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avenue,access,alley,approach,boulevard,channel,course,drive,driveway,entrance,entry,pass,passage,path,pathway,road,route,street,thoroughfare,way averse,antipathetic,backward,disinclined,hostile,ill-disposed,indisposed,inimical,loath,opposed,reluctant,unfavourable,unwilling aversion,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,ardent,devoted,eager,enthusiastic,fanatical,fervent,intense,keen,passionate,zealous acquisitive,athirst,avaricious,covetous,grasping,greedy,hungry,insatiable,rapacious,ravenous,thirsty,voracious avowed,acknowledged,admitted,confessed,declared,open,professed,self-proclaimed,sworn await,abide,anticipate,expect,look for,look forward to,stay for,wait for attend,be in readiness for,be in store for,be prepared for,be 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(Plural) artillery,battery,big guns,cannonry,field guns,guns,ordnance canny,acute,artful,astute,careful,cautious,circumspect,clever,judicious,knowing,perspicacious,prudent,sagacious,sharp,shrewd,subtle,wise,worldly-wise canon,catalogue,criterion,dictate,formula,list,precept,principle,regulation,roll,rule,standard,statute,yardstick canopy,awning,baldachin,covering,shade,sunshade,########### canting,hypocritical,insincere,Janus-faced,sanctimonious,two-faced capability,ability,capacity,competence,facility,faculty,means,potential,potentiality,power,proficiency,qualification(s),wherewithal capable,able,accomplished,adapted,adept,adequate,apt,clever,competent,efficient,experienced,fitted,gifted,intelligent,masterly,proficient,qualified,skilful,suited,susceptible,talented capacious,ample,broad,comfortable,commodious,comprehensive,expansive,extended,extensive,generous,liberal,roomy,sizable,spacious,substantial,vast,voluminous,wide capacity,amplitude,compass,dimensions,extent,magnitude,range,room,scope,size,space,volume ability,aptitude,aptness,brains,capability,cleverness,competence,competency,efficiency,facility,faculty,forte,genius,gift,intelligence,power,readiness,strength appointment,function,office,position,post,province,role,service,sphere cape,chersonese (Poetic),head,headland,ness (Archaic),peninsula,point,promontory capitalism,free enterprise,laissez faire,private enterprise,private ownership capitulate,come to terms,give in,give up,relent,submit,succumb,surrender,yield capitulation,accedence,submission,surrender,yielding caprice,changeableness,fad,fancy,fickleness,fitfulness,freak,humour,impulse,inconstancy,notion,quirk,vagary,whim,whimsy capsize,invert,keel over,overturn,tip over,turn over,turn turtle,upset captivate,absorb,allure,attract,beguile,bewitch,charm,dazzle,enamour,enchant,enrapture,enslave,ensnare,enthral,entrance,fascinate,hypnotize,infatuate,lure,mesmerize,ravish,seduce,win captivity,bondage,confinement,custody,detention,durance (Archaic),duress,enthralment,imprisonment,incarceration,internment,restraint,servitude,slavery,thraldom,vassalage carcass,body,cadaver (Medical),corpse,corse (Archaic),dead body,framework,hulk,remains,shell,skeleton cardinal,capital,central,chief,essential,first,foremost,fundamental,greatest,highest,important,key,leading,main,paramount,pre-eminent,primary,prime,principal care,affliction,anxiety,burden,concern,disquiet,hardship,interest,perplexity,pressure,responsibility,solicitude,stress,tribulation,trouble,vexation,woe,worry attention,carefulness,caution,circumspection,consideration,direction,forethought,heed,management,meticulousness,pains,prudence,regard,vigilance,watchfulness charge,control,custody,guardianship,keeping,management,ministration,protection,supervision,ward care for,attend,foster,look after,mind,minister to,nurse,protect,provide for,tend,watch over be fond of,desire,enjoy,find congenial,like,love,prize,take to,want careful,accurate,attentive,cautious,chary,circumspect,conscientious,discreet,fastidious,heedful,painstaking,precise,prudent,punctilious,scrupulous,thoughtful,thrifty alert,concerned,judicious,mindful,particular,protective,solicitous,vigilant,wary,watchful cargo,baggage,consignment,contents,freight,goods,lading,load,merchandise,shipment,tonnage,ware carnage,blood bath,bloodshed,butchery,havoc,holocaust,massacre,mass murder,murder,shambles,slaughter carnival,celebration,fair,festival,fête,fiesta,gala,holiday,jamboree,jubilee,Mardi Gras,merrymaking,revelry carol,canticle,canzonet,chorus,ditty,hymn,lay,noel,song,strain carpenter,cabinet-maker,joiner,woodworker carry out,accomplish,achieve,carry through,consummate,discharge,effect,execute,fulfil,implement,perform,realize carton,box,case,container,pack,package,packet cartridge,capsule,case,cassette,container,cylinder,magazine charge,round,shell carve,chip,chisel,cut,divide,engrave,etch,fashion,form,grave (Archaic),hack,hew,incise,indent,inscribe,mould,sculpt,sculpture,slash,slice,whittle case,box,cabinet,canister,capsule,carton,cartridge,casket,chest,compact,container,crate,holder,receptacle,shell,suitcase,tray,trunk capsule,casing,cover,covering,envelope,folder,integument,jacket,sheath,wrapper,wrapping circumstance(s),condition,context,contingency,dilemma,event,plight,position,predicament,situation,state example,illustration,instance,occasion,occurrence,specimen Law action,cause,dispute,lawsuit,proceedings,process,suit,trial cast down,deject,depress,desolate,discourage,dishearten,dispirit caste,class,estate,grade,lineage,order,race,rank,social order,species,station,status,stratum castle,chateau,citadel,donjon,fastness,fortress,keep,mansion,palace,peel,stronghold,tower casual,accidental,chance,contingent,fortuitous,incidental,irregular,occasional,random,serendipitous,uncertain,unexpected,unforeseen,unintentional,unpremeditated apathetic,blasé,cursory,indifferent,informal,insouciant,lackadaisical,nonchalant,offhand,perfunctory,relaxed,unconcerned informal,non-dressy,sporty casualty,loss,sufferer,victim accident,calamity,catastrophe,chance,contingency,disaster,misadventure,misfortune,mishap cataract,cascade,deluge,downpour,falls,Niagara,rapids,torrent,waterfall Medical opacity (of the eye) catching,communicable,contagious,infectious,infective,transferable,transmittable attractive,captivating,charming,enchanting,fascinating,fetching,taking,winning catchword,byword,motto,password,refrain,slogan,watchword catchy,captivating,haunting,memorable,popular categorical,absolute,direct,downright,emphatic,explicit,express,positive,unambiguous,unconditional,unequivocal,unqualified,unreserved category,class,classification,department,division,grade,grouping,head,heading,list,order,rank,section,sort,type cater,furnish,outfit,provide,provision,purvey,supply,victual catholic,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 caustic,acrid,astringent,biting,burning,corroding,corrosive,keen,mordant,vitriolic acrimonious,cutting,mordacious,pungent,sarcastic,scathing,severe,stinging,trenchant,virulent,vitriolic cavalcade,array,march-past,parade,procession,spectacle,train cavalry,horse,horsemen,mounted troops cave,cavern,cavity,den,grotto,hollow caveat,admonition,caution,warning cavern,cave,hollow,pothole cavernous,concave,deep-set,hollow,sunken,yawning echoing,resonant,reverberant,sepulchral cavity,crater,dent,gap,hole,hollow,pit cease,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,constant,continual,continuous,endless,eternal,everlasting,incessant,indefatigable,interminable,never-ending,nonstop,perennial,perpetual,unending,unremitting,untiring celebrated,acclaimed,distinguished,eminent,famed,famous,glorious,illustrious,lionized,notable,outstanding,popular,pre-eminent,prominent,renowned,revered,well-known celestial,angelic,astral,divine,elysian,empyrean (Poetic),eternal,ethereal,godlike,heavenly,immortal,seraphic,spiritual,sublime,supernatural cell,cavity,chamber,compartment,cubicle,dungeon,stall caucus,coterie,group,nucleus,unit cemetery,burial ground,churchyard,God's acre,graveyard,necropolis censor,blue-pencil,bowdlerize,cut,expurgate censorious,captious,carping,cavilling,condemnatory,disapproving,disparaging,fault-finding,hypercritical,scathing,severe central,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 centrepiece,cynosure,epergne,focus,highlight,hub,star ceremony,commemoration,function,observance,parade,rite,ritual,service,show,solemnities ceremonial,decorum,etiquette,form,formal courtesy,formality,niceties,pomp,propriety,protocol certain,assured,confident,convinced,positive,satisfied,sure ascertained,conclusive,incontrovertible,indubitable,irrefutable,known,plain,true,undeniable,undoubted,unequivocal,unmistakable,valid bound,definite,destined,fated,ineluctable,inescapable,inevitable,inexorable,sure decided,definite,established,fixed,settled assured,constant,dependable,reliable,stable,staunch,steady,trustworthy,unfailing,unquestionable express,individual,particular,precise,special,specific certificate,authorization,credential(s),diploma,document,licence,testimonial,voucher,warrant certify,ascertain,assure,attest,authenticate,aver,avow,confirm,corroborate,declare,endorse,guarantee,notify,show,testify,validate,verify,vouch,witness chairman,chairperson,chairwoman,director,master of ceremonies,president,presider,speaker,spokesman,toastmaster chamber,apartment,bedroom,cavity,compartment,cubicle,enclosure,hall,hollow,room assembly,council,legislative body,legislature changeless,abiding,consistent,constant,eternal,everlasting,fixed,immovable,immutable,permanent,perpetual,regular,reliable,resolute,settled,stationary,steadfast,steady,unalterable,unchanging,uniform,unvarying chaos,anarchy,bedlam,confusion,disorder,disorganization,entropy,lawlessness,pandemonium,tumult chaotic,anarchic,confused,deranged,disordered,disorganized,lawless,purposeless,rampageous,riotous,topsy-turvy,tumultuous,uncontrolled chapter,clause,division,episode,part,period,phase,section,stage,topic char,carbonize,cauterize,scorch,sear,singe characterize,brand,distinguish,identify,indicate,inform,mark,represent,stamp,typify charade,fake,farce,pantomime,parody,pretence,travesty charitable,beneficent,benevolent,bountiful,eleemosynary,generous,kind,lavish,liberal,philanthropic broad-minded,considerate,favourable,forgiving,gracious,humane,indulgent,kindly,lenient,magnanimous,sympathetic,tolerant,understanding charity,alms-giving,assistance,benefaction,contributions,donations,endowment,fund,gift,hand-out,largess or largesse,philanthropy,relief affection,Agape,altruism,benevolence,benignity,bountifulness,bounty,compassion,fellow feeling,generosity,goodness,good will,humanity,indulgence,love,pity,tenderheartedness charming,appealing,attractive,bewitching,captivating,delectable,delightful,engaging,eye-catching,fetching,irresistible,likable or likeable,lovely,pleasant,pleasing,seductive,winning,winsome chassis,anatomy,bodywork,frame,framework,fuselage,skeleton,substructure chaste,austere,decent,decorous,elegant,immaculate,incorrupt,innocent,modest,moral,neat,pure,quiet,refined,restrained,simple,unaffected,uncontaminated,undefiled,unsullied,vestal,virginal,virtuous,wholesome chasten,afflict,castigate,chastise,correct,cow,curb,discipline,humble,humiliate,repress,soften,subdue,tame chastity,celibacy,continence,innocence,maidenhood,modesty,purity,virginity,virtue cheapen,belittle,debase,degrade,demean,denigrate,depreciate,derogate,devalue,discredit,disparage,lower cheerfulness,buoyancy,exuberance,gaiety,geniality,gladness,good cheer,good humour,high spirits,jauntiness,joyousness,light-heartedness cheering,auspicious,bright,comforting,encouraging,heartening,promising,propitious cheerless,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 chemical,compound,drug,potion,synthetic cherish,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 chiefly,above all,especially,essentially,in general,in the main,largely,mainly,mostly,on the whole,predominantly,primarily,principally,usually childbirth,accouchement,child-bearing,confinement,delivery,labour,lying-in,parturition,travail childhood,boyhood,girlhood,immaturity,infancy,minority,schooldays,youth childish,boyish,foolish,frivolous,girlish,immature,infantile,juvenile,puerile,silly,simple,trifling,weak,young childlike,artless,credulous,guileless,ingenuous,innocent,naive,simple,trustful,trusting,unfeigned chime,boom,clang,dong,jingle,peal,ring,sound,strike,tinkle,tintinnabulate,toll china,ceramics,crockery,porcelain,pottery,service,tableware,ware chink,aperture,cleft,crack,cranny,crevice,cut,fissure,flaw,gap,opening,rift chivalrous,bold,brave,courageous,courteous,courtly,gallant,gentlemanly,heroic,high-minded,honourable,intrepid,knightly,magnanimous,true,valiant chivalry,courage,courtesy,courtliness,gallantry,gentlemanliness,knight-errantry,knighthood,politeness choke,asphyxiate,bar,block,bung,clog,close,congest,constrict,dam,gag,obstruct,occlude,overpower,smother,stifle,stop,strangle,suffocate,suppress,throttle choose,adopt,cull,designate,desire,elect,espouse,fix on,opt for,pick,predestine,prefer,see fit,select,settle upon,single out,take,wish choppy,blustery,broken,rough,ruffled,squally,tempestuous chop up,cube,dice,divide,fragment,mince chortle,cackle,chuckle,crow,guffaw chorus,choir,choristers,ensemble,singers,vocalists burden,refrain,response,strain accord,concert,harmony,unison christen,baptize,call,designate,dub,name,style,term,title chronicler,annalist,diarist,historian,historiographer,narrator,recorder,reporter,scribe chronological,consecutive,historical,in 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(Archaic),devious,indirect,labyrinthine,meandering,oblique,rambling,roundabout,tortuous,winding circulate,broadcast,diffuse,disseminate,distribute,issue,make known,promulgate,propagate,publicize,publish,spread flow,gyrate,radiate,revolve,rotate circulation,currency,dissemination,distribution,spread,transmission,vogue circling,flow,motion,rotation circumference,border,boundary,bounds,circuit,edge,extremity,fringe,limits,outline,pale,perimeter,periphery,rim,verge circumscribe,bound,confine,define,delimit,delineate,demarcate,encircle,enclose,encompass,environ,hem in,limit,mark off,restrain,restrict,straiten,surround circumspect,attentive,canny,careful,cautious,deliberate,discreet,discriminating,guarded,heedful,judicious,observant,politic,prudent,sagacious,sage,vigilant,wary,watchful circumstance,accident,condition,contingency,detail,element,event,fact,factor,happening,incident,item,occurrence,particular,position,respect,situation circumstances,life style,means,position,resources,situation,state,state of affairs,station,status,times circumstantial,conjectural,contingent,detailed,founded on circumstances,hearsay,incidental,indirect,inferential,particular,presumptive,provisional,specific cistern,basin,reservoir,sink,tank,vat citadel,bastion,fastness,fortification,fortress,keep,stronghold,tower citation,commendation,excerpt,illustration,passage,quotation,quote,reference,source award,commendation,mention cite,adduce,advance,allude to,enumerate,evidence,extract,mention,name,quote,specify Law call,subpoena,summon citizen,burgess,burgher,denizen,dweller,freeman,inhabitant,ratepayer,resident,subject,townsman civic,borough,communal,community,local,municipal,public civil,civic,domestic,home,interior,municipal,political 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 community,nation,people,polity,society customs,mores,way of life civilize,cultivate,educate,enlighten,humanize,improve,polish,refine,sophisticate,tame civilized,cultured,educated,enlightened,humane,polite,sophisticated,tolerant,urbane clamber,claw,climb,scale,scrabble,scramble,shin clamour,agitation,babel,blare,brouhaha,commotion,din,exclamation,hubbub,hullabaloo,noise,outcry,racket,shout,shouting,uproar,vociferation clan,band,brotherhood,clique,coterie,faction,family,fraternity,gens,group,house,order,race,schism,sect,sept,set,society,sodality,tribe clarification,elucidation,explanation,exposition,illumination,interpretation,simplification clarify,clear up,elucidate,explain,explicate,illuminate,interpret,make plain,resolve,simplify,throw or shed light on cleanse,purify,refine clarity,clearness,comprehensibility,definition,explicitness,intelligibility,limpidity,lucidity,obviousness,precision,simplicity,transparency classical,chaste,elegant,harmonious,pure,refined,restrained,symmetrical,understated,well-proportioned Attic,Augustan,Grecian,Greek,Hellenic,Latin,Roman classification,analysis,arrangement,cataloguing,categorization,codification,grading,sorting,taxonomy classify,arrange,catalogue,categorize,codify,dispose,distribute,file,grade,pigeonhole,rank,sort,systematize,tabulate clause,article,chapter,condition,paragraph,part,passage,section heading,item,point,provision,proviso,rider,specification,stipulation clean-cut,chiselled,clear,definite,etched,neat,outlined,sharp,trim,well-defined cleanse,absolve,clean,clear,lustrate,purge,purify,rinse,scour,scrub,wash cleanser,detergent,disinfectant,purifier,scourer,soap,soap powder,solvent clear-cut,definite,explicit,plain,precise,specific,straightforward,unambiguous,unequivocal clearly,beyond 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up,soar,top cling,adhere,attach to,be true to,clasp,cleave to,clutch,embrace,fasten,grasp,grip,hug,stick,twine round cloistered,cloistral,confined,hermitic,insulated,reclusive,restricted,secluded,sequestered,sheltered,shielded,shut off,withdrawn close 3,cessation,completion,conclusion,culmination,denouement,end,ending,finale,finish,termination closed,fastened,locked,out of business,out of service,sealed,shut concluded,decided,ended,finished,over,resolved,settled,terminated exclusive,restricted cloth,dry goods,fabric,material,stuff,textiles clothe,clothes,clothing cloudy,blurred,confused,dark,dim,dismal,dull,dusky,emulsified,gloomy,hazy,indistinct,leaden,louring or lowering,muddy,murky,nebulous,obscure,opaque,overcast,sombre,sullen,sunless clue,evidence,hint,indication,inkling,intimation,lead,pointer,sign,suggestion,suspicion,tip,tip-off,trace clutch,catch (up),clasp,cling to,embrace,fasten,grab,grapple,grasp,grip,seize,snatch 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deference,acquiescence,capitulation,complaisance,compliance,obedience,obeisance,submission,yielding attention,civility,consideration,courtesy,esteem,homage,honour,obeisance,politeness,regard,respect,reverence,thoughtfulness,veneration deferential,civil,complaisant,considerate,courteous,dutiful,ingratiating,obedient,obeisant,obsequious,polite,regardful,respectful,reverential,submissive deferential,deferment,deferral deferential,adjournment,delay,moratorium,postponement,putting off,stay,suspension defiance,challenge,confrontation,contempt,contumacy,disobedience,disregard,insolence,insubordination,opposition,provocation,rebelliousness,recalcitrance,spite defiant,aggressive,audacious,bold,challenging,contumacious,daring,disobedient,insolent,insubordinate,mutinous,provocative,rebellious,recalcitrant,refractory,truculent deficiency,defect,demerit,failing,fault,flaw,frailty,imperfection,shortcoming,weakness absence,dearth,deficit,inadequacy,insufficiency,lack,scantiness,scarcity,shortage deficient,defective,faulty,flawed,impaired,imperfect,incomplete,inferior,unsatisfactory,weak exiguous,inadequate,insufficient,lacking,meagre,pathetic,scant,scanty,scarce,short,skimpy,wanting deficit,arrears,default,deficiency,loss,shortage,shortfall defiled,besmirched,desecrated,dishonoured,impure,polluted,profaned,ravished,spoilt,tainted,unclean define,characterize,describe,designate,detail,determine,explain,expound,interpret,specify,spell out bound,circumscribe,delimit,delineate,demarcate,limit,mark out,outline definite,clear,clear-cut,clearly defined,determined,exact,explicit,express,fixed,marked,obvious,particular,precise,specific assured,certain,decided,guaranteed,positive,settled,sure definitely,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,clarification,description,elucidation,explanation,exposition,statement of meaning delimitation,delineation,demarcation,determination,fixing,outlining,settling clarity,contrast,distinctness,focus,precision,sharpness definitive,absolute,authoritative,complete,conclusive,decisive,exhaustive,final,perfect,reliable,ultimate deflect,bend,deviate,diverge,glance off,ricochet,shy,sidetrack,slew,swerve,turn,turn aside,twist,veer,wind deflection,aberration,bend,declination,deviation,divergence,drift,refraction,swerve,veer deform,buckle,contort,distort,gnarl,malform,mangle,misshape,twist,warp cripple,deface,disfigure,injure,maim,mar,mutilate,ruin,spoil deformed,bent,blemished,crippled,crooked,disfigured,distorted,maimed,malformed,mangled,marred,misbegotten,misshapen depraved,gross,offensive,perverted,twisted,warped deformity,abnormality,defect,disfigurement,distortion,irregularity,malformation,misproportion,misshapenness,ugliness corruption,depravity,grossness,hatefulness,vileness deft,able,adept,adroit,agile,clever,dexterous,expert,handy,neat,nimble,proficient,skilful defunct,dead,deceased,departed,extinct,gone a dead letter,bygone,expired,inoperative,invalid,nonexistent,not functioning,obsolete,out of commission defy,beard,brave,challenge,confront,contemn,dare,despise,disregard,face,flout,hurl defiance at,provoke,scorn,slight,spurn baffle,defeat,elude,foil,frustrate,repel,repulse,resist,thwart,withstand degeneration,debasement,decline,degeneracy,descent,deterioration,dissipation,dissolution,regression degradation,abasement,debasement,decadence,decline,degeneracy,degeneration,demotion,derogation,deterioration,downgrading,perversion discredit,disgrace,dishonour,humiliation,ignominy,mortification,shame degrade,cheapen,corrupt,debase,demean,deteriorate,discredit,disgrace,dishonour,humble,humiliate,impair,injure,pervert,shame,vitiate break,cashier,demote,depose,downgrade,lower,reduce to inferior rank adulterate,dilute,doctor,mix,thin,water,water down,weaken degraded,abandoned,base,corrupt,debased,debauched,decadent,depraved,despicable,disgraced,disreputable,dissolute,low,mean,profligate,sordid,vicious,vile degree,class,grade,level,order,position,rank,standing,station,status division,extent,gradation,grade,interval,limit,mark,measure,notch,point,rung,scale,stage,step,unit ambit,calibre,extent,intensity,level,measure,proportion,quality,quantity,range,rate,ratio,scale,scope,severity,standard by degrees bit by bit,gently,gradually,imperceptibly,inch by inch,little by little,slowly,step by step deign,condescend,consent,deem worthy,lower oneself,see fit,stoop,think fit deity,celestial being,divine being,divinity,god,goddess,godhead,idol,immortal,supreme being de jure,according to the law,by right,legally,rightfully delegation,commission,contingent,deputation,embassy,envoys,legation,mission assignment,commissioning,committal,deputizing,devolution,entrustment,relegation delete,blot out,blue-pencil,cancel,cross out,cut out,dele,edit,edit out,efface,erase,excise,expunge,obliterate,remove,rub out,strike out deliberately,by design,calculatingly,consciously,determinedly,emphatically,in cold blood,intentionally,knowingly,on purpose,pointedly,resolutely,studiously,wilfully,wittingly deliberation,calculation,care,carefulness,caution,circumspection,cogitation,consideration,coolness,forethought,meditation,prudence,purpose,reflection,speculation,study,thought,wariness conference,consultation,debate,discussion delicacy,accuracy,daintiness,elegance,exquisiteness,fineness,lightness,nicety,precision,subtlety debility,flimsiness,fragility,frailness,frailty,infirmity,slenderness,tenderness,weakness discrimination,fastidiousness,finesse,purity,refinement,sensibility,sensitiveness,sensitivity,tact,taste bonne bouche,dainty,luxury,relish,savoury,titbit,treat delicately,carefully,daintily,deftly,elegantly,exquisitely,fastidiously,finely,gracefully,lightly,precisely,sensitively,skilfully,softly,subtly,tactfully delightful,agreeable,amusing,captivating,charming,congenial,delectable,enchanting,engaging,enjoyable,entertaining,fascinating,gratifying,heavenly,pleasant,pleasing,pleasurable,rapturous,ravishing,thrilling delinquency,crime,fault,misbehaviour,misconduct,misdeed,misdemeanour,offence,wrongdoing delinquent,criminal,culprit,defaulter,juvenile delinquent,lawbreaker,malefactor,miscreant,offender,villain,wrongdoer,young offender delirious,crazy,demented,deranged,incoherent,insane,light-headed,mad,raving,unhinged beside oneself,carried away,corybantic,ecstatic,excited,frantic,frenzied,hysterical,wild delirium,aberration,derangement,hallucination,insanity,lunacy,madness,raving ecstasy,fever,frenzy,fury,hysteria,passion,rage deliver,bear,bring,carry,cart,convey,distribute,transport cede,commit,give up,grant,hand over,make over,relinquish,resign,surrender,transfer,turn over,yield acquit,discharge,emancipate,free,liberate,loose,ransom,redeem,release,rescue,save announce,declare,give,give forth,present,proclaim,pronounce,publish,read,utter administer,aim,deal,direct,give,inflict,launch,strike,throw discharge,dispense,feed,give forth,provide,purvey,release,supply deliverance,emancipation,escape,liberation,ransom,redemption,release,rescue,salvation delivery,consignment,conveyance,dispatch,distribution,handing over,surrender,transfer,transmission,transmittal articulation,elocution,enunciation,intonation,speech,utterance Medical childbirth,confinement,labour,parturition deliverance,escape,liberation,release,rescue delusion,deception,error,fallacy,false impression,fancy,hallucination,illusion,misapprehension,misbelief,misconception,mistake,phantasm,self-deception delve,burrow,dig into,examine,explore,ferret out,investigate,look into,probe,ransack,research,rummage,search,unearth demagogue,agitator,firebrand,haranguer,rabble-rouser,soapbox orator demanding,challenging,difficult,exacting,exhausting,exigent,hard,taxing,tough,trying,wearing clamorous,imperious,importunate,insistent,nagging,pressing,urgent demarcate,define,delimit,determine,differentiate,distinguish between,fix,mark,separate demarcation,bound,boundary,confine,enclosure,limit,margin,pale delimitation,differentiation,distinction,division,separation demean,abase,debase,degrade,descend,humble,lower,stoop demeanour,air,bearing,behaviour,carriage,comportment,conduct,deportment,manner,mien democracy,commonwealth,government by the people,representative government,republic democratic,autonomous,egalitarian,popular,populist,representative,republican,self-governing demolition,bulldozing,destruction,explosion,knocking down,levelling,razing,wrecking demon,demonic,demoniac,demoniacal demon,devilish,diabolic,diabolical,fiendish,hellish,infernal,satanic 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,display,establish,evidence,evince,exhibit,indicate,manifest,prove,show,testify to describe,explain,illustrate,make clear,show how,teach march,parade,picket,protest,rally demonstration,affirmation,confirmation,display,evidence,exhibition,expression,illustration,manifestation,proof,substantiation,testimony,validation description,explanation,exposition,presentation,test,trial march,mass lobby,parade,picket,protest,rally,sit-in demonstrative,affectionate,effusive,emotional,expansive,expressive,gushing,loving,open,unreserved,unrestrained evincive,explanatory,expository,illustrative,indicative,symptomatic den,cave,cavern,haunt,hide-out,hole,lair,shelter cloister,cubbyhole,hideaway,retreat,sanctuary,sanctum,snuggery,study denial,adjuration,contradiction,disavowal,disclaimer,dismissal,dissent,negation,prohibition,rebuff,refusal,rejection,renunciation,repudiation,repulse,retraction,veto denigration,aspersion,backbiting,defamation,detraction,disparagement,obloquy,scandal,scurrility,slander,vilification denomination,belief,communion,creed,persuasion,religious group,school,sect grade,size,unit,value body,category,class,classification,group appellation,designation,label,name,style,term,title denote,betoken,designate,express,imply,import,indicate,mark,mean,show,signify,typify denounce,accuse,arraign,attack,brand,castigate,censure,condemn,declaim against,decry,denunciate,excoriate,impugn,proscribe,revile,stigmatize,vilify density,body,bulk,closeness,compactness,consistency,crowdedness,denseness,impenetrability,mass,solidity,thickness,tightness crassness,dullness,obtuseness,slowness,stolidity,stupidity,thickness denude,bare,divest,expose,lay bare,strip,uncover deny,contradict,disagree with,disprove,gainsay (Archaic or literary),oppose,rebuff,rebut,refute abjure,disavow,discard,disclaim,disown,recant,renege,renounce,repudiate,retract,revoke begrudge,decline,disallow,forbid,negative,refuse,reject,turn down,veto,withhold deodorant,air freshener,antiperspirant,deodorizer,disinfectant,fumigant departed,dead,deceased,expired,late department,district,division,province,region,sector branch,bureau,division,office,section,station,subdivision,unit area,domain,function,line,province,realm,responsibility,speciality,sphere departure,exit,exodus,going,going away,leave-taking,leaving,removal,retirement,withdrawal abandonment,branching off,deviation,digression,divergence,variation,veering branching out,change,difference,innovation,novelty,shift depend,bank on,build upon,calculate on,confide in,count on,lean on,reckon on,rely upon,trust in,turn to be based on,be contingent on,be determined by,be subject to,be subordinate to,hang on,hinge on,rest on,revolve around dependable,faithful,reliable,reputable,responsible,staunch,steady,sure,trustworthy,trusty,unfailing depict,delineate,draw,illustrate,limn,outline,paint,picture,portray,render,reproduce,sculpt,sketch characterize,describe,detail,narrate,outline,sketch deplete,bankrupt,consume,decrease,drain,empty,evacuate,exhaust,expend,impoverish,lessen,milk,reduce,use up depleted,consumed,decreased,depreciated,devoid of,drained,emptied,exhausted,lessened,out of,reduced,short of,spent,used (up),wasted,weakened,worn out depletion,attenuation,consumption,decrease,deficiency,diminution,drain,dwindling,exhaustion,expenditure,lessening,lowering,reduction,using up deplorable,calamitous,dire,disastrous,distressing,grievous,heartbreaking,lamentable,melancholy,miserable,pitiable,regrettable,sad,unfortunate,wretched blameworthy,disgraceful,dishonourable,disreputable,execrable,opprobrious,reprehensible,scandalous,shameful deplore,bemoan,bewail,grieve for,lament,mourn,regret,rue,sorrow over abhor,censure,condemn,denounce,deprecate,disapprove of,excoriate,object to deploy,arrange,dispose,extend,position,redistribute,set out,set up,spread out,station,use,utilize deport,banish,exile,expatriate,expel,extradite,oust (Used reflexively) acquit,act,bear,behave,carry,comport,conduct,hold