vituperation, obloquy, reproach, scandal, backbiting, reviling,
gainsaying, traducing.
~Asphalt~, _n._ Native bitumen, mineral pitch, Jew's pitch.
~Asphaltum~, _n._ Native bitumen, mineral pitch, Jew's pitch.
~Aspirant~, _n._ ~1.~ Aspirer, ambitious person.
~2.~ Candidate, solicitor, solicitant, competitor.
~Aspirant~, _a._ Aspiring, ambitious.
~Aspirate~, _a._ Aspirated, toneless, unintonated, atonic, surd,
pronounced with a simple breathing, not vocal, without vocality,
without tone.
~Aspirate~, _n._ Rough breathing.
~Aspirate~, _v. a._ Pronounce with an aspirate or rough breathing.
~Aspirated~, _a._ ASPIRATE.
~Aspiration~, _n._ ~1.~ Pronouncing with the rough breathing.
~2.~ Longing, yearning, hankering, craving, ardent wish or desire.
~Aspire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Desire (_earnestly_), long.
~2.~ Ascend, rise, soar, tower, mount.
~Aspirer~, _n._ Aspirant, ambitious person.
~Aspire to~, Desire eagerly, wish for ardently, long for, aim at,
thirst after.
~Aspiring~, _a._ Ambitious, high-reaching.
~Asquint~, _ad._ Askance, askant, awry, askew, obliquely, to one side.
~Ass~, _n._ ~1.~ Jackass, donkey.
~2.~ Dolt, fool, blockhead, simpleton, numskull, ninny, DUNCE.
~Assail~, _v. a._ Assault, attack, invade, oppugn, fall upon, fly at,
bear down upon, make aggression on.
~Assailant~, _n._ Aggressor, assaulter, attacker, invader, assailer.
~Assailant~, _a._ Attacking, invading, assaulting.
~Assailer~, _n._ Aggressor, ASSAILANT.
~Assassin~, _n._ Murderer, slayer, cut-throat, assassinator, bravo.
~Assassinate~, _v. a._ Kill (_by secret assault_), murder, slay,
despatch.
~Assassination~, _n._ Murder (_by secret assault_).
~Assassinator~, _n._ ASSASSIN.
~Assault~, _n._ ~1.~ Attack, onset, onslaught, aggression, invasion,
charge, thrust.
~2.~ Storming, storm.
~Assault~, _v. a._ Assail, attack, charge, invade, STORM, fall upon,
fly at, bear down upon, make aggression on.
~Assay~, _n._ Trial (_particularly to determine the quantity of metal
in an ore_), test, examination, experiment, proof, touchstone, ordeal.
~Assay~, _v. a._ Try, test, put to the test, make trial of.
~Assay~, _v. n._ Try, endeavor, attempt, essay.
~Assemblage~, _n._ ~1.~ Collection, group, cluster, clump, mass,
congeries, pack.
~2.~ Assembly, concourse, company, crowd, throng, congregation,
gathering, meeting.
~Assemble~, _v. a._ Collect, muster, convene, convoke, congregate,
gather, levy, call, call together, bring together, get together.
~Assemble~, _v. n._ Converse, meet, meet together, come together.
~Assembly~, _n._ ~1.~ Company, concourse, throng, congregation,
gathering, collection, assemblage, meeting.
~2.~ Congress, convention, convocation, conclave, synod, diet,
meeting, council, caucus, conventicle, Parliament.
~Assent~, _v. n._ Agree (_as to a matter of opinion_), CONSENT,
concur, acquiesce, subscribe, yield, yield assent, give consent, fall
in, go with the stream, go with the current.
~Assent~, _n._ Consent, agreement, concurrence, acquiescence, allowance.
~Assent to~, Consent to, agree to, give assent to, acquiesce in,
concur in.
~Assert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Affirm, declare, pronounce, express, aver,
allege, asseverate, protest, avow, predicate, lay down.
~2.~ Vindicate, defend, claim, maintain, uphold.
~Assertion~, _n._ ~1.~ Affirmation, declaration, asseveration,
protestation, position, statement, word, averment, predication, remark.
~2.~ Vindication, defence, maintenance, support.
~Assess~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tax, charge as one's share.
~2.~ Value, appraise, compute, estimate, rate.
~Assessment~, _n._ ~1.~ Assessing, valuation.
