C. Associated Word: cedilla.

cabbage, n. savoy; colewort; broccoli; collards; Brussels sprouts.

Associated Words: Brassica, brassicaceous.

cabbage, v. (Colloq.) steal, pilfer, purloin, filch.

cabin, n. hut, hovel, shanty, cot, shack, cottage.

cage, n. mew.--v. confine, coop up, encage, mew.

caged, a. imprisoned, confined.

cajole, v. beguile, wheedle, blandish, inveigle, flatter.

cajolery, n. wheedling, blandishment, beguilement.

cake, v. concrete, harden, solidify, coagulate.

calamitous, a. disastrous, deplorable, baleful, ill-fated, untoward,

dire.

calamity, n. disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, casualty, reverse,

adversity, mischance.

calculate, v. compute, reckon, estimate; forecast; (Colloq.)

expect, intend, contemplate, plan.

calculating, a. scheming, forecasting, crafty, circumspect, cautious,

wary.

calculation, n. computation, reckoning; expectation, anticipation;

circumspection, wariness, forethought, caution.

calendar, n. almanac; list, schedule, register, catalogue, docket.

calf, n. Associated Words: vellum, parchment, veal, fatling, dogy,

vitular, vituline, slink, slunk, calve, steer.

calico, n. print.

California poppy. eschscholtzia.

call, v. summon, bid, evoke, invite; convoke, assemble, muster,

convene; entitle, name, designate, dub, denominate; invoke, petition,

invocate.

call, n. summons, vocation, invocation, entreaty, appeal, invitation;

signal; requirement, demand, requisition; election, appointment;

interview.

calling, n. summons, call; vocation (divine summons); evocation,

convocation; occupation, business, trade, employment, vocation, pursuit.

callous, a. unfeeling, insensible, hardened, unimpressible.

callow, a. unfledged, unfeathered; immature, green, inexperienced.

call to account. impeach, accuse.

calm, n. lull, tranquillity, quiet, placidity.

calm, a. still, serene, motionless, undisturbed, unruffled, pacific,

placid, tranquil, halcyon; sedate, collected, imperturbable, unmoved,

cool, composed, dispassionate. Antonyms: excited, stormy, agitated,

ruffled, discomposed, perturbed, boisterous.

calm, v. lull, allay, hush, tranquillize, becalm, still, compose,

quiet, appease, pacify, assuage, moderate, alleviate, conciliate, abate,

console.

calmness, n. tranquillity, serenity, placidity, stillness,

composure, imperturbability, dispassion, imperturbation, unconcern,

equanimity, collectedness, self-possession. Antonyms: commotion,

excitement, agitation, discomposure.

camel, n. dromedary (one hump); bactrian camel (two humps);

deloul, maharik (the swift camel).

cameo, n. anaglyph. Antonym: intaglio.

camp, n. encampment; bivouac; cantonment, quarters. Associated

words: castrensial, étape, decampment, decamp, castrametation.

camp, v. encamp.

canal, n. channel. Associated Words: towpath, berm, heelpath, lock.

cancel, v. annul, abrogate, rescind, nullify, quash, abolish,

countermand. Antonyms: confirm, approve, corroborate, enforce, reënact,

maintain.

cancellation, n. annulment, abrogation, rescission, nullification,

countermanding.

cancer, n. carcinoma, carcinosis. Associated Words: cancerate,

canceration, cancerous, cancriform, cancroid, solanoid.

candid, a. impartial, unbiased, fair; frank, ingenuous, unreserved,

straightforward. Antonyms: disingenuous, deceitful, reserved, subtle.

candidate, n. aspirant, nominee, postulant, office-seeker, contestant

(for an office).

candle, n. taper, cierge, rushlight, serge; pl. chandlery.

Associated Words: chandler, wick, snuff, socket, accensor,

petrostearine, sconce, sweal.

candlestick, n. candelabrum, jesse, girandole, lustre.

candor, n. impartiality, disinterestedness; frankness, ingenuousness,

naïveté, openness.

candy, n. confectionery, bonbon, sweetmeat, confection, comfit,

confect, lollipop, caramel, fudge, fondant, praline, taffy, sugar plum,

toffee.

candy maker. confectioner.

cane sugar. sucrose.

canker, n. corrosion, erosion, blight.

cannibal, n. anthropophagite.--a. anthropophagous.

cannibalism, n. anthropophagy; exophagy, endophagy.

cannibals, n. pl. anthropophagi, man-eaters, androphagi.

cannon, n. Associated Words: ordnance, cannonade, cannoneer,

linstock, calibre, bore, cascabel, breech, reenforce, chase, muzzle,

trunnion, rimbase, chamber, howitzer, mortar.

canny, a. cunning, crafty, wary, shrewd, cautious, prudent,

circumspect; magical.

canoe, n. piroque (dugout); pitpan (Cen. Amer.); kayak (Arctic

tribes).

canon, n. law, rule, regulation.

canonicals, n. pl. vestments; gown, robe, cassock, surplice, alb,

pallium, cope, scapulary, dalmatic, stole, chasuble, tunicle, scarf,

mantelleta, cowl, ephod, amice, mitre, capoch, biretta, chimere, rochet,

scapular, planeta, maniple, tippet, plicata.

canopy, n. covering, awning, baldaquin, baldachin, tilt, tester,

pavilion.

cant, n. slope, tilt, turn; bias, impulse; prating; idioms, parlance,

vocabulary; affected piety, hypocrisy; slang, jargon, lingo, argot.

cant, v. tilt, tip, incline.

cantankerous, a. (Colloq.) perverse, contumacious, contentious,

headstrong, contrary.

canteen carrier. (female) cantiniere, vivandiere.

canvas, n. tarpaulin; coutil.

canyon, n. gorge, ravine, gulch.

cap, n. biggin, biggon, biggonnet, busby, coif, berretta, biretta,

barret, caul, callot, head-gear, turban, fez, calotte, toque, mortarboard,

mitre, tarboosh, Tam-o-Shanter, zuchetto, wimple, shako, morion, mozetta,

casque, helmet, mutch, montero, domino, beaver, glengarry, calpac, thrum

cap, beret, keffieh, mortier, mobcap. Associated Word: visor.

cap, v. crown, complete, consummate, surpass, exceed.

capability, n. ability, capacity, competency, qualification,

efficiency, proficiency.

capable, a. able, qualified, susceptible, competent, efficient,

proficient. Antonyms: See incapable.

cape, n. promontory, headland.

caper, n. dido, trick, prank, leap, gambol, curlycue.

caper, v. gambol, frisk, cavort, leap, skip, prance, capriole.

capital, a. principal, leading, chief, cardinal, foremost;

(Colloq.) excellent, first-rate.

capital letter, n. majuscule (ancient manuscripts). Associated

word: cyriologic.

capitation, n. poll-tax.

caprice, n. fancy, whim, notion, freak, vagary, crotchet, quirk,

whimsey, fickleness.

capricious, a. fanciful, whimsical, vagarious, inconstant, fickle,

crotchety, volatile.

cap-shaped, a. pileate, pileated.

capsize, v. upset, overturn.

captain, n. commander, chieftain, leader, chief: skipper; colonel;

master, foreman.

captious, a. critical, carping, censorious, caviling.

captivate, v. enchant, subdue, bewitch, fascinate, entrance, enamor,

infatuate.

captivating, a. bewitching, fascinating, enchanting. See

charming.

captivation, n. fascination, infatuation, charming.

captivity, n. bondage, servitude, thralldom, vassalage, slavery.

capture, v. seize, catch, apprehend, arrest, corral, deprehend.

capture, n. prey, prize; apprehension, arrest, seizure, catching.

car, n. cart, vehicle, chariot, caboose, tender, cage, coach, tram,

truck.

carbolic acid. phenol, phenic acid.

cardinal, a. principal, chief, superior, preëminent.

cardinal virtues. prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude.

cardinals, n. pl. Associated Words: propaganda, conclave,

cardinalate.

care, n. concern, anxiety, worry, apprehension; oversight, charge,

management, tutelage, custody; ward, charge, protégé, responsibility;

attention, heed, caution, regard, circumspection, carefulness. Antonyms:

See carelessness.

careful, a. cautious, watchful, provident, chary, attentive,

circumspect, considerate, heedful, prudent, discreet, wary, mindful,

choice, sparing, observant.

carefulness, n. caution, wariness, circumspection, chariness,

forethought, precaution, watchfulness, discretion, concern, cautiousness.

careless, a. negligent, unconcerned, indifferent, heedless,

inattentive, regardless, lax, incautious, remiss, inconsiderate,

nonchalant, neglectful, unwary, imprudent, indiscreet, improvident,

reckless, desultory, perfunctory, devil-may-care, slovenly, slack, supine.

carelessness, n. unconcern, indifference, negligence, heedlessness,

remissness, incaution, nonchalance, inadvertence, laxity, improvidence,

inattention, dereliction, indiscretion, recklessness.

cargo, n. freight, load, burden, lading, last.

caricature, n. exaggeration, burlesque, take-off, travesty, parody.

carking, a. harassing, worrying, distressing, vexatious.

carnal, a. sensual, fleshly, bodily; lustful, salacious;

unregenerate.

carousal, n. revel, wassail, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, jamboree

(Slang).

carouser, n. reveler, roysterer, debauchee, bacchanalian.

carp, v. cavil, censure.

carpenter, n. joiner.

carpet covering. drugget, bocking.

carping, a. caviling, censorious, captious, hypercritical,

fault-finding.

carriage, n. carrying, transportation; bearing, behavior, deportment;

air, mien, demeanor.

carriage, n. vehicle, conveyance, coach, gig, buggy, sulky,

diligence, perambulator, cabriolet, brougham, surrey, chaise, stanhope,

sedan, jumpseat, tally-ho, victoria, tumbrel, chariot, jingle, rockaway,

hack, calash, cab, coupe, hansom cab, volante, cart, equipage, turnout,

jaunting car, landau, phaeton, wagonette, jinrikisha, vandy, dogcart,

kibitka, britzska, barouche, fly, whisky, post-chaise, droshki, trap,

dos-à-dos, litter, palanquin, curricle.

carriage dog. Dalmatian dog.

carrier, n. messenger, conveyer; porter, bearer, teamster.

carrion, n. Associated Words: necrophagan, necrophagous,

saprophagan, necrophilous, saprophagous, saprophytic, saprophyte.

carry, v. convey, transport, bear, waft, portage; carry out,

complete, effectuate, consummate, accomplish.

carrying, n. transportation, conveyance, portage, transmission,

conduction, delivery. Associated Words: portable, portability,

unportable, palanquin, litter, sedan chair.

cart, n. vehicle, wagon, carriage; lorrie, truck, tumbril, carreta.

carte, n. menu, bill of fare.

Carthaginian, a. Punic.

cartilage, n. gristle. Associated Words: chondrology, chondrotomy,

chondritis, chondroid, chondrification, chondrify, cartilaginous, gristly.

cart maker. cartwright.

carve, v. sculpture, chisel, engrave, fashion, mould.

carving, n. sculpture (in wood or ivory); anaglyptics, anaglyphy.

case, a. sheath, covering, capsule, receptacle, quiver, chest; event,

happening, instance, circumstances, condition, affair, plight,

predicament, dilemma, contingency.

case-hardened, a. seared, obdurate.

cash, n. coin, specie, currency.

cashier, n. cash-keeper; bursar, treasurer, purser.

cask, n. tierce, hogshead, pipe, puncheon, butt, tun.

casket, n. gemmary; coffin.

cassock, n. soutane.

cast, v. fling, hurl, throw, impel, pitch, sling; direct, turn, drop,

deposit, place; exuviate, shed, molt, discard, shed, reflect, throw;

compute, reckon, add, enumerate.

cast, n. throw, fling; exuviæ, ejection, secretion.

castaway, n. outcast, reprobate, pariah, derelict.

castigate, v. chastise.

castigation, n. chastisement.

castiron, a. unyielding, indomitable, hardy.

castle, n. fortress, citadel, stronghold, fastness, donjon, keep;

mansion, château.

castling, n. abortion.

cast off. discard, reject, slough.

cast-off, a. discarded, rejected.

castor oil. Associated Words: ricinoleic, ricinolein, ricinus,

Palma Christi.

castrate, v. geld, alter; emasculate.

castrated person. eunich, spade.

castration, n. orchotomy, emasculation, gelding.

casual, a. chance, accidental, fortuitous, contingent.

casualty, n. accident, calamity, contingency, fortuity.

cat, n. feline, _Felis_, tabby, puss, pussy; kitten, kitty; grimalkin

(an old she cat). Associated Words: purr, mew, miaul, caterwaul,

feline, _Felidæ_ (cat family).

catacomb, n. grotto, crypt, cave.

catalogue, n. list, register, schedule, index, inventory, Associated

word: raisonné.

cataract, n. waterfall, cascade, fall, lin.

catastrophe, n. disaster, calamity.

catch, v. seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, gripe, nab; apprehend;

arrest; deprehend; overtake; insnare, entangle, entrap.

catch, n. capture, seizure, arrest, apprehension; hasp, hook, clasp.

catching, a. contagious, infectious, communicable, pestilential.

Antonyms: noncontagious, incommunicable.

catching, n. seizure, apprehension, arrest.

catchword, n. cue.

category, n. class, state, condition, division, predicament.

cater, v. purvey.

cater-cornered, a. (Colloq.) diagonal.

caterer, n. purveyor.

cathartic, n. purgative, physic, purge, evacuant.

catholic, a. universal, general, world-wide; liberal, tolerant,

unsectarian, broad-minded; Roman Catholic, Romish. Antonyms: uncatholic,

sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic.

catholicity, n. universality, catholicism; liberality.

catkin, n. ament.

cat's-eye, n. chatoyant, chrysoberyl. Associated Words: chatoyant,

chatoyment.

cat's-paw, n. dupe, tool, cully, gull.

cattle, n. kine; Bos; Bovine quadrupeds; Taurus.

cattle-plague, n. rinderpest, murrain.

cattle-stealing, n. abigeat (Civil Law).

cause, n. origin, source; motive, incitement, inducement, incentive.

