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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 To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placing fixing assigning blaming fastening imputing saddling pinning on To join one thing to another fixing attaching connecting securing coupling fastening clipping mooring afflation afflation - NOUN The act of breathing in inspiration inhalation afflations afflations - NOUN The act of breathing in inspirations inhalations afflict afflict - VERB To bring great harm or suffering to strike curse torture plague torment rack smite excruciate scourge To cause suffering or painful sorrow to distress aggrieve grieve anguish pain afflicted afflicted - ADJ Having a painful ailment suffering afflicted - VERB To bring great harm or suffering to struck cursed tortured plagued tormented racked smote/smitten excruciated scourged To cause suffering or painful sorrow to distressed aggrieved grieved anguished pained afflicting afflicting - VERB To bring great harm or suffering to striking cursing torturing plaguing tormenting racking smiting excruciating scourging To cause suffering or painful sorrow to distressing aggrieving grieving anguishing paining affliction affliction - NOUN A cause of suffering or harm evil curse ill woe plague scourge bane A pathological condition of mind or body disease complaint illness disorder ailment sickness malady infirmity A state of physical or mental suffering pain misery distress hurt agony anguish woe Something hard to bear physically or emotionally trial burden cross afflictions afflictions - NOUN A cause of suffering or harm evils curses ills woes plagues scourges banes A pathological condition of mind or body diseases complaints illnesses disorders ailments sicknesses maladies infirmities A state of physical or mental suffering pains miseries distresses hurts agonies anguishes woes Something hard to bear physically or emotionally trials burdens crosses afflicts afflicts - VERB To bring great harm or suffering to strikes curses tortures plagues torments racks smites excruciates scourges To cause suffering or painful sorrow to distresses aggrieves grieves anguishes pains affluent affluent - ADJ Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions rich wealthy flush moneyed afford afford - VERB To make (something) readily available provide offer afforded afforded - VERB To make (something) readily available provided offered affording affording - VERB To make (something) readily available providing offering affords affords - VERB To make (something) readily available provides offers affray affray - NOUN A quarrel or fight marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior row riot melee brawl uproar broil fracas fray donnybrook free-for-all ruction tumult affrays affrays - NOUN A quarrel or fight marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior rows riots melees brawls uproars broils fracases frays donnybrooks free-for-alls ructions tumults affront affront - NOUN An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity offense insult outrage indignity contumely affront - VERB To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior offend outrage insult affronted affronted - VERB To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior offended outraged insulted affronting affronting - VERB To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior offending outraging insulting affronts affronts - NOUN An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity offenses insults outrages indignities contumelies affronts - VERB To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior offends outrages insults afield afield - ADVERB Not in the right way or on the proper course wrong astray amiss afire afire - ADJ On fire fiery aflame alight ablaze blazing burning flaming flaring ignited aflame aflame - ADJ On fire fiery alight afire ablaze blazing burning flaming flaring ignited afraid afraid - ADJ Filled with fear or terror fearful aghast fearsome apprehensive frightened petrified scared afresh afresh - ADVERB Once more again anew after after - ADJ Located in the rear back rear posterior hind hindmost postern after - ADVERB At a subsequent time later afterward afterlife afterlife - NOUN Endless life after death immortality eternity deathlessness world-without-end afterlives afterlives - NOUN Endless life after death immortality eternities deathlessness world-without-end aftermath aftermath - NOUN Something brought about by a cause result effect issue event consequence fruit sequence outcome harvest corollary upshot precipitate sequel aftermaths aftermaths - NOUN Something brought about by a cause results effects issues events consequences fruits sequences outcomes harvests corollaries upshots precipitates sequels afterward afterward - ADVERB At a subsequent time later after again again - ADVERB Once more anew afresh age age - NOUN A long time eternity eon A particular time notable for its distinctive characteristics time day period era epoch Old age agedness elderliness senescence years age - VERB To bring or come to full development develop grow mature ripen mellow maturate To grow old get along get on senesce age-old age-old - ADJ Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past old ancient venerable antique timeworn aged antediluvian hoary aged aged - ADJ Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past old ancient age-old venerable antique timeworn antediluvian hoary Brought to full flavor and richness by aging ripe mellow matured ripened Far along in life or time old senior elderly advanced aged - VERB To bring or come to full development developed grew/grown matured ripened mellowed maturated To grow old got along/gotten along got on/gotten on senesced agedness agedness - NOUN Old age age elderliness senescence years ageless ageless - ADJ Existing unchanged forever eternal timeless agencies agencies - NOUN That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved agents means instruments media/mediums mechanisms organs instrumentalities intermediaries agency agency - NOUN That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved agent means instrument medium mechanism organ instrumentality intermediary agenda agenda - NOUN An organized list of procedures, activities, events, etc program schedule calendar timetable docket line-up agendas agendas - NOUN An organized list of procedures, activities, events, etc programs schedules calendars timetables dockets line-ups agent agent - NOUN That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved agency means instrument medium mechanism organ instrumentality intermediary agents agents - NOUN That by which something is accomplished or some end achieved agencies means instruments media/mediums mechanisms organs instrumentalities intermediaries ages ages - NOUN A long time eternities eons A particular time notable for its distinctive characteristics times days periods eras epochs Old age agedness elderliness senescences years ages - VERB To bring or come to full development develops grows matures ripens mellows maturates To grow old gets along gets on senesces agglomerate agglomerate - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collect gather accumulate accrue roll up pile up amass garner aggregate agglomerated agglomerated - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collected gathered accumulated accrued rolled up piled up amassed garnered aggregated agglomerates agglomerates - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collects gathers accumulates accrues rolls up piles up amasses garners aggregates agglomerating agglomerating - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collecting gathering accumulating accruing rolling up piling up amassing garnering aggregating agglomeration agglomeration - NOUN A quantity accumulated mass collection accumulation assemblage aggregation cumulus amassment congeries garner agglomerations agglomerations - NOUN A quantity accumulated masses collections accumulations assemblages aggregations cumuli amassments congeries garners aggrandize aggrandize - VERB To make or become greater or larger increase grow extend expand mount run up multiply build up swell enlarge augment magnify amplify wax snowball upsurge To raise to a high position or status elevate magnify exalt dignify glorify apotheosize ennoble uplift aggrandized aggrandized - VERB To make or become greater or larger increased grew/grown extended expanded mounted ran up/run up multiplied built up swelled/swollen enlarged augmented magnified amplified waxed snowballed upsurged To raise to a high position or status elevated magnified exalted dignified glorified apotheosized ennobled uplifted aggrandizement aggrandizement - NOUN The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised elevation exaltation apotheosis glorification sublimation aggrandizements aggrandizements - NOUN The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised elevations exaltations apotheoses glorifications sublimations aggrandizes aggrandizes - VERB To make or become greater or larger increases grows extends expands mounts runs up multiplies builds up swells enlarges augments magnifies amplifies waxes snowballs upsurges To raise to a high position or status elevates magnifies exalts dignifies glorifies apotheosizes ennobles uplifts aggrandizing aggrandizing - VERB To make or become greater or larger increasing growing extending expanding mounting running up multiplying building up swelling enlarging augmenting magnifying amplifying waxing snowballing upsurging To raise to a high position or status elevating magnifying exalting dignifying glorifying apotheosizing ennobling uplifting aggravate aggravate - VERB To increase in intensity or severity mount enhance intensify heighten deepen redouble aggravated aggravated - VERB To increase in intensity or severity mounted enhanced intensified heightened deepened redoubled aggravates aggravates - VERB To increase in intensity or severity mounts enhances intensifies heightens deepens redoubles aggravating aggravating - VERB To increase in intensity or severity mounting enhancing intensifying heightening deepening redoubling aggregate aggregate - NOUN A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition amount total sum summation totality An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back total sum whole entirety gross totality all aggregate - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collect gather accumulate accrue roll up pile up agglomerate amass garner To come to in number or quantity run reach amount total number aggregated aggregated - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collected gathered accumulated accrued rolled up piled up agglomerated amassed garnered To come to in number or quantity ran/run reached amounted totaled numbered aggregates aggregates - NOUN A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition amounts totals sums summations totalities An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back totals sums wholes entireties grosses totalities all aggregates - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collects gathers accumulates accrues rolls up piles up agglomerates amasses garners To come to in number or quantity runs reaches amounts totals numbers aggregating aggregating - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collecting gathering accumulating accruing rolling up piling up agglomerating amassing garnering To come to in number or quantity running reaching amounting totaling numbering aggregation aggregation - NOUN A quantity accumulated mass collection accumulation assemblage agglomeration cumulus amassment congeries garner aggregations aggregations - NOUN A quantity accumulated masses collections accumulations assemblages agglomerations cumuli amassments congeries garners aggression aggression - NOUN Hostile behavior hostility aggressiveness belligerence belligerency combativeness contentiousness The act of attacking attack onset strike assault offense onslaught onrush offensive aggressions aggressions - NOUN Hostile behavior hostilities aggressiveness belligerences belligerency combativeness contentiousness The act of attacking attacks onsets strikes assaults offenses onslaughts onrushes offensives aggressive aggressive - ADJ Inclined to act in a hostile way offensive militant belligerent combative contentious Marked by boldness and assertiveness bold assertive audacious daring aggressiveness aggressiveness - NOUN Hostile behavior aggression hostility belligerence belligerency combativeness contentiousness aggressor aggressor - NOUN One who starts a hostile action attacker assailant aggressors aggressors - NOUN One who starts a hostile action attackers assailants aggrieve aggrieve - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflict distress grieve anguish pain To do a wrong to; treat unjustly outrage oppress persecute wrong aggrieved aggrieved - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicted distressed grieved anguished pained To do a wrong to; treat unjustly outraged oppressed persecuted wronged aggrieves aggrieves - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicts distresses grieves anguishes pains To do a wrong to; treat unjustly outrages oppresses persecutes wrongs aggrieving aggrieving - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicting distressing grieving anguishing paining To do a wrong to; treat unjustly outraging oppressing persecuting wronging aghast aghast - ADJ Filled with fear or terror afraid fearful fearsome apprehensive frightened petrified scared Overcome with intense feeling, as of amazement, horror, or dismay appalled dismayed dumfounded horrified horrorstruck shocked thunderstruck agile agile - ADJ Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily active quick brisk facile nimble spry agility agility - NOUN The quality or state of being agile dexterity quickness dexterousness nimbleness aging aging - VERB To bring or come to full development developing growing maturing ripening mellowing maturating To grow old getting along getting on senescing agitate agitate - VERB To alter the settled state or position of move shake shift disturb displace dislocate To cause to move to and fro violently shake rock churn convulse To impair or destroy the composure of shake bother toss disturb rock upset unsettle ruffle flurry fluster perturb discompose disquiet agitated agitated - ADJ Violently disturbed, as by storms wild rough violent stormy turbulent tumultuous raging tempestuous turbid agitated - VERB To alter the settled state or position of moved shook/shaken shifted disturbed displaced dislocated To cause to move to and fro violently shook/shaken rocked churned convulsed To impair or destroy the composure of shook/shaken bothered tossed disturbed rocked upset unsettled ruffled flurried flustered perturbed discomposed disquieted agitates agitates - VERB To alter the settled state or position of moves shakes shifts disturbs displaces dislocates To cause to move to and fro violently shakes rocks churns convulses To impair or destroy the composure of shakes bothers tosses disturbs rocks upsets unsettles ruffles flurries flusters perturbs discomposes disquiets agitating agitating - VERB To alter the settled state or position of moving shaking shifting disturbing displacing dislocating To cause to move to and fro violently shaking rocking churning convulsing To impair or destroy the composure of shaking bothering tossing disturbing rocking upsetting unsettling ruffling flurrying flustering perturbing discomposing disquieting agitation agitation - NOUN A state of discomposure turmoil flurry perturbation flutter upset disquiet dither fluster tumult The condition of being physically agitated commotion turbulence upset convulsion agitations agitations - NOUN A state of discomposure turmoils flurries perturbations flutters upsets disquiets dithers flusters tumults The condition of being physically agitated commotions turbulences upsets convulsions agitator agitator - NOUN One who agitates, especially politically instigator fomenter agitators agitators - NOUN One who agitates, especially politically instigators fomenters agnate agnate - ADJ Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin akin cognate consanguineous allied connate kindred related agog agog - ADJ Intensely desirous or interested anxious eager ardent keen impatient thirsty solicitous avid athirst thirsting agonies agonies - NOUN A state of physical or mental suffering pains miseries distresses hurts anguishes woes afflictions agonize agonize - VERB To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment toss writhe squirm agonized agonized - VERB To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment tossed writhed squirmed agonizes agonizes - VERB To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment tosses writhes squirms agonizing agonizing - ADJ Extraordinarily painful or distressing excruciating harrowing tormenting torturous agonizing - VERB To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment tossing writhing squirming agony agony - NOUN A state of physical or mental suffering pain misery distress hurt anguish woe affliction agree agree - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence fit match correspond conform square accord check out comport rhyme tally harmonize To come to an understanding or to terms get together coincide accord concur harmonize To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accept consent acquiesce assent accede agreeable agreeable - ADJ Disposed to accept or agree ready willing acquiescent inclined minded In keeping with one's needs or expectations corresponding consistent compatible congenial consonant conformable congruous correspondent Pleasant and friendly easy cordial genial good-natured amiable easygoing affable complaisant good-tempered Ready to do favors for another indulgent complaisant accommodating obliging To one's liking good nice pleasant favorable welcome pleasing gratifying pleasurable agreeableness agreeableness - NOUN The quality of being pleasant and friendly friendliness pleasantness affability amenity amiability cordiality geniality agreed agreed - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence fit matched corresponded conformed squared accorded checked out comported rhymed tallied harmonized To come to an understanding or to terms got together/gotten together coincided accorded concurred harmonized To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepted consented acquiesced assented acceded agreeing agreeing - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence fitting matching corresponding conforming squaring according checking out comporting rhyming tallying harmonizing To come to an understanding or to terms getting together coinciding according concurring harmonizing To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepting consenting acquiescing assenting acceding agreement agreement - NOUN A formal, usually written settlement between nations convention treaty accord pact concord A legally binding arrangement between parties bond contract convention pact compact covenant An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action understanding arrangement bargain accord pact Harmonious mutual understanding harmony tune accord concurrence rapport consonance concord concordance The act or process of accepting acceptance consent nod acquiescence assent The act or state of agreeing or conforming correspondence accordance conformity conformation conformance tallying agreements agreements - NOUN A formal, usually written settlement between nations conventions treaties accords pacts concords A legally binding arrangement between parties bonds contracts conventions pacts compacts covenants An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action understandings arrangements bargains accords pacts Harmonious mutual understanding harmonies tunes accords concurrences rapports consonances concords concordances The act or process of accepting acceptances consents nods acquiescences assents The act or state of agreeing or conforming correspondences accordances conformities conformations conformances tallyings agrees agrees - VERB To be compatible or in correspondence fits matches corresponds conforms squares accords checks out comports rhymes tallies harmonizes To come to an understanding or to terms gets together coincides accords concurs harmonizes To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepts consents acquiesces assents accedes ahead ahead - ADVERB Before the expected time early beforehand betimes aid aid - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hand support help assistance relief assist succor aid - VERB To give support or assistance help assist help out abet succor aide aide - NOUN A person who helps assistant attendant helper A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities second lieutenant assistant auxiliary adjutant coadjutant coadjutor aided aided - VERB To give support or assistance helped assisted helped out abetted succored aides aides - NOUN A person who helps assistants attendants helpers A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities seconds lieutenants assistants auxiliaries adjutants coadjutants coadjutors aiding aiding - VERB To give support or assistance helping assisting helping out abetting succoring aids aids - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hands supports helps assistances reliefs assists succors aids - VERB To give support or assistance helps assists helps out abets succors ail ail - VERB To cause anxious uneasiness in concern worry trouble distress ailed ailed - VERB To cause anxious uneasiness in concerned worried troubled distressed ailing ailing - ADJ Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems low sickly off-color indisposed offish poorly unwell ailing - VERB To cause anxious uneasiness in concerning worrying troubling distressing ailment ailment - NOUN A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature complaint indisposition rockiness A pathological condition of mind or body disease complaint illness disorder sickness malady affliction infirmity ailments ailments - NOUN A minor illness, especially one of a temporary nature complaints indispositions rockiness A pathological condition of mind or body diseases complaints illnesses disorders sicknesses maladies afflictions infirmities ails ails - VERB To cause anxious uneasiness in concerns worries troubles distresses aim aim - NOUN Something strongly desired object goal objective mark ambition The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse substance tendency drift intent thrust tenor purport What one intends to do or achieve point end plan purpose view meaning design goal objective target intention intent aim - VERB To have in mind as a goal or purpose mean plan design propose intend project contemplate purpose To move (a weapon, blow, etc.) in the direction of someone or something turn set present point train direct head cast level zero in To strive toward a goal seek aspire aim for aim for - VERB To make a target of mark target aimed aimed - VERB To have in mind as a goal or purpose meant planned designed proposed intended projected contemplated purposed To move (a weapon, blow, etc.) in the direction of someone or something turned set presented pointed trained directed headed cast leveled To strive toward a goal sought aspired aimed for aimed for - VERB To make a target of marked targeted aiming aiming - VERB To have in mind as a goal or purpose meaning planning designing proposing intending projecting contemplating purposing To move (a weapon, blow, etc.) in the direction of someone or something turning setting presenting pointing training directing heading casting leveling To strive toward a goal seeking aspiring aiming for aiming for - VERB To make a target of marking targeting aimless aimless - ADJ Without aim, purpose, or intent desultory purposeless objectless aims aims - NOUN Something strongly desired objects goals objectives marks ambitions The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse substances tendencies drifts intents thrusts tenors purports What one intends to do or achieve points ends plans purposes views meanings designs goals objectives targets intentions intents aims - VERB To have in mind as a goal or purpose means plans designs proposes intends projects contemplates purposes To move (a weapon, blow, etc.) in the direction of someone or something turns sets presents points trains directs heads casts levels To strive toward a goal seeks aspires aims for aims for - VERB To make a target of marks targets air air - NOUN A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic feeling tone atmosphere mood smell feel ambiance aura A natural movement or current of air wind blow breeze gust zephyr A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit strain melody tune aria Behavior through which one reveals one's personality manner style presence bearing demeanor mien The celestial regions as seen from the earth sky heaven firmament The gaseous mixture enveloping the earth atmosphere air - VERB To expose to circulating air aerate ventilate To utter publicly state express vent ventilate aired aired - VERB To expose to circulating air aerated ventilated To utter publicly stated expressed vented ventilated airing airing - VERB To expose to circulating air aerating ventilating To utter publicly stating expressing venting ventilating airless airless - ADJ Marked by an absence of circulating air still windless breezeless Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air close stuffy stifling airs airs - NOUN Artificial behavior adopted to impress others pretense mannerism affectation affectedness A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic feelings tones atmospheres moods smells feels ambiances auras A natural movement or current of air winds blows breezes gusts zephyrs A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit strains melodies tunes arias Behavior through which one reveals one's personality manners styles presences demeanors miens The celestial regions as seen from the earth skies heavens firmaments The gaseous mixture enveloping the earth atmospheres airs - VERB To expose to circulating air aerates ventilates To utter publicly states expresses vents ventilates airy airy - ADJ Displaying light-hearted nonchalance buoyant jaunty breezy debonair Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind gusty windy breezy Imposingly high aerial lofty sky-high towering Of or relating to air atmospheric aerial pneumatic So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film sheer transparent aerial ethereal diaphanous filmy gauzy gossamer vaporous akin akin - ADJ Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin cognate consanguineous agnate allied connate kindred related alabaster alabaster - ADJ Of a moderately white color fair light pale ivory alarm alarm - NOUN A signal that warns of imminent danger warning alert tocsin Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger fear terror horror panic dread fright consternation fearfulness trepidation alarm - VERB To fill with fear frighten scare startle terrify panic terrorize To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warn alert caution forewarn alarmed alarmed - VERB To fill with fear frightened scared startled terrified panicked terrorized To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warned alerted cautioned forewarned alarming alarming - ADJ Causing or able to cause fear terrible tremendous formidable awful fearful dreadful appalling frightful ghastly dire fearsome direful frightening redoubtable alarming - VERB To fill with fear frightening scaring startling terrifying panicking terrorizing To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warning alerting cautioning forewarning alarmist alarmist - NOUN One who needlessly alarms others terrorist alarmists alarmists - NOUN One who needlessly alarms others terrorists alarms alarms - NOUN A signal that warns of imminent danger warnings alerts tocsins Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger fears terrors horrors panics dreads frights consternation fearfulness trepidations alarms - VERB To fill with fear frightens scares startles terrifies panics terrorizes To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warns alerts cautions forewarns alcoholic alcoholic - ADJ Containing alcohol strong hard spirituous alert alert - ADJ Mentally quick and original bright sharp intelligent smart clever keen quick-witted sharp-witted Vigilantly attentive wary wakeful observant vigilant watchful wide-awake open-eyed alert - NOUN A signal that warns of imminent danger warning alarm tocsin alert - VERB To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warn alarm caution forewarn alerted alerted - VERB To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warned alarmed cautioned forewarned alerting alerting - VERB To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warning alarming cautioning forewarning alertness alertness - NOUN The condition of being aware perception awareness consciousness cognizance alerts alerts - NOUN A signal that warns of imminent danger warnings alarms tocsins alerts - VERB To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk warns alarms cautions forewarns alien alien - ADJ Not part of the essential nature of a thing foreign accidental incidental extraneous adventitious extrinsic Of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world foreign strange exotic alien - NOUN A person coming from another country stranger foreigner newcomer outsider outlander emigre alien - VERB To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document make over grant transfer sign over deed cede alienate alienate - VERB To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic divide estrange disaffect disunite alienated alienated - VERB To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic divided estranged disaffected disunited alienates alienates - VERB To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic divides estranges disaffects disunites alienating alienating - VERB To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic dividing estranging disaffecting disuniting alienation alienation - NOUN Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely aberration mania insanity madness derangement unbalance craziness dementia insaneness lunacy The act of estranging or the condition of being estranged disaffection estrangement alienations alienations - NOUN Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely aberrations manias insanities madness derangements unbalances craziness dementias insaneness lunacies The act of estranging or the condition of being estranged disaffections estrangements aliened aliened - VERB To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document made over granted transferred signed over deeded ceded aliening aliening - VERB To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document making over granting transferring signing over deeding ceding aliens aliens - NOUN A person coming from another country strangers foreigners newcomers outsiders outlanders emigres aliens - VERB To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document makes over grants transfers signs over deeds cedes alight alight - ADJ On fire fiery aflame afire ablaze blazing burning flaming flaring ignited alight - VERB To come to rest on the ground settle light land set down touch down alighted alighted - VERB To come to rest on the ground settled lighted/lit landed set down touched down alighting alighting - VERB To come to rest on the ground settling lighting landing setting down touching down alights alights - VERB To come to rest on the ground settles lights lands sets down touches down align align - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty ally league confederate federate To place in or form a line or lines range line line up aligned aligned - ADJ Closely connected by or as if by a treaty allied confederated federated unified aligned - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty allied leagued confederated federated To place in or form a line or lines ranged lined lined up aligning aligning - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty allying leaguing confederating federating To place in or form a line or lines ranging lining lining up aligns aligns - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty allies leagues confederates federates To place in or form a line or lines ranges lines lines up alike alike - ADJ Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics similar comparable equivalent like corresponding uniform parallel analogous alikeness alikeness - NOUN The quality or state of being alike comparison analogy resemblance similarity affinity similitude likeness alimentary alimentary - ADJ Of or relating to food or nutrition nutritional nutritive alimonies alimonies - NOUN The means needed to support life supports maintenance livings subsistence upkeep keeps livelihoods sustenance alimony alimony - NOUN The means needed to support life support maintenance living subsistence upkeep keep livelihood sustenance alive alive - ADJ Full of animation and activity replete abounding overflowing rife teeming Having existence or life extant existent existing living In action or full operation active live operative functioning going running working Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception aware wise sensible awake mindful cognizant sentient conversant knowing Marked by or exhibiting life vital live animate animated living all all - ADJ Including every constituent or individual whole complete entire total all - ADVERB Without exception; in its entirety just altogether quite wholly utterly purely all - NOUN An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back total sum whole entirety gross aggregate totality all-inclusive all-inclusive - ADJ Covering a wide scope general large broad extensive widespread comprehensive far-reaching global inclusive wide-ranging all-round expansive extended overall sweeping wide-reaching all-out all-out - ADJ Completely such, without qualification or exception complete total perfect pure absolute thorough sheer outright unrelieved consummate downright thoroughgoing unqualified unbounded arrant flat-out out-and-out unequivocal unmitigated Covering all aspects with painstaking accuracy complete thorough intensive exhaustive thoroughgoing thoroughpaced all-round all-round - ADJ Covering a wide scope general large broad extensive widespread comprehensive far-reaching global inclusive wide-ranging all-inclusive expansive extended overall sweeping wide-reaching Having many aspects, uses, or abilities various many-sided versatile ambidextrous multifaceted protean allay allay - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieve ease lessen comfort alleviate lighten mitigate assuage palliate To make or become calm settle compose calm soothe quiet lull still becalm tranquilize allayed allayed - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieved eased lessened comforted alleviated lightened mitigated assuaged palliated To make or become calm settled composed calmed soothed quieted lulled stilled becalmed tranquilized allaying allaying - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieving easing lessening comforting alleviating lightening mitigating assuaging palliating To make or become calm settling composing calming soothing quieting lulling stilling becalming tranquilizing allayment allayment - NOUN Freedom, especially from pain relief ease alleviation mitigation allays allays - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieves eases lessens comforts alleviates lightens mitigates assuages palliates To make or become calm settles composes calms soothes quiets lulls stills becalms tranquilizes allegation allegation - NOUN A statement of something as fact claim declaration contention assertion allegations allegations - NOUN A statement of something as fact claims declarations contentions assertions allege allege - VERB To state to be true say maintain claim declare assert contend alleged alleged - VERB To state to be true said maintained claimed declared asserted contended alleges alleges - VERB To state to be true says maintains claims declares asserts contends allegiance allegiance - NOUN Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties loyalty fidelity constancy fealty steadfastness allegiances allegiances - NOUN Faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligations, or duties loyalties fidelities constancies fealties steadfastness alleging alleging - VERB To state to be true saying maintaining claiming declaring asserting contending alleviate alleviate - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieve ease lessen comfort lighten mitigate assuage allay palliate alleviated alleviated - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieved eased lessened comforted lightened mitigated assuaged allayed palliated alleviates alleviates - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieves eases lessens comforts lightens mitigates assuages allays palliates alleviating alleviating - VERB To make less severe or more bearable relieving easing lessening comforting lightening mitigating assuaging allaying palliating alleviation alleviation - NOUN Freedom, especially from pain relief ease mitigation allayment alliance alliance - NOUN An association, especially of nations for a common cause union league coalition federation confederacy confederation The state of being associated association connection combination cooperation partnership conjunction affiliation alliances alliances - NOUN An association, especially of nations for a common cause unions leagues coalitions federations confederacies confederations The state of being associated associations connections combinations cooperations partnerships conjunctions affiliations allied allied - ADJ Closely connected by or as if by a treaty aligned confederated federated unified Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin akin cognate consanguineous agnate connate kindred related allied - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty aligned leagued confederated federated To unite or be united in a relationship joined related associated combined bound connected linked affiliated conjoined allies allies - NOUN One nation associated with another in a common cause confederates One who is united in a relationship with another fellows partners colleagues associates confederates affiliates copartners allies - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty aligns leagues confederates federates To unite or be united in a relationship joins relates associates combines binds connects links affiliates conjoins allocate allocate - VERB To set aside for a specified purpose designate appropriate earmark To set aside or distribute as a share give allow assign allot apportion mete portion allocated allocated - VERB To set aside for a specified purpose designated appropriated earmarked To set aside or distribute as a share gave/given allowed assigned allotted apportioned meted portioned allocates allocates - VERB To set aside for a specified purpose designates appropriates earmarks To set aside or distribute as a share gives allows assigns allots apportions metes portions allocating allocating - VERB To set aside for a specified purpose designating appropriating earmarking To set aside or distribute as a share giving allowing assigning allotting apportioning meting portioning allocation allocation - NOUN That which is allotted part lot measure share portion allotment allowance ration quota allocations allocations - NOUN That which is allotted parts lots measures shares portions allotments allowances rations quotas allocution allocution - NOUN A usually formal oral communication to an audience address speech talk lecture oration declamation allocutions allocutions - NOUN A usually formal oral communication to an audience addresses speeches talks lectures orations declamations allot allot - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share give allow assign apportion allocate mete portion allotment allotment - NOUN That which is allotted part lot measure share portion allowance allocation ration quota allotments allotments - NOUN That which is allotted parts lots measures shares portions allowances allocations rations quotas allots allots - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share gives allows assigns apportions allocates metes portions allotted allotted - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share gave/given allowed assigned apportioned allocated meted portioned allotting allotting - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share giving allowing assigning apportioning allocating meting portioning allow allow - VERB To afford an opportunity for let permit admit To give one's consent to let permit authorize sanction consent To neither forbid nor prevent have leave let suffer tolerate To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of admit grant own acknowledge confess concede avow To set aside or distribute as a share give assign allot apportion allocate mete portion allowable allowable - ADJ Capable of being allowed admissible permissible allowance allowance - NOUN A factor conducive to superiority and success advantage start odds vantage An accommodation made in the light of special or extenuating circumstances concession That which is allotted part lot measure share portion allotment allocation ration quota allowances allowances - NOUN A factor conducive to superiority and success advantages starts odds vantages An accommodation made in the light of special or extenuating circumstances concessions That which is allotted parts lots measures shares portions allotments allocations rations quotas allowed allowed - VERB To afford an opportunity for let permitted admitted To give one's consent to let permitted authorized sanctioned consented To neither forbid nor prevent had left let suffered tolerated To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of admitted granted owned acknowledged confessed conceded avowed To set aside or distribute as a share gave/given assigned allotted apportioned allocated meted portioned allowing allowing - VERB To afford an opportunity for letting permitting admitting To give one's consent to letting permitting authorizing sanctioning consenting To neither forbid nor prevent having leaving letting suffering tolerating To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of admitting granting owning acknowledging confessing conceding avowing To set aside or distribute as a share giving assigning allotting apportioning allocating meting portioning allows allows - VERB To afford an opportunity for lets permits admits To give one's consent to lets permits authorizes sanctions consents To neither forbid nor prevent has leaves lets suffers tolerates To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of admits grants owns acknowledges confesses concedes avows To set aside or distribute as a share gives assigns allots apportions allocates metes portions alloyed alloyed - ADJ Mixed with other substances adulterated degraded impure allude allude - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mention refer bring up point out touch on advert alluded alluded - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentioned referred brought up pointed out touched on adverted alludes alludes - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentions refers brings up points out touches on adverts alluding alluding - VERB To call or direct attention to (an occurrence, situation, etc.) mentioning referring bringing up pointing out touching on adverting allure allure - NOUN The power or quality of attracting appeal charm attraction pull draw glamour magnetism fascination lure enchantment allurement charisma attractiveness witchery allure - VERB To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action tempt lure entice seduce inveigle To attract by some quality or action draw pull attract appeal fascinate lure magnetize allured allured - VERB To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action tempted lured enticed seduced inveigled To attract by some quality or action drew/drawn pulled attracted appealed fascinated lured magnetized allurement allurement - NOUN Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward temptation lure inducement seduction enticement come-on The power or quality of attracting appeal charm attraction pull draw glamour magnetism fascination lure enchantment allure charisma attractiveness witchery allurements allurements - NOUN Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward temptations lures inducements seductions enticements come-ons The power or quality of attracting appeals charms attractions pulls draws glamour magnetisms fascinations lures enchantments allures charisma attractiveness witchery allures allures - NOUN The power or quality of attracting appeals charms attractions pulls draws glamour magnetisms fascinations lures enchantments allurements charisma attractiveness witchery allures - VERB To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action tempts lures entices seduces inveigles To attract by some quality or action draws pulls attracts appeals fascinates lures magnetizes alluring alluring - ADJ Pleasing to the eye or mind sweet lovely pretty attractive magnetic charming fascinating appealing enchanting engaging captivating fetching winsome bewitching enticing entrancing prepossessing tempting winning Tending to seduce inviting seductive bewitching enticing siren tempting witching alluring - VERB To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action tempting luring enticing seducing inveigling To attract by some quality or action drawing pulling attracting appealing fascinating luring magnetizing allusive allusive - ADJ Tending to bring something, as a memory, mood, or image, subtly or indirectly to mind suggestive reminiscent evocative impressionistic ally ally - NOUN One nation associated with another in a common cause confederate One who is united in a relationship with another fellow partner colleague associate confederate affiliate copartner ally - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty align league confederate federate To unite or be united in a relationship join relate associate combine bind connect link affiliate conjoin allying allying - VERB To associate with formally, as by treaty aligning leaguing confederating federating To unite or be united in a relationship joining relating associating combining binding connecting linking affiliating conjoining almost almost - ADVERB Near to in quantity or amount nearly approximately roughly about alms alms - NOUN Something given to a charity or cause contribution gift charity offering donation beneficence benefaction handout alone alone - ADJ Lacking the company of others lonely solitary unaccompanied lonesome Set away from all others solitary lone apart detached isolate isolated removed Without equal or rival unique incomparable only peerless matchless unequaled unmatched unparalleled apart nonpareil unexampled unrivaled alone - ADVERB To the exclusion of anyone or anything else only entirely but solely Without the presence or aid of another solely single-handedly solo aloneness aloneness - NOUN The quality or state of being alone isolation loneliness solitude aloof aloof - ADJ Lacking interest in one's surroundings or worldly affairs indifferent unconcerned uninterested detached incurious Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner cool distant remote solitary chilly frosty uncommunicative reserved reticent standoffish unapproachable undemonstrative withdrawn aloofness aloofness - NOUN Dissociation from one's surroundings or worldly affairs distance detachment remoteness already already - ADVERB At a time in the past once before earlier formerly heretofore also also - ADVERB In addition still further furthermore besides additionally more alter alter - VERB To make or become different turn change vary modify mutate To render incapable of reproducing sexually change fix sterilize castrate geld neuter unsex alterable alterable - ADJ Capable of or liable to change variable uncertain unstable changeable fluid unsteady mutable unsettled alteration alteration - NOUN A usually physical change of one thing into another shift conversion transformation changeover The process or result of making or becoming different change variation modification mutation permutation alterations alterations - NOUN A usually physical change of one thing into another shifts conversions transformations changeovers The process or result of making or becoming different changes variations modifications mutations permutations altercation altercation - NOUN A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed argument fight row dispute debate controversy quarrel disagreement contention clash squabble polemic spat unpleasantness hassle run-in tiff words wrangle altercations altercations - NOUN A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed arguments fights rows disputes debates controversies quarrels disagreements contentions clashes squabbles polemics spats unpleasantness hassles run-ins tiffs words wrangles altered altered - VERB To make or become different turned changed varied modified mutated To render incapable of reproducing sexually changed fixed sterilized castrated gelded neutered unsexed altering altering - VERB To make or become different turning changing varying modifying mutating To render incapable of reproducing sexually changing fixing sterilizing castrating gelding neutering unsexing alternate alternate - NOUN One that takes the place of another replacement substitute fill-in stand-in surrogate alternate - VERB To do, use, or occur in successive turns rotate alternated alternated - VERB To do, use, or occur in successive turns rotated alternates alternates - NOUN One that takes the place of another replacements substitutes fill-ins stand-ins surrogates alternates - VERB To do, use, or occur in successive turns rotates alternating alternating - VERB To do, use, or occur in successive turns rotating alternation alternation - NOUN Occurrence in successive turns rotation alternations alternations - NOUN Occurrence in successive turns rotations alternative alternative - NOUN The power or right of choosing choice option alternatives alternatives - NOUN The power or right of choosing choices options alters alters - VERB To make or become different turns changes varies modifies mutates To render incapable of reproducing sexually changes fixes sterilizes castrates gelds neuters unsexes altitude altitude - NOUN The distance of something from a given level height elevation altitudes altitudes - NOUN The distance of something from a given level heights elevations altogether altogether - ADVERB To the fullest extent fully completely entirely thoroughly quite wholly Without exception; in its entirety just quite wholly utterly purely all altruism altruism - NOUN Kindly, charitable interest in others grace charity kindness benevolence beneficence kindliness charitableness altruistic altruistic - ADJ Of or concerned with charity charitable philanthropic benevolent eleemosynary am am - VERB To have being or actuality exist subsist To have reality or life live exist breathe subsist amalgam amalgam - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixture compound fusion blend mix amalgamation admixture amalgamate amalgamate - 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 admix commingle commix intermingle intermix amalgamated amalgamated - 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 admixed commingled commixed intermingled intermixed amalgamates amalgamates - 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 admixes commingles commixes intermingles intermixes amalgamating amalgamating - 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 admixing commingling commixing intermingling intermixing amalgamation amalgamation - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixture compound fusion blend mix admixture amalgam amalgamations amalgamations - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixtures compounds fusions blends mixes admixtures amalgams amalgams amalgams - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixtures compounds fusions blends mixes amalgamations admixtures amaranthine amaranthine - ADJ Enduring for all time eternal endless everlasting perpetual immortal ceaseless unending never-ending world-without-end amass amass - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collect gather accumulate accrue roll up pile up agglomerate garner aggregate amassed amassed - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collected gathered accumulated accrued rolled up piled up agglomerated garnered aggregated amasses amasses - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collects gathers accumulates accrues rolls up piles up agglomerates garners aggregates amassing amassing - VERB To bring together so as to increase in mass or number collecting gathering accumulating accruing rolling up piling up agglomerating garnering aggregating amassment amassment - NOUN A quantity accumulated mass collection accumulation assemblage agglomeration aggregation cumulus congeries garner The result or product of building up development increase accumulation build-up multiplication accretion enlargement proliferation increment amassments amassments - NOUN A quantity accumulated masses collections accumulations assemblages agglomerations aggregations cumuli congeries garners The result or product of building up developments increases accumulations build-ups multiplications accretions enlargements proliferations increments amateur amateur - NOUN One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit dabbler dilettante abecedarian nonprofessional tyro amateurish amateurish - ADJ Lacking the required professional skill unskilled dilettantish unskillful amateurs amateurs - NOUN One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit dabblers dilettantes abecedarians nonprofessionals tyros amatory amatory - ADJ Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire sexual erotic amorous aphrodisiac amaze amaze - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprise startle astonish astound amazed amazed - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprised startled astonished astounded amazement amazement - NOUN The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring or astounding wonder awe wonderment amazes amazes - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprises startles astonishes astounds amazing amazing - ADJ So remarkable as to elicit disbelief wonderful incredible fantastic marvelous astonishing fabulous astounding miraculous prodigious unbelievable stupendous phenomenal wondrous amazing - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprising startling astonishing astounding ambiance ambiance - NOUN A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic air feeling tone atmosphere mood smell feel aura The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development world atmosphere medium environment climate milieu surroundings ambiances ambiances - NOUN A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic airs feelings tones atmospheres moods smells feels auras The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development worlds atmospheres media/mediums environments climates milieus surroundings ambidextrous ambidextrous - ADJ Having many aspects, uses, or abilities various many-sided versatile all-round multifaceted protean Not being what one purports to be deceptive hypocritical insincere disingenuous ambiguities ambiguities - NOUN An expression or term liable to more than one interpretation equivocations tergiversations The quality or state of being ambiguous uncertainties obscurities vagueness indefiniteness ambiguousness cloudiness equivocalness unclearness The use or an instance of equivocal language equivocations tergiversations ambiguity ambiguity - NOUN An expression or term liable to more than one interpretation equivocation tergiversation The quality or state of being ambiguous uncertainty obscurity vagueness indefiniteness ambiguousness cloudiness equivocalness unclearness The use or an instance of equivocal language equivocation tergiversation ambiguous ambiguous - ADJ Liable to more than one interpretation vague uncertain obscure nebulous cloudy unclear equivocal sibylline Not affording certainty open doubtful uncertain questionable dubious indeterminate indecisive unclear equivocal problematical unsure borderline chancy clouded undecided unsettled ambiguousness ambiguousness - NOUN The quality or state of being ambiguous uncertainty ambiguity obscurity vagueness indefiniteness cloudiness equivocalness unclearness ambit ambit - NOUN A line around a closed figure or area circuit compass periphery circumference perimeter An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power range extent extension scope sphere orbit realm reach compass sweep purview ambition ambition - NOUN A strong desire to achieve something aspiration ambitiousness Something strongly desired object goal objective mark aim The wish, power, and ability to begin and follow through with a plan or task drive enterprise initiative ambitions ambitions - NOUN A strong desire to achieve something aspirations ambitiousness Something strongly desired objects goals objectives marks aims The wish, power, and ability to begin and follow through with a plan or task drives enterprises initiatives ambitious ambitious - ADJ Full of ambition aspiring ambitiousness ambitiousness - NOUN A strong desire to achieve something ambition aspiration ambits ambits - NOUN A line around a closed figure or area circuits compasses peripheries circumferences perimeters An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power ranges extents extensions scopes spheres orbits realms reaches compasses sweeps purviews amble amble - NOUN An act of walking, especially for pleasure walk promenade stroll perambulation ramble saunter amble - VERB To walk at a leisurely pace wander stroll ramble meander perambulate promenade saunter ambled ambled - VERB To walk at a leisurely pace wandered strolled rambled meandered perambulated promenaded sauntered ambles ambles - NOUN An act of walking, especially for pleasure walks promenades strolls perambulations rambles saunters ambles - VERB To walk at a leisurely pace wanders strolls rambles meanders perambulates promenades saunters ambling ambling - VERB To walk at a leisurely pace wandering strolling rambling meandering perambulating promenading sauntering ambrosial ambrosial - ADJ Highly pleasing, especially to the sense of taste heavenly delicious savory luscious tasty delectable toothsome ambulate ambulate - VERB To go on foot walk step pace tread foot ambulated ambulated - VERB To go on foot walked stepped paced trod/trodden footed ambulates ambulates - VERB To go on foot walks steps paces treads foots ambulating ambulating - VERB To go on foot walking stepping pacing treading footing ambuscade ambuscade - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprise ambush bushwhack waylay To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambush ambuscaded ambuscaded - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprised ambushed bushwhacked waylaid To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambushed ambuscades ambuscades - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprises ambushes bushwhacks waylays To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambushes ambuscading ambuscading - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprising ambushing bushwhacking waylaying To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambushing ambush ambush - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprise bushwhack waylay ambuscade To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambuscade ambushed ambushed - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprised bushwhacked waylaid ambuscaded To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambuscaded ambushes ambushes - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprises bushwhacks waylays ambuscades To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambuscades ambushing ambushing - VERB To attack suddenly and without warning surprising bushwhacking waylaying ambuscading To wait concealed in order to attack (someone) ambuscading ameliorate ameliorate - VERB To advance to a more desirable state help improve amend better upgrade meliorate ameliorated ameliorated - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helped improved amended bettered upgraded meliorated ameliorates ameliorates - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helps improves amends betters upgrades meliorates ameliorating ameliorating - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helping improving amending bettering upgrading meliorating amelioration amelioration - NOUN Something that improves improvement amendment betterment melioration upgrading Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society development progress improvement betterment melioration ameliorations ameliorations - NOUN Something that improves improvements amendments betterments meliorations upgrading Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society developments progresses improvements betterments meliorations amenable amenable - ADJ Ready and willing to receive favorably, as new ideas open responsive receptive open-minded Willing to carry out the wishes of others submissive obedient compliant complying conformable tractable amend amend - VERB To advance to a more desirable state help improve better upgrade ameliorate meliorate To make right what is wrong correct mend remedy emend rectify right To prepare a new version of revise revamp emend amended amended - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helped improved bettered upgraded ameliorated meliorated To make right what is wrong corrected mended remedied emended rectified righted To prepare a new version of revised revamped emended amending amending - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helping improving bettering upgrading ameliorating meliorating To make right what is wrong correcting mending remedying emending rectifying righting To prepare a new version of revising revamping emending amendment amendment - NOUN Something that improves improvement betterment melioration upgrading amelioration The act or process of revising revision emendation revamping rewriting amendments amendments - NOUN Something that improves improvements betterments meliorations upgrading ameliorations The act or process of revising revisions emendations revampings rewritings amends amends - NOUN Something to make up for loss or damage satisfaction compensation indemnity recompense remuneration redress reparation restitution indemnification quittance requital setoff amends - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helps improves betters upgrades ameliorates meliorates To make right what is wrong corrects mends remedies emends rectifies rights To prepare a new version of revises revamps emends amenities amenities - NOUN Courteous acts that contribute to smoothness and ease in dealings and social relationships civilities courtesies pleasantries proprieties Anything that increases physical comfort facilities comforts conveniences The quality of being pleasant and friendly friendliness agreeableness pleasantness affability amiability cordialities geniality amenity amenity - NOUN Anything that increases physical comfort facility comfort convenience The quality of being pleasant and friendly friendliness agreeableness pleasantness affability amiability cordiality geniality amerce amerce - VERB To impose a fine on fine penalize mulct amerced amerced - VERB To impose a fine on fined penalized mulcted amerces amerces - VERB To impose a fine on fines penalizes mulcts amercing amercing - VERB To impose a fine on fining penalizing mulcting amiability amiability - NOUN The quality of being pleasant and friendly friendliness agreeableness pleasantness affability amenity cordiality geniality amiable amiable - ADJ Of or befitting a friend or friends friendly sympathetic congenial amicable convivial warmhearted neighborly Pleasant and friendly easy agreeable cordial genial good-natured easygoing affable complaisant good-tempered amicable amicable - ADJ Exhibiting accord in feeling or action friendly congenial harmonious Of or befitting a friend or friends friendly sympathetic congenial amiable convivial warmhearted neighborly amiss amiss - ADJ Not in accordance with what is usual or expected wrong awry amiss - ADVERB Not in the right way or on the proper course wrong astray afield amnesiac amnesiac - ADJ Unable to remember forgetful amnesties amnesties - NOUN The act or an instance of forgiving forgivenesses pardons absolutions remissions condonations exculpations amnesty amnesty - NOUN The act or an instance of forgiving forgiveness pardon absolution remission condonation exculpation amorous amorous - ADJ Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire passionate erotic lustful concupiscent libidinous Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire sexual erotic amatory aphrodisiac amorousness amorousness - NOUN The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other love passion amour amorphous amorphous - ADJ Having no distinct shape shapeless unformed formless inchoate unshaped amount amount - NOUN A measurable whole body quantity bulk quantum corpus A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition total sum summation aggregate totality The general sense or significance, as of an action, statement, etc substance burden import drift purport amount - VERB To be equivalent to constitute correspond equal To come to in number or quantity run reach total number aggregate amounted amounted - VERB To be equivalent to constituted corresponded equaled To come to in number or quantity ran/run reached totaled numbered aggregated amounting amounting - VERB To be equivalent to constituting corresponding equaling To come to in number or quantity running reaching totaling numbering aggregating amounts amounts - NOUN A measurable whole bodies quantities bulks quanta corpora/corpuses A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition totals sums summations aggregates totalities The general sense or significance, as of an action, statement, etc substances burdens imports drifts purports amounts - VERB To be equivalent to constitutes corresponds equals To come to in number or quantity runs reaches totals numbers aggregates amour amour - NOUN An intimate sexual relationship between two people love affair romance The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other love passion amorousness amour-propre amour-propre - NOUN A regarding of oneself with undue favor pride ego vanity egotism conceit egoism narcissism vainglory A sense of one's own dignity or worth pride ego self-esteem self-respect self-regard amours amours - NOUN An intimate sexual relationship between two people loves affairs romances The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other loves passions amorousness ample ample - ADJ Characterized by abundance liberal generous abundant plentiful copious bounteous bountiful plenteous Having plenty of room spacious capacious roomy commodious Large in expanse broad extensive spacious expansive extended Of full measure; not narrow or restricted full wide voluminous capacious amplification amplification - NOUN The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness expansion extension spread enlargement amplifications amplifications - NOUN The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness expansions extensions spreads enlargements amplified amplified - VERB To express at greater length or in greater detail developed expanded enlarged elaborated labored dilated expatiated To increase the level or intensity of sound raised elevated heightened To make or become greater or larger increased grew/grown extended expanded mounted ran up/run up multiplied built up swelled/swollen enlarged augmented magnified waxed snowballed aggrandized upsurged amplifies amplifies - VERB To express at greater length or in greater detail develops expands enlarges elaborates labors dilates expatiates To increase the level or intensity of sound raises elevates heightens To make or become greater or larger increases grows extends expands mounts runs up multiplies builds up swells enlarges augments magnifies waxes snowballs aggrandizes upsurges amplify amplify - VERB To express at greater length or in greater detail develop expand enlarge elaborate labor dilate expatiate To increase the level or intensity of sound raise elevate heighten To make or become greater or larger increase grow extend expand mount run up multiply build up swell enlarge augment magnify wax snowball aggrandize upsurge amplifying amplifying - VERB To express at greater length or in greater detail developing expanding enlarging elaborating laboring dilating expatiating To increase the level or intensity of sound raising elevating heightening To make or become greater or larger increasing growing extending expanding mounting running up multiplying building up swelling enlarging augmenting magnifying waxing snowballing aggrandizing upsurging amplitude amplitude - NOUN Great extent, amount, or dimension volume size mass magnitude bulk The amount of space occupied by something size extent measure magnitude dimensions proportions The quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importance size extent magnitude greatness amplitudes amplitudes - NOUN Great extent, amount, or dimension volumes sizes masses magnitudes bulks The amount of space occupied by something sizes extents measures magnitudes dimensions proportions The quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importance sizes extents magnitudes greatness amuck amuck - ADJ Out of control runaway uncontrolled amulet amulet - NOUN A small object worn or kept for its supposed magical power charm fetish juju talisman amulets amulets - NOUN A small object worn or kept for its supposed magical power charms fetishes jujus talismans amuse amuse - VERB To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way entertain distract divert recreate amused amused - VERB To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way entertained distracted diverted recreated amusement amusement - NOUN Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain recreation entertainment diversion distraction The condition of being amused diversion distraction amusements amusements - NOUN Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain recreations entertainments diversions distractions The condition of being amused diversions distractions amuses amuses - VERB To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way entertains distracts diverts recreates amusing amusing - ADJ Arousing laughter funny humorous comic comical droll laughable risible zany Entertaining or pleasing distracting diverting amusing - VERB To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way entertaining distracting diverting recreating analogies analogies - NOUN The quality or state of being alike comparisons resemblances similarities affinities similitudes likenesses alikeness analogize analogize - VERB To represent as similar compare equate parallel liken analogized analogized - VERB To represent as similar compared equated paralleled likened analogizes analogizes - VERB To represent as similar compares equates parallels likens analogizing analogizing - VERB To represent as similar comparing equating paralleling likening analogous analogous - ADJ Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics similar comparable equivalent like corresponding uniform parallel alike analogue analogue - NOUN Something analogous to something else match counterpart correspondent parallel congener correlate analogues analogues - NOUN Something analogous to something else matches counterparts correspondents parallels congeners correlates analogy analogy - NOUN The quality or state of being alike comparison resemblance similarity affinity similitude likeness alikeness analyses analyses - NOUN A close or systematic study investigations reviews surveys examinations inspections The separation of a whole into its parts for study resolutions breakdowns dissections analysis analysis - NOUN A close or systematic study investigation review survey examination inspection The separation of a whole into its parts for study resolution breakdown dissection analytic analytic - ADJ Able to reason validly logical rational analyze analyze - VERB To separate into parts for study resolve break down dissect anatomize To study closely or systematically examine investigate inspect analyzed analyzed - VERB To separate into parts for study resolved broke down/broken down dissected anatomized To study closely or systematically examined investigated inspected analyzes analyzes - VERB To separate into parts for study resolves breaks down dissects anatomizes To study closely or systematically examines investigates inspects analyzing analyzing - VERB To separate into parts for study resolving breaking down dissecting anatomizing To study closely or systematically examining investigating inspecting Ananias Ananias - NOUN One who tells lies liar storyteller fabricator falsifier fibber perjurer prevaricator Ananiases Ananiases - NOUN One who tells lies liars storytellers fabricators falsifiers fibbers perjurers prevaricators anarchies anarchies - NOUN A lack of civil order or peace disorders lawlessness misrule anarchy anarchy - NOUN A lack of civil order or peace disorder lawlessness misrule anathema anathema - NOUN A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury curse damnation imprecation malediction execration An object of extreme dislike hate detestation abomination bugbear anathemas anathemas - NOUN A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury curses damnations imprecations maledictions execrations An object of extreme dislike hates detestations abominations bugbears anathematize anathematize - VERB To invoke evil or injury upon damn curse imprecate anathematized anathematized - VERB To invoke evil or injury upon damned cursed imprecated anathematizes anathematizes - VERB To invoke evil or injury upon damns curses imprecates anathematizing anathematizing - VERB To invoke evil or injury upon damning cursing imprecating anatomize anatomize - VERB To separate into parts for study resolve analyze break down dissect anatomized anatomized - VERB To separate into parts for study resolved analyzed broke down/broken down dissected anatomizes anatomizes - VERB To separate into parts for study resolves analyzes breaks down dissects anatomizing anatomizing - VERB To separate into parts for study resolving analyzing breaking down dissecting ancestor ancestor - NOUN A forerunner predecessor antecedent prototype precursor A person from whom one is descended parent antecedent forebear forefather ascendant progenitor ancestors ancestors - NOUN A forerunner predecessors antecedents prototypes precursors A person from whom one is descended parents antecedents forebears forefathers ascendants progenitors ancestral ancestral - ADJ Of or from one's ancestors hereditary inherited patrimonial ancestries ancestries - NOUN One's ancestors or their character lines families blood seeds births origins descents extractions lineages pedigrees parentages genealogies bloodlines ancestry ancestry - NOUN One's ancestors or their character line family blood seed birth origin descent extraction lineage pedigree parentage genealogy bloodline anchor anchor - VERB To make secure catch fix secure fasten moor anchored anchored - VERB To make secure caught fixed secured fastened moored anchoring anchoring - VERB To make secure catching fixing securing fastening mooring anchors anchors - VERB To make secure catches fixes secures fastens moors ancient ancient - ADJ Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past old age-old venerable antique timeworn aged antediluvian hoary Of, existing, or occurring in a distant period early primitive antediluvian primordial ancillary ancillary - ADJ Giving or able to give help or support auxiliary contributory subsidiary accessory assisting collateral helping anecdote anecdote - NOUN An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence story tale yarn fable anecdotes anecdotes - NOUN An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence stories tales yarns fables anemic anemic - ADJ Being weak in quality or substance pale bloodless pallid watery Of or associated with sickness sick peaked sickly anew anew - ADVERB Once more again afresh angel angel - NOUN One who assumes financial responsibility for another sponsor underwriter backer guarantor guaranty surety angels angels - NOUN One who assumes financial responsibility for another sponsors underwriters backers guarantors guaranties sureties anger anger - NOUN A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility indignation ire anger - VERB To cause to feel or show anger provoke infuriate incense madden enrage angered angered - VERB To cause to feel or show anger provoked infuriated incensed maddened enraged angering angering - VERB To cause to feel or show anger provoking infuriating incensing maddening enraging angers angers - NOUN A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility indignation ires angers - VERB To cause to feel or show anger provokes infuriates incenses maddens enrages angle angle - NOUN A way of considering a matter light aspect viewpoint standpoint slant The position from which something is observed or considered view outlook viewpoint standpoint slant angle - VERB To cause to move, especially at an angle turn bend refract deflect To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slant bias skew To try to obtain, usually by subtleness and cunning fish hint angled angled - VERB To cause to move, especially at an angle turned bent refracted deflected To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slanted biased skewed To try to obtain, usually by subtleness and cunning fished hinted angles angles - NOUN A way of considering a matter lights aspects viewpoints standpoints slants The position from which something is observed or considered views outlooks viewpoints standpoints slants angles - VERB To cause to move, especially at an angle turns bends refracts deflects To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slants biases skews To try to obtain, usually by subtleness and cunning fishes hints angling angling - VERB To cause to move, especially at an angle turning bending refracting deflecting To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slanting biasing skewing To try to obtain, usually by subtleness and cunning fishing hinting angry angry - ADJ Feeling or showing anger mad indignant furious irate wrathful choleric enraged incensed ireful maddened seething angst angst - NOUN Anxious concern care anxiety worry distress uneasiness perturbation disquiet disquietude unease anxiousness angsts angsts - NOUN Anxious concern cares anxieties worries distresses uneasiness perturbations disquiets disquietudes unease anxiousness anguish anguish - NOUN A state of physical or mental suffering pain misery distress hurt agony woe affliction anguish - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflict distress aggrieve grieve pain anguished anguished - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicted distressed aggrieved grieved pained anguishes anguishes - NOUN A state of physical or mental suffering pains miseries distresses hurts agonies woes afflictions anguishes - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicts distresses aggrieves grieves pains anguishing anguishing - VERB To cause suffering or painful sorrow to afflicting distressing aggrieving grieving paining angular angular - ADJ Having little flesh or fat on the body thin slender spare lean skinny bony gaunt meager scrawny lanky rawboned fleshless twiggy anhydrous anhydrous - ADJ Having little or no liquid or moisture dry arid bone-dry dehydrated desiccated parched waterless anima anima - NOUN The vital principle or animating force within living beings spirit soul vitality psyche animus animal animal - ADJ Relating to the desires and appetites of the body physical sensual carnal fleshly animalism animalism - NOUN A preoccupation with the body and satisfaction of its desires sensuality carnality earthiness physicality animas animas - NOUN The vital principle or animating force within living beings spirits souls vitality psyches animuses animate animate - ADJ Marked by or exhibiting life alive vital live animated living animate - VERB To arouse the emotions of; make ardent fire stir inspire kindle enkindle To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to encourage inspire stimulate motivate cheer embolden hearten inspirit To make alive quicken enliven vivify liven To make lively or animated light brighten enliven To raise the spirits of lift inspire elevate cheer elate buoy exhilarate perk up inspirit uplift animated animated - ADJ Marked by or exhibiting life alive vital live living Very brisk, alert, and high-spirited lively vivacious pert bouncy chipper spirited dashing animated - VERB To arouse the emotions of; make ardent fired stirred inspired kindled enkindled To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to encouraged inspired stimulated motivated cheered emboldened heartened inspirited To make alive quickened enlivened vivified livened To make lively or animated lighted/lit brightened enlivened To raise the spirits of lifted inspired elevated cheered elated buoyed exhilarated perked up inspirited uplifted animates animates - VERB To arouse the emotions of; make ardent fires stirs inspires kindles enkindles To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to encourages inspires stimulates motivates cheers emboldens heartens inspirits To make alive quickens enlivens vivifies livens To make lively or animated lights brightens enlivens To raise the spirits of lifts inspires elevates cheers elates buoys exhilarates perks up inspirits uplifts animating animating - ADJ Serving to enliven rousing stimulating enlivening quickening stimulative vitalizing vivifying animating - VERB To arouse the emotions of; make ardent firing stirring inspiring kindling enkindling To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to encouraging inspiring stimulating motivating cheering emboldening heartening inspiriting To make alive quickening enlivening vivifying livening To make lively or animated lighting brightening enlivening To raise the spirits of lifting inspiring elevating cheering elating buoying exhilarating perking up inspiriting uplifting animation animation - NOUN A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner spirit vigor dash bounce verve liveliness vivacity elan brio esprit vim Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity force strength energy steam vigor potency puissance sprightliness vim High spirits inspiration lift elation euphoria exaltation uplift elatedness exhilaration animosities animosities - NOUN Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonisms hostilities antipathies enmities animuses animosity animosity - NOUN Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonism hostility antipathy enmity animus animus animus - NOUN Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonism hostility antipathy animosity enmity The vital principle or animating force within living beings spirit soul vitality psyche anima animuses animuses - NOUN Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonisms hostilities antipathies animosities enmities The vital principle or animating force within living beings spirits souls vitality psyches animas annals annals - NOUN A chronological record of past events history chronicle annex annex - NOUN A part added to a main structure extension wing annex - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity add append annexed annexed - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity added appended annexes annexes - NOUN A part added to a main structure extensions wings annexes - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity adds appends annexing annexing - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity adding appending annihilate annihilate - VERB To destroy all traces of remove clear abolish liquidate erase exterminate wipe out rub out obliterate eradicate extinguish extirpate stamp out root out uproot blot out snuff out To kill savagely and indiscriminately slaughter massacre butcher decimate To put an end to formally and with authority set aside cancel abolish invalidate nullify repeal rescind negate vitiate abrogate void annul annihilated annihilated - VERB To destroy all traces of removed cleared abolished liquidated erased exterminated wiped out rubbed out obliterated eradicated extinguished extirpated stamped out rooted out uprooted blotted out snuffed out To kill savagely and indiscriminately slaughtered massacred butchered decimated To put an end to formally and with authority set aside canceled abolished invalidated nullified repealed rescinded negated vitiated abrogated voided annulled annihilates annihilates - VERB To destroy all traces of removes clears abolishes liquidates erases exterminates wipes out rubs out obliterates eradicates extinguishes extirpates stamps out roots out uproots blots out snuffs out To kill savagely and indiscriminately slaughters massacres butchers decimates To put an end to formally and with authority sets aside cancels abolishes invalidates nullifies repeals rescinds negates vitiates abrogates voids annuls annihilating annihilating - VERB To destroy all traces of removing clearing abolishing liquidating erasing exterminating wiping out rubbing out obliterating eradicating extinguishing extirpating stamping out rooting out uprooting blotting out snuffing out To kill savagely and indiscriminately slaughtering massacring butchering decimating To put an end to formally and with authority setting aside canceling abolishing invalidating nullifying repealing rescinding negating vitiating abrogating voiding annulling annihilation annihilation - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeal negation abolishment abrogation annulment invalidation nullification rescission Utter destruction liquidation eradication extinction obliteration extermination extirpation annihilations annihilations - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeals negations abolishment abrogations annulments invalidations nullifications rescissions Utter destruction liquidations eradications extinctions obliterations exterminations extirpations annotation annotation - NOUN Critical explanation or analysis note interpretation comment commentary exegesis annotations annotations - NOUN Critical explanation or analysis notes interpretations comments commentaries exegeses announce announce - VERB To bring to public notice publish declare advertise proclaim broadcast promulgate To make known the presence or arrival of introduce proclaim herald presage usher in announced announced - VERB To bring to public notice published declared advertised proclaimed broadcast promulgated To make known the presence or arrival of introduced proclaimed heralded presaged ushered in announcement announcement - NOUN A public statement notice declaration proclamation pronouncement edict manifesto The act of announcing publication declaration broadcast proclamation pronouncement annunciation promulgation announcements announcements - NOUN A public statement notices declarations proclamations pronouncements edicts manifestoes The act of announcing publications declarations broadcasts proclamations pronouncements annunciations promulgations announces announces - VERB To bring to public notice publishes declares advertises proclaims broadcasts promulgates To make known the presence or arrival of introduces proclaims heralds presages ushers in announcing announcing - VERB To bring to public notice publishing declaring advertising proclaiming broadcasting promulgating To make known the presence or arrival of introducing proclaiming heralding presaging ushering in annoy annoy - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worry beset harass plague tease harry pester bedevil beleaguer To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations get bother disturb provoke irritate vex fret ruffle chafe exasperate nettle gall irk peeve annoyance annoyance - NOUN Something that annoys irritation nuisance irritant bother botheration peeve The act of annoying provocation harassment bothering pestering vexation The feeling of being annoyed irritation exasperation bother botheration vexation annoyances annoyances - NOUN Something that annoys irritations nuisances irritants bothers botherations peeves The act of annoying provocations harassments botherings pesterings vexations The feeling of being annoyed irritations exasperations bothers botherations vexations annoyed annoyed - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worried beset harassed plagued teased harried pestered bedeviled beleaguered To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations got/gotten bothered disturbed provoked irritated vexed fretted ruffled chafed exasperated nettled galled irked peeved annoying annoying - ADJ Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations troublesome irritating bothersome galling irksome nettlesome vexatious provoking vexing annoying - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worrying besetting harassing plaguing teasing harrying pestering bedeviling beleaguering To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations getting bothering disturbing provoking irritating vexing fretting ruffling chafing exasperating nettling galling irking peeving annoys annoys - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worries besets harasses plagues teases harries pesters bedevils beleaguers To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations gets bothers disturbs provokes irritates vexes frets ruffles chafes exasperates nettles galls irks peeves annul annul - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority set aside cancel abolish invalidate nullify repeal rescind negate vitiate abrogate annihilate void To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean cancel strike out undo cross out erase wipe out rub out scratch out expunge blot out x out annular annular - ADJ Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point round circular spherical globular annulled annulled - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority set aside canceled abolished invalidated nullified repealed rescinded negated vitiated abrogated annihilated voided To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean canceled struck out undid/undone crossed out erased wiped out rubbed out scratched out expunged blotted out xed out annulling annulling - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority setting aside canceling abolishing invalidating nullifying repealing rescinding negating vitiating abrogating annihilating voiding To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean canceling striking out undoing crossing out erasing wiping out rubbing out scratching out expunging blotting out xing out annulment annulment - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeal annihilation negation abolishment abrogation invalidation nullification rescission annulments annulments - NOUN An often formal act of putting an end to abolition repeals annihilations negations abolishment abrogations invalidations nullifications rescissions annuls annuls - VERB To put an end to formally and with authority sets aside cancels abolishes invalidates nullifies repeals rescinds negates vitiates abrogates annihilates voids To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean cancels strikes out undoes crosses out erases wipes out rubs out scratches out expunges blots out xes out annunciation annunciation - NOUN The act of announcing publication announcement declaration broadcast proclamation pronouncement promulgation annunciations annunciations - NOUN The act of announcing publications announcements declarations broadcasts proclamations pronouncements promulgations anomalies anomalies - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviations aberrations deviances abnormalities aberrances deviancies preternaturalness anomalistic anomalistic - ADJ Departing from the normal unnatural divergent aberrant abnormal deviant anomalous atypical deviating preternatural anomalous anomalous - ADJ Departing from the normal unnatural divergent aberrant abnormal deviant atypical anomalistic deviating preternatural anomaly anomaly - NOUN The condition of being abnormal deviation aberration deviance abnormality aberrance deviancy preternaturalness anonymity anonymity - NOUN The quality or state of being obscure obscurity nothing namelessness anonymous anonymous - ADJ Having an unknown name or author unnamed unsigned nameless answer answer - NOUN Something spoken or written as a return to a question, demand, etc response reply retort rejoinder Something worked out to explain, resolve, or provide a method for dealing with and settling a problem solution answer - VERB To meet a need or requirement do serve suit suffice To speak or act in response to return reply respond retort rejoin To supply fully or completely meet fill satisfy fulfill answerable answerable - ADJ Legally obligated responsible liable accountable answered answered - VERB To meet a need or requirement did/done served suited sufficed To speak or act in response to returned replied responded retorted rejoined To supply fully or completely met filled satisfied fulfilled answering answering - VERB To meet a need or requirement doing serving suiting sufficing To speak or act in response to returning replying responding retorting rejoining To supply fully or completely meeting filling satisfying fulfilling answers answers - NOUN Something spoken or written as a return to a question, demand, etc responses replies retorts rejoinders Something worked out to explain, resolve, or provide a method for dealing with and settling a problem solutions answers - VERB To meet a need or requirement does serves suits suffices To speak or act in response to returns replies responds retorts rejoins To supply fully or completely meets fills satisfies fulfills antagonism antagonism - NOUN A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic hostility antipathy aversion repellence Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals hostility antipathy animosity enmity animus The condition of being in conflict opposition contrary polarity antithesis contradistinction contrariety antagonisms antagonisms - NOUN A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic hostilities antipathies aversions repellence Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals hostilities antipathies animosities enmities animuses The condition of being in conflict oppositions contraries polarities antitheses contradistinctions contrarieties antagonist antagonist - NOUN One that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate opposition opponent adversary antagonistic antagonistic - ADJ Acting against or in opposition adverse antipathetic opposed opposing antagonists antagonists - NOUN One that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate oppositions opponents adversaries antecedence antecedence - NOUN The act, condition, or right of preceding priority precedence antecedent antecedent - ADJ Going before prior anterior advance precedent preceding Just gone by or elapsed previous past prior anterior foregoing former precedent preceding antecedent - NOUN A forerunner ancestor predecessor prototype precursor A person from whom one is descended parent ancestor forebear forefather ascendant progenitor That which produces an effect reason cause antecedents antecedents - NOUN A forerunner ancestors predecessors prototypes precursors A person from whom one is descended parents ancestors forebears forefathers ascendants progenitors That which produces an effect reasons causes antedate antedate - VERB To come, exist, or occur prior to in time precede predate antedated antedated - VERB To come, exist, or occur prior to in time preceded predated antedates antedates - VERB To come, exist, or occur prior to in time precedes predates antedating antedating - VERB To come, exist, or occur prior to in time preceding predating antediluvian antediluvian - ADJ Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past old ancient age-old venerable antique timeworn aged hoary Of, existing, or occurring in a distant period early ancient primitive primordial antediluvian - NOUN An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate fogy fossil fuddy-duddy mossback antediluvians antediluvians - NOUN An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate fogies fossils fuddy-duddies mossbacks anterior anterior - ADJ Going before prior advance antecedent precedent preceding Just gone by or elapsed previous past prior antecedent foregoing former precedent preceding anthropoid anthropoid - ADJ Resembling a man or human being anthropomorphic hominoid humanoid anthropomorphic anthropomorphic - ADJ Resembling a man or human being anthropoid hominoid humanoid antic antic - ADJ Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense fantastic grotesque bizarre far-fetched antic - NOUN A mischievous act joke trick caper lark frolic shenanigan prank monkeyshine tomfoolery anticipate anticipate - VERB To anticipate confidently expect look for await depend on figure on bargain on To know in advance see foresee envision divine anticipated anticipated - ADJ Known to be about to arrive due expected scheduled anticipated - VERB To anticipate confidently expected looked for awaited depended on figured on bargained on To know in advance saw/seen foresaw/foreseen envisioned divined anticipates anticipates - VERB To anticipate confidently expects looks for awaits depends on figures on bargains on To know in advance sees foresees envisions divines anticipating anticipating - VERB To anticipate confidently expecting looking for awaiting depending on figuring on bargaining on To know in advance seeing foreseeing envisioning divining anticipation anticipation - NOUN Something expected prospect expectation expectancy The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness expectation expectancy anticipations anticipations - NOUN Something expected prospects expectations expectancies The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness expectations expectancies anticipatory anticipatory - ADJ Having or marked by expectation expectant antics antics - NOUN A mischievous act jokes tricks capers larks frolics shenanigans pranks monkeyshines tomfooleries antidote antidote - NOUN Something that corrects or counteracts cure remedy corrective counteragent countermeasure curative antidotes antidotes - NOUN Something that corrects or counteracts cures remedies correctives counteragents countermeasures curatives antipathetic antipathetic - ADJ Acting against or in opposition adverse antagonistic opposed opposing Arousing deep-seated dislike hateful unsympathetic aversive repellent Characterized by a natural or innate opposition opposite contrary antithetical antonymous antipathies antipathies - NOUN A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic antagonisms hostilities aversions repellence Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonisms hostilities animosities enmities animuses antipathy antipathy - NOUN A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic antagonism hostility aversion repellence Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals antagonism hostility animosity enmity animus antipodal antipodal - ADJ Diametrically opposed opposite contrary polar reverse antithetical contradictory diametric converse counter opposing antiquated antiquated - ADJ Of a style or method formerly in vogue old old-fashioned archaic antique outmoded stale bygone fusty dated dowdy out-of-date outdated passe vintage antique antique - ADJ Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past old ancient age-old venerable timeworn aged antediluvian hoary Of a style or method formerly in vogue old old-fashioned archaic outmoded stale bygone antiquated fusty dated dowdy out-of-date outdated passe vintage antiseptic antiseptic - ADJ Free from dirt, stain, or impurities clean immaculate spotless stainless unsoiled unsullied antiseptic - NOUN Something that purifies cleaner cleanser purifier antiseptics antiseptics - NOUN Something that purifies cleaners cleansers purifiers antitheses antitheses - NOUN That which is diametrically opposed to another contraries opposites polarities reverses converses The condition of being in conflict oppositions antagonisms contraries polarities contradistinctions contrarieties antithesis antithesis - NOUN That which is diametrically opposed to another contrary opposite polarity reverse converse The condition of being in conflict opposition antagonism contrary polarity contradistinction contrariety antithetical antithetical - ADJ Characterized by a natural or innate opposition opposite contrary antipathetic antonymous Diametrically opposed opposite contrary polar reverse contradictory diametric antipodal converse counter opposing antonymous antonymous - ADJ Characterized by a natural or innate opposition opposite contrary antithetical antipathetic anxieties anxieties - NOUN Anxious concern cares worries distresses uneasiness perturbations disquiets disquietudes unease angsts anxiousness anxiety anxiety - NOUN Anxious concern care worry distress uneasiness perturbation disquiet disquietude unease angst anxiousness anxious anxious - ADJ In a state of uneasiness nervous uneasy concerned disquieted distressed disturbed troubled unsettled worried Intensely desirous or interested eager ardent keen impatient thirsty solicitous avid agog athirst thirsting anxiousness anxiousness - NOUN Anxious concern care anxiety worry distress uneasiness perturbation disquiet disquietude unease angst apace apace - ADVERB In a rapid way quickly fast lickety-split posthaste apart apart - ADJ Set away from all others solitary alone lone detached isolate isolated removed Without equal or rival unique alone incomparable only peerless matchless unequaled unmatched unparalleled nonpareil unexampled unrivaled apart - ADVERB As a separate unit separately discretely apartheid apartheid - NOUN The policy or practice of excluding a minority group from full freedom or participation in a society discrimination segregation apathetic apathetic - ADJ Without emotion or interest indifferent unconcerned unresponsive impassive listless stolid uninterested lethargic phlegmatic apathy apathy - NOUN Lack of emotion or interest indifference lethargy disregard disinterest unconcern impassivity insensibility lassitude listlessness phlegm stolidity unresponsiveness ape ape - VERB To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way imitate mock parody travesty burlesque mimic aped aped - VERB To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way imitated mocked parodied travestied burlesqued mimicked aperture aperture - NOUN An open space allowing passage hole opening outlet vent orifice apertures apertures - NOUN An open space allowing passage holes openings outlets vents orifices apes apes - VERB To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way imitates mocks parodies travesties burlesques mimics apex apex - NOUN A sharp or tapered end point tip cusp The highest point or state height peak crown vertex crest climax summit zenith culmination apogee pinnacle acme meridian apexes apexes - NOUN A sharp or tapered end points tips cusps The highest point or state heights peaks crowns vertexes/vertices crests climaxes summits zeniths culminations apogees pinnacles acmes meridians aphorism aphorism - NOUN A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true saw proverb saying adage byword maxim aphorisms aphorisms - NOUN A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true saws proverbs sayings adages bywords maxims aphoristic aphoristic - ADJ Precisely meaningful and tersely cogent compact epigrammatic meaty pithy aphrodisiac aphrodisiac - ADJ Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire sexual erotic amorous amatory apices apices - NOUN A sharp or tapered end points tips cusps The highest point or state heights peaks crowns vertexes/vertices crests climaxes summits zeniths culminations apogees pinnacles acmes meridians aping aping - VERB To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way imitating mocking parodying travestying burlesquing mimicking apish apish - ADJ Copying another in an inferior or obsequious way imitative slavish aplomb aplomb - NOUN A firm belief in one's own powers confidence assurance self-confidence self-assurance self-possession A stable, calm state of the emotions balance poise coolness composure equanimity self-possession apocalypse apocalypse - NOUN Something disclosed, especially something not previously known or realized revelation disclosure expose unveiling apocalypses apocalypses - NOUN Something disclosed, especially something not previously known or realized revelations disclosures exposes unveilings apocalyptic apocalyptic - ADJ Portending future disaster grave ominous fateful unlucky baleful baneful dire direful hellfire apogee apogee - NOUN The highest point or state height peak crown vertex crest climax summit zenith apex culmination pinnacle acme meridian apogees apogees - NOUN The highest point or state heights peaks crowns vertexes/vertices crests climaxes summits zeniths apexes/apices culminations pinnacles acmes meridians apologetic apologetic - ADJ Expressing or inclined to express an apology sorry contrite repentant penitent regretful apologia apologia - NOUN A statement that justifies or defends past actions, policies, etc defense justification apology apologias apologias - NOUN A statement that justifies or defends past actions, policies, etc defenses justifications apologies apologies apologies - NOUN A statement of acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon excuses regrets A statement that justifies or defends past actions, policies, etc defenses justifications apologias apology apology - NOUN A statement of acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon excuse regrets A statement that justifies or defends past actions, policies, etc defense justification apologia apostasies apostasies - NOUN An instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause defections tergiversations apostasy apostasy - NOUN An instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause defection tergiversation apostate apostate - NOUN A person who has defected defector recreant renegade turncoat apostates apostates - NOUN A person who has defected defectors recreants renegades turncoats apostatize apostatize - VERB To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another turn desert defect tergiversate apostatized apostatized - VERB To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another turned deserted defected tergiversated apostatizes apostatizes - VERB To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another turns deserts defects tergiversates apostatizing apostatizing - VERB To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another turning deserting defecting tergiversating apostle apostle - NOUN A person doing religious or charitable work in a foreign country missionary evangelist apostles apostles - NOUN A person doing religious or charitable work in a foreign country missionaries evangelists apostolic apostolic - ADJ Of missionaries or their work evangelical missionary apotheoses apotheoses - NOUN The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised elevations exaltations glorifications aggrandizements sublimations apotheosis apotheosis - NOUN The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised elevation exaltation glorification aggrandizement sublimation apotheosize apotheosize - VERB To raise to a high position or status elevate magnify exalt dignify glorify aggrandize ennoble uplift apotheosized apotheosized - VERB To raise to a high position or status elevated magnified exalted dignified glorified aggrandized ennobled uplifted apotheosizes apotheosizes - VERB To raise to a high position or status elevates magnifies exalts dignifies glorifies aggrandizes ennobles uplifts apotheosizing apotheosizing - VERB To raise to a high position or status elevating magnifying exalting dignifying glorifying aggrandizing ennobling uplifting appall appall - VERB To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust shake shock horrify daunt dismay consternate appalled appalled - ADJ Overcome with intense feeling, as of amazement, horror, or dismay aghast dismayed dumfounded horrified horrorstruck shocked thunderstruck appalled - VERB To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust shook/shaken shocked horrified daunted dismayed consternated appalling appalling - ADJ Causing or able to cause fear terrible tremendous formidable awful fearful dreadful frightful ghastly dire fearsome alarming direful frightening redoubtable Very bad terrible horrible awful fearful dreadful frightful ghastly shocking horrendous appalling - VERB To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust shaking shocking horrifying daunting dismaying consternating appalls appalls - VERB To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust shakes shocks horrifies daunts dismays consternates appanage appanage - NOUN A privilege granted a person by virtue of birth right prerogative birthright perquisite appanages appanages - NOUN A privilege granted a person by virtue of birth rights prerogatives birthrights perquisites apparatus apparatus - NOUN Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function device appliance contraption contrivance Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose equipment gear outfit rig tackle turnout materiel paraphernalia accouterments materials apparatuses apparatuses - NOUN Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function devices appliances contraptions contrivances Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose equipments gears outfits rigs tackles turnouts materiel paraphernalia accouterments materials apparel apparel - NOUN Articles worn to cover the body clothes dress clothing attire garb garments habiliments raiment apparel - VERB To put clothes on dress clothe array attire garb garment appareled appareled - VERB To put clothes on dressed clothed arrayed attired garbed garmented appareling appareling - VERB To put clothes on dressing clothing arraying attiring garbing garmenting apparels apparels - NOUN Articles worn to cover the body clothes dresses clothing attires garbs garments habiliments raiment apparels - VERB To put clothes on dresses clothes arrays attires garbs garments apparent apparent - ADJ Appearing as such but not necessarily so superficial seeming ostensible outward Readily seen, perceived, or understood clear obvious evident distinct plain visible noticeable clear-cut manifest patent crystal-clear apparently apparently - ADVERB On the surface evidently seemingly apparition apparition - NOUN A supernatural being spirit shadow shade ghost specter bogy phantom phantasm revenant spook visitant wraith apparitions apparitions - NOUN A supernatural being spirits shadows shades ghosts specters bogies phantoms phantasms revenants spooks visitants wraiths appeal appeal - NOUN An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision suit petition An earnest or urgent request suit prayer plea entreaty supplication The power or quality of attracting charm attraction pull draw glamour magnetism fascination lure enchantment allure allurement charisma attractiveness witchery appeal - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of apply approach address sue petition To attract by some quality or action draw pull attract fascinate lure magnetize allure To make an earnest or urgent request beg pray conjure implore entreat plead with supplicate beseech To make application to a higher authority apply sue petition appealed appealed - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applied approached addressed sued petitioned To attract by some quality or action drew/drawn pulled attracted fascinated lured magnetized allured To make an earnest or urgent request begged prayed conjured implored entreated pleaded with/pled with supplicated besought/beseeched To make application to a higher authority applied sued petitioned appealing appealing - ADJ Pleasing to the eye or mind sweet lovely pretty attractive magnetic charming fascinating enchanting engaging captivating fetching winsome alluring bewitching enticing entrancing prepossessing tempting winning appealing - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applying approaching addressing suing petitioning To attract by some quality or action drawing pulling attracting fascinating luring magnetizing alluring To make an earnest or urgent request begging praying conjuring imploring entreating pleading with supplicating beseeching To make application to a higher authority applying suing petitioning appeals appeals - NOUN An application to a higher authority, as for sanction or a decision suits petitions An earnest or urgent request suits prayers pleas entreaties supplications The power or quality of attracting charms attractions pulls draws glamour magnetisms fascinations lures enchantments allures allurements charisma attractiveness witchery appeals - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applies approaches addresses sues petitions To attract by some quality or action draws pulls attracts fascinates lures magnetizes allures To make an earnest or urgent request begs prays conjures implores entreats pleads with supplicates beseeches To make application to a higher authority applies sues petitions appear appear - VERB To begin to appear or develop arise emerge originate commence dawn To come into view show issue emerge loom materialize To have the appearance of look seem sound appearance appearance - NOUN The act of arriving arrival coming advent The act of coming into view emergence materialization The character projected by someone to the public image impression The way something or someone looks aspect look mien appearances appearances - NOUN The act of arriving arrivals comings advents The act of coming into view emergences materializations The character projected by someone to the public images impressions The way something or someone looks aspects looks miens appeared appeared - VERB To begin to appear or develop arose/arisen emerged originated commenced dawned To come into view showed/shown issued emerged loomed materialized To have the appearance of looked seemed sounded appearing appearing - VERB To begin to appear or develop arising emerging originating commencing dawning To come into view showing issuing emerging looming materializing To have the appearance of looking seeming sounding appears appears - VERB To begin to appear or develop arises emerges originates commences dawns To come into view shows issues emerges looms materializes To have the appearance of looks seems sounds appease appease - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of soften calm soothe mollify pacify assuage calm down conciliate gentle placate propitiate sweeten To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire) satisfy fulfill indulge gratify appeased appeased - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softened calmed soothed mollified pacified assuaged calmed down conciliated gentled placated propitiated sweetened To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire) satisfied fulfilled indulged gratified appeases appeases - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softens calms soothes mollifies pacifies assuages calms down conciliates gentles placates propitiates sweetens To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire) satisfies fulfills indulges gratifies appeasing appeasing - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softening calming soothing mollifying pacifying assuaging calming down conciliating gentling placating propitiating sweetening To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire) satisfying fulfilling indulging gratifying appellant appellant - NOUN One that asks a higher authority for something, as a favor or redress petitioner suitor appellants appellants - NOUN One that asks a higher authority for something, as a favor or redress petitioners suitors appellation appellation - NOUN The word or words by which one is called and identified name denomination designation cognomen appellations appellations - NOUN The word or words by which one is called and identified names denominations designations cognomens append append - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity add annex appendage appendage - NOUN Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch arm branch fork offshoot appendages appendages - NOUN Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch arms branches forks offshoots appended appended - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity added annexed appending appending - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity adding annexing appends appends - VERB To join so as to form a larger or more comprehensive entity adds annexes appertain appertain - VERB To be pertinent involve apply concern relate refer bear on pertain To be the property of a person or thing belong pertain appertained appertained - VERB To be pertinent involved applied concerned related referred bore on/borne on pertained To be the property of a person or thing belonged pertained appertaining appertaining - VERB To be pertinent involving applying concerning relating referring bearing on pertaining To be the property of a person or thing belonging pertaining appertains appertains - VERB To be pertinent involves applies concerns relates refers bears on pertains To be the property of a person or thing belongs pertains appetite appetite - NOUN A desire for food or drink taste stomach hunger thirst A strong wish for what promises enjoyment or pleasure desire hunger yearning longing lust itch craving appetites appetites - NOUN A desire for food or drink tastes stomachs hungers thirsts A strong wish for what promises enjoyment or pleasure desires hungers yearnings longings lusts itches cravings applaud applaud - VERB To express approval, especially by clapping root clap cheer To express warm approval of praise commend acclaim compliment laud applauded applauded - VERB To express approval, especially by clapping rooted clapped cheered To express warm approval of praised commended acclaimed complimented lauded applauding applauding - VERB To express approval, especially by clapping rooting clapping cheering To express warm approval of praising commending acclaiming complimenting lauding applauds applauds - VERB To express approval, especially by clapping roots claps cheers To express warm approval of praises commends acclaims compliments lauds applause applause - NOUN An expression of warm approval praise compliment acclaim acclamation commendation kudos plaudit Approval expressed by clapping ovation plaudit appliance appliance - NOUN Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function device apparatus contraption contrivance appliances appliances - NOUN Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function