deportation,banishment,eviction,exile,expatriation,expulsion,extradition,transportation deportment,air,appearance,aspect,bearing,behaviour,carriage,cast,comportment,conduct,demeanour,manner,mien,posture,stance depose,break,cashier,degrade,demote,dethrone,dismiss,displace,downgrade,oust,remove from office Law avouch,declare,make a deposition,testify deposition,dethronement,dismissal,displacement,ousting,removal Law affidavit,declaration,evidence,sworn statement,testimony depository,depot,repository,safe-deposit box,store,storehouse,warehouse depot,depository,repository,storehouse,warehouse Military arsenal,dump bus station,garage,terminus deprave,brutalize,corrupt,debase,debauch,degrade,demoralize,lead astray,pervert,seduce,subvert,vitiate depravity,baseness,contamination,corruption,criminality,debasement,debauchery,degeneracy,depravation,evil,immorality,iniquity,profligacy,sinfulness,turpitude,vice,viciousness,vitiation,wickedness depreciate,decrease,deflate,devaluate,devalue,lessen,lose value,lower,reduce belittle,decry,denigrate,deride,detract,disparage,look down on,ridicule,run down,scorn,sneer at,traduce,underestimate,underrate,undervalue depreciation,deflation,depression,devaluation,drop,fall,slump belittlement,deprecation,derogation,detraction,disparagement,pejoration depress,cast down,chill,damp,daunt,deject,desolate,discourage,dishearten,dispirit,make despondent,oppress,sadden,weigh down debilitate,devitalize,drain,enervate,exhaust,lower,sap,slow up,weaken cheapen,depreciate,devaluate,devalue,diminish,downgrade,impair,lessen,lower,reduce flatten,level,lower,press down,push down depressing,black,bleak,daunting,dejecting,depressive,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,dispiriting,distressing,dreary,funereal,gloomy,harrowing,heartbreaking,hopeless,melancholy,sad,saddening,sombre deprivation,denial,deprival,dispossession,divestment,expropriation,removal,withdrawal,withholding destitution,detriment,disadvantage,distress,hardship,need,privation,want deprive,bereave,despoil,dispossess,divest,expropriate,rob,strip,wrest deprived,bereft,denuded,destitute,disadvantaged,forlorn,in need,in want,lacking,necessitous,needy,poor deputation,commission,delegates,delegation,deputies,embassy,envoys,legation appointment,assignment,commission,designation,nomination deputize,commission,delegate,depute act for,stand in for,take the place of,understudy derange,confound,confuse,disarrange,disarray,discompose,disconcert,disorder,displace,disturb,ruffle,unsettle,upset craze,dement (Rare),drive mad,madden,make insane,unbalance,unhinge dereliction,delinquency,evasion,failure,faithlessness,fault,neglect,negligence,nonperformance,remissness abandonment,abdication,desertion,forsaking,relinquishment,renunciation derisory,contemptible,insulting,laughable,ludicrous,outrageous,preposterous,ridiculous derivation,acquiring,deriving,extraction,getting,obtaining ancestry,basis,beginning,descent,etymology,foundation,genealogy,origin,root,source derive,collect,deduce,draw,elicit,extract,follow,gain,gather,get,glean,infer,obtain,procure,receive,trace (With from) arise,descend,emanate,flow,issue,originate,proceed,spring from,stem from derogatory,belittling,damaging,defamatory,depreciative,detracting,discreditable,dishonouring,disparaging,injurious,offensive,slighting,uncomplimentary,unfavourable,unflattering descend,alight,dismount,drop,fall,go down,move down,plummet,plunge,sink,subside,tumble dip,gravitate,incline,slant,slope be handed down,be passed down,derive,issue,originate,proceed,spring abase oneself,condescend,degenerate,deteriorate,lower oneself,stoop (Often with on) arrive,assail,assault,attack,come in force,invade,pounce,raid,swoop descent,coming down,drop,fall,plunge,swoop declination,declivity,dip,drop,incline,slant,slope ancestry,extraction,family tree,genealogy,heredity,lineage,origin,parentage debasement,decadence,decline,degradation,deterioration assault,attack,foray,incursion,invasion,pounce,raid,swoop describe,characterize,define,depict,detail,explain,express,illustrate,narrate,portray,recount,relate,report,specify,tell delineate,draw,mark out,outline,trace description,account,characterization,delineation,depiction,detail,explanation,narration,narrative,portrayal,report,representation,sketch brand,breed,category,class,genre,genus,ilk,kidney,kind,order,sort,species,type,variety descriptive,circumstantial,depictive,detailed,explanatory,expressive,graphic,illustrative,pictorial,picturesque,vivid deserted,abandoned,bereft,cast off,derelict,desolate,empty,forlorn,forsaken,godforsaken,isolated,left in the lurch,left stranded,lonely,neglected,solitary,unfriended,unoccupied,vacant desertion,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,commendable,estimable,laudable,meritorious,praiseworthy,righteous,worthy designate,call,christen,dub,entitle,label,name,nominate,style,term allot,appoint,assign,choose,delegate,depute,nominate,select characterize,define,denote,describe,earmark,indicate,pinpoint,show,specify,stipulate designation,denomination,description,epithet,label,mark,name,title appointment,classification,delegation,indication,selection,specification designer,architect,artificer,couturier,creator,deviser,inventor,originator,stylist conniver,conspirator,intriguer,plotter,schemer desirability,advantage,benefit,merit,profit,usefulness,value,worth desired,accurate,appropriate,correct,exact,expected,express,fitting,necessary,particular,proper,required,right desirous,ambitious,anxious,aspiring,avid,craving,desiring,eager,hopeful,hoping,keen,longing,ready,willing,wishing,yearning desolation,destruction,devastation,havoc,ravages,ruin,ruination barrenness,bleakness,desolateness,forlornness,isolation,loneliness,solitariness,solitude,wildness anguish,dejection,despair,distress,gloom,gloominess,melancholy,misery,sadness,unhappiness,woe,wretchedness despairing,anxious,broken-hearted,dejected,depressed,desperate,despondent,disconsolate,dismal,downcast,frantic,grief-stricken,hopeless,inconsolable,melancholy,miserable,suicidal,wretched desperate,audacious,dangerous,daring,death-defying,determined,foolhardy,frantic,furious,hasty,hazardous,headstrong,impetuous,madcap,precipitate,rash,reckless,risky,violent,wild acute,critical,dire,drastic,extreme,great,urgent,very grave despairing,despondent,forlorn,hopeless,inconsolable,irrecoverable,irremediable,irretrievable,wretched desperately,badly,dangerously,gravely,perilously,seriously,severely appallingly,fearfully,frightfully,hopelessly,shockingly desperation,defiance,foolhardiness,frenzy,heedlessness,impetuosity,madness,rashness,recklessness agony,anguish,anxiety,despair,despondency,distraction,heartache,hopelessness,misery,pain,sorrow,torture,trouble,unhappiness,worry despicable,abject,base,beyond contempt,cheap,contemptible,degrading,detestable,disgraceful,disreputable,hateful,ignominious,infamous,low,mean,pitiful,reprehensible,scurvy,shameful,sordid,vile,worthless,wretched despise,abhor,contemn,deride,detest,disdain,disregard,flout,loathe,look down on,neglect,revile,scorn,slight,spurn,undervalue despite,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 despot,autocrat,dictator,monocrat,oppressor,tyrant despotic,absolute,arbitrary,arrogant,authoritarian,autocratic,dictatorial,domineering,imperious,monocratic,oppressive,tyrannical,unconstitutional despotism,absolutism,autarchy,autocracy,dictatorship,monocracy,oppression,totalitarianism,tyranny destination,harbour,haven,journey's end,landing-place,resting-place,station,stop,terminus aim,ambition,design,end,goal,intention,object,objective,purpose,target destine,allot,appoint,assign,consecrate,decree,design,devote,doom,earmark,fate,intend,mark out,ordain,predetermine,preordain,purpose,reserve destiny,cup,divine decree,doom,fate,fortune,karma,kismet,lot,portion destitution,beggary,dire straits,distress,impecuniousness,indigence,neediness,pauperism,pennilessness,penury,privation,utter poverty,want destruction,annihilation,crushing,demolition,devastation,downfall,end,eradication,extermination,extinction,havoc,liquidation,massacre,overthrow,overwhelming,ruin,ruination,shattering,slaughter,undoing,wreckage,wrecking destructive,baleful,baneful,calamitous,cataclysmic,catastrophic,damaging,deadly,deleterious,detrimental,devastating,fatal,harmful,hurtful,injurious,lethal,maleficent,noxious,pernicious,ruinous adverse,antagonistic,contrary,derogatory,discouraging,discrediting,disparaging,hostile,invalidating,negative,opposed,undermining,vicious detach,cut off,disconnect,disengage,disentangle,disjoin,disunite,divide,free,isolate,loosen,remove,segregate,separate,sever,tear off,unbridle,uncouple,unfasten,unhitch detached,disconnected,discrete,disjoined,divided,free,loosened,separate,severed,unconnected aloof,disinterested,dispassionate,impartial,impersonal,neutral,objective,reserved,unbiased,uncommitted,uninvolved,unprejudiced detachment,aloofness,coolness,indifference,nonchalance,remoteness,unconcern disinterestedness,fairness,impartiality,neutrality,nonpartisanship,objectivity disconnection,disengagement,disjoining,separation,severing Military body,detail,force,party,patrol,squad,task force,unit detailed,blow-by-blow,circumstantial,comprehensive,elaborate,exact,exhaustive,full,intricate,itemized,meticulous,minute,particular,particularized,specific,thorough detain,check,delay,hinder,hold up,impede,keep,keep back,retard,slow up (or down),stay,stop arrest,confine,hold,intern,restrain detect,ascertain,catch,descry,distinguish,identify,note,notice,observe,recognize,scent,spot catch,disclose,discover,expose,find,reveal,track down,uncover,unmask detection,discovery,exposé,exposure,ferreting out,revelation,tracking down,uncovering,unearthing,unmasking deter,caution,check,damp,daunt,debar,discourage,dissuade,frighten,hinder,inhibit from,intimidate,prevent,prohibit,put off,restrain,stop,talk out of deterioration,atrophy,corrosion,debasement,decline,degeneration,degradation,dégringolade,depreciation,descent,dilapidation,disintegration,downturn,drop,fall,lapse,retrogression,slump,vitiation,worsening determination,backbone,constancy,conviction,dedication,doggedness,drive,firmness,fortitude,indomitability,perseverance,persistence,resoluteness,resolution,resolve,single-mindedness,steadfastness,tenacity,willpower conclusion,decision,judgment,purpose,resolve,result,settlement,solution,verdict determine,arbitrate,conclude,decide,end,finish,fix upon,ordain,regulate,settle,terminate ascertain,certify,check,detect,discover,find out,learn,verify,work out choose,decide,elect,establish,fix,make up one's mind,purpose,resolve affect,condition,control,decide,dictate,direct,govern,impel,impose,incline,induce,influence,lead,modify,regulate,rule,shape determined,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,conclusive,critical,crucial,deciding,decisive,definitive,essential,final,important,settling detest,abhor,abominate,despise,dislike intensely,execrate,feel aversion (disgust,hostility,repugnance),hate,loathe,recoil from detonate,blast,blow up,discharge,explode,fulminate,set off,touch off,trigger detonation,bang,blast,blow-up,boom,discharge,explosion,fulmination,report detour,bypass,byway,circuitous route,deviation,diversion,indirect course,roundabout way detract,devaluate,diminish,lessen,lower,reduce,take away from deflect,distract,divert,shift detraction,abuse,aspersion,belittlement,calumny,defamation,denigration,deprecation,disparagement,innuendo,insinuation,misrepresentation,muckraking,running down,scandalmongering,scurrility,slander,traducement,vituperation detractor,backbiter,belittler,defamer,denigrator,derogator (Rare),disparager,muckraker,scandalmonger,slanderer,traducer detriment,damage,disadvantage,disservice,harm,hurt,impairment,injury,loss,mischief,prejudice detrimental,adverse,baleful,damaging,deleterious,destructive,disadvantageous,harmful,inimical,injurious,mischievous,pernicious,prejudicial,unfavourable devastating,caustic,cutting,deadly,destructive,effective,incisive,keen,mordant,overpowering,overwhelming,ravishing,sardonic,satirical,savage,stunning,trenchant,vitriolic,withering devastation,demolition,depredation,desolation,destruction,havoc,pillage,plunder,ravages,ruin,ruination,spoliation develop,advance,blossom,cultivate,evolve,flourish,foster,grow,mature,progress,promote,prosper,ripen amplify,augment,broaden,dilate upon,elaborate,enlarge,expand,unfold,work out acquire,begin,breed,commence,contract,establish,form,generate,invent,originate,pick up,start be a direct result of,break out,come about,ensue,follow,happen,result development,advance,advancement,evolution,expansion,growth,improvement,increase,maturity,progress,progression,spread,unfolding,unravelling change,circumstance,event,happening,incident,issue,occurrence,outcome,phenomenon,result,situation,turn of events,upshot deviate,avert,bend,deflect,depart,differ,digress,diverge,drift,err,meander,part,stray,swerve,turn,turn aside,vary,veer,wander deviation,aberration,alteration,change,deflection,departure,digression,discrepancy,disparity,divergence,fluctuation,inconsistency,irregularity,shift,variance,variation devilish,accursed,atrocious,damnable,detestable,diabolic,diabolical,execrable,fiendish,hellish,infernal,satanic,wicked devilish,devilry,deviltry devise,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 Law alienate,be handed down,convey devote,allot,apply,appropriate,assign,commit,concern oneself,consecrate,dedicate,enshrine,give,occupy oneself,pledge,reserve,set apart devoted,ardent,caring,committed,concerned,constant,dedicated,devout,faithful,fond,loving,loyal,staunch,steadfast,true devotion,adherence,allegiance,commitment,consecration,constancy,dedication,faithfulness,fidelity,loyalty adoration,devoutness,godliness,holiness,piety,prayer,religiousness,reverence,sanctity,spirituality,worship affection,ardour,attachment,earnestness,fervour,fondness,intensity,love,passion,zeal (Plural) church service,divine office,prayers,religious observance devouring,consuming,excessive,flaming,insatiable,intense,overwhelming,passionate,powerful devout,godly,holy,orthodox,pious,prayerful,pure,religious,reverent,saintly ardent,deep,devoted,earnest,fervent,genuine,heartfelt,intense,passionate,profound,serious,sincere,zealous devoutly,fervently,heart and soul,profoundly,sincerely,with all one's heart dexterity,adroitness,artistry,craft,deftness,effortlessness,expertise,facility,finesse,handiness,knack,mastery,neatness,nimbleness,proficiency,skill,smoothness,touch ability,address,adroitness,aptitude,aptness,art,cleverness,expertness,ingenuity,readiness,skilfulness,tact diagnose,analyse,determine,distinguish,identify,interpret,investigate,pinpoint,pronounce,recognize diagnosis,analysis,examination,investigation,scrutiny conclusion,interpretation,opinion,pronouncement diagonally,aslant,at an angle,cornerwise,crosswise,obliquely,on the bias,on the cross diagram,chart,drawing,figure,layout,outline,plan,representation,sketch dialogue,colloquy,communication,confabulation,conference,conversation,converse,discourse,discussion,duologue,interlocution conversation,lines,script,spoken part dialogue,diametric,diametrical dialogue,antipodal,antithetical,conflicting,contrary,contrasting,counter,opposed,opposite diametrically,absolutely,completely,entirely,utterly diary,appointment book,chronicle,daily record,day-to-day account,engagement book,Filofax (Trademark),journal diatribe,abuse,castigation,criticism,denunciation,disputation,harangue,invective,philippic,reviling,stream of abuse,stricture,tirade,verbal onslaught,vituperation dictator,absolute ruler,autocrat,despot,oppressor,tyrant dictatorship,absolute rule,absolutism,authoritarianism,autocracy,despotism,reign of terror,totalitarianism,tyranny diction,expression,language,phraseology,phrasing,style,usage,vocabulary,wording articulation,delivery,elocution,enunciation,fluency,inflection,intonation,pronunciation,speech dictionary,concordance,encyclopedia,glossary,lexicon,vocabulary,wordbook diet 2,chamber,congress,convention,council,legislative assembly,legislature,meeting,parliament,sitting differ,be dissimilar,be distinct,contradict,contrast,depart from,diverge,run counter to,stand apart,vary clash,contend,debate,demur,disagree,dispute,dissent,oppose,take issue different,altered,at odds,at variance,changed,clashing,contrasting,deviating,discrepant,disparate,dissimilar,divergent,diverse,inconsistent,opposed,unlike another,discrete,distinct,individual,other,separate assorted,divers (Archaic),diverse,manifold,many,miscellaneous,multifarious,numerous,several,some,sundry,varied,various another story,atypical,bizarre,distinctive,extraordinary,out of the ordinary,peculiar,rare,singular,something else,special,strange,uncommon,unconventional,unique,unusual differentiate,contrast,discern,discriminate,distinguish,make a distinction,mark off,separate,set off or apart,tell apart adapt,alter,change,convert,make different,modify,transform 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,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 diffusion,circulation,dispersal,dispersion,dissemination,dissipation,distribution,expansion,propaganda,propagation,scattering,spread circuitousness,diffuseness,digressiveness,discursiveness,long-windedness,prolixity,rambling,verbiage,verbosity,wandering,wordiness digestion,absorption,assimilation,conversion,incorporation,ingestion,transformation dignified,august,decorous,distinguished,exalted,formal,grave,honourable,imposing,lofty,lordly,noble,reserved,solemn,stately,upright dignify,adorn,advance,aggrandize,distinguish,elevate,ennoble,exalt,glorify,grace,honour,promote,raise dignity,courtliness,decorum,grandeur,gravity,hauteur,loftiness,majesty,nobility,propriety,solemnity,stateliness elevation,eminence,excellence,glory,greatness,honour,importance,nobleness,rank,respectability,standing,station,status amour-propre,pride,self-esteem,self-importance,self-possession,self-regard,self-respect digress,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,apostrophe,aside,departure,detour,deviation,divergence,diversion,footnote,obiter dictum,parenthesis,straying,wandering dilate,broaden,distend,enlarge,expand,extend,puff out,stretch,swell,widen amplify,be profuse,be prolix,descant,detail,develop,dwell on,enlarge,expand,expatiate,expound,spin out dilatory,backward,behindhand,dallying,delaying,laggard,lingering,loitering,procrastinating,putting off,slack,slow,sluggish,snail-like,tardy,tarrying,time-wasting dilettante,aesthete,amateur,dabbler,nonprofessional,trifler diligence,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 dimension,(Often plural) amplitude,bulk,capacity,extent,measurement,proportions,size,volume bigness,extent,greatness,importance,largeness,magnitude,measure,range,scale,scope diminish,abate,contract,curtail,cut,decrease,lessen,lower,reduce,retrench,shrink,weaken decline,die out,dwindle,ebb,fade away,peter out,recede,shrivel,slacken,subside,wane belittle,cheapen,demean,depreciate,devalue diminution,abatement,contraction,curtailment,cut,cutback,decay,decline,decrease,deduction,lessening,reduction,retrenchment,weakening diplomacy,international negotiation,statecraft,statesmanship artfulness,craft,delicacy,discretion,finesse,savoir-faire,skill,subtlety,tact diplomat,conciliator,go-between,mediator,moderator,negotiator,politician,public relations expert,tactician diplomatic,adept,discreet,polite,politic,prudent,sensitive,subtle,tactful direction,administration,charge,command,control,government,guidance,leadership,management,order,oversight,superintendence,supervision aim,bearing,course,line,path,road,route,track,way bent,bias,current,drift,end,leaning,orientation,proclivity,tack,tendency,tenor,trend address,label,mark,superscription directions,briefing,guidance,guidelines,indication,instructions,plan,recommendation,regulations disability,affliction,ailment,complaint,defect,disablement,disorder,handicap,impairment,infirmity,malady disqualification,impotency,inability,incapacity,incompetency,unfitness,weakness disable,cripple,damage,debilitate,enfeeble,hamstring,handicap,immobilize,impair,incapacitate,paralyse,prostrate,put out of action,render hors de combat,render inoperative,unfit,unman,weaken disenable,disqualify,invalidate,render or declare incapable disabled,bedridden,crippled,handicapped,incapacitated,infirm,lame,maimed,mangled,mutilated,paralysed,weak,weakened,wrecked disadvantageous,adverse,damaging,deleterious,detrimental,harmful,hurtful,ill-timed,inconvenient,inexpedient,injurious,inopportune,prejudicial,unfavourable disaffected,alienated,antagonistic,discontented,disloyal,dissatisfied,estranged,hostile,mutinous,rebellious,seditious,uncompliant,unsubmissive disaffection,alienation,animosity,antagonism,antipathy,aversion,breach,disagreement,discontent,dislike,disloyalty,dissatisfaction,estrangement,hostility,ill will,repugnance,resentment,unfriendliness disagreement,difference,discrepancy,disparity,dissimilarity,dissimilitude,divergence,diversity,incompatibility,incongruity,unlikeness,variance altercation,argument,clash,conflict,debate,difference,discord,dispute,dissent,division,falling out,misunderstanding,quarrel,row,squabble,strife,wrangle in disagreement at daggers drawn,at loggerheads,at odds,at variance,disunited,in conflict,in disharmony disallow,abjure,disavow,disclaim,dismiss,disown,rebuff,refuse,reject,repudiate ban,boycott,cancel,embargo,forbid,prohibit,proscribe,veto disappear,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 cease,cease to be known,die out,dissolve,end,evaporate,expire,fade,leave no trace,melt away,pass away,perish,vanish disappearance,departure,desertion,disappearing,disappearing trick,eclipse,evanescence,evaporation,fading,flight,going,loss,melting,passing,vanishing,vanishing point disappoint,chagrin,dash,deceive,delude,disenchant,disgruntle,dishearten,disillusion,dismay,dissatisfy,fail,let down,sadden,vex baffle,balk,defeat,disconcert,foil,frustrate,hamper,hinder,thwart disappointed,balked,cast down,depressed,despondent,discontented,discouraged,disenchanted,disgruntled,disillusioned,dissatisfied,distressed,downhearted,foiled,frustrated,let down,saddened,thwarted,upset disappointing,depressing,disagreeable,disconcerting,discouraging,failing,inadequate,inferior,insufficient,lame,pathetic,sad,second-rate,sorry,unexpected,unhappy,unsatisfactory,unworthy,upsetting disarmament,arms limitation,arms reduction,de-escalation,demilitarization,demobilization disarming,charming,irresistible,likable or likeable,persuasive,winning disarrange,confuse,derange,discompose,disorder,disorganize,disturb,jumble (up),mess (up),scatter,shake (up),shuffle,unsettle,untidy disastrous,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,distrust,doubt,dubiety,incredulity,mistrust,scepticism,unbelief disbeliever,agnostic,atheist,doubter,doubting Thomas,questioner,sceptic,scoffer disbelievingly,askance,cynically,doubtingly,incredulously,mistrustfully,quizzically,sceptically,suspiciously,with a pinch of salt discerning,acute,astute,clear-sighted,critical,discriminating,ingenious,intelligent,judicious,knowing,penetrating,perceptive,percipient,perspicacious,piercing,sagacious,sensitive,sharp,shrewd,subtle,wise disciple,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 disclaim,abandon,abjure,abnegate,decline,deny,disaffirm,disallow,disavow,disown,forswear,rebut,reject,renege,renounce,repudiate,retract disclosure,acknowledgment,admission,announcement,broadcast,confession,declaration,discovery,divulgence,exposé,exposure,leak,publication,revelation,uncovering discolour,fade,mar,mark,rust,soil,stain,streak,tarnish,tinge discomposure,agitation,anxiety,confusion,discomfiture,disquiet,disquietude,distraction,disturbance,embarrassment,fluster,inquietude,malaise,nervousness,perturbation,trepidation,uneasiness disconnect,cut off,detach,disengage,divide,part,separate,sever,take apart,uncouple disconnected,confused,disjointed,garbled,illogical,incoherent,irrational,jumbled,mixed-up,rambling,uncoordinated,unintelligible,wandering disconnection,cessation,cut-off,cutting off,discontinuation,discontinuity,interruption,separation,severance,stoppage,suspension disconsolate,crushed,dejected,desolate,despairing,dismal,forlorn,gloomy,grief-stricken,heartbroken,hopeless,inconsolable,melancholy,miserable,sad,unhappy,woeful,wretched discontinued,abandoned,ended,finished,given up or over,halted,no longer made,terminated discord,clashing,conflict,contention,difference,disagreement,discordance,dispute,dissension,disunity,division,friction,incompatibility,lack of concord,opposition,row,rupture,strife,variance,wrangling cacophony,din,disharmony,dissonance,harshness,jangle,jarring,racket,tumult discordant,at odds,clashing,conflicting,contradictory,contrary,different,disagreeing,divergent,incompatible,incongruous,inconsistent,opposite cacophonous,dissonant,grating,harsh,inharmonious,jangling,jarring,shrill,strident,unmelodious discourteous,abrupt,bad-mannered,boorish,brusque,curt,disrespectful,ill-bred,ill-mannered,impolite,insolent,offhand,rude,uncivil,uncourteous,ungentlemanly,ungracious,unmannerly discourtesy,bad manners,disrespectfulness,ill-breeding,impertinence,impoliteness,incivility,insolence,rudeness,ungraciousness,unmannerliness affront,cold shoulder,insult,rebuff,slight,snub discoverer,author,explorer,founder,initiator,inventor,originator,pioneer discovery,ascertainment,detection,disclosure,espial,exploration,finding,introduction,locating,location,origination,revelation,uncovering bonanza,breakthrough,coup,find,findings,godsend,innovation,invention,secret discreditable,blameworthy,degrading,disgraceful,dishonourable,humiliating,ignominious,improper,infamous,reprehensible,scandalous,shameful,unprincipled,unworthy discredited,brought into disrepute,debunked,discarded,exploded,exposed,obsolete,outworn,refuted,rejected discreet,careful,cautious,circumspect,considerate,diplomatic,discerning,guarded,judicious,politic,prudent,reserved,sagacious,sensible,tactful,wary discrepancy,conflict,contrariety,difference,disagreement,discordance,disparity,dissimilarity,dissonance,divergence,incongruity,inconsistency,variance,variation discretion,acumen,care,carefulness,caution,circumspection,consideration,diplomacy,discernment,good sense,heedfulness,judgment,judiciousness,maturity,prudence,sagacity,tact,wariness choice,disposition,inclination,liking,mind,option,pleasure,predilection,preference,responsibility,volition,will,wish discretionary,arbitrary (Law),elective,nonmandatory,open,open to choice,optional,unrestricted discriminate,disfavour,favour,show bias,show prejudice,single out,treat as inferior,treat differently,victimize assess,differentiate,discern,distinguish,draw a distinction,evaluate,segregate,separate,sift,tell the difference discriminating,acute,astute,critical,cultivated,discerning,fastidious,keen,particular,refined,selective,sensitive,tasteful discrimination,bias,bigotry,favouritism,inequity,intolerance,prejudice,unfairness acumen,acuteness,clearness,discernment,insight,judgment,keenness,penetration,perception,refinement,sagacity,subtlety,taste discrimination,discriminatory,discriminative discrimination,biased,favouring,inequitable,one-sided,partial,partisan,preferential,prejudiced,prejudicial,unjust,weighted analytical,astute,differentiating,discerning,discriminating,perceptive,perspicacious discuss,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,analysis,argument,colloquy,confabulation,conference,consideration,consultation,conversation,debate,deliberation,dialogue,discourse,examination,exchange,review,scrutiny,seminar,symposium diseased,ailing,infected,rotten,sick,sickly,tainted,unhealthy,unsound,unwell,unwholesome disembark,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,disentangle,ease,extricate,free,liberate,loosen,release,set free,unbridle,unloose,untie detach,disconnect,disjoin,disunite,divide,separate,undo,withdraw disengaged,apart,detached,free,loose,out of gear,released,separate,unattached,unconnected,uncoupled at ease,at leisure,free,not busy,uncommitted,unoccupied,vacant disengagement,detachment,disconnection,disentanglement,division,separation,withdrawal disentangle,detach,disconnect,disengage,extricate,free,loose,separate,sever,unfold,unravel,unsnarl,untangle,untwist clarify,clear (up),resolve,simplify,sort out,work out disfigure,blemish,damage,deface,deform,disfeature,distort,injure,maim,make ugly,mar,mutilate,scar disfigurement,blemish,defacement,defect,deformity,distortion,impairment,injury,mutilation,scar,spot,stain disgraceful,blameworthy,contemptible,degrading,detestable,discreditable,dishonourable,disreputable,ignominious,infamous,low,mean,opprobrious,scandalous,shameful,shocking,unworthy disguised,camouflaged,cloaked,covert,fake,false,feigned,incognito,in disguise,masked,pretend,undercover,unrecognizable dishearten,cast down,crush,damp,dampen,dash,daunt,deject,depress,deter,discourage,dismay,dispirit,put a damper on dishevelled,bedraggled,blowzy,disarranged,disarrayed,disordered,frowzy,hanging loose,messy,ruffled,rumpled,tousled,uncombed,unkempt,untidy dishonourable,base,contemptible,despicable,discreditable,disgraceful,ignoble,ignominious,infamous,scandalous,shameful 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 disillusioned,disabused,disappointed,disenchanted,enlightened,indifferent,out of love,sadder and wiser,undeceived disincentive,damper,determent,deterrent,discouragement,dissuasion,impediment disinclination,alienation,antipathy,aversion,demur,dislike,hesitance,lack of desire,lack of enthusiasm,loathness,objection,opposition,reluctance,repugnance,resistance,unwillingness disinclined,antipathetic,averse,balking,hesitating,indisposed,loath,not in the mood,opposed,reluctant,resistant,unwilling disinfect,clean,cleanse,decontaminate,deodorize,fumigate,purify,sanitize,sterilize disinfectant,antiseptic,germicide,sanitizer,sterilizer disinherit,cut off,cut off without a penny,disown,dispossess,oust,repudiate disintegrate,break apart,break up,crumble,disunite,fall apart,fall to pieces,reduce to fragments,separate,shatter,splinter disinterest,candidness,detachment,disinterestedness,dispassionateness,equity,fairness,impartiality,justice,neutrality,unbiasedness disinterested,candid,detached,dispassionate,equitable,even-handed,free from self-interest,impartial,impersonal,neutral,outside,unbiased,uninvolved,unprejudiced,unselfish disjointed,aimless,confused,disconnected,disordered,fitful,incoherent,loose,rambling,spasmodic,unconnected