Associated Words: ætiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation,

causative, causality.

cause, v. occasion, induce, effect, originate.

caustic, a. burning, virulent, acrid, catheretic, mordacious,

cutting, satirical.

caution, n. wariness, forethought, circumspection; advice, warning,

admonition.

caution, v. forewarn, admonish, warn, counsel, advise, dissuade.

cautious, a. circumspect, prudent, wary. Antonyms: incautious,

unwary.

cave, n. cavern, grotto, grot, den, catacomb, crypt. Associated

words: speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous,

troglodytic, caverned, cavernous.

cave-dweller, n. troglodyte.

cavil, v. carp, criticize.--n. objection, criticism (specious

or frivolous).

caviling, a. carping, captious, cavilous, hypercritical.

Cayenne pepper. capsicum.

cease, v. discontinue, stop, desist, refrain.

ceaseless, a. incessant, unceasing, constant, uninterrupted,

continual.

cedar tree. Associated Words: cedrine, cedrene.

cede, v. surrender, relinquish, grant.

ceding, n. cession.

celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe.

celebrated, a. famous, illustrious, noted, renowned, eminent,

far-famed. Antonyms: obscure, inglorious, unrenowned.

celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization.

celebrity, n. fame, renown, eminence.

cellar, n. basement.

celluloid, n. xylonite.

cement, n. adhesive, glue; lute, luting.

cement, v. cohere, join, glue, glutinate.

cemetery, n. necropolis, God's acre, graveyard, mortuary.

censer, n. thurible, incensory.

censor, n. inspector, reviewer, critic; caviler, censurer.

censorious, a. carping, captious, caviling, critical.

censurable, a. reprehensible, culpable, blamable, reproachable,

illaudable.

censure, n. reproof, reprehension, blame, reprimand, objurgation.

censure, v. reprove, rebuke, reprehend, upbraid, objurgate, chide,

inveigh against.

censuring, a. reprehensory, reproachful, reproving, objurgatory,

condemnatory.

centenary, n. centennial, century.

centennial, n. centenary.

center, n. middle, midst. Antonyms: circumference, perimeter, rim,

boundary. Associated Words: centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity,

centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization,

paracentric.

centerpiece, n. épergne.

central, a. middle, centric, centrical, equidistant.

century, n. centenary. Associated Words: centennial, secular.

ceremonious, a. formal, precise, punctilious. Antonyms: informal,

free-and-easy.

ceremony, n. rite, form, ceremonial, solemnity; formality.

certain, a. assured, confident, convinced, satisfied, undoubting;

undeniable, irrefutable, indubitable, incontrovertible, incontestable,

sure; inevitable, unavoidable; unfailing, infallible, inerrable; fixed,

stated, specified. Antonyms: indefinite, uncertain, doubtful. See

uncertain.

certainty, n. sureness, confidence, assurance, surety; fact, truth.

Antonyms: See uncertainty.

certificate, n. testimonial, credential, voucher.

certify, v. assure, attest, testify to, vouch for.

chafe, v. rub, gall, irritate; fret, fume, rage.

chaff, n. glumes, hulls, refuse.

chaff, n. banter, raillery, pleasantry, jesting, badinage.

chaff, v. jest, banter.

chaffy, a. acerose, palaceous, stramineous.

chagrin, a. mortification, abashment, vexation, confusion,

discomposure, humiliation.

chagrin, v. mortify, abash, vex, confuse, humiliate.

chain, n. concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet,

catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque; bond, shackle,

fetter, tether.

chain, v. fetter, restrain, shackle, enslave, trammel, catenate.

chain wheel. sprocket wheel.

chair, n. seat; professorship; chairman.

chalice, n. grail.

chalk, n. Associated Words: calcography, calcographer,

calcographic, chalkiness, crayon.

chalkstone, n. tophus. (Med.)

chalky, a. cretaceous.

challenge, v. defy, dare, brave.--n. defiance; exception,

objection.

champion, n. defender, vindicator, protector, paladin; winner, hero,

conqueror.

champion, v. defend, maintain, advocate, vindicate.

chance, v. befall; risk, venture.

chance, n. fate, fortune, luck, fortuity, hap, casualty, accident;

possibility, likelihood, contingency; opportunity; hazard, jeopardy, risk,

uncertainty.

chance, a. casual, fortuitous, accidental, contingent, random.

chancery, n. equity.

change, n. variation, alteration, transition, mutation,

transposition, conversion, metamorphosis, innovation, transfiguration,

permutation, transference, reversion, reaction, transmutation;

substitution, commutation; variety, novelty, vicissitude. Associated

word: mutanda. Antonyms: continuation, stability, conservatism,

permanence, inertia, monotony, perpetuation, continuance, fixity,

invariability, uniformity.

change, v. alter, transmute, shift, modulate, reverse, reform, vary,

modify, convert, transform, transpose, transfer, exchange, substitute,

commute. Antonyms: continue, persist, remain, abide.

changeable, a. mutable, variable, inconstant, unstable, unsteadfast,

reversible, alterable, revocable, mobile, convertible, transmutable,

commutable, kaleidoscopic, transformable, impermanent; volatile, fickle,

mercurial, protean, irresolute, capricious, vacillating, fitful,

inconstant, erratic, eccentric, crotchety; iridescent; chatoyant.

changeableness, n. mutability, variability, inconstancy, instability,

vacillation, convertibility, transmutability, mobility, impermanence;

volatility, irresolution, fickleness, capriciousness; iridescence;

chatoyment.

changeless, a. permanent, immutable, inexorable, invariable,

undeviating, unalterable, unvarying, constant, unconvertible.

changelessness, n. immutability, inalterability, permanence,

conservatism, invariability, monotony, inconvertibility.

changeling, n. oaf; waverer, whiffler.

change of life. climacteric; menopause.

channel, n. water-course, canal, aqueduct, gutter, runway, alveus,

conduit, duct; strait; furrow, chamfer, chamfret, groove, fluting; avenue,

route, artery.

chant, v. intone, intonate, cantillate.

chant, n. intonation; introit; cantillation.

chaos, n. confusion, disorder, disorganization.

chap, n. crack, chink; boy, lad, youth; kibe.

chapel, n. oratory, chantry, bethel.

chapped, a. kibed.

chaps, n. pl. jaws, chops, flews.

chapter, n. branch. Associated Words: capitular, capitulary.

character, n. personality, nature, individuality. Associated Words:

ethology, ethologist.

characteristic, n. trait, peculiarity, feature, attribute,

attribution, idiosyncrasy.

characterize, v. distinguish.

charge, n. accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation,

crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge);

trust, ward; custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation,

commission, management; onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade;

tutelage.

charge, v. impose, load, encumber; exhort, enjoin, adjure, instruct;

commit, intrust; debit; accuse, indict, tax, impute, criminate, arraign;

attack, assault.

chargeable, a. imputable, attributable, referrible.

charitable, a. benevolent, benign, beneficent, magnanimous; liberal,

tolerant, lenient. Antonyms: uncharitable, illiberal, intolerant.

charity, n. benevolence, good will, love, benignity, philanthropy,

beneficence, bounty, liberality, tolerance. Associated Words:

eleemosynary, alms, dependent.

charlatan, n. pretender, quack, impostor, fraud, cheat, mountebank,

empiric.

charlatanic, a. pretentious, empirical, quackish.

charlatanry, n. quackery, pretension, empiricism, charlatanism.

charm, n. spell, incantation, enchantment, conjuration; periapt,

amulet, phylactery, talisman, fetich, abraxas; fascination, glamour,

witchery, attraction, illusion, rhetoric; breloque (jewel);

countercharm. Antonyms: disenchantment, repellence, disillusionment.

charm, v. enchant, fascinate, enamor, infatuate, enrapture, bewitch,

captivate; allay, soothe, subdue. Antonyms: decharm, disillusionize,

disenchant, repel.

charmer, n. enchanter, magician, sorcerer; siren, enchantress.

charming, a. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enrapturing,

entrancing, magical, fascinating, winning, ecstatic, siren, delightful,

winsome, seductive, ravishing. Antonyms: charmless, unattractive,

repellent, repulsive.

charnel house. ossuary, ossuarium, tomb, carnary.

chart, n. map. Associated Words: cartography, cartographer.

chary, a. frugal, careful, saving, cautious, circumspect.

chase, v. track, hunt, pursue; scatter, expel, drive, disperse,

dispel.

chase n. hunting, field-sport, hunt, venery, chevy; pursuit.

chasm, n. abyss, gap.

chaste, a. virtuous, continent, undefiled, pure, inviolated, modest,

innocent; classic, refined, pure, correct. Antonyms: See unchaste.

chasten, v. discipline, correct, punish; refine, purify, subdue.

chastise, v. castigate, chasten, punish, whip.

chastisement, n. castigation, chastening, punishment, whipping.

chastity, n. purity, virtue, continence.

chat, n. confabulation, talk, conversation, _causerie_, confab

(Colloq.).

cheap, a. inexpensive, low-priced; inferior, mean, mediocre, of small

value.

cheapen, v. depreciate; belittle, lower.

cheat, n. fraud, trick, hoax, finesse, imposition, imposture,

swindle, humbug, bubble, wile, deception, stratagem, bunko, blind,

thimblerigging; impostor, deceiver, quack, mountebank, thimblerigger,

charlatan, empiric, trickster, swindler, blackleg, bamboozler, sharper;

delusion, chicanery, mockery, counterfeit, fetch.

cheat, v. swindle, defraud, overreach, trick, bamboozle, hoodwink,

dupe, hoax, bilk, thimblerig, hocus, bunko, beguile, cozen.

check, n. obstacle, restraint, curb, bridle, damper, barrier,

restriction, rebuff, repulse, delay, interruption; bank check, cheque.

check, v. restrain, impede, curb, repress, bridle, checkmate.

checker, v. variegate, diversify, tessellate.

checkered, a. diversified, variegated, plaid, mosaic, tessellated.

checkers, n. draughts.

checking, a. repressive, restraining, curbing.

checkmate, v. defeat, vanquish, conquer, baffle.

cheek, n. jowl. Associated Words: zygoma, zygomatic, buccate,

buccal, malar, buccinator, meloncus, meloplasty, melitis, dimple, jugal.

cheek, n. (Slang) effrontery, temerity, assurance, impudence,

audacity.

cheeky, a. (Slang) audacious, bold, impudent, presumptuous,

unabashed.

cheer, v. inspirit, elate, exhilarate, encourage, console, revive,

gladden; applaud.

cheerful, a. cheery, buoyant, sunny, vivacious, optimistic, sanguine,

elated, jubilant, lightsome, airy, exhilarating, exhilarated, jocund,

chipper.

cheerfulness, n. cheeriness, buoyancy, elation, exhilaration,

alacrity, jocundity, light-heartedness, optimism.

cheering, n. applause, plaudit; ovation.

cheerless, a. dismal, sombre, drear, dreary, gloomy, desolate,

forlorn, sad, hopeless, despairing, joyless.

cheery, a. cheerful, pleasant, sunny, blithe, jovial, affable.

cheese-paring, a. scrimping, niggardly.

cheesy, a. caseous.

chemise, n. shirt, smock, shift, chemisette.

cherish, v. treasure.

cherry-colored, a. cerise.

chest, n. box, case, coffer, trunk, hutch, receplacle, bahut.

chest, n. thorax, breast. Associated Words: pectoral, pectorally,

diaphragm, midriff.

chestnut, n. Associated Words: esculic, esculin, castanea, burr.

chestnut-colored, a. castaneous.

chew, v. masticate, munch; crunch, craunch, champ.

chewing, n. mastication; rumination, remastication.

chew the cud. ruminate.

chic, a. (Colloq.) in good taste, neat.--n. good form, style.

chicanery, n. trickery, chicane.

chicken, n. fowl; hen; rooster; pullet; poult; capon; pl.

poultry, brood.

chicken-hearted, a. timid, fearful, cowardly.

chicken pox. varicella.

chide, v. admonish, censure, upbraid, scold.

chief, n. head, leader, commander, chieftain, captain.

chief, a. leading, supreme, main, head, principal, paramount, prime,

cardinal, major, foremost.

child, n. progeny, offspring, issue; infant, babe, baby, tot, bairn,

brat; bastard (illegitimate); orphan; foundling, waif; cockney (spoilt

child); minor. Associated Words: pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide,

puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide,

putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate.

childbirth, n. parturition, accouchement, childbed, lying-in,

travail, labor, childbearing. Associated Words: tocology, midwife,

midwifery, parturient, maieutic, layette, obstetrics, obstetrician,

celation, puerperal, accoucheur, accoucheuse, fetus, post-partum.

childhood, n. nonage, infancy, minority, impuberty, pupilage.

childish, a. puerile, juvenile, infantile, immature.

childishness, n. juvenility, puerility, immaturity.

children, n. offspring, progeny, issue, descendants, posterity.

chill, n. chilliness, shiver, rigor.

chilly, a. cool, chill, raw, bleak.

chime, v. accord, agree, harmonize, be in unison.

chime, n. unison, harmony; carillon.

chimera, n. delusion, phantom, hallucination, illusion.

chimney, n. Associated Words: cowl, flue, hoveling, smoke jack,

chimney-breast, tewel.

chimney corner. ingle nook, ingleside.

chin: n. Associated Words: genian, mental, gill, wattle, chuck,

submental.

China, n. Celestial Empire, Cathay (Old name).

China clay. kaolin.

Chinaman, n. Chinese, Celestial, Mongol, Mongolian; mandarin; coolie.

china ware. china, porcelain.

Chinese, n. Associated Words: sinology, sinologue, sinicism, sinic,

yamen, haikwan, hong, canque, sinological, Taoism, Confucianism, Manchu,

kotow, li, abacus, chinoiserie, taotai.

Chinese idol. joss. Associated Word: ting.

chink, n. crack, cranny, crevice; (Colloq.) money, cash, coin.

chin whelk. sycosis.

chipper, a. lively, vivacious, cheerful, talkative.

chirp, v. chirrup, cherup, cheep, pue.

chivalrous, a. gallant, knightly, magnanimous, valiant.

chivalry, n. knighthood, gallantry, knight-errantry.

choice, n. selection, election, alternative, option, preference,

discrimination, preferment, volition. Antonyms: coercion, compulsion,

indiscrimination.

choice, a. select, rare, _recherché_; careful, sparing, chary

Antonyms: indiscriminate, promiscuous, common.

choir-leader, n. chorister, precentor, choir-master.

choir vestments. cotta; cassock.

choke, v. strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, suppress.

choleric, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy.

choose, v. select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out.

chop, v. hack, mince, hash, haggle.

chop, n. stroke, chopping; jaw, chap; pl. flews.

chorus, n. (Greek.) Associated Words: strophe, antistrophe,

epode.

chosen, a. selected.

