), dull, inactive, one-horse (Inf.), quiet, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, tame, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, unproductive, unprogressive, wearisome [image]  blockish, bovine, braindead (Inf.), dense, dim, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dull-witted, dumb (Inf.), obtuse, retarded, slow on the uptake (Inf.), slow-witted, stupid, thick, unresponsive [image]  (With to) averse, disinclined, hesitant, indisposed, loath, reluctant, unwilling

•   v.    (Often with up or down) brake, check, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, handicap, hold up, lag, reduce speed, rein in, relax, restrict, retard, slacken (off), spin out


slowly

See Also

at a snail's pace, at one's leisure, by degrees, gradually, inchmeal, in one's own (good) time, leisurely, ploddingly, steadily, taking one's time, unhurriedly, with leaden steps


sluggish

See Also

dull, heavy, inactive, indolent, inert, lethargic, lifeless, listless, phlegmatic, slothful, slow, slow-moving, torpid, unresponsive


sluggishness

See Also

apathy, drowsiness, dullness, heaviness, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, slothfulness, somnolence, stagnation, torpor


slumber

See Also

•   v. be inactive, doze, drowse, kip (Brit. sl.), lie dormant, nap, repose, sleep, snooze (Inf.), zizz (Brit. inf.)


slump

See Also

•   v.    collapse, crash, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall off, go downhill (Inf.), plummet, plunge, reach a new low, sink, slip

•   n.    collapse, crash, decline, depreciation, depression, downturn, drop, failure, fall, falling-off, low, recession, reverse, stagnation, trough

•   v.    bend, droop, hunch, loll, sag, slouch


slur

See Also

•   n. affront, aspersion, blot, brand, calumny, discredit, disgrace, innuendo, insinuation, insult, reproach, smear, stain, stigma


slut

See Also

drab (Archaic), scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), slattern, sloven, tart, trollop


sly

See Also

•   adj.    artful, astute, clever, conniving, covert, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, furtive, guileful, insidious, scheming, secret, shifty, stealthy, subtle, underhand, wily [image]  arch, impish, knowing, mischievous, roguish

•   n.    on the sly behind (someone's) back, covertly, like a thief in the night, on the q.t. (Inf.), on the quiet, privately, secretly, surreptitiously, underhandedly, under the counter (Inf.)


smack

See Also

•   v.    box, clap, cuff, hit, pat, slap, sock (Sl.), spank, strike, tap

•   n.    blow, crack, slap [image]  smack in the eye blow, rebuff, repulse, setback, slap in the face, snub

•   adv.     Inf. directly, exactly, plumb, point-blank, precisely, right, slap (Inf.), squarely, straight


small

See Also

   diminutive, immature, Lilliputian, little, mini, miniature, minute, petite, pint-sized (Inf.), pocket-sized, puny, pygmy or pigmy, slight, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized, wee, young [image]  insignificant, lesser, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, trifling, trivial, unimportant [image]  inadequate, inconsiderable, insufficient, limited, meagre, measly, scant, scanty [image]  humble, modest, small-scale, unpretentious [image]  base, grudging, illiberal, mean, narrow, petty, selfish [image]  make (someone) feel small chagrin, disconcert, humble, humiliate, make (someone) look foolish, mortify, put down (Sl.), show up (Inf.), take down a peg or two (Inf.)


small-minded

See Also

bigoted, envious, grudging, hidebound, intolerant, mean, narrow-minded, petty, rigid, ungenerous


smart 1

See Also

•   adj.    acute, adept, agile, apt, astute, bright, brisk, canny, clever, ingenious, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, ready, sharp, shrewd [image]  chic, elegant, fashionable, fine, modish, natty (Inf.), neat, snappy, spruce, stylish, trendy (Brit. inf.), trim, well turned-out [image]  effective, impertinent, nimble-witted, pointed, ready, saucy, smart-alecky (Inf.), witty [image]  brisk, cracking (Inf.), jaunty, lively, quick, spanking, spirited, vigorous


smart 2

See Also

•   v.    burn, hurt, pain, sting, throb, tingle

•   adj.    hard, keen, painful, piercing, resounding, sharp, stinging

•   n.    burning sensation, pain, pang, smarting, soreness, sting


smash

See Also

•   v.    break, collide, crash, crush, demolish, disintegrate, pulverize, shatter, shiver

•   n.    accident, collision, crash, pile-up (Inf.), smash-up (Inf.)

•   v.    defeat, destroy, lay waste, overthrow, ruin, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), wreck

•   n.    collapse, defeat, destruction, disaster, downfall, failure, ruin, shattering


smashing

See Also

boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), brilliant (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), excellent, exhilarating, fab (Inf., chiefly Brit.), fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), first-class, first-rate, great (Inf.), jim-dandy (Sl.), magnificent, marvellous, mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), out of this world (Inf.), sensational (Inf.), sovereign, stupendous, super (Inf.), superb, superlative, terrific (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), wonderful, world-class


smattering

See Also

bit, dash, elements, modicum, rudiments, smatter, sprinkling


smear

See Also

•   v.    bedaub, bedim, besmirch, blur, coat, cover, daub, dirty, patch, plaster, rub on, smirch, smudge, soil, spread over, stain, sully

•   n.    blot, blotch, daub, smirch, smudge, splotch, streak

•   v.    asperse, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, drag (someone's) name through the mud, malign, sully, tarnish, traduce, vilify

•   n.    calumny, defamation, libel, mudslinging, slander, vilification, whispering campaign


smell

See Also

•   n.    aroma, bouquet, fragrance, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, perfume, redolence, scent, whiff

•   v.    get a whiff of, nose, scent, sniff

•   n.    fetor, niff (Brit. sl.), pong (Brit. inf.), stench, stink

•   v.    be malodorous, hum (Sl.), niff (Brit. sl.), pong (Brit. inf.), reek, stink, stink to high heaven (Inf.), whiff (Brit. sl.)


smirk

See Also

•   n. grin, leer, simper, smug look, sneer


smitten

See Also

   afflicted, beset, laid low, plagued, struck [image]  beguiled, bewitched, bowled over (Inf.), captivated, charmed, enamoured, infatuated, swept off one's feet


smoky

See Also

begrimed, black, caliginous (Archaic), grey, grimy, hazy, murky, reeky, smoke-darkened, sooty, thick


smooth

See Also

•   adj.    even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plain, plane, unwrinkled [image]  glossy, polished, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, velvety [image]  calm, equable, glassy, mirror-like, peaceful, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled [image]  agreeable, bland, mellow, mild, pleasant, soothing [image]  debonair, facile, glib, ingratiating, persuasive, silky, slick, smarmy (Brit. inf.), suave, unctuous, urbane [image]  easy, effortless, flowing, fluent, frictionless, regular, rhythmic, steady, unbroken, uneventful, uniform, uninterrupted, untroubled, well-ordered

•   v.    flatten, iron, level, plane, polish, press [image]  allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, ease, extenuate, facilitate, iron out the difficulties of, mitigate, mollify, palliate, pave the way, soften


smoothness

See Also

   evenness, flushness, levelness, regularity, unbrokenness [image]  silkiness, sleekness, smooth texture, softness, velvetiness [image]  calmness, glassiness, placidity, serenity, stillness, unruffled surface [image]  glibness, oiliness, smarminess (Brit. inf.), suavity, urbanity [image]  ease, efficiency, effortlessness, felicity, finish, flow, fluency, polish, rhythm, slickness, smooth running


smother

See Also

•   v.    choke, extinguish, snuff, stifle, strangle, suffocate [image]  conceal, hide, keep back, muffle, repress, stifle, suppress [image]  be swimming in, cocoon, cover, envelop, heap, inundate, overwhelm, shower, shroud, surround

•   n.    fug (Chiefly Brit.), smog


smoulder

See Also

 Fig. be resentful, boil, burn, fester, fume, rage, seethe, simmer, smart under


smug

See Also

complacent, conceited, holier-than-thou, priggish, self-opinionated, self-righteous, self-satisfied, superior


smuggler

bootlegger, contrabandist, gentleman, moonshiner (U.S.), rum-runner, runner, trafficker, wrecker


snack

See Also

bite, bite to eat, break, elevenses (Brit. inf.), light meal, nibble, refreshment(s), titbit


snag

See Also

•   n.    catch, complication, difficulty, disadvantage, downside, drawback, hitch, inconvenience, obstacle, problem, stumbling block, the rub

•   v.    catch, hole, rip, tear


snap

See Also

•   v.    break, come apart, crack, give way, separate [image]  bite, bite at, catch, grip, nip, seize, snatch [image]  bark, flare out, flash, fly off the handle at (Inf.), growl, jump down (someone's) throat (Inf.), lash out at, retort, snarl, speak sharply [image]  click, crackle, pop [image]  snap one's fingers at cock a snook at (Brit.), defy, flout, pay no attention to, scorn, set at naught, wave two fingers at (Sl.) [image]  snap out of it cheer up, get a grip on oneself, get over, liven up, perk up, pull oneself together (Inf.), recover

•   n.    crackle, fillip, flick, pop [image]  bite, grab, nip [image]   Inf. energy, get-up-and-go (Inf.), go (Inf.), liveliness, pep, pizzazz or pizazz (Inf.), vigour, zip (Inf.)

•   adj.    abrupt, immediate, instant, on-the-spot, sudden, unpremeditated


snappy

See Also

   apt to fly off the handle (Inf.), cross, edgy, hasty, impatient, irritable, like a bear with a sore head (Inf.), quick-tempered, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), snappish, tart, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish [image]  chic, dapper, fashionable, modish, natty (Inf.), smart, stylish, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-the-minute, voguish [image]  look snappy be quick, buck up (Inf.), get a move on (Inf.), get one's skates on, hurry (up), look lively, make haste


snap up

avail oneself of, grab, grasp, nab (Inf.), pounce upon, seize, swoop down on, take advantage of


snare

See Also

•   v.    catch, entrap, net, seize, springe, trap, trepan (Archaic), wire

•   n.    catch, gin, net, noose, pitfall, springe, trap, wire


snarl 1

See Also

•   v. complain, growl, grumble, mumble, murmur, show its teeth (of an animal)


snarl 2

See Also

•   v. (Often with up) complicate, confuse, embroil, enmesh, entangle, entwine, muddle, ravel, tangle


snarl-up

See Also

confusion, entanglement, muddle, tangle, (traffic) jam


snatch

See Also

•   v.    catch up, clutch, gain, grab, grasp, grip, make off with, pluck, pull, rescue, seize, take, win, wrench, wrest

•   n.    bit, fragment, part, piece, smattering, snippet, spell


sneak

See Also

•   v.    cower, lurk, pad, sidle, skulk, slink, slip, smuggle, spirit, steal [image]   Inf. grass on (Brit. sl.), inform on, peach (Sl.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.), tell on (Inf.), tell tales

•   n.    informer, snake in the grass, telltale

•   adj.    clandestine, furtive, quick, secret, stealthy, surprise


sneaking

See Also

   hidden, private, secret, suppressed, unavowed, unconfessed, undivulged, unexpressed, unvoiced [image]  intuitive, nagging, niggling, persistent, uncomfortable, worrying [image]  contemptible, furtive, mean, sly, sneaky, surreptitious, two-faced, underhand


sneer

See Also

•   v.    curl one's lip, deride, disdain, gibe, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, jeer, laugh, look down on, mock, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sniff at, snigger, turn up one's nose (Inf.)

•   n.    derision, disdain, gibe, jeer, mockery, ridicule, scorn, snidery, snigger


sniff

See Also

•   v. breathe, inhale, smell, snuff, snuffle


snigger

See Also

giggle, laugh, smirk, sneer, snicker, titter


snip

See Also

•   v.    clip, crop, cut, dock, nick, nip off, notch, shave, trim

•   n.    bit, clipping, fragment, piece, scrap, shred, snippet [image]   Inf. bargain, giveaway, good buy, steal (Inf.)


snivel

See Also

blubber, cry, girn (Scot. & northern English dialect), gripe (Inf.), grizzle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), mewl, moan, sniffle, snuffle, weep, whimper, whine, whinge (Inf.)


snobbery

airs, arrogance, condescension, pretension, pride, side (Brit. sl.), snobbishness, snootiness (Inf.), uppishness (Brit. inf.)


snobbish

See Also

arrogant, condescending, high and mighty (Inf.), high-hat (Inf., chiefly U.S.), hoity-toity (Inf.), patronizing, pretentious, snooty (Inf.), stuck-up (Inf.), superior, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.), uppish (Brit. inf.), uppity


snoop

See Also

interfere, poke one's nose in (Inf.), pry, spy


snooper

See Also

busybody, meddler, nosy parker (Inf.), Paul Pry, pry, snoop (Inf.), stickybeak (Aust. inf.)


snooze

See Also

•   v.    catnap, doze, drop off (Inf.), drowse, kip (Brit. sl.), nap, nod off (Inf.), take forty winks (Inf.)

•   n.    catnap, doze, forty winks (Inf.), kip (Brit. sl.), nap, siesta


snub

See Also

•   v.    cold-shoulder, cut (Inf.), cut dead (Inf.), give (someone) the brush-off (Sl.), give (someone) the cold shoulder, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down, rebuff, shame, slight

•   n.    affront, brushoff (Sl.), humiliation, insult, put-down, slap in the face


snug

See Also

   comfortable, comfy (Inf.), cosy, homely, intimate, sheltered, warm [image]  close, compact, neat, trim


snuggle

See Also

cuddle, nestle, nuzzle


soak

See Also

•   v.    bathe, damp, drench, immerse, infuse, marinate (Cookery), moisten, penetrate, permeate, saturate, seep, steep, wet [image]  (With up) absorb, assimilate, drink in, take up or in


soaking

See Also

drenched, dripping, droukit or drookit (Scot.), saturated, soaked, soaked to the skin, sodden, sopping, streaming, waterlogged, wet through, wringing wet


soar

See Also

   ascend, fly, mount, rise, tower, wing [image]  climb, escalate, rise, rocket, shoot up


sob

See Also

•   v. bawl, blubber, boohoo, cry, greet (Scot. or archaic), howl, shed tears, snivel, weep


sober

See Also

•   adj.    abstemious, abstinent, moderate, on the wagon (Inf.), temperate [image]  calm, clear-headed, cold, composed, cool, dispassionate, grave, level-headed, lucid, peaceful, practical, rational, realistic, reasonable, sedate, serene, serious, solemn, sound, staid, steady, unexcited, unruffled [image]  dark, drab, plain, quiet, severe, sombre, subdued

•   v.    (Usually with up) bring (someone) back to earth, calm down, clear one's head, come or bring to one's senses, give (someone) pause for thought, make (someone) stop and think


sobriety

See Also

   abstemiousness, abstinence, moderation, nonindulgence, self-restraint, soberness, temperance [image]  calmness, composure, coolness, gravity, level-headedness, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, seriousness, solemnity, staidness, steadiness


so-called

See Also

alleged, ostensible, pretended, professed, self-styled, soi-disant, supposed


sociability

See Also

affability, companionability, congeniality, conviviality, cordiality, friendliness, gregariousness, neighbourliness


sociable

See Also

accessible, affable, approachable, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, familiar, friendly, genial, gregarious, neighbourly, outgoing, social, warm


social

See Also

•   adj.    collective, common, communal, community, general, group, organized, public, societal [image]  companionable, friendly, gregarious, neighbourly, sociable

•   n.    do (Inf.), gathering, get-together (Inf.), party


socialize

See Also

be a good mixer, entertain, fraternize, get about or around, get together, go out, mix


society

See Also

   civilization, culture, humanity, mankind, people, population, social order, the community, the general public, the public, the world at large [image]  camaraderie, companionship, company, fellowship, friendship [image]  association, brotherhood, circle, club, corporation, fellowship, fraternity, group, guild, institute, league, order, organization, sisterhood, union [image]  beau monde, elite, gentry, haut monde, high society, polite society, the country set, the nobs (Sl.), the smart set, the swells (Inf.), the toffs (Brit. sl.), the top drawer, upper classes, upper crust (Inf.)


sodden

See Also

boggy, drenched, droukit or drookit (Scot.), marshy, miry, saturated, soaked, soggy, sopping, waterlogged


soft

See Also

   creamy, cushioned, cushiony, doughy, elastic, gelatinous, pulpy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, swampy, yielding [image]  bendable, ductile (of metals), elastic, flexible, impressible, malleable, mouldable, plastic, pliable, supple, tensile [image]  downy, feathery, fleecy, flowing, fluid, furry, like a baby's bottom (Inf.), rounded, silky, smooth, velvety [image]  balmy, bland, caressing, delicate, diffuse, dim, dimmed, dulcet, faint, gentle, light, low, mellifluous, mellow, melodious, mild, murmured, muted, pale, pastel, pleasing, quiet, restful, shaded, soft-toned, soothing, subdued, sweet, temperate, twilight, understated, whispered [image]  compassionate, gentle, kind, pitying, sensitive, sentimental, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted [image]  easy-going, indulgent, lax, lenient, liberal, overindulgent, permissive, spineless, weak [image]   Inf. comfortable, cushy (Inf.), easy, easy-peasy (Sl.), undemanding [image]  effeminate, flabby, flaccid, limp, namby-pamby, out of condition, out of training, overindulged, pampered, podgy, weak [image]   Inf. a bit lacking (Inf.), daft (Inf.), feeble-minded, foolish, silly, simple, soft in the head (Inf.), soppy (Brit. inf.)


soften

See Also

abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, cushion, diminish, ease, lessen, lighten, lower, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, muffle, palliate, quell, relax, soothe, still, subdue, temper, tone down, turn down


soften up

See Also

conciliate, disarm, melt, soft-soap (Inf.), weaken, win over, work on


softhearted

charitable, compassionate, generous, indulgent, kind, sentimental, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm-hearted


soil 1

See Also

•   n.    clay, dirt, dust, earth, ground, loam [image]  country, land, region, terra firma


soil 2

See Also

•   v. bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, defile, dirty, foul, maculate (Literary), muddy, pollute, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, stain, sully, tarnish


solace

See Also

•   n.    alleviation, assuagement, comfort, consolation, relief

•   v.    allay, alleviate, comfort, console, mitigate, soften, soothe


soldier

See Also

enlisted man (U.S.), fighter, GI (U.S. inf.), man-at-arms, military man, redcoat, serviceman, squaddie or squaddy (Brit. sl.), Tommy (Brit. inf.), trooper, warrior


sole

See Also

alone, exclusive, individual, one, one and only, only, single, singular, solitary


solecism

See Also

bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boo-boo (Inf.), breach of etiquette, cacology, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, impropriety, incongruity, indecorum, lapse, mistake


solely

See Also

alone, completely, entirely, exclusively, merely, only, single-handedly, singly


solemn

See Also

   earnest, glum, grave, portentous, sedate, serious, sober, staid, thoughtful [image]  august, awe-inspiring, ceremonial, ceremonious, dignified, formal, grand, grave, imposing, impressive, majestic, momentous, stately [image]  devotional, hallowed, holy, religious, reverential, ritual, sacred, sanctified, venerable


solemnity

See Also

   earnestness, grandeur, gravitas, gravity, impressiveness, momentousness, portentousness, sacredness, sanctity, seriousness [image]  (Often plural) celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, formalities, observance, proceedings, rite, ritual


solemnize

See Also

celebrate, commemorate, honour, keep, observe


solicit

See Also

ask, beg, beseech, canvass, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead for, pray, seek, supplicate


solicitous

See Also

anxious, apprehensive, attentive, careful, caring, concerned, eager, earnest, troubled, uneasy, worried, zealous


solicitude

See Also

anxiety, attentiveness, care, concern, considerateness, consideration, regard, worry


solid

See Also

•   adj.    compact, concrete, dense, firm, hard, massed, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, unshakable [image]  genuine, good, pure, real, reliable, sound [image]  agreed, complete, continuous, unalloyed, unanimous, unbroken, undivided, uninterrupted, united, unmixed [image]  constant, decent, dependable, estimable, law-abiding, level-headed, reliable, sensible, serious, sober, trusty, upright, upstanding, worthy


solidarity

accord, camaraderie, cohesion, community of interest, concordance, esprit de corps, harmony, like-mindedness, singleness of purpose, soundness, stability, team spirit, unanimity, unification, unity


solidify

See Also

cake, coagulate, cohere, congeal, harden, jell, set


solitary

See Also

•   adj.    desolate, hidden, isolated, lonely, out-of-the-way, remote, retired, secluded, sequestered, unfrequented, unvisited [image]  alone, lone, single, sole [image]  cloistered, companionless, friendless, hermitical, lonely, lonesome, reclusive, unsociable, unsocial

•   n.    hermit, introvert, loner (Inf.), lone wolf, recluse


solitude

See Also

   isolation, loneliness, privacy, reclusiveness, retirement, seclusion [image]   Poetic desert, emptiness, waste, wasteland, wilderness


solution

See Also

   answer, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, resolution, result, solving, unfolding, unravelling [image]  blend, compound, emulsion, mix, mixture, solvent, suspension (Chem.) [image]  disconnection, dissolution, liquefaction, melting


solve

See Also

answer, clarify, clear up, crack, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, expound, get to the bottom of, interpret, resolve, suss (out) (Sl.), unfold, unravel, work out


sombre

See Also

dark, dim, dismal, doleful, drab, dull, dusky, funereal, gloomy, grave, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, obscure, sad, sepulchral, shadowy, shady, sober


somebody

See Also

•   n. big noise (Inf.), big shot (Inf.), big wheel (Sl.), bigwig (Inf.), celeb (Inf.), celebrity, dignitary, heavyweight (Inf.), household name, luminary, megastar (Inf.), name, notable, personage, person of note, public figure, star, superstar, V.I.P.


someday

See Also

eventually, one day, one of these (fine) days, sooner or later, ultimately


somehow

See Also

by fair means or foul, by hook or (by) crook, by some means or other, come hell or high water (Inf.), come what may, one way or another


sometimes

See Also

at times, every now and then, every so often, from time to time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, once in a while, on occasion


somnolent

See Also

comatose, dozy, drowsy, half-awake, heavy-eyed, nodding off (Inf.), sleepy, soporific, torpid


song

See Also

air, anthem, ballad, canticle, canzonet, carol, chant, chorus, ditty, hymn, lay, lyric, melody, number, pop song, psalm, shanty, strain, tune


soon

See Also

anon (Archaic), any minute now, before long, betimes (Archaic), erelong (Archaic or poetic), in a little while, in a minute, in a short time, in the near future, shortly


soothe

See Also

allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, calm down, compose, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, relieve, settle, smooth down, soften, still, tranquillize


soothing

See Also

balsamic, calming, demulcent, easeful, emollient, lenitive, palliative, relaxing, restful


soothsayer

See Also

augur, diviner, foreteller, prophet, seer, sibyl


sophisticated

See Also

   blasé, citified, cosmopolitan, cultivated, cultured, jet-set, refined, seasoned, urbane, worldly, worldly-wise, world-weary [image]  advanced, complex, complicated, delicate, elaborate, highly-developed, intricate, multifaceted, refined, subtle


sophistication

See Also

finesse, poise, savoir-faire, savoir-vivre, urbanity, worldliness, worldly wisdom


sophistry

See Also

casuistry, fallacy, quibble, sophism


soporific

See Also

•   adj.    hypnotic, sedative, sleep-inducing, sleepy, somniferous (Rare), somnolent, tranquillizing

•   n.    anaesthetic, hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, tranquillizer


soppy

See Also

corny (Sl.), daft (Inf.), drippy (Inf.), gushy (Inf.), lovey-dovey, mawkish, overemotional, schmaltzy (Sl.), sentimental, silly, slushy (Inf.), soft (Inf.), weepy (Inf.)


sorcerer

See Also

enchanter, mage (Archaic), magician, magus, necromancer, sorceress, warlock, witch, wizard


sorcery

See Also

black art, black magic, charm, divination, enchantment, incantation, magic, necromancy, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry


sordid

See Also

   dirty, filthy, foul, mean, seamy, seedy, sleazy, slovenly, slummy, squalid, unclean, wretched [image]  backstreet, base, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, low, shabby, shameful, vicious, vile [image]  avaricious, corrupt, covetous, grasping, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, selfish, self-seeking, ungenerous, venal


sore

See Also

•   adj.    angry, burning, chafed, inflamed, irritated, painful, raw, reddened, sensitive, smarting, tender [image]  annoying, distressing, grievous, harrowing, severe, sharp, troublesome [image]  acute, critical, desperate, dire, extreme, pressing, urgent [image]  afflicted, aggrieved, angry, annoyed, cross, grieved, hurt, irked, irritated, pained, peeved (Inf.), resentful, stung, upset, vexed

•   n.    abscess, boil, chafe, gathering, inflammation, ulcer


sorrow

See Also

•   n.    affliction, anguish, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, mourning, regret, sadness, unhappiness, woe [image]  affliction, blow, bummer (Sl.), hardship, misfortune, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe, worry

•   v.    agonize, bemoan, be sad, bewail, eat one's heart out, grieve, lament, moan, mourn, weep


sorrowful

See Also

affecting, afflicted, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dismal, distressing, doleful, grievous, harrowing, heartbroken, heart-rending, heavy-hearted, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, piteous, rueful, sad, sick at heart, sorry, tearful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched


sorry

See Also

   apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, in sackcloth and ashes, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, self-reproachful, shamefaced [image]  disconsolate, distressed, grieved, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy [image]  commiserative, compassionate, full of pity, moved, pitying, sympathetic [image]  abject, base, deplorable, dismal, distressing, mean, miserable, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, shabby, vile, wretched


sort

See Also

•   n.    brand, breed, category, character, class, denomination, description, family, genus, group, ilk, kind, make, nature, order, quality, race, species, stamp, style, type, variety [image]  out of sorts crotchety, down in the dumps (Inf.), down in the mouth (Inf.), grouchy (Inf.), in low spirits, mopy, not up to par, not up to snuff (Inf.), off colour, poorly (Inf.), under the weather (Inf.) [image]  sort of as it were, in part, moderately, rather, reasonably, slightly, somewhat, to some extent

•   v.    arrange, assort, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, put in order, rank, select, separate, systematize, tabulate


sort out

See Also

   clarify, clear up, organize, put or get straight, resolve, tidy up [image]  pick out, put on one side, segregate, select, separate, sift


soul

See Also

   animating principle, essence, intellect, life, mind, psyche, reason, spirit, vital force [image]  being, body, creature, individual, man, mortal, person, woman [image]  embodiment, epitome, essence, incarnation, personification, quintessence, type [image]  animation, ardour, courage, energy, feeling, fervour, force, inspiration, nobility, vitality, vivacity


sound 1

See Also

•   n.    din, noise, report, resonance, reverberation, tone, voice [image]  drift, idea, implication(s), impression, look, tenor [image]  earshot, hearing, range

•   v.    echo, resonate, resound, reverberate [image]  appear, give the impression of, look, seem, strike one as being [image]  announce, articulate, declare, enunciate, express, pronounce, signal, utter


sound 2

See Also

•   adj.    complete, entire, firm, fit, hale, hale and hearty, healthy, intact, perfect, robust, solid, sturdy, substantial, undamaged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, vigorous, well-constructed, whole [image]  correct, fair, just, level-headed, logical, orthodox, proper, prudent, rational, reasonable, reliable, responsible, right, right-thinking, sensible, true, trustworthy, valid, well-founded, well-grounded, wise [image]  established, orthodox, proven, recognized, reliable, reputable, safe, secure, solid, solvent, stable, tried-and-true [image]  deep, peaceful, unbroken, undisturbed, untroubled


sound 3

See Also

•   v.    fathom, plumb, probe [image]  examine, inspect, investigate, test


sound out

See Also

canvass, examine, probe, pump, question, see how the land lies


sour

See Also

•   adj.    acerb, acetic, acid, acidulated, bitter, pungent, sharp, tart, unpleasant [image]  bad, curdled, fermented, gone off, rancid, turned, unsavoury, unwholesome [image]  acrid, acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, embittered, grouchy (Inf.), grudging, ill-natured, ill-tempered, jaundiced, peevish, tart, ungenerous, waspish

•   v.    alienate, disenchant, embitter, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, turn off (Inf.)


source

See Also

   author, begetter, beginning, cause, commencement, derivation, fount, fountainhead, origin, originator, rise, spring, wellspring [image]  authority, informant


souse

See Also

drench, dunk, immerse, marinate (Cookery), pickle, soak, steep


souvenir

See Also

keepsake, memento, relic, remembrancer (Archaic), reminder, token


sovereign

See Also

•   n.    chief, emperor, empress, king, monarch, potentate, prince, queen, ruler, shah, supreme ruler, tsar

•   adj.    absolute, chief, dominant, imperial, kingly, monarchal, paramount, predominant, principal, queenly, regal, royal, ruling, supreme, unlimited [image]  effectual, efficacious, efficient, excellent


sovereignty

See Also

ascendancy, domination, kingship, primacy, supremacy, supreme power, suzerainty, sway


sow

See Also

broadcast, disseminate, implant, inseminate, lodge, plant, scatter, seed


space

See Also

   amplitude, capacity, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extent, leeway, margin, play, room, scope, spaciousness, volume [image]  blank, distance, gap, interval, lacuna, omission [image]  duration, interval, period, span, time, while [image]  accommodation, berth, place, seat


spaceman

spaceman or spacewoman

astronaut, cosmonaut


spacious

See Also

ample, broad, capacious, comfortable, commodious, expansive, extensive, huge, large, roomy, sizable, uncrowded, vast


spadework

donkey-work, groundwork, labour, preparation


span

See Also

•   n.    amount, distance, extent, length, reach, spread, stretch [image]  duration, period, spell, term

•   v.    arch across, bridge, cover, cross, extend across, link, range over, traverse, vault


spank

See Also

•   v. belt (Inf.), cuff, give (someone) a hiding (Inf.), put (someone) over one's knee, slap, slipper (Inf.), smack, tan (Sl.), wallop (Inf.), whack


spar

See Also

•   v. argue, bicker, dispute, exchange blows, fall out (Inf.), have a tiff, lead a cat-and-dog life, row, scrap (Inf.), skirmish, spat (U.S.), squabble, wrangle, wrestle


spare

See Also

•   adj.    additional, emergency, extra, free, going begging, in excess, in reserve, leftover, odd, over, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unoccupied, unused, unwanted [image]  gaunt, lank, lean, macilent (Rare), meagre, slender, slight, slim, wiry [image]  economical, frugal, meagre, modest, scanty, sparing [image]  go spare  Brit. sl. become angry  (distracted, distraught, enraged, mad (Inf.), upset), blow one's top (Inf.), do one's nut (Brit. sl.), go mental (Sl.), go up the wall (Sl.), have or throw a fit (Inf.)

•   v.    afford, allow, bestow, dispense with, do without, give, grant, let (someone) have, manage without, part with, relinquish [image]  be merciful to, deal leniently with, go easy on (Inf.), have mercy on, leave, let off (Inf.), pardon, refrain from, release, relieve from, save from


spare time

See Also

free time, leisure, odd moments, time on one's hands, time to kill


sparing

See Also

careful, chary, cost-conscious, economical, frugal, money-conscious, prudent, saving, thrifty


spark

See Also

•   n.    flare, flash, flicker, gleam, glint, scintillation, spit [image]  atom, hint, jot, scintilla, scrap, trace, vestige

•   v.    (Often with off) animate, excite, inspire, kick-start, kindle, precipitate, prod, provoke, rouse, set in motion, set off, start, stimulate, stir, touch off, trigger (off)


sparkle

See Also

•   v.    beam, coruscate, dance, flash, gleam, glint, glisten, glister (Archaic), glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, spark, twinkle, wink [image]  bubble, effervesce, fizz, fizzle

•   n.    brilliance, coruscation, dazzle, flash, flicker, gleam, glint, radiance, spark, twinkle [image]  animation, brio, dash, élan, gaiety, life, panache, spirit, vim (Sl.), vitality, vivacity, zip (Inf.)


spartan

   abstemious, ascetic, austere, bleak, disciplined, extreme, frugal, plain, rigorous, self-denying, severe, stern, strict, stringent [image]  bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, hardy, heroic, intrepid, resolute, unflinching, valorous


spasm

See Also

   contraction, convulsion, paroxysm, throe (Rare), twitch [image]  access, burst, eruption, fit, frenzy, outburst, seizure


spasmodic

See Also

convulsive, erratic, fitful, intermittent, irregular, jerky, sporadic


spate

See Also

deluge, flood, flow, outpouring, rush, torrent


speak

See Also

   articulate, communicate, converse, discourse, enunciate, express, make known, pronounce, say, state, talk, tell, utter, voice [image]  address, argue, declaim, deliver an address, descant, discourse, harangue, hold forth, lecture, plead, speechify, spiel (Inf.), spout [image]  (With of) advert to, allude to, comment on, deal with, discuss, make reference to, mention, refer to


speaker

See Also

lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, public speaker, spieler (Inf.), spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, word-spinner


speak for

See Also

act for or on behalf of, appear for, hold a brief for, hold a mandate for, represent


speaking

See Also

•   adj. eloquent, expressive, moving, noticeable, striking


speak out

speak out or up

   make oneself heard, say it loud and clear, speak loudly [image]  have one's say, make one's position plain, sound off, speak one's mind, stand up and be counted


speak to

See Also

   accost, address, apostrophize, direct one's words at, talk to [image]  admonish, bring to book, dress down (Inf.), lecture, rebuke, reprimand, scold, tell off (Inf.), tick off (Inf.), warn


spearhead

See Also

•   v. be in the van, blaze the trail, head, initiate, launch, lay the first stone, lead, lead the way, pioneer, set in motion, set off


special

See Also

   distinguished, especial, exceptional, extraordinary, festive, gala, important, memorable, momentous, out of the ordinary, red-letter, significant, uncommon, unique, unusual [image]  appropriate, certain, characteristic, distinctive, especial, individual, particular, peculiar, precise, specialized, specific [image]  chief, main, major, particular, primary


specialist

See Also

•   n. authority, buff (Inf.), connoisseur, consultant, expert, hotshot (Inf.), master, maven (U.S.), professional, whiz (Inf.)


speciality

See Also

bag, claim to fame, distinctive or distinguishing feature, forte, métier, pièce de résistance, special, specialty


species

See Also

breed, category, class, collection, description, genus, group, kind, sort, type, variety


specific

See Also

•   adj.    clear-cut, definite, exact, explicit, express, limited, particular, precise, unambiguous, unequivocal [image]  characteristic, distinguishing, especial, peculiar, special


specification

See Also

condition, detail, item, particular, qualification, requirement, stipulation


specify

See Also

be specific about, cite, define, designate, detail, enumerate, indicate, individualize, itemize, mention, name, particularize, spell out, stipulate


specimen

See Also

copy, embodiment, example, exemplar, exemplification, exhibit, individual, instance, model, pattern, proof, representative, sample, type


specious

See Also

casuistic, deceptive, fallacious, misleading, plausible, sophistic, sophistical, unsound


speck

See Also

   blemish, blot, defect, dot, fault, flaw, fleck, mark, mote, speckle, spot, stain [image]  atom, bit, dot, grain, iota, jot, mite, modicum, particle, shred, tittle, whit


speckled

See Also

brindled, dappled, dotted, flecked, freckled, mottled, speckledy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled


spectacle

See Also

   display, event, exhibition, extravaganza, pageant, parade, performance, show, sight [image]  curiosity, laughing stock, marvel, phenomenon, scene, sight, wonder


spectacular

See Also

•   adj.    breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fantastic (Inf.), grand, impressive, magnificent, marked, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning (Inf.)

•   n.    display, extravaganza, show, spectacle


spectator

beholder, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, onlooker, viewer, watcher, witness


speculate

See Also

   cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, hypothesize, meditate, muse, scheme, suppose, surmise, theorize, wonder [image]  gamble, have a flutter (Inf.), hazard, play the market, risk, take a chance with, venture


speculation

See Also

   conjecture, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, guess, guesswork, hypothesis, opinion, supposition, surmise, theory [image]  gamble, gambling, hazard, risk


speculative

See Also

   abstract, academic, conjectural, hypothetical, notional, suppositional, tentative, theoretical [image]  chancy (Inf.), dicey (Inf., chiefly Brit.), hazardous, risky, uncertain, unpredictable


speech

See Also

   communication, conversation, dialogue, discussion, intercourse, talk [image]  address, discourse, disquisition, harangue, homily, lecture, oration, spiel (Inf.) [image]  articulation, dialect, diction, enunciation, idiom, jargon, language, lingo (Inf.), parlance, tongue, utterance, voice


speechless

See Also

   dumb, inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, tongue-tied, unable to get a word out (Inf.), wordless [image]   Fig. aghast, amazed, astounded, dazed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, shocked, thunderstruck


speed

See Also

•   n.    acceleration, celerity, expedition, fleetness, haste, hurry, momentum, pace, precipitation, quickness, rapidity, rush, swiftness, velocity

•   v.    barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belt (along) (Sl.), bomb (along), bowl along, burn rubber (Inf.), career, dispatch, exceed the speed limit, expedite, flash, gallop, get a move on (Inf.), go hell for leather (Inf.), go like a bat out of hell (Sl.), go like the wind, hasten, hurry, lose no time, make haste, press on, put one's foot down (Inf.), quicken, race, rush, sprint, step on it (Inf.), tear, urge, zoom [image]  advance, aid, assist, boost, expedite, facilitate, further, help, impel, promote


speed up

See Also

accelerate, gather momentum, get moving, get under way, increase, increase the tempo, open up the throttle, put one's foot down (Inf.), put on speed


speedy

See Also

expeditious, express, fast, fleet, fleet of foot, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, nimble, pdq (Sl.), precipitate, prompt, quick, quickie (Inf.), rapid, summary, swift, winged


spell 1

See Also

•   n. bout, course, interval, patch, period, season, stint, stretch, term, time, tour of duty, turn


spell 2

See Also

•   n.    abracadabra, charm, conjuration, exorcism, incantation, sorcery, witchery [image]  allure, bewitchment, enchantment, fascination, glamour, magic, trance


spell 3

See Also

•   v. amount to, augur, herald, imply, indicate, mean, point to, portend, presage, promise, signify, suggest


spellbound

See Also

bemused, bewitched, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, gripped, hooked, mesmerized, possessed, rapt, transfixed, transported, under a spell


spelling

orthography


spell out

See Also

   clarify, elucidate, explicate, make clear or plain, make explicit, specify [image]  discern, make out, puzzle out


spend

See Also

   disburse, expend, fork out (Sl.), lay out, pay out, shell out (Inf.), splash out (Brit. inf.) [image]  blow (Sl.), consume, deplete, dispense, dissipate, drain, empty, exhaust, fritter away, run through, squander, use up, waste [image]  apply, bestow, concentrate, devote, employ, exert, invest, lavish, put in, use [image]  fill, occupy, pass, while away


spendthrift

•   n.    big spender, prodigal, profligate, spender, squanderer, waster, wastrel

•   adj.    extravagant, improvident, prodigal, profligate, wasteful


spent

See Also

•   adj.    all in (Sl.), burnt out, bushed (Inf.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead beat (Inf.), debilitated, dog-tired (Inf.), done in or up (Inf.), drained, exhausted, fagged (out) (Inf.), knackered (Sl.), played out (Inf.), prostrate, ready to drop (Inf.), shattered (Inf.), tired out, weakened, wearied, weary, whacked (Brit. inf.), worn out, zonked (Inf.) [image]  consumed, expended, finished, gone, used up


sphere

See Also

   ball, circle, globe, globule, orb [image]  capacity, compass, department, domain, employment, field, function, pale, patch, province, range, rank, realm, scope, station, stratum, territory, turf (U.S. sl.), walk of life


spherical

globe-shaped, globular, orbicular, rotund, round


spice

See Also

•   n.    relish, savour, seasoning [image]  colour, excitement, gusto, kick (Inf.), pep, piquancy, tang, zap (Sl.), zest, zip (Inf.)


spike

See Also

•   n.    barb, point, prong, spine

•   v.    impale, spear, spit, stick [image]  block, foil, frustrate, render ineffective, thwart


spill

See Also

•   v.    discharge, disgorge, overflow, overturn, scatter, shed, slop over, spill or run over, throw off, upset [image]  spill the beans  Inf. betray a secret, blab, blow the gaff (Brit. sl.), give the game away, grass (Brit. sl.), inform, let the cat out of the bag, shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.), split (Sl.), squeal (Sl.), talk out of turn, tattle, tell all

•   n.     Inf. accident, cropper (Inf.), fall, tumble


spin

See Also

•   v.    birl (Scot.), gyrate, pirouette, reel, revolve, rotate, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl [image]  concoct, develop, invent, narrate, recount, relate, tell, unfold [image]  be giddy, be in a whirl, grow dizzy, reel, swim, whirl

•   n.    gyration, revolution, roll, twist, whirl [image]  (flat) spin  Inf. agitation, commotion, flap (Inf.), panic, state (Inf.), tiz-woz (Inf.), tizzy (Inf.) [image]   Inf. drive, hurl (Scot.), joy ride (Inf.), ride, turn, whirl


spine

See Also

   backbone, spinal column, vertebrae, vertebral column [image]  barb, needle, quill, rachis, ray, spike, spur


spine-chilling

See Also

bloodcurdling, eerie, frightening, hair-raising, horrifying, scary (Inf.), spooky (Inf.), terrifying


spineless

See Also

chickenshit (U.S. sl.), cowardly, faint-hearted, feeble, gutless (Inf.), inadequate, ineffective, irresolute, lily-livered, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, vacillating, weak, weak-kneed (Inf.), weak-willed, without a will of one's own, yellow (Inf.)


spin out

See Also

amplify, delay, drag out, draw out, extend, lengthen, pad out, prolong, prolongate, protract


spiral

See Also

•   adj.    circular, cochlear, cochleate (Biol.), coiled, corkscrew, helical, scrolled, voluted, whorled, winding

•   n.    coil, corkscrew, curlicue, gyre (Literary), helix, screw, volute, whorl


spirit

See Also

•   n.    air, breath, life, life force, psyche, soul, vital spark [image]  attitude, character, complexion, disposition, essence, humour, outlook, quality, temper, temperament [image]  animation, ardour, backbone, balls (Taboo sl.), ballsiness (Taboo sl.), brio, courage, dauntlessness, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire, force, gameness, grit, guts (Inf.), life, liveliness, mettle, resolution, sparkle, spunk (Inf.), stoutheartedness, vigour, warmth, zest [image]  motivation, resolution, resolve, will, willpower [image]  atmosphere, feeling, gist, humour, tenor, tone [image]  essence, intent, intention, meaning, purport, purpose, sense, substance [image]  (Plural) feelings, frame of mind, humour, mood, morale [image]  apparition, eidolon, ghost, phantom, shade (Literary), shadow, spectre, spook (Inf.), sprite, vision

•   v.    (With away or off) abduct, abstract, carry, convey, make away with, purloin, remove, seize, snaffle (Brit. inf.), steal, whisk


spirited

See Also

active, animated, ardent, bold, courageous, energetic, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), game, have-a-go (Inf.), high-spirited, lively, mettlesome, plucky, sparkling, sprightly, spunky (Inf.), vigorous, vivacious


spiritual

See Also

devotional, divine, ethereal, ghostly, holy, immaterial, incorporeal, nonmaterial, otherworldly, pure, religious, sacred


spit

See Also

•   v.    discharge, eject, expectorate, hiss, spew, splutter, sputter, throw out

•   n.    dribble, drool, saliva, slaver, spittle, sputum


spite

See Also

•   n.    animosity, bitchiness (Sl.), gall, grudge, hate, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, pique, rancour, spitefulness, spleen, venom [image]  in spite of despite, (even) though, in defiance of, notwithstanding, regardless of

•   v.    annoy, discomfit, gall, harm, hurt, injure, needle (Inf.), nettle, offend, pique, provoke, put out, put (someone's) nose out of joint (Inf.), vex


spiteful

See Also

barbed, bitchy (Inf.), catty (Inf.), cruel, ill-disposed, ill-natured, malevolent, malicious, malignant, nasty, rancorous, shrewish, snide, splenetic, venomous, vindictive


splash

See Also

•   v.    bespatter, shower, slop, slosh (Inf.), spatter, splodge, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, wet [image]  bathe, dabble, paddle, plunge, wade, wallow [image]  batter, break, buffet, dash, plash, plop, smack, strike, surge, wash [image]  blazon, broadcast, flaunt, headline, plaster, publicize, tout, trumpet

•   n.    burst, dash, patch, spattering, splodge, touch [image]   Inf. display, effect, impact, sensation, splurge, stir [image]  make a splash be ostentatious, cause a stir, cut a dash, go overboard (Inf.), go to town, splurge


splash out

be extravagant, lash out (Inf.), push the boat out (Brit. inf.), spare no expense, spend, splurge


spleen

See Also

acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, bad temper, bile, bitterness, gall, hatred, hostility, ill humour, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, peevishness, pique, rancour, resentment, spite, spitefulness, venom, vindictiveness, wrath


splendid

See Also

   admirable, brilliant, exceptional, glorious, grand, heroic, illustrious, magnificent, outstanding, rare, remarkable, renowned, sterling, sublime, superb, supreme [image]  costly, dazzling, gorgeous, imposing, impressive, lavish, luxurious, magnificent, ornate, resplendent, rich, splendiferous (Facetious), sumptuous, superb [image]  boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), crucial (Sl.), def (Sl.), excellent, fantastic (Inf.), fine, first-class, glorious, great (Inf.), marvellous, mean (Sl.), mega (Sl.), sovereign, topping (Brit. sl.), wonderful [image]  beaming, bright, brilliant, glittering, glowing, lustrous, radiant, refulgent


splendour

See Also

brightness, brilliance, ceremony, dazzle, display, éclat, effulgence, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, lustre, magnificence, majesty, pomp, radiance, refulgence, renown, resplendence, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, stateliness, sumptuousness


splice

See Also

•   v. braid, entwine, graft, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, join, knit, marry, mesh, plait, unite, wed, yoke


splinter

See Also

•   n.    chip, flake, fragment, needle, paring, shaving, sliver

•   v.    break into smithereens, disintegrate, fracture, shatter, shiver, split


split

See Also

•   v.    bifurcate, branch, break, break up, burst, cleave, come apart, come undone, crack, disband, disunite, diverge, fork, gape, give way, go separate ways, open, part, pull apart, rend, rip, separate, slash, slit, snap, splinter [image]  allocate, allot, apportion, carve up, distribute, divide, divvy up (Inf.), dole out, halve, parcel out, partition, share out, slice up [image]  (With on)  Sl. betray, give away, grass (Brit. sl.), inform on, peach (Sl.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.), squeal (Sl.)

•   n.    breach, crack, damage, division, fissure, gap, rent, rip, separation, slash, slit, tear [image]  breach, break, break-up, difference, discord, disruption, dissension, disunion, divergence, division, estrangement, partition, rift, rupture, schism

•   adj.    ambivalent, bisected, broken, cleft, cracked, divided, dual, fractured, ruptured, twofold


split up

See Also

break up, disband, divorce, go separate ways, part, part company, separate


spoil

See Also

•   v.    blemish, blow (Sl.), damage, debase, deface, destroy, disfigure, harm, impair, injure, mar, mess up, ruin, scar, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), undo, upset, wreck [image]  baby, cocker (Rare), coddle, cosset, indulge, kill with kindness, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, spoon-feed [image]  addle, become tainted, curdle, decay, decompose, go bad, go off (Brit. inf.), mildew, putrefy, rot, turn [image]  spoiling for bent upon, desirous of, eager for, enthusiastic about, keen to, looking for, out to get (Inf.), raring to


spoilsport

damper, dog in the manger, kill-joy, misery (Brit. inf.), party-pooper (U.S. sl.), wet blanket (Inf.)


spoken

See Also

expressed, oral, phonetic, put into words, said, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced, by word of mouth


spongy

See Also

absorbent, cushioned, cushiony, elastic, light, porous, springy


sponsor

See Also

•   n.    angel (Inf.), backer, godparent, guarantor, patron, promoter

•   v.    back, finance, fund, guarantee, lend one's name to, patronize, promote, put up the money for, subsidize


spontaneous

See Also

extempore, free, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, natural, unbidden, uncompelled, unconstrained, unforced, unpremeditated, unprompted, voluntary, willing


spontaneously

See Also

extempore, freely, impromptu, impulsively, instinctively, off one's own bat, off the cuff (Inf.), of one's own accord, on impulse, quite unprompted, voluntarily


sporadic

See Also

infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, on and off, random, scattered, spasmodic


sport

See Also

•   n.    amusement, diversion, entertainment, exercise, game, pastime, physical activity, play, recreation [image]  badinage, banter, frolic, fun, jest, joking, josh (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), kidding (Inf.), merriment, mirth, raillery, teasing [image]  buffoon, butt, derision, fair game, game, laughing stock, mockery, plaything, ridicule

•   v.    (With with) amuse oneself, dally, flirt, fool, play, take advantage of, toy, treat lightly or cavalierly, trifle [image]   Inf. display, exhibit, show off, wear [image]  caper, disport, frolic, gambol, play, romp


sporting

fair, game (Inf.), gentlemanly, sportsman-like


spot

See Also

•   n.    blemish, blot, blotch, daub, discoloration, flaw, mark, pimple, plook (Scot.), pustule, scar, smudge, speck, speckle, stain, taint, zit (Sl.) [image]  locality, location, place, point, position, scene, site, situation [image]   Inf. bit, little, morsel, splash [image]   Inf. difficulty, hot water (Inf.), mess, plight, predicament, quandary, tight spot, trouble

•   v.    catch sight of, descry, detect, discern, espy, identify, make out, observe, pick out, recognize, see, sight [image]  besmirch, blot, dirty, dot, fleck, mark, mottle, scar, smirch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, stain, sully, taint, tarnish


spotless

See Also

above reproach, blameless, chaste, clean, faultless, flawless, gleaming, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, irreproachable, pure, shining, snowy, unblemished, unimpeachable, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, virgin, virginal, white


spotlight

See Also

 Fig.

•   v.    accentuate, draw attention to, feature, focus attention on, give prominence to, highlight, illuminate, point up, throw into relief

•   n.    attention, fame, interest, limelight, notoriety, public attention, public eye


spotted

See Also

dappled, dotted, flecked, mottled, pied, polka-dot, specked, speckled


spouse

See Also

better half (Humorous), companion, consort, helpmate, her indoors (Brit. sl.), husband, mate, partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), wife


spout

See Also

•   v.    discharge, emit, erupt, gush, jet, shoot, spray, spurt, squirt, stream, surge [image]   Inf. declaim, expatiate, go on (Inf.), hold forth, orate, pontificate, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), ramble (on), rant, speechify, spiel (Inf.), talk


sprawl

See Also

•   v. flop, loll, lounge, ramble, slouch, slump, spread, straggle, trail


spray 1

See Also

•   v.    atomize, diffuse, scatter, shower, sprinkle

•   n.    drizzle, droplets, fine mist, moisture, spindrift, spoondrift [image]  aerosol, atomizer, sprinkler


spray 2

See Also

•   n. bough, branch, corsage, floral arrangement, shoot, sprig


spread

See Also

•   v.    be displayed, bloat, broaden, dilate, expand, extend, fan out, open, open out, sprawl, stretch, swell, unfold, unfurl, unroll, widen [image]  escalate, multiply, mushroom, proliferate [image]  advertise, blazon, broadcast, bruit, cast, circulate, cover, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, make known, make public, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, scatter, shed, strew, transmit [image]  arrange, array, cover, furnish, lay, prepare, set

•   n.    advance, advancement, development, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, escalation, expansion, increase, proliferation, spreading, suffusion, transmission [image]  compass, extent, period, reach, span, stretch, sweep, term [image]   Inf. array, banquet, blowout (Sl.), feast, repast


spree

See Also

bacchanalia, beano (Brit. sl.), bender (Inf.), binge (Inf.), carousal, carouse, debauch, fling, jag (Sl.), junketing, orgy, revel, splurge


sprightly

See Also

active, agile, airy, alert, animated, blithe, brisk, cheerful, energetic, frolicsome, gay, jaunty, joyous, lively, nimble, perky, playful, spirited, sportive, spry, vivacious


spring

See Also

•   v.    bounce, bound, hop, jump, leap, rebound, recoil, vault [image]  (Often with from) arise, be derived, be descended, come, derive, descend, emanate, emerge, grow, issue, originate, proceed, start, stem [image]  (With up) appear, burgeon, come into existence or being, develop, mushroom, shoot up

•   n.    bound, buck, hop, jump, leap, saltation, vault [image]  bounce, bounciness, buoyancy, elasticity, flexibility, give (Inf.), recoil, resilience, springiness [image]  beginning, cause, fount, fountainhead, origin, root, source, well, wellspring

•   adj.     Of the season springlike, vernal


sprinkle

See Also

•   v. dredge, dust, pepper, powder, scatter, shower, spray, strew


sprinkling

See Also

admixture, dash, dusting, few, handful, scatter, scattering, smattering, sprinkle


sprint

See Also

•   v. barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), dart, dash, go at top speed, hare (Brit. inf.), hotfoot, put on a burst of speed, race, scamper, shoot, tear, whiz (Inf.)


sprite

See Also

apparition, brownie, dryad, elf, fairy, goblin, imp, leprechaun, naiad, nymph, Oceanid (Greek myth.), peri, pixie, spirit, sylph


sprout

See Also

•   v. bud, develop, germinate, grow, push, shoot, spring, vegetate


spruce

See Also

as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox, dainty, dapper, elegant, natty (Inf.), neat, smart, soigné or soignée, trig (Archaic or dialect), trim, well-groomed, well turned out


spry

See Also

active, agile, alert, brisk, nimble, nippy (Brit. inf.), quick, ready, sprightly, supple


spur

See Also

•   v.    animate, drive, goad, impel, incite, press, prick, prod, prompt, stimulate, urge

•   n.    goad, prick, rowel [image]  impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, motive, stimulus [image]  on the spur of the moment impetuously, impromptu, impulsively, on impulse, on the spot, unpremeditatedly, unthinkingly, without planning, without thinking


spurious

See Also

artificial, bogus, contrived, counterfeit, deceitful, ersatz, fake, false, feigned, forged, imitation, mock, phoney or phony (Inf.), pretended, pseudo (Inf.), sham, simulated, specious, unauthentic


spurn

See Also

cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, disdain, disregard, put down, rebuff, reject, repulse, scorn, slight, snub, turn one's nose up at (Inf.)


spurt

See Also

•   v.    burst, erupt, gush, jet, shoot, spew, squirt, surge

•   n.    access, burst, fit, rush, spate, surge


spy

See Also

•   n.    double agent, fifth columnist, foreign agent, mole, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), secret agent, secret service agent, undercover agent

•   v.    (Usually with on) follow, keep under surveillance, keep watch on, shadow, tail (Inf.), trail, watch [image]  catch sight of, descry, espy, glimpse, notice, observe, set eyes on, spot


spying

See Also

•   n. espionage, secret service


squabble

See Also

•   v.    argue, bicker, brawl, clash, dispute, fall out (Inf.), fight, have words, quarrel, row, scrap (Inf.), spar, wrangle

•   n.    argument, bagarre, barney (Inf.), difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, fight, row, scrap (Inf.), set-to (Inf.), spat, tiff


squad

See Also

band, company, crew, force, gang, group, team, troop


squalid

See Also

broken-down, decayed, dirty, disgusting, fetid, filthy, foul, low, nasty, poverty-stricken, repulsive, run-down, seedy, sleazy, slovenly, slummy, sordid, unclean, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


squalor

See Also

decay, filth, foulness, meanness, sleaziness, slumminess, squalidness, wretchedness


squander

See Also

be prodigal with, blow (Sl.), consume, dissipate, expend, fritter away, frivol away, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water, throw away, waste


square

See Also

 Fig.

•   v.    (Often with with) accord, agree, conform, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, reconcile, tally [image]  (Sometimes with up) balance, clear (up), discharge, liquidate, make even, pay off, quit, satisfy, settle [image]  accommodate, adapt, adjust, align, even up, level, regulate, suit, tailor, true (up) [image]   Sl. bribe, buy off, corrupt, fix (Inf.), rig, suborn

•   adj..    aboveboard, decent, equitable, ethical, fair, fair and square, genuine, honest, just, kosher (Inf.), on the level (Inf.), on the up and up, straight, straightforward, upfront (Inf.), upright [image]   Inf. behind the times, bourgeois, conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, out of date, straight (Sl.), strait-laced, stuffy

•   n.     Inf. antediluvian, back number (Inf.), conservative, die-hard, dinosaur, fuddy-duddy (Inf.), old buffer (Brit. inf.), (old) fogy, stick-in-the-mud (Inf.), traditionalist


squash

See Also

•   v.    compress, crush, distort, flatten, mash, pound, press, pulp, smash, stamp on, trample down [image]  annihilate, crush, humiliate, put down (Sl.), put (someone) in his (or her) place, quash, quell, silence, sit on (Inf.), suppress


squawk

See Also

•   v.    cackle, crow, cry, hoot, screech, yelp [image]   Inf. complain, kick up a fuss (Inf.), protest, raise Cain (Sl.), squeal (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


squeak

See Also

•   v. peep, pipe, shrill, squeal, whine, yelp


squeal

See Also

•   n.    scream, screech, shriek, wail, yell, yelp, yowl

•   v.    scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, wail, yelp [image]   Sl. betray, blab, grass (Brit. sl.), inform on, peach (Sl.), rat on (Inf.), sell (someone) down the river (Inf.), shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), snitch (Sl.), spill one's guts (Sl.), tell all [image]   Inf. complain, kick up a fuss (Inf.), moan, protest, squawk (Inf.)


squeamish

See Also

   delicate, fastidious, finicky, nice (Rare), particular, prissy (Inf.), prudish, punctilious, scrupulous, strait-laced [image]  nauseous, qualmish, queasy, queer, sick, sickish


squeeze

See Also

•   v.    clutch, compress, crush, grip, nip, pinch, press, squash, wring [image]  cram, crowd, force, jam, jostle, pack, press, ram, stuff, thrust, wedge [image]  clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold, hold tight, hug [image]  bleed (Inf.), bring pressure to bear on, extort, lean on (Inf.), milk, oppress, pressurize, put the screws on (Inf.), put the squeeze on (Inf.), wrest

•   n.    clasp, embrace, handclasp, hold, hug [image]  congestion, crowd, crush, jam, press, squash


squire

See Also

•   v. accompany, attend, companion, escort


squirm

See Also

agonize, fidget, flounder, shift, twist, wiggle, wriggle, writhe


stab

See Also

•   v.    bayonet, cut, gore, impale, injure, jab, knife, pierce, puncture, run through, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound [image]  stab in the back betray, break faith with, deceive, do the dirty on (Brit. sl.), double-cross (Inf.), give the Judas kiss to, inform on, let down, play false, sell, sell out (Inf.), slander

•   n.    gash, incision, jab, puncture, rent, thrust, wound [image]  ache, pang, prick, twinge [image]  make a stab at attempt, endeavour, essay, give it one's best shot (Inf.), have a go  (crack (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.)) (Inf.), try, try one's hand at, venture


stability

See Also

constancy, durability, firmness, permanence, solidity, soundness, steadfastness, steadiness, strength


stable

See Also

abiding, constant, deep-rooted, durable, enduring, established, fast, firm, fixed, immovable, immutable, invariable, lasting, permanent, reliable, secure, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, sure, unalterable, unchangeable, unwavering, well-founded


stack

See Also

•   n.    clamp (Brit. agriculture), cock, heap, hoard, load, mass, mound, mountain, pile

•   v.    accumulate, amass, assemble, bank up, heap up, load, pile, stockpile


staff

See Also

•   n.    employees, lecturers, officers, organization, personnel, teachers, team, workers, work force [image]  cane, crook, pole, prop, rod, sceptre, stave, wand


stage

See Also

•   n.    division, juncture, lap, leg, length, level, period, phase, point, step

•   v.    arrange, do, engineer, give, lay on, mount, orchestrate, organize, perform, play, present, produce, put on


stagger

See Also

•   v.    falter, hesitate, lurch, reel, sway, teeter, totter, vacillate, waver, wobble [image]  amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over (Inf.), confound, dumbfound, flabbergast, give (someone) a shock, nonplus, overwhelm, shake, shock, strike (someone) dumb, stun, stupefy, surprise, take (someone) aback, take (someone's) breath away, throw off balance [image]  alternate, overlap, step, zigzag


stagnant

See Also

brackish, motionless, quiet, sluggish, stale, standing, still


stagnate

decay, decline, deteriorate, fester, go to seed, idle, languish, lie fallow, rot, rust, stand still, vegetate


staid

See Also

calm, composed, decorous, demure, grave, quiet, sedate, self-restrained, serious, sober, solemn, steady


stain

See Also

•   v.    blemish, blot, colour, dirty, discolour, dye, mark, smirch, soil, spot, tarnish, tinge [image]  besmirch, blacken, contaminate, corrupt, defile, deprave, disgrace, drag through the mud, sully, taint

•   n.    blemish, blot, discoloration, dye, smirch, spot, tint [image]  blemish, blot on the escutcheon, disgrace, dishonour, infamy, reproach, shame, slur, stigma


stake 1

See Also

•   n.    pale, paling, palisade, picket, pole, post, spike, stave, stick

•   v.    brace, prop, secure, support, tether, tie up [image]  (Often with out) define, delimit, demarcate, lay claim to, mark out, outline, reserve


stake 2

See Also

•   n.    ante, bet, chance, hazard, peril, pledge, risk, venture, wager [image]  claim, concern, interest, investment, involvement, share

•   v.    bet, chance, gamble, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, pledge, put on, risk, venture, wager


stale

See Also

   decayed, dry, faded, fetid, flat, fusty, hard, insipid, musty, old, sour, stagnant, tasteless [image]  antiquated, banal, cliché-ridden, common, commonplace, drab, effete, flat, hackneyed, insipid, old hat, overused, platitudinous, repetitious, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, unoriginal, worn-out


stalk

See Also

•   v.    creep up on, follow, haunt, hunt, pursue, shadow, tail (Inf.), track [image]  flounce, march, pace, stride, strut


stalwart

See Also

athletic, beefy (Inf.), brawny, daring, dependable, hefty (Inf.), husky (Inf.), indomitable, intrepid, lusty, manly, muscular, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, staunch, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, valiant, vigorous


stamina

See Also

energy, force, grit, indefatigability, lustiness, power, power of endurance, resilience, resistance, staying power, strength, vigour


stammer

See Also

•   v. falter, hem and haw, hesitate, pause, splutter, stumble, stutter


stamp

See Also

•   v.    beat, crush, trample [image]  engrave, fix, impress, imprint, inscribe, mark, mould, print [image]  betray, brand, categorize, exhibit, identify, label, mark, pronounce, reveal, show to be, typecast

•   n.    brand, cast, earmark, hallmark, imprint, mark, mould, signature [image]  breed, cast, character, cut, description, fashion, form, kind, sort, type


stampede

•   n. charge, flight, rout, rush, scattering


stamp out

See Also

crush, destroy, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, put down, put out, quell, quench, scotch, suppress


stance

See Also

   bearing, carriage, deportment, posture [image]  attitude, position, stand, standpoint, viewpoint


stand

See Also

•   v.    be upright, be vertical, erect, mount, place, position, put, rank, rise, set [image]  be in force, belong, be situated or located, be valid, continue, exist, halt, hold, obtain, pause, prevail, remain, rest, stay, stop [image]  abide, allow, bear, brook, cope with, countenance, endure, experience, handle, put up with (Inf.), stomach, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, take, thole (Dialect), tolerate, undergo, wear (Brit. sl.), weather, withstand

•   n.    halt, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stopover [image]  attitude, determination, firm stand, opinion, position, stance, standpoint [image]  base, booth, bracket, dais, frame, grandstand, place, platform, rack, rank, stage, staging, stall, stance (Chiefly Scot.), support, table


standard 1

See Also

•   n.    average, benchmark, canon, criterion, example, gauge, grade, guide, guideline, measure, model, norm, par, pattern, principle, requirement, rule, sample, specification, touchstone, type, yardstick [image]  (Often plural) code of honour, ethics, ideals, moral principles, morals, principles

•   adj.    accepted, average, basic, customary, normal, orthodox, popular, prevailing, regular, set, staple, stock, typical, usual [image]  approved, authoritative, classic, definitive, established, official, recognized


standard 2

See Also

•   n. banner, colours, ensign, flag, pennant, pennon, streamer


standardize

See Also

assimilate, bring into line, institutionalize, mass-produce, regiment, stereotype


stand by

See Also

   back, befriend, be loyal to, champion, defend, stick up for (Inf.), support, take (someone's) part, uphold [image]  be prepared, wait, wait in the wings


stand for

See Also

   betoken, denote, exemplify, indicate, mean, represent, signify, symbolize [image]   Inf. bear, brook, endure, lie down under (Inf.), put up with, suffer, tolerate, wear (Brit. inf.)


stand in for

See Also

cover for, deputize for, do duty for, hold the fort for, replace, represent, substitute for, take the place of, understudy


standing

See Also

•   n.    condition, credit, eminence, estimation, footing, position, rank, reputation, repute, station, status [image]  continuance, duration, existence, experience

•   adj.    fixed, lasting, permanent, perpetual, regular, repeated [image]  erect, perpendicular, rampant (Heraldry), upended, upright, vertical


stand out

See Also

attract attention, be highlighted, be prominent  (conspicuous, distinct, obvious, striking), be thrown into relief, bulk large, catch the eye, leap to the eye, project, stare one in the face (Inf.), stick out a mile (Inf.)


standpoint

See Also

angle, point of view, position, post, stance, station, vantage point, viewpoint


stand up for

See Also

champion, come to the defence of, defend, side with, stick up for (Inf.), support, uphold


star

See Also

•   n.    celeb (Inf.), celebrity, draw, idol, lead, leading man or lady, luminary, main attraction, megastar (Inf.), name

•   adj.    brilliant, celebrated, illustrious, leading, major, paramount, principal, prominent, talented, well-known


stare

See Also

•   v. gape, gawk, gawp (Brit. sl.), gaze, goggle, look, ogle, rubberneck (Sl.), watch


stark

See Also

•   adj.    absolute, arrant, bald, bare, blunt, consummate, downright, entire, flagrant, out-and-out, palpable, patent, pure, sheer, simple, unalloyed, unmitigated, utter [image]  austere, bare, barren, bleak, cold, depressing, desolate, drear (Literary), dreary, forsaken, godforsaken, grim, hard, harsh, plain, severe, solitary, unadorned

•   adv.    absolutely, altogether, clean, completely, entirely, quite, utterly, wholly


stark-naked

buck naked (Sl.), in a state of nature, in one's birthday suit (Inf.), in the altogether (Inf.), in the buff (Inf.), in the raw (Inf.), naked, naked as the day one was born (Inf.), nude, stark, starkers (Inf.), stripped, unclad, undressed, without a stitch on (Inf.)


start

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•   v.    appear, arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, commence, depart, first see the light of day, get on the road, get under way, go ahead, hit the road (Inf.), issue, leave, originate, pitch in (Inf.), sally forth, set off, set out [image]  activate, embark upon, engender, enter upon, get going, initiate, instigate, kick off (Inf.), kick-start, make a beginning, open, originate, put one's hand to the plough (Inf.), set about, set in motion, start the ball rolling, take the first step, take the plunge (Inf.), trigger, turn on [image]  begin, create, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, launch, lay the foundations of, pioneer, set up [image]  blench, flinch, jerk, jump, recoil, shy, twitch

•   n.    beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, first step(s), foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff (Inf.), onset, opening, opening move, outset [image]  advantage, edge, head start, lead [image]  backing, break (Inf.), chance, helping hand, introduction, opening, opportunity, sponsorship [image]  convulsion, jar, jump, spasm, twitch


startle

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agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, frighten, give (someone) a turn (Inf.), make (someone) jump, scare, shock, surprise, take (someone) aback


startling

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alarming, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary, shocking, staggering, sudden, surprising, unexpected, unforeseen


starving

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faint from lack of food, famished, hungering, hungry, ravenous, ready to eat a horse (Inf.), sharp-set, starved


state 1

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•   v.    affirm, articulate, assert, asseverate, aver, declare, enumerate, explain, expound, express, present, propound, put, report, say, specify, utter, voice

•   n.    case, category, circumstances, condition, mode, pass, plight, position, predicament, shape, situation, state of affairs [image]  attitude, frame of mind, humour, mood, spirits [image]  ceremony, dignity, display, glory, grandeur, majesty, pomp, splendour, style [image]   Inf. bother, flap (Inf.), panic, pother, tiz-woz (Inf.), tizzy (Inf.) [image]  in a state  Inf. agitated, all steamed up (Sl.), anxious, distressed, disturbed, flustered, het up, panic-stricken, ruffled, upset, uptight (Inf.)


state 2

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•   n. body politic, commonwealth, country, federation, government, kingdom, land, nation, republic, territory


stately

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august, ceremonious, deliberate, dignified, elegant, grand, imperial, imposing, impressive, lofty, majestic, measured, noble, pompous, regal, royal, solemn


statement

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account, announcement, communication, communiqué, declaration, explanation, proclamation, recital, relation, report, testimony, utterance


static

See Also

changeless, constant, fixed, immobile, inert, motionless, stagnant, stationary, still, unmoving, unvarying


station

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•   n.    base, depot, headquarters, location, place, position, post, seat, situation [image]  appointment, business, calling, employment, grade, occupation, position, post, rank, situation, sphere, standing, status

•   v.    assign, establish, fix, garrison, install, locate, post, set


stationary

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at a standstill, fixed, inert, moored, motionless, parked, standing, static, stock-still, unmoving


status

See Also

condition, consequence, degree, distinction, eminence, grade, position, prestige, rank, standing


stay

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•   v.    abide, continue, delay, establish oneself, halt, hang around (Inf.), hover, linger, loiter, pause, put down roots, remain, reside, settle, sojourn, stand, stay put, stop, tarry, wait [image]  (Often with at) be accommodated at, lodge, put up at, sojourn, visit [image]  adjourn, defer, discontinue, hold in abeyance, hold over, prorogue, put off, suspend [image]   Archaic arrest, check, curb, delay, detain, hinder, hold, impede, obstruct, prevent

•   n.    holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, visit [image]  deferment, delay, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, stopping, suspension


steadfast

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constant, dedicated, dependable, established, faithful, fast, firm, fixed, immovable, intent, loyal, persevering, reliable, resolute, single-minded, stable, stalwart, staunch, steady, unfaltering, unflinching, unswerving, unwavering


steady

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•   adj.    firm, fixed, immovable, safe, stable, substantial, unchangeable, uniform [image]  balanced, calm, dependable, equable, having both feet on the ground, imperturbable, level-headed, reliable, sedate, sensible, serene, serious-minded, settled, sober, staid, staunch, steadfast [image]  ceaseless, confirmed, consistent, constant, continuous, even, faithful, habitual, incessant, nonstop, persistent, regular, rhythmic, unbroken, unfaltering, unfluctuating, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwavering

•   v.    balance, brace, secure, stabilize, support [image]  compose or calm oneself, cool down, sober (up), get a grip on oneself


steal

See Also

   appropriate, be light-fingered, blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), embezzle, filch, half-inch (Old-fashioned sl.), heist (U.S. sl.), lift (Inf.), misappropriate, nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), peculate, pilfer, pinch (Inf.), pirate, plagiarize, poach, prig (Brit. sl.), purloin, shoplift, snitch (Sl.), swipe (Sl.), take, thieve, walk or make off with [image]  creep, flit, insinuate oneself, slink, slip, sneak, tiptoe


stealing

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embezzlement, larceny, misappropriation, pilferage, pilfering, plagiarism, robbery, shoplifting, theft, thievery, thieving


stealth

furtiveness, secrecy, slyness, sneakiness, stealthiness, surreptitiousness, unobtrusiveness


stealthy

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clandestine, covert, furtive, secret, secretive, skulking, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious, underhand


steep

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•   adj.    abrupt, headlong, precipitous, sheer [image]   Inf. excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, high, overpriced, stiff, uncalled-for, unreasonable


steer

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   administer, be in the driver's seat, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, pilot [image]  steer clear of avoid, body-swerve (Scot.), circumvent, eschew, evade, give a wide berth to, sheer off, shun


stem 1

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•   n.    axis, branch, peduncle, shoot, stalk, stock, trunk

•   v.    (Usually with from) arise, be caused  (bred, brought about, generated), derive, develop, emanate, flow, issue, originate


stem 2

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•   v. bring to a standstill, check, contain, curb, dam, hold back, oppose, resist, restrain, stanch, staunch, stay (Archaic), stop, withstand


step

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•   n.    footfall, footprint, footstep, gait, impression, pace, print, stride, trace, track, walk [image]  act, action, deed, expedient, manoeuvre, means, measure, move, procedure, proceeding [image]  take steps act, intervene, move in, prepare, take action, take measures, take the initiative [image]  advance, advancement, move, phase, point, process, progression, stage [image]  degree, level, rank, remove [image]  doorstep, round, rung, stair, tread [image]  in step coinciding, conforming, in harmony  (agreement, conformity, unison), in line [image]  out of step erratic, incongruous, in disagreement, out of harmony, out of line, out of phase, pulling different ways [image]  watch one's step be discreet  (canny, careful, cautious), be on one's guard, have one's wits about one, look out, mind how one goes, mind one's p's and q's, take care, take heed, tread carefully

•   v.    move, pace, tread, walk


step in

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become involved, chip in (Inf.), intercede, intervene, take action, take a hand


step up

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accelerate, augment, boost, escalate, increase, intensify, raise, speed up, up


stereotype

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•   n.    formula, mould, pattern, received idea

•   v.    categorize, conventionalize, dub, pigeonhole, standardize, take to be, typecast


sterile

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   abortive, bare, barren, dry, empty, fruitless, infecund, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unprolific [image]  antiseptic, aseptic, disinfected, germ-free, sterilized


sterilize

autoclave, disinfect, fumigate, purify


sterling

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authentic, excellent, fine, first-class, genuine, pure, real, sound, standard, substantial, superlative, true


stern

See Also

austere, authoritarian, bitter, cruel, drastic, flinty, forbidding, frowning, grim, hard, harsh, inflexible, relentless, rigid, rigorous, serious, severe, steely, strict, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding


stick 1

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•   v.    adhere, affix, attach, bind, bond, cement, cleave, cling, fasten, fix, fuse, glue, hold, hold on, join, paste, weld [image]  dig, gore, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, poke, prod, puncture, spear, stab, thrust, transfix [image]  (With out, up, etc.) bulge, extend, jut, obtrude, poke, project, protrude, show [image]   Inf. deposit, drop, fix, install, lay, place, plant, plonk, position, put, set, store, stuff [image]  be bogged down, become immobilized, be embedded, catch, clog, come to a standstill, jam, lodge, snag, stop [image]  linger, persist, remain, stay [image]   Sl. abide, bear up under, endure, get on with, stand, stomach, take, tolerate [image]  stick it out  Inf. bear, endure, grin and bear it (Inf.), last out, put up with (Inf.), see it through, see through to the bitter end, soldier on, take it (Inf.), weather [image]  stick up for  Inf. champion, defend, stand up for, support, take the part or side of, uphold


stick 2

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•   n.    baton, birch, cane, crook, pole, rod, sceptre, staff, stake, switch, twig, wand [image]   Inf. dinosaur, fuddy-duddy (Inf.), (old) fogy, pain (Inf.), prig, stick-in-the-mud (Inf.) [image]   Brit. sl. abuse, blame, criticism, flak (Inf.), hostility, punishment


stick to

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adhere to, cleave to, continue in, honour, keep, persevere in, remain loyal  (faithful, true), stick at


sticky

See Also

   adhesive, claggy (Dialect), clinging, gluey, glutinous, gooey (Inf.), gummy, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous [image]   Inf. awkward, delicate, difficult, discomforting, embarrassing, hairy (Sl.), nasty, painful, thorny, tricky, unpleasant [image]  clammy, close, humid, muggy, oppressive, sultry, sweltering


stiff

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   brittle, firm, hard, hardened, inelastic, inflexible, rigid, solid, solidified, taut, tense, tight, unbending, unyielding [image]  artificial, austere, ceremonious, chilly, cold, constrained, forced, formal, laboured, mannered, pompous, priggish, prim, punctilious, standoffish, starchy (Inf.), stilted, uneasy, unnatural, unrelaxed, wooden [image]  arthritic, awkward, clumsy, creaky (Inf.), crude, graceless, inelegant, jerky, rheumaticky (Inf.), ungainly, ungraceful, unsupple [image]  arduous, difficult, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, hard, laborious, tough, trying, uphill [image]  austere, cruel, drastic, extreme, great, hard, harsh, heavy, inexorable, oppressive, pitiless, rigorous, severe, sharp, strict, stringent [image]  brisk, fresh, powerful, strong, vigorous


stiffen

See Also

brace, coagulate, congeal, crystallize, harden, jell, reinforce, set, solidify, starch, tauten, tense, thicken


stifle

See Also

   asphyxiate, choke, smother, strangle, suffocate [image]  check, choke back, cover up, curb, extinguish, hush, muffle, prevent, repress, restrain, silence, smother, stop, suppress


still

See Also

•   adj.    at rest, calm, hushed, inert, lifeless, motionless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, serene, silent, smooth, stationary, stilly (Poetic), tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, unstirring

•   v.    allay, alleviate, appease, calm, hush, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle, silence, smooth, smooth over, soothe, subdue, tranquillize

•   conj.    but, for all that, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet

•   n.     Poetic hush, peace, quiet, silence, stillness, tranquillity


stilted

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artificial, bombastic, constrained, forced, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, laboured, pedantic, pompous, pretentious, stiff, unnatural, wooden


stimulant

See Also

analeptic, bracer (Inf.), energizer, excitant, pep pill (Inf.), pick-me-up (Inf.), restorative, reviver, tonic, upper (Sl.)


stimulate

See Also

animate, arouse, encourage, fan, fire, foment, goad, impel, incite, inflame, instigate, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, rouse, spur, turn on (Sl.), urge, whet


stimulating

See Also

exciting, exhilarating, galvanic, inspiring, intriguing, provocative, provoking, rousing, stirring, thought-provoking


stimulus

See Also

encouragement, fillip, goad, incentive, incitement, inducement, provocation, shot in the arm (Inf.), spur


sting

See Also

•   v.    burn, hurt, pain, smart, tingle, wound [image]  anger, gall, incense, inflame, infuriate, nettle, pique, provoke, rile [image]   Inf. cheat, defraud, do (Sl.), fleece, overcharge, rip off (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), swindle, take for a ride (Inf.)


stint

See Also

•   n.    assignment, bit, period, quota, share, shift, spell, stretch, term, time, tour, turn

•   v.    begrudge, be sparing  (frugal, mean, mingy (Brit. inf.), parsimonious), economize, hold back, save, scrimp, skimp on, spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar, withhold


stipulate

See Also

agree, contract, covenant, engage, guarantee, insist upon, lay down, lay down or impose conditions, make a point of, pledge, postulate, promise, require, settle, specify


stipulation

See Also

agreement, clause, condition, contract, engagement, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requirement, restriction, rider, settlement, sine qua non, specification, term


stir

See Also

•   v.    agitate, beat, disturb, flutter, mix, move, quiver, rustle, shake, tremble [image]  (Often with up) animate, arouse, awaken, excite, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, raise, rouse, spur, stimulate, urge [image]  affect, electrify, excite, fire, inspire, move, thrill, touch [image]  bestir, be up and about (Inf.), budge, exert oneself, get a move on (Inf.), get moving, hasten, look lively (Inf.), make an effort, mill about, move, shake a leg (Inf.)

•   n.    activity, ado, agitation, bustle, commotion, disorder, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flurry, fuss, movement, to-do, tumult, uproar


stirring

See Also

animating, dramatic, emotive, exciting, exhilarating, heady, impassioned, inspiring, intoxicating, lively, moving, rousing, spirited, stimulating, thrilling


stock

See Also

•   n.    array, assets, assortment, cache, choice, commodities, fund, goods, hoard, inventory, merchandise, range, reserve, reservoir, selection, stockpile, store, supply, variety, wares [image]   Animals beasts, cattle, domestic animals, flocks, herds, horses, livestock, sheep [image]  ancestry, background, breed, descent, extraction, family, forebears, house, line, lineage, line of descent, parentage, pedigree, race, strain, type, variety [image]   Money capital, funds, investment, property [image]  take stock appraise, estimate, review the situation, see how the land lies, size up (Inf.), weigh up

•   adj.    banal, basic, commonplace, conventional, customary, formal, hackneyed, ordinary, overused, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, usual, worn-out

•   v.    deal in, handle, keep, sell, supply, trade in [image]  (With up) accumulate, amass, buy up, gather, hoard, lay in, put away, replenish, save, store (up), supply [image]  equip, fill, fit out, furnish, kit out, provide with, provision, supply


stocky

See Also

chunky, dumpy, mesomorphic, solid, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thickset


stodgy

See Also

   filling, heavy, leaden, starchy, substantial [image]  boring, dull, dull as ditchwater, formal, fuddy-duddy (Inf.), heavy going, ho-hum, laboured, staid, stuffy, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired


stoical

See Also

calm, cool, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, long-suffering, philosophic, phlegmatic, resigned, stoic, stolid


stoicism

See Also

acceptance, calmness, dispassion, fatalism, forbearance, fortitude, impassivity, imperturbability, indifference, long-suffering, patience, resignation, stolidity


stolid

See Also

apathetic, bovine, doltish, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, heavy, lumpish, obtuse, slow, stupid, unemotional, wooden


stomach

See Also

•   n.    abdomen, belly, breadbasket (Sl.), gut (Inf.), inside(s) (Inf.), paunch, pot, potbelly, spare tyre (Inf.), tummy (Inf.) [image]  appetite, desire, inclination, mind, relish, taste

•   v.    abide, bear, endure, put up with (Inf.), reconcile or resign oneself to, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate


stony

See Also

 Fig. adamant, blank, callous, chilly, expressionless, frigid, hard, harsh, heartless, hostile, icy, indifferent, inexorable, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, unfeeling, unforgiving, unresponsive


stoop

See Also

•   v.    be bowed or round-shouldered, bend, bow, crouch, descend, duck, hunch, incline, kneel, lean, squat [image]  (Often with to) condescend, deign, demean oneself, descend, lower oneself, resort, sink, vouchsafe

•   n.    bad posture, droop, round-shoulderedness, sag, slouch, slump


stop

See Also

•   v.    axe (Inf.), be over, break off, bring or come to a halt, bring or come to a standstill, call it a day (Inf.), cease, come to an end, conclude, cut out (Inf.), cut short, desist, discontinue, draw up, end, finish, halt, leave off, pack in (Brit. inf.), pause, peter out, pull up, put an end to, quit, refrain, run down, run its course, shut down, stall, terminate [image]  arrest, bar, block, break, bung, check, close, forestall, frustrate, hinder, hold back, impede, intercept, interrupt, obstruct, plug, prevent, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, silence, staunch, stem, suspend [image]  break one's journey, lodge, put up, rest, sojourn, stay, tarry

•   n.    cessation, conclusion, discontinuation, end, finish, halt, standstill [image]  break, rest, sojourn, stay, stopover, visit [image]  bar, block, break, check, control, hindrance, impediment, plug, stoppage [image]  depot, destination, halt, stage, station, termination, terminus


stopgap

See Also

•   n.    improvisation, makeshift, resort, shift, substitute, temporary expedient

•   adj.    emergency, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, provisional, rough-and-ready, temporary


stoppage

See Also

   abeyance, arrest, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, halt, hindrance, lay-off, shutdown, standstill, stopping [image]  blockage, check, curtailment, interruption, obstruction, occlusion, stopping up


store

See Also

•   v.    accumulate, deposit, garner, hoard, husband, keep, keep in reserve, lay by or in, lock away, put aside, put aside for a rainy day, put by, put in storage, reserve, salt away, save, stash (Inf.), stock, stockpile

•   n.    abundance, accumulation, cache, fund, hoard, lot, mine, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, supply, wealth [image]  chain store, department store, emporium, market, mart, outlet, shop, supermarket [image]  depository, repository, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse [image]  set store by appreciate, esteem, hold in high regard, prize, think highly of, value


storm

See Also

•   n.    blast, blizzard, cyclone, gale, gust, hurricane, squall, tempest, tornado, whirlwind [image]   Fig. agitation, anger, clamour, commotion, disturbance, furore, hubbub, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, roar, row, rumpus, stir, strife, tumult, turmoil, violence

•   v.    assail, assault, beset, charge, rush, take by storm

•   n.    assault, attack, blitz, blitzkrieg, offensive, onset, onslaught, rush

•   v.    bluster, complain, fly off the handle (Inf.), fume, rage, rant, rave, scold, thunder [image]  flounce, fly, rush, stalk, stamp, stomp (Inf.)


stormy

See Also

blustering, blustery, boisterous, dirty, foul, gusty, inclement, raging, rough, squally, tempestuous, turbulent, wild, windy


story

See Also

   account, anecdote, chronicle, fictional account, history, legend, narration, narrative, novel, recital, record, relation, romance, tale, urban legend, version, yarn [image]   Inf. falsehood, fib, fiction, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), untruth, white lie [image]  article, feature, news, news item, report, scoop


stout

See Also

   big, bulky, burly, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavy, obese, on the large or heavy side, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, substantial, tubby [image]  able-bodied, athletic, beefy (Inf.), brawny, hardy, hulking, husky (Inf.), lusty, muscular, robust, stalwart, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, thickset, tough, vigorous [image]  bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, intrepid, lion-hearted, manly, plucky, resolute, valiant, valorous


straggle

See Also

drift, lag, loiter, ramble, range, roam, rove, spread, stray, string out, trail, wander


straight

See Also

•   adj.    direct, near, short, undeviating, unswerving [image]  aligned, erect, even, horizontal, in line, level, perpendicular, plumb, right, smooth, square, true, upright, vertical [image]  blunt, candid, downright, forthright, frank, honest, outright, plain, point-blank, straightforward, unqualified, upfront (Inf.) [image]  above board, accurate, authentic, decent, equitable, fair, fair and square, honest, honourable, just, law-abiding, reliable, respectable, trustworthy, upright [image]  arranged, in order, neat, orderly, organized, put to rights, shipshape, sorted out, tidy [image]  consecutive, continuous, nonstop, running, solid, successive, sustained, through, uninterrupted, unrelieved [image]   Sl. bourgeois, conservative, conventional, orthodox, square (Inf.), traditional [image]  neat, pure, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed

•   adv.    as the crow flies, at once, directly, immediately, instantly [image]  candidly, frankly, honestly, in plain English, point-blank, pulling no punches (Inf.), with no holds barred


straightaway

See Also

at once, directly, immediately, instantly, now, on the spot, right away, straightway (Archaic), there and then, this minute, without any delay, without more ado


straighten

See Also

arrange, neaten, order, put in order, set or put to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy (up)


straighten out

See Also

become clear, clear up, correct, disentangle, put right, rectify, regularize, resolve, settle, sort out, unsnarl, work out


straightforward

See Also

   above board, candid, direct, forthright, genuine, guileless, honest, open, sincere, truthful, upfront (Inf.) [image]  clear-cut, easy, easy-peasy (Sl.), elementary, routine, simple, uncomplicated, undemanding


strain 1

See Also

•   v.    distend, draw tight, extend, stretch, tauten, tighten [image]  drive, exert, fatigue, injure, overexert, overtax, overwork, pull, push to the limit, sprain, tax, tear, tire, twist, weaken, wrench [image]  bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's damnedest (Inf.), endeavour, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go all out for (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, make an all-out effort (Inf.), make a supreme effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), strive, struggle [image]  filter, percolate, purify, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift

•   n.    effort, exertion, force, injury, pull, sprain, struggle, tautness, tension, tensity (Rare), wrench [image]  anxiety, burden, pressure, stress, tension [image]  (Often plural) air, lay, measure (Poetic), melody, song, theme, tune


strain 2

See Also

•   n.    ancestry, blood, descent, extraction, family, lineage, pedigree, race, stock [image]  streak, suggestion, suspicion, tendency, trace, trait [image]  humour, manner, spirit, style, temper, tone, vein, way


strained

See Also

artificial, awkward, constrained, difficult, embarrassed, false, forced, laboured, put on, self-conscious, stiff, tense, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnatural, unrelaxed


strait-laced

See Also

moralistic, narrow, narrow-minded, of the old school, old-maidish (Inf.), overscrupulous, prim, proper, prudish, puritanical, strict, Victorian


straits

•   n. (Sometimes singular)  [image]  crisis, difficulty, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, emergency, extremity, hardship, hole (Sl.), mess, panic stations (Inf.), pass, perplexity, plight, predicament, pretty or fine kettle of fish (Inf.) [image]  channel, narrows, sound


strand

See Also

•   n. fibre, filament, length, lock, rope, string, thread, tress, twist, wisp


stranded

See Also

   aground, ashore, beached, cast away, grounded, marooned, wrecked [image]   Fig. abandoned, helpless, high and dry, homeless, left in the lurch, penniless


strange

See Also

   abnormal, astonishing, bizarre, curious, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, irregular, marvellous, mystifying, odd, oddball (Inf.), off-the-wall (Sl.), out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, perplexing, queer, rare, remarkable, rum (Brit. sl.), singular, unaccountable, uncanny, uncommon, unheard of, weird, wonderful [image]  alien, exotic, foreign, new, novel, outside one's experience, remote, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, untried [image]  (Often with to) a stranger to, ignorant of, inexperienced, new to, unaccustomed, unpractised, unseasoned, unused, unversed in [image]  awkward, bewildered, disoriented, ill at ease, lost, out of place, uncomfortable


stranger

See Also

alien, foreigner, guest, incomer, new arrival, newcomer, outlander, unknown, visitor


strangle

   asphyxiate, choke, garrotte, smother, strangulate, suffocate, throttle [image]  gag, inhibit, repress, stifle, suppress


strap

See Also

•   n.    belt, leash, thong, tie

•   v.    bind, buckle, fasten, lash, secure, tie, truss [image]  beat, belt (Inf.), flog, lash, scourge, whip


stratagem

See Also

artifice, device, dodge, feint, intrigue, manoeuvre, plan, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, subterfuge, trick, wile


strategic

   cardinal, critical, crucial, decisive, important, key, vital [image]  calculated, deliberate, diplomatic, planned, politic, tactical


strategy

See Also

approach, grand design, manoeuvring, plan, planning, policy, procedure, programme, scheme


stray

See Also

•   v.    deviate, digress, diverge, get off the point, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, ramble [image]  be abandoned or lost, drift, err, go astray, lose one's way, meander, range, roam, rove, straggle, wander

•   adj.    abandoned, homeless, lost, roaming, vagrant [image]  accidental, chance, erratic, freak, odd, random, scattered


streak

See Also

•   n.    band, layer, line, slash, smear, strip, stripe, stroke, vein [image]  dash, element, strain, touch, trace, vein

•   v.    band, daub, fleck, slash, smear, striate, stripe [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), burn rubber (Inf.), dart, flash, fly, hurtle, move like greased lightning (Inf.), speed, sprint, sweep, tear, whistle, whiz (Inf.), zoom


stream

See Also

•   n.    bayou, beck, brook, burn, course, creek (U.S.), current, drift, flow, freshet, outpouring, rill, river, rivulet, run, rush, surge, tide, tideway, torrent, tributary, undertow

•   v.    cascade, course, emit, flood, flow, glide, gush, issue, pour, run, shed, spill, spout


streamlined

See Also

efficient, modernized, organized, rationalized, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth-running, time-saving, well-run


street

See Also

   avenue, boulevard, lane, road, roadway, row, terrace, thoroughfare [image]  (right) up one's street acceptable, compatible, congenial, familiar, one's cup of tea (Inf.), pleasing, suitable, to one's liking, to one's taste


strength

See Also

   backbone, brawn, brawniness, courage, firmness, fortitude, health, lustiness, might, muscle, robustness, sinew, stamina, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness [image]  cogency, concentration, effectiveness, efficacy, energy, force, intensity, potency, power, resolution, spirit, vehemence, vigour, virtue (Archaic) [image]  advantage, anchor, asset, mainstay, security, strong point, succour, tower of strength


strengthen

See Also

   animate, brace up, consolidate, encourage, fortify, give new energy to, harden, hearten, invigorate, nerve, nourish, rejuvenate, restore, stiffen, toughen [image]  augment, bolster, brace, build up, buttress, confirm, corroborate, enhance, establish, give a boost to, harden, heighten, increase, intensify, justify, reinforce, steel, substantiate, support


strenuous

See Also

   arduous, demanding, exhausting, hard, Herculean, laborious, taxing, toilsome, tough, tough going, unrelaxing, uphill [image]  active, bold, determined, eager, earnest, energetic, persistent, resolute, spirited, strong, tireless, vigorous, zealous


stress

See Also

•   n.    emphasis, force, importance, significance, urgency, weight [image]  anxiety, burden, hassle (Inf.), nervous tension, oppression, pressure, strain, tautness, tension, trauma, worry [image]  accent, accentuation, beat, emphasis

•   v.    accentuate, belabour, dwell on, emphasize, harp on, lay emphasis upon, point up, repeat, rub in, underline, underscore


stretch

See Also

•   v.    cover, extend, put forth, reach, spread, unfold, unroll [image]  distend, draw out, elongate, expand, inflate, lengthen, pull, pull out of shape, rack, strain, swell, tighten

•   n.    area, distance, expanse, extent, spread, sweep, tract [image]  bit, period, run, space, spell, stint, term, time


strict

See Also

   austere, authoritarian, firm, harsh, no-nonsense, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, stringent [image]  accurate, close, exact, faithful, meticulous, particular, precise, religious, scrupulous, true [image]  absolute, complete, perfect, total, utter


strident

See Also

clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, harsh, jangling, jarring, rasping, raucous, screeching, shrill, stridulant, stridulous, unmusical, vociferous


strife

See Also

animosity, battle, bickering, clash, clashes, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, discord, dissension, friction, quarrel, rivalry, row, squabbling, struggle, warfare, wrangling


strike

See Also

•   v.    bang, beat, box, buffet, chastise, chin (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), clout (Inf.), clump (Sl.), cuff, deck (Sl.), hammer, hit, knock, lambast(e), lay a finger on (Inf.), lay one on (Sl.), pound, punch, punish, slap, smack, smite, sock (Sl.), thump, wallop (Inf.) [image]  be in collision with, bump into, clash, collide with, come into contact with, dash, hit, knock into, run into, smash into, touch [image]  drive, force, hit, impel, thrust [image]  affect, come to, come to the mind of, dawn on or upon, hit, impress, make an impact on, occur to, reach, register (Inf.), seem [image]  (Sometimes with upon) come upon or across, discover, encounter, find, happen or chance upon, hit upon, light upon, reach, stumble upon or across, turn up, uncover, unearth [image]  affect, assail, assault, attack, deal a blow to, devastate, fall upon, hit, invade, set upon, smite [image]  achieve, arrange, arrive at, attain, effect, reach [image]  down tools, mutiny, revolt, walk out


striking

See Also

astonishing, conspicuous, dazzling, drop-dead (Sl.), extraordinary, forcible, impressive, memorable, noticeable, out of the ordinary, outstanding, stunning (Inf.), wonderful


string

See Also

•   n.    cord, fibre, twine [image]  chain, file, line, procession, queue, row, sequence, series, strand, succession

•   v.    festoon, hang, link, loop, sling, stretch, suspend, thread [image]  (With out) disperse, extend, fan out, lengthen, protract, space out, spread out, straggle


stringent

See Also

binding, demanding, exacting, inflexible, rigid, rigorous, severe, strict, tight, tough


strings

See Also

 Fig. catches (Inf.), complications, conditions, obligations, prerequisites, provisos, qualifications, requirements, riders, stipulations


strip 1

See Also

•   v.    bare, denude, deprive, despoil, dismantle, divest, empty, gut, lay bare, loot, peel, pillage, plunder, ransack, rob, sack, skin, spoil [image]  disrobe, unclothe, uncover, undress


strip 2

See Also

•   n. band, belt, bit, fillet, piece, ribbon, shred, slip, swathe, tongue


stripling

See Also

adolescent, boy, fledgling, hobbledehoy (Archaic), lad, shaver (Inf.), young fellow, youngster, youth


strive

See Also

attempt, bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), compete, contend, do all one can, do one's best, do one's damnedest (Inf.), do one's utmost, endeavour, exert oneself, fight, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go all out (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, leave no stone unturned, make an all-out effort (Inf.), make every effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), strain, struggle, toil, try, try hard


stroke

See Also

•   n.    accomplishment, achievement, blow, feat, flourish, hit, knock, move, movement, pat, rap, thump [image]  apoplexy, attack, collapse, fit, seizure, shock

•   v.    caress, fondle, pat, pet, rub


stroll

See Also

•   v.    amble, make one's way, mooch (Sl.), mosey (Inf.), promenade, ramble, saunter, stooge (Sl.), stretch one's legs, take a turn, toddle, wander

•   n.    airing, breath of air, constitutional, excursion, promenade, ramble, turn, walk


strong

See Also

   athletic, beefy (Inf.), brawny, burly, capable, hale, hardy, healthy, Herculean, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, sinewy, sound, stalwart, stout, strapping, sturdy, tough, virile [image]  aggressive, brave, courageous, determined, feisty (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), firm in spirit, forceful, hard as nails, hard-nosed (Inf.), high-powered, plucky, resilient, resolute, resourceful, self-assertive, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, tough, unyielding [image]  acute, dedicated, deep, deep-rooted, eager, fervent, fervid, fierce, firm, intense, keen, severe, staunch, vehement, violent, zealous [image]  clear, clear-cut, cogent, compelling, convincing, distinct, effective, formidable, great, marked, overpowering, persuasive, potent, redoubtable, sound, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, urgent, weighty, well-established, well-founded [image]  Draconian, drastic, extreme, forceful, severe [image]  durable, hard-wearing, heavy-duty, on a firm foundation, reinforced, sturdy, substantial, well-armed, well-built, well-protected [image]  bold, bright, brilliant, dazzling, glaring, loud, stark [image]  biting, concentrated, heady, highly-flavoured, highly-seasoned, hot, intoxicating, piquant, pungent, pure, sharp, spicy, undiluted


stronghold

See Also

bastion, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortress, keep, refuge


strong-minded

See Also

determined, firm, independent, iron-willed, resolute, strong-willed, unbending, uncompromising


structure

See Also

•   n.    arrangement, configuration, conformation, construction, design, fabric, form, formation, interrelation of parts, make, make-up, organization [image]  building, construction, edifice, erection, pile

•   v.    arrange, assemble, build up, design, organize, put together, shape


struggle

See Also

•   v.    bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's damnedest (Inf.), exert oneself, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go all out (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, make an all-out effort (Inf.), make every effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), strain, strive, toil, work, work like a Trojan

•   n.    effort, exertion, grind (Inf.), labour, long haul, pains, scramble, toil, work

•   v.    battle, compete, contend, fight, grapple, lock horns, scuffle, wrestle

•   n.    battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, hostilities, skirmish, strife, tussle


strut

See Also

•   v. parade, peacock, prance, stalk, swagger


stub

See Also

•   n. butt, counterfoil, dog-end (Inf.), end, fag end (Inf.), remnant, stump, tail, tail end


stubborn

See Also

bull-headed, contumacious, cross-grained, dogged, dour, fixed, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, self-willed, stiff-necked, tenacious, unbending, unmanageable, unshakable, unyielding, wilful


stuck

See Also

   cemented, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, glued, joined [image]   Inf. at a loss, at a standstill, at one's wits' end, baffled, beaten, bereft of ideas, nonplussed, stumped, up against a brick wall (Inf.) [image]   Sl. (With on) crazy about, for, or over (Inf.), enthusiastic about, hung up on (Sl.), infatuated, keen, mad, obsessed with, wild about (Inf.) [image]  get stuck into  Inf. get down to, make a start on, set about, tackle


stud

See Also

•   v. bejewel, bespangle, dot, fleck, ornament, spangle, speckle, spot, sprinkle


student

See Also

apprentice, disciple, learner, observer, pupil, scholar, trainee, undergraduate


studied

See Also

calculated, conscious, deliberate, intentional, planned, premeditated, purposeful, well-considered, wilful


studio

atelier, workshop


studious

See Also

academic, assiduous, attentive, bookish, careful, diligent, eager, earnest, hard-working, intellectual, meditative, reflective, scholarly, sedulous, serious, thoughtful


study

See Also

•   v.    apply oneself (to), bone up on (Inf.), burn the midnight oil, cogitate, con (Archaic), consider, contemplate, cram (Inf.), examine, go into, hammer away at, learn, lucubrate (Rare), meditate, mug up (Brit. sl.), ponder, pore over, read, read up, swot (up) (Brit. inf.) [image]  analyse, deliberate, examine, investigate, look into, peruse, research, scrutinize, survey, work over

•   n.    academic work, application, book work, cramming (Inf.), learning, lessons, reading, research, school work, swotting (Brit. inf.), thought [image]  analysis, attention, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, examination, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, review, scrutiny, survey


stuff

See Also

•   v.    compress, cram, crowd, fill, force, jam, load, pack, pad, push, ram, shove, squeeze, stow, wedge [image]  gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, make a pig of oneself (Inf.), overindulge, pig out (Sl.), sate, satiate

•   n.    belongings, bits and pieces, clobber (Brit. sl.), effects, equipment, gear, goods and chattels, impedimenta, junk, kit, luggage, materials, objects, paraphernalia, possessions, tackle, things, trappings [image]  cloth, fabric, material, raw material, textile [image]  essence, matter, pith, quintessence, staple, substance [image]  balderdash, baloney (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum, claptrap (Inf.), foolishness, humbug, nonsense, poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, tripe (Inf.), twaddle, verbiage


stuffing

See Also

   filler, kapok, packing, quilting, wadding [image]  farce, farcemeat, forcemeat


stuffy

See Also

   airless, close, fetid, frowsty, fuggy, heavy, muggy, oppressive, stale, stifling, suffocating, sultry, unventilated [image]  conventional, deadly, dreary, dull, fusty, humourless, musty, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, pompous, priggish, prim, prim and proper, staid, stilted, stodgy, strait-laced, uninteresting


stumble

See Also

   blunder about, come a cropper (Inf.), fall, falter, flounder, hesitate, lose one's balance, lurch, reel, slip, stagger, trip [image]  (With on or upon) blunder upon, chance upon, come across, discover, encounter, find, happen upon, light upon, run across, turn up [image]  falter, fluff (Inf.), stammer, stutter


stump

See Also

•   v.    baffle, bewilder, bring (someone) up short, confound, confuse, dumbfound, flummox, foil, mystify, nonplus, outwit, perplex, puzzle, stop, stymie [image]  clomp, clump, lumber, plod, stamp, stomp (Inf.), trudge


stump up

chip in (Inf.), come across with (Inf.), contribute, cough up (Inf.), donate, fork out (Sl.), hand over, pay, shell out (Inf.)


stun

See Also

 Fig. amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast (Inf.), hit (someone) like a ton of bricks (Inf.), knock out, knock (someone) for six (Inf.), overcome, overpower, shock, stagger, strike (someone) dumb, stupefy, take (someone's) breath away


stunned

See Also

 Fig. astounded, at a loss for words, bowled over (Inf.), dazed, devastated, dumbfounded, flabbergasted (Inf.), gobsmacked (Brit. sl.), numb, shocked, staggered, struck dumb


stunning

See Also

beautiful, brilliant, dazzling, devastating (Inf.), drop-dead (Sl.), gorgeous, great (Inf.), heavenly, impressive, lovely, marvellous, out of this world (Inf.), ravishing, remarkable, sensational (Inf.), smashing (Inf.), spectacular, striking, wonderful


stunt

See Also

•   n. act, deed, exploit, feat, feature, gest (Archaic), tour de force, trick


stunted

See Also

diminutive, dwarfed, dwarfish, little, small, tiny, undersized


stupefaction

See Also

amazement, astonishment, awe, wonder, wonderment


stupefy

See Also

amaze, astound, bewilder, confound, daze, dumbfound, knock senseless, numb, shock, stagger, stun


stupendous

See Also

amazing, astounding, breathtaking, brilliant, colossal, enormous, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), gigantic, huge, marvellous, mega (Sl.), mind-blowing (Inf.), mind-boggling (Inf.), out of this world (Inf.), overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, sensational (Inf.), staggering, stunning (Inf.), superb, surpassing belief, surprising, tremendous (Inf.), vast, wonderful, wondrous (Archaic or literary)


stupid

See Also

   Boeotian, braindead (Inf.), brainless, cretinous, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey (Inf.), dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dumb (Inf.), foolish, gullible, half-witted, moronic, naive, obtuse, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow on the uptake (Inf.), slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, witless, woodenheaded (Inf.) [image]  asinine, crackbrained, daft (Inf.), futile, half-baked (Inf.), idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, irrelevant, irresponsible, laughable, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, nonsensical, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, short-sighted, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking [image]  dazed, groggy, in a daze, insensate, punch-drunk, semiconscious, senseless, stunned, stupefied


stupidity

See Also

   asininity, brainlessness, denseness, dimness, dopiness (Sl.), doziness (Brit. inf.), dullness, dumbness (Inf.), feeble-mindedness, imbecility, lack of brain, lack of intelligence, naivety, obtuseness, puerility, simplicity, slowness, thickheadedness, thickness [image]  absurdity, bêtise (Rare), fatuity, fatuousness, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, futility, idiocy, impracticality, inanity, indiscretion, ineptitude, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, pointlessness, rashness, senselessness, silliness


sturdy

See Also

athletic, brawny, built to last, determined, durable, firm, flourishing, hardy, hearty, lusty, muscular, powerful, resolute, robust, secure, solid, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stouthearted, substantial, thickset, vigorous, well-built, well-made


stutter

•   v. falter, hesitate, speak haltingly, splutter, stammer, stumble


style

See Also

•   n.    cut, design, form, hand, manner, technique [image]  fashion, mode, rage, trend, vogue [image]  approach, custom, manner, method, mode, way [image]  bon ton, chic, cosmopolitanism, dash, dressiness (Inf.), élan, elegance, fashionableness, flair, grace, panache, polish, refinement, savoir-faire, smartness, sophistication, stylishness, taste, urbanity [image]  affluence, comfort, ease, elegance, gracious living, grandeur, luxury [image]  appearance, category, characteristic, genre, kind, pattern, sort, spirit, strain, tenor, tone, type, variety [image]  diction, expression, mode of expression, phraseology, phrasing, treatment, turn of phrase, vein, wording

•   v.    adapt, arrange, cut, design, dress, fashion, shape, tailor [image]  address, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, term


stylish

See Also

à la mode, chic, classy (Sl.), dapper, dressy (Inf.), fashionable, in fashion, in vogue, modish, natty (Inf.), polished, smart, snappy, snazzy (Inf.), trendy (Brit. inf.), urbane, voguish, well turned-out


subconscious

See Also

•   adj. hidden, inner, innermost, intuitive, latent, repressed, subliminal, suppressed


subdue

See Also

   beat down, break, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, gain ascendancy over, get the better of, get the upper hand over, get under control, humble, master, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quell, tame, trample, triumph over, vanquish [image]  check, control, mellow, moderate, quieten down, repress, soften, suppress, tone down


subdued

See Also

   chastened, crestfallen, dejected, downcast, down in the mouth, grave, out of spirits, quiet, repentant, repressed, restrained, sad, sadder and wiser, serious, sobered, solemn [image]  dim, hushed, low-key, muted, quiet, shaded, sober, soft, subtle, toned down, unobtrusive


subject

See Also

•   n.    affair, business, field of enquiry or reference, issue, matter, object, point, question, subject matter, substance, theme, topic [image]  case, client, guinea pig (Inf.), participant, patient, victim [image]  citizen, dependant, liegeman, national, subordinate, vassal

•   adj.    at the mercy of, disposed, exposed, in danger of, liable, open, prone, susceptible, vulnerable [image]  conditional, contingent, dependent [image]  answerable, bound by, captive, dependent, enslaved, inferior, obedient, satellite, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient

•   v.    expose, lay open, make liable, put through, submit, treat


subjective

See Also

biased, emotional, idiosyncratic, instinctive, intuitive, nonobjective, personal, prejudiced


sublime

See Also

elevated, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, great, high, imposing, lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, transcendent


submerge

See Also

deluge, dip, drown, duck, dunk, engulf, flood, immerse, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, plunge, sink, swamp


submerged

drowned, immersed, subaquatic, subaqueous, submarine, submersed, sunk, sunken, undersea, underwater


submission

See Also

   acquiescence, assent, capitulation, giving in, surrender, yielding [image]  compliance, deference, docility, meekness, obedience, passivity, resignation, submissiveness, tractability, unassertiveness [image]  argument, contention, proposal [image]  entry, handing in, presentation, submitting, tendering


submissive

See Also

abject, accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, biddable, bootlicking (Inf.), compliant, deferential, docile, dutiful, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, patient, pliant, resigned, subdued, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting, yielding


submit

See Also

   accede, acquiesce, agree, bend, bow, capitulate, comply, defer, endure, give in, hoist the white flag, knuckle under, lay down arms, put up with (Inf.), resign oneself, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the sponge, toe the line, tolerate, yield [image]  commit, hand in, present, proffer, put forward, refer, table, tender [image]  advance, argue, assert, claim, contend, move, propose, propound, put, state, suggest, volunteer


subordinate

See Also

•   adj.    dependent, inferior, junior, lesser, lower, minor, secondary, subject, subservient [image]  ancillary, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary

•   n.    aide, assistant, attendant, dependant, inferior, junior, second, subaltern, underling


subordination

See Also

inferior or secondary status, inferiority, servitude, subjection, submission


subscribe

See Also

   chip in (Inf.), contribute, donate, give, offer, pledge, promise [image]  acquiesce, advocate, agree, consent, countenance, endorse, support


subscription

annual payment, contribution, donation, dues, gift, membership fee, offering


subsequent

See Also

after, consequent, consequential, ensuing, following, later, succeeding, successive


subsequently

See Also

afterwards, at a later date, consequently, in the aftermath (of), in the end, later


subside

See Also

   abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, dwindle, ease, ebb, lessen, let up, level off, melt away, moderate, peter out, quieten, recede, slacken, wane [image]  cave in, collapse, decline, descend, drop, ebb, lower, settle, sink


subsidence

See Also

   decline, descent, ebb, settlement, settling, sinking [image]  abatement, decrease, de-escalation, diminution, easing off, lessening, slackening


subsidiary

See Also

aiding, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, contributory, cooperative, helpful, lesser, minor, secondary, serviceable, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, useful


subsidize

See Also

finance, fund, promote, put up the money for, sponsor, support, underwrite


subsidy

See Also

aid, allowance, assistance, contribution, financial aid, grant, help, stipend, subvention, support


subsist

See Also

be, continue, eke out an existence, endure, exist, keep going, last, live, make ends meet, remain, stay alive, survive, sustain oneself


subsistence

See Also

aliment, existence, food, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provision, rations, support, survival, sustenance, upkeep, victuals


substance

See Also

   body, element, fabric, material, stuff, texture [image]  burden, essence, gist, gravamen (Law), import, main point, matter, meaning, pith, significance, subject, sum and substance, theme [image]  actuality, concreteness, entity, force, reality [image]  affluence, assets, estate, means, property, resources, wealth


substantial

See Also

   ample, big, considerable, generous, goodly, important, large, significant, sizable, tidy (Inf.), worthwhile [image]  bulky, durable, firm, hefty, massive, solid, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, well-built [image]  actual, existent, material, positive, real, true, valid, weighty


substantially

See Also

essentially, in essence, in essentials, in substance, in the main, largely, materially, to a large extent


substantiate

See Also

affirm, attest to, authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, establish, prove, support, validate, verify


substitute

See Also

•   v.    change, commute, exchange, interchange, replace, swap (Inf.), switch [image]  (With for) act for, be in place of, cover for, deputize, double for, fill in for, hold the fort for, relieve, stand in for, take over

•   n.    agent, depute (Scot.), deputy, equivalent, expedient, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, stand-by, stopgap, sub, supply, surrogate, temp (Inf.), temporary

•   adj.    acting, additional, alternative, fall-back, proxy, replacement, reserve, second, surrogate, temporary


substitution

See Also

change, exchange, interchange, replacement, swap (Inf.), switch


subterfuge

See Also

artifice, deception, deviousness, dodge, duplicity, evasion, excuse, machination, manoeuvre, ploy, pretence, pretext, quibble, ruse, shift, stall, stratagem, trick


subtle

See Also

   deep, delicate, discriminating, ingenious, nice, penetrating, profound, refined, sophisticated [image]  delicate, faint, implied, indirect, insinuated, slight, understated [image]  artful, astute, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, intriguing, keen, Machiavellian, scheming, shrewd, sly, wily


subtlety

See Also

   acumen, acuteness, cleverness, delicacy, discernment, fine point, intricacy, nicety, refinement, sagacity, skill, sophistication [image]  discernment, discrimination, finesse, penetration [image]  artfulness, astuteness, craftiness, cunning, deviousness, guile, slyness, wiliness


subtract

See Also

deduct, detract, diminish, remove, take away, take from, take off, withdraw


suburbs

dormitory area (Brit.), environs, faubourgs, neighbourhood, outskirts, precincts, purlieus, residential areas, suburbia


subversive

See Also

•   adj.    destructive, incendiary, inflammatory, insurrectionary, overthrowing, perversive, riotous, seditious, treasonous, underground, undermining

•   n.    deviationist, dissident, fifth columnist, insurrectionary, quisling, saboteur, seditionary, seditionist, terrorist, traitor


subvert

See Also

   demolish, destroy, invalidate, overturn, raze, ruin, sabotage, undermine, upset, wreck [image]  confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, demoralize, deprave, pervert, poison, vitiate


succeed

See Also

   arrive (Inf.), be successful, come off (Inf.), crack it (Inf.), cut it (Inf.), do all right for oneself (Inf.), do the trick (Inf.), flourish, gain one's end, get to the top, make good, make it (Inf.), prosper, thrive, triumph, turn out well, work [image]  be subsequent, come next, ensue, follow, result, supervene [image]  (Usually with to) accede, assume the office of, come into, come into possession of, enter upon, inherit, replace, take over


succeeding

See Also

ensuing, following, next, subsequent, successive


success

See Also

   ascendancy, eminence, fame, favourable outcome, fortune, happiness, hit (Inf.), luck, prosperity, triumph [image]  best seller, big name, celebrity, hit (Inf.), market leader, megastar (Inf.), sensation, smash hit (Inf.), somebody, star, V.I.P., winner


successful

See Also

acknowledged, at the top of the tree, best-selling, booming, efficacious, favourable, flourishing, fortunate, fruitful, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, out in front (Inf.), paying, profitable, prosperous, rewarding, thriving, top, unbeaten, victorious, wealthy


successfully

See Also

famously (Inf.), favourably, in triumph, swimmingly, victoriously, well, with flying colours


succession

See Also

   chain, continuation, course, cycle, flow, order, procession, progression, run, sequence, series, train [image]  in succession consecutively, one after the other, one behind the other, on the trot (Inf.), running, successively [image]  accession, assumption, elevation, entering upon, inheritance, taking over [image]  descendants, descent, line, lineage, race


successive

See Also

consecutive, following, in a row, in succession, sequent, succeeding


succinct

See Also

brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, gnomic, in a few well-chosen words, laconic, pithy, summary, terse, to the point


succour

See Also

•   v.    aid, assist, befriend, comfort, encourage, foster, give aid and encouragement to, help, minister to, nurse, relieve, render assistance to, support

•   n.    aid, assistance, comfort, help, relief, support


succulent

See Also

juicy, luscious, lush, mellow, moist, mouthwatering, rich


succumb

See Also

capitulate, die, fall, fall victim to, give in, give way, go under, knuckle under, submit, surrender, yield


sucker

See Also

butt, cat's paw, dupe, easy game or mark (Inf.), fool, mug (Brit. sl.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), pushover (Sl.), sap (Sl.), sitting duck (Inf.), victim


sudden

See Also

abrupt, hasty, hurried, impulsive, quick, rapid, rash, swift, unexpected, unforeseen, unusual


suddenly

See Also

abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue (Inf.), unexpectedly, without warning


sue

See Also

    Law bring an action against (someone), charge, have the law on (someone) (Inf.), indict, institute legal proceedings against (someone), prefer charges against (someone), prosecute, summon, take (someone) to court [image]  appeal for, beg, beseech, entreat, petition, plead, solicit, supplicate


suffer

See Also

   ache, agonize, be affected, be in pain, be racked, feel wretched, go through a lot (Inf.), grieve, have a thin or bad time, hurt [image]  bear, endure, experience, feel, go through, put up with (Inf.), support, sustain, tolerate, undergo [image]  appear in a poor light, be handicapped, be impaired, deteriorate, fall off, show to disadvantage [image]   Archaic allow, let, permit


suffering

See Also

•   n. affliction, agony, anguish, discomfort, distress, hardship, martyrdom, misery, ordeal, pain, torment, torture


suffice

See Also

answer, be sufficient  (adequate, enough), content, do, fill the bill (Inf.), meet requirements, satisfy, serve


sufficient

See Also

adequate, competent, enough, enow (Archaic), satisfactory


suffocate

asphyxiate, choke, smother, stifle, strangle


suffuse

See Also

bathe, cover, flood, imbue, infuse, mantle, overspread, permeate, pervade, spread over, steep, transfuse


suggest

See Also

   advise, advocate, move, offer a suggestion, prescribe, propose, put forward, recommend [image]  bring to mind, connote, evoke, put one in mind of [image]  hint, imply, indicate, insinuate, intimate, lead one to believe


suggestion

See Also

   motion, plan, proposal, proposition, recommendation [image]  breath, hint, indication, insinuation, intimation, suspicion, trace, whisper


suggestive

See Also

   (With of) evocative, expressive, indicative, redolent, reminiscent [image]  bawdy, blue, immodest, improper, indecent, indelicate, off colour, provocative, prurient, racy, ribald, risqué, rude, smutty, spicy (Inf.), titillating, unseemly


suit

See Also

•   v.    agree, agree with, answer, be acceptable to, become, befit, be seemly, conform to, correspond, do, go with, gratify, harmonize, match, please, satisfy, tally [image]  accommodate, adapt, adjust, fashion, fit, modify, proportion, tailor

•   n.    addresses, appeal, attentions, courtship, entreaty, invocation, petition, prayer, request [image]   Law action, case, cause, industrial tribunal, lawsuit, proceeding, prosecution, trial [image]  clothing, costume, dress, ensemble, habit, outfit [image]  follow suit accord with, copy, emulate, run with the herd, take one's cue from


suitability

See Also

appropriateness, aptness, fitness, opportuneness, rightness, timeliness


suitable

See Also

acceptable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, convenient, cut out for, due, fit, fitting, in character, in keeping, opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, satisfactory, seemly, suited


suite

See Also

   apartment, collection, furniture, rooms, series, set [image]  attendants, entourage, escort, followers, retainers, retinue, train


suitor

See Also

admirer, beau, follower (Obsolete), swain (Archaic), wooer, young man


sulk

See Also

be in a huff, be put out, brood, have the hump (Brit. inf.), look sullen, pout


sulky

See Also

aloof, churlish, cross, disgruntled, huffy, ill-humoured, in the sulks, moody, morose, perverse, petulant, put out, querulous, resentful, sullen, vexed


sullen

See Also

brooding, cheerless, cross, dismal, dull, gloomy, glowering, heavy, moody, morose, obstinate, out of humour, perverse, silent, sombre, sour, stubborn, surly, unsociable


sultry

See Also

   close, hot, humid, muggy, oppressive, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sweltering [image]  amorous, come-hither (Inf.), erotic, passionate, provocative, seductive, sensual, sexy (Inf.), voluptuous


sum

See Also

aggregate, amount, entirety, quantity, reckoning, score, sum total, tally, total, totality, whole


summarily

arbitrarily, at short notice, expeditiously, forthwith, immediately, on the spot, peremptorily, promptly, speedily, swiftly, without delay, without wasting words


summarize

See Also

abridge, condense, encapsulate, epitomize, give a rundown of, give the main points of, outline, précis, put in a nutshell, review, sum up


summary

See Also

•   n.    abridgment, abstract, compendium, digest, epitome, essence, extract, outline, précis, recapitulation, résumé, review, rundown, summing-up, synopsis

•   adj.    arbitrary, brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, cursory, hasty, laconic, perfunctory, pithy, succinct


summit

See Also

acme, apex, crest, crown, crowning point, culmination, head, height, peak, pinnacle, top, zenith


summon

See Also

   arouse, assemble, bid, call, call together, cite, convene, convoke, invite, rally, rouse, send for [image]  (Often with up) call into action, draw on, gather, invoke, mobilize, muster


sumptuous

See Also

costly, dear, de luxe, expensive, extravagant, gorgeous, grand, lavish, luxurious, magnificent, opulent, plush (Inf.), posh (Inf., chiefly Brit.), rich, ritzy (Sl.), splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), superb


sum up

See Also

   close, conclude, put in a nutshell, recapitulate, review, summarize [image]  estimate, form an opinion of, get the measure of, size up (Inf.)


sun

See Also

•   n.    daystar (Poetic), eye of heaven, Helios (Greek myth), Phoebus (Greek myth), Phoebus Apollo (Greek myth), Sol (Roman myth)

•   v.    bake, bask, sunbathe, tan


sunburnt

bronzed, brown, brown as a berry, burnt, like a lobster, peeling, red, ruddy, scarlet, tanned


sundry

See Also

assorted, different, divers (Archaic), miscellaneous, several, some, varied, various


sunken

See Also

   concave, drawn, haggard, hollow, hollowed [image]  at a lower level, below ground, buried, depressed, immersed, lower, recessed, submerged


sunless

See Also

bleak, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressing, gloomy, grey, hazy, overcast, sombre


sunny

See Also

   bright, brilliant, clear, fine, luminous, radiant, summery, sunlit, sunshiny, unclouded, without a cloud in the sky [image]   Fig. beaming, blithe, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chirpy (Inf.), genial, happy, joyful, light-hearted, optimistic, pleasant, smiling


sunrise

See Also

aurora (Poetic), break of day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, daylight, dayspring (Poetic), sunup


sunset

See Also

close of (the) day, dusk, eventide, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), nightfall, sundown


superb

See Also

admirable, boffo (Sl.), breathtaking, brill (Inf.), chillin' (U.S. sl.), choice, excellent, exquisite, fine, first-rate, gorgeous, grand, magnificent, marvellous, mega (Sl.), of the first water, splendid, splendiferous (Facetious), superior, topping (Brit. sl.), unrivalled, world-class


supercilious

See Also

arrogant, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, haughty, high and mighty (Inf.), hoity-toity (Inf.), imperious, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, patronizing, proud, scornful, snooty (Inf.), stuck-up (Inf.), toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.), uppish (Brit. inf.), vainglorious


superficial

See Also

   exterior, external, on the surface, peripheral, shallow, skin-deep, slight, surface [image]  casual, cosmetic, cursory, desultory, hasty, hurried, inattentive, nodding, passing, perfunctory, sketchy, slapdash [image]  empty, empty-headed, frivolous, lightweight, shallow, silly, trivial [image]  apparent, evident, ostensible, outward, seeming


superficiality

See Also

emptiness, lack of depth, lack of substance, shallowness, triviality


superficially

See Also

apparently, at first glance, externally, on the surface, ostensibly, to the casual eye


superfluous

See Also

excess, excessive, extra, in excess, left over, needless, on one's hands, pleonastic (Rhetoric), redundant, remaining, residuary, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus, surplus to requirements, uncalled-for, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired


superhuman

See Also

   herculean, heroic, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, valiant [image]  divine, paranormal, preternatural, supernatural


superintend

See Also

administer, control, direct, handle, inspect, look after, manage, overlook, oversee, run, supervise


superintendence

See Also

care, charge, control, direction, government, guidance, inspection, management, supervision, surveillance


superintendent

See Also

administrator, chief, conductor, controller, director, governor, inspector, manager, overseer, supervisor


superior

See Also

•   adj.    better, grander, greater, higher, more advanced  (expert, extensive, skilful), paramount, predominant, preferred, prevailing, surpassing, unrivalled [image]  a cut above (Inf.), admirable, choice, de luxe, distinguished, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, good quality, high calibre, high-class, of the first order, world-class [image]  airy, condescending, disdainful, haughty, lofty, lordly, patronizing, pretentious, snobbish, stuck-up (Inf.), supercilious

•   n.    boss (Inf.), chief, director, manager, principal, senior, supervisor


superiority

See Also

advantage, ascendancy, excellence, lead, predominance, pre-eminence, preponderance, prevalence, supremacy


superlative

See Also

•   adj. consummate, crack (Sl.), excellent, greatest, highest, magnificent, matchless, of the first water, of the highest order, outstanding, peerless, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed


supernatural

See Also

abnormal, dark, ghostly, hidden, miraculous, mysterious, mystic, occult, paranormal, phantom, preternatural, psychic, spectral, supranatural, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural


supervise

See Also

administer, be on duty at, be responsible for, conduct, control, direct, handle, have or be in charge of, inspect, keep an eye on, look after, manage, oversee, preside over, run, superintend


supervision

See Also

administration, auspices, care, charge, control, direction, guidance, instruction, management, oversight, stewardship, superintendence, surveillance


supervisor

See Also

administrator, boss (Inf.), chief, foreman, gaffer (Inf., chiefly Brit.), inspector, manager, overseer, steward, superintendent


supervisory

administrative, executive, managerial, overseeing, superintendent


supplant

See Also

displace, oust, overthrow, remove, replace, supersede, take over, take the place of, undermine, unseat


supple

See Also

bending, elastic, flexible, limber, lissom(e), lithe, loose-limbed, plastic, pliable, pliant


supplement

See Also

•   n.    added feature, addendum, addition, add-on, appendix, codicil, complement, extra, insert, postscript, pull-out, sequel

•   v.    add, augment, complement, extend, fill out, reinforce, supply, top up


supplementary

See Also

accompanying, additional, add-on, ancillary, auxiliary, complementary, extra, secondary, supplemental


suppliant

•   adj.    begging, beseeching, craving, entreating, imploring, importunate, on bended knee

•   n.    applicant, petitioner, suitor, supplicant


supplication

See Also

appeal, entreaty, invocation, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, request, solicitation, suit


supply

See Also

•   v.    afford, cater to or for, come up with, contribute, endow, fill, furnish, give, grant, minister, outfit, produce, provide, purvey, replenish, satisfy, stock, store, victual, yield

•   n.    cache, fund, hoard, quantity, reserve, reservoir, source, stock, stockpile, store [image]  (Usually plural) equipment, food, foodstuff, items, materials, necessities, provender, provisions, rations, stores


support

See Also

•   v.    bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, hold, hold up, prop, reinforce, shore up, sustain, underpin, uphold [image]  be a source of strength to, buoy up, cherish, encourage, finance, foster, fund, keep, look after, maintain, nourish, provide for, strengthen, subsidize, succour, sustain, take care of, underwrite [image]  advocate, aid, assist, back, boost (someone's) morale, champion, defend, espouse, forward, go along with, help, promote, second, side with, stand behind, stand up for, stick up for (Inf.), take (someone's) part, take up the cudgels for, uphold [image]  attest to, authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, document, endorse, lend credence to, substantiate, verify [image]  bear, brook, countenance, endure, put up with (Inf.), stand (for), stomach, submit, suffer, thole (Dialect), tolerate, undergo

•   n.    abutment, back, brace, foundation, lining, pillar, post, prop, shore, stanchion, stay, stiffener, underpinning [image]  aid, approval, assistance, backing, blessing, championship, comfort, encouragement, espousal, friendship, furtherance, help, loyalty, moral support, patronage, promotion, protection, relief, succour, sustenance [image]  keep, livelihood, maintenance, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep [image]  backbone, backer, comforter, mainstay, prop, second, stay, supporter, tower of strength


supporter

See Also

adherent, advocate, ally, apologist, champion, co-worker, defender, fan, follower, friend, helper, henchman, patron, protagonist, sponsor, upholder, well-wisher


suppose

See Also

   assume, calculate (U.S. dialect), conjecture, dare say, expect, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imagine, infer, judge, opine, presume, presuppose, surmise, take as read, take for granted, think [image]  believe, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, fancy, hypothesize, imagine, postulate, pretend


supposed

See Also

   accepted, alleged, assumed, hypothetical, presumed, presupposed, professed, putative, reputed, rumoured [image]  (With to) expected, meant, obliged, ought, required


supposedly

See Also

allegedly, at a guess, avowedly, by all accounts, hypothetically, ostensibly, presumably, professedly, purportedly, theoretically


supposition

See Also

conjecture, doubt, guess, guesswork, hypothesis, idea, notion, postulate, presumption, speculation, surmise, theory


suppress

See Also

   beat down, check, clamp down on, conquer, crack down on, crush, drive underground, extinguish, overpower, overthrow, put an end to, quash, quell, quench, snuff out, stamp out, stop, subdue, trample on [image]  censor, conceal, contain, cover up, curb, hold in or back, hold in check, keep secret, muffle, muzzle, repress, restrain, silence, smother, stifle, withhold


suppression

See Also

check, clampdown, crackdown, crushing, dissolution, elimination, extinction, inhibition, prohibition, quashing, smothering, termination


supremacy

See Also

absolute rule, ascendancy, dominance, domination, dominion, lordship, mastery, paramountcy, predominance, pre-eminence, primacy, sovereignty, supreme authority, sway


supreme

See Also

cardinal, chief, crowning, culminating, extreme, final, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, incomparable, leading, matchless, paramount, peerless, predominant, pre-eminent, prevailing, prime, principal, sovereign, superlative, surpassing, top, ultimate, unsurpassed, utmost


sure

See Also

   assured, certain, clear, confident, convinced, decided, definite, free from doubt, persuaded, positive, satisfied [image]  accurate, dependable, effective, foolproof, honest, indisputable, infallible, never-failing, precise, reliable, sure-fire (Inf.), tried and true, trustworthy, trusty, undeniable, undoubted, unerring, unfailing, unmistakable, well-proven [image]  assured, bound, guaranteed, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irrevocable [image]  fast, firm, fixed, safe, secure, solid, stable, staunch, steady


surely

See Also

assuredly, beyond the shadow of a doubt, certainly, come what may, definitely, doubtlessly, for certain, indubitably, inevitably, inexorably, undoubtedly, unquestionably, without doubt, without fail


surface

See Also

•   n.    covering, exterior, façade, face, facet, outside, plane, side, skin, superficies (Rare), top, veneer [image]  on the surface apparently, at first glance, ostensibly, outwardly, superficially, to all appearances, to the casual eye

•   adj.    apparent, exterior, external, outward, superficial

•   v.    appear, come to light, come up, crop up (Inf.), emerge, materialize, rise, transpire


surfeit

See Also

•   n.    excess, glut, overindulgence, plethora, satiety, superabundance, superfluity

•   v.    cram, fill, glut, gorge, overfeed, overfill, satiate, stuff


surge

See Also

•   v.    billow, eddy, gush, heave, rise, roll, rush, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth

•   n.    billow, breaker, efflux, flood, flow, gush, intensification, outpouring, roller, rush, swell, uprush, upsurge, wave


surly

See Also

bearish, brusque, churlish, crabbed, cross, crusty, curmudgeonly, grouchy (Inf.), gruff, ill-natured, morose, perverse, sulky, sullen, testy, uncivil, ungracious


surmise

See Also

•   v.    come to the conclusion, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, fancy, guess, hazard a guess, imagine, infer, opine, presume, speculate, suppose, suspect

•   n.    assumption, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, guess, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, possibility, presumption, speculation, supposition, suspicion, thought


surmount

See Also

conquer, exceed, master, overcome, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, surpass, triumph over, vanquish


surpass

See Also

beat, best, eclipse, exceed, excel, go one better than (Inf.), outdo, outshine, outstrip, override, overshadow, top, tower above, transcend


surpassing

See Also

exceptional, extraordinary, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, phenomenal, rare, supreme, transcendent, unrivalled


surplus

See Also

•   n.    balance, excess, remainder, residue, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit

•   adj.    excess, extra, in excess, left over, odd, remaining, spare, superfluous, unused


surprise

See Also

•   v.    amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, bowl over (Inf.), confuse, disconcert, flabbergast (Inf.), leave open-mouthed, nonplus, stagger, stun, take aback [image]  burst in on, catch in the act or red-handed, catch napping, catch unawares or off-guard, come down on like a bolt from the blue, discover, spring upon, startle

•   n.    amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, incredulity, stupefaction, wonder [image]  bolt from the blue, bombshell, eye-opener (Inf.), jolt, revelation, shock, start (Inf.)


surprised

See Also

amazed, astonished, at a loss, caught on the hop (Brit. inf.), caught on the wrong foot (Inf.), disconcerted, incredulous, nonplussed, open-mouthed, speechless, startled, taken aback, taken by surprise, thunderstruck, unable to believe one's eyes


surprising

See Also

amazing, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary, incredible, marvellous, remarkable, staggering, startling, unexpected, unlooked-for, unusual, wonderful


surrender

See Also

•   v.    abandon, cede, concede, deliver up, forego, give up, part with, relinquish, renounce, resign, waive, yield [image]  capitulate, give in, give oneself up, give way, lay down arms, quit, show the white flag, submit, succumb, throw in the towel, yield

•   n.    capitulation, delivery, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, submission, yielding


surreptitious

See Also

clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, secret, sly, sneaking, stealthy, unauthorized, underhand, veiled


surround

See Also

   close in on, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, girdle, hem in, ring [image]   Military besiege, invest (Rare), lay siege to


surrounding

See Also

nearby, neighbouring


surroundings

See Also

background, environment, environs, location, milieu, neighbourhood, setting


surveillance

See Also

care, control, direction, inspection, observation, scrutiny, superintendence, supervision, vigilance, watch


survey

See Also

•   v.    contemplate, examine, eye up, inspect, look over, observe, recce (Sl.), reconnoitre, research, review, scan, scrutinize, study, supervise, view [image]  appraise, assess, estimate, eye up, measure, plan, plot, prospect, size up, take stock of, triangulate

•   n.    examination, inquiry, inspection, overview, perusal, random sample, review, scrutiny, study


survive

See Also

be extant, endure, exist, hold out, keep body and soul together (Inf.), last, live, live on, outlast, outlive, pull through, remain alive, subsist


susceptibility

See Also

liability, predisposition, proneness, propensity, responsiveness, sensitivity, suggestibility, vulnerability, weakness


susceptible

See Also

   (Usually with to) disposed, given, inclined, liable, open, predisposed, prone, subject, vulnerable [image]  alive to, easily moved, impressionable, receptive, responsive, sensitive, suggestible, tender


suspect

See Also

•   v.    distrust, doubt, harbour suspicions about, have one's doubts about, mistrust, smell a rat (Inf.) [image]  believe, conclude, conjecture, consider, fancy, feel, guess, have a sneaking suspicion, hazard a guess, speculate, suppose, surmise, think probable

•   adj.    dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, dubious, fishy (Inf.), iffy (Inf.), open to suspicion, questionable


suspend

See Also

   append, attach, dangle, hang, swing [image]  adjourn, arrest, cease, cut short, debar, defer, delay, discontinue, hold off, interrupt, lay aside, pigeonhole, postpone, put off, shelve, stay, withhold


suspense

See Also

   anticipation, anxiety, apprehension, doubt, expectancy, expectation, indecision, insecurity, irresolution, tension, uncertainty, wavering [image]  in suspense anxious, in an agony of doubt, keyed up, on edge, on tenterhooks


suspension

See Also

abeyance, adjournment, break, breaking off, deferment, delay, disbarment, discontinuation, interruption, moratorium, postponement, remission, respite, stay


suspicion

See Also

   bad vibes (Sl.), chariness, distrust, doubt, dubiety, funny feeling (Inf.), jealousy, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, scepticism, wariness [image]  above suspicion above reproach, blameless, honourable, like Caesar's wife, pure, sinless, unimpeachable, virtuous [image]  conjecture, guess, gut feeling (Inf.), hunch, idea, impression, notion, supposition, surmise [image]  glimmer, hint, shade, shadow, soupçon, strain, streak, suggestion, tinge, touch, trace


suspicious

See Also

   apprehensive, distrustful, doubtful, jealous, leery (Sl.), mistrustful, sceptical, suspecting, unbelieving, wary [image]  dodgy (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), doubtful, dubious, fishy (Inf.), funny, irregular, of doubtful honesty, open to doubt or misconstruction, queer, questionable, shady (Inf.), suspect


sustain

See Also

   bear, carry, keep from falling, keep up, support, uphold [image]  bear, bear up under, endure, experience, feel, suffer, undergo, withstand [image]  aid, assist, comfort, foster, help, keep alive, nourish, nurture, provide for, relieve [image]  approve, confirm, continue, keep alive, keep going, keep up, maintain, prolong, protract, ratify [image]  endorse, uphold, validate, verify


sustained

See Also

constant, continuous, nonstop, perpetual, prolonged, steady, unremitting


sustenance

See Also

   aliment, comestibles, daily bread, eatables, edibles, food, nourishment, provender, provisions, rations, refection, refreshments, victuals [image]  livelihood, maintenance, subsistence, support


swagger

See Also

•   v.    bluster, boast, brag, bully, gasconade (Rare), hector, hot-dog (Chiefly U.S.), parade, prance, show off (Inf.), strut, swank (Inf.)

•   n.    arrogance, bluster, braggadocio, display, gasconade (Rare), ostentation, pomposity, show, showing off (Inf.), swank (Inf.), swashbuckling


swallow

See Also

•   v.    absorb, consume, devour, down (Inf.), drink, eat, gulp, ingest, swig (Inf.), swill, wash down [image]  (Often with up) absorb, assimilate, consume, engulf, envelop, overrun, overwhelm, use up, waste [image]  choke back, hold in, repress [image]   Inf. accept, believe, buy (Sl.), fall for


swamp

See Also

•   n.    bog, everglade(s) (U.S.), fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss (Scot. & northern English dialect), quagmire, slough

•   v.    capsize, drench, engulf, flood, inundate, overwhelm, sink, submerge, swallow up, upset, wash over, waterlog [image]  beset, besiege, deluge, flood, inundate, overload, overwhelm, snow under


swampy

See Also

boggy, fenny, marish (Obsolete), marshy, miry, quaggy, waterlogged, wet


swap, swop

See Also

•   v. bandy, barter, exchange, interchange, switch, trade, traffic


swarm

See Also

•   n.    army, bevy, concourse, crowd, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, mass, multitude, myriad, shoal, throng

•   v.    congregate, crowd, flock, mass, stream, throng [image]  (With with) abound, be alive  (infested, overrun), bristle, crawl, teem


swarthy

black, brown, dark, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned, dusky, swart (Archaic), tawny


swashbuckling

See Also

bold, daredevil, dashing, flamboyant, gallant, mettlesome, roisterous, spirited, swaggering


swastika

fylfot


swathe

See Also

bandage, bind, bundle up, cloak, drape, envelop, enwrap, fold, furl, lap, muffle up, sheathe, shroud, swaddle, wrap


sway

See Also

•   v.    bend, fluctuate, incline, lean, lurch, oscillate, rock, roll, swing, wave [image]  affect, control, direct, dominate, govern, guide, induce, influence, persuade, prevail on, win over

•   n.    ascendency, authority, clout (Inf.), command, control, dominion, government, influence, jurisdiction, power, predominance, rule, sovereignty [image]  hold sway predominate, prevail, reign, rule, run


swear

See Also

   affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, declare, depose, give one's word, pledge oneself, promise, state under oath, take an oath, testify, vow, warrant [image]  be foul-mouthed, blaspheme, curse, cuss (Inf.), imprecate, take the Lord's name in vain, turn the air blue (Inf.), utter profanities [image]  (With by) depend on, have confidence in, rely on, trust


swearing

See Also

bad language, blasphemy, cursing, cussing (Inf.), foul language, imprecations, malediction, profanity


sweat

See Also

•   n.    diaphoresis (Medical), exudation, perspiration, sudor (Medical) [image]   Inf. agitation, anxiety, distress, flap (Inf.), panic, strain, worry [image]   Inf. backbreaking task, chore, drudgery, effort, labour, toil

•   v.    break out in a sweat, exude moisture, glow, perspire [image]   Inf. agonize, be on pins and needles (Inf.), be on tenterhooks, chafe, fret, lose sleep over, suffer, torture oneself, worry [image]  sweat it out  Inf. endure, see (something) through, stay the course, stick it out (Inf.)


sweaty

clammy, drenched  (bathed, soaked), glowing, perspiring, sticky, sweating


sweep

See Also

•   v.    brush, clean, clear, remove [image]  career, flounce, fly, glance, glide, hurtle, pass, sail, scud, skim, tear, zoom

•   n.    arc, bend, curve, gesture, move, movement, stroke, swing [image]  compass, extent, range, scope, span, stretch, vista [image]  draw, lottery, raffle, sweepstake


sweeping

See Also

   all-embracing, all-inclusive, bird's-eye, broad, comprehensive, extensive, global, radical, thoroughgoing, wide, wide-ranging [image]  across-the-board, blanket, exaggerated, indiscriminate, overdrawn, overstated, unqualified, wholesale


sweet

See Also

•   adj.    cloying, honeyed, luscious, melting, saccharine, sugary, sweetened, syrupy, toothsome, treacly [image]  affectionate, agreeable, amiable, appealing, attractive, beautiful, charming, cute, delightful, engaging, fair, gentle, kind, likable or likeable, lovable, sweet-tempered, taking, tender, unselfish, winning, winsome [image]  beloved, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, pet, precious, treasured [image]  aromatic, balmy, clean, fragrant, fresh, new, perfumed, pure, redolent, sweet-smelling, wholesome [image]  dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonious, mellow, melodious, musical, silver-toned, silvery, soft, sweet-sounding, tuneful [image]  sweet on enamoured of, gone on (Sl.), head over heels in love with, infatuated by, in love with, keen on, obsessed or bewitched by, taken with, wild or mad about (Inf.)

•   n.    afters (Brit. inf.), dessert, pudding, sweet course [image]  (Usually plural) bonbon, candy (U.S.), confectionery, sweetie, sweetmeats


sweeten

See Also

   honey, sugar, sugar-coat [image]  alleviate, appease, mollify, pacify, soften up, soothe, sugar the pill


sweetheart

See Also

admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, darling, dear, flame (Inf.), follower (Obsolete), girlfriend, inamorata, inamorato, leman (Archaic), love, lover, steady (Inf.), suitor, swain (Archaic), sweetie (Inf.), truelove, valentine


swell

See Also

•   v.    balloon, become bloated or distended, become larger, be inflated, belly, billow, bloat, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, grow, increase, protrude, puff up, rise, round out, tumefy, well up [image]  add to, aggravate, augment, enhance, heighten, intensify, mount, surge

•   n.    billow, rise, surge, undulation, wave [image]   Inf. beau, blade (Archaic), cockscomb (Inf.), dandy, fashion plate, fop, nob (Sl.), toff (Brit. sl.)

•   adj.     Inf. de luxe, exclusive, fashionable, grand, plush or plushy (Inf.), posh (Inf., chiefly Brit.), ritzy (Sl.), smart, stylish


swelling

See Also

•   n. blister, bruise, bulge, bump, dilation, distension, enlargement, inflammation, lump, protuberance, puffiness, tumescence


swerve

See Also

•   v. bend, deflect, depart from, deviate, diverge, incline, sheer off, shift, skew, stray, swing, turn, turn aside, veer, wander, wind


swift

See Also

abrupt, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, hurried, nimble, nippy (Brit. inf.), pdq (Sl.), prompt, quick, quickie (Inf.), rapid, ready, short, short-lived, spanking, speedy, sudden, winged


swiftly

See Also

apace, as fast as one's legs can carry one, (at) full tilt, double-quick, fast, hotfoot, hurriedly, in less than no time, nippily (Brit. inf.), posthaste, promptly, pronto (Inf.), rapidly, speedily, without losing time


swiftness

See Also

alacrity, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fleetness, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, velocity


swill

See Also

•   v.    bend the elbow (Inf.), bevvy (Dialect), consume, drain, drink (down), gulp, guzzle, imbibe, pour down one's gullet, quaff, swallow, swig (Inf.), toss off [image]  (Often with out) drench, flush, rinse, sluice, wash down, wash out

•   n.    hogwash, mash, mush, pigswill, scourings, slops, waste


swindle

See Also

•   v.    bamboozle (Inf.), bilk (of), cheat, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle (Inf.), do (Sl.), dupe, fleece, hornswoggle (Sl.), overcharge, pull a fast one (on someone) (Inf.), put one over on (someone) (Inf.), rip (someone) off (Sl.), rook (Sl.), skin (Sl.), stiff (Sl.), sting (Inf.), take (someone) for a ride (Inf.), take to the cleaners (Inf.), trick

•   n.    con trick (Inf.), deceit, deception, double-dealing, fiddle (Brit. inf.), fraud, imposition, knavery, racket, rip-off (Sl.), roguery, scam (Sl.), sharp practice, sting (Inf.), swizz (Brit. inf.), swizzle (Brit. inf.), trickery


swindler

See Also

charlatan, cheat, chiseller (Inf.), confidence man, con man (Inf.), fraud, impostor, knave (Archaic), mountebank, rascal, rogue, rook (Sl.), shark, sharper, trickster


swing

See Also

•   v.    be pendent, be suspended, dangle, hang, move back and forth, suspend [image]  fluctuate, oscillate, rock, sway, vary, veer, vibrate, wave [image]  (Usually with round) curve, pivot, rotate, swivel, turn, turn on one's heel, wheel

•   n.    fluctuation, oscillation, stroke, sway, swaying, vibration [image]  in full swing animated, at its height, lively, on the go (Inf.), under way


swinging

See Also

dynamic, fashionable, full of go or pep (Inf.), groovy (Dated sl.), happening (Inf.), hip (Sl.), in the swim (Inf.), lively, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-date, up to the minute, with it (Inf.)


swirl

See Also

•   v. agitate, boil, churn, eddy, spin, surge, twirl, twist, whirl


switch

See Also

•   v.    change, change course, deflect, deviate, divert, exchange, interchange, rearrange, replace by, shift, substitute, swap (Inf.), trade, turn aside

•   n.    about-turn, alteration, change, change of direction, exchange, reversal, shift, substitution, swap (Inf.)

•   v.    lash, swish, twitch, wave, whip


swollen

See Also

bloated, distended, dropsical, edematous, enlarged, inflamed, oedematous, puffed up, puffy, tumescent, tumid


swoop

•   v.    descend, dive, pounce, rush, stoop, sweep

•   n.    descent, drop, lunge, plunge, pounce, rush, stoop, sweep


sword

   blade, brand (Archaic), trusty steel [image]  cross swords argue, come to blows, dispute, fight, spar, wrangle [image]  the sword aggression, arms, butchery, death, massacre, military might, murder, slaying, violence, war


syllabus

See Also

course of study, curriculum


symbol

See Also

badge, emblem, figure, image, logo, mark, representation, sign, token, type


symbolic, symbolical

See Also

allegorical, emblematic, figurative, representative, significant, token, typical


symbolize

See Also

betoken, body forth, connote, denote, exemplify, mean, personify, represent, signify, stand for, typify


symmetrical

See Also

balanced, in proportion, proportional, regular, well-proportioned


symmetry

See Also

agreement, balance, correspondence, evenness, form, harmony, order, proportion, regularity


sympathetic

See Also

   affectionate, caring, commiserating, compassionate, concerned, condoling, feeling, interested, kind, kindly, pitying, responsive, supportive, tender, understanding, warm, warm-hearted [image]  (Often with to) agreeable, approving, encouraging, favourably disposed, friendly, in sympathy with, pro, well-disposed [image]  agreeable, appreciative, companionable, compatible, congenial, friendly, like-minded, responsive, well-intentioned


sympathetically

appreciatively, feelingly, kindly, perceptively, responsively, sensitively, understandingly, warm-heartedly, warmly, with compassion, with feeling, with interest


sympathize

See Also

   bleed for, commiserate, condole, empathize, feel for, feel one's heart go out to, grieve with, have compassion, offer consolation, pity, share another's sorrow [image]  agree, be in accord, be in sympathy, go along with, identify with, side with, understand


sympathizer

condoler, fellow traveller, partisan, protagonist, supporter, well-wisher


sympathy

See Also

   commiseration, compassion, condolence(s), empathy, pity, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding [image]  affinity, agreement, congeniality, correspondence, fellow feeling, harmony, rapport, union, warmth


symptom

See Also

expression, indication, mark, note, sign, syndrome, token, warning


symptomatic

See Also

characteristic, indicative, suggestive


synthesis

See Also

   amalgamation, coalescence, combination, integration, unification, welding [image]  amalgam, blend, combination, composite, compound, fusion, meld, union


synthetic

See Also

artificial, ersatz, fake, man-made, manufactured, mock, pseudo (Inf.), sham, simulated


system

See Also

   arrangement, classification, combination, coordination, organization, scheme, setup (Inf.), structure [image]  fixed order, frame of reference, method, methodology, modus operandi, practice, procedure, routine, technique, theory, usage [image]  definite plan, logical process, method, methodicalness, orderliness, regularity, systematization


systematic

See Also

businesslike, efficient, methodical, orderly, organized, precise, standardized, systematized, well-ordered


table

See Also

•   n.    bench, board, counter, slab, stand [image]  board, diet, fare, food, spread (Inf.), victuals [image]  flat, flatland, mesa, plain, plateau, tableland [image]  agenda, catalogue, chart, diagram, digest, graph, index, inventory, list, plan, record, register, roll, schedule, synopsis, tabulation

•   v.    enter, move, propose, put forward, submit, suggest


tableau

See Also

picture, representation, scene, spectacle


taboo

See Also

•   adj.    anathema, banned, beyond the pale, disapproved of, forbidden, frowned on, not allowed, not permitted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, ruled out, unacceptable, unmentionable, unthinkable

•   n.    anathema, ban, disapproval, interdict, prohibition, proscription, restriction


tabulate

See Also

arrange, catalogue, categorize, chart, classify, codify, index, list, order, range, systematize, tabularize


tacit

See Also

implicit, implied, inferred, silent, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unspoken, unstated, wordless


taciturn

See Also

aloof, antisocial, close-lipped, cold, distant, dumb, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, silent, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, withdrawn


tack

See Also

•   n.    drawing pin, nail, pin, staple, thumbtack (U.S.), tintack [image]  approach, bearing, course, direction, heading, line, method, path, plan, procedure, tactic, way

•   v.    affix, attach, fasten, fix, nail, pin, staple [image]  baste, stitch [image]  add, annex, append, attach, tag


tackle

See Also

•   n.    accoutrements, apparatus, equipment, gear, implements, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, rigging, tools, trappings [image]  block, challenge, stop

•   v.    apply oneself to, attempt, begin, come or get to grips with, deal with, embark upon, engage in, essay, get stuck into (Inf.), have a go at (Inf.), have a stab at (Inf.), set about, take on, try, turn one's hand to, undertake, wade into [image]  block, bring down, challenge, clutch, confront, grab, grasp, halt, intercept, seize, stop, take hold of, throw


tact

See Also

address, adroitness, consideration, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, finesse, judgment, perception, savoir-faire, sensitivity, skill, thoughtfulness, understanding


tactful

See Also

careful, considerate, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, judicious, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, subtle, thoughtful, understanding


tactic

See Also

   approach, course, device, line, manoeuvre, means, method, move, ploy, policy, scheme, stratagem, tack, trick, way [image]  (Plural) campaign, generalship, manoeuvres, plans, strategy


tactical

adroit, artful, clever, cunning, diplomatic, foxy, politic, shrewd, skilful, smart, strategic


tactician

See Also

brain (Inf.), campaigner, coordinator, director, general, mastermind, planner, strategist


tactless

See Also

blundering, boorish, careless, clumsy, discourteous, gauche, harsh, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensitive, maladroit, rough, rude, sharp, thoughtless, uncivil, undiplomatic, unfeeling, unkind, unsubtle


tail

See Also

•   n.    appendage, conclusion, empennage, end, extremity, rear end, tailpiece, train [image]  file, line, queue, tailback, train [image]   Of hair braid, pigtail, plait, ponytail, tress [image]   Inf. arse (Taboo sl.), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), backside (Inf.), behind (Inf.), bottom, bum (Brit. sl.), buns (U.S. sl.), butt (U.S. & Canad. inf.), buttocks, croup, derrière (Euphemistic), jacksy (Brit. sl.), posterior, rear (Inf.), rear end, rump [image]  turn tail cut and run, escape, flee, hook it (Sl.), make off, retreat, run away, run for it (Inf.), run off, scarper (Brit. sl.), show a clean pair of heels, skedaddle (Inf.), take off (Inf.), take to one's heels

•   v.     Inf. dog the footsteps of, follow, keep an eye on, shadow, stalk, track, trail


tail off

tail off or away

decrease, die out, drop, dwindle, fade, fall away, peter out, wane


tailor

See Also

•   n.    clothier, costumier, couturier, dressmaker, garment maker, outfitter, seamstress

•   v.    accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, convert, cut, fashion, fit, modify, mould, shape, style, suit


taint

See Also

•   v.    adulterate, blight, contaminate, corrupt, dirty, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil [image]  besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, brand, damage, defile, disgrace, dishonour, muddy, ruin, shame, smear, smirch, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, vitiate

•   n.    black mark, blemish, blot, blot on one's escutcheon, defect, demerit, disgrace, dishonour, fault, flaw, shame, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stigma [image]  contagion, contamination, infection, pollution


take

See Also

•   v.    abduct, acquire, arrest, capture, carry off, catch, clutch, ensnare, entrap, gain possession of, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, have, help oneself to, lay hold of, obtain, receive, secure, seize, win [image]  abstract, appropriate, blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), carry off, filch, misappropriate, nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), pinch (Inf.), pocket, purloin, run off with, steal, swipe (Sl.), walk off with [image]  book, buy, engage, hire, lease, pay for, pick, purchase, rent, reserve, select [image]  abide, bear, brave, brook, endure, go through, pocket, put up with (Inf.), stand, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, thole (Scot.), tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand [image]  consume, drink, eat, imbibe, ingest, inhale, swallow [image]  accept, adopt, assume, enter upon, undertake [image]  do, effect, execute, have, make, perform [image]  assume, believe, consider, deem, hold, interpret as, perceive, presume, receive, regard, see as, think of as, understand [image]  be efficacious, do the trick (Inf.), have effect, operate, succeed, work [image]  bear, bring, carry, cart, convey, ferry, fetch, haul, tote (Inf.), transport [image]  accompany, bring, conduct, convoy, escort, guide, lead, usher [image]  attract, become popular, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, fascinate, please, win favour [image]  call for, demand, necessitate, need, require [image]  deduct, eliminate, remove, subtract [image]  accept, accommodate, contain, have room for, hold [image]   Sl. bilk, cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, defraud, do (Sl.), dupe, fiddle (Inf.), gull (Archaic), pull a fast one on (Inf.), stiff (Sl.), swindle

•   n.    catch, gate, haul, proceeds, profits, receipts, return, revenue, takings, yield


take back

See Also

   disavow, disclaim, recant, renege, renounce, retract, unsay, withdraw [image]  get back, recapture, reclaim, reconquer, regain, repossess, retake [image]  accept back, exchange, give one a refund for


take down

See Also

   make a note of, minute, note, put on record, record, set down, transcribe, write down [image]  depress, drop, haul down, let down, lower, pull down, remove, take off [image]  demolish, disassemble, dismantle, level, raze, take apart, take to pieces, tear down [image]  deflate, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down (Sl.)


take in

See Also

   absorb, assimilate, comprehend, digest, grasp, understand [image]  comprise, contain, cover, embrace, encompass, include [image]  accommodate, admit, let in, receive [image]   Inf. bilk, cheat, con (Inf.), cozen, deceive, do (Sl.), dupe, fool, gull (Archaic), hoodwink, mislead, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes (Inf.), stiff (Sl.), swindle, trick


takeoff

See Also

   departure, launch, liftoff [image]   Inf. caricature, imitation, lampoon, mocking, parody, satire, send-up (Brit. inf.), spoof (Inf.), travesty


take off

See Also

   discard, divest oneself of, doff, drop, peel off, remove, strip off [image]  become airborne, leave the ground, lift off, take to the air [image]   Inf. abscond, beat it (Sl.), decamp, depart, disappear, go, hit the road (Sl.), hook it (Sl.), leave, set out, slope off, split (Sl.), strike out [image]   Inf. caricature, hit off, imitate, lampoon, mimic, mock, parody, satirize, send up (Brit. inf.), spoof (Inf.), take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), travesty


take on

See Also

   employ, engage, enlist, enrol, hire, retain [image]  acquire, assume, come to have [image]  accept, address oneself to, agree to do, have a go at (Inf.), tackle, undertake [image]  compete against, contend with, enter the lists against, face, fight, match oneself against, oppose, pit oneself against, vie with [image]   Inf. break down, get excited, get upset, give way, make a fuss


take over

See Also

assume control of, become leader of, come to power, gain control of, succeed to, take command of


take to

See Also

   flee to, head for, make for, man, run for [image]  become friendly, be pleased by, be taken with, conceive an affection for, get on with, like, warm to [image]  have recourse to, make a habit of, resort to


take up

See Also

   adopt, assume, become involved in, engage in, start [image]  begin again, carry on, continue, follow on, go on, pick up, proceed, recommence, restart, resume [image]  absorb, consume, cover, extend over, fill, occupy, use up


taking

See Also

•   adj.    attractive, beguiling, captivating, charming, compelling, delightful, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, fetching (Inf.), intriguing, likable or likeable, pleasing, prepossessing, winning [image]   Inf. catching, contagious, infectious

•   n.    (Plural) earnings, gain, gate, income, pickings, proceeds, profits, receipts, returns, revenue, take, yield


tale

See Also

   account, anecdote, conte, fable, fiction, legend, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, spiel (Inf.), story, urban legend, yarn (Inf.) [image]  cock-and-bull story (Inf.), fabrication, falsehood, fib, lie, rigmarole, rumour, spiel (Inf.), tall story (Inf.), untruth


talent

See Also

ability, aptitude, bent, capacity, endowment, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, parts, power


talented

See Also

able, artistic, brilliant, gifted, well-endowed


talk

See Also

•   v.    articulate, chat, chatter, communicate, converse, crack (Scot.), express oneself, gab (Inf.), give voice to, gossip, natter, prate, prattle, rap (Sl.), say, speak, spout, utter, verbalize, witter (Inf.) [image]  chew the rag or fat (Sl.), confabulate, confer, have a confab (Inf.), hold discussions, negotiate, palaver, parley [image]  blab, crack, give the game away, grass (Brit. sl.), inform, reveal information, shop (Sl., chiefly Brit.), sing (Sl., chiefly U.S.), spill one's guts (Sl.), spill the beans (Inf.), squeak (Inf.), squeal (Sl.), tell all

•   n.    address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, lecture, oration, sermon, speech [image]  blather, blether, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, crack (Scot.), gab (Inf.), gossip, hearsay, jaw (Sl.), natter, rap (Sl.), rumour, tittle-tattle [image]  colloquy, conclave, confab (Inf.), confabulation, conference, congress, consultation, dialogue, discussion, meeting, negotiation, palaver, parley, seminar, symposium [image]  argot, dialect, jargon, language, lingo (Inf.), patois, slang, speech, words


talkative

See Also

big-mouthed (Sl.), chatty, effusive, gabby (Inf.), garrulous, gossipy, long-winded, loquacious, mouthy, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy


talker

chatterbox, conversationalist, lecturer, orator, speaker, speechmaker


talking-to

See Also

criticism, dressing-down (Inf.), lecture, rap on the knuckles, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, slating (Inf.), telling-off (Inf.), ticking-off (Inf.), wigging (Brit. sl.)


tall

See Also

   big, elevated, giant, high, lanky, lofty, soaring, towering [image]   Inf. absurd, embellished, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, incredible, overblown, preposterous, steep (Brit. inf.), unbelievable [image]   Inf. demanding, difficult, exorbitant, hard, unreasonable, well-nigh impossible


tally

See Also

•   v.    accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, correspond, fit, harmonize, jibe (Inf.), match, parallel, square, suit [image]  compute, count up, keep score, mark, reckon, record, register, total

•   n.    count, mark, reckoning, record, running total, score, total [image]  counterfoil, counterpart, duplicate, match, mate, stub


tame

See Also

•   adj.    amenable, broken, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domesticated, gentle, obedient, tractable [image]  fearless, unafraid, used to human contact [image]  compliant, docile, manageable, meek, obedient, spiritless, subdued, submissive, unresisting [image]  bland, boring, dull, flat, humdrum, insipid, lifeless, prosaic, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome

•   v.    break in, domesticate, gentle, house-train, make tame, pacify, train [image]  break the spirit of, bridle, bring to heel, conquer, curb, discipline, enslave, humble, master, repress, subdue, subjugate, suppress [image]  mitigate, mute, soften, soft-pedal (Inf.), subdue, temper, tone down, water down


tamper

See Also

   alter, damage, fiddle (Inf.), fool about (Inf.), interfere, intrude, meddle, mess about, monkey around, muck about (Brit. sl.), poke one's nose into (Inf.), tinker [image]  bribe, corrupt, fix (Inf.), get at, influence, manipulate, rig


tangible

See Also

actual, concrete, corporeal, definite, discernible, evident, manifest, material, objective, palpable, perceptible, physical, positive, real, solid, substantial, tactile, touchable


tangle

See Also

•   n.    coil, confusion, entanglement, jam, jungle, knot, mass, mat, mesh, ravel, snarl, twist, web [image]  complication, entanglement, fix (Inf.), imbroglio, labyrinth, maze, mess, mix-up

•   v.    coil, confuse, entangle, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, jam, kink, knot, mat, mesh, ravel, snarl, twist [image]  (Often with with) come into conflict, come up against, contend, contest, cross swords, dispute, lock horns [image]  catch, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, implicate, involve


tangled

See Also

   entangled, jumbled, knotted, knotty, matted, messy, scrambled, snarled, tousled, twisted [image]  complex, complicated, confused, convoluted, involved, knotty, messy, mixed-up


tantalize

See Also

baffle, balk, disappoint, entice, frustrate, keep (someone) hanging on, lead on, make (someone's) mouth water, provoke, taunt, tease, thwart, titillate, torment, torture


tantamount

See Also

as good as, commensurate, equal, equivalent, synonymous, the same as


tantrum

See Also

bate (Brit. sl.), fit, flare-up, hysterics, ill humour, outburst, paddy (Brit. inf.), paroxysm, storm, temper, wax (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


tap 1

See Also

•   v.    beat, drum, knock, pat, rap, strike, touch

•   n.    beat, knock, light blow, pat, rap, touch


tap 2

See Also

•   n.    faucet (U.S.), spigot, spout, stopcock, valve [image]  bung, plug, spile, stopper [image]  bug (Inf.), listening device [image]  on tap  [image]   Inf. at hand, available, in reserve, on hand, ready [image]  on draught

•   v.    bleed, broach, drain, draw off, open, pierce, siphon off, unplug [image]  draw on, exploit, make use of, milk, mine, put to use, turn to account, use, utilize [image]  bug (Inf.), eavesdrop on, listen in on


tape

See Also

•   n.    band, ribbon, strip

•   v.    bind, seal, secure, stick, wrap [image]  record, tape-record, video


taper

See Also

   come to a point, narrow, thin [image]  (With off) decrease, die away, die out, dwindle, fade, lessen, reduce, subside, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down


target

See Also

   aim, ambition, bull's-eye, end, goal, intention, mark, object, objective [image]  butt, quarry, scapegoat, victim


tariff

See Also

   assessment, duty, excise, impost, levy, rate, tax, toll [image]  bill of fare, charges, menu, price list, schedule


tarnish

See Also

•   v.    befoul, blacken, blemish, blot, darken, dim, discolour, drag through the mud, dull, lose lustre or shine, rust, smirch, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint

•   n.    blackening, black mark, blemish, blot, discoloration, rust, smirch, spot, stain, taint


tarry

See Also

abide, bide, dally, dawdle, delay, dwell, hang around (Inf.), linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, take one's time, wait


tart 1

See Also

   pastry, pie, tartlet [image]  call girl, fallen woman, fille de joie, floozy (Sl.), harlot, hooker (U.S. sl.), loose woman, prostitute, scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), slag (Brit. sl.), slut, streetwalker, strumpet, trollop, whore, woman of easy virtue, working girl (Facetious sl.)


tart 2

See Also

   acerb, acid, acidulous, astringent, bitter, piquant, pungent, sharp, sour, tangy, vinegary [image]  acrimonious, astringent, barbed, biting, caustic, crusty, cutting, harsh, mordacious, mordant, nasty, scathing, sharp, short, snappish, testy, trenchant, vitriolic, wounding


task

See Also

•   n.    assignment, business, charge, chore, duty, employment, enterprise, exercise, job, labour, mission, occupation, toil, undertaking, work [image]  take to task bawl out (Inf.), blame, blast, carpet (Inf.), censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), criticize, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), lambast(e), lecture, read the riot act, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), upbraid

•   v.    assign to, charge, entrust [image]  burden, exhaust, load, lumber (Brit. inf.), oppress, overload, push, saddle, strain, tax, test, weary


taste

See Also

•   n.    flavour, relish, savour, smack, tang [image]  bit, bite, dash, drop, morsel, mouthful, nip, sample, sip, soupçon, spoonful, swallow, titbit, touch [image]  appetite, bent, desire, fancy, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, palate, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, relish [image]  appreciation, cultivation, culture, discernment, discrimination, elegance, grace, judgment, perception, polish, refinement, sophistication, style [image]  correctness, decorum, delicacy, discretion, nicety, politeness, propriety, restraint, tact, tactfulness

•   v.    differentiate, discern, distinguish, perceive [image]  assay, nibble, relish, sample, savour, sip, test, try [image]  have a flavour of, savour of, smack [image]  come up against, encounter, experience, feel, have knowledge of, know, meet with, partake of, undergo


tasteful

See Also

aesthetically pleasing, artistic, beautiful, charming, cultivated, cultured, delicate, discriminating, elegant, exquisite, fastidious, graceful, handsome, harmonious, in good taste, polished, refined, restrained, smart, stylish


tasteless

See Also

   bland, boring, dull, flat, flavourless, insipid, mild, stale, tame, thin, uninspired, uninteresting, vapid, watered-down, weak [image]  cheap, coarse, crass, crude, flashy, garish, gaudy, graceless, gross, impolite, improper, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, low, naff (Brit. sl.), rude, tacky (Inf.), tactless, tawdry, uncouth, unseemly, vulgar


tasty

See Also

appetizing, delectable, delicious, flavourful, flavoursome, full-flavoured, good-tasting, luscious, palatable, sapid, savoury, scrumptious (Inf.), toothsome, yummy (Sl.)


taunt

See Also

•   v.    deride, flout, gibe, guy (Inf.), insult, jeer, mock, provoke, reproach, revile, ridicule, sneer, take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), tease, torment, twit, upbraid

•   n.    barb, censure, cut, derision, dig, gibe, insult, jeer, provocation, reproach, ridicule, sarcasm, teasing


taut

See Also

   flexed, rigid, strained, stressed, stretched, tense, tight [image]   Nautical in good order, neat, orderly, shipshape, spruce, tidy, tight, trim, well-ordered, well-regulated


tavern

See Also

alehouse (Archaic), bar, boozer (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), hostelry, inn, pub (Inf., chiefly Brit.), public house, taproom, watering hole (Facetious sl.)


tawdry

See Also

brummagem, cheap, cheap-jack (Inf.), flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, glittering, meretricious, naff (Brit. sl.), plastic (Sl.), raffish, showy, tacky (Inf.), tasteless, tatty, tinsel, tinselly, vulgar


tax

See Also

•   n.    assessment, charge, contribution, customs, duty, excise, imposition, impost, levy, rate, tariff, tithe, toll, tribute [image]  burden, demand, drain, load, pressure, strain, weight

•   v.    assess, charge, demand, exact, extract, impose, levy a tax on, rate, tithe [image]  burden, drain, enervate, exhaust, load, make heavy demands on, overburden, push, put pressure on, sap, strain, stretch, task, try, weaken, wear out, weary, weigh heavily on [image]  accuse, arraign, blame, charge, impeach, impugn, incriminate, lay at one's door


taxing

See Also

burdensome, demanding, enervating, exacting, heavy, onerous, punishing, sapping, stressful, tiring, tough, trying, wearing, wearisome


teach

See Also

advise, coach, demonstrate, direct, discipline, drill, edify, educate, enlighten, give lessons in, guide, impart, implant, inculcate, inform, instil, instruct, school, show, train, tutor


teacher

See Also

coach, dominie (Scot.), don, educator, guide, guru, handler, instructor, lecturer, master, mentor, mistress, pedagogue, professor, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, trainer, tutor


team

See Also

•   n.    band, body, bunch, company, crew, gang, group, line-up, posse (Inf.), set, side, squad, troupe [image]  pair, span, yoke

•   v.    (Often with up) band together, cooperate, couple, get together, join, link, unite, work together, yoke


tear

See Also

•   v.    claw, divide, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, pull apart, rend, rip, rive, run, rupture, scratch, sever, shred, split, sunder [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), belt (Sl.), bolt, burn rubber (Inf.), career, charge, dart, dash, fly, gallop, hurry, race, run, rush, shoot, speed, sprint, zoom [image]  grab, pluck, pull, rip, seize, snatch, wrench, wrest, yank

•   n.    hole, laceration, mutilation, rent, rip, run, rupture, scratch, split


tearful

See Also

   blubbering, crying, in tears, lachrymose, sobbing, weeping, weepy (Inf.), whimpering [image]  distressing, dolorous, harrowing, lamentable, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, sorrowful, upsetting, woeful


tears

   blubbering, crying, distress, lamentation, mourning, pain, regret, sadness, sobbing, sorrow, wailing, weeping, whimpering, woe [image]  in tears blubbering, crying, distressed, sobbing, visibly moved, weeping, whimpering


tease

See Also

aggravate (Inf.), annoy, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, chaff, gibe, goad, guy (Inf.), lead on, mock, needle (Inf.), pester, plague (Inf.), provoke, rag, rib (Inf.), ridicule, take the piss (out of) (Taboo sl.), tantalize, taunt, torment, twit, vex, wind up (Brit. sl.), worry


technique

See Also

   approach, course, fashion, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, procedure, style, system, way [image]  address, adroitness, art, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, delivery, execution, facility, knack, know-how (Inf.), performance, proficiency, skill, touch


tedious

See Also

annoying, banal, boring, deadly dull, drab, dreary, dreich (Scot.), dull, fatiguing, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, irksome, laborious, lifeless, long-drawn-out, mind-numbing, monotonous, prosaic, prosy, soporific, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome


tedium

See Also

banality, boredom, deadness, drabness, dreariness, dullness, ennui, lifelessness, monotony, routine, sameness, tediousness, the doldrums


teem

See Also

abound, be abundant, bear, be crawling with, be full of, be prolific, brim, bristle, burst at the seams, overflow, produce, pullulate, swarm


teeming

See Also

abundant, alive, brimful, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full, crawling, fruitful, full, numerous, overflowing, packed, replete, swarming, thick


teenager

See Also

adolescent, boy, girl, juvenile, minor, youth


teetotaller

abstainer, nondrinker, Rechabite


telegram

cable, radiogram, telegraph, telex, wire (Inf.)


telegraph

•   n.    tape machine (Stock Exchange), teleprinter, telex [image]  cable, radiogram, telegram, telex, wire (Inf.)

•   v.    cable, send, telex, transmit, wire (Inf.)


telepathy

mind-reading, sixth sense, thought transference


telephone

•   n.    blower (Inf.), handset, line, phone

•   v.    buzz (Inf.), call, call up, dial, get on the blower (Inf.), give (someone) a bell (Brit. sl.), give (someone) a buzz (Inf.), give (someone) a call, give (someone) a ring (Inf., chiefly Brit.), give someone a tinkle (Brit. inf.), phone, put a call through to, ring (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


telescope

•   n.    glass, spyglass

•   v.    concertina, crush, squash [image]  abbreviate, abridge, capsulize, compress, condense, consolidate, contract, curtail, cut, shorten, shrink, tighten, trim, truncate


television

gogglebox (Brit. sl.), idiot box (Sl.), receiver, small screen (Inf.), telly (Brit. inf.), the box (Brit. inf.), the tube (Sl.), TV, TV set


tell

See Also

•   v.    acquaint, announce, apprise, communicate, confess, disclose, divulge, express, impart, inform, let know, make known, mention, notify, proclaim, reveal, say, speak, state, utter [image]  authorize, bid, call upon, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order, require, summon [image]  chronicle, depict, describe, give an account of, narrate, portray, recount, rehearse, relate, report [image]  comprehend, discern, discover, make out, see, understand [image]  differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, identify [image]  carry weight, count, have or take effect, have force, make its presence felt, register, take its toll, weigh [image]  calculate, compute, count, enumerate, number, reckon, tally


telling

See Also

considerable, decisive, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, impressive, influential, marked, potent, powerful, significant, solid, striking, trenchant, weighty


temper

See Also

•   n.    attitude, character, constitution, disposition, frame of mind, humour, mind, mood, nature, temperament, tenor, vein [image]  bad mood, bate (Brit. sl.), fit of pique, fury, gall, paddy (Brit. inf.), passion, rage, tantrum, wax (Inf., chiefly Brit.) [image]  anger, annoyance, heat, hot-headedness, ill humour, irascibility, irritability, irritation, passion, peevishness, petulance, resentment, surliness [image]  calm, calmness, composure, cool (Sl.), coolness, equanimity, good humour, moderation, self-control, tranquillity

•   v.    abate, admix, allay, assuage, calm, lessen, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, restrain, soften, soft-pedal (Inf.), soothe, tone down [image]  anneal, harden, strengthen, toughen


temperament

See Also

   bent, cast of mind, character, complexion, constitution, disposition, frame of mind, humour, make-up, mettle, nature, outlook, personality, quality, soul, spirit, stamp, temper, tendencies, tendency [image]  anger, excitability, explosiveness, hot-headedness, impatience, mercurialness, moodiness, moods, petulance, volatility


temperamental

See Also

   capricious, easily upset, emotional, erratic, excitable, explosive, fiery, highly strung, hot-headed, hypersensitive, impatient, irritable, mercurial, moody, neurotic, passionate, petulant, sensitive, touchy, volatile [image]  congenital, constitutional, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, natural [image]  erratic, inconsistent, inconstant, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable


temperance

   continence, discretion, forbearance, moderation, restraint, self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint [image]  abstemiousness, abstinence, prohibition, sobriety, teetotalism


temperate

See Also

   agreeable, balmy, calm, clement, cool, fair, gentle, mild, moderate, pleasant, soft [image]  calm, composed, dispassionate, equable, even-tempered, mild, moderate, reasonable, self-controlled, self-restrained, sensible, stable [image]  abstemious, abstinent, continent, moderate, sober


tempest

See Also

   cyclone, gale, hurricane, squall, storm, tornado, typhoon [image]  commotion, disturbance, ferment, furore, storm, tumult, upheaval, uproar


tempestuous

See Also

   agitated, blustery, boisterous, breezy, gusty, inclement, raging, squally, stormy, turbulent, windy [image]  agitated, boisterous, emotional, excited, feverish, flaming, furious, heated, hysterical, impassioned, intense, passionate, stormy, turbulent, uncontrolled, violent, wild


temple

See Also

church, holy place, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine


temporarily

See Also

briefly, fleetingly, for a little while, for a moment, for a short time, for a short while, for the moment, for the nonce, for the time being, momentarily, pro tem


temporary

See Also

brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, here today and gone tomorrow, impermanent, interim, momentary, passing, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, short-lived, transient, transitory


tempt

See Also

   allure, appeal to, attract, coax, decoy, draw, entice, inveigle, invite, lead on, lure, make one's mouth water, seduce, tantalize, whet the appetite of, woo [image]  bait, dare, fly in the face of, provoke, risk, test, try


temptation

See Also

allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, bait, blandishments, coaxing, come-on (Inf.), decoy, draw, enticement, inducement, invitation, lure, pull, seduction, snare, tantalization


tempting

See Also

alluring, appetizing, attractive, enticing, inviting, mouthwatering, seductive, tantalizing


tenable

See Also

arguable, believable, defendable, defensible, justifiable, maintainable, plausible, rational, reasonable, sound, viable


tenacious

See Also

   clinging, fast, firm, forceful, immovable, iron, strong, tight, unshakable [image]  retentive, unforgetful [image]  adamant, determined, dogged, firm, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, persistent, pertinacious, resolute, staunch, steadfast, stiff-necked, strong-willed, stubborn, sure, unswerving, unyielding [image]  coherent, cohesive, solid, strong, tough [image]  adhesive, clinging, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, sticky


tenacity

See Also

   fastness, firmness, force, forcefulness, power, strength [image]  firm grasp, retention, retentiveness [image]  application, determination, diligence, doggedness, firmness, inflexibility, intransigence, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, staunchness, steadfastness, strength of purpose, strength of will, stubbornness [image]  coherence, cohesiveness, solidity, solidness, strength, toughness [image]  adhesiveness, clingingness, stickiness


tenancy

See Also

   holding, lease, occupancy, occupation, possession, renting, residence [image]  incumbency, period of office, tenure, time in office


tenant

See Also

holder, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, occupant, occupier, renter, resident


tend 1

See Also

   be apt, be biased, be disposed, be inclined, be liable, be likely, gravitate, have a leaning, have an inclination, have a tendency, incline, lean, trend [image]  aim, bear, be conducive, conduce, contribute, go, head, influence, lead, make for, move, point


tend 2

See Also

attend, care for, cater to, control, cultivate, feed, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on, look after, maintain, manage, minister to, nurse, nurture, protect, see to, serve, take care of, wait on, watch, watch over


tendency

See Also

   bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, susceptibility [image]  bearing, bias, course, direction, drift, drive, heading, movement, purport, tenor, trend, turning


tender 1

See Also

   breakable, delicate, feeble, fragile, frail, soft, weak [image]  callow, green, immature, impressionable, inexperienced, new, raw, sensitive, unripe, vulnerable, wet behind the ears (Inf.), young, youthful [image]  affectionate, amorous, benevolent, caring, compassionate, considerate, fond, gentle, humane, kind, loving, merciful, pitiful, sentimental, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warm-hearted [image]  emotional, evocative, moving, poignant, romantic, touching [image]  complicated, dangerous, difficult, risky, sensitive, ticklish, touchy, tricky [image]  aching, acute, bruised, inflamed, irritated, painful, raw, sensitive, smarting, sore


tender 2

See Also

•   v.    extend, give, hand in, offer, present, proffer, propose, put forward, submit, suggest, volunteer

•   n.    bid, estimate, offer, proffer, proposal, submission, suggestion [image]  currency, medium, money, payment, specie


tenderness

See Also

   delicateness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, sensitiveness, sensitivity, softness, vulnerability, weakness [image]  callowness, greenness, immaturity, impressionableness, inexperience, newness, rawness, sensitivity, vulnerability, youth, youthfulness [image]  affection, amorousness, attachment, benevolence, care, compassion, consideration, devotion, fondness, gentleness, humaneness, humanity, kindness, liking, love, mercy, pity, sentimentality, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderheartedness, warm-heartedness, warmth [image]  ache, aching, bruising, inflammation, irritation, pain, painfulness, rawness, sensitiveness, sensitivity, smart, soreness


tense

See Also

•   adj.    rigid, strained, stretched, taut, tight [image]  anxious, apprehensive, edgy, fidgety, jittery (Inf.), jumpy, keyed up, nervous, on edge, overwrought, restless, strained, strung up (Inf.), twitchy (Inf.), under pressure, uptight (Inf.), wired (Sl.), wound up (Inf.), wrought up [image]  exciting, moving, nerve-racking, stressful, worrying

•   v.    brace, flex, strain, stretch, tauten, tighten


tension

See Also

   pressure, rigidity, stiffness, straining, stress, stretching, tautness, tightness [image]  anxiety, apprehension, edginess, hostility, ill feeling, nervousness, pressure, restlessness, strain, stress, suspense, the jitters (Inf.), unease


tentative

See Also

   conjectural, experimental, indefinite, provisional, speculative, unconfirmed, unsettled [image]  backward, cautious, diffident, doubtful, faltering, hesitant, timid, uncertain, undecided, unsure


tepid

See Also

   lukewarm, slightly warm, warmish [image]  apathetic, cool, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, indifferent, lukewarm, unenthusiastic


term

See Also

•   n.    appellation, denomination, designation, expression, locution, name, phrase, title, word [image]  duration, interval, period, season, space, span, spell, time, while [image]  course, session [image]  bound, boundary, close, conclusion, confine, culmination, end, finish, fruition, limit, terminus

•   v.    call, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, style


terminal

See Also

•   adj.    bounding, concluding, extreme, final, last, limiting, ultimate, utmost [image]  deadly, fatal, incurable, killing, lethal, mortal

•   n.    boundary, end, extremity, limit, termination, terminus [image]  depot, end of the line, station, terminus


terminate

See Also

abort, axe (Inf.), bring or come to an end, cease, close, complete, conclude, cut off, discontinue, end, expire, finish, issue, lapse, put an end to, result, run out, stop, wind up


termination

See Also

abortion, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, cut-off point, discontinuation, effect, end, ending, expiry, finale, finis, finish, issue, result, wind-up


terminology

argot, cant, jargon, language, lingo (Inf.), nomenclature, patois, phraseology, terms, vocabulary


terminus

See Also

   boundary, close, end, extremity, final point, goal, limit, target, termination [image]  depot, end of the line, garage, last stop, station


terms

See Also

   language, manner of speaking, phraseology, terminology [image]  conditions, particulars, premises (Law), provisions, provisos, qualifications, specifications, stipulations [image]  charges, fee, payment, price, rates [image]  footing, position, relations, relationship, standing, status [image]  come to terms be reconciled, come to an agreement, come to an understanding, conclude agreement, learn to live with, reach acceptance, reach agreement


terrible

See Also

   bad, dangerous, desperate, extreme, serious, severe [image]   Inf. abhorrent, abysmal, awful, bad, beastly (Inf.), dire, dreadful, duff (Brit. inf.), foul, frightful, godawful (Sl.), hateful, hideous, loathsome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, poor, repulsive, revolting, rotten (Inf.), shitty (Taboo sl.), unpleasant, vile [image]  appalling, awful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, frightful, gruesome, harrowing, hellacious (U.S. sl.), horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, monstrous, shocking, terrifying, unspeakable


terribly

See Also

awfully (Inf.), decidedly, desperately, exceedingly, extremely, gravely, greatly, much, seriously, thoroughly, very


terrific

See Also

   awesome, awful, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, fierce, gigantic, great, harsh, horrific, huge, intense, monstrous, severe, terrible, tremendous [image]   Inf. ace (Inf.), amazing, boffo (Sl.), breathtaking, brill (Inf.), brilliant, chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), excellent, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), fine, great (Inf.), jim-dandy (Sl.), magnificent, marvellous, mean (Sl.), outstanding, sensational (Inf.), smashing (Inf.), sovereign, stupendous, super (Inf.), superb, topping (Brit. sl.), very good, wonderful


terrified

See Also

alarmed, appalled, awed, dismayed, frightened, frightened out of one's wits, horrified, horror-struck, intimidated, panic-stricken, petrified, scared, scared shitless (Taboo sl.), scared stiff, scared to death, shit-scared (Taboo sl.), shocked, terror-stricken


terrify

See Also

alarm, appal, awe, dismay, fill with terror, frighten, frighten out of one's wits, horrify, intimidate, make one's blood run cold, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, petrify, put the fear of God into, scare, scare to death, shock, terrorize


territory

See Also

area, bailiwick, country, district, domain, land, patch, province, region, sector, state, terrain, tract, turf (U.S. sl.), zone


terror

See Also

   alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fear and trembling, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock [image]  bogeyman, bugbear, devil, fiend, monster, scourge


terrorize

See Also

   browbeat, bully, coerce, intimidate, menace, oppress, strong-arm (Inf.), threaten [image]  alarm, appal, awe, dismay, fill with terror, frighten, frighten out of one's wits, horrify, inspire panic in, intimidate, make one's blood run cold, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, petrify, put the fear of God into, scare, scare to death, shock, strike terror into, terrify


terse

See Also

   aphoristic, brief, clipped, compact, concise, condensed, crisp, elliptical, epigrammatic, gnomic, incisive, laconic, neat, pithy, sententious, short, succinct, summary, to the point [image]  abrupt, brusque, curt, short, snappy


test

See Also

•   v.    analyse, assay, assess, check, examine, experiment, investigate, prove, put to the proof, put to the test, research, try, try out, verify, work over

•   n.    analysis, assessment, attempt, catechism, check, evaluation, examination, investigation, ordeal, probation, proof, research, trial


testament

See Also

   last wishes, will [image]  attestation, demonstration, earnest, evidence, exemplification, proof, testimony, tribute, witness


testify

See Also

affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, bear witness, certify, corroborate, declare, depone (Scots Law), depose (Law), evince, give testimony, show, state, swear, vouch, witness


testimonial

See Also

certificate, character, commendation, credential, endorsement, recommendation, reference, tribute


testimony

See Also

   affidavit, affirmation, attestation, avowal, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, deposition, evidence, information, profession, statement, submission, witness [image]  corroboration, demonstration, evidence, indication, manifestation, proof, support, verification


text

See Also

   body, contents, main body, matter [image]  wording, words [image]   Bible paragraph, passage, sentence, verse [image]  argument, matter, motif, subject, theme, topic [image]  reader, reference book, source, textbook


texture

See Also

character, composition, consistency, constitution, fabric, feel, grain, make, quality, structure, surface, tissue, weave


thank

See Also

express gratitude, say thank you, show gratitude, show one's appreciation


thankful

See Also

appreciative, beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, pleased, relieved


thankless

See Also

   fruitless, unappreciated, unprofitable, unrequited, unrewarding, useless [image]  inconsiderate, unappreciative, ungracious, ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful


thanks

See Also

   acknowledgment, appreciation, Brownie points, credit, gratefulness, gratitude, recognition, thanksgiving [image]  thanks to as a result of, because of, by reason of, due to, owing to, through


thaw

defrost, dissolve, liquefy, melt, soften, unfreeze, warm


theatrical

See Also

   dramatic, dramaturgic, melodramatic, scenic, Thespian [image]  actorly, actressy, affected, artificial, camp (Inf.), ceremonious, dramatic, exaggerated, hammy (Inf.), histrionic, mannered, ostentatious, overdone, pompous, showy, stagy, stilted, unreal


theft

See Also

embezzlement, fraud, larceny, pilfering, purloining, rip-off (Sl.), robbery, stealing, swindling, thievery, thieving


theme

See Also

   argument, burden, idea, keynote, matter, subject, subject matter, text, thesis, topic [image]  leitmotiv, motif, recurrent image, unifying idea [image]  composition, dissertation, essay, exercise, paper


theological

divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, religious


theorem

See Also

deduction, dictum, formula, hypothesis, principle, proposition, rule, statement


theoretical

See Also

abstract, academic, conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, impractical, notional, pure, speculative


theory

See Also

   assumption, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, presumption, speculation, supposition, surmise, thesis [image]  philosophy, plan, proposal, scheme, system


therapeutic

See Also

ameliorative, analeptic, beneficial, corrective, curative, good, healing, remedial, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanative


therapy

cure, healing, remedial treatment, remedy, treatment


therefore

accordingly, as a result, consequently, ergo, for that reason, hence, so, then, thence, thus, whence


thesis

See Also

   composition, disquisition, dissertation, essay, monograph, paper, treatise [image]  contention, hypothesis, idea, line of argument, opinion, proposal, proposition, theory, view [image]  area, subject, theme, topic [image]  assumption, postulate, premise, proposition, statement, supposition, surmise


thick

See Also

•   adj.    broad, bulky, deep, fat, solid, substantial, wide [image]  close, clotted, coagulated, compact, concentrated, condensed, crowded, deep, dense, heavy, impenetrable, opaque [image]  abundant, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full, covered, crawling, frequent, full, numerous, packed, replete, swarming, teeming [image]  blockheaded, braindead (Inf.), brainless, dense, dim-witted (Inf.), dopey (Inf.), dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, insensitive, moronic, obtuse, slow, slow-witted, stupid, thickheaded [image]  dense, heavy, impenetrable, soupy [image]  distorted, guttural, hoarse, husky, inarticulate, indistinct, throaty [image]  broad, decided, distinct, marked, pronounced, rich, strong [image]   Inf. buddy-buddy (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chummy (Inf.), close, confidential, devoted, familiar, friendly, hand in glove, inseparable, intimate, matey or maty (Brit. inf.), on good terms, pally (Inf.), palsy-walsy (Inf.), well in (Inf.) [image]  a bit thick excessive, over the score (Inf.), too much, unfair, unjust, unreasonable

•   n.    centre, heart, middle, midst


thicken

See Also

cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, deepen, gel, inspissate (Archaic), jell, set


thickset

See Also

   beefy (Inf.), brawny, bulky, burly, heavy, muscular, powerfully built, stocky, strong, stubby, sturdy, well-built [image]  closely packed, dense, densely planted, solid, thick


thick-skinned

callous, case-hardened, hard-boiled (Inf.), hardened, impervious, insensitive, stolid, tough, unfeeling, unsusceptible


thief

See Also

bandit, burglar, cheat, cracksman (Sl.), crook (Inf.), embezzler, housebreaker, larcenist, mugger (Inf.), pickpocket, pilferer, plunderer, purloiner, robber, shoplifter, stealer, swindler


thieve

See Also

blag (Sl.), cabbage (Brit. sl.), cheat, embezzle, filch, half-inch (Old-fashioned sl.), knock off (Sl.), lift (Inf.), misappropriate, nick (Sl., chiefly Brit.), peculate, pilfer, pinch (Inf.), plunder, poach, purloin, rip off (Sl.), rob, run off with, snitch (Sl.), steal, swindle, swipe (Sl.)


thin

See Also

•   adj.    attenuate, attenuated, fine, narrow, threadlike [image]  delicate, diaphanous, filmy, fine, flimsy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, translucent, transparent, unsubstantial [image]  bony, emaciated, lank, lanky, lean, light, macilent (Rare), meagre, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare, spindly, thin as a rake, undernourished, underweight [image]  deficient, meagre, scanty, scarce, scattered, skimpy, sparse, wispy [image]  dilute, diluted, rarefied, runny, watery, weak, wishy-washy (Inf.) [image]  feeble, flimsy, inadequate, insufficient, lame, poor, scant, scanty, shallow, slight, superficial, unconvincing, unsubstantial, weak

•   v.    attenuate, cut back, dilute, diminish, emaciate, prune, rarefy, reduce, refine, trim, water down, weaken, weed out


thing

See Also

   affair, article, being, body, circumstance, concept, entity, fact, matter, object, part, portion, something, substance [image]  act, deed, event, eventuality, feat, happening, incident, occurrence, phenomenon, proceeding [image]  apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, implement, instrument, machine, means, mechanism, tool [image]  aspect, detail, facet, factor, feature, item, particular, point, statement, thought [image]  (Plural) baggage, belongings, bits and pieces, clobber (Brit. sl.), clothes, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, luggage, odds and ends, paraphernalia, possessions, stuff [image]   Inf. attitude, bee in one's bonnet, fetish, fixation, hang-up (Inf.), idée fixe, mania, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, quirk


think

See Also

•   v.    believe, conceive, conclude, consider, deem, determine, esteem, estimate, guess (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hold, imagine, judge, reckon, regard, suppose, surmise [image]  brood, cerebrate, chew over (Inf.), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, have in mind, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, revolve, ruminate, turn over in one's mind, weigh up [image]  call to mind, recall, recollect, remember [image]  anticipate, envisage, expect, foresee, imagine, plan for, presume, suppose [image]  think better of change one's mind about, decide against, go back on, have second thoughts about, reconsider, repent, think again, think twice about [image]  think much of admire, attach importance to, esteem, have a high opinion of, hold in high regard, rate (Sl.), respect, set store by, think highly of, value [image]  think nothing of consider unimportant, have no compunction about, have no hesitation about, regard as routine, set no store by, take in one's stride

•   n.    assessment, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, look, reflection


thinker

See Also

brain (Inf.), intellect (Inf.), mahatma, mastermind, philosopher, sage, theorist, wise man


thinking

See Also

•   n.    assessment, conclusions, conjecture, idea, judgment, opinion, outlook, philosophy, position, reasoning, theory, thoughts, view

•   adj.    contemplative, cultured, intelligent, meditative, philosophical, ratiocinative, rational, reasoning, reflective, sophisticated, thoughtful


think over

See Also

chew over (Inf.), consider, consider the pros and cons of, contemplate, give thought to, mull over, ponder, reflect upon, turn over in one's mind, weigh up


think up

See Also

come up with, concoct, contrive, create, devise, dream up, imagine, improvise, invent, manufacture, trump up, visualize


thin-skinned

See Also

easily hurt, hypersensitive, quick to take offence, sensitive, soft, susceptible, tender, touchy, vulnerable


third-rate

bad, cheap-jack, chickenshit (U.S. sl.), duff (Brit. inf.), indifferent, inferior, low-grade, mediocre, of a sort or of sorts, poor, poor-quality, ropy or ropey (Brit. inf.), shoddy


thirst

See Also

•   n.    craving to drink, drought, dryness, thirstiness [image]  appetite, craving, desire, eagerness, hankering, hunger, keenness, longing, lust, passion, yearning, yen (Inf.)


thirsty

   arid, dehydrated, dry, parched [image]  athirst, avid, burning, craving, desirous, dying, eager, greedy, hankering, hungry, itching, longing, lusting, thirsting, yearning


thorn

See Also

   barb, prickle, spike, spine [image]  affliction, annoyance, bane, bother, curse, hassle (Inf.), irritant, irritation, nuisance, pest, plague, scourge, torment, torture, trouble


thorny

See Also

   barbed, bristling with thorns, bristly, pointed, prickly, sharp, spiky, spinous, spiny [image]  awkward, difficult, harassing, hard, irksome, problematic(al), sticky (Inf.), ticklish, tough, troublesome, trying, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, worrying


thorough

thorough or thoroughgoing

See Also

   all-embracing, all-inclusive, assiduous, careful, complete, comprehensive, conscientious, efficient, exhaustive, full, in-depth, intensive, leaving no stone unturned, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous, sweeping [image]  absolute, arrant, complete, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, entire, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, total, unmitigated, unqualified, utter


thoroughbred

•   adj. blood, full-blooded, of unmixed stock, pedigree, pure-blooded, purebred


thoroughfare

access, avenue, highway, passage, passageway, road, roadway, street, way


thoroughly

See Also

   assiduously, carefully, completely, comprehensively, conscientiously, efficiently, exhaustively, from top to bottom, fully, inside out, intensively, leaving no stone unturned, meticulously, painstakingly, scrupulously, sweepingly, through and through, throughout [image]  absolutely, completely, downright, entirely, perfectly, quite, totally, to the full, utterly, without reservation


though

See Also

•   conj.    albeit, allowing, although, despite the fact that, even if, even supposing, even though, granted, notwithstanding, tho' (U.S. or poetic), while

•   adv.    all the same, for all that, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, yet


thought

See Also

   brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, introspection, meditation, musing, reflection, regard, rumination, thinking [image]  assessment, belief, concept, conception, conclusion, conjecture, conviction, estimation, idea, judgment, notion, opinion, thinking, view [image]  attention, consideration, heed, regard, scrutiny, study [image]  aim, design, idea, intention, notion, object, plan, purpose [image]  anticipation, aspiration, dream, expectation, hope, prospect [image]  dash, jot, little, small amount, soupçon, touch, trifle, whisker (Inf.) [image]  anxiety, attentiveness, care, compassion, concern, kindness, regard, solicitude, sympathy, thoughtfulness


thoughtful

See Also

   attentive, caring, considerate, helpful, kind, kindly, solicitous, unselfish [image]  astute, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, discreet, heedful, mindful, prudent, wary, well thought-out [image]  contemplative, deliberative, in a brown study, introspective, lost in thought, meditative, musing, pensive, rapt, reflective, ruminative, serious, studious, thinking, wistful


thoughtless

See Also

   impolite, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insensitive, rude, selfish, tactless, uncaring, undiplomatic, unkind [image]  absent-minded, careless, foolish, heedless, ill-considered, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, injudicious, mindless, neglectful, negligent, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, silly, slapdash, slipshod, stupid, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking


thrash

See Also

   beat, belt (Inf.), birch, cane, chastise, clobber (Sl.), drub, flagellate, flog, give (someone) a (good) hiding (Inf.), hide (Inf.), horsewhip, lambast(e), leather, lick (Inf.), paste (Sl.), punish, scourge, spank, take a stick to, tan (Sl.), whip [image]  beat, beat (someone) hollow (Brit. inf.), blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), crush, defeat, drub, hammer (Inf.), lick (Inf.), maul, overwhelm, paste (Sl.), rout, run rings around (Inf.), slaughter (Inf.), tank (Sl.), trounce, wipe the floor with (Inf.) [image]  flail, heave, jerk, plunge, squirm, thresh, toss, toss and turn, writhe


thrashing

See Also

   beating, belting (Inf.), caning, chastisement, drubbing, flogging, hiding (Inf.), lashing, pasting (Sl.), punishment, tanning (Sl.), whipping [image]  beating, defeat, drubbing, hammering (Inf.), hiding (Inf.), mauling, pasting (Sl.), rout, trouncing


thrash out

See Also

argue out, debate, discuss, have out, resolve, settle, solve, talk over


thread

See Also

•   n.    cotton, fibre, filament, line, strand, string, yarn [image]  course, direction, drift, motif, plot, story line, strain, tenor, theme, train of thought

•   v.    ease, inch, loop, meander, pass, pick (one's way), squeeze through, string, wind


threadbare

See Also

   down at heel, frayed, old, ragged, scruffy, shabby, tattered, tatty, used, worn, worn-out [image]  clichéd, cliché-ridden, common, commonplace, conventional, corny (Sl.), familiar, hackneyed, overused, stale, stereotyped, stock, tired, trite, well-worn


threat

See Also

   commination, intimidatory remark, menace, threatening remark, warning [image]  foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, presage, warning, writing on the wall [image]  danger, hazard, menace, peril, risk


threaten

See Also

   endanger, imperil, jeopardize, put at risk, put in jeopardy [image]  be imminent, be in the air, be in the offing, forebode, foreshadow, hang over, impend, loom over, portend, presage, warn [image]  browbeat, bully, cow, intimidate, lean on (Sl.), make threats to, menace, pressurize, terrorize, warn


threatening

See Also

   bullying, cautionary, comminatory, intimidatory, menacing, minatory, terrorizing, warning [image]  baleful, forbidding, grim, inauspicious, ominous, sinister


threesome

triad, trilogy, trine, trinity, trio, triple, triplet, triplex, triptych, triumvirate, triune, troika


threshold

See Also

   door, doorsill, doorstep, doorway, entrance, sill [image]  beginning, brink, dawn, inception, opening, outset, start, starting point, verge [image]  lower limit, minimum


thrift

See Also

carefulness, economy, frugality, good husbandry, parsimony, prudence, saving, thriftiness


thrifty

careful, economical, frugal, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, sparing


thrill

See Also

•   n.    adventure, buzz (Sl.), charge (Sl.), flush of excitement, glow, kick (Inf.), pleasure, sensation, stimulation, tingle, titillation [image]  flutter, fluttering, quiver, shudder, throb, tremble, tremor, vibration

•   v.    arouse, electrify, excite, flush, get a charge (Sl.), get a kick (Inf.), glow, move, send (Sl.), stimulate, stir, tingle, titillate [image]  flutter, quake, quiver, shake, shudder, throb, tremble, vibrate


thrilling

See Also

   electrifying, exciting, gripping, hair-raising, rip-roaring (Inf.), riveting, rousing, sensational, sexy (Inf.), stimulating, stirring [image]  quaking, shaking, shivering, shuddering, trembling, vibrating


thrive

See Also

advance, bloom, boom, burgeon, develop, do well, flourish, get on, grow, grow rich, increase, prosper, succeed, wax


thriving

See Also

blooming, booming, burgeoning, developing, doing well, flourishing, going strong, growing, healthy, prosperous, successful, wealthy, well


throb

See Also

•   v.    beat, palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse, thump, vibrate

•   n.    beat, palpitation, pounding, pulsating, pulse, thump, thumping, vibration


throng

See Also

•   n.    assemblage, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, swarm

•   v.    bunch, congregate, converge, cram, crowd, fill, flock, hem in, herd, jam, mill around, pack, press, swarm around, troop


throttle

See Also

•   v.    choke, garrotte, strangle, strangulate [image]  control, gag, inhibit, silence, stifle, suppress


through

See Also

•   prep.    between, by, from end to end of, from one side to the other of, in and out of, past [image]  as a consequence or result of, because of, by means of, by virtue of, by way of, using, via, with the help of [image]  during, in, in the middle of, throughout [image]  (With with) at the end of, done, finished, having completed, having had enough of

•   adj.    completed, done, ended, finished, terminated, washed up (Inf.)

