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A aback aback - ADVERB Without adequate preparation short unaware unawares abandon abandon - NOUN A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences heedlessness thoughtlessness A complete surrender of inhibitions abandonment wildness incontinence wantonness abandon - VERB To cease trying to accomplish or continue stop give up quit discontinue forswear desist To give up a possession, claim, or right render yield surrender relinquish resign hand over waive renounce abdicate cede quitclaim To give up without intending to return or claim again leave desert quit throw over forsake To let (something) go yield surrender lay down relinquish hand over waive forgo To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse give over give up surrender abandoned abandoned - ADJ Having been given up and left alone forlorn derelict deserted forsaken Lacking in moral restraint wild uncontrolled uninhibited wanton ungoverned dissolute incontinent licentious profligate unbridled unconstrained unrestrained abandoned - VERB To cease trying to accomplish or continue stopped gave up/given up quit discontinued forswore/forsworn desisted To give up a possession, claim, or right rendered yielded surrendered relinquished resigned handed over waived renounced abdicated ceded quitclaimed To give up without intending to return or claim again left deserted quit threw over/thrown over forsook/forsaken To let (something) go yielded surrendered laid down relinquished handed over waived forwent/forgone To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse gave over/given over gave up/given up surrendered abandoning abandoning - VERB To cease trying to accomplish or continue stopping giving up quitting discontinuing forswearing desisting To give up a possession, claim, or right rendering yielding surrendering relinquishing resigning handing over waiving renouncing abdicating ceding quitclaiming To give up without intending to return or claim again leaving deserting quitting throwing over forsaking To let (something) go yielding surrendering laying down relinquishing handing over waiving forgoing To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse giving over giving up surrendering abandonment abandonment - NOUN A complete surrender of inhibitions abandon wildness incontinence wantonness A giving up of a possession, claim, or right surrender resignation renunciation abdication quitclaim waiver The act of forsaking desertion abandonments abandonments - NOUN A complete surrender of inhibitions abandons wildness incontinence wantonness A giving up of a possession, claim, or right surrenders resignations renunciations abdications quitclaims waivers The act of forsaking desertions abandons abandons - NOUN A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences heedlessness thoughtlessness A complete surrender of inhibitions abandonments wildness incontinence wantonness abandons - VERB To cease trying to accomplish or continue stops gives up quits discontinues forswears desists To give up a possession, claim, or right renders yields surrenders relinquishes resigns hands over waives renounces abdicates cedes quitclaims To give up without intending to return or claim again leaves deserts quits throws over forsakes To let (something) go yields surrenders lays down relinquishes hands over waives forgoes To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse gives over gives up surrenders abase abase - VERB To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness degrade humble humiliate demean abased abased - VERB To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness degraded humbled humiliated demeaned abases abases - VERB To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness degrades humbles humiliates demeans abash abash - VERB To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed confuse put out embarrass confound disconcert faze chagrin discomfort discountenance mortify abashed abashed - ADJ Distressed and ill at ease chagrined confounded disconcerted embarrassed mortified put-out abashed - VERB To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed confused put out embarrassed confounded disconcerted fazed chagrined discomforted discountenanced mortified abashes abashes - VERB To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed confuses puts out embarrasses confounds disconcerts fazes chagrins discomforts discountenances mortifies abashing abashing - VERB To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed confusing putting out embarrassing confounding disconcerting fazing chagrining discomforting discountenancing mortifying abasing abasing - VERB To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness degrading humbling humiliating demeaning abate abate - VERB To become less active or intense die let up fall off lapse subside slacken ebb wane relent ease off moderate To grow or cause to grow gradually less reduce let up decrease diminish lessen drain shrink dwindle ebb taper off peter out tail off abated abated - VERB To become less active or intense died let up fell off/fallen off lapsed subsided slackened ebbed waned relented eased off moderated To grow or cause to grow gradually less reduced let up decreased diminished lessened drained shrank/shrunk dwindled ebbed tapered off petered out tailed off abatement abatement - NOUN An amount deducted reduction deduction discount rebate The act or process of becoming less active or intense ebb letup slackening wane The act or process of decreasing reduction decrease decrement diminution diminishment letup abatements abatements - NOUN An amount deducted reductions deductions discounts rebates The act or process of becoming less active or intense ebbs letups slackenings wanes The act or process of decreasing reductions decreases decrements diminutions diminishments letups abates abates - VERB To become less active or intense dies lets up falls off lapses subsides slackens ebbs wanes relents eases off moderates To grow or cause to grow gradually less reduces lets up decreases diminishes lessens drains shrinks dwindles ebbs tapers off peters out tails off abating abating - VERB To become less active or intense dying letting up falling off lapsing subsiding slackening ebbing waning relenting easing off moderating To grow or cause to grow gradually less reducing letting up decreasing diminishing lessening draining shrinking dwindling ebbing tapering off petering out tailing off abbreviate abbreviate - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shorten crop curtail brief truncate abridge lop abbreviated abbreviated - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortened cropped curtailed briefed truncated abridged lopped abbreviates abbreviates - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortens crops curtails briefs truncates abridges lops abbreviating abbreviating - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortening cropping curtailing briefing truncating abridging lopping abdicate abdicate - VERB To give up a possession, claim, or right abandon render yield surrender relinquish resign hand over waive renounce cede quitclaim abdicated abdicated - VERB To give up a possession, claim, or right abandoned rendered yielded surrendered relinquished resigned handed over waived renounced ceded quitclaimed abdicates abdicates - VERB To give up a possession, claim, or right abandons renders yields surrenders relinquishes resigns hands over waives renounces cedes quitclaims abdicating abdicating - VERB To give up a possession, claim, or right abandoning rendering yielding surrendering relinquishing resigning handing over waiving renouncing ceding quitclaiming abdication abdication - NOUN A giving up of a possession, claim, or right surrender abandonment resignation renunciation quitclaim waiver abdications abdications - NOUN A giving up of a possession, claim, or right surrenders abandonments resignations renunciations quitclaims waivers abduct abduct - VERB To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully carry off kidnap spirit away abducted abducted - VERB To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully carried off kidnaped spirited away abducting abducting - VERB To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully carrying off kidnaping spiriting away abducts abducts - VERB To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully carries off kidnaps spirits away abecedarian abecedarian - NOUN One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit amateur dabbler dilettante nonprofessional tyro abecedarians abecedarians - NOUN One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit amateurs dabblers dilettantes nonprofessionals tyros aberrance aberrance - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviation aberration anomaly deviance abnormality deviancy preternaturalness aberrances aberrances - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviations aberrations anomalies deviances abnormalities deviancies preternaturalness aberrant aberrant - ADJ Departing from the normal unnatural divergent abnormal deviant anomalous atypical anomalistic deviating preternatural Straying from a proper course or standard deviating errant erring aberration aberration - NOUN A departure from what is prescribed departure deviation diversion divergence Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely alienation mania insanity madness derangement unbalance craziness dementia insaneness lunacy The condition of being abnormal deviation anomaly deviance abnormality aberrance deviancy preternaturalness aberrations aberrations - NOUN A departure from what is prescribed departures deviations diversions divergences Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely alienations manias insanities madness derangements unbalances craziness dementias insaneness lunacies The condition of being abnormal deviations anomalies deviances abnormalities aberrances deviancies preternaturalness abet abet - VERB To give support or assistance help aid assist help out succor abets abets - VERB To give support or assistance helps aids assists helps out succors abetted abetted - VERB To give support or assistance helped aided assisted helped out succored abetting abetting - VERB To give support or assistance helping aiding assisting helping out succoring abeyance abeyance - NOUN The condition of being temporarily inactive suspension intermission remission dormancy latency quiescence abeyances abeyances - NOUN The condition of being temporarily inactive suspensions intermissions remissions dormancies latencies quiescences abeyant abeyant - ADJ Existing in a temporarily inactive and hidden form latent dormant quiescent remittent abhor abhor - VERB To regard with utter contempt and disdain despise disdain sneer scorn contemn abhorred abhorred - VERB To regard with utter contempt and disdain despised disdained sneered scorned contemned abhorrence abhorrence - NOUN A feeling of fear and repugnance horror revulsion repulsion aversion Extreme hostility and dislike hatred hate revulsion repulsion detestation loathing repugnance abomination abhorrent abhorrent - ADJ Deserving strong condemnation vile infamous foul shocking detestable reprehensible perfidious despicable So objectionable as to elicit despisal low sorry mean filthy wretched nasty obnoxious shabby vile disgusting loathsome foul odious contemptible detestable reprehensible rotten repugnant despicable abhorring abhorring - VERB To regard with utter contempt and disdain despising disdaining sneering scorning contemning abhors abhors - VERB To regard with utter contempt and disdain despises disdains sneers scorns contemns abide abide - VERB To continue to be in a place remain wait stay linger bide tarry To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period live dwell reside inhabit bide domicile To put up with take stand bear accept support suffer sustain endure swallow tolerate brook stomach To remain in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time continue go on hold out last endure persist To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave wait pause linger bide tarry abide by abide by - VERB To act in conformity with follow keep observe mind obey conform comply adhere abided abided - VERB To continue to be in a place remained waited stayed lingered bided tarried To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period lived dwelled/dwelt resided inhabited bided domiciled To put up with took/taken stood bore/borne accepted supported suffered sustained endured swallowed tolerated brooked stomached To remain in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time continued went on/gone on held out lasted endured persisted To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waited paused lingered bided tarried abided by abided by - VERB To act in conformity with followed kept observed minded obeyed conformed complied adhered abides abides - VERB To continue to be in a place remains waits stays lingers bides tarries To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period lives dwells resides inhabits bides domiciles To put up with takes stands bears accepts supports suffers sustains endures swallows tolerates brooks stomachs To remain in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time continues goes on holds out lasts endures persists To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waits pauses lingers bides tarries abides by abides by - VERB To act in conformity with follows keeps observes minds obeys conforms complies adheres abiding abiding - ADJ Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time old perennial inveterate long-lived lasting continuing enduring long-lasting long-standing abiding - VERB To continue to be in a place remaining waiting staying lingering biding tarrying To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period living dwelling residing inhabiting biding domiciling To put up with taking standing bearing accepting supporting suffering sustaining enduring swallowing tolerating brooking stomaching To remain in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time continuing going on holding out lasting enduring persisting To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waiting pausing lingering biding tarrying abiding by abiding by - VERB To act in conformity with following keeping observing minding obeying conforming complying adhering abilities abilities - NOUN Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity skills commands crafts masteries knacks expertise proficiencies adeptness expertness Physical, mental, financial, or legal power to perform capacities faculties capabilities competences might ability ability - NOUN Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity skill command craft mastery knack expertise proficiency adeptness expertness Physical, mental, financial, or legal power to perform capacity faculty capability competence might abjuration abjuration - NOUN A formal statement of disavowal retraction palinode recantation abjurations abjurations - NOUN A formal statement of disavowal retractions palinodes recantations abjure abjure - VERB To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally take back recall withdraw retract forswear recant abjured abjured - VERB To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally took back/taken back recalled withdrew/withdrawn retracted forswore/forsworn recanted abjures abjures - VERB To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally takes back recalls withdraws retracts forswears recants abjuring abjuring - VERB To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally taking back recalling withdrawing retracting forswearing recanting ablaze ablaze - ADJ On fire fiery aflame alight afire blazing burning flaming flaring ignited able able - ADJ Having the ability to perform well good capable skilled competent skillful proficient adept qualified able-bodied able-bodied - ADJ Physically strong and healthy sturdy strapping abnormal abnormal - ADJ Departing from the normal unnatural divergent aberrant deviant anomalous atypical anomalistic deviating preternatural abnormalities abnormalities - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviations aberrations anomalies deviances aberrances deviancies preternaturalness abnormality abnormality - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviation aberration anomaly deviance aberrance deviancy preternaturalness abode abode - NOUN A building or shelter where one lives house place home dwelling domicile habitation lodgings abodes abodes - NOUN A building or shelter where one lives houses places homes dwellings domiciles habitations lodgings abolish abolish - VERB To destroy all traces of remove clear liquidate erase exterminate wipe out rub out obliterate eradicate extinguish extirpate stamp out root out annihilate uproot blot out snuff out To put an end to formally and with