~2.~ Tax, impost, charge, rate.
~Assets~, _n. pl._ Property (_particularly as compared with
liabilities_), effects, possessions, estate.
~Asseverate~, _v. a._ Aver, affirm, declare, ASSERT, protest,
maintain, avow.
~Asseveration~, _n._ Declaration, assertion, avowal, protestation,
affirmation, averment, assurance.
~Assiduity~, _n._ Industry, DILIGENCE, assiduousness, sedulousness,
activity, perseverance, persistence, patience, close application.
~Assiduous~, _a._ Industrious, sedulous, diligent, indefatigable,
notable, active, busy, untiring, unwearied, unremitting, persevering,
persistent, constant, patient, studious, zealous, never-tiring,
painstaking.
~Assiduousness~, _n._ ASSIDUITY.
~Assign~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Apportion, allot, appoint, appropriate, cast.
~2.~ Fix, specify, determine, designate.
~3.~ Adduce, allege, advance, offer, give, present, bring forward.
~4.~ (_Law._) Transfer, convey, make over.
~Assignation~, _n._ ~1.~ Designation.
~2.~ Appointment to meet.
~Assign dower~, (_Law._) Set off (_by metes and bounds_) the widow's
share.
~Assignment~, _n._ ~1.~ Appointment, allotment, apportionment.
~2.~ (_Law._) Transfer, conveyance.
~Assimilate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Liken, make like, bring to a resemblance.
~2.~ Digest, turn to one's own substance.
~Assist~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Help, aid, support, befriend, patronize, serve,
speed, second, abet, back, sustain, co-operate with, take part with,
give support to, minister to.
~2.~ Succor, relieve, SPELL.
~Assistance~, _n._ Help, aid, succor, LIFT, support, patronage,
relief, helping hand, good offices.
~Assistant~, _n._ Coadjutor, helper, aider, co-operator, co-aid, ally,
auxiliary, abettor, ADJUTANT, CLERK, right hand man.
~Assizes~, _n. pl._ Sessions (_of the superior courts in the counties
of England_).
~Associate~, _v. a._ Join, conjoin, unite, connect, combine,
affiliate, yoke, couple, link, bring into close relation.
~Associate~, _v. n._ Fraternize, sort, consort, keep company, be in
familiar intercourse.
~Associate~, _n._ ~1.~ Companion, mate, fellow, yoke-fellow, comrade,
peer, compeer, follower, CONSORT.
~2.~ Partner, copartner, coadjutor, COLLEAGUE, confederate, ally.
~Association~, _n._ ~1.~ Union, connection, conjunction, combination.
~2.~ Society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality,
company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy,
confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern.
~Assort~, _v. a._ Class, classify, rank, group, arrange, distribute,
sort.
~Assort~, _v. n._ Agree, consort, suit, be adapted, be suitable.
~Assortment~, _n._ ~1.~ Assorting, arranging, allotment, distribution,
arrangement.
~2.~ Class, group, set, batch, lot, parcel, stock, store, collection,
pack.
~3.~ Variety of sorts, many kinds.
~Assorted~, _a._ Of various sorts.
~Assuage~, _v. a._ Mitigate, moderate, appease, alleviate, soothe,
soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell,
allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull,
blunt, lull.
~Assuagement~, _n._ Mitigation, alleviation, pacification, easing,
abatement.
~Assuasive~, _a._ Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenient, lenitive,
mitigating, mitigative, mild.
~Assume~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take, undertake, take on, take upon one's self,
be willing to bear.
~2.~ Affect, feign, counterfeit, simulate, pretend to, put on.
~3.~ Arrogate, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to.
~4.~ Beg, suppose, presuppose, imply, consider as true, take for
granted.
~Assumed name~, Alias.
~Assuming~, _a._ ~1.~ Presuming, presumptuous, forward, audacious,
bold, shameless, frontless, unblushing, brazen, brazen-faced.
~2.~ Arrogant, proud, lofty, stately, haughty, supercilious,
overbearing, overweening, conceited, consequential, self-conceited,
self-sufficient.
~Assumption~, _n._ ~1.~ Assuming, arrogating, usurpation.
~2.~ Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate,
theory.
~3.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness,
stateliness, conceit, pride, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-
importance, vain-glory, arrogance, insolence, HAUTEUR.
