Putnam's Word Book
by
Louis A. Flemming
Part 16 out of 17
controvertible.
undecipherable, a. illegible.
undefinable, a. unexplainable, undeterminable.
undefined, a. vague, indefinite, obscure; boundless, limitless.
undemonstrative, a. staid, quiet, demure, phlegmatic, sedate.
undeniable, a. incontestable, indisputable, unquestionable,
indubitable, irrefragable, incontrovertible, unimpeachable.
under, prep. beneath, below, subordinate, inferior, subject to.
under, a. subordinate, subaltern, inferior, subjacent.
underbrush, n. undergrowth, jungle.
underground, a. subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene,
subterrestrial.
underhand, a. underhanded, surreptitious, clandestine, covert.
underhand, adv. clandestinely, covertly, secretly, surreptitiously.
underhanded, a. covert, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand.
underline, v. underscore.
underling, n. subordinate, inferior, understrapper.
underlying, a. fundamental, basic.
underrate, v. underestimate, undervalue, underprize.
understand, v. comprehend, apprehend, grasp, discern.
understandable, a. comprehensible, intelligible.
understanding, n. comprehension, discernment, apprehension; accord,
_entente_, harmony, agreement. Associated Word: tacit.
under the rose. secretly, privately, confidentially, _sub rosa_.
undervalue, v. depreciate, vilipend, despise; underrate,
underestimate.
under water. submarine, subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged.
underwear, n. underclothing; lingerie.
underwrite, v. insure; subscribe.
undeserved, a. unmerited, unjust.
undeserving, a. unworthy, unmeritorious, indign.
undesigned, a. unpremeditated, unintentional, accidental.
undesigning, a. artless, guileless, sincere.
undesirable, a. inexpedient; objectionable, unacceptable, ineligible.
undetermined, a. unsettled, irresolute, wavering, indeterminate,
abeyant.
undeveloped, a. in embryo, embryonic, immature, abeyant, embryo,
imperfect; atrophied, dwarfed, rudimentary, stunted, abortive, puny.
undevelopment, n. immaturity; atrophy, abortion; embryo.
undignified, a. unseemly, unbecoming, groveling, servile, obsequious.
undiminished, a. unabated, unlessened.
undiscernible, a. imperceptible, indiscernible.
undisputable, a. incontrovertible, incontestable, indisputable,
undeniable.
undissolvable, a. insoluble, indissolvable, indissoluble.
undo, v. reverse, annul, nullify, abrogate, neutralize, invalidate;
loose, unfasten, disentangle; impoverish, ruin.
undoing, n. reversal, annulment, invalidation, abrogation;
impoverishment, ruin.
undoubted, a. indubitable, unquestioned, unchallenged, undisputed.
undoubting, a. sure, confident, sanguine, implicit.
undress, n. dishabille, negligee.
undress, v. disrobe, strip, divest, doff, disarray.
undressing, n. disrobing, stripping.
undue, v. unreasonable, immoderate, exorbitant, excessive,
disproportioned.
undutiful, a. disobedient, unfilial.
undying, a. deathless, immortal.
unearth, v. uncover, disclose, ferret out.
unearthly, a. weird, supernatural, preternatural, eerie, apalling,
terrific.
uneasiness, n. restlessness, inquietude, perturbation, anxiety,
agitation, malaise.
uneasy, a. restless, restive, anxious, perturbed, impatient.
uneatable, a. inedible, incomestible.
uneducated, a. illiterate, benighted. See ignorant.
unemotional, a. phlegmatic.
unendurable, a. intolerable, insufferable.
unequal, a. unmatched, uneven, disparate; ill-balanced,
disproportioned, incommensurate, inequitable; inequable, irregular;
inadequate, insufficient.
unequaled, a. unmatched, unexampled, incomparable, superior,
preëminent, peerless, unsurpassed, unrivaled, exceeding, superlative,
_sans pareil_.
unequalness, n. inequality, unevenness, disproportion, inadequacy.
unerasable, a. indelible, inerasable, permanent.
unerring, a. certain, sure, unfailing, infallible, inerrable,
impeccable.
unescapable, a. inevitable, unavoidable.
unessential, a. nonessential, immaterial, unnecessary.
uneven, a. jagged, rugged, rough, hummocky, humpy, protuberant,
unequal.
unexcelled, a. unequaled, unsurpassed, superior, supreme.
unexcitable, a. imperturbable, phlegmatic.
unexhaustible, a. exhaustless, inexhaustible.
unexpected, a. unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for.
unexperienced, a. inexperienced, unpracticed.
unexplainable, a. inexplicable, inscrutable, uninterpretable.
unexpressible, a. inexpressible, unutterable, ineffable.
unextinguishable, a. unquenchable, insuppressible.
unfading, a. perennial, amaranthine, permanent, enduring.
Unfailing, a. sure, certain, constant, inexhaustible, infallible,
inevitable.
unfair, a. unjust, partial, unconscionable, inequitable,
disingenuous.
unfairness, n. injustice, inequity, partiality.
unfaithful, a. disloyal, faithless, perfidious, undutiful, renegade,
apostate, recreant, derelict, false, treacherous, traitorous, treasonable,
untrustworthy, pervert, inconstant, unsteadfast, fickle.
unfaithfulness, n. disloyalty, perfidy, apostasy, recreancy,
inconstancy, treachery, treason, bad faith, dereliction, fickleness,
defection.
unfaltering, a. steadfast, unwavering, unswerving.
unfamiliar, a. unaccustomed, strange, novel; inconversant,
unacquainted.
unfathered, a. fatherless; bastard, illegitimate.
unfathomable, a. abyssmal, immeasurable; inscrutable.
unfavorable, a. adverse, inimical, unpropitious, inauspicious,
malign, derogatory, hostile.
unfeathered, a. unfledged, callow, squab.
unfeeling, a. insensible, insensate, insentient, numb, apathetic,
impassible, impassive; stoic, callous, cruel, stern, incompassionate,
unpitying, brutal, inclement.
unfeelingness, n. insensibility, impassibility, impassivity,
torpidity, numbness, apathy; unkindness, cruelty, stoicism, incompassion,
inclemency.
unfeigned, a. genuine, sincere, unaffected, unassumed.
unfinished, a. incomplete.
unfit, a. unsuitable, ineligible, inappropriate, unqualified,
incompetent, inapt, inept.
unfit, v. disqualify, incapacitate, disable.
unfitness, n. ineligibility, unsuitableness, incompetency,
irrelevance, disqualification.
unflattering, a. uncomplimentary, derogatory, frank.
unfledged, a. callow, unfeathered, squab.
unflinching, a. resolute.
unfold, v. unfurl, expand, evolve, unroll; disentangle, unravel,
resolve; divulge, disclose, reveal, elucidate.
unfoldment, n. evolution, evolvment, expansion, unrolling;
disentanglement, interpretation, explanation.
unforced, a. spontaneous, voluntary, optional, unconstrained.
unforgivable, a. unpardonable, irremissible, inexpiable.
unforgiving, a. implacable, irremissive, relentless.
unfortunate, a. unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, ill-starred,
ill-fated.
unfounded, a. baseless, groundless.
unfriendliness, n. enmity, inimicalness, hostility, disfavor,
antipathy, disaffection, alienation, estrangement, unfriendship.
unfriendly, a. hostile, ill-disposed, inimical, malign, unamicable,
disaffected, alienated, estranged, antagonistic, unfavorable, adverse.
unfruitful, a. unproductive, effete, unprolific, infertile, acarpous.