authority set aside cancel invalidate nullify repeal rescind negate vitiate abrogate annihilate void annul abolished abolished - VERB To destroy all traces of removed cleared liquidated erased exterminated wiped out rubbed out obliterated eradicated extinguished extirpated stamped out rooted out annihilated uprooted blotted out snuffed out To put an end to formally and with authority set aside canceled invalidated nullified repealed rescinded negated vitiated abrogated annihilated voided annulled abolishes abolishes - VERB To destroy all traces of removes clears liquidates erases exterminates wipes out rubs out obliterates eradicates extinguishes extirpates stamps out roots out annihilates uproots blots out snuffs out To put an end to formally and with authority sets aside cancels invalidates nullifies repeals rescinds negates vitiates abrogates annihilates voids annuls abolishing abolishing - VERB To destroy all traces of removing clearing liquidating erasing exterminating wiping out rubbing out obliterating eradicating extinguishing extirpating stamping out rooting out annihilating uprooting blotting out snuffing out To put an end to formally and with authority setting aside canceling invalidating nullifying repealing rescinding negating vitiating abrogating annihilating voiding annulling abolishment abolishment - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeal annihilation negation abrogation annulment invalidation nullification rescission abolition abolition - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to repeal annihilation negation abolishment abrogation annulment invalidation nullification rescission abominable abominable - ADJ Eliciting or deserving hate hateful odious horrid Too awful to be described frightful unspeakable shocking revolting nauseating sickening abominate abominate - VERB To regard with extreme dislike and hostility hate despise loathe detest execrate abominated abominated - VERB To regard with extreme dislike and hostility hated despised loathed detested execrated abominates abominates - VERB To regard with extreme dislike and hostility hates despises loathes detests execrates abominating abominating - VERB To regard with extreme dislike and hostility hating despising loathing detesting execrating abomination abomination - NOUN An object of extreme dislike hate detestation anathema bugbear Extreme hostility and dislike hatred hate revulsion repulsion detestation loathing repugnance abhorrence abominations abominations - NOUN An object of extreme dislike hates detestations anathemas bugbears Extreme hostility and dislike hatreds hates revulsion repulsion detestations loathing repugnance abhorrence aboriginal aboriginal - ADJ Belonging to one because of the place or circumstances of one's birth native indigenous endemic abort abort - VERB To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely miscarry aborted aborted - VERB To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely miscarried aborting aborting - VERB To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely miscarrying aborts aborts - VERB To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely miscarries abound abound - VERB To be crowded or thick with crawl bristle swarm teem abounded abounded - VERB To be crowded or thick with crawled bristled swarmed teemed abounding abounding - ADJ Full of animation and activity alive replete overflowing rife teeming abounding - VERB To be crowded or thick with crawling bristling swarming teeming abounds abounds - VERB To be crowded or thick with crawls bristles swarms teems about about - ADVERB In or toward a former location or condition back around backward round rearward Near to in quantity or amount almost nearly approximately roughly about-face about-face - VERB To turn sharply around reverse double about-faced about-faced - VERB To turn sharply around reversed doubled about-faces about-faces - VERB To turn sharply around reverses doubles about-facing about-facing - VERB To turn sharply around reversing doubling abracadabra abracadabra - NOUN Esoteric, formulaic, and often incomprehensible speech relating to the occult gibberish hocus-pocus Wordy, unclear jargon double-talk gobbledygook gibberish abrade abrade - VERB To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction fret chafe excoriate gall abraded abraded - VERB To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction fretted chafed excoriated galled abrades abrades - VERB To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction frets chafes excoriates galls abrading abrading - VERB To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction fretting chafing excoriating galling abridge abridge - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shorten crop curtail brief truncate abbreviate lop abridged abridged - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortened cropped curtailed briefed truncated abbreviated lopped abridges abridges - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortens crops curtails briefs truncates abbreviates lops abridging abridging - VERB To make short or shorter by or as if by cutting shortening cropping curtailing briefing truncating abbreviating lopping abridgment abridgment - NOUN A short summary prepared by cutting down a larger work brief condensation abstract synopsis abridgments abridgments - NOUN A short summary prepared by cutting down a larger work briefs condensations abstracts synopses abrogate abrogate - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority set aside cancel abolish invalidate nullify repeal rescind negate vitiate annihilate void annul abrogated abrogated - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority set aside canceled abolished invalidated nullified repealed rescinded negated vitiated annihilated voided annulled abrogates abrogates - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority sets aside cancels abolishes invalidates nullifies repeals rescinds negates vitiates annihilates voids annuls abrogating abrogating - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority setting aside canceling abolishing invalidating nullifying repealing rescinding negating vitiating annihilating voiding annulling abrogation abrogation - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeal annihilation negation abolishment annulment invalidation nullification rescission abrogations abrogations - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeals annihilations negations abolishment annulments invalidations nullifications rescissions abrupt abrupt - ADJ Happening quickly and without warning sudden hasty hurried precipitate Rudely unceremonious short brief blunt gruff curt snippy brusque short-spoken snippety So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular bold sheer steep arduous precipitate precipitous abscond abscond - VERB To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation get away fly escape run away flee break out skip decamp absconded absconded - VERB To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation got away/gotten away flew/flown escaped ran away/run away fled broke out/broken out skipped decamped absconding absconding - VERB To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation getting away flying escaping running away fleeing breaking out skipping decamping absconds absconds - VERB To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation gets away flies escapes runs away flees breaks out skips decamps absence absence - NOUN Failure to be present nonappearance nonattendance The condition of lacking a usual or needed amount lack deficiency want defect dearth absences absences - NOUN Failure to be present nonappearance nonattendance The condition of lacking a usual or needed amount lacks deficiencies wants defects dearths absent absent - ADJ Not present away gone missing So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings absent-minded inattentive abstracted bemused faraway preoccupied absent-minded absent-minded - ADJ So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings absent inattentive abstracted bemused faraway preoccupied absolute absolute - ADJ Completely such, without qualification or exception complete total perfect pure thorough sheer all-out outright unrelieved consummate downright thoroughgoing unqualified unbounded arrant flat-out out-and-out unequivocal unmitigated Free from extraneous elements perfect pure plain sheer unadulterated undiluted unmixed Having and exercising complete political power and control arbitrary totalitarian autocratic dictatorial tyrannical absolutist despotic tyrannous Supremely excellent in quality or nature perfect impeccable consummate flawless faultless unflawed Without limitations or mitigating conditions unconditional unqualified unconditioned unreserved absolutely absolutely - ADVERB In truth really actually indeed positively Without question certainly doubtless positively absolution absolution - NOUN The act or an instance of forgiving forgiveness pardon remission amnesty condonation exculpation absolutions absolutions - NOUN The act or an instance of forgiving forgivenesses pardons remissions amnesties condonations exculpations absolutism absolutism - NOUN A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives dictatorship autocracy A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorship despotism autocracy totalitarianism authoritarianism absolutisms absolutisms - NOUN A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives dictatorships autocracies A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorships despotisms autocracies totalitarianisms authoritarianisms absolutist absolutist - ADJ Having and exercising complete political power and control absolute arbitrary totalitarian autocratic dictatorial tyrannical despotic tyrannous absolve absolve - VERB To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clear vindicate exonerate acquit exculpate To free from an obligation or duty let off relieve spare discharge excuse dispense exempt absolved absolved - VERB To free from a charge or imputation of guilt cleared vindicated exonerated acquitted exculpated To free from an obligation or duty let off relieved spared discharged excused dispensed exempted absolves absolves - VERB To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clears vindicates exonerates acquits exculpates To free from an obligation or duty lets off relieves spares discharges excuses dispenses exempts absolving absolving - VERB To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clearing vindicating exonerating acquitting exculpating To free from an obligation or duty letting off relieving sparing discharging excusing dispensing exempting absorb absorb - VERB To occupy the full attention of consume preoccupy monopolize engross To take in (moisture or liquid) drink imbibe soak up sop To take in and incorporate, especially mentally assimilate digest imbibe soak up absorbed absorbed - ADJ Having one's thoughts fully occupied deep intent rapt consumed engrossed immersed preoccupied wrapped up absorbed - VERB To occupy the full attention of consumed preoccupied monopolized engrossed To take in (moisture or liquid) drank/drunk imbibed soaked up sopped To take in and incorporate, especially mentally assimilated digested imbibed soaked up absorbent absorbent - ADJ Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up absorptive assimilative absorbing absorbing - ADJ Catching and holding the full attention engrossing enthralling consuming gripping absorbing - VERB To occupy the full attention of consuming preoccupying monopolizing engrossing To take in (moisture or liquid) drinking imbibing soaking up sopping To take in and incorporate, especially mentally assimilating digesting imbibing soaking up absorbs absorbs - VERB To occupy the full attention of consumes preoccupies monopolizes engrosses To take in (moisture or liquid) drinks imbibes soaks up sops To take in and incorporate, especially mentally assimilates digests imbibes soaks up absorption absorption - NOUN The process of absorbing and incorporating assimilation digestion Total occupation of the attention or of the mind preoccupation engrossment enthrallment absorptions absorptions - NOUN The process of absorbing and incorporating assimilations digestions Total occupation of the attention or of the mind preoccupations engrossments enthrallments absorptive absorptive - ADJ Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up absorbent assimilative abstain abstain - VERB To hold oneself back keep hold off withhold refrain forbear abstained abstained - VERB To hold oneself back kept held off withheld refrained forbore/forborne abstaining abstaining - VERB To hold oneself back keeping holding off withholding refraining forbearing abstains abstains - VERB To hold oneself back keeps holds off withholds refrains forbears abstemious abstemious - ADJ Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior sober temperate abstinent continent abstinence abstinence - NOUN The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic beverages sobriety temperance soberness teetotalism abstinent abstinent - ADJ Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior sober temperate abstemious continent abstract abstract - ADJ Concerned with or restricted to a theory or theories academic theoretical speculative Existing only in concept and not in reality ideal theoretical hypothetical transcendent transcendental abstract - NOUN A short summary prepared by cutting down a larger work brief condensation abridgment synopsis abstract - VERB To recapitulate the salient facts of go over run down run through review summarize epitomize sum up recap To remove from association with withdraw detach dissociate disassociate abstracted abstracted - ADJ So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings absent absent-minded inattentive bemused faraway preoccupied abstracted - VERB To recapitulate the salient facts of went over/gone over ran down/run down ran through/run through reviewed summarized epitomized summed up recapped To remove from association with withdrew/withdrawn detached dissociated disassociated abstracting abstracting - VERB To recapitulate the salient facts of going over running down running through reviewing summarizing epitomizing summing up recapping To remove from association with withdrawing detaching dissociating disassociating abstraction abstraction - NOUN The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings study trance reverie abstractions abstractions - NOUN The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings studies trances reveries abstracts abstracts - NOUN A short summary prepared by cutting down a larger work briefs condensations abridgments synopses abstracts - VERB To recapitulate the salient facts of goes over runs down runs through reviews summarizes epitomizes sums up recaps To remove from association with withdraws detaches dissociates disassociates abstruse abstruse - ADJ Beyond the understanding of an average mind deep profound esoteric recondite absurd absurd - ADJ So senseless as to be laughable mad crazy fantastic foolish silly insane preposterous idiotic lunatic nonsensical feeble-minded harebrained tomfool unearthly zany absurdities absurdities - NOUN Foolish behavior follies insanities foolishness idiocy craziness foolery lunacies preposterousness senselessness silliness tomfooleries absurdity absurdity - NOUN Foolish behavior folly insanity foolishness idiocy craziness foolery lunacy preposterousness senselessness silliness tomfoolery abundance abundance - NOUN Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities plenty plenitude bountifulness abundant abundant - ADJ Characterized by abundance liberal generous ample plentiful copious bounteous bountiful plenteous Large in number or yield heavy substantial voluminous copious abuse abuse - NOUN Harsh, often insulting language railing billingsgate contumely invective obloquy revilement scurrility vituperation Physically harmful treatment maltreatment mistreatment Wrong, often corrupt use misuse misapplication misappropriation mishandling perversion abuse - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language assail revile rail at vituperate To hurt or injure by maltreatment misuse maltreat mishandle mistreat To take advantage of unfairly impose presume exploit To use wrongly and improperly misuse pervert misapply misappropriate mishandle abused abused - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language assailed reviled railed at vituperated To hurt or injure by maltreatment misused maltreated mishandled mistreated To take advantage of unfairly imposed presumed exploited To use wrongly and improperly misused perverted misapplied misappropriated mishandled abuses abuses - NOUN Harsh, often insulting language railings billingsgate contumelies invectives obloquies revilement scurrilities vituperations Physically harmful treatment maltreatments