devices apparatuses contraptions contrivances applicable applicable - ADJ Related to the matter at hand relevant pertinent material germane apropos apposite applicant applicant - NOUN A person who applies for or seeks a job or position candidate petitioner aspirant seeker hopeful applicants applicants - NOUN A person who applies for or seeks a job or position candidates petitioners aspirants seekers hopefuls application application - NOUN A document used to request consideration for employment or admission form A specific use operation employment utilization implementation Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation industry diligence assiduity assiduousness industriousness sedulousness The act of putting into play use operation play exercise employment usage exertion The condition of being put to use service use duty employment utilization The fact of being related to the matter at hand bearing relevance pertinence germaneness The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage administration dispensation applications applications - NOUN A document used to request consideration for employment or admission forms A specific use operations employments utilizations implementations Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation industries diligence assiduity assiduousness industriousness sedulousness The act of putting into play uses operations plays exercises employments usages exertions The condition of being put to use services uses duties employments utilizations The fact of being related to the matter at hand relevance pertinence germaneness The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage administrations dispensations applied applied - VERB To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission signed up petitioned To be pertinent involved concerned related referred bore on/borne on pertained appertained To bring an appeal or request to the attention of approached addressed appealed sued petitioned To devote oneself to a task gave/given turned directed devoted bent concentrated addressed focused dedicated buckled To make application to a higher authority appealed sued petitioned To put into action or use used employed exercised practiced utilized exploited implemented actuated applies applies - VERB To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission signs up petitions To be pertinent involves concerns relates refers bears on pertains appertains To bring an appeal or request to the attention of approaches addresses appeals sues petitions To devote oneself to a task gives turns directs devotes bends concentrates addresses focuses dedicates buckles To make application to a higher authority appeals sues petitions To put into action or use uses employs exercises practices utilizes exploits implements actuates apply apply - VERB To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission sign up petition To be pertinent involve concern relate refer bear on pertain appertain To bring an appeal or request to the attention of approach address appeal sue petition To devote oneself to a task give turn direct devote bend concentrate address focus dedicate buckle To make application to a higher authority appeal sue petition To put into action or use use employ exercise practice utilize exploit implement actuate applying applying - VERB To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission signing up petitioning To be pertinent involving concerning relating referring bearing on pertaining appertaining To bring an appeal or request to the attention of approaching addressing appealing suing petitioning To devote oneself to a task giving turning directing devoting bending concentrating addressing focusing dedicating buckling To make application to a higher authority appealing suing petitioning To put into action or use using employing exercising practicing utilizing exploiting implementing actuating appoint appoint - VERB To select for an office or position make name designate nominate To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnish turn out equip fit up rig gear outfit accouter appointed appointed - VERB To select for an office or position made named designated nominated To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnished turned out equipped fit up rigged geared outfitted accoutered appointee appointee - NOUN A person who is appointed to an office or position nominee designee appointees appointees - NOUN A person who is appointed to an office or position nominees designees appointing appointing - VERB To select for an office or position making naming designating nominating To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnishing turning out equipping fitting up rigging gearing outfitting accoutering appointment appointment - NOUN A commitment to appear at a certain time and place engagement assignation tryst A piece of equipment for comfort or convenience furnishing fitting chattel A post of employment place job office position situation spot slot berth billet The act of appointing to an office or position nomination designation naming appointments appointments - NOUN A commitment to appear at a certain time and place engagements assignations trysts A piece of equipment for comfort or convenience furnishings fittings chattels A post of employment places jobs offices positions situations spots slots berths billets The act of appointing to an office or position nominations designations naming appoints appoints - VERB To select for an office or position makes names designates nominates To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose furnishes turns out equips fits up rigs gears outfits accouters apportion apportion - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share give allow assign allot allocate mete portion apportioned apportioned - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share gave/given allowed assigned allotted allocated meted portioned apportioning apportioning - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share giving allowing assigning allotting allocating meting portioning apportionment apportionment - NOUN The act of distributing or the condition of being distributed division distribution dispensation disbursal apportionments apportionments - NOUN The act of distributing or the condition of being distributed divisions distributions dispensations disbursals apportions apportions - VERB To set aside or distribute as a share gives allows assigns allots allocates metes portions apposite apposite - ADJ Related to the matter at hand relevant pertinent applicable material germane apropos appraisal appraisal - NOUN The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone judgment estimate evaluation assessment valuation estimation appraisals appraisals - NOUN The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone judgments estimates evaluations assessments valuations estimations appraise appraise - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimate calculate judge evaluate assess rate value assay gauge appraised appraised - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimated calculated judged evaluated assessed rated valued assayed gauged appraiser appraiser - NOUN A person who evaluates and reports on the worth of something judge critic commentator reviewer evaluator appraisers appraisers - NOUN A person who evaluates and reports on the worth of something judges critics commentators reviewers evaluators appraises appraises - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimates calculates judges evaluates assesses rates values assays gauges appraising appraising - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimating calculating judging evaluating assessing rating valuing assaying gauging appreciable appreciable - ADJ Capable of being noticed or apprehended mentally noticeable discernible detectable observable palpable perceptible perceivable appreciate appreciate - VERB To recognize the worth, quality, importance, etc., of enjoy cherish respect value savor relish esteem prize treasure To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoy admire relish appreciated appreciated - VERB To recognize the worth, quality, importance, etc., of enjoyed cherished respected valued savored relished esteemed prized treasured To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoyed admired relished appreciates appreciates - VERB To recognize the worth, quality, importance, etc., of enjoys cherishes respects values savors relishes esteems prizes treasures To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoys admires relishes appreciating appreciating - VERB To recognize the worth, quality, importance, etc., of enjoying cherishing respecting valuing savoring relishing esteeming prizing treasuring To regard with great pleasure or approval enjoying admiring relishing appreciation appreciation - NOUN A feeling or expression of gratitude gratitude thankfulness gratefulness thanks A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respect account consideration honor favor regard admiration esteem estimation Recognition of worth, quality, importance, etc awareness enjoyment admiration comprehension liking responsiveness receptivity appreciations appreciations - NOUN A feeling or expression of gratitude gratitude thankfulness gratefulness thanks A feeling of deference, approval, and liking respects accounts considerations honors favors regards admirations esteems estimations Recognition of worth, quality, importance, etc awareness enjoyments admirations comprehensions liking responsiveness receptivity appreciative appreciative - ADJ Showing or feeling gratitude grateful thankful obliged apprehend apprehend - VERB To perceive and recognize the meaning of see follow read understand make out accept take in catch conceive grasp comprehend fathom compass To take into custody as a prisoner run in seize arrest pick up detain apprehended apprehended - VERB To perceive and recognize the meaning of saw/seen followed read understood made out accepted took in/taken in caught conceived grasped comprehended fathomed compassed To take into custody as a prisoner ran in/run in seized arrested picked up detained apprehending apprehending - VERB To perceive and recognize the meaning of seeing following reading understanding making out accepting taking in catching conceiving grasping comprehending fathoming compassing To take into custody as a prisoner running in seizing arresting picking up detaining apprehends apprehends - VERB To perceive and recognize the meaning of sees follows reads understands makes out accepts takes in catches conceives grasps comprehends fathoms compasses To take into custody as a prisoner runs in seizes arrests picks up detains apprehension apprehension - NOUN A seizing and holding by law arrest pickup seizure pinch detention Intellectual hold understanding grip mastery comprehension grasp apprehensions apprehensions - NOUN A seizing and holding by law arrests pickups seizures pinches detentions Intellectual hold understandings grips masteries comprehensions grasps apprehensive apprehensive - ADJ Filled with fear or terror afraid fearful aghast fearsome frightened petrified scared apprise apprise - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tell inform advise educate acquaint notify enlighten apprised apprised - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of told informed advised educated acquainted notified enlightened apprises apprises - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of tells informs advises educates acquaints notifies enlightens apprising apprising - VERB To cause to know about or be aware of telling informing advising educating acquainting notifying enlightening approach approach - NOUN A method used in dealing with something course line plan technique procedure attack tack Preliminary actions intended to elicit a favorable response overture advances The act or fact of coming near coming advent nearness imminence convergence approach - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of apply address appeal sue petition To come near in quality, amount, etc border approximate rival verge on To come near in space or time near border To go about the initial step in doing (something) begin start open enter take on take up undertake set out set to launch initiate commence embark inaugurate To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result sound address approachable approachable - ADJ Easily approached warm friendly accessible responsive welcoming approached approached - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applied addressed appealed sued petitioned To come near in quality, amount, etc bordered approximated rivaled verged on To come near in space or time neared bordered To go about the initial step in doing (something) began/begun started opened entered took on/taken on took up/taken up undertook/undertaken set out set to launched initiated commenced embarked inaugurated To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result sounded addressed approaches approaches - NOUN A method used in dealing with something courses lines plans techniques procedures attacks tacks Preliminary actions intended to elicit a favorable response overtures advances The act or fact of coming near comings advents nearness imminences convergences approaches - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applies addresses appeals sues petitions To come near in quality, amount, etc borders approximates rivals verges on To come near in space or time nears borders To go about the initial step in doing (something) begins starts opens enters takes on takes up undertakes sets out sets to launches initiates commences embarks inaugurates To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result sounds addresses approaching approaching - ADJ In the relatively near future forthcoming upcoming coming approaching - VERB To bring an appeal or request to the attention of applying addressing appealing suing petitioning To come near in quality, amount, etc bordering approximating rivaling verging on To come near in space or time nearing bordering To go about the initial step in doing (something) beginning starting opening entering taking on taking up undertaking setting out setting to launching initiating commencing embarking inaugurating To make overtures to, especially for the purpose of achieving a desired result sounding addressing approbation approbation - NOUN Favorable regard favor approval acceptance appropriate appropriate - ADJ Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances right suitable fitting Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place right proper correct apt fit fitting felicitous befitting meet suited Suited to one's end or purpose good proper useful suitable convenient fit expedient befitting tailor-made appropriate - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right take assume seize commandeer usurp arrogate pre-empt To set aside for a specified purpose designate allocate earmark appropriated appropriated - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right took/taken assumed seized commandeered usurped arrogated pre-empted To set aside for a specified purpose designated allocated earmarked appropriates appropriates - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right takes assumes seizes commandeers usurps arrogates pre-empts To set aside for a specified purpose designates allocates earmarks appropriating appropriating - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right taking assuming seizing commandeering usurping arrogating pre-empting To set aside for a specified purpose designating allocating earmarking appropriation appropriation - NOUN The act of taking something for oneself assumption seizure pre-emption arrogation usurpation appropriations appropriations - NOUN The act of taking something for oneself assumptions seizures pre-emptions arrogations usurpations approval approval - NOUN An act of confirming officially confirmation affirmation ratification Approval for an action, especially as granted by one in authority license permission consent sanction leave authorization Favorable regard favor acceptance approbation approvals approvals - NOUN An act of confirming officially confirmations affirmations ratifications Approval for an action, especially as granted by one in authority licenses permissions consents sanctions leaves authorizations Favorable regard favors acceptances approbation approve approve - VERB To accept officially pass adopt To be favorably disposed toward accept go for favor subscribe to countenance To make valid and binding by a formal legal act confirm affirm ratify approved approved - VERB To accept officially passed adopted To be favorably disposed toward accepted went for/gone for favored subscribed to countenanced To make valid and binding by a formal legal act confirmed affirmed ratified approves approves - VERB To accept officially passes adopts To be favorably disposed toward accepts goes for favors subscribes to countenances To make valid and binding by a formal legal act confirms affirms ratifies approving approving - VERB To accept officially passing adopting To be favorably disposed toward accepting going for favoring subscribing to countenancing To make valid and binding by a formal legal act confirming affirming ratifying approximate approximate - VERB To calculate approximately call set estimate reckon To come near in quality, amount, etc approach border rival verge on approximated approximated - VERB To calculate approximately called set estimated reckoned To come near in quality, amount, etc approached bordered rivaled verged on approximately approximately - ADVERB Near to in quantity or amount almost nearly roughly about approximates approximates - VERB To calculate approximately calls sets estimates reckons To come near in quality, amount, etc approaches borders rivals verges on approximating approximating - VERB To calculate approximately calling setting estimating reckoning To come near in quality, amount, etc approaching bordering rivaling verging on approximation approximation - NOUN A rough or tentative calculation estimate estimation approximations approximations - NOUN A rough or tentative calculation estimates estimations apropos apropos - ADJ Related to the matter at hand relevant pertinent applicable material germane apposite apt apt - ADJ Having or showing a tendency or likelihood likely prone liable susceptible disposed given inclined Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place right proper appropriate correct fit fitting felicitous befitting meet suited aptitude aptitude - NOUN An innate capability head faculty talent gift genius instinct inclination flair knack bent aptness aptitudes aptitudes - NOUN An innate capability heads faculties talents gifts geniuses instincts inclinations flairs knacks bents aptness aptness aptness - NOUN An innate capability head faculty talent gift genius instinct inclination flair aptitude knack bent aquiver aquiver - ADJ Marked by or affected with tremors shaky shivery quaking quivering quivery shaking shivering trembling tremulous arbiter arbiter - NOUN A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict judge referee umpire arbitrator arbiters arbiters - NOUN A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict judges referees umpires arbitrators arbitrary arbitrary - ADJ Based on individual judgment or discretion personal subjective discretionary judgmental Determined or marked by whim or caprice rather than reason random capricious chance whimsical willful Having and exercising complete political power and control absolute totalitarian autocratic dictatorial tyrannical absolutist despotic tyrannous arbitrate arbitrate - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determine decide rule judge adjudge adjudicate referee umpire arbitrated arbitrated - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determined decided ruled judged adjudged adjudicated refereed umpired arbitrates arbitrates - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determines decides rules judges adjudges adjudicates referees umpires arbitrating arbitrating - VERB To make a decision about (a controversy, dispute, etc.) after deliberation, as in a court of law determining deciding ruling judging adjudging adjudicating refereeing umpiring arbitrator arbitrator - NOUN A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict judge arbiter referee umpire arbitrators arbitrators - NOUN A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict judges arbiters referees umpires Arcadian Arcadian - ADJ Of or pertaining to the countryside rural provincial pastoral rustic bucolic country arcane arcane - ADJ Difficult to explain or understand mysterious mystical mystic unaccountable unexplainable unfathomable cabalistic mystifying arced arced - ADJ Deviating from a straight line arched bent bowed curved curvilinear rounded archaic archaic - ADJ No longer in use obsolete outmoded superseded Of a style or method formerly in vogue old old-fashioned antique outmoded stale bygone antiquated fusty dated dowdy out-of-date outdated passe vintage arched arched - ADJ Deviating from a straight line arced bent bowed curved curvilinear rounded archetypal archetypal - ADJ Having the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type typical classical classic representative model paradigmatic prototypal prototypic quintessential archetype archetype - NOUN A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made master original prototype archetypes archetypes - NOUN A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made masters originals prototypes archfiend archfiend - NOUN A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person beast monster fiend ghoul vampire ogre archfiends archfiends - NOUN A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person beasts monsters fiends ghouls vampires ogres architect architect - NOUN One that creates, founds, or originates father author maker creator founder inventor patriarch originator architects architects - NOUN One that creates, founds, or originates fathers authors makers creators founders inventors patriarchs originators arctic arctic - ADJ Very cold bitter icy polar frigid wintry frosty boreal freezing gelid glacial ardent ardent - ADJ Fired with intense feeling passionate impassioned fiery fervent torrid hot-blooded blazing burning fervid flaming perfervid red-hot Intensely desirous or interested anxious eager keen impatient thirsty solicitous avid agog athirst thirsting Marked by much heat hot fiery torrid sultry blistering boiling broiling burning heated red-hot scalding scorching sizzling sweltering Showing or having enthusiasm warm enthusiastic keen fervent zealous glowing ardor ardor - NOUN Passionate devotion to or interest in a cause, subject, etc fire passion enthusiasm zeal fervor zealousness Powerful, intense emotion fire passion fervor fervency fervidity fervidness ardors ardors - NOUN Passionate devotion to or interest in a cause, subject, etc fires passions enthusiasms zeal fervors zealousness Powerful, intense emotion fires passions fervors fervency fervidity fervidness arduous arduous - ADJ Imposing a severe test of bodily or spiritual strength difficult hard heavy rough severe tough formidable rigorous trying oppressive weighty demanding burdensome laborious backbreaking exacting exigent onerous taxing So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular bold abrupt sheer steep precipitate precipitous arduously arduously - ADVERB With effort heavily strenuously are are - VERB To have being or actuality exist subsist To have reality or life live exist breathe subsist area area - NOUN A part of the earth's surface region neighborhood quarter belt tract locality A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics neighborhood quarter locality A sphere of activity, study, or interest world field department subject territory province orbit realm domain arena terrain A surrounding site neighborhood locality vicinity areas areas - NOUN A part of the earth's surface regions neighborhoods quarters belts tracts localities A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics neighborhoods quarters localities A sphere of activity, study, or interest worlds fields departments subjects territories provinces orbits realms domains arenas terrains A surrounding site neighborhoods localities vicinities arena arena - NOUN A sphere of activity, study, or interest world area field department subject territory province orbit realm domain terrain arenas arenas - NOUN A sphere of activity, study, or interest worlds areas fields departments subjects territories provinces orbits realms domains terrains argot argot - NOUN An often regional form of a language not considered standard dialect jargon lingo cant vernacular patois argots argots - NOUN An often regional form of a language not considered standard dialects jargons lingoes cants vernaculars patois arguable arguable - ADJ In doubt or dispute doubtful uncertain questionable debatable disputable moot problematical contested disputed argue argue - VERB To engage in a quarrel fight contend quarrel dispute bicker wrangle quibble hassle squabble tiff To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicate mark witness testify point to attest bespeak betoken To put forth reasons for or against, often excitedly contend debate dispute argue into argue into - VERB To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way bring sell convince bring around persuade induce talk into prevail on argued argued - VERB To engage in a quarrel fought contended quarreled disputed bickered wrangled quibbled hassled squabbled tiffed To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicated marked witnessed testified pointed to attested bespoke/bespoken betokened To put forth reasons for or against, often excitedly contended debated disputed argued into argued into - VERB To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way brought sold convinced brought around persuaded induced talked into prevailed on argues argues - VERB To engage in a quarrel fights contends quarrels disputes bickers wrangles quibbles hassles squabbles tiffs To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicates marks witnesses testifies points to attests bespeaks betokens To put forth reasons for or against, often excitedly contends debates disputes argues into argues into - VERB To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way brings sells convinces brings around persuades induces talks into prevails on arguing arguing - VERB To engage in a quarrel fighting contending quarreling disputing bickering wrangling quibbling hassling squabbling tiffing To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicating marking witnessing testifying pointing to attesting bespeaking betokening To put forth reasons for or against, often excitedly contending debating disputing arguing into arguing into - VERB To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way bringing selling convincing bringing around persuading inducing talking into prevailing on argument argument - NOUN A course of reasoning case point reason A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed fight row dispute debate controversy quarrel disagreement contention clash squabble polemic spat altercation unpleasantness hassle run-in tiff words wrangle A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal reason ground proof What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about point matter subject text theme topic argumentation argumentation - NOUN The presentation of an argument debate disputation forensics argumentations argumentations - NOUN The presentation of an argument debates disputations forensics argumentative argumentative - ADJ Given to arguing quarrelsome polemical combative contentious disputatious litigious scrappy arguments arguments - NOUN A course of reasoning cases points reasons A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed fights rows disputes debates controversies quarrels disagreements contentions clashes squabbles polemics spats altercations unpleasantness hassles run-ins tiffs words wrangles A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal reasons grounds proofs What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about points matters subjects texts themes topics aria aria - NOUN A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit air strain melody tune arias arias - NOUN A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit airs strains melodies tunes arid arid - ADJ Arousing no interest or curiosity dry dull weary sterile monotonous dreary tedious tiresome stuffy wearisome aseptic irksome uninteresting boring humdrum tiring Having little or no liquid or moisture dry anhydrous bone-dry dehydrated desiccated parched waterless Having little or no precipitation dry thirsty rainless arise arise - VERB To begin to appear or develop appear emerge originate commence dawn To come into being begin start originate commence To have as a source come rise issue derive proceed flow spring originate stem emanate To leave one's bed rise get up turn out roll out pile out arisen arisen - VERB To begin to appear or develop appeared emerged originated commenced dawned To come into being begun started originated commenced To have as a source come risen issued derived proceeded flowed sprung originated stemmed emanated To leave one's bed risen got up/gotten up turned out rolled out piled out arises arises - VERB To begin to appear or develop appears emerges originates commences dawns To come into being begins starts originates commences To have as a source comes rises issues derives proceeds flows springs originates stems emanates To leave one's bed rises gets up turns out rolls out piles out arising arising - VERB To begin to appear or develop appearing emerging originating commencing dawning To come into being beginning starting originating commencing To have as a source coming rising issuing deriving proceeding flowing springing originating stemming emanating To leave one's bed rising getting up turning out rolling out piling out aristocracies aristocracies - NOUN People of the highest social level societies qualities flowers elite gentility gentry aristocracy aristocracy - NOUN People of the highest social level society quality flower elite gentility gentry aristocratic aristocratic - ADJ Of high birth or social position noble blue-blooded highborn highbred patrician thoroughbred well-born arithmetic arithmetic - NOUN Arithmetic calculations computation figures numbers arm arm - NOUN A component of government that performs a given function division branch wing organ Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch branch fork appendage offshoot arm - VERB To put (explosive material) into a weapon charge load armed armed - VERB To put (explosive material) into a weapon charged loaded armies armies - NOUN A very large number of things grouped together clouds crowds hosts flocks legions multitudes droves scores arming arming - VERB To put (explosive material) into a weapon charging loading armistice armistice - NOUN A temporary cessation of hostilities by mutual consent of the contending parties cease-fire truce armistices armistices - NOUN A temporary cessation of hostilities by mutual consent of the contending parties cease-fires truces arms arms - NOUN A component of government that performs a given function divisions branches wings organs Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch branches forks appendages offshoots arms - VERB To put (explosive material) into a weapon charges loads army army - NOUN A very large number of things grouped together cloud crowd host flock legion multitude drove scores aroma aroma - NOUN A distinctive yet intangible quality deemed typical of a given thing atmosphere flavor savor smack A sweet or pleasant odor perfume fragrance scent bouquet redolence The quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense smell odor scent snuff aromas aromas - NOUN A distinctive yet intangible quality deemed typical of a given thing atmospheres flavors savors smacks A sweet or pleasant odor perfumes fragrances scents bouquets redolences The quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense smells odors scents snuffs aromatic aromatic - ADJ Having a pleasant odor fragrant perfumed redolent scented arose arose - VERB To begin to appear or develop appeared emerged originated commenced dawned To come into being began started originated commenced To have as a source came rose issued derived proceeded flowed sprang/sprung originated stemmed emanated To leave one's bed rose got up turned out rolled out piled out around around - ADVERB From one end to the other round throughout over through In or toward a former location or condition back backward round about rearward Toward the back back backward round rearward arouse arouse - VERB To elicit a strong emotional response from stir inspire excite stimulate provoke prompt To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raise stir awaken rouse waken kindle foment To stir to action or feeling move work up inspire excite stimulate motivate provoke spur impel incite rouse galvanize goad inflame instigate kindle egg on pique aroused aroused - VERB To elicit a strong emotional response from stirred inspired excited stimulated provoked prompted To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raised stirred awakened roused wakened kindled fomented To stir to action or feeling moved worked up inspired excited stimulated motivated provoked spurred impelled incited roused galvanized goaded inflamed instigated kindled egged on piqued arouses arouses - VERB To elicit a strong emotional response from stirs inspires excites stimulates provokes prompts To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raises stirs awakens rouses wakens kindles foments To stir to action or feeling moves works up inspires excites stimulates motivates provokes spurs impels incites rouses galvanizes goads inflames instigates kindles eggs on piques arousing arousing - VERB To elicit a strong emotional response from stirring inspiring exciting stimulating provoking prompting To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raising stirring awakening rousing wakening kindling fomenting To stir to action or feeling moving working up inspiring exciting stimulating motivating provoking spurring impelling inciting rousing galvanizing goading inflaming instigating kindling egging on piquing arraign arraign - VERB To make an accusation against charge accuse tax denounce indict incriminate denunciate inculpate arraigned arraigned - VERB To make an accusation against charged accused taxed denounced indicted incriminated denunciated inculpated arraigning arraigning - VERB To make an accusation against charging accusing taxing denouncing indicting incriminating denunciating inculpating arraigns arraigns - VERB To make an accusation against charges accuses taxes denounces indicts incriminates denunciates inculpates arrange arrange - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect coordinate integrate unify blend synthesize harmonize orchestrate To come to an agreement about set fix settle conclude negotiate To plan the details or arrangements of prepare work out schedule lay out To put into a deliberate order order organize range distribute dispose classify group sort rank marshal systematize array assort To put into correct or conclusive form fix settle conclude attend to dispose of arranged arranged - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect coordinated integrated unified blended synthesized harmonized orchestrated To come to an agreement about set fixed settled concluded negotiated To plan the details or arrangements of prepared worked out scheduled laid out To put into a deliberate order ordered organized ranged distributed disposed classified grouped sorted ranked marshaled systematized arrayed assorted To put into correct or conclusive form fixed settled concluded attended to disposed of arrangement arrangement - NOUN A way or condition of being arranged order distribution formation sequence disposal disposition ordering grouping layout line-up An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreement understanding bargain accord pact arrangements arrangements - NOUN Plans made in preparation for some undertaking preparations provisions A way or condition of being arranged orders distributions formations sequences disposals dispositions orderings groupings layouts line-ups An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreements understandings bargains accords pacts arranges arranges - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect coordinates integrates unifies blends synthesizes harmonizes orchestrates To come to an agreement about sets fixes settles concludes negotiates To plan the details or arrangements of prepares works out schedules lays out To put into a deliberate order orders organizes ranges distributes disposes classifies groups sorts ranks marshals systematizes arrays assorts To put into correct or conclusive form fixes settles concludes attends to disposes of arranging arranging - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect coordinating integrating unifying blending synthesizing harmonizing orchestrating To come to an agreement about setting fixing settling concluding negotiating To plan the details or arrangements of preparing working out scheduling laying out To put into a deliberate order ordering organizing ranging distributing disposing classifying grouping sorting ranking marshaling systematizing arraying assorting To put into correct or conclusive form fixing settling concluding attending to disposing of arrant arrant - ADJ Characterized by or done without shame unabashed blatant brazen unblushing bald-faced barefaced shameless Completely such, without qualification or exception complete total perfect pure absolute thorough sheer all-out outright unrelieved consummate downright thoroughgoing unqualified unbounded flat-out out-and-out unequivocal unmitigated Conspicuously bad or offensive gross flagrant rank egregious glaring array array - NOUN A number of entities making up or considered a unit group body lot set collection bundle cluster knot clump clutch batch An impressive or ostentatious exhibition display parade spectacle pomp panoply array - VERB To put clothes on dress clothe apparel attire garb garment To put into a deliberate order order organize arrange range distribute dispose classify group sort rank marshal systematize assort arrayed arrayed - VERB To put clothes on dressed clothed appareled attired garbed garmented To put into a deliberate order ordered organized arranged ranged distributed disposed classified grouped sorted ranked marshaled systematized assorted arraying arraying - VERB To put clothes on dressing clothing appareling attiring garbing garmenting To put into a deliberate order ordering organizing arranging ranging distributing disposing classifying grouping sorting ranking marshaling systematizing assorting arrays arrays - NOUN A number of entities making up or considered a unit groups bodies lots sets collections bundles clusters knots clumps clutches batches An impressive or ostentatious exhibition displays parades spectacles pomps panoplies arrays - VERB To put clothes on dresses clothes apparels attires garbs garments To put into a deliberate order orders organizes arranges ranges distributes disposes classifies groups sorts ranks marshals systematizes assorts arrest arrest - NOUN A seizing and holding by law apprehension pickup seizure pinch detention The act of stopping check stop stay halt stoppage cessation cut-off arrest - VERB To compel the attention, interest, imagination, etc., of hold grip catch up fascinate enthrall mesmerize rivet spellbind transfix To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation stop stay check cease halt To take into custody as a prisoner run in seize pick up apprehend detain arrested arrested - VERB To compel the attention, interest, imagination, etc., of held gripped caught up fascinated enthralled mesmerized riveted spellbound transfixed To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation stopped stayed checked ceased halted To take into custody as a prisoner ran in/run in seized picked up apprehended detained arresting arresting - ADJ Readily attracting notice remarkable prominent outstanding striking noticeable conspicuous salient observable pointed marked eye-catching signal arresting - VERB To compel the attention, interest, imagination, etc., of holding gripping catching up fascinating enthralling mesmerizing riveting spellbinding transfixing To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation stopping staying checking ceasing halting To take into custody as a prisoner running in seizing picking up apprehending detaining arrests arrests - NOUN A seizing and holding by law apprehensions pickups seizures pinches detentions The act of stopping checks stops stays halts stoppages cessations cut-offs arrests - VERB To compel the attention, interest, imagination, etc., of holds grips catches up fascinates enthralls mesmerizes rivets spellbinds transfixes To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation stops stays checks ceases halts To take into custody as a prisoner runs in seizes picks up apprehends detains arrival arrival - NOUN The act of arriving appearance coming advent arrivals arrivals - NOUN The act of arriving appearances comings advents arrive arrive - VERB To come to a particular place reach get in show up turn up pull in To gain wealth or fame rise get ahead get on succeed arrive at arrive at - VERB To reach a goal or objective get to gain attain hit on arrived arrived - VERB To come to a particular place reached got in/gotten in showed up/shown up turned up pulled in To gain wealth or fame rose/risen got ahead/gotten ahead got on/gotten on succeeded arrived at arrived at - VERB To reach a goal or objective got to/gotten to gained attained hit on arrives arrives - VERB To come to a particular place reaches gets in shows up turns up pulls in To gain wealth or fame rises gets ahead gets on succeeds arrives at arrives at - VERB To reach a goal or objective gets to gains attains hits on arriving arriving - VERB To come to a particular place reaching getting in showing up turning up pulling in To gain wealth or fame rising getting ahead getting on succeeding arriving at arriving at - VERB To reach a goal or objective getting to gaining attaining hitting on arrogance arrogance - NOUN The quality of being arrogant pride superiority insolence presumption disdain haughtiness hauteur loftiness lordliness superciliousness arrogant arrogant - ADJ Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance proud superior lofty presumptuous disdainful haughty insolent lordly overbearing supercilious high-and-mighty hoity-toity overweening arrogate arrogate - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right take assume seize appropriate commandeer usurp pre-empt arrogated arrogated - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right took/taken assumed seized appropriated commandeered usurped pre-empted arrogates arrogates - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right takes assumes seizes appropriates commandeers usurps pre-empts arrogating arrogating - VERB To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right taking assuming seizing appropriating commandeering usurping pre-empting arrogation arrogation - NOUN The act of taking something for oneself assumption appropriation seizure pre-emption usurpation arrogations arrogations - NOUN The act of taking something for oneself assumptions appropriations seizures pre-emptions usurpations art art - NOUN A skill in doing or performing that is attained by study, practice, or observation technique craft knack expertise Deceitful cleverness craft cunning artfulness artifice guile craftiness foxiness wiliness artful artful - ADJ Deceitfully clever sly cunning wily crafty tricky foxy guileful scheming Showing art or skill in performing or doing skillful deft masterful adroit masterly dexterous artfulness artfulness - NOUN Deceitful cleverness art craft cunning artifice guile craftiness foxiness wiliness article article - NOUN An individually considered portion of a whole point element detail item particular Something having material existence thing item object articles articles - NOUN An individually considered portion of a whole points elements details items particulars Something having material existence things items objects articulate articulate - ADJ Fluently persuasive and forceful eloquent fluent silver-tongued smooth-spoken Produced by the voice oral vocal spoken uttered voiced articulate - VERB To make into a whole by joining a system of parts integrate unify concatenate To produce or make (speech sounds) say pronounce utter enunciate vocalize To put into words say tell state express declare convey communicate utter voice vent vocalize articulated articulated - VERB To make into a whole by joining a system of parts integrated unified concatenated To produce or make (speech sounds) said pronounced uttered enunciated vocalized To put into words said told stated expressed declared conveyed communicated uttered voiced vented vocalized articulates articulates - VERB To make into a whole by joining a system of parts integrates unifies concatenates To produce or make (speech sounds) says pronounces utters enunciates vocalizes To put into words says tells states expresses declares conveys communicates utters voices vents vocalizes articulating articulating - VERB To make into a whole by joining a system of parts integrating unifying concatenating To produce or make (speech sounds) saying pronouncing uttering enunciating vocalizing To put into words saying telling stating expressing declaring conveying communicating uttering voicing venting vocalizing articulation articulation - NOUN The act or an instance of expressing in words voice statement expression utterance verbalization The use of the speech organs to produce sounds utterance vocalization articulations articulations - NOUN The act or an instance of expressing in words voices statements expressions utterances verbalizations The use of the speech organs to produce sounds utterances vocalizations artifice artifice - NOUN An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end play device trick maneuver ruse stratagem wile feint ploy Deceitful cleverness art craft cunning artfulness guile craftiness foxiness wiliness artifices artifices - NOUN An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end plays devices tricks maneuvers ruses stratagems wiles feints ploys Deceitful cleverness arts crafts cunning artfulness guile craftiness foxiness wiliness artificial artificial - ADJ Artificially genteel precious pretentious mannered affected Made by human beings, not nature synthetic manmade manufactured Made to imitate something else synthetic mock ersatz imitation sham Not genuine or sincere spurious insincere affected feigned pretended artistic artistic - ADJ Showing good taste aesthetic tasteful artless artless - ADJ Free from guile, cunning, or deceit simple natural innocent naive unaffected guileless unsophisticated ingenuous unstudied Of a plain and unsophisticated nature natural homely rustic unadorned homespun unpolished arts arts - NOUN A skill in doing or performing that is attained by study, practice, or observation techniques crafts knacks expertise Deceitful cleverness crafts cunning artfulness artifices guile craftiness foxiness wiliness arty arty - ADJ Pretentiously artistic precious pretentious contrived ascend ascend - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rise advance climb mount To move from a lower to a higher position rise lift mount soar To move upward on or along go up climb mount scale ascendancies ascendancies - NOUN The condition or fact of being dominant dominations dominance supremacies predominances preponderances pre-eminence ascendancy ascendancy - NOUN The condition or fact of being dominant domination dominance supremacy predominance preponderance pre-eminence ascendant ascendant - ADJ Having pre-eminent significance dominant supreme predominant prevailing ruling ascendant - NOUN A person from whom one is descended parent ancestor antecedent forebear forefather progenitor ascendants ascendants - NOUN A person from whom one is descended parents ancestors antecedents forebears forefathers progenitors ascended ascended - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rose/risen advanced climbed mounted To move from a lower to a higher position rose/risen lifted mounted soared To move upward on or along went up/gone up climbed mounted scaled ascending ascending - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rising advancing climbing mounting To move from a lower to a higher position rising lifting mounting soaring To move upward on or along going up climbing mounting scaling ascends ascends - VERB To attain a higher status, rank, or condition rises advances climbs mounts To move from a lower to a higher position rises lifts mounts soars To move upward on or along goes up climbs mounts scales ascension ascension - NOUN The act of moving upward on or along climb ascent The act of rising or moving upward ascent rising ascensions ascensions - NOUN The act of moving upward on or along climbs ascents The act of rising or moving upward ascents risings ascent ascent - NOUN An upward slope grade rise slope gradient acclivity The act of moving upward on or along climb ascension The act of rising or moving upward ascension rising ascents ascents - NOUN An upward slope grades rises slopes gradients acclivities The act of moving upward on or along climbs ascensions The act of rising or moving upward ascensions risings ascertain ascertain - VERB To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation, study, etc hear determine learn discover find out ascertained ascertained - VERB To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation, study, etc heard determined learned/learnt discovered found out ascertaining ascertaining - VERB To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation, study, etc hearing determining learning discovering finding out ascertains ascertains - VERB To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation, study, etc hears determines learns discovers finds out ascetic ascetic - ADJ Solitary and shut off from society hermetic cloistered reclusive secluded sequestered ascribe ascribe - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lay assign charge attribute credit impute accredit ascribed ascribed - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laid assigned charged attributed credited imputed accredited ascribes ascribes - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lays assigns charges attributes credits imputes accredits ascribing ascribing - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laying assigning charging attributing crediting imputing accrediting ascription ascription - NOUN The act of attributing assignment credit imputation attribution ascriptions ascriptions - NOUN The act of attributing assignments credits imputations attributions aseptic aseptic - ADJ Arousing no interest or curiosity dry dull weary sterile monotonous dreary tedious tiresome arid stuffy wearisome irksome uninteresting boring humdrum tiring ashen ashen - ADJ Lacking color pale bloodless colorless lurid pallid pasty wan cadaverous livid sallow waxen ashy blanched ashy ashy - ADJ Lacking color pale bloodless colorless lurid pallid ashen pasty wan cadaverous livid sallow waxen blanched aside aside - NOUN An instance of digressing deviation episode tangent excursion divergence digression excursus parenthesis divagation irrelevancy The act of digressing digression parenthesis divagation asides asides - NOUN An instance of digressing deviations episodes tangents excursions divergences digressions excursuses parentheses divagations irrelevancies The act of digressing digressions parentheses divagations ask ask - VERB To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires request solicit To have as a need or prerequisite take require involve demand call for necessitate entail To put a question to (someone) examine question inquire query interrogate quiz To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion invite bid To seek an answer to (a question) put raise pose askance askance - ADVERB With skepticism questioningly skeptically dubiously asked asked - VERB To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires requested solicited To have as a need or prerequisite took/taken required involved demanded called for necessitated entailed To put a question to (someone) examined questioned inquired queried interrogated quizzed To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion invited bid/bidden To seek an answer to (a question) put raised posed asking asking - VERB To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires requesting soliciting To have as a need or prerequisite taking requiring involving demanding calling for necessitating entailing To put a question to (someone) examining questioning inquiring querying interrogating quizzing To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion inviting bidding To seek an answer to (a question) putting raising posing asks asks - VERB To endeavor to obtain (something) by expressing one's needs or desires requests solicits To have as a need or prerequisite takes requires involves demands calls for necessitates entails To put a question to (someone) examines questions inquires queries interrogates quizzes To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion invites bids To seek an answer to (a question) puts raises poses asleep asleep - ADJ In a state of sleep sleeping slumbering unawake Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity dead numb insensitive benumbed insensible numbed unfeeling aspect aspect - NOUN A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood face look expression cast countenance visage A way of considering a matter light angle viewpoint standpoint slant An outward appearance face surface view look countenance physiognomy visage The particular angle from which something is considered hand side respect phase facet The way something or someone looks look appearance mien aspects aspects - NOUN A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood faces looks expressions casts countenances visages A way of considering a matter lights angles viewpoints standpoints slants An outward appearance faces surfaces views looks countenances physiognomies visages The particular angle from which something is considered hands sides respects phases facets The way something or someone looks looks appearances miens asperities asperities - NOUN Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome difficulties hardships rigors vicissitudes asperity asperity - NOUN Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome difficulty hardship rigor vicissitude asperse asperse - VERB To make defamatory statements about tear down scandalize malign spatter calumniate vilify defame libel slander slur aspersed aspersed - VERB To make defamatory statements about tore down/torn down scandalized maligned spattered calumniated vilified defamed libeled slandered slurred asperses asperses - VERB To make defamatory statements about tears down scandalizes maligns spatters calumniates vilifies defames libels slanders slurs aspersing aspersing - VERB To make defamatory statements about tearing down scandalizing maligning spattering calumniating vilifying defaming libeling slandering slurring aspersion aspersion - NOUN The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone scandal libel calumny slander defamation detraction aspersions aspersions - NOUN The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone scandals libels calumnies slanders defamations detractions asphyxiate asphyxiate - VERB To stop the breathing of choke smother stifle suffocate asphyxiated asphyxiated - VERB To stop the breathing of choked smothered stifled suffocated asphyxiates asphyxiates - VERB To stop the breathing of chokes smothers stifles suffocates asphyxiating asphyxiating - VERB To stop the breathing of choking smothering stifling suffocating aspirant aspirant - NOUN A person who applies for or seeks a job or position candidate petitioner applicant seeker hopeful One who aspires hopeful aspirants aspirants - NOUN A person who applies for or seeks a job or position candidates petitioners applicants seekers hopefuls One who aspires hopefuls aspiration aspiration - NOUN A fervent hope, wish, or goal dream ideal longing A strong desire to achieve something ambition ambitiousness aspirations aspirations - NOUN A fervent hope, wish, or goal dreams ideals longings A strong desire to achieve something ambitions ambitiousness aspire aspire - VERB To have a fervent hope or aspiration hope dream To strive toward a goal seek aim aspired aspired - VERB To have a fervent hope or aspiration hoped dreamed/dreamt To strive toward a goal sought aimed aspires aspires - VERB To have a fervent hope or aspiration hopes dreams To strive toward a goal seeks aims aspiring aspiring - ADJ Full of ambition ambitious aspiring - VERB To have a fervent hope or aspiration hoping dreaming To strive toward a goal seeking aiming ass ass - NOUN One deficient in judgment and good sense fool idiot jackass imbecile simple simpleton mooncalf nincompoop ninny numskull assail assail - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language abuse revile rail at vituperate To set upon with violent force have at go at hit strike attack fall on beset assault storm sail in assailable assailable - ADJ Open to attack and capture because of a lack of protection vulnerable pregnable vincible assailant assailant - NOUN One who starts a hostile action attacker aggressor assailants assailants - NOUN One who starts a hostile action attackers aggressors assailed assailed - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language abused reviled railed at vituperated To set upon with violent force had at went at/gone at hit struck attacked fell on/fallen on beset assaulted stormed sailed in assailing assailing - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language abusing reviling railing at vituperating To set upon with violent force having at going at hitting striking attacking falling on besetting assaulting storming sailing in assails assails - VERB To attack with harsh, often insulting language abuses reviles rails at vituperates To set upon with violent force has at goes at hits strikes attacks falls on besets assaults storms sails in assault assault - NOUN The act of attacking attack onset strike offense aggression onslaught onrush offensive assault - VERB To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act force violate outrage rape ravish To set upon with violent force have at go at hit strike attack fall on beset assail storm sail in assaulted assaulted - VERB To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act forced violated outraged raped ravished To set upon with violent force had at went at/gone at hit struck attacked fell on/fallen on beset assailed stormed sailed in assaulting assaulting - VERB To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act forcing violating outraging raping ravishing To set upon with violent force having at going at hitting striking attacking falling on besetting assailing storming sailing in assaults assaults - NOUN The act of attacking attacks onsets strikes offenses aggressions onslaughts onrushes offensives assaults - VERB To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act forces violates outrages rapes ravishes To set upon with violent force has at goes at hits strikes attacks falls on besets assails storms sails in assay assay - NOUN