~Assurance~, _n._ ~1.~ Security, certainty, conviction, persuasion,
pledge of certainty, ground of confidence.
~2.~ Promise, engagement, word of honor.
~3.~ Affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration,
averment, avowal.
~4.~ Intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance.
~5.~ Boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence,
presumption, CHEEK, face, front.
~6.~ (_Law._) Insurance.
~Assure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make certain or sure, free from doubt or
uncertainty.
~2.~ Embolden, encourage, enhearten, hearten, make confident.
~3.~ Declare to (_confidently and earnestly_), vouch to, avow to,
protest to, warrant.
~4.~ (_Law._) Insure, agree to indemnify for loss, secure against loss.
~Assured~, _a._ ~1.~ Certain, indubitable, unquestionable.
~2.~ Confident, sure, secure, sanguine.
~3.~ (_Law._) Insured.
~Assuredly~, _ad._ Certainly, indubitably, undoubtedly,
unquestionably, truly, surely, sure, without doubt.
~Asteism~, _n._ Genteel irony, polite banter or raillery, delicate
ridicule.
~Asterisk~, _n._ Star (_in printing_).
~Astern~, _ad._ (_Naut._) ~1.~ Behind, back.
~2.~ Backward, rearward, abaft.
~Asteroid~, _n._ Small planet.
~As though~, As if.
~Astonish~, _v. a._ Amaze, surprise, astound, confound, shock,
stagger, stupefy, stun, dumfounder, strike dumb, strike with wonder,
petrify with wonder.
~Astonishment~, _n._ Amazement, wonder, surprise, awe, ADMIRATION.
~Astound~, _v. a._ Amaze, ASTONISH.
~Astral~, _a._ Starry, stellar, sidereal.
~Astray~, _ad._ Out of the right way, on the wrong scent.
~Astringent~, _a._ Binding, contracting, styptic.
~Astute~, _a._ ~1.~ Cunning, crafty, intriguing, wily, artful, sly,
subtle, arch, deep, Machiavelian.
~2.~ Shrewd, sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, discerning, ingenious,
perspicacious, keen, intelligent, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear-
sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed.
~Astuteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Cunning, craft, craftiness, subtlety,
artfulness, art, artifice, slyness, deceit, duplicity, wiliness, guile.
~2.~ Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, discernment,
penetration, sagacity, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.
~Asunder~, _ad._ Apart, into two parts.
~Asylum~, _n._ ~1.~ Sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of
refuge.
~2.~ Charitable institution.
~At a blow~, Suddenly, all at once, by a single stroke, by one effort.
~At all~, In any manner, in any degree, in the least degree, in the
least.
~At all events~, At any rate, in any case, whatever be the case,
happen what may, come what may, let it be as it will, sink or swim.
~At a loss~, Puzzled, perplexed, embarrassed, staggered, posed,
nonplussed, at one's wits' end, hard pressed, at a stand, in doubt, in
difficulty, put to it, put to one's shifts, out of one's depth, beyond
one's depth, in a quandary, at fault, in a dilemma, not know what to do.
~At any rate~, AT ALL EVENTS.
~At a pinch~, In an emergency, in a difficulty, if things come to the
worst.
~At a stand~, ~1.~ Interrupted, stopped.
~2.~ Perplexed, embarrassed, AT A LOSS.
~At dawn~, Early, at break of day, at peep of day, at the opening of
day.
~At discretion~, Without conditions or stipulations.
~At ease~, Untroubled, comfortable, free from pain, at rest.
~At fault~, ~1.~ Off the scent, on the wrong track.
~2.~ Puzzled, perplexed, AT A LOSS.
~At first~, In the beginning, at the commencement, in the outset, at
the start.
~At hand~, Near, nigh, close by, hard by, close to, close upon, close
at hand, within reach.
~At hazard~, Hazarded, AT STAKE.
~At heart~, In principle, in one's true character.
~Atheism~, _n._ Denial of God, disbelief in the existence of God.
~Atheist~, _n._ Unbeliever (_in the existence of God_), INFIDEL,
sceptic, free-thinker.
~Atheistic~, _a._ Godless, given to atheism.
~Atheistical~, _a._ Godless, given to atheism.
~Athlete~, _n._ Combatant, champion, contender for victory.
