~Neophyte~, _n._ ~1.~ Convert, proselyte, CATECHUMEN.
~2.~ Beginner, tyro, pupil.
~Nephritis~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Inflammation of the kidneys.
~Nerve~, _n._ ~1.~ Strength, power, force.
~2.~ Courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood,
manhood.
~Nerve~, _v. a._ Strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace.
~Nervous~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the nerves.
~2.~ Sinewy, strong, vigorous, robust, forcible, powerful.
~3.~ Timid, timorous, easily agitated.
~Nervousness~, _n._ ~1.~ Strength, force, power, vigor.
~2.~ Timidity, timorousness, trepidation, tremor, flutter, nervous
agitation.
~Nescience~, _n._ Ignorance.
~Nest~, _n._ AERIE.
~Nestle~, _v. n._ Snuggle, cuddle, snug, harbor, lodge, lie close.
~Net~, _n._ Snare, gin, trap, toil.
~Net~, _a._ Clear, without deductions.
~Net~, _v. a._ Clear, get or gain over and above expenses.
~Nether~, _a._ Lower.
~Nettle~, _v. a._ Fret, chafe, ruffle, irritate, vex, tease, harass,
provoke, incense, exasperate, sting.
~Net-work~, _n._ Netting, reticulated or decussated work.
~Neutral~, _a._ Indifferent, of neither party, taking no part with
either side.
~Neutralize~, _v. a._ Counterbalance, render neutral, render inert,
destroy the effect of, render of no effect.
~Never~, _ad._ ~1.~ At no time, not at any time, not ever.
~2.~ In no degree, not at all.
~Nevertheless~, _ad._ However, notwithstanding, not at all the less.
~New~, _a._ ~1.~ Novel, fresh, of recent origin, not old.
~2.~ Recent, modern, not ancient, of the present day.
~3.~ Just discovered, recently made known.
~4.~ Unaccustomed, unused, not habituated, not familiar.
~News~, _n._ Tidings, intelligence, information, advice, word, piece
of information, recent accounts.
~Newsmonger~, _n._ Quidnunc.
~Newspaper~, _n._ Gazette, journal.
~Newt~, _n._ Eft, salamander.
~Next~, _a._ Nearest.
~Next door to~, ~1.~ Next house to.
~2.~ Near to, bordering on.
~Nib,~ _n._ ~1.~ Bill, beak, neb.
~2.~ Point (_of a pen_).
~Nibble~, _v. a. & n._ Gnaw, bite (_by nips_), browse.
~Nice~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, accurate, precise, critical, definite,
strict, rigorous.
~2.~ Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, punctilious, finical, difficult,
over-scrupulous, exacting, hard to please, very particular.
~3.~ Subtile, fine, refined, minute.
~4.~ Delicate, dainty, luscious, soft, tender, savory, delicious,
palatable.
~5.~ [_Colloquial._] Pleasant, agreeable, delightful, good.
~Niceness~, _n._ ~1.~ Exactness, accuracy, precision, nicety.
~2.~ Scrupulousness, fastidiousness, delicacy, daintiness,
squeamishness.
~Nicety~, _n._ ~1.~ Accuracy, exactness, precision, truth, niceness.
~2.~ Fastidiousness, daintiness, PURISM, squeamishness.
~3.~ Subtilty, nice point, minute distinction.
~4.~ Delicacy, dainty, tidbit, delicate morsel.
~Niche~, _n._ Nook, recess.
~Nick~, _n._ ~1.~ Critical point (_of time_), critical moment,
fortunate conjuncture.
~2.~ Notch, dent, dint, indentation, incision.
~Nick~, _v. a._ Notch, cut notches in.
~Nickname~, _n._ SOBRIQUET, by-name.
~Nictate~, _v. n._ [_Rare._] Wink, blink.
~Nictation~, _n._ Winking.
~Niggard~, _n._ Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint,
scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
~Niggard~, _a._ Parsimonious, NIGGARDLY.