A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality trial test proof essay assay - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimate calculate judge evaluate assess rate value appraise gauge To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality try prove check examine test try out assayed assayed - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimated calculated judged evaluated assessed rated valued appraised gauged To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality tried proved/proven checked examined tested tried out assaying assaying - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimating calculating judging evaluating assessing rating valuing appraising gauging To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality trying proving checking examining testing trying out assays assays - NOUN A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality trials tests proofs essays assays - VERB To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimates calculates judges evaluates assesses rates values appraises gauges To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality tries proves checks examines tests tries out assemblage assemblage - NOUN A number of persons who have come or been gathered together group company body meeting troop congregation crowd assembly gathering convocation congress conclave muster A quantity accumulated mass collection accumulation agglomeration aggregation cumulus amassment congeries garner assemblages assemblages - NOUN A number of persons who have come or been gathered together groups companies bodies meetings troops congregations crowds assemblies gatherings convocations congresses conclaves musters A quantity accumulated masses collections accumulations agglomerations aggregations cumuli amassments congeries garners assemble assemble - VERB To bring together call get together collect gather summon marshal muster round up convene convoke To come together meet close get together collect gather group cluster converge muster congregate convene forgather To create by forming, combining, or altering materials make build produce construct put together manufacture shape frame mold fashion forge fabricate assembled assembled - VERB To bring together called got together/gotten together collected gathered summoned marshaled mustered rounded up convened convoked To come together met closed got together/gotten together collected gathered grouped clustered converged mustered congregated convened forgathered To create by forming, combining, or altering materials made built produced constructed put together manufactured shaped framed molded fashioned forged fabricated assembles assembles - VERB To bring together calls gets together collects gathers summons marshals musters rounds up convenes convokes To come together meets closes gets together collects gathers groups clusters converges musters congregates convenes forgathers To create by forming, combining, or altering materials makes builds produces constructs puts together manufactures shapes frames molds fashions forges fabricates assemblies assemblies - NOUN A formal assemblage of the members of a group meetings conferences conventions convocations congresses A number of persons who have come or been gathered together groups companies bodies meetings troops congregations crowds gatherings assemblages convocations congresses conclaves musters assembling assembling - VERB To bring together calling getting together collecting gathering summoning marshaling mustering rounding up convening convoking To come together meeting closing getting together collecting gathering grouping clustering converging mustering congregating convening forgathering To create by forming, combining, or altering materials making building producing constructing putting together manufacturing shaping framing molding fashioning forging fabricating assembly assembly - NOUN A formal assemblage of the members of a group meeting conference convention convocation congress A number of persons who have come or been gathered together group company body meeting troop congregation crowd gathering assemblage convocation congress conclave muster assent assent - NOUN The act or process of accepting agreement acceptance consent nod acquiescence assent - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accept agree consent acquiesce accede assented assented - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepted agreed consented acquiesced acceded assenting assenting - ADJ Giving assent positive favorable affirmative assenting - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepting agreeing consenting acquiescing acceding assents assents - NOUN The act or process of accepting agreements acceptances consents nods acquiescences assents - VERB To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance accepts agrees consents acquiesces accedes assert assert - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare affirm avow asseverate aver avouch To state to be true say maintain claim declare contend allege asserted asserted - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared affirmed avowed asseverated averred avouched To state to be true said maintained claimed declared contended alleged asserting asserting - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring affirming avowing asseverating averring avouching To state to be true saying maintaining claiming declaring contending alleging assertion assertion - NOUN A statement of something as fact claim declaration contention allegation The act of asserting positively statement declaration affirmation avowal assertions assertions - NOUN A statement of something as fact claims declarations contentions allegations The act of asserting positively statements declarations affirmations avowals assertive assertive - ADJ Bold and definite in character forceful insistent emphatic Marked by boldness and assertiveness bold aggressive audacious daring asserts asserts - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares affirms avows asseverates avers avouches To state to be true says maintains claims declares contends alleges asses asses - NOUN One deficient in judgment and good sense fools idiots jackasses imbeciles simples simpletons mooncalves nincompoops ninnies numskulls assess assess - VERB To establish and apply as compulsory put impose exact levy To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimate calculate judge evaluate rate value appraise assay gauge assessed assessed - VERB To establish and apply as compulsory put imposed exacted levied To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimated calculated judged evaluated rated valued appraised assayed gauged assesses assesses - VERB To establish and apply as compulsory puts imposes exacts levies To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimates calculates judges evaluates rates values appraises assays gauges assessing assessing - VERB To establish and apply as compulsory putting imposing exacting levying To make a judgment as to the worth or value of estimating calculating judging evaluating rating valuing appraising assaying gauging assessment assessment - NOUN A compulsory contribution, usually of money, that is required of persons or groups of persons for the support of a government tax duty levy tariff impost The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone judgment estimate evaluation appraisal valuation estimation assessments assessments - NOUN A compulsory contribution, usually of money, that is required of persons or groups of persons for the support of a government taxes duties levies tariffs imposts The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone judgments estimates evaluations appraisals valuations estimations assets assets - NOUN All property or goods having economic value capital means fortune wealth resources wherewithal asseverate asseverate - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare assert affirm avow aver avouch asseverated asseverated - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared asserted affirmed avowed averred avouched asseverates asseverates - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares asserts affirms avows avers avouches asseverating asseverating - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring asserting affirming avowing averring avouching assiduity assiduity - NOUN Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation industry application diligence assiduousness industriousness sedulousness assiduous assiduous - ADJ Characterized by steady attention and effort industrious diligent studious sedulous assiduousness assiduousness - NOUN Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation industry application diligence assiduity industriousness sedulousness assign assign - VERB To appoint and send to a particular place set post station To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to place fix blame fasten affix impute saddle pin on To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lay charge attribute credit ascribe impute accredit To set aside or distribute as a share give allow allot apportion allocate mete portion assignation assignation - NOUN A commitment to appear at a certain time and place appointment engagement tryst assignations assignations - NOUN A commitment to appear at a certain time and place appointments engagements trysts assigned assigned - VERB To appoint and send to a particular place set posted stationed To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placed fixed blamed fastened affixed imputed saddled pinned on To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laid charged attributed credited ascribed imputed accredited To set aside or distribute as a share gave/given allowed allotted apportioned allocated meted portioned assigning assigning - VERB To appoint and send to a particular place setting posting stationing To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placing fixing blaming fastening affixing imputing saddling pinning on To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laying charging attributing crediting ascribing imputing accrediting To set aside or distribute as a share giving allowing allotting apportioning allocating meting portioning assignment assignment - NOUN The act of attributing credit imputation ascription attribution assignments assignments - NOUN The act of attributing credits imputations ascriptions attributions assigns assigns - VERB To appoint and send to a particular place sets posts stations To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to places fixes blames fastens affixes imputes saddles pins on To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lays charges attributes credits ascribes imputes accredits To set aside or distribute as a share gives allows allots apportions allocates metes portions assimilate assimilate - VERB To take in and incorporate, especially mentally absorb digest imbibe soak up assimilated assimilated - VERB To take in and incorporate, especially mentally absorbed digested imbibed soaked up assimilates assimilates - VERB To take in and incorporate, especially mentally absorbs digests imbibes soaks up assimilating assimilating - VERB To take in and incorporate, especially mentally absorbing digesting imbibing soaking up assimilation assimilation - NOUN The process of absorbing and incorporating absorption digestion assimilations assimilations - NOUN The process of absorbing and incorporating absorptions digestions assimilative assimilative - ADJ Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up absorptive absorbent assist assist - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hand support aid help assistance relief succor assist - VERB To give support or assistance help aid help out abet succor assistance assistance - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hand support aid help relief assist succor assistances assistances - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hands supports aids helps reliefs assists succors assistant assistant - NOUN A person who helps attendant aide helper A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities second lieutenant aide auxiliary adjutant coadjutant coadjutor assistants assistants - NOUN A person who helps attendants aides helpers A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities seconds lieutenants aides auxiliaries adjutants coadjutants coadjutors assisted assisted - VERB To give support or assistance helped aided helped out abetted succored assisting assisting - ADJ Giving or able to give help or support auxiliary ancillary contributory subsidiary accessory collateral helping assisting - VERB To give support or assistance helping aiding helping out abetting succoring assists assists - NOUN The act or an instance of helping hands supports aids helps assistances reliefs succors assists - VERB To give support or assistance helps aids helps out abets succors associate associate - NOUN One that accompanies another companion attendant accompaniment concomitant One who is united in a relationship with another fellow partner ally colleague confederate affiliate copartner One who keeps company with another companion mate comrade crony chum associate - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identify connect link couple correlate bracket To keep company consort fraternize hobnob troop To unite or be united in a relationship join relate combine bind connect ally link affiliate conjoin associated associated - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identified connected linked coupled correlated bracketed To keep company consorted fraternized hobnobbed trooped To unite or be united in a relationship joined related combined bound connected allied linked affiliated conjoined associates associates - NOUN One that accompanies another companions attendants accompaniments concomitants One who is united in a relationship with another fellows partners allies colleagues confederates affiliates copartners One who keeps company with another companions mates comrades cronies chums associates - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identifies connects links couples correlates brackets To keep company consorts fraternizes hobnobs troops To unite or be united in a relationship joins relates combines binds connects allies links affiliates conjoins associating associating - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identifying connecting linking coupling correlating bracketing To keep company consorting fraternizing hobnobbing trooping To unite or be united in a relationship joining relating combining binding connecting allying linking affiliating conjoining association association - NOUN A feeling, thought, idea, etc., associated in one's mind or imagination with someone or something specific connection suggestion connotation A group of athletic teams that play each other conference league circuit A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common order society union organization club league fellowship federation fraternity guild confederation congress The state of being associated connection combination cooperation alliance partnership conjunction affiliation associations associations - NOUN A feeling, thought, idea, etc., associated in one's mind or imagination with someone or something specific connections suggestions connotations A group of athletic teams that play each other conferences leagues circuits A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common orders societies unions organizations clubs leagues fellowships federations fraternities guilds confederations congresses The state of being associated connections combinations cooperations alliances partnerships conjunctions affiliations assort assort - VERB To distribute into groups according to kinds separate classify group sort categorize class sort out pigeonhole To put into a deliberate order order organize arrange range distribute dispose classify group sort rank marshal systematize array assorted assorted - ADJ Consisting of a number of different kinds various diverse miscellaneous sundry heterogeneous motley diversified mixed multifarious varied variegated assorted - VERB To distribute into groups according to kinds separated classified grouped sorted categorized classed sorted out pigeonholed To put into a deliberate order ordered organized arranged ranged distributed disposed classified grouped sorted ranked marshaled systematized arrayed assorting assorting - VERB To distribute into groups according to kinds separating classifying grouping sorting categorizing classing sorting out pigeonholing To put into a deliberate order ordering organizing arranging ranging distributing disposing classifying grouping sorting ranking marshaling systematizing arraying assortment assortment - NOUN A collection of various things variety diversity jumble miscellany patchwork medley melange conglomeration gallimaufry hodgepodge mishmash olio salmagundi assortments assortments - NOUN A collection of various things varieties diversities jumbles miscellanies patchworks medleys melanges conglomerations gallimaufries hodgepodges mishmashes olios salmagundis assorts assorts - VERB To distribute into groups according to kinds separates classifies groups sorts categorizes classes sorts out pigeonholes To put into a deliberate order orders organizes arranges ranges distributes disposes classifies groups sorts ranks marshals systematizes arrays assuage assuage - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of soften calm soothe appease mollify pacify calm down conciliate gentle placate propitiate sweeten To make less severe or more bearable relieve ease lessen comfort alleviate lighten mitigate allay palliate assuaged assuaged - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softened calmed soothed appeased mollified pacified calmed down conciliated gentled placated propitiated sweetened To make less severe or more bearable relieved eased lessened comforted alleviated lightened mitigated allayed palliated assuages assuages - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softens calms soothes appeases mollifies pacifies calms down conciliates gentles placates propitiates sweetens To make less severe or more bearable relieves eases lessens comforts alleviates lightens mitigates allays palliates assuaging assuaging - VERB To ease the anger or agitation of softening calming soothing appeasing mollifying pacifying calming down conciliating gentling placating propitiating sweetening To make less severe or more bearable relieving easing lessening comforting alleviating lightening mitigating allaying palliating assume assume - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely act affect put on pretend pose simulate fake feign dissemble play-act counterfeit sham To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right take seize appropriate commandeer usurp arrogate pre-empt To put (an article of clothing) on one's person get on put on pull on slip into slip on don To take for granted without proof suppose presume postulate presuppose posit premise To take on or give a false appearance of affect put on pretend simulate fake feign counterfeit To take upon oneself take on take over take up undertake incur shoulder tackle assumed assumed - ADJ Based on inference, not fact conjectured inferred presumed presumptive supposed Being fictitious and not real adopted made-up assumed - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely acted affected put on pretended posed simulated faked feigned dissembled play-acted counterfeited shammed To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right took/taken seized appropriated commandeered usurped arrogated pre-empted To put (an article of clothing) on one's person got on/gotten on put on pulled on slipped into slipped on donned To take for granted without proof supposed presumed postulated presupposed posited premised To take on or give a false appearance of affected put on pretended simulated faked feigned counterfeited To take upon oneself took on/taken on took over/taken over took up/taken up undertook/undertaken incurred shouldered tackled assumes assumes - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely acts affects puts on pretends poses simulates fakes feigns dissembles play-acts counterfeits shams To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right takes seizes appropriates commandeers usurps arrogates pre-empts To put (an article of clothing) on one's person gets on puts on pulls on slips into slips on dons To take for granted without proof supposes presumes postulates presupposes posits premises To take on or give a false appearance of affects puts on pretends simulates fakes feigns counterfeits To take upon oneself takes on takes over takes up undertakes incurs shoulders tackles assuming assuming - VERB To behave affectedly or insincerely acting affecting putting on pretending posing simulating faking feigning dissembling play-acting counterfeiting shamming To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right taking seizing appropriating commandeering usurping arrogating pre-empting To put (an article of clothing) on one's person getting on putting on pulling on slipping into slipping on donning To take for granted without proof supposing presuming postulating presupposing positing premising To take on or give a false appearance of affecting putting on pretending simulating faking feigning counterfeiting To take upon oneself taking on taking over taking up undertaking incurring shouldering tackling assumption assumption - NOUN Excessive and arrogant self-confidence face cheek familiarity gall presumption brashness brazenness temerity cheekiness effrontery overconfidence presumptuousness Something taken to be true without proof theory premise thesis presumption supposition presupposition surmise postulate postulation The act of taking something for oneself appropriation seizure pre-emption arrogation usurpation assumptions assumptions - NOUN Excessive and arrogant self-confidence faces cheek familiarities galls presumptions brashness brazenness temerity cheekiness effronteries overconfidence presumptuousness Something taken to be true without proof theories premises theses presumptions suppositions presuppositions surmises postulates postulations The act of taking something for oneself appropriations seizures pre-emptions arrogations usurpations assurance assurance - NOUN A firm belief in one's own powers confidence self-confidence aplomb self-assurance self-possession A statement that expresses a commitment on the part of its maker as to its truthfulness or to the fulfillment of its conditions word warrant guarantee The quality or state of being safe security safety safeness assurances assurances - NOUN A firm belief in one's own powers confidences self-confidence aplomb self-assurance self-possession A statement that expresses a commitment on the part of its maker as to its truthfulness or to the fulfillment of its conditions words warrants guarantees The quality or state of being safe securities safety safeness assure assure - VERB To cause (another) to believe something satisfy convince persuade win over To render certain secure warrant ensure assured assured - ADJ Having a firm belief in one's own powers confident secure self-confident self-assured self-possessed Having no doubt sure certain positive confident undoubting assured - VERB To cause (another) to believe something satisfied convinced persuaded won over To render certain secured warranted ensured assures assures - VERB To cause (another) to believe something satisfies convinces persuades wins over To render certain secures warrants ensures assuring assuring - VERB To cause (another) to believe something satisfying convincing persuading winning over To render certain securing warranting ensuring astonish astonish - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprise startle amaze astound astonished astonished - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprised startled amazed astounded astonishes astonishes - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprises startles amazes astounds astonishing astonishing - ADJ Causing momentary shock startling surprising astounding electrifying jolting So remarkable as to elicit disbelief wonderful incredible amazing fantastic marvelous fabulous astounding miraculous prodigious unbelievable stupendous phenomenal wondrous astonishing - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprising startling amazing astounding astound astound - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprise startle amaze astonish astounded astounded - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprised startled amazed astonished astounding astounding - ADJ Causing momentary shock startling surprising astonishing electrifying jolting So remarkable as to elicit disbelief wonderful incredible amazing fantastic marvelous astonishing fabulous miraculous prodigious unbelievable stupendous phenomenal wondrous astounding - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprising startling amazing astonishing astounds astounds - VERB To impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual surprises startles amazes astonishes astral astral - ADJ Pre-eminent in rank or position top-ranking highest highest-ranking stratospheric Very broad and noble in character, scope, or grasp grand lofty elevated exalted astray astray - ADVERB Not in the right way or on the proper course wrong afield amiss astringent astringent - ADJ Having a noticeably sharp, pungent taste or smell bitter harsh sour acrid acerb acerbic astute astute - ADJ Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters wise smart shrewd slick cagey knowing perspicacious astuteness astuteness - NOUN Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging wit discrimination penetration acumen discernment clear-sightedness keenness perceptiveness percipience perspicacity sagacity shrewdness asylum asylum - NOUN An institution that provides care and shelter home haven retreat refuge hospice Something that physically protects, especially from danger shelter protection cover harbor haven retreat sanctuary refuge covert The state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship shelter sanctuary refuge asylums asylums - NOUN An institution that provides care and shelter homes havens retreats refuges hospices Something that physically protects, especially from danger shelters protections covers harbors havens retreats sanctuaries refuges coverts The state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship shelters sanctuaries refuges asymmetric asymmetric - ADJ Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical irregular uneven jagged crooked asymmetries asymmetries - NOUN Lack of smoothness or regularity irregularities roughness inequalities crookedness jaggedness unevennesses asymmetry asymmetry - NOUN Lack of smoothness or regularity irregularity roughness inequality crookedness jaggedness unevenness at last at last - ADVERB After a considerable length of time, usually after a delay finally ultimately ate ate - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc wore bit wore away gnawed eroded fretted corroded To take (food) into the body as nourishment consumed partook ingested devoured ate up ate up - VERB To do away with completely and destructively consumed swallowed dispatched devoured To eat completely or entirely put away consumed devoured To use all of spent finished used up ran through played out consumed exhausted drained athirst athirst - ADJ Intensely desirous or interested anxious eager ardent keen impatient thirsty solicitous avid agog thirsting Needing or desiring drink dry thirsty parched atmosphere atmosphere - NOUN A distinctive yet intangible quality deemed typical of a given thing flavor aroma savor smack A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic air feeling tone mood smell feel ambiance aura The gaseous mixture enveloping the earth air The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development world medium environment climate milieu ambiance surroundings atmospheres atmospheres - NOUN A distinctive yet intangible quality deemed typical of a given thing flavors aromas savors smacks A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic airs feelings tones moods smells feels ambiances auras The gaseous mixture enveloping the earth airs The totality of surrounding conditions and circumstances affecting growth or development worlds media/mediums environments climates milieus ambiances surroundings atmospheric atmospheric - ADJ Of or relating to air aerial airy pneumatic atria atria - NOUN An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings courts yards closes courtyards enclosures quads quadrangles atrium atrium - NOUN An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings court yard close courtyard enclosure quad quadrangle atriums atriums - NOUN An area partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings courts yards closes courtyards enclosures quads quadrangles atrocious atrocious - ADJ Disgracefully and grossly offensive monstrous flagrant shocking outrageous heinous scandalous Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings evil ugly offensive nasty vile disgusting loathsome repulsive foul revolting unwholesome nauseating repellent sickening atrociousness atrociousness - NOUN The quality of passing all moral bounds atrocity enormity heinousness monstrousness The quality or state of being flagrant atrocity enormity flagrancy grossness outrageousness atrocities atrocities - NOUN A monstrous offense or evil outrages monstrosities enormities The quality of passing all moral bounds enormities atrociousness heinousness monstrousness The quality or state of being flagrant enormities atrociousness flagrancy grossness outrageousness atrocity atrocity - NOUN A monstrous offense or evil outrage monstrosity enormity The quality of passing all moral bounds enormity atrociousness heinousness monstrousness The quality or state of being flagrant enormity atrociousness flagrancy grossness outrageousness atrophy atrophy - NOUN Descent to a lower level or condition decline disintegration deterioration decadence declination degeneration degeneracy worsening attach attach - VERB To join one thing to another fix connect secure couple fasten affix clip moor attached attached - VERB To join one thing to another fixed connected secured coupled fastened affixed clipped moored attaches attaches - VERB To join one thing to another fixes connects secures couples fastens affixes clips moors attaching attaching - VERB To join one thing to another fixing connecting securing coupling fastening affixing clipping mooring attachment attachment - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplement accessory adjunct The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith love bond tie loyalty affection devotion fondness attachments attachments - NOUN Something that attaches as a supplementary part supplements accessories adjuncts The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith loves bonds ties loyalties affections devotions fondness attack attack - NOUN A method used in dealing with something course line plan technique procedure approach tack A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease access seizure The act of attacking onset strike assault offense aggression onslaught onrush offensive attack - VERB To set upon with violent force have at go at hit strike fall on beset assail assault storm sail in To start work on vigorously go at tackle sail in wade in attacked attacked - VERB To set upon with violent force had at went at/gone at hit struck fell on/fallen on beset assailed assaulted stormed sailed in To start work on vigorously went at/gone at tackled sailed in waded in attacker attacker - NOUN One who starts a hostile action assailant aggressor attackers attackers - NOUN One who starts a hostile action assailants aggressors attacking attacking - VERB To set upon with violent force having at going at hitting striking falling on besetting assailing assaulting storming sailing in To start work on vigorously going at tackling sailing in wading in attacks attacks - NOUN A method used in dealing with something courses lines plans techniques procedures approaches tacks A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease accesses seizures The act of attacking onsets strikes assaults offenses aggressions onslaughts onrushes offensives attacks - VERB To set upon with violent force has at goes at hits strikes falls on besets assails assaults storms sails in To start work on vigorously goes at tackles sails in wades in attain attain - VERB To reach a goal or objective get to gain hit on arrive at To succeed in doing reach realize achieve accomplish score attainable attainable - ADJ Capable of being obtained or used available obtainable procurable attained attained - VERB To reach a goal or objective got to/gotten to gained hit on arrived at To succeed in doing reached realized achieved accomplished scored attaining attaining - VERB To reach a goal or objective getting to gaining hitting on arriving at To succeed in doing reaching realizing achieving accomplishing scoring attainment attainment - NOUN Something completed successfully achievement acquisition accomplishment feat acquirement attainments attainments - NOUN Something completed successfully achievements acquisitions accomplishments feats acquirements attains attains - VERB To reach a goal or objective gets to gains hits on arrives at To succeed in doing reaches realizes achieves accomplishes scores attempt attempt - NOUN An earnest try effort trial essay endeavor An effort to do or make something trial essay endeavor offer undertaking try attempt - VERB To make an attempt to do or make try offer seek undertake strive endeavor essay attempted attempted - VERB To make an attempt to do or make tried offered sought undertook/undertaken strove/striven endeavored essayed attempting attempting - VERB To make an attempt to do or make trying offering seeking undertaking striving endeavoring essaying attempts attempts - NOUN An earnest try efforts trials essays endeavors An effort to do or make something trials essays endeavors offers undertakings tries attempts - VERB To make an attempt to do or make tries offers seeks undertakes strives endeavors essays attend attend - VERB To be with or go with (another) accompany escort companion To have the care and supervision of watch see to tend look after mind care for minister to To perceive by ear, usually attentively hear listen heed hark To work and care for do for serve wait on minister attend to attend to - VERB To put into correct or conclusive form fix settle arrange conclude dispose of attendant attendant - ADJ Occurring in company with concurrent accompanying attending coincident concomitant attendant - NOUN A person who helps assistant aide helper One that accompanies another companion associate accompaniment concomitant attendants attendants - NOUN A person who helps assistants aides helpers One that accompanies another companions associates accompaniments concomitants attended attended - VERB To be with or go with (another) accompanied escorted companioned To have the care and supervision of watched saw to/seen to tended looked after minded cared for ministered to To perceive by ear, usually attentively heard listened heeded harked To work and care for did for/done for served waited on ministered attended to attended to - VERB To put into correct or conclusive form fixed settled arranged concluded disposed of attending attending - ADJ Occurring in company with concurrent attendant accompanying coincident concomitant attending - VERB To be with or go with (another) accompanying escorting companioning To have the care and supervision of watching seeing to tending looking after minding caring for ministering to To perceive by ear, usually attentively hearing listening heeding harking To work and care for doing for serving waiting on ministering attending to attending to - VERB To put into correct or conclusive form fixing settling arranging concluding disposing of attends attends - VERB To be with or go with (another) accompanies escorts companions To have the care and supervision of watches sees to tends looks after minds cares for ministers to To perceive by ear, usually attentively hears listens heeds harks To work and care for does for serves waits on ministers attends to attends to - VERB To put into correct or conclusive form fixes settles arranges concludes disposes of attention attention - NOUN Concentration of the mental powers on something consideration concentration attentiveness heedfulness The act of noting, observing, or taking into account note remark observation regard mark notice observance cognizance heed attentions attentions - NOUN Concentration of the mental powers on something considerations concentrations attentiveness heedfulness The act of noting, observing, or taking into account notes remarks observations regards marks notices observances cognizance heeds attentive attentive - ADJ Concentrating the mental powers on something intent observant heedful Full of polite concern for the well-being of others thoughtful polite courteous gallant considerate solicitous attentiveness attentiveness - NOUN Concentration of the mental powers on something attention consideration concentration heedfulness attenuate attenuate - VERB To become diffuse thin rarefy To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of weaken undermine undo sap debilitate enervate unnerve devitalize enfeeble To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture cut weaken water dilute thin attenuated attenuated - VERB To become diffuse thinned rarefied To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of weakened undermined undid/undone sapped debilitated enervated unnerved devitalized enfeebled To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture cut weakened watered diluted thinned attenuates attenuates - VERB To become diffuse thins rarefies To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of weakens undermines undoes saps debilitates enervates unnerves devitalizes enfeebles To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture cuts weakens waters dilutes thins attenuating attenuating - VERB To become diffuse thinning rarefying To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of weakening undermining undoing sapping debilitating enervating unnerving devitalizing enfeebling To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture cutting weakening watering diluting thinning attest attest - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of back justify confirm testify bear out warrant verify corroborate validate substantiate authenticate To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine witness testify certify endorse vouch for To give evidence or testimony under oath swear testify To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicate mark argue witness testify point to bespeak betoken attestation attestation - NOUN That which confirms evidence testimony proof testament confirmation verification authentication testimonial substantiation validation corroboration attestations attestations - NOUN That which confirms evidences testimonies proofs testaments confirmations verifications authentications testimonials substantiations validations corroborations attested attested - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backed justified confirmed testified bore out/borne out warranted verified corroborated validated substantiated authenticated To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine witnessed testified certified endorsed vouched for To give evidence or testimony under oath swore/sworn testified To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicated marked argued witnessed testified pointed to bespoke/bespoken betokened attesting attesting - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backing justifying confirming testifying bearing out warranting verifying corroborating validating substantiating authenticating To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine witnessing testifying certifying endorsing vouching for To give evidence or testimony under oath swearing testifying To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicating marking arguing witnessing testifying pointing to bespeaking betokening attests attests - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backs justifies confirms testifies bears out warrants verifies corroborates validates substantiates authenticates To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine witnesses testifies certifies endorses vouches for To give evidence or testimony under oath swears testifies To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicates marks argues witnesses testifies points to bespeaks betokens attire attire - NOUN Articles worn to cover the body clothes dress clothing apparel garb garments habiliments raiment attire - VERB To put clothes on dress clothe array apparel garb garment attired attired - VERB To put clothes on dressed clothed arrayed appareled garbed garmented attires attires - NOUN Articles worn to cover the body clothes dresses clothing apparels garbs garments habiliments raiment attires - VERB To put clothes on dresses clothes arrays apparels garbs garments attiring attiring - VERB To put clothes on dressing clothing arraying appareling garbing garmenting attitude attitude - NOUN A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior position outlook posture stance A general cast of mind with regard to something feeling sentiment disposition The way in which a person holds or carries his body carriage posture stance pose The way in which one is placed or arranged position posture pose attitudes attitudes - NOUN A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior positions outlooks postures stances A general cast of mind with regard to something feelings sentiments dispositions The way in which a person holds or carries his body carriages postures stances poses The way in which one is placed or arranged positions postures poses attitudinize attitudinize - VERB To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose pose posture To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is pass pose masquerade impersonate posture attitudinized attitudinized - VERB To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose posed postured To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is passed posed masqueraded impersonated postured attitudinizes attitudinizes - VERB To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose poses postures To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is passes poses masquerades impersonates postures attitudinizing attitudinizing - VERB To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose posing posturing To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is passing posing masquerading impersonating posturing attract attract - VERB To arouse the interest and attention of interest intrigue To attract by some quality or action draw pull appeal fascinate lure magnetize allure attracted attracted - VERB To arouse the interest and attention of interested intrigued To attract by some quality or action drew/drawn pulled appealed fascinated lured magnetized allured attracting attracting - VERB To arouse the interest and attention of interesting intriguing To attract by some quality or action drawing pulling appealing fascinating luring magnetizing alluring attraction attraction - NOUN The power or quality of attracting appeal charm pull draw glamour magnetism fascination lure enchantment allure allurement charisma attractiveness witchery attractions attractions - NOUN The power or quality of attracting appeals charms pulls draws glamour magnetisms fascinations lures enchantments allures allurements charisma attractiveness witchery attractive attractive - ADJ Having qualities that delight the eye beautiful fair lovely pretty handsome gorgeous good-looking beauteous comely pulchritudinous ravishing Pleasing to the eye or mind sweet lovely pretty magnetic charming fascinating appealing enchanting engaging captivating fetching winsome alluring bewitching enticing entrancing prepossessing tempting winning Pleasingly suited to the wearer becoming flattering attractiveness attractiveness - NOUN The power or quality of attracting appeal charm attraction pull draw glamour magnetism fascination lure enchantment allure allurement charisma witchery attracts attracts - VERB To arouse the interest and attention of interests intrigues To attract by some quality or action draws pulls appeals fascinates lures magnetizes allures attribute attribute - NOUN A distinctive element property quality character feature characteristic mark affection trait peculiarity savor An object associated with and serving to identify something else symbol emblem attribute - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lay assign charge credit ascribe impute accredit attributed attributed - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laid assigned charged credited ascribed imputed accredited attributes attributes - NOUN A distinctive element properties qualities characters features characteristics marks affections traits peculiarities savors An object associated with and serving to identify something else symbols emblems attributes - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another lays assigns charges credits ascribes imputes accredits attributing attributing - VERB To regard as belonging to or resulting from another laying assigning charging crediting ascribing imputing accrediting attribution attribution - NOUN The act of attributing assignment credit imputation ascription attributions attributions - NOUN The act of attributing assignments credits imputations ascriptions attune attune - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning set fix adjust regulate tune To bring into accord coordinate integrate accommodate conform reconcile tune harmonize proportion attuned attuned - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning set fixed adjusted regulated tuned To bring into accord coordinated integrated accommodated conformed reconciled tuned harmonized proportioned attunes attunes - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning sets fixes adjusts regulates tunes To bring into accord coordinates integrates accommodates conforms reconciles tunes harmonizes proportions attuning attuning - VERB To alter (parts of a device) for proper functioning setting fixing adjusting regulating tuning To bring into accord coordinating integrating accommodating conforming reconciling tuning harmonizing proportioning atypical atypical - ADJ Departing from the normal unnatural divergent aberrant abnormal deviant anomalous anomalistic deviating preternatural Not usual or ordinary unusual novel unconventional unordinary unwonted audacious audacious - ADJ Having or showing courage bold brave heroic fearless gallant courageous unafraid dauntless stout intrepid mettlesome undaunted valiant doughty game plucky stouthearted valorous Marked by boldness and assertiveness bold aggressive assertive daring Rude and disrespectful bold smart forward presumptuous impudent insolent pert brazen impertinent saucy boldfaced cheeky contumelious sassy Taking or willing to take risks bold adventurous venturesome adventuresome daring venturous audacity audacity - NOUN The state or quality of being impudent cheek gall insolence boldness disrespect brazenness impudence rudeness effrontery forwardness impertinence sauciness Willingness to take risks boldness daring adventurousness audience audience - NOUN A chance to be heard hearing audition The body of persons who admire a public personality, especially an entertainer public following audiences audiences - NOUN A chance to be heard hearings auditions The body of persons who admire a public personality, especially an entertainer public followings audition audition - NOUN A chance to be heard audience hearing The sense by which sound is perceived ear hearing auditions auditions - NOUN A chance to be heard audiences hearings The sense by which sound is perceived ears hearings augment augment - VERB To make or become greater or larger increase grow extend expand mount run up multiply build up swell enlarge magnify amplify wax snowball aggrandize upsurge augmentation augmentation - NOUN Something added to another for embellishment or completion complement accompaniment enrichment enhancement Something tending to augment something else addition accession The act of increasing or rising growth increase rise boost jump upturn multiplication enlargement upswing augmentations augmentations - NOUN Something added to another for embellishment or completion complements accompaniments enrichments enhancements Something tending to augment something else additions accessions The act of increasing or rising growths increases rises boosts jumps upturns multiplications enlargements upswings augmented augmented - VERB To make or become greater or larger increased grew/grown extended expanded mounted ran up/run up multiplied built up swelled/swollen enlarged magnified amplified waxed snowballed aggrandized upsurged augmenting augmenting - VERB To make or become greater or larger increasing growing extending expanding mounting running up multiplying building up swelling enlarging magnifying amplifying waxing snowballing aggrandizing upsurging augments augments - VERB To make or become greater or larger increases grows extends expands mounts runs up multiplies builds up swells enlarges magnifies amplifies waxes snowballs aggrandizes upsurges augur augur - VERB To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means prophesy divine foretell augured augured - VERB To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means prophesied divined foretold auguries auguries - NOUN A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil omens portents prognostications foretokens presages prognostics auguring auguring - VERB To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means prophesying divining foretelling augurs augurs - VERB To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means prophesies divines foretells augury augury - NOUN A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil omen portent prognostication foretoken presage prognostic august august - ADJ Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent grand royal magnificent noble superb majestic stately grandiose lordly regal baronial sublime imposing princely Raised to or occupying a high position or rank grand lofty sublime elevated exalted high-ranking aura aura - NOUN A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic air feeling tone atmosphere mood smell feel ambiance auras auras - NOUN A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic airs feelings tones atmospheres moods smells feels ambiances aureate aureate - ADJ Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style bombastic declamatory grandiloquent sonorous fustian high-flown magniloquent orotund rhetorical auspices auspices - NOUN Aid or support given by a patron patronage sponsorship backing aegis patronization auspicious auspicious - ADJ Indicative of future success good favorable fortunate promising propitious Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time favorable prosperous timely propitious opportune seasonable well-timed austere austere - ADJ Cold and forbidding hard severe grim harsh bleak dour austerities austerities - NOUN The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing severities rigors harshness strictness stringencies austerity austerity - NOUN The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing severity rigor harshness strictness stringency authentic authentic - ADJ Not counterfeit or copied good real true original genuine indubitable unquestionable undoubted Worthy of belief because of precision, faithfulness to an original, etc true valid faithful authoritative convincing trustworthy credible authenticate authenticate - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of back justify confirm testify bear out warrant verify attest corroborate validate substantiate To establish as true or genuine show establish prove demonstrate confirm bear out verify corroborate validate substantiate authenticated authenticated - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backed justified confirmed testified bore out/borne out warranted verified attested corroborated validated substantiated To establish as true or genuine showed/shown established proved/proven demonstrated confirmed bore out/borne out verified corroborated validated substantiated authenticates authenticates - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backs justifies confirms testifies bears out warrants verifies attests corroborates validates substantiates To establish as true or genuine shows establishes proves demonstrates confirms bears out verifies corroborates validates substantiates authenticating authenticating - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backing justifying confirming testifying bearing out warranting verifying attesting corroborating validating substantiating To establish as true or genuine showing establishing proving demonstrating confirming bearing out verifying corroborating validating substantiating authentication authentication - NOUN That which confirms evidence testimony proof testament confirmation verification testimonial substantiation validation attestation corroboration authentications authentications - NOUN That which confirms evidences testimonies proofs testaments confirmations verifications testimonials substantiations validations attestations corroborations authenticity authenticity - NOUN The quality of being authentic validity legitimacy truthfulness realness genuineness author author - NOUN One that creates, founds, or originates father architect maker creator founder inventor patriarch originator author - VERB To be the author of (a published work or works) write publish pen authored authored - VERB To be the author of (a published work or works) wrote/written published penned authoring authoring - VERB To be the author of (a published work or works) writing publishing penning authoritarian authoritarian - ADJ Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority totalitarian autocratic dictatorial doctrinaire tyrannical despotic Tending to dictate dogmatic masterful dictatorial doctrinaire imperious magisterial overbearing peremptory bossy domineering authoritarian - NOUN One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority dictator despot tyrant autocrat martinet authoritarianism authoritarianism - NOUN A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorship despotism autocracy totalitarianism absolutism authoritarianisms authoritarianisms - NOUN A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorships despotisms autocracies totalitarianisms absolutisms authoritarians authoritarians - NOUN One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority dictators despots tyrants autocrats martinets authoritative authoritative - ADJ Exercising authority powerful mighty lordly masterful commanding Having or arising from authority standard official conclusive sanctioned Worthy of belief because of precision, faithfulness to an original, etc true valid authentic faithful convincing trustworthy credible authorities authorities - NOUN A person or group having the right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge officials A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field masters experts wizards adepts Conferred power rights faculties The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge powers controls commands jurisdictions dominations might masteries dominions sways prerogatives authority authority - NOUN A person or group having the right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge official A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field master expert wizard adept Conferred power right faculty The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge power control command jurisdiction domination might mastery dominion sway prerogative authorization authorization - NOUN Approval for an action, especially as granted by one in authority approval license permission consent sanction leave authorizations authorizations - NOUN Approval for an action, especially as granted by one in authority approvals licenses permissions consents sanctions leaves authorize authorize - VERB To give authority to entitle enable qualify license empower accredit commission To give one's consent to let allow permit sanction consent authorized authorized - VERB To give authority to entitled enabled qualified licensed empowered accredited commissioned To give one's consent to let allowed permitted sanctioned consented authorizes authorizes - VERB To give authority to entitles enables qualifies licenses empowers accredits commissions To give one's consent to lets allows permits sanctions consents authorizing authorizing - VERB To give authority to entitling enabling qualifying licensing empowering accrediting commissioning To give one's consent to letting allowing permitting sanctioning consenting authors authors - NOUN One that creates, founds, or originates fathers architects makers creators founders inventors patriarchs originators authors - VERB To be the author of (a published work or works) writes publishes pens autocracies autocracies - NOUN A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives dictatorships absolutisms A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorships despotisms totalitarianisms authoritarianisms absolutisms Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly dictatorships tyrannies despotisms totalitarianisms autocracy autocracy - NOUN A government in which a single leader or party exercises absolute control over all citizens and every aspect of their lives dictatorship absolutism A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule dictatorship despotism totalitarianism authoritarianism absolutism Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly dictatorship tyranny despotism totalitarianism autocrat autocrat - NOUN One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority dictator despot tyrant authoritarian martinet autocratic autocratic - ADJ Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority totalitarian authoritarian dictatorial doctrinaire tyrannical despotic Having and exercising complete political power and control absolute arbitrary totalitarian dictatorial tyrannical absolutist despotic tyrannous autocrats autocrats - NOUN One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority dictators despots tyrants authoritarians martinets autograph autograph - VERB To affix one's signature to sign endorse inscribe subscribe undersign autographed autographed - VERB To affix one's signature to signed endorsed inscribed subscribed undersigned autographing autographing - VERB To affix one's signature to signing endorsing inscribing subscribing undersigning autographs autographs - VERB To affix one's signature to signs endorses inscribes subscribes undersigns automatic automatic - ADJ Acting or happening without apparent forethought, prompting, or planning spontaneous instinctive impulsive unpremeditated reflex Performed or performing automatically and impersonally mechanical perfunctory autonomous autonomous - ADJ Having political independence free independent sovereign autonomy autonomy - NOUN The condition of being politically free freedom independence liberty sovereignty auxiliaries auxiliaries - NOUN A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities seconds lieutenants assistants aides adjutants coadjutants coadjutors auxiliary auxiliary - ADJ Giving or able to give help or support ancillary contributory subsidiary