•   adv.    through and through altogether, completely, entirely, fully, thoroughly, totally, to the core, unreservedly, utterly, wholly


throughout

See Also

all over, all the time, all through, during the whole of, everywhere, for the duration of, from beginning to end, from end to end, from start to finish, from the start, over the length and breadth of, right through, the whole time, through the whole of


throw

See Also

•   v.    cast, chuck (Inf.), fling, heave, hurl, launch, lob (Inf.), pitch, project, propel, put, send, shy, sling, toss [image]   Inf. astonish, baffle, confound, confuse, disconcert, dumbfound, faze, put one off one's stroke, throw off, throw one off one's stride, throw out [image]  bring down, dislodge, fell, floor, hurl to the ground, overturn, unseat, upset

•   n.    cast, fling, heave, lob (Inf.), pitch, projection, put, shy, sling, toss [image]   Inf. attempt, chance, essay, gamble, hazard, try, venture, wager


throw away

See Also

   axe (Inf.), bin (Inf.), cast off, chuck (Inf.), discard, dispense with, dispose of, ditch (Sl.), dump (Inf.), get rid of, jettison, junk (Inf.), reject, scrap, throw out [image]  blow (Sl.), fail to exploit, fritter away, lose, make poor use of, squander, waste


throw off

See Also

   abandon, cast off, discard, drop, free oneself of, rid oneself of, shake off [image]  elude, escape from, evade, get away from, give (someone) the slip, leave behind, lose, outdistance, outrun, shake off, show a clean pair of heels to [image]  confuse, disconcert, disturb, faze, put one off one's stroke, throw (Inf.), throw one off one's stride, unsettle, upset


throw out

See Also

   bin (Inf.), cast off, chuck (Inf.), discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch (Sl.), dump (Inf.), eject, evict, expel, get rid of, give the bum's rush (Sl.), jettison, junk (Inf.), kick out (Inf.), kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), oust, reject, relegate, scrap, show one the door, throw away, turf out (Brit. inf.), turn down [image]  confuse, disconcert, disturb, put one off one's stroke, throw (Inf.), throw one off one's stride, unsettle, upset [image]  diffuse, disseminate, emit, give off, put forth, radiate


thrust

See Also

•   v.    butt, drive, elbow or shoulder one's way, force, impel, jam, plunge, poke, press, prod, propel, push, ram, shove, urge [image]  jab, lunge, pierce, stab, stick

•   n.    drive, lunge, poke, prod, push, shove, stab [image]  impetus, momentum, motive force, motive power, propulsive force


thud

See Also

•   n.

•   v. clonk, clump, clunk, crash, knock, smack, thump, wallop (Inf.)


thug

See Also

assassin, bandit, bruiser (Inf.), bully boy, cutthroat, gangster, heavy (Sl.), hooligan, killer, mugger (Inf.), murderer, robber, ruffian, tough


thumb

See Also

•   n.    pollex [image]  all thumbs butterfingered (Inf.), cack-handed (Inf.), clumsy, ham-fisted (Inf.), inept, maladroit [image]  thumbs down disapproval, negation, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection [image]  thumbs up acceptance, affirmation, approval, encouragement, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, O.K. or okay (Inf.), yes

•   v.    hitch (Inf.), hitchhike [image]  (Often with through) browse through, flick through, flip through, glance at, leaf through, riffle through, run one's eye over, scan the pages of, skim through, turn over [image]  dog-ear, finger, handle, mark [image]  thumb one's nose at be contemptuous of, cock a snook at, deride, flout, jeer at, laugh at, laugh in the face of, mock, ridicule, show contempt for, show disrespect to


thump

See Also

•   n.    bang, blow, clout (Inf.), clunk, crash, knock, punch, rap, smack, thud, thwack, wallop (Inf.), whack

•   v.    bang, batter, beat, belabour, chin (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), clout (Inf.), crash, deck (Sl.), hit, knock, lambast(e), lay one on (Sl.), pound, punch, rap, smack, strike, thrash, throb, thud, thwack, wallop (Inf.), whack


thumping

See Also

colossal, elephantine, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, gargantuan, gigantic, great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), impressive, mammoth, massive, monumental, terrific, thundering (Sl.), titanic, tremendous, whopping (Inf.)


thunder

See Also

•   n.    boom, booming, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, explosion, pealing, rumble, rumbling

•   v.    blast, boom, clap, crack, crash, detonate, explode, peal, resound, reverberate, roar, rumble [image]  bark, bellow, declaim, roar, shout, yell [image]  curse, denounce, fulminate, rail, threaten, utter threats


thunderous

booming, deafening, ear-splitting, loud, noisy, resounding, roaring, tumultuous


thunderstruck

See Also

aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bowled over (Inf.), dazed, dumbfounded, flabbergasted (Inf.), floored (Inf.), flummoxed, gobsmacked (Brit. sl.), knocked for six (Inf.), left speechless, nonplussed, open-mouthed, paralysed, petrified, rooted to the spot, shocked, staggered, struck dumb, stunned, taken aback


thus

   as follows, in this fashion  (manner, way), like so, like this, so, to such a degree [image]  accordingly, consequently, ergo, for this reason, hence, on that account, so, then, therefore


thwart

See Also

baffle, balk, check, defeat, foil, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct, oppose, outwit, prevent, stop, stymie


tick 1

See Also

•   n.    clack, click, clicking, tap, tapping, ticktock [image]   Brit. inf. flash, half a mo (Brit. inf.), instant, jiffy (Inf.), minute, moment, sec (Inf.), second, shake (Inf.), split second, trice, twinkling, two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.) [image]  dash, mark, stroke

•   v.    clack, click, tap, ticktock [image]  check off, choose, indicate, mark, mark off, select [image]  what makes someone tick drive, motivation, motive, raison d'être


tick 2

See Also

account, credit, deferred payment, the slate (Brit. inf.)


ticket

   card, certificate, coupon, pass, slip, token, voucher [image]  card, docket, label, marker, slip, sticker, tab, tag


tickle

See Also

 Fig. amuse, delight, divert, entertain, excite, gratify, please, thrill, titillate


ticklish

See Also

awkward, critical, delicate, difficult, nice, risky, sensitive, thorny, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unstable, unsteady


tick off

See Also

   check off, mark off, put a tick at [image]   Inf. bawl out (Inf.), berate, carpet (Inf.), censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. inf.), chide, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), haul over the coals (Inf.), lecture, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear into (Inf.), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. inf.), tell off (Inf.), upbraid


tide

See Also

   course, current, ebb, flow, stream, tideway, undertow [image]  course, current, direction, drift, movement, tendency, trend


tide over

aid, assist, bridge the gap, help, keep one going, keep one's head above water, keep the wolf from the door, see one through


tidings

See Also

advice, bulletin, communication, gen (Brit. inf.), greetings, information, intelligence, latest (Inf.), message, news, report, word


tidy

See Also

•   adj.    businesslike, clean, cleanly, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, shipshape, spick-and-span, spruce, systematic, trig (Archaic or dialect), trim, well-groomed, well-kept, well-ordered [image]   Inf. ample, considerable, fair, generous, good, goodly, handsome, healthy, large, largish, respectable, sizable, substantial

•   v.    clean, groom, neaten, order, put in order, put in trim, put to rights, spruce up, straighten


tie

See Also

•   v.    attach, bind, connect, fasten, interlace, join, knot, lash, link, make fast, moor, rope, secure, tether, truss, unite [image]  bind, confine, hamper, hinder, hold, limit, restrain, restrict [image]  be even, be neck and neck, draw, equal, match

•   n.    band, bond, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, joint, knot, ligature, link, rope, string [image]  affiliation, affinity, allegiance, bond, commitment, connection, duty, kinship, liaison, obligation, relationship [image]  encumbrance, hindrance, limitation, restraint, restriction [image]  dead heat, deadlock, draw, stalemate [image]   Brit. contest, fixture, game, match


tier

See Also

bank, echelon, file, layer, level, line, order, rank, row, series, storey, stratum


tie up

See Also

   attach, bind, pinion, restrain, tether, truss [image]  lash, make fast, moor, rope, secure [image]  engage, engross, keep busy, occupy [image]  bring to a close, conclude, end, finish off, settle, terminate, wind up, wrap up (Inf.)


tight

See Also

   close, close-fitting, compact, constricted, cramped, fast, firm, fixed, narrow, rigid, secure, snug, stiff, stretched, taut, tense [image]  hermetic, impervious, proof, sealed, sound, watertight [image]  harsh, inflexible, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, tough, uncompromising, unyielding [image]  close, grasping, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, sparing, stingy, tight-arse (Taboo sl.), tight-arsed (Taboo sl.), tight as a duck's arse (Taboo sl.), tight-ass (U.S. taboo sl.), tight-assed (U.S. taboo sl.), tightfisted [image]  dangerous, difficult, hazardous, perilous, precarious, problematic, sticky (Inf.), ticklish, tough, tricky, troublesome, worrisome [image]  close, even, evenly-balanced, near, well-matched [image]   Inf. bevvied (Dialect), blitzed (Sl.), blotto (Sl.), bombed (Sl.), drunk, flying (Sl.), half cut (Brit. sl.), half seas over (Brit. inf.), inebriated, in one's cups, intoxicated, legless (Inf.), lit up (Sl.), out of it (Sl.), out to it (Aust. & N.Z. sl.), paralytic (Inf.), pickled (Inf.), pie-eyed (Sl.), pissed (Taboo sl.), plastered (Sl.), smashed (Sl.), sozzled (Inf.), steamboats (Sl.), steaming (Sl.), stewed (Sl.), stoned (Sl.), three sheets in the wind (Sl.), tiddly (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tipsy, under the influence (Inf.), wasted (Sl.), wrecked (Sl.), zonked (Sl.)


tighten

See Also

close, constrict, cramp, fasten, fix, narrow, rigidify, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, stretch, tauten, tense


till 1

cultivate, dig, plough, turn over, work


till 2

cash box, cash drawer, cash register


tilt

See Also

•   v.    cant, heel, incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tip [image]  attack, break a lance, clash, contend, cross swords, duel, encounter, fight, joust, overthrow, spar

•   n.    angle, cant, inclination, incline, list, pitch, slant, slope [image]   Medieval history clash, combat, duel, encounter, fight, joust, lists, set-to (Inf.), tournament, tourney [image]  (at) full tilt for dear life, full force, full speed, headlong, like a bat out of hell (Sl.), like the clappers (Brit. inf.)


timber

See Also

beams, boards, forest, logs, planks, trees, wood


time

See Also

•   n.    age, chronology, date, duration, epoch, era, generation, hour, interval, period, season, space, span, spell, stretch, term, while [image]  instance, juncture, occasion, point, stage [image]  allotted span, day, duration, life, life span, lifetime, season [image]  heyday, hour, peak [image]   Mus. beat, measure, metre, rhythm, tempo [image]  all the time always, at all times, constantly, continually, continuously, ever, for the duration, perpetually, throughout [image]  at one time  [image]  for a while, formerly, hitherto, once, once upon a time, previously [image]  all at once, at the same time, simultaneously, together [image]  at times every now and then, every so often, from time to time, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, on occasion, sometimes [image]  behind the times antiquated, dated, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat, outdated, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, out of style, passé, square (Inf.) [image]  for the time being for now, for the moment, for the nonce, for the present, in the meantime, meantime, meanwhile, pro tem, temporarily [image]  from time to time at times, every now and then, every so often, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, on occasion, sometimes [image]  in good time  [image]  early, on time, with time to spare [image]  quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, with dispatch [image]  in no time apace, before one knows it, before you can say Jack Robinson, in an instant, in a trice  (flash, jiffy (Inf.), moment), in two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.), quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly [image]  in time  [image]  at the appointed time, early, in good time, on schedule, on time, with time to spare [image]  by and by, eventually, one day, someday, sooner or later, ultimately [image]  on time in good time, on the dot, punctually [image]  time and again frequently, many times, often, on many occasions, over and over again, repeatedly, time after time

•   v.    clock, control, count, judge, measure, regulate, schedule, set


timeless

abiding, ageless, ceaseless, changeless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, immutable, imperishable, indestructible, lasting, permanent, persistent, undying


timely

See Also

appropriate, at the right time, convenient, judicious, opportune, prompt, propitious, punctual, seasonable, suitable, well-timed


timetable

See Also

agenda, calendar, curriculum, diary, list, order of the day, programme, schedule


timid

See Also

afraid, apprehensive, bashful, cowardly, coy, diffident, faint-hearted, fearful, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shrinking, shy, timorous


timorous

See Also

afraid, apprehensive, bashful, cowardly, coy, diffident, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, irresolute, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shrinking, shy, timid, trembling


tinge

See Also

•   n.    cast, colour, dye, shade, stain, tincture, tint, wash [image]  bit, dash, drop, pinch, smack, smattering, soupçon, sprinkling, suggestion, touch, trace

•   v.    colour, dye, imbue, shade, stain, suffuse, tinge, tint


tingle

See Also

•   v.    have goose pimples, itch, prickle, sting, tickle

•   n.    goose pimples, itch, itching, pins and needles (Inf.), prickling, quiver, shiver, stinging, thrill, tickle, tickling


tinker

See Also

•   v. dabble, fiddle (Inf.), meddle, mess about, monkey, muck about (Brit. sl.), play, potter, toy


tint

See Also

•   n.    cast, colour, hue, shade, tone [image]  dye, rinse, stain, tincture, tinge, wash [image]  hint, shade, suggestion, tinge, touch, trace

•   v.    colour, dye, rinse, stain, tincture, tinge [image]  affect, colour, influence, taint, tinge


tiny

See Also

diminutive, dwarfish, infinitesimal, insignificant, Lilliputian, little, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, negligible, petite, pint-sized (Inf.), puny, pygmy or pigmy, slight, small, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, trifling, wee


tip 1

See Also

•   n.    apex, cap, crown, end, extremity, head, peak, point, summit, top

•   v.    cap, crown, finish, surmount, top


tip 2

See Also

•   v.    cant, capsize, incline, lean, list, overturn, slant, spill, tilt, topple over, upend, upset [image]   Brit. ditch (Sl.), dump, empty, pour out, unload

•   n.     Brit. dump, midden (Dialect), refuse heap, rubbish heap


tip 3

See Also

•   n.    baksheesh, gift, gratuity, perquisite, pourboire [image]   Also tip-off clue, forecast, gen (Brit. inf.), hint, information, inside information, pointer, suggestion, warning, word, word of advice

•   v.    remunerate, reward [image]   Also tip off advise, caution, forewarn, give a clue, give a hint, suggest, tip (someone) the wink (Brit. inf.), warn


tipple

•   v.    bend the elbow (Inf.), bevvy (Dialect), drink, imbibe, indulge (Inf.), quaff, swig, take a drink, tope

•   n.    alcohol, booze (Inf.), drink, John Barleycorn, liquor, poison (Inf.)


tire

See Also

   drain, droop, enervate, exhaust, fag (Inf.), fail, fatigue, flag, jade, knacker (Sl.), sink, take it out of (Inf.), wear down, wear out, weary, whack (Brit. inf.) [image]  aggravate (Inf.), annoy, bore, exasperate, get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, hassle (Inf.), irk, irritate, piss one off (Taboo sl.), weary


tired

See Also

   all in (Sl.), asleep or dead on one's feet (Inf.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead beat (Inf.), dog-tired (Inf.), done in (Inf.), drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fagged (Inf.), fatigued, flagging, jaded, knackered (Sl.), ready to drop, sleepy, spent, weary, whacked (Brit. inf.), worn out, zonked (Sl.) [image]  (With of) annoyed with, bored with, exasperated by, fed up with, irked by, irritated by, pissed off with (Taboo sl.), sick of, weary of [image]  clichéd, conventional, corny (Sl.), familiar, hackneyed, old, outworn, stale, stock, threadbare, trite, well-worn


tireless

See Also

determined, energetic, indefatigable, industrious, resolute, unflagging, untiring, unwearied, vigorous


tiresome

See Also

annoying, boring, dull, exasperating, flat, irksome, irritating, laborious, monotonous, tedious, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, wearing, wearisome


tiring

See Also

arduous, demanding, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, strenuous, tough, wearing, wearying


tissue

See Also

   fabric, gauze, mesh, structure, stuff, texture, web [image]  paper, paper handkerchief, wrapping paper [image]  accumulation, chain, collection, combination, concatenation, conglomeration, fabrication, mass, network, pack, series, web


titbit

See Also

bonne bouche, choice item, dainty, delicacy, goody, juicy bit, morsel, scrap, snack, treat


title

See Also

•   n.    caption, heading, inscription, label, legend, name, style [image]  appellation, denomination, designation, epithet, handle (Sl.), moniker or monicker (Sl.), name, nickname, nom de plume, pseudonym, sobriquet, term [image]  championship, crown, laurels [image]  claim, entitlement, ownership, prerogative, privilege, right

•   v.    call, designate, label, name, style, term


titter

See Also

chortle (Inf.), chuckle, giggle, laugh, snigger, te-hee, tee-hee


toady

See Also

•   n.    apple polisher (U.S. sl.), ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), bootlicker (Inf.), brown-noser (Taboo sl.), crawler (Sl.), creep (Sl.), fawner, flatterer, flunkey, groveller, hanger-on, jackal, lackey, lickspittle, minion, parasite, spaniel, sycophant, truckler, yes man

•   v.    be obsequious to, bow and scrape, brown-nose (Taboo sl.), butter up, crawl, creep, cringe, curry favour with, fawn on, flatter, grovel, kiss (someone's) ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), kiss the feet of, kowtow to, lick (someone's) boots, pander to, suck up to (Inf.)


toast 1

See Also

•   v. brown, grill, heat, roast, warm


toast 2

See Also

•   n.    compliment, drink, health, pledge, salutation, salute, tribute [image]  darling, favourite, heroine

•   v.    drink to, drink (to) the health of, pledge, salute


together

See Also

•   adv.    as a group, as one, cheek by jowl, closely, collectively, hand in glove, hand in hand, in a body, in concert, in cooperation, in unison, jointly, mutually, shoulder to shoulder, side by side [image]  all at once, as one, at one fell swoop, at the same time, concurrently, contemporaneously, en masse, in unison, simultaneously, with one accord [image]  consecutively, continuously, in a row, in succession, one after the other, on end, successively, without a break, without interruption [image]   Inf. arranged, fixed, ordered, organized, settled, sorted out, straight, to rights

•   adj.     Sl. calm, composed, cool, stable, well-adjusted, well-balanced, well-organized


toil

See Also

•   n.    application, donkey-work, drudgery, effort, elbow grease (Inf.), exertion, graft (Inf.), hard work, industry, labour, pains, slog, sweat, travail

•   v.    bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's damnedest (Inf.), drag oneself, drudge, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), graft (Inf.), grind (Inf.), grub, knock oneself out (Inf.), labour, make an all-out effort (Inf.), push oneself, rupture oneself (Inf.), slave, slog, strive, struggle, sweat (Inf.), work, work like a dog, work like a Trojan, work one's fingers to the bone


toilet

   ablutions (Military inf.), bathroom, bog (Sl.), can (U.S. & Canad. sl.), closet, convenience, crapper (Taboo sl.), gents (Brit. inf.), john (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), khazi (Sl.), ladies' room, latrine, lavatory, little boy's room (Inf.), little girl's room (Inf.), loo (Brit. inf.), outhouse, pissoir, powder room, privy, urinal, washroom, water closet, W.C.   ablutions, bathing, dressing, grooming, toilette


token

See Also

•   n.    badge, clue, demonstration, earnest, evidence, expression, index, indication, manifestation, mark, note, proof, representation, sign, symbol, warning [image]  keepsake, memento, memorial, remembrance, reminder, souvenir

•   adj.    hollow, minimal, nominal, perfunctory, superficial, symbolic


tolerable

See Also

   acceptable, allowable, bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable [image]  acceptable, adequate, all right, average, fair, fairly good, fair to middling, good enough, indifferent, mediocre, middling, not bad (Inf.), O.K. or okay (Inf.), ordinary, passable, run-of-the-mill, so-so (Inf.), unexceptional


tolerance

See Also

   broad-mindedness, charity, forbearance, indulgence, lenity, magnanimity, open-mindedness, patience, permissiveness, sufferance, sympathy [image]  endurance, fortitude, hardiness, hardness, resilience, resistance, stamina, staying power, toughness [image]  fluctuation, play, swing, variation


tolerant

See Also

   broad-minded, catholic, charitable, fair, forbearing, latitudinarian, liberal, long-suffering, magnanimous, open-minded, patient, sympathetic, unbigoted, understanding, unprejudiced [image]  complaisant, easy-going, easy-oasy (Sl.), free and easy, indulgent, kind-hearted, lax, lenient, permissive, soft


tolerate

See Also

abide, accept, admit, allow, bear, brook, condone, countenance, endure, indulge, permit, pocket, put up with (Inf.), receive, sanction, stand, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, thole (Scot.), turn a blind eye to, undergo, wink at


toleration

See Also

   acceptance, allowance, condonation, endurance, indulgence, permissiveness, sanction, sufferance [image]  freedom of conscience, freedom of worship, religious freedom


toll 1

See Also

•   v.    chime, clang, knell, peal, ring, sound, strike [image]  announce, call, signal, summon, warn

•   n.    chime, clang, knell, peal, ring, ringing, tolling


toll 2

See Also

   assessment, charge, customs, demand, duty, fee, impost, levy, payment, rate, tariff, tax, tribute [image]  cost, damage, inroad, loss, penalty


tomb

burial chamber, catacomb, crypt, grave, mausoleum, sarcophagus, sepulchre, vault


tombstone

gravestone, headstone, marker, memorial, monument


tome

book, title, volume, work


tomfoolery

See Also

   buffoonery, childishness, clowning, fooling around (Inf.), foolishness, horseplay, idiocy, larks (Inf.), messing around (Inf.), shenanigans (Inf.), silliness, skylarking (Inf.), stupidity [image]  balderdash, baloney (Inf.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bunk (Inf.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), hogwash, hooey (Sl.), inanity, nonsense, poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, twaddle


tone

See Also

•   n.    accent, emphasis, force, inflection, intonation, modulation, pitch, strength, stress, timbre, tonality, volume [image]  air, approach, aspect, attitude, character, drift, effect, feel, frame, grain, manner, mood, note, quality, spirit, style, temper, tenor, vein [image]  cast, colour, hue, shade, tinge, tint

•   v.    blend, go well with, harmonize, match, suit


tone down

See Also

dampen, dim, mitigate, moderate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, soften, soft-pedal (Inf.), subdue, temper


tongue

See Also

   argot, dialect, idiom, language, lingo (Inf.), parlance, patois, speech, talk, vernacular [image]  articulation, speech, utterance, verbal expression, voice


tongue-tied

See Also

at a loss for words, dumb, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mute, speechless, struck dumb


tonic

See Also

analeptic, boost, bracer (Inf.), cordial, fillip, livener, pick-me-up (Inf.), refresher, restorative, roborant, shot in the arm (Inf.), stimulant


too

See Also

   also, as well, besides, further, in addition, into the bargain, likewise, moreover, to boot [image]  excessively, exorbitantly, extremely, immoderately, inordinately, over-, overly, unduly, unreasonably, very


tool

See Also

•   n.    apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, gadget, implement, instrument, machine, utensil [image]  agency, agent, intermediary, means, medium, vehicle, wherewithal [image]  cat's-paw, creature, dupe, flunkey, hireling, jackal, lackey, minion, pawn, puppet, stooge (Sl.)

•   v.    chase, cut, decorate, ornament, shape, work


top

See Also

•   n.    acme, apex, apogee, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, high point, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, vertex, zenith [image]  cap, cork, cover, lid, stopper [image]  first place, head, highest rank, lead [image]  blow one's top  Inf. blow up (Inf.), do one's nut (Brit. sl.), explode, fly into a temper, fly off the handle (Inf.), go spare (Brit. sl.), have a fit (Inf.), lose one's temper, see red (Inf.), throw a tantrum [image]  over the top a bit much (Inf.), excessive, going too far, immoderate, inordinate, over the limit, too much, uncalled-for

•   adj.    best, chief, crack (Inf.), crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, finest, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, pre-eminent, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, topmost, upper, uppermost

•   v.    cap, cover, crown, finish, garnish, roof, tip [image]  ascend, climb, crest, reach the top of, scale, surmount [image]  be first, be in charge of, command, head, lead, rule [image]  beat, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outshine, outstrip, surpass, transcend


topic

See Also

issue, matter, point, question, subject, subject matter, text, theme, thesis


topical

See Also

   contemporary, current, newsworthy, popular, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute [image]  local, parochial, regional, restricted


topmost

See Also

dominant, foremost, highest, leading, loftiest, paramount, principal, supreme, top, upper, uppermost


topple

See Also

   capsize, collapse, fall, fall headlong, fall over, keel over, knock down, knock over, overbalance, overturn, tip over, totter, tumble, upset [image]  bring down, bring low, oust, overthrow, overturn, unseat


topsy-turvy

See Also

chaotic, confused, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, inside-out, jumbled, messy, mixed-up, untidy, upside-down


torment

See Also

•   v.    afflict, agonize, crucify, distress, excruciate, harrow, pain, rack, torture [image]  aggravate (Inf.), annoy, bedevil, bother, chivvy, devil (Inf.), harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), hound, irritate, nag, persecute, pester, plague, provoke, tease, trouble, vex, worry

•   n.    agony, anguish, distress, hell, misery, pain, suffering, torture [image]  affliction, annoyance, bane, bother, harassment, hassle (Inf.), irritation, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain in the neck (Inf.), persecution, pest, plague, provocation, scourge, thorn in one's flesh, trouble, vexation, worry


torn

•   adj.    cut, lacerated, ragged, rent, ripped, slit, split [image]  divided, in two minds (Inf.), irresolute, split, uncertain, undecided, unsure, vacillating, wavering


tornado

cyclone, gale, hurricane, squall, storm, tempest, twister (U.S. inf.), typhoon, whirlwind, windstorm


torpor

See Also

accidie, acedia, apathy, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, inactivity, inanition, indolence, inertia, inertness, languor, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, numbness, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, somnolence, stagnancy, stupor, torpidity


torrent

See Also

cascade, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flow, gush, outburst, rush, spate, stream, tide


tortuous

See Also

   bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, indirect, mazy, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, twisted, twisting, winding, zigzag [image]  ambiguous, complicated, convoluted, cunning, deceptive, devious, indirect, involved, mazy, misleading, roundabout, tricky


torture

See Also

•   v.    afflict, agonize, crucify, distress, excruciate, harrow, lacerate, martyr, pain, persecute, put on the rack, rack, torment

•   n.    affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hell, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pain, pang(s), persecution, rack, suffering, torment


toss

See Also

•   v.    cast, chuck (Inf.), fling, flip, hurl, launch, lob (Inf.), pitch, project, propel, shy, sling, throw [image]  agitate, disturb, jiggle, joggle, jolt, rock, roll, shake, thrash, tumble, wriggle, writhe [image]  heave, labour, lurch, pitch, roll, wallow

•   n.    cast, fling, lob (Inf.), pitch, shy, throw


tot 1

See Also

•   n.    ankle-biter (Aust. sl.), baby, child, infant, little one, mite, rug rat (Sl.), sprog (Sl.), toddler, wean (Scot.) [image]  dram, finger, measure, nip, shot (Inf.), slug, snifter (Inf.), toothful


tot 2

See Also

•   v. add up, calculate, count up, reckon, sum (up), tally, total


total

See Also

•   n.    aggregate, all, amount, entirety, full amount, mass, sum, totality, whole

•   adj.    absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, comprehensive, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, entire, full, gross, integral, out-and-out, outright, perfect, sheer, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, unconditional, undisputed, undivided, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, whole

•   v.    add up, amount to, come to, mount up to, reach, reckon, sum up, tot up


totalitarian

See Also

authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, monolithic, one-party, oppressive, tyrannous, undemocratic


totally

See Also

absolutely, completely, comprehensively, consummately, entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, unconditionally, unmitigatedly, utterly, wholeheartedly, wholly


totter

See Also

falter, lurch, quiver, reel, rock, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, teeter, tremble, walk unsteadily, waver


touch

See Also

•   n.    feel, feeling, handling, palpation, physical contact, tactility [image]  blow, brush, caress, contact, fondling, hit, pat, push, stroke, tap [image]  bit, dash, detail, drop, hint, intimation, jot, pinch, smack, small amount, smattering, soupçon, speck, spot, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, trace, whiff [image]  direction, effect, hand, influence [image]  approach, characteristic, handiwork, manner, method, style, technique, trademark, way [image]  ability, adroitness, art, artistry, command, craft, deftness, facility, flair, knack, mastery, skill, virtuosity [image]  acquaintance, awareness, communication, contact, correspondence, familiarity, understanding

•   v.    brush, caress, contact, feel, finger, fondle, graze, handle, hit, lay a finger on, palpate, pat, push, strike, stroke, tap [image]  abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, come together, contact, converge, graze, impinge upon, meet [image]  affect, disturb, get through to, get to (Inf.), have an effect on, impress, influence, inspire, make an impression on, mark, melt, move, soften, stir, strike, upset [image]  be a party to, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, have to do with, partake of, use, utilize [image]  (With on) allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, mention, refer to, speak of [image]  bear upon, concern, have to do with, interest, pertain to, regard [image]  be a match for, be in the same league as, be on a par with, come near, come up to, compare with, equal, hold a candle to (Inf.), match, parallel, rival [image]  arrive at, attain, come to, reach


touchiness

See Also

bad temper, crabbedness, fretfulness, grouchiness (Inf.), irascibility, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, surliness, testiness, tetchiness, ticklishness


touching

See Also

affecting, emotive, heartbreaking, melting, moving, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, sad, stirring, tender


touchstone

criterion, gauge, measure, norm, par, standard, yardstick


touch up

See Also

   finish off, perfect, put the finishing touches to, round off [image]  brush up, enhance, fake (up), falsify, give a face-lift to, gloss over, improve, patch up, polish up, renovate, retouch, revamp, titivate, whitewash (Inf.)


touchy

See Also

bad-tempered, captious, crabbed, cross, easily offended, grouchy (Inf.), grumpy, irascible, irritable, oversensitive, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, quick-tempered, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), splenetic, surly, testy, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish


tough

See Also

•   adj.    cohesive, durable, firm, hard, inflexible, leathery, resilient, resistant, rigid, rugged, solid, stiff, strong, sturdy, tenacious [image]  brawny, fit, hard as nails, hardened, hardy, resilient, seasoned, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous [image]  hard-bitten, pugnacious, rough, ruffianly, ruthless, vicious, violent [image]  adamant, callous, exacting, firm, hard, hard-boiled (Inf.), hard-nosed (Inf.), inflexible, intractable, merciless, obdurate, obstinate, refractory, resolute, severe, stern, strict, stubborn, unbending, unforgiving, unyielding [image]  arduous, baffling, difficult, exacting, exhausting, hard, intractable, irksome, knotty, laborious, perplexing, puzzling, strenuous, thorny, troublesome, uphill [image]   Inf. bad, hard cheese (Brit. sl.), hard lines (Brit. inf.), hard luck, lamentable, regrettable, too bad (Inf.), unfortunate, unlucky

•   n.    bravo, bruiser (Inf.), brute, bully, bully boy, heavy (Sl.), hooligan, rough (Inf.), roughneck (Sl.), rowdy, ruffian, thug


tour

See Also

•   n.    excursion, expedition, jaunt, journey, outing, peregrination, progress, trip [image]  circuit, course, round

•   v.    explore, go on the road, go round, holiday in, journey, sightsee, travel round, travel through, visit


tourist

excursionist, globetrotter, holiday-maker, journeyer, sightseer, traveller, tripper, voyager


tournament

See Also

   competition, contest, event, match, meeting, series [image]   Medieval joust, the lists, tourney


tow

•   v. drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, trail, trawl, tug


towards

   en route for, for, in the direction of, in the vicinity of, on the road to, on the way to, to [image]  about, concerning, for, regarding, with regard to, with respect to [image]  almost, close to, coming up to, getting on for, just before, nearing, nearly, not quite, shortly before


tower

See Also

•   n.    belfry, column, obelisk, pillar, skyscraper, steeple, turret [image]  castle, citadel, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, refuge, stronghold

•   v.    ascend, be head and shoulders above, dominate, exceed, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, rise, soar, surpass, top, transcend


toxic

See Also

baneful (Archaic), deadly, harmful, lethal, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, poisonous, septic


toy

See Also

•   n.    doll, game, plaything [image]  bauble, gewgaw, knick-knack, trifle, trinket

•   v.    amuse oneself, dally, fiddle (Inf.), flirt, fool (about or around), play, sport, trifle, wanton


trace

See Also

•   n.    evidence, indication, mark, record, relic, remains, remnant, sign, survival, token, vestige [image]  bit, dash, drop, hint, iota, jot, shadow, soupçon, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, touch, trifle, whiff [image]  footmark, footprint, footstep, path, slot, spoor, track, trail

•   v.    ascertain, detect, determine, discover, ferret out, find, follow, hunt down, pursue, search for, seek, shadow, stalk, track, trail, unearth [image]  chart, copy, delineate, depict, draw, map, mark out, outline, record, show, sketch


track

See Also

•   n.    footmark, footprint, footstep, mark, path, scent, slipstream, slot, spoor, trace, trail, wake [image]  course, flight path, line, orbit, path, pathway, road, track, trajectory, way [image]  line, permanent way, rail, rails [image]  keep track of follow, keep an eye on, keep in sight, keep in touch with, keep up to date with, keep up with, monitor, oversee, watch [image]  lose track of lose, lose sight of, misplace

•   v.    chase, dog, follow, follow the trail of, hunt down, pursue, shadow, stalk, tail (Inf.), trace, trail


track down

See Also

apprehend, bring to light, capture, catch, dig up, discover, expose, ferret out, find, hunt down, run to earth, sniff out, trace, unearth


tracks

See Also

   footprints, impressions, imprints, tyremarks, tyreprints, wheelmarks [image]  make tracks beat it (Sl.), depart, disappear, get going, get moving, go, head off, hit the road (Sl.), leave, set out, split (Sl.), take off (Inf.) [image]  stop in one's tracks bring to a standstill, freeze, immobilize, petrify, rivet to the spot, stop dead, transfix


tract 1

See Also

area, district, estate, expanse, extent, lot, plot, quarter, region, stretch, territory, zone


tract 2

See Also

booklet, brochure, disquisition, dissertation, essay, homily, leaflet, monograph, pamphlet, tractate, treatise


tractable

See Also

   amenable, biddable, compliant, controllable, docile, governable, manageable, obedient, persuadable, submissive, tame, willing, yielding [image]  ductile, fictile, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile, workable


traction

See Also

adhesion, drag, draught, drawing, friction, grip, haulage, pull, pulling, purchase, resistance


trade

See Also

•   n.    barter, business, buying and selling, commerce, dealing, exchange, traffic, transactions, truck [image]  avocation, business, calling, craft, employment, job, line, line of work, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, skill [image]  deal, exchange, interchange, swap [image]  clientele, custom, customers, market, patrons, public

•   v.    bargain, barter, buy and sell, deal, do business, exchange, have dealings, peddle, traffic, transact, truck [image]  barter, exchange, swap, switch


trader

See Also

broker, buyer, dealer, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, purveyor, seller, supplier


tradesman

See Also

   dealer, merchant, purveyor, retailer, seller, shopkeeper, supplier, vendor [image]  artisan, craftsman, journeyman, skilled worker, workman


tradition

See Also

convention, custom, customs, established practice, folklore, habit, institution, lore, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage


traditional

See Also

accustomed, ancestral, conventional, customary, established, fixed, folk, historic, long-established, old, oral, time-honoured, transmitted, unwritten, usual


traffic

See Also

•   n.    coming and going, freight, movement, passengers, transport, transportation, vehicles [image]  barter, business, buying and selling, commerce, communication, dealing, dealings, doings, exchange, intercourse, peddling, relations, trade, truck

•   v.    bargain, barter, buy and sell, deal, do business, exchange, have dealings, have transactions, market, peddle, trade, truck


tragedy

See Also

adversity, affliction, bummer (Sl.), calamity, catastrophe, disaster, grievous blow, misfortune


tragic

anguished, appalling, awful, calamitous, catastrophic, deadly, dire, disastrous, dismal, doleful, dreadful, fatal, grievous, heartbreaking, heart-rending, ill-fated, ill-starred, lamentable, miserable, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, ruinous, sad, shocking, sorrowful, unfortunate, woeful, wretched


trail

See Also

•   v.    dangle, drag, draw, hang down, haul, pull, stream, tow [image]  chase, follow, hunt, pursue, shadow, stalk, tail (Inf.), trace, track [image]  bring up the rear, dawdle, drag oneself, fall behind, follow, hang back, lag, linger, loiter, straggle, traipse (Inf.) [image]  dangle, droop, extend, hang, straggle

•   n.    footprints, footsteps, mark, marks, path, scent, slipstream, spoor, trace, track, wake [image]  beaten track, footpath, path, road, route, track, way [image]  appendage, stream, tail, train


train

See Also

•   v.    coach, discipline, drill, educate, guide, improve, instruct, prepare, rear, rehearse, school, teach, tutor [image]  exercise, improve, prepare, work out [image]  aim, bring to bear, direct, focus, level, line up, point

•   n.    chain, concatenation, course, order, progression, sequence, series, set, string, succession [image]  caravan, column, convoy, file, procession [image]  appendage, tail, trail [image]  attendants, cortege, court, entourage, followers, following, household, retinue, staff, suite


trainer

See Also

coach, handler


training

See Also

   coaching, discipline, education, grounding, guidance, instruction, schooling, teaching, tuition, tutelage, upbringing [image]  body building, exercise, practice, preparation, working-out


trait

See Also

attribute, characteristic, feature, idiosyncrasy, lineament, mannerism, peculiarity, quality, quirk


traitor

See Also

apostate, back-stabber, betrayer, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser (Inf.), fifth columnist, informer, Judas, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake in the grass (Inf.), turncoat


trajectory

See Also

course, flight, flight path, line, path, route, track


tramp

See Also

•   v.    footslog, hike, march, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, trek, walk, yomp [image]  march, plod, stamp, stump, toil, traipse (Inf.), trudge, walk heavily [image]  crush, stamp, stomp (Inf.), trample, tread, walk over

•   n.    bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), bum (Inf.), derelict, dosser (Brit. sl.), down-and-out, drifter, hobo (Chiefly U.S.), vagabond, vagrant [image]  hike, march, ramble, slog, trek [image]  footfall, footstep, stamp, tread


trample

See Also

   crush, flatten, run over, squash, stamp, tread, walk over [image]  do violence to, encroach upon, hurt, infringe, ride roughshod over, show no consideration for, violate


trance

See Also

abstraction, daze, dream, ecstasy, hypnotic state, muse, rapture, reverie, spell, stupor, unconsciousness


tranquil

See Also

at peace, calm, composed, cool, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, sedate, serene, still, undisturbed, unexcited, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled


tranquillity

See Also

ataraxia, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, equanimity, hush, imperturbability, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, restfulness, sedateness, serenity, stillness


tranquillize

See Also

calm, compose, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, relax, sedate, settle one's nerves, soothe


tranquillizer

See Also

barbiturate, bromide, downer (Sl.), opiate, red (Sl.), sedative


transact

See Also

accomplish, carry on, carry out, conclude, conduct, discharge, do, enact, execute, handle, manage, negotiate, perform, prosecute, see to, settle, take care of


transaction

See Also

   action, affair, bargain, business, coup, deal, deed, enterprise, event, matter, negotiation, occurrence, proceeding, undertaking [image]  (Plural) affairs, annals, doings, goings-on (Inf.), minutes, proceedings, record


transcend

See Also

eclipse, exceed, excel, go above, go beyond, leave behind, leave in the shade (Inf.), outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overstep, rise above, surpass


transcendent

See Also

consummate, exceeding, extraordinary, incomparable, matchless, peerless, pre-eminent, second to none, sublime, superior, transcendental, unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled


transcribe

See Also

   copy out, engross, note, reproduce, rewrite, set out, take down, transfer, write out [image]  interpret, render, translate, transliterate [image]  record, tape, tape-record


transcript

See Also

carbon, carbon copy, copy, duplicate, manuscript, note, notes, record, reproduction, transcription, translation, transliteration, version


transfer

See Also

•   v.    carry, change, consign, convey, displace, hand over, make over, move, pass on, relocate, remove, shift, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over

•   n.    change, displacement, handover, move, relocation, removal, shift, transference, translation, transmission, transposition


transfix

See Also

   engross, fascinate, halt or stop in one's tracks, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, paralyse, petrify, rivet the attention of, root to the spot, spellbind, stop dead, stun [image]  fix, impale, pierce, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spit, transpierce


transform

See Also

alter, change, convert, make over, metamorphose, reconstruct, remodel, renew, revolutionize, transfigure, translate, transmogrify (Jocular), transmute


transformation

See Also

alteration, change, conversion, metamorphosis, radical change, renewal, revolution, revolutionary change, sea change, transfiguration, transmogrification (Jocular), transmutation


transgress

See Also

be out of order, break, break the law, contravene, defy, disobey, do or go wrong, encroach, err, exceed, fall from grace, go astray, go beyond, infringe, lapse, misbehave, offend, overstep, sin, trespass, violate


transgression

See Also

breach, contravention, crime, encroachment, error, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, lapse, misbehaviour, misdeed, misdemeanour, offence, peccadillo, sin, trespass, violation, wrong, wrongdoing


transgressor

criminal, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, offender, sinner, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer


transient

See Also

brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, here today and gone tomorrow, impermanent, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, short-term, temporary, transitory


transit

•   n.    carriage, conveyance, crossing, motion, movement, passage, portage, shipment, transfer, transport, transportation, travel, traverse [image]  alteration, change, changeover, conversion, shift, transition [image]  in transit during passage, en route, on the journey, on the move, on the road, on the way, while travelling

•   v.    cross, journey, move, pass, travel, traverse


transition

See Also

alteration, change, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, flux, metamorphosis, metastasis, passage, passing, progression, shift, transit, transmutation, upheaval


transitional

changing, developmental, fluid, intermediate, passing, provisional, temporary, transitionary, unsettled


transitory

See Also

brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, here today and gone tomorrow, impermanent, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, short-term, temporary, transient


translate

See Also

   construe, convert, decipher, decode, interpret, paraphrase, render, transcribe, transliterate [image]  elucidate, explain, make clear, paraphrase, put in plain English, simplify, spell out, state in layman's language [image]  alter, change, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn [image]  carry, convey, move, remove, send, transfer, transplant, transport, transpose


translation

See Also

   construction, decoding, gloss, interpretation, paraphrase, rendering, rendition, transcription, transliteration, version [image]  elucidation, explanation, paraphrase, rephrasing, rewording, simplification [image]  alteration, change, conversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, transmutation [image]  conveyance, move, removal, transference, transposition


translator

interpreter, linguist, metaphrast, paraphrast


transmission

See Also

   carriage, communication, conveyance, diffusion, dispatch, dissemination, remission, sending, shipment, spread, transfer, transference, transport [image]  broadcasting, dissemination, putting out, relaying, sending, showing [image]  broadcast, programme, show


transmit

See Also

   bear, carry, communicate, convey, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, forward, hand down, hand on, impart, pass on, remit, send, spread, take, transfer, transport [image]  broadcast, disseminate, put on the air, radio, relay, send, send out


transparency

   clarity, clearness, diaphaneity, diaphanousness, filminess, gauziness, limpidity, limpidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, sheerness, translucence, translucency, transparence [image]  apparentness, distinctness, explicitness, obviousness, patentness, perspicuousness, plainness, unambiguousness, visibility [image]  candidness, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openness, straightforwardness [image]  photograph, slide


transparent

See Also

   clear, crystal clear, crystalline, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, limpid, lucent, lucid, pellucid, seethrough, sheer, translucent, transpicuous [image]  apparent, as plain as the nose on one's face (Inf.), distinct, easy, evident, explicit, manifest, obvious, patent, perspicuous, plain, recognizable, unambiguous, understandable, undisguised, visible [image]  candid, direct, forthright, frank, open, plain-spoken, straight, straightforward, unambiguous, unequivocal


transpire

See Also

    Inf. arise, befall, chance, come about, come to pass (Archaic), happen, occur, take place, turn up [image]  become known, be disclosed, be discovered, be made public, come out, come to light, emerge


transplant

See Also

displace, relocate, remove, resettle, shift, transfer, uproot


transport

See Also

•   v.    bear, bring, carry, convey, fetch, haul, move, remove, run, ship, take, transfer [image]  banish, deport, exile, sentence to transportation [image]  captivate, carry away, delight, electrify, enchant, enrapture, entrance, move, ravish, spellbind

•   n.    conveyance, transportation, vehicle [image]  carriage, conveyance, removal, shipment, shipping, transference, transportation [image]  cloud nine (Inf.), enchantment, euphoria, heaven, rapture, seventh heaven [image]  bliss, delight, ecstasy, happiness, ravishment


transpose

See Also

alter, change, exchange, interchange, move, rearrange, relocate, reorder, shift, substitute, swap (Inf.), switch, transfer


transverse

See Also

athwart, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, oblique


trap

See Also

•   n.    ambush, gin, net, noose, pitfall, snare, springe, toils [image]  ambush, artifice, deception, device, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile

•   v.    catch, corner, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, snare, take [image]  ambush, beguile, deceive, dupe, ensnare, inveigle, trick


trapped

See Also

ambushed, at bay, beguiled, caught, cornered, cut off, deceived, duped, ensnared, in a tight corner, in a tight spot, inveigled, netted, snared, stuck (Inf.), surrounded, tricked, with one's back to the wall


trappings

See Also

accoutrements, adornments, decorations, dress, equipment, finery, fittings, fixtures, fripperies, furnishings, gear, livery, ornaments, panoply, paraphernalia, raiment (Archaic or poetic), things, trimmings


trash

See Also

   balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), foolish talk, garbage (Inf.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), inanity, moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), tripe (Inf.), trumpery, twaddle [image]  dreck (Sl., chiefly U.S.), dregs, dross, garbage, junk (Inf.), litter, offscourings, refuse, rubbish, sweepings, waste


trashy

See Also

brummagem, catchpenny, cheap, cheap-jack (Inf.), chickenshit (U.S. sl.), crappy (Sl.), flimsy, inferior, meretricious, of a sort or of sorts, poxy (Sl.), rubbishy, shabby, shoddy, tawdry, thrown together, tinsel, worthless


traumatic

See Also

agonizing, damaging, disturbing, hurtful, injurious, painful, scarring, shocking, upsetting, wounding


travel

See Also

•   v.    cross, go, journey, make a journey, make one's way, move, proceed, progress, ramble, roam, rove, take a trip, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, walk, wander, wend [image]  be transmitted, carry, get through, move

•   n.    (Usually plural) excursion, expedition, globetrotting, journey, movement, passage, peregrination, ramble, tour, touring, trip, voyage, walk, wandering


traveller

See Also

   excursionist, explorer, globetrotter, gypsy, hiker, holiday-maker, journeyer, migrant, nomad, passenger, tourist, tripper, voyager, wanderer, wayfarer [image]  agent, commercial traveller, rep, representative, salesman, travelling salesman


travelling

See Also

•   adj. itinerant, migrant, migratory, mobile, moving, nomadic, peripatetic, restless, roaming, roving, touring, unsettled, wandering, wayfaring


traverse

See Also

   bridge, cover, cross, cut across, go across, go over, make one's way across, negotiate, pass over, ply, range, roam, span, travel over, wander [image]  balk, contravene, counter, counteract, deny, frustrate, go against, hinder, impede, obstruct, oppose, thwart [image]  check, consider, examine, eye, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, pore over, range over, review, scan, scrutinize, study


travesty

See Also

•   n.    burlesque, caricature, distortion, lampoon, mockery, parody, perversion, send-up (Brit. inf.), sham, spoof (Inf.), takeoff (Inf.)

•   v.    burlesque, caricature, deride, distort, lampoon, make a mockery of, make fun of, mock, parody, pervert, ridicule, send up (Brit. inf.), sham, spoof (Inf.), take off (Inf.)


treacherous

See Also

   deceitful, disloyal, double-crossing (Inf.), double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, perfidious, recreant (Archaic), traitorous, treasonable, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy [image]  dangerous, deceptive, hazardous, icy, perilous, precarious, risky, slippery, slippy (Inf. or dialect), tricky, unreliable, unsafe, unstable


treachery

See Also

betrayal, disloyalty, double-cross (Inf.), double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, stab in the back, treason


tread

•   v.    hike, march, pace, plod, stamp, step, stride, tramp, trudge, walk [image]  crush underfoot, squash, trample [image]  bear down, crush, oppress, quell, repress, ride roughshod over, subdue, subjugate, suppress [image]  tread on someone's toes affront, annoy, bruise, disgruntle, get someone's back up, hurt, hurt someone's feelings, infringe, injure, irk, offend, vex

•   n.    footfall, footstep, gait, pace, step, stride, walk


treason

See Also

disaffection, disloyalty, duplicity, lese-majesty, mutiny, perfidy, sedition, subversion, traitorousness, treachery


treasonable

See Also

disloyal, false, mutinous, perfidious, seditious, subversive, traitorous, treacherous, treasonous


treasure

See Also

•   n.    cash, fortune, funds, gold, jewels, money, riches, valuables, wealth [image]  apple of one's eye, darling, gem, jewel, nonpareil, paragon, pearl, precious, pride and joy, prize

•   v.    adore, cherish, dote upon, esteem, hold dear, idolize, love, prize, revere, value, venerate, worship [image]  accumulate, cache, collect, garner, hoard, husband, lay up, salt away, save, stash (away) (Inf.), store up


treasury

See Also

   bank, cache, hoard, repository, store, storehouse, vault [image]  assets, capital, coffers, exchequer, finances, funds, money, resources, revenues


treat

See Also

•   n.    banquet, celebration, entertainment, feast, gift, party, refreshment [image]  delight, enjoyment, fun, gratification, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, thrill

•   v.    act towards, behave towards, consider, deal with, handle, look upon, manage, regard, use [image]  apply treatment to, attend to, care for, doctor, medicate, nurse [image]  buy for, entertain, feast, foot or pay the bill, give, lay on, pay for, provide, regale, stand (Inf.), take out, wine and dine [image]  be concerned with, contain, deal with, discourse upon, discuss, go into, touch upon [image]  bargain, come to terms, confer, have talks, make terms, negotiate, parley


treatise

See Also

disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, monograph, pamphlet, paper, study, thesis, tract, work, writing


treatment

See Also

   care, cure, healing, medication, medicine, remedy, surgery, therapy [image]  action towards, behaviour towards, conduct, dealing, handling, management, manipulation, reception, usage


treaty

See Also

agreement, alliance, bargain, bond, compact, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, entente, pact


trek

See Also

•   n.    expedition, footslog, hike, journey, long haul, march, odyssey, safari, slog, tramp

•   v.    footslog, hike, journey, march, plod, range, roam, rove, slog, traipse (Inf.), tramp, trudge, yomp


tremble

See Also

•   v.    oscillate, quake, quiver, rock, shake, shake in one's shoes, shiver, shudder, teeter, totter, vibrate, wobble

•   n.    oscillation, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremor, vibration, wobble


tremendous

See Also

   appalling, awesome, awful, colossal, deafening, dreadful, enormous, fearful, formidable, frightful, gargantuan, gigantic, great, huge, immense, mammoth, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, terrible, terrific, titanic, towering, vast, whopping (Inf.) [image]   Inf. ace (Inf.), amazing, boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), brilliant, chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), great, incredible, jim-dandy (Sl.), marvellous, mean (Sl.), sensational (Inf.), sovereign, super (Inf.), terrific (Inf.), topping (Brit. sl.), wonderful


tremor

See Also

   agitation, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, shake, shaking, shiver, tremble, trembling, trepidation, vibration, wobble [image]  earthquake, quake (Inf.), shock


trench

See Also

channel, cut, ditch, drain, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, furrow, gutter, pit, trough, waterway


trenchant

See Also

   acerbic, acid, acidulous, acute, astringent, biting, caustic, cutting, hurtful, incisive, keen, mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piquant, pointed, pungent, sarcastic, scathing, severe, sharp, tart, vitriolic [image]  driving, effective, effectual, emphatic, energetic, forceful, potent, powerful, strong, vigorous [image]  clear, clear-cut, crisp, distinct, distinctly defined, explicit, salient, unequivocal, well-defined


trend

See Also

•   n.    bias, course, current, direction, drift, flow, inclination, leaning, tendency [image]  craze, fad (Inf.), fashion, look, mode, rage, style, thing, vogue

•   v.    bend, flow, head, incline, lean, run, stretch, swing, tend, turn, veer


trepidation

See Also

agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk (Inf.), butterflies (Inf.), cold feet (Inf.), cold sweat (Inf.), consternation, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, dread, emotion, excitement, fear, fright, jitters (Inf.), nervousness, palpitation, perturbation, quivering, shaking, the heebie-jeebies (Sl.), trembling, tremor, uneasiness, worry


trespass

See Also

•   v.    encroach, infringe, intrude, invade, obtrude, poach [image]   Archaic offend, sin, transgress, violate, wrong

•   n.    encroachment, infringement, intrusion, invasion, poaching, unlawful entry, wrongful entry [image]  breach, crime, delinquency, error, evildoing, fault, infraction, iniquity, injury, misbehaviour, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanour, offence, sin, transgression, wrongdoing


trespasser

See Also

   infringer, interloper, intruder, invader, poacher, unwelcome visitor [image]   Archaic criminal, delinquent, evildoer, malefactor, offender, sinner, transgressor, wrongdoer


tress

See Also

braid, curl, lock, pigtail, plait, ringlet


triad

threesome, trilogy, trine, trinity, trio, triple, triplet, triptych, triumvirate, triune


trial

See Also

•   n.    assay, audition, check, dry run (Inf.), examination, experience, experiment, probation, proof, test, testing, test-run [image]  contest, hearing, industrial tribunal, judicial examination, litigation, tribunal [image]  attempt, crack (Inf.), effort, endeavour, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), try, venture, whack (Inf.) [image]  adversity, affliction, burden, cross to bear, distress, grief, hardship, hard times, load, misery, ordeal, pain, suffering, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, wretchedness [image]  bane, bother, drag (Inf.), hassle (Inf.), irritation, nuisance, pain in the arse (Taboo inf.), pain in the neck (Inf.), pest, plague (Inf.), thorn in one's flesh, vexation

•   adj.    experimental, exploratory, pilot, probationary, provisional, testing


tribe

See Also

blood, caste, clan, class, division, dynasty, ethnic group, family, gens, house, people, race, seed (Chiefly biblical), sept, stock


tribulation

See Also

adversity, affliction, bad luck, blow, bummer (Sl.), burden, care, cross to bear, curse, distress, grief, hardship, hassle (Inf.), heartache, ill fortune, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness


tribunal

bar, bench, court, hearing, industrial tribunal, judgment seat, judicial examination, trial


tribute

See Also

   accolade, acknowledgment, applause, commendation, compliment, encomium, esteem, eulogy, gift, gratitude, honour, laudation, panegyric, praise, recognition, respect, testimonial [image]  charge, contribution, customs, duty, excise, homage, impost, offering, payment, ransom, subsidy, tax, toll


trick

See Also

•   n.    artifice, canard, con (Sl.), deceit, deception, device, dodge, feint, fraud, gimmick, hoax, imposition, imposture, manoeuvre, ploy, ruse, scam (Sl.), sting (Inf.), stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, wile [image]  antic, cantrip (Scot.), caper, device, feat, frolic, gag (Inf.), gambol, jape, joke, juggle, legerdemain, leg-pull (Brit. inf.), practical joke, prank, put-on (Sl.), sleight of hand, stunt [image]  art, command, craft, device, expertise, gift, hang (Inf.), knack, know-how (Inf.), secret, skill, technique [image]  characteristic, crotchet, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, quirk, trait [image]  do the trick  Inf. be effective or effectual, have effect, produce the desired result, work

•   v.    bamboozle (Inf.), cheat, con (Inf.), deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, gull (Archaic), have (someone) on, hoax, hoodwink, impose upon, kid (Inf.), mislead, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, put one over on (someone) (Inf.), stiff (Sl.), sting (Inf.), swindle, take in (Inf.), trap


trickery

See Also

cheating, chicanery, con (Inf.), deceit, deception, dishonesty, double-dealing, fraud, funny business, guile, hanky-panky (Inf.), hoax, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), imposture, jiggery-pokery (Inf., chiefly Brit.), monkey business (Inf.), pretence, skulduggery (Inf.), swindling


trickle

See Also

•   v.    crawl, creep, dribble, drip, drop, exude, ooze, percolate, run, seep, stream

•   n.    dribble, drip, seepage


tricky

See Also

   complicated, delicate, difficult, knotty, problematic, risky, sticky (Inf.), thorny, ticklish, touch-and-go [image]  artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, devious, foxy, scheming, slippery, sly, subtle, wily


trifle

See Also

•   n.    bagatelle, bauble, child's play (Inf.), gewgaw, knick-knack, nothing, plaything, toy, triviality [image]  bit, dash, drop, jot, little, pinch, spot, touch, trace

•   v.    amuse oneself, coquet, dally, dawdle, flirt, fritter, idle, mess about, palter, play, toy, wanton, waste, waste time


trifling

See Also

empty, footling (Inf.), frivolous, idle, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, minuscule, negligible, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), paltry, petty, piddling (Inf.), puny, shallow, silly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant, valueless, worthless


trigger

See Also

•   v. activate, bring about, cause, elicit, generate, give rise to, produce, prompt, provoke, set in motion, set off, spark off, start


trim

See Also

•   adj.    compact, dapper, natty (Inf.), neat, nice, orderly, shipshape, smart, soigné or soignée, spick-and-span, spruce, tidy, trig (Archaic or dialect), well-groomed, well-ordered, well turned-out [image]  fit, shapely, sleek, slender, slim, streamlined, svelte, willowy

•   v.    barber, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, dock, even up, lop, pare, prune, shave, shear, tidy [image]  adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, deck out, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, garnish, ornament, trick out [image]  adjust, arrange, balance, distribute, order, prepare, settle

•   n.    adornment, border, decoration, edging, embellishment, frill, fringe, garnish, ornamentation, piping, trimming [image]  condition, fettle, fitness, form, health, order, repair, shape (Inf.), situation, state [image]  clipping, crop, cut, pruning, shave, shearing, tidying up, trimming [image]  array, attire, dress, equipment, gear, trappings


trimming

See Also

   adornment, border, braid, decoration, edging, embellishment, festoon, frill, fringe, garnish, ornamentation, piping [image]  (Plural) accessories, accompaniments, appurtenances, extras, frills, garnish, ornaments, paraphernalia, trappings [image]  (Plural) brash, clippings, cuttings, ends, parings, shavings


trinity

threesome, triad, trilogy, trine, trio, triple, triplet, triptych, triumvirate, triune


trinket

See Also

bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw, knick-knack, nothing, ornament, piece of bric-a-brac, toy, trifle


trio

threesome, triad, trilogy, trine, trinity, triple, triplet, triptych, triumvirate, triune


trip

See Also

•   n.    errand, excursion, expedition, foray, jaunt, journey, outing, ramble, run, tour, travel, voyage [image]  bloomer (Brit. inf.), blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), error, fall, false move, false step, faux pas, indiscretion, lapse, misstep, slip, stumble

•   v.    blunder, boob (Brit. sl.), err, fall, go wrong, lapse, lose one's balance, lose one's footing, make a false move, make a faux pas, miscalculate, misstep, slip, slip up (Inf.), stumble, tumble [image]  catch out, confuse, disconcert, put off one's stride, throw off, trap, unsettle [image]  go, ramble, tour, travel, voyage [image]  caper, dance, flit, frisk, gambol, hop, skip, spring, tread lightly [image]   Inf. get high (Inf.), get stoned (Sl.), take drugs, turn on (Sl.) [image]  activate, engage, flip, pull, release, set off, switch on, throw, turn on


tripe

See Also

balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), foolish talk, garbage (Inf.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), inanity, moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, trumpery, twaddle


triple

•   adj.    threefold, three times as much, three-way, tripartite

•   n.    threesome, triad, trilogy, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, triumvirate, triune

•   v.    increase threefold, treble, triplicate


triplet

threesome, triad, trilogy, trine, trinity, trio, triple, triumvirate, triune


tripper

See Also

excursionist, holiday-maker, journeyer, sightseer, tourist, voyager


trite

See Also

banal, bromidic, clichéd, common, commonplace, corny (Sl.), dull, hack, hackneyed, ordinary, pedestrian, routine, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, worn


triumph

See Also

•   n.    elation, exultation, happiness, joy, jubilation, pride, rejoicing [image]  accomplishment, achievement, ascendancy, attainment, conquest, coup, feat, hit (Inf.), mastery, sensation, smash (Inf.), smash-hit (Inf.), success, tour de force, victory, walkover (Inf.)

•   v.    (Often with over) best, carry the day, come out on top (Inf.), dominate, flourish, get the better of, overcome, overwhelm, prevail, prosper, subdue, succeed, take the honours, thrive, vanquish, win [image]  celebrate, crow, drool, exult, gloat, glory, jubilate, rejoice, revel, swagger


triumphant

See Also

boastful, celebratory, cock-a-hoop, conquering, dominant, elated, exultant, glorious, jubilant, proud, rejoicing, successful, swaggering, triumphal, undefeated, victorious, winning


trivia

See Also

details, minutiae, petty details, trifles, trivialities


trivial

See Also

chickenshit (U.S. sl.), commonplace, everyday, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, meaningless, minor, negligible, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), paltry, petty, puny, slight, small, trifling, trite, unimportant, valueless, worthless


triviality

See Also

   frivolity, inconsequentiality, insignificance, littleness, meaninglessness, negligibility, paltriness, pettiness, slightness, smallness, triteness, unimportance, valuelessness, worthlessness [image]  detail, no big thing, no great matter, nothing, petty detail, technicality, trifle


troop

See Also

•   n.    assemblage, band, bevy, body, bunch (Inf.), company, contingent, crew (Inf.), crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, group, herd, horde, multitude, pack, posse (Inf.), squad, swarm, team, throng, unit [image]  (Plural) armed forces, army, fighting men, men, military, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery

•   v.    crowd, flock, march, parade, stream, swarm, throng, traipse (Inf.)


trophy

See Also

award, bays, booty, cup, laurels, memento, prize, souvenir, spoils


tropical

See Also

hot, humid, lush, steamy, stifling, sultry, sweltering, torrid


trot

See Also

•   v.    canter, go briskly, jog, lope, run, scamper

•   n.    brisk pace, canter, jog, lope, run [image]  on the trot  Inf. consecutively, in a row, in succession, one after the other, without break, without interruption


trot out

bring forward, bring up, come out with, drag up, exhibit, recite, rehearse, reiterate, relate, repeat


trouble

See Also

•   n.    agitation, annoyance, anxiety, bummer (Sl.), disquiet, distress, grief, hardship, hassle (Inf.), heartache, irritation, misfortune, pain, sorrow, suffering, torment, tribulation, vexation, woe, worry [image]  agitation, bother (Inf.), commotion, discontent, discord, disorder, dissatisfaction, disturbance, hassle (Inf.), row, strife, tumult, unrest [image]  ailment, complaint, defect, disability, disease, disorder, failure, illness, malfunction, upset [image]  bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, hassle (Inf.), hot water (Inf.), mess, nuisance, pest, pickle (Inf.), predicament, problem, scrape (Inf.), spot (Inf.), tight spot [image]  attention, bother, care, effort, exertion, inconvenience, labour, pains, struggle, thought, work

•   v.    afflict, agitate, annoy, bother, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, faze, fret, grieve, harass, hassle (Inf.), inconvenience, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, sadden, torment, upset, vex, worry [image]  be concerned, bother, burden, discomfort, discommode, disturb, impose upon, incommode, inconvenience, put out [image]  exert oneself, go to the effort of, make an effort, take pains, take the time


troublemaker

See Also

agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand, incendiary, instigator, meddler, mischief-maker, rabble-rouser, stirrer (Inf.), stormy petrel


troublesome

See Also

   annoying, arduous, bothersome, burdensome, demanding, difficult, harassing, hard, importunate, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, oppressive, pestilential, plaguy (Inf.), taxing, tiresome, tricky, trying, upsetting, vexatious, wearisome, worrisome, worrying [image]  disorderly, insubordinate, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, rowdy, turbulent, uncooperative, undisciplined, unruly, violent


trough

See Also

   crib, manger, water trough [image]  canal, channel, depression, ditch, duct, flume, furrow, gully, gutter, trench, watercourse


trounce

See Also

beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), crush, defeat heavily or utterly, drub, give a hiding (Inf.), give a pasting (Sl.), hammer (Inf.), lick (Inf.), make mincemeat of, overwhelm, paste (Sl.), rout, run rings around (Inf.), slaughter (Inf.), tank (Sl.), thrash, walk over (Inf.), wipe the floor with (Inf.)


troupe

See Also

band, cast, company


trouper

See Also

actor, artiste, entertainer, performer, player, theatrical, thespian


truancy

See Also

absence, absence without leave, malingering, shirking, skiving (Brit. sl.)


truant

•   n.    absentee, delinquent, deserter, dodger, malingerer, runaway, shirker, skiver (Brit. sl.), straggler

•   adj.    absent, absent without leave, A.W.O.L., missing, skiving (Brit. sl.)

•   v.    absent oneself, bob off (Brit. sl.), desert, dodge, go missing, malinger, play truant, run away, shirk, skive (Brit. sl.), twag (Dialect)


truce

armistice, break, ceasefire, cessation, cessation of hostilities, intermission, interval, let-up (Inf.), lull, moratorium, peace, respite, rest, stay, treaty


truck

See Also

•   n.    commercial goods, commodities, goods, merchandise, stock, stuff, wares [image]  barter, business, buying and selling, commerce, communication, connection, contact, dealings, exchange, relations, trade, traffic

•   v.    bargain, barter, buy and sell, deal, do business, exchange, have dealings, negotiate, swap, trade, traffic, transact business


truculent

See Also

aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, cross, defiant, fierce, hostile, ill-tempered, itching or spoiling for a fight (Inf.), obstreperous, pugnacious, scrappy (Inf.), sullen, violent


trudge

See Also

•   v.    clump, drag oneself, footslog, hike, lumber, march, plod, slog, stump, traipse (Inf.), tramp, trek, walk heavily, yomp

•   n.    footslog, haul, hike, march, slog, traipse (Inf.), tramp, trek, yomp


true

See Also

•   adj.    accurate, actual, authentic, bona fide, correct, exact, factual, genuine, legitimate, natural, precise, pure, real, right, truthful, valid, veracious, veritable [image]  confirmed, constant, dedicated, devoted, dutiful, faithful, fast, firm, honest, honourable, loyal, pure, reliable, sincere, staunch, steady, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, unswerving, upright [image]  accurate, correct, exact, on target, perfect, precise, proper, spot-on (Brit. inf.), unerring

•   adv.    honestly, rightly, truthfully, veraciously, veritably [image]  accurately, correctly, on target, perfectly, precisely, properly, unerringly [image]  come true become reality, be granted, be realized, come to pass, happen, occur


truism

See Also

axiom, bromide, cliché, commonplace, platitude, stock phrase, trite saying


truly

See Also

   accurately, authentically, beyond doubt, beyond question, correctly, exactly, factually, genuinely, in actuality, in fact, in reality, in truth, legitimately, precisely, really, rightly, truthfully, veraciously, veritably, without a doubt [image]  confirmedly, constantly, devotedly, dutifully, faithfully, firmly, honestly, honourably, loyally, sincerely, staunchly, steadily, with all one's heart, with dedication, with devotion [image]  exceptionally, extremely, greatly, indeed, of course, really, to be sure, verily, very


trumped-up

concocted, contrived, cooked-up (Inf.), fabricated, fake, false, falsified, invented, made-up, manufactured, phoney or phony (Inf.), untrue


trumpery

See Also

•   n.    balderdash, balls (Taboo sl.), bilge (Inf.), bosh (Inf.), bull (Sl.), bullshit (Taboo sl.), bunkum or buncombe (Chiefly U.S.), claptrap (Inf.), cobblers (Brit. taboo sl.), crap (Sl.), drivel, eyewash (Inf.), foolishness, foolish talk, garbage (Inf.), guff (Sl.), hogwash, hokum (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), horsefeathers (U.S. sl.), hot air (Inf.), idiocy, inanity, moonshine, nonsense, pap, piffle (Inf.), poppycock (Inf.), rot, rubbish, shit (Taboo sl.), stuff, tommyrot, tosh (Sl., chiefly Brit.), trash, tripe (Inf.), twaddle [image]  bagatelle, bauble, gewgaw, kickshaw, knick-knack, toy, trifle, trinket

•   adj.    brummagem, cheap, flashy, meretricious, nasty, rubbishy, shabby, shoddy, tawdry, trashy, trifling, useless, valueless, worthless


trumpet

See Also

•   n.    bugle, clarion, horn [image]  bay, bellow, call, cry, roar [image]  blow one's own trumpet boast, brag, crow, sing one's own praises, vaunt

•   v.    advertise, announce, broadcast, crack up (Inf.), extol, noise abroad, proclaim, publish, shout from the rooftops, sound loudly, tout (Inf.)


trump up

See Also

concoct, contrive, cook up (Inf.), create, fabricate, fake, invent, make up, manufacture


truncate

See Also

abbreviate, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut short, dock, lop, pare, prune, shorten, trim


truncheon

See Also

baton, club, cudgel, staff


trunk

See Also

   bole, stalk, stem, stock [image]  body, torso [image]  proboscis, snout [image]  bin, box, case, casket, chest, coffer, crate, kist (Scot. & northern English dialect), locker, portmanteau


truss

See Also

•   v.    bind, bundle, fasten, make fast, pack, pinion, secure, strap, tether, tie

•   n.    beam, brace, buttress, joist, prop, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, support [image]   Medical bandage, support [image]  bale, bundle, package, packet


trust

See Also

•   n.    assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, credence, credit, expectation, faith, hope, reliance [image]  duty, obligation, responsibility [image]  care, charge, custody, guard, guardianship, protection, safekeeping, trusteeship

•   v.    assume, believe, expect, hope, presume, suppose, surmise, think likely [image]  bank on, believe, count on, depend on, have faith in, lean on, pin one's faith on, place confidence in, place one's trust in, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, take at face value [image]  assign, command, commit, confide, consign, delegate, entrust, give, put into the hands of, sign over, turn over


trustful, trusting

See Also

confiding, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, optimistic, simple, unguarded, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary


trustworthy

See Also

dependable, ethical, honest, honourable, level-headed, mature, principled, reliable, reputable, responsible, righteous, sensible, staunch, steadfast, to be trusted, true, trusty, truthful, upright


trusty

See Also

dependable, faithful, firm, honest, reliable, responsible, solid, staunch, steady, straightforward, strong, true, trustworthy, upright


truth

See Also

   accuracy, actuality, exactness, fact, factuality, factualness, genuineness, legitimacy, precision, reality, truthfulness, validity, veracity, verity [image]  candour, constancy, dedication, devotion, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, honesty, integrity, loyalty, naturalism, realism, uprightness [image]  axiom, certainty, fact, law, maxim, proven principle, reality, truism, verity


truthful

See Also

accurate, candid, correct, exact, faithful, forthright, frank, honest, literal, naturalistic, plain-spoken, precise, realistic, reliable, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, trustworthy, upfront (Inf.), veracious, veritable


try

See Also

•   v.    aim, attempt, bend over backwards (Inf.), break one's neck (Inf.), bust a gut (Inf.), do one's best, do one's damnedest (Inf.), endeavour, essay, exert oneself, give it one's all (Inf.), give it one's best shot (Inf.), go for broke (Sl.), go for it (Inf.), have a go  (crack (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), whack (Inf.)) (Inf.), knock oneself out (Inf.), make an all-out effort (Inf.), make an attempt, make an effort, rupture oneself (Inf.), seek, strive, struggle, undertake [image]  appraise, check out, evaluate, examine, experiment, inspect, investigate, prove, put to the test, sample, taste, test [image]  afflict, annoy, inconvenience, irk, irritate, pain, plague, strain, stress, tax, tire, trouble, upset, vex, weary [image]  adjudge, adjudicate, examine, hear

•   n.    attempt, crack (Inf.), effort, endeavour, essay, go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), whack (Inf.) [image]  appraisal, evaluation, experiment, inspection, sample, taste, test, trial


trying

See Also

aggravating (Inf.), annoying, arduous, bothersome, difficult, exasperating, fatiguing, hard, irksome, irritating, stressful, taxing, tiresome, tough, troublesome, upsetting, vexing, wearisome


try out

See Also

appraise, check out, evaluate, experiment with, inspect, put into practice, put to the test, sample, taste, test


tsar, czar

autocrat, despot, emperor, head, leader, overlord, ruler, sovereign, tyrant


tuck

See Also

•   v.    fold, gather, insert, push

•   n.    fold, gather, pinch, pleat [image]   Inf. comestibles, eats (Sl.), food, grub (Sl.), nosebag (Sl.), nosh (Sl.), scoff (Sl.), tack (Inf.), victuals, vittles (Obs. or dialect)


tuck in

See Also

   bed down, enfold, fold under, make snug, put to bed, swaddle, wrap up [image]  chow down (Sl.), eat heartily, get stuck in (Inf.)


tug

See Also

•   v.    drag, draw, haul, heave, jerk, lug, pull, tow, wrench, yank

•   n.    drag, haul, heave, jerk, pull, tow, traction, wrench, yank


tuition

See Also

education, instruction, lessons, schooling, teaching, training, tutelage, tutoring


tumble

See Also

•   v.    drop, fall, fall end over end, fall headlong, fall head over heels, flop, lose one's footing, pitch, plummet, roll, stumble, topple, toss, trip up

•   n.    collapse, drop, fall, flop, headlong fall, plunge, roll, spill, stumble, toss, trip


tumble-down

See Also

crumbling, decrepit, dilapidated, disintegrating, falling to pieces, ramshackle, rickety, ruined, shaky, tottering


tumour

See Also

cancer, carcinoma (Pathol.), growth, lump, neoplasm (Medical), sarcoma (Medical), swelling


tumult

See Also

ado, affray (Law), agitation, altercation, bedlam, brawl, brouhaha, clamour, commotion, din, disorder, disturbance, excitement, fracas, hubbub, hullabaloo, outbreak, pandemonium, quarrel, racket, riot, row, ruction (Inf.), stir, stramash (Scot.), strife, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uproar


tumultuous

See Also

agitated, boisterous, clamorous, confused, disorderly, disturbed, excited, fierce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, restless, riotous, rowdy, rumbustious, stormy, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild


tune

See Also

•   n.    air, melody, melody line, motif, song, strain, theme [image]  agreement, concert, concord, consonance, euphony, harmony, pitch, sympathy, unison [image]  attitude, demeanour, disposition, frame of mind, mood [image]  call the tune be in charge  (command, control), call the shots (Sl.), command, dictate, govern, lead, rule, rule the roost [image]  change one's tune change one's mind, do an about-face, have a change of heart, reconsider, take a different tack, think again

•   v.    adapt, adjust, attune, bring into harmony, harmonize, pitch, regulate


tuneful

See Also

catchy, consonant (Music), easy on the ear (Inf.), euphonic, euphonious, harmonious, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, musical, pleasant, symphonic


tuneless

atonal, cacophonous, clashing, discordant, dissonant, harsh, unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical


tunnel

See Also

•   n.    burrow, channel, hole, passage, passageway, shaft, subway, underpass

•   v.    burrow, dig, dig one's way, excavate, mine, penetrate, scoop out, undermine


turbulence

See Also

agitation, boiling, commotion, confusion, disorder, instability, pandemonium, roughness, storm, tumult, turmoil, unrest, upheaval


turbulent

See Also

   agitated, blustery, boiling, choppy, confused, disordered, foaming, furious, raging, rough, tempestuous, tumultuous, unsettled, unstable [image]  agitated, anarchic, boisterous, disorderly, insubordinate, lawless, mutinous, obstreperous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, seditious, tumultuous, unbridled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly, uproarious, violent, wild


turf

See Also

   clod, divot, grass, green, sod, sward [image]  the turf horse-racing, racecourse, racetrack, racing, the flat


turmoil

See Also

agitation, bedlam, brouhaha, bustle, chaos, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, ferment, flurry, hubbub, noise, pandemonium, row, stir, strife, trouble, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uproar, violence


turn

See Also

•   v.    circle, go round, gyrate, move in a circle, pivot, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swivel, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl [image]  change course, change position, go back, move, return, reverse, shift, swerve, switch, veer, wheel [image]  arc, come round, corner, go round, negotiate, pass, pass around, take a bend [image]  adapt, alter, become, change, convert, divert, fashion, fit, form, metamorphose, mould, mutate, remodel, shape, transfigure, transform, transmute [image]  become rancid, curdle, go bad, go off (Brit. inf.), go sour, make rancid, sour, spoil, taint [image]  appeal, apply, approach, go, have recourse, look, resort [image]  nauseate, sicken, upset [image]  apostatize, bring round (Inf.), change one's mind, change sides, defect, desert, go over, influence, persuade, prejudice, prevail upon, renege, retract, talk into [image]  construct, deliver, execute, fashion, frame, make, mould, perform, shape, write [image]  turn tail beat a hasty retreat, bolt, cut and run (Inf.), flee, hook it (Sl.), run away, run off, show a clean pair of heels, take off (Inf.), take to one's heels

•   n.    bend, change, circle, curve, cycle, gyration, pivot, reversal, revolution, rotation, spin, swing, turning, twist, whirl [image]  bias, direction, drift, heading, tendency, trend [image]  bend, change of course, change of direction, curve, departure, deviation, shift [image]  chance, crack (Inf.), fling, go, opportunity, period, round, shift, shot (Inf.), spell, stint, succession, time, try, whack (Inf.) [image]  airing, circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, outing, promenade, ride, saunter, spin (Inf.), stroll, walk [image]  affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, flair, gift, inclination, knack, leaning, propensity, talent [image]  cast, fashion, form, format, guise, make-up, manner, mode, mould, shape, style, way [image]  act, action, deed, favour, gesture, service [image]  bend, distortion, twist, warp [image]   Inf. fright, scare, shock, start, surprise [image]  by turns alternately, in succession, one after another, reciprocally, turn and turn about [image]  to a turn correctly, exactly, just right, perfectly, precisely


turn down

See Also

   diminish, lessen, lower, muffle, mute, quieten, reduce the volume of, soften [image]  abstain from, decline, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, say no to, spurn, throw out


turn in

See Also

   go to bed, go to sleep, hit the sack (Sl.), retire for the night [image]  deliver, give back, give up, hand in, hand over, return, submit, surrender, tender


turning

See Also

bend, crossroads, curve, junction, side road, turn, turn-off


turning point

See Also

change, climacteric, crisis, critical moment, crossroads, crux, decisive moment, moment of decision, moment of truth


turn off

See Also

   branch off, change direction, depart from, deviate, leave, quit, take another road, take a side road [image]  cut out, kill, put out, shut down, stop, switch off, turn out, unplug [image]   Inf. alienate, bore, disenchant, disgust, displease, gross out (U.S. sl.), irritate, lose one's interest, nauseate, offend, put off, repel, sicken


turn on

See Also

   activate, energize, ignite, kick-start, put on, set in motion, start, start up, switch on [image]  balance, be contingent on, be decided by, depend, hang, hinge, pivot, rest [image]  assail, assault, attack, fall on, lose one's temper with, round on [image]   Sl. arouse, arouse one's desire, attract, excite, please, stimulate, thrill, titillate, work up [image]   Sl. get high (Inf.), get stoned (Sl.), take drugs, trip (Inf.) [image]   Sl. expose, get one started with, inform, initiate, introduce, show


turn out

See Also

   put out, switch off, turn off, unplug [image]  bring out, fabricate, finish, make, manufacture, process, produce, put out [image]  axe (Inf.), banish, cashier, cast out, deport, discharge, dismiss, dispossess, drive out, drum out, evict, expel, fire (Inf.), give one the sack (Inf.), give the bum's rush (Sl.), kick out (Inf.), kiss off (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), oust, put out, relegate, sack (Inf.), show one the door, throw out, turf out (Brit. inf.), unseat [image]  clean out, clear, discharge, empty, take out the contents of [image]  become, come about, come to be, come to light, crop up (Inf.), develop, emerge, end up, eventuate, evolve, happen, prove to be, result, transpire (Inf.), work out [image]  accoutre, apparel (Archaic), attire, clothe, dress, fit, outfit, rig out [image]  appear, assemble, attend, be present, come, gather, go, put in an appearance, show up (Inf.), turn up


turnover

   business, flow, output, outturn (Rare), production, productivity, volume, yield [image]  change, coming and going, movement, replacement


turn up

See Also

   appear, arrive, attend, come, put in an appearance, show (Inf.), show one's face, show up (Inf.) [image]  appear, become known, be found, bring to light, come to light, come to pass, come up with, crop up (Inf.), dig up, disclose, discover, expose, find, pop up, reveal, transpire, unearth [image]  amplify, boost, enhance, increase, increase the volume of, intensify, make louder, raise


tussle

See Also

•   v.    battle, brawl, contend, fight, grapple, scrap (Inf.), scuffle, struggle, vie, wrestle

•   n.    bagarre, battle, bout, brawl, competition, conflict, contention, contest, fight, fracas, fray, punch-up (Brit. inf.), scrap (Inf.), scrimmage, scuffle, set-to (Inf.), shindig (Inf.), shindy (Inf.), struggle


tutor

See Also

•   n.    coach, educator, governor, guardian, guide, guru, instructor, lecturer, master, mentor, preceptor, schoolmaster, teacher

•   v.    coach, direct, discipline, drill, edify, educate, guide, instruct, lecture, school, teach, train


tutorial

•   n.    individual instruction, lesson, seminar

•   adj.    coaching, guiding, instructional, teaching


tweak

See Also

•   v.

•   n. jerk, nip, pinch, pull, squeeze, twist, twitch


twig

See Also

branch, offshoot, shoot, spray, sprig, stick, withe


twilight

See Also

•   n.    dimness, dusk, evening, gloaming (Scot. or poetic), half-light, sundown, sunset [image]  decline, ebb, last phase

•   adj.    crepuscular, darkening, dim, evening [image]  declining, dying, ebbing, final, last


twin

See Also

•   n.    clone, corollary, counterpart, double, duplicate, fellow, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, ringer (Sl.)

•   adj.    corresponding, double, dual, duplicate, geminate, identical, matched, matching, paired, parallel, twofold

•   v.    couple, join, link, match, pair, yoke


twine

See Also

•   n.    cord, string, yarn [image]  coil, convolution, interlacing, twist, whorl [image]  knot, snarl, tangle

•   v.    braid, entwine, interlace, interweave, knit, plait, splice, twist, twist together, weave [image]  bend, coil, curl, encircle, loop, meander, spiral, surround, twist, wind, wrap, wreathe


twinge

See Also

bite, gripe, pain, pang, pinch, prick, sharp pain, spasm, stab, stitch, throb, throe (Rare), tic, tweak, twist, twitch


twinkling

See Also

   blink, coruscation, flash, flashing, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glistening, glittering, scintillation, shimmer, shining, sparkle, twinkle, wink [image]  flash, instant, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, shake (Inf.), split second, tick (Brit. inf.), trice, twinkle, two shakes of a lamb's tail (Inf.)


twirl

See Also

•   v.    gyrate, pirouette, pivot, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, turn on one's heel, twiddle, twist, wheel, whirl, wind

•   n.    gyration, pirouette, revolution, rotation, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl [image]  coil, spiral, twist


twist

See Also

•   v.    coil, corkscrew, curl, encircle, entwine, intertwine, screw, spin, swivel, twine, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe, wring [image]  contort, distort, screw up [image]  rick, sprain, turn, wrench [image]  alter, change, distort, falsify, garble, misquote, misrepresent, pervert, warp [image]  squirm, wriggle, writhe [image]  twist someone's arm bully, coerce, force, persuade, pressurize, talk into

•   n.    coil, curl, spin, swivel, twine, wind [image]  braid, coil, curl, hank, plug, quid, roll [image]  change, development, revelation, slant, surprise, turn, variation [image]  arc, bend, convolution, curve, meander, turn, undulation, zigzag [image]  defect, deformation, distortion, flaw, imperfection, kink, warp [image]  jerk, pull, sprain, turn, wrench [image]  aberration, bent, characteristic, crotchet, eccentricity, fault, foible, idiosyncrasy, oddity, peculiarity, proclivity, quirk, trait [image]  confusion, entanglement, kink, knot, mess, mix-up, ravel, snarl, tangle [image]  round the twist  Brit. sl. barmy (Sl.), batty (Sl.), bonkers (Sl., chiefly Brit.), crazy, cuckoo (Inf.), daft (Inf.), insane, loopy (Inf.), mad, not all there, not right in the head, nuts (Sl.), nutty (Sl.), nutty as a fruitcake (Sl.), off one's rocker (Sl.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), up the pole (Inf.)


twister

See Also

cheat, chiseller (Inf.), con man (Inf.), crook (Inf.), deceiver, fraud, rogue, swindler, trickster


twit

See Also

airhead (Sl.), ass, berk (Brit. sl.), blockhead, charlie (Brit. inf.), chump (Inf.), clown, dickhead (Sl.), dipstick (Brit. sl.), divvy (Brit. sl.), dope (Inf.), dork (Sl.), dweeb (U.S. sl.), fool, fuckwit (Taboo sl.), geek (Sl.), gonzo (Sl.), halfwit, idiot, jerk (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), juggins (Brit. inf.), nerd or nurd (Sl.), nincompoop, ninny, nitwit (Inf.), numskull or numbskull, oaf, pillock (Brit. sl.), plank (Brit. sl.), plonker (Sl.), prat (Sl.), prick (Derogatory sl.), schmuck (U.S. sl.), silly-billy (Inf.), simpleton, twerp or twirp (Inf.), wally (Sl.)


twitch

See Also

•   v.    blink, flutter, jerk, jump, pluck, pull, snatch, squirm, tug, yank

•   n.    blink, flutter, jerk, jump, pull, spasm, tic, tremor, twinge


two-edged

ambiguous, ambivalent, backhanded, double-edged, equivocal


two-faced

See Also

deceitful, deceiving, dissembling, double-dealing, duplicitous, false, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, perfidious, treacherous, untrustworthy


tycoon

See Also

baron, big cheese (Sl., old-fashioned), big noise (Inf.), capitalist, captain of industry, fat cat (Sl., chiefly U.S.), financier, industrialist, magnate, merchant prince, mogul, plutocrat, potentate, wealthy businessman


type

See Also

   breed, category, class, classification, form, genre, group, ilk, kidney, kind, order, sort, species, stamp, strain, subdivision, variety [image]  case, characters, face, fount, print, printing [image]  archetype, epitome, essence, example, exemplar, model, norm, original, paradigm, pattern, personification, prototype, quintessence, specimen, standard


typhoon

See Also

cyclone, squall, storm, tempest, tornado, tropical storm


typical

See Also

archetypal, average, characteristic, classic, conventional, essential, illustrative, in character, indicative, in keeping, model, normal, orthodox, representative, standard, stock, true to type, usual


typify

See Also

characterize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, incarnate, personify, represent, sum up, symbolize


tyrannical

See Also

absolute, arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, coercive, cruel, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, high-handed, imperious, inhuman, magisterial, oppressive, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, severe, tyrannous, unjust, unreasonable


tyranny

See Also

absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, harsh discipline, high-handedness, imperiousness, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror, unreasonableness, high- handedness


tyrant

See Also

absolutist, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, Hitler, martinet, oppressor, slave-driver


tyro

See Also

apprentice, beginner, catechumen, greenhorn (Inf.), initiate, learner, neophyte, novice, novitiate, pupil, student, trainee


ubiquitous

See Also

all-over, ever-present, everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive, universal


ugly

See Also

   hard-favoured, hard-featured, homely (Chiefly U.S.), ill-favoured, misshapen, no oil painting (Inf.), not much to look at, plain, unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly [image]  disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, frightful, hideous, horrid, monstrous, objectionable, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, terrible, unpleasant, vile [image]  baleful, dangerous, forbidding, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening [image]  angry, bad-tempered, dark, evil, malevolent, nasty, spiteful, sullen, surly


ulcer

See Also

abscess, boil, fester, gathering, gumboil, peptic ulcer, pustule, sore


ulterior

concealed, covert, hidden, personal, secondary, secret, selfish, undisclosed, unexpressed


ultimate

See Also

•   adj.    conclusive, decisive, end, eventual, extreme, final, furthest, last, terminal [image]  extreme, greatest, highest, maximum, most significant, paramount, superlative, supreme, topmost, utmost [image]  basic, elemental, fundamental, primary, radical

•   n.    culmination, epitome, extreme, greatest, height, peak, perfection, summit, the last word


ultimately

See Also

after all, at last, basically, eventually, finally, fundamentally, in due time, in the end, sooner or later


umbrage

See Also

anger, chagrin, displeasure, grudge, high dudgeon, huff, indignation, offence, pique, resentment, sense of injury


umbrella

See Also

   brolly (Brit. inf.), gamp (Brit. inf.) [image]  aegis, agency, cover, patronage, protection


umpire

See Also

•   n.    adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge, moderator, ref (Inf.), referee

•   v.    adjudicate, arbitrate, call (Sport), judge, mediate, moderate, referee


unabashed

See Also

blatant, bold, brazen, confident, unawed, unblushing, unconcerned, undaunted, undismayed, unembarrassed


unable

See Also

impotent, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, no good, not able, not equal to, not up to, powerless, unfit, unfitted, unqualified


unabridged

See Also

complete, full-length, uncondensed, uncut, unexpurgated, unshortened, whole


unacceptable

See Also

disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, improper, inadmissible, insupportable, objectionable, offensive, undesirable, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unwelcome


unaccompanied

See Also

a cappella (Music), alone, by oneself, lone, on one's own, solo, unescorted


unaccountable

See Also

   baffling, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible [image]  astonishing, extraordinary, uncommon, unheard-of, unusual, unwonted [image]  clear, exempt, free, not answerable, not responsible, unliable


unaccustomed

   (With to) a newcomer to, a novice at, green, inexperienced, not given to, not used to, unfamiliar with, unpractised, unused to, unversed in [image]  new, out of the ordinary, remarkable, special, strange, surprising, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unprecedented, unusual, unwonted


unaffected 1

See Also

artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, naive, natural, plain, simple, sincere, straightforward, unassuming, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unspoilt, unstudied, without airs


unaffected 2

See Also

aloof, impervious, not influenced, proof, unaltered, unchanged, unimpressed, unmoved, unresponsive, unstirred, untouched


unafraid

See Also

confident, daring, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing, unshakable


unalterable

See Also

fixed, fixed as the laws of the Medes and the Persians, immovable, immutable, invariable, permanent, steadfast, unchangeable, unchanging


unanimity

See Also

accord, agreement, assent, chorus, concert, concord, concurrence, consensus, harmony, like-mindedness, one mind, unison, unity


unanimous

See Also

agreed, agreeing, at one, common, concerted, concordant, harmonious, in agreement, in complete accord, like-minded, of one mind, united


unanimously

See Also

by common consent, nem. con., unitedly, unopposed, with one accord, without exception, without opposition


unanswerable

See Also

   absolute, conclusive, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, unarguable, undeniable [image]  insoluble, insolvable, unascertainable, unexplainable, unresolvable


unanswered

disputed, ignored, in doubt, open, undecided, undenied, unnoticed, unrefuted, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, vexed


unappetizing

See Also

distasteful, insipid, off-putting (Brit. inf.), tasteless, unappealing, unattractive, uninteresting, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavoury, vapid


unapproachable

   aloof, chilly, cool, distant, frigid, offish (Inf.), remote, reserved, standoffish, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn [image]  inaccessible, out of reach, out-of-the-way, remote, un-get-at-able (Inf.), unreachable


unarmed

See Also

assailable, defenceless, exposed, helpless, open, open to attack, unarmoured, unprotected, weak, weaponless, without arms


unasked

   gratuitous, spontaneous, unbidden, undemanded, undesired, uninvited, unprompted, unrequested, unsought, unwanted [image]  off one's own bat, of one's own accord, voluntarily, without prompting


unassailable

See Also

   impregnable, invincible, invulnerable, secure, well-defended [image]  absolute, conclusive, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, positive, proven, sound, undeniable


unassertive

See Also

backward, bashful, diffident, meek, mousy, retiring, self-effacing, timid, timorous, unassuming


unassuming

See Also

diffident, humble, meek, modest, quiet, reserved, retiring, self-effacing, simple, unassertive, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious


unattached

See Also

   autonomous, free, independent, nonaligned, unaffiliated, uncommitted [image]  a free agent, available, by oneself, footloose and fancy-free, not spoken for, on one's own, single, unengaged, unmarried


unattended

   abandoned, disregarded, ignored, left alone, not cared for, unguarded, unwatched [image]  alone, on one's own, unaccompanied, unescorted


unauthorized

See Also

illegal, unapproved, unconstitutional, under-the-table, unlawful, unofficial, unsanctioned, unwarranted


unavailing

See Also

abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, of no avail, pointless, to no purpose, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain


unavoidable

See Also

bound to happen, certain, compulsory, fated, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, necessary, obligatory, sure


unaware

See Also

heedless, ignorant, incognizant, oblivious, unconscious, unenlightened, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting


unawares

   aback, abruptly, by surprise, off guard, on the hop (Brit. inf.), suddenly, unexpectedly, unprepared, without warning [image]  accidentally, by accident, by mistake, inadvertently, mistakenly, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly


unbalanced

See Also

   asymmetrical, irregular, lopsided, not balanced, shaky, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsymmetrical, wobbly [image]  barking (Sl.), barking mad (Sl.), crazy, demented, deranged, disturbed, eccentric, erratic, insane, irrational, loopy (Inf.), lunatic, mad, non compos mentis, not all there, not the full shilling (Inf.), off one's trolley (Sl.), out to lunch (Inf.), touched, unhinged, unsound, unstable, up the pole (Inf.) [image]  biased, inequitable, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, unfair, unjust


unbearable

See Also

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, oppressive, too much (Inf.), unacceptable, unendurable


unbeatable

See Also

indomitable, invincible, more than a match for, unconquerable, unstoppable, unsurpassable


unbeaten

See Also

   triumphant, unbowed, undefeated, unsubdued, unsurpassed, unvanquished, victorious, winning [image]  new, untouched, untried, untrodden, virgin


unbecoming

See Also

   ill-suited, inappropriate, incongruous, unattractive, unbefitting, unfit, unflattering, unsightly, unsuitable, unsuited [image]  discreditable, improper, indecorous, indelicate, offensive, tasteless, unseemly


unbelief

atheism, disbelief, distrust, doubt, incredulity, scepticism


unbelievable

See Also

astonishing, beyond belief, far-fetched, implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, outlandish, preposterous, questionable, staggering, unconvincing, unimaginable, unthinkable


unbeliever

See Also

agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, doubting Thomas, infidel, sceptic


unbending

See Also

   aloof, distant, formal, inflexible, reserved, rigid, stiff, uptight (Inf.) [image]  firm, hard-line, intractable, resolute, severe, strict, stubborn, tough, uncompromising, unyielding


unbiased

See Also

disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, fair, impartial, just, neutral, objective, open-minded, unprejudiced


unbidden

   free, spontaneous, unforced, unprompted, voluntary, willing [image]  unasked, uninvited, unwanted, unwelcome


unbind

See Also

free, loosen, release, set free, unbridle, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unloose, unshackle, untie, unyoke


unblemished

See Also

flawless, immaculate, impeccable, perfect, pure, spotless, unflawed, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished


unborn

   awaited, embryonic, expected, in utero [image]  coming, future, hereafter, latter, subsequent, to come


unbounded

See Also

absolute, boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, lavish, limitless, unbridled, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unlimited, unrestrained, vast


unbreakable

See Also

armoured, durable, indestructible, infrangible, lasting, nonbreakable, resistant, rugged, shatterproof, solid, strong, toughened


unbridled

See Also

excessive, intemperate, licentious, rampant, riotous, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungovernable, ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly, violent, wanton


unbroken

See Also

   complete, entire, intact, solid, total, unimpaired, whole [image]  ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, incessant, progressive, serried, successive, uninterrupted, unremitting [image]  deep, fast, profound, sound, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled [image]  unbowed, unsubdued, untamed


unburden

See Also

   disburden, discharge, disencumber, ease the load, empty, lighten, relieve, unload [image]  come clean (Inf.), confess, confide, disclose, get (something) off one's chest (Inf.), lay bare, make a clean breast of, reveal, spill one's guts about (Sl.), tell all, unbosom


uncalled-for

See Also

gratuitous, inappropriate, needless, undeserved, unjust, unjustified, unnecessary, unprovoked, unwarranted, unwelcome


uncanny

See Also

   creepy (Inf.), eerie, eldritch (Poetic), mysterious, preternatural, queer, spooky (Inf.), strange, supernatural, unearthly, unnatural, weird [image]  astonishing, astounding, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, inspired, miraculous, prodigious, remarkable, singular, unheard-of, unusual


unceasing

See Also

ceaseless, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, endless, incessant, never-ending, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, unending, unfailing, unremitting


uncertain

See Also

   ambiguous, chancy, conjectural, doubtful, iffy (Inf.), incalculable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, questionable, risky, speculative, undetermined, unforeseeable, unpredictable [image]  ambivalent, doubtful, dubious, hazy, in two minds, irresolute, unclear, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unfixed, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vacillating, vague [image]  changeable, erratic, fitful, hesitant, iffy (Inf.), inconstant, insecure, irregular, precarious, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, variable, wavering


uncertainty

See Also

ambiguity, bewilderment, confusion, dilemma, doubt, dubiety, hesitancy, hesitation, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresolution, lack of confidence, misgiving, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, qualm, quandary, scepticism, state of suspense, unpredictability, vagueness


unchangeable

See Also

changeless, constant, fixed, immovable, immutable, inevitable, invariable, irreversible, permanent, stable, steadfast, strong, unalterable


unchanging

See Also

abiding, changeless, constant, continuing, enduring, eternal, immutable, imperishable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, unchanged, unfading, unvarying


uncharitable

See Also

cruel, hardhearted, insensitive, mean, merciless, stingy, unchristian, unfeeling, unforgiving, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind, unsympathetic


uncharted

See Also

not mapped, strange, undiscovered, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unplumbed, virgin


uncivil

See Also

bad-mannered, bearish, boorish, brusque, churlish, discourteous, disrespectful, gruff, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, surly, uncouth, unmannerly


uncivilized

See Also

   barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, illiterate, primitive, savage, wild [image]  beyond the pale, boorish, brutish, churlish, coarse, gross, philistine, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unmannered, unpolished, unsophisticated, vulgar


unclean

See Also

contaminated, corrupt, defiled, dirty, evil, filthy, foul, impure, nasty, polluted, scuzzy (Sl., chiefly U.S.), soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted


uncomfortable

See Also

   awkward, causing discomfort, cramped, disagreeable, hard, ill-fitting, incommodious, irritating, painful, rough, troublesome [image]  awkward, confused, discomfited, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, ill at ease, out of place, self-conscious, troubled, uneasy


uncommitted

See Also

floating, free, free-floating, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, not involved, (sitting) on the fence, unattached, uninvolved


uncommon

See Also

   bizarre, curious, few and far between, infrequent, novel, odd, out of the ordinary, peculiar, queer, rare, scarce, singular, strange, unfamiliar, unusual [image]  distinctive, exceptional, extraordinary, incomparable, inimitable, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, rare, remarkable, singular, special, superior, unparalleled, unprecedented


uncommonly

See Also

   hardly ever, infrequently, not often, occasionally, only now and then, rarely, scarcely ever, seldom [image]  exceptionally, extremely, particularly, peculiarly, remarkably, strangely, unusually, very


uncommunicative

See Also

close, curt, guarded, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, short, shy, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, unforthcoming, unresponsive, unsociable, withdrawn


uncompromising

See Also

decided, die-hard, firm, hard-line, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, steadfast, stiff-necked, strict, stubborn, tough, unbending, unyielding


unconcern

See Also

aloofness, apathy, detachment, indifference, insouciance, lack of interest, nonchalance, remoteness, uninterestedness


unconcerned

See Also

   aloof, apathetic, cool, detached, dispassionate, distant, incurious, indifferent, oblivious, uninterested, uninvolved, unmoved, unsympathetic [image]  blithe, callous, carefree, careless, easy, insouciant, nonchalant, not bothered, relaxed, serene, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried


unconditional

See Also

absolute, arrant, categorical, complete, downright, entire, explicit, full, out-and-out, outright, plenary, positive, thoroughgoing, total, unlimited, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter


uncongenial

See Also

antagonistic, antipathetic, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, distasteful, incompatible, not one's cup of tea (Inf.), unharmonious, uninviting, unpleasant, unsuited, unsympathetic


unconnected

See Also

   detached, disconnected, divided, independent, separate [image]  disconnected, disjointed, illogical, incoherent, irrelevant, meaningless, nonsensical, not related, unrelated


unconquerable

See Also

   indomitable, invincible, unbeatable, undefeatable, unyielding [image]  enduring, ingrained, innate, insurmountable, inveterate, irrepressible, irresistible, overpowering


unconscionable

   amoral, criminal, unethical, unfair, unjust, unprincipled, unscrupulous [image]  excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, outrageous, preposterous, unreasonable


unconscious

See Also

   blacked out (Inf.), comatose, dead to the world (Inf.), insensible, knocked out, numb, out, out cold, senseless, stunned [image]  blind to, deaf to, heedless, ignorant, in ignorance, lost to, oblivious, unaware, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting [image]  accidental, inadvertent, unintended, unintentional, unpremeditated, unwitting [image]  automatic, gut (Inf.), inherent, innate, instinctive, involuntary, latent, reflex, repressed, subconscious, subliminal, suppressed, unrealized


uncontrollable

See Also

beside oneself, carried away, frantic, furious, irrepressible, irresistible, like one possessed, mad, strong, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, violent, wild


uncontrolled

See Also

boisterous, furious, lacking self-control, out of control, out of hand, rampant, riotous, running wild, unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, undisciplined, ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly, unsubmissive, untrammelled, violent


unconventional

See Also

atypical, bizarre, bohemian, different, eccentric, far-out (Sl.), freakish, idiosyncratic, individual, individualistic, informal, irregular, nonconformist, odd, oddball (Inf.), offbeat, off-the-wall (Sl.), original, out of the ordinary, outré, uncustomary, unorthodox, unusual, wacko (Sl.), way-out (Inf.)


unconvincing

See Also

dubious, feeble, fishy (Inf.), flimsy, hard to believe, implausible, improbable, inconclusive, lame, questionable, specious, suspect, thin, unlikely, unpersuasive, weak


uncoordinated

See Also

all thumbs, awkward, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered (Inf.), clodhopping (Inf.), clumsy, graceless, heavy-footed, inept, lumbering, maladroit, ungainly, ungraceful


uncounted

countless, infinite, innumerable, legion, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, unnumbered, untold


uncouth

See Also

awkward, barbaric, boorish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, crude, gawky, graceless, gross, ill-mannered, loutish, lubberly, oafish, rough, rude, rustic, uncivilized, uncultivated, ungainly, unrefined, unseemly, vulgar


uncover

See Also

   bare, lay open, lift the lid, open, show, strip, take the wraps off, unwrap [image]  blow wide open (Sl.), bring to light, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, lay bare, make known, reveal, unearth, unmask


uncritical

See Also

easily pleased, indiscriminate, undiscerning, undiscriminating, unexacting, unfussy, unperceptive, unselective, unthinking


undeceive

be honest with, correct, disabuse, disillusion, enlighten, open (someone's) eyes (to), put (someone) right, set (someone) straight, shatter (someone's) illusions


undecided

See Also

   ambivalent, dithering (Chiefly Brit.), doubtful, dubious, hesitant, in two minds, irresolute, swithering (Scot.), torn, uncertain, uncommitted, unsure, wavering [image]  debatable, iffy (Inf.), indefinite, in the balance, moot, open, pending, tentative, unconcluded, undetermined, unsettled, up in the air, vague


undecipherable

crabbed, cryptic, hieroglyphic, illegible, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, undistinguishable, unreadable, unrecognizable


undefended

See Also

defenceless, exposed, naked, open to attack, unarmed, unfortified, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable, wide open


undefiled

See Also

chaste, clean, clear, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, pure, sinless, spotless, squeaky-clean, unblemished, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, virginal


undefined

See Also

   formless, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, shadowy, tenuous, vague [image]  imprecise, indeterminate, inexact, unclear, unexplained, unspecified


undemonstrative

See Also

aloof, cold, contained, distant, formal, impassive, reserved, restrained, reticent, stiff, stolid, unaffectionate, uncommunicative, unemotional, unresponsive, withdrawn


undeniable

See Also

beyond (a) doubt, beyond question, certain, clear, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, manifest, obvious, patent, proven, sound, sure, unassailable, undoubted, unquestionable


under

See Also

•   prep.    below, beneath, on the bottom of, underneath [image]  directed by, governed by, inferior to, junior to, reporting to, secondary to, subject to, subordinate to, subservient to [image]  belonging to, comprised in, included in, subsumed under

•   adv.    below, beneath, down, downward, lower, to the bottom


underclothes

lingerie, smalls (Inf.), underclothing, undergarments, underlinen, underthings, underwear, undies (Inf.), unmentionables (Humorous)


undercover

See Also

clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, hidden, hush-hush (Inf.), intelligence, private, secret, spy, surreptitious, underground


undercurrent

See Also

   crosscurrent, rip, rip current, riptide, tideway, underflow, undertow [image]  atmosphere, aura, drift, feeling, flavour, hidden feeling, hint, murmur, overtone, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trend, undertone, vibes (Sl.), vibrations


undercut

   sacrifice, sell at a loss, sell cheaply, undercharge, underprice, undersell [image]  cut away, cut out, excavate, gouge out, hollow out, mine, undermine


underdog

fall guy (Inf.), little fellow (Inf.), loser, victim, weaker party


underestimate

See Also

belittle, hold cheap, minimize, miscalculate, misprize, not do justice to, rate too low, sell short (Inf.), set no store by, think too little of, underrate, undervalue


undergo

See Also

bear, be subjected to, endure, experience, go through, stand, submit to, suffer, sustain, weather, withstand


underground

See Also

•   adj.    below ground, below the surface, buried, covered, subterranean [image]  clandestine, concealed, covert, hidden, secret, surreptitious, undercover [image]  alternative, avant-garde, experimental, radical, revolutionary, subversive

•   n. the underground  [image]  the metro, the subway, the tube (Brit.) [image]  partisans, the Maquis, the Resistance


undergrowth

See Also

bracken, brambles, briars, brush, brushwood, scrub, underbrush, underbush, underwood


underhand

See Also

clandestine, crafty, crooked (Inf.), deceitful, deceptive, devious, dishonest, dishonourable, fraudulent, furtive, secret, secretive, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, treacherous, underhanded, unethical, unscrupulous


underline

See Also

   italicize, mark, rule a line under, underscore [image]  accentuate, bring home, call or draw attention to, emphasize, give emphasis to, highlight, point up, stress


underling

See Also

flunky, hireling, inferior, lackey, menial, minion, nonentity, retainer, servant, slave, subordinate, understrapper


underlying

   concealed, hidden, latent, lurking, veiled [image]  basal, basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, intrinsic, primary, prime, radical, root


undermine

See Also

   dig out, eat away at, erode, excavate, mine, tunnel, undercut, wear away [image]  debilitate, disable, impair, sabotage, sap, subvert, threaten, weaken


underprivileged

See Also

badly off, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, impoverished, in need, in want, needy, poor


underrate

See Also

belittle, discount, disparage, fail to appreciate, misprize, not do justice to, set (too) little store by, underestimate, undervalue


undersized

See Also

atrophied, dwarfish, miniature, pygmy or pigmy, runtish, runty, small, squat, stunted, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, tiny, underdeveloped, underweight


understand

See Also

   appreciate, apprehend, be aware, catch on (Inf.), comprehend, conceive, cotton on (Inf.), discern, fathom, follow, get, get the hang of (Inf.), get to the bottom of, grasp, know, make head or tail of (Inf.), make out, penetrate, perceive, realize, recognize, savvy (Sl.), see, take in, tumble to (Inf.), twig (Brit. inf.) [image]  assume, be informed, believe, conclude, gather, hear, learn, presume, suppose, take it, think [image]  accept, appreciate, be able to see, commiserate, show compassion for, sympathize with, tolerate


understanding

See Also

•   n.    appreciation, awareness, comprehension, discernment, grasp, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, penetration, perception, sense [image]  belief, conclusion, estimation, idea, interpretation, judgment, notion, opinion, perception, view, viewpoint [image]  accord, agreement, common view, gentlemen's agreement, meeting of minds, pact

•   adj.    accepting, compassionate, considerate, discerning, forbearing, forgiving, kind, kindly, patient, perceptive, responsive, sensitive, sympathetic, tolerant


understood

See Also

   implicit, implied, inferred, tacit, unspoken, unstated [image]  accepted, assumed, axiomatic, presumed, taken for granted


understudy

See Also

•   n. double, fill-in, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub, substitute


undertake

See Also

   agree, bargain, commit oneself, contract, covenant, engage, guarantee, pledge, promise, stipulate, take upon oneself [image]  attempt, begin, commence, embark on, endeavour, enter upon, set about, tackle, take on, try


undertaker

funeral director, mortician (U.S.)


undertaking

See Also

   affair, attempt, business, effort, endeavour, enterprise, game, operation, project, task, venture [image]  assurance, commitment, pledge, promise, solemn word, vow, word, word of honour


undertone

See Also

   low tone, murmur, subdued voice, whisper [image]  atmosphere, feeling, flavour, hint, suggestion, tinge, touch, trace, undercurrent, vibes (Sl.)


undervalue

See Also

depreciate, hold cheap, look down on, make light of, minimize, misjudge, misprize, set no store by, underestimate, underrate


underwater

submarine, submerged, sunken, undersea


under way

See Also

afoot, begun, going on, in motion, in operation, in progress, started


underwear

See Also

lingerie, smalls (Inf.), underclothes, underclothing, undergarments, underlinen, underthings, undies (Inf.), unmentionables (Humorous)


underweight

See Also

emaciated, half-starved, puny, skin and bone (Inf.), skinny, undernourished, undersized


underworld

See Also

   criminal element, criminals, gangland (Inf.), gangsters, organized crime [image]  abode of the dead, Hades, hell, infernal region, nether regions, nether world, the inferno


underwrite

See Also

   back, finance, fund, guarantee, insure, provide security, sponsor, subsidize [image]  countersign, endorse, initial, sign, subscribe [image]  agree to, approve, consent, O.K. or okay (Inf.), sanction


undesirable

See Also

disagreeable, disliked, distasteful, dreaded, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, out of place, repugnant, (to be) avoided, unacceptable, unattractive, unpleasing, unpopular, unsavoury, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome, unwished-for


undeveloped

See Also

embryonic, immature, inchoate, in embryo, latent, potential, primordial (Biol.)


undignified

See Also

beneath one, beneath one's dignity, improper, inappropriate, indecorous, inelegant, infra dig (Inf.), lacking dignity, unbecoming, ungentlemanly, unladylike, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable


undisciplined

See Also

disobedient, erratic, fitful, obstreperous, uncontrolled, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unruly, unschooled, unsteady, unsystematic, untrained, wayward, wild, wilful


undisguised

See Also

blatant, complete, evident, explicit, genuine, manifest, obvious, open, out-and-out, overt, patent, thoroughgoing, transparent, unconcealed, unfeigned, unmistakable, utter, wholehearted


undisputed

See Also

accepted, acknowledged, beyond question, certain, conclusive, freely admitted, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, not disputed, recognized, sure, unchallenged, uncontested, undeniable, undoubted, unquestioned


undistinguished

See Also

commonplace, everyday, indifferent, mediocre, no great shakes (Inf.), nothing to write home about (Inf.), ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, so-so (Inf.), unexceptional, unexciting, unimpressive, unremarkable


undisturbed

See Also

   not moved, quiet, uninterrupted, untouched, without interruption [image]  calm, collected, composed, equable, even, motionless, placid, sedate, serene, tranquil, unagitated, unbothered, unfazed (Inf.), unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled


undivided

See Also

combined, complete, concentrated, concerted, entire, exclusive, full, solid, thorough, unanimous, undistracted, united, whole, wholehearted


undo

See Also

   disengage, disentangle, loose, loosen, open, unbutton, unfasten, unlock, untie, unwrap [image]  annul, cancel, invalidate, neutralize, nullify, offset, reverse, wipe out [image]  bring to naught, defeat, destroy, impoverish, invalidate, mar, overturn, quash, ruin, shatter, subvert, undermine, upset, wreck


undoing

See Also

   collapse, defeat, destruction, disgrace, downfall, humiliation, overthrow, overturn, reversal, ruin, ruination, shame [image]  affliction, blight, curse, fatal flaw, misfortune, the last straw, trial, trouble, weakness


undone

See Also

incomplete, left, neglected, not completed, not done, omitted, outstanding, passed over, unattended to, unfinished, unfulfilled, unperformed


undoubted

See Also

acknowledged, certain, definite, evident, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, obvious, sure, undisputed, unquestionable, unquestioned


undoubtedly

See Also

assuredly, beyond a shadow of (a) doubt, beyond question, certainly, definitely, doubtless, of course, surely, undeniably, unmistakably, unquestionably, without doubt


undreamed of

See Also

astonishing, inconceivable, incredible, miraculous, undreamt, unexpected, unforeseen, unheard-of, unimagined, unsuspected, unthought-of


undress

See Also

•   v.    disrobe, divest oneself of, peel off (Sl.), shed, strip, take off one's clothes

•   n.    disarray, dishabille, nakedness, nudity


undue

See Also

disproportionate, excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, improper, inordinate, intemperate, needless, overmuch, too great, too much, uncalled-for, undeserved, unnecessary, unseemly, unwarranted


unduly

See Also

disproportionately, excessively, extravagantly, immoderately, improperly, inordinately, out of all proportion, overly, overmuch, unjustifiably, unnecessarily, unreasonably


undying

See Also

constant, continuing, deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, indestructible, inextinguishable, infinite, perennial, permanent, perpetual, sempiternal (Literary), undiminished, unending, unfading


unearth

See Also

   dig up, disinter, dredge up, excavate, exhume [image]  bring to light, discover, expose, ferret out, find, reveal, root up, turn up, uncover


unearthly

See Also

   eerie, eldritch (Poetic), ghostly, haunted, nightmarish, phantom, spectral, spooky (Inf.), strange, uncanny, weird [image]  ethereal, heavenly, not of this world, preternatural, sublime, supernatural [image]  abnormal, absurd, extraordinary, ridiculous, strange, ungodly (Inf.), unholy (Inf.), unreasonable


uneasiness

See Also

agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, disquiet, doubt, dubiety, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, qualms, suspicion, trepidation, worry


uneasy

See Also

   agitated, anxious, apprehensive, discomposed, disturbed, edgy, ill at ease, impatient, jittery (Inf.), nervous, on edge, perturbed, restive, restless, troubled, twitchy (Inf.), uncomfortable, unsettled, upset, wired (Sl.), worried [image]  awkward, constrained, insecure, precarious, shaky, strained, tense, uncomfortable, unstable [image]  bothering, dismaying, disquieting, disturbing, troubling, upsetting, worrying


uneconomic

loss-making, nonpaying, non-profit-making, nonviable, unprofitable


uneducated

See Also

   ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught [image]  benighted, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured


unemotional

See Also

apathetic, cold, cool, impassive, indifferent, listless, passionless, phlegmatic, reserved, undemonstrative, unexcitable, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive


unemployed

See Also

idle, jobless, laid off, on the dole (Brit. inf.), out of a job, out of work, redundant, resting (of an actor), workless


unending

See Also

ceaseless, constant, continual, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting


unendurable

See Also

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, more than flesh and blood can stand, unbearable


unenthusiastic

See Also

apathetic, blasé, bored, half-arsed, half-assed (U.S. & Canad. sl.), half-hearted, indifferent, lukewarm, neutral, nonchalant, unimpressed, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive


unenviable

disagreeable, painful, thankless, uncomfortable, undesirable, unpleasant


unequal

See Also

   different, differing, disparate, dissimilar, not uniform, unlike, unmatched, variable, varying [image]  (With to) found wanting, inadequate, insufficient, not up to [image]  asymmetrical, disproportionate, ill-matched, irregular, unbalanced, uneven


unequalled

See Also

beyond compare, incomparable, inimitable, matchless, nonpareil, paramount, peerless, pre-eminent, second to none, supreme, transcendent, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, without equal


unequivocal

See Also

absolute, certain, clear, clear-cut, decisive, definite, direct, evident, explicit, incontrovertible, indubitable, manifest, plain, positive, straight, unambiguous, uncontestable, unmistakable


unethical

See Also

dirty, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, illegal, immoral, improper, shady (Inf.), underhand, under-the-table, unfair, unprincipled, unprofessional, unscrupulous, wrong


uneven

See Also

   bumpy, not flat, not level, not smooth, rough [image]  broken, changeable, fitful, fluctuating, intermittent, irregular, jerky, patchy, spasmodic, unsteady, variable [image]  asymmetrical, lopsided, not parallel, odd, out of true, unbalanced [image]  disparate, ill-matched, one-sided, unequal, unfair


uneventful

See Also

boring, commonplace, dull, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, monotonous, ordinary, quiet, routine, tedious, unexceptional, unexciting, uninteresting, unmemorable, unremarkable, unvaried


unexceptional

See Also

common or garden (Inf.), commonplace, conventional, insignificant, mediocre, normal, ordinary, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, undistinguished, unimpressive, unremarkable, usual


unexpected

See Also

abrupt, accidental, astonishing, chance, fortuitous, not bargained for, out of the blue, startling, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredictable


unfailing

See Also

   bottomless, boundless, ceaseless, continual, continuous, endless, inexhaustible, never-failing, persistent, unflagging, unlimited [image]  certain, constant, dependable, faithful, infallible, loyal, reliable, staunch, steadfast, sure, tried and true, true


unfair

See Also

   arbitrary, biased, bigoted, discriminatory, inequitable, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, unjust [image]  crooked (Inf.), dishonest, dishonourable, uncalled-for, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, unsporting, unwarranted, wrongful


unfaithful

See Also

   deceitful, disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, perfidious, recreant (Archaic), traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, unreliable, untrustworthy [image]  adulterous, faithless, fickle, inconstant, two-timing (Inf.), unchaste, untrue [image]  distorted, erroneous, imperfect, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, unreliable, untrustworthy


unfamiliar

See Also

   alien, curious, different, little known, new, novel, out-of-the-way, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, unknown, unusual [image]  (With with) a stranger to, inexperienced in, unaccustomed to, unacquainted, unconversant, uninformed about, uninitiated in, unpractised in, unskilled at, unversed in


unfashionable

See Also

antiquated, behind the times, dated, obsolete, old-fashioned, old hat, out, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, passé, square (Inf.), unpopular


unfasten

See Also

detach, disconnect, let go, loosen, open, separate, uncouple, undo, unlace, unlock, untie


unfathomable

See Also

   bottomless, immeasurable, unmeasured, unplumbed, unsounded [image]  abstruse, baffling, deep, esoteric, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, profound, unknowable


unfavourable

See Also

   adverse, bad, contrary, disadvantageous, hostile, ill-suited, infelicitous, inimical, low, negative, poor, unfortunate, unfriendly, unsuited [image]  inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, threatening, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, unseasonable, untimely, untoward


unfeeling

See Also

   apathetic, callous, cold, cruel, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, inhuman, insensitive, pitiless, stony, uncaring, unsympathetic [image]  insensate, insensible, numb, sensationless


unfinished

See Also

   deficient, half-done, imperfect, incomplete, in the making, lacking, unaccomplished, uncompleted, undone, unfulfilled, wanting [image]  bare, crude, natural, raw, rough, sketchy, unpolished, unrefined, unvarnished


unfit

See Also

   ill-equipped, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, ineligible, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unprepared, unqualified, untrained, useless [image]  ill-adapted, inadequate, inappropriate, ineffective, not designed, not fit, unsuitable, unsuited, useless [image]  debilitated, decrepit, feeble, flabby, in poor condition, out of kelter, out of shape, out of trim, unhealthy


unflappable

See Also

calm, collected, composed, cool, impassive, imperturbable, level-headed, not given to worry, self-possessed, unfazed (Inf.), unruffled


unflattering

See Also

   blunt, candid, critical, honest, uncomplimentary, warts and all [image]  not shown in the best light, not shown to advantage, plain, unattractive, unbecoming, unprepossessing


unflinching

See Also

bold, constant, determined, firm, immovable, resolute, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, unfaltering, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering


unfold

See Also

   disentangle, expand, flatten, open, spread out, straighten, stretch out, undo, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwrap [image]   Fig. clarify, describe, disclose, divulge, explain, illustrate, make known, present, reveal, show, uncover [image]  bear fruit, blossom, develop, evolve, expand, grow, mature


unforeseen

See Also

abrupt, accidental, out of the blue, startling, sudden, surprise, surprising, unanticipated, unexpected, unlooked-for, unpredicted


unforgettable

See Also

exceptional, extraordinary, fixed in the mind, impressive, memorable, never to be forgotten, notable, striking


unforgivable

See Also

deplorable, disgraceful, indefensible, inexcusable, shameful, unjustifiable, unpardonable, unwarrantable


unfortunate

See Also

   adverse, calamitous, disastrous, ill-fated, ill-starred, inopportune, ruinous, unfavourable, untoward [image]  cursed, doomed, hapless, hopeless, luckless, out of luck, poor, star-crossed, unhappy, unlucky, unprosperous, unsuccessful, wretched [image]  deplorable, ill-advised, inappropriate, infelicitous, lamentable, regrettable, unbecoming, unsuitable


unfounded

See Also

baseless, fabricated, false, groundless, idle, spurious, trumped up, unjustified, unproven, unsubstantiated, vain, without basis, without foundation


unfrequented

See Also

deserted, godforsaken, isolated, lone, lonely, off the beaten track, remote, sequestered, solitary, uninhabited, unvisited


unfriendly

See Also

   aloof, antagonistic, chilly, cold, disagreeable, distant, hostile, ill-disposed, inhospitable, not on speaking terms, quarrelsome, sour, surly, uncongenial, unneighbourly, unsociable [image]  alien, hostile, inauspicious, inhospitable, inimical, unfavourable, unpropitious


unfruitful

See Also

barren, fruitless, infecund, infertile, sterile, unproductive, unprofitable, unprolific, unrewarding


ungainly

See Also

awkward, clumsy, gangling, gawky, inelegant, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, slouching, uncoordinated, uncouth, ungraceful


ungodly

See Also

   blasphemous, corrupt, depraved, godless, immoral, impious, irreligious, profane, sinful, vile, wicked [image]   Inf. dreadful, horrendous, intolerable, outrageous, unearthly, unholy (Inf.), unreasonable, unseemly


ungovernable

See Also

rebellious, refractory, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unrestrainable, unruly, wild


ungracious

See Also

bad-mannered, churlish, discourteous, ill-bred, impolite, offhand, rude, uncivil, unmannerly


ungrateful

heedless, ingrate (Archaic), selfish, thankless, unappreciative, unmindful, unthankful


unguarded

See Also

   careless, foolhardy, heedless, ill-considered, impolitic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, rash, thoughtless, uncircumspect, undiplomatic, unthinking, unwary [image]  defenceless, open to attack, undefended, unpatrolled, unprotected, vulnerable [image]  artless, candid, direct, frank, guileless, open, straightforward


unhappy

See Also

   blue, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downcast, gloomy, long-faced, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, sorrowful [image]  cursed, hapless, ill-fated, ill-omened, luckless, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched [image]  awkward, clumsy, gauche, ill-advised, ill-timed, inappropriate, inept, infelicitous, injudicious, malapropos, tactless, unsuitable, untactful


unharmed

See Also

in one piece (Inf.), intact, safe, safe and sound, sound, undamaged, unhurt, uninjured, unscarred, unscathed, untouched, whole, without a scratch


unhealthy

See Also

   ailing, delicate, feeble, frail, infirm, in poor health, invalid, poorly (Inf.), sick, sickly, unsound, unwell, weak [image]  deleterious, detrimental, harmful, insalubrious, insanitary, noisome, noxious, unwholesome [image]  bad, baneful (Archaic), corrupt, corrupting, degrading, demoralizing, morbid, negative, undesirable


unheard-of

See Also

   little known, obscure, undiscovered, unfamiliar, unknown, unregarded, unremarked, unsung [image]  inconceivable, never before encountered, new, novel, singular, unbelievable, undreamed of, unexampled, unique, unprecedented, unusual [image]  disgraceful, extreme, offensive, outlandish, outrageous, preposterous, shocking, unacceptable, unthinkable


unhesitating

See Also

   implicit, resolute, steadfast, unfaltering, unquestioning, unreserved, unswerving, unwavering, wholehearted [image]  immediate, instant, instantaneous, prompt, ready, without delay


unhinge

See Also

   confound, confuse, craze, derange, disorder, distemper (Archaic), drive out of one's mind, madden, unbalance, unsettle [image]  detach, disconnect, disjoint, dislodge, remove


unholy

See Also

   base, corrupt, depraved, dishonest, evil, heinous, immoral, iniquitous, irreligious, profane, sinful, ungodly, vile, wicked [image]   Inf. appalling, awful, dreadful, horrendous, outrageous, shocking, unearthly, ungodly (Inf.), unnatural, unreasonable


unhoped-for

beyond one's wildest dreams, incredible, like a dream come true, out of the blue, surprising, unanticipated, unbelievable, undreamed of, unexpected, unimaginable, unlooked-for


unhurried

See Also

calm, deliberate, easy, easy-going, leisurely, sedate, slow, slow and steady, slow-paced


unidentified

anonymous, mysterious, nameless, unclassified, unfamiliar, unknown, unmarked, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed


unification

See Also

alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, coalition, combination, confederation, federation, fusion, merger, union, uniting


uniform

See Also

•   n.    costume, dress, garb, habit, livery, outfit, regalia, regimentals, suit

•   adj.    consistent, constant, equable, even, regular, smooth, unbroken, unchanging, undeviating, unvarying [image]  alike, equal, identical, like, same, selfsame, similar


uniformity

See Also

   constancy, evenness, homogeneity, invariability, regularity, sameness, similarity [image]  drabness, dullness, flatness, lack of diversity, monotony, sameness, tedium


unify

See Also

amalgamate, bind, bring together, combine, confederate, consolidate, federate, fuse, join, merge, unite


unimaginable

See Also

beyond one's wildest dreams, fantastic, impossible, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, ineffable, mind-boggling (Inf.), unbelievable, unheard-of, unthinkable


unimaginative

See Also

banal, barren, commonplace, derivative, dry, dull, hackneyed, lifeless, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pedestrian, predictable, prosaic, routine, tame, uncreative, uninspired, unoriginal, unromantic, usual


unimpassioned

calm, collected, composed, controlled, cool, dispassionate, impassive, moderate, rational, sedate, temperate, tranquil, undemonstrative, unemotional, unmoved


unimpeachable

See Also

above reproach, beyond criticism, beyond question, blameless, faultless, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, unassailable, unblemished, unchallengeable, unexceptionable, unquestionable


unimportant

See Also

immaterial, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, low-ranking, minor, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), not worth mentioning, nugatory, of no account, of no consequence, of no moment, paltry, petty, slight, trifling, trivial, worthless


uninhabited

See Also

abandoned, barren, desert, deserted, desolate, empty, unoccupied, unpopulated, unsettled, untenanted, vacant, waste


uninhibited

See Also

   candid, frank, free, free and easy, informal, instinctive, liberated, natural, open, relaxed, spontaneous, unrepressed, unreserved, unselfconscious [image]  free, unbridled, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, unrestrained, unrestricted


uninspired

See Also

banal, commonplace, dull, humdrum, indifferent, ordinary, prosaic, stale, stock, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unoriginal


unintelligent

See Also

braindead (Inf.), brainless, dense, dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, empty-headed, foolish, gormless (Brit. inf.), obtuse, slow, stupid, thick, unreasoning, unthinking


unintelligible

See Also

double Dutch (Brit. inf.), illegible, inarticulate, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, unfathomable


unintentional

See Also

accidental, casual, fortuitous, inadvertent, involuntary, unconscious, undesigned, unintended, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwitting


uninterested

See Also

apathetic, blasé, bored, distant, impassive, incurious, indifferent, listless, unconcerned, uninvolved, unresponsive


uninteresting

See Also

boring, commonplace, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, ho-hum (Inf.), humdrum, mind-numbing, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, unenjoyable, uneventful, unexciting, uninspiring, wearisome


uninterrupted

See Also

constant, continual, continuous, nonstop, peaceful, steady, sustained, unbroken, undisturbed, unending


uninvited

See Also

not asked, not invited, unasked, unbidden, unwanted, unwelcome


uninviting

See Also

disagreeable, offensive, off-putting (Brit. inf.), repellent, repulsive, unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, undesirable, unpleasant, untempting, unwelcoming


union

See Also

   amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combination, conjunction, fusion, junction, mixture, synthesis, uniting [image]  alliance, association, Bund, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league [image]  accord, agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony, unanimity, unison, unity [image]  coition, coitus, copulation, coupling, intercourse, marriage, matrimony, nookie (Sl.), rumpy-pumpy (Sl.), the other (Inf.), wedlock


unique

See Also

   lone, one and only, only, single, solitary, sui generis [image]  incomparable, inimitable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, without equal


unison

See Also

accord, accordance, agreement, concert, concord, cooperation, harmony, unanimity, unity


unit

See Also

   assembly, detachment, entity, group, section, system, whole [image]  component, constituent, element, item, member, module, part, piece, portion, section, segment [image]  measure, measurement, module, quantity


unite

See Also

   amalgamate, blend, coalesce, combine, confederate, consolidate, couple, fuse, incorporate, join, link, marry, meld, merge, unify, wed [image]  ally, associate, band, close ranks, club together, cooperate, join forces, join together, league, pool, pull together


united

See Also

   affiliated, allied, banded together, collective, combined, concerted, in partnership, leagued, pooled, unified [image]  agreed, in accord, in agreement, like-minded, of like mind, of one mind, of the same opinion, one, unanimous


unity

See Also

   entity, integrity, oneness, singleness, undividedness, unification, union, wholeness [image]  accord, agreement, assent, concord, concurrence, consensus, harmony, peace, solidarity, unanimity, unison


universal

See Also

all-embracing, catholic, common, ecumenical, entire, general, omnipresent, total, unlimited, whole, widespread, worldwide


universality

See Also

all-inclusiveness, completeness, comprehensiveness, entirety, generality, generalization, totality, ubiquity


universally

See Also

always, everywhere, in all cases, in every instance, invariably, uniformly, without exception


universe

See Also

cosmos, creation, everything, macrocosm, nature, the natural world


unjust

See Also

biased, inequitable, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, undeserved, unfair, unjustified, unmerited, wrong, wrongful


unjustifiable

See Also

indefensible, inexcusable, outrageous, unacceptable, unforgivable, unjust, unpardonable, unwarrantable, wrong


unkind

See Also

cruel, hardhearted, harsh, inconsiderate, inhuman, insensitive, malicious, mean, nasty, spiteful, thoughtless, uncaring, uncharitable, unchristian, unfeeling, unfriendly, unsympathetic


unknown

See Also

   alien, concealed, dark, hidden, mysterious, new, secret, strange, unrecognized, unrevealed, untold [image]  anonymous, nameless, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed [image]  humble, little known, obscure, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unrenowned, unsung


unlamented

unbemoaned, unbewailed, undeplored, unmissed, unmourned, unregretted, unwept


unlawful

See Also

actionable, against the law, banned, criminal, forbidden, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, prohibited, unauthorized, under-the-table, unlicensed


unlettered

See Also

ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unschooled, untaught, untutored


unlike

See Also

contrasted, different, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, ill-matched, incompatible, not alike, opposite, unequal, unrelated


unlikely

See Also

   doubtful, faint, improbable, not likely, remote, slight, unimaginable [image]  implausible, incredible, questionable, unbelievable, unconvincing


unlimited

See Also

   boundless, countless, endless, extensive, great, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, infinite, limitless, unbounded, vast [image]  absolute, all-encompassing, complete, full, total, unconditional, unconstrained, unfettered, unqualified, unrestricted


unload

See Also

disburden, discharge, dump, empty, lighten, off-load, relieve, unburden, unlade, unpack


unlock

free, let loose, open, release, unbar, unbolt, undo, unfasten, unlatch


unlooked-for

See Also

chance, fortuitous, out of the blue, surprise, surprising, unanticipated, undreamed of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unpredicted, unthought-of


unloved

disliked, forsaken, loveless, neglected, rejected, spurned, uncared-for, uncherished, unpopular, unwanted


unlucky

See Also

   cursed, disastrous, hapless, luckless, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy, unsuccessful, wretched [image]  doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, ominous, unfavourable, untimely


unmanageable

See Also

   awkward, bulky, cumbersome, difficult to handle, inconvenient, unhandy, unwieldy [image]  difficult, fractious, intractable, obstreperous, out of hand, refractory, stroppy (Brit. sl.), uncontrollable, unruly, wild


unmannerly

See Also

badly behaved, bad-mannered, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, misbehaved, rude, uncivil, uncouth


unmarried

bachelor, celibate, maiden, single, unattached, unwed, unwedded, virgin


unmask

See Also

bare, bring to light, disclose, discover, expose, lay bare, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unveil


unmatched

See Also

beyond compare, consummate, incomparable, matchless, paramount, peerless, second to none, supreme, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed


unmentionable

See Also

disgraceful, disreputable, forbidden, frowned on, immodest, indecent, obscene, scandalous, shameful, shocking, taboo, unspeakable, unutterable


unmerciful

See Also

brutal, cruel, hard, heartless, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, uncaring, unfeeling, unsparing


unmindful

See Also

careless, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, lax, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, remiss, slack, unheeding


unmistakable

See Also

blatant, certain, clear, conspicuous, decided, distinct, evident, glaring, indisputable, manifest, obvious, palpable, patent, plain, positive, pronounced, sure, unambiguous, unequivocal


unmitigated

See Also

   grim, harsh, intense, oppressive, persistent, relentless, unabated, unalleviated, unbroken, undiminished, unmodified, unqualified, unredeemed, unrelieved [image]  absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, out-and-out, outright, perfect, rank, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter


unmoved

See Also

   fast, firm, in place, in position, steady, unchanged, untouched [image]  cold, dry-eyed, impassive, indifferent, unaffected, unfeeling, unimpressed, unresponsive, unstirred, untouched [image]  determined, firm, inflexible, resolute, resolved, steadfast, undeviating, unshaken, unwavering


unnatural

See Also

   aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, irregular, odd, perverse, perverted, unusual [image]  bizarre, extraordinary, freakish, outlandish, queer, strange, supernatural, unaccountable, uncanny [image]  affected, artificial, assumed, contrived, factitious, false, feigned, forced, insincere, laboured, mannered, phoney or phony (Inf.), self-conscious, stagy, stiff, stilted, strained, studied, theatrical [image]  brutal, callous, cold-blooded, evil, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, monstrous, ruthless, savage, unfeeling, wicked


unnecessary

See Also

dispensable, expendable, inessential, needless, nonessential, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus to requirements, uncalled-for, unneeded, unrequired, useless


unnerve

See Also

confound, daunt, demoralize, disarm, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, faze, fluster, frighten, intimidate, psych out (Inf.), rattle (Inf.), shake, throw off balance, unhinge, unman, upset


unnoticed

See Also

disregarded, ignored, neglected, overlooked, undiscovered, unheeded, unobserved, unperceived, unrecognized, unremarked, unseen


unobtrusive

See Also

humble, inconspicuous, keeping a low profile, low-key, meek, modest, quiet, restrained, retiring, self-effacing, subdued, unassuming, unnoticeable, unostentatious, unpretentious


unoccupied

See Also

   empty, tenantless, uninhabited, untenanted, vacant [image]  at leisure, disengaged, idle, inactive, unemployed


unofficial

See Also

informal, personal, private, unauthorized, unconfirmed, wildcat


unorthodox

See Also

abnormal, heterodox, irregular, off-the-wall (Sl.), unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted


unpaid

See Also

   due, not discharged, outstanding, overdue, owing, payable, unsettled [image]  honorary, unsalaried, voluntary


unpalatable

bitter, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, horrid, offensive, repugnant, unappetizing, unattractive, uneatable, unpleasant, unsavoury


unparalleled

See Also

beyond compare, consummate, exceptional, incomparable, matchless, peerless, rare, singular, superlative, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unprecedented, unrivalled, unsurpassed, without equal


unpardonable

deplorable, disgraceful, indefensible, inexcusable, outrageous, scandalous, shameful, unforgivable, unjustifiable


unperturbed

See Also

calm, collected, composed, cool, placid, poised, self-possessed, tranquil, undismayed, unfazed (Inf.), unflustered, unruffled, untroubled, unworried


unpleasant

See Also

abhorrent, bad, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, horrid, ill-natured, irksome, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, repulsive, troublesome, unattractive, unlikable or unlikeable, unlovely, unpalatable


unpopular

See Also

avoided, detested, disliked, not sought out, out in the cold, out of favour, rejected, shunned, unattractive, undesirable, unloved, unwanted, unwelcome


unprecedented

See Also

abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, freakish, new, novel, original, remarkable, singular, unexampled, unheard-of, unparalleled, unrivalled, unusual


unpredictable

See Also

chance, changeable, doubtful, erratic, fickle, fluky (Inf.), iffy (Inf.), inconstant, random, unforeseeable, unreliable, unstable, variable


unprejudiced

See Also

balanced, even-handed, fair, fair-minded, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, unbiased, uninfluenced


unpremeditated

See Also

extempore, impromptu, impulsive, offhand, off the cuff (Inf.), spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unplanned, unprepared


unprepared

See Also

   half-baked (Inf.), ill-considered, incomplete, not thought out, unfinished, unplanned [image]  caught napping, caught on the hop (Brit. inf.), surprised, taken aback, taken off guard, unaware, unready, unsuspecting [image]  ad-lib, extemporaneous, improvised, off the cuff (Inf.), spontaneous


unpretentious

See Also

homely, honest, humble, modest, plain, simple, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unspoiled


unprincipled

See Also

amoral, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, devious, dishonest, immoral, tricky, unconscionable, underhand, unethical, unprofessional, unscrupulous


unproductive

See Also

   bootless, fruitless, futile, idle, ineffective, inefficacious, otiose, unavailing, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding, useless, vain, valueless, worthless [image]  barren, dry, fruitless, sterile, unprolific


unprofessional

See Also

   improper, lax, negligent, unethical, unfitting, unprincipled, unseemly, unworthy [image]  amateur, amateurish, cowboy (Inf.), incompetent, inefficient, inexperienced, inexpert, slapdash, slipshod, untrained


unpromising

See Also

adverse, discouraging, doubtful, gloomy, inauspicious, infelicitous, ominous, unfavourable, unpropitious


unprotected

See Also

defenceless, exposed, helpless, naked, open, open to attack, pregnable, unarmed, undefended, unguarded, unsheltered, unshielded, vulnerable


unqualified

See Also

   ill-equipped, incapable, incompetent, ineligible, not equal to, not up to, unfit, unprepared [image]  categorical, downright, outright, unconditional, unmitigated, unreserved, unrestricted, without reservation [image]  absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, out-and-out, outright, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, utter


unquestionable

See Also

absolute, beyond a shadow of doubt, certain, clear, conclusive, definite, faultless, flawless, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, manifest, patent, perfect, self-evident, sure, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable


unravel

See Also

   disentangle, extricate, free, separate, straighten out, undo, unknot, untangle, unwind [image]  clear up, explain, figure out (Inf.), get straight, get to the bottom of, interpret, make out, puzzle out, resolve, solve, suss (out) (Sl.), work out


unreadable

See Also

   crabbed, illegible, undecipherable [image]  badly written, dry as dust, heavy going, turgid


unreal

See Also

   chimerical, dreamlike, fabulous, fanciful, fictitious, illusory, imaginary, make-believe, phantasmagoric, storybook, visionary [image]  hypothetical, immaterial, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, mythical, nebulous [image]  artificial, fake, false, insincere, mock, ostensible, pretended, seeming, sham


unrealistic

See Also

   half-baked (Inf.), impracticable, impractical, improbable, quixotic, romantic, starry-eyed, theoretical, unworkable [image]  non-naturalistic, unauthentic, unlifelike, unreal


unreasonable

See Also

   excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, immoderate, steep (Inf.), too great, uncalled-for, undue, unfair, unjust, unwarranted [image]  arbitrary, biased, blinkered, capricious, erratic, headstrong, inconsistent, opinionated, quirky [image]  absurd, far-fetched, foolish, illogical, irrational, mad, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, silly, stupid


unrefined

See Also

   crude, raw, unfinished, unpolished, unpurified, untreated [image]  boorish, coarse, inelegant, rude, uncultured, unsophisticated, vulgar


unregenerate

   godless, impious, profane, sinful, unconverted, unreformed, unrepentant, wicked [image]  hardened, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory, self-willed, stubborn


unrelated

See Also

   different, dissimilar, not kin, not kindred, not related, unconnected, unlike [image]  beside the point, extraneous, inapplicable, inappropriate, irrelevant, not germane, unassociated, unconnected


unreliable

See Also

   disreputable, irresponsible, not conscientious, treacherous, undependable, unstable, untrustworthy [image]  deceptive, delusive, erroneous, fake, fallible, false, implausible, inaccurate, mistaken, specious, uncertain, unconvincing, unsound


unrepentant

abandoned, callous, hardened, impenitent, incorrigible, not contrite, obdurate, shameless, unregenerate, unremorseful, unrepenting


unreserved

See Also

   demonstrative, extrovert, forthright, frank, free, open, open-hearted, outgoing, outspoken, uninhibited, unrestrained, unreticent [image]  absolute, complete, entire, full, total, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, wholehearted, without reservation


unresolved

See Also

doubtful, moot, open to question, pending, problematical, unanswered, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unsolved, up in the air, vague, yet to be decided


unrest

See Also

   agitation, disaffection, discontent, discord, dissatisfaction, dissension, protest, rebellion, sedition, strife, tumult, turmoil, upheaval [image]  agitation, anxiety, disquiet, distress, perturbation, restlessness, trepidation, uneasiness, worry


unrestrained

See Also

abandoned, boisterous, free, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, natural, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unhindered, uninhibited, unrepressed


unrestricted

See Also

   absolute, free, free-for-all (Inf.), freewheeling (Inf.), open, unbounded, uncircumscribed, unhindered, unlimited, unregulated [image]  clear, open, public, unobstructed, unopposed


unrivalled

See Also

beyond compare, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, supreme, unequalled, unexcelled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, without equal


unruly

See Also

disobedient, disorderly, fractious, headstrong, insubordinate, intractable, lawless, mutinous, obstreperous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, wayward, wild, wilful


unsafe

See Also

dangerous, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, threatening, treacherous, uncertain, unreliable, unsound, unstable


unsaid

left to the imagination, tacit, undeclared, unexpressed, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unvoiced


unsatisfactory

See Also

deficient, disappointing, displeasing, inadequate, insufficient, mediocre, not good enough, not up to par, not up to scratch (Inf.), pathetic, poor, unacceptable, unsuitable, unworthy, weak


unsavoury

See Also

   distasteful, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unpleasant [image]  disagreeable, distasteful, nauseating, sickening, unappetizing, unpalatable


unscrupulous

See Also

conscienceless, corrupt, crooked (Inf.), dishonest, dishonourable, exploitative, immoral, improper, knavish, roguish, ruthless, unconscientious, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled


unseat

See Also

   throw, unhorse, unsaddle [image]  depose, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, displace, oust, overthrow, remove


unseemly

See Also

discreditable, disreputable, improper, inappropriate, indecorous, indelicate, in poor taste, out of keeping, out of place, unbecoming, unbefitting, undignified, unrefined, unsuitable


unseen

See Also

concealed, hidden, invisible, lurking, obscure, undetected, unnoticed, unobserved, unobtrusive, unperceived, veiled


unselfish

See Also

altruistic, charitable, devoted, disinterested, generous, humanitarian, kind, liberal, magnanimous, noble, self-denying, selfless, self-sacrificing


unsettle

See Also

agitate, bother, confuse, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disturb, faze, fluster, perturb, rattle (Inf.), ruffle, throw (Inf.), throw into confusion  (disorder, uproar), throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, unnerve, upset


unsettled

See Also

   disorderly, insecure, shaky, unstable, unsteady [image]  changeable, changing, inconstant, uncertain, unpredictable, variable [image]  agitated, anxious, confused, disturbed, flustered, on edge, perturbed, restive, restless, shaken, tense, troubled, uneasy, unnerved, wired (Sl.) [image]  debatable, doubtful, moot, open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved [image]  due, in arrears, outstanding, owing, payable, pending [image]  uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated


unshakable

See Also

absolute, constant, firm, fixed, immovable, resolute, staunch, steadfast, sure, unassailable, unswerving, unwavering, well-founded


unshaken

See Also

calm, collected, composed, impassive, unaffected, unalarmed, undaunted, undismayed, undisturbed, unfazed (Inf.), unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled


unsheltered

See Also

exposed, open, out in the open, unprotected, unscreened, unshielded


unsightly

See Also

disagreeable, hideous, horrid, repulsive, revolting (Inf.), ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unprepossessing


unskilled

See Also

amateurish, cowboy (Inf.), inexperienced, uneducated, unprofessional, unqualified, untalented, untrained


unsociable

See Also

chilly, cold, distant, hostile, inhospitable, introverted, reclusive, retiring, standoffish, uncongenial, unforthcoming, unfriendly, unneighbourly, unsocial, withdrawn


unsolicited

See Also

free-will, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked for, uncalled-for, unforced, uninvited, unrequested, unsought, unwelcome, voluntary, volunteered


unsophisticated

See Also

   artless, childlike, guileless, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, unaffected, untutored, unworldly [image]  plain, simple, straightforward, uncomplex, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unrefined, unspecialized [image]  genuine, not artificial, pure, unadulterated


unsound

See Also

   ailing, defective, delicate, deranged, diseased, frail, ill, in poor health, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unstable, unwell, weak [image]  defective, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, ill-founded, illogical, invalid, shaky, specious, unreliable, weak [image]  flimsy, insecure, not solid, rickety, shaky, tottering, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, wobbly


unspeakable

See Also

   beyond description, beyond words, inconceivable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, overwhelming, unbelievable, unimaginable, unutterable, wonderful [image]  abominable, appalling, awful, bad, dreadful, evil, execrable, frightful, heinous, hellacious (U.S. sl.), horrible, loathsome, monstrous, odious, repellent, shocking, too horrible for words


unspoiled, unspoilt

See Also

   intact, perfect, preserved, unaffected, unblemished, unchanged, undamaged, unharmed, unimpaired, untouched [image]  artless, innocent, natural, unaffected, unassuming, unstudied, wholesome


unspoken

See Also

   assumed, implicit, implied, left to the imagination, not put into words, not spelt out, tacit, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unspoken, unstated [image]  mute, silent, unsaid, unuttered, voiceless, wordless


unstable

See Also

   insecure, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, shaky, tottering, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly [image]  capricious, changeable, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, inconsistent, inconstant, irrational, temperamental, unpredictable, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile


unsteady

See Also

   infirm, insecure, precarious, reeling, rickety, shaky, tottering, treacherous, unsafe, unstable, wobbly [image]  changeable, erratic, flickering, flighty, fluctuating, inconstant, irregular, temperamental, unreliable, unsettled, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering


unsubstantial

See Also

   airy, flimsy, fragile, frail, inadequate, light, slight, thin [image]  erroneous, full of holes, ill-founded, superficial, tenuous, unsound, unsupported, weak [image]  dreamlike, fanciful, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, impalpable, visionary


unsubstantiated

See Also

open to question, unattested, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unestablished, unproven, unsupported


unsuccessful

See Also

   abortive, bootless, failed, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain [image]  balked, defeated, foiled, frustrated, hapless, ill-starred, losing, luckless, unfortunate, unlucky


unsuitable

See Also

improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, incongruous, ineligible, infelicitous, out of character, out of keeping, out of place, unacceptable, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfitting, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited


unsure

See Also

   insecure, lacking in confidence, unassured, unconfident [image]  distrustful, doubtful, dubious, hesitant, in a quandary, irresolute, mistrustful, sceptical, suspicious, unconvinced, undecided


unsurpassed

See Also

consummate, exceptional, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, paramount, peerless, second to none, superlative, supreme, transcendent, unequalled, unexcelled, unparalleled, unrivalled, without an equal


unsuspecting

See Also

confiding, credulous, gullible, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, off guard, trustful, trusting, unconscious, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary


unswerving

See Also

constant, dedicated, devoted, direct, firm, resolute, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, true, undeviating, unfaltering, unflagging, untiring, unwavering


unsympathetic

See Also

apathetic, callous, cold, compassionless (Rare), cruel, hard, harsh, heartless, indifferent, insensitive, soulless, stony-hearted, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unkind, unmoved, unpitying, unresponsive


untamed

barbarous, feral, fierce, not broken in, savage, unbroken, uncontrollable, undomesticated, untameable, wild


untangle

See Also

clear up, disentangle, explain, extricate, solve, straighten out, unravel, unsnarl


untenable

fallacious, flawed, groundless, illogical, indefensible, insupportable, shaky, unreasonable, unsound, unsustainable, weak


unthinkable

See Also

   absurd, illogical, impossible, improbable, not on (Inf.), out of the question, preposterous, unlikely, unreasonable [image]  beyond belief, beyond the bounds of possibility, implausible, inconceivable, incredible, insupportable, unbelievable, unimaginable


unthinking

See Also

   blundering, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, selfish, tactless, thoughtless, undiplomatic [image]  careless, heedless, impulsive, inadvertent, instinctive, mechanical, negligent, oblivious, rash, senseless, unconscious, unmindful, vacant, witless


untidy

See Also

bedraggled, chaotic, cluttered, disarrayed, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), jumbled, littered, messy, muddled, muddly, mussy (U.S. inf.), rumpled, shambolic, slatternly, slipshod, sloppy (Inf.), slovenly, topsy-turvy, unkempt


untie

See Also

free, loosen, release, unbind, unbridle, undo, unfasten, unknot, unlace


untimely

See Also

awkward, badly timed, early, ill-timed, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, inopportune, mistimed, premature, unfortunate, unseasonable, unsuitable


untiring

See Also

constant, dedicated, determined, devoted, dogged, incessant, indefatigable, patient, persevering, persistent, staunch, steady, tireless, unfaltering, unflagging, unremitting, unwearied


untold

See Also

   indescribable, inexpressible, undreamed of, unimaginable, unspeakable, unthinkable, unutterable [image]  countless, incalculable, innumerable, measureless, myriad, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered [image]  hidden, private, secret, undisclosed, unknown, unpublished, unrecounted, unrelated, unrevealed


untouched

See Also

   intact, safe and sound, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed, without a scratch [image]  dry-eyed, indifferent, unaffected, unconcerned, unimpressed, unmoved, unstirred


untoward

See Also

   annoying, awkward, disastrous, ill-timed, inconvenient, inimical, irritating, troublesome, unfortunate, vexatious [image]  adverse, contrary, inauspicious, inopportune, unfavourable, unlucky, untimely [image]  improper, inappropriate, indecorous, out of place, unbecoming, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable


untrained

See Also

amateur, green, inexperienced, raw, uneducated, unpractised, unqualified, unschooled, unskilled, untaught, untutored


untroubled

See Also

calm, composed, cool, peaceful, placid, sedate, serene, steady, tranquil, unagitated, unconcerned, undisturbed, unfazed (Inf.), unflappable (Inf.), unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred, unworried


untrue

See Also

   deceptive, dishonest, erroneous, fallacious, false, inaccurate, incorrect, lying, misleading, mistaken, sham, spurious, untruthful, wrong [image]  deceitful, disloyal, faithless, false, forsworn, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced, unfaithful, untrustworthy [image]  deviant, distorted, inaccurate, off, out of line, out of true, wide


untrustworthy

See Also

capricious, deceitful, devious, dishonest, disloyal, fair-weather, faithless, false, fickle, fly-by-night (Inf.), not to be depended on, slippery, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, undependable, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue, untrusty


untruth

See Also

   deceitfulness, duplicity, falsity, inveracity (Rare), lying, mendacity, perjury, truthlessness, untruthfulness [image]  deceit, fabrication, falsehood, falsification, fib, fiction, lie, pork pie (Brit. sl.), porky (Brit. sl.), prevarication, story, tale, trick, whopper (Inf.)


untruthful

See Also

crooked (Inf.), deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, dissembling, false, fibbing, hypocritical, lying, mendacious


unusual

See Also

abnormal, atypical, bizarre, curious, different, exceptional, extraordinary, notable, odd, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, strange, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unwonted


unutterable

See Also

beyond words, extreme, indescribable, ineffable, overwhelming, unimaginable, unspeakable


unvarnished

See Also

bare, candid, frank, honest, naked, plain, pure, pure and simple, simple, sincere, stark, straightforward, unadorned, unembellished


unveil

See Also

bare, bring to light, disclose, divulge, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, make public, reveal, uncover


unwanted

See Also

de trop, going begging, outcast, rejected, superfluous, surplus to requirements, unasked, undesired, uninvited, unneeded, unsolicited, unwelcome, useless


unwarranted

See Also

gratuitous, groundless, indefensible, inexcusable, uncalled-for, unjust, unjustified, unprovoked, unreasonable, wrong


unwary

See Also

careless, hasty, heedless, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncircumspect, unguarded, unwatchful


unwavering

See Also

consistent, dedicated, determined, immovable, resolute, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, undeviating, unfaltering, unflagging, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, untiring


unwelcome

See Also

   excluded, rejected, unacceptable, undesirable, uninvited, unpopular, unwanted, unwished for [image]  disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, thankless, undesirable, unpleasant


unwell

See Also

ailing, ill, indisposed, in poor health, off colour, out of sorts, poorly (Inf.), sick, sickly, under the weather (Inf.), unhealthy


unwholesome

See Also

   deleterious, harmful, insalubrious, junk (Inf.), noxious, poisonous, tainted, unhealthy, unnourishing [image]  bad, corrupting, degrading, demoralizing, depraving, evil, immoral, maleficent, perverting, wicked [image]  anaemic, pale, pallid, pasty, sickly, wan


unwieldy

See Also

   awkward, burdensome, cumbersome, inconvenient, unhandy, unmanageable [image]  bulky, clumsy, hefty, massive, ponderous, ungainly, weighty


unwilling

See Also

averse, demurring, disinclined, grudging, indisposed, laggard (Rare), loath, not in the mood, opposed, reluctant, resistant, unenthusiastic


unwind

See Also

   disentangle, slacken, uncoil, undo, unravel, unreel, unroll, untwine, untwist [image]  calm down, let oneself go, loosen up, quieten down, relax, sit back, slow down, take a break, take it easy, wind down


unwise

See Also

asinine, foolhardy, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, indiscreet, injudicious, irresponsible, rash, reckless, senseless, short-sighted, silly, stupid


unwitting

   ignorant, innocent, unaware, unconscious, unknowing, unsuspecting [image]  accidental, chance, inadvertent, involuntary, undesigned, unintended, unintentional, unmeant, unplanned


unworldly

   abstract, celestial, metaphysical, nonmaterialistic, religious, spiritual, transcendental [image]  green, idealistic, inexperienced, innocent, naive, raw, trusting, unsophisticated [image]  ethereal, extraterrestrial, otherworldly, unearthly


unworthy

See Also

   (With of) beneath the dignity of, improper, inappropriate, out of character, out of place, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable [image]  base, contemptible, degrading, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable, ignoble, shameful [image]  ineligible, not deserving of, not fit for, not good enough, not worth, undeserving


unwritten

See Also

   oral, unrecorded, vocal, word-of-mouth [image]  accepted, conventional, customary, tacit, traditional, understood, unformulated


unyielding

See Also

adamant, determined, firm, hardline, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stiff-necked, stubborn, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unwavering


upbringing

See Also

breeding, bringing-up, care, cultivation, education, nurture, raising, rearing, tending, training


upgrade

See Also

advance, ameliorate, better, elevate, enhance, improve, promote, raise


upheaval

See Also

cataclysm, disorder, disruption, disturbance, eruption, overthrow, revolution, turmoil, violent change


uphill

See Also

•   adj.    ascending, climbing, mounting, rising [image]  arduous, difficult, exhausting, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, Sisyphean, strenuous, taxing, tough, wearisome


uphold

See Also

advocate, aid, back, champion, defend, encourage, endorse, hold to, justify, maintain, promote, stand by, stick up for (Inf.), support, sustain, vindicate


upkeep

   conservation, keep, maintenance, preservation, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance [image]  expenditure, expenses, oncosts (Brit.), operating costs, outlay, overheads, running costs


uplift

See Also

•   v.    elevate, heave, hoist, lift up, raise [image]  advance, ameliorate, better, civilize, cultivate, edify, improve, inspire, raise, refine, upgrade

•   n.    advancement, betterment, cultivation, edification, enhancement, enlightenment, enrichment, improvement, refinement


upper

See Also

   high, higher, loftier, top, topmost [image]  elevated, eminent, greater, important, superior


upper-class

See Also

aristocratic, blue-blooded, highborn, high-class, noble, patrician, top-drawer, well-bred


upper hand

See Also

advantage, ascendancy, control, dominion, edge, mastery, superiority, supremacy, sway, whip hand


uppermost

See Also

   highest, loftiest, most elevated, top, topmost, upmost [image]  chief, dominant, foremost, greatest, leading, main, paramount, predominant, pre-eminent, primary, principal, supreme


uppish

See Also

affected, arrogant, cocky, conceited, high and mighty (Inf.), hoity-toity (Inf.), overweening, presumptuous, putting on airs, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up (Inf.), supercilious, toffee-nosed (Sl., chiefly Brit.), uppity (Inf.)


upright

See Also

   erect, on end, perpendicular, straight, vertical [image]   Fig. above board, conscientious, ethical, faithful, good, high-minded, honest, honourable, incorruptible, just, principled, righteous, straightforward, true, trustworthy, unimpeachable, virtuous


uprising

disturbance, insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, putsch, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rising, upheaval


uproar

See Also

bagarre, brawl, brouhaha, clamour, commotion, confusion, din, furore, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, mayhem, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, riot, ruckus (Inf.), ruction (Inf.), rumpus, turbulence, turmoil


uproarious

See Also

   clamorous, confused, disorderly, loud, noisy, riotous, rowdy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, wild [image]  convulsive (Inf.), hilarious, hysterical, killing (Inf.), rib-tickling, rip-roaring (Inf.), screamingly funny, side-splitting, very funny [image]  boisterous, gleeful, loud, rollicking, unrestrained


upset

See Also

•   v.    capsize, knock over, overturn, spill, tip over, topple over [image]  change, disorder, disorganize, disturb, mess up, mix up, put out of order, spoil, turn topsy-turvy [image]  agitate, bother, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, faze, fluster, grieve, hassle (Inf.), perturb, ruffle, throw (someone) off balance, trouble, unnerve [image]  be victorious over, conquer, defeat, get the better of, overcome, overthrow, triumph over, win against the odds

•   n.    defeat, reverse, shake-up (Inf.), sudden change, surprise [image]  bug (Inf.), complaint, disorder, disturbance, illness, indisposition, malady, queasiness, sickness [image]  agitation, bother, discomposure, disquiet, distress, disturbance, hassle (Inf.), shock, trouble, worry

•   adj.    capsized, overturned, spilled, tipped over, toppled, tumbled, upside down [image]  disordered, disturbed, gippy (Sl.), ill, poorly (Inf.), queasy, sick [image]  agitated, bothered, confused, disconcerted, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, frantic, grieved, hassled (Inf.), hurt, overwrought, put out, ruffled, troubled, worried [image]  at sixes and sevens, chaotic, confused, disarrayed, disordered, in disarray or disorder, messed up, muddled, topsy-turvy [image]  beaten, conquered, defeated, overcome, overthrown, vanquished


upshot

See Also

conclusion, consequence, culmination, end, end result, event, finale, issue, outcome, payoff (Inf.), result, sequel


upside down

See Also

   bottom up, inverted, on its head, overturned, upturned, wrong side up [image]   Inf. chaotic, confused, disordered, higgledy-piggledy (Inf.), in confusion  (chaos, disarray, disorder), jumbled, muddled, topsy-turvy


upstanding

See Also

   ethical, good, honest, honourable, incorruptible, moral, principled, true, trustworthy, upright [image]  firm, hale and hearty, hardy, healthy, robust, stalwart, strong, sturdy, upright, vigorous


upstart

arriviste, nobody, nouveau riche, parvenu, social climber, status seeker


up-to-date

See Also

all the rage, current, fashionable, happening (Inf.), in, in vogue, modern, newest, now (Inf.), stylish, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-the-minute, with it (Inf.)


urban

city, civic, inner-city, metropolitan, municipal, oppidan (Rare), town


urbane

See Also

civil, civilized, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, mannerly, polished, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well-bred, well-mannered


urbanity

See Also

charm, civility, courtesy, culture, elegance, grace, mannerliness, polish, refinement, sophistication, suavity, worldliness


urchin

See Also

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, mudlark (Sl.), ragamuffin, street Arab, waif, young rogue


urge

See Also

•   v.    appeal to, beg, beseech, entreat, exhort, implore, plead, press, solicit [image]  advise, advocate, champion, counsel, insist on, push for, recommend, support [image]  compel, constrain, drive, egg on, encourage, force, goad, hasten, impel, incite, induce, instigate, press, prompt, propel, push, spur, stimulate

•   n.    compulsion, desire, drive, fancy, impulse, itch, longing, thirst, wish, yearning, yen (Inf.)


urgency

See Also

exigency, extremity, gravity, hurry, imperativeness, importance, importunity, necessity, need, pressure, seriousness, stress


urgent

See Also

   compelling, critical, crucial, immediate, imperative, important, instant, not to be delayed, pressing, top-priority [image]  clamorous, earnest, importunate, insistent, intense, persistent, persuasive


urinate

leak (Sl.), make water, micturate, pass water, pee (Sl.), piddle (Inf.), piss (Taboo sl.), spend a penny (Brit. inf.), tinkle (Brit. inf.), wee (Inf.), wee-wee (Inf.)


usable

See Also

at one's disposal, available, current, fit for use, functional, in running order, practical, ready for use, serviceable, utilizable, valid, working


usage

See Also

   control, employment, handling, management, operation, regulation, running, treatment, use [image]  convention, custom, form, habit, matter of course, method, mode, practice, procedure, regime, routine, rule, tradition, wont


use

See Also

•   v.    apply, avail oneself of, bring into play, employ, exercise, exert, find a use for, make use of, operate, ply, practise, profit by, put to use, turn to account, utilize, wield, work [image]  act towards, behave towards, deal with, exploit, handle, manipulate, misuse, take advantage of, treat [image]  consume, exhaust, expend, run through, spend, waste

•   n.    application, employment, exercise, handling, operation, practice, service, treatment, usage, wear and tear [image]  advantage, application, avail, benefit, good, help, mileage (Inf.), point, profit, service, usefulness, utility, value, worth [image]  custom, habit, practice, usage, way, wont [image]  call, cause, end, necessity, need, object, occasion, point, purpose, reason


used

See Also

cast-off, hand-me-down (Inf.), nearly new, not new, reach-me-down (Inf.), second-hand, shopsoiled, worn


used to

accustomed to, at home in, attuned to, familiar with, given to, habituated to, hardened to, in the habit of, inured to, tolerant of, wont to


useful

See Also

advantageous, all-purpose, beneficial, effective, fruitful, general-purpose, helpful, of help, of service, of use, practical, profitable, salutary, serviceable, valuable, worthwhile


useless

See Also

   bootless, disadvantageous, fruitless, futile, hopeless, idle, impractical, ineffective, ineffectual, of no use, pointless, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unworkable, vain, valueless, worthless [image]   Inf. hopeless, incompetent, ineffectual, inept, no good, stupid, weak


use up

See Also

absorb, burn up, consume, deplete, devour, drain, exhaust, finish, fritter away, run through, squander, swallow up, waste


usher

See Also

•   n.    attendant, doorkeeper, escort, guide, usherette

•   v.    conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, show in or out, steer [image]  (Usually with in) bring in, herald, inaugurate, initiate, introduce, launch, open the door to, pave the way for, precede, ring in


usual

See Also

accustomed, common, constant, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, standard, stock, typical, wonted


usually

See Also

as a rule, as is the custom, as is usual, by and large, commonly, for the most part, generally, habitually, in the main, mainly, mostly, most often, normally, on the whole, ordinarily, regularly, routinely


utility

See Also

advantageousness, avail, benefit, convenience, efficacy, fitness, point, practicality, profit, service, serviceableness, use, usefulness


utilize

See Also

appropriate, avail oneself of, employ, have recourse to, make the most of, make use of, profit by, put to use, resort to, take advantage of, turn to account, use


utmost

See Also

•   adj.    chief, extreme, greatest, highest, maximum, paramount, pre-eminent, supreme [image]  extreme, farthest, final, last, most distant, outermost, remotest, uttermost

•   n.    best, greatest, hardest, highest, most


utter 1

See Also

•   v.    articulate, enunciate, express, pronounce, put into words, say, speak, verbalize, vocalize, voice [image]  declare, divulge, give expression to, make known, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, state


utter 2

See Also

•   adj. absolute, arrant, complete, consummate, deep-dyed (Usu. derogatory), downright, entire, out-and-out, outright, perfect, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unmitigated, unqualified


utterly

See Also

absolutely, completely, entirely, extremely, fully, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, to the core, wholly


vacancy

See Also

   job, opening, opportunity, position, post, room, situation [image]  absent-mindedness, abstraction, blankness, inanity, inattentiveness, incomprehension, incuriousness, lack of interest, vacuousness [image]  emptiness, gap, space, vacuum, void


vacant

See Also

   available, disengaged, empty, free, idle, not in use, to let, unemployed, unengaged, unfilled, unoccupied, untenanted, void [image]  absent-minded, abstracted, blank, dreaming, dreamy, expressionless, idle, inane, incurious, thoughtless, unthinking, vacuous


vacuum

See Also

emptiness, free space, gap, nothingness, space, vacuity, void


vagabond

See Also

•   n.    bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), beggar, bum (Inf.), down-and-out, hobo (U.S.), itinerant, knight of the road, migrant, nomad, outcast, rascal, rover, tramp, vagrant, wanderer, wayfarer

•   adj.    destitute, down and out, drifting, fly-by-night (Inf.), footloose, homeless, idle, itinerant, journeying, nomadic, rootless, roving, shiftless, vagrant, wandering


vagrant

See Also

•   n.    bag lady (Chiefly U.S.), beggar, bird of passage, bum (Inf.), hobo (U.S.), itinerant, person of no fixed address, rolling stone, tramp, wanderer

•   adj.    itinerant, nomadic, roaming, rootless, roving, unsettled, vagabond


vague

See Also

amorphous, blurred, dim, doubtful, fuzzy, generalized, hazy, ill-defined, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, lax, loose, nebulous, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, unknown, unspecified, woolly


vaguely

See Also

absent-mindedly, dimly, evasively, imprecisely, in a general way, obscurely, slightly, through a glass darkly, vacantly


vagueness

See Also

ambiguity, impreciseness, inexactitude, lack of preciseness, looseness, obscurity, undecidedness, woolliness


vain

See Also

   arrogant, bigheaded (Inf.), cocky, conceited, egotistical, inflated, narcissistic, ostentatious, overweening, peacockish, pleased with oneself, proud, self-important, stuck-up (Inf.), swaggering, swanky (Inf.), swollen-headed (Inf.), vainglorious [image]  abortive, empty, fruitless, futile, hollow, idle, nugatory, pointless, senseless, time-wasting, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, worthless [image]  be vain have a high opinion of oneself, have a swelled head (Inf.), have one's head turned, think a lot of oneself, think oneself it (Inf.), think oneself the cat's whiskers or pyjamas (Sl.) [image]  in vain bootless, fruitless(ly), ineffectual(ly), to no avail, to no purpose, unsuccessful(ly), useless(ly), vain(ly), wasted, without success


valedictory

•   adj. farewell, final, parting


valiant

See Also

bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, plucky, redoubtable, stouthearted, valorous, worthy


valid

See Also

   acceptable, binding, cogent, conclusive, convincing, efficacious, efficient, good, just, logical, powerful, sound, substantial, telling, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded [image]  authentic, bona fide, genuine, in force, lawful, legal, legally binding, legitimate, official


validity

See Also

   cogency, force, foundation, grounds, point, power, soundness, strength, substance, weight [image]  authority, lawfulness, legality, legitimacy, right


valley

coomb, cwm (Welsh), dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, strath (Scot.), vale


valuable

See Also

•   adj.    costly, dear, expensive, high-priced, precious [image]  beneficial, cherished, esteemed, estimable, held dear, helpful, important, prized, profitable, serviceable, treasured, useful, valued, worthwhile, worthy

•   n.    (Usually plural) heirloom, treasure(s)


value

See Also

•   n.    cost, equivalent, market price, monetary worth, rate [image]  advantage, benefit, desirability, help, importance, merit, profit, serviceableness, significance, use, usefulness, utility, worth [image]  (Plural) code of behaviour, ethics, (moral) standards, principles

•   v.    account, appraise, assess, compute, estimate, evaluate, price, put a price on, rate, set at, survey [image]  appreciate, cherish, esteem, hold dear, hold in high regard or esteem, prize, regard highly, respect, set store by, treasure


valued

See Also

cherished, dear, esteemed, highly regarded, loved, prized, treasured


valueless

See Also

miserable, no good, of no earthly use, of no value, unsaleable, useless, worthless


vanguard

See Also

advance guard, cutting edge, forefront, forerunners, front, front line, front rank, leaders, spearhead, trailblazers, trendsetters, van


vanish

See Also

become invisible, be lost to sight, die out, disappear, disappear from sight or from the face of the earth, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade (away), melt (away)


vanity

See Also

   affected ways, airs, arrogance, bigheadedness (Inf.), conceit, conceitedness, egotism, narcissism, ostentation, pretension, pride, self-admiration, self-love, showing off (Inf.), swollen-headedness (Inf.), vainglory [image]  emptiness, frivolity, fruitlessness, futility, hollowness, inanity, pointlessness, profitlessness, triviality, unproductiveness, unreality, unsubstantiality, uselessness, worthlessness


vanquish

See Also

beat, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), conquer, crush, defeat, get the upper hand over, lick (Inf.), master, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, put down, put to flight, put to rout, quell, reduce, repress, rout, run rings around (Inf.), subdue, subjugate, tank (Sl.), triumph over, undo, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


vapour

See Also

breath, dampness, exhalation, fog, fumes, haze, miasma, mist, smoke, steam


variable

See Also

capricious, chameleonic, changeable, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, protean, shifting, temperamental, uneven, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wavering


variance

See Also

   difference, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissent, divergence, inconsistency, lack of harmony, strife, variation [image]  at variance at loggerheads, at odds, at sixes and sevens (Inf.), conflicting, in disagreement, in opposition, out of harmony, out of line


variant

See Also

•   adj.    alternative, derived, different, divergent, exceptional, modified

•   n.    alternative, derived form, development, modification, sport (Biol.), variation


variation

See Also

alteration, break in routine, change, departure, departure from the norm, deviation, difference, discrepancy, diversification, diversity, innovation, modification, novelty, variety


varied

See Also

assorted, different, diverse, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry, various


variety

See Also

   change, difference, discrepancy, diversification, diversity, many-sidedness, multifariousness, variation [image]  array, assortment, collection, cross section, intermixture, medley, miscellany, mixture, multiplicity, range [image]  brand, breed, category, class, kind, make, order, sort, species, strain, type


various

See Also

assorted, different, differing, disparate, distinct, divers (Archaic), diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, many, many-sided, miscellaneous, several, sundry, varied, variegated


varnish

See Also

•   v. adorn, decorate, embellish, gild, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, polish, shellac


vary

See Also

alter, alternate, be unlike, change, depart, differ, disagree, diverge, diversify, fluctuate, intermix, modify, permutate, reorder, transform


varying

See Also

changing, different, distinct, distinguishable, diverse, fluctuating, inconsistent


vast

See Also

astronomical, boundless, colossal, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gigantic, ginormous (Inf.), great, huge, humongous or humungous (U.S. sl.), illimitable, immeasurable, immense, limitless, mammoth, massive, measureless, mega (Sl.), monstrous, monumental, never-ending, prodigious, sweeping, tremendous, unbounded, unlimited, vasty (Archaic), voluminous, wide


vault 1

See Also

•   v. bound, clear, hurdle, jump, leap, spring


vault 2

See Also

•   n.    arch, ceiling, roof, span [image]  catacomb, cellar, crypt, mausoleum, tomb, undercroft [image]  depository, repository, strongroom

•   v.    arch, bend, bow, curve, overarch, span


vaunt

See Also

boast about, brag about, crow about, exult in, flaunt, give oneself airs about, make a display of, make much of, parade, prate about, show off, talk big about (Inf.)


veer

See Also

be deflected, change, change course, change direction, sheer, shift, swerve, tack, turn


vegetate

   be inert, deteriorate, exist, go to seed, idle, languish, loaf, moulder, stagnate, veg out (Sl., chiefly U.S.) [image]  burgeon, germinate, grow, shoot, spring, sprout, swell


vehemence

See Also

ardour, eagerness, earnestness, emphasis, energy, enthusiasm, fervency, fervour, fire, force, forcefulness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, keenness, passion, verve, vigour, violence, warmth, zeal


vehement

See Also

ardent, eager, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, fierce, flaming, forceful, forcible, impassioned, impetuous, intense, passionate, powerful, strong, violent, zealous


vehicle

See Also

 Fig. apparatus, channel, means, means of expression, mechanism, medium, organ


veil

See Also

•   v.    cloak, conceal, cover, dim, disguise, hide, mantle, mask, obscure, screen, shield

•   n.    blind, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, film, mask, screen, shade, shroud


veiled

See Also

concealed, covert, disguised, hinted at, implied, masked, suppressed


vein

See Also

   blood vessel, course, current, lode, seam, stratum, streak, stripe [image]  dash, hint, strain, streak, thread, trait [image]  attitude, bent, character, faculty, humour, mode, mood, note, style, temper, tenor, tone, turn


venal

See Also

bent (Sl.), corrupt, corruptible, crooked (Inf.), dishonourable, grafting (Inf.), mercenary, prostituted, purchasable, rapacious, simoniacal, sordid, unprincipled


vendetta

bad blood, blood feud, feud, quarrel


veneer

See Also

•   n.  Fig. appearance, façade, false front, finish, front, gloss, guise, mask, pretence, semblance, show


venerable

See Also

august, esteemed, grave, honoured, respected, revered, reverenced, sage, sedate, wise, worshipped


venerate

See Also

adore, esteem, hold in awe, honour, look up to, respect, revere, reverence, worship


veneration

See Also

adoration, awe, deference, esteem, respect, reverence, worship


vengeance

See Also

   an eye for an eye, avenging, lex talionis, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, settling of scores [image]  with a vengeance  [image]  forcefully, furiously, vehemently, violently [image]  and no mistake, extremely, greatly, to the full, to the utmost, with no holds barred


venial

allowable, excusable, forgivable, insignificant, minor, pardonable, slight, trivial


venom

See Also

   bane, poison, toxin [image]  acidity, acrimony, bitterness, gall, grudge, hate, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, rancour, spite, spitefulness, spleen, virulence


venomous

See Also

   baneful (Archaic), envenomed, mephitic, noxious, poison, poisonous, toxic, virulent [image]  baleful, hostile, malicious, malignant, rancorous, savage, spiteful, vicious, vindictive, virulent


vent

See Also

•   n.    aperture, duct, hole, opening, orifice, outlet, split

•   v.    air, come out with, discharge, emit, empty, express, give expression to, give vent to, pour out, release, utter, voice


ventilate

See Also

 Fig. air, bring out into the open, broadcast, debate, discuss, examine, make known, scrutinize, sift, talk about


venture

See Also

•   v.    chance, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, put in jeopardy, risk, speculate, stake, wager [image]  advance, dare, dare say, hazard, make bold, presume, stick one's neck out (Inf.), take the liberty, volunteer [image]  (With out, forth, etc.) embark on, go, plunge into, set out

•   n.    adventure, chance, endeavour, enterprise, fling, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, project, risk, speculation, undertaking


verbal

See Also

literal, oral, spoken, unwritten, verbatim, word-of-mouth


verbally

by word of mouth, orally


verbatim

See Also

exactly, precisely, to the letter, word for word


verbose

See Also

circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, long-winded, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, tautological, windy, wordy


verbosity

See Also

garrulity, logorrhoea, long-windedness, loquaciousness, prolixity, rambling, verbiage, verboseness, windiness, wordiness


verdict

See Also

adjudication, conclusion, decision, finding, judgment, opinion, sentence


verge

See Also

•   n.    border, boundary, brim, brink, edge, extreme, limit, lip, margin, roadside, threshold

•   v.    approach, border, come near


verification

See Also

authentication, confirmation, corroboration, proof, substantiation, validation


verify

See Also

attest, attest to, authenticate, bear out, check, confirm, corroborate, prove, substantiate, support, validate


vernacular

See Also

•   adj.    colloquial, common, indigenous, informal, local, mother, native, popular, vulgar

•   n.    argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, native language, parlance, patois, speech, vulgar tongue


versatile

See Also

adaptable, adjustable, all-purpose, all-round, flexible, functional, handy, many-sided, multifaceted, protean, resourceful, variable


versed

See Also

accomplished, acquainted, competent, conversant, experienced, familiar, knowledgeable, practised, proficient, qualified, seasoned, skilled, well informed, well up in (Inf.)


version

See Also

   account, adaptation, exercise, interpretation, portrayal, reading, rendering, side, translation [image]  design, form, kind, model, style, type, variant


vertical

See Also

erect, on end, perpendicular, upright


vertigo

dizziness, giddiness, light-headedness, loss of equilibrium, swimming of the head


verve

See Also

animation, brio, dash, élan, energy, enthusiasm, force, get-up-and-go (Inf.), gusto, life, liveliness, pep, punch (Inf.), sparkle, spirit, vigour, vim (Sl.), vitality, vivacity, zeal, zip (Inf.)


very

See Also

•   adv.    absolutely, acutely, awfully (Inf.), decidedly, deeply, eminently, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, greatly, highly, jolly (Brit.), noticeably, particularly, profoundly, really, remarkably, superlatively, surpassingly, terribly, truly, uncommonly, unusually, wonderfully

•   adj.    actual, appropriate, exact, express, identical, perfect, precise, real, same, selfsame, unqualified [image]  bare, mere, plain, pure, sheer, simple


vessel

See Also

   barque (Poetic), boat, craft, ship [image]  container, pot, receptacle, utensil


vest

•   v.    (With in or with) authorize, be devolved upon, bestow, confer, consign, empower, endow, entrust, furnish, invest, lodge, place, put in the hands of, settle [image]  apparel, bedeck, clothe, cover, dress, envelop, garb, robe


vestibule

See Also

anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, porch, portico


vestige

See Also

evidence, glimmer, hint, indication, relic, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, scrap, sign, suspicion, token, trace, track


vet

See Also

•   v. appraise, check, check out, examine, give (someone or something) the once-over (Inf.), investigate, look over, pass under review, review, scan, scrutinize, size up (Inf.)


veteran

See Also

•   n.    master, old hand, old stager, old-timer, past master, past mistress, pro (Inf.), trouper, warhorse (Inf.)

