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A DICTIONARY
OF
ENGLISH SYNONYMES
AND
SYNONYMOUS OR PARALLEL EXPRESSIONS
DESIGNED AS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO APTNESS AND VARIETY
OF PHRASEOLOGY
BY RICHARD SOULE
The exertion of clothing a thought in a completely new set of words
increases both clearness of thought and mastery over words. It is the
test of a solid thought that it will bear a change of clothing.--J. R.
SEELEY.
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1871
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
RICHARD SOULE,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CAMBRIDGE:
PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
Transcriber's note:
Definitions which are synonyms in alphabetic order in the text (e.g.
Afterward, Afterwards) are shown as connected by braces followed by
the common description(s). In this text they have been separated and
duplicated. Minor typos and numbering errors of descriptions have been
corrected. All small caps have been converted to CAPITALS. Inconsistent
hyphenation has been retained.
PREFACE.
The main design of this Dictionary is to provide a ready means of
assistance when one is at a loss for a word or an expression that best
suits a particular turn of thought or mood of the mind, or that may
obviate an ungraceful repetition. Even practised and skilful writers
are sometimes embarrassed in the endeavor to make a sentence more
clear, simple, terse, or rhythmical, by the substitution of one form
of diction for another. It is presumed that they, as well as novices
in composition, will find the present work useful in overcoming
difficulties of this sort.
As to the method of using it: Whenever a doubt arises in regard to the
fitness of any word, and a better one is not readily suggested, let
the writer turn to this word in its alphabetical place. Under it will
be found the words and phrases, or some clew to the words and phrases,
which, in any connection, have the same meaning as itself, or a
meaning very nearly the same. That one of them, which comes nearest to
expressing the exact shade of thought in the writer's mind, will be
likely to arrest the attention and determine the choice.
In most cases, all the words that belong to any group will be found in
that group. But in some instances, as when the same word falls into
two or more groups that are near to each other, or when there are so
many synonymes for a word that a repetition of every one of them under
each in its alphabetical place would seem to be too formal and prolix,
the inquirer is referred to some prominent word among them for a view
of the whole. Under the word _Blockhead_, for example, reference is
made to the word DUNCE,--printed, for this purpose, in capitals, as
here,--under which will be found all the words that are synonymous
with it. This example is given because it is the most marked one in
our language of a multiplicity of terms for the same idea.
Many nouns ending in _ness_, and adverbs ending in _ly_, have been
omitted in their alphabetical places, for the reason that their
synonymes are sufficiently indicated by the corresponding adjectives.
The aim has been to present at a single glance the words or modes of
speech which denote the same object, or which express the same general
idea, with only slight shades of difference. There has been no attempt
at elaborate discussion of the nice distinctions that obtain between
words apparently synonymous; but hints of such distinctions have been
given whenever it was practicable to give them briefly in a
parenthetical remark.
In preparing this Dictionary, free use has been made of the following
works: Roget's Thesaurus of Words and Phrases; the Quarto Dictionaries
of Webster and of Worcester; Crabb's Synonymes; Graham's Synonymes;
Whately's Synonymes; Platt's Synonymes; the Dictionaries of Synonymes
by Fenby, Sherer, Mackenzie, and Smith; the Medical Dictionaries of
Dunglison and of Thomas; and the United States Dispensatory by Wood
and Bache. It contains much, however, that has been gathered from a
wide field of miscellaneous reading during a long series of years.
The author is under special obligations to his friends Mr. JUSTIN
WINSOR, Mr. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, and Mr. LOOMIS J. CAMPBELL, for the
interest they have manifested in the progress of the work, and for
their valuable suggestions and criticisms.
BROOKLINE, January 2d, 1871.
EXPLANATORY TABLE.
_a._ stands for Adjective.
_ad._ Adverb.
_Alg._ Algebra.
_Anat._ Anatomy.
_Arch._ Architecture.
_Arith._ Arithmetic.
_Astrol._ Astrology.
_Astron._ Astronomy.
_Bot._ Botany.
_Chem._ Chemistry.
_Com._ Commerce.
_conj._ Conjunction.
_Eccl._ Ecclesiastical.
_Eng._ England, or English.
_Ent._ Entomology.
_Fort._ Fortification.
Fr. French.
_Geol._ Geology.
_Geom._ Geometry.
_Gram._ Grammar.
Gr. Greek.
_Her._ Heraldry.
_Ich._ Ichthyology.
_interj._ Interjection.
It. Italian.
L. Latin.
_Math._ Mathematics.
_Med._ Medicine.
_Meteor._ Meteorology.
_Mil._ Military.
_Min._ Mineralogy.
_Mythol._ Mythology.
_Mus._ Music.
_Naut._ Nautical.
_n._ Noun.
_Ornith._ Ornithology.
_pl._ Plural.
_prep._ Preposition.
_Rhet._ Rhetoric.
_Sculp._ Sculpture.
_sing._ Singular.
Sp. Spanish.
_Surg._ Surgery.
_Theol._ Theology.
_U. S._ United States.
_v. a._ Verb Active.
_v. n._ Verb Neuter.
_Zoöl._ Zoölogy.
A DICTIONARY
OF
ENGLISH SYNONYMES.
CAPITALS, in the printing of a word or a phrase, indicate a reference
to that word in its alphabetical place, where additional synonymes, or
some information in regard to it, may be found.
When a word has more than one signification, the separate groups of
synonymes, corresponding to the several meanings, are designated by
figures.
A
~Aback~, _ad._ Backwards, rearwards, regressively.
~Abaft~, _prep._ (_Naut._) Behind, back of, in the rear of.
~Abaft~, _ad._ (_Naut._) Aft, behind, astern, rearward, back, in the
rear.
