Putnam's Word Book by Louis A. Flemming
Part 5 out of 17
dishonor, n. disrepute, discredit, disgrace.
dishonorable, a. discreditable, disgraceful; unscrupulous,
unprincipled.
disillusionize, v. disenchant, decharm, disabuse.
disinterested, a. impartial, unbiased, indifferent, neutral,
magnanimous, unselfish.
disjoint, v. dislocate, luxate, disarticulate.
disjointed, a. incoherent, rambling, desultory, loose, disconnected.
dislike, v. disapprove, disrelish, hate.
dislike, n. aversion, antipathy, disrelish, disapproval, hatred,
disaffection.
dislocate, v. disjoint, luxate.
dislocation, n. luxation, disjointing.
disloyal, a. perfidious, unfaithful, false, treacherous, treasonable,
traitorous, apostate.
disloyalty, n. perfidy, unfaithfulness, treachery, treason, apostasy,
faithlessness, inconstancy.
dismal, a. dreary, gloomy, cheerless, joyless, sombre.
dismantle, v. raze, demolish.
dismay, n. consternation.
dismember, v. mutilate, dislimb.
dismemberment, n. mutilation.
dismiss, v. discharge, cashier; banish.
dismissal, n. discharge, dismission, removal.
disobedience, n. contumacy, dereliction, undutifulness, defiance,
insubmission, noncompliance, indocility, insubordination.
disobedient, a. contumacious, insubmissive, undutiful, defiant,
remiss, derelict, indocile, insubordinate, refractory.
disobey, v. transgress, violate, disregard, defy, infringe.
disorder, n. confusion, disarray, disarrangement, disorganization,
jumble, chaos, litter, irregularity, disturbance, tumult, riot, turmoil,
Bedlam, fracas, pandemonium.
disorder, v. disarrange, confuse, jumble, disorganize, tousle,
derange, discompose.
disordered, a. deranged, confused, jumbled, littered, disarranged.
disorderly, a. immethodical, unsystematic, confused; riotous,
chaotic, lawless, tumultuous.
disorganization, n. disorder, derangement, demobilization
dissolution.
disorganize, v. dissolve, disband, disorder, demobilize, disarrange.
disown, v. repudiate, deny, disclaim, disavow, renounce, reject.
disowning, n. denial, disclaimer, disavowal, repudiation,
renunciation, rejection.
disparage, v. belittle, decry, depreciate. Antonyms: laud, extol,
commend, praise.
disparagement, n. detraction, derogation, decrial, defamation,
dispraise, vilification.
disparaging, a. derogatory, unfavorable, detractory, defamatory.
dispatch, n. haste, speed, celerity, expedition; message, telegram.
dispense, v. deal out, apportion, distribute; administer, execute.
disperse, v. dissipate, dispel, scatter.
displace, v. remove, disarrange; supplant, supersede.
display, n. exhibition, parade, ostentation, show.
display, v. exhibit, evince, expose, parade, flourish.
displease, v. offend, anger.
displeasure, n. disapprobation, dudgeon, dislike, disapproval,
resentment, vexation, umbrage, dissatisfaction.
disposed, a. inclined, minded, willing. Antonyms: See
indisposed.
disposition, n. temperament, mood, nature; willingness, readiness,
inclination; arrangement, disposal; propensity, inclination, proneness,
proclivity, bias, bent. Antonyms: indisposition, unwillingness,
disinclination.
dispossess, v. dislodge, oust, eject, evict, dispropriate, disseize,
remove, depose.
dispossession, n. dislodgment, ejection, eviction, ousting,
divestiture, disseizin, ouster.
disproof, n. confutation, refutation.
disprove, v. confute, refute.
disputable, a. controvertible. Antonyms: indisputable,
incontrovertible.
disputant, n. controversialist, controvertist, dissenter, disputer,
arguer.
disputatious, a. contentious, polemical, argumentative, quarrelsome.
dispute, v. contend, argue, gainsay, controvert, altercate, wrangle,
impugn, bicker, squabble, spar.
dispute, n. disputation, controversy, argument, debate, logomachy,
squabble, contention, polemic.
disregard, n. indifference, ignoration, slight, neglect, disesteem,
inattention, oversight.
disregard, v. ignore, slight, contemn, overlook, disobey.
disrepute, n. disesteem, unpopularity, disgrace, odium.
disrespect, n. discourtesy, incivility, disesteem, rudeness,
irreverence, insolence.
disrespectful, a. discourteous, uncivil, rude, irreverent, impious,
insolent, saucy.
dissatisfaction, n. discontent, discontentment, disapproval,
displeasure.
dissatisfied, a. discontented, displeased, restless, malcontent,
impatient, disgruntled.
dissection, n. anatomy; analysis, examination; vivisection,
callisection, sentisection.
dissector, n. anatomist, prosector.
dissent, n. dissension, disagreement, variance; nonconformity,
dissidence.
dissenter, n. nonconformist, sectary, dissident, separatist,
schismatic, recusant.
dissertation, n. discourse, disquisition.
dissimilar, a. See different.
dissipated, a. profligate, dissolute, licentious, fast.
dissipation, n. dispersion, scattering; profligacy, dissoluteness.
dissolute, a. debauched, dissipated, licentious, abandoned.
dissolution, n. dissolving, analysis; solution, liquefaction;
decomposition, resolution.
dissolvable, a. dissoluble, soluble, fusible. Antonyms:
indissoluble, indissolvable.
dissolve, v. melt, liquefy, macerate, fuse, deliquesce; disorganize,
disband, disperse; sunder, disunite.
dissolvent, n. menstruum, solvent.
dissuade, v. deter, divert.
dissuasion, n. dehortation.
distance, n. interval, intervening space; remoteness; reserve,
aloofness, ceremoniousness, unfriendliness, alienation. Associated
words: longimetry, longitude, latitude, odometer, odograph, perambulator.
distance, v. outstrip, outdo, surpass.
distant, a. remote, far-off; uncordial, reserved, cold. Antonyms:
See near.
distaste, n. aversion, dislike, disrelish. Antonyms: taste, liking,
relish.
distasteful, a. unpleasant offensive, repugnant, unpalatable,
unsavory, disagreeable.
distill, v. trickle, drop, drip; rectify.
distillation, n. trickling; rectification, vaporization.
distinction, n. discrimination; eminence, celebrity, renown, fame,
repute, prominence. Antonyms: indistinction, indiscrimination
promiscuity, obscurity.
distinctive, a. discriminative, distinguishing, characteristic.
distinguish, v. characterize; discriminate, differentiate, discern,
recognize.
distinguished, a. marked, special; eminent, illustrious, famous,
celebrated, renowned, noted; transcendent, extraordinary, supreme,
consummate, conspicuous. Antonyms: undistinguished, obscure,
commonplace, inconspicuous, humble.
distinguishing, a. distinctive, peculiar, discriminative,
characteristic.
distort, v. deform, twist; pervert, misinterpret, falsify,
misrepresent.
distortion, n. deformity; perversion, crookedness; falsification.
distracted, a. frantic, frenzied, raving, crazy. Antonyms: See
calm.
distraction, n. diversion, amusement; confusion, mystification,
bewilderment; tumult, commotion, hurly-burly; despair, frenzy.
distress, n. anguish, agony, torture, sorrow, grief; misery,
affliction, adversity, disaster, calamity, misfortune; straits, poverty,
destitution, indigence.
distress, v. pain, grieve, afflict, wound; distrain.
distressing, a. grievous, distressful, painful, afflictive.
distribute, v. apportion, allot, deal out, dispense; classify,
assort, group.
distribution, n. apportionment, allotment, dispensing, partition,
division, dole; disposition, classification, grouping, arrangement.
district, n. region, precinct, province, circuit, quarter, locality,
ward.
distrust, n. doubt, suspicion, mistrust.
distrustful, a. suspicious.
disturb, v. molest, perturb, annoy, disquiet, agitate, incommode,
ruffle, disarrange, derange, unsettle, roust, excite.