•   adj.    adept, battle-scarred, expert, long-serving, old, proficient, seasoned


veto

See Also

•   v.    ban, boycott, disallow, forbid, give the thumbs down to, interdict, kill (Inf.), negative, prohibit, put the kibosh on (Sl.), refuse permission, reject, rule out, turn down

•   n.    ban, boycott, embargo, interdict, nonconsent, prohibition


vex

See Also

afflict, aggravate (Inf.), agitate, annoy, bother, bug (Inf.), displease, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get on one's nerves (Inf.), grate on, harass, hassle (Inf.), irritate, molest, nark (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. sl.), needle (Inf.), nettle, offend, peeve (Inf.), perplex, pester, pique, plague, provoke, put out, rile, tease, torment, trouble, upset, worry


vexation

See Also

   aggravation (Inf.), annoyance, displeasure, dissatisfaction, exasperation, frustration, irritation, pique [image]  bother, difficulty, hassle (Inf.), headache (Inf.), irritant, misfortune, nuisance, problem, thorn in one's flesh, trouble, upset, worry


vexatious

See Also

afflicting, aggravating (Inf.), annoying, bothersome, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, distressing, exasperating, harassing, irksome, irritating, nagging, plaguy (Archaic), provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, unpleasant, upsetting, worrisome, worrying


vexed

See Also

   afflicted, aggravated (Inf.), agitated, annoyed, bothered, confused, displeased, distressed, disturbed, exasperated, fed up, hacked (off) (U.S. sl.), harassed, irritated, miffed (Inf.), nettled, out of countenance, peeved (Inf.), perplexed, pissed off (Taboo sl.), provoked, put out, riled, ruffled, tormented, troubled, upset, worried [image]  contested, controversial, disputed, moot, much debated


viable

See Also

applicable, feasible, operable, practicable, usable, within the bounds of possibility, workable


vibrant

See Also

   aquiver, oscillating, palpitating, pulsating, quivering, trembling [image]  alive, animated, colourful, dynamic, electrifying, full of pep (Inf.), responsive, sensitive, sparkling, spirited, vivacious, vivid


vibrate

See Also

fluctuate, judder (Inf.), oscillate, pulsate, pulse, quiver, resonate, reverberate, shake, shiver, sway, swing, throb, tremble, undulate


vibration

See Also

juddering (Inf.), oscillation, pulsation, pulse, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shaking, throb, throbbing, trembling, tremor


vice

See Also

   corruption, degeneracy, depravity, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, sin, turpitude, venality, wickedness [image]  blemish, defect, failing, fault, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness


vicinity

See Also

area, district, environs, locality, neck of the woods (Inf.), neighbourhood, precincts, propinquity, proximity, purlieus


vicious

See Also

   abandoned, abhorrent, atrocious, bad, barbarous, corrupt, cruel, dangerous, debased, degenerate, degraded, depraved, diabolical, ferocious, fiendish, foul, heinous, immoral, infamous, monstrous, profligate, savage, sinful, unprincipled, vile, violent, wicked, worthless, wrong [image]  backbiting, bitchy (Inf.), cruel, defamatory, malicious, mean, rancorous, slanderous, spiteful, venomous, vindictive


viciousness

See Also

   badness, corruption, cruelty, depravity, ferocity, immorality, profligacy, savagery, wickedness [image]  bitchiness (Sl.), malice, rancour, spite, spitefulness, venom


victim

See Also

   casualty, fatality, injured party, martyr, sacrifice, scapegoat, sufferer [image]  dupe, easy prey, fall guy (Inf.), gull (Archaic), innocent, patsy (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sitting duck (Inf.), sitting target, sucker (Sl.)


victimize

See Also

   discriminate against, have a down on (someone) (Inf.), have it in for (someone) (Inf.), have one's knife into (someone), persecute, pick on [image]  cheat, deceive, defraud, dupe, exploit, fool, gull (Archaic), hoodwink, prey on, swindle, take advantage of, use


victor

See Also

champ (Inf.), champion, conquering hero, conqueror, first, prizewinner, top dog (Inf.), vanquisher, winner


victorious

See Also

champion, conquering, first, prizewinning, successful, triumphant, vanquishing, winning


victory

See Also

conquest, laurels, mastery, success, superiority, the palm, the prize, triumph, win


victuals

See Also

bread, comestibles, eatables, eats (Sl.), edibles, food, grub (Sl.), meat, nosebag (Sl.), nosh (Sl.), provisions, rations, stores, supplies, tack (Inf.), viands, vittles (Obsolete)


view

See Also

•   n.    aspect, landscape, outlook, panorama, perspective, picture, prospect, scene, spectacle, vista [image]  range or field of vision, sight, vision [image]  (Sometimes plural) attitude, belief, conviction, feeling, impression, judgment, notion, opinion, point of view, sentiment, thought, way of thinking [image]  contemplation, display, examination, inspection, look, recce (Sl.), scan, scrutiny, sight, survey, viewing [image]  with a view to in order to, in the hope of, so as to, with the aim or intention of

•   v.    behold, check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), contemplate, examine, explore, eye, eyeball (U.S. sl.), gaze at, get a load of (Inf.), inspect, look at, observe, recce (Sl.), regard, scan, spectate, stare at, survey, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), watch, witness [image]  consider, deem, judge, look on, regard, think about


viewer

See Also

observer, one of an audience, onlooker, spectator, TV watcher, watcher


viewpoint

See Also

angle, frame of reference, perspective, point of view, position, slant, stance, standpoint, vantage point, way of thinking


vigilant

See Also

alert, Argus-eyed, attentive, careful, cautious, circumspect, keeping one's eyes peeled or skinned (Inf.), on one's guard, on one's toes, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on the watch, sleepless, unsleeping, wakeful, watchful, wide awake


vigorous

See Also

active, brisk, dynamic, effective, efficient, energetic, enterprising, flourishing, forceful, forcible, full of energy, hale, hale and hearty, hardy, healthy, intense, lively, lusty, powerful, Ramboesque, red-blooded, robust, sound, spanking, spirited, strenuous, strong, virile, vital, zippy (Inf.)


vigorously

See Also

all out, eagerly, energetically, forcefully, hammer and tongs, hard, like mad (Sl.), lustily, strenuously, strongly, with a vengeance, with might and main


vigour

See Also

activity, animation, balls (Taboo sl.), brio, dash, dynamism, energy, force, forcefulness, gusto, health, liveliness, might, oomph (Inf.), pep, power, punch (Inf.), robustness, snap (Inf.), soundness, spirit, strength, verve, vim (Sl.), virility, vitality, zip (Inf.)


vile

See Also

   abandoned, abject, appalling, bad, base, coarse, contemptible, corrupt, debased, degenerate, degrading, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, evil, humiliating, ignoble, impure, loathsome, low, mean, miserable, nefarious, perverted, shocking, sinful, ugly, vicious, vulgar, wicked, worthless, wretched [image]  disgusting, foul, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noxious, obscene, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, yucky or yukky (Sl.)


vilify

See Also

abuse, asperse, bad-mouth (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), berate, calumniate, debase, decry, defame, denigrate, disparage, knock (Inf.), malign, pull to pieces (Inf.), revile, rubbish (Inf.), run down, slag (off) (Sl.), slander, smear, speak ill of, traduce, vilipend (Rare), vituperate


villain

See Also

   blackguard, caitiff (Archaic), criminal, evildoer, knave (Archaic), libertine, malefactor, miscreant, profligate, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, wretch [image]  antihero, baddy (Inf.) [image]  devil, monkey, rascal, rogue, scallywag (Inf.), scamp


villainous

See Also

atrocious, bad, base, blackguardly, criminal, cruel, debased, degenerate, depraved, detestable, diabolical, evil, fiendish, hateful, heinous, ignoble, infamous, inhuman, mean, nefarious, outrageous, ruffianly, scoundrelly, sinful, terrible, thievish, vicious, vile, wicked


villainy

See Also

atrocity, baseness, crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, devilry, iniquity, knavery, rascality, sin, turpitude, vice, wickedness


vindicate

See Also

   absolve, acquit, clear, defend, do justice to, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free from blame, justify, rehabilitate [image]  advocate, assert, establish, maintain, support, uphold


vindication

See Also

apology, assertion, defence, exculpating, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, justification, maintenance, plea, rehabilitation, substantiation, support


vindictive

See Also

full of spleen, implacable, malicious, malignant, rancorous, relentless, resentful, revengeful, spiteful, unforgiving, unrelenting, vengeful, venomous


vintage

See Also

•   n.    collection, crop, epoch, era, generation, harvest, origin, year

•   adj.    best, choice, classic, mature, prime, rare, ripe, select, superior, venerable


violate

See Also

   break, contravene, disobey, disregard, encroach upon, infract, infringe, transgress [image]  abuse, assault, befoul, debauch, defile, desecrate, dishonour, invade, outrage, pollute, profane, rape, ravish


violation

See Also

   abuse, breach, contravention, encroachment, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass [image]  defilement, desecration, profanation, sacrilege, spoliation


violence

See Also

   bestiality, bloodshed, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brute force, cruelty, destructiveness, ferocity, fierceness, fighting, force, frenzy, fury, murderousness, passion, rough handling, savagery, strong-arm tactics (Inf.), terrorism, thuggery, vehemence, wildness [image]  boisterousness, power, raging, roughness, storminess, tumult, turbulence, wildness [image]  abandon, acuteness, fervour, force, harshness, intensity, severity, sharpness, vehemence


violent

See Also

   berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, destructive, fiery, flaming, forcible, furious, headstrong, homicidal, hot-headed, impetuous, intemperate, maddened, maniacal, murderous, passionate, powerful, raging, Ramboesque, riotous, rough, savage, strong, tempestuous, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, vicious, wild [image]  blustery, boisterous, devastating, full of force, gale force, powerful, raging, ruinous, strong, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, wild [image]  acute, agonizing, biting, excruciating, extreme, harsh, inordinate, intense, outrageous, painful, severe, sharp


virgin

See Also

•   n.    damsel (Archaic), girl, maid (Archaic), maiden (Archaic), vestal, virgo intacta

•   adj.    chaste, fresh, immaculate, maidenly, modest, new, pristine, pure, snowy, uncorrupted, undefiled, unsullied, untouched, unused, vestal, virginal


virile

See Also

forceful, lusty, macho, male, manlike, manly, masculine, potent, Ramboesque, red-blooded, robust, strong, vigorous


virility

See Also

machismo, manhood, masculinity, potency, vigour


virtual

See Also

essential, implicit, implied, in all but name, indirect, potential, practical, tacit, unacknowledged


virtually

See Also

as good as, effectually, for all practical purposes, in all but name, in effect, in essence, nearly, practically, to all intents and purposes


virtue

See Also

   ethicalness, excellence, goodness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, integrity, justice, morality, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, worth, worthiness [image]  advantage, asset, attribute, credit, good point, good quality, merit, plus (Inf.), strength [image]  chastity, honour, innocence, morality, purity, virginity [image]  by virtue of as a result of, by dint of, by reason of, in view of, on account of, owing to, thanks to


virtuosity

See Also

brilliance, craft, éclat, expertise, finish, flair, mastery, panache, polish, skill


virtuoso

See Also

•   n.    artist, genius, grandmaster, maestro, magician, master, master hand, maven (U.S.)

•   adj.    bravura (Music), brilliant, dazzling, masterly


virtuous

See Also

   blameless, ethical, excellent, exemplary, good, high-principled, honest, honourable, incorruptible, moral, praiseworthy, pure, righteous, squeaky-clean, upright, worthy [image]  celibate, chaste, clean-living, innocent, pure, spotless, virginal


virulent

See Also

   baneful (Archaic), deadly, infective, injurious, lethal, malignant, pernicious, poisonous, septic, toxic, venomous [image]  acrimonious, bitter, envenomed, hostile, malevolent, malicious, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, splenetic, venomous, vicious, vindictive


visible

See Also

anywhere to be seen, apparent, clear, conspicuous, detectable, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, evident, in sight, in view, manifest, not hidden, noticeable, observable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, plain, to be seen, unconcealed, unmistakable


vision

See Also

   eyes, eyesight, perception, seeing, sight, view [image]  breadth of view, discernment, farsightedness, foresight, imagination, insight, intuition, penetration, prescience [image]  castle in the air, concept, conception, daydream, dream, fantasy, idea, ideal, image, mental picture, pipe dream [image]  apparition, chimera, delusion, eidolon, ghost, hallucination, illusion, mirage, phantasm, phantom, revelation, spectre, wraith [image]  dream, feast for the eyes, perfect picture, picture, sight, sight for sore eyes, spectacle


visionary

See Also

•   adj.    dreaming, dreamy, idealistic, quixotic, romantic, starry-eyed, with one's head in the clouds [image]  chimerical, delusory, fanciful, fantastic, ideal, idealized, illusory, imaginary, impractical, prophetic, speculative, unreal, unrealistic, unworkable, utopian

•   n.    daydreamer, Don Quixote, dreamer, enthusiast (Archaic), idealist, mystic, prophet, romantic, seer, theorist, utopian, zealot


visit

See Also

•   v.    be the guest of, call in, call on, drop in on (Inf.), go to see, inspect, look (someone) up, pay a call on, pop in (Inf.), stay at, stay with, stop by, take in (Inf.) [image]  afflict, assail, attack, befall, descend upon, haunt, smite, trouble [image]  (With on or upon) bring down upon, execute, impose, inflict, wreak

•   n.    call, sojourn, stay, stop


visitation

See Also

   examination, inspection, visit [image]  bane, blight, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, infliction, ordeal, punishment, scourge, trial


visitor

See Also

caller, company, guest, visitant


visual

See Also

   ocular, optic, optical [image]  discernible, observable, perceptible, visible


visualize

See Also

conceive of, conjure up a mental picture of, envisage, imagine, picture, see in the mind's eye


vital

See Also

   basic, cardinal, essential, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, necessary, radical, requisite [image]  critical, crucial, decisive, important, key, life-or-death, significant, urgent [image]  animated, dynamic, energetic, forceful, full of the joy of living, lively, sparky, spirited, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, zestful [image]  alive, animate, generative, invigorative, life-giving, live, living, quickening


vitality

See Also

animation, brio, energy, exuberance, go (Inf.), life, liveliness, lustiness, pep, robustness, sparkle, stamina, strength, vigour, vim (Sl.), vivaciousness, vivacity


vitriolic

See Also

 Fig. acerbic, acid, bitchy (Inf.), bitter, caustic, destructive, dripping with malice, envenomed, sardonic, scathing, venomous, virulent, withering


vituperation

See Also

abuse, billingsgate, blame, castigation, censure, fault-finding, flak (Inf.), invective, obloquy, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scurrility, tongue-lashing, vilification


vivacious

See Also

animated, bubbling, cheerful, chirpy (Inf.), ebullient, effervescent, frolicsome, full of life, gay, high-spirited, jolly, light-hearted, lively, merry, scintillating, sparkling, sparky, spirited, sportive, sprightly, upbeat (Inf.), vital


vivacity

See Also

animation, brio, ebullience, effervescence, energy, gaiety, high spirits, life, liveliness, pep, quickness, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness


vivid

See Also

   bright, brilliant, clear, colourful, glowing, intense, rich [image]  distinct, dramatic, graphic, highly-coloured, lifelike, memorable, powerful, realistic, sharp, sharply-etched, stirring, strong, telling, true to life [image]  active, animated, dynamic, energetic, expressive, flamboyant, lively, quick, spirited, striking, strong, vigorous


vixen

See Also

 Fig. ballbreaker (Sl.), fury, harpy, harridan, hellcat, scold, shrew, spitfire, termagant (Rare), virago, Xanthippe


vocabulary

See Also

dictionary, glossary, language, lexicon, wordbook, word hoard, words, word stock


vocal

See Also

•   adj.    articulate, articulated, oral, put into words, said, spoken, uttered, voiced [image]  articulate, blunt, clamorous, eloquent, expressive, forthright, frank, free-spoken, noisy, outspoken, plain-spoken, strident, vociferous


vocation

See Also

business, calling, career, employment, job, life's work, life work, métier, mission, office, post, profession, pursuit, role, trade


vociferous

See Also

clamant, clamorous, loud, loudmouthed (Inf.), noisy, obstreperous, outspoken, ranting, shouting, strident, uproarious, vehement, vocal


vogue

See Also

•   n.    craze, custom, dernier cri, fashion, last word, mode, style, the latest, the rage, the thing (Inf.), trend, way [image]  acceptance, currency, fashionableness, favour, popularity, prevalence, usage, use

•   adj.    fashionable, in, modish, now (Inf.), popular, prevalent, trendy (Brit. inf.), up-to-the-minute, voguish, with it (Inf.)


voice

See Also

•   n.    articulation, language, power of speech, sound, tone, utterance, words [image]  decision, expression, part, say, view, vote, will, wish [image]  agency, instrument, medium, mouthpiece, organ, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, vehicle

•   v.    air, articulate, assert, come out with (Inf.), declare, divulge, enunciate, express, give expression or utterance to, put into words, say, utter, ventilate


void

See Also

•   adj.    bare, clear, drained, emptied, empty, free, tenantless, unfilled, unoccupied, vacant [image]  (With of) destitute, devoid, lacking, without [image]  dead, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, invalid, nonviable, nugatory, null and void, unenforceable, useless, vain, worthless

•   n.    blank, blankness, emptiness, gap, lack, opening, space, vacuity, vacuum, want

•   v.    discharge, drain, eject, eliminate (Physiol.), emit, empty, evacuate [image]  abnegate, cancel, invalidate, nullify, rescind


volatile

See Also

airy, changeable, erratic, explosive, fickle, flighty, gay, giddy, inconstant, lively, mercurial, sprightly, temperamental, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up and down (Inf.), variable, whimsical


volition

See Also

choice, choosing, determination, discretion, election, free will, option, preference, purpose, resolution, will


volley

See Also

•   n. barrage, blast, bombardment, burst, cannonade, discharge, explosion, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower


volubility

fluency, garrulity, gift of the gab, glibness, loquaciousness, loquacity


voluble

See Also

articulate, blessed with the gift of the gab, fluent, forthcoming, glib, loquacious, talkative


volume

See Also

   aggregate, amount, body, bulk, capacity, compass, cubic content, dimensions, mass, quantity, total [image]  book, publication, title, tome, treatise


voluminous

See Also

ample, big, billowing, bulky, capacious, cavernous, copious, full, large, massive, prolific, roomy, vast


voluntarily

See Also

by choice, freely, lief (Rare), of one's own accord, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, willingly, without being asked, without prompting


voluntary

See Also

discretional, discretionary, free, gratuitous, honorary, intended, intentional, optional, spontaneous, uncompelled, unconstrained, unforced, unpaid, volunteer, willing


volunteer

See Also

•   v. advance, let oneself in for (Inf.), need no invitation, offer, offer one's services, present, proffer, propose, put forward, put oneself at (someone's) disposal, step forward, suggest, tender


voluptuous

See Also

   epicurean, hedonistic, licentious, luxurious, pleasure-loving, self-indulgent, sensual, sybaritic [image]  ample, buxom, curvaceous (Inf.), enticing, erotic, full-bosomed, provocative, seductive, shapely, well-stacked (Brit. sl.)


voluptuousness

See Also

carnality, curvaceousness (Inf.), licentiousness, opulence, seductiveness, sensuality, shapeliness


vomit

See Also

•   v. barf (U.S. sl.), belch forth, be sick, bring up, chuck (up) (Sl., chiefly U.S.), chunder (Sl., chiefly Aust.), disgorge, do a technicolour yawn (Sl.), eject, emit, heave, puke (Sl.), regurgitate, retch, sick up (Inf.), spew out or up, throw up (Inf.), toss one's cookies (U.S. sl.), upchuck (U.S. sl.)


voracious

See Also

avid, devouring, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, insatiable, omnivorous, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, uncontrolled, unquenchable


vote

See Also

•   n.    ballot, franchise, plebiscite, poll, referendum, right to vote, show of hands, suffrage

•   v.    ballot, cast one's vote, elect, go to the polls, opt, return [image]   Inf. declare, judge, pronounce, propose, recommend, suggest


vouch

See Also

(Usually with for) affirm, answer for, assert, asseverate, attest to, back, certify, confirm, give assurance of, go bail for, guarantee, stand witness, support, swear to, uphold


vouchsafe

See Also

accord, cede, condescend to give, confer, deign, favour (someone) with, grant, yield


vow

See Also

•   v.    affirm, consecrate, dedicate, devote, pledge, promise, swear, undertake solemnly

•   n.    oath, pledge, promise, troth (Archaic)


voyage

See Also

•   n. crossing, cruise, journey, passage, travels, trip


vulgar

See Also

   blue, boorish, cheap and nasty, coarse, common, crude, dirty, flashy, gaudy, gross, ill-bred, impolite, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, low, nasty, naughty, off colour, ribald, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, tawdry, uncouth, unmannerly, unrefined [image]  general, native, ordinary, unrefined, vernacular


vulgarity

See Also

bad taste, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, gaudiness, grossness, indecorum, indelicacy, lack of refinement, ribaldry, rudeness, suggestiveness, tastelessness, tawdriness


vulnerable

See Also

accessible, assailable, defenceless, exposed, open to attack, sensitive, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unprotected, weak, wide open


wad

See Also

ball, block, bundle, chunk, hunk, lump, mass, plug, roll


wadding

See Also

filler, lining, packing, padding, stuffing


waddle

See Also

rock, shuffle, sway, toddle, totter, wobble


wade

See Also

   ford, paddle, splash, walk through [image]  (With through) drudge, labour, peg away, plough through, toil, work one's way [image]  (With in or into) assail, attack, get stuck in (Inf.), go for, launch oneself at, light into (Inf.), set about, tackle, tear into (Inf.)


waffle

See Also

•   v.    blather, jabber, prate, prattle, rabbit (on) (Brit. inf.), verbalize, witter on (Inf.)

•   n.    blather, jabber, padding, prating, prattle, prolixity, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness


waft

See Also

•   v.    bear, be carried, carry, convey, drift, float, ride, transmit, transport

•   n.    breath, breeze, current, draught, puff, whiff


wag

See Also

•   v.    bob, flutter, nod, oscillate, quiver, rock, shake, stir, vibrate, waggle, wave, wiggle

•   n.    bob, flutter, nod, oscillation, quiver, shake, toss, vibration, waggle, wave, wiggle


wage

See Also

•   n.     Also wages allowance, compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, pay, payment, recompense, remuneration, reward, stipend

•   v.    carry on, conduct, engage in, practise, proceed with, prosecute, pursue, undertake


wager

See Also

•   n.    bet, flutter (Brit. inf.), gamble, pledge, punt (Chiefly Brit.), stake, venture

•   v.    bet, chance, gamble, hazard, lay, pledge, punt (Chiefly Brit.), put on, risk, speculate, stake, venture


waggle

See Also

•   v.    flutter, oscillate, shake, wag, wave, wiggle, wobble

•   n.    flutter, oscillation, shake, wag, wave, wiggle, wobble


waif

See Also

foundling, orphan, stray


wail

See Also

•   v.    bawl, bemoan, bewail, cry, deplore, grieve, howl, keen, lament, ululate, weep, yowl

•   n.    complaint, cry, grief, howl, keen, lament, lamentation, moan, ululation, weeping, yowl


wait

See Also

•   v.    abide, bide one's time, cool one's heels, dally, delay, hang fire, hold back, hold on (Inf.), linger, mark time, pause, remain, rest, stand by, stay, tarry

•   n.    delay, entr'acte, halt, hold-up, interval, pause, rest, stay


waiter, waitress

attendant, server, steward, stewardess


wait on

wait on or upon

attend, minister to, serve, tend


waive

See Also

abandon, defer, dispense with, forgo, give up, postpone, put off, refrain from, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, set aside, surrender


waiver

abandonment, abdication, disclaimer, giving up, relinquishment, remission, renunciation, resignation, setting aside, surrender


wake 1

•   v.    arise, awake, awaken, bestir, come to, get up, rouse, rouse from sleep, stir [image]  activate, animate, arouse, awaken, enliven, excite, fire, galvanize, kindle, provoke, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir up

•   n.    deathwatch, funeral, vigil, watch


wake 2

aftermath, backwash, path, slipstream, track, trail, train, wash, waves


wakeful

See Also

   insomniac, restless, sleepless, unsleeping [image]  alert, alive, attentive, heedful, observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, unsleeping, vigilant, wary, watchful


waken

See Also

activate, animate, arouse, awake, awaken, be roused, come awake, come to, enliven, fire, galvanize, get up, kindle, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir


walk

See Also

•   v.    advance, amble, foot it, go, go by shanks's pony (Inf.), go on foot, hike, hoof it (Sl.), march, move, pace, perambulate, promenade, saunter, step, stride, stroll, traipse (Inf.), tramp, travel on foot, trek, trudge [image]  accompany, convoy, escort, take

•   n.    constitutional, hike, march, perambulation, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, traipse (Inf.), tramp, trek, trudge, turn [image]  carriage, gait, manner of walking, pace, step, stride [image]  aisle, alley, avenue, esplanade, footpath, lane, path, pathway, pavement, promenade, sidewalk, trail [image]  area, arena, calling, career, course, field, line, métier, profession, sphere, trade, vocation


walker

footslogger, hiker, pedestrian, rambler, wayfarer


walkout

industrial action, protest, stoppage, strike


walk out

   flounce out, get up and go, leave suddenly, storm out, take off (Inf.) [image]  down tools, go on strike, stop work, strike, take industrial action, withdraw one's labour [image]  (With on) abandon, chuck (Inf.), desert, forsake, jilt, leave, leave in the lurch, pack in (Inf.), run away from, throw over


walkover

See Also

breeze (U.S. & Canad. inf.), cakewalk (Inf.), child's play (Inf.), cinch (Sl.), doddle (Brit. sl.), duck soup (U.S. sl.), easy victory, picnic (Inf.), piece of cake (Inf.), pushover (Sl.), snap (Inf.)


wall

See Also

   divider, enclosure, panel, partition, screen [image]  barricade, breastwork, bulwark, embankment, fortification, palisade, parapet, rampart, stockade [image]  barrier, block, fence, hedge, impediment, obstacle, obstruction [image]  go to the wall  Inf. be ruined, collapse, fail, fall, go bust (Inf.), go under [image]  drive up the wall  Sl. aggravate (Inf.), annoy, dement, derange, drive crazy (Inf.), drive insane, exasperate, get on one's nerves (Inf.), infuriate, irritate, madden, piss one off (Taboo sl.), send off one's head (Sl.), try


wallet

case, holder, notecase, pocketbook, pouch, purse


wallow

See Also

   lie, roll about, splash around, tumble, welter [image]  flounder, lurch, stagger, stumble, wade [image]  bask, delight, glory, indulge oneself, luxuriate, relish, revel, take pleasure


wan

See Also

   anaemic, ashen, bloodless, cadaverous, colourless, discoloured, ghastly, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, sickly, washed out, waxen, wheyfaced, white [image]  dim, faint, feeble, pale, weak


wand

See Also

baton, rod, sprig, stick, twig, withe, withy


wander

See Also

•   v.    cruise, drift, knock about or around, meander, mooch around (Sl.), peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, stravaig (Scot. & northern English dialect), stray, stroll, traipse (Inf.) [image]  depart, deviate, digress, divagate (Rare), diverge, err, get lost, go astray, go off at a tangent, go off course, lapse, lose concentration, lose one's train of thought, lose one's way, swerve, veer [image]  babble, be delirious, be incoherent, ramble, rave, speak incoherently, talk nonsense

•   n.    cruise, excursion, meander, peregrination, ramble, traipse (Inf.)


wanderer

See Also

bird of passage, drifter, gypsy, itinerant, nomad, rambler, ranger, rolling stone, rover, stroller, traveller, vagabond, vagrant, voyager


wandering

See Also

drifting, homeless, itinerant, migratory, nomadic, peripatetic, rambling, rootless, roving, strolling, travelling, vagabond, vagrant, voyaging, wayfaring


wane

See Also

•   v.    abate, atrophy, decline, decrease, die out, dim, diminish, draw to a close, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fade away, fail, lessen, sink, subside, taper off, weaken, wind down, wither

•   n.    abatement, atrophy, decay, declension, decrease, diminution, drop, dwindling, ebb, fading, failure, fall, falling off, lessening, sinking, subsidence, tapering off, withering [image]  on the wane at its lowest ebb, declining, dropping, dwindling, dying out, ebbing, fading, lessening, obsolescent, on its last legs, on the decline, on the way out, subsiding, tapering off, weakening, withering


want

See Also

•   v.    covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, feel a need for, hanker after, have a fancy for, have a yen for (Inf.), hope for, hunger for, long for, need, pine for, require, thirst for, wish, yearn for [image]  be able to do with, be deficient in, be short of, be without, call for, demand, fall short in, have need of, lack, miss, need, require, stand in need of

•   n.    appetite, craving, demand, desire, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, need, requirement, thirst, wish, yearning, yen (Inf.) [image]  absence, dearth, default, deficiency, famine, insufficiency, lack, paucity, scantiness, scarcity, shortage [image]  destitution, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, penury, poverty, privation


wanting

See Also

   absent, incomplete, lacking, less, missing, short, shy [image]  defective, deficient, disappointing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, inferior, leaving much to be desired, not good enough, not up to expectations, not up to par, patchy, poor, sketchy, substandard, unsound


wanton

See Also

•   adj.    abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, immoral, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose, lustful, of easy virtue, promiscuous, rakish, shameless, unchaste [image]  arbitrary, cruel, evil, gratuitous, groundless, malevolent, malicious, motiveless, needless, senseless, spiteful, uncalled-for, unjustifiable, unjustified, unprovoked, vicious, wicked, wilful [image]  careless, devil-may-care, extravagant, heedless, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, rash, reckless, unrestrained, wild

•   n.    Casanova, debauchee, Don Juan, gigolo, harlot, lech or letch (Inf.), lecher, libertine, loose woman, profligate, prostitute, rake, roué, scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), slag (Brit. sl.), slut, strumpet, tart (Inf.), trollop, voluptuary, whore, woman of easy virtue

•   v.    debauch, dissipate, revel, riot, sleep around (Inf.), wench (Archaic), whore [image]  fritter away, misspend, squander, throw away, waste


war

See Also

•   n.    armed conflict, battle, bloodshed, combat, conflict, contention, contest, enmity, fighting, hostilities, hostility, strife, struggle, warfare

•   v.    battle, campaign against, carry on hostilities, clash, combat, conduct a war, contend, contest, fight, make war, strive, struggle, take up arms, wage war


war cry

battle cry, rallying cry, slogan, war whoop


ward

See Also

   area, district, division, precinct, quarter, zone [image]  apartment, cubicle, room [image]  charge, dependant, minor, protégé, pupil [image]  care, charge, custody, guardianship, keeping, protection, safekeeping


warden

See Also

administrator, caretaker, curator, custodian, guardian, janitor, keeper, ranger, steward, superintendent, warder, watchman


warder, wardress

See Also

custodian, gaoler, guard, jailer, keeper, prison officer, screw (Sl.), turnkey (Archaic)


ward off

See Also

avert, avoid, beat off, block, deflect, fend off, forestall, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, parry, repel, stave off, thwart, turn aside, turn away


wardrobe

   closet, clothes cupboard, clothes-press [image]  apparel, attire, clothes, collection of clothes, outfit


warehouse

See Also

depository, depot, stockroom, store, storehouse


wares

See Also

commodities, goods, lines, manufactures, merchandise, produce, products, stock, stuff


warfare

See Also

armed conflict, armed struggle, arms, battle, blows, campaigning, clash of arms, combat, conflict, contest, discord, fighting, hostilities, passage of arms, strategy, strife, struggle, war


warily

cagily (Inf.), carefully, cautiously, charily, circumspectly, distrustfully, gingerly, guardedly, suspiciously, vigilantly, watchfully, with care


wariness

See Also

alertness, attention, caginess (Inf.), care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, discretion, distrust, foresight, heedfulness, mindfulness, prudence, suspicion, vigilance, watchfulness


warlike

See Also

aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, hawkish, hostile, inimical, jingoistic, martial, militaristic, military, pugnacious, sabre-rattling, unfriendly, warmongering


warm

See Also

•   adj.    balmy, heated, lukewarm, moderately hot, pleasant, sunny, tepid, thermal [image]  affable, affectionate, amiable, amorous, cheerful, congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, happy, hearty, hospitable, kindly, likable or likeable, loving, pleasant, tender [image]  animated, ardent, cordial, earnest, effusive, emotional, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, glowing, heated, intense, keen, lively, passionate, spirited, stormy, vehement, vigorous, violent, zealous [image]  irascible, irritable, passionate, quick, sensitive, short, touchy [image]   Inf. dangerous, disagreeable, hazardous, perilous, tricky, uncomfortable, unpleasant

•   v.    heat, heat up, melt, thaw, warm up [image]  animate, awaken, excite, get going, interest, make enthusiastic, put some life into, rouse, stimulate, stir, turn on (Sl.)


warm-blooded

ardent, earnest, emotional, enthusiastic, excitable, fervent, impetuous, lively, passionate, rash, spirited, vivacious


warm-hearted

See Also

affectionate, compassionate, cordial, generous, kind-hearted, kindly, loving, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted


warmonger

belligerent, hawk, jingo, militarist, sabre-rattler


warmth

See Also

   heat, hotness, warmness [image]  animation, ardour, eagerness, earnestness, effusiveness, enthusiasm, excitement, fervency, fervour, fire, heat, intensity, passion, spirit, transport, vehemence, vigour, violence, zeal, zest [image]  affability, affection, amorousness, cheerfulness, cordiality, happiness, heartiness, hospitableness, kindliness, love, tenderness


warn

See Also

admonish, advise, alert, apprise, caution, forewarn, give fair warning, give notice, inform, make (someone) aware, notify, put one on one's guard, summon, tip off


warning

See Also

•   n.    admonition, advice, alarm, alert, augury, caution, caveat, foretoken, hint, notice, notification, omen, premonition, presage, sign, signal, threat, tip, tip-off, token, word, word to the wise

•   adj.    admonitory, cautionary, monitory, ominous, premonitory, threatening


warrant

See Also

•   n.    assurance, authority, authorization, carte blanche, commission, guarantee, licence, permission, permit, pledge, sanction, security, warranty

•   v.    affirm, answer for, assure, attest, avouch, certify, declare, guarantee, pledge, secure, stand behind, underwrite, uphold, vouch for [image]  approve, authorize, call for, commission, demand, deserve, empower, entail, entitle, excuse, give ground for, justify, license, necessitate, permit, require, sanction


warrantable

See Also

accountable, allowable, defensible, justifiable, lawful, necessary, permissible, proper, reasonable, right


warrior

See Also

champion, combatant, fighter, fighting man, gladiator, man-at-arms, soldier


wary

See Also

alert, attentive, cagey (Inf.), careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, distrustful, guarded, heedful, leery (Sl.), on one's guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, prudent, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake


wash

See Also

•   v.    bath, bathe, clean, cleanse, launder, moisten, rinse, scrub, shampoo, shower, wet [image]  (With away) bear away, carry off, erode, move, sweep away, wash off [image]   Inf. bear scrutiny, be convincing, be plausible, carry weight, hold up, hold water, stand up, stick [image]  wash one's hands of abandon, accept no responsibility for, give up on, have nothing to do with, leave to one's own devices

•   n.    ablution, bath, bathe, cleaning, cleansing, laundering, rinse, scrub, shampoo, shower, washing [image]  ebb and flow, flow, roll, surge, sweep, swell, wave [image]  coat, coating, film, layer, overlay, screen, stain, suffusion


washed out

See Also

   blanched, bleached, colourless, etiolated, faded, flat, lacklustre, mat, pale [image]  all in (Sl.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead on one's feet (Inf.), dog-tired (Inf.), done in (Inf.), drained, drawn, exhausted, fatigued, haggard, knackered (Sl.), pale, spent, tired-out, wan, weary, worn-out, zonked (Sl.)


washout

See Also

   disappointment, disaster, dud (Inf.), failure, fiasco, flop (Inf.), mess [image]  failure, incompetent, loser


waspish

See Also

bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety (Inf.), fretful, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, liverish, peevish, peppery, pettish, petulant, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. inf.), snappish, splenetic, testy, tetchy, touchy, waxy (Inf., chiefly Brit.)


waste

See Also

•   v.    blow (Sl.), dissipate, fritter away, frivol away (Inf.), lavish, misuse, run through, squander, throw away [image]  atrophy, consume, corrode, crumble, debilitate, decay, decline, deplete, disable, drain, dwindle, eat away, ebb, emaciate, enfeeble, exhaust, fade, gnaw, perish, sap the strength of, sink, undermine, wane, wear out, wither [image]  despoil, destroy, devastate, lay waste, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, spoil, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), undo, wreak havoc upon

•   n.    dissipation, expenditure, extravagance, frittering away, loss, lost opportunity, misapplication, misuse, prodigality, squandering, unthriftiness, wastefulness [image]  desolation, destruction, devastation, havoc, ravage, ruin [image]  debris, dregs, dross, garbage, leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, offscourings, refuse, rubbish, scrap, sweepings, trash [image]  desert, solitude, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness

•   adj.    leftover, superfluous, supernumerary, unused, unwanted, useless, worthless [image]  bare, barren, desolate, devastated, dismal, dreary, empty, uncultivated, uninhabited, unproductive, wild [image]  lay waste depredate (Rare), despoil, destroy, devastate, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, spoil, wreak havoc upon


wasteful

See Also

extravagant, improvident, lavish, prodigal, profligate, ruinous, spendthrift, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty


wastrel

See Also

   prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squanderer [image]  drone, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, loser, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, shirker, skiver (Brit. sl.), waster


watch

See Also

•   v.    check, check out (Inf.), clock (Brit. sl.), contemplate, eye, eyeball (U.S. sl.), gaze at, get a load of (Inf.), look, look at, look on, mark, note, observe, pay attention, peer at, regard, see, stare at, take a dekko at (Brit. sl.), view [image]  attend, be on the alert, be on the lookout, be vigilant, be wary, be watchful, keep an eye open (Inf.), look out, take heed, wait [image]  guard, keep, look after, mind, protect, superintend, take care of, tend

•   n.    chronometer, clock, pocket watch, timepiece, wristwatch [image]  alertness, attention, eye, heed, inspection, lookout, notice, observation, supervision, surveillance, vigil, vigilance, watchfulness


watchdog

   guard dog [image]  custodian, guardian, inspector, monitor, protector, scrutineer


watcher

See Also

looker-on, lookout, observer, onlooker, spectator, spy, viewer, witness


watchful

See Also

alert, attentive, circumspect, guarded, heedful, observant, on one's guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on the watch, suspicious, vigilant, wary, wide awake


watchman

See Also

caretaker, custodian, guard, security guard, security man


watch out

See Also

be alert, be careful, be on one's guard, be on the alert, be on (the) watch, be vigilant, be watchful, have a care, keep a sharp lookout, keep a weather eye open, keep one's eyes open, keep one's eyes peeled or skinned (Inf.), look out, mind out, watch oneself


watch over

See Also

defend, guard, keep safe, look after, preserve, protect, shelter, shield, stand guard over


water

See Also

•   n.    Adam's ale or wine, aqua, H2O [image]  hold water bear examination or  scrutiny, be credible  (logical, sound), make sense, pass the test, ring true, work [image]  of the first water excellent, of the best, of the best quality, of the finest quality, of the highest degree, of the highest grade

•   v.    damp, dampen, douse, drench, flood, hose, irrigate, moisten, soak, souse, spray, sprinkle [image]  add water to, adulterate, dilute, put water in, thin, water down, weaken


water down

See Also

   add water to, adulterate, dilute, put water in, thin, water, weaken [image]  adulterate, mitigate, qualify, soften, tone down, weaken


waterfall

cascade, cataract, chute, fall, force (Northern English dialect), linn (Scot.)


watertight

See Also

   sound, waterproof [image]  airtight, firm, flawless, foolproof, impregnable, incontrovertible, sound, unassailable


watery

See Also

   aqueous, damp, fluid, humid, liquid, marshy, moist, soggy, squelchy, wet [image]  rheumy, tear-filled, tearful, weepy [image]  adulterated, dilute, diluted, flavourless, insipid, runny, tasteless, thin, washy, watered-down, waterish, weak, wishy-washy (Inf.)


wave

See Also

•   v.    brandish, flap, flourish, flutter, move to and fro, oscillate, quiver, ripple, shake, stir, sway, swing, undulate, wag, waver, wield [image]  beckon, direct, gesticulate, gesture, indicate, sign, signal

•   n.    billow, breaker, comber, ridge, ripple, roller, sea surf, swell, undulation, unevenness [image]  current, drift, flood, ground swell, movement, outbreak, rash, rush, stream, surge, sweep, tendency, trend, upsurge


waver

See Also

   be indecisive, be irresolute, be unable to decide, be unable to make up one's mind, blow hot and cold (Inf.), dither (Chiefly Brit.), falter, fluctuate, hesitate, hum and haw, seesaw, shillyshally (Inf.), swither (Scot.), vacillate [image]  flicker, fluctuate, quiver, reel, shake, sway, totter, tremble, undulate, vary, wave, weave, wobble


wax

See Also

•   v. become fuller, become larger, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, fill out, get bigger, grow, increase, magnify, mount, rise, swell


way

See Also

   approach, course of action, fashion, manner, means, method, mode, plan, practice, procedure, process, scheme, system, technique [image]  access, avenue, channel, course, direction, highway, lane, path, pathway, road, route, street, thoroughfare, track, trail [image]  elbowroom, opening, room, space [image]  distance, journey, length, stretch, trail [image]  advance, approach, journey, march, passage, progress [image]  characteristic, conduct, custom, habit, idiosyncrasy, manner, nature, personality, practice, style, trait, usage, wont [image]  aspect, detail, feature, particular, point, respect, sense [image]  aim, ambition, choice, demand, desire, goal, pleasure, will, wish [image]   Inf. circumstance, condition, fettle, shape (Inf.), situation, state, status [image]  forward motion, headway, movement, passage, progress [image]  by the way by the bye, en passant, incidentally, in parenthesis, in passing [image]  give way  [image]  break down, cave in, collapse, crack, crumple, fall, fall to pieces, give, go to pieces, subside [image]  accede, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, back down, concede, make concessions, withdraw, yield [image]  under way afoot, begun, going, in motion, in progress, moving, on the go (Inf.), on the move, started


wayfarer

See Also

bird of passage, globetrotter, Gypsy, itinerant, journeyer, nomad, rover, traveller, trekker, voyager, walker, wanderer


wayward

See Also

capricious, changeable, contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, disobedient, erratic, fickle, flighty, froward, headstrong, inconstant, incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, perverse, rebellious, refractory, self-willed, stubborn, undependable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly, wilful


weak

See Also

   anaemic, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, effete, enervated, exhausted, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, languid, puny, shaky, sickly, spent, tender, unsound, unsteady, wasted, weakly [image]  cowardly, impotent, indecisive, ineffectual, infirm, irresolute, namby-pamby, pathetic, powerless, soft, spineless, timorous, weak-kneed (Inf.) [image]  distant, dull, faint, imperceptible, low, muffled, poor, quiet, slight, small, soft [image]  deficient, faulty, inadequate, lacking, pathetic, poor, substandard, under-strength, wanting [image]  feeble, flimsy, hollow, inconclusive, invalid, lame, pathetic, shallow, slight, unconvincing, unsatisfactory [image]  defenceless, exposed, helpless, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, untenable, vulnerable, wide open [image]  diluted, insipid, milk-and-water, runny, tasteless, thin, under-strength, waterish, watery, wishy-washy (Inf.)


weaken

See Also

   abate, debilitate, depress, diminish, droop, dwindle, ease up, enervate, fade, fail, flag, give way, impair, invalidate, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, sap, sap the strength of, soften up, temper, tire, undermine, wane [image]  adulterate, cut, debase, dilute, thin, thin out, water down


weakling

See Also

coward, doormat (Sl.), drip (Inf.), jellyfish (Inf.), jessie (Scot. sl.), milksop, mouse, sissy, wet (Brit. inf.), wimp (Inf.)


weakness

See Also

   debility, decrepitude, enervation, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailty, impotence, infirmity, irresolution, powerlessness, vulnerability [image]  Achilles heel, blemish, chink in one's armour, defect, deficiency, failing, fault, flaw, imperfection, lack, shortcoming [image]  fondness, inclination, liking, partiality, passion, penchant, predilection, proclivity, proneness, soft spot


wealth

See Also

   affluence, assets, big bucks (Inf., chiefly U.S.), big money, capital, cash, estate, fortune, funds, goods, lucre, means, megabucks (U.S. & Canad. sl.), money, opulence, pelf, possessions, pretty penny (Inf.), property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, tidy sum (Inf.), wad (U.S. & Canad. sl.) [image]  abundance, bounty, copiousness, cornucopia, fullness, plenitude, plenty, profusion, richness, store


wealthy

See Also

affluent, comfortable, filthy rich, flush (Inf.), in the money (Inf.), loaded (Sl.), made of money (Inf.), moneyed, on Easy Street (Inf.), opulent, prosperous, quids in (Sl.), rich, rolling in it (Sl.), stinking rich (Sl.), well-heeled (Inf.), well-off, well-to-do


wear

See Also

•   v.    bear, be clothed in, be dressed in, carry, clothe oneself, don, dress in, have on, put on, sport (Inf.) [image]  display, exhibit, fly, show [image]  abrade, consume, corrode, deteriorate, erode, fray, grind, impair, rub, use, wash away, waste [image]  bear up, be durable, endure, hold up, last, stand up [image]  annoy, drain, enervate, exasperate, fatigue, get on one's nerves (Inf.), harass, irk, pester, tax, undermine, vex, weaken, weary [image]   Brit. sl. accept, allow, brook, countenance, fall for, permit, put up with (Inf.), stand for, stomach, swallow (Inf.), take

•   n.    employment, mileage (Inf.), service, use, usefulness, utility [image]  apparel, attire, clothes, costume, dress, garb, garments, gear (Inf.), habit, outfit, things [image]  abrasion, attrition, corrosion, damage, depreciation, deterioration, erosion, friction, use, wear and tear


wear down

See Also

   abrade, be consumed, consume, corrode, erode, grind down, rub away [image]  chip away at (Inf.), fight a war of attrition against, overcome gradually, reduce, undermine


weariness

See Also

drowsiness, enervation, exhaustion, fatigue, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, prostration, tiredness


wearing

See Also

exasperating, exhausting, fatiguing, irksome, oppressive, taxing, tiresome, tiring, trying, wearisome


wearisome

See Also

annoying, boring, bothersome, burdensome, dull, exasperating, exhausting, fatiguing, humdrum, irksome, mind-numbing, monotonous, oppressive, pestilential, prosaic, tedious, troublesome, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, wearing


wear off

   abate, decrease, diminish, disappear, dwindle, ebb, fade, lose effect, lose strength, peter out, subside, wane, weaken [image]  abrade, disappear, efface, fade, rub away


wear out

See Also

   become useless, become worn, consume, deteriorate, erode, fray, impair, use up, wear through [image]  enervate, exhaust, fag out (Inf.), fatigue, frazzle (Inf.), knacker (Sl.), prostrate, sap, tire, weary


weary

See Also

•   adj.    all in (Sl.), asleep or dead on one's feet (Inf.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead beat (Inf.), dog-tired (Inf.), done in (Inf.), drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fagged (Inf.), fatigued, flagging, jaded, knackered (Sl.), ready to drop, sleepy, spent, tired, wearied, whacked (Brit. inf.), worn out, zonked (Sl.) [image]  arduous, enervative, irksome, laborious, taxing, tiresome, tiring, wearing, wearisome [image]  bored, browned-off (Inf.), discontented, fed up, impatient, indifferent, jaded, sick (Inf.), sick and tired (Inf.)

•   v.    burden, debilitate, drain, droop, enervate, fade, fag (Inf.), fail, fatigue, grow tired, sap, take it out of (Inf.), tax, tire, tire out, wear out [image]  annoy, become bored, bore, exasperate, have had enough, irk, jade, make discontented, plague, sicken, try the patience of, vex


weather

See Also

•   n.    climate, conditions [image]  under the weather  [image]  ailing, below par, ill, indisposed, nauseous, not well, off-colour, out of sorts, poorly (Inf.), seedy (Inf.), sick [image]  crapulent, crapulous, drunk, flying (Sl.), groggy (Inf.), hung over (Inf.), inebriated, intoxicated, one over the eight (Sl.), the worse for drink, three sheets in the wind (Inf.), under the influence (Inf.)

•   v.    expose, harden, season, toughen [image]  bear up against, brave, come through, endure, get through, live through, make it (Inf.), overcome, pull through, resist, ride out, rise above, stand, stick it out (Inf.), suffer, surmount, survive, withstand


weave

See Also

   blend, braid, entwine, fuse, incorporate, interlace, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit, mat, merge, plait, twist, unite [image]  build, construct, contrive, create, fabricate, make, make up, put together, spin [image]  crisscross, move in and out, weave one's way, wind, zigzag [image]  get weaving  Inf. get a move on, get going, get one's finger out (Brit. inf.), get under way, hurry, make a start, shake a leg (Sl.), start


web

See Also

   cobweb, spider's web [image]  interlacing, lattice, mesh, net, netting, network, screen, tangle, toils, weave, webbing


wed

See Also

   become man and wife, be married to, espouse, get hitched (Sl.), get married, join, make one, marry, splice (Inf.), take as one's husband, take as one's wife, take to wife, tie the knot (Inf.), unite [image]  ally, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, dedicate, fuse, interweave, join, link, marry, merge, unify, unite, yoke


wedding

See Also

espousals, marriage, marriage ceremony, nuptial rite, nuptials, wedlock


wedge

See Also

•   n.    block, chock, chunk, lump, wodge (Brit. inf.)

•   v.    block, cram, crowd, force, jam, lodge, pack, ram, split, squeeze, stuff, thrust


wedlock

See Also

marriage, matrimony


weed out

See Also

dispense with, eliminate, eradicate, extirpate, get rid of, remove, root out, separate out, shed, uproot


weekly

See Also

by the week, every week, hebdomadal, hebdomadally, hebdomadary, once a week


weep

See Also

bemoan, bewail, blub (Sl.), blubber, boohoo, complain, cry, greet (Scot. or archaic), keen, lament, moan, mourn, shed tears, snivel, sob, ululate, whimper, whinge (Inf.)


weigh

See Also

   have a weight of, measure the weight of, put on the scales, tip the scales at (Inf.) [image]  apportion, deal out, dole out, measure [image]  consider, contemplate, deliberate upon, evaluate, examine, eye up, give thought to, meditate upon, mull over, ponder, reflect upon, study, think over [image]  be influential, carry weight, count, cut any ice (Inf.), have influence, impress, matter, tell [image]  bear down, burden, oppress, prey


weigh down

See Also

bear down, burden, depress, get down, oppress, overburden, overload, press down, trouble, weigh upon, worry


weight

See Also

•   n.    avoirdupois, burden, gravity, heaviness, heft (Inf.), load, mass, poundage, pressure, tonnage [image]  ballast, heavy object, load, mass [image]  burden, load, millstone, oppression, pressure, strain [image]  greatest force, main force, onus, preponderance [image]  authority, bottom, clout (Inf.), consequence, consideration, efficacy, emphasis, impact, import, importance, influence, moment, persuasiveness, power, significance, substance, value

•   v.    add weight to, ballast, charge, freight, increase the load on, increase the weight of, load, make heavier [image]  burden, encumber, handicap, impede, oppress, overburden, weigh down [image]  bias, load, unbalance


weighty

See Also

   burdensome, cumbersome, dense, heavy, hefty (Inf.), massive, ponderous [image]  consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, forcible, grave, important, momentous, portentous, serious, significant, solemn, substantial [image]  backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, demanding, difficult, exacting, onerous, oppressive, taxing, worrisome, worrying


weird

See Also

bizarre, creepy (Inf.), eerie, eldritch (Poetic), far-out (Sl.), freakish, ghostly, grotesque, mysterious, odd, outlandish, queer, spooky (Inf.), strange, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural


welcome

See Also

•   adj.    acceptable, accepted, agreeable, appreciated, delightful, desirable, gladly received, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, wanted [image]  at home, free, invited, under no obligation

•   n.    acceptance, entertainment, greeting, hospitality, reception, salutation

•   v.    accept gladly, bid welcome, embrace, greet, hail, meet, offer hospitality to, receive, receive with open arms, roll out the red carpet for, usher in


welfare

See Also

advantage, benefit, good, happiness, health, interest, profit, prosperity, success, wellbeing


well 1

See Also

•   adv.    agreeably, capitally, famously (Inf.), happily, in a satisfactory manner, nicely, pleasantly, satisfactorily, smoothly, splendidly, successfully [image]  ably, adeptly, adequately, admirably, conscientiously, correctly, effectively, efficiently, expertly, proficiently, properly, skilfully, with skill [image]  accurately, attentively, carefully, closely [image]  comfortably, flourishingly, prosperously [image]  correctly, easily, fairly, fittingly, in all fairness, justly, properly, readily, rightly, suitably [image]  closely, completely, deeply, fully, intimately, personally, profoundly, thoroughly [image]  approvingly, favourably, glowingly, graciously, highly, kindly, warmly [image]  abundantly, amply, completely, considerably, fully, greatly, heartily, highly, substantially, sufficiently, thoroughly, very much [image]  as well also, besides, in addition, into the bargain, to boot, too [image]  as well as along with, at the same time as, in addition to, including, over and above

•   adj.    able-bodied, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, in fine fettle, in good health, robust, sound, strong, up to par [image]  advisable, agreeable, bright, fine, fitting, flourishing, fortunate, good, happy, lucky, pleasing, profitable, proper, prudent, right, satisfactory, thriving, useful


well 2

See Also

•   n.    fount, fountain, pool, source, spring, waterhole [image]  bore, hole, pit, shaft [image]  fount, mine, repository, source, wellspring

•   v.    exude, flow, gush, jet, ooze, pour, rise, run, seep, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge, trickle


well-balanced

See Also

   graceful, harmonious, proportional, symmetrical, well-proportioned [image]  judicious, level-headed, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sound, together (Sl.), well-adjusted


well-bred

See Also

   aristocratic, blue-blooded, gentle, highborn, noble, patrician, well-born [image]  civil, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, gallant, genteel, gentlemanly, ladylike, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, sophisticated, urbane, well-brought-up, well-mannered


well-fed

See Also

   healthy, in good condition, well-nourished [image]  chubby, fat, fleshy, plump, podgy, portly, rotund, rounded, stout


well-groomed

See Also

dapper, neat, smart, soigné or soignée, spruce, tidy, trim, well-dressed, well turned out


well-known

See Also

celebrated, familiar, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, popular, renowned, widely known


well-nigh

all but, almost, just about, more or less, nearly, next to, practically, virtually


well-off

See Also

   comfortable, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, successful, thriving [image]  affluent, comfortable, flush (Inf.), loaded (Sl.), moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-to-do


well-to-do

See Also

affluent, comfortable, flush (Inf.), loaded (Sl.), moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-heeled (Inf.), well-off


wet

See Also

•   adj.    aqueous, damp, dank, drenched, dripping, humid, moist, moistened, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, waterlogged, watery, wringing wet [image]  clammy, dank, drizzling, humid, misty, pouring, raining, rainy, showery, teeming [image]   Brit. inf. effete, feeble, foolish, ineffectual, irresolute, namby-pamby, nerdy or nurdy (Sl.), silly, soft, spineless, timorous, weak, weedy (Inf.) [image]  wet behind the ears  Inf. born yesterday, callow, green, immature, inexperienced, innocent, naive, new, raw

•   n.    clamminess, condensation, damp, dampness, humidity, liquid, moisture, water, wetness [image]  damp weather, drizzle, rain, rains, rainy season, rainy weather [image]   Brit. inf. drip (Inf.), milksop, weakling, weed (Inf.), wimp (Inf.)

•   v.    damp, dampen, dip, douse, drench, humidify, irrigate, moisten, saturate, soak, splash, spray, sprinkle, steep, water


wharf

See Also

dock, jetty, landing stage, pier, quay


wheedle

See Also

butter up, cajole, charm, coax, court, draw, entice, flatter, inveigle, persuade, talk into, worm


wheel

See Also

•   n.    circle, gyration, pivot, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, turn, twirl, whirl [image]  at the wheel at the helm, driving, in charge, in command, in control, in the driving seat, steering

•   v.    circle, gyrate, orbit, pirouette, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swivel, turn, twirl, whirl


wheeze

See Also

•   v.    breathe roughly, catch one's breath, cough, gasp, hiss, rasp, whistle

•   n.    cough, gasp, hiss, rasp, whistle [image]   Brit. sl. expedient, idea, plan, ploy, ruse, scheme, stunt, trick, wrinkle (Inf.) [image]   Inf. anecdote, chestnut (Inf.), crack (Sl.), gag (Inf.), joke, old joke, one-liner (Sl.), story


whereabouts

See Also

location, position, site, situation


wherewithal

See Also

capital, equipment, essentials, funds, means, money, ready (Inf.), ready money, resources, supplies


whet

See Also

   edge, file, grind, hone, sharpen, strop [image]  animate, arouse, awaken, enhance, excite, incite, increase, kindle, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir


whiff

See Also

•   n.    aroma, blast, breath, draught, gust, hint, niff (Brit. sl.), odour, puff, scent, smell, sniff

•   v.    breathe, inhale, puff, smell, smoke, sniff, waft [image]   Brit. sl. hum (Sl.), niff (Brit. sl.), pong (Brit. inf.), reek, stink


whim

See Also

caprice, conceit, craze, crotchet, fad (Inf.), fancy, freak, humour, impulse, notion, passing thought, quirk, sport, sudden notion, urge, vagary, whimsy


whimper

•   v.    blub (Sl.), blubber, cry, grizzle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), mewl, moan, pule, snivel, sob, weep, whine, whinge (Inf.)

•   n.    moan, snivel, sob, whine


whimsical

See Also

capricious, chimerical, crotchety, curious, droll, eccentric, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, funny, mischievous, odd, peculiar, playful, quaint, queer, singular, unusual, waggish, weird


whine

See Also

•   n.    cry, moan, plaintive cry, sob, wail, whimper [image]  beef (Sl.), complaint, gripe (Inf.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, moan

•   v.    beef (Sl.), bellyache (Sl.), bleat, carp, complain, cry, gripe (Inf.), grizzle (Inf., chiefly Brit.), grouch (Inf.), grouse, grumble, kvetch (U.S. sl.), moan, sob, wail, whimper, whinge (Inf.)


whip

See Also

•   v.    beat, birch, cane, castigate, flagellate, flog, give a hiding (Inf.), lambast(e), lash, leather, lick (Inf.), punish, scourge, spank, strap, switch, tan (Sl.), thrash [image]  exhibit, flash, jerk, produce, pull, remove, seize, show, snatch, whisk [image]   Inf. dart, dash, dive, flit, flounce, fly, rush, shoot, tear, whisk [image]   Inf. beat, best, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), conquer, defeat, drub, hammer (Inf.), lick (Inf.), outdo, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, rout, run rings around (Inf.), take apart (Sl.), thrash, trounce, wipe the floor with (Inf.), worst [image]  agitate, compel, drive, foment, goad, hound, incite, instigate, prick, prod, provoke, push, spur, stir, urge, work up [image]  beat, whisk

•   n.    birch, bullwhip, cane, cat-o'-nine-tails, crop, horsewhip, knout, lash, rawhide, riding crop, scourge, switch, thong


whipping

See Also

beating, birching, caning, castigation, flagellation, flogging, hiding (Inf.), lashing, leathering, punishment, spanking, tanning (Sl.), the strap, thrashing


whirl

See Also

•   v.    circle, gyrate, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel [image]  feel dizzy, reel, spin

•   n.    birl (Scot.), circle, gyration, pirouette, reel, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel [image]  confusion, daze, dither (Chiefly Brit.), flurry, giddiness, spin [image]  flurry, merry-go-round, round, series, succession [image]  agitation, bustle, commotion, confusion, flurry, hurly-burly, stir, tumult, uproar [image]  give (something) a whirl  Inf. attempt, have a bash  (crack (Inf.), go (Inf.), shot (Inf.), stab (Inf.), whack (Inf.)) (Inf.), try


whirlwind

See Also

•   n.    dust devil, tornado, waterspout

•   adj.    hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, lightning, quick, quickie (Inf.), rapid, rash, short, speedy, swift


whisk

See Also

•   v.    brush, flick, sweep, whip, wipe [image]  barrel (along) (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), burn rubber (Inf.), dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurry, race, rush, shoot, speed, sweep, tear [image]  beat, fluff up, whip

•   n.    brush, flick, sweep, whip, wipe [image]  beater


whisky

barley-bree (Scot.), bourbon, John Barleycorn, malt, rye, Scotch, usquebaugh


whisper

See Also

•   v.    breathe, murmur, say softly, speak in hushed tones, utter under the breath [image]  gossip, hint, insinuate, intimate, murmur, spread rumours [image]  hiss, murmur, rustle, sigh, sough, susurrate (Literary), swish

•   n.    hushed tone, low voice, murmur, soft voice, undertone [image]  hiss, murmur, rustle, sigh, sighing, soughing, susurration or susurrus (Literary), swish [image]  breath, fraction, hint, shadow, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, trace, whiff [image]   Inf. buzz, dirt (U.S. sl.), gossip, innuendo, insinuation, report, rumour, word


white

See Also

   ashen, bloodless, ghastly, grey, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen, wheyfaced [image]  grey, grizzled, hoary, silver, snowy [image]  clean, immaculate, impeccable, innocent, pure, spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unblemished, unsullied


white-collar

clerical, executive, nonmanual, office, professional, salaried


whiten

See Also

blanch, bleach, blench, etiolate, fade, go white, pale, turn pale


whitewash

See Also

•   n.    camouflage, concealment, cover-up, deception, extenuation

•   v.    camouflage, conceal, cover up, extenuate, gloss over, make light of, suppress


whole

See Also

•   adj.    complete, entire, full, in one piece, integral, total, unabridged, uncut, undivided [image]  faultless, flawless, good, in one piece, intact, inviolate, mint, perfect, sound, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmutilated, unscathed, untouched [image]  able-bodied, better, cured, fit, hale, healed, healthy, in fine fettle, in good health, recovered, robust, sound, strong, well

•   adv.    in one, in one piece

•   n.    aggregate, all, everything, lot, sum total, the entire amount, total [image]  ensemble, entirety, entity, fullness, piece, totality, unit, unity [image]  on the whole  [image]  all in all, all things considered, by and large, taking everything into consideration [image]  as a rule, for the most part, generally, in the main, in general, mostly, predominantly


wholehearted

See Also

committed, complete, dedicated, determined, devoted, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, real, sincere, true, unfeigned, unqualified, unreserved, unstinting, warm, zealous


wholesale

See Also

•   adj.    all-inclusive, broad, comprehensive, extensive, far-reaching, indiscriminate, mass, sweeping, wide-ranging

•   adv.    all at once, comprehensively, extensively, indiscriminately, on a large scale, without exception


wholesome

See Also

   beneficial, good, healthful, health-giving, healthy, helpful, hygienic, invigorating, nourishing, nutritious, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, strengthening [image]  clean, decent, edifying, ethical, exemplary, honourable, improving, innocent, moral, nice, pure, respectable, righteous, squeaky-clean, uplifting, virtuous, worthy


wholly

See Also

   all, altogether, completely, comprehensively, entirely, fully, heart and soul, in every respect, one hundred per cent (Inf.), perfectly, thoroughly, totally, utterly [image]  exclusively, only, solely, without exception


whore

See Also

•   n.    brass (Sl.), call girl, cocotte, courtesan, demimondaine, demirep (Rare), fallen woman, fille de joie, harlot, hooker (U.S. sl.), hustler (U.S. & Canad. sl.), lady of the night, loose woman, prostitute, scrubber (Brit. & Aust. sl.), slag (Brit. sl.), streetwalker, strumpet, tart (Inf.), trollop, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill repute, working girl (Facetious sl.)

•   v.    be on the game (Sl.), hustle (U.S. & Canad. sl.), prostitute oneself, sell one's body, sell oneself, solicit, walk the streets [image]  fornicate, lech or letch (Inf.), sleep around (Inf.), wanton, wench (Archaic), womanize


wicked

See Also

   abandoned, abominable, amoral, atrocious, bad, black-hearted, corrupt, debased, depraved, devilish, dissolute, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, guilty, heinous, immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, maleficent, nefarious, scandalous, shameful, sinful, unprincipled, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villainous, worthless [image]  arch, impish, incorrigible, mischievous, naughty, rascally, roguish [image]  acute, agonizing, awful, crashing, destructive, dreadful, fearful, fierce, harmful, injurious, intense, mighty, painful, severe, terrible [image]  bothersome, difficult, distressing, galling, offensive, troublesome, trying, unpleasant [image]   Sl. adept, adroit, deft, expert, masterly, mighty, outstanding, powerful, skilful, strong


wide

See Also

•   adj.    ample, broad, catholic, comprehensive, distended, encyclopedic, expanded, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, general, immense, inclusive, large, sweeping, vast [image]  away, distant, off, off course, off target, remote [image]  dilated, distended, expanded, fully open, outspread, outstretched [image]  ample, baggy, capacious, commodious, full, loose, roomy, spacious

•   adv.    as far as possible, completely, fully, right out, to the furthest extent [image]  astray, nowhere near, off course, off target, off the mark, out


wide-awake

See Also

   conscious, fully awake, roused, wakened [image]  alert, aware, heedful, keen, observant, on one's toes, on the alert, on the ball (Inf.), on the qui vive, vigilant, wary, watchful


wide-eyed

credulous, green, impressionable, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, trusting, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, wet behind the ears (Inf.)


widen

See Also

broaden, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, open out or up, open wide, spread, stretch


wide-open

See Also

   fully extended, fully open, gaping, outspread, outstretched, splayed, spread [image]  at risk, defenceless, exposed, in danger, in peril, open, susceptible, unprotected, vulnerable [image]  anybody's guess (Inf.), indeterminate, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, up for grabs (Inf.)


widespread

See Also

broad, common, epidemic, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, general, pervasive, popular, prevalent, rife, sweeping, universal, wholesale


width

See Also

breadth, compass, diameter, extent, girth, measure, range, reach, scope, span, thickness, wideness


wield

See Also

   brandish, employ, flourish, handle, manage, manipulate, ply, swing, use [image]  apply, be possessed of, command, control, exercise, exert, have, have at one's disposal, hold, maintain, make use of, manage, possess, put to use, utilize


wife

See Also

better half (Humorous), bride, helpmate, helpmeet, her indoors (Brit. sl.), little woman (Inf.), mate, old lady (Inf.), old woman (Inf.), partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse, (the) missis or missus (Inf.), woman (Inf.)


wild

See Also

•   adj.    feral, ferocious, fierce, savage, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed [image]  free, indigenous, native, natural, uncultivated [image]  desert, deserted, desolate, empty, godforsaken, trackless, uncivilized, uncultivated, uninhabited, unpopulated, virgin [image]  barbaric, barbarous, brutish, ferocious, fierce, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized [image]  boisterous, chaotic, disorderly, impetuous, lawless, noisy, riotous, rough, rowdy, self-willed, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward [image]  blustery, choppy, furious, howling, intense, raging, rough, tempestuous, violent [image]  dishevelled, disordered, straggly, tousled, unkempt, untidy, windblown [image]  at one's wits' end, berserk, beside oneself, crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, excited, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, irrational, mad, maniacal, rabid, raving [image]  extravagant, fantastic, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, giddy, ill-considered, impracticable, imprudent, madcap, outrageous, preposterous, rash, reckless [image]   Inf. agog, avid, crazy (Inf.), daft (Inf.), eager, enthusiastic, excited, mad (Inf.), nuts (Sl.), potty (Brit. inf.)

•   adv.    run wild  [image]  grow unchecked, ramble, spread, straggle [image]  abandon all restraint, cut loose, go on the rampage, kick over the traces, rampage, run free, run riot, stray

•   n.    (Often plural) back of beyond (Inf.), desert, middle of nowhere (Inf.), uninhabited area, wasteland, wilderness


wilderness

See Also

   desert, jungle, waste, wasteland, wild [image]  clutter, confused mass, confusion, congeries, jumble, maze, muddle, tangle, welter


wildlife

See Also

flora and fauna


wile

See Also

   artfulness, artifice, cheating, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, fraud, guile, slyness, trickery [image]  (Usually plural) artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, imposition, lure, manoeuvre, ploy, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick


wilful

See Also

   adamant, bull-headed, determined, dogged, froward, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persistent, perverse, pig-headed, refractory, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, uncompromising, unyielding [image]  conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, purposeful, volitional, voluntary, willed


will

See Also

•   n.    choice, decision, determination, discretion, option, prerogative, volition [image]  declaration, last wishes, testament [image]  choice, decision, decree, desire, fancy, inclination, mind, pleasure, preference, wish [image]  aim, determination, intention, purpose, resolution, resolve, willpower [image]  attitude, disposition, feeling [image]  at will as one pleases, as one thinks fit, as one wishes, at one's desire  (discretion, inclination, pleasure, whim, wish)

•   v.    bid, bring about, cause, command, decree, determine, direct, effect, ordain, order, resolve [image]  choose, desire, elect, opt, prefer, see fit, want, wish [image]  bequeath, confer, give, leave, pass on, transfer


willing

See Also

agreeable, amenable, compliant, consenting, content, desirous, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, favourable, game (Inf.), happy, inclined, in favour, in the mood, nothing loath, pleased, prepared, ready, so-minded


willingly

See Also

by choice, cheerfully, eagerly, freely, gladly, happily, of one's own accord, of one's own free will, readily, voluntarily, with all one's heart, without hesitation, with pleasure


willingness

See Also

agreeableness, agreement, consent, desire, disposition, enthusiasm, favour, good will, inclination, volition, will, wish


willpower

See Also

determination, drive, firmness of purpose or will, fixity of purpose, force or strength of will, grit, resolution, resolve, self-control, self-discipline, single-mindedness


wilt

See Also

   become limp or flaccid, droop, sag, shrivel, wither [image]  diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, flag, languish, lose courage, melt away, sag, sink, wane, weaken, wither


wily

See Also

arch, artful, astute, cagey (Inf.), crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, designing, fly (Sl.), foxy, guileful, intriguing, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sly, tricky, underhand


win

See Also

•   v.    achieve first place, achieve mastery, be victorious, carry all before one, carry the day, come first, conquer, finish first, gain victory, overcome, prevail, succeed, take the prize, triumph [image]  accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bag (Inf.), catch, collect, come away with, earn, gain, get, net, obtain, pick up, procure, receive, secure [image]  (Often with over) allure, attract, bring or talk round, carry, charm, convert, convince, disarm, induce, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway

•   n.     Inf. conquest, success, triumph, victory


wince

See Also

•   v.    blench, cower, cringe, draw back, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, start

•   n.    cringe, flinch, start


wind 1

See Also

•   n.    air, air-current, blast, breath, breeze, current of air, draught, gust, zephyr [image]   Inf. clue, hint, inkling, intimation, notice, report, rumour, suggestion, tidings, warning, whisper [image]  babble, blather, bluster, boasting, empty talk, gab (Inf.), hot air, humbug, idle talk, talk, verbalizing [image]  breath, puff, respiration [image]   Inf. flatulence, flatus, gas [image]  get or have the wind up  Inf. be afraid  (alarmed, frightened, scared), fear, take fright [image]  in the wind about to happen, approaching, close at hand, coming, imminent, impending, in the offing, near, on the cards (Inf.), on the way [image]  put the wind up  Inf. alarm, discourage, frighten, frighten off, scare, scare off


wind 2

See Also

•   v.    coil, curl, encircle, furl, loop, reel, roll, spiral, turn around, twine, twist, wreathe [image]  bend, curve, deviate, meander, ramble, snake, turn, twist, zigzag

•   n.    bend, curve, meander, turn, twist, zigzag


winded

breathless, gasping for breath, out of breath, out of puff, panting, puffed, puffed out


windfall

See Also

bonanza, find, godsend, jackpot, manna from heaven, stroke of luck


winding

See Also

•   n.    bend, convolution, curve, meander, turn, twist, undulation

•   adj.    anfractuous, bending, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curving, flexuous, indirect, meandering, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, spiral, tortuous, turning, twisting


wind up

See Also

   bring to a close, close, close down, conclude, end, finalize, finish, liquidate, settle, terminate, tie up the loose ends (Inf.), wrap up [image]   Inf. excite, make nervous, make tense, put on edge, work up [image]   Inf. be left, end one's days, end up, find oneself, finish up


windy

See Also

   blowy, blustering, blustery, boisterous, breezy, gusty, inclement, squally, stormy, tempestuous, wild, windswept [image]  boastful, bombastic, diffuse, empty, garrulous, long-winded, loquacious, meandering, pompous, prolix, rambling, turgid, verbose, wordy [image]   Sl. afraid, chicken (Sl.), chickenshit (U.S. sl.), cowardly, fearful, frightened, nervous, scared, timid


wing

See Also

•   n.    organ of flight, pennon (Poetic), pinion (Poetic) [image]  arm, branch, cabal, circle, clique, coterie, faction, group, grouping, schism, section, segment, set, side [image]  adjunct, annexe, ell, extension

•   v.    fly, glide, soar [image]  fleet, fly, hasten, hurry, race, speed, zoom [image]  clip, hit, nick, wound


wink

See Also

•   v.    bat, blink, flutter, nictate, nictitate [image]  flash, gleam, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle

•   n.    blink, flutter, nictation [image]  flash, gleam, glimmering, sparkle, twinkle [image]  instant, jiffy (Inf.), moment, second, split second, twinkling


winkle out

dig out, dislodge, draw out, extract, extricate, force out, prise out, smoke out, worm out


winner

See Also

champ (Inf.), champion, conquering hero, conqueror, first, master, vanquisher, victor


winning

See Also

   alluring, amiable, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, cute, delectable, delightful, disarming, enchanting, endearing, engaging, fascinating, fetching, likable or likeable, lovely, pleasing, prepossessing, sweet, taking, winsome [image]  conquering, successful, triumphant, victorious


winnings

See Also

booty, gains, prize(s), proceeds, profits, spoils, takings


winnow

See Also

comb, cull, divide, fan, part, screen, select, separate, separate the wheat from the chaff, sift, sort out


wintry

See Also

   brumal, chilly, cold, freezing, frosty, frozen, harsh, hibernal, hiemal, icy, snowy [image]  bleak, cheerless, cold, desolate, dismal


wipe

See Also

•   v.    brush, clean, dry, dust, mop, rub, sponge, swab [image]  clean off, erase, get rid of, remove, rub off, take away, take off

•   n.    brush, lick, rub, swab


wipe out

See Also

annihilate, blot out, blow away (Sl., chiefly U.S.), destroy, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, kill to the last man, massacre, obliterate, take out (Sl.)


wiry

See Also

   lean, sinewy, strong, tough [image]  bristly, kinky, stiff


wisdom

See Also

astuteness, circumspection, comprehension, discernment, enlightenment, erudition, foresight, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, penetration, prudence, reason, sagacity, sapience, sense, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), sound judgment, understanding


wise

See Also

   aware, clever, clued-up (Inf.), discerning, enlightened, erudite, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, perceptive, politic, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, shrewd, sound, understanding, well-advised, well-informed [image]  put wise  Sl. alert, apprise, clue in or up (Inf.), inform, let (someone) into the secret, notify, tell, tip off, warn


wisecrack

See Also

•   n.    barb, funny (Inf.), gag (Inf.), jest, jibe, joke, pithy remark, quip, sardonic remark, smart remark, witticism

•   v.    be facetious, jest, jibe, joke, quip, tell jokes


wish

See Also

•   v.    aspire, covet, crave, desiderate, desire, hanker, hope, hunger, long, need, set one's heart on, sigh for, thirst, want, yearn [image]  bid, greet with [image]  ask, bid, command, desire, direct, instruct, order, require

•   n.    aspiration, desire, hankering, hope, hunger, inclination, intention, liking, longing, thirst, urge, want, whim, will, yearning [image]  bidding, command, desire, order, request, will


wistful

See Also

contemplative, disconsolate, dreaming, dreamy, forlorn, longing, meditative, melancholy, mournful, musing, pensive, reflective, sad, thoughtful, yearning


wit

See Also

   badinage, banter, drollery, facetiousness, fun, humour, jocularity, levity, pleasantry, raillery, repartee, wordplay [image]  card (Inf.), comedian, epigrammatist, farceur, humorist, joker, punster, wag [image]  acumen, brains, cleverness, common sense, comprehension, discernment, ingenuity, insight, intellect, judgment, mind, nous (Brit. sl.), perception, practical intelligence, reason, sense, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), understanding, wisdom


witch

See Also

crone, enchantress, magician, necromancer, occultist, sorceress


witchcraft

See Also

enchantment, incantation, magic, necromancy, occultism, sorcery, sortilege, spell, the black art, the occult, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry


withdraw

See Also

   draw back, draw out, extract, pull out, remove, take away, take off [image]  abjure, disavow, disclaim, recall, recant, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, unsay [image]  absent oneself, back out, cop out (Sl.), depart, detach oneself, disengage, drop out, fall back, go, leave, make oneself scarce (Inf.), pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, secede


withdrawal

See Also

   extraction, removal [image]  abjuration, disavowal, disclaimer, recall, recantation, repudiation, rescission, retraction, revocation [image]  departure, disengagement, exit, exodus, retirement, retreat, secession


withdrawn

See Also

   aloof, detached, distant, introverted, quiet, reserved, retiring, shrinking, shy, silent, taciturn, timorous, uncommunicative, unforthcoming [image]  hidden, isolated, out-of-the-way, private, remote, secluded, solitary


wither

See Also

   blast, blight, decay, decline, desiccate, disintegrate, droop, dry, fade, languish, perish, shrink, shrivel, wane, waste, wilt [image]  abash, blast, humiliate, mortify, put down, shame, snub


withering

See Also

   blasting, blighting, devastating, humiliating, hurtful, mortifying, scornful, snubbing [image]  deadly, death-dealing, destructive, devastating, killing, murderous, slaughterous


withhold

See Also

   check, conceal, deduct, hide, hold back, keep, keep back, keep secret, refuse, repress, reserve, resist, restrain, retain, sit on (Inf.), suppress [image]  (With from) forbear, keep oneself, refrain, stop oneself


withstand

See Also

   bear, brave, combat, confront, cope with, defy, endure, face, grapple with, hold off, hold out against, oppose, put up with (Inf.), resist, stand up to, suffer, take, take on, thwart, tolerate, weather [image]  endure, hold or stand one's ground, hold out, remain firm, stand, stand fast, stand firm


witness

See Also

•   n.    beholder, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, onlooker, spectator, viewer, watcher [image]  attestant, corroborator, deponent, testifier [image]  bear witness  [image]  depone, depose, give evidence, give testimony, testify [image]  attest to, bear out, be evidence of, be proof of, betoken, confirm, constitute proof of, corroborate, demonstrate, evince, prove, show, testify to, vouch for

•   v.    attend, be present at, look on, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, see, view, watch [image]  attest, authenticate, bear out, bear witness, confirm, corroborate, depone, depose, give evidence, give testimony, testify [image]  countersign, endorse, sign


wits

See Also

   acumen, astuteness, brains (Inf.), cleverness, comprehension, faculties, ingenuity, intelligence, judgment, nous (Brit. sl.), reason, sense, smarts (Sl., chiefly U.S.), understanding [image]  at one's wits' end at a loss, at the end of one's tether, baffled, bewildered, in despair, lost, stuck (Inf.), stumped


witticism

See Also

bon mot, clever remark, epigram, one-liner (Sl.), play on words, pleasantry, pun, quip, repartee, riposte, sally, witty remark


witty

See Also

amusing, brilliant, clever, droll, epigrammatic, facetious, fanciful, funny, gay, humorous, ingenious, jocular, lively, original, piquant, sparkling, waggish, whimsical


wizard

See Also

   conjurer, enchanter, mage (Archaic), magician, magus, necromancer, occultist, shaman, sorcerer, thaumaturge (Rare), warlock, witch [image]  ace (Inf.), adept, buff (Inf.), expert, genius, hotshot (Inf.), maestro, master, maven (U.S.), prodigy, star, virtuoso, whiz (Inf.), whizz kid (Inf.), wiz (Inf.)


wizened

dried up, gnarled, lined, sere (Archaic), shrivelled, shrunken, withered, worn, wrinkled


wobble

See Also

•   v.    quake, rock, seesaw, shake, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, vibrate, waver [image]  be unable to make up one's mind, be undecided, dither (Chiefly Brit.), fluctuate, hesitate, shillyshally (Inf.), swither (Scot.), vacillate, waver

•   n.    quaking, shake, tremble, tremor, unsteadiness, vibration


woe

See Also

adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, burden, curse, dejection, depression, disaster, distress, gloom, grief, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, melancholy, misery, misfortune, pain, sadness, sorrow, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wretchedness


woeful

See Also

   afflicted, agonized, anguished, calamitous, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, disastrous, disconsolate, dismal, distressing, doleful, dreadful, gloomy, grieving, grievous, harrowing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, lamentable, miserable, mournful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, sad, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, wretched [image]  abysmal, appalling, awful, bad, deplorable, disappointing, disgraceful, dreadful, duff (Brit. inf.), feeble, godawful (Sl.), hopeless, inadequate, lousy (Sl.), mean, miserable, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rotten (Inf.), shitty (Taboo sl.), shocking, sorry, terrible, wretched


wolf

See Also

•   n.     Fig. devil, fiend, killer, mercenary, pirate, predator, robber, savage, shark [image]   Inf. Casanova, Don Juan, lady-killer, lech or letch (Inf.), lecher, Lothario, philanderer, seducer, womanizer

•   v.    (With down) bolt, cram, devour, gobble, gollop, gorge, gulp, pack away (Inf.), pig out (Sl.), scoff (Sl.), stuff


woman

See Also

   bird (Sl.), chick (Sl.), dame (Sl.), female, gal (Sl.), girl, lady, lass, lassie (Inf.), maid (Archaic), maiden (Archaic), miss, she, wench (Facetious) [image]  chambermaid, char (Inf.), charwoman, domestic, female servant, handmaiden, housekeeper, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant [image]   Inf. bride, girl, girlfriend, ladylove, mate, mistress, old lady (Inf.), partner, significant other (U.S. inf.), spouse, sweetheart, wife


womanizer

See Also

Casanova, Don Juan, lady-killer, lech or letch (Inf.), lecher, Lothario, philanderer, seducer, wolf (Inf.)


womanly

See Also

female, feminine, ladylike, matronly, motherly, tender, warm


wonder

See Also

•   n.    admiration, amazement, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, curiosity, fascination, stupefaction, surprise, wonderment [image]  curiosity, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, sight, spectacle, wonderment

•   v.    ask oneself, be curious, be inquisitive, conjecture, cudgel one's brains (Inf.), doubt, inquire, meditate, ponder, puzzle, query, question, speculate, think [image]  be amazed  (astonished, awed, dumbstruck), be flabbergasted (Inf.), boggle, gape, gawk, marvel, stand amazed, stare


wonderful

See Also

   amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, marvellous, miraculous, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, remarkable, staggering, startling, strange, surprising, unheard-of, wondrous (Archaic or literary) [image]  ace (Inf.), admirable, boffo (Sl.), brill (Inf.), brilliant, chillin' (U.S. sl.), cracking (Brit. inf.), excellent, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), great (Inf.), jim-dandy (Sl.), magnificent, marvellous, mean (Sl.), outstanding, sensational (Inf.), smashing (Inf.), sovereign, stupendous, super (Inf.), superb, terrific, tiptop, topping (Brit. sl.), tremendous


woo

See Also

chase, court, cultivate, importune, pay court to, pay one's addresses to, pay suit to, press one's suit with, pursue, seek after, seek the hand of, seek to win, solicit the good will of, spark (Rare)


wood

    Also woods coppice, copse, forest, grove, thicket, trees, woodland [image]  out of the wood(s) clear, home and dry (Brit. sl.), in the clear, out of danger, safe, safe and sound, secure [image]  planks, timber


wooded

forested, sylvan (Poetic), timbered, tree-clad, tree-covered, woody


wooden

See Also

   ligneous, made of wood, of wood, timber, woody [image]  awkward, clumsy, gauche, gawky, graceless, inelegant, maladroit, rigid, stiff, ungainly [image]  blank, colourless, deadpan, dull, emotionless, empty, expressionless, glassy, lifeless, spiritless, unemotional, unresponsive, vacant [image]  inflexible, obstinate, rigid, stiff, unbending, unyielding [image]  dense, dim, dim-witted (Inf.), dozy (Brit. inf.), dull, dull-witted, obtuse, slow, stupid, thick, witless, woodenheaded (Inf.) [image]  dull, muffled


wool

See Also

   fleece, hair, yarn [image]  dyed in the wool confirmed, diehard, fixed, hardened, inflexible, inveterate, settled, unchangeable, uncompromising, unshakable [image]  pull the wool over someone's eyes bamboozle (Inf.), con (Sl.), deceive, delude, dupe, fool, hoodwink, kid (Inf.), lead (someone) up the garden path (Inf.), pull a fast one (on someone) (Inf.), put one over on (Sl.), take in (Inf.), trick


woolly

See Also

•   adj.    fleecy, flocculent, hairy, made of wool, shaggy, woollen [image]  blurred, clouded, confused, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, muddled, nebulous, unclear, vague


word

See Also

•   n.    brief conversation, chat, chitchat, colloquy, confab (Inf.), confabulation, consultation, discussion, talk, tête-à-tête [image]  brief statement, comment, declaration, expression, remark, utterance [image]  expression, locution, name, term, vocable [image]  account, advice, bulletin, communication, communiqué, dispatch, gen (Brit. inf.), information, intelligence, intimation, latest (Inf.), message, news, notice, report, tidings [image]  command, go-ahead (Inf.), green light, order, signal [image]  affirmation, assertion, assurance, guarantee, oath, parole, pledge, promise, solemn oath, solemn word, undertaking, vow, word of honour [image]  bidding, command, commandment, decree, edict, mandate, order, ukase (Rare), will [image]  countersign, password, slogan, watchword [image]  in a word briefly, concisely, in a nutshell, in short, succinctly, to put it briefly, to sum up

•   v.    couch, express, phrase, put, say, state, utter


wordplay

See Also

punning, puns, repartee, wit, witticisms


words

See Also

   lyrics, text [image]  altercation, angry exchange, angry speech, argument, barney (Inf.), bickering, disagreement, dispute, falling-out (Inf.), quarrel, row, run-in (Inf.), set-to (Inf.), squabble


wordy

See Also

diffuse, discursive, garrulous, long-winded, loquacious, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy


work

See Also

•   n.    drudgery, effort, elbow grease (Facetious), exertion, grind (Inf.), industry, labour, slog, sweat, toil, travail (Literary) [image]  business, calling, craft, duty, employment, job, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, office, profession, pursuit, trade [image]  assignment, chore, commission, duty, job, stint, task, undertaking [image]  achievement, composition, creation, handiwork, oeuvre, opus, performance, piece, production [image]  art, craft, skill, workmanship [image]  out of work idle, jobless, on the dole (Brit. inf.), on the street, out of a job, unemployed

•   v.    drudge, exert oneself, labour, peg away, slave, slog (away), sweat, toil [image]  be employed, be in work, do business, earn a living, have a job [image]  act, control, direct, drive, handle, manage, manipulate, move, operate, ply, use, wield [image]  function, go, operate, perform, run [image]  cultivate, dig, farm, till [image]  fashion, form, handle, knead, make, manipulate, mould, process, shape [image]  be agitated, convulse, move, twitch, writhe [image]  (Often with up) arouse, excite, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, stir [image]  accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, create, effect, encompass, execute, implement [image]  force, make one's way, manoeuvre, move, progress [image]   Inf. arrange, bring off, contrive, exploit, fiddle (Inf.), fix (Inf.), handle, manipulate, pull off, swing (Inf.)


workable

See Also

doable, feasible, possible, practicable, practical, viable


workaday

See Also

common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, humdrum, mundane, ordinary, practical, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill


worker

See Also

artisan, craftsman, employee, hand, labourer, proletarian, tradesman, wage earner, working man, working woman, workman


working

See Also

•   n.    action, functioning, manner, method, mode of operation, operation, running [image]  (Plural) diggings, excavations, mine, pit, quarry, shaft

•   adj.    active, employed, in a job, in work, labouring [image]  functioning, going, operative, running [image]  effective, practical, useful, viable


workman

See Also

artificer, artisan, craftsman, employee, hand, journeyman, labourer, mechanic, operative, tradesman, worker


workmanlike, workmanly

adept, careful, efficient, expert, masterly, painstaking, professional, proficient, satisfactory, skilful, skilled, thorough


workmanship

art, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, execution, expertise, handicraft, handiwork, manufacture, skill, technique, work


work out

See Also

   accomplish, achieve, attain, win [image]  calculate, clear up, figure out, find out, puzzle out, resolve, solve, suss (out) (Sl.) [image]  arrange, construct, contrive, develop, devise, elaborate, evolve, form, formulate, plan, put together [image]  be effective, flourish, go as planned, go well, prosper, prove satisfactory, succeed [image]  come out, develop, evolve, go, happen, pan out (Inf.), result, turn out [image]  do exercises, drill, exercise, practise, train, warm up [image]  add up to, amount to, come to, reach, reach a total of


works

See Also

   factory, mill, plant, shop, workshop [image]  canon, oeuvre, output, productions, writings [image]  actions, acts, deeds, doings [image]  action, guts (Inf.), innards (Inf.), insides (Inf.), machinery, mechanism, movement, moving parts, parts, workings


workshop

   atelier, factory, mill, plant, shop, studio, workroom, works [image]  class, discussion group, seminar, study group


work up

See Also

agitate, animate, arouse, enkindle, excite, foment, generate, get (someone) all steamed up (Sl.), incite, inflame, instigate, move, rouse, spur, stir up, wind up (Inf.)


world

See Also

   earth, earthly sphere, globe [image]  everybody, everyone, humanity, humankind, human race, man, mankind, men, the public, the race of man [image]  cosmos, creation, existence, life, nature, universe [image]  heavenly body, planet, star [image]  area, domain, environment, field, kingdom, province, realm, sphere, system [image]  age, days, epoch, era, period, times [image]  for all the world exactly, in every respect, in every way, just as if, just like, precisely, to all intents and purposes [image]  on top of the world  Inf. beside oneself with joy, cock-a-hoop, ecstatic, elated, exultant, happy, in raptures, on cloud nine (Inf.), overjoyed, over the moon (Inf.) [image]  out of this world  Inf. excellent, fabulous (Inf.), fantastic (Inf.), great (Inf.), incredible, indescribable, marvellous, superb, unbelievable, wonderful


worldly

See Also

   carnal, earthly, fleshly, lay, mundane, physical, profane, secular, sublunary, temporal, terrestrial [image]  avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, materialistic, selfish, worldly-minded [image]  blasé, cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, politic, sophisticated, urbane, well versed in the ways of the world, worldly-wise


worldwide

See Also

general, global, international, omnipresent, pandemic, ubiquitous, universal


worn

See Also

   frayed, ragged, shabby, shiny, tattered, tatty, the worse for wear, threadbare [image]  careworn, drawn, haggard, lined, pinched, wizened [image]  exhausted, fatigued, jaded, played-out (Inf.), spent, tired, tired out, wearied, weary, worn-out


worn-out

See Also

   broken-down, clapped out (Brit., Aust., & N.Z. inf.), decrepit, done, frayed, moth-eaten, on its last legs, ragged, run-down, shabby, tattered, tatty, threadbare, used, used-up, useless, worn [image]  all in (Sl.), clapped out (Aust. & N.Z. inf.), dead or out on one's feet (Inf.), dog-tired (Inf.), done in (Inf.), exhausted, fatigued, fit to drop, jiggered (Dialect), knackered (Sl.), played-out, prostrate, spent, tired, tired out, weary, zonked (Sl.)


worried

See Also

afraid, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, ill at ease, nervous, on edge, overwrought, perturbed, tense, tormented, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, wired (Sl.)


worry

See Also

•   v.    agonize, annoy, badger, be anxious, bother, brood, disquiet, distress, disturb, feel uneasy, fret, harass, harry, hassle (Inf.), hector, importune, irritate, make anxious, perturb, pester, plague, tantalize, tease, torment, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex [image]  attack, bite, gnaw at, go for, harass, harry, kill, lacerate, savage, tear

•   n.    annoyance, bother, care, hassle (Inf.), irritation, pest, plague, problem, torment, trial, trouble, vexation [image]  annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disturbance, fear, irritation, misery, misgiving, perplexity, torment, trepidation, trouble, unease, vexation, woe


worsen

See Also

aggravate, damage, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, exacerbate, get worse, go downhill (Inf.), go from bad to worse, retrogress, sink, take a turn for the worse


worship

See Also

•   v.    adore, adulate, deify, exalt, glorify, honour, idolize, laud, love, praise, pray to, put on a pedestal, respect, revere, reverence, venerate

•   n.    adoration, adulation, deification, devotion, exaltation, glorification, glory, homage, honour, laudation, love, praise, prayer(s), regard, respect, reverence


worst

See Also

•   v. beat, best, blow out of the water (Sl.), clobber (Sl.), conquer, crush, defeat, gain the advantage over, get the better of, lick (Inf.), master, overcome, overpower, overthrow, run rings around (Inf.), subdue, subjugate, undo, vanquish, wipe the floor with (Inf.)


worth

See Also

   aid, assistance, avail, benefit, credit, desert(s), estimation, excellence, goodness, help, importance, merit, quality, usefulness, utility, value, virtue, worthiness [image]  cost, price, rate, valuation, value


worthless

See Also

   chickenshit (U.S. sl.), futile, ineffectual, insignificant, inutile, meaningless, measly, miserable, nickel-and-dime (U.S. sl.), no use, nugatory, paltry, pointless, poor, poxy (Sl.), rubbishy, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unusable, useless, valueless, wretched [image]  abandoned, abject, base, contemptible, depraved, despicable, good-for-nothing, ignoble, useless, vile


worthwhile

See Also

beneficial, constructive, expedient, gainful, good, helpful, justifiable, productive, profitable, useful, valuable, worthy


worthy

See Also

•   adj.    admirable, commendable, creditable, decent, dependable, deserving, estimable, excellent, good, honest, honourable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, upright, valuable, virtuous, worthwhile

•   n.    big shot (Inf.), bigwig (Inf.), dignitary, luminary, notable, personage


wound

See Also

•   n.    cut, damage, gash, harm, hurt, injury, laceration, lesion, slash [image]  anguish, distress, grief, heartbreak, injury, insult, offence, pain, pang, sense of loss, shock, slight, torment, torture, trauma

•   v.    cut, damage, gash, harm, hit, hurt, injure, irritate, lacerate, pierce, slash, wing [image]  annoy, cut (someone) to the quick, distress, grieve, hurt, hurt the feelings of, mortify, offend, pain, shock, sting, traumatize


wrangle

See Also

•   v.    altercate, argue, bicker, brawl, contend, disagree, dispute, fall out (Inf.), fight, have words, quarrel, row, scrap, spar, squabble

•   n.    altercation, angry exchange, argy-bargy (Brit. inf.), bagarre, barney (Inf.), bickering, brawl, clash, contest, controversy, dispute, falling-out (Inf.), quarrel, row, set-to (Inf.), slanging match (Brit.), squabble, tiff


wrap

See Also

•   v.    absorb, bind, bundle up, cloak, cover, encase, enclose, enfold, envelop, fold, immerse, muffle, pack, package, roll up, sheathe, shroud, surround, swathe, wind

•   n.    cape, cloak, mantle, shawl, stole


wrapper

See Also

case, cover, envelope, jacket, packaging, paper, sheath, sleeve, wrapping


wrap up

See Also

   bundle up, enclose, enwrap, giftwrap, pack, package [image]  dress warmly, muffle up, put warm clothes on, wear something warm [image]   Sl. be quiet, be silent, button it (Sl.), button one's lip (Sl.), hold one's tongue, put a sock in it (Brit. sl.), shut one's face (Brit. sl.), shut one's mouth (Sl.), shut one's trap (Sl.), shut up [image]   Inf. bring to a close, conclude, end, finish off, polish off, round off, terminate, tidy up, wind up


wrath

See Also

anger, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fury, indignation, ire, irritation, passion, rage, resentment, temper


wrathful

See Also

angry, beside oneself with rage, displeased, enraged, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irate, on the warpath (Inf.), raging, wroth (Archaic)


wreath

See Also

band, chaplet, coronet, crown, festoon, garland, loop, ring


wreathe

See Also

adorn, coil, crown, encircle, enfold, entwine, envelop, enwrap, festoon, intertwine, interweave, surround, twine, twist, wind, wrap, writhe


wreck

See Also

•   v.    blow (Sl.), break, cock up (Brit. sl.), dash to pieces, demolish, destroy, devastate, fuck up (Offens. taboo sl.), mar, play havoc with, ravage, ruin, screw up (Inf.), shatter, smash, spoil, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), undo [image]  founder, go or run aground, run onto the rocks, shipwreck, strand

•   n.    derelict, hulk, shipwreck, sunken vessel [image]  desolation, destruction, devastation, disruption, mess, overthrow, ruin, undoing


wreckage

See Also

debris, fragments, hulk, pieces, remains, rubble, ruin, wrack


wrench

See Also

•   v.    force, jerk, pull, rip, tear, tug, twist, wrest, wring, yank [image]  distort, rick, sprain, strain

•   n.    jerk, pull, rip, tug, twist, yank [image]  sprain, strain, twist [image]  ache, blow, pain, pang, shock, upheaval, uprooting [image]  adjustable spanner, shifting spanner, spanner


wrestle

See Also

battle, combat, contend, fight, grapple, scuffle, strive, struggle, tussle


wretch

See Also

   asshole (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), asswipe (U.S. & Canad. taboo sl.), bad egg (Old-fashioned inf.), bastard (Offensive), blackguard, bugger (Taboo sl.), cocksucker (Taboo sl.), cur, good-for-nothing, miscreant, mother (Taboo sl., chiefly U.S.), motherfucker (Taboo sl., chiefly U.S.), outcast, profligate, rascal, rat (Inf.), rogue, rotter (Sl., chiefly Brit.), ruffian, scoundrel, scumbag (Sl.), shit (Taboo sl.), son-of-a-bitch (Sl., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), swine, turd (Taboo sl.), vagabond, villain, worm [image]  poor thing, unfortunate


wretched

See Also

   abject, brokenhearted, cheerless, comfortless, crestfallen, dejected, deplorable, depressed, disconsolate, dismal, distressed, doleful, downcast, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, hapless, hopeless, melancholy, miserable, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sorry, unfortunate, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, worthless [image]  calamitous, deplorable, inferior, miserable, paltry, pathetic, poor, sorry, worthless [image]  base, contemptible, crappy (Sl.), despicable, low, low-down (Inf.), mean, paltry, poxy (Sl.), scurvy, shabby, shameful, vile


wriggle

See Also

•   v.    jerk, jiggle, squirm, turn, twist, wag, waggle, wiggle, writhe [image]  crawl, slink, snake, twist and turn, worm, zigzag [image]  crawl, dodge, extricate oneself, manoeuvre, sneak, talk one's way out, worm

•   n.    jerk, jiggle, squirm, turn, twist, wag, waggle, wiggle


wring

See Also

   coerce, extort, extract, force, screw, squeeze, twist, wrench, wrest [image]  distress, hurt, lacerate, pain, pierce, rack, rend, stab, tear at, wound


wrinkle 1

See Also

•   n.    corrugation, crease, crinkle, crow's-foot, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, line, pucker, rumple

•   v.    corrugate, crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, line, pucker, ruck, rumple


wrinkle 2

See Also

device, dodge, gimmick, idea, plan, ploy, ruse, scheme, stunt, tip, trick, wheeze (Brit. sl.)


writ

See Also

court order, decree, document, summons


write

See Also

author (Nonstandard), commit to paper, compose, copy, correspond, create, draft, draw up, indite, inscribe, jot down, pen, put down in black and white, put in writing, record, scribble, set down, take down, tell, transcribe


write off

See Also

   cancel, cross out, disregard, forget about, give up for lost, score out, shelve [image]   Inf. crash, damage beyond repair, destroy, smash up, total (Sl.), trash (Sl.), wreck


writer

See Also

author, columnist, essayist, hack, littérateur, man of letters, novelist, penman, penny-a-liner (Rare), penpusher, scribbler, scribe, wordsmith


writhe

See Also

contort, distort, jerk, squirm, struggle, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, wiggle, wriggle


writing

See Also

   calligraphy, chirography, hand, handwriting, penmanship, print, scrawl, scribble, script [image]  book, composition, document, letter, opus, publication, title, work [image]  belles-lettres, letters, literature


wrong

See Also

•   adj.    erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, inaccurate, incorrect, in error, mistaken, off beam (Inf.), off target, out, unsound, untrue, wide of the mark [image]  bad, blameworthy, criminal, crooked, dishonest, dishonourable, evil, felonious, illegal, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, reprehensible, sinful, under-the-table, unethical, unfair, unjust, unlawful, wicked, wrongful [image]  funny, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, not done, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfitting, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable [image]  amiss, askew, awry, defective, faulty, not working, out of commission, out of order [image]  inside, inverse, opposite, reverse

•   adv.    amiss, askew, astray, awry, badly, erroneously, inaccurately, incorrectly, mistakenly, wrongly [image]  go wrong  [image]  come to grief (Inf.), come to nothing, fail, fall through, flop (Inf.), miscarry, misfire [image]  boob (Brit. sl.), err, go astray, make a mistake, slip up (Inf.) [image]  break down, cease to function, conk out (Inf.), fail, go kaput (Inf.), go on the blink (Sl.), go phut (Inf.), malfunction, misfire [image]  err, fall from grace, go astray, go off the straight and narrow (Inf.), go to the bad, lapse, sin

•   n.    abuse, bad or evil deed, crime, error, grievance, immorality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, injustice, misdeed, offence, sin, sinfulness, transgression, trespass, unfairness, wickedness [image]  in the wrong at fault, blameworthy, guilty, in error, mistaken, off beam (Inf.), off course, off target, to be blamed

•   v.    abuse, cheat, discredit, dishonour, harm, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misrepresent, mistreat, oppress, take advantage of


wrongdoer

criminal, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, offender, sinner, transgressor, trespasser (Archaic), villain


wrongful

See Also

blameworthy, criminal, dishonest, dishonourable, evil, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, improper, reprehensible, under-the-table, unethical, unfair, unjust, unlawful, wicked


wry

See Also

   askew, aslant, awry, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, off the level, skewwhiff (Brit. inf.), twisted, uneven, warped [image]  droll, dry, ironic, mocking, mordacious, pawky (Scot.), sarcastic, sardonic


X-rays

Röntgen rays (Old name)


yank

See Also

•   v.

•   n. hitch, jerk, pull, snatch, tug, wrench


yardstick

See Also

benchmark, criterion, gauge, measure, par, standard, touchstone


yarn

See Also

•   n.    fibre, thread [image]   Inf. anecdote, cock-and-bull story (Inf.), fable, story, tale, tall story


yawning

See Also

cavernous, chasmal, gaping, vast, wide, wide-open


yearly

annual, annually, every year, once a year, per annum


yearn

See Also

ache, covet, crave, desire, eat one's heart out over, hanker, have a yen for (Inf.), hunger, itch, languish, long, lust, pant, pine, set one's heart upon


yell

See Also

•   v.    bawl, holler (Inf.), howl, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squeal

•   n.    cry, howl, scream, screech, shriek, whoop


yet

See Also

   as yet, so far, thus far, until now, up to now [image]  however, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still [image]  additionally, as well, besides, further, in addition, into the bargain, moreover, over and above, still, to boot [image]  already, just now, now, right now, so soon


yield

See Also

•   v.    afford, bear, bring forth, bring in, earn, furnish, generate, give, net, pay, produce, provide, return, supply

•   n.    crop, earnings, harvest, income, output, produce, profit, return, revenue, takings

•   v.    abandon, abdicate, admit defeat, bow, capitulate, cave in (Inf.), cede, cry quits, give in, give up the struggle, give way, knuckle under, lay down one's arms, part with, raise the white flag, relinquish, resign, resign oneself, submit, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel [image]  accede, agree, allow, bow, comply, concede, consent, go along with, grant, permit


yielding

See Also

   accommodating, acquiescent, biddable, compliant, docile, easy, flexible, obedient, pliant, submissive, tractable [image]  elastic, pliable, quaggy, resilient, soft, spongy, springy, supple, unresisting


yoke

See Also

•   n.    bond, chain, coupling, ligament, link, tie [image]  bondage, burden, enslavement, helotry, oppression, serfdom, service, servility, servitude, slavery, thraldom, vassalage

•   v.    bracket, connect, couple, harness, hitch, join, link, tie, unite


yokel

See Also

boor, bucolic, clodhopper (Inf.), (country) bumpkin, country cousin, countryman, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. inf.), hick (Inf., chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hillbilly, hind (Obsolete), peasant (Inf.), rustic


young

See Also

•   adj.    adolescent, callow, green, growing, immature, infant, in the springtime of life, junior, juvenile, little, unfledged, youthful [image]  at an early stage, early, fledgling, new, newish, not far advanced, recent, undeveloped

•   n.    babies, brood, family, issue, litter, little ones, offspring, progeny


youngster

See Also

boy, cub, girl, juvenile, kid (Inf.), lad, lass, pup (Inf., chiefly Brit.), teenager, teenybopper (Sl.), urchin, young adult, young hopeful, young person, young shaver (Inf.), young 'un (Inf.), youth


youth

See Also

   adolescence, boyhood, early life, girlhood, immaturity, juvenescence, salad days, young days [image]  adolescent, boy, kid (Inf.), lad, shaveling (Archaic), stripling, teenager, young man, young shaver (Inf.), youngster [image]  teenagers, the rising generation, the young, younger generation, young people


youthful

See Also

   boyish, childish, girlish, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, pubescent, puerile, young [image]  active, fresh, spry, vigorous, young at heart, young looking


zeal

See Also

ardour, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, fanaticism, fervency, fervour, fire, gusto, keenness, militancy, passion, spirit, verve, warmth, zest


zealot

See Also

bigot, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fiend (Inf.), maniac, militant


zealous

See Also

afire, ardent, burning, devoted, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fanatical, fervent, fervid, impassioned, keen, militant, passionate, rabid, spirited


zenith

See Also

acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, height, high noon, high point, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex


zero

See Also

   cipher, naught, nil, nothing, nought [image]  bottom, lowest point or ebb, nadir, nothing, rock bottom


zero hour

appointed hour, crisis, moment of decision, moment of truth, turning point, vital moment


zest

See Also

   appetite, delectation, enjoyment, gusto, keenness, relish, zeal, zing (Inf.) [image]  charm, flavour, interest, kick (Inf.), piquancy, pungency, relish, savour, smack, spice, tang, taste


zone

See Also

area, belt, district, region, section, sector, sphere


•   back out, betray, break

•   defect, discard, disclaim, disown, ditch, drop out

•   fail, freedom

•   high spirits

•   jettison

•   lay aside, licence, licentiousness

•   madness, maroon

•   part, prodigality, pull out

•   raise, repudiate, run out

•   scrap, scrub

•   throw off

•   violence

•   walk out, wash


•   alone

•   beached

•   debased, degraded, desolate, discontinued

•   friendless

•   godforsaken

•   helpless, high, homeless

•   immoral

•   libertine, licentious, lonely, loose, lost

•   mad

•   outworn

•   promiscuous

•   shameless, stranded, stray

•   unattended, uninhabited, unrepentant

•   vicious, vile

•   worthless


•   cancellation

•   defection, departure, dissipation, disuse


•   minimize

•   short

•   telescope


•   forsake


•   dereliction


•   make away, make off

•   run away

•   spirit

•   take


•   connive, cooperate, countenance

•   favour


•   oblivion

•   remission, reprieve

•   stoppage


•   deplore, despise, dislike


•   forbidding, foul

•   objectionable

•   terrible

•   unpleasant

•   vicious


•   await

•   be

•   exist

•   inhabit

•   put up

•   stick

•   take


•   adhere

•   comply

•   redeem, respect


•   classic, changeless

•   existent

•   imperishable, indestructible

•   long-standing

•   perennial, perpetual

•   remaining

•   stable

•   timeless


•   accomplishment, adroitness, aptness, attainment, authorization

•   bent

•   calibre, cleverness, cunning

•   efficacy, efficiency

•   freedom

•   genius, gumption

•   hand, head

•   knowledge

•   literacy

•   mastery, might

•   parts, potential, promise, property, prowess

•   resource

•   touch


•   beggarly

•   cowardly

•   hangdog

•   menial

•   penitent, pitiful, profound, prostrate

•   sorry


•   fire, flushed


•   deft

•   equal

•   free

•   good, great

•   prepared, promising

•   quick

•   resourceful


•   athletic

•   well, whole


•   bizarre

•   defective

•   freak

•   improper, isolated

•   neurotic

•   out-of-the-way

•   perverse, perverted, prodigious

•   supernatural

•   unearthly, unorthodox, unprecedented


•   freak

•   neurosis

•   perversion, prodigy


•   dispense

•   liquidate

•   remove, root out

•   scrub


•   cursed

•   damnable

•   enormous

•   grisly, gruesome

•   hideous

•   infamous, iniquitous

•   nameless, nefarious

•   offensive, outrageous

•   shocking

•   unspeakable

•   wicked


•   anathematize

•   dislike


•   atrocity

•   enormity

•   iniquity

•   obscenity


•   old


•   bristle

•   prevail


•   ample


•   abroad, afoot

•   ready

•   towards


•   aloof

•   former, free


•   gall

•   wear


•   gritty


•   encapsulate

•   simplify

•   telescope


•   brief


•   afoot

•   distant


•   brief

•   offhand, outspoken

•   point-blank

•   snap


•   absent

•   break out

•   desert

•   elope

•   flight

•   get away

•   leave

•   make away

•   run, run away

•   take off


•   distance


•   lost

•   off


•   careless

•   thoughtless

•   vacant


•   almighty, authoritarian, axiomatic

•   blank

•   dead, definitive, direct

•   emphatic, essential, exclusive, explicit

•   final, flat

•   great

•   implicit, independent, indisputable, infinite

•   main, mere

•   profound

•   rank, real, repressive, right

•   secure, stark, strict

•   unanswerable, unassailable, unreserved, unshakable


•   altogether

•   dead, diametrically

•   easily, expressly

•   fairly, flat, flatly

•   heart, heartily

•   implicitly

•   just

•   means

•   naturally

•   outright

•   quite

•   really

•   simply, stark

•   very


•   absolutism


•   justification


•   monarchy


•   absolute


•   cleanse

•   justify

•   purge, purify

•   redeem

•   sanctify


•   arrest

•   bewitch, blot, bury, busy

•   charm

•   drink

•   enamour, enthral, entrance

•   grip

•   hypnotize

•   involve

•   mesmerize

•   retain

•   soak, swallow

•   take up

•   use up

•   wrap


•   absent, absent-minded, addicted

•   deep

•   elbow

•   intent


•   consuming


•   diet

•   go without

•   help

•   leave off

•   pass up


•   spartan


•   renunciation


•   abstention, austerity

•   diet


•   ascetic, austere


•   abbreviation, academic, argument

•   brief

•   difficult, draft

•   embezzle

•   filch

•   ideal

•   metaphysical

•   pure

•   speculative, spirit

•   take

•   unworldly


•   lackadaisical, lost

•   vacant


•   distraction

•   embezzlement

•   forgetfulness

•   musing

•   removal

•   trance

•   vacancy


•   difficult

•   fine

•   metaphysical, mystic

•   opaque

•   pedantic

•   secret


•   cockeyed, comical

•   extravagant

•   fantastic, fatuous, fond, funny

•   grotesque

•   impossible, incredible, inept

•   killing

•   mad

•   paradoxical, pointless, priceless

•   tall

•   unearthly, unthinkable


•   extravagance

•   ineptitude

•   lunacy

•   madness

•   paradox

•   romance


•   enough

•   fertility, flood, flow

•   lot

•   mine, mountain

•   prodigality, productivity

•   sea, store


•   abounding, affluent

•   bumper

•   considerable

•   enough

•   fertile, flush, fruitful

•   generous

•   handsome, heavy

•   large, liberal

•   manifold, many, much

•   numerous

•   opulent

•   pregnant, prolific

•   thick


•   affront, assail, attack

•   blaspheme, broadside

•   damn, decry, detraction, diatribe, dishonour

•   ill, impose, indignity, insolence

•   jaw, jeer

•   knock, knock about

•   malpractice, maul, mistreat, molest, murder

•   outrage

•   pervert, play on, profane, profanity, punish, punishment

•   rape, reprove

•   satirize, scandal, slang, stick

•   violate, violation


•   foul

•   harsh

•   insolent

•   nasty

•   profane

•   rank

•   scurrilous


•   awful

•   chronic

•   painful

•   terrible

•   woeful


•   depth, drop

•   hell

•   jaws


•   intellectual

•   pedantic, pure


•   acknowledge

•   back down

•   come round

•   defer

•   knuckle under

•   submit

•   way


•   build

•   dispatch

•   jack up

•   rush


•   pick-up

•   speed


•   accessory

•   dialect

•   highlight

•   pronounce


•   feature

•   play up, punctuate

•   spotlight


•   abide, assent

•   bow

•   concede, credit

•   embrace, enrol

•   face up to, fall for, fall in with

•   honour

•   pass, pocket, presuppose

•   reconcile, resign

•   shoulder

•   tolerate

•   understand

•   wear


•   accepted, allowable

•   believable

•   correct

•   decent, done

•   eligible, endurable

•   fine

•   good

•   justifiable

•   likely

•   O.K.

•   order

•   palatable, par, permissible, presentable

•   reasonable

•   scratch, street, suitable

•   valid


•   admittance

•   belonging

•   confirmation, currency

•   enrolment

•   passage, popularity, prevalence

•   reception, resignation

•   stoicism

•   thumb, toleration

•   vogue

•   welcome


•   assumed, axiomatic

•   current

•   general

•   institutional

•   orthodox

•   popular, prevalent, proper, proverbial

•   supposed

•   understood, undisputed, unwritten

•   welcome


•   gate

•   spasm, spurt

•   thoroughfare

•   way


•   convenience


•   convenient

•   forthcoming

•   hospitable

•   public

•   receptive

•   sociable


•   accompanying, ally, attendant

•   fitting

•   ornament


•   circumstance, coincidence, contingency

•   happening

•   lot

•   smash, spill


•   coincidental

•   extraneous

•   stray

•   unconscious


•   passing

•   random

•   unawares


•   credit

•   eulogy

•   laurels

•   ovation

•   popularity

•   rave


•   applause, appreciation

•   commendation

•   eulogy, exaltation


•   orientation


•   domesticate

•   season


•   acclimatize

•   contain

•   fashion, favour, fix up, foster

•   halfway, hold, humour

•   integrate

•   loan

•   minister

•   receive

•   seat, shape, sit, square, suit

•   tailor, take, take in


•   attentive

•   civil

•   decent

•   easy, elastic

•   gracious

•   patient

•   submissive

•   yielding


•   acclimatization, apartment, appeasement

•   billet

•   convenience

•   loan, lodging

•   place

•   seating, space


•   associate, attach

•   bring

•   go along, guide

•   join

•   keep

•   match

•   pursue

•   see, show

•   take

•   walk


•   covering

•   incidental


•   auxiliary

•   companion


•   carry, come through, compass

•   discharge

•   hammer out, hit

•   make

•   perfect, pull off, put through

•   transact

•   win, work, work out


•   able, arch

•   brilliant

•   capable, complete, cultured

•   experienced

•   fine

•   good

•   over

•   past, perfect, practical

•   qualified

•   ripe

•   versed


•   action, artistry

•   culture

•   discharge

•   effort, exercise

•   flair

•   implementation

•   perfection, prowess

•   qualification

•   savoir-faire


•   award

•   coincide, communion, comply, compromise, consort, chorus

•   dovetail

•   eye

•   go

•   identity, impart

•   keeping

•   peace

•   show, solidarity, square

•   understanding, unity


•   obedience

•   unison


•   duly

•   necessarily


•   balance sheet, behalf, biography, bulletin

•   dispatch

•   entry, exposition

•   fee

•   item

•   log

•   memoir

•   news, number

•   picture, portrait, proceeding

•   rehearsal, representation, return

•   tick

•   word


•   blame

•   fault

•   obligation


•   debt

•   warrantable


•   mop up


•   delegate

•   entitle

•   impute

•   refer


•   acknowledged


•   bring in


•   aggregate, assemble

•   compile, concentrate, conglomerate

•   drift

•   form

•   garner, get together

•   harvest, heap

•   keep

•   lay in

•   mass, mount, multiply

•   net

•   stack, stock

•   treasure


•   aggregate, assembly

•   backlog, bank, batch, bundle

•   concentration

•   deposit, drift

•   formation

•   reservoir

•   tissue


•   delicacy

•   neatness

•   rectitude, rigour


•   critical

•   deadly, delicate, desired

•   express

•   factual

•   literal

•   neat

•   O.K.

•   perfect, photographic, pointed

•   rigorous

•   scientific, straight, sure


•   aright

•   letter

•   neatly

•   true

•   well


•   damnable, devilish

•   fiendish

•   infernal, iniquitous

•   satanic


•   blame


•   accommodate, adjust

•   break in

•   condition

•   domesticate

•   harden

•   naturalize


•   addicted

•   conditioned

•   hardened


•   crack

•   demon

•   incredible

•   past master, professional

•   terrific, tremendous

•   wonderful


•   bleed

•   cramp

•   die, discomfort

•   itch

•   pant

•   stab

•   tenderness

•   wrench


•   bring off

•   come through, compass

•   find

•   hit

•   notch up

•   perfect, purchase, put through

•   score, strike

•   work, work out


•   acquisition, action

•   creation

•   discharge, doing

•   gain

•   handiwork

•   level

•   output

•   perfection

•   satisfaction

•   triumph


•   incisive

•   keen

•   sarcastic


•   incisiveness

•   venom


•   abide by, appreciate

•   come clean, come out with

•   face up to

•   honour

•   mention

•   nod

•   react, reply, respond


•   avowed

•   customary

•   known

•   legitimate

•   normal

•   proverbial, public

•   successful

•   undisputed, undoubted


•   acquittance, apology

•   concession

•   disclosure

•   letter

•   mention

•   nod

•   receipt, reception, remark

•   tribute


•   extreme, extremity

•   perfection, pink


•   accustom

•   communicate

•   fill in

•   instruct, introduce


•   connection

•   exposure

•   touch


•   abreast, accustomed, aware

•   conversant

•   informed

•   knowledgeable

•   versed


•   acknowledge

•   bow

•   coincide, come round

•   go along

•   knuckle under

•   relent, resign

•   subscribe

•   way


•   acknowledgment

•   deference

•   meekness

•   resignation


•   accept, annex, assume

•   bag, borrow

•   clear, come by, come in for, conquer, contract

•   develop

•   find, form

•   get at

•   harvest, have

•   imbibe

•   land, lay, learn

•   make, master

•   possess, pre-empt, purchase

•   reap

•   take, take on


•   assumption

•   conquest

•   find

•   gathering


•   mercenary

•   possessive

•   self-seeking


•   act

•   deport

•   excuse

•   forgive

•   justify

•   pardon

•   redeem


•   forgiveness

•   pardon

•   remission


•   corrosive

•   hot

•   poignant

•   sour


•   acrid

•   hard

•   ill, ill-humoured

•   sour

•   virulent


•   animosity

•   enmity

•   gall

•   venom


•   activity, appear

•   deal, deport, dramatize

•   effort

•   fact, figure

•   legislation

•   movement

•   proceeding

•   rehearse, render, rite

•   scene, stunt

•   thing


•   deputize

•   substitute


•   active

•   drama

•   enactment


•   agency, animation

•   behaviour

•   coup

•   doing, drive

•   excitement

•   gesture

•   manoeuvre, measure, mechanism

•   play, plea, plot, policy, practice, procedure

•   transaction, turn

•   works


•   doings

•   works


•   awake, awaken

•   engage

•   jog

•   quicken

•   raise

•   trigger, trip


•   about, agile, alive, athletic

•   brisk

•   concerned

•   dapper, dynamic

•   effective, efficacious, employed, eventful

•   forcible

•   great

•   harness, healthy, hearty

•   instrumental

•   living

•   move

•   nippy

•   restless

•   vivid

•   youthful


•   affair, agency, agility

•   diligence

•   energy, excitement

•   function

•   go

•   industry

•   line

•   operation

•   play

•   restlessness

•   vigour


•   bodily, bona fide

•   de facto

•   effective

•   hard, historical

•   immediate

•   literal

•   precise

•   very


•   effect

•   fact

•   reality


•   activate

•   effect

•   persuade


•   fool


•   obey


•   discretion, discrimination

•   gumption

•   subtlety

•   wits


•   agile

•   bright, brilliant, burning

•   deep, desperate

•   extreme

•   far-sighted, fine

•   high

•   intelligent

•   judicious

•   knowing

•   profound, pungent

•   quick

•   ready

•   sage, shrewd, sore, strong

•   tender, trenchant

•   wicked


•   acumen, agility

•   edge, exigency, extremity

•   penetration

•   shrewdness


•   iron

•   opinionated

•   ruthless

•   tenacious

•   wilful


•   accustom, arrange

•   condition

•   differentiate, dispose, do

•   edit

•   gear

•   interpret

•   measure

•   naturalize

•   score, square, style

•   tune, turn


•   compatible

•   elastic

•   fluid

•   mutable

•   pliable


•   accommodation, arrangement

•   fitness

•   orientation


•   cast, contribute

•   figure

•   interpolate, introduce

•   join

•   lend

•   number

•   provide, put on

•   say

•   tack


•   amendment, annexe


•   demon

•   fanatic


•   given


•   accessory, amendment, amount, annexe

•   boost

•   continuation, contribution

•   insertion, interpolation, introduction

•   postscript

•   reinforcement


•   accessory, accompanying, ancillary

•   extraneous

•   plus

•   second, substitute


•   acknowledge, apply

•   declamation, dedicate, dedication, direct

•   effusion

•   greeting

•   inscribe

•   memorial

•   petition, preach

•   salutation, savoir-faire, style

•   technique


•   instance

•   plead


•   enumerate

•   tot


•   ace, artful

•   capable

•   deft, diplomatic

•   efficient, experienced

•   facile

•   good, great

•   handy

•   neat

•   perfect, polished, professional

•   qualified, quick

•   smart

•   veteran

•   wicked, wizard, workmanlike


•   enough


•   able, acceptable, all right

•   comfortable, cut out for

•   decent, due

•   effective, efficacious, equal

•   fit, full

•   good

•   middling

•   O.K.

•   par

•   scratch


•   hang, hold

•   join


•   addict

•   believer

•   conquest

•   friend

•   sectarian


•   adherent


•   exit

•   leave


•   about, approximate

•   immediate

•   nearby, next


•   meet


•   addition

•   close

•   nearby, next


•   break up

•   hold over

•   procrastinate


•   abeyance

•   dismissal, dissolution

•   respite


•   arbitrate

•   gauge

•   regard, rule

•   try


•   negotiate

•   rule

•   try


•   award


•   balance

•   calculate, compound, compromise, conform, correct

•   dress

•   fashion

•   gear

•   prepare

•   rehabilitate

•   scale, slot, square

•   tailor, trim, tune


•   elastic

•   fluid

•   versatile


•   accommodation, alignment

•   compromise, concession, correction

•   disposition

•   normality

•   repair


•   improvisation


•   carry on, command

•   deliver, dole

•   enforce

•   inflict

•   mete, minister

•   preside

•   regulate, reign, rule

•   steer


•   authority

•   bureaucracy

•   cabinet

•   enforcement

•   handling

•   infliction

•   leadership

•   oversight

•   regime, regulation, rule


•   bully

•   creditable

•   exemplary

•   first-rate

•   good, grand, great

•   handsome

•   lovely

•   respectable

•   splendid, superb


•   awe

•   compliment, cult

•   estimation

•   hero worship

•   reverence


•   dote on

•   go for

•   honour

•   like, look up

•   rate, reverence

•   think


•   conquest

•   gallant

•   idolater


•   bearable

•   legitimate

•   pertinent

•   relevant, right


•   belief

•   enrolment

•   grant

•   investiture

•   reception, recognition


•   accede

•   baptize, bear

•   come clean, confide

•   encompass, enrol

•   tolerate


•   admission


•   blame

•   correct

•   lecture

•   preach, pull up

•   speak to


•   caveat, correction

•   example, exhortation

•   injunction

•   lesson


•   exemplary


•   puberty


•   stripling


•   affect

•   borrow

•   go by, go in (for)

•   invest

•   naturalize

•   pass, prefer

•   take


•   angelic

•   cherubic

•   delectable, desirable

•   endearing

•   lovely


•   devotion

•   glory

•   hero worship

•   passion, popularity, praise


•   like

•   praise

•   respect

•   treasure


•   crown

•   dignify, dress

•   garland, gild, glorify

•   illuminate, illustrate

•   overlay

•   varnish

•   wreathe


•   garnish

•   illustration

•   overlay

•   trim


•   lost

•   sea


•   astute

•   facile

•   gifted, good, great

•   handy

•   masterly

•   quick

•   ready

•   slick

•   tactical

•   wicked


•   art, artifice, astuteness

•   expertness

•   facility, faculty, finesse

•   knack, know-how

•   neatness

•   prowess

•   readiness

•   tact, technique, touch


•   acclamation

•   flattery

•   hero worship

•   idolatry

•   love


•   fulsome

•   glowing

•   laudatory


•   big

•   full-grown

•   man

•   responsible


•   alloy

•   degrade, dilute, doctor

•   mutilate

•   poison, pollute

•   taint

•   water


•   mean

•   rough


•   better, bid, boom, boost

•   come, come up with, course

•   develop, dignify, drive

•   encourage, exalt, expedite, extend

•   favour, feeler

•   get ahead, get on, go, go far

•   introduce, invest

•   jump

•   lay, lead, leap, lift

•   march, move, movement

•   overture

•   passage, payment, pose, postulate, precipitate, prefer, process, produce, progression, propose, propound, push, put, put up

•   recommend

•   second, spread

•   uplift

•   venture, volunteer

•   walk, way


•   cultured

•   early

•   liberal

•   new

•   sophisticated


•   civilization, course, cultivation

•   development

•   elevation, exaltation

•   furtherance

•   increment

•   profit, progression

•   spread, step

•   uplift


•   account, amenity

•   beauty, behalf, break

•   desirability

•   enjoyment

•   facility, fruit

•   goodness

•   handicap

•   initiative

•   luck

•   merit

•   odds

•   plus, practicability, preference, prerogative, privilege, pull, purchase, purpose

•   return

•   sake, sense, strength

•   value, virtue


•   best

•   commanding

•   desirable

•   enviable

•   fortunate, fruitful

•   golden, good

•   happy

•   lucky, lucrative

•   opportune

•   preferential, productive, propitious, prosperous

•   rewarding, right

•   salutary, serviceable


•   dawn

•   emergence


•   lucky

•   random


•   episode, event, excitement

•   game

•   happening

•   quest

•   romance

•   thrill


•   filibuster

•   gallant


•   combatant


•   alien

•   bad

•   counter, cross

•   destructive, disastrous

•   ill

•   unpromising, untoward


•   extremity

•   pressure

•   tragedy, tribulation


•   bill, boost, broadcast

•   cry

•   herald

•   noise

•   post

•   show off, spread

•   trumpet


•   brochure

•   publication


•   exhortation

•   hint

•   instructions

•   news

•   pointer

•   tidings


•   reasonable

•   well


•   advertise, advocate

•   befriend, brief

•   direct

•   enlighten, exhort

•   forewarn

•   guide

•   instruct

•   persuade, post

•   teach, tip


•   instructor

•   oracle


•   admonitory


•   adherent, agent, approve

•   back

•   crusader

•   endorse, exponent

•   friend

•   intercede

•   maintain, mediator, move

•   patron, preach, propound, protagonist, protector

•   subscribe, suggest

•   vindicate


•   auspice

•   custody

•   keeping

•   office

•   safeguard, shield

•   umbrella


•   accessibility, amenity


•   accessible

•   bland

•   companionable, courtly

•   debonair

•   easy, expansive

•   gregarious

•   hearty

•   personable, polite


•   do

•   experience

•   function

•   issue

•   job

•   love affair

•   occasion, operation

•   place

•   rave

•   skirmish

•   thing


•   act, ape

•   bear on

•   determine

•   fake

•   get

•   hit

•   impinge, infect

•   mould

•   penetrate, pervade, pierce, pose, posture, predispose

•   strike

•   tint


•   airs

•   claptrap

•   fad

•   idiosyncrasy

•   ostentation

•   pretext


•   demure

•   fake, forced, formal

•   grandiose

•   high-sounding

•   interested

•   laboured

•   overcome

•   phoney

•   self-conscious

•   theatrical

•   uppish


•   distressing, dramatic

•   emotional, emotive

•   heart-rending, heart-warming

•   impressive, inspiring

•   sorrowful


•   admiration

•   charity

•   devotion

•   endearment

•   flame, friendship

•   heart

•   interest

•   regard


•   amorous

•   brotherly

•   cordial

•   demonstrative

•   fatherly

•   motherly

•   sweet, sympathetic


•   align, attach

•   band


•   alignment

•   belonging, bond

•   link

•   match

•   relation

•   tie


•   agreement, association, attachment

•   belonging, bond

•   communion, community, conformity

•   friendship

•   kin, kindred

•   link

•   parity, penchant

•   tie, turn


•   accept, admit, allege, assure

•   confess, contend

•   endorse

•   lay down

•   predicate, proclaim, profess, protest

•   say, substantiate

•   vouch, vow

•   warrant


•   acceptance, admission, allegation, assurance

•   claim, contention

•   demonstration

•   endorsement, evidence

•   profession, protestation

•   thumb

•   word


•   declarative


•   bedevil, bereave

•   curse, charge, chasten

•   exercise

•   grind

•   lacerate

•   molest

•   persecute, pinch, press

•   scourge

•   torture

•   vex, visit


•   agony

•   bane, bereavement, blight, blow, burden

•   care, catastrophe, complaint

•   disability

•   evil

•   grievance

•   hell

•   ill, illness, infliction

•   load

•   malady, millstone

•   neurosis

•   pestilence, pressure

•   rack, reverse

•   thorn, torture, tragedy

•   undoing


•   ease

•   luxury

•   means

•   style, substance


•   comfortable

•   fat, flush

•   heel

•   money


•   accommodate

•   contribute

•   lend

•   shed


•   barb

•   discourtesy, dishonour

•   fret

•   humiliation

•   mortify

•   obscenity

•   scandalize, slap, snub

•   tread


•   fire


•   march, motion

•   under way


•   aghast, awe-stricken

•   insecure

•   panicky

•   windy, worried


•   according to

•   hind

•   last

•   past

•   rear

•   subsequent


•   echo, effect

•   wake


•   despite

•   ill-disposed

•   loath

•   opposed


•   antiquity

•   cycle

•   day

•   eternity

•   world


•   decrepit, doddering


•   agent

•   cause

•   engine

•   hand

•   instrument

•   machine, machinery

•   organ

•   tool

•   umbrella

•   voice


•   bill

•   roster

•   table


•   ambassador

•   bearer, broker

•   delegate

•   engine

•   implement, intermediary

•   machine, messenger, minister, mouthpiece

•   official

•   proxy

•   seller

•   tool, traveller


•   anger, antagonize

•   bait, bedevil, bug

•   compound

•   displease

•   embitter, enrage

•   grate

•   hair

•   madden

•   offend

•   raise, rub

•   skin, swell

•   tire, torment

•   wall


•   bother

•   complication

•   harassment

•   pain, plague


•   all, amount to

•   complement, complex, conglomerate

•   ensemble, entirety

•   gathering, gross

•   number

•   quantity

•   volume


•   sword


•   active

•   competitive

•   defiant

•   fighting, forcible

•   high-powered, high-pressure

•   rampant

•   slashing, strong

•   truculent

•   warlike


•   nettled

•   pained

•   resentful

•   sore


•   panic-stricken, petrified

•   speechless

•   thunderstruck


•   deft

•   graceful

•   light

•   neat, nippy

•   smart


•   neatness


•   battle, boil

•   canvass

•   disrupt

•   exercise

•   fan, flap, flurry, flutter, fret

•   jar

•   kindle

•   move

•   quiver

•   shake up, shock, startle, swirl

•   unsettle

•   vex

•   whip


•   battle, bustle

•   dismay

•   emotion

•   fear, fever, flap, flutter, frenzy, fume, fuss

•   heat, hysteria

•   impatience

•   jar

•   madness, movement

•   nervousness

•   panic

•   rage, restlessness

•   sedition, sensation, spin, storm, sweat

•   tremor, trepidation

•   uneasiness, unrest

•   whirl


•   dissident

•   incendiary

•   malcontent

•   prompter, protester


•   breathless

•   itching

•   wild


•   desperation

•   grief

•   hell

•   martyrdom, murder

•   ordeal

•   pang

•   qualm

•   rack


•   align, answer to

•   bargain

•   compromise, consort, contract, covenant

•   dovetail

•   equate, eye

•   finalize

•   get along, get on, go, go along, go with

•   lend

•   nod

•   parallel

•   resolve

•   stipulate, submit, subscribe, sympathize

•   undertake

•   yield


•   amiable, attractive

•   comfortable, content, cordial

•   delectable, delicious, desirable

•   engaging, equable

•   favourable, fine

•   genial, good, good-natured, goodly, grateful

•   harmonious

•   likable, likely, lovely

•   nice

•   obliging

•   palatable, personable, predisposed

•   ready

•   savoury, smooth, sweet

•   temperate

•   welcome, well


•   acceptance, acquiescence, alignment, alliance, approval, assent

•   bond

•   communion, community, compromise, conclusion, confirmation, consensus, consent, convention

•   equation, equivalence

•   keeping

•   O.K.

•   obedience, obligation

•   parity, peace, proportion, protocol, provision

•   stipulation, symmetry, sympathy

•   tune

•   unanimity

•   willingness


•   advance, advanced

•   forth, forward, front

•   precocious


•   accessory, accommodate, accommodation, advantage, asset

•   back up, backing, bail out, bolster

•   comfort, connive, cooperate, countenance, cultivate

•   ease

•   facility, forward, further

•   hand

•   kindness

•   lend

•   office

•   patronage, profit

•   redress

•   speed, subsidy

•   tide over

•   uphold

•   worth


•   bearings

•   calculate, cause

•   deliver, destination, drift, drive at

•   fasten, focus

•   head

•   idea

•   meaning, mission

•   prize

•   quarry

•   range, reason, resolution

•   sake, set

•   tend, thought

•   way, will


•   adrift

•   disjointed

•   empty

•   feckless

•   hit or miss

•   indiscriminate

•   meaningless


•   aspect, attitude

•   broadcast, brow

•   carriage

•   deportment

•   face, feel, front

•   introduce

•   odour

•   parade, pose, presence

•   report

•   show, spirit, strain


•   constitutional

•   exhibition

•   publication

•   saunter

•   turn


•   musty


•   pretension

•   side, snobbery

•   vanity


•   carefree

•   gossamer

•   jovial

•   superior

•   unsubstantial

•   volatile


•   walk


•   agitate, agitation, amaze, appal

•   bother

•   disquiet, disturb, dread

•   horrify, horror

•   intimidate

•   menace

•   overawe

•   perturb

•   terrorize

•   wind


•   appalling, awful

•   dangerous, dire, disconcerting, dread

•   fearsome, frightful

•   hair-raising, harrowing, horrid

•   menacing

•   portentous

•   serious


•   drinker


•   alive, awake, awaken

•   cautious, close, conscious

•   enterprising

•   fresh

•   guard

•   intelligent, intent

•   mindful

•   notification

•   percipient, perspicacious, piercing, prompt

•   quick-witted

•   receptive

•   scare, sharp, sleepless, spry

•   wakeful, wise


•   caution

•   enterprise

•   intelligence

•   preparation, preparedness, presence of mind, promptness

•   watch


•   exterior, external, extraneous

•   hostile

•   invader

•   unfriendly, unknown


•   antagonize

•   come between

•   devolve, divide

•   embitter

•   sour

•   turn off


•   breach, break

•   disinclination, distraction

•   rift


•   fire

•   get in, get out

•   live


•   fire

•   get in, get out

•   live


•   arrange, array

•   commit

•   dress

•   marshal

•   rank

•   square


•   cognate, comparable

•   homogeneous

•   indistinguishable

•   like

•   piece

•   same


•   infested

•   live

•   percipient

•   responsive

•   teeming

•   vibrant

•   wakeful


•   acquainted, aware

•   conscious

•   mindful

•   sensible, susceptible


•   contention

•   indictment


•   accuse, adduce

•   contend

•   pretend

•   say


•   pretended, putative

•   reputed


•   metaphorical, mythical


•   metaphor


•   aisle, avenue

•   corridor


•   alignment, amalgamation, axis

•   bloc, brotherhood

•   collaboration, consolidation

•   friendship

•   junction

•   kinship

•   match

•   party

•   unification


•   cognate, corporate

•   fellow

•   germane

•   hand

•   kin

•   league, like

•   near

•   relative


•   allow, attach

•   detail, dish out, dispense, distribute, divide, dole

•   grant

•   lay

•   parcel, place, portion

•   ration

•   set, split


•   assignment

•   budget

•   distribution, dole


•   adjudge, allow, appoint, attach, award

•   bestow

•   cast

•   deal, destine, devote, dispense, distribute, divide, dole

•   grant

•   lay, leave

•   measure out

•   parcel, portion

•   ration

•   set, split


•   appointment, assignment, award

•   dispensation, distribution, division, dole

•   job

•   partition, piece

•   quantity


•   concentrated

•   global

•   intensive

•   last-ditch


•   accord, agree, assent

•   cede, come round, consent

•   empower, enable, entitle

•   have

•   legalize, license, loan

•   recognize

•   wear

•   yield


•   excusable

•   lawful, legal

•   pardonable, passable

•   venial

•   warrantable


•   accordance

•   budget

•   clearance, commission

•   dole

•   leave, loan

•   maintenance, margin

•   odds

•   pardon, passage, pay, permission, pittance

•   qualification

•   recognition, room

•   wage


•   include


•   amalgamation

•   mingle


•   allowable

•   bad

•   fine

•   middling

•   O.K.

•   permissible

•   tolerable


•   bait, beauty, beckon, bewitch

•   draw

•   engage

•   fascinate, fascination

•   invite

•   magnetism

•   seduction, spell

•   win


•   echo

•   reference


•   align, amalgamate, assistant, auxiliary

•   band

•   companion, comrade, connection

•   identify

•   knit

•   match

•   relate

•   supporter

•   wed


•   barely

•   quasi-

•   towards


•   aside

•   friendless

•   independently

•   own

•   personally

•   separately, solely


•   chill

•   disdainful

•   frigid

•   icy, impersonal

•   offhand

•   sulky

•   taciturn

•   unaffected, unbending, unconcerned, undemonstrative

•   withdrawn


•   beforehand

•   formerly

•   yet


•   addition, again

•   well


•   act on, affect, alternate

•   differentiate, doctor

•   falsify, fit, fluctuate

•   juggle

•   overrule

•   process

•   resolve, reverse

•   tailor, tamper, translate, transpose, twist


•   correction

•   deviation, diversion

•   innovation

•   mutability

•   permutation

•   switch

•   transit, transition, translation


•   hover

•   reciprocal, reserve

•   secondary, seesaw, shuttle, stagger


•   bohemian

•   resort

•   underground

•   variant


•   level


•   all

•   bodily

•   entirely

•   right

•   simply, stark

•   through


•   time

•   universally


•   affiliate

•   centralize, confederate, consolidate

•   intermingle

•   league

•   mix

•   pool

•   unify


•   affiliation

•   consolidation

•   federation

•   marriage

•   package

•   synthesis

•   unification


•   accrue, acquire

•   bank

•   deposit, drift

•   harvest, heap

•   keep

•   lay in

•   mass

•   pile

•   score, stack, stock


•   amateurish

•   beginner

•   inexperienced

•   lay

•   novice

•   unprofessional, untrained


•   sloppy

•   unskilled


•   awe

•   baffle, bedazzle

•   petrify


•   awe

•   consternation


•   delegate


•   double entendre

•   paradox


•   backhanded

•   confusing

•   deceptive

•   elusive

•   imprecise, indistinct

•   left-handed

•   misleading

•   nebulous, noncommittal

•   paradoxical

•   tortuous, two-edged


•   destination

•   initiative

•   motivation

•   prize, push

•   target

•   way


•   active, aspirant

•   competitive

•   fantastic

•   go-ahead, grand

•   pushing


•   canter


•   pounce

•   set upon


•   docile

•   easy, easy-going

•   flexible

•   hospitable

•   manageable

•   obedient

•   predisposed

•   receptive

•   submissive

•   tame

•   willing


•   emend

•   leaf

•   redress


•   justice

•   redemption


•   amicable

•   bland

•   gentle, gracious

•   likable, lovely

•   mild

•   nice

•   peaceable, personable, prepossessing

•   sweet

•   warm


•   affable

•   familiar, favourable

•   hospitable

•   kind-hearted


•   adrift, astray


•   ball

•   fuel


•   pardon


•   berserk


•   flirtatious

•   romantic

•   sultry

•   warm


•   add up, allowance

•   batch, bid

•   cost, charge

•   deal

•   figure

•   matter, measurement

•   price, proportion

•   shade, size, span


•   come down to, consist

•   extend

•   make

•   reach

•   spell

•   work out


•   comfortable, considerable

•   decent, due

•   enough

•   fill, filling

•   good, goodly

•   handsome, hearty, hefty

•   much

•   overweight

•   respectable, round

•   tidy

•   voluptuous


•   add

•   build

•   escalate, exaggerate

•   inflate

•   pad

•   spin out

•   turn up


•   enough

•   freely

•   handsomely


•   dismember

•   mutilate


•   rampage


•   distract

•   slay


•   dissipation

•   festivity, frolic

•   humour

•   play, plaything

•   relaxation


•   comic

•   farcical, fun

•   hilarious

•   killing

•   light

•   mirthful

•   priceless

•   rich


•   insipid

•   namby-pamby

•   sallow

•   unwholesome


•   affinity

•   illustration

•   metaphor

•   parity


•   canvass, criticize

•   decompose, diagnose

•   explore

•   go into

•   prove

•   scrutinize, sift


•   classification, commentary, consideration, criticism, critique

•   diagnosis, discussion

•   exploration

•   paper, postmortem, profile

•   research, review


•   dialectic

•   exploratory


•   licence


•   blaspheme


•   dismember


•   conformation, chassis


•   father


•   birth, breeding

•   family tree

•   strain


•   aboriginal

•   elder

•   former

•   grey

•   immemorial

•   musty

•   old-time

•   past, prehistoric

•   rusty


•   appendage

•   incidental, indirect

•   side


•   wheeze


•   newly


•   backer

•   love

•   patron

•   sponsor


•   divine


•   bile, blood

•   chafe

•   embitter

•   feeling

•   hackles

•   inflame

•   madness

•   offence

•   put out

•   rankle, rouse, rub

•   sting, storm

•   temperament

•   umbrage


•   bias

•   cant

•   facet, flex

•   inclination, inflection

•   light

•   pitch

•   tilt


•   ablaze

•   black

•   dark, dirty, dudgeon

•   flaming, fuming

•   hard

•   inflamed

•   livid

•   moody

•   sore

•   ugly


•   ache

•   desolation, despair, desperation

•   fret

•   hell

•   martyrdom

•   ordeal

•   rack, remorse

•   wound


•   gangling


•   beastly, being, brutal

•   inhuman

•   organism

•   pig


•   actuate, arouse, awake, awaken

•   cheer

•   electrify, elevate, exalt

•   heat

•   inform

•   jazz up

•   light, liven

•   mobilize

•   quick

•   strengthen

•   vital

•   warm, whet, work up


•   alive

•   blithe, breezy, bubbly

•   cheerful

•   effervescent, elevated, exalted, exuberant

•   flushed

•   glad

•   hectic, high-spirited, hot

•   impassioned

•   jovial

•   light, living

•   mobile

•   racy

•   sanguine, scintillating, swing

•   warm


•   being, bounce, bravura, breath

•   cartoon, colour, cheer

•   edge, effervescence, exaltation, existence, exuberance

•   fire

•   gladness, go

•   living

•   soul

•   warmth


•   aversion

•   disaffection, dislike

•   friction

•   gall, grudge

•   ill feeling

•   spite, spleen, strife


•   chronicle

•   memoirs

•   proceeding

•   record, register, roll

•   transaction


•   affiliate


•   appendage


•   blight

•   confound, consume

•   demolish, devour

•   efface, eliminate, end

•   finish

•   kill

•   massacre

•   slay, squash


•   death

•   end

•   finish

•   holocaust

•   massacre


•   comment

•   edit


•   acquaint

•   bill, break

•   call, communicate, cry

•   deliver

•   give

•   introduce, issue

•   knell

•   notify

•   page, post, profess, pronounce

•   read, return

•   say, sound

•   toll, trumpet


•   call, communication, cry

•   expression

•   mention

•   notice, notification

•   poster, pronouncement, prospectus

•   release


•   forerunner


•   affront, antagonize

•   bait

•   chafe, chivvy

•   disquiet

•   exercise

•   fret

•   get at, goad, grate

•   hackles, hair, hurt

•   jar

•   mortify

•   nag, niggle

•   offend

•   pain, persecute, pique, put out

•   rankle, rub

•   skin, spite

•   tire, torment, tread, try

•   wall, wear, weary, worry, wound


•   complaint

•   discomfort, dissatisfaction

•   frustration

•   ill temper, inconvenience

•   menace, mortification

•   offence

•   pique

•   thorn, torment

•   worry


•   abrasive, awkward

•   disquieting

•   frightful

•   grating

•   inconvenient, infuriating

•   nasty, naughty, nerve-racking

•   offensive

•   pestilential, provocative

•   sore

•   tedious, tiresome, trying

•   untoward

•   wearisome


•   counteract

•   divorce

•   lift, liquidate

•   override, overrule, overturn

•   quash

•   scratch, set aside

•   undo


•   divorce


•   anaesthetic

•   balm

•   sedative


•   apply

•   ordain


•   isolated

•   queer

•   unnatural


•   freak

•   original

•   paradox


•   grey


•   agree

•   calculation, clear up, counter

•   echo

•   fill in

•   key

•   letter

•   minister

•   oracle

•   say


•   culpable

•   fault


•   account for, atone

•   guarantee

•   pay

•   vouch

•   warrant


•   aggression, anger, animosity

•   disaffection, dislike

•   enmity

•   hate, hatred

•   ill feeling, ill will, incompatibility

•   negativeness


•   combatant

•   fighter

•   opposition


•   antisocial

•   competitive, contradictory, contrary

•   destructive, disaffected

•   hard

•   ill

•   negative

•   opposing, opposite

•   polar, pugnacious

•   repugnant, resistant

•   truculent

•   uncongenial


•   precedent, precursor, predecessor


•   medieval, musty

•   old, outmoded

•   square


•   song


•   bargain for

•   envisage, envision

•   fear

•   hope

•   lip, look

•   pre-empt, prejudge, prepare, provide

•   reckon

•   see

•   think


•   forecast

•   precaution, preparation, presumption, prevention, prospect

•   suspense

•   thought


•   foolery


•   abomination, allergy

•   disaffection, disinclination

•   gall, grudge

•   hate, horror


•   date, decrepit

•   medieval, moth-eaten, musty

•   out, out of date, outdated

•   prehistoric

•   quaint

•   rusty

•   stale

•   time

•   unfashionable


•   antediluvian, antiquated, antiquity

•   hoary

•   medieval

•   old-time, outmoded

•   quaint

•   rusty


•   history

•   past


•   taciturn


•   alarm

•   burden

•   consternation

•   desperation, discomposure, dismay

•   fear

•   impatience, insecurity

•   jitters

•   nerves

•   qualm

•   strain, stress, sweat

•   terror, thought, trouble

•   unrest


•   afraid

•   breathless

•   despairing

•   edgy

•   ill at ease, insecure

•   jealous, jittery, jumpy

•   longing

•   neurotic

•   perturbed

•   state, suspense

•   unsettled


•   disengaged

•   individually

•   lonely

•   off


•   cabinet, chamber

•   pad, place

•   ward


•   blasé

•   callous, casual

•   dead, dull

•   half-hearted, heavy

•   lackadaisical, lethargic, low-spirited, lukewarm

•   nonchalant

•   stolid

•   tepid

•   unenthusiastic, unsympathetic


•   boredom

•   doldrums

•   lethargy


•   berserk, burlesque

•   impersonate

•   mad


•   hiatus

•   jaws

•   leak, loophole

•   mouth

•   peephole


•   epigram

•   moral


•   ease

•   presence of mind

•   repose


•   fabulous


•   bad

•   repentant


•   amends

•   parody

•   reason


•   disciple

•   follower


•   idolatry

•   paragon


•   scandalize

•   terrorize


•   atrocious

•   bloodcurdling

•   chronic

•   diabolical

•   fearsome, formidable

•   grievous, grisly

•   revolting

•   tragic, tremendous

•   unholy, unspeakable

•   vile

•   woeful


•   contrivance

•   engine

•   implement, instrument

•   kit

•   paraphernalia, plant

•   rig

•   thing, tool

•   vehicle


•   external

•   gross

•   illusory

•   observable

•   palpable, perceptible, probable, professed

•   quasi-

•   surface

•   transparent


•   doubtless

•   evidently

•   face

•   presumably, professedly

•   quasi-

•   reputedly

•   surface


•   bogey

•   emergence

•   fantasy

•   hallucination

•   sprite


•   approach

•   cry

•   desire, drive

•   glamour

•   magnetism

•   recourse

•   temptation, turn


•   begin, break, break out

•   come, come in

•   dawn

•   erupt

•   feel, figure, form

•   get in

•   happen

•   light, look

•   peer, pop

•   report, result, rise

•   sound, spring, start


•   affectation, apparition, attendance

•   brow

•   cast, colour, complexion, countenance

•   deportment

•   entrance, entry, exterior

•   façade, fashion, finish

•   gloss

•   likeness, lines

•   manifestation

•   occurrence

•   performance, presentation, pretext, publication

•   shape, show, showing, sight, style

•   veneer


•   atone

•   content

•   hush

•   lay

•   moderate

•   quieten

•   reconcile, relieve

•   smooth, still, sweeten


•   indulgence

•   reconciliation


•   suspend

•   tack


•   arm

•   extension, extra

•   offshoot

•   tail, trail, train


•   annexe

•   extension


•   gusto

•   lust

•   palate

•   thirst

•   want


•   relish


•   delectable

•   luscious


•   exalt

•   hail


•   cheer

•   eulogy, exaltation

•   rave

•   tribute


•   contrivance, convenience

•   engine

•   facility

•   resource


•   available

•   material

•   point

•   relative

•   viable


•   client


•   administration, approach

•   bearing

•   concentration

•   employment, enforcement, exertion, expenditure

•   form

•   imposition, instance

•   order

•   relation, run

•   tenacity, toil


•   adapt, ask, attribute

•   coat, convert

•   dispense

•   enforce

•   harness, hold

•   inflict, invoke

•   lay

•   rub

•   set, spend

•   turn

•   wield


•   accredit, attach

•   call, cast, constitute, create

•   destine, detail

•   engage

•   hire

•   impose, institute

•   make

•   outfit

•   place, prescribe

•   schedule


•   accredited

•   fitted


•   capacity, commission

•   deputation, dispensation


•   adjudge, appropriate, award

•   bestow, budget

•   dole

•   mete

•   parcel, partition, portion

•   ration

•   split

•   weigh


•   allowance, appropriation

•   dispensation, dole

•   partition


•   fit

•   material

•   point

•   relative


•   appreciation

•   criticism, critique

•   measurement

•   try


•   observable

•   respectable

•   sensible


•   apprehend, approve

•   conceive

•   delight, devour, dig

•   follow

•   honour

•   judge

•   love

•   see, sense, store


•   advance, approval

•   conception

•   ear, eye

•   feeling

•   gusto

•   love affair

•   palate, premium

•   sense, sensibility

•   taste


•   complimentary

•   exquisite

•   proud


•   anticipate

•   divine

•   experience

•   mistrust

•   pick up

•   receive

•   sense

•   track down


•   anticipation

•   cognition, consciousness

•   dismay

•   expectation

•   feeling, fright

•   horror

•   presentiment

•   qualm

•   realization, reason

•   sight, suspense

•   tension


•   disturbed

•   edge, expectant

•   jealous, jumpy

•   solicitous

•   tense, timid, timorous


•   recruit


•   address, angle

•   bear down, broach

•   come, come up to, compare, contact, channel

•   face, feeler

•   gain

•   handling

•   lead up to, light, line

•   pass, policy

•   strategy

•   tack, tactic, tone, touch, turn

•   verge


•   human

•   outgoing

•   receptive


•   adopt, advisable, agreeable, allowable

•   borrow

•   collar, commensurate, competent, convenient, convert

•   decent, decorous, deserved, desired, due

•   elegant, eligible, encroach, expedient

•   favourable

•   happy

•   just

•   lift, likely

•   order

•   peculiar, pirate, plagiarize, poach, point, procure

•   relative, requisition

•   seasonable, special

•   timely

•   utilize

•   very


•   advisability, aptitude

•   competence, convenience

•   decency

•   expediency

•   propriety


•   adoption

•   conquest

•   embezzlement, encroachment

•   requisition


•   acceptance, adoption

•   credit

•   justification

•   O.K.

•   popularity

•   recognition

•   support

•   thumb


•   acquiesce, adopt, assent

•   concur, consent

•   justify

•   legalize

•   O.K.

•   recognize

•   sustain

•   underwrite

•   warrant


•   adjoin

•   comparative

•   general


•   contact

•   idea


•   flap


•   material

•   point

•   regarding, relative


•   concerning


•   adroit, advisable

•   best

•   capable

•   elegant

•   happy

•   just

•   neat

•   opportune

•   point, proficient


•   art

•   brilliance

•   craft

•   dexterity

•   endowment

•   genius

•   head

•   instinct

•   know-how

•   potential, promise, prowess

•   qualification

•   skill

•   turn


•   adroitness, advisability

•   dexterity

•   expediency, expertise, expertness

•   neatness

•   propriety


•   absolutist

•   connoisseur, critic

•   mediator

•   reviewer


•   absolutism


•   haphazard

•   unfair

•   wanton


•   compromise

•   intercede, intervene

•   moderate

•   negotiate


•   negotiation


•   mediator

•   peacemaker


•   inflection

•   sweep

•   turn, twist


•   coy

•   flirtatious

•   high, hunch

•   inflection

•   premier

•   wicked


•   coy

•   flirtatious

•   high, hunch

•   inflection

•   premier

•   wicked


•   antediluvian

•   date, dated

•   immemorial

•   medieval

•   old-world, outdated

•   prehistoric


•   bent

•   crescent


•   copy

•   epitome, example

•   idea

•   paragon, picture

•   representative

•   type


•   artificer

•   father

•   mastermind

•   parent


•   proceeding

•   record, register


•   ice-cold


•   amorous, animated, anxious

•   burning

•   crazy

•   devoted, devout

•   earnest, emotional, emotive

•   fire

•   heartfelt, hearty

•   impetuous

•   longing, loving

•   mad


•   animation

•   emotion, energy

•   flame

•   glow

•   love

•   madness

•   soul


•   ambitious

•   murderous

•   rough, rugged

•   stiff

•   uphill

•   weary


•   bed, belt

•   circle, circuit, compartment, courtyard

•   discipline

•   estate

•   gamut, ground

•   jurisdiction

•   kingdom

•   measurement

•   place, position, precinct, preserve

•   quarter

•   room

•   scene, sheet

•   thesis

•   vicinity

•   walk, ward, world


•   walk


•   language

•   patter

•   talk, terminology, tongue


•   agitate, answer back

•   battle, brawl

•   contest

•   protest

•   row

•   scrap, spar, speak, submit, sword


•   agitation

•   brawl, brief

•   difference

•   fuss

•   ground

•   hassle

•   issue

•   lawsuit

•   matter, misunderstanding

•   premiss

•   question

•   representation

•   scrap, set-to, submission

•   text

•   words


•   dialectic

•   emotive

•   fighting

•   pugnacious


•   baked

•   thirsty


•   right


•   accrue

•   break out

•   come, come about, come up

•   derive

•   flow

•   grow

•   transpire

•   wake


•   gentility

•   quality


•   magnate

•   nob


•   exclusive

•   genteel


•   fit

•   member

•   wing


•   fit

•   member

•   wing


•   fitted, forcible

•   military


•   safeguard


•   unbreakable


•   sword

•   warfare


•   battalion

•   crowd

•   force

•   legion

•   myriad

•   troop


•   breath

•   flavour

•   incense

•   whiff


•   scented, sweet


•   existent

•   just about


•   activate, actuate, alarm, awake

•   breed

•   call, challenge

•   evoke, exalt

•   fan, fire

•   galvanize, get

•   incur, influence, inspire

•   jog

•   motivate

•   pique

•   raise

•   stir, summon

•   thrill, turn on

•   work, work up


•   appoint, assort

•   comb, compose, compound, contract

•   deploy, digest, distribute, divide, do, dress

•   fit, fix

•   get, grade, graduate

•   harmonize

•   lay, lay out

•   manage

•   negotiate

•   place, programme

•   ready, regulate, rig, rig up

•   see to, serve, set, set up, spread, stage, straighten, strike, structure, style

•   tabulate, trim

•   work, work out


•   appointment, assortment

•   bargain

•   composition, condition, conformation, contract, covenant

•   disposal, distribution

•   engagement

•   layout

•   make-up, method

•   network

•   pact, pattern, presentation

•   ratio, regulation

•   scheme, sequence, series


•   arm, army, assort, assortment

•   beautify

•   cavalcade

•   disposal

•   gear

•   habit, host

•   invest

•   panoply, position, preen

•   rank, rig out

•   set out, spread, stock

•   trim

•   variety


•   custody

•   get

•   intercept

•   keep

•   paralyse, paralysis, pick up

•   short, suspend


•   absorbing

•   salient


•   approach

•   emergence

•   influx


•   come in

•   descend, disembark

•   get, get in

•   land

•   make

•   report


•   airs, assumption, assurance

•   disdain, dogmatism

•   side, snobbery

•   vanity


•   big, bossy, bumptious

•   cavalier, cocky

•   despotic, dogmatic, domineering

•   high

•   lofty

•   magisterial, masterful

•   self-important, snobbish

•   vain


•   encroachment


•   depot


•   accomplishment, address, attainment

•   hand, handicraft

•   science

•   technique, touch, trick

•   work, workmanship


•   arch, astute

•   canny

•   deep

•   glib

•   insidious

•   loaded

•   quaint

•   tactical


•   condition

•   doctrine, dogma

•   report


•   breathe

•   sound

•   voluble


•   art

•   cheat

•   deceit

•   evasion

•   fraud

•   imposition

•   pretence

•   quibble

•   shift

•   trap


•   hand

•   workman


•   camp

•   dummy

•   fictitious

•   high-sounding

•   inorganic

•   mannered

•   precious, pseudo

•   set, stiff, stilted, strained

•   theatrical

•   unreal


•   hand

•   operative

•   tradesman

•   worker, workman


•   bohemian

•   cultural

•   talented


•   dexterity

•   hand

•   technique


•   careless

•   fresh

•   homespun

•   rustic

•   simple-minded

•   unguarded, unspoiled


•   seeing


•   arise

•   escalate

•   get on, get up

•   jump

•   lift

•   top


•   advantage

•   day, dynasty

•   edge

•   hold

•   leverage

•   preponderance

•   success

•   triumph


•   preponderant, prevalent


•   certify

•   detect, distinguish

•   find

•   gauge

•   hear

•   judge

•   prove

•   see

•   trace


•   continent

•   monastic

•   puritan


•   accredit, attach

•   lay, localize


•   repentant


•   beached

•   stranded


•   by

•   off


•   crass

•   dumb

•   mad, mindless

•   preposterous

•   unwise


•   call on, consult

•   desire

•   enquire

•   require

•   wish


•   disbelievingly


•   wrong, wry


•   rest


•   attribute

•   brow

•   colours, complexion

•   deportment, detail

•   exterior

•   face, factor, flavour, front

•   hue

•   item

•   light

•   phase, point, presence

•   quality

•   regard, respect

•   shape

•   thing, tone

•   way


•   rigour


•   contestant

•   nominee

•   pretender


•   end

•   pretension, purpose

•   thought


•   endeavour

•   mean

•   pretend, purpose


•   coming

•   desirous


•   behind, bottom

•   monkey, moron

•   tail


•   bombard

•   come at

•   descend

•   engage

•   fly at

•   go for

•   hit out (at)

•   make for, molest, mug

•   pelt, ply, press

•   set on, storm, strike

•   turn on

•   visit

•   wade


•   cutthroat

•   gunman

•   thug


•   bump off, butcher

•   dispatch

•   knock off

•   remove, rub out


•   attempt

•   barrage, batter, battery, beat up, blitz, bombard, bombardment, broadside

•   come at

•   descend, descent

•   fight, fly at

•   go for

•   lay

•   make for, mug

•   operation

•   pounce, push

•   raid, rush

•   sail, set on

•   turn on

•   violate


•   appraisal

•   experiment

•   proof

•   taste


•   aggregate

•   build, bunch

•   call, cluster

•   edit

•   form, frame

•   garner, get together, group

•   herd, hold

•   line up

•   mass

•   piece, pile, prepare

•   raise, rake, rig up

•   sit, stack, structure

•   turn out


•   audience

•   band

•   cabinet, caucus, circle, convention, chamber

•   legislature

•   make-up, muster

•   organization

•   parliament, production

•   session

•   unit


•   accordance

•   belief

•   concession, confirmation, consensus

•   go along, go-ahead

•   harmony

•   nod

•   O.K.

•   submission

•   unanimity, unity


•   argue

•   confess

•   express

•   insist

•   make out

•   plead, protest

•   say, show, submit

•   testify

•   voice, vouch


•   argument, assurance

•   claim

•   expression

•   premiss, pretension

•   remark

•   word


•   active, assured

•   commanding

•   dominant

•   magisterial, militant

•   peremptory, pushing


•   account, assay

•   balance

•   criticize

•   discriminate

•   lay

•   mark, measure

•   price

•   review

•   survey

•   test


•   appreciation

•   criticism, critique

•   measurement

•   opinion

•   price

•   test, think, thinking, thought


•   beauty

•   find

•   investment

•   merit

•   plus, purchase

•   strength

•   virtue


•   busy

•   close

•   painstaking

•   thorough


•   adjudge, allow, apply, attach, award

•   cast

•   deal, dedicate, destine, detail, devote, dispense, dole

•   entrust

•   fill

•   garrison

•   heap

•   impute

•   lay, leave, localize

•   make, measure out, mete

•   place, portion, post, prescribe

•   refer

•   set, share, slot, station


•   business

•   deputation, detail, disposal

•   lesson

•   paper, project

•   quota

•   stint

•   work


•   accommodate

•   back up, befriend, bolster

•   ease

•   favour, forward

•   hand

•   lend

•   patronize, prompt

•   speed

•   tide over


•   accommodation, advantage

•   countenance, charity

•   hand

•   kindness

•   leg

•   participation, patronage, prompting

•   redress

•   subsidy

•   worth


•   aid, attendant

•   companion

•   deputy

•   help

•   mate, minister

•   subordinate, subsidiary


•   accessory, accompanying, accomplice, acquaintance, align, assistant, attach, auxiliary

•   brother

•   connection

•   elbow

•   federate, fellow

•   group

•   herd

•   implicate, involve

•   member

•   participant, place


•   acquaintance, alignment

•   belonging, body, brotherhood

•   collaboration, community, conjunction, consolidation, contact

•   firm

•   guild

•   implication, institute, intercourse, involvement

•   kinship

•   link, lodge

•   marriage

•   overtone

•   party

•   ring


•   diversify


•   several


•   bunch, bundle

•   conglomeration

•   lot

•   mix

•   pile

•   range

•   set, stock


•   accede, act

•   bank on, bargain on

•   conclude, conjecture

•   fake

•   gather

•   hold

•   lay down

•   postulate, pretend

•   reckon

•   say, seem

•   trust

•   understand


•   artificial, axiomatic

•   gratuitous

•   imaginary

•   phoney, putative

•   understood, unnatural, unspoken


•   acting, audacious

•   if

•   pretentious


•   deduction

•   expectancy

•   hope

•   pretension, principle

•   succession

•   thesis


•   belief

•   commitment

•   earnest, engagement, expectation

•   face, fluency

•   impertinence, insurance

•   pawn

•   safety, seal

•   trust

•   undertaking

•   warrant


•   insure

•   satisfy

•   warrant


•   automatic

•   bullish

•   definite

•   hopeful

•   inevitable

•   optimistic

•   sanguine


•   awe

•   bowl over

•   dazzle

•   electrify

•   jolt

•   petrify

•   rock

•   startle

•   throw


•   awe-inspiring

•   incredible

•   marvellous, miraculous

•   startling, strange

•   unaccountable, unbelievable, uncanny, undreamed of, unexpected

•   wonderful


•   admiration


•   appalling

•   fabulous

•   incredible

•   marvellous, miraculous

•   portentous, prodigious

•   startling, stupendous

•   uncanny

•   wonderful


•   gone

•   missing

•   sea

•   wide


•   acute, apt

•   brilliant

•   common-sense

•   deep, designing, discriminating, discriminatory

•   hard-headed

•   judicious

•   percipient, perspicacious

•   quick, quick-witted

•   ready

•   smart

•   thoughtful


•   acuteness, art

•   depth

•   gumption

•   wisdom, wits


•   security


•   stalwart, stout


•   current

•   medium

•   nimbus

•   odour

•   sense

•   undercurrent, undertone


•   flicker

•   granule

•   ounce

•   spark


•   make up

•   pay, penance

•   repent

•   satisfy


•   abominable

•   black

•   chronic

•   damnable, dark, devilish

•   enormous

•   fearful

•   hellish

•   iniquitous

•   obscene, outrageous

•   rank

•   scandalous, shameful


•   barbarism

•   eyesore

•   obscenity


•   adjoin

•   bridge

•   cement, clip

•   endear, engage

•   hang, hitch

•   lace

•   nail

•   peg, pin

•   suspend

•   tack, tie up


•   accompanying, affectionate, amorous

•   close, constant

•   faithful, fixed, friendly

•   loyal

•   near


•   addendum, amendment, annexe

•   belonging

•   endearment

•   passion

•   romance


•   attempt

•   barrage, battery, battle, bear down, beat up, belabour, blitz, bomb, bombard, bombardment, broadside

•   campaign, clasp, come at

•   declaim, denounce, descend, descent

•   encounter, engage

•   fly at

•   get at, go for, grapple

•   hit out (at)

•   illness

•   join

•   lash, lay

•   make for, molest, mug

•   outburst

•   pounce, pull, push

•   qualm

•   sail, savage, set on, shell, slam

•   tilt, turn on

•   visit

•   wade, worry


•   critic


•   accede, arrive

•   come, come at, compass

•   extend

•   find

•   get at

•   hit

•   learn

•   make

•   purchase

•   strike

•   touch

•   work out


•   end, exploit

•   fruition

•   gain

•   prowess

•   triumph


•   aim, assay

•   bash

•   cause

•   entry, exertion

•   fling

•   offer

•   test, throw

•   whirl


•   await

•   conduct

•   ensue

•   guide

•   minister

•   nourish

•   pursue

•   respect

•   see, show

•   turn out

•   wait on, witness


•   convoy


•   convoy, courtier

•   guardian

•   incidental

•   keeper

•   man

•   page

•   retainer

•   satellite, subordinate


•   application

•   court

•   diligence

•   ear, emphasis

•   guard

•   interest

•   limelight

•   observance

•   publicity

•   remark

•   spotlight, study

•   trouble

•   wariness, watch


•   assiduous, aware

•   circumspect, close, concerned

•   diligent

•   friendly

•   interested

•   jealous

•   solicitous

•   vigilant

•   wakeful, wary


•   act

•   conduct

•   fashion, frame

•   light

•   mentality, mind

•   principle, psychology

•   sentiment, set, slant, spirit, stand, state

•   temper, thing, tone, tune

•   vein

•   will


•   appeal

•   beckon

•   court

•   drum up

•   intrigue

•   pack in

•   seduce

•   take, turn on

•   win


•   affinity, attachment

•   beauty

•   decoy

•   feature

•   glamour

•   liking

•   personality


•   adorable, amiable

•   becoming, beguiling

•   catching

•   darling, desirable

•   enchanting, endearing, exquisite

•   fine

•   goodly

•   likable, lovable

•   nice

•   ornamental

•   palatable, personable, picturesque

•   sweet

•   taking


•   accredit, accuse, attach

•   endowment

•   gift

•   lay

•   put down

•   qualification


•   brown


•   assured

•   barefaced, brash

•   cool

•   desperate

•   glaring

•   hardy


•   brass, bravura

•   face

•   gallantry, gut

•   immodesty

•   sauce


•   attendance


•   abreast, acquainted

•   informed


•   add

•   bolster, broaden, build, buttress

•   compound

•   develop

•   elevate, enrich

•   feed, fortify

•   glorify

•   heap

•   improve

•   jack up

•   pad

•   recruit

•   step up, supplement


•   accumulation, addendum

•   improvement, increment

•   jump


•   adumbrate, announce

•   forebode, forecast, foretell

•   mean

•   spell


•   adumbration

•   foreboding

•   oracle


•   gallant, great

•   imperial

•   princely, proud

•   royal

•   venerable


•   cheering

•   friendly

•   golden, good

•   ripe


•   bare

•   cheerless

•   dour

•   frigid

•   monastic

•   puritan

•   rough, rugged


•   baldness

•   frigidity

•   hardship


•   believable

•   good

•   historical, honest

•   lifelike

•   official

•   realistic, right

•   sterling, straight


•   orthodoxy

•   reality


•   agent

•   discoverer

•   narrator

•   source

•   write


•   bossy

•   repressive

•   stern

•   totalitarian


•   adviser, arm, auspice

•   commission, consultant, critic

•   disposal

•   empire

•   face, free hand

•   guru

•   hands, hold

•   interest

•   leadership, leverage

•   mandate, mastermind, mastery

•   oracle, orthodoxy

•   precedent, prestige

•   responsibility

•   sage, say, source

•   validity


•   certificate, clearance

•   enactment, endorsement

•   faculty, franchise

•   go-ahead

•   liberty

•   mandate

•   O.K.

•   pass, passage

•   remit


•   constitute, charter

•   delegate

•   enact, endorse, entrust

•   invest

•   legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, let

•   O.K.