~Abalienate~, _v. a._ (_Law._) Alienate, transfer, convey, demise,
make over, deliver over.
~Abalienation~, _n._ (_Law._) Alienation, transfer, demise, conveyance.
~Abandon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Leave, relinquish, quit, forsake, desert,
evacuate, drop, abjure, forswear, give over, cast off, retire from,
withdraw from.
~2.~ Surrender, cede, yield, resign, forego, renounce, waive, vacate,
ABDICATE, deliver up, give up, part with, let go, lay down.
~Abandoned~, _a._ ~1.~ Relinquished, deserted, forsaken, cast away,
rejected, discarded, given up, given over, cast off.
~2.~ Depraved, corrupted, corrupt, profligate, vicious, sinful,
wicked, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, unprincipled,
lost, obdurate, hardened, impenitent, incorrigible, irreclaimable,
demoralized, lost to shame, dead to honor.
~Abandonment~, _n._ ~1.~ Abandoning, relinquishment, desertion,
dereliction.
~2.~ Renunciation, surrender, cession, resignation, abnegation,
abjuration, rejection, ABDICATION.
~Abarticulation~, _n._ (_Med._) Diarthrosis.
~Abase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Depress, lower, reduce, drop, sink, stoop, cast
down, let down, let fall.
~2.~ Degrade, humble, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, debase, bring
low, take down.
~Abasement~, _n._ ~1.~ Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering,
fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, vitiation,
perversion, depravation.
~2.~ Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness,
despicableness.
~3.~ Humiliation, condescension, submission, submissiveness,
resignation, humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, self-abasement.
~Abash~, _v. a._ Shame, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert,
discompose, DISCOUNTENANCE, humiliate, humble, snub, put to shame,
make ashamed, put down, put out of countenance, take down, send away
with a flea in one's ear.
~Abashment~, _n._ Confusion, shame, mortification, embarrassment.
~Abate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower,
relax, slacken.
~2.~ Remit, allow, bate, rebate, deduct.
~3.~ Moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate,
mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper,
attempor, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt.
~4.~ (_Law._) Remove, suppress, terminate, put an end to.
~Abate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Decrease, diminish, lessen, subside, wane, ebb,
intermit, slacken.
~2.~ (_Law._) Be defeated, frustrated, or overthrown.
~Abatement~, _n._ ~1.~ Diminution, decrease, lessening, mitigation,
assuagement, decrement, extenuation, remission.
~2.~ Subsidence, wane, ebb.
~3.~ Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.
~Abbey~, _n._ Monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery.
~Abbreviate~, _v. a._ Shorten (_by cutting off_), curtail, reduce,
contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short,
cut down.
~Abbreviation~, _n._ Shortening (_by cutting off_), curtailment,
contraction, ABRIDGMENT, reduction, condensation, compression.
~Abdicate~, _v. a._ Resign (_an office or dignity_), surrender (_a
right_), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate,
give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to.
~Abdicate~, _v. n._ Resign, relinquish office (_especially that of a
king_), vacate the throne.
~Abdication~, _n._ Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation,
abandonment.
~Abdomen~, _n._ Belly, paunch.
~Abdominal~, _a._ Ventral.
~Abdominous~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, pot-
bellied, tun-bellied.
~Abduce~, _v. a._ (_Anat._) Withdraw, draw away, pull back.
~Abduct~, _v. a._ Kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with.
~Abduction~, _n._ ~1.~ Withdrawing, withdrawal, withdrawment, drawing
away.
~2.~ Kidnapping.
~Aberdevine~, _n._ Siskin (_Carduelis spinus_).
~Aberrance~, _n._ Deviation, departure.
~Aberrant~, _a._ ~1.~ Deviating, wandering, rambling, diverging,
divergent, devious, erratic, out of the way.
~2.~ Irregular, abnormal, unnatural, unusual, singular, peculiar,
anomalous, unconformable, exceptional, strange, anomalistic,
eccentric, monstrous, preternatural.
~Aberration~, _n._ ~1.~ Deviation, divergence, wandering, rambling,
departure.
~2.~ Irregularity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity,
strangeness, unconformity, anomaly, abnormity, monstrosity.
~3.~ Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania, self-deception.
~Abet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Aid, assist, help, support, succor, second,
sustain, uphold, back, co-operate with, take part with, give support to.
~2.~ Favor, encourage, sanction, countenance, advocate, connive at.
~3.~ (_Law._) Instigate (_to commit a crime_), stimulate, incite,
foment.
~Abettor~, _n._ ~1.~ Assistant, helper, aider, coadjutor, co-operator,
ally, auxiliary.
~2.~ Advocate, adviser, promoter, instigator.
~3.~ Confederate, accomplice, accessory, PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS
CRIMINIS.
~Abeyance~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Expectation, prospect, expectancy,
waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.
~2.~ Suspense, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy,
quiescence.
~Abhor~, _v. a._ Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, nauseate, shrink
from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.
~Abhorrence~, _n._ Abomination, horror, detestation, hatred, loathing,
disgust, antipathy, aversion.
~Abhorrent~, _a._ ~1.~ Hating, detesting, abominating, loathing.
~2.~ Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome.
~Abide~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up
one's quarters, pitch one's tent.
~2.~ Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a
footing, get a foothold.
~3.~ Remain, continue, persist, persevere, SUBSIST, go on, keep on, be
steadfast, be constant.
~4.~ Endure, bear.
~Abide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be
in store for.
~2.~ Endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with.
~Abide by.~ Act up to, conform to, persist in.
~Abiding~, _a._ Permanent, lasting, durable, constant, continuing,
stable.
~Ability~, _n._ ~1.~ Power (_to execute any thing_), ableness, force,
potency, might, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy, skill,
skilfulness, dexterity, address, cleverness, ingenuity, talent,
aptitude, aptness, knack, expertness, facility, quickness, readiness.