ungainly, a. awkward, gawky, ungraceful, lumbering, loutish, wooden,
uncouth.
ungenerous, a. illiberal, narrow, sordid, uncharitable, stingy.
unglue, v. deglutinate.
ungodly, a. godless, impious, irreverent, profane, unrighteous.
ungovernable, a. unruly, unmanageable, refractory, intractable,
mutinous, impotent, irrepressible, rampant, unbridled, impetuous.
ungraceful, a. awkward, uncourtly, clumsy, uncouth, lumbering,
ungainly, wooden, gawky.
ungrateful, a. ingrateful, unthankful; disagreeable, offensive.
ungratefulness, n. ingratitude.
ungrateful person. ingrate.
unguarded, a. defenseless, unprotected; incautious, unwary.
unhair, v. depilate.
unhairing, n. depilation. Associated Word: depilatory.
unhallowed, a. unsanctified, profane.
unhandy, a. inconvenient; clumsy, awkward, maladroit.
unhappiness, n. infelicity, misery, distress, sorrow, woe.
unhappy, a. infelicitous, unfortunate; miserable, wretched, sad,
sorrowful, disconsolate, woeful, distressed, heart-sick, mournful,
lugubrious; deplorable, calamitous, distressing, grievous, inauspicious,
unpropitious, malign.
unharmed, a. unscathed, inviolate, uninjured, unhurt, intact,
scathless.
unharmonious, a. inharmonious, discordant, dissonant, harsh.
unhealable, a. insanable, incurable.
unhealthful, a. unwholesome, insalubrious, unsanitary, unhealthy,
morbific, pestiferous.
unhealthfulness, n. insalubrity, unwholesomeness.
unhealthy, a. unhealthful, unwholesome, insalubrious, noxious,
noisome, pestiferous, pernicious, unsanitary, unhygienic, morbid,
morbific, pestilent, insalutary; sickly, unsound, diseased, morbid,
invalid.
unheard of. unprecedented, exceptional; unknown, obscure.
unheeded, a. disregarded, ignored, unnoticed.
unholy, a. unhallowed, unconsecrated, profane, impious, evil,
ungodly.
unhonored, a. inglorious, unsung, unrenowned, obscure.
unhurt, a. See unharmed.
uniform, a. unvarying, invariable, constant, undeviating; consonant,
consistent. Antonyms: diverse, difform, anomalous, variant,
heterogeneous, variable.
uniform, n. livery, dress, regimentals.
uniformity, n. sameness, even tenor; invariability, regularity,
equableness, conformity, consonance, consistency. Antonyms: diversity,
variation, anomaly.
unimaginative, a. matter-of-fact, prosaic, literal, practical,
unromantic.
unimportance, n. immateriality, insignificance, triviality,
paltriness.
unimportant, a. immaterial, insignificant, trivial, paltry.
unimpressible, a. unimpressionable, impassible, stoical, impassive.
unintentional, a. accidental, unpremeditated, fortuitous, undesigned.
union, n. coalition, combination, merger, fusion, unification,
incorporation, conjunction, amalgamation, coalescence, junction, league,
confederacy, federation, alliance; agreement, concurrence, unison.
Antonyms: disunion. See separation.
unique, a. unmatched, unexampled.
unite, v. join, combine, annex, associate, link, couple, yoke,
splice; consolidate, merge, amalgamate, fuse, confederate, unify,
coalesce, concur, coöperate.
united, a. combined, incorporate, federated, confederate, affiliated,
unified, blended, leagued, conjugate, yoked, amalgamated.
unity, n. oneness, singleness; concord, harmony, agreement,
uniformity, unison, concert.
universal language. pasilaly; Esperanto.
universal writing. pasigraphy.
unjust, a. unfair, inequitable, iniquitous, unmerited.
unjustifiable, a. indefensible, inexcusable, unwarrantable.
unkind, a. cruel, harsh, austere, rigorous, incompassionate,
inclement, brutal.
unkindness, n. cruelty, brutality, severity, incompassion,
incivility, disfavor.
unknowable, a. incognizable, incognoscible, unascertainable,
unintelligible, incomprehensible.
unknowingly, adv. unwittingly, ignorantly, unconsciously,
inadvertently.
unknown, a. obscure, inglorious, unrenowned, nameless,
undistinguished; unascertained, unexplored, unapprehended; anonymous.
unknown person. stranger, ignote.
unladylike, a. hoidenish, pert, ill-bred.
unlawful, a. illegal, illicit, contraband, illegitimate, unlicensed.
unleavened, a. azymous.
unleavened bread. azym.
unlike, a. dissimilar, different, diverse, sundry, variant,
heterogeneous, unique, nondescript.
unlikelihood, n. improbability, unlikeliness.
unlikely, a. improbable; unpromising.
unlikeness, n. dissimilarity, dissimilitude, difference, contrast.
unlimited, a. limitless, illimitable, infinite, absolute, unbounded.
unload, v. disburden, unlade, relieve.
unlooked-for, a. unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, chance.
unlovely, a. uncomely, homely, plain, unattractive, repulsive.
unlucky, a. unfortunate, luckless, ill-starred, unhappy, untoward.
unmaidenly, a. hoidenish, rude, boisterous, pert.
unman, v. emasculate, castrate; dishearten, discourage, unnerve,
intimidate; emolliate, effeminate.
unmanageable, a. ungovernable, intractable, refractory, fractious;
cumbersome, unwieldy.
unmanly, a. ignoble, cowardly, mean; womanish, effeminate cockney.
unmanned, a. emasculated, effeminate.
unmannerly, a. impolite, discourteous, boorish, uncivil, rude.
unmanning, n. emasculation, castration; debilitation;
discouragement.
unmarried, a. single, celibate.
unmarried man. bachelor, celibate, agamist.
unmarried woman. spinster.
unmatchable, a. peerless, matchless, incomparable, inimitable,
unique.
unmatched, a. unequaled, matchless, incomparable, nonpareil.
unmeaning, a. meaningless, senseless; insignificant, inexpressive.
unmeant, a. unintentional.
unmelodious, a. discordant, harsh, dissonant, inharmonious,
unmusical.
unmeltable, a. infusible.
unmerciful, a. cruel, pitiless, merciless, inclement, unsparing,
stern, unrelenting, ruthless, brutal, incompassionate, unkind; (Colloq.)
excessive, fabulous, exorbitant, immoderate.
unmindful, a. oblivious, inadvertent, inattentive, heedless.
unmistakable, a. manifest, palpable, obvious, patent, evident,
distinct, unambiguous.
unmixable, a. immiscible.
unmixableness, n. immiscibility.
unmovable, a. fixed, stable, immobile.
unmoved, a. calm, dispassionate, indifferent, unstirred, impassive,
stoical.
unmusical, a. inharmonious, discordant.
unnatural, a. abnormal, monstrous, anomalous, aberrant, variant,
preternatural, exceptional, irregular; artificial, affected, feigned,
assumed simulated, constrained.
unnecessary, a. superfluous, useless, needless, uncalled for,
expletive, redundant, supernumerary.
unneighborly, a. unsociable, exclusive, distant, unaccommodating.
unnoticed, a. unheeded, unnoted, surreptitious.
unobjectionable, a. unexceptionable.
unobtainable, a. unprocurable, unattainable, inaccessible.
unobtrusive, a. unpretentious, unassuming, modest.
unorthodox, a. heterodox.
unpacifiable, a. implacable, unappeasable, unreconcilable.