•   order

•   pass

•   tell


•   authoritarian

•   oppressor

•   tsar


•   arbitrary, authoritarian

•   bossy

•   commanding

•   heavy-handed, high-handed

•   imperative

•   overbearing

•   peremptory


•   cut

•   mindless


•   absolute

•   democratic

•   separate

•   unattached


•   absoluteness

•   liberty


•   appendage, attachment, attendant

•   colleague

•   extra

•   fresh

•   instrumental

•   other


•   disposable

•   forthcoming

•   hand, home

•   leisure

•   open

•   present, print, purchasable

•   sale

•   tap

•   unattached, usable


•   cascade


•   advanced

•   bohemian

•   revolutionary

•   underground


•   avid

•   mercenary

•   narrow

•   ravenous

•   sordid

•   worldly


•   score


•   line

•   means, medium

•   outlet

•   walk


•   all right

•   bad

•   decent

•   lowly

•   mill

•   reasonable

•   satisfactory


•   allergic, antagonistic

•   repugnant

•   slow


•   abomination, allergy

•   bête noire

•   disaffection, dread

•   enmity

•   grudge

•   ill will

•   nausea

•   phobia


•   agog, ambitious, anxious

•   breathless

•   desirous

•   itching

•   longing

•   mad

•   wild


•   abstain

•   beg, beware

•   cut

•   decline, distance, duck

•   fight, flee, fly, forbear, fudge

•   get out of

•   help, hold off

•   jump

•   miss

•   ostracize

•   parry

•   refrain, resist

•   skirt, steer

•   ward off


•   abstention, abstinence

•   forbearance

•   loophole


•   known

•   ostensible

•   pretended


•   hope

•   look


•   responsive

•   waken


•   call

•   evoke

•   galvanize

•   life

•   raise

•   stir

•   waken, warm, whet


•   inspiration

•   renaissance


•   citation

•   dispensation

•   finding

•   jackpot, judgment

•   purse


•   awake

•   bright

•   perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing

•   responsive

•   wide-awake


•   apprehension

•   cognition

•   grasp

•   illumination, insight

•   light

•   sensation, sense

•   touch


•   aloof

•   by

•   forth

•   wide


•   consternation

•   dazzle, discourage

•   stupefaction

•   terrorize


•   awful

•   dread

•   incredible

•   monumental

•   portentous

•   solemn


•   almighty

•   beastly

•   creepy, chronic

•   flagrant

•   grisly

•   mortal

•   painful

•   terrific, tragic

•   unholy, unspeakable

•   wicked, woeful


•   fearfully


•   boorish

•   contrary, cramped, crotchety

•   disconcerting

•   fractious

•   gangling

•   halting, heavy-handed, hefty

•   ill-timed, impracticable, inapt

•   laboured, left-handed

•   obstructive

•   ponderous

•   rustic

•   self-conscious, strained, strange

•   uneasy, unhappy, untoward

•   wooden


•   abolish

•   close

•   discard, discontinue, dissolve, ditch, do away with, drop

•   end

•   phase out, purge

•   stop

•   throw away, turn out


•   law

•   rule

•   saw, saying

•   truth


•   demonstrable

•   proverbial

•   sententious


•   line

•   seat, stem


•   ballyhoo, blurt out, bubble

•   gush

•   jaw

•   maunder

•   noise

•   patter

•   ramble, rave

•   wander, wind


•   cub

•   nestling


•   babyish

•   kid

•   mother

•   nestling, nipper

•   pigeon, pygmy

•   tot


•   little


•   befriend

•   eye

•   forward

•   gamble

•   help

•   maintain

•   patronize, punt, put on

•   set up, stand by

•   uphold

•   vouch


•   gut

•   spirit, strength


•   onerous

•   weighty


•   climb down

•   way


•   assistant

•   contributor, champion

•   exponent

•   follower, friend

•   partisan, punt, punter

•   support


•   backlash


•   antecedents

•   birth

•   context

•   past

•   record

•   scene, setting, stock, surroundings


•   left-handed


•   aegis, auspice

•   behind, blessing

•   countenance

•   favour, furtherance

•   mount

•   office

•   start


•   cry off

•   drop out


•   fall


•   buttress

•   document

•   reverse


•   averse

•   coy

•   dilatory

•   godforsaken

•   loath

•   reverse

•   simple-minded

•   tentative

•   unassertive


•   bush

•   country

•   one-horse, outlying


•   ferment


•   black

•   choice

•   demoralized

•   foul

•   good

•   inauspicious

•   low-grade

•   malign, marvellous, miserable

•   nasty

•   pernicious

•   rank, reprehensible, rigorous

•   third-rate, tough

•   unfavourable, unspeakable, unwholesome

•   vicious

•   woeful


•   crest

•   decoration

•   ensign

•   favour

•   hallmark

•   plaque

•   symbol


•   annoy

•   besiege, browbeat, bug

•   hassle

•   molest

•   persecute, pick on

•   tease

•   worry


•   awfully

•   hard

•   ill


•   bamboozle, beggar

•   cheat

•   defy, disappoint

•   escape

•   floor

•   get

•   tantalize, throw


•   bent, bundle

•   grab

•   line

•   net

•   packet, partiality, pocket, pouch, predilection, preference

•   speciality

•   win


•   cargo

•   minx

•   thing


•   full

•   wide


•   pump


•   heckle

•   incentive

•   pick on


•   account, aplomb

•   ballast

•   compensate, composition, cover

•   equal, equality, even

•   harmony

•   keep up, keeping

•   make up, mean

•   normality

•   odds

•   par, perch, proportion

•   redress, regulate, remains, remnant

•   trim, turn on


•   equal, even

•   level, level-headed

•   proportional

•   rational, regular, right

•   sane, steady, symmetrical


•   barefaced, blatant


•   jargon

•   stuff

•   tomfoolery, trumpery


•   disappoint, do out of

•   shy

•   tantalize, traverse


•   blob

•   dance

•   lump

•   roll, round

•   wad


•   bag


•   fanfare


•   application

•   fragrance

•   help

•   incense

•   relief


•   aromatic

•   bland

•   calm

•   fine, fragrant

•   gentle, good

•   peaceable

•   soft, sweet

•   warm


•   bilk

•   fast

•   humbug

•   jockey

•   kid

•   wool


•   anathema, anathematize

•   blacklist

•   curse

•   damnation

•   enjoin, except, exclusion, excommunicate, expel

•   lock out

•   restraint, rule out

•   sanction

•   veto


•   average

•   conventional, corny

•   dull

•   empty

•   hack

•   insipid

•   mediocre, musty

•   prosaic

•   run-of-the-mill

•   sloppy

•   tedious

•   uninspired


•   emptiness

•   insipidity

•   tedium


•   bridge, brigade, bunch

•   circle, clan, corps

•   girdle

•   hoop

•   knot

•   league, line

•   mass

•   pack, parcel

•   ring, round

•   set, squad, streak

•   tape, team, troupe

•   wreath


•   bridge, brigade, bunch

•   circle, clan, corps

•   girdle

•   hoop

•   knot

•   league, line

•   mass

•   pack, parcel

•   ring, round

•   set, squad, streak

•   tape, team, troupe

•   wreath


•   band, brace

•   truss


•   thug


•   anathema

•   bugbear

•   canker

•   headache

•   pestilence, poison

•   thorn

•   venom, visitation


•   evil

•   lethal

•   malign

•   poisonous

•   toxic

•   unhealthy

•   virulent


•   bat, blast, buffet

•   cudgel

•   exactly

•   flap

•   impact

•   plumb

•   rattle, right


•   proscribe

•   resolve

•   turn out


•   ejection


•   drift

•   grade, gradient

•   pool

•   reckon, rely, row

•   shallow

•   tier, treasury


•   drift

•   grade, gradient

•   pool

•   reckon, rely, row

•   shallow

•   tier, treasury


•   bargain on

•   credit

•   depend

•   presume


•   beggar, bust

•   deplete

•   exhaust

•   finished

•   hard up

•   impoverish

•   pauper, penniless, poverty-stricken

•   red, reduce, ruin


•   crash

•   finish


•   dine

•   spread


•   mock

•   sport

•   wit


•   convert


•   balk, beam, blacklist, boycott, but

•   cake, close, check, choke

•   embargo, enjoin, except, exclusion, expel

•   impede, inhibit, inhibition

•   leave out, lever, line, lock out

•   oppose, outlaw

•   prevention, prohibition

•   ray

•   shut, shut out


•   shaft, spine

•   taunt

•   wisecrack


•   animal

•   barbarous, beast

•   fiend

•   heathen

•   monster

•   uncivilized


•   atrocious

•   bestial

•   ferocious

•   heathen

•   outrageous


•   inhumanity


•   atrocity

•   barbarism

•   ferocity


•   beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty

•   cold-blooded, cutthroat

•   fierce

•   hellish

•   merciless, murderous

•   outlandish

•   rugged

•   sadistic

•   untamed


•   bleak, buff

•   denude, desert, desolate

•   exhausted

•   gaunt

•   inhospitable

•   lean, lifeless

•   mere

•   raw, reveal

•   scant, sterile, strip

•   uncover, unfinished, unmask, unveil

•   very

•   waste


•   beardless


•   half

•   ill

•   less, little

•   narrowly

•   only


•   cut-price, cheap

•   find

•   inexpensive

•   palter

•   saving

•   treat, truck

•   undertake


•   reckon


•   burst


•   cough, cry

•   gall, graze

•   hack, hawk

•   thunder


•   cough, cry

•   gall, graze

•   hack, hawk

•   thunder


•   batty

•   half-witted

•   lunatic

•   mad

•   twist


•   fancy, flowery

•   intricate

•   overwrought


•   avalanche

•   bombard

•   dam

•   fire

•   shell, shower


•   bald, bare, bleak

•   dead, devoid

•   effete

•   futile

•   impoverished, ineffective, inhospitable

•   lean, lifeless

•   meagre

•   poor

•   stark

•   unimaginative, uninhabited


•   dam, defence

•   hurdle

•   jump

•   wall


•   cordon

•   dam

•   embargo

•   gate

•   hedge

•   jump

•   partition, protection


•   bandy

•   commute, change

•   interchange

•   palter

•   reciprocate

•   truck


•   abominable

•   bad, beggarly, butt

•   cowardly, cheap

•   degenerate, degraded, demoralized, dirty

•   earthly, encampment

•   filthy, foul

•   garrison

•   iniquitous, installation

•   little

•   model, mount

•   nefarious

•   plebeian, predicate

•   rotten

•   seat, small

•   unholy, unworthy


•   abominable

•   bad, beggarly, butt

•   cowardly, cheap

•   degenerate, degraded, demoralized, dirty

•   earthly, encampment

•   filthy, foul

•   garrison

•   iniquitous, installation

•   little

•   model, mount

•   nefarious

•   plebeian, predicate

•   rotten

•   seat, small

•   unholy, unworthy


•   gratuitous

•   ill-founded, invalid


•   abjectness

•   corruption

•   evil

•   iniquity

•   villainy


•   bang, batter, blow

•   club

•   fling

•   party

•   rave


•   ashamed

•   backward

•   demure

•   modest

•   unassertive


•   bare, bottom

•   constituent

•   first

•   gut

•   important, inmost, integral

•   metaphysical

•   plain, preparatory, prime

•   raw, rough, rudimentary

•   simple, standard, stock

•   ultimate


•   essence

•   heart

•   practically

•   ultimately


•   bedrock

•   elements


•   account

•   backbone, bedrock

•   cause, cornerstone

•   derivation

•   element

•   gauge

•   justification

•   nucleus

•   origin

•   presumption

•   reason

•   score


•   sun


•   blackguard

•   mongrel

•   scoundrel

•   wretch


•   fortification

•   rampart


•   blink

•   club

•   flutter

•   wink


•   bundle

•   cluster, consignment, contingent

•   job

•   lump

•   mass

•   package, parcel


•   rinse


•   bath

•   immersion

•   splash


•   cudgel


•   bar


•   bar


•   beat up, bombard

•   club, crowd, cudgel

•   hail, hit

•   knock about, knock down

•   punish

•   rough

•   splash

•   thump


•   decrepit

•   shapeless


•   barrage


•   bout, brawl

•   fighting

•   grapple

•   resist, resistance

•   scrap

•   tussle

•   wrestle


•   arena


•   half-witted

•   twist


•   decoration

•   novelty

•   ornament

•   trumpery


•   filthy, fruity

•   naughty

•   racy


•   bark

•   scream


•   brown

•   creek

•   red, roar

•   shout

•   trumpet


•   brown

•   creek

•   red, roar

•   shout

•   trumpet


•   brown

•   creek

•   red, roar

•   shout

•   trumpet


•   dagger


•   emporium


•   lie

•   represent

•   subsist


•   layabout


•   buoy

•   guide

•   light, lookout


•   judge


•   beacon, blaze, breadth

•   illumination

•   level

•   pile

•   sparkle

•   truss


•   effulgent

•   glowing

•   lucid

•   splendid


•   accept, acquit, act, afford

•   blow, brave, bring in

•   deliver, deport

•   go through

•   lay, lout, lump

•   meet, mother

•   pocket, put up

•   receive, run

•   savage, stand, stand for, stick

•   teem, tend, transmit

•   waft, wear, withstand


•   challenge


•   tread

•   weigh


•   holder


•   actions, appearance

•   brow

•   concern, conduct

•   endurance

•   front

•   gait

•   kinship

•   look

•   manners

•   pose, presence

•   regard, respect

•   set, stance

•   tack, tendency


•   crest


•   pertain


•   ratify, reflect

•   verify

•   witness


•   hold up

•   wear


•   excuse


•   being

•   devil, dog

•   pig


•   horrible

•   outrageous


•   agitate

•   belabour, better, bludgeon

•   cap, castigate, click, club, chastise, churn

•   drum

•   exceed

•   flail, floor

•   lather

•   movement, mystify

•   nail

•   outclass, overpower, overthrow

•   pass, patter, post, punish, puzzle

•   quash

•   ram, round, rout

•   scour, scourge, stamp, stir, strap

•   tap, top, trounce

•   whisk, worst


•   battered, broken

•   done

•   puzzled

•   stuck

•   upset


•   battery

•   drubbing

•   flap

•   hiding

•   licking

•   pulse, punishment


•   bludgeon

•   knock about

•   lay

•   maul, mug

•   rough

•   set upon


•   flame

•   man


•   angelic, artistic

•   beaming, bonny

•   divine

•   elegant

•   glorious

•   heavenly

•   ornate

•   picturesque, prepossessing, pretty

•   sweet

•   tasteful


•   dress up

•   trim


•   angel, appeal

•   dream

•   glory


•   consequence


•   sign

•   wave


•   blur

•   cloud

•   fog

•   mist

•   overshadow


•   amount to

•   come

•   fall

•   get, grow

•   turn, turn out


•   due

•   handsome

•   presentable

•   right


•   bedrock

•   crib

•   layer, level

•   seat


•   settle

•   tuck in


•   beautify

•   deck, dress

•   gild, grace

•   invest


•   harry

•   obsess

•   tease


•   hurly-burly


•   disreputable


•   crippled

•   disabled

•   invalid


•   cornerstone


•   carp, cavil, complain

•   fat

•   groan

•   moan, murmur

•   obesity

•   whine


•   chunky

•   hefty, husky

•   rugged

•   stout, strong


•   bustle

•   hanging, hasten

•   overhang

•   project

•   scamper, scurry, scuttle


•   arrive

•   be

•   come about

•   intervene

•   overtake

•   pass, place

•   visit


•   agreeable, applicable, apropos, apt

•   decent, decorous

•   happy

•   likely


•   above

•   beforehand, beyond

•   front

•   preparatory


•   advance

•   betimes

•   early

•   first


•   associate

•   side


•   besotted

•   dizzy

•   foggy

•   punch-drunk


•   appeal, ask

•   conjure, cry

•   invite, invoke

•   press

•   require

•   seek, sue

•   urge


•   devil, down and out

•   impoverish

•   vagabond


•   dirty

•   elbow

•   paltry


•   approach, assume

•   break into, break out, build

•   cause

•   develop, dig in

•   effect, embark, enter

•   go ahead, go into

•   ice, introduce

•   kick off

•   launch

•   open

•   pitch in, preface

•   sail, set out, set up

•   tackle

•   undertake


•   entrant

•   founder

•   newcomer

•   pupil


•   baptism, budding

•   cause, conception, cradle

•   dawn, debut, derivation

•   entrance

•   first, fountain, front

•   genesis

•   head

•   incipient, initial, initiative

•   kickoff

•   preliminary, primary, prime

•   spring

•   threshold


•   daub

•   foul

•   mire


•   covet

•   deny

•   stint


•   allure

•   bait, betray, bewitch

•   cajole, captivate, coax

•   defraud

•   enchant, enthral, entice

•   fascinate

•   humbug

•   infatuate

•   kid

•   lead on

•   pass

•   seduce

•   trap


•   illusory, inviting

•   seductive

•   taking


•   acquit

•   conduct

•   deal, deport, do

•   react


•   course

•   decorum

•   form

•   life

•   morals


•   instance, instigation


•   backward

•   last, late

•   slow


•   behind, belated

•   overdue


•   experience

•   sight


•   appreciative

•   debt

•   obligation

•   thankful


•   as

•   breast

•   form

•   man

•   organism

•   person, presence


•   assail, assault

•   fly at

•   lash

•   overdo, overemphasize

•   pelt, pound

•   set about, stress

•   thump


•   expel


•   acceptance, apprehension, assumption

•   cause, conceit, contention

•   denomination

•   estimate, estimation, expectancy, expectation, eye

•   hope

•   idea

•   line

•   mind

•   position, presupposition, principle

•   sentiment

•   thought

•   understanding


•   conceivable

•   reasonable

•   tenable


•   account, apprehend

•   conceive

•   deem

•   esteem, estimate, expect

•   fancy, feel

•   harbour, hope

•   opinion

•   regard

•   suspect

•   take

•   understand


•   rant

•   thunder, trumpet


•   balloon, bowels

•   inside


•   appertain

•   lie

•   refer

•   stand


•   appropriate, apropos

•   membership


•   baggage

•   estate

•   impedimenta

•   possession, property

•   thing


•   favourite, flame

•   idol

•   love, lover

•   sweetheart


•   after

•   nether


•   bang, bash, beat, blow, box

•   circle, clip, corset, crown

•   gird

•   hit

•   knock

•   pelt, punch

•   scourge, spank, strap

•   tear, thrash


•   absent, abstracted

•   distracted, dizzy

•   spellbound


•   bar


•   budge

•   condescend, cringe, curl

•   deflection, deviate, distort, distortion, droop, duck

•   elbow

•   fasten, fold

•   give

•   hunch

•   inclination, inflection

•   kink

•   meander

•   slant, slump, sweep

•   trend, turning, twine

•   vault

•   wind, winding


•   nether

•   under


•   convenient

•   desirable

•   friendly, fruitful

•   good

•   healthy

•   kindly

•   nourishing, nutritious

•   positive, productive

•   rewarding

•   therapeutic

•   worthwhile


•   account

•   beauty, befriend, behalf, bonus

•   convenience

•   desirability, dole

•   emolument, enjoyment, expediency

•   fruit

•   goodness

•   oblige

•   pay, pension, perquisite, plus, privilege, purpose

•   return, reward

•   sake, service

•   utility

•   value

•   welfare, worth


•   aptness

•   bandy, bias

•   corrupt, criminal, character

•   deformed, deviant, direction, dishonest, disposition

•   genius, gift

•   habit, homosexual, humour

•   intent

•   liking

•   mind

•   predisposition, prone

•   rotten

•   slanting

•   taste, temperament, tortuous, turn, twist

•   vein, venal


•   convey

•   donate

•   leave


•   disposal

•   grant

•   largess


•   deprive

•   rob


•   grief

•   mourning


•   amuck

•   beside

•   deranged

•   hysterical

•   possessed

•   rampage, raving


•   cabin, compartment

•   place

•   space


•   appeal

•   conjure, cry

•   exhort

•   invoke

•   request, require

•   urge


•   about, abreast, adjacent, aside

•   by


•   addition, again, apart

•   except

•   measure, mention

•   over

•   well

•   yet


•   bombard

•   compass

•   ply, press

•   swamp


•   love


•   better

•   classic

•   finish

•   good

•   last word, the

•   optimum, overcome

•   pink, plum, preferable, pride, primary, prize

•   triumph

•   vintage

•   whip, worst


•   brute


•   afford

•   bequeath, bless

•   cast, contribute

•   deal, dispose of, dub

•   endow, extend

•   furnish

•   heap

•   lend

•   pay

•   rain

•   show, spare, spend

•   vest


•   lay

•   play, put on

•   rely


•   bogey

•   fear


•   place


•   announce

•   forebode, foreshadow

•   imply

•   mean

•   stand for, symbolize

•   witness


•   display

•   false

•   inform

•   let out

•   register

•   seduce, sell, sing, split, squeal, stab, stamp


•   desertion

•   exposure

•   faithlessness


•   benefit, break

•   cultivate

•   major, more

•   preferential, profit, progress, punt, punter

•   upgrade, uplift

•   whole


•   through


•   brew


•   gang

•   swarm

•   troop


•   complain, cry

•   grieve

•   sorrow

•   weep


•   mind out, mistrust


•   amaze, astonish

•   bedazzle

•   craze

•   disconcert, distract, dumbfound

•   entangle

•   floor, flurry, fog

•   muddle

•   stump, stun, surprise


•   bemused, blank

•   dazed, distracted, dumbfounded

•   foggy

•   loss, lost

•   mixed-up, muddled

•   sea, strange

•   wits


•   catch, conjure

•   enamour

•   infatuate

•   jinx

•   possess


•   accursed

•   doomed

•   enamoured

•   fascinated

•   infatuated

•   rapt

•   smitten


•   by

•   free


•   direction, discrimination, dispose, disposition, distortion

•   favour

•   humour

•   incline, inequality, injustice

•   liking

•   preconception

•   trend


•   bigoted

•   discriminatory, doctrinaire

•   inequitable, interested

•   loaded

•   narrow, narrow-minded

•   opinionated

•   partisan, prepossessed

•   subjective

•   unbalanced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable


•   feud

•   haggle

•   jar


•   beckon

•   call on

•   exhort

•   order

•   will


•   dictate

•   exhortation

•   instigation

•   mandate

•   wish, word


•   ample

•   free

•   gross

•   hefty

•   stout

•   tall


•   barbarian


•   fanatical

•   jaundiced

•   narrow

•   puritanical

•   rabid

•   small-minded

•   unfair


•   magnate

•   worthy


•   gall


•   sallow, sickly


•   default, do out of

•   take, take in


•   act

•   book

•   damage, debt, docket, draft

•   fee

•   legislation

•   nose

•   point, price


•   act

•   book

•   damage, debt, docket, draft

•   fee

•   legislation

•   nose

•   point, price


•   house

•   letter, lodge

•   place, position, post


•   heave


•   annoyance

•   bond, brace, bridge, bundle

•   cement, combine, commit, chain

•   embarrassment, endear, enslave

•   fix

•   gird, girdle

•   hold

•   involve

•   jam

•   knit, knot

•   lace, link

•   manacle

•   pickle, pin down, pinion, pledge

•   ratify, roll

•   tape

•   unify


•   band, bond

•   compelling, cover

•   force, fringe

•   hard and fast

•   incumbent

•   peremptory

•   stringent

•   valid


•   overeat


•   history


•   awakening

•   conception

•   dawn

•   family

•   inception

•   nationality

•   opening

•   start


•   cut

•   divide


•   dash, drill

•   end

•   lick, little

•   particle, patch, pinch, portion

•   routine

•   shred, smattering, snatch, snip, spot, stint, stretch, strip

•   taste, tinge, touch, trace, trifle


•   dash, drill

•   end

•   lick, little

•   particle, patch, pinch, portion

•   routine

•   shred, smattering, snatch, snip, spot, stint, stretch, strip

•   taste, tinge, touch, trace, trifle


•   sarcastic

•   vitriolic


•   chill

•   deceive

•   force

•   peck

•   salt, scrap

•   twinge

•   worry


•   abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious

•   brisk, burning

•   corrosive, chill

•   hot

•   ice-cold, icy

•   keen

•   nippy

•   peppery, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent

•   raw

•   satirical, slashing, strong

•   tart

•   violent


•   cold, cutting

•   dirty

•   hard, heated

•   ice-cold, icy, inclement

•   jaundiced

•   malicious, malignant, mortal

•   piercing, pungent

•   raw

•   sardonic, satirical, stern

•   unpalatable

•   virulent, vitriolic


•   acrimony

•   bile

•   enmity

•   gall

•   harshness

•   ill feeling, inclemency

•   malice

•   pain, poignancy

•   regret

•   spleen


•   anomalous

•   baroque

•   cranky, crazy

•   different

•   exotic

•   freak

•   insane

•   kinky

•   offbeat

•   preposterous

•   quaint

•   uncommon, unconventional, unnatural


•   babble

•   inform

•   patter

•   spill, squeal

•   talk


•   exclude, expel

•   inauspicious

•   mourning

•   satanic, shut out, sick, smoky


•   boycott

•   proscribe

•   shut out


•   bruise

•   dirty

•   libel, lour

•   scorch


•   dog

•   heel

•   knave

•   rotter


•   black


•   devilry

•   jinx


•   prey


•   oblivion


•   failure

•   good-for-nothing


•   abuse, attack, attribute

•   check

•   decry, discredit, door

•   get at

•   impeach, imputation, incriminate

•   knock

•   pick on

•   rebuke, reprimand

•   scold, slate

•   task

•   vituperation


•   just

•   moral

•   pure

•   righteous

•   saintly, spotless, suspicion


•   culpable

•   deplorable, disgraceful

•   guilty

•   punishable

•   wrong, wrongful


•   inexpressive

•   tame


•   temptation


•   absent

•   fishy

•   glassy

•   hiatus

•   inexpressive, inscrutable

•   negation

•   stony

•   wooden


•   envelop

•   general, generic

•   inclusive

•   overlay

•   shroud


•   blow

•   noise


•   blandishments

•   claptrap

•   flannel


•   casual

•   disenchanted

•   sick, sophisticated

•   unenthusiastic

•   worldly


•   foul


•   curse

•   oath


•   air, assail

•   belabour, blame, blaze, blizzard, bombard, boom

•   censure, come down on, cut up, chide

•   damn, decry, detonate, disparage

•   force

•   lash

•   pan, puff, pull

•   report, reproach

•   shoot, slam, slate

•   task, thunder

•   whiff, wind


•   apparent

•   barefaced

•   clear

•   distinct, downright

•   evident

•   gross

•   manifest, marked

•   noticeable, notorious

•   observable, open

•   palpable, patent, perceptible

•   rank

•   unabashed, undisguised, unmistakable


•   mark

•   scintillate


•   colourless

•   faint

•   light

•   pale

•   washed out


•   austere

•   bald

•   chill

•   dark

•   godforsaken

•   harsh

•   inhospitable

•   pessimistic

•   rigorous

•   spartan, stark, sunless

•   wintry


•   filmy


•   blackmail

•   prey

•   run off

•   screw

•   tap


•   bruise, bug

•   defacement

•   eyesore

•   failing, frailty

•   harm

•   reproach

•   scratch

•   vice

•   weakness


•   association

•   brew

•   confuse, cross

•   go

•   incorporate, integrate, intermingle

•   knead

•   match, mix up

•   pastiche

•   solution

•   tone

•   weave, wed


•   approve

•   celebrate

•   lay


•   enviable

•   heavenly

•   saintly


•   holiness


•   asset

•   beauty

•   exaltation

•   glory

•   luck

•   mercy

•   recommendation


•   cancer

•   eyesore

•   infect

•   mould

•   obscenity, overshadow

•   poison

•   rust

•   shatter

•   taint

•   undoing

•   visitation


•   bedazzle, binge

•   daze, deceit

•   fog

•   involuntary

•   ruse

•   shade

•   veil


•   peek

•   twinkling, twitch


•   elation, enchantment, exaltation

•   luxury

•   pleasure

•   transport


•   blessed

•   divine

•   exalted

•   golden

•   radiant

•   seraphic


•   flake

•   parch

•   scorch


•   airy

•   bonny, breezy

•   happy-go-lucky

•   jovial

•   light, lively


•   bombard

•   shell, storm


•   fatten

•   puff

•   spread


•   body


•   ban, barricade, blockade, bottleneck

•   cross

•   dam, drag

•   embargo, engraving

•   fill, flagstone, foul, frustrate

•   handicap, hang-up, hedge, hurdle

•   inhibition, intercept, interfere

•   keep

•   limitation, loaf, log

•   obscure, oppose

•   pad, parry, prevent, preventive

•   spike

•   tackle

•   wad, wall, ward off, wedge


•   besiege

•   compass

•   gird

•   picket


•   arrest

•   bottleneck

•   embargo


•   ass

•   dope, dummy

•   moron

•   nincompoop

•   oaf

•   simpleton


•   antecedents

•   flesh

•   kin

•   pedigree

•   race

•   strain

•   thoroughbred, tribe


•   grey

•   livid

•   white


•   fighting

•   homicide

•   mortality

•   violence

•   war


•   cutthroat

•   gory

•   violent


•   cutthroat

•   gory

•   lurid

•   murderous

•   red


•   colour

•   mature


•   unfold


•   brand

•   daub

•   eyesore

•   mar

•   shame, slur


•   accident, act, action

•   beat, bloom, box, bump, bungle

•   clip, check

•   flower

•   gasp

•   hit

•   impact

•   lash, letdown

•   muck, muck up

•   percussion

•   ruin, run through

•   slap, sorrow, spend, spoil, squander

•   throw away, touch, tribulation

•   waste, wreck, wrench


•   accident, act, action

•   beat, bloom, box, bump, bungle

•   clip, check

•   flower

•   gasp

•   hit

•   impact

•   lash, letdown

•   muck, muck up

•   percussion

•   ruin, run through

•   slap, sorrow, spend, spoil, squander

•   throw away, touch, tribulation

•   waste, wreck, wrench


•   balloon

•   pump

•   top


•   broad

•   down, downhearted

•   fed up (with), foul, fruity

•   indelicate

•   low-spirited

•   morose, mouth

•   nasty

•   pensive, pornographic

•   racy, ribald

•   suggestive


•   chart

•   formula

•   projection


•   mood


•   blunt

•   cliff, crag

•   finesse, fool

•   hoax

•   precipice

•   rough


•   miscalculate, miss

•   solecism

•   trip


•   abrupt, appease

•   bald, brief

•   candid, coarsen, curt

•   direct

•   gruff

•   impair

•   mitigate

•   plain, point-blank

•   quieten

•   raw, rough, round, rugged

•   short, stark, straight

•   unflattering

•   vocal


•   blemish

•   daub, dazzle

•   film

•   mist


•   cloudy

•   dim

•   filmy, focus

•   inarticulate

•   muddy

•   obscure

•   woolly


•   betray

•   confess

•   slip


•   bloom


•   arrogance

•   bark

•   crow

•   wind


•   breezy

•   choppy

•   fierce, foul

•   turbulent

•   windy


•   accommodation

•   bench

•   commission

•   get on

•   keep

•   management

•   sign

•   table


•   bluff, bravado

•   display

•   exult

•   glory

•   hector

•   trumpet


•   big, bumptious

•   high

•   ostentatious

•   pompous, proud

•   triumphant

•   windy


•   bound, bow

•   float

•   jig

•   wag


•   animal

•   brute

•   person, personal

•   sensual


•   aggregate, assembly

•   brigade

•   contingent, corps, cult

•   denomination, detachment, detail

•   entity

•   flesh, force

•   hull

•   man, membership

•   object, organism, organization

•   party

•   rank and file

•   soul

•   team, text, thing, troop

•   volume


•   lavatory

•   toilet


•   mire


•   fear

•   ogre

•   policeman


•   halt

•   wonder


•   sodden


•   assumed

•   fictitious

•   mock

•   phoney, pretended


•   blaze, brew

•   ferment

•   pimple

•   red

•   simmer, smoulder, sore, swirl


•   blaze, brew

•   ferment

•   pimple

•   red

•   simmer, smoulder, sore, swirl


•   fierce, furious

•   heavy, hectic, high, high-spirited

•   inclement, irrepressible

•   mad

•   robust, rough-and-tumble

•   uncontrolled

•   violent

•   windy


•   aggressive, ambitious, assuming, assured

•   bullish

•   cool, chivalrous

•   daredevil, dashing, defiant

•   familiar, flagrant, foolhardy

•   game

•   high-spirited

•   impertinent, independent, indomitable

•   manful, manly, masculine

•   plucky, presumptuous, pushing

•   resolute

•   spartan, stout, strenuous, swashbuckling

•   unabashed, unflinching


•   back up

•   carry

•   feed

•   reassure


•   break out

•   career, clinch

•   elope

•   flash

•   gallop

•   hasten

•   make off

•   run away, run off

•   shoot, sieve, sift

•   tear, turn


•   flop, fortune

•   killing

•   mint

•   packet, pile


•   hail

•   pelt, pepper, ply


•   broadside

•   hail

•   volley


•   good

•   literal

•   official

•   regular

•   sincere

•   valid


•   association

•   bail, bridge

•   cement, combine, charter

•   engagement

•   juncture

•   knot

•   marry

•   oath

•   pact, pawn

•   rapport, relationship

•   stick

•   treaty

•   yoke


•   perquisite, plum


•   meagre


•   account

•   lyric

•   order

•   print

•   script

•   take

•   writing


•   highbrow

•   scholastic


•   blare

•   chime

•   detonation

•   mushroom

•   prosperity

•   report


•   backlash


•   asset

•   beauty, bosom

•   concession

•   endowment

•   mercy

•   premium


•   barbarian

•   crass

•   discourteous

•   ill-mannered, impolite

•   philistine

•   tactless

•   uncivil


•   assistance, augment, augmentation

•   bolster, boom, bulge, buoy

•   enhance

•   inflate, intensify

•   leg

•   magnification

•   prod, publicity

•   shot, speed, step up

•   tonic, turn up


•   adjoin

•   bed

•   circumference, coast

•   division

•   extremity

•   flank

•   hedge

•   perimeter

•   side

•   touch, trimming


•   border, boundary

•   debatable

•   fringe, frontier

•   line

•   perimeter


•   annoyance

•   bind, buttonhole

•   gauge

•   pall, pill, prick, puncture, punch

•   turn off

•   well


•   annoyance

•   bind, buttonhole

•   gauge

•   pall, pill, prick, puncture, punch

•   turn off

•   well


•   annoying, arid

•   barren, bland

•   deadly, dragging, dreary, dry

•   irksome

•   lacklustre, literal

•   menial

•   pedestrian, prosaic

•   repetitive

•   slow, stodgy

•   tame, tasteless

•   uneventful


•   inseparable, interior


•   captain, commander

•   industrialist

•   principal

•   superior


•   captain, commander

•   industrialist

•   principal

•   superior


•   magisterial, masterful

•   peremptory


•   doctor

•   mishandle, muck, muck up

•   queer

•   ruin


•   aggravate

•   bait, besiege, bore, bug, burden

•   disagree, disquiet, disturbance, dither, drag

•   fluster, fret

•   get

•   harassment, harry, headache

•   pain, pains, performance, persecute, perturb, play up

•   state

•   tease, thorn, torment, trial

•   unsettle


•   disconcerting, disquieting

•   galling

•   irksome

•   trying

•   wearisome, wicked


•   fight back, fight down

•   repress

•   shut up


•   bedrock

•   consequence

•   dale

•   effectiveness

•   found

•   hollow

•   import, importance, influence

•   minimum

•   nadir, nether

•   power, prestige, pull

•   weight

•   zero


•   abysmal

•   profound

•   unfailing


•   caper

•   door

•   exclude

•   frisk

•   glance

•   hop

•   jig, jog

•   rattle

•   skip


•   fresh


•   allied

•   bolt

•   compass

•   dart, dash, demarcation

•   end

•   fence, flank, frontier

•   girdle

•   hop

•   liable, lunge

•   precinct

•   reserved, responsible

•   term


•   allied

•   bolt

•   compass

•   dart, dash, demarcation

•   end

•   fence, flank, frontier

•   girdle

•   hop

•   liable, lunge

•   precinct

•   reserved, responsible

•   term


•   allied

•   bolt

•   compass

•   dart, dash, demarcation

•   end

•   fence, flank, frontier

•   girdle

•   hop

•   liable, lunge

•   precinct

•   reserved, responsible

•   term


•   bound

•   circuit, circumference, compass, confine

•   demarcation, division

•   end, extreme

•   hedge

•   landmark, limit, line

•   outskirts

•   perimeter

•   side

•   term, terminal, terminus


•   abysmal

•   bottomless

•   interminable

•   never-ending

•   unfailing


•   abounding

•   bumper

•   charitable

•   free

•   handsome, hospitable

•   open, overflowing

•   profuse

•   round


•   bunch

•   compliment

•   incense

•   odour

•   smell


•   philistine

•   square, straight


•   attack

•   binge

•   event

•   frenzy

•   orgy

•   tussle


•   crass

•   lumbering

•   oafish

•   phlegmatic


•   arc, arch

•   cringe, crook, crouch, curve

•   debut, duck

•   hang

•   inflection

•   kneel, knot

•   resign

•   vault


•   arc, arch

•   cringe, crook, crouch, curve

•   debut, duck

•   hang

•   inflection

•   kneel, knot

•   resign

•   vault


•   gut

•   recess


•   arena

•   depression, dish

•   hollow


•   dazzle

•   flatten

•   overwhelm


•   bang, bundle

•   clip, coop, crate, crib, crown

•   knock

•   smack


•   bang, bundle

•   clip, coop, crate, crib, crown

•   knock

•   smack


•   shut up


•   juvenile

•   kid

•   nipper

•   teenager


•   disallow

•   exclusion

•   picket, prohibition

•   restraint

•   sanction

•   veto


•   flame

•   gallant


•   arm

•   clamp, couple

•   gird

•   harden, hold

•   invigorate

•   leg

•   nerve

•   pair, prepare

•   refresh

•   stake, stiffen

•   tense


•   healthy


•   braggart, bravado

•   exult

•   pride

•   show off

•   trumpet


•   egotist

•   pup


•   knot

•   loop

•   splice

•   tail, tress, trimming, twist


•   head

•   mind

•   nut

•   tactician, thinker


•   asinine

•   empty-headed

•   fatuous

•   half-baked

•   irrational

•   silly, simple, simple-minded

•   thick


•   highbrow


•   bit

•   impede

•   pull up

•   retard


•   article

•   bureau

•   diverge

•   extension

•   fork

•   head

•   lodge

•   perch

•   split, stem

•   twig


•   radiate


•   badge, breed

•   characterize

•   description

•   impression

•   manner, mould

•   pillory

•   sword


•   dangle

•   wave


•   barefaced, bumptious

•   debris

•   flashy

•   garish, gaudy

•   loud

•   ostentatious, overconfident

•   pushing

•   shameless

•   trimming


•   bread

•   cash

•   funds

•   money

•   pertness, prostitute

•   sauce, sauciness

•   whore


•   bluff


•   audacious

•   chivalrous

•   game, go through

•   hardy

•   lion

•   manful, manly, martial, masculine

•   spartan, stout, strong

•   take

•   weather


•   audacity

•   heart

•   manhood, manliness

•   nerve

•   prowess


•   bravery

•   virtuoso


•   disturbance

•   feud

•   rough-and-tumble


•   rugged

•   stout

•   tough


•   burst

•   cranny

•   divorce

•   flaw, fracture

•   gulf

•   hiatus

•   invasion, irregularity

•   jump

•   misunderstanding


•   generality

•   proportion


•   bash, breath

•   cashier, come apart, crush, change

•   dawn, depose, divorce, domesticate

•   falter, flaw

•   getaway, give

•   holiday, humble

•   injure

•   jump

•   lapse, luck

•   punctuate, puncture

•   quaver

•   release, relief, relieve

•   snack, splash, start

•   truce

•   wreck


•   tender


•   break-up

•   decomposition, downfall

•   malfunction, miscarriage

•   nervous breakdown

•   paralysis

•   ruin

•   shock


•   analyse, anatomize

•   crack, crumple

•   decompose, destroy, die, dissect

•   founder

•   malfunction

•   pack up, piece

•   resolve

•   take on

•   way, wrong


•   raid


•   cut in

•   discipline

•   prime


•   pick

•   raid


•   alienate

•   cut short

•   dissociate

•   interrupt

•   leave off

•   rest, rupture


•   burst

•   develop

•   flare up

•   get away, get out


•   estrangement


•   blast

•   clear, crash, crumble

•   decompose, dig, disintegrate, disorganize

•   fall apart, fragment

•   rake

•   scrap, split up


•   nipple


•   flicker

•   spirit

•   wind


•   be, blow

•   confide, croon

•   exist

•   heave

•   live

•   sniff

•   whiff


•   airless

•   dumbfounded


•   astounding

•   dramatic

•   exhilarating

•   fabulous

•   hair-raising

•   marvellous

•   spectacular, stupendous, superb

•   terrific


•   brew, brood

•   colours

•   description

•   generation, grow

•   manner, mate

•   order


•   background, birth

•   decorum

•   education

•   generation, grace

•   propagation, propriety


•   picnic, pushover

•   walkover, wind


•   cheery, chilly

•   rakish

•   tempestuous


•   potion


•   bait, blackmail, buy

•   fix

•   nobble

•   palm

•   tamper


•   bestride


•   inhibit

•   tame


•   compact

•   evanescent

•   fly-by-night, flying, fugitive

•   hurried

•   meteoric

•   passing, point, post, precipitate

•   remit

•   sententious

•   transient


•   awhile

•   short

•   word


•   battalion

•   legion


•   alight, apt

•   bold, buoyant

•   colourful, cheering

•   elevated

•   fine, fortunate, fresh

•   gaudy, glaring, glossy, gorgeous

•   liquid

•   polished, precocious

•   ready, receptive, resourceful, rich

•   serene, shiny, strong

•   well


•   clear, cheer up

•   dawn

•   elevate

•   gild

•   light, liven

•   ornament

•   polish

•   relieve


•   artistry

•   bravura

•   colour

•   gaiety, glare, glory, gloss, glow

•   light

•   polish

•   virtuosity


•   ace, alight, astonishing, astounding

•   beaming, breathtaking

•   colourful

•   effulgent, excellent

•   fabulous, fine, flamboyant, flaming

•   gaudy, gay, golden, gorgeous

•   incredible, ingenious, inspired

•   jewel

•   keen

•   liquid, lucid

•   marvellous, meteoric

•   sensational, smashing, star, strong, stunning, stupendous, sunny

•   terrific, tremendous

•   virtuoso

•   witty, wonderful


•   brow

•   extremity

•   teem


•   replete

•   teeming


•   find

•   get

•   land

•   motivate

•   provide, put

•   reduce


•   breed

•   conclude, contrive, court

•   do

•   encompass, engender, engineer, entail

•   fix up, form

•   hammer out

•   implement, induce, instigate

•   make, mean

•   originate

•   perform, perpetrate, provoke

•   raise, rise

•   trigger

•   will, work


•   bowl over

•   down

•   finish

•   get down

•   humble

•   place

•   ruin

•   shoot

•   tackle, throw, topple


•   crop

•   earn

•   gain

•   import, inject, introduce

•   net

•   pay, pipe

•   reap

•   touch

•   usher


•   attain

•   put through

•   realize

•   work


•   discipline

•   foster

•   moot

•   point out

•   refer

•   trot out

•   vomit


•   bank, brow

•   eve, extremity

•   precipice


•   abrupt, alive

•   chilly

•   dapper

•   fast

•   hasty, high-speed

•   prompt

•   rapid, rousing, rush

•   smart, stiff


•   briefly, busily

•   double


•   crusty

•   short


•   embark

•   moot

•   raise


•   deep

•   extended

•   gaping

•   large-scale, lax

•   open-minded

•   pronounced

•   racy, ribald

•   thick

•   wholesale


•   announcement

•   carry, cry

•   disclose, disclosure, disperse

•   give out

•   herald

•   issue

•   propagate, publicize, put out

•   reveal

•   scatter, screen, send, sow, splash

•   trumpet

•   ventilate


•   dilate

•   flare

•   liberalize


•   broad

•   charitable

•   enlightened


•   literature

•   publication

•   tract


•   hard up

•   impecunious

•   poor, poverty-stricken


•   abrupt

•   cracked, choppy

•   disrepair, done, dud

•   faltering, faulty, fitful, flawed

•   gentle

•   injured, inoperative, irregular

•   jagged

•   order

•   piece

•   ragged, rough, rugged

•   split

•   tame

•   uneven


•   battered

•   decrepit

•   order

•   ramshackle, ruinous, run-down

•   squalid

•   worn-out


•   merchant

•   trader


•   brown


•   heart

•   languish

•   pore, puzzle

•   sulk

•   think

•   worry


•   abide, accept, allow

•   bear

•   countenance, creek

•   endure

•   lump

•   pocket, put up

•   stand, stand for, support

•   take, tolerate

•   wear


•   equal

•   fellow


•   bludgeon

•   crush

•   menace

•   push

•   terrorize


•   swarthy

•   toast


•   dip

•   flick

•   glance

•   leaf

•   perusal


•   batter, beat

•   crumble

•   knock about

•   tread


•   percussion


•   bush

•   groom

•   incident

•   lick

•   shave, shine, skim, struggle

•   whisk, wipe


•   bush

•   groom

•   incident

•   lick

•   shave, shine, skim, struggle

•   whisk, wipe


•   discount


•   polish

•   refresh

•   touch up


•   abusive, atrocious

•   barbaric

•   cold-blooded

•   fierce

•   gruelling

•   inhumane

•   murderous

•   oppressive

•   raw

•   sadistic, scathing, slashing

•   unmerciful, unnatural

•   violent


•   brutal

•   main

•   oaf

•   pig

•   ruffian

•   tough


•   ferment


•   filibuster

•   marauder


•   couple

•   deform

•   strap


•   apply


•   heart

•   invigorate

•   liven

•   pull

•   snappy


•   bloom, blossom

•   germinate, graft

•   leaf


•   green


•   bump


•   allot

•   balance sheet

•   costs

•   husband

•   inexpensive


•   ace, adept

•   beige

•   dab hand

•   fanatic, fawn

•   genius

•   professional, pundit

•   scour, specialist

•   wizard


•   ace, adept

•   beige

•   dab hand

•   fanatic, fawn

•   genius

•   professional, pundit

•   scour, specialist

•   wizard


•   guard

•   pad, protection


•   butt

•   crack

•   knock about

•   lash

•   splash


•   butt

•   crack

•   knock about

•   lash

•   splash


•   joke

•   sport


•   chivvy

•   exasperate

•   get

•   microbe, molest

•   passion, pest

•   rub

•   sickness

•   upset


•   abomination

•   fear

•   ogre

•   terror


•   anatomy

•   compose, conformation, constitution

•   gather

•   make-up, manufacture, mould, mount

•   predicate

•   rear, rig up

•   weave


•   establishment

•   fabrication

•   premises


•   augmentation

•   backlog

•   magnification


•   fitted

•   intrinsic

•   native


•   belly, buckle

•   crease

•   jut

•   overhang

•   pop, prominence, puff

•   stick


•   aggregate, amount

•   density, dimension

•   extent

•   fat, freight

•   girth, greatness

•   knob

•   obesity

•   proportion

•   quantity


•   bludgeon, bluster

•   compel

•   plough, pull down


•   round


•   bill

•   hand-out

•   item

•   news

•   tidings

•   word


•   opinionated

•   pertinacious


•   badger, bludgeon

•   dragoon

•   extort

•   maltreat, menace

•   pick on, prey

•   regiment

•   threaten, twist, tyrant


•   barricade

•   mound

•   protection

•   rock

•   shield, stronghold

•   wall


•   buffet, butt

•   elbow

•   nudge

•   percussion, protrusion


•   buffer

•   guard

•   plentiful


•   barge into

•   strike


•   make away

•   polish off


•   pushing

•   self-important


•   contingent

•   knob

•   lump

•   press

•   throng


•   clump, crowd

•   fortune

•   mint

•   wad


•   fluff, fumble

•   hash

•   mess, misconduct, mishandle, muck, muck up


•   amateurish, artless

•   botch

•   heavy-handed

•   inexpert

•   maladministration

•   uncoordinated


•   bed, berth

•   claptrap

•   drivel

•   foolishness

•   stuff


•   airy

•   effervescent, elastic, exuberant

•   hopeful

•   irrepressible

•   jovial

•   optimistic

•   racy, resilient

•   sanguine


•   afflict

•   bane, bear down, brunt

•   concern, content, cross, curse, charge, chore, chorus

•   despair, disadvantage

•   exercise

•   hardship, heap

•   impact, imposition

•   lay, liability, lie, lumber

•   misery

•   obligation, overcharge, overheads, overwork

•   pack, point, pressure, prey

•   saddle, substance

•   task, theme, tribulation

•   weary, weigh, woe

•   yoke


•   ministry


•   apparatus


•   intruder


•   hold-up


•   inmost

•   sunken

•   underground


•   farce

•   skit


•   corpulent

•   husky

•   plump

•   rugged


•   brook

•   colour

•   flush

•   itch

•   stream


•   ablaze, aflame, alight

•   excruciating

•   fanatical, feverish, fire, flushed

•   glow

•   importunate, inflammation, instant, itching

•   live

•   parching

•   sharp, sore

•   thirsty


•   bore

•   excavation

•   grub


•   barrage, blaze, blow out, boom, broken, bust

•   flare, flash, flurry, frenzy

•   gale

•   pop

•   spasm, splash

•   volley


•   overwhelm

•   put aside


•   agency

•   bargain

•   clientele, commercial

•   economic, employer, episode, event

•   finance

•   game

•   house

•   interest

•   lookout

•   mission

•   office, operation

•   part, patronage, performance, pigeon, practice, proceeding, province

•   racket, right

•   scene, service, station

•   traffic, truck, turnover

•   undertaking


•   impersonal

•   pragmatic

•   realistic

•   tidy


•   apprehend

•   broke

•   disrepair, dud

•   hard up

•   order

•   pick up, piece, pinch

•   run in


•   apprehend

•   broke

•   disrepair, dud

•   hard up

•   order

•   pick up, piece, pinch

•   run in


•   bother

•   confusion

•   fidget, fluster

•   hum, hustle

•   press

•   restlessness

•   turmoil

•   whirl


•   crowded

•   duty

•   elbow, eventful, eye

•   florid

•   hard-working, harness

•   ornate, overwrought


•   blabber


•   apart


•   bungle

•   cutthroat

•   dispatch, do in

•   mangle, mow down, murder

•   rub out


•   slaughterhouse, sword


•   behind, bottom, box

•   crowd

•   fool

•   joke, jostle

•   mock, monkey

•   remainder, remnant

•   sport, sucker


•   behind, bottom, box

•   crowd

•   fool

•   joke, jostle

•   mock, monkey

•   remainder, remnant

•   sport, sucker


•   behind, bottom, box

•   crowd

•   fool

•   joke, jostle

•   mock, monkey

•   remainder, remnant

•   sport, sucker


•   behind, bottom, box

•   crowd

•   fool

•   joke, jostle

•   mock, monkey

•   remainder, remnant

•   sport, sucker


•   bouquet


•   bulwark

•   confirm, cushion

•   defence

•   fortify

•   harden, hold up

•   truss


•   accept

•   believe

•   credit

•   fall for

•   palm, pick up

•   swallow

•   take


•   later

•   time


•   detour

•   round

•   sidestep, skirt


•   carriage


•   chortle

•   rattle

•   squawk


•   buffet


•   box in

•   coop, crib

•   dungeon

•   shut


•   allure

•   charm

•   get round

•   jockey


•   mire

•   pat, plug

•   set


•   baneful, bitter

•   deplorable, destructive

•   evil

•   grievous

•   hard

•   luckless

•   mournful

•   sad

•   unfortunate

•   wretched


•   accident

•   bane, blow

•   casualty, curse

•   disappointment

•   evil

•   misery

•   oppression

•   plague

•   visitation


•   account

•   balance

•   cast

•   esteem, evaluate, expect

•   figure out, forecast

•   make, measure

•   number

•   plot, project

•   suppose

•   tell, tot


•   conscious

•   shrewd, strategic, studied


•   astute

•   self-seeking


•   count

•   evaluation, expectation

•   measurement

•   projection, prospect


•   character

•   degree

•   mould


•   baptize, bawl, beckon, bellow, bidding

•   cite, come round

•   drop in (on)

•   evoke, exclaim, exclamation

•   ground

•   hold, hoot

•   levy

•   page, pop

•   requisition

•   title, toll, trumpet

•   umpire, use


•   claim

•   exact, expect

•   order

•   request, requisition

•   send for

•   take

•   want, warrant


•   craft

•   duty

•   job

•   niche

•   station

•   walk


•   brutal

•   coarsen, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel

•   dead, dull

•   gross

•   hard

•   inclement

•   mean, merciless

•   pitiless

•   remorseless, ruthless

•   stony

•   tough

•   unconcerned, unnatural, unrepentant


•   appease

•   bland

•   compose, composure, console

•   easy, easy-going, equilibrium, even, even-tempered

•   gentle, good

•   lay, level, level-headed, lull

•   mitigate, moderate, motionless

•   nonchalance, nonchalant

•   order

•   patient, peaceable, philosophical, poised

•   quell, quiescent, quietness

•   relieve, rest, restrained

•   settle, silence, sober, soften, staid, steady, stoical

•   temperate, together, tranquillity, tranquillize

•   unhurried, unimpassioned, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled


•   aplomb

•   ease, equilibrium

•   lull

•   mildness, moderation

•   patience, presence of mind

•   quietness

•   self-control, sobriety, stoicism

•   temper


•   gloss

•   whitewash


•   band, barracks, base, brigade

•   company, crew

•   faction, feminine, flamboyant, fort

•   gang, garrison, group

•   homosexual

•   mincing, movement

•   party, persuasion

•   sect, side

•   theatrical


•   band, barracks, base, brigade

•   company, crew

•   faction, feminine, flamboyant, fort

•   gang, garrison, group

•   homosexual

•   mincing, movement

•   party, persuasion

•   sect, side

•   theatrical


•   battle

•   canvass

•   tactic


•   axe

•   back out, blot

•   disallow, dispense

•   invalidate

•   kill

•   lift, liquidate

•   negate

•   override, overrule

•   recall, remit, retract, reverse, rub out

•   score, scratch, scrub, set aside

•   undo

•   void

•   write off


•   axe

•   negation

•   recall


•   disease

•   plague, poison


•   aboveboard, artless

•   communicative

•   direct, disinterested, dispassionate

•   equitable

•   genuine

•   heart-to-heart, honest

•   naive, natural

•   plain-spoken

•   raw, round

•   straight

•   transparent

•   unflattering, unguarded, uninhibited, unvarnished


•   appointment

•   entry


•   freedom

•   integrity

•   liberality

•   naiveté

•   truth


•   disease

•   pestilence


•   calculating, crafty, cunning

•   deep

•   far-sighted, foxy

•   keen

•   politic, provident

•   sage, sensible, smart

•   thoughtful


•   bidding

•   code, command, creed, charge

•   decree, doctrine

•   edict

•   instruct

•   law

•   order

•   works


•   cover

•   mantle

•   screen


•   bank

•   heel

•   language, list

•   patter, pitch

•   sloping

•   terminology, tip


•   bilious

•   cross

•   ill

•   mean, moody

•   prickly

•   querulous

•   waspish


•   pharisee

•   trot


•   sententious


•   drum up

•   sound out


•   pass


•   break

•   clinch, complement

•   head

•   round off

•   tip


•   accomplishment, adequacy, aptitude, aptness, attainment

•   effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endowment

•   gift

•   know-how

•   makings, might

•   promise

•   qualification

•   resource


•   effective, efficacious, equal

•   fit

•   good

•   resourceful

•   scratch, self-reliant, strong


•   full

•   large


•   calibre, complement, content

•   dimension

•   endowment

•   gauge, grasp

•   head

•   job

•   knack

•   makings, measure, measurement, might

•   part, potential, promise, proportion

•   qualification, quantity

•   reach

•   talent


•   cloak

•   mantle

•   wrap


•   jig

•   play, prance

•   trick


•   asset

•   bully

•   fund

•   good, great

•   high

•   metropolis, monetary

•   predominant

•   reserve

•   seat

•   treasury


•   defer

•   fall

•   knuckle under

•   lose


•   deference

•   fall


•   eccentricity

•   fit


•   arbitrary

•   cranky, changeable

•   dizzy

•   eccentric

•   fancy, fantastic

•   giddy

•   inconsistent, irregular

•   moody

•   temperamental

•   unreasonable, unstable, untrustworthy


•   overbalance

•   swamp

•   tip, topple


•   cartridge


•   pilot

•   sail


•   bedazzle

•   catch

•   endear, engage

•   take, transport


•   subject


•   bust

•   carry

•   gain, get, grab

•   hit off

•   kidnap

•   net

•   occupy

•   paint, prize

•   rush

•   track down


•   frame


•   overriding

•   polar

•   red

•   strategic, supreme

•   vital


•   affection, auspice

•   deliberation, diligence, discretion

•   foresight

•   guard

•   hands

•   maintenance, mind

•   niceness

•   oversight

•   precaution, precision, providence

•   security, superintendence, surveillance

•   tenderness, thought, treatment, trust

•   upbringing

•   wariness


•   business

•   fly

•   gallop

•   job

•   life, lifetime

•   pelt, plough, plunge, practice, profession

•   record, run

•   sweep


•   consider, cherish

•   keep

•   maintain, mother

•   partial, preserve, provide

•   rear

•   treat


•   easy

•   gay

•   halcyon

•   jolly

•   light

•   merry

•   rollicking

•   unconcerned


•   anxious

•   canny, close

•   deliberate, delicate, diligent

•   economical, elaborate, exact

•   frugal

•   gingerly, guarded

•   nice, noncommittal

•   pernickety, provident

•   selective, sparing, studious

•   tactful, thorough

•   workmanlike


•   blind, blithe

•   carefree

•   derelict

•   giddy

•   haphazard

•   imprecise, imprudent, inattentive, indifferent, indiscriminate

•   lax, left-handed, loose

•   mindless

•   oblivious

•   precipitous, promiscuous

•   rash, reckless

•   short-sighted, slovenly

•   tactless

•   unwary

•   wanton


•   forgetfulness

•   indifference, inefficiency

•   oversight

•   rashness


•   brush

•   feel

•   love

•   rub

•   touch


•   burden


•   ape, apology

•   guy

•   imitate, impersonate, impersonation

•   mockery


•   killing

•   mortality


•   festive


•   chant

•   sing


•   get at, grouse, grumble

•   moan, murmur

•   niggle

•   quarrel

•   whine


•   attitude

•   compartment

•   manners

•   set, stance

•   transit, transmission

•   walk


•   act

•   deliver, deport

•   ferry

•   handle, hold

•   keep

•   land

•   manhandle

•   run

•   spirit

•   translate, travel

•   waft, wear


•   act up

•   bear up

•   conduct, cope

•   extend

•   fight, fort

•   go along, go on

•   hang on, hold, hold out

•   keep at, keep on

•   ply, practise, proceed, prolong, prosecute, pursue

•   resume

•   take up, transact

•   wage


•   abide by, act, act on, apply

•   bring off

•   commit, conclude

•   dispense, do

•   enforce

•   fill

•   honour

•   make, meet

•   obey

•   perfect, perpetrate, practise, pull off

•   redeem

•   transact

•   work


•   bundle

•   parcel


•   drawing


•   butcher

•   cut up

•   joint

•   model


•   fall, flow

•   run

•   stream


•   argument

•   brief

•   defence

•   eccentric, eventuality, explore

•   file, frame

•   happening, housing

•   litigation

•   original

•   patient, piece

•   reason, reasoning, reconnoitre

•   scout, subject

•   type

•   wallet


•   capital

•   finances

•   honour

•   liquidate

•   monetary

•   treasure

•   wealth


•   degrade, depose, displace

•   fire

•   turn out


•   trunk


•   angle

•   brand

•   character

•   dart, dash, deportment, direct

•   ensemble

•   flip, fly

•   heave, hue

•   mint

•   order

•   pelt, plunge, precipitate, put

•   send

•   tint


•   bow

•   dejected, disappointed

•   sadden


•   condition

•   position

•   tribe


•   abuse

•   belabour

•   damn, denounce

•   hit out (at)

•   lecture

•   pull up, punish

•   slam, slate


•   fort, fortification


•   adventitious

•   blithe, breezy

•   careless, coincidental

•   easy, easy-going

•   free

•   haphazard, happy-go-lucky, hit or miss, hooligan

•   laid-back, lax

•   odd

•   passing, promiscuous

•   rough, rowdy, ruffian

•   slipshod, superficial


•   fatality


•   guy

•   scourge


•   bill

•   canon

•   detail, docket

•   gamut, guide

•   identify

•   order, organize

•   pigeonhole, prospectus

•   range, rehearsal

•   sort

•   table


•   fling


•   casualty, crisis

•   doom

•   ending, evil

•   misadventure, misery

•   visitation


•   hoot


•   bag, buckle, bug, bust, buttonhole

•   collar, come down with, conquest

•   engage

•   field, find, foul

•   grapple

•   haul, hit off

•   intercept

•   lodge

•   make, mesh

•   net, nip

•   pitfall, pluck

•   rub

•   snap, stick

•   tangle, track down

•   win


•   apprehension

•   pestilential


•   follow

•   message

•   realize


•   battle cry

•   cue


•   tuneful


•   quiz


•   actual

•   decided, dogmatic

•   flat

•   peremptory, point-blank


•   compartment

•   denomination, description

•   group

•   league

•   manner

•   nature

•   pigeonhole

•   run

•   sector, species, state, style

•   variety


•   broad

•   cosmopolitan

•   open-minded


•   cell

•   faction


•   action, actuate

•   bottom, breed, bring

•   call, case, crusade

•   do

•   elicit, encompass, engineer, entail, explanation

•   factor, fountain

•   germ, give, ground

•   land, lawsuit, lead, leave, let

•   make, mean, move

•   parent, part, plea, prompt, provocation

•   raise, rise

•   sake, score, seat, side

•   trigger

•   use

•   will, work


•   abrasive, acid

•   devastating

•   incisive

•   peppery, poignant

•   satirical, sharp

•   tart


•   calculation, caveat

•   deter

•   example, exhort, exhortation

•   foresight, forewarn

•   guard

•   hoot

•   laugh

•   pointer, precaution, providence

•   scream

•   tip

•   wariness


•   calculating, canny, conservative

•   deliberate

•   far-sighted

•   gingerly, guard

•   mistrustful

•   noncommittal

•   provident

•   reserved

•   safe, shy

•   thoughtful


•   column


•   contemptuous

•   high

•   overbearing, overweening


•   hole


•   qualification


•   den

•   hole


•   gaping

•   profound

•   voluminous


•   demur

•   fence

•   hair, hole

•   knock

•   murmur

•   niggle

•   objection

•   prevaricate

•   quarrel

•   shuffle


•   cave, cell, corner, chamber

•   depression

•   excavation

•   mouth

•   nook

•   recess


•   abstain

•   blow over

•   close, cut out

•   decease, disappear, drop

•   expire

•   forbear

•   give up

•   jam

•   kill

•   lay off, leave, lull

•   pack in, pass, pause

•   quit

•   rest, run out

•   shut down, suspend


•   steady

•   timeless

•   unbroken, unceasing, unfailing


•   deliver

•   forgo

•   give, give up

•   leave

•   render

•   vouchsafe


•   acclaim

•   distinguish

•   exult

•   hold

•   immortalize

•   live

•   merry

•   paint

•   revel

•   triumph


•   brilliant

•   conspicuous

•   great

•   historic

•   known

•   legendary

•   memorable

•   noted

•   shining, star


•   acclaim

•   carnival

•   exultation

•   feast

•   gaiety

•   holiday

•   jamboree, jubilation

•   occasion

•   rejoicing, revel

•   solemnity

•   treat


•   curiosity

•   figure

•   greatness

•   hero, heroine

•   immortality

•   legend, limelight

•   memory

•   notable, note

•   somebody, success


•   unworldly


•   hole

•   lockup

•   ring


•   adhere

•   cake, concrete, consolidate

•   fix

•   stick


•   critic

•   edit

•   inspector

•   keep back

•   mutilate, muzzle

•   suppress


•   abusive, acrimonious

•   critical

•   querulous

•   reproachful

•   satirical


•   accuse, admonish, attack

•   belabour, brand, broadside

•   carp, cavil, chastise

•   damn, decry, deplore, disapprove, discredit, door

•   fault

•   impeach, imputation, invective

•   jaw

•   knock

•   lash, lecture, lesson

•   objection

•   pan, proscribe

•   reflection

•   satirize, slate

•   task, taunt, tick off

•   vituperation


•   basic

•   capital, cardinal, crucial

•   halfway, home

•   inmost, intrinsic


•   base, bosom

•   foreground

•   interior

•   keynote

•   medium, midst

•   navel

•   seat

•   thick


•   observance


•   distant

•   old-world

•   theatrical


•   manners

•   solemnity, splendour, state


•   absolute, actual, authentic, automatic, axiomatic

•   clear

•   demonstrable

•   emphatic, explicit

•   foolproof

•   incontestable, indisputable, infallible

•   necessary

•   predictable

•   real

•   safe, secure

•   unavoidable, undisputed


•   absoluteness, authenticity

•   gospel, guarantee

•   security


•   coupon, credentials

•   docket

•   paper

•   ticket


•   accredit, affirm

•   determine, document

•   ensure, establish

•   license

•   profess, put away

•   qualify

•   ratify

•   warrant


•   abrasion

•   fidget, fray, fuss

•   graze

•   heat

•   nettle

•   pain, pinch

•   rankle

•   sore, sweat


•   husk

•   jest, joke

•   leg

•   poke, pull


•   band, battery

•   constrain, cordon

•   fasten

•   pinion

•   queue

•   range, run

•   secure

•   tissue

•   yoke


•   beggar

•   compete, contest, contradict

•   discredit

•   impeach, invitation, issue

•   play

•   query

•   remonstrate, run


•   cabinet, cell, channel

•   diet

•   hole


•   ace, apostle

•   countenance, crusader

•   endorse, excellent, exponent

•   favour, further

•   gallant

•   lion

•   maintain

•   partisan, prize, protagonist

•   stand by, stand up for, stick, supporter

•   urge

•   victorious


•   adventitious, adventure, aimless, arbitrary

•   bet, break

•   coincidental, convenience

•   eventuality, expectation

•   fall

•   haphazard, happening

•   light, lot, lottery

•   play, presumption

•   resort, room

•   shot, start, stray

•   throw, transpire, turn

•   unexpected, unpredictable, unwitting


•   awkward

•   parlous, precarious, problematic


•   act on, adapt, adaptation, affect, amend, amendment

•   budge

•   coin

•   development, deviation, differentiate, doctor, dress

•   fluctuation

•   juggle

•   leaf

•   motion, move, movement, mutability

•   passage

•   redeem, regenerate, resolve, reverse, revise, revision

•   switch

•   transfer, transit, translate, translation, transpose, turn, turning point, turnover, twist

•   upset


•   adaptable

•   giddy

•   inconsistent

•   moody

•   restless

•   wayward


•   invariable, irrevocable

•   same, static

•   timeless

•   unchangeable


•   arm

•   culvert

•   ditch, drain

•   funnel

•   gully

•   harness, hollow

•   instrument

•   line

•   narrows

•   organ, outlet

•   pipe

•   slot, straits

•   trench, trough, tunnel

•   vehicle


•   anthem

•   drone

•   incantation


•   disarray

•   havoc, hurly-burly

•   jumble

•   mayhem, mess, misrule, muddle

•   turmoil


•   disorderly

•   hectic

•   indiscriminate

•   messy, muddled

•   promiscuous

•   untidy, upset, upside down

•   wild


•   lad

•   man


•   attendant

•   guide


•   branch

•   instalment

•   lodge

•   page


•   burn

•   domestic

•   incinerate

•   woman


•   air, atmosphere, attribute

•   backbone

•   colours, creature, credit, chap

•   flavour, form

•   grain

•   heart

•   kind

•   local

•   make, mentality, mould

•   name, note, number, numeral

•   reference, report

•   scream, spirit, stamp

•   testimonial, texture, tone

•   vein


•   classic

•   distinction

•   exemplary

•   mannerism

•   natural

•   point, proper

•   respect

•   style

•   touch, trick, twist

•   way


•   act

•   define, depict, describe, designate

•   entitle

•   label

•   pigeonhole, portray

•   qualify


•   make-believe


•   account, allege, ascribe, assessment, assignment, attribute, auspice, authority

•   behest, bidding, bill, bomb

•   cartridge, cash, come at, commission, complaint, control, crest

•   detail, direct, directive, door, dues

•   errand

•   fare, fee, fuel, function

•   hands, hire

•   imposition, invest

•   job

•   keeping

•   lay, levy, lunge

•   management

•   obligation, oversight

•   pack, part, pelt, permeate, pervade, pile, place, plunge, protégé, protection, province, push

•   quotation

•   reckoning, running

•   saddle, score, shoot, stampede, sue, superintendence, supervision

•   task, tear, thrill, toll

•   weight


•   catholic, compassionate

•   free

•   good

•   humanitarian

•   public-spirited

•   softhearted

•   unselfish


•   grace

•   humanitarianism

•   kindliness, kindness

•   largess, liberality

•   mercy

•   tolerance


•   adventurer

•   humbug, hypocrite

•   rogue


•   amuse

•   beauty

•   catch, conjure

•   endear, engage, entertain, enthral

•   glamour, grace

•   incantation, intrigue

•   jewel, joy

•   niceness

•   personality

•   romance

•   send

•   take

•   urbanity

•   wheedle

•   zest


•   adorable, amiable, amusing

•   beautiful, beguiling

•   catching

•   dainty, darling, debonair, delicious, disarming

•   enchanting, endearing, entertaining, enthralling, exquisite

•   glamorous, graceful

•   likable, lovable

•   magic, magnetic

•   nice

•   personable, picturesque, prepossessing, pretty

•   quaint

•   romantic

•   sweet

•   taking, tasteful


•   log

•   profile

•   scheme

•   tabulate, trace


•   book

•   engage

•   immunity

•   law, legislation


•   court

•   engrave

•   game

•   rout

•   tool, trail

•   woo


•   figure

•   shell


•   classical, clean, continent

•   maiden, maidenly

•   severe, spotless

•   virgin


•   deflate

•   mortify

•   punish


•   chasten

•   strike

•   thrash


•   austerity

•   honour

•   morality


•   conversation

•   discourse

•   word


•   blabber

•   cackle

•   go on, gush

•   jaw

•   maunder

•   patter

•   ramble, rattle

•   talk


•   communicative

•   forthcoming

•   garrulous

•   informative


•   economic, empty

•   flash, flashy

•   garish

•   jerry-built

•   little

•   petty, pulp

•   shabby

•   tasteless, trashy, trumpery


•   depress, diminish

•   prostitute

•   reduce


•   crib, crook

•   delude, do out of, double-dealer

•   false, fast, fiddle

•   have, humbug

•   jockey

•   mock

•   outwit, overcharge

•   rob, robber

•   scoundrel

•   take, thief, thieve, twister

•   wrong


•   baffle, balk, barrier, behold, bit, block, bottle up, brake

•   constrain, corset, count, counteract, cramp, cut short, cheat

•   dam, damp, deaden, detain, deter, determine, deterrent, discipline, discourage, dwarf

•   edit, embargo, eye

•   foil, frisk, frustrate

•   gauge, glance, go through, govern

•   hitch, hold back

•   intercept, interrupt

•   keep, keep back

•   leash, look

•   manacle, master, mitigate

•   nip

•   observe, oppose, overhaul

•   perusal, peruse, police, preclude, prevent, prevention, prove

•   quench

•   regard, repel, resist, restriction, run over, run through

•   scan, search, see, service, slow, stay, stem, stifle, subdue, suppress, suppression

•   traverse, trial

•   view

•   watch, withhold


•   answer back

•   brass

•   face, flippancy, forwardness

•   imposition, irreverence

•   mouth

•   pertness, presumption

•   sauciness


•   bold

•   cool

•   flippant

•   irreverent

•   rude


•   amuse, amusement

•   beguile, buoy

•   consolation

•   delight

•   embolden, encouragement, entertain, entertainment

•   fortify, fun

•   happiness, hospitality

•   lighten

•   meat

•   please, praise

•   refresh, rejoicing, revive


•   airy, alive, amiable, amusing

•   beaming, bonny, breezy

•   carefree, cordial

•   debonair

•   elevated, encouraging, exuberant

•   gleeful, good, good-humoured

•   high, homelike, hopeful

•   joyous

•   light, lively

•   mellow, mirthful

•   playful

•   rosy

•   sanguine

•   vivacious

•   warm


•   cheer

•   glee

•   happiness, hilarity

•   mirth

•   warmth


•   acclaim, acclamation, amusing, applause

•   entertaining, exhilarating

•   glad

•   heart-warming

•   ovation

•   praise

•   satisfying


•   downcast

•   grey

•   institutional

•   murky

•   sunless

•   wintry, wretched


•   buoy

•   cheer

•   heart

•   reassure

•   snap


•   airy

•   blithe, bonny

•   elevated

•   festive

•   glad

•   light

•   mirthful


•   inorganic


•   adore, appreciate

•   bear

•   cultivate

•   embalm, enshrine, esteem

•   hug

•   like, love

•   mother

•   value


•   bosom, breast, bust


•   eat

•   plug


•   dapper

•   exclusive

•   flair

•   natty

•   sharp, snappy, style


•   correct

•   tick off


•   arch

•   best

•   deciding, dominant

•   first

•   great

•   high

•   lead

•   magnate, major

•   overseer

•   prominent

•   ruling

•   sovereign, special, supervisor

•   top

•   utmost


•   generally

•   large

•   part


•   dependant

•   human

•   innocent


•   birth

•   pains


•   babyish

•   peevish

•   youthful


•   primitive

•   unsophisticated


•   cutting

•   damp, damper

•   foreboding

•   icy

•   prickle


•   aloof, arctic

•   bleak, bracing

•   cold, chill

•   frosty

•   gelid

•   icy

•   raw

•   shivery, stiff, stony

•   unapproachable, unsociable

•   wintry


•   agree

•   go

•   jangle

•   knell

•   rhyme


•   friend

•   intimate


•   leak

•   peephole

•   rent


•   bit

•   carve, crack, cut

•   splinter


•   butt

•   pitch in

•   step in, stump up


•   gracious, great

•   old-world


•   greatness


•   harry


•   admirable, adoption, anthology, appointment, assignment, assortment

•   crack

•   de luxe, delicate, delicious, discretion

•   elegant

•   favourite, fine

•   good

•   high-class

•   nomination

•   pleasure, plum, preferable, prerogative, pride

•   recourse, refusal

•   stock, superb

•   vintage, volition

•   way, will


•   flood, foul

•   gasp, glut, gulp

•   muzzle

•   overrun

•   plug


•   cantankerous, crusty

•   peppery, pugnacious

•   quarrelsome

•   short-tempered


•   appoint, assign

•   cast, come down

•   decide, determine, draw

•   extract

•   favour

•   go for

•   like, lot

•   make up, measure, mind

•   name, nominate

•   opt (for)

•   pick out, please

•   return

•   settle, single, sort

•   tick

•   will


•   dainty


•   crack, cut up

•   log

•   mince


•   turbulent

•   wild


•   drudgery

•   grind

•   labour

•   sweat

•   work


•   giggle

•   laugh

•   titter


•   carol, chant

•   jingle

•   song

•   unanimity


•   entitle


•   hardened

•   perennial


•   enrol

•   roll


•   beefy, bonny

•   overweight

•   roly-poly

•   well-fed


•   dispose of, ditch, do away with

•   fly

•   pack in

•   scrap

•   throw away, throw out

•   walk out


•   cackle


•   brother

•   intimate

•   playmate


•   log

•   nugget

•   wedge


•   overweight

•   podgy


•   acrimonious

•   cross

•   disagreeable

•   glum, gruff

•   ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured

•   peevish, perverse

•   rough, rugged, rustic

•   sour, sulky

•   uncivilized, ungracious


•   acrimony, asperity

•   bile

•   harshness

•   impoliteness

•   meanness


•   shake


•   compute

•   figurehead

•   legend

•   mediocrity

•   pygmy

•   sign


•   bosom

•   dot

•   following

•   gang

•   knot

•   wheel


•   beat

•   circle

•   itinerary

•   jurisdiction

•   ring

•   turn


•   complex


•   air

•   disperse

•   mingle

•   noise

•   proclaim, put out

•   release, report, rumour, run


•   air, airing

•   diffusion

•   issue

•   propagation


•   brim

•   circle, compass, confines

•   girth


•   circle, compass, cramp

•   fence

•   hem

•   localize

•   narrow

•   qualify

•   ring


•   alert

•   considerate

•   gingerly, guard

•   noncommittal

•   safe

•   thoughtful


•   affair

•   development

•   episode

•   phenomenon, point, posture

•   thing

•   way


•   background

•   condition, conditions, context

•   fortune

•   plight

•   setup


•   descriptive

•   factual


•   castle

•   fort

•   lookout


•   accusation

•   extract


•   accuse

•   decorate, document

•   instance

•   refer


•   national, native


•   place


•   city, civil

•   internal

•   urban


•   amicable, attentive

•   ceremonious

•   deferential

•   genteel, gentle, gentlemanly, gracious

•   mannerly

•   national

•   public

•   secular


•   uplift


•   civil

•   gentlemanly

•   mannerly

•   polished

•   refined


•   apply, argue, argument

•   contention

•   debt, declare

•   interest

•   make out, merit

•   plea, prerogative, pretence, pretend, profession

•   say, stake, submit


•   babble, battle, bawl, bay, bedlam, bellow

•   cry

•   howl, hue and cry

•   pandemonium, peal

•   roar

•   storm

•   tumult


•   attachment

•   bite

•   latch

•   stack


•   folk

•   people

•   relations


•   bang, blare, blast

•   crash

•   jingle

•   peal


•   boom

•   crack

•   explosion

•   hand

•   knock

•   peal

•   smack

•   thunder


•   balderdash

•   foolishness

•   stuff

•   tomfoolery, trumpery


•   amendment

•   definition

•   illustration

•   refinement

•   solution


•   account for

•   clear

•   disentangle

•   filter

•   illustrate

•   light

•   show, solve, sort out, spell out

•   unfold


•   distinctness

•   legibility


•   action, argument

•   battle, brawl

•   collide, concussion, contend

•   differ, difference, din, disagree, dispute, duel

•   encounter

•   fall out

•   hit

•   impact, impinge, incident, interfere

•   percussion

•   scream, scuffle, shock, skirmish, squabble, strife, strike, struggle

•   tilt


•   cling, couple, cuddle

•   gather

•   lock


•   arrange

•   breed

•   circle, condition

•   degree, description, distribute

•   estate

•   family, form

•   head, heading

•   lesson

•   mob

•   pigeonhole, place, polish, position

•   rating, run

•   school

•   tribe

•   variety

•   workshop


•   antique, archetype

•   faultless, finished

•   heroic

•   monumental

•   severe, simple

•   vintage


•   heroic


•   assortment

•   breakdown

•   category, class

•   denomination, designation, disposition, distribution

•   family

•   label

•   nomenclature

•   order

•   pigeonhole

•   rank, rate, rating

•   system

•   type


•   assort

•   class

•   digest, distinguish, divide

•   graduate, group

•   identify

•   label

•   name

•   order, organize

•   place

•   range, rate


•   clamber


•   blameless, blank, brush, butcher

•   clear

•   fair

•   groom, guiltless, gut

•   polish, preen

•   refined, rub

•   scrape, stark, sweet

•   white, wholesome


•   crisp


•   baptize, bathe

•   clarify

•   disinfect

•   flush, fumigate

•   refine

•   sanctify


•   blank, broad

•   clean-cut, crisp

•   discharge, distinguishable, downright

•   easy, elementary, evacuate, exempt

•   focus, fresh, full

•   good, graphic

•   honour

•   immune

•   legible, liquid, liquidate, logical, lyric

•   marked, mop up

•   navigable, negotiate, net, noticeable

•   observable

•   passable, pay, pay off, profit, purge

•   quit

•   realize, reasoned, rehabilitate, resolve

•   self-evident, serene, settle, sharp, simple, strong, sweep

•   trenchant, turn out

•   unaccountable, undeniable, unrestricted

•   visible, vivid, void

•   wood


•   blank, broad

•   clean-cut, crisp

•   discharge, distinguishable, downright

•   easy, elementary, evacuate, exempt

•   focus, fresh, full

•   good, graphic

•   honour

•   immune

•   legible, liquid, liquidate, logical, lyric

•   marked, mop up

•   navigable, negotiate, net, noticeable

•   observable

•   passable, pay, pay off, profit, purge

•   quit

•   realize, reasoned, rehabilitate, resolve

•   self-evident, serene, settle, sharp, simple, strong, sweep

•   trenchant, turn out

•   unaccountable, undeniable, unrestricted

•   visible, vivid, void

•   wood


•   acquittal

•   discharge, disposal

•   settlement


•   appreciable

•   decided, distinct

•   lucid

•   positive

•   sharp, strong

•   trenchant


•   aloud

•   decidedly, definitely, doubtless

•   easily, expressly

•   painfully, practically

•   simply


•   abscond

•   fly

•   get out

•   make away, make off

•   run, run away, run off


•   account for

•   brighten

•   illuminate, iron out

•   light

•   puzzle

•   settle, sort out

•   untangle

•   work out


•   adhere

•   cut, chop

•   gash

•   hold

•   rupture

•   separate, stick


•   ecclesiastic

•   preacher


•   ecclesiastic

•   white-collar


•   acute, agile, artful

•   brilliant

•   competent, creative

•   deft

•   elegant

•   good

•   handy

•   imaginative

•   masterful, masterly

•   neat

•   perspicacious, proficient

•   ready

•   sharp, sly

•   tactical

•   wise


•   acumen, acuteness, agility, aptitude, aptness, artifice

•   brilliance

•   capacity, craft, creativity, cunning

•   expertise

•   faculty, finesse

•   guile

•   keenness

•   mastery

•   neatness

•   originality

•   resource

•   skill, subtlety

•   wits


•   hit off


•   punter

•   satellite, subject


•   public


•   prominence


•   dramatic


•   atmosphere


•   crisis

•   extreme, extremity

•   finale

•   showdown


•   arise, ascent

•   get on, get up

•   hill

•   lift

•   run

•   scramble


•   get down


•   contract

•   finalize

•   hold


•   hang, hang on, hold

•   remain


•   abbreviate, abridge

•   buckle

•   catch, clasp, crack

•   fleece

•   hit

•   nip

•   overcharge

•   pace

•   rook

•   truncate

•   wing


•   abbreviate, abridge

•   buckle

•   catch, clasp, crack

•   fleece

•   hit

•   nip

•   overcharge

•   pace

•   rook

•   truncate

•   wing


•   association

•   band, bloc, brotherhood

•   club, cult

•   knot

•   outfit

•   party

•   ring

•   school

•   wing


•   blanket

•   enshroud, envelop

•   muffle

•   pretence

•   swathe


•   close, cramp, choke

•   encumber

•   foul

•   glut, gum

•   retard

•   stick


•   buried

•   monastic

•   solitary


•   approximate, around

•   boon, bosom, buckle, by

•   contract

•   expire

•   factual, fast, fight, flop, fold, friendly

•   hair's-breadth, halt, hand, hither, hot

•   immediate

•   kin

•   lace, last

•   narrow

•   perfect, phase out, purse

•   ready, round off, run out

•   similar, snug, sticky, stop, stoppage, sultry, sum up

•   term, terminus, tighten


•   approximate, around

•   boon, bosom, buckle, by

•   contract

•   expire

•   factual, fast, fight, flop, fold, friendly

•   hair's-breadth, halt, hand, hither, hot

•   immediate

•   kin

•   lace, last

•   narrow

•   perfect, phase out, purse

•   ready, round off, run out

•   similar, snug, sticky, stop, stoppage, sultry, sum up

•   term, terminus, tighten


•   approximate, around

•   boon, bosom, buckle, by

•   contract

•   expire

•   factual, fast, fight, flop, fold, friendly

•   hair's-breadth, halt, hand, hither, hot

•   immediate

•   kin

•   lace, last

•   narrow

•   perfect, phase out, purse

•   ready, round off, run out

•   similar, snug, sticky, stop, stoppage, sultry, sum up

•   term, terminus, tighten


•   blind

•   impassable, insular


•   rig out

•   turn out

•   vest


•   array

•   thing


•   adumbration

•   blacken, blanket, blur

•   damper, dull

•   enshroud

•   film, flight

•   mantle, muddy

•   nimbus


•   filmy, foggy

•   grey

•   misty


•   comic

•   joke

•   laugh

•   play

•   rustic

•   twit


•   band, baton

•   fellowship

•   gang


•   conception

•   guide

•   idea, index

•   key

•   line

•   token

•   wind


•   blow

•   group

•   knot

•   nugget

•   strike

•   trudge


•   amateurish, artless

•   crude, cumbersome

•   heavy-handed

•   inapt

•   left-handed

•   slapdash, sloppy, stiff

•   tactless, thumb

•   unhappy

•   wooden


•   centre, concentrate, concentration, conglomerate, crowd

•   huddle

•   lump

•   press


•   brood

•   catch, clinch, cling

•   hang on, hold

•   lock

•   pluck

•   squeeze

•   tackle, take


•   junk

•   lumber

•   wilderness


•   adviser

•   educate

•   familiarize

•   groom, ground

•   initiate

•   mentor

•   prime

•   school

•   teach


•   compound, conglomerate

•   lump

•   mingle

•   wed


•   axis

•   faction, federation

•   party

•   unification


•   awkward

•   barbaric, barbarous, beastly, broad, brutal, brute

•   common, crass

•   filthy, foul

•   gross

•   harsh

•   ill-bred, ill-mannered, indecent

•   loud, low

•   obscene

•   plebeian, profane

•   rank, raw, robust, rustic

•   scurrilous

•   tasteless

•   uncivilized, uncouth

•   vile


•   fatten


•   awkwardness

•   barbarism

•   harshness

•   immodesty, impurity, indecency

•   obscenity

•   vulgarity


•   idle

•   skim, slide


•   blanket

•   cloak, cover up, crust

•   daub

•   face, film, finish

•   gild, glaze

•   jacket

•   paint, plate

•   sheet

•   wash


•   cover, crust

•   envelope, exterior

•   facing

•   wash


•   beckon

•   get, get round

•   tempt


•   brother

•   comrade, chum

•   friend

•   intimate

•   stack


•   boastful, bumptious

•   impudent

•   overweening

•   self-important

•   uppish


•   dictate, do

•   law, legend

•   notation

•   policy, principle

•   secret


•   logical

•   persuasive, pithy

•   valid


•   debate

•   speculate, study


•   debate

•   musing

•   reasoning

•   study


•   comparable

•   germane

•   homogeneous

•   kin

•   like


•   knowledge

•   observation


•   clear, connected

•   tenacious


•   circle, curve

•   hank

•   kink

•   labyrinth

•   meander

•   roll

•   tangle, twirl


•   improvise


•   converge

•   dovetail

•   eye


•   austere

•   bare, bloodless

•   callous, comfortless

•   glassy

•   hard, hardhearted, heartless

•   impersonal, inanimate, inexpressive, insensible, institutional

•   lifeless

•   mechanical

•   out

•   piercing, polar

•   remote

•   senseless, severe, sober, stark, stiff

•   taciturn

•   unemotional, unfriendly, unsociable


•   cold

•   unnatural


•   pitiless


•   ally, assist

•   league

•   play


•   assistance

•   complicity


•   accomplice, ally, assistant

•   helper


•   black out, buckle

•   crack, crash, crumble

•   debacle, decay, deflate, die, disrepair, dissolve

•   fall in, fizzle out

•   give, give in, go down

•   nervous breakdown

•   perish

•   ruin

•   shock, sink, slump, smash, stroke

•   topple, tumble

•   undoing

•   wall, way


•   arrest

•   bust

•   get

•   pick up, pinch

•   run in


•   accessory, accomplice, acquaintance

•   brother

•   fellow

•   mate


•   accrue

•   bunch

•   call, call for, claim, compile, compose, concentrate, crop

•   derive

•   earn

•   flock

•   gain, garner, get in, get together

•   harvest, herd

•   lay in, levy, lump

•   marshal, mass, meet

•   pick, pick up, pluck

•   rake, reap, receive, round up

•   treasure

•   win


•   aggregate

•   dispassionate

•   imperturbable

•   level-headed

•   nonchalant

•   philosophical

•   quiet

•   undisturbed, unflappable, unimpassioned, unshaken


•   aggregate, array

•   batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle

•   class, concentration

•   drove

•   embodiment, ensemble

•   flock

•   herd

•   knot

•   levy, lot

•   miscellany, mob, multitude, muster

•   number

•   pack, parcel, post

•   range

•   selection, species, suite

•   tissue

•   variety, vintage


•   impact, impinge, interfere

•   skirmish, smash


•   concussion

•   hit

•   interference

•   percussion

•   shock


•   chatty


•   flock


•   big

•   formidable

•   giant, great

•   hefty

•   large

•   marvellous, mighty, monolithic, monster

•   stupendous

•   thumping, tremendous


•   decorate

•   emblazon

•   gaiety

•   red, romance

•   season, spice

•   tone


•   bold

•   exotic

•   flamboyant

•   gay

•   juicy

•   romantic

•   salty


•   arid

•   bloodless

•   dingy

•   grey

•   lifeless, literal

•   monotonous

•   namby-pamby, negative

•   pale

•   wooden


•   decoration


•   feature

•   parade, pier, pile

•   tower


•   writer


•   blackout


•   dormant

•   lifeless


•   crest

•   winnow


•   fighting

•   grapple

•   resistance

•   strife

•   tilt

•   wrestle


•   militant


•   affiliation, aggregate, alloy

•   complication, concentration, concoction, conglomeration, conjunction, cross

•   embodiment

•   faction

•   league

•   mass, match

•   package, pair, party

•   synthesis, system

•   tissue


•   adjoin, affiliate, aggregate, alloy, ally, association, attach

•   bloc

•   cement, coalesce, combination, concur, confederate, consolidate, conspire, converge

•   form

•   intermingle

•   league, lump

•   match, mesh, mix up, mixture

•   organization

•   partnership

•   ring

•   wed


•   face

•   get, get in

•   proceed

•   report

•   spring


•   be

•   chance

•   develop

•   fall

•   materialize

•   place

•   turn out


•   cough up

•   dig

•   eye

•   light, locate

•   penetrate, pick up

•   run across, run into

•   stumble


•   look up


•   fragment

•   open

•   part

•   run

•   snap


•   answer

•   resurrection


•   boomerang

•   haunt

•   reply, respond, revert, riposte


•   rupture


•   purchase


•   come out with

•   level

•   unburden


•   buffoon

•   scream


•   downfall


•   alight


•   play


•   advance

•   offer


•   break

•   emerge

•   light

•   prove

•   transpire

•   work out


•   slip

•   trot out

•   vent, voice


•   get over

•   turn


•   make

•   outlive

•   protrude, pull through

•   weather


•   emerge

•   pass

•   surface


•   downfall, due

•   reward


•   compare

•   touch


•   dig

•   find

•   invent

•   line up

•   supply

•   think up, turn up


•   amenity, assure

•   balm

•   content, contentment, convenience, cheer up, cherish

•   nourish

•   pleasure

•   revive

•   style, sustain


•   capacious, considerable, content

•   home, homelike

•   leisurely, luxurious

•   soft, spacious

•   wealthy


•   healing

•   motherly


•   gloomy

•   harsh


•   burlesque

•   fool

•   joker

•   laugh, ludicrous

•   merry

•   priceless

•   scream


•   bizarre

•   facetious, fantastic

•   hysterical

•   jocular

•   killing

•   merry

•   rich


•   appearance

•   emergence

•   following

•   pipeline, prospective

•   unborn

•   wind


•   appoint, arm, ascendancy

•   boss, bring

•   call

•   dictate

•   empire, enact, enactment, exact, expertise, expertness

•   fluency

•   garrison, guide

•   hands, helm

•   instruct

•   jurisdiction

•   law, leadership

•   master

•   pleasure, prescribe, prowess

•   reach, reign, restraint

•   tell, top, touch, trick, trust, tune

•   wield, will, wish, word


•   assume


•   governor

•   lord

•   master


•   ascendant

•   imperative

•   magisterial

•   potent, powerful

•   ruling


•   celebration

•   festival

•   memory, monument


•   monumental


•   approach, arise

•   break into, break out

•   develop

•   embark, enter

•   institute, introduce

•   kick off

•   launch

•   undertake


•   advise

•   celebrate

•   favour

•   honour


•   good

•   nice


•   applause

•   blessing

•   citation, compliment

•   eulogy

•   honour

•   laurels

•   puff

•   testimonial, tribute


•   equal, even

•   level

•   proportional

•   tantamount


•   endorsement

•   feature

•   gloss

•   notice

•   word


•   annotation

•   comment, criticism

•   elucidation, exposition

•   gloss


•   announcer

•   exponent

•   journalist

•   narrator

•   observer

•   reviewer


•   connection

•   finance

•   industry

•   patronage

•   sexual intercourse

•   truck


•   advertisement

•   economic


•   accredit, assignment

•   bonus

•   constitute, charter

•   deputize, detail, devolve

•   employ, enable, engagement

•   hire

•   inaugurate

•   job

•   license

•   message

•   name

•   office

•   place

•   qualify

•   retain

•   work


•   apply

•   bequeath, bestow

•   charge

•   dedicate, devote

•   incarcerate, involve

•   leave

•   put, put away

•   refer

•   submit

•   trust


•   application

•   contract, covenant

•   debt

•   interest


•   accustomed

•   current, cheap

•   generic, green

•   humble

•   known

•   lowly

•   mean, mere, mutual

•   natural, normal

•   pervasive, proletarian

•   threadbare

•   unanimous

•   vernacular


•   average

•   conventional, corny

•   daily, dull

•   hackneyed, humble

•   mediocre, mill

•   nondescript

•   plain, platitudinous, prevalent, prosaic

•   regular, run-of-the-mill

•   second-rate, stock

•   trivial

•   undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, unimaginative, uninspired

•   workaday


•   judgment

•   sanity, sense


•   ballyhoo, bedlam

•   clamour, confusion, convulsion

•   din, distraction, dust

•   flap, flurry, fluster, flutter

•   hurry

•   incident

•   mayhem

•   noise

•   outcry

•   pandemonium

•   quarrel

•   row

•   scene, scramble, scuffle, sensation, spin, stir, storm

•   tempest, trouble, turbulence

•   whirl


•   civic, common, corporate

•   mutual

•   social


•   consult


•   consult


•   air

•   carry, commune

•   express

•   get across, get over, give, give out

•   intimate

•   mention

•   promulgate, put across

•   reflect, relay, return

•   say, send, signal, speak

•   talk, tell


•   bulletin

•   commerce

•   dialogue, discourse

•   epistle, expression

•   intimation

•   language, letter, liaison

•   missive

•   note, notice

•   propagation

•   relay, revelation

•   speech

•   tidings, touch, traffic, truck


•   relations, relationship


•   conversation

•   denomination

•   faith

•   prayer

•   rite, ritual


•   message

•   news

•   statement

•   word


•   civic, civilization, colony, common, communal, commune, country

•   local

•   municipal

•   nation, neighbourhood

•   order

•   parish

•   settlement, social


•   shuttle


•   axis

•   case, centralize, coalition, concrete, confederacy, consolidate, convention

•   engagement

•   hard

•   league

•   pack, pocket, portable, promise, protocol

•   sententious, snug, summary

•   tight, trim


•   axis

•   case, centralize, coalition, concrete, confederacy, consolidate, convention

•   engagement

•   hard

•   league

•   pack, pocket, portable, promise, protocol

•   sententious, snug, summary

•   tight, trim


•   attend, auxiliary

•   brother

•   complementary, chum

•   follower

•   playmate

•   spouse


•   social, sympathetic


•   acquaintance, association

•   brotherhood

•   partnership, presence

•   society


•   battalion, brigade

•   cast, club, corps

•   drove

•   employer, enterprise, entourage, escort, expedition

•   flock, fraternity

•   gang, guest, guild

•   knot

•   label, legion

•   meeting, mob

•   number

•   order, organization, outfit

•   pack, parcel, platoon

•   squad

•   team

•   visitor


•   approximate

•   correspondent

•   even

•   homogeneous

•   level

•   matching

•   proportional


•   check

•   measure up (to)

•   oppose


•   correspondence

•   equation

•   parallel

•   relation


•   apartment

•   cabin

•   pocket

•   segment


•   breadth

•   capacity, comprehension, consummate

•   gamut, grasp

•   horizon

•   jurisdiction

•   latitude

•   margin

•   orbit

•   purview

•   room

•   spread, sweep

•   volume

•   width


•   bowels

•   feeling

•   grace

•   kindliness

•   leniency

•   remorse

•   thought


•   comfort

•   feel, forgiving

•   gentle, gracious

•   human

•   kind

•   mild

•   soft, softhearted, sorry

•   warm-hearted


•   becoming

•   commensurate, concurrent

•   proportional

•   street, sympathetic


•   bend, bind, blackmail, bring

•   cause, command

•   grip

•   pin down, press

•   require

•   whip


•   burning

•   commanding, compulsive, consuming

•   driving

•   effective, engrossing

•   fascinating, forcible

•   high-pressure

•   interesting, intriguing

•   overpowering

•   persuasive, potent, prevalent

•   strong

•   taking


•   cover

•   make up

•   pay


•   comfort, commission, cover

•   damage

•   emolument

•   fee

•   hedge

•   justice

•   offset

•   pay, price

•   reaction, redemption, redress, retribution, return

•   wage


•   duel

•   keep up

•   match

•   own

•   play

•   race, run


•   attainment

•   efficacy, efficiency

•   power


•   cut out for

•   decent

•   effective, efficacious, efficient, experienced

•   good

•   knowing

•   professional

•   satisfactory, scratch, skilful

•   versed


•   antagonism

•   bout

•   competitor

•   duel

•   game

•   match

•   race, running

•   scramble

•   tussle


•   athlete

•   candidate

•   enemy, entrant, entry

•   match

•   player


•   conceit


•   assured

•   easy-going

•   imperturbable


•   cavil, croak

•   fault

•   grudge

•   kick

•   murmur, mutter

•   protest

•   quarrel

•   remonstrate, repine

•   sigh, snarl, squawk, squeal, storm

•   weep


•   blame

•   condition

•   disability

•   fuss

•   groan

•   ill

•   jeremiad

•   murmur

•   outcry

•   protestation

•   quibble

•   whine


•   blend

•   correspond

•   enhance, extra

•   go, go with

•   match

•   parallel


•   accompanying

•   parallel

•   supplementary


•   abysmal, all-out, assure, attain

•   blank

•   clean, complement, comprehensive, congenital

•   dead, definitive, distance, downright

•   effect, essential, exclusive, exhaustive

•   good, great

•   hammer out

•   ideal, implement

•   keep at, knock off

•   make out, make up, mature, mere

•   out-and-out, overall

•   plentiful, positive, profound, pure

•   radical, rank, ripe, round

•   serve, sheer, solid, sound, strict

•   unconditional, undisguised, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved

•   wholehearted


•   all, amply

•   bodily

•   dead, deeply, diametrically

•   finally, flat, flatly, full

•   head, heart, heartily, heavily, hilt

•   implicitly

•   just

•   length

•   outright

•   purely

•   root

•   simply, solely, stark

•   through

•   well, wide


•   achievement

•   complement

•   ending, execution

•   finish

•   last

•   maturity

•   perfection, performance

•   settlement

•   termination


•   abstract, abstruse

•   difficult

•   elaborate

•   hard, heavy

•   perplexing

•   sophisticated


•   spirit

•   temperament


•   depth

•   labyrinth

•   obscurity

•   perplexity


•   acceptance, accommodation, approval

•   docility

•   keeping

•   meekness

•   resignation


•   becloud

•   compound

•   elaborate, embroil

•   knot

•   perplex

•   snarl


•   confusing

•   hard

•   prickly

•   sophisticated

•   tangled, tender, tortuous, tricky


•   hurdle

•   involvement

•   kink

•   labyrinth

•   matter

•   ramification

•   tangle


•   cover-up


•   applaud, attention

•   greet

•   toast


•   glowing


•   blandishments

•   congratulations

•   greeting

•   regard, respect


•   accommodate, adapt, agree, assent

•   bow

•   conform, consent

•   give in

•   meet


•   accessory

•   detail

•   factor, fitting

•   integral

•   link

•   member

•   section


•   accommodate

•   compromise

•   draft, draw, draw up

•   edit

•   harmonize, heal, hush

•   lull

•   manufacture

•   pen, piece

•   quieten

•   set up


•   dispassionate

•   equable, even, even-tempered

•   patient, philosophical, placid

•   sober, staid

•   temperate

•   undisturbed, unimpassioned, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled


•   aggregate, alloy, amalgamation

•   combination, conglomeration

•   hybrid

•   mixture


•   accommodation, anatomy, article

•   compound, construction

•   make

•   paper, preparation

•   texture, theme, thesis


•   fertilize, fertilizer

•   manure


•   balance

•   equilibrium

•   moderation

•   nonchalance

•   patience, peace, philosophy, presence of mind

•   repose

•   sobriety

•   temper


•   amalgamation

•   compromise, concoction, chemical

•   hybrid

•   mixed

•   pound, preparation

•   solution


•   appreciate

•   catch on, cover

•   figure out, follow

•   get

•   hang, have

•   message

•   penetrate, pierce

•   read, realize

•   tell


•   accountable, articulate

•   connected

•   imaginable

•   lucid


•   appreciation, apprehension

•   cognition

•   embodiment, enlightenment

•   grip

•   insight

•   mastery, mentality

•   purview

•   reason

•   wisdom, wit, wits


•   capacious

•   detailed

•   expansive, extended

•   full-scale

•   general, generic, global

•   intensive

•   large

•   overall

•   panoramic

•   total

•   wholesale


•   abridge

•   bandage, bear down

•   digest

•   encapsulate

•   flatten

•   nip

•   pack, pinch

•   stuff

•   telescope


•   brief

•   concrete, condensed

•   firm

•   short


•   abbreviation

•   concentration, contraction


•   consist, cover

•   have, hold

•   involve


•   appeasement, arrange, arrangement

•   commit

•   embroil, entangle

•   halfway

•   involve

•   mean, medium

•   reconciliation


•   enforcement, extortion

•   restraint


•   enthralling

•   gripping

•   neurotic


•   enforced

•   forcible

•   incumbent, involuntary

•   necessary

•   unavoidable


•   account, add, assess

•   balance

•   cast

•   gauge

•   number

•   plot

•   tell

•   value


•   brother

•   chum

•   intimate

•   playmate


•   cavernous


•   black out, blanket

•   cloak, cover up, curtain

•   enshroud, envelop

•   gloss

•   harbour

•   keep back

•   muffle

•   shade, shut out, slip, smother, suppress

•   veil

•   whitewash, withhold


•   blind, buried

•   dark

•   invisible

•   mysterious

•   obscure

•   private

•   recondite

•   ulterior, undercover, underground, underlying, unknown

•   veiled


•   ambush

•   cover-up

•   dark, darkness

•   mask

•   privacy

•   screen, seclusion

•   whitewash


•   accede, accord, agree

•   back down, bow

•   come round, compromise, consent

•   give, give in

•   halfway

•   recognize


•   assumption

•   figure of speech

•   pretension


•   affected, assuming

•   big, boastful, bumptious

•   egotistic

•   haughty, high

•   presumptuous, pretentious, proud

•   smug

•   uppish


•   comprehensible

•   earthly

•   plausible


•   coin

•   deem, discover

•   entertain

•   frame

•   hatch

•   invent

•   mastermind

•   originate

•   plot

•   think


•   abridge, apply

•   centralize, compress, condense

•   essence, extract

•   fasten

•   intensify

•   listen, localize

•   spend


•   close, compressed

•   essential

•   firm

•   intent

•   strong

•   thick

•   undivided


•   attention

•   condensation

•   embodiment

•   gathering

•   immersion, intensity

•   meditation, mind

•   strength


•   apprehension

•   creation

•   doctrine

•   thing, thought

•   vision


•   apprehension

•   creation

•   fancy

•   imagination

•   opinion

•   reading, realization

•   thought

•   vision


•   consequence

•   deal

•   fear, feeling, function

•   heart

•   implicate, issue

•   lookout

•   moment

•   part, pertain, pigeon, place, preoccupation, province

•   refer, relate

•   stake

•   thought


•   affected, apprehensive

•   careful, considerate

•   devoted

•   paternal

•   sympathetic


•   towards


•   accordance

•   collaboration, cooperation, chorus

•   manage

•   orchestrate

•   tune


•   concurrent, cooperative

•   unanimous, undivided


•   acceptance, accordance, appeasement

•   compliance, consent, charter

•   discount

•   leave

•   recognition


•   heal

•   negotiate

•   patch

•   soften up


•   peace


•   friendly

•   peaceful


•   curt

•   pocket

•   sententious


•   come out, consummate, culminate

•   dispatch, do

•   expire

•   finalize, fulfil

•   knock off

•   opinion

•   perceive, put through

•   quit

•   reason

•   seal, set, stop, suspect

•   think, tie up, transact

•   understand

•   wrap up


•   accomplishment, adjudication

•   catastrophe, conjecture

•   determination, diagnosis, dissolution

•   effect, ending, epilogue, event

•   finding

•   head

•   idea, implication

•   last

•   peroration

•   resolve

•   stop, surmise

•   tail, thought

•   understanding


•   absolute

•   binding

•   certain, clean, cogent, compelling

•   deciding, determining

•   net

•   positive

•   secure

•   unassailable, undisputed, unquestionable

•   valid


•   compound, create

•   digest, dream up

•   engineer

•   ferment, form, frame

•   improvise

•   lay

•   plan

•   spin


•   dip

•   fabrication, fiction

•   potion, product


•   palpable, pave, positive


•   conspire

•   eye

•   fit, fraternize

•   get on, go, go along, go with

•   nod

•   tally


•   accompanying

•   coincidental, contemporary


•   percussion


•   anathematize

•   criticize

•   decry, deplore

•   execrate

•   hiss, hit out (at), hoot

•   judge

•   knock

•   outlaw

•   put, put down


•   anathema

•   disparagement

•   execration

•   fulmination

•   knock


•   abbreviation, abstract

•   brevity

•   epitome

•   mist

•   wet


•   abstract

•   centralize, consolidate, curdle, cut

•   digest, distil

•   edit

•   press

•   set

•   telescope


•   abstracted

•   compact, concise

•   dense

•   succinct, summary

•   terse, thick


•   descend

•   lower


•   cavalier, contemptuous


•   aspect, attitude

•   break in

•   circumstance, clause

•   determine, disease, dispose

•   footing, form

•   if

•   pass, phase, plane, point, posture

•   qualify, quality

•   repair, reservation

•   specification, standing

•   way


•   subject


•   finite

•   involuntary

•   prejudiced


•   context

•   medium

•   setup, strings

•   terms

•   weather


•   abet

•   blink

•   countenance

•   tolerate


•   actions

•   breeding, bring

•   course, channel

•   discipline, disposal

•   fetch, fight, form, funnel

•   hand, handling, hold

•   life

•   manipulate, manner, marshal, morality, morals

•   officiate, order

•   performance, pipe, preside, procedure, prosecute, pursue

•   shepherd, show

•   take, transact, treatment

•   wage, way


•   association

•   combination

•   faction

•   party


•   affiliate, assistant, auxiliary

•   collaborator, companion, comrade, conspire

•   league

•   unify


•   commune

•   discuss, dub

•   endow, extend

•   head, heap

•   impart

•   lend

•   negotiate

•   show

•   treat

•   vest

•   will


•   assembly

•   briefing

•   conversation, council

•   deliberation, dialogue

•   huddle

•   interview

•   parley

•   rally

•   session

•   talk


•   tell

•   unburden


•   apology

•   concession, creed

•   profession

•   recognition


•   adviser

•   friend


•   lean

•   trust

•   unburden


•   certainty, conviction, credit

•   expectation

•   face, fearlessness

•   hope

•   intimacy

•   morale

•   secret, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-esteem


•   assertive

•   bullish

•   collected, composed

•   forward

•   hopeful

•   optimistic

•   sanguine, self-confident, self-possessed

•   unabashed, unafraid


•   bosom

•   close

•   inside, inward

•   privileged

•   record

•   thick

•   undercover


•   confidence

•   intimately

•   private

•   quietly

•   record

•   secretly


•   besiege, box in

•   close, commit, constrain, contract, coop, cramp, crib, chain

•   dam, demarcation, detain

•   fence

•   hedge, hem, hold

•   jail

•   localize, lock up

•   manacle, margin

•   pen, pin down, pinch, pinion, put away

•   shut

•   term, tie


•   bedridden

•   captive, cloistered, close, cramped

•   exclusive

•   imprisoned

•   local

•   narrow

•   poky

•   qualified


•   captivity

•   delivery, duress

•   prison

•   restraint, restriction


•   border, boundary

•   field, frontier

•   limit

•   marches

•   neighbourhood

•   perimeter

•   range, restraint

•   scope


•   affirm, answer to, ascertain, authorize

•   back up

•   certify, confess, check

•   declare

•   ensure

•   justify

•   lay

•   profess, prove

•   seal, support, sustain

•   vouch

•   witness


•   affirmation

•   demonstration

•   seal, settlement


•   accepted, actual, assured

•   customary

•   deep-rooted

•   professed

•   steady

•   true

•   wool


•   action

•   brush

•   confrontation, contradiction

•   discrepancy, dispute, diverge

•   faction, feud, fighting

•   hostilities

•   incompatibility, incongruity

•   misunderstanding

•   rivalry

•   skirmish

•   tussle


•   adverse, alien

•   combatant, counter

•   diametric, dissentient, divergent

•   factious

•   incompatible, incongruous, irreconcilable

•   opposite

•   rival

•   variance


•   accommodate, acquiesce, answer

•   dovetail

•   fit

•   parallel, play


•   organization


•   orthodox


•   accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence

•   equivalence

•   keeping

•   parity


•   bamboozle, bedevil

•   dash, defeat, derange, devastate, distract, disturb

•   elude, embroil

•   floor, fluster

•   get

•   jumble

•   mistake, mortify, muddle

•   petrify, put out, puzzle

•   shame, stagger, stump, stun, stupefy, subvert

•   throw

•   unhinge, unnerve


•   frustrate

•   grapple, grip

•   lion

•   meet

•   repel, resist

•   withstand


•   brush

•   clash, collision, challenge

•   defiance

•   engagement

•   incident

•   meeting

•   scene


•   agitate

•   bamboozle, becloud, bedazzle, blunder

•   complicate, craze

•   daze, derange, disorganize, disrupt, distract, disturb, dumbfound, dust

•   embroil, entangle

•   flurry, fog

•   garble

•   havoc

•   lose

•   overwhelm

•   perturb, put off

•   ruffle

•   shuffle, snarl, stump, stun, surprise

•   throw, throw off, throw out, trip

•   unhinge, unsettle


•   amiss

•   bashful, befuddled, bemused, besotted, blank

•   cloudy

•   dim, disconcerted, disconnected, disjointed, distracted, dizzy, dumbfounded

•   foggy

•   groggy

•   helter-skelter

•   incoherent, indefinite, indiscriminate, indistinct

•   loss, lost

•   messy, miscellaneous, mixed-up, muddy

•   nebulous

•   promiscuous, punch-drunk

•   sea

•   tangled, tumultuous, turbulent

•   uncomfortable, unsettled, uproarious, upside down

•   vexed

•   woolly


•   devious, disruptive, distracting

•   involved

•   obscure


•   agitation, amazement, anarchy, astonishment

•   bedlam, blur

•   complication, consternation

•   daze, discomposure, disruption, disturbance, doubt

•   entanglement

•   flutter, fog, fuss

•   hash, havoc, huddle, hurly-burly

•   irregularity

•   litter

•   mayhem, medley, misrule, mix-up

•   pandemonium, patchwork, puzzle

•   question

•   ragbag, riot

•   scramble, snarl-up

•   turbulence, twist

•   uncertainty, uproar

•   whirl, wilderness


•   amiable, approachable

•   bland

•   cordial

•   delightful

•   good, good-humoured

•   harmonious

•   kind

•   street

•   warm


•   intrinsic

•   native

•   temperamental


•   close, cramped


•   squeeze


•   compound

•   firm

•   lump

•   partnership


•   mixture

•   tissue


•   pique, praise


•   compliment


•   bunch

•   crowd

•   get together, group

•   herd

•   swarm


•   audience

•   collection

•   faithful

•   gathering, group

•   meeting, muster

•   rally


•   body

•   caucus

•   gathering

•   intercourse

•   parley

•   rally

•   session, sexual intercourse, sitting

•   talk


•   apprehension, approximation

•   believe

•   divine

•   estimate, expect, expectancy, expectation

•   forecast

•   opinion

•   presume

•   reckon

•   say, shot, speculate, suspicion

•   thinking, thought

•   wonder


•   coalition

•   meeting

•   relationship


•   enchanter, enchantress


•   dream

•   imagine


•   adjoin, affiliate, annex, articulate, assemble, attach

•   bond, bridge

•   clasp, close, communicate, correlate

•   fix

•   go

•   hitch

•   involve

•   joint

•   knit

•   loop

•   meet, mesh

•   tie

•   yoke


•   accompanying

•   cognate, continuous

•   germane

•   interwoven

•   live

•   near

•   relative


•   bearing, bridge

•   combination, continuity

•   fitting

•   identification, implication, involvement

•   joint, juncture

•   kinship, knot

•   logic

•   partnership

•   regard, respect

•   truck


•   critic

•   reviewer


•   best, bow

•   floor

•   reduce

•   suppress

•   tame

•   upset

•   whip, worst


•   lion


•   beating

•   win


•   breast

•   ethics

•   principle


•   bad

•   rueful


•   attentive

•   close

•   dutiful

•   ethical

•   hard-working

•   industrious

•   religious, rigorous


•   appreciative

•   knowledgeable

•   mindful

•   wide-awake


•   attention

•   feeling

•   perception

•   sensation, sense


•   anoint

•   bless

•   destine

•   embalm, enshrine

•   invest

•   lay

•   vow


•   connected

•   straight


•   acceptance

•   communion


•   acceptance

•   blessing

•   clearance, courtesy

•   deign

•   leave, lend

•   O.K.

•   subscribe

•   underwrite

•   willingness


•   conclusion

•   deduction

•   echo

•   fruit

•   gravity

•   harvest

•   inference

•   magnitude, mark, matter

•   pith, position, product

•   ramification

•   termination


•   attendant

•   eventual

•   next


•   fuddy-duddy

•   narrow-minded

•   right

•   safe, slow, square, straight


•   institute


•   embalm

•   maintain

•   ration, reserve


•   account, allow for, analyse

•   balance, behold

•   calculate, call, cover, chew

•   deal, debate, digest

•   entertain, esteem, estimate

•   feel, flirt

•   go into

•   have, heed

•   investigate

•   look

•   mull

•   opinion

•   presuppose

•   reckon

•   see, see about, speculate, surmise, suspect

•   take, think over, traverse, treat

•   view


•   big

•   good

•   handsome, heavy

•   reckon, respectable, round

•   sensible

•   telling

•   weighty


•   far

•   half, heavily

•   large, largely

•   materially, much

•   quite

•   well


•   accommodating

•   deferential, delicate

•   gracious

•   helpful, human

•   kind-hearted

•   tender

•   understanding


•   account

•   care, cause, counsel, courtesy

•   debate, deference, discretion

•   ear, esteem, estimation

•   grace

•   heed

•   inducement, item

•   notice

•   observation

•   reference, refusal, remark, remittance

•   sake, significance, speculation

•   tenderness, think

•   weight


•   light


•   cargo

•   dispensation, disposal

•   freight

•   job

•   load, lot


•   agreeable

•   commensurate, concurrent, changeless

•   equable

•   homogeneous

•   invariable

•   level

•   piece, proportional

•   same

•   uniform, unwavering


•   balm


•   controls


•   band

•   cake, coalesce

•   fix, follow up

•   incorporate

•   lump

•   merge

•   telescope

•   unify


•   concentration

•   embodiment

•   merger


•   group

•   hobnob

•   queen


•   arresting

•   bold

•   consummate

•   distinguishable

•   marked

•   noted

•   open, ostentatious

•   palpable, pronounced

•   salient, shining, singular

•   unmistakable


•   combination, cover-up

•   design


•   designer


•   collaborate, connive


•   diligence, durability

•   faith, faithfulness, frequency

•   loyalty

•   patience, persistence, purpose

•   truth


•   abiding, assiduous

•   certain, consistent, changeless

•   diligent, durable

•   earnest, equable

•   fast, frequent

•   immortal, implicit

•   lifelong

•   parameter, perennial

•   running

•   same, solid, static

•   unceasing, unchangeable, unchanging, undying, unending, unflinching, unshakable, unswerving, untiring, usual


•   daily

•   ever

•   fail, forever

•   time, truly


•   astonishment


•   link

•   member


•   build

•   frame

•   institute

•   legislate

•   organize


•   creation

•   fabric

•   heredity

•   institution

•   law

•   make

•   quality

•   texture


•   essential

•   fundamental

•   inbred, innate

•   lawful, legal

•   promenade

•   radical

•   saunter

•   temperamental


•   bridle

•   control, cramp

•   dragoon

•   enforce

•   imprison, inhibit

•   keep, keep back

•   make, manacle

•   pin down, press, prohibit, push, put

•   require

•   screw


•   bashful, bound

•   diffident

•   enforced

•   limited

•   pent-up

•   stiff, stilted, strained

•   uneasy


•   brake

•   discouragement, duress

•   enforcement, exigency

•   imposition

•   let

•   prohibition

•   reserve


•   arrange

•   base

•   contrive

•   devise

•   forge

•   make up, mint, mould

•   prepare, produce

•   rear, rig up

•   turn

•   weave, work out


•   architecture, arrangement

•   design

•   frame

•   make, make-up, manufacture, mould

•   organization

•   production

•   translation


•   worthwhile


•   head

•   negotiate

•   refer

•   see


•   audience

•   counsel

•   sitting

•   talk

•   word


•   burn

•   canker, corrode

•   dine

•   empty, erode

•   finish

•   gnaw, go through

•   imbibe, inroad

•   lose

•   partake, possess

•   swill

•   take up, touch

•   wear, wear down


•   client


•   consumption, corrosive

•   intense

•   obsessive


•   arch

•   classic

•   effect, execute, exquisite

•   great

•   ideal, inimitable

•   masterful, masterly

•   out-and-out, outright

•   positive, pre-eminent, profound

•   realize

•   seal, stark, superlative

•   unmatched, unmitigated, unparalleled, unsurpassed


•   decline

•   erosion, expense


•   brush

•   experience, exposure

•   get

•   impact, intercourse

•   liaison

•   meet

•   relations

•   truck


•   bottle up, box in

•   consist, cover

•   encompass

•   fight back

•   govern

•   have, house

•   localize

•   record, restrict, retain

•   sit, stem, suppress

•   take, take in, treat


•   box

•   carton, cartridge, case, crate

•   housing

•   jar, jug

•   package, packet, pan, pouch

•   reservoir


•   debase

•   foul

•   poison, profane

•   subvert


•   blight

•   debasement, depravity, disease

•   poison


•   bargain for

•   cogitate, commune

•   digest

•   entertain, envision

•   gaze

•   hope

•   look

•   mull, muse

•   pore, project, purpose

•   reflect, ruminate

•   speculate

•   think, think over

•   watch


•   attention

•   prospect

•   speculation, study

•   think

•   view


•   monastic

•   thinking

•   wistful


•   date

•   living

•   new

•   topical


•   defiance, disparagement

•   execration

•   hiss

•   ignominy

•   reproach

•   sarcasm


•   abominable

•   beggarly

•   degrading, derisory, dirty, disgraceful, dishonourable, disreputable

•   filthy

•   miserable

•   petty

•   ragged, ridiculous, rotten

•   sneaking

•   unworthy

•   wretched


•   cynical

•   disrespectful

•   irreverent

•   mocking

•   patronizing

•   reproachful

•   sarcastic


•   battle

•   combat, conflict

•   differ, disagree, duel

•   encounter

•   feud, fight

•   insist

•   jar

•   keep up

•   match

•   predicate, propound, protest

•   rival, run

•   scramble, scuffle, submit

•   tangle, tilt, tussle

•   war, wrangle, wrestle


•   blessedness

•   happy

•   proud

•   serve

•   willing


•   blessedness

•   happy

•   proud

•   serve

•   willing


•   blessed

•   easy

•   proud

•   quiet


•   antagonism

•   brief

•   conflict, controversy

•   debate, dialectic, difference

•   feud

•   insistence

•   quarrel, question

•   race, resistance, running, rupture

•   submission

•   tussle

•   war


•   antagonistic

•   fighting

•   truculent


•   self-satisfaction


•   cargo

•   filling, freight

•   inside, interior

•   text


•   action

•   bout

•   confrontation, contention

•   disagree, duel

•   engagement, event

•   lawsuit

•   race, rivalry, running

•   skirmish, strife

•   tangle, tie, tussle

•   war, warfare, wrangle


•   adversary, athlete

•   entry

•   fighter

•   litigant

•   nominee

•   opponent

•   rival


•   case

•   environment

•   light

•   matter

•   perspective

•   setting


•   temperate


•   adventure

•   case, casualty, circumstance

•   fortune


•   battalion, brigade

•   circumstantial, corps, chance

•   delegation

•   faction

•   incidental, indirect

•   provisional

•   qualified

•   relative

•   secondary, subject

•   troop


•   ceaseless

•   never-ending

•   perennial, persistent

•   unending, unfailing


•   day

•   ever

•   indefinitely

•   night and day

•   time


•   endurance, existence

•   succession


•   be

•   dwell on

•   exist

•   follow up

•   go ahead

•   hang on, hold, hold out

•   linger, live

•   perpetuate, preserve, progress, prosecute, protract

•   renew, run

•   stand, subsist


•   abiding

•   living

•   perennial, progressive

•   unceasing, unchanging, undying


•   course

•   endurance

•   permanence


•   ceaseless, continual

•   endless, entire, everlasting

•   flowing

•   gradual

•   incessant

•   nagging, never-ending, nonstop

•   perpetual, persistent, progressive

•   running

•   solid, steady, straight, sustained

•   unfailing


•   edge

•   line


•   come down with, cut, charter

•   decrease, deed, deflate, diminish

•   flex, form

•   job

•   obligation

•   promise, protocol

•   screw, sicken

•   telescope

•   undertake


•   abridgment

•   condensation, convulsion, cramp, curtailment

•   decrease

•   epitome

•   lessening

•   retrenchment

•   spasm


•   answer back

•   confound

•   differ, disagree, disprove


•   negative, negativeness

•   paradox

•   reverse


•   confusing, counter

•   discordant

•   incongruous

•   negative

•   perverse, polar


•   invention

•   machine

•   tool


•   alien, argumentative

•   conflicting, cross, crotchety

•   destructive, diametric, disagreeable, disobedient

•   headstrong

•   incongruous, inverse, inversion

•   negation, negative

•   opposing

•   pig-headed, polar

•   recalcitrant

•   unfavourable, untoward


•   definition


•   administer

•   conspire, cooperate

•   find

•   go

•   impart

•   lend

•   pitch in, profit

•   render

•   stump up


•   collection

•   dues

•   investment

•   job

•   participation

•   share, subsidy

•   tax, tribute


•   participant, philanthropist


•   apologetic

•   bad

•   guilty

•   rueful


•   calculation, concoction, craft

•   engine, expediency

•   gimmick

•   resource

•   shift

•   thing, tool

•   wile


•   affect

•   brew

•   compose, conceive, conjure up, conspire

•   discover, dream up

•   encompass

•   fashion, forge, form

•   get, get by

•   hatch

•   lay

•   prepare, project

•   shift

•   think up, trump up

•   weave, work, work out


•   affected

•   overwrought

•   premeditated

•   spurious

•   trumped-up


•   administration, ascendancy, auspice

•   care, clutches, compose, cool

•   disposal, disposition, domination, dominion

•   empire, engineer

•   fight back, fight down, fluency, fly

•   grasp, grip, guide

•   hands, harness, head, helm, help, hold

•   influence

•   keep, keep back

•   leadership, leash, lip

•   measure, moderate, monopolize, mortification, mortify, mould

•   occupation, order, overrule

•   peg, police, possess, possession, power, predominance, preside

•   regiment, reign, rein, remedy, repression, restriction, ride, run, running

•   stop, surveillance, sway

•   tend, throttle, time

•   upper hand, usage

•   wield, work


•   argumentative

•   emotive

•   issue

•   live

•   moot

•   questionable

•   vexed


•   agitation

•   battle

•   contest

•   difference, disputation

•   issue

•   question


•   invalid

•   mend


•   collect

•   get together

•   hold

•   sit


•   accessory

•   expediency

•   instant

•   occasion

•   toilet


•   advantageous

•   comfortable

•   expedient

•   favourable, fine, fortunate

•   good

•   happy

•   manageable

•   O.K.

•   portable

•   ready, right


•   abbey

•   monastery

•   priory


•   caucus, company, covenant

•   diet

•   fashion, form

•   gathering

•   habit

•   institution

•   lines

•   muster

•   punctilio

•   rally, ritual, rule


•   accustomed

•   conservative

•   done

•   everyday

•   familiar

•   general

•   institutional

•   popular, proverbial

•   set, slavish, square, stock, straight, stuffy

•   threadbare, tired, typical

•   unexceptional, unwritten


•   centralize, centre, collect, congregate

•   flock

•   get together

•   huddle

•   throng, touch


•   abreast, aware

•   informed


•   jaw

•   language

•   natter

•   speech


•   commune, communion, confer, conversation

•   dialogue, discourse, discuss

•   intercourse, inverse

•   negation

•   speak

•   talk


•   digestion

•   passage, persuasion

•   transit, transition, translation


•   adjust

•   believer

•   differentiate

•   entrant

•   follower

•   get round

•   initiate

•   novice

•   persuade, process

•   recruit, rehabilitate, resolve

•   shape

•   tailor, translate

•   win


•   adjust

•   believer

•   differentiate

•   entrant

•   follower

•   get round

•   initiate

•   novice

•   persuade, process

•   recruit, rehabilitate, resolve

•   shape

•   tailor, translate

•   win


•   alienate

•   channel

•   declare, distribute

•   express

•   ferry, funnel

•   get across, get over

•   hand, haul

•   mean

•   pass, pipe, put across

•   return, route, run

•   say, shovel, signify, spirit

•   take, translate

•   waft


•   alienation

•   delivery, disposal

•   freight

•   transit, translation


•   captive

•   lawbreaker


•   cause, conclusion, condemnation

•   determination, doctrine

•   idea, impression

•   judgment

•   security

•   thought, trust


•   argue

•   bring, budge

•   convert

•   get

•   induce

•   prevail

•   win


•   compelling

•   effective

•   forceful

•   potent

•   satisfying, strong

•   valid


•   flock

•   guide

•   safeguard

•   take, train

•   walk


•   churn

•   jar

•   quake, quiver

•   shudder


•   attack

•   frenzy

•   quiver

•   shake, shudder, start


•   bracing

•   cold

•   damp

•   even, even-tempered

•   fan, fashionable, fresh

•   half-hearted, hard-headed

•   inhospitable

•   nonchalance, nonchalant

•   patience, philosophical, presence of mind

•   quench

•   refresh

•   shady, sober, stoical

•   temperate, tepid, tranquil

•   unapproachable, unflappable, unimpassioned, unperturbed, untroubled


•   crib

•   fence

•   run


•   align

•   fraternize

•   go along

•   lend

•   play

•   team

•   unite


•   acceptance, alignment

•   harmony, help

•   partnership

•   unison


•   association

•   commune

•   partnership

•   subsidiary


•   align

•   cooperate

•   orchestrate

•   run

•   set


•   combat

•   get along, get on

•   make do

•   reckon


•   abounding, affluent

•   diffuse

•   fruitful

•   heavy

•   large

•   manifold, many, much

•   numerous

•   opulent

•   prodigal, prolific

•   voluminous


•   borrow

•   counterpart

•   double, dummy

•   edition

•   forge

•   issue

•   lift

•   match

•   number

•   picture, pirate

•   script, specimen, suit

•   trace, transcript

•   write


•   accessible, amicable, approachable

•   brotherly

•   companionable

•   familiar

•   gracious, gregarious

•   harmonious, hospitable

•   jovial

•   kind, kindly

•   loving

•   mellow

•   outgoing

•   tonic


•   accessibility

•   hospitality

•   sociability


•   circle


•   base, basics, basis, bedrock, bosom, bottom, bowels, breast

•   focus, framework

•   hub

•   interior

•   keynote

•   marrow, meat, midst

•   nitty-gritty

•   point

•   root


•   alcove

•   elbow

•   turn


•   fundamental

•   groundwork

•   rock


•   platitudinous

•   soppy

•   threadbare, tired


•   personal


•   aggregate


•   belly, body, business

•   company, concern

•   establishment

•   firm

•   guild

•   organization

•   partnership


•   brigade

•   force

•   outfit


•   gross


•   apropos, apt

•   best, better, businesslike

•   castigate, conventional

•   decorous, desired

•   edit, ethical, exemplary

•   factual, fair-and-square, fit, fix, formal

•   legitimate

•   mark, mend

•   O.K.

•   order, orthodox

•   penalize, perfect, polish

•   revise

•   sound, straighten out

•   truthful

•   undeceive


•   justice

•   redress, reform, revision


•   antidote

•   cure

•   help

•   remedy


•   duly

•   exactly

•   justly

•   true, truly, turn

•   well


•   absoluteness, appropriateness, aptness

•   decency

•   formality

•   rectitude

•   taste


•   answer

•   relate


•   analogy, association

•   coincidence, comparison, connection

•   parallel

•   ratio, relation, relationship


•   answer, answer to

•   consort

•   go, go with

•   parallel

•   reciprocate

•   suit


•   accord, accordance, affinity, approximation

•   balance

•   connection

•   equality, equation, equivalence

•   fidelity

•   homogeneity

•   identity, intercourse

•   keeping, kinship

•   likeness

•   parallel, parity, proportion

•   ratio, resemblance

•   symmetry, sympathy

•   touch


•   columnist, coordinate, corresponding

•   equivalent

•   harmonious

•   proportional


•   alike

•   commensurate, comparable

•   duplicate

•   equal

•   kindred

•   opposite

•   parallel, proportional

•   relative, respective

•   same

•   twin


•   hall

•   lobby


•   certify

•   prove

•   strengthen

•   testify

•   verify

•   witness


•   bite

•   decay

•   eat, etch

•   rot

•   wear, wear down


•   bad, base, betray, buy

•   canker, corrode, criminal

•   decadent, degrade, degraded, deteriorate, dirty, dishonour, dishonourable

•   effete, evil

•   filthy

•   garble, get at

•   immoral, impure

•   libertine, lost

•   misuse, mortify

•   palm, pay off, perfidious, perverted, poison, pollute, purchasable

•   rot

•   seduce, shameless, sinful, sordid, stain

•   tamper

•   unclean, ungodly, unhealthy, unholy

•   vile

•   wicked


•   abuse

•   barbarism, blight

•   cancer, canker, contamination, crime

•   decomposition, deformity, dissolution

•   filth, foul play

•   knavery

•   maladministration, misuse, mortification

•   poison

•   seduction


•   cream


•   cool

•   international

•   mixed


•   budget

•   hire

•   quotation

•   toll

•   value


•   de luxe

•   extravagant

•   high

•   invaluable

•   premium


•   clothes

•   disguise

•   garments, gear, gown

•   rig out, rig-out, robe

•   suit

•   wear


•   homelike

•   informal


•   wheeze


•   find

•   pay, pay out

•   stump up


•   consultation, corporation

•   parley


•   adviser

•   bar

•   enjoin, enlighten, exhortation

•   guide

•   persuade, protector


•   account, add up, article

•   detail

•   figure

•   gauge

•   influence, itemize

•   pace, peer

•   rely

•   time


•   advocate, auspice, authorize

•   brow

•   complexion

•   front

•   hold with

•   lend, lineaments

•   stand, subscribe

•   wear


•   bar, bench, buffet

•   contradict, converse

•   diametric, disagree

•   foil, frustrate

•   kiosk

•   loath

•   oppose

•   refute, reply

•   table, traverse


•   antagonize

•   balance, balk

•   compensate, contradict, control

•   nullify

•   prevent

•   traverse


•   ballast

•   cancel, counteract, cover

•   hedge

•   neutralize

•   oppose

•   reaction


•   act, affect, affected, ape, artificial, assume, assumed

•   base, bastard

•   deceitful, dummy

•   falsify, fictitious

•   mock

•   pass off, phoney, pretended

•   quack


•   lift

•   negate

•   overrule, overturn

•   recall


•   companion

•   double

•   equivalent

•   image

•   like, likeness

•   negation

•   parallel

•   reflection, resemblance


•   many

•   unlimited


•   bargain on, believe

•   depend

•   expect

•   hope

•   lean, look forward to

•   presume


•   climate

•   dominion

•   ground

•   nature

•   soil


•   native


•   land, landscape

•   nature


•   add up

•   tot


•   kingdom


•   conquest

•   discovery, dump

•   insurrection

•   killing

•   revolution

•   scoop

•   transaction, triumph


•   adjoin, articulate, associate, attach

•   bridge

•   close

•   dock

•   fix

•   harness

•   joint

•   match, mate

•   relate

•   team, twin


•   assurance, audacity

•   backbone

•   confidence, chivalry

•   gut

•   hardiness, heart

•   manhood, manliness

•   prowess

•   resolve

•   soul, spirit, strength


•   chivalrous

•   game

•   manful, manly

•   spartan, spirited, stout, strong


•   access, aim, approach, avenue

•   bearing, bearings, beat, bout

•   career, current

•   discipline, drift

•   life, lifetime

•   means, measure

•   operation

•   period, plate, pour, process, procession

•   resort, resource, rule

•   series, spell

•   tactic, technique, tendency, thread, tide, tour, train, trend

•   vein

•   walk


•   fawn

•   make up

•   philander

•   see

•   wheedle


•   amicable

•   bland

•   chivalrous

•   debonair, decent, deferential

•   genteel, gentle, gentlemanly

•   humble

•   kind

•   nice

•   obliging


•   amenity, attention

•   breeding

•   compliment, complimentary, chivalry

•   decency, deference

•   etiquette

•   gentility

•   manners

•   niceness

•   propriety

•   refinement


•   courteous

•   genteel, gracious

•   ladylike

•   old-world

•   polite

•   well-bred


•   court


•   chap


•   agreement

•   confederacy

•   guarantee

•   law

•   protocol


•   ambush

•   bandage, bathe, bind, black out, blanket, blind, brood, bury

•   do, dust

•   enclose

•   face, flap

•   hang, hedge, holder, housing

•   line

•   muffle

•   occupy, overflow

•   paint, patch, pave, plaster, plate, plug, powder, pretext

•   safety, security, shadow, shut out, smear, smother, span, spread, stretch, suffuse

•   take in, take up, touch

•   umbrella

•   vest


•   armour

•   bark

•   canopy, case, coat, crust

•   envelope, exterior

•   film

•   hull, husk

•   jacket

•   mantle

•   protective

•   shade, sheet, shroud, surface


•   cover

•   mask


•   batten, bury

•   gloss

•   stifle


•   ache

•   grudge

•   hanker

•   long, lust

•   pant, pine

•   want, wish

•   yearn


•   avid

•   green

•   hungry

•   miserly

•   niggardly

•   possessive

•   ravenous

•   sordid

•   worldly


•   weakling


•   afraid

•   belt

•   dirty

•   timid

•   windy


•   fly-by-night

•   incompetent, inefficient, inept

•   unprofessional, unskilled


•   creep

•   wince


•   playful

•   timorous


•   aperture

•   bash, bid, broach

•   endeavour

•   flaw, fling, funny

•   gape, gibe, great

•   hole

•   jest

•   leak

•   master, masterful, masterly

•   open, opening

•   peal, peephole, pick, professional, puzzle

•   rent, resolve, rupture

•   sally, say, shatter, shiver, shot, smack, superlative

•   talk, thunder, top, trial, turn

•   way, wheeze


•   leaky

•   rusty


•   acclaim, advertise, applaud

•   blow up, boil, boost

•   celebrate, commend, compliment

•   emblazon, exalt, extol

•   fume

•   glorify

•   honour

•   laugh

•   piece, praise, puff

•   rage, red, roar

•   trumpet


•   cushion

•   infancy

•   root

•   seat


•   accomplishment, adroitness

•   collusion, competence

•   diplomacy, dishonesty

•   facility, finesse, fraud

•   job

•   métier

•   proficiency

•   shift

•   touch, trick

•   virtuosity

•   wile


•   art, artifice

•   craft

•   deceit, deception

•   wile


•   hand

•   tradesman

•   worker, workman


•   art

•   handicraft


•   crooked

•   dishonest

•   ingenious

•   light-fingered

•   politic

•   shifty, slippery

•   underhand


•   cliff

•   precipice, prominence


•   bolt, brush up

•   coach

•   devour

•   fatten, fill

•   gobble

•   load

•   surfeit

•   throng

•   wedge, wolf


•   cripple

•   interfere

•   kink

•   pinch

•   tighten


•   cripple

•   interfere

•   kink

•   pinch

•   tighten


•   close

•   limited

•   poky

•   tight


•   batty

•   cantankerous


•   corner


•   bash, blast, bust

•   concussion, crack

•   impact

•   peal, percussion, plough

•   ram, report, roar

•   slam, slump

•   write off


•   crude

•   ignorant, ill-bred

•   loud

•   ostentatious

•   philistine

•   rank

•   tasteless


•   bundle

•   chest

•   trunk


•   cavity

•   dent

•   pit


•   ache, aspire

•   conjure, covet

•   hanker, hunger

•   itch

•   long, lust

•   pant, pine, plead, pray

•   wish

•   yearn


•   ache, addiction, aspiration

•   desirous

•   greed, greedy

•   hungry

•   itch

•   mania

•   passion

•   suppliant

•   thirsty

•   want


•   bristle

•   ingratiate, itch

•   scramble

•   trickle


•   bug

•   crack, cult

•   furore

•   madness

•   rave

•   whim


•   balmy

•   distracted

•   half-witted

•   irrational

•   non compos mentis

•   queer

•   raving

•   twist


•   application

•   balm, beige

•   last word, the

•   marrow, murder

•   plum, pride

•   skim


•   crush

•   knit


•   breed, bring

•   carry on, come up with, conceive, conjure up, construct, contrive

•   do

•   effect, engender, engineer, erect

•   fashion, father, forge

•   imagine

•   make up, manufacture, mould

•   pioneer

•   raise

•   shape, start

•   think up, trump up

•   weave, work, write


•   composition, construction

•   effort, erection, existence

•   manufacture

•   origin

•   piece, product

•   work


•   pregnant

•   resourceful


•   artistry

•   fantasy

•   invention


•   artificer

•   cause


•   devil

•   entity, existence

•   human

•   organism

•   pawn


•   background

•   identification

•   reference


•   convincing

•   factual

•   persuasive


•   advance, ascribe, attribute

•   distinction

•   impute

•   laurels, loan

•   name

•   refer

•   tick

•   virtue

•   worth


•   believable


•   childlike

•   fond

•   innocent

•   simple

•   wide-eyed


•   conviction

•   denomination

•   faith

•   gospel

•   school


•   estuary


•   pussyfoot

•   run

•   slip, slope

•   trickle


•   uncanny


•   arc


•   acme, arms

•   billow, brow

•   climax

•   high

•   maximum

•   prominence

•   zenith


•   ashamed

•   brokenhearted

•   dispirited

•   gloomy, glum

•   heartbroken, heavy

•   miserable, moody, mouth

•   subdued

•   unhappy

•   wretched


•   flaw

•   leak

•   mouth

•   nook

•   peephole


•   brigade

•   clique

•   expedition

•   knot

•   man

•   outfit

•   parcel

•   ring

•   shower


•   cabin

•   filch

•   lift

•   trough


•   abuse

•   enormity

•   foul play

•   pity

•   scandal


•   bad

•   desperado

•   fraudulent

•   guilty

•   punishable

•   sinful

•   trespasser

•   unconscionable

•   wrongdoer, wrongful


•   prostrate


•   break

•   deform, demoralize

•   exhaust

•   immobilize

•   mangle

•   sabotage


•   broken

•   crooked

•   decrepit

•   exhausted

•   halt, hamstrung

•   misshapen

•   palsied, paralytic


•   drama

•   head

•   juncture

•   landmark

•   pinch

•   showdown, straits

•   zero hour


•   crusty, curl, curly, chilly

•   frizzle

•   laconic

•   sharp

•   trenchant


•   guide

•   ideal

•   law

•   mark

•   paragon, parameter, pattern, precedent

•   qualification


•   columnist

•   inspector


•   acute

•   burning

•   climactic

•   delicate, desperate, determining, dire

•   eventful

•   fatal, fateful, fine

•   great

•   hard-hitting

•   main, major, minute

•   nasty, nice

•   particular

•   querulous

•   reproachful

•   severe, significant, sore, strategic

•   ticklish

•   unflattering

•   weighty


•   attack

•   beef, blame, broadside

•   complaint

•   diatribe

•   knock

•   quibble

•   reflection, reproof

•   talking-to


•   assail, attack

•   belabour, blame

•   castigate, come down on, comment, cut up, chide

•   damn, decry

•   fault

•   get at

•   hole

•   jaw

•   lash

•   niggle

•   pull

•   reproach

•   satirize

•   task


•   appreciation

•   criticism

•   dissertation

•   exposition

•   paper


•   decease

•   go


•   bandit, baton

•   corner

•   gangster

•   inflection

•   lawbreaker

•   malefactor

•   offender

•   rod

•   staff, stick

•   twister


•   bandy

•   cockeyed

•   designing, devious, dirty, double-dealing

•   foul

•   indirect, insidious

•   light-fingered

•   rotten

•   unfair, untruthful

•   venal

•   wily, wrong, wry


•   chant

•   intone


•   fruit

•   generation, growth

•   shave

•   truncate

•   whip


•   begin, betide

•   come up

•   rise

•   surface

•   turn out


•   bias, bilious, bisect

•   contentious, counteract, cover, curse, cut, choleric

•   despair, diagonal

•   enraged

•   furious

•   get across, get over

•   ill, ill-natured, incensed, irritated

•   livid

•   mad, moody, morose

•   navigate, negotiate, nettled

•   perverse

•   quarrelsome

•   sore, sulky

•   touchy, transit, travel, truculent


•   examine


•   efface

•   score

•   write off


•   angle


•   bilious

•   capricious

•   fretful

•   moody

•   sort

•   waspish, whimsical


•   bend

•   huddle

•   lurk


•   cackle, chortle, chuckle

•   glory, gurgle

•   pride

•   revel

•   squawk

•   trumpet


•   abound

•   batch, body

•   cloud, collection, compress, congregation, crew, crush

•   drove

•   fill

•   gang, gathering

•   hustle

•   jam

•   knot

•   many, mill

•   number

•   parcel, pour

•   ram

•   stuff

•   troop

•   wedge


•   close

•   lively

•   thick


•   brow

•   complement, culmination

•   height

•   last word, the

•   palm, peak

•   title

•   wreath, wreathe


•   acute

•   burning

•   climactic, choice

•   deciding, determining, dire

•   essence, eventful, excellent

•   fantastic, fatal, fateful, first-rate, fundamental

•   good, grave, great

•   imperative, indispensable

•   key

•   main, major, marvellous

•   natty

•   operative

•   portentous

•   sensational, serious, smashing, splendid, strategic

•   weighty


•   cut up


•   amateurish, artless

•   barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal

•   fresh

•   harsh

•   ignorant, immature, indelicate

•   loud, low

•   profane

•   ragged, rugged, rustic

•   stiff


•   poorly


•   barbarism

•   harshness

•   immaturity


•   abusive

•   barbaric, beastly, bitchy, bloody

•   cutthroat

•   deadly, dire

•   fiendish

•   hardhearted, horrible, horrid, hurtful

•   iron

•   monstrous

•   oppressive

•   rough

•   stern, stiff

•   tyrannical

•   uncharitable, unmerciful, unsympathetic

•   villainous, violent

•   wanton, woeful


•   harshly


•   atrocity

•   devilry

•   ill, inclemency

•   oppression

•   tyranny

•   violence


•   navigate

•   patrol, prowl

•   range

•   wander


•   crumble

•   granule

•   nibble

•   ounce


•   come apart

•   dissolve

•   eat

•   mince

•   rot

•   waste


•   buckle

•   fold

•   piece

•   screw

•   way


•   bite

•   crush, chew


•   battle

•   pilgrimage

•   quest


•   pilgrim


•   bash, batter, bite, blight, bow

•   cram

•   defeat, destroy, dishearten

•   flatten

•   grieve, grind

•   herd, humble

•   impact, infatuation

•   mangle, mill

•   oppress, overthrow

•   pile, pinch, powder, prostrate, pulp

•   quench

•   repress, rout, ruin

•   shatter, slaughter, squash, stamp, suppress

•   telescope, thrash, throng, tramp, trample, tread, trounce

•   worst


•   bark

•   heel

•   rind

•   scum


•   crotchety

•   glum

•   liverish

•   moody, morose

•   petulant

•   tart


•   bay, blurt out

•   groan

•   interjection

•   motto

•   rant


•   grave


•   pup


•   caress, clinch

•   huddle

•   love

•   squeeze


•   sexy


•   prod, prompt


•   bang, box, buffet

•   clip, crack, crown

•   hit

•   knock

•   slap, smack, spank, strike


•   cease

•   peak

•   result


•   catastrophe, close, crisis

•   deep

•   end, ending

•   finish

•   head

•   issue

•   showdown

•   term

•   ultimate, upshot


•   criminal

•   damnable

•   fault

•   punishable

•   remiss, responsible


•   convict

•   lawbreaker


•   persuasion


•   breed

•   educate

•   follow, form

•   grow

•   humanize

•   nourish, nurse, nurture

•   perfect

•   raise, rear

•   uplift

•   woo


•   agriculture

•   finish

•   grace, growth

•   literacy

•   upbringing, uplift


•   ethnic


•   background

•   finish

•   learning, letters

•   taste


•   artistic

•   civilized

•   gentle

•   ladylike, learned, literate

•   nice

•   polite

•   sophisticated

•   tasteful, thinking


•   ponderous


•   calculating, clever

•   deceit, deception, deep, designing

•   evasion, evasive

•   insidious

•   politic

•   scheming, slippery, sly

•   tactical, tortuous

•   wile


•   destiny

•   fate

•   hollow

•   mug

•   portion


•   buffet


•   bit, bottle up

•   constraint, corset, chasten

•   damp, damper, discourage, discouragement

•   fight back, fight down

•   gag, govern

•   halt, hamper, hold, hold back

•   impediment

•   keep, keep back

•   leash, limit

•   manacle, master

•   obstruct

•   resist, restriction

•   slow, stay, stem, stifle

•   tame


•   spoil

•   turn


•   redress, relief

•   therapy


•   prodigy


•   abnormal, agog

•   fanciful, funny

•   interesting, interrogative

•   out-of-the-way

•   uncommon, unfamiliar

•   whimsical


•   lock

•   roll

•   tress


•   bubbly


•   cash

•   tender


•   abroad, actual, afoot

•   date, direction

•   effective, existent

•   force

•   immediate

•   latest, live, living

•   modern, movement

•   new

•   operative

•   print, proverbial

•   recent, ruling, run

•   usable

•   vein

•   waft, wave


•   abomination, abuse

•   bête noire

•   misery

•   pest, pestilence, profanity

•   thorn, thunder

•   undoing

•   woe


•   haunted

•   luckless

•   possessed

•   unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky


•   brittle

•   cavalier, crusty

•   discourteous

•   ill-tempered, impatient

•   laconic

•   moody

•   quick

•   rough

•   uncommunicative


•   amputate

•   clip, commute, condense, crop

•   diminish

•   epitomize

•   lower

•   minimize

•   restrain, run down

•   short

•   telescope


•   condensation

•   diminution

•   lessening

•   restraint

•   stoppage


•   catastrophe, cover

•   mantle

•   shade


•   circle, contour, crook, curl

•   flex

•   hump, hunch

•   meander

•   sweep, swing

•   turning

•   vault

•   winding


•   bandy

•   crescent

•   round

•   tortuous


•   break, buffer

•   insulate


•   captivity, clutches, conservation

•   hands

•   oversight

•   possession

•   security

•   trust


•   code

•   institute, institution

•   rite

•   vogue


•   frequently

•   invariably

•   mostly

•   naturally

•   popularly

•   rule


•   commonplace, current

•   frequent

•   orthodox

•   prevailing, prevalent, proverbial

•   regulation, ritual

•   set, standard, stock

•   unwritten


•   chap

•   fellow

•   punter


•   civilization, culture

•   do

•   etiquette

•   protocol

•   tax, tradition, tribute


•   barb, bite, break, brush off, brush-off, butcher

•   censor, commission, crop, chink

•   dilute, diminish, discount, dividend, doctor, drop

•   epitomize, etch, excavate, excavation, expurgate

•   indent, intoxicated

•   knife

•   line, lines, log, lot, lunge

•   make, mangle, mince, mould, mutilate

•   pick, plough, prick, proportion, puncture, punch

•   quota

•   rebuff, record, recording, retrench, retrenchment, run down, rut

•   scratch, shaft, shoulder, skip, snip, stab, stamp

•   tailor, taunt, telescope, tool, torn, truncate

•   weaken


•   axe

•   curtailment

•   diminution


•   abridge, axe

•   bring down, butcher

•   shorten


•   butt


•   amputate, apart

•   detach

•   friendless

•   head off

•   insular, insulate, interrupted

•   repudiate

•   secluded, silence

•   terminate, trapped


•   fail

•   root out

•   turn off

•   undercut


•   clip, curtail

•   silence, suspend

•   truncate


•   desperado, dog

•   hatchet man


•   abrasive, abridgment, acrid, acute

•   corrosive, curtailment

•   devastating, dry

•   engraving, excavation, extract

•   fine, freezing

•   groove

•   incisive

•   pungent

•   quotation

•   satirical

•   tart


•   butcher

•   joint

•   mutilate

•   partition


•   day

•   orbit

•   procession, progression

•   roll, run

•   sequence, succession

•   turn


•   disenchanted

•   hard-bitten, hollow

•   jaundiced

•   mistrustful

•   negative

•   satirical, sour


•   negativeness


•   dot

•   mess about


•   master

•   professional


•   day, domestic

•   journal

•   paper


•   dapper

•   fragile

•   gingerly

•   spruce


•   hollow


•   mother

•   stem


•   abuse

•   blemish, bruise

•   cripple, chip

•   defacement, disable, disadvantage, disfigure

•   grievance

•   havoc, hit

•   ill, ill-treat, ill-treatment

•   knock about

•   maltreat

•   nick

•   prejudice, price, puncture

•   ravage

•   sabotage, scar, scratch, split

•   taint, tamper, toll

•   wear, worsen, wound


•   bad

•   costly

•   derogatory, destructive, divisive

•   grievous

•   ill

•   mischievous

•   pernicious

•   slanderous

•   traumatic


•   woman


•   hiss

•   proscribe


•   dark, devilish, diabolical

•   hellish

•   infernal


•   execration

•   judgment

•   sin


•   cursed

•   hellish


•   damnation


•   deter, dishearten

•   rainy, raw

•   soak

•   water, watery


•   constraint, check

•   damp, disincentive

•   spoilsport


•   frisk

•   leg

•   shimmer, sparkle


•   acuteness, awkwardness

•   emergency, exposure

•   murder

•   seriousness

•   trouble


•   acute, adventurous, awkward

•   bad

•   critical

•   deadly, desperate, dicey

•   explosive

•   fierce, formidable

•   grave

•   headlong

•   lethal

•   malignant, murderous

•   pernicious, pestilential

•   serious, severe

•   tender, terrible, tight

•   vicious

•   warm


•   droop

•   flop

•   loll

•   sling, suspend


•   dashing

•   jaunty

•   rakish

•   snappy


•   beard

•   tempt


•   gallant

•   hothead

•   swashbuckling


•   bravura

•   courageous

•   dashing, dauntless, defiant, desperate

•   enterprise, enterprising

•   gallant, gallantry, gut

•   hardy, heroic, heroism, high-spirited

•   manful, manly

•   originality

•   prowess

•   spartan, spectacular, stalwart

•   unafraid


•   blind, brown

•   difficult, dirty

•   foggy

•   grey

•   hard

•   impenetrable

•   lightless

•   misty

•   pessimistic

•   sad, sober, supernatural

•   ugly, unknown


•   adumbrate

•   black out, blot, blur

•   confuse

•   dull

•   fog

•   lour

•   tarnish


•   adumbration

•   cloud

•   damp

•   night

•   oblivion

•   shadow


•   angel

•   idol

•   minion

•   toast, treasure


•   arrow

•   bolt

•   dodge

•   gallop

•   lick

•   scamper, scurry, shaft, skim, streak

•   whip, whisk


•   abandon

•   bravura, bustle

•   career, controls, course

•   damp, deflate, dishearten, dive, drive

•   enterprise

•   fire, flash

•   gallop

•   impinge

•   line, lunge

•   pelt, plunge

•   ram

•   sadden, scamper, scurry, shade, shoot, smattering, sparkle, splash, streak, strike

•   taste, thought, tick, trace, trifle

•   vein

•   whip, whisk


•   dim

•   enterprising

•   high-spirited

•   ostentatious

•   rakish

•   saucy


•   brief

•   evidence

•   file

•   intelligence

•   material


•   boyfriend

•   court

•   day

•   see


•   date

•   old

•   rusty

•   time


•   anoint

•   slap, streak


•   awe

•   demoralize, depress, desolate

•   unnerve


•   awe-stricken

•   disheartened


•   audacious

•   confident

•   game

•   manly

•   spartan, stout

•   unafraid


•   amble

•   creep

•   drag

•   linger, lounge

•   maunder

•   tarry, trifle


•   infancy

•   light

•   opening

•   threshold


•   light


•   illusion

•   moon


•   dawn, day

•   light

•   sunrise


•   baffle, bedazzle

•   fog

•   muddle

•   rock

•   whirl


•   befuddled

•   drowsy

•   foggy

•   glassy

•   petrified

•   silly, speechless, stupid

•   thunderstruck


•   captivate

•   flare

•   glare

•   lustre


•   bright

•   dashing

•   effulgent

•   flamboyant

•   glamorous, glaring, gorgeous

•   inspired

•   meteoric

•   spectacular, striking, strong


•   deep, done, due

•   fallen

•   idle, inexpressive

•   loss, lost

•   mechanical

•   old-fashioned, out

•   rest

•   slow

•   void


•   coarsen

•   drown, drug

•   kill

•   mortify

•   quell

•   silence


•   calamitous

•   devastating

•   fateful

•   homicidal

•   killing

•   morbid, murderous

•   pestilential, poison

•   ruinous

•   stuffy

•   terminal, toxic, tragic

•   virulent

•   withering


•   insensible


•   blatant

•   loud

•   noisy

•   tremendous


•   buy

•   compact, cope

•   deliver, dole

•   mete

•   operation

•   reckon

•   sale, serve

•   truck


•   broker

•   go-between

•   operator

•   seller


•   doings

•   intercourse

•   proceeding

•   relations


•   adorable

•   high

•   love, loving

•   near

•   priceless

•   sumptuous, sweet, sweetheart

•   valuable, valued


•   doom

•   fall, fatality, fate

•   mortality

•   sword


•   classic

•   perennial


•   killing

•   lethal

•   macabre


•   crash

•   flop

•   misadventure


•   alloy

•   demoralize, deprave, deteriorate

•   pervert, profane, prostitute

•   spoil, subvert

•   vilify

•   weaken


•   abject, adulterate

•   decadent, degenerate

•   effete

•   vicious, villainous

•   wicked


•   abjectness

•   decadence, degeneration, depravity, descent, deterioration, disparagement


•   negotiable

•   open

•   problematic


•   agitate, agitation

•   battle

•   canvass, consult

•   differ, difference, disagree, disagreement, discourse

•   negotiate, negotiation

•   reason

•   thrash out

•   ventilate


•   cripple

•   depress, disable

•   impair

•   paralyse

•   run down

•   waste, weary


•   delicacy

•   fatigue


•   airy

•   bland, blithe, breezy

•   gay, gentlemanly

•   poised

•   rakish


•   flotsam

•   garbage

•   junk

•   odds and ends


•   loss


•   explode


•   appearance

•   baptism

•   premiere


•   degradation, descent


•   effete

•   libertine


•   blight

•   consume, consumption, contamination, corruption

•   die, diminution, disrepair, dissolution, disuse

•   eat, ebb

•   failure

•   pine

•   ruin, rust

•   seed, squalor, stagnate

•   waste, worsen


•   corrupt

•   dilapidated, disrepair

•   effete

•   fallen

•   mortified, moth-eaten, musty

•   old

•   squalid, stale


•   decadent, dilapidated

•   mouldy

•   perishable, putrescent

•   rotten

•   seedy


•   exit

•   pass away, passing


•   art

•   bluff

•   collusion, craft

•   dishonesty

•   falsehood, falsification, fallacy

•   humbug

•   invention

•   knavery

•   lie, lying

•   perfidy, prevarication

•   untruth


•   artful

•   crooked

•   devious, double

•   elusive, evasive

•   hollow

•   insidious

•   lying

•   mendacious, misleading

•   perfidious

•   rotten

•   scheming, shifty, spurious

•   unfaithful, unprincipled, untrue, untruthful

•   wily


•   bilk, bluff

•   decoy, disguise, do, dodge, dust

•   false, fast

•   have, have on, humbug

•   impose

•   jockey

•   lead on, leg

•   misinform, mock

•   palter, prevaricate

•   seduce, stab

•   take, trap

•   victimize

•   wool


•   fairness

•   grace

•   honour

•   kindness

•   morality

•   rectitude


•   clean

•   ethical

•   honest

•   just

•   maidenly, moral

•   savoury, solid, square, straight

•   wholesome, worthy


•   betrayal

•   delusion, disguise, double-dealing

•   falsehood, fallacy, foul play

•   humbug

•   knavery

•   mockery

•   pretence, prevarication

•   swindle

•   trap

•   whitewash


•   elusive, evasive

•   hypocritical

•   insidious, insincere

•   mendacious

•   tortuous, treacherous, tricky

•   underhand, untrue, untruthful

•   wily


•   appoint, arbitrate

•   clinch, come down

•   dispose of, distinguish

•   finalize, fix

•   govern

•   judge

•   lot

•   make up, mind

•   rule

•   see


•   appointed

•   clear, closed

•   final, fixed

•   great

•   marked

•   set, sure

•   thick

•   uncompromising, unmistakable


•   definitely

•   expressly

•   far

•   highly

•   markedly, much

•   particularly

•   terribly

•   very


•   do

•   penetrate, puzzle

•   simplify

•   translate


•   adjudication, award

•   constancy

•   doom

•   election

•   pick

•   voice

•   will


•   acute, assertive

•   clean, climactic, commanding

•   deciding, determining

•   eventful

•   fatal

•   key

•   landslide

•   peremptory

•   strategic

•   telling

•   ultimate, unequivocal

•   vital


•   bash, beat, box

•   garnish, gild

•   hang, hit

•   invest

•   knock

•   pack

•   slap, strike

•   thump


•   discourse

•   pontificate

•   read

•   spout

•   thunder


•   elocution

•   oratory


•   admission, allegation, assurance, authority

•   contention

•   defence

•   evidence, expression

•   intimation

•   protest, publication

•   remark, report, resolution

•   will, word


•   acknowledge, adjudge, admit, advertise, air, allege

•   betoken

•   call, come out with, communicate

•   deliver, depose, divulge

•   enunciate, exclaim, express

•   intimate

•   mention

•   notify

•   observe

•   pass, predicate, present, promulgate, protest, publish

•   remark, report

•   say, sound

•   voice, vote

•   warrant


•   age

•   come down, comedown

•   decadence, degradation, descent, die, disclaim, dissent, drop off

•   eclipse, evade

•   failure, forbear

•   go down

•   lapse

•   pass up, perish

•   rebuff, recede, renounce, repel, rot, rust

•   seed, set, settle, stagnate, subside, subsidence

•   twilight

•   waste, wither


•   deteriorate

•   perish


•   scenery


•   array

•   border

•   dress

•   elaborate, emblazon

•   furnish

•   garnish

•   hang

•   illuminate, illustrate

•   pattern

•   tool

•   varnish


•   accessory

•   décor

•   favour

•   illustration, insignia

•   overlay

•   pattern

•   trim


•   artistic


•   conventional, courtly, chaste

•   demure

•   good

•   ladylike

•   maidenly

•   orderly

•   respectable, reverent


•   ceremony, correctness

•   formality

•   grace

•   manners

•   taste


•   attract

•   cajole, coax

•   deception

•   temptation


•   abridge, abridgment

•   consumption, cut

•   deduction, deflate, degenerate, deplete, depletion, depreciate, dilute, drop off

•   fall

•   go down

•   impair

•   lag, let up, lull

•   minimize, moderate

•   pale

•   remission, remit, retrench, run down

•   shorten, sink, slacken (off)

•   tail off, taper

•   wear off


•   adjudge, appoint, award

•   behest

•   call

•   destine, directive, doom

•   finding

•   impose, imposition, institute

•   judgment

•   pass, promulgate, pronouncement

•   sentence, set

•   will, word, writ


•   disrepair

•   moth-eaten

•   old

•   ruinous

•   senile

•   unfit


•   blacken

•   declaim, denigrate, downgrade

•   hiss, hoot

•   minimize

•   quarrel

•   slander

•   vilify


•   apply

•   enshrine

•   inaugurate

•   vow

•   wed


•   addicted

•   hard-core, holy

•   pious

•   steadfast, strong

•   true

•   unswerving, untiring, unwavering


•   application

•   baptism, blessing

•   determination

•   involvement

•   perseverance

•   resolution

•   truth


•   decipher, divine

•   extract

•   imagine

•   perceive

•   reconstruct

•   surmise


•   allow

•   discount

•   take

•   withhold


•   judgment

•   logic

•   stoppage, surmise

•   theorem


•   accomplishment, activity

•   coup, covenant, credentials, charter

•   doing

•   effort

•   measure, move

•   paper, proceeding

•   step, stunt

•   thing, turn


•   count

•   feel

•   guess

•   take

•   view


•   abysmal

•   bowels

•   clever, concentrated

•   devout

•   full

•   guttural

•   heartfelt, heavily, heavy, highbrow, hollow

•   inmost, intimate

•   metaphysical

•   rooted

•   secretive, serious, sound, subtle

•   thick

•   unbroken


•   amplify

•   darken

•   gather

•   thicken


•   badly

•   cruelly

•   deep

•   fast

•   heart, heartily, heavily

•   very

•   well


•   chronic

•   dyed-in-the-wool

•   lasting, lifelong

•   stable, strong


•   batter, bruise

•   damage, daub

•   score


•   abuse

•   detraction, disgrace


•   scandalous, scurrilous

•   vicious


•   abuse

•   reproach, run down


•   deficit

•   go under

•   lose

•   negligence


•   debtor


•   best, better

•   counteract, cheat

•   defy, demolish, disconcert, drubbing

•   fall, finish, floor

•   get over

•   hammer, hollow

•   kill, knock

•   licking, loss

•   mock

•   overcome

•   sink, slaughter, smash

•   thrash, thrashing

•   undoing, upset

•   whip, worst


•   broken

•   done

•   finished

•   hangdog

•   run

•   unsuccessful, upset


•   hopeless


•   blot, bug

•   deformity, disability, disfigurement, drawback

•   handicap, hole

•   impediment, inaccuracy, infirmity

•   kink

•   malfunction

•   speck

•   trouble, turn, twist

•   vice


•   amiss

•   bad

•   cracked

•   impaired, inaccurate, inoperative

•   jerry-built

•   lacking, lame

•   unsound

•   wanting, wrong


•   traitor


•   answer, assertion

•   behalf, brief

•   defendant

•   espousal

•   fence

•   preservation

•   reason


•   dependent

•   insecure

•   prostrate

•   undefended

•   weak, wide-open


•   advocate

•   barricade

•   dig in

•   excuse

•   fence

•   garrison

•   keep

•   stick


•   party


•   exponent

•   guardian

•   keeper

•   saviour


•   excusable

•   warrantable


•   hold off

•   pigeonhole

•   remit, reserve, retard

•   stay

•   waive


•   hold off

•   pigeonhole

•   remit, reserve, retard

•   stay

•   waive


•   acceptance

•   duty

•   meekness


•   ceremonious

•   fawning

•   humble

•   meek

•   reverent


•   reprieve


•   audacity

•   dare, desperation

•   mutiny

•   rebellion, refusal, resistance


•   resistant

•   scornful


•   default, depletion, drawback, drought

•   failure

•   inferiority, infirmity

•   loss

•   paucity, penury, poverty

•   want


•   bad

•   devoid

•   feeble-minded

•   low

•   poor

•   rusty

•   stupid

•   thin

•   unfinished


•   corrupt


•   fix, formulate

•   label

•   pinpoint, prescribe

•   shape, stake


•   absolute, actual, appreciable

•   clean-cut, conclusive, concrete

•   decisive, declarative, distinct

•   emphatic

•   final, firm

•   hard, hardline

•   outright

•   pronounced

•   secure, set

•   tangible

•   undoubted, unequivocal, unquestionable


•   course

•   distinctly

•   exactly, expressly

•   means

•   undoubtedly


•   sense


•   classic

•   determining

•   standard


•   take down


•   detract, divert

•   field

•   head off

•   intercept

•   parry

•   switch

•   ward off


•   diversion


•   grotesque

•   wry


•   bamboozle, bluff

•   default, double-cross

•   fast

•   sting

•   take

•   victimize


•   cunning

•   delicate

•   masterful

•   quick

•   ready

•   slick

•   wicked


•   inanimate

•   late, lifeless

•   outworn


•   beggar, bit

•   combat

•   disobey

•   fight

•   mock

•   oppose

•   rebel

•   snap

•   transgress


•   come down, contemptible, crumble

•   demoralized, descend, dog

•   ebb, effete

•   fiend

•   libertine

•   pervert, profligate

•   relapse, rotten

•   seed, sordid

•   vicious, vile, villainous


•   corruption

•   decadence, decay, degradation

•   ebb


•   abjectness

•   baseness

•   corruption

•   descent, disparagement

•   fall

•   meanness


•   deprave, disparage

•   lessen

•   prostitute

•   reduce


•   abject

•   bestial

•   degenerate


•   despicable, discreditable

•   insulting

•   menial

•   unhealthy, unwholesome

•   vile


•   deal

•   gauge

•   pitch, plane

•   rating

•   shade


•   lower

•   vouchsafe


•   cut up, cheerless

•   desolate, despairing, dispirited

•   heartbroken, heavy, hopeless

•   joyless

•   mouth

•   pessimistic, prostrate

•   sorrowful, subdued

•   unhappy


•   desolation, discouragement

•   grief

•   heaviness

•   pessimism

•   woe


•   adjourn, adjournment

•   extension

•   filibuster

•   gain

•   hang, hesitate, hesitation, hitch, hold off

•   interlude, interrupt

•   keep, keep back

•   lateness

•   pause, play

•   remain, remit, reserve, respite

•   slow, spin out


•   palatable

•   savoury

•   winning


•   appointment

•   constitute

•   deputize, detail

•   minister, mouthpiece

•   proxy

•   trust


•   appointment

•   designation

•   representation


•   cut

•   raze

•   score, scratch, scrub


•   balance

•   confer, contemplate, cool

•   decided

•   head

•   knowing

•   moderate, mull, muse

•   parley, pause

•   revolve, ruminate

•   sedate, see, serious, sit, speculate, stately, strategic, study


•   leisure, leisurely

•   purpose, purposely


•   attention

•   contemplation, counsel

•   premeditation

•   think


•   awkwardness

•   diplomacy

•   effeminacy

•   feebleness

•   niceness

•   propriety, punctilio


•   airy, awkward

•   breakable, brittle

•   clean

•   decent

•   effeminate, emotive

•   feeble, feminine, filmy

•   gingerly, gossamer

•   light

•   mellow

•   pretty

•   sophisticated

•   tasteful, thin, tricky

•   unhealthy, unsound


•   airily

•   gingerly

•   nicely


•   delicate

•   rich


•   admiration, amusement

•   beguile

•   catch, content

•   diversion, dream

•   elation, enchantment, entertain, entrance, exalt, exaltation, exultation

•   fascinate, feast

•   gladden, glee, gusto

•   luxury

•   paradise, pride

•   radiance, rejoicing, revel

•   send

•   take, tickle, treat

•   wallow


•   blissful

•   exultant

•   glad, gleeful

•   joyful

•   radiant, rapturous


•   acceptable, adorable, amiable

•   beautiful

•   comfortable

•   delicious

•   glad, glorious, golden, gorgeous

•   inviting

•   lovable, lovely

•   nice

•   sweet

•   taking

•   welcome, winning


•   abuse

•   dereliction

•   error

•   guilt

•   oversight

•   trespass

•   villainy


•   bad

•   guilty

•   hooligan

•   perverse, problem

•   remiss, reprehensible

•   transgressor, trespasser, truant


•   beside

•   high


•   distraction

•   high

•   intoxication

•   mania


•   absolve

•   commend, cough up

•   drop off

•   entrust, execute, extricate

•   fetch

•   hand, have

•   issue

•   loosen

•   mount

•   pass, produce

•   recite, refer, relieve, render, return, rid

•   say, send, serve

•   turn in


•   absolution, acquittal

•   delivery

•   exorcism

•   freedom

•   relief


•   birth

•   carriage

•   diction

•   execution, expression

•   issue

•   post, presentation

•   receipt

•   technique


•   betray, bluff

•   defraud, disappoint

•   humbug

•   infatuate

•   mock

•   wool


•   billow

•   cascade, cataract

•   downfall

•   flow

•   glut

•   lavish

•   outpouring, overflow

•   rain

•   shower


•   bubble

•   dream

•   fantasy

•   madness, myth

•   vision


•   swell


•   dig

•   excavate

•   mine

•   plumb


•   incendiary


•   appetite, arrogation, assess, assessment

•   blackmail

•   command, compulsion, condition

•   decree, dictate, direct

•   edict, enjoin, exigency, expectation, extortion

•   insist, instance, instruction

•   law, levy

•   ordain

•   press, pretension, provision

•   query

•   run

•   sale, send for

•   tax, toll

•   warrant, way


•   ambitious, assertive

•   gruelling

•   impatient, intensive

•   onerous

•   particular, punishing

•   rigorous, rugged

•   severe, strenuous, stringent

•   tall, tiring, troublesome

•   weighty


•   bound

•   circumscribe

•   limit

•   restrict

•   stake


•   definition

•   line

•   restriction


•   cheapen

•   diminish

•   prostitute


•   actions, appearance, aspect, attitude

•   cast

•   fashion, front

•   look

•   manners

•   presence

•   tune


•   beside

•   delirious

•   irrational

•   nuts

•   possessed, psychotic

•   queer

•   wild


•   self-government


•   free


•   batter, blast, break

•   confound

•   devastate

•   fell

•   havoc

•   pull down

•   ravage

•   sack, scrap, shatter, smash, subvert

•   take down


•   devastation

•   ravage


•   imp

•   ogre


•   argue

•   exemplify

•   give

•   make out

•   present, produce

•   reflect

•   show off

•   witness


•   brief

•   flash

•   show, showing

•   testament, token


•   declarative

•   outgoing


•   break

•   confuse

•   subvert


•   daunted

•   hopeless


•   boggle

•   differ, disinclination

•   exception

•   hang back

•   reservation


•   maidenly


•   burrow

•   hollow, hotbed, hovel, hut

•   lodge

•   nest


•   defence, deprivation

•   mortification

•   negative, negativeness


•   cry down, cheapen

•   depreciate, downgrade

•   hole


•   attack

•   libel


•   cult

•   faith

•   sort


•   argue

•   evidence

•   note

•   point, promise

•   represent

•   stand for, symbolize


•   anathematize

•   damn, declaim, deplore

•   excommunicate, execrate, expose

•   hit out (at), hoot

•   impeach, inform

•   pillory

•   thunder


•   backward, bovine

•   dim, dumb

•   fatuous, firm

•   gross

•   hard

•   lush

•   oafish

•   pig-headed

•   rank

•   simple

•   unintelligent

•   weighty, wooden


•   firmness


•   cavity

•   mark

•   nick


•   despoil


•   brush off

•   cross

•   discredit, dispute

•   mortify

•   negate

•   traverse


•   absent

•   beat

•   clear out

•   die, disagree

•   evacuate, expire

•   flee

•   get along, get away, get off, go off, go out

•   make away

•   part, pass, pull out

•   run

•   set off, start

•   take off, tracks

•   wander


•   defunct

•   former

•   gone


•   agency, arm

•   category, class, compartment

•   faculty, field

•   head

•   ministry

•   school


•   anomaly, aside

•   death, decease, desertion, disappearance, diversion

•   egress, emigration, exception

•   farewell, flight

•   leave

•   parting

•   resignation, retreat

•   sendoff

•   takeoff, turn


•   base

•   dangle

•   hang, hinge

•   lean

•   pivot, presume

•   reckon, rely, rest

•   turn on


•   assured, authentic

•   certain, consistent, constant, credible

•   durable

•   good

•   infallible

•   level-headed, loyal

•   regular

•   safe, secure, serviceable, solid, stalwart, steadfast

•   worthy


•   creature

•   satellite, subject

•   ward


•   addicted

•   powerless

•   satellite


•   enact, exemplify, express

•   mirror

•   perform, personate

•   recount, rehearse, represent

•   tell, trace


•   bleed

•   dissipate

•   finish

•   lose

•   sap, spend

•   waste


•   bankrupt

•   destitute, done

•   impoverished

•   low

•   poor


•   loss


•   abject, awful

•   criminal

•   mournful

•   objectionable

•   pathetic, piteous, pitiful

•   rotten

•   sorry

•   unforgivable, unpardonable

•   woeful


•   complain

•   disapprove

•   execrate

•   grieve

•   moan

•   repent

•   wail


•   manoeuvre, marshal


•   eject

•   proscribe

•   transport, turn out


•   ejection


•   actions

•   concern

•   decorum

•   manners


•   allege

•   overthrow, overturn

•   remove

•   swear

•   unseat

•   witness


•   advance

•   cast, commit

•   dump

•   earnest

•   garner, ground

•   keep

•   leave

•   mine

•   nest egg

•   pawn, payment, put aside, put away

•   rain

•   seat, set, stick


•   allegation

•   deposit

•   overthrow


•   bank

•   garner

•   vault


•   magazine

•   station, stop

•   terminal


•   contaminate

•   deteriorate

•   poison, pollute

•   stain


•   base, beastly, bestial, brute

•   cruel

•   decadent, deformed, demoralized

•   enormous

•   filthy

•   godless

•   kinky

•   libertine, lost, low

•   nefarious

•   perverse

•   ungodly, unholy

•   villainous

•   worthless


•   cruelty

•   deformity

•   enormity

•   ill

•   lewdness

•   perversion

•   villainy


•   adulterate

•   cheapen

•   debase, depress, deteriorate, diminish

•   fall

•   minimize

•   sink


•   debasement, deterioration

•   wear


•   bow

•   darken, deflate, demoralize, dent, drop, dull

•   frustrate

•   get down

•   press, prostrate, push

•   take down


•   cheerless

•   demoralized, despairing, disappointed, disheartened, dull

•   fed up (with)

•   heavy

•   joyless

•   miserable, mouth

•   prostrate

•   sorrowful

•   wretched


•   chill

•   desolate, dim, disappointing

•   grey

•   stark, sunless


•   affliction

•   blues

•   crash, crater

•   depreciation, discouragement, doldrums

•   gloom

•   heaviness, hole

•   misery, mood

•   pessimism

•   recess

•   trough

•   woe


•   bereavement

•   cost

•   lack, loss


•   cheat

•   do out of


•   depressed

•   underprivileged


•   dead

•   extreme, extremity

•   gauge

•   measurement, minimum

•   pith


•   contingent

•   mission


•   fill in

•   substitute


•   envoy

•   factor

•   helper

•   second in command


•   convulse

•   disorganize, distract

•   litter

•   wall


•   beside

•   chaotic

•   mental

•   non compos mentis, nuts

•   psychotic

•   unsound


•   down and out

•   hulk

•   ramshackle, ruinous

•   wreck


•   default, defection

•   malpractice, misconduct


•   banter

•   catcall

•   depreciate, despise

•   fun

•   game

•   hiss

•   jest, joke

•   laugh

•   satirize

•   thumb, travesty


•   crazy

•   farcical

•   mocking

•   paltry, piddling


•   birth

•   derivative

•   emanation

•   fountain

•   parentage, paternity, pedigree


•   unimaginative


•   base

•   ensue

•   reap, result

•   spring, stem


•   critical

•   destructive, disreputable

•   libellous

•   personal


•   cascade, climb down, come down

•   decline, demean, dive

•   get down, get off

•   settle


•   antecedents

•   birth, blood

•   degeneration, derivation, down, downfall

•   family

•   lapse

•   paternity, pedigree

•   stock, strain, subsidence, succession


•   cover

•   demonstrate, design, designate

•   expound

•   label

•   make out

•   paint, picture

•   qualify

•   recite, rehearse, represent

•   set out

•   unfold


•   commentary

•   definition, demonstration, designation

•   epithet, exposition

•   fashion, form

•   label

•   nature

•   picture, portrait

•   quality

•   recital, rehearsal, relation

•   stamp


•   covering


•   drop

•   evacuate

•   fail

•   go back

•   lifeless

•   merit

•   repudiate, reward, run out

•   truant, turn

•   walk out


•   drop

•   evacuate

•   fail

•   go back

•   lifeless

•   merit

•   repudiate, reward, run out

•   truant, turn

•   walk out


•   alone

•   beached

•   friendless

•   unfrequented, uninhabited

•   wild


•   backslider


•   disappearance


•   creditable

•   fit


•   architecture

•   calculate, composition, conception, concoct, construct, contemplate, contrivance

•   destination, device, discover, dream, drift

•   formation

•   game

•   handiwork, hatch

•   idea, invention

•   lay, lay out, layout

•   meditate, method, motive, mould

•   premeditation, programme, proposal

•   reason, resolve

•   structure

•   thought

•   version


•   adduce, allocate, attach

•   class

•   elect, express

•   make

•   note

•   pin down, point

•   qualify

•   represent

•   set

•   title


•   assignment

•   deputation

•   make

•   nomination

•   rating

•   term


•   author

•   engineer

•   founder


•   calculating

•   deep, dishonest

•   insidious

•   politic

•   subtle


•   advisability

•   charm

•   expediency


•   expedient

•   fitting

•   goodly

•   right

•   welcome


•   ache, affection, aim, ambition, aspire

•   beg, bid, burn

•   care for, choose

•   die, dream

•   emptiness

•   fall for, feel

•   greed

•   hanker, hunger

•   inclination, itch

•   languish, like, liking, long, love

•   mania, mean, mind, motivation

•   notion

•   pant, pine, please, pleasure, prefer, preference, prize, purpose, pursue

•   require

•   sex, sexuality, stomach

•   taste

•   urge

•   way, will, willingness

•   yearn


•   needed


•   game, greedy

•   hungry

•   jealous

•   passionate

•   thirsty


•   abandon

•   done

•   halt, hold back

•   lay off, leave

•   pack in

•   refrain, rest


•   alone

•   brokenhearted

•   cast down

•   deserted

•   empty

•   gaunt

•   heartbroken

•   inconsolable, inhospitable

•   mournful

•   prostrate

•   sadden, stark

•   wintry


•   emptiness

•   ravage

•   waste, wreck


•   bane

•   desolation, discouragement

•   pessimism


•   brokenhearted

•   pessimistic


•   daredevil

•   hothead


•   almighty

•   beside

•   distracted

•   feverish

•   hunted

•   last-ditch

•   parlous

•   sore

•   terrible


•   life

•   madly, manfully

•   terribly


•   abominable, accursed

•   beggarly

•   caddish

•   damnable, damned, degraded, dirty, dishonourable

•   filthy, foul

•   miserable

•   nasty

•   paltry

•   rotten

•   shabby, slavish


•   defy, dislike

•   execrate

•   hate

•   reject

•   scoff


•   contempt

•   even

•   irrespective of

•   scorn, spite


•   desolate

•   fleece

•   gut

•   harry

•   maraud

•   ransack, rape

•   waste


•   blues

•   dumps

•   heaviness

•   pessimism


•   crestfallen, cheerless

•   desolate, desperate, disappointed

•   heartbroken, heavy

•   pessimistic

•   unhappy


•   absolutist, authoritarian

•   disciplinarian

•   tsar


•   bossy

•   high, high-handed

•   lordly

•   masterful

•   overbearing

•   repressive

•   totalitarian


•   absoluteness, arbitrariness

•   domination

•   monarchy

•   repression


•   mean


•   chance

•   luck

•   necessity

•   predestination, providence


•   bankrupt, beggarly

•   depressed, deprived, devoid

•   empty

•   forlorn, forsaken

•   helpless, high, homeless

•   lonely

•   miserable

•   underprivileged

•   vagabond


•   abjectness

•   deprivation

•   emptiness

•   famine

•   hardship

•   lack

•   misery

•   necessity, need

•   poverty

•   ruin


•   abolish, account for

•   batter, blast, blight, blot, bomb, break, butcher

•   confound, consume, cripple, curse

•   dash, deface, despoil, devour, disorganize, dispose of, dissolve, do away with

•   efface, end, erode, exterminate

•   finish

•   havoc

•   knock down

•   level, liquidate

•   make away, mangle, murder

•   obliterate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm

•   pull down, put away, put down

•   quash, quench

•   root out, rout

•   sabotage, sack, sink, slaughter, stamp out, subvert

•   undo

•   write off


•   abolition

•   bane

•   consumption

•   damage, death, defacement, desolation, dissolution, doom

•   erosion

•   fall, fate

•   holocaust

•   ill

•   loss

•   mayhem, mortality

•   rampage, ravage

•   sabotage, sack, sacrifice, smash

•   waste, wreck


•   abusive, aggressive

•   disastrous

•   evil

•   fateful

•   inimical

•   malign, malignant, mischievous, mortal, murderous

•   pestilential

•   rampage

•   subversive

•   violent, vitriolic

•   wicked, withering


•   abstract

•   break away, break off

•   detail, dissociate

•   get off

•   loose

•   part, pull off

•   unhinge


•   alone

•   cold-hearted

•   disengaged, distinct

•   indifferent

•   nonchalant

•   remote

•   unconcerned

•   withdrawn


•   arm

•   contingent, corps

•   disinterest, distinctness

•   garrison

•   isolation

•   parting


•   account, article, attach

•   circumstance, cover

•   define, description, dilate, document

•   formulate

•   narrative

•   quote

•   regard, report

•   set out, specification

•   thing, touch, triviality

•   way


•   analytic

•   close

•   delicate, descriptive

•   graphic

•   intimate

•   pernickety, photographic


•   bind

•   imprison, incarcerate

•   jail

•   lock up

•   retain

•   slow


•   determine

•   find out

•   learn, locate

•   make out

•   nose

•   trace


•   probe

•   recognition


•   arrest

•   captivity


•   block

•   dishearten

•   keep


•   adulterate, age

•   come down, corrode

•   descend, dog

•   erode

•   putrefy

•   regress, relapse, rot, rust

•   seed, sink, stagnate, suffer

•   vegetate

•   wear, wear out


•   decadence, decay, disrepair

•   ebb, erosion

•   failure, falling off

•   relapse, rot

•   wear


•   adjudication, arbitration, assessment, assignment

•   definition, disposal

•   earnest, election

•   grit

•   industry

•   manhood

•   nerve

•   pluck, premeditation, push

•   stand

•   volition

•   will


•   adjudge, adjudicate, appoint, arrange, assess, assign

•   calculate, clinch

•   decree, define, demarcate, diagnose, dispose, dispose of, distinguish

•   gauge

•   intend

•   make up, measure, mind

•   pace, pin down, prove, provide

•   see, set

•   think, trace

•   will


•   adamant, all-out, appointed

•   bent

•   decided, decisive, definite, desperate

•   earnest

•   gritty

•   manful

•   obstinate

•   pertinacious, pushing

•   serious, set, strenuous, strong, sturdy

•   tireless

•   unmoved, untiring, unyielding

•   wholehearted, wilful


•   fatal

•   overriding


•   bar

•   constraint

•   lesson

•   preventive


•   dislike


•   bang

•   crack

•   fire

•   go off

•   let off

•   thunder


•   thunder


•   digression

•   excursion

•   skirt


•   decry, defame, depreciate, deride

•   slander, subtract


•   depreciation

•   scandal


•   critic

•   hatchet man


•   cost

•   deprivation, drawback


•   bad

•   disastrous, divisive

•   evil

•   hurtful

•   ill

•   pestilential

•   unhealthy


•   consume

•   harry, havoc, hit

•   shatter, strike


•   calamitous

•   disastrous

•   lethal

•   murderous

•   ruinous

•   violent


•   catastrophe

•   damage, debacle

•   holocaust

•   ravage

•   sack

•   waste, wreck


•   appear

•   bear, bloom, boom, boost, branch out, brew, bring up, bud, build

•   catch, come along, conceive, create

•   dawn, dilate

•   educate, emerge, enrich, expatiate, extend, extract

•   formulate

•   germinate, get along, go, go into

•   headway

•   improve, increase

•   mellow

•   nurture

•   occur

•   pass, perfect, pioneer, produce

•   raise

•   shape, spin, spring, sprout, stem

•   thrive, turn out

•   wax


•   boom, breakthrough, breeding, build-up

•   civilization, course, creation, cultivation

•   education, emergence, extension

•   formation

•   gestation

•   invention

•   march, movement

•   nurture

•   offshoot

•   phase, preparation, process, promotion

•   ramification

•   sequel

•   transition, twist

•   variant


•   exceptional

•   neurotic

•   odd

•   untrue


•   deviant, disagree

•   incline

•   switch

•   turn off

•   wind


•   abnormality, anomaly

•   detour, difference, diversion

•   error, exception, excursion

•   inclination

•   neurosis

•   perversion

•   turn


•   bomb

•   cipher, character

•   engine, expediency

•   game

•   hallmark

•   legend

•   machine, mechanism

•   organ

•   pattern, pretext

•   resource

•   sign

•   tactic, thing, trap

•   wrinkle


•   bugbear

•   harass

•   mischief

•   torment

•   wolf


•   cursed

•   demonic

•   impish

•   monstrous

•   savage


•   crafty, cunning

•   deep, designing, deviant

•   foxy

•   shifty, slippery, subtle

•   unprincipled, untrustworthy


•   brew

•   compose, conspire, create

•   discover

•   elaborate, encompass, engineer

•   fabricate, forge

•   hatch

•   improvise

•   lay, leave, legacy

•   make up, manoeuvre, manufacture, mastermind, meditate, mint

•   shape, shift


•   destine

•   invest

•   pass

•   spend

•   vow


•   active, addicted, affectionate, attached, attentive, avid

•   buried

•   close, crazy

•   doting, dutiful

•   earnest, enthusiastic

•   great

•   inseparable

•   mad

•   pious

•   thick

•   unselfish, unswerving, untiring

•   wholehearted

•   zealous


•   believer

•   connoisseur

•   freak

•   idolater

•   partisan


•   cult

•   enthusiasm

•   love affair

•   orthodoxy

•   praise

•   tenderness, truth


•   demolish

•   feed, finish

•   gnaw

•   prey, put away

•   use up


•   ravenous

•   voracious


•   heart


•   cunning

•   faculty

•   know-how

•   prowess


•   demonic, devilish

•   infernal, inhuman

•   monstrous

•   savage

•   vicious, villainous


•   breakdown

•   judgment


•   slant

•   transverse


•   pattern, profile, projection

•   scheme

•   table


•   argot

•   talk


•   argument


•   consultation

•   interview

•   parley

•   speech

•   talk


•   polar


•   agenda

•   book

•   memoirs

•   notebook

•   record, register

•   timetable


•   broadside

•   fulmination

•   rant


•   hazardous

•   precarious

•   speculative


•   ill


•   charge

•   determine, directive

•   enactment

•   regulation

•   tune


•   absolutist, arbiter, authoritarian


•   dogmatic

•   high-handed

•   imperative, intolerant

•   lordly

•   masterful

•   officious, opinionated

•   peremptory

•   repressive


•   domination


•   dust

•   fall, flag

•   go, go under

•   mortify, mould

•   succumb


•   conservative

•   extremist

•   hard-core

•   square


•   assembly

•   bread

•   nurture

•   table


•   assembly

•   bread

•   nurture

•   table


•   conflict

•   depart, deviate

•   fall out

•   quarrel


•   breach

•   departure, differential, discord, dissension, dissent

•   gap

•   inequality

•   misunderstanding

•   odds

•   rift

•   shade, split

•   variance


•   alternate, alternative

•   discordant, distinguishing

•   exotic

•   fresh

•   new, novel

•   odd, opposite

•   refreshing, revolutionary

•   unequal, unfamiliar, unrelated

•   variant, varying


•   distinction


•   demarcate

•   know

•   taste, tell


•   ambitious, awkward

•   cantankerous, contrary, crotchety

•   diabolical, dicey, disagreeable

•   exacting, exhausting

•   gruelling

•   hairy, hazardous, heavy

•   inconvenient

•   laboured

•   murderous

•   nerve-racking

•   opaque

•   parlous, prickly, problem

•   rebellious, recondite, rugged

•   serious, severe, sticky, stiff, strained

•   tall, tender, tight, tricky

•   weighty, wicked


•   barrier, bind, bother

•   doubt, drawback

•   emergency, encumbrance, entanglement, exigency

•   fly, fuss

•   hang-up, hitch, hold-up

•   inconvenience, involvement

•   kink

•   matter, misunderstanding, murder

•   obstruction

•   pinch, pressure, puzzle

•   quagmire, question

•   rub

•   scrape

•   vexation


•   demure

•   faint-hearted, fearful

•   retiring

•   tentative


•   cast

•   dilute, dissolve

•   emit, enlarge, expand

•   garrulous

•   lengthy

•   melt

•   penetrate, pervade

•   radiate, redundant

•   shed, soft, spray

•   throw out, transmit

•   windy


•   emission

•   transmission


•   claw

•   ditch

•   excavation

•   hollow

•   nudge

•   peck, plough

•   sink, stick

•   work


•   abbreviate, abbreviation, anthology

•   brief

•   encapsulate

•   table


•   aristocratic

•   ceremonious, courtly

•   elevated

•   gallant, grand, great

•   majestic

•   poised, princely

•   respectable

•   sedate


•   crown

•   lift

•   pedestal


•   celebrity

•   figure

•   officer

•   somebody


•   composure

•   elegance, exaltation

•   face

•   height

•   mark

•   poise, preferment

•   repose

•   state


•   jump


•   excursion


•   derelict, disreputable

•   moth-eaten

•   seedy

•   tumble-down


•   augment

•   balloon, bloat, bulge

•   heave

•   increase, inflate

•   magnify

•   puff, pump

•   spread

•   wax


•   remiss


•   bind

•   case, crisis

•   doubt

•   hole

•   quagmire

•   scrape, straits

•   trouble

•   uncertainty


•   keenness

•   pains, patience, persistence

•   tenacity


•   maunder


•   degrade, doctor

•   thin

•   water, watery


•   blind

•   dwarf

•   eclipse, efface

•   faded, filmy, fog, foggy

•   indefinable

•   lightless

•   misty, muffled, murky

•   nebulous

•   oafish, overshadow

•   shade, shady, soft, subdued

•   tone down, twilight

•   veil

•   wan, wane, wooden


•   breadth

•   mass


•   abridge, alloy, appease

•   break

•   damp, deaden, deflate, depress, detract, dilute, droop, drop, drop off, dwarf

•   fall

•   impair, impoverish

•   lag, let up, lull

•   mince, minimize, mitigate, moderate

•   narrow

•   pale

•   qualify

•   relax, relieve, remit

•   shorten, sink, slacken (off), soften, subtract

•   thin, turn down

•   wear off, wilt


•   abridgment

•   consumption

•   depletion

•   ebb, eclipse

•   fall

•   mitigation

•   relaxation, remission

•   subsidence

•   wane


•   baby

•   dwarf

•   nickname

•   puny, pygmy

•   short, stunted


•   deafen, discord

•   jangle

•   sound

•   tumult


•   black

•   disreputable, dowdy

•   muddy

•   run-down


•   bail

•   crater

•   dent, descent

•   nod

•   pitch

•   submerge

•   wet


•   negotiation


•   ambassador

•   envoy

•   minister


•   correct

•   delicate

•   judicious

•   pacific

•   strategic

•   tactical


•   bitter

•   deplorable, dread

•   evil

•   frightful

•   mortal

•   painful, parlous

•   sinister, sore

•   tragic


•   abrupt, apply, appoint, artless

•   bald, bend, boss

•   channel

•   deliver, determine, dispense, dominate, drive, due

•   emphatic

•   fasten, firsthand, flat, forthright, funnel

•   head

•   influence, instant, instantaneous

•   main, manipulate, manoeuvre, master, motion, mould

•   navigate

•   outright, overrule

•   pilot, positive, prescribe, preside, produce, prosecute

•   range, refer, require, round

•   set, short, simple, steer, sway

•   teach, tell, transparent, tutor

•   unguarded, unswerving, usher

•   wave, will, wish, work


•   abrupt, apply, appoint, artless

•   bald, bend, boss

•   channel

•   deliver, determine, dispense, dominate, drive, due

•   emphatic

•   fasten, firsthand, flat, forthright, funnel

•   head

•   influence, instant, instantaneous

•   main, manipulate, manoeuvre, master, motion, mould

•   navigate

•   outright, overrule

•   pilot, positive, prescribe, preside, produce, prosecute

•   range, refer, require, round

•   set, short, simple, steer, sway

•   teach, tell, transparent, tutor

•   unguarded, unswerving, usher

•   wave, will, wish, work


•   aspect, authority

•   bearings, behest, bidding

•   care, conduct, counsel

•   dictate, dispensation, disposal, disposition

•   hand, handling, helm

•   influence, instruction

•   lead

•   organization

•   precept, prescription, production

•   quarter

•   regulation, rule, run, running

•   surveillance

•   thread, tide, touch, turn


•   recipe


•   face, frankly

•   nonstop

•   once

•   right

•   shoulder, simply, slap, smack


•   commander

•   engineer

•   guide

•   index

•   maker, master, mastermind

•   operator

•   pilot

•   superintendent, superior

•   tactician


•   lamentation


•   gossip, ground

•   hearsay

•   land

•   news

•   rumour

•   scandal

•   whisper


•   bawdy, bedraggled, black

•   crude

•   daub, dingy, dusty

•   impure, insanitary

•   lewd

•   mangy, mess, mire

•   rotten

•   spot

•   taint

•   unethical


•   illness, impotence

•   trouble


•   exhaust

•   hurt

•   injure

•   maim, mutilate

•   nobble

•   sabotage, shatter

•   undermine

•   waste


•   exhausted

•   hamstrung, helpless

•   impotent, injured, invalid

•   laid up

•   palsied, paralytic, powerless


•   catch

•   deprivation

•   limitation

•   mischief

•   penalty


•   useless


•   inimical

•   malcontent


•   break

•   treason

•   unrest


•   answer back

•   demur

•   exception

•   issue

•   jar

•   protest


•   beastly

•   cantankerous, crotchety

•   disappointing

•   forbidding, foul, frightful

•   grating

•   hard, horrible

•   ill-humoured, irksome

•   liverish

•   mean

•   painful

•   rank, rotten

•   sour

•   ugly, unacceptable, uncomfortable, uncongenial, undesirable, unenviable, unsightly, unwelcome

•   vexatious

•   warm


•   battle, breach

•   disaffection, dissension

•   faction, feud, friction

•   gap

•   hassle

•   inconsistency

•   jar

•   problem, protestation

•   rift, rupture

•   scrap, set-to

•   words


•   deny, disapprove

•   enjoin, except, exclude

•   negate

•   outlaw, overrule


•   blow over

•   die, dip, disperse, dissipate, dive

•   elope

•   fail

•   get away

•   leave, lift

•   melt

•   pass off

•   set, sink, slip

•   take off, tracks

•   wear off


•   dissipation, dissolution


•   backfire, blight

•   fall down

•   mock, mortify

•   short

•   tantalize


•   beaten, brokenhearted

•   crestfallen

•   disheartened, downcast

•   heartbroken

•   reproachful


•   heartbreaking

•   off

•   regrettable, rotten

•   vexatious

•   wanting, woeful


•   anticlimax

•   comedown, check

•   defeat, dismay

•   mockery

•   reverse


•   disfavour, dislike

•   opposition

•   protest

•   taboo, thumb


•   dim

•   mind

•   protest

•   quarrel


•   conciliation, conciliatory


•   disconcert, displace

•   jumble

•   litter

•   mess, muddle

•   perturb

•   ruffle


•   derange, dislocation, disruption

•   litter

•   turmoil

•   undress


•   bane, bankruptcy

•   casualty, crisis, curse

•   debacle, disappointment

•   evil, extremity

•   fatality, fiasco, flop

•   misery

•   smash

•   visitation

•   washout, woe


•   bad, baneful

•   costly

•   deplorable, diabolical

•   evil

•   fateful

•   hard

•   luckless

•   sad

•   woeful


•   atheism

•   cynicism


•   unbeliever


•   salt


•   banish

•   cashier

•   deny, discharge, dismiss, displace, do away with, doff

•   lay down

•   part

•   renounce

•   set aside

•   take off, throw away, throw off, throw out


•   brilliant

•   clever

•   deep, discreet, discriminatory

•   exquisite

•   far-sighted

•   keen

•   profound, prudent

•   quick

•   refined

•   sage, selective

•   understanding


•   abide by, absolution, acquittance, axe

•   belch, blastoff, break, bring off

•   complete, comply

•   deliver, dispatch, displace, drain, dump

•   effluent, effusion, emanate, emanation, emancipate, emancipation, erupt, eruption, escape, evacuate, excuse, exempt, exemption, exercise, exhaust, expulsion

•   fill, finish

•   give out

•   implementation

•   kick out

•   launch, lay off, lay-off, let out, liquidate

•   matter

•   obey, outburst, outflow, overflow

•   pass, pay off, precipitate, project, prosecute, push

•   redeem, redemption, remission, round, run

•   send, serve, spill, spit, spout, square

•   transact, turn out

•   unseat


•   admirer

•   scholar, sectarian


•   accustom

•   breed

•   cultivate

•   education

•   faculty, field

•   habituate

•   instruction

•   mortification, mortify

•   nurture

•   order

•   practise

•   regiment

•   science, scourge, school, season, subdue

•   tame, teach, tutor


•   recant, revoke

•   take back

•   withdraw


•   acquaint, admit, air, announce

•   betray, blab, blurt out, break

•   come out with, confide, convey

•   declare, detect, display

•   evolve, explain, express

•   ferret out, find out

•   give away

•   let out, light

•   mention

•   open, own

•   say, slip

•   turn up

•   unburden, unfold, unmask


•   betrayal

•   communication

•   emergence

•   intelligence

•   manifestation

•   news


•   bruise


•   awkwardness

•   dash, disagree, dissatisfaction

•   misery

•   pang

•   suffering


•   disarray

•   excitement

•   upset


•   deflate, demoralize, derange, devastate, disappoint, distract

•   embarrass

•   floor

•   put out

•   shame, small, surprise

•   throw, throw off, throw out, trip


•   blank

•   flabbergasted

•   surprised


•   disappointing, disquieting


•   disentangle, dislocate, dissociate, divorce

•   interrupt, isolate

•   loose

•   unfasten, unhinge


•   abrupt

•   broken

•   detached

•   fragmentary

•   interrupted, irregular

•   loose

•   separate, separated

•   unconnected


•   detachment, disengagement, dislocation

•   isolation

•   solution


•   brokenhearted

•   comfortless, crestfallen, cheerless

•   despondent, downcast

•   heavy

•   mournful

•   plaintive

•   sorrowful, sorry

•   wistful


•   disaffection, disappointment

•   friction

•   trouble

•   unrest


•   disappointed

•   fed up (with), frustrated

•   malcontent

•   querulous

•   sour

•   weary


•   adjourn

•   break

•   close, cut off

•   desist, dissolve, do away with

•   rest

•   scrub, shut down, stay


•   lapsed


•   antagonism

•   contest

•   dissent, distraction

•   faction, feud

•   jar

•   misunderstanding

•   quarrel

•   rent

•   schism, split

•   trouble

•   unrest

•   warfare


•   dissident, divisive

•   hoarse

•   rough

•   tuneless

•   uncongenial


•   bargain

•   discredit

•   minimize

•   neglect

•   override

•   put aside

•   saving

•   underrate


•   chill

•   desolate, dull

•   frown, frustrate

•   puncture

•   rebuff

•   wind


•   bad

•   demoralized, depressed, despondent, disappointed, downhearted

•   frustrated


•   damp


•   bad, bleak

•   destructive, dim, dismal, disturbing

•   frosty

•   inauspicious

•   repellent

•   unpromising


•   article

•   commune

•   handle

•   language


•   blunt

•   gruff

•   impertinent

•   offensive

•   rough

•   short

•   tactless


•   disfavour, dishonour, disrespect


•   catch, come at, come up with

•   dig

•   ferret out, finger

•   hear, hit on

•   impart

•   lay, light

•   make out

•   observe

•   pierce

•   read, root out

•   strike, stumble, surprise

•   tell, trace, track down

•   unmask


•   pathfinder


•   protégé

•   recognition


•   brand

•   compromise, cheapen

•   decry, degradation, disfavour, disparagement, disprove

•   explode

•   refute

•   wrong


•   derogatory, disreputable

•   inglorious

•   unbecoming, unseemly


•   disgraced


•   delicate

•   modest

•   noncommittal

•   plain, provident

•   restrained

•   safe, secret

•   thoughtful


•   deviation, differential, disproportion

•   hole

•   incompatibility

•   variety


•   address

•   calculation

•   disposal

•   finesse, free hand, freedom

•   policy, providence

•   savoir-faire

•   taste, temperance


•   flexible

•   voluntary


•   pick out

•   tell


•   circumspect, choosy

•   delicate, discriminatory

•   exquisite

•   fine, fussy

•   judicial, judicious

•   nice

•   penetrating, percipient

•   sensible, shrewd, subtle


•   cultivation, choice

•   delicacy, distinction

•   ear, eye

•   injustice

•   niceness, nicety

•   perspicacity

•   segregation, sense


•   invidious

•   selective

•   unfair


•   agitate

•   canvass, commune

•   discourse, dispute

•   handle, head

•   negotiate

•   parley

•   speak

•   treat


•   agitation

•   controversy

•   dialectic, dispute

•   huddle

•   negotiation

•   parley

•   session, speech

•   talk

•   word


•   brush off

•   disparage, disparagement

•   mockery

•   neglect

•   patronage

•   sneer


•   assuming

•   cavalier, condescending

•   high

•   lofty, lordly

•   mocking

•   patronizing


•   bug

•   ill

•   trouble


•   bad

•   ill

•   morbid


•   get down


•   clear

•   dislocate

•   loose


•   dislocation


•   clear

•   solve, straighten out

•   undo, unwind


•   discourage, discriminate, dishonour, disrepute, distaste


•   batter, blot

•   mangle

•   ruin

•   spoil


•   eyesore

•   flaw


•   abomination

•   black sheep, brand

•   debase, downfall

•   enormity, eyesore

•   guilt

•   humble, humiliation

•   lower

•   rascal

•   undoing


•   fallen


•   deplorable, despicable

•   enormous

•   foul

•   inglorious

•   miserable, monstrous

•   outrageous

•   reprehensible

•   unforgivable, unheard-of, unmentionable, unpardonable

•   vile

•   woeful


•   disappointed

•   indignant, injured

•   offended


•   colour, concealment

•   doctor, dress up

•   excuse

•   face

•   gloss

•   juggle

•   mantle, muffle

•   obscure


•   invisible

•   secret

•   veiled


•   creep

•   horrify, horror

•   scandalize, shock

•   turn off


•   malcontent

•   sick


•   abhorrent

•   creepy

•   disagreeable

•   hideous, horrid

•   lurid

•   mawkish

•   obscene

•   rank, repulsive

•   shocking, squalid

•   ugly


•   hollow


•   appal

•   chill

•   demoralize, desolate, disappoint, dull

•   frustrate

•   get down

•   intimidate

•   put off

•   unnerve


•   beaten

•   demoralized, despondent, down

•   frustrated

•   heartbroken

•   low

•   mouth


•   disreputable

•   rough

•   wild


•   devious, dirty, double

•   foul

•   immoral, insincere

•   light-fingered

•   purchasable

•   rotten

•   sharp, slippery

•   underhand, unethical, unholy, untrue

•   wrong, wrongful


•   double-dealing

•   insincerity

•   knavery

•   lying

•   maladministration, monkey business


•   abjectness

•   blemish

•   compromise, contempt

•   disrespect

•   guilt

•   humiliation

•   notoriety

•   stain

•   taint

•   violate

•   wrong


•   abject

•   crooked

•   degrading, deplorable

•   false, foul

•   inglorious

•   low

•   mean

•   notorious

•   rotten

•   shabby

•   underhand, unethical, unfair, unworthy

•   venal

•   wrong, wrongful


•   disappoint, disenchantment, dismay

•   embitter

•   let down

•   puncture


•   daunted


•   allergy

•   distaste

•   indisposition


•   allergic

•   slow


•   cleanser

•   deodorant


•   break, burst

•   come apart, crash

•   decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve

•   erode

•   fragment

•   perish, piece

•   resolve, rot

•   smash

•   wither


•   objectivity


•   balanced

•   even

•   fair, fair-minded

•   generous

•   indifferent

•   objective, open


•   broken

•   fragmentary

•   scrappy, separate


•   allergy

•   disaffection, disdain, dissatisfaction

•   feeling, frown

•   grudge

•   ill will, indisposition

•   mind

•   phobia

•   reluctance, resent


•   dismember

•   pull


•   rebellious, rotten

•   untrue


•   betrayal

•   disaffection

•   faithlessness

•   sedition


•   blue

•   cloudy, comfortless

•   dejected, desolate, despairing, dire, disconsolate, dour, down, downcast, drab, dull

•   fed up (with)