mistreatments Wrong, often corrupt use misuses misapplications misappropriations mishandling perversions abuses - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language assails reviles rails at vituperates To hurt or injure by maltreatment misuses maltreats mishandles mistreats To take advantage of unfairly imposes presumes exploits To use wrongly and improperly misuses perverts misapplies misappropriates mishandles abusing abusing - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language assailing reviling railing at vituperating To hurt or injure by maltreatment misusing maltreating mishandling mistreating To take advantage of unfairly imposing presuming exploiting To use wrongly and improperly misusing perverting misapplying misappropriating mishandling abusive abusive - ADJ Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse scurrilous contumelious invective opprobrious reviling vituperative abut abut - VERB To be contiguous or next to meet touch neighbor adjoin bound border butt juxtapose verge abuts abuts - VERB To be contiguous or next to meets touches neighbors adjoins bounds borders butts juxtaposes verges abutted abutted - VERB To be contiguous or next to met touched neighbored adjoined bounded bordered butted juxtaposed verged abutting abutting - ADJ Sharing a common boundary adjacent touching contiguous adjoining bordering conterminous juxtaposed meeting neighboring next abutting - VERB To be contiguous or next to meeting touching neighboring adjoining bounding bordering butting juxtaposing verging abysmal abysmal - ADJ Extending far downward or inward from a surface deep profound Open wide cavernous abyssal gaping yawning abyssal abyssal - ADJ Open wide abysmal cavernous gaping yawning academic academic - ADJ Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters scholastic pedantic bookish donnish formalistic inkhorn Concerned with or restricted to a theory or theories abstract theoretical speculative accede accede - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accept agree consent acquiesce assent acceded acceded - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepted agreed consented acquiesced assented accedes accedes - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepts agrees consents acquiesces assents acceding acceding - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepting agreeing consenting acquiescing assenting accelerate accelerate - VERB To increase the speed of hurry speed hasten step up quicken speed up expedite accelerated accelerated - VERB To increase the speed of hurried sped hastened stepped up quickened sped up expedited accelerates accelerates - VERB To increase the speed of hurries speeds hastens steps up quickens speeds up expedites accelerating accelerating - VERB To increase the speed of hurrying speeding hastening stepping up quickening speeding up expediting accent accent - NOUN A particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling tone intonation inflection Special weight placed upon something considered important stress emphasis accentuation accent - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasize stress feature point up underline accentuate underscore italicize accented accented - ADJ Expressed or performed with emphasis forceful emphatic resounding accentuated underlined underscored accented - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasized stressed featured pointed up underlined accentuated underscored italicized accenting accenting - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasizing stressing featuring pointing up underlining accentuating underscoring italicizing accents accents - NOUN A particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling tones intonations inflections Special weight placed upon something considered important stresses emphases accentuations accents - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasizes stresses features points up underlines accentuates underscores italicizes accentuate accentuate - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasize stress feature point up underline underscore accent italicize accentuated accentuated - ADJ Expressed or performed with emphasis forceful emphatic resounding accented underlined underscored accentuated - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasized stressed featured pointed up underlined underscored accented italicized accentuates accentuates - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasizes stresses features points up underlines underscores accents italicizes accentuating accentuating - VERB To accord emphasis to emphasizing stressing featuring pointing up underlining underscoring accenting italicizing accentuation accentuation - NOUN Special weight placed upon something considered important stress emphasis accent accentuations accentuations - NOUN Special weight placed upon something considered important stresses emphases accents accept accept - VERB To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness take receive To allow admittance, as to a group receive take in admit To be favorably disposed toward go for approve favor subscribe to countenance To perceive and recognize the meaning of see follow read understand make out take in catch conceive grasp comprehend apprehend fathom compass To put up with take stand bear support suffer sustain endure swallow abide tolerate brook stomach To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly take up welcome embrace To regard (something) as true or real believe To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance agree consent acquiesce assent accede acceptable acceptable - ADJ Capable of being accepted admissible unobjectionable Of moderately good quality but less than excellent common fair adequate average sufficient satisfactory respectable decent indifferent tolerable passable acceptance acceptance - NOUN Favorable regard favor approval approbation The act or process of accepting agreement consent nod acquiescence assent acceptances acceptances - NOUN Favorable regard favors approvals approbation The act or process of accepting agreements consents nods acquiescences assents acceptation acceptation - NOUN That which is signified by a word or expression value sense meaning message significance import intent purport signification acceptations acceptations - NOUN That which is signified by a word or expression values senses meanings messages significances imports intents purports significations accepted accepted - ADJ Generally approved or agreed upon conventional orthodox received sanctioned accepted - VERB To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness took/taken received To allow admittance, as to a group received took in/taken in admitted To be favorably disposed toward went for/gone for approved favored subscribed to countenanced To perceive and recognize the meaning of saw/seen followed read understood made out took in/taken in caught conceived grasped comprehended apprehended fathomed compassed To put up with took/taken stood bore/borne supported suffered sustained endured swallowed abided tolerated brooked stomached To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly took up/taken up welcomed embraced To regard (something) as true or real believed To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance agreed consented acquiesced assented acceded accepting accepting - VERB To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness taking receiving To allow admittance, as to a group receiving taking in admitting To be favorably disposed toward going for approving favoring subscribing to countenancing To perceive and recognize the meaning of seeing following reading understanding making out taking in catching conceiving grasping comprehending apprehending fathoming compassing To put up with taking standing bearing supporting suffering sustaining enduring swallowing abiding tolerating brooking stomaching To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly taking up welcoming embracing To regard (something) as true or real believing To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance agreeing consenting acquiescing assenting acceding accepts accepts - VERB To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness takes receives To allow admittance, as to a group receives takes in admits To be favorably disposed toward goes for approves favors subscribes to countenances To perceive and recognize the meaning of sees follows reads understands makes out takes in catches conceives grasps comprehends apprehends fathoms compasses To put up with takes stands bears supports suffers sustains endures swallows abides tolerates brooks stomachs To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly takes up welcomes embraces To regard (something) as true or real believes To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance agrees consents acquiesces assents accedes access access - NOUN A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease attack seizure The right to enter or make use of entrance entry admission admittance entree ingress accesses accesses - NOUN A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease attacks seizures The right to enter or make use of entrances entries admissions admittances entrees ingresses accessible accessible - ADJ Available for use open usable operative practicable employable Easily approached warm friendly responsive approachable welcoming accession accession - NOUN Something tending to augment something else addition augmentation accessions accessions - NOUN Something tending to augment something else additions augmentations accessories accessories - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplements attachments adjuncts accessory accessory - ADJ Giving or able to give help or support auxiliary ancillary contributory subsidiary assisting collateral helping accessory - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplement attachment adjunct accident accident - NOUN An unexpected and usually undesirable event misfortune casualty mishap contretemps misadventure mischance An unexpected random event chance happenstance fluke fortuity accidental accidental - ADJ Not part of the essential nature of a thing foreign alien incidental extraneous adventitious extrinsic Occurring unexpectedly odd casual inadvertent chance contingent fluky fortuitous accidents accidents - NOUN An unexpected and usually undesirable event misfortunes casualties mishaps contretemps misadventures mischances An unexpected random event chances happenstances flukes fortuities acclaim acclaim - NOUN An expression of warm approval applause praise compliment acclamation commendation kudos plaudit acclaim - VERB To express warm approval of praise commend applaud compliment laud To pay tribute or homage to honor celebrate praise hail magnify exalt glorify eulogize venerate extol laud acclaimed acclaimed - VERB To express warm approval of praised commended applauded complimented lauded To pay tribute or homage to honored celebrated praised hailed magnified exalted glorified eulogized venerated extolled lauded acclaiming acclaiming - VERB To express warm approval of praising commending applauding complimenting lauding To pay tribute or homage to honoring celebrating praising hailing magnifying exalting glorifying eulogizing venerating extolling lauding acclaims acclaims - NOUN An expression of warm approval applause praises compliments acclamations commendations kudos plaudits acclaims - VERB To express warm approval of praises commends applauds compliments lauds To pay tribute or homage to honors celebrates praises hails magnifies exalts glorifies eulogizes venerates extols lauds acclamation acclamation - NOUN An expression of warm approval applause praise compliment acclaim commendation kudos plaudit acclamations acclamations - NOUN An expression of warm approval applause praises compliments acclaims commendations kudos plaudits acclimate acclimate - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjust suit adapt accommodate conform square fashion reconcile tailor acclimatize To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure harden stiffen season acclimatize caseharden toughen acclimated acclimated - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjusted suited adapted accommodated conformed squared fashioned reconciled tailored acclimatized To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardened stiffened seasoned acclimatized casehardened toughened acclimates acclimates - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fits adjusts suits adapts accommodates conforms squares fashions reconciles tailors acclimatizes To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardens stiffens seasons acclimatizes casehardens toughens acclimating acclimating - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fitting adjusting suiting adapting accommodating conforming squaring fashioning reconciling tailoring acclimatizing To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardening stiffening seasoning acclimatizing casehardening toughening acclimation acclimation - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment adaptation acclimatization acclimations acclimations - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment adaptations acclimatizations acclimatization acclimatization - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment adaptation acclimation acclimatizations acclimatizations - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment adaptations acclimations acclimatize acclimatize - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjust suit adapt accommodate conform square fashion reconcile tailor acclimate To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure harden stiffen season acclimate caseharden toughen acclimatized acclimatized - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjusted suited adapted accommodated conformed squared fashioned reconciled tailored acclimated To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardened stiffened seasoned acclimated casehardened toughened acclimatizes acclimatizes - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fits adjusts suits adapts accommodates conforms squares fashions reconciles tailors acclimates To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardens stiffens seasons acclimates casehardens toughens acclimatizing acclimatizing - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fitting adjusting suiting adapting accommodating conforming squaring fashioning reconciling tailoring acclimating To make resistant to hardship, especially through continued exposure hardening stiffening seasoning acclimating casehardening toughening acclivities acclivities - NOUN An upward slope grades rises slopes gradients ascents acclivity acclivity - NOUN An upward slope grade rise slope gradient ascent accolade accolade - NOUN Recognition of achievement or superiority or a sign of this honor distinction kudos laurels accolades accolades - NOUN Recognition of achievement or superiority or a sign of this honors distinctions kudos laurels accommodate accommodate - VERB To bring into accord coordinate integrate conform reconcile tune attune harmonize proportion To have the room or capacity for hold contain To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjust suit adapt conform square fashion reconcile tailor acclimatize acclimate To perform a service or a courteous act favor oblige To provide with often temporary lodging house put up board harbor room bed domicile berth billet bunk quarter accommodated accommodated - VERB To bring into accord coordinated integrated conformed reconciled tuned attuned harmonized proportioned To have the room or capacity for held contained To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjusted suited adapted conformed squared fashioned reconciled tailored acclimatized acclimated To perform a service or a courteous act favored obliged To provide with often temporary lodging housed put up boarded harbored roomed bedded domiciled berthed billeted bunked quartered accommodates accommodates - VERB To bring into accord coordinates integrates conforms reconciles tunes attunes harmonizes proportions To have the room or capacity for holds contains To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fits adjusts suits adapts conforms squares fashions reconciles tailors acclimatizes acclimates To perform a service or a courteous act favors obliges To provide with often temporary lodging houses puts up boards harbors rooms beds domiciles berths billets bunks quarters accommodating accommodating - ADJ Ready to do favors for another agreeable indulgent complaisant obliging accommodating - VERB To bring into accord coordinating integrating conforming reconciling tuning attuning harmonizing proportioning To have the room or capacity for holding containing To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fitting adjusting