unpaid, a. outstanding, payable, due, unliquidated.
unpardonable, a. inexpiable, unatonable, irremissible, unforgivable.
unpassable, a. impassable.
unpenetrable, a. impenetrable, impervious, imperforable.
unpierceable, a. imperforable, impenetrable.
unplanted, a. fallow.
unpleasant, a. disagreeable, uncongenial.
unplowed, a. fallow.
unpopular, a. disliked, obnoxious, odious, offensive.
unpopularity, n. odium, disesteem, obnoxiousness.
unpractical, a. impractical, visionary, Utopian.
unpraiseworthy, a. uncommendable, illaudable, indign.
unprejudiced, a. impartial, unbiased, unjaundiced.
unpremeditated, a. extemporaneous, offhand, impromptu, extempore.
unpretending, a. unobtrusive, modest, unpretentious, unostentatious.
unpretentious, a. unpretending.
unpreventable, a. unavoidable, inevitable.
unprincipled, a. unscrupulous.
unproductive, a. unfruitful, barren.
unprofessional, a. amateur.
unprofitable, a. unremunerative, profitless; futile, fruitless,
unavailing.
unpromising, a. unlikely; inauspicious, unpropitious.
unqualified, a. incompetent, ineligible; absolute, unconditional.
unquenchable, a. unslakable, insatiate, insatiable, quenchless.
unquestionable, a. incontrovertible, irrefutable, incontestable,
indubitable, obvious, indisputable.
unquestioned, a. undoubted, implicit.
unravel, v. disentangle, extricate, ravel; decipher, unfold.
unreachable, a. inaccessible.
unreadable, a. illegible.
unreal, a. fanciful, imaginary, visionary, unsubstantial, shadowy,
chimerical, illusive, phantasmal, phantasmagorial.
unreasonable, a. irrational, absurd, unwise, preposterous, senseless;
excessive, exorbitant, unfair, unconscionable, inordinate.
unreclaimable, a. irreclaimable, irretrievable, hopeless,
incorrigible.
unrecognized, a. ignored, disregarded, unacknowledged.
unreconcilable, a. antagonistic, incompatible, irreconcilable,
implacable, unpacifiable.
unrecoverable, a. irrecoverable, irreparable, irretrievable,
irrecuperable.
unredeemed, a. forfeited, unransomed, unfulfilled.
unrefonnable, a. irreformable, incorrigible.
unrelenting, a. relentless, implacable, inexorable, remorseless,
pitiless, unmerciful.
unreliable, a. untrustworthy, undependable, uncertain.
unremediable, a. irremediable.
unremitting, a. indefatigable, persevering, unceasing, constant.
unrepairable, a. irreparable.
unrepentant, a. impenitent, incontrite.
unreserve, n. frankness, candor, ingenuousness.
unreserved, a. frank, undissembling, candid, ingenuous;
unconditioned, unlimited.
unresistible, a. irresistible.
unresisting, a. passive, submissive, long-suffering.
unrest, n. unquietness, restlessness, uneasiness, disquietude,
inquietude.
unrestrained, a. unbridled, ungoverned, uncurbed, riotous, impotent,
saturnalian, rampant; licentious, dissolute, profligate.
unrestraint, n. freedom, liberty, license, abandon.
unrestricted, a. unlimited, unfettered, uncircumscribed.
unrevivable, a. irrevivable, irresuscitable.
unrighteous, a. unholy, evil, iniquitous, wicked, vicious.
unrivaled, a. peerless, matchless, inimitable, incomparable, supreme.
unroll, v. unfold, unfurl, evolve.
unrolling, n. unfolding, unfurling, evolvement, evolution.
unromantic, a. prosaic, pragmatical, matter-of-fact, practical,
literal.
unruly, a. turbulent, ungovernable, refractory, insubordinate,
fractious, insurgent, indocile, disobedient, froward, vicious,
intractable, rebellious.
unsafe, a. insecure, risky, perilous, dangerous, hazardous,
imperiled, precarious.
unsafety, n. insecurity, danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy.
unsalable, a. invendible, unmarketable.
unsatisfactory, a. disappointing, insufficient.
unsatisfiable, a. insatiable, insatiate.
unsavory, a. offensive, rank, unpleasant; insipid, savorless,
mawkish, unpalatable, vapid.
unsay, v. recall, retract, recant.
unsaying, n. recantation, retraction.
unscrupulous, a. unprincipled, unconscientious, dishonest,
dishonorable, knavish.
unsearchable, a. inscrutable.
unseasonable, a. inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, premature.
unseasonably, adv. malapropos, untimely.
unseemly, a. unbecoming, improper, indecorous.
unseen, a. invisible, unperceived, secret, unnoticed, unobserved,
clandestine, surreptitious, furtive, concealed, underhand.
unselfish, a. magnanimous, disinterested, altruistic, charitable.
unselfishness, n. magnanimity, altruism, beneficence, liberality.
unsentimental, a. matter-of-fact, prosaic, pragmatical, practical.
unserviceableness, n. inutility.
unsettle, v. disorder, derange, upset, unhinge, disconcert.
unsettled, a. undetermined, dubious, unadjusted, controvertible,
disputable; irresolute, fickle, changeable; roily, feculent, turbid.
unshapely, a. misshapen, deformed.
unsheltered, a. exposed, unprotected.
unshod, a. discalced, barefooted, discalceated.
unshrinking, a. unflinching, determined, resolute.
unsightly, a. offensive, repulsive.
unskilled, a. unpracticed, unskillful, empirical.
unskillful, a. maladroit, inexpert, unskilled, clumsy.
unsociable, a.morose, uncompanionable, inaffable, ungenial, taciturn.
unsolvable, a. insoluble, inexplicable.
unsophisticated, a. unadulterated; innocent, guileless, gullible,
ingenuous.
unsound, a. defective, impaired; sophistical, fallacious, illogical,
untenable.
unsparing, a. liberal, ungrudging, profuse; severe, unmerciful.
unspeakable, a. ineffable, unutterable, inexpressible.
unspotted, a. spotless, pure.
unstable, a. insecure, unsteady, irresolute, inconstant, erratic.
unsteadfast, a. unstable, inconstant, wavering, irresolute.
unsteady, a. inconstant, precarious, wavering, variable,
vacillating, wabbly.
unstinted, a. plentiful.
unstudied, a. extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, offhand.
unsubmissive, a. insubordinate, refractory.
unsuccessful, a. unfortunate, unlucky, unprosperous; abortive,
fruitless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, futile.
unsuitable, a. inappropriate, incongruous, incompatible.
unsupplied, a. destitute.
unsurmountable, a. insuperable.
unsurpassed, a. peerless, transcendent, superior, unrivaled,
matchless.
unsusceptible, a. unimpressionable, unfeeling.
unsuspecting, a. unsuspicious, gullible, credulous, indubious,
unsophisticated.
unsustainable, a. untenable, controvertible.
untangle, v. unravel, disentangle.
untaxed, a. scot-free, exempt.
unteachable, a. indocile, intractable.
unthankful, a. ungrateful.
unthankfulness, n. ingratitude.
untidy, a. disorderly, slatternly, littered.
untillable, a. inarable.
unfilled, a. fallow.
untimely, a. premature, unseasonable, inopportune, ill-timed,
malapropos.
untiring, a. indefatigable, unceasing, tireless, unremitting,
unwearied.
untrodden, a. trackless, pathless.
untrue, a. inveracious, mendacious, false, untruthful, unfaithful.
untruth, n. falsehood, fiction, fabrication, lie.