Christmas, n. Yule, Yuletide, Christmastide.

Christmas mummer. guiser.

chronic, a. habitual, lingering, inveterate.

chronicle, n. record, account, narrative, diary, history.

chrysalis, n. aurelia, nympha, cocoon, kell.

chum, n. roommate; companion, intimate, associate, friend, crony.

church, n. temple, sanctuary, house of God, meeting house, fane;

cathedral; chapel, oratory, minster, bethel, tabernacle, chantry; kirk

(Scotch); synagogue (Jewish); denomination, sect; basilica.

Associated Words: ecclesiastical, ecclesiology, ecclesiolatry,

ecclesiasticism, parish, hierarch, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierolatry,

hierology, hierarchism, irenics, curé, evangelical, verger, beadle,

chancel, clearstory, nave, transept, vestry, presbytery, prebend,

prebendary, lectern, apse, irenicon, living, benefice, sinecure, glebe,

see, prelacy, convocation, synod, conference, conclave, consistory, crypt,

schism, orthodoxy, heterodoxy, unchurch, sacristan, sacristy, Dorcastry,

Sarum use.

church and state. Associated Words: Erastian, Erastianism.

church dignitary. prelate, primate, elder, deacon, dean, hierarch,

bishop.

church fathers. Associated Words: patristic, patristics, patrology,

patrist.

churchly, a. ecclesiastical.

church officer. vestryman, warden, presbyter, trustee.

churl, n. rustic, hind, bumpkin, lout, boor.

churlish, a. boorish, rude, morose, unamiable.

chyle, n. Associated Words: chylification, chylifaction, chylify,

achylous, chylaceous, chylous, chyliferous, chylocyst, lacteal,

chylopoiesis, chylopoietic.

chyme, n. Associated Words: chymification, chymiferous, chymify,

chymous, achymous.

cigar, n. (small) stogie; tobie; cheroot.

cinch, n. (Colloq.) tight grip.

cipher, n. zero, naught, nothing; nonentity, nobody; device,

monogram.

cipher writing. cryptography, crytograph, steganography, cryptogram.

circle, n. ring; circumference, periphery; circuit; clique, coterie,

set, class; annulation, annulus.

circle, v. encircle.

circuitous, a. roundabout, devious, indirect.

circulate, v. disseminate, promulgate, diffuse.

circulation, n. dissemination, diffusion, promulgation, propagation.

circumference, n. periphery, circumscription, girth.

cistern, n. reservoir; impluvium.

cite, v. quote; specify, mention, name, refer to.

citizen, n. resident.

city, n. municipality.--a. municipal, urban.

civil, a. civic, political, municipal; courteous, obliging, polite.

Antonyms: See uncivil.

civility, n. courtesy, politeness. Antonyms: incivility,

discourtesy.

claim, v. demand, pretend; (Colloq.) assert, maintain.

claim, n. pretension, demand, requisition; title, right.

claimant, n. claimer, pretender, pretendant.

clamor, n. uproar, tumult, hubbub, racket, din.

clamorous, a. noisy, uproarious, bawling, obstreperous.

clandestine, a. hidden, stealthy, surreptitious, furtive, secret.

clannish, a. narrow, exclusive.

clap, n. gonorrhea.

clapboards, n. pl. siding, weatherboarding.

claptrap, a. humbug, stage trick, _coupe de theatre_.

clarity, n. clearness.

clash, v. collide, hurtle, crash together; contend, disagree;

clatter, clang.

clash, n. collision, crash; opposition, interference, contrariety;

clangor, clang.

clasp, v. grasp, grapple, clutch, seize; embrace, hug.

clasp, n. hook, hasp, fibula, morse, catch; embrace.

class, n. rank, order, category, species, variety.

class, v. classify, dispose, categorize.

classification, n. disposition, grouping; taxonomy.

clause, n. article, stipulation, proviso, provision.

claw, n. talon; dewclaw. Associated Words: ungual, unguicular,

retract, retractile, unguiculate, pounced, unguiform.

claw, v. scratch, laniate, lacerate.

clay, n. argillaceous earth; pug, argil, hole, marl, kaolin.

Associated Words: potter, pottery, figuline, fictile, pug, puddle.

clayey, a. argillaceous, argillous, argilliferous, luteous, cledgy.

clean, a. unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat; chaste,

pure, virtuous, undefiled, incorrupt, uncontaminated; shapely,

well-proportioned; kosher (Jewish).

clean, adv. wholly, perfectly, completely, quite, entirely,

thoroughly.

clean, v. cleanse.

cleanse, v. purify, deterge, absterge, wash, disinfect, fumigate,

depurate.

cleanser, n. abstergent, detergent, purifier, detersive.

cleansing, a. detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive,

purifying.

cleansing, n. purification, detersion, purgation, abstersion,

lustration, expurgation.

clear, a. transparent, diaphanous, pellucid, limpid, relucent,

crystalline, lucid, crystal; unmistakable, plain, evident, obvious,

unambiguous, distinct, explicit, manifest, palpable, patent, decipherable,

express, comprehensible, graphic; serene, cloudless, unclouded, undimmed;

clarion, sonorous, resonant, canorous, audible, piercing; pure, unmixed,

unadulterated, unalloyed; in full, net; passable, unimpeded, unobstructed,

open; acquitted; unburdened, exempt; clarified. Antonyms: opaque,

obscure, indecipherable, ambiguous, equivocal, vague, cryptic, abstruse,

inexplicable, roily, turbid, enigmatical, inexplicit, inaudible,

adulterated, cloudy, befogged, unintelligible, doubtful.

clear, v. clarify; explain, interpret, elucidate, eclaircise; acquit,

absolve, exonerate, vindicate; disengage, extricate, disentangle,

disperse.

clearer, n. clarifier.

clearing, n. clarification, clearance, dispersion; interpretation,

explanation, eclaircissement, dénouement; exoneration, acquittal; assart.

clearness, n. clarity, distinctness; transparency, limpidity,

lucidity, perspicuity, translucency; serenity. Antonyms: opacity,

ambiguity, vagueness, intransparency.

cleave, v. adhere, cling, be loyal; split, rive, separate.

cleft, a. riven, split, divided.

clergy, n. ministers, the cloth, ecclesiastics, clergymen, clerisy.

Antonym: laity.

clergyman, n. minister, divine, ecclesiastic, priest, pastor, parson,

churchman, preacher, rector, curate, dominie, vicar, missionary,

evangelist, patriarch, dean, bishop, chaplain, cleric, deacon, presbyter,

imparsonee, kirkman, _padre_, _curé_, _abbé_. Antonym: layman.

clergyman's residence. parsonage, rectory, manse.

clerk, n. salesman, saleslady; accountant, recorder, registrar,

prothonotary, amanuensis, bookkeeper. Associated Words: clerical,

clerkship.

clever, a. adroit, skillful, expert, ingenious, deft, dexterous.

clients, n. pl. clientele.

cliff, n. crag, bluff, precipice; pl. palisades (line of bold

cliffs).

climate, n. Associated Words: meteorology, phenology, climatology,

acclimatable, acclimate, acclimation, acclimatize, acclimatization,

climatic, climatize, climatography.

climax, n. culmination.

climb, v. clamber, scale.

climbing, a. scandent, scansorial.

cling, v. adhere, cleave, hold fast.

clip, v. shear, snip, nip, trim, prune, curtail.

clip, n. (Colloq.) blow, knock, thump, rap.

clique, n. coterie, circle.

cloak, n. mantle, coat, capuchin, dolman, palladium, pelisse;

pretext, blind, mask.

cloak, v. conceal, mask, hide, veil, disguise.

clock, n. timepiece, timekeeper, horologe, horometer: clepsydra,

isochronon; scarab, scarabee, beetle. Associated Words: horology,

horography, horologiography., pendulum, strike, dial, tick.

clockmaker, n. horologist, horologer.

clodhopper, n. bumpkin, boor, hind, lout, clown, yokel.

clog, v. impede, hamper, encumber, restrain, obstruct.

clog, n. shackle, dragweight, deadweight, encumbrance; sabot,

chopine.

cloister, n. monastery, nunnery, convent, abbey, priory, cenoby.

cloisterer, n. cenobite, recluse.

cloistral, a. monastic, cloistered, recluse.

close, a. oppressive, uncomfortable, muggy, unventilated; narrow,

cramped; close-mouthed, secretive, reticent, reserved, uncommunicative,

taciturn; dense, solid, compact, imporous; near, adjacent, adjoining;

intimate, confidential; parsimonious, stingy, penurious niggardly,

miserly, illiberal, close-fisted; exact, literal, faithful; intent,

assiduous, fixed, intense.

close, v. shut, stop, occlude; conclude, finish, end, terminate;

inclose, encompass, confine, environ; grapple, clinch; lute, calk.

close, n. conclusion, end; peroration; grapple; court, area,

enclosure, inclosure, yard.

close-mouthed, a. wary, cautious, secretive, uncommunicative,

reserved.

closeness, n. nearness, proximity, adjacency; density, compactness;

intimacy; reticence, secretiveness; parsimony, stinginess, illiberality,

penuriousness.

closet, n. private room; clothespress, ambry.

closing, a. concluding, final.

closing, n. stopping up, obstruction, blockade, occlusion;

peroration.

clot, n. coagulation, coagulum.--v. coagulate.

cloth, n. fabric, material, drapery, textile, texture, woof, weft.

Associated Words: draper, drapery, drape.

clothe, v. dress, attire, array, gird, drape.

clothes, n. pl. dress, clothing, garments, vesture, attire, apparel,

drapery, costume, raiment, garb, vestment, habiliments, regalia, uniform,

livery, guise, wardrobe, rig, toggery, frippery, regimentals,

paraphernalia; (clerical) vestments, canonicals; trousseau (bride's).

clothing, n. clothes, raiment. Associated Words: frippery,

wardrobe, habilatory.

cloud, n. nebulosity, rack; cirrus, cat's-tail, mare's-tail; cumulus,

stratus, nimbus; cirro-cumulus, cirro-stratus, cumulo-stratus; storm scud,

wane cloud; tarnish, blemish; eclipse, obscurity. Associated Words:

nephology, meteorology, nubiferous, nephelodometer, nephelometer,

nephoscope, nepheloid, nephograph.

cloud, v. overcast, becloud, obscure, shade, obfuscate; tarnish,

sully, blacken.

cloudy, a. overcast, lowering, murky, overclouded, obscure, sullen,

nebulous, hazy, dim; tarnished, indistinct, blurred; variegated, mottled.

cloven, a. bisulcate.

clover, n. trifolium, trefoil; alsike.

cloves, n. pl. Associated Words: eugenic, eugenin, clove, camphor,

eugenol, caryophyllin.

clown, n. buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin, droll,

punch, mime, _farceur_, scaramouch, _grimacier_ jackpudding; boor, lout,

gawk, gawky, lubber, put, bumpkin, churl, carl, tike; rustic, hind,

clodhopper, yokel, yahoo.

clownish, a. boorish, ungainly, awkward, loutish, churlish, gawky.

cloy, v. satiate, glut, surfeit, pall, sate.

club, n. cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, bat, mace, staff, shillalah,

waddy, bandy, knobkerry; society, coterie, association, sorosis (woman's

club).

club, v. cudgel, beat, pommel; club together, combine, coöperate.

club-bearer, n. claviger. Associated Word: clavigerous.

clubfoot, n. talipes.

clubfooted, a. taliped, talipedic.

club-shaped, a. clavate, clavated.

clue, n. intimation, hint, key.

clump, n. cluster, tuft, bunch, collection, thicket.

clumsy, a. ungraceful, lumbering, uncouth, unwieldy, unhandy, inapt,

maladroit.

cluster, n. bunch, clump, tuft; racematiofl, fascicle, raceme,

panicle; bevy, crowd.

clustered, a. aciniform, racemed, fascicled.

clutch, v. seize, grasp, grip, grapple, clench, grab, snatch.

clutch, n. grasp, seizure, hold; crampoons.

clutter, n. litter, disorder, jumble, confusion, disarray.

cluttered, a. disordered, littered, jumbled, disarranged.

coach, n. stage coach, tallyho, diligence; trainer.

coach dog. Dalmatian dog.

coachman, n. jehu, postilion, coach-driver, coachee (Slang).

coal, n. anthracite; bituminous; charcoal; culm, scoria, slack;

ember. Associated Words: carbon, carboniferous, gobbing, strata,

carbonize, carbonization, briquette, coke, brat, brattice, brettice.

coal-dealer, n. collier.

coalhod. scuttle.

coal-mine, n. colliery, coalpit.

coal-miner, n. collier.

coal-miner's consumption. anthracosis.

coal oil. kerosene, petroleum.

coals, n. pl. Associated Words: brasier, brazier, brasero.

coarse, a. crass, gross, unrefined, rude, unpolished, indelicate,

ribald, homespun, vulgar, inelegant; unbolted, unpurified.

coast, n. seashore, seaboard, seaside, shore, strand, beach.

coat, n. sack, jacket, frock, tuxedo, cutaway, paletot, dreadnaught,

ulster, capote, blouse, redingote, toga, cloak, surtout, duster,

mackintosh, joseph, cardinal, pelerine, temiak (Eskimo).

coat of arms. armorial bearings, escutcheon, arms, crest.

coat of mail. hauberk, cuirass, habergeon, armor, mail.

coax, v. wheedle, cajole, persuade, entice, cog, tweedle.

cob, n. spike, axis; sea mew, gull.

cocoanut, n. Associated Word: copra.

cochineal, n. Associated Words: nopal, nopalry, carminic acid.

cock, n. rooster, chanticleer; capon (castrated); weather-cock,

vane; chief, leader, dominator; faucet, stop-cock.

cockade, n. rosette.

cockahoop, a. boastful, defiant, vainglorious, blustering.

cock and bull story. canard.

cockatrice, n. basilisk.

cocker, v. fondle, indulge, pamper, pet, humor, coddle.