~2.~ Qualification, competency, sufficiency.
~3.~ CAPACITY, capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts, genius,
endowment, calibre, forte, turn.
~Abject~, _a._ Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible,
beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble,
degraded, worthless, poor, servile, slavish, menial, sneaking, sordid,
shabby, scurvy, miserable, wretched, low-minded, base-minded, earth-
born, earth-bred.
~Abjection~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Humbling, humiliation.
~2.~ Abasement, ABJECTNESS.
~Abjectness~, _n._ Meanness, servility, vileness, baseness, abasement,
abjection, contemptibleness.
~Abjuration~, ~1.~ Renunciation (_upon oath_), relinquishment,
rejection, abandonment, abnegation.
~2.~ Recantation, retraction, revocation, repeal, reversal, recall.
~Abjure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Renounce (_upon oath_), relinquish, forego,
reject, forswear, abandon, ABNEGATE, give up, cast off.
~2.~ Retract, revoke, recant, recall, withdraw, disavow, take back.
~Able~, _a._ ~1.~ Clever, accomplished, talented, adroit, ingenious,
expert, dexterous, apt, quick, skilful, efficient, proficient, good,
versed, practical, AU FAIT.
~2.~ Qualified, fitted, competent.
~3.~ Capable, gifted, powerful, strong, mighty, highly endowed.
~4.~ Masterly, effective, telling.
~Ableness~, _n._ ABILITY.
~Ablution~, _n._ Washing (_especially of the body, as a religious
rite_), lavation, bathing, wash.
~Abnegate~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Deny, reject, renounce, abjure.
~Abnegation~, _n._ Denial, renunciation, rejection, abandonment,
abjuration, surrender.
~Abnormal~, _a._ Irregular, anomalous, anomalistic, unusual,
unnatural, singular, peculiar, unconformable, exceptional,
heteroclite, aberrant, eccentric, erratic, strange, monstrous,
preternatural.
~Abnormity~, _n._ Irregularity, unconformity, anomaly, peculiarity,
singularity, monstrosity.
~Aboard~, _ad._ On board, in the ship, in the vessel.
~Abode~, _n._ ~1.~ Habitation, dwelling, lodging, domicile, home,
house, seat, place, quarters, head-quarters, place of residence.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Continuance (_in a place_), stay, residence.
~Abolish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abrogate, annul, disannul, repeal, rescind,
revoke, cancel, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, set aside, make
void.
~2.~ Destroy, overthrow, subvert, obliterate, extirpate, eradicate,
annihilate, extinguish, suppress, DISESTABLISH, do away, put an end to.
~Abolition~, _n._ ~1.~ Abrogation, annulment, annulling,
nullification, rescinding, revocation, cancelling, repeal, rescission.
~2.~ Destruction, overthrow, subversion, obliteration, extirpation,
eradication, annihilation, extinction, extinguishment, suppression,
DISESTABLISHMENT.
~Abominable~, _a._ ~1.~ Hateful, odious, detestable, horrid, horrible,
execrable, nefarious, damnable, cursed, accursed, hellish.
~2.~ Loathsome, offensive, obnoxious, foul, nauseous, nauseating,
disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, shocking.
~3.~ Vile, wretched, sorry, scurvy, shabby, bad.
~Abominate~, _v. a._ Abhor, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate,
shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.
~Abomination~, _n._ ~1.~ Abhorrence, detestation, execration, hatred,
loathing, disgust, antipathy.
~2.~ Contamination, pollution, defilement, taint, uncleanness,
impurity, foulness.
~3.~ Nuisance, annoyance, plague, infliction, torment, curse, great
evil, hateful thing.
~Aboriginal~, _a._ Primitive, primeval, primordial, pristine, primary,
prime, original, first, native, indigenous, autochthonal.
~Abortion~, _n._ ~1.~ Miscarriage.
~2.~ Failure, disappointment, want of success, vain effort or attempt.
~Abortive~, _a._ ~1.~ Miscarrying, failing, untimely, immature.
~2.~ Unavailing, vain, fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual,
ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, profitless, futile,
unprofitable, idle, nugatory, in vain, of no account.
~Abound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Teem, swarm, superabound, swell, flow,
increase, multiply, be in great plenty, be numerous, be very prevalent.
~2.~ Exuberate, luxuriate, revel, wanton, be well furnished, be well
supplied.
~About~, _prep._ ~1.~ Around, round, encircling, surrounding.
~2.~ Near, near to, not far from.
~3.~ Concerning, touching, respecting, relating to, relative to, with
respect to, with reference to, in regard to, with regard to.
~4.~ Through, over.
~About~, _ad._ ~1.~ Around, here and there.
~2.~ Nearly, near, approximately, not far from.
~3.~ Ready, in a state of readiness, on the point.
~Above~, _prep._ ~1.~ Higher than.
~2.~ Over, exceeding, more than, greater than.
~3.~ Beyond, superior to.
~4.~ Too high for, too proud for.
~Above~, _ad._ ~1.~ Overhead, aloft, on high, in a high place.
~2.~ Before, in a former part.
~3.~ Of a higher rank or order.
~Above all.~ Chiefly, in the first place, before all other
considerations.
~Above-board~, _ad._ Openly, candidly, ingenuously, frankly,
sincerely, fairly, in open sight, without artifice, without
equivocation, without guile, without disguise.
~Abrade~, _v. a._ SCRAPE, wear away, wear off, rub off.
~Abrasion~, _n._ Friction, attrition, rubbing, disintegration,
CONFRICATION, wearing away, wearing off, rubbing off.
~Abreast~, _ad._ ~1.~ Along-side, side by side.
~2.~ Against, off, on a line with, opposite to.