~Athletic~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, stout, robust, sturdy, brawny, muscular,
lusty, sinewy, nervous, stalwart, powerful, strapping, Herculean, able-
bodied, made of iron.
~2.~ Gymnastic.
~Athwart~, _prep._ Across, over, from one side of to the other.
~Athwart~, _ad._ ~1.~ Across, crosswise, sidewise, obliquely.
~2.~ Wrong, wrongfully, unseasonably, unsuitably, MALAPROPOS.
~At last~, Finally, in the end, in the upshot.
~At length~, ~1.~ After a long time, after a long while, at last, in
the end.
~2.~ In full, to the full extent, IN EXTENSO.
~Atmosphere~, _n._ Air.
~Atmospheric~, _a._ Aerial, of the atmosphere.
~Atmospherical~, _a._ Aerial, of the atmosphere.
~At odds~, Quarrelling, bickering, at variance.
~Atom~, _n._ ~1.~ Molecule, monad, ultimate particle (_of any
element_), indivisible particle.
~2.~ Corpuscle, scrap, mite, bit, grain, jot, iota, tittle, whit, ace,
scintilla.
~Atomic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of atoms.
~2.~ Small, minute.
~Atomical~, _a._ ~1.~ Of atoms.
~2.~ Small, minute.
~At once~, Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, without delay.
~Atone for~, Expiate, make expiation for, make amends for, make
reparation for, do penance for, answer for, pay for.
~Atonement~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Reconciliation, pacification,
concord, agreement.
~2.~ Expiation, propitiation, satisfaction, reparation, amends, peace-
offering, atoning sacrifice.
~Atony~, _n._ (_Med._) Weakness, debility, languor.
~Atrabiliary~, _a._ Melancholy, ATRABILIOUS.
~Atrabilious~, _a._ Melancholy, hypochondriacal, hypped, dejected,
dispirited, depressed, gloomy, sad, sorrowful, blue, desponding,
downcast, down-hearted, chop-fallen, low-spirited, cast down, down in
the mouth, in the dumps, with a long face.
~Atramentous~, _a._ Black, inky.
~At random~, By chance, without choice, without selection, just as it
happens.
~At rest~, ~1.~ Resting, reposing, quiescent.
~2.~ Untroubled, comfortable, at ease, free from pain.
~Atrocious~, _a._ Infamous, villanous, flagitious, heinous, felonious,
flagrant, outrageous, enormous, grievous, diabolical, monstrous,
infernal, hellish, horrible, black, very wicked.
~Atrocity~, _n._ ~1.~ Heinousness, atrociousness, enormity, flagrancy,
villany, flagitiousness, depravity, wickedness.
~2.~ Atrocious crime, flagitious villany.
~Atrophy~, _n._ Emaciation (_from want of nourishment_), consumption,
marasmus, decline, gradual wasting.
~At stake~, Hazarded, risked, pledged, in danger, at hazard.
~Attach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten, tie, join, connect, cement, affix, fix,
append, subjoin, annex, hitch, make fast, set to.
~2.~ Attract, captivate, enamour, endear, charm, win, engage, gain over.
~3.~ (_Law._) Take, seize, distrain, distress.
~Attachment~, _n._ ~1.~ Love, liking, regard, affection, friendship,
fondness, predilection, devotedness, devotion, adhesion, adherence.
~2.~ Adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, addition, addendum.
~3.~ (_Law._) Seizure, distress.
~Attack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Assail, assault, STORM, encounter, invade,
charge, engage, oppugn, TACKLE, have at, set upon, fly at, run at,
make a run at, rush upon, spring upon, have a fling at, have a cut at,
bear down upon, make aggression on, ride full tilt against, PITCH INTO.
~2.~ Impugn, censure, criticise, reflect upon, pass censure on.
~Attack~, _n._ Assault, onset, onslaught, charge, thrust, encounter,
invasion, aggression, descent, OFFENCE.
~Attacker~, _n._ Assailer, assailant, assaulter, invader, aggressor.
~Attain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Procure (_by effort_), acquire, get, obtain,
gain, win, secure, achieve, compass, accomplish, effect, hit.
~2.~ Reach, arrive at, come to, attain to.
~Attain to~, Reach, attain, arrive at, come to.
~Attainable~, _a._ Compassable, achievable, practicable, feasible,
possible.