disturbance, n. molestation, derangement, disquiet, disorder,
perturbation, inquietude, agitation, uneasiness; commotion, turmoil,
tumult, uproar, riot, clamor. Associated Words: perturbable,
imperturbable, perturbability, imperturbability, imperturbation.
disuse, n. desuetude, insuetude, inusitation, discontinuance,
obsoleteness.
disused, a. obsolete.
ditch, n. trench, moat, fosse, channel. Associated Words: scarp,
escarp, parapet, graffage, counterscarp.
dive, v. plunge.--n. plunger, header; (Slang) resort.
divergence, n. radiation; disagreement, variance; divarication,
forking.
divergent, a. diverging, radiating; variant, different.
divers, a. several, sundry, various, many, numerous.
diverse, a. different, dissimilar, heterogeneous, diversified,
variant.
diversified, a. various, variegated, multiform.
diversion, n. turning aside; amusement, sport, recreation,
relaxation.
diversity, n. difference, dissimilarity; variety, multiformity.
diver's apparel. scaphander.
diver's disease. caisson disease.
divide, v. sunder, split, cleave, disunite, part, separate, sever,
dissociate, disconnect, detach, disintegrate, demarcate, dimidiate,
partition; apportion, distribute, allot, assign, parcel out; disaffect,
alienate, estrange, part; share, partake, participate.
divine, a. Godlike; religious, holy; heavenly, angelic, seraphic,
transcendent.
divine, v. foresee, foreknow, surmise, forebode, conjecture,
foretell.
diving bell. nautilus.
divisible, a. separable, dividable, partible.
division, n. separation, partition, demarcation, dimidiation;
section, segment, part, compartment, portion, canton, category, group;
disunion, alienation, schism, variance, dissension; apportionment,
allotment, distribution
dizziness, n. vertigo.
dizzy, a. vertiginous, giddy.
do, v. effect, accomplish, produce, achieve, consummate, execute,
perform; transact; perpetrate, commit; translate, render; suffice, answer;
fare, prosper; vouchsafe, grant; (Colloq.) cheat, overreach, swindle,
defraud. Antonyms: shirk, evade.
do-all, n. factotum.
do away with. abolish.
docile, a. tractable, teachable, gentle, yielding, obedient,
submissive. Antonyms: See indocile.
docility, n. tractableness, submissiveness. Antonym: indocility.
dock, v. curtail; deduct from, lessen.
dock, n. wharf, pier, jetty.
dock hand. stevedore.
doctor, n. physician, medical practitioner, leech; homeopath;
allopath; interne; externe; savant; (ignorant) quack, empiric.
doctor, v. repair, treat; (Slang) tamper with, falsify, adulterate.
doctrine, n. tenet, dogma, belief, principle, teaching.
doddering, a. shaking, trembling, infirm.
dodge, v. duck, evade, parry; prevaricate, equivocate, shift, evade,
quibble, parry.
dodge, n. (Colloq.) prevarication, trick, artifice, subterfuge,
stratagem, evasion, parry, device.
dodger, n. prevaricator; handbill, circular.
dog, n. canine; (young) pup, puppy, whelp; (female) bitch, slut;
cur, whippet, tike, fice, mongrel. Associated Words: canine, _Canis_,
cyniatrics, rabies, hydrophobia, cynanthropy, cynegetics, cynic,
cynophobia, cynoid, cynopodous, cynocephalous, cynocephalus, cynocephalic,
learn, leash, dog-fancier.
dog, v. follow, worry, hound.
dog days. canicular days.
dogged, a. stubborn, obstinate, mulish, headstrong, persistent.
doggish, a. surly, sullen, churlish, cynical, morose.
dog house. kennel.
dogma, n. doctrine, tenet.
dogmatic, a. positive, magisterial, dictatorial, imperious,
domineering, overbearing; authoritative, categorical.
dog-star, n. Sinus, Canicula, Cards Majoris.
doings, n. pl. actions, proceedings, deeds, acts, performances,
transactions.
dole, n. pittance, alms; distribution, apportionment, share, portion;
grief, sorrow.
doleful, a. sorrowful, dolorous, plaintive, piteous, lugubrious,
woe-begone.
domain, n. dominion, sovereignty; realm, territory; province,
department.
dome, n. cupola.
domestic, a. home, household, family; intestine; domesticated, tame;
fond of home.
dominant, a. predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount.
dominate, v. predominate, sway, rule, govern, control, surmount,
overtop.
domination, n. government, dominion, supremacy, rule, authority,
ascendancy.
domineer, v. tyrannize, lord it; swagger, vapor, bluster.
domineering, a. tyrannical, dictatorial, overbearing, lordly,
imperious. Antonyms: meek, apologetic, retiring.
dominion, n. sovereignty, sway, supremacy; realm, empire, kingdom,
domain.
do more than duty requires. supererogate.
donation, n. gift, present, benefaction.
done for. (Colloq.) tired out, used up, spent, collapsed,
exhausted.
done up. (Colloq.) wrapped up; worn out, exhausted.
donkey, n. ass, burro, Neddy. Associated Words: bray, asinine,
asininity.
do-nothing, a. inactive, idle, lazy, fabian, slothful.
doodlesack, n. bagpipe.
doom, n. judicial sentence, judgment; destiny, death.
door, n. entrance, portal, gate; postern; porch, portico. Associated
words: lintel, jamb, sill, threshold, stile, panel, rail, mullion,
porte-cochère, reveal, rabbet, casing.
doorkeeper, n. porter, _concierge_, ostiary; tyler.
doorsill, n. threshold.
dormancy, n. abeyance, quiescence, inactivity, torpor, lethargy,
inertness.
dormant, a. quiescent, latent, inert, inactive, abeyant, torpid.
dose, n. draught, dram, potion. Associated Word: posology.
dot, n. period, point; dowry; speck.
dotage, n. senility, anility, decrepitude; fondness, affection
(excessive or weak).
double, a. twofold, duplex, bifold, binate; equivocal, Janus-faced,
deceitful, insincere, perfidious.
double, v. duplicate; fold, plait, pleat.
double, n. duplicate, counterpart; duplication, plait, doubling;
circuit, maneuver, shift, artifice, stratagem, ruse.
double-dealing, n. duplicity, dissimulation, trickery, Machiavelism.
double-faced, a. Janus-faced, deceitful, perfidious.
double-headed, a. bicipital, bicipitous.
double-hearted, a. perfidious, deceitful, treacherous, insincere.
double-minded, a. irresolute, vacillating, unsettled, undetermined.
doubling, n. duplication, reduplication; fold, plait, plication,
double.
doubt, v. waver, hesitate, question, be undecided, query; distrust,
suspect. Antonyms: believe, trust, rely upon.
doubt, n. indecision, uncertainty, vacillation, irresolution,
misgiving, query, suspense, hesitancy, distrust, suspicion, quandary,
perplexity; skepticism, incredulity, pyrrhonism; ambiguity, difficulty.
Antonyms: conviction, credulity, confidence, decision, assurance,
belief, certainty.
doubtful, a. unsettled, undetermined, dubious, wavering, precarious,
undecided, irresolute; questionable, involved; ambiguous, enigmatical,
problematical, equivocal, vague, indefinite. Antonyms: certain,
implicit, sure, unquestionable, unwavering.
doubting, a. incredulous, suspicious, skeptical.
doughfaced, a. pliable, weak, irresolute.
doughty, a. redoubtable, valiant, bold, fearless.
dour, a. hard, obstinate, sour.
douse, v. duck, immerse, dip, plunge, souse, submerge.
dove, n. pigeon. Associated Word: coo.
dovecote, n. columbary, pigeonry, pigeon house.
dovelike, a. columbine.
dowdy, a. vulgar-looking, slovenly, untidy, slatternly, frowzy.