~Abridge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shorten (_by compression_), epitomize,
condense, compress, make an abstract of.
~2.~ Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, ABBREVIATE,
retrench, cut down.
~3.~ Deprive, dispossess, divest.
~Abridger~, _n._ Epitomizer, writer of an epitome.
~Abridgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Shortening (_by compression_), contraction,
diminution, reduction, ABBREVIATION, curtailment, retrenchment.
~2.~ Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest,
synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and
substance.
~3.~ Deprivation, dispossession.
~Abroach~, _ad._ ~1.~ Broached, tapped, on tap.
~2.~ A-going.
~Abroad~, _ad._ ~1.~ Widely, at large.
~2.~ Forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air.
~3.~ Extensively, before the public.
~4.~ Without (_as opposed to within_).
~Abrogate~, _v. a._ Annul, disannul, repeal, revoke, rescind, cancel,
abolish, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, overrule, set aside, do
away, make void.
~Abrogation~, _n._ Repeal, rescission, rescinding, abolition,
annulment, annulling, revocation.
~Abrupt~, _a._ ~1.~ Broken, cragged, craggy, rough, rugged.
~2.~ Steep, precipitous.
~3.~ Sudden, unexpected, unanticipated, precipitate, hasty,
unseasonable, ill-timed, unlooked for.
~4.~ Short, blunt, unceremonious, curt.
~5.~ Inelegant (_as style_), stiff, cramped, harsh, disconnected,
unconnected.
~Abscess~, _n._ Sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, pustule, gathering,
boil.
~Abscond~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Withdraw, flee, fly, decamp, escape, elope,
retreat, bolt, make off, steal away, slink away, slip away, run away,
run off, sneak off, pack off, effect one's escape.
~2.~ Hide, secrete one's self.
~Absence~, _n._ ~1.~ Non-attendance, non-appearance.
~2.~ Inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, distraction, revery,
musing, brown study, absence of mind.
~3.~ Want, deficiency, lack, default.
~4.~ Privation, negation.
~Absent~, _a._ ~1.~ Away, gone, not present.
~2.~ Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost,
napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.
~Absent-minded~, _a._ Abstracted, ABSENT.
~Absent one's self~, Be not present, stay away.
~Absolute~, _a._ ~1.~ Independent, unrestricted, unqualified,
unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, complete, perfect.
~2.~ Despotic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious,
imperative, authoritative, autocratic, dictatorial, irresponsible.
~3.~ Positive, actual, real, veritable, determinate, decided, genuine,
categorical, unequivocal, certain.
~Absolutely~, _ad._ ~1.~ Completely, unconditionally, without limit.
~2.~ Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality,
in truth.
~Absoluteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Despotism, ABSOLUTISM.
~2.~ Positiveness, reality, actuality.
~Absolution~, _n._ Acquittal, remission, discharge, release,
liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, INDULGENCE,
JUSTIFICATION.
~Absolutism~, _n._ Absoluteness, arbitrariness, despotism, tyranny,
autocracy.
~Absolutory~, _a._ Clearing, acquitting, releasing, pardoning,
forgiving, absolvatory.
~Absolvatory~, _a._ ABSOLUTORY.
~Absolve~, _v. a._ Acquit, clear, release, liberate, free, discharge,
loose, deliver, exculpate, exonerate, excuse, forgive, pardon,
JUSTIFY, set free.
~Absorb~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up,
drink in.
~2.~ Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up.
~3.~ Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.
~Absorbent~, _a._ Absorbing, imbibing.
~Absorption~, _n._ ~1.~ Absorbing.
~2.~ Engrossment, occupation, engagement, immersion.
~Abstain~, _v. n._ Refrain, forbear, desist, deny one's self, hold or
keep one's self back, stay one's hand, keep one's self from indulgence.
~Abstemious~, _a._ Abstinent (_by habit_), sober, moderate, habitually
temperate, sparing in diet.
~Abstemiousness~, _n._ Temperance (_as a habit_), abstinence.
~Abstergent~, _a._ (_Med._) Cleansing, purifying, purgative, cathartic.
~Abstinence~, _n._ ~1.~ Abstaining, refraining.
~2.~ Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation.
~Abstinent~, _a._ ~1.~ Abstaining, fasting.
~2.~ Abstemious, sober, temperate.
~Abstract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate,
isolate, detach, disengage.
~2.~ Take, seize, appropriate, steal, purloin.
~3.~ Abridge, abbreviate, epitomize, make an abstract of.
~Abstract~, _a._ ~1.~ Separate, isolated, not concrete.
~2.~ Occult, recondite, subtile, refined, abstracted, ABSTRUSE.
~Abstract~, _n._ Abridgment, epitome, summary, conspectus, compend,
compendium, synopsis, syllabus, outline, digest, brief, breviary, sum
and substance, concise statement.
~Abstracted~, _a._ ~1.~ Subtile, refined, abstract, abstruse.
~2.~ Inattentive, preoccupied, lost, dreaming, musing, absent, absent-
minded, in a revery, in a brown study.
~Abstraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Separation, disconnection, disjunction,
isolation.
~2.~ Preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence,
absence of mind, brown study.
~3.~ Taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining,
pilfering.
~Abstruse~, _a._ Recondite, occult, profound, hidden, transcendental,
obscure, difficult, dark, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical,
high, abstract, abstracted, subtile, refined.
~Absurd~, _a._ Unreasonable, irrational, foolish, nonsensical,
ridiculous, incongruous, senseless, unwise, silly, stupid,
preposterous, PARADOXICAL, ill-judged, ill-advised, contrary to
reason, contrary to the dictates of common sense.
~Absurdity~, _n._ ~1.~ Unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness,
folly, foolery, extravagance, absurdness.
~2.~ PARADOX, MARE'S NEST, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, absurd thing.