•   gaunt, godforsaken, grey

•   heartbroken

•   joyless

•   low, low-spirited

•   miserable, moody, mournful, murky

•   overcast

•   piteous, pitiful

•   rueful

•   sorry, sullen

•   tragic

•   waste, wintry, woeful, wretched


•   bother

•   chill

•   desolate, disarray, dissatisfaction

•   intimidate

•   terrorize


•   joint


•   boot, break, brush off

•   depose, disallow, disparage, dispatch, displace

•   eject, exonerate, expel

•   kick out

•   laugh off

•   pack, pass off, pay off, purge, put down

•   rule out

•   send

•   throw out, turn out

•   unseat


•   axe

•   brush-off

•   chop

•   denial, deposition, dissolution

•   ejection

•   lay-off

•   push

•   rejection

•   sack


•   breach

•   defiance

•   rebellion


•   bad

•   insurgent

•   mutinous

•   perverse

•   rebellious, recalcitrant


•   bit, break

•   face

•   mutiny


•   antisocial

•   disobedient, disreputable

•   haphazard

•   insubordinate

•   licentious

•   rough-and-tumble

•   slapdash, slovenly

•   topsy-turvy, troublesome

•   unsettled, uproarious

•   wild


•   dissolve

•   havoc


•   disorderly

•   hit or miss

•   inefficient

•   messy

•   ragged

•   topsy-turvy


•   brush off

•   cut off

•   disinherit, drop

•   forsake

•   recant


•   abuse

•   cry down, cheapen

•   debunk, disgrace, disregard, downgrade

•   hole

•   impeach

•   reproach

•   slight


•   abuse

•   defamation, denigration


•   broad-minded

•   cold-blooded

•   equitable, even

•   nonchalant

•   open-minded

•   stoical

•   unconcerned, unimpassioned


•   consignment, cope, cut down

•   delivery, destroy, devour, do in

•   launch, liquidate

•   mail

•   post, precipitate

•   relay, route, rub out, rush

•   transmission

•   word


•   diffuse

•   evaporate


•   absolution, amnesty

•   disposal

•   impunity

•   leave, liberty

•   release


•   deal, deliver, diffuse, divide, dole

•   hand out

•   measure out, mete

•   parcel

•   spend


•   evaporate

•   fade, fall apart, flight

•   lift

•   melt

•   string


•   daunted, demoralized, downhearted

•   heartbroken

•   joyless

•   melancholy, mouth

•   unhappy


•   bump

•   cut out, change

•   lose

•   transfer, transplant

•   unseat


•   advertise, advertisement, air, airing, argue, arrangement

•   brandish, bravura

•   carry

•   exemplify

•   face, fly, fuss

•   give, glitter

•   hold up

•   indicate, indicator

•   lay out, look

•   mount

•   pageantry, post, pretence

•   read, reflect, register, render, review, riot, run

•   scene, set out, showing, sight, spectacular, splash, splendour, sport, state, swagger

•   wear


•   affront

•   bruise

•   mortify

•   turn off


•   disappointment, discontent

•   umbrage


•   dispensable


•   hands

•   order, organization

•   sale


•   assort

•   bring

•   classify

•   deploy, digest, direct, dress

•   fit, form

•   lay

•   organize

•   position, prepare, prevail

•   set out


•   addicted, assorted

•   bent

•   game

•   open

•   prepared

•   susceptible

•   willing


•   crush

•   dispatch, dispense, ditch

•   eliminate

•   finish

•   make away

•   polish off, process

•   remove, rid

•   sell out

•   throw away


•   aptitude, aptness, array, assortment, attitude

•   blood

•   climate, complexion

•   discretion

•   formation, frame

•   grain

•   heart, humour

•   line

•   make, mentality, mind, mood

•   order

•   penchant, personality, position, posture

•   scheme, settlement

•   tune

•   will, willingness


•   inappropriate

•   lopsided

•   undue


•   deny

•   explode

•   hole


•   agitation

•   dialectic, diatribe

•   quarrel


•   agitate, agitation, answer back

•   battle, beef, bicker, break

•   canvass, case

•   demur, differ, difference, disagree, discredit, disputation

•   encounter

•   fight

•   gainsay

•   haggle, hassle

•   issue

•   lawsuit

•   problem

•   query

•   reason, remonstrate, resist

•   scrap, sword

•   tangle

•   words


•   inability


•   incapacitated


•   agitation, apprehension

•   care

•   discomfort, discomposure, doubt

•   pain, press

•   qualm

•   ruffle

•   shock


•   queer

•   shocking, sinister

•   uneasy


•   blink, break

•   condone, connive, count out

•   defiance, defy, dismiss, dispense

•   eliminate

•   leave out

•   mind

•   oblivion, omit, override

•   pass, pass by, pass off, pooh-pooh, put aside

•   spurn

•   violate

•   write off


•   ruin


•   blameworthy

•   degraded, deplorable, despicable, dishonest, doubtful

•   inglorious

•   loose

•   sordid

•   unethical, unmentionable, unreliable, unseemly, unworthy


•   notoriety

•   reproach


•   cheek

•   familiarity, freedom

•   indignity

•   liberty

•   mockery

•   neglect

•   slight


•   audacious

•   familiar, flippant, fresh

•   mocking

•   offensive

•   profane

•   saucy

•   unmannerly


•   break up

•   dislocate, dissociate

•   havoc, heckle

•   impede, inconvenience

•   rupture

•   sabotage


•   breakdown

•   dislocation

•   ferment

•   havoc

•   inconvenience

•   mischief

•   rupture

•   sabotage, split

•   upheaval

•   wreck


•   antisocial

•   divisive


•   complaint

•   disaffection, disapproval, distaste

•   ennui

•   ill feeling

•   mortification

•   trouble

•   unrest

•   vexation


•   disaffected

•   fed up (with)

•   malcontent

•   querulous


•   cut

•   decompose

•   joint

•   resolve


•   postmortem


•   air

•   carry, communicate

•   give out

•   hand out

•   popularize

•   radiate, release

•   throw out, transmit


•   air, airing

•   communication

•   dissipation

•   issue

•   transmission


•   antagonism

•   breach

•   controversy

•   disputation

•   faction, feud, fight

•   misunderstanding

•   rent

•   split

•   unrest


•   demur, denial, diverge

•   negativeness

•   protestation

•   rebel, rebellion, remonstrate

•   variance


•   heretic

•   protester

•   rebel


•   nonconformist

•   opponent, opposed


•   address

•   paper

•   talk, theme, tract


•   detriment, disadvantage


•   factious

•   heretic

•   protester

•   resistant

•   seditious, subversive


•   distinct

•   motley

•   other

•   unequal


•   contrast

•   disagreement, distinctness, diversity

•   odds


•   diffuse, disseminate, drain

•   exhaust

•   fritter (away)

•   lift, lose

•   misuse

•   wanton


•   drunken

•   effete

•   fast

•   loose, lost

•   misspent

•   promiscuous

•   wanton


•   consumption

•   decadence, degeneration, diffusion

•   evaporation

•   licentiousness

•   misuse

•   self-indulgence


•   abstract


•   decadent, degraded, demoralized

•   fast

•   lost

•   promiscuous

•   shameless

•   wicked


•   analysis

•   break-up

•   decadence, decease, degeneration

•   interruption

•   rupture

•   suppression


•   analyse, anatomize

•   decay, digest

•   eat

•   fall apart

•   liquidate

•   pass

•   resolve, run


•   forewarn

•   reason


•   dissociate

•   lap

•   way


•   chill

•   foreign

•   icy, indifferent

•   outside

•   taciturn

•   unbending, unconcerned, undemonstrative, uninterested, unsociable

•   weak, wide


•   abomination

•   indisposition

•   phobia

•   reluctance


•   disgusting

•   nasty

•   painful

•   repellent, revolting

•   sickening

•   ugly, unacceptable, unappetizing, uncongenial, unwelcome


•   blow up

•   fatten

•   strain


•   wide


•   decompose


•   brew

•   condensation

•   extraction

•   refinement


•   apart, audible

•   distant, diverse

•   emphatic, explicit, express

•   focus, full

•   intelligible

•   legible

•   other

•   particular, peculiar, perceptible, pronounced

•   several, single, strong

•   thick, transparent, trenchant

•   unlike

•   various, varying, vivid


•   brilliance

•   calibre, comparison, crown

•   demarcation, dissimilarity

•   elegance

•   glory

•   laurels, lustre

•   nicety, notability

•   odds

•   pre-eminence, prestige, punctilio

•   status


•   colourful

•   differential

•   racy


•   aloud

•   expressly

•   notably

•   particular, particularly


•   definition

•   intelligibility

•   transparency


•   contrast

•   detect, diagnose

•   grace

•   notice

•   pinpoint

•   qualify

•   sight, single

•   taste


•   appreciable

•   separable

•   varying, visible


•   bright

•   considerable

•   dignified

•   especial, excellent

•   glorious, great

•   high, honourable

•   judicial

•   lofty

•   memorable

•   noble

•   ordinary

•   pre-eminent, prominent, proud

•   remarkable

•   shining, superior


•   differential

•   specific


•   caricature, cloud

•   mangle, misinterpret, misquote, mutilate

•   prejudice

•   screw, squash

•   travesty

•   writhe


•   caricature, corruption

•   defacement, disfigurement

•   travesty, turn


•   detract


•   absent, absent-minded

•   disconcerted, distressed

•   feverish

•   hysterical

•   inattentive

•   lost

•   preoccupied

•   worried


•   disruptive


•   absence

•   daze, discomposure, dissipation

•   escape

•   fun

•   game

•   madness


•   alarm

•   bedevil

•   concern, consternation

•   deprivation, desolate, difficulty, disagree, disappointment, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction

•   embarrass, embarrassment, exercise, exigency

•   fear, fret

•   gnaw, grievance

•   hurt

•   lacerate

•   matter

•   pang, persecute, pinch, pressure, prey, prick, put off

•   rack

•   scrape, shake, shock, sweat

•   tears, tribulation

•   unrest

•   vex

•   wring


•   affected, aggrieved, ashamed

•   bad

•   concerned, cut up

•   depressed, disappointed

•   impoverished

•   miserable

•   pained, panicky

•   sorry, state

•   tears

•   uncomfortable

•   vexed


•   acute, alarming, awful

•   bad, bitter, black, bothersome

•   deplorable, depressing, disquieting, dreadful

•   embarrassing

•   fearful

•   hard, heart-rending, heartbreaking

•   mournful

•   nagging

•   pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poignant

•   regrettable

•   severe, sharp, shocking, sore, sorrowful, sorry

•   tearful

•   vexatious

•   wicked, woeful


•   adjudge, award

•   cast

•   dish out, dole

•   issue

•   merchandise

•   parcel, pass out, portion, publish

•   ration, release

•   serve, sort, split

•   trim


•   administration, assignment

•   consignment

•   deal, disposal

•   issue

•   proportion


•   belt

•   circuit

•   department

•   environs

•   ground

•   jurisdiction

•   land, local

•   municipality

•   place, precinct, precincts, province

•   regional

•   section

•   territory, tract

•   zone


•   feeling

•   incredulity

•   jealousy

•   pessimism

•   query

•   unbelief


•   affect

•   bug

•   concern, convulse

•   discomfort, disconcert, dislocate, displace, disquiet

•   embroil, exercise

•   flurry, fret

•   harry

•   inconvenience

•   jar, jolt

•   mix up, molest

•   plague, put out

•   rattle

•   shake up, stir

•   throw off, throw out, toss, touch

•   vex


•   convulsion

•   discomposure, dislocation, dispute, disquiet, disruption, dust

•   flurry, fluster, furore

•   incident, inconvenience

•   quarrel

•   racket, restlessness, row

•   scuffle, shake, shock, stir, storm

•   tempest, trepidation, trouble

•   uprising

•   worry


•   aggrieved

•   broken

•   conscience-stricken, cut up

•   disconcerted

•   excited

•   fitful

•   ill at ease, interrupted

•   mental, mixed-up

•   perturbed

•   restless

•   sleepless, state

•   tumultuous

•   uncomfortable, unsettled

•   vexed


•   annoying

•   creepy

•   disruptive, distracting

•   haunting

•   ill, inconvenient, intrusive, irritating

•   off-putting

•   provocative

•   traumatic

•   uneasy


•   barrier

•   excavation

•   gutter

•   throw away, throw out, tip, trough


•   boggle

•   dilly-dally

•   fume

•   halt, hover

•   lather

•   whirl, wobble


•   hole

•   whip


•   bend

•   deflect

•   incline

•   swerve

•   vary


•   break

•   contrast

•   disagreement, discrepancy, dissimilarity, diversity

•   gap

•   inconsistency

•   parting

•   split

•   variance


•   discordant

•   unlike


•   mixed, multifarious

•   opposite, other

•   promiscuous


•   alienation

•   dissipation

•   escape

•   fun

•   hobby

•   interest

•   relief


•   disagreement

•   inequality

•   miscellany

•   variation


•   alienate

•   dissuade

•   head off

•   interest

•   occupy

•   tickle, turn


•   comical

•   droll

•   farcical, funny

•   intriguing

•   laughable, light


•   bereave


•   analyse, anatomize

•   break, break off

•   carve, cut, cut up, chop up

•   deal, disengage, dismember, diverge, division, divorce, dole

•   fork, fragment

•   gap

•   interrupt, intersect

•   joint

•   mete

•   parcel

•   rupture

•   slice

•   tear

•   winnow


•   perquisite


•   blessed

•   fathom, forecast, foresee

•   parson, predict, prophesy

•   sense, seraphic

•   theological


•   analysis, anatomy, arm, article

•   battalion, break, bureau

•   corps, cut, chapter

•   decomposition, degree, disengagement, dissolution, distinction, dole

•   faction, force

•   half, heading

•   instalment, interruption

•   kingdom

•   legion, link

•   movement

•   parting, piece, proportion, province

•   ramification, rank, region, rent, rift, round

•   scene, schism, season, sect, share, side, stage

•   tribe

•   ward


•   factious


•   alienate, alienation

•   break up, break-up

•   isolate


•   acquaint, admit, air, announce

•   blab, break

•   come out with, confide

•   express

•   give away

•   lay

•   mention

•   open

•   say, show, slip

•   unfold, unveil, utter

•   voice


•   empty-headed

•   groggy

•   intoxicated

•   light

•   precipitous

•   queer


•   bilk

•   commit

•   finish

•   imitate, impersonate

•   mimic, mock

•   overcharge

•   pass, perpetrate, pick up, pinch, practise, prosecute, put through

•   rave, realize, reception, rook

•   say, social, stage, sting

•   take, take in


•   cancel

•   dispense

•   knock off

•   make away

•   overthrow

•   polish off, purge, put away, put down

•   rid, root out

•   scrub


•   dutiful

•   easy

•   flexible

•   gentle

•   lowly

•   meek, mild

•   passive, plastic, pliable

•   quiet

•   tame

•   yielding


•   mildness

•   submission


•   bar

•   clip, crop, curtail, cut

•   jetty

•   prune

•   short, shorten, snip

•   trim, truncate


•   credentials

•   flag


•   corrupt

•   degrade, dope

•   garble

•   juggle

•   neuter

•   rig


•   authoritarian

•   sectarian


•   gospel

•   idea, institute

•   lore

•   philosophy


•   charter

•   deed, dispatch

•   file, form

•   itemize

•   writ, writing


•   artifice

•   balk, beg

•   cringe

•   default

•   escape, evasion

•   fence

•   gimmick

•   humbug

•   lose

•   manoeuvre

•   prevaricate

•   slack, slip

•   truant

•   wriggle, wrinkle


•   cheat

•   truant


•   actor, agent, author


•   divest

•   pull off


•   follow


•   close, constant

•   game, gritty

•   importunate, insistent

•   obdurate

•   perverse

•   untiring

•   wilful


•   grit


•   faith

•   institute


•   authoritarian

•   bigoted

•   intolerant

•   narrow

•   sectarian


•   bigotry

•   intolerance


•   bump off

•   do away with

•   knock off

•   make away

•   polish off

•   remove, rub out


•   accomplishment, active

•   experience


•   proceeding

•   traffic, transaction

•   works


•   dejection

•   mood


•   hand-out

•   ration


•   clown

•   dummy

•   halfwit

•   imbecile

•   lout

•   moron

•   nincompoop


•   civil

•   familiar

•   inland, interior

•   menial

•   national

•   retainer


•   pet


•   advantageous

•   overriding

•   potent, powerful, preponderant

•   rampant

•   sovereign

•   top, topmost, triumphant

•   uppermost


•   bulk

•   command, consume, corner

•   dwarf

•   enslave

•   loom

•   manage

•   obsess

•   possess

•   ride

•   sway

•   tower, triumph


•   dominion

•   government, grip

•   leadership

•   preponderance

•   sovereignty


•   dominate

•   lord


•   arbitrary, assertive, assuming

•   heavy-handed, high

•   imperative

•   lordly

•   peremptory, possessive


•   colony

•   dynasty

•   hold

•   ownership

•   possession, predominance, preponderance

•   reign

•   upper hand


•   academic, assume

•   dress

•   professor

•   teacher

•   wear


•   endow

•   grant

•   hand over

•   stump up


•   dole

•   endowment

•   largess

•   presentation


•   gone

•   old

•   past

•   right

•   worn-out


•   provider


•   curse

•   damnation

•   end

•   predestination, proscribe, put

•   reckoning


•   accursed

•   bound

•   damned, done

•   fatal, finished

•   ill-starred

•   moribund

•   unfortunate, unlucky


•   access

•   gate

•   mouth

•   threshold


•   rob


•   ass

•   data, dullard

•   marijuana, moron


•   potential


•   draught, drench, drug

•   injection

•   potion


•   bead

•   pepper


•   love


•   affectionate, amorous

•   besotted

•   dotage

•   loving

•   senile


•   image

•   match, matching, mirror

•   picture

•   replacement

•   second

•   understudy


•   betrayal

•   deceive

•   false

•   sell out, stab

•   treachery


•   devious, disloyalty

•   false, fraud

•   insincere, intrigue

•   knavery

•   swindle


•   boggle

•   contest, cynicism

•   diffidence, disbelief, dispute

•   improbability

•   objection

•   puzzlement

•   reservation

•   supposition

•   unbelief, uneasiness

•   wonder


•   cynic

•   freethinker


•   alleged, apocryphal, apprehensive

•   borderline

•   diffident

•   enigmatic

•   far-fetched, fishy

•   hesitant

•   improbable, incredulous, indecisive, indistinct, inquiring

•   mistrustful, moot

•   problematic, puzzled

•   queer

•   remote

•   unlikely, unpredictable, unpromising


•   doubt

•   evidently


•   dark

•   grave

•   harsh

•   moody

•   rugged

•   stubborn


•   engage

•   mesh


•   heel


•   bequest


•   dispense

•   go without

•   refrain

•   spare


•   below

•   despondent, dispirited

•   feathers, fed up (with), fluff

•   gloomy, glum

•   hill

•   low-spirited

•   melancholy, morose, mouth

•   nap

•   pile, polish off

•   under


•   broke

•   hard up

•   impecunious

•   miserable

•   poor, poverty-stricken


•   blue

•   demoralized, desolate, despairing, down, downhearted, dreary

•   gloomy

•   hangdog, heartbroken, heavy

•   joyless

•   low

•   melancholy, moody, mournful, mouth

•   subdued

•   wretched


•   bane, beating

•   calamity, crash

•   death, doom

•   failure, fate

•   pitfall

•   smash


•   depose, depress

•   fall

•   lower

•   reduce

•   slope


•   disappointed

•   gloomy

•   hopeless

•   melancholy

•   pessimistic


•   cataract

•   downfall

•   rain

•   torrent


•   bald

•   dead, decidedly, direct, dogmatic

•   extreme

•   flat

•   great, gross

•   main

•   patent, plain-spoken, point-blank

•   rank

•   sheer, stark, straight

•   thorough, thoroughly

•   unconditional, unmitigated


•   hard-bitten

•   literal

•   pragmatic

•   robust


•   under


•   rest


•   dark, dowdy

•   insipid, institutional

•   slut, sober, stale

•   tedious

•   uninteresting


•   adumbration

•   blueprint

•   chart

•   frame

•   layout

•   pen, plot, project

•   recruit

•   scheme, skeleton

•   write


•   bind

•   clog

•   delay, drain

•   encumbrance

•   force

•   hindrance

•   irritation

•   liability

•   millstone

•   pill, plod, puff

•   traction, trial


•   draught, drawling

•   interminable

•   lingering, long


•   bludgeon, bulldoze

•   horseman

•   make

•   oblige

•   persecute, push


•   consumption

•   depress, down, draw, drink

•   escape

•   fatigue

•   gutter

•   impoverish

•   leach, lose, loss

•   percolate, prostrate, pump

•   run off

•   spend, swill

•   tire

•   void

•   waste, wear


•   outflow


•   nip


•   pageantry


•   eventful

•   racy

•   spectacular, stirring


•   magnify


•   forcible

•   intense

•   revolutionary, rough

•   stern, stiff


•   air

•   beverage, blow, breeze

•   dosage

•   gulp

•   nip

•   waft, whiff, wind


•   beckon

•   describe

•   earn

•   feature

•   gather, gut

•   illustrate, incur

•   lead, line, lottery

•   magnetism, motivate

•   pack in, picture, plot, pluck

•   raffle

•   star, sweep

•   tempt, temptation, trail

•   wheedle


•   barrier

•   catch, complication

•   discount

•   failing, fly

•   inconvenience

•   liability, limitation

•   pitfall

•   rub

•   shortcoming


•   cower, cringe

•   flinch

•   recede

•   shy

•   wince


•   design, diagram, draught

•   extraction

•   figure

•   plan, profile


•   drone


•   even

•   graphic

•   interested

•   sunken

•   washed out


•   lead on

•   summon

•   tap


•   continue

•   distil, drag, drawl

•   elicit, elongate, extract

•   pull

•   winkle out, withdraw


•   array

•   form

•   lift

•   make, make out, marshal

•   pen

•   range

•   write


•   apprehend

•   bugbear

•   consternation

•   foreboding

•   phobia


•   bloodcurdling

•   chronic

•   diabolical, disastrous, dread

•   flagrant, frightening

•   grisly

•   horrid

•   insufferable

•   macabre, morbid

•   nefarious

•   painful

•   terrific

•   ungodly, unholy, unspeakable

•   wicked, woeful


•   angel, aspire

•   make believe, make-believe, muse

•   thought


•   romantic


•   heaven


•   make up


•   absent-minded

•   drowsy

•   forgetful

•   imaginative, inattentive

•   lackadaisical, languishing, lost

•   vacant

•   wistful


•   arid

•   desolate, dingy, dour, dry

•   gaunt, godforsaken, grey

•   institutional

•   lugubrious

•   murky

•   overcast

•   ponderous

•   stark, stuffy

•   waste


•   chaff

•   ground

•   leavings

•   refuse, remainder, remains, rubbish


•   deluge, dosage, draught

•   flush

•   swamp, swill

•   water


•   bind, butcher

•   comb, cover

•   equip

•   face, fertilize

•   gut

•   habit

•   invest

•   livery

•   neuter

•   panoply

•   rig out, rig-out

•   style

•   trappings, turn out

•   uniform

•   wear


•   come down on

•   pull up

•   speak to


•   outfitter


•   ornament

•   preen


•   filter

•   spit


•   cruise

•   deflection, deviate, digress

•   effect, end

•   glide

•   hang, hill, hover

•   idle

•   maunder, migrate, move

•   point

•   ramble, roam, run

•   sail, sense, sound, straggle, stream

•   thread, tide, tone, turn

•   undercurrent

•   wave


•   catechize

•   educate

•   groom

•   indoctrinate

•   lesson

•   punch

•   rehearsal

•   school, schooling, sink

•   tutor

•   work out


•   brew

•   finish

•   lap

•   pick-me-up

•   take, toast, touch


•   devour

•   soak


•   celebrate


•   ooze

•   percolate, perspire

•   sap


•   avenue

•   blow, boot, bulldoze

•   carry, cast, compulsion, chase

•   determination, drift

•   flog

•   hound

•   impulse, incite

•   lift

•   make, manoeuvre, momentum, move, movement

•   navigate

•   offensive

•   pilot, plough, propulsion, pump, punch

•   reduce, round up

•   shove, strain, strike

•   tendency, tick

•   whip, willpower, work


•   claptrap

•   jargon

•   prattle

•   trash, trumpery


•   ambitious

•   compulsive

•   hard, high-powered

•   motive

•   pushing

•   trenchant

•   wheel


•   damp, drip

•   mist

•   wet


•   buffoon

•   dry

•   facetious

•   priceless

•   queer

•   witty, wry


•   murmur

•   wastrel


•   murmur

•   wastrel


•   bag, bow

•   dip

•   fail, flop

•   hang

•   loll

•   nod

•   pine

•   quail

•   slouch, stoop

•   tire, trail

•   weaken, weary


•   ball, blob, bring down

•   cast

•   depreciation, depth, dip, discard, dismiss, ditch, dram, duck, dump

•   ebb, eliminate

•   falling off, flicker, flop

•   go down, gravitate

•   hang

•   lapse, lay down, lay off, loll, lose

•   mother

•   nose dive

•   omit, ooze, ounce

•   pass out, pitch, pittance, pounce

•   rain, reach, recession, release, relent, run down

•   scrap, scrub, shed, slash, stick, subside, swoop

•   tail off, take down, take off, throw off, tinge, touch, trifle

•   wane


•   doze

•   nap

•   shrink, slacken (off), sleep


•   thirst


•   host

•   legion

•   pack

•   troop


•   overflow

•   shout down


•   repose, rest


•   lazy

•   weary


•   hiding

•   rout


•   grub

•   hammer

•   keep at

•   labourer

•   plug

•   wade


•   work


•   chemical

•   nostrum

•   painkiller, prescription


•   drowsy


•   bang

•   keg

•   lash

•   ram, roll


•   alcoholic

•   besotted

•   drinker

•   weather


•   dissipation


•   baked, blot

•   cake, cure

•   evaporate, exhaust, exhausted

•   fair, fine

•   insipid

•   lacklustre

•   matter-of-fact

•   parching, prosaic

•   sardonic, shrivelled, stale, sterile

•   unimaginative, unproductive

•   wipe, wry


•   huskiness


•   split


•   baptize

•   stereotype


•   alleged, apocryphal

•   crooked

•   far-fetched, fly-by-night, funny

•   improbable, incredulous

•   mistrustful

•   precarious, problematic

•   queer

•   remote

•   shaky

•   unconvincing


•   beg

•   cringe

•   drench

•   elude

•   flinch

•   hedge

•   lose

•   nil, nod

•   parry


•   drain

•   gutter

•   main

•   outlet

•   pipeline

•   trough

•   vent


•   loser


•   ill feeling


•   coming, commensurate

•   debt, duty

•   equitable

•   merit

•   reckoning

•   share

•   unsettled


•   feud

•   tilt


•   comeuppance

•   rate

•   subscription


•   dunce

•   silly


•   anaemic, arid

•   backward, barren, bland, bovine

•   coarsen, corny, cheerless

•   damp, deaden, deadly, dingy, dirty, dragging, drawling, dumb

•   everyday

•   faint, fatuous, feeble-minded, film, fishy

•   glassy, grave, grey, gross

•   half-witted, hazy, hollow

•   inapt, inert, insipid, institutional

•   lackadaisical, languid, lank, lethargic, literal

•   matter-of-fact, menial, muddy, muffle, musty

•   neutral, nondescript, numb

•   oafish

•   pale, pedestrian, phlegmatic, ponderous

•   quell, quieten

•   repetitive, routine

•   sleepy, stodgy, stuffy, sullen

•   tame, tasteless, trite

•   uninspired

•   weak, wearisome, wooden


•   bore

•   dummy

•   halfwit

•   simpleton


•   aright


•   dim, dumbfounded

•   feeble-minded

•   idiotic

•   oafish

•   quiet

•   simple, slow

•   taciturn


•   baffle, bedazzle

•   daze

•   floor

•   perplex, petrify

•   rock

•   shatter, stump, stupefy

•   throw


•   awe-stricken

•   blank

•   petrified


•   effigy

•   figurehead

•   moron


•   depot, discard

•   empty

•   off-load

•   rid

•   throw away, throw out


•   doldrums

•   mood


•   brown


•   dope, dummy

•   fool


•   hole

•   keep


•   alike

•   counterpart

•   dual, dummy

•   fellow

•   imitate

•   parallel, picture

•   resemble, run off

•   same, second

•   tally, transcript


•   stability


•   indestructible

•   leathery

•   serviceable

•   unbreakable


•   custody

•   force


•   shadow


•   black, brown

•   dingy

•   lightless

•   sombre


•   clean

•   fluff

•   wipe


•   gritty


•   good

•   law-abiding, lowly, loyal

•   true


•   assessment

•   commission, commitment, chore

•   debt, detail

•   imposition

•   job

•   liability

•   must

•   part, piety, place

•   rate

•   tie, tribute, trust


•   little

•   pygmy


•   lie

•   tarry


•   address

•   building

•   mansion

•   place

•   resident


•   dilate

•   harp

•   labour

•   pore

•   stress


•   hue

•   paint


•   hard-core

•   incurable, inflexible

•   out-and-out


•   death, decay, decease

•   leg, low

•   thirsty, twilight


•   aggressive, animated

•   forward-looking

•   live

•   moving

•   potent, productive, progressive, pushing

•   swinging

•   vibrant, vivid


•   family

•   kingdom

•   tribe


•   all


•   alive, ambitious, aspirant, aspiring

•   breathless, burning

•   crazy

•   desirous

•   edge, enterprising, expectant, exuberant

•   fire, free

•   game

•   hasty, hearty

•   impetuous, intense, itching, itchy

•   mood

•   passionate, prompt

•   ready

•   solicitous, strenuous, strong, studious

•   thirsty

•   wild, willing


•   ambition, aspiration

•   enterprise, exuberance

•   fire

•   greed

•   passion, promptness

•   readiness

•   warmth


•   advance, ancient

•   infant, initial, introductory

•   old, opening, original

•   past, prehistoric, prompt, punctual

•   rudimentary

•   time


•   achieve

•   bring

•   clear

•   fetch, find

•   incur

•   profit, purchase

•   return

•   yield


•   burning

•   cordial

•   devout, diligent

•   emphatic

•   genuine

•   hearty

•   importunate, intense

•   live

•   painstaking

•   sedate, solicitous, strenuous, studious

•   testament

•   warm-blooded, wholehearted


•   gains

•   makings

•   profit

•   taking

•   wage

•   yield


•   dust

•   hole

•   lair

•   nature


•   consolation, convenience, cure

•   decrease, disengage

•   familiarity, favour, fluency

•   grace

•   help

•   liberalize, loose

•   modify

•   pleasure, presence, prosperity

•   qualify

•   redress, relief, remedy

•   satisfaction, smoothness, soften, style, subside

•   thread


•   far, freely

•   hand, hands

•   incomparably

•   leisurely, lightly

•   nimbly

•   shot


•   elementary, expansive

•   familiar, flowing, fluent, fluid, forbearing, free

•   glib

•   homelike

•   loose

•   outgoing

•   runaway

•   secure, slack, slow

•   transparent

•   unconcerned


•   adaptable

•   breezy

•   equable

•   free

•   lax

•   slack, soft


•   browse

•   demolish

•   finish

•   nibble

•   partake, prey

•   touch


•   hear


•   die, disappear

•   fade, fall

•   lag

•   outflow

•   pass

•   regress, relax, remission

•   tide, twilight

•   waste, wear off, wilt


•   batty, bohemian

•   cracked, cranky, crazy

•   droll

•   fantastic

•   humorist

•   kinky

•   misfit

•   nuts

•   offbeat, original

•   quaint

•   unbalanced


•   kink

•   twist


•   bang

•   duplicate

•   imitator

•   mimic

•   reply, roll

•   sound


•   adumbrate, adumbration

•   black out, blanket

•   cap, cover

•   disappearance, dominate

•   hide

•   oblivion, outclass, outweigh

•   shade, shame

•   top


•   efficient

•   rewarding


•   austere

•   provident

•   spare


•   pinch

•   stint


•   austerity

•   brevity

•   conservation, cut, cutback, cheap

•   dispensation

•   efficiency


•   delirium

•   fever

•   happiness, heaven, high

•   jubilation


•   delighted

•   exalted

•   glowing

•   happy

•   lyrical

•   radiant, rapt, rave

•   world


•   surge


•   angle

•   bank, brow

•   circumference, confines

•   end, eve, extreme, extremity

•   flank, frontier

•   get round

•   handicap, hedge

•   juncture

•   odds, outskirts

•   predominance, purchase

•   start


•   bilious, brittle

•   edge, excitable

•   fretful

•   highly strung

•   impatient, itchy

•   prickly

•   restless

•   snappy

•   uneasy


•   declaration, directive

•   institute

•   word


•   tutor


•   delete


•   breed, bring up

•   condition

•   form

•   groom, guide

•   humanize

•   nurture


•   erudite

•   literate


•   background

•   learning, literacy

•   reading

•   upbringing


•   cultural


•   haunted, haunting

•   macabre

•   queer

•   spine-chilling


•   blot

•   remove, root out

•   wear off


•   air, attain

•   bring

•   carry, compass, conclude, contrive

•   do

•   encompass, engineer, ensure

•   harvest

•   implement, induce

•   look

•   manage

•   occasion

•   perfect, perpetrate, practice, procure, product, put through

•   realize, rise

•   splash, strike

•   take, termination, tone, touch

•   will


•   deadly, devastating, dramatic

•   elegant, expedient

•   flattering, force, fruitful

•   high-powered

•   imposing, influential

•   operation

•   positive

•   smart, strong, sure

•   trenchant

•   vigorous

•   working


•   edge, expediency

•   punch


•   aftermath

•   estate

•   impedimenta

•   kit

•   possession

•   stuff

•   thing


•   mincing


•   boil

•   gush


•   high-spirited

•   light-hearted


•   feminine

•   stale

•   wet


•   influential

•   positive

•   sovereign

•   valid


•   meaning, might

•   utility


•   agency

•   capacity

•   effect, energy

•   facility

•   might

•   neatness

•   performance

•   smoothness


•   economical, efficacious

•   forcible

•   good

•   methodical

•   neat

•   operative

•   practical, pragmatic, professional, prompt

•   qualified

•   regular

•   serviceable, sovereign, streamlined, systematic

•   thorough

•   valid, vigorous


•   action

•   bid

•   drive

•   enterprise, entry, exercise

•   industry

•   main

•   operation

•   pull, push

•   slog, sweat

•   trial

•   undertaking


•   fluent

•   light

•   neat

•   runaway


•   glorious

•   lucid


•   emanation

•   flow

•   torrent


•   garrulous

•   hearty

•   lyrical

•   warm


•   abet

•   put up


•   individualism


•   misanthrope


•   selfish


•   conceit

•   pride


•   misanthrope


•   assuming

•   bumptious

•   selfish


•   door

•   gate


•   boot

•   displace, door

•   eliminate, exclude, excommunicate

•   flush

•   jettison

•   purge

•   rid

•   spit

•   void


•   disposal

•   emission, eruption

•   purge


•   ambitious

•   baroque

•   contrived

•   dwell on

•   evolve, expand, expatiate

•   finish, flamboyant

•   high-flown

•   labour, lush

•   pad, perfect

•   rich

•   set out, sophisticated


•   fly

•   roll


•   expansive

•   soft, spongy


•   bubbly

•   exalted, exuberant

•   flushed

•   happy, high

•   inspired, intoxicated

•   triumphant

•   world


•   animation

•   excitement

•   gaiety

•   happiness

•   intoxication

•   rejoicing

•   triumph


•   poke, prod


•   margin

•   way


•   big

•   father

•   major

•   old man

•   sage


•   call

•   decide

•   make

•   nominate

•   opt (for), ordain

•   return

•   will


•   ballot

•   nomination

•   option

•   predestination

•   volition


•   exalt

•   send

•   transport


•   courtesy

•   delicacy

•   flair

•   gallantry

•   neatness

•   poise

•   urbanity


•   aristocratic

•   classical, clean, cool, courteous, chaste

•   dainty, dashing, de luxe, debonair

•   exclusive

•   fancy, finished, fluid

•   gallant, gentle, glamorous, goodly, gorgeous

•   ladylike

•   magnificent

•   natty

•   ornate

•   polite, pretty

•   rich

•   smart, spruce, stately

•   urbane


•   circumstance

•   detail

•   home

•   link

•   material

•   organ

•   streak, substance


•   essential

•   first

•   preparatory, primitive

•   underlying


•   contents

•   smattering


•   construct, cultivate

•   dignify

•   edify, enhance, ennoble, erect

•   glorify, grace

•   heave

•   jack up

•   leaven

•   nominate

•   rear, refine

•   set up


•   eminent, erect

•   glorious

•   heroic

•   magnificent, majestic, mellow, merry

•   tall

•   upper


•   apotheosis

•   culture

•   dignity

•   erection

•   honour

•   inspiration

•   level

•   prominence

•   succession


•   draw

•   excite

•   ferret out, fetch

•   occasion

•   prompt, provoke

•   trigger


•   abolish, assassinate

•   banish

•   cancel, cross out

•   dispatch, dispel, do in

•   evacuate, extinguish

•   iron out

•   make away, mop up

•   pass, phase out, polish off

•   rid, root out, rule out

•   scratch

•   take

•   void

•   weed out


•   first-rate

•   gentility

•   hand-picked, high-class

•   pride, privileged

•   select, society

•   top


•   draw

•   enlarge


•   knowing

•   meaning

•   oratorical

•   significant, speaking

•   vocal


•   off, out


•   account for

•   comment

•   light

•   rationalize, resolve

•   set out, show

•   translate


•   criticism

•   definition

•   light

•   solution

•   translation


•   defy

•   lose

•   mock, mystify

•   shake off, sidestep, slip

•   throw off


•   bony

•   skinny

•   underweight


•   consumption


•   come

•   escape, exhaust

•   follow

•   result, rise


•   escape

•   odour, outflow, outpouring

•   puff


•   clear

•   redeem


•   redemption


•   disallow

•   exclude, exclusion

•   inhibition

•   outlaw

•   sanction

•   veto


•   board

•   get in, get on

•   sail, set off


•   compromise

•   discomfort

•   encumber

•   hamper, humiliate

•   put out


•   cumbersome

•   inconvenient, indelicate

•   offensive

•   sticky


•   complication, constraint

•   dilemma

•   encumbrance, entanglement

•   fix

•   involvement

•   quandary

•   scandal, straits


•   become

•   dress

•   emblazon, expand, expatiate

•   overcharge

•   trim


•   flourish

•   garnish

•   trim


•   defraud

•   thieve


•   robbery


•   canker

•   inflame

•   rankle


•   allegory

•   brand

•   colours, character

•   decoration

•   hallmark

•   keepsake

•   metaphor


•   picture

•   representative

•   soul, specimen


•   assure

•   fortify


•   assume

•   caress, cling, clutch, crush

•   entwine, envelop

•   gather, go in (for)

•   lock, love

•   obey

•   press


•   snarl

•   tangle


•   bud

•   seed


•   mend

•   polish

•   reform


•   begin, break, break out

•   come

•   dawn

•   flow

•   loom

•   originate

•   peep, peer

•   spring

•   turn out


•   birth

•   egress

•   infancy

•   origin, outflow


•   auxiliary

•   contingency, crash, crunch

•   juncture

•   need

•   rush

•   spare, stopgap, straits


•   consequence

•   exaltation, excellence

•   glory

•   honour

•   magnitude, mark, mountain

•   name, nobility

•   pinnacle, position

•   report

•   standing, status, success


•   big, brilliant

•   glorious

•   honourable

•   noble

•   proud

•   shining, singular, sublime

•   upper


•   incomparably

•   pre-eminently

•   very


•   beam

•   effluent, effusion, escape


•   beam, belch

•   cast

•   expire

•   give

•   let off, let out

•   ooze

•   pass off, pour

•   send, shoot, spout, stream

•   void, vomit


•   wage


•   heart

•   intensity

•   poignancy

•   trepidation


•   dramatic

•   gut

•   impulsive, inner

•   lyrical

•   mawkish

•   nostalgic

•   psychological

•   subjective

•   tempestuous

•   warm-blooded


•   exaggeration, expression

•   slant

•   tone

•   vehemence


•   exaggerate

•   feature

•   home

•   illustrate, impress, intensify

•   law

•   punctuate

•   reinforce


•   assertive

•   dogmatic

•   effective, expressive

•   trenchant

•   vehement

•   wholehearted


•   dynasty

•   monarchy

•   reign


•   boss, busy

•   consume, charter

•   draw on

•   expend

•   fall back on

•   harness

•   manipulate

•   pass, put

•   resort

•   wield


•   help

•   man

•   operative


•   businessman

•   master


•   berth

•   career, commission

•   function

•   livelihood

•   office

•   place, play, position, post, province

•   situation, sphere, station

•   task

•   usage

•   wear


•   accredit

•   constitute

•   invest

•   nominate


•   blank

•   flatness

•   nothing

•   solitude, superficiality


•   barren

•   clear out

•   deflate, devoid, dull

•   exhausted

•   finish, finished, fond, free, frothy

•   glassy, groundless

•   ill-founded, impoverished, inexpressive, inhospitable

•   lifeless

•   pass, pump

•   scoop, shallow, spend, sterile, strip, superficial

•   tip, trifling, turn out

•   vent

•   wild, windy, wooden


•   superficial

•   unintelligent


•   let


•   commit, constitute

•   execute

•   impersonate, institute

•   make, make believe

•   perpetrate

•   transact


•   act

•   establishment, execution

•   institution

•   measure

•   passage


•   engage


•   amorous

•   crazy

•   love

•   mad


•   barracks

•   garrison

•   settlement


•   allure, attract

•   bedazzle

•   catch, conjure

•   engage, entrance

•   infatuate

•   possess

•   take, transport


•   beguiling

•   catching, compelling

•   darling

•   engaging, enthralling

•   fetching

•   glamorous

•   irresistible

•   lovable

•   magic, magnetic

•   taking

•   winning


•   attraction

•   conquest

•   glamour

•   heaven

•   magnetism


•   box in

•   circle, compass, confine, cordon, crate, crib

•   enfold, enshroud, envelop

•   frame, fringe

•   gird, girdle

•   hem

•   invest

•   lock

•   picket

•   seal, shut, surround

•   wrap up


•   besiege

•   compass

•   enfold, engineer, entail

•   gird

•   work


•   assail

•   bout

•   come across, cope

•   duel

•   eye

•   find

•   grapple, grip

•   light

•   receive

•   see, shock, strike, stumble

•   taste, tilt


•   applaud, assist, assure

•   back, befriend, brighten, buck up, buoy

•   countenance, cultivate, champion, cheer up, cherish

•   exhort

•   feed, fortify

•   induce, instigate, invite

•   lighten

•   nerve, nourish, nurse

•   push, put up

•   second

•   uphold


•   assistance

•   backing

•   comfort, commendation, cultivation

•   exhortation

•   fuel

•   incentive, inducement, instigation

•   lift

•   patronage, prompting

•   shot

•   thumb


•   auspicious

•   favourable, fortunate

•   heart-warming

•   inspiring

•   propitious

•   sympathetic


•   entrench

•   impose

•   poach

•   transgress


•   aggression

•   imposition

•   transgression


•   bear down

•   embroil

•   lay, load, lumber

•   perplex

•   weight


•   tie


•   abolition, aftermath, ambition, arrest

•   back, blow over, break off, break up

•   catastrophe, cause, come out, consummate

•   day, decide, desist, destination, determine, die, direction, disappear, discontinue, dismissal, dispose of, do

•   event

•   fate, final, fulfilment

•   halt, head, heel

•   idea

•   lapse, last, leave off, lift

•   mark, meaning

•   overthrow

•   pass, passing

•   quench, quit

•   raise, rear, run out

•   sake

•   tail, target, terminal, tie up

•   ultimate

•   wrap up


•   adventure

•   commit, chance

•   dare

•   expose

•   queer


•   enamour


•   enchanting


•   attraction


•   activity, aspiration, assay

•   bid

•   exert, exertion

•   offer

•   seek, strain


•   abolition

•   break-up

•   dissolution

•   last


•   abysmal

•   countless

•   immeasurable, inexhaustible

•   nonstop, numberless

•   persistent

•   timeless

•   unceasing, unfailing


•   accede, accredit, adopt

•   bear out

•   certify, corroborate, countenance

•   defend

•   indemnify

•   O.K.

•   permit

•   second, subscribe

•   underwrite, uphold

•   witness


•   adoption

•   clearance, countenance

•   hallmark

•   O.K.

•   reference

•   testimonial


•   accord

•   bless

•   clothe

•   equip

•   found

•   qualify

•   vest


•   accordance

•   calibre, charity

•   dispensation, dower

•   foundation

•   heritage

•   largess

•   present


•   come, culminate

•   land

•   prove

•   turn out


•   doggedness

•   existence

•   nerve

•   tolerance


•   be, bear up

•   carry on, come in for, come through

•   exist

•   feel

•   go on

•   hang on, have, hold out, hold up

•   keep at, keep on

•   linger, lump

•   meet

•   persevere, pocket, put up

•   stand for, submit, subsist, sweat

•   take

•   wear


•   classic

•   existent

•   indelible, indestructible, indissoluble, inextinguishable

•   lifelong, long-lived, long-standing

•   monumental

•   passive, patient, perpetual

•   stable

•   timeless

•   unconquerable, unchanging


•   anathema

•   combatant

•   opposing


•   aggressive, alive, ambitious, athletic

•   busy

•   driving

•   effective, efficacious, emphatic, enterprising, expressive, exuberant

•   fresh

•   hard-working, hearty, high-spirited

•   industrious, intense

•   lusty

•   mad

•   productive

•   quick

•   racy

•   sprightly

•   trenchant

•   vital, vivid


•   ability, action

•   bounce, bravura, breath

•   efficacy, effort, enterprise, exuberance

•   impetus

•   might, momentum

•   nerve

•   push

•   resolution

•   snap, soul

•   vehemence


•   crush

•   enshroud

•   gather, gird

•   lap

•   press

•   roll

•   squeeze

•   tuck in

•   wreathe


•   dispense

•   press


•   forced

•   obligatory


•   effect

•   force


•   entitle

•   naturalize


•   appeal

•   bury

•   embark, endear

•   fight, fill

•   grapple

•   interest

•   lock

•   order

•   programme

•   recruit, rope in

•   stipulate

•   take, trip


•   active, attached

•   duty

•   elbow, eye

•   reserved


•   bargain, bout

•   courtship

•   duel, duty

•   employ, enrolment, espousal

•   skirmish, stipulation


•   amiable, arresting

•   delightful

•   endearing

•   interesting, inviting

•   likable, lovely

•   prepossessing

•   sweet

•   taking


•   bear, bring

•   give

•   instil

•   mean

•   raise

•   start


•   construct

•   jockey

•   manipulate

•   rig

•   stage


•   incise

•   stamp


•   picture


•   beguile, bury, busy

•   consume

•   distract

•   fascinate

•   grip

•   inscribe, interest

•   obsess

•   tie up, transcribe, transfix


•   absent-minded

•   bemused, buried, busy

•   elbow, engaged


•   consuming


•   adorn, amend, appreciate

•   beautify, become, benefit, better

•   elaborate, ennoble, enrich, extend

•   flatter

•   garnish, gild, glorify, grace

•   jazz up

•   polish

•   set off

•   touch up, turn up

•   upgrade

•   whet


•   ambiguity

•   paradox, perplexity, poser

•   secret


•   abstruse

•   dark

•   impenetrable

•   left-handed

•   opaque

•   paradoxical, problematic

•   secretive


•   admonish, appoint

•   dictate

•   exhort

•   impose

•   ordain

•   press, put

•   recommend

•   tell


•   bask

•   care for

•   delight, devour, dig

•   exercise

•   feel

•   lip, love

•   savour


•   comfortable

•   diverting

•   fun

•   glorious, good, gorgeous

•   lovely

•   palatable


•   appreciation

•   comfort, convenience

•   ease

•   feast, fruition

•   joie de vivre

•   kick

•   love, luxury

•   palate

•   relaxation

•   treat


•   accrue

•   balloon, bloat, boost, branch out, build, bulge

•   double

•   eke out, escalate, evolve, exaggerate

•   gather

•   raise, rise


•   acquaint

•   humanize

•   illuminate

•   undeceive


•   cultured

•   disillusioned

•   forward-looking

•   intelligent

•   judicious

•   progressive

•   rational

•   wise


•   culture

•   illumination

•   uplift


•   attach

•   employ, enter

•   gain

•   inscribe

•   rope in

•   take on


•   amuse, arouse, awake, awaken

•   comfort

•   freshen

•   jazz up

•   liven

•   refresh

•   season


•   contention

•   dislike

•   feeling, feud

•   gall, grudge

•   ill feeling

•   war


•   heighten

•   pedestal


•   doldrums

•   fatigue


•   barbarism

•   extortion


•   almighty

•   big

•   exceeding, exorbitant

•   fantastic, flagrant

•   giant, great

•   immoderate, incalculable, infinite

•   large

•   monster, monumental, mortal

•   stupendous

•   terrific, thumping


•   due

•   fill, fully

•   limit


•   interrogate


•   analysis, anatomy

•   interrogation


•   craze


•   berserk

•   wrathful


•   fertilize

•   gild


•   baptize, book

•   enter

•   join

•   muster


•   initiation

•   membership


•   coming

•   march

•   transit


•   clothes

•   dress


•   devote

•   glorify

•   immortalize


•   bury


•   insignia


•   captivate, chain

•   ride

•   tame


•   accrue

•   betide

•   develop

•   happen

•   intervene


•   assure

•   mind

•   see


•   imply

•   mean

•   need

•   warrant


•   hamper

•   lock

•   mesh, mire

•   net


•   complexity

•   implication, intricacy

•   kink

•   labyrinth

•   quagmire

•   twist


•   appear

•   board, book

•   come, come in, chronicle

•   embark

•   file

•   get in, go in (for), go into

•   include

•   put down

•   table


•   ambition

•   cause

•   design

•   expedition

•   game

•   imagination

•   job

•   quest

•   task, transaction


•   aggressive, ambitious

•   forward-looking

•   high-powered

•   imaginative

•   progressive, pushing


•   bear, beguile

•   distract

•   feast, flirt

•   have

•   receive

•   socialize

•   tickle


•   beguiling

•   comical

•   delicious, droll

•   enjoyable

•   fun

•   hilarious, home

•   light

•   racy


•   dissipation

•   feast, festival, festivity

•   game

•   reception, relaxation

•   show

•   welcome


•   enslave


•   engrossing

•   inspired


•   acclamation, animation

•   ecstasy, effervescence, enterprise, exuberance

•   fire, flame, furore

•   glow, gusto

•   inspiration

•   joie de vivre

•   love affair

•   madness

•   obsession

•   rapture

•   spirit

•   verve

•   willingness


•   addict

•   devil

•   maniac

•   visionary


•   ablaze, active, agog, animated, appreciative

•   crazy, cheerful

•   dedicated

•   ecstatic, effervescent, effusive, emotional, emotive, enterprising

•   fanatical, favourable, fire

•   glowing, great

•   lyrical

•   mad

•   rapturous, rave

•   warm-blooded, wild, willing


•   appeal

•   bait, beckon

•   corrupt

•   dangle

•   invite

•   pull

•   tantalize


•   all

•   clean

•   dead

•   exclusive

•   finished

•   good

•   implicit, integral, inviolate

•   main, mere

•   radical, round

•   stark

•   unconditional, universal, utter


•   all

•   bodily

•   dead, diametrically

•   full

•   heart, hilt, hook

•   just

•   purely

•   quite

•   right, root

•   stark

•   through


•   all, amount

•   complement

•   ensemble

•   mass

•   universality


•   let

•   O.K.

•   sanction


•   life

•   package

•   unit, unity

•   whole


•   gut

•   inside


•   advent, approach

•   enamour

•   grip

•   jaws

•   mouth

•   penetration

•   threshold


•   advent, approach

•   enamour

•   grip

•   jaws

•   mouth

•   penetration

•   threshold


•   arrival

•   nominee


•   cry

•   desire

•   instance, intercession, invocation


•   dyed-in-the-wool

•   inveterate


•   accredit

•   bequeath, bestow

•   deposit, devolve

•   give

•   leave

•   place, present

•   task

•   vest


•   admittance

•   hall

•   penetration


•   coil, curl

•   fold

•   lock

•   roll

•   snarl, splice

•   wreathe


•   state


•   express


•   circle, cover up

•   enshroud, environ

•   fold

•   lap

•   mantle, muffle

•   roll

•   smother, swallow

•   vest

•   wreathe


•   blanket

•   folder

•   mantle


•   happy


•   green

•   invidious

•   small-minded


•   circumscribe, compass

•   girdle


•   entourage

•   field

•   home

•   nature

•   world


•   entourage

•   surroundings


•   conceive

•   dream

•   expect

•   plan

•   think


•   daydream

•   picture


•   forerunner


•   discontent


•   meteoric, mortal


•   sensuous


•   contagious

•   pest, pestilence


•   moral


•   finale


•   excursion

•   interlude

•   page, phenomenon


•   label


•   brief

•   ideal, incarnation

•   last word, the

•   model

•   paragon, picture

•   representative

•   soul

•   ultimate


•   recapitulate


•   day

•   generation

•   page

•   vintage

•   world


•   equal

•   level

•   mild, moderate

•   undisturbed


•   comparable, compare, coordinate

•   matching, measure up (to), meet

•   reciprocate, represent

•   same

•   tie, touch


•   equation

•   impartiality


•   even


•   correlate

•   equal


•   ratio


•   ballast

•   par


•   appoint

•   clothe, condition

•   fit

•   gear

•   habit

•   qualify

•   ready, rig out


•   contrivance

•   facility

•   harness

•   impedimenta, installation

•   kit

•   machinery

•   plant

•   supply

•   thing, trappings, trim

•   wherewithal


•   balanced

•   correct

•   even

•   indifferent

•   objective

•   proportional

•   righteous

•   square, straight


•   balance

•   disinterest

•   indifference

•   right


•   analogy

•   balance

•   correlation

•   equation

•   par


•   coordinate

•   identical

•   level, like

•   matching

•   proportional

•   reciprocal, rival

•   substitute

•   value


•   apocryphal

•   backhanded, borderline

•   elusive, enigmatic

•   imprecise

•   left-handed

•   mixed

•   noncommittal

•   paradoxical

•   qualified

•   two-edged


•   day

•   page

•   vintage

•   world


•   banish

•   iron out

•   kill

•   purge


•   death

•   purge


•   annihilate

•   clear

•   eradicate, extinguish

•   iron out

•   raze, root out

•   scrape, scratch

•   wipe


•   assemble

•   fabricate

•   hoist

•   rampant, rig up

•   stand


•   bite

•   eat

•   gnaw

•   lessen

•   sap

•   undermine

•   wash, wear, wear down, wear out


•   friction

•   lessening


•   amorous

•   bawdy

•   passionate, provocative

•   sexual, sultry


•   misconduct, miss

•   slip, stray

•   trip

•   wander, wrong


•   chore

•   trip


•   aimless, arbitrary

•   broken

•   cranky

•   devious

•   freak

•   giddy

•   moody

•   patchy

•   queer

•   spasmodic, step, stray

•   temperamental

•   unbalanced, uncertain, undisciplined, unreasonable, unsteady

•   volatile


•   bad

•   improper

•   misguided

•   unfaithful, unreliable, unsubstantial


•   bug

•   defect

•   failing

•   heresy, hole

•   illusion, incorrectness, indiscretion

•   misbelief, miscarriage, miss, misunderstanding

•   peccadillo

•   trip


•   academic

•   bookish

•   donnish

•   informed

•   literary

•   pedantic, philosophical, profound

•   wise


•   belch, blow out, break, burst

•   sally, spurt


•   blast, blaze, burst

•   gale, gust

•   paroxysm

•   spasm

•   upheaval


•   build

•   inflate

•   jack up, jump

•   leap

•   soar, spread


•   episode, event, exploit

•   frolic

•   happening

•   sally


•   bail out, break away, break out

•   deliverance, delivery, depart, desertion, disappear

•   egress, elope, exhaust

•   filter

•   get off, get out, get out of

•   heel

•   loophole, lose

•   miss, mystify

•   ooze

•   run, run away, run off

•   salvation

•   tail


•   attend

•   bring

•   cavalier

•   date, defender

•   fetch, follow

•   gallant, go along, guardian

•   marshal

•   scout, see, show, suite

•   take

•   walk


•   exceedingly, extra

•   particular, primarily


•   endorsement

•   favour

•   patronage


•   choose

•   endorse

•   favour

•   go in (for)

•   lend


•   assay, attempt

•   critique

•   effort, endeavour, enterprise

•   go

•   memoir

•   offer

•   seek, shot, stab

•   tackle, theme, thesis, throw, try


•   abstract

•   base, body, bottom

•   content, cream

•   distillation

•   effect, epitome

•   fibre, flavour, flavouring

•   gist

•   idea

•   keynote, kind

•   marrow, meat

•   nitty-gritty

•   odour

•   picture, point

•   quality

•   root

•   sap, stuff, summary

•   type


•   acute

•   bare, base, basis, built-in, burning

•   capital, central, constituent, chief

•   determining

•   essence

•   imperative, inmost, inner, integral

•   material, metaphysical

•   natural, need, needful

•   obligatory

•   precondition, primary

•   real, required, requirement

•   typical

•   underlying

•   virtual


•   appoint, ascertain

•   bed, build

•   conclude, construct

•   determine, develop, dictate, dig in

•   erect

•   father

•   impose, imprint, introduce, invest

•   justify

•   lay, lay down, legislate, locate

•   make, manifest

•   ordain

•   pass, pioneer, place, post, predicate, prescribe, put

•   rule

•   seal, set, station, strengthen

•   vindicate


•   constitution

•   employer, erection

•   footing

•   institutional, introduction

•   passage, premises

•   regime

•   settlement


•   asset

•   bequest

•   ground

•   heritage

•   land, legacy

•   means

•   park, possession

•   substance

•   tract


•   adoration, adore, appreciate, appreciation, approval, approve

•   count

•   deference

•   eminence

•   favour

•   importance

•   look up

•   name, notability

•   popularity, prestige

•   report, reputation, repute

•   store

•   tribute


•   account, analyse, appreciate, approximation

•   balance, budget

•   calculate, calculation, call, compute

•   deem

•   esteem

•   fathom, forecast

•   idea

•   make, measure

•   price, project, projection

•   quotation

•   rating, regard

•   say, stock, sum up, survey

•   tender


•   adoration, analysis, approximation

•   calculation

•   guesswork

•   measurement

•   projection

•   reputation, repute

•   standing

•   thought

•   understanding

•   worth


•   come between


•   break

•   feud

•   rift, rupture


•   arm


•   scratch, silhouette


•   celestial, continual, changeless

•   incessant, indissoluble, inextinguishable

•   metaphysical

•   unchanging


•   high-minded

•   square

•   trustworthy

•   upstanding

•   wholesome


•   code

•   morals

•   standard

•   value


•   ceremony, custom

•   decency, do

•   form, formality

•   gentility, grace


•   high


•   deplete, drain

•   get out

•   pass


•   beg

•   default

•   get out of, get round

•   jump

•   lose

•   miss

•   neglect

•   shuffle, skirt, slip, steer

•   throw off


•   analyse

•   balance

•   criticize

•   discriminate

•   grade

•   mark, measure

•   price

•   review

•   screen

•   try, try out


•   analysis

•   criticism

•   interview

•   measurement

•   review

•   test, try


•   temporary


•   distil

•   parch, pass, pass off, peter out


•   dereliction, desertion

•   loophole

•   quibble


•   coy

•   equivocal

•   indefinite, insincere

•   noncommittal

•   roundabout


•   nightfall


•   alike

•   equivalent

•   gradual

•   plain, proportional

•   roll

•   tight


•   equal

•   fair-minded

•   neutral

•   objective


•   case, contingency

•   development, do

•   eventuality

•   page, phenomenon

•   spectacle

•   thing, transaction


•   easy-going, even

•   level

•   patient

•   quiet

•   temperate


•   coincidence

•   thing


•   by and by

•   course

•   last, length

•   run

•   someday

•   time


•   invariably

•   love

•   time


•   changeless

•   incorruptible

•   perennial, permanent

•   unending


•   forever


•   world


•   colloquial

•   general

•   homely

•   mill

•   natural

•   plain, practical, prevalent, prosaic

•   regular

•   trivial

•   undistinguished


•   public

•   world


•   universe

•   whole


•   around

•   far

•   galore

•   high

•   throughout

•   universally


•   banish

•   displace

•   exclude


•   authority

•   betoken

•   cite, clue

•   exemplify, experience

•   give

•   imply

•   look

•   material

•   record

•   showing

•   testament, trace

•   vestige


•   appreciable

•   demonstrable, distinct, distinguishable

•   indubitable

•   lucid, luminous

•   marked

•   naked, notable

•   observable, open, outward

•   pronounced

•   superficial

•   transparent

•   undeniable, undisguised, undoubted, unequivocal


•   distinctly

•   markedly


•   abomination, atrocity

•   black, blight

•   cancer

•   dark, devilry

•   enormity, enormous

•   godless, guilty

•   malign, monstrosity, monstrous

•   obscene, obscenity, outrage

•   perverted, plague, poisonous

•   satanic, sinister

•   ugly, unclean, unholy, unnatural, unspeakable, unwholesome

•   wanton, wrongful


•   draw

•   extract

•   occasion

•   paint, partake, prompt

•   represent

•   suggest


•   formation

•   gestation

•   manoeuvre, march, mutability

•   perfection, process

•   transition


•   elicit, extract

•   formulate

•   originate

•   turn out


•   absolute

•   blackmail

•   ceremonious, close, conscientious

•   deadly, desired, detailed

•   elaborate, elicit, enforce

•   factual, formal

•   impeccable, inflict

•   just

•   levy, lifelike

•   minute

•   nice

•   perfect, photographic, proper, punctual

•   refined, religious, rigid

•   scientific

•   tax, truthful


•   ambitious, austere

•   busy

•   choosy

•   exact, extortionate

•   fussy

•   nice

•   onerous

•   particular, pernickety

•   rugged

•   stiff

•   tiring

•   weighty


•   aright

•   dead, directly, dot, due

•   flat

•   letter

•   minutely

•   nicely

•   particular, plumb, prompt

•   sharp, slap, smack

•   turn

•   verbatim

•   world


•   fidelity

•   niceness

•   perfection

•   rectitude


•   aggravate

•   blow up, boast, burlesque

•   colour

•   dramatize

•   lay on

•   overact, overcharge, overrate

•   raise, romance


•   cracked up

•   extreme, exuberant

•   heroic, high-flown

•   immoderate

•   lavish, lurid

•   romantic

•   sweeping

•   theatrical


•   aggravation

•   blarney

•   exuberance

•   romance


•   adore

•   celebrate, consecrate

•   enhance, enshrine, exaggerate

•   hail

•   immortalize

•   lift

•   pedestal

•   revere


•   adoration

•   eulogy, euphoria, exaggeration

•   height

•   idolatry, intoxication

•   preferment


•   divine

•   great

•   illustrious, imperial

•   lordly

•   magnificent, majestic

•   proud


•   anatomy

•   canvass, consideration, consultation, contemplation, critique, check

•   diagnosis, discussion, dissection

•   enquiry, experiment

•   look

•   overhaul

•   paper, postmortem, probation, profile, proof

•   question

•   reading

•   view, visitation


•   agitate, anatomize

•   canvass, contemplate, cover

•   delve, discuss

•   enquire, experiment

•   go into, go over, go through

•   hear

•   interview

•   judge

•   look, look into

•   mull

•   overhaul

•   pore, prove

•   rake, run over, run through

•   screen, search, sound, sound out

•   traverse, try

•   ventilate


•   embodiment, exponent

•   gauge, guide

•   lead, light, lines

•   measure

•   piece

•   type


•   chafe

•   displease

•   grate

•   hair, harass

•   kindle

•   pain, put out

•   sour

•   tire

•   wall, wear, weary


•   dissatisfaction

•   gall

•   indignation

•   madness


•   deepen, ditch

•   sink

•   undercut, undermine


•   depression


•   break

•   go by

•   lead

•   outclass, overrun

•   tower, transgress


•   above

•   over

•   transcendent


•   awfully

•   badly

•   eminently

•   fearfully

•   madly, much

•   overly

•   terribly


•   break

•   get ahead

•   lead, lick

•   outclass, overshadow


•   beauty, brilliance

•   dignity

•   good

•   nobility

•   prowess

•   quality

•   rarity


•   ace

•   bright, bully, bumper

•   crack

•   divine

•   exceptional

•   famous, fantastic

•   glorious, golden, grand

•   laudable

•   magnificent, marvellous, masterful, masterly, mint

•   noble

•   par, peerless, perfect, praiseworthy, pre-eminent

•   rare, rave, reputable

•   sensational, smashing, splendid

•   terrific, tremendous

•   virtuous

•   water, wonderful, world


•   count out

•   dispense

•   exempt, exonerate

•   short


•   abnormality

•   difference, dispensation

•   exemption

•   objection

•   phenomenon

•   qualification


•   brilliant, bumper

•   especial, exceeding, extreme

•   fine, first-rate, freak

•   isolated

•   noteworthy

•   ordinary, out-of-the-way

•   par, particular, privileged

•   sensational, signal, splendid, surpassing

•   tremendous

•   uncanny, unforgettable, unparalleled, unprecedented, unsurpassed

•   variant


•   backlog

•   embarrassment, exaggeration, extreme, extremity

•   indulgence, intensity

•   licence

•   orgy

•   profusion

•   residue, rest, riot

•   self-indulgence, slack


•   almighty

•   costly

•   devouring

•   exalted, exceeding, expensive, extortionate, exuberant

•   fulsome

•   great

•   heavy, high

•   intense

•   lavish

•   nonessential

•   outrageous, overweening

•   preposterous, profuse, prohibitive

•   radical, rampant, rank, redundant

•   steep

•   terrific, thick, thumping, top

•   unbridled


•   bazaar

•   commerce, conversation

•   discussion

•   pass

•   redeem, redemption, relationship, render

•   sell, substitute

•   take back, transpose


•   hot-blooded

•   quick

•   warm-blooded


•   actuate, anger, awake

•   brew

•   elevate, engender, enliven, exalt, exasperate

•   fan, ferment, fluster

•   get

•   head, heat

•   impress, incense, intoxicate

•   pierce, pique

•   raise

•   send, spark, stir

•   tickle, turn on

•   warm, wind up, work, work up


•   ablaze, agog

•   breathless, bubbly

•   delirious

•   edge, effervescent, elated, elevated, exalted, exuberant

•   fervent, fire, flushed, frenzied

•   hasty, heated, hectic, hot

•   impassioned, interested, intoxicated

•   jubilant

•   mad

•   passionate

•   tempestuous

•   warm


•   bustle

•   drama

•   effervescence, emotion, exaltation, exuberance

•   fervour, fire, flutter, fuss

•   glow

•   intoxication

•   jubilation

•   kick

•   madness

•   romance

•   savour, sensation, spice, stir

•   trepidation


•   breathtaking

•   electric, emotional, emotive, eventful

•   flamboyant

•   glamorous, gripping

•   hair-raising, heady

•   impressive, inspired, intriguing

•   lively

•   ordinary

•   racy, romantic

•   scintillating

•   tense


•   blurt out


•   clamour

•   gasp


•   banish, blacklist

•   cut out

•   excommunicate

•   lock out

•   outlaw

•   shut


•   disqualification


•   de luxe

•   elite, especial

•   first-rate

•   high-class

•   individual, inside

•   personal

•   scoop, sectarian, superior, swell


•   curse, cursed

•   ostracize


•   consuming, cruel

•   diabolical

•   intolerable

•   painful

•   sharp


•   aside

•   drive

•   picnic, pilgrimage

•   run

•   sally, stroll

•   travel, turn

•   wander


•   alibi

•   call, clear, colour

•   dispense

•   ground

•   loophole

•   occasion

•   rationalize, remission

•   warrant


•   blaspheme

•   hoot


•   blasphemy

•   profanity


•   act, apply

•   commit, compass, crucify

•   decapitate, dispatch, dispense, do in

•   fill

•   make

•   obey

•   perpetrate, play, put through

•   remove

•   take, transact, turn

•   visit

•   work


•   act

•   doing

•   expression

•   government

•   mechanism

•   workmanship


•   cutthroat


•   boss, businessman

•   governor

•   minister

•   officer

•   responsible

•   supervisory

•   white-collar


•   classic, clean, creditable

•   faultless

•   virtuous

•   wholesome


•   epitomize

•   mark

•   personify

•   stand for, symbolize

•   typify


•   dispense

•   quit

•   unaccountable


•   franchise

•   impunity, indemnity

•   liberty, licence

•   prerogative

•   qualification

•   remission


•   accustom

•   coach, composition

•   educate

•   function

•   leg

•   manoeuvre, movement

•   operation

•   play, ply

•   recreation, resort

•   sport

•   theme

•   version


•   act, apply

•   spend


•   act, activity

•   energy

•   pull

•   slog

•   trouble

•   work


•   absorb

•   bleed, bore

•   clear out

•   deflate, depress, do in

•   fumes

•   go through

•   harass

•   lose

•   overwork

•   run down

•   shatter

•   task, tax

•   use


•   absorbed

•   bankrupt, breathless, broken

•   effete

•   faint, feeble

•   impoverished

•   leg, limp, low

•   out, outworn

•   poor, prostrate, puffed

•   run-down

•   tired

•   washed out, weary, worn-out


•   demanding

•   killing

•   murderous

•   onerous

•   tough

•   uphill

•   wearing, wearisome


•   bankruptcy

•   collapse

•   debility, drain


•   definitive, detailed

•   global

•   intimate

•   minute

•   profound


•   argue, array

•   bear, boast, brandish

•   divulge

•   exemplify

•   flash

•   hold up

•   illustrate

•   lay out, look

•   mount

•   open

•   produce

•   reflect, register, render, represent

•   set out, show off, signify, specimen, sport, stamp

•   trot out

•   wear, whip


•   array

•   exposure, expression

•   parade

•   revelation

•   scene, scholarship, sight


•   bracing, brisk

•   heady

•   inspiring, intoxicating

•   racy, rousing

•   smashing, stirring


•   charge

•   egg on

•   harangue

•   preach

•   recommend


•   charge

•   harangue

•   injunction


•   gravity


•   ejection

•   isolation

•   pariah

•   transport


•   get by

•   hold

•   lie

•   reside

•   vegetate


•   identity

•   lifetime, living

•   occurrence

•   presence

•   standing

•   world


•   actual, alive

•   real

•   substantial


•   beat

•   flight

•   get off

•   passage

•   quit

•   vanish


•   egress, emigration


•   dispense

•   forgive

•   purge, purify


•   costly

•   expensive

•   high

•   prohibitive

•   steep

•   tall, thumping


•   spell


•   bohemian

•   exterior

•   fantastic

•   romantic


•   balloon, boom, boost, branch out, bulge

•   display, diversify

•   escalate, evolve

•   gather

•   heave

•   liberalize

•   mushroom

•   open

•   puff

•   spread, stretch


•   amount

•   expansion

•   immensity

•   magnitude

•   proportion

•   quantity

•   region, room

•   sea, sheet


•   boom, boost, build-up

•   evolution, extension, extent


•   ample

•   capacious

•   demonstrative

•   forthcoming

•   mellow

•   spacious


•   digress, discourse

•   expand

•   ramble

•   spout


•   deport


•   fear

•   hope

•   look


•   agog

•   bullish

•   optimistic


•   fortune, future

•   preparation, presentiment

•   thought


•   feasibility

•   opportunism


•   artifice

•   excuse

•   fortunate

•   improvisation

•   recourse

•   step

•   wheeze


•   ease

•   further

•   iron out

•   push

•   speed


•   acceleration

•   campaign

•   jaunt

•   outing

•   pilgrimage

•   rush

•   travel


•   blacklist, boot

•   cashier, chase

•   deport, dispel

•   eliminate, evacuate, excommunicate, exorcise, expire

•   flush

•   jettison

•   kick out

•   ostracize

•   pass, purge

•   rid

•   turn out


•   burn

•   deplete

•   exert

•   finish

•   lavish, lose

•   squander

•   use


•   disposable

•   needless


•   depletion, drain

•   price

•   upkeep

•   waste


•   damage

•   price


•   de luxe

•   fine

•   high

•   luxurious

•   precious, premium, priceless

•   sumptuous

•   valuable


•   acquaintance

•   background

•   enjoy

•   find

•   lead, lore

•   maturity

•   occasion

•   pass, past

•   receive

•   skill, stand, standing


•   able

•   conversant

•   educated

•   fully-fledged

•   grey

•   intimate

•   learned

•   old

•   perfect, practical, proficient

•   skilled

•   versed


•   prove


•   avant-garde

•   practical

•   revolutionary

•   underground


•   accomplished, arbiter, arch, au fait

•   brilliant

•   critic

•   finished

•   genius, gifted, good, great

•   informed

•   judge

•   knowing

•   learned

•   masterful

•   neat

•   perfect, polished

•   ready

•   sage

•   veteran

•   wicked, workmanlike


•   ability, art

•   competence, craftsmanship

•   prowess

•   trick

•   virtuosity

•   workmanship


•   ability, address

•   knack

•   neatness

•   prowess


•   disappear, dust

•   go, go out

•   pass, pass away


•   account, annotate, answer

•   brief

•   comment

•   decipher

•   gloss

•   illuminate

•   lay, light

•   open

•   put across

•   render

•   set out, show, state

•   translate

•   unravel, untangle


•   alibi, annotation, apology

•   comment, commentary, construction

•   defence

•   gloss

•   indication

•   key

•   light

•   narration

•   plea

•   representation

•   solution, statement

•   translation


•   analytic

•   covering

•   declarative

•   illuminating


•   blunt

•   clear-cut, comprehensible, concrete

•   downright

•   flat, formal

•   graphic

•   hard-core

•   lucid

•   plain-spoken, point-blank

•   transparent, trenchant

•   unconditional, undisguised


•   bang, blast, blaze, blow out, boom

•   confound, crack

•   fire, flare up, fly

•   let off

•   pop

•   thunder, top


•   act, action

•   coup

•   doing, draw on

•   harness

•   impose

•   overwork

•   performance, play on, prey, profit, profiteer

•   tap

•   victimize


•   discovery

•   enquiry

•   quest


•   preliminary


•   delve, dissect, do

•   enquire

•   feel, forage

•   go through

•   inquire

•   plumb

•   range, ransack

•   view


•   boom

•   demolition

•   gale, gust

•   pop

•   thunder

•   volley


•   bomb

•   inflammatory

•   temperamental


•   instructor

•   protagonist


•   brand

•   catch, compromise

•   debunk, denude, dig, disprove

•   find, find out, flash

•   give away

•   lay, light

•   track down, turn on, turn up

•   weather


•   accessible

•   bald, bleak

•   dangerous, defenceless, discredited

•   helpless

•   insecure

•   naked, nude

•   outer

•   perilous, public

•   subject

•   unarmed, undefended

•   weak, wide-open


•   clarification, comment

•   definition, dissertation

•   rationale, reason, reasoning, representation, revelation

•   treatise


•   argue

•   object

•   reason, remonstrate


•   air

•   confession, currency

•   peril


•   define, dilate

•   expand, expatiate

•   lecture

•   pontificate, present

•   solve, state


•   air

•   breathe

•   decided, describe, desired, dispatch, distil

•   flying, formal, formulate

•   mean, milk

•   pass, personify, point-blank, positive

•   reflect, register

•   sound, specific

•   vent, very


•   airing

•   eloquence

•   front

•   symptom

•   voice


•   articulate

•   declarative, descriptive, dramatic

•   graphic

•   knowing

•   lyric, lyrical

•   meaning

•   pictorial, pithy

•   speaking

•   vocal


•   particular


•   annex

•   deprive

•   hijack


•   blastoff

•   deportation

•   exorcism

•   purge


•   mutilate


•   artistic

•   gorgeous

•   heavenly

•   masterful, masterly

•   rich

•   tasteful


•   ad-lib

•   cuff

•   spontaneous


•   play


•   bestride, branch out, build

•   come

•   deploy, display, drag, draw, drawl

•   escalate

•   go, grow

•   join, jut

•   liberalize, lie

•   multiply

•   overhang

•   pay, pervade, produce, project, protrude

•   range, renew, run

•   stick, strain, string, swell

•   tender, trail


•   capacious, continuous

•   great

•   lengthy

•   open


•   accessory, arm, attachment

•   extra

•   growth

•   inflation

•   limb

•   ramification, reach

•   space


•   ample

•   big

•   copious

•   exhaustive, expansive

•   full, full-scale

•   good

•   immense

•   mass, massive

•   open

•   panoramic, preponderant, profound

•   roomy

•   unlimited


•   capacity

•   deal, depth, dimension, distance

•   end, extension

•   gauge, grasp

•   immensity

•   latitude, limit

•   measurement

•   point, proportion, purview

•   room

•   scale, space, span, spread

•   tract


•   saving


•   front

•   personal


•   butcher

•   do away with

•   end, extinguish

•   finish

•   kill

•   liquidate

•   massacre

•   purge

•   root out

•   slaughter, slay

•   wipe out


•   inanimate

•   lifeless

•   out of date

•   past


•   dissolution

•   eclipse, end

•   suppression


•   crush

•   eclipse

•   quash, quell

•   raze

•   silence, stamp out


•   bless

•   compliment

•   emblazon

•   trumpet


•   draw

•   elicit

•   screw


•   corruption


•   costly

•   prohibitive

•   steep


•   dividend

•   free

•   luxury

•   margin

•   optional, over

•   perquisite, plus

•   residue

•   second, secondary


•   bleed

•   draw on

•   extort

•   fish out, flavour, flavouring

•   leach, liquor

•   milk, mine

•   screw, summary

•   tax

•   winkle out


•   antecedents

•   breed

•   family tree

•   genealogy

•   kin

•   paternity

•   strain


•   exterior

•   incongruous

•   outside

•   remote


•   abnormal, arresting

•   different, distinctive, distinguished

•   especial, exceeding, exotic, extreme

•   high, historic

•   incredible, irregular

•   memorable, miraculous

•   noteworthy

•   ordinary, out-of-the-way

•   portentous, prodigious

•   queer

•   signal, startling, striking, surpassing

•   transcendent, tremendous

•   unaccountable, uncanny, unearthly, unforgettable, unnatural


•   indulgence

•   luxury

•   pageantry

•   self-indulgence


•   baroque

•   effusive, elaborate, extreme

•   fast, frivolous, fulsome

•   great, grotesque

•   heroic, high, high-flown, high-sounding

•   intemperate

•   lush

•   melodramatic

•   overweening

•   profuse

•   rank, romantic, ruinous

•   sumptuous

•   unconscionable, undue

•   wanton


•   abysmal, advanced

•   deathly, deep, desperate

•   excruciating, exorbitant

•   fantastic, frightful, furthest

•   hard-core

•   mortal

•   outside, overpowering

•   polar, preposterous, profound

•   rabid, rare, rigorous, rough

•   sharp, sore, spartan, steep, stiff, strong

•   terrible, terrific

•   unconscionable, undue, unheard-of, unutterable

•   verge, violent


•   badly, best

•   dearly

•   eminently, extra

•   far

•   madly

•   profoundly

•   too, truly

•   vengeance


•   revolutionary

•   sectarian


•   appendage

•   circumference

•   intensity

•   limb

•   member

•   necessity, need

•   straits

•   tail

•   urgency


•   dig

•   fish out

•   redeem

•   unravel, untangle

•   winkle out


•   affluence

•   glee, gush

•   happiness, hilarity


•   affluent

•   bountiful

•   dashing

•   gleeful

•   high

•   jubilant

•   rampant, rollicking


•   chuckle

•   glory

•   pride


•   exalted

•   world


•   euphoria, exaltation


•   aperture

•   leer, look

•   sight

•   traverse


•   fright


•   building

•   edifice

•   frame

•   substance

•   texture, tissue


•   contrive, counterfeit

•   design

•   lie

•   mint

•   produce, put up

•   rear

•   turn out

•   weave


•   contrivance

•   fairy tale, frame-up

•   lying

•   pretence

•   romance

•   tissue


•   fanciful

•   prodigious

•   romantic

•   smashing, stupendous

•   terrific, tremendous

•   world


•   affectation

•   blind

•   colour, cover

•   disguise

•   facing

•   gloss

•   outside

•   pose

•   surface


•   beard, brow

•   cliff

•   grapple

•   lion

•   make-up, mouth

•   paint, plate, print

•   reckon

•   take on, type

•   withstand


•   attribute

•   feature

•   point

•   respect

•   thing


•   comic


•   grip


•   elementary, expert


•   assist

•   enable

•   favour

•   lighten

•   make for

•   simplify, smooth, speed


•   art, artifice

•   bent

•   capability, capacity

•   expertise

•   faculty, freedom

•   prowess

•   technique, touch


•   against


•   image

•   likeness

•   model

•   resemblance


•   effect

•   gospel

•   object

•   phenomenon

•   thing


•   clan, cult

•   feud

•   movement

•   part, persuasion

•   rent

•   school, sect, side

•   wing


•   actor

•   broker

•   complication, constituent

•   detail

•   feature

•   go-between, ground

•   instrument

•   proxy


•   establishment

•   workshop


•   drudge


•   basics

•   dope

•   intelligence

•   material

•   nitty-gritty


•   actual

•   concrete

•   historical

•   practical

•   right


•   parts


•   aptness

•   calibre, characteristic

•   dower

•   endowment

•   flair

•   genius

•   head

•   ingenuity, instinct

•   know-how

•   sense

•   vein


•   bug

•   caprice

•   enthusiasm

•   freak

•   rave


•   deteriorate, die, dip

•   evaporate

•   faint

•   melt

•   pass, peter out, pine

•   recede, relapse

•   sink

•   tail off, taper

•   waste, weaken, wear off, weary, whiten


•   colourless

•   dingy

•   faint

•   light

•   seedy, shabby, stale


•   decay, disappearance

•   evanescent, evaporation

•   flagging

•   languishing

•   wane


•   filth


•   backfire, bust

•   collapse

•   default

•   faint, fall down, flag

•   grief

•   lose

•   malfunction

•   pack up

•   relapse, run out

•   sell out, short

•   tire

•   wall, weary, wilt, wrong


•   bug

•   decay, decline, disappointing, dying

•   feeble, flagging

•   inadequacy, infirm, infirmity

•   languishing, leg

•   moribund

•   senile

•   vice


•   botch

•   catastrophe

•   eclipse

•   fall

•   knock

•   malfunction, misadventure, misfortune, miss

•   reject, reverse

•   shortage, slip, slump, smash

•   trouble

•   wane


•   blurred

•   droop

•   flag

•   groggy

•   illegible, imperceptible

•   obscure, outside

•   pale

•   quail, queer

•   shadowy, sickly, slender, slim, subtle

•   unlikely

•   wan


•   afraid

•   faint, fearful


•   hardly

•   lightly


•   acceptable, artless, attractive

•   bad, balanced

•   candid

•   deserved

•   economic, economical, ethical, even, exhibition

•   fresh

•   good, good-looking

•   high-minded

•   indifferent

•   level, likely

•   medium, mill, modest

•   O.K.

•   open, ordinary

•   palatable, prepossessing

•   right, righteous, run-of-the-mill

•   serene, sound, sporting, straight, sweet

•   temperate, tidy, tolerant


•   acceptable, artless, attractive

•   bad, balanced

•   candid

•   deserved

•   economic, economical, ethical, even, exhibition

•   fresh

•   good, good-looking

•   high-minded

•   indifferent

•   level, likely

•   medium, mill, modest

•   O.K.

•   open, ordinary

•   palatable, prepossessing

•   right, righteous, run-of-the-mill

•   serene, sound, sporting, straight, sweet

•   temperate, tidy, tolerant


•   conscience

•   enough

•   pretty

•   right

•   well


•   adequacy

•   beauty

•   candour

•   detachment, disinterest

•   equality

•   honesty, honour

•   moderation

•   serenity


•   gay


•   certainty, cult

•   hope

•   piety

•   school


•   authentic

•   confidential, conscientious

•   factual, faultless

•   holy

•   lifelike, literal

•   perfect, photographic

•   realistic, religious

•   steady

•   unfailing, upright


•   authenticity

•   dedication

•   faith

•   honesty

•   orthodoxy

•   righteousness


•   hollow

•   insincere

•   rotten


•   dereliction

•   insincerity


•   act

•   base, bluff, bogus

•   charade

•   deceit, deceptive, disguise, disguised, dummy

•   fabrication, falsify, fudge

•   invention

•   pass off, phoney, pretended, profess

•   quack, quasi-

•   rig

•   spurious, synthetic

•   trump up, trumped-up

•   unreal, unreliable


•   come, come down, crumple

•   decadence, depreciation, deterioration

•   eclipse

•   fade, fail, flop, founder

•   give, gravitate

•   lower

•   rain, reach, relent

•   wall, wane, waterfall, way


•   hole

•   incorrectness

•   misbelief


•   decompose, deteriorate

•   piece


•   draw on

•   resort


•   droop


•   debased, degenerate

•   prostrate


•   credit

•   deceive

•   love

•   wear


•   human

•   unreliable


•   eye

•   line up


•   fall

•   wane


•   conform


•   fall, feud

•   go

•   pass

•   scrap, spar

•   wrangle


•   fall down, flop

•   let down, lose


•   founder

•   misfire

•   wrong


•   amiss, assumed

•   bastard

•   disguised, double, dummy

•   forced

•   groundless

•   hollow

•   illusory, insincere

•   libellous

•   made-up

•   phoney, plastic, pseudo

•   sanctimonious, slippery, strained

•   trumped-up

•   unnatural


•   fable, fallacy

•   invention

•   pretence

•   romance

•   tale


•   corruption

•   lie

•   prevarication

•   untruth


•   colour

•   disguise

•   fabricate, fudge

•   juggle

•   lie

•   misinterpret, misquote

•   pretend

•   rig

•   touch up, twist


•   boggle

•   dilly-dally, dither, droop

•   halt, hover

•   limp

•   quail

•   recoil, reel

•   stagger


•   doddering

•   faint, flagging

•   halting, hesitation

•   ill at ease, inarticulate, indecisive, infirm

•   shaky


•   distinction

•   greatness

•   immortality

•   laurels, limelight, lustre

•   mark, memory

•   notability, note

•   palm, popularity, prestige

•   report

•   spotlight, success


•   abreast, aware

•   colloquial, companionable, confidant, conversant, chatty

•   dear

•   experienced

•   fresh, friend

•   habitual, home, homelike, homely

•   informed

•   known

•   old

•   sociable, street

•   thick, threadbare, tired

•   usual

•   versed

•   workaday


•   association

•   exposure

•   knowledge

•   mastery

•   nearness

•   touch


•   acquaint, adapt

•   domesticate

•   introduce

•   naturalize

•   popularize


•   antecedents

•   breed

•   domestic

•   flesh

•   hereditary, home

•   litter

•   order, origin

•   paternity, posterity

•   root

•   sort, stock

•   young


•   descent

•   house


•   want


•   bright, brilliant

•   great

•   historic

•   known

•   memorable

•   popular, proverbial


•   addict, awake, awaken

•   conquest

•   fuel

•   inflame

•   maniac


•   addict, awake, awaken

•   conquest

•   fuel

•   inflame

•   maniac


•   demon, die-hard

•   fiend, freak

•   maniac

•   puritan

•   radical

•   sectarian


•   avid

•   crazy

•   doctrinaire

•   intense, intolerant

•   puritanical

•   radical

•   sectarian


•   airy, arbitrary

•   dreamy

•   fancy, fictitious

•   grotesque

•   improbable

•   legendary

•   notional

•   quaint

•   unsubstantial

•   witty


•   assume, assumption

•   conceit, covet

•   dainty

•   envisage

•   fad, feel, fiction, fit, flowery, freak

•   good

•   illusion

•   love

•   mind, myth

•   passion

•   quirk

•   suspect

•   taste

•   want, will


•   bizarre

•   crazy

•   dreamy

•   extraordinary

•   fabulous, fancy

•   phenomenal, prodigious

•   romantic

•   smashing, spectacular, splendid, stupendous

•   terrific

•   uncanny, unimaginable

•   world


•   bubble

•   conceit

•   dreamland

•   fable, fairy tale, fiction

•   make-believe, myth, mythical

•   romance


•   abroad, away


•   absent-minded

•   extreme

•   preoccupied


•   caricature, charade

•   humour

•   play

•   stuffing


•   burlesque

•   comical

•   humorous, hysterical


•   bread

•   dish

•   get by

•   journey

•   live

•   meat


•   exit

•   leave

•   separation

•   valedictory


•   fancy

•   tall

•   unreasonable


•   grow


•   countryman

•   producer


•   cultivation, culture

•   land


•   exhaustive, expansive, extended

•   large-scale, long

•   panoramic, profound

•   serious

•   wholesale, wide


•   sensible


•   appeal, arrest, attract

•   catch, conjure

•   dazzle

•   engage

•   grip

•   interest

•   take


•   enamoured

•   interested

•   rapt


•   absorbing, attractive

•   catching

•   delightful, desirable

•   enthralling, exotic

•   fetching

•   glamorous

•   inviting

•   magic, magnetic

•   prepossessing

•   romantic

•   taking

•   winning


•   appeal

•   passion

•   romance

•   wonder


•   beat

•   carve, compose

•   fabricate, frame

•   hammer, hew

•   last word, the

•   mint

•   observance

•   prepare

•   rave

•   sculpture

•   technique, turn


•   date, demand

•   elegant, exclusive

•   natty, newfangled

•   sharp, snappy, swell, swinging

•   vogue


•   abiding

•   brief

•   diet, durable

•   express

•   heavily, high-speed

•   instant

•   meteoric

•   nimbly

•   painless

•   rush

•   stable, stuck, sure

•   tenacious, true

•   unbroken, unmoved


•   adhere, annex, append

•   bar, batten, bond, brace, buckle, bundle

•   clamp, clasp, clinch, cling, clip, clutch

•   grapple

•   hang, hitch, hook

•   joint

•   knit

•   lash, latch, leash

•   moor

•   nail

•   paste, peg, pin, pinion

•   root, rope

•   seize, set, shut, stick, strap

•   tack, tighten, truss


•   thick

•   well-fed


•   deathly

•   murderous

•   poisonous

•   tragic


•   killing

•   victim


•   accident

•   destine

•   judgment

•   luck

•   mean

•   necessity

•   ordain

•   predestine


•   bound

•   certain

•   future

•   irrevocable

•   necessary

•   reserved

•   unavoidable


•   eventful

•   momentous

•   serious


•   clergyman

•   parent

•   start


•   country

•   land


•   crack

•   figure out, follow

•   get, guess

•   know

•   make out

•   pierce

•   resolve

•   see, see through, sift


•   bore

•   detail, do in

•   exhaustion

•   harass, hardship

•   overdo, overwork

•   prostrate

•   strain

•   wear, weariness


•   batten


•   crazy

•   imbecile, insane

•   senseless


•   abuse

•   blot, bug

•   crime

•   default, dereliction

•   fissure

•   hole

•   malfunction, miss

•   rift

•   speck

•   taint, twist

•   vice


•   complaint, criticism

•   overcritical

•   petulant

•   querulous

•   reproachful

•   vituperation


•   clean, complete

•   exact

•   infallible

•   polished

•   unimpeachable, unquestionable

•   whole


•   amiss

•   blink

•   cracked

•   deficient

•   false

•   illogical, inadequate, indefensible

•   jerry-built

•   mistaken

•   poor

•   wanting


•   mistake

•   slip

•   trip


•   aegis

•   bless, blessing

•   come down, compliment

•   discriminate

•   encouragement, endorse, endorsement, endow

•   forward

•   go for, gratify

•   honour, humour

•   lean, look

•   make for, mercy

•   office

•   popularity

•   quarter

•   side

•   turn

•   vogue

•   willingness


•   bright

•   congenial, charitable

•   fortunate

•   golden, grateful

•   happy

•   indulgent

•   kindly

•   mood

•   prosperous

•   rave, receptive, ripe, rosy

•   successful

•   willing


•   happily, highly

•   luckily

•   right

•   successfully


•   best

•   like, likely

•   minion

•   nominee

•   popular, precious

•   toast


•   discrimination

•   favour

•   injustice


•   cower, crouch

•   ingratiate

•   play up


•   cower, crouch

•   ingratiate

•   play up


•   adulation, adulatory

•   blandishments

•   flattery, fulsome

•   greasy

•   ingratiating

•   menial


•   diffidence, disquiet

•   expectation

•   foreboding

•   insecurity, intimidation

•   mistrust

•   presentiment

•   wind


•   awe-stricken

•   bloodcurdling

•   cowardly

•   eerie

•   formidable, frightening

•   mistrustful

•   panic-stricken, perturbed

•   terrific, tremendous

•   wicked, windy, worried


•   cruelly

•   desperately


•   audacious

•   manly

•   self-confident, spartan, stout

•   tame


•   audacity

•   daring

•   fortitude

•   gallantry

•   heroism

•   manliness

•   prowess


•   possibility


•   earthly

•   practical, probable


•   binge

•   dine

•   feed

•   merry


•   action

•   coup

•   effort

•   stroke, stunt

•   thing, trick, triumph


•   soft


•   beauty

•   detail, distinction

•   element

•   fact, figure

•   landmark

•   particular

•   regard, respect, run

•   stunt

•   thing

•   way


•   line

•   nature


•   good-for-nothing


•   band

•   consolidate


•   consolidation

•   organization

•   state

•   unification


•   assessment

•   commission, consideration

•   dues

•   levy

•   premium, price

•   rate, remittance, rent, retainer

•   terms

•   wage


•   anaemic

•   broken

•   corny

•   decrepit, dim, dull

•   feckless, fragile

•   helpless

•   impotent, incapable, invalid

•   low

•   mawkish, milk-and-water

•   namby-pamby

•   pale

•   sick, simple, slender, spineless

•   tender

•   unfit, unhealthy

•   wan, wet, woeful


•   imbecile

•   simple-minded, soft


•   dotage

•   impotence

•   tenderness


•   board, browse

•   deliver

•   fatten, fertilize

•   gorge, gratify, grub

•   humour

•   indulge

•   keep

•   nurse

•   provisions

•   satisfy

•   tend


•   catch

•   flair, flavour

•   see, suspect, sustain

•   taste, tone


•   belief, blood

•   climate, current

•   emotional

•   flavour

•   guess

•   heart

•   impressionable, impulse

•   mind

•   poignancy, posture, premonition

•   soul, spirit, sympathetic

•   undercurrent, undertone

•   will


•   bosom, breast

•   sensibility, spirit


•   cat

•   fluid


•   axe

•   bowl over, bring down

•   cruel, cursed, chop

•   fierce

•   hide, hill

•   log

•   merciless, moor, mountain, murderous

•   skin

•   throw


•   academic, accompanying

•   complementary, consort, contemporary, creature

•   lad

•   professor

•   rival


•   acquaintance

•   belonging

•   circle, company, congregation

•   membership

•   partnership

•   scholarship


•   crib

•   hurdle

•   jump

•   picket

•   railing


•   effervescence

•   flurry

•   tempest


•   bloody

•   cutthroat

•   dog

•   grim

•   murderous

•   ravenous

•   slashing


•   fury

•   violence


•   ascertain

•   delve

•   find

•   scout


•   take


•   arable

•   creative

•   ingenious, inventive

•   original

•   pregnant


•   creativity

•   plenty


•   cultivate


•   ablaze, aflame, avid

•   burning

•   emotive

•   fanatical

•   hot, hot-blooded

•   passionate

•   rabid

•   strong

•   warm-blooded


•   conviction

•   devotion

•   ecstasy, emotion

•   feeling, fever, fire, flame

•   glow, gusto

•   heat

•   keenness

•   soul

•   violence


•   fair, festivity

•   jamboree


•   special


•   gala

•   holiday

•   jamboree, joy, jubilation, jubilee

•   rejoicing, revel, riot


•   adorn, adornment

•   beautify

•   crown

•   decoration, dress

•   embellish

•   garnish

•   ornament

•   string

•   trimming


•   call for

•   take


•   adorable

•   catching

•   desirable

•   engaging

•   lovable

•   prepossessing

•   winning


•   carnival

•   feast

•   holiday

•   jamboree, jubilee


•   charm

•   kink

•   quirk


•   argue

•   battle

•   division

•   fight

•   rupture


•   lather


•   tempestuous


•   sprinkling


•   disappointment

•   flop


•   fable, falsehood

•   invention

•   tale


•   grain

•   nap

•   string

•   yarn


•   dizzy

•   giddy

•   inconsistent

•   light, light-headed

•   moody

•   untrustworthy

•   wayward


•   caprice

•   faithlessness, fluctuation

•   inconsistency, instability

•   levity


•   fairy tale, fib


•   fabulous

•   legendary

•   pretended

•   romantic


•   fool

•   mess, mess about, monkey

•   potter

•   take, tamper

•   work


•   corruption

•   footling

•   piddling


•   attachment

•   correctness

•   honesty

•   truth


•   fuss


•   ill at ease, itchy

•   tense


•   arena

•   battlefield

•   circle, compass, comprehension, concern

•   element, expanse

•   gamut, ground

•   jurisdiction

•   kingdom

•   preserve

•   region

•   sphere

•   walk, world


•   buff, bugbear

•   fan

•   terror

•   wolf

•   zealot


•   cursed

•   demonic

•   sadistic

•   unnatural

•   vicious, villainous


•   acute, ardent

•   barbaric, bitter, bloody

•   dog

•   grim, gruelling

•   hard, heated, hot

•   impetuous

•   piercing

•   ruthless

•   severe, sharp

•   terrific

•   vehement

•   wicked


•   cruelly

•   hard

•   intensely


•   argument

•   compete

•   hassle

•   quarrel

•   repel, rough-and-tumble

•   sword

•   take on


•   lion


•   action

•   combatant

•   resistance

•   violence

•   war


•   appearance

•   bill

•   cast, construction, contour

•   dummy

•   effigy

•   fashion, formation

•   image

•   line

•   make-up

•   paint, portray, profile

•   quotation

•   rate

•   sign


•   metaphor


•   do

•   penetrate, puzzle

•   unravel


•   line


•   appropriate

•   borrow

•   knock off

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   pocket


•   arrange, assort

•   catalogue, classify

•   distribute, docket

•   grind

•   inventory

•   lodge

•   paper, prefer, procession

•   rank

•   tail, tier, train

•   whet


•   arrange, assort

•   catalogue, classify

•   distribute, docket

•   grind

•   inventory

•   lodge

•   paper, prefer, procession

•   rank

•   tail, tier, train

•   whet


•   play


•   absorb, answer

•   belly, blow up, brim

•   employ

•   flood, fullness

•   glow

•   line, load

•   make up, man, mob

•   pad, pass, permeate

•   spend, surfeit

•   throng


•   beat up, brief

•   prime


•   hearty

•   stodgy


•   blanket

•   crust

•   picture

•   sheet

•   wash


•   thin


•   drip

•   funnel


•   insanitary

•   profane

•   rank, ribald, rotten

•   sordid


•   clean

•   determining, dying

•   extreme

•   fatal, flat

•   hindmost

•   irreversible

•   last-ditch

•   net

•   overriding

•   parting, peremptory

•   supreme

•   twilight

•   utmost

•   valedictory


•   catastrophe

•   end, ending

•   finish

•   issue

•   last

•   termination

•   upshot


•   permanence


•   finish

•   seal

•   wind up


•   conclusion, course

•   definitely

•   good

•   last, length

•   once

•   root


•   bread

•   capital

•   endow

•   funds

•   maintain

•   set up, sponsor


•   budget

•   treasury


•   breakthrough

•   come at

•   dig

•   fish out

•   haul

•   jewel, judge

•   lay, light, look up

•   pick up, plum

•   rarity, reach, rule

•   strike, stumble

•   trace

•   windfall


•   adjudication, analysis

•   breakthrough

•   deduction, discovery

•   observation

•   resolution, ruling


•   ascertain

•   catch on

•   determine

•   finger

•   hear

•   see

•   work out


•   ace, aristocratic

•   bully

•   capital

•   damage

•   exemplary

•   filmy

•   glorious, goodly, gorgeous, graceful, grand

•   imperceptible

•   masterful

•   narrow

•   O.K.

•   pernickety, praiseworthy, precious, pretty

•   rich, right

•   superb

•   terrific

•   well


•   ace, aristocratic

•   bully

•   capital

•   damage

•   exemplary

•   filmy

•   glorious, goodly, gorgeous, graceful, grand

•   imperceptible

•   masterful

•   narrow

•   O.K.

•   pernickety, praiseworthy, precious, pretty

•   rich, right

•   superb

•   terrific

•   well


•   array

•   frills

•   jewellery


•   artistry

•   cunning

•   dexterity

•   grace

•   mastery

•   nicety

•   refinement


•   fiddle

•   grope

•   nip

•   pluck

•   thumb, tot


•   bind, blow over, break off

•   cap, coating, come in, consummate, crown

•   day, determine, die, discontinue, dish, dissolution, distance

•   expire, exterior

•   feel

•   glaze, gloss

•   hammer out

•   keep at, knock off

•   last

•   pack up, passing, polish off, press

•   result, run out

•   sink

•   tip, top, turn out

•   virtuosity


•   arch

•   deceased, discontinued

•   lapsed

•   masterful

•   off, out

•   past, perfect

•   ripe


•   axe

•   bounce

•   displace

•   embolden, energy

•   flame, fly, fuel

•   go off

•   holocaust

•   pay off, provoke

•   send, stimulate

•   turn out

•   vehemence

•   wake, waken, warmth

•   zeal


•   troublemaker


•   abiding, able-bodied, assertive

•   concrete, crisp

•   decided, decisive, determined, dogged, durable

•   earnest, employer, enduring, entrenched, erect, establishment

•   hardy

•   implicit

•   obstinate

•   positive

•   rigorous, rocky

•   sound, strong-minded, stuck, substantial, sure

•   tenacious, tough, trusty

•   uncompromising, unmoved, upstanding

•   watertight


•   abiding, able-bodied, assertive

•   concrete, crisp

•   decided, decisive, determined, dogged, durable

•   earnest, employer, enduring, entrenched, erect, establishment

•   hardy

•   implicit

•   obstinate

•   positive

•   rigorous, rocky

•   sound, strong-minded, stuck, substantial, sure

•   tenacious, tough, trusty

•   uncompromising, unmoved, upstanding

•   watertight


•   briskly

•   fast

•   implicitly

•   positively

•   truly


•   assurance

•   backbone, body

•   confidence, conviction, courage

•   decision, determination

•   fortitude

•   immobility

•   manhood, manliness

•   nerve

•   obstinacy

•   purpose

•   rigour

•   tenacity


•   aboriginal, arch

•   best

•   capital

•   forward, front

•   inaugural

•   lead

•   originally

•   paramount, preferably, preliminary, prototype

•   supreme

•   top

•   victor, victorious

•   winner


•   best

•   capital, classic

•   fantastic, fine

•   good, grand, great

•   high-class

•   masterful, masterly

•   par, prize

•   select, smashing, superior


•   shady

•   unconvincing


•   abyss, aperture

•   flaw

•   gorge

•   leak

•   peephole


•   access, advisable, answer, answer to, applicable, apply, apropos, athletic

•   become, befitting, blend

•   commensurate, congenial

•   decent, decorous, dress, due

•   eligible, enable, equal, explosion

•   favourable, frenzy, fume

•   gale, gear, go with, good, gust

•   hardy

•   joint, justifiable

•   likely

•   mature, mean, measure, mount

•   opportune

•   passion, pertinent, prime

•   qualify

•   readiness, reasonable, regulate

•   seasonable, set, slot, sound, spurt, square, stroke

•   tailor, tantrum, tough, turn, turn out

•   whole


•   access, advisable, answer, answer to, applicable, apply, apropos, athletic

•   become, befitting, blend

•   commensurate, congenial

•   decent, decorous, dress, due

•   eligible, enable, equal, explosion

•   favourable, frenzy, fume

•   gale, gear, go with, good, gust

•   hardy

•   joint, justifiable

•   likely

•   mature, mean, measure, mount

•   opportune

•   passion, pertinent, prime

•   qualify

•   readiness, reasonable, regulate

•   seasonable, set, slot, sound, spurt, square, stroke

•   tailor, tantrum, tough, turn, turn out

•   whole


•   capricious, changeable

•   disjointed

•   fickle

•   jerky

•   moody

•   patchy

•   restless

•   uncertain, undisciplined


•   fit

•   on and off

•   piecemeal


•   advisability, aptitude

•   condition, convenience, correspondence

•   decency

•   expediency

•   form

•   harmony

•   qualification

•   trim

•   utility


•   able

•   capable, convenient


•   accommodation, adjustment, advisable, agreeable, applicable, apropos, apt

•   befitting

•   commensurate

•   deserved, desired, due

•   ethical

•   germane, good

•   installation

•   opportune, order

•   pertinent, point

•   relevant

•   well


•   absorb, adhere, amend, ascertain, assess, assign

•   batten, bed, buy

•   clamp, clinch, clip, confirm, constitute, corrupt

•   demarcate, dispose, do, doctor

•   engage, engrave, entrench, exigency

•   fix up, found, freeze

•   get, ground

•   hang, hook

•   impose, impress, imprint, institute

•   juggle

•   load

•   make, moor

•   nail, neuter

•   ordain

•   palm, paste, patch, peg, perplexity, piece, pin down, pitch, prescribe, put

•   quagmire

•   rectify, remedy, restore, right

•   scrape, seat, square, stamp, station

•   tack, tamper, tangle, tighten, transfix

•   work


•   fetish

•   habit


•   absorbed, accustomed, adamant, appointed, assured

•   bent, bound

•   certain, close, constant, cut, changeless

•   deep-rooted, determined, durable

•   earnest, entrenched

•   fast, firm, flat, formal, frozen

•   glassy

•   habitual, hardened

•   immemorial, immobile, implicit, indissoluble, inevitable, inflexible, invariable, irrevocable

•   limited, long-standing

•   motionless

•   numbered

•   obdurate, obsessive

•   persistent, precise, predetermined

•   regular

•   single-minded, stable, static, stationary, steadfast, stubborn, stuck

•   tight, together, traditional

•   unalterable, unchangeable, unshakable, usual

•   wool


•   prepare

•   recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, renovate, rig up

•   set


•   boil

•   effervescence

•   foam

•   seethe


•   die


•   breathless

•   thunderstruck


•   flagstone

•   identify

•   leaf

•   name

•   pave

•   slack

•   tire


•   flagstone

•   identify

•   leaf

•   name

•   pave

•   slack

•   tire


•   ebb

•   languishing

•   tired

•   weary


•   conspicuous

•   great, grievous, gross

•   patent

•   rampant, rank

•   stark


•   buffet

•   castigate

•   flap


•   aptness, artistry

•   bent

•   cleverness

•   endowment

•   head

•   ingenuity

•   know-how

•   promise

•   touch, turn

•   virtuosity


•   splinter


•   flashy

•   gay, grandiose

•   high-sounding

•   loud

•   rhetorical

•   vivid


•   flush


•   aflame, alight

•   devouring

•   effulgent, emotional

•   fervent, feverish, fire

•   lurid

•   overheated

•   passionate

•   scorching

•   tempestuous

•   violent


•   round


•   beg

•   claptrap

•   dodge

•   evade

•   fence, fudge

•   palter, pussyfoot

•   shuffle


•   dangle

•   fiasco, flurry, furore

•   lather, loll

•   spin


•   beacon, burn

•   gleam, glitter

•   light

•   signal, spark


•   bristle

•   erupt

•   ignite


•   blink, burn

•   flame

•   garish, gaudy, glance

•   lighten

•   minute

•   outbreak

•   shine, snap

•   tick

•   whip, wink


•   bold

•   conspicuous

•   extravagant

•   gay, glaring

•   rakish, rhetorical

•   trumpery

•   vulgar


•   arid

•   barren, bland

•   drab

•   fallen, feeble, flush

•   hollow

•   matter-of-fact, mawkish, muddy

•   outright

•   pad, pedestrian, place, puncture

•   regular, residence

•   table, tame, tasteless, tiresome

•   washed out


•   arid

•   barren, bland

•   drab

•   fallen, feeble, flush

•   hollow

•   matter-of-fact, mawkish, muddy

•   outright

•   pad, pedestrian, place, puncture

•   regular, residence

•   table, tame, tasteless, tiresome

•   washed out


•   boredom


•   bulldoze

•   deflate, demolish, depress

•   even

•   puncture

•   smooth

•   unfold


•   coax

•   grovel

•   ingratiate

•   lay on

•   pique, play up

•   toady


•   courtly


•   blandishments

•   compliment


•   air, atmosphere

•   dash

•   overtone

•   pepper

•   salt

•   undercurrent, undertone


•   flavour

•   seasoning


•   abnormality

•   blot, bug

•   chink, chip

•   deficiency, disadvantage, drawback

•   error

•   fallacy, flurry, fly, frailty

•   hole

•   kink

•   malfunction

•   shortcoming

•   taint, twist


•   deficient

•   impaired, incorrect

•   lacking

•   untenable


•   clean, correct

•   exquisite

•   finished

•   immaculate

•   optimum

•   polished, pure

•   undefiled, unquestionable

•   watertight


•   break, break away, break out

•   disappear

•   elude

•   flight, flinch

•   heel

•   make away

•   run, run off

•   tail, turn


•   bilk

•   coat

•   do

•   profiteer

•   sting

•   wool


•   fast, flying

•   hasty

•   quick

•   rapid

•   speedy, swift

•   wing


•   elusive

•   hasty

•   little

•   meteoric


•   humanity

•   pink, pulp


•   tense


•   ease

•   freedom

•   spring


•   broad-minded

•   easy, easy-going

•   fluid

•   liberal, limp

•   mutable

•   resilient

•   slack, soft

•   versatile


•   brush

•   film

•   lick

•   picture

•   snap

•   whisk


•   blink, burn

•   lick

•   quaver

•   ray

•   twinkling


•   arrow

•   bevy

•   desertion, disappearance

•   trajectory


•   arrow

•   bevy

•   desertion, disappearance

•   trajectory


•   airy

•   breakable

•   filmy, fine

•   hollow

•   insecure, insignificant

•   jerry-built

•   lame

•   paper, papery

•   ramshackle

•   slender

•   trashy

•   unsound


•   balk

•   jump

•   rebel

•   shy


•   blow, bowl

•   dart, dash

•   escapade

•   fly

•   lark

•   project, put

•   scatter, shoot, slam

•   turn


•   flippant, fresh, frivolous

•   impertinent, irreverent

•   leaf

•   saucy

•   trip


•   facetious

•   light-headed


•   minx

•   sport

•   toy, trifle


•   playful

•   seductive, sexy


•   buoy

•   finance, fly, fund

•   put up

•   ride

•   skim

•   waft


•   fluid, flying

•   loose


•   assemble

•   bunch

•   cloud, cluster

•   mob

•   pack, parish, pile, press

•   swarm


•   belabour

•   hit

•   lather, lick

•   peddle

•   strap


•   drubbing

•   licking


•   avalanche

•   bathe, billow

•   cascade, cover

•   drench

•   flush

•   infest, irrigate

•   myriad

•   pile

•   rain, rash

•   suffuse

•   water, wave


•   bottom, bring down

•   devastate

•   fell, flatten

•   pave


•   backfire

•   dud

•   loll

•   sprawl

•   wrong


•   fresh

•   gaudy, glaring, glowing

•   high-sounding

•   overwrought

•   red, rhetorical

•   sanguine


•   reject


•   mire

•   pitch, plough

•   squirm


•   abound

•   batten

•   crow

•   dangle

•   flash

•   live

•   mushroom

•   ostentation

•   pomp

•   riot

•   stroke

•   triumph

•   work out


•   abounding, ascendant

•   bloom

•   fat

•   golden, green

•   halcyon, hale, healthy

•   palmy, prosperous

•   rank

•   sturdy

•   vigorous

•   well, well-off


•   despise, disobey

•   gibe

•   jeer

•   scoff, snap

•   thumb


•   accrue

•   bleed, blow

•   circulation, come, continuity

•   derive, discharge, draught

•   effluent, ensue, escape

•   follow

•   go

•   influx

•   jet

•   menstruation, motion, movement

•   originate

•   pass, passage

•   rhythm, rise

•   smoothness, stem

•   torrent, trend, turnover

•   wash, well


•   gem

•   ornament

•   plant, pride, prime, prosper


•   budding

•   fertile

•   heyday


•   floral


•   fluid

•   graceful

•   liquid, lyric

•   rhythmic, running

•   soft


•   dilly-dally, doubt

•   flutter

•   hover

•   range

•   shake, sway

•   vibrate

•   wobble


•   deviation

•   tolerance


•   diction

•   eloquence


•   eloquent

•   liquid


•   stumble


•   juice

•   soft

•   transitional


•   blow, breeze

•   puff

•   scurry

•   turmoil


•   abounding

•   brimful

•   fever, fruitful, funds

•   heat, heel

•   loaded

•   money

•   scour, smooth, swill

•   thrill

•   well-to-do


•   abounding

•   brimful

•   fever, fruitful, funds

•   heat, heel

•   loaded

•   money

•   scour, smooth, swill

•   thrill

•   well-to-do


•   aflame

•   exultant

•   florid

•   pink


•   confusion

•   discomposure, disconcert

•   embarrass

•   fuss

•   lather

•   mix up

•   nervousness

•   unsettle


•   blink, blow, breath, bustle

•   flare, flourish, fly, fuss

•   gamble

•   quaver

•   stir

•   thrill, twitch

•   wag, wager, waggle, wave, wink


•   break, break away

•   flash

•   gallop

•   jet, journey

•   make away, make off

•   scurry, sharp, shrewd, skim, storm, streak, sweep

•   wear, whip, whisk, wily


•   come at

•   make for

•   set on


•   shifty

•   vagabond


•   aviation

•   drugged, drunk, drunken

•   flight, fuddled, fugitive

•   inebriated, intoxicated

•   momentary

•   paralytic

•   quick

•   swift

•   tight, transient

•   weather


•   churn

•   effervescence

•   ferment

•   seethe


•   centrepiece

•   definition

•   fasten

•   highlight

•   level

•   middle

•   nucleus

•   object

•   train


•   opposition


•   blur

•   damp

•   vapour


•   bleary

•   foul

•   rough

•   woolly


•   contrast, counteract, cross, cheat

•   dash, defy

•   mock, mount

•   prevent

•   spike, stump


•   buckle

•   fizzle out, flap, flop

•   loop

•   parish, pen

•   swathe


•   brochure

•   case

•   jacket

•   pamphlet


•   ethnic

•   population

•   racial

•   traditional


•   abide by, accrue, act on, adhere

•   befall

•   course

•   derive, dig

•   go along, go by

•   happen

•   make out, mirror, monitor

•   pan, pattern, ply, practise

•   replace, respect

•   seek, spy

•   trace


•   addict, associate

•   boyfriend

•   conquest, courtier

•   enthusiast

•   imitator

•   man

•   satellite, suitor, sweetheart


•   adoption, after

•   behind

•   consecutive, consequence, cult

•   rear

•   school, second


•   extravagance

•   foolery, freak, frivolity

•   infatuation, insanity


•   addicted

•   enamoured

•   friendly

•   mad, motherly

•   romantic


•   feel

•   handle

•   love

•   pamper

•   touch


•   affinity

•   endearment

•   feeling, friendship

•   inclination, indulgence

•   madness

•   passion

•   relish


•   bite

•   dish

•   flesh, fuel

•   keep

•   maintenance

•   nurture

•   ration

•   supply


•   dummy, dust

•   have, humbug

•   idle

•   jockey

•   leg

•   mock

•   sport

•   victimize

•   wool


•   foolishness, fun

•   play


•   brash

•   crazy

•   desperate

•   hardy, hasty, headstrong, heedless

•   idiotic, ill-advised

•   mad

•   overconfident

•   presumptuous

•   silly

•   unguarded, unwise

•   wild


•   babyish, balmy, barmy, besotted

•   criminal, childish

•   demented, dizzy, doting, dumb

•   extravagant

•   fond, frivolous

•   gullible

•   imbecile, insane, irrational

•   light-headed

•   mindless, misguided

•   preposterous, puerile

•   shallow, sheepish, simple-minded, soft

•   thoughtless

•   wet, wild


•   fondly

•   madly


•   antics

•   imbecility, infatuation

•   lunacy

•   madness

•   stuff

•   tomfoolery, trumpery


•   faultless

•   sure

•   watertight


•   hold

•   plane, purchase

•   seat


•   frivolous


•   tramp


•   grub

•   look

•   maraud


•   bear with

•   help

•   leave

•   relent, remit, resist


•   abstention

•   meekness, mercy

•   pity

•   stoicism


•   abstinent

•   considerate

•   fatherly

•   humane

•   meek

•   permissive

•   resignation

•   understanding


•   bar

•   deny

•   enjoin


•   bound

•   contraband

•   illegal, illicit

•   unlawful, unmentionable


•   aloof, austere

•   creepy

•   dark, dour

•   frigid

•   gaunt

•   hateful

•   icy, inhospitable, institutional

•   portentous, prohibitive, puritanical

•   severe, stern

•   ugly


•   ability, accent, action, agency, agent, arm, authority

•   bind, blackmail, bludgeon, brigade, bring, brunt, bulldoze

•   calibre, cram

•   detail

•   edge, effort, extortion

•   figure, fire, fury

•   gist, go, greatness

•   herd, hustle

•   impetus, instrument

•   jam

•   kick

•   lever

•   main, meaning

•   nerve

•   operation

•   persuasion, pick, pin down, pith, pull, pump, put

•   rack, reduce

•   screw, significance, soul, spirit, squeeze, stamina, strain, strike, stuff, substance

•   tenacity, tone, twist

•   verve

•   waterfall, wedge, work


•   bound

•   constrained

•   obliged

•   stilted


•   active, aggressive, assertive

•   bold

•   commanding

•   decisive, drastic, driving

•   eloquent, emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic

•   forcible

•   hard, hefty, high-powered, high-pressure

•   insistent, intense

•   lively

•   mighty

•   overpowering

•   positive

•   strong

•   tenacious, trenchant

•   vehement, virile, vital


•   emphatic, expressive

•   graphic

•   influential, intense

•   striking

•   vehement, vigorous


•   hard

•   powerfully


•   precursor


•   bode

•   foresee

•   threaten


•   apprehensive

•   black

•   disquiet

•   forbidding

•   ill

•   ominous

•   pessimistic

•   threat


•   adumbrate, adumbration

•   calculation, cast

•   expect, expectation

•   presentiment, project

•   tip


•   past


•   adventitious

•   exterior


•   outsider


•   advance, advanced, arch

•   best

•   capital, cardinal

•   forward

•   head

•   important

•   lead

•   main, master

•   premier, preponderant, prominent

•   top, topmost

•   uppermost


•   forefather

•   parent


•   allow for

•   bargain for

•   contemplate

•   envision, expect

•   fear

•   hope

•   plan

•   reckon

•   see

•   think


•   foretell

•   mean

•   threaten


•   calculation

•   forecast

•   preparation, providence

•   vision

•   wariness, wisdom


•   announce, anticipate

•   divine

•   foresee

•   mean


•   calculation, care, caution, counsel

•   deliberation

•   forecast

•   premeditation, presentiment


•   bode

•   forebode, foretell

•   portend, prophesy

•   tip

•   warn


•   prelude


•   sacrifice


•   forfeit

•   penalty


•   beat

•   formulate

•   hammer

•   manufacture, matrix, mint

•   plough


•   copy

•   fabrication, fraud

•   invention

•   mock

•   phoney


•   fail

•   leave, lose

•   neglect

•   pass over, put aside

•   slide


•   mindless

•   remiss


•   neglect, negligence

•   omission


•   overlook

•   pity, purge


•   grace

•   quarter


•   charitable

•   long-suffering

•   patient

•   understanding


•   abdicate, abstain

•   decline, dispense

•   forsake

•   part, pass up

•   resist


•   broken

•   forlorn


•   abject, alone

•   deprived, desperate, dismal, dreary

•   futile

•   gaunt, godforsaken

•   low

•   wistful


•   archetype

•   beat, bench, brew

•   carve, composition, conceive, conformation, constitution, contour

•   dummy

•   erect

•   generate

•   hammer, hew

•   idea

•   knead

•   lair, likeness

•   make-up, medium

•   observance, originate

•   prepare, profile

•   raise, repair, return, rite

•   sculpture

•   usage

•   version

•   work, work out


•   archetype

•   beat, bench, brew

•   carve, composition, conceive, conformation, constitution, contour

•   dummy

•   erect

•   generate

•   hammer, hew

•   idea

•   knead

•   lair, likeness

•   make-up, medium

•   observance, originate

•   prepare, profile

•   raise, repair, return, rite

•   sculpture

•   usage

•   version

•   work, work out


•   austere

•   courtly

•   dignified, distant

•   frigid

•   genteel

•   honorary

•   impersonal, institutional

•   literary

•   nominal

•   pedantic, proper

•   ritual

•   stock, stodgy

•   undemonstrative


•   austerity

•   ceremonial

•   gentility

•   observance

•   reserve


•   array

•   conception, construction, contrivance, creation

•   flight, form

•   group

•   institution

•   layout, line

•   make-up

•   process


•   back

•   deceased

•   outgoing


•   time


•   ambitious

•   fearsome

•   grim

•   hard, horrid

•   off-putting

•   stiff, strong


•   abstraction

•   canon

•   incantation

•   law

•   motto

•   routine

•   secret, stereotype

•   theorem


•   build

•   conceive, concoct, construct, create

•   draft, draw, draw up

•   lay down

•   make up

•   phrase, programme


•   betray

•   drop, drop out

•   evacuate

•   fail

•   go back

•   resign, run out

•   walk out


•   alone

•   derelict, desolate

•   homeless

•   stark

•   unloved


•   rampart

•   tower


•   bent

•   capacity

•   knack

•   line, loud


•   abroad


•   near

•   pending

•   responsive

•   voluble


•   aboveboard

•   bald

•   honest

•   plain

•   straight

•   transparent, truthful

•   unreserved

•   vocal


•   instant, instantaneously

•   once

•   summarily


•   barrier

•   consolidation

•   garrison

•   rampart

•   tower

•   wall


•   arm

•   barricade

•   consolidate

•   defend, dig in

•   entrench

•   fence

•   gird

•   harden, hedge

•   lace

•   nerve

•   prepare


•   bravery

•   hardiness, heart, heroism

•   manhood

•   nerve

•   resignation

•   stoicism

•   tolerance


•   bastion

•   fortification

•   garrison

•   tower


•   blessed

•   enviable

•   palmy

•   well


•   favourably

•   right


•   abundance

•   break

•   estate

•   means


•   accelerate, active, assertive, audacious

•   better, bumptious

•   convey, cultivate

•   ease

•   facilitate, free

•   intrusive

•   mail

•   obtrusive, officious

•   pushing, put

•   remit

•   saucy, second


•   forward

•   positive


•   audacity

•   familiarity, freedom

•   immodesty

•   liberty


•   adopt, arouse

•   boost, breed

•   care for

•   develop

•   educate

•   forward, further

•   indulge

•   keep

•   patronize, protect

•   succour


•   beastly, belt

•   dark

•   evil

•   grimy

•   ill, inclement

•   mawkish, mess, monstrous, muddy

•   obnoxious, odious

•   pestilential

•   rancid, repugnant

•   shocking, sickening, sordid

•   terrible


•   bed

•   cast

•   father, form

•   introduce

•   predicate


•   backbone, bed

•   creation

•   derivation

•   framework, fund

•   ground

•   institute

•   origin

•   pedestal, pile, preliminary

•   rock, root, rudiments

•   seat, start, support

•   validity


•   discoverer

•   flop

•   go under

•   pioneer

•   wreck


•   discoverer

•   flop

•   go under

•   pioneer

•   wreck


•   cascade


•   red

•   scheming, slippery

•   tactical


•   hall


•   brush

•   conflict

•   mayhem

•   noise

•   rough-and-tumble

•   set-to

•   tumult, tussle


•   crotchety

•   difficult

•   insubordinate

•   naughty

•   perverse, prickly

•   quarrelsome

•   restive

•   unmanageable


•   bust

•   crash, crevice

•   flaw


•   filmy

•   papery

•   slender

•   tender

•   unsubstantial


•   atom

•   burst

•   crash, chop up

•   end

•   grain, granule

•   little

•   relic

•   section, shred, snatch, snip


•   irregular

•   odd


•   essence

•   incense

•   odour


•   scented, sweet


•   anaemic

•   fallible

•   impotent, insecure, invalid

•   low

•   papery, powerless

•   unhealthy, unsubstantial


•   debility, delicacy

•   impotence, instability


•   coin, chassis

•   draw

•   figure

•   hulk, hull

•   imagine

•   make up

•   organize, outline

•   phrase, plot, project

•   rack

•   stand

•   tone, turn


•   conspiracy


•   anatomy, architecture

•   carcass, conformation, context, chassis

•   hull

•   organization, outline

•   parameter

•   rack


•   liberty


•   aboveboard

•   communicative

•   explicit

•   genuine

•   innocent

•   naive, natural

•   raw, round

•   simple, straight

•   unguarded, uninhibited, unvarnished

•   vocal


•   aboveboard

•   point-blank

•   shoulder


•   freedom

•   honesty

•   naiveté

•   sincerity

•   transparency, truth


•   beside, burning

•   delirious, demonic, deranged, despairing

•   feverish

•   hysterical

•   last-ditch

•   panicky, precipitate

•   rabid

•   uncontrollable, upset


•   society


•   coalesce, collaborate

•   elbow

•   group


•   bluff

•   corruption

•   dishonesty

•   embezzlement

•   fiddle, foul play

•   hypocrite

•   imposition

•   knavery

•   mock

•   pharisee, phoney

•   racket, robber, robbery, rogue

•   swindle

•   theft, trick, twister

•   wile


•   base, bogus

•   corrupt

•   dirty

•   elusive

•   foul

•   hypocritical

•   mendacious, mock

•   quack

•   surreptitious

•   underhand


•   action

•   battle, brawl

•   disturbance

•   fight

•   quarrel

•   riot, row

•   scuffle

•   tussle

•   wear out


•   shabby

•   worn-out


•   curiosity

•   deviant

•   eccentric, exception

•   isolated

•   maniac

•   prodigy

•   stray


•   absolve, acquit

•   candid

•   detach, detached, dismiss, duty

•   enfranchise, excuse, exonerate, expansive

•   floating, forthcoming

•   house

•   immune

•   large, leisure, liberty, loosen

•   magnanimous

•   open-minded, outspoken

•   pardon, permissive, privileged

•   rein

•   save, single

•   unaccountable, unbind, unlock, unravel, unreserved

•   void, voluntary

•   welcome, wild


•   breadth

•   enfranchisement

•   free hand

•   leave, leisure, liberation

•   passage, permission

•   right


•   scramble

•   unrestricted


•   extempore

•   free

•   gladly, gratis

•   happily

•   love


•   atheist

•   individualist


•   cool

•   frost

•   immobilize

•   moratorium

•   numb

•   ossify

•   paralyse

•   refrigerate

•   shelve

•   tracks


•   cold

•   gelid

•   ice-cold

•   piercing


•   forward

•   traffic

•   weight


•   ablaze

•   berserk, beside, burning

•   delirious, demented, demonic, deranged

•   ecstatic

•   fanatical, flaming

•   heated, hectic

•   panic-stricken, panicky, passionate, possessed

•   raging, raving


•   desperation

•   ecstasy, enthusiasm

•   ferment, fever, furore

•   rampage

•   violence


•   hang about

•   many

•   prevalent

•   thick


•   hang about

•   many

•   prevalent

•   thick


•   heavily

•   over

•   time


•   airy, audacious

•   beardless, breezy

•   chilly

•   gay

•   hot

•   impertinent, irreverent

•   late, lush

•   maiden, mint

•   virgin


•   airiness

•   flower, flush

•   innocence


•   anger

•   bedevil

•   chafe

•   disquiet

•   fidget, fray, fume, fuss

•   gnaw, grate

•   harry

•   offend

•   pester, plague

•   rage, repine

•   sweat


•   anxious

•   discontented

•   impatient

•   restive, restless

•   waspish, worried


•   faction

•   strife

•   traction

•   wear


•   connection

•   date

•   fellow


•   accessibility, affection

•   brotherhood

•   consideration, cordiality

•   familiarity, favour, friendship

•   good will, goodness

•   hospitality

•   niceness


•   accessible, accommodating, approachable

•   bland, brotherly

•   congenial, chatty

•   decent

•   easy, expansive

•   good-natured, gracious, gregarious

•   harmonious, hearty, homely, hospitable

•   likable, loving

•   nice

•   obliging

•   pacific, peaceful, pleasant

•   social

•   warm


•   association

•   companionship

•   society, support


•   turn


•   awe

•   creep

•   deter, discourage

•   horrify

•   menace

•   overawe

•   rattle

•   shake

•   wind


•   aghast, awe-stricken

•   daunted

•   fearful

•   panic-stricken

•   timorous

•   windy, worried


•   creepy

•   disturbing, dread

•   eerie

•   forbidding

•   harrowing, horrid

•   macabre

•   nerve-racking

•   spine-chilling


•   formidable

•   monstrous

•   tremendous

•   ugly


•   chilly

•   dead

•   phlegmatic

•   stony


•   cold

•   distance


•   trimming


•   bound, boundary, brink

•   circumference

•   flank

•   line


•   bound

•   leap


•   emptiness

•   vanity


•   aimless

•   empty

•   facetious, flimsy, frothy

•   gay

•   inane

•   light-headed


•   dance

•   fool

•   jamboree, joke

•   merry, mirth

•   riot

•   sally

•   trick


•   airy, arch

•   high-spirited

•   jocular, jolly

•   light-hearted

•   mirthful, mischievous

•   vivacious


•   act, audacity

•   battlefield, brass, breast, brow

•   camouflage, cloak, cheek

•   forward

•   gloss

•   host

•   impertinence, impudence, insolence

•   line, look

•   movement

•   nerve

•   outside

•   pertness, pose, presumption, prow

•   sauce

•   veneer


•   border, brink

•   confine

•   extremity

•   line


•   arctic

•   freezing

•   gelid

•   hoary

•   piercing


•   boil, bubble

•   churn

•   ferment

•   seethe


•   barmy, beaten, bubbly

•   effervescent

•   lathery


•   dagger

•   face

•   grimace

•   lour


•   rancid


•   cold

•   frightened, frosty

•   gelid

•   immobile

•   motionless

•   polar

•   wintry


•   ascetic

•   light

•   plain

•   spare, spartan


•   arable

•   fat

•   lucrative

•   pregnant

•   teeming


•   harvest

•   term


•   effete, empty

•   hollow

•   ineffective

•   poor

•   sterile

•   thankless


•   full-bodied


•   bedevil, blight

•   counteract, cross, cheat

•   dash, defy, disconcert

•   elude

•   hamper, hinder

•   interfere

•   mock

•   nip

•   obstruct

•   prevent

•   spike, stop

•   tantalize, traverse


•   beaten

•   dissatisfied

•   inhibited

•   unsuccessful


•   check

•   defeat

•   ill feeling

•   letdown

•   prevention


•   befuddled, bemused

•   dazed


•   stick, stodgy


•   bungle

•   disguise, doctor

•   palter


•   outlaw

•   run


•   abide by, acquit, adhere, attain

•   compass, comply, crown

•   gratify

•   honour

•   implement

•   process

•   realize, redeem

•   serve


•   contentment

•   exercise

•   fruition

•   indulgence

•   performance

•   redemption

•   satisfaction


•   abounding, absolute, active, all, all-out

•   busy

•   eventful, exclusive

•   finished, flowing, flush, fruity

•   good

•   implicit, inclusive, integral

•   laden

•   mellow

•   perfect, pregnant

•   resounding, rotund, round

•   teeming, thick, total

•   unconditional, undivided, unlimited, unreserved

•   whole, wide


•   pedigree

•   thoroughbred


•   absoluteness

•   maturity

•   opulence

•   whole


•   all

•   bodily

•   full

•   hilt

•   length

•   richly

•   through

•   well, wide


•   detonation


•   effusive, exuberant

•   flattering

•   profuse


•   feel

•   hesitate


•   blaze, burn

•   fuss

•   reek

•   simmer


•   ablaze

•   dudgeon

•   furious

•   indignant

•   livid

•   mad


•   comedy

•   festivity, frivolity

•   glee

•   humour

•   jest, joke

•   kick

•   lark

•   relaxation, revelry

•   wit


•   application

•   ceremony, commission

•   department

•   party, place, play, position

•   react

•   service, sphere


•   operational

•   severe

•   usable

•   versatile


•   bank

•   charity

•   patronize, plenty

•   savings, sponsor

•   underwrite


•   axiomatic

•   base, basis, bottom

•   metaphysical, must

•   necessity

•   revolutionary, root

•   ultimate


•   essence

•   heart

•   practically

•   ultimately


•   asset

•   backing, budget

•   finances

•   means

•   pool, purse

•   stock

•   treasure, treasury

•   wealth, wherewithal


•   lookout

•   wake


•   duct


•   cranky

•   fishy

•   gag

•   ill

•   light

•   merry, mirthful

•   priceless

•   whimsical, wrong


•   ablaze

•   black

•   demonic, desperate

•   heated, hectic

•   impassioned, indignant

•   rabid, raving

•   uncontrollable, uncontrolled


•   accommodate, arm

•   cater, come up with, contribute

•   fill, find, fix up

•   hang

•   keep

•   lay on, lend

•   nourish

•   prepare, produce

•   render, replenish, rig out

•   spread

•   vest

•   yield


•   suite


•   bedlam

•   convulsion

•   ferment, flurry, fluster, fuss

•   hue and cry, hurly-burly

•   madness

•   sensation, storm

•   tempest


•   accelerate

•   benefit, better, boost, but

•   cultivate

•   ease

•   precipitate

•   second

•   too


•   advance, assistance

•   continuation, course, cultivation

•   improvement

•   progression

•   support


•   hindmost

•   last

•   polar


•   hangdog

•   illicit

•   light-fingered

•   mysterious

•   shifty, sneak


•   blaze

•   delirium

•   exasperation

•   fume, furore

•   heat

•   indignation

•   outrage

•   rampage, resentment

•   temper


•   ballyhoo

•   complain

•   dust

•   frills

•   inconvenience

•   lather

•   performance

•   racket

•   scene


•   elaborate

•   florid, footling

•   hypercritical

•   meticulous

•   niggling

•   ornate, overwrought

•   pedantic, prim, punctilious


•   feckless, fiddling

•   hopeless

•   inane, ineffective

•   meaningless

•   no go

•   stupid


•   impracticability

•   stupidity


•   fate

•   lookout

•   posterity, potential


•   fast


•   implement


•   impropriety


•   employer


•   shut up, strangle

•   trick

•   wheeze


•   shut up, strangle

•   trick

•   wheeze


•   airiness

•   cheer

•   frivolity, frolic

•   gladness

•   happiness

•   joy

•   radiance, rejoicing


•   airily

•   gladly


•   accept, addition, appreciate, appreciation

•   batten, blessing, boom, breakthrough, build-up

•   carry

•   derive, deserve

•   engage

•   find

•   gathering, good

•   haul, have, hit

•   imbibe, incur, interest

•   jump

•   killing

•   land, learn

•   notch up

•   pick-up, plus, prize, progression, purchase, purpose, put on

•   revenue, reward

•   sake, snatch

•   taking


•   income

•   receipt


•   negate


•   march

•   rate


•   fair

•   holiday

•   jubilee

•   revel

•   special


•   blizzard, blow

•   gust


•   anger, antagonize, assurance, audacity

•   bait, bug

•   discomfort, displease

•   enrage

•   face

•   get, grate

•   immodesty, incense, infuriate

•   jar

•   madden

•   needle

•   offend

•   pain, pique, presumption

•   sting

•   temper


•   anger, antagonize, assurance, audacity

•   bait, bug

•   discomfort, displease

•   enrage

•   face

•   get, grate

•   immodesty, incense, infuriate

•   jar

•   madden

•   needle

•   offend

•   pain, pique, presumption

•   sting

•   temper


•   masculine

•   old-world

•   philanderer

•   stout, swashbuckling

•   well-bred


•   attention


•   abrasive

•   infuriating

•   provocative

•   wicked


•   clip

•   tear


•   activate

•   pique

•   rouse

•   waken


•   dare

•   fling

•   jeopardize

•   lay

•   throw


•   bound

•   dance

•   joke

•   lark, leap

•   play

•   sport

•   trick, trip


•   daring

•   gamble

•   lame

•   plaything

•   racket

•   sporting

•   tie, toy


•   daring

•   gamble

•   lame

•   plaything

•   racket

•   sporting

•   tie, toy


•   bunch

•   faction

•   knot

•   parcel

•   troop


•   bony

•   ungainly


•   gunman


•   aperture

•   cavity, clearance

•   distance

•   fissure, fracture

•   gulf

•   jump

•   lapse

•   omission

•   pass

•   ravine

•   separation, split

•   vacancy, vacuum


•   gaze

•   look

•   marvel


•   bloody

•   wide-open


•   bunk

•   trumpery


•   colour


•   conspicuous

•   extravagant

•   gay


•   anthology

•   bouquet


•   compile, crop

•   harvest

•   keep

•   pick up

•   reap


•   elaborate

•   gild

•   top


•   barracks

•   fortify

•   patrol


•   expansive


•   break

•   chip

•   hack

•   prick

•   scratch, stab


•   breath, breathe

•   croak

•   gag

•   inhale

•   wheeze


•   attendance

•   crowd

•   entry

•   receipt

•   take, taking


•   acquire

•   band, believe, brew, bring

•   call, cluster, compile, concentrate, converge, crowd, cut

•   derive, drift

•   enlist, extract

•   gain, get together

•   herd, huddle

•   imagine, imbibe

•   levy

•   meet

•   perceive, pick up, press, pull

•   raise, rake, rally, receive, recruit

•   save, stock, summon

•   turn out

•   wrinkle


•   audience

•   bevy, bunch

•   cluster, crop

•   do, drove

•   function

•   imminent, impending

•   levy

•   mob

•   social

•   troop


•   gawky

•   inapt

•   left-handed

•   unhappy

•   wooden


•   extravagant


•   account

•   calibre

•   fathom

•   make

•   plumb, project

•   screen


•   deathly

•   hunted

•   lanky


•   wooden


•   airy, animate

•   bonny

•   effervescent

•   gala

•   jaunty

•   light

•   mad, mirthful

•   radiant

•   saucy, sprightly

•   volatile

•   witty


•   glance

•   marvel

•   peer


•   appointment

•   contrivance

•   finery

•   goods

•   impedimenta

•   plant

•   rig-out

•   thing, trim


•   soft


•   angel

•   boast

•   dream

•   joy

•   pride

•   rarity


•   antecedents

•   birth

•   family


•   abstract, average

•   communal, current

•   epidemic

•   global

•   inclusive

•   lax, liberal

•   mass, metaphysical

•   nationwide

•   open, overall

•   pervasive

•   rough

•   social

•   tactician

•   vulgar

•   worldwide


•   abstraction

•   bulk


•   altogether, average

•   large

•   main

•   often

•   part, primarily

•   rule

•   whole


•   bear

•   develop

•   germinate

•   induce

•   leave

•   occasion

•   provoke

•   reproduce

•   trigger

•   work up

•   yield


•   vintage


•   courtesy

•   grace, greatness

•   humanitarianism

•   largess

•   philanthropy

•   self-sacrifice


•   big, broad

•   capacious

•   decent

•   flush

•   handsome, hearty

•   kind-hearted

•   large

•   merciful

•   open

•   profuse, public-spirited

•   roomy, round

•   selfless, softhearted, substantial

•   tidy

•   warm-hearted


•   cause

•   fountain


•   airy

•   blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant

•   companionable

•   expansive

•   good-humoured

•   hospitable

•   light-hearted, likable

•   mellow

•   outgoing

•   sociable


•   ace, artistry

•   demon, divinity

•   immortal, ingenuity, inspiration, invention

•   magician, marvel, mind

•   parts, prodigy, prowess

•   wizard


•   gentle

•   nice

•   proper


•   niceness


•   domesticate, dreamy

•   feminine, flexible

•   halcyon, harmless, healing

•   indulgent

•   leisurely, lowly

•   maidenly, motherly

•   peaceable

•   sweet


•   aristocratic

•   chivalrous

•   gentle

•   proper

•   sporting


•   absolute

•   devout

•   factual

•   good

•   hearty

•   intrinsic

•   level, literal

•   native

•   realistic, right

•   serious, solid, square, straightforward

•   undisguised, unsophisticated

•   valid

•   wholehearted


•   kernel


•   applicable

•   point

•   relative


•   beckon


•   beckon

•   formality

•   mime, movement

•   nod

•   sweep

•   turn


•   accept

•   buy

•   come in for

•   derive, draw

•   exasperate, extract

•   father, find

•   get at, grasp

•   have

•   land, lay

•   purchase

•   raise


•   get over

•   put across


•   go far


•   do

•   live


•   drive at

•   ferret out

•   nobble

•   pay off, pester

•   tamper


•   break

•   fly

•   slip


•   find

•   take back


•   coast

•   scrape


•   leg

•   weigh down


•   get down


•   click

•   do

•   eye

•   flourish

•   get ahead, go far

•   make

•   rise

•   thrive


•   away

•   extricate

•   rescue


•   negotiate

•   snap


•   negotiate


•   discuss

•   group

•   organize

•   socialize

•   team


•   groom

•   mug up

•   prepare

•   rouse

•   wake, waken


•   appalling, awful

•   deadly, deathly

•   fearful

•   haggard

•   lurid

•   macabre, morbid

•   white


•   presence

•   vision


•   bodiless

•   deadly, disembodied

•   haunted

•   immaterial

•   macabre

•   shadowy, spiritual


•   monolithic

•   tall


•   rubbish


•   catcall

•   jest

•   quip

•   shaft

•   tease


•   frivolity

•   levity

•   whirl


•   bewildered

•   empty-headed

•   fast

•   light

•   queer


•   accomplishment, accordance, aptness, attainment, award

•   blessing

•   cleverness, charity

•   disposal, dole, donate, dower

•   facility, favour, forte

•   ingenuity, instinct

•   largess

•   purse

•   subscription

•   tip, treat, tribute, trick


•   apt

•   creative

•   inventive

•   proficient, promising


•   big

•   great

•   jumbo

•   large

•   massive, mighty, monolithic, monster, monumental, mountainous

•   terrific, thumping


•   finish

•   plate

•   varnish


•   novelty

•   wrinkle


•   lightly


•   circle

•   harden


•   corset

•   hoop


•   juvenile

•   kid

•   nipper

•   teenager

•   virgin

•   woman

•   youngster


•   belt

•   width


•   argument

•   content

•   kernel, keynote

•   meat

•   nitty-gritty

•   spirit


•   afford, apply, assign

•   bequeath, bless, bounce

•   carry, cast

•   deal, delegate, dispose of, distribute, dole

•   endow, extend

•   flexibility

•   hand, hand down, hold out

•   lay down, lay on

•   pass, pay, place, play, put up

•   shed, slack, spare, spring, stage, subscribe

•   tender, treat, trust

•   way, will


•   sell out, slip, split


•   acquiesce

•   back down, bow

•   defer, droop

•   knuckle under

•   obey

•   relent, resign


•   axiomatic

•   providing

•   susceptible


•   belch

•   emanate

•   let off

•   pass off

•   send


•   assign

•   emanate

•   fail

•   hand out

•   issue

•   pack up, peter out, proclaim

•   ration, reveal, run out


•   abdicate, abstain

•   back out, break

•   concede, cough up

•   deliver, desert, discontinue, dispense, do without, done, droop, drop, drop out

•   fail, forfeit, forgo, forsake

•   lay down, lay off, leave

•   pack up, part

•   raise, refrain, render

•   sacrifice, scrub, sell

•   turn in


•   blessed, bright

•   genial

•   jubilant

•   light-hearted

•   mirthful

•   proud

•   ready


•   amuse, animate

•   brighten

•   comfort, content, cheer up

•   entrance

•   feast

•   lighten


•   heart


•   bliss

•   contentment, cheer

•   enjoyment

•   geniality

•   rejoicing


•   desirable

•   exotic

•   flamboyant, flash

•   prepossessing

•   romantic


•   brilliance

•   glitter

•   magic

•   pageantry

•   romance

•   spell


•   flick

•   kiss

•   leaf

•   regard

•   sweep


•   beam

•   dagger

•   flash

•   glisten, glitter

•   light, lour

•   radiance

•   shine


•   barefaced

•   gaudy, grievous

•   harsh

•   lurid

•   notorious

•   strong

•   unmistakable


•   dead

•   fishy

•   lucid

•   polished

•   wooden


•   coating


•   blaze, blink, brighten

•   dawn

•   light, lighten

•   radiance, radiate

•   shaft, spark

•   twinkling


•   cheer

•   euphoria

•   laughter


•   elevated

•   festive

•   glad

•   light-hearted

•   uproarious


•   facile, flippant

•   greasy

•   offhand


•   breeze

•   creep

•   plane

•   slither, stream, sweep

•   wing


•   beam

•   dawn

•   ghost, glance, glint

•   suspicion

•   twinkling

•   vestige


•   blink

•   see


•   beam

•   glance, glisten

•   light, lustre

•   scintillate, spark


•   blaze

•   dazzle

•   gaiety, glance

•   radiate


•   leer

•   revel


•   broad

•   catholic

•   inclusive

•   large-scale

•   overall

•   sweeping


•   circle


•   ball, blob

•   sphere


•   damp, damper, doldrums, dumps

•   fog

•   gravity

•   heaviness

•   negativeness

•   pessimism


•   bleak

•   cloudy

•   desolate, dingy, dire, disconsolate, dour, drab

•   fed up (with)

•   godforsaken, grave, grey

•   heavy

•   lightless, low, low-spirited, lugubrious

•   morbid, mournful

•   negative

•   sunless

•   unhappy, unpromising

•   woeful, wretched


•   emblazon

•   grace

•   hail

•   pedestal


•   august

•   gallant, golden

•   palmy, proud


•   credit

•   exultation

•   laurels

•   memory

•   palm, pride

•   rejoice

•   state

•   wallow


•   glamorous


•   beam, blaze

•   ferment, flame, freshness

•   glare

•   heat

•   lustre

•   nimbus

•   perspire

•   shimmer, sparkle, sweat


•   dagger

•   look, lour

•   pout


•   ablaze

•   burning

•   effulgent

•   fresh

•   glaring

•   impassioned

•   light, live

•   rosy

•   splendid, sweaty


•   adhere

•   bind, bond


•   blue

•   dark, depressed, despondent, discouraged, dispirited, dreary

•   fed up (with)

•   melancholy

•   sad, solemn


•   fullness

•   pall, profusion


•   epicure


•   wizened


•   corrode

•   waste


•   away

•   bash, bounce

•   disappear

•   endeavour

•   fling

•   get along

•   part, push

•   quit

•   range, refer, resort, ride

•   snap

•   take off, tracks, trial, trip

•   venture

•   walk


•   badger

•   dare

•   fret

•   hasten, herd, hurry

•   instigator

•   nag, needle, nettle

•   pick on, pique, put up

•   tease

•   whip


•   clearance

•   dynamic

•   forward-looking

•   high-powered

•   O.K.

•   pushing

•   signal

•   thumb

•   word


•   start


•   aspiration

•   dream

•   intent

•   meaning, mission

•   point, prize

•   quarry

•   reason

•   terminus

•   way


•   eye

•   play


•   away

•   beat

•   get along, go off

•   move

•   part

•   retire


•   back

•   recede, regress, retreat

•   turn


•   eat

•   put away


•   diplomat

•   messenger


•   inhospitable

•   stark

•   unfrequented

•   wild


•   blasphemous

•   heathen

•   unregenerate


•   descend, drown

•   fail

•   plunge, puncture


•   discovery

•   luck

•   mercy


•   come at

•   fancy, fly at

•   make for

•   opt (for)

•   realize

•   set on, set upon

•   wade, worry


•   dig

•   plumb

•   treat


•   fortunate

•   halcyon

•   palmy


•   drain

•   exhausted

•   off, out


•   bully

•   clean

•   desirable

•   edible, encouraging

•   fresh

•   generous, godly, gorgeous

•   high-minded

•   just

•   law-abiding

•   meritorious

•   nice

•   O.K.

•   prosperous, purpose

•   reputable, respectable

•   sake, savoury, sense

•   therapeutic, tidy

•   upstanding

•   well, worthwhile


•   exit

•   leave


•   derelict

•   rascal

•   scoundrel, slacker

•   wretch


•   amicable

•   cheery


•   beautiful

•   fine

•   goodly, gorgeous

•   prepossessing


•   respectable


•   affable, amiable

•   genial

•   humane

•   kind-hearted

•   obliging

•   playful


•   charity

•   good, grace

•   niceness

•   right

•   sanctity


•   asset

•   cargo, consignment

•   estate

•   freight

•   loot

•   product

•   thing, truck

•   wealth


•   affection

•   charity

•   goodness, grace

•   harmony, humanitarianism

•   indulgence

•   kindness

•   willingness


•   come off

•   pass off, pop

•   spoil

•   turn


•   advance

•   extend

•   go ahead

•   hang on, harp, hold forth

•   persevere, place

•   remain, resume

•   spout

•   take up


•   ebb

•   socialize


•   bridge, brush up

•   click

•   defect

•   pore, practise

•   run over, run through

•   service

•   traverse, turn


•   abyss

•   feast


•   abyss

•   feast


•   costly

•   de luxe

•   handsome

•   palatial

•   rich


•   lurid

•   red


•   literal


•   filmy


•   blab, blabber

•   conversation, chatter

•   natter, news, noise

•   report, rumour

•   talk

•   whisper


•   devour

•   expend

•   feel

•   meet

•   penetrate, practise

•   ransack, receive, rifle, run over, run through

•   serve, sift

•   take


•   crash

•   perish

•   wall


•   dominate

•   head

•   overrule

•   preside

•   tune


•   bureaucracy

•   disposal, dynasty

•   empire

•   politics


•   arbiter

•   father

•   keeper

•   lord

•   master

•   tutor


•   belong


•   buttonhole

•   catch, collar

•   embrace

•   get, grapple

•   impress

•   lay

•   nobble

•   paw

•   snap

•   tackle, tear


•   become, bless

•   gild

•   neatness

•   piety

•   sanctity, style

•   taste

•   urbanity


•   airy, artistic

•   clean

•   dainty, delicate

•   eloquent

•   feline, feminine, fluid

•   goodly

•   handsome

•   light, lovely, lyric

•   neat

•   poised, pretty

•   well-balanced


•   attentive

•   big, bland

•   decent

•   easy

•   gallant, good

•   handsome

•   kind-hearted

•   lordly

•   mannerly

•   patronizing, philanthropic, princely, propitious

•   refined


•   assort

•   caste

•   denomination, divide

•   footing, form

•   graduate

•   ramp, rating

•   score, screen, standard, status


•   ascent

•   inclination

•   pitch

•   ramp

•   slant


•   imperceptible


•   day, degree

•   little


•   pass


•   bribe, bribery

•   corruption

•   dishonesty

•   fiddle

•   toil


•   finish

•   glimmer

•   shred

•   tone


•   bully

•   de luxe

•   gallant

•   heroic, high

•   imperial

•   lush

•   master, mighty

•   proud

•   royal

•   solemn, spectacular, swell


•   brilliance

•   elegance, elevation, exaltation

•   glory

•   height

•   magnitude

•   pageantry

•   solemnity, style


•   cosmic

•   fantastic

•   heroic, high-sounding

•   large

•   palatial


•   accede, afford, agree, assent, assignment

•   backing, bequeath, bless

•   come round, confess, contribution

•   deliver, dole

•   endow, extend

•   furnish

•   hand down

•   largess, lend, let

•   pay

•   recognize

•   show, spare, supply


•   colourful

•   illustrated

•   lifelike, lurid

•   photographic

•   realistic


•   close

•   lock

•   scuffle


•   apprehend, apprehension, attain

•   catch, cling, come at, command, conceive

•   digest

•   familiarity, fathom

•   handle, hang, hang on

•   lay, learn, lock

•   make out, master

•   penetrate, perceive, pick up, pierce, pinch, purchase

•   reading, retain

•   sense, shrewdness, snap up

•   tackle, take


•   avid

•   extortionate

•   mercenary

•   parsimonious, possessive

•   ravenous

•   sordid

•   tight

•   worldly


•   grit

•   mill


•   obligation


•   amuse

•   content

•   divert

•   feast

•   meet

•   oblige

•   pamper

•   suit

•   tickle


•   abrasion, abrasive

•   friction

•   hoarse

•   jar

•   lattice

•   rough


•   complimentary

•   house

•   love


•   acknowledgment

•   glory

•   tribute


•   mindless

•   unasked, unsolicited


•   dole


•   austere

•   bad, bass

•   carve

•   death, deep, demure

•   engrave

•   great, grievous

•   high

•   major, material, mortal

•   onerous

•   pensive

•   sad

•   venerable


•   austere

•   bad, bass

•   carve

•   death, deep, demure

•   engrave

•   great, grievous

•   high

•   major, material, mortal

•   onerous

•   pensive

•   sad

•   venerable


•   austerity

•   decorum

•   greatness

•   heaviness

•   weight


•   browse

•   claw, crop, cut

•   feed

•   gall, glance

•   rake

•   score


•   fat


•   ace, almighty, ample

•   bully

•   deep, desperate

•   exceeding

•   formidable, frightful

•   gaping, gross

•   honourable

•   immortal, imperial, incredible, intense

•   massive, master, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, much

•   profound, proud

•   rare, round

•   smashing, splendid, stiff, stunning

•   thumping

•   unlimited

•   world


•   amply, awfully

•   badly, best

•   dearly

•   eminently

•   far

•   large

•   materially

•   profoundly

•   terribly, truly

•   vengeance, very

•   well


•   brilliance

•   dimension

•   excellence

•   immortality

•   prominence

•   quantity


•   lust


•   mercenary

•   predatory

•   thirsty

•   worldly


•   classical


•   beardless

•   field

•   Irish

•   leaf, lush

•   money

•   premature

•   simple

•   unaccustomed, unworldly

•   wet, wide-eyed


•   acknowledge

•   bid

•   cry

•   kiss

•   let in

•   recognize

•   sob

•   weep


•   acknowledgment

•   nod

•   recognition


•   depressed

•   smoky

•   white


•   ache

•   cross

•   lamentation

•   repentance

•   sackcloth and ashes

•   wail, wound


•   axe

•   burden

•   frustration

•   grouse, grudge, grumble

•   provocation

•   score


•   bleed, bruise

•   cut

•   desolate

•   fret

•   heart

•   languish

•   moan

•   prick

•   repine

•   sigh

•   trouble

•   upset


•   bitter

•   fearful

•   great, gross

•   hard, heartbreaking

•   piteous, plaintive

•   rueful

•   sad, sore

•   woeful


•   appalling, austere

•   bad, bleak

•   cheerless

•   dark, deadly, deathly, difficult, dire, dour

•   fearful

•   gaunt

•   lurid

•   macabre, morbid

•   serious, stark

•   threatening

•   unmitigated


•   daub, dust

•   impurity


•   black

•   dingy

•   muddy

•   smoky


•   cram, creak, crumble, crunch, chew

•   drudge

•   grub

•   hammer

•   jar

•   keep at

•   mince

•   plod, plug

•   routine

•   slave, struggle

•   wear, work


•   arrest

•   bite

•   catch, clamp, cling

•   engage

•   fasten

•   grab, grapple

•   hang on, hilt

•   lay

•   nip

•   obsess

•   restraint, retain, ride

•   snap, snatch, squeeze

•   take, traction


•   absorbing

•   consuming

•   interesting

•   obsessive


•   lurid

•   morbid

•   offensive


•   bravery

•   daring

•   gut

•   persistence

•   stamina

•   willpower


•   bold

•   dauntless


•   creak, croak

•   heave, howl

•   jeremiad


•   silly, stupid

•   weather


•   comb


•   crease

•   dig

•   line

•   routine

•   slot


•   animal

•   bawdy, bestial, bring, broad, brute

•   deformed, disgusting

•   earthly, enormous

•   foul, fulsome

•   nasty

•   scurrilous

•   uncivilized, uncouth


•   baroque

•   freak

•   hideous

•   monstrous

•   prodigy


•   bottom

•   contention

•   footing

•   indoctrinate

•   patch, plot, predicate, premiss

•   qualify

•   root

•   score, seat, site


•   gratuitous

•   ill-founded

•   needless

•   untenable

•   wanton


•   bed, bottom

•   framework

•   preliminary

•   research

•   seat


•   array, assembly

•   bloc, brigade, bundle

•   cell, clan, club, contingent

•   denomination, distribute, divide, division

•   ensemble

•   family, flock

•   grade, graduate

•   knot

•   league, lodge, lot, lump

•   mass, mob, movement, muster

•   outfit

•   parcel, place, platoon, pool

•   rank, ring, round up

•   school, sect, social, society, species, squad

•   team, type

•   unit

•   wing


•   croak

•   groan

•   murmur, mutter


•   dust

•   humble

•   ingratiate

•   prostrate


•   accrue, accumulate, amount to, appreciate, augment

•   batten, bloom, blossom, boom, bud

•   deepen, double

•   escalate, evolve

•   form

•   gather

•   rear, rise

•   unfold


•   big

•   full-grown


•   accumulation, appreciation

•   boom, build-up

•   cancer

•   epidemic

•   gain

•   life

•   process


•   dig

•   meat

•   provisions

•   tuck


•   black

•   dusty


•   feud

•   score

•   umbrage


•   uphill


•   creepy

•   dismal

•   frightful

•   lurid

•   monstrous, morbid


•   abrupt

•   boorish, brutal

•   coarse

•   glum

•   morose

•   rugged

•   short


•   croak

•   groan

•   kick

•   roll

•   snarl


•   accredit

•   bail

•   commitment

•   engage

•   finance

•   indemnify, indemnity, insurance

•   pawn

•   see, sponsor, stipulate

•   undertake, underwrite

•   vouch


•   arm, attend, attendant

•   ensure, eye

•   fence

•   garrison, guardian

•   hedge

•   jailer

•   keeper

•   look after

•   muzzle

•   trust


•   armed

•   conservative, constrained

•   inhibited

•   jealous

•   qualified

•   uncommunicative

•   watchful


•   parent, patron

•   saviour

•   tutor

•   watchdog


•   approximation, assume, assumption

•   forecast

•   gauge

•   hit on

•   idea

•   presume, presumption

•   say, shot


•   approximation


•   stranger


•   auspice

•   briefing

•   directions

•   influence, instructions

•   lead

•   schooling, superintendence, supervision

•   training


•   bring, buoy

•   convey, channel

•   drive

•   ease, edify

•   gauge

•   hand, head, herd

•   index, indicator, instructor, itinerary

•   manipulate, marshal

•   navigate

•   pathfinder, pattern

•   refer

•   shape, show

•   take, tutor


•   institute


•   fraud

•   lying

•   subtlety

•   wile


•   crime

•   repentance

•   sin


•   faultless


•   bad

•   fault

•   illicit


•   canyon

•   narrows

•   pit


•   easy

•   impressionable

•   stupid

•   trustful


•   canyon

•   ravine

•   trough


•   breath, breathe

•   down, drink

•   gorge

•   puff


•   bond


•   loaf

•   push

•   sense


•   hatchet man


•   grumble


•   oracle


•   belch, bleed, blurt out

•   course

•   discharge

•   erupt, escape

•   rave

•   sentimentality, surge

•   well


•   breath

•   whiff, wind


•   glow

•   joie de vivre

•   palate

•   spice

•   vigour


•   destroy

•   inside, intestinal

•   unconscious


•   culvert

•   fail, flicker

•   groove, gully


•   harsh


•   beau

•   character

•   effigy

•   punter

•   taunt, tease


•   consume

•   gulp

•   overeat

•   stuff


•   itinerant


•   garments, gear, gown

•   idiosyncrasy

•   kind

•   rig-out, ritual, robe, rut

•   suit

•   trick

•   uniform, use

•   wear


•   edifice

•   mansion

•   presence


•   automatic

•   conventional

•   everyday

•   general

•   mechanical

•   prevalent

•   ritual

•   steady


•   adapt

•   domesticate

•   exercise

•   naturalize


•   client, customer

•   follower

•   patron


•   carve

•   journalist

•   platitudinous

•   reporter

•   trite

•   writer


•   carve

•   journalist

•   platitudinous

•   reporter

•   trite

•   writer


•   conventional, corny

•   musty

•   old, outworn

•   platitudinous, prosaic

•   routine

•   set

•   unimaginative


•   deathly

•   hunted

•   sunken

•   washed out, worn


•   acknowledgment

•   cry

•   fire, flag

•   greeting


•   acknowledgment

•   cry

•   fire, flag

•   greeting


•   bristle

•   coat

•   hair's-breadth

•   pile

•   wool


•   fearful, fearsome

•   horrid

•   sensational


•   footling

•   hypercritical

•   overcritical

•   pedantic, pedantry, pernickety


•   critical

•   dicey

•   parlous, precarious

•   rough

•   sticky


•   clear

•   good


•   all right

•   drag

•   hardy, haul

•   lusty

•   rugged

•   whole


•   ignorant

•   unprepared, unrealistic


•   faint-hearted

•   hesitant

•   irresolute

•   lackadaisical

•   tepid


•   between


•   ass


•   court

•   mansion

•   residence


•   brand

•   feature

•   property


•   delirium, distraction

•   nightmare

•   phantom


•   ring


•   bog down, brake

•   cripple, cut off

•   deadlock, delay, die, discontinue

•   immobilize, interlude

•   jam

•   kill

•   leave off

•   moratorium

•   paralyse, paralysis

•   quit

•   rein, remit, respite

•   short, shut down, stay

•   tackle


•   bog down, brake

•   cripple, cut off

•   deadlock, delay, die, discontinue

•   immobilize, interlude

•   jam

•   kill

•   leave off

•   moratorium

•   paralyse, paralysis

•   quit

•   rein, remit, respite

•   short, shut down, stay

•   tackle


•   broken

•   inarticulate


•   split


•   club

•   hollow

•   lash

•   murder

•   nail

•   pan, pound

•   ram

•   slaughter

•   whip


•   forge


•   clog

•   disappoint

•   interfere

•   keep

•   load

•   manacle

•   prohibit

•   tie


•   applause

•   deal

•   index

•   man, mariner

•   pointer

•   reach

•   side, style

•   touch

•   writing


•   chain


•   leave

•   transmit


•   scattering


•   cramp

•   disable

•   hurdle

•   interfere

•   liability

•   nobble

•   penalize

•   restrain

•   slow

•   weight


•   doing, doings

•   touch

•   work, workmanship


•   butt

•   command, cope

•   deal, drive

•   field

•   govern

•   lever

•   meet

•   name, navigate, negotiate, nickname

•   pilot, ply, process

•   reckon, regulate, ride, run

•   serve, shaft, stand, superintend

•   thumb, title, transact

•   work


•   distribution

•   oversight

•   touch

•   usage, use


•   award

•   bonus, boon, brochure

•   donation

•   endowment

•   gift, grant

•   offering

•   pay, present


•   award

•   bestow

•   confer

•   dish up, dole, donate

•   furnish

•   grant

•   lend

•   pass out, pay, present

•   render


•   cede, commend, commit, concede, cough up

•   delegate

•   entrust

•   give, give up

•   hand

•   refer, render, resign

•   stump up

•   turn in


•   crack


•   clutches, crew

•   labour


•   beautiful, bonny

•   fair

•   goodly

•   lovely

•   prepossessing

•   tasteful, tidy


•   writing


•   by

•   elbow

•   hand

•   portable

•   versatile


•   append

•   festoon

•   hinge

•   paper, pivot, poise

•   set, sling, string

•   trick, turn on


•   associate

•   dawdle

•   hobnob, hover


•   boggle

•   hang

•   lag

•   shrink

•   trail


•   adherent

•   creature

•   satellite

•   toady


•   curtain

•   execution

•   rope


•   depend

•   linger


•   remnant


•   prey


•   fixation


•   twist


•   ache, aspire

•   languish


•   ache, ambition, appetite, aspiration

•   fancy

•   thirsty

•   want


•   contingent

•   fitful

•   hazardous, helter-skelter

•   irregular

•   promiscuous

•   rough-and-tumble

•   scratch


•   arrive

•   be, begin, break, break out

•   come, come up

•   exist

•   fall, fare

•   go, go off, go on

•   intervene

•   overtake

•   pass, pass off, place

•   rise

•   true

•   work out


•   arrival

•   circumstance, contemporary, contingency, current

•   development

•   fact, fashionable

•   latest

•   new

•   progress

•   recent

•   swinging

•   thing

•   up-to-date


•   airily

•   well


•   airiness

•   ease

•   geniality

•   heaven

•   radiance, rapture, rejoicing

•   success

•   transport, triumph

•   warmth, welfare


•   airy

•   beaming, bright, bubbly, buoyant

•   carefree, comfortable, cheery

•   festive

•   gay, genial, gleeful, golden, good, good-humoured

•   halcyon, hilarious

•   jovial

•   mellow, mirthful

•   palmy, providential

•   radiant, rapturous, ready

•   satisfied

•   warm, well, willing, world


•   monologue

•   preach

•   sermon, speak

•   talk


•   afflict

•   bedevil, besiege, bombard, bug

•   disquiet, distract, distress, drive

•   fret

•   gall, goad, grind

•   hair, hector

•   ill-treat, irritate

•   molest

•   nag, needle, nettle

•   oppress

•   pain, ply, pursue, put out

•   rack, ruffle

•   scourge

•   wear


•   beleaguered

•   distracted, drawn

•   hunted

•   irritated

•   nettled

•   oppressed


•   gall


•   accommodate

•   bear, berth

•   dock

•   house


•   adamant, alcoholic, ambitious, austere

•   bang

•   concentrated, crusty

•   demanding, dour

•   extortionate

•   gruelling

•   heartless

•   ill, inexorable, iron

•   leathery

•   manfully, merciless

•   onerous

•   punishing

•   relentless, remorseless, resistant, rocky, rough, rugged

•   smart, stale, stark

•   tall, troublesome, trying

•   uncomfortable, unmerciful


•   callous


•   inveterate


•   coarsen, consolidate

•   dry

•   fix

•   invigorate

•   ossify

•   petrify

•   temper

•   weather


•   callous, confirmed

•   inflexible, insensitive

•   leathery

•   old

•   stiff

•   thick-skinned, tough

•   unfeeling, unregenerate, unrepentant

•   wool


•   common-sense

•   down-to-earth

•   hard-bitten

•   robust


•   cold-hearted

•   remorseless

•   uncharitable


•   bravery

•   tolerance


•   irreconcilable


•   exactly

•   hard

•   ill

•   little

•   rarely


•   care, curse

•   deprivation, despair, disadvantage, discomfort, distress, duress

•   exigency, extremity

•   grief

•   ill

•   ordeal

•   pain, pinch, poverty

•   reverse, rigour

•   sorrow, straits

•   woe


•   functional

•   serviceable


•   active

•   painstaking

•   studious


•   able-bodied

•   brawny

•   fresh

•   manful, masculine, mighty

•   resilient

•   spartan

•   upstanding


•   Jezebel

•   wanton


•   cost

•   disadvantage

•   ill-treatment

•   malign, mistreat, misuse

•   offence

•   pain, prejudice, punish

•   queer

•   spite


•   abusive

•   bad

•   costly

•   disastrous

•   grievous

•   ill, inimical

•   malign, malignant, mischievous

•   pestilential, prejudicial

•   toxic

•   unhealthy, unwholesome

•   wicked


•   edible


•   classical, concurrent, consistent

•   peaceful

•   rhythmic

•   sweet

•   tasteful

•   unanimous

•   well-balanced


•   accommodate, adjust

•   become

•   coincide, concur, conform, consort

•   dovetail

•   eye

•   get along, get on, go, go with

•   heal

•   integrate, iron out

•   mesh

•   rhyme

•   square

•   tone, tune


•   accommodation, accordance

•   communion, composition, concert, chorus

•   form

•   integration

•   keeping

•   order

•   proportion

•   reconciliation

•   solidarity


•   hitch

•   rein, restrain


•   acute, appalling, awful

•   depressing, disquieting

•   fearful, frightful

•   horrid

•   lamentable

•   mournful, murderous

•   pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poignant

•   sad, sore, sorrowful

•   tearful, terrible

•   woeful


•   besiege

•   gnaw

•   hound

•   ill-treat

•   maraud

•   nag

•   oppress

•   pursue


•   acid, acrid, arduous, ascetic, authoritarian

•   bad, biting, blatant

•   callous, cold, cold-hearted, churlish

•   exacting, extortionate, extreme

•   gaunt, gruelling, gruff

•   heartless, heavy, heavy-handed, hoarse, husky

•   ill, inclement, inexorable, intense

•   merciless

•   obdurate, oppressive

•   penetrating

•   raw, remorseless, repressive, rigid, rigorous, rude, rugged

•   savage, scathing, slashing, stark, stiff, stony, strict

•   tactless, tart, terrific, tight, tuneless

•   unmitigated, unsympathetic

•   violent

•   wintry


•   hard


•   acidity, asceticism

•   cruelty

•   discord

•   huskiness

•   inclemency

•   keenness

•   oppression

•   violence


•   cultivate, cut

•   fruit

•   gain

•   haul

•   vintage


•   marijuana, mince

•   patchwork


•   aggravate, aggravation, anger, annoyance, antagonize

•   bait, bedevil, besiege

•   chivvy

•   displease, disquiet, disturb

•   exasperate

•   flurry, fluster, fuss

•   gall, get at, goad

•   hair, harassment, hitch

•   nag, needle, nettle, nuisance

•   persecute, plague, press, pressure, provoke

•   ruffle

•   scramble, stress

•   thorn, tire, torment, tribulation

•   vex, vexation

•   worry


•   dash

•   hasten

•   impatience

•   promptness


•   buck up, bustle

•   forward, further

•   gallop

•   hurry, hustle

•   leap, leg

•   scamper, scramble, stir

•   whisk, wing


•   briefly

•   headfirst, headlong, helter-skelter

•   madly

•   run


•   abrupt

•   blind, brash

•   careless, choleric

•   desperate

•   excitable

•   facile, flying

•   heady

•   incautious, injudicious

•   little

•   momentary

•   precipitous, premature

•   quick

•   rough, rush

•   slapdash, sudden, summary

•   unwary

•   whirlwind


•   brew

•   create

•   engender

•   frame

•   lay

•   make up


•   grudge

•   malevolence, malice

•   spite

•   venom


•   accursed

•   damnable, damned

•   ill, infamous, invidious

•   malevolent, malicious

•   terrible

•   villainous


•   disgust

•   envy

•   horror, hostility

•   loathing

•   malevolence, malice

•   phobia

•   spite, spleen


•   aloof, aristocratic

•   big

•   cavalier

•   distant

•   grand

•   lordly

•   overbearing

•   patronizing

•   superior


•   freight

•   manhandle

•   prize

•   take, trudge


•   attend

•   dog

•   gnaw

•   hang about, home

•   lodge

•   nest

•   prey, pursue

•   retreat, ride

•   stalk


•   unearthly


•   catchy

•   obsessive


•   lead

•   wield


•   berth

•   destination

•   oasis

•   rest


•   debacle

•   ravage


•   cough

•   warmonger


•   adventurous, awkward

•   desperate, doubtful

•   explosive

•   grave

•   hair's-breadth

•   parlous, pestilential

•   speculative

•   tight, treacherous

•   warm


•   blur

•   fumes


•   bleary, blurred

•   filmy

•   imprecise, indefinable

•   light-headed

•   muddy

•   opaque

•   rough

•   sunless

•   undefined

•   woolly


•   addict, article

•   bow

•   foam, forward, froth

•   governor, grand, great

•   hangover, headache

•   major

•   preside, prow

•   spearhead

•   tend, trend, tsar


•   bore

•   pain


•   article

•   clause

•   head

•   tack, tendency, turn


•   abrupt

•   bang

•   hell

•   impatient

•   quick

•   rash

•   sheer, speedy, steep

•   tilt

•   whirlwind


•   tracks


•   adventurous

•   bull-headed

•   desperate

•   hardy

•   pertinacious

•   unreasonable

•   violent

•   wayward


•   advancement


•   full-bodied

•   racy

•   stirring


•   help

•   knit

•   recover, repair


•   cure

•   recovery

•   therapy, treatment


•   bloom

•   pledge

•   toast, trim

•   welfare


•   able-bodied, all right

•   bouncing

•   fiddle, fresh

•   good

•   lusty

•   red, ruddy

•   sanitary

•   thriving, tidy

•   upstanding

•   well-fed, whole


•   aggregate

•   build-up, bunch, bundle

•   drift

•   gathering

•   hill, huddle

•   keep, knot

•   lavish

•   shovel, shower, smother


•   get

•   listen

•   receive


•   consultation

•   session, sitting

•   tribunal


•   circumstantial

•   news


•   base, basis, bosom, bottom, breast

•   focus

•   interior

•   keynote

•   life

•   meat, midst, morale

•   palate, pivot, point

•   recess

•   seat

•   thick


•   deplorable, depressing

•   pathetic, piteous

•   touching

•   woeful


•   cut up

•   inconsolable

•   mournful

•   sorrowful


•   gut

•   passionate

•   real


•   happily, heart

•   well


•   barbarous

•   inhumane

•   ruthless

•   stony

•   unmerciful, unnatural, unsympathetic


•   grievous

•   plaintive

•   sorrowful

•   woeful


•   chat


•   comforting

•   emotional, emotive


•   able-bodied

•   cheerful

•   festive, full-blooded

•   kindly

•   lusty

•   profound

•   rollicking

•   sailor, sturdy


•   feeling, ferment, fire, fluster

•   impatience, inflammation

•   knock

•   lecture

•   pressure

•   temper, toast


•   emotional, emotive

•   hectic, hot, hot-blooded

•   indignant, inflamed

•   warm


•   atheist

•   profane


•   boost

•   catapult, chuck

•   fly

•   haul, hump

•   jack up, jettison

•   labour

•   manhandle

•   put

•   thrash

•   uplift


•   eternity


•   stunning

•   unearthly


•   fatigue

•   greatness

•   inactivity

•   pressure

•   sleepiness


•   airless, arduous

•   beefy

•   close, clumsy, cumbersome, cutthroat

•   dense, desperado

•   fat, filling, full-bodied

•   gangster, great, gross, gunman

•   hatchet man

•   iron

•   laboured, languid, lethargic, lifeless, lumbering

•   mournful

•   oafish, obese, overweight

•   phlegmatic, portentous

•   rich, rotund, ruffian

•   sleepy, stiff, stodgy, stolid, stout, stuffy, sullen

•   taxing, thick, thickset, thug, tough


•   comb


•   busy

•   demonic

•   hurried


•   bludgeon, bulldoze

•   domineer

•   jeer

•   molest

•   pick on

•   swagger


•   beg, bush

•   fudge

•   hurdle

•   palter, pen

•   shuffle

•   wall


•   act on, adhere

•   beware

•   concentration, concern

•   go by, guard

•   hear

•   lend, listen

•   remark

•   see

•   watch


•   alert, awake

•   deliberate

•   thoughtful

•   wakeful, wide-awake


•   absent, absent-minded

•   blind, blithe, brash

•   forgetful

•   giddy

•   happy-go-lucky, hasty, headstrong

•   indifferent, indiscreet

•   loose

•   mindless

•   perfunctory, precipitous, preoccupied, promiscuous

•   regardless, remiss

•   slovenly

•   unaware, unconscious, ungrateful, unguarded, unwary

•   wanton


•   bank

•   dog

•   lean

•   slant


•   bank

•   dog

•   lean

•   slant


•   overweight

•   stalwart


•   crisis

•   day

•   extreme

•   flower

•   gauge

•   head, high

•   level

•   measurement

•   pink, pitch, precipice, prime


•   blow up, boost

•   compound

•   enlarge, escalate, expand

•   gather, grow

•   jazz up

•   swell


•   offspring


•   murder

•   torture


•   dark, demonic

•   murderous

•   satanic


•   accessory, accommodate, accommodation, advantage, asset

•   bail out, blessing, bolster, boost

•   comfort, consolation, contribute, convenience, countenance, cultivate, cultivation

•   domestic

•   encouragement

•   favour, forward, further

•   hint

•   kindness

•   leg, lend

•   office

•   patronage, patronize, pitch in, profit, prompt

•   redress

•   servant, speed, subsidy, sustain

•   tide over

•   value

•   worth


•   accessory, accomplice, adviser, aid

•   follower

•   help

•   patron

•   recruit

•   servant


•   convenient

•   decent

•   expedient

•   good, good-natured

•   handy

•   illuminating, instructive, instrumental

•   kind-hearted, kindly

•   obliging

•   positive

•   salutary, subsidiary

•   thoughtful

•   valuable

•   wholesome, worthwhile


•   advisory, auxiliary

•   instrumental

•   plate

•   slice


•   hamstrung, high, hopeless

•   loss, lost

•   naked

•   palsied, prostrate

•   stranded

•   unarmed


•   haste, hotfoot

•   impetuously

•   rash


•   bind

•   cough

•   girdle


•   accordingly, away

•   consequently

•   elsewhere

•   henceforth, hereafter


•   oppressed


•   apostle, augur, augury

•   knell

•   mean

•   spell

•   usher


•   bunch

•   crew

•   gang

•   pack

•   round up

•   troop


•   future

•   heaven

•   unborn


•   inherent

•   native


•   descent


•   misbelief

•   rebellion

•   sacrilege


•   rebel


•   deviant


•   origin

•   pedigree

•   root


•   ascetic


•   adventurer

•   gallant

•   immortal

•   lion


•   big

•   chivalrous

•   game, great

•   hardy

•   last-ditch

•   manful, manly, martial

•   plucky

•   spartan, splendid, superhuman


•   adventurer

•   toast


•   greatness

•   manliness


•   idolatry


•   daunted, dubious

•   faltering, fearful

•   gingerly

•   ill at ease, inarticulate

•   mind, mistrustful

•   nervous

•   slow

•   tentative

•   undecided


•   dilly-dally

•   fluctuate

•   halt

•   stagger

•   wobble


•   demur, diffidence

•   misgiving

•   pause

•   qualm, query


•   cleave, cut down

•   fell

•   log

•   mine


•   day

•   time


•   interlude

•   jump


•   blind, buried

•   deep

•   furtive

•   impenetrable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, inner, inscrutable, interior, invisible, inward, isolated