accessory assisting collateral helping Used or held in reserve supplementary supplemental standby back-up emergency reserve auxiliary - NOUN A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of his responsibilities second lieutenant assistant aide adjutant coadjutant coadjutor avail avail - NOUN The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end use account advantage benefit profit utility usefulness avail - VERB To be an advantage to serve benefit profit available available - ADJ Capable of being obtained or used obtainable attainable procurable availed availed - VERB To be an advantage to served benefited profited availing availing - VERB To be an advantage to serving benefiting profiting avails avails - NOUN The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end uses accounts advantages benefits profits utilities usefulness avails - VERB To be an advantage to serves benefits profits avarice avarice - NOUN Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves greed covetousness acquisitiveness avidity cupidity rapacity avaricious avaricious - ADJ Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity greedy avid desirous acquisitive covetous grasping rapacious avenge avenge - VERB To exact revenge for pay back pay off repay vindicate redress requite avenged avenged - VERB To exact revenge for paid back paid off repaid vindicated redressed requited avenges avenges - VERB To exact revenge for pays back pays off repays vindicates redresses requites avenging avenging - VERB To exact revenge for paying back paying off repaying vindicating redressing requiting avenue avenue - NOUN A course affording passage from one place to another way street road drive path highway boulevard freeway roadway thoroughfare avenues avenues - NOUN A course affording passage from one place to another ways streets roads drives paths highways boulevards freeways roadways thoroughfares aver aver - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare assert affirm avow asseverate avouch average average - ADJ Being of no special quality or type common ordinary plain commonplace garden-variety run-of-the-mill stock unexceptional Of moderately good quality but less than excellent common fair adequate sufficient satisfactory acceptable respectable decent indifferent tolerable passable To be expected general common normal usual ordinary typical commonplace average - NOUN Something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation mean medium norm par median averages averages - NOUN Something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation means media/mediums norms par medians averred averred - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared asserted affirmed avowed asseverated avouched averring averring - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring asserting affirming avowing asseverating avouching avers avers - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares asserts affirms avows asseverates avouches averse averse - ADJ Not inclined or willing to do or undertake reluctant unwilling loath disinclined indisposed aversion aversion - NOUN A feeling of fear and repugnance horror revulsion repulsion abhorrence A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic antagonism hostility antipathy repellence Extreme repugnance excited by something offensive repulsion disgust loathing aversions aversions - NOUN A feeling of fear and repugnance horrors revulsion repulsion abhorrence A state of mind brought on by something that is antipathetic antagonisms hostilities antipathies repellence Extreme repugnance excited by something offensive repulsion disgusts loathing aversive aversive - ADJ Arousing deep-seated dislike hateful unsympathetic antipathetic repellent avert avert - VERB To change the direction or course of turn swing shift veer divert redirect pivot sheer deflect reroute To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action prevent turn aside head off rule out forestall preclude deter stave off obviate ward averted averted - VERB To change the direction or course of turned swung shifted veered diverted redirected pivoted sheered deflected rerouted To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action prevented turned aside headed off ruled out forestalled precluded deterred staved off/stove off obviated warded averting averting - VERB To change the direction or course of turning swinging shifting veering diverting redirecting pivoting sheering deflecting rerouting To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action preventing turning aside heading off ruling out forestalling precluding deterring staving off obviating warding averts averts - VERB To change the direction or course of turns swings shifts veers diverts redirects pivots sheers deflects reroutes To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action prevents turns aside heads off rules out forestalls precludes deters staves off obviates wards avid avid - ADJ Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity greedy avaricious desirous acquisitive covetous grasping rapacious Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit ravenous unappeasable omnivorous rapacious voracious Intensely desirous or interested anxious eager ardent keen impatient thirsty solicitous agog athirst thirsting avidity avidity - NOUN Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves greed avarice covetousness acquisitiveness cupidity rapacity avoid avoid - VERB To stay away from get around escape duck dodge bypass elude evade shun eschew avoidance avoidance - NOUN The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding escape evasion avoidances avoidances - NOUN The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding escapes evasions avoided avoided - VERB To stay away from got around/gotten around escaped ducked dodged bypassed eluded evaded shunned eschewed avoiding avoiding - VERB To stay away from getting around escaping ducking dodging bypassing eluding evading shunning eschewing avoids avoids - VERB To stay away from gets around escapes ducks dodges bypasses eludes evades shuns eschews avouch avouch - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare assert affirm avow asseverate aver avouched avouched - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared asserted affirmed avowed asseverated averred avouches avouches - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares asserts affirms avows asseverates avers avouching avouching - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring asserting affirming avowing asseverating averring avow avow - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction hold maintain state declare assert affirm asseverate aver avouch To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allow admit grant own acknowledge confess concede avowal avowal - NOUN The act of admitting to something admission confession acknowledgment The act of asserting positively statement declaration assertion affirmation avowals avowals - NOUN The act of admitting to something admissions confessions acknowledgments The act of asserting positively statements declarations assertions affirmations avowed avowed - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction held maintained stated declared asserted affirmed asseverated averred avouched To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowed admitted granted owned acknowledged confessed conceded avowing avowing - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holding maintaining stating declaring asserting affirming asseverating averring avouching To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allowing admitting granting owning acknowledging confessing conceding avows avows - VERB To put into words positively and with conviction holds maintains states declares asserts affirms asseverates avers avouches To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of allows admits grants owns acknowledges confesses concedes await await - VERB To anticipate confidently expect look for anticipate depend on figure on bargain on awaited awaited - VERB To anticipate confidently expected looked for anticipated depended on figured on bargained on awaiting awaiting - VERB To anticipate confidently expecting looking for anticipating depending on figuring on bargaining on awaits awaits - VERB To anticipate confidently expects looks for anticipates depends on figures on bargains on awake awake - ADJ Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception aware alive wise sensible mindful cognizant sentient conversant knowing Not in a state of sleep wakeful wide-awake unsleeping awake - VERB To cease sleeping wake stir awaken rouse awaken awaken - VERB To cause to wake up rouse waken To cease sleeping wake stir awake rouse To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raise stir arouse rouse waken kindle foment awakened awakened - VERB To cause to wake up roused wakened To cease sleeping woke/woken stirred awoke/awoken roused To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raised stirred aroused roused wakened kindled fomented awakening awakening - VERB To cause to wake up rousing wakening To cease sleeping waking stirring awaking rousing To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raising stirring arousing rousing wakening kindling fomenting awakens awakens - VERB To cause to wake up rouses wakens To cease sleeping wakes stirs awakes rouses To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion) raises stirs arouses rouses wakens kindles foments awakes awakes - VERB To cease sleeping wakes stirs awakens rouses awaking awaking - VERB To cease sleeping waking stirring awakening rousing award award - NOUN A memento received as a symbol of excellence or victory prize trophy Something given in return for a service or accomplishment prize reward dividend plum honorarium award - VERB To give formally or officially present grant confer accord bestow To let have as a favor or privilege give grant concede accord vouchsafe awarded awarded - VERB To give formally or officially presented granted conferred accorded bestowed To let have as a favor or privilege gave/given granted conceded accorded vouchsafed awarding awarding - VERB To give formally or officially presenting granting conferring according bestowing To let have as a favor or privilege giving granting conceding according vouchsafing awards awards - NOUN A memento received as a symbol of excellence or victory prizes trophies Something given in return for a service or accomplishment prizes rewards dividends plums honoraria/honorariums awards - VERB To give formally or officially presents grants confers accords bestows To let have as a favor or privilege gives grants concedes accords vouchsafes aware aware - ADJ Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception alive wise sensible awake mindful cognizant sentient conversant knowing awareness awareness - NOUN Recognition of worth, quality, importance, etc appreciation enjoyment admiration comprehension liking responsiveness receptivity The condition of being aware perception consciousness alertness cognizance awash awash - ADJ Full to the point of flowing over brimful brimming overflowing away away - ADJ Not present absent gone missing awe awe - NOUN The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring or astounding wonder amazement wonderment awful awful - ADJ Causing or able to cause fear terrible tremendous formidable fearful dreadful appalling frightful ghastly dire fearsome alarming direful frightening redoubtable Very bad terrible horrible fearful dreadful appalling frightful ghastly shocking horrendous awkward awkward - ADJ Causing self-conscious distress embarrassing incommodious mortifying Characterized by embarrassment and discomfort uneasy uncomfortable constrained Characterized by inappropriateness and gracelessness, especially in expression unhappy unfortunate inappropriate inept infelicitous Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform clumsy inept gauche heavy-handed maladroit bumbling unskillful Difficult to handle or manage bulky clumsy cumbersome inconvenient unmanageable cumbrous unwieldy Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement clumsy inept ungainly gawky graceless lumbering ungraceful awoke awoke - VERB To cease sleeping woke stirred awakened roused awoken awoken - VERB To cease sleeping woken stirred awakened roused awry awry - ADJ Not in accordance with what is usual or expected wrong amiss axiom axiom - NOUN A broad and basic rule or truth law principle theorem fundamental universal axioms axioms - NOUN A broad and basic rule or truth laws principles theorems fundamentals universals aye aye - NOUN An affirmative vote or voter yea yes ayes ayes - NOUN An affirmative vote or voter yeas yesses B babble babble - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatter chat blab blabber chitchat jabber palaver prattle Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabble blather blatherskite gibberish jabber prattle twaddle babble - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chatter gabble blather gibber jabber prate prattle To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially run on chatter rattle on blabber jabber palaver prate prattle babbled babbled - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chattered gabbled blathered gibbered jabbered prated prattled To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially ran on/run on chattered rattled on blabbered jabbered palavered prated prattled babbles babbles - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatters chats blabs blabbers chitchat jabbers palavers prattles Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabbles blathers blatherskites gibberish jabbers prattles twaddle babbles - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chatters gabbles blathers gibbers jabbers prates prattles To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially runs on chatters rattles on blabbers jabbers palavers prates prattles babbling babbling - ADJ Emitting a murmuring sound felt to resemble a laugh burbling gurgling laughing rippling babbling - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chattering gabbling blathering gibbering jabbering prating prattling To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially running on chattering rattling on blabbering jabbering palavering prating prattling babe babe - NOUN A very young child baby infant neonate newborn nursling babel babel - NOUN Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable noise racket uproar clamor din hubbub rumpus hullabaloo pandemonium tumult babes babes - NOUN A very young child babies infants neonates newborns nurslings babied babied - VERB To treat with indulgence and often overtender care indulged spoiled/spoilt coddled pampered overindulged catered to cosseted mollycoddled babies babies - NOUN A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way milquetoasts mollycoddles milksops weaklings A very young child infants babes neonates newborns nurslings babies - VERB To treat with indulgence and often overtender care indulges spoils coddles pampers overindulges caters to cossets mollycoddles baby baby - NOUN A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way milquetoast mollycoddle milksop weakling A very young child infant babe neonate newborn nursling baby - VERB To treat with indulgence and often overtender care indulge spoil coddle pamper overindulge cater to cosset mollycoddle babying babying - VERB To treat with indulgence and often overtender care indulging spoiling coddling pampering overindulging catering to cosseting mollycoddling babyish babyish - ADJ Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity juvenile childish immature infantile puerile Of or like a baby childlike infantile cherubic back back - ADJ Located in the rear rear posterior hind hindmost after postern back - ADVERB In or toward a former location or condition around backward round about rearward Toward the back around backward round rearward back - NOUN The part or area farthest from the front rear posterior back - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring get behind support stand behind uphold advocate champion plump for side with To assure the certainty or validity of justify confirm testify bear out warrant verify attest corroborate validate substantiate authenticate To move in a reverse direction fall back retreat retrograde backtrack retrogress To present evidence in support of justify corroborate substantiate buttress To supply capital to or for finance subsidize capitalize fund grubstake back down back down - VERB To abandon a former position or commitment retreat back-up back-up - ADJ Used or held in reserve supplementary auxiliary supplemental standby emergency reserve backbiting backbiting - ADJ Damaging to the reputation injurious libelous slanderous calumnious defamatory detracting invidious maligning scandalous vilifying backbreaking backbreaking - ADJ Imposing a severe test of bodily or spiritual strength difficult hard heavy rough severe tough formidable rigorous trying arduous oppressive weighty demanding burdensome laborious exacting exigent onerous taxing backed backed - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring got behind/gotten behind supported stood behind upheld advocated championed plumped for sided with To assure the certainty or validity of justified confirmed testified bore out/borne out warranted verified attested corroborated validated substantiated authenticated To move in a reverse direction fell back/fallen back retreated retrograded backtracked retrogressed To present evidence in support of justified corroborated substantiated buttressed To supply capital to or for financed subsidized capitalized funded grubstaked backed down backed down - VERB To abandon a former position or commitment retreated backer backer - NOUN A person who supports or champions an activity, institution, etc friend sponsor patron supporter contributor benefactor One who assumes financial responsibility for another angel sponsor underwriter guarantor guaranty surety backers backers - NOUN A person who supports or champions an activity, institution, etc friends sponsors patrons supporters contributors benefactors One who assumes financial responsibility for another angels sponsors underwriters guarantors guaranties sureties backfire backfire - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounce back boomerang rebound backfired backfired - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounced back boomeranged rebounded backfires backfires - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounces back boomerangs rebounds backfiring backfiring - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bouncing back boomeranging rebounding background background - NOUN Past events surrounding a person or thing history past backgrounds backgrounds - NOUN Past events surrounding a person or thing histories pasts backing backing - NOUN Aid or support given by a patron patronage sponsorship aegis auspices patronization backing - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring getting behind supporting standing behind upholding advocating championing plumping for siding with To assure the certainty or validity of justifying confirming testifying bearing out warranting verifying attesting corroborating validating substantiating authenticating To move in a reverse direction falling back retreating retrograding backtracking retrogressing To present evidence in support of justifying corroborating substantiating buttressing To supply capital to or for financing subsidizing capitalizing funding grubstaking backing down backing down - VERB To abandon a former position or commitment retreating backings backings - NOUN Aid or support given by a patron patronage sponsorships aegises auspices patronization backlog backlog - NOUN A supply stored or hidden for future use stock store inventory reserve reservoir treasure hoard stockpile backlogs backlogs - NOUN A supply stored or hidden for future use stocks stores inventories reserves reservoirs treasures hoards stockpiles backs backs - NOUN The part or area farthest from the front rears posteriors backs - VERB To aid the cause of by approving or favoring gets behind supports stands behind upholds advocates champions plumps for sides with To assure the certainty or validity of justifies confirms testifies bears out warrants verifies attests corroborates validates substantiates authenticates To move in a reverse direction falls back retreats retrogrades backtracks retrogresses To present evidence in support of justifies corroborates substantiates buttresses To supply capital to or for finances subsidizes capitalizes funds grubstakes backs down backs down - VERB To abandon a former position or commitment retreats backside backside - NOUN The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting bottom seat behind rump derriere buttocks posterior backsides backsides - NOUN The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting bottoms seats behinds rumps derrieres buttocks posteriors backslid backslid - VERB To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one lapsed reverted regressed relapsed retrogressed backslide backslide - NOUN A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one lapse backsliding recidivism relapse backslide - VERB To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one lapse revert regress relapse retrogress backslides backslides - NOUN A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one lapses backslidings recidivisms relapses backslides - VERB To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one lapses reverts regresses relapses retrogresses backsliding backsliding - NOUN A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one lapse recidivism relapse backsliding - VERB To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one lapsing reverting regressing relapsing retrogressing backslidings backslidings - NOUN A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one lapses backslides recidivisms relapses backtrack backtrack - VERB To move in a reverse direction back fall back retreat retrograde retrogress backtracked backtracked - VERB To move in a reverse direction backed fell back/fallen back retreated retrograded retrogressed backtracking backtracking - VERB To move in a reverse direction backing falling back retreating retrograding retrogressing backtracks backtracks - VERB To move in a reverse direction backs falls back retreats retrogrades retrogresses backward backward - ADJ Clinging to obsolete ideas reactionary benighted Directed or facing toward the back or rear retrograde retrogressive Economically and socially below standard impoverished underprivileged depressed deprived disadvantaged Exhibiting lack of education or knowledge primitive ignorant benighted unenlightened Having only a limited ability to learn and understand simple slow dull simple-minded retarded slow-witted weak-minded Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and social aspects underdeveloped undeveloped behindhand lagging Reticent or reserved in manner modest shy timid coy demure bashful self-effacing diffident retiring backward - ADVERB In or toward a former location or condition back around round about rearward Toward the back back around round rearward bad bad - ADJ Below a standard of quality unsatisfactory deficient Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune evil ill unfavorable inauspicious Causing harm or injury evil detrimental harmful injurious damaging deleterious hurtful Impaired because of decay rotten decayed decomposed putrid spoiled Misbehaving, often in a troublesome way naughty ill-behaved Morally objectionable wrong evil vicious wicked immoral sinful iniquitous nefarious reprobate Not pleasant or agreeable unpleasant offensive disagreeable displeasing bad - NOUN Whatever is destructive or harmful evil ill badness bad-mannered bad-mannered - ADJ Lacking good manners rude discourteous ungracious ill-bred ill-mannered impolite unmannerly unpolished bad-tempered bad-tempered - ADJ Having or showing a bad temper irritable nasty waspish surly cranky cross disagreeable petulant querulous cantankerous crabby grouchy grumpy ill-tempered irascible peevish snappish testy badge badge - NOUN An emblem of honor worn on one's clothing decoration medal badger badger - VERB To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunt bait heckle hector hound To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harass plague besiege harry pester bedevil beleaguer hound importune badgered badgered - VERB To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunted baited heckled hectored hounded To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harassed plagued besieged harried pestered bedeviled beleaguered hounded importuned badgering badgering - VERB To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunting baiting heckling hectoring hounding To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besetting harassing plaguing besieging harrying pestering bedeviling beleaguering hounding importuning badgers badgers - VERB To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunts baits heckles hectors hounds To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besets harasses plagues besieges harries pesters bedevils beleaguers hounds importunes badges badges - NOUN An emblem of honor worn on one's clothing decorations medals badness badness - NOUN Whatever is destructive or harmful evil ill bad baffle baffle - VERB To leave speechless or without a ready response confound stump nonplus To prevent from accomplishing a purpose check defeat frustrate thwart balk foil stymie checkmate baffled baffled - VERB To leave speechless or without a ready response confounded stumped nonplused To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checked defeated frustrated thwarted balked foiled stymied checkmated baffles baffles - VERB To leave speechless or without a ready response confounds stumps nonpluses To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checks defeats frustrates thwarts balks foils stymies checkmates baffling baffling - VERB To leave speechless or without a ready response confounding stumping nonplusing To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checking defeating frustrating thwarting balking foiling stymying checkmating bag bag - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stand out project protrude bulge stick out jut balloon pout belly overhang bagged bagged - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stood out projected protruded bulged stuck out jutted ballooned pouted bellied overhung bagging bagging - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit standing out projecting protruding bulging sticking out jutting ballooning pouting bellying overhanging bags bags - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stands out projects protrudes bulges sticks out juts balloons pouts bellies overhangs bail bail - NOUN One who posts bond bondsman bail - VERB To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it dip scoop up ladle bail out bail out - VERB To catapult oneself from a disabled aircraft jump eject bailed bailed - VERB To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it dipped scooped up ladled bailed out bailed out - VERB To catapult oneself from a disabled aircraft jumped ejected bailing bailing - VERB To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it dipping scooping up ladling bailing out bailing out - VERB To catapult oneself from a disabled aircraft jumping ejecting bails bails - NOUN One who posts bond bondsmen bails - VERB To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it dips scoops up ladles bails out bails out - VERB To catapult oneself from a disabled aircraft jumps ejects bait bait - NOUN Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult trap lure snare bait - VERB To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach tease torment tantalize To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunt badger heckle hector hound baited baited - VERB To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach teased tormented tantalized To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunted badgered heckled hectored hounded baiting baiting - VERB To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach teasing tormenting tantalizing To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunting badgering heckling hectoring hounding baits baits - NOUN Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult traps lures snares baits - VERB To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach teases torments tantalizes To torment with persistent insult or ridicule taunts badgers heckles hectors hounds bake bake - VERB To make or feel hot, as if by cooking burn roast broil scorch baked baked - VERB To make or feel hot, as if by cooking burned/burnt roasted broiled scorched bakes bakes - VERB To make or feel hot, as if by cooking burns roasts broils scorches baking baking - VERB To make or feel hot, as if by cooking burning roasting broiling scorching balance balance - NOUN A stable state characterized by the cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces equilibrium stasis counterpoise equipoise A stable, calm state of the emotions poise coolness composure equanimity aplomb self-possession Satisfying arrangement marked by even distribution of elements, as in a design proportion harmony symmetry What remains after a part has been used or subtracted rest remainder residue remains remnant leavings leftovers balance - VERB To act as an equalizing weight or force to make up compensate offset counteract counterbalance countervail counterpoise To examine so as to note the similarities and differences of compare collate To make up for the defects of compensate offset neutralize outweigh redeem counterbalance countervail counterpoise To place or be placed on a narrow or insecure surface poise perch To put in balance stabilize counterbalance steady equalize balanced balanced - ADJ Characterized by or displaying symmetry, especially correspondence in scale or measure regular proportional proportionate commensurate symmetrical commensurable Having components pleasingly combined harmonious concordant symmetrical congruous Neither favorable nor unfavorable fair even Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence reasonable sound wise rational sensible sane prudent judicious commonsensical levelheaded sagacious sage sapient well-founded well-grounded balanced - VERB To act as an equalizing weight or force to made up compensated offset counteracted counterbalanced countervailed counterpoised To examine so as to note the similarities and differences of compared collated To make up for the defects of compensated offset neutralized outweighed redeemed counterbalanced countervailed counterpoised To place or be placed on a narrow or insecure surface poised perched To put in balance stabilized counterbalanced steadied equalized balances balances - NOUN A stable state characterized by the cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces equilibriums stases counterpoises equipoises A stable, calm state of the emotions poises coolness composure equanimity aplomb self-possession Satisfying arrangement marked by even distribution of elements, as in a design proportions harmonies symmetries What remains after a part has been used or subtracted rests remainders residue remains remnants leavings leftovers balances - VERB To act as an equalizing weight or force to makes up compensates offsets counteracts counterbalances countervails counterpoises To examine so as to note the similarities and differences of compares collates To make up for the defects of compensates offsets neutralizes outweighs redeems counterbalances countervails counterpoises To place or be placed on a narrow or insecure surface poises perches To put in balance stabilizes counterbalances steadies equalizes balancing balancing - VERB To act as an equalizing weight or force to making up compensating offsetting counteracting counterbalancing countervailing counterpoising To examine so as to note the similarities and differences of comparing collating To make up for the defects of compensating offsetting neutralizing outweighing redeeming counterbalancing countervailing counterpoising To place or be placed on a narrow or insecure surface poising perching To put in balance stabilizing counterbalancing steadying equalizing bald bald - ADJ Without addition, decoration, or qualification simple dry plain bare unadorned unvarnished Without the usual covering naked bare nude denuded exposed bald-faced bald-faced - ADJ Characterized by or done without shame unabashed blatant brazen unblushing arrant barefaced shameless balderdash balderdash - NOUN Something that does not have or make sense stuff nonsense bilge trash idiocy blather bunkum claptrap drivel eyewash piffle poppycock rigmarole tomfoolery twaddle baleful baleful - ADJ Portending future disaster grave ominous apocalyptic fateful unlucky baneful dire direful hellfire Strongly suggestive of great harm, menace, or evil sinister malign balk balk - VERB To prevent from accomplishing a purpose check defeat frustrate thwart baffle foil stymie checkmate balked balked - VERB To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checked defeated frustrated thwarted baffled foiled stymied checkmated balking balking - VERB To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checking defeating frustrating thwarting baffling foiling stymying checkmating balks balks - VERB To prevent from accomplishing a purpose checks defeats frustrates thwarts baffles foils stymies checkmates balky balky - ADJ Given to acting in opposition to others difficult impossible contrary perverse ornery wayward ball ball - NOUN A party or gathering for dancing dance balloon balloon - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stand out project protrude bulge stick out bag jut pout belly overhang ballooned ballooned - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stood out projected protruded bulged stuck out bagged jutted pouted bellied overhung ballooning ballooning - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit standing out projecting protruding bulging sticking out bagging jutting pouting bellying overhanging balloons balloons - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stands out projects protrudes bulges sticks out bags juts pouts bellies overhangs ballot ballot - NOUN The right or chance to express an opinion or participate in a decision voice vote say franchise suffrage ballot - VERB To select by vote for an office vote elect balloted balloted - VERB To select by vote for an office voted elected balloting balloting - VERB To select by vote for an office voting electing ballots ballots - NOUN The right or chance to express an opinion or participate in a decision voices votes says franchises suffrage ballots - VERB To select by vote for an office votes elects balls balls - NOUN A party or gathering for dancing dances balmy balmy - ADJ Free from severity or violence, as in movement soft smooth delicate gentle faint mild bland ban ban - NOUN A refusal to allow prohibition proscription taboo disallowance interdiction ban - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppress stifle censor black out hush up To refuse to allow forbid inhibit prohibit enjoin outlaw proscribe disallow interdict banal banal - ADJ Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality bland watery inane insipid driveling innocuous jejune namby-pamby vapid Without freshness or appeal due to overuse commonplace tired stale threadbare hackneyed trite worn-out platitudinous shopworn timeworn warmed-over well-worn bathetic bromidic cliche musty stereotyped stereotypic banalities banalities - NOUN A trite expression or idea stereotypes cliches commonplaces truisms bromides platitudes The state or quality of being insipid flatness dryness blandness dullness colorlessness flavorlessness inanities insipidities insipidness vapidity banality banality - NOUN A trite expression or idea stereotype cliche commonplace truism bromide platitude The state or quality of being insipid flatness dryness blandness dullness colorlessness flavorlessness inanity insipidity insipidness vapidity band band - NOUN A group of performers company party corps troop troupe A thin strip of material or color strip stripe bandeau fillet A usually small number of individuals group party bevy An organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers ring gang pack band - VERB To assemble or join in a group unite combine league To encircle with or as if with a band encompass belt gird begird cincture engird girdle bandage bandage - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dress bind bandaged bandaged - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dressed bound bandages bandages - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dresses binds bandaging bandaging - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dressing binding bandeau bandeau - NOUN A thin strip of material or color band strip stripe fillet bandeaus bandeaus - NOUN A thin strip of material or color bands strips stripes fillets bandeaux bandeaux - NOUN A thin strip of material or color bands strips stripes fillets banded banded - VERB To assemble or join in a group united combined leagued To encircle with or as if with a band encompassed belted girt begirt cinctured engirt girdled bandied bandied - VERB To give and receive exchanged interchanged bandies bandies - VERB To give and receive exchanges interchanges banding banding - VERB To assemble or join in a group uniting combining leaguing To encircle with or as if with a band encompassing belting girding begirding cincturing engirding girdling bands bands - NOUN A group of performers companies parties corps troops troupes A thin strip of material or color strips stripes bandeaus/bandeaux fillets A usually small number of individuals groups parties bevies An organized group of criminals, hoodlums, or wrongdoers rings gangs packs bands - VERB To assemble or join in a group unites combines leagues To encircle with or as if with a band encompasses belts girds begirds cinctures engirds girdles bandy bandy - VERB To give and receive exchange interchange bandying bandying - VERB To give and receive exchanging interchanging bane bane - NOUN A cause of suffering or harm evil curse ill woe plague affliction scourge Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal virus poison contagion venom toxin Something that causes total loss or severe impairment of one's health, fortune, honor, hopes, etc destruction ruin destroyer downfall undoing ruination baneful baneful - ADJ Extremely destructive or harmful deadly noxious pernicious pestilent virulent malignant pestilential Portending future disaster grave ominous apocalyptic fateful unlucky baleful dire direful hellfire banes banes - NOUN A cause of suffering or harm evils curses ills woes plagues afflictions scourges Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal viruses poisons contagions venoms toxins Something that causes total loss or severe impairment of one's health, fortune, honor, hopes, etc destructions ruins destroyers downfalls undoing ruination bang bang - NOUN A forceful movement causing a loud noise crash slam smash wham A sudden sharp, explosive noise report crack explosion bark pop snap A sudden sharp, powerful stroke pound blow hit crack clout thwack whack lick smack swat An earsplitting, explosive noise blast roar thunder burst boom bang - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roar blast thunder boom To strike, set down, or close in such a way as to make a loud noise crash slam clap whack banged banged - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roared blasted thundered boomed To strike, set down, or close in such a way as to make a loud noise crashed slammed clapped whacked banging banging - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roaring blasting thundering booming To strike, set down, or close in such a way as to make a loud noise crashing slamming clapping whacking bangs bangs - NOUN A forceful movement causing a loud noise crashes slams smashes whams A sudden sharp, explosive noise reports cracks explosions barks pops snaps A sudden sharp, powerful stroke pounds blows hits cracks clouts thwacks whacks licks smacks swats An earsplitting, explosive noise blasts roars thunders bursts booms bangs - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roars blasts thunders booms To strike, set down, or close in such a way as to make a loud noise crashes slams claps whacks banish banish - VERB To force to leave a country or place by official decree transport expel exile deport ostracize expatriate To rid one's mind of dismiss dispel shut out cast out banished banished - VERB To force to leave a country or place by official decree transported expelled exiled deported ostracized expatriated To rid one's mind of dismissed dispelled shut out cast out banishes banishes - VERB To force to leave a country or place by official decree transports expels exiles deports ostracizes expatriates To rid one's mind of dismisses dispels shuts out casts out banishing banishing - VERB To force to leave a country or place by official decree transporting expelling exiling deporting ostracizing expatriating To rid one's mind of dismissing dispelling shutting out casting out banishment banishment - NOUN Enforced removal from one's native country by official decree exile ostracism deportation expatriation banishments banishments - NOUN Enforced removal from one's native country by official decree exiles ostracisms deportations expatriations bank bank - NOUN A group of things gathered haphazardly hill mass mountain pile mess drift heap mound stack pyramid bank - VERB To place (money) in a bank lay away deposit To put into a disordered pile drift pile stack heap lump mound banked banked - VERB To place (money) in a bank laid away deposited To put into a disordered pile drifted piled stacked heaped lumped mounded banking banking - VERB To place (money) in a bank laying away depositing To put into a disordered pile drifting piling stacking heaping lumping mounding bankrupt bankrupt - VERB To reduce to financial insolvency break ruin impoverish pauper bankruptcies bankruptcies - NOUN The condition of being financially insolvent failures insolvency bankruptcy bankruptcy - NOUN The condition of being financially insolvent failure insolvency bankrupted bankrupted - VERB To reduce to financial insolvency broke/broken ruined impoverished paupered bankrupting bankrupting - VERB To reduce to financial insolvency breaking ruining impoverishing paupering bankrupts bankrupts - VERB To reduce to financial insolvency breaks ruins impoverishes paupers banks banks - NOUN A group of things gathered haphazardly hills masses mountains piles messes drifts heaps mounds stacks pyramids banks - VERB To place (money) in a bank lays away deposits To put into a disordered pile drifts piles stacks heaps lumps mounds banned banned - ADJ Not allowed taboo forbidden impermissible prohibited verboten banned - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppressed stifled censored blacked out hushed up To refuse to allow forbade/forbidden inhibited prohibited enjoined outlawed proscribed disallowed interdicted banner banner - NOUN Fabric used especially as a symbol standard flag pennant ensign streamer colors jack pennon banners banners - NOUN Fabric used especially as a symbol standards flags pennants ensigns streamers colors jacks pennons banning banning - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppressing stifling censoring blacking out hushing up To refuse to allow forbidding inhibiting prohibiting enjoining outlawing proscribing disallowing interdicting banquet banquet - NOUN A large meal elaborately prepared or served spread feast banquets banquets - NOUN A large meal elaborately prepared or served spreads feasts bans bans - NOUN A refusal to allow prohibitions proscriptions taboos disallowances interdictions bans - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppresses stifles censors blacks out hushes up To refuse to allow forbids inhibits prohibits enjoins outlaws proscribes disallows interdicts bantam bantam - ADJ Notably below average in amount, size, or scope small little petite smallish banter banter - VERB To tease or mock good-humoredly joke jest chaff fun josh bantered bantered - VERB To tease or mock good-humoredly joked jested chaffed funned joshed bantering bantering - VERB To tease or mock good-humoredly joking jesting chaffing funning joshing banters banters - VERB To tease or mock good-humoredly jokes jests chaffs funs joshes baptize baptize - VERB To give a name or title to call name entitle designate term title dub style christen denominate baptized baptized - VERB To give a name or title to called named entitled designated termed titled dubbed styled christened denominated baptizes baptizes - VERB To give a name or title to calls names entitles designates terms titles dubs styles christens denominates baptizing baptizing - VERB To give a name or title to calling naming entitling designating terming titling dubbing styling christening denominating bar bar - NOUN A judicial assembly court tribunal A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of metal or other solid material stick shaft rod slab Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage wall block stop barrier obstacle barricade hurdle hindrance impediment snag obstruction traverse bar - VERB To keep from being admitted, included, or considered eliminate keep out exclude count out rule out except debar To stop or prevent passage of block obstruct impede barbarian barbarian - ADJ Lacking in delicacy or refinement raw rough gross crude coarse earthy vulgar rude crass barbaric boorish tasteless churlish ill-bred Philistine uncivilized uncouth uncultivated unpolished unrefined Not civilized wild primitive savage rude barbaric barbarous uncivil uncivilized uncultivated barbarian - NOUN An unrefined, rude person boor churl Philistine vulgarian yahoo barbarians barbarians - NOUN An unrefined, rude person boors churls Philistines vulgarians yahoos barbaric barbaric - ADJ Lacking in delicacy or refinement raw rough gross crude coarse earthy vulgar rude crass boorish tasteless barbarian churlish ill-bred Philistine uncivilized uncouth uncultivated unpolished unrefined Not civilized wild primitive savage rude barbarous uncivil barbarian uncivilized uncultivated barbarism barbarism - NOUN A term whose form offends against established usage standards corruption solecism vulgarism barbarisms barbarisms - NOUN A term whose form offends against established usage standards corruptions solecisms vulgarisms barbarities barbarities - NOUN A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior brutalities cruelties ferocities viciousness inhumanity truculence barbarity barbarity - NOUN A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior brutality cruelty ferocity viciousness inhumanity truculence barbarous barbarous - ADJ Not civilized wild primitive savage rude barbaric uncivil barbarian uncivilized uncultivated Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint savage vicious cruel fierce inhuman ferocious bestial fell truculent feral bard bard - NOUN Someone who writes verse poet bards bards - NOUN Someone who writes verse poets bare bare - ADJ Being what is specified and nothing more mere Containing nothing clear empty vacant devoid stark void vacuous Just sufficient mere scant Not wearing any clothes naked nude disrobed stripped unclad unclothed undressed Without addition, decoration, or qualification simple dry plain bald unadorned unvarnished Without the usual covering naked nude bald denuded exposed bare - VERB To make bare expose strip uncover denude disrobe divest To make visible; bring to view show reveal expose display disclose lay open uncover unveil unmask bared bared - VERB To make bare exposed stripped uncovered denuded disrobed divested To make visible; bring to view showed/shown revealed exposed displayed disclosed laid open uncovered unveiled unmasked barefaced barefaced - ADJ Characterized by or done without shame unabashed blatant brazen unblushing arrant bald-faced shameless barely barely - ADVERB By a very little; almost not just hardly scarcely bareness bareness - NOUN The state of being without clothes nakedness nudity undress bares bares - VERB To make bare exposes strips uncovers denudes disrobes divests To make visible; bring to view shows reveals exposes displays discloses lays open uncovers unveils unmasks bargain bargain - NOUN An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreement understanding arrangement accord pact An agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange contract transaction compact Something offered or bought at a low price buy bargain - VERB To argue about the terms of a transaction haggle dicker To enter into a formal agreement contract covenant bargain on bargain on - VERB To anticipate confidently expect look for anticipate await depend on figure on bargained bargained - VERB To argue about the terms of a transaction haggled dickered To enter into a formal agreement contracted covenanted bargained on bargained on - VERB To anticipate confidently expected looked for anticipated awaited depended on figured on bargaining bargaining - VERB To argue about the terms of a transaction haggling dickering To enter into a formal agreement contracting covenanting bargaining on bargaining on - VERB To anticipate confidently expecting looking for anticipating awaiting depending on figuring on bargains bargains - NOUN An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action agreements understandings arrangements accords pacts An agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange contracts transactions compacts Something offered or bought at a low price buys bargains - VERB To argue about the terms of a transaction haggles dickers To enter into a formal agreement contracts covenants bargains on bargains on - VERB To anticipate confidently expects looks for anticipates awaits depends on figures on baring baring - VERB To make bare exposing stripping uncovering denuding disrobing divesting To make visible; bring to view showing revealing exposing displaying disclosing laying open uncovering unveiling unmasking bark bark - NOUN A sudden sharp, explosive noise report crack explosion bang pop snap bark - VERB To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise crack snap pop To speak abruptly and sharply snap snarl barked barked - VERB To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise cracked snapped popped To speak abruptly and sharply snapped snarled barking barking - VERB To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise cracking snapping popping To speak abruptly and sharply snapping snarling barks barks - NOUN A sudden sharp, explosive noise reports cracks explosions bangs pops snaps barks - VERB To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise cracks snaps pops To speak abruptly and sharply snaps snarls barnacle barnacle - NOUN One who depends on another for support without reciprocating sponge parasite hanger-on bloodsucker leech barnacles barnacles - NOUN One who depends on another for support without reciprocating sponges parasites hangers-on bloodsuckers leeches barnyard barnyard - ADJ Offensive to accepted standards of decency raw dirty gross crude coarse filthy indecent nasty foul lewd obscene rank profane scurrilous scatological smutty baronial baronial - ADJ Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent grand royal magnificent noble superb majestic stately grandiose lordly regal august sublime imposing princely baroque baroque - ADJ Elaborately and heavily ornamented rococo flamboyant florid ornate barrage barrage - NOUN A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows storm shower burst volley hail salvo bombardment fusillade cannonade barrage - VERB To direct a barrage at shower pepper bombard cannonade barraged barraged - VERB To direct a barrage at showered peppered bombarded cannonaded barrages barrages - NOUN A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows storms showers bursts volleys hails salvos bombardments fusillades cannonades barrages - VERB To direct a barrage at showers peppers bombards cannonades barraging barraging - VERB To direct a barrage at showering peppering bombarding cannonading barred barred - VERB To keep from being admitted, included, or considered eliminated kept out excluded counted out ruled out excepted debarred To stop or prevent passage of blocked obstructed impeded barren barren - ADJ Having no useful result useless vain unsuccessful futile fruitless ineffective ineffectual unavailing bootless Lacking a desirable element empty innocent devoid destitute void wanting Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops infertile unproductive Unable to produce offspring sterile childless infertile barren - NOUN A tract of unproductive land waste desert wilderness wasteland barrenness barrenness - NOUN Empty, unfilled space void nothingness emptiness The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually sterility infertility Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance vacancy emptiness hollowness blankness vacuity barrens barrens - NOUN A tract of unproductive land wastes deserts wildernesses wastelands barricade barricade - NOUN Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage wall bar block stop barrier obstacle hurdle hindrance impediment snag obstruction traverse barricades barricades - NOUN Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage walls bars blocks stops barriers obstacles hurdles hindrances impediments snags obstructions traverses barrier barrier - NOUN A solid structure that encloses an area or separates one area from another wall partition Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage wall bar block stop obstacle barricade hurdle hindrance impediment snag obstruction traverse barriers barriers - NOUN A solid structure that encloses an area or separates one area from another walls partitions Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage walls bars blocks stops obstacles barricades hurdles hindrances impediments snags obstructions traverses barring barring - VERB To keep from being admitted, included, or considered eliminating keeping out excluding counting out ruling out excepting debarring To stop or prevent passage of blocking obstructing impeding bars bars - NOUN A judicial assembly courts tribunals A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of metal or other solid material sticks shafts rods slabs Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage walls blocks stops barriers obstacles barricades hurdles hindrances impediments snags obstructions traverses bars - VERB To keep from being admitted, included, or considered eliminates keeps out excludes counts out rules out excepts debars To stop or prevent passage of blocks obstructs impedes basal basal - ADJ Arising from or going to the root or source basic original primary fundamental radical bottom underlying Of or treating the simplest aspects basic elementary rudimentary beginning base base - ADJ Having or proceeding from low moral standards low mean vile sordid contemptible low-down squalid despicable ignoble Lacking high station or birth common ordinary mean humble vulgar plebeian lowly baseborn declasse ignoble unwashed Of decidedly inferior quality common poor cheap shoddy paltry sleazy tatty trashy base - NOUN A center of organization, supply, or activity station headquarters complex installation A fundamental principle or underlying concept basis foundation root fundamental cornerstone rudiment Anything on which something immaterial, such as an argument or charge, rests ground basis foundation groundwork footing The lowest or supporting part or structure foot ground basis bed bottom seat foundation groundwork footing substratum underpinning The main part of a word to which affixes are attached root stem base - VERB To take or serve as the basis for build establish rest found seat ground root in predicate baseborn baseborn - ADJ Born out of wedlock natural illegitimate spurious unlawful fatherless misbegotten Lacking high station or birth common ordinary mean humble vulgar base plebeian lowly declasse ignoble unwashed based based - VERB To take or serve as the basis for built established rested founded seated grounded rooted in predicated baseless baseless - ADJ Having no basis or foundation in fact idle unwarranted unfounded bottomless groundless bases bases - NOUN A fundamental principle or underlying concept bases foundations roots fundamentals cornerstones rudiments A justifying fact or consideration reasons foundations justifications warrants An established position from which to operate or deal with others statuses footings Anything on which something immaterial, such as an argument or charge, rests grounds bases foundations groundwork footings The lowest or supporting part or structure feet grounds beds bases bottoms seats foundations groundwork footings substrata underpinnings bashful bashful - ADJ Reticent or reserved in manner modest shy backward timid coy demure self-effacing diffident retiring basic basic - ADJ Arising from or going to the root or source original primary fundamental radical bottom basal underlying Constituting or forming part of the essence of something essential vital fundamental constitutional integral constitutive Of or being an irreducible element essential ultimate fundamental primitive elementary elemental underlying Of or treating the simplest aspects elementary rudimentary basal beginning basic - NOUN A fundamental, irreducible constituent of a whole element essential fundamental rudiment basically basically - ADVERB In regard to the essence of a matter essentially fundamentally basics basics - NOUN A fundamental, irreducible constituent of a whole elements essentials fundamentals rudiments basin basin - NOUN An area sunk below its surroundings depression sink dip hollow sag concavity The region drained by a river system watershed basing basing - VERB To take or serve as the basis for building establishing resting founding seating grounding rooting in predicating basins basins - NOUN An area sunk below its surroundings depressions sinks dips hollows sags concavities The region drained by a river system watersheds basis basis - NOUN A fundamental principle or underlying concept base foundation root fundamental cornerstone rudiment A justifying fact or consideration reason foundation justification warrant An established position from which to operate or deal with others status footing Anything on which something immaterial, such as an argument or charge, rests ground base foundation groundwork footing The lowest or supporting part or structure foot ground bed base bottom seat foundation groundwork footing substratum underpinning bask bask - VERB To take extravagant pleasure indulge revel wallow luxuriate basked basked - VERB To take extravagant pleasure indulged reveled wallowed luxuriated basking basking - VERB To take extravagant pleasure indulging reveling wallowing luxuriating basks basks - VERB To take extravagant pleasure indulges revels wallows luxuriates bass bass - ADJ Being a sound produced by a relatively small frequency of vibrations low deep low-pitched baste baste - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat batter pound hammer thrash buffet belabor pummel drub basted basted - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat/beaten battered pounded hammered thrashed buffeted belabored pummeled drubbed bastes bastes - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beats batters pounds hammers thrashes buffets belabors pummels drubs basting basting - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beating