cockfighting, n. cockmatch, alectoromachy, alectryomachy.

cocky, a. (Slang) pert, saucy.

cocoa, n. Associated Word: theobromine.

coddle, v. parboil; pamper, fondle, cocker, humor, indulge.

coequal, a. coördinate.

coerce, v. constrain, compel, intimidate, restrain.

coercion, n. compulsion, restraint, force, repression, constraint.

coffee, n. Associated Words: caffeine, chiccory, biggin, pulp,

parchment.

coffee-chaser, n. _chasse_.

coffee-house, n. café.

coffin, n. casket.

cog, n. cam, catch; trick, deception, fraud.

cogent, a. convincing, conclusive, forcible, influential.

coheir, n. parcener.

coheirship, n. parcenary.

coherent, n. consistent, logical.

coil, n. convolution, intervolution; entanglement, toil, mesh,

perplexity; querl.

coil, v. convolve, intervolve.

coin, n. quoin, corner, coigne, wedge, plug, key.

coin, n. specie, cash; medallion. Associated Words: numismatic,

numismatics, numismatist, numismatology, jugata, engrailment, nurling,

milling, brockage, numismatography, numismatologist, nummary, rouleau,

nummular, nummulary.

coin, v. mint; neoterize, neologize; fabricate, invent, originate.

coinage, n. minting; neologism, neology, neoterism.

coincide, v. concur, correspond, agree, harmonize, tally.

coincidence, n. concurrence, correspondence, agreement.

coincident, a. concurrent, contemporaneous;--followed by _with_.

coiner, n. minter; neologist, neoterist.

cold, a. cool, chilly; frigid, gelid, icy; nipping, bleak, raw,

frosty, freezing; unresponsive, phlegmatic, passionless, chilling,

stoical, apathetic, reserved.

cold, n. coldness, frigidity, gelidity, chilliness, algidity:

catarrh.

cold-blooded, a. poikilothermal; deliberate.

colic, n. gripe, enteralgia, tormina.

collar, n. neckband, carcanet, ruff, ruche, collet, rabat,

piccadilly, dickey, collarette.

collar-bone, n. clavicle.

collect, v. assemble, accumulate.

collection, n. assemblage, accumulation, aggregation, heap; offering,

offertory; anthology, symposium, collectanea, miscellany, rosary,

chrestomathy.

college, n. Associated Words: collegiate, Alma Mater.

college dress. academicals.

college grounds. campus.

college student. collegian.

collision, n. clashing, concussion, interference, brunt, impact.

colloquial, a. conversational, familiar, informal.

colony, n. settlement, dependency. Associated Words: colonial,

colonist, planter, colonize, colonization, colonizationist.

color, n. hue, shade, tinge, tincture, tint; pigment, paint, dye,

stain. Associated Words: chromatics, colorific, colorist, chromatism,

chromatology, lake, decolorant, mordant, intinctivity, iridescent,

iridescence, prismatic, pigmentation, fugacious, fugitive, fugacity,

monochromatic, monochrome, polychromy, polychromatic, suffuse, suffusion,

imbuement, chromatic, achromatic.

color, n. ruddiness, redness, flush, blush, rosiness; semblance,

pretext; variety, shade, kind, species; pl. flag. Antonyms:

decoloration, colorlessness.

color, v. dye, tinge, stain, imbue, tint, tincture, variegate;

falsify, pervert, garble, palliate, gloss, distort; blush, flush.

Antonyms: decolor, bleach, decolorize.

colorable, a. specious, plausible, palliated.

color-blindness, n. Daltonism, achromatopsy, acritochromacy.

colored, a. tinged, dyed, tinted, stained, discolored; specious,

plausible.

colorific, a. tinctorial.

coloring, n. dyeing, staining, intinction, tinting, tinction,

imbuement, variegation.

colorless, a. uncolored, faded; pale, pallid; neutral, characterless.

colossal, a. enormous, gigantic, monstrous, huge, prodigious,

Titanic.

colt, n. filly (female); foal (male); hogget.

coltish, a. frisky, sportive, wanton, playful.

column, n. pillar, post, shaft, obelisk; file, line, row; pilaster;

pl. peristyle, portico, colonnade. Associated Words: entablature,

frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth.

comb, n. crest, caruncle, head-tuft.

combat, n. contest bout, struggle, contention, fight, joust, battle.

combatant, n. contestant, fighter.

combative, a. pugnacious, contentious, bellicose, belligerent.

combination, n. union, alliance, federation, confederacy, syndicate,

league, cabal, merger, coalition, conspiracy, coöperation, collusion;

amalgamation, synthesis, incorporation.

combine, v. unite, incorporate, merge, amalgamate, blend, coalesce,

confederate.

combine, n. (Colloq.) combination.

combined, a. united, confederated, federated, amalgamated,

incorporated.

combing, n. pectination.

comblike, a. pectinal, pectinate, pectinated, pectiniform.

come, v. arrive, approach; come from, issue, proceed, ensue, flow,

emanate, originate.

come after. follow, succeed. Antonyms: precede, antecede.

come again. return, recur.

come and go. alternate.

come between. intervene, interpose, interfere, contravene; cause

estrangement, disaffect.

come down. descend, alight.

comely, a. good-looking, handsome, personable. Antonyms: uncomely,

homely, plain.

come near. approach, approximate.

come round. recur; change, relent; circumvent, wheedle.

come short. be deficient.

come to. revive, recover; consent, yield, accede; arrive at, reach;

amount to.

come to a head. suppurate, mature; culminate.

come under. subvene.

comfort, n. ease, consolation, solace, nepenthe, encouragement.

comfort, v. console, solace.

comforter, n. consoler, cheerer; comfortable.

comfortless, a. disconsolate, inconsolable, desolate, distressed.

comical, a. See funny.

coming, n. approach, arrival, advent.

coming between. intervention, interposition, interference,

contravention.

comity, n. politeness, courtesy, civility, graciousness, urbanity.

command, v. order, direct, enjoin, require, bid.

command, n. order, mandate, injunction, charge, behest, requisition,

bidding, direction, dictation, precept; authority, leadership, control.

commanding, a. authoritative, mandatory, imperative, dictatorial,

imperious.

commandments, n. pl. The Decalogue. Associated Words: Kyrie

elesion.

commence, v. begin.

commend, v. commit, consign, intrust; praise, extol recommend.

commendable, a. praiseworthy, laudable. Antonyms: unpraiseworthy,

illaudable.

commendatory, a. laudatory, eulogistic.

comment, v. remark, descant, annotate.

comment, n. remark, observation; annotation, commentary, explanation.

commentator, n. annotator, expositor, scholiast, glossarist,

postillator.

commerce, n. traffic, barter, business, trading; intercourse,

communication.

commercial, a. mercantile.

commit, v. intrust, consign; perpetrate, do.

common, a. public, general; customary, usual, ordinary,

unexceptional, commonplace, inconspicuous, average, mediocre; plebeian,

proletarian.

commonalty, n. populace, proletariate, proletariat, varletry,

_bourgeoisie_, ruck, rank and file, the common people.

commonly, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily.

common man. commoner, proletary, plebeian.

commonplace, a. ordinary, banal, hackneyed, trite, platitudinous,

prosaic.

commonplace, n. platitude, banality.

commotion, n. agitation, tumult, disturbance, turmoil, riot,

perturbation, flurry, furore.

communion, n. participation, sharing, communication: association,

fellowship.

communion, n. eucharist, Lord's Supper, sacrament: viaticum.

Associated Words: elements, host, wafer, chalice, paten, credence,

corporal, eucharistic, ciborium, ostension, purificator, impanation,

transubstantiation, consubstantiation, concomitance, post-communion,

ante-communion, volipresence, ostensorium, monstrance, _sursum corda_,

dominicale, celebrant, communicant, consistentes, intinction.

communism, n. socialism, humanitarianism, Fourierism, Saint

Simonianism, phalansterism.

compact, a. close, solid, dense, crowded, impenetrable, serried.

compact, n. covenant, agreement, pact, treaty, contract.

companion, n. associate, comrade, intimate, consort, partner, fellow,

mate, chum, compeer, confederate, accomplice, ally, colleague, crony,

confrère, concomitant, accessory.

companionable, a. affable, congenial, genial.

companionship, n. association, intimacy, fellowship, society,

company.

company, n. guest, visitor; fellowship, companionship, association,

society; companion, escort; assembly, group, concourse, crowd;

corporation, syndicate, firm, house; troupe; band, guild. See

society. Antonyms: seclusion, loneliness, retirement, host.

compare, v. collate, liken.

comparison, n. collation; illustration, similitude, simile.

compass, n. Associated Words: binnacle, gimbal.

compass, n. extent, reach, sweep.

compassion, n. pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy.

compel, v. force, make, constrain, oblige, necessitate, coerce,

drive, dragoon, overpower.

compelling, a. forcible, coercive, constraining, imperative,

compulsory. Antonyms: elective, optional, discretional.

compelling, n. compulsion, coercion, constraint, duress, force.

compendium, n. epitome, summary, digest.

competency, n. fitness, ability, qualification, efficiency,

proficiency, capability.

competent, a. qualified, capable, efficient, proficient, able.

Antonym: incompetent.

competition, n. emulation, rivalry, contention, strife.

competitor, n. rival, contestant, opponent, antagonist.

complain, v. murmur, repine, grumble, whine, croak.

complaining, a. murmuring, repining, querimonious, querulous,

discontented, grumbling.

complaint, n. murmur, plaint, lamentation; malady, ailment, disease;

accusation, allegation, information.

complete, v. finish, consummate, perfect.

complete, a. entire, consummate, whole, integral, plenary,

unabridged, intact.

completion, n. consummation, integration, elaboration, finishing,

realization, effectuation.

complex, a. composite, compound, mixed; complicated, intricate,

involved. Antonyms: incomplex, simple, obvious.

complexity, n. intricacy, entanglement, complication.

compliance, n. yielding, concession, submission, obedience,

acquiescence.

compliant, a. yielding, obedient, tractable, submissive, flexible.

complicated, a. complex, intricate, involved, entangled, complicate.

complication, n. intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity,

snarl, confusion, imbroglio. Antonyms: disentanglement, simplicity.

composure, n. self-possession, calmness, sedateness, equanimity.

compound, n. combination, mixture, concoction, amalgamation,

intermixture, conglomeration, farrago, medley, synthesis, salmagundi,

jumble, olio, hodgepodge, olla podrida.

comprehend, v. understand, fathom, grasp; embrace, comprise, embody,

contain.

comprehension, n. understanding, apprehension. Antonyms:

incomprehension, inapprehension.

comprise, v. comprehend, include, embrace, involve, contain, embody.

compulsion, n. constraint, coercion, obligation, coaction.

Antonyms: discretion, spontaneity, volition, election, free-will.

compulsory, a. constraining, coercive, obligatory, unavoidable.

Antonyms: optional, discretional, elective.

compunction, n. qualm, contrition, remorse, regret, sting of

conscience.

compute, v. reckon, calculate, enumerate, rate, estimate.

comrade, n. associate, companion, mate, compeer.

comradeship, n. association, _camaraderie_.

concave, a. rounded, vaulted. Antonym: convex.

concealed, a. hidden, latent, secreted, clandestine, disguised.

concealment, n. secretion, hiding; secrecy, latency, privacy,

seclusion, retirement; suppression.

conceit, n. idea, conception, fancy; whim, caprice, vagary, freak;

priggery, vanity, egotism, self-conceit, inflation, self-glorification,

overweening, conceitedness.

conceited, a. egotistical, priggish, bombastic, bumptious, vain,

overweening, self-conceited.

concentrate, v. centralize, focus, consolidate; condense, rectify.

concentration, n. centralization, consolidation; condensation.

concept, n. conception, notion, idea.

conception, n. ideation, imagination; idea, concept, notion,

impression.

concern, n. business, affair; moment, importance, interest, weight,

consequence; solicitude, anxiety, uneasiness care; firm, house, company,

partnership. Antonyms: unconcern, inconsequence.

concerned, a. solicitous, worried, anxious, apprehensive, troubled,

uneasy. Antonyms: unconcerned, indifferent.

concerning, prep. regarding, about, respecting, touching, with

reference to.

concert, n. accordance, concurrence, harmony; musicale.

concise, a. epigrammatic, sententious, succinct, laconic, pithy.

Antonyms: diffuse, prolix.

conclude, v. decide, determine, resolve; end, close; infer, deduce;

effect, arrange.

conclusion, n. decision, determination; inference, deduction,

corollary, illation; close, end, peroration, finale, completion,

dénouement, l'envoy.

concoct, v. compound, mix; devise, contrive, invent, excogitate.

concrete, a. solidified, consolidated; specific, special, particular.

concretion, n. solidification, lapidescence, stone; clot,

coagulation.

concubine, n. paramour, odalisque; pl. harem, seraglio.

condemn, v. denounce, anathematize, curse, execrate, reprobate, doom,

ban. Antonyms: exonerate, exculpate, vindicate, absolve, justify,

praise.

condemnation, n. denunciation, reprobation, execration, ban.

condemnatory, a. denunciatory, condemning.

condense, v. abridge, epitomize, reduce; compress, concentrate.

condescend, v. deign, vouchsafe.

condition, n. state, plight, category, predicament, situation,

stipulation, provision, proviso, term, prerequisite.

conditional, a. contingent, subject, provisory.

conduce, v. lead, tend, contribute, redound, subserve, advance.

conduct, v. lead, pilot, escort, guide, attend, convoy; administer,

manage.

conduct, n. guidance, management, leadership, administration,

behavior, deportment.

confederate, a. confederated, federated, allied, leagued.

confederation, n. coalition, federation, league, confederacy, union.

confess, v. acknowledge, own, admit, avow; divulge, disclose, reveal.

confession, n. acknowledgment, avowal, admission; confiteor; shrift;

exomologesis. Associated Words: shrive, shrift, confessional, shriven,

shriver, shrift, father.

confidence, n. reliance, trust, faith, dependence; assurance,

certainty. Antonyms: See doubt.

confidence game. swindle.

confident, a. sure, undoubting, sanguine, reliant, undaunted.

confine, n. boundary, border, frontier, limit.

confine, v. restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose,

bound; immure, imprison, incarcerate.

confinement, n. restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress,

incarceration, immurement, limbo; limitation, circumscription; lying-in,

childbirth.

confines, n. pl. boundaries, borders, precincts, outskirts, purlieus,

marches, frontiers.

confirm, v. ratify, verify, corroborate, substantiate. Antonyms:

See abrogate.

confirmation, n. ratification, corroboration, substantiation,

verification.

conflict, n. clashing, antagonism, encounter, opposition, battle,

struggle, strife, skirmish, contest, combat, affray, fray, scrimmage.

conflict, v. clash, interfere, collide, be contradictory.

conflicting, a. contending, contradictory, contrary, opposing.

confound, v. confuse, disconcert, abash, nonplus, bewilder.

confounded, a. confused, disconcerted, abashed; (Colloq.) extreme,

excessive, odious, detestable.

confuse, v. disconcert, perplex, abash, fluster, embarrass, chagrin,

pose, nonplus, bewilder, obfuscate, discompose, addle, obscure, confound,

derange.

confusion, n. disorder, tumult, turmoil, disarray, jumble, chaos;

babel, pandemonium, commotion; abashment, chagrin, agitation,

disconcertion, mortification, consternation fluster, perturbation,

discomposure, flustration, obfuscation, distraction, flurry.

confutation, n. disproof, refutation.