~Niggardliness~, _n._ Parsimony, stinginess, avarice, meanness.
~Niggardly~, _a._ ~1.~ Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious,
miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard,
close, close-fisted.
~2.~ Saving, sparing, chary.
~Nigh~, _a._ Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close,
close at hand, bordering upon, not far off, not distant, approximate
to, hard by.
~Nigh~, _ad._ Near, nearly.
~Nigh~, _prep._ Near, close to, close by, not far from.
~Night-fall~, _n._ EVENING, dusk, close of the day.
~Nightingale~, _n._ Philomel, philomela, (_Philomela luscinia._)
~Night-jar~, _n._ Goat-sucker, wheel-bird, churn-owl (_Caprimulgus
Europœus_).
~Nightly~, _a._ Nocturnal.
~Night-walker~, _n._ Somnambulist, sleep-walker.
~Nihilism~, _n._ Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity,
nullity.
~Nihility~, _n._ Nothingness, nothing, non-existence, nonentity,
nullity.
~Nimble~, _a._ Agile, lively, brisk, active, smart, quick, spry,
ready, alert, dapper, sprightly.
~Nimbleness~, _n._ Briskness, smartness, agility, spryness, alertness,
activity, sprightliness.
~Nincompoop~, _n._ [_Low._] NINNY.
~Ninepins~, _n. pl._ Skittles.
~Ninny~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Nip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pinch, compress, squeeze, gripe.
~2.~ Clip, cut off.
~3.~ Blast, bite, destroy, ruin.
~Nip~, _n._ ~1.~ Pinch, bite.
~2.~ Bit, small cut.
~3.~ [_Low._] Dram, nipper, sip, drink.
~Nipper~, _n._ ~1.~ Fore tooth (_of a horse_).
~2.~ [_Low._] Dram, nip, sip, drink.
~Nippers~, _n. pl._ Pincers, tweezers.
~Nipple~, _n._ Teat, dug, pap.
~Nitre~, _n._ [Written also _Niter_.] Saltpetre, nitrate of potash.
~Nitric acid~, AQUAFORTIS, spirit of nitre.
~Nitric oxide~, Deutoxide of nitrogen, binoxide of nitrogen, nitrous
gas, nitrous air.
~Nitrogen~, _n._ Azote.
~Nitrogenize~, _v. a._ Azotize.
~Nitro-muriatic acid~, Aqua regia.
~Nitrous ether~, Sweet spirits of nitre.
~Nitrous oxide~, Laughing gas, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas.
~No~, _ad._ ~1.~ Nay.
~2.~ Not at all, in no degree.
~No~, _a._ None, not any.
~Nob~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Nobleman.
~Nobby~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Consequential, aristocratic.
~Nobility~, _n._ ~1.~ Grandeur, greatness, dignity, nobleness,
elevation, superiority, worthiness, loftiness of character, moral
excellence.
~2.~ Noble birth, patrician dignity, eminence by rank.
~3.~ NOBLESSE, aristocracy, peerage, patrician class.
~Noble~, _a._ ~1.~ Great, dignified, superior, elevated, worthy,
exalted, illustrious.
~2.~ Grand, stately, lordly, splendid, magnificent, sublime.
~Noble~, _n._ Nobleman.
~Nobleman~, _n._ Peer, noble, grandee, lord, one of the nobility.
~Nobleness~, _n._ ~1.~ Greatness, dignity, magnanimity, elevation,
superiority, worthiness, nobility, loftiness of character, moral
excellence.
~2.~ Stateliness, grandeur, magnificence.
~Noblesse~, [Fr.] Aristocracy, peerage, nobility.
~Nobody~, _n._ No one, no person, not any one, not anybody.
~Nocturnal~, _a._ Nightly.
~Nocturnally~, _ad._ Nightly, by night.
~Nod~, _v. a. & n._ Bow.
~Nod~, _n._ Bow, beck.
~Noddle~, _n._ Head (_in contempt_).
~Noddy~, _n._ ~1.~ Fool, simpleton, DUNCE.