disconnected,dislocated,displaced,disunited,divided,separated,split dislocate,disorder,displace,disrupt,disturb,misplace,shift disarticulate,disconnect,disengage,disjoint,disunite,luxate (Medical),put out of joint,unhinge dislocation,disarray,disorder,disorganization,disruption,disturbance,misplacement disarticulation,disconnection,disengagement,luxation (Medical),unhinging disloyal,apostate,disaffected,faithless,false,perfidious,seditious,subversive,traitorous,treacherous,treasonable,two-faced,unfaithful,unpatriotic,untrustworthy disloyalty,betrayal of trust,breach of trust,breaking of faith,deceitfulness,double-dealing,falseness,falsity,inconstancy,infidelity,perfidy,Punic faith,treachery,treason,unfaithfulness dismal,black,bleak,cheerless,dark,depressing,despondent,discouraging,dolorous,dreary,forlorn,funereal,gloomy,gruesome,lonesome,louring or lowering,lugubrious,melancholy,sad,sombre,sorrowful dismember,amputate,anatomize,cut into pieces,disjoint,dislimb,dislocate,dissect,divide,mutilate,rend,sever disobedience,indiscipline,infraction,insubordination,mutiny,noncompliance,nonobservance,recalcitrance,revolt,unruliness,waywardness disobedient,contrary,contumacious,defiant,disorderly,froward,insubordinate,intractable,mischievous,naughty,noncompliant,nonobservant,obstreperous,refractory,undisciplined,unruly,wayward,wilful disobey,contravene,defy,disregard,flout,go counter to,ignore,infringe,overstep,rebel,refuse to obey,resist,transgress,violate disorganize,break up,confuse,derange,destroy,disarrange,discompose,disorder,disrupt,disturb,jumble,make a shambles of,muddle,turn topsy-turvy,unsettle,upset disorganized,chaotic,confused,disordered,haphazard,jumbled,muddled,shuffled,unmethodical,unorganized,unsystematic disown,abandon,abnegate,cast off,deny,disallow,disavow,disclaim,rebut,refuse to acknowledge or recognize,reject,renounce,repudiate,retract disparagement,aspersion,belittlement,condemnation,contempt,contumely,criticism,debasement,degradation,denunciation,depreciation,derision,derogation,detraction,discredit,disdain,impairment,lessening,prejudice,reproach,ridicule,scorn,slander,underestimation dispassionate,dispatch,despatch dispel,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,allotment,appointment,apportionment,bestowal,conferment,consignment,dealing out,disbursement,distribution,endowment,supplying award,dole,part,portion,quota,share administration,direction,economy,management,plan,regulation,scheme,stewardship,system exception,exemption,immunity,indulgence,licence,permission,privilege,relaxation,relief,remission,reprieve disperse,broadcast,circulate,diffuse,disseminate,dissipate,distribute,scatter,spread,strew break up,disappear,disband,dismiss,dispel,dissolve,rout,scatter,send off,separate,vanish displeasure,anger,annoyance,disapprobation,disapproval,disfavour,disgruntlement,dislike,dissatisfaction,distaste,indignation,irritation,offence,pique,resentment,vexation,wrath disposable,biodegradable,compostable,decomposable,nonreturnable,paper,throwaway at one's service,available,consumable,expendable,free for use,spendable dispose,adjust,arrange,array,determine,distribute,fix,group,marshal,order,place,put,range,rank,regulate,set,settle,stand actuate,adapt,bias,condition,incline,induce,influence,lead,motivate,move,predispose,prompt,tempt disposed,apt,given,inclined,liable,likely,of a mind to,predisposed,prone,ready,subject,tending towards disposition,character,constitution,make-up,nature,spirit,temper,temperament bent,bias,habit,inclination,leaning,predisposition,proclivity,proneness,propensity,readiness,tendency adjustment,arrangement,classification,disposal,distribution,grouping,ordering,organization,placement control,direction,disposal,management,regulation disproportion,asymmetry,discrepancy,disparity,imbalance,inadequacy,inequality,insufficiency,lopsidedness,unevenness,unsuitableness disproportionate,excessive,incommensurate,inordinate,out of proportion,too much,unbalanced,unequal,uneven,unreasonable disprove,confute,contradict,controvert,discredit,expose,give the lie to,invalidate,negate,prove false,rebut,refute disputation,argumentation,controversy,debate,dispute,dissension,polemics disqualification,disability,disablement,incapacitation,incapacity,unfitness debarment,disenablement,disentitlement,elimination,exclusion,incompetence,ineligibility,rejection disqualified,debarred,eliminated,ineligible,knocked out,out of the running disqualify,disable,incapacitate,invalidate,unfit (Rare) ban,debar,declare ineligible,disentitle,preclude,prohibit,rule out disquieting,annoying,bothersome,disconcerting,distressing,disturbing,harrowing,irritating,perturbing,troubling,unnerving,unsettling,upsetting,vexing,worrying disrepute,discredit,disesteem,disfavour,disgrace,dishonour,ignominy,ill favour,ill repute,infamy,obloquy,shame,unpopularity disrespect,contempt,discourtesy,dishonour,disregard,impertinence,impoliteness,impudence,incivility,insolence,irreverence,lack of respect,lese-majesty,rudeness,unmannerliness disrespectful,bad-mannered,cheeky,contemptuous,discourteous,ill-bred,impertinent,impolite,impudent,insolent,insulting,irreverent,misbehaved,rude,uncivil disrupt,agitate,confuse,disorder,disorganize,disturb,spoil,throw into disorder,upset break up or into,interfere with,interrupt,intrude,obstruct,unsettle,upset disruption,confusion,disarray,disorder,disorderliness,disturbance,interference,interruption,stoppage disruptive,confusing,disorderly,distracting,disturbing,obstreperous,troublemaking,troublesome,unruly,unsettling,upsetting dissatisfaction,annoyance,chagrin,disappointment,discomfort,discontent,dislike,dismay,displeasure,distress,exasperation,frustration,irritation,regret,resentment,unhappiness dissatisfied,disappointed,discontented,disgruntled,displeased,fed up,frustrated,not satisfied,unfulfilled,ungratified,unhappy,unsatisfied dissect,anatomize,cut up or apart,dismember,lay open analyse,break down,explore,inspect,investigate,research,scrutinize,study dissection,anatomization,anatomy,autopsy,dismemberment,necropsy,postmortem (examination) analysis,breakdown,examination,inspection,investigation,research,scrutiny disseminate,broadcast,circulate,diffuse,disperse,dissipate,distribute,proclaim,promulgate,propagate,publicize,publish,scatter,sow,spread dissemination,broadcasting,circulation,diffusion,distribution,promulgation,propagation,publication,publishing,spread dissension,conflict,conflict of opinion,contention,difference,disagreement,discord,discordance,dispute,dissent,friction,quarrel,row,strife,variance dissenter,disputant,dissident,nonconformist,objector,protestant dissertation,critique,discourse,disquisition,essay,exposition,thesis,treatise disservice,bad turn,disfavour,harm,ill turn,injury,injustice,unkindness,wrong dissimilar,different,disparate,divergent,diverse,heterogeneous,manifold,mismatched,not alike,not capable of comparison,not similar,unlike,unrelated,various dissimilarity,difference,discrepancy,disparity,dissimilitude,distinction,divergence,heterogeneity,incomparability,nonuniformity,unlikeness,unrelatedness dissipate,burn up,consume,deplete,expend,fritter away,indulge oneself,lavish,misspend,run through,spend,squander,waste disappear,dispel,disperse,dissolve,drive away,evaporate,scatter,vanish dissipated,abandoned,debauched,dissolute,intemperate,profligate,rakish,self-indulgent consumed,destroyed,exhausted,scattered,squandered,wasted dissipation,abandonment,debauchery,dissoluteness,drunkenness,excess,extravagance,indulgence,intemperance,lavishness,prodigality,profligacy,squandering,wantonness,waste amusement,distraction,diversion,entertainment,gratification disappearance,disintegration,dispersion,dissemination,dissolution,scattering,vanishing dissociate,break off,disband,disrupt,part company,quit detach,disconnect,distance,divorce,isolate,segregate,separate,set apart dissolute,abandoned,corrupt,debauched,degenerate,depraved,dissipated,immoral,lax,lewd,libertine,licentious,loose,profligate,rakish,unrestrained,vicious,wanton,wild dissolution,breaking up,disintegration,division,divorce,parting,resolution,separation death,decay,decomposition,demise,destruction,dispersal,extinction,overthrow,ruin adjournment,conclusion,disbandment,discontinuation,dismissal,end,ending,finish,suspension,termination corruption,debauchery,dissipation,intemperance,wantonness disappearance,evaporation,liquefaction,melting,solution dissuade,advise against,deter,discourage,disincline,divert,expostulate,persuade not to,put off,remonstrate,talk out of,urge not to,warn distant,abroad,afar,far,faraway,far-flung,far-off,outlying,out-of-the-way,remote,removed apart,disparate,dispersed,distinct,scattered,separate aloof,ceremonious,cold,cool,formal,haughty,reserved,restrained,reticent,standoffish,stiff,unapproachable,unfriendly,withdrawn faint,indirect,indistinct,obscure,slight,uncertain distaste,abhorrence,antipathy,aversion,detestation,disfavour,disgust,disinclination,dislike,displeasure,disrelish,dissatisfaction,horror,loathing,odium,repugnance,revulsion distasteful,abhorrent,disagreeable,displeasing,loathsome,nauseous,objectionable,obnoxious,obscene,offensive,repugnant,repulsive,undesirable,uninviting,unpalatable,unpleasant,unsavoury distend,balloon,bloat,bulge,dilate,enlarge,expand,increase,inflate,puff,stretch,swell,widen distended,bloated,dilated,enlarged,expanded,inflated,puffy,stretched,swollen,tumescent distil,condense,draw out,evaporate,express,extract,press out,purify,rectify,refine,sublimate,vaporize distillation,elixir,essence,extract,quintessence,spirit distinct,apparent,blatant,clear,clear-cut,decided,definite,evident,lucid,manifest,marked,noticeable,obvious,palpable,patent,plain,recognizable,sharp,unambiguous,unmistakable,well-defined detached,different,discrete,dissimilar,individual,separate,unconnected distinction,differentiation,discernment,discrimination,penetration,perception,separation contrast,difference,differential,division,separation characteristic,distinctiveness,feature,individuality,mark,particularity,peculiarity,quality account,celebrity,consequence,credit,eminence,excellence,fame,greatness,honour,importance,merit,name,note,prominence,quality,rank,renown,reputation,repute,superiority,worth distinctive,characteristic,different,distinguishing,extraordinary,idiosyncratic,individual,original,peculiar,singular,special,typical,uncommon,unique distinctly,clearly,decidedly,definitely,evidently,manifestly,markedly,noticeably,obviously,palpably,patently,plainly,precisely,sharply distinctness,clarity,lucidity,obviousness,plainness,sharpness,vividness detachment,difference,discreteness,disparateness,dissimilarity,dissociation,distinctiveness,individuality,separation distinguish,ascertain,decide,determine,differentiate,discriminate,judge,tell apart,tell between,tell the difference categorize,characterize,classify,individualize,make distinctive,mark,separate,set apart,single out discern,know,make out,perceive,pick out,recognize,see,tell celebrate,dignify,honour,immortalize,make famous,signalize distinguishable,clear,conspicuous,discernible,evident,manifest,noticeable,obvious,perceptible,plain,recognizable,well-marked distinguished,acclaimed,celebrated,conspicuous,eminent,famed,famous,illustrious,notable,noted,renowned,well-known conspicuous,extraordinary,marked,outstanding,signal,striking distinguishing,characteristic,different,differentiating,distinctive,individualistic,marked,peculiar,typical distort,bend,buckle,contort,deform,disfigure,misshape,twist,warp,wrench,wrest bias,colour,falsify,garble,misrepresent,pervert,slant,twist distortion,bend,buckle,contortion,crookedness,deformity,malformation,twist,twistedness,warp bias,colouring,falsification,misrepresentation,perversion,slant distract,divert,draw away,sidetrack,turn aside amuse,beguile,engross,entertain,occupy agitate,bewilder,confound,confuse,derange,discompose,disconcert,disturb,harass,madden,perplex,puzzle,torment,trouble distraction,abstraction,agitation,bewilderment,commotion,confusion,discord,disorder,disturbance amusement,beguilement,diversion,divertissement,entertainment,pastime,recreation disturbance,diversion,interference,interruption aberration,alienation,delirium,derangement,desperation,frenzy,hallucination,incoherence,insanity,mania distressed,afflicted,agitated,anxious,distracted,distraught,saddened,tormented,troubled,upset,worried,wretched destitute,indigent,needy,poor,poverty-stricken,straitened distressing,affecting,afflicting,distressful,disturbing,grievous,harrowing,heart-breaking,hurtful,lamentable,nerve-racking,painful,sad,upsetting,worrying distribute,administer,allocate,allot,apportion,assign,deal,dispense,dispose,divide,dole out,give,measure out,mete,share circulate,convey,deliver,hand out,pass round diffuse,disperse,disseminate,scatter,spread,strew arrange,assort,categorize,class,classify,file,group distribution,allocation,allotment,apportionment,dispensation,division,dole,partition,sharing circulation,diffusion,dispersal,dispersion,dissemination,propagation,scattering,spreading arrangement,assortment,classification,disposition,grouping,location,organization,placement Commerce dealing,delivery,handling,mailing,marketing,trading,transport,transportation district,area,community,locale,locality,neighbourhood,parish,quarter,region,sector,vicinity,ward disturbed,Psychiatry disordered,maladjusted,neurotic,troubled,unbalanced,upset agitated,anxious,apprehensive,bothered,concerned,disquieted,nervous,troubled,uneasy,upset,worried disturbing,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 diverge,bifurcate,branch,divaricate,divide,fork,part,radiate,separate,split,spread be at odds,be at variance,conflict,differ,disagree,dissent depart,deviate,digress,meander,stray,turn aside,wander divergence,branching out,deflection,departure,deviation,difference,digression,disparity,divagation,ramification,separation,varying divergent,conflicting,deviating,different,differing,disagreeing,dissimilar,diverging,diverse,separate,variant divers,different,manifold,many,multifarious,numerous,several,some,sundry,varied,various diverse,assorted,diversified,manifold,miscellaneous,of every description,several,sundry,varied,various different,differing,discrete,disparate,dissimilar,distinct,divergent,separate,unlike,varying diversify,alter,assort,branch out,change,expand,mix,modify,spread out,transform,variegate,vary diversity,assortment,difference,dissimilarity,distinctiveness,divergence,diverseness,diversification,heterogeneity,medley,multiplicity,range,unlikeness,variance,variegation,variety divert,avert,deflect,redirect,switch,turn aside amuse,beguile,delight,entertain,gratify,recreate,regale detract,distract,draw or lead away from,lead astray,sidetrack diverting,amusing,beguiling,enjoyable,entertaining,fun,humorous,pleasant divest,denude,disrobe,doff,remove,strip,take off,unclothe,undress deprive,despoil,dispossess,strip diviner,astrologer,augur,oracle,prophet,seer,sibyl,soothsayer Of water or minerals dowser divinity,deity,divine nature,godhead,godhood,godliness,holiness,sanctity daemon,deity,genius,god,goddess,guardian spirit,spirit religion,religious studies,theology divisible,dividable,fractional,separable,splittable division,bisection,cutting up,detaching,dividing,partition,separation,splitting up allotment,apportionment,distribution,sharing border,boundary,demarcation,divide,divider,dividing line,partition branch,category,class,compartment,department,group,head,part,portion,section,sector,segment breach,difference of opinion,disagreement,discord,disunion,estrangement,feud,rupture,split,variance divisive,alienating,damaging,detrimental,discordant,disruptive,estranging,inharmonious,pernicious,troublesome,unsettling docile,amenable,biddable,compliant,ductile,manageable,obedient,pliant,submissive,teachable (Rare),tractable docility,amenability,biddableness,compliance,ductility,manageability,meekness,obedience,pliancy,submissiveness,tractability doctrine,article,article of faith,belief,canon,concept,conviction,creed,dogma,opinion,precept,principle,teaching,tenet doddering,aged,decrepit,doddery,faltering,feeble,floundering,infirm,senile,shaky,shambling,tottery,trembly,unsteady,weak dodger,evader,shifty so-and-so,shirker,slacker,slippery one,slyboots,trickster doff,Of a hat lift,raise,remove,take off,tip,touch Of clothing cast off,discard,remove,shed,slip off,slip out of,take off,throw off,undress dogged,determined,firm,immovable,indefatigable,obstinate,persevering,persistent,pertinacious,resolute,single-minded,staunch,steadfast,steady,stiff-necked,stubborn,tenacious,unflagging,unshakable,unyielding doggedness,bulldog tenacity,determination,endurance,obstinacy,perseverance,persistence,pertinacity,relentlessness,resolution,single-mindedness,steadfastness,steadiness,stubbornness,tenaciousness,tenacity dogma,article,article of faith,belief,credo,creed,doctrine,opinion,precept,principle,teachings,tenet dogmatic,arbitrary,arrogant,assertive,categorical,dictatorial,doctrinaire,downright,emphatic,imperious,magisterial,obdurate,opinionated,overbearing,peremptory authoritative,canonical,categorical,doctrinal,ex cathedra,oracular,positive dogmatism,arbitrariness,arrogance,dictatorialness,imperiousness,opinionatedness,peremptoriness,positiveness,presumption doing,achievement,act,action,carrying out or through,deed,execution,exploit,handiwork,implementation,performance domesticate,break,gentle,house-train,tame,train acclimatize,accustom,familiarize,habituate,naturalize domesticated,Of plants or animals broken (in),naturalized,tame,tamed Of people domestic,home-loving,homely,house-trained (Jocular),housewifely dominant,ascendant,assertive,authoritative,commanding,controlling,governing,leading,presiding,ruling,superior,supreme chief,influential,main,outstanding,paramount,predominant,pre-eminent,prevailing,prevalent,primary,principal,prominent domination,ascendancy,authority,command,control,influence,mastery,power,rule,superiority,supremacy,sway despotism,dictatorship,oppression,repression,subjection,subordination,suppression,tyranny don,clothe oneself in,dress in,get into,pull on,put on,slip on or into donation,alms,benefaction,boon,contribution,gift,grant,gratuity,hand-out,largess or largesse,offering,present,stipend,subscription donnish,bookish,erudite,formalistic,pedagogic,pedantic,precise,scholarly,scholastic donor,almsgiver,benefactor,contributor,donator,giver,grantor (Law),philanthropist doomed,bedevilled,bewitched,condemned,cursed,fated,hopeless,ill-fated,ill-omened,luckless,star-crossed dormant,asleep,comatose,fallow,hibernating,inactive,inert,inoperative,latent,quiescent,sleeping,sluggish,slumbering,suspended,torpid dosage,draught,drench,measure,portion,potion,prescription,quantity dotage,decrepitude,feebleness,imbecility,old age,second childhood,senility,weakness doting,foolish fondness,infatuation dote on or upon,admire,adore,hold dear,idolize,lavish affection on,prize,treasure doting,adoring,devoted,fond,foolish,indulgent,lovesick double entendre,ambiguity,double meaning,innuendo,play on words,pun doubter,agnostic,disbeliever,doubting Thomas,questioner,sceptic,unbeliever doubtless,assuredly,certainly,clearly,indisputably,of course,precisely,surely,truly,undoubtedly,unquestionably,without doubt apparently,most likely,ostensibly,presumably,probably,seemingly,supposedly dour,dismal,dreary,forbidding,gloomy,grim,morose,sour,sullen,unfriendly austere,hard,inflexible,obstinate,rigid,rigorous,severe,strict,uncompromising,unyielding dower,dowry,inheritance,legacy,portion,provision,share endowment,faculty,gift,talent downpour,cloudburst,deluge,flood,inundation,rainstorm,torrential rain down-to-earth,common-sense,hard-headed,matter-of-fact,mundane,no-nonsense,plain-spoken,practical,realistic,sane,sensible,unsentimental drab,cheerless,colourless,dingy,dismal,dreary,dull,flat,gloomy,grey,lacklustre,shabby,sombre,uninspired,vapid dragging,boring,dull,going slowly,humdrum,mind-numbing,monotonous,tedious,tiresome,wearisome drainage,bilge (water),seepage,sewage,sewerage,waste drama,dramatization,play,show,stage play,stage show,theatrical piece acting,dramatic art,dramaturgy,stagecraft,theatre,Thespian art crisis,dramatics,excitement,histrionics,scene,spectacle,theatrics,turmoil dramatic,dramaturgic,dramaturgical,theatrical,Thespian breathtaking,climactic,electrifying,emotional,exciting,melodramatic,sensational,shock-horror (Facetious),startling,sudden,suspenseful,tense,thrilling affecting,effective,expressive,impressive,moving,powerful,striking,vivid dramatist,dramaturge,playwright,screen-writer,scriptwriter drastic,desperate,dire,extreme,forceful,harsh,radical,severe,strong draught,Of air current,flow,influx,movement,puff dragging,drawing,haulage,pulling,traction cup,dose,drench,drink,potion,quantity draw back,recoil,retract,retreat,shrink,start back,withdraw drawing,cartoon,delineation,depiction,illustration,outline,picture,portrayal,representation,sketch,study drawling,dragging,drawly,droning,dull,twanging,twangy drawn,fatigued,fraught,haggard,harassed,harrowed,pinched,sapped,strained,stressed,taut,tense,tired,worn draw on,employ,exploit,extract,fall back on,have recourse to,make use of,rely on,take from,use draw out,drag out,extend,lengthen,make longer,prolong,prolongate,protract,spin out,stretch,string out draw up,bring to a stop,halt,pull up,run in,stop,stop short compose,draft,formulate,frame,prepare,write out dreamer,daydreamer,Don Quixote,fantasist,fantasizer,fantast,idealist,romancer,theorizer,utopian,visionary,Walter Mitty dreamy,airy-fairy,dreamlike,fanciful,imaginary,impractical,quixotic,speculative,surreal,vague,visionary chimerical,dreamlike,fantastic,intangible,misty,phantasmagoric,phantasmagorical,shadowy,unreal absent,abstracted,daydreaming,faraway,in a reverie,musing,pensive,preoccupied,with one's head in the clouds calming,gentle,lulling,relaxing,romantic,soothing dressmaker,couturier,modiste,seamstress,sewing woman,tailor dribble,drip,drop,fall in drops,leak,ooze,run,seep,trickle drip saliva,drivel,drool,slaver,slobber drink to,pledge,pledge the health of,salute,toast drive at,aim,allude to,get at,have in mind,hint at,imply,indicate,insinuate,intend,intimate,mean,refer to,signify,suggest driving,compelling,dynamic,energetic,forceful,galvanic,sweeping,vigorous,violent droop,bend,dangle,drop,fall down,hang (down),sag,sink decline,diminish,fade,faint,flag,languish,slump,wilt,wither despond,falter,give in,give up,give way,lose heart or hope drove,collection,company,crowd,flock,gathering,herd,horde,mob,multitude,press,swarm,throng drum up,attract,bid for,canvass,obtain,petition,round up,solicit drunkenness,alcoholism,bibulousness,dipsomania,inebriety,insobriety,intemperance,intoxication,sottishness,tipsiness dryness,aridity,aridness,dehumidification,dehydration,drought,thirst,thirstiness dual,binary,coupled,double,duplex,duplicate,matched,paired,twin,twofold dub,bestow,confer,confer knighthood upon,entitle,knight call,christen,denominate,designate,label,name,nickname,style,term duct,blood vessel,canal,channel,conduit,funnel,passage,pipe,tube dudgeon,Archaic indignation,ire,resentment,umbrage,wrath in high dudgeon angry,fuming,indignant,offended,resentful,vexed dues,charge,charges,contribution,fee,levy,membership fee duly,accordingly,appropriately,befittingly,correctly,decorously,deservedly,fittingly,properly,rightfully,suitably at the proper time,on time,punctually dumb,dumbfound,dumfound dumb,dumbfounded,dumfounded dungeon,cage,cell,donjon,lockup,oubliette,prison,vault durability,constancy,durableness,endurance,imperishability,lastingness,permanence,persistence durable,abiding,constant,dependable,enduring,fast,firm,fixed,hard-wearing,lasting,long-lasting,permanent,persistent,reliable,resistant,sound,stable,strong,sturdy,substantial,tough duress,coercion,compulsion,constraint,pressure,threat captivity,confinement,constraint,hardship,imprisonment,incarceration,restraint dusky,dark,dark-complexioned,dark-hued,sable,swarthy caliginous (Archaic),cloudy,crepuscular,darkish,dim,gloomy,murky,obscure,overcast,shadowy,shady,tenebrous,twilight,twilit,veiled dusty,dirty,grubby,sooty,unclean,undusted,unswept chalky,crumbly,friable,granular,powdery,sandy dutiful,compliant,conscientious,deferential,devoted,docile,duteous (Archaic),filial,obedient,punctilious,respectful,reverential,submissive dwell on or upon,be engrossed in,continue,elaborate,emphasize,expatiate,harp on,linger over,tarry over dying,at death's door,ebbing,expiring,fading,failing,final,going,in extremis,moribund,mortal,passing,perishing,sinking dynasty,ascendancy,dominion,empire,government,house,regime,rule,sovereignty,sway eager,agog,anxious,ardent,athirst,avid,earnest,enthusiastic,fervent,fervid,greedy,hot,hungry,impatient,intent,keen,longing,raring,vehement,yearning,zealous eagerness,ardour,avidity,earnestness,enthusiasm,fervour,greediness,heartiness,hunger,impatience,impetuosity,intentness,keenness,longing,thirst,vehemence,yearning,zeal earn,bring in,collect,draw,gain,get,gross,make,net,obtain,procure,realize,reap,receive acquire,attain,be entitled to,be worthy of,deserve,merit,rate,warrant,win earnings,emolument,gain,income,pay,proceeds,profits,receipts,remuneration,return,reward,salary,stipend,takings,wages earth,globe,orb,planet,sphere,terrestrial sphere,world clay,clod,dirt,ground,land,loam,mould,sod,soil,topsoil,turf earthenware,ceramics,crockery,crocks,pots,pottery,terra cotta easily,comfortably,effortlessly,facilely,readily,simply,smoothly,with ease,without difficulty,without trouble absolutely,beyond question,by far,certainly,clearly,definitely,doubtlessly,far and away,indisputably,indubitably,plainly,surely,undeniably,undoubtedly,unequivocally,unquestionably,without a doubt almost certainly,probably,well economical,cost-effective,efficient,money-saving,sparing,time-saving,unwasteful,work-saving careful,economizing,frugal,prudent,saving,scrimping,sparing,thrifty Also economic cheap,fair,inexpensive,low,low-priced,modest,reasonable economize,be economical,be frugal,be sparing,cut back,husband,retrench,save,scrimp,tighten one's belt economy,frugality,husbandry,parsimony,providence,prudence,restraint,retrenchment,saving,sparingness,thrift,thriftiness ecstasy,bliss,delight,elation,enthusiasm,euphoria,exaltation,fervour,frenzy,joy,rapture,ravishment,rhapsody,seventh heaven,trance,transport edible,comestible (Rare),digestible,eatable,esculent,fit to eat,good,harmless,palatable,wholesome edict,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,educate,elevate,enlighten,guide,improve,inform,instruct,nurture,school,teach,uplift edit,adapt,annotate,censor,check,condense,correct,emend,polish,redact,rephrase,revise,rewrite assemble,compose,put together,rearrange,reorder,select edition,copy,impression,issue,number,printing,programme (TV,Radio),version,volume educate,civilize,coach,cultivate,develop,discipline,drill,edify,enlighten,exercise,foster,improve,indoctrinate,inform,instruct,mature,rear,school,teach,train,tutor educated,coached,informed,instructed,nurtured,schooled,taught,tutored civilized,cultivated,cultured,enlightened,experienced,informed,knowledgeable,learned,lettered,literary,polished,refined,tasteful 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operation,operative,real effects,belongings,chattels,furniture,gear,goods,movables,paraphernalia,possessions,property,things,trappings effeminacy,delicacy,femininity,softness,tenderness,unmanliness,weakness,womanishness,womanliness effervesce,bubble,ferment,fizz,foam,froth,sparkle effete,corrupt,debased,decadent,decayed,decrepit,degenerate,dissipated,enervated,enfeebled,feeble,ineffectual,overrefined,spoiled,weak burnt out,drained,enervated,exhausted,played out,spent,used up,wasted,worn out barren,fruitless,infecund,infertile,sterile,unfruitful,unproductive,unprolific efficacious,active,adequate,capable,competent,effective,effectual,efficient,energetic,operative,potent,powerful,productive,serviceable,successful,useful efficacy,ability,capability,competence,effect,effectiveness,efficaciousness,efficiency,energy,force,influence,potency,power,strength,success,use,vigour,virtue,weight efficiency,ability,adeptness,capability,competence,economy,effectiveness,efficacy,power,productivity,proficiency,readiness,skilfulness,skill efficient,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 effulgent,beaming,blazing,bright,brilliant,dazzling,flaming,fluorescent,fulgent (Poetic),glowing,incandescent,lucent,luminous,lustrous,radiant,refulgent (Literary),resplendent,shining,splendid,vivid effusion,discharge,effluence,efflux,emission,gush,issue,outflow,outpouring,shedding,stream address,outpouring,speech,talk,utterance,writing effusive,demonstrative,ebullient,enthusiastic,expansive,extravagant,exuberant,free-flowing,fulsome,gushing,lavish,overflowing,profuse,talkative,unreserved,unrestrained,wordy egg on,encourage,exhort,goad,incite,prod,prompt,push,spur,urge egocentric,egoistic,egoistical,egotistic,egotistical,self-centred,selfish egoism,egocentricity,egomania,egotism,narcissism,self-absorption,self-centredness,self-importance,self-interest,selfishness,self-love,self-regard,self-seeking egoist,egomaniac,egotist,narcissist,self-seeker egoist,egoistic,egoistical egoist,egocentric,egomaniacal,egotistic,egotistical,full of oneself,narcissistic,self-absorbed,self-centred,self-important,self-seeking egotism,conceitedness,egocentricity,egoism,egomania,narcissism,self-admiration,self-centredness,self-conceit,self-esteem,self-importance,self-love,self-praise,superiority,vainglory,vanity egotist,egotistic,egotistical egotist,boasting,bragging,conceited,egocentric,egoistic,egoistical,egomaniacal,full of oneself,narcissistic,opinionated,self-admiring,self-centred,self-important,superior,vain,vainglorious egress,departure,emergence,escape,exit,exodus,issue,outlet,passage out,vent,way out,withdrawal eke out,be economical with,be frugal with,be sparing with,economize on,husband,stretch out add to,enlarge,increase,make up (with),supplement elapse,glide by,go,go by,lapse,pass,pass by,roll by,roll on,slip away,slip by elastic,ductile,flexible,plastic,pliable,pliant,resilient,rubbery,springy,stretchable,stretchy,supple,tensile,yielding accommodating,adaptable,adjustable,complaisant,compliant,flexible,supple,tolerant,variable,yielding bouncy,buoyant,irrepressible,resilient elation,bliss,delight,ecstasy,euphoria,exaltation,exhilaration,exultation,glee,high spirits,joy,joyfulness,joyousness,jubilation,rapture