Antonyms: See neat.
do without. dispense with.
down, adv. downward, below.
down, v. overthrow, subdue, floor, prostrate.
down, a. descending, sloping, downward.
down, n. pubescence; pl. (Colloq.) depression, abasement.
downcast, a. despondent, dejected, discouraged, gloomy, dispirited.
downcome, n. downfall.
downfall, n. downcome, descent, reverse, abasement, humiliation.
down grade. descent, declivity.
downhearted, a. dejected, despondent, discouraged.
downhill, n. descent, declivity, slope.--a. declivous,
descending, sloping.
downright, a. blunt, direct, unceremonious, positive, undisguised,
absolute, unmixed, straightforward.
downy, a. pubescent, flocculent.
draft, n. drawing, draught; bill of exchange; delineation, sketch,
current of air; conscript, conscription. Associated Word: conscript
(one drafted).
drag, v. haul, trail, tug, pull; break, harrow.
drag, n. dragging; dragnet; harrow; skid; clog, impediment, obstacle.
drain, n. channel, gutter, trench, ditch, sewer.
drain, v. empty, exhaust, deplete; filter.
draw, v. haul, drag, tug, tow; attract; entice, allure, lure, induce,
tempt; extract, educe; unsheathe; deduce, infer, conclude, derive;
disembowel, eviscerate; delineate, draught, sketch, depict, trace, limn;
influence, win, induce; contract, shrink. Antonyms: repel, repulse,
rebuff, reject, alienate.
drawback, n. disadvantage, hindrance, defect, imperfection; rebate,
deduction, discount.
draw back. retract; shrink, flinch, recoil, withdraw, wince.
drawer, n. till (money drawer), tiller.
drawing, n. traction, hauling, pulling; graphics, diagraphics,
delineation; sketch, draught, diagram, picture, limning, representation.
drawing back. retraction; shrinking, flinching, recoiling,
withdrawal, wincing.
drawing off. withdrawal, abstraction.
drawing out. extension, protraction, stretching; eduction,
extraction.
draw off. withdraw, abstract.
draw out. stretch, extend, protract; elicit, educe, extract.
draw up. compose, draught, write; array, arrange.
dread, n. apprehension, fear, awe (reverential fear).
dread, v. fear, apprehend.
dreadful, a. fearful, terrible, formidable, awful, dread, dire,
direful, frightful.
dream, n. vision; illusion, vagary, wild conceit, revery, fancy,
fantasy. Antonyms: fact, actuality, reality, substance, realization.
Associated Words: Morpheus, Morphean, oneiroscopy, oneiroscopist,
oneirocritic, oneiromancy, oneirology, oneirocriticism, nightmare.
dreamer, n. visionary, enthusiast, castle-builder, John-a-dreams.
dreamy, a. visionary, unreal, illusory. Antonyms: practical, real.
dreary, a. dismal, drear, cheerless, lonesome, wearisome, dull.
dregs, n. pl. refuse, sediment, lees, draff; riffraff.
dress, n. gown, toilette, robe; raiment, clothes, clothing, garments,
habiliments, attire, garb, apparel, habit, array, costume, togs, toggery.
Antonyms: See undress.
dress, v. clothe, deck, drape, apparel, robe, array, attire; adjust,
align; curry, smooth, plane, finish; (Colloq.) castigate, chastise,
whip. Antonyms: undress, disrobe, divest, strip, expose.
dress gaudily. bedizen, prank.
dressing, n. forcemeat, stuffing, condiment; (Colloq.) castigation,
scolding, whipping, flogging, chastisement.
dressmaker, n. modiste, mantuamaker.
dribble, v. drip, trickle.
dribble, n. (Colloq.) trickling.
drier, n. desiccator, desiccant, desiccative, exsiccant, exsiccator.
drift, n. course, direction, bearing, tendency, aim, intention
intent, design, import, meaning; accumulation, heap, bank, pile, diluvium.
drill, v. perforate, pierce, bore; train, discipline, exercise.
drink, v. quaff, sip, sup, imbibe, slake one's thirst; tipple, tope,
guzzle, booze, house, be intemperate; absorb.
drink, n. beverage, potation, potable; draught, dram, potation,
drench.
drinkable, a. potable, potulent. Antonym: undrinkable
drinking, n. potation; tippling, bibacity, drunkenness, carousal,
guzzling, intemperance. Antonyms: temperance nephalism, abstinence,
teetotalism. Associated Words: bibacious, bibulous, bibitory,
dipsomania, alcoholism thirst, nectar, hobnob, bacchanalian, inebriant,
potatory, œnomania, symposium, crapulence, supernaculum convivial,
conviviality, tankard, beaker, cup, stein, canteen.
drinking-bout, n. orgies, compotation, bacchanals, carousal revel,
revelry, wassail, saturnalia, debauch, spree, excess, carouse,
jollification.
drip, v. drop, trickle, dribble.
dripping, n. trickling, dribbling.
dripping from the eaves. stillicide.
drive, v. impel, force, compel, press; propel, send; rush, press;
conduct, carry on.
drive at. aim, intend, purpose.
drive away. dispel, disperse, scatter, dissipate.
drive back. repulse, repel, rebuff.
drivel, n. driveling; nonsense, twaddle.
drivel, v. drool.
driveler, n. drooler; imbecile, fool, idiot.
driver, n. coachman, jehu, charioteer, whip.
driving, a. violent, forcible; impelling, impellent, propulsive,
impulsive.
driving, n. guiding by reins; impulsion, propulsion, compulsion,
forcing.
driving back. repulse, rebuff, repulsion, repercussion, repellence,
recussion.
driving out. expulsion.--a. expulsive.
drizzle, n. mizzle, misle, mist.--v. mizzle, misle.
droll, n. jester, buffoon, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin; comedy,
farce, burlesque.
droll, a. ludicrous, laughable, comical, facetious, funny.
drollery, n. waggery, buffoonery, pleasantry, facetiousness.
drone, n. sluggard, idler, lounger.
drool, v. drivel, slaver, slabber.
drooler, n. driveler, slaverer, slabberer.
droop, v. languish, faint, grow faint, sink; bend, drop, hang;
slouch; fade, wilt, wither.
drop, n. globule, minim, blob; pendant; descent, fall.
drop, v. distill, dribble, trickle, drip; fall; let fall, release,
banish, dismiss, discontinue, discard, intermit, remit, relinquish; lower,
sink, depress; variegate, bedrop, speckle, fleck.
drop by drop. _guttatim_, _guttat_, stillatitious.
droplight, n. pendant.
dropping, n. distillation, trickling, dribbling, falling; stillicide.
droppings, n. pl. excrement, dung.
drop serene. amaurosis, _gutta serena_.
drop-shaped, a. globular, guttiform, stilliform.
dross, n. refuse, scum, recrement, draff, dregs, scobs, waste,
sinter.
drought, n. aridity, dryness; scarcity, dearth.
drought plant. xerophyte. Associated Words: xerophilous,
xerophytic.
drove, n. herd, flock; crowd, company.
drown, v. overwhelm, submerge, flood, inundate, deluge.
drowning, n. demersion, submersion, inundation; noyade.
drowsiness, n. sleepiness, oscitancy.
drowsy, a. sleepy, dozy, oscitant.
drudge, n. menial, hack, slave, scullion, fag.
drug, v. deaden, dull, stupefy; surfeit; hocus.
drug, n. Associated Words: pharmacology, pharmacologist, pharmacy,
pharmacognosis, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacopœoea,
pharmacography, spatula, mortar, pestle, cribration, pharmacopolist,
pharmaceutical.
druggist, n. pharmacist, apothecary, pharmaceutist.
drum, n. snare-drum; base-drum; kettle-drum; tabor, taborine.
Associated Words: reveille, rappel, chamade, ruff, tattoo, ruffle, roll,
rataplan, drummer, drumhead, drumstick.
drum, v. thrum, strum.
drumstick, n. tibiotarsus.
drunk, a. intoxicated, drunken, inebriated, tipsy, boozy, besotted.