untruthful, a. inveracious, mendacious, lying.
untruthfulness, n. mendacity, inveracity, falsehood.
untwist, v. unravel, disentangle, feaze.
unused, a. unaccustomed, unfamiliar.
unusual, a. uncommon, curious, rare, odd, unique, extraordinary,
anomalous, irregular.
unutterable, a. unspeakable, ineffable.
unvarying, a. invariable, monotonous, uniform.
unveil, v. expose, uncover, reveal, disclose.
unviolated, a. inviolate, inviolated, inviolable.
unwarrantable, a. unjustifiable, indefensible.
unwavering, a. steadfast, resolute.
unwearied, a. indefatigable.
unweighable, a. imponderable.
unwholesome, a. baneful, insalubrious. See unhealthy.
unwieldy, a. ponderous, cumbersome, clumsy.
unwilling, a. reluctant, indisposed, loath, disinclined, averse.
unwind v. disentangle, unravel.
unwise, a. imprudent, injudicious, inexpedient, indiscreet.
unwittingly, adv. unknowingly, undesignedly, inadvertently.
unworthy, a. unmeritorious, undeserving, despicable, contemptible.
unwritten, a. traditional.
unyielding, a. inflexible, stiff, unbending, incompliant,
indomitable, insubmissive, tenacious, unimpressible, impliable, obdurate,
intractable, game, resolute.
upbraid, v. reproach, scold, chide, rate, reprove, reprimand, twit.
upbraiding, n. scolding, reproach, reprimand, censure, reprehension.
up grade. ascent, acclivity.
uphill, a. ascending, acclivous, rising.
uphold, v. support, sustain, vindicate, defend.
upkeep, n. maintenance.
upper, n. vamp (of a shoe).
upper-hand, n. advantage, mastery, dominion, control.
upper ten. (Colloq.) aristocracy, élite, _bon ton_.
uppish, a. (Colloq.) proud, arrogant, assuming.
upright, a. erect, perpendicular, vertical; honorable, honest.
uprightness, n. perpendicularity, verticality, erectness; honesty,
integrity.
uproar, n. turmoil, _fracas_, clamor, tumult, commotion, din, hubbub.
uproarious, a. (Colloq.) clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous,
noisy, turbulent.
uproot, v. eradicate, extirpate.
uprooting, n. eradication, extirpation.
upset, v. overturn, overset, capsize, invert, overthrow; disconcert,
discompose, perturb, agitate, unnerve, excite.
upshot, n. event, result, issue, outcome, consequence.
upside down. inverted; disordered, topsy-turvy.
upstart, n. parvenu, snob, mushroom.
up to snuff. (Slang) knowing, acute, sharp.
upward, a. ascending, acclivous (sloping upward).
urge, v. egg, importune, exhort; impel, force; incite, instigate,
goad.
urgency, n. insistence, pressure; importunity; exigency, stress,
necessity; incitement.
urgent, a. pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate,
pertinacious, imperious.
urine, n. piss, emiction; stale (urine of horses and cattle).
Associated words: uronology, urinal, urinate, urination, micturition,
urethra, uric, uretic, uriniferous, enuresis, anuresis, diabetis,
strangury, urolith, lateritious sediment, uroscopy, urinary, urea,
diuretic.
usage, n. treatment; custom, practice, use.
use, n. employment, application, service, utilization, exploitation;
necessity, need; utility, avail, advantage, usefulness, service; custom,
usage, practice. Antonyms: disuse, obsolescence, desuetude, inutility.
Associated Words: obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletism, utilitarian,
utilitarianism, utilizable, chrestomathic.
use, v. employ, apply, utilize, exploit; treat, behave toward;
practice, exercise; consume, exhaust; accustom, habituate, familiarize,
inure.
useful, a. serviceable, advantageous, available.
usefulness, n. utility, advantage.
useless, a. unserviceable, futile, worthless, unavailing, bootless,
ineffectual, null, nugatory, abortive.
uselessness, n. inutility, futility, unserviceableness.
usher, v. show to a seat; introduce, forerun, precede, herald,
escort.
usual, a. ordinary, general, accustomed, conventional, prevailing,
everyday. Antonyms: See unusual.
usually, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily, commonly.
usurp, v. arrogate, seize, appropriate, accroach.
usurpation, n. arrogation, seizure, appropriation.
utility, n. usefulness. Antonym: inutility. Associated Words:
utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable.
utilize, v. use, employ, exploit.
utmost, a. farthest out, extreme, last; greatest, maximum, uttermost.
Utopian, a. chimerical, visionary, fanciful, air-built.
utter, v. speak, pronounce, express.
utter, a. complete, absolute, perfect; unconditional, unqualified,
peremptory.
utterable, a. pronounceable, expressible.
utterance, n. speech, articulation.
utterly, adv. entirely, completely, wholly, unconditionally,
altogether.
uttermost, a. extreme, utmost, farthest.
V
Vacancy, n. emptiness; space, vacuum, chasm, gap; leisure, vacation,
intermission.
vacant, a. empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted; leisure,
unemployed. Antonyms: full, filled, occupied.
vacate, v. empty, evacuate, resign, abdicate; annul, abrogate,
invalidate.
vacation, n. evacuation, resignation, abdication; invalidation,
abrogation; intermission, holidays, recess.
vaccinate, v. inoculate.
vaccination, n. inoculation (with the cowpox).
vacillate, v. fluctuate, waver, veer, oscillate, whiffle.
vacillating, a. irresolute, changeable, wavering, undecided,
inconstant.
vacillation, n. fluctuation, indecision, changeableness, oscillation,
irresolution, inconstancy.
vagabond, n. vagrant, tramp, mendicant, beggar; rascal, rogue, scamp,
knave.
vagabond, a. vagrant, wandering, nomadic, landloping.
vagabondage, n. vagrancy, vagabondism, nomadism.
vagary, n. whim, caprice, fancy, freak, whimsey, humor.
vagrancy, n. vagabondage.
vagrant, n. tramp; beggar, vagabond, rascal.--a. wandering,
nomadic, vagabond.
vague, a. indefinite, ambiguous, obscure, uncertain, groundless,
hazy, indistinct.
vagueness, n. indefiniteness, ambiguity, obscurity, uncertainty.
vain, a. conceited, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, vainglorious;
nugatory, fruitless, ineffectual, frustrate, unavailing, bootless, futile,
abortive, ineffective, empty; delusive, chimerical, unsatisfying,
unsubstantial, deceitful.
vainglorious, a. boastful, pretentious, assuming, arrogant,
conceited, overweening.
vainglory, n. vanity, boasting, gasconade.
vale, n. dell, valley, dale, dingle.
valiant, a. See brave.
valid, a. cogent, logical, justifiable, efficacious, well-grounded.