elbowroom,freedom,latitude,leeway,play,room,scope,space election,appointment,choice,choosing,decision,determination,judgment,preference,selection,vote,voting elector,chooser,constituent,selector,voter electrify,elegance,elegancy electrify,beauty,courtliness,dignity,exquisiteness,gentility,grace,gracefulness,grandeur,luxury,polish,politeness,refinement,sumptuousness discernment,distinction,propriety,style,taste elegant,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 appropriate,apt,clever,effective,ingenious,neat,simple element,basis,component,constituent,essential factor,factor,feature,hint,ingredient,member,part,section,subdivision,trace,unit domain,environment,field,habitat,medium,milieu,sphere elements,basics,essentials,foundations,fundamentals,principles,rudiments atmospheric conditions,atmospheric forces,powers of nature,weather elevate,heighten,hoist,lift,lift up,raise,uplift,upraise advance,aggrandize,exalt,prefer,promote,upgrade animate,boost,brighten,buoy up,cheer,elate,excite,exhilarate,hearten,lift up,perk up,raise,rouse,uplift augment,boost,heighten,increase,intensify,magnify,swell elevated,dignified,exalted,grand,high,high-flown,high-minded,inflated,lofty,noble,sublime animated,bright,cheerful,cheery,elated,excited,exhilarated,gleeful,in high spirits,overjoyed elevation,altitude,height acclivity,eminence,height,hill,hillock,mountain,rise,rising ground exaltedness,grandeur,loftiness,nobility,nobleness,sublimity advancement,aggrandizement,exaltation,preferment,promotion,upgrading elicit,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 elocution,articulation,declamation,delivery,diction,enunciation,oratory,pronunciation,public speaking,rhetoric,speech,speechmaking,utterance,voice production elongate,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,articulate,fluent,forceful,graceful,moving,persuasive,silver-tongued,stirring,well-expressed expressive,meaningful,pregnant,revealing,suggestive,telling,vivid elsewhere,abroad,absent,away,hence (Archaic),in or to another place,not here,not present,somewhere else elucidate,annotate,clarify,clear up,explain,explicate,expound,gloss,illuminate,illustrate,interpret,make plain,shed or throw light upon,spell out,unfold elucidation,annotation,clarification,comment,commentary,explanation,explication,exposition,gloss,illumination,illustration,interpretation elusive,difficult to catch,shifty,slippery,tricky baffling,fleeting,indefinable,intangible,puzzling,subtle,transient,transitory ambiguous,deceitful,deceptive,elusory,equivocal,evasive,fallacious,fraudulent,illusory,misleading,oracular,unspecific emaciated,atrophied,attenuate,attenuated,cadaverous,gaunt,haggard,lank,lean,macilent (Rare),meagre,pinched,scrawny,skeletal,thin,undernourished,wasted emaciation,atrophy,attenuation,gauntness,haggardness,leanness,meagreness,scrawniness,thinness,wasting away emanate,arise,come forth,derive,emerge,flow,issue,originate,proceed,spring,stem discharge,emit,exhale,give off,give out,issue,radiate,send forth emanation,arising,derivation,emergence,flow,origination,proceeding discharge,effluent,efflux,effusion,emission,exhalation,radiation emancipate,deliver,discharge,disencumber,disenthral,enfranchise,free,liberate,manumit,release,set free,unbridle,unchain,unfetter,unshackle emancipation,deliverance,discharge,enfranchisement,freedom,liberation,liberty,manumission,release embalm,mummify,preserve Of memories cherish,consecrate,conserve,enshrine,immortalize,store,treasure Poetic make fragrant,perfume,scent embark,board ship,go aboard,put on board,take on board,take ship (With on or upon) begin,broach,commence,engage,enter,initiate,launch,plunge into,set about,set out,start,take up,undertake embellishment,adornment,decoration,elaboration,embroidery,enhancement,enrichment,exaggeration,gilding,ornament,ornamentation,trimming embezzlement,abstraction,appropriation,defalcation (Law),filching,fraud,larceny,misapplication,misappropriation,misuse,peculation,pilferage,pilfering,purloining,stealing,theft,thieving embitter,alienate,anger,disaffect,disillusion,envenom,make bitter or resentful,poison,sour aggravate,exacerbate,exasperate,worsen emblem,badge,crest,device,figure,image,insignia,mark,representation,sigil (Rare),sign,symbol,token,type embodiment,bodying forth,epitome,example,exemplar,exemplification,expression,incarnation,incorporation,manifestation,personification,realization,reification,representation,symbol,type bringing together,codification,collection,combination,comprehension,concentration,consolidation,inclusion,incorporation,integration,organization,systematization embolden,animate,cheer,encourage,fire,hearten,inflame,inspirit,invigorate,nerve,reassure,rouse,stimulate,stir,strengthen,vitalize embroil,complicate,compromise,confound,confuse,disorder,disturb,encumber,enmesh,ensnare,entangle,implicate,incriminate,involve,mire,mix up,muddle,perplex,trouble embryo,beginning,germ,nucleus,root,rudiment emend,amend,correct,edit,improve,rectify,redact,revise emendation,amendment,correction,editing,improvement,rectification,redaction,revision emerge,appear,arise,become visible,come forth,come into view,come out,come up,emanate,issue,proceed,rise,spring up,surface become apparent,become known,come out,come to light,crop up,develop,materialize,transpire,turn up emergence,advent,apparition,appearance,arrival,coming,dawn,development,disclosure,emanation,issue,materialization,rise emigrate,migrate,move,move abroad,remove emigration,departure,exodus,migration,removal eminence,celebrity,dignity,distinction,esteem,fame,greatness,illustriousness,importance,notability,note,pre-eminence,prestige,prominence,rank,renown,reputation,repute,superiority elevation,height,high ground,hill,hillock,knoll,rise,summit eminently,conspicuously,exceedingly,exceptionally,extremely,greatly,highly,notably,outstandingly,prominently,remarkably,signally,strikingly,surpassingly,well emission,diffusion,discharge,ejaculation,ejection,emanation,exhalation,exudation,issuance,issue,radiation,shedding,transmission,utterance,venting emit,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,benefit,compensation,earnings,fee,gain,hire,pay,payment,profits,recompense,remuneration,return,reward,salary,stipend,wages emotion,agitation,ardour,excitement,feeling,fervour,passion,perturbation,sensation,sentiment,vehemence,warmth emphasis,accent,accentuation,attention,decidedness,force,importance,impressiveness,insistence,intensity,moment,positiveness,power,pre-eminence,priority,prominence,significance,strength,stress,underscoring,weight emphasize,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,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,commonwealth,domain,imperium (Rare),kingdom,realm authority,command,control,dominion,government,power,rule,sovereignty,supremacy,sway empire,empirical,empiric empire,experiential,experimental,first-hand,observed,practical,pragmatic emplacement,location,lodgment,platform,position,site,situation,station placement,placing,positioning,putting in place,setting up,stationing employed,active,busy,engaged,in a job,in employment,in work,occupied,working employee,hand,job-holder,staff member,wage-earner,worker,workman employment,engagement,enlistment,hire,retaining,taking on application,exercise,exertion,use,utilization avocation (Archaic),business,calling,craft,employ,job,line,métier,occupation,profession,pursuit,service,trade,vocation,work emporium,bazaar,market,mart,shop,store,warehouse empower,allow,authorize,commission,delegate,enable,entitle,license,permit,qualify,sanction,warrant enable,allow,authorize,capacitate,commission,empower,entitle,facilitate,fit,license,permit,prepare,qualify,sanction,warrant enact,authorize,command,decree,establish,legislate,ordain,order,pass,proclaim,ratify,sanction act,act out,appear as,depict,perform,personate,play,play the part of,portray,represent enactment,authorization,command,commandment,decree,dictate,edict,law,legislation,order,ordinance,proclamation,ratification,regulation,statute acting,depiction,performance,personation,play-acting,playing,portrayal,representation enamour,absorb,bewitch,captivate,charm,enchant,endear,enrapture,entrance,fascinate,infatuate encampment,base,bivouac,camp,camping ground,campsite,cantonment,quarters,tents encampment,encapsulate,incapsulate encampment,abridge,compress,condense,digest,epitomize,précis,summarize,sum up enchant,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,alluring,appealing,attractive,bewitching,captivating,charming,delightful,endearing,entrancing,fascinating,lovely,pleasant,ravishing,winsome enchantment,allure,allurement,beguilement,bliss,charm,delight,fascination,hypnotism,mesmerism,rapture,ravishment,transport charm,conjuration,incantation,magic,necromancy,sorcery,spell,witchcraft,wizardry enchantress,enclose,inclose enchantress,bound,circumscribe,cover,encase,encircle,encompass,environ,fence,hedge,hem in,impound,pen,pound,shut in,wall in,wrap include,insert,put in,send with comprehend,contain,embrace,hold,include,incorporate encompass,circle,circumscribe,encircle,enclose,envelop,environ,girdle,hem in,ring,surround bring about,cause,contrive,devise,effect,manage admit,comprehend,comprise,contain,cover,embody,embrace,hold,include,incorporate,involve,subsume,take in encourage,animate,buoy up,cheer,comfort,console,embolden,hearten,incite,inspire,inspirit,rally,reassure,rouse,stimulate abet,advance,advocate,aid,boost,egg on,favour,forward,foster,further,help,promote,prompt,spur,strengthen,succour,support,urge encouraging,bright,cheerful,cheering,comforting,good,heartening,hopeful,promising,reassuring,rosy,satisfactory,stimulating encroach,appropriate,arrogate,impinge,infringe,intrude,invade,make inroads,overstep,trench,trespass,usurp 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absurdity,dissipation,exaggeration,excess,exorbitance,folly,immoderation,outrageousness,preposterousness,recklessness,unreasonableness,unrestraint,wildness extremist,die-hard,fanatic,radical,ultra,zealot extremity,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 acuteness,climax,consummation,depth,excess,height adversity,crisis,dire straits,disaster,emergency,exigency,hardship,pinch,plight,setback,trouble (Plural) fingers and toes,hands and feet,limbs exuberance,animation,brio,buoyancy,cheerfulness,eagerness,ebullience,effervescence,energy,enthusiasm,excitement,exhilaration,high spirits,life,liveliness,pep,spirit,sprightliness,vigour,vitality,vivacity,zest effusiveness,exaggeration,excessiveness,fulsomeness,lavishness,prodigality,superfluity abundance,copiousness,lavishness,lushness,luxuriance,plenitude,profusion,rankness,richness,superabundance,teemingness exult,be delighted,be elated,be in high spirits,be joyful,be jubilant,be overjoyed,celebrate,jubilate,jump for joy,make merry,rejoice boast,brag,crow,drool,gloat,glory (in),revel,take delight in,taunt,triumph,vaunt exultation,celebration,delight,elation,glee,high spirits,joy,joyousness,jubilation,merriness,rejoicing,transport boasting,bragging,crowing,gloating,glory,glorying,revelling,triumph eyesight,observation,perception,range of vision,sight,vision eyewitness,bystander,looker-on,observer,onlooker,passer-by,spectator,viewer,watcher,witness fabric,cloth,material,stuff,textile,web constitution,construction,foundations,framework,infrastructure,make-up,organization,structure fabricate,assemble,build,construct,erect,fashion,form,frame,make,manufacture,shape coin,concoct,devise,fake,falsify,feign,forge,form,invent,make up,trump up façade,appearance,exterior,face,front,frontage,guise,mask,pretence,semblance,show,veneer facet,angle,aspect,face,part,phase,plane,side,slant,surface facetious,amusing,comical,droll,flippant,frivolous,funny,humorous,jesting,jocose,jocular,merry,playful,pleasant,tongue in cheek,unserious,waggish,witty face up to,accept,acknowledge,come to terms with,confront,cope with,deal with,meet head-on,tackle facile,adept,adroit,dexterous,easy,effortless,fluent,light,proficient,quick,ready,simple,skilful,smooth,uncomplicated cursory,glib,hasty,shallow,slick,superficial facilitate,assist the progress of,ease,expedite,forward,further,help,make easy,promote,smooth the path of,speed up facility,ability,adroitness,craft,dexterity,ease,efficiency,effortlessness,expertness,fluency,gift,knack,proficiency,quickness,readiness,skilfulness,skill,smoothness,talent (Often plural) advantage,aid,amenity,appliance,convenience,equipment,means,opportunity,resource facsimile,carbon,carbon copy,copy,duplicate,fax (Trademark),photocopy,Photostat (Trademark),print,replica,reproduction,transcript,Xerox (Trademark) fact,act,deed,event,fait accompli,happening,incident,occurrence,performance actuality,certainty,gospel (truth),naked truth,reality,truth circumstance,detail,feature,item,particular,point,specific in fact actually,indeed,in point of fact,in reality,in truth,really,truly faction,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 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 factory,manufactory (Obsolete),mill,plant,works factotum,Girl Friday,handyman,jack of all trades,Man Friday,man of all work,odd job man factual,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,capabilities,intelligence,powers,reason,senses,wits fad,affectation,craze,fancy,fashion,mania,mode,rage,trend,vogue,whim fade,blanch,bleach,blench,dim,discolour,dull,grow dim,lose colour,lose lustre,pale,wash out 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,bleached,dim,discoloured,dull,etiolated,indistinct,lustreless,pale,washed out fading,declining,decreasing,disappearing,dying,on the decline,vanishing faeces,bodily waste,droppings,dung,excrement,excreta,ordure,stools faintly,feebly,in a whisper,indistinctly,softly,weakly a little,dimly,slightly,somewhat fairly,adequately,moderately,pretty well,quite,rather,reasonably,somewhat,tolerably deservedly,equitably,honestly,impartially,justly,objectively,properly,without fear or favour absolutely,in a manner of speaking,positively,really,veritably fair-minded,disinterested,even-handed,impartial,just,open-minded,unbiased,unprejudiced fairness,decency,disinterestedness,equitableness,equity,impartiality,justice,legitimacy,rightfulness,uprightness fairy,brownie,elf,hob,leprechaun,peri,pixie,Robin Goodfellow,sprite faith,assurance,confidence,conviction,credence,credit,dependence,reliance,trust belief,church,communion,creed,denomination,dogma,persuasion,religion allegiance,constancy,faithfulness,fealty,fidelity,loyalty,troth (Archaic),truth,truthfulness Also keep faith,in good faith honour,pledge,promise,sincerity,vow,word,word of honour faithful,attached,constant,dependable,devoted,immovable,loyal,reliable,staunch,steadfast,true,true-blue,trusty,truthful,unswerving,unwavering accurate,close,exact,just,precise,strict,true the faithful adherents,believers,brethren,communicants,congregation,followers,the elect faithfulness,adherence,constancy,dependability,devotion,fealty,fidelity,loyalty,trustworthiness accuracy,closeness,exactness,justice,strictness,truth faithless,disloyal,doubting,false,false-hearted,fickle,inconstant,perfidious,recreant (Archaic),traitorous,treacherous,unbelieving,unfaithful,unreliable,untrue,untrustworthy,untruthful faithlessness,betrayal,disloyalty,fickleness,inconstancy,infidelity,perfidy,treachery,unfaithfulness fallacy,casuistry,deceit,deception,delusion,error,falsehood,faultiness,flaw,illusion,inconsistency,misapprehension,misconception,mistake,sophism,sophistry,untruth fall apart,break up,crumble,disband,disintegrate,disperse,dissolve,fall to bits,go or come to pieces,lose cohesion,shatter fall back on,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,disappoint,fail,fail to make the grade,fall short,go wrong,prove unsuccessful fallible,erring,frail,ignorant,imperfect,mortal,prone to error,uncertain,weak fall in,cave in,collapse,come down about one's ears,sink fall in with,accept,agree with,assent,concur with,cooperate with,go along with,support fallow,dormant,idle,inactive,inert,resting,uncultivated,undeveloped,unplanted,untilled,unused fall short,be deficient (lacking,wanting),fail,miss,prove inadequate falsification,adulteration,deceit,dissimulation,distortion,forgery,misrepresentation,perversion,tampering with falter,break,hesitate,shake,speak haltingly,stammer,stumble,stutter,totter,tremble,vacillate,waver faltering,broken,hesitant,irresolute,stammering,tentative,timid,uncertain,weak fame,celebrity,credit,eminence,glory,honour,illustriousness,name,prominence,public esteem,renown,reputation,repute,stardom familiarity,acquaintance,acquaintanceship,awareness,experience,grasp,understanding absence of reserve,closeness,ease,fellowship,freedom,friendliness,friendship,informality,intimacy,naturalness,openness,sociability,unceremoniousness boldness,disrespect,forwardness,liberties,liberty,presumption familiarize,accustom,bring into common use,coach,get to know (about),habituate,instruct,inure,make conversant,make used to,prime,school,season,train family tree,ancestry,extraction,genealogy,line,lineage,line of descent,pedigree,stemma,stirps famine,dearth,destitution,hunger,scarcity,starvation famous,acclaimed,celebrated,conspicuous,distinguished,eminent,excellent,far-famed,glorious,honoured,illustrious,legendary,lionized,much-publicized,notable,noted,prominent,remarkable,renowned,signal,well-known fanatical,bigoted,burning,enthusiastic,extreme,fervent,frenzied,immoderate,mad,obsessive,overenthusiastic,passionate,rabid,visionary,wild,zealous fanciful,capricious,chimerical,curious,extravagant,fabulous,fairy-tale,fantastic,ideal,imaginary,imaginative,mythical,poetic,romantic,unreal,visionary,whimsical,wild fanfare,ballyhoo,fanfaronade,flourish,trump (Archaic),trumpet call,tucket (Archaic) fantastic,fantasy,phantasy fantastic,creativity,fancy,imagination,invention,originality apparition,daydream,delusion,dream,fancy,figment of the imagination,flight of fancy,hallucination,illusion,mirage,nightmare,pipe dream,reverie,vision faraway,beyond the horizon,distant,far,far-flung,far-off,far-removed,outlying,remote absent,abstracted,distant,dreamy,lost farce,broad comedy,buffoonery,burlesque,comedy,satire,slapstick absurdity,joke,mockery,nonsense,parody,ridiculousness,sham,travesty farcical,absurd,amusing,comic,custard-pie,derisory,diverting,droll,funny,laughable,ludicrous,nonsensical,preposterous,ridiculous,risible,slapstick farmer,agriculturist,agronomist,husbandman,smallholder,yeoman farming,agriculture,agronomy,husbandry far-reaching,broad,extensive,important,momentous,pervasive,significant,sweeping,widespread far-sighted,acute,canny,cautious,discerning,far-seeing,judicious,politic,prescient,provident,prudent,sage,shrewd,wise fascinate,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,absorbed,beguiled,bewitched,captivated,charmed,engrossed,enthralled,entranced,hooked on,hypnotized,infatuated,smitten,spellbound,under a spell fascinating,alluring,bewitching,captivating,compelling,enchanting,engaging,engrossing,enticing,gripping,intriguing,irresistible,ravishing,riveting,seductive fascination,allure,attraction,charm,enchantment,glamour,lure,magic,magnetism,pull,sorcery,spell fatal,deadly,destructive,final,incurable,killing,lethal,malignant,mortal,pernicious,terminal baleful,baneful,calamitous,catastrophic,disastrous,lethal,ruinous critical,crucial,decisive,destined,determining,doomed,fateful,final,foreordained,inevitable,predestined fatality,casualty,deadliness,death,disaster,fatal accident,lethalness,loss,mortality fate,chance,destiny,divine will,fortune,kismet,nemesis,predestination,providence,weird (Archaic) cup,fortune,horoscope,lot,portion,stars end,future,issue,outcome,upshot death,destruction,doom,downfall,end,ruin fated,destined,doomed,foreordained,ineluctable,inescapable,inevitable,marked down,predestined,pre-elected,preordained,sure,written fateful,critical,crucial,decisive,important,portentous,significant deadly,destructive,disastrous,fatal,lethal,ominous,ruinous fatherland,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,divine,estimate,gauge,measure,penetrate,plumb,probe,sound comprehend,get to the bottom of,grasp,interpret,understand fatten,broaden,coarsen,expand,gain weight,grow fat,put on weight,spread,swell,thicken,thrive (Often with up) bloat,build up,cram,distend,feed,feed up,nourish,overfeed,stuff fatuous,absurd,asinine,brainless,dense,dull,foolish,idiotic,inane,ludicrous,lunatic,mindless,moronic,puerile,silly,stupid,vacuous,weak-minded,witless faultless,accurate,classic,correct,exemplary,faithful,flawless,foolproof,impeccable,model,perfect,unblemished above reproach,blameless,guiltless,immaculate,impeccable,innocent,irreproachable,pure,sinless,spotless,stainless,unblemished,unspotted,unsullied faulty,bad,blemished,broken,damaged,defective,erroneous,fallacious,flawed,impaired,imperfect,imprecise,inaccurate,incorrect,invalid,malfunctioning,not working,out of order,unsound,weak,wrong favourable,advantageous,appropriate,auspicious,beneficial,convenient,encouraging,fair,fit,good,helpful,hopeful,opportune,promising,propitious,suitable,timely affirmative,agreeable,amicable,approving,benign,encouraging,enthusiastic,friendly,kind,positive,reassuring,sympathetic,understanding,welcoming,well-disposed favourably,advantageously,auspiciously,conveniently,fortunately,opportunely,profitably,to one's advantage,well agreeably,approvingly,enthusiastically,genially,graciously,helpfully,in a kindly manner,positively,with approval (approbation,cordiality),without prejudice fearfully,apprehensively,diffidently,in fear and trembling,nervously,timidly,timorously,uneasily,with many misgivings or forebodings,with one's heart in one's mouth awfully,exceedingly,excessively,frightfully,terribly,tremendously,very feasibility,expediency,practicability,usefulness,viability,workability feasible,achievable,attainable,likely,possible,practicable,realizable,reasonable,viable,workable feat,accomplishment,achievement,act,attainment,deed,exploit,performance feathers,down,plumage,plumes features,countenance,face,lineaments,physiognomy feckless,aimless,feeble,futile,hopeless,incompetent,ineffectual,irresponsible,shiftless,useless,weak,worthless federation,alliance,amalgamation,association,Bund,coalition,combination,confederacy,copartnership,entente,federacy,league,syndicate,union fee,account,bill,charge,compensation,emolument,hire,honorarium,meed (Archaic),pay,payment,recompense,remuneration,reward,toll feebleness,debility,delicacy,effeteness,enervation,etiolation,exhaustion,frailness,frailty,incapacity,infirmity,lack of strength,languor,lassitude,sickliness,weakness flimsiness,inadequacy,incompetence,indecisiveness,ineffectualness,insignificance,insufficiency,lameness,weakness feeler,antenna,tentacle,whisker advance,approach,probe,trial balloon feelings,ego,emotions,self-esteem,sensitivities,susceptibilities feline,catlike,leonine graceful,sinuous,sleek,slinky,smooth,stealthy fellowship,amity,brotherhood,camaraderie,communion,companionability,companionship,familiarity,fraternization,intercourse,intimacy,kindliness,sociability association,brotherhood,club,fraternity,guild,league,order,sisterhood,society,sodality ferocious,feral,fierce,predatory,rapacious,ravening,savage,violent,wild barbaric,barbarous,bloodthirsty,brutal,brutish,cruel,merciless,pitiless,relentless,ruthless,tigerish,vicious ferocity,barbarity,bloodthirstiness,brutality,cruelty,ferociousness,fierceness,inhumanity,rapacity,ruthlessness,savageness,savagery,viciousness,wildness ferret out,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 fertile,abundant,fat,fecund,flowering,flowing with milk and honey,fruit-bearing,fruitful,generative,luxuriant,plenteous,plentiful,productive,prolific,rich,teeming,yielding fertility,abundance,fecundity,fruitfulness,luxuriance,productiveness,richness fertilize,fecundate,fructify,impregnate,inseminate,make fruitful,make pregnant,pollinate compost,dress,enrich,feed,manure,mulch,top-dress fertilizer,compost,dressing,dung,guano,manure,marl fertilizer,fervent,fervid fertilizer,animated,ardent,devout,eager,earnest,ecstatic,emotional,enthusiastic,excited,fiery,flaming,heartfelt,impassioned,intense,perfervid (Literary),vehement,warm,zealous fervour,animation,ardour,eagerness,earnestness,enthusiasm,excitement,fervency,intensity,passion,vehemence,warmth,zeal festival,anniversary,commemoration,feast,fête,fiesta,holiday,holy day,saint's day carnival,celebration,entertainment,festivities,fête,field day,gala,jubilee,treat festive,back-slapping,carnival,celebratory,cheery,Christmassy,convivial,festal,gala,gay,gleeful,happy,hearty,holiday,jolly,jovial,joyful,joyous,jubilant,light-hearted,merry,mirthful,sportive fetch,bring,carry,conduct,convey,deliver,escort,get,go for,lead,obtain,retrieve,transport draw forth,elicit,give rise to,produce bring in,earn,go for,make,realize,sell for,yield fetching,alluring,attractive,captivating,charming,cute,enchanting,enticing,fascinating,intriguing,sweet,taking,winsome fetching,fête,fete feverish,burning,febrile,fevered,flaming,flushed,hectic,hot,inflamed,pyretic (Medical) agitated,desperate,distracted,excited,frantic,frenetic,frenzied,impatient,obsessive,overwrought,restless few,fiancé,fiancée few,betrothed,intended,prospective spouse,wife- or husband-to-be fickle,blowing hot and cold,capricious,changeable,faithless,fitful,flighty,inconstant,irresolute,mercurial,mutable,quicksilver,temperamental,unfaithful,unpredictable,unstable,unsteady,vacillating,variable,volatile fickleness,capriciousness,fitfulness,flightiness,inconstancy,mutability,unfaithfulness,unpredictability,unsteadiness,volatility fictional,imaginary,invented,legendary,made-up,nonexistent,unreal fictitious,apocryphal,artificial,assumed,bogus,counterfeit,fabricated,false,fanciful,feigned,imaginary,imagined,improvised,invented,made-up,make-believe,mythical,spurious,unreal,untrue fiendish,accursed,atrocious,black-hearted,cruel,demoniac,devilish,diabolical,hellish,implacable,infernal,inhuman,malevolent,malicious,malignant,monstrous,satanic,savage,ungodly,unspeakable,wicked fierce,baleful,barbarous,brutal,cruel,dangerous,fell (Archaic),feral,ferocious,fiery,menacing,murderous,passionate,savage,threatening,tigerish,truculent,uncontrollable,untamed,vicious,wild blustery,boisterous,furious,howling,inclement,powerful,raging,stormy,strong,tempestuous,tumultuous,uncontrollable,violent cutthroat,intense,keen,relentless,strong fiercely,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 back,defend oneself,give tit for tat,hit back,put up a fight,reply,resist,retaliate bottle up,contain,control,curb,hold back,hold in check,restrain fight down,bottle up,control,curb,hold back,repress,restrain,suppress fight off,beat off,keep or hold at bay,repel,repress,repulse,resist,stave off,ward off figure of speech,conceit,image,trope,turn of phrase fill,brim over,cram,crowd,furnish,glut,gorge,inflate,pack,pervade,replenish,sate,satiate,satisfy,stock,store,stuff,supply,swell charge,imbue,impregnate,overspread,pervade,saturate,suffuse block,bung,close,cork,plug,seal,stop assign,carry out,discharge,engage,execute,fulfil,hold,occupy,officiate,perform,take up one's fill all one wants,ample,a sufficiency,enough,plenty,sufficient filmy,chiffon,cobwebby,delicate,diaphanous,fine,finespun,flimsy,floaty,fragile,gauzy,gossamer,insubstantial,seethrough,sheer,transparent bleared,bleary,blurred,blurry,cloudy,dim,hazy,membranous,milky,misty,opalescent,opaque,pearly final,closing,concluding,end,eventual,last,last-minute,latest,terminal,terminating,ultimate absolute,conclusive,decided,decisive,definite,definitive,determinate,finished,incontrovertible,irrevocable,settled finale,climax,close,conclusion,crowning glory,culmination,dénouement,epilogue,finis,last act finality,certitude,conclusiveness,decidedness,decisiveness,definiteness,inevitableness,irrevocability,resolution,unavoidability finally,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 in conclusion,in summary,to conclude 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 finances,affairs,assets,capital,cash,financial condition,funds,money,resources,wherewithal financial,budgeting,economic,fiscal,monetary,money,pecuniary finding,award,conclusion,decision,decree,judgment,pronouncement,recommendation,verdict finite,bounded,circumscribed,conditioned,delimited,demarcated,limited,restricted,subject to limitations,terminable firmly,enduringly,immovably,like a rock,motionlessly,securely,steadily,tightly,unflinchingly,unshakably determinedly,resolutely,staunchly,steadfastly,strictly,through thick and thin,unchangeably,unwaveringly,with a rod of iron,with decision firmness,compactness,density,fixedness,hardness,inelasticity,inflexibility,resistance,rigidity,solidity,stiffness immovability,soundness,stability,steadiness,strength,tautness,tensile strength,tension,tightness constancy,fixedness,fixity of purpose,inflexibility,obduracy,resolution,resolve,staunchness,steadfastness,strength of will,strictness firsthand,direct,straight from the horse's mouth fish out,extract,extricate,find,haul out,produce,pull out fissure,breach,break,chink,cleavage,cleft,crack,cranny,crevice,fault,fracture,gap,hole,interstice,opening,rent,rift,rupture,slit,split fitful,broken,desultory,disturbed,erratic,flickering,fluctuating,haphazard,impulsive,inconstant,intermittent,irregular,spasmodic,sporadic,uneven,unstable,variable fitfully,desultorily,erratically,in fits and starts,in snatches,intermittently,interruptedly,irregularly,off and on,spasmodically,sporadically fitness,adaptation,applicability,appropriateness,aptness,competence,eligibility,pertinence,preparedness,propriety,qualifications,readiness,seemliness,suitability good condition,good health,health,robustness,strength,vigour fitted,adapted,cut out for,equipped,fit,qualified,right,suitable,tailor-made (Often with with) accoutred,appointed,armed,equipped,furnished,outfitted,provided,rigged out,set up,supplied built-in,permanent fix up,agree on,arrange,fix,organize,plan,settle,sort out (Often with with) accommodate,arrange for,bring about,furnish,lay on,provide fizz,bubble,effervesce,fizzle,froth,hiss,sparkle,sputter fizzy,bubbling,bubbly,carbonated,effervescent,gassy,sparkling flagging,declining,decreasing,deteriorating,ebbing,fading,failing,faltering,giving up,sinking,slowing down,tiring,waning,weakening,wilting flagrant,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 flair,ability,accomplishment,aptitude,faculty,feel,genius,gift,knack,mastery,talent