•   potential

•   sneaking, solitary, subconscious, supernatural

•   undercover, underground, underlying, unknown, untold

•   withdrawn


•   blanket

•   coat, cover up, curtain

•   enshroud, envelop

•   gloss

•   harbour

•   keep back

•   lie, lurk

•   mantle

•   obstruct

•   shade, shut out, slip, smother

•   thrash


•   blanket

•   coat, cover up, curtain

•   enshroud, envelop

•   gloss

•   harbour

•   keep back

•   lie, lurk

•   mantle

•   obstruct

•   shade, shut out, slip, smother

•   thrash


•   bourgeois

•   conservative

•   puritan

•   sectarian, small-minded


•   fearful, frightful

•   morbid


•   concealment, corner

•   nook

•   refuge


•   ambush

•   concealment

•   rout

•   seclusion


•   apparatus

•   executive

•   order

•   scale


•   illegible

•   undecipherable


•   drugged

•   flushed

•   imperial

•   mountainous

•   off

•   precipitous

•   responsible

•   sublime

•   upper


•   academic

•   learned


•   elevated

•   flowery

•   heroic, high-sounding

•   metaphysical

•   oratorical

•   pompous

•   rhetorical, romantic

•   stilted


•   arrogant

•   imperative

•   lordly

•   magisterial, masterful

•   overweening


•   mountainous


•   centrepiece


•   exceedingly

•   sky


•   conscientious, chivalrous

•   exalted

•   generous, great

•   honest

•   liberal


•   high-pressure

•   strong


•   loud

•   rhetorical


•   airy

•   frisky

•   jaunty


•   airiness, animation

•   cheerfulness

•   effervescence, elation, euphoria, exultation

•   gaiety, gladness

•   happiness

•   life

•   vivacity


•   kidnap


•   jump

•   slog

•   tread, trudge


•   hysterical

•   killing

•   laughable

•   priceless

•   rich, ridiculous


•   comedy

•   gladness

•   joy


•   decline

•   grade


•   elevation, eminence

•   hill

•   rise


•   butt


•   clown, countryman

•   peasant

•   yokel


•   baffle, balk, bar, bind

•   clog, counteract, cramp, cross, curb

•   detain, disappoint, disconcert, discourage

•   filibuster, forbid

•   hedge, help, hind, hold up

•   impair, inhibit, interfere

•   keep

•   limit

•   preclude, prejudice, prohibit

•   resist, restrain

•   save, stay

•   tie, traverse


•   back

•   rear


•   arrest

•   blockade

•   clog, constraint

•   dam, damper, delay, detention, disadvantage, discouragement, disturbance

•   embargo

•   filibuster

•   hurdle

•   inconvenience, inhibition

•   let, liability

•   prevention, preventive

•   resistance, rub

•   stop

•   tie


•   articulate

•   base

•   hang on

•   joint

•   turn on


•   echo, element

•   get at, ghost, gleam, glimmer

•   idea

•   lead, line, little

•   overtone

•   prompting

•   ray, refer

•   shade, shadow, sign, spark

•   tint

•   undercurrent

•   vein, vestige

•   warning, wind


•   emolument, employment

•   pay, payment

•   rate, retain

•   take

•   wage


•   fizz, frizzle

•   sizzle, spit

•   whisper


•   eventful

•   memorable, monumental

•   traditional


•   chronological


•   antecedents

•   background

•   fortune

•   life

•   past


•   assassinate

•   barge into, bat, box

•   crash

•   dawn

•   flick

•   hammer

•   knock about, knockout

•   lash

•   murder

•   overtake

•   peck, poke

•   ram, rub out, run down, run over

•   shoot, slog

•   wing, wound


•   bind

•   fly

•   interruption

•   kink

•   rope, rub

•   setback

•   thumb


•   latterly

•   time


•   backlog, bank

•   collection, conserve

•   gathering

•   husband

•   lay in

•   mine

•   resource

•   stack, stock

•   treasury


•   rusty

•   thick


•   musty


•   artifice

•   do

•   fake

•   gag

•   humbug

•   imposition

•   jest, jockey

•   sham

•   trickery


•   activity, amusement

•   enthusiasm

•   interest

•   pursuit

•   recreation


•   elbow


•   crowd

•   many, mass, mob, multitude

•   people, populace, proletariat, public

•   rabble


•   boost

•   hump

•   jack up

•   pick up

•   uplift


•   absorb, account, argue

•   bite, bowels

•   claim, clip, contend

•   deport

•   enclose, encompass, engross

•   feel, fill

•   gather, grapple

•   handle, hang, harbour

•   insist, intern, involve

•   leash

•   obtain, opinion

•   pin down, poise, possession, predominance, prevalence

•   rein, reserve, restraint

•   save, sit, squeeze, stand

•   tie, transfix

•   wield


•   confine, contain

•   dam, delay, drag

•   fight back, fight down

•   grudge

•   halt, handicap, hang back

•   keep

•   leash

•   mince

•   retain

•   stem, stint, stop

•   wait


•   hook

•   reservoir, rest

•   tenant

•   wallet


•   patter, pontificate


•   suspend

•   withstand


•   hold

•   reach

•   survive


•   shelve, stay


•   carry

•   freeze

•   hamper

•   interrupt

•   obstruct

•   rear

•   slow

•   wash


•   go for


•   bore

•   corner, cranny, crevice

•   dip

•   leak

•   peephole, perforate, plight, pore, prick

•   rut

•   slot, snag, straits

•   tunnel

•   well


•   carnival

•   festive

•   jubilee

•   leisure

•   rest

•   stay


•   pious


•   devotion


•   blank

•   chamber

•   deepen, dip

•   impression

•   lifeless

•   niche

•   pocket, pretentious

•   recess

•   token


•   sacrifice, slaughter


•   ecclesiastic

•   heavenly

•   inviolable

•   seraphic, solemn, spiritual


•   address

•   base

•   civil

•   establishment

•   interior

•   place

•   root


•   country

•   reservation


•   stranded, stray

•   vagabond

•   wandering


•   homely


•   domesticated

•   rustic

•   snug

•   ugly


•   lowly

•   ordinary

•   provincial


•   cutthroat

•   violent


•   cutthroat


•   aboveboard, artless

•   credible

•   downright

•   fair-and-square

•   good

•   heartfelt, hearty

•   incorruptible, innocent

•   level

•   moral

•   pure

•   reasonable, respectable, righteous

•   savoury, serious, simple, sure

•   unaffected, unflattering, unpretentious, unvarnished, upstanding

•   worthy


•   aboveboard

•   conscience

•   directly

•   fairly

•   justly

•   right

•   sincerely, straight

•   true, truly


•   goodness

•   justice

•   righteousness

•   truth


•   voluntary


•   account

•   celebrity, crown, character

•   distinguish

•   ennoble, estimation, exaltation

•   fête, face, faith

•   grace

•   hail

•   incorruptibility

•   laurels, liquidate, look up, lustre

•   memory

•   name, nobility

•   ornament

•   palm, pride, promote, promotion

•   recognize, reward, right

•   salute, solemnize, stick to


•   aboveboard

•   clean, conscientious, chivalrous

•   dignified

•   exemplary

•   gallant, gentlemanly, good

•   incorruptible

•   law-abiding

•   meritorious

•   praiseworthy

•   scrupulous, straight, suspicion

•   wholesome


•   garland


•   beguile

•   double-cross, dust

•   fast

•   humbug

•   jockey

•   take in

•   victimize

•   wool


•   bend, buckle

•   crook, curve

•   hand

•   latch

•   palm


•   barbarian

•   thug


•   blare

•   damn

•   howl

•   roar

•   squawk


•   bob

•   frisk

•   gambol

•   limp


•   ache, aspiration

•   craving

•   hanker, hankering, hunger

•   look

•   possibility, prize, prospect, purpose

•   resort

•   thought

•   wish


•   ambitious, aspirant, aspiring

•   desirous

•   favourable

•   likely

•   possible


•   abject, accursed

•   black, bleak

•   depressing, doomed

•   feckless

•   incorrigible, insurmountable

•   luckless

•   no go

•   unfortunate

•   woeful, wretched


•   army

•   battalion, body

•   cloud, concentration

•   herd

•   jam

•   legion

•   mass, myriad

•   number

•   rabble


•   accursed, atrocious

•   black

•   creepy

•   damnable, dark, dire, dread

•   formidable

•   hateful

•   monstrous, monumental

•   nameless, nefarious

•   odious, outrageous

•   unspeakable


•   abhorrent

•   dire

•   frightful

•   ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome

•   macabre, morbid

•   obnoxious

•   repellent, repugnant

•   ugly, unpalatable, unsightly

•   vile


•   awe

•   creep

•   nauseate

•   scandalize


•   atrocity

•   bugbear

•   distaste

•   enormity, eyesore

•   monstrosity

•   nightmare

•   phobia


•   terrified


•   foolery, fun

•   tomfoolery


•   accommodating

•   free

•   warm


•   kindness


•   battalion

•   cloud, congregation, crowd

•   flock, force

•   mass, mob

•   press


•   battalion

•   cloud, congregation, crowd

•   flock, force

•   mass, mob

•   press


•   aggressive, allergic, antisocial, averse

•   bitter, black

•   chill, chilly

•   destructive, disaffected

•   forbidding

•   hard

•   icy

•   jaundiced

•   malign, malignant, mean

•   opposing

•   repugnant, resistant

•   stony

•   truculent

•   unfavourable, unsociable

•   venomous, virulent


•   battle

•   fight

•   struggle


•   aggression, allergy

•   bitterness

•   conflict, contention

•   disaffection, dislike

•   estrangement

•   feeling, feud, friction

•   gall

•   hate

•   ill feeling

•   meanness

•   rupture

•   spleen, stick

•   tension

•   war


•   angry

•   contraband, choleric

•   eager

•   feverish, flushed, fruity

•   irritable

•   live

•   parching

•   strong

•   tropical


•   balderdash, bunk

•   drivel

•   garbage, gibberish

•   mouth

•   nonsense

•   padding

•   rhetoric, rot, rubbish

•   trash, tripe, trumpery


•   emotional


•   assortment

•   clutter, confusion

•   disarray

•   muddle

•   pastiche, patchwork

•   ragbag


•   fast

•   hell

•   leg

•   madly

•   nimbly

•   promptly

•   rapidly, readily, run, rush

•   sprint, swiftly


•   excitable

•   passionate

•   temperamental

•   violent


•   bait, besiege, bombard

•   chivvy

•   dog

•   follow

•   grind

•   hassle

•   torment

•   whip


•   accommodation, address, attendance, audience

•   congress, council, crowd

•   domestic

•   legislature

•   monastery

•   nunnery

•   pet, place

•   seat, stock


•   establishment

•   familiar

•   residence

•   train


•   holder


•   dump


•   boggle

•   dilly-dally

•   loom

•   stay


•   even


•   bark

•   gale

•   sob


•   gaffe

•   inaccuracy


•   centrepiece

•   midst

•   navel

•   seat


•   bunch

•   concentrate, crush

•   herd, hunch


•   ballyhoo

•   pandemonium


•   caress, crush

•   gather, grapple

•   lock

•   press


•   big

•   cosmic

•   exceeding

•   mighty, monolithic, monster, monstrous

•   overweight

•   ponderous

•   spacious

•   terrific, thumping


•   carcass

•   wreckage


•   hulk


•   bristle

•   reek

•   smell

•   whiff


•   earthly

•   life

•   manual, mundane


•   civilized, cultural

•   human, humanitarian

•   philanthropic


•   liberal

•   unselfish


•   letters


•   heart

•   kindliness

•   society

•   world


•   artless

•   conquer, contrite

•   deflate, downgrade

•   efface

•   ingratiating, inoffensive

•   menial

•   place, puncture

•   retiring, reverent

•   small, snub

•   take down, tame

•   unknown, unobtrusive


•   pharisee, phoney

•   stuff

•   wind


•   bland

•   common

•   dragging

•   menial

•   pedestrian, prosaic

•   tame

•   uninspired

•   workaday


•   close

•   tropical


•   wet


•   break

•   cut down

•   deflate

•   lower

•   place

•   reduce, ridicule

•   score off, small, snub, squash

•   take down

•   wither


•   abject

•   discreditable

•   galling

•   inglorious

•   shameful

•   vile

•   withering


•   abjectness

•   comedown, contempt

•   slap, snub

•   undoing


•   laugh


•   diverting

•   light

•   rich

•   salty


•   baby

•   caprice, content

•   fit, frame

•   grain

•   make

•   nature

•   placate, play, please

•   spirit, state, strain

•   temperament

•   vein


•   bear

•   haul

•   manhandle


•   slump


•   ache

•   die

•   eagerness

•   greed

•   hankering

•   languish

•   motivation

•   pant


•   longing

•   meagre

•   thirsty


•   nugget

•   wad


•   comb, course

•   follow

•   go through, grub

•   persecute, prey, prowl

•   rake


•   bound

•   jump

•   pen

•   vault


•   bowl

•   catapult

•   dart, dash, drive

•   fly

•   pelt, precipitate, put

•   shoot, slam, spin


•   activity

•   bustle

•   whirl


•   abrupt

•   fast, flying

•   precipitous, pushed

•   rapid, restless, rush

•   sudden


•   breeze, bundle

•   fluster, forward, fuss

•   gallop

•   leap, leg

•   pelt, precipitate, press, pressure, push

•   race, rapidity, restlessness, run

•   scamper, scuttle

•   tear

•   weave, whisk, wing


•   abuse, affected

•   batter

•   cost

•   disagree

•   evil

•   ill

•   knock about

•   maim, maltreat, molest

•   offence, outrage

•   pierce, pinch, play up, prejudice, punish

•   resentful, resentment

•   spite, suffer

•   trample, tread

•   wring


•   abrasive, abusive, acid

•   bad, baneful

•   evil

•   grievous

•   ill, inimical

•   malign, malignant

•   sharp

•   traumatic, trenchant

•   withering


•   consort

•   eke out

•   garner

•   man, mate

•   partner

•   reserve, retrench

•   spouse

•   treasure


•   conservation, culture

•   prudence


•   calmness

•   deaden

•   lull

•   muffle

•   pipe down

•   quietness

•   shut up, stifle


•   private

•   undercover


•   pod

•   shell, skin


•   athletic

•   robust

•   stalwart, stout

•   thick


•   activity

•   bundle

•   compel

•   flurry

•   scramble

•   whore


•   cottage

•   lodge


•   alloy

•   mixed


•   antiseptic

•   wholesome


•   boost

•   plug, promote, propaganda, publicize, puff, push


•   rhetoric


•   compelling

•   magnetic

•   sleepy


•   bewitch

•   captivate

•   dazzle

•   enchant, enthral

•   transfix


•   double-dealing

•   humbug

•   pretension


•   double-dealer


•   double, double-dealing

•   pious

•   self-righteous

•   untruthful


•   abstraction

•   concept, conjecture

•   guess

•   idea

•   presumption, presupposition

•   reasoning

•   speculation, surmise

•   theorem


•   abstract

•   doctrinaire

•   ideal

•   nonexistent, notional

•   possible

•   unreal


•   crazy

•   delirious

•   nervous

•   panic-stricken, panicky

•   tempestuous

•   wild


•   gelid


•   frozen

•   gelid

•   polar

•   treacherous

•   wintry


•   apprehension

•   conceit, contention

•   feeling

•   gist

•   hunch

•   image, imagination

•   message

•   premonition

•   reflection

•   sentiment, sound, supposition, surmise

•   theme, thesis, thinking

•   vision

•   wheeze, wrinkle


•   angel

•   cause

•   essential, exalted, exemplary

•   guide

•   heroine

•   metaphysical

•   optimum

•   queen

•   right, ripe

•   vision


•   great

•   high-minded

•   impractical

•   unworldly


•   paper, perfectly, principle


•   even, exact

•   homogeneous

•   individual

•   piece

•   same

•   uniform

•   very


•   badge

•   pass


•   ascertain

•   characterize

•   detect

•   finger

•   know

•   link

•   mark

•   pin down, point out

•   see, stamp

•   tell


•   colours, community

•   equality, equivalence


•   absurdity

•   folly

•   madness

•   nonsense

•   stupidity

•   trumpery


•   argot

•   dialect

•   phraseology

•   speech

•   tongue


•   colloquial


•   attribute

•   difference

•   kink

•   property

•   trait, twist

•   way


•   dolt, dope

•   sap, simple-minded


•   absurd

•   balmy, barmy, brainless

•   demented

•   feeble-minded

•   half-witted

•   mindless

•   silly, simple-minded


•   fallow, free

•   good-for-nothing

•   ill-founded, ineffectual, inert

•   lag, linger

•   maunder, misspent, moon

•   rest

•   shallow, stagnate

•   trifle, trifling

•   unfounded

•   vagabond

•   work


•   disuse

•   emptiness

•   rest


•   effigy

•   lion

•   passion

•   queen

•   star


•   dote on

•   treasure


•   lick

•   set off

•   turn on


•   contemptible

•   dirty

•   infamous

•   menial


•   abjectness

•   baseness

•   degradation

•   scandal


•   bigotry

•   dark, darkness


•   barbarous, blind

•   dark

•   fallible

•   gauche

•   lost

•   philistine

•   raw


•   blink, brush off, bypass

•   disobey, dispense, drop

•   eliminate, exclude

•   laugh off, leave out

•   override

•   pass off, pass up, put aside

•   shoulder, slide, slight


•   catastrophe

•   green

•   invalid

•   low

•   off colour

•   rotten, rough

•   unsound, upset

•   weather


•   inadvisable

•   precipitate, precipitous

•   regrettable

•   stupid

•   unfortunate, unhappy


•   promiscuous


•   edge

•   perturbed

•   restive

•   worried


•   awkward

•   caddish

•   disrespectful

•   gauche

•   indecent

•   low

•   rough

•   ungracious


•   faint, focus

•   general

•   hazy

•   imprecise, indefinite

•   loose


•   malcontent, malicious

•   spiteful


•   contraband, crooked

•   dirty

•   illegitimate

•   unethical

•   wrong


•   unintelligible


•   wrongful


•   accursed

•   disastrous

•   poor

•   tragic


•   tension


•   invalid

•   unsound, unsubstantial


•   bilious

•   cantankerous, crusty

•   glum, gruff

•   ill-tempered


•   wrongful


•   barbarian

•   fool

•   rude

•   uncivilized


•   half-baked

•   imprudent, incautious, indiscreet


•   gauche

•   rough


•   gruff

•   morose

•   peevish

•   sour


•   ill

•   trouble

•   upset


•   disconnected

•   illegitimate

•   paradoxical

•   unconnected, untenable, unthinkable


•   disastrous

•   luckless

•   tragic

•   unsuccessful


•   anger

•   irritation

•   meanness

•   pet


•   angry

•   bilious

•   churlish

•   mean, moody, morose

•   peevish, perverse

•   quarrelsome

•   sour

•   truculent

•   waspish


•   disadvantageous

•   improper, injudicious

•   mistimed

•   premature

•   unhappy, untoward


•   maul, mistreat, molest

•   persecute


•   account for

•   emblazon

•   glorify

•   inform

•   lighten

•   spotlight


•   elucidation


•   appearance

•   bubble

•   dream, dreamland

•   imagination

•   magic, myth

•   phantom

•   show

•   vision


•   airy

•   elusive

•   fancy, fantastic

•   ghostly, groundless

•   imaginary

•   nonexistent

•   shadowy

•   unsubstantial

•   visionary


•   annotate

•   describe

•   epitomize, expound

•   illuminate

•   mark

•   portray

•   represent

•   typify

•   unfold


•   annotation

•   citation, comment

•   drawing

•   exhibit, exponent, exposition

•   light

•   plan

•   representation

•   sample


•   bright

•   conspicuous

•   grand

•   honourable

•   legendary, lofty

•   memorable

•   palatial, proud

•   shining, star

•   well-known


•   disaffection

•   ill feeling

•   spleen


•   copy

•   emblem

•   face, fancy, figure of speech

•   imagination

•   metaphor, mirror, model

•   personification, personify, photograph

•   resemblance

•   shadow, symbol

•   vision


•   earthly


•   airy

•   dreamy

•   fabulous

•   groundless

•   make-believe, mythical

•   notional

•   pretended, psychological

•   romantic


•   conceit

•   dream

•   fantasy, fiction

•   make-believe, mind, myth

•   realization


•   artistic

•   cunning

•   ordinary

•   pregnant

•   resourceful, romantic


•   bargain for

•   compose

•   daydream

•   entertain, expect

•   harbour

•   make believe

•   plot, pretend

•   reckon, regard

•   say, see


•   oaf

•   senile, simpleton


•   dotage

•   folly

•   lunacy


•   learn

•   swill

•   take, tipple


•   act, assume

•   borrow

•   forge

•   parrot, pattern

•   reflect, reproduce

•   sham


•   acting, apology, assumed

•   bogus

•   echo

•   false

•   mimic, model

•   phoney

•   spurious


•   mimic

•   slavish


•   blameless

•   clear, chaste

•   virgin

•   white


•   bodiless

•   footling

•   inadmissible, indifferent

•   point

•   remote

•   same

•   unreal


•   beardless

•   dependent

•   infant, irresponsible

•   little

•   rudimentary

•   silly, small

•   tender

•   wet

•   youthful


•   adolescence

•   childhood

•   tenderness

•   youth


•   abysmal

•   countless

•   interminable

•   myriad

•   prodigious


•   crash

•   intimate

•   prompt

•   snap, speedy

•   unhesitating


•   double

•   instant, instantaneously

•   once, outright

•   quickly

•   shot, straight, straightaway, summarily


•   old


•   big, boundless

•   cosmic

•   fabulous

•   incalculable

•   limitless

•   mighty, monster, mountainous

•   unlimited

•   wide


•   plunge


•   colonist

•   foreigner

•   migrant


•   hand

•   offing

•   pending, prospective

•   wind


•   inactive, inert

•   paralytic


•   inaction, inactivity, inertia

•   paralysis


•   incapacitate

•   numb

•   overpower

•   petrify, pin, pin down, pinion

•   tracks


•   consuming

•   extortionate

•   fanatical, fulsome

•   irregular

•   lavish

•   outrageous, overdone, overweening

•   prodigal, profuse

•   ruinous

•   top


•   impropriety, indecency


•   base

•   criminal

•   decadent, demoralized

•   fallen, fast

•   illicit

•   libertine, loose

•   perverted, promiscuous

•   rotten

•   ungodly, unholy, unscrupulous, unwholesome

•   wanton, wrongful


•   harm

•   impurity

•   misconduct

•   perversion

•   viciousness


•   celestial, classic

•   deity

•   heavenly

•   inextinguishable

•   legendary

•   monumental


•   permanence


•   distinguish

•   embalm


•   changeless

•   determined, die-hard, dogged

•   enduring

•   faithful

•   immobile, impregnable, inexorable, intransigent, iron

•   loyal

•   monolithic

•   obstinate

•   permanent, persistent

•   steady

•   tenacious

•   unalterable, unflinching


•   impervious

•   secure


•   defence, dispensation

•   impunity

•   safety, security


•   bogey

•   mischief, monkey


•   percussion, punch

•   ram

•   splash


•   alloy

•   blemish, break

•   cloud, corrode, cripple

•   deaden, debase, deface, degrade, depress, disable

•   hurt

•   maim

•   prejudice

•   queer

•   shake, shatter

•   wear, wear out


•   affected

•   deficient, depressed

•   lacking

•   perverted

•   rusty


•   bequeath, bode, break, breathe

•   confide

•   extend

•   get across, get over, give out

•   intimate

•   mention

•   provide, publish

•   teach, transmit


•   balanced

•   candid

•   dispassionate

•   even

•   fair-minded

•   honest

•   indifferent

•   judicial

•   nonaligned

•   open


•   candour

•   indifference

•   justice

•   liberality


•   impervious, inaccessible, insuperable, insurmountable


•   draw

•   halt

•   quagmire, quandary


•   ablaze, aflame, amorous

•   burning

•   earnest, emotional, emotive

•   impetuous

•   keen

•   lyrical

•   mad

•   overheated

•   tempestuous

•   zealous


•   ill temper, irritation

•   keenness

•   temperament


•   anxious

•   cross

•   edge

•   feverish, fidgety

•   greedy

•   ill-humoured, ill-tempered, irritated, itching, itchy

•   petulant

•   quick

•   restive

•   short-tempered

•   temperamental

•   uneasy

•   weary


•   incriminate


•   clean

•   finished

•   guiltless

•   infallible

•   polished

•   spotless

•   undefiled

•   white


•   hard up

•   impoverished

•   needy

•   poor


•   bog down

•   cramp, cross

•   detain

•   embargo, encumber

•   halt, handicap

•   inhibit, interfere

•   keep

•   prevent, prohibit

•   restrict

•   stay

•   traverse

•   weight


•   blockade, blockage, bottleneck

•   delay, deterrent, disadvantage, discouragement, disincentive, drawback

•   embargo

•   handicap, hitch, hurdle

•   interruption

•   jump

•   let, liability, limitation

•   prevention, preventive

•   resistance, rub

•   stop

•   wall


•   kit

•   thing


•   activate, animate

•   carry, cast

•   determine, dragoon

•   hound, hustle

•   make

•   necessitate

•   persuade

•   quicken

•   shove, speed, strike

•   thrust


•   close

•   future

•   pending

•   wind


•   adamant

•   close, compact

•   hard

•   impregnable, insoluble, invulnerable

•   monolithic, murky

•   opaque

•   pathless, proof

•   undecipherable


•   binding

•   compelling

•   directive

•   instant, irresistible

•   must

•   necessary

•   prerequisite


•   gentle

•   negligible

•   weak


•   degree

•   little


•   bad, bastard, below

•   cracked

•   dim

•   fallible

•   halfway, halting

•   inadequate, inferior

•   rough

•   unfaithful

•   wanting


•   bug

•   drawback

•   immaturity, inferiority

•   kink

•   twist

•   vice


•   lordly

•   stately


•   adventure

•   compromise

•   queer

•   stake

•   threaten


•   deathless

•   incorruptible, indissoluble, inextinguishable

•   timeless

•   unchanging


•   disinterested

•   institutional

•   mechanical

•   objective


•   assume

•   counterfeit

•   hit off

•   pass, play, pose, pretend


•   acting

•   incarnation

•   portrayal

•   role


•   brass

•   discourtesy

•   flippancy, freedom

•   gall

•   irreverence

•   liberty

•   sauciness


•   audacious

•   brash

•   cool

•   extraneous

•   flippant

•   immaterial, intrusive, irreverent

•   offensive, officious

•   prying, pushing

•   smart


•   dispassionate

•   equable, even, even-tempered

•   philosophical, placid

•   quiet

•   steady


•   incapable, indifferent, insensible

•   proof

•   thick-skinned, tight

•   unaffected


•   desperation

•   eagerness

•   fire, fury

•   glow

•   heat

•   impatience


•   blind, boisterous, brash

•   desperate

•   foolhardy

•   heady, hot, hot-headed

•   impatient

•   warm-blooded, whirlwind, wild


•   hastily

•   spur


•   incitement

•   propulsion

•   reason

•   shot

•   thrust


•   blasphemy

•   heresy


•   adjoin

•   entrench


•   heretical

•   unregenerate


•   naughty

•   playful

•   sly

•   wicked


•   deadly

•   fiendish

•   grim

•   hard

•   iron, irreconcilable

•   mortal

•   obdurate

•   unmerciful

•   vindictive


•   bed, bury

•   entrench, establish

•   insertion

•   lodge

•   teach


•   apply

•   contrivance

•   dispense

•   engine

•   invoke

•   organ

•   thing

•   work


•   doing

•   effect, exercise


•   mix up

•   tangle


•   concerned

•   interested


•   allusion

•   drift

•   hint

•   import, insinuation

•   sense


•   built-in

•   silent

•   virtual


•   oblique

•   silent, subtle

•   understood

•   veiled, virtual


•   appeal, ask

•   cry

•   invoke

•   plead, press

•   urge


•   add up, argue

•   drive at

•   foreshadow

•   get at

•   implicate

•   predicate

•   say, spell


•   abrupt

•   blunt, brutal

•   coarse

•   gruff

•   impertinent, improper

•   short

•   tactless, tasteless, thoughtless

•   vulgar


•   account, amount

•   bring

•   denote

•   effect

•   greatness

•   idea, imply

•   matter

•   pith, point


•   account, acuteness

•   dignity, dimension

•   emphasis

•   grandeur, gravity, greatness

•   magnitude, matter

•   pith, position

•   responsibility

•   seriousness, stress

•   urgency


•   acute

•   big, burning

•   capital, cardinal, considerable, crucial

•   determining

•   emphatic, eventful

•   fateful, fundamental

•   great

•   high

•   key

•   major, memorable, monumental

•   operative, ordinary

•   portentous, predominant, preponderant, pressing, public

•   reckon, responsible

•   special, strategic

•   upper

•   vital


•   high-pressure

•   instant, intrusive

•   obtrusive

•   suppliant


•   administer, assess

•   clamp

•   determine

•   entail

•   force

•   humbug

•   tax

•   visit


•   gallant, grandiose

•   high-sounding

•   lofty

•   magnificent, massive, monolithic

•   noble

•   palatial, princely, proud

•   solemn, splendid, sublime


•   abuse

•   deceit

•   enforcement

•   humbug

•   infliction

•   swindle

•   trick

•   wile


•   impracticality


•   impractical, incredible, insufferable, insurmountable

•   no go

•   out

•   paradoxical

•   question

•   unbelievable, unimaginable


•   humbug

•   phoney

•   swindler


•   ineffectual

•   prostrate


•   bust

•   undo


•   beggarly, broke

•   down and out

•   elbow

•   hard up, heel

•   miserable

•   penniless, poor

•   underprivileged


•   crazy

•   hopeless

•   idealistic

•   unrealistic

•   wild


•   academic

•   doctrinaire, dreamy

•   frivolous

•   half-baked

•   ideal, insane

•   short-sighted

•   theoretical

•   useless


•   impracticability

•   stupidity


•   faulty

•   general

•   lax

•   nebulous

•   undefined, unfaithful


•   defensible

•   fast

•   safe

•   watertight


•   awe

•   dazzle

•   etch

•   get

•   impression, inscribe, instil

•   penetrate

•   recruit, register

•   score, slay

•   weigh


•   air, appearance, apprehension

•   conception

•   depression

•   engraving, etching

•   feel

•   image

•   perception, picture

•   reading, reflection

•   sensation, showing, sound, step

•   view


•   formative

•   plastic, pliable, pliant

•   sentimental

•   tender

•   wide-eyed


•   ambitious, arresting, astonishing, astounding, august, awe-inspiring

•   breathtaking

•   commanding, convincing

•   dramatic

•   effective, emphatic

•   formidable

•   grand, grandiose, great

•   imposing, inspired

•   magnificent, majestic, massive, memorable

•   noble

•   ordinary, outstanding

•   persuasive, potent, prodigious

•   remarkable, royal

•   sensational, solemn, spectacular, splendid, stately, stunning

•   telling, thumping

•   unforgettable


•   dent

•   etching

•   inscribe

•   number


•   cage, commit, convict, coop, crib

•   hold

•   restrain

•   shut, shut up


•   captivity, capture

•   restraint


•   fishy

•   incredible

•   marvellous

•   paradoxical

•   romantic

•   unrealistic, unthinkable


•   candid, cuff

•   improvisation

•   scratch, spur, stopgap


•   amiss

•   broad

•   coarse

•   discreditable

•   gross

•   illegitimate, illicit, inadmissible, inept

•   naughty

•   obscene, order

•   perverse

•   shameless

•   tasteless

•   unacceptable, undignified, undue, unethical, unprofessional, unscrupulous, unworthy

•   wrongful


•   crudity

•   incorrectness, indelicacy

•   liberty, licence

•   misbehaviour, misconduct

•   obscenity


•   appreciate

•   benefit, boost, build

•   civilize, come along, cultivate

•   dress up

•   edify, educate, elaborate, emend, enrich

•   gain, grow

•   heighten, humanize

•   jazz up

•   leaf, lift

•   mellow

•   perfect, profit

•   refine

•   train

•   uplift


•   appreciation

•   boom, boost, breakthrough

•   convalescence, culture

•   education, emendation

•   growth

•   headway

•   pick-up

•   reform

•   uplift


•   device

•   fiction

•   stopgap


•   play

•   rig up

•   think up


•   cuff

•   fictitious

•   impromptu, interim

•   scratch, stopgap


•   crazy

•   extravagant

•   headstrong

•   inadvisable

•   loose

•   mad, misguided, misspent

•   short-sighted, silly

•   tactless, thoughtless

•   unguarded, unwary

•   wild


•   brass

•   disrespect

•   forwardness

•   gall

•   immodesty, irreverence

•   liberty

•   mouth

•   sauce


•   barefaced, brash

•   cool

•   disrespectful

•   familiar, flippant

•   hardy

•   irreverent


•   drift

•   excitement

•   fancy

•   incentive, inducement, instance

•   motivation

•   propulsion

•   spur


•   brash

•   capricious

•   daring

•   fitful

•   giddy

•   headstrong, heady, hot-blooded

•   incautious

•   moody

•   premature

•   quick-tempered

•   sudden

•   unthinking

•   whirlwind


•   indemnity


•   base, bastard

•   insanitary

•   libidinous

•   muddy

•   nasty

•   profane

•   vile


•   nastiness


•   discredit

•   innuendo

•   reflection


•   accuse, attach

•   count

•   lay

•   put down


•   impossibility


•   out-of-the-way


•   carelessness


•   amiss

•   false

•   general

•   improper

•   lax, loose

•   untrue


•   mistakenly

•   wrong


•   lethargy


•   dead

•   extinct

•   fallow

•   heavy

•   inanimate

•   languid

•   quiescent

•   slack, sleepy


•   abeyance

•   depression

•   idleness

•   repose, rest


•   disproportion

•   feebleness

•   impotence, inferiority

•   need, niggardliness


•   bad, beggarly

•   disappointing

•   feeble, flimsy

•   hopeless

•   ineffective, ineffectual

•   lacking, lame, lean, limited, low

•   pale, pathetic, pitiful, poor

•   rotten

•   slender, small, spineless

•   thin

•   unable, unfit, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial

•   wanting, weak, woeful


•   awfully

•   badly

•   half


•   extraneous

•   impossible


•   unawares


•   absurd

•   blank, brainless

•   crazy

•   empty-headed

•   foolish

•   half-baked

•   imbecile, insane

•   light-headed

•   mad, meaningless

•   pointless

•   ridiculous

•   unwise

•   vacant


•   inexpressive

•   motionless


•   extraneous

•   impertinent, impracticable, improper

•   unrelated


•   alien, amiss

•   crazy

•   extraneous

•   ill-advised, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapt, incorrect, inept, inopportune, irregular, irrelevant

•   mistaken

•   silly

•   uncalled-for, undignified, unfortunate, unhappy, unrelated, untoward, unworthy

•   wrong


•   extraneous

•   improper, inadequate, inapplicable, incongruous, irrelevant

•   wrong


•   thick


•   absence, abstraction

•   negligence

•   oversight

•   slight


•   absent, abstracted

•   blind

•   forgetful

•   indifferent

•   listless

•   mindless

•   oblivious

•   perfunctory

•   reckless

•   slack, sloppy, superficial


•   imperceptible

•   noiseless

•   quiet


•   foremost

•   premier


•   build

•   establish

•   found

•   start

•   usher


•   beginning

•   debut

•   establishment

•   foundation

•   inception, introduction

•   origin, outset

•   start


•   evil

•   ill, ill-starred, inopportune

•   threatening

•   unfriendly, untimely


•   constitutional

•   intrinsic

•   mother

•   temperamental


•   congenital

•   hereditary

•   inborn, intrinsic


•   abysmal

•   immeasurable

•   myriad

•   priceless

•   uncertain, unlimited


•   enchantment

•   sorcery

•   witchcraft


•   inefficient


•   account for

•   break

•   damage, debilitate

•   maim

•   nobble

•   sabotage


•   bedridden

•   crippled

•   decrepit, disabled

•   hamstrung

•   impotent, incompetent

•   paralytic, powerless


•   debility, disability

•   incompetence, ineptitude


•   cage

•   shut up


•   epitomize

•   personify, physical

•   realize

•   typify


•   soul


•   foolhardy, foolish


•   foolishly


•   inflammable, instigator

•   troublemaker


•   chafe

•   displease

•   nettle

•   outrage

•   pique

•   sting


•   chafe

•   displease

•   nettle

•   outrage

•   pique

•   sting


•   ablaze

•   livid

•   nettled

•   raging, resentful


•   bribe

•   cause

•   instigation

•   reason


•   conception, creation

•   first

•   genesis

•   infancy

•   opening

•   threshold


•   chronic

•   frequent

•   insistent

•   perennial

•   running

•   steady

•   untiring


•   away

•   ever

•   forever

•   night and day


•   affair

•   contingency

•   development

•   experience

•   page, phenomenon

•   thing


•   adventitious

•   circumstantial

•   extraneous

•   indirect

•   point

•   side

•   trivial


•   apropos

•   passing

•   way


•   burn


•   budding

•   initial


•   cut

•   gash

•   scratch


•   mark

•   penetration

•   stab


•   corrosive, crisp

•   decisive, devastating

•   peppery, pointed, pungent

•   terse


•   edge


•   abet, actuate, agitate, arouse, awake, awaken

•   cause, court, cheer

•   engender, enrage, exhort

•   ferment, fire, fuel

•   induce, influence

•   kindle

•   move

•   persuade, pick, push, put up

•   quicken

•   raise

•   stir

•   whet, whip, work up


•   awakening

•   excitement, exhortation

•   fuel

•   instance, invitation


•   impertinence, insolence

•   misbehaviour


•   cold


•   blustery

•   cold

•   fierce

•   windy


•   affinity, appetite, aptness

•   current

•   discretion

•   feeling

•   genius, grain

•   heart

•   impulse

•   love

•   mind

•   notion

•   pleasure, posture

•   readiness

•   trend

•   weakness, will, willingness


•   attract

•   bank

•   decline, descend, determine, dispose

•   fall

•   go, gravitate

•   hang, hill

•   inclination

•   lead, list

•   pitch, prevail

•   swerve

•   trend


•   addicted

•   bent

•   game

•   mood

•   oblique

•   prepared, prepossessed

•   ready

•   slanting, sloping, susceptible


•   consist

•   enclose

•   get in

•   have

•   implicate, imply

•   let in

•   number


•   also, and

•   well


•   belonging

•   embodiment


•   broad

•   expansive

•   generic

•   panoramic

•   wide


•   anonymous

•   nameless

•   pseudonym

•   secret


•   distraction


•   delirious

•   fragmentary

•   incongruous


•   endowment

•   gain

•   makings

•   receipt, remuneration, return

•   taking

•   yield


•   inward


•   alone

•   exquisite

•   pre-eminent, priceless

•   rare

•   surpassing

•   uncommon, unique, unsurpassed


•   far

•   pre-eminently


•   antipathy

•   disagreement, discord

•   friction


•   alien

•   opposed, opposing

•   pole

•   repugnant

•   unlike


•   disqualification

•   feebleness

•   impotence, inefficiency

•   maladministration


•   artless

•   failure, feckless, feeble

•   helpless, hopeless

•   impotent, inadequate, inadmissible, inapt, inefficient, ineligible

•   unprofessional, unqualified

•   washout


•   half, halfway

•   inadequate, interrupted

•   poor, premature

•   rough

•   scrappy, sketchy

•   unprepared


•   abstruse

•   inarticulate, inexplicable

•   unaccountable, undecipherable


•   fabulous

•   question

•   undreamed of, unspeakable


•   doubtful

•   illogical

•   weak


•   absurdity, anomaly

•   contradiction

•   disagreement

•   impropriety, irony

•   oddity

•   solecism


•   alien, anomalous

•   foreign

•   grotesque

•   ill-assorted, impertinent, ironic, irreconcilable

•   ludicrous

•   senseless, step

•   wrong


•   few

•   immaterial

•   little

•   minute

•   nominal

•   paltry

•   remote

•   slender


•   blind

•   headlong, heady, heavy-handed, high-handed

•   imprudent, incautious, injudicious

•   regardless, rough

•   thankless


•   anomaly, arbitrariness

•   contradiction

•   deviation

•   exception

•   fallacy

•   gap

•   hole


•   anomalous, arbitrary

•   confusing

•   different

•   exceptional

•   illogical

•   mutable

•   opposite

•   paradoxical

•   repugnant

•   senseless

•   temperamental

•   unreasonable

•   varying


•   comfortless

•   desperate, disconsolate

•   prostrate


•   concealed

•   invisible

•   obscure


•   evident

•   unanswerable, unassailable, undisputed


•   intemperate

•   libidinous


•   clear, convincing

•   demonstrable

•   evident

•   final

•   hard and fast

•   peremptory

•   self-evident

•   unanswerable, unassailable, undisputed, undoubted, unequivocal

•   watertight


•   encumber, encumbrance

•   headache

•   liability

•   snag

•   try


•   ill-timed, impracticable

•   mistimed

•   untoward


•   affiliate

•   centralize, consist, contain, cover

•   digest

•   enclose, encompass

•   involve

•   let in

•   weave


•   amiss

•   bad

•   illegitimate, illogical

•   perverse


•   rebellious

•   scoundrel, shameless

•   unrepentant

•   wayward, wicked


•   immortality, innocence

•   nobility

•   rectitude

•   virtue


•   conscientious

•   deathless

•   immortal, indestructible, indissoluble

•   moral

•   upstanding

•   virtuous


•   abound, accrue, accumulate, accumulation, aggravate, aggravation, appreciate, appreciation

•   batten, boom, branch out, broaden, build, build-up, bulge

•   deepen, distend, double

•   eke out, elevate, evolution, evolve

•   fan, flourish

•   gather, get up

•   heap

•   improve, improvement, inflame, inflation

•   jack up, jump

•   leap, lengthen

•   magnification, mushroom

•   progress, propagate, propagation

•   reinforce, reinforcement, reproduction

•   speed up

•   thrive, turn up

•   whet


•   fabulous, fantastic

•   miraculous

•   ridiculous

•   surprising

•   tall, tremendous

•   uncanny, undreamed of, unhoped-for, unlikely

•   world


•   surprise


•   surprised


•   boost

•   jump

•   rise


•   embroil

•   inform

•   tax


•   holder

•   occupant

•   parson


•   catch

•   liable

•   merit


•   chronic

•   irreparable, irreversible


•   appreciative

•   obligation

•   thankful


•   dirt

•   filth

•   nastiness


•   bawdy, broad

•   fruity

•   immoral

•   nasty

•   obscene

•   racy, rank, ribald

•   scurrilous, shameful, shameless, suggestive

•   unmentionable


•   cramped

•   enigmatic

•   hieroglyphic

•   insoluble

•   undecipherable, unfathomable


•   suspense


•   borderline

•   feeble

•   infirm

•   mixed

•   weak


•   exactly

•   fact

•   much


•   blameworthy

•   monumental

•   unwarranted


•   elusive


•   abstract

•   borderline

•   dubious

•   fluid

•   hazy

•   indecisive

•   lax

•   nebulous, noncommittal

•   several

•   tentative

•   undecided

•   woolly


•   entrenched

•   haunting


•   impoliteness


•   bawdy, broad

•   crass

•   fruity

•   ill-bred, impolite, impure, inconsiderate

•   racy, rough

•   tactless


•   amends

•   cover

•   damage


•   carve

•   impress

•   pit

•   rut


•   individualism

•   licence

•   manliness


•   apart

•   external

•   individualist

•   private

•   strong-minded

•   unattached


•   apart

•   own

•   personally


•   nameless

•   unimaginable, unspeakable, untold

•   world


•   adamant

•   eternal

•   impregnable, inextinguishable, invincible, invulnerable

•   timeless

•   undying


•   ambiguous

•   borderline

•   doubtful, dubious

•   equivocal

•   indecisive, indistinct

•   nebulous, neutral, nondescript

•   shapeless

•   wide-open


•   catalogue

•   docket

•   list

•   roll

•   table, tabulate


•   add up, adumbrate, argue

•   characterize

•   demonstrate, direct, drive at

•   evidence, exhibit

•   finger, flag, forebode, foreshadow

•   gesticulate, gesture, give

•   herald, hint

•   insinuate, intimate

•   mean

•   nod, note

•   point, portend, predicate, proclaim, promise

•   reflect

•   sign, signal, spell, stand for

•   tick

•   wave


•   adumbration, attribute, auspice

•   designation, directions

•   exponent, expression

•   forerunner

•   gesture

•   hallmark, herald

•   lead, line

•   mention

•   nod

•   ray

•   sample

•   testimony, token, trace

•   vestige


•   demonstrative

•   expressive

•   operative

•   typical


•   arrow

•   key


•   alienation

•   disdain

•   insensibility

•   lethargy

•   mediocrity

•   neglect

•   slight, stoicism


•   blasé, blind, blithe

•   casual, cold-hearted

•   dead, deaf, disenchanted, disillusioned, dull

•   half-hearted, hardhearted

•   icy, inferior, insensible, insensitive

•   lackadaisical, languid, lethargic, listless, lukewarm

•   negligent, nonchalant

•   phlegmatic, promiscuous

•   remiss, remote

•   second class, stoical, stony

•   tepid, third-rate, tolerable

•   unemotional, unenthusiastic, unmindful, untouched

•   weary


•   dirty, dudgeon

•   impatient


•   displeasure, dudgeon

•   ill feeling, irritation

•   offence, outrage

•   passion


•   blasphemy

•   offence

•   provocation


•   circumstantial

•   distant

•   evasive

•   implied

•   left-handed

•   side, sidelong, subtle

•   virtual


•   askance


•   impenetrable


•   brash

•   careless

•   fond

•   precipitate

•   stupid

•   tasteless, thoughtless

•   unguarded, unwary


•   blunder

•   carelessness

•   fault

•   lapse

•   peccadillo

•   stupidity

•   trip


•   blind

•   disorderly

•   mass


•   basic

•   essence

•   fundamental

•   integral, irreplaceable

•   material

•   prerequisite


•   incapacitated

•   sickly, slow

•   weather


•   complaint

•   disease

•   ill

•   malady

•   upset


•   actual

•   decided

•   hard

•   obvious

•   patent

•   unanswerable, undisputed, undoubted, unmistakable


•   cloudy

•   dark, distant, dull

•   faded, focus, foggy

•   grey

•   inarticulate, inaudible, indefinable

•   light, loose

•   muddy

•   nebulous, neutral

•   thick

•   uncertain, undecipherable

•   woolly


•   indecipherable, indistinct

•   neutral

•   same


•   certain, chap

•   different

•   entity, especial

•   fellow

•   human

•   life

•   only

•   private

•   sole, specimen

•   unconventional


•   laissez faire


•   distinctness

•   identity

•   psyche


•   apiece

•   each


•   educate


•   education


•   heavy


•   courageous

•   dauntless

•   fearless, formidable

•   iron

•   manful, mighty

•   stalwart

•   valiant


•   actual, apparent, assured, axiomatic

•   demonstrable

•   unequivocal


•   attract

•   breed, bring

•   determine, dispose

•   evoke

•   incur

•   kindle

•   lead

•   make, motivate

•   palm, predispose, prevail, provoke, put

•   sway

•   urge

•   win


•   bribe, bribery

•   decoy

•   ground

•   invitation

•   motivation

•   occasion

•   persuasion, provocation

•   reason

•   temptation


•   content

•   drink

•   excuse

•   feast

•   mother

•   oblige

•   please

•   rein, revel

•   tipple, tolerate


•   absolution

•   concession, charity

•   dispensation, dissipation

•   enjoyment

•   fling

•   grace

•   latitude, licence

•   mildness

•   orgy

•   pardon

•   remission

•   toleration


•   broad-minded

•   compassionate, charitable

•   doting

•   easy

•   fatherly

•   gracious

•   patient

•   soft, softhearted


•   businessman


•   ambitious

•   intent

•   painstaking


•   busily


•   exertion

•   pains

•   work


•   fuddled

•   weather


•   empty

•   incapable, inoperative

•   powerless

•   spineless

•   unfit, unsuccessful

•   void


•   effete

•   feckless

•   hopeless

•   inoperative

•   null

•   pointless

•   unable

•   void

•   wet, worthless


•   impotence

•   maladministration


•   ineffective

•   unprofessional


•   unworthy


•   artless

•   brainless

•   heavy-handed

•   ill-timed, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient

•   tactless, thumb

•   uncoordinated, unhappy, useless


•   inability

•   stupidity


•   injustice


•   foul

•   unbalanced


•   fallow

•   heavy

•   insensible

•   lackadaisical, languid, lethargic, listless

•   stationary


•   doldrums

•   inaction, insensibility


•   automatic

•   irresistible

•   necessary

•   pervasive

•   self-evident


•   infinite

•   price


•   automatic

•   fatal, fated

•   irresistible

•   unchangeable


•   inexorably, invariably


•   blameworthy

•   unwarranted


•   immeasurable

•   plentiful


•   certain

•   inevitable, irreconcilable, irresistible

•   necessary

•   ruthless

•   stiff, stony

•   unavoidable, uncompromising


•   finally

•   necessarily

•   surely


•   economic

•   low


•   immaturity, innocence

•   naiveté

•   tenderness


•   beardless

•   ignorant

•   juvenile

•   strange

•   tender

•   unprofessional, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unworldly

•   wet

•   youthful


•   green

•   heavy-handed

•   inapt, incapable, incompetent, inefficient

•   lay


•   impenetrable

•   miraculous

•   perplexing, puzzling


•   nameless

•   untold


•   fishy


•   absoluteness


•   absolute


•   cursed

•   damned, dark, despicable, discreditable

•   flagrant, foul

•   inglorious

•   scurrilous

•   vicious


•   childhood


•   juvenile

•   kid

•   little

•   nestling, nipper

•   original


•   juvenile


•   craze

•   enamour


•   crazy

•   love

•   mad

•   stuck


•   craze

•   dotage

•   intoxication

•   love


•   invade


•   bug

•   canker

•   disease

•   impurity

•   pest, plague

•   taint


•   taking


•   assume

•   divine, draw

•   fancy

•   imagine

•   reason

•   suppose


•   construction

•   implication


•   base, bastard, below

•   common, cheap

•   deficient, disappointing

•   hopeless

•   lowly

•   nether

•   one-horse, ordinary

•   par, petty, puny

•   rotten

•   second, second class, subject

•   third-rate, trashy

•   wanting, wretched


•   atrocious

•   cursed

•   dark

•   nefarious


•   desert

•   effete

•   lean

•   meagre

•   poor


•   poverty


•   abound


•   insanitary


•   get in

•   insinuate


•   abysmal

•   cosmic, countless

•   endless

•   incalculable, innumerable

•   plentiful

•   undying, unlimited


•   imperceptible, invisible

•   little


•   anaemic

•   disabled

•   fragile

•   helpless

•   ill, impotent, invalid

•   powerless

•   sickly

•   unhealthy, unsteady


•   condition

•   delicacy, disability, disease

•   ill, illness, impotence


•   craze, chafe

•   embolden

•   ferment, fuel

•   incite, irritate

•   light

•   pain

•   sting, stir

•   work up


•   aflame

•   enraged

•   feverish

•   impassioned, infatuated

•   overheated

•   painful, puffy

•   tender


•   eruption

•   swelling


•   rousing

•   subversive


•   appreciate, augment

•   fill

•   jack up

•   magnify

•   pad, puff, pump

•   raise

•   stretch


•   big

•   distended

•   elevated, exalted, extortionate

•   heroic, high-flown

•   pompous, pretentious, puffy

•   stilted

•   vain


•   appreciation, augmentation

•   exaggeration

•   magnification


•   accent

•   diction

•   pronunciation

•   tone


•   austerity

•   firmness

•   implacability

•   orthodoxy

•   rigour

•   tenacity


•   austere

•   bull-headed

•   die-hard, doctrinaire, dour

•   hardline

•   invariable, irreconcilable

•   opinionated

•   pertinacious, pig-headed, precise

•   stern

•   tenacious, tight, tough

•   unmoved

•   wilful, wooden, wool


•   bring

•   canker

•   dish out

•   perpetrate, put


•   nuisance

•   scourge


•   act on, action, actuate, auspice

•   bend, bring, budge

•   carry

•   determine, draw

•   effectiveness, efficacy

•   factor, fix, force

•   get, get at, govern, grip

•   hand, hit

•   impact, impinge, impression, impulse, inducement, infect, inspiration, inspire, interest

•   jurisdiction

•   lead, leadership, leaven, lobby

•   manage, mark, motive, mould

•   nobble

•   occasion, operation, orbit, overrule

•   palm, possess, prejudice, prevail, prompting, purchase, push

•   reach, reign

•   say

•   tamper, tend, tint, touch, turn

•   win


•   ascendant

•   big

•   cogent, considerable

•   deciding, decisive, dominant

•   formative

•   high

•   operative

•   prevailing

•   reckon


•   draught


•   advertise, alert

•   break, brief

•   edify, educate

•   fill in

•   ground

•   post, prime

•   spill

•   talk, turn on

•   warn, wise


•   accessible

•   breezy

•   candid, chatty

•   everyday

•   free

•   homelike, homely

•   intimate

•   offhand, outgoing

•   unconventional, uninhibited

•   vernacular


•   accessibility

•   freedom


•   briefing

•   communication

•   enlightenment

•   file

•   instructions

•   learning, line, literature

•   notification

•   observation

•   pointer, propaganda

•   testimony, tip


•   educative


•   aware

•   educated

•   judicious

•   literate

•   wise


•   blabber

•   traitor


•   few

•   scarce


•   barge in

•   entrench

•   impinge, invade

•   plagiarize, poach

•   trample, tread


•   encroachment

•   intrusion, invasion

•   misdemeanour

•   piracy

•   wrong


•   hackles

•   inflame

•   outrage

•   sting

•   wall


•   acute, apt, artful

•   cunning

•   discerning

•   elegant

•   gifted

•   imaginative

•   politic

•   quaint

•   smart

•   witty


•   acumen, acuteness, address, art, artifice

•   craft, creativity, cunning

•   dexterity

•   imagination, invention

•   know-how

•   resource

•   wit, wits


•   green

•   impressionable

•   natural

•   unaffected, unsuspecting

•   wide-eyed


•   freedom

•   naiveté


•   insinuate

•   jockey


•   deferential

•   fulsome

•   greasy

•   insinuation

•   smooth, submissive


•   be

•   settle


•   local

•   national


•   draw

•   puff

•   sniff

•   take

•   whiff


•   built-in

•   component, constitutional

•   implicit, implied

•   potential

•   temperamental

•   unconscious


•   accede

•   get

•   succeed


•   dower

•   heredity

•   succession


•   cramp

•   damp

•   freeze

•   govern

•   hold back

•   interfere

•   keep

•   manacle

•   preclude

•   repress, restrict

•   strangle

•   throttle


•   pent-up


•   arrest

•   constraint

•   repression

•   suppression


•   cold, churlish

•   rigorous


•   atrocious

•   beastly, bloodthirsty

•   cold-hearted

•   hardhearted, hellish

•   impersonal

•   monstrous

•   oppressive, outrageous

•   sadistic, satanic

•   tyrannical

•   unkind, unnatural

•   villainous


•   merciless

•   remorseless


•   barbarity

•   ferocity

•   outrage

•   savagery


•   averse

•   detrimental

•   ill

•   malignant

•   opposite

•   prejudicial

•   untoward

•   warlike


•   uncommon


•   black, blameworthy

•   foul

•   guilty

•   ill, impious

•   outrageous

•   profligate

•   satanic

•   unholy

•   wrong


•   corruption

•   depravity

•   guilt

•   harm

•   immorality, impiety

•   transgression, trespass

•   vice, villainy


•   elementary

•   foremost

•   infant

•   maiden

•   original

•   preliminary, premier

•   rudimentary

•   sign

•   underwrite


•   activate, admit

•   baptize, break in, build

•   create

•   dawn

•   effect, embark, erect

•   generate, ground

•   instigate, invoke

•   pervert

•   recruit

•   set up, spearhead

•   turn on

•   usher


•   baptism, beginning

•   conception

•   entry

•   institution

•   opening

•   preliminary, probation

•   start


•   gumption


•   breathe

•   dope

•   insinuate

•   pump


•   insinuation


•   blind

•   inadvisable, irrational

•   misguided

•   short-sighted

•   tactless, thoughtless

•   unhappy


•   advice

•   behest, bidding

•   caution, charge

•   directive

•   edict

•   prohibition


•   batter, bruise

•   cost, cut up

•   deform, degrade, deteriorate, disfigure

•   grieve

•   ill-treat, insult

•   maim, malign, mistreat, misuse, molest, mutilate

•   outrage

•   pain, persecute, prejudice, punish

•   queer

•   spite, stab, strain

•   tread


•   affected, aggrieved

•   battered

•   laid up

•   pained


•   affront, aggression

•   bruise

•   cost

•   defacement, disadvantage, disfigurement

•   ill-treatment, indignity

•   loss

•   misuse

•   offence, oppression, outrage

•   provocation

•   scar, score, strain

•   trespass


•   abuse

•   bigotry

•   disservice

•   grievance

•   injury

•   offence

•   score


•   feeling

•   gleam, glimmer

•   hunch

•   seed

•   wind


•   home


•   arm

•   entry, estuary

•   mouth


•   inward


•   gut

•   mother

•   radical

•   temperamental

•   unconquerable, unconscious


•   subconscious


•   honour


•   angelic

•   babe

•   clean, cherubic

•   green

•   irreproachable

•   moral, mug

•   trustful

•   unsophisticated, unspoiled, unsuspecting, unwitting

•   victim, virtuous

•   wet, white, wholesome, wide-eyed


•   discovery

•   feature

•   originality

•   revolution


•   allusion

•   detraction, double entendre

•   slur


•   uncounted


•   dead, defunct, dormant, dud

•   inactive

•   null

•   off, order

•   void


•   adverse, awkward

•   disadvantageous

•   improper

•   premature

•   untoward


•   expensive, extortionate, extreme

•   fulsome

•   great

•   irregular

•   overdone

•   prodigious

•   redundant

•   top

•   violent


•   enquiry


•   apply

•   demand

•   interrogate

•   seek

•   wonder


•   analytic

•   interrogative


•   application

•   demand

•   hearing

•   inquisition

•   pursuit


•   interrogation


•   analytic

•   busy

•   interrogative, itching

•   officious


•   assault, attack

•   penetration

•   toll


•   balmy, berserk, beside

•   delirious, distracted

•   psychotic

•   raving

•   twist

•   unbalanced


•   distraction

•   idiocy, irrationality

•   mania


•   avid

•   devouring


•   incise

•   line

•   make out

•   put down

•   sign, stamp


•   address

•   etching

•   title


•   inexpressive

•   mystic

•   unaccountable


•   diffident

•   infirm

•   naked

•   self-conscious

•   uneasy, unsettled


•   diffidence

•   jeopardy

•   suspense


•   coma

•   oblivion


•   comatose

•   lifeless

•   numb


•   blind, brutal

•   cold-hearted

•   dull

•   gauche, gross

•   hardhearted, heavy-handed

•   ignorant, inconsiderate

•   numb

•   thick, thoughtless

•   uncharitable, unkind, unsympathetic, unthinking


•   built-in

•   invincible

•   thick


•   bed, book

•   enclose

•   foist

•   get in, graft

•   include, inject, insertion, interpolation

•   plant, pop

•   slot, stick, supplement

•   tuck


•   injection


•   filling

•   imprisoned, inwardly

•   jail

•   middle

•   privileged

•   wrong


•   deep, devious

•   loaded


•   acuteness, astuteness

•   cognition

•   depth, discrimination

•   enlightenment

•   illumination, imagination, inspiration

•   keenness

•   sensibility

•   wisdom, wit


•   arms

•   device

•   panoply

•   seal


•   feebleness

•   indifference, inferiority

•   meanness, mediocrity

•   nothingness

•   obscurity


•   feeble, fiddling, footling

•   humble

•   idle, inconspicuous, indifferent, infinitesimal

•   light, lightweight, little, low

•   marginal, mean, mediocre

•   niggling, nominal

•   piddling, pitiful, poor, puny

•   slight, small

•   tiny

•   unexceptional

•   venial

•   worthless


•   affected, artificial

•   canting

•   double

•   empty

•   forced, fulsome

•   glib

•   unnatural, unreal


•   affectation

•   cant, claptrap

•   deception

•   emptiness


•   creep

•   drive at

•   foist

•   jockey

•   whisper


•   detraction

•   imputation, intimation

•   whisper


•   boring

•   dead

•   mawkish, milk-and-water

•   namby-pamby


•   platitude


•   protest


•   enforcement, expectation

•   instance


•   adamant, assertive

•   bent

•   doctrinaire

•   high-pressure

•   imperative


•   arrogance

•   brass

•   defiance, discourtesy

•   impoliteness, insult

•   liberty, lip

•   mouth

•   nerve

•   presumption

•   sauciness, side


•   arrogant, audacious

•   barefaced, brash

•   cavalier, cheeky

•   defiant, discourteous, disdainful, disrespectful

•   ill-mannered, impolite

•   offensive, overweening

•   presumptuous

•   scornful, shameless, supercilious


•   impossible

•   unanswerable


•   poverty


•   debtor, destitute

•   impecunious

•   pauper

•   red


•   restlessness


•   assay

•   canvass, contemplate

•   dissect

•   enquire, explore, eye

•   frisk

•   go over

•   inquire

•   look, look into

•   overhaul

•   patrol, peer, peruse

•   reconnoitre, review

•   sample, see over, sound

•   traverse, try, try out

•   visit


•   assay

•   contemplation

•   dissection

•   enquiry, exploration

•   look

•   observation, overhaul, oversight

•   perusal

•   reading, reconnaissance

•   study

•   try

•   view, visitation

•   watch


•   watchdog


•   guide

•   imagination, invention

•   leaven

•   motivation, motive

•   soul


•   actuate

•   boost, breathe

•   draw

•   exalt

•   fire

•   impel, impress, inform

•   kindle

•   leaven, lighten

•   motivate, move

•   occasion

•   prompt, provoke

•   spark

•   touch

•   uplift


•   creative

•   fire, flushed

•   imaginative, impassioned, inventive

•   lyrical

•   ordinary

•   uncanny


•   inconsistency

•   neurosis

•   turbulence


•   appoint

•   create

•   entrench

•   make, mount

•   quarter

•   seat, set, site, stick


•   appointment

•   footing

•   initiation


•   deposit

•   installation, issue

•   payment


•   document

•   exemplify

•   illustrate, itemize

•   manifestation

•   piece, point

•   sample, specimen


•   bit, breath

•   minute

•   present

•   snap

•   unhesitating

•   wink


•   prompt

•   unhesitating


•   directly

•   outright


•   instant

•   once, outright

•   promptly

•   quickly

•   straight, straightaway


•   animate, arouse

•   begin

•   engender, excite

•   goad

•   induce

•   launch

•   motivate

•   pick, pioneer, put up

•   raise

•   stir

•   whip, work up


•   excitement

•   instance

•   motivation

•   provocation


•   architect

•   prompter


•   breathe

•   charge

•   din, drum

•   inject, inspire

•   teach


•   brute

•   gut

•   impulsive, inspired

•   subjective

•   unconscious, uninhibited


•   blindly

•   spontaneously


•   build

•   erect, establishment

•   father, frame

•   impose, inaugurate

•   plant


•   build

•   erect, establishment

•   father, frame

•   impose, inaugurate

•   plant


•   asylum

•   inauguration


•   breed

•   din

•   edify

•   familiarize, form

•   hammer

•   illuminate, indoctrinate, initiate

•   nurture

•   require

•   show

•   wish


•   advice

•   behest, bidding

•   charge

•   dispatch, drill

•   illumination, indoctrination

•   knowledge

•   lecture, lesson

•   notice, nurture

•   precept, prescription

•   supervision


•   briefing

•   do

•   guide

•   manual

•   pattern

•   recipe, remit


•   educative


•   schoolteacher


•   arrange

•   creature

•   deed, document

•   engine

•   invention

•   lackey

•   machine

•   paper

•   thing

•   voice


•   insolent

•   lawless

•   rebel

•   troublesome

•   wayward


•   insolence

•   misbehaviour


•   end, excruciating

•   frightful

•   objectionable, obnoxious


•   defective, disappointing

•   feeble, few

•   incomplete

•   lame, limited, little

•   niggardly

•   poor

•   scanty, scarce, slender, small

•   thin

•   unequal, unsatisfactory


•   sectarian


•   antagonize

•   barb, bruise

•   crack, cut

•   deride, dig, discourtesy, dishonour

•   flout

•   mock

•   provocation, provoke

•   slang, slap, slur

•   taunt

•   wound


•   cheeky

•   defamatory, derisory, disrespectful

•   mocking

•   personal, provocative

•   scornful


•   unacceptable, unthinkable


•   precaution


•   hedge

•   secure


•   anarchist

•   incendiary, inflammatory

•   lawless


•   insubordination


•   flawless, full

•   integral, inviolate

•   maiden

•   safe

•   unspoiled


•   built-in

•   total


•   coordinate

•   federate

•   orchestrate


•   coalition

•   embodiment

•   synthesis


•   credibility, character

•   equity

•   fidelity

•   justice

•   merit, morality, morals

•   nobility

•   perfection

•   right

•   truth


•   apprehension

•   head

•   mastermind, mentality

•   parts

•   soul

•   wit


•   abstract

•   brain, brilliant

•   exalted

•   ideal, intellect

•   learned

•   metaphysical, mind

•   psychological

•   scholar


•   apprehension, aptness, astuteness

•   cognition, communication

•   espionage

•   faculties

•   guidance

•   head

•   judgment

•   lowdown

•   parts

•   sense, skill

•   undercover

•   wisdom, wits


•   astute

•   brilliant

•   capable

•   fine

•   gifted

•   intellectual

•   knowledgeable

•   percipient

•   ready, reasonable

•   sage, sensible, shrewd

•   wise


•   accountability


•   accountable, articulate

•   coherent, connected

•   luminous

•   simple


•   dissipated

•   fast

•   inclement, inflammatory, insatiable

•   lavish

•   rabid

•   undue

•   wanton


•   calculate

•   direct, drive at

•   get at

•   ordain

•   resolve


•   almighty, avid

•   bitter, bright, brilliant

•   colourful

•   deafening, deathly, devouring, devout

•   excruciating

•   furious

•   heated, hot

•   intent

•   lurid

•   mortal

•   piercing, poignant

•   rich

•   sharp, strong

•   tempestuous, terrific

•   unmitigated, urgent

•   vigorous, violent, vivid

•   warm, wicked, wild


•   badly

•   hard, head

•   life

•   madly


•   amplify

•   boom, build

•   compound

•   elevate

•   gather

•   inflame, irritate

•   mount

•   raise, rise

•   swell

•   turn up


•   acuteness

•   brilliance

•   degree, devotion

•   emphasis

•   feeling, fever, flame, fury

•   glow, greatness

•   heat

•   kick

•   magnitude

•   poignancy

•   violence

•   warmth


•   crash

•   high-pressure

•   intense


•   ambition, ambitious, anxious

•   buried

•   close, contemplative

•   interested

•   point

•   resolution

•   searching, spirit


•   destination, drift

•   import

•   mind, motive

•   premeditation

•   reason, resolution, resolve

•   spirit

•   thought

•   will, wish


•   conscious

•   knowing

•   voluntary


•   expressly

•   knowingly

•   purpose, purposely


•   busily


•   step in


•   anticipate

•   prevent

•   tackle


•   agency

•   office


•   commute, convert, correlation, change

•   language, liaison

•   rotate

•   substitute, substitution

•   transpose


•   mutual

•   same


•   conversation

•   fellowship

•   relations

•   speech

•   union


•   account, amusement, appeal

•   behalf, bury, busy

•   edge, enthusiasm

•   income

•   line

•   motivation

•   occupy

•   part, partnership

•   return, revenue

•   sake, savour, spotlight

•   warm, welfare

•   zest


•   game

•   inquiring

•   mood

•   receptive

•   sympathetic


•   beguiling

•   colourful

•   juicy

•   piquant


•   break in, butt

•   come between, cross

•   interpose

•   jar

•   mess, mess about, monkey

•   poke, pry

•   snoop


•   disruption, distraction

•   let

•   obstacle


•   bowels

•   civil

•   midst


•   injection


•   outsider


•   gap


•   buffer

•   envoy

•   intermediate

•   liaison

•   tool


•   average

•   interpose

•   medium

•   neutral


•   constant, continual

•   eternal

•   immense, incessant

•   lengthy

•   nonstop

•   persistent

•   unending


•   compound, confuse

•   mingle

•   weave


•   abeyance

•   gap

•   lapse

•   truce


•   interrupted

•   piecemeal

•   uneven


•   imprison, incarcerate

•   shut up


•   inland, inward

•   national


•   foist


•   break in

•   comment, cut in, chip in

•   get in

•   head off

•   meddle


•   analyse, annotate

•   comment

•   diagnose

•   fathom

•   gloss

•   illuminate, illustrate

•   transcribe

•   unravel


•   annotation, arrangement

•   gloss

•   idea, illustration

•   key

•   light

•   paraphrase

•   reasoning


•   consult

•   demand

•   interview


•   challenge

•   demand

•   question


•   adjourn, arrest

•   butt

•   cut in, chip in

•   disrupt

•   intercept

•   pause

•   relieve

•   short


•   piecemeal


•   adjournment, arrest

•   delay, distraction

•   gap

•   intermission

•   jump

•   lapse

•   prevention

•   respite


•   cut off


•   angle

•   cross

•   joint, juncture

•   meeting


•   degree

•   lapse, let-up

•   recess

•   truce


•   break in

•   cut in

•   head off

•   interpose

•   meddle

•   step


•   office


•   appointment

•   hearing

•   poll

•   see


•   gut


•   acquaintance, association

•   fellowship, friendship

•   intercourse, intrigue

•   knowledge

•   nearness

•   sex


•   boon

•   drive at

•   express

•   heart-to-heart, homelike

•   inmost, inner, inseparable, interior, internal

•   lead up to

•   mention

•   predicate

•   sexual, signify

•   whisper


•   boon

•   drive at

•   express

•   heart-to-heart, homelike

•   inmost, inner, inseparable, interior, internal

•   lead up to

•   mention

•   predicate

•   sexual, signify

•   whisper


•   well


•   clue

•   echo

•   idea, innuendo

•   message

•   overtone

•   touch

•   wind, word


•   awe

•   bulldoze

•   deter, discourage, domineer, dragoon

•   hector, horrify

•   menace

•   nobble

•   prey

•   shake

•   unnerve


•   blackmail

•   menace


•   end

•   grievous

•   hard, heavy

•   monstrous

•   objectionable

•   ungodly


•   bias


•   hardhearted

•   inconsiderate

•   jealous

•   peremptory, puritan

•   rabid


•   drone


•   head

•   send


•   befuddled, besotted

•   flushed

•   intemperate

•   weather


•   stirring


•   high

•   madness


•   adamant

•   die-hard

•   hard-core

•   irreconcilable

•   perverse

•   resistant, rigid

•   wilful


•   adventurous

•   chivalrous

•   enterprising

•   hardy

•   manful

•   spartan, stout


•   labyrinth

•   maze

•   perplexity

•   subtlety


•   compound

•   detailed

•   hard

•   prickly


•   arrest

•   contrivance

•   design

•   enthral

•   flirtation

•   love affair


•   absorbing, artful

•   designing

•   engrossing, enthralling

•   fetching

•   insidious, inviting

•   politic

•   stimulating, subtle

•   taking

•   wily


•   component

•   innate, integral


•   admit

•   enter

•   foist

•   host

•   import, impose, include, insinuate, install, instil

•   lead up to

•   originate

•   precede

•   raise

•   turn on

•   usher

•   weave


•   admission, appearance

•   discovery

•   entrance, entry, exposure

•   first

•   imposition, injection, innovation, insinuation

•   meeting

•   orientation

•   preliminary

•   start


•   covering

•   maiden

•   original

•   primary

•   rudimentary


•   moody

•   remote

•   thoughtful


•   remote

•   unsociable


•   barge in, break in, butt

•   cut in

•   disrupt

•   entrench

•   impose, interpose, intervene

•   poach, poke, pry

•   tamper


•   attacker

•   busybody

•   outsider


•   disturbance

•   imposition, inroad, intervention


•   familiar

•   inquisitive

•   obtrusive

•   penetrating, prying, pushing


•   acuteness

•   premonition

•   sense, sensibility

•   vision


•   acute

•   gut

•   impulsive, inborn, inspired

•   natural

•   perceptive

•   sneaking, subconscious, subjective


•   drench

•   flow

•   irrigate

•   shower, smother


•   break in

•   descend

•   impinge

•   strike

•   trespass


•   intruder


•   defunct

•   erroneous

•   faulty

•   illegitimate

•   lapsed

•   out of date

•   unhealthy


•   defunct

•   erroneous

•   faulty

•   illegitimate

•   lapsed

•   out of date

•   unhealthy


•   abolish

•   counteract

•   disable, disprove, disqualify

•   explode

•   negate, neutralize

•   overturn

•   repeal, reverse, revoke

•   subvert

•   void


•   irreplaceable

•   price

•   rare


•   hard and fast

•   irrevocable

•   permanent

•   same, stable


•   constantly

•   universally


•   break-in

•   conquest

•   descent

•   influx

•   occupation

•   penetration

•   trespass


•   abusive

•   fulmination


•   compose

•   develop

•   father, form, frame

•   hit on

•   lie

•   mint

•   pioneer, plan, produce

•   spin


•   artifice

•   breakthrough

•   composition, conception

•   fable, fairy tale

•   handiwork

•   improvisation

•   patent, pretence, product

•   romance


•   bright, brilliant

•   clever

•   pregnant, productive


•   artificer

•   discoverer

•   engineer

•   founder


•   bill

•   itemize

•   scroll, stock

•   table


•   negation

•   wrong


•   gay


•   compass, cover, create, crown

•   entrust, environ

•   initiate, institute

•   make

•   put up


•   analyse, assay

•   canvass, cover, challenge, check

•   delve, diagnose, dig, dissect

•   enquire, experiment

•   follow up

•   hear

•   inquire, interrogate

•   question, quiz

•   reconnoitre

•   scan, scout, see, see about, sound

•   test, traverse, try

•   vet


•   anatomy, assay

•   canvass, check

•   diagnosis, dissection

•   experiment

•   hunt

•   inquisition

•   question, quiz

•   reconnaissance

•   test


•   detective

•   inspector, interviewer


•   initiation, institution

•   presentation


•   finance

•   institution, interest, investiture

•   outlay

•   purchase

•   stock


•   congenital

•   native

•   perennial

•   unconquerable

•   wool


•   jealous


•   comfort

•   electrify, embolden

•   regenerate, revive


•   almighty

•   insurmountable, irrefutable

•   overpowering, overwhelming


•   impenetrable


•   indistinguishable


•   approach, attraction


•   appeal

•   beckon

•   call on

•   invitation

•   lure

•   propose

•   seek


•   appetizing

•   delectable

•   prepossessing, provocative

•   sexy


•   blessing

•   incantation

•   suit


•   address

•   call on

•   evoke

•   refer

•   summon


•   enforced

•   gut

•   intuitive

•   mechanical

•   unwitting


•   bear on

•   call for, confuse, consist, charge

•   demand

•   encompass

•   interest

•   occupy

•   perplex

•   rope in


•   absorbed, active

•   engaged

•   hard

•   instrumental, interested

•   obscure

•   perplexing, prickly, puzzling

•   recondite


•   experience

•   identification, immersion, implication

•   part, perplexity

•   stake


•   immune, impervious, impregnable

•   sacred


•   mentally


•   galling, grating

•   thorny, tough, trying

•   unpleasant

•   wearing, weary


•   manacle

•   press

•   smooth

•   tenacious


•   backhanded

•   cynical

•   left-handed


•   flatten


•   iron

•   ridicule


•   blind

•   deranged, disconnected

•   fantastic

•   invalid

•   lunatic

•   mad

•   nuts

•   psychological

•   queer

•   rabid

•   unbalanced


•   folly


•   contradictory

•   mortal

•   opposing, opposite

•   pole


•   desperate

•   incurable


•   assured

•   compelling, conclusive

•   demonstrable

•   overpowering

•   peremptory

•   undisputed


•   abrupt

•   bastard

•   casual, cramped, changeable

•   few

•   inconsistent

•   promiscuous

•   rambling, rough-and-tumble, rugged

•   shapeless, strange, suspicious

•   tumultuous

•   unbalanced, unnatural


•   deformity

•   exception

•   inequality


•   indifference, insignificance


•   footling, foreign

•   gratuitous

•   idle, inadmissible, insignificant

•   point, pointless

•   remote

•   stupid

•   unimportant


•   hopeless


•   irreparable


•   elastic

•   inextinguishable

•   resilient

•   unconquerable


•   spotless


•   cogent, compulsive, charming

•   disarming

•   irrefutable

•   magnetic

•   unconquerable, uncontrollable


•   faint-hearted, faltering, fence

•   giddy

•   mutable

•   restless

•   spineless

•   timid, timorous, torn

•   uncertain, unsure

•   wet


•   crazy

•   derelict

•   feckless, foolhardy

•   good-for-nothing

•   happy-go-lucky

•   imprudent, insane

•   promiscuous, puerile

•   silly, stupid

•   unwise


•   blasphemy

•   impiety

•   profanity

•   sacrilege


•   blasphemous

•   profane


•   hopeless

•   unchangeable


•   binding

•   final

•   sure


•   anger, asperity, awkwardness

•   bile

•   ill temper, irritation


•   angry, awkward

•   bilious, brittle

•   crusty

•   disagreeable

•   edge

•   fractious

•   highly strung

•   impatient, irritated

•   liverish

•   moody

•   nettled

•   passionate, peppery, pugnacious

•   quarrelsome, querulous, quick, quick-tempered

•   sensitive

•   temperamental

•   warm, waspish


•   antagonize

•   bait, bedevil, bug

•   displease

•   fire

•   get, get at, goad, grate

•   hair

•   itch

•   jar

•   madden, molest

•   nag, niggle

•   pique, put out

•   rankle

•   skin

•   tire, torment, try, turn off

•   wall, worry, wound


•   disgruntled

•   enraged

•   mad

•   sore

•   tender


•   abrasive, acrid

•   bothersome, burning

•   grating

•   niggling

•   offensive

•   tiresome

•   uncomfortable, untoward


•   bother

•   discomfort, dissatisfaction

•   friction, frustration

•   harassment

•   itch

•   jar

•   pique

•   temper, tenderness, thorn, torment, trial, trouble

•   worry


•   abstract

•   box in

•   cordon

•   dissociate

•   seal


•   alone, apart

•   broken

•   deserted

•   forsaken, friendless

•   insular

•   own

•   private

•   quiet

•   separate, sequestered, sheltered, sporadic

•   withdrawn


•   desolation

•   privacy


•   accrue, appear

•   brood, business

•   come, consideration, child

•   derive, descend, development

•   effluent, effusion, egress, emergence, emission, ensue, escape, event, exhaust, exit

•   family, fate, follow

•   give, grow, gush

•   jet

•   measure out

•   outflow, outpouring

•   posterity, print, product

•   race, radiate, run

•   sally, sequel, start, stream

•   terminate

•   young


•   bite

•   prick

•   urge


•   anxious

•   thirsty, tingle


•   prickly


•   circumstance, clause, couple

•   fact, factor

•   match

•   object

•   regard

•   specification

•   unit


•   programme

•   recite


•   migrant, mobile

•   nomad

•   wanderer, wayfarer


•   butt

•   flick

•   inject, injection

•   pass, peck, prick, prickle

•   stick


•   cover


•   windfall


•   hike, hold up


•   bore

•   fatigue

•   hack

•   Jezebel

•   minx

•   pall

•   satiate

•   tire

•   weary


•   blasé

•   sick

•   worn


•   irregular

•   rugged

•   sharp


•   restrain, run in


•   bottleneck

•   congestion

•   difficulty

•   exigency

•   foul

•   mess

•   pile, preserve

•   quagmire

•   tangle, thrust


•   gala

•   jubilation


•   discord


•   warden


•   bump

•   crash

•   jangle, jog, jump

•   pint

•   scream, shock, start


•   bump

•   crash

•   jangle, jog, jump

•   pint

•   scream, shock, start


•   language

•   patter

•   speech

•   talk, terminology

•   vernacular


•   disenchanted

•   negative

•   sour


•   drive

•   journey

•   ride, run

•   sally

•   turn


•   blithe

•   cheerful

•   dashing, debonair

•   rakish, rollicking

•   saucy


•   muzzle


•   jaundiced

•   possessive


•   chaff

•   dig

•   jest

•   laugh

•   poke


•   adventure

•   compromise

•   queer

•   threaten


•   chance

•   menace


•   ass

•   blockhead, bob, bump

•   dolt, dope, dummy

•   fling, flip, fool

•   halfwit, hitch

•   idiot, imbecile

•   jog, jump

•   moron

•   nincompoop

•   oaf

•   pluck

•   sap, shake, simpleton, start

•   thrash, twist, twit

•   whip, wriggle, writhe


•   abrupt

•   fidgety

•   stiff

•   uneven


•   caper, clown

•   fool, frivolity, funny

•   game

•   nonsense


•   current

•   outflow

•   plane

•   spurt

•   well


•   current

•   outflow

•   plane

•   spurt

•   well


•   dispose of, ditch

•   forsake

•   off-load

•   reject, rid

•   throw away, throw out


•   angel

•   joy

•   pet, pièce de résistance, pride


•   hag


•   boggle


•   dance


•   slogan


•   fidget

•   restlessness

•   trepidation


•   fearful

•   panicky

•   restive

•   tense

•   uneasy


•   appointment

•   berth

•   crime

•   effort, engagement

•   labour, line, living

•   message, mission

•   place, project

•   vacancy


•   work


•   comic

•   merry


•   hustle

•   refresh


•   high spirits


•   affiliate, align, ally, articulate, assemble, associate, attach

•   band, bridge

•   close, concur, consolidate, converge

•   dock, dovetail

•   engage

•   fit, focus

•   get together, go along, graft

•   hitch

•   integrate

•   joint

•   lash, lock, loop, lot

•   match, mate, merge, mingle, mix

•   nail

•   pair, peg, piece, pin

•   relate

•   stick

•   team, twin

•   unify

•   wed


•   accompanying, allied, articulate, attachment

•   butcher

•   corner, corporate

•   dive, dump

•   elbow

•   hole

•   link

•   mixed

•   related

•   tie


•   concert

•   shoulder


•   absurdity, amusement

•   crack

•   farce, fool, funny

•   game

•   hoax

•   laugh

•   mockery

•   pleasantry, pull

•   trick

•   wheeze


•   scream


•   bright

•   happy

•   jocular

•   light-hearted

•   mellow

•   very, vivacious


•   buffet

•   concussion, crash

•   electrify

•   galvanize

•   impact

•   percussion, prompt

•   rattle

•   toss


•   contend

•   mob

•   scuffle, shoulder


•   memoir, mouthpiece

•   notebook

•   organ


•   circuit

•   drive

•   flight

•   itinerary

•   migrate, migration

•   navigate

•   quest

•   ride, route, run

•   transit

•   way


•   festive

•   gala, genial, gleeful

•   hearty

•   jocular, joyful

•   light-hearted

•   mellow

•   rollicking


•   boast

•   cheer

•   dream

•   enjoyment, euphoria

•   fun

•   geniality

•   happiness

•   joie de vivre, jubilation

•   passion

•   radiance, rejoice, rejoicing, revel

•   triumph


•   beaming, blessed, blissful, bonny, bright, buoyant

•   cheerful

•   ecstatic, exultant

•   festive

•   gala, gay, gleeful, golden

•   high, hilarious

•   joyous

•   overjoyed

•   radiant, rapturous

•   sunny


•   bleak

•   dark

•   melancholy, mournful

•   sombre


•   blessed, blissful, bright

•   delighted

•   ecstatic, elated, exalted, exultant

•   gay, genial, glad, gleeful, golden

•   happy, hilarious

•   jolly, jubilant

•   light-hearted

•   palmy, playful

•   radiant, rollicking

•   sprightly


•   delighted

•   exalted

•   festive

•   gleeful

•   happy

•   jolly, jovial, joyful


•   euphoria, exaltation

•   happiness

•   rejoicing


•   jamboree, jubilation


•   account, analyse

•   believe, bench

•   calculate, call

•   deem

•   feel

•   gauge, guess

•   hear, hold

•   make, measure, mediator, moderate

•   opinion

•   pronounce

•   reckon, regard, reviewer

•   say, see, suppose

•   think, time

•   vote


•   adjudication, analysis

•   bar

•   calculation, comprehension, conceit, condemnation, criticism

•   discretion

•   election, estimation, evaluation, expertise, expertness, eye

•   guess

•   horse sense

•   idea, insight, intellect

•   knowledge

•   measurement, mind, mother wit

•   notion

•   pronouncement

•   reason, reckoning, resolution, review

•   sentiment

•   tact, thinking, thought

•   wits


•   legislative

•   objective


•   advisable

•   canny, common-sense, critical

•   far-sighted

•   logical

•   moderate

•   reasoned

•   tactful, timely

•   well-balanced


•   jail

•   lockup

•   mug

•   pint, prison


•   conjure

•   rig

•   trick


•   fruity

•   luscious

•   mellow

•   rich


•   assortment

•   entanglement

•   garble

•   hash, huddle

•   lumber

•   mix-up

•   patchwork, perplex

•   ragbag

•   wilderness


•   bumper

•   enormous

•   mammoth, monster


•   bolt, boom

•   dive

•   frisk

•   plunge, pounce, prance


•   fearful

•   jerky

•   restive


•   attachment

•   contact, cross

•   interchange, intersection

•   meeting

•   turning


•   instant

•   joint

•   pass, phase

•   season, stage


•   boy

•   little

•   petty

•   young


•   discard, dispose of, ditch, do away with

•   flotsam

•   garbage

•   impedimenta

•   lumber

•   stuff

•   throw away, throw out

•   unwholesome


•   reach


•   balanced, barely

•   candid

•   equal, ethical, even, even-handed

•   fair-and-square, fair-minded

•   incorruptible

•   moral

•   narrowly, newly

•   objective

•   proportional, purely

•   straight

•   unprejudiced

•   valid


•   approximately


•   disinterest

•   eye

•   faithfulness

•   moderation, morality

•   retribution, righteousness

•   satisfaction

•   virtue


•   deserved

•   worthwhile


•   alibi, authority

•   call

•   ground

•   occasion

•   provocation


•   account for, advocate

•   bear out

•   clear

•   deserve

•   prove

•   rationalize

•   strengthen


•   aright

•   well


•   butt

•   projection, protrusion

•   stick


•   frivolous

•   lad

•   teenager

•   youngster


•   association

•   comparison, conjunction


•   agog, anxious

•   bewail, bright, brisk

•   close, cry, cheap

•   desirous, devastating, dry

•   elegy, enterprising, exquisite

•   fine, fresh

•   great

•   hungry

•   interested

•   jeremiad

•   lively

•   mad, moan, mood, mourn

•   poignant, profound, pungent

•   quick-witted

•   ready

•   searching, smart, strong, stuck, subtle

•   warm, weep, wide-awake


•   acumen, acuteness

•   discrimination

•   edge

•   flame

•   madness

•   perspicacity, poignancy

•   readiness

•   thirst

•   vehemence


•   adhere

•   bank

•   confine

•   fortification

•   have, house

•   keeping

•   last

•   occupy, own

•   pickle, provide, put away

•   redeem, reserve, rest

•   save, set aside, stick to

•   upkeep

•   watch


•   see through


•   bottle up

•   detain

•   keep

•   set aside, smother


•   holder


•   clutches

•   grip

•   hands

•   oversight

•   preservation

•   ward


•   hammer

•   peg, pursue


•   go along

•   hold

•   perpetuate, persist


•   centre

•   heart

•   keynote

•   meat

•   nucleus, nut


•   access

•   base

•   cardinal, central, cornerstone, crib

•   first

•   indispensable, instructions

•   legend

•   material

•   operative

•   secret, strategic

•   vital


•   abstain

•   bite

•   cut out

•   desist, discontinue, do without, drop

•   forgo, forsake

•   hack

•   pack in, pass

•   recoil, refrain

•   spice


•   inception


•   ice, inaugurate


•   boot, bounce

•   down

•   throw out, turn out


•   banter

•   cheat

•   deceive

•   have on

•   leg

•   nipper

•   wool


•   make away, make off


•   account for

•   bag, blast

•   cut down

•   eliminate, end

•   finish

•   make away

•   poison, polish off, prey, purge

•   remove, rub out

•   shoot

•   turn off

•   worry


•   hatchet man, homicide

•   thug

•   wolf


•   backbreaking, butchery

•   funny

•   mortality

•   priceless

•   terminal

•   withering


•   pessimist


•   brother

•   flesh, folk

•   race, relation


•   accommodating, attentive

•   brotherly

•   decent

•   fashion, fatherly, favourable, flattering, form

•   genial, good-natured

•   helpful, hospitable, human

•   liberal

•   magnanimous, make, merciful, model, motherly

•   nice

•   order

•   pattern

•   quality

•   range, run

•   soft, softhearted, sweet

•   tender

•   unselfish

•   version


•   accommodating, attentive

•   brotherly

•   decent

•   fashion, fatherly, favourable, flattering, form

•   genial, good-natured

•   helpful, hospitable, human

•   liberal

•   magnanimous, make, merciful, model, motherly

•   nice

•   order

•   pattern

•   quality

•   range, run

•   soft, softhearted, sweet

•   tender

•   unselfish

•   version


•   good

•   philanthropic

•   tolerant

•   warm-hearted


•   awake

•   burn

•   instigate

•   lick

•   pique

•   quicken

•   raise

•   spark

•   waken, whet


•   affability

•   consideration

•   fellowship

•   geniality, good will, goodness, grace

•   warmth


•   amiable, amicable

•   congenial, considerate, charitable

•   fatherly, friendly

•   good, gracious

•   human, humane

•   indulgent

•   magnanimous

•   nicely

•   sympathetically

•   thoughtful

•   understanding

•   warm-hearted, well


•   blessing

•   consideration, courtesy

•   fondness

•   geniality

•   liberality

•   mercy, mildness

•   niceness

•   pity

•   thought


•   blood

•   connection

•   folk

•   germane

•   homogeneous, house

•   race, relation


•   crown

•   lord


•   country

•   world


•   buckle

•   curl

•   loop

•   oddity

•   perversion


•   offbeat

•   wiry


•   belonging, blood, brotherhood

•   fraternity

•   resemblance

•   tie


•   brother

•   connection


•   love

•   pet


•   pack

•   set, stuff


•   aptness, art

•   craft

•   faculty

•   instinct

•   know-how

•   proficiency

•   technique, touch, turn


•   cad, crook

•   dog

•   impostor


•   devilry

•   guile

•   intrigue

•   swindle


•   cringe, crouch

•   fawn

•   prostrate


•   clang


•   pants


•   novelty

•   ornament

•   toy, trumpery


•   bayonet

•   cut up

•   slit


•   compress

•   entwine

•   integrate, interwoven

•   marry, mesh

•   purse

•   splice


•   handle


•   bang, beat, blacken, boot, bump, butt

•   cry down

•   defame, denigrate, deride

•   elbow

•   hammer, hole

•   impact

•   jeer, jolt

•   lash

•   malign

•   pan, percussion

•   scoff, stroke

•   tap, thud

•   vilify


•   punish


•   bludgeon, bowl over

•   down

•   flatten

•   overthrow

•   run down, run over

•   topple


•   day, deduct

•   leave off

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   rest, rub out


•   bump

•   entanglement

•   favour

•   gathering

•   kink, knob

•   link

•   twine, twist


•   appreciate

•   feel

•   place

•   taste


•   expertness

•   finesse

•   mastery

•   technique, trick


•   arch

•   canny, crafty

•   deep

•   foxy

•   sharp, sly

•   wise, worldly


•   purpose

•   shrewdly


•   appreciation, art, astuteness, awareness

•   experience, expertise, expertness, exposure

•   know-how

•   light, literacy, lore

•   mastery

•   notion

•   observation

•   philosophy

•   reading


•   abreast, appreciative

•   clever, cultured

•   enlightened, expert

•   home

•   informed

•   literate

•   qualified

•   versed


•   certain

•   public


•   obey


•   denomination, designation, direct, direction, dub

•   entitle

•   inscription

•   nickname

•   pigeonhole

•   style

•   term


•   activity

•   confinement

•   difficulty

•   exercise, exert

•   grub

•   hardship, harp

•   keep at

•   plug

•   service, slog, spadework

•   trouble

•   wade


•   elaborate

•   halting

•   stilted, stodgy


•   menial

•   operative


•   network


•   braid

•   cross

•   flavour

•   season


•   cut up

•   hack

•   knife

•   maul, mutilate

•   savage, scratch

•   worry, wring


•   maudlin


•   bankruptcy

•   default, defect, drought

•   go without

•   inadequacy

•   omission

•   paucity, penury, poverty

•   requirement

•   void

•   weakness


•   careless, casual

•   remiss

•   slow


•   follower

•   retainer

•   satellite, servant

•   underling


•   absent

•   bankrupt, bare

•   deprived, destitute, devoid

•   failing, feeble-minded

•   gone

•   incomplete, innocent, insufficient

•   less

•   par, poor

•   short

•   unfinished

•   weak


•   barren

•   colourless

•   fishy

•   half-hearted

•   mechanical

•   sickly

•   washed out


•   summary


•   cub


•   heavy


•   gallant

•   playboy


•   feminine

•   gentle

•   mannerly

•   womanly


•   convict, criminal, crook

•   fall behind

•   prisoner

•   slow


•   dilatory

•   layabout

•   slow

•   unwilling


•   composed, cool

•   easy

•   free

•   leisurely

•   nonchalant


•   crippled

•   indisposed


•   lodge


•   capitalism


•   cripple

•   disappointing

•   ineffectual, infirm

•   maim, mutilate

•   paralyse, paralytic


•   cry

•   groan

•   howl

•   jeremiad

•   repent, repine

•   sigh


•   pathetic, piteous

•   sad

•   tearful, tough


•   cry

•   jeremiad

•   regret

•   tears

•   wail


•   cartoon, crucify

•   debunk

•   fun

•   lash, laugh

•   mockery

•   travesty


•   bag

•   farm

•   get in

•   import

•   light, lumber

•   patch, perch

•   settle, state


•   guide


•   nature


•   terms

•   voice


•   bloodless

•   indolent

•   restful


•   die

•   moon

•   stagnate

•   vegetate


•   listless


•   angular

•   meagre


•   lank


•   leg, lose

•   revolution

•   stage


•   leg, lose

•   revolution

•   stage


•   backslide

•   course

•   default, die, distance

•   elapse, err

•   go

•   hiatus

•   offence

•   pass, peccadillo

•   regress, revert

•   sin, solecism

•   transgress, transgression, trip

•   wander, wrong


•   lost


•   corpulent

•   good, gross

•   handsome, heavy, hefty

•   important

•   mighty

•   round

•   voluminous


•   especially

•   part

•   quite

•   substantially


•   extended

•   mass


•   amusement

•   joke

•   laugh


•   batter

•   goad

•   moor

•   pillory, punish

•   switch

•   tie up


•   batter

•   goad

•   moor

•   pillory, punish

•   switch

•   tie up


•   kid

•   woman

•   youngster


•   be, bottom

•   exist, extend

•   go on

•   hold, hold up

•   keep at

•   latter, least, linger, live

•   outgoing

•   parting

•   rear, run

•   subsist

•   twilight


•   be, bottom

•   exist, extend

•   go on

•   hold, hold up

•   keep at

•   latter, least, linger, live

•   outgoing

•   parting

•   rear, run

•   subsist

•   twilight


•   classic

•   fast

•   immortal, indestructible, indissoluble

•   monumental

•   remaining

•   stable, standing

•   timeless

•   unbreakable, unchanging


•   conclusion


•   backward

•   deep

•   erstwhile

•   long

•   one-time


•   formerly

•   just

•   newly


•   eventual

•   following, future

•   latter

•   subsequent


•   contemporary

•   fashion, final, fresh

•   gossip

•   hot

•   information

•   last, last word, the, latter

•   minute

•   new, news

•   tidings


•   agitation

•   scourge


•   free hand

•   liberality

•   margin


•   unborn


•   newly


•   net


•   deserving

•   exemplary


•   flattering

•   glowing

•   rave


•   beam

•   sneer


•   rich

•   stupid


•   fool

•   joke

•   mock, mockery, monkey

•   spectacle, sport


•   ridicule


•   blastoff

•   dart, deliver

•   embark

•   float, fly

•   hurl

•   inauguration, institute, introduction

•   mount

•   opening, origin, originate

•   pioneer, pitch, precipitate, preface, presentation

•   release

•   shoot, spearhead

•   takeoff, toss

•   usher


•   crown

•   garland

•   honours

•   palm

•   title, trophy

•   victory


•   abounding, ample

•   bestow

•   considerable, consume, costly, charitable

•   expensive

•   flush

•   high

•   lose, luxurious

•   magnificent

•   princely

•   rain, rich

•   splendid

•   unbounded

•   wanton


•   fundamental

•   government

•   institute, institution

•   justice

•   legislation

•   measure

•   truth


•   righteous

•   solid, straight


•   desperado

•   malefactor


•   bona fide

•   fair, formal

•   justifiable

•   law-abiding

•   right

•   warrantable


•   criminal

•   illegal

•   tumultuous, turbulent


•   adviser


•   derelict, dissolute

•   forgetful, free

•   licentious, limp

•   permissive, promiscuous

•   tolerant

•   unmindful, unprofessional


•   air, attach

•   carol

•   install

•   profane, punt, put on

•   rest

•   sink, song, stick, strain

•   worldly


•   air, attach

•   carol

•   install

•   profane, punt, put on

•   rest

•   sink, song, stick, strain

•   worldly


•   slacker


•   interrupt

•   suspend


•   decree, dictate

•   leave

•   propound, provide

•   record, repose, rule

•   set


•   belt

•   crust

•   flake, fold

•   level

•   plate

•   scale, streak

•   wash


•   put away

•   stock


•   assault

•   lay

•   mug

•   pull

•   set upon, slate


•   stoppage


•   apply

•   fix up

•   line up

•   programme

•   stage

•   treat


•   blueprint

•   composition

•   diagram

•   order

•   scheme


•   order

•   pay out, position

•   set out


•   inertia

•   torpor


•   lackadaisical, leisurely


•   ooze


•   arch

•   bring

•   control

•   determine, dominate

•   fetch, front

•   give, go, grand, great

•   hand, herd

•   initiative, invite

•   key

•   land, leash, line

•   major, marshal, motivate, move

•   odds

•   plumb, predispose, preside

•   rule, run

•   see, shot, show, spearhead, star, superiority

•   take, top, tune


•   father, figure

•   governor, guru

•   instigator

•   lord

•   magnate

•   pilot, pillar, pioneer, protagonist

•   tsar


•   conduct

•   executive

•   helm

•   lead

•   predominance

•   regime, rule


•   advance, advanced, ahead, arch

•   best, big

•   capital, cardinal

•   forward, front

•   grand, great

•   high

•   important, influential

•   key

•   lead

•   major, master

•   polar, predominant, premier, prime, prominent

•   shining, star, supreme

•   top, topmost

•   uppermost


•   allure

•   flirt

•   tantalize, tease


•   get at

•   preface


•   marijuana


•   hand-out

•   literature

•   publication

•   tract


•   affiliation, axis

•   bloc, brotherhood

•   company, conspiracy

•   organization

•   pact, party, pool

•   society


•   drain, dribble

•   filter

•   let off, let out

•   news

•   publish

•   revelation, run

•   slip

•   urinate


•   gravitate

•   list, loll

•   stoop, sway

•   trend


•   gravitate

•   list, loll

•   stoop, sway

•   trend


•   affinity, aptness

•   direction

•   list

•   mind

•   slant, sloping

•   trend, turn


•   bob, bolt, breakthrough

•   dive

•   lunge

•   pounce, prance


•   find

•   know

•   perceive

•   see, study


•   bookish

•   deep

•   educated

•   informed

•   knowledgeable

•   literary

•   philosophical, profound

•   sage, scholastic


•   cub

•   initiate

•   recruit


•   acquisition

•   cultivation

•   enlightenment

•   literacy

•   reading


•   convey

•   engage

•   take, tenancy


•   strap


•   minimal


•   gnarled


•   approval

•   beat, blessing

•   clear out, clearance

•   drop off, drop out

•   elope, endow

•   flee

•   get along, get away, get off, get out, go off, go out, go-ahead

•   lay, licence

•   maroon

•   park, part, pass, pass by

•   render, resign, retreat

•   secede, set off, spare, start

•   tracks, turn off

•   walk out


•   approval

•   beat, blessing

•   clear out, clearance

•   drop off, drop out

•   elope, endow

•   flee

•   get along, get away, get off, get out, go off, go out, go-ahead

•   lay, licence

•   maroon

•   park, part, pass, pass by

•   render, resign, retreat

•   secede, set off, spare, start

•   tracks, turn off

•   walk out


•   flavour

•   season


•   day

•   lay off

•   pack in

•   renounce


•   eliminate

•   miss

•   rule out

•   skip


•   junk

•   leftover

•   odds and ends

•   remainder

•   scrap


•   bawdy

•   incontinent

•   sensual


•   desire


•   declaim, declamation

•   exhortation

•   jaw

•   monologue

•   oration

•   preach

•   reading, recitation, row

•   sermon, speak to

•   task, tick off, tutor


•   ground


•   freedom

•   slack


•   abandoned

•   remaining

•   undone


•   butt

•   end

•   odd

•   spare

•   waste


•   dower

•   leftover

•   product


•   bona fide

•   formal


•   justice

•   right


•   justify


•   deputation

•   mission


•   mythology

•   romance

•   title


•   fictional

•   heroic

•   imaginary

•   nonexistent

•   proverbial


•   battalion

•   multifarious

•   uncounted


•   pass


•   passage


•   politician


•   aboveboard

•   bona fide

•   fair

•   good

•   natural

•   official

•   permissible

•   reputable


•   convenience

•   idleness

•   pastime


•   greatness

•   hank

•   measurement

•   quantity

•   stage, strand

•   way


•   amplify

•   drag, draw, drawl

•   enlarge

•   pad, produce

•   string


•   extensive

•   great


•   grace


•   charitable

•   easy, easy-going

•   free

•   gracious

•   humane

•   lax, liberal

•   patient, permissive

•   soft


•   wanting


•   appease

•   break

•   consume, cool, cut down

•   deaden, decline, deplete, depreciate, depress, detract, dilute, drop off, dull

•   ebb

•   fall

•   loosen

•   mitigate, modify

•   pale

•   qualify

•   recede, retrench

•   shorten, sink, slacken (off), soften, subside

•   taper, temper, turn down

•   wane


•   abridgment, appeasement

•   cutback

•   depletion, disparagement

•   ebb

•   fall

•   relaxation, remission

•   subsidence

•   wane


•   below

•   junior

•   petty

•   second, side, small, subsidiary


•   parable

•   tutorial


•   admit


•   admit


•   bathos

•   mockery


•   disappointed, disenchanted

•   lower

•   mock

•   show up, stab

•   take down


•   fateful

•   homicidal

•   killing

•   poison

•   terminal, toxic


•   faint

•   indolent

•   lackadaisical, lifeless, limp

•   phlegmatic


•   coma

•   fatigue

•   inactivity, insensibility

•   weariness


•   drop, drop off

•   fly

•   hook

•   immune


•   break

•   expose

•   give away

•   loan, loosen

•   milk

•   slip


•   writing


•   correspondence, cultivation

•   lore

•   mail

•   paper, print

•   script

•   writing


•   intermission

•   relaxation, relief, reprieve

•   truce


•   lay off, loosen, lull

•   relent

•   slacken (off)


•   abreast

•   balance, bring down

•   cut down

•   depress

•   face, fell, fixed

•   league

•   mark

•   notch

•   overthrow

•   par, pitch, plateau

•   range, regular, roll, round

•   step

•   take down, tier


•   common-sense

•   equable

•   hard-headed

•   realistic, responsible

•   sober, solid, sound

•   trustworthy

•   well-balanced


•   heave


•   hold

•   purchase


•   hilarity

•   merriment, mirth

•   wit


•   assess

•   dues

•   inflict

•   put

•   recruit


•   crude

•   depraved, dissolute

•   filthy, foul

•   gross

•   immoral, incontinent

•   lecherous

•   nasty, naughty

•   sensual


•   immodesty

•   lust

•   sensuality


•   aptness

•   blame

•   commitment, chance

•   fault

•   jeopardy

•   possibility, propensity


•   accessible

•   culpable

•   debt

•   given

•   predisposed

•   ready


•   association

•   link

•   relations, relationship

•   tie


•   abuse


•   abusive

•   scandalous


•   capacious, cultural

•   easy, easy-going

•   flush, forward-looking

•   hospitable

•   large, left

•   merciful

•   open, open-minded

•   princely

•   round

•   soft

•   unselfish


•   largess


•   absolve, acquit

•   clear

•   disengage

•   enfranchise, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate

•   loose, loosen

•   pardon

•   ransom

•   save


•   absolution, acquittal

•   delivery, discharge

•   ransom, rescue


•   epicurean

•   lady-killer, loose

•   promiscuous

•   villain


•   ease

•   free hand

•   imposition, impunity

•   latitude, leisure

•   permit

•   scope


•   bawdy

•   lewd, licentious


•   approval

•   credentials

•   faculty

•   impunity

•   pass, patent, power


•   enable

•   invest

•   legalize


•   bawdy

•   depraved

•   fast, filthy

•   indecent

•   kinky

•   lecherous, loose, lost

•   nasty

•   obscene

•   ribald

•   unbridled

•   voluptuous


•   immorality, impurity, indecency

•   nastiness

•   obscenity

•   sensuality

•   voluptuousness


•   better

•   cap, conquer, chastise

•   demolish

•   hammer

•   moisten, murder

•   overpower

•   slaughter

•   whip, wipe, worst


•   rout


•   bed down, bluff

•   deception

•   fable, fairy tale

•   reside, romance, run

•   story

•   wallow


•   bed down, bluff

•   deception

•   fable, fairy tale

•   reside, romance, run

•   story

•   wallow


•   bounce

•   creation

•   exuberance

•   fire, force, fortune

•   living

•   memoir

•   past

•   world


•   arid

•   blank, bloodless

•   dreary

•   fishy, frigid

•   glassy

•   inexpressive, insipid

•   matter-of-fact, mechanical, motionless

•   ponderous

•   still

•   tame, tedious

•   unimaginative


•   age

•   life, lifelong


•   apprehend, arise, arrest

•   buoy, bust

•   capture, carry, catch

•   doff

•   erect

•   filch

•   heave, hike, hump

•   jack up

•   lighten

•   manhandle

•   pull up

•   run in, run off

•   scoop, shot


•   breezy, burn

•   clear, comic, complexion

•   facile, fine, frothy

•   gossamer

•   hue

•   lyric

•   minor

•   papery

•   set off, side


•   breezy, burn

•   clear, comic, complexion

•   facile, fine, frothy

•   gossamer

•   hue

•   lyric

•   minor

•   papery

•   set off, side


•   bleach, break

•   clear

•   dawn, discharge

•   leaven, light

•   off-load

•   rid

•   soften

•   unburden


•   bleach, break

•   clear

•   dawn, discharge

•   leaven, light

•   off-load

•   rid

•   soften

•   unburden


•   dazed

•   light

•   queer


•   airy

•   breezy, buoyant

•   debonair

•   festive

•   high

•   light

•   mirthful

•   vivacious


•   fine

•   light

•   mediocrity

•   nobody, nonentity

•   papery, portable, pygmy

•   superficial


•   approximate, as

•   care for, correspondent

•   delight

•   even

•   favour

•   kindred

•   matching

•   peer, please

•   savour

•   uniform


•   approximate, as

•   care for, correspondent

•   delight

•   even

•   favour

•   kindred

•   matching

•   peer, please

•   savour

•   uniform


•   aptness

•   eventuality, expectancy, expectation

•   lookout

•   odds

•   predisposition, presumption


•   convincing

•   earthly

•   given

•   imaginable

•   potential, predictable, prospective

•   ready


•   analogy, approach, approximation

•   community, comparison, conformity

•   duplicate

•   equality, equation, equivalence

•   imitation

•   mirror

•   parallel, parity, personification

•   sameness, shape, show

•   twin


•   appetite, approval, attachment

•   discretion

•   fancy

•   gusto

•   leaning, like

•   palate

•   relish

•   tenderness

•   wish


•   foreground

•   spotlight


•   brink

•   circuit, compass, control, crib

•   define, degree, demarcation

•   extreme, extremity

•   goal

•   handicap, height

•   keep, keep back

•   line, localize

•   margin, measure, modify

•   narrow

•   parameter, peg, pole, purview

•   qualify

•   rein, retrench

•   side

•   term, terminal, terminus, tie

•   verge


•   abridgment

•   barrier

•   corset

•   handicap, hindrance

•   limit

•   measure

•   parameter, proviso

•   tie


•   brief

•   conditional

•   exclusive

•   half

•   imperfect, inside, insular

•   local

•   moderate, modest

•   numbered

•   parochial, partial, provincial, provisional

•   qualified

•   sectarian, select, small, specific


•   cosmic

•   incalculable, interminable


•   insipid

•   lackadaisical, languid, lank, listless


•   insipid

•   lackadaisical, languid, lank, listless


•   alignment, antecedents

•   birth

•   cordon, craft

•   family tree, fashion, flank

•   game, genealogy

•   house

•   itinerary

•   lineaments

•   métier, main, manner, mould

•   order

•   pad, paper, parentage, patter, pedigree, pipe, pipeline, pitch

•   racket, range, routine

•   seam

•   tack, tactic, tail, telephone

•   walk, work


•   alignment, antecedents

•   birth

•   cordon, craft

•   family tree, fashion, flank

•   game, genealogy

•   house

•   itinerary

•   lineaments

•   métier, main, manner, mould

•   order

•   pad, paper, parentage, patter, pedigree, pipe, pipeline, pitch

•   racket, range, routine

•   seam

•   tack, tactic, tail, telephone

•   walk, work


•   rugged


•   dialogue

•   wares


•   order

•   programme


•   book

•   programme

•   rank

•   train


•   dilly-dally, drag

•   hang about, hover

•   saunter, stick

•   trail


•   delay, dilatory

•   long


•   adjoin

•   bridge

•   combine, communication, chain

•   dovetail

•   fix

•   hook

•   involve

•   juncture

•   knit

•   lock, logic

•   marriage, marry, match

•   rapport, relation

•   span, string

•   team, twin

•   wed


•   border

•   impudence

•   mouth

•   sauciness

•   verge


•   beverage

•   drink

•   moisture

•   watery


•   assassinate

•   butcher

•   knock off

•   polish off, purge

•   slaughter

•   wind up


•   beverage, brew

•   fluid

•   tipple


•   agenda

•   canon, category, column

•   programme, prospectus

•   rattle, rehearsal, rehearse, return, roster

•   scroll

•   table, timetable


•   agenda

•   canon, category, column

•   programme, prospectus

•   rattle, rehearsal, rehearse, return, roster

•   scroll

•   table, timetable


•   lend


•   bloodless

•   dull

•   half-hearted

•   lackadaisical

•   phlegmatic

•   unemotional, uninterested


•   enlightenment


•   bare

•   inaccuracy

•   misprint

•   precise

•   truthful

•   verbal


•   letter


•   academic

•   educated

•   scholastic


•   enlightened

•   literary


•   hand-out

•   learning

•   writing


•   agile

•   light


•   defendant


•   contend, contest


•   trial


•   factious


•   junk

•   odds and ends

•   trash

•   waste


•   baby

•   less, lick, low

•   midget, mouthful

•   piddling, pocket, puny

•   stunted

•   thought


•   actual


•   actual


•   career

•   keep

•   support


•   action, agility, alertness

•   bounce

•   colour, cheer

•   effervescence, exuberance

•   glee

•   life

•   merriment

•   salt, snap

•   verve, vigour


•   airy, alive, amusing, animate

•   bold, bracing, breezy, bubbly, buoyant

•   cheery

•   dashing, dynamic

•   effervescent, enthusiastic, expressive, exuberant

•   fresh, fun

•   graphic

•   high-spirited

•   jaunty

•   light, living

•   piquant, playful

•   rollicking, rousing

•   salty, sanguine, scintillating, smart, swing, swinging

•   vital, volatile

•   warm, warm-blooded, witty


•   cantankerous, cross

•   ill-tempered

•   prickly

•   waspish


•   trappings


•   doer


•   ghastly, grey

•   lurid


•   actual, animate

•   berth

•   enduring, existent

•   keep

•   live

•   resident


•   build-up

•   content, contents, cross

•   lumber

•   mass, misery

•   saddle, shovel, shower

•   task, tax, trial


•   drunk

•   heavy

•   money

•   pregnant

•   well-off


•   dawdle

•   loiter, loll, lounge

•   maunder

•   vegetate


•   lease


•   allergic

•   slow


•   allergy

•   dislike, distaste

•   hate

•   nausea

•   phobia

•   reluctance


•   cursed

•   damned, distasteful

•   foul

•   ghastly, gruesome

•   hideous

•   infamous

•   mawkish, monstrous

•   repellent

•   shocking, sickening

•   terrible

•   unspeakable


•   anteroom

•   faction


•   civic

•   home

•   peculiar, pub

•   topical

•   vernacular


•   community

•   environs

•   quarter

•   situation


•   base

•   deposit

•   finger

•   lay

•   pitch, plot, position, post

•   rank

•   site, station


•   address

•   discovery, distribution

•   emplacement, exposure

•   locality

•   milieu

•   orientation

•   quarter

•   scene, seat, setting, station, surroundings


•   bar

•   hook


•   bar

•   hook


•   dungeon

•   prison


•   put away

•   restrain

•   secure


•   abide

•   dwell

•   engrave, entrench

•   guild

•   inhabit, install

•   live

•   order

•   plant, prefer

•   reside

•   sow

•   tarry

•   vest

•   wedge


•   address

•   billet

•   rest


•   airy, august

•   cavalier

•   dizzy

•   gallant, generous, grandiose, great

•   high-flown

•   imperial

•   princely


•   enter

•   put down


•   argument

•   dialectic

•   philosophy

•   reasoning, rhyme


•   analytic

•   dialectic

•   legitimate

•   natural

•   persuasive, philosophical

•   reasoned


•   drag

•   hang about

•   lounge

•   stay, straggle

•   tarry, trail


•   bask

•   lie, loiter


•   lonely

•   odd

•   unfrequented, unique


•   retirement


•   desert, dreary

•   inhospitable


•   ache, aspire

•   die

•   far

•   good, great

•   hope

•   languish, lank

•   pant

•   sigh


•   ache, aspire

•   die

•   far

•   good, great

•   hope

•   languish, lank

•   pant

•   sigh


•   ache, appetite, aspirant, aspiring

•   eagerness

•   greed

•   itching

•   lust

•   need, nostalgia, nostalgic

•   thirsty

•   want


•   long-standing


•   immemorial, inveterate

•   lasting, lifelong


•   forbearance

•   injured

•   meek, meekness

•   passive, patience

•   stoicism


•   interminable

•   ponderous

•   talkative

•   windy


•   cut

•   go through

•   sound

•   think, trend, turn


•   attend

•   do

•   eye

•   keep

•   maintain

•   organize

•   provide

•   run

•   safeguard, save, see about, see to, shift, superintend, support

•   watch over


•   depreciate

•   patronize

•   undervalue


•   hope

•   relish


•   delve

•   enquire

•   inquire

•   see about

•   traverse


•   picket

•   scout

•   watcher


•   mind out

•   step

•   watch


•   look into

•   run through

•   survey

•   traverse

•   vet


•   call on

•   drop in (on)

•   refer


•   lour

•   rear


•   hank

•   knit

•   lap

•   meander

•   string

•   thread, twine

•   wind, wreath


•   hole

•   loop


•   absolve, approximate

•   comfortable

•   deliver, disengaged, disentangle, disjointed, dissolve

•   fallen, fire, full

•   general

•   hazy

•   incoherent, incontinent

•   liberal, libidinous, light, limp

•   muddled

•   obscene, open

•   runaway

•   slipshod, slovenly

•   wide


•   clear

•   disengage

•   liberalize, loose

•   slacken (off)

•   unfasten


•   maraud, money

•   rape

•   strip


•   irregular


•   arbiter, aristocrat

•   conqueror, chief

•   mogul

•   owner


•   bossy

•   cavalier, cocky, courtly

•   high

•   imperative

•   magisterial

•   overweening

•   superior


•   literature

•   mythology

•   tradition


•   cost

•   go down

•   sacrifice

•   throw away, track


•   down and out

•   wastrel


•   casualty, consumption

•   death, decrease

•   eclipse, expense

•   fatality, forfeit

•   miss

•   passing, prejudice

•   sacrifice

•   toll


•   buried

•   deceased, deep, done, drain

•   faraway, finished, forlorn

•   hopeless

•   irrecoverable

•   sea, strange, stray

•   wits


•   allocation, allotment, amount

•   crew

•   estate

•   gang

•   heap, heritage

•   job

•   mass, mob, multitude

•   pack, plot, predestination

•   range

•   store

•   tract

•   whole


•   application

•   ointment


•   sweep


•   almighty

•   bold

•   full

•   riotous

•   thunderous

•   uproarious


•   aloud


•   bar, bask

•   lie

•   parlour


•   barbarian

•   hulk

•   peasant, philistine

•   rowdy

•   savage


•   cherubic

•   prepossessing


•   care for, charity

•   endearment, esteem

•   heart

•   love affair

•   nil

•   predilection


•   angelic

•   beauty, bonny

•   darling

•   fair, fine

•   glamorous, gorgeous

•   heavenly

•   lovable

•   stunning


•   enthusiast

•   fan

•   gallant

•   love

•   man


•   close

•   gracious

•   motherly

•   passionate

•   reverent, romantic


•   bass, beggarly, bestial

•   caddish

•   debased, degenerate, demoralized, dirty, dispirited

•   earthly, economic

•   faint, filthy, flat, foul

•   gruff, guttural

•   hollow

•   inaudible, indelicate

•   lamentable, low-spirited

•   marginal, melancholy

•   pitiful

•   scurrilous, shabby, shameful, slavish, slump, squalid

•   tasteless

•   unfavourable

•   wretched


•   below, bring down

•   cut down, cheapen

•   demoralize, depreciate, deteriorate, detract, dim, dip, discount, duck, dwarf

•   efface

•   get down

•   hang

•   incline, infernal

•   modify, mute

•   nether

•   petty

•   relax

•   second, subside, sunken

•   turn down

•   weaken


•   below, bring down

•   cut down, cheapen

•   demoralize, depreciate, deteriorate, detract, dim, dip, discount, duck, dwarf

•   efface

•   get down

•   hang

•   incline, infernal

•   modify, mute

•   nether

•   petty

•   relax

•   second, subside, sunken

•   turn down

•   weaken


•   low

•   rotten

•   third-rate


•   dry

•   inactive

•   unobtrusive


•   base

•   low

•   menial


•   downhearted

•   melancholy


•   fast

•   unfailing


•   attachment

•   belonging

•   commitment

•   dedication, duty

•   faith

•   nationalism

•   support

•   truth


•   articulate

•   coherent

•   graphic

•   right

•   simple


•   coincidence

•   portion


•   accursed

•   poor


•   enviable

•   happy

•   well, well-off


•   moneymaking

•   successful


•   bizarre

•   cockeyed

•   derisory

•   fantastic, fatuous, foolish

•   grotesque

•   humorous

•   imbecile, impossible

•   killing

•   mad

•   rich

•   senseless, stupid


•   stuff

•   thing


•   black

•   lachrymose

•   moody

•   rueful


•   blasé

•   dead


•   appease

•   break

•   cradle

•   gap

•   intermission

•   lapse

•   quieten

•   remission, rest

•   settle

•   truce


•   lull


•   jog

•   roll

•   task


•   jog

•   roll

•   task


•   gawky

•   oafish

•   uncoordinated


•   ablaze

•   effulgent

•   light

•   sunny


•   blob, block

•   hulk

•   knob

•   loaf

•   pat, put up

•   slab

•   wad


•   blob, block

•   hulk

•   knob

•   loaf

•   pat, put up

•   slab

•   wad


•   delirium

•   frenzy

•   irrationality


•   batty

•   fatuous

•   idiotic

•   mental

•   unbalanced


•   swoop


•   bribe

•   cajole, captivate, corrupt

•   dangle

•   fascination

•   incentive

•   pull

•   seduction

•   wile


•   frightful

•   loud

•   pulp


•   lie


•   epicurean

•   tasty


•   creamy

•   delectable, drinker, drunk, drunkard

•   epicurean, exuberant

•   fat

•   rich

•   sensuous

•   tropical


•   hanker, hunger

•   itch

•   long

•   sexuality


•   bloom

•   finish, fire

•   glaze, greatness

•   light

•   polish

•   splendour


•   able-bodied, ardent, athletic

•   corpulent

•   full-blooded

•   hardy

•   mighty, muscular


•   elegant

•   grand

•   high

•   lush

•   palatial, palmy

•   riotous


•   delicacy

•   elegance

•   magnificence

•   plenty, prosperity

•   style


•   insincere

•   untrue, untruth


•   poem, poetic

•   song


•   lyric

•   musical


•   creepy

•   lurid

•   sick


•   car

•   thing


•   installation

•   movement

•   plant

•   rig


•   beside

•   demonic

•   fantastic

•   hysterical

•   indignant

•   queer

•   stuck

•   twist

•   uncontrollable


•   anger

•   distract

•   outrage

•   wall


•   assumed

•   fabulous, fictitious

•   romantic


•   amuck

•   blindly

•   mad


•   delirium, desperation

•   hysteria

•   irrationality

•   stupidity


•   armoury

•   cartridge

•   print, publication

•   review


•   fabulous


•   arbitrary

•   dogmatic

•   imperative

•   judicial

•   pompous

•   tyrannical


•   bench


•   kindness

•   liberality

•   tolerance


•   chivalrous

•   forgiving

•   gallant, great

•   liberal

•   princely

•   tolerant


•   industrialist


•   dynamic

•   inviting

•   magic

•   prepossessing


•   glamour

•   influence

•   personality


•   aggravation

•   exaltation

•   hyperbole


•   dazzle

•   pageantry


•   awe-inspiring

•   breathtaking, bright

•   gallant

•   imperial

•   marvellous

•   palatial, proud

•   royal

•   smashing, spectacular, superlative

•   terrific

•   wonderful


•   applaud

•   bless

•   compound

•   double

•   elevate, ennoble, escalate, exalt, extol

•   glorify

•   play up, praise

•   wax


•   breadth

•   dimension

•   gauge

•   import

•   measurement

•   proportion


•   domestic

•   virgin

•   woman


•   opening

•   woman


•   virgin


•   direct

•   remit


•   deform, disfigure

•   lacerate


•   arch

•   big

•   deep, dominant

•   grand, great

•   key

•   lead

•   major, master

•   prevailing, prominent

•   ruling

•   sea

•   uppermost


•   especially

•   large

•   main

•   part

•   rule


•   bastion

•   protagonist, provider

•   rock

•   strength, support


•   adhere, adopt, argue

•   bear, believe, bolster

•   carry

•   dig in

•   entertain, espouse

•   guarantee

•   harbour

•   keep at

•   nourish

•   patronize, persevere, plead, predicate, prop, protest, pursue

•   say, service

•   tend

•   wield


•   adoption, assertion

•   espousal

•   running

•   service

•   vindication


•   awful

•   glorious

•   handsome

•   lordly

•   palatial, proud

•   solemn


•   greatness

•   king


•   arch

•   capital

•   full-scale

•   key

•   overriding

•   special, star


•   age

•   body

•   many

•   rank and file


•   adapt

•   breed, brew, bring

•   design, draw

•   fetch

•   gather, give, gross

•   hammer, hew

•   let

•   mean, mint

•   notch up

•   pin down, prepare, put

•   quality

•   render, return

•   score

•   take, texture, turn out

•   weave, work


•   assumed

•   fictitious

•   mimic, mythical


•   fool

•   put on


•   shift


•   go

•   head

•   produce

•   take to, tend


•   break away

•   run, run away, run off

•   tail


•   cope

•   do

•   figure out

•   get along

•   identify

•   know

•   pick out, profess

•   reason, remark

•   sight, spell out, spot

•   tell

•   unravel


•   architect, artificer

•   cause, craftsman

•   father, founder

•   inventor

•   originator

•   poet


•   apology

•   crude

•   excuse, expediency

•   flimsy

•   improvisation, improvised, interim


•   anatomy, architecture

•   complexion

•   fabric

•   grain

•   habit

•   mentality

•   personality, physique

•   turn


•   ad-lib

•   extemporize

•   mint

•   pretend

•   replenish

•   weave


•   mixed-up


•   condition

•   disability

•   upset


•   man


•   sinner

•   trespasser


•   animosity

•   devilry

•   enmity

•   gall, grudge

•   hostility

•   spleen

•   venom


•   catty, cruel

•   evil

•   fiendish

•   ill, infernal

•   sardonic, satanic, sinister

•   ugly

•   virulent

•   wanton


•   freak


•   act up

•   irregularity

•   play up

•   trouble

•   wrong


•   devilry

•   envy

•   gall, grudge

•   hostility

•   ill

•   meanness

•   nastiness

•   resentment

•   viciousness


•   cutting

•   envious, evil

•   fiendish

•   hurtful

•   ill, infernal

•   libellous

•   mean

•   nasty

•   poisonous

•   sardonic, slanderous

•   unkind

•   venomous, vindictive, virulent

•   wanton


•   assail, attack

•   blacken

•   sinister, slang

•   wrong


•   fiendish

•   mischievous, morbid

•   pestilential

•   sardonic, satanic, sinister

•   venomous, vindictive


•   irregularity

•   maladministration


•   assail

•   knock about

•   misuse, molest

•   oppress, outrage

•   persecute, punish

•   rough

•   wrong


•   big

•   formidable

•   great

•   monster, monstrous

•   thumping, tremendous


•   creature

•   fellow, flesh

•   grown-up

•   mortal

•   take to

•   world


•   band

•   pinion


•   boss, bring about

•   deal, do, drive

•   encompass

•   get

•   head

•   jockey

•   keep

•   lead

•   manoeuvre, master, mastermind

•   negotiate

•   officiate, order

•   preside, prosecute, pull off, put through

•   regulate, ride

•   see to

•   tend, transact, treat

•   work


•   bearable

•   flexible

•   gentle

•   light

•   plastic, pliable, pliant, portable

•   simple

•   tame


•   accomplishment, administrative, authority

•   dispensation, disposal, disposition

•   executive

•   leadership

•   organization, oversight

•   production

•   regime, regulation

•   treatment

•   usage


•   chief

•   engineer

•   master, mastermind

•   operator

•   superior


•   approval, approve

•   behest

•   delegate, dictate

•   word


•   forced

•   incumbent

•   necessary

•   prerequisite

•   regulation


•   male, masculine, mighty


•   might


•   batter

•   claw

•   misquote, murder

•   press

•   savage


•   abuse

•   knock about

•   mistreat, misuse, molest

•   punish

•   rough


•   majority


•   bug

•   distraction

•   furore

•   love affair


•   nut

•   zealot


•   argue, axiomatic

•   barefaced, betoken, betray

•   confess

•   distinguishable

•   evidence, exemplify

•   give, gross

•   indicate

•   known

•   look

•   marked

•   naked, notable

•   ostensible, overt

•   reflect, register, render

•   tangible, transparent

•   undeniable, undisguised, unequivocal, unquestionable


•   apparition

•   embodiment, evidence

•   flash, form

•   incarnation

•   occurrence

•   presence

•   testimony


•   complex

•   different, dissimilar, divers

•   miscellaneous, mixed

•   several


•   exploit

•   feel, finesse, finger, fix

•   jockey, juggle

•   knead

•   manage, massage

•   rig

•   tamper


•   flesh

•   society

•   world


•   gallantry


•   stalwart, stout


•   imitation, inorganic


•   attitude

•   carriage, cast, course

•   execution

•   front

•   strain

•   technique, touch, turn

•   working


•   camp

•   stiff

•   theatrical

•   unnatural


•   affectation

•   pose


•   good

•   proper

•   urbane


•   actions

•   code, cultivation

•   form

•   grace

•   morality, morals

•   propriety


•   cajole, conspire, coup

•   device

•   ease, expediency, expedient

•   fiddle, finesse, fix, fly

•   jockey, juggle

•   manhandle, measure

•   operate

•   park

•   run

•   step

•   wile, work, wriggle


•   castle

•   place


•   layer, ledge

•   suffuse


•   book


•   contrive

•   erection

•   fashion, formation, frame

•   output

•   workmanship


•   fertilize


•   different

•   miscellaneous, multiple

•   number

•   several


•   abuse

•   batter, botch, bruise, bungle

•   deform, discolour

•   muck, muck up, murder

•   overshadow

•   pollute, prejudice

•   queer

•   score

•   undo

•   wreck


•   border, bound, boundary

•   course

•   demonstrate

•   fringe

•   move

•   pound

•   troop, trudge

•   way


•   fringe, frontier


•   bank, beach

•   clearance

•   demarcation

•   extremity

•   fringe

•   hem

•   lead, lip

•   skirt


•   outside


•   sailor


•   attribute

•   behold, butt

•   cipher, character

•   degree, demarcate, designation, direction, discolour, docket, dot

•   guide

•   heed

•   indent, indicate, indicator

•   magnitude, make, manifestation, model, mug

•   notch

•   peculiarity, pit, plot, point, prey, property, punctuate

•   register, rut

•   score, see, signal, speck

•   tally, thumb, tick, touch

•   underline

•   witness


•   appreciable

•   definite, distinguished, distinguishing

•   emphatic, especial

•   particular

•   sharp, spectacular, strong

•   telling, thick


•   especially, extremely

•   painfully, particularly


•   audience

•   clientele

•   demand

•   emporium, exchange

•   handle, hawk

•   merchandise

•   outlet

•   peddle

•   sale, store

•   trade, traffic


•   commercial

•   mercantile


•   shot


•   red


•   connection


•   allied, attached


•   keynote

•   meat

•   point, pulp


•   combine, couple

•   mate, mingle

•   pair


•   flat

•   mire


•   compile

•   mobilize

•   rally, round up


•   muddy

•   sodden

•   watery


•   fighting


•   tyrant


•   hell


•   amazement

•   curiosity

•   dream

•   legend

•   magician

•   spectacle


•   curious

•   divine

•   exceptional

•   grand

•   magic

•   strange, stunning

•   tremendous

•   world


•   blanket, blur

•   face

•   gloss

•   mantle, muffle

•   obstruct

•   pretence, pretext

•   shut out


•   amount, assembly

•   bank, barrage, blob, build-up, bundle

•   cake, clump


•   bloodshed

•   cut down

•   destruction

•   overrun, overwhelm

•   sword


•   bumper

•   gross

•   large

•   mighty, monolithic, monstrous

•   overweight

•   prodigious

•   thumping

•   unwieldy

•   voluminous


•   academic, arbiter, arch, authority

•   beat, best

•   classic, conqueror, craftsman

•   demolish, demon, digest

•   experienced

•   get over

•   hammer

•   original, overthrow

•   pick up, professional

•   reduce, repress

•   sage, specialist, surmount

•   veteran

•   winner, worst


•   able


•   able, accomplished, ace, artful

•   brilliant

•   capable, classic

•   gifted, great

•   ingenious

•   master

•   perfect, polished, professional, proficient

•   virtuoso

•   wicked, workmanlike


•   brain

•   highbrow

•   oracle

•   prodigy

•   run

•   tactician, thinker


•   gem

•   paragon


•   adroitness, art, artistry

•   craftsmanship

•   expertness

•   flair

•   grip

•   hold

•   influence

•   omnipotence

•   power, predominance, prevalence

•   reach

•   touch


•   answer to

•   balance

•   coincide, come up to, conform, correspondence

•   dovetail

•   equalize, equate, equation, equivalence, even

•   go

•   keep up

•   light, like, liken

•   mean, measure up (to), meet

•   parallel, pit

•   reciprocate, reproduce

•   square

•   tie, tone, touch, tournament


•   even

•   harmonious

•   kindred


•   alone

•   pre-eminent

•   surpassing

•   transcendent


•   brother

•   counterpart

•   duplicate

•   equal

•   intimate

•   tally

•   woman


•   appreciable

•   corporal

•   earthly, economic

•   fuel

•   measurable, mundane

•   paraphernalia, personal


•   befall

•   come

•   emerge

•   form

•   surface


•   essence


•   protective


•   union


•   article

•   content

•   interest, item

•   pith, point

•   regard, respect

•   theme

•   weigh


•   businesslike

•   common-sense

•   direct

•   factual

•   hard-bitten

•   literal

•   mechanical

•   phlegmatic, practical, pragmatic

•   realistic

•   sensible


•   big

•   concoct

•   educate, evolve, experienced

•   flower, fully-fledged

•   grey

•   old

•   payable, progress

•   responsible

•   trustworthy

•   unfold

•   vintage


•   age

•   development, discretion

•   fruition

•   prime

•   readiness, responsibility


•   corny

•   drunk

•   nostalgic


•   cudgel

•   feel, finger

•   handle

•   knock about

•   mistreat, misuse

•   savage


•   drivel


•   corny

•   namby-pamby

•   sickly, sloppy


•   code

•   institute

•   moral

•   precept, principle

•   truth


•   all-out

•   extreme

•   full

•   limit

•   ultimate


•   probably


•   battery

•   uproar


•   network

•   wilderness


•   beggarly

•   few, frugal

•   insignificant

•   lamentable, low

•   miserable

•   narrow, niggardly

•   remote


•   add up, amount to, avaricious

•   bad, bare, beastly, bitchy

•   catty, central, coarse, cheap

•   direct, dirty, disreputable

•   excellent

•   fantastic, filthy, first-rate

•   get at, grasping, great, grubby

•   horrible, horrid, hurtful

•   ill-natured

•   lamentable, little

•   mangy, marvellous, mediocre

•   narrow

•   par, pitiful

•   ragged, rotten

•   sensational, slavish, small, small-minded, smashing, sneaking, sorry, splendid

•   terrific, tremendous

•   uncharitable, unkind

•   vicious, villainous

•   woeful, wonderful


•   add up, amount to, avaricious

•   bad, bare, beastly, bitchy

•   catty, central, coarse, cheap

•   direct, dirty, disreputable

•   excellent

•   fantastic, filthy, first-rate

•   get at, grasping, great, grubby

•   horrible, horrid, hurtful

•   ill-natured

•   lamentable, little

•   mangy, marvellous, mediocre

•   narrow

•   par, pitiful

•   ragged, rotten

•   sensational, slavish, small, small-minded, smashing, sneaking, sorry, splendid

•   terrific, tremendous

•   uncharitable, unkind

•   vicious, villainous

•   woeful, wonderful


•   add up, amount to, avaricious

•   bad, bare, beastly, bitchy

•   catty, central, coarse, cheap

•   direct, dirty, disreputable

•   excellent

•   fantastic, filthy, first-rate

•   get at, grasping, great, grubby

•   horrible, horrid, hurtful

•   ill-natured

•   lamentable, little

•   mangy, marvellous, mediocre

•   narrow

•   par, pitiful

•   ragged, rotten

•   sensational, slavish, small, small-minded, smashing, sneaking, sorry, splendid

•   terrific, tremendous

•   uncharitable, unkind

•   vicious, villainous

•   woeful, wonderful


•   amble

•   curl

•   deviate, digress, diverge, drift

•   maunder, maze

•   roam

•   saunter

•   thread, twine

•   winding


•   content

•   essence

•   impact, intent

•   moral

•   rhyme

•   significant, spirit


•   articulate

•   coherent

•   influential

•   knowing

•   pithy


•   absurd

•   illogical, inept

•   shallow, silly, stupid

•   unconnected, unintelligible


•   inferiority

•   nearness


•   agent, apparatus, approach, asset

•   budget

•   capability, circumstances

•   engine, expediency

•   facility, fuel

•   keep, key

•   livelihood

•   manner, mechanism

•   organ

•   purse

•   resource

•   step

•   tactic, technique, thing, tool

•   vehicle


•   interim, interval

•   time


•   appreciable


•   allocation

•   breadth

•   calibre, content, contrivance

•   depth, dimension, dispense, dosage, dram

•   expediency

•   fathom

•   girth

•   legislation, length

•   mark, mete, move, movement

•   pace, plumb, preparation, process

•   ruler

•   strain

•   time, tot

•   unit

•   width


•   unit


•   graduate

•   ration


•   mindless

•   repetitive


•   contraption

•   engine

•   gear

•   movement

•   thing

•   vehicle


•   butt

•   come between

•   fool

•   mess, mess about, monkey

•   nose

•   poke

•   tinker


•   adjudicate

•   judge

•   negotiate


•   diplomat


•   preparation, prescription

•   treatment


•   fair

•   hack

•   low

•   moderate

•   poor

•   second class

•   third-rate

•   unexceptional, unsatisfactory


•   pygmy


•   brood

•   commune, chew

•   digest

•   mull

•   revolve

•   speculate

•   wonder


•   debate, deliberation


•   go-between

•   mechanism, moderate

•   tender, tool

•   voice


•   compound, conglomeration

•   diversity

•   mix

•   ragbag

•   selection

•   variety


•   diffident

•   henpecked

•   low, lowly

•   quiet

•   retiring, reverent

•   unassertive, unobtrusive


•   diffidence


•   answer to, approach, appropriate, apropos, apt

•   becoming, befitting, butt

•   counter

•   deserved

•   engage, expedient, eye

•   focus

•   get together, greet, grip

•   make, make up, measure up (to), meeting, merge

•   pay, proper

•   receive, redeem

•   see, seemly, sit

•   welcome


•   appointment

•   briefing

•   caucus, consultation

•   date, diet

•   game

•   huddle

•   interview

•   muster

•   parley

•   sitting

•   talk, tournament


•   bad

•   cheerless

•   deplorable, depressing, desolate, desolation, despair, despairing, dreary, dumps

•   heaviness, heavy

•   mood, morbid, morose, mouth

•   pessimism, pessimistic, plaintive

•   rueful

•   sorry

•   wistful, wretched


•   age

•   come round

•   fruity, full-bodied

•   humanize

•   mild

•   subdue, succulent


•   mellow

•   rhythmic

•   soft, sweet


•   dramatic

•   lurid


•   chant

•   jingle


•   pity

•   relent, resolve, run

•   soften up

•   warm


•   initiate

•   link

•   participant

•   unit


•   seat


•   reminiscence


•   biography

•   history


•   eventful

•   inspired

•   monumental

•   outstanding

•   proud

•   special

•   vivid


•   token, tombstone


•   retain, revise


•   echo

•   impression

•   mind


•   domineer

•   hang over, hector

•   lour


•   antisocial

•   black

•   creepy

•   fearsome, fierce, formidable

•   imminent, impending

•   portentous

•   sinister

•   ugly


•   botch

•   come along

•   doctor

•   get over

•   knit

•   make up

•   pick up, piece

•   redress, refurbish, rehabilitate


•   inferior

•   nobody


•   crazy

•   ideal, inner, interior

•   psychic, psychological


•   head

•   reason


•   comment

•   enumerate, expression

•   hint

•   instance

•   note

•   observe

•   plug

•   refer

•   say, speak, specify

•   touch


•   oracle


•   fare, food


•   economic


•   adventurer

•   commercial

•   mean

•   narrow, niggardly

•   rotten

•   self-seeking, selfish

•   wolf


•   cargo

•   freight

•   product


•   businessman

•   magnate


•   gentle, good

•   tender


•   bitter, brutal

•   cold-blooded

•   ferocious

•   grim

•   hardhearted

•   inclement, inhuman

•   remorseless

•   savage, stony

•   tough

•   uncharitable


•   absolution

•   bowels

•   goodness

•   humanity

•   pardon

•   tenderness


•   main

•   pool

•   very


•   band

•   confederate

•   integrate, intermingle

•   marry

•   pool

•   sink

•   unify

•   weave, wed


•   marriage

•   unification


•   account

•   calibre, comeuppance

•   desirability, distinction

•   palm

•   reward


•   moral

•   outstanding


•   cheer

•   game

•   happiness

•   jamboree


•   airy

•   bonny, bright, bubbly

•   drunk

•   effervescent

•   gala

•   high

•   inebriated

•   jovial

•   light, lively

•   playful


•   filter

•   integrate

•   lattice, lock

•   maze

•   screen, splice

•   tissue


•   charm

•   enchant

•   possess

•   transfix


•   crisis

•   dump

•   embarrassment, entanglement, eyesore

•   fiasco, fool, fright

•   hole, huddle

•   monkey

•   scrape, sight, straits

•   trouble, twist

•   washout, wreck


•   act up

•   clown

•   fool

•   play with


•   dedication

•   epistle

•   gospel

•   information

•   lesson, line

•   notification

•   relay, report

•   sense, significance


•   apostle

•   precursor


•   bedraggled

•   disorderly

•   scruffy, slapdash

•   tangled, topsy-turvy


•   mystic

•   unworldly


•   allocate

•   hand out


•   art

•   discipline

•   expediency, expedient

•   formula

•   means, measure, mechanism

•   recipe, rhyme

•   tack, tactic, touch

•   usage

•   working


•   exact

•   formal


•   accurate

•   conscientious

•   exquisite

•   methodical, minute

•   nice

•   religious, rigorous


•   business

•   employment

•   job

•   walk, work


•   meticulous


•   average

•   dead, deep, depth

•   hub

•   navel


•   factor

•   mediator


•   mean, mill

•   O.K.


•   diminutive

•   pygmy


•   dead, depth


•   intermediate

•   medium


•   arm, authority

•   brawn

•   main, muscle

•   nerve


•   forcible, formidable

•   mammoth, mountainous

•   wicked


•   mobile

•   vagabond


•   depart


•   exodus

•   move


•   floating


•   affable

•   good, gracious

•   halcyon, healing, humane

•   inoffensive

•   kindly

•   lenient, light, lowly

•   patient

•   quiet

•   restrained

•   tasteless


•   affability, amenity


•   conditions

•   entourage

•   medium

•   precincts


•   fanatic

•   radical

•   zealot, zealous


•   troop


•   blackmail

•   deplete

•   play on

•   squeeze


•   workshop


•   handicap

•   liability


•   act


•   act, assume

•   copy

•   hit off


•   cut up, chop up

•   grate


•   adhere

•   beware

•   care for

•   discretion

•   eye

•   grudge

•   heart

•   keep

•   listen

•   nut

•   pleasure

•   recall, recollect

•   see, soul, stomach

•   temper

•   wit


•   appreciative

•   considerate

•   observant


•   blind, brute

•   fatuous

•   irrational

•   reckless

•   senseless


•   watch out


•   bomb, bore

•   dig

•   plenty

•   tap

•   undercut

•   well, working


•   amalgamate

•   confuse, converge

•   elbow


•   model

•   pygmy

•   undersized


•   limited

•   marginal

•   scant


•   dwarf

•   laugh off, lessen, lower

•   undervalue


•   extreme, extremity

•   threshold


•   satellite

•   tool


•   bureaucrat

•   supply


•   bureaucracy

•   clergy

•   legation

•   mission


•   adolescent

•   child

•   dependant

•   excusable

•   footling, frivolous

•   incidental

•   juvenile

•   less, little, lower

•   marginal

•   niggling

•   obscure, one-horse

•   pardonable, puny

•   side, subsidiary

•   teenager

•   venial

•   ward


•   whole


•   baby, bit

•   delicate

•   elaborate, entry

•   imperceptible

•   light

•   note

•   particular, photographic

•   record

•   scrupulous, searching

•   take down


•   baby, bit

•   delicate

•   elaborate, entry

•   imperceptible

•   light

•   note

•   particular, photographic

•   record

•   scrupulous, searching

•   take down


•   proceeding

•   transaction


•   detail

•   incidentals


•   imp


•   magic

•   portentous

•   remarkable

•   uncanny, undreamed of


•   fantasy

•   vision


•   embroil

•   implicate


•   ape

•   imitate

•   mimic

•   personify

•   reproduce, resemble


•   cheer

•   geniality


•   gleeful


•   casualty

•   miscarriage


•   pessimist


•   err


•   illusion


•   appropriate

•   filch

•   take, thieve


•   err

•   play up

•   transgress


•   delinquency

•   malpractice

•   transgression, trespass


•   bungle

•   mistake

•   slip

•   trip


•   disappointment

•   failing


•   backfire

•   founder

•   grief

•   miss

•   wrong


•   different

•   general

•   odd


•   conglomeration

•   pastiche

•   ragbag

•   selection


•   catastrophe

•   miscarriage


•   antics

•   caper

•   devilry

•   escapade

•   foolery

•   ill

•   lark

•   pickle, prejudice


•   disobedient

•   officious

•   sly

•   whimsical


•   illusion

•   mistake


•   abuse

•   crime

•   fault

•   guilt

•   trespass


•   crime

•   delinquency


•   hoarder


•   avaricious

•   base, brokenhearted

•   comfortless, cheerless

•   despairing, discontented

•   joyless

•   low-spirited

•   moody, morose, mouth

•   niggardly

•   paltry, parsimonious, pitiful

•   sad

•   tragic

•   unlucky

•   valueless

•   woeful


•   churlish

•   tight


•   abjectness, adversity

•   bane, baseness

•   cross

•   desperation, despondency

•   evil

•   hell

•   ill

•   murder

•   oppression

•   pain

•   rack

•   worry


•   flop, founder

•   miscarriage

•   rebound, recoil

•   wrong


•   deviant

•   oddity


•   bereavement

•   casualty, catastrophe, cross, curse, chance

•   disappointment, distress

•   evil

•   failing

•   ill

•   judgment

•   mischief

•   pity

•   scourge, sorrow

•   undoing

•   vexation

•   woe


•   demur

•   foreboding

•   mistrust

•   premonition, presentiment

•   question

•   uneasiness


•   ill-judged

•   perverted


•   fumble

•   hash

•   ill-treat


•   breakdown

•   casualty, catastrophe

•   hitch

•   incident

•   miscarriage

•   reverse


•   garble


•   blunder

•   err

•   misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand

•   slip

•   undervalue


•   leave


•   betray

•   cajole, cheat

•   double-cross, dust

•   humbug

•   infatuate

•   mock

•   palter

•   seduce

•   trick


•   devious

•   elusive, equivocal

•   illusory

•   puzzling

•   tortuous

•   untrue


•   fumble

•   hash


•   dislocate, displace

•   track


•   colour

•   doctor

•   fudge

•   juggle

•   lie

•   misquote

•   wrong


•   clear

•   fall short

•   jump

•   miscarriage, mislay, misplace, mourn

•   pass, pass by

•   regret, require

•   woman


•   clear

•   fall short

•   jump

•   miscarriage, mislay, misplace, mourn

•   pass, pass by

•   regret, require

•   woman


•   shapeless


•   bolt, bomb, bullet


•   nonexistent

•   short

•   truant


•   concern, contingent

•   expedition

•   function

•   message

•   pilgrimage


•   evangelical


•   credentials


•   lost


•   damp


•   confuse

•   defect, delusion

•   fallacy

•   impropriety, indiscretion

•   jumble

•   lapse

•   misapprehension, misprint, miss, mix-up


•   amiss

•   confused

•   illusory

•   unreliable, untrue


•   amiss

•   foolishly

•   inadvertently

•   unawares

•   wrong


•   knock about

•   rough


•   instructor

•   owner

•   pedagogue

•   queen

•   teacher

•   woman


•   disbelief, discredit

•   jealousy

•   query, question


•   incredulous

•   jealous

•   unsure


•   damp, dreamy

•   filmy

•   grey

•   wet


•   confused


•   embezzle, embezzlement

•   misappropriate, murder

•   punish

•   use


•   commute

•   dilute

•   excuse

•   help

•   liberalize, loosen

•   qualify, quell, quieten

•   relax, relieve, remedy, reprieve

•   season, smooth, solace

•   tame

•   water down


•   appeasement

•   excuse, explanation

•   reprieve


•   aggregate

•   degrade, dispense, diversify

•   elbow

•   hash

•   mix up

•   run

•   shake up, shuffle, solution, stir


•   adulterate, aggregate

•   beaten

•   complex

•   debased

•   impure, indiscriminate

•   promiscuous


•   disconcerted, disconnected

•   tangled, topsy-turvy


•   aggregate

•   combination, complication, composition

•   dip

•   hybrid

•   impurity

•   pastiche, patchwork, potion, preparation, prescription

•   ragbag

•   solution


•   disarray

•   entanglement

•   hash

•   twist


•   garble


•   croak

•   jeremiad

•   murmur

•   repine

•   snivel, sorrow, squeal

•   weep, whimper


•   bunch

•   clique

•   knot

•   people, populace

•   ring


•   fluid, flying


•   arm

•   harness

•   levy

•   raise, recruit

•   summon


•   debunk, deceptive

•   fun

•   game, guy

•   hiss

•   imitative

•   joke

•   kid

•   laugh

•   make-believe

•   poke

•   quasi-

•   synthetic

•   thumb

•   unreal


•   banter

•   excuse

•   gibe

•   illusion, irony, irreverence

•   mock

•   sacrilege, sarcasm, sneer, sport


•   burlesque

•   cynical

•   ironic

•   takeoff

•   wry


•   beat

•   classic

•   exhibit, exponent

•   faultless, frame

•   guide

•   hew

•   lead, lesson, light, likeness, lines

•   make, measure

•   pilot, pose, precedent

•   queen

•   sample, sculpture, specimen


•   abstemious, abstinent, acceptable

•   bad, brake, break, bridle

•   conservative, change

•   damp, dispassionate, dull

•   easy, easy-going

•   forbearing

•   gradual

•   half, halfway

•   let up, liberalize, light, loosen, low, lower, lull

•   mince, modify, mute

•   qualify, quell

•   reduce, remit

•   sane, season, slacken (off), subside

•   umpire, unimpassioned

•   weaken


•   enough

•   fashion

•   gradually

•   halfway

•   lightly

•   moderation

•   partially, pretty

•   sort


•   abstinence

•   forbearance

•   leniency, lessening

•   measure, mitigation

•   reason, relaxation, remission

•   sobriety

•   temper


•   date

•   fashionable, forward-looking

•   latter

•   progressive


•   chaste

•   decent

•   economic, economical

•   feminine

•   homely

•   inconspicuous, inexpensive

•   ladylike, light, low, lowly

•   maidenly, mean

•   plain, poor, pure

•   reasonable, run-of-the-mill

•   slight, spare

•   timid

•   unobtrusive

•   virgin


•   chastity

•   honour


•   accommodation, adaptation, amendment

•   condition, conversion, correction

•   shift

•   variant


•   accommodate, act on, affect, amend

•   commute

•   determine, differentiate, diversify

•   fit

•   influence

•   juggle

•   liberalize

•   mitigate

•   shape, suit

•   tailor


•   bigwig


•   juicy

•   muggy

•   succulent

•   watery


•   bathe

•   dabble

•   irrigate

•   wash


•   spray

•   wet


•   grain, granule


•   maul, mistreat, misuse

•   paw


•   bit, breath

•   emphasis

•   greatness

•   interest

•   magnitude, matter

•   occasion, opportunity

•   pith

•   wink


•   meteoric

•   transient


•   big

•   emphatic, eventful

•   far-reaching

•   great

•   influential

•   material, memorable

•   portentous

•   signal, solemn, special


•   impulse

•   pace

•   speed


•   crown

•   lord


•   crown

•   reign


•   monk


•   commercial

•   economic


•   asset

•   deposit

•   finance, finances, financial

•   lucre

•   means

•   pile, principal, purse

•   ransom, resources

•   tender, treasure, treasury

•   wherewithal


•   dog

•   indiscriminate

•   mixed


•   control

•   eavesdrop, eye

•   look over

•   police

•   regulate

•   track


•   ascetic

•   hermit

•   recluse


•   mischief

•   villain


•   misbehaviour


•   totalitarian


•   patter


•   absorb

•   consume

•   obsess, occupy


•   bland

•   deadly, dragging, dreary, dry

•   endless

•   institutional

•   uneventful, uninteresting


•   animal

•   prodigy

•   terror


•   enormity

•   prodigy

•   sight


•   barbarous, beastly

•   fearful

•   grievous

•   monster

•   nefarious

•   preposterous

•   terrific

•   ugly, unspeakable


•   landmark


•   august

•   grand, grandiose

•   huge

•   large

•   mammoth, mighty, mountainous

•   thumping

•   vast


•   air, atmosphere, attitude

•   climate, current

•   feeling, fit, frame

•   nature

•   posture

•   state

•   tone, tune


•   depressed

•   low-spirited


•   month


•   root, rope

•   tie


•   root, rope

•   tie


•   problematic

•   questionable

•   raise

•   vexed


•   hair

•   mop up


•   clean, conscientious

•   scrupulous

•   wholesome


•   self-respect


•   good

•   honour

•   right


•   principle

•   standard


•   deferment

•   truce


•   dark


•   majority


•   addition, again, and

•   but

•   yet


•   pride


•   constantly

•   light

•   prime


•   bitter

•   dark, dejected, despondent, dispirited

•   grim

•   lugubrious


•   atom

•   portion

•   spot


•   creature

•   deathly, dying

•   fallible

•   homicidal

•   life

•   mundane

•   physical, poisonous

•   soul


•   flesh


•   decay, degradation, disappointment

•   ignominy

•   penance

•   sackcloth and ashes


•   disgraced

•   sheepish


•   confuse

•   decay

•   pique, place

•   show up, small, snub

•   take down

•   wither, wound


•   basically

•   main

•   part

•   whole


•   mangy, musty


•   ferment, foster

•   originator

•   parent

•   scoundrel

•   vernacular

•   wretch


•   womanly


•   sense


•   activity

•   circulation

•   operation

•   pace, play

•   question

•   resolution, run

•   transit


•   becalmed

•   firm

•   quiescent, quiet

•   rest

•   sedentary, stagnant

•   undisturbed


•   activate

•   carry

•   dispose

•   raise


•   cause

•   excitement

•   goad

•   impetus

•   provocation

•   rationale

•   spirit

•   tick


•   account

•   excitement, explanation

•   ground

•   impulse

•   point

•   sake

•   tick


•   colourful

•   fool

•   indiscriminate

•   pastiche, promiscuous


•   battle cry

•   catchword

•   device

•   legend

•   moral

•   phrase


•   bend

•   coin

•   earth

•   ground

•   knead

•   manufacture

•   rot, rust

•   sculpture, stereotype

•   tailor, turn


•   bend

•   coin

•   earth

•   ground

•   knead

•   manufacture

•   rot, rust

•   sculpture, stereotype

•   tailor, turn


•   off


•   hump

•   mountain

•   prominence


•   board

•   erect

•   fly

•   garrison, get in, get on

•   hill

•   jump

•   lift, loom

•   mountain

•   present

•   wax


•   myriad


•   colossal


•   ache

•   heart

•   moan

•   regret

•   sigh


•   black

•   dark, dreary

•   lachrymose

•   morose

•   pensive

•   sorry

•   tearful

•   wistful


•   ache

•   sorrow

•   tears


•   blow

•   estuary

•   muzzle


•   gulp

•   nip

•   piece

•   scrap


•   figurehead

•   puppet

•   speaker

•   voice


•   adjustable

•   floating

•   loose

•   moving


•   animate, arouse

•   bear, bring, bring up, bump

•   come, convey

•   displace, dispose

•   emigrate

•   flow, funnel

•   galvanize, get, go along, gravitate

•   haul, hit, hum

•   interest

•   lever

•   occasion, offer

•   pan, pass, pierce, prick, proceeding, provoke

•   quake

•   reach, reason, repair, ride, run

•   send, shake, shovel, submit, sweep

•   table, tactic, tend, thrill, transit, translate, translation, travel

•   wash, work, work up


•   cause, conveyance, course

•   draught

•   impulse

•   migration

•   play, process

•   restlessness, run

•   stroke, sweep

•   tide, traffic, transit, travel, turnover

•   wave, way


•   active, animate

•   breathtaking

•   dramatic

•   effective, eloquent, expressive

•   heart-rending, heart-warming

•   influential

•   lively

•   motion, motive, move, movement

•   piteous

•   restless, rousing

•   sad, speaking

•   tender, tense, travelling

•   way


•   harvest


•   slay


•   even

•   far

•   materially

•   terribly


•   garbage

•   litter


•   dish

•   mess


•   muck


•   becloud

•   complicate

•   disturb

•   embroil, entangle, entanglement

•   flounder, fluff, fog

•   hash, huddle

•   inefficiency

•   misquote

•   perturb

•   quagmire

•   snarl, snarl-up

•   wilderness


•   bemused, besotted, blank

•   dizzy, drunk

•   foggy, fuddled

•   hazy, helter-skelter

•   muddy

•   unintelligible, untidy, upset, upside down


•   bedraggled

•   filthy

•   mire

•   obscure

•   slimy

•   taint


•   cushion

•   drown

•   mute

•   repress

•   smother

•   turn down

•   wrap


•   hollow

•   inarticulate

•   low-key

•   weak, wooden


•   face

•   pigeon, prey, pushover

•   set about, set upon


•   face

•   pigeon, prey, pushover

•   set about, set upon


•   airless


•   complex

•   divers


•   complex, compound

•   multifarious


•   advance

•   branch out

•   double

•   enlarge

•   grow

•   mount


•   battalion, body, bunch

•   cloud

•   drove

•   flock, flood

•   jam

•   many

•   number

•   people, press, profusion

•   troop


•   eat

•   gnaw

•   nibble


•   down-to-earth

•   familiar

•   matter-of-fact

•   pedestrian, practical


•   civil


•   largess

•   magnanimity


•   free

•   open

•   philanthropic


•   do away with

•   knock off

•   liquidate

•   make away

•   poison, polish off

•   remove

•   sword


•   executioner

•   gunman

•   hatchet man

•   thug


•   cutthroat

•   fierce

•   gory

•   homicidal

•   mortal

•   ruinous

•   violent


•   black, bleary

•   dingy

•   foul

•   lightless

•   opaque

•   shadowy, smoky


•   breath, breathe, bubble

•   croak

•   gurgle

•   repine

•   snarl

•   undercurrent


•   beef

•   pull


•   burly

•   hefty

•   manly, masculine

•   rugged

•   stout


•   commune

•   daydream

•   inspiration

•   puzzle

•   trance


•   beige

•   spring


•   lyric

•   rhythmic

•   sweet


•   absent, absent-minded

•   contemplative

•   daydream, dreamy

•   pensive, preoccupation

•   thought, thoughtful

•   wistful


•   have

•   precondition

•   rust


•   array

•   call, crowd

•   enlist

•   get together

•   herd

•   levy

•   mass

•   raise, recruit


•   rancid, rank


•   fickleness

•   instability


•   fluid

•   protean


•   hush

•   inarticulate

•   noiseless

•   quieten

•   shade

•   taciturn, tame, tongue-tied


•   deface, deform

•   garble

•   tear


•   defiant, disaffected

•   factious

•   lawless

•   rebel

•   treasonable


•   rise

•   treason


•   babble

•   croak


•   hush

•   muffle

•   shut up


•   legion

•   many

•   numberless

•   uncounted


•   deep

•   eerie, exotic

•   funny

•   mystic

•   queer

•   romantic

•   supernatural

•   unaccountable, unidentified


•   darkness

•   paradox, perplexity

•   rite, ritual, romance


•   dark

•   psychic

•   visionary


•   get


•   fabrication


•   apocryphal


•   bedrock

•   extreme, extremity


•   besiege, bother

•   carp

•   fret

•   gall, get at, gnaw

•   needle


•   besiege, bother

•   carp

•   fret

•   gall, get at, gnaw

•   needle


•   demanding

•   fault-finding

•   sneaking

•   torment

•   vexatious


•   apprehend, arrest

•   bust

•   capture, catch, claw, clinch, collar

•   get, grab

•   pick up, pinch

•   run in

•   seize


•   fond

•   ignorant, indiscreet

•   primitive, puerile

•   stupid

•   trustful

•   unsuspecting

•   wet, wide-eyed


•   bald, barefaced, buff

•   raw

•   stark-naked

•   undefended


•   babyish

•   drip

•   soft

•   wet


•   adduce, assign

•   cast, celebrity, constitute

•   enumerate

•   figurehead, fix

•   heading

•   instance

•   memory

•   pin down, prominence, propose

•   qualify, quote

•   set, somebody, star

•   word


•   indefinable

•   unidentified


•   fluff

•   slumber


•   fluff

•   slumber


•   conceit

•   egoism


•   dope


•   cover

•   depict

•   spin


•   account

•   commentary

•   history

•   recitation, representation

•   tale


•   description

•   legend

•   memoir

•   novel

•   plot

•   recital, relation, representation


•   contract

•   hair's-breadth, hidebound

•   insular

•   lessen, local

•   parochial, poky, provincial, puritan, puritanical

•   selfish, shrink, small, strait-laced

•   taper


•   skin


•   little

•   mean

•   narrow

•   priggish, prudish, puritan, puritanical

•   rabid

•   sectarian


•   bile


•   abrasive, acrid, awful

•   beastly, bilious, bitchy

•   diabolical

•   horrid, hurtful

•   ill-natured

•   low

•   personal

•   rank, revolting, rotten, rough

•   squalid, sticky

•   tart, trumpery

•   ugly, unclean, unkind, unsavoury

•   vulgar


•   civilization

•   kingdom

•   land

•   nationality

•   public


•   ethnic

•   home

•   racial


•   country

•   nationalism


•   ethnic

•   idiomatic

•   radical

•   savage

•   vulgar

•   wild


•   rakish

•   saucy, sharp, snappy


•   automatic

•   clean, crude

•   easy

•   fluent, free, fresh

•   graceful, gut

•   habitual, homely, human

•   illegitimate, inbred, informal, intrinsic

•   lifelike

•   mother

•   naive

•   photographic, physical

•   radical, raw, realistic

•   simple-minded, sincere

•   temperamental, true

•   unfinished, uninhibited, unrestrained, unspoiled

•   wild


•   truth


•   course

•   instinctively

•   necessarily


•   being

•   colours

•   fibre

•   habit, heart

•   make, manner, mould

•   personality

•   way


•   racy

•   sexy


•   qualm


•   disagree

•   satiate, shock

•   turn, turn off


•   seafaring


•   open


•   sailor


•   blue


•   about, accessible, approach, approximate, around

•   by

•   come, coming

•   elbow

•   hand, handy, hither, hot

•   immediate

•   kin

•   narrow

•   present

•   quasi-

•   ready

•   straight

•   tight

•   wind


•   about, accessible, approximate, around

•   beside

•   close

•   hand

•   near

•   present

•   surrounding


•   halfway

•   immediately

•   towards


•   presence


•   becoming

•   cattle, clean, clean-cut, crisp, chaste

•   dapper

•   immaculate

•   legible

•   natty

•   order

•   pretty

•   snug

•   taut, terse

•   well-groomed


•   legibility

•   order


•   blurred

•   foggy

•   ill-defined

•   unreal

•   woolly


•   automatic

•   basic, binding, bread

•   cash

•   desired

•   enforced

•   fundamental, funds

•   incumbent, integral

•   logical

•   main, money

•   necessity

•   prerequisite

•   warrantable


•   bind

•   cost

•   involve

•   mean

•   need

•   take

•   warrant


•   bread

•   supply


•   constraint

•   emergency

•   must

•   pinch, precondition, predestination

•   urgency, use


•   absence, ache

•   call, claim, compulsion, crave

•   desire, drought

•   hardship

•   lust

•   misery

•   take

•   use


•   demand

•   essential

•   indispensable

•   needful

•   requisite


•   bread

•   cash

•   funds

•   money

•   prerequisite


•   bug

•   exasperate

•   index

•   leaf

•   obelisk, offence

•   pinnacle, pointer, prickle

•   skin, spine, spite, splinter

•   tease

•   vex


•   extra, extraneous

•   purposeless

•   undue

•   wanton


•   beggarly

•   depressed, distressed

•   miserable


•   black

•   crooked

•   dark

•   enormous

•   hellish

•   immoral

•   outrageous


•   counteract


•   annulment

•   prohibition

•   thumb


•   adverse

•   deny, destructive

•   unfavourable, unhealthy

•   veto


•   bypass

•   contempt

•   despise, disuse

•   fail

•   leave out

•   oblivion, omission

•   pass up

•   slack, slide


•   deserted, dilapidated

•   godforsaken

•   shabby

•   undone, unloved, unnoticed


•   fault

•   lapse

•   malpractice


•   derelict

•   incautious

•   lax, loose

•   mindless

•   oblivious

•   perfunctory

•   reckless

•   slovenly

•   unprofessional


•   few

•   inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insensible

•   little

•   marginal, microscopic

•   outside

•   remote

•   slight

•   tiny


•   liquid

•   navigable


•   get across

•   hammer out

•   jockey

•   manipulate, manoeuvre

•   talk, traverse, treat, truck, turn


•   bargain

•   talk


•   area

•   communal

•   local

•   part, place, presence

•   resident

•   suburbs


•   approximate

•   beside

•   close


•   assurance

•   backbone

•   confidence

•   face

•   gallantry, gut

•   harden, heart

•   presumption

•   self-confidence


•   jitters


•   afraid

•   bashful, brittle

•   disturbed

•   edge, excited

•   ill at ease

•   mistrustful

•   panicky, perturbed

•   restive, restless

•   self-conscious, shy

•   windy


•   alarm

•   discomposure

•   fidget

•   impatience

•   jitters

•   nerves

•   restlessness

•   shyness

•   trepidation

•   uneasiness


•   hole

•   lair


•   cradle


•   bring

•   get

•   return

•   screen, snare

•   win

•   yield


•   bring

•   get

•   return

•   screen, snare

•   win

•   yield


•   infernal


•   anger

•   bug

•   displease

•   grate

•   jar

•   needle

•   put out

•   skin, spite


•   apparatus

•   family

•   lattice

•   tissue


•   highly strung

•   temperamental


•   beige

•   detached

•   fawn

•   grey

•   half-hearted

•   impersonal, inoffensive

•   negative

•   unenthusiastic


•   disinterest

•   indifference

•   negativeness


•   antagonize

•   balance

•   kill

•   mop up


•   inexhaustible, infinite

•   limitless

•   perennial, protracted

•   unending

•   vast


•   even

•   rate

•   same

•   though


•   additional

•   further

•   green

•   hot

•   incoming, inexperienced

•   late

•   maiden

•   raw, refreshing, revolutionary

•   strange, sweet

•   tender

•   unaccustomed, unbeaten, unheard-of, unprecedented

•   wet

•   young


•   entrant


•   afresh


•   communication

•   dope

•   gospel

•   notice

•   paper


•   behind

•   coming

•   immediate

•   near

•   second, secondly


•   browse

•   crop

•   pick


•   choice

•   dapper, decent

•   elegant

•   grateful

•   hairsplitting

•   likable, lovely

•   mincing

•   particular, pernickety, personable, pretty, punctilious

•   seemly, squeamish

•   ticklish

•   wholesome


•   neatness

•   point, punctilio

•   quibble

•   taste


•   bay

•   compartment


•   apprehend, arrest

•   filch

•   indent

•   jail

•   knock off

•   lift

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   pick up, pilfer, pinch, pit, prickle, prison, puncture

•   repair

•   snip, steal

•   take, thieve

•   wing


•   dub

•   name

•   title


•   hoarder


•   churlish

•   grasping

•   narrow

•   poor

•   tight


•   hole

•   objection

•   quibble


•   critical

•   fault-finding, frivolous

•   hairsplitting, hypercritical

•   sneaking


•   nocturnal


•   dark, darkness


•   bogey, bugbear

•   fancy, fantasy, fear

•   hell


•   cipher

•   nought


•   adroit

•   dapper

•   handy

•   light

•   neat

•   speedy


•   neatly


•   ass

•   sap


•   chill

•   tot


•   chill

•   tot


•   brisk

•   cool

•   piercing

•   swift


•   critical

•   fault-finding

•   niggling

•   overcritical

•   pernickety


•   ass

•   dolt, dope, dullard, dunce

•   idiot

•   moron

•   sap, silly

•   twit


•   swell


•   birth

•   elevation

•   gallantry, gentility, glory

•   magnanimity

•   quality

•   rank

•   soul


•   big

•   elite, exalted

•   gallant, gentlemanly, glorious

•   high-minded

•   illustrious, imperial

•   magnate, magnificent, majestic, manful, moral

•   princely, proud

•   sublime

•   unselfish, upper-class

•   well-bred


•   mediocrity

•   none

•   pygmy

•   upstart


•   beckon

•   cue

•   inclination, incline

•   motion

•   wag


•   ballyhoo, bedlam

•   pop

•   turmoil


•   blatant

•   hilarious

•   raucous, rowdy

•   thunderous

•   vocal

•   wild


•   Gypsy

•   traveller

•   wayfarer


•   restless

•   vagabond


•   title


•   honorary

•   quasi-


•   constitute

•   make

•   ordain

•   put forward, put up


•   assignment

•   deputation


•   appointment


•   independent, indifferent

•   unattached


•   apathy

•   detachment

•   ease


•   blithe

•   easy-going

•   happy-go-lucky

•   negligent

•   poised

•   unenthusiastic


•   demented

•   mad

•   psychotic


•   bohemian

•   dissident

•   misfit

•   original

•   unconventional


•   anonymous

•   insignificant


•   figurehead

•   nothing

•   pygmy

•   underling


•   accidental, adventitious

•   cosmetic

•   incidental, insignificant

•   luxury

•   needless


•   even

•   notwithstanding

•   regardless

•   same

•   though


•   absent

•   defunct

•   null


•   farce, foolery, frills, frivolity, fun

•   humbug

•   jargon

•   madness

•   tomfoolery, trumpery


•   continually

•   express

•   never-ending

•   straight, sustained

•   unceasing


•   angle

•   bay


•   archetype

•   blueprint

•   epitome, example, exponent

•   mark

•   paragon, prototype

•   touchstone


•   accepted

•   customary

•   general

•   just

•   mean

•   regulation, right

•   unexceptional


•   average

•   customarily

•   generally

•   naturally

•   rule


•   jet

•   muzzle

•   poke, prow


•   fall


•   romance

•   sentimentality


•   haunting

•   languishing

•   romantic


•   antidote


•   busy

•   inquiring

•   obtrusive


•   bigwig

•   consequence

•   figure

•   mark

•   prominence


•   bigwig, brilliant

•   especial, eventful, excellent, exceptional

•   figure

•   great

•   high, historic, honourable

•   illustrious, important

•   lion

•   magnate, major, mogul

•   noted

•   particular, personality, phenomenal, predominant, prominent

•   signal, singular, somebody

•   unforgettable


•   eminently

•   greatly

•   notoriously

•   pre-eminently

•   rarely


•   chip

•   hack

•   pit

•   snip


•   account, annotate, attend, attribute

•   book

•   check

•   detect

•   enrol, enter, entry

•   find, find out, flag, follow

•   greatness

•   interest, item

•   line, list, log

•   magnitude, matter, mind, missive

•   name, notation

•   reference, report

•   symptom

•   take down, tone, transcribe, transcript

•   vein

•   watch, witness


•   book


•   excellent

•   glorious

•   honourable

•   known

•   marked


•   cash, commentary, currency

•   material, minutes

•   transcript


•   considerable

•   eminent, especial, eventful

•   great

•   memorable

•   ordinary

•   particular

•   signal, singular

•   uncommon


•   nil, none

•   trinket, triviality


•   blank

•   negation, nothing, nought

•   vacuum


•   acknowledge, acknowledgment, appreciation, attend

•   bill

•   call, come across

•   directive, discover, dismissal

•   ear, eye

•   feel, find

•   get

•   information, item

•   message

•   observance

•   paragraph, pick out, proclamation

•   recognition, recognize, resignation

•   sense, spy

•   watch, wind, witness, word


•   arresting

•   considerable

•   distinguishable

•   marked

•   notable

•   obtrusive, open, outward

•   prominent, pronounced

•   salient, sensible, speaking

•   visible


•   bulletin

•   mention

•   proclamation, pronouncement

•   seal


•   advertise

•   certify

•   give, give out

•   instruct

•   post, prime, promulgate

•   report

•   wise


•   abstraction

•   conceit, conjecture

•   dream

•   feeling

•   guess

•   imagination

•   mind

•   perception, preconception

•   supposition, surmise, suspicion

•   thought


•   academic


•   baseness

•   spotlight


•   foul

•   notable, noted

•   proverbial, public


•   but

•   even

•   irrespective of

•   spite, still


•   cipher


•   breed

•   cradle, cherish

•   fatten, fuel

•   keep

•   strengthen


•   healthy, hearty


•   bread

•   fuel

•   goodness

•   keep

•   meat

•   nurture


•   curious

•   modern

•   newfangled

•   offbeat

•   recent, refreshing, revolutionary

•   unheard-of, unprecedented


•   craze, change

•   departure

•   variation


•   entrant

•   initiate

•   recruit


•   current

•   date

•   instant

•   latest

•   minute

•   once

•   present

•   right away

•   up-to-date

•   vogue

•   yet


•   present


•   cell

•   embryo

•   germ

•   meat

•   root

•   seed


•   buff


•   jab

•   nose


•   bane, bind

•   disadvantage, discomfort, drawback

•   harassment, headache

•   liability

•   menace, mischief

•   pain, pill

•   thorn, torment, trial


•   annihilate

•   blight

•   foil, frustrate

•   override

•   recall

•   set aside

•   undo


•   negation, nothing, nothingness


•   blunt

•   daze, drug

•   paralytic, petrified

•   senseless, shock, stunned

•   unconscious


•   bunch

•   cipher

•   estimate

•   itemize

•   legion

•   mass

•   page

•   song


•   incalculable

•   legion, limitless

•   uncounted


•   heaviness


•   different, divers

•   frequent

•   innumerable

•   legion

•   manifold, multifarious, multiple

•   teeming, thick


•   priory


•   attend

•   conserve, cradle

•   hug

•   mother

•   rear


•   breed, breeding

•   cradle, cultivation, cherish

•   edify

•   foster

•   groom, grow

•   harbour

•   keep

•   maintain, maintenance, mother

•   promote

•   raise


•   addict

•   character

•   freak

•   oddity, original


•   goodness


•   healthy


•   balmy, barmy

•   cracked

•   lunatic

•   twist

•   wild


•   ass

•   dope, duffer

•   hulk


•   awkward

•   boorish

•   crass, churlish

•   gawky

•   rude

•   uncouth


•   assurance

•   engagement

•   protestation


•   dogmatic

•   intransigent

•   opinionated

•   persistent, pertinacious

•   stony

•   tenacious, tough

•   uncompromising, unregenerate, unrepentant

•   wayward, wilful


•   good

•   subject

•   tame


•   pinnacle

•   tower


•   beefy


•   fat


•   act on, adhere, answer to

•   listen

•   respect


•   aspiration

•   cause, cavil

•   destination, disagree, dissent, drift

•   exception

•   groan

•   issue

•   kick

•   line

•   mark, meaning, mind

•   remonstrate

•   subject

•   thought


•   aspiration

•   cause, cavil

•   destination, disagree, dissent, drift

•   exception

•   groan

•   issue

•   kick

•   line

•   mark, meaning, mind

•   remonstrate

•   subject

•   thought


•   beef

•   difficulty, disapproval, disinclination, dissent

•   fuss

•   groan, grouse, grumble

•   protestation

•   qualification, query, quibble


•   disgusting

•   ineligible

•   nasty

•   reprehensible, repulsive

•   ugly, unsavoury


•   destination

•   factual

•   idea, indifferent, intent

•   open

•   point

•   quarry

•   resolve

•   sake

•   tangible


•   fairly


•   indifference

•   perspective


•   appreciation

•   enforcement

•   gratitude

•   necessity, need

•   office

•   pressure

•   score

•   tie


•   due

•   forced

•   incumbent, involuntary

•   payable, peremptory, prerequisite


•   drive

•   enforce, engage

•   push, put


•   accountable

•   obligation

•   supposed


•   affable, attentive

•   courtly

•   decent

•   gentlemanly, good, gracious

•   humble


•   askew

•   cross

•   diagonal

•   equivocal

•   side, sideways

•   transverse


•   askance, askew

•   sideways


•   abolish

•   blot

•   deface, drown

•   kill

•   raze, rub out

•   score


•   abolition

•   death

•   extinction


•   amnesty

•   blackout

•   coma

•   ignorance

•   preoccupation


•   absent, absent-minded

•   mindless

•   preoccupied

•   unthinking


•   distasteful

•   invidious

•   terrible

•   undesirable, unsavoury


•   abhorrent, abominable

•   crude

•   distasteful

•   gruesome

•   hard-core, hateful, hideous, horrible, horrid

•   indelicate

•   low

•   monstrous

•   nasty, naughty

•   obnoxious, odious

•   profane

•   rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting

•   scurrilous

•   terrible

•   ugly, unmentionable


•   crudity, curse

•   dirt

•   filth

•   monstrosity

•   nastiness


•   becloud, blanket, blot

•   camouflage, common, confuse

•   dark, difficult, dingy, distant, dubious

•   enshroud, envelop, equivocal, extinguish

•   fog, foggy

•   hieroglyphic

•   illegible, impenetrable, indefinable, indistinguishable, insoluble

•   low

•   mean, mist, misty

•   nebulous

•   obstruct, one-horse


•   blur

•   cloud

•   dark, depth

•   fog

•   meanness

•   oblivion

•   perplexity

•   retirement

•   shade, shadow


•   outward, overt

•   visual


•   commemoration, conformity

•   keeping

•   obedience

•   solemnity


•   acute, awake

•   circumspect

•   perspicacious

•   sensible, sharp

•   wakeful


•   contemplation, custody, custom

•   eyesight

•   insight

•   look

•   mention

•   observance

•   perception

•   reconnaissance

•   watch


•   adhere, attend

•   behold

•   discharge

•   experience, eye

•   feel, find, find out

•   go by

•   listen, look

•   mark

•   police, practise

•   reconnoitre

•   scout, sense, serve, sight, spy


•   student


•   infatuate


•   addicted

•   possessed


•   addiction

•   bug

•   compulsion

•   habit

•   neurosis

•   passion

•   rage


•   fanatical, feverish

•   neurotic


•   moribund

•   old-fashioned, outmoded

•   wane


•   date, dead, defunct, discredited

•   lost

•   moth-eaten

•   outdated

•   time

•   unfashionable


•   blockade, bottleneck

•   complication

•   deterrent, discouragement, drawback

•   encumbrance

•   handicap

•   inhibition

•   jump

•   let

•   prevention, preventive

•   rub

•   wall


•   resolution


•   asinine

•   bigoted, bull-headed

•   contrary

•   dour

•   hard-core

•   inveterate

•   obdurate

•   rebellious, resolute

•   sullen

•   tough

•   uncompromising, unregenerate

•   wayward, wooden


•   crotchety

•   difficult, disobedient, disruptive

•   truculent


•   balk

•   close, cramp, cross

•   dam, delay, disrupt, drag

•   encumber

•   filibuster

•   halt, hedge

•   intercept, interfere

•   jam

•   keep

•   oppose

•   prohibit

•   stay

•   traverse


•   arrest

•   blockade, bottleneck, burden

•   clog

•   dam, delay

•   encumbrance

•   filibuster, frustration

•   hold-up, hurdle

•   interference, interruption

•   let, limit, limitation

•   opposition

•   prevention, preventive, prohibition

•   resistance

•   wall


•   preventive


•   accept

•   be, borrow, buy

•   collect, conquer

•   derive, drum up

•   elicit, enlist, extract

•   fetch, find

•   go for

•   have

•   land, line up

•   make

•   occur

•   pick up, purchase

•   raise, realize, reap, receive, recruit, reign, rule

•   take

•   win


•   accessible

•   forthcoming

•   print, purchasable

•   sale


•   ostentatious


•   appreciable

•   barefaced, broad

•   commonplace

•   definite, demonstrable, distinguishable

•   glaring, gross

•   indubitable

•   known

•   logical, lucid, luminous

•   marked

•   notorious

•   observable, obtrusive, outward

•   prominent, public

•   undoubted


•   course

•   definitely

•   evidently

•   markedly

•   notoriously


•   breed, bring

•   call for, case

•   do

•   entail

•   give, ground

•   instance, instant

•   juncture

•   make

•   origin

•   raise, room, root

•   season

•   use


•   now

•   once

•   seldom

•   time

•   uncommonly


•   householder


•   career, concern

•   function

•   game

•   habitation

•   line, livelihood, living

•   métier

•   office

•   position, project

•   racket, requisition

•   station

•   task


•   absorbed, active

•   buried

•   elbow

•   intent, involved


•   annex, arrest

•   beguile, bury

•   conquer

•   distract

•   exercise

•   have

•   live

•   man

•   pass, people, populate

•   requisition

•   spend


•   arrive

•   be, break, break out

•   come, come up

•   dawn

•   fall, fall out

•   go off, go on

•   intervene

•   pass, pass off, place

•   rise

•   transpire, true


•   advent, arrival

•   case

•   experience

•   fact

•   matter

•   occasion

•   phenomenon, piece

•   thing


•   anomalous

•   balmy, barmy, batty

•   capricious, cranky, crazy

•   droll

•   fishy

•   grotesque

•   ludicrous

•   out-of-the-way

•   stray

•   unaccountable, unnatural

•   wonderful


•   curiosity, character

•   eccentric, exception

•   novelty

•   original

•   paradox

•   twist


•   chance

•   handicap

•   possibility, prospect


•   flotsam

•   garbage

•   impedimenta, incidentals

•   junk

•   leftover

•   remains

•   thing


•   cursed

•   enormous

•   forbidding

•   hideous

•   infamous, invidious

•   monstrous

•   nasty, nefarious

•   scandalous, shocking

•   terrible

•   unspeakable


•   breath

•   reek

•   whiff


•   astray

•   duty

•   putrid

•   rank

•   untrue

•   wide


•   fitfully


•   peculiar


•   below

•   par

•   racy, ribald, rotten, rough

•   seedy, sort, suggestive

•   vulgar


•   abuse, aggression

•   breach

•   dishonour

•   error

•   ill feeling, iniquity

•   malpractice

•   nuisance

•   obscenity

•   provocation

•   scandal

•   wound


•   anger, antagonize

•   bruise

•   chafe

•   err

•   fall

•   jar

•   revolt

•   scandalize, shock, sin, spite

•   transgress, tread, trespass, turn off


•   dirty, disgusted, dudgeon

•   hurt

•   injured

•   moody


•   defaulter, defendant

•   trespasser


•   abhorrent, aggression, assault

•   blitz

•   campaign, coarse

•   damnable, deformed, derogatory, distasteful

•   evil

•   filthy, forbidding, foul

•   grating, grievous, gross

•   hateful, horrid

•   indecent, indelicate, invasion, invidious

•   loud

•   mawkish

•   obscene, outrageous

•   pernicious, personal, pornographic, provocative

•   rank, repugnant, repulsive

•   sally, scurrilous, shocking, storm

•   terrible

•   ugly, unacceptable, unbecoming, undesirable, unheard-of, uninviting

•   wicked


•   adduce, approach

•   bidding

•   carry, come up with

•   dedicate

•   enter, exhibit

•   impart, introduce

•   lay

•   pay, produce, put, put up

•   sacrifice, subscribe


•   collection

•   presentation

•   release

•   tribute


•   blasé

•   cool, cuff

•   discourteous

•   flippant

•   negligent, nonchalant

•   rude

•   short

•   ungracious, unpremeditated


•   agency

•   branch, bureau

•   clerical

•   department

•   establishment

•   job

•   ministry, mission

•   position, profession

•   room

•   vocation

•   white-collar


•   captain, commander

•   policeman


•   judicial

•   minister

•   orthodox

•   regular, regulation

•   standard

•   valid


•   fill, function

•   sit


•   busy

•   overbearing


•   distracting

•   forbidding, frosty

•   repellent

•   unappetizing, uninviting


•   cancel, compensate, counter, cover

•   equate

•   make up

•   redeem

•   undo


•   arm

•   derivative

•   product

•   ramification, runner

•   shoot

•   twig


•   cub

•   litter

•   posterity

•   race


•   daily

•   over

•   time


•   beast, brute

•   fiend

•   monstrosity


•   anoint

•   cream

•   pay off


•   application


•   broken-down

•   date

•   late

•   musty

•   seasoned, seedy

•   threadbare, tired


•   antiquity


•   antediluvian, antique

•   date, dowdy

•   medieval

•   old, old-world, out

•   quaint

•   rusty

•   stuffy

•   time


•   outmoded


•   adumbration, auspice

•   bode

•   forerunner

•   herald

•   portend

•   threat


•   black

•   creepy

•   dire

•   ill

•   ugly, unfavourable, unlucky

•   warning


•   absence

•   carelessness

•   exception

•   fault

•   lapse

•   miss

•   negligence

•   slip, space


•   dispense

•   except

•   forbear

•   jump

•   miss

•   pass


•   fit

•   now

•   occasionally

•   sporadic


•   erstwhile

•   time


•   arduous


•   intolerant

•   unbalanced, uneven


•   old


•   passer-by


•   alone

•   but

•   entirely

•   hardly

•   solely

•   wholly


•   aggression

•   barrage, battery

•   inroad, invasion

•   rush

•   storm


•   blame

•   duty

•   weight


•   trickle

•   well


•   dense

•   misty

•   thick


•   aboveboard, amenable, approachable

•   bleak, bloom, broach, broad

•   cleave, communicative

•   dawn, demonstrative, direct, discretionary, display

•   easy, evolve, expansive, explicit

•   familiar, flexible, flower, flowering, forthcoming, forthright

•   gape, glaring

•   heart-to-heart

•   impressionable, inconclusive, intelligible, introduce

•   level

•   naive, naked, notorious

•   observable, optional, outgoing, outspoken, outstanding

•   palpable, patent, pick, plain-spoken, preface

•   raw, responsive, reveal

•   spread, straightforward, subject

•   tap

•   unanswered, unarmed, unguarded, uninhibited


•   magnanimous

•   princely, profuse


•   bay, bloom

•   cranny, crevice

•   door

•   entrance, entry

•   fracture

•   gate, gulf

•   hiatus

•   incision, interval, introduction

•   jaws

•   leak, loophole

•   mouth

•   niche, nook

•   original, outlet

•   passage, peephole, pore, preliminary, premiere, preparatory, prime, prospect, puncture

•   rift

•   slit

•   threshold

•   void

•   way


•   aboveboard

•   clearly

•   directly

•   face, freely

•   notoriously

•   outright

•   point-blank, public


•   cosmopolitan

•   fair-minded

•   hospitable

•   objective

•   permissive


•   behave

•   carry on

•   dispense, drive

•   farm, fly

•   hold

•   keep

•   manipulate, move

•   pilot

•   react

•   take


•   act

•   behaviour

•   execution

•   function

•   management, mechanism, mission

•   play, practice

•   running

•   usage


•   motion


•   actor, agent, alive

•   efficacious

•   force

•   living

•   motive

•   operation, operator

•   prevailing

•   working, workman


•   actor, agent


•   advice, analysis, appraisal, apprehension, attitude

•   conceit, conclusion, contention, conviction

•   diagnosis, doctrine, dogma

•   estimate, evaluation, eye

•   observation

•   position, presumption, principle

•   reflection, remark, reputation

•   side, speculation, stand

•   thesis, thinking, thought

•   understanding

•   verdict


•   argumentative

•   egotistic

•   narrow-minded

•   officious, overweening

•   positive

•   unreasonable


•   combatant

•   opposition


•   apropos

•   expedient

•   golden, good

•   providential

•   right, ripe


•   crack

•   facility, freedom

•   leisure

•   refusal, room

•   season, shot, start

•   turn

•   vacancy


•   antagonize

•   beard

•   contest, counteract, cross

•   deny, differ, disagree

•   issue

•   jar

•   kick

•   negate

•   object

•   pit, protest

•   question

•   repel, rival

•   stem

•   traverse


•   alien, allergic

•   contradictory, counter, cross

•   destructive, diametric, different, disinclined

•   ill-disposed, irreconcilable

•   loath, loggerhead

•   polar

•   repugnant, resistant, rival

•   unwilling


•   adverse, against

•   competitive, counter, cross

•   defensive, dissentient

•   negative


•   counter, cross

•   diametric, discordant

•   face

•   inversion

•   negation

•   opposing

•   polar

•   wrong


•   allergy, antipathy, aversion

•   collision, competitor, conflict, contrast

•   defiance, difficulty, discord, discouragement, disinclination, dissent

•   friction

•   interference

•   negation, negativeness

•   objection

•   rebuff, rivalry


•   browbeat, bully

•   encumber

•   flog

•   grind

•   ill-treat

•   lie, load

•   overcharge, overload, overwork

•   pinch, prey, punish

•   rack, ride

•   screw, squeeze

•   task, terrorize, tread

•   weigh, weigh down, weight


•   broken

•   heavy

•   laden


•   despotism, domination

•   extortion

•   load

•   pinch

•   stress

•   weight

•   yoke


•   cumbersome

•   dictatorial, domineering

•   exacting, extortionate

•   grievous

•   heavy-handed, high-handed

•   sticky, stiff

•   totalitarian, troublesome

•   unbearable, unmitigated

•   wearing, wearisome, weighty


•   dictator


•   rosy

•   sunny

•   trustful


•   acme, all-out


•   discretion

•   pick, pleasure

•   recourse, refusal

•   volition

•   will


•   arbitrary


•   comfort

•   magnificence

•   voluptuousness


•   costly

•   de luxe

•   gorgeous, grand

•   lush

•   magnificent

•   palatial


•   diviner


•   traditional

•   unwritten


•   talk


•   talker


•   earth, eye


•   circuit

•   jurisdiction

•   lap

•   province, purview

•   revolve

•   wheel


•   stage


•   bless

•   constitute

•   determine

•   impose, inaugurate, institute

•   lay

•   make

•   pass


•   curse

•   despair

•   experience

•   hell

•   martyrdom, misery

•   proof

•   rigour

•   tribulation

•   visitation


•   adjudge, alignment, award

•   bidding

•   call, category, circle, clan, clear up, club, condition, course

•   decoration, description, draft

•   edict, enactment, estate

•   fellowship, form

•   govern, graduate

•   indent

•   judgment

•   line up

•   notice

•   place, preparedness

•   queue

•   range, rating, ready, regiment, routine, run

•   send for, sentence, settle, straighten

•   tell, tier, train, trim

•   variety

•   will, wish, word


•   coherent, crisp

•   exact

•   good

•   order

•   straight

•   taut


•   popularly

•   rule


•   daily

•   general

•   homely

•   inconspicuous

•   lowly

•   middling, mill, moderate

•   natural, nondescript

•   par, passable, practical

•   tolerable, trite

•   uneventful, unimaginative

•   vulgar


•   gazette


•   organization


•   agency, apparatus

•   brigade, business

•   complex, conduct

•   disposition, distribution

•   embodiment, employer, establishment

•   fabric, firm, form, foundation

•   guild

•   house

•   machine, machinery, movement

•   network

•   order

•   ring

•   setup, society, staff


•   book

•   compile, conduct

•   do

•   erect

•   fix up, found

•   institute, introduce

•   lay, line up

•   mastermind, mobilize

•   orchestrate, order

•   plan

•   rally, ready, regiment, regulate

•   schedule, sort out, stage, structure


•   jaws

•   outlet


•   bottom

•   conception, cradle

•   dawn

•   germ

•   head

•   matrix

•   parent, paternity

•   vintage


•   distinctive

•   elementary

•   individualist

•   native

•   old

•   pregnant, premier, prime, primeval

•   quaint

•   refreshing

•   witty


•   fantasy

•   individualism, initiative, invention


•   primarily


•   breed, build

•   coin, commence

•   dawn, descend, design

•   engineer

•   father, found

•   germinate, grow

•   make, make up

•   occasion

•   raise


•   artificer

•   cause

•   designer, discoverer

•   engineer

•   parent, precursor

•   source


•   become, bedeck

•   dress

•   elaborate, emblazon, enrich

•   illuminate, illustrate

•   overlay

•   pattern

•   stud

•   tool


•   artistic

•   fancy


•   décor

•   flourish

•   garnish

•   overlay

•   trim, trimming


•   extravagant

•   fine, flamboyant

•   lush

•   splendid


•   devout

•   institutional

•   proper

•   regular

•   standard, straight

•   typical


•   alternate

•   bob

•   dither

•   hover

•   quaver, quiver

•   shake

•   tremble

•   wag, waggle, wave


•   pulse

•   quiver

•   tremble

•   vibration

•   wag, waggle


•   cake


•   nominal

•   probable

•   reputed

•   unreal


•   doubtless

•   evidently

•   outwardly

•   reputedly

•   superficially, surface


•   bravura

•   frills

•   swagger

•   vanity


•   blatant

•   camp

•   elaborate

•   flagrant

•   grand, grandiose

•   high, high-sounding

•   inflated

•   theatrical


•   proscribe

•   shoulder, shut out


•   fresh

•   second


•   alias, alternatively

•   besides


•   door

•   extinct

•   flowering, forth, forward

•   inaccurate, incorrect

•   obsolete, off, outmoded

•   print

•   senseless

•   unconscious

•   wide, wrong


•   extreme

•   flagrant, flat

•   great

•   mortal

•   positive, profound

•   right

•   sheer, stark

•   thorough

•   unconditional, undisguised


•   blaze

•   fit, flurry

•   gale

•   storm

•   tumult

•   uprising

•   wave


•   blast, blaze, burst

•   fit, flash, frenzy, furore

•   gale, gust

•   outcry

•   passion

•   tantrum, torrent


•   abandoned, abject

•   black sheep

•   down and out

•   forsaken, foundling

•   homeless

•   lonely

•   outlaw

•   unwanted


•   best

•   shade, shame


•   decision, development

•   effect, event

•   fate, fruit

•   product, purpose

•   resolution

•   score


•   agitation

•   din

•   furore

•   protestation

•   racket, roar

•   storm


•   dated

•   moth-eaten

•   old, outworn

•   time


•   distance

•   exceed

•   gain

•   outclass, outdo, overtake

•   pass

•   throw off


•   better, break

•   cap

•   distance

•   get ahead

•   hollow

•   lead, lick

•   overtake

•   pass

•   shame

•   whip


•   apparatus, appointment, arm, array

•   brigade

•   cater, clothe

•   dress

•   employer, equipment, establishment

•   fit

•   garments

•   house

•   platoon, prepare, provide

•   rig out, rig-out

•   tackle

•   uniform

•   wardrobe, wear


•   effluent, escape

•   flow


•   companionable


•   airing

•   drive

•   journey

•   picnic

•   ride, run

•   tour, turn


•   kinky

•   ludicrous

•   odd, out-of-the-way

•   peculiar

•   unbelievable, unnatural


•   boycott

•   malefactor


•   charge

•   expense

•   payment, price

•   upkeep


•   drain

•   hole

•   pore

•   sale


•   abridgment, abstract, adumbration, argument

•   blueprint, brief

•   circumference, conformation, crude, chart

•   define, depict, describe, design, diagram, draw

•   edge

•   impression

•   line, lineaments, lines

•   notes

•   plot, project, projection, prospectus

•   recapitulate, represent

•   scenario, scheme, sketchy, stake


•   expectancy, expectation, exposure

•   frame

•   landscape, lookout

•   mentality, mind

•   nature

•   position, posture

•   scope, school, spirit

•   temperament, thinking


•   far, faraway

•   isolated


•   ancient

•   old, outdated

•   rusty

•   time


•   old, outdated

•   prehistoric

•   rusty

•   square

•   time


•   far

•   secret, sequestered, singular, solitary

•   unapproachable, unfamiliar

•   withdrawn


•   inactive


•   billow, burst

•   effluent

•   flood

•   outburst

•   surge


•   expenditure, expense

•   job

•   turnover

•   works


•   appal

•   crime

•   disgust, dishonour

•   flout

•   horrify

•   obscenity


•   crazy

•   derisory, diabolical

•   enormous, extortionate, extreme

•   glaring, grievous, gross

•   impossible, indecent, inexcusable, insufferable

•   monstrous

•   obscene

•   provocative

•   rampant, rank, ridiculous

•   shameful

•   unconscionable, ungodly, unheard-of, unholy, unjustifiable, unpardonable

•   wanton, wild


•   all-out

•   bald, blank, blatant

•   dead

•   entire, express, expressly

•   frank

•   honest

•   plain-spoken

•   right

•   shoulder, straight


•   conception

•   dawn

•   entrance

•   first

•   genesis

•   infancy

•   origin

•   threshold


•   dominate

•   exceed, excel

•   shade


•   abroad

•   crust

•   disinterested, door

•   foreign

•   past


•   layman


•   fringe

•   skirt


•   plain

•   vocal, vociferous


•   ace

•   best, bright, brilliant

•   chief

•   dominant

•   especial, exquisite, extraordinary

•   fine, first-rate

•   glaring, grand

•   historic

•   inspired

•   leading

•   magnificent, main, major, monumental

•   par, paramount, peerless, phenomenal, polished, prize

•   remarkable

•   shining, singular, splendid, surpassing

•   terrific

•   uncommon, undone

•   wicked, wonderful


•   forth


•   evidently

•   surface


•   overshadow

•   redeem


•   better

•   foil

•   have

•   nobble

•   slip, stump

•   thwart


•   moth-eaten


•   cheer

•   hand

•   praise


•   about

•   done

•   overly

•   spare


•   eventual

•   mainly

•   nationwide

•   panoramic


•   dazzle, discourage


•   crash

•   topple


•   arbitrary, assertive, assuming

•   bumptious

•   heavy-handed, high

•   masterful

•   opinionated

•   pompous, proud

•   self-important


•   becloud

•   dark, dim, dusky

•   gloomy

•   heavy

•   misty


•   profiteer

•   swindle


•   affect

•   beaten

•   daunted, defeated, drown, dumbfounded

•   finish, flabbergasted, force

•   get over

•   hollow

•   outdo, outweigh

•   prostrate

•   quell

•   repress, rush

•   stun

•   triumph

•   upset

•   whip, win


•   assured

•   bumptious


•   cramped


•   dramatize

•   labour

•   magnify

•   overact


•   contrived

•   exuberant

•   laboured

•   overwrought

•   theatrical


•   back, behind

•   unpaid


•   cram


•   exaggerate

•   labour

•   magnify


•   abound

•   brim

•   cascade

•   excess

•   flow

•   overrun

•   run over

•   teem


•   abundant

•   congested, crowded

•   deluge

•   effusive, exuberant

•   flush

•   generous

•   packed


•   cliff

•   projection

•   shadow


•   refurbish, renew, renovate


•   over


•   outgoings

•   upkeep


•   baby

•   feast

•   overdo, overeat

•   spoil, stuff


•   orgy


•   ecstatic, elevated, exultant

•   glad, gleeful

•   happy

•   world


•   coat

•   face, facing

•   plaster, plate

•   sheet

•   wash


•   deluge

•   excess

•   glut

•   overdo

•   swamp

•   task


•   blink

•   connive

•   discount, dominate

•   face, front

•   leave out, look

•   pass by, pass over

•   superintend

•   tower


•   fault


•   bow

•   choke

•   dazzle, devastate, drown

•   finish

•   oppress

•   reduce, repress, rout

•   stun, suppress, surmount

•   whip, worst


•   acute

•   deafening, devastating

•   oppressive

•   unconquerable


•   magnify, miscalculate, misjudge


•   surpass


•   predominate, prevail

•   quash


•   conquer, cover

•   deluge

•   flowing

•   infested

•   mob

•   subdue, swallow


•   governor

•   inspector

•   keeper

•   monitor


•   loom

•   outclass

•   predominate

•   shade


•   disregard

•   miss

•   negligence


•   aboveboard

•   glaring

•   naked, notorious


•   betide

•   exceed

•   gain, get ahead, get by

•   lose


•   abolition

•   beating, bowl over

•   confound, conquest

•   debacle, dissolution, dissolve, down

•   failure, floor

•   invalidate

•   prostrate

•   quash

•   refute, reverse

•   smash, supplant, suppress

•   tilt

•   upheaval

•   worst, wreck


•   beginning

•   pass, plea, preamble, preliminary


•   bowl over

•   demolish

•   invert

•   overrule

•   prostrate

•   ruin

•   shake up, shatter, subvert

•   throw, tip

•   undo, undoing


•   forward

•   masterful

•   overbearing, overconfident

•   tyrannical


•   beefy

•   obesity

•   roly-poly


•   beat, bedazzle, burden

•   confound

•   defeat, drown, dumbfound

•   hit

•   oppress, overtake, overthrow

•   ruin

•   shout down, sink, slaughter, smother, swallow

•   thrash, triumph, trounce

•   vanquish

•   whip


•   acute

•   compulsive, consuming

•   destruction, devouring

•   fantastic, formidable

•   heady

•   insurmountable

•   landslide

•   oppressive

•   stupendous

•   unspeakable, unutterable


•   drive

•   flog

•   overdo


•   anxious

•   explosive

•   feverish

•   hysterical

•   laboured

•   neurotic

•   upset

•   worried


•   beholden

•   debt


•   because

•   thanks

•   virtue


•   accede

•   come out with

•   occupy

•   permit, profess, proper

•   respective, run


•   boss

•   employer


•   enjoyment


•   stalk


•   restful


•   pacific


•   army

•   bevy, box

•   carton, clique, crate

•   horde

•   knot

•   pad, pile, plug

•   squeeze

•   tissue

•   wrap, wrap up


•   bundle

•   truss


•   close, cramped

•   fixed

•   populous

•   teeming, thick


•   ferry

•   pack

•   truss


•   pack up

•   walk out


•   crate

•   day


•   axis

•   engagement


•   address

•   book

•   dwelling

•   establishment

•   guard

•   habitation, house

•   leaf

•   residence

•   skulk, sneak


•   splash


•   splash


•   atheist

•   profane


•   gala

•   pomp

•   scene, sight


•   glory

•   ostentation


•   bruise, burn

•   cut

•   despair, desperation, difficulty

•   evil, exercise

•   ill

•   offend

•   pierce, pill, pinch, plague, play up, prick, punishment

•   rack

•   stick

•   tears, trial, try

•   wrench, wring


•   sore


•   awkward

•   bad, bitter, burning

•   cruel

•   evil

•   intolerable

•   mournful

•   nagging, nasty

•   piercing, poignant

•   sharp, smart, sorrowful, sticky

•   traumatic

•   uncomfortable, unenviable

•   violent

•   wicked


•   badly

•   hard, heavily


•   narcotic


•   exertion

•   struggle

•   toil


•   close

•   elaborate, exact

•   labour

•   methodical, minute

•   particular, pernickety

•   rigorous

•   workmanlike


•   brush

•   emblazon


•   associate

•   equate


•   dainty

•   edible


•   lush

•   rich


•   barrier, border, bound, boundary

•   circuit, circumference, confines

•   deathly, demarcation

•   field

•   ghastly, green, grey

•   limit, livid, lurid

•   pastel, picket, post

•   range

•   soft, sphere, stake

•   unwholesome

•   washed out


•   damper

•   enshroud

•   mantle


•   foist


•   bright


•   barefaced

•   demonstrable, distinct

•   perceptible, physical

•   sensible, stark


•   heave

•   pant


•   cheap

•   feeble, frivolous

•   lightweight, little

•   minute

•   niggardly

•   pathetic

•   woeful


•   favour

•   mother


•   literature

•   magazine

•   publication

•   treatise


•   crucify, cut up

•   damn

•   pull

•   sift


•   crucify, cut up

•   damn

•   pull

•   sift


•   cure

•   remedy


•   bravura

•   crest

•   sparkle

•   virtuosity


•   hurly-burly

•   noise

•   turbulence


•   cramp

•   hurt

•   kink

•   qualm

•   rack

•   smart

•   wound


•   flap

•   spin, state, sweat


•   panic-stricken

•   scared


•   state


•   countryside

•   landscape

•   outlook

•   scene


•   breath

•   gag

•   itch


•   balderdash

•   claptrap

•   garbage, gibberish

•   nipple, nonsense

•   rot

•   tripe, trumpery


•   decorate, document

•   form

•   magazine

•   periodical

•   theme, tissue

•   wrapper


•   paper


•   criterion

•   gauge, guide

•   mark, measure, model

•   pattern

•   touchstone

•   yardstick


•   myth


•   demonstrate, demonstration

•   file, flourish

•   pageantry, prance, promenade

•   troop


•   eternity

•   next world


•   irony

•   perplexity


•   conflicting, contrary

•   ironic

•   perplexing

•   questionable


•   angel

•   example

•   immortal

•   light

•   perfection

•   treasure


•   article

•   text


•   alike

•   balance

•   coordinate

•   echo, equate, equation, equivalence, even

•   liken

•   relationship, reproduce, resemble

•   tally, touch


•   daze, deaden, dismay, dull

•   prostrate

•   shock


•   impotence

•   numbness


•   besotted

•   drunken

•   fuddled

•   tight


•   big

•   climactic

•   great

•   incomparable

•   maximum

•   overriding

•   preponderant

•   sovereign, star

•   topmost

•   ultimate, unequalled, unmatched, unsurpassed, uppermost, utmost


•   appointment

•   goods

•   kit

•   luggage

•   thing, trimming


•   quote

•   translate


•   lackey

•   minion

•   satellite

•   toady


•   dole

•   mete


•   dry


•   baked


•   pity, purge

•   spare


•   defensible


•   anathema


•   district

•   local


•   balance


•   arena

•   ground

•   pitch

•   reserve

•   set


•   caucus, commune

•   treat


•   house


•   local

•   regional

•   sectarian

•   topical


•   ape

•   cartoon, charade

•   fun

•   imitate, impersonate, impersonation, impression

•   mock

•   ridicule


•   access

•   explosion

•   frenzy

•   gust

•   passion

•   tantrum


•   ape


•   beg

•   counter

•   head off


•   avaricious

•   thrifty, tight


•   economy

•   thrift


•   article

•   break off

•   clause, come between, country, cut, chapter

•   deviate, dispensation, diverge, divorce

•   end, episode, estrange

•   facet, factor, fitting, fork

•   go off

•   hand

•   instalment

•   leg, link

•   morsel, movement

•   paragraph, proportion, province

•   quantity, quota

•   ration

•   scene, sift, snatch

•   thing

•   voice

•   winnow


•   savour


•   half, halfway

•   inequitable

•   jaundiced

•   narrow

•   piecemeal, preferential, prepossessed

•   unbalanced


•   attachment

•   fancy, favour

•   indulgence, injustice

•   leaning, like

•   mania

•   relish

•   tendency


•   half

•   part


•   actor

•   contestant

•   entrant, entry

•   partner, player

•   subject


•   collaborate

•   engage

•   pitch in, play


•   communion, cooperation

•   experience

•   hand

•   interest

•   membership


•   fragment

•   globule, granule

•   little

•   ounce

•   part


•   article

•   careful, certain, conscientious

•   definite, desired

•   extraordinary

•   individual

•   main

•   own

•   pedantic, personal, pet, point, prim, private, proper, punctilio, punctilious

•   regard, respect, respective

•   separate, several, single, squeamish, strict

•   thing

•   way


•   exactly, extra

•   mostly

•   notoriously

•   particular, pre-eminently, principally

•   very


•   break-up

•   dissolution

•   estrangement

•   leave


•   admirer

•   discriminatory

•   factious, friend

•   inequitable

•   militant

•   preferential, prepossessed

•   sympathizer

•   unbalanced, unfair, unjust


•   bulwark

•   parting

•   split


•   half

•   part

•   quasi-


•   accessory, assistant, auxiliary

•   brother

•   date

•   escort

•   fellow, friend

•   man

•   woman


•   collaboration

•   league

•   match


•   detail

•   talent

•   works


•   brigade

•   crush, cult

•   detail

•   fling

•   gala

•   home

•   jamboree

•   machine, movement

•   part, persuasion

•   revel, revelry

•   sect

•   treat


•   avenue

•   bandy, breeze

•   distance

•   emergency, escape, exigency

•   fly, funnel

•   get by, get over, go along, go by

•   honour

•   lead, leak, live, lose

•   make

•   negotiate

•   O.K.