suiting adapting conforming squaring fashioning reconciling tailoring acclimatizing acclimating To perform a service or a courteous act favoring obliging To provide with often temporary lodging housing putting up boarding harboring rooming bedding domiciling berthing billeting bunking quartering accommodation accommodation - NOUN The condition of being made suitable to an end adjustment adaptation conformation accommodations accommodations - NOUN The condition of being made suitable to an end adjustments adaptations conformations accompanied accompanied - VERB To be with or go with (another) attended escorted companioned accompanies accompanies - VERB To be with or go with (another) attends escorts companions accompaniment accompaniment - NOUN One that accompanies another companion associate attendant concomitant Something added to another for embellishment or completion complement enrichment augmentation enhancement accompaniments accompaniments - NOUN One that accompanies another companions associates attendants concomitants Something added to another for embellishment or completion complements enrichments augmentations enhancements accompany accompany - VERB To be with or go with (another) attend escort companion accompanying accompanying - ADJ Occurring in company with concurrent attendant attending coincident concomitant accompanying - VERB To be with or go with (another) attending escorting companioning accomplish accomplish - VERB To succeed in doing reach realize achieve attain score accomplished accomplished - ADJ Very proficient as a result of practice and study skilled finished practiced accomplished - VERB To succeed in doing reached realized achieved attained scored accomplishes accomplishes - VERB To succeed in doing reaches realizes achieves attains scores accomplishing accomplishing - VERB To succeed in doing reaching realizing achieving attaining scoring accomplishment accomplishment - NOUN Something completed successfully achievement acquisition attainment feat acquirement Something done thing action act deed doing The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted success successfulness accomplishments accomplishments - NOUN Something completed successfully achievements acquisitions attainments feats acquirements Something done things actions acts deeds doings The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted successes successfulness accord accord - NOUN A formal, usually written settlement between nations agreement convention treaty pact concord An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreement understanding arrangement bargain pact Harmonious mutual understanding agreement harmony tune concurrence rapport consonance concord concordance Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds concert harmony tune concord The quality or condition of being in complete mutual agreement consensus unanimity accord - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence agree fit match correspond conform square check out comport rhyme tally harmonize To come to an understanding or to terms agree get together coincide concur harmonize To give formally or officially present grant award confer bestow To let have as a favor or privilege give grant concede award vouchsafe accordance accordance - NOUN The act of conferring, as of an honor conference presentation bestowal conferment conferral The act or state of agreeing or conforming agreement correspondence conformity conformation conformance tallying accordances accordances - NOUN The act of conferring, as of an honor conferences presentations bestowals conferments conferrals The act or state of agreeing or conforming agreements correspondences conformities conformations conformances tallyings accorded accorded - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence agreed fit matched corresponded conformed squared checked out comported rhymed tallied harmonized To come to an understanding or to terms agreed got together/gotten together coincided concurred harmonized To give formally or officially presented granted awarded conferred bestowed To let have as a favor or privilege gave/given granted conceded awarded vouchsafed according according - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence agreeing fitting matching corresponding conforming squaring checking out comporting rhyming tallying harmonizing To come to an understanding or to terms agreeing getting together coinciding concurring harmonizing To give formally or officially presenting granting awarding conferring bestowing To let have as a favor or privilege giving granting conceding awarding vouchsafing accords accords - NOUN A formal, usually written settlement between nations agreements conventions treaties pacts concords An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreements understandings arrangements bargains pacts Harmonious mutual understanding agreements harmonies tunes concurrences rapports consonances concords concordances Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds concerts harmonies tunes concords The quality or condition of being in complete mutual agreement consensuses unanimity accords - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence agrees fits matches corresponds conforms squares checks out comports rhymes tallies harmonizes To come to an understanding or to terms agrees gets together coincides concurs harmonizes To give formally or officially presents grants awards confers bestows To let have as a favor or privilege gives grants concedes awards vouchsafes account account - NOUN A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respect consideration honor favor regard appreciation admiration esteem estimation A harbored grievance demanding satisfaction score A measure of those qualities that determine merit, desirability, usefulness, or importance value worth valuation A precise list of fees or charges statement bill reckoning invoice tab A recounting of past events history story statement report description version narrative chronicle A statement of causes or motives reason explanation justification rationale rationalization The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end use advantage benefit profit utility usefulness avail account - VERB To look upon in a particular way consider regard view reckon esteem account for account for - VERB To offer reasons for or a cause of explain justify rationalize accountable accountable - ADJ Capable of being accounted for explicable explainable Legally obligated responsible liable answerable accounted accounted - VERB To look upon in a particular way considered regarded viewed reckoned esteemed accounted for accounted for - VERB To offer reasons for or a cause of explained justified rationalized accounting accounting - VERB To look upon in a particular way considering regarding viewing reckoning esteeming accounting for accounting for - VERB To offer reasons for or a cause of explaining justifying rationalizing accounts accounts - NOUN A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respects considerations honors favors regards appreciations admirations esteems estimations A harbored grievance demanding satisfaction scores A measure of those qualities that determine merit, desirability, usefulness, or importance values worths valuations A precise list of fees or charges statements bills reckonings invoices tabs A recounting of past events histories stories statements reports descriptions versions narratives chronicles A statement of causes or motives reasons explanations justifications rationales rationalizations The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end uses advantages benefits profits utilities usefulness avails accounts - VERB To look upon in a particular way considers regards views reckons esteems accounts for accounts for - VERB To offer reasons for or a cause of explains justifies rationalizes accouter accouter - VERB To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnish turn out appoint equip fit up rig gear outfit accoutered accoutered - VERB To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnished turned out appointed equipped fit up rigged geared outfitted accoutering accoutering - VERB To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnishing turning out appointing equipping fitting up rigging gearing outfitting accouterments accouterments - NOUN Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose equipment apparatus gear outfit rig tackle turnout materiel paraphernalia materials accouters accouters - VERB To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnishes turns out appoints equips fits up rigs gears outfits accredit accredit - VERB To give authority to entitle enable authorize qualify license empower commission To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lay assign charge attribute credit ascribe impute accredited accredited - VERB To give authority to entitled enabled authorized qualified licensed empowered commissioned To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laid assigned charged attributed credited ascribed imputed accrediting accrediting - VERB To give authority to entitling enabling authorizing qualifying licensing empowering commissioning To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laying assigning charging attributing crediting ascribing imputing accredits accredits - VERB To give authority to entitles enables authorizes qualifies licenses empowers commissions To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lays assigns charges attributes credits ascribes imputes accretion accretion - NOUN The result or product of building up development increase accumulation build-up multiplication enlargement proliferation amassment increment accretions accretions - NOUN The result or product of building up developments increases accumulations build-ups multiplications enlargements proliferations amassments increments accrue accrue - VERB To achieve an increment of increase develop grow gain build up To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collect gather accumulate roll up pile up agglomerate amass garner aggregate accrued accrued - VERB To achieve an increment of increased developed grew/grown gained built up To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collected gathered accumulated rolled up piled up agglomerated amassed garnered aggregated accrues accrues - VERB To achieve an increment of increases develops grows gains builds up To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collects gathers accumulates rolls up piles up agglomerates amasses garners aggregates accruing accruing - VERB To achieve an increment of increasing developing growing gaining building up To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collecting gathering accumulating rolling up piling up agglomerating amassing garnering aggregating acculturate acculturate - VERB To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners civilize socialize acculturated acculturated - VERB To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners civilized socialized acculturates acculturates - VERB To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners civilizes socializes acculturating acculturating - VERB To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners civilizing socializing accumulate accumulate - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collect gather accrue roll up pile up agglomerate amass garner aggregate accumulated accumulated - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collected gathered accrued rolled up piled up agglomerated amassed garnered aggregated accumulates accumulates - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collects gathers accrues rolls up piles up agglomerates amasses garners aggregates accumulating accumulating - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collecting gathering accruing rolling up piling up agglomerating amassing garnering aggregating accumulation accumulation - NOUN A quantity accumulated mass collection assemblage agglomeration aggregation cumulus amassment congeries garner The result or product of building up development increase build-up multiplication accretion enlargement proliferation amassment increment accumulations accumulations - NOUN A quantity accumulated masses collections assemblages agglomerations aggregations cumuli amassments congeries garners The result or product of building up developments increases build-ups multiplications accretions enlargements proliferations amassments increments accumulative accumulative - ADJ Increasing, as in force, by successive additions cumulative additive accuracy accuracy - NOUN Correspondence with fact or truth truth fidelity correctness veracity exactitude exactness Freedom from error precision correctness rightness accurateness exactitude exactness preciseness accurate accurate - ADJ Conforming to fact right true proper correct precise exact faithful rigorous veracious Having no errors correct errorless accurateness accurateness - NOUN Freedom from error precision accuracy correctness rightness exactitude exactness preciseness accursed accursed - ADJ So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation damn blamed confounded cursed damned darn execrable infernal accusation accusation - NOUN A charging of someone with a misdeed charge denunciation imputation denouncement incrimination accusations accusations - NOUN A charging of someone with a misdeed charges denunciations imputations denouncements incriminations accusative accusative - ADJ Containing, relating to, or involving an accusation accusatorial denunciative denunciatory incriminating accusatorial accusatorial - ADJ Containing, relating to, or involving an accusation accusative denunciative denunciatory incriminating accuse accuse - VERB To make an accusation against charge tax denounce arraign indict incriminate denunciate inculpate accused accused - VERB To make an accusation against charged taxed denounced arraigned indicted incriminated denunciated inculpated accuser accuser - NOUN One that accuses denouncer denunciator incriminator indictor accusers accusers - NOUN One that accuses denouncers denunciators incriminators indictors accuses accuses - VERB To make an accusation against charges taxes denounces arraigns indicts incriminates denunciates inculpates accusing accusing - VERB To make an accusation against charging taxing denouncing arraigning indicting incriminating denunciating inculpating accustom accustom - VERB To make familiar through constant practice or use condition inure habituate accustomed accustomed - ADJ Commonly practiced or used usual regular customary habitual Familiar through repetition routine habitual accustomed - VERB To make familiar through constant practice or use conditioned inured habituated accustomed to accustomed to - ADJ In the habit of wont to used to accustoming accustoming - VERB To make familiar through constant practice or use conditioning inuring habituating accustoms accustoms - VERB To make familiar through constant practice or use conditions inures habituates ace ace - NOUN Something, especially something held in reserve, that gives one a decisive advantage trump acerb acerb - ADJ Given to or expressing sarcasm corrosive sarcastic acerbic caustic mordant Having a noticeably sharp, pungent taste or smell bitter harsh sour acrid astringent acerbic Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids dry tart acid sour acidulous acerbic So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent acid vitriolic acrid truculent acerbic acidic biting caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative acerbic acerbic - ADJ Given to or expressing sarcasm corrosive sarcastic acerb caustic mordant Having a noticeably sharp, pungent taste or smell bitter harsh sour acrid astringent acerb Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids dry tart acid sour acidulous acerb So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent acid vitriolic acrid truculent acerb acidic biting caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative acerbity acerbity - NOUN Ironic, bitter humor designed to wound sarcasm causticity corrosiveness mordacity mordancy aces aces - NOUN Something, especially something held in reserve, that gives one a decisive advantage trumps ache ache - NOUN A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury pain stitch twinge pang throe soreness smart ache - VERB To experience or express compassion feel sympathize yearn pity commiserate To have a strong longing for wish desire long pant covet crave hanker yearn for To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort hurt pain ached ached - VERB To experience or express compassion felt sympathized yearned pitied commiserated To have a strong longing for wished desired longed panted coveted craved hankered yearned for To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort hurt pained aches aches - NOUN