chic,dash,discernment,elegance,panache,style,stylishness,taste flameproof,fire-resistant,incombustible,nonflammable,non-inflammable flaming,ablaze,afire,blazing,brilliant,burning,fiery,glowing,ignited,in flames,raging,red,red-hot angry,ardent,aroused,frenzied,hot,impassioned,intense,raging,scintillating,vehement,vivid flat 2,apartment,rooms flatly,absolutely,categorically,completely,positively,unhesitatingly flatness,evenness,horizontality,levelness,smoothness,uniformity dullness,emptiness,insipidity,monotony,staleness,tedium,vapidity flatten,compress,even out,iron out,level,plaster,raze,roll,smooth off,squash,trample bowl over,crush,fell,floor,knock down,knock off one's feet,prostrate,subdue flattering,becoming,effective,enhancing,kind,well-chosen adulatory,complimentary,fawning,fulsome,gratifying,honeyed,honey-tongued,ingratiating,laudatory,sugary flavouring,essence,extract,spirit,tincture,zest flaw,blemish,defect,disfigurement,failing,fault,imperfection,scar,speck,spot,weakness,weak spot breach,break,cleft,crack,crevice,fissure,fracture,rent,rift,scission,split,tear flawed,blemished,broken,chipped,cracked,damaged,defective,erroneous,faulty,imperfect,unsound flawless,faultless,impeccable,perfect,spotless,unblemished,unsullied intact,sound,unbroken,undamaged,whole 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hardened,chronic,fixed,habitual,incorrigible,inveterate,irredeemable,reprobate,set,shameless accustomed,habituated,inured,seasoned,toughened hardhearted,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,boldness,courage,fortitude,intrepidity,resilience,resolution,robustness,ruggedness,sturdiness,toughness,valour hardline,definite,inflexible,intransigent,tough,uncompromising,undeviating,unyielding hardly,almost not,barely,by no means,faintly,infrequently,just,not at all,not quite,no way,only,only just,scarcely,with difficulty hardship,adversity,affliction,austerity,burden,calamity,destitution,difficulty,fatigue,grievance,labour,misery,misfortune,need,oppression,persecution,privation,suffering,toil,torment,trial,tribulation,trouble,want hard-wearing,durable,resilient,rugged,stout,strong,tough,well-made hard-working,assiduous,busy,conscientious,diligent,energetic,indefatigable,industrious,sedulous,zealous hark back,look back,recall,recollect,regress,remember,revert,think back harmful,baleful,baneful,damaging,deleterious,destructive,detrimental,disadvantageous,evil,hurtful,injurious,maleficent,noxious,pernicious harmless,gentle,innocent,innocuous,innoxious,inoffensive,nontoxic,not dangerous,safe,unobjectionable harmonious,agreeable,compatible,concordant,congruous,consonant,coordinated,correspondent,dulcet,euphonic,euphonious,harmonic,harmonizing,matching,mellifluous,melodious,musical,sweet-sounding,symphonious (Literary),tuneful agreeable,amicable,compatible,concordant,congenial,cordial,en rapport,fraternal,friendly,in accord,in harmony,in unison,of one mind,sympathetic harmonize,accord,adapt,agree,arrange,attune,be in unison,be of one mind,blend,chime 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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,brutally,cruelly,grimly,roughly,severely,sharply,sternly,strictly harshness,acerbity,acrimony,asperity,austerity,bitterness,brutality,churlishness,coarseness,crudity,hardness,ill-temper,rigour,roughness,severity,sourness,sternness haste,alacrity,briskness,celerity,dispatch,expedition,fleetness,nimbleness,promptitude,quickness,rapidity,rapidness,speed,swiftness,urgency,velocity bustle,hastiness,helter-skelter,hurry,hustle,impetuosity,precipitateness,rashness,recklessness,rush hasty,brisk,eager,expeditious,fast,fleet,hurried,prompt,rapid,speedy,swift,urgent brief,cursory,fleeting,passing,perfunctory,rushed,short,superficial foolhardy,headlong,heedless,impetuous,impulsive,indiscreet,precipitate,rash,reckless,thoughtless,unduly quick 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headstrong,contrary,foolhardy,froward,heedless,imprudent,impulsive,intractable,mulish,obstinate,perverse,pig-headed,rash,reckless,self-willed,stiff-necked,stubborn,ungovernable,unruly,wilful headway,advance,improvement,progress,progression,way make headway advance,come or get on,cover ground,develop,gain,gain ground,make strides,progress heady,inebriating,intoxicating,potent,spirituous,strong exciting,exhilarating,intoxicating,overwhelming,stimulating,thrilling hasty,impetuous,impulsive,inconsiderate,precipitate,rash,reckless,thoughtless heal,cure,make well,mend,regenerate,remedy,restore,treat alleviate,ameliorate,compose,conciliate,harmonize,patch up,reconcile,settle,soothe healing,analeptic,curative,medicinal,remedial,restorative,restoring,sanative,therapeutic assuaging,comforting,emollient,gentle,lenitive,mild,mitigative,palliative,soothing health,fitness,good condition,haleness,healthiness,robustness,salubrity,soundness,strength,vigour,wellbeing condition,constitution,fettle,form,shape,state,tone hearing,audition,auditory,ear,perception audience,audition,chance to speak,interview auditory range,earshot,hearing distance,range,reach,sound industrial tribunal,inquiry,investigation,review,trial heartbreaking,agonizing,bitter,desolating,disappointing,distressing,grievous,harrowing,heart-rending,pitiful,poignant,sad,tragic heartfelt,ardent,cordial,deep,devout,earnest,fervent,genuine,hearty,honest,profound,sincere,unfeigned,warm,wholehearted heartily,cordially,deeply,feelingly,genuinely,profoundly,sincerely,unfeignedly,warmly eagerly,earnestly,enthusiastically,resolutely,vigorously,zealously absolutely,completely,thoroughly,totally,very heartless,brutal,callous,cold,cold-blooded,cold-hearted,cruel,hard,hardhearted,harsh,inhuman,merciless,pitiless,uncaring,unfeeling,unkind heart-rending,affecting,distressing,harrowing,heartbreaking,moving,pathetic,piteous,pitiful,poignant,sad,tragic heart-warming,gratifying,pleasing,rewarding,satisfying affecting,cheering,encouraging,heartening,moving,touching,warming hearty,affable,ardent,back-slapping,cordial,eager,ebullient,effusive,enthusiastic,friendly,generous,genial,jovial,unreserved,warm earnest,genuine,heartfelt,honest,real,sincere,true,unfeigned,wholehearted active,energetic,hale,hardy,healthy,robust,sound,strong,vigorous,well ample,filling,nourishing,sizable,solid,square,substantial heated,angry,bitter,excited,fierce,fiery,frenzied,furious,impassioned,intense,passionate,raging,stormy,tempestuous,vehement,violent heavily,awkwardly,clumsily,ponderously,weightily laboriously,painfully,with difficulty completely,decisively,roundly,thoroughly,utterly dejectedly,dully,gloomily,sluggishly,woodenly closely,compactly,densely,fast,hard,thick,thickly deep,deeply,profoundly,sound,soundly a great deal,considerably,copiously,excessively,frequently,to excess,very much heaviness,gravity,heftiness,ponderousness,weight arduousness,burdensomeness,grievousness,onerousness,oppressiveness,severity,weightiness deadness,dullness,languor,lassitude,numbness,sluggishness,torpor dejection,depression,despondency,gloom,gloominess,glumness,melancholy,sadness,seriousness heavy,bulky,hefty,massive,ponderous,portly,weighty burdensome,difficult,grievous,hard,harsh,intolerable,laborious,onerous,oppressive,severe,tedious,vexatious,wearisome apathetic,drowsy,dull,inactive,indolent,inert,listless,slow,sluggish,stupid,torpid,wooden crestfallen,dejected,depressed,despondent,disconsolate,downcast,gloomy,grieving,melancholy,sad,sorrowful complex,deep,difficult,grave,profound,serious,solemn,weighty abundant,considerable,copious,excessive,large,profuse burdened,encumbered,laden,loaded,oppressed,weighted boisterous,rough,stormy,tempestuous,turbulent,violent,wild dull,gloomy,leaden,louring or lowering,overcast hectic,animated,boisterous,chaotic,excited,fevered,feverish,flurrying,flustering,frantic,frenetic,frenzied,furious,heated,riotous,rumbustious,tumultuous,turbulent,wild hector,bluster,boast,browbeat,bully,bullyrag,harass,huff and puff,intimidate,menace,provoke,ride roughshod over,roister,threaten,worry heedful,attentive,careful,cautious,chary,circumspect,mindful,observant,prudent,vigilant,wary,watchful heedless,careless,foolhardy,imprudent,inattentive,incautious,neglectful,negligent,oblivious,precipitate,rash,reckless,thoughtless,unmindful,unobservant,unthinking heel 2,cant,careen,incline,keel over,lean over,list,tilt height,altitude,elevation,highness,loftiness,stature,tallness apex,apogee,crest,crown,elevation,hill,mountain,peak,pinnacle,summit,top,vertex,zenith acme,dignity,eminence,exaltation,grandeur,loftiness,prominence climax,culmination,extremity,limit,maximum,ne plus ultra,ultimate,utmost degree,uttermost heighten,add to,aggravate,amplify,augment,enhance,improve,increase,intensify,magnify,sharpen,strengthen elevate,enhance,ennoble,exalt,magnify,raise,uplift hellish,damnable,damned,demoniacal,devilish,diabolical,fiendish,infernal abominable,accursed,atrocious,barbarous,cruel,detestable,execrable,inhuman,monstrous,nefarious,vicious,wicked helper,abettor,adjutant,aide,aider,ally,assistant,attendant,auxiliary,coadjutor,collaborator,colleague,deputy,helpmate,henchman,mate,partner,protagonist,right-hand man,second,subsidiary,supporter helpful,advantageous,beneficial,constructive,favourable,fortunate,practical,productive,profitable,serviceable,timely,useful accommodating,beneficent,benevolent,caring,considerate,cooperative,friendly,kind,neighbourly,supportive,sympathetic helpless,abandoned,defenceless,dependent,destitute,exposed,forlorn,unprotected,vulnerable debilitated,disabled,feeble,impotent,incapable,incompetent,infirm,paralysed,powerless,unfit,weak hence,ergo,for this reason,on that account,therefore,thus henceforth,from now on,from this day forward,hence,hereafter,hereinafter,in the future henpecked,browbeaten,bullied,cringing,dominated,led by the nose,meek,subject,subjugated,timid,treated like dirt hereditary,family,genetic,inborn,inbred,inheritable,transmissible ancestral,bequeathed,handed down,inherited,patrimonial,traditional,transmitted,willed heredity,congenital traits,constitution,genetic make-up,genetics,inheritance heresy,apostasy,dissidence,error,heterodoxy,iconoclasm,impiety,revisionism,schism,unorthodoxy heretic,apostate,dissenter,dissident,nonconformist,renegade,revisionist,schismatic,sectarian,separatist heretical,freethinking,heterodox,iconoclastic,idolatrous,impious,revisionist,schismatic,unorthodox heritage,bequest,birthright,endowment,estate,inheritance,legacy,lot,patrimony,portion,share,tradition hermit,anchoret,anchorite,eremite,monk,recluse,solitary,stylite heroic,bold,brave,courageous,daring,dauntless,doughty,fearless,gallant,intrepid,lion-hearted,stouthearted,undaunted,valiant,valorous classical,Homeric,legendary,mythological classic,elevated,epic,exaggerated,extravagant,grand,grandiose,high-flown,inflated heroism,boldness,bravery,courage,courageousness,daring,fearlessness,fortitude,gallantry,intrepidity,prowess,spirit,valour hero worship,admiration,adoration,adulation,idealization,idolization,putting on a pedestal,veneration hesitation,delay,doubt,dubiety,hesitancy,indecision,irresolution,uncertainty,vacillation demurral,misgiving(s),qualm(s),reluctance,scruple(s),unwillingness faltering,fumbling,hemming and hawing,stammering,stumbling,stuttering hew,axe,chop,cut,hack,lop,split carve,fashion,form,make,model,sculpt,sculpture,shape,smooth heyday,bloom,flowering,pink,prime,prime of life,salad days hiatus,aperture,blank,breach,break,chasm,discontinuity,entr'acte,gap,interruption,interval,lacuna,lapse,opening,respite,rift,space hidden,abstruse,clandestine,close,concealed,covered,covert,cryptic,dark,hermetic,hermetical,masked,mysterious,mystic,mystical,obscure,occult,recondite,secret,shrouded,ulterior,unrevealed,unseen,veiled hide 2,fell,pelt,skin hidebound,brassbound,conventional,narrow,narrow-minded,rigid,set,set in one's ways,strait-laced,ultraconservative hide-out,den,hideaway,hiding place,lair,secret place,shelter hierarchy,grading,pecking order,ranking highly,decidedly,eminently,exceptionally,extraordinarily,extremely,greatly,immensely,supremely,tremendously,vastly,very,very much appreciatively,approvingly,enthusiastically,favourably,warmly,well high-minded,elevated,ethical,fair,good,honourable,idealistic,magnanimous,moral,noble,principled,pure,righteous,upright,virtuous,worthy high-sounding,affected,artificial,bombastic,extravagant,flamboyant,florid,grandiloquent,grandiose,high-flown,imposing,magniloquent,ostentatious,overblown,pompous,pretentious,stilted,strained high spirits,abandon,boisterousness,exhilaration,exuberance,good cheer,hilarity,joie de vivre,rare good humour hijack,commandeer,expropriate,seize,skyjack,take over hilarious,amusing,comical,convivial,entertaining,exhilarated,funny,gay,happy,humorous,jolly,jovial,joyful,joyous,merry,mirthful,noisy,rollicking,side-splitting,uproarious hilarity,amusement,boisterousness,cheerfulness,conviviality,exhilaration,exuberance,gaiety,glee,high spirits,jollification,jollity,joviality,joyousness,laughter,levity,merriment,mirth hilt,grip,haft,handgrip,handle,helve to the hilt completely,entirely,fully,totally,wholly hinder,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,concluding,final,furthest,furthest behind,last,most remote,rearmost,terminal,trailing,ultimate hindrance,bar,barrier,block,check,deterrent,difficulty,drag,drawback,encumbrance,handicap,hitch,impediment,interruption,limitation,obstacle,obstruction,restraint,restriction,snag,stoppage,stumbling block,trammel hippie,beatnik,bohemian,dropout,flower child historian,annalist,biographer,chronicler,historiographer,recorder historic,celebrated,consequential,epoch-making,extraordinary,famous,momentous,notable,outstanding,red-letter,remarkable,significant historical,actual,archival,attested,authentic,chronicled,documented,factual,real,verifiable history,account,annals,autobiography,biography,chronicle,memoirs,narration,narrative,recapitulation,recital,record,relation,saga,story ancient history,antiquity,bygone times,days of old,days of yore,olden days,the good old days,the old days,the past,yesterday,yesteryear hither,close,closer,here,near,nearer,nigh (Archaic),over here,to this place hitherto,heretofore,previously,so far,thus far,till now,until now,up to now 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 hoarse,croaky,discordant,grating,gravelly,growling,gruff,guttural,harsh,husky,rasping,raucous,rough,throaty hoary,frosty,grey,grey-haired,grizzled,hoar,silvery,white,white-haired aged,ancient,antiquated,antique,old,venerable hobby,diversion,favourite occupation,(leisure) activity,leisure pursuit,pastime,relaxation,sideline hold back,check,control,curb,inhibit,rein,repress,restrain,suppress desist,forbear,keep back,refuse,withhold holder,bearer,custodian,incumbent,keeper,occupant,owner,possessor,proprietor,purchaser case,container,cover,housing,receptacle,sheath hold off,avoid,defer,delay,keep from,postpone,put off,refrain fend off,keep off,rebuff,repel,repulse,stave off hold out,extend,give,offer,present,proffer carry on,continue,endure,hang on,last,persevere,persist,stand fast,withstand hold over,adjourn,defer,delay,postpone,put off,suspend,waive hold with,agree to or with,approve of,be in favour of,countenance,subscribe to,support,take kindly to holiday,break,leave,recess,time off,vacation anniversary,bank holiday,celebration,feast,festival,festivity,fête,gala,public holiday,saint's day holiness,blessedness,devoutness,divinity,godliness,piety,purity,religiousness,righteousness,sacredness,saintliness,sanctity,spirituality,virtuousness holocaust,annihilation,carnage,conflagration,destruction,devastation,fire,genocide,inferno,massacre,mass murder holy,devout,divine,faithful,god-fearing,godly,hallowed,pious,pure,religious,righteous,saintly,sublime,virtuous blessed,consecrated,dedicated,hallowed,sacred,sacrosanct,sanctified,venerable,venerated homeland,country of origin,fatherland,mother country,motherland,native land homelike,cheerful,comfortable,cosy,easy,familiar,homy,informal,intimate,relaxing,snug homespun,artless,coarse,homely,home-made,inelegant,plain,rough,rude,rustic,unpolished,unsophisticated homicidal,deadly,death-dealing,lethal,maniacal,mortal,murderous homicide,bloodshed,killing,manslaughter,murder,slaying 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 honesty,faithfulness,fidelity,honour,incorruptibility,integrity,morality,probity,rectitude,reputability,scrupulousness,straightness,trustworthiness,truthfulness,uprightness,veracity,virtue bluntness,candour,equity,even-handedness,fairness,frankness,genuineness,openness,outspokenness,plainness,sincerity,straightforwardness honorary,complimentary,ex officio,formal,honoris causa,in name or title only,nominal,titular,unofficial,unpaid honourable,ethical,fair,high-minded,honest,just,moral,principled,true,trustworthy,trusty,upright,upstanding,virtuous distinguished,eminent,great,illustrious,noble,notable,noted,prestigious,renowned,venerable creditable,estimable,proper,reputable,respectable,respected,right,righteous,virtuous honours,adornments,awards,decorations,dignities,distinctions,laurels,titles hoop,band,circlet,girdle,loop,ring,wheel hopeful,anticipating,assured,buoyant,confident,expectant,looking forward to,optimistic,sanguine auspicious,bright,cheerful,encouraging,heartening,promising,propitious,reassuring,rosy horde,band,crew,crowd,drove,gang,host,mob,multitude,pack,press,swarm,throng,troop horizon,field of vision,skyline,vista ambit,compass,ken,perspective,prospect,purview,range,realm,scope,sphere,stretch horror,alarm,apprehension,awe,consternation,dismay,dread,fear,fright,panic,terror abhorrence,abomination,antipathy,aversion,detestation,disgust,hatred,loathing,odium,repugnance,revulsion horror-struck or horror-stricken,aghast,appalled,awe-struck,frightened to death,horrified,petrified,scared out of one's wits,shocked horseman,cavalier,cavalryman,dragoon,equestrian,horse-soldier,rider hospitable,amicable,bountiful,cordial,friendly,generous,genial,gracious,kind,liberal,sociable,welcoming accessible,amenable,open-minded,receptive,responsive,tolerant hospitality,cheer,conviviality,cordiality,friendliness,heartiness,hospitableness,neighbourliness,sociability,warmth,welcome host 2,army,array,drove,horde,legion,multitude,myriad,swarm,throng hostage,captive,gage,pawn,pledge,prisoner,security,surety hostilities,conflict,fighting,state of war,war,warfare hostility,abhorrence,animosity,animus,antagonism,antipathy,aversion,detestation,enmity,hatred,ill will,malevolence,malice,opposition,resentment,unfriendliness hotbed,breeding ground,den,forcing house,nest,nursery,seedbed hot-blooded,ardent,excitable,fervent,fiery,heated,impulsive,passionate,rash,spirited,temperamental,wild hotfoot,hastily,helter-skelter,hurriedly,pell-mell,posthaste,quickly,speedily hothead,daredevil,desperado,hotspur,madcap,tearaway hot-headed,fiery,foolhardy,hasty,hot-tempered,impetuous,precipitate,quick-tempered,rash,reckless,unruly,volatile householder,homeowner,occupant,resident,tenant housing,accommodation,dwellings,homes,houses case,casing,container,cover,covering,enclosure,sheath hovel,cabin,den,hole,hut,shack,shanty,shed however,after all,anyhow,be that as it may,but,even though,nevertheless,nonetheless,notwithstanding,on the other hand,still,though,yet hub,centre,core,focal point,focus,heart,middle,nerve centre,pivot hue,colour,dye,shade,tincture,tinge,tint,tone aspect,cast,complexion,light hum,bombinate or bombilate (Literary),buzz,croon,drone,mumble,murmur,purr,sing,throb,thrum,vibrate,whir be active,be busy,bustle,buzz,move,pulsate,pulse,stir,vibrate humane,benevolent,benign,charitable,clement,compassionate,forbearing,forgiving,gentle,good,good-natured,kind,kind-hearted,kindly,lenient,merciful,mild,sympathetic,tender,understanding humanitarianism,beneficence,benevolence,charity,generosity,good will,humanism,philanthropy humanities,classical studies,classics,liberal arts,literae humaniores humanity,flesh,Homo sapiens,humankind,human race,man,mankind,men,mortality,people human nature,humanness,mortality 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 humid,clammy,damp,dank,moist,muggy,steamy,sticky,sultry,watery,wet humidity,clamminess,damp,dampness,dankness,dew,humidness,moistness,moisture,mugginess,sogginess,wetness humiliation,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 humorous,amusing,comic,comical,droll,entertaining,facetious,farcical,funny,hilarious,jocose,jocular,laughable,ludicrous,merry,playful,pleasant,side-splitting,waggish,whimsical,witty hunted,careworn,desperate,distraught,gaunt,haggard,harassed,harried,persecuted,stricken,terror-stricken,tormented,worn hurly-burly,bedlam,brouhaha,chaos,commotion,confusion,disorder,furore,hubbub,pandemonium,tumult,turbulence,turmoil,upheaval,uproar hurtful,cruel,cutting,damaging,destructive,detrimental,disadvantageous,distressing,harmful,injurious,maleficent,malicious,mean,mischievous,nasty,pernicious,prejudicial,spiteful,unkind,upsetting,wounding husbandry,agriculture,agronomy,cultivation,farming,land management,tillage careful management,economy,frugality,good housekeeping,thrift hush-hush,classified,confidential,restricted,secret,top-secret husk,bark,chaff,covering,glume,hull,rind,shuck huskiness,dryness,harshness,hoarseness,raspingness,roughness hustle,bustle,crowd,elbow,force,haste,hasten,hurry,impel,jog,jostle,push,rush,shove,thrust hut,cabin,den,hovel,lean-to,refuge,shanty,shed,shelter hygiene,cleanliness,hygienics,sanitary measures,sanitation hygienic,aseptic,clean,disinfected,germ-free,healthy,pure,salutary,sanitary,sterile hyperbole,amplification,enlargement,exaggeration,magnification,overstatement hypnotic,mesmeric,mesmerizing,narcotic,opiate,sleep-inducing,somniferous,soothing,soporific,spellbinding hypnotize,mesmerize,put in a trance,put to sleep absorb,entrance,fascinate,magnetize,spellbind hypothesis,assumption,postulate,premise,premiss,proposition,supposition,theory,thesis hypothetical,academic,assumed,conjectural,imaginary,putative,speculative,supposed,theoretical hysteria,agitation,delirium,frenzy,hysterics,madness,panic,unreason ice-cold,arctic,biting,bitter,chilled to the bone or marrow,freezing,frozen,glacial,icy,raw,refrigerated,shivering idea,abstraction,concept,conception,conclusion,fancy,impression,judgment,perception,thought,understanding belief,conviction,doctrine,interpretation,notion,opinion,teaching,view,viewpoint approximation,clue,estimate,guess,hint,impression,inkling,intimation,notion,suspicion aim,end,import,intention,meaning,object,objective,plan,purpose,raison d'être,reason,sense,significance design,hypothesis,plan,recommendation,scheme,solution,suggestion,theory archetype,essence,form,pattern idealistic,impracticable,optimistic,perfectionist,quixotic,romantic,starry-eyed,Utopian,visionary ideally,all things being equal,if one had one's way,in a perfect world,under the best of circumstances identical,alike,corresponding,duplicate,equal,equivalent,indistinguishable,interchangeable,like,matching,selfsame,the same,twin identification,cataloguing,classifying,establishment of identity,labelling,naming,pinpointing,recognition association,connection,empathy,fellow feeling,involvement,rapport,relationship,sympathy credentials,ID,identity card,letters of introduction,papers identity,distinctiveness,existence,individuality,oneness,particularity,personality,self,selfhood,singularity,uniqueness accord,correspondence,empathy,rapport,sameness,unanimity,unity idiocy,abject stupidity,asininity,cretinism,fatuity,fatuousness,foolishness,imbecility,inanity,insanity,lunacy,senselessness,tomfoolery idiom,expression,locution,phrase,set phrase,turn of phrase jargon,language,mode of expression,parlance,style,talk,usage,vernacular idiomatic,dialectal,native,vernacular idiosyncrasy,affectation,characteristic,eccentricity,habit,mannerism,oddity,peculiarity,personal trait,quirk,singularity,trick idolater,heathen,idol-worshipper,pagan admirer,adorer,devotee,idolizer,votary,worshipper idolatry,adoration,adulation,apotheosis,deification,exaltation,glorification,hero worship,idolizing idolize,admire,adore,apotheosize,bow down before,deify,dote upon,exalt,glorify,hero-worship,look up to,love,revere,reverence,venerate,worship,worship to excess ignominious,abject,despicable,discreditable,disgraceful,dishonourable,disreputable,humiliating,indecorous,inglorious,mortifying,scandalous,shameful,sorry,undignified ignominy,bad odour,contempt,discredit,disgrace,dishonour,disrepute,humiliation,infamy,mortification,obloquy,odium,opprobrium,reproach,shame,stigma ignorance,greenness,inexperience,innocence,nescience (Literary),oblivion,unawareness,unconsciousness,unfamiliarity benightedness,blindness,illiteracy,lack of education,mental darkness,unenlightenment,unintelligence ill-advised,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,incompatible,incongruous,inharmonious,mismatched,uncongenial,unsuited ill-bred,bad-mannered,boorish,churlish,coarse,crass,discourteous,ill-mannered,impolite,indelicate,rude,uncivil,uncivilized,uncouth,ungallant,ungentlemanly,unladylike,unmannerly,unrefined,vulgar ill-defined,blurred,dim,fuzzy,indistinct,nebulous,shadowy,unclear,vague,woolly illegal,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,crabbed,faint,hard to make out,hieroglyphic,indecipherable,obscure,scrawled,undecipherable,unreadable illegitimate,illegal,illicit,improper,unauthorized,unconstitutional,under-the-table,unlawful,unsanctioned baseborn (Archaic),bastard,born on the wrong side of the blanket,born out of wedlock,fatherless,misbegotten (Literary),natural,spurious (Rare) illogical,incorrect,invalid,spurious,unsound ill-fated,blighted,doomed,hapless,ill-omened,ill-starred,luckless,star-crossed,unfortunate,unhappy,unlucky ill feeling,animosity,animus,antagonism,bad blood,bitterness,disgruntlement,dissatisfaction,dudgeon (Archaic),enmity,frustration,hard feelings,hostility,ill will,indignation,offence,rancour,resentment ill-founded,baseless,empty,groundless,idle,unjustified,unproven,unreliable,unsubstantiated,unsupported illicit,black-market,bootleg,contraband,criminal,felonious,illegal,illegitimate,prohibited,unauthorized,unlawful,unlicensed clandestine,forbidden,furtive,guilty,immoral,improper,wrong illiteracy,benightedness,ignorance,illiterateness,lack of education illiterate,benighted,ignorant,uncultured,uneducated,unlettered,untaught,untutored ill-judged,foolish,ill-advised,ill-considered,injudicious,misguided,overhasty,rash,short-sighted,unwise,wrong-headed ill-mannered,badly behaved,boorish,churlish,coarse,discourteous,ill-behaved,ill-bred,impolite,insolent,loutish,rude,uncivil,uncouth,unmannerly illness,affliction,ailment,attack,complaint,disability,disease,disorder,ill health,indisposition,infirmity,malady,malaise,poor health,sickness illogical,absurd,fallacious,faulty,inconclusive,inconsistent,incorrect,invalid,irrational,meaningless,senseless,sophistical,specious,spurious,unreasonable,unscientific,unsound ill-starred,doomed,ill-fated,ill-omened,inauspicious,star-crossed,unfortunate,unhappy,unlucky ill temper,annoyance,bad temper,crossness,curtness,impatience,irascibility,irritability,petulance,sharpness,spitefulness,tetchiness ill-timed,awkward,inappropriate,inconvenient,inept,inopportune,unseasonable,untimely,unwelcome ill-treat,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,brighten,illumine (Literary),irradiate,light,light up clarify,clear up,elucidate,enlighten,explain,explicate,give insight into,instruct,interpret,make clear,shed light on adorn,decorate,illustrate,ornament illuminating,enlightening,explanatory,helpful,informative,instructive,revealing illumination,beam,brightening,brightness,light,lighting,lighting up,lights,radiance,ray awareness,clarification,edification,enlightenment,insight,inspiration,instruction,perception,revelation,understanding illusion,chimera,daydream,fantasy,figment of the imagination,hallucination,ignis fatuus,mirage,mockery,phantasm,semblance,will-o'-the-wisp deception,delusion,error,fallacy,false impression,fancy,misapprehension,misconception illusory or illusive,apparent,Barmecide,beguiling,chimerical,deceitful,deceptive,delusive,fallacious,false,hallucinatory,misleading,mistaken,seeming,sham,unreal,untrue illustrate,bring home,clarify,demonstrate,elucidate,emphasize,exemplify,exhibit,explain,explicate,instance,interpret,make clear,make plain,point up,show adorn,decorate,depict,draw,ornament,picture,sketch illustrated,decorated,embellished,graphic,illuminated,pictorial,picture,pictured,with illustrations illustration,analogy,case,case in point,clarification,demonstration,elucidation,example,exemplification,explanation,instance,interpretation,specimen adornment,decoration,figure,picture,plate,sketch illustrious,brilliant,celebrated,distinguished,eminent,exalted,famed,famous,glorious,great,noble,notable,noted,prominent,remarkable,renowned,resplendent,signal,splendid ill will,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 imaginable,believable,comprehensible,conceivable,credible,likely,plausible,possible,supposable,thinkable,under the sun,within the bounds of possibility imaginary,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,creativity,enterprise,fancy,ingenuity,insight,inspiration,invention,inventiveness,originality,resourcefulness,vision,wit,wittiness chimera,conception,idea,ideality,illusion,image,invention,notion,supposition,unreality imaginative,clever,creative,dreamy,enterprising,fanciful,fantastic,ingenious,inspired,inventive,original,poetical,visionary,vivid,whimsical imbecility,asininity,childishness,cretinism,fatuity,foolishness,idiocy,inanity,incompetency,stupidity immaculate,clean,impeccable,neat,neat as a new pin,spick-and-span,spruce,squeaky-clean,trim,unexceptionable above reproach,faultless,flawless,guiltless,impeccable,incorrupt,innocent,perfect,pure,sinless,spotless,squeaky-clean,stainless,unblemished,uncontaminated,undefiled,unpolluted,unsullied,untarnished,virtuous immaterial,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 airy,disembodied,ethereal,ghostly,incorporeal,metaphysical,spiritual,unembodied,unsubstantial immaturity,crudeness,crudity,greenness,imperfection,rawness,unpreparedness,unripeness babyishness,callowness,childishness,inexperience,juvenility,puerility 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incomplete,broken,defective,deficient,fragmentary,imperfect,insufficient,lacking,partial,short,unaccomplished,undeveloped,undone,unexecuted,unfinished,wanting