Confute, v. refute, disprove.

congenial, a. kindred, sympathetic; suited, suitable, agreeable,

genial.

congratulate, v. felicitate, gratulate. Antonyms: commiserate,

condole with.

congratulation, n. felicitation, gratulation.

conjecture, n. surmise, supposition.--v. surmise, guess,

speculate.

conjuration, n. incantation, enchantment, spell, sorcery, magic art.

conjurer, n. sorcerer, magician, wizard, diviner, exorcist,

enchanter.

connect, v. join, link, couple, attach, unite, affiliate; implicate.

connected, a. joined, coupled, linked, affiliated, related, akin,

associated.

connection, n. union, alliance, relationship, junction, conjunction,

affiliation, association, filiation; implication, relative, relation,

kinsman; bond, tie, link, coupling vinculum. Antonyms: disconnection,

detachment, isolation, incoherence.

conquer, v. defeat, overpower, down, vanquish, triumph, overthrow,

subdue, subjugate.

conqueror, n. subjugator, subduer, vanquisher, victor; conquistador.

conquest, n. subjection, subjugation, victory, mastery, triumph,

reduction, overthrow, rout.

conscience, n. Associated Words: casuistry, Erinys, compunction,

qualm.

conscientious, a. scrupulous, just, upright, high- minded.

conscionable, a. reasonable, just.

conscious, a. cognizant, aware, sensible, apprised; sentient,

percipient, knowing. Antonyms: See unconscious.

consecrate, v. dedicate, sanctify, hallow.

consent, v. agree, accord, concur, accede, yield, assent, acquiesce,

comply, permit. Antonyms: dissent, disagree, refuse.

consent, n. concurrence, acquiescence, compliance, approval,

permission, agreement.

consequence, n. result, effect, issue, event, sequence, sequel,

outcome, upshot, eventuality; pursuance; importance, moment, weight.

Antonym: inconsequence.

conservation, n. preservation, maintenance, keeping.

conserve, v. save, preserve.

consider, v. meditate on, ponder, contemplate, think about; regard,

heed.

considerate, a. thoughtful, circumspect, heedful, mindful Antonyms:

See inconsiderate.

consideration, n. deliberation, advisement, contemplation, deference;

motive, reason.

console, v. comfort, cheer, condole with, solace, sympathize with.

consolidate, v. solidify, compress, concrete; unify, merge,

incorporate, combine.

consolidation, n. unification, union, combination, incorporation.

consonant, n. Associated Words: spirant, fricative, surd, sibilant.

conspicuous, a. salient, noticeable, prominent, manifest. Antonym:

inconspicuous.

conspiracy, n. plot, complot, machination, cabal, intrigue,

collusion.

conspirator, n. conspirer, plotter, intriguer, caballer, machinator.

conspire, v. plot, complot, cabal, machinate, intrigue, collude.

constancy, n. steadfastness, stability, unchangeableness, resolution,

loyalty, devotion, fidelity.

constant, a. permanent, unchanging; unwavering, unshaken, steadfast,

stanch, unswerving, loyal, faithful; continuous, incessant, continual,

perpetual, uninterrupted. Antonyms: See inconstant.

consternation, n. dismay, terror, alarm, panic, distraction.

constipated, a. costive, bound.

constipation, n. costiveness, stegnosis.

constitution, n. structure, physique, temperament.

constitutional, a. inborn, innate, organic, inbred, natural,

congenital.

constrained, a. involuntary, forced, unnatural, embarrassed.

constraint, n. compulsion, coercion, force, pressure; restraint,

restriction.

constrictor, n. sphincter.

consultation, n. conference, council, convocation, advisement.

consummate, a. perfect, supreme, complete, finished.

consummation, n. fulfillment, perfection, realization, attainment.

consumption, n. phthisis; consuming.

contact, n. touching, tangency, contingency, impact, juxtaposition,

osculation, contiguity, apposition, syzygy.

contagion, n. virus, infection, _contagium_.

contagious, a. communicable, infectious, pestilential, pestiferous.

Antonym: incommunicable.

contain, v. comprise, embody, include, comprehend, hold, restrain.

container, n. receptacle.

contaminate, v. corrupt, pollute, defile, infect, taint, vitiate,

sully, debase.

contamination, n. corruption, pollution, defilement, vitiation,

taint, infection.

contemporaneous, a. contemporary, synchionous, synchronal,

coexistent.

contemporary, a. contemporaneous, coeval.

contempt, n. disdain, scorn, contumely, derision, detestation,

disgrace, reproach.

contemptible, a. despicable, abject.

contemptuous, a. disdainful, supercilious, scornful, insolent,

flouting, cynical, contumelious, haughty.

contend, v. struggle, vie, wrestle, combat, compete; dispute,

maintain, argue.

content, v. satisfy, appease, gratify.

contented, a. content, satisfied.

contention, n. controversy, dissension, altercation, quarrel,

dispute.

contentious, a. disputatious, litigious, quarrelsome; dissentious,

polemical.

contest, n. rivalry, match, tournament, tourney, competition,

emulation; dispute, controversy, dissension, contention.

continual, a. ceaseless, incessant, constant, uninterrupted,

unremitting.

continuance, n. endurance, persistence, constancy, continuation.

continuation, n. protraction, prolongation, continuance,

perpetuation.

continued, a. prolonged, protracted, extended; serial.

continuous, a. ceaseless, uninterrupted, unceasing, continual,

constant, running. Antonyms: intermittent, occasional, inconstant.

contraband, a. prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal.

contract, v. reduce, narrow, condense; incur, acquire; covenant,

agree; shrivel, shrink; syncopate.

contract, n. agreement, compact, covenant, pact, protocol, treaty,

concordat, convention, stipulation.

contracting, a. astringent, puckering, contractile.

contraction, n. astriction, constriction, stricture, syncopation,

condensation.

contradict, v. gainsay, controvert, impugn, dispute, contravene.

contradiction, n. gainsaying, opposition, contrariety, antagonism,

paradox, inconsistency.

contradictory, a. inconsistent, irreconcilable, paradoxical,

opposing, contradicting.

contrariety, n. antagonism, repugnance, disagreement, inconsistency,

opposition.

contrary, a. opposite, adverse, counter, opposed; repugnant,

incompatible, contradictory, retroactive, antagonistic, conflicting,

abhorrent, inconsistent; perverse, wayward, refractory, headstrong,

intractable.

contrast, n. comparison; opposition, antithesis, dissimilitude,

unlikeness.

contravene, v. thwart, oppose, counteract countervail; violate,

transgress.

contravention, n. thwarting, opposition, counteraction, violation,

transgression.

contrite, a. penitent, repentant, sorrowful. Antonyms: impenitent,

obdurate.

contrite person. penitent, repentant.

contrition, n. penitence, compunction, remorse, attrition,

self-reproach.

contrivance, n. contriving, devising; device, expedient, scheme,

invention.

contrive, v. devise, concoct, invent, excogitate, scheme, plan.

control, v. restrain, regulate, govern, manage, repress, direct,

bridle, dominate.

control, n. restraint, repression, check, hindrance; domination,

ascendency, dominion, regulation, superintendence governance, command,

mastery. Antonyms: unrestraint, abandon, subjection.

controller, n. governor, regulator, ruler; comptroller.

controversial, a. disputatious, polemical.

controversy, n. dispute, contention, disoutation, altercation

polemics, logomachy.

convalescence, n. revalescence.

convene, v. assemble, convoke, congregate.

convenient, a. handy, advantageous; seasonable, timely, opportune,

suitable; accessible.

convent, n. nunnery, monastery, cloister, abbey, priory. Associated

words: conventual, conventical, monastic.

convention, n. custom, usage, conventionality; assembly, convocation,

congress, diet, synod, council.

conversation, n. converse, colloquy, parlance, parley, interlocution,

chat, _causerie_, conference, confabulation, interview.

conversational, a. colloquial, interlocutory.

converse, v. talk, chat, commune, confabulate, parley.

converse, n. intercourse, communion, conversation, parley.

conversion, n. transmutation, transformation; proselytism;

regeneration; appropriation, application, employment.

convert, v. transform, transmute; proselyte; regenerate; appropriate,

apply.

convert, n. proselyte.

convex, a. protuberant, bulging, gibbous. Antonym: concave.

convexity, n. protuberance, gibbosity. Antonym: concavity.

conveyance, n. carriage, transmission; transfer, demise, alienation,

cession.

convict, n. felon, prisoner, criminal, culprit, malefactor.

convincing, a. cogent, persuasive, conclusive.

convivial, a. festive, festal, social, jolly, gay.

convocation, n. convention, congress, synod, diet, council,

consistory.

convoy, n. protection, escort, attendance; guard, escort.

convulsion, n. spasm, paroxysm; agitation, commotion, disturbance,

upheaval.

cook, n. chef (chief cook).

cook, v. stew, seethe, gratinate; (Colloq.) tamper with, garble,

falsify.

cookable, a. coctible.

cooking, n. cuisine.

cook-room, n. kitchen, cuisine; galley, cuddy.

cool, v. chill, refrigerate; moderate, allay, calm, quiet.

cool, a. deliberate, self-possessed, unexcited, dispassionate,

indifferent, nonchalant, unconcerned, composed; chilling, apathetic,

repellent, distant, unfriendly, ceremonious; audacious,

impudent, shameless, presumptuous, flippant, presuming.

cooler, n. refrigerator.

cooling, n. refrigeration; gelation (Astron.)--a. refrigerant,

chilling.

cooling room of Roman baths. frigidarium.

coolness, n. dispassion, nonchalance, indifference; (Colloq.)

impudence, audacity.

coon, n. raccoon, mapach.

coop, n. pen, cote, mew, hutch, poultry-house.

coop, v. confine, shut up, imprison, incage, mew.

coöperate, v. concur, unite, work together; collude.

coöperating, a. cooperative, auxiliary, concurrent; synergetic.

coöperation, n. concurrence, working together; collusion; synergism,

synergy. Antonyms: antagonism, competition, opposition.

coot, n. (Colloq.) dolt, dunce, dullard, simpleton.

copier, n. copyist, transcriber; imitator, plagiarist. Antonym:

originator.

copious, a. plentiful, abundant, overflowing, ample, exuberant.

copper, n. _cuprum_; cauldron. Associated Words: cupreous, cupric,

cupriferous, cuprite, cuprous, speiss, chalcopyrite, chalcography,

eruginous, verdigris, chalcographer, chalcographist.

copperas, n. green vitriol, sulphate of iron, ferrous sulphate.

coppice, n. copse.

copse, n. thicket, brushwood, coppice, boscage, bosk.

copulation, n. union, conjunction; sexual union, coition. Associated

words: intromittent, infibulation, copulatory, copulate.

copy, n. transcript, reproduction, transcription, replica,

replication, facsimile, duplicate, pasticcio, counterpart, counterfeit,

imitation, apograph, estreat, exemplification, protocol, porotype;

pattern, model, original, example, precedent; manuscript.

copy, v. transcribe, reproduce, trace, duplicate; imitate, ape,

follow; exemplify.

copying machine. copygraph, polygraph.

copyist, n. transcriber, copier; imitator, plagiarist.

coquette, n. flirt.

coral, n. madrepora, madrepore.

cord, n. string, twine, torsade.

cordial, a. hearty, sincere, affectionate; strengthening,

invigorating, cheering.

cordiality, n. sincerity, heartiness, ardor, _empressement_.

cork, n. stopper, stopple, shive. Associated Words: cloop,

phelloplastics, phelloplastic, subereous, suberin, phellogen.

corn, n. maize, Indian corn; clavus.

corner, n. angle, cusp, cantle, bight, coin, quoin, coigne; nook,

recess, niche; direction, quarter.

corner, v. nonplus, pose, perplex, confuse.

cornerwise, adv. diagonally.

cornhouse, n. granary.

corporal, a. bodily, corporeal, material.

corpse, n. remains, relics, cadaver; carcass; mummy. Associated

words: cadaverous, cadaveric, necrophilism, necrophilous, carrion,

necrophobia, necrogenic, necrogenous, necrotomy, necropsy, coffin, bier,

catafalque, vespillo, cremate, cremation, crematory, crematorium, embalm,

embalming.

correct, a. accurate, right, exact, precise. Antonyms: incorrect,

erroneous.

correct, v. rectify, amend, emend, right; reprove, discipline;

counteract, modify.

correctible, a. rectifiable.

correction, n. rectification, amendment, emendation; discipline,

punishment; counteraction.

corrective, a. rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary

emendatory.

correctness, n. accuracy, inerrancy, exactness, precision.

Antonyms: incorrectness, inaccuracy, inexactness, error.

correspond, v. accord, comport, tally, correlate, harmonize, agree.

correspondence, n. adaptation, agreement, congruity, concurrence,

homology; letters.

correspondent, a. conformable, congruous.

corrode, v. erode, canker; consume, wear away.

corrosion, n. erosion.

corrosive, a. erosive, eroding, corroding; vexing, carking, fretting.

corrupt, a. spoiled, tainted, addled, rotten, decaying; vitiated,

depraved, dissolute, venal, unprincipled, unscrupulous, vicious,

purchasable, mercenary.

corrupt, v. rot, spoil, deprave, vitiate, pervert, debase,

demoralize, defile, infect, pollute.

corruption, n. putrefaction, decay; pollution, vitiation: improbity,

venality, depravity, demoralization, dishonesty, bribery, subornation.