Antonyms: sober, unintoxicated.
drunk, n. (Slang) spree, drunkenness.
drunkard, n. inebriate, toper, sot, tippler, carouser, dipsomaniac,
wine-bibber, bacchanal, bacchanalian, debauchee. Antonyms: abstainer,
ascetic, nephalist, teetotaler.
drunken, a. intoxicated, drunk; sottish, maudlin, fuddled, mellow,
groggy, disguised.
drunkenness, n. intoxication, inebriety, inebriation, ebriety,
ebriosity, debauch; excitement, frenzy, inflammation. Antonyms:
sobriety, temperance, abstinence.
dry, a. desiccated, exsiccated, dried, evaporated; arid, parched;
anhydrous; droughty; barren, uninteresting, jejune, vapid, tedious,
prosaic, tame; sharp, keen, quaint, shrewd, droll.
dry, v. evaporate, desiccate, exsiccate, arefy, insolate (dry in the
sun), torrefy; infumate (dry in smoke).
dry goods. textile fabrics. Associated Word: mercer.
drying, n. desiccation, exsiccation, evaporation, torrefaction,
arefaction. Associated Words: desiccator, exsiccator, desiccative,
evaporator, kiln.
drying, a. desiccative, exsiccative, desiccatory, desiccant,
exsiccant, evaporative.
dryness, n. aridity, drought, desiccation, exsiccation.
dubious, a. undetermined, undecided, doubtful; equivocal,
questionable, vague.
duck, v. souse, dip, plunge, immerse; dive; dodge, cringe.
duck, n. drake (male); teal; pl. Anatidæ, Anseres. Associated
words: anatine, anserine, anatiferous, quack.
ducking-stool, n. castigatory, trebucket, cucking-stool, tumbrel.
duct, n. tube, canal, pipe, channel, conduit.
dude, n. dandy, fop, coxcomb, swell, popinjay, exquisite. Antonyms:
sloven, guy.
dudgeon, n. resentment, anger, displeasure.
dudish, a. foppish, dandified, coxcombical. Antonyms: slovenly,
seedy, unkempt.
duds, n. pl. (Colloq.) frippery (old clothes); clothes, effects,
things.
due, a. payable, unpaid; appropriate, becoming, proper; regular,
appointed; owing, ascribable.
due, n. debt; duty, right.
duel, n. monomachia, monomachy.
duelist, n. monomachist.
dugout, n. excavation.
dull, a. unintelligent, obtuse, stolid, loggerheaded, inapt, doltish,
beetle-headed, blockish, sluggish; apathetic, unfeeling, insensate,
callous; blunt, obtuse, dulled, pointless; dim, faint; tedious,
uninteresting, prosaic, stupid, wearisome, jejune, depressing; lifeless,
torpid, slow, inactive; matte, lusterless, lackluster.
dull, v. blunt, rebate, benumb, obtund, stupefy, deaden, hebetate;
sully, tarnish, obscure, dim, bedim; depress, sadden, dishearten; assuage,
alleviate, moderate, allay.
dumb, a. mute, speechless; pantomimic.
dumbness, n. muteness, obmutescence, speechlessness.
dumb show. pantomime.
dumfound, v. astound, amaze, astonish, confound.
dumpish, a. dull, moody, moping, dejected, gloomy, despondent.
dumps, n. pl. melancholy, depression, despondency.
dunce, n. dullard, dolt, numskull, witling, blockhead, coot,
lackbrain, ninny, oaf, nincompoop, mooncalf, ignoramus, booby, simpleton.
duncical, a. doltish, witless.
dung, n. ordure, excrement, fæces, dejections, lesses, muck; puer,
fumet, fiants, treddle, spraints, coprolite (petrified), mute, guano,
ornithocopros. Associated Words: coprophagy, coprophagous, Augean,
dungmeer, excrementitious, sterconst, sterconcolous, stercoraceous,
bubulin.
dupe, n. gull, cully, gudgeon, dotterel, victim.
duplicate, a. double, twofold, duplex.--n. facsimile,
counterpart. See copy. Antonyms: original, archetype prototype,
model, pattern.
dusk, n. twilight, evening, nightfall.
dust, n. powder; detritus; stive (in flour mills). Associated
words: pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence, pulverize, pulverization.
dust storm. simoon; (in India) shaitan, devil, peesash; dust whirl.
dusty, a. powdery, pulverulent, pulverous, pulverized.
dutiful, a. obedient, duteous, submissive, deferential, docile.
duty, n. responsibility, incumbency, accountability; service,
business, work, function, office; tax, impost, toll, excise, custom.
Associated Words: ethics, deontology, casuistry, ethology, morals,
ethicist, ethically, supererogate, supererogation.
dwarf, n. pygmy, gnome, manikin, dandiprat, Lilliputian, elf, midget,
runt, Tom Thumb, pigwidgeon, homunculus, hop-o-my-thumb.
dwarf, v. stunt, atrophy.
dwarfish, a. diminutive, undersized, Lilliputian, pygmy, pygmean,
runty, stunted, undeveloped, tiny, atrophied.
dweller, n. denizen, resident, sojourner, inhabitant, habitant.
dwelling, n. residence, domicile, house, abode.
dwindle, v. decrease, diminish, shrink.
dwindling, n. decrease, diminution, shrinkage.
dye, v. color, stain, tinge, imbue.
dying, a. moribund; expiring, last; mortal, perishable.
E
Eager, a. ardent, avid, zealous, impetuous, vehement, intent,
animated, impatient, fervent, athirst, impassioned ravenous, anxious,
glowing, keen. Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic, dispassionate,
phlegmatic, unconcerned unmoved, stolid.
eagerness, n. impatience, avidity, fervor, zeal, intensity,
empressement, impetuosity, vehemence, heartiness, intentness ardor,
devotion.
eagle, n. Aquila, bird of Jove; eaglet (young eagle). Associated
words: aquiline, eyry, aerie.
ear, n. (of grain) spike.
ear, n. (external) auricle, pinna, concha; (inner) labyrinth.
Associated Words: otology, otologist, aurist (ear doctor), auricular,
otography, otopathy, aural, auditory, otiatrics, lappet, otoplasty,
tympanitis, otorrhea, auricled, alveary, otolith, lobe, otic, binaural,
malleus, stapes, incus.
earache, n. otalgia, otalgy. Associated Word: otalgic.
eardrum, n. tympanum.
earlier, a. antecedent.
early, a. seasonable, timely, forehanded; premature.
earnest, a. unfeigned, ardent, sincere, fervent, impassioned,
zealous, intent.
earnest, n. sincerity, seriousness, good faith; pledge, handsel,
token, foretaste. Antonym: jest.
earnestness, n. ardor, sincerity, fervency, seriousness, intentness,
unction.
earpick, n. auriscalp.
earring, n. eardrop, pendant; girandole.
ear-shaped, a. auriform.
earth, n. world, terra firma, globe; land, soil, ground. See
world.
earthborn, a. terrigenous, human; groveling, abject, base.
earthenware, n. crockery, pottery, stoneware, porcelain, Delftware.
earthling, n. mortal, tellurian, tellurist.
earthly, a. worldly, carnal, groveling, sordid; terrestrial, terrine;
temporal; possible, conceivable.
earthly-minded, a. worldly-minded, sensual, groveling, unspiritual.
earthquake, n. earthshock, earth tremor. Associated Words:
seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer,
seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic,
meizoseismal, coscismal, anaseismic, isoseismic.
earthwork, n. fortification, embankment.
earthworm, n. angleworm, dewworm, lumbric, _lumbricus_.
earthy, a. terrestrial, terrene, earthly; gross, carnal, groveling,
low.
ear-trumpet, n. sonifer, otophone, auricle.
earwax, n. cerumen.
ease, n. facility, easiness; repose, quiescence, comfort,
tranquillity, contentment, peace, serenity; unrestraint, informality,
abandon. Antonyms: constraint, difficulty, discomfort, uneasiness,
awkwardness.
ease, v. facilitate, mitigate, appease, assuage, allay, soothe,
alleviate, palliate, release, relax, mollify.
easiness, n. ease, facility.