~2.~ (_Ornith._) Booby, gannet, solan goose (_Sterna solida_).
~Node~, _n._ Knot, knob, protuberance, swelling, lump, prominence,
process, excrescence, nodule.
~Nodule~, _n._ Knot, NODE.
~Noise~, _n._ ~1.~ Sound.
~2.~ Clamor, din, blare, clatter, uproar, tumult, ado, cry,
vociferation, hubbub, racket, HALLABALOO, fuss, breeze.
~Noisome~, _a._ ~1.~ Noxious, injurious, hurtful, unwholesome,
insalubrious, unhealthy, pernicious, mischievous, detrimental,
destructive, deleterious, baneful, poisonous, pestilential.
~2.~ Offensive, fetid, disgusting.
~Noisy~, _a._ Clamorous, boisterous, turbulent, vociferous,
obstreperous, blatant, brawling, blustering, uproarious, tumultuous,
riotous.
~Nomad~, _n._ ~1.~ Wandering tribe, nomadic people.
~2.~ Wanderer, BOOLY.
~Nomade~, _n._ ~1.~ Wandering tribe, nomadic people.
~2.~ Wanderer, BOOLY.
~Nomadic~, _a._ Wandering, migratory, vagrant, roving, strolling.
~Nomenclature~, _n._ Terminology.
~Nominal~, _a._ Titular, not real, only in name.
~Nominate~, _v. a._ Name for an office, propose as a candidate,
designate for appointment or election.
~Nonage~, _n._ Minority, pupilage.
~Non-appearance~, _n._ Absence.
~Non-attendance~, _n._ Absence.
~Nonchalance~, _n._ [Fr.] Carelessness, indifference, unconcern,
coolness.
~Nonchalant~, _a._ [Fr.] Unconcerned, indifferent, careless, cool,
apathetic, not anxious.
~Non compos~, _n._ [Contracted from _non compos mentis_.] Simpleton,
DUNCE, fool.
~Non compos mentis~, [L.] Demented, idiotic, lunatic, foolish,
imbecile, crazy, destitute of common sense, void of understanding.
~None~, _pron., sing. & pl._ Not one, not any.
~Nonentity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inexistence, nonexistence.
~2.~ Nothing.
~Non-essential~, _a._ Adventitious, incidental, accidental,
extraneous, extrinsic.
~Nonesuch~, _n._ Nonpareil, paragon, pattern, model, CHEF-D'ŒUVRE,
BEAU IDEAL, acme of perfection, pink of perfection.
~Nonpareil~, _n._ NONESUCH.
~Nonpareil~, _a._ Peerless.
~Nonplus~, _n._ Puzzle, perplexity, poser, quandary.
~Nonplus~, _v. a._ Puzzle, confound, confuse, disconcert, perplex,
pose, put to a stand.
~Non-resistance~, _n._ Passive obedience.
~Nonsense~, _n._ ~1.~ Folly, absurdity, stuff, trash, moonshine,
twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude.
~2.~ Trifles, things of no consequence or importance.
~Nonsensical~, _a._ Absurd, foolish, silly, senseless, insensate,
stupid, ill-judged, unreasonable, irrational, preposterous, unmeaning,
frivolous, trifling.
~Noodle~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Nook~, _n._ Corner, recess, niche, retired place.
~Noonday~,_n._ Midday, noon, meridian, twelve o'clock.
~Noontide~, _n._ Midday, noon, meridian, twelve o'clock.
~Noose~, _n._ Hitch, running knot.
~Normal~, _a._ ~1.~ Regular, analogical, according to rule.
~2.~ Perpendicular, vertical, erect.
~North~, _a._ Northerly, northern, boreal, arctic.
~Northern~, _a._ North, northerly, boreal, arctic.
~Northern lights~, AURORA BOREALIS.
~North star~, _n._ Polestar, lodestar.
~Nose~, _n._ Snout, nozzle.
~Nose of wax~, Doughface, pliable politician.
~Nosegay~, _n._ Bouquet, posy.