A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury pains stitches twinges pangs throes soreness smarts aches - VERB To experience or express compassion feels sympathizes yearns pities commiserates To have a strong longing for wishes desires longs pants covets craves hankers yearns for To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort hurts pains achieve achieve - VERB To succeed in doing reach realize accomplish attain score achieved achieved - VERB To succeed in doing reached realized accomplished attained scored achievement achievement - NOUN A great or heroic deed feat exploit stunt masterstroke Something completed successfully acquisition accomplishment attainment feat acquirement achievements achievements - NOUN A great or heroic deed feats exploits stunts masterstrokes Something completed successfully acquisitions accomplishments attainments feats acquirements achieves achieves - VERB To succeed in doing reaches realizes accomplishes attains scores achieving achieving - VERB To succeed in doing reaching realizing accomplishing attaining scoring aching aching - ADJ Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain painful sore hurtful smarting aching - VERB To experience or express compassion feeling sympathizing yearning pitying commiserating To have a strong longing for wishing desiring longing panting coveting craving hankering yearning for To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort hurting paining aciculate aciculate - ADJ Having an end tapering to a point sharp acute pointed pointy acid acid - ADJ Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids dry tart sour acidulous acerb acerbic So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent vitriolic acrid truculent acerb acerbic acidic biting caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative acidic acidic - ADJ So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent acid vitriolic acrid truculent acerb acerbic biting caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative acidulous acidulous - ADJ Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids dry tart acid sour acerb acerbic acknowledge acknowledge - VERB To express recognition of recognize admit To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allow admit grant own confess concede avow acknowledged acknowledged - VERB To express recognition of recognized admitted To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowed admitted granted owned confessed conceded avowed acknowledges acknowledges - VERB To express recognition of recognizes admits To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allows admits grants owns confesses concedes avows acknowledging acknowledging - VERB To express recognition of recognizing admitting To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowing admitting granting owning confessing conceding avowing acknowledgment acknowledgment - NOUN Favorable notice, as of an achievement credit recognition The act of admitting to something admission confession avowal acknowledgments acknowledgments - NOUN Favorable notice, as of an achievement credits recognition The act of admitting to something admissions confessions avowals acme acme - NOUN The highest point or state height peak crown vertex crest climax summit zenith apex culmination apogee pinnacle meridian acmes acmes - NOUN The highest point or state heights peaks crowns vertexes/vertices crests climaxes summits zeniths apexes/apices culminations apogees pinnacles meridians acquaint acquaint - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tell inform advise educate notify enlighten apprise To make known socially present introduce acquaintance acquaintance - NOUN A person whom one knows casually friend Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation experience familiarity acquaintances acquaintances - NOUN A person whom one knows casually friends Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation experiences familiarities acquainted acquainted - ADJ Having good knowledge of familiar versed conversant acquainted - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of told informed advised educated notified enlightened apprised To make known socially presented introduced acquainting acquainting - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of telling informing advising educating notifying enlightening apprising To make known socially presenting introducing acquaints acquaints - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tells informs advises educates notifies enlightens apprises To make known socially presents introduces acquiesce acquiesce - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accept agree consent assent accede acquiesced acquiesced - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepted agreed consented assented acceded acquiescence acquiescence - NOUN The act or process of accepting agreement acceptance consent nod assent The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others obedience compliance submission acquiescences acquiescences - NOUN The act or process of accepting agreements acceptances consents nods assents The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others obedience compliance submissions acquiescent acquiescent - ADJ Disposed to accept or agree ready willing agreeable inclined minded Submitting without objection or resistance passive submissive resigned unresisting yielding acquiesces acquiesces - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepts agrees consents assents accedes acquiescing acquiescing - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepting agreeing consenting assenting acceding acquire acquire - VERB To come into possession of get obtain win come by gain land secure pick up procure acquired acquired - VERB To come into possession of got/gotten obtained won came by/come by gained landed secured picked up procured acquirement acquirement - NOUN Something completed successfully achievement acquisition accomplishment attainment feat acquirements acquirements - NOUN Something completed successfully achievements acquisitions accomplishments attainments feats acquires acquires - VERB To come into possession of gets obtains wins comes by gains lands secures picks up procures acquiring acquiring - VERB To come into possession of getting obtaining winning coming by gaining landing securing picking up procuring acquisition acquisition - NOUN Something completed successfully achievement accomplishment attainment feat acquirement acquisitions acquisitions - NOUN Something completed successfully achievements accomplishments attainments feats acquirements acquisitive acquisitive - ADJ Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity greedy avaricious avid desirous covetous grasping rapacious acquisitiveness acquisitiveness - NOUN Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves greed avarice covetousness avidity cupidity rapacity acquit acquit - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way do carry bear act behave comport demean deport disport To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clear vindicate exonerate absolve exculpate acquits acquits - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way does carries bears acts behaves comports demeans deports disports To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clears vindicates exonerates absolves exculpates acquitted acquitted - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way did/done carried bore/borne acted behaved comported demeaned deported disported To free from a charge or imputation of guilt cleared vindicated exonerated absolved exculpated acquitting acquitting - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way doing carrying bearing acting behaving comporting demeaning deporting disporting To free from a charge or imputation of guilt clearing vindicating exonerating absolving exculpating acreage acreage - NOUN Usually extensive real estate land property estate acreages acreages - NOUN Usually extensive real estate lands properties estates acrid acrid - ADJ Having a noticeably sharp, pungent taste or smell bitter harsh sour astringent acerb acerbic So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent acid vitriolic truculent acerb acerbic acidic biting caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative acridity acridity - NOUN The quality or state of feeling bitter bitterness resentment gall rancor acrimony resentfulness acrimonious acrimonious - ADJ Bitingly hostile bitter resentful rancorous virulent embittered acrimony acrimony - NOUN The quality or state of feeling bitter bitterness resentment gall rancor acridity resentfulness act act - NOUN A display of insincere behavior show pretense pose sham simulation masquerade play-acting A short theatrical piece within a larger production sketch skit Something done thing action accomplishment deed doing The formal product of a legislative or judicial body law measure legislation statute enactment The process of doing action act - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assume affect put on pretend pose simulate fake feign dissemble play-act counterfeit sham To conduct oneself in a specified way do carry bear behave acquit comport demean deport disport To play the part of do represent portray impersonate To produce on the stage do give present perform put on enact stage dramatize acted acted - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assumed affected put on pretended posed simulated faked feigned dissembled play-acted counterfeited shammed To conduct oneself in a specified way did/done carried bore/borne behaved acquitted comported demeaned deported disported To play the part of did/done represented portrayed impersonated To produce on the stage did/done gave/given presented performed put on enacted staged dramatized acting acting - ADJ Temporarily assuming the duties of another temporary interim acting - NOUN The art and occupation of an actor dramatics play-acting acting - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assuming affecting putting on pretending posing simulating faking feigning dissembling play-acting counterfeiting shamming To conduct oneself in a specified way doing carrying bearing behaving acquitting comporting demeaning deporting disporting To play the part of doing representing portraying impersonating To produce on the stage doing giving presenting performing putting on enacting staging dramatizing action action - NOUN A hostile encounter between opposing military forces battle engagement combat Something done thing act accomplishment deed doing The process of doing act actions actions - NOUN The manner in which one behaves way behavior conduct demeanor comportment deportment A hostile encounter between opposing military forces battles engagements combats Something done things acts accomplishments deeds doings The process of doing acts activate activate - VERB To arouse to action stimulate actuate galvanize energize activated activated - VERB To arouse to action stimulated actuated galvanized energized activates activates - VERB To arouse to action stimulates actuates galvanizes energizes activating activating - VERB To arouse to action stimulating actuating galvanizing energizing active active - ADJ Disposed to action vigorous lively dynamic energetic brisk enterprising sprightly driving peppy spry In action or full operation alive live operative functioning going running working Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily quick brisk agile facile nimble spry Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy vigorous lively dynamic energetic forceful kinetic sprightly activities activities - NOUN Energetic physical action exercises exertions activity activity - NOUN Energetic physical action exercise exertion actor actor - NOUN A theatrical performer player thespian One who participates party participant actors actors - NOUN A theatrical performer players thespians One who participates parties participants acts acts - NOUN A display of insincere behavior shows pretenses poses shams simulations masquerades play-acting A short theatrical piece within a larger production sketches skits Something done things actions accomplishments deeds doings The formal product of a legislative or judicial body laws measures legislations statutes enactments The process of doing actions acts - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assumes affects puts on pretends poses simulates fakes feigns dissembles play-acts counterfeits shams To conduct oneself in a specified way does carries bears behaves acquits comports demeans deports disports To play the part of does represents portrays impersonates To produce on the stage does gives presents performs puts on enacts stages dramatizes actual actual - ADJ Based on fact hard factual In agreement or correspondence with fact real true undeniable indisputable Occurring or existing in act or fact extant existent existing actualities actualities - NOUN Something that exists realities materialities The quality of being factual facts realities factuality factualness The state or fact of having reality existences beings actuality actuality - NOUN Something that exists reality materiality The quality of being factual fact reality factuality factualness The state or fact of having reality existence being actualization actualization - NOUN The condition of being in full force or operation effect being realization actualizations actualizations - NOUN The condition of being in full force or operation effects beings realizations actualize actualize - VERB To make real or actual realize materialize actualized actualized - VERB To make real or actual realized materialized actualizes actualizes - VERB To make real or actual realizes materializes actualizing actualizing - VERB To make real or actual realizing materializing actually actually - ADVERB At this moment now currently In point of fact really indeed In truth really indeed absolutely positively actuate actuate - VERB To arouse to action stimulate activate galvanize energize To put into action or use use apply employ exercise practice utilize exploit implement To set or keep going move run drive mobilize impel propel actuated actuated - VERB To arouse to action stimulated activated galvanized energized To put into action or use used applied employed exercised practiced utilized exploited implemented To set or keep going moved ran/run drove/driven mobilized impelled propelled actuates actuates - VERB To arouse to action stimulates activates galvanizes energizes To put into action or use uses applies employs exercises practices utilizes exploits implements To set or keep going moves runs drives mobilizes impels propels actuating actuating - VERB To arouse to action stimulating activating galvanizing energizing To put into action or use using applying employing exercising practicing utilizing exploiting implementing To set or keep going moving running driving mobilizing impelling propelling acumen acumen - NOUN Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging wit discrimination penetration astuteness discernment clear-sightedness keenness perceptiveness percipience perspicacity sagacity shrewdness acute acute - ADJ Having an end tapering to a point sharp pointed aciculate pointy Having or suggesting keen, discerning intellect sharp penetrating shrewd clear-cut incisive trenchant perceptive biting probing Marked by severity or intensity sharp knifelike gnawing piercing shooting stabbing Possessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity sharp sensitive keen perceptive So serious as to be at the point of crisis critical crucial desperate dire climacteric exigent adage adage - NOUN A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true saw proverb saying byword maxim aphorism adages adages - NOUN A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true saws proverbs sayings bywords maxims aphorisms adamant adamant - ADJ Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will rigid stubborn relentless uncompromising inexorable inflexible unyielding adamantine brassbound die-hard obdurate unbending unswayable adamantine adamantine - ADJ Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will rigid stubborn adamant relentless uncompromising inexorable inflexible unyielding brassbound die-hard obdurate unbending unswayable adapt adapt - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjust suit accommodate conform square fashion reconcile tailor acclimatize acclimate adaptable adaptable - ADJ Capable of adapting or being adapted flexible plastic adjustable pliable pliant adaptive supple adaptation adaptation - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment acclimation acclimatization The condition of being made suitable to an end adjustment accommodation conformation adaptations adaptations - NOUN Adjustment to a changing environment acclimations acclimatizations The condition of being made suitable