east, a. Associated Words: orientate, orientation, Orient,
Orientalism, Orientalist, orientalize, orientality.
eastern, a. oriental, orient, ortive.
easy, a. facile, slight; comfortable, untroubled, quiet, tranquil;
gullible, facile, credulous, submissive, compliant, tractable; affluent,
independent; smooth, fluent, unconstrained.
easy-going, a. mild-tempered, ease-loving, unenterprising, inactive,
happy-go-lucky.
eat, v. feed, devour; bolt, gulp, gorge. Antonyms: abstain, fast,
diet, starve, famish.
eat, v. consume, corrode, erode, fret.
eatable, a. edible, comestible, esculent. Antonym: inedible.
eaten away. eroded, erose, fretted.
eating, n. feeding, repast; (excess in eating) gluttony,
gormandism, bolting, gulping, superalimentation; browsing. Associated
words: aristology, gastronomy, gastronome, gastronomer, epicure,
epicurism, diet, dietetics, dietary, commensal, dietarian, gastronomic,
gourmet, gormand, cormorant, glutton, omnivorous, appetite, hunger,
hungry, gustatory, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy.
eating, n. corrosion, erosion, fretting, canker.
eating-house, n. restaurant, café, chophouse, buffet.
eating-room, n. dining-room, refectory.
eating together. commensalism.
ebb, n. reflux, refluence; decline, wane, deterioration,
retrogression.
ebb, v. recede, return, retire; decline, wane, deteriorate, decay.
ebbing, a. receding, refluent, falling.
eccentric, a. whimsical, erratic, unconventional, irregular, odd,
idiosyncratic.
eccentricity, n. whimsicality, oddness, unconventionality,
freakishness, irregularity.
echo, n. reverberation. Associated Word: catacoustics.
echo, v. resound, reverberate.
eclipse, n. occultation; obscuration, extinction, concealment,
outrivaling.
eclipse, v. obscure, outshine, surpass, outrival, overcast.
economical, a. frugal, saving, thrifty, provident. Antonyms: See
extravagant.
economize, v. save, retrench, husband.
economy, n. thrift, frugality, thriftiness, retrenchment; management,
administration, system.
eczema, n. tetter, milk crust.
eddy, n. vortex, whirlpool.
edge, n. verge, brink, border, margin, rim, extremity; sharpness,
intensity, zest, poignancy, sting; selvage, selvedge, listing; bevel,
flange.
edge, v. sharpen, fringe, border, rim; hitch along.
edgy, a. touchy, sharp, irritable, excitable, irascible.
edible, a. eatable, esculent, comestible. Antonym: inedible
edict, n. mandate, decree, proclamation, rescript, manifesto,
ordinance.
educate, v. teach, instruct, school, nurture, edify, enlighten.
educated, a. learned, versed, erudite, scholarly, enlightened,
schooled, literate.
education, n. culture, learning, schooling, tuition, scholarship,
nurture, enlightenment, literacy.
efface, v. expunge, obliterate, erase, eradicate.
effect, n. result, outcome, consequence, issue; validity, force,
weight; execution, performance, realization; meaning, tenor, purport,
intent; ensemble.
effect, v. effectuate, accomplish, realize, achieve, consummate,
compass.
effective, a. effectual, efficient, potent, cogent, availing,
productive.
effectual, a. efficacious, effective, efficient, availing,
successful. Antonym: ineffectual.
effeminate, a. womanish, unmanly, cockney.--n. cockney.
effervescence, n. ebullition. Antonyms: ineffervescence,
defervescence.
effete, a. exhausted, infecund, unfruitful, wasted, barren.
efficacious, a. potent, effectual, effective, productive. Antonym:
inefficacious.
efficacy, n. potency, effectiveness, efficiency, productiveness.
Antonyms: inefficacy, impotency.
efficient, a. competent, capable, proficient, effectual, potent,
efficacious.
effort, n. attempt, endeavor, trial, essay, venture, exertion,
strain, struggle.
egg, n. ovum, germ, cell; spawn. Associated Words: oölogy,
oölogist, ovology, oviferous, yolk, glair, albumen, embryo, oviparous,
oviposit, oviposition, vitellus, fecundate, impregnate, impregnation,
fecundity, clutch, vitelline, oviduct, Ovipara, ovulation, ovulist, tread,
treadle, chalaza, addle, oömeter, oöscope, spawn.
egg, v. urge on, instigate, incite.
egg-shaped, a. oval, ovoid, oviform.
egotism, n. self-conceit, vanity, egoism, self-exaltation.
egotistical, a. conceited, overweening, vain, self-conceited,
self-important, opinionated.
Egyptian dancing girl. alme; ghawazi.
Egyptian peasant. fellah.
Egyptian ruler. Khedive.
eight, n. Associated Words: octonary, octopede, octant, octave,
octavo, octet, octic, octad, octameter.
eight-angled, a. octangular, octagonal.
eightfold, a. octuple.
eight-sided, a. octagonal, octahedral, octangular.
eight-sided figure. octagon.
eight-sided solid. octahedron.
eight tones. Associated Words: diatonic, diatonically.
eight years. octennium. Associated Words: octennial, octennially.
eighty years. Associated Words: octogenarian, octogenary.
eject, v. void, discharge; oust, evict, dislodge.
ejection, n. voiding, discharge; ousting, dispossession.
elastic, a. resilient, springy, extensible, ductile, rebounding,
tensible.
elasticity, n. resiliency, springiness, extensibility, ductility.
Antonyms: inelasticity, irresilience.
elated, a. elate, exhilarated, overjoyed, jubilant.
electric, a. stimulating, inspiriting, electrifying, magnetic,
thrilling.
elegance, n. beauty, grace, richness, sumptuousness, luxuriousness.
elegant, a. courtly, sumptuous, luxurious, rich.
element, n. constituent, ingredient; pl. rudiments, first
principles.
elemental, a. rudimental, elementary, constituent.
elementary, a. rudimental, elemental, constituent, primary; simple,
uncompounded.
elephant, n. Associated Words: howdah, pachyderm, kraal, corral,
keddah, ankus, mahout.
elevate, v. lift, raise; promote, advance, aggrandize, exalt;
ennoble, dignify.
elevation, n. promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation, dignity,
advancement; eminence, hill.
eleven years. Associated Words: undecennary, undecennial,
undecennially.
elf, n. sprite, fairy, imp, fay, gnome, urchin.
elfish, n. mischievous, impish, elvish, prankish.
embankment, n. levee, dike; terreplein.
embarrass, v. disconcert, discompose, mortify, abash, chagrin,
nonplus, pose, perplex; impede, obstruct, annoy, involve, harass, hamper,
incumber.
embarrassing, a. disconcerting, distressing, perplexing, confusing.
embarrassment, n. discomposure, chagrin, abashment, mortification,
disconcertion.
embellish, v. decorate, beautify, garnish, bedeck, ornament.
embellishment, n. adornment, decoration, beautification,
ornamentation; ornament, garniture, garnish, trimming.
embezzle, v. peculate, defalcate.
embezzlement, n. peculation, defalcation.
embezzler, n. defalcator, peculator.
embroidery frame. tabouret.
embryo, a. undeveloped, rudimentary.
emery, n. abradant.
emigrant, n. emigrator, immigrant.
emigrate, v. migrate.
emigration, n. migration, exodus; emigrants.
eminent, a. distinguished, renowned, illustrious, famous, celebrated.
emphasis, n. accentuation.
emphasize, v. accentuate.
empire, n. sovereignty, sway, dominion, supremacy; realm, domain,
kingdom.
emptiness, n. vacancy, inanition; hollowness, mockery, inanity;
space, vacuum, void; frivolity, triviality, senselessness.
empty, a. depleted, vacant, inane; unoccupied, void, vacant,
unfilled, tenantless, blank, evacuated; free, devoid of, lacking,
destitute; senseless, hollow, vain, delusive, unsatisfying, inane, unreal;
deflated.