~Nostalgia~, _n._ (_Med._) Homesickness.
~Nostrum~, _n._ Quack medicine, patent medicine.
~Notability~, _n._ Notable person, person of note.
~Notable~, _a._ Remarkable, memorable, extraordinary, signal,
distinguished, noted, worthy of notice.
~Notable~, _a._ Active, diligent, sedulous, industrious, assiduous,
busy, watchful, attentive, careful.
~Notary~, _n._ Notary public.
~Notch~, _n._ Nick, indentation, dent, dint, incision.
~Notch~, _v. a._ Nick, cut notches in.
~Note~, _n._ ~1.~ Sign, symbol, token, indication, character, mark.
~2.~ Memorandum, minute, record.
~3.~ Comment, annotation, schollum, remark.
~4.~ Billet, short letter or epistle.
~5.~ Notice, heed, observation, regard, consideration.
~6.~ Distinction, reputation, celebrity, fame, repute, renown, credit,
account, consequence, respectability.
~7.~ Bill, bank-note, promissory note, note of hand, paper money.
~Note~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Notice, remark, observe, heed, attend to, take
notice of, pay attention to.
~2.~ Record, make a note of, make a memorandum of, make a minute of,
set down in writing, jot down.
~3.~ Designate, denote.
~Note-book~, _n._ Memorandum book, adversaria, journal, commonplace
book.
~Noted~, _a._ Distinguished, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned,
conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, well known.
~Nothing~, _n._ ~1.~ Non-existence, nihility, inexistence, nihilism,
nonentity, nothingness, nullity.
~2.~ Nought, zero, cipher.
~3.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter, thing of no importance, matter
of no consequence.
~Nothing~, _ad._ Not at all, in no degree.
~Nothingness~, _n._ Nihility, nihilism, non-existence, nonentity.
~Notice~, _n._ ~1.~ Note, heed, observation, regard, cognizance.
~2.~ Information, notification, advice, intelligence, announcement,
mention.
~3.~ Intimation, premonition, warning.
~Notice~, _v. a._ Heed, regard, mark, note, observe, remark, attend
to, advert to, take cognizance of.
~Noticeable~, _a._ Observable, worthy of notice.
~Notification~, _n._ ~1.~ Information, notice, advice, intelligence,
announcement.
~2.~ Advertisement.
~Notify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Declare, promulgate, publish, announce,
advertise, make known.
~2.~ Inform, apprise, acquaint, make known to, give notice to, signify
to.
~Notion~, _n._ ~1.~ Conception, concept, universal idea, general or
universal conception.
~2.~ Opinion, sentiment, apprehension, judgment, belief, view,
impression, estimation, conceit, conviction.
~Notional~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginary, fantastical, ideal, chimerical.
~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, visionary, crotchety, freakish.
~Notoriety~, _n._ Repute (_generally in a bad sense_), reputation,
celebrity, fame, name, note, vogue, figure.
~Notorious~, _a._ ~1.~ Open, overt, patent, manifest, obvious,
apparent, evident, well-known.
~2.~ Conspicuous (_generally in a bad sense_), noted, celebrated,
famous, famed.
~Notwithstanding~, _prep._ Despite, in spite of.
~Notwithstanding~, _conj._ Nevertheless, yet, however, for all that.
~Nought~, _n._ Nothing, naught.
~Noun~, _n._ Substantive.
~Nourish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nurture, nurse, feed, support, maintain,
supply with food or nutriment, furnish sustenance to.
~2.~ Train, educate, instruct, breed, bring up.
~3.~ Cherish, encourage, foster, promote, succor.
~Nourishing~, _n._ Nutrition.
~Nourishing~, _a._ Nutritious, nutritive, strengthening, invigorating,
healthful, wholesome.
~Nourishment~, _n._ FOOD, aliment, diet, sustenance, nutriment,
nutrition.
~Novaculite~, _n._ Turkey-stone, Turkey oil-stone.
~Novel~, _a._ New, strange, unusual, late, modern, recent.