~Absurdness~, _n._ ABSURDITY.
~Absurd story~, Cock-and-bull-story, fiddle-faddle, neither rhyme nor
reason.
~Abundance~, _n._ Flow, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, fertility,
copiousness, profusion, richness, largeness, ampleness, wealth,
affluence, store, more than enough, great plenty.
~Abundant~, _a._ Abounding, flowing, overflowing, plentiful,
plenteous, copious, much, exuberant, luxuriant, replete, full, large,
ample, good, liberal, bountiful, lavish, rich, teeming, thick.
~Abuse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert,
prostitute, desecrate, profane, make an ill use of.
~2.~ Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.
~3.~ Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse,
malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, upbraid, calumniate,
lampoon, satirize, lash, PASQUINADE, VITUPERATE, rail at, sneer at,
speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.
~4.~ Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.
~Abuse~, _n._ ~1.~ Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, profanation,
prostitution, desecration, perversion, ill-use.
~2.~ Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.
~3.~ Corrupt practice.
~4.~ Vituperation, railing, reviling, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium,
insult, scurrility, ribaldry, JAW, foul invective, rude reproach.
~Abusive~, _a._ Reproachful, opprobrious, scurrilous, ribald,
contumelious, vituperative, condemnatory, damnatory, invective,
calumnious, denunciatory, insulting, insolent.
~Abut against~, Meet (_end to end or side to side_), be contiguous.
~Abut upon~, Meet (_end to end or side to side_), be contiguous.
~Abyss~, _n._ ~1.~ Gulf, gorge, great depth, bottomless gulf or pit.
~2.~ Hell, limbo, purgatory.
~Academic~, _a._ ~1.~ Scholastic, literary, lettered.
~Academical~, _a._ ~1.~ Scholastic, literary, lettered.
~2.~ Platonic, of Plato.
~Academy~, _n._ School, seminary, institute, gymnasium, high school,
college.
~Acarpous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Unfruitful, sterile, barren, fruitless,
unproductive.
~Accede~, _v. n._ Consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, comply, yield
assent, give assent.
~Accelerate~, _v. a._ Hasten, expedite, hurry, quicken, speed,
precipitate, despatch, urge forward, push forward, push on, press on,
urge on.
~Acceleration~, _n._ Hastening, increase of velocity.
~Accent~, _n._ ~1.~ Intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice.
~2.~ Stress (_on a certain syllable_).
~Accent~, _v. a._ Accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.
~Accents~, _n. pl._ Language, words.
~Accentuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark with accent, put the mark of accent
upon.
~2.~ Accent, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent.
~Accept~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take (_what is offered_), RECEIVE.
~2.~ Admit, assent to, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.
~3.~ Estimate, regard, value.
~Acceptable~, _a._ Welcome, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, grateful,
gratifying.
~Acceptance~, _n._ ~1.~ Accepting, taking, reception, receipt.
~2.~ Favorable reception.
~3.~ (_Com._) Accepted bill (_of exchange_).
~Acceptation~, _n._ Meaning, signification, significance, sense, import.
~Access~, _n._ ~1.~ Avenue, approach, passage, way, passage-way, way
of approach.
~2.~ Admission, admittance, means of approach, liberty to approach.
~Accessary~, _a._ Assisting, aiding, abetting, helping, accessory.
~Accessary~, _n._ Confederate, accomplice, abettor, accessory,
associate (_in a crime_), PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.
~Accession~, _n._ ~1.~ Addition, increase, enlargement, augmentation,
extension.
~2.~ Coming into power (_as a new dynasty_).
~Accessory~, _a._ Assisting, ACCESSARY.
~Accessory~, _n._ ~1.~ Confederate, ACCESSARY.
~2.~ Accompaniment, attendant, concomitant.
~Accidence~, _n._ Grammar, rudiments or elements of grammar.
~Accident~, _n._ ~1.~ Casualty, chance, fortuity, mischance,
misadventure, calamity, mishap, hap, hazard, contingency, CONTRETEMPS,
unforeseen or fortuitous event.
~2.~ Property, quality, modification, affection, mode.
~Accidental~, _a._ ~1.~ Casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens
by chance, not designed, not planned.
~2.~ Incidental, adventitious, non-essential.
~Accidentalness~, _n._ Contingency, fortuity.
~Accipitres~, _n. pl._ [L.] (_Ornith._) Raptors, RAPTORES, raptorials,
rapacious birds, birds of prey.
~Acclaim~, _n._ [_Poetical._] ACCLAMATION.
~Acclamation~, _n._ Applause, plaudit, shouting, cheer, cry, outcry,
eclat, ACCLAIM, shout of applause.
~Acclimate~, _v. a._ Acclimatize, inure or habituate to a climate.
~Acclimatize~, _v. a._ ACCLIMATE.
~Acclivity~, _n._ Ascent, slope (_upwards_), rising ground.
~Accommodate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Oblige, serve, supply, furnish, do a
service for, supply the wants of, minister to the convenience of.
~2.~ Fit, suit, adapt, make conform, make conformable.
~3.~ Reconcile, adjust, settle, compose.
~Accommodate with~, Furnish, supply, afford, spare, give.
~Accommodation~, _n._ ~1.~ Advantage, privilege, convenience,
EASEMENT, supply of wants, provision of conveniences.
~2.~ Agreement, adaptation, fitness, suitableness, conformity.
~3.~ Reconciliation, adjustment, pacification, settlement.
~Accompaniment~, _n._ Appendage, concomitant, attendant, adjunct,
attachment, appurtenance.
~Accompany~, _v. a._ Attend, escort, convoy, follow, wait on, be
associated with, keep company with, go with, go along with, go hand in
hand with.
~Accomplice~, _n._ Confederate, accessary, abettor, associate (_in a
crime_), PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.