empty, v. deplete, exhaust, unload, unburden, evacuate; disembogue;
deflate.
emptying, n. depletion, exhaustion, evacuation, discharge, vacating.
enamel, n. Associated Words: cloisonné, champlevé.
enchant, v. bewitch, charm, enrapture, captivate, enravish,
transport, delight.
enchantment, n. charm, witchery, fascination, glamour, illusion;
sorcery, conjuration, witchcraft, spell. Antonyms: disenchantment,
disillusionment.
enchantress, n. siren, inamorata, charmer, sorceress, witch.
encircle, v. environ, encompass, surround, gird, circumscribe,
enfold.
encounter, n. meeting, collision, rencounter; battle, contest,
conflict, onslaught, attack.
encourage, v. enhearten, reassure, embolden, inspirit, stimulate,
revive, rally, foment, countenance, incite.
encouragement, n. enheartenment, reassurance, incentive, stimulation,
stimulus, incitement, fomentation, patronage, countenance.
encouraging, a. reassuring, inspiriting, cheering, assuring.
encroach, v. trespass, intrude, intrench, infringe, trench, invade.
encroachment, n. trespass, intrusion, intrenchment, infringement,
invasion, inroad.
end, n. termination, terminal, terminus, extremity, limit, bound;
close, _finale_, conclusion, finis, cessation; issue, result, consequence,
sequel, conclusion, peroration; purpose, intention, design, aim, goal,
object, intent; remnant, fragment; extermination, annihilation,
destruction; surcease.
end, v. terminate, conclude, finish, discontinue, cease, close.
endable, a. terminable.
endanger, v. imperil.
ending, n. termination, conclusion.
endless, a. interminable, illimitable, limitless, unlimited,
boundless, infinite; continuous, uninterrupted, continual perpetual,
unending, eternal, everlasting.
endowment, n. dotation, bounty, grant, bequest, talent, faculty,
dower.
endurable, a. sufferable, tolerable. Antonyms: unendurable,
insufferable.
endurance, n. permanence, continuance, persistence, abidance,
continuation; sufferance, patience, fortitude, forbearance, resignation,
toleration.
endure, v. suffer, experience, undergo; stand, brook, tolerate,
submit to, abide; sustain, support, bear; last, abide, continue, remain,
persist. Antonyms: succumb, falter, yield, surrender.
enduring, a. lasting, durable, permanent, imperishable.
enemy, n. foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival, hostile.
Associated Words: hostile, hostility, feud, enmity, inimical,
antagonism.
energetic, a. forcible, potent, vigorous, cogent, active, strenuous,
effective.
energizing, a. potent, vitalizing, invigorating, alacrifying.
energy, n. power, potency, force, vigor, zeal, strength
effectiveness.
engage, v. pledge, bind, commit; betroth, affiance, plight; engross,
employ, busy, occupy.
engaged, a. occupied, employed, engrossed; affianced, betrothed.
engagement, n. betrothal, affiance, betrothment; contract, pledge,
stipulation, promise; encounter, combat, fight, conflict, action.
engine, n. locomotive, mogul, traction engine.
England, n. Albion (Ancient name). Associated Words:
Anglomaniac, Anglomania, Johnny Bull, Great Britain, anglicize,
anglicization, Anglophobe, Anglophobia.
English, a. British, Anglican.
Englishism, n. Anglicism, Briticism.
English legislature. Parliament.
Englishman, n. Britisher, Briton.
engrave, v. chisel, carve, grave, cut; imprint, infix, impress;
stipple.
engraving, n. celature, graving, chiseling, carving; print, plate,
stippling, stipple.
enjoyment, n. pleasure, delight, gratification, delectation,
felicity, fruition.
enlarge, v. magnify, amplify, augment, expand, develop, increase,
extend, swell; dilate, descant, launch out, expatiate; ennoble, broaden.
enlargement, n. augmentation, extension, expansion, dilation,
development, growth, increase, amplification, dilatation, ennoblement;
expatiation.
enmity, n. hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism,
malignity, hatred, animosity, malevolence, rancor, antipathy, feud.
enormity, n. atrocity, heinousness, flagrancy, depravity.
enormous, a. colossal, monstrous, gigantic, mammoth, prodigious,
huge; heinous, atrocious, nefarious, flagrant, flagitious.
enough, n. sufficiency, plenty, abundance, adequacy. Antonyms:
deficiency, inadequacy, surplus.
enough, adv. sufficiently, adequately, fully.
enrich, v. fertilize; embellish, adorn, beautify; endow.
enrichment, n. fertilization; endowment; embellishment, decoration,
adornment.
enroll, v. enlist, register, matriculate, list, record.
enrollment, n. registration, matriculation, enlistment; register,
record, roster.
enslave, v. enthrall, subjugate, overcome.
enslavement, n. enthrallment, subjugation, subjection, bondage,
slavery.
entangle, v. interweave, complicate, tangle, enmesh, snarl; insnare,
puzzle, involve.
entanglement, n. complication, intricacy, snarl, tangle,
embarrassment, imbroglio.
enter, v. penetrate, pierce, perforate; embark in, enlist in; insert.
enterprise, n. project, undertaking; activity.
enterprising, a. active, stirring, energetic, venturesome.
entertain, v. divert, amuse, please, junket, beguile, cheer; harbor,
hold, lodge.
entertaining, a. diverting, amusing, interesting.
entertainment, n. diversion, amusement, recreation, pastime, play,
divertissement; banquet, junket, feast, collation.
enthusiasm, n. eagerness, intensity, ardor, fervor, fervency, verve,
empressement, unction. Antonyms: indifference, wariness, caution,
calmness, lukewarmness.
enthusiast, n. zealot, fanatic, devotee, partisan.
enthusiastic, a. eager, zealous, fanatical, fervent, impassioned.
entice, v. seduce, allure, persuade, inveigle, wheedle, tempt.
enticement, n. seduction, allurement, temptation, lure, decoy,
inducement.
enticing, a. seductive, alluring, tempting.
entire, a. complete, undivided. See whole.
entirety, n. completeness, integrity, totality, wholeness.
entrance, n. ingress, access; entrée; entry, portal, inlet, gate,
door.
entrap, v. insnare, entangle, decoy, entrammel, entice.
entry, n. entrance, access; hall, vestibule; memorandum, minute,
record.
envelop, v. surround, inwrap, inclose, encircle, encompass, environ.
envelope, n. wrapper, inclosure, capsule, case, sheath.
enveloping, a. surrounding, enfolding, circumambient, encircling.
environment, n. conditions, entourage.
epicure, n. gourmand, gastronome, gourmet; sensualist, voluptuary;
sybarite, epicurean.
epicurean, a. sensual, voluptuous, luxurious, sybaritic.
epicurism, n. hedonism, epicureanism, eudæmonism; sensuality, luxury;
gastronomy.
epitome, n. compendium, abstract, digest, synopsis.
equal, a. coördinate, tantamount, equivalent, corresponding,
identical, commensurate, proportionate, adequate, sufficient; equable,
uniform, equitable, even.
equal, n. peer, mate, compeer, match, coördinate. Antonyms:
inferior, subordinate.
equality, n. coördination, uniformity, parity, agreement. Antonyms:
See inequality.
equilibrium, n. equipoise, balance.
equip, v. accouter, furnish, fit out, gird.
equipage, n. equipment; carriage, turnout; suite, train, retinue.
equipment, n. apparatus, accouterments, paraphernalia, rigging, gear.
equipoise, n. equilibrium.
equivalent, a. tantamount, equal, commensurate; interchangeable.
eradicate, v. extirpate, exterminate.
eradication, n. extirpation, extermination.
erase, v. expunge, rub out, efface, obliterate, dele, delete.
erasure, n. expunging, erasion, obliteration.
erect, v. build, raise.
erect, a. upright, vertical, raised; undaunted, bold, undismayed.