battering pounding hammering thrashing buffeting belaboring pummeling drubbing bat bat - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly wink blink batch batch - NOUN A number of entities making up or considered a unit group body lot set collection bundle cluster array knot clump clutch batches batches - NOUN A number of entities making up or considered a unit groups bodies lots sets collections bundles clusters arrays knots clumps clutches bathe bathe - VERB To flow against or along wash lap lave To make moist wash dampen moisten bathed bathed - VERB To flow against or along washed lapped laved To make moist washed dampened moistened bathes bathes - VERB To flow against or along washes laps laves To make moist washes dampens moistens bathetic bathetic - ADJ Affectedly or extravagantly emotional sentimental maudlin mawkish gushy Without freshness or appeal due to overuse commonplace tired stale threadbare banal hackneyed trite worn-out platitudinous shopworn timeworn warmed-over well-worn bromidic cliche musty stereotyped stereotypic bathing bathing - VERB To flow against or along washing lapping laving To make moist washing dampening moistening bathos bathos - NOUN The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional sentimentality mawkishness sentimentalism bathoses bathoses - NOUN The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional sentimentality mawkishness sentimentalism bats bats - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly winks blinks batted batted - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly winked blinked batten batten - VERB To make a large profit profit battened battened - VERB To make a large profit profited battening battening - VERB To make a large profit profiting battens battens - VERB To make a large profit profits batter batter - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat pound hammer thrash buffet baste belabor pummel drub To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear knock about knock around mangle maul rough up battered battered - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat/beaten pounded hammered thrashed buffeted basted belabored pummeled drubbed To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear knocked about knocked around mangled mauled roughed up battering battering - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beating pounding hammering thrashing buffeting basting belaboring pummeling drubbing To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear knocking about knocking around mangling mauling roughing up batters batters - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beats pounds hammers thrashes buffets bastes belabors pummels drubs To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear knocks about knocks around mangles mauls roughs up batting batting - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly winking blinking battle battle - NOUN A hostile encounter between opposing military forces action engagement combat An intense competition struggle vying battle - VERB To strive in opposition to fight struggle contend tilt combat vie wrestle battle-ax battle-ax - NOUN A person, especially a woman, who habitually uses loud, abusive language fury fishwife harpy scold shrew termagant virago vixen battle-axes battle-axes - NOUN A person, especially a woman, who habitually uses loud, abusive language furies fishwives harpies scolds shrews termagants viragoes vixens battled battled - VERB To strive in opposition to fought struggled contended tilted combated vied wrestled battles battles - NOUN A hostile encounter between opposing military forces actions engagements combats An intense competition struggles vyings battles - VERB To strive in opposition to fights struggles contends tilts combats vies wrestles battling battling - VERB To strive in opposition to fighting struggling contending tilting combating vying wrestling bauble bauble - NOUN A small, showy article toy novelty trifle trinket bibelot gewgaw gimcrack knickknack whatnot baubles baubles - NOUN A small, showy article toys novelties trifles trinkets bibelots gewgaws gimcracks knickknacks whatnots bawd bawd - NOUN A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment prostitute whore courtesan harlot streetwalker bawds bawds - NOUN A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment prostitutes whores courtesans harlots streetwalkers bawl bawl - NOUN A loud, deep, prolonged sound roar bellow clamor bawl - VERB To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress wail howl To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cry weep wail howl sob keen blubber boohoo To say (something) with a shout shout cry yell bellow holler whoop vociferate To speak or say very loudly call shout cry yell roar bellow holler clamor bluster halloo bawl out bawl out - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly berate scold tongue-lash bawled bawled - VERB To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress wailed howled To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cried wept wailed howled sobbed keened blubbered boohooed To say (something) with a shout shouted cried yelled bellowed hollered whooped vociferated To speak or say very loudly called shouted cried yelled roared bellowed hollered clamored blustered hallooed bawled out bawled out - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly berated scolded tongue-lashed bawling bawling - NOUN A fit of crying weeping blubbering tears wailing bawling - VERB To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress wailing howling To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears crying weeping wailing howling sobbing keening blubbering boohooing To say (something) with a shout shouting crying yelling bellowing hollering whooping vociferating To speak or say very loudly calling shouting crying yelling roaring bellowing hollering clamoring blustering hallooing bawling out bawling out - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly berating scolding tongue-lashing bawlings bawlings - NOUN A fit of crying weeping blubberings tears wailings bawls bawls - NOUN A loud, deep, prolonged sound roars bellows clamors bawls - VERB To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress wails howls To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cries weeps wails howls sobs keens blubbers boohoos To say (something) with a shout shouts cries yells bellows hollers whoops vociferates To speak or say very loudly calls shouts cries yells roars bellows hollers clamors blusters halloos bawls out bawls out - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly berates scolds tongue-lashes bay bay - NOUN A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea cove bight bay - VERB To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound wail howl ululate bayed bayed - VERB To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound wailed howled ululated baying baying - VERB To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound wailing howling ululating bays bays - NOUN A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea coves bights bays - VERB To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound wails howls ululates be be - VERB To have being or actuality exist subsist To have reality or life live exist breathe subsist beak beak - NOUN The horny projection forming a bird's jaws bill beaks beaks - NOUN The horny projection forming a bird's jaws bills beam beam - NOUN A large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction board timber A series of particles or waves traveling close together in parallel paths shaft ray beam - VERB To curve the lips upward in expressing amusement, pleasure, or happiness smile grin To emit a bright light burn shine glow blaze gleam radiate incandesce beamed beamed - VERB To curve the lips upward in expressing amusement, pleasure, or happiness smiled grinned To emit a bright light burned/burnt shined/shone glowed blazed gleamed radiated incandesced beaming beaming - ADJ Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts bright brilliant luminous radiant incandescent lustrous effulgent lambent lucent refulgent shining beaming - VERB To curve the lips upward in expressing amusement, pleasure, or happiness smiling grinning To emit a bright light burning shining glowing blazing gleaming radiating incandescing beams beams - NOUN A large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction timbers A series of particles or waves traveling close together in parallel paths shafts rays beams - VERB To curve the lips upward in expressing amusement, pleasure, or happiness smiles grins To emit a bright light burns shines glows blazes gleams radiates incandesces bear bear - VERB To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form have carry possess display exhibit To bring forth (a product) produce yield To cause to come along with oneself take bring carry convey fetch To conduct oneself in a specified way do carry act behave acquit comport demean deport disport To exert pressure push press To give birth to have deliver bring forth To sustain a feeling of malice or ill-will nurse harbor To hold on one's person have carry possess To hold up carry support sustain To move while supporting carry convey transport lug To proceed in a specified direction make go head set out strike out To put up with take stand accept support suffer sustain endure swallow abide tolerate brook stomach bear on bear on - VERB To be pertinent involve apply concern relate refer pertain appertain bear out bear out - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of back justify confirm testify warrant verify attest corroborate validate substantiate authenticate To establish as true or genuine show establish prove demonstrate confirm verify corroborate validate substantiate authenticate bear up bear up - VERB To withstand stress or difficulty hold up stand up endure bearable bearable - ADJ Capable of being tolerated tolerable endurable sufferable beard beard - VERB To confront boldly and courageously face dare challenge defy brave bearded bearded - VERB To confront boldly and courageously faced dared challenged defied braved bearding bearding - VERB To confront boldly and courageously facing daring challenging defying braving beards beards - VERB To confront boldly and courageously faces dares challenges defies braves bearer bearer - NOUN A person who carries messages or is sent on errands carrier messenger runner courier bearers bearers - NOUN A person who carries messages or is sent on errands carriers messengers runners couriers bearing bearing - NOUN A connecting relation concern relevance pertinence Behavior through which one reveals one's personality air manner style presence demeanor mien One's place and direction relative to one's surroundings position situation location orientation The compass direction in which a ship or aircraft moves course vector heading The fact of being related to the matter at hand application relevance pertinence germaneness bearing - VERB To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form having carrying possessing displaying exhibiting To bring forth (a product) producing yielding To cause to come along with oneself taking bringing carrying conveying fetching To conduct oneself in a specified way doing carrying acting behaving acquitting comporting demeaning deporting disporting To exert pressure pushing pressing To give birth to having delivering bringing forth To sustain a feeling of malice or ill-will nursing harboring To hold on one's person having carrying possessing To hold up carrying supporting sustaining To move while supporting carrying conveying transporting lugging To proceed in a specified direction making going heading setting out striking out To put up with taking standing accepting supporting suffering sustaining enduring swallowing abiding tolerating brooking stomaching bearing on bearing on - VERB To be pertinent involving applying concerning relating referring pertaining appertaining bearing out bearing out - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backing justifying confirming testifying warranting verifying attesting corroborating validating substantiating authenticating To establish as true or genuine showing establishing proving demonstrating confirming verifying corroborating validating substantiating authenticating bearing up bearing up - VERB To withstand stress or difficulty holding up standing up enduring bears bears - VERB To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form has carries possesses displays exhibits To bring forth (a product) produces yields To cause to come along with oneself takes brings carries conveys fetches To conduct oneself in a specified way does carries acts behaves acquits comports demeans deports disports To exert pressure pushes presses To give birth to has delivers brings forth To sustain a feeling of malice or ill-will nurses harbors To hold on one's person has carries possesses To hold up carries supports sustains To move while supporting carries conveys transports lugs To proceed in a specified direction makes goes heads sets out strikes out To put up with takes stands accepts supports suffers sustains endures swallows abides tolerates brooks stomachs bears on bears on - VERB To be pertinent involves applies concerns relates refers pertains appertains bears out bears out - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backs justifies confirms testifies warrants verifies attests corroborates validates substantiates authenticates To establish as true or genuine shows establishes proves demonstrates confirms verifies corroborates validates substantiates authenticates bears up bears up - VERB To withstand stress or difficulty holds up stands up endures beast beast - NOUN A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person monster fiend ghoul vampire archfiend ogre beasts beasts - NOUN A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person monsters fiends ghouls vampires archfiends ogres beat beat - NOUN A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing pulse pulsation throb A repeated stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound thump pounding An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter route round circuit province The regular recurrence of strong and weak elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music measure rhythm meter swing cadence beat - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly batter/battered pound/pounded hammer/hammered thrash/thrashed buffet/buffeted baste/basted belabor/belabored pummel/pummeled drub/drubbed To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds mark/marked count/counted To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements throb/throbbed pulse/pulsed pulsate/pulsated palpitate/palpitated To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency whip/whipped whisk/whisked To move (wings, arms, etc.) up and down wave/waved flap/flapped flop/flopped flutter/fluttered waggle/waggled To punish with blows or lashes whip/whipped lay into/laid into thrash/thrashed flog/flogged To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows pound/pounded forge/forged hammer/hammered To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition overcome/overcame defeat/defeated subdue/subdued conquer/conquered thrash/thrashed best/bested triumph/triumphed rout/routed trounce/trounced vanquish/vanquished worst/worsted beat off beat off - VERB To turn or drive away keep off/kept off repel/repelled parry/parried repulse/repulsed fend off/fended off ward off/warded off beaten beaten - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly battered pounded hammered thrashed buffeted basted belabored pummeled drubbed To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds marked counted To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements throbbed pulsed pulsated palpitated To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency whipped whisked To move (wings, arms, etc.) up and down waved flapped flopped fluttered waggled To punish with blows or lashes whipped laid into thrashed flogged To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows pounded forged hammered To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition overcome defeated subdued conquered thrashed bested triumphed routed trounced vanquished worsted beaten off beaten off - VERB To turn or drive away kept off repelled parried repulsed fended off warded off beating beating - NOUN A punishment dealt with blows or lashes hiding flogging thrashing whipping The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated defeat overthrow rout thrashing beating - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly battering pounding hammering thrashing buffeting basting belaboring pummeling drubbing To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds marking counting To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements throbbing pulsing pulsating palpitating To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency whipping whisking To move (wings, arms, etc.) up and down waving flapping flopping fluttering waggling To punish with blows or lashes whipping laying into thrashing flogging To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows pounding forging hammering To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition overcoming defeating subduing conquering thrashing besting triumphing routing trouncing vanquishing worsting beating off beating off - VERB To turn or drive away keeping off repelling parrying repulsing fending off warding off beatings beatings - NOUN A punishment dealt with blows or lashes hidings floggings thrashings whippings The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated defeats routs thrashings beatitude beatitude - NOUN A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits joy happiness cheer cheerfulness gladness blessedness beatitudes beatitudes - NOUN A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits joys happiness cheers cheerfulness gladness blessedness beats beats - NOUN A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing pulses pulsations throbs A repeated stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound thumps poundings An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter routes rounds circuits provinces The regular recurrence of strong and weak elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music measures rhythms meters swings cadences beats - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly batters pounds hammers thrashes buffets bastes belabors pummels drubs To indicate (time or rhythm), as with repeated gestures or sounds marks counts To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements throbs pulses pulsates palpitates To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency whips whisks To move (wings, arms, etc.) up and down waves flaps flops flutters waggles To punish with blows or lashes whips lays into thrashes flogs To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows pounds forges hammers To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition overcomes defeats subdues conquers thrashes bests triumphs routs trounces vanquishes worsts beats off beats off - VERB To turn or drive away keeps off repels parries repulses fends off wards off beau beau - NOUN A man who courts a woman admirer suitor swain beaus beaus - NOUN A man who courts a woman admirers suitors swains beauteous beauteous - ADJ Having qualities that delight the eye beautiful fair lovely pretty attractive handsome gorgeous good-looking comely pulchritudinous ravishing beauties beauties - NOUN A special feature or quality that confers superiority distinctions virtues merits excellences perfections A woman regarded as beautiful belles lovelies stunners beautified beautified - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition set off enhanced adorned ornamented embellished graced beautifies beautifies - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition sets off enhances adorns ornaments embellishes graces beautiful beautiful - ADJ Having qualities that delight the eye fair lovely pretty attractive handsome gorgeous good-looking beauteous comely pulchritudinous ravishing beautify beautify - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition set off enhance adorn ornament embellish grace beautifying beautifying - VERB To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition setting off enhancing adorning ornamenting embellishing gracing beauty beauty - NOUN A special feature or quality that confers superiority distinction virtue merit excellence perfection A woman regarded as beautiful belle lovely stunner beaux beaux - NOUN A man who courts a woman admirers suitors swains becalm becalm - VERB To make or become calm settle compose calm soothe quiet lull still allay tranquilize becalmed becalmed - VERB To make or become calm settled composed calmed soothed quieted lulled stilled allayed tranquilized becalming becalming - VERB To make or become calm settling composing calming soothing quieting lulling stilling allaying tranquilizing becalms becalms - VERB To make or become calm settles composes calms soothes quiets lulls stills allays tranquilizes became became - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to suited befitted behooved To be in keeping with went with fit matched suited corresponded to befitted conformed to To come to be got turned grew waxed To look good on or with suited enhanced flattered complimented beckon beckon - VERB To solicit (danger) playfully and provocatively, often unwittingly invite tempt provoke court beckoned beckoned - VERB To solicit (danger) playfully and provocatively, often unwittingly invited tempted provoked courted beckoning beckoning - VERB To solicit (danger) playfully and provocatively, often unwittingly inviting tempting provoking courting beckons beckons - VERB To solicit (danger) playfully and provocatively, often unwittingly invites tempts provokes courts becloud becloud - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscure shadow blur cloud dull eclipse befog fog haze mist blear dim gloom obfuscate beclouded beclouded - ADJ Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film dim hazy misty filmy blurred beclouded - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscured shadowed blurred clouded dulled eclipsed befogged fogged hazed misted bleared dimmed gloomed obfuscated beclouding beclouding - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscuring shadowing blurring clouding dulling eclipsing befogging fogging hazing misting blearing dimming glooming obfuscating beclouds beclouds - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscures shadows blurs clouds dulls eclipses befogs fogs hazes mists blears dims glooms obfuscates become become - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to suit/suited befit/befitted behoove/behooved To be in keeping with go with/gone with fit match/matched suit/suited correspond to/corresponded to befit/befitted conform to/conformed to To come to be get/got/gotten turn/turned grow/grown wax/waxed To look good on or with suit/suited enhance/enhanced flatter/flattered compliment/complimented becomes becomes - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to suits befits behooves To be in keeping with goes with fits matches suits corresponds to befits conforms to To come to be gets turns grows waxes To look good on or with suits enhances flatters compliments becoming becoming - ADJ Conforming to accepted standards right proper nice correct respectable decent comely decorous befitting seemly Pleasingly suited to the wearer attractive flattering becoming - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to suiting befitting behooving To be in keeping with going with fitting matching suiting corresponding to befitting conforming to To come to be getting turning growing waxing To look good on or with suiting enhancing flattering complimenting bed bed - NOUN The lowest or supporting part or structure foot ground basis base bottom seat foundation groundwork footing substratum underpinning bed - VERB To engage in sexual relations with have take mate sleep with couple with copulate To go to bed retire To provide with often temporary lodging house put up accommodate board harbor room domicile berth billet bunk quarter bedaub bedaub - VERB To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plaster dab smear daub smudge besmear bedaubed bedaubed - VERB To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plastered dabbed smeared daubed smudged besmeared bedaubing bedaubing - VERB To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plastering dabbing smearing daubing smudging besmearing bedaubs bedaubs - VERB To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plasters dabs smears daubs smudges besmears bedazzle bedazzle - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzle blind daze bedazzled bedazzled - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzled blinded dazed bedazzles bedazzles - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzles blinds dazes bedazzling bedazzling - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzling blinding dazing bedded bedded - VERB To engage in sexual relations with had took/taken mated slept with coupled with copulated To go to bed retired To provide with often temporary lodging housed put up accommodated boarded harbored roomed domiciled berthed billeted bunked quartered bedding bedding - VERB To engage in sexual relations with having taking mating sleeping with coupling with copulating To go to bed retiring To provide with often temporary lodging housing putting up accommodating boarding harboring rooming domiciling berthing billeting bunking quartering bedeck bedeck - VERB To furnish with decorations dress trim decorate adorn ornament deck embellish garnish bedecked bedecked - VERB To furnish with decorations dressed trimmed decorated adorned ornamented decked embellished garnished bedecking bedecking - VERB To furnish with decorations dressing trimming decorating adorning ornamenting decking embellishing garnishing bedecks bedecks - VERB To furnish with decorations dresses trims decorates adorns ornaments decks embellishes garnishes bedevil bedevil - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worry annoy beset harass plague tease harry pester beleaguer To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harass plague besiege harry pester badger beleaguer hound importune bedeviled bedeviled - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worried annoyed beset harassed plagued teased harried pestered beleaguered To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harassed plagued besieged harried pestered badgered beleaguered hounded importuned bedeviling bedeviling - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worrying annoying besetting harassing plaguing teasing harrying pestering beleaguering To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besetting harassing plaguing besieging harrying pestering badgering beleaguering hounding importuning bedevils bedevils - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worries annoys besets harasses plagues teases harries pesters beleaguers To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besets harasses plagues besieges harries pesters badgers beleaguers hounds importunes bedraggled bedraggled - ADJ Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect dingy shabby threadbare run-down broken-down shoddy decaying decrepit dilapidated down-at-heel faded mangy scrubby scruffy seedy sleazy tattered beds beds - NOUN The lowest or supporting part or structure feet grounds bases bases bottoms seats foundations groundwork footings substrata underpinnings beds - VERB To engage in sexual relations with has takes mates sleeps with couples with copulates To go to bed retires To provide with often temporary lodging houses puts up accommodates boards harbors rooms domiciles berths billets bunks quarters been been - VERB To have being or actuality existed subsisted To have reality or life lived existed breathed subsisted beetle beetle - VERB To incline downward or over hang lean jut overhang beetled beetled - VERB To incline downward or over hung leaned/leant jutted overhung beetles beetles - VERB To incline downward or over hangs leans juts overhangs beetling beetling - VERB To incline downward or over hanging leaning jutting overhanging befall befall - VERB To happen to one come betide To take place by chance happen chance To take place come develop pass happen occur come about come off transpire betide befallen befallen - VERB To happen to one come betided To take place by chance happened chanced To take place come developed passed happened occurred come about come off transpired betided befalling befalling - VERB To happen to one coming betiding To take place by chance happening chancing To take place coming developing passing happening occurring coming about coming off transpiring betiding befalls befalls - VERB To happen to one comes betides To take place by chance happens chances To take place comes develops passes happens occurs comes about comes off transpires betides befell befell - VERB To happen to one came betided To take place by chance happened chanced To take place came developed passed happened occurred came about came off transpired betided befit befit - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to become suit behoove To be in keeping with become go with fit match suit correspond to conform to befits befits - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to becomes suits behooves To be in keeping with becomes goes with fits matches suits corresponds to conforms to befitted befitted - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to became/become suited behooved To be in keeping with became/become went with/gone with fit matched suited corresponded to conformed to befitting befitting - ADJ Conforming to accepted standards right proper nice correct respectable decent comely decorous becoming seemly Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place right proper appropriate correct apt fit fitting felicitous meet suited Suited to one's end or purpose good proper appropriate useful suitable convenient fit expedient tailor-made befitting - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to becoming suiting behooving To be in keeping with becoming going with fitting matching suiting corresponding to conforming to befog befog - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscure shadow blur cloud dull eclipse fog haze mist becloud blear dim gloom obfuscate befogged befogged - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscured shadowed blurred clouded dulled eclipsed fogged hazed misted beclouded bleared dimmed gloomed obfuscated befogging befogging - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscuring shadowing blurring clouding dulling eclipsing fogging hazing misting beclouding blearing dimming glooming obfuscating befogs befogs - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscures shadows blurs clouds dulls eclipses fogs hazes mists beclouds blears dims glooms obfuscates before before - ADVERB At a time in the past once already earlier formerly heretofore Until then earlier beforehand beforehand beforehand - ADVERB Before the expected time ahead early betimes Until then before earlier befoul befoul - VERB To cast aspersions on stain blacken besmirch tarnish smear sully taint besmear bespatter denigrate dirty To make dirty soil blacken black smudge begrime dirty To make physically impure poison contaminate foul pollute befouled befouled - VERB To cast aspersions on stained blackened besmirched tarnished smeared sullied tainted besmeared bespattered denigrated dirtied To make dirty soiled blackened blacked smudged begrimed dirtied To make physically impure poisoned contaminated fouled polluted befouling befouling - VERB To cast aspersions on staining blackening besmirching tarnishing smearing sullying tainting besmearing bespattering denigrating dirtying To make dirty soiling blackening blacking smudging begriming dirtying To make physically impure poisoning contaminating fouling polluting befouls befouls - VERB To cast aspersions on stains blackens besmirches tarnishes smears sullies taints besmears bespatters denigrates dirties To make dirty soils blackens blacks smudges begrimes dirties To make physically impure poisons contaminates fouls pollutes befuddle befuddle - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throw confuse bewilder mix up confound perplex addle dizzy fuddle befuddled befuddled - ADJ Mentally uncertain addled bewildered confused befuddled - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent threw/thrown confused bewildered mixed up confounded perplexed addled dizzied fuddled befuddlement befuddlement - NOUN A stunned or bewildered condition fog trance stupor daze muddle befuddlements befuddlements - NOUN A stunned or bewildered condition fogs trances stupors dazes muddles befuddles befuddles - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throws confuses bewilders mixes up confounds perplexes addles dizzies fuddles befuddling befuddling - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throwing confusing bewildering mixing up confounding perplexing addling dizzying fuddling beg beg - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request pray appeal conjure implore entreat plead with supplicate beseech began began - VERB To come into being started arose originated commenced To go about the initial step in doing (something) started opened entered took on took up approached undertook set out set to launched initiated commenced embarked inaugurated begat begat - VERB To be the biological father of got bred fathered sired procreated beget beget - VERB To be the biological father of get breed father sire procreate begets begets - VERB To be the biological father of gets breeds fathers sires procreates begetting begetting - VERB To be the biological father of getting breeding fathering siring procreating beggar beggar - NOUN An impoverished person pauper down-and-out have-not indigent One who begs habitually or for a living mendicant One who humbly entreats prayer suitor supplicant beggars beggars - NOUN An impoverished person paupers down-and-outs have-nots indigents One who begs habitually or for a living mendicants One who humbly entreats prayers suitors supplicants begged begged - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request prayed appealed conjured implored entreated pleaded with/pled with supplicated besought/beseeched begging begging - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request praying appealing conjuring imploring entreating pleading with supplicating beseeching begin begin - VERB To come into being start arise originate commence To go about the initial step in doing (something) start open enter take on take up approach undertake set out set to launch initiate commence embark inaugurate beginner beginner - NOUN One who is just starting to learn or do something freshman fledgling novice tenderfoot initiate innocent novitiate neophyte tyro beginners beginners - NOUN One who is just starting to learn or do something freshmen fledglings novices tenderfeet initiates innocents novitiates neophytes tyros beginning beginning - ADJ At or near the start of a period, development, or series early initial first Indicating the start of something initial introductory inceptive Of or treating the simplest aspects basic elementary rudimentary basal beginning - NOUN The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence start opening inauguration initiation inception commencement genesis launching leadoff The initial stage of a developmental process spring birth start origin onset opening dawn outset inception commencement genesis dawning nascence beginning - VERB To come into being starting arising originating commencing To go about the initial step in doing (something) starting opening entering taking on taking up approaching undertaking setting out setting to launching initiating commencing embarking inaugurating beginnings beginnings - NOUN The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence starts openings inaugurations initiations inceptions commencements geneses launchings leadoffs The initial stage of a developmental process springs births starts origins onsets openings dawns outset inceptions commencements geneses dawnings nascences begins begins - VERB To come into being starts arises originates commences To go about the initial step in doing (something) starts opens enters takes on takes up approaches undertakes sets out sets to launches initiates commences embarks inaugurates begird begird - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompass band belt gird cincture engird girdle To shut in on all sides surround enclose circle beset encompass besiege hem encircle envelop compass gird hedge girdle begirding begirding - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompassing banding belting girding cincturing engirding girdling To shut in on all sides surrounding enclosing circling besetting encompassing besieging hemming encircling enveloping compassing girding hedging girdling begirds begirds - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompasses bands belts girds cinctures engirds girdles To shut in on all sides surrounds encloses circles besets encompasses besieges hems encircles envelops compasses girds hedges girdles begirt begirt - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompassed banded belted girt cinctured engirt girdled To shut in on all sides surrounded enclosed circled beset encompassed besieged hemmed encircled enveloped compassed girt hedged girdled begotten begotten - VERB To be the biological father of got/gotten bred fathered sired procreated begrime begrime - VERB To make dirty soil blacken black befoul smudge dirty begrimed begrimed - VERB To make dirty soiled blackened blacked befouled smudged dirtied begrimes begrimes - VERB To make dirty soils blackens blacks befouls smudges dirties begriming begriming - VERB To make dirty soiling blackening blacking befouling smudging dirtying begrudge begrudge - VERB To feel envy for envy covet begrudged begrudged - VERB To feel envy for envied coveted begrudges begrudges - VERB To feel envy for envies covets begrudging begrudging - VERB To feel envy for envying coveting begs begs - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request prays appeals conjures implores entreats pleads with supplicates beseeches beguile beguile - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation have take in betray mislead fool deceive delude trick bluff dupe cozen hoodwink humbug To please greatly or irresistibly fascinate enchant charm bewitch entrance captivate beguiled beguiled - ADJ Affected with intense romantic attraction bewitched captivated enamored infatuated smitten beguiled - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation had took in/taken in betrayed misled fooled deceived deluded tricked bluffed duped cozened hoodwinked humbugged To please greatly or irresistibly fascinated enchanted charmed bewitched entranced captivated beguiles beguiles - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation has takes in betrays misleads fools deceives deludes tricks bluffs dupes cozens hoodwinks humbugs To please greatly or irresistibly fascinates enchants charms bewitches entrances captivates beguiling beguiling - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation having taking in betraying misleading fooling deceiving deluding tricking bluffing duping cozening hoodwinking humbugging To please greatly or irresistibly fascinating enchanting charming bewitching entrancing captivating begun begun - VERB To come into being started arisen originated commenced To go about the initial step in doing (something) started opened entered taken on taken up approached undertaken set out set to launched initiated commenced embarked inaugurated behave behave - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way do carry bear act acquit comport demean deport disport behaved behaved - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way did/done carried bore/borne acted acquitted comported demeaned deported disported behaves behaves - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way does carries bears acts acquits comports demeans deports disports behaving behaving - VERB To conduct oneself in a specified way doing carrying bearing acting acquitting comporting demeaning deporting disporting behavior behavior - NOUN The manner in which one behaves way conduct demeanor comportment actions deportment The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions operation reaction performance functioning working behaviors behaviors - NOUN The manner in which one behaves ways conducts demeanors comportment actions deportments The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions operations reactions performances functioning workings beheld beheld - VERB To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes saw/seen perceived behemoth behemoth - NOUN One that is extraordinarily large and powerful giant monster whopper Goliath jumbo leviathan mammoth titan behemoths behemoths - NOUN One that is extraordinarily large and powerful giants monsters whoppers Goliaths jumbos leviathans mammoths titans behest behest - NOUN An authoritative indication to be obeyed word order direction charge command instruction injunction bidding mandate directive dictate commandment behests behests - NOUN An authoritative indication to be obeyed words orders directions charges commands instructions injunctions biddings mandates directives dictates commandments behind behind - ADVERB Not on time late behindhand So as to fall behind schedule late slow behindhand behind - NOUN The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting bottom seat rump backside derriere buttocks posterior behindhand behindhand - ADJ Not being on time late belated overdue tardy Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and social aspects underdeveloped backward undeveloped lagging behindhand - ADVERB Not on time late behind So as to fall behind schedule late behind slow behinds behinds - NOUN The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting bottoms seats rumps backsides derrieres buttocks posteriors behold behold - VERB To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes see perceive beholden beholden - ADJ Owing something, as gratitude or appreciation, to another indebted bound/bounded bounden obligated obliged beholder beholder - NOUN Someone who observes observer spectator onlooker watcher bystander beholders beholders - NOUN Someone who observes observers spectators onlookers watchers bystanders beholding beholding - VERB To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes seeing perceiving beholds beholds - VERB To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes sees perceives behoove behoove - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to become suit befit behooved behooved - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to became/become suited befitted behooves behooves - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to becomes suits befits behooving behooving - VERB To be appropriate or suitable to becoming suiting befitting being being - NOUN A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something nature texture essence pith quintessence A member of the human race man life person individual fellow soul human creature mortal One that exists independently thing individual object entity The condition of being in full force or operation effect realization actualization The state or fact of having reality existence actuality being - VERB To have being or actuality existing subsisting To have reality or life living existing breathing subsisting belabor belabor - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat batter pound hammer thrash buffet baste pummel drub belabored belabored - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beat/beaten battered pounded hammered thrashed buffeted basted pummeled drubbed belaboring belaboring - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beating battering pounding hammering thrashing buffeting basting pummeling drubbing belabors belabors - VERB To hit heavily and repeatedly beats batters pounds hammers thrashes buffets bastes pummels drubs belated belated - ADJ Not being on time late overdue tardy behindhand belatedness belatedness - NOUN The quality or condition of not being on time tardiness lateness belch belch - VERB To send forth (confined matter) violently erupt expel eject spew disgorge eruct belched belched - VERB To send forth (confined matter) violently erupted expelled ejected spewed disgorged eructed belches belches - VERB To send forth (confined matter) violently erupts expels ejects spews disgorges eructs belching belching - VERB To send forth (confined matter) violently erupting expelling ejecting spewing disgorging eructing beleaguer beleaguer - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worry annoy beset harass plague tease harry pester bedevil To surround with hostile troops beset besiege blockade siege To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harass plague besiege harry pester badger bedevil hound importune beleaguered beleaguered - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worried annoyed beset harassed plagued teased harried pestered bedeviled To surround with hostile troops beset besieged blockaded sieged To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harassed plagued besieged harried pestered badgered bedeviled hounded importuned beleaguering beleaguering - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worrying annoying besetting harassing plaguing teasing harrying pestering bedeviling To surround with hostile troops besetting besieging blockading sieging To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besetting harassing plaguing besieging harrying pestering badgering bedeviling hounding importuning beleaguers beleaguers - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worries annoys besets harasses plagues teases harries pesters bedevils To surround with hostile troops besets besieges blockades sieges To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besets harasses plagues besieges harries pesters badgers bedevils hounds importunes belie belie - VERB To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly color twist load distort warp wrench falsify misrepresent pervert misstate To prove or show to be false rebut disprove refute discredit confute belied belied - VERB To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly colored twisted loaded distorted warped wrenched falsified misrepresented perverted misstated To prove or show to be false rebutted disproved refuted discredited confuted belief belief - NOUN Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another faith confidence trust reliance Mental acceptance of the truth or actuality of something faith credit credence Something believed or accepted as true by a person idea position view opinion conviction notion sentiment persuasion beliefs beliefs - NOUN Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another faiths confidences trusts reliance Mental acceptance of the truth or actuality of something faiths credits credences Something believed or accepted as true by a person ideas positions views opinions convictions notions sentiments persuasions belies belies - VERB To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly colors twists loads distorts warps wrenches falsifies misrepresents perverts misstates To prove or show to be false rebuts disproves refutes discredits confutes believable believable - ADJ Worthy of being believed creditable plausible credible believe believe - VERB To have an opinion think hold consider judge deem opine To have confidence in the truthfulness of trust credit To regard (something) as true or real accept To view in a certain way think feel hold sense believed believed - VERB To have an opinion thought held considered judged deemed opined To have confidence in the truthfulness of trusted credited To regard (something) as true or real accepted To view in a certain way thought felt held sensed believes believes - VERB To have an opinion thinks holds considers judges deems opines To have confidence in the truthfulness of trusts credits To regard (something) as true or real accepts To view in a certain way thinks feels holds senses believing believing - VERB To have an opinion thinking holding considering judging deeming opining To have confidence in the truthfulness of trusting crediting To regard (something) as true or real accepting To view in a certain way thinking feeling holding sensing belittle belittle - VERB To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant talk down minimize discount decry downgrade derogate detract depreciate disparage belittled belittled - VERB To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant talked down minimized discounted decried downgraded derogated detracted depreciated disparaged belittlement belittlement - NOUN The act or an instance of belittling depreciation disparagement derogation detraction belittlements belittlements - NOUN The act or an instance of belittling depreciations disparagements derogations detractions belittles belittles - VERB To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant talks down minimizes discounts decries downgrades derogates detracts depreciates disparages belittling belittling - ADJ Tending or intending to belittle deprecatory derogatory depreciatory detracting disparaging pejorative slighting uncomplimentary belittling - VERB To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant talking down minimizing discounting decrying downgrading derogating detracting depreciating disparaging belle belle - NOUN A woman regarded as beautiful beauty lovely stunner belles belles - NOUN A woman regarded as beautiful beauties lovelies stunners bellicose bellicose - ADJ Having or showing an eagerness to fight hostile belligerent warlike quarrelsome truculent combative contentious pugnacious Of, pertaining to, or inclined toward war military warlike martial militaristic bellicosity bellicosity - NOUN The power or will to fight fight belligerence belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity Warlike or hostile attitude or nature hostility belligerence truculence belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity bellied bellied - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stood out projected protruded bulged stuck out bagged jutted ballooned pouted overhung bellies bellies - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stands out projects protrudes bulges sticks out bags juts balloons pouts overhangs belligerence belligerence - NOUN Hostile behavior aggression hostility aggressiveness belligerency combativeness contentiousness The power or will to fight fight bellicosity belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity Warlike or hostile attitude or nature hostility bellicosity truculence belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity belligerences belligerences - NOUN Hostile behavior aggressions hostilities aggressiveness belligerency combativeness contentiousness The power or will to fight fights bellicosity belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity Warlike or hostile attitude or nature hostilities bellicosity truculence belligerency combativeness contentiousness pugnacity belligerency belligerency - NOUN A state of open, prolonged fighting war conflict warfare strife hostilities Hostile behavior aggression hostility aggressiveness belligerence combativeness contentiousness The power or will to fight fight belligerence bellicosity combativeness contentiousness pugnacity Warlike or hostile attitude or nature hostility belligerence bellicosity truculence combativeness contentiousness pugnacity belligerent belligerent - ADJ Having or showing an eagerness to fight hostile warlike quarrelsome truculent bellicose combative contentious pugnacious Inclined to act in a hostile way aggressive offensive militant combative contentious Of or engaged in warfare combatant fighting warring bellow bellow - NOUN A loud, deep, prolonged sound roar clamor bawl bellow - VERB To say (something) with a shout shout cry yell holler bawl whoop vociferate To speak or say very loudly call shout cry yell roar holler clamor bawl bluster halloo bellowed bellowed - VERB To say (something) with a shout shouted cried yelled hollered bawled whooped vociferated To speak or say very loudly called shouted cried yelled roared hollered clamored bawled blustered hallooed bellowing bellowing - VERB To say (something) with a shout shouting crying yelling hollering bawling whooping vociferating To speak or say very loudly calling shouting crying yelling roaring hollering clamoring bawling blustering hallooing bellows bellows - NOUN A loud, deep, prolonged sound roars clamors bawls bellows - VERB To say (something) with a shout shouts cries yells hollers bawls whoops vociferates To speak or say very loudly calls shouts cries yells roars hollers clamors bawls blusters halloos belly belly - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit stand out project protrude bulge stick out bag jut balloon pout overhang bellying bellying - VERB To curve outward past the normal or usual limit standing out projecting protruding bulging sticking out bagging jutting ballooning pouting overhanging belong belong - VERB To be the property of a person or thing pertain appertain To have a proper or suitable place go fit belonged belonged - VERB To be the property of a person or thing pertained appertained To have a proper or suitable place went/gone fit belonging belonging - VERB To be the property of a person or thing pertaining appertaining To have a proper or suitable place going fitting belongings belongings - NOUN One's portable property chattels effects goods possessions things Those articles that belong to someone effects goods possessions things belongs belongs - VERB To be the property of a person or thing pertains appertains To have a proper or suitable place goes fits beloved beloved - ADJ Given special, usually doting treatment dear favorite precious darling blue-eyed fair-haired favored loved pet Regarded with much love and tenderness dear precious darling loved beloved - NOUN A person who is much loved love honey sweetheart darling dear sweet truelove beloveds beloveds - NOUN A person who is much loved loves honeys sweethearts darlings dears sweets trueloves belt belt - NOUN A part of the earth's surface area region neighborhood quarter tract locality belt - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompass band gird begird cincture engird girdle belted belted - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompassed banded girt begirt cinctured engirt girdled belting belting - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompassing banding girding begirding cincturing engirding girdling belts belts - NOUN A part of the earth's surface areas regions neighborhoods quarters tracts localities belts - VERB To encircle with or as if with a band encompasses bands girds begirds cinctures engirds girdles belying belying - VERB To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly coloring twisting loading distorting warping wrenching falsifying misrepresenting perverting misstating To prove or show to be false rebutting disproving refuting discrediting confuting bemire bemire - VERB To soil with mud muck muddy bemired bemired - ADJ Covered or soiled with mud muddy bemired - VERB To soil with mud mucked muddied bemires bemires - VERB To soil with mud mucks muddies bemiring bemiring - VERB To soil with mud mucking muddying bemuse bemuse - VERB To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue daze stupefy benumb bemused bemused - ADJ So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings absent absent-minded inattentive abstracted faraway preoccupied bemused - VERB To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazed stupefied benumbed bemuses bemuses - VERB To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazes stupefies benumbs bemusing bemusing - VERB To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazing stupefying benumbing benchmark benchmark - NOUN A standard of comparison test measure standard mark criterion gauge touchstone yardstick benchmarks benchmarks - NOUN A standard of comparison tests measures standards marks criteria gauges touchstones yardsticks bend bend - NOUN Something bent turn curve round bow crook curvature bend - VERB To be unable to hold up go give break collapse crumple To cause to move, especially at an angle turn angle refract deflect To devote oneself to a task give turn apply direct devote concentrate address focus dedicate buckle To incline the body bow stoop hunch hump scrunch To influence or be influenced in a certain direction dispose incline sway predispose bias To swerve from a straight line round bow curve crook bender bender - NOUN A drinking bout drunk carousal benders benders - NOUN A drinking bout carousals bending bending - ADJ Having bends, curves, or angles crooked devious curved curving twisting bending - VERB To be unable to hold up going giving breaking collapsing crumpling To cause to move, especially at an angle turning angling refracting deflecting To devote oneself to a task giving turning applying directing devoting concentrating addressing focusing dedicating buckling To incline the body bowing stooping hunching humping scrunching To influence or be influenced in a certain direction disposing inclining swaying predisposing biasing To swerve from a straight line rounding bowing curving crooking bends bends - NOUN Something bent turns curves rounds bows crooks curvatures bends - VERB To be unable to hold up goes gives breaks collapses crumples To cause to move, especially at an angle turns angles refracts deflects To devote oneself to a task gives turns applies directs devotes concentrates addresses focuses dedicates buckles To incline the body bows stoops hunches humps scrunches To influence or be influenced in a certain direction disposes inclines sways predisposes biases To swerve from a straight line rounds bows curves crooks benediction benediction - NOUN A short prayer said at meals grace blessing thanksgiving thanks benedictions benedictions - NOUN A short prayer said at meals graces blessings thanksgiving thanks benefaction benefaction - NOUN A charitable deed favor kindness benevolence philanthropy beneficence Something given to a charity or cause contribution gift charity offering donation beneficence alms handout benefactions benefactions - NOUN A charitable deed favors kindnesses benevolences philanthropies beneficences Something given to a charity or cause contributions gifts charities offerings donations beneficences alms handouts benefactor benefactor - NOUN A person who gives to a charity or cause donor contributor subscriber giver donator grantor A person who supports or champions an activity, institution, etc friend sponsor patron supporter contributor backer benefactors benefactors - NOUN A person who gives to a charity or cause donors contributors subscribers givers donators grantors A person who supports or champions an activity, institution, etc friends sponsors patrons supporters contributors backers beneficence beneficence - NOUN A charitable deed favor kindness benevolence philanthropy benefaction Kindly, charitable interest in others grace charity kindness benevolence altruism kindliness charitableness Something given to a charity or cause contribution gift charity offering donation alms benefaction handout beneficences beneficences - NOUN A charitable deed favors kindnesses