~Accomplish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Complete, achieve, effect, execute,
perform, do, consummate, compass, carry, carry in to effect, carry
through, carry out, get through, bring about, work out, turn out, turn
off.
~2.~ Finish, end, conclude, terminate.
~3.~ Fulfil, realize, effectuate, bring to pass.
~4.~ Equip, furnish, supply.
~Accomplished~, _a._ ~1.~ Instructed, educated, practised,
experienced, finished, consummate, ripe, thorough-bred, versed,
qualified, proficient, able, clever, apt, adroit, expert, talented,
skilful.
~2.~ Polished, refined, polite, elegant, fashionable, fine.
~Accomplishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Completion, performance, execution,
achievement, consummation, fulfilment.
~2.~ Acquirement, attainment, proficiency, stock of knowledge, mental
resources.
~Accord~, _v. a._ Grant, concede, vouchsafe, deign.
~Accord~, _v. n._ Harmonize, correspond, agree, tally, quadrate, be in
unison, be harmonious, square.
~Accord~, _n._ Agreement, ACCORDANCE.
~Accordance~, _n._ Accord, concord, agreement, concurrence,
concordance, conformity, conformation, harmony, unison, unanimity.
~Accordant~, _a._ Agreeable, agreeing, suitable, consonant, congruous,
symphonious.
~Accordingly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Agreeably, suitably, conformably.
~2.~ Consequently, as a natural consequence, as proper to the
circumstances or the occasion.
~According to.~ By, in accordance with, conformably to, agreeably to.
~Accost~, _v. a._ Address, salute, greet, speak to, MAKE UP TO.
~Accouchement~, _n._ [Fr.] Child-birth, delivery, parturition, labor,
travail.
~Accoucheur~, _n._ [Fr.] Man midwife, obstetrician.
~Accoucheuse~, _n._ [Fr.] Midwife.
~Account~, _n._ ~1.~ Record, register, inventory, score.
~2.~ Bill, charge, registry of debt and credit.
~3.~ Beckoning, computation, calculation, enumeration, tale, count.
~4.~ Description, statement, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation,
narrative, chronicle, history, delineation, representation, portrayal,
detail, word, tidings, report.
~5.~ Consideration, regard, motive, reason, ground, sake.
~6.~ Consequence, importance, worth, distinction, dignity, repute,
reputation, note.
~7.~ Profit, advantage, benefit.
~Account~, _v. a._ Esteem, regard, deem, think, hold, consider, view,
reckon, rate, estimate, look upon.
~Account~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Render an account, answer in judgment.
~2.~ Explain, give a reason, show the reason, render a reason, assign
the cause, make explanation.
~Accountability~, _n._ Accountableness, responsibility, liability,
obligation, bond of duty.
~Accountable~, _a._ Responsible, answerable, amenable, liable.
~Accountableness~, _n._ ACCOUNTABILITY.
~Accountant~, _n._ Book-keeper, expert in accounts.
~Accoutre~, _v. a._ [Written also _Accouter_.] Dress, equip, furnish,
fit out, arm and equip.
~Accoutrements~, _n. pl._ [Written also _Accouterments_.] Dress,
equipage, equipments, trappings, gear, TOGGERY.
~Accredit~, _v. a._ Credit, give trust or confidence to, give credit
or honor to, receive as an envoy, receive as commissioned, empowered,
or authorized.
~Accretion~, _n._ ~1.~ Growth (_by accession of parts_).
~2.~ (_Med._) Growing together.
~3.~ (_Law._) Gradual accumulation (_of soil, as at the mouth of a
river_).
~Accrue~, _v. n._ Result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow,
ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in.
~Accumbent~, _a._ Leaning, reclining.
~Accumulate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pile, amass, aggregate, collect, collect
together, gather up, pile up, heap up, bring together, heap together,
scrape together.
~2.~ Store, garner, husband, HOARD, treasure up, garner up, lay up,
lay by, lay in, set by.
~Accumulate~, _v. n._ Increase, grow, be accumulated, be heaped up.
~Accumulation~, _n._ Collection, pile, heap, aggregation, mass.
~Accuracy~, _n._ Exactness, exactitude, correctness, precision,
niceness, nicety, truth, accurateness, fidelity.
~Accurate~, _n._ Exact, correct, precise, true, truthful, faithful,
strict, close, rigorous, severe, just, nice, exquisite, unerring.
~Accurateness~, _n._ ACCURACY.
~Accursed~, _a._ ~1.~ Cursed, unsanctified, unholy.
~2.~ Detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, odious, horrid,
horrible, damnable.
~Accusation~, _n._ Crimination, impeachment, arraignment, indictment,
charge.
~Accuse~, _v. a._ Charge, impeach, arraign, indict, criminate,
inculpate, incriminate, tax, inform against, call to account, take to
task.
~Accuser~, _n._ Informer, informant, plaintiff, prosecutor.
~Accustom~, _v. a._ Habituate, inure, use, harden, familiarize,
ADDICT, train, discipline, drill, break in.
~Accustomed~, _a._ Usual, habitual, wonted, customary, familiar,
common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every day.
~Ace~, _n._ ~1.~ Single point (_in cards or in dice_).
~2.~ Particle, atom, jot, iota, bit, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite,
corpuscle, scintilla.
~Acephalous~, _a._ Headless.
~Acerbity~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, astringency, sourness, acidity,
acidness, tartness.
~2.~ Acrimony, severity, harshness, sternness, asperity, bitterness,
venom, rancor, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill
temper, bad blood.
~Acetic acid~, VINEGAR.
~Ache~, _n._ Aching, pain, continued pain.
~Ache~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in pain, feel or suffer pain.
~2.~ Be painful, give pain.