Antonyms: horizontal, recumbent, prone, inverted, oblique, cringing.
erection, n. building, raising, construction.
erosion, n. corrosion, eroding.
err, v. misjudge, mistake, blunder; deviate, sin.
errand, n. mission, commission.
erratic, a. nomadic, wandering; eccentric, fanciful.
erring, a. peccable, sinful, fallible, weak. Antonyms: impeccable,
infallible, inerrable.
erroneous, a. false, incorrect, untrue, mistaken, inaccurate, wrong.
error, n. mistake, inaccuracy, blunder, misapprehension, falsity,
misconception. Associated Words: fallibility, infallibility, fallible,
errant, errancy, inerrancy, inerrability.
errors, n. pl. _errata_; sing. _erratum_.
erudition, n. learning, scholarship.
eruption, n. outburst, outbreak; exanthema, rash, efflorescence.
erysipelas, n. Saint Anthony's fire, rose.
escort, n. guard, convoy, usher.
Eskimo, n. Husky.
Eskimo house. topek, igloo.
Eskimo language. Husky.
especial, a. special, particular, specific.
essay, n. dissertation, article, disquisition, thesis; attempt,
effort, trial.
essential, a. indispensable, necessary, requisite. Antonyms:
nonessential, superfluous.
establish, v. found, organize, institute; substantiate, verify,
ratify.
establishment, n. organization, founding, institution;
substantiation, verification.
esteem, v. respect, value, honor, revere; rate, reckon, estimate.
esteem, n. respect, honor, regard; opinion, judgment, estimation.
Antonyms: disesteem, aversion, odium, antipathy, unpopularity.
estimable, a. computable, calculable; meritorious, worthy,
excellent. Antonyms: inestimable, incalculable, incomputable.
estimate, v. appraise, value, rate, prize; compute, calculate,
reckon.
estimation, n. esteem, respect, honor; appraisement, valuation,
estimate.
estrange, v. alienate, disaffect.
estranged, a. alienate, alienated.
estrangement, n. alienation, disaffection.
eternal, a. self-existent, infinite; endless, asonian. See
everlasting.
eulogist, n. encomiast, panegyrist, praiser.
eulogistic, a. laudatory, panegyrical, encomiastic.
eulogize, v. laud, praise, extol, panegyrize.
eulogy, n. encomium, panegyric, laudation, praise.
Europe and Africa. Associated Words: Eurafric, Eurafrican.
Europe and Asia. Associated words: Eurasian, Eurasiatic, Scythia.
evade, v. shun, avoid; elude, parry, foil, baffle; prevaricate,
equivocate, dodge, quibble.
evaporate, v. vaporize, evanesce.
evaporation, n. vaporization, evanescence; exhalation. Associated
words: volatile, volatility, volatilize, evaporable.
evasion, n. evading, eluding, escape; baffling, foiling;
prevarication, equivocation, sophistry, tergiversation, subterfuge, dodge,
excuse.
evasive, a. equivocal, indefinite, elusive.
even, a. plane, level, flush, flat, smooth; equable, uniform,
unvarying.
evening, n. dusk, twilight, nightfall, eventide, even, gloaming.
Associated Words: vespertine, vespertinal, erepuscular, erepusculous,
soirée, vesper.
evening prayer. compline.
evening service. vespers; evensong.
evening star. Hesper, Hesperus, Venus, Vesper.
evenness, n. uniformity, smoothness, equanimity, equableness.
event, n. occurrence, affair, incident, happening; consequence,
result, outcome.
evergreen, a. indeciduous.
everlasting, a. continual, perpetual, interminable, unceasing,
eternal, endless, incessant, never-ending; deathless, immortal, æonian,
imperishable; (Colloq.) constant, continual.
everlasting, n. eternity; immortelle.
every-day, a. commonplace, common, customary.
every now and then. occasionally, repeatedly, frequently.
everywhere present. omnipresent, ubiquitous.--n. omnipresence,
ubiquity.
evident, a. manifest, obvious, clear, palpable, patent.
evil, a. sinful, immoral, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, pernicious.
See bad.
evil, n. wickedness, depravity, sin, iniquity, perniciousness,
Belial, unrighteousness; disaster, misfortune, calamity, reverse;
injustice, damage, injury, wrong, mischief.
evil-doer, n. sinner, malefactor, culprit, offender, delinquent. See
wrong-doer.
evil-minded, a. malicious, malignant, wicked, depraved.
evolution, n. development, unfoldment, evolvement, unfolding.
exact, a. precise, accurate, true, literal, undeviating; punctilious,
methodical, rigid, severe, rigorous, strict.
exact, v. demand, extort, wrest.
exacting, a. severe, harsh, oppressive, peremptory.
exaction, n. extortion, oppression.
exactness, n. precision, accuracy, strictness, exactitude,
correctness, scrupulousness.
exaggerate, v. overstate.
exaggerated, a. overstated, colored, hyperbolical.
exaggeration, n. overstatement; hyperbole.
exalt, v. elevate; dignify, ennoble, aggrandize; magnify,
apotheosize, extol.
exaltation, n. elevation, aggrandizement, loftiness, apotheosis.
exalted, a. sublime, elevated, lofty, grand, dignified.
examination, n. inquiry, autopsy, scrutiny, inspection,
investigation, audit, inquest, reconnoissance, inquisition, recension,
probing, review.
examine, v. inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle,
reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise.
examiner, n. inspector, investigator, inquirer, questioner,
catechiser, resensionist, auditor, censor, reviewer, inquisitor.
example, n. sample, specimen, exemplification; model, pattern,
prototype, copy, archetype, exemplar; precedent instance, illustration,
case. Associated Words: exemplify, exemplification, exemplary, praxis.
exasperate, v. provoke, irritate, incense, anger; aggravate,
imbitter, intensify.
exasperation, n. provocation, irritation, offending, aggravation,
anger; exacerbation.
exceed, v. surpass, transcend; outvie, excel, outdo; preponderate,
predominate.
exceeding, a. surpassing.
excel, v. outrival, outstrip, surpass, eclipse, outdo, outvie,
transcend, exceed.
excellence, n. preëminence, transcendence, superiority, eminence,
integrity, probity, goodness, worth, merit, virtue.
excellent, a. estimable, meritorious, good, worthy, choice.
excess, n. superabundance, superfluity, redundancy, redundance,
overplus, surplus, surplusage, residue, remainder exuberance, rampancy;
overdoing, exorbitance, immoderation; debauchery, dissoluteness,
intemperance, immoderation.
excessive, a. superfluous, exuberant, superabundant,
disproportionate; outrageous, unreasonable, exorbitant inordinate,
extravagant, fabulous, immoderate, extreme.
exchange, v. trade, barter, traffic, commute, interchange,
reciprocate, bandy, permute.
exchange, n. traffic, trade, barter, commutation, interchange,
reciprocity, permutation; Bourse; agiotage.
excitable, a. susceptible, sensitive, emotional, impressible, mobile;
irritable, choleric, passionate, irascible, fiery, waspish. Antonyms:
unexcitable, imperturbable, calm.
excite, v. stimulate, arouse, inflame, incite, provoke; perturb,
agitate, disconcert, discompose, distract, unsettle.
excited, a. perturbed, agitated, disconcerted. Antonyms: calm,
serene, tranquil, nonchalant.
excitement, n. perturbation, agitation, commotion, furore,
inquietude, sensation, tumult, turmoil, flurry, ebullition; incitement,
stimulus; arousing, awakening. Antonyms: imperturbation, calmness,
serenity, non-chalance.
exciting, a. stirring, rousing, stimulating, sensational.
exclaim, v. ejaculate, shout, vociferate.
exclamation, n. ejaculation, vociferation, outcry; interjection,
ecphonesis.
exclamation point. ecphoneme.
exclude, v. debar, preclude; except, omit; eject, expel.
exclusion, n. debarment, preclusion; exception, omission; ejection,
expulsion.
excrement, n. fæces, stools, dejections; dung, ordure. Associated
words: scatology, eccrinology, fæcal, excrementitious, void, defecate,
defecation.