~Novel~, _n._ Tale, romance, story, fiction, fictitious narrative,
extended parable.
~Novice~, _n._ ~1.~ Probationer.
~2.~ Tyro, beginner, learner.
~Novitiate~, _n._ Probation.
~Now~, _ad._ At this time, at once, at this moment, at present.
~Now and then~, Occasionally, once in a while.
~Nowadays~, _ad._ In these days, in this age, in the present age.
~Noway~, _ad._ Not at all, in no degree, in no manner.
~Noways~, _ad._ Not at all, in no degree, in no manner.
~Nowise~, _ad._ Noway, noways.
~Noxious~, _a._ Injurious, hurtful, baneful, pernicious, detrimental,
unwholesome, mischievous, insalubrious, deleterious, noisome,
pestiferous, pestilent, deadly, baleful, destructive, poisonous.
~Nozzle~, _n._ Nose, snout.
~Nucleus~, _n._ Kernel, core, centre.
~Nude~, _a._ Bare, uncovered, undressed, unclothed, naked, exposed,
denuded, stark naked, in a state of nature, IN PURIS NATURALIBUS.
~Nudge~, _v. a._ Push gently.
~Nudge~, _n._ Gentle push.
~Nudity~, _n._ Nakedness.
~Nugatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Trifling, futile, vain, insignificant, trivial,
frivolous, worthless.
~2.~ Inoperative, ineffectual, inefficacious, unavailing, useless,
bootless, null, to no purpose.
~Nugget~, _n._ Lump.
~Nuisance~, _n._ Annoyance, plague, bane, infliction, curse, scourge,
pest.
~Null~, _a._ Void, invalid, useless, nugatory, of no efficacy, of no
account.
~Nullify~, _v. a._ Annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make
void, make of no effect.
~Nullity~, _n._ Non-existence, nonentity, nihility, nothing.
~Numb~, _a._ Torpid, benumbed.
~Number~, _v. a._ Count, enumerate, tell, reckon, calculate, compute,
numerate, call over, tell off, run over, sum up.
~Number~, _n._ ~1.~ Figure, numeral, digit.
~2.~ Many, multitude, great many.
~Number one~, [_Colloquial._] One's self.
~Numbers~, _n. pl._ Verses, poetry, song.
~Numbness~, _n._ Torpor, insensibility, deadness, paralysis, palsy.
~Numeral~, _n._ Figure, number, digit.
~Numerate~, _v. a._ Beckon, enumerate, count, number, call over, tell
off.
~Numerous~, _a._ ~1.~ Large (_in number_), made up of many.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Rhythmical, melodious, musical.
~Numskull~, _n._ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Nuncio~, _n._ ~1.~ Messenger.
~2.~ Ambassador (_of the Pope_).
~Nuncupative~, _a._ Oral, not written.
~Nunnery~, _n._ Convent, cloister, abbey, monastery.
~Nuptial~, _a._ Bridal, matrimonial, hymeneal, connubial, CONJUGAL.
~Nuptials~, _n. pl._ Marriage, wedding, bridal, espousals, nuptial
festival, marriage ceremony.
~Nurse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment.
~2.~ Suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to.
~3.~ Cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote.
~Nursling~, _n._ Infant, babe, baby, suckling, BAIRN.
~Nurture~, _n._ ~1.~ Nourishment, food, diet.
~2.~ Training, education, instruction, discipline, tuition, schooling,
breeding.
~Nurture~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Feed, nourish.
~2.~ Train, educate, instruct, school, rear, breed, discipline, bring
up.
~Nutgall~, _n._ Gall, gall-nut.
~Nutriment~, _n._ Aliment, nourishment, nutrition, food, diet,
sustenance, subsistence, provision, fare, regimen, meat, victuals,
BREAD, viands, cheer, rations, pabulum, grub, FEED, PROVENDER, FODDER,
FORAGE, PROG.
~Nutrition~, _n._ ~1.~ Nourishing.
~2.~ Food, NUTRIMENT.