incongruity,conflict,discrepancy,disparity,inappropriateness,inaptness,incompatibility,inconsistency,inharmoniousness,unsuitability incongruous,absurd,conflicting,contradictory,contrary,disconsonant,discordant,extraneous,improper,inappropriate,inapt,incoherent,incompatible,inconsistent,out of keeping,out of place,unbecoming,unsuitable,unsuited inconsiderate,careless,indelicate,insensitive,intolerant,rude,self-centred,selfish,tactless,thoughtless,uncharitable,ungracious,unkind,unthinking inconsistency,contrariety,disagreement,discrepancy,disparity,divergence,incompatibility,incongruity,inconsonance,paradox,variance fickleness,instability,unpredictability,unreliability,unsteadiness inconsistent,at odds,at variance,conflicting,contradictory,contrary,discordant,discrepant,incoherent,incompatible,in 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dispute,certain,established,incontestable,indisputable,indubitable,irrefutable,positive,sure,undeniable,unquestionable,unshakable inconvenient,annoying,awkward,bothersome,disadvantageous,disturbing,embarrassing,inopportune,tiresome,troublesome,unseasonable,unsuitable,untimely,vexatious awkward,cumbersome,difficult,unhandy,unmanageable,unwieldy incorporate,absorb,amalgamate,assimilate,blend,coalesce,combine,consolidate,embody,fuse,include,integrate,meld,merge,mix,subsume,unite incorrectness,erroneousness,error,fallacy,faultiness,impreciseness,imprecision,impropriety,inaccuracy,inexactness,speciousness,unsoundness,unsuitability,wrongness incorrigible,hardened,hopeless,incurable,intractable,inveterate,irredeemable,unreformed incorruptibility,honesty,honour,integrity,justness,uprightness incorruptible,above suspicion,honest,honourable,just,straight,trustworthy,unbribable,upright everlasting,imperishable,undecaying increasingly,more and more,progressively,to an increasing extent 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taste,indecorous,offensive,outrageous,tasteless,unbecoming,unseemly,vulgar indecipherable,crabbed,illegible,indistinguishable,unintelligible,unreadable indeed,actually,certainly,doubtlessly,in point of fact,in truth,positively,really,strictly,to be sure,truly,undeniably,undoubtedly,verily (Archaic),veritably indefensible,faulty,inexcusable,insupportable,unforgivable,unjustifiable,unpardonable,untenable,unwarrantable,wrong indefinable,dim,hazy,impalpable,indescribable,indistinct,inexpressible,nameless,obscure,unrealized,vague indefinite,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,enduring,indestructible,ineffaceable,ineradicable,inexpungible,inextirpable,ingrained,lasting,permanent indelicacy,bad taste,coarseness,crudity,grossness,immodesty,impropriety,indecency,obscenity,offensiveness,rudeness,smuttiness,suggestiveness,tastelessness,vulgarity indemnify,endorse,guarantee,insure,protect,secure,underwrite compensate,pay,reimburse,remunerate,repair,repay,requite,satisfy indemnity,guarantee,insurance,protection,security compensation,redress,reimbursement,remuneration,reparation,requital,restitution,satisfaction Law exemption,immunity,impunity,privilege independence,autarchy,autonomy,freedom,home rule,liberty,self-determination,self-government,self-reliance,self-rule,self-sufficiency,separation,sovereignty independent,absolute,free,liberated,separate,unconnected,unconstrained,uncontrolled,unrelated autarchic,autarchical,autonomous,decontrolled,nonaligned,self-determining,self-governing,separated,sovereign bold,individualistic,liberated,self-contained,self-reliant,self-sufficient,self-supporting,unaided,unconventional independently,alone,autonomously,by oneself,individually,on one's 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indiscreet,foolish,hasty,heedless,ill-advised,ill-considered,ill-judged,impolitic,imprudent,incautious,injudicious,naive,rash,reckless,tactless,undiplomatic,unthinking,unwise indispensable,crucial,essential,imperative,key,necessary,needed,needful,requisite,vital indisposition,ailment,ill health,illness,sickness aversion,disinclination,dislike,distaste,hesitancy,reluctance,unwillingness indisputable,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,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 individualism,egocentricity,egoism,freethinking,independence,originality,self-direction,self-interest,self-reliance individualist,freethinker,independent,loner,lone wolf,maverick,nonconformist,original individuality,character,discreteness,distinction,distinctiveness,originality,peculiarity,personality,separateness,singularity,uniqueness individually,apart,independently,one at a time,one by one,personally,separately,severally,singly indoctrinate,brainwash,drill,ground,imbue,initiate,instruct,school,teach,train indoctrination,brainwashing,drilling,grounding,inculcation,instruction,schooling,training indolent,fainéant,idle,inactive,inert,lackadaisical,languid,lazy,lethargic,listless,lumpish,slack,slothful,slow,sluggish,torpid,workshy indomitable,bold,invincible,resolute,staunch,steadfast,unbeatable,unconquerable,unflinching,untameable,unyielding 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inefficiency,carelessness,disorganization,incompetence,muddle,slackness,sloppiness ineligible,disqualified,incompetent (Law),objectionable,ruled out,unacceptable,undesirable,unequipped,unfit,unfitted,unqualified,unsuitable ineptitude,clumsiness,gaucheness,incapacity,incompetence,inexpertness,unfitness,unhandiness absurdity,inappropriateness,pointlessness,uselessness inequality,bias,difference,disparity,disproportion,diversity,imparity,irregularity,lack of balance,preferentiality,prejudice,unevenness inequitable,biased,discriminatory,one-sided,partial,partisan,preferential,prejudiced,unfair,unjust inert,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,apathy,deadness,disinclination to 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inexorable,adamant,cruel,hard,harsh,immovable,implacable,ineluctable,inescapable,inflexible,merciless,obdurate,pitiless,relentless,remorseless,severe,unappeasable,unbending,unrelenting,unyielding inexorably,implacably,inevitably,irresistibly,relentlessly,remorselessly,unrelentingly inexpensive,bargain,budget,cheap,economical,low-cost,low-priced,modest,reasonable inexperience,callowness,greenness,ignorance,newness,rawness,unexpertness,unfamiliarity inexplicable,baffling,beyond comprehension,enigmatic,incomprehensible,inscrutable,insoluble,mysterious,mystifying,strange,unaccountable,unfathomable,unintelligible inexpressible,incommunicable,indefinable,indescribable,ineffable,unspeakable,unutterable inexpressive,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,faultlessness,impeccability,irrefutability,omniscience,perfection,supremacy,unerringness dependability,reliability,safety,sureness,trustworthiness infamous,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,babyhood,early childhood beginnings,cradle,dawn,early stages,emergence,inception,origins,outset,start infantile,babyish,childish,immature,puerile,tender,weak,young infatuate,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 infect,affect,blight,contaminate,corrupt,defile,influence,poison,pollute,spread to or among,taint,touch,vitiate infection,contagion,contamination,corruption,defilement,poison,pollution,septicity,virus infectious,catching,communicable,contagious,contaminating,corrupting,defiling,infective,pestilential,poisoning,polluting,spreading,transmittable,virulent,vitiating infer,conclude,conjecture,deduce,derive,gather,presume,read between the lines,surmise,understand inference,assumption,conclusion,conjecture,consequence,corollary,deduction,illation (Rare),presumption,reading,surmise inferiority,badness,deficiency,imperfection,inadequacy,insignificance,meanness,mediocrity,shoddiness,unimportance,worthlessness abasement,inferior status or standing,lowliness,subordination,subservience infernal,chthonian,Hadean,hellish,lower,nether,Plutonian,Stygian,Tartarean (Literary),underworld accursed,damnable,damned,demonic,devilish,diabolical,fiendish,hellish,malevolent,malicious,satanic infertile,barren,infecund,nonproductive,sterile,unfruitful,unproductive infertility,barrenness,infecundity,sterility,unfruitfulness,unproductiveness infest,beset,flood,invade,overrun,penetrate,permeate,ravage,swarm,throng infinite,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,atomic,inappreciable,insignificant,microscopic,minuscule,minute,negligible,teensy-weensy,teeny,teeny-weeny,tiny,unnoticeable,wee infinity,boundlessness,endlessness,eternity,immensity,infinitude,perpetuity,vastness infirm,ailing,debilitated,decrepit,doddering,doddery,enfeebled,failing,feeble,frail,lame,weak faltering,indecisive,insecure,irresolute,shaky,unsound,unstable,vacillating,wavering,weak,wobbly infirmity,debility,decrepitude,deficiency,feebleness,frailty,ill health,imperfection,sickliness,vulnerability ailment,defect,disorder,failing,fault,malady,sickness,weakness inflame,agitate,anger,arouse,embitter,enrage,exasperate,excite,fire,foment,heat,ignite,impassion,incense,infuriate,intoxicate,kindle,madden,provoke,rile,rouse,stimulate aggravate,exacerbate,exasperate,fan,increase,intensify,worsen inflamed,angry,chafing,festering,fevered,heated,hot,infected,red,septic,sore,swollen inflammable,combustible,flammable,incendiary inflammation,burning,heat,painfulness,rash,redness,sore,soreness,tenderness inflammatory,anarchic,demagogic,explosive,fiery,incendiary,inflaming,instigative,insurgent,intemperate,provocative,rabble-rousing,rabid,riotous,seditious inflate,aerate,aggrandize,amplify,balloon,bloat,blow up,boost,dilate,distend,enlarge,escalate,exaggerate,expand,increase,puff up or out,pump up,swell inflated,bombastic,exaggerated,grandiloquent,ostentatious,overblown,swollen inflation,aggrandizement,blowing up,distension,enhancement,enlargement,escalation,expansion,extension,increase,intensification,puffiness,rise,spread,swelling,tumefaction inflexibility,hardness,immovability,inelasticity,rigidity,stiffness,stringency fixity,intransigence,obduracy,obstinacy,steeliness inflexible,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 hard,hardened,inelastic,nonflexible,rigid,stiff,taut inflict,administer,apply,deliver,exact,impose,levy,mete or deal out,visit,wreak infliction,administration,exaction,imposition,perpetration,wreaking affliction,penalty,punishment,trouble,visitation,worry influential,authoritative,controlling,effective,efficacious,forcible,guiding,important,instrumental,leading,meaningful,momentous,moving,persuasive,potent,powerful,significant,telling,weighty influx,arrival,convergence,flow,incursion,inflow,inrush,inundation,invasion,rush informal,casual,colloquial,cosy,easy,familiar,natural,relaxed,simple,unceremonious,unconstrained,unofficial informality,casualness,ease,familiarity,lack of ceremony,naturalness,relaxation,simplicity informative,chatty,communicative,edifying,educational,enlightening,forthcoming,gossipy,illuminating,instructive,newsy,revealing infrequent,few and far between,occasional,rare,sporadic,uncommon,unusual infringe,break,contravene,disobey,transgress,violate (With on or upon) encroach,intrude,trespass infringement,breach,contravention,infraction,noncompliance,nonobservance,transgression,trespass,violation ingenious,adroit,bright,brilliant,clever,crafty,creative,dexterous,fertile,inventive,masterly,original,ready,resourceful,shrewd,skilful,subtle ingenuity,adroitness,cleverness,faculty,flair,genius,gift,ingeniousness,inventiveness,knack,originality,resourcefulness,sharpness,shrewdness,skill,turn ingenuous,artless,candid,childlike,frank,guileless,honest,innocent,naive,open,plain,simple,sincere,trustful,trusting,unreserved,unsophisticated,unstudied ingenuousness,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 ingratitude,thanklessness,unappreciativeness,ungratefulness ingredient,component,constituent,element,part inhabit,abide,dwell,live,lodge,make one's home,occupy,people,populate,possess,reside,take up residence in,tenant inhabitant,aborigine,citizen,denizen,dweller,indigene,indweller,inmate,native,occupant,occupier,resident,tenant inhabited,colonized,developed,held,occupied,peopled,populated,settled,tenanted inhale,breathe in,draw in,gasp,respire,suck in inherent,basic,congenital,connate,essential,hereditary,inborn,inbred,inbuilt,ingrained,inherited,innate,instinctive,intrinsic,native,natural inherit,accede to,be bequeathed,be left,come into,fall heir to,succeed to inheritance,bequest,birthright,heritage,legacy,patrimony inhospitable,cool,uncongenial,unfriendly,ungenerous,unkind,unreceptive,unsociable,unwelcoming,xenophobic bare,barren,bleak,desolate,empty,forbidding,godforsaken,hostile,lonely,sterile,unfavourable,uninhabitable inhuman,animal,barbaric,barbarous,bestial,brutal,cold-blooded,cruel,diabolical,fiendish,heartless,merciless,pitiless,remorseless,ruthless,savage,unfeeling,vicious inhumane,brutal,cruel,heartless,pitiless,uncompassionate,unfeeling,unkind,unsympathetic 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midst of amidst,among,during,enveloped by,in the middle of,in the thick of,surrounded by midway,betwixt and between,halfway,in the middle migrate,drift,emigrate,journey,move,roam,rove,shift,travel,trek,voyage,wander migration,emigration,journey,movement,roving,shift,travel,trek,voyage,wandering migratory,gypsy,itinerant,migrant,nomadic,peripatetic,roving,shifting,transient,travelling,unsettled,vagrant,wandering mildness,blandness,calmness,clemency,docility,forbearance,gentleness,indulgence,kindness,leniency,lenity,meekness,mellowness,moderation,placidity,smoothness,softness,temperateness,tenderness,tranquillity,warmth milieu,background,element,environment,locale,location,mise en scène,scene,setting,sphere,surroundings millstone,grindstone,quernstone affliction,burden,dead weight,drag,encumbrance,load,weight mindful,alert,alive to,attentive,aware,careful,chary,cognizant,conscious,heedful,regardful,respectful,sensible,thoughtful,wary,watchful mind out,be careful,be on one's guard,beware,keep one's eyes open,look out,pay attention,take care,watch minimal,least,least possible,littlest,minimum,nominal,slightest,smallest,token minimize,abbreviate,attenuate,curtail,decrease,diminish,miniaturize,prune,reduce,shrink belittle,decry,deprecate,depreciate,discount,disparage,make light or little of,play down,underestimate,underrate ministry,administration,bureau,cabinet,council,department,government,office holy orders,the church,the priesthood,the pulpit minstrel,bard,harper,jongleur,musician,singer,songstress,troubadour minutely,closely,critically,exactly,exhaustively,in detail,meticulously,painstakingly,precisely,with a fine-tooth comb minutes,memorandum,notes,proceedings,record(s),transactions,transcript minutiae,details,finer points,niceties,particulars,subtleties,trifles,trivia miracle,marvel,phenomenon,prodigy,thaumaturgy,wonder 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impression,misconception,misconstruction,misinterpretation,misreading,mistake,misunderstanding,wrong idea or impression misbelief,delusion,error,fallacy,false belief,heresy,unorthodoxy miscalculate,blunder,calculate wrongly,err,get (it) wrong,go wrong,make a mistake,misjudge,overestimate,overrate,slip up,underestimate,underrate miscellaneous,assorted,confused,diverse,diversified,farraginous,heterogeneous,indiscriminate,jumbled,manifold,many,mingled,mixed,motley,multifarious,multiform,promiscuous,sundry,varied,various miscellany,anthology,assortment,collection,diversity,farrago,gallimaufry,hotchpotch,jumble,medley,mélange,mixed bag,mixture,omnium-gatherum,potpourri,salmagundi,variety mischievous,arch,bad,badly behaved,exasperating,frolicsome,impish,naughty,playful,puckish,rascally,roguish,sportive,teasing,troublesome,vexatious,wayward bad,damaging,deleterious,destructive,detrimental,evil,harmful,hurtful,injurious,malicious,malignant,pernicious,sinful,spiteful,troublesome,vicious,wicked misconception,delusion,error,fallacy,misapprehension,misconstruction,mistaken belief,misunderstanding,wrong end of the stick,wrong idea misdemeanour,fault,infringement,misbehaviour,misconduct,misdeed,offence,peccadillo,transgression,trespass misgiving,anxiety,apprehension,distrust,doubt,dubiety,hesitation,qualm,reservation,scruple,suspicion,trepidation,uncertainty,unease,worry misguided,deluded,erroneous,foolish,ill-advised,imprudent,injudicious,labouring under a delusion or misapprehension,misled,misplaced,mistaken,uncalled-for,unreasonable,unwarranted,unwise mishap,accident,adversity,bad luck,calamity,contretemps,disaster,evil chance,evil fortune,hard luck,ill fortune,ill luck,infelicity,misadventure,mischance,misfortune misinterpret,distort,falsify,get wrong,misapprehend,misconceive,misconstrue,misjudge,misread,misrepresent,mistake,misunderstand,pervert misjudge,be wrong about,get the wrong idea about,miscalculate,overestimate,overrate,underestimate,underrate mislay,be unable to find,be unable to put or lay one's hand on,forget the whereabouts of,lose,lose track of,misplace,miss misplace,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 place unwisely,place wrongly misquote,distort,falsify,garble,mangle,misreport,misrepresent,misstate,muddle,pervert,quote or take out of context,twist misrepresent,belie,disguise,distort,falsify,garble,misinterpret,misstate,pervert,twist misrule,bad government,maladministration,misgovernment,mismanagement anarchy,chaos,confusion,disorder,lawlessness,tumult,turmoil misshapen,contorted,crippled,crooked,deformed,distorted,grotesque,ill-made,ill-proportioned,malformed,twisted,ugly,ungainly,unshapely,unsightly,warped,wry missile,projectile,rocket,weapon missing,absent,astray,gone,lacking,left behind,left out,lost,mislaid,misplaced,not present,nowhere to be found,unaccounted-for,wanting mission,aim,assignment,business,calling,charge,commission,duty,errand,goal,job,office,operation,purpose,pursuit,quest,task,trust,undertaking,vocation,work commission,delegation,deputation,embassy,legation,ministry,task force missionary,apostle,converter,evangelist,preacher,propagandist,proselytizer missive,communication,dispatch,epistle,letter,memorandum,message,note,report misspent,dissipated,idle,imprudent,misapplied,prodigal,profitless,squandered,thrown away,wasted mistakenly,by mistake,erroneously,fallaciously,falsely,inaccurately,inappropriately,incorrectly,in error,misguidedly,wrongly mistimed,badly timed,ill-timed,inconvenient,inopportune,unseasonable,unsynchronized,untimely mistreat,abuse,brutalize,handle roughly,harm,ill-treat,ill-use,injure,knock about or around,maltreat,manhandle,maul,misuse,molest,rough up,wrong misty,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 misunderstood,misconstrued,misheard,misinterpreted,misjudged,misread,unappreciated,unrecognized mitigate,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,abatement,allaying,alleviation,assuagement,diminution,easement,extenuation,moderation,mollification,palliation,relief,remission mixed,alloyed,amalgamated,blended,combined,composite,compound,fused,incorporated,joint,mingled,united assorted,cosmopolitan,diverse,diversified,heterogeneous,manifold,miscellaneous,motley,varied crossbred,hybrid,interbred,interdenominational,mongrel ambivalent,equivocal,indecisive,uncertain mixed-up,at sea,bewildered,confused,distraught,disturbed,maladjusted,muddled,perplexed,puzzled,upset mixture,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,blend,combine,commix,mix confound,confuse,muddle bewilder,confuse,disturb,fluster,muddle,perplex,puzzle,throw into confusion,unnerve,upset embroil,entangle,implicate,involve,rope in mobile,ambulatory,itinerant,locomotive,migrant,motile,movable,moving,peripatetic,portable,travelling,wandering animated,changeable,ever-changing,expressive mobilize,activate,animate,call to arms,call up,get or make ready,marshal,muster,organize,prepare,put in motion,rally,ready mocking,contemptuous,contumelious,derisive,derisory,disdainful,disrespectful,insulting,irreverent,sarcastic,sardonic,satiric,satirical,scoffing,scornful,taunting moderately,fairly,gently,in moderation,passably,quite,rather,reasonably,slightly,somewhat,to a degree,tolerably,to some extent,within limits,within reason moderation,calmness,composure,coolness,equanimity,fairness,judiciousness,justice,justness,mildness,moderateness,reasonableness,restraint,sedateness,temperance in moderation moderately,within limits,within reason modernize,bring into the twentieth century,bring up to date,face-lift,make over,rejuvenate,remake,remodel,renew,renovate,revamp,update modest,bashful,blushing,coy,demure,diffident,discreet,humble,meek,quiet,reserved,reticent,retiring,self-conscious,self-effacing,shy,simple,unassuming,unpretentious fair,limited,middling,moderate,ordinary,small,unexceptional modesty,bashfulness,coyness,decency,demureness,diffidence,discreetness,humbleness,humility,lack of pretension,meekness,propriety,quietness,reserve,reticence,self-effacement,shyness,simplicity,timidity,unobtrusiveness,unpretentiousness modification,adjustment,alteration,change,modulation,mutation,qualification,refinement,reformation,restriction,revision,variation modify,adapt,adjust,alter,change,convert,recast,redo,refashion,reform,remodel,reorganize,reshape,revise,rework,transform,vary abate,ease,lessen,limit,lower,moderate,qualify,reduce,relax,restrain,restrict,soften,temper,tone down moist,clammy,damp,dampish,dank,dewy,dripping,drizzly,humid,not dry,rainy,soggy,wet,wettish moisten,bedew,damp,dampen,humidify,lick,moisturize,soak,water,wet moisture,damp,dampness,dankness,dew,humidity,liquid,perspiration,sweat,water,wateriness,wetness molecule,atom,iota,jot,mite,mote,particle,speck momentarily,briefly,for a moment (little while,minute,second,short time,short while),for an instant,for the nonce,temporarily momentary,brief,ephemeral,evanescent,fleeting,flying,fugitive,hasty,passing,quick,short,short-lived,temporary,transitory momentum,drive,energy,force,impetus,power,propulsion,push,strength,thrust monarch,crowned 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naturae,miscreation,monster,mutant,ogre,teratism abnormality,atrocity,dreadfulness,evil,frightfulness,heinousness,hellishness,hideousness,horror,loathsomeness,obscenity month,four weeks,moon,thirty days monument,cairn,cenotaph,commemoration,gravestone,headstone,marker,mausoleum,memorial,obelisk,pillar,shrine,statue,tombstone memento,record,remembrance,reminder,testament,token,witness moor 2,anchor,berth,dock,fasten,fix,lash,make fast,secure,tie up mop up,clean up,mop,soak up,sponge,swab,wash,wipe Military account for,clean out,clear,eliminate,finish off,neutralize,pacify,round up,secure morale,confidence,esprit de corps,heart,mettle,self-esteem,spirit,temper morality,chastity,decency,ethicality,ethicalness,goodness,honesty,integrity,justice,principle,rectitude,righteousness,rightness,uprightness,virtue conduct,ethics,habits,ideals,manners,moral code,morals,mores,philosophy,principles,standards 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life mortification,abasement,annoyance,chagrin,discomfiture,dissatisfaction,embarrassment,humiliation,loss of face,shame,vexation abasement,chastening,control,denial,discipline,subjugation Medical corruption,festering,gangrene,necrosis,putrescence mostly,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 motherly,affectionate,caring,comforting,fond,gentle,kind,loving,maternal,protective,sheltering,tender,warm motionless,at a standstill,at rest,calm,fixed,frozen,halted,immobile,inanimate,inert,lifeless,paralysed,standing,static,stationary,still,stock-still,transfixed,unmoved,unmoving motivate,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,ambition,desire,drive,hunger,inspiration,interest,wish impulse,incentive,incitement,inducement,inspiration,instigation,motive,persuasion,reason,spur,stimulus motley,assorted,disparate,dissimilar,diversified,heterogeneous,mingled,miscellaneous,mixed,unlike,varied 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,adage,byword,cry,dictum,formula,gnome,maxim,precept,proverb,rule,saw,saying,slogan,watchword mould 2,blight,fungus,mildew,mouldiness,mustiness mouldy,bad,blighted,decaying,fusty,mildewed,musty,rotten,rotting,spoiled,stale mountainous,alpine,high,highland,rocky,soaring,steep,towering,upland daunting,enormous,gigantic,great,huge,hulking,immense,mammoth,mighty,monumental,ponderous,prodigious mourn,bemoan,bewail,deplore,grieve,keen,lament,miss,rue,sorrow,wail,wear black,weep 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mow,crop,cut,scythe,shear,trim mud,clay,dirt,mire,ooze,silt,slime,sludge muffle,cloak,conceal,cover,disguise,envelop,hood,mask,shroud,swaddle,swathe,wrap up deaden,dull,gag,hush,muzzle,quieten,silence,soften,stifle,suppress muffled,dim,dull,faint,indistinct,muted,stifled,strangled,subdued,suppressed mug 1,beaker,cup,flagon,jug,pot,tankard,toby jug muggy,clammy,close,damp,humid,moist,oppressive,sticky,stuffy,sultry 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,different,diverse,diversified,legion,manifold,many,miscellaneous,multiform,multiple,multitudinous,numerous,sundry,varied,variegated multiple,collective,manifold,many,multitudinous,numerous,several,sundry,various multiply,accumulate,augment,breed,build up,expand,extend,increase,proliferate,propagate,reproduce,spread munch,champ,chew,chomp,crunch,masticate,scrunch mundane,banal,commonplace,day-to-day,everyday,humdrum,ordinary,prosaic,routine,workaday earthly,fleshly,human,material,mortal,secular,sublunary,temporal,terrestrial,worldly municipal,borough,city,civic,community,public,town,urban munificence,beneficence,benevolence,big-heartedness,bounteousness,bounty,generosity,generousness,largess or largesse,liberality,magnanimousness,open-handedness,philanthropy munificent,beneficent,benevolent,big-hearted,bounteous,bountiful,free-handed,generous,lavish,liberal,magnanimous,open-handed,philanthropical,princely,rich,unstinting murky,cheerless,cloudy,dark,dim,dismal,dreary,dull,dusky,foggy,gloomy,grey,impenetrable,misty,nebulous,obscure,overcast muse,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 musical,dulcet,euphonic,euphonious,harmonious,lilting,lyrical,melodic,melodious,sweet-sounding,tuneful musty,airless,dank,decayed,frowsty,fusty,mildewed,mildewy,mouldy,old,smelly,stale,stuffy ancient,antediluvian,antiquated,banal,clichéd,dull,hackneyed,hoary,moth-eaten,obsolete,old-fashioned,stale,threadbare,trite,worn-out mutability,alteration,change,evolution,metamorphosis,transition,variation,vicissitude mutable,adaptable,alterable,changeable,changing,fickle,flexible,immutable,inconsistent,inconstant,irresolute,uncertain,undependable,unreliable,unsettled,unstable,unsteady,vacillating,variable,volatile,wavering mutilate,amputate,butcher,cripple,cut to pieces,cut up,damage,disable,disfigure,dismember,hack,injure,lacerate,lame,maim,mangle adulterate,bowdlerize,butcher,censor,cut,damage,distort,expurgate,hack,mar,spoil mutual,common,communal,correlative,interactive,interchangeable,interchanged,joint,reciprocal,reciprocated,requited,returned,shared myopic,near-sighted,short-sighted 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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 afford a view of,command a view of,front on to,give upon,have a view of,look over or out on overly,exceedingly,excessively,immoderately,inordinately,over,too,unduly,very much overpowering,compelling,extreme,forceful,invincible,irrefutable,irresistible,nauseating,overwhelming,powerful,sickening,strong,suffocating,telling,unbearable,uncontrollable overrate,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,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,alter,annul,cancel,countermand,disallow,invalidate,make null and void,outvote,override,overturn,recall,repeal,rescind,reverse,revoke,rule against,set aside,veto bend to one's will,control,direct,dominate,govern,influence,prevail over,sway overrun,cut to pieces,invade,massacre,occupy,overwhelm,put to flight,rout,swamp choke,infest,inundate,overflow,overgrow,permeate,ravage,spread like wildfire,spread over,surge over,swarm over exceed,go beyond,overshoot,run over or on overshadow,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 adumbrate,becloud,bedim,cloud,darken,dim,obfuscate,obscure,veil blight,cast a gloom upon,mar,ruin,spoil,take the edge off,take the pleasure or enjoyment out of,temper 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(Rare),permanency,perpetuity,stability,survival permanent,abiding,constant,durable,enduring,eternal,everlasting,fixed,immovable,immutable,imperishable,indestructible,invariable,lasting,long-lasting,perennial,perpetual,persistent,stable,steadfast,unchanging,unfading permeate,charge,diffuse throughout,fill,filter through,imbue,impregnate,infiltrate,pass through,penetrate,percolate,pervade,saturate,seep through,soak through,spread throughout permutation,alteration,change,shift,transformation,transmutation,transposition pernicious,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 perpendicular,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 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perspicacious,acute,alert,astute,aware,clear-sighted,clever,discerning,keen,observant,penetrating,perceptive,percipient,sagacious,sharp,sharp-witted,shrewd perspiration,exudation,moisture,sweat,wetness perspire,be damp,be wet,drip,exude,glow,pour with sweat,secrete,sweat,swelter persuasive,cogent,compelling,convincing,credible,effective,eloquent,forceful,impelling,impressive,inducing,influential,logical,moving,plausible,sound,telling,touching,valid,weighty,winning pertain,appertain,apply,be appropriate,bear on,befit,belong,be part of,be relevant,concern,refer,regard,relate pertinacious,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,admissible,ad rem,applicable,apposite,appropriate,apropos,apt,fit,fitting,germane,material,pat,proper,relevant,suitable,to the point,to the purpose perturb,agitate,alarm,bother,discompose,disconcert,discountenance,disquiet,disturb,faze,fluster,ruffle,trouble,unnerve,unsettle,upset,vex,worry confuse,disarrange,disorder,muddle,unsettle perturbed,agitated,alarmed,anxious,disconcerted,disquieted,disturbed,fearful,flurried,flustered,ill at ease,nervous,restless,shaken,troubled,uncomfortable,uneasy,upset,worried perusal,browse,check,examination,inspection,look through,read,scrutiny,study peruse,browse,check,examine,inspect,look through,read,run one's eye over,scan,scrutinize,study,work over pervade,affect,charge,diffuse,extend,fill,imbue,infuse,overspread,penetrate,percolate,permeate,spread