excusable, a. venial, pardonable, justifiable. Antonyms: See
inexcusable.
excuse, v. absolve, forgive, pardon, exonerate, palliate, justify,
extenuate, acquit, exculpate, release.
excuse, n. justification, apology, plea, exoneration, palliation,
extenuation, pardon; subterfuge, evasion, pretext, makeshift.
execute, v. effectuate, perform, accomplish, consummate, achieve;
electrocute, behead, guillotine, hang.
execution, n. performance, effectuation, consummation, perpetration,
accomplishment.
executioner, n. hangman.
exercise, n. performance, application, practice, employment, use;
activity; training, discipline, drilling; drill, praxis, lesson, task;
gymnastics, calisthenics; gestation.
exercise, v. employ, apply, busy, exert; practice, discipline, drill,
train; distress, worry, harass.
exertion, n. effort, struggle, attempt.
exhaust, v. drain, deplete; debilitate, prostrate, enervate.
exhausted, a. depleted, drained, consumed, spent, effete.
exhaustion, n. consumption, depletion, draining, dissipation,
lassitude, collapse, inanition, weariness, prostration.
exhaustless, a. inexhaustible.
exhibit, v. display, show.
exhibition, n. display, show.
exhumation, n. disinterment, disentombment.
exhume, v. disinter, disentomb.
exile, n. banishment, proscription, expatriation.
exile, v. banish, expatriate.
exiled person. exile, expatriate.
exorbitant, a. unreasonable, inordinate, excessive, fabulous.
expand, v. dilate, distend, enlarge.
expansion, n. dilation, distension, enlargement.
expatiate, v. descant.
expect, v. anticipate.
expectation, n. expectancy, anticipation.
expel, v. eject, drive out; ostracize, banish, proscribe, exile;
excommunicate; discharge, void, eject, evacuate; exclude, remove, dismiss.
expelling, n. expulsion, ejectment, dismissal; banishment, exile,
ostracism, proscription.--a. expulsive.
expend, v. disburse.
expenditure, n. disbursement.
expense, n. outlay, cost, charge, expenditure.
expensive, a. costly, dear, high-priced. Antonym: inexpensive.
experienced, a. practiced, veteran. Antonym: inexperienced.
experiment, n. test, trial. Associated Words: empiric, empirical,
empiricism, empiristic, tentation.
experimental, a. empirical, tentative.
expert, a. skilled, proficient, _an fait_, adroit. Antonyms: See
inexpert.
expert, n. adept, master, dabster, connoisseur, masterhand. Antonyms:
tyro, bungler.
explain, v. expound, elucidate, unfold, interpret.
explainable, a. explicable, interpretable, solvable. Antonyms: See
unexplainable.
explainer, n. expositor, interpretator, commentator, exegetist,
elucidator.
explanation, n. elucidation, exposition, explication, interpretation;
solution, deduction, key. Associated Words: exegetics, exegesis,
hermeneutics.
explanatory, a. expository, elucidative, interpretative, exegetical.
explode, v. burst; detonate, detonize.
exploit, v. develop, utilize.
exploitation, n. utilization, exploiture.
explosion, n. detonation, detonization; bursting; outburst.
explosive, n. dynamite, lyddite, nitro-glycerine, fuse, thorite,
tonite, fulgurite.
expose, v. exhibit, show, display; uncover, unveil; imperil,
endanger, subject, jeopardize; disclose, reveal, unmask, denounce.
Antonyms: conceal, suppress, dissemble, hide, veil.
exposé, n. divulgement, disclosure, exposure.
exposition, n. display, exposure; explanation; commentary
postillation; fair.
expostulate, v. remonstrate.
expostulation, n. remonstration.
exposure, n. exposing, disclosure, divulgement, revelation, _exposé_;
subjection, liability, jeopardy.
express, a. explicit, definite, positive, specific, unmistakable.
Antonyms: vague, tacit, ambiguous, implied, equivocal, indefinite.
express, v. say, utter; signify, represent, indicate, denote,
designate, mean.
expression, n. assertion, statement, utterance, declaration,
representation, indication; phrase, term, word; modulation.
expulsion, n. expelling, ejection, debarment, exclusion.
exquisite, a. beautiful, rare, choice; discriminating, fastidious;
keen, acute, poignant; matchless, consummate, incomparable.
extend, v. lengthen, prolong, protract; jut, project; enlarge.
extensible, a. extendible, ductile, tensible. Antonyms:
inextensible, rigid, inelastic.
extension, n. enlargement, expansion, protraction; projection.
Associated Words: tensility, tensibility, tensile.
extent, n. magnitude, size, volume; reach, compass.
exterminate, v. eradicate, extirpate, uproot.
extermination, n. eradication, extirpation, uprooting.
external, a. outward, exterior, superficial, extrinsic.
extol, v. eulogize, praise, laud, exalt.
extortion, n. exaction (undue), overcharge, rapacity, vampirism.
extortionate, a. oppressive, exacting; (Colloq.) exorbitant.
extortioner, n. harpy.
extra, a. supplemental, additional, supplementary, supernumerary.
extract, n. essence, quintessence; excerpt, quotation, citation,
selection.
extraordinary, a. uncommon, unusual, remarkable, egregious,
phenomenal, signal, noteworthy, exceptional, unprecedented.
extravagance, n. improvidence, prodigality, waste; preposterousness,
enormity, exorbitance, immoderation. Antonyms: economy, thrift,
frugality.
extravagant, a. wasteful, unthrifty, prodigal, improvident, lavish;
wild, immoderate, preposterous, inordinate, exorbitant. Antonyms: See
thrifty.
extreme, a. outermost, utmost, farthest; last, final, ultimate;
ultra, radical, fanatical.
extreme, n. extremity, acme, climax.
extremist, n. radical.
exuberance, n. superabundance, rampancy, excess, copiousness,
luxuriance, lavishness.
exuberant, a. overflowing, copious, excessive, rampant, wanton,
superabundant, rank, luxuriant.
exultant, a. triumphant, jubilant, joyous.
eye, n. optic. Associated Words: optics, optician, ocular, oculary,
oculate, oculifonn, ophthalmology, ophthalmologist, ophthalmic, optometry,
ophthalmostat, optometrist, chatoyant, chatoyment, cynosure, orbit,
strabismus, rheum, ophthalmoscope, ophthalmoscopy, astigmatism,
optography, blear, blear-eyed, bleary, ophthalmometer, orbital, orbitary,
amaurosis, ocellated.
eyebrows, n. pl. supercilium. Associated Word: superciliary.
eye doctor. oculist.
eye-glasses, n. pl. pince-nez, monocle, lorgnette, spectacles,
goggles, blinkers.
eyelashes, n. pl. cilia. Associated Word: ciliary.
eyelid, n. palpebra; _pl._ palpebræ. Associated Words: palpebral,
palpebrate.
eyesore, n. blemish, defect.
eyewater, a. collyrium.
F
Fable, n. apologue (moral fable); fiction, fabrication, myth,
untruth.
fabler, n. fabulist.
fabulous, a. fictitious, feigned, unverified; exorbitant, inordinate,
excessive.
face, n. countenance, visage, physiognomy, features; front, exterior;
obverse; facet; effrontery, confidence, assurance, audacity, impudence.
Associated Words: facial, domino, complexion, multifaced, rouge,
cosmetic, grimace, Janus-faced, lineament, profile, silhouette, maskoid,
smirk, physiognomist.
face, v. confront, meet; bully, bluff; veneer; plane, dress, smooth.
face ague. _tic douloureux_.
face guard. mask, beaver.
face to face. _vis-à-vis_, _tête-à-tête_.
facsimile, n. duplicate, copy, reproduction, likeness, counterpart.
fact, n. reality, actuality, truth.
faction, n. dissension, sedition, rebellion, insurgency, division.
factious, a. turbulent, seditious, rebellious, refractory,
insubordinate.
factor, n. broker, middleman, consignee, commission merchant, agent;
constituent, element.
factory, n. manufactory, shop, plant, mill.
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