~Achieve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, perform, execute, do, complete,
finish, compass, consummate, effect, realize, bring about, bring to
pass, carry through, carry out, work out, bring to a close, bring to
conclusion.
~2.~ Obtain, acquire, procure, gain, win, get.
~Achievement~, _n._ ~1.~ Performance, accomplishment, completion,
attainment, realization, consummation.
~2.~ Exploit, feat, deed, work.
~3.~ Escutcheon, shield, ensign armorial.
~Aching~, _n._ Pain, ache, continued pain.
~Achromatic~, _a._ Colorless, uncolored, untinged, hueless, free from
color.
~Achromatism~, _n._ Absence of color, want of color.
~Achromatize~, _v. a._ Deprive of color.
~Acicular~, _a._ (_Bot._) Aciculate, aciform, needle-shaped.
~Aciculate~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.
~Acid~, _a._ Sour, tart, sharp, pricked.
~Acidity~, _n._ Sourness, tartness, acidness, sharpness.
~Acidness~, _n._ ACIDITY.
~Acidulous~, _a._ Sourish, somewhat acid, slightly acid, subacid,
somewhat sour.
~Aciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.
~Acinaciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cimeter-shaped.
~Acknowledge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recognize, take cognizance of, be aware
of, hold in remembrance.
~2.~ Admit, grant, concede, allow, accept, indorse, subscribe to,
agree to.
~3.~ Confess, own, avow, profess.
~4.~ Express gratitude for, give thanks for.
~5.~ Own or admit the validity of.
~Acknowledgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Recognition, recognizance.
~2.~ Admission, avowal, concession, allowance, acceptance, indorsement.
~3.~ Expression of thanks or gratitude.
~Acme~, _n._ Summit, top, apex, zenith, pinnacle, utmost height,
highest point, culminating point, climax.
~Aconite~, _n._ wolfsbane, monks-hood.
~Acquaint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Familiarize, make familiar.
~2.~ Inform, apprise, tell, notify, make aware, make known to, mention
to, communicate to, signify to, give notice to, send word to, write
word to.
~Acquaintance~, _n._ ~1.~ Familiarity, familiar knowledge.
~2.~ Friend (_with whom one is not intimate_).
~Acquainted with~, ~1.~ Familiar with, versed in, AU FAIT at.
~2.~ A friend of (_without being intimate with_).
~Acquiesce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Yield, comply, submit, bow, rest, resign
one's self, be reconciled, be resigned, be satisfied, rest satisfied.
~2.~ Assent, consent, agree, accede, concur, yield assent, give
consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.
~Acquiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliance, submission, resignation.
~2.~ Assent, consent, agreement, concurrence.
~Acquiescent~, _a._ Complying, yielding, submitting.
~Acquire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gain, obtain, achieve, attain, procure, earn,
win, get, secure, have, make, PURCHASE, get possession of, get into
one's hands.
~2.~ Master, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.
~Acquirement~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquiring, gathering, gaining, mastery.
~2.~ Accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, stock of knowledge,
mental resources.
~Acquisition~, _n._ ACQUIREMENT.
~Acquisitive~, _n._ Acquiring, disposed to acquire.
~Acquisitiveness~, _n._ Love of acquiring, desire to acquire.
~Acquit~, _v. a._ Discharge (_from an accusation_), clear, release,
absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.
~Acquit one's self~, Act, behave, conduct one's self, bear one's self,
demean one's self.
~Acquittal~, _n._ Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation,
exoneration, clearance, absolution, acquittance.
~Acquittance~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge, ACQUITTAL.
~2.~ Receipt, receipt in full.
~Acrid~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant,
caustic, corrosive.
~2.~ Severe, harsh, ACRIMONIOUS.
~Acridity~, _n._ ACRIDNESS.
~Acridness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, pungency, poignancy, acridity.
~2.~ Severity, harshness, hardness.
~Acrimonious~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Corrosive, caustic, sharp.
~2.~ Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent,
malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish,
petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill-
natured.
~Acrimony~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity.
~2.~ Severity, harshness, sourness, tartness, asperity, virulence,
bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness,
churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.
~Acroamatic~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
~Acroamatical~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
~Acroatic~, _a._ Esoteric, ACROAMATIC.
~Acrobat~, _n._ Rope-dancer.
~Acrospire~, _n._ Shoot, sprout, plumule.
~Across~, _prep._ Athwart, over, from one side of to the other.
~Act~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a
purpose, be in action.
~2.~ Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.
~3.~ Operate, have influence.
~Act~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.
~2.~ Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part
of.
~Act~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed (_viewed as a single exertion of power_),
ACTION, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement,
turn.
~2.~ Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.
~3.~ Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.
~Acting~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed, performance, ACTION.
~2.~ Personation, representation, simulation.
~Action~, _n._ ~1.~ Activity, exercise, motion, movement, play.
~2.~ Deed (_viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power_),
performance, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting,
turn, ACT.
~3.~ Agency, operation, force, influence, instrumentality, process.
~4.~ Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre,
encounter, skirmish, brush, affair.
~5.~ Gesticulation, gesture.
~6.~ Subject, fable, plot, series of events.
~7.~ (_Law._) Suit, process, case, prosecution.
~Actinolite~, _n._ Strahlstein, ray-stone.
~Active~, _a._ ~1.~ Practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action,
in operation.
~2.~ Busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable,
unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work,
diligently employed, busily engaged.
~3.~ Alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, SPRY,
smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spirited.
~4.~ Enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnest.
~5.~ Drastic (_as medicine_), powerful, efficacious.
~6.~ (_Gram._) Transitive.
~Activity~, _n._ ~1.~ Action, exercise.
~2.~ Alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness,
sprightliness, spryness.
~3.~ Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor.