through,suffuse pervasive,common,extensive,general,inescapable,omnipresent,permeating,pervading,prevalent,rife,ubiquitous,universal,widespread perversity,contradictiveness,contradictoriness,contrariness,contumacy,frowardness,intransigence,obduracy,refractoriness,waywardness,wrong-headedness pessimistic,bleak,cynical,dark,dejected,depressed,despairing,despondent,distrustful,downhearted,fatalistic,foreboding,gloomy,glum,hopeless,melancholy,misanthropic,morose,resigned,sad pestilence,Black Death,epidemic,pandemic,plague,visitation affliction,bane,blight,cancer,canker,curse,scourge pestilential,annoying,dangerous,deleterious,destructive,detrimental,evil,foul,harmful,hazardous,injurious,pernicious,ruinous,troublesome catching,contagious,contaminated,deadly,disease-ridden,infectious,malignant,noxious,pestiferous,poisonous,venomous peter out,come to nothing,die out,dwindle,ebb,evaporate,fade,fail,give out,run dry,run out,stop,taper off,wane petrify,calcify,fossilize,harden,set,solidify,turn to stone amaze,appal,astonish,astound,confound,dumbfound,horrify,immobilize,paralyse,stun,stupefy,terrify,transfix petulance,bad temper,crabbiness,ill humour,irritability,peevishness,pettishness,pique,pouts,querulousness,spleen,sulkiness,sullenness,waspishness phase,aspect,chapter,condition,development,juncture,period,point,position,stage,state,step,time phenomenal,exceptional,extraordinary,fantastic,marvellous,miraculous,notable,outstanding,prodigious,remarkable,sensational,singular,uncommon,unique,unparalleled,unusual,wondrous (Archaic or literary) phenomenon,circumstance,episode,event,fact,happening,incident,occurrence exception,marvel,miracle,nonpareil,prodigy,rarity,sensation,sight,spectacle,wonder philanthropic,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,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 philosopher,dialectician,logician,mahatma,metaphysician,sage,seeker after truth,theorist,thinker,wise man philosopher,philosophical,philosophic philosopher,abstract,erudite,learned,logical,rational,sagacious,theoretical,thoughtful,wise calm,collected,composed,cool,impassive,imperturbable,patient,resigned,sedate,serene,stoical,tranquil,unruffled philosophy,aesthetics,knowledge,logic,metaphysics,rationalism,reason,reasoning,thinking,thought,wisdom attitude to life,basic idea,beliefs,convictions,doctrine,ideology,principle,tenets,thinking,values,viewpoint,Weltanschauung,world-view composure,coolness,dispassion,equanimity,resignation,restraint,self-possession,serenity,stoicism phlegmatic,apathetic,bovine,cold,dull,frigid,heavy,impassive,indifferent,lethargic,listless,lymphatic,matter-of-fact,placid,sluggish,stoical,stolid,undemonstrative,unemotional,unfeeling photographic,accurate,cinematic,detailed,exact,faithful,filmic,graphic,lifelike,minute,natural,pictorial,precise,realistic,retentive,visual,vivid phraseology,choice of words,diction,expression,idiom,language,parlance,phrase,phrasing,speech,style,syntax,wording physical,bodily,carnal,corporal,corporeal,earthly,fleshly,incarnate,mortal,somatic,unspiritual material,natural,palpable,real,sensible,solid,substantial,tangible,visible physique,body,build,constitution,figure,form,frame,make-up,shape,structure pick on,badger,bait,blame,bully,goad,hector,tease,torment pick out,choose,cull,hand-pick,select,separate the sheep from the goats,single out,sort out discriminate,distinguish,make distinct,make out,notice,perceive,recognize,tell apart pictorial,expressive,graphic,illustrated,picturesque,representational,scenic,striking,vivid picturesque,attractive,beautiful,charming,colourful,graphic,pretty,quaint,scenic,striking,vivid piebald,black and white,brindled,dappled,flecked,mottled,pied,speckled,spotted pièce de résistance,chef-d'oeuvre,jewel,masterpiece,masterwork,showpiece piercing,Usually of sound ear-splitting,high-pitched,loud,penetrating,sharp,shattering,shrill alert,aware,keen,penetrating,perceptive,perspicacious,probing,quick-witted,searching,sharp,shrewd Usually of weather arctic,biting,bitter,cold,freezing,frosty,keen,nipping,nippy,numbing,raw,wintry 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-headed,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 2,beam,column,foundation,pier,piling,pillar,post,support,upright pile 3,down,fibre,filament,fur,hair,nap,plush,shag,surface pilgrim,crusader,hajji,palmer,traveller,wanderer,wayfarer pilgrimage,crusade,excursion,expedition,hajj,journey,mission,tour,trip pinched,careworn,drawn,gaunt,haggard,peaky,starved,thin,worn pin down,compel,constrain,force,make,press,pressurize designate,determine,home in on,identify,locate,name,pinpoint,specify bind,confine,constrain,fix,hold,hold down,immobilize,nail down,tie down pine,(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 decay,decline,droop,dwindle,fade,flag,languish,peak,sicken,sink,waste,weaken,wilt,wither pinnacle,acme,apex,apogee,crest,crown,eminence,height,meridian,peak,summit,top,vertex,zenith belfry,cone,needle,obelisk,pyramid,spire,steeple pinpoint,define,distinguish,get a fix on,home in on,identify,locate,spot pious,dedicated,devoted,devout,God-fearing,godly,holy,religious,reverent,righteous,saintly,spiritual goody-goody,holier-than-thou,hypocritical,pietistic,religiose,sanctimonious,self-righteous,unctuous pipeline,conduit,conveyor,duct,line,passage,pipe,tube in the pipeline brewing,coming,getting ready,in process,in production,on the way,under way piracy,buccaneering,freebooting,hijacking,infringement,plagiarism,rapine,robbery at sea,stealing,theft pitch-black,dark,ebony,inky,jet,jet-black,pitch-dark,raven,sable,unlit piteous,affecting,deplorable,dismal,distressing,doleful,grievous,harrowing,heartbreaking,heart-rending,lamentable,miserable,mournful,moving,pathetic,pitiable,pitiful,plaintive,poignant,sad,sorrowful,woeful,wretched pith,core,crux,essence,gist,heart,heart of the matter,kernel,marrow,meat,nub,point,quintessence,salient point,the long and the short of it consequence,depth,force,import,importance,matter,moment,power,significance,strength,substance,value,weight pithy,brief,cogent,compact,concise,epigrammatic,expressive,finely honed,forceful,laconic,meaningful,pointed,short,succinct,terse,to the point,trenchant pitiful,deplorable,distressing,grievous,harrowing,heartbreaking,heart-rending,lamentable,miserable,pathetic,piteous,pitiable,sad,woeful,wretched abject,base,beggarly,contemptible,despicable,dismal,inadequate,insignificant,low,mean,measly,miserable,paltry,scurvy,shabby,sorry,vile,worthless pitiless,brutal,callous,cold-blooded,cold-hearted,cruel,hardhearted,harsh,heartless,implacable,inexorable,inhuman,merciless,relentless,ruthless,uncaring,unfeeling,unmerciful,unsympathetic pixie,brownie,elf,fairy,peri,sprite placard,advertisement,affiche,bill,poster,public notice,sticker placate,appease,assuage,calm,conciliate,humour,mollify,pacify,propitiate,satisfy,soothe,win over plaintive,disconsolate,doleful,grief-stricken,grievous,heart-rending,melancholy,mournful,pathetic,piteous,pitiful,rueful,sad,sorrowful,wistful,woebegone,woeful plaque,badge,brooch,cartouch(e),medal,medallion,panel,plate,slab,tablet plateau,highland,mesa,table,tableland,upland level,levelling off,stability,stage platform,dais,podium,rostrum,stage,stand manifesto,objective(s),party line,policy,principle,programme,tenet(s) platitude,banality,bromide,cliché,commonplace,hackneyed saying,inanity,stereotype,trite remark,truism banality,dullness,inanity,insipidity,triteness,triviality,vapidity,verbiage platter,charger,dish,plate,salver,tray,trencher (Archaic) plausible,believable,colourable,conceivable,credible,fair-spoken,glib,likely,persuasive,possible,probable,reasonable,smooth,smooth-talking,smooth-tongued,specious,tenable,verisimilar play around,dally,fool around,mess around,philander,take lightly,trifle,womanize player,competitor,contestant,participant,sportsman,sportswoman,team member actor,actress,entertainer,performer,Thespian,trouper artist,instrumentalist,musician,music maker,performer,virtuoso play on or upon,abuse,capitalize on,exploit,impose on,milk,profit by,take advantage of,trade on,turn to account,utilize plaything,amusement,bauble,game,gewgaw,gimcrack,pastime,toy,trifle,trinket playwright,dramatist,dramaturge,dramaturgist plea,appeal,begging,entreaty,intercession,overture,petition,prayer,request,suit,supplication Law action,allegation,cause,suit apology,claim,defence,excuse,explanation,extenuation,justification,pretext,vindication plead,appeal (to),ask,beg,beseech,crave,entreat,implore,importune,petition,request,solicit,supplicate adduce,allege,argue,assert,maintain,put forward,use as an excuse pleasant,acceptable,agreeable,amusing,delectable,delightful,enjoyable,fine,gratifying,lovely,nice,pleasing,pleasurable,refreshing,satisfying,welcome affable,agreeable,amiable,charming,cheerful,cheery,congenial,engaging,friendly,genial,good-humoured,likable or likeable,nice pleasing,agreeable,amiable,amusing,attractive,charming,delightful,engaging,enjoyable,entertaining,gratifying,likable or likeable,pleasurable,polite,satisfying,winning plentiful,abundant,ample,bounteous (Literary),bountiful,complete,copious,generous,inexhaustible,infinite,lavish,liberal,overflowing,plenteous,profuse bumper,fertile,fruitful,luxuriant,plenteous,productive,prolific plethora,excess,glut,overabundance,profusion,superabundance,superfluity,surfeit,surplus pliable,bendable,bendy,ductile,flexible,limber,lithe,malleable,plastic,pliant,supple,tensile adaptable,compliant,docile,easily led,impressionable,influenceable,manageable,persuadable,pliant,receptive,responsive,susceptible,tractable,yielding pliant,bendable,bendy,ductile,flexible,lithe,plastic,pliable,supple,tensile adaptable,biddable,compliant,easily led,impressionable,influenceable,manageable,persuadable,pliable,susceptible,tractable,yielding ply,carry on,exercise,follow,practise,pursue,work at employ,handle,manipulate,swing,utilize,wield assail,beset,besiege,bombard,harass,importune,press,urge poach,appropriate,encroach,hunt or fish illegally,infringe,intrude,plunder,rob,steal,steal game,trespass podgy,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,elegiac,lyric,lyrical,metrical,rhythmical,songlike poetry,metrical composition,poems,poesy (Archaic),rhyme,rhyming,verse poignancy,emotion,emotionalism,evocativeness,feeling,pathos,piteousness,plaintiveness,sadness,sentiment,tenderness bitterness,intensity,keenness,piquancy,pungency,sharpness poignant,affecting,agonizing,bitter,distressing,harrowing,heartbreaking,heart-rending,intense,moving,painful,pathetic,sad,touching,upsetting acute,biting,caustic,keen,penetrating,piercing,pointed,sarcastic,severe acrid,piquant,pungent,sharp,stinging,tangy pointed,acicular,acuminate,acute,barbed,cuspidate,edged,mucronate,sharp accurate,acute,biting,cutting,incisive,keen,penetrating,pertinent,sharp,telling,trenchant pointer,guide,hand,indicator,needle advice,caution,hint,information,recommendation,suggestion,tip,warning pointless,absurd,aimless,fruitless,futile,inane,ineffectual,irrelevant,meaningless,nonsensical,senseless,silly,stupid,unavailing,unproductive,unprofitable,useless,vague,vain,worthless point out,allude to,bring up,call attention to,identify,indicate,mention,remind,reveal,show,specify poisonous,baneful (Archaic),deadly,fatal,lethal,mephitic,mortal,noxious,toxic,venomous,virulent baleful,baneful (Archaic),corruptive,evil,malicious,noxious,pernicious,pestiferous,pestilential,vicious poky,confined,cramped,incommodious,narrow,small,tiny polar,Antarctic,Arctic,cold,extreme,freezing,frozen,furthest,glacial,icy,terminal beacon-like,cardinal,guiding,leading,pivotal antagonistic,antipodal,antithetical,contradictory,contrary,diametric,opposed,opposite pole 1,bar,mast,post,rod,shaft,spar,staff,standard,stick pole 2,antipode,extremity,limit,terminus poles apart at opposite ends of the earth,at opposite extremes,incompatible,irreconcilable,miles apart,widely separated,worlds apart policy,action,approach,code,course,custom,guideline,line,plan,practice,procedure,programme,protocol,rule,scheme,stratagem,theory discretion,good sense,prudence,sagacity,shrewdness,wisdom polite,affable,civil,complaisant,courteous,deferential,gracious,mannerly,obliging,respectful,well-behaved,well-mannered civilized,courtly,cultured,elegant,genteel,polished,refined,urbane,well-bred politic,artful,astute,canny,crafty,cunning,designing,ingenious,intriguing,Machiavellian,scheming,shrewd,sly,subtle,unscrupulous advisable,diplomatic,discreet,expedient,in one's best interests,judicious,prudent,sagacious,sensible,tactful,wise politics,affairs of state,civics,government,government policy,political science,polity,statecraft,statesmanship Machiavellianism,machination,power struggle,Realpolitik pollute,adulterate,befoul,contaminate,dirty,foul,infect,make filthy,mar,poison,smirch,soil,spoil,stain,taint besmirch,corrupt,debase,debauch,defile,deprave,desecrate,dishonour,profane,sully,violate pollution,adulteration,contamination,corruption,defilement,dirtying,foulness,impurity,taint,uncleanness,vitiation pomp,ceremony,éclat,flourish,grandeur,magnificence,pageant,pageantry,parade,solemnity,splendour,state display,grandiosity,ostentation,pomposity,show,vainglory pompous,affected,arrogant,bloated,grandiose,imperious,magisterial,ostentatious,overbearing,pontifical,portentous,pretentious,puffed up,self-important,showy,supercilious,vainglorious boastful,bombastic,flatulent,fustian,grandiloquent,high-flown,inflated,magniloquent,orotund,overblown,turgid,windy ponder,brood,cerebrate,cogitate,consider,contemplate,deliberate,examine,excogitate,give thought to,meditate,mull over,muse,puzzle over,reflect,ruminate,study,think,weigh ponderous,bulky,cumbersome,cumbrous,heavy,hefty,huge,massive,unwieldy,weighty awkward,clumsy,elephantine,graceless,heavy-footed,laborious,lumbering dreary,dull,heavy,laboured,lifeless,long-winded,pedantic,pedestrian,plodding,prolix,stilted,stodgy,tedious,verbose pontificate,declaim,dogmatize,expound,hold forth,lay down the law,pontify,preach,pronounce,sound off pool 1,lake,mere,pond,puddle,splash,tarn swimming bath,swimming pool pope,Bishop of Rome,Holy Father,pontiff,Vicar of Christ popular,accepted,approved,celebrated,famous,fashionable,favoured,favourite,in,in demand,in favour,liked,sought-after,well-liked common,conventional,current,general,prevailing,prevalent,public,standard,stock,ubiquitous,universal,widespread popularity,acceptance,acclaim,adoration,approval,celebrity,currency,esteem,fame,favour,idolization,lionization,recognition,regard,renown,reputation,repute,vogue popularize,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,citizenry,community,denizens,folk,inhabitants,natives,people,populace,residents,society populous,crowded,heavily populated,overpopulated,packed,populated,swarming,teeming,thronged pornographic,blue,dirty,filthy,indecent,lewd,obscene,offensive,prurient,salacious,smutty porous,absorbent,absorptive,penetrable,permeable,pervious,spongy port,Nautical anchorage,harbour,haven,roads,roadstead,seaport portable,compact,convenient,easily carried,handy,light,lightweight,manageable,movable,portative portend,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,augury,foreboding,foreshadowing,forewarning,harbinger,indication,omen,premonition,presage,presentiment,prognostic,prognostication,sign,threat,warning portentous,alarming,crucial,fateful,forbidding,important,menacing,minatory,momentous,ominous,significant,sinister,threatening amazing,astounding,awe-inspiring,extraordinary,miraculous,phenomenal,prodigious,remarkable,wondrous (Archaic or literary) bloated,elephantine,heavy,pompous,ponderous,pontifical,self-important,solemn porter 1,baggage attendant,bearer,carrier porter 2,caretaker,concierge,doorman,gatekeeper,janitor portrait,image,likeness,painting,photograph,picture,portraiture,representation,sketch account,characterization,depiction,description,portrayal,profile,thumbnail sketch,vignette portray,delineate,depict,draw,figure,illustrate,limn,paint,picture,render,represent,sketch characterize,depict,describe,paint a mental picture of,put in words act the part of,play,represent portrayal,characterization,delineation,depiction,description,impersonation,interpretation,performance,picture,rendering,representation positively,absolutely,assuredly,categorically,certainly,definitely,emphatically,firmly,surely,undeniably,unequivocally,unmistakably,unquestionably,with certainty,without qualification possess,be blessed with,be born with,be endowed with,enjoy,have,have to one's name,hold,own acquire,control,dominate,hold,occupy,seize,take over,take possession of bewitch,consume,control,dominate,enchant,fixate,influence,mesmerize,obsess,put under a spell possessed,bedevilled,berserk,bewitched,consumed,crazed,cursed,demented,enchanted,frenetic,frenzied,hag-ridden,haunted,maddened,obsessed,raving,under a spell possession,control,custody,hold,occupancy,occupation,ownership,proprietorship,tenure,title (Plural) assets,belongings,chattels,effects,estate,goods and chattels,property,things,wealth colony,dominion,protectorate,province,territory possessive,acquisitive,controlling,covetous,dominating,domineering,grasping,jealous,overprotective,selfish possibility,feasibility,likelihood,plausibility,potentiality,practicability,workableness chance,hazard,hope,liability,likelihood,odds,probability,prospect,risk (Often plural) capabilities,potential,potentiality,promise,prospects,talent possibly,God willing,haply (Archaic),maybe,mayhap (Archaic),peradventure (Archaic),perchance (Archaic),perhaps at all,by any chance,by any means,in any way poster,advertisement,affiche,announcement,bill,notice,placard,public notice,sticker posterity,children,descendants,family,heirs,issue,offspring,progeny,scions,seed (Chiefly biblical) future,future generations,succeeding generations postponement,adjournment,deferment,deferral,delay,moratorium,respite,stay,suspension postulate,advance,assume,hypothesize,posit,predicate,presuppose,propose,put forward,suppose,take for granted,theorize potent,efficacious,forceful,mighty,powerful,puissant,strong,vigorous cogent,compelling,convincing,effective,forceful,impressive,persuasive,telling authoritative,commanding,dominant,dynamic,influential,powerful potion,brew,concoction,cup,dose,draught,elixir,mixture,philtre,tonic pottery,ceramics,earthenware,stoneware,terra cotta pouch,bag,container,pocket,poke (Dialect),purse,sack poverty,beggary,destitution,distress,hand-to-mouth existence,hardship,indigence,insolvency,necessitousness,necessity,need,pauperism,pennilessness,penury,privation,want dearth,deficiency,insufficiency,lack,paucity,scarcity,shortage aridity,bareness,barrenness,deficiency,infertility,meagreness,poorness,sterility,unfruitfulness power,ability,capability,capacity,competence,competency,faculty,potential brawn,energy,force,forcefulness,intensity,might,muscle,potency,strength,vigour,weight ascendancy,authority,bottom,command,control,dominance,domination,dominion,influence,mastery,rule,sovereignty,supremacy,sway authority,authorization,licence,prerogative,privilege,right,warrant powerful,energetic,mighty,potent,robust,stalwart,strapping,strong,sturdy,vigorous authoritative,commanding,controlling,dominant,influential,prevailing,puissant,sovereign,supreme cogent,compelling,convincing,effective,effectual,forceful,forcible,impressive,persuasive,striking,telling,weighty powerfully,forcefully,forcibly,hard,mightily,strongly,vigorously,with might and main powerless,debilitated,disabled,etiolated,feeble,frail,helpless,impotent,incapable,incapacitated,ineffectual,infirm,paralysed,prostrate,weak defenceless,dependent,disenfranchised,disfranchised,ineffective,subject,tied,unarmed,vulnerable practicability,advantage,feasibility,operability,possibility,practicality,use,usefulness,value,viability,workability practicable,achievable,attainable,doable,feasible,performable,possible,viable,within the realm of possibility,workable practical,applied,efficient,empirical,experimental,factual,functional,pragmatic,realistic,utilitarian businesslike,down-to-earth,everyday,hard-headed,matter-of-fact,mundane,ordinary,realistic,sensible,workaday 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within bounds or limits,limit,regulate,restrain,straiten restriction,check,condition,confinement,constraint,containment,control,curb,demarcation,handicap,inhibition,limitation,regulation,restraint,rule,stipulation resume,begin again,carry on,continue,go on,proceed,recommence,reinstitute,reopen,restart,take up or pick up where one left off 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,breathe new life into,bring back,raise from the dead,reintroduce,renew,restore to life,revive 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,absorb,contain,detain,grasp,grip,hang or hold onto,hold,hold back,hold fast,keep,keep possession of,maintain,preserve,reserve,restrain,save bear in mind,impress on the memory,keep in mind,memorize,recall,recollect,remember commission,employ,engage,hire,pay,reserve retainer,attendant,dependant,domestic,flunky,footman,henchman,lackey,servant,supporter,valet,vassal advance,deposit,fee retaliation,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,arrest,brake,check,clog,decelerate,defer,delay,detain,encumber,handicap,hinder,hold back or up,impede,obstruct,set back,slow down,stall reticence,quietness,reserve,restraint,secretiveness,silence,taciturnity,uncommunicativeness,unforthcomingness reticent,close-mouthed,mum,quiet,reserved,restrained,secretive,silent,taciturn,tight-lipped,uncommunicative,unforthcoming,unspeaking retirement,loneliness,obscurity,privacy,retreat,seclusion,solitude,withdrawal retiring,bashful,coy,demure,diffident,humble,meek,modest,quiet,reclusive,reserved,reticent,self-effacing,shrinking,shy,timid,timorous,unassertive,unassuming retract,draw in,pull back,pull in,reel in,sheathe abjure,cancel,deny,disavow,disclaim,disown,recall,recant,renege,renounce,repeal,repudiate,rescind,reverse,revoke,take back,unsay,withdraw back out of,go back on,renege on retrench,curtail,cut,cut back,decrease,diminish,economize,husband,lessen,limit,make economies,pare,prune,reduce,save,tighten one's belt,trim retrenchment,contraction,cost-cutting,curtailment,cut,cutback,economy,pruning,reduction,rundown,tightening one's belt retribution,an eye for an eye,compensation,justice,Nemesis,punishment,reckoning,recompense,redress,repayment,reprisal,requital,retaliation,revenge,reward,satisfaction,vengeance retrieve,fetch back,get back,recall,recapture,recoup,recover,redeem,regain,repair,repossess,rescue,restore,salvage,save,win back 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(Rare),mystery,privacy,retirement,seclusion,silence,solitude,surreptitiousness clandestineness,covertness,furtiveness,secretiveness,stealth sect,camp,denomination,division,faction,group,party,schism,school,school of thought,splinter group,wing sector,area,category,district,division,part,quarter,region,stratum,subdivision,zone secular,civil,earthly,laic,laical,lay,nonspiritual,profane,state,temporal,worldly security,asylum,care,cover,custody,immunity,preservation,protection,refuge,retreat,safekeeping,safety,sanctuary defence,guards,precautions,protection,safeguards,safety measures,surveillance assurance,certainty,confidence,conviction,ease of mind,freedom from doubt,positiveness,reliance,sureness collateral,gage,guarantee,hostage,insurance,pawn,pledge,surety sedentary,desk,desk-bound,inactive,motionless,seated,sitting,torpid sediment,deposit,dregs,grounds,lees,precipitate,residuum,settlings sedition,agitation,disloyalty,incitement to riot,rabble-rousing,subversion,treason seditious,disloyal,dissident,insubordinate,mutinous,rebellious,refractory,revolutionary,subversive,treasonable seduce,betray,corrupt,debauch,deflower,deprave,dishonour,ruin (Archaic) allure,attract,beguile,deceive,decoy,ensnare,entice,inveigle,lead astray,lure,mislead,tempt seduction,corruption,defloration,ruin (Archaic) allure,enticement,lure,snare,temptation see about,attend to,consider,deal with,give some thought to,look after,see to,take care of investigate,look into,make enquiries,research seem,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,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,augur,predictor,prophet,sibyl,soothsayer see to,arrange,attend to,be responsible for,do,look after,manage,organize,sort out,take care of,take charge of segment,bit,compartment,division,part,piece,portion,section,slice,wedge segregate,discriminate against,dissociate,isolate,separate,set apart,single out segregation,apartheid (in South Africa),discrimination,isolation,separation seizure,abduction,annexation,apprehension,arrest,capture,commandeering,confiscation,grabbing,taking attack,convulsion,fit,paroxysm,spasm selection,choice,choosing,option,pick,preference anthology,assortment,choice,collection,line-up,medley,miscellany,potpourri,range,variety selective,careful,discerning,discriminating,discriminatory,eclectic,particular self-assurance,assertiveness,confidence,positiveness,self-confidence,self-possession self-centred,egotistic,inward looking,narcissistic,self-absorbed,selfish,self-seeking,wrapped up in oneself self-confidence,aplomb,confidence,high morale,nerve,poise,self-assurance,self-reliance,self-respect self-confident,assured,confident,fearless,poised,secure,self-assured,self-reliant,sure of oneself self-conscious,affected,awkward,bashful,diffident,embarrassed,ill at ease,insecure,nervous,out of countenance,shamefaced,sheepish,uncomfortable self-control,calmness,cool,coolness,restraint,self-discipline,self-mastery,self-restraint,strength of mind or will,willpower self-esteem,amour-propre,confidence,faith in oneself,pride,self-assurance,self-regard,self-respect,vanity self-evident,axiomatic,clear,incontrovertible,inescapable,manifestly or patently true,obvious,undeniable,written all over (something) self-government,autonomy,democracy,home rule,independence,self-determination,self-rule,sovereignty self-indulgence,dissipation,excess,extravagance,incontinence,intemperance,self-gratification,sensualism selfless,altruistic,generous,magnanimous,self-denying,self-sacrificing,ungrudging,unselfish self-respect,amour-propre,dignity,faith in oneself,morale,one's own image,pride,self-esteem 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,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 seller,agent,dealer,merchant,purveyor,rep,representative,retailer,salesman,saleswoman,shopkeeper,supplier,tradesman,traveller,vendor selling,business,commercial transactions,dealing,trading,traffic marketing,merchandising,promotion,salesmanship send for,call for,demand,order,request,summon sendoff,departure,farewell,going-away party,leave-taking,start,valediction senile,decrepit,doddering,doting,failing,imbecile,in one's dotage,in one's second childhood seniority,eldership,longer service,precedence,priority,rank,superiority sensibility,responsiveness,sensitiveness,sensitivity,susceptibility (Often plural) emotions,feelings,moral sense,sentiments,susceptibilities appreciation,awareness,delicacy,discernment,insight,intuition,perceptiveness,taste sensible,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 (Usually with of) acquainted with,alive to,aware,conscious,convinced,mindful,observant,sensitive to,understanding appreciable,considerable,discernable,noticeable,palpable,perceptible,significant,tangible,visible sensitive,acute,delicate,easily affected,fine,impressionable,keen,perceptive,precise,reactive,responsive,sentient,susceptible delicate,easily upset (hurt,offended),irritable,temperamental,tender,thin-skinned,touchy,umbrageous (Rare) sensitivity,delicacy,reactiveness,reactivity,receptiveness,responsiveness,sensitiveness,susceptibility sensuous,epicurean,gratifying,hedonistic,lush,pleasurable,rich,sensory,sumptuous,sybaritic separable,detachable,distinguishable,divisible,scissile,severable separated,apart,broken up,disassociated,disconnected,disunited,divided,living apart,parted,put asunder,separate,split up,sundered separately,alone,apart,independently,individually,one at a time,one by one,personally,severally,singly separation,break,detachment,disconnection,disengagement,disjunction,dissociation,disunion,division,gap,segregation,severance break-up,divorce,estrangement,farewell,leave-taking,parting,rift,split,split-up septic,festering,infected,poisoned,pussy,putrefactive,putrefying,putrid,suppurating,toxic sepulchre,burial place,grave,mausoleum,sarcophagus,tomb,vault sequence,arrangement,chain,course,cycle,order,procession,progression,series,succession sequestered,cloistered,isolated,lonely,out-of-the-way,private,quiet,remote,retired,secluded,unfrequented seraphic,angelic,beatific,blissful,celestial,divine,heavenly,holy,pure,sublime serene,calm,composed,imperturbable,peaceful,placid,sedate,tranquil,undisturbed,unruffled,untroubled bright,clear,cloudless,fair,halcyon,unclouded serenity,calm,calmness,composure,peace,peacefulness,peace of mind,placidity,quietness,quietude,stillness,tranquillity brightness,clearness,fairness series,arrangement,chain,course,line,order,progression,run,sequence,set,string,succession,train serious,grave,humourless,long-faced,pensive,sedate,sober,solemn,stern,thoughtful,unsmiling deliberate,determined,earnest,genuine,honest,in earnest,resolute,resolved,sincere crucial,deep,difficult,far-reaching,fateful,grim,important,momentous,no laughing matter,of moment or consequence,pressing,significant,urgent,weighty,worrying acute,alarming,critical,dangerous,grave,severe seriousness,earnestness,gravitas,gravity,humourlessness,sedateness,sobriety,solemnity,staidness,sternness danger,gravity,importance,moment,significance,urgency,weight serviceable,advantageous,beneficial,convenient,dependable,durable,efficient,functional,hard-wearing,helpful,operative,practical,profitable,usable,useful,utilitarian set aside,keep,keep back,put on one side,reserve,save,select,separate,set apart,single out abrogate,annul,cancel,discard,dismiss,nullify,overrule,overturn,quash,reject,render null and void,repudiate,reverse set off,depart,embark,leave,sally forth,set out,start out detonate,explode,ignite,kick-start,light,set in motion,touch off,trigger off bring out the highlights in,enhance,show off,throw into relief setting,backdrop,background,context,frame,locale,location,mise en scène,mounting,perspective,scene,scenery,set,site,surround,surroundings settle,adjust,dispose,order,put into