to an end adjustments accommodations conformations adapted adapted - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit adjusted suited accommodated conformed squared fashioned reconciled tailored acclimatized acclimated adapting adapting - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fitting adjusting suiting accommodating conforming squaring fashioning reconciling tailoring acclimatizing acclimating adaptive adaptive - ADJ Capable of adapting or being adapted flexible plastic adaptable adjustable pliable pliant supple adapts adapts - VERB To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fits adjusts suits accommodates conforms squares fashions reconciles tailors acclimatizes acclimates add add - VERB To combine (figures) to form a sum figure total sum tally tot tote To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity append annex added added - ADJ Being an addition new additional fresh further extra more other added - VERB To combine (figures) to form a sum figured totaled summed tallied totted toted To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity appended annexed adding adding - VERB To combine (figures) to form a sum figuring totaling summing tallying totting toting To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity appending annexing addition addition - NOUN Something tending to augment something else accession augmentation The act or process of adding summation additional additional - ADJ Being an addition new fresh further extra added more other Going beyond what currently exists further subsequent ulterior additionally additionally - ADVERB In addition also still further furthermore besides more additions additions - NOUN Something tending to augment something else accessions augmentations The act or process of adding summations additive additive - ADJ Increasing, as in force, by successive additions cumulative accumulative addle addle - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throw confuse bewilder mix up befuddle confound perplex dizzy fuddle addled addled - ADJ Mentally uncertain befuddled bewildered confused addled - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent threw/thrown confused bewildered mixed up befuddled confounded perplexed dizzied fuddled addles addles - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throws confuses bewilders mixes up befuddles confounds perplexes dizzies fuddles addling addling - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throwing confusing bewildering mixing up befuddling confounding perplexing dizzying fuddling address address - NOUN A usually formal oral communication to an audience speech talk lecture oration allocution declamation A written inscription on a deliverable item giving its destination superscription The ability to say and do the right thing at the right time diplomacy tact tactfulness address - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of apply approach appeal sue petition To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination send ship transmit dispatch forward consign route To devote oneself to a task give turn apply direct devote bend concentrate focus dedicate buckle To direct speech to talk speak To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result approach sound To mark (a written communication) with its destination direct superscribe To talk to (an audience) formally speak lecture addressed addressed - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applied approached appealed sued petitioned To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination sent shipped transmitted dispatched forwarded consigned routed To devote oneself to a task gave/given turned applied directed devoted bent concentrated focused dedicated buckled To direct speech to talked spoke/spoken To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result approached sounded To mark (a written communication) with its destination directed superscribed To talk to (an audience) formally spoke/spoken lectured addresses addresses - NOUN A usually formal oral communication to an audience speeches talks lectures orations allocutions declamations A written inscription on a deliverable item giving its destination superscriptions The ability to say and do the right thing at the right time diplomacy tact tactfulness addresses - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applies approaches appeals sues petitions To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination sends ships transmits dispatches forwards consigns routes To devote oneself to a task gives turns applies directs devotes bends concentrates focuses dedicates buckles To direct speech to talks speaks To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result approaches sounds To mark (a written communication) with its destination directs superscribes To talk to (an audience) formally speaks lectures addressing addressing - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applying approaching appealing suing petitioning To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination sending shipping transmitting dispatching forwarding consigning routing To devote oneself to a task giving turning applying directing devoting bending concentrating focusing dedicating buckling To direct speech to talking speaking To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result approaching sounding To mark (a written communication) with its destination directing superscribing To talk to (an audience) formally speaking lecturing adds adds - VERB To combine (figures) to form a sum figures totals sums tallies tots totes To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity appends annexes adduce adduce - VERB To bring forward and quote for formal consideration present advance cite adduced adduced - VERB To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presented advanced cited adduces adduces - VERB To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presents advances cites adducing adducing - VERB To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presenting advancing citing adept adept - ADJ Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill expert master proficient masterful masterly Having the ability to perform well good able capable skilled competent skillful proficient qualified adept - NOUN A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field authority master expert wizard adeptness adeptness - NOUN Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity ability skill command craft mastery knack expertise proficiency expertness adepts adepts - NOUN A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field authorities masters experts wizards adequacies adequacies - NOUN An adequate quantity sufficiencies adequacy adequacy - NOUN An adequate quantity sufficiency adequate adequate - ADJ Being what is needed without being in excess sufficient satisfactory competent enough Of moderately good quality but less than excellent common fair average sufficient satisfactory acceptable respectable decent indifferent tolerable passable adhere adhere - VERB To act in conformity with follow keep observe mind obey conform comply abide by To hold fast to stick cling bond cleave cohere adhered adhered - VERB To act in conformity with followed kept observed minded obeyed conformed complied abided by To hold fast to stuck clung bonded cleaved/cleft cohered adherent adherent - NOUN One who supports and adheres to another follower satellite supporter partisan disciple henchman cohort adherents adherents - NOUN One who supports and adheres to another followers satellites supporters partisans disciples henchmen cohorts adheres adheres - VERB To act in conformity with follows keeps observes minds obeys conforms complies abides by To hold fast to sticks clings bonds cleaves coheres adhering adhering - VERB To act in conformity with following keeping observing minding obeying conforming complying abiding by To hold fast to sticking clinging bonding cleaving cohering adhesion adhesion - NOUN The close physical union of two objects bond cohesion adhesions adhesions - NOUN The close physical union of two objects bonds cohesions adhesive adhesive - ADJ Having the property of adhering sticky gummy gluey tacky adieu adieu - NOUN A separation of two or more people farewell leave-taking parting good-by adieus adieus - NOUN A separation of two or more people farewells leave-takings partings good-bys adieux adieux - NOUN A separation of two or more people farewells leave-takings partings good-bys adjacent adjacent - ADJ Sharing a common boundary touching contiguous abutting adjoining bordering conterminous juxtaposed meeting neighboring next adjoin adjoin - VERB To be contiguous or next to meet touch neighbor bound border butt juxtapose abut verge adjoined adjoined - VERB To be contiguous or next to met touched neighbored bounded bordered butted juxtaposed abutted verged adjoining adjoining - ADJ Sharing a common boundary adjacent touching contiguous abutting bordering conterminous juxtaposed meeting neighboring next adjoining - VERB To be contiguous or next to meeting touching neighboring bounding bordering butting juxtaposing abutting verging adjoins adjoins - VERB To be contiguous or next to meets touches neighbors bounds borders butts juxtaposes abuts verges adjourn adjourn - VERB To put off until a later time stay hold off hold up delay suspend postpone lay over defer waive remit shelve table adjourned adjourned - VERB To put off until a later time stayed held off held up delayed suspended postponed laid over deferred waived remitted shelved tabled adjourning adjourning - VERB To put off until a later time staying holding off holding up delaying suspending postponing laying over deferring waiving remitting shelving tabling adjournment adjournment - NOUN The act of putting off or the condition of being put off stay delay suspension deferment postponement deferral adjournments adjournments - NOUN The act of putting off or the condition of being put off stays delays suspensions deferments postponements deferrals adjourns adjourns - VERB To put off until a later time stays holds off holds up delays suspends postpones lays over defers waives remits shelves tables adjudge adjudge - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determine decide rule judge arbitrate adjudicate referee umpire adjudged adjudged - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determined decided ruled judged arbitrated adjudicated refereed umpired adjudges adjudges - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determines decides rules judges arbitrates adjudicates referees umpires adjudging adjudging - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determining deciding ruling judging arbitrating adjudicating refereeing umpiring adjudicate adjudicate - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determine decide rule judge arbitrate adjudge referee umpire adjudicated adjudicated - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determined decided ruled judged arbitrated adjudged refereed umpired adjudicates adjudicates - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determines decides rules judges arbitrates adjudges referees umpires adjudicating adjudicating - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determining deciding ruling judging arbitrating adjudging refereeing umpiring adjunct adjunct - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplement attachment accessory adjuncts adjuncts - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplements attachments accessories adjust adjust - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning set fix regulate tune attune To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit suit adapt accommodate conform square fashion reconcile tailor acclimatize acclimate adjustable adjustable - ADJ Capable of adapting or being adapted flexible plastic adaptable pliable pliant adaptive supple adjusted adjusted - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning set fixed regulated tuned attuned To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fit suited adapted accommodated conformed squared fashioned reconciled tailored acclimatized acclimated adjusting adjusting - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning setting fixing regulating tuning attuning To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fitting suiting adapting accommodating conforming squaring fashioning reconciling tailoring acclimatizing acclimating adjustment adjustment - NOUN A calculated change in position movement turn move maneuver The condition of being made suitable to an end adaptation accommodation conformation adjustments adjustments - NOUN A calculated change in position movements turns moves maneuvers The condition of being made suitable to an end adaptations accommodations conformations adjusts adjusts - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning sets fixes regulates tunes attunes To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use fits suits adapts accommodates conforms squares fashions reconciles tailors acclimatizes acclimates adjutant adjutant - NOUN A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities second lieutenant assistant aide auxiliary coadjutant coadjutor adjutants adjutants - NOUN A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities seconds lieutenants assistants aides auxiliaries coadjutants coadjutors administer administer - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) run direct head manage govern superintend administrate To mete out by means of some action give deal deliver To oversee the provision or execution of carry out execute administrate To provide as a remedy give dispense administered administered - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) ran/run directed headed managed governed superintended administrated To mete out by means of some action gave/given dealt delivered To oversee the provision or execution of carried out executed administrated To provide as a remedy gave/given dispensed administering administering - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) running directing heading managing governing superintending administrating To mete out by means of some action giving dealing delivering To oversee the provision or execution of carrying out executing administrating To provide as a remedy giving dispensing administers administers - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) runs directs heads manages governs superintends administrates To mete out by means of some action gives deals delivers To oversee the provision or execution of carries out executes administrates To provide as a remedy gives dispenses administrate administrate - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) run direct head manage govern administer superintend To oversee the provision or execution of carry out administer execute administrated administrated - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) ran/run directed headed managed governed administered superintended To oversee the provision or execution of carried out administered executed administrates administrates - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) runs directs heads manages governs administers superintends To oversee the provision or execution of carries out administers executes administrating administrating - VERB To have charge of (the affairs of others) running directing heading managing governing administering superintending To oversee the provision or execution of carrying out administering executing administration administration - NOUN Authoritative control over the affairs of others government direction management superintendence The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit government control direction rule governance The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage application dispensation administrational administrational - ADJ Of, for, or relating to administration or administrators administrative executive managerial ministerial administrations administrations - NOUN Authoritative control over the affairs of others governments directions managements superintendences The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit governments controls directions rules governances The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage applications dispensations administrative administrative - ADJ Of, for, or relating to administration or administrators executive managerial ministerial administrational administrator administrator - NOUN A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization officer director manager official executive administrators administrators - NOUN A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization officers directors managers officials executives admirable admirable - ADJ Deserving admiration worthy commendable meritorious estimable laudable praiseworthy admiration admiration - NOUN