~Nutritious~, _a._ Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.
~Nutritive~, _a._ Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.
~Nyctalopy~, _n._ Day-blindness, nocturnal sight.
~Nymph~, _n._ Damsel, maiden, maid, lass, LASSIE, girl.
~Nympha~, _n._ (_Ent._) Pupa, chrysalis, aurelia.
O
~Oaf~, _n._ Changeling (_when a foolish child is left in place of
another_), simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Obduracy~, _n._ ~1.~ Contumacy, OBSTINACY, stubbornness, doggedness,
hardness of heart.
~2.~ Impenitence, depravity.
~Obdurate~, _a._ ~1.~ Hardened, obstinate, callous, unfeeling,
stubborn, unyielding, dogged, pig-headed, inflexible, inexorable,
cantankerous.
~2.~ Depraved, graceless, shameless, reprobate, lost, impenitent,
irreclaimable, incorrigible.
~Obedience~, _n._ Compliance, submission.
~Obedient~, _a._ Compliant, submissive, deferential, dutiful,
respectful.
~Obeisance~, _n._ Salutation, reverence, bow, courtesy.
~Obelisk~, _n._ ~1.~ Pillar.
~2.~ Dagger (_in printing_).
~Obese~, _a._ Fat, fleshy, corpulent, stout, plump, portly, bouncing.
~Obesity~, _n._ Fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency,
plumpness, EMBONPOINT.
~Obfuscate~, _v. a._ Darken, cloud, obscure.
~Obituary~, _n._ Necrology.
~Object~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, butt.
~2.~ End, aim, intent, purpose, design, view, scope, drift, goal,
final cause.
~Objection~, _n._ Exception, difficulty, CAVIL, DEMURRER.
~Objectionable~, _a._ Exceptionable.
~Object to~, Disapprove, protest against, take exception to.
~Oblation~, _n._ Offering, sacrifice.
~Obligate~, _v. a._ [_Inelegant._] Bind, oblige, bring under obligation.
~Obligation~, _n._ ~1.~ Responsibility, accountableness, bond of duty.
~2.~ Engagement, contract, agreement, stipulation.
~3.~ Debt of gratitude.
~Obligatory~, _a._ Binding, coercive.
~Oblige~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compel, force, coerce, constrain.
~2.~ Serve, accommodate, please, favor, gratify, do a service for, do
a favor to.
~3.~ OBLIGATE, bind, bring under obligation.
~Obliging~, _a._ Civil, complaisant, kind, courteous, polite,
friendly, gentlemanly, urbane, affable.
~Oblique~, _a._ ~1.~ Inclined, aslant.
~2.~ Indirect.
~Obliterate~, _v. a._ Efface, erase, expunge, cancel, rub out, rub
off, blot out, scratch out, wipe out, strike out.
~Obliteration~, _n._ Effacement, erasure, extinction, blotting out.
~Oblivion~, _n._ ~1.~ Forgetfulness (Oblivion _refers especially to
the thing forgotten_).
~2.~ Amnesty, general pardon.
~Oblivious~, _a._ Forgetful, mindless, heedless, careless, negligent,
neglectful.
~Obloquy~, _n._ ~1.~ Reproach, detraction, censure, blame, calumny,
contumely, slander, defamation, backbiting, traducing, aspersion,
reviling.
~2.~ Dishonor, disgrace, shame, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal.
~Obnoxious~, _a._ ~1.~ Liable, subject, exposed.
~2.~ Hateful, unpleasing, odious, offensive, unpopular.
~Oboe~, _n._ Hautboy.
~Obscene~, _a._ ~1.~ Indecent, indelicate, immodest, impure, ribald,
gross, coarse, broad, unchaste, lewd, loose.
~2.~ Dirty, filthy, foul, offensive, disgusting.
~Obscenity~, _n._ Indecency, indelicacy, immodesty, unchastity,
lewdness.
~Obscure~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, gloomy, rayless, darksome, unilluminated,
unenlightened, dusky, sombre, sombrous, lurid, shadowy, murky, dim.