Antonyms: See invalid.
validity, n. strength, cogency, soundness, force. Antonym:
invalidity.
valise, n. portmanteau, satchel, gripsack.
valley, n. vale, hollow, bottom, dale, ravine, dingle, glen, clough,
dell.
valor, n. See bravery.
valuable, a. costly, precious, rare, expensive; esteemed, worthy;
serviceable, useful.
valuable, n. treasure.
valuation, n. appraisement, appraisal.
value, n. worth, excellence.
value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.
vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.
vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker.
vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.
vanish, v. See disappear.
vanishing, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n.
disappearance, evanescence.
vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness,
emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.
vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.
vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.
vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy,
tame.
vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness,
tameness.
vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek,
emanation, rack. Associated Words: atmology, atmolysis, atomize,
atomization, exhale, emanate.
vaporize, v. evaporate.
vaporous, a. halituous, vapory, foggy.
variability, n. variableness, mutability, inconstancy,
unsteadfastness.
variable, a. mutable, changeable. See changeable. Antonyms:
invariable, unchangeable.
variance, n. change, alteration; dissension, disagreement,
difference, nonconformity.
variation, n. mutation, change; deviation, diversity, discrepancy;
diversification.
varied, a. various, diversified, different, motley.
variegated, a. mottled, diversified, motley, divers-colored,
party-colored, polychrome.
variety, n. diversity, diversification, multiplicity, variousness;
assortment, collection; kind, class, species.
various, a. manifold, diverse, sundry, numerous, multifarious.
varnish, v. lacquer, japan, enamel, glaze; gloss over, palliate,
extenuate.
varnish, n. lacquer; gloss, palliation, extenuation.
vary, v. diversify, variegate, modify; deviate, depart, swerve;
disagree; modify, alternate.
vassal, n. feudatory, beneficiary, subject, liege, liegeman.
vast, a. spacious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable.
vault, n. crypt, tomb, catacomb, ossuarium.
vault, v. leap over, spring, bound, jump; tumble.
vaulted, a. arched, concave.
vaunt, v. See boast.
veal, n. Associated Word: vituline.
veering, n. shift, shifting; vacillation, tergiversation;
temporizing, time-serving.
vegetable, n. plant, truck.
vegetable oyster. salsify.
vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate,
hibernate.
vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal. See ardor.
vehement, a. fervent, impetuous, ardent, passionate, eager.
vehicle, n. conveyance, carriage; medium, instrument; excipient.
veil, v. screen, cloak, disguise, shroud, mask, conceal.
veil, n. disguise, pretense, cloak, mask, mantilla.
veiled, a. hidden, disguised, incognito.
vein, n. Associated Word: venous. See blood vessel.
vein, n. seam, lode.
venal, a. purchasable, mercenary, hireling.
vend, v. See sell.
venerate, v. reverence, revere, honor, esteem.
veneration, n. reverence, honor.
venereal disease. gonorrhea, clap; syphilis.
venereal sore. chancre, chancroid (soft chancre).
venery, n. amorousness, amativeness; sexual intercourse, coition.
vengeance, n. retribution, avengement, revenge; Nemesis, retaliation.
Associated Word: wreak.
venial, a. pardonable. Antonyms: See unpardonable.
vent, n. airhole, aperture, venthole; touchhole; spiracle blowhole;
outlet, emission, escape.
vent, v. emit, utter, say, discharge.
venthole, n. touchhole, vent, bung, orifice, spiracle.
ventriloquism, n. ventriloquy, gastriloquy.
ventriloquist, n. gastriloquist, polyphonist.
venture, n. chance, risk, hazard, contingency.
venture, v. dare, hazard, risk.
venturesome, a. daring, bold, intrepid, undaunted, temerarious.
Venus, n. Aphrodite, Cytherea; Morning Star, Lucifer Phosphor;
Evening Star, Hesper, Hesperus.
veracious, a. truthful.
veracity, n. truthfulness. Associated Words: compurgation,
compurgator, compurgatorial.
veranda, n. porch, piazza.
verbal, a. oral.
verbiage, n. wordiness, verbosity, perissology, prolixity, pleonasm.
verdant, a. See green.
verdict, n. finding, decision.
verification, n. confirmation, corroboration, authentication,
attestation, proof.
verify, v. corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove.
vermifuge, n. anthelmintic, helminthagogue.
verse, n. stitch; poetry, versification; stanza, stave, staff, text;
l'envoi.
versed, a. acquainted, skilled, proficient, conversant.
versification, n. orthometry.
version, n. rendition, translation.
vertex, n. apex, top, summit, crown, zenith.
vertical, a. upright, perpendicular, plumb. Antonyms: horizontal,
flat, level.
very, a. veritable, true, real, actual, unquestionable, identical,
same, selfsame.
very, adv. exceedingly, highly, greatly, extremely, excessively,
surpassingly.
vessel, n. dish, utensil, receptacle; boat, ship; duct, canal, tube.
vest, n. waistcoat.
vest, v. invest.
vestibule, n. hall, antechamber, lobby.
vestige, n. trace, sign, mark.
vestments, n. pl. canonicals (priestly garments); pontificals;
cassock, cotta (choir vestments). Associated Words: vested,
vestiarian, vestiary, vestry.
vestry, n. vestry-room, sacristy.
veterinarian, n. veterinary surgeon, horse doctor, farrier, horse
leech.
veterinary art. farriery.
veterinary surgeon. veterinarian, farrier.
vex, v. tease, plague, harass, torment, tantalize, hector, annoy,
irritate, trouble, bother, distress.
vexation, n. discomfiture, irritation, chagrin, mortification,
annoyance.
vexatious, a. annoying, troublesome, carking, irritating, provoking,
aggravating, afflictive, burdensome, anxious.
vibrate, v. brandish, flourish, swing; oscillate, librate; quiver,
shake; fluctuate, vacillate.
vibration, n. oscillation, swinging, vacillation, libration.
vibratory, a. vibratile, oscillatory, swinging, fluctuating,
oscillating, libratory.
vicar, n. deputy, lieutenant, vicegerent.
vice, n. sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality; defect, fault,
blemish, imperfection.
vicinity, n. neighborhood, vicinage; nearness, propinquity,
proximity.
vicious, a. immoral, evil; defective, faulty, imperfect; refractory,
unruly, unmanageable; foul, noxious; (Colloq.) malignant, hateful.
victim, n. (Colloq.) gull, dupe, gudgeon, cully, prey.
victor, n. conqueror, champion, master.
victorious, a. triumphant, conquering, successful, exultant.
victory, n. triumph, conquest, mastery. Antonyms: See defeat.
Associated Words: trophy, epinicial.
victualler, n. caterer.
vie, v. contend, compete, emulate.
view, n. scene, landscape, vista, perspective, panorama, prospect,
scenery; seeing, sight, survey, inspection, aspect, scrutiny, supervision,
beholding; opinion, judgment, impression, conception; design, intention,
intent.
viewy, a. visionary, fanciful, quixotic; spectacular, panoramic,
picturesque.
vigilance, n. watchfulness, circumspection, attention, caution.
vigilant, a. watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful.
vigor, n. strength, force, lustiness, energy, endurance, virility,
hardihood.
vigorous, a. strong, lusty, robust; energetic, cogent, forcible,
luxuriant.
vile, a. base, depraved, vicious, iniquitous, felonious, atrocious,
outrageous, shameless; worthless, mean, despicable, contemptible, abject,
scurvy, sordid, debased, ignoble, miserable, wretched.
vilify, v. malign, revile, vituperate, traduce, calumniate.
village, n. hamlet, borough, thorpe, dorp, burg. Antonyms: city,
town.
villain, n. See scoundrel.
villainous, a. unprincipled, knavish, arrant, depraved, atrocious.
villainy, n. depravity, wickedness, turpitude, rascality,
scoundrelism, atrocity.
vim, n. (Colloq.) activity, energy, spirit, life. Antonyms:
lifelessness, languor.
vindicate, v. justify.
vindication, n. justification, defense.
vindicator, n. justifier, champion, advocate.
vindictive, a. revengeful, implacable, malevolent, rancorous.
vine, n. Associated Words: lattice, trellis, tendril, arbor,
pergola, bower, bine, cordon, amplectant, capreolate, cirrose, pourridie,
cirrus.
vinegar, n. Associated Words: acetic, acetification, acetify,
mother, guile, wort, gyle, insolation, cruet.
vinegary, a. acetous, sour, unamiable.
violate, v. break, disobey, transgress, contravene, profane,
desecrate.
violation, n. transgression, infringement, breach, infraction,
contravention, profanation, desecration. Antonyms: inviolability,
keeping, obedience.
violator, n. trespasser, infringer, transgressor, infractor.
violence, n. force, impetuosity, vehemence, intensity, severity,
wildness, fury; injury, violation, profanation, outrage, assault.
violent, a. passionate, vehement, impetuous, fierce, impotent,
ungovernable, outrageous, poignant, severe. Antonyms: See mild.
violet, n. mauve.
violin, n. fiddle; kit.
virgin, n. vestal.
virgin, a. vestal, virginal; chaste, pure, stainless; impregnant.
virginal generation. parthenogenesis.
virginity, n. maidenhood, chastity.