A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respect account consideration honor favor regard appreciation esteem estimation Recognition of worth, quality, importance, etc awareness appreciation enjoyment comprehension liking responsiveness receptivity admirations admirations - NOUN A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respects accounts considerations honors favors regards appreciations esteems estimations Recognition of worth, quality, importance, etc awareness appreciations enjoyments comprehensions liking responsiveness receptivity admire admire - VERB To have a high opinion of consider regard honor respect value esteem To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoy appreciate relish admired admired - VERB To have a high opinion of considered regarded honored respected valued esteemed To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoyed appreciated relished admirer admirer - NOUN A man who courts a woman suitor beau swain One who ardently admires lover devotee fancier admirers admirers - NOUN A man who courts a woman suitors beaus/beaux swains One who ardently admires lovers devotees fanciers admires admires - VERB To have a high opinion of considers regards honors respects values esteems To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoys appreciates relishes admiring admiring - VERB To have a high opinion of considering regarding honoring respecting valuing esteeming To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoying appreciating relishing admissible admissible - ADJ Capable of being accepted acceptable unobjectionable Capable of being allowed allowable permissible admission admission - NOUN The act of admitting to something confession acknowledgment avowal The right to enter or make use of entrance entry access admittance entree ingress The state of being allowed entry entrance introduction admittance ingress admissions admissions - NOUN The act of admitting to something confessions acknowledgments avowals The right to enter or make use of entrances entries accesses admittances entrees ingresses The state of being allowed entry entrances introductions admittances ingresses admit admit - VERB To afford an opportunity for let allow permit To allow admittance, as to a group receive accept take in To express recognition of recognize acknowledge To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allow grant own acknowledge confess concede avow To allow entry let in admits admits - VERB To afford an opportunity for lets allows permits To allow admittance, as to a group receives accepts takes in To express recognition of recognizes acknowledges To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allows grants owns acknowledges confesses concedes avows To allow entry lets in admittance admittance - NOUN The right to enter or make use of entrance entry admission access entree ingress The state of being allowed entry entrance introduction admission ingress admittances admittances - NOUN The right to enter or make use of entrances entries admissions accesses entrees ingresses The state of being allowed entry entrances introductions admissions ingresses admitted admitted - VERB To afford an opportunity for let allowed permitted To allow admittance, as to a group received accepted took in/taken in To express recognition of recognized acknowledged To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowed granted owned acknowledged confessed conceded avowed To allow entry let in admitting admitting - VERB To afford an opportunity for letting allowing permitting To allow admittance, as to a group receiving accepting taking in To express recognition of recognizing acknowledging To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowing granting owning acknowledging confessing conceding avowing To allow entry letting in admix admix - VERB To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combine mix stir merge compound mingle blend fuse amalgamate commingle commix intermingle intermix admixed admixed - VERB To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combined mixed stirred merged compounded mingled blended fused amalgamated commingled commixed intermingled intermixed admixes admixes - VERB To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combines mixes stirs merges compounds mingles blends fuses amalgamates commingles commixes intermingles intermixes admixing admixing - VERB To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combining mixing stirring merging compounding mingling blending fusing amalgamating commingling commixing intermingling intermixing admixture admixture - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixture compound fusion blend mix amalgamation amalgam admixtures admixtures - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixtures compounds fusions blends mixes amalgamations amalgams admonish admonish - VERB To criticize for a fault or offense tax dress down chide rebuke castigate reprimand reproach scold chastise reprove upbraid admonished admonished - VERB To criticize for a fault or offense taxed dressed down chided/chidden rebuked castigated reprimanded reproached scolded chastised reproved upbraided admonishes admonishes - VERB To criticize for a fault or offense taxes dresses down chides rebukes castigates reprimands reproaches scolds chastises reproves upbraids admonishing admonishing - ADJ Giving warning admonitory cautionary monitory warning admonishing - VERB To criticize for a fault or offense taxing dressing down chiding rebuking castigating reprimanding reproaching scolding chastising reproving upbraiding admonishment admonishment - NOUN Advice to beware, as of a person or thing warning caution admonition caveat forewarning monition Words expressive of strong disapproval admonition reproach chiding rebuke reprimand upbraiding admonishments admonishments - NOUN Advice to beware, as of a person or thing warnings cautions admonitions caveats forewarnings monitions Words expressive of strong disapproval admonitions reproaches chidings rebukes reprimands upbraidings admonition admonition - NOUN Advice to beware, as of a person or thing warning caution admonishment caveat forewarning monition Words expressive of strong disapproval reproach admonishment chiding rebuke reprimand upbraiding admonitions admonitions - NOUN Advice to beware, as of a person or thing warnings cautions admonishments caveats forewarnings monitions Words expressive of strong disapproval reproaches admonishments chidings rebukes reprimands upbraidings admonitory admonitory - ADJ Giving warning admonishing cautionary monitory warning ado ado - NOUN Busy and useless activity fuss adopt adopt - VERB To accept officially pass approve To take, as another's idea, and make one's own take on embrace espouse adopted adopted - ADJ Being fictitious and not real assumed made-up adopted - VERB To accept officially passed approved To take, as another's idea, and make one's own took on/taken on embraced espoused adopting adopting - VERB To accept officially passing approving To take, as another's idea, and make one's own taking on embracing espousing adoption adoption - NOUN A ready taking up of something embracing espousal adoptions adoptions - NOUN A ready taking up of something embracings espousals adopts adopts - VERB To accept officially passes approves To take, as another's idea, and make one's own takes on embraces espouses adoration adoration - NOUN Deep and ardent affection love devotion The act of adoring, especially reverently worship reverence veneration idolization adorations adorations - NOUN Deep and ardent affection loves devotions The act of adoring, especially reverently worships reverences veneration idolizations adore adore - VERB To feel deep, devoted love for love worship To honor (God) in religious worship praise magnify exalt glorify extol laud To regard with great awe and devotion worship revere idolize venerate reverence adored adored - VERB To feel deep, devoted love for loved worshipped To honor (God) in religious worship praised magnified exalted glorified extolled lauded To regard with great awe and devotion worshipped revered idolized venerated reverenced adores adores - VERB To feel deep, devoted love for loves worships To honor (God) in religious worship praises magnifies exalts glorifies extols lauds To regard with great awe and devotion worships reveres idolizes venerates reverences adoring adoring - ADJ Feeling or showing reverence reverent worshipful reverential adoring - VERB To feel deep, devoted love for loving worshipping To honor (God) in religious worship praising magnifying exalting glorifying extolling lauding To regard with great awe and devotion worshipping revering idolizing venerating reverencing adorn adorn - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition set off enhance ornament beautify embellish grace To furnish with decorations dress trim decorate ornament deck embellish bedeck garnish adorned adorned - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition set off enhanced ornamented beautified embellished graced To furnish with decorations dressed trimmed decorated ornamented decked embellished bedecked garnished adorning adorning - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition setting off enhancing ornamenting beautifying embellishing gracing To furnish with decorations dressing trimming decorating ornamenting decking embellishing bedecking garnishing adornment adornment - NOUN Something that adorns decoration ornament trim trimming ornamentation embellishment garnishment garniture adornments adornments - NOUN Something that adorns decorations ornaments trims trimmings ornamentations embellishments garnishments garnitures adorns adorns - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition sets off enhances ornaments beautifies embellishes graces To furnish with decorations dresses trims decorates ornaments decks embellishes bedecks garnishes adroit adroit - ADJ Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance clever handy slick deft facile dexterous nimble Showing art or skill in performing or doing skillful deft masterful artful masterly dexterous Performed with skill and apparent ease neat skillful deft adroitness adroitness - NOUN Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body skill readiness prowess deftness dexterity dexterousness sleight adulate adulate - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flatter blandish adulated adulated - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flattered blandished adulates adulates - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flatters blandishes adulating adulating - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flattering blandishing adulation adulation - NOUN Excessive, ingratiating praise flattery blandishment blarney adulator adulator - NOUN One who flatters another excessively courtier sycophant flatterer adulators adulators - NOUN One who flatters another excessively courtiers sycophants flatterers adult adult - ADJ Having reached full growth and development big mature ripe grown-up full-fledged full-grown full-blown developed grown adulterant adulterant - NOUN One that contaminates impurity poison adulterator contaminant contaminator pollutant adulterants adulterants - NOUN One that contaminates impurities poisons adulterators contaminants contaminators pollutants adulterate adulterate - VERB To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances load doctor dope debase sophisticate adulterated adulterated - ADJ Mixed with other substances alloyed degraded impure adulterated - VERB To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances loaded doctored doped debased sophisticated adulterates adulterates - VERB To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances loads doctors dopes debases sophisticates adulterating adulterating - VERB To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances loading doctoring doping debasing sophisticating adulteration adulteration - NOUN The state of being contaminated pollution contamination adulterator adulterator - NOUN One that contaminates impurity poison adulterant contaminant contaminator pollutant adulterators adulterators - NOUN One that contaminates impurities poisons adulterants contaminants contaminators pollutants adumbrate adumbrate - VERB To give an indication of something in advance presage foreshadow prefigure To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference call predict forecast foretell prognosticate adumbrated adumbrated - VERB To give an indication of something in advance presaged foreshadowed prefigured To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference called predicted forecast foretold prognosticated adumbrates adumbrates - VERB To give an indication of something in advance presages foreshadows prefigures To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference calls predicts forecasts foretells prognosticates adumbrating adumbrating - VERB To give an indication of something in advance presaging foreshadowing prefiguring To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference calling predicting forecasting foretelling prognosticating adumbration adumbration - NOUN Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays shadow shade penumbra umbra adumbrations adumbrations - NOUN Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays shadows shades penumbras umbras advance advance - ADJ Going before prior anterior antecedent precedent preceding advance - NOUN Forward movement progress march advancement progression furtherance headway The amount by which something is increased increase rise boost jump raise hike enlargement increment advance - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rise climb mount ascend To bring forward and quote for formal consideration present cite adduce To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal promote foster further forward To go forward, especially toward a conclusion come move come along get along proceed march progress To raise in rank raise promote jump elevate upgrade To supply (money), especially on credit lend loan advanced advanced - ADJ Ahead of current trends or customs forward progressive precocious Far along in life or time old senior elderly aged advanced - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rose/risen climbed mounted ascended To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presented cited adduced To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal promoted fostered furthered forwarded To go forward, especially toward a conclusion came/come moved came along/come along got along/gotten along proceeded marched progressed To raise in rank raised promoted jumped elevated upgraded To supply (money), especially on credit lent loaned advancement advancement - NOUN A progression upward in rank promotion jump elevation upgrading Forward movement progress advance march progression furtherance headway advancements advancements - NOUN A progression upward in rank promotions jumps elevations upgrading Forward movement progresses advances marches progressions furtherances headway advances advances - NOUN Preliminary actions intended to elicit a favorable response approach overture Forward movement progresses marches advancements progressions furtherances headway The amount by which something is increased increases rises boosts jumps raises hikes enlargements increments advances - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rises climbs mounts ascends To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presents cites adduces To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal promotes fosters furthers forwards To go forward, especially toward a conclusion comes moves comes along gets along proceeds marches progresses To raise in rank raises promotes jumps elevates upgrades To supply (money), especially on credit lends loans advancing advancing - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rising climbing mounting ascending To bring forward and quote for formal consideration presenting citing adducing To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal promoting fostering furthering forwarding To go forward, especially toward a conclusion coming moving coming along getting along proceeding marching progressing To raise in rank raising promoting jumping elevating upgrading To supply (money), especially on credit lending loaning advantage advantage - NOUN A dominant position, as in a conflict edge superiority jump vantage A factor conducive to superiority and success start allowance odds vantage A state of health, happiness, and prosperity good benefit welfare prosperity well-being weal Something beneficial benefit gain favor profit blessing boon Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being interest good benefit profit The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end use account benefit profit utility usefulness avail advantageous