~2.~ Unintelligible, incomprehensible, indistinct, indefinite, vague,
doubtful, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite,
abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental, high.
~3.~ Unknown, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unnoticed,
renownless, unhonored, humble, inglorious.
~Obscure~, _v. a._ Darken, cloud, eclipse, dim, shade, obfuscate, cast
in the shade.
~Obscurity~, _n._ ~1.~ Darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade,
obscuration, cloud, obfuscation.
~2.~ Seclusion, retirement, privacy.
~Obsequies~, _n. pl._ Exequies, funeral rites, funeral solemnities.
~Obsequious~, _a._ Fawning, sycophantic, cringing, servile, slavish,
supple, meanly submissive.
~Obsequiousness~, _n._ Fawning, cringing, servility, slavishness,
suppleness, sycophancy, mean compliance.
~Observable~, _a._ Noticeable, remarkable, marked, striking.
~Observance~, _n._ ~1.~ Performance, fulfilment, discharge, acquittal.
~2.~ Form, ceremony, ceremonial, rite, practice, custom, usage, fashion.
~Observant~, _a._ Mindful, regardful, heedful, attentive, watchful.
~Observation~, _n._ ~1.~ Notice, attention.
~2.~ Remark, note, annotation, comment.
~Observe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Notice, remark, note, watch, eye, mark, take
note of, pay attention to.
~2.~ Fulfil, obey, follow, comply with, conform to, adhere to, be
faithful to.
~3.~ Celebrate, regard, keep, solemnize.
~Observe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take notice.
~2.~ Make a remark.
~Observer~, _n._ Beholder, spectator, bystander, on-looker, looker-on.
~Obsolescent~, _a._ Becoming obsolete, going out of use, falling into
desuetude.
~Obsolete~, _a._ Antiquated, disused, neglected, unfashionable, old-
fashioned, out of date, fallen into desuetude.
~Obstacle~, _n._ Hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty,
check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way.
~Obstetrician~, _n._ Midwife, ACCOUCHEUR.
~Obstetrics~, _n. pl._ Midwifery, tocology.
~Obstinacy~, _n._ Stubbornness, doggedness, heartiness, wilfulness,
perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity,
persistency, pig-headedness.
~Obstinate~, _a._ Stubborn, dogged, contumacious, unyielding,
inflexible, perverse, mulish, opinionated, opinionative, wilful,
heady, headstrong, refractory, unruly, cross-grained, intractable,
cantankerous, obdurate, persistent, self-willed, PIG-HEADED.
~Obstreperous~, _a._ Loud, noisy, clamorous, turbulent, tumultuous,
vociferous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, blustering.
~Obstruct~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, bar, stop, blockade, barricade, block
up, dam up.
~2.~ Hinder, impede, oppose, retard.
~Obstruction~, _n._ Hinderance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, check,
difficulty.
~Obtain~, _v. a._ Procure, get, acquire, achieve, gain, win, earn,
secure, get possession of.
~Obtest~, _v. a._ Beseech, implore, conjure, supplicate, beg, invoke,
entreat, pray, solicit, importune, conjure, ADJURE.
~Obtrude~, _v. a._ Intrude, thrust in, press in, foist in, worm in.
~Obtrusive~, _a._ Intrusive, inclined to obtrude.
~Obtund~, _v. a._ Blunt, dull, deaden, quell, hebetate, take off the
edge of.
~Obtuse~, _a._ Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, stockish,
heavy, slow, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, dull-witted,
blunt-witted.
~Obtuseness~, _n._ ~1.~ Bluntness.
~2.~ Dulness, stupidity, stolidity, doltishness, shallowness.
~Obviate~, _v. a._ Preclude, prevent, turn aside, remove in the
outset, provide against.
~Obvious~, _a._ Plain, evident, manifest, clear, palpable, visible,
patent, apparent, unmistakable.
~Occasion~, _n._ ~1.~ Occurrence, incident, casualty, event.