•   overhaul, overtake

•   pass by, position

•   quagmire

•   serve, sweep

•   thread, transit, turn


•   avenue

•   bandy, breeze

•   distance

•   emergency, escape, exigency

•   fly, funnel

•   get by, get over, go along, go by

•   honour

•   lead, leak, live, lose

•   make

•   negotiate

•   O.K.

•   overhaul, overtake

•   pass by, position

•   quagmire

•   serve, sweep

•   thread, transit, turn


•   bad, bearable

•   decent

•   indifferent

•   O.K.

•   par

•   run-of-the-mill

•   satisfactory


•   access, admittance, aisle, aperture, approach, article

•   career, citation

•   duct

•   entry, episode

•   gate

•   inlet

•   lapse

•   narrows

•   pipe, pipeline

•   recitation, run

•   travel, tunnel


•   blow over

•   disappear, dust

•   go

•   perish


•   blink

•   connive

•   elapse

•   pass off


•   slacker


•   eyewitness


•   course

•   disappearance, dying

•   evanescent

•   fugitive

•   little

•   mortal, motion

•   passage

•   transition, transitional


•   appetite

•   blood

•   delirium, devotion

•   exasperation

•   fever, flame, fume

•   glow, gust

•   impulse

•   love affair

•   madness

•   romance

•   temper, thirst

•   violence

•   weakness


•   ablaze, aflame, angry, avid

•   burning

•   crazy

•   devouring, devout

•   earnest, emotive

•   fanatical, fire

•   hasty, heated, hot-blooded

•   intemperate

•   quick

•   romantic

•   sultry

•   temperamental, tumultuous

•   warm-blooded


•   apathetic

•   frigid

•   half-hearted


•   foist


•   clear, count out, cross

•   dispense

•   except, exclude, excuse

•   get across, get over

•   miss

•   neglect

•   pass away

•   skip, slide

•   traverse


•   lose


•   catchword


•   antecedents

•   back

•   lost

•   old-fashioned, old-time, outgoing

•   through


•   adhere

•   bind, bond

•   cream

•   pulp

•   thrash, trounce


•   patchwork


•   escape

•   interest

•   plaything, pursuit


•   master

•   professional

•   veteran


•   father


•   ecclesiastic

•   nomadic


•   browse

•   feed, field


•   heart

•   patter, pertinent

•   smack


•   allotment

•   bed, blot, botch

•   darn, dominion

•   piece, province

•   region

•   smear, spell, sphere, splash

•   territory


•   imperfect

•   piecemeal

•   wanting


•   barefaced

•   distinct

•   explicit

•   known

•   marked

•   naked, notorious

•   observable, overt

•   plain, public

•   stark

•   undeniable, undisguised, unquestionable

•   visible


•   access, aisle

•   beat

•   career, channel

•   line

•   orbit

•   run

•   tack, trace, trajectory

•   wake


•   bad

•   deficient, disappointing

•   emotional, emotive

•   flimsy, forlorn

•   hopeless

•   lame, low

•   piteous

•   sentimental

•   tearful, tragic

•   unsatisfactory

•   weak, wretched


•   indulgence

•   kindness

•   meekness


•   client, considerate

•   meek

•   passive

•   subject


•   detachment

•   force

•   pace, picket, platoon, prowl

•   reconnaissance, reconnoitre


•   contributor

•   employer

•   father


•   aegis, auspice

•   cultivation

•   favour, following

•   keeping

•   office

•   philanthropy

•   umbrella


•   condescend, cultivate

•   favour, further


•   lordly

•   patronage


•   blueprint

•   fashion, formation

•   gauge, grain

•   idea, ideal

•   lines

•   organization

•   precedent

•   rhythm, routine, rut

•   scheme, stereotype


•   inadequacy

•   need

•   penury

•   want


•   fat

•   gut

•   stomach


•   down and out


•   break off, breath

•   check

•   demur

•   forbear

•   hover

•   lapse, leisure

•   stammer, stand, stop

•   tarry


•   feel, finger, fumble

•   hand, handle

•   pad, palm


•   hostage

•   lackey


•   hostage

•   lackey


•   acquit

•   chip in

•   emolument

•   indemnify

•   lay out

•   put up

•   retain

•   stump up

•   wage


•   unpaid, unsettled


•   even

•   fix

•   pay, pay off, pay out

•   render


•   acquittance

•   cash, compensation, consideration, cost, cover, charge

•   emolument, expenditure, expense

•   pay, price

•   ransom, redress, rent

•   tender, terms, toll, tribute


•   acquit

•   palm


•   content

•   ease

•   order

•   quietness

•   still

•   unity


•   law-abiding

•   moderate

•   orderly


•   easy, even, even-tempered

•   halcyon

•   law-abiding

•   meek

•   quiescent

•   rest

•   smooth, sober, sound

•   uninterrupted


•   altitude

•   climactic, crag

•   head, height, high, highlight

•   maximum, mountain

•   optimum

•   pine, pink, prime

•   time

•   ultimate


•   bang, blare

•   gale

•   knell

•   thunder


•   clown

•   plebeian


•   fault, frailty

•   imperfection

•   offence

•   transgression


•   flick


•   anomalous

•   batty

•   cranky, crazy

•   different

•   especial, exclusive, exotic

•   fantastic

•   irregular

•   kinky

•   proper

•   unaccountable

•   whimsical, wonderful


•   anomaly

•   difference, distinction

•   exception

•   individuality, irregularity

•   point

•   trick, twist


•   schoolteacher


•   overcritical

•   ponderous


•   traffic


•   bottom


•   common, conventional

•   hack, hackneyed

•   ponderous

•   trite

•   undistinguished, unexceptional


•   birth

•   origin

•   parentage

•   strain


•   poke


•   castle

•   hull

•   strip


•   glance

•   pipe, pry

•   squeak


•   blink

•   contemporary

•   equivalent

•   peek, pry

•   rival


•   blink

•   contemporary

•   equivalent

•   peek, pry

•   rival


•   alone

•   exquisite

•   inimitable

•   pre-eminent

•   rare

•   supreme

•   transcendent


•   bilious

•   contentious

•   disagreeable, disgruntled

•   nettled

•   perverse, prickly

•   quarrelsome

•   sour


•   bolt

•   hook

•   nip

•   picket


•   coat

•   hail, hide

•   patter, pound

•   skin


•   crib

•   fence

•   gird

•   run

•   scribble


•   crib

•   fence

•   gird

•   run

•   scribble


•   fine

•   sentence


•   cost

•   infliction

•   justice

•   penance

•   sanction, scourge

•   toll


•   relish

•   weakness


•   abeyance

•   fire

•   outstanding

•   unresolved


•   cut

•   dig, drill

•   filter

•   guess

•   infest, invade

•   percolate, plumb, puncture

•   see through, soak, stick

•   tunnel


•   brilliant

•   cutting, chilly

•   deep

•   freezing

•   high

•   intimate, inward

•   percipient, poignant, pointed

•   subtle

•   trenchant


•   acumen

•   depth, discrimination, distinction

•   incisiveness, intelligence

•   judgment

•   sexual intercourse, subtlety

•   understanding

•   vision

•   wisdom


•   sackcloth and ashes


•   alias


•   standard


•   hard up

•   miserable

•   stranded


•   introspective

•   languishing

•   moody


•   misery

•   necessity


•   civilization, country

•   flesh

•   kin

•   man, many

•   personnel

•   society


•   punctuate

•   rake


•   passionate

•   short-tempered


•   catch

•   divine

•   experience

•   find, find out

•   pick out

•   receive

•   sight

•   take, taste

•   witness


•   audible

•   distinguishable

•   measurable

•   outward

•   sensible

•   visual


•   acumen, acuteness, appreciation

•   cognition, comprehension

•   discrimination, distinction

•   eye, eyesight

•   grip

•   hearing

•   illumination, image, intelligence, intuition

•   penetration

•   realization

•   tact

•   vision

•   wit


•   appreciative

•   critical

•   discriminatory

•   keen, knowing

•   piercing

•   quick-witted

•   ready, receptive

•   shrewd

•   tactful

•   understanding

•   wise


•   light

•   sit


•   conscious


•   bubble

•   impregnate, infiltrate

•   leak

•   trickle


•   flat

•   insistent

•   magisterial, masterful

•   positive

•   rude

•   tyrannical


•   all

•   best

•   crown

•   definitive, divine

•   essential, exquisite

•   great

•   infallible, intact, irreproachable

•   matchless, mature, mellow, mint, model

•   optimum, outright

•   positive

•   ripe

•   sound

•   thorough, total, touch up

•   unimpeachable, unquestionable, unspoiled

•   very


•   absoluteness

•   bloom

•   culmination

•   finish, fruition

•   infallibility

•   last word, the

•   pink, prime

•   queen

•   ultimate


•   idealistic

•   meticulous


•   correctly

•   just

•   right

•   true, turn


•   double

•   insincere

•   lying

•   mendacious

•   rotten

•   treasonable

•   untrue


•   dishonesty

•   foul play

•   insincerity


•   prick


•   acquit, administer, appear

•   behave, bring off

•   celebrate, commit, compass, comply, consummate

•   dispatch

•   fill

•   give, go

•   implement

•   keep

•   make, meet

•   obey, operate

•   participate, perfect, perpetrate, practise, prosecute, pursue

•   realize, recite, redeem, run

•   say, serve

•   take, turn


•   administration

•   celebration

•   deed, doing

•   enactment

•   fact

•   implementation

•   mechanism

•   observance

•   procedure, process, programme

•   reading, recital, recitation, record, redemption, routine

•   scene, showing, spectacle

•   technique


•   agent

•   exponent

•   showman


•   embalm


•   casual

•   half-hearted, hasty, hit or miss, hurried

•   quick

•   scrappy, slapdash, summary

•   token


•   probably


•   awkwardness

•   chance

•   stake

•   threat


•   awkward

•   critical

•   explosive

•   grave

•   insecure

•   slippery

•   tight, treacherous

•   warm


•   circle

•   fringe, frontier

•   side


•   bit, bout

•   chapter

•   day

•   estate

•   length, lesson, lifetime

•   menstruation

•   page, phase, point

•   round, run

•   session, sitting, spread, stint

•   turn

•   world


•   gazette

•   mouthpiece

•   print


•   croak, crumble

•   dissolve, dust

•   fade

•   go


•   falsehood

•   lying

•   untruth


•   changeless

•   fast, fitted

•   indelible, indissoluble

•   lifelong

•   standing

•   timeless

•   unalterable, unchangeable, undying


•   infest, inform, invade

•   leaven

•   occupy, overrun

•   soak, suffuse


•   defensible

•   excusable

•   pardonable

•   warrantable


•   acceptance, authority

•   blessing

•   clearance

•   impunity

•   O.K.

•   pass, passage

•   right

•   warrant


•   broad, broad-minded

•   easy

•   slack, soft


•   approve, assent, authority

•   bear

•   concession, charter

•   give

•   have

•   legalize, legitimate, legitimatize

•   qualify

•   wear

•   yield


•   calamitous, cursed

•   divisive

•   inimical

•   lethal

•   mischievous

•   pestilential

•   toxic

•   virulent


•   hypercritical

•   overcritical


•   erect

•   precipitous

•   sheer, standing


•   changeless

•   imperishable

•   running

•   standing, sustained


•   carry on

•   prolong


•   bamboozle

•   daze, disconcert, distract, distress

•   embroil

•   floor, fog

•   get

•   harass

•   trouble

•   vex


•   abstruse, awkward

•   disconcerting

•   funny

•   incomprehensible

•   tough


•   amazement

•   bother

•   care

•   doubt

•   fog

•   labyrinth

•   mess, muddle

•   plight

•   quandary

•   straits

•   uncertainty

•   worry


•   consideration

•   gratuity

•   premium, prerogative

•   tip


•   bully

•   crucify

•   grind

•   harry

•   plague


•   application

•   fortitude

•   grit

•   industry

•   obstinacy

•   patience


•   apply

•   bear up

•   hammer, hold, hold out

•   keep at, keep on, keep up

•   plod, prosecute

•   slog


•   be

•   drag

•   go on

•   hammer, hang on, hold, hold out

•   keep at, keep on

•   live

•   peg, prosecute

•   recur

•   see through, stick


•   durability

•   force

•   industry, insistence

•   obstinacy

•   patience, purpose


•   abiding

•   consistent, chronic

•   diligent, durable

•   frequent

•   game

•   habitual, haunting, high-pressure

•   importunate, industrious, insistent

•   lifelong, lingering

•   nagging, niggling

•   patient, perennial, permanent

•   sneaking, strenuous

•   timeless

•   unceasing, unfailing, unmitigated, untiring, urgent

•   wilful


•   creature, chap, character

•   fellow, form

•   guy

•   life

•   man, mortal

•   party, punter


•   goodly

•   pretty


•   bigwig

•   figure

•   individual

•   magnate, man, mogul

•   notability


•   arbitrary

•   direct

•   especial

•   heart-to-heart

•   inmost, inner, interior, inward

•   proper

•   respective

•   subjective

•   ulterior, unofficial


•   figure

•   mentality

•   presence

•   way


•   confidentially

•   directly

•   intimately

•   person, private

•   separately

•   well


•   play


•   picture

•   representative

•   soul

•   type


•   act


•   horizon

•   purview

•   setting

•   viewpoint


•   canny

•   discriminatory

•   incisive, intelligent

•   piercing

•   sage


•   incisiveness

•   judgment

•   providence


•   argue, assure

•   bend, bring, budge

•   draw

•   exhort

•   get, get round

•   incline, instigate

•   lead, lobby

•   motivate, move

•   occasion

•   prevail, push

•   reason, rope in

•   turn, twist

•   wheedle, win


•   allure

•   kind

•   motivation

•   prompting

•   sentiment


•   disarming

•   high-pressure

•   potent, powerful

•   smooth, strong

•   urgent


•   lie


•   importunate


•   competent

•   live, logical

•   point, pointed

•   relative


•   flippancy


•   affect

•   concern

•   exercise

•   jolt

•   put off, put out

•   rattle


•   unsettled


•   analysis

•   consideration

•   reading, reflection, review

•   survey


•   dip

•   eye

•   go over

•   look over

•   pore


•   impregnate, infiltrate, invade

•   leaven

•   occupy


•   far-reaching

•   penetrating


•   awkward

•   contentious

•   difficult

•   morose

•   naughty

•   pertinacious

•   sadistic, sulky, sullen

•   unnatural


•   debasement, decadence, degradation

•   miscarriage

•   rape

•   travesty


•   awkwardness


•   colour

•   demoralize, doctor

•   misquote

•   poison, profane, prostitute

•   travesty


•   deformed, degenerate

•   sadistic

•   vile


•   discouragement

•   negativeness


•   misery


•   defeatist, discouraged

•   morbid

•   negative


•   menace, mischief

•   pill

•   thorn, torment, trouble

•   worry


•   besiege, bombard, bore

•   disquiet, dun

•   gall

•   hair, heckle, hound

•   irritate

•   molest

•   needle

•   persecute

•   tease, trouble

•   vex

•   wear


•   pest


•   baneful

•   cursed

•   infuriating, irritating

•   toxic

•   wearisome


•   beloved

•   domestic

•   indulge

•   minion

•   sweet


•   beloved

•   domestic

•   indulge

•   minion

•   sweet


•   decrease, die, diminish

•   fizzle out, flag

•   subside

•   tail off

•   wear off


•   apply

•   claim, cry

•   desire, drum up

•   invoke

•   seek


•   concrete

•   frightened

•   horror-struck

•   panic-stricken

•   scared

•   thunderstruck


•   frighten

•   ossify

•   terrorize, tracks


•   fiddling, footling, frivolous, frothy

•   insular

•   lightweight

•   minute

•   narrow-minded, niggling

•   one-horse

•   parochial, pathetic, puerile, puny


•   ill temper

•   temperament, touchiness


•   acrimonious

•   choleric

•   disgruntled

•   fractious

•   ill-natured

•   prickly, pugnacious

•   quarrelsome, quick, quick-tempered

•   temperamental, touchy


•   disembodied

•   ghostly

•   shadow, shadowy, supernatural

•   unearthly


•   cycle

•   facet

•   page, posture


•   fabulous

•   portentous

•   stupendous, superhuman, surpassing

•   wonderful


•   curiosity

•   development

•   legend

•   object, oddity

•   thing


•   play around


•   brotherly


•   humanity

•   kindness

•   largess


•   heathen

•   uncivilized


•   metaphysical

•   profound, pure

•   thinking


•   morality

•   rationale

•   theory


•   lukewarm

•   quiet


•   complex

•   neurosis


•   communicate, contact


•   portrait


•   phraseology


•   nomenclature

•   terminology, terms


•   actual, animal

•   brute

•   manual

•   personal

•   sensual

•   worldly


•   beef


•   best

•   cast, cream, crop

•   draw

•   favourite

•   gem

•   lot

•   peck, plum, prefer

•   return

•   single

•   take


•   cordon

•   demonstration


•   corner

•   devil

•   embarrassment, exigency

•   imp

•   mess

•   plight

•   quagmire

•   scamp, souse

•   trouble


•   lift


•   get at

•   pester

•   victimize


•   elect

•   identify

•   spot


•   fare

•   pick-me-up


•   claim, come along

•   develop

•   field, form

•   handle, hear

•   look up

•   procure

•   receive, recuperate

•   scoop, secure, sense

•   win


•   descriptive

•   photographic


•   conception

•   envisage

•   illustrated, imagine

•   reproduction

•   scene

•   tableau

•   view, vision


•   descriptive

•   old-world

•   pictorial

•   romantic


•   minute

•   niggling


•   bite, block

•   component, cut

•   dispatch

•   end, essay

•   feature, fitting

•   grain

•   hank, helping, hunk

•   job

•   link, lot, lump

•   mass

•   nugget

•   particle, passage, play

•   recitation, remnant, report, routine

•   sheet, slab, snatch, snip, strip

•   unit

•   whole


•   creation

•   speciality


•   apart

•   gradual, gradually

•   little

•   scrappy


•   berth

•   dock

•   pedestal


•   bite, broach

•   dig

•   knife

•   punch

•   slit, stick

•   tap, thrust

•   wring


•   blatant, burning

•   cutting

•   deafening, discerning

•   high

•   incisive, intent

•   noisy

•   penetration, poignant, pungent

•   smart


•   policeman


•   province


•   organize

•   range

•   stereotype, suspend


•   headstrong

•   obdurate, opinionated

•   pertinacious


•   aggregate

•   bank, bunch, bundle

•   drift

•   fluff

•   gathering

•   hill

•   keep, knot

•   load


•   aggregate

•   bank, bunch, bundle

•   drift

•   fluff

•   gathering

•   hill

•   keep, knot

•   load


•   aggregate

•   bank, bunch, bundle

•   drift

•   fluff

•   gathering

•   hill

•   keep, knot

•   load


•   lot

•   many


•   borrow

•   crib

•   defraud

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   pocket


•   quest


•   bead, blob


•   desolate, devastate

•   gut

•   harry

•   prize

•   rape

•   waste


•   monument

•   obelisk

•   pile

•   tower


•   satirize, slam


•   convoy

•   govern

•   manoeuvre

•   preliminary

•   sail, sample

•   usher


•   blister

•   gathering


•   axle

•   bolt

•   clasp, clip

•   leg

•   nail

•   stick

•   tack


•   bite

•   drop

•   extremity

•   kink

•   little

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   quagmire

•   run away, run off

•   scrape

•   take, thieve, tinge, touch, trifle, tuck, twinge


•   emaciated

•   narrow


•   finger

•   pinion


•   heart, hunger

•   itch

•   pant


•   pin, plume

•   restrain, rope

•   tie up, truss

•   wing


•   heyday

•   indent

•   prick, punch

•   red, ruddy


•   crag, culmination

•   extreme, extremity

•   maximum

•   prominence


•   designate, diagnose

•   focus

•   localize

•   pin down

•   show up


•   apostle

•   colonize

•   discoverer

•   introduce

•   originator

•   pathfinder, precursor

•   settle, spearhead


•   blow, butt

•   drain

•   gutter

•   squeak


•   hot

•   poignant

•   strong

•   trenchant

•   witty


•   anger

•   bitterness

•   exasperate, exasperation

•   fret

•   indignation, intrigue

•   pet, petulance

•   spite, spleen


•   bandit

•   robber

•   wolf


•   grave

•   pitfall

•   well, working


•   accent

•   bank, bowl

•   cascade, catapult, crash

•   fall, flip

•   head

•   inclination

•   labour

•   put

•   reel, rock

•   seesaw, slant

•   tune


•   lightless


•   buckle down

•   start


•   sorry

•   touching


•   jeopardy

•   risk


•   keynote

•   stuff


•   axiomatic

•   crisp, curt

•   point

•   sententious, summary


•   affecting

•   forlorn

•   lean

•   plaintive

•   rueful

•   tearful, tender, touching


•   ferocious

•   hard

•   inclement, inhumane

•   remorseless

•   savage, severe, stiff, stony


•   dole


•   bleed, bowels

•   feel, feeling

•   heart

•   leniency

•   remorse

•   sympathize


•   circle

•   nucleus

•   roll

•   swing

•   turn on

•   wheel, whirl


•   sign


•   compose, content

•   mitigate

•   patch

•   reconcile


•   address, apply, attach

•   estate

•   finger, fit

•   implant, impose, insert

•   keep

•   lodge

•   mount

•   niche

•   office, opening

•   part, pigeonhole, pitch, prefer, premises, put on

•   recollect

•   scene, slot

•   vest


•   easy-going

•   pacific, peaceable, phlegmatic

•   quiescent

•   restful

•   sedate

•   unperturbed


•   abomination

•   besiege, bug

•   chivvy

•   disquiet, dog, dun

•   gall, gnaw, grind

•   hair

•   jinx

•   kid

•   menace

•   nag

•   obsess

•   press, pursue

•   rash

•   thorn, try

•   weary, worry


•   ascetic

•   bald, blank, broad

•   certain, clear-cut

•   distinguishable, dry, dull

•   elementary, expanse, explicit, express

•   gross

•   hard, homespun, household

•   inconspicuous, intelligible

•   known

•   literal, low, luminous

•   matter-of-fact, mere

•   naked, natural, noticeable

•   overt

•   palpable, point-blank, poor, public

•   quiet

•   raw, round, rustic

•   sober, straight

•   table

•   unequivocal, unflattering, unsophisticated

•   very


•   down-to-earth

•   transparent, truthful

•   vocal


•   querulous


•   agenda, arrangement

•   brew, budget

•   calculate, conception, course

•   directions, dispensation

•   engineer, enterprise

•   fix up, forecast, form, framework

•   game

•   hatch

•   imagine, intent

•   lay, lay out, lines

•   manoeuvre, mastermind, meaning, meditate, model

•   navigate

•   order, organization

•   pattern, policy, preparation, projection, prospect, prospectus, provision

•   rhyme, rough

•   schedule, shape, shift, stratagem, survey

•   table, tack, theory, thought

•   way, wheeze, work out, wrinkle


•   craft

•   facet

•   shave, surface


•   bed

•   cultivate

•   entrench, establishment

•   farm

•   installation

•   lay

•   pitch, place

•   stick

•   workshop


•   memorial


•   cement, cover up

•   dress

•   facing, flatten

•   slap, splash


•   adaptable

•   elastic

•   man-made

•   resilient

•   tawdry


•   engraving

•   plaque

•   scale


•   plain


•   emplacement


•   record


•   convincing

•   defensible

•   imaginable

•   logical

•   ostensible

•   slick


•   appear

•   blow

•   enact, extent

•   fiddle, freedom

•   joke

•   make believe, mess, monkey

•   pass, pipe, pretend

•   render, representation

•   slack, stage

•   tinker, tolerance, toy


•   moderate

•   pooh-pooh

•   tone down


•   athlete

•   entrant, entry, exponent


•   facetious

•   jocular, jolly

•   light-hearted

•   mirthful

•   naughty

•   whimsical


•   impose


•   knick-knack

•   pawn

•   sport


•   act up

•   feature

•   publicize


•   flirt


•   alibi, answer, argument

•   call, colour, cry

•   loophole


•   appeal

•   cry

•   defend

•   intercede

•   pray, press

•   speak, sue

•   urge


•   attractive

•   balmy, bright

•   comfortable

•   delicious, diverting

•   easy, enchanting, entertaining

•   facetious

•   glad, good, goodly

•   humorous

•   kindly

•   likable

•   mild

•   palatable, personable

•   smooth, sunny

•   temperate, tuneful

•   warm


•   humour

•   repartee

•   wit


•   appeal

•   oblige

•   send

•   take, turn on


•   appreciative

•   complacent

•   gleeful

•   joyful

•   proud

•   thankful

•   willing


•   acceptable, adorable, amusement

•   beautiful

•   congenial

•   delicious, desirable

•   exquisite

•   glad, good, goodly, gorgeous, graceful, gracious, grateful

•   heart-warming

•   interesting, inviting

•   light, likable, likely, lovable, lovely

•   personable, pleasant, prepossessing, pretty, proud

•   rewarding

•   soft, street

•   taking

•   welcome, well


•   admiration

•   blessedness

•   complacency, content

•   discretion, dream

•   entertainment

•   feast, festivity, fun

•   gusto

•   honour

•   joie de vivre

•   kick

•   luxury

•   mirth

•   pride, pursuit

•   radiance, relaxation

•   thrill, treat

•   way


•   humble

•   lowly


•   assure

•   bargain, bet

•   commit, commitment

•   dedicate, devote

•   engagement

•   faith

•   hostage

•   protestation, put up

•   stake, stipulate, subscribe

•   wager


•   abounding, affluent

•   considerable

•   exuberant

•   full

•   handsome

•   large

•   numerous

•   opulent

•   rich


•   ample

•   fill, flow, fullness

•   heap

•   lot

•   many, much

•   prodigality

•   riches


•   barrage

•   flow

•   plenty

•   sea, shower, store


•   elastic

•   green

•   limp

•   resilient

•   soft


•   docile

•   easy, elastic

•   formative

•   submissive


•   crisis

•   emergency, exigency

•   fix

•   lot

•   mess, muddle

•   pass, pinch, pledge, position, promise

•   quagmire, quandary


•   jog

•   plough, plug

•   stump

•   trek


•   argument

•   bed

•   connive, contrivance

•   engineer

•   game

•   navigate

•   site, sketch, survey


•   argument

•   bed

•   connive, contrivance

•   engineer

•   game

•   navigate

•   site, sketch, survey


•   daring

•   energy

•   fight, fortitude

•   gallantry, grab, gut

•   persistence, pull

•   tear, twitch


•   daring

•   energy

•   fight, fortitude

•   gallantry, grab, gut

•   persistence, pull

•   tear, twitch


•   dashing

•   fearless

•   gallant

•   stout, strong


•   boost, build-up

•   further

•   nag

•   punch

•   recommendation

•   tap


•   even

•   line

•   perpendicular

•   smack, straight


•   flourish

•   pique, preen, pride


•   bonny

•   cuddly

•   overweight

•   set

•   well-fed


•   desolate, devastation

•   fleece, forage

•   gut

•   harry

•   maraud

•   poach

•   rape, robbery

•   thieve


•   cascade, catapult, crash

•   drive, duck

•   flounder

•   lunge

•   nose dive

•   plough

•   slump, splash

•   thrash, thrust


•   also

•   dividend

•   including

•   over

•   perquisite

•   virtue


•   cross

•   layer

•   manage

•   run

•   shuttle

•   traverse

•   use

•   work


•   pirate

•   thieve


•   dwarf

•   hole

•   midget, misappropriate

•   put up, pygmy


•   capsule, corporation


•   beefy

•   obese, overweight

•   soft

•   well-fed


•   fanciful


•   acuteness


•   cruel

•   emotional, emotive, expressive, exquisite

•   haunting

•   piteous

•   tearful, tender


•   angle, article

•   boss, brink, business, butt

•   clause, consideration

•   eve

•   fact, factor

•   issue

•   meat, message, moral

•   page, peak, phase, pitch, prick, prickle, protrude, punch

•   quarter

•   range, refer, regard

•   sense, significance, step

•   tend, thing, topic

•   validity

•   way


•   smack


•   compact, conic

•   express, expressive

•   jagged

•   meaning, meaningful

•   pithy, poignant, point, pregnant, pungent

•   sententious, smart

•   thorny


•   arrow

•   clue

•   index

•   key


•   blunt

•   flat, footling, frivolous

•   hollow, hopeless

•   idle, inept, insipid

•   lifeless

•   needless

•   point, purposeless


•   comment


•   ease

•   repose

•   self-confidence, sophistication


•   assured

•   unperturbed


•   drug

•   embitter

•   infection

•   prejudice

•   tipple


•   poison

•   unwholesome


•   handle

•   jut

•   lunge

•   packet, peck, pouch, probe


•   gelid

•   north


•   extreme

•   perch

•   stake


•   extreme

•   perch

•   stake


•   authority


•   platform

•   strategy

•   tactic


•   brush

•   civilize, courtesy, cultivation, culture

•   edit, elaborate

•   file

•   gentility, grind

•   humanize

•   manners

•   practise

•   scour

•   taste

•   virtuosity


•   aristocratic

•   civil, consummate, courteous, cultured

•   educated, exquisite

•   gentle, gentlemanly

•   mannerly

•   perfect

•   shiny, slick, stylish

•   tactful, tasteful


•   devour

•   wrap up


•   accommodating, amicable, attentive

•   decent, decorous, diplomatic

•   gallant, gentle, gentlemanly, good

•   humble

•   kindly

•   ladylike

•   nice

•   pleasing, proper

•   tactful


•   calculating, circumspect

•   far-sighted

•   noncommittal

•   sage, strategic

•   tactical

•   worldly


•   diplomat


•   canker

•   mess


•   blight

•   debasement

•   filth, fumes

•   infection

•   nastiness


•   glory

•   majesty


•   big

•   grand

•   high-sounding

•   majestic

•   overweening

•   pedantic

•   rhetorical

•   sententious, stately, stiff, stilted, stuffy

•   theatrical


•   reservoir


•   commune, chew

•   debate, digest

•   entertain

•   mull

•   pore, puzzle

•   revolve

•   think over

•   wonder


•   big

•   deliberate

•   mountainous

•   portentous

•   sententious, slow


•   law

•   spout


•   laugh off

•   ridicule


•   fund

•   lump

•   reservoir

•   unite

•   well


•   fund

•   lump

•   reservoir

•   unite

•   well


•   base, beggarly, below

•   cheap

•   depressed, deprived, distressed

•   flimsy

•   hack, hopeless

•   lame, lamentable, lean

•   off

•   pale, par

•   ragged, remote

•   slender, slim

•   terrible, thin, third-rate

•   underprivileged, unfavourable

•   wanting, woeful


•   invalid

•   par

•   rough

•   sort

•   unhealthy, upset

•   weather


•   father

•   pawn, plug


•   community, country

•   herd

•   population, public


•   catchy, commercial, customary

•   demand, democratic

•   hot

•   known

•   mass

•   normal

•   prominent

•   topical

•   vernacular, vogue

•   well-known


•   generality

•   normality

•   prevalence


•   promote


•   nation

•   public


•   immoral

•   nasty


•   lewdness

•   nastiness


•   leaky, light

•   open


•   berth

•   gate

•   left


•   mobile, moving

•   pocket


•   announce

•   forebode

•   mean

•   signify, spell


•   adumbration, auspice

•   consequence

•   forerunner

•   marvel

•   wonder


•   awful

•   dire

•   weighty


•   area, article

•   cut, chunk

•   dispensation, dividend, dole, doom, dosage, dower

•   half, heritage

•   instalment, interest

•   job

•   leg, length

•   member, mete

•   nip

•   paragraph, pat, payment, pittance, plate

•   slab, slice

•   thing

•   unit


•   effigy


•   act

•   detail

•   enact

•   personate

•   recount

•   tell


•   acting

•   character

•   drawing

•   enactment

•   personification, portrait

•   role

•   version


•   mince

•   show


•   model


•   appointment, aspect, assignment

•   case, circumstance, contention, credit

•   degree, deploy, disposal

•   emplacement, estate, exposure

•   fit, footing

•   garrison, grade

•   install

•   lay, level, line

•   mount

•   niche

•   order, orientation

•   park, phase, plane, poise, profession

•   quality, quarter

•   rate, rating

•   scene, side, slot

•   terms, thinking

•   vacancy


•   bullish

•   declarative, demonstrable, downright

•   favourable, flat

•   good, great

•   optimistic

•   plus

•   satisfied, substantial

•   tangible

•   unassailable, unconditional


•   decidedly

•   expressly

•   fairly, favourably, flatly, fully

•   indeed

•   means

•   once

•   really


•   bear, boast

•   haunt

•   inhabit

•   keep

•   wield


•   infatuated, inspired

•   spellbound


•   acquisition

•   clutches

•   enjoyment

•   grasp, grip

•   hands

•   keeping

•   purchase

•   tenancy


•   attached

•   protective


•   accessibility

•   candidate, contingency

•   eventuality, expectation

•   ghost

•   resort

•   surmise


•   accessible

•   believable

•   earthly

•   optional

•   plausible, prospective


•   probably


•   base, bill, book

•   capacity, correspondence

•   engagement

•   forward, function

•   garrison

•   installation

•   lookout

•   occupation

•   perch, pier, pile, province

•   quarter, quarters

•   remit, role

•   standpoint

•   vacancy, vocation


•   base, bill, book

•   capacity, correspondence

•   engagement

•   forward, function

•   garrison

•   installation

•   lookout

•   occupation

•   perch, pier, pile, province

•   quarter, quarters

•   remit, role

•   standpoint

•   vacancy, vocation


•   base, bill, book

•   capacity, correspondence

•   engagement

•   forward, function

•   garrison

•   installation

•   lookout

•   occupation

•   perch, pier, pile, province

•   quarter, quarters

•   remit, role

•   standpoint

•   vacancy, vocation


•   cut short

•   hold off

•   lay aside

•   pigeonhole, procrastinate

•   remit, reserve

•   waive


•   abeyance

•   extension

•   filibuster

•   reprieve


•   addendum

•   continuation

•   epilogue


•   assumption, axiom

•   believe

•   hypothesis

•   lay down

•   premiss, presume, propound

•   stipulate, supposition


•   act

•   deportment

•   mince


•   energetic

•   forcible

•   heady

•   irresistible

•   trenchant

•   virile


•   promise, prospective

•   virtual


•   chemical

•   dosage, drink

•   nostrum


•   dawdle, dilly-dally

•   idle

•   lounge

•   maunder


•   china


•   wallet


•   descend, descent

•   lunge

•   powder


•   ache

•   bombard, buffet

•   cage, coop, crumble, cudgel

•   enclose

•   fence

•   grind

•   hold

•   knock down

•   lash

•   mill

•   pace, patrol, prison

•   ram

•   shut, squash


•   ache

•   bombard, buffet

•   cage, coop, crumble, cudgel

•   enclose

•   fence

•   grind

•   hold

•   knock down

•   lash

•   mill

•   pace, patrol, prison

•   ram

•   shut, squash


•   cascade

•   funnel

•   lavish

•   pelt, pump

•   radiate

•   shower

•   well


•   face

•   mouth

•   pet, purse


•   baseness

•   inadequacy

•   misery


•   beggarly

•   depressed

•   miserable

•   squalid


•   ammunition

•   crumble

•   make-up, mill


•   action, agency, agent, arm

•   clutches

•   effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, effort, emphasis, empire, endowment

•   freedom, fury

•   gift, grasp, greatness, grip

•   hands

•   impact, impel, impetus

•   jurisdiction

•   kick

•   magic, magnetism, main, momentum

•   persuasion, pith, preponderance, pressure, propulsion, pull

•   reach, reign, responsibility

•   say, stamina

•   talent, tenacity

•   validity, violence


•   able, able-bodied, acute, ascendant, athletic

•   big, brawny, burly

•   devouring, dramatic, dynamic

•   efficacious, efficient, emphatic

•   fierce, formidable

•   hard, hefty, high, husky

•   important, intense

•   lusty

•   manful, manly, masculine, muscular

•   overpowering

•   piercing, prevalent, privileged

•   reckon, resounding

•   stiff

•   trenchant

•   valid, vehement, violent, vivid

•   wicked


•   greatly

•   manfully


•   null

•   unable


•   practical


•   common-sense, constructive

•   earthly, expedient

•   handy, hard-bitten, helpful

•   positive

•   reasonable, robust

•   salutary, sober

•   usable

•   virtual


•   intent


•   convention

•   dummy

•   form

•   institution

•   lesson, line

•   manner

•   observance

•   performance, policy, procedure, process

•   rite, ritual

•   trick


•   engage

•   go in (for)

•   make

•   prosecute

•   run through

•   use

•   wage


•   adept

•   consummate, conversant

•   neat

•   old

•   perfect, professional

•   skilful


•   empirical, expedient

•   robust


•   admiration, advertise, appreciation

•   boost

•   celebrate, commend, credit

•   emblazon, exaltation

•   flatter

•   laurels

•   name

•   puff

•   rave, recommend, recommendation


•   deserving

•   good

•   virtuous


•   jig


•   amusement

•   hoax

•   jest, joke

•   play


•   blabber

•   cackle

•   gibberish, go on, gossip

•   maunder

•   natter

•   rattle

•   talk


•   appeal

•   conjure, cry


•   cry

•   grace

•   intercession


•   hold forth

•   pontificate


•   apostle


•   briefing

•   preliminary, prologue


•   critical

•   delicate

•   tight, treacherous

•   uneasy


•   calculation

•   preparation, prevention


•   advantage

•   prominence


•   institute

•   original


•   antecedent

•   front

•   late

•   precursory


•   aphorism

•   charge

•   dictate, doctrine, dogma

•   formula

•   injunction, institute

•   lesson


•   ward


•   suburbs

•   vicinity


•   adorable

•   golden, good

•   mincing

•   price

•   rich

•   sweet

•   treasure


•   drop


•   brash

•   cause, condensation, condense

•   deposit, desperate

•   engender

•   foolhardy

•   gravitate

•   heady, hot-headed

•   incautious

•   lees

•   premature, previous, provoke

•   sediment, spark, speedy


•   certain, close, critical

•   deadly, delicate, donnish

•   elaborate

•   factual, faithful, fine

•   impeccable

•   just

•   methodical, minute

•   neat

•   pedantic, perfect, photographic, proper, punctual

•   refined, right, rigorous

•   scientific, scholastic, sensitive, special, sure, systematic

•   true, truthful

•   very


•   briefly

•   delicately, directly, distinctly, dot, doubtless

•   expressly

•   flat

•   letter

•   minutely

•   neatly, nicely

•   quite

•   right

•   sharp

•   true, truly, turn

•   verbatim

•   world


•   absoluteness

•   clarity

•   definition, delicacy

•   intelligibility

•   neatness, niceness

•   perfection, punctilio

•   rectitude, refinement

•   truth


•   blacklist

•   disqualify

•   enjoin

•   forbid


•   anticipation


•   requisite

•   stipulation


•   ancestor, augury

•   scout


•   acquisitive

•   ferocious

•   ravenous


•   father


•   providence


•   choose

•   ordain


•   cut

•   irrevocable


•   bind

•   case, condition, crisis

•   difficulty

•   embarrassment, entanglement, exigency

•   juncture

•   muddle

•   pass, position, problem

•   quagmire

•   straits

•   trouble


•   adumbrate, anticipate

•   bode

•   envisage, envision, expect

•   foreshadow

•   guess

•   project


•   par

•   routine

•   unimaginative


•   adumbration

•   expectancy, expectation

•   foreboding

•   guess

•   oracle

•   projection


•   aptitude, aptness, attachment

•   discretion

•   like

•   relish


•   bent, biased

•   disposed

•   interested

•   partial, prepared, prepossessed


•   instinct

•   partiality, preconception


•   pre-eminence, prevalence

•   superiority


•   master

•   overriding

•   pre-eminent

•   uppermost


•   dominate

•   excel

•   sway


•   advantage, ascendancy

•   celebrity

•   eminence, emphasis

•   importance

•   leadership

•   mastery

•   precedence, priority

•   quality


•   arch, ascendant

•   best

•   capital, cardinal, celebrated

•   dominant

•   eminent, exceeding

•   first

•   grand

•   head

•   important

•   leading

•   main, major

•   notable

•   prime, principal, prominent

•   remarkable, ruling

•   top

•   uppermost, utmost


•   groom

•   pique, pride


•   beginning


•   lean, like

•   opt (for)

•   please

•   relish

•   will


•   desirable

•   eligible

•   select


•   instead


•   alternative

•   bent

•   discretion

•   fancy, fondness

•   like, liking

•   pleasure

•   taste

•   volition

•   will


•   discriminatory

•   inequitable


•   meaning


•   compromise

•   disparagement

•   inclination, incline, inequality

•   turn


•   blind

•   inequitable, insular, interested

•   narrow

•   subjective

•   unbalanced, unjust


•   discriminatory

•   loaded


•   antecedent

•   experimental

•   foreword

•   prologue


•   early


•   foresight


•   lead


•   terms


•   presumption


•   payment, price


•   anticipation

•   forerunner

•   sense


•   absence

•   complex, compulsion, craze

•   inattention, interest

•   mania

•   thing


•   absent

•   bemused, buried

•   deep, dreamy

•   engaged

•   haunted

•   inattentive

•   lost

•   obsessed

•   pensive


•   background, brew, briefing

•   conditioning

•   dip, drill

•   instruction

•   practice, preliminary, prelude, prescription, production

•   rehearsal

•   schooling, spadework

•   training


•   precursory


•   arm

•   begin, break in, brief, butcher

•   condition, cultivate

•   devise, discipline, dish up, dispense, do, draw, dress

•   enable

•   ground

•   lay, line up

•   mobilize, mount

•   pioneer, predispose, process

•   qualify

•   rehearse, ripen

•   school, season, set, set up, shape, spread, step

•   trim


•   armed

•   conditioned

•   game, guard

•   mature

•   operational

•   poised

•   readiness, ripe


•   foresight

•   prudence


•   majority


•   ruling


•   nice


•   cockeyed, criminal

•   derisory

•   extortionate

•   fantastic, far-fetched, farcical

•   grotesque

•   inordinate

•   mad

•   outlandish, overdone

•   prohibitive

•   silly

•   tall

•   unbelievable, unconscionable, unheard-of

•   wild


•   stipulation


•   charter

•   faculty, franchise

•   jurisdiction

•   place, power, priority

•   will


•   advise, advocate

•   bind

•   counsel

•   endorse

•   legislate

•   promote, put forward

•   recommend

•   suggest


•   dosage

•   legislation

•   ritual


•   entity

•   figure

•   manner


•   poise, providence


•   about, accord, actual

•   come up with

•   deliver, dish up, do

•   enter, expose

•   feature

•   hand, hold up, home, host

•   largess, lay, lend, look

•   modern

•   nominate

•   orchestrate

•   pay, perform, phrase, prefer, propose, propound, provide, purse, put, put up

•   release, render

•   screen, serve, set out

•   unfold

•   volunteer


•   about, accord, actual

•   come up with

•   deliver, dish up, do

•   enter, expose

•   feature

•   hand, hold up, home, host

•   largess, lay, lend, look

•   modern

•   nominate

•   orchestrate

•   pay, perform, phrase, prefer, propose, propound, provide, purse, put, put up

•   release, render

•   screen, serve, set out

•   unfold

•   volunteer


•   personable


•   accordance

•   endowment, exposure

•   programme, proposal

•   showing


•   portent

•   sense


•   directly

•   now


•   custody

•   upkeep


•   asylum

•   cure

•   embalm, enshrine

•   nurse

•   pickle

•   record

•   watch over


•   moderate

•   sit


•   assert

•   clamp, cram, cupboard

•   drive, drove, dun

•   expedite

•   harp, huddle

•   induce

•   jostle

•   knead

•   levy, lie, lock

•   make, milk

•   pin, pin down, pinch, plough, ply, precipitate, prefer, publicity, put forward

•   roll

•   shoulder, shove, spur, squash

•   thrust


•   compelling, critical

•   demanding, dire

•   grave

•   immediate, insistence, insistent, instant

•   live

•   prompting

•   sore


•   brunt

•   care, constrain, chivvy

•   drive, duress

•   enforcement

•   goad

•   impulse, instance, intimidation

•   lobby

•   pinch, prompting, propulsion

•   tax, tension


•   exaltation

•   face

•   glamour, glory

•   laurels, lustre

•   mark

•   note

•   position, pre-eminence, prominence


•   supposedly


•   expect

•   hold

•   impose

•   prejudge

•   say

•   take

•   understand


•   arrogance, arrogation

•   dogmatism

•   expectancy, expectation

•   face, familiarity, freedom

•   guesswork

•   impertinence, implication, imposition, inference

•   liberty

•   pertness, preconception, pride, prospect

•   theory


•   assuming

•   bumptious

•   cool

•   familiar, fresh

•   impertinent, impudent, intrusive

•   proud, pushing

•   saucy, self-important


•   involve

•   prejudge


•   act

•   baseness, bluff

•   cant

•   decoy, disguise

•   face

•   hypocrisy

•   insincerity

•   loophole

•   mockery

•   pose, pretension, prevarication

•   quibble


•   bluff

•   disguised

•   fool

•   kid

•   make-believe

•   pretended

•   quibble

•   seem


•   affected, artificial, assumed

•   insincere

•   make-believe, mock, mythical

•   nominal

•   quack, quasi-

•   unreal


•   charlatan

•   fraud

•   hypocrite

•   impostor

•   phoney

•   quack

•   sham


•   arrogance

•   exaggeration

•   pride


•   ambitious, arrogant

•   big

•   exalted

•   grand

•   mincing

•   rhetorical

•   stilted, superior


•   alibi

•   colour

•   evasion

•   front

•   ground

•   loophole

•   plea

•   subterfuge


•   becoming

•   decorative

•   picturesque


•   be

•   come through, conquer

•   endure, exist

•   lead, live

•   reign, remain, rule

•   stand


•   actual, ascendant

•   conventional, chief

•   enduring, epidemic, existent

•   overriding

•   powerful, predominant, preponderant

•   regular

•   standard, superior, supreme


•   generality

•   superiority

•   vogue


•   conventional

•   epidemic

•   live

•   pervasive, preponderant

•   ruling

•   vogue


•   fence

•   pussyfoot


•   fencing, fib, flannel

•   invention

•   lying

•   quibble


•   cheat

•   deter, discourage

•   filibuster

•   help

•   keep

•   oppose

•   prohibit

•   rule out

•   save, stay, stifle


•   opposition

•   preventive, prohibition

•   restraint


•   antidote


•   above

•   back

•   late

•   old

•   precursory


•   advance, already

•   time


•   plunder

•   weigh


•   bid

•   fare

•   hire

•   quotation

•   ransom

•   terms


•   comical

•   price


•   ass

•   blockhead

•   cock

•   dolt, dope, drive, dummy

•   fool

•   goad

•   halfwit

•   idiot, imbecile

•   moron

•   needle, nincompoop

•   peck, penetrate, prod

•   spur

•   twit

•   whip


•   bristle


•   awkward

•   crusty


•   assumption

•   ornament

•   self-satisfaction

•   triumph


•   parson


•   steal, stick


•   demure

•   sanctimonious


•   brittle

•   namby-pamby

•   reserved

•   stuffy


•   heroine

•   queen


•   arch

•   central

•   foremost

•   great

•   immediate, important

•   lead

•   opening, overriding

•   predominant, premier, preparatory

•   special

•   uppermost


•   arm

•   big

•   cardinal, cream

•   day, deciding

•   familiarize, first, foremost

•   head

•   lead, load

•   master

•   overriding

•   paramount, predispose, premier

•   school, supreme

•   vintage


•   aboriginal, antediluvian

•   primary


•   aboriginal, antediluvian, archaic, artless

•   barbarous

•   medieval

•   old

•   prehistoric

•   wild


•   king

•   magnate


•   big

•   great

•   lordly


•   arch

•   base, best, big

•   central

•   deciding

•   especial

•   fundamental

•   grand, great

•   predominant, premier, prevailing, protagonist

•   ruling

•   sovereign, superior, supreme

•   top, topmost

•   uppermost


•   generally

•   part


•   basis, bottom

•   constituent, conviction

•   dictate

•   essence, essential

•   ideal, institute

•   lines

•   philosophy, platform, purpose

•   rationale

•   sake

•   theorem


•   etching

•   facsimile

•   plate

•   reproduce, run

•   step

•   writing


•   emphasis

•   lead


•   hole


•   darkness


•   buried

•   close

•   domestic

•   especial

•   inmost, inner, interior, internal, inward

•   peculiar

•   quiet

•   record

•   sneaking

•   undercover, untold


•   charter

•   dispensation

•   exemption

•   faculty

•   honour

•   indemnity, indulgence

•   licence

•   power

•   title


•   enviable

•   preferential

•   select


•   acquisition, admire

•   bonus

•   care for, crown, choice

•   dote on

•   gains, gem

•   jewel, joy

•   like, love

•   palm, pick, plum, pride

•   quarry

•   store


•   acquisition, admire

•   bonus

•   care for, crown, choice

•   dote on

•   gains, gem

•   jewel, joy

•   like, love

•   palm, pick, plum, pride

•   quarry

•   store


•   chance

•   eventuality, expectancy

•   possibility


•   believable

•   convincing


•   doubt

•   easily

•   hopefully


•   check

•   delve, dig

•   enquire, enquiry

•   fathom, feeler

•   grub

•   inquire

•   penetrate, pierce, plumb, pump

•   question

•   scout, sound out


•   bother, business

•   condition

•   exercise

•   fly

•   hang-up, hassle, headache, hitch

•   involvement, issue

•   matter, mystery

•   nuisance

•   plague

•   query

•   rub

•   snag

•   vexation

•   worry


•   complicated

•   tight


•   approach

•   career

•   experiment

•   formality

•   line, lines

•   machinery, manner, measure, mechanism

•   path, plan, proceeding, programme

•   recipe, regulation, rite, ritual, rule

•   tack, technique

•   usage

•   way


•   descend, do

•   emerge

•   fare

•   go, go by

•   journey

•   move

•   pass, pursue

•   react, resume, run

•   take up, travel


•   affair

•   emanation

•   game

•   happening

•   march, matter

•   operation

•   progress

•   suit

•   thing, transaction


•   gains

•   makings

•   receipt, return

•   take, taking

•   winnings


•   litigation

•   manufacture, mechanism

•   organ

•   parade, protuberance

•   recipe

•   screen

•   turn out

•   way, work


•   line

•   pageant

•   review


•   air

•   break, broadcast

•   call, celebrate, communicate, cry

•   declaim, decree, deliver, disseminate, divulge

•   emblazon, enact, exclaim

•   post, predicate, pronounce, propagate

•   quote

•   report, reveal

•   signify, spread

•   tell

•   utter


•   cry

•   enactment

•   release, revelation

•   statement


•   dilly-dally, drag

•   filibuster

•   gain

•   hang

•   linger

•   neglect

•   play


•   achieve, attain

•   book

•   compass

•   derive, deserve

•   enlist

•   have

•   line up

•   recruit


•   activate, animate, arouse

•   butt

•   chivvy

•   galvanize

•   hound

•   instigate

•   jog

•   needle

•   probe

•   refresh

•   spark, stir

•   thrust

•   whip


•   black sheep, bumper

•   flush, free

•   generous

•   liberal

•   misspent

•   open, open-handed


•   big

•   great

•   incredible, inestimable

•   mighty, mountainous

•   portentous

•   singular, superhuman

•   uncanny

•   voracious


•   brain

•   legend, lion


•   accomplish

•   bring, bring in

•   come up with, conceive

•   dish up

•   elaborate, evoke

•   fetch, fish out, form, fruit

•   gain, give off, give out, grow, growth

•   hammer out

•   induce, inspire

•   lay, lead, leave, let out, line up

•   mean, merchandise, mint, mother

•   pay, perform, prepare, proceeds, propagate, provide, publish

•   raise, realize, represent, rise, root out, run off

•   shape

•   teem, trigger

•   wares, whip


•   author

•   cause

•   industrialist


•   effort

•   handiwork, harvest

•   job

•   output


•   accomplishment, achievement

•   composition

•   effort

•   generation, growth

•   handiwork

•   industry

•   output

•   performance, piece, product, productivity, programme

•   representation

•   show

•   turnover


•   arable

•   economic, efficacious, efficient

•   fat

•   helpful

•   industrious

•   lucrative

•   positive, pregnant

•   rank


•   creativity

•   efficiency

•   turnover


•   blaspheme

•   earthly

•   unregenerate


•   oath


•   protest


•   acknowledged

•   nominal


•   outwardly


•   admission, allegation, art, assurance, authority

•   contention, creed

•   faculty

•   job

•   practice, pretension, protestation

•   show

•   trade

•   walk, work


•   businesslike

•   fully-fledged

•   skilful

•   white-collar, workmanlike


•   academic

•   teacher


•   adroitness, aptness, artistry, attainment

•   capability

•   efficiency

•   literacy

•   technique


•   adroit, artful

•   deft

•   facile, finished, fully-fledged

•   good, great

•   handy, home

•   master

•   nimble

•   practical, practised, professional

•   veteran

•   workmanlike


•   line


•   account

•   behalf, blessing, bring in

•   desirability

•   fruit

•   killing

•   lucre

•   pay, purpose

•   remuneration, reward

•   sake

•   utility

•   welfare


•   advisable

•   desirable

•   fat, fortunate

•   good

•   helpful

•   moneymaking

•   prosperous

•   salutary, successful

•   well


•   degraded

•   excessive

•   fast

•   good-for-nothing

•   incontinent, intemperate

•   lewd, lost

•   villain

•   wretch


•   abstract

•   brilliant

•   devout

•   heavy

•   intimate

•   metaphysical

•   radical

•   unbroken, unfathomable


•   dearly, devoutly

•   heavily

•   well


•   abounding

•   effusive

•   fruitful

•   heavy

•   many

•   numerous

•   opulent

•   rampant, rank


•   affluence

•   barrage

•   flood, fullness

•   opulence

•   plenty, prevalence

•   sea


•   brood

•   child

•   litter


•   course

•   edition, enterprise

•   itinerary

•   method

•   platform, policy, proposal, proposition, prospectus

•   recipe, routine

•   strategy

•   transmission


•   career, civilization, come along

•   evolution, evolve

•   get ahead, get along, go ahead, go far

•   journey

•   look up

•   march, motion, move

•   pace, process, prosper

•   ride, rise, run

•   tour

•   work


•   continuity, current

•   development

•   evolution

•   march, movement

•   passage, process

•   queue

•   scale, step

•   train, transition


•   broad

•   chronological

•   forward

•   gradual

•   left

•   positive

•   unbroken


•   bar, boycott

•   deter, disqualify

•   embargo, enjoin, exclude

•   inhibit

•   keep back

•   line


•   bound

•   contraband

•   illegal, illicit

•   unlawful


•   denial

•   inhibition

•   let

•   suppression

•   taboo, temperance


•   affair, arrange

•   blueprint, brew, butt

•   conceive, concoct, continue, contrivance

•   device

•   hatch

•   imagine

•   plot, proposition

•   resolve

•   stick

•   toss


•   bolt, bomb

•   shot


•   appendage, arm

•   blastoff

•   hump

•   knob

•   limb

•   prominence, prong

•   throw


•   lowly

•   mean


•   crowd

•   multitude

•   rabble


•   abounding

•   flowing

•   lavish, lush

•   opulent

•   plentiful, pregnant

•   voluminous


•   drag, drawl

•   elongate, expand

•   increase

•   keep on

•   maintain

•   procrastinate, produce

•   renew

•   sustain


•   jaunt

•   leg

•   pier


•   emphasis

•   foreground

•   hill

•   limelight


•   beetle, big, bold

•   capital

•   dominant

•   great

•   hanging, high

•   illustrious

•   marked

•   predominant, public

•   star


•   incontinent


•   augury

•   bargain

•   earnest, expectation

•   faith, forebode, foreshadow

•   herald

•   likely

•   mean

•   obligation

•   portend, possibility, prospect

•   spell, subscribe


•   budding

•   coming, cheering

•   fortunate

•   golden

•   happy

•   possible, potential, prosperous


•   abet

•   benefit, better

•   cultivate

•   expedite

•   facilitate, favour, feature, float, fund

•   lift, lobby

•   make for

•   nourish, nurse

•   patronize, profit, promulgate, propagate, provoke

•   second, set up, speed, subsidize

•   uphold


•   advance, advertisement, aid, assistance

•   boost, build-up

•   endorsement

•   favour

•   help

•   patronage, propagation

•   selling


•   abet, activate, actuate, agile, apt

•   bring

•   court

•   dispose, drive

•   egg on, encourage, exhort

•   goad

•   hasty

•   influence

•   lead

•   nimble

•   persuade, predispose, prevail, put up

•   refresh, rush

•   stir

•   trigger

•   work


•   cue

•   instance, instigation

•   motive

•   occasion


•   briskly

•   dot

•   hastily

•   instantaneously

•   nimbly, now

•   prompt

•   rapidly, readily, right, right away

•   sharp, summarily


•   agility

•   expedition

•   rapidity


•   cry

•   divulge

•   enunciate

•   impose

•   post, propagate

•   utter


•   addicted

•   ready


•   barb, branch


•   adjudge

•   diagnose, dictate

•   express

•   give

•   ordain

•   pass, pontificate

•   rule

•   stamp

•   vote


•   appreciable

•   blatant, bold

•   emphatic

•   great

•   notable

•   profound, prominent

•   salient

•   thick


•   adjudication, affirmation, assertion

•   diagnosis

•   expression

•   finding

•   observation

•   ruling

•   sentence


•   dialect


•   criterion

•   experience

•   mark

•   reasoning

•   sign, specimen

•   testament, token

•   unaffected


•   bastion

•   hold

•   leg

•   pillar

•   reinforce, reinforcement

•   staff, stake


•   diffusion


•   grow

•   raise


•   genesis


•   activate

•   budge, bulldoze

•   catapult

•   dart

•   fling

•   goad

•   hurl

•   move

•   paddle, prod, project

•   run

•   throw, toss

•   urge


•   affection, appetite, aptitude

•   faculty

•   genius

•   habit, humour

•   knack

•   liking

•   predilection

•   turn


•   advisable, agreeable, apposite, apropos

•   deserved, desired, done, due

•   eligible, equitable, ethical, expedient

•   fair, full-scale

•   germane, good

•   honest, honourable

•   just, justifiable

•   lawful, legal, likely

•   moral

•   official, opportune

•   permissible, pertinent, presentable, prim, prudish, puritanical

•   reason, reasonable, regular, relevant

•   sedate, sound, strait-laced

•   true

•   warrantable, well


•   acquisition, asset

•   endowment

•   flavour, fortune

•   ground

•   parcel, place, point, possession, premises, purchase

•   stock, substance


•   adumbration, auspice

•   oracle


•   adumbrate

•   bode

•   foreshadow


•   visionary


•   visionary


•   cheering

•   golden, good

•   hopeful

•   right


•   composition

•   degree

•   form

•   graduate

•   keeping

•   perspective

•   rate

•   scale, suit


•   symmetrical

•   well-balanced


•   approach

•   bidding, bill

•   nomination

•   prospect

•   question

•   submission

•   theory, thesis


•   advocate

•   bid, bring up, broach

•   contemplate

•   moot, move

•   offer

•   postulate, project, put

•   table

•   volunteer, vote


•   advance, approach

•   bid

•   hypothesis

•   offer, overture

•   pass, point, premiss, principle

•   question

•   theorem


•   announce

•   enunciate

•   pose

•   state


•   employer

•   holder, host

•   manager


•   advisability

•   ceremony, convention

•   dignity

•   elegance, expediency

•   gentility, grace

•   order

•   reason, right

•   taste


•   conventional

•   insipid

•   lacklustre, literal

•   tedious

•   undistinguished, uninspired

•   wearisome


•   anathematize

•   blacklist

•   disallow

•   enjoin

•   rule out


•   enforce, execute

•   fight

•   make

•   transact

•   wage


•   aspect

•   customer

•   expectancy

•   horizon

•   lookout


•   batten, blossom, boom

•   develop

•   fare

•   get ahead, grow

•   live

•   make, make out, mark

•   rise

•   triumph

•   work out


•   growth

•   happiness

•   luck

•   opulence

•   welfare


•   comfortable

•   fat

•   golden

•   halcyon, heel

•   money


•   misuse

•   wanton


•   debilitate, disable, down

•   fawning, fell, flatten, floor

•   incapacitate

•   low

•   oppressed, overwork

•   worn-out


•   adherent, admirer, assistant, auxiliary

•   believer

•   follower, friend

•   helper

•   patron

•   sympathizer


•   fluid


•   arm

•   barricade

•   conserve, convoy, cushion

•   ensure, escort

•   fence, fortify

•   garrison, guarantee

•   hedge, house

•   immunize, indemnify, insulate

•   mother

•   pad, police

•   shade

•   tend

•   watch


•   auspice

•   blackmail, bosom, bribery

•   conservation, convoy, covering

•   escort

•   fortification

•   hedge

•   immunity, indemnity, insurance

•   keeping

•   pad, precaution, preventive

•   rock

•   sanctuary, shadow, support

•   trust

•   umbrella

•   ward


•   preventive


•   escort

•   saviour

•   watchdog


•   client

•   nominee


•   beef

•   demonstration, difficulty

•   grievance, groan, grouse, grumble

•   kick

•   moan

•   quibble

•   squawk, squeal

•   unrest

•   walkout


•   assurance

•   beef

•   claim


•   nonconformist

•   picket


•   ceremony

•   form, formality

•   policy

•   ritual


•   blueprint

•   classic

•   forerunner

•   ideal

•   paragon, parent


•   defer, delay, drag, drawl

•   elongate, expand

•   pad, procrastinate, produce

•   string, sustain


•   extensive

•   great

•   intense

•   lingering

•   slow


•   butt

•   overhang

•   stick, swell


•   knob

•   prominence


•   appendage

•   boss


•   big

•   elated

•   high

•   lofty

•   overweening

•   puffed

•   triumphant


•   confess

•   make out, manifest

•   witness


•   moral, motto


•   administer, allow, appoint, arm

•   bless

•   come up with

•   deliver

•   endow

•   find, fit, fix up

•   invest

•   lay on

•   offer

•   prepare, put up

•   replenish

•   treat


•   chance

•   economy

•   precaution


•   seasonable


•   if

•   provision


•   arena

•   calling, circle, comprehension

•   dominion

•   jurisdiction

•   kingdom

•   land

•   possession, purview

•   quarter

•   range

•   world


•   countryman

•   outlying

•   peasant

•   regional


•   accommodation, administration

•   cater

•   dower

•   endowment

•   feed, foresight, forethought, furnish

•   insurance

•   keep

•   maintenance

•   outfit

•   provide

•   rig

•   stock, store, subsistence


•   acting

•   circumstantial

•   experimental

•   makeshift

•   trial


•   board, bread

•   diet

•   kit

•   meat

•   ration

•   supply

•   terms


•   aggravation, awakening

•   defiance

•   exasperation, excitement

•   fuel

•   gall

•   invitation, irritation

•   occasion

•   torment


•   defiant

•   flirtatious

•   incendiary, inflammatory, interesting

•   juicy

•   piquant

•   sultry

•   voluptuous


•   arouse, awake, awaken

•   bait

•   court, challenge

•   dare, defy, displease

•   engender

•   fan, ferment, fret

•   galvanize

•   hector, hound

•   incur, invite

•   nag, needle, nettle

•   pick

•   raise, rise

•   spark, spite, sting

•   tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, torment, trigger

•   whet, whip, work


•   beak, bow


•   might


•   pussyfoot


•   presence


•   replacement


•   advisability

•   deliberation

•   expediency

•   policy


•   advisable

•   deliberate, diplomatic

•   expedient

•   guarded

•   heedful

•   safe, sound

•   tactful, thoughtful

•   well


•   ashamed

•   coy

•   delicate

•   puritan


•   crop

•   lower

•   minimize

•   retrench

•   thin, truncate


•   busybody

•   lever

•   nose

•   search, snooper


•   busy

•   curiosity

•   interference

•   obtrusive


•   anthem

•   song


•   imitative

•   mannered

•   phoney, plastic

•   synthetic


•   title


•   critical, crucial

•   inner

•   psychic


•   mentality


•   madman

•   psychopath


•   crowd

•   municipal


•   cry

•   mouthpiece

•   organ

•   print

•   release, revelation

•   volume

•   writing


•   advertisement, air, airing

•   communications, currency

•   exposure

•   limelight

•   propaganda


•   air

•   celebrate, circulate

•   disseminate

•   emblazon

•   herald

•   noise

•   post, propagate, publish

•   splash, spread


•   carry, cry

•   deliver, disseminate

•   emblazon, enunciate

•   give, give out

•   herald

•   notify

•   post, propagate

•   release, report, rumour, run

•   trumpet

•   utter


•   adolescent

•   crazy

•   fatuous, frivolous

•   shallow, stupid

•   youthful


•   advertise, air

•   boast, build-up

•   flatter

•   heave

•   publicity

•   waft, wind


•   full


•   fighting

•   tough, truculent

•   warlike


•   beckon

•   fascination

•   hitch, hold

•   manhandle

•   paddle, persuasion, proof

•   rack

•   snatch

•   temptation, traction, trip, tweak, twist

•   whip


•   bring down

•   level

•   take down


•   break off

•   conclude

•   perform, put through

•   work


•   draw

•   extract

•   fish out

•   phase out

•   retire

•   scratch, secede


•   make


•   draw up

•   grub

•   hike


•   hum

•   palpitate, pound


•   milk

•   question

•   sound out


•   funny

•   joke


•   bang, bat, beat, bravura, buffet, butt

•   clap, clip, crown

•   dig

•   kick

•   lash

•   mint

•   poke

•   salt, slog


•   bang, bat, beat, bravura, buffet, butt

•   clap, clip, crown

•   dig

•   kick

•   lash

•   mint

•   poke

•   salt, slog


•   stupid


•   decorum

•   propriety


•   dutiful

•   exemplary

•   minute

•   painstaking, pedantic, pernickety, punctual

•   refined, religious, rigorous

•   squeamish, stiff


•   broach, burst

•   debunk, drill

•   punch

•   stab, stick

•   transfix


•   arbiter

•   brain

•   critic

•   oracle

•   sage


•   burning

•   racy, rank

•   salty, satirical


•   avenge

•   fine

•   pay

•   strike

•   thrash


•   killing

•   relentless

•   severe


•   fine

•   infliction

•   judgment

•   lesson

•   reward

•   scourge, stick

•   thrashing

•   visitation

•   whipping


•   corrective

•   harsh

•   penal


•   boot

•   kick

•   play


•   low

•   meagre, minute

•   pathetic

•   small

•   underweight


•   dog

•   youngster


•   academic, apprentice

•   follower

•   protégé

•   ward


•   machine

•   nominal

•   satellite


•   take, traction


•   angelic, antiseptic, artless

•   classical

•   decent, delicate, devout

•   faultless, fine, fresh

•   guiltless

•   high-minded, holy, hygienic

•   inviolate, irreproachable

•   just

•   lucid

•   maiden, main, moral

•   plain

•   refined, religious, right, righteous

•   safe, seraphic, solid, spiritual, stark, sterling, strong, suspicion, sweet

•   unsophisticated, unvarnished

•   very

•   white


•   clean

•   drench

•   expurgate

•   rid

•   scour


•   baptize

•   clear

•   distil

•   exorcise, expurgate

•   freshen

•   purge

•   rectify

•   sterilize, strain


•   perfectionist


•   prig


•   precise, priggish


•   application

•   cause, conceive

•   decision, deliberation, destination, destine, device

•   heart

•   intent

•   mark, meaning, method, mind, mission, motive

•   pleasure, premeditation, pursue

•   sake, sense, spirit

•   thought

•   volition


•   adrift

•   chaotic

•   meaningless

•   random


•   purpose


•   aspire

•   course

•   follow up

•   go in (for), go into

•   persecute, persevere

•   trace, trail


•   acquisition

•   business

•   calling, career, courtship, craft, cultivation

•   employment

•   furtherance

•   job

•   métier, mission

•   race

•   trade

•   work


•   horizon


•   barge into, bear down, boom, budge, buffet, bulldoze, bundle

•   campaign, crowd, crusade

•   flog, force, further

•   hustle

•   impetus, impulse

•   jog

•   leg

•   manhandle, momentum

•   nose

•   pass, peddle, plough, pop, propulsion, pump

•   rush

•   scramble, sprout, stuff

•   task, tax, touch, tuck

•   whip


•   hard-pressed


•   aggressive

•   promotion, prompting


•   shuffle


•   spot


•   attach

•   dispose

•   insert

•   locate, lodge

•   pop, post

•   render, rub

•   stand, stick


•   express

•   sell


•   lay aside

•   shelve


•   hypothetical


•   demolish, down

•   hoard

•   imprison, imprisoned

•   pack up, polish off

•   stock


•   assail, assign, attack

•   belabour, blame, blast, book, brush off

•   castigate, censure, come down on, criticize, cut, cut up, chide

•   damn, decry

•   hole, humble

•   insult

•   lash

•   mortified

•   offend

•   pan, pull

•   run down

•   shoulder, sink, small, spurn, squash, subdue

•   vanquish

•   wither


•   allege, assert

•   bring up

•   enter

•   lay

•   moot

•   offer

•   plead, pose, postulate, prefer, produce, propound, put up

•   raise

•   table

•   volunteer


•   adjourn

•   daunt, daunted, deter, discouraged, disgust

•   filibuster, fire

•   hold off

•   lay aside

•   pigeonhole, procrastinate

•   rebuff, remit, reserve

•   shelve, stay, suspend

•   turn off

•   waive


•   act, apply

•   cover

•   light

•   perform

•   represent

•   screen, stake, strained

•   turn on

•   wear


•   cross

•   disgruntled, displease

•   eliminate, evict

•   injured, irritated

•   mortified

•   nettled

•   offended

•   pique

•   resentful, ruffle

•   spite, sulky

•   turn off, turn out

•   vexed


•   mortify


•   corrupt

•   rotten


•   evil

•   filthy

•   septic, sickening


•   subject


•   jack up

•   pitch, post, preserve

•   quarter

•   rear, rig up

•   set up, stop


•   ambiguity

•   bamboozle

•   competition

•   distract

•   elude, entangle, escape

•   floor

•   get

•   mix up


•   curious

•   distracted

•   loss

•   mixed-up

•   sea


•   complicated, confusing, curious

•   dark

•   elusive

•   funny

•   mysterious

•   paradoxical, problematic

•   queer

•   singular

•   tough


•   dread

•   shy

•   wince


•   beat

•   quaver

•   thrill, tremor


•   endorsement, endowment

•   specification


•   comparative, cut out for

•   eligible

•   fitted, fully-fledged

•   knowing

•   likely

•   practical, professional

•   versed


•   answer

•   enable

•   muster

•   pass

•   satisfy, season

•   water down


•   air, atmosphere

•   brand

•   degree

•   endowment, estate

•   feel, feeling, fibre, fine, flavour

•   goodness

•   mould

•   odour

•   point, prime

•   qualification

•   rarity, rate

•   spirit

•   temperament, texture, tone

•   virtue


•   demur, distrust

•   suspicion


•   bind

•   crisis

•   emergency, exigency

•   fix

•   hole

•   jam

•   pickle, problem

•   quagmire

•   spot


•   batch, bunch, bundle

•   deal, degree, dosage, draught

•   entity

•   matter

•   piece, pile, plenty, profusion

•   store, supply

•   unit


•   arrow

•   difference

•   haggle, hassle

•   jar

•   recrimination, rift, riot, rupture

•   set-to

•   words


•   aggressive

•   cantankerous

•   litigious

•   quick-tempered

•   unfriendly


•   dig

•   excavate, excavation

•   mine

•   target

•   working


•   dwell

•   flank

•   grace

•   precinct

•   sector

•   tract

•   ward


•   apartment

•   cabin

•   encampment, establishment

•   pad


•   abolish

•   kill

•   master

•   override

•   undo


•   pseudo


•   crown


•   batty, bizarre

•   capricious, cranky

•   deviant, dicky

•   fantastic, freak

•   gay

•   homosexual

•   ill

•   kinky

•   quaint

•   squeamish

•   whimsical


•   kill

•   lull

•   master

•   quieten

•   repress

•   settle, soften, squash

•   tranquillize, tread


•   quash

•   stamp out


•   contentious

•   fractious

•   quarrelsome

•   sulky


•   enquiry

•   inquire

•   probe

•   wonder


•   howl


•   affair, argue

•   business

•   consult, contest

•   demand, discredit

•   enquiry

•   impeach, inquire, inquisition

•   matter, mystery

•   poll, poser, puzzle

•   wonder


•   apocryphal

•   crooked

•   fly-by-night

•   improbable

•   problematic

•   queer

•   shaky

•   unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely


•   column

•   row

•   tail


•   exception

•   fault, fence

•   hair, hedge

•   shuffle, sophistry


•   brilliant

•   facile, fine

•   glib

•   high-speed

•   impulsive, instant

•   marrow, momentary

•   nippy

•   observant

•   painless, passing, penetrating, precipitate, precocious

•   quickly

•   ready, rough, rush

•   sneak

•   vivid

•   warm, whirlwind


•   actuate

•   enliven

•   fire

•   intensify

•   leaven

•   rush

•   stir

•   wake, waken, whet


•   briefly

•   directly, double

•   forthwith

•   hell

•   life

•   mad, madly

•   nimbly

•   readily, right

•   shot

•   time


•   hasty, hot-headed

•   passionate, peppery

•   short-tempered, snappy

•   touchy


•   adroit, agile

•   bright

•   intelligent

•   nimble

•   percipient, piercing

•   quick

•   ready, resourceful


•   inanimate, inert

•   passive


•   appease

•   compose, cool, chaste

•   dispassionate

•   easy

•   gag, grave

•   halcyon, hush

•   inactive, inconspicuous, inoffensive

•   lay, leisure, low-key, lull

•   mitigate, moderate

•   one-horse, order, orderly

•   patient, peaceable

•   quell, quiescent, quieten

•   reticent

•   satisfy, settle, sheltered, slack, sleepy, slow, soothe, stagnant, staid, still

•   taciturn, tranquillize

•   uneventful

•   weak, withdrawn


•   settle, subside

•   turn down


•   modesty

•   reticence


•   conceit, crack

•   dig

•   epigram

•   funny

•   pun


•   attribute

•   exception

•   freak

•   humour

•   joke

•   quibble

•   thing, trick, twist


•   subversive


•   bail out

•   cry off

•   dissociate, drop out

•   evacuate

•   give in, go off

•   kick

•   lay off

•   move

•   part

•   remove

•   secede, settle, square

•   turn off


•   altogether, awfully

•   exactly, extremely

•   pretty

•   right

•   stark

•   thoroughly


•   beat, bob

•   cringe

•   flicker, flutter

•   jolt

•   stir

•   thrill, tingle, totter

•   wag, wave, waver


•   competition, cross-examine


•   allotment

•   complement, contingent

•   dispensation, dole

•   measure

•   quantity

•   stint


•   citation

•   enumerate

•   quotation


•   multitude

•   people

•   shower


•   inflammatory

•   raving


•   ancestry

•   birth

•   caste, course

•   extraction

•   flash, flesh

•   kind

•   nationality

•   parentage, pedigree

•   rush

•   scramble, scurry, shoot, sort, sprint, strain, succession

•   whisk, wing


•   ancestry

•   birth

•   caste, course

•   extraction

•   flash, flesh

•   kind

•   nationality

•   parentage, pedigree

•   rush

•   scramble, scurry, shoot, sort, sprint, strain, succession

•   whisk, wing


•   crib

•   wring


•   crash

•   discord, dust

•   fiddle

•   hype

•   jangle

•   swindle


•   fruity

•   juicy

•   ribald

•   salty


•   blaze, bloom

•   fire

•   glory

•   halo

•   illumination

•   sparkle, splendour


•   ablaze

•   beautiful

•   carefree

•   dazzling

•   lucid

•   rosy, ruddy

•   splendid


•   beam

•   cast, circulate

•   glow

•   send

•   throw out


•   beam


•   bully

•   intrinsic

•   left, liberal

•   major

•   nonconformist

•   primary, progressive

•   rooted

•   ultimate, underground, underlying

•   vital


•   boil, bristle, bug

•   delirium

•   exasperation

•   fireworks, furore

•   indignation

•   last word, the

•   resentment

•   simmer, smoulder

•   temper, trend


•   elbow

•   moth-eaten

•   rags

•   scruffy

•   worn


•   ablaze, angry

•   berserk, boisterous

•   fierce, flaming, frantic

•   heated, hot

•   rabid, rampage, rampant

•   stormy

•   tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent

•   violence, violent

•   wild, wrathful


•   aggression

•   blitz, bust

•   descend

•   harry

•   loot

•   maraud

•   ransack, rob, robbery


•   intruder

•   pirate


•   banisters, bar


•   barrage

•   wet


•   dirty

•   foul

•   moist


•   better, brandish, buoy

•   cock, conjure

•   dignify, doff

•   ennoble

•   found

•   glorify

•   hike

•   leaven, lever

•   mother

•   pick up, pitch, present, prick, pull up

•   rise

•   set up, step up, stir

•   turn up


•   lady-killer

•   rascal

•   slant

•   wanton


•   lady-killer

•   rascal

•   slant

•   wanton


•   dissipated, dissolute

•   fast

•   gay

•   libertine

•   saucy

•   wanton


•   buck up

•   call, come along, congregate, cheer up

•   demonstrate, demonstration

•   encourage

•   get over

•   herd

•   mass, meet

•   pick-up

•   raise


•   beak

•   push

•   squeeze

•   wedge


•   drivel

•   gad (about or around)

•   jaunt, journey

•   knock about

•   sprawl

•   tramp, travel

•   wild


•   creeper

•   gadabout

•   Gypsy

•   nomad


•   devious, diffusion

•   indirect

•   loose

•   verbosity

•   wandering, windy


•   complexity

•   divergence

•   implication, involvement


•   ascent

•   slant


•   riot


•   flourishing

•   rampage


•   barrier

•   mound

•   shield


•   battered

•   ruinous, run-down

•   tumble-down


•   contingent

•   helter-skelter

•   irregular, isolated

•   loose

•   odd

•   patchy, promiscuous

•   sporadic

•   unpredictable


•   assort

•   breadth

•   capacity, circle, circuit, comprehension, cover

•   degree, dimension, diversity

•   expanse

•   freedom

•   gad (about or around), graduate, grasp

•   hearing, home, horizon

•   journey, jurisdiction

•   knock about

•   measure

•   patrol, play, proportion, prowl

•   region, room

•   scale, size, sound, stock

•   tabulate, tramp, trek

•   width


•   abounding, account, arrangement, assort

•   category, commit, condition, consequence

•   decayed, distinction

•   eminence, estate, estimate, evaluate

•   footing, form

•   gentility, graduate

•   honour

•   leverage

•   place, positive, precedence, priority, prolific, prominence

•   rate, rating, rotten

•   seniority, situation, sphere, stand, step


•   abounding, account, arrangement, assort

•   category, commit, condition, consequence

•   decayed, distinction

•   eminence, estate, estimate, evaluate

•   footing, form

•   gentility, graduate

•   honour

•   leverage

•   place, positive, precedence, priority, prolific, prominence

•   rate, rating, rotten

•   seniority, situation, sphere, stand, step


•   crowd

•   many

•   people


•   exasperate

•   grate

•   niggle


•   delve

•   forage

•   maraud

•   rape, rob


•   blackmail

•   free

•   tribute


•   declamation

•   fume

•   hot air

•   storm


•   acquisitive, avid

•   covetous

•   ferocious

•   venal


•   acquisitiveness

•   extortion

•   ferocity

•   gluttony


•   dishonour

•   waste


•   high-speed

•   meteoric

•   ready, rush

•   sudden

•   whirlwind


•   readiness


•   mad, madly

•   time


•   accord, accordance

•   belonging

•   communion, companionship, compatibility

•   friendship

•   identification, identity

•   relations


•   buried

•   contemplative

•   deep

•   elated, exultant

•   gleeful

•   happy

•   joyful

•   lost

•   overjoyed

•   pleased

•   radiant

•   thoughtful


•   elation, enchantment

•   heaven

•   love

•   passion

•   radiance

•   trance


•   delightful, divine

•   heavenly

•   lyrical

•   radiant


•   anomalous

•   curious

•   different

•   extraordinary

•   notable, novel

•   occasional, odd

•   premium

•   remarkable

•   select, splendid, surpassing

•   unparalleled

•   vintage


•   moon


•   anomaly

•   jewel

•   oddity

•   paucity, phenomenon

•   wonder


•   culprit

•   mischief, monkey

•   ruffian

•   swindler

•   vagabond


•   blind

•   daring, desperate

•   hardy, heady, hot-blooded

•   ill-judged, inflammation

•   loose

•   precipitous, presumptuous

•   regardless

•   stupid, sudden

•   unwise

•   wanton, warm-blooded, whirlwind, wild


•   blind

•   daring, desperate

•   hardy, heady, hot-blooded

•   ill-judged, inflammation

•   loose

•   precipitous, presumptuous

•   regardless

•   stupid, sudden

•   unwise

•   wanton, warm-blooded, whirlwind, wild


•   daring, desperation

•   folly

•   haste

•   impatience, impetuosity

•   stupidity


•   account, assessment

•   calculate, clip, compute, check

•   earn

•   gauge

•   judge

•   lecture, lick

•   quotation

•   scold

•   think


•   halfway

•   sort


•   adopt

•   enact

•   pass

•   seal, sustain


•   appraisal, assessment


•   degree

•   scale


•   allocation

•   lot

•   pittance


•   analytic

•   clever, coherent, conscious

•   dialectic

•   intellectual

•   philosophical

•   responsible, right

•   sober

•   tenable

•   unimpassioned

•   well-balanced


•   ground

•   motive

•   reason


•   centralize, cut


•   bump

•   clash, confuse

•   demoralize

•   flurry, fluster

•   jingle

•   put off

•   ruffle

•   unnerve, unsettle


•   obstreperous


•   consume

•   devour

•   harry

•   infest

•   maraud

•   outrage, overrun


•   boil

•   festivity, fling

•   gala, glowing

•   jamboree

•   revel, revelry

•   wander


•   avid

•   empty

•   hollow, hungry


•   delirium, distracted

•   madness

•   possessed

•   rage


•   cruel, cutting

•   ice-cold, icy

•   painful, premature

•   robust, rude

•   unworldly


•   illumination

•   light

•   spine


•   cut down

•   devastate

•   fell

•   overthrow

•   ravage

•   subvert

•   take down

•   waste


•   achieve, approach, approximate, arrive

•   breadth

•   come, come at, come in, comprehension, continue

•   extend

•   gain, get at, go, go for

•   hearing, hit

•   join

•   latitude, leap, length

•   measure

•   orbit

•   purview

•   run

•   scale, span, strike

•   total

•   width, work out


•   recoil


•   backlash

•   impression

•   reception, result


•   narrow, narrow-minded

•   right


•   go over

•   perusal, pore

•   run through

•   say


•   briskly

•   lightly

•   nimbly

•   well


•   accessibility, alertness

•   capacity

•   disposition

•   efficiency, enterprise, expedition

•   faculty, fluency

•   lookout

•   punctuality

•   tendency


•   inference

•   narration

•   passage

•   recitation, rehearsal


•   armed

•   cash, condition

•   desirous, done

•   efficient, enterprising, equal, expectant

•   facile, flowering, fluent, forthcoming

•   gird, glib, groom, guard

•   hand

•   ingenious

•   mature, mobilize, mount

•   nimble

•   obtainable, operational

•   qualify

•   readiness, rehearse

•   spry, swift

•   tap

•   unhesitating

•   wherewithal


•   concrete

•   de facto

•   effective

•   good

•   hearty, historical

•   lifelike, literal

•   native, natural

•   palpable, physical, pure

•   realistic

•   solid, sterling, substantial

•   tangible

•   very

•   wholehearted


•   actual

•   hard-bitten

•   photographic

•   raw, robust

•   safe

•   vivid


•   being

•   deed

•   earnest, effect, existence

•   nitty-gritty

•   object

•   substance


•   acknowledgment, attainment

•   embodiment, execution

•   fruition

•   implementation

•   perfection


•   achieve, attain

•   bring in

•   carry out, compass

•   discover

•   execute

•   fetch, find out, follow

•   hit on

•   implement

•   know

•   liquidate

•   make out

•   perceive, perfect, pierce, purchase, put through

•   see, sense


•   de facto

•   effect

•   fairly

•   heart

•   literally

•   quite

•   reality

•   simply, sincerely

•   very


•   attain

•   clear, crop

•   earn, extract

•   net


•   bottom

•   form

•   jack up

•   mother

•   reverse

•   shy


•   bottom

•   form

•   jack up

•   mother

•   reverse

•   shy


•   account, alibi

•   call

•   faculties

•   idea, intelligence

•   motivation

•   normality, nut

•   philosophy, point, presumption, provocation

•   right

•   sake, score, soul

•   use

•   wit, wits


•   common-sense, considerable, cheap

•   decent

•   economic, economical, enlightened

•   feasible

•   legitimate, level-headed, likely, low, lucid

•   normal

•   open-minded

•   probable

•   reason, respectable, restrained

•   temperate

•   warrantable, well-balanced


•   coherent

•   reasonable


•   cognition, conscious

•   dialectic

•   philosophy

•   rational


•   assure

•   embolden

•   fortify

•   satisfy, settle


•   anarchist

•   bit

•   defect, dissident

•   kick

•   malcontent

•   protester

•   rise

•   traitor


•   anarchy

•   defection

•   faction

•   unrest


•   antisocial

•   factious

•   lawless

•   malcontent

•   perverse

•   riotous

•   troublesome

•   wayward


•   conversion


•   glance

•   reverberate

•   spring


•   barb, brush-off

•   disallow, discourtesy

•   hold off

•   knock

•   neglect

•   parry

•   repel

•   setback, shoulder, slap, smack

•   thumb


•   come down on, check

•   lesson

•   pull up

•   scolding, slap, slap down, slate, speak to

•   talking-to

•   vituperation


•   fractious

•   rebellious, reluctant, resistant, restive

•   troublesome

•   unregenerate


•   conjure up

•   echo

•   finger

•   hark back

•   overrule

•   quote

•   recant, recognition, recognize, reinstate, reminiscence, retain, retrieve, review

•   think


•   back out

•   eat


•   enumerate

•   recite


•   disappear

•   gain, give, go away


•   acquittance

•   docket

•   recipe


•   absorb

•   come in for

•   earn, embrace

•   have

•   imbibe

•   let in

•   partake

•   see, share

•   tolerate

•   win


•   green

•   hot

•   immediate

•   newfangled

•   past


•   just


•   box

•   capsule, case

•   jar

•   pocket

•   reservoir

•   vessel


•   admittance, audience

•   home

•   presentation


•   impressionable

•   passive, plastic, pliable

•   quick


•   abeyance, adjourn, adjournment

•   gap

•   let-up


•   dish

•   secret


•   correspondent, cross

•   relative


•   even

•   pay, pay back, play

•   repay, retaliate, riposte


•   history

•   report


•   declamation

•   lesson


•   chant

•   intone

•   quote

•   rattle, read, report

•   say

•   trot out


•   adventurous, audacious

•   blind, brash

•   daring, desperate

•   extravagant

•   fast

•   giddy

•   hardy, headstrong, heady, hot-headed

•   lawless

•   precipitous, prodigal, profligate

•   unwary, unwise

•   wanton


•   add

•   bill

•   cast, conclude

•   figure out

•   make

•   opinion

•   project

•   tell, tot


•   appraisal

•   guess

•   projection

•   sum

•   tally


•   humanize

•   recycle

•   take back


•   lie


•   monastic


•   attention

•   consciousness, credit

•   eye

•   knowledge

•   laurels, limelight

•   mention

•   popularity

•   reception, remark

•   thanks, tribute


•   accredit, apprehend

•   catch

•   detect, diagnose, discover, distinguish

•   find

•   pick out

•   scent, sight


•   balk, bounce

•   cringe

•   hang back

•   jib, jump

•   rebel, retreat, return, reverberate, revulsion

•   shy, spring, start

•   wince


•   conjure up

•   hark back

•   quote

•   recognize, retain, review

•   think


•   mind

•   recognition, retrospect


•   come down

•   introduce

•   move

•   nominate

•   promote, put up

•   refer

•   vote


•   credentials

•   directions

•   finding

•   idea

•   motion

•   nomination

•   office

•   pointer, proposition


•   atone

•   content

•   heal

•   iron out

•   make up, mediate


•   abstract

•   enigmatic

•   metaphysical


•   rehabilitate

•   service


•   think, tune


•   rehabilitate

•   transform


•   bill, biography, book

•   catalogue

•   inventory, itemize

•   list

•   monitor, monument

•   notation, notes

•   paper, photograph

•   roll

•   score, story

•   table, tally, transaction, transcript

•   write


•   cover, chronicle

•   mention

•   paint, present

•   recapitulate

•   spin


•   come along

•   find

•   rescue

•   salvage, save, snap


•   comeback, cure

•   pick-up

•   rescue


•   escape

•   game

•   leisure

•   personification


•   accusation

•   blame


•   baptize

•   cub


•   better

•   reconcile

•   set, straighten out


•   character

•   good

•   propriety

•   right


•   come along

•   rally


•   haunt


•   continual

•   haunting

•   intermittent

•   perennial, perpetual


•   aflame


•   colour

•   glow


•   atone

•   cancel

•   make up

•   purify

•   salvage


•   adjustment, atone

•   compensate

•   indemnity

•   make up

•   redeem, retribution, right


•   abbreviate

•   bleed, bring down

•   come down, commute, condense, crop

•   deaden, deflate, deplete, depreciate, detract, digest

•   epitomize

•   lighten

•   minimize, modify

•   narrow

•   press, prostrate, prune

•   qualify

•   relax, remit, resolve, retrench, run down

•   short, slacken (off)

•   taper, thin

•   wear down


•   excess, extraneous

•   idle

•   needless

•   out of work

•   scrap

•   unemployed


•   whiff


•   rotate, rotation

•   wind


•   appeal, appertain

•   leave


•   mediator, moderate


•   glance

•   position

•   resort


•   vote


•   clear

•   elaborate, enrich

•   file, finish

•   humanize

•   rectify

•   thin

•   uplift


•   aristocratic, artistic

•   classical, courteous, chaste

•   dainty, debonair, decorous

•   educated, enlightened, essential, exquisite

•   finished

•   gentle

•   mannerly

•   proper

•   tasteful


•   amenity

•   enlightenment

•   manners, modification

•   niceness

•   propriety, punctilio

•   uplift


•   commune

•   debate

•   glance

•   register, remark, revolve

•   see


•   debate

•   glance

•   imitation

•   mirror

•   remark, reminiscence

•   think


•   alter

•   convert, change

•   leaf

•   modify

•   redress, remedy


•   catchword, chorus

•   hold off

•   leave

•   melody

•   withhold


•   comfort

•   fan

•   invigorate

•   quicken

•   recruit


•   brisk

•   cool, crisp

•   grateful

•   lively

•   pleasant

•   welcome


•   beverage, bite

•   drink

•   food

•   pick-me-up

•   recreation, relaxation, relief, rest

•   treat


•   cover

•   hut

•   ivory tower

•   lair

•   nest

•   oasis

•   recourse, rest

•   safety, stronghold


•   expatriate

•   outcast


•   compensate


•   renew


•   abstention

•   brush-off

•   dissent

•   exclusion

•   negative, negativeness

•   resistance

•   thumb


•   balk, boycott, brush off

•   chaff

•   demur, disallow, dissent

•   exclude

•   filth

•   hold back

•   jib

•   lumber

•   pass up

•   rebuff, resist


•   balk, boycott, brush off

•   chaff

•   demur, disallow, dissent

•   exclude

•   filth

•   hold back

•   jib

•   lumber

•   pass up

•   rebuff, resist


•   answer

•   confound

•   deny

•   explode


•   find

•   reclaim


•   admiration, affect, appreciate, appreciation, approval

•   blessing

•   call, consult, contemplate, count, credit

•   ear, estimation

•   follow, friendship

•   pertain, popularity, premium, prestige

•   reckon, report

•   sake, solicitude

•   take, touch

•   worship


•   apropos of

•   towards


•   careless, costs

•   event

•   oblivious

•   price

•   thoughtless


•   convert

•   heal

•   reclaim, reform


•   diet, dynasty

•   setup

•   usage


•   battalion

•   corps

•   force

•   line up

•   standardize


•   belt

•   circle, circuit, climate

•   department, dominion

•   precincts

•   soil


•   topical


•   account

•   book

•   dawn, docket

•   inventory

•   journal

•   lodge

•   memoir

•   notch up

•   poll

•   scale, score, strike

•   table, tally


•   back

•   hark back


•   discontent, dissatisfaction

•   guilt

•   heart

•   nostalgia

•   pity

•   qualm

•   tears


•   objectionable

•   rotten

•   tough


•   accepted, accurate, accustomed, average

•   brother, businesslike

•   continual, conventional, customer, changeless

•   equable, equal

•   general, gradual

•   habitué

•   invariable

•   just

•   natural

•   plane

•   recurrent, reliable

•   standing, stock


•   align

•   compose, correct

•   determine, discipline, dispose

•   fix

•   graduate

•   master

•   police

•   qualify

•   redress, regiment, restrict

•   scale, set, shape, square

•   time


•   canon

•   directive, discipline, dispensation, disposal, disposition

•   enactment

•   institute

•   legislation

•   organization

•   restriction, running

•   usage


•   cure

•   vindicate


•   repetition


•   rattle, run over

•   say


•   kingdom

•   regime


•   constrain, constraint

•   leash


•   assist

•   back up, brace

•   confirm, consolidate, cover

•   deepen

•   enforce, enhance

•   follow up

•   intensify

•   patch

•   raise, recruit


•   assistance

•   consolidation

•   darn

•   enforcement

•   facing

•   patch


•   reclaim, redeem


•   blacklist, boycott, brush off

•   dim, disapprove, disclaim, disdain, dismiss, disown, drop

•   except

•   ignore

•   kick out

•   lay aside, leave out

•   ostracize

•   pass up, proscribe, put down

•   rule out

•   scorn, set aside

•   throw away, throw out


•   brush-off

•   check

•   disqualification

•   exception

•   knock

•   negation, negativeness

•   slap

•   thumb


•   feast

•   gladden

•   please


•   exultant

•   jubilant

•   mirth

•   triumphant


•   convey, cover

•   disclose

•   enumerate

•   liken

•   repeat

•   spin

•   trot out


•   apropos, attendant

•   comparable

•   fellow

•   germane

•   incidental

•   near

•   relative, relevant


•   analogy, association

•   brother

•   concern, context, correspondence

•   history

•   perspective

•   rate, ratio, rehearsal, repetition, representation, respect

•   statement


•   association

•   blood

•   commerce

•   flesh, footing

•   traffic, truck


•   acquaintance, affiliation

•   belonging

•   footing

•   identification

•   kin, kindred

•   logic, love affair

•   relation, relations, romance

•   terms, tie


•   approximate

•   brother

•   dependant


•   approximately

•   partly

•   quite


•   bask

•   debilitate

•   hair

•   liberalize, lift, loll, lounge

•   melt, modify

•   relent, remit, repose

•   settle, slack, slacken (off), slow


•   dispensation, diversion

•   ease

•   hobby

•   informality, interest

•   pastime, peace

•   relief, remission, repose, respite


•   report


•   carry

•   death, decease, dismiss, dismissal

•   enfranchise, enfranchisement

•   give off, give out

•   hand over

•   immunity

•   loosen

•   news

•   outlet

•   pardon

•   ransom, record, redemption, relieve, remission, rescue

•   slacken (off), spare

•   trip

•   unbind, unlock

•   vent


•   bow

•   pity

•   repent


•   adamant

•   constant, cutthroat

•   ferocious

•   never-ending

•   obdurate

•   pertinacious

•   resolute

•   severe, stern

•   unmerciful, unmitigated

•   vindictive


•   apropos

•   important

•   logical

•   meaningful

•   operative

•   point

•   respective

•   suitable


•   authentic

•   believable

•   credible, changeless

•   definitive, durable

•   good

•   infallible, informed

•   secure, solid, steadfast, steady, straight

•   truthful

•   worthy


•   antique, antiquity

•   remainder


•   acquittal

•   consolation, contour, charity

•   dispensation

•   escape

•   mercy

•   recreation, redress, relay, reprieve, rescue

•   secondary, substitute


•   acquit

•   bail out

•   cover

•   dispense

•   excuse, exonerate, extricate

•   harbour

•   lay

•   raise, redress, remedy, reprieve, rid

•   settle, substitute

•   unload


•   brother

•   ecclesiastic

•   monk

•   saintly, solemn, strict

•   unworldly


•   bask

•   delicacy, delight, devour

•   enthusiasm

•   gloat, glory

•   joie de vivre

•   lip

•   palate

•   revel

•   salt

•   wallow


•   diffidence

•   hesitation

•   qualm

•   reserve


•   adverse, afraid, ashamed

•   diffident

•   gingerly

•   involuntary


•   hope

•   pivot, presume

•   rest


•   be

•   exist

•   hang, hang on, hold

•   keep at, keep on

•   lie, live

•   persevere

•   reside

•   stick, subsist


•   difference

•   end

•   heel

•   leftover

•   vestige


•   enduring, excess, existent

•   leftover

•   odd, other

•   superfluous, surplus


•   chaff

•   leftover

•   remnant

•   scrap

•   trace

•   vestige

•   wreckage


•   expression

•   find

•   phrase

•   reference


•   arresting

•   bright

•   eventful, exceptional, extreme

•   funny

•   great

•   historic

•   illustrious

•   marked, marvellous, memorable

•   ordinary

•   particular, portentous, prodigious

•   queer

•   salient, spectacular, splendid, stunning

•   unaccustomed, uncanny, unprecedented


•   amend, amendment

•   drug

•   painkiller, prescription, preventive

•   recourse


•   consider

•   finger

•   hark back

•   memorize, mind

•   observe

•   place

•   review

•   think


•   intimate

•   jog

•   point out


•   nostalgia

•   retrospect


•   behindhand

•   lazy

•   reprehensible


•   dispensation

•   mitigation

•   relief

•   stay

•   transmission

•   waiver


•   absolve, allow

•   commute

•   drop

•   forgive

•   pardon, pay

•   return

•   waive


•   discharge


•   relic

•   shadow


•   dissuade

•   reason


•   qualm

•   sackcloth and ashes


•   bad


•   brutal

•   inhuman

•   mortal


•   away

•   beyond

•   dim

•   impersonal, interior

•   obscure, old, outer

•   sequestered, solitary, strange

•   unfrequented

•   wide


•   clearance

•   deposition, deprivation, disposal

•   emigration, exclusion

•   purge

•   shift

•   translation, transport


•   absent, axe

•   banish, budge, bump

•   cut out, change

•   deduct, discard, distance, divest, drain

•   emigrate, eradicate, evacuate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, extinguish, extricate

•   get off

•   kick out, kidnap

•   lift

•   phase out, pull, pull down, pull off

•   raise, rake, raze, repair, resolve, retire, rid, root out, rub out

•   scoop, scrape, separate, sieve, spirit, step, subtract, supplant, sweep

•   take, take down, translate, transplant

•   unhinge

•   weed out, whip, wipe


•   consideration

•   premium

•   satisfaction

•   wage


•   fat


•   accord, afford, award

•   execute

•   paraphrase, picture, produce

•   say


•   harp

•   recondition, recruit, rehabilitate, resurrect, resuscitate, revive


•   abstain

•   cede, cut off

•   desert, drop

•   forfeit

•   leave

•   part

•   refrain, revoke

•   surrender

•   take back


•   decorate

•   mend

•   reconstruct, refresh, regenerate, revive

•   touch up


•   considerable

•   glorious, great

•   honourable

•   legendary, lofty

•   pre-eminent, prominent

•   splendid


•   aperture

•   broken, burst

•   crevice, cut

•   engage

•   fissure, fracture

•   gap, gulf

•   orifice

•   ragged

•   stab

•   take, torn


•   aperture

•   broken, burst

•   crevice, cut

•   engage

•   fissure, fracture

•   gap, gulf

•   orifice

•   ragged

•   stab

•   take, torn


•   dereliction

•   negation

•   sacrifice


•   amend, amendment

•   doctor

•   haunt

•   indemnify

•   piece

•   recondition, recovery, reform, refresh, refreshment, refurbish, remedy, reparation, return, right

•   service

•   trim

•   upkeep


•   amend, amendment

•   doctor

•   haunt

•   indemnify

•   piece

•   recondition, recovery, reform, refresh, refreshment, refurbish, remedy, reparation, return, right

•   service

•   trim

•   upkeep


•   damage

•   justice

•   penance

•   redemption, remuneration, return


•   quip


•   acquit

•   even

•   indemnify

•   pay

•   render

•   score


•   negate

•   overrule, overturn

•   remit, retract


•   copy

•   double

•   hammer, harp

•   imitate, insist

•   narrate, noise

•   parrot, practise

•   recount, recur

•   say, stress

•   trot out


•   always, away

•   continually

•   over

•   time


•   antagonize

•   creep

•   defy

•   fight off

•   turn off


•   disagreeable

•   forbidding, frigid

•   ghastly

•   nasty

•   uninviting, unsavoury, unspeakable

•   vile


•   bewail

•   think


•   conscience-stricken

•   subdued


•   drill

•   frequency

•   practice

•   sameness


•   continual


•   croak

•   heart


•   act for

•   change

•   displace

•   fill in

•   phase out, put away

•   renew, replenish, return

•   stand in for


•   restoration, return

•   substitution

•   turnover


•   recruit, refresh


•   pregnant

•   thick


•   fight back

•   letter

•   say


•   advise, answer

•   balance sheet, bulletin

•   chronicle

•   feature

•   intelligence, item

•   line, log

•   missive

•   notes

•   picture, pop, proceeding

•   return, review

•   say

•   whisper, wind


•   columnist, commentator, contributor, chronicler

•   interviewer

•   narrator


•   calm

•   lean


•   abominable

•   deplorable, despicable

•   guilty

•   iniquitous

•   obnoxious

•   wrong, wrongful


•   characterize

•   fill in

•   hit off

•   make, make out, mime, mirror

•   paint, personate, plan, play

•   signify, stand in for


•   copy

•   diagram, drawing

•   effigy, emblem, embodiment, enactment, epitome, expression

•   figure

•   legation

•   mirror

•   personification, plan, presentation, projection

•   role

•   scene, shadow, showing, sign, symbol

•   tableau, token


•   ambassador, appointment

•   commission

•   democratic

•   envoy

•   follower

•   mouthpiece

•   officer, official

•   sample, seller, specimen, substitute


•   bridle

•   confine, contain, cover up

•   fight down, fight off

•   moderate

•   put down

•   stop, strangle

•   tame, tread

•   vanquish

•   withhold


•   prohibitive


•   dispensation, dispense

•   grace

•   pity

•   stay


•   come down on, correct

•   discipline

•   lesson

•   pull up

•   slap down, speak to

•   task

•   vituperation


•   eye


•   admonition

•   brand

•   carp

•   disparagement

•   imputation, invective

•   reflection, reproof

•   scandal

•   talking-to, task, taunt, tick off

•   vituperation


•   injured

•   pained


•   depict

•   pirate

•   reflect, regenerate, render


•   counterfeit

•   echo

•   fake

•   likeness

•   repeat

•   second, sex

•   transcript


•   correction

•   lecture, lesson

•   row

•   talking-to


•   correct

•   discipline, dress down

•   lecture

•   pull up

•   reproach

•   task


•   abolish

•   blackball, blacklist, brush off

•   cancel

•   disallow, disinherit, dismiss, drop

•   exclude, excommunicate, explode

•   go back

•   recant, refuse

•   set aside

•   turn down


•   alien

•   disagreeable

•   gruesome

•   invidious

•   nasty

•   ugly, undesirable, unpalatable, unsavoury


•   beastly

•   gruesome

•   horrible

•   shocking, squalid

•   terrible

•   uninviting, unsavoury, unsightly


•   dependable

•   gentlemanly

•   honest

•   savoury, sound


•   celebrity

•   face

•   memory

•   note

•   popularity, position, prestige, prominence

•   regard, report


•   account

•   consequence, credit

•   honour

•   memory

•   popularity

•   regard, report


•   apply, ask

•   bidding

•   call on, claim

•   indent, instance, invitation, invite

•   order

•   plea, plead

•   require

•   send for

•   wish


•   bind

•   claim, challenge, charge

•   enforce, expect

•   impel, insist

•   make

•   prescribe, provide, put

•   stipulate

•   tell

•   warrant


•   bound

•   desired

•   enforced

•   needful

•   obliged

•   prerequisite

•   regulation

•   supposed


•   claim, command, condition

•   dictate

•   enforcement, exigency, expectation

•   obligation

•   provision, proviso

•   regulation

•   standard


•   adequate

•   compulsory

•   due

•   integral


•   apply

•   expropriate

•   indent

•   order


•   bail out

•   delivery

•   ransom, reclaim, resuscitate, retrieve

•   snatch


•   check

•   delve, dig, dissect, dissection

•   enquire, enquiry

•   follow up

•   go into

•   inquire, inspect

•   learning, look up

•   see about, sift, survey

•   test


•   approximation

•   imitation

•   representation


•   approach, approximate

•   come up to, compare

•   feel

•   look

•   mimic


•   envy

•   mind

•   offence


•   black

•   dirty, dudgeon

•   envious

•   frustrated

•   green

•   hard

•   jaundiced

•   mad, malcontent, malicious

•   sore, sulky

•   vindictive, virulent


•   backlash

•   disaffection, dissatisfaction, dudgeon

•   envy

•   friction, frustration

•   grievance

•   hostility

•   jealousy

•   offence, outrage

•   passion

•   spleen

•   temper


•   abeyance

•   constraint

•   limitation

•   misgiving

•   order

•   query


•   bank

•   destine, devote, diffidence, distance

•   garner, gravity

•   inhibition

•   mine

•   nest egg

•   order

•   resource

•   stake

•   understudy


•   antisocial

•   bashful

•   constrained, coy

•   detached, diffident, dignified, discreet, distant

•   guarded

•   inhibited

•   maidenly

•   noncommittal

•   private

•   qualified, quiet

•   remote

•   unassuming, unbending, unemotional

•   withdrawn


•   bank

•   cistern

•   fountain

•   reserve


•   rest


•   address

•   establishment

•   presence


•   householder

•   national, native


•   leavings, leftover

•   vestige


•   back out

•   deliver, desert

•   fall

•   secede

•   waive


•   fall, forbearance

•   humiliation

•   meekness

•   philosophy

•   stoicism

•   waiver


•   meek

•   passive, pessimistic, philosophical


•   adaptable

•   hard-wearing

•   yielding


•   balk, bit

•   counter, cross

•   disobey

•   fight, fight off

•   help, hold

•   kick

•   mutiny

•   proof

•   rebel, rebuff, revolt, rise

•   stem

•   withhold


•   backlash

•   defence, disinclination, dissent

•   firmness, friction

•   immunity

•   mutiny

•   negativeness

•   partisan

•   rebellion

•   stamina

•   tolerance, traction


•   disinclined, durable

•   immune, incapable

•   proof

•   rebellious, repellent

•   unbreakable


•   adamant, all-out

•   brave

•   courageous, changeless

•   dauntless, decided, decisive

•   earnest

•   game, grim, gritty

•   hardy

•   indomitable, intent, intrepid

•   manful, manly, masculine

•   persistent, pertinacious, positive

•   serious, spartan, stout, strenuous, strong, strong-minded, sturdy

•   tireless, tough

•   unhesitating, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding


•   act, analysis

•   backbone

•   conclusion

•   dissolution

•   earnest, ending, endurance, explanation

•   fibre, finality

•   grit

•   hardiness, heart

•   manhood, manliness, measure

•   nerve

•   persistence, pluck

•   ruling

•   satisfaction, spirit, strength

•   volition

•   will


•   aim

•   backbone

•   clarify, compose

•   do

•   end

•   figure out

•   impulse, iron out

•   make up, mediate, mind

•   puzzle

•   rationalize, reason, reconcile, rule

•   set, sort out, spirit, straighten out

•   tenacity, thrash out

•   will


•   expediency

•   hang about

•   nest

•   resource

•   stoop, stopgap

•   turn


•   bang, blare, boom

•   clang

•   knell

•   peal

•   rebound, roll

•   sound

•   thunder


•   deafening

•   emphatic

•   loud

•   peal

•   smart

•   thunderous


•   asset

•   enterprise, expediency

•   facility

•   recourse

•   shift


•   artful

•   enterprising

•   original

•   pushing

•   ready

•   strong

•   versatile


•   asset

•   backlog, budget

•   cash, circumstances

•   finances

•   purse

•   savings, substance

•   treasury


•   adhere, approval, approve, attention, awe

•   circumstance, comply, consider, consult

•   defer, duty

•   fear

•   keep

•   look up

•   mind

•   obedience

•   rate

•   sake

•   think, tribute

•   worship


•   bad

•   clean, creditable

•   genteel

•   ladylike

•   nice

•   savoury, straight

•   wholesome


•   proper

•   relative


•   breath

•   gap

•   interim, interlude

•   leisure

•   remission, repose

•   truce


•   obey

•   play

•   riposte

•   say


•   backlash

•   chorus

•   pick-up

•   reception


•   assignment

•   business

•   commitment, concern

•   department, discretion, disposal

•   end

•   function

•   involvement

•   job

•   office

•   pigeon, place, province


•   conscious

•   debt

•   fault

•   onerous

•   trusty


•   agreeable, amenable, appreciative

•   broad-minded

•   conscious, cooperative

•   emotional

•   flexible

•   hospitable

•   interested

•   plastic, pliable, prompt

•   understanding

•   vibrant


•   abide

•   breath

•   continue

•   difference, dwell

•   ease, equilibrium

•   hang on

•   inaction

•   peace, perch, place, predicate, put

•   quiet, quietness

•   recess, remnant

•   set

•   tarry, truce, turn on

•   wait


•   abide

•   breath

•   continue

•   difference, dwell

•   ease, equilibrium

•   hang on

•   inaction

•   peace, perch, place, predicate, put

•   quiet, quietness

•   recess, remnant

•   set

•   tarry, truce, turn on

•   wait


•   drowsy

•   grateful

•   leisurely

•   peaceable

•   soft, still


•   itchy

•   malcontent

•   obstreperous

•   unsettled


•   busy

•   feverish

•   highly strung

•   impatient, itchy

•   perturbed

•   tense, travelling, tumultuous

•   wakeful


•   discontent

•   fever, fidget

•   impatience, itch

•   tension


•   amends

•   rebirth, renaissance, resurrection

•   salvation


•   cure

•   freshen

•   heal, help

•   overhaul

•   patch, piece

•   reclaim, recruit, reform, refund, regenerate, remedy, render, repay, replenish, resuscitate, retrieve

•   salvage


•   bar, bound

•   cage, circumscribe, compel

•   damp, deter, discipline, discourage

•   enjoin

•   fight back, fight down

•   impede, incarcerate

•   keep back

•   leash, localize

•   moderate, modify

•   pin, preclude

•   qualify

•   retain

•   slap down, stem, stifle, stop

•   temper, tie, tone down

•   withhold


•   classical, chaste

•   distant

•   guarded

•   low-key

•   orderly

•   plain

•   reserved

•   severe


•   abridgment

•   bit, brake

•   damp, damper, deterrent, discipline, discouragement, distance, duress

•   economy

•   forbearance

•   government

•   leash

•   measure

•   patience, philosophy

•   repression, reserve, reticence

•   simplicity, sobriety

•   taste, temperance


•   ban, bind, bottle up

•   crib, curb

•   dam

•   embargo

•   fence

•   hedge, hem

•   incarcerate

•   keep back

•   line, localize

•   modify

•   obstruct

•   prohibit

•   qualify

•   ration, rein

•   slow

•   tie


•   abridgment

•   ban, barrier, blockade

•   corset

•   embargo

•   hindrance

•   let, limit

•   modification

•   parameter, prohibition, proviso

•   qualification

•   rein

•   taboo, tie


•   amount

•   calculation, come, come about, come out

•   deduction, determination, difference

•   fall out

•   go

•   handiwork, harvest

•   judgment

•   occur, originate

•   proceed, prove, purpose

•   ramification, repercussion

•   score, solution, succeed

•   work out


•   renew, revert

•   take up


•   resuscitate


•   harbour, have, hug

•   own

•   take on

•   withhold


•   creature

•   follower

•   man

•   remuneration

•   satellite

•   underling


•   avenge

•   counter

•   fight back

•   get back

•   pay back, pay off, pay out

•   repay, reply, revenge

•   score


•   backlash

•   comeback

•   eye

•   recrimination, reply, return


•   curb

•   dwarf

•   hold up

•   keep, keep back

•   procrastinate

•   slow


•   inhibition

•   modesty

•   shyness


•   bashful

•   close, constrained

•   demure, distant

•   guarded

•   inhibited

•   modest

•   retiring

•   secret, shy

•   undemonstrative


•   abdicate

•   back, bed down

•   clear out

•   disappear

•   give

•   quit

•   repair

•   secede, shrink


•   abdication

•   departure

•   exit, exodus

•   isolation

•   leave, leisure

•   resignation

•   secrecy


•   antisocial

•   inconspicuous, inoffensive

•   outgoing

•   uncommunicative, unobtrusive, unsociable

•   withdrawn


•   annul

•   climb down, countermand

•   draw back

•   eat

•   gainsay, go back

•   negate

•   turn


•   ambush

•   back, back out, bail out, burrow

•   climb down, corner

•   exit, exodus

•   flinch

•   harbour, hole

•   ivory tower

•   jib

•   lair, lodge

•   nest, nook

•   oasis

•   pull out

•   regress, rest, return, reverse

•   security

•   tail


•   diminution


•   comeuppance

•   eye

•   judgment

•   penalty


•   dig

•   fetch, field, find

•   reclaim


•   acknowledge, acknowledgment

•   boomerang, bring

•   counter

•   earnings, emolument

•   field, fruit

•   get back

•   harvest

•   pay, purpose

•   recede, receipt, reflect, regress, remuneration, repetition, resurrection

•   take, turn, turn in

•   vote


•   acquaint, add up, admit, air

•   blab, blurt out, break

•   come clean, confess, confide, convey

•   decipher, declare, detect, discover

•   evidence, expose, express

•   find out, furnish

•   indicate

•   lay, light

•   mention

•   point out

•   reflect, register

•   say, show up, slip, stamp

•   turn up

•   unburden, unfold, utter


•   banquet

•   caper

•   drink

•   exult

•   frolic

•   glory

•   lark, live

•   merry

•   orgy

•   paint, play

•   riot

•   triumph

•   wanton


•   admission

•   confession

•   declaration, detection

•   gospel

•   illumination, inspiration

•   oracle

•   prophecy

•   scoop, surprise

•   twist

•   vision


•   carnival

•   gaiety

•   jamboree

•   merriment, mirth

•   orgy

•   rejoicing, riot


•   eye


•   endowment

•   gains

•   makings

•   profit

•   return

•   take, taking


•   boom

•   clang

•   drum

•   peal

•   roll

•   sound

•   thunder


•   enshrine, esteem

•   fear

•   glorify

•   idolize

•   look up

•   treasure


•   celebrate, cult

•   duty

•   esteem, estimation, exalt, exaltation

•   fear

•   idolize

•   obedience

•   piety


•   religious


•   boomerang

•   calamity, catastrophe, comedown

•   disaster

•   negation

•   override

•   repudiate

•   slump

•   tribulation, turn

•   wrong


•   get back


•   appreciation

•   consideration

•   discussion

•   go into, go over

•   hearing

•   investigation

•   look

•   mull

•   observation

•   profile

•   reading, rehearse, reminiscence, run through, rundown

•   sum up, summarize, summary

•   traverse

•   vet


•   columnist

•   investigator


•   brush up

•   convert, cram

•   mend


•   preparation


•   comeback

•   pick-up

•   rally, recovery


•   awake

•   get over

•   heart

•   life, lighten

•   regenerate, resurrect


•   deny

•   lift

•   overrule


•   bit

•   disobedience

•   insubordination

•   strike


•   damned

•   hateful, hideous

•   insurgent

•   lurid

•   odious

•   rank

•   sickly

•   terrible

•   ugly, unsavoury, unsightly

•   vile


•   anarchy

•   change

•   insurrection

•   roll

•   twirl


•   agitator, anarchist

•   incendiary

•   rebellious

•   underground


•   bowl

•   centre, circulate

•   debate

•   pivot

•   reel, roll

•   think, twirl


•   disenchantment

•   hatred, horror

•   nausea

•   phobia


•   bribe

•   consideration, crown

•   deal

•   earnings, emolument

•   favour, fee, fruit

•   gratuity

•   inducement

•   jackpot

•   laurels

•   price, purse

•   satisfy

•   tip

•   wage


•   heart-warming

•   proud

•   successful


•   elocution


•   smoothness


•   regular

•   smooth, steady


•   impure

•   nasty

•   suggestive


•   colourful, comic, concentrated

•   de luxe

•   fat, flamboyant, flowing, fruity

•   generous, glowing, golden

•   heel, high

•   liberal

•   magnificent, money, munificent

•   princely

•   racy, rare, remunerative, resounding, rotund, round

•   sensuous

•   thick


•   lucre

•   means

•   prosperity


•   handsomely


•   filter

•   labyrinth

•   pepper

•   screen, sieve, sift, strain


•   pester

•   run

•   turn

•   waft


•   burlesque

•   crucify, cut up

•   debunk, depreciate, disparage, disparagement

•   flout, fun

•   game, guy

•   hiss

•   joke

•   kid

•   lash, laugh

•   monkey

•   poke

•   shame, sport

•   tease, thumb, travesty


•   bizarre

•   crazy, criminal

•   droll

•   exorbitant

•   fantastic

•   grotesque

•   inept

•   priceless, puerile

•   rich

•   senseless

•   unearthly


•   fleece

•   pilfer

•   raid


•   aperture

•   break-up

•   gulf

•   hiatus

•   misunderstanding

•   parting

•   rent, rupture


•   arm

•   clothe, contraption

•   dress

•   kit

•   load

•   square

•   tamper


•   apropos, authorization

•   befitting, best

•   call, charter

•   desired

•   faculty, fitted, franchise

•   immunity

•   justifiable

•   merit, meritorious

•   O.K.

•   order

•   passage, perfect, place

•   ripe

•   smack

•   validity

•   warrantable


•   instant

•   once

•   readily


•   deserving

•   godly

•   high-minded, holy

•   innocent

•   meritorious

•   pious

•   religious, right

•   saintly

•   trustworthy

•   wholesome


•   good

•   holiness

•   innocence

•   right

•   sanctity


•   authoritarian

•   difficult, doctrinaire, dour

•   erect, exacting, extreme

•   firm, formal, frigid

•   hard, hard and fast, hard-core, hidebound

•   immobile, iron

•   precise, puritanical

•   religious, rooted

•   sectarian, small-minded

•   taut, tense, tight, tough

•   wooden


•   arduous, ascetic

•   close

•   dour

•   extortionate

•   religious, rugged

•   spartan, stiff

•   tight


•   asceticism

•   inclemency

•   keenness

•   niceness

•   severity


•   deck

•   turn out


•   bound, brow

•   extremity

•   line

•   mouth

•   side, skirt


•   bark

•   hull


•   battery, bloc

•   cordon, crack

•   echo, environ

•   jingle

•   orb

•   wreath


•   battery, bloc

•   cordon, crack

•   echo, environ

•   jingle

•   orb

•   wreath


•   swill

•   tint


•   fight, fracas, free-for-all

•   insurrection

•   madness, mutiny

•   profusion

•   scream

•   wanton


•   chaotic

•   drunken

•   funny

•   hectic

•   inflammatory, insurgent

•   mad

•   obstreperous

•   priceless

•   rampage, rampant

•   subversive

•   turbulent

•   unbridled, uncontrolled


•   adult

•   fruity, full-grown

•   lush

•   vintage


•   age

•   mellow


•   quip

•   witticism


•   appreciate, appreciation, augmentation

•   beginning, birth, boost, bristle, bulge

•   cant, come up

•   dawn

•   emergence, eminence, escalate, exaltation

•   ferment, form, fountain

•   gain, gather, grade, gradient, growth

•   head, heave, hill

•   inception, inflation

•   jump

•   leap, loom

•   mound

•   pick-up, preferment, prick, prominence

•   ramp, reach, rear, rouse

•   slope, source, stand, surge

•   tower

•   well


•   adventure, awkwardness

•   bet

•   expose, exposure

•   insecurity

•   lay, lottery

•   play

•   speculate, stake

•   tempt, threat

•   wager


•   adventurous, audacious, awkward

•   critical

•   desperate

•   hairy

•   parlous

•   speculative

•   tender, ticklish, treacherous

•   unstable


•   formula


•   formula

•   institution

•   pageant

•   solemn


•   duel

•   enemy

•   factious, foe

•   jealous

•   keep up

•   measure up (to)

•   opposition

•   play

•   touch


•   feud, friction

•   race

•   strife


•   access, approach

•   passage

•   trail


•   gad (about or around)

•   hang about

•   journey

•   knock about

•   migrate

•   saunter, straggle

•   tramp, traverse, trek


•   blare, bluster, boom

•   grumble

•   peal

•   rant, rave, roll

•   storm

•   trumpet


•   break in

•   fleece

•   harry

•   knock off

•   pilfer, pinch, poach

•   sap

•   thieve


•   crook

•   gangster

•   marauder

•   outlaw

•   thug

•   wolf


•   break-in


•   array

•   invest


•   automatic


•   bouncing

•   firm

•   hefty

•   iron

•   manly, masculine, mighty

•   stalwart

•   upstanding

•   virile

•   whole


•   agitate

•   bastion

•   cradle, crag

•   dance

•   jewel, jog

•   pillar

•   quake

•   totter, tremble

•   waddle, wag


•   agitate

•   bastion

•   cradle, crag

•   dance

•   jewel, jog

•   pillar

•   quake

•   totter, tremble

•   waddle, wag


•   insecure

•   mountainous


•   axle

•   bolt


•   adventurer

•   demon, double-dealer

•   imp, impostor

•   mischief, monkey

•   ruffian

•   twister

•   wretch


•   office

•   place, pose, province

•   vocation


•   book, bowl, budge, bundle

•   canon

•   glide

•   hank

•   labour, loop

•   peal, pitch

•   surge

•   wad, wash


•   gay

•   hilarious

•   riotous, robust, row

•   uproarious


•   corpulent

•   obese

•   round


•   courtship

•   fable


•   hoodwink

•   swindler


•   board

•   cabin

•   lodge

•   pad, place

•   seating, slack

•   vacancy

•   ward, way


•   baggy

•   comfortable

•   voluminous


•   beginning

•   dig

•   embryo

•   found

•   genesis, grub

•   parent, plant

•   spring

•   underlying


•   deep-rooted

•   frozen

•   immemorial, immobile, immovable


•   annihilate

•   ferret out

•   obliterate


•   tie up


•   mix up


•   bill


•   beak


•   fortunate

•   golden

•   propitious


•   cancer

•   eat

•   go off

•   rust

•   stagnate, stuff

•   tomfoolery, trash, trumpery


•   bowl

•   circle, circulate

•   roll

•   swing

•   twirl

•   whirl


•   circulation

•   roll

•   twirl

•   whirl


•   beastly

•   diseased

•   off

•   rancid

•   shabby

•   terrible

•   woeful


•   heel

•   knave

•   scoundrel

•   wretch


•   beefy

•   well-fed


•   abrasive, abrupt, abusive, adumbration

•   barbarian, barbarous, brutal

•   foul

•   gnarled, gritty, guttural

•   heavy, hoarse, homespun

•   jerky

•   leathery, low

•   obstreperous

•   primitive

•   ragged, robust, rough-and-tumble, rustic

•   savage, scratch

•   tactless


•   horseplay


•   about

•   chubby

•   deal

•   game, get by

•   revolution, route, run

•   step

•   whirl


•   side

•   winding


•   complement

•   finish

•   touch up

•   wrap up


•   drum up

•   mop up

•   recruit


•   activate, actuate, awake

•   conjure

•   electrify, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exasperate

•   fan, ferment, fire, freshen

•   heat

•   influence, inspire

•   kindle

•   life

•   pierce, pique

•   quicken

•   raise, revive

•   shake, spark, summon

•   waken, warm, whet, work, work up


•   awakening

•   bracing

•   electric, erotic

•   impassioned

•   thrilling


•   conquest

•   disperse

•   fiasco, finish, flight

•   hollow

•   overrun, overwhelm

•   slaughter, stampede

•   trounce

•   vanquish

•   whip


•   channel

•   line

•   trail, trajectory


•   accustomed, automatic

•   businesslike

•   common

•   daily, dreary

•   habit

•   institutional

•   manner, mechanical, menial, mill, monotony, mundane

•   perfunctory, prosaic

•   regular, ritual, round, rule, rut

•   set, stock, straightforward, system

•   tedium, trite

•   uneventful


•   argument

•   bed, bicker

•   contention

•   debate, difference, din, disagreement, discord, dissension, dust

•   feud, free-for-all

•   hassle

•   layer, line-up

•   paddle

•   rebuke, riot

•   scene, scolding, set-to, storm, street, strife

•   turmoil

•   words


•   argument

•   bed, bicker

•   contention

•   debate, difference, din, disagreement, discord, dissension, dust

•   feud, free-for-all

•   hassle

•   layer, line-up

•   paddle

•   rebuke, riot

•   scene, scolding, set-to, storm, street, strife

•   turmoil

•   words


•   riotous, rough-and-tumble

•   troublesome, tumultuous, turbulent


•   anoint

•   bark, buff

•   file, fly

•   graze

•   scratch, scrub

•   wear


•   blacken, bunk

•   cry down, chaff

•   defame, denigrate, disparage

•   foolishness

•   hole, humbug

•   malign

•   odds and ends

•   pan

•   run down

•   scum, stuff

•   tomfoolery, trumpery

•   vilify


•   liquidate

•   make away

•   raze


•   aflame


•   assuming, audacious, awkward

•   barbaric, bawdy, bold, brash, brutal

•   disagreeable

•   flippant

•   gruff

•   homespun

•   ill-bred, indelicate

•   mean

•   offensive

•   ribald, robust, rugged

•   saucy, suggestive

•   tactless, tasteless, thoughtless

•   unthinking

•   wild


•   crude

•   first

•   imperfect

•   original

•   rough


•   beginning

•   smattering


•   apologetic

•   guilty

•   hurt


•   barbarian

•   desperado

•   gangster


•   chafe

•   flurry, flutter, fret

•   gall, gather

•   needle


•   gnarled

•   hard-wearing

•   lusty

•   savage, stalwart

•   unbreakable


•   antiquity

•   bane, batter, beating, blast, blight, bungle, bust, butcher

•   calamity, confound, cripple

•   dash, death, debacle, deform, desolate, desolation, disaster, dish, dissolve, doom

•   end, evil

•   fate, fiasco, finish

•   harm

•   injury

•   kill

•   loss

•   muck, muck up, murder

•   overshadow

•   prostrate

•   queer

•   ravage, reduce, rout

•   sack, seduce, seduction, sink, subvert

•   taint

•   waste


•   bad

•   costly

•   damaging

•   evil

•   fallen, fateful

•   ill

•   pestilential

•   tragic

•   unfortunate

•   violent


•   average

•   dictate, dynasty

•   fundamental

•   gauge

•   head, helm

•   institute, institution

•   line

•   management, master, measure, motto

•   norm

•   obsess, ordain

•   prescribe, prevalence

•   restriction, ruler

•   theorem, top, tune

•   usage


•   except

•   save

•   veto


•   arbiter

•   crown, chief

•   master

•   principal

•   tsar


•   ascendant

•   directive

•   edict

•   first

•   high

•   injunction, instruction

•   legislation

•   overriding

•   prime, privileged

•   rule

•   sentence, sovereign

•   top


•   chew

•   debate

•   mull


•   hawk

•   intelligence

•   noise

•   tale

•   wind


•   average

•   behave, bout, burst

•   dribble

•   ferry

•   hold

•   leg

•   organize

•   preside, procession

•   route

•   scuttle, succession, sway

•   trickle, trot

•   well


•   stumble


•   landslide


•   break, break away

•   tail, truant, turn


•   retrenchment

•   scenario


•   broken

•   depressed

•   heel

•   mean

•   scruffy, squalid


•   cry down

•   depreciate, die, downgrade

•   hole

•   malign

•   off colour

•   phase out, pull

•   stop


•   draw up


•   eye

•   run down

•   see


•   bearer

•   candidate, creeper

•   nominee

•   smuggler


•   active

•   consecutive

•   fluid

•   handling

•   liquid

•   straight, succession

•   upkeep, usage


•   tail, turn


•   conventional

•   dull

•   everyday

•   hackneyed

•   normal

•   pedestrian

•   routine

•   stock

•   trite

•   workaday


•   flow

•   lapse, lapsed


•   brim

•   dip

•   frisk

•   recapitulate

•   scan

•   trample


•   bayonet

•   fritter (away)

•   rattle, revise

•   spend

•   use, use up


•   alienation

•   blow out, blow up, bust

•   discord, division, divorce

•   misunderstanding

•   open, opening

•   parting


•   provincial


•   contrivance, craft

•   deceit

•   evasion

•   finesse

•   guile

•   humbug

•   intrigue

•   pretence, pretext

•   scheme, shift

•   trap

•   wheeze, wrinkle


•   billow, blaze, blow, bundle, burst, bustle

•   come at

•   deluge, drift, drive

•   flood, flow

•   gallop, gush, gust

•   influx

•   jet

•   leap, leg

•   outflow

•   pelt, pile, plunge, pour

•   rapidity

•   sally, scuttle, spate, spurt, stream, swoop

•   torrent

•   wave, whip, whisk


•   bronze, brown

•   canker

•   discolour


•   backwoods

•   provincial


•   stir


•   atrocious

•   bitter, bloodthirsty

•   cold-blooded, cutthroat

•   deadly, dog

•   grim

•   implacable

•   sadistic

•   tough

•   unnatural, unscrupulous


•   boot

•   displace

•   eject

•   gut

•   harry

•   pay off, pocket, pouch

•   ransack

•   turn out


•   boot

•   displace

•   eject

•   gut

•   harry

•   pay off, pocket, pouch

•   ransack

•   turn out


•   penance


•   spiritual


•   cost

•   expense

•   forgo

•   offering

•   part, price

•   undercut

•   victim


•   affecting

•   black

•   despondent, disappointing, dispirited, downhearted, dreary

•   heartbreaking, heavy, hurt

•   joyless

•   moody, mouth

•   pessimistic, piteous, plaintive

•   remorseful, rueful

•   sorrowful, subdued

•   touching

•   woeful


•   darken, disappoint, dull

•   hurt

•   oppress

•   pain

•   trouble


•   harness

•   lay


•   sick


•   desolation, distress, dumps

•   gloom

•   heaviness

•   pathos

•   shadow

•   tears

•   woe


•   defensible

•   foolproof

•   immune, invulnerable

•   steady

•   wood


•   buffer

•   chaperon

•   ensure

•   hedge

•   immunize, insurance

•   keep

•   patrol, precaution, preparation, prevention, preventive, protector

•   save, shelter


•   asylum

•   infallibility

•   preservation


•   brain

•   circumspect

•   far-sighted

•   grave

•   profound

•   thinker

•   venerable


•   breeze

•   coast

•   plane


•   cut-price, cheap


•   trenchant


•   bloodless

•   lurid


•   breeze

•   eruption

•   pleasantry

•   repartee


•   cure

•   sea, season


•   good

•   sanitary

•   therapeutic


•   hygienic

•   therapeutic

•   wholesome


•   acclamation, acknowledgment

•   compliments

•   toast


•   acclaim, acknowledgment

•   commemorate, compliment

•   drink to

•   flag

•   nod

•   toast


•   reclaim, recycle


•   saviour


•   like

•   matching


•   boredom

•   community

•   equality, equivalence

•   homogeneity

•   parity


•   appetizer

•   dip

•   experiment, exponent

•   gauge

•   lick

•   mouthful

•   piece, poll

•   section, sip, standard

•   try out


•   dedicate

•   enshrine

•   glorify


•   sententious


•   abet, accredit, assent

•   blessing

•   clearance, consent, charter

•   empower, enable, enact

•   invest

•   leave, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, let, liberty, license

•   mandate

•   O.K.

•   pass, permission, prerogative, privilege, punishment

•   qualify

•   recommendation

•   tolerate, toleration

•   underwrite


•   blessedness

•   divinity


•   cover

•   den

•   harbour

•   lair

•   oasis

•   preserve

•   reservation

•   safety, security


•   common-sense

•   down-to-earth

•   right

•   well-balanced


•   lurid


•   antiseptic

•   pure


•   mind


•   debilitate, demoralize, depress

•   impoverish

•   juice

•   mine

•   prostrate

•   sucker

•   tax

•   wear out, weary


•   debilitate, demoralize, depress

•   impoverish

•   juice

•   mine

•   prostrate

•   sucker

•   tax

•   wear out, weary


•   acrimony

•   barb

•   gibe

•   incisiveness, invective

•   ridicule

•   salt

•   taunt


•   acrid

•   corrosive

•   dry

•   incisive, ironic

•   peppery, poignant, pungent

•   scathing, scornful

•   trenchant

•   wry


•   backhanded

•   cutting

•   devastating

•   incisive, ironic

•   keen

•   left-handed

•   satirical, scornful, sharp

•   vitriolic


•   devil


•   dark

•   monstrous


•   subject


•   cram

•   fill

•   indulge

•   pall

•   quench


•   cartoon

•   farce


•   devastating

•   ironic

•   keen

•   severe


•   caricature

•   fun

•   mock


•   appeasement

•   convenience

•   damage, discharge

•   entertainment

•   indemnity, indulgence

•   joy

•   luxury

•   retribution, revenge

•   treat


•   decent

•   encouraging

•   fine

•   good, grateful

•   happy

•   O.K.

•   palatable, par, presentable

•   right

•   satisfying, scratch

•   well, workmanlike


•   certain, clear, confident

•   easy

•   full

•   joyful

•   pleased, proud


•   acquit

•   comply

•   delight

•   perform, placate

•   redeem

•   square, suit, supply


•   agreeable

•   delectable

•   enjoyable

•   good, grateful

•   heart-warming

•   pleasant, proud

•   rewarding


•   fill, flood

•   glut

•   permeate

•   wet


•   full

•   soaking

•   wet


•   face

•   irreverence

•   mouth

•   relish

•   sauciness, seasoning


•   gall


•   arch

•   bold

•   irreverent

•   smart


•   lag, lounge


•   animal, atrocious

•   barbaric, bitter

•   cold-blooded, cutthroat

•   deadly, devastating, devil

•   fiendish, furious

•   lurid

•   remorseless

•   scathing, slashing

•   unnatural

•   venomous, violent

•   wolf, worry


•   atrocity

•   barbarism

•   fury

•   violence


•   apart

•   bank, but

•   convert

•   deposit

•   except

•   garner

•   help

•   put aside, put away

•   ration, recycle, rehabilitate, resuscitate, retain, retrieve

•   scrape, stint, stock

•   treasure


•   conservation, cut

•   economical, except

•   frugal

•   parsimonious, prudence

•   rescue

•   salvation, sparing

•   thrift, thrifty


•   bank

•   funds

•   reserve


•   know-how

•   sophistication, style


•   aroma

•   bask, bouquet

•   delight

•   gusto

•   lip, love

•   revel


•   aromatic

•   delicacy, delicate


•   cut

•   moral, motto


•   articulate

•   bid, breathe

•   comment, choice

•   dictate

•   enunciate

•   jurisdiction

•   mean

•   observe

•   part, phrase

•   record, register

•   talk

•   word


•   inscription

•   moral, motto

•   phrase, precept

•   sentiment


•   breadth

•   dimension

•   get up

•   measure

•   peel

•   rate

•   top


•   breadth

•   dimension

•   get up

•   measure

•   peel

•   rate

•   top


•   mischief

•   scoundrel, skimp

•   villain


•   bustle

•   trot


•   behold, browse

•   canvass

•   eye

•   glance, go over

•   inspect, inspection

•   look, look over

•   monitor

•   pan, peer, peruse

•   rake, read, reconnaissance, reconnoitre

•   screen

•   traverse

•   vet, view


•   denigration

•   news, notoriety

•   sensation


•   base

•   criminal

•   deplorable, discreditable, dishonourable

•   flagrant, foul

•   ignominious

•   notorious

•   sensational

•   unmentionable, unpardonable

•   wicked


•   defective

•   few

•   low

•   niggardly

•   poor

•   scanty, short, skimp, slender, small

•   thin


•   few

•   insignificant

•   lean, light

•   miserable

•   niggardly

•   slight, small, spare


•   target

•   victim


•   blot

•   cliff

•   disfigurement

•   flaw

•   imperfection

•   mar

•   nick

•   pit

•   seam, spoil, spot


•   bare

•   premium

•   scarcely, short

•   thin


•   just

•   little

•   narrowly


•   drought

•   famine

•   penury

•   rarity


•   appal

•   creep

•   discourage

•   horrify

•   menace

•   overawe

•   rattle

•   turn

•   wind


•   afraid

•   cowardly

•   windy


•   abusive

•   censorious

•   pungent

•   severe, sharp

•   tart


•   break up

•   cast, clutter

•   disarrange, distribute, dust

•   flight

•   pepper, plant, powder

•   radiate, rout

•   scattering, shed, spill, spray, sprinkling, squander


•   diffusion, dissipation, distribution

•   stampede


•   plan, plot

•   situation


•   aspect

•   circle

•   happening

•   outlook

•   perspective


•   nature

•   panorama


•   embalm, essence

•   incense

•   nose

•   whiff


•   atheist

•   freethinker


•   hesitant

•   jaundiced

•   suspicious

•   unsure


•   atheism

•   discredit, distrust

•   mistrust

•   query

•   reservation

•   uncertainty


•   arrangement

•   bill

•   course

•   register, roll, roster, round

•   scheme, set

•   table, tariff


•   activity, aim

•   brew

•   complex, connive, craft

•   dispensation

•   engineer, expediency, expedient

•   gimmick

•   hatch

•   idea, intend

•   line

•   meditate, method

•   policy, procedure, propose, proposition, prospectus, purpose

•   racket

•   scenario, speculate

•   tactic

•   way, wheeze, wrinkle


•   artifice

•   crafty

•   deep, devious

•   politic

•   shifty, subtle


•   bloc

•   clan, clique

•   faction, fracture

•   heresy

•   party

•   rebellion, rent

•   school, sect, set

•   wing


•   authority

•   brain

•   highbrow


•   cultured

•   donnish

•   knowledgeable

•   literary, literate


•   letters, literacy

•   reading


•   donnish


•   academic

•   cult

•   edify

•   familiarize, form

•   habituate

•   nurture

•   teach


•   exercise

•   indoctrination

•   knowledge

•   learning, lesson


•   teacher


•   knowledge


•   orderly


•   blink

•   shimmer, shine


•   beaming

•   flaming

•   piquant

•   vivacious


•   barb

•   chaff

•   eat

•   food

•   jest

•   tuck

•   wolf


•   abuse, admonish

•   chastise, check

•   dress down

•   jaw

•   lash

•   slate, speak to, storm

•   task

•   vixen


•   abuse, abusive, admonition, admonitory

•   lesson

•   nagging

•   reproachful, reproof

•   talking-to


•   dish up

•   hole

•   story


•   arena

•   breadth

•   calibre, comprehension, chance

•   degree, dimension, drift

•   field, free hand

•   gamut, gauge, grasp

•   horizon

•   immensity, intention

•   jurisdiction

•   leeway

•   margin, measure

•   play, proportion

•   region

•   scale, sweep

•   width


•   frizzle


•   dirty

•   hot

•   parching


•   acquire, arrangement, attain

•   buy

•   come by

•   get, groove

•   land, line

•   obtain

•   pick up, point, procure, purchase

•   rut

•   secure, sum


•   better


•   brush off

•   defy, depreciate, despise, dislike, disparage

•   gibe

•   indignation

•   mock

•   neglect

•   pooh-pooh

•   reproach, ridicule

•   scoff, snap


•   arrogant

•   cavalier, cynical

•   indignant


•   devil, dog

•   ruffian


•   grub

•   scan, scrape


•   grub

•   scan, scrape


•   blight

•   calamity, canker

•   oppressor

•   pestilence

•   thorn


•   explore

•   flout

•   pathfinder, picket

•   scoff, scorn


•   dagger

•   face

•   glare

•   lour


•   bustle

•   mess

•   scuttle


•   brush

•   chip

•   dispose of, dump

•   end

•   granule

•   ounce

•   patch

•   reject, relic, rough-and-tumble, rubbish

•   shred, skirmish, snip, spark

•   throw away, throw out, titbit, tussle

•   vestige


•   brush

•   chip

•   dispose of, dump

•   end

•   granule

•   ounce

•   patch

•   reject, relic, rough-and-tumble, rubbish

•   shred, skirmish, snip, spark

•   throw away, throw out, titbit, tussle

•   vestige


•   abrasion

•   brush

•   claw, creak, creep, chafe

•   embarrassment, emergency, escapade, exigency

•   gall

•   hole

•   jam

•   kiss

•   pickle

•   quagmire

•   rake

•   scoop, score, shuffle


•   truculent


•   abrasion

•   creak, chafe, chip

•   line

•   nick, notch

•   rake

•   scrawl, scribble

•   tear


•   handwriting


•   bellow, blare, blast

•   call

•   shout


•   becloud, blind, buffer

•   camouflage, comb, curtain

•   disguise

•   flank

•   obscure

•   protection

•   save, shadow, strain

•   wall, wash, web, winnow


•   jailer

•   miser

•   niggard

•   spiral

•   warder


•   writing


•   chronicler

•   journalist

•   recorder


•   notation

•   paper


•   book

•   decoration

•   roster


•   borrow

•   forage


•   beachcomber, beggar

•   drone


•   brush, bush

•   undergrowth

•   wash


•   grubby

•   mean

•   threadbare


•   accurate

•   dainty, delicate

•   honest

•   religious

•   squeamish

•   thorough


•   anatomize

•   canvass, contemplate, check

•   enquire, eye

•   go into

•   inquire

•   look, look into

•   observe

•   peer, pore

•   rake, reconnoitre, regard, review

•   survey

•   traverse

•   ventilate, vet


•   attention

•   canvass, consideration, contemplation, check

•   diagnosis, discussion, dissection

•   enquiry

•   observation

•   probe, proof

•   reading, reconnaissance, regard, research, review

•   surveillance, survey

•   thought


•   fracas

•   rough-and-tumble

•   shuffle

•   wrestle


•   dregs

•   impurity

•   mob, muck

•   refuse


•   libellous

•   rank, rotten, rude


•   course

•   hasten

•   patter

•   run, rush


•   patter


•   deep

•   myriad


•   brown

•   cement

•   execute

•   fill

•   glue

•   hallmark

•   lock

•   tape


•   junction, juncture


•   bust

•   delve, dig

•   enquire, enquiry

•   forage

•   go through, grope, grub

•   plumb, prospect

•   rake

•   scan


•   analytic

•   crucial, curious

•   exploratory

•   inquiring


•   familiarize

•   mellow

•   pepper

•   ripen, run

•   weather


•   happy

•   punctual


•   accustomed

•   conditioned, confirmed

•   practical, pungent

•   ripe

•   sophisticated

•   tough

•   versed


•   conditioning

•   flavour

•   salt


•   behind

•   entrench

•   root

•   space


•   break away


•   close

•   monastic

•   quiet

•   secret

•   withdrawn


•   ivory tower

•   loneliness

•   secrecy


•   abet, alternate, attach

•   back up, bit, breath

•   echo

•   latter

•   reject

•   secondly, shake, side, substitute

•   wink


•   abet, alternate, attach

•   back up, bit, breath

•   echo

•   latter

•   reject

•   secondly, shake, side, substitute

•   wink


•   accessory, ancillary

•   incidental

•   junior

•   less

•   petty

•   side, supplementary

•   ulterior


•   derivative

•   imitative

•   secondary, slavish


•   below

•   disappointing

•   ordinary

•   par

•   second class, secondary


•   blackout

•   dark, darkness


•   confidential

•   dark, discovery

•   inmost, inner, inside, interior, intimate, inward

•   quiet

•   sneak, sneaking, surreptitious

•   trick

•   ulterior, untold


•   furtive

•   mysterious

•   secret, stealthy

•   underhand


•   back

•   inwardly

•   secret, sly


•   clan, cult

•   order

•   persuasion

•   set, side


•   factious

•   heretic

•   religious


•   arm, article

•   branch

•   category, clause, compartment, contingent, cut, chapter

•   element, episode

•   faction

•   half, head, heading

•   leg, length

•   movement

•   paragraph, partition, pigeonhole, precinct, province

•   unit

•   wing


•   arena, arm

•   department

•   faction

•   precinct

•   section, side

•   territory


•   mundane


•   accept, attain

•   bar, batten, bind, buckle

•   capture, carry, clamp, clear, clinch, close, collect, consolidate, cosy

•   defend, defensible

•   engage, enlist, establish

•   fence, fortify

•   guard

•   have, hit, hook

•   indemnify, invulnerable

•   knit, knot

•   latch, leash, line up

•   make, mop up

•   nail

•   peg, pin, preserve, protect, purchase

•   sacred, seal, self-confident, shut, sound, stake, strap, sturdy

•   tape, tie, tighten, truss

•   warrant, win, wood


•   bail, bulwark

•   deposit

•   earnest

•   guard

•   harbour

•   impunity, indemnity

•   rampart

•   safeguard, shelter, strength

•   warrant


•   dope

•   philosophical

•   settle, steady

•   tranquillize

•   undisturbed, unhurried, unimpassioned, untroubled

•   venerable


•   anaesthetic

•   painkiller


•   ground

•   refuse


•   faction

•   insubordination, insurrection

•   revolt

•   unrest


•   disaffected

•   factious

•   incendiary, inflammatory, insurgent

•   lawless

•   turbulent


•   bait

•   cajole, captivate

•   lead on


•   conquest


•   charming

•   desirable

•   erotic

•   fascinating

•   magnetic

•   sultry

•   voluptuous


•   bishopric

•   call on

•   envision, eye

•   figure out

•   message

•   pierce, puzzle

•   read, remark

•   tell

•   watch


•   nut

•   plant, posterity

•   root

•   sow

•   tribe


•   dingy, disreputable

•   elbow

•   heel

•   mean, moth-eaten

•   rags

•   sordid

•   weather


•   sight

•   vision


•   aspire

•   court, crave

•   forage

•   go for

•   look

•   page, prospect

•   scout, search

•   trace


•   act

•   feel

•   sound, strike


•   advisable, apropos, apt

•   correct

•   good

•   right

•   sedate


•   diviner

•   oracle

•   visionary


•   hover

•   shuttle

•   waver, wobble


•   blaze, brew, bristle, burn

•   mill

•   press

•   red

•   smoulder


•   catch on

•   distance

•   prosecute, pursue


•   attend

•   deal

•   fix

•   see about

•   transact


•   cut

•   joint

•   leg, length

•   morsel

•   partition, proportion

•   unit

•   wing


•   detach, discriminate, divide

•   seal, sort out


•   partition


•   assume

•   bite

•   clasp, conquer

•   embrace, expropriate

•   grapple

•   intercept

•   kidnap

•   lay

•   occupy

•   possess, pre-empt, prey

•   requisition

•   snap, snap up, snare, spirit

•   tackle, tear

•   whip


•   appropriation, arrogation, assumption

•   bust

•   frenzy

•   occupation

•   raid, requisition

•   stroke


•   little

•   uncommonly


•   adopt, appoint, assign

•   cast, commission

•   de luxe, designate, draw

•   edit, elect, exquisite, extract

•   fine

•   gather

•   high-class

•   like, lot

•   name, narrow, nominate

•   pick out

•   set aside, single, sort

•   take, tick

•   vintage

•   winnow


•   adoption, alternative, appointment, assignment

•   designation

•   election, extract

•   nomination

•   quotation

•   stock


•   choosy

•   exquisite


•   aplomb

•   composure

•   presence, presence of mind

•   self-esteem


•   egocentric, egoistic

•   inconsiderate, introverted


•   assurance


•   jaunty

•   overweening


•   conscious

•   inhibited

•   modest

•   shy, strained

•   unnatural


•   abstention

•   balance

•   discipline

•   forbearance

•   temper, temperance


•   dignity

•   egotism

•   feelings

•   morale


•   demonstrable

•   incontestable

•   proverbial

•   unquestionable


•   freedom


•   egoistic, egotistic

•   high

•   officious

•   portentous, proud

•   uppish

•   vain


•   egocentric, exclusive

•   grasping

•   inconsiderate

•   possessive

•   small, sordid

•   thoughtless

•   ulterior, ungrateful, unthinking

•   worldly


•   assured

•   calm, composed

•   imperturbable

•   level-headed

•   patient, placid

•   unflappable, unperturbed


•   confident

•   self-confident


•   face

•   self-confidence


•   holier-than-thou

•   priggish, proud

•   sanctimonious, self-righteous


•   egoism, egoistic

•   self-centred, sordid


•   bargain

•   deal

•   stab


•   trader


•   sale


•   sell, stab


•   attach

•   commission

•   dart, detail, drive

•   heave

•   mail

•   pass, post, pump

•   refer, relay, return, route

•   telegraph, throw, translate


•   page


•   old


•   fully-fledged

•   prime


•   age

•   majority


•   emotion

•   knockout

•   phenomenon, prodigy

•   scoop, scream, splash, success

•   triumph


•   astonishing

•   dazzling

•   fantastic

•   incredible

•   juicy

•   phenomenal, pulp

•   stunning, stupendous

•   terrific, tremendous

•   wonderful


•   catch, comprehension

•   effect, experience, explanation

•   idea, intellect

•   loaf

•   matter, mind

•   overtone

•   respect, rhyme

•   scent, spirit

•   undercurrent

•   way, wit, wits


•   blind, brainless, brute

•   criminal

•   empty

•   half-baked

•   insane

•   preposterous, purposeless

•   unthinking

•   vain

•   wanton


•   artistry

•   consciousness

•   feeling

•   sense, sentiment


•   advisable

•   clever, common-sense, concrete

•   hard-headed

•   legitimate, level-headed, logical, lucid

•   physical, politic, pragmatic

•   reason, reasoned, responsible, robust

•   solid, steady

•   temperate, trustworthy

•   well-balanced


•   allergic, appreciative, artistic

•   diplomatic, discerning, discriminating

•   embarrassing, emotional, emotive, excitable, exquisite

•   formative

•   highly strung

•   raw, receptive, refined

•   soft, sore

•   tactful, ticklish

•   understanding

•   vibrant, vulnerable

•   warm


•   acuteness, allergy, appreciation

•   ear

•   feeling

•   keenness

•   sensibility

•   tact, tenderness


•   bestial, brutal, brute

•   earthly

•   gross

•   passionate

•   sultry


•   flesh

•   lechery, lust

•   sexuality


•   sexy


•   convict

•   damn

•   judge

•   passage, punish

•   text


•   pedantic


•   apprehension

•   heart

•   mind

•   notion

•   poignancy

•   romance

•   sense


•   emotive

•   namby-pamby

•   soft, softhearted, soppy


•   feeling

•   sentiment


•   abstract, alienate, amputate, analyse, anatomize

•   bisect, break, break away

•   cordon, cut off

•   decompose, demarcate, different, differentiate, discriminate, disengage, disengaged, disintegrate, disperse, dissociate, dissolve, distant, distinguish, divergent, diverse

•   fence

•   interrupt

•   lone, loosen

•   open, other

•   pan, partition, private

•   rectify, resolve, respective, rupture

•   scatter, secede, separated, set aside, sieve, sift, singular, skim, snap, sort, strain

•   unfasten, unravel

•   winnow


•   alien

•   broken

•   disjointed

•   independent

•   lone


•   apiece, aside


•   alienation, analysis

•   breach

•   demarcation, dissolution, distance, distinction, distinctness, divergence

•   exile, extraction

•   gulf

•   independence, interruption, isolation

•   partition

•   schism


•   inflamed

•   virulent


•   bury

•   inter


•   aftermath

•   ramification, repercussion

•   supplement


•   alignment

•   battery

•   continuity

•   line

•   pattern

•   queue

•   range, rotation, round, row, run

•   scale, string

•   train


•   buried

•   monastic

•   solitary


•   cherubic


•   collected, comfortable, complacent, contented, cool

•   dispassionate

•   easy, easy-going, equable, even, even-tempered

•   gentle

•   mild

•   pacific, patient, peaceable, philosophical, poised

•   quiescent, quiet

•   restful

•   smooth, sober, steady, still

•   unconcerned


•   contentment

•   ease, equilibrium

•   patience, philosophy, poise

•   quiet

•   repose

•   smoothness


•   battery

•   gamut

•   list

•   procession

•   queue

•   range, rank, rash, round, row

•   scale, suite

•   tier, tissue, tournament

•   whirl


•   austere

•   bad, big

•   devout

•   great, gross

•   heavy, high

•   lugubrious

•   major, material, meaningful

•   nasty

•   profound

•   sad, solid, staid, studious, subdued

•   terrible


•   deeply, desperately

•   materially

•   profoundly

•   terribly


•   acuteness, austerity

•   earnest

•   greatness

•   heaviness

•   severity, sincerity


•   discourse

•   monologue

•   reading

•   talk


•   bearer

•   man, minister

•   page

•   underling


•   accommodate, act for

•   benefit

•   execute

•   function

•   go

•   lead

•   minister

•   obey

•   pay, profit

•   tend


•   accommodation, aid, amenity, asset, attention

•   blessing, bureau

•   capacity, convenience, china

•   favour

•   good

•   kindness

•   ritual

•   turn

•   wear

•   yoke


•   effective, efficacious

•   good

•   handy

•   subsidiary

•   valuable


•   appointment

•   bout

•   caucus, consultation

•   round


•   accustomed, adamant

•   battery, brood

•   cast, clan, club, contingent, chain

•   dispose, dress

•   ensemble, entrench

•   fraternity

•   ground

•   insert, invariable

•   kind, knot

•   lot

•   mob

•   pack, party, peg, petrify, platitudinous, prepared, prevailing, prop

•   readiness, ready, required, root

•   score, school, site, stand, suite

•   team, time, train

•   wing


•   accustomed, adamant

•   battery, brood

•   cast, clan, club, contingent, chain

•   dispose, dress

•   ensemble, entrench

•   fraternity

•   ground

•   insert, invariable

•   kind, knot

•   lot

•   mob

•   pack, party, peg, petrify, platitudinous, prepared, prevailing, prop

•   readiness, ready, required, root

•   score, school, site, stand, suite

•   team, time, train

•   wing


•   approach, assume

•   bit

•   dig in

•   embark, engage, enter

•   lay into

•   pitch in

•   sail, set on, set upon, stuck

•   undertake

•   wade


•   allocate, allot

•   defer, disapprove

•   exclude

•   forsake

•   override

•   put away

•   repeal, reserved, revoke

•   waive


•   delay, discouragement

•   extremity

•   jolt

•   knock

•   letdown

•   misadventure

•   relapse

•   smack


•   activate, actuate

•   become

•   complement, contrast, counterbalance

•   discharge

•   feature, fire, flatter

•   garnish, go, grace

•   highlight

•   induce, instigate, intensify

•   motivate, mount

•   produce

•   spark, spearhead, start

•   trigger, trip


•   determined

•   firm

•   lay

•   motivate


•   deploy

•   head

•   itemize

•   lay, leave

•   mean

•   plant

•   sally, serve, start

•   take off, tracks, transcribe

•   venture


•   adjustment

•   environment, exposure

•   locality

•   medium, milieu, mount

•   situation


•   accommodate, acquit, adjudicate, arbitrate, ascertain

•   balance, bed, bench

•   clinch, compound, compromise

•   deposit, dispatch

•   entrench

•   finalize, finish, fix up, form

•   gravitate, ground

•   hammer out, heal

•   install, institute, iron out

•   lay, locate

•   make up, mediate

•   negotiate

•   pay off, perch, pitch, place, position, put

•   right, round off, rule

•   satisfy, seal, seat, set, square, stay, still, stipulate

•   thrash out, tie up, transact, trim

•   vest

•   wind up


•   accommodation, acquittance, adjudication, arbitration

•   base, bequest

•   compromise, contract

•   decision, determination, disposal

•   footing, foundation

•   reckoning, reconciliation

•   stipulation, subsidence


•   newcomer


•   bout

•   conflict, confrontation

•   difference

•   scuffle, skirmish

•   tilt, tussle

•   words


•   apparatus

•   establishment

•   machine

•   order, outfit


•   bed

•   constitute, create

•   deploy

•   fitted, float, form, frame

•   inaugurate, introduce

•   load

•   mount

•   orchestrate, originate

•   pitch, predetermined

•   rig out, rig up

•   start


•   beleaguered

•   lunge

•   make for, mob

•   strike


•   multiple

•   numerous


•   acrimonious, almighty, ambitious, authoritarian

•   bad, bald, bare, brutal

•   censorious

•   exact, excruciating, extortionate

•   fantastic

•   grievous, gruelling

•   heavy

•   incisive, intemperate

•   merciless, mortal

•   nasty

•   painful, piercing, poignant, puritan, puritanical

•   radical, repressive, rough, rugged, ruthless

•   searching, sharp, sore, stark, stiff, strong

•   terrible, terrific, tight, trenchant, tyrannical

•   wicked


•   cruelly

•   deeply, desperately

•   exactly

•   seriously


•   acuteness, asperity

•   baldness

•   cruelty

•   degree

•   fury

•   heaviness

•   inclemency, intensity

•   keenness

•   oppression

•   violence


•   intercourse

•   sexual


•   intercourse


•   sex


•   current, chic

•   desirable

•   exciting

•   fruity

•   intoxicating

•   passionate

•   racy

•   sexual, sultry

•   thrilling


•   dingy, disreputable, dowdy, drab

•   elbow

•   grubby

•   heel

•   jerry-built

•   mangy, miserable, moth-eaten

•   petty, pitiful

•   rags

•   sad, sordid, sorry

•   trashy, trumpery

•   wretched


•   black out

•   cast

•   darkness

•   presence


•   adumbration

•   blot

•   figure

•   imitator

•   pursue

•   spirit, spy

•   track

•   whisper


•   dreamy

•   ill-defined, imperceptible

•   sombre


•   corrupt

•   dark, dishonest, doubtful, dusky

•   fly-by-night, foul

•   obscure

•   queer

•   sombre


•   arrow, axis, axle

•   bar, bolt, bore, butt

•   column

•   excavation

•   flash

•   hole

•   mine

•   obelisk

•   pillar, post

•   tunnel

•   well, working


•   bearded

•   ragged

•   woolly


•   beat

•   daunt, demoralize

•   falter, flap, flash

•   jig, jog, jostle

•   minute

•   quail, quaver

•   rack

•   stagger

•   thrill, toss, twinkling

•   wag, waggle


•   banish

•   dispense

•   get over

•   outdistance

•   rid


•   disconcert

•   ruffle


•   dicky, dilapidated, dizzy, doddering

•   flimsy

•   groggy

•   infirm

•   jerky, jittery, jumpy

•   nervous

•   palsied

•   ramshackle

•   tumble-down

•   unbalanced, uneasy, unsettled, untenable


•   facile

•   light-headed, low

•   passing

•   thin, trifling

•   weak


•   act, affectation, affected, assumed

•   bastard, bluff

•   charlatan

•   deceit, deception, dummy

•   farce, fraudulent

•   illusory, invention

•   make-believe, mimic, mockery

•   phoney, plastic, pose, profess

•   quack, quasi-

•   ruse

•   travesty

•   unreal, untrue


•   abomination

•   confuse, crush

•   disfavour

•   guilt

•   penitence, pity, put down

•   remorse

•   snub

•   taint

•   undoing

•   wither


•   blameworthy

•   contemptible

•   deplorable, despicable, discreditable, disreputable

•   foul

•   grievous, gross

•   horrible

•   inglorious

•   miserable

•   nefarious

•   regrettable

•   shabby, sordid

•   unforgivable, unmentionable, unpardonable

•   wretched


•   bold

•   cool

•   disgusting, dishonourable

•   obscene

•   unrepentant


•   beat, bend, body

•   cast, conformation, construct, construction, contour, chart

•   design, determine

•   edge

•   fabricate, file, fit, forge

•   hammer, hew

•   knead

•   manufacture

•   organize

•   pad, physique, prune

•   repair

•   sculpture, structure, style

•   tailor, tool, turn

•   way, work


•   lax

•   rough


•   allocation

•   deal, dispensation, dispense, dividend, dole, dower

•   hand, heritage

•   interest

•   job

•   measure, mete

•   partition, piece, pool

•   slice, stake, stint


•   abrasive, agile

•   brief, brisk

•   calculating, canny, clean-cut, curt, chill, chilly

•   designing, dry

•   exquisite

•   fine, foxy

•   high

•   ill-humoured, ill-tempered, incisive, intelligent

•   nippy

•   peppery, percipient, perspicacious, poignant, prickly, prompt

•   racy, resourceful, responsive, rough, rude

•   salty, searching, short, shrill, slick, stiff, strong

•   tactless, thorny

•   vivid


•   arouse

•   heighten

•   intensify

•   kindle

•   point


•   batter, blow out, blow up

•   convulse, crash

•   dash, disintegrate, do in

•   fall apart, fragment

•   ravage

•   splinter

•   undo


•   bark

•   cut

•   snip


•   cabin

•   doff

•   get off

•   hovel, hut

•   remove

•   scrap, spread, stream

•   undress

•   weed out


•   bashful

•   diffident

•   guilty


•   bare, blatant

•   extreme

•   filmy, flimsy

•   gross

•   main, mere

•   perfect

•   stark

•   thorough

•   veer, very


•   coating

•   form

•   page, pour

•   sea


•   capsule, carcass, cartridge, crust

•   envelope, exterior

•   fire

•   hulk

•   projectile

•   round


•   accommodate, accommodation, aegis, ambush

•   bosom, burrow

•   conceal, covering, cherish

•   den

•   hide-out, hole, house, hut

•   keep

•   lodge, lodging

•   preserve

•   quarters

•   rest

•   seclusion, shadow

•   watch over


•   cosy

•   secure, snug


•   delay

•   remit

•   slant

•   write off


•   chaperon

•   escort

•   pilot


•   armour

•   buffer

•   cloak

•   fence

•   harbour, hedge

•   insulate

•   keep

•   obstruct

•   preserve, preventive

•   save, shade, shadow

•   veil

•   watch over


•   adaptation

•   bump

•   deceit, departure, detract, deviation, dislocate

•   excuse, expediency

•   fence

•   gang

•   makeshift, migrate, migration, movement

•   off-load

•   polish off, prevaricate

•   quibble

•   relay, revolution

•   shovel, shuffle, squirm, stint, stopgap

•   transit, transition, transplant, turn


•   crooked, cunning

•   elusive

•   light-fingered

•   shady


•   flash, flicker

•   glance, glitter

•   shine, sparkle

•   twinkling


•   blaze, blink, brighten

•   finish, flame, freshness

•   glance, glint

•   lighten

•   rub


•   alight

•   clear

•   dazzling

•   glossy, golden

•   liquid, lucid

•   polished

•   spotless

•   twinkling


•   glassy

•   sleek, smooth

•   worn


•   balk, beg

•   duck

•   elude

•   flinch

•   idle

•   neglect

•   shirker

•   truant


•   layabout

•   truant

•   wastrel


•   batter, burst

•   crash

•   dash

•   explode

•   flutter

•   palpitate

•   quake, quiver

•   shake, shudder

•   tingle, tremble, tremor

•   vibrate


•   brittle


•   amaze, amazement

•   brunt, bump

•   clump, concussion, contest

•   daze

•   electrify

•   fright, frighten

•   galvanize

•   hair

•   jump

•   mop

•   percussion

•   rock

•   scare, startle, stroke, surprise

•   terrify, terror, terrorize, tremor

•   wound, wrench


•   alarming, awful

•   diabolical, disreputable

•   fearful, formidable, frightening

•   grievous, grim, grisly, gross, gruesome

•   hair-raising, horrid

•   infamous

•   lurid

•   preposterous

•   rank

•   sensational, startling

•   terrible, tragic, traumatic

•   ugly, unheard-of, unholy, unmentionable

•   vile

•   woeful


•   cheap

•   low

•   mangy

•   shabby

•   third-rate, trumpery


•   catapult

•   execute

•   film

•   gallop, graft, grow

•   inject

•   jet

•   pelt, photograph

•   runner

•   sail, send, spout, spray, sprint, spurt, stem

•   vegetate

•   whip


•   catapult

•   execute

•   film

•   gallop, graft, grow

•   inject

•   jet

•   pelt, photograph

•   runner

•   sail, send, spout, spray, sprint, spurt, stem

•   vegetate

•   whip


•   bank, buttress

•   prop

•   reinforcement

•   support

•   truss


•   broke

•   close, cross

•   defective, destitute, down and out

•   ephemeral

•   fugitive

•   hard up, hasty, hurried

•   impecunious, incomplete

•   miserable

•   passing, penniless, point, poverty-stricken

•   rude

•   swift

•   tart, transient, transitory

•   uncommunicative

•   warm, whirlwind


•   drought

•   need

•   penury

•   rarity


•   deficiency

•   failure

•   handicap

•   inadequacy

•   lack

•   negligence

•   vice


•   abstract

•   clip, commute, compress, condense, crop

•   digest

•   epitomize

•   shrink

•   telescope


•   crazy

•   foolish

•   half-baked

•   ill-judged

•   narrow-minded

•   stupid

•   unwise


•   bilious

•   crusty

•   fretful

•   moody

•   peevish


•   ammunition

•   bang, bash, blastoff

•   dram, drop

•   fling

•   hit

•   injection

•   nip

•   photograph

•   round

•   tot, trial


•   hold, hump


•   bark

•   clamour

•   din

•   exclaim, exclamation

•   gale

•   hoot, howl

•   rant

•   squeal

•   thunder


•   heckle


•   barge into, boost, boot, brace, buffet, bulldoze, bundle, butt

•   cram

•   hustle

•   jolt

•   manhandle, move

•   nose, nudge

•   plough, poke, pop, prod

•   stuff


•   act, argue

•   betray, bluff, broadcast

•   ceremony, certify

•   declare, denote, designate, direct, drama

•   establish, exemplify, expose, express, expression

•   façade, face, flash, flourish, fly, front

•   gaiety, give, glitter, gloss

•   herald, hold up

•   illustrate

•   lay, light, look

•   make out, mark, mask, mirror

•   offer, open

•   panoply, partake, performance, picture, play, point, pomp, pretension, proclaim, produce, programme, put on