~Attainder~, _n._ Corruption of blood.
~Attainment~, _n._ ~1.~ Attaining, getting, acquisition.
~2.~ Acquirement, accomplishment, erudition, learning, information,
enlightenment, wisdom, stock of knowledge, mental resources.
~Attaint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Taint, corrupt, stain.
~2.~ (_Law._) Punish by corruption of blood.
~Attar of roses~, Oil of roses, ottar of roses, otto of roses.
~Attemper~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Temper, moderate, allay, alleviate, soften,
mollify, assuage, soothe, qualify, appease.
~2.~ Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.
~Attempt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, assay, essay, make trial or experiment of.
~2.~ Undertake, go about, set about, take in hand, endeavor to
accomplish.
~Attempt~, _v. n._ Try, strive, endeavor, seek, aim, make an attempt,
make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every
nerve, leave no stone unturned.
~Attempt~, _n._ Effort, trial, essay, endeavor, experiment,
undertaking, enterprise.
~Attend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accompany, escort, follow, go with, go along
with, keep company with.
~2.~ Guard, watch, have in keeping.
~3.~ Serve, lackey, minister to, wait on, dance attendance on.
~4.~ Be present at.
~5.~ Await, be in store for, be ready for.
~Attend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Listen, hearken, hear, give ear, pay attention.
~2.~ Tend, serve, wait, be attendant.
~Attendance~, ~1.~ Presence.
~2.~ Service, ministration, waiting on.
~Attendant~, _a._ Accompanying, attending.
~Attendant~, _n._ ~1.~ Follower, satellite, companion, fellow,
associate, escort.
~2.~ Servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire, domestic,
footman, lackey, VALET, waiter, flunkey, underling, menial,
understrapper, tender.
~3.~ Accompaniment, concomitant, attendant circumstance.
~Attend on~, Accompany, serve, wait on, be in waiting upon, be within
call of.
~Attend to~, ~1.~ Mind, heed, notice, regard, observe, mark, be
attentive to, pay regard to, give heed to, take heed of, take notice
of, give or pay attention to, give a thought to, be mindful of.
~2.~ Look after, look to, see to.
~3.~ Practise, pursue, follow.
~Attention~, _n._ ~1.~ Care, heed, regard, heedfulness, mindfulness,
notice, observation, consideration, advertence, circumspection, watch,
watchfulness.
~2.~ Application, reflection, study.
~3.~ Civility, courtesy, politeness, deference, respect, regard.
~Attentive~, _a._ Mindful, heedful, observant, wary, circumspect,
watchful, careful, thoughtful, regardful, awake, alive, wide awake, on
the alert, on the lookout.
~Attentive to~, Mindful of, occupied with, taken up with, absorbed in.
~Attenuate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dilute, thin, rarefy, make thin, make less
dense.
~2.~ Lessen, diminish, contract, reduce.
~Attenuation~, _n._ Thinning, diminishing, contracting.
~Attest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Witness, certify, endorse, confirm, ratify,
corroborate, support, authenticate, seal, vouch for, bear out, set
one's hand and seal to.
~2.~ Adjure, invoke, call to witness.
~3.~ Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, confess.
~Attestation~, _n._ Attesting, authentication, confirmation,
testimony, witness, proof, evidence, seal.
~Attic~, _a._ Chaste, classic, classical, pure, correct, refined,
elegant, polished, in good taste.
~Attic~, _n._ ~1.~ Athenian, Athenian author.
~2.~ Garret, loft, cockloft, upper story.
~Atticism~, _n._ Attic idiom or phrase, elegant or concise expression,
happy phrase.
~Attic salt~, Delicate wit.
~Attire~, _v. a._ Dress, clothe, array, apparel, rig, robe, enrobe,
accoutre, equip, fit out, TRICK OUT.
~Attire~, _n._ Dress, clothes, clothing, apparel, raiment, ARRAY,
habit, garb, gear, costume, habiliment, vesture, vestment, outfit,
suit, accoutrement, equipment, toilet, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY,
wardrobe.
~Attitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Posture (_with reference to the expression of
some sentiment_), position.
~2.~ Situation, aspect, phase, standing, predicament
~Attorney~, _n._ ~1.~ Agent, factor, proxy, deputy, substitute.