Antonyms: incorruption, honesty.

cortège, n. procession.

cosmopolitan, n. cosmopolite.

cost, n. charge, expense, price, outlay; detriment, loss.

costemonger, n. fruiterer, costardmonger, coster.

costiveness, n. constipation.

costly, a. expensive, dear, high-priced; sumptuous, rich.

cot, n. cottage, hut; pen, coop, cote; cradle, crib.

coterie, n. clique, set, circle.

cottage, n. cot, cabin, lodge, casino, bungalow, chalet, hacienda,

croft, hovel, shack, bower, shanty.

cottage cheese. smearcase.

cottager, n. cotter, cottier.

couch, n. lounge, sofa, bed.

cough, n. Associated Words: bechic, tussicular, pectoral, tussive.

council, n. aldermen, cabinet; assembly, junta, junto, camarilla,

synod, cabal.

council-chamber, n. audience-room, divan.

counsel, n. consultation; prudence, deliberation, forethought;

advice, admonition, suggestion. Associated Words: mentorial, monitorial,

admonitory.

counsel, v. advise, admonish.

counselor, n. adviser, mentor, monitor, admonitor; lawyer, attorney.

count, v. enumerate, number; esteem, consider, reckon, judge, think.

count, n. numbering.

countenance, n. face, visage, features; support, goodwill,

encouragement.--v. encourage, favor, approve.

counter, a. contrary, opposite, antagonistic.

counteract, v. defeat, frustrate, contravene, neutralize.

counteraction, n. frustration, contravention, neutralization.

counterbalance, v. counterpoise, countervail, equiponderate,

balance.

counterfeit, a. false, fraudulent, spurious, fictitious, sham, mock,

feigned.

countermand, v. revoke, cancel, rescind, recall.--n. revocation,

rescission.

counterpoint, n. polyphony.

counterpoise, v. counterbalance, balance, equiponderate.

countersign, n. watchword, password, _consigne_.

counterterm, n. antonym.

counting frame. abacus.

count out. exclude.

countrified, a. rude, uncourtly, rustic, bucolic, rural.

country, n. region, territory; nation; rural parts, farming region.

Associated Words: patriotism, patriot, patriotic, incivism, compatriot,

expatriate, expatriation, deport, deportation, repatriate, repatriation,

national, rusticate, rustication.

country, a. rural, rustic, agrestic.

countryman, n. compatriot, fellow-citizen; farmer, granger

husbandman, rustic; peasant; (country bumpkin) yokel, carl, clod,

clodhopper, churl, yahoo.

county, n. shire.

couple, n. two, pair, brace, span, couplet, team.

couple, v. join, link, connect; copulate.

couplet, n. distich.

courage, n. intrepidity, heroism, bravery, gallantry, hardihood,

fortitude, valor, fearlessness, pluck, prowess. Antonyms: See

cowardice and fear.

courageous, a. intrepid, brave, heroic, gallant, hardy, bold,

fearless, valiant, valorous, dauntless, chivalrous, plucky, daring,

lion-hearted.

courier, n. messenger, runner; estafet.

course, n. progress, passage; direction, bearing; heat, bout, round;

procedure; sequence, routine, order, succession regularity; career;

series.

court, n. tribunal, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, forum, mall;

courtyard, quadrangle, cortile; jurisdiction; royal household, princely

retinue; assize. Associated Words: curialistic, aulic, judicial,

judiciary, forensic, docket, tipstaff, beadle, apparitor, summoner, _dies

judicus, dies non_.

court, v. woo, spark; solicit, seek, allure, attract, invite.

courteous, a. deferential, polite, debonair, gracious, urbane, civil,

respectful.

courtesan, n. prostitute, harlot, demirep, _amorosa_, _bona roba_.

courtesy, n. politeness, urbanity, civility, complaisance; favor,

indulgence; curtsy.

courtly, a. elegant, dignified, polite.

courtyard, n. court, quadrangle, area, cortile, yard; patio, (Sp.

America).

cove, n. bay, recess, bight, inlet.

covenant, n. compact, agreement, pact, concordat.

cover, v. overspread, overlay, thatch, hide, conceal, secrete;

comprise, embrace, embody, comprehend; copulate with, serve.

cover, n. lid, covering, case, canopy, awning, tilt, roof, casing,

cope, capsule, envelope; shelter, protection, defense, safeguard;

counterpane, quilt, coverlet, spread; covert, underbrush, undergrowth,

underwood, jungle, bush; plate.

covered, a. covert, screened, sheltered, protected, hidden.

covering, n. cover, wrapper, sheath, pavilion.

covert, a. secret, hidden, disguised, clandestine, stealthy.

covert, n. shelter, refuge, retreat; underwood, jungle, thicket.

covetousness, n. cupidity, avarice, greed.

cow, n. female of bovine animals; heifer (young cow); maverick.

Associated Words: bovine, Bos, moo, low, lowing, farrow, beef, neat,

moolley, vachery, chiche-vache, milch.

cow, v. overawe, daunt, intimidate, scare, dishearten.

coward, n. craven, dastard, poltroon, milksop, recreant.

cowardice, n. pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardy, recreancy,

timidity, cowardliness.

cowardly, a. craven, pusillanimous, dastard, dastardly, poltroon,

recreant, timorous, white-livered, chicken-hearted faint-hearted,

spiritless.

cowboy, n. cattle herder, drover, herdsman, vaquero.

cowcatcher, n. pilot.

cow doctor. veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon.

cower, v. crouch, squat; quail, cringe.

cowlike, a. bovine.

coworker, n. colleague, coagent, collaborator, associate.

cowpox, n. vaccinia, kinepox, cowpock, kinepock.

coxcomb, n. fop, dandy, dude, popinjay, exquisite.

coy, a. shy, modest, retiring, demure, reserved.

cozy, a. snug; talkative, chatty, sociable.

crab, n. crustacean, mollusk.

crabbed, a. See cross.

crabs, n. pl. Cancer, Crustacea, Mollusca, Brachyura. Associated

words: crustacean, cancriform, cancerite, cancrine, cancroid, lobster,

carcinology, brachyurean, cancrivorous, cancrophagous, carcinoid,

carcinomorphic.

crack, n. chink, crevice, cranny, fissure, rift, rime, rent, cleft,

interstice; rupture, breach, flaw; report, clap, pop, explosion, snap.

crack, v. break, chop, cleave, split, rift, snap.

crack, a. (Colloq.) first-rate, excellent, fine, capital,

first-class.

cracked, a. (Colloq.) crotchety, eccentric, crazy.

crackle, v. crepitate, decrepitate.--n. crepitation, crackling.

crackling, a. crepitant.--n. crepitation, decrepitation,

crackle.

crack up. (Low) extol, laud, praise, cry up.

cracksman, n. burglar.

cradle, n. baby's bed, trundle-bed; solen; _cunabula_.

craft, n. dexterity, skill; trade, handicraft; guild; guile, cunning,

subtlety, artfulness.

craftiness, n. artfulness, guile, craft, cunning.

craftsman, n. artificer, artisan, mechanic, skilled workman.

crafty, a. shrewd, artful, wily, tricky, cunning, sly, deceitful,

Machiavelian. Antonyms: guileless, artless, undesigning.

cragged, a. jagged, broken, craggy.

cram, v. compress, crowd, squeeze, press, impact.

cramp, v. restrain, confine, hinder, restrict, obstruct.

cranium, n. skull.

crank, n. winch, turning-handle; bend, turn, twist, crook, curve.

cranky, a. (Colloq.) crotchety, capricious, unreasonable,

cantankerous, cross, perverse, cross-grained, contumacious unsteady.

cranny, n. crevice, chink. See crack.

crash, n. ruin, smash, failure, collapse.

crass, a. coarse, unrefined, gross, crude.

crave, v. long for, yearn for, hanker after; beseech, entreat,

implore.

craven, a. cowardly.--n. coward.

craving, n. longing, yearning, hankering, hungering; entreaty,

supplication.

crawler, n. creeper, reptile; pl. Reptilia, reptiles.

crawling, a. creeping, reptile, reptant, reptatorial,

reptatory.--n. creeping.

craze, v. madden, derange, distract; confuse, disarrange.

craze, n. craziness, distraction; fancy, freak, crotchet; mania,

passion, infatuation.

craziness, n. insanity, lunacy, dementia, delirium; monomania;

megalomania; paranoia.

crazy, a. demented, deranged, insane, delirious, dementate, mad,

lunatic, distracted, frantic, crazed, crack-brained; rickety, decrepit,

shaky, tottering, dilapidated; desirous, eager, infatuated. Antonyms:

sane, rational.

crazy person. madman, maniac, lunatic, bedlamite; monomaniac;

paranoiac; megalomaniac.

cream, n. best part, quintessence; cremor; cosmetic.

crease, n. ruck, wrinkle.

creation, n. origination, making, invention; universe, cosmos, world.

creative, a. demiurgic, inventive, cosmoplastic, omnific.

creature, n. being.

credence, n. belief, credit, acceptance.

credit, n. belief, faith, confidence; repute, good name, esteem,

honor; influence, prestige; trust, tick. Antonyms: discredit, dishonor,

unbelief.

creditor, n. Associated Words: bilk, subrogation.

credulous, a. unsuspecting, gullible. Antonym: incredulous.

creed, n. Associated-words: symbolics, symbolism Athanasian,

Nicene, Apostles'.

creek, n. brook, rivulet, race, runlet, streamlet, runnel, bourn,

burn; cove, bight.

creepers, n. pl. Reptilia.

creephole, n. retreat; subterfuge, expedient, makeshift excuse.

creeping, a. crawling, reptile, reptant; fawning, truckling,

obsequious, sycophantic.

creeping, n. reptation; formication.

creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly.

cremate, v. incremate, incinerate.

cremation, n. incremation, incineration. Associated Words:

crematory, crematorium.

crest, n. tuft; helmet; top, ridge, crown, summit; armorial bearings,

device, cognizance.

crested, a. cristate.

crestfallen, a. dejected, discouraged, disheartened, downcast.

crevice, n. cleft, fissure, rent, cranny, crack, chink.

crew, n. assemblage, throng, gang, mob, band, crowd.

crib, n. manger, rack; bin, bunker, box.

crib, v. (Colloq.) appropriate, plagiarize, steal, purloin.

cricket, n. Associated Words: stridulate, stridulation,

stridulator, stridulatory, stridulous.

crime, n. felony, atrocity, outrage, enormity; offense,

transgression, misdemeanor, malefaction, dereliction. Associated Words:

criminology, criminologist, criminality, recidivism, recidivist.

criminal, a. felonious, flagitious.

criminal, n. felon, malefactor, culprit; criminaloid.

criminate, v. incriminate, implicate, accuse.

crimination, n. incrimination.

crimp, v. curl, crisp, frizz.

crimpy, a. frizzly, crimped, wavy.

crincum, n. (Colloq.) twist, turn, freak, caprice, fancy, whim.

cringe, v. truckle, fawn, crouch.

cringing, a. truckling, fawning, servile, obsequious, slavish.

crinkle, v. curl, wrinkle.

crinkly, a. wavy, wrinkly, kinky.

cripple, v. maim, lame, disable; hough, hamstring.

crippled, a. maimed, lame, disabled, deformed, halt.

crisis, n. critical juncture; climacteric, emergency, strait,

exigency.

crisp, a. brittle, friable, short; crackling, lively, brisk.

Antonyms: tenacious, tough, flexible.

critic, n. censor, reviewer, adept, judge, inspector; caviler,

carper, censurer; Zoilus.

critical, a. discriminating, fastidious; carping, censorious,

captious, caviling, zoilean; crucial, momentous, decisive, precarious,

climacteric.

criticism, n. critique, censure, animadversion, stricture, cavil.

croak, v. forebode, decry, complain, grumble.

croaker, n. grumbler, alarmist, decrier, pessimist.

crock, n. jar, pot; soot, smut.

crony, n. (Colloq.) bosom friend, intimate, associate, chum.

crook, n. bend, turn, curve, curvature, deflection; crosier; pothook;

artifice, trick, subterfuge, ruse.

crook, v. bend, curve, incurvate.

crooked, a. twisted, bent, devious, deformed, tortuous, sinuous,

winding, flexuous, curved, curvilinear, spiral, labyrinthial; distorted,

awry, askew, wry; dishonest, fraudulent, unscrupulous, knavish.

crookedness, n. tortuousness, tortuosity, sinuosity, incurvation,

curvature, deformity, curvity, wryness, anfractuosity; dishonesty,

improbity.

crop, n. harvest, fruit, product, ingathering.

crop, v. clip, lop, cut off; gather, reap, harvest, garner; browse,

nibble.

cross, n. crucifix, rood, gibbet; rebated cross, gammadion, fylfot,

saltire, swastika, cross bottony. Associated Words: crucify,

crucifixion, crucifier, cruciform, crucial, cruciate, crucigerous,

crucifer, vexillum, crantara, consignation.

cross, n. hybrid, mongrel, limmer.

cross, a. athwart, transverse, intersecting; adverse, baffling,

contrary, perverse; petulant, peevish, cynical, surly, unamiable,

inaffable, crabbed, crusty, captious, fractious, churlish, vixenish,

querulous, fretful, choleric, touchy, waspish, morose, sullen,

ill-natured, irascible acrimonious, irritable; inverse, interchanged.

cross, v. intersect; traverse; run counter to, thwart, baffle,

frustrate, foil; intercross; interbreed, hybridize; cancel.

crossbarred, a. cancellated.

crossbars, n. pl. lattice, grille, cancelli.

crossbeam, n. girder, stringer.

crossbow, n. arbelest, arcubalist.

crossbreed, n. hybrid, mongrel.

crossbreeding, n. hybridization.

crossbred, a. hybrid, mongrel.

crosscut, v. intersect.

cross-examination, n. cross-questioning, inquisition.

cross-eye, n. strabismus, strabism.

cross-fertilization, n. allogamy.

crossgrained, a. intractable, contrary, perverse, refractory,

froward, stubborn.