Virgin Mary. Madonna, Theotokos (Theol.). Associated Words:
mariolatry, mariolater, hyperdulia, Ave Maria.
virile, a. masculine, vigorous, strong; potent. Antonyms: invirile,
emasculated, impotent.
virility, n. manhood, manly vigor. Antonyms: invirility, impotency,
emasculation.
virtual, a. potential, energizing; practical, essential.
virtually, adv. practically, really, substantially, potentially.
virtue, n. excellence, worth, goodness, purity, morality, integrity.
Associated Words: aretology, aretaics.
virtuous, a. good, exemplary, moral, pure, continent, upright.
virulent, a. poisonous, venomous; malignant, bitter, acrimonious.
visible, a. perceivable, perceptible, discernible, apparent, evident,
manifest. Antonyms: invisible, imperceptible.
vision, n. sight; apparition, dream, phantasm, specter, phantom,
hallucination, illusion.
visionary, a. dreamy, imaginative, romantic, fanciful, illusory,
chimerical, Utopian.
visionary, n. castle-builder, dreamer, illusionist.
visitor, n. guest. Antonym: host.
vitiate, v. debase, corrupt, demoralize, contaminate, deprave, spoil.
vitiation, n. debasement, corruption, demoralization, depravation,
contamination.
vixen, n. virago, scold, shrew, termagant, Tartar, Xantippe,
spitfire.
voice, n. utterance, speech; vote, choice, election, suffrage.
Associated Words: phonology, phonetics, phonation, phonography, oral,
vocal, non-vocal, aphonic, arsis, ictus, vocalize, modulate, modulation,
inflection.
void, a. vacant, empty, vacuous; destitute, devoid, lacking;
ineffectual, invalid, nugatory, vain.
void, v. evacuate, eject, discharge, egest, pass; nullify, abrogate,
annul.
voidance, n. evacuation, discharge, egestion.
volatile, a. See changeable.
volcano, n. Associated Words: crater, lapilli, lava, scoria,
obsidian, volcanic, eruption, belch.
volley, n. salvo; outpouring, storm, discharge.
voluble, a. glib, fluent, oily, talkative.
volume, n. book, tome; dimensions, compass, size, bulk, mass.
voluntary, a. free, volitional, unforced, spontaneous. Antonyms:
See involuntary.
volunteer, n. Antonym: conscript.
voluptuary, n. sensualist, epicure, sybarite, _bon vivant_.
Antonym: ascetic.
voluptuous, a. sensual, epicurean, sybaritic. Antonyms: ascetic,
abstemious, austere.
vomit, v. puke; spew, emit, belch, disgorge, eject.
vomiting, n. emesis, vomition, puking, spew. Associated Words:
emetic, antemetic, qualmish, gag, retch, nausea, nauseate.
voracious, a. rapacious, ravenous, insatiable, fierce, gluttonous,
cormorant.
voracity, n. rapacity, voraciousness, greediness.
votary, n. devotee, votarist.
vote, n. suffrage; ballot, ticket; referendum, plebiscite.
Associated Words: enfranchise, enfranchisement, disenfranchise,
disenfranchisement, suffragist, elect, election electoral, electorate,
acclamation, franchise, poll.
vote, v. (Colloq.) declare.
voter, n. elector, suffragist.
voters, n. pl. electorate.
voting place. poll.
vouch, v. attest, corroborate, warrant.
voucher, n. attestator.
vow, n. pledge. Associated Words: votary, votive.
vowel, n. Associated Words: macron, breve, diæresis.
vulgar, a. unrefined, plebeian, ignoble, low-born, coarse, inelegant,
ribald, risque, broad, gross. Antonyms: refined, dainty, pure, chaste.
vulgarity, n. unrefinement, dowdiness.
vulgar-looking, a. dowdy.
W
Wabble, v. stagger, vacillate, reel.
waddle, v. toddle, totter.
wade, v. ford.
wading birds. Grallatores, Grallæ.
wading place. ford.
wage, v. stake, bet, wager.
wager, v. bet, stake, pledge, hazard, speculate.
wages, n. compensation, pay, earnings, hire, salary.
waggery, n. humor, facetiousness, pleasantry, drollery, jesting,
jocularity.
waggish, a. frolicsome, facetious, roguish, arch, sportive, prankish.
wagon, n. vehicle, wain; caravan, van.
wagon-maker, n. wainwright, wagonwright, wheelwright.
waif, n. estray, stray, wastrel.
waist, n. corsage, bodice; blouse, basque; girth (waist measure).
waistcoat, n. vest, doublet.
wait, v. tarry, stay, linger, await, abide; (Colloq.) delay,
postpone, defer, procrastinate.
wait, n. waiting, delay, halt, stop; ambush, ambuscade.
waiter, n. attendant, servitor, lackey, _garçon_ (Fr.); salver,
tray.
waiting, n. tarrying, lingering, delay; abeyance, suspension,
quiescence.
waiting-room, n. station, depot.
waive, v. relinquish, forego, surrender.
wake, v. awake, waken; arouse, rouse, revive.
wakeful, a. sleepless, insomnolent; vigilant, watchful.
wakefulness, n. sleeplessness, insomnia, insomnolence; vigilance,
watchfulness.
waken, v. awake, awaken, wake.
Wales, n. Cambria (Ancient name).
walk, n. stroll, promenade, constitutional; gait, step, carriage;
sidewalk, mall; ambulatory. Associated Words: ambulant, ambulatory,
ambulatorial, peripatetic pedometer, odograph, gradient, gravigrade,
stilts, shambling, shuffling, locomotion, alure.
walk, v. stroll, tramp, stride, plod, trudge, tread, ambulate, pace,
march, promenade, shamble, stalk, strut, step, bundle, toddle, daddle,
waddle, shuffle, gad, galavant, hike, saunter, foot it, slouch;
perambulate (walk through or about).
walker, n. pedestrian, ambulator, perambulator.
walking, n. ambulation, pedestrianism, strolling, perambulation.
walking papers. dismissal.
wall, n. foundation; partition; defense, breastwork, rampart,
battlement, bulwark, parapet, fortification. Associated Words: mural,
murage dado, buttress, coping, intramural, wainscot, alcove, niche,
abutment, pointing, fresco, studding, underpinning.
wallet, n. pocket-book, purse.
wallow, v. welter, flounder; grovel.
walrus, n. morse, sea-cow.
wand, n. verge, rod; baton, mace, truncheon.