order,regulate,set to rights,straighten out,work out choose,clear up,complete,conclude,decide,dispose of,put an end to,reconcile,resolve (Often with on or upon) agree,appoint,arrange,choose,come to an agreement,confirm,decide,determine,establish,fix allay,calm,compose,lull,pacify,quell,quiet,quieten,reassure,relax,relieve,sedate,soothe,tranquillize alight,bed down,come to rest,descend,land,light,make oneself comfortable dwell,inhabit,live,make one's home,move to,put down roots,reside,set up home,take up residence colonize,found,people,pioneer,plant,populate acquit oneself of,clear,discharge,liquidate,pay,quit,square (up) decline,fall,sink,subside settlement,adjustment,agreement,arrangement,completion,conclusion,confirmation,disposition,establishment,resolution,termination,working out clearance,clearing,defrayal,discharge,liquidation,payment,satisfaction colonization,colony,community,encampment,hamlet,outpost,peopling settler,colonist,colonizer,frontiersman,immigrant,pioneer,planter setup,arrangement,circumstances,conditions,organization,regime,structure,system severe,austere,cruel,Draconian,drastic,hard,harsh,inexorable,iron-handed,oppressive,pitiless,relentless,rigid,strict,unbending,unrelenting cold,disapproving,dour,flinty,forbidding,grave,grim,serious,sober,stern,strait-laced,tight-lipped,unsmiling acute,bitter,critical,dangerous,distressing,extreme,fierce,grinding,inclement,intense,violent ascetic,austere,chaste,classic,forbidding,functional,plain,restrained,severe,simple,Spartan,unadorned,unembellished,unfussy arduous,demanding,difficult,exacting,fierce,hard,punishing,rigorous,stringent,taxing,tough,unrelenting astringent,biting,caustic,cutting,harsh,mordacious,mordant,satirical,scathing,unsparing,vitriolic severely,harshly,rigorously,sharply,sternly,strictly,with an iron hand,with a rod of iron acutely,badly,critically,dangerously,extremely,gravely,hard,sorely severity,austerity,gravity,hardness,harshness,plainness,rigour,seriousness,severeness,sternness,strictness,stringency,toughness sexual,carnal,coital,erotic,intimate,of the flesh,sensual,sexy genital,procreative,reproductive,sex,venereal shadowy,crepuscular,dark,dim,dusky,funereal,gloomy,indistinct,murky,obscure,shaded,shady,tenebrious,tenebrous dim,dreamlike,faint,ghostly,illusory,imaginary,impalpable,intangible,nebulous,obscure,phantom,spectral,undefined,unreal,unsubstantial,vague,wraithlike shaft,handle,pole,rod,shank,stem,upright beam,gleam,ray,streak barb,cut,dart,gibe,sting,thrust shaggy,hairy,hirsute,long-haired,rough,tousled,unkempt,unshorn shake up,agitate,churn (up),disturb,mix,overturn,reorganize,shock,stir (up),turn upside down,unsettle,upset shameless,abandoned,audacious,barefaced,brash,brazen,corrupt,depraved,dissolute,flagrant,hardened,immodest,improper,impudent,incorrigible,indecent,insolent,profligate,reprobate,unabashed,unashamed,unblushing,unprincipled,wanton shapeless,amorphous,asymmetrical,battered,embryonic,formless,indeterminate,irregular,misshapen,nebulous,undeveloped,unstructured sharpen,edge,grind,hone,put an edge on,strop,whet sheepish,abashed,ashamed,chagrined,embarrassed,foolish,mortified,self-conscious,shamefaced,silly,uncomfortable sheer,abrupt,headlong (Archaic),perpendicular,precipitous,steep absolute,arrant,complete,downright,out-and-out,pure,rank,thoroughgoing,total,unadulterated,unalloyed,unmitigated,unqualified,utter Of fabrics diaphanous,fine,gauzy,gossamer,seethrough,thin,transparent sheet,coat,film,folio,lamina,layer,leaf,membrane,overlay,pane,panel,piece,plate,slab,stratum,surface,veneer area,blanket,covering,expanse,stretch,sweep sheltered,cloistered,conventual,ensconced,hermitic,isolated,protected,quiet,reclusive,retired,screened,secluded,shaded,shielded,withdrawn shiny,agleam,bright,burnished,gleaming,glistening,glossy,lustrous,nitid (Poetic),polished,satiny,sheeny shivery,chilled,chilly,cold,quaking,quivery,shaking,shuddery,trembly shortage,dearth,deficiency,deficit,failure,inadequacy,insufficiency,lack,leanness,paucity,poverty,scarcity,shortfall,want shortcoming,defect,drawback,failing,fault,flaw,foible,frailty,imperfection,weakness,weak point shorten,abbreviate,abridge,curtail,cut,cut back,cut down,decrease,diminish,dock,lessen,prune,reduce,trim,truncate,turn up short-sighted,myopic,near-sighted careless,ill-advised,ill-considered,impolitic,impractical,improvident,imprudent,injudicious,unthinking short-staffed,below strength,short-handed,undermanned,understaffed shout down,drown,drown out,overwhelm,silence showman,entertainer,impresario,performer,publicist,stage manager shrewdly,artfully,astutely,cannily,cleverly,far-sightedly,knowingly,perceptively,perspicaciously,sagaciously,with all one's wits about one,with consummate skill shrill,acute,ear-piercing,ear-splitting,high,high-pitched,penetrating,piercing,piping,screeching,sharp shrink,contract,decrease,deflate,diminish,drop off,dwindle,fall off,grow smaller,lessen,narrow,shorten,shrivel,wither,wrinkle cower,cringe,draw back,flinch,hang back,quail,recoil,retire,shy away,wince,withdraw shrivel,burn,dry (up),parch,scorch,sear dehydrate,desiccate,dwindle,shrink,wilt,wither,wizen,wrinkle shrivelled,desiccated,dried up,dry,sere (Archaic),shrunken,withered,wizened,wrinkled shut down,cease,cease operating,close,discontinue,halt,shut up,stop,switch off shut out,bar,black,blackball,debar,exclude,keep out,lock out,ostracize block out,conceal,cover,hide,mask,screen,veil shyness,bashfulness,diffidence,lack of confidence,modesty,mousiness,nervousness,reticence,self-consciousness,timidity,timidness,timorousness sidetrack,deflect,distract,divert,lead off the subject sift,bolt,filter,pan,part,riddle,separate,sieve analyse,examine,fathom,go through,investigate,pore over,probe,research,screen,scrutinize,work over significance,force,implication(s),import,meaning,message,point,purport,sense,signification consequence,consideration,importance,impressiveness,matter,moment,relevance,weight significant,denoting,eloquent,expressing,expressive,indicative,knowing,meaning,meaningful,pregnant,suggestive critical,important,material,momentous,noteworthy,serious,vital,weighty silent,hushed,muted,noiseless,quiet,soundless,still,stilly (Poetic) dumb,mum,mute,nonvocal,not talkative,speechless,struck dumb,taciturn,tongue-tied,uncommunicative,unspeaking,voiceless,wordless aphonic (Phonetics),implicit,implied,tacit,understood,unexpressed,unpronounced,unspoken silky,silken,sleek,smooth,velvety similar,alike,analogous,close,comparable,congruous,corresponding,homogenous,homogeneous,in agreement,much the same,resembling,uniform similarity,affinity,agreement,analogy,closeness,comparability,concordance,congruence,correspondence,likeness,point of comparison,relation,resemblance,sameness,similitude similarly,by the same token,correspondingly,in like manner,likewise simplicity,absence of complications,clarity,clearness,ease,easiness,elementariness,obviousness,straightforwardness clean lines,lack of adornment,modesty,naturalness,plainness,purity,restraint artlessness,candour,directness,guilelessness,innocence,lack of sophistication,naivety,openness simplify,abridge,decipher,disentangle,facilitate,make intelligible,reduce to essentials,streamline simply,clearly,directly,easily,intelligibly,modestly,naturally,plainly,straightforwardly,unaffectedly,unpretentiously,without any elaboration just,merely,only,purely,solely absolutely,altogether,completely,really,totally,unreservedly,utterly,wholly simultaneous,at the same time,coincident,coinciding,concurrent,contemporaneous,synchronous simultaneously,all together,at the same time,concurrently,in chorus,in concert,in the same breath,in unison,together sincerely,earnestly,genuinely,honestly,in all sincerity,in earnest,in good faith,really,seriously,truly,wholeheartedly sincerity,artlessness,bona fides,candour,frankness,genuineness,good faith,guilelessness,honesty,probity,seriousness,straightforwardness,truth,wholeheartedness sinful,bad,corrupt,criminal,depraved,erring,guilty,immoral,iniquitous,irreligious,morally wrong,ungodly,unholy,unrighteous,wicked singe,burn,char,scorch,sear singly,individually,one at a time,one by one,separately sinister,baleful,dire,disquieting,evil,forbidding,injurious,malevolent,malign,malignant,menacing,ominous,threatening sinner,evildoer,malefactor,miscreant,offender,reprobate,transgressor,trespasser (Archaic),wrongdoer sit,be seated,perch,rest,settle,take a seat,take the weight off one's feet assemble,be in session,convene,deliberate,meet,officiate,preside accommodate,contain,have space for,hold,seat size,amount,bigness,bulk,dimensions,extent,greatness,hugeness,immensity,largeness,magnitude,mass,measurement(s),proportions,range,vastness,volume sizzle,crackle,frizzle,fry,hiss,spit,sputter sketchy,bitty,cobbled together,crude,cursory,inadequate,incomplete,outline,perfunctory,rough,scrappy,skimpy,slight,superficial,unfinished,vague skilful,able,accomplished,adept,adroit,apt,clever,competent,dexterous,experienced,expert,handy,masterly,practised,professional,proficient,quick,ready,skilled,trained skill,ability,accomplishment,adroitness,aptitude,art,cleverness,competence,craft,dexterity,experience,expertise,expertness,facility,finesse,handiness,ingenuity,intelligence,knack,proficiency,quickness,readiness,skilfulness,talent,technique skimp,be mean with,be niggardly,be sparing with,cut corners,pinch,scamp,scant,scrimp,stint,withhold skulk,creep,lie in wait,loiter,lurk,pad,prowl,slink,sneak slacken (off),abate,decrease,diminish,drop off,ease (off),lessen,let up,loosen,moderate,reduce,relax,release,slack off,slow down,tire slanderous,abusive,calumnious,damaging,defamatory,libellous,malicious slap down,bring to heel,put (someone) in his place,rebuke,reprimand,restrain,squash slashing,aggressive,biting,brutal,ferocious,harsh,savage,searing,vicious slaughterhouse,abattoir,butchery,shambles slavery,bondage,captivity,enslavement,serfdom,servitude,subjugation,thraldom,thrall,vassalage slavish,abject,base,cringing,despicable,fawning,grovelling,low,mean,menial,obsequious,servile,submissive,sycophantic conventional,imitative,second-hand,unimaginative,uninspired,unoriginal sleek,glossy,lustrous,shiny,smooth,well-fed,well-groomed sleepiness,doziness,drowsiness,heaviness,lethargy,somnolence,torpor sleepless,disturbed,insomniac,restless,unsleeping,wakeful alert,unsleeping,vigilant,watchful,wide awake sleeplessness,insomnia,wakefulness sleepwalker,noctambulist,somnambulist sleepwalking,noctambulation,noctambulism,somnambulation,somnambulism sleepy,drowsy,dull,heavy,inactive,lethargic,sluggish,slumbersome,somnolent,torpid dull,hypnotic,inactive,quiet,sleep-inducing,slow,slumberous,somnolent,soporific slender,lean,narrow,slight,slim,svelte,sylphlike,willowy inadequate,inconsiderable,insufficient,little,meagre,scant,scanty,small,spare faint,feeble,flimsy,fragile,poor,remote,slight,slim,tenuous,thin,weak slightly,a little,marginally,on a small scale,somewhat,to some extent or degree slogan,catch-phrase,catchword,jingle,motto,rallying cry sloping,bevelled,cant,inclined,inclining,leaning,oblique,slanting sloth,faineance,idleness,inactivity,indolence,inertia,laziness,slackness,slothfulness,sluggishness,torpor slowly,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,dull,heavy,inactive,indolent,inert,lethargic,lifeless,listless,phlegmatic,slothful,slow,slow-moving,torpid,unresponsive sluggishness,apathy,drowsiness,dullness,heaviness,indolence,inertia,languor,lassitude,lethargy,listlessness,slothfulness,somnolence,stagnation,torpor small-minded,bigoted,envious,grudging,hidebound,intolerant,mean,narrow-minded,petty,rigid,ungenerous smattering,bit,dash,elements,modicum,rudiments,smatter,sprinkling smoky,begrimed,black,caliginous (Archaic),grey,grimy,hazy,murky,reeky,smoke-darkened,sooty,thick smug,complacent,conceited,holier-than-thou,priggish,self-opinionated,self-righteous,self-satisfied,superior snarl-up,confusion,entanglement,muddle,tangle,(traffic) jam sneaking,hidden,private,secret,suppressed,unavowed,unconfessed,undivulged,unexpressed,unvoiced intuitive,nagging,niggling,persistent,uncomfortable,worrying contemptible,furtive,mean,sly,sneaky,surreptitious,two-faced,underhand snigger,giggle,laugh,smirk,sneer,snicker,titter snuggle,cuddle,nestle,nuzzle soar,ascend,fly,mount,rise,tower,wing climb,escalate,rise,rocket,shoot up sobriety,abstemiousness,abstinence,moderation,nonindulgence,self-restraint,soberness,temperance calmness,composure,coolness,gravity,level-headedness,reasonableness,restraint,sedateness,seriousness,solemnity,staidness,steadiness so-called,alleged,ostensible,pretended,professed,self-styled,soi-disant,supposed sociability,affability,companionability,congeniality,conviviality,cordiality,friendliness,gregariousness,neighbourliness sociable,accessible,affable,approachable,companionable,conversable,convivial,cordial,familiar,friendly,genial,gregarious,neighbourly,outgoing,social,warm socialize,be a good mixer,entertain,fraternize,get about or around,get together,go out,mix soften,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 softhearted,charitable,compassionate,generous,indulgent,kind,sentimental,sympathetic,tender,tenderhearted,warm-hearted sole,alone,exclusive,individual,one,one and only,only,single,singular,solitary solely,alone,completely,entirely,exclusively,merely,only,single-handedly,singly solemn,earnest,glum,grave,portentous,sedate,serious,sober,staid,thoughtful august,awe-inspiring,ceremonial,ceremonious,dignified,formal,grand,grave,imposing,impressive,majestic,momentous,stately devotional,hallowed,holy,religious,reverential,ritual,sacred,sanctified,venerable solemnity,earnestness,grandeur,gravitas,gravity,impressiveness,momentousness,portentousness,sacredness,sanctity,seriousness (Often plural) celebration,ceremonial,ceremony,formalities,observance,proceedings,rite,ritual solemnize,celebrate,commemorate,honour,keep,observe solicit,ask,beg,beseech,canvass,crave,entreat,implore,importune,petition,plead for,pray,seek,supplicate solicitous,anxious,apprehensive,attentive,careful,caring,concerned,eager,earnest,troubled,uneasy,worried,zealous solicitude,anxiety,attentiveness,care,concern,considerateness,consideration,regard,worry 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,cake,coagulate,cohere,congeal,harden,jell,set solitude,isolation,loneliness,privacy,reclusiveness,retirement,seclusion Poetic desert,emptiness,waste,wasteland,wilderness sombre,dark,dim,dismal,doleful,drab,dull,dusky,funereal,gloomy,grave,joyless,lugubrious,melancholy,mournful,obscure,sad,sepulchral,shadowy,shady,sober someday,eventually,one day,one of these (fine) days,sooner or later,ultimately sometimes,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 song,air,anthem,ballad,canticle,canzonet,carol,chant,chorus,ditty,hymn,lay,lyric,melody,number,pop song,psalm,shanty,strain,tune soon,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,allay,alleviate,appease,assuage,calm,calm down,compose,ease,hush,lull,mitigate,mollify,pacify,quiet,relieve,settle,smooth 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wait,attendant,server,steward,stewardess wait on or upon,attend,minister to,serve,tend waive,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 2,aftermath,backwash,path,slipstream,track,trail,train,wash,waves wakeful,insomniac,restless,sleepless,unsleeping alert,alive,attentive,heedful,observant,on guard,on the alert,on the lookout,on the qui vive,unsleeping,vigilant,wary,watchful waken,activate,animate,arouse,awake,awaken,be roused,come awake,come to,enliven,fire,galvanize,get up,kindle,quicken,rouse,stimulate,stir walker,footslogger,hiker,pedestrian,rambler,wayfarer walkout,industrial action,protest,stoppage,strike wallet,case,holder,notecase,pocketbook,pouch,purse wallow,lie,roll about,splash around,tumble,welter flounder,lurch,stagger,stumble,wade bask,delight,glory,indulge oneself,luxuriate,relish,revel,take pleasure wan,anaemic,ashen,bloodless,cadaverous,colourless,discoloured,ghastly,livid,pale,pallid,pasty,sickly,washed out,waxen,wheyfaced,white dim,faint,feeble,pale,weak wand,baton,rod,sprig,stick,twig,withe,withy wanderer,bird of passage,drifter,gypsy,itinerant,nomad,rambler,ranger,rolling stone,rover,stroller,traveller,vagabond,vagrant,voyager wandering,drifting,homeless,itinerant,migratory,nomadic,peripatetic,rambling,rootless,roving,strolling,travelling,vagabond,vagrant,voyaging,wayfaring wanting,absent,incomplete,lacking,less,missing,short,shy 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 war cry,battle cry,rallying cry,slogan,war whoop ward,area,district,division,precinct,quarter,zone apartment,cubicle,room charge,dependant,minor,protégé,pupil care,charge,custody,guardianship,keeping,protection,safekeeping warden,administrator,caretaker,curator,custodian,guardian,janitor,keeper,ranger,steward,superintendent,warder,watchman warden,warder,wardress ward off,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 apparel,attire,clothes,collection of clothes,outfit warehouse,depository,depot,stockroom,store,storehouse wares,commodities,goods,lines,manufactures,merchandise,produce,products,stock,stuff warfare,armed conflict,armed struggle,arms,battle,blows,campaigning,clash of arms,combat,conflict,contest,discord,fighting,hostilities,passage of arms,strategy,strife,struggle,war warlike,aggressive,bellicose,belligerent,bloodthirsty,combative,hawkish,hostile,inimical,jingoistic,martial,militaristic,military,pugnacious,sabre-rattling,unfriendly,warmongering warm-blooded,ardent,earnest,emotional,enthusiastic,excitable,fervent,impetuous,lively,passionate,rash,spirited,vivacious warm-hearted,affectionate,compassionate,cordial,generous,kind-hearted,kindly,loving,sympathetic,tender,tender-hearted warmonger,belligerent,hawk,jingo,militarist,sabre-rattler warmth,heat,hotness,warmness animation,ardour,eagerness,earnestness,effusiveness,enthusiasm,excitement,fervency,fervour,fire,heat,intensity,passion,spirit,transport,vehemence,vigour,violence,zeal,zest affability,affection,amorousness,cheerfulness,cordiality,happiness,heartiness,hospitableness,kindliness,love,tenderness warn,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 warrantable,accountable,allowable,defensible,justifiable,lawful,necessary,permissible,proper,reasonable,right warrior,champion,combatant,fighter,fighting man,gladiator,man-at-arms,soldier wasteful,extravagant,improvident,lavish,prodigal,profligate,ruinous,spendthrift,thriftless,uneconomical,unthrifty watchdog,guard dog custodian,guardian,inspector,monitor,protector,scrutineer watcher,looker-on,lookout,observer,onlooker,spectator,spy,viewer,witness watchful,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,caretaker,custodian,guard,security guard,security man watch over,defend,guard,keep safe,look after,preserve,protect,shelter,shield,stand guard over water down,add water to,adulterate,dilute,put water in,thin,water,weaken adulterate,mitigate,qualify,soften,tone down,weaken watertight,sound,waterproof airtight,firm,flawless,foolproof,impregnable,incontrovertible,sound,unassailable wayfarer,bird of passage,globetrotter,Gypsy,itinerant,journeyer,nomad,rover,traveller,trekker,voyager,walker,wanderer wayward,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 weaken,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 adulterate,cut,debase,dilute,thin,thin out,water down weakness,debility,decrepitude,enervation,faintness,feebleness,fragility,frailty,impotence,infirmity,irresolution,powerlessness,vulnerability Achilles heel,blemish,chink in one's armour,defect,deficiency,failing,fault,flaw,imperfection,lack,shortcoming fondness,inclination,liking,partiality,passion,penchant,predilection,proclivity,proneness,soft spot weariness,drowsiness,enervation,exhaustion,fatigue,languor,lassitude,lethargy,listlessness,prostration,tiredness wearing,exasperating,exhausting,fatiguing,irksome,oppressive,taxing,tiresome,tiring,trying,wearisome wearisome,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 abrade,disappear,efface,fade,rub away web,cobweb,spider's web interlacing,lattice,mesh,net,netting,network,screen,tangle,toils,weave,webbing wedding,espousals,marriage,marriage ceremony,nuptial rite,nuptials,wedlock wedlock,marriage,matrimony weed out,dispense with,eliminate,eradicate,extirpate,get rid of,remove,root out,separate out,shed,uproot weekly,by the week,every week,hebdomadal,hebdomadally,hebdomadary,once a week weigh down,bear down,burden,depress,get down,oppress,overburden,overload,press down,trouble,weigh upon,worry welfare,advantage,benefit,good,happiness,health,interest,profit,prosperity,success,wellbeing well-bred,aristocratic,blue-blooded,gentle,highborn,noble,patrician,well-born civil,courteous,courtly,cultivated,cultured,gallant,genteel,gentlemanly,ladylike,mannerly,polished,polite,refined,sophisticated,urbane,well-brought-up,well-mannered well-fed,healthy,in good condition,well-nourished chubby,fat,fleshy,plump,podgy,portly,rotund,rounded,stout well-groomed,dapper,neat,smart,soigné or soignée,spruce,tidy,trim,well-dressed,well turned out well-known,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 wharf,dock,jetty,landing stage,pier,quay wheedle,butter up,cajole,charm,coax,court,draw,entice,flatter,inveigle,persuade,talk into,worm whereabouts,location,position,site,situation whet,edge,file,grind,hone,sharpen,strop animate,arouse,awaken,enhance,excite,incite,increase,kindle,pique,provoke,quicken,rouse,stimulate,stir whimsical,capricious,chimerical,crotchety,curious,droll,eccentric,fanciful,fantastic,fantastical,freakish,funny,mischievous,odd,peculiar,playful,quaint,queer,singular,unusual,waggish,weird white,ashen,bloodless,ghastly,grey,pale,pallid,pasty,wan,waxen,wheyfaced grey,grizzled,hoary,silver,snowy clean,immaculate,impeccable,innocent,pure,spotless,squeaky-clean,stainless,unblemished,unsullied white-collar,clerical,executive,nonmanual,office,professional,salaried whiten,blanch,bleach,blench,etiolate,fade,go white,pale,turn pale wholehearted,committed,complete,dedicated,determined,devoted,earnest,emphatic,enthusiastic,genuine,heartfelt,hearty,real,sincere,true,unfeigned,unqualified,unreserved,unstinting,warm,zealous wholesome,beneficial,good,healthful,health-giving,healthy,helpful,hygienic,invigorating,nourishing,nutritious,salubrious,salutary,sanitary,strengthening clean,decent,edifying,ethical,exemplary,honourable,improving,innocent,moral,nice,pure,respectable,righteous,squeaky-clean,uplifting,virtuous,worthy widen,broaden,dilate,enlarge,expand,extend,open out or up,open wide,spread,stretch widespread,broad,common,epidemic,extensive,far-flung,far-reaching,general,pervasive,popular,prevalent,rife,sweeping,universal,wholesale width,breadth,compass,diameter,extent,girth,measure,range,reach,scope,span,thickness,wideness wield,brandish,employ,flourish,handle,manage,manipulate,ply,swing,use 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 wilderness,desert,jungle,waste,wasteland,wild clutter,confused mass,confusion,congeries,jumble,maze,muddle,tangle,welter wile,artfulness,artifice,cheating,chicanery,craft,craftiness,cunning,fraud,guile,slyness,trickery (Usually plural) artifice,contrivance,device,dodge,imposition,lure,manoeuvre,ploy,ruse,stratagem,subterfuge,trick wilful,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 conscious,deliberate,intended,intentional,purposeful,volitional,voluntary,willed willingly,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,agreeableness,agreement,consent,desire,disposition,enthusiasm,favour,good will,inclination,volition,will,wish willpower,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,become limp or flaccid,droop,sag,shrivel,wither diminish,dwindle,ebb,fade,fail,flag,languish,lose courage,melt away,sag,sink,wane,weaken,wither winded,breathless,gasping for breath,out of breath,out of puff,panting,puffed,puffed out windfall,bonanza,find,godsend,jackpot,manna from heaven,stroke of luck winkle out,dig out,dislodge,draw out,extract,extricate,force out,prise out,smoke out,worm out winning,alluring,amiable,attractive,bewitching,captivating,charming,cute,delectable,delightful,disarming,enchanting,endearing,engaging,fascinating,fetching,likable or likeable,lovely,pleasing,prepossessing,sweet,taking,winsome conquering,successful,triumphant,victorious winnings,booty,gains,prize(s),proceeds,profits,spoils,takings winnow,comb,cull,divide,fan,part,screen,select,separate,separate the wheat from the chaff,sift,sort out wintry,brumal,chilly,cold,freezing,frosty,frozen,harsh,hibernal,hiemal,icy,snowy bleak,cheerless,cold,desolate,dismal wiry,lean,sinewy,strong,tough bristly,kinky,stiff wistful,contemplative,disconsolate,dreaming,dreamy,forlorn,longing,meditative,melancholy,mournful,musing,pensive,reflective,sad,thoughtful,yearning witch,crone,enchantress,magician,necromancer,occultist,sorceress witchcraft,enchantment,incantation,magic,necromancy,occultism,sorcery,sortilege,spell,the black art,the occult,voodoo,witchery,witching,wizardry withdrawal,extraction,removal abjuration,disavowal,disclaimer,recall,recantation,repudiation,rescission,retraction,revocation departure,disengagement,exit,exodus,retirement,retreat,secession withdrawn,aloof,detached,distant,introverted,quiet,reserved,retiring,shrinking,shy,silent,taciturn,timorous,uncommunicative,unforthcoming hidden,isolated,out-of-the-way,private,remote,secluded,solitary wither,blast,blight,decay,decline,desiccate,disintegrate,droop,dry,fade,languish,perish,shrink,shrivel,wane,waste,wilt abash,blast,humiliate,mortify,put down,shame,snub withering,blasting,blighting,devastating,humiliating,hurtful,mortifying,scornful,snubbing deadly,death-dealing,destructive,devastating,killing,murderous,slaughterous witty,amusing,brilliant,clever,droll,epigrammatic,facetious,fanciful,funny,gay,humorous,ingenious,jocular,lively,original,piquant,sparkling,waggish,whimsical wizened,dried up,gnarled,lined,sere (Archaic),shrivelled,shrunken,withered,worn,wrinkled woe,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 womanly,female,feminine,ladylike,matronly,motherly,tender,warm woo,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) wooded,forested,sylvan (Poetic),timbered,tree-clad,tree-covered,woody wordplay,punning,puns,repartee,wit,witticisms wordy,diffuse,discursive,garrulous,long-winded,loquacious,pleonastic,prolix,rambling,verbose,windy workable,doable,feasible,possible,practicable,practical,viable workaday,common,commonplace,everyday,familiar,humdrum,mundane,ordinary,practical,prosaic,routine,run-of-the-mill worker,artisan,craftsman,employee,hand,labourer,proletarian,tradesman,wage earner,working man,working woman,workman workman,artificer,artisan,craftsman,employee,hand,journeyman,labourer,mechanic,operative,tradesman,worker workman,workmanlike,workmanly workman,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 workshop,atelier,factory,mill,plant,shop,studio,workroom,works class,discussion group,seminar,study group worldly,carnal,earthly,fleshly,lay,mundane,physical,profane,secular,sublunary,temporal,terrestrial avaricious,covetous,grasping,greedy,materialistic,selfish,worldly-minded blasé,cosmopolitan,experienced,knowing,politic,sophisticated,urbane,well versed in the ways of the world,worldly-wise worldwide,general,global,international,omnipresent,pandemic,ubiquitous,universal worth,aid,assistance,avail,benefit,credit,desert(s),estimation,excellence,goodness,help,importance,merit,quality,usefulness,utility,value,virtue,worthiness cost,price,rate,valuation,value worthwhile,beneficial,constructive,expedient,gainful,good,helpful,justifiable,productive,profitable,useful,valuable,worthy wrapper,case,cover,envelope,jacket,packaging,paper,sheath,sleeve,wrapping wrath,anger,choler,displeasure,exasperation,fury,indignation,ire,irritation,passion,rage,resentment,temper wreath,band,chaplet,coronet,crown,festoon,garland,loop,ring wreathe,adorn,coil,crown,encircle,enfold,entwine,envelop,enwrap,festoon,intertwine,interweave,surround,twine,twist,wind,wrap,writhe wreckage,debris,fragments,hulk,pieces,remains,rubble,ruin,wrack wrestle,battle,combat,contend,fight,grapple,scuffle,strive,struggle,tussle wring,coerce,extort,extract,force,screw,squeeze,twist,wrench,wrest distress,hurt,lacerate,pain,pierce,rack,rend,stab,tear at,wound writ,court order,decree,document,summons write,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 writer,author,columnist,essayist,hack,littérateur,man of letters,novelist,penman,penny-a-liner (Rare),penpusher,scribbler,scribe,wordsmith writhe,contort,distort,jerk,squirm,struggle,thrash,thresh,toss,twist,wiggle,wriggle writing,calligraphy,chirography,hand,handwriting,penmanship,print,scrawl,scribble,script book,composition,document,letter,opus,publication,title,work belles-lettres,letters,literature wrongdoer,criminal,culprit,delinquent,evildoer,lawbreaker,malefactor,miscreant,offender,sinner,transgressor,trespasser (Archaic),villain wrongful,blameworthy,criminal,dishonest,dishonourable,evil,felonious,illegal,illegitimate,illicit,immoral,improper,reprehensible,under-the-table,unethical,unfair,unjust,unlawful,wicked yardstick,benchmark,criterion,gauge,measure,par,standard,touchstone yawning,cavernous,chasmal,gaping,vast,wide,wide-open yearly,annual,annually,every year,once a year,per annum yet,as yet,so far,thus far,until now,up to now however,nevertheless,notwithstanding,still additionally,as well,besides,further,in addition,into the bargain,moreover,over and above,still,to boot already,just now,now,right now,so soon yielding,accommodating,acquiescent,biddable,compliant,docile,easy,flexible,obedient,pliant,submissive,tractable elastic,pliable,quaggy,resilient,soft,spongy,springy,supple,unresisting youthful,boyish,childish,girlish,immature,inexperienced,juvenile,pubescent,puerile,young active,fresh,spry,vigorous,young at heart,young looking zeal,ardour,devotion,eagerness,earnestness,enthusiasm,fanaticism,fervency,fervour,fire,gusto,keenness,militancy,passion,spirit,verve,warmth,zest zealous,afire,ardent,burning,devoted,eager,earnest,enthusiastic,fanatical,fervent,fervid,impassioned,keen,militant,passionate,rabid,spirited zenith,acme,apex,apogee,climax,crest,height,high noon,high point,meridian,peak,pinnacle,summit,top,vertex zero,cipher,naught,nil,nothing,nought bottom,lowest point or ebb,nadir,nothing,rock bottom zero hour,appointed hour,crisis,moment of decision,moment of truth,turning point,vital moment zone,area,belt,district,region,section,sector,sphere