benevolences philanthropies benefactions Kindly, charitable interest in others graces charities kindnesses benevolences altruism kindliness charitableness Something given to a charity or cause contributions gifts charities offerings donations alms benefactions handouts beneficent beneficent - ADJ Affording benefit good useful favorable helpful beneficial advantageous salutary propitious benignant beneficial beneficial - ADJ Affording benefit good useful favorable helpful advantageous salutary propitious beneficent benignant benefit benefit - NOUN A state of health, happiness, and prosperity good advantage welfare prosperity well-being weal Something beneficial advantage gain favor profit blessing boon Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being interest good advantage profit The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end use account advantage profit utility usefulness avail benefit - VERB To be an advantage to serve profit avail To derive advantage profit capitalize benefited benefited - VERB To be an advantage to served profited availed To derive advantage profited capitalized benefiting benefiting - VERB To be an advantage to serving profiting availing To derive advantage profiting capitalizing benefits benefits - NOUN A state of health, happiness, and prosperity goods advantages welfare prosperity well-being weals Something beneficial advantages gains favors profits blessings boons Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being interests goods advantages profits The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end uses accounts advantages profits utilities usefulness avails benefits - VERB To be an advantage to serves profits avails To derive advantage profits capitalizes benevolence benevolence - NOUN A charitable deed favor kindness philanthropy beneficence benefaction Kindly, charitable interest in others grace charity kindness altruism beneficence kindliness charitableness benevolences benevolences - NOUN A charitable deed favors kindnesses philanthropies beneficences benefactions Kindly, charitable interest in others graces charities kindnesses altruism beneficences kindliness charitableness benevolent benevolent - ADJ Characterized by kindness and concern for others good big kind humane kindly chivalrous humanitarian benign kindhearted Of or concerned with charity charitable philanthropic altruistic eleemosynary benighted benighted - ADJ Clinging to obsolete ideas reactionary backward Exhibiting lack of education or knowledge primitive ignorant backward unenlightened benightedness benightedness - NOUN The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning ignorance illiteracy benign benign - ADJ Characterized by kindness and concern for others good big kind humane kindly benevolent chivalrous humanitarian kindhearted Having or showing a tender, considerate, and helping nature kind kindly benignant good-hearted kindhearted benignant benignant - ADJ Affording benefit good useful favorable helpful beneficial advantageous salutary propitious beneficent Having or showing a tender, considerate, and helping nature kind kindly benign good-hearted kindhearted bent bent - VERB To be unable to hold up went/gone gave/given broke/broken collapsed crumpled To cause to move, especially at an angle turned angled refracted deflected To devote oneself to a task gave/given turned applied directed devoted concentrated addressed focused dedicated buckled To incline the body bowed stooped hunched humped scrunched To influence or be influenced in a certain direction disposed inclined swayed predisposed biased To swerve from a straight line rounded bowed curved crooked bent - ADJ Deviating from a straight line arced arched bowed curved curvilinear rounded On an unwavering course of action intent resolute decided determined fixed set bent - NOUN An inclination to something turn tendency disposition predisposition bias penchant predilection proclivity proneness leaning partiality propensity squint An innate capability head faculty talent gift genius instinct inclination flair aptitude knack aptness benumb benumb - VERB To render helpless, as by emotion stun paralyze numb stupefy To render less sensitive blunt dull numb deaden desensitize To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue daze stupefy bemuse benumbed benumbed - ADJ Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity dead numb asleep insensitive insensible numbed unfeeling Lacking responsiveness or alertness wooden dull numb insensitive unresponsive insensible benumbed - VERB To render helpless, as by emotion stunned paralyzed numbed stupefied To render less sensitive blunted dulled numbed deadened desensitized To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazed stupefied bemused benumbing benumbing - VERB To render helpless, as by emotion stunning paralyzing numbing stupefying To render less sensitive blunting dulling numbing deadening desensitizing To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazing stupefying bemusing benumbs benumbs - VERB To render helpless, as by emotion stuns paralyzes numbs stupefies To render less sensitive blunts dulls numbs deadens desensitizes To stun the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue dazes stupefies bemuses bequeath bequeath - VERB To convey (something) from one generation to the next pass down transmit hand down hand on To give (property) to another person after one's death leave will bequeathed bequeathed - VERB To convey (something) from one generation to the next passed down transmitted handed down handed on To give (property) to another person after one's death left willed bequeathing bequeathing - VERB To convey (something) from one generation to the next passing down transmitting handing down handing on To give (property) to another person after one's death leaving willing bequeaths bequeaths - VERB To convey (something) from one generation to the next passes down transmits hands down hands on To give (property) to another person after one's death leaves wills berate berate - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly scold bawl out tongue-lash berated berated - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly scolded bawled out tongue-lashed berates berates - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly scolds bawls out tongue-lashes berating berating - VERB To reprimand loudly or harshly scolding bawling out tongue-lashing bereave bereave - VERB To take or keep something away from strip rob deprive dispossess divest bereaves bereaves - VERB To take or keep something away from strips robs deprives dispossesses divests bereaving bereaving - VERB To take or keep something away from stripping robbing depriving dispossessing divesting bereft bereft - VERB To take or keep something away from stripped robbed deprived dispossessed divested berth berth - NOUN A particular position in a designated order of importance place spot slot billet A post of employment place job office position situation spot appointment slot billet berth - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging house put up accommodate board harbor room bed domicile billet bunk quarter berthed berthed - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging housed put up accommodated boarded harbored roomed bedded domiciled billeted bunked quartered berthing berthing - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging housing putting up accommodating boarding harboring rooming bedding domiciling billeting bunking quartering berths berths - NOUN A particular position in a designated order of importance places spots slots billets A post of employment places jobs offices positions situations spots appointments slots billets berths - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging houses puts up accommodates boards harbors rooms beds domiciles billets bunks quarters beseech beseech - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request beg pray appeal conjure implore entreat plead with supplicate beseeched beseeched - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request begged prayed appealed conjured implored entreated pleaded with/pled with supplicated beseeches beseeches - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request begs prays appeals conjures implores entreats pleads with supplicates beseeching beseeching - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request begging praying appealing conjuring imploring entreating pleading with supplicating beset beset - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worry/worried annoy/annoyed harass/harassed plague/plagued tease/teased harry/harried pester/pestered bedevil/bedeviled beleaguer/beleaguered To set upon with violent force have at/had at go at/went at/gone at hit strike/struck attack/attacked fall on/fell on/fallen on assail/assailed assault/assaulted storm/stormed sail in/sailed in To shut in on all sides surround/surrounded enclose/enclosed circle/circled encompass/encompassed besiege/besieged hem/hemmed encircle/encircled envelop/enveloped compass/compassed gird/girt hedge/hedged begird/begirt girdle/girdled To surround with hostile troops besiege/besieged blockade/blockaded beleaguer/beleaguered siege/sieged To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides harass/harassed plague/plagued besiege/besieged harry/harried pester/pestered badger/badgered bedevil/bedeviled beleaguer/beleaguered hound/hounded importune/importuned besets besets - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worries annoys harasses plagues teases harries pesters bedevils beleaguers To set upon with violent force has at goes at hits strikes attacks falls on assails assaults storms sails in To shut in on all sides surrounds encloses circles encompasses besieges hems encircles envelops compasses girds hedges begirds girdles To surround with hostile troops besieges blockades beleaguers sieges To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides harasses plagues besieges harries pesters badgers bedevils beleaguers hounds importunes besetting besetting - VERB To disturb by repeated attacks worrying annoying harassing plaguing teasing harrying pestering bedeviling beleaguering To set upon with violent force having at going at hitting striking attacking falling on assailing assaulting storming sailing in To shut in on all sides surrounding enclosing circling encompassing besieging hemming encircling enveloping compassing girding hedging begirding girdling To surround with hostile troops besieging blockading beleaguering sieging To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides harassing plaguing besieging harrying pestering badgering bedeviling beleaguering hounding importuning besides besides - ADVERB In addition also still further furthermore additionally more besiege besiege - VERB To shut in on all sides surround enclose circle beset encompass hem encircle envelop compass gird hedge begird girdle To surround with hostile troops beset blockade beleaguer siege To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harass plague harry pester badger bedevil beleaguer hound importune besieged besieged - VERB To shut in on all sides surrounded enclosed circled beset encompassed hemmed encircled enveloped compassed girt hedged begirt girdled To surround with hostile troops beset blockaded beleaguered sieged To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides beset harassed plagued harried pestered badgered bedeviled beleaguered hounded importuned besieges besieges - VERB To shut in on all sides surrounds encloses circles besets encompasses hems encircles envelops compasses girds hedges begirds girdles To surround with hostile troops besets blockades beleaguers sieges To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besets harasses plagues harries pesters badgers bedevils beleaguers hounds importunes besieging besieging - VERB To shut in on all sides surrounding enclosing circling besetting encompassing hemming encircling enveloping compassing girding hedging begirding girdling To surround with hostile troops besetting blockading beleaguering sieging To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides besetting harassing plaguing harrying pestering badgering bedeviling beleaguering hounding importuning besmear besmear - VERB To cast aspersions on stain blacken besmirch tarnish smear befoul sully taint bespatter denigrate dirty To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plaster dab smear daub smudge bedaub besmeared besmeared - VERB To cast aspersions on stained blackened besmirched tarnished smeared befouled sullied tainted bespattered denigrated dirtied To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plastered dabbed smeared daubed smudged bedaubed besmearing besmearing - VERB To cast aspersions on staining blackening besmirching tarnishing smearing befouling sullying tainting bespattering denigrating dirtying To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plastering dabbing smearing daubing smudging bedaubing besmears besmears - VERB To cast aspersions on stains blackens besmirches tarnishes smears befouls sullies taints bespatters denigrates dirties To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance plasters dabs smears daubs smudges bedaubs besmirch besmirch - VERB To cast aspersions on stain blacken tarnish smear befoul sully taint besmear bespatter denigrate dirty besmirched besmirched - VERB To cast aspersions on stained blackened tarnished smeared befouled sullied tainted besmeared bespattered denigrated dirtied besmirches besmirches - VERB To cast aspersions on stains blackens tarnishes smears befouls sullies taints besmears bespatters denigrates dirties besmirching besmirching - VERB To cast aspersions on staining blackening tarnishing smearing befouling sullying tainting besmearing bespattering denigrating dirtying besotted besotted - ADJ Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor drunk drunken crapulent crapulous inebriate inebriated besought besought - VERB To make an earnest or urgent request begged prayed appealed conjured implored entreated pleaded with/pled with supplicated bespatter bespatter - VERB To cast aspersions on stain blacken besmirch tarnish smear befoul sully taint besmear denigrate dirty To hurl or scatter liquid upon dash splash slop spatter slosh splatter swash To mark or soil with spots spot spatter splatter bespattered bespattered - VERB To cast aspersions on stained blackened besmirched tarnished smeared befouled sullied tainted besmeared denigrated dirtied To hurl or scatter liquid upon dashed splashed slopped spattered sloshed splattered swashed To mark or soil with spots spotted spattered splattered bespattering bespattering - VERB To cast aspersions on staining blackening besmirching tarnishing smearing befouling sullying tainting besmearing denigrating dirtying To hurl or scatter liquid upon dashing splashing slopping spattering sloshing splattering swashing To mark or soil with spots spotting spattering splattering bespatters bespatters - VERB To cast aspersions on stains blackens besmirches tarnishes smears befouls sullies taints besmears denigrates dirties To hurl or scatter liquid upon dashes splashes slops spatters sloshes splatters swashes To mark or soil with spots spots spatters splatters bespeak bespeak - VERB To claim in advance engage reserve book pre-empt To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicate mark argue witness testify point to attest betoken bespeaking bespeaking - VERB To claim in advance engaging reserving booking pre-empting To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicating marking arguing witnessing testifying pointing to attesting betokening bespeaks bespeaks - VERB To claim in advance engages reserves books pre-empts To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicates marks argues witnesses testifies points to attests betokens bespoke bespoke - VERB To claim in advance engaged reserved booked pre-empted To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicated marked argued witnessed testified pointed to attested betokened bespoken bespoken - VERB To claim in advance engaged reserved booked pre-empted To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicated marked argued witnessed testified pointed to attested betokened besprinkle besprinkle - VERB To scatter or release in drops or small particles sprinkle dust powder besprinkled besprinkled - VERB To scatter or release in drops or small particles sprinkled dusted powdered besprinkles besprinkles - VERB To scatter or release in drops or small particles sprinkles dusts powders besprinkling besprinkling - VERB To scatter or release in drops or small particles sprinkling dusting powdering best best - ADJ Much more than half largest better greater larger Surpassing all others in quality optimal superb optimum superlative unsurpassed best - NOUN That which is superlative top choice flower prize cream elite pick best - VERB To be greater or better than pass exceed top transcend better overshadow outdo surpass eclipse excel outstrip outshine To get the better of overcome prevail master conquer surmount worst To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition beat overcome defeat subdue conquer thrash triumph rout trounce vanquish worst bested bested - VERB To be greater or better than passed exceeded topped transcended bettered overshadowed outdid/outdone surpassed eclipsed excelled outstripped outshone To get the better of overcame/overcome prevailed mastered conquered surmounted worsted To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition beat/beaten overcame/overcome defeated subdued conquered thrashed triumphed routed trounced vanquished worsted bestial bestial - ADJ Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint savage vicious cruel fierce inhuman ferocious barbarous fell truculent feral besting besting - VERB To be greater or better than passing exceeding topping transcending bettering overshadowing outdoing surpassing eclipsing excelling outstripping outshining To get the better of overcoming prevailing mastering conquering surmounting worsting To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition beating overcoming defeating subduing conquering thrashing triumphing routing trouncing vanquishing worsting bestow bestow - VERB To give formally or officially present grant award confer accord To make a gift of give present give away hand out To present as a gift to a charity or cause give contribute donate hand out bestowal bestowal - NOUN The act of conferring, as of an honor conference presentation accordance conferment conferral bestowals bestowals - NOUN The act of conferring, as of an honor conferences presentations accordances conferments conferrals bestowed bestowed - VERB To give formally or officially presented granted awarded conferred accorded To make a gift of gave/given presented gave away/given away handed out To present as a gift to a charity or cause gave/given contributed donated handed out bestowing bestowing - VERB To give formally or officially presenting granting awarding conferring according To make a gift of giving presenting giving away handing out To present as a gift to a charity or cause giving contributing donating handing out bestows bestows - VERB To give formally or officially presents grants awards confers accords To make a gift of gives presents gives away hands out To present as a gift to a charity or cause gives contributes donates hands out bestridden bestridden - VERB To sit with a leg on each side of stridden straddled bestride bestride - VERB To sit with a leg on each side of stride straddle bestrides bestrides - VERB To sit with a leg on each side of strides straddles bestriding bestriding - VERB To sit with a leg on each side of striding straddling bestrode bestrode - VERB To sit with a leg on each side of strode straddled bests bests - NOUN That which is superlative tops choices flowers prizes creams elite picks bests - VERB To be greater or better than passes exceeds tops transcends betters overshadows outdoes surpasses eclipses excels outstrips outshines To get the better of overcomes prevails masters conquers surmounts worsts To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition beats overcomes defeats subdues conquers thrashes triumphs routs trounces vanquishes worsts bet bet - NOUN A venture depending on chance speculation gamble wager Something valuable risked on an uncertain outcome stake wager bet - VERB To make a bet on put play/played lay/laid gamble/gambled lay down/laid down post/posted stake/staked game/gamed wager/wagered To put up as a stake in a game or speculation go/went/gone set lay/laid gamble/gambled risk/risked venture/ventured stake/staked wager/wagered bethink bethink - VERB To renew (an image or thought) in the mind think remember think of recall retain revive recollect bethinking bethinking - VERB To renew (an image or thought) in the mind thinking remembering thinking of recalling retaining reviving recollecting bethinks bethinks - VERB To renew (an image or thought) in the mind thinks remembers thinks of recalls retains revives recollects bethought bethought - VERB To renew (an image or thought) in the mind thought remembered thought of recalled retained revived recollected betide betide - VERB To happen to one come befall To take place come develop pass happen occur come about come off transpire befall betided betided - VERB To happen to one came/come befell/befallen To take place came/come developed passed happened occurred came about/come about came off/come off transpired befell/befallen betides betides - VERB To happen to one comes befalls To take place comes develops passes happens occurs comes about comes off transpires befalls betiding betiding - VERB To happen to one coming befalling To take place coming developing passing happening occurring coming about coming off transpiring befalling betimes betimes - ADVERB At times periodically Before the expected time ahead early beforehand betoken betoken - VERB To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicate mark argue witness testify point to attest bespeak To give reason for expecting indicate promise presage foreshadow foretoken prefigure betokened betokened - VERB To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicated marked argued witnessed testified pointed to attested bespoke/bespoken To give reason for expecting indicated promised presaged foreshadowed foretokened prefigured betokening betokening - VERB To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicating marking arguing witnessing testifying pointing to attesting bespeaking To give reason for expecting indicating promising presaging foreshadowing foretokening prefiguring betokens betokens - VERB To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of indicates marks argues witnesses testifies points to attests bespeaks To give reason for expecting indicates promises presages foreshadows foretokens prefigures betray betray - VERB To be treacherous to cross To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation have take in mislead fool deceive delude beguile trick bluff dupe cozen hoodwink humbug To disclose in a breach of confidence tell give away reveal let out expose uncover unveil blab divulge betrayal betrayal - NOUN An act of betraying treachery betrayals betrayals - NOUN An act of betraying treacheries betrayed betrayed - VERB To be treacherous to crossed To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation had took in/taken in misled fooled deceived deluded beguiled tricked bluffed duped cozened hoodwinked humbugged To disclose in a breach of confidence told gave away/given away revealed let out exposed uncovered unveiled blabbed divulged betrayer betrayer - NOUN One who betrays traitor Judas betrayers betrayers - NOUN One who betrays traitors Judases betraying betraying - VERB To be treacherous to crossing To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation having taking in misleading fooling deceiving deluding beguiling tricking bluffing duping cozening hoodwinking humbugging To disclose in a breach of confidence telling giving away revealing letting out exposing uncovering unveiling blabbing divulging betrays betrays - VERB To be treacherous to crosses To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation has takes in misleads fools deceives deludes beguiles tricks bluffs dupes cozens hoodwinks humbugs To disclose in a breach of confidence tells gives away reveals lets out exposes uncovers unveils blabs divulges betrothal betrothal - NOUN The act or condition of being pledged to marry engagement espousal troth betrothals betrothals - NOUN The act or condition of being pledged to marry engagements espousals troths betrothed betrothed - ADJ Pledged to marry affianced engaged plighted betrothed - NOUN A person to whom one is engaged to be married affianced intended betrotheds betrotheds - NOUN A person to whom one is engaged to be married affianced intendeds bets bets - NOUN A venture depending on chance speculations gambles wagers Something valuable risked on an uncertain outcome stakes wagers bets - VERB To make a bet on puts plays lays gambles lays down posts stakes games wagers To put up as a stake in a game or speculation goes sets lays gambles risks ventures stakes wagers better better - ADJ Much more than half largest best greater larger Of greater excellence than another superior preferable better - ADVERB To a greater extent more better - NOUN One who stands above another in rank elder senior superior higher-up better - VERB To advance to a more desirable state help improve amend upgrade ameliorate meliorate To be greater or better than pass exceed top transcend overshadow outdo surpass best eclipse excel outstrip outshine bettered bettered - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helped improved amended upgraded ameliorated meliorated To be greater or better than passed exceeded topped transcended overshadowed outdid/outdone surpassed bested eclipsed excelled outstripped outshone bettering bettering - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helping improving amending upgrading ameliorating meliorating To be greater or better than passing exceeding topping transcending overshadowing outdoing surpassing besting eclipsing excelling outstripping outshining betterment betterment - NOUN Something that improves improvement amendment melioration upgrading amelioration Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society development progress improvement melioration amelioration betterments betterments - NOUN Something that improves improvements amendments meliorations upgrading ameliorations Steady improvement, as of an individual or a society developments progresses improvements meliorations ameliorations betters betters - NOUN One who stands above another in rank elders seniors superiors higher-ups betters - VERB To advance to a more desirable state helps improves amends upgrades ameliorates meliorates To be greater or better than passes exceeds tops transcends overshadows outdoes surpasses bests eclipses excels outstrips outshines betting betting - VERB To make a bet on putting playing laying gambling laying down posting staking gaming wagering To put up as a stake in a game or speculation going setting laying gambling risking venturing staking wagering bettor bettor - NOUN One who bets player gambler speculator gamester bettors bettors - NOUN One who bets players gamblers speculators gamesters beveled beveled - ADJ Angled at a slant diagonal oblique biased slanted slanting beverage beverage - NOUN Any liquid that is fit for drinking drink liquor potable beverages beverages - NOUN Any liquid that is fit for drinking drinks liquors potables bevies bevies - NOUN A usually small number of individuals groups parties bands bevy bevy - NOUN A usually small number of individuals group party band beware beware - VERB To be careful look out mind watch out bewared bewared - VERB To be careful looked out minded watched out bewares bewares - VERB To be careful looks out minds watches out bewaring bewaring - VERB To be careful looking out minding watching out bewilder bewilder - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throw confuse mix up befuddle confound perplex addle dizzy fuddle bewildered bewildered - ADJ Mentally uncertain addled befuddled confused bewildered - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent threw/thrown confused mixed up befuddled confounded perplexed addled dizzied fuddled bewildering bewildering - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throwing confusing mixing up befuddling confounding perplexing addling dizzying fuddling bewilders bewilders - VERB To cause to be unclear in mind or intent throws confuses mixes up befuddles confounds perplexes addles dizzies fuddles bewitch bewitch - VERB To act upon with or as if with magic enchant charm entrance enthrall spellbind To please greatly or irresistibly fascinate enchant charm beguile entrance captivate bewitched bewitched - ADJ Affected with intense romantic attraction beguiled captivated enamored infatuated smitten bewitched - VERB To act upon with or as if with magic enchanted charmed entranced enthralled spellbound To please greatly or irresistibly fascinated enchanted charmed beguiled entranced captivated bewitches bewitches - VERB To act upon with or as if with magic enchants charms entrances enthralls spellbinds To please greatly or irresistibly fascinates enchants charms beguiles entrances captivates bewitching bewitching - ADJ Pertaining to magic magic witching Pleasing to the eye or mind sweet lovely pretty attractive magnetic charming fascinating appealing enchanting engaging captivating fetching winsome alluring enticing entrancing prepossessing tempting winning Tending to seduce inviting seductive alluring enticing siren tempting witching bewitching - VERB To act upon with or as if with magic enchanting charming entrancing enthralling spellbinding To please greatly or irresistibly fascinating enchanting charming beguiling entrancing captivating bias bias - NOUN An inclination for or against that inhibits impartial judgment prejudice one-sidedness partiality prepossession tendentiousness An inclination to something turn tendency disposition predisposition bent penchant predilection proclivity proneness leaning partiality propensity squint bias - VERB To cause to have a prejudiced view color warp prejudice jaundice prepossess To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slant angle skew To have an effect or impact upon influence sway prejudice To influence or be influenced in a certain direction bend dispose incline sway predispose biased biased - ADJ Angled at a slant diagonal oblique beveled slanted slanting Exhibiting bias partisan partial prejudicial one-sided colored prejudiced prepossessed tendentious biased - VERB To cause to have a prejudiced view colored warped prejudiced jaundiced prepossessed To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slanted angled skewed To have an effect or impact upon influenced swayed prejudiced To influence or be influenced in a certain direction bent disposed inclined swayed predisposed biases biases - NOUN An inclination for or against that inhibits impartial judgment prejudices one-sidedness partialities prepossessions tendentiousness An inclination to something turns tendencies dispositions predispositions bents penchants predilections proclivities proneness leanings partialities propensities squints biases - VERB To cause to have a prejudiced view colors warps prejudices jaundices prepossesses To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slants angles skews To have an effect or impact upon influences sways prejudices To influence or be influenced in a certain direction bends disposes inclines sways predisposes biasing biasing - VERB To cause to have a prejudiced view coloring warping prejudicing jaundicing prepossessing To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group slanting angling skewing To have an effect or impact upon influencing swaying prejudicing To influence or be influenced in a certain direction bending disposing inclining swaying predisposing bibelot bibelot - NOUN A small, showy article toy novelty trifle bauble trinket gewgaw gimcrack knickknack whatnot bibelots bibelots - NOUN A small, showy article toys novelties trifles baubles trinkets gewgaws gimcracks knickknacks whatnots bicker bicker - VERB To engage in a quarrel fight argue contend quarrel dispute wrangle quibble hassle squabble tiff bickered bickered - VERB To engage in a quarrel fought argued contended quarreled disputed wrangled quibbled hassled squabbled tiffed bickering bickering - VERB To engage in a quarrel fighting arguing contending quarreling disputing wrangling quibbling hassling squabbling tiffing bickers bickers - VERB To engage in a quarrel fights argues contends quarrels disputes wrangles quibbles hassles squabbles tiffs bid bid - NOUN A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present invitation Something offered proposal offer proffer tender bid - VERB To give orders to tell/told require/required direct/directed order/ordered charge/charged command/commanded instruct/instructed enjoin/enjoined To make an offer of go/went/gone offer/offered To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion ask/asked invite/invited bidden bidden - VERB To give orders to told required directed ordered charged commanded instructed enjoined To make an offer of gone offered To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion asked invited bidding bidding - NOUN An authoritative indication to be obeyed word order direction charge command instruction injunction mandate directive dictate commandment behest bidding - VERB To give orders to telling requiring directing ordering charging commanding instructing enjoining To make an offer of going offering To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion asking inviting biddings biddings - NOUN An authoritative indication to be obeyed words orders directions charges commands instructions injunctions mandates directives dictates commandments behests bide bide - VERB To continue to be in a place remain wait stay linger abide tarry To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period live dwell reside abide inhabit domicile To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave wait pause linger abide tarry bided bided - VERB To continue to be in a place remained waited stayed lingered abided tarried To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period lived dwelled/dwelt resided abided inhabited domiciled To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waited paused lingered abided tarried bides bides - VERB To continue to be in a place remains waits stays lingers abides tarries To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period lives dwells resides abides inhabits domiciles To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waits pauses lingers abides tarries biding biding - VERB To continue to be in a place remaining waiting staying lingering abiding tarrying To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period living dwelling residing abiding inhabiting domiciling To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave waiting pausing lingering abiding tarrying bids bids - NOUN A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present invitations Something offered proposals offers proffers tenders bids - VERB To give orders to tells requires directs orders charges commands instructs enjoins To make an offer of goes offers To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion asks invites bifurcate bifurcate - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divide branch fork diverge ramify subdivide bifurcated bifurcated - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divided branched forked diverged ramified subdivided bifurcates bifurcates - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divides branches forks diverges ramifies subdivides bifurcating bifurcating - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts dividing branching forking diverging ramifying subdividing big big - ADJ Characterized by kindness and concern for others good kind humane kindly benevolent chivalrous humanitarian benign kindhearted Having great significance important large considerable significant substantial meaningful historic momentous material weighty consequential Having reached full growth and development mature ripe grown-up full-fledged full-grown adult full-blown developed grown Notably above average in amount, size, or scope good great large considerable extensive healthy sizable large-scale Willing to give of oneself and one's possessions generous unselfish big-hearted great-hearted magnanimous big-hearted big-hearted - ADJ Willing to give of oneself and one's possessions big generous unselfish great-hearted magnanimous bight bight - NOUN A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea bay cove bights bights - NOUN A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea bays coves bigoted bigoted - ADJ Not tolerant of the beliefs, opinions, etc., of others narrow intolerant narrow-minded close-minded hidebound illiberal small-minded bigotries bigotries - NOUN Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion prejudices intolerances bigotry bigotry - NOUN Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion prejudice intolerance bilge bilge - NOUN Something that does not have or make sense stuff nonsense trash idiocy balderdash blather bunkum claptrap drivel eyewash piffle poppycock rigmarole tomfoolery twaddle bill bill - NOUN A precise list of fees or charges statement account reckoning invoice tab A printed list of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public performance program prospectus syllabus The horny projection forming a bird's jaws beak The projecting rim on the front of a cap peak brim visor bill - VERB To present a statement of fees or charges to invoice billed billed - VERB To present a statement of fees or charges to invoiced billet billet - NOUN A particular position in a designated order of importance place spot slot berth A post of employment place job office position situation spot appointment slot berth billet - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging house put up accommodate board harbor room bed domicile berth bunk quarter billeted billeted - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging housed put up accommodated boarded harbored roomed bedded domiciled berthed bunked quartered billeting billeting - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging housing putting up accommodating boarding harboring rooming bedding domiciling berthing bunking quartering billets billets - NOUN A particular position in a designated order of importance places spots slots berths A post of employment places jobs offices positions situations spots appointments slots berths billets - VERB To provide with often temporary lodging houses puts up accommodates boards harbors rooms beds domiciles berths bunks quarters billing billing - VERB To present a statement of fees or charges to invoicing billingsgate billingsgate - NOUN Harsh, often insulting language abuse railing contumely invective obloquy revilement scurrility vituperation bills bills - NOUN A precise list of fees or charges statements accounts reckonings invoices tabs A printed list of the order of events and other pertinent information for a public performance programs prospectuses syllabuses/syllabi The horny projection forming a bird's jaws beaks The projecting rim on the front of a cap peaks brims visors bills - VERB To present a statement of fees or charges to invoices binary binary - ADJ Composed of two parts or things double dual duplicate twofold duplex duple geminate bind bind - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dress bandage To impose as a duty or moral obligation charge commit pledge obligate To make fast or firmly fixed by means of a cord, rope, etc tie secure fasten knot tie up To unite or be united in a relationship join relate associate combine connect ally link affiliate conjoin binding binding - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dressing bandaging To impose as a duty or moral obligation charging committing pledging obligating To make fast or firmly fixed by means of a cord, rope, etc tying securing fastening knotting tying up To unite or be united in a relationship joining relating associating combining connecting allying linking affiliating conjoining binds binds - VERB To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dresses bandages To impose as a duty or moral obligation charges commits pledges obligates To make fast or firmly fixed by means of a cord, rope, etc ties secures fastens knots ties up To unite or be united in a relationship joins relates associates combines connects allies links affiliates conjoins binge binge - NOUN A period of uncontrolled self-indulgence spree orgy rampage fling binges binges - NOUN A period of uncontrolled self-indulgence sprees orgies rampages flings bird-dog bird-dog - VERB To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind follow trail shadow track dog bird-dogged bird-dogged - VERB To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind followed trailed shadowed tracked dogged bird-dogging bird-dogging - VERB To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind following trailing shadowing tracking dogging bird-dogs bird-dogs - VERB To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind follows trails shadows tracks dogs birth birth - NOUN One's ancestors or their character line family blood seed origin descent ancestry extraction lineage pedigree parentage genealogy bloodline The act or process of bringing forth young labor delivery childbirth childbearing lying-in parturition travail The initial stage of a developmental process spring beginning start origin onset opening dawn outset inception commencement genesis dawning nascence birthright birthright - NOUN A privilege granted a person by virtue of birth right prerogative appanage perquisite Any special privilege accorded a firstborn heritage inheritance legacy patrimony birthrights birthrights - NOUN A privilege granted a person by virtue of birth rights prerogatives appanages perquisites Any special privilege accorded a firstborn heritages inheritances legacies patrimonies births births - NOUN One's ancestors or their character lines families blood seeds origins descents ancestries extractions lineages pedigrees parentages genealogies bloodlines The act or process of bringing forth young labors deliveries childbirth childbearing lying-ins parturitions travails The initial stage of a developmental process springs beginnings starts origins onsets openings dawns outset inceptions commencements geneses dawnings nascences bit bit - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc wore/worn ate/eaten wore away/worn away gnawed eroded fretted corroded To feel or cause to feel a painful sensation of heat or discomfort burned/burnt stung smarted To seize, as food, with the teeth gnawed gnashed champed bite bite - NOUN A cutting quality edge sting incisiveness sharpness keenness A light meal snack morsel A small portion of food piece bit morsel crumb bite - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc wear eat wear away gnaw erode fret corrode To feel or cause to feel a painful sensation of heat or discomfort burn sting smart To seize, as food, with the teeth gnaw gnash champ bites bites - NOUN A cutting quality edges stings incisiveness sharpness keenness A light meal snacks morsels A small portion of food pieces morsels crumbs bites - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc wears eats wears away gnaws erodes frets corrodes To feel or cause to feel a painful sensation of heat or discomfort burns stings smarts To seize, as food, with the teeth gnaws gnashes champs biting biting - ADJ Having or suggesting keen, discerning intellect sharp acute penetrating shrewd clear-cut incisive trenchant perceptive probing So sharp as to cause mental pain penetrating incisive pungent acid vitriolic acrid truculent acerb acerbic acidic caustic cutting mordacious mordant scathing slashing stinging vituperative biting - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc wearing eating wearing away gnawing eroding fretting corroding To feel or cause to feel a painful sensation of heat or discomfort burning stinging smarting To seize, as food, with the teeth gnawing gnashing champing bitten bitten - VERB To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction, friction, etc worn eaten worn away gnawed eroded fretted corroded To feel or cause to feel a painful sensation of heat or discomfort burned/burnt stung smarted To seize, as food, with the teeth gnawed gnashed champed bitter bitter - ADJ Bitingly hostile resentful rancorous virulent acrimonious embittered Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort hard rough severe rugged harsh brutal Difficult to accept painful distasteful grievous indigestible unpalatable Having a noticeably sharp, pungent taste or smell harsh sour acrid astringent acerb acerbic Very cold icy polar frigid arctic wintry frosty boreal freezing gelid glacial bitterness bitterness - NOUN The quality or state of feeling bitter resentment gall rancor acridity acrimony resentfulness bizarre bizarre - ADJ Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense fantastic grotesque antic far-fetched Deviating from the customary strange unusual curious odd peculiar singular quaint eccentric weird queer erratic idiosyncratic freakish quirky Resembling a freak monstrous grotesque freakish freaky blab blab - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatter chat babble blabber chitchat jabber palaver prattle blab - VERB To disclose in a breach of confidence tell give away reveal let out expose betray uncover unveil divulge To engage in or spread gossip talk gossip rumor noise tattle blabbed blabbed - VERB To disclose in a breach of confidence told gave away/given away revealed let out exposed betrayed uncovered unveiled divulged To engage in or spread gossip talked gossiped rumored noised tattled blabber blabber - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatter chat babble blab chitchat jabber palaver prattle blabber - VERB To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially run on chatter babble rattle on jabber palaver prate prattle blabbered blabbered - VERB To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially ran on/run on chattered babbled rattled on jabbered palavered prated prattled blabbering blabbering - VERB To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially running on chattering babbling rattling on jabbering palavering prating prattling blabbers blabbers - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatters chats babbles blabs chitchat jabbers palavers prattles blabbers - VERB To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially runs on chatters babbles rattles on jabbers palavers prates prattles blabbing blabbing - VERB To disclose in a breach of confidence telling giving away revealing letting out exposing betraying uncovering unveiling divulging To engage in or spread gossip talking gossiping rumoring noising tattling blabby blabby - ADJ Inclined to gossip gossipy blabs blabs - NOUN Incessant and usually inconsequential talk chatters chats babbles blabbers chitchat jabbers palavers prattles blabs - VERB To disclose in a breach of confidence tells gives away reveals lets out exposes betrays uncovers unveils divulges To engage in or spread gossip talks gossips rumors noises tattles black black - ADJ Characterized by intense ill will or spite evil mean vicious wicked nasty poisonous malevolent malicious venomous malign malignant spiteful Covered or stained with dirt or other impurities dirty filthy unclean grubby grimy smutty soiled Dark and depressing cold bleak dismal dreary gloomy cheerless dispiriting glooming joyless somber Having no light dark inky pitch-dark Of the darkest achromatic visual value ebony inky jet jet-black jetty onyx pitch-black sable sooty black - VERB To make dirty soil blacken befoul smudge begrime dirty To make or receive a bruise or bruises on bruise contuse black out black out - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppress stifle ban censor hush up To suffer temporary loss of consciousness faint keel over swoon blackball blackball - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out boycott ostracize blacklist To prevent or forbid authoritatively turn down veto negative blackballed blackballed - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out boycotted ostracized blacklisted To prevent or forbid authoritatively turned down vetoed negatived blackballing blackballing - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shutting out boycotting ostracizing blacklisting To prevent or forbid authoritatively turning down vetoing negativing blackballs blackballs - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shuts out boycotts ostracizes blacklists To prevent or forbid authoritatively turns down vetoes negatives blacked blacked - VERB To make dirty soiled blackened befouled smudged begrimed dirtied To make or receive a bruise or bruises on bruised contused blacked out blacked out - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppressed stifled banned censored hushed up To suffer temporary loss of consciousness fainted keeled over swooned blacken blacken - VERB To cast aspersions on stain besmirch tarnish smear befoul sully taint besmear bespatter denigrate dirty To make dirty soil black befoul smudge begrime dirty blackened blackened - VERB To cast aspersions on stained besmirched tarnished smeared befouled sullied tainted besmeared bespattered denigrated dirtied To make dirty soiled blacked befouled smudged begrimed dirtied blackening blackening - VERB To cast aspersions on staining besmirching tarnishing smearing befouling sullying tainting besmearing bespattering denigrating dirtying To make dirty soiling blacking befouling smudging begriming dirtying blackens blackens - VERB To cast aspersions on stains besmirches tarnishes smears befouls sullies taints besmears bespatters denigrates dirties To make dirty soils blacks befouls smudges begrimes dirties blacking blacking - VERB To make dirty soiling blackening befouling smudging begriming dirtying To make or receive a bruise or bruises on bruising contusing blacking out blacking out - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppressing stifling banning censoring hushing up To suffer temporary loss of consciousness fainting keeling over swooning blacklist blacklist - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out boycott ostracize blackball blacklisted blacklisted - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out boycotted ostracized blackballed blacklisting blacklisting - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shutting out boycotting ostracizing blackballing blacklists blacklists - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shuts out boycotts ostracizes blackballs blackout blackout - NOUN A temporary loss of consciousness faint swoon blackouts blackouts - NOUN A temporary loss of consciousness faints swoons blacks blacks - VERB To make dirty soils blackens befouls smudges begrimes dirties To make or receive a bruise or bruises on bruises contuses blacks out blacks out - VERB To keep from being published or transmitted suppresses stifles bans censors hushes up To suffer temporary loss of consciousness faints keels over swoons blade blade - NOUN The cutting part of a sharp instrument edge blades blades - NOUN The cutting part of a sharp instrument edges blamable blamable - ADJ Deserving blame guilty blameworthy censurable culpable blame blame - NOUN A finding fault criticism condemnation denunciation censure reprehension reprobation Responsibility for an error or crime guilt fault onus culpability blame - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to place fix assign fasten affix impute saddle pin on To find fault with condemn criticize denounce censure fault reprobate denunciate reprehend blamed blamed - ADJ So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation damn accursed confounded cursed damned darn execrable infernal blamed - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placed fixed assigned fastened affixed imputed saddled pinned on To find fault with condemned criticized denounced censured faulted reprobated denunciated reprehended blameless blameless - ADJ Beyond reproach good exemplary irreproachable lily-white Free from guilt or blame innocent guiltless blames blames - NOUN A finding fault criticisms condemnations denunciations censures reprehensions reprobation Responsibility for an error or crime guilts faults onuses culpability blames - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to places fixes assigns fastens affixes imputes saddles pins on To find fault with condemns criticizes denounces censures faults reprobates denunciates reprehends blameworthy blameworthy - ADJ Deserving blame guilty blamable censurable culpable blaming blaming - VERB To ascribe (a misdeed, error, etc.) to placing fixing assigning fastening affixing imputing saddling pinning on To find fault with condemning criticizing denouncing censuring faulting reprobating denunciating reprehending blanch blanch - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale bleach pale etiolate blanched blanched - ADJ Lacking color pale bloodless colorless lurid pallid ashen pasty wan cadaverous livid sallow waxen ashy blanched - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale bleached paled etiolated blanches blanches - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale bleaches pales etiolates blanching blanching - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale bleaching paling etiolating bland bland - ADJ Effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner smooth suave urbane Free from severity or violence, as in movement soft smooth delicate gentle faint mild balmy Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality watery banal inane insipid driveling innocuous jejune namby-pamby vapid Without definite or distinctive characteristics neutral colorless undistinguished blandish blandish - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flatter adulate To persuade or try to persuade by gentle, persistent urging or flattery coax wheedle cajole blandished blandished - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flattered adulated To persuade or try to persuade by gentle, persistent urging or flattery coaxed wheedled cajoled blandishes blandishes - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flatters adulates To persuade or try to persuade by gentle, persistent urging or flattery coaxes wheedles cajoles blandishing blandishing - VERB To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly flattering adulating To persuade or try to persuade by gentle, persistent urging or flattery coaxing wheedling cajoling blandishment blandishment - NOUN Excessive, ingratiating praise flattery adulation blarney blandishments blandishments - NOUN Excessive, ingratiating praise flatteries adulation blarney blandness blandness - NOUN The state or quality of being insipid flatness dryness dullness banality colorlessness flavorlessness inanity insipidity insipidness vapidity blank blank - ADJ Lacking expression expressionless pokerfaced inexpressive blanket blanket - VERB To extend over the surface of cover spread over cap overlay blanketed blanketed - VERB To extend over the surface of covered spread over capped overlaid blanketing blanketing - VERB To extend over the surface of covering spreading over capping overlaying blankets blankets - VERB To extend over the surface of covers spreads over caps overlays blankness blankness - NOUN Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance vacancy emptiness hollowness barrenness vacuity blare blare - NOUN An intense, blinding light glare blaze dazzle blare - VERB To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shout scream blaze shriek blared blared - VERB To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouted screamed blazed shrieked blares blares - NOUN An intense, blinding light glares blazes dazzles blares - VERB To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouts screams blazes shrieks blaring blaring - ADJ Marked by extremely high volume and intensity of sound loud deafening roaring stentorian blaring - VERB To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouting screaming blazing shrieking blarney blarney - NOUN Excessive, ingratiating praise flattery adulation blandishment blaspheme blaspheme - VERB To use profane or obscene language damn swear curse imprecate execrate blasphemed blasphemed - VERB To use profane or obscene language damned swore/sworn cursed imprecated execrated blasphemes blasphemes - VERB To use profane or obscene language damns swears curses imprecates execrates blasphemies blasphemies - NOUN A profane or obscene term curses oaths epithets expletives invectives swears swearwords An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred violations sacrileges desecrations profanations blaspheming blaspheming - VERB To use profane or obscene language damning swearing cursing imprecating execrating blasphemous blasphemous - ADJ Showing irreverence and contempt for something sacred profane sacrilegious blasphemy blasphemy - NOUN A profane or obscene term curse oath epithet expletive invective swear swearword An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred violation sacrilege desecration profanation blast blast - NOUN A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves explosion burst detonation blowup blowout fulmination An earsplitting, explosive noise roar thunder burst boom bang blast - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roar bang thunder boom To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise go off fire blow burst explode touch off blow up detonate fulminate To spoil or destroy dash wreck blight blasted blasted - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roared banged thundered boomed To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise went off/gone off fired blew/blown burst exploded touched off blew up/blown up detonated fulminated To spoil or destroy dashed wrecked blighted blasting blasting - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roaring banging thundering booming To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise going off firing blowing bursting exploding touching off blowing up detonating fulminating To spoil or destroy dashing wrecking blighting blasts blasts - NOUN A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves explosions bursts detonations blowups blowouts fulminations An earsplitting, explosive noise roars thunders bursts booms bangs blasts - VERB To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roars bangs thunders booms To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise goes off fires blows bursts explodes touches off blows up detonates fulminates To spoil or destroy dashes wrecks blights blatant blatant - ADJ Characterized by or done without shame unabashed brazen unblushing arrant bald-faced barefaced shameless Offensively loud and insistent vociferous boisterous clamorous loudmouthed multivocal obstreperous strident blather blather - NOUN Something that does not have or make sense stuff nonsense bilge trash idiocy balderdash bunkum claptrap drivel eyewash piffle poppycock rigmarole tomfoolery twaddle Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabble babble blatherskite gibberish jabber prattle twaddle blather - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chatter babble gabble gibber jabber prate prattle blathered blathered - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chattered babbled gabbled gibbered jabbered prated