wander, v. ramble, range, rove, stroll, roam, stray, straggle,
itinerate, saunter, gad, peregrinate, digress, expatiate; depart, deviate,
swerve.
wanderer, n. nomad, vagrant, rover, rambler, stroller, peregrinator,
vagabond, itinerant, pilgrim, waif, wayfarer, landloper.
wandering, n. rambling, ranging, roving, strolling, itineracy,
peregrination, pilgrimage; digression, expatiation, departure, deviation,
divergence, errantry; aberration, delirium, raving, irrationality;
divagation.
wandering, a. nomadic, migratory, itinerant, vagrant, vagabond,
landloping, wayfaring, errant, unsettled, devious, excursive, digressive,
deviating.
wane, v. decrease, diminish, fade.--n. decrease, diminution,
decrescence.
want, n. deficiency, lack, dearth, scarcity, need, default, absence,
shortness, inadequacy, paucity, insufficiency, scarceness; desideratum,
requirement; destitution, distress, straits, privation, indigence, penury,
poverty.
want, v. need, require; desire, wish, crave.
wanting, a. absent, lacking, missing, deficient, defective, needy,
destitute.
wanton, a. unrestrained, uncontrolled, unchecked, unbridled
undisciplined; luxuriant, rampant, exuberant, excessive, rank; dissolute,
licentious, immoral, unchaste; frolicsome, playful, sportive; reckless,
heedless, inconsiderate.
war, n. hostilities, warfare, strife, battle, crusade, belligerence.
Associated Words: Bellona, Mars, belligerent, bellicose, tactics, _casus
belli_, strategy, cartel, campaign, mobilize, mobilization, demobilize,
demobilization, munitions, disarmament.
war, v. contend, fight, combat, militate, wage war.
warble, v. trill, carol, yodel.
warble, n. trill, carol, yodel.
warcry, n. slogan, war-whoop.
ward, n. guardianship, guard, tutelage; protégé. Associated Word:
pupillary.
ward, v. ward off, fend off, avert, parry, repel, forefend.
warden, n. church warden; keeper, custodian, curator, warder.
warder, n. keeper, guard, warden; mace, truncheon; turnkey.
warding off. parry, evasion, averting.
wardship, n. pupillage, pupillarity, minority.
warehouse, n. storehouse, depot, magazine, repository, depository.
wares, n. pl. merchandise, commodities.
warfare, n. war, hostilities; crusade, struggle, strife, militancy.
war-horse, n. charger; Bucephalus.
warlike, a. military, martial, belligerent, bellicose.
warm, a. lukewarm, tepid, thermal; zealous, ardent, fervent,
sanguine, fervid, glowing, eager, enthusiastic; temperate, genial;
irascible, choleric, irritable, peppery, fiery; vehement, violent, heated,
passionate, animated, spirited; sultry, muggy; incalescent.
warm, v. heat.
warm-blooded, a. homothermous, homoiothermal.
warmed over. _réchauffé_.
warm room of Roman baths. tepidarium.
warmth, n. heat; ardor, fervor, passion, earnestness, fervency,
cordiality, vehemence, enthusiasm, zeal, empressement.
warn, v. admonish, caution, notify, premonish, apprise, advise,
forewarn, signal.
warner, n. admonisher, monitor, sentinel, sentry, mentor.
warning, a. cautioning, monitory, mentorial, monitorial, ominous,
admonitory, admonishing.
warning, n. premonition, forewarning; caution, admonition, monition;
portent, omen, beacon.
warp, v. twist, bend, bulge; pervert, distort, bias.
warped, a. twisted, bent, bulging, protuberant, distorted.
warp thread. stamen.
warrant, v. guarantee, assure, insure; justify, defend; affirm,
attest, vouch.
warrant, n. commission, authority; guaranty, surety; voucher,
attestation.
warrantable, a. justifiable, defensible.
warranty, n. guaranty, guarantee, security, warrant.
wart, n. excrescence, ecphyma, verruca; condyloma (venereal wart).
Associated Word: catheretic.
warty, a. excrescent, verrucose, verruciform.
wary, a. guarded, cautious, circumspect, careful, vigilant.
wash, v. lave, bathe, absterge, foment, rinse; launder.
wash, n. lotion.
washbowl, n. lavatory, washbasin, laver.
washerwoman, n. laundress.
washhouse, n. laundry.
washing, n. ablution, bath, bathing, lavement; abstersion, detersion,
fomentation; laundering, laundry.
washing away. detergent, abluent.
washing soda. sodium carbonate.
washstand, n. commode.
wasp, n. Associated Words: vespid, vespiform, vespine, vespoid.
waspish, a. irascible, irritable, snappish, touchy, petulant.
wasp nest. vespiary.
waste, v. squander, misspend, fritter away, dissipate, dawdle;
desolate, devastate, despoil, sack, pillage, ravage, strip; decline,
decay, pine, wither, dwindle, molder.
waste, a. refuse, rejected, unused, unproductive, untilled,
inarable, worthless; desolate, devastated, stripped, ravaged, pillaged;
superfluous, exuberant, unnecessary; excrementitious.
waste, n. wasting, squandering, dissipation, decrement, prodigality;
wilderness, wild, desert; remnants, offal, recrement, garbage, refuse,
rubbish; desolation, devastation rapine, ravage, havoc, destruction,
sacking, pillage, despoliation.
wasteful, a. extravagant, prodigal, unthrifty, improvident infrugal,
lavish, thriftless.
waster, n. spendthrift, prodigal, squanderer.
wasting, n. squandering, dissipation, prodigality, improvidence;
emaciation, decline.
watch, n. vigil, outlook, attention; watcher, patrol, watchman,
sentry, perdue, picket, guard, sentinel, vedette, guardsman, Argus.
watch, n. horologe.
watch, v. keep vigil, be on the lookout, keep guard.
watchful, a. vigilant, heedful, attentive, alert, circumspect wary,
Argus-eyed.
watchfulness, n. vigilance, circumspection, wariness, heedfulness.
watching, n. vigil, vigilance; espionage, surveillance.
watchmaker, n. horologer, horologist.
watchmaking, n. horology, horography.
watchman, n. sentinel, guard, Argus, Cerberus. See watch.
watch-pocket, n. fob.
watch-tower, n. observatory.
watchword, n. countersign, password, shibboleth, parole.
water, v. irrigate.
Water, n. Associated Words: aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct, alluvial,
alluvion, affusion, aquapuncture, alluvium, diluvium, anhydrous,
enhydrous, amphibious, amphibian, aquiferous, aquiform, aquiparous, buoy,
coffer, cofferdam, debacle, cataclysm, dehydrate, dehydration,
irrigation, diluvian, douche, glairin, baregin, hydragogue, hydrant,
hydrate, hydration, hydrated, hydraulicon, hydrodynamics, hydroextractor,
hydrogen, oxygen, hydrognosy, hydrographer, hydrography, hydrologist,
reservoir, hydrolysis, hydromania, hydromaniac, hydraulic, hydromancy,
hydromechanics, hydrometry, hydrophanous, hygrophilous, hydrorrhea,
hydroscope, hydrostatic, hydrofuge, hydrostatics, hydrotic,
hydrotherapeutics, hydrous, siphon, seepage, philhydrous, sluice, turbine,
hydraulics, current, undertow.
water, n. lymph; serum.
water-bearer, n. Aquarius.
water bottle. carafe.
water brash. water-qualm, pyrosis.
water-clock, n. clepsydra; hydroscope.
water-closet, n. privy.
water color. aquarelle.
water-course, n. channel, ditch, canal, moat, sewer, drain, aqueduct,
gutter, trench, wady.
water-cure, n. hydropathy.
water-doctor, n. hydropathist.
waterfall, n. cascade, cataract, fall, linn.
wateriness, n. aquosity.
waterless, a. anhydrous.
water-lily, n. Nymphæ.
waterman, n. ferryman, boatman.
water-nymph, n. Naiad, hydriad.
water on the brain. hydrocephalus.
water on the chest. hydrothorax.
water plant. aquatic, hydrophyte. Associated Word: hydrophytology.
water-pox, n. varicella, swine-pox.
water-qualm, n. water brash, pyrosis.
watershed, n. divide.
water sports. aquatics.
water wheel. tympanum, turbine.
watery, a. aqueous; ichorous, serous, sanious.
watery discharge. hydrorrhea.
wattle, n. gill, caruncle.
wave, n. undulation, surge, eagre, bore, swell, billow, breaker;
ripple; whitecap; signal, flourish; swelling, excitement, tide.