~4.~ Enterprise, efficiency.
~Actor~, _n._ ~1.~ Doer, operator, agent.
~2.~ Player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player.
~Actual~, _a._ ~1.~ Real, veritable, true, substantial, determinate,
decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain, genuine, very, not
ideal, not imagined, not imaginary, not supposed or fancied, not
fictitious, that exists in fact, DE FACTO, BONA FIDE.
~2.~ Present, now existing, now in being.
~Actually~, _ad._ Really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily,
indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth.
~Actuate~, _v. a._ Induce, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade,
incite, act upon, prevail upon, work upon.
~Act upon~, ~1.~ Influence, effect, have influence upon.
~2.~ Induce, ACTUATE.
~Act up to.~ Abide by, conform to, persist in.
~Acumen~, _n._ Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness,
ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick
parts.
~Acuminate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.
~Acuminated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate,
cuspidated.
~Acute~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, pointed, ACUMINATED, CUSPIDATED.
~2.~ Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright,
sage, sapient, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle,
penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed, UP TO
SNUFF.
~3.~ Severe, violent, intense, poignant, exquisite, pungent.
~4.~ High, shrill, high-toned.
~Acuteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness.
~2.~ Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness,
astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment,
ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.
~3.~ Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.
~4.~ Highness, shrillness.
~Adage~, _n._ Proverb, saying, saw, dictum, aphorism, apothegm, maxim,
by-word, sententious precept.
~Adamant~, _n._ Diamond, crystallized carbon.
~Adamantean~, _a._ Adamantine, hard as adamant, very hard.
~Adamantine~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of adamant.
~2.~ Adamantean, very hard, hard as adamant.
~Adam's-needle~, _n._ Yucca, bear-grass, Spanish bayonet.
~Adapt~, _v. a._ Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify,
prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable
or suitable.
~Adaptability~, _n._ Adaptableness, suitableness, ADAPTATION.
~Adaptation~, _n._ Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness,
adaptability, accommodation, harmony.
~Add~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Join, subjoin, annex, affix, append, superadd,
tag, tack.
~2.~ Sum, sum up, cast up, add together.
~Add to.~ Increase, augment, make greater.
~Addendum~, _n._ Addition, appendix, appendage, adjunct, appurtenance,
attachment.
~Addict~, _v. a._ Accustom (_commonly in a bad sense_), habituate,
dedicate, devote, apply (_habitually_), give, give up.
~Addiction~, _n._ [_Rare._] Addictedness.
~Addition~, _n._ ~1.~ Adding.
~2.~ Accession, increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension.
~3.~ Appendage, adjunct, appendix, addendum.
~Additional~, _a._ Superadded, adscititious, supplemental,
supplementary, extra, more.
~Additive~, _a._ To be added.
~Addle~, _a._ ~1.~ Putrid, corrupt, spoiled (_as eggs_).
~2.~ Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, abortive, unproductive,
unprolific, unfertile, sterile, infecund, addled.
~Addled~, _a._ ADDLE.
~Addle-head~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Addle-headed~, _a._ Foolish, stupid, dull, doltish, brainless,
shallow, soft, sappy, witless, blockish, weak-headed, weak-minded,
feeble-minded, half-witted, short-witted, shallow-brained, dull-
witted, thick-skulled, addle-pated.
~Addle-pated~, _a._ ADDLE-HEADED.
~Address~, _n._ ~1.~ Appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request,
imploration, application, solicitation, suit.
~2.~ Discourse, speech, oration, harangue.
~3.~ Skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness,
cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, GUMPTION.
~4.~ Superscription, direction.
~5.~ Manner (_in speaking to another_).
~Addresses~, _n. pl._ Courtship, suit.
~Address one's self to~, Direct one's speech or discourse to, speak to.
~Adduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, ofter, present, allege, assign, give,
bring forward.
~2.~ Name, cite, quote, introduce.
~Adept~, _n._ Master, proficient, genius, doctor, veteran, expert,
dab, DABSTER, good hand, master hand, capital hand, nice hand.
~Adept~, _a._ Skilled, versed, experienced, practised, proficient,
good, at home, AU FAIT.
~Adequacy~, _n._ Sufficiency, competence, competency, enough,
adequateness.
~Adequate~, _a._ Sufficient, commensurate, proportionate,
correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted.
~Adequateness~, _n._ ADEQUACY.
~Adhere~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stick, cling, cleave, hold, cohere, take hold,
be firmly fixed.
~2.~ Be faithful, be devoted, be attached, stand by, be true.
~Adherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Tenacity, fixedness.
~2.~ Attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, adhesion.
~Adherent~, _a._ Adhering, sticking, clinging.
~Adherent~, _n._ Follower, partisan, disciple, sectary, retainer,
votary, supporter, dependant, vassal.
~Adhesion~, _n._ ~1.~ Adhering, sticking, clinging, tendency to adhere.
~2.~ Attachment, ADHERENCE.
~Adhesive~, _a._ ~1.~ Sticking, clinging, tending to adhere.
~2.~ Sticky, tenacious, tough, viscous, glutinous, smeary, dauby,
stringy, ropy, gummy, clammy.
~Adieu~, _ad._ Farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, God bless you.
~Adieu~, _n._ Farewell, valediction, leave-taking.
~Adipose~, _a._ Fat, fatty, unctuous, oily, sebaceous, greasy.
~Adjacence~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood,
proximity, contiguity.
~Adjacency~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood,
proximity, contiguity.
~Adjacent~, _a._ Adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, near, close,
bordering, contiguous, in proximity.
~Adjective~, _n._ [_Technical term of the grammarian._] EPITHET,
qualifying word or term.
~Adjoin~, _v. a._ Be contiguous to, lie near to, lie close to, border
upon, be adjacent to.