•   read, record, reflect, render, represent, riot

•   scene, screen, see, showing, signify, spectacular, splendour, stick, swagger

•   testify, trace, transmission, turn on, turn up

•   uncover, unfold

•   veneer

•   wear, whip, witness


•   bath

•   cascade, cloud

•   drizzle

•   hail

•   overflow

•   pelt, pepper

•   scatter, shed, smother, splash

•   wash


•   exposure

•   transmission


•   fool

•   model

•   pose, posture, prance

•   set off, sport

•   vaunt


•   attend

•   come in

•   debunk

•   face, form

•   pillory

•   report

•   small

•   turn out


•   crumb

•   grate

•   ounce

•   patch

•   remnant

•   snip, speck, strip

•   tear


•   common-sense

•   deep, designing

•   foxy

•   hard-bitten, hard-headed

•   ingenious

•   judicious

•   penetrating, piercing, politic, provident, prudent

•   quick, quick-witted

•   sensible, subtle

•   tactical

•   wise


•   cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning

•   gumption

•   ingenuity

•   keenness

•   policy


•   bellow

•   gale

•   hoot


•   discordant

•   hiss

•   scream, squeak, squeal, strident


•   decline

•   ebb

•   jib

•   minimize

•   psychiatrist

•   rebel, recede, retreat

•   telescope


•   blast, blight

•   contract

•   decay, diminish

•   fade


•   parched


•   bury

•   curtain

•   disguise

•   eclipse, enfold, enshroud

•   muffle

•   obscure

•   smother

•   wrap


•   dread

•   flutter

•   quail, quaver

•   thrill


•   bandy

•   fudge

•   limp, lumber

•   palter

•   waddle


•   abstain

•   beg, beware

•   dislike, distance, duck

•   escape

•   fight, flee, fly

•   help

•   ostracize

•   parry

•   shirk, shoulder, steer


•   closed

•   finished

•   lock


•   fold

•   turn off


•   banish


•   ferry


•   close, coop

•   lock up

•   shut down

•   wrap up


•   ashamed

•   boggle

•   cast, cringe, chuck

•   deflect, demure

•   fling

•   hurl

•   inhibited

•   quiet

•   sling

•   throw, timorous, toss

•   uncommunicative

•   wanting, withdrawn


•   inhibition

•   reserve


•   bad, bilious

•   deviant

•   green

•   invalid

•   liverish

•   off colour

•   par, perverted

•   rotten, rough

•   squeamish

•   unhealthy, upset

•   weather


•   come down with

•   disagree

•   fail

•   horrify

•   languish

•   offend

•   pall, pine

•   relapse

•   shock

•   turn, turn off

•   weary


•   fulsome

•   grisly

•   hideous

•   languishing

•   nasty

•   obnoxious, obscene, overpowering

•   repellent, repugnant

•   shocking

•   unsavoury


•   anaemic

•   colourless

•   diseased

•   invalid

•   morbid

•   puny

•   sallow, seedy

•   unwell, unwholesome


•   cancer

•   ill

•   qualm

•   upset


•   align

•   bank, behalf

•   end

•   page, persuasion, point

•   quarter

•   sideways, snobbery

•   version

•   wing


•   beg

•   hedge

•   parry

•   shirk


•   askance

•   lateral

•   slanting


•   filter


•   canvass, comb

•   discriminate, discuss, dust

•   search, sort out, strain

•   ventilate

•   winnow


•   breath

•   groan

•   heave

•   pant

•   whisper


•   aim

•   curiosity

•   look

•   phenomenon, prospect

•   representation

•   wonder


•   adumbration, attribute

•   beacon, brand

•   cue

•   execute, expression

•   flash, forerunner

•   guide

•   hallmark, herald

•   imprint, index, indicator

•   key

•   letter

•   motion

•   nod

•   premonition

•   ratify

•   sample

•   underwrite

•   witness


•   alarm, alert, announce

•   buoy

•   call

•   especial

•   flag, foreshadow

•   guide

•   herald

•   illustrious, important

•   marked

•   overture

•   password, prod

•   salient, sound

•   toll

•   warning


•   account, amount

•   bearing

•   content

•   drift

•   effect, emphasis, essence, explanation

•   gist, gravity, greatness

•   idea, impact, implication, interest

•   magnitude, moral

•   pith

•   seriousness, stress, substance

•   value


•   appreciable

•   big, burning

•   considerable

•   deciding, decisive

•   emphatic, eventful

•   far-reaching, fateful

•   goodly, grave, great

•   high, historic

•   influential

•   major, measurable, memorable, monumental

•   operative, ordinary

•   portentous, preponderant

•   reckon, relevant

•   sensible, signal, special, substantial, symbolic

•   telling


•   add up, augur

•   bode

•   drive at

•   foretell

•   point, predicate

•   spell


•   liquidate

•   muzzle

•   pipe down, put down

•   quietness

•   refute, repress, reserve

•   secrecy, shout down, shut up, squash, stop

•   throttle


•   inarticulate

•   quiescent

•   reserved, reticent

•   sullen

•   withdrawn


•   adumbrate, adumbration

•   contour

•   figure

•   line


•   glossy, gossamer

•   soft


•   babyish, balmy, barmy

•   comical, crazy

•   dizzy

•   empty, empty-headed

•   fool, footling, funny

•   gullible

•   half-baked, half-witted

•   irrational

•   light-headed, ludicrous

•   sheepish, simple, soft, soppy, superficial

•   thoughtless, trifling

•   unreasonable

•   wet


•   bread

•   cash, coin

•   funds

•   money

•   plate

•   white


•   approximate

•   cognate, correspondent

•   equivalent, even

•   fellow

•   kindred

•   like

•   parallel, piece

•   reminiscent


•   community, comparison, conformity

•   equality, equivalence

•   homogeneity

•   kinship

•   parallel, parity

•   relationship

•   uniformity


•   alike


•   austere

•   bare

•   common, chaste, childish

•   downright

•   effortless, elegant

•   facile

•   gullible

•   imbecile, informal

•   light, literal, low

•   mere

•   ordinary

•   painless, pastoral, primary, primitive

•   quiet

•   rude

•   senseless, severe, simple-minded, soft

•   trustful

•   unassuming

•   very

•   wide-eyed


•   half-witted


•   ass

•   dummy

•   halfwit

•   joke

•   mug

•   sap, silly


•   austerity

•   baldness

•   credulity

•   gullibility

•   informality, intelligibility

•   naiveté, nakedness

•   stupidity


•   clarify

•   ease

•   iron out

•   light

•   narrow

•   popularize

•   translate


•   but

•   lightly, literally


•   coincidental


•   meantime

•   once


•   abuse

•   backslide

•   fault

•   harm

•   immorality

•   misconduct

•   pity

•   scandal

•   vice, villainy


•   credible

•   devout, direct, downright

•   heart-to-heart, hearty

•   ingenuous

•   level

•   plain, profound

•   simple

•   truthful

•   unvarnished


•   devoutly

•   heart, heartily

•   profoundly


•   cordiality

•   earnest

•   faith

•   resolution


•   abandoned

•   culpable

•   dark, demoralized

•   evil

•   fallen

•   impious

•   mischievous

•   naughty, nefarious

•   profane

•   unregenerate

•   vicious, vile, villainous

•   wrong


•   blab

•   come clean, confess

•   inform, intone

•   sneak, spill, split

•   talk


•   alone

•   isolated

•   lonely

•   odd

•   record

•   several


•   opinionated


•   apart

•   but

•   each

•   own

•   solely


•   abnormal, alone

•   characteristic

•   different, distinctive

•   especial, express

•   marvellous

•   novel

•   particular, phenomenal

•   quaint

•   uncanny, unheard-of, unprecedented

•   whimsical


•   creepy

•   dark

•   grim

•   ill

•   portentous

•   ugly


•   bog down, bury

•   cistern

•   depression, drain

•   fall in

•   give, gravitate

•   humble

•   imbibe, invest

•   mire

•   pine

•   reach, recede, remit

•   set, settle, swamp

•   tire

•   wane, waste, wilt


•   criminal, culprit

•   lawbreaker


•   drink

•   lap

•   mouthful

•   nip


•   alarm, alert

•   enchantress

•   seductive


•   judge

•   pose

•   ride


•   emplacement

•   locality

•   point, premises

•   scene, seat, situation

•   whereabouts


•   diet

•   sedentary


•   address, appointment, aspect

•   bearings

•   circumstance, conditions, context

•   development

•   emplacement, engagement, environment, estate

•   function

•   instance

•   matter

•   pass, posture, predicament

•   scene

•   trim

•   vacancy

•   way, whereabouts


•   area

•   breadth

•   capacity, content

•   denomination, dimension

•   gauge, girth, grade

•   measure, measurement

•   proportion

•   quantity


•   scan, stock, sum up, survey

•   vet


•   carcass, chassis

•   hull

•   shell


•   act, adumbrate, adumbration, anecdote

•   blueprint, brief

•   cartoon, chart

•   description, diagram

•   figure, frame

•   illustrate, illustration

•   notes

•   picture, portrait, profile

•   representation, rough, rundown

•   scenario, skit

•   trace


•   fragmentary

•   imperfect

•   patchy

•   wanting


•   artful

•   capable, cunning

•   deft

•   efficient, elaborate

•   facile, fine

•   great

•   ingenious

•   judicious

•   knowing

•   master, masterful

•   neat

•   perfect, polished

•   qualified

•   slick

•   tactical

•   wicked, workmanlike


•   address, artifice, artistry, attainment

•   cunning

•   diplomacy

•   efficiency

•   faculty

•   hand, handicraft

•   know-how

•   mastery

•   neatness

•   prowess

•   qualification

•   science, subtlety

•   tact, touch, trade, trick

•   virtuosity

•   work, workmanship


•   adept, adroit

•   consummate, conversant

•   delicate

•   finished

•   gifted, good, great

•   handy, home

•   learned

•   master, masterful

•   old

•   perfect, practical, profound

•   versed

•   workmanlike


•   browse

•   dip

•   flick

•   go over, graze

•   leaf

•   plane

•   run

•   scurry, slide, sweep


•   neglect

•   scrape


•   bamboozle, bilk

•   coat, complexion, cheat

•   defraud, do

•   envelope, exterior

•   fleece

•   gall

•   hull

•   jacket

•   overcharge

•   profiteer

•   rob, rook

•   sting, strip, surface, swindle


•   angular

•   bony

•   gangling, gaunt

•   lank

•   meagre

•   underweight


•   bound

•   escape

•   flick

•   jig, jump

•   leap

•   pass, patter

•   sidestep, skim


•   action

•   brawl

•   collision, contend

•   fight

•   quarrel

•   scuffle, spar, struggle


•   brim, brink

•   flap

•   get round

•   line

•   sidestep


•   lampoon

•   satire


•   cower

•   lie

•   slope


•   air, atmosphere

•   heaven


•   cake

•   flagstone

•   loaf

•   plaque, plate

•   sheet

•   table


•   derelict, dilatory

•   indolent, inert

•   off

•   slothful, slovenly

•   unmindful


•   slow


•   bump

•   criticism

•   execrate

•   knock

•   pull, punch

•   ram

•   shut


•   abuse

•   blacken

•   denigrate, denigration, discredit, disparagement

•   imputation, insult

•   stab


•   scandalous, scurrilous

•   vicious


•   argot

•   cant

•   jargon

•   patter

•   slate

•   talk


•   bank

•   decline, descend, descent, distortion

•   facet, fall, fudge

•   garble

•   inclination

•   light

•   outlook

•   position

•   side

•   tip


•   crooked


•   beat, box, buffet

•   crack

•   knock

•   lap, lick

•   pat


•   forgetful

•   inattentive

•   lax

•   remiss

•   slack, superficial

•   unprofessional


•   carve, cut up, chop

•   knife

•   split, streak

•   wound


•   cut up

•   damn

•   hammer, hole

•   pull


•   cut down

•   destruction, dispatch, do in

•   havoc

•   mow down

•   rub out


•   captive

•   dogsbody

•   forced

•   grub

•   hack

•   keep at

•   labour

•   menial

•   oppressed

•   underling

•   work


•   drudgery

•   yoke


•   adulatory


•   cut down

•   knock off


•   feline

•   silky, slick, streamlined

•   trim


•   bed down

•   dreamland

•   nod


•   comatose

•   lazy

•   one-horse

•   restful

•   tired

•   weary


•   delicate

•   fine

•   lank

•   minute

•   short

•   trim


•   bit

•   cleave, cut up

•   morsel

•   part

•   quota

•   section, slab


•   facile

•   glassy, greasy

•   insidious

•   streamlined


•   budge

•   ease

•   float, flow

•   lapse

•   photograph

•   run

•   transparency


•   brush off, brush-off

•   cut

•   defy, dishonour, distant

•   excusable

•   faint, flimsy, frail, frothy

•   gentle

•   imperceptible, indignity

•   light, lightweight

•   marginal, minute

•   offence, offend, outside, overlook

•   passing, petty, pooh-pooh, poor

•   remote, reproach

•   shallow, sketchy, slender, spurn, subtle

•   thin, tiny

•   unlikely, unsubstantial

•   venial

•   wound


•   faintly

•   half

•   lightly

•   moderately

•   part, partly

•   rather

•   sort

•   vaguely


•   lank

•   outside

•   short, spare


•   filthy

•   greasy


•   catapult

•   dart, dash

•   fly

•   pelt, pitch

•   string


•   lurk

•   slither, slope

•   wriggle


•   backslide, berth

•   coupon

•   degenerate, dip

•   ease

•   gaffe

•   impropriety, inaccuracy

•   lapse

•   miss

•   overbalance

•   peccadillo, pop, proof

•   shoot, sink, slink, slope, slump, strip, stumble

•   ticket


•   elusive

•   glib

•   polished, precarious

•   scheming, shady


•   forgetful

•   haphazard, heel

•   inattentive, inefficient

•   jerry-built

•   lax

•   negligent

•   perfunctory

•   remiss

•   shoddy, slack

•   thoughtless

•   unprofessional


•   aperture

•   crevice

•   peephole, puncture

•   slot

•   torn


•   crawl, creep


•   drudgery

•   grub

•   plug


•   battle cry

•   saying

•   war cry, word


•   bank

•   cant

•   decline, descend, dip, drop

•   grade

•   hill

•   sink


•   imprecise, inefficient

•   loose

•   remiss, romantic

•   scruffy, slapdash


•   loophole

•   schedule

•   trace, track


•   lethargy


•   lethargic

•   remiss


•   sprawl


•   dowdy

•   grubby

•   heel

•   messy

•   perfunctory, promiscuous

•   scruffy, seedy, sordid, squalid


•   arrest

•   gentle

•   heavy

•   inapt, indolent

•   lethargic, lifeless, long

•   relent, remiss

•   simple, stolid

•   unintelligent

•   wooden


•   degree

•   hard

•   imperceptibly

•   late, little

•   piecemeal


•   apathetic

•   backward, bovine

•   comatose

•   dilatory, dormant

•   idle

•   languid, lazy

•   rusty

•   slack, sleepy, stagnant, stupid


•   idleness, inactivity

•   laziness

•   sloth


•   rest


•   deterioration, dip

•   falling off, flag, flop

•   nod

•   sprawl, stoop


•   defamation

•   imputation

•   libel

•   reflection

•   slander


•   jade

•   ragbag

•   wanton


•   calculating

•   designing, dry

•   light-fingered

•   politic

•   sharp, shrewd, sneaking, surreptitious

•   tricky


•   bang, bat, buffet

•   clip

•   dash

•   flavour

•   knock

•   lash

•   relish

•   savour, splash

•   taste, thud, thump, tinge, touch

•   zest


•   baby

•   cramped

•   dwarf

•   fine

•   imperceptible

•   light, low

•   marginal, midget

•   niggardly, nominal

•   one-horse, outside

•   pocket, poky, pygmy

•   remote

•   short, slender, stunted

•   weak


•   little

•   narrow

•   parochial, provincial


•   ache, artful

•   bite, brainy

•   crisp

•   dapper, dashing

•   glamorous

•   minute

•   precocious, prick, prickle, prompt

•   rakish

•   simmer, swell

•   tactical, tasteful, tenderness

•   well-groomed


•   ache, artful

•   bite, brainy

•   crisp

•   dapper, dashing

•   glamorous

•   minute

•   precocious, prick, prickle, prompt

•   rakish

•   simmer, swell

•   tactical, tasteful, tenderness

•   well-groomed


•   bash, batter, bump

•   dash

•   fail

•   hit

•   impact

•   knock down, knockout

•   percussion, plough, punch

•   ram

•   slam, squash

•   triumph


•   crash

•   grand

•   stunning


•   handful

•   scattering, snatch

•   tinge, touch


•   abuse, anoint, apply

•   begrime

•   defame, discredit

•   foul

•   lubricate

•   muddy

•   rub

•   shame, slur

•   taint


•   breath

•   savour


•   face

•   snigger


•   besotted

•   crazy

•   fascinated

•   love


•   filthy

•   muddy


•   beardless, buff

•   clear, creamy

•   equalize

•   feline, file, finished, fluid

•   gentle, graceful, greasy, grind

•   hew

•   insidious

•   liquid

•   pacific, patch, plausible

•   quiescent, quiet

•   roll, rub

•   slippery, still, straight, streamlined


•   dexterity

•   facility, flatness

•   mildness


•   asphyxiate

•   deaden

•   kill

•   put out

•   quench


•   ferment

•   glow


•   sanctimonious, satisfied


•   morsel


•   entangle

•   fault, fly

•   hindrance, hold-up, hurdle

•   impediment

•   knob

•   limitation

•   nip

•   obstruction

•   pitfall

•   rub, run

•   stick


•   clasp

•   flip

•   kick

•   photograph, picnic

•   split

•   walkover


•   abrupt

•   brisk

•   crisp

•   ill-humoured

•   liverish

•   peevish

•   salty, sharp

•   terse


•   bait

•   deception

•   entangle, entanglement

•   hook

•   mesh

•   seduction

•   temptation


•   bark

•   foul

•   labyrinth

•   maze

•   perplexity

•   snap

•   twine, twist


•   bark

•   foul

•   labyrinth

•   maze

•   perplexity

•   snap

•   twine, twist


•   bottleneck, bug

•   congestion

•   mix-up


•   abduct

•   catch

•   lay

•   pinch, pounce

•   run away

•   scrap, snap

•   tear, twitch

•   whip

•   yank


•   coward, creep, cringe

•   grovel

•   prowl

•   run

•   wriggle


•   hangdog

•   insidious

•   stealthy


•   barb

•   dig

•   grimace

•   jest

•   pooh-pooh

•   smirk

•   taunt


•   nose

•   scent

•   whiff


•   cackle, chuckle


•   nip

•   prune


•   sob


•   aristocratic

•   exclusive

•   haughty, high

•   proud


•   busybody

•   eavesdrop

•   lurk

•   nose

•   peer, poke

•   snooper


•   intruder


•   rest

•   sleep, slumber


•   blackball, blacklist, brush off, brush-off

•   discourtesy, disregard

•   indignity

•   offence, offend, ostracize

•   shoulder, slap, smack, spurn

•   wither


•   homelike

•   tight


•   huddle


•   alcoholic

•   bath, brew

•   deluge, drinker, drunk, drunkard

•   fleece

•   impregnate

•   overflow

•   souse

•   water


•   dip

•   wet


•   arise

•   glide

•   jet

•   leap, loom

•   rear

•   sail, skim


•   heave

•   moan

•   quaver

•   whimper, whine


•   austere

•   conservative, continent

•   demure

•   judicious

•   matter-of-fact

•   pensive

•   responsible

•   sane, sensible, solid

•   well-balanced


•   austerity


•   nominal

•   quasi-


•   familiarity, fellowship

•   hospitality


•   amiable, amicable

•   expansive

•   forthcoming

•   hospitable


•   dance

•   national


•   elbow

•   hobnob

•   mingle


•   band, body

•   clan, community, country

•   institution

•   lodge

•   nation

•   partnership, public


•   bedraggled

•   damp

•   soaking

•   wet


•   babyish, boggy

•   cowardly, cuddly

•   feminine

•   liquid

•   meek, merciful

•   restrained

•   thin-skinned, tolerant

•   wet


•   blunt, blur, break

•   commute, chasten

•   dissolve, dull

•   humanize

•   liberalize, loosen

•   mellow, mince

•   qualify

•   relent, relieve, remit

•   smooth, solace

•   tame, thaw, touch

•   water down


•   sweeten


•   blacken

•   contaminate

•   discolour

•   mire

•   taint


•   blacken

•   contaminate

•   discolour

•   mire

•   taint


•   appeasement

•   balm, beguile

•   cheer

•   pleasure

•   relieve


•   combatant

•   man


•   bottom

•   lone

•   pad


•   barbarism

•   error

•   misuse


•   but

•   just

•   personally, purely

•   simply

•   wholly


•   austere, awful

•   heavy

•   pensive

•   reverent

•   subdued

•   weighty


•   austerity

•   dignity

•   pomp

•   sobriety, splendour


•   hold

•   immortalize


•   appeal, apply

•   bid

•   collect, court

•   desire, drum up

•   invite, invoke

•   plead, proposition

•   request

•   sue

•   urge

•   whore


•   importunate

•   jealous

•   loving

•   paternal

•   thoughtful


•   fear

•   thought


•   close

•   fat, fine

•   hearty

•   impenetrable, indissoluble

•   massive, monolithic

•   palpable, physical

•   rocky, round

•   secure, stiff, stocky, straight, sure

•   tangible, telling, tenacious, thick, thickset, tough

•   unbreakable


•   condense, consolidate, curdle

•   fix

•   ossify

•   petrify

•   stiffen


•   desert, deserted, dreary

•   forsaken

•   odd, only

•   private

•   separate, stark

•   unique

•   withdrawn


•   desolation

•   secrecy


•   determination, dip

•   fluid

•   idea

•   liquid, lotion

•   remedy


•   do

•   guess

•   puzzle

•   reason, remedy

•   thrash out

•   untangle


•   black, bleak

•   cloudy, cheerless

•   depressing, dingy, dreary

•   lacklustre

•   morbid

•   overcast

•   sullen, sunless


•   figure

•   man

•   party

•   success


•   time


•   fashion

•   hook


•   now

•   on and off, once

•   time


•   inactive

•   lazy, lethargic

•   narcotic


•   jingle

•   poem

•   rhyme


•   by and by

•   directly

•   presently

•   quickly


•   assure

•   coax, comfort, conciliate, console

•   heal

•   lay

•   placate

•   quell, quieten

•   remedy

•   solace, sweeten

•   temper


•   appeasement

•   bland

•   comforting, conciliation

•   dreamy, drowsy

•   gentle

•   healing, hypnotic

•   mild

•   sedative, smooth, soft


•   oracle


•   artistic

•   civilized, cool

•   enlightened, experienced

•   genteel

•   highbrow

•   involved

•   polished

•   thinking

•   well-bred


•   breeding

•   civilization, cultivation, culture

•   enlightenment

•   finish

•   gentility

•   refinement

•   style, subtlety

•   taste


•   evasion

•   pedantry


•   drowsy

•   monotonous

•   tedious


•   maudlin

•   romantic

•   sloppy


•   conjurer


•   devilry

•   fascination


•   abject

•   bestial

•   cheap

•   debased

•   earthly

•   grubby

•   miserable


•   bitter, blister

•   canker

•   gall

•   indignant


•   ache, adversity

•   burden

•   compassion

•   dejection, desperation

•   evil

•   gloom, grievance

•   heart

•   lamentation, languish

•   melancholy

•   penitence

•   remorse, repent, repentance

•   sigh

•   tears


•   brokenhearted

•   contrite, cheerless

•   despondent, downhearted, dreary

•   evil

•   heavy

•   penitent, pensive, plaintive

•   remorseful

•   tragic


•   afraid, ashamed

•   bad

•   disappointing

•   guilty

•   ignominious

•   menial

•   rotten, rueful

•   woeful


•   clear out, chap

•   fashion, fix, form

•   graduate

•   manner, mould

•   pattern, pigeonhole, place

•   range, run

•   screen


•   arrange

•   disentangle

•   fix up

•   hammer out

•   iron out

•   order

•   pick, puzzle

•   right

•   see to, straighten out

•   winnow


•   bosom, breast

•   ghost

•   heart, human

•   marrow

•   temperament


•   able-bodied, advisable, all right, arm

•   bay, blow

•   common-sense, cove, chime

•   durable

•   fast, feel, fiddle, flawless

•   genuine, good

•   hardy, hearty, heavily

•   judicious, justifiable

•   knell

•   lucid

•   measure

•   narrows

•   peal, persuasive, pipe, pitch, practical

•   ring

•   sane, sober, sterling, straits, strong

•   tenable, tight, toll

•   unassailable, undeniable, unharmed

•   watertight, well, well-balanced


•   able-bodied, advisable, all right, arm

•   bay, blow

•   common-sense, cove, chime

•   durable

•   fast, feel, fiddle, flawless

•   genuine, good

•   hardy, hearty, heavily

•   judicious, justifiable

•   knell

•   lucid

•   measure

•   narrows

•   peal, persuasive, pipe, pitch, practical

•   ring

•   sane, sober, sterling, straits, strong

•   tenable, tight, toll

•   unassailable, undeniable, unharmed

•   watertight, well, well-balanced


•   able-bodied, advisable, all right, arm

•   bay, blow

•   common-sense, cove, chime

•   durable

•   fast, feel, fiddle, flawless

•   genuine, good

•   hardy, hearty, heavily

•   judicious, justifiable

•   knell

•   lucid

•   measure

•   narrows

•   peal, persuasive, pipe, pitch, practical

•   ring

•   sane, sober, sterling, straits, strong

•   tenable, tight, toll

•   unassailable, undeniable, unharmed

•   watertight, well, well-balanced


•   approach

•   blare

•   interview


•   dour

•   glum, gruff

•   mean, morose

•   off

•   petulant

•   querulous

•   rotten, rugged

•   stale, sullen

•   turn

•   unfriendly


•   base, birth, bottom

•   citation, cradle

•   fountain, fund

•   genesis, germ

•   head

•   matrix, mine

•   oracle

•   parent, paternity, provider

•   reservoir, resource, root

•   seat, seed, supply

•   text

•   well


•   dip, duck

•   saturate

•   water


•   favour

•   memorial

•   novelty

•   trophy


•   autonomous

•   crown

•   fantastic, first-rate, free

•   great

•   independent

•   lord

•   marvellous

•   powerful, princely

•   sensational, smashing, splendid

•   terrific, top, tremendous

•   wonderful


•   autonomy

•   crown

•   dominion, dynasty

•   empire

•   government

•   independence

•   kingdom

•   liberty

•   monarchy

•   omnipotence

•   power

•   reign

•   self-government


•   pig


•   aperture

•   breadth

•   hiatus

•   jump

•   latitude, length

•   magnitude

•   opening

•   rift

•   slot, stretch

•   term

•   vacancy, vacuum, void

•   way


•   airy

•   big

•   open

•   palatial

•   wide


•   age, arch

•   bestride, breadth

•   couple

•   gauge, go

•   latitude, life, lifetime

•   pair

•   range

•   scope, space, sweep

•   team

•   width


•   lick

•   thrash

•   whip


•   beam, box

•   fight

•   pole

•   quarrel

•   sword

•   tilt


•   angular, austere

•   bare

•   excess, excuse, exempt

•   favour

•   lanky

•   mince, more

•   narrow

•   other

•   pinch, pity

•   reserve

•   save

•   thin


•   convenience


•   abstemious

•   lenient

•   merciful

•   niggardly

•   parsimonious

•   scanty, spare

•   tight


•   arouse

•   enliven

•   germ, grain

•   ray

•   sparkle

•   woo


•   blink

•   effervescence

•   fire, freshness

•   glance, glimmer

•   kick

•   light, lustre

•   polish

•   twinkling

•   verve


•   attack

•   cramp

•   kink

•   outbreak

•   pain, pang, prick

•   qualm, quiver

•   shudder, start

•   twinge


•   broken

•   disjointed

•   uneven


•   burst

•   rain, rash

•   spurt


•   dictate

•   intercede

•   parley

•   read, recite


•   advocate

•   chairman

•   talker


•   advocate

•   promote


•   expression

•   intense

•   meaning, meaningful


•   contact

•   hail

•   see


•   vanguard


•   boon

•   choice

•   de luxe, different

•   express

•   feature

•   good

•   isolated

•   ordinary, outstanding

•   personal, pet, preferential, private, privileged, proper

•   select, speciality

•   unaccustomed


•   physician


•   department, discipline

•   feature, field

•   peculiarity


•   brand

•   caste

•   form

•   nature

•   order


•   antidote

•   certain, circumstantial, concrete, cure

•   detail, detailed

•   fact

•   individual

•   nostrum

•   proper

•   remedy, respective


•   assignment

•   clause

•   designation

•   parameter, provision

•   standard


•   describe

•   fix, formulate

•   instance

•   limit, localize

•   pin down, point out, prescribe, provide

•   set, state


•   case

•   exponent

•   illustration

•   piece


•   apparent, artificial

•   hollow, hypocritical

•   illogical, incorrect

•   made-up

•   ostensible

•   plastic, pretentious

•   seductive, slick, spurious

•   unconvincing, unreliable


•   crumb

•   granule

•   hint

•   lick, little

•   molecule

•   ounce

•   pepper, pinch, point

•   touch


•   piebald


•   cavalcade

•   drama

•   legend

•   pageantry, prodigy, prospect

•   representation

•   spectacular, splendour

•   tableau

•   view, vision


•   fabulous

•   marvellous, meteoric


•   believe, bet

•   guess

•   play

•   suspect

•   wager


•   adventure

•   bet

•   chance

•   dream

•   investment


•   doctrinaire, dreamy

•   experimental

•   metaphysical

•   pure

•   visionary


•   declamation, delivery

•   effusion, elocution, expression

•   monologue

•   phraseology, pronunciation

•   vernacular


•   bewildered

•   flabbergasted

•   overcome

•   petrified

•   surprised


•   accelerate

•   clip, course

•   dash

•   fly, forward

•   lick

•   pelt, promptness

•   run

•   shoot, streak

•   whisk, wing


•   buck up

•   ease

•   facilitate

•   move

•   precipitate

•   rush

•   step up


•   brisk

•   flying

•   meteoric

•   whirlwind


•   attack

•   bit

•   fit, flurry

•   influence, interlude

•   magnetism

•   rapture, run

•   snatch, span

•   witchcraft


•   attack

•   bit

•   fit, flurry

•   influence, interlude

•   magnetism

•   rapture, run

•   snatch, span

•   witchcraft


•   attack

•   bit

•   fit, flurry

•   influence, interlude

•   magnetism

•   rapture, run

•   snatch, span

•   witchcraft


•   besotted

•   infatuated

•   lost


•   define

•   enumerate, expound

•   interpret

•   put across

•   rehearse

•   translate


•   devour

•   finish

•   lead


•   bankrupt, breathless, broken

•   dead, depleted, done

•   effete

•   impoverished

•   jaded

•   lifeless, limp

•   past, puffed

•   tired

•   washed out, weak, worn, worn-out


•   area, arena

•   class

•   earth, element, extent

•   horizon

•   jurisdiction

•   kingdom

•   milieu

•   orbit

•   preserve, profession, purview

•   region, round

•   situation

•   walk, world

•   zone


•   bite

•   flavour

•   pepper

•   season


•   doctor

•   lace

•   pierce, prickle

•   stake

•   thorn


•   blurt out, brim

•   cascade

•   divulge

•   flow

•   leak

•   pour

•   run, run over

•   stream

•   tip


•   bowl

•   dance, dream up

•   flip

•   outing

•   pivot

•   rotation, run

•   swirl

•   weave


•   bristle

•   prickle

•   thorn


•   gruesome


•   meek

•   namby-pamby

•   wet


•   dilate, drag

•   pad

•   slow


•   curl, curve

•   loop

•   twine, twirl

•   wind


•   action

•   being, blood, bogey, bosom, bravery, bravura

•   daring, dash, distillation, divinity

•   exuberance

•   fibre, fight, flavouring, frame

•   gallantry, go, gumption, gut

•   heart, heroism

•   manhood, marrow, mind

•   nerve

•   odour

•   panache, passion, pluck, presence

•   sneak, strain, strength, style

•   verve, vivacity

•   zeal


•   alert, alive, animate

•   breezy

•   dashing

•   enterprising, enthusiastic, exuberant

•   frisky

•   gritty

•   hot-blooded

•   piquant, playful

•   quick

•   racy, rollicking, rousing

•   sanguine, smart, stirring, strenuous, swashbuckling

•   vibrant, vital, vivid

•   warm, warm-blooded

•   zealous


•   bodiless

•   celestial

•   disembodied

•   ecclesiastic

•   inner, interior

•   metaphysical

•   pious, psychic

•   unworldly


•   bristle

•   image

•   match

•   picture

•   run through

•   sizzle, spark, spike

•   transfix


•   cruelty

•   defiance

•   enmity, envy

•   jealousy

•   viciousness


•   acrimonious

•   envious

•   hurtful

•   ill-tempered

•   jaundiced

•   mischievous

•   perverse, petty

•   ugly, unkind

•   vicious, virulent

•   wanton


•   drip

•   gurgle

•   lap

•   pageantry, pool, pour

•   rinse, riot

•   spot


•   petulance


•   capital

•   de luxe, divine

•   effulgent, exquisite

•   gallant, good

•   majestic

•   noble

•   palatial, perfect, proud

•   royal

•   shining, spectacular


•   finery, fire

•   gleam, glitter, glow

•   luxury

•   pageantry

•   state


•   twine


•   break, break off

•   crack, crash

•   dash


•   bisect

•   crevice, cut

•   disjointed

•   flaw, flee, forked, fracture, fragment

•   gash, gulf

•   hew, hole

•   leaky

•   opening

•   parting

•   share, shatter, spill

•   take off, torn, tracks

•   vent

•   wedge


•   fragment

•   parcel, partition

•   resolve

•   separated


•   abuse

•   blight, blot, botch, bungle, butcher

•   corrupt, cripple

•   dash, deform, deteriorate, devastate, dirty, dish, disrupt

•   erode

•   favour, fluff, fumble

•   humour, hurt

•   leavings

•   mangle, mother, muck, muck up, muddle, murder, mutilate

•   overshadow

•   pet, pillage, plunder, pollute, prejudice

•   queer

•   ravage

•   sack, strip

•   taint

•   waste


•   vocal


•   boggy

•   marshy

•   open

•   soft

•   yielding


•   connection

•   defender

•   supporter

•   underwrite


•   automatic

•   cuff

•   gratuitous, gut

•   impetuous, improvised, intuitive, involuntary

•   unasked, uninhibited, unprepared, unsolicited


•   cuff

•   impetuously

•   naturally


•   few, fitful

•   rare


•   festivity, flirting, freak, frisk

•   joke

•   lark

•   mock, model

•   variant

•   whim


•   atom

•   bind, blur

•   corner

•   defect, dilemma, discover, disfigurement, drop

•   find, fix

•   gathering, glimpse

•   hole

•   jam

•   lump

•   notice

•   patch, perceive, pickle, pinpoint

•   quarter

•   random, resort

•   scrape, spy, stud

•   touch, trifle


•   blank

•   guiltless

•   perfect

•   undefiled

•   virtuous


•   focus

•   publicize


•   piebald

•   unclean


•   man

•   woman


•   address

•   blurt out, burst

•   drone

•   eject

•   fountain

•   harangue

•   jaw

•   lecture

•   outflow

•   patter, pour

•   run

•   speak

•   tap

•   well


•   crash

•   founder

•   lie

•   recline


•   bouquet, bunch

•   dust

•   foam, fountain

•   jet

•   mist

•   overflow

•   splash, spout

•   twig

•   water, wet


•   bouquet, bunch

•   dust

•   foam, fountain

•   jet

•   mist

•   overflow

•   splash, spout

•   twig

•   water, wet


•   belly, breadth

•   circulation, coat, communicate, corporation

•   dinner, disperse, diverge, dust

•   epidemic, extension

•   fatten, feed

•   go, grow

•   inflation

•   latitude

•   paunch, plaster, popularize, propagation

•   relay, roll, rub, run

•   scale, slap, splash, straggle

•   table

•   wide-open, wild


•   bout

•   escapade

•   frolic

•   jamboree

•   lark

•   revelry


•   alive

•   breezy

•   debonair

•   exuberant

•   fresh

•   jolly

•   light

•   quick

•   rollicking

•   volatile


•   begin, bolt

•   caper, cradle

•   dart, dash, dive

•   flow, follow, fountain

•   gambol

•   jet

•   lunge

•   pounce, prance, prime

•   result, rise

•   shoot, sprout

•   trip

•   vegetate


•   dabble, dot, drip, drizzle

•   punctuate

•   rain

•   splash, sprinkling, stud

•   water, wet


•   baptism

•   tinge


•   bolt

•   flash, fly

•   gallop

•   hasten

•   run, rush

•   scurry, speed, streak


•   bogey


•   bloom

•   germ, graft

•   mushroom

•   offshoot

•   runner


•   crisp

•   immaculate

•   jaunty

•   taut, tidy


•   alive

•   dapper

•   fresh

•   lively

•   youthful


•   abet, accelerate, actuate, arouse

•   barb, breakwater

•   carry

•   egg on, encourage, exhort

•   galvanize

•   herd

•   inspiration, inspire, instigate, instigator

•   limb

•   motivation

•   needle

•   pique, point, prickle, prominence, push

•   spine, stir

•   whip, work up


•   affected, apocryphal, assumed

•   base, bastard

•   deceptive

•   erroneous

•   fictitious, fraudulent

•   hypocritical

•   illegitimate, illogical

•   misleading

•   phoney, plastic

•   unfounded, untrue


•   boycott, brush off

•   cut

•   defy, disapprove, dismiss

•   flout

•   kick

•   look down on

•   neglect

•   pooh-pooh

•   refuse, renounce

•   turn down


•   bleed, boom

•   dash

•   escape

•   flow, flurry

•   outpouring

•   run

•   spout

•   well


•   bug

•   eavesdrop

•   peek, peep, peer

•   scout, snoop

•   undercover

•   watcher


•   prying


•   controversy

•   feud, fuss

•   haggle, hassle

•   misunderstanding

•   words


•   brigade

•   corps

•   detachment, detail

•   knot

•   outfit

•   party, platoon


•   grubby

•   mangy, mean, miserable

•   scruffy


•   abjectness

•   misery

•   nastiness


•   exhaust

•   fritter (away)

•   go through

•   lose

•   use up

•   wanton


•   block, buy

•   coincide, consort, court

•   equalize, equate, even

•   filling, flush

•   hearty

•   out, outmoded

•   palm, pay back, precisely

•   rectify, redress, repair, repay

•   time

•   unfashionable


•   deflate

•   slap down, squeeze

•   telescope, trample, tread


•   croak


•   creak

•   scrape

•   talk


•   creak

•   inform

•   spill, split, squeak

•   talk


•   fussy

•   gingerly

•   spineless


•   blackmail

•   clinch, compel

•   ease, exact, extract

•   knead

•   push

•   screw

•   tighten, tweak


•   courtier

•   page


•   creep

•   thrash, twitch


•   assay

•   bash, bid

•   crack

•   drive

•   effort

•   fling

•   go

•   kink

•   lunge

•   penetrate, poke

•   shot

•   trial

•   wring


•   aplomb

•   balance, ballast

•   endurance, equilibrium

•   immobility

•   plateau

•   responsibility

•   sanity, solidarity


•   certain

•   earnest, equable, even

•   immobile

•   level

•   responsible

•   solid

•   temperate, together


•   accumulation

•   bank, build-up, bunch, bundle

•   hill

•   keep


•   baton

•   entourage

•   man

•   stick

•   train, truncheon


•   arena

•   chapter

•   date, degree

•   era

•   floor

•   grade

•   moment

•   page, pass, plateau, platform, podium, process

•   represent, rostrum, round

•   scene, stand, stop

•   time


•   bedazzle, boggle

•   daze

•   founder

•   jolt

•   pitch, plough

•   rock, roll

•   stumble

•   wallow


•   dead

•   moribund

•   slow, static


•   earnest

•   stodgy, stuffy


•   begrime, blur, brand

•   daub, dirt, disfigurement, dull

•   finish, foul

•   imperfection

•   mar

•   paint, pigment, pollute

•   shade, smear, speck

•   wash


•   bar

•   dare, deposit

•   fund

•   lay

•   pawn, punt


•   bar

•   dare, deposit

•   fund

•   lay

•   pawn, punt


•   airless

•   barren, boring

•   close, corny

•   dead

•   form, frowsty

•   mawkish, moth-eaten, mouldy

•   out of date, outworn

•   prosaic

•   rancid, rank, rusty

•   stuffy

•   tired

•   uninspired


•   prance, prowl

•   stem, storm

•   trace, trail, trunk


•   constant, courageous

•   determined

•   fast, firm

•   hardy

•   manful, mighty

•   partisan, powerful

•   resolute

•   steadfast

•   tough

•   unflinching, upstanding


•   backbone

•   endurance

•   fibre

•   muscle

•   perseverance, persistence

•   tolerance

•   vitality


•   halt


•   badge

•   class, clump, colours, complexion, characterize

•   etch

•   flavour

•   impression

•   make, make-up, mint, model

•   punch

•   school, seal, storm, stump

•   temperament, tramp, tread


•   abolish


•   act

•   pose


•   accept, afford

•   be

•   carry, contention

•   dispose

•   get up

•   kiosk

•   lump

•   pedestal, prop, put up

•   rally, run

•   side, stick

•   treat


•   acceptable, all right, archetype

•   common, conventional, correct

•   degree

•   habitual

•   ideal

•   law, level

•   mark, mean

•   ordinary, original

•   paragon, pole, post, precedent, prototype

•   rate, regulation, routine

•   sterling


•   acceptable, all right, archetype

•   common, conventional, correct

•   degree

•   habitual

•   ideal

•   law, level

•   mark, mean

•   ordinary, original

•   paragon, pole, post, precedent, prototype

•   rate, regulation, routine

•   sterling


•   equalize


•   abide by, adhere

•   back up

•   help

•   maintain


•   countenance

•   express

•   put up


•   act for

•   cover

•   deputize

•   relieve

•   substitute


•   acceptance, account, attitude

•   consequence

•   degree, dignity

•   estate, existent

•   face

•   importance

•   level

•   mark, motionless

•   operative

•   prestige, prominence

•   quality

•   rating

•   stagnant, stationary

•   terms


•   bulge, bulk

•   impression

•   protrude

•   shine, show up, silhouette


•   outlook

•   posture

•   side, stand


•   assert

•   espouse

•   stick


•   ace

•   centrepiece

•   decoration

•   feature, fortune

•   hero

•   light, lion

•   personality, prima donna

•   queen

•   shine, somebody, success

•   wizard, world


•   leer

•   regard

•   wonder


•   mere

•   naked

•   rugged

•   stark-naked, strong

•   unvarnished


•   break out, brew, broach, build

•   cringe

•   dart, develop

•   embark, enter, entrance

•   first

•   genesis

•   head

•   infancy

•   jolt

•   move

•   origin

•   pick, preliminary, prelude, prime, propel

•   raise

•   scare, seed, sendoff, spark, spring, surprise

•   take up, threshold, turn

•   weave, wince


•   boggle, bowl over

•   confound

•   daze, disturb, dumbfound

•   electrify

•   galvanize

•   jolt

•   panic

•   rouse


•   disturbing, dramatic

•   hair-raising

•   lurid

•   prodigious

•   rude

•   sensational

•   wonderful


•   empty


•   allege

•   community, confusion

•   disarray

•   enunciate, estate

•   fluster, flutter, footing, frame

•   hash, health

•   intimate

•   lather

•   maintain, mention, mess

•   national

•   observe

•   pageantry, phase, pose, posture, predicate, profess, provide, public

•   remark, repair

•   secular, speak, spin, submit

•   tell, testify, trim

•   way, word


•   allege

•   community, confusion

•   disarray

•   enunciate, estate

•   fluster, flutter, footing, frame

•   hash, health

•   intimate

•   lather

•   maintain, mention, mess

•   national

•   observe

•   pageantry, phase, pose, posture, predicate, profess, provide, public

•   remark, repair

•   secular, speak, spin, submit

•   tell, testify, trim

•   way, word


•   ceremonial, courtly

•   gallant, grandiose

•   handsome

•   lordly

•   magnificent

•   palatial, princely, proud


•   affirmation, allegation, assertion, authority

•   balance sheet, bill, bulletin

•   comment

•   expression

•   memorial

•   narrative, news, notification

•   profession, pronouncement

•   remark, representation, return

•   showing

•   theorem, thesis, thing


•   lifeless


•   billet

•   caste, circumstances

•   degree, department, deploy, destination, dignity

•   emplacement, estate

•   farm, fort

•   installation

•   office

•   park, pitch, point

•   quarter, quarters

•   standpoint, stop

•   terminal, terminus


•   changeless

•   firm

•   idle, immobile, immovable

•   still


•   caste, circumstances, class, credit

•   dignity

•   estate

•   face, footing

•   importance

•   level

•   order

•   place

•   quality

•   rate, rating

•   situation, station

•   terms

•   way


•   adjournment

•   be, bolster, brace, buttress

•   cease

•   dwell

•   endure

•   go on

•   interrupt

•   keep at

•   live

•   moratorium

•   prop

•   reinforcement, residence, respite, rest

•   stem, stick, support

•   truce, truss


•   abiding

•   changeless

•   determined, devoted, dogged

•   enduring

•   gritty

•   hard-core

•   implicit, indomitable, inflexible

•   obstinate

•   permanent, persistent

•   secure, strong, sturdy

•   tenacious, trustworthy

•   unalterable, uncompromising, unchangeable, unfailing, unhesitating, unmoved, unshakable, unyielding


•   assiduous

•   boyfriend

•   certain, changeless

•   date, dogged

•   earnest, enduring, even-tempered

•   gradual

•   industrious, intent

•   level

•   moderate

•   restrained, rocky

•   smooth, sure, sustained, sweetheart

•   true, trusty

•   unflinching, unmoved, unswerving, untiring, untroubled


•   abstract

•   bargain, borrow

•   crib

•   edge

•   fleece

•   kidnap, knock off

•   make away, make off

•   nobble

•   plunder, pocket, prowl, pussyfoot

•   run away, run off

•   slope, snip, spirit


•   burglary

•   dishonesty

•   light-fingered

•   piracy


•   feline

•   insidious

•   sneak


•   arduous

•   bathe, brew

•   costly

•   dizzy, drench

•   expensive, extravagant

•   immoderate, impregnate

•   mountainous

•   outrageous

•   pickle, precipice, prohibitive

•   saturate, soak, souse, suffuse

•   tall

•   wet


•   drive

•   ease

•   head

•   lead

•   manage, manipulate, manoeuvre

•   navigate

•   route

•   sail, shepherd

•   usher


•   beak, bow

•   ensue

•   grow

•   halt

•   proceed, prow

•   result, root, runner

•   shaft, spring


•   beak, bow

•   ensue

•   grow

•   halt

•   proceed, prow

•   result, root, runner

•   shaft, spring


•   grade

•   hop

•   ledge

•   march

•   notch

•   stagger


•   interpose

•   mediate


•   hasten


•   cliché

•   platitude

•   ritual


•   arid

•   clean

•   dead

•   effete

•   futile

•   hygienic

•   impoverished, infertile, inhospitable

•   lifeless

•   poor, pure


•   admirable

•   capital

•   exemplary

•   splendid


•   ascetic

•   back

•   exacting, extreme

•   rear, rugged, ruthless

•   spartan

•   tight, tough


•   attack

•   bar, bayonet, bog down, broadside

•   censure, club, cudgel

•   disapproval

•   gum

•   hang

•   keep at, knock

•   pop, prickle

•   root, run through

•   spike

•   tape

•   wash


•   attack

•   bar, bayonet, bog down, broadside

•   censure, club, cudgel

•   disapproval

•   gum

•   hang

•   keep at, knock

•   pop, prickle

•   root, run through

•   spike

•   tape

•   wash


•   continue


•   adherent

•   gelatinous

•   sweaty

•   tight


•   adamant, affected

•   bilk, body

•   corpse, costly, cheat

•   deceive, defraud, distant, do

•   erect, expensive

•   fleece, fool, frigid

•   gruelling

•   have, high

•   immobile, intoxicated

•   lifeless

•   precise, puritanical

•   rob, rook

•   steep, sting, strained, swindle

•   take, take in, trick

•   undemonstrative

•   wiry


•   fix, fortify, freeze

•   gum

•   ossify

•   strengthen

•   tighten


•   contain, cushion

•   damp, deaden, drown

•   gag, gulp

•   kill

•   muzzle

•   quell, quench, quieten

•   throttle


•   becalmed

•   compose

•   dead

•   ease, even

•   gag

•   halcyon

•   immobile

•   kill

•   lay

•   peaceable

•   quiescent, quietness

•   rest

•   same, soften, stagnant, static

•   though


•   brittle

•   mannered

•   ponderous

•   stuffy

•   theatrical


•   drug

•   incentive


•   accelerate, activate, actuate, agitate, awake, awaken

•   challenge

•   electrify, embolden, enliven, evoke, exalt, excite

•   foster

•   galvanize, get

•   heat

•   inspire, intoxicate, invigorate

•   jog

•   kindle

•   leaven

•   motivate, move

•   pique, promote

•   refresh

•   spark, stir

•   thrill

•   warm


•   bracing, brisk

•   colourful, creative

•   electric, encouraging, erotic

•   heady

•   interesting, intoxicating

•   lively

•   moving

•   piquant

•   racy, refreshing

•   scintillating

•   thrilling


•   excitement

•   force

•   impetus, impulse, inspiration

•   motivation, motive

•   prod, prompt

•   shot


•   bite, bruise

•   cut

•   deceit, deceive

•   edge

•   fiddle, fraud

•   goad

•   needle

•   pang, pierce, prick, prickle, profiteer

•   rook

•   shaft

•   trick


•   allocation, allotment, allowance

•   bout

•   engagement

•   grudge

•   job

•   pinch

•   scrape, skimp

•   work


•   assign

•   bargain

•   designate

•   prescribe, provide

•   undertake


•   assignment

•   bargain

•   compact, convention, covenant

•   if

•   order

•   reservation


•   activate, actuate

•   embolden

•   furore

•   galvanize, get

•   heat, hum

•   impress

•   jail, jog

•   liven

•   motivate

•   paddle, pierce, pique, prison

•   ruffle

•   send, sensation, spark, splash, storm

•   turmoil

•   wag, wake, waken, warm, wave, whet, whip, whirl, work


•   about, active, agitation

•   busy

•   electric, eloquent, emotional, enterprising

•   impressive

•   move, movement

•   touching

•   vivid


•   accumulation, antecedents, arsenal

•   backlog, bank, birth, butt

•   carry, common

•   deal

•   everyday

•   familiar, flesh

•   gathering, genealogy

•   kin

•   liquor

•   mine

•   origin, outfit

•   platitudinous, popular, post, premium, progeny

•   stem

•   threadbare, tired, tribe, truck, trunk, typical

•   uninspired


•   beefy, burly

•   husky


•   ponderous


•   apathetic

•   patient, philosophical


•   apathy

•   philosophy


•   dense

•   immobile

•   phlegmatic

•   stoical

•   thick-skinned

•   undemonstrative


•   inside

•   liking

•   palate, pocket, put up

•   stand, stick, support

•   wear


•   cold, chill

•   hardhearted

•   impecunious, inexpressive

•   rocky, rough


•   cringe

•   demean

•   lower

•   submit, swoop


•   abide, abstain

•   barrier, brake, break down, break up

•   choke

•   day, delay, detain, deter, die, drop in (on), drop out, dwell

•   embargo, end up, expire

•   field, fill, foil, forbear, freeze

•   give up

•   hang on, head off, hold, hold up

•   immobilize, inhibit, interlude, intermission, interruption

•   kick, kill

•   lapse, lay off, leave, let up, lift, linger

•   obstruction

•   pack up, point, preclude, prohibit

•   quieten

•   remit

•   short, stand, stick, stifle, stump, suppress

•   tackle, thwart, turn off


•   apology

•   expediency, expedient

•   interim


•   ban, block, blockade, breakdown

•   delay, disconnection, disruption

•   embargo

•   failure

•   hitch, hold-up

•   interlude, intermission

•   paralysis, pause, prevention

•   stop

•   walkout


•   arsenal

•   bank, build-up

•   collection

•   embalm

•   fill, furnish

•   heap, house

•   magazine

•   nest egg

•   pack, pack up, pile, premium, preserve

•   regard

•   savings, stick

•   treasury


•   barrage, blaze, boil

•   fireworks

•   hail

•   rampage

•   seethe

•   tantrum, turbulence, typhoon


•   disorderly

•   explosive

•   fierce, furious

•   heated, heavy, hot

•   passionate

•   tumultuous

•   warm


•   allegory, argument

•   dispatch

•   fable

•   invention

•   life

•   myth

•   parable, plot

•   rumour

•   wheeze


•   chubby

•   hard-wearing

•   manful, mighty

•   podgy

•   well-fed


•   drag

•   maunder

•   sprawl, string

•   wild


•   aboveboard

•   bald, bang

•   due

•   face, fair-and-square, flat

•   incorruptible

•   line

•   regular

•   shoulder, smack

•   together, transparent, truthful

•   unequivocal


•   forthwith

•   hastily

•   right


•   align

•   dress

•   line up

•   right

•   tidy

•   unfold


•   iron out

•   organize

•   unravel, untangle


•   aboveboard, artless

•   bald, blunt, broad

•   conscientious

•   downright

•   explicit

•   frank

•   level

•   obvious, outright

•   plain, plain-spoken

•   robust, round

•   square, straight

•   transparent, trusty

•   unaffected, unguarded, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, upright


•   bear down, birth, bother, breed, brunt

•   carol, colours, chorus

•   difficulty, drain

•   exhaust

•   flog

•   genealogy

•   intensity

•   leach, line

•   nerves

•   ooze, overcharge, overload

•   press

•   rack

•   sweat

•   task, tense, thread, try, type

•   variety

•   weight


•   bear down, birth, bother, breed, brunt

•   carol, colours, chorus

•   difficulty, drain

•   exhaust

•   flog

•   genealogy

•   intensity

•   leach, line

•   nerves

•   ooze, overcharge, overload

•   press

•   rack

•   sweat

•   task, tense, thread, try, type

•   variety

•   weight


•   contrived

•   drawn

•   far-fetched

•   harassed, high-sounding

•   intense

•   taut


•   austere

•   demure

•   hidebound

•   puritan

•   severe, square, squeamish, stuffy


•   beach

•   coast

•   desert

•   flat

•   line

•   maroon

•   shore

•   wreck


•   becalmed

•   high


•   cranky, crazy

•   different

•   eerie, extraneous

•   grotesque

•   inexplicable

•   kinky

•   mysterious

•   offbeat, outlandish

•   quaint

•   uncharted, unearthly, unnatural, unusual


•   outsider


•   band, brace


•   contrivance, coup, craft

•   deceit, deception

•   expediency, expedient

•   finesse

•   game, gimmick

•   imposition

•   move

•   policy

•   shift

•   tactic, trap


•   device

•   game

•   tactic

•   warfare


•   aimless

•   backslide

•   depart

•   foundling

•   gad (about or around)

•   maunder

•   swerve

•   waif, wild


•   beam

•   discolour

•   mark

•   run

•   shaft, shoot, suspicion


•   barrage, beam, blow

•   crowd

•   effusion

•   jet

•   pile

•   rain

•   shower, swarm

•   trail, trickle, troop

•   wave, well


•   high-speed

•   trim


•   way


•   arm, authority, authorization

•   beef

•   calibre, capacity, character

•   depth

•   effect, emphasis, endurance

•   fibre, fitness, forte, fullness

•   greatness

•   kick

•   magnitude, main, manhood, momentum

•   pith

•   stability

•   tenacity, tone

•   validity, vitality


•   amplify, arm

•   boom, build

•   comfort

•   deepen

•   embolden

•   feed

•   prepare

•   quicken

•   raise, recruit

•   set up

•   temper


•   ambitious

•   backbreaking, busy

•   difficult

•   gruelling

•   murderous

•   painstaking, punishing

•   rugged

•   tiring


•   assert

•   brunt

•   care

•   effort, exigency

•   highlight

•   impress, insistence

•   nerves

•   pinch, play up, pronounce, pronunciation, punctuate

•   rack, reinforce

•   tone, try


•   amplify

•   belt, bout, broaden

•   compass

•   dilate, draw

•   effort, enlarge, exertion

•   go, grow

•   horizon

•   leg, length, liberalize

•   pad, patch, prolong

•   range

•   sheet, span, string

•   tax, tense, trend

•   way, widen


•   conscientious, correct

•   dour

•   exacting, extreme

•   formal

•   hard, hard and fast, hypercritical

•   inflexible

•   literal

•   nice

•   punctilious, punctual, puritan, puritanical

•   set, spartan, stiff, strait-laced

•   tight, tough

•   unbending, uncompromising


•   blatant

•   high

•   loud

•   noisy

•   vocal


•   competition

•   difference, disagreement, dispute

•   faction, feud

•   riot

•   storm

•   trouble, tumult, turmoil

•   unrest

•   variance

•   war


•   act

•   bash, bat, blitz, bludgeon, bump

•   club, chime

•   dawn, deliver

•   flick

•   impact, impinge

•   knock about

•   lash, lather

•   mint

•   overtake

•   peck, pelt, pierce, pounce

•   ram, run down, run over

•   shell, slog, splash

•   tap, toll

•   walkout


•   arresting, astounding, awe-inspiring

•   bold, breathtaking

•   distinguished, dramatic

•   effective, emphatic, exotic, expressive, exquisite

•   fine

•   grand, graphic

•   imposing

•   magnificent, marked

•   notable

•   ordinary

•   pictorial, picturesque, powerful, prepossessing, prodigious, prominent, pronounced

•   remarkable

•   salient, signal, speaking, spectacular

•   telling

•   unforgettable

•   vivid


•   column

•   filament

•   lace

•   progression

•   range, run

•   tie, train


•   austere

•   hard and fast, harsh

•   pungent

•   spartan, stiff


•   proviso


•   bark, bed, bereave

•   rifle

•   streak

•   tape


•   bark, bed, bereave

•   rifle

•   streak

•   tape


•   kid


•   aim

•   battle

•   combat, conflict, contest

•   encounter, exert

•   scramble, seek, shoulder

•   war, wrestle


•   act, action

•   bang, box, brush

•   coup, cut

•   disaster

•   feel

•   impact

•   knead

•   lash, lick, line, luck

•   piece, pulse

•   streak, sweep, swing

•   tick, touch


•   jaunt

•   leg, loiter

•   meander

•   range, roam


•   able, able-bodied, alcoholic

•   emphatic, energetic, expressive

•   fiddle, forcible, full-bodied

•   hard, hearty, hefty, high

•   impregnable, iron

•   living

•   manful, manly, masculine, mighty

•   passionate, penetrating, pronounced, proof

•   racy, reckon, resistant, rich, rugged

•   solid, stable, stiff, strenuous

•   thick, thickset, trusty

•   unbreakable, uncontrollable, unchangeable, upstanding

•   vigorous, vivid

•   well, whole, wicked, wiry


•   fortification

•   garrison

•   rampart

•   tower


•   decisive

•   obstinate


•   anatomy, apparatus, architecture

•   build

•   complex, composition, constitution

•   establishment

•   frame, framework

•   machine, machinery, mechanism, method, mould

•   network

•   order, organ, organism

•   physique

•   rack

•   setup, shell, skeleton, system

•   texture, tissue


•   bout

•   competition, contention, cope

•   duel

•   endeavour, exert

•   flounder

•   hassle

•   resistance, rivalry, rough-and-tumble

•   scrape, slog

•   trouble, try

•   war, warfare, writhe


•   boast, brace, buttress

•   crow

•   march

•   promenade

•   truss


•   heel

•   receipt, remainder

•   tally


•   adamant, awkward

•   hard

•   intransigent

•   pertinacious, perverse, positive

•   resolute

•   set, single-minded, sullen

•   tough

•   uncompromising, unregenerate

•   wayward


•   aground

•   becalmed

•   immovable

•   loss

•   puzzled

•   trapped

•   wits


•   boss

•   knob

•   pepper, philanderer


•   academic

•   beginner

•   protégé

•   tyro


•   affected

•   elaborate

•   laboured

•   unnatural


•   analytic


•   anatomize, anatomy, apply

•   brush up

•   canvass, composition, cultivation, check

•   deliberation, den, digest, dissect, drawing

•   enquiry, exploration, eye

•   go over

•   likeness, look

•   meditation, mull

•   observation, observe

•   paper, piece, pore, practice, practise, preparation, probe, profile, puzzle

•   reflection, rehearse, revise, revolve

•   traverse, treatise

•   weigh


•   bolt

•   compact

•   devour, drivel

•   fatten, feast

•   glut, goods

•   marijuana

•   overeat

•   plug, press

•   stick, surfeit

•   thing, tissue, truck, trumpery

•   wares, wolf


•   filling

•   pad, padding


•   prudish, puritanical

•   square


•   blunder

•   founder

•   halt

•   totter, tumble

•   wallow


•   bamboozle

•   elude, escape

•   floor

•   get

•   heel

•   leg, log

•   stub

•   tramp


•   awe

•   baffle, bedazzle, bowl over

•   jolt

•   numb

•   paralyse, petrify

•   rock

•   surprise

•   transfix


•   aghast, awe-stricken

•   bemused, bewildered

•   groggy

•   petrified

•   senseless, silly, stupid

•   thunderstruck

•   unconscious


•   arresting, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring

•   breathtaking

•   overwhelming

•   stupendous


•   caper, coup

•   device, dwarf

•   escapade

•   gimmick

•   wheeze, wrinkle


•   low

•   puny, pygmy


•   numbness

•   perplexity

•   shock, surprise


•   astonish

•   dazzle, dope, drug, dull

•   fog

•   infatuate, intoxicate

•   muddle

•   paralyse, petrify


•   great

•   immense, infinite

•   mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental

•   smashing, superhuman

•   terrific


•   absurd

•   backward, balmy, barmy, bovine, bull-headed

•   crass

•   fatuous, feeble-minded, foggy

•   heavy

•   imbecile, inapt, insane, insensible, insipid

•   oafish

•   pig-headed

•   ridiculous

•   silly, simpleton

•   thoughtless

•   unreasonable, unwise, useless

•   wooden


•   credulity

•   density

•   insanity

•   nonsense

•   tomfoolery


•   able-bodied

•   beefy, burly

•   healthy

•   mighty

•   rugged

•   sound, stable, stocky, stout, strong

•   tough

•   upstanding


•   air, architecture, artistry

•   cast

•   denomination

•   execution

•   flavour

•   idiom

•   language, lines

•   make, model, mould

•   nature, neatness

•   state

•   title, touch, turn

•   version


•   aristocratic, artistic

•   dashing

•   elegant

•   fine

•   genteel

•   minute

•   neat

•   sharp, swell

•   tasteful

•   up-to-date


•   deep-rooted

•   psyche, psychological

•   unconscious


•   appease

•   beat, bend, bow, bridle

•   curb, chasten

•   daunt, down

•   flatten

•   govern

•   humiliate

•   intimidate

•   lull

•   mitigate, mortify, mute

•   oppress, overthrow

•   quash, quieten

•   reduce, restrain

•   silence, still

•   tread, triumph

•   worst


•   austere

•   broken

•   constrained

•   delicate, demoralized, dull

•   faint

•   inhibited

•   low

•   mortified, muffled

•   resigned

•   submissive

•   tame


•   accessible, argument

•   below, butt

•   discipline

•   head, henpecked

•   man, model

•   oppressed

•   plot, powerless, predisposed, put

•   responsible

•   text, thesis


•   arbitrary

•   internal, introspective

•   metaphysical

•   psychological


•   celestial

•   dazzling

•   heavenly, holy

•   perfect

•   refined

•   seraphic, splendid

•   unearthly


•   bury

•   cover

•   dive

•   founder

•   go down, go under

•   lower


•   acceptance

•   bid

•   endurance

•   humiliation

•   motion

•   offer

•   patience

•   subordination

•   tender, testimony


•   easy

•   manageable

•   observant

•   reverent

•   slavish, spineless, subject

•   tame


•   bid, bring up

•   come up with, condescend

•   enter

•   go down

•   introduce

•   lay, lodge

•   nominate

•   obey, offer

•   pose, prostrate, put up

•   reconcile, render, resign, return

•   subject, support

•   turn in


•   accessory

•   below

•   deputy

•   incidental

•   less, lowly

•   man, mate, minister

•   petty

•   satellite, side


•   domination


•   assent

•   sign

•   underwrite


•   future

•   next

•   second

•   unborn


•   after

•   behind

•   next


•   blow over

•   die, dip

•   fall

•   lull

•   set

•   taper

•   way, wear off


•   collapse

•   wane


•   helper

•   incidental, indirect, inferior, instrumental

•   side


•   aid

•   back

•   keep

•   set up


•   backing

•   tribute


•   feed

•   get by


•   bread

•   diet

•   meat


•   article

•   being, bottom, bulk

•   content

•   fibre

•   importance

•   kernel, keynote

•   marrow, meat, moment

•   nitty-gritty

•   riches

•   sense, spirit

•   thing

•   validity

•   weight


•   appreciable

•   bodily

•   capacious, concrete

•   dense

•   filling

•   good

•   hearty

•   monolithic, much

•   palpable, physical

•   respectable, round

•   steady, sterling, stodgy

•   tangible, thick


•   amply

•   considerably

•   essence

•   mainly

•   well


•   back up

•   document

•   justify

•   strengthen


•   alternate, apology, auxiliary

•   cover

•   dummy, duty

•   excuse, expediency

•   fill in

•   transpose

•   understudy


•   imitation


•   bluff

•   camouflage, craft

•   deceit

•   loophole

•   scheme

•   trap

•   wile


•   abstract, abstruse, acute

•   canny

•   diplomatic, discerning

•   elusive

•   fine

•   hairsplitting

•   imperceptible, insidious

•   politic

•   sharp, subdued

•   tactful, tricky


•   craft

•   diplomacy

•   niceness

•   quibble


•   take


•   disloyal

•   mutinous

•   revolutionary

•   treasonable


•   abolish

•   mine

•   overthrow

•   undo


•   bloom, boom, bring off

•   click, come through, conquer, contrive

•   displace

•   get, get ahead, get on, go far, grade, grow

•   intervene

•   make, make out, manage, mark

•   pass, pay off, prevail, pull off

•   take

•   win, work out


•   after

•   consecutive

•   incoming

•   move

•   second


•   effectiveness, efficacy

•   growth

•   killing, knockout

•   palm

•   victory

•   welfare, win


•   golden

•   happy

•   prevalent

•   triumphant

•   well-off, winning


•   happily


•   continuity

•   queue

•   rash, rotation, round

•   string

•   turn

•   whirl


•   consequent

•   gradual

•   straight, subsequent

•   unbroken


•   crisp, curt

•   sententious, short


•   abet

•   consolation

•   encouragement

•   favour, further

•   serve, strength


•   appetizing


•   bow

•   crack

•   flag

•   obey

•   resign

•   sink


•   pigeon


•   acute

•   dramatic

•   impatient

•   meteoric

•   precipitate, precipitous

•   rude

•   sharp, snap, startling


•   bang

•   sharp, short

•   unawares


•   appeal, apply, ask

•   court

•   litigate

•   pray, press


•   abide, accept

•   bear up, bear with, bleed, brave

•   carry, come in for

•   have

•   labour, languish, lump

•   meet

•   pass, pay, penance, put up

•   receive

•   stand, stand for, stomach, sweat

•   take

•   weather, withstand


•   ache, adversity

•   cost

•   damage

•   evil

•   grief

•   hell, hurt

•   ill

•   oppression

•   rack, rigour

•   trial, tribulation, trouble

•   woe


•   pass


•   commensurate

•   decent, due

•   fill, full

•   good

•   scratch


•   charge

•   fill, flush

•   impregnate, inform

•   leaven

•   penetrate

•   redden

•   saturate

•   tinge


•   adumbrate, advance, argue

•   betoken, broach

•   call for, come up with

•   drive at

•   get at

•   introduce

•   jog

•   likely

•   mean, moot

•   nominate

•   offer

•   partake, predicate, present, promise, propound

•   raise, rough

•   savour, say, signify, spell, submit

•   table, tender, tip

•   volunteer, vote


•   adumbration, advice, allusion

•   clue, counsel, cue

•   dash

•   echo

•   flavour

•   ghost, gleam, glimmer

•   idea, implication, inkling, innuendo

•   lead

•   nomination

•   offer, overtone

•   pass, pointer, prompting

•   rough

•   shade, shadow, sign, strain

•   tender, tinge, tint, tip, touch

•   undercurrent, undertone

•   wind


•   eloquent, erotic

•   filthy, fruity

•   juicy

•   meaning, meaningful

•   obscene

•   pregnant

•   sexy, significant, symptomatic

•   vulgar


•   accord, application, apply

•   blend

•   conform, court

•   flatter

•   gear, go

•   livery

•   mean

•   pass, plea, process

•   serve, square, supplication

•   tone

•   uniform


•   adequacy, advisability, aptitude

•   competence, convenience

•   expediency

•   harmony

•   qualification


•   adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, apropos

•   compatible, competent, congenial

•   decent, decorous, deserved

•   eligible, equal, expedient

•   favourable, fine, fitted

•   germane, good

•   just

•   likely

•   order

•   point, presentable

•   ripe

•   seasonable, street

•   timely


•   battery

•   court

•   following


•   applicant, aspirant

•   boyfriend

•   candidate

•   gallant

•   lover

•   suppliant, sweetheart


•   face

•   mood

•   pet

•   repine


•   dark

•   glum

•   ill-natured

•   peevish

•   surly


•   bitter, black

•   cloudy, churlish

•   dark, disgruntled, dour

•   glum, grim, gruff

•   ill, ill-humoured, ill-natured

•   peevish, petulant

•   sulky

•   truculent

•   ugly


•   airless

•   tropical


•   all

•   bid

•   compute, count, count up

•   ensemble

•   figure

•   mass, matter

•   number


•   abbreviate, abstract

•   compress

•   digest

•   recapitulate


•   abbreviation, argument

•   curt

•   report, return

•   scenario, short, speedy

•   terse


•   altitude

•   brow

•   climax

•   eminence

•   high

•   maximum

•   pink, pitch, point

•   tip

•   ultimate


•   ask

•   beckon

•   call on, challenge

•   evoke

•   levy

•   page, prosecute

•   sue

•   tell, toll

•   warn


•   elegant

•   lush

•   palatial, prodigal

•   sensuous


•   add, add up

•   encapsulate, enumerate

•   total, typify


•   light


•   diverse

•   many, multifarious, multiple

•   odd


•   cavernous

•   fallen

•   low

•   underwater


•   lightless


•   bonny, breezy

•   carefree

•   fair

•   gay, good

•   light

•   rosy

•   warm


•   light

•   morning


•   twilight


•   ace, august

•   brilliant

•   capital, consummate

•   dazzling

•   fabulous, fantastic

•   glorious, great

•   majestic

•   noble

•   perfect

•   rare, rich, royal

•   sensational, smashing, stupendous, sumptuous

•   terrific

•   wonderful, world


•   aloof

•   cavalier

•   overweening

•   pompous

•   superior


•   facile, flimsy, flippant

•   idle, ignorant

•   light, light-headed

•   outer

•   plastic

•   thin, token

•   unsubstantial


•   frivolity


•   outwardly

•   surface


•   dispensable

•   extraneous, exuberant

•   gratuitous

•   nonessential

•   over

•   unwanted

•   waste


•   godlike

•   heavenly

•   incredible

•   miraculous


•   boss

•   govern, guide

•   officiate

•   regulate

•   watch


•   administration

•   oversight


•   boss

•   caretaker

•   gaffer

•   head

•   keeper

•   master

•   principal

•   supervisory

•   warden


•   advantageous, ascendant

•   commanding, crack

•   dominant

•   egotistic, eminent, exalted, exceeding

•   great

•   high

•   imperial

•   leader, leading, lord

•   magnificent, major, masterful, masterly

•   ordinary, outstanding, overbearing, overseer

•   par, pre-eminent, preferable, preferential, prevalent, prime

•   royal

•   select, self-righteous, smug, superb

•   top, transcendent

•   uncommon, upper

•   vintage


•   distinction, domination

•   edge, egotism, eminence

•   goodness

•   majority, mastery

•   nobility

•   odds

•   perfection, precedence, priority

•   quality

•   seniority

•   upper hand

•   victory


•   best

•   divine

•   exceeding, exquisite

•   first-rate

•   great

•   incomparable, inspired

•   masterful, masterly

•   optimum

•   perfect, polished

•   rare

•   smashing, sterling

•   ultimate


•   bodiless

•   celestial

•   divine

•   heavenly

•   metaphysical

•   superhuman

•   weird


•   boss

•   command

•   eye

•   govern, guard, guide

•   head

•   lead

•   monitor

•   police, preside

•   regulate

•   survey


•   auspice

•   command, conduct, custody

•   government

•   hands

•   inspection

•   regulation, running

•   watch


•   director

•   governor

•   head

•   monitor

•   superior


•   cut out

•   follow


•   agile

•   green

•   resilient

•   soft, spry

•   yielding


•   accessory, accompany, amplify, annexe, appendage, attachment

•   broaden

•   continuation, counterpart

•   eke out, enrich, extension

•   increment, insertion

•   reinforcement


•   accessory

•   extraneous

•   fresh, further

•   more

•   new

•   other

•   plus

•   subordinate, subsidiary


•   call, cry

•   desire

•   intercession, invitation


•   accommodate, accommodation, amount, appoint, arm, array, arsenal

•   backlog

•   cater

•   deliver, dispense

•   equip

•   feed, find

•   invest, issue

•   lay on, lend

•   maintain, maintenance, make up, mine

•   nourish

•   pipe, prepare, pump, put up

•   recruit, render, replace, resource, rig

•   serve, service, substitute, supplement


•   abet, adhere, adopt, adoption, aegis, auspice

•   back up, base, basis, bastion, beam, befriend, behalf, boost, bottom, bring up, bulwark, buoy

•   column, consolation, convey, cradle, cultivate, cultivation, cushion

•   endorsement, entertain

•   fall in with, favour, follow, following, fortify

•   hand, hold with

•   justify

•   leg, lend, lot

•   mount

•   nurse, nurture

•   office

•   patronize, pedestal, pier, pile, poise, preservation, protect, provide, purchase

•   reinforcement, relieve, rest, rock

•   sanction, see through, side, stake, stand, stand by, steady, stick, subscribe, subsidy

•   testimony, truss

•   urge

•   vindicate, vindication, vouch


•   admirer, aid, assistant, auxiliary

•   backer, believer

•   conquest, contributor

•   devotee, disciple

•   enthusiast, exponent

•   partisan, pillar, provider

•   retainer

•   second, support, sympathizer


•   deem, divine

•   make

•   opinion

•   reckon, regard

•   say, speculate, suspect

•   trust

•   understand


•   imaginary

•   nominal

•   ostensible

•   so-called


•   doubtless

•   quasi-

•   reputedly


•   assumption

•   expectancy, expectation

•   imagination

•   premiss, presupposition

•   suspicion

•   thesis


•   abolish, arrest

•   ban, blanket, bottle up

•   cushion, choke

•   deaden

•   fight down

•   gag

•   hide, hold back, hush

•   keep back, kill

•   lay, leash

•   master

•   oppress

•   put down

•   squash, strangle

•   tame, throttle, tread

•   whitewash


•   abolition, arrest

•   ban, blackout

•   domination

•   overthrow

•   purge

•   repression, restraint


•   absoluteness, authority

•   control

•   empire, excellence

•   infallibility

•   lead, leadership

•   omnipotence

•   power, precedence, preponderance, priority

•   reign, rule

•   superiority

•   upper hand


•   absolute, almighty, all-out, ascendant

•   best

•   consummate

•   divine, dominant

•   fine

•   grand

•   ideal, imperial, inimitable

•   main, major, masterful, masterly, maximum

•   omnipotent, overriding

•   perfect, powerful

•   ruling

•   splendid

•   topmost

•   unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, uppermost


•   absolute

•   deadly

•   factual, fated

•   incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefutable

•   predictable

•   tenacious

•   unavoidable, undisputed, unquestionable, unshakable


•   absolutely

•   doubt, doubtless

•   easily

•   means

•   positively

•   really


•   cosmetic, crust

•   facing, feel, finish

•   gloss, grain

•   outer

•   pave, pile

•   shallow, sheet

•   texture


•   congestion

•   embarrassment

•   orgy, overcharge

•   pall

•   satisfy, surplus


•   bulge, burst

•   cascade, course, crowd

•   drive

•   gust

•   impulse

•   jet, jump

•   leap

•   outburst, overflow

•   plough, press

•   rage

•   sally, splash, spout, spurt, stream

•   wash, well


•   brief

•   crotchety

•   disagreeable

•   glum, grim

•   ill

•   peevish

•   rugged

•   touchy

•   ugly, unfriendly


•   assume

•   divine

•   estimate, expect, expectancy, expectation

•   gather, guesswork

•   opinion

•   reckon

•   say, shot

•   theory, thesis, think, trust


•   crown

•   excel

•   get over

•   negotiate

•   scale

•   tip, top

•   weather


•   beggar, better, break

•   cap

•   get ahead

•   lead, lick

•   outclass

•   pass

•   shame, surmount

•   tower


•   above

•   better

•   exceeding

•   superior, superlative


•   dividend

•   embarrassment

•   glut

•   leftover

•   margin

•   overflow

•   plethora, plus, profit, profusion

•   redundant, rest


•   admiration, ambush

•   catch, confound

•   daze

•   novelty

•   puzzlement

•   rock

•   sensation, sneak

•   treat, turn, twist

•   unforeseen, unlooked-for, upset


•   bewildered

•   unprepared


•   abrupt, arresting

•   stupendous

•   unaccustomed, unforeseen, unhoped-for


•   abandonment, abdicate, abdication

•   back down, bow

•   concession, cough up

•   dedicate, deliver

•   fall, forfeit, forfeiture, forgo, forsake

•   give

•   hand over

•   knuckle under

•   lay down, leave

•   part

•   render

•   sacrifice, sell

•   turn in

•   waiver


•   devious

•   insidious

•   undercover, underground


•   blanket, bound, box in

•   circle, circumscribe, compass, cordon

•   entwine

•   fence, frame, fringe

•   gird

•   hedge, hem

•   mob

•   setting, smother

•   wrap, wreathe


•   about, around

•   investment


•   atmosphere

•   conditions

•   entourage

•   medium

•   scenery


•   espionage

•   oversight

•   security


•   appraisal

•   behold, browse

•   canvass, contemplation, cover

•   dominate

•   enquiry, exploration, explore, eye

•   investigation

•   look

•   measurement, monitor

•   overhaul

•   panorama, poll, profile

•   reconnaissance, retrospect, run over, run through

•   scout

•   value


•   abide

•   be

•   come through, continue, cope

•   get by, get over

•   hold up

•   linger

•   make, manage

•   overcome

•   remain

•   weather


•   accessibility, allergy

•   fondness, frailty

•   sensibility

•   tendency


•   accessible, allergic, amenable

•   capable

•   easy, emotional, excitable, exposed

•   formative

•   pliable, pliant

•   thin-skinned

•   wide-open


•   alleged, assume

•   dim, divine

•   fear

•   imagine

•   query, question

•   sense, shady, shaky, suspicious

•   unconvincing


•   break, break off, break up

•   cut off

•   desist, dissolve

•   freeze

•   hold, hold over

•   poise

•   quit

•   remit

•   sling, stop, string


•   abeyance

•   intermission


•   dip, disconnection, dissolution

•   intermission

•   reprieve


•   apprehension, assumption

•   breath

•   clue

•   discredit

•   fear, feeling

•   grain, guesswork

•   inkling, interest

•   premonition

•   query

•   seed

•   uneasiness

•   vestige

•   whisper


•   afraid, alleged

•   diffident

•   equivocal

•   gingerly, guarded

•   incredulous, interesting

•   jaundiced

•   shy

•   unsure

•   watchful


•   abet, afford

•   back, befriend, boost, buoy, buttress

•   corroborate, cherish

•   defend

•   feed, fortify, found, fuel

•   have, hold, hold up

•   justify

•   keep

•   perpetuate, preserve, prop, provide

•   receive

•   stand


•   continuing

•   long

•   relentless

•   straight

•   uninterrupted


•   assistance

•   bread

•   diet

•   fare

•   grub

•   living

•   meat

•   nutrition

•   relief

•   upkeep


•   bravado

•   conceit, crow

•   domineer

•   lord

•   panache, promenade

•   roll

•   triumph


•   credit

•   deceive, drain

•   endure

•   gobble, gorge

•   imbibe

•   mouthful

•   nip

•   pocket, put up

•   sip, stomach

•   take, taste, tolerate

•   wear


•   drown

•   flat

•   overflow, overrun


•   muddy

•   soft


•   change

•   reciprocate, render

•   substitute, substitution

•   transpose, truck


•   bunch

•   cloud, crew

•   flight, flood

•   infest

•   jam

•   mill, mob

•   pour, press

•   rabble

•   scramble, seethe

•   troop


•   bravado

•   rollicking

•   swagger


•   bundle

•   clothe, cover up

•   enfold

•   festoon

•   muffle

•   roll

•   strip


•   act on, advantage, arm, ascendancy

•   bias, bring, budge

•   clutches, convince

•   dance, dangle, domination, dynasty

•   empire

•   get, grasp

•   hold

•   impress, impression

•   leadership

•   mastery, might

•   overrule

•   predispose, prejudice, preponderance, pressure, prevalence

•   reel

•   say, shake, stagger, supremacy

•   totter

•   upper hand

•   vibrate

•   waddle, waver, win, wobble


•   assure

•   damn

•   guarantee

•   insist

•   pledge


•   abuse

•   curse


•   grind, grub

•   lather

•   moisture

•   ooze, overwork

•   slave


•   blow, breadth, breeze

•   comb, course

•   drift

•   expanse

•   flash, flood, flourish, flow

•   gamut, grasp

•   immensity

•   latitude

•   orbit

•   paddle, play

•   rake, reach

•   scan, sheet, spread, streak, swoop

•   wash, wave, whisk


•   curved

•   driving

•   epidemic, exhaustive, extended

•   far-reaching, flowing, full-scale

•   general, generic

•   inclusive

•   large, large-scale

•   open

•   panoramic

•   thorough, total

•   vast

•   widespread


•   bonny

•   cherubic

•   endearing

•   fetching

•   liquid, love, lovely

•   rich


•   mellow


•   woman


•   abound

•   bag, blow up, bluster, boom, broaden

•   elevate

•   fill

•   gather, germinate

•   heave

•   inflate

•   knob

•   puff

•   roll

•   spread, stretch

•   vegetate

•   wash, wax


•   augmentation

•   billowy

•   expansion, expansive

•   fullness

•   hump

•   inflation

•   knob

•   pimple, prominence, protrusion, puff

•   tumour


•   curve

•   deflection, depart, dodge

•   flinch

•   jump

•   shy


•   agile

•   brief

•   hasty, high-speed

•   meteoric

•   precipitate

•   rush

•   whirlwind


•   hand, hell

•   nimbly

•   quickly

•   summarily

•   time


•   agility

•   haste

•   rush


•   drink

•   garbage

•   polish off


•   bilk

•   default, do out of, double-cross

•   fast

•   have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug

•   misappropriate

•   outwit

•   rob, robbery

•   take, take in, thieve

•   victimize


•   crook

•   double-dealer

•   humbug

•   robber

•   thief, twister


•   beat, brandish

•   dance

•   flap, flourish

•   lunge

•   movement

•   pan, pass, play, ply

•   rhythm, roll

•   seesaw, sling, sweep, swerve

•   tolerance, trend

•   wield, work


•   flap

•   hanging


•   flow

•   reel


•   commute

•   jump

•   move

•   rod, rotate

•   scourge, stick

•   transpose, turn


•   inflated


•   bill

•   epitome

•   list

•   programme, prospectus


•   allegory, attribute

•   brand

•   cipher, crest, character

•   device

•   embodiment, expression

•   hallmark

•   indicator, insignia

•   keepsake

•   letter

•   metaphor

•   note, numeral


•   characteristic

•   metaphorical

•   nominal


•   epitomize, express


•   classical

•   equal

•   graceful

•   well-balanced


•   beauty

•   composition

•   equilibrium


•   brotherly

•   charitable

•   expressive

•   favourable

•   harmonious, helpful, humane

•   kind-hearted

•   likable

•   merciful

•   outgoing

•   receptive

•   soft, softhearted, sorry

•   tolerant


•   align

•   bleed

•   fraternize


•   accord, accordance, alignment, appreciation

•   bowels

•   communion, compatibility

•   feeling

•   heart, humanity

•   identification, interest

•   kindliness

•   regard

•   thought, tolerance, tune


•   index

•   manifestation


•   demonstrative


•   complex


•   chemical

•   false

•   imitation

•   plastic

•   quasi-


•   apparatus

•   code, complex

•   dispensation

•   establishment

•   family, form, frame

•   installation

•   line

•   machine, machinery, measure, mechanism

•   network, notation

•   order

•   pattern, plan, process

•   regime, rut

•   unit

•   way, world


•   analytic

•   coherent

•   neat

•   reasoned, regular

•   scientific

•   tidy


•   defer, delay

•   postpone, profile

•   roster

•   shelve


•   pageant


•   bound

•   restraint


•   detail, digest

•   organize

•   sort


•   unsaid, unwritten

•   virtual


•   close

•   morose


•   fare, food

•   grub

•   harness

•   manner

•   nourishment

•   provisions

•   tuck

•   veer, victuals


•   beard, brave

•   down

•   face, face up to

•   grapple, grip

•   harness, hoist

•   kit

•   machinery

•   pitch in, pursue

•   shot, stuck, stuff

•   wade


•   dexterity

•   grace

•   sense

•   taste


•   noncommittal


•   artifice

•   game


•   diplomat


•   blunt

•   crude

•   heavy-handed

•   tasteless

•   unhappy, unthinking


•   back

•   dog

•   flap

•   pursue

•   sleuth, spy, stub


•   design

•   gear

•   measure

•   square


•   colour

•   debase

•   imperfection, impurity

•   mar

•   putrefy

•   rot

•   tint, turn


•   apprehend

•   bag, borrow

•   claim, come down with, choose

•   draw

•   expropriate, extend

•   film

•   gross

•   honour

•   intercept, interpret

•   lift, lump

•   nobble

•   partake, photograph, pilfer, play, put up

•   seat, snatch, stick

•   taking, transmit, trap

•   walk, wear


•   recall, recover, resume, return, revoke


•   enter

•   register

•   write


•   adopt

•   catch

•   delude, devour, dust

•   follow

•   get

•   have, hoax, house, humbug

•   imbibe, involve

•   make

•   outwit

•   put up

•   realize

•   see, shelter

•   visit

•   wool


•   burlesque

•   cartoon

•   impersonation, impression

•   skit


•   ascend

•   burlesque

•   deduct, discount, divest

•   flee, fly, fun

•   get off, guy

•   impersonate

•   off-load

•   quit

•   run, run away

•   subtract

•   tail, take down, tracks, turn

•   walk out, wipe, withdraw


•   adopt, attempt

•   grapple, grip

•   play

•   recruit

•   shoulder

•   withstand


•   adopt, annex, appropriate, assume

•   cover

•   expropriate

•   hijack

•   monopolize

•   occupy

•   possess, pre-empt

•   requisition

•   substitute, succeed, supplant


•   care for

•   fancy

•   hit off


•   address

•   blot

•   embark, embrace, employ, enter, espouse

•   go in (for)

•   monopolize

•   scoop


•   acceptance, apprehension, appropriation, assumption

•   capture

•   seizure, sweet


•   allegory

•   recital


•   accomplishment, aptness, artistry, attainment

•   brilliance

•   calibre, cleverness, creativity

•   dower

•   facility

•   head

•   instinct

•   know-how

•   merit

•   possibility, prodigy, proficiency, promise, prowess

•   resource

•   skill

•   turn


•   accomplished, apt

•   capable, clever

•   good, great

•   proficient, promising

•   qualified

•   resourceful

•   star


•   effusion

•   idiom, interview

•   noise

•   report

•   scandal

•   tongue

•   wind, word


•   communicative

•   expansive

•   forthcoming

•   glib


•   sermon


•   gangling


•   account

•   balance, bill

•   canvass, consort

•   docket, dovetail

•   enumerate, equate

•   figure

•   label, list, log

•   point, poll

•   sum

•   tell, tot


•   break

•   civilize, colourless, chasten

•   domestic

•   feeble

•   govern

•   half-hearted, humanize

•   moderate

•   pet

•   safe, slow

•   tasteless

•   unimaginative


•   fool

•   mess, monkey

•   poke


•   bodily

•   sensible


•   cope

•   disarray

•   hole

•   jumble

•   mop, muddle

•   perplex

•   snarl-up

•   twine

•   wilderness


•   hard

•   intricate

•   kinky

•   muddled

•   rough


•   dangle

•   tempt

•   worry


•   comparable, coordinate


•   pet

•   scene


•   eavesdrop

•   flick

•   hammer

•   jab

•   patter, peck

•   run off

•   smack

•   tick


•   eavesdrop

•   flick

•   hammer

•   jab

•   patter, peck

•   run off

•   smack

•   tick


•   recording

•   transcribe


•   light

•   point


•   design, destination

•   focus

•   joke

•   laughing stock

•   prey, purpose

•   reason

•   terminus


•   customs

•   rent


•   begrime

•   contaminate

•   deface, dirt

•   injure

•   mar

•   smear


•   hang about

•   lag

•   saunter, stop


•   crisp, curt

•   ill-humoured

•   keen

•   racy

•   salty, snappy

•   wanton


•   crisp, curt

•   ill-humoured

•   keen

•   racy

•   salty, snappy

•   wanton


•   activity

•   commission, concern

•   errand

•   function

•   grind

•   lesson

•   message

•   onus

•   part, project

•   role


•   appetizer, artistry

•   drink

•   ear, eye

•   flair

•   hint

•   lick, little, love

•   pinch

•   salt, sensibility, stomach

•   try out

•   zest


•   becoming

•   educated

•   fine

•   pretty


•   dead

•   flash

•   inappropriate, indecent

•   loud

•   philistine

•   unappetizing, unbecoming

•   watery


•   dainty

•   racy, rich


•   banter

•   chaff

•   dare

•   exult

•   fun

•   get at

•   heckle

•   joke

•   laugh

•   needle

•   scoff

•   tantalize


•   anxious

•   drawn

•   firm

•   highly strung

•   inflexible

•   stiff


•   house


•   garish

•   loud

•   mean

•   second-rate, shoddy

•   trashy, trumpery


•   challenge

•   flog

•   lay

•   saddle

•   wear


•   arduous

•   exhausting

•   gruelling

•   perplexing

•   rugged

•   severe, strenuous

•   troublesome

•   uphill

•   weary, weighty


•   bring up

•   din

•   explain

•   form

•   ground

•   indoctrinate, initiate

•   lecture


•   adviser


•   brigade

•   corps

•   expedition

•   outfit

•   party, platoon, pool

•   staff

•   troop


•   bite, break, bustle

•   come apart

•   drop

•   flaw

•   gash

•   pelt, plunge

•   rack, rampage

•   slit, snag, strain, streak, sweep

•   whip, whisk, worry


•   maudlin

•   sentimental

•   watery


•   annoyance

•   banter

•   comb

•   flirt, fool

•   harass, harry, have on

•   irritation

•   jest, joke

•   kid

•   leg

•   molest

•   nettle

•   persecute, pick on, poke, pull


•   mechanism

•   recipe

•   science

•   trick

•   workmanship


•   arid

•   bland

•   deadly, dragging, dry

•   flat

•   heavy

•   insipid

•   lengthy, long-winded

•   painful, ponderous

•   repetitive, routine

•   slow, stodgy

•   tame, tiresome

•   uneventful


•   doldrums

•   flatness

•   uniformity


•   crawl

•   flow

•   pelt, pour

•   rain

•   seethe


•   abounding

•   bumper

•   congested, crowded

•   exuberant

•   fertile, flowing

•   infested

•   lush

•   populous, pregnant, prodigal, productive, profuse, prolific

•   wet


•   kid

•   youngster


•   advise, air

•   betray, blab, break

•   convey

•   know

•   leak

•   predominate, prime

•   recite, rumour

•   spin

•   wise, write


•   betrayal

•   compelling, convincing

•   eloquent, emphatic, expressive

•   graphic

•   narration, notification

•   overpowering

•   persuasive, pointed, pregnant, pungent

•   recital, recitation, rehearsal, revelation

•   strong

•   valid, vivid


•   blood

•   climate

•   dilute

•   fireworks, frame

•   grain

•   make, make-up, modify, morale

•   overshadow

•   personality, pet

•   qualify

•   refine

•   season, spirit, strain

•   tame, tone

•   weaken, wrath


•   heart

•   kind

•   make


•   changeable

•   fickle

•   hot-blooded

•   protean

•   unstable, unsteady

•   variable


•   bland

•   easy

•   restrained

•   unimpassioned


•   blast, blizzard, blow

•   rampage


•   choppy

•   fierce

•   heavy

•   intemperate

•   obstreperous

•   rough

•   uproarious


•   brow


•   present

•   time


•   acting

•   caretaker

•   makeshift

•   stopgap, substitute

•   transitional


•   appeal

•   beckon

•   cajole

•   dangle, dispose


•   allure


•   irresistible

•   provocative


•   credible


•   abiding, adherent

•   bull-headed

•   gritty


•   backbone

•   constancy

•   endurance

•   grit

•   purpose


•   habitation


•   householder

•   inhabit

•   lodger

•   occupy


•   conspire, cradle

•   groom

•   likely

•   mind, minister, mother

•   nourish


•   conspire, cradle

•   groom

•   likely

•   mind, minister, mother

•   nourish


•   aptitude, aptness

•   climate, current

•   habit

•   instinct

•   liking

•   mind

•   run

•   strain

•   temperament, tide, turn

•   undercurrent

•   wave


•   accord

•   bidding

•   dainty

•   effeminate, enter

•   fatherly, feminine

•   indulgent, infantile

•   languishing, lenient, lush

•   mild, motherly

•   overture

•   pathetic, put

•   quotation

•   render

•   susceptible, sweet

•   thin-skinned, turn in

•   womanly


•   accord

•   bidding

•   dainty

•   effeminate, enter

•   fatherly, feminine

•   indulgent, infantile

•   languishing, lenient, lush

•   mild, motherly

•   overture

•   pathetic, put

•   quotation

•   render

•   susceptible, sweet

•   thin-skinned, turn in

•   womanly


•   bowels

•   delicacy

•   effeminacy

•   heart

•   leniency

•   mildness

•   poignancy

•   sentiment


•   brittle

•   dramatic, drawn

•   edge, electric, explosive

•   fearful

•   highly strung, hump, hunch

•   ill at ease, irritable

•   stiff, stiffen

•   uneasy, unsettled

•   worried


•   firmness

•   intensity

•   nerves


•   indecisive, irresolute

•   noncommittal


•   warm


•   bout

•   christen

•   extent

•   length

•   nominate

•   provision

•   spread, stint, stipulation, stretch


•   hindmost

•   polar


•   abolish

•   bound, break off, break up

•   come out, crown, culminate, cut short

•   determine, dissolve, drop

•   eliminate

•   halt

•   knock off

•   lift, liquidate

•   pass, phase out

•   raise

•   tie up

•   wrap up


•   abolition, axe

•   bound, boundary, break-up

•   catastrophe, chop

•   dissolution

•   event, extreme, extremity

•   halt

•   last, limit

•   passing

•   settlement, stop, suppression

•   terminal, terminus


•   destination

•   pole

•   stop

•   term, terminal


•   arrangement

•   condition

•   proposal


•   abominable, almighty, atrocious

•   deathly, disastrous

•   ghastly, grim, grisly

•   monumental, mortal

•   painful

•   terrific, tremendous

•   ugly

•   villainous

•   wicked, woeful


•   fearfully


•   formidable, frightful

•   grand

•   thumping


•   awe-stricken


•   creep

•   daunt

•   overawe

•   panic


•   arena

•   colony

•   dominion

•   environment

•   field

•   ground

•   home

•   kingdom

•   part, possession

•   quarter

•   reservation, room

•   sphere


•   phobia

•   scare


•   creep

•   prey

•   scourge


•   axiomatic

•   point


•   criterion, crunch, challenge

•   demonstration

•   experience, experimental

•   feel

•   gauge

•   match, measure

•   pilot, preliminary, probe

•   quiz

•   sample, sound

•   task, taste, tempt


•   credentials

•   monument


•   express

•   protest


•   credentials


•   authority

•   defence

•   record

•   testament


•   content

•   lyric

•   point

•   script


•   fibre, finish

•   substance


•   bless


•   contented

•   obligation


•   unenviable, unwelcome


•   grace

•   praise


•   flamboyant

•   trouper

•   unnatural


•   burglary

•   hold-up

•   piracy


•   melody, message

•   plot, point

•   question

•   strain, substance

•   thread, tune


•   abstraction


•   doctrinaire

•   metaphysical

•   nominal

•   philosophical

•   unrealistic


•   abstraction

•   basis, belief

•   concept

•   guesswork

•   idea

•   opinion

•   policy, presupposition

•   rationale

•   thinking


•   medicinal


•   matter

•   premiss


•   bovine

•   dim, dumb

•   gross

•   heavily

•   imbecile

•   oafish

•   simple, smoky

•   thickset

•   unintelligent

•   wooden


•   consolidate, curdle

•   expand

•   fatten, fix

•   gather, grow

•   perplex

•   stiffen


•   chunky

•   husky

•   robust

•   stout


•   intruder

•   raider


•   plagiarize


•   adulterate

•   degrade

•   faint, few

•   gaunt

•   haggard

•   pale, paper, papery, pinched

•   taper, tasteless

•   water


•   craze

•   devil

•   existence

•   infatuation

•   trend


•   account, apprehend, assume

•   call

•   dream

•   fancy, feel

•   make

•   opinion

•   understand

•   wonder


•   intellectual

•   mind


•   attention

•   mind, motive, musing

•   reflection

•   thought


•   entertain

•   meditate, mull, muse

•   reconsider, review, revolve

•   see

•   weigh


•   coin, conceive

•   design

•   envisage

•   form

•   hatch, hit on

•   mint


•   ill-humoured


•   ache

•   dream

•   fancy

•   hanker

•   inclination

•   liking

•   pant

•   urge

•   want, wish


•   bristle


•   irritating

•   perplexing

•   tricky


•   abysmal, all-out

•   blank, businesslike

•   clean, close, congenital

•   dead, detailed

•   elaborate, expansive, extended, extensive

•   full-scale

•   global, good

•   intimate

•   particular, positive

•   radical, rank, right, rigorous

•   searching

•   undivided

•   workmanlike


•   altogether, amply

•   deeply, depth, detail

•   full

•   head, heartily, heavily, hook

•   intimately

•   length

•   outright

•   profoundly

•   richly, root

•   terribly, through

•   well, wholly


•   if


•   abstraction, apprehension

•   conceit

•   fancy

•   head

•   observation

•   philosophy

•   reasoning, remark, reputed

•   sentiment, surmise

•   thing, trouble


•   decent

•   earnest, expressive

•   grave

•   intellectual

•   judicious

•   philosophical, profound

•   solemn

•   tactful


•   blind, blithe, brainless

•   giddy

•   hasty, headlong, heady, heavy-handed

•   ill-advised, incautious, irresponsible

•   loose

•   unguarded, unwary

•   vacant


•   batter, beat up, belabour, best

•   cudgel

•   flap, flounder

•   hollow

•   lash, lather

•   murder

•   pelt, pound

•   rough

•   thump


•   licking


•   hammer out


•   lace

•   vein


•   banal

•   disreputable

•   moth-eaten, musty

•   outworn


•   duress


•   blackmail, bode, bulk

•   domineer, doom

•   hector

•   loom, lour

•   overhang

•   thunder

•   undermine


•   black

•   creepy

•   dangerous, dark, disturbing

•   fierce, formidable

•   grave

•   ill, imminent, impending

•   overcast

•   perilous, portentous

•   ugly, unfavourable, unsafe


•   edge, eve


•   husbandry

•   niggardliness


•   delight

•   exalt, excitement

•   feast

•   galvanize, gratify

•   kindle

•   pierce

•   quaver

•   tickle, treat, turn on


•   breathtaking

•   delightful, dramatic

•   electric, emotional, emotive, exhilarating

•   heady

•   inspired, intoxicating


•   abound

•   batten, blossom

•   fatten

•   get ahead

•   live

•   make out

•   triumph


•   bouncing

•   fat

•   moneymaking

•   palmy

•   well-off


•   ache

•   drum

•   heave, hum, hurt

•   pain, pant

•   quake, quaver, quiver

•   smart

•   thrill, twinge


•   army, assembly

•   battalion, body

•   cloud, company

•   drove

•   gathering

•   huddle

•   infest

•   jostle

•   legion

•   mill

•   number

•   populace, pour

•   rabble


•   asphyxiate


•   about

•   direct

•   means

•   straight

•   thanks


•   about, around

•   thoroughly, through, time


•   bandy, bowl, bundle

•   dart, dash, deliver, down

•   flip, fly

•   jerk

•   pass, pelt, plunge, precipitate, put off

•   shed, shot, slam

•   tackle, trip

•   unsettle


•   run through

•   wanton


•   doff

•   erupt

•   renounce

•   spill

•   trip


•   axe

•   boot, bounce

•   eliminate, exclude

•   give out

•   remove

•   spit

•   turn out


•   boost, brunt, bulldoze, bundle

•   cast, clap

•   dig, drift

•   hustle

•   impact, import, impulse

•   jerk, jostle

•   meaning

•   pass, point, pop, propulsion

•   sally, shaft, shoulder, squeeze, strike

•   wedge


•   bang, bump


•   desperado

•   gunman

•   hatchet man

•   rough


•   flick


•   bat, bounce, buffet, bump

•   clip, clump, crack, cudgel

•   impact

•   percussion

•   slam, slog, stroke


•   battery, box

•   hefty

•   throb


•   bang

•   pound

•   rave, roll

•   storm


•   breathless

•   speechless, surprised


•   block

•   counteract, cramp, cross, cheat

•   dash, defy, disappoint, disconcert

•   elude

•   hamper

•   mock

•   nip

•   queer

•   resist

•   spike

•   tantalize, traverse

•   ward off, withstand


•   bit

•   check

•   pulse

•   run


•   bit

•   check

•   pulse

•   run


•   itch

•   prickle

•   tingle


•   dicey

•   prickly

•   tender, tight


•   pull up

•   speak to


•   billow

•   flood

•   run

•   torrent


•   gospel

•   rumour

•   wind


•   arrange

•   crisp

•   nice

•   right

•   straight

•   taut


•   association, attachment

•   brace, bridge, bundle

•   entanglement

•   fix

•   hitch

•   knit

•   lace

•   manacle, marry

•   pinion

•   rapport

•   strap

•   yoke


•   floor

•   range


•   berth, bundle

•   dock

•   finalize

•   leash

•   parcel

•   stake


•   pushed

•   short

•   tenacious


•   batten, brace

•   contract

•   flex

•   purse

•   strain

•   telescope


•   bank

•   dip


•   beam, board

•   wooden


•   bit, bout

•   confinement, course, chance

•   extent

•   instant

•   moment

•   opportunity

•   pace, page, phase

•   rate

•   slot, stint

•   turn


•   apropos, apt, auspicious

•   favourable, fortunate

•   happy, helpful

•   lucky

•   prosperous, providential

•   ripe

•   salutary


•   itinerary


•   faint, faltering

•   gingerly

•   henpecked, hesitant

•   meek

•   tentative

•   unassertive

•   windy


•   faint

•   jumpy

•   unassertive

•   weak, wet, withdrawn


•   discolour

•   flavour

•   hint, hue

•   suspicion

•   tone

•   undercurrent, undertone

•   whisper


•   bite, burn

•   glow

•   prick

•   sensation, smart


•   mess, migrant

•   tamper


•   paint, pigment


•   baby

•   dwarf

•   imperceptible

•   light

•   midget

•   poky, pygmy

•   stunted

•   undersized


•   bank, boss, brow, butt

•   consideration

•   doff, dope

•   lead

•   prong

•   wrinkle


•   bank, boss, brow, butt

•   consideration

•   doff, dope

•   lead

•   prong

•   wrinkle


•   bank, boss, brow, butt

•   consideration

•   doff, dope

•   lead

•   prong

•   wrinkle


•   do in

•   pall, prostrate

•   run down

•   slacken (off), strain

•   try

•   weaken


•   banal, beat

•   dead, drawn

•   hack

•   limp

•   platitudinous

•   sick

•   worn, worn-out


•   busy

•   diligent

•   inexhaustible

•   persistent

•   single-minded, strenuous


•   bothersome

•   difficult, dragging, dry

•   humdrum

•   inconvenient

•   routine

•   troublesome

•   weary


•   boring, busy

•   flagging

•   gruelling

•   killing

•   punishing

•   taxing, tedious

•   weary


•   film, flesh


•   appetizer

•   nibble

•   taste


•   baptize, book

•   credentials, christen

•   deed

•   entitle

•   possession, property, publication

•   tome

•   volume

•   writing


•   cackle


•   dust

•   fawn

•   ingratiate

•   play up


•   burn

•   celebrate


•   burn

•   celebrate


•   collected, concert

•   intact

•   laid-back, level-headed

•   poised

•   running

•   self-possessed, shoulder

•   time


•   exercise, exert

•   hardship

•   keep at

•   plod, plug

•   task, tramp

•   wade


•   augury, auspice

•   coupon

•   device

•   emblem

•   favour, figurehead, foreboding, forerunner

•   herald

•   monument

•   relic

•   signal, symptom

•   ticket, trace

•   vestige


•   admissible

•   bad

•   considerable

•   decent

•   O.K.

•   presentable

•   reasonable, respectable


•   humanity

•   kindness

•   leniency

•   permission


•   broad

•   civilized

•   easy, elastic

•   forgiving, free

•   good-natured

•   hospitable


•   bear with

•   excuse

•   go through

•   have

•   let, lump

•   put up

•   stand for, stick, submit, support

•   understand

•   withstand


•   liberality

•   patience


•   expense

•   price


•   expense

•   price


•   antics

•   foolery, frills, fun

•   lunacy

•   monkey business


•   atmosphere

•   flavour

•   health

•   sound, strain

•   voice


•   lower

•   mince, modify, mute

•   tame

•   water down


•   jargon

•   lick

•   strip


•   silent


•   bracing

•   potion


•   addition

•   well


•   engine

•   mechanism

•   organ

•   thing


•   arch

•   break, brow

•   climax, covering, crop

•   extreme, extremity

•   first-rate, front

•   high

•   lick

•   maximum

•   point, premier, primary, prize, prominent

•   successful, supreme, surface

•   tower


•   business

•   chapter

•   head


•   live

•   new


•   front

•   head

•   maximum

•   ultimate


•   crash

•   flop

•   pitch


•   helter-skelter

•   upset, upside down


•   abomination

•   badger, bait

•   curse

•   distract

•   fret

•   hardship, haunt

•   lacerate

•   martyrdom, molest

•   nightmare

•   obsess, oppress

•   pick on

•   ruffle

•   tantalize, taunt, thorn

•   wound


•   coma

•   doldrums

•   heaviness

•   idleness, inaction, insensibility

•   sleepiness


•   avalanche

•   barrage, blaze, burst

•   cataract

•   outpouring

•   rain

•   shower


•   complex

•   intricate


•   bedevil

•   desperation

•   ordeal

•   plague, punishment

•   tantalize, thorn

•   wound


•   bandy

•   catapult, churn

•   flounder

•   put

•   shovel

•   wag


•   drop

•   kid

•   nipper


•   drop

•   kid

•   nipper


•   add

•   balance, batter, break

•   cast, clean, complement, compute, count up

•   damage, dead, deface, demolish, despoil, destroy, devastate

•   ensemble, enumerate, exclusive, exhaustive

•   figure

•   general, global, great

•   implicit, infinite

•   mangle

•   number

•   overall

•   profound

•   quantity

•   rank, ruin

•   score, smash, strict

•   tally, tot

•   unbroken, universal, unlimited, unreserved

•   volume

•   waste, wreck, write off


•   absolutist


•   altogether, all

•   bodily

•   dead

•   heartily, hilt, hook

•   inextricably

•   purely

•   right, root

•   simply

•   through


•   quake

•   topple

•   waddle, wobble


•   approximate

•   dexterity, doff

•   flash, flavour, flick

•   get

•   impinge, infect, involve

•   join

•   kiss

•   little, loan

•   nudge

•   penetrate, pierce, prick

•   shave, splash, streak

•   thought, tint, trifle

•   undertone


•   awkwardness

•   nervousness


•   about, adjacent, adjoining, against

•   concerning

•   emotional

•   flush

•   heart-warming

•   impressive

•   near

•   persuasive

•   sentimental


•   polish

•   restore


•   awkward

•   bilious

•   crusty, choleric

•   delicate

•   edgy, embarrassing, emotive, excitable, explosive

•   fractious, fretful

•   hot

•   ill-humoured, ill-tempered

•   moody

•   nettled

•   peppery, prickly

•   quick

•   sensitive, short-tempered, snappy

•   temperamental, tender

•   warm, waspish


•   demanding

•   gangster, gritty

•   hard-headed, hard-hitting, hard-wearing, hardline

•   insensitive, intransigent, iron

•   repressive, rigorous, robust, rocky

•   stringent

•   taxing, thick-skinned, tight, tiring, trying

•   uncompromising

•   wiry


•   circle

•   do

•   exploration

•   itinerary

•   lap

•   passage, pilgrimage

•   ramble

•   see over, stint

•   travel


•   game

•   tilt


•   arise

•   lookout

•   surge


•   poison

•   venomous, virulent


•   bubble

•   fool

•   mess about, miniature

•   pawn, philander

•   tinker, trumpery


•   atom

•   clue

•   derive, describe, design

•   echo, element

•   flicker

•   ghost, gleam, glimmer, grain

•   lead, line, little

•   ounce

•   ray, relish, remainder

•   scrap, shade, shred, spark, step, strain, streak

•   tint, track down

•   undertone

•   whisper


•   bearings

•   circuit

•   direction

•   hunt

•   pan

•   rut

•   step

•   vestige


•   detect

•   locate, look up

•   scout


•   network


•   allotment

•   belt, book

•   circuit

•   ground

•   kingdom

•   land

•   parcel, patch, province

•   reservation, reserve


•   allotment

•   belt, book

•   circuit

•   ground

•   kingdom

•   land

•   parcel, patch, province

•   reservation, reserve


•   adjustable

•   easy

•   flexible

•   gentle


•   tug


•   art

•   bandy

•   commercial, commute, change

•   dealings

•   economic

•   handle

•   industry, intercourse

•   mercantile, merchandise

•   patronage

•   reciprocate, render

•   sell

•   vocation

•   walk, work


•   operator


•   businessman

•   worker


•   background

•   heritage

•   legacy

•   myth, mythology

•   observance

•   practice

•   rule


•   accepted

•   bourgeois

•   conservative

•   ethnic

•   habitual, hereditary

•   immemorial

•   legendary

•   old-world, orthodox

•   proverbial

•   regular

•   set, stock, straight


•   patronage

•   selling, swap


•   play

•   sadness


•   course

•   dog

•   pursuit

•   run

•   sprawl, spy

•   walk


•   accustom

•   break in, bring up

•   cavalcade, condition, cultivate

•   domesticate

•   escort

•   familiarize, flow, form

•   groom, ground

•   habituate, harden

•   indoctrinate, initiate

•   manage

•   nurture

•   parade, practise, prime

•   qualify, queue

•   range

•   season

•   tame

•   wake


•   instructor

•   teacher


•   breeding

•   conditioning

•   drill

•   experience

•   indoctrination

•   nurture


•   lineaments

•   point, property

•   strain

•   trick, twist

•   vein

•   way


•   collaborator, conspirator

•   double-dealer

•   subversive


•   curve

•   orbit


•   beachcomber, beggar

•   clump

•   down and out

•   harlot

•   jog

•   pound


•   subdue

•   tramp


•   coma

•   fog


•   easy, equable, even, even-tempered

•   gentle, good

•   halcyon

•   imperturbable

•   mild

•   peaceable, philosophical

•   quiescent

•   rest

•   smooth

•   unimpassioned


•   ease

•   lull

•   mildness

•   order

•   still

•   temper


•   appease

•   mitigate

•   quieten

•   settle, still


•   narcotic

•   soporific


•   bargain

•   trade


•   concern

•   investment

•   operation

•   play, procedure, process

•   sale


•   cap

•   lead

•   pass

•   top, tower


•   divine

•   godlike

•   magnificent

•   superlative, surpassing

•   unsurpassed


•   copy

•   put down

•   write


•   facsimile

•   minutes


•   alienate, alienation

•   bring

•   cede, conveyance

•   delegate, deliver, delivery, devolve, disposal, dispose of

•   grant

•   hand down

•   movement

•   off-load

•   pass

•   refer

•   transcribe, transit

•   will


•   bayonet

•   immobilize

•   stab, stick

•   tracks


•   act on, affect

•   differentiate, diversify

•   modify

•   process

•   resolve

•   turn

•   vary


•   adaptation

•   digestion

•   permutation

•   translation


•   fall


•   fall

•   malpractice, misconduct


•   elusive

•   meteoric, migrant, migratory, mortal

•   restless


•   mutability


•   elusive

•   fugitive


•   do

•   gloss


•   crib

•   key

•   transcript, transfer


•   circulation, currency

•   delivery

•   emission

•   propagation

•   relay


•   beam, bequeath

•   change, channel

•   dictate

•   emit

•   get across, give, give out, grant

•   hand

•   leave

•   pass, pipe, post, project, propagate

•   return

•   telegraph

•   waft


•   barefaced, bright

•   flimsy

•   glassy, gossamer

•   liquid, luminous

•   thin


•   be, betide

•   come off

•   light

•   place

•   surface

•   turn out


•   graft

•   plant

•   translate


•   communications

•   deliver, distribution

•   exaltation, exultation

•   ferry, frenzy

•   joy

•   lift

•   passion

•   traffic, transit, translate, transmission, transmit

•   waft, warmth


•   convert

•   displace, do

•   invert

•   reverse

•   translate


•   cross


•   bag, bottle up, box in

•   decoy

•   entangle, entanglement

•   get

•   hook

•   mesh, mouth

•   trip


•   bay


•   appointment

•   effects

•   goods

•   harness

•   impedimenta

•   kit

•   outfit

•   stuff

•   tackle, trim, trimming


•   batter, break, bunk

•   chaff

•   deface, demolish, despoil, destroy, devastate

•   lumber

•   mangle

•   rabble, ruin

•   scrap, scum, smash

•   tomfoolery

•   wreck, write off


•   pathetic, pulp

•   trumpery


•   frightful

•   harrowing


•   communications

•   do, drive

•   exploration, explore

•   go along

•   knock about

•   migrate, migration, motion

•   ride

•   transit


•   adventurer

•   fare

•   pilgrim

•   seller


•   motion, move


•   explore

•   get across, get over

•   journey

•   pan

•   transit, travel


•   apology

•   charade

•   excuse

•   farce

•   imitate, imitation

•   satire, satirize, skit


•   crooked

•   designing, devious, dirty, dishonest, dishonourable, double

•   fraudulent

•   hollow

•   insidious

•   lying

•   rotten

•   two-faced

•   underhand, unsteady


•   deceit, deception, dishonesty

•   foul play, fraud

•   guile

•   sabotage


•   betrayal

•   conspiracy

•   sabotage


•   unfaithful


•   angel, appreciate

•   boast

•   dear, dote on, dream

•   embalm, enshrine

•   jewellery, joy

•   ornament

•   pet, plum, pride

•   rarity


•   anthology

•   fund

•   mine

•   purse


•   deal, delicacy, dress, drug

•   fête, festival

•   heal

•   indulgence

•   luxury

•   process

•   reckon, remedy

•   subject

•   titbit


•   article

•   commentary, composition, critique

•   discourse

•   volume


•   attention

•   nostrum

•   reading

•   style

•   use


•   peace, protocol

•   truce


•   migrate, migration

•   passage

•   scramble

•   travel

•   walk


•   beat

•   cower, cringe

•   dread

•   falter, flutter

•   palpitate

•   quail, quaver

•   stir

•   thrill

•   waver


•   hefty

•   mighty, monster, monumental

•   thumping


•   convulsion

•   flutter

•   shudder

•   thrill, twitch


•   encroach, excavate

•   groove

•   mine


•   acrid, acrimonious

•   blunt

•   corrosive

•   decisive, devastating

•   peppery, pithy

•   telling


•   climate

•   meaning, movement

•   tide

•   undercurrent

•   wave


•   discomposure

•   misgiving

•   unrest


•   entrench, err

•   fall

•   impinge, impose

•   violation


•   lawbreaker


•   strand

•   tail


•   calamity, case, catastrophe, cross, challenge

•   demonstration, despair, difficulty, dummy

•   exertion

•   fling

•   grievance

•   hell

•   ill

•   lawsuit

•   match, misfortune

•   nightmare

•   pill, preliminary, process

•   reverse, rigour

•   sample, sorrow

•   undoing

•   visitation

•   worry


•   folk

•   nation

•   order

•   relations


•   bereavement

•   calamity, cross

•   despair, difficulty

•   grievance

•   ill

•   nightmare


•   acclamation, appreciation

•   commemoration, credit

•   exaltation

•   mention

•   ovation

•   salute

•   testament, toast


•   beguile, bilk

•   catch, contrivance

•   do, do out of, double-cross

•   escapade

•   fast, finesse

•   game

•   have, have on, humbug

•   impose

•   jockey

•   leg

•   phoney

•   shift

•   tactic

•   untruth

•   wheeze, wool, wrinkle


•   art, artifice

•   betrayal

•   craft, cunning, cheat

•   disguise

•   evasion

•   humbug

•   imposition, intrigue

•   knavery

•   magic

•   swindle

•   wile


•   bleed, bubble

•   drain

•   filter

•   leak

•   well


•   designing, diabolical, dicey, double-dealing

•   elusive, embarrassing, evasive

•   insidious

•   loaded

•   misleading

•   pernickety, precarious, prickly

•   shifty

•   tender, tight, tortuous, treacherous, troublesome

•   unprincipled, untrustworthy

•   warm


•   bubble

•   dilly-dally

•   fiddle, fool

•   monkey

•   novelty

•   philander, pittance, play around

•   sport

•   thought, trinket, trumpery


•   childish

•   fiddling, flirtation, frivolity, frothy, futile

•   idleness, immaterial, inane

•   light, light-headed, lightweight, little, low

•   meaningless, minor, minute

•   niggling, nominal

•   trumpery

•   vain


•   detonate

•   instigate

•   motivate

•   precipitate


•   abbreviate, abridge, accessory

•   bind

•   clean, clean-cut

•   deck

•   edge

•   hull

•   immaculate

•   jaunty, jockey

•   mow

•   pattern, preen, pretty

•   rationalize, reduce, retrench, run down

•   shorten, snip, snug

•   taut, telescope, thin, truncate


•   abbreviation, accessory

•   facing

•   hem

•   opportunism, ornament

•   trim


•   curiosity, charm

•   decoration

•   jewel

•   novelty

•   plaything

•   trumpery


•   breeze

•   down, drive

•   exploration

•   flight, founder

•   high

•   miss

•   passage, patter, pilgrimage, prance

•   ride

•   sally


•   bunk

•   gibberish

•   stuff


•   traveller


•   insipid

•   musty

•   platitudinous, prosaic

•   sloppy

•   trivial


•   come through, comeback, conquer

•   glee

•   knockout

•   palm

•   score


•   gleeful

•   palmy

•   unbeaten


•   detail

•   pap


•   empty

•   fiddling, flimsy, footling, frothy, futile

•   idle, immaterial

•   light, lightweight

•   minute

•   nominal

•   piddling, poor, puerile

•   shallow, stupid, superficial

•   vain, venial


•   banality

•   emptiness

•   futility

•   indifference

•   levity

•   platitude

•   superficiality

•   vanity


•   brigade

•   corps

•   file, force

•   legion

•   mass, mob


•   crown

•   palm


•   metaphorical

•   scorching


•   crib


•   adversity, affliction

•   bane, bedevil, besiege, bore

•   catastrophe, crisis, cross, curse

•   desperation, disadvantage, disagree, disaster, distract, dog, drawback

•   embroil, exercise, extremity

•   fireworks, fracas, fuss

•   gnaw, grievance, grind

•   harassment, harry, haunt, headache, hitch, hold-up

•   ill, infliction

•   jam

•   load

•   matter, mayhem, mischief, misery, murder

•   play up, plight, press, prey, prick

•   rub, ruffle

•   thorn, trial, try, turmoil

•   undoing, unsettle

•   visit

•   weigh down


•   busybody

•   malcontent, menace

•   rowdy


•   awkward

•   busy

•   complicated

•   disruptive, divisive

•   mischievous

•   painful, perverse, prickly

•   sore

•   thorny, tight, tough

•   uncomfortable, unpleasant, untoward

•   wicked


•   excavation

•   hollow

•   rut

•   slump


•   best

•   flog

•   hollow

•   scourge

•   whip


•   bevy

•   crowd

•   ensemble

•   gang

•   team


•   actress

•   veteran


•   desertion


•   bunk

•   intercourse


•   fighting


•   jog

•   tread

•   walk


•   aboveboard, artless

•   certain, chivalrous

•   deadly

•   even

•   flush

•   good

•   hearty

•   intrinsic

•   just

•   line, literal

•   orthodox

•   realistic

•   sound, sterling, straight, strict, substantial

•   unfailing, upstanding

•   wholehearted


•   banality

•   truth


•   aboveboard, absolutely, actually, aright

•   conscience

•   doubtless

•   fact

•   heart

•   literally

•   quite


•   frothy

•   lumber


•   blare, blow

•   emblazon

•   herald

•   splash


•   hatch

•   rig

•   think up


•   amputate

•   chop

•   reduce

•   telescope


•   bludgeon


•   log


•   tie up


•   bequest

•   commission, covenant

•   keeping

•   lean

•   office

•   pool

•   rely

•   swear


•   artless

•   childlike

•   ingenuous


•   aboveboard, authentic

•   believable

•   certain, confidential, constant, credible

•   fair

•   good

•   incorruptible, infallible

•   loyal

•   safe, sound, straight, sure

•   upstanding


•   confidential, constant, credible

•   honourable

•   loyal

•   sure


•   absoluteness, authenticity

•   correctness

•   deed

•   earnest

•   gospel

•   principle

•   right

•   sincerity


•   aboveboard, actual


•   apply, assay

•   bash, bid

•   challenge, chance

•   dip

•   exercise, experience

•   feel, fling

•   judge

•   prosecute

•   tackle, tempt, throw, turn

•   wall, whirl


•   awkward

•   crucial

•   demanding

•   gruelling

•   nerve-racking

•   painful, prickly

•   rugged

•   stiff

•   thorny

•   vexatious

•   wearing, wicked


•   rehearse


•   crease

•   pop


•   dig in

•   insert


•   hitch

•   manhandle

•   pluck

•   twitch


•   knowledge

•   learning


•   cascade, course

•   descend

•   flounder

•   overbalance, overturn

•   wallow


•   run-down


•   boil

•   gathering

•   knob

•   protuberance


•   bustle

•   convulsion, chaos

•   discord

•   faction, ferment, flurry, flutter

•   hurly-burly

•   misrule

•   noise

•   rampage

•   storm

•   tempest, trouble, turbulence

•   violence

•   whirl


•   angry

•   chaotic

•   factious, furious

•   high

•   loud

•   thunderous


•   jingle


•   mellow

•   sweet


•   bore


•   convulsion

•   faction, ferment, fury

•   hurly-burly

•   restlessness, riot

•   uproar

•   violence


•   factious

•   heavy, hectic, high

•   loud

•   noisy

•   restless

•   stormy

•   troublesome


•   area

•   dominion

•   earth

•   ground

•   province

•   region

•   sphere

•   territory


•   drama

•   fever, fluster, frenzy

•   hurly-burly

•   mess, misrule

•   restlessness, riot

•   storm

•   unrest


•   bout

•   curl

•   deflect, deviate, direct

•   elbow

•   faculty, fold, freak

•   genius, get, grow

•   head, hinge

•   incline, ingenuity

•   lap, loop

•   meander

•   penchant

•   relay, repair, rest

•   screw, set, skit

•   translate

•   vein

•   wind, winding, wriggle


•   deny, dim, disapprove

•   reduce, resist

•   veto


•   bed down

•   retire

•   sing


•   rotary, rotation

•   tendency

•   winding


•   head

•   landmark

•   zero hour


•   axe

•   revolt

•   sour


•   hang on

•   light

•   set upon

•   warm


•   eject

•   fall out, fare

•   groom

•   pass off, prepare, prove

•   rig


•   come up

•   drop in (on)

•   emerge

•   face

•   land, light

•   materialize

•   occur

•   report, rise, root out

•   shorten, strike, stumble

•   turn out


•   brush

•   cope

•   hassle

•   scramble, skirmish


•   academic, adviser

•   ground


•   kink

•   pluck

•   twinge


•   catch, catch on

•   message

•   realize

•   understand

•   wand


•   dark, dusky

•   gloom

•   nightfall

•   soft


•   companion

•   equal, equivalent

•   indistinguishable

•   like

•   mirror

•   picture

•   same, second


•   lace


•   ache

•   cramp

•   kink

•   qualm


•   bright

•   flickering

•   glint


•   curl

•   flourish

•   loop

•   reel, roll

•   swirl


•   bias, buckle

•   convulse

•   deflect, deform

•   entangle

•   flip, foul, freak

•   lap, loop

•   revolve

•   strain, strand, swirl

•   tweak, twinge, twirl

•   whirl, winding


•   hurricane

•   tornado


•   banter

•   dolt

•   gibe

•   imbecile

•   moron

•   pull

•   sap, scoff, silly

•   taunt, tease


•   fidget

•   jig

•   nip

•   prickle

•   start, switch

•   tweak

•   work


•   canting

•   disloyal, double

•   lying

•   slippery, sneaking

•   untrue


•   businessman


•   assort

•   brand

•   chap, character

•   description

•   emblem, embodiment, exponent

•   fashion

•   incarnation, individual

•   make, manner, mould

•   nature

•   race, rank, representative, run

•   soul, stock, style, symbol

•   version


•   gale

•   hurricane


•   distinctive, distinguishing

•   exemplary

•   general

•   natural

•   ordinary

•   par, proverbial

•   regular, routine

•   symbolic


•   betoken

•   denote

•   inform


•   bossy

•   high

•   inclement

•   lordly

•   masterful

•   repressive


•   absoluteness, arbitrariness

•   domination

•   inclemency

•   repression


•   disciplinarian

•   tsar


•   entrant

•   recruit


•   popular, prevalent

•   worldwide


•   awful

•   explosive


•   blister

•   canker


•   consummate, crown

•   definitive

•   extremity

•   future

•   hindmost

•   last word, the, limit

•   overriding


•   last, lastly

•   run

•   someday

•   time


•   dudgeon


•   comprehensive

•   inclusive

•   overall

•   shelter


•   mediator


•   fearless

•   shameless


•   incompetent


•   full


•   impossible, ineligible

•   out

•   rotten

•   taboo

•   unbearable, unheard-of, unjustifiable, unsuitable

•   wrong


•   unattended


•   freak

•   insoluble

•   miraculous

•   perplexing

•   unnatural


•   chaste

•   easy

•   homely

•   immune, insensible

•   real, rustic

•   unshaken, unspoiled


•   chaste

•   easy

•   homely

•   immune, insensible

•   real, rustic

•   unshaken, unspoiled


•   tame


•   binding

•   constant, changeless

•   firm

•   hard and fast

•   inviolable, irreversible, irrevocable

•   rigid

•   stable


•   accordance

•   identity

•   solidarity

•   union


•   solid

•   undivided


•   concert

•   man


•   impossible


•   nasty


•   naked

•   powerless

•   undefended


•   defensible

•   foolproof

•   unimpeachable, unshakable

•   watertight


•   passive


•   demure

•   homely

•   inconspicuous

•   lowly

•   unaffected, unspoiled


•   disengaged

•   floating, friendless

•   hanging

•   loose

•   separate


•   groundless

•   illegitimate, illicit

•   surreptitious


•   hollow

•   worthless


•   automatic

•   compelling

•   enforced

•   irresistible

•   required


•   absent, absent-minded

•   innocent, insensible

•   preoccupied

•   short

•   unprepared, unwitting


•   beside

•   disproportionate

•   giddy

•   mental

•   psychotic

•   queer


•   end, excruciating

•   grievous

•   overpowering


•   impregnable, infallible


•   successful


•   indecent

•   low

•   shameful

•   undignified, unfortunate, untoward, unworthy

•   wrong


•   fabulous

•   marvellous, miraculous

•   ridiculous

•   tall

•   unheard-of, unhoped-for, unlikely, unspeakable

•   world


•   doubter

•   freethinker

•   heathen

•   pagan


•   adamant

•   extreme

•   fixed, frigid

•   implacable, inexorable, intransigent, iron

•   obdurate

•   strong-minded

•   wooden


•   balanced, broad, broad-minded

•   candid

•   detached

•   equal, even

•   factual, fair-minded

•   indifferent

•   liberal

•   open


•   loose


•   blameless

•   clean, clear

•   faultless

•   innocent, irreproachable

•   mint

•   undefiled, unimpeachable, unspoiled

•   white


•   global

•   inexhaustible, interminable

•   unrestricted


•   adamant

•   foolproof

•   indissoluble


•   impetuous, incontinent

•   promiscuous

•   turbulent

•   unbounded, uninhibited

•   wild


•   direct

•   even

•   flat, flawless, flowing

•   inviolate

•   never-ending, nonstop

•   relentless, round, running

•   smooth, steady

•   uniform, unmitigated

•   wild


•   free

•   off-load

•   rid


•   groundless

•   immoderate, improper, intrusive

•   misguided

•   order

•   purposeless

•   steep, superfluous

•   top

•   undue, unfair, unreasonable, unsolicited

•   wanton


•   ghostly

•   odd


•   eternal, everlasting

•   perennial

•   running


•   accidental

•   bewildered

•   casual, contingent

•   debatable, distant

•   enigmatic, equivocal

•   faltering, fallible, fence

•   hazardous

•   improbable, inconclusive, indecisive

•   mind, mistrustful, mixed, mutable

•   nebulous

•   problematic

•   shaky

•   tentative, ticklish, torn

•   unsafe

•   wide-open


•   contingency, chance

•   gamble

•   if, improbability, insecurity, irregularity

•   maze, mistrust

•   peril, puzzle

•   question

•   risk

•   suspense


•   inflexible, irrevocable

•   steady

•   wool


•   consistent

•   equable

•   invariable

•   monotonous

•   never-ending

•   perennial

•   repetitive

•   unalterable, uniform


•   inconsiderate, intolerant


•   pathless


•   abrupt

•   blunt, brutal

•   coarse, curt

•   impertinent, insolent

•   offensive

•   rough

•   short

•   tactless

•   ungracious


•   brutal

•   heathen

•   ill-bred

•   rude


•   dusty

•   grimy

•   insanitary

•   sordid, squalid


•   embarrassing

•   perturbed

•   sheepish, sneaking, strained, strange

•   unenviable

•   warm


•   detached, disengaged

•   fence

•   open

•   undecided


•   abnormal

•   choice

•   different

•   eccentric, especial, extreme

•   few

•   occasional, offbeat, ordinary, out-of-the-way

•   particular, phenomenal

•   unaccountable, unaccustomed


•   especially, extra

•   notably


•   antisocial

•   cool

•   remote

•   undemonstrative


•   adamant

•   bull-headed

•   dour

•   extreme

•   hard-hitting, hardline

•   implacable, irreconcilable

•   opinionated

•   relentless, rugged

•   strong-minded

•   tight

•   wilful, wool


•   neglect


•   blasé

•   casual, complacent

•   deaf

•   easy-going

•   happy-go-lucky

•   insensitive

•   lukewarm

•   offhand

•   perfunctory

•   regardless

•   unabashed, untouched


•   flat

•   open


•   ill-assorted, inhospitable

•   unfriendly, unsociable


•   alone

•   disengaged, distinct

•   extraneous

•   remote


•   impregnable, insuperable


•   absent, absent-minded

•   deep-rooted

•   lifeless

•   mechanical

•   psychological

•   unthinking


•   berserk, blind

•   compulsive

•   fierce

•   hysterical

•   incontinent, intemperate

•   licentious

•   malignant

•   overpowering, overwhelming

•   problem

•   rampant, recalcitrant

•   untamed


•   abandoned, arbitrary

•   beside, blind

•   chaotic

•   frenzied

•   immoderate, incontinent, independent, involuntary

•   jerky

•   licentious

•   mad

•   obstreperous

•   promiscuous

•   runaway

•   tempestuous

•   unbounded, uninhibited

•   voracious

•   wild


•   avant-garde

•   curious

•   extreme

•   fresh, fringe

•   independent

•   kinky

•   peculiar

•   queer

•   wrong


•   far-fetched

•   unbelievable, unreliable


•   disconnected

•   incoherent


•   backwoods, barbarian, barbarous

•   churlish

•   ill-bred, impolite

•   rugged

•   tasteless

•   uncivil, unmannerly


•   betray

•   denude, detect, dig

•   excavate

•   find, find out

•   give away, grub

•   light

•   strike

•   unfold, unveil


•   blind

•   credulous

•   easy-going

•   promiscuous


•   fence, fire

•   hanging

•   inconclusive, indecisive

•   mind

•   neutral, nonaligned

•   unanswered, unresolved


•   open


•   intact, inviolate

•   maiden, maidenly

•   virgin


•   limitless

•   neutral


•   phlegmatic

•   unimpassioned


•   actual

•   decided, demonstrable

•   hard

•   outright

•   peremptory

•   self-evident, simple

•   unanswerable, undisputed


•   inferior

•   nether


•   disguised


•   current


•   decry, depreciate, disparage

•   misjudge


•   feel

•   have

•   know

•   lead

•   meet

•   pass

•   receive

•   support

•   take, taste, tolerate


•   nether

•   partisan


•   cover


•   foul

•   light-fingered

•   scheming, shifty, sneaking

•   unprincipled

•   wily


•   accent

•   line

•   play up, punctuate

•   reinforce


•   attendant

•   minister


•   break, bring down

•   demoralize

•   injure, invalidate

•   poison, prejudice

•   shake, supplant

•   undo

•   waste, wear, wear down


•   oppressed


•   decry, depreciate

•   minimize, miscalculate, misjudge

•   play down


•   diminutive, dwarf

•   puny, pygmy


•   decipher, deduce, dig, digest, divine

•   figure out

•   hang

•   infer, interpret

•   message

•   pierce

•   read

•   sense, sympathize

•   take, tell


•   acquaintance, appreciative, apprehension

•   bargain

•   cognition, compact, conception, contract, charitable

•   deal

•   enlightenment, experience

•   familiarity, favourable, feeling

•   grip

•   harmony, head, heart, human, humane, humanity

•   illumination, indulgence, indulgent, intellect, intimacy

•   kindness, knowledgeable

•   mastery, mentality, mind

•   obligation

•   pity, purview

•   rapport, reading, realization, reason, recognition, reconciliation

•   sensible, sympathy

•   tact, tactful, touch

•   wisdom, wise, wit, wits


•   silent

•   unwritten


•   deputize

•   stand in for


•   accept, act, address, approach, assume

•   dispense, do

•   embark

•   go in (for), go into, grip

•   practise, presume

•   resolve

•   take

•   wage


•   acceptance, act, action, activity, adventure, assumption

•   cause

•   design

•   engagement, expedition

•   guarantee

•   job

•   labour

•   mission

•   proceeding

•   resolve

•   transaction

•   work


•   breath


•   decry, despise, disdain, disparage


•   march, motion, move

•   pipeline, progress

•   swing


•   knickers


•   light

•   thin


•   infernal


•   indemnify

•   support

•   warrant


•   ineligible, invidious

•   pariah

•   unenviable, unhealthy, uninviting

•   wrong


•   backward

•   crude

•   early

•   fallow

•   imperfect, incomplete

•   juvenile

•   little

•   premature, primitive, puny

•   rudimentary

•   shapeless

•   young


•   degrading

•   ignominious

•   low


•   insubordinate

•   raw

•   troublesome, turbulent


•   broad

•   downright

•   flagrant, frank

•   honest

•   main

•   naked


•   decided

•   notorious

•   total


•   average

•   common

•   hack, humble

•   mean

•   nameless, nondescript

•   obscure

•   second class

•   unknown


•   easy

•   halcyon

•   imperturbable, inviolate

•   peaceable, peaceful

•   quiescent

•   restful

•   smooth, sound, still

•   unbroken, unshaken


•   all-out

•   continuous

•   endless

•   integral

•   monolithic

•   round

•   simple, single

•   total


•   beat, best, betray, blight

•   conquer

•   damage, dash, demolish, disconcert

•   free

•   hammer

•   lick

•   overcome

•   release

•   slaughter, spoil

•   unbind, unfold, unravel, unwind

•   vanquish

•   waste, worst


•   death

•   miscarriage

•   wreck


•   accursed

•   done

•   finished


•   undeniable


•   clearly, course

•   easily, evidently

•   indeed

•   necessarily

•   really

•   shot


•   unhoped-for, unlooked-for, untold


•   divest, doff


•   exorbitant

•   overdone

•   unreasonable


•   fault

•   too


•   classic

•   endless

•   lasting

•   timeless


•   come across

•   delve, dig

•   grub

•   lay, light, locate

•   mine

•   root out

•   strike

•   trace, track down


•   macabre

•   unworldly


•   discomfort, discomposure, discontent

•   fear, fidget

•   impatience, inconvenience

•   qualm

•   restlessness

•   unrest


•   concerned

•   eerie

•   fearful, fidgety, fretful

•   queer

•   solicitous, stiff


•   boorish

•   philistine

•   rude

•   uncivilized, unskilled, untrained


•   bland, bloodless

•   calm, cold-blooded

•   dispassionate

•   nonchalant

•   objective

•   stolid

•   unimpassioned

•   wooden


•   dead

•   free

•   inactive

•   unoccupied

•   vacant

•   work


•   abiding, abysmal

•   boundless

•   lasting, limitless

•   nonstop

•   undying, uninterrupted


•   end, excruciating


•   cool

•   faint, frosty

•   languid

•   negative

•   reluctant

•   tepid

•   unwilling


•   lopsided

•   one-sided


•   alone

•   unique


•   candid, categorical

•   decided, downright

•   emphatic, exact

•   flat

•   outright, outspoken

•   patent, plain-spoken, precise

•   specific

•   transparent, trenchant

•   unquestionable


•   corrupt

•   unconscionable

•   wrongful


•   abrupt

•   crooked

•   disproportionate

•   erratic

•   hit or miss

•   inconsistent, interrupted

•   jagged

•   ragged, rugged

•   wry


•   dreary

•   slow, smooth


•   anonymous, average

•   everyday

•   middling, mill, moderate, modest

•   nondescript

•   passable

•   tolerable

•   uneventful


•   abnormal, adventitious

•   casual, curious

•   disappointing

•   freak

•   precipitate

•   unaccustomed, undreamed of, unhoped-for, unusual


•   deadly

•   invariable

•   perennial, perpetual

•   same

•   unceasing


•   belt

•   dirty

•   foul

•   thick

•   unbalanced, unconscionable, uneven, unreasonable

•   wrong


•   insincere


•   exotic, extraordinary

•   foreign

•   inexperienced

•   uncharted, unheard-of, unidentified


•   dowdy

•   old, outdated


•   loose

•   release

•   unbind


•   abysmal

•   enigmatic

•   hard

•   inscrutable, insoluble

•   mysterious

•   opaque

•   puzzling

•   unaccountable, unintelligible


•   averse

•   cross

•   derogatory, detrimental, dim, discouraging

•   ill, inhospitable

•   prejudicial


•   austere

•   bloodless, brutal

•   cold-blooded, cold-hearted

•   frigid

•   gross

•   hard, harsh

•   inclement, inhumane

•   mechanical, merciless

•   obdurate

•   phlegmatic

•   rough, ruthless

•   senseless

•   tactless, thick-skinned

•   uncharitable, unemotional, unkind, unmerciful, unmoved, unnatural


•   coarse

•   immature

•   partial

•   ragged, remaining

•   unprepared


•   below

•   disable, disqualify

•   form

•   helpless

•   improper, incapacitate, incapacitated, inept

•   par

•   unable, unbecoming


•   equable

•   laid-back

•   sedate

•   untroubled


•   derogatory


•   dauntless

•   fearless, fixed

•   game

•   indomitable, intrepid

•   plucky

•   spartan


•   communicate

•   dawn, decipher, display

•   elucidate, expound

•   flower

•   narrate

•   solve, spin, spread, stretch


•   casual, chance

•   freak

•   undreamed of


•   haunting

•   imperishable

•   monumental

•   obsessive


•   monumental


•   accursed

•   bad

•   devil

•   ill, inauspicious

•   rotten

•   sad

•   tough, tragic

•   untimely

•   wretch


•   erroneous

•   gratuitous

•   invalid

•   mistaken


•   desolate

•   out-of-the-way

•   quiet

•   secluded, secret


•   adverse, antisocial

•   cool, chill

•   dour

•   forbidding, frosty

•   icy, ill-natured

•   mean

•   unapproachable, uncharitable, unkind

•   warlike


•   effete

•   lean

•   meagre

•   poor


•   misshapen

•   stiff

•   unwieldy

•   wooden


•   fiendish


•   disorderly

•   furious

•   headstrong

•   impossible, incontinent, insubordinate, intemperate

•   mutinous

•   rampant, recalcitrant, riotous

•   turbulent

•   unbridled

•   violent

•   wayward


•   abrupt

•   curt

•   disagreeable

•   gruff

•   inconsiderate

•   petulant

•   rough

•   surly

•   thankless


•   insecure

•   naked

•   trustful

•   unattended

•   weak


•   afraid, aggrieved

•   cheerless

•   damned, disappointing, discontented, dissatisfied, downhearted

•   forlorn

•   ill-starred, injured

•   joyless

•   low, low-spirited

•   malcontent, mouth

•   pained, poor

•   regrettable

•   sorry

•   woeful, wrong


•   all right

•   secure

•   unspoiled


•   diseased

•   green

•   ill

•   neurotic

•   par, perverse, perverted

•   run-down

•   sallow

•   unfit


•   extraordinary

•   nameless

•   unaccountable, uncanny, unimaginable

•   wonderful


•   decided


•   dislocate

•   unnerve


•   cursed

•   impious


•   gradual

•   laid-back

•   restful


•   integration

•   solidarity, synthesis

•   unity


•   changeless

•   garments

•   homogeneous

•   institutional, invariable

•   level

•   monotonous

•   parallel, piece, plane

•   steady


•   equality

•   parity


•   ally

•   centralize

•   marry

•   wed


•   incomprehensible

•   unhoped-for, unlikely, unspeakable, untold, unutterable


•   everyday

•   insipid

•   lacklustre, literal

•   slavish, stodgy


•   guiltless

•   infallible

•   spotless, suspicion

•   upright


•   expendable

•   footling, frivolous, futile

•   humble

•   inconsiderable, indifferent

•   lightweight, little

•   minute

•   negligible, niggling, nonessential

•   obscure, one-horse

•   piddling, point

•   same, secondary, small

•   vain


•   free

•   lifeless, lonely

•   unfrequented

•   wild


•   abandoned


•   arid

•   drab

•   hack

•   lacklustre, literal

•   mediocre

•   pedestrian

•   routine

•   slavish, stodgy

•   tasteless, trite


•   dumb

•   empty

•   idiotic, inane

•   mindless

•   senseless, shallow


•   disconnected

•   enigmatic

•   impenetrable, inexplicable, inscrutable

•   opaque

•   unaccountable


•   coincidental, chance


•   aloof

•   cool

•   half-hearted

•   languid, lukewarm

•   negative

•   offhand

•   remote

•   unenthusiastic


•   arid

•   barren, bland

•   colourless

•   dead, deadly

•   insipid, irksome

•   nondescript

•   pathetic, pedestrian

•   slow, stuffy

•   tame, tasteless

•   unappetizing, uninspired


•   consecutive

•   direct

•   endless, even, everlasting

•   flowing

•   never-ending

•   perennial, perpetual

•   running

•   smooth, solid, straight


•   unsolicited


•   distasteful

•   uncongenial


•   affiliation, alignment

•   bloc, bond, brotherhood

•   club, concert, connection, contact, chain

•   fraternity

•   guild

•   joint

•   match, meeting, merger

•   order

•   partnership

•   sexual intercourse, society, sympathy

•   unification


•   alone

•   curious

•   different, distinctive

•   especial, exclusive, extraordinary

•   individual, irreplaceable, isolated

•   peculiar, phenomenal

•   singular

•   transcendent

•   unheard-of


•   chorus

•   tune

•   union


•   article

•   brigade

•   cell, corps

•   degree, denomination, department

•   fitting, flight, force

•   garrison

•   individual

•   number

•   organ, outfit

•   package, party, point

•   troop


•   adhere, adjoin, affiliate, annex, attach

•   bridge

•   cement, close, compound, connect, chain

•   dock, dovetail

•   fasten, federate, fraternize

•   get together

•   hitch

•   integrate

•   joint

•   knit

•   lock, lump

•   match, meet, mingle, mix

•   piece

•   rally

•   splice

•   team, tie

•   weave

•   yoke


•   connected, cooperative, corporate

•   joint

•   married, mixed

•   shoulder, solid

•   undivided


•   communion, cooperation

•   entirety

•   identity

•   organization

•   parity

•   whole


•   accepted

•   broad

•   cosmic, cosmopolitan

•   extensive

•   generic, global

•   international

•   metaphysical

•   pervasive, popular, prevalent, public

•   ubiquitous


•   prevalence


•   generally

•   popularly


•   world


•   belt

•   discriminatory

•   foul

•   hard

•   iniquitous

•   oppressive

•   rough

•   thick, tyrannical

•   unbalanced, uncalled-for, unconscionable, unjustifiable, unreasonable, unwarranted


•   baseless

•   insupportable

•   wanton


•   cold-hearted

•   hard, heartless, horrible, horrid, hostile, hurtful

•   ill, ill-natured, inhospitable, inhumane

•   tactless


•   foreign

•   incognito, indefinite, inglorious

•   stranger

•   vague


•   contraband, crooked

•   disorderly

•   wrong, wrongful


•   barbarous

•   dark


•   motley


•   fantastic, far-fetched, fishy

•   marvellous

•   outside

•   unthinkable


•   almighty, all-out, arbitrary, autocratic

•   bottomless, broad

•   clear

•   dictatorial

•   global

•   indefinite, interminable

•   liberty

•   sovereign

•   unfailing, universal, unreserved


•   clear

•   dispose of, drop

•   foist

•   jettison

•   rid

•   tip


•   accidental


•   accursed, adverse

•   evil

•   ill

•   poor

•   rotten

•   tough

•   untoward


•   disorderly

•   irrepressible

•   mutinous

•   perverse, problem

•   rebellious, recalcitrant

•   stubborn

•   ungovernable

•   wayward


•   brutal

•   caddish, churlish

•   gruff

•   impertinent

•   offensive

•   rough, rustic

•   ungracious

•   vulgar


•   betray

•   catch

•   detect

•   find out


•   inimitable

•   odd

•   unequal, unique


•   nameless


•   inclement


•   insensible

•   loose

•   mindless

•   regardless

•   thankless, thoughtless

•   unaware, unconscious, ungrateful, unthinking


•   apparent

•   demonstrable

•   emphatic

•   flat

•   naked, noticeable

•   prominent

•   strong

•   undisguised, unquestionable

•   visible


•   blatant

•   entire

•   great, gross

•   mere

•   positive, pure

•   stark

•   total


•   apathetic

•   blasé

•   calm, cold-blooded

•   deaf, dispassionate

•   imperturbable, insensible

•   motionless

•   placid

•   unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpassioned, unsympathetic


•   constrained, cruel

•   far-fetched

•   grotesque

•   kinky

•   unholy

•   weird


•   extra, extraneous

•   frothy

•   gratuitous

•   idle, immaterial

•   overdone

•   purposeless

•   undue


•   agitate, alarm, appal

•   confuse

•   disturb

•   flurry

•   mix up

•   panic, perturb

•   ruffle

•   unsettle


•   unanswered


•   diffident

•   inoffensive

•   unseen


•   abandoned

•   deserted

•   free

•   jobless

•   leisure, liberty

•   open

•   spare

•   unsettled

•   void


•   fringe

•   honorary

•   illegal, irregular

•   record


•   bohemian

•   curious

•   fringe

•   heretical

•   offbeat

•   queer


•   free

•   gratis, gratuitous


•   alone

•   freak

•   inimitable

•   phenomenal

•   transcendent

•   uncommon


•   nonchalant

•   unconcerned, undisturbed, unshaken


•   abrasive, awful, awkward

•   beastly

•   creepy

•   diabolical

•   evil

•   frightful

•   grating

•   hard, harsh, horrible

•   mean, murderous

•   odious, offensive

•   painful

•   raw, rotten, rough, rude

•   sour, sticky

•   terrible, thorny

•   ugly, unacceptable, unappetizing, uncongenial, unenviable, uninviting, unsavoury, unsightly, unwelcome

•   vexatious

•   warm, wicked


•   unfashionable


•   unaccustomed, uncommon


•   aimless, awkward

•   capricious

•   freak

•   hazardous

•   impulsive, inconsistent

•   moody

•   slippery, speculative

•   temperamental

•   uncertain, undisciplined, unexpected, unsettled

•   wayward, wide-open


•   broad-minded

•   candid

•   detached, disinterested, dispassionate

•   equitable, even

•   indifferent

•   liberal

•   neutral

•   open

•   tolerant


•   accidental

•   casual

•   impetuous, instinctive

•   random

•   snap

•   unconscious, unintentional


•   crude

•   extempore

•   guard

•   impromptu

•   raw

•   unawares, unfit, unpremeditated, unqualified


•   artless

•   easy

•   low, lowly

•   meek

•   naive, natural

•   ordinary

•   quiet

•   small


•   cutthroat

•   discreditable, dishonourable, disreputable

•   godless

•   profligate

•   shameless, shifty

•   unfair

•   venal, vicious

•   wicked


•   desert

•   effete

•   infertile

•   lean, lifeless

•   meagre

•   pointless, poor

•   slow

•   unfruitful, unsuccessful

•   waste


•   unskilled


•   bleak

•   dim

•   ill


•   insecure

•   weak, wide-open


•   blank

•   dead, deep

•   enthusiastic, explicit

•   flat

•   great, gross

•   implicit, inadequate, inadmissible, insufficient, intense

•   naked

•   open

•   profound, pure

•   sheer, straight, sweeping

•   unable, unlimited, unskilled, untrained

•   very

•   wholehearted


•   actual, assured

•   decided

•   undoubted, unimpeachable


•   decipher

•   expand

•   iron out

•   penetrate, plumb, puzzle

•   run

•   unfold


•   indecipherable, inscrutable


•   dreamy

•   empty

•   fantastic, fictional

•   ideal

•   made-up, metaphysical

•   nonexistent, notional

•   psychological

•   shadowy

•   theatrical

•   unrealistic


•   abstract

•   crazy

•   doctrinaire

•   fantastic, far-fetched

•   visionary


•   disproportionate

•   extreme

•   impossible, inadmissible, inordinate

•   lavish

•   misguided

•   outrageous

•   perverse

•   tall, thick, tyrannical

•   unconscionable, unearthly, ungodly, unholy, untenable, unthinkable


•   awkward

•   barbarous, broad

•   crass

•   gross

•   ill-bred, impolite, impure

•   low

•   natural

•   philistine, plebeian, primitive

•   rough, rugged, rustic

•   uncouth, undignified, unseemly


•   foreign

•   independent, isolated

•   other

•   remote

•   untold


•   changeable

•   dicky, dubious

•   erratic

•   faithless, fly-by-night

•   ill-founded, insecure

•   mutable

•   precarious

•   questionable

•   shaky, slippery

•   temperamental

•   undisciplined, unfaithful, unpredictable, unsafe, unsteady


•   categorical, communicative

•   effusive, expansive, explicit

•   familiar, forthcoming

•   heart-to-heart, hearty

•   implicit, ingenuous

•   point-blank

•   unhesitating


•   hanging

•   open, outstanding

•   uncertain


•   ferment, fever, fuss

•   trouble, turbulence


•   absolute, all-out, arbitrary

•   demonstrative, dissolute

•   effusive, extravagant

•   furious

•   impetuous, incontinent

•   lavish, lawless, lurid

•   mad

•   rampant, riotous

•   tumultuous

•   undisciplined, unreserved, uproarious

•   violent

•   wanton, wild


•   ample

•   dictatorial, discretionary

•   entire

•   frank

•   liberty, loose

•   unconditional, uninhibited, unqualified


•   inimitable

•   pre-eminent

•   superb, superior, superlative, surpassing

•   transcendent

•   unique, unprecedented


•   bad, boisterous

•   disruptive

•   hot-headed

•   licentious

•   problem

•   recalcitrant, restive, restless

•   troublesome, tumultuous

•   unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined


•   ice

•   mad

•   ramshackle

•   slippery

•   unsteady

•   weak


•   bad

•   empty

•   flimsy

•   lame, lamentable, limited

•   off

•   rotten

•   sad


•   sour

•   undesirable


•   belt

•   designing, dirty

•   foul

•   politic, purchasable

•   shady, sharp

•   underhand, unfair


•   overturn

•   supplant

•   topple, turn out


•   gross

•   ill-advised, indecent

•   objectionable

•   scandalous, suggestive

•   tasteless

•   uncouth, undue, ungodly, unprofessional, untoward, unworthy

•   wrong


•   imperceptibly

•   secret


•   accommodating

•   big

•   considerate

•   public-spirited

•   sweet

•   thoughtful


•   derange, disarrange, disorganize, displace, disquiet, disrupt

•   flurry

•   put off

•   shake up, shock

•   throw off, throw out, trip

•   unhinge

•   worry


•   disconcerted, dubious

•   hanging, homeless

•   ill at ease, inconclusive, indefinite, irresolute, issue, itchy, itinerant

•   live

•   migratory, mutable

•   precarious, problematic

•   tentative, transitional, travelling, turbulent

•   unanswered, unpaid

•   vagrant, volatile

•   wide-open


•   adamant

•   dogged

•   entrenched

•   implicit, impregnable, incontrovertible

•   obdurate

•   solid, stubborn

•   tenacious

•   unafraid

•   wool


•   constant

•   firm

•   immovable, implicit

•   resolute

•   unflinching, unwavering


•   bleak


•   awful

•   misshapen

•   unbecoming


•   artless, awkward

•   inexpert

•   menial

•   raw


•   aloof, antisocial

•   churlish

•   objectionable

•   reserved

•   solitary, sullen

•   unapproachable, uncommunicative


•   unwanted


•   barbarian

•   gauche, green, gross, gullible

•   homespun

•   juvenile

•   primitive, provincial

•   rustic

•   simple-minded

•   uncivilized

•   wide-eyed


•   dicky

•   hollow

•   illegitimate, impaired, inaccurate, infirm, irrational

•   mad, mistaken, morbid

•   rotten

•   unsubstantial, untenable

•   wanting, wrong


•   fearful, fiendish

•   insufferable

•   nameless

•   outrageous

•   terrible

•   unmentionable, untold


•   unpretentious


•   inarticulate


•   explosive

•   fickle, fugitive

•   giddy

•   infirm, irresolute

•   mad, maladjusted, mental, moody, mutable

•   neurotic

•   perishable

•   restless

•   slippery

•   ticklish, treacherous, turbulent

•   unbalanced, uneasy, unreliable, unsafe, unsound


•   dicky, doddering

•   fickle

•   giddy, groggy

•   inconsistent, irresolute

•   light

•   moody, mutable

•   punch-drunk

•   ramshackle, restless

•   slippery

•   ticklish

•   undisciplined, uneven, unsound

•   weak


•   empty

•   frothy

•   insignificant

•   jerry-built

•   metaphysical

•   shadowy


•   apocryphal

•   baseless

•   ill-founded

•   unfounded


•   idle, inglorious


•   amiss

•   impossible, impracticable, inapplicable, inconvenient, incorrect, inept, inopportune, irregular

•   undesirable, undignified, unfit, unfortunate, unhappy, unsatisfactory, untimely, untoward, unworthy

•   wrong


•   diffident

•   ill at ease

•   mind

•   perilous, precarious

•   tentative, torn

•   uncertain


•   alone

•   best

•   pre-eminent

•   unbeaten, unmatched


•   unaware, unprepared, unwitting


•   faithful

•   loyal

•   religious

•   straight

•   tenacious

•   unflinching, unhesitating, unshakable


•   aloof

•   cold-hearted, chilly

•   dull

•   hardhearted, hostile

•   inhumane

•   merciless

•   pitiless

•   uncongenial, uncharitable


•   comb


•   incomprehensible

•   question

•   taboo

•   unheard-of, untold


•   absent, absent-minded

•   blind, brute

•   gut

•   impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, involuntary, irrational

•   mindless

•   perfunctory

•   short-sighted, stupid

•   uncritical, unguarded, unintelligent, unintentional


•   confused

•   disarrange, dishevelled

•   grubby

•   scruffy, slapdash

•   wild


•   disengage

•   loose

•   open


•   immature

•   prematurely, previous

•   unfavourable, unlucky, untoward


•   assiduous

•   ceaseless

•   inexhaustible

•   unswerving, unwavering


•   boundless

•   infinite

•   limitless


•   insensible, inviolate

•   unbeaten, undisturbed, unspoiled

•   virgin

•   whole


•   amiss

•   indelicate


•   fresh

•   ignorant

•   primitive

•   undisciplined, unfit, unprofessional


•   blithe

•   carefree, clear

•   easy

•   gentle

•   happy-go-lucky

•   light-hearted

•   quiet

•   smooth, sound

•   unbroken


•   fictitious

•   illusory, insincere, invalid

•   libellous

•   made-up, mendacious, mythical

•   scandalous

•   trumped-up


•   dishonourable, double-dealing, dubious

•   irresponsible

•   perfidious

•   rotten

•   shady, shifty

•   unstable


•   fable, fairy tale, fallacy

•   invention


•   faithless

•   insincere

•   untrue


•   anomalous

•   bumper

•   colourful, choice

•   especial, exotic, extreme

•   few, freak, fresh, funny

•   infrequent, interesting, irregular, isolated

•   new, noteworthy, novel

•   offbeat, ordinary, original, out-of-the-way

•   particular, peculiar, prodigious

•   quaint

•   scarce, sudden

•   unaccountable, unaccustomed, uncanny, unheard-of, unnatural, unorthodox, unprecedented

•   whimsical


•   inexpressible

•   nameless

•   unmentionable, untold


•   bald

•   hard

•   literal

•   matter-of-fact

•   raw

•   unfinished


•   display

•   light

•   release

•   unmask


•   intrusive

•   leftover

•   needless

•   redundant

•   spare

•   unbidden, undesirable, unloved, unpopular

•   waste


•   exorbitant

•   immoderate, improper, inordinate

•   misguided

•   unauthorized, undue, unfair


•   guard

•   trustful

•   unsuspecting


•   constant

•   enduring, even

•   faithful, fast, firm, fixed

•   invariable

•   loyal

•   stable

•   unflinching, unhesitating, unmoved, unyielding


•   ill-timed, irksome

•   unbidden, uncalled-for, unsolicited


•   bad

•   diseased

•   rotten, rough

•   seedy

•   unsound


•   diseased

•   ill, impure

•   morbid

•   obscene

•   sour


•   lumbering


•   adverse

•   backward

•   enforced

•   involuntary

•   negative

•   recalcitrant

•   slow


•   simmer down


•   crazy

•   irrational

•   misguided


•   disappointing

•   low

•   reprehensible

•   shabby

•   unprofessional, unsatisfactory


•   spoken

•   verbal


•   authoritarian

•   bull-headed

•   dogged, dour

•   grim

•   hard

•   implacable, indomitable, intransigent, invincible, iron

•   pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed

•   resistant, rocky

•   stern, stiff, strong

•   tenacious, tight

•   unconquerable

•   wilful, wooden


•   background


•   exalt

•   lift

•   prefer

•   uplift


•   agitation

•   commotion, confusion, convulsion

•   hurly-burly

•   riot

•   tempest, transition, tumult, turbulence

•   unrest, uprising

•   wrench


•   stiff


•   abet, approve, assert

•   bear, bear out, befriend, buttress

•   carry, claim

•   foster

•   preserve, prop

•   ratify

•   stand up for, stick

•   vouch

•   warrant


•   call for, cheer

•   exalt, exaltation

•   heighten

•   lift

•   pick up

•   regenerate


•   overhead

•   ruling

•   stimulant


•   county

•   elite

•   gentle


•   command

•   handicap

•   predominance


•   ascendant

•   major


•   haughty

•   overconfident


•   aboveboard

•   blameless

•   clean, column

•   dignified

•   fair

•   innocent

•   leg

•   moral

•   noble

•   picket, pier, pile, pillar, post, pure

•   rampant, reliable, reputable, respectable, right

•   scrupulous, shaft, solid, square, standing

•   trusty

•   upstanding

•   worthy


•   bedlam

•   disturbance

•   ferment, fireworks, fracas

•   hue and cry

•   madness

•   rampage, row

•   stir

•   tempest, tumult

•   whirl


•   mirthful

•   obstreperous

•   vociferous


•   affect, affected

•   bad, baffle, blow, bring down

•   concerned, confuse, cut up

•   derange, disagree, disappointed, disarray, disease, displease, disrupt

•   feeling, flurry, fuss

•   get

•   inconvenience, injured, invert

•   jolt

•   madden, matter, mixed-up, molest

•   offend, offended, overbalance, override

•   pained, perturbed

•   rattle, rough

•   sadden, scene, setback, shake, shake up, shatter, sore, state, subvert, swamp

•   throw, throw off, throw out, tip, topple, touch, try, turn

•   undo, uneasy, unsettle

•   vex, vexation, vexed


•   aftermath

•   catastrophe

•   development

•   effect

•   fate

•   meaning

•   product

•   ramification, resolution


•   upset


•   solid


•   contemporary, chic

•   fresh

•   latest

•   new

•   recent

•   swinging

•   topical


•   affable

•   bland

•   cool, courtly

•   finished

•   genteel, gentlemanly

•   poised, polite

•   stylish

•   worldly


•   affability

•   breeding

•   gentility

•   savoir-faire, smoothness, style


•   imp

•   youngster


•   abet, actuate, animate

•   call, carry, caution, craving

•   dun

•   enforce, enjoin, excitement, expedite

•   hankering, hurry

•   inducement, insist, instinct

•   lobby

•   mind, move

•   persuade, petition, ply, pray, preach, prod, promote, put up

•   reason

•   set on, speed, stir

•   thrust

•   whim, whip


•   acuteness

•   compulsion

•   edge

•   greatness

•   haste

•   press

•   rush


•   acute

•   burning

•   cogent, compulsive, crash

•   demanding, desperate, dire

•   grave

•   hasty

•   irresistible

•   rush

•   serious, sore, strong

•   vital


•   operational

•   viable


•   diction

•   etiquette

•   fashion

•   idiom

•   jargon

•   manner

•   rite, ritual

•   system

•   vogue

•   way


•   account

•   borrow, burn

•   consumption, convenience

•   deploy, draw on

•   effect, effectiveness, efficacy, enjoy, enjoyment, exertion, expenditure, expense

•   finish

•   go through

•   impose, invoke

•   manage, meaning, milk

•   occupation, occupy

•   practicability

•   resort

•   sense

•   tap, touch

•   victimize, vogue

•   wear


•   accustomed

•   conditioned

•   threadbare

•   worn-out


•   applicable

•   constructive, convenient

•   efficacious, expedient

•   functional

•   good

•   handy

•   instructive, instrumental

•   meaningful

•   positive, productive

•   subsidiary

•   well, working


•   barren

•   dead, dispensable

•   feckless

•   good-for-nothing

•   hollow

•   impracticable, inoperative

•   meaningless

•   needless, null

•   pathetic, piddling, purposeless

•   thankless, trumpery

•   unfit, unnecessary, unsuccessful, unwanted

•   void

•   waste, worn-out


•   employ, empty

•   impoverish, inroad

•   lose

•   spend, swallow

•   take up

•   wear out


•   accompany, attend

•   bring

•   convoy

•   marshal

•   precursor

•   see, shepherd

•   take


•   accepted, average

•   classic, conventional

•   fashionable, frequent

•   natural

•   par, prevailing, prevalent

•   regulation

•   set

•   traditional

•   unexceptional, unimaginative


•   average

•   customarily, chiefly

•   popularly

•   rule


•   advantage

•   expediency

•   functional

•   help

•   purpose

•   value

•   wear, worth


•   apply

•   consume

•   deploy

•   exercise, exert, exploit

•   harness

•   occupy

•   play on, profit

•   resort

•   tap, touch

•   wield


•   all, all-out

•   limit

•   main

•   terminal

•   ultimate


•   air, all

•   blank, breathe

•   comment, congenital

•   dead, deliver, dictate, disclose

•   emit, exclaim, extreme

•   give, give out, great, gross

•   main, mere

•   pass, phrase, positive, profound, pure, put

•   rank, read, right

•   sound, strict

•   talk, tell

•   unconditional, undisguised

•   vent

•   word


•   air, all

•   blank, breathe

•   comment, congenital

•   dead, deliver, dictate, disclose

•   emit, exclaim, extreme

•   give, give out, great, gross

•   main, mere

•   pass, phrase, positive, profound, pure, put

•   rank, read, right

•   sound, strict

•   talk, tell

•   unconditional, undisguised

•   vent

•   word


•   altogether, all

•   diametrically

•   flat

•   head, heavily, hook

•   implicitly

•   right, root

•   simply, stark

•   through


•   blank

•   slot


•   abandoned, absent

•   bare

•   deserted, devoid

•   feeble-minded, fishy

•   glassy

•   hollow

•   inexpressive

•   listless

•   open

•   uninhabited

•   wooden


•   blank

•   clean

•   vacancy


•   beachcomber

•   Gypsy

•   scoundrel

•   wretch


•   aimless

•   beachcomber

•   derelict, down and out

•   Gypsy

•   layabout

•   migrant, migratory

•   stray

•   wandering


•   absent, abstruse, ambiguous

•   blank

•   diffuse, dreamy

•   equivocal

•   faint, foggy

•   general

•   inattentive, inconclusive, indefinable

•   misty, muddled, muddy

•   noncommittal, nondescript

•   pointless

•   rough

•   sketchy

•   undecided, undefined, unresolved


•   absently


•   generality

•   uncertainty


•   egotistic

•   fond, frothy

•   hopeless

•   inane, ineffective, ineffectual

•   meaningless

•   no go, null

•   unfounded, unsuccessful

•   void


•   audacious

•   chivalrous

•   daring

•   game

•   hardy

•   manful, manly

•   stalwart, stout, superhuman


•   certain

•   defensible

•   force, forcible

•   justifiable

•   meaningful

•   persuasive

•   real, right

•   true

•   usable


•   authenticity

•   certainty

•   effect, effectiveness

•   meaning

•   reality

•   truth


•   admirable, advantageous

•   big

•   constructive, choice

•   golden, good

•   invaluable

•   premium, productive

•   rewarding, rich

•   salutary


•   admire, application

•   calculate, class, consequence

•   denomination

•   favour, figure

•   gauge, goodness, grade

•   honour

•   judge

•   meaning, measure, moment

•   pith, practicability, premium

•   quality

•   rarity, regard

•   sense, store

•   think

•   weight


•   important

•   precious

•   valuable


•   dud

•   empty

•   futile

•   meaningless

•   null

•   poor

•   trifling, trivial, trumpery

•   unproductive


•   head

•   lead

•   precursor

•   scout


•   blow over

•   consume

•   depart, die, disperse, dissipate

•   fade, flee

•   lift

•   melt

•   pass, pass off, perish

•   set


•   bubble

•   self-esteem


•   bow

•   override, overthrow

•   slaughter, surmount

•   triumph

•   worst


•   cloud

•   damp

•   reek


•   adaptable

•   elastic, erratic

•   floating

•   inconsistent, irregular

•   negotiable

•   patchy

•   uncertain, unequal, unpredictable, unsettled

•   versatile, volatile


•   alteration

•   breach

•   conflict

•   deviation, diversity, division

•   misunderstanding


•   other

•   version


•   adaptation

•   diversion

•   fluctuation

•   mutability

•   oscillation

•   tolerance, twist

•   variance, variant


•   divers

•   many, multifarious

•   odd


•   choice

•   description

•   form

•   manner, model

•   nature

•   pattern

•   run

•   selection, shade, stock, style


•   dissimilar

•   multiple

•   odd

•   respective


•   coating


•   deviate

•   oscillate

•   qualify

•   relieve

•   shift, swing

•   waver


•   divergence

•   patchy

•   unequal


•   abysmal

•   big, broad

•   capacious, cosmic

•   exceeding

•   gaping, giant

•   incalculable, infinite

•   large, large-scale

•   mighty

•   overwhelming

•   spacious, stupendous

•   yawning


•   dungeon

•   garner, grave

•   hop

•   safe, sepulchre

•   treasury


•   dungeon

•   garner, grave

•   hop

•   safe, sepulchre

•   treasury


•   bluster, boast, brag

•   crow

•   display

•   exult

•   flourish

•   gloat

•   pride

•   trumpet


•   bend

•   deflect, deflection, depart, deviate

•   fluctuate

•   incline

•   slide, swing

•   trend

•   wander


•   emotion

•   fury

•   glow

•   impatience

•   rage

•   strength


•   burning

•   explosive

•   furious

•   heated, hot

•   impatient

•   loud

•   rampant

•   vociferous

•   warm


•   agent

•   car, carriage, coach, conveyance

•   instrument

•   tool, transport

•   voice


•   becloud

•   camouflage

•   eclipse, enshroud, envelop

•   gloss

•   overshadow

•   pretence, pretext

•   shut out


•   dusky

•   hazy, hidden

•   mysterious

•   obscure

•   surreptitious

•   underlying, unseen


•   fund

•   mine


•   commercial

•   grasping

•   rotten


•   coating

•   disguise

•   face, facing

•   overlay

•   polish

•   sheet, surface


•   considerable

•   grey

•   hoary, holy, honourable

•   old

•   respectable

•   sacred, solemn

•   vintage


•   admire

•   consecrate

•   fear

•   glorify

•   idolize

•   treasure


•   admiration

•   cult

•   estimation

•   fear

•   glory

•   hero worship, honour

•   piety


•   eye


•   cruelty

•   enmity

•   sarcasm

•   viciousness


•   bitchy

•   catty, corrosive

•   deadly

•   pernicious, pestilential

•   vitriolic


•   airing

•   belch

•   egress, erupt, exit

•   fly

•   give off, give out

•   slot


•   agitate

•   canvass

•   fan, freshen

•   introduce

•   moot

•   voice


•   activity, assay, attempt

•   bet, bid, business

•   danger

•   experiment

•   investment

•   job

•   lottery

•   proceeding

•   stab

•   throw, trial


•   rhetorical


•   literal, literally

•   verbal


•   lengthy

•   ponderous

•   redundant, rhetorical

•   talkative


•   diffusion

•   padding

•   rhetoric

•   waffle


•   award

•   determination, doom

•   resolution, ruling


•   adjoin

•   bound, brow

•   circumference

•   eve, extremity

•   frontier

•   line

•   rim

•   side


•   testimony


•   ascertain

•   certify, clinch, control

•   determine, document

•   establish, experiment

•   probe

•   sustain

•   test


•   idiomatic

•   language

•   patter

•   tongue


•   changeable


•   adept

•   cultured

•   informed

•   learned

•   old


•   arrangement

•   draft

•   edition

•   paraphrase

•   report

•   story

•   transcript


•   standing, straight


•   bravura

•   fire

•   glee, go

•   kick

•   panache

•   vehemence


•   fearfully

•   heartily

•   rather

•   too


•   bowl

•   capsule

•   jar, jug

•   pan


•   passage


•   flicker

•   mark

•   shadow, spark


•   inspect

•   screen


•   experienced

•   practical


•   denial, deny, disapprove

•   exclude, exclusion

•   negation, nullify

•   overrule

•   rejection


•   affront, anger

•   bedevil, bore

•   curse, chafe

•   disappoint, disquiet

•   exercise

•   get, grate

•   harry

•   madden, mortify

•   nag

•   oppress

•   pain, persecute, perturb

•   rub, ruffle

•   spite

•   tread, try

•   wear, weary


•   affront, anger

•   care, curse

•   discomfort, discontent

•   gall

•   harassment

•   inconvenience

•   mortification

•   pain, pest, plague, provocation

•   resentment

•   torment, trial, tribulation


•   awkward

•   bitter

•   galling, grating

•   heavy

•   inconvenient, infuriating

•   mischievous

•   painful

•   thorny, tiresome

•   untoward

•   wearisome


•   beleaguered

•   cross

•   discontented, disgruntled, dudgeon

•   mortified

•   sore, sulky

•   unanswered


•   economic

•   operational

•   possible

•   quick

•   tenable

•   working


•   active

•   glowing

•   high-spirited

•   resounding, rich

•   vital


•   beat, blow

•   drone

•   flap, flicker, flutter

•   hum

•   jangle, jar

•   palpitate

•   quake, quaver

•   rattle

•   thrill

•   wag, wobble


•   drone

•   flutter

•   quaver

•   shake, swing

•   thrill, tremble

•   wag, wobble


•   clamp, crime

•   devilry

•   frailty

•   harm

•   perversion, prostitution

•   villainy


•   juxtaposition

•   nearness

•   outskirts

•   part, place, presence

•   region


•   bloodthirsty, brutal

•   criminal

•   destructive, disreputable, dissolute, dog

•   enormous, evil

•   fierce, filthy

•   hellish

•   inhuman, iniquitous

•   malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous

•   nasty, nefarious

•   perverted, poisonous

•   rotten

•   sadistic, slashing, sordid

•   tough

•   villainous, virulent

•   wanton


•   atrocity

•   barbarity

•   devilry

•   enormity

•   inhumanity


•   butt

•   laughing stock

•   object

•   pigeon, prey

•   quarry

•   subject

•   target

•   underdog


•   discriminate

•   prey


•   hero


•   unbeaten


•   palm


•   board

•   diet

•   fare

•   nourishment

•   subsistence, sustenance

•   table, tuck


•   advice, apprehension

•   concept, contention, countryside

•   design

•   esteem, estimation, exposure

•   gaze, glance, glimpse

•   hold

•   idea, intention

•   look over, lookout

•   mind

•   position, purpose

•   reflection

•   scenery, see, show

•   thesis, thinking

•   understanding

•   voice


•   bystander

•   eyewitness


•   eye

•   idea

•   light

•   outlook

•   philosophy

•   side

•   understanding


•   awake

•   guard

•   heedful

•   jealous

•   observant

•   paternal, protective, provident, prudent

•   wary, wide-awake


•   able-bodied, aggressive, alive, animated, athletic

•   bouncing, bracing, brawny

•   driving

•   emphatic, enthusiastic, exuberant

•   fresh, full-blooded

•   hard-hitting, hearty, hefty, high-powered

•   living

•   manful, manly, masculine, mighty, militant, muscular

•   potent, productive

•   racy, rank, rousing, rugged

•   smart, stalwart, stiff, stout, sturdy

•   tireless, tough, trenchant

•   upstanding

•   vivid

•   warm

•   youthful


•   briskly

•   heartily

•   life, loudly

•   manfully, might

•   powerfully


•   action

•   bloom, bounce, bravura, brawn

•   drive

•   effect, effectiveness, efficacy, enterprise, exuberance

•   fire, fitness, flower, freshness

•   go

•   industry, intensity

•   life

•   manliness

•   nerve

•   push

•   stamina

•   vehemence

•   warmth


•   abominable

•   beggarly, bestial

•   cursed

•   dark, degraded, diabolical, dirty, disreputable

•   earthly, enormous

•   filthy

•   hateful

•   ill, immoral, indecent, infamous

•   lewd

•   menial

•   odious

•   pitiful

•   rotten

•   shameful, sordid, sorry

•   terrible

•   ungodly, unholy

•   villainous


•   assail, attack

•   blacken

•   cut up

•   denounce, discredit

•   execrate

•   libel

•   slam, slang


•   convict, crook, culprit

•   delinquent, demon, desperado, dog

•   lawbreaker

•   mischief, monster

•   offender

•   ruffian

•   transgressor

•   wrongdoer


•   abominable

•   black

•   cursed

•   enormous

•   monstrous


•   enormity, evil

•   foul play


•   bear out

•   rationalize, revenge, right


•   absolution, acquittal, answer

•   explanation

•   reason

•   satisfaction


•   bitchy

•   malevolent

•   punitive

•   vicious, virulent


•   antique

•   old, old-time


•   impinge, intrude

•   trample, trespass


•   crime

•   intrusion, invasion

•   outrage

•   rape


•   brunt

•   heat

•   impatience, impetuosity

•   mayhem

•   outrage

•   rampage

•   storm, sword

•   turmoil

•   warmth


•   blind

•   cutthroat

•   desperate, driving

•   excitable, explosive

•   ferocious, fierce

•   hard, heated, heavy, hot

•   impassioned, impatient

•   lurid

•   precipitate

•   rabid, radical, rampage, rampant, rude

•   tough, troublesome, truculent

•   unbridled, uncontrolled

•   warm


•   innocent, intact, inviolate

•   spotless

•   unbeaten, uncharted, unmarried

•   wild


•   full-blooded


•   manliness

•   sexuality


•   quasi-


•   almost

•   effect, essence

•   intent

•   well-nigh


•   efficacy

•   good

•   honesty

•   niceness, nobility

•   property

•   right


•   art, artistry

•   bravura

•   fire

•   touch


•   ace

•   expert

•   mastermind

•   past master, player, professional

•   wizard


•   angelic

•   clean

•   high-minded, holy

•   immaculate

•   just

•   maidenly, meritorious

•   nice, noble

•   right

•   saintly, suspicion

•   wholesome


•   caustic, corrosive

•   infectious

•   vitriolic


•   appreciable

•   external

•   glaring, graphic

•   open, outward, overt

•   physical

•   sensible

•   transparent

•   visual


•   fancy

•   oracle

•   prospect

•   spirit


•   airy

•   creative

•   fanatic, fanatical

•   imaginative

•   notional

•   unsubstantial


•   attend

•   come round

•   do, drop in (on)

•   frequent

•   look up

•   pop

•   resort

•   see

•   tour

•   visitation


•   advent, apparition

•   pestilence


•   arrival

•   stranger


•   graphic

•   photographic


•   dream

•   envision

•   see

•   think up


•   active, acute

•   burning

•   capital, chief

•   effervescent, essence

•   fresh

•   grave

•   high-spirited

•   irreplaceable

•   main, major, material, momentous

•   needful

•   prerequisite, pressing

•   required

•   strategic


•   action

•   bounce, breath

•   effervescence

•   kick

•   push

•   soul

•   verve


•   abrasive, acrid, acrimonious

•   biting

•   corrosive, cutting

•   devastating

•   incisive

•   keen

•   peppery, pungent

•   sarcastic, satirical, severe, sharp

•   tart, trenchant


•   detraction, diatribe

•   libel


•   active, alive, animate

•   blithe, breezy, bright, brisk, buoyant

•   exuberant

•   mirthful

•   playful

•   quick

•   vibrant

•   warm-blooded


•   bounce

•   dash

•   exuberance

•   fire

•   go

•   soul

•   verve, vitality


•   bold

•   deep, descriptive

•   effulgent, eloquent

•   flaming, fresh

•   gay

•   imaginative, impassioned

•   juicy

•   live, luminous, lurid

•   photographic, pictorial, picturesque

•   vibrant


•   hag

•   jade


•   diction

•   nomenclature

•   terminology


•   unwritten


•   craft

•   line

•   niche

•   occupation

•   practice

•   walk


•   boisterous

•   tumultuous


•   circulation

•   fad

•   last word, the

•   minute

•   rage, rave


•   breathe

•   phrase, pronounce

•   speak, speech, state

•   tongue

•   vent


•   abolish, abyss, annul

•   deflate

•   exhaust, exhausted, extinct

•   gulf

•   hollow

•   negate, negation, nothing, null

•   oblivion

•   pass

•   quash

•   vacancy

•   waste


•   essential, excitable

•   hot-headed

•   light

•   moody, mutable

•   protean


•   willingness


•   fire

•   rain


•   communicative

•   garrulous


•   content

•   dimension

•   edition, extent

•   magnitude, measurement

•   plenty, proportion

•   room

•   size, space

•   tone, turnover


•   broad

•   expansive, extensive

•   great


•   readily

•   spontaneously

•   unasked


•   unbidden, unsolicited

•   wilful


•   come forward

•   enlist

•   irregular

•   submit

•   venture, voluntary


•   full

•   libertine

•   sexy, sultry


•   fullness

•   luxury

•   sexuality


•   belch

•   erupt

•   gag


•   predatory


•   election

•   say

•   voice


•   engage

•   pledge, profess, promise

•   testify


•   condescend

•   give

•   stoop


•   assurance, assure

•   commitment

•   engage, engagement

•   faith

•   insist

•   profession, protest, protestation

•   undertaking

•   word


•   expedition

•   flight

•   migrate, migration

•   navigate

•   quest

•   sail

•   travel


•   barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, bawdy, broad

•   cheap, churlish

•   disgusting

•   flash, foul, fruity

•   garish

•   lewd, loud

•   mean

•   ostentatious

•   plebeian, profane

•   rank

•   scurrilous

•   uncivilized

•   vile


•   filth

•   impropriety, impurity, indecency

•   lewdness


•   dangerous, dependent, disadvantage

•   frail

•   helpless, human

•   ice, impressionable, insecure

•   liable

•   naked

•   open

•   perilous, powerless

•   subject

•   undefended, unguarded

•   wide-open


•   abundance, affluence

•   fortune

•   opulence

•   packet, pad, pile

•   wealth


•   filling


•   lumber

•   roll


•   plough

•   wallow


•   babble

•   drivel

•   evade, evasion

•   flannel

•   go on

•   hedge

•   maunder

•   nonsense

•   ramble


•   air

•   blow


•   buffoon

•   comedian, comic

•   flap, flourish

•   humorist

•   jester, joker

•   laugh

•   scream

•   wit, wriggle


•   fight

•   salary


•   pawn, play

•   throw


•   bob

•   play with

•   wriggle


•   urchin


•   blast

•   jeremiad

•   mourn

•   scream, shriek, squeal

•   whine


•   bear with

•   hang on, hesitate

•   interlude

•   watch


•   abdicate

•   dispense

•   hold over


•   awake


•   call

•   excite


•   airing

•   haunt

•   leg

•   roam

•   see

•   travel, tread


•   triumph


•   dam

•   flank

•   hurdle


•   pitch

•   roll

•   splash

•   toss


•   deadly, deathly

•   green, grey

•   haggard

•   lurid

•   sallow

•   unwholesome


•   staff


•   amble

•   gad (about or around)

•   journey

•   knock about

•   migrate

•   saunter

•   travel, traverse


•   adventurer

•   beachcomber

•   gadabout

•   migrant

•   pilgrim

•   wayfarer


•   devious, diffusion, digression, disconnected

•   erratic, excursion

•   floating

•   incoherent, indirect

•   migrant, migration, mobile

•   restless

•   travel


•   die, disappear

•   flag

•   lull

•   pass, peter out

•   recede, regress, remit

•   tail off, taper

•   waste, wear off, wilt


•   aim

•   care for

•   defect, deprivation, drought

•   expect, expectation

•   feel

•   go without

•   hanker, hardship

•   languish, like, long, lust

•   mean, misery

•   pant, please

•   void

•   will


•   bare

•   destitute, devoid

•   par

•   scarce

•   unfinished

•   weak


•   flirt, frolicsome

•   incontinent

•   Jezebel

•   lost

•   minx

•   passionate, prodigal, purposeless

•   rampant, riotous

•   toy, trifle

•   unbridled


•   feud

•   sword


•   shield


•   jailer


•   guardian

•   warden


•   counter

•   defend

•   fight off

•   head off

•   prevent

•   shield


•   emporium

•   magazine


•   truck


•   action


•   deliberation

•   guard

•   mistrust

•   precaution


•   fighting


•   arouse

•   cosy, cuddly, cheer

•   expansive

•   fond

•   heartfelt, hot

•   impassioned, intimate, inviting

•   mild, motherly

•   outgoing

•   protective

•   rich

•   snug, sociable, sympathetic

•   toast

•   wholehearted, womanly


•   genial, good-natured

•   softhearted


•   emotion

•   feeling, flame, friendliness

•   geniality, glow

•   hospitality

•   mildness

•   radiance

•   sympathy


•   alarm

•   counsel

•   dissuade

•   enjoin, exhort

•   flag

•   intimate

•   speak to

•   threaten, tip, toll

•   wise


•   auspice

•   counsel

•   example, exemplary, exhortation

•   foreboding

•   indication, intimation

•   lesson

•   menace

•   pointer, portent

•   symptom

•   wind


•   certificate, credentials

•   earn, enable, endorse, endorsement, ensure, execution

•   insure

•   justification

•   let

•   mandate, merit

•   pass, passage, power, promise

•   reason

•   swear


•   excusable

•   reason


•   lion

•   militant


•   deliberate, discreet

•   gingerly, guard

•   jealous

•   mindful, mistrustful

•   noncommittal

•   shy

•   thoughtful

•   wakeful


•   brush

•   lap, lick

•   mop, mop up

•   pan, purge, purify

•   scour, splash

•   tinge, tint

•   wake


•   off colour


•   letdown


•   ill-humoured

•   moody

•   prickly

•   querulous, quick-tempered

•   snappy, sour


•   consumption, chaff

•   devour, drainage

•   effluent, eliminate, emptiness

•   fritter (away)

•   idle

•   junk

•   kill, knock off

•   languish, lifeless, lose

•   murder

•   pathless, pine

•   rub out

•   spend, swallow, swill

•   trifle

•   use, use up

•   wanton, wear


•   inefficient


•   black sheep

•   derelict

•   rascal


•   behold

•   custody

•   follow

•   gaze

•   mind out, monitor

•   patrol, picket, police

•   scout, spy, stare

•   track

•   wake, witness


•   bystander

•   eyewitness


•   anxious, awake

•   careful, cautious

•   defensive

•   expectant

•   guard

•   intent

•   jealous

•   mindful

•   protective

•   sleepless

•   wakeful, wide-awake


•   lookout

•   patrol

•   warden


•   beware


•   care for, cover, cradle, chaperon

•   eye

•   keep

•   safeguard

•   tend


•   degrade

•   moisture

•   wet


•   blunt

•   degrade, doctor

•   tame


•   tight


•   bleary

•   flat

•   juicy

•   sloppy


•   dangle

•   epidemic

•   flag, fly

•   motion

•   switch

•   waggle, wash


•   boggle

•   demur, dilly-dally, doubt

•   flare, flutter

•   halt, hover

•   oscillate

•   pause

•   quake, quaver

•   stagger


•   batten, bloom

•   finish

•   gather, get

•   polish

•   record

•   tantrum, temper, thrive


•   bearings, beat

•   form, formula

•   medium

•   routine, rule, run

•   scale, strain

•   tack, tactic, touch, turn

•   use

•   vogue


•   pilgrim

•   rambler

•   vagabond


•   aimless

•   deviant

•   lost

•   mischievous

•   naughty

•   recalcitrant

•   undisciplined

•   wild


•   bland, broken

•   childish

•   dependent, dicky, dim, disabled, doddering

•   effeminate

•   faint-hearted, faltering, fallible, feckless, feminine, flat, foolish

•   groggy

•   improbable, incapable, indistinct, ineffective, inefficient, infantile, insecure

•   languishing, light, limp

•   meagre, meek, moribund

•   negative, nervous

•   pale, puerile

•   run-down, rusty

•   sick, slender, sloppy

•   unarmed, unhealthy, unsubstantial, useless

•   wan, wet


•   backslide, blunt, break

•   compromise, cripple

•   damage, deaden, decline, degrade, demoralize, deteriorate, disable

•   ebb, exhaust

•   faint, fatigue

•   injure

•   languish, loosen

•   mince, mine

•   nobble

•   pine

•   relapse, relax, relent, remit, run down

•   shake, sink, strain

•   taper, tax

•   water, wear, wear off, wilt


•   sap


•   condition

•   delicacy, disability, disadvantage, dotage

•   effeminacy

•   foolishness

•   habit

•   inadequacy, incapacity, insecurity, instability

•   love

•   meekness

•   negativeness

•   propensity

•   susceptibility

•   tenderness

•   undoing

•   vice


•   asset

•   mine

•   pile, possession, purse

•   treasure


•   heel

•   money

•   successful

•   thriving


•   hold

•   model

•   stand


•   sap

•   tire


•   boredom


•   backbreaking

•   corrosive

•   demanding

•   punishing

•   weary


•   deadly, difficult, dragging, dreary

•   heavy

•   insipid, interminable

•   slow

•   tame, taxing, tiresome

•   uphill

•   weary


•   bore

•   debilitate, do in

•   impoverish

•   overwork

•   tax

•   waste


•   blasé

•   do in

•   flag

•   harass

•   languid

•   overwork

•   pall, prostrate

•   run-down

•   task, try

•   washed out, wear, worn, worn-out


•   cope

•   elements

•   stick

•   take

•   undergo


•   bob

•   grain

•   knot

•   nap

•   texture, twine

•   waver, web


•   complication

•   fabric

•   maze

•   tissue


•   allied

•   couple

•   married, mate

•   pair


•   espousal

•   matrimonial


•   compress

•   hunk

•   segment, slab, slice


•   union

•   wedding


•   rid

•   thin


•   journal

•   periodical


•   bawl, bleed

•   grieve

•   howl

•   ooze

•   sorrow

•   wail


•   account, assay, assess

•   balance

•   calculate, compare, consideration, chew

•   debate, deliberate

•   gauge

•   lie

•   mull, muse

•   review, ruminate


•   bow

•   encumber

•   load

•   prey

•   weight


•   bulk

•   effect, effectiveness, emphasize

•   flesh, force

•   greatness

•   interest

•   leverage

•   magnitude, matter, measurement, muscle

•   pith, plumb, predominance, prestige, prominence, pull

•   say, seriousness, slant, stress

•   tax

•   validity


•   big

•   cogent, compelling

•   forceful

•   great

•   influential

•   major, material

•   persuasive, powerful, pregnant, profound

•   reckon

•   strong

•   telling

•   unwieldy

•   valid


•   abnormal

•   crazy

•   eccentric, extraordinary

•   fantastic, fate, funny

•   kinky

•   macabre

•   offbeat

•   peculiar, perplexing

•   whimsical


•   acclaim

•   befriend

•   grateful

•   invite

•   let in

•   providential

•   salute, seasonable


•   sake


•   all right

•   better

•   eminently

•   filter

•   part

•   richly

•   whole


•   all right

•   better

•   eminently

•   filter

•   part

•   richly

•   whole


•   even


•   debonair

•   nice

•   upper-class


•   sleek


•   crisp

•   sleek


•   distinguished

•   eminent

•   known

•   legendary

•   outstanding

•   prominent, proverbial, public

•   star


•   funds

•   heel

•   money

•   opulent


•   easy

•   heel

•   money

•   opulent


•   bathe

•   dabble, duck

•   foul

•   marshy

•   pathetic

•   rinse

•   sap, sloppy, swampy

•   wash


•   berth


•   get, get round

•   jockey

•   scrounge


•   helm, hoop


•   breath, breathe

•   croak

•   dodge

•   pant, puff


•   address

•   bearings

•   place

•   scene


•   capability, cash

•   finances

•   potential, purse

•   tool


•   intensify

•   point


•   air

•   breeze

•   touch, trace

•   whisper


•   fit

•   kink

•   wish


•   arbitrary

•   comical

•   fancy

•   grotesque

•   humorous

•   imaginative

•   jocular

•   romantic

•   volatile

•   witty


•   groan

•   sing, snivel, squeak


•   belabour

•   chastise

•   lather


•   drubbing

•   licking


•   blow, bowl

•   dance

•   eddy

•   fling, flow

•   go

•   ride

•   scurry


•   storm


•   blow

•   scurry, spirit


•   confide

•   inkling

•   wind


•   blank

•   deadly


•   scour


•   gloss

•   touch up


•   all right, amount

•   catholic, clean, continuity

•   endless, exclusive

•   gross

•   mass

•   natural

•   organization

•   package

•   round

•   sum

•   universal


•   cordial

•   implicit

•   undisguised, undivided, unhesitating


•   large-scale

•   outright

•   widespread


•   chaste

•   edible

•   fresh

•   safe, savoury, sweet

•   unspoiled


•   absolutely

•   bodily

•   hilt, hook

•   purely

•   quite

•   right, root

•   simply, stark

•   through


•   bawd


•   base, black

•   criminal

•   damnable, dark, demoralized

•   enormous

•   godless, good

•   hellish

•   ill, infamous

•   lewd, libidinous

•   malign, marvellous

•   obscene, outrageous

•   pernicious, perverted, profane, profligate

•   rotten

•   satanic

•   ungodly, unholy, unnatural, unregenerate, unwholesome

•   wanton, wrong, wrongful


•   deep

•   extended

•   gaping, generic

•   infinite

•   large-scale

•   open

•   panoramic

•   thick

•   untrue

•   yawning


•   awake

•   bright

•   live

•   percipient


•   amplify

•   distend

•   flare

•   grow


•   accessible

•   yawning


•   commonplace, current

•   expansive, extended

•   mass

•   national, nationwide

•   prevailing, public

•   rampant


•   area

•   distance

•   gauge

•   latitude

•   measurement


•   wave, work


•   consort


•   abandoned

•   barbarian, blind

•   desperate, dissolute, distracted

•   enraged

•   fanatical, fanciful, fast, foul

•   heavy, hectic, hot-blooded

•   impractical, inaccurate, incoherent, intemperate, irresponsible

•   lavish

•   obstreperous

•   passionate, pathless, profligate, promiscuous

•   rampant, romantic, runaway

•   stormy

•   tumultuous

•   uncontrollable

•   wanton, waste, windy


•   solitude


•   life


•   deceit, deception

•   finesse

•   humbug

•   intrigue

•   pretence

•   shift

•   trap


•   arbitrary

•   contrary

•   disobedient

•   high-handed

•   pertinacious, premeditated

•   recalcitrant

•   studied

•   undisciplined, unruly

•   wanton, wayward


•   backbone

•   convey

•   endow

•   hand down, heart

•   nerve

•   please

•   spirit

•   voice

•   way, willingness, word


•   accommodating

•   free

•   glad

•   mood

•   obliging

•   predisposed, prompt

•   spontaneous

•   tractable

•   unbidden

•   voluntary


•   preferably


•   appetite

•   predisposition, promptness

•   readiness


•   backbone

•   gut

•   spirit

•   will


•   die, dry

•   pine


•   devious, double-dealing

•   insidious

•   subtle


•   captivate, come by

•   deserve

•   endear, engage

•   find

•   land

•   make

•   purchase

•   reap

•   score, snatch

•   take

•   work out


•   jump

•   shy


•   blow

•   deflect

•   entwine

•   swerve

•   thread, twirl

•   weave, wrap


•   blow

•   deflect

•   entwine

•   swerve

•   thread, twirl

•   weave, wrap


•   blessing, boon

•   killing

•   luck

•   prize


•   curly


•   axe

•   bait

•   culminate

•   dissolve

•   have on, hoax

•   joke

•   kid

•   land, leg

•   mock

•   phase out, pull

•   result

•   tease, tie up


•   airy

•   bleak

•   panicky

•   rhetorical


•   aegis

•   bloc

•   flank, flight

•   limb

•   sail, sect


•   leer


•   ace

•   hit

•   knockout

•   success


•   ahead, ascendant, attainment

•   catching

•   inviting

•   likable, lovable

•   personable, persuasive, prize

•   unbeaten


•   gain

•   jackpot

•   prize, profit


•   filter

•   single


•   chill

•   frigid

•   piercing


•   clear

•   mop up

•   whisk


•   abolish

•   bump off

•   devour, drown

•   extinguish

•   liquidate

•   negate

•   purge

•   raze, remove, rub out

•   undo


•   spare


•   acumen, advisability

•   brilliance

•   depth

•   keenness

•   lore

•   maturity

•   philosophy, policy

•   wit


•   advisable

•   canny

•   deep

•   experienced

•   far-sighted

•   keen

•   logical

•   philosophical, profound, provident

•   venerable


•   crack

•   dig

•   sally


•   aim, ambition

•   behest

•   choose

•   daydream, discretion

•   expect, expectation

•   impulse

•   like

•   mean, mind, miss, motivation

•   notion

•   pine, please, pleasure, prefer, purpose

•   voice

•   way, willingness


•   languishing

•   nostalgic

•   plaintive


•   acuteness

•   comic

•   imagination

•   jester

•   laugh

•   mentality

•   penetration, perspicacity

•   salt, satire, scream


•   enchanter

•   hag

•   Jezebel

•   siren, sorcerer

•   wizard


•   black magic


•   absent, abstract, alienate

•   back, back down, bail out

•   clear out, cry off

•   deduct, disappear, drain

•   ebb, efface, estrange, evacuate, exit, extricate

•   flinch

•   get out, go away

•   part, phase out

•   quit

•   recede, repair, repeal

•   scratch, shrink, subtract


•   abolition, alienation

•   clearance

•   deduction, deprivation, drain

•   ebb, egress, estrangement

•   isolation

•   leave

•   repeal


•   abstracted, antisocial

•   cloistered

•   diffident

•   inhibited

•   lonely

•   monastic

•   secretive, sheltered

•   unapproachable, undemonstrative, unsociable


•   burn

•   contract

•   die

•   parch, pine

•   scorch


•   biting

•   contemptuous

•   decay

•   languishing

•   parching

•   ruinous

•   scathing

•   vitriolic

•   wane


•   abstain

•   deny

•   estrange

•   skimp, stint, suspend


•   bear up

•   come through

•   fight

•   go through

•   help

•   proof

•   stem, sustain

•   undergo


•   behold

•   certify

•   evidence

•   monument

•   passer-by

•   record

•   testament, testimony


•   mind

•   presence of mind


•   crack

•   funny

•   gag

•   jest, joke

•   wisecrack


•   comic

•   entertaining

•   fun

•   light

•   salty, scintillating, smart


•   dab hand, demon

•   oracle

•   past master, professional


•   bob

•   jig

•   reel

•   stagger

•   waddle, waggle


•   bane, blight

•   calamity, care, cross

•   desolation, dumps

•   evil

•   ill

•   mourning

•   tears

•   worry


•   aggrieved

•   cheerless

•   dire

•   evil

•   lachrymose, lugubrious

•   melancholy

•   regrettable, rueful

•   tearful


•   guzzle

•   polish off


•   creature

•   grown-up

•   human

•   mortal

•   soul


•   libertine

•   playboy


•   effeminate


•   fear

•   gaze

•   jewel, joy

•   legend, lion

•   puzzlement

•   reflect


•   curious

•   divine

•   glorious, grand

•   heavenly

•   inspired

•   prodigious

•   splendid, striking, stunning

•   unspeakable

•   world


•   make up

•   tempt


•   dead

•   fishy, forced

•   heavy

•   perfunctory

•   stilted, stolid


•   coat


•   imprecise

•   jumper

•   muddy


•   authority

•   bond

•   commitment

•   dictate

•   engagement

•   faith

•   line

•   murmur

•   office

•   rumour

•   tip

•   warning, whisper


•   banter


•   inscription

•   lines

•   talk

•   vocabulary, voice


•   effusive

•   redundant

•   talkative


•   action, activity, agency, answer

•   beat, behave, book

•   do

•   edge, engagement, exercise, exert

•   ferment, forge

•   hammer

•   leaven, living

•   material, mission

•   part, pay off, practice, product, project

•   react

•   service, struggle, succeed

•   take, tome, tool, treatise, trick, trouble

•   water, writing


•   operational, operative

•   tractable


•   businesslike

•   plain


•   actor, agent

•   drudge

•   help

•   man

•   navvy

•   operative, operator


•   busy

•   cultivation

•   force, functional

•   harness

•   motion

•   occupied, operational

•   performance, play

•   reckoning

•   usable


•   man

•   navvy


•   conclude, condition, crack

•   determine, disentangle, do

•   figure, finalize

•   get, guess

•   hammer out

•   lay

•   make out

•   negotiate

•   penetrate, programme, puzzle

•   reason

•   scheme, settle, straighten out

•   unravel


•   gear


•   fan

•   turn on

•   whip


•   flesh

•   global

•   region

•   scene


•   material, mortal


•   far


•   beaten

•   disreputable

•   heel, hunted

•   rugged

•   seedy

•   trite

•   used


•   dilapidated, disrepair

•   hackneyed

•   musty

•   old, outworn

•   stale, stock

•   washed out


•   harassed, haunted

•   pained, panicky

•   restless

•   solicitous

•   vexed


•   agitate, agitation

•   bedevil, bore, burden

•   cross, chafe

•   desperation, disconcert

•   exercise

•   fidget, fuss

•   gnaw, goad

•   headache

•   infliction, insecurity

•   load, lookout

•   matter, molest

•   nag, nerves, nervousness, niggle

•   pain, persecute, pigeon, press, prey

•   ruffle

•   solicitude, sorrow, stress, sweat

•   tribulation

•   uneasiness, unrest

•   weigh down


•   come down, compound

•   embitter

•   impair, inflame

•   relapse


•   admire

•   cult

•   pedestal

•   service

•   treasure

•   veneration


•   better

•   extreme

•   finish

•   hammer, hollow

•   rout

•   score off

•   whip


•   account

•   calibre

•   desirability, distinction

•   good

•   meaning, moment

•   rarity

•   sense

•   use


•   cheap

•   dud

•   empty

•   feckless

•   hollow

•   idle, inane, ineffective, invalid

•   lightweight

•   naughty, null

•   pathetic, piddling, pitiful, puny

•   trumpery

•   unproductive

•   vain, vicious, void

•   waste, wicked


•   advantageous

•   desirable

•   fruitful

•   meaningful

•   remunerative, rewarding

•   substantial


•   becoming

•   eligible

•   figure, fit

•   high-minded

•   noble, notability

•   pillar

•   saintly, solid

•   valiant

•   wholesome


•   afflict

•   bite, bruise

•   cut up

•   gall

•   knife, knock about

•   maim

•   pique, prick

•   scar, stab

•   wring


•   argument

•   debate, difference, disagreement

•   haggle, hassle

•   jar

•   sword


•   array

•   box, bundle

•   covering

•   enshroud

•   lap

•   parcel

•   roll

•   tape, twine, twist

•   wreathe


•   blanket

•   covering

•   packet

•   robe


•   bundle

•   complete

•   enfold

•   finalize, finish

•   involve

•   muffle

•   tie up, tuck in


•   dudgeon

•   madness

•   offence, outrage

•   spleen


•   mad


•   bouquet


•   curl

•   garland


•   blight, butcher

•   crash

•   damage, debris, despoil, dish

•   failure

•   havoc

•   knock down

•   level

•   mangle

•   queer

•   sabotage, subvert

•   write off


•   destruction

•   flotsam


•   jump

•   rack

•   snatch


•   brawl

•   cope

•   spar


•   creature

•   devil

•   scamp


•   abominable, accursed

•   beggarly

•   cut up

•   desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, dreary

•   godforsaken

•   hangdog

•   lamentable

•   niggardly

•   piteous

•   sad, sordid, sorrowful

•   tragic

•   unlucky


•   creep

•   toss


•   exact

•   milk


•   contract, crush

•   hint

•   kink, knit

•   purse

•   ruffle

•   screw, seam, shrink, shrivel


•   contract, crush

•   hint

•   kink, knit

•   purse

•   ruffle

•   screw, seam, shrink, shrivel


•   execution


•   draw

•   make up

•   turn


•   scrap


•   narrator

•   reporter


•   coil, crawl, creep, curl

•   work, wreathe


•   correspondence

•   effusion

•   treatise


•   adrift, affront

•   culpable

•   disservice

•   fault

•   guilt

•   ill, illegality, indefensible

•   misuse

•   obscenity, order

•   regrettable

•   score

•   unjustifiable, unwarranted

•   vicious


•   wrong


•   misshapen


•   drag

•   pluck

•   tear, twitch


•   canon

•   mark

•   norm

•   ruler


•   fiction

•   invention

•   joke

•   twine

•   wool


•   deep

•   open

•   profound


•   aspire

•   burn

•   die

•   sigh

•   wish


•   bark, bellow

•   call

•   exclaim, exclamation

•   hoot

•   outcry

•   rant, roar

•   thunder


•   but

•   date

•   even

•   nonetheless

•   though


•   acknowledge, acquiesce

•   back down, bend, bring, budge

•   come round, commend, conform, crack

•   defer, deliver

•   extend

•   fall, fetch, forgo, forsake, fruit

•   gain

•   hand over, haul

•   impart

•   lay down, lose

•   obey

•   proceeds, product, productivity

•   reconcile, relent, render

•   take, taking, turnover

•   vouchsafe

•   way


•   abdication, acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence

•   boggy

•   capitulation, compliance, concession

•   deference

•   fertile

•   lax

•   meek

•   submission, surrender


•   associate

•   enslave

•   marry, match, mate

•   pair

•   splice

•   team, twin

•   wed


•   clown

•   provincial


•   cub, childish

•   fresh

•   infantile

•   small

•   tender


•   adolescent

•   child

•   stripling


•   childhood

•   guy

•   juvenile

•   tenderness


•   adolescent

•   tender


•   ambition, animation, appetite

•   energy, enterprise

•   good will

•   heat

•   industry

•   madness

•   vehemence


•   believer

•   die-hard

•   fan

•   puritan

•   sectarian

•   visionary


•   active, aggressive, ambitious, animated, avid

•   crazy

•   dedicated, devout

•   emotional, emotive, enterprising, evangelical, extreme

•   great

•   hard-working

•   industrious

•   jealous

•   mad

•   solicitous, strenuous, strong

•   vehement

•   warm, wholehearted


•   crown, culmination

•   day

•   extreme, extremity

•   maximum

•   prime


•   none


•   animation

•   edge, energy, enthusiasm, exuberance

•   flavouring

•   joie de vivre

•   life

•   palate, passion

•   salt, spirit

•   warmth


•   compass

•   jurisdiction

•   level

•   precinct, province

•   quarter

•   territory, tract

•   ward