advantageous - ADJ Affording benefit good useful favorable helpful beneficial salutary propitious beneficent benignant Affording profit profitable lucrative moneymaking remunerative advantages advantages - NOUN A dominant position, as in a conflict edges superiorities jumps vantages A factor conducive to superiority and success starts allowances odds vantages A state of health, happiness, and prosperity goods benefits welfare prosperity well-being weals Something beneficial benefits gains favors profits blessings boons Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being interests goods benefits profits The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end uses accounts benefits profits utilities usefulness avails advent advent - NOUN The act of arriving appearance arrival coming The act or fact of coming near approach coming nearness imminence convergence adventitious adventitious - ADJ Not part of the essential nature of a thing foreign alien accidental incidental extraneous extrinsic advents advents - NOUN The act of arriving appearances arrivals comings The act or fact of coming near approaches comings nearness imminences convergences adventure adventure - NOUN An exciting, often hazardous undertaking enterprise venture adventurer adventurer - NOUN A free-lance fighter mercenary hireling One who engages in exciting, risky pursuits daredevil One who speculates for quick profits operator gambler speculator adventurers adventurers - NOUN A free-lance fighter mercenaries hirelings One who engages in exciting, risky pursuits daredevils One who speculates for quick profits operators gamblers speculators adventures adventures - NOUN An exciting, often hazardous undertaking enterprises ventures adventuresome adventuresome - ADJ Taking or willing to take risks bold adventurous venturesome audacious daring venturous adventurous adventurous - ADJ Involving possible risk, loss, or injury dangerous perilous treacherous hazardous risky unsafe chancy venturous Taking or willing to take risks bold venturesome adventuresome audacious daring venturous adventurousness adventurousness - NOUN Willingness to take risks audacity boldness daring adversaries adversaries - NOUN One that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate oppositions opponents antagonists adversary adversary - NOUN One that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate opposition opponent antagonist adverse adverse - ADJ Acting against or in opposition antagonistic antipathetic opposed opposing Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult negative unsatisfactory unfavorable untoward disadvantageous adversities adversities - NOUN Bad fortune misfortunes unluckiness adversity adversity - NOUN Bad fortune misfortune unluckiness advert advert - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mention refer bring up point out touch on allude adverted adverted - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentioned referred brought up pointed out touched on alluded adverting adverting - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentioning referring bringing up pointing out touching on alluding advertise advertise - VERB To bring to public notice announce publish declare proclaim broadcast promulgate To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promote build up enhance boost publicize puff tout To make (information) generally known blaze broadcast disseminate promulgate blazon bruit noise To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product) cry promote talk up build up publicize advertised advertised - VERB To bring to public notice announced published declared proclaimed broadcast promulgated To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promoted built up enhanced boosted publicized puffed touted To make (information) generally known blazed broadcast disseminated promulgated blazoned bruited noised To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product) cried promoted talked up built up publicized advertises advertises - VERB To bring to public notice announces publishes declares proclaims broadcasts promulgates To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promotes builds up enhances boosts publicizes puffs touts To make (information) generally known blazes broadcasts disseminates promulgates blazons bruits noises To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product) cries promotes talks up builds up publicizes advertising advertising - NOUN The act or profession of promoting something, as a product publicity promotion advertising - VERB To bring to public notice announcing publishing declaring proclaiming broadcasting promulgating To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promoting building up enhancing boosting publicizing puffing touting To make (information) generally known blazing broadcasting disseminating promulgating blazoning bruiting noising To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product) crying promoting talking up building up publicizing adverts adverts - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentions refers brings up points out touches on alludes advice advice - NOUN An opinion as to a decision or course of action recommendation counsel advisement advisable advisable - ADJ Worth doing, especially for practical reasons expedient recommendable advise advise - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tell inform educate acquaint notify enlighten apprise To give recommendations to (someone) about a decision or course of action recommend counsel To meet and exchange views to reach a decision talk consult confer confabulate parley powwow advised advised - ADJ Provided with information; made aware knowledgeable educated enlightened informed instructed Resulting from deliberation and careful thought calculated considered deliberated studied thought-out weighed advised - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of told informed educated acquainted notified enlightened apprised To give recommendations to (someone) about a decision or course of action recommended counseled To meet and exchange views to reach a decision talked consulted conferred confabulated parleyed powwowed advisement advisement - NOUN Careful consideration of a matter study consideration calculation deliberation An opinion as to a decision or course of action advice recommendation counsel advisements advisements - NOUN Careful consideration of a matter studies considerations calculations deliberations An opinion as to a decision or course of action advice recommendations counsels adviser adviser - NOUN One who advises another, especially officially or professionally consultant counsel counselor mentor advisers advisers - NOUN One who advises another, especially officially or professionally consultants counsels counselors mentors advises advises - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tells informs educates acquaints notifies enlightens apprises To give recommendations to (someone) about a decision or course of action recommends counsels To meet and exchange views to reach a decision talks consults confers confabulates parleys powwows advising advising - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of telling informing educating acquainting notifying enlightening apprising To give recommendations to (someone) about a decision or course of action recommending counseling To meet and exchange views to reach a decision talking consulting conferring confabulating parleying powwowing advisory advisory - ADJ Giving advice consultative consulting advocate advocate - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring get behind support back stand behind uphold champion plump for side with advocated advocated - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring got behind/gotten behind supported backed stood behind upheld championed plumped for sided with advocates advocates - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring gets behind supports backs stands behind upholds champions plumps for sides with advocating advocating - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring getting behind supporting backing standing behind upholding championing plumping for siding with aegis aegis - NOUN Aid or support given by a patron patronage sponsorship backing auspices patronization aegises aegises - NOUN Aid or support given by a patron patronage sponsorships backings auspices patronization aerate aerate - VERB To expose to circulating air ventilate air aerated aerated - VERB To expose to circulating air ventilated aired aerates aerates - VERB To expose to circulating air ventilates airs aerating aerating - VERB To expose to circulating air ventilating airing aerial aerial - ADJ Imposingly high airy lofty sky-high towering Of or relating to air atmospheric airy pneumatic So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film sheer transparent airy ethereal diaphanous filmy gauzy gossamer vaporous aesthetic aesthetic - ADJ Showing good taste artistic tasteful affability affability - NOUN The quality of being pleasant and friendly friendliness agreeableness pleasantness amenity amiability cordiality geniality affable affable - ADJ Characterized by kindness and warm, unaffected courtesy gracious congenial cordial genial sociable Pleasant and friendly easy agreeable cordial genial good-natured amiable easygoing complaisant good-tempered affair affair - NOUN A large or important social gathering party function occasion festivity fete gala soiree An intimate sexual relationship between two people love romance amour Something that concerns or involves one personally business concern lookout Something to be done, considered, or dealt with thing matter affairs affairs - NOUN A large or important social gathering parties functions occasions festivities fetes galas soirees An intimate sexual relationship between two people loves romances amours Something that concerns or involves one personally businesses concerns lookouts Something to be done, considered, or dealt with things matters affect affect - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assume act put on pretend pose simulate fake feign dissemble play-act counterfeit sham To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from move strike touch influence impress sway impact To take on or give a false appearance of assume put on pretend simulate fake feign counterfeit affectation affectation - NOUN Artificial behavior adopted to impress others pretense mannerism affectedness airs affectations affectations - NOUN Artificial behavior adopted to impress others pretenses mannerisms affectedness airs affected affected - ADJ Artificially genteel precious artificial pretentious mannered Emotionally aroused impressed inspired moved stirred struck swayed touched Having concern interested Not genuine or sincere artificial spurious insincere feigned pretended affected - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assumed acted put on pretended posed simulated faked feigned dissembled play-acted counterfeited shammed To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from moved struck touched influenced impressed swayed impacted To take on or give a false appearance of assumed put on pretended simulated faked feigned counterfeited affectedness affectedness - NOUN Artificial behavior adopted to impress others pretense mannerism affectation airs affecting affecting - ADJ Exciting a deep, usually somber response impressive moving poignant touching stirring affecting - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assuming acting putting on pretending posing simulating faking feigning dissembling play-acting counterfeiting shamming To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from moving striking touching influencing impressing swaying impacting To take on or give a false appearance of assuming putting on pretending simulating faking feigning counterfeiting affection affection - NOUN A complex and usually strong subjective response, as love, hate, etc feeling emotion sentiment A distinctive element property quality character feature characteristic mark attribute trait peculiarity savor The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith love bond tie loyalty devotion attachment fondness affectionate affectionate - ADJ Feeling and expressing affection fond doting loving affections affections - NOUN A complex and usually strong subjective response, as love, hate, etc feelings emotions sentiments A distinctive element properties qualities characters features characteristics marks attributes traits peculiarities savors The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith loves bonds ties loyalties devotions attachments fondness affective affective - ADJ Relating to, arising from, or appealing to the emotions emotional moving emotive affects affects - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely assumes acts puts on pretends poses simulates fakes feigns dissembles play-acts counterfeits shams To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from moves strikes touches influences impresses sways impacts To take on or give a false appearance of assumes puts on pretends simulates fakes feigns counterfeits afferent afferent - ADJ Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers sensory affianced affianced - ADJ Pledged to marry betrothed engaged plighted affianced - NOUN A person to whom one is engaged to be married betrothed intended affiliate affiliate - NOUN A local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business division branch subsidiary One who is united in a relationship with another fellow partner ally colleague associate confederate copartner affiliate - VERB To unite or be united in a relationship join relate associate combine bind connect ally link conjoin affiliated affiliated - VERB To unite or be united in a relationship joined related associated combined bound connected allied linked conjoined affiliates affiliates - NOUN A local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business divisions branches subsidiaries One who is united in a relationship with another fellows partners allies colleagues associates confederates copartners affiliates - VERB To unite or be united in a relationship joins relates associates combines binds connects allies links conjoins affiliating affiliating - VERB To unite or be united in a relationship joining relating associating combining binding connecting allying linking conjoining affiliation affiliation - NOUN The state of being associated association connection combination cooperation alliance partnership conjunction affiliations affiliations - NOUN The state of being associated associations connections combinations cooperations alliances partnerships conjunctions affinities affinities - NOUN The quality or state of being alike comparisons analogies resemblances similarities similitudes likenesses alikeness affinity affinity - NOUN The quality or state of being alike comparison analogy resemblance similarity similitude likeness alikeness affirm affirm - VERB To make valid and binding by a formal legal act approve confirm ratify To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare assert avow asseverate aver avouch affirmation affirmation - NOUN An act of confirming officially approval confirmation ratification The act of asserting positively statement declaration assertion avowal affirmations affirmations - NOUN An act of confirming officially approvals confirmations ratifications The act of asserting positively statements declarations assertions avowals affirmative affirmative - ADJ Giving assent positive favorable assenting Of a constructive nature positive affirmed affirmed - VERB To make valid and binding by a formal legal act approved confirmed ratified To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared asserted avowed asseverated averred avouched affirming affirming - VERB To make valid and binding by a formal legal act approving confirming ratifying To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring asserting avowing asseverating averring avouching affirms affirms - VERB To make valid and binding by a formal legal act approves confirms ratifies To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares asserts avows asseverates avers avouches affix affix - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to place fix assign blame fasten impute saddle pin on To join one thing to another fix attach connect secure couple fasten clip moor affixed affixed - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placed fixed assigned blamed fastened imputed saddled pinned on To join one thing to another fixed attached connected secured coupled fastened clipped moored affixes affixes - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to places fixes assigns blames fastens imputes saddles pins on To join one thing to another fixes attaches connects secures couples fastens clips moors affixing affixing - VERB