Associated Words: rote, trough, rut, crest.
wave, v. undulate, float, flutter; flourish, brandish; beckon,
signal.
waver, v. vacillate, fluctuate, veer, oscillate, hesitate.
wavering, a. vacillating, fluctuating, oscillating, unstable,
irresolute, uncertain.
wavering, n. vacillation, fluctuation, indecision, irresolution,
oscillation, hesitancy.
wavy, a. undulatory, undulating, undulated.
wax, n. beeswax; spermaceti; adipocere (grave wax); ozocerite,
mineral wax. Associated words: cerography, ceroplastics, ceroplasty,
cerograph, cerographist, cerotic, ceromancy, cerate, encaustic, ceroma,
inceration, cerotene, incerative, cerographic, ceroplastic, cetin.
wax, v. cere; increase, grow, develop, become larger.
waxy, a. waxen, ceraceous, ceral; facile, pliable, fictile,
impressible, plastic.
way, n. manner, method, mode, fashion, style, guise, custom,
habitude, wont, practice; distance, interval, space; passage, transit,
progression, advance; means, device, expedient, contrivance; direction;
road, track, path, thoroughfare.
wayfarer, n. traveler, pilgrim, passenger, wanderer.
wayfaring, a. traveling, passing.
way in. entrance.
waylay, v. ambush.
way out. exit, egress.
wayward, a. disobedient, perverse, froward, willful, intractable,
headstrong.
waywiser, n. odometer, pedometer, perambulator.
weak, a. feeble, infirm, debilitated, weakly, fragile, delicate,
invalid, emasculated, enervated; vulnerable, assailable, unguarded,
unprotected, exposed; frail, pliant, tender; peccable, fallible, errable,
erring, indiscreet; impotent, ineffectual, inefficacious, ineffective;
illogical, unsustained, inconclusive, lame, unsatisfactory; vacillating,
irresolute, wavering, unstable; diluted, thin, insipid, vapid; slight,
gauzy, sleazy, flimsy, brittle, fragile; unsound, unsubstantial,
defective, unsafe, rickety.
weaken, v. debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, unnerve, emasculate,
incapacitate, sap, undermine, unman, exhaust, deplete; dilute, thin;
invalidate; impair, diminish, lower, decline.
weakening, a. debilitant; diluent, attenuant.
weak-kneed, a. yielding, irresolute, pliant, vacillating.
weak-minded, a. feeble-minded, foolish, shallow, witless.
weakness, n. debility, feebleness, infirmity, enervation,
debilitation, frailness, fragility, impotence, invalidism; vulnerability,
accessibility, exposedness; foible, defect, deficiency; peccability,
errability, fallibility; inefficacy, ineffectiveness; vacillation,
indecision, instability, irresolution; atony, asthenia.
wealth, n. opulence, affluence, riches, fortune, competence.
Associated Words: economics, Pluto, plutocracy, plutology, chrysology,
chrematistics, plutomania, plutocrat, plutocratic, magnate.
wealthy, a. opulent, affluent, rich, capitalistic, independent.
wean, v. disaccustom, alienate, detach.
weaning, n. ablactation; alienation.
wear away. abrade, fray, erode, corrode, fret, chafe.
wearied, a. tired, fatigued, exhausted, weary, fagged, jaded.
weariness, n. fatigue, lassitude, languor, exhaustion, _ennui_.
wearing away. abrasion, attrition, detrition, corrosion, erosion.
weary, a. tired, fatigued, worn, exhausted, wearied, spent, fagged,
_ennuyé_.
weary, v. tire, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag, bore.
weather, n. Associated Words: meteorology, meteorologist,
barometer.
weather-cock, n. weather-vane.
weave, v. entwine, interlace, mat, plait, braid, plat, fabricate.
weaving, n. Associated Words: loom, textile, textorial, textrine,
spindle.
web, n. texture, tissue.
web-footed, a. palmiped, palmated, fin-toed, lobate.
wedding, n. nuptials, marriage, espousals.
wedge, n. embolus, chock, quoin, scotch.
wedge-shaped, a. cuneiform, sphenoid.
weed, v. uproot, extirpate.
weeding, n. sarculation; extirpation, rooting out.
weeding machine. aberuncator.
week day. Associated Word: ferial.
weekly, a. hebdomadary, hebdomadal.
weep, v. sob, cry.
weeping, n. sobbing, crying.
weevil, n. curculio.
weighable, a. ponderable.
weight, n. heaviness, ponderousness, gravity, ponderosity, poise,
heft; encumbrance, pressure, incubus, clog, burden; importance,
consequence, moment, significance.
weighty, a. heavy, ponderous, massive, onerous; momentous, important,
pregnant, serious.
welcome, n. greeting, salutation.
welfare, n. prosperity, happiness, weal, success, well-being.
well, a. good, desirable, fortunate, expedient, favorable,
beneficial, advantageous; healthy, sound, undiseased, hale, hearty.
Welsh, a. Cymric, Cambrian.--n. Cymry.
Welshman, n. Cambrian.
welter, v. wallow, flounder, roll.
west, n. Associated Words: Occident, Hesperian, Hesperus,
Hesperides.
western, a. occidental.
west wind. Associated Word: favonian.
wet, a. damp, moist, humid, soaked.
wet, v. moisten, dampen, soak, imbrue, saturate.
wet blanket. check, damper, discouragement.
whalebone, n. baleen.
whale oil. train oil.
wharf, n. pier, quay, dock; jetty.
whatnot, a. étagère, cabinet.
wheat, n. Associated Word: mattamore. See grain.
wheedle, v. cajole, blandish, inveigle.
wheedling, n. cajolery, blandishment, inveiglement.
wheel, n. cycle; truckle, caster, roulette, rowel; gear, cogwheel,
miter wheel; pulley, sheave (wheel of a pulley). Associated words:
spoke, felly, hub, strake, tire, straddle, cog, sprocket, linchpin, arbor,
axle, axletree, sprag, traction, trochilics, trochilic, ratchet, flange,
skid, rotiform.
whetstone, n. oilstone. Associated Word: coticular.
whey cure. serumtherapy, serotherapy.
whim, n. vagary, caprice, fancy, crotchet, freak, humor, maggot,
notion, quirk.
whimsey, n. whim.
whimsical, a. capricious, vagarious, notional, crotchety, fantastic.
whine, n. whimper, puling, complaint.--v. whimper, pule,
complain.
whiningly, a. plaintively, querulously.
whinny, n. and v. neigh.
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