crossing, n. hybridization.

crossing, n. intersection, decussation; cancellation; traversing;

junction; crosswalk; thwarting, frustration, contradiction, interference;

consignation.

crossness, n. petulance, peevishness, cynicism, unamiability,

moroseness, irritability, asperity, ill-nature, inaffability,

irascibility.

crosswise, adv. across, transversely.

crotch, n. fork, crotchet, angle.

crotchet, n. whim, fancy, vagary, caprice, freak.

crotchety, a. whimsical, fanciful, vagarious, capricious.

crouch, v. squat, couch, stoop; cringe, fawn, truckle.

croup, n. cynanche.

crow, n. Associated Words: caw, corvine, corviform, corvoid.

crow, v. brag, exult, swagger, vaunt, gasconade, vapor.

crowd, v. press, shove, jostle; compress, cram, cramp, squeeze, stow,

impact; swarm, throng, troop; intrude.

crowd, n. concourse, crush, posse, multitude, number, mass, throng,

horde, host, troop, bevy, knot, assembly, confluence; populace, rabble,

commonalty, mob, proletariat, riffraff, the masses, rabblerout,

roughscuff.

crowded, a. congested, serried, dense, compact. Antonyms:

incompact, loose.

crowding, n. congestion, compression.

crown, n. diadem, coronet, corona; tiara; wreath, garland chaplet,

coronal, laurel, bays; royalty, sovereignty; consummation, capsheaf,

summit, top, crest, vertex, vortex; krone. Associated Words: coronal,

coronary.

crown, v. consummate, complete.

crowning, a. consummating, completing.

crowning, n. coronation.

crucial, a. cruciform, cross-shaped; severe, trying, ordeal

crude, a. undeveloped, inelaborate, uncouth, inartistic, unfinished.

cruel, a. pitiless, merciless, inhuman, unmerciful, fell, relentless,

ruthless, truculent, brutal, unfeeling, severe, inexorable,

incompassionate, implacable.

cruelly, n. inhumanity, implacability, severity, atrocity,

pitilessness.

crumble, v. disintegrate, decay, molder.

crumbly, a. friable.

crumple, v. rumple, ruck, wrinkle, crush together.

crush, v. overpower, vanquish, quell, subdue, conquer, suppress;

squeeze, press, compress.

crush, n. compression; pressure, crowd.

crushing, a. overwhelming.

crush-room, n. foyer.

crust, n. incrustation.--v. incrust.

crusty, a. cross, unamiable, surly.

crux, n. puzzle, riddle.

cry, v. weep, sob, wail, bawl, squall, whimper, blubber, pule,

bewail; shout, call, exclaim, yell, scream, vociferate, clamor, ejaculate.

cry, n. exclamation, ejaculation, acclamation, outcry, clamor,

vociferation, yoicks, scream, shriek, howl, yell, proclamation; slogan,

shibboleth; halloo, whoop, hoot: crying, weeping, wail, lamentation, mewl,

plaint whimpering.

cry down. decry, disparage, dispraise, traduce.

crying, n. weeping, sobbing, wailing, wail, clamation, bawling,

puling, squalling.

crying, a. weeping, sobbing, clamant; flagrant, egregious, heinous,

nefarious.

cry out upon. denounce, censure, condemn.

crypt, n. catacomb; follicle.

cryptic, a. hidden, secret, occult, enigmatical.

cry to. pray to, implore, beseech.

cry up. extol, laud, praise.

cube, n. hexahedron.

cucking-stool, n. castigatory, tumbrel, trebucket, ducking-stool

cucumber, n. gherkin (small and prickly).

cud, n. rumen; quid. Associated Words: Ruminantia, ruminant,

ruminate, rumination, merycism.

cuddle, v. nestle, snuggle.

cudgel, n. club, bludgeon.

cue, n. catchword; queue, pigtail; hint, suggestion, intimation.

cuff, n. box, slap, buffet; manchette (ornamental cuff).

cuff, v. box, slap, smite, strike, buffet.

cull, n. cully, dupe, gull.

culprit, n. offender, malefactor, delinquent, criminal sinner.

cultivable, a. tillable, arable, culturable.

cultivate, v. till.

cultivation, n. tillage.

culture, n. cultivation, tillage; refinement, enlightenment,

education.

cultured, a. refined, educated, enlightened.

cumbersome, a. burdensome, troublesome, unwieldy, unmanageable.

cunning, a. artful, crafty, sly, wily, arch, designing, deceitful,

intriguing; curious, ingenious; skillful, dexterous.

cunning, n. craft, deceit, craftiness, subtlety, wiliness.

cup, n. mug, noggin, nipperkin, beaker, bumper, tankard, jorum, tig;

pl. carousal, wassail, intoxication, orgies; cupping-glass, cupel;

calyx.

cupboard, n. locker, buffet, ambry, closet.

cupidity, n. covetousness, avarice, greediness.

cupola, n. dome; lantern.

curable, a. remediable, sanable. Antonyms: incurable, irremediable.

curative, a. remedial, sanatory.

curator, n. custodian, keeper, trustee, warden.

curb, v. check, restrain, control, repress, bridle.

curb roof, gambrel roof; mansard roof.

curdle, v. coagulate, thicken, curd, clabber, lopper

curdled, a. coagulated, thickened, loppered.

curdled milk. clabber.

curé, n. spiritual charge, curacy; medical treatment, therapy;

antidote, remedy, specific; healing.

cure, v. heal, remedy.

cure-all, n. panacea, catholicon.

curiosity, n. inquisitiveness; curio, freak, rarity, _rara avis_,

wonder. Antonyms: incuriosity, uninquisitiveness.

curious, a. inquisitive; strange, rare, unusual. Antonym: incurious.

curl, n. ringlet, kink, toupet.

curl, v. crisp, crimp, crape; writhe, wreathe, twist, wind.

curling, n. crispation.

curl paper. papillote.

curly, a. curling, curled, crinkled, crinkly, wavy, kinky.

curlycue, n. (Colloq.) flourish, paraph, caper.

current, a. present, instant; circulating, rife.

curse, n. denunciation, anathema, ban, malediction, execration,

imprecation, fulmination, malison, maranatha; torment, plague, scourge,

affliction.

curse, v. anathematize, execrate, fulminate, denounce, condemn.

cursed, a. accursed, execrable, abominable, odious.

curtail, v. shorten, reduce, retrench.

curtain, n. hanging, drapery, portiere, valance, purdah.

curvature, n. curve, flexure, sinuosity; cyrtosis.

curve, v. bend, crook, turn, inflect, deflect, deviate, wind.

cushion, n. pad, bolster, pillow, pillion; pouf, pouffle.

cussedness, n. (Slang) perversity, obstinacy, doggedness, meanness.

custodian, n. curator, guardian, keeper.

custody, n. safe-keeping, care; imprisonment.

custom, n. usage, practice, conventionality; patronage; impost, duty,

tribute.

customary, a. usual, wonted, habitual, conventional, accustomed.

customer, n. patron.

cut, v. gash, slash, hew, crop, reap, mow, lop, prune, clip, shear,

whittle, shave, trim, detruncate, dock, curtail, exscind, dissect,

chamfer, amputate, carve, chase, chisel, lance, bisect, cleave, razee,

slit, incise, fell, score, nurl, knurl.

cut, n. incision, gash, slash, slit, wound; slight, ignoration;

sarcasm, taunt; notch, groove, chamfret; defile, passage; kerf; slice,

piece; fashion, style, mode; engraving.

cut down. fell; retrench, curtail, reduce.

cute, a. (Colloq.) clever, sharp, ingenious, cunning, shrewd.

cut off. amputate, sever; interrupt, stop, intercept.

cut out. exscind, excise, remove; supplant; debar, exclude.

cutting, a. incisive, sharp, keen, trenchant; penetrating, nipping,

biting; sarcastic, satirical, caustic, acrimonious, mordacious; secant.

cutting, n. incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation,

curtailment, celotomy, dissection, scarification, slashing, cropping;

slip, scion, clipping. Associated Words: sectile, sectility, insecable.

cutting out. excision, exsection.

cut to pieces. dissect, mutilate, dismember.

cut up. afflict, grieve, distress, harry; play pranks, play tricks,

cut capers, misbehave.

cyclone, n. tornado.

cypher, n. See cipher.

Czar, n. Tsar, Tzar. Associated Words: Czarinian Czarowitz,

Czarevna, autocrat.

Czarina, n. Tsarina, Tsaritsa.

D

Dabbler, n. superficialist, sciolist, smatterer, dilettante.

dabblingly, adv. superficially, cursorily.

dabster, n. (Colloq.) expert, adept, master-hand.

dagger, n. stiletto, poniard, bowie knife, dirk; obelisk.

daily, a. diurnal, quotidian.

dainty, n. delicacy, tidbit, treat, rarebit, _bonne bouche_.

dainty, a. fastidious, squeamish, finical; delicate, exquisite.

dale, n. glen, dell, dingle, vale, valley.

dalliance, n. fondling, endearments; delay, procrastination,

postponement.

dally, v. dawdle, trifle; fondle, wanton; delay, postpone,

procrastinate.

dam, n. barrier, weir, burrock.

dam, v. restrain, obstruct.

damage, v. injure, hurt, harm, despoil, scathe, deface, impair,

disfigure, damnify.

damage, n. injury, detriment, impairment, defacement, harm, hurt,

mischief.

damages, n. pl. indemnity, satisfaction, reparation.

damn, v. condemn, curse, reprobate, denounce.

damnable, a. accursed, atrocious, execrable, heinous.

damnation, n. condemnation, reprobation, perdition.

damning, a. condemnatory, damnatory.

damp, a. moist, wet, humid, dank.

dampen, v. moisten, damp; check, repress, restrain, discourage,

depress.

damper, n. check, setback, wet blanket, discouragement, rebuff.

dampness, n. moisture, humidity.

dance, n. ballet, cotillion, quadrille, waltz, reel, fandango, polka,

two-step, polonaise, mazurka, schottische, allemande cancan, minuet,

courant, bolero, gavot. Associated Words: terpsichorean, Terpsichore,

choregraphy, dervish.

dancing-mania, n. epidemic chorea, choromania, cory-bantism

dander, n. (Slang) anger, resentment, ire, wrath, dudgeon.

dandified, a. foppish, coxcombical. Antonyms: slovenly, careless,

seedy.

dandy, n. fop, exquisite, dude, coxcomb, popinjay, incroyable,

jackadandy. Antonym: sloven.

danger, n. jeopardy, hazard, peril, insecurity, risk, exposure,

imminence, impediment. Antonyms: safety, immunity, security, shelter,

safeguard, protection.

dangerous, a. perilous, hazardous, risky, unsafe, critical, parlous,

imminent. Antonyms: See safe.

Danish Parliament. Rigsdag (Landsthing and Folkething).

dapper, a. spruce, trim, natty, spry, nimble.

dappled, a. piebald, spotted, pied, mottled.

dare, v. venture, presume; defy, challenge, stump.

dare, n. defiance, provocation, challenge.

dare-devil, a. reckless, rash, inconsiderate, venturesome.

dark, a. unilluminated, sunless, dusky, rayless, Cimmerian, pitchy,

tenebrific, murk, murky, dingy, shadowy, shady, mirky, lowering, overcast,

gloomy, sullen, Stygian, sombre; obscure, mysterious, incomprehensible,

recondite abstruse, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatical, occult; brunette,

swart, swarthy.

darken, v. shade, obscure, infuscate, shadow, becloud, obfuscate;

perplex, confuse; sully, tarnish, discolor.

darkness, n. obscurity, shadow, dimness, gloom, infuscation,

murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity; unenlightenment. Associated Words:

Erebus, Ahriman, Cimmerii.

dart, v. hurl, launch, jaculate; spring, dodge, bolt, shoot.

dash, n. collision, allision, crash; abashment, frustration;

infusion, smack, tincture, sprinkling; onset, rush, sally; energy,

animation, vigor; (Slang) parade, flourish, show, ostentation.

dashboard, n. splashboard, dasher.

dashing, a. spirited, bold, brilliant, ostentatious, gay; roaring,

rushing, headlong.

dastard, n. coward, craven, poltroon. See coward.

daub, v. smear, bedaub, besmear, soil, sully.

daughter, n. Associated Words: filial, filiation, filicide.

daunt, v. cow, intimidate, frighten, alarm, appall, dishearten,

scare.

dauntless, a. intrepid, valorous, daring, fearless.

dawn, n. daybreak, aurora, dayspring, sunrise.

day, n. daytime, nycthemeron; time, age, generation, epoch, era.

Associated Words: metemptosis, proemptosis, daily, diurnal, quotidian,

ephemeral, _sine die_, ferial, _per diem_.

day-blindness, n. nyctalopia.

day-dream, n. revery.

day scholar. extern.

day-sight, n. hemeralopia.

dazzle, v. daze, blind; bewilder, astonish, overpower.

dazzling, a. brilliant, intense, glaring.

deacon, n. Associated Words: diaconal, diaconate.

dead, a. lifeless, deceased, inanimate, defunct, extinct, departed;

inert, obtuse, impassive, callous, torpid, unfeeling, subdued.

dead body. See corpse.

deadborn a. stillborn.

deaden, v. blunt, benumb, hebetate, moderate; devitalize, subdue.

dead-house, n. morgue; ossuarium, charnel-house, mortuary, tomb.

deadly, a. fatal, mortal, lethal, lethiferous, noxious, internecine;

implacable, unrelenting.

deaf-mute, n. Associated Word: dactylology.

deal, v. distribute, apportion, dispense, allot; trade, traffic,

negotiate.

dealer, n. trader, dispenser, trafficker, retailer, shopkeeper,

merchant, monger, vender, tradesman, broker, mercer, commission dealer,

jobber.

dealing, n. distribution, apportionment; traffic, intercourse,

barter, business, transaction, negotiation, commerce, trade.

dear, a. costly, expensive, high-priced; beloved, darling, precious.

Antonyms: cheap, inexpensive.

dearth, n. scarcity, lack, deficiency, paucity, want. Antonyms: See

plenty.

death, n. decease, demise, dissolution, dying, mortality, expiration,

quietus, mort, obit, extinction; euthanasia (an easy death).

Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology,

thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous,

post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, _in

extremis_, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal,

casualty.

deathless, a. immortal, imperishable, undying.

death notice. obituary, necrology.

debar, v. preclude, exclude.

debase, v. degrade, deteriorate, abase, vitiate, corrupt, alloy,

humiliate.

debasement, n. degradation, abasement, deterioration, vitiation,

depravation.

debatable, a. contestable, moot, disputable, mooted, controvertible.

Antonyms: incontestable, indisputable, incontrovertible.

debate, v. argue, discuss, moot, contend, controvert.

debate, n. discussion, argument, moot, dispute, controversy,

disputation, forensic.

debauch, v. vitiate, deprave, corrupt, demoralize; ravish, rape.

debauch, n. debauchery, dissipation, abandon, drunkenness saturnalia,

orgies, bacchanals, lechery; rape. Antonyms: temperance, continence,

moderation.

debauched, a. dissolute, licentious, dissipated, corrupt.

debauchee, n. libertine, lecher, fornicator, rake, drunkard, satyr.

debauchery, n. lechery, libertinism, sensuality, licentiousness,

bestiality.

debonair, a. suave, courteous, urbane, complaisant, gracious.

debt, n. liability, due, obligation, debit. Antonyms: asset,

resource. Associated Words: garnishee, distrain, distress, debenture.

decadent, a. deteriorating, degenerating.--n. degenerate.

decay, v. decline, retrograde, deteriorate; rot, decompose, putrefy,

moulder.

decay, n. deterioration, corruption, decline, decadence, senescence,

retrogradation, decomposition, caducity; putrefaction, putrescence, rot;

eremacausis.

decayed, a. rotten, corrupt, putrefied, carious, putrescent,

decomposed.

decaying, a. rotting, corrupt, mouldering, decadent, putrefying,

carious. Antonym: imputrescible.

decease, n. demise, death.

deceased person. decedent.

deceit, n. deception, imposition, trickery, chicanery, artifice,

delusion, circumvention, guile, duplicity, imposture finesse,

dissimulation, cozenage, trumpery, fallacy.

deceitful, a. deceptive, illusive, insidious, fraudulent, wily,

artful, disingenuous.

deceivable, a. deceptible, gullible, credulous. Antonyms:

indeceptible, undeceivable.

deceive, v. delude, beguile, mislead, gull, impose upon, dupe,

circumvent, hoodwink, bamboozle. Antonyms: undeceive, disillusionize,

disabuse.

deceiver, n. impostor, charlatan, mountebank, swindler, knave,

cogger.

decency, n. propriety, seemliness, decorum, modesty, Antonyms: See

indecency.

decent, a. suitable, modest, decorous, seemly, respectable.

Antonyms: See indecent.

deception, n. imposition, craft, duplicity, deceit, hoax, fallacy,

ruse, imposture, artifice, illusion, prevarication, finesse,

dissimulation, cozenage, sophistry, coggery. Antonyms: guilelessness,

candor, disillusionment, fair dealing, sincerity.

deceptive, a. delusive, fallacious, deceitful, specious, insidious,

sophistical. Antonyms: guileless, candid, ingenuous, sincere, open.

decharm, v. disillusionize, disenchant, disabuse.

decide, v. determine, settle, conclude, resolve.

decided, a. unequivocal, determined, pronounced, unwavering,

positive, incontrovertible.

decision, n. determination, settlement, conclusion, verdict,

inference, deduction; firmness, resolution, constancy, steadfastness.

Antonyms: indecision, irresolution, vacillation.

decisive, a. conclusive, final, peremptory, summary.

deck, v. bedeck, bedizen, array.

declaration, n. assertion, affirmation, avowal, predication,

pronunciamento.

declare, v. affirm, assert, aver, state, asseverate, predicate.

decline, v. lean, incline, bend; languish, sink, wane, diminish,

decrease, deteriorate, retrograde; deviate, stray; shun, refuse.

decline, n. deterioration, retrogradation, diminution, retrogression,

degeneracy, declension, declination, decay; progressive emaciation,

marasmus. Antonyms: progress, advancement, improvement.

decolor, v. decolorate, decolorize.

decorate, v. embellish, adorn, beautify, ornament, garnish, enrich,

trim, bedizen, bedeck.

decorated, a. embellished, ornate, ornamented, trimmed. Antonyms:

See plain.

decoration, n. embellishment, garniture, bedizenment, adorning,

ornamentation, decking, insignia, regalia, purfling; paraphernalia.

decorative, a. ornamental, embellishing, adorning.

decoy, v. entice, lure, allure, ensnare, entrap.

decoy, n. lure, enticement, magnet, allurement.

decrease, n. decrement, diminution, reduction, decline, depreciation,

abatement, subsidence.

decrease, v. diminish, reduce, dwindle, subside, depreciate, abate,

wane.

decreasing, a. decrescent, diminishing, waning.

decrease of motion retardation.

decree, n. edict, fiat, mandate, decretal, rescript.--v. enact,

ordain, enjoin.

decrial, n. condemnation, disparagement, dispraise, detraction,

derogation, belittling.

decry, v. disparage, belittle.

dedicate, v. consecrate.

dedication, n. consecration. Associated Words: dedicate, dedicator,

dedicatorial, dedicatory, dedicatee.

deduct, v. subtract, rebate.

deduction, n. subtraction, discount; inference, conclusion,

corollary, illation.

deed, n. exploit, act, feat, perpetration, performance, stunt.

deed, n. Associated Words: defeasance, feoffment, muniment.

deep, a. profound, intricate, inexplicable, unfathomable,

incomprehensible, recondite, abstruse; abysmal; sagacious, cunning,

astute, shrewd; dark, intense; grave, grum, full-toned, guttural.

Antonyms: superficial, shallow.

deepen, v. intensify.

deer, n. Cervidæ; fallow deer, red deer, mule deer, reindeer; buck

(fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel, sore, spitter); (female) doe, roe;

(male red deer) stag, hart; hind, roe (female red deer); havier

(castrated); halfer; antelope hummel; staggard. Associated Words:

venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline.

deerhound, n. staghound.

deface, v. mar, disfigure, mutilate.

defacement, n. disfigurement, mutilation, marring.

defamation, n. calumny, libel, lampoon, traducement, roorback. See

slander.

defamatory, a. slanderous, calumnious, libellous, vituperative,

contumelious.

defame, v. calumniate, malign, vilify, lampoon, vituperate, slander.

defaulter, n. delinquent, peculator, embezzler, defalcator.

defeat, n. repulse, overthrow, vanquishment, foil, rout, frustration,

disappointment.

defeat, v. conquer, vanquish, repulse, discomfit, rout, checkmate,

outwit, balk, foil, frustrate.

defect, n. blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming,

infirmity.

defend, v. guard, protect, shield, secure, screen, shelter, fortify,

garrison, preserve, harbor, countenance; uphold, espouse, vindicate,

advocate, plead, justify, maintain.

defender, n. defendant, vindicator, advocate, champion, pleader,

asserter, upholder, guardian.

defense, n. protection, defending, maintenance; guard, protection,

palisade, rampart, bulwark, fortress, blockhouse, fortification,

earthwork, breastwork, shield, armor, stockade, buckler, redoubt, remblai,

palladium, garrison, ravelin, reliance, muniment, machicolation;

vindication, advocacy, plea, excuse. Antonyms: betrayal, exposure,

surrender, abandonment, capitulation.

defiance, n. challenge, provocation; opposition, insubmission,

contumacy, contempt, insubordination, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion,

recalcitration.

defiant, a. disobedient, insubmissive, contumacious, bellicose,

rebellious, contumelious, refractory, cockahoop, mutinous. Antonyms:

obedient, tractable, submissive.

deficiency, n. inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness.

deficient, a. defective, imperfect, meagre, scanty, inadequate,

insufficient.

defile, v. contaminate, pollute, soil, befoul, vitiate, taint,

corrupt, infect, sully.

defilement, n. contamination, pollution, vitiation, corruption.

definite, a. positive, specific, express, explicit, specified, exact,

precise. Antonyms: See indefinite.

definition, n. explanation, description; lexigraphy.

deformed, a. misshapen, disfigured, crippled.

deformity, n. malformation, disfigurement, unshapeliness distortion.

Associated Words: orthopedy, orthopraxy, orthopedic, orthopedist.

defraud, v. See cheat.

deft, a. dexterous, adroit, expert, skillful, apt, clever.

defy, v. challenge, dare; spurn, flout, scorn.

degeneracy, n. decline, degeneration, retrogression, deterioration.

degenerate, v. deteriorate, retrograde, decline.

degeneration, n. deterioration, decline, retrogradation, degeneracy,

vitiation.

degradation, n. abasement, debasement, disgrace, humiliation.

degrade, v. abase, debase, disgrace, pervert, humiliate, dishonor.

degraded, a. debased, low, shameful.

deiflcation, n. apotheosis.

deify, v. apotheosize.

deign, v. condescend, vouchsafe.

delay, n. deferring, deferment, procrastination, postponement,

respite, reprieve; retardation, retention, obstruction; dawdling,

lingering, dalliance. Antonyms: dispatch, promptness, expedition, haste.

delay, v. postpone, defer, procrastinate, suspend, reprieve, retard,

impede, hinder, obstruct; linger, tarry, dawdle, dally. Antonyms:

dispatch, hasten, expedite, facilitate.

delegate, v. depute, commission.

delegate, n. deputy, proxy, vicar, commissioner, legate, envoy,

appointee, surrogate.

deleterious, a. hurtful, noxious, pernicious.

deliberate, a. intentional, premeditated, prepense, done on purpose.

Antonyms: accidental, unconscious, unpremeditated, unintentional.

deliberation, n. consideration, discussion, consultation.

delicacy, n. daintiness, fineness, frailty, refinement,

fastidiousness, discrimination, sensitiveness; dainty, tidbit, junket.

Antonyms: indelicacy, coarseness, indiscrimination.

delicate, a. graceful, fine, exquisite, minute, slender; refined,

sensitive, fastidious, dainty; critical, ticklish. Antonyms: See

indelicate.

delicious, a. luscious, palatable, savory, exquisite, delightful.

Antonyms: unpalatable, nauseous, distasteful fulsome.

delighted, a. charmed, overjoyed, enraptured.

delightful, a. charming, enchanting, rapturous, beatific, ravishing,

delectable, pleasurable, delicious, congenial, enjoyable.

delirious, a. irrational. Antonyms: rational, lucid, sane.

delirium tremens. _mania a potu_, œnomania, the horrors (Colloq.).

deliverance, n. rescue, salvation, redemption; extrication,

acquittance.

delivery, n. rescue, release, liberation, deliverance, extrication;

surrender, conveyance, transfer, transmission.

delusion, n. illusion, deception, phantasm, hallucination, mockery,

ruse. Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment, reality, actuality,

fact.

demand, n. exaction, requisition, requirement, order, request.

demeanor, n. deportment, carriage, behavior, bearing, mien.

demerit, n. fault, wrongdoing, misconduct, delinquency.

demolish, v. See destroy.

demon, n. devil, fiend, Mara. Associated Words: demoniac,

demonocracy, pandemonium, demonology, sabbat, demonophobia, polydemonism,

demonism, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist.

demon worship. demonolatry.

demoralize, v. deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate.

demure, a. sedate, sober, staid, decorous.

den, n. cavern, cave, lair; retreat, haunt, squalid resort.

denial, n. negation, rejection, disclaimer, disavowal, controverting,

abjuration, disacknowledgment, refusal, abnegation, renunciation.

Antonyms: affirmation, acceptance, avowal, confession.

denote, v. signify, imply, indicate, betoken.

denouncing, n. denunciation.

dent, n. indentation.--v. indent.

denunciation, n. condemnation, arraignment, accusation, fulmination,

malediction, stigmatizing.

denunciatory, a. condemnatory, comminatory, fulminatory

deny, v. gainsay, contradict; disavow, disown, abjure, renounce,

abnegate.

department, n. division, section, part, category; district, precinct,

branch, province; station, sphere, capacity.

departure, n. deviation; retirement, withdrawal.

depend, v. lean, rely, trust.

dependable, a. trustworthy, trusty, reliable. Antonyms:

untrustworthy, unreliable.

dependant, n. retainer, vassal, minion, subject, feudatory, adherent,

satellite; corollary, consequence, concomitant.

dependence, n. suspension, dependency; reliance, trust; mainstay,

support; contingency.

dependent, a. conditioned, contingent. Antonyms: independent,

unconditioned.

depict, v. portray, delineate, describe, picture.

depiction, n. portrayal, delineation, description, picture.

deplore, v. lament, deprecate, bewail, regret, rue, bemoan.

deportment, n. behavior, conduct, demeanor.

deposit, n, deposition, sediment, precipitate, alluvium, alluvion,

diluvium. Associated Words: alluvial, diluvial.

depositary, n. trustee, guardian, fiduciary.

depository, n. storehouse, magazine, depot, warehouse, promptuary.

depot, n. depository, warehouse; station.

depredation, n. pillage, sacking, rapine, spoliation, plunder.

depredator, n. plunderer, pillager, despoiler, robber.

depressed, a. dejected, dispirited.

depression, n. cavity, hollow, indentation, concavity, dent;

dejection, discouragement, despondency, vapors, gloom; inactivity,

dullness.

deprive, v. dispossess, strip, divest, despoil.

depth, n. profundity; extent, measure, intensity; deep, abyss;

astuteness, shrewdness, acumen, discernment. Associated Words:

bathometer, bathymetry, bathymetric.

derelict, a. abandoned, forsaken; lost, adrift; careless, negligent,

remiss, delinquent.

deride, v. scoff, ridicule, mock, taunt, jeer, scout, jibe.

derision, n. ridicule, mockery, jeering.

derogatory, a. disparaging, detracting.

descendants, n. pl. progeny, posterity, offspring.

descent, n. descension; incursion, raid, foray; derivation, lineage,

extraction, parentage, birth; declivity, slope, decline; dismounting;

bathos; escarpment, scarp.

describe, v. delineate, depict.

description, n. delineation, depiction, portrayal; class, species,

sort, character.

desecrate, v. profane, pollute, secularize.

desecration, n. profanation, secularization.

desert, n. merit, meed, due.

desert, n. wilderness, wild. Associated Words: oasis, mirage,

caravan, caravansary, eremic.