~2.~ Lawyer, counsellor, counsel, SOLICITOR, advocate, barrister,
attorney-at-law, limb of the law.
~Attract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, bring into proximity, cause to approach.
~2.~ Allure, invite, entice, engage, win, captivate, fascinate,
endear, charm, enamour.
~Attraction~, _n._ ~1.~ Attracting, drawing.
~2.~ Allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery,
attractiveness.
~Attractive~, _a._ ~1.~ Alluring, inviting, enticing, fascinating,
captivating, charming, winning, bewitching, enchanting, engaging,
interesting, prepossessing, taking, pleasing, pleasant, lovely, sweet.
~2.~ Magnetic, magnetical.
~Attributable~, _a._ Ascribable, imputable, referrible, chargeable,
traceable, owing, to be charged, to be attributed, to be imputed.
~Attribute~, _v. a._ Ascribe, assign, refer, impute, consider as due.
~Attribute~, _n._ Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity.
~Attrition~, _n._ Abrasion, friction, rubbing.
~Attune~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set to a tune, make musical.
~2.~ Tune, accord, harmonize, modulate, put in tune.
~At variance~, Quarrelling, bickering, at odds.
~Auburn~, _a._ Nut-brown, chestnut-colored, reddish-brown.
~Auction~, _n._ Vendue, cant, public sale, auction sale.
~Auctioneer~, _n._ Vendue-master.
~Audacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, intrepid,
venturesome, dauntless, undaunted, valiant, stout-hearted.
~2.~ Presumptuous, assuming, forward, impudent, insolent.
~Audaciousness~, _n._ AUDACITY.
~Audacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Boldness, daring, fearlessness, courage,
intrepidity, venturesomeness, hardihood.
~2.~ Impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery,
presumptuousness, presumption, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK.
~Audience~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearing.
~2.~ Auditory, assembly of hearers.
~Audience-chamber~, _n._ Divan, council-chamber, state-chamber.
~Audit~, _v. a._ Examine (_as accounts, to ascertain whether they are
correct or not_).
~Audit~, _n._ ~1.~ Examination of accounts.
~2.~ Final account.
~Auditor~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearer, listener.
~2.~ Examiner of accounts.
~Auditory~, _n._ Audience, assembly of hearers.
~Au fait~, [Fr.] Skilful, skilled, expert, at home, in one's element.
~Aught~, _n._ Any thing.
~Augment~, _v. a._ Enlarge, increase, magnify, add to, make larger.
~Augment~, _v. n._ Increase, grow larger.
~Augmentation~, _n._ Increase, enlargement, extension, addition,
accession.
~Augur~, _n._ Soothsayer, prophet, fortune-teller.
~Augur~, _v. n._ Prophesy, conjecture, predict, guess.
~Augur~, _v. a._ Portend, forebode, presage, foreshow, foreshadow,
prognosticate, betoken, foretell, predict, prophesy, be ominous of.
~Augury~, _n._ ~1.~ Prognostication, prognostic, prediction, prophecy,
vaticination.
~2.~ Omen, sign, auspice, portent, presage, prognostic, precursor,
forerunner, harbinger, herald.
~August~, _a._ Imposing, awful, solemn, venerable, majestic, stately,
pompous, great, regal, noble, dignified, kingly, princely,
magnificent, superb.
~Auld lang syne~, [_Scotch._] Antiquity, old times, former times, days
of yore, the olden time, time gone by, days gone by.
~Aureate~, _a._ Golden, yellow, gold-colored.
~Aurelia~, _n._ (_Ent._) Chrysalis, pupa, nympha.
~Aureola~, _n._ [L.] Halo, glory.
~Auricle~, _n._ Pavilion, external ear.
~Aurora~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Mythol._) Goddess of Morning.
~2.~ Daybreak, dawn, morning, morn, sunrise, break of day, opening of
day, peep of day, first blush of the morning.
~Aurora borealis~, [L.] Northern lights, polar lights.
~Auspice~, _n._ Omen, AUGURY, sign, portent, presage, prognostic.
~Auspices~, _n. pl._ Favor, influence, patronage, protection, support.
~Auspicious~, _a._ ~1.~ Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky,
happy, red-letter.
~2.~ Propitious, promising, favorable, seasonable, opportune, golden,
bright.
~Austere~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough (_to the taste_), sour and astringent.