prattled blathering blathering - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chattering babbling gabbling gibbering jabbering prating prattling blathers blathers - NOUN Something that does not have or make sense stuffs nonsense bilge trashes idiocy balderdash bunkum claptrap drivels eyewash piffle poppycock rigmaroles tomfooleries twaddle Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabbles babbles blatherskites gibberish jabbers prattles twaddle blathers - VERB To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly chatters babbles gabbles gibbers jabbers prates prattles blatherskite blatherskite - NOUN Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabble babble blather gibberish jabber prattle twaddle blatherskites blatherskites - NOUN Unintelligible or foolish talk nonsense double-talk gabbles babbles blathers gibberish jabbers prattles twaddle blaze blaze - NOUN An intense, blinding light glare blare dazzle The visible signs of combustion fire flame conflagration flare-up blaze - VERB To emit a bright light burn shine glow gleam radiate beam incandesce To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shout scream shriek blare To make (information) generally known advertise broadcast disseminate promulgate blazon bruit noise To undergo combustion burn flame flare combust blazed blazed - VERB To emit a bright light burned/burnt shined/shone glowed gleamed radiated beamed incandesced To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouted screamed shrieked blared To make (information) generally known advertised broadcast disseminated promulgated blazoned bruited noised To undergo combustion burned/burnt flamed flared combusted blazes blazes - NOUN An intense, blinding light glares blares dazzles The visible signs of combustion fires flames conflagrations flare-ups blazes - VERB To emit a bright light burns shines glows gleams radiates beams incandesces To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouts screams shrieks blares To make (information) generally known advertises broadcasts disseminates promulgates blazons bruits noises To undergo combustion burns flames flares combusts blazing blazing - ADJ Extremely bright brilliant dazzling glaring Fired with intense feeling passionate ardent impassioned fiery fervent torrid hot-blooded burning fervid flaming perfervid red-hot On fire fiery aflame alight afire ablaze burning flaming flaring ignited blazing - VERB To emit a bright light burning shining glowing gleaming radiating beaming incandescing To have or produce a blatantly startling effect shouting screaming shrieking blaring To make (information) generally known advertising broadcasting disseminating promulgating blazoning bruiting noising To undergo combustion burning flaming flaring combusting blazon blazon - VERB To make (information) generally known advertise blaze broadcast disseminate promulgate bruit noise blazoned blazoned - VERB To make (information) generally known advertised blazed broadcast disseminated promulgated bruited noised blazoning blazoning - VERB To make (information) generally known advertising blazing broadcasting disseminating promulgating bruiting noising blazons blazons - VERB To make (information) generally known advertises blazes broadcasts disseminates promulgates bruits noises bleach bleach - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale blanch pale etiolate bleached bleached - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale blanched paled etiolated bleaches bleaches - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale blanches pales etiolates bleaching bleaching - VERB To lose normal coloration; turn pale blanching paling etiolating bleak bleak - ADJ Cold and forbidding hard severe grim harsh austere dour Dark and depressing black cold dismal dreary gloomy cheerless dispiriting glooming joyless somber blear blear - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscure shadow blur cloud dull eclipse befog fog haze mist becloud dim gloom obfuscate bleared bleared - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscured shadowed blurred clouded dulled eclipsed befogged fogged hazed misted beclouded dimmed gloomed obfuscated blearing blearing - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscuring shadowing blurring clouding dulling eclipsing befogging fogging hazing misting beclouding dimming glooming obfuscating blears blears - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscures shadows blurs clouds dulls eclipses befogs fogs hazes mists beclouds dims glooms obfuscates bleary bleary - ADJ Extremely tired weary worn-out tired out dog-tired drained exhausted fatigued wearied worn worn-down Not clearly perceived or perceptible faint vague dim obscure fuzzy indefinite foggy hazy misty cloudy unclear indistinct shadowy vaporous bled bled - VERB To flow or leak out slowly wept transpired seeped oozed exuded leached percolated bleed bleed - VERB To flow or leak out slowly weep transpire seep ooze exude leach percolate bleeding bleeding - VERB To flow or leak out slowly weeping transpiring seeping oozing exuding leaching percolating bleeds bleeds - VERB To flow or leak out slowly weeps transpires seeps oozes exudes leaches percolates blemish blemish - NOUN A mark of discredit or disgrace spot stain blot onus stigma taint tarnish Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure fault defect shortcoming flaw imperfection blemish - VERB To spoil the soundness or perfection of hurt injure damage impair mar prejudice harm tarnish vitiate blemished blemished - VERB To spoil the soundness or perfection of hurt injured damaged impaired marred prejudiced harmed tarnished vitiated blemishes blemishes - NOUN A mark of discredit or disgrace spots stains blots onuses stigmata/stigmas taints tarnishes Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure faults defects shortcomings flaws imperfections blemishes - VERB To spoil the soundness or perfection of hurts injures damages impairs mars prejudices harms tarnishes vitiates blemishing blemishing - VERB To spoil the soundness or perfection of hurting injuring damaging impairing marring prejudicing harming tarnishing vitiating blench blench - VERB To draw away involuntarily, usually due to fear or disgust start shrink shy wince recoil flinch quail blenched blenched - VERB To draw away involuntarily, usually due to fear or disgust started shrank/shrunk shied winced recoiled flinched quailed blenches blenches - VERB To draw away involuntarily, usually due to fear or disgust starts shrinks shies winces recoils flinches quails blenching blenching - VERB To draw away involuntarily, usually due to fear or disgust starting shrinking shying wincing recoiling flinching quailing blend blend - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixture compound fusion mix amalgamation admixture amalgam blend - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect arrange coordinate integrate unify synthesize harmonize orchestrate To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combine mix stir merge compound mingle fuse admix amalgamate commingle commix intermingle intermix blended blended - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect arranged coordinated integrated unified synthesized harmonized orchestrated To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combined mixed stirred merged compounded mingled fused admixed amalgamated commingled commixed intermingled intermixed blending blending - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect arranging coordinating integrating unifying synthesizing harmonizing orchestrating To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combining mixing stirring merging compounding mingling fusing admixing amalgamating commingling commixing intermingling intermixing blends blends - NOUN Something produced by mixing mixtures compounds fusions mixes amalgamations admixtures amalgams blends - VERB To combine and adapt in order to attain a particular effect arranges coordinates integrates unifies synthesizes harmonizes orchestrates To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous combines mixes stirs merges compounds mingles fuses admixes amalgamates commingles commixes intermingles intermixes bless bless - VERB To feel and express gratitude to thank To make sacred by a religious rite hallow sanctify consecrate blessed blessed - ADJ Regarded with particular reverence or respect holy sacred sacrosanct hallowed sanctified blessed - VERB To feel and express gratitude to thanked To make sacred by a religious rite hallowed sanctified consecrated blessedness blessedness - NOUN A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits joy happiness cheer cheerfulness gladness beatitude The quality of being holy or sacred sacredness sanctity holiness blesses blesses - VERB To feel and express gratitude to thanks To make sacred by a religious rite hallows sanctifies consecrates blessing blessing - NOUN A short prayer said at meals grace thanksgiving benediction thanks Something beneficial advantage benefit gain favor profit boon blessing - VERB To feel and express gratitude to thanking To make sacred by a religious rite hallowing sanctifying consecrating blessings blessings - NOUN A short prayer said at meals graces thanksgiving benedictions thanks Something beneficial advantages benefits gains favors profits boons blew blew - VERB To be in a state of motion, as air puffed To breathe hard gasped heaved panted puffed huffed To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise went off fired burst exploded touched off blasted blew up detonated fulminated blew out blew out - VERB To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst exploded popped blew up blew up blew up - VERB To be or become angry burned/burnt exploded raged bristled fumed flared up seethed To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst exploded popped blew out To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise went off fired blew burst exploded touched off blasted detonated fulminated blight blight - VERB To spoil or destroy dash wreck blast blighted blighted - VERB To spoil or destroy dashed wrecked blasted blighting blighting - VERB To spoil or destroy dashing wrecking blasting blights blights - VERB To spoil or destroy dashes wrecks blasts blind blind - ADJ Screened from the view of oncoming drivers concealed hidden Unwilling or unable to perceive dull purblind uncomprehending Without the sense of sight sightless unseeing blind - NOUN A shelter for concealing hunters stand blind - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzle daze bedazzle blinded blinded - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzled dazed bedazzled blinding blinding - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzling dazing bedazzling blindness blindness - NOUN The condition of not being able to see sightlessness blinds blinds - NOUN A shelter for concealing hunters stands blinds - VERB To confuse with bright light dazzles dazes bedazzles blink blink - NOUN A brief closing of the eyes wink A sudden quick light glance flash spark wink gleam glimmer twinkle glint flicker coruscation blink - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly bat wink To shine with intermittent gleams flash wink flicker twinkle glimmer coruscate blink at blink at - VERB To pretend not to see ignore pass over wink at connive at blinked blinked - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly batted winked To shine with intermittent gleams flashed winked flickered twinkled glimmered coruscated blinked at blinked at - VERB To pretend not to see ignored passed over winked at connived at blinking blinking - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly batting winking To shine with intermittent gleams flashing winking flickering twinkling glimmering coruscating blinking at blinking at - VERB To pretend not to see ignoring passing over winking at conniving at blinks blinks - NOUN A brief closing of the eyes winks A sudden quick light glances flashes sparks winks gleams glimmers twinkles glints flickers coruscations blinks - VERB To open and close the eyes rapidly bats winks To shine with intermittent gleams flashes winks flickers twinkles glimmers coruscates blinks at blinks at - VERB To pretend not to see ignores passes over winks at connives at blister blister - VERB To criticize harshly and devastatingly score slash slap lash scorch excoriate scathe drub flay scourge blistered blistered - VERB To criticize harshly and devastatingly scored slashed slapped lashed scorched excoriated scathed drubbed flayed scourged blistering blistering - ADJ Marked by much heat hot ardent fiery torrid sultry boiling broiling burning heated red-hot scalding scorching sizzling sweltering blistering - VERB To criticize harshly and devastatingly scoring slashing slapping lashing scorching excoriating scathing drubbing flaying scourging blisters blisters - VERB To criticize harshly and devastatingly scores slashes slaps lashes scorches excoriates scathes drubs flays scourges blithe blithe - ADJ Characterized by joyful exuberance gay merry jolly lighthearted festive gleeful jocund jovial mirthful Free from care or worry light carefree lighthearted debonair sprightly bloated bloated - ADJ Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance pretentious grandiose pompous puffy stuffy puffed-up self-important bloc bloc - NOUN A group of individuals united in a common cause party combination ring coalition faction combine cartel block block - NOUN Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage wall bar stop barrier obstacle barricade hurdle hindrance impediment snag obstruction traverse block - VERB To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container stop fill close choke clog plug congest To stop or prevent passage of bar obstruct impede block out block out - VERB To cut off from sight close hide obscure obstruct screen shut out shroud To draw up a preliminary plan or version of outline sketch draft rough in rough out blockade blockade - VERB To surround with hostile troops beset besiege beleaguer siege blockaded blockaded - VERB To surround with hostile troops beset besieged beleaguered sieged blockades blockades - VERB To surround with hostile troops besets besieges beleaguers sieges blockading blockading - VERB To surround with hostile troops besetting besieging beleaguering sieging blocked blocked - VERB To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container stopped filled closed choked clogged plugged congested To stop or prevent passage of barred obstructed impeded blocked out blocked out - VERB To cut off from sight closed hid/hidden obscured obstructed screened shut out shrouded To draw up a preliminary plan or version of outlined sketched drafted roughed in roughed out blocking blocking - VERB To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container stopping filling closing choking clogging plugging congesting To stop or prevent passage of barring obstructing impeding blocking out blocking out - VERB To cut off from sight closing hiding obscuring obstructing screening shutting out shrouding To draw up a preliminary plan or version of outlining sketching drafting roughing in roughing out blocks blocks - NOUN Anything that impedes or prevents entry or passage walls bars stops barriers obstacles barricades hurdles hindrances impediments snags obstructions traverses blocks - VERB To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container stops fills closes chokes clogs plugs congests To stop or prevent passage of bars obstructs impedes blocks out blocks out - VERB To cut off from sight closes hides obscures obstructs screens shuts out shrouds To draw up a preliminary plan or version of outlines sketches drafts roughs in roughs out blocs blocs - NOUN A group of individuals united in a common cause parties combinations rings coalitions factions combines cartels blond blond - ADJ Having light hair fair fair-haired towheaded blood blood - NOUN One's ancestors or their character line family seed birth origin descent ancestry extraction lineage pedigree parentage genealogy bloodline bloodcurdling bloodcurdling - ADJ Causing great horror horrible horrifying terrifying hair-raising horrid horrific bloodied bloodied - VERB To cover with blood imbrued bloodies bloodies - VERB To cover with blood imbrues bloodless bloodless - ADJ Being weak in quality or substance pale pallid watery anemic Lacking color pale colorless lurid pallid ashen pasty wan cadaverous livid sallow waxen ashy blanched Lacking passion and emotion hard dull insensitive bloodletting bloodletting - NOUN The savage killing of many victims slaughter butchery bloodshed pogrom massacre carnage bloodlettings bloodlettings - NOUN The savage killing of many victims slaughters butcheries bloodshed pogroms massacres carnage bloodline bloodline - NOUN One's ancestors or their character line family blood seed birth origin descent ancestry extraction lineage pedigree parentage genealogy bloodlines bloodlines - NOUN One's ancestors or their character lines families blood seeds births origins descents ancestries extractions lineages pedigrees parentages genealogies bloodshed bloodshed - NOUN The savage killing of many victims slaughter butchery pogrom massacre bloodletting carnage bloodstained bloodstained - ADJ Of or covered with blood bloody ensanguined gory bloodsucker bloodsucker - NOUN One who depends on another for support without reciprocating sponge parasite hanger-on barnacle leech bloodsuckers bloodsuckers - NOUN One who depends on another for support without reciprocating sponges parasites hangers-on barnacles leeches bloodsucking bloodsucking - ADJ Of or characteristic of a parasite parasitic bloodthirsty bloodthirsty - ADJ Eager for bloodshed bloody fierce murderous ferocious homicidal cutthroat sanguinary bloody bloody - ADJ Attended by or causing bloodshed sanguinary Eager for bloodshed fierce murderous ferocious homicidal bloodthirsty cutthroat sanguinary Of or covered with blood bloodstained ensanguined gory bloody - VERB To cover with blood imbrue bloodying bloodying - VERB To cover with blood imbruing bloom bloom - NOUN A condition or time of vigor and freshness flower blossom flush prime efflorescence florescence A fresh, rosy complexion glow flush blush The showy reproductive structure of a plant flower blossom floret bloom - VERB To bear flowers flower burgeon blossom effloresce To grow rapidly and luxuriantly flourish thrive blossom bloomed bloomed - VERB To bear flowers flowered burgeoned blossomed effloresced To grow rapidly and luxuriantly flourished thrived/throve blossomed blooming blooming - ADJ Bright and clear; not dull or faded fresh creamy glowing peaches-and-cream Of a healthy, reddish color rosy florid ruddy rubicund flushed full-blooded glowing sanguine blooming - VERB To bear flowers flowering burgeoning blossoming efflorescing To grow rapidly and luxuriantly flourishing thriving blossoming blooms blooms - NOUN A condition or time of vigor and freshness flowers blossoms flushes primes efflorescences florescences A fresh, rosy complexion glows flushes blushes The showy reproductive structure of a plant flowers blossoms florets blooms - VERB To bear flowers flowers burgeons blossoms effloresces To grow rapidly and luxuriantly flourishes thrives blossoms blossom blossom - NOUN A condition or time of vigor and freshness flower bloom flush prime efflorescence florescence The showy reproductive structure of a plant flower bloom floret blossom - VERB To bear flowers bloom flower burgeon effloresce To grow rapidly and luxuriantly bloom flourish thrive blossomed blossomed - VERB To bear flowers bloomed flowered burgeoned effloresced To grow rapidly and luxuriantly bloomed flourished thrived/throve blossoming blossoming - VERB To bear flowers blooming flowering burgeoning efflorescing To grow rapidly and luxuriantly blooming flourishing thriving blossoms blossoms - NOUN A condition or time of vigor and freshness flowers blooms flushes primes efflorescences florescences The showy reproductive structure of a plant flowers blooms florets blossoms - VERB To bear flowers blooms flowers burgeons effloresces To grow rapidly and luxuriantly blooms flourishes thrives blot blot - NOUN A discolored mark made by smearing smear splotch blotch dab daub smirch smudge A mark of discredit or disgrace spot stain blemish onus stigma taint tarnish blot out blot out - VERB To destroy all traces of remove clear abolish liquidate erase exterminate wipe out rub out obliterate eradicate extinguish extirpate stamp out root out annihilate uproot snuff out To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean cancel strike out undo cross out erase wipe out rub out scratch out expunge annul x out blotch blotch - NOUN A discolored mark made by smearing blot smear splotch dab daub smirch smudge blotches blotches - NOUN A discolored mark made by smearing blots smears splotches dabs daubs smirches smudges blots blots - NOUN A discolored mark made by smearing smears splotches blotches dabs daubs smirches smudges A mark of discredit or disgrace spots stains blemishes onuses stigmata/stigmas taints tarnishes blots out blots out - VERB To destroy all traces of removes clears abolishes liquidates erases exterminates wipes out rubs out obliterates eradicates extinguishes extirpates stamps out roots out annihilates uproots snuffs out To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean cancels strikes out undoes crosses out erases wipes out rubs out scratches out expunges annuls xes out blotted out blotted out - VERB To destroy all traces of removed cleared abolished liquidated erased exterminated wiped out rubbed out obliterated eradicated extinguished extirpated stamped out rooted out annihilated uprooted snuffed out To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean canceled struck out undid/undone crossed out erased wiped out rubbed out scratched out expunged annulled xed out blotting out blotting out - VERB To destroy all traces of removing clearing abolishing liquidating erasing exterminating wiping out rubbing out obliterating eradicating extinguishing extirpating stamping out rooting out annihilating uprooting snuffing out To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean canceling striking out undoing crossing out erasing wiping out rubbing out scratching out expunging annulling xing out blow blow - NOUN A natural movement or current of air air wind breeze gust zephyr A sudden sharp, powerful stroke pound hit crack bang clout thwack whack lick smack swat Something that jars the mind or emotions shock jolt trauma blow - VERB To be in a state of motion, as air puff To breathe hard gasp heave pant puff huff To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise go off fire burst explode touch off blast blow up detonate fulminate blow out blow out - VERB To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst explode pop blow up blow up blow up - VERB To be or become angry burn explode rage bristle fume flare up seethe To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst explode pop blow out To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise go off fire blow burst explode touch off blast detonate fulminate blow-by-blow blow-by-blow - ADJ Characterized by attention to detail full particular thorough minute circumstantial detailed itemized particularized blowing blowing - VERB To be in a state of motion, as air puffing To breathe hard gasping heaving panting puffing huffing To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise going off firing bursting exploding touching off blasting blowing up detonating fulminating blowing out blowing out - VERB To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure bursting exploding popping blowing up blowing up blowing up - VERB To be or become angry burning exploding raging bristling fuming flaring up seething To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure bursting exploding popping blowing out To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise going off firing blowing bursting exploding touching off blasting detonating fulminating blown blown - VERB To be in a state of motion, as air puffed To breathe hard gasped heaved panted puffed huffed To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise gone off fired burst exploded touched off blasted blown up detonated fulminated blown out blown out - VERB To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst exploded popped blown up blown up blown up - VERB To be or become angry burned/burnt exploded raged bristled fumed flared up seethed To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure burst exploded popped blown out To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise gone off fired blown burst exploded touched off blasted detonated fulminated blowout blowout - NOUN A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves blast explosion burst detonation blowup fulmination blowouts blowouts - NOUN A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves blasts explosions bursts detonations blowups fulminations blows blows - NOUN A natural movement or current of air airs winds breezes gusts zephyrs A sudden sharp, powerful stroke pounds hits cracks bangs clouts thwacks whacks licks smacks swats Something that jars the mind or emotions shocks jolts traumata/traumas blows - VERB To be in a state of motion, as air puffs To breathe hard gasps heaves pants puffs huffs To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise goes off fires bursts explodes touches off blasts blows up detonates fulminates blows out blows out - VERB To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure bursts explodes pops blows up blows up blows up - VERB To be or become angry burns explodes rages bristles fumes flares up seethes To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure bursts explodes pops blows out To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise goes off fires blows bursts explodes touches off blasts detonates fulminates blowup blowup - NOUN A sudden, violent expression, as of emotion fit explosion burst outburst outbreak gust eruption flare-up A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves blast explosion burst detonation blowout fulmination blowups blowups - NOUN A sudden, violent expression, as of emotion fits explosions bursts outbursts outbreaks gusts eruptions flare-ups A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves blasts explosions bursts detonations blowouts fulminations blubber blubber - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cry weep wail howl bawl sob keen boohoo blubbered blubbered - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cried wept wailed howled bawled sobbed keened boohooed blubbering blubbering - NOUN A fit of crying weeping bawling tears wailing blubbering - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears crying weeping wailing howling bawling sobbing keening boohooing blubberings blubberings - NOUN A fit of crying weeping bawlings tears wailings blubbers blubbers - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cries weeps wails howls bawls sobs keens boohoos bludgeon bludgeon - VERB To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of threats, force, etc threaten intimidate bully browbeat bulldoze cow hector bludgeoned bludgeoned - VERB To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of threats, force, etc threatened intimidated bullied browbeat/browbeaten bulldozed cowed hectored bludgeoning bludgeoning - VERB To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of threats, force, etc threatening intimidating bullying browbeating bulldozing cowing hectoring bludgeons bludgeons - VERB To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of threats, force, etc threatens intimidates bullies browbeats bulldozes cows hectors blue blue - ADJ Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety broad suggestive dubious salty racy off-color scabrous spicy risque blue-blooded blue-blooded - ADJ Of high birth or social position noble aristocratic highborn highbred patrician thoroughbred well-born blue-chip blue-chip - ADJ Being among the leaders of a particular class major major-league blue-eyed blue-eyed - ADJ Given special, usually doting treatment dear favorite precious beloved darling fair-haired favored loved pet blue-ribbon blue-ribbon - ADJ Exceptionally good of its kind great fine excellent superior prime splendid sovereign superb first-class first-rate capital champion tiptop top topflight bluenose bluenose - NOUN A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous prude puritan Victorian bluenoses bluenoses - NOUN A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous prudes puritans Victorians blueprint blueprint - NOUN A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something idea plan project design scheme strategy layout schema blueprint - VERB To form a strategy for plan design project cast devise frame draw up chart contrive To work out and arrange the parts or details of plan design set out lay out map blueprinted blueprinted - VERB To form a strategy for planned designed projected cast devised framed drew up/drawn up charted contrived To work out and arrange the parts or details of planned designed set out laid out mapped blueprinting blueprinting - VERB To form a strategy for planning designing projecting casting devising framing drawing up charting contriving To work out and arrange the parts or details of planning designing setting out laying out mapping blueprints blueprints - NOUN A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something ideas plans projects designs schemes strategies layouts schemata blueprints - VERB To form a strategy for plans designs projects casts devises frames draws up charts contrives To work out and arrange the parts or details of plans designs sets out lays out maps bluff bluff - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation have take in betray mislead fool deceive delude beguile trick dupe cozen hoodwink humbug bluffed bluffed - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation had took in/taken in betrayed misled fooled deceived deluded beguiled tricked duped cozened hoodwinked humbugged bluffing bluffing - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation having taking in betraying misleading fooling deceiving deluding beguiling tricking duping cozening hoodwinking humbugging bluffs bluffs - VERB To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation has takes in betrays misleads fools deceives deludes beguiles tricks dupes cozens hoodwinks humbugs blunder blunder - NOUN A stupid, clumsy mistake trip fumble bungle miscue stumble blunder - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoil fumble boggle bungle mismanage muddle mess up muck up botch mishandle muff To move awkwardly or clumsily stumble lurch wallow bumble blundered blundered - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiled/spoilt fumbled boggled bungled mismanaged muddled messed up mucked up botched mishandled muffed To move awkwardly or clumsily stumbled lurched wallowed bumbled blunderer blunderer - NOUN A stupid, clumsy person bungler fumbler blunderers blunderers - NOUN A stupid, clumsy person bunglers fumblers blundering blundering - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiling fumbling boggling bungling mismanaging muddling messing up mucking up botching mishandling muffing To move awkwardly or clumsily stumbling lurching wallowing bumbling blunders blunders - NOUN A stupid, clumsy mistake trips fumbles bungles miscues stumbles blunders - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoils fumbles boggles bungles mismanages muddles messes up mucks up botches mishandles muffs To move awkwardly or clumsily stumbles lurches wallows bumbles blunt blunt - ADJ Not physically sharp or keen dull Rudely unceremonious short brief abrupt gruff curt snippy brusque short-spoken snippety blunt - VERB To make or become less sharp-edged turn dull To render less sensitive dull numb deaden desensitize benumb blunted blunted - VERB To make or become less sharp-edged turned dulled To render less sensitive dulled numbed deadened desensitized benumbed blunting blunting - VERB To make or become less sharp-edged turning dulling To render less sensitive dulling numbing deadening desensitizing benumbing blunts blunts - VERB To make or become less sharp-edged turns dulls To render less sensitive dulls numbs deadens desensitizes benumbs blur blur - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscure shadow cloud dull eclipse befog fog haze mist becloud blear dim gloom obfuscate blurred blurred - ADJ Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film dim hazy misty filmy beclouded blurred - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscured shadowed clouded dulled eclipsed befogged fogged hazed misted beclouded bleared dimmed gloomed obfuscated blurring blurring - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscuring shadowing clouding dulling eclipsing befogging fogging hazing misting beclouding blearing dimming glooming obfuscating blurs blurs - VERB To make dim or indistinct obscures shadows clouds dulls eclipses befogs fogs hazes mists beclouds blears dims glooms obfuscates blurt blurt - VERB To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion cry exclaim ejaculate rap out blurted blurted - VERB To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion cried exclaimed ejaculated rapped out blurting blurting - VERB To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion crying exclaiming ejaculating rapping out blurts blurts - VERB To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion cries exclaims ejaculates raps out blush blush - NOUN A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth glow flush radiance A fresh, rosy complexion glow bloom flush blush - VERB To become red in the face color flush crimson redden mantle blushed blushed - VERB To become red in the face colored flushed crimsoned reddened mantled blushes blushes - NOUN A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth glows flushes radiances A fresh, rosy complexion glows blooms flushes blushes - VERB To become red in the face colors flushes crimsons reddens mantles blushing blushing - VERB To become red in the face coloring flushing crimsoning reddening mantling bluster bluster - VERB To speak or say very loudly call shout cry yell roar bellow holler clamor bawl halloo blustered blustered - VERB To speak or say very loudly called shouted cried yelled roared bellowed hollered clamored bawled hallooed blustering blustering - VERB To speak or say very loudly calling shouting crying yelling roaring bellowing hollering clamoring bawling hallooing blusters blusters - VERB To speak or say very loudly calls shouts cries yells roars bellows hollers clamors bawls halloos board board - VERB To go aboard (a means of transport) take catch To provide with often temporary lodging house put up accommodate harbor room bed domicile berth billet bunk quarter boarded boarded - VERB To go aboard (a means of transport) took/taken caught To provide with often temporary lodging housed put up accommodated harbored roomed bedded domiciled berthed billeted bunked quartered boarding boarding - VERB To go aboard (a means of transport) taking catching To provide with often temporary lodging housing putting up accommodating harboring rooming bedding domiciling berthing billeting bunking quartering boards boards - NOUN The raised platform on which theatrical performances are given stage proscenium boards - VERB To go aboard (a means of transport) takes catches To provide with often temporary lodging houses puts up accommodates harbors rooms beds domiciles berths billets bunks quarters boast boast - NOUN An act of boasting brag braggadocio rodomontade boast - VERB To be possessed of have hold enjoy possess command To talk with excessive pride crow brag vaunt boasted boasted - VERB To be possessed of had held enjoyed possessed commanded To talk with excessive pride crew/crowed bragged vaunted boaster boaster - NOUN One given to boasting braggart bragger boasters boasters - NOUN One given to boasting braggarts braggers boastful boastful - ADJ Characterized by or given to boasting vain ostentatious vaunting boasting boasting - VERB To be possessed of having holding enjoying possessing commanding To talk with excessive pride crowing bragging vaunting boasts boasts - NOUN An act of boasting brags braggadocios rodomontades boasts - VERB To be possessed of has holds enjoys possesses commands To talk with excessive pride crows brags vaunts bodies bodies - NOUN A group of people organized for a particular purpose forces units teams corps crews detachments A measurable whole amounts quantities bulks quanta corpora/corpuses A number of entities making up or considered a unit groups lots sets collections bundles clusters arrays knots clumps clutches batches A number of persons who have come or been gathered together groups companies meetings troops congregations crowds assemblies gatherings assemblages convocations congresses conclaves musters A separate and distinct portion of matter objects masses The main part substances bulks corpora/corpuses The physical frame of a dead person or animal corpses remains carcasses corpora/corpuses cadavers bodiless bodiless - ADJ Having no body, form, or substance spiritual metaphysical immaterial insubstantial disembodied incorporeal nonphysical unsubstantial bodily bodily - ADJ Of or pertaining to the human body personal physical somatic corporeal corporal fleshly body body - NOUN A group of people organized for a particular purpose force unit team corps crew detachment A measurable whole amount quantity bulk quantum corpus A number of entities making up or considered a unit group lot set collection bundle cluster array knot clump clutch batch A number of persons who have come or been gathered together group company meeting troop congregation crowd assembly gathering assemblage convocation congress conclave muster A separate and distinct portion of matter object mass The main part substance bulk corpus The physical frame of a dead person or animal corpse remains carcass corpus cadaver bog bog - VERB To interfere with the progress of hold back retard obstruct hamper hinder impede encumber bogged bogged - VERB To interfere with the progress of held back retarded obstructed hampered hindered impeded encumbered bogging bogging - VERB To interfere with the progress of holding back retarding obstructing hampering hindering impeding encumbering boggle boggle - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoil fumble blunder bungle mismanage muddle mess up muck up botch mishandle muff To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment stagger bowl over dumfound flabbergast floor boggled boggled - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiled/spoilt fumbled blundered bungled mismanaged muddled messed up mucked up botched mishandled muffed To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggered bowled over dumfounded flabbergasted floored boggles boggles - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoils fumbles blunders bungles mismanages muddles messes up mucks up botches mishandles muffs To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggers bowls over dumfounds flabbergasts floors boggling boggling - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiling fumbling blundering bungling mismanaging muddling messing up mucking up botching mishandling muffing To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggering bowling over dumfounding flabbergasting flooring bogies bogies - NOUN A supernatural being spirits shadows shades ghosts specters apparitions phantoms phantasms revenants spooks visitants wraiths bogs bogs - VERB To interfere with the progress of holds back retards obstructs hampers hinders impedes encumbers bogus bogus - ADJ Fraudulently or deceptively imitative false fake spurious counterfeit pseudo ersatz fraudulent sham bogy bogy - NOUN A supernatural being spirit shadow shade ghost specter apparition phantom phantasm revenant spook visitant wraith boil boil - VERB To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil burn bubble simmer ferment smolder churn moil seethe To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming simmer parboil stew boil away boil away - VERB To pass off as vapor, especially due to being heated evaporate vaporize volatilize boil down boil down - VERB To reduce in complexity or scope simplify boiled boiled - VERB To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil burned/burnt bubbled simmered fermented smoldered churned moiled seethed To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming simmered parboiled stewed boiled away boiled away - VERB To pass off as vapor, especially due to being heated evaporated vaporized volatilized boiled down boiled down - VERB To reduce in complexity or scope simplified boiling boiling - ADJ Marked by much heat hot ardent fiery torrid sultry blistering broiling burning heated red-hot scalding scorching sizzling sweltering boiling - VERB To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil burning bubbling simmering fermenting smoldering churning moiling seething To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming simmering parboiling stewing boiling away boiling away - VERB To pass off as vapor, especially due to being heated evaporating vaporizing volatilizing boiling down boiling down - VERB To reduce in complexity or scope simplifying boils boils - VERB To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil burns bubbles simmers ferments smolders churns moils seethes To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming simmers parboils stews boils away boils away - VERB To pass off as vapor, especially due to being heated evaporates vaporizes volatilizes boils down boils down - VERB To reduce in complexity or scope simplifies boisterous boisterous - ADJ Offensively loud and insistent vociferous blatant clamorous loudmouthed multivocal obstreperous strident bold bold - ADJ Having or showing courage brave heroic fearless gallant courageous unafraid dauntless stout intrepid mettlesome undaunted valiant audacious doughty game plucky stouthearted valorous Marked by boldness and assertiveness aggressive assertive audacious daring Rude and disrespectful smart forward presumptuous impudent insolent pert brazen impertinent saucy audacious boldfaced cheeky contumelious sassy So sharply inclined as to be almost perpendicular abrupt sheer steep arduous precipitate precipitous Standing out prominently prominent conspicuous pronounced Taking or willing to take risks adventurous venturesome adventuresome audacious daring venturous boldfaced boldfaced - ADJ Rude and disrespectful bold smart forward presumptuous impudent insolent pert brazen impertinent saucy audacious cheeky contumelious sassy boldness boldness - NOUN The state or quality of being impudent cheek gall insolence audacity disrespect brazenness impudence rudeness effrontery forwardness impertinence sauciness Willingness to take risks audacity daring adventurousness bolster bolster - VERB To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty support sustain uphold prop buoy up bolstered bolstered - VERB To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty supported sustained upheld propped buoyed up bolstering bolstering - VERB To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty supporting sustaining upholding propping buoying up bolsters bolsters - VERB To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty supports sustains upholds props buoys up bolt bolt - NOUN A sudden and involuntary movement start jump startle bolt - VERB To leave hastily run get out fly flee To move suddenly and involuntarily start jump startle To move swiftly run shoot fly hurry rush sail race dash hasten dart scoot scurry bustle pelt sprint flit festinate rocket To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts gobble gulp guzzle engorge swill wolf bolted bolted - VERB To leave hastily ran/run got out/gotten out flew/flown fled To move suddenly and involuntarily started jumped startled To move swiftly ran/run shot flew/flown hurried rushed sailed raced dashed hastened darted scooted scurried bustled pelted sprinted flitted festinated rocketed To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts gobbled gulped guzzled engorged swilled wolfed bolting bolting - VERB To leave hastily running getting out flying fleeing To move suddenly and involuntarily starting jumping startling To move swiftly running shooting flying hurrying rushing sailing racing dashing hastening darting scooting scurrying bustling pelting sprinting flitting festinating rocketing To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts gobbling gulping guzzling engorging swilling wolfing bolts bolts - NOUN A sudden and involuntary movement starts jumps startles bolts - VERB To leave hastily runs gets out flies flees To move suddenly and involuntarily starts jumps startles To move swiftly runs shoots flies hurries rushes sails races dashes hastens darts scoots scurries bustles pelts sprints flits festinates rockets To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts gobbles gulps guzzles engorges swills wolfs bombard bombard - VERB To direct a barrage at shower pepper barrage cannonade bombarded bombarded - VERB To direct a barrage at showered peppered barraged cannonaded bombarding bombarding - VERB To direct a barrage at showering peppering barraging cannonading bombardment bombardment - NOUN A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows storm shower burst volley barrage hail salvo fusillade cannonade bombardments bombardments - NOUN A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows storms showers bursts volleys barrages hails salvos fusillades cannonades bombards bombards - VERB To direct a barrage at showers peppers barrages cannonades bombastic bombastic - ADJ Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style declamatory grandiloquent sonorous aureate fustian high-flown magniloquent orotund rhetorical bond bond - NOUN A legally binding arrangement between parties agreement contract convention pact compact covenant Something that physically confines the legs or arms chain restraint shackle fetter irons manacle trammel That which unites or binds connection tie link knot linkage yoke ligament ligature nexus The close physical union of two objects cohesion adhesion The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith love tie loyalty affection devotion attachment fondness bond - VERB To hold fast to stick cling adhere cleave cohere bonded bonded - VERB To hold fast to stuck clung adhered cleaved/cleft cohered bonding bonding - VERB To hold fast to sticking clinging adhering cleaving cohering bonds bonds - NOUN A legally binding arrangement between parties agreements contracts conventions pacts compacts covenants Something that physically confines the legs or arms chains restraints shackles fetters irons manacles trammels That which unites or binds connections ties links knots linkages yokes ligaments ligatures nexuses The close physical union of two objects cohesions adhesions The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith loves ties loyalties affections devotions attachments fondness bonds - VERB To hold fast to sticks clings adheres cleaves coheres bondsman bondsman - NOUN One who posts bond bail bondsmen bondsmen - NOUN One who posts bond bails bone up bone up - VERB To study hard, especially when pressed for time grind cram bone-dry bone-dry - ADJ Having little or no liquid or moisture dry arid anhydrous dehydrated desiccated parched waterless boned up boned up - VERB To study hard, especially when pressed for time ground crammed bones up bones up - VERB To study hard, especially when pressed for time grinds crams bong bong - VERB To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound strike ring toll chime knell peal bonged bonged - VERB To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound struck rang/rung tolled chimed knelled pealed bonging bonging - VERB To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound striking ringing tolling chiming knelling pealing bongs bongs - VERB To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound strikes rings tolls chimes knells peals boning up boning up - VERB To study hard, especially when pressed for time grinding cramming bonus bonus - NOUN A sum of money offered for a special service, as the apprehension of a criminal reward bounty bonuses bonuses - NOUN A sum of money offered for a special service, as the apprehension of a criminal rewards bounties bony bony - ADJ Having little flesh or fat on the body thin slender angular spare lean skinny gaunt meager scrawny lanky rawboned fleshless twiggy boo boo - NOUN Any derisive sound of disapproval hoot hiss catcall boohoo boohoo - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cry weep wail howl bawl sob keen blubber boohooed boohooed - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cried wept wailed howled bawled sobbed keened blubbered boohooing boohooing - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears crying weeping wailing howling bawling sobbing keening blubbering boohoos boohoos - VERB To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears cries weeps wails howls bawls sobs keens blubbers book book - NOUN A printed and bound work volume tome book - VERB To claim in advance engage reserve bespeak pre-empt To register in or as if in a book list enroll inscribe catalogue booked booked - VERB To claim in advance engaged reserved bespoke/bespoken pre-empted To register in or as if in a book listed enrolled inscribed catalogued booking booking - VERB To claim in advance engaging reserving bespeaking pre-empting To register in or as if in a book listing enrolling inscribing cataloguing bookish bookish - ADJ Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters academic scholastic pedantic donnish formalistic inkhorn Devoted to study or reading scholarly studious books books - NOUN A printed and bound work volumes tomes books - VERB To claim in advance engages reserves bespeaks pre-empts To register in or as if in a book lists enrolls inscribes catalogues boom boom - NOUN An earsplitting, explosive noise blast roar thunder burst bang boom - VERB To fare well flourish thrive prosper To make a continuous deep, reverberating sound roll grumble growl rumble To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roar bang blast thunder boomed boomed - VERB To fare well flourished thrived/throve prospered To make a continuous deep, reverberating sound rolled grumbled growled rumbled To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roared banged blasted thundered boomerang boomerang - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounce back rebound backfire boomeranged boomeranged - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounced back rebounded backfired boomeranging boomeranging - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bouncing back rebounding backfiring boomerangs boomerangs - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result bounces back rebounds backfires booming booming - ADJ Improving, growing, or succeeding steadily healthy prosperous flourishing prospering roaring robust thriving booming - VERB To fare well flourishing thriving prospering To make a continuous deep, reverberating sound rolling grumbling growling rumbling To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roaring banging blasting thundering booms booms - NOUN An earsplitting, explosive noise blasts roars thunders bursts bangs booms - VERB To fare well flourishes thrives prospers To make a continuous deep, reverberating sound rolls grumbles growls rumbles To make an earsplitting, explosive noise roars bangs blasts thunders boon boon - NOUN Something beneficial advantage benefit gain favor profit blessing boons boons - NOUN Something beneficial advantages benefits gains favors profits blessings boor boor - NOUN An unrefined, rude person barbarian churl Philistine vulgarian yahoo boorish boorish - ADJ Lacking in delicacy or refinement raw rough gross crude coarse earthy vulgar rude crass barbaric tasteless barbarian churlish ill-bred Philistine uncivilized uncouth uncultivated unpolished unrefined boors boors - NOUN An unrefined, rude person barbarians churls Philistines vulgarians yahoos boos boos - NOUN Any derisive sound of disapproval hoots hisses catcalls boost boost - NOUN An instance of lifting or being lifted lift heave hoist The act of increasing or rising growth increase rise jump upturn multiplication enlargement upswing augmentation The amount by which something is increased increase advance rise jump raise hike enlargement increment boost - VERB To increase in amount increase raise jump hike up jack To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promote advertise build up enhance publicize puff tout To move (something) to a higher position raise take up lift pick up elevate hoist upraise uplift boosted boosted - VERB To increase in amount increased raised jumped hiked upped jacked To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promoted advertised built up enhanced publicized puffed touted To move (something) to a higher position raised took up/taken up lifted picked up elevated hoisted upraised uplifted boosting boosting - VERB To increase in amount increasing raising jumping hiking upping jacking To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promoting advertising building up enhancing publicizing puffing touting To move (something) to a higher position raising taking up lifting picking up elevating hoisting upraising uplifting boosts boosts - NOUN An instance of lifting or being lifted lifts heaves hoists The act of increasing or rising growths increases rises jumps upturns multiplications enlargements upswings augmentations The amount by which something is increased increases advances rises jumps raises hikes enlargements increments boosts - VERB To increase in amount increases raises jumps hikes ups jacks To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity promotes advertises builds up enhances publicizes puffs touts To move (something) to a higher position raises takes up lifts picks up elevates hoists upraises uplifts bootleg bootleg - VERB To import or export secretly and illegally run smuggle bootlegged bootlegged - VERB To import or export secretly and illegally ran/run smuggled bootlegger bootlegger - NOUN A person who engages in smuggling runner smuggler bootleggers bootleggers - NOUN A person who engages in smuggling runners smugglers bootlegging bootlegging - VERB To import or export secretly and illegally running smuggling bootlegs bootlegs - VERB To import or export secretly and illegally runs smuggles bootless bootless - ADJ Having no useful result useless vain unsuccessful barren futile fruitless ineffective ineffectual unavailing bootlick bootlick - VERB To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior fawn kowtow truckle bootlicked bootlicked - VERB To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior fawned kowtowed truckled bootlicking bootlicking - VERB To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior fawning kowtowing truckling bootlicks bootlicks - VERB To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior fawns kowtows truckles booty booty - NOUN Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime prize loot pillage plunder pelf spoils border border - NOUN A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary edge fringe margin rim periphery brim borderline brink verge edging The line or area separating geopolitical units boundary march borderland border - VERB To be contiguous or next to meet touch neighbor adjoin bound butt juxtapose abut verge To come near in quality, amount, etc approach approximate rival verge on To come near in space or time approach near To put or form a border on bound edge fringe skirt rim margin verge bordered bordered - VERB To be contiguous or next to met touched neighbored adjoined bounded butted juxtaposed abutted verged To come near in quality, amount, etc approached approximated rivaled verged on To come near in space or time approached neared To put or form a border on bounded edged fringed skirted rimmed margined verged bordering bordering - ADJ Sharing a common boundary adjacent touching contiguous abutting adjoining conterminous juxtaposed meeting neighboring next bordering - VERB To be contiguous or next to meeting touching neighboring adjoining bounding butting juxtaposing abutting verging To come near in quality, amount, etc approaching approximating rivaling verging on To come near in space or time approaching nearing To put or form a border on bounding edging fringing skirting rimming margining verging borderland borderland - NOUN The line or area separating geopolitical units border boundary march borderlands borderlands - NOUN The line or area separating geopolitical units borders boundaries marches borderline borderline - ADJ Not affording certainty open ambiguous doubtful uncertain questionable dubious indeterminate indecisive unclear equivocal problematical unsure chancy clouded undecided unsettled borderline - NOUN A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary edge border fringe margin rim periphery brim brink verge edging A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur point edge threshold brink verge borderlines borderlines - NOUN A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary edges borders fringes margins rims peripheries brims brinks verges edgings A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur points edges thresholds brinks verges borders borders - NOUN A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary edges fringes margins rims peripheries brims borderlines brinks verges edgings The line or area separating geopolitical units boundaries marches borderlands borders - VERB To be contiguous or next to meets touches neighbors adjoins bounds butts juxtaposes abuts verges To come near in quality, amount, etc approaches approximates rivals verges on To come near in space or time approaches nears To put or form a border on bounds edges fringes skirts rims margins verges bore bore - VERB To fatigue with dullness or tedium tire weary pall To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form had carried possessed displayed exhibited To bring forth (a product) produced yielded To cause to come along with oneself took brought carried conveyed fetched To conduct oneself in a specified way did carried acted behaved acquitted comported demeaned deported disported To exert pressure pushed pressed To give birth to had delivered brought forth To sustain a feeling of malice or ill-will nursed harbored To hold on one's person had carried possessed To hold up carried supported sustained To move while supporting carried conveyed transported lugged To proceed in a specified direction made went headed set out struck out To put up with took stood accepted supported suffered sustained endured swallowed abided tolerated brooked stomached bore on bore on - VERB To be pertinent involved applied concerned related referred pertained appertained bore out bore out - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backed justified confirmed testified warranted verified attested corroborated validated substantiated authenticated To establish as true or genuine showed established proved demonstrated confirmed verified corroborated validated substantiated authenticated bore up bore up - VERB To withstand stress or difficulty held up stood up endured boreal boreal - ADJ Very cold bitter icy polar frigid arctic wintry frosty freezing gelid glacial boredom boredom - NOUN The condition of being bored tedium ennui borne borne - VERB To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form had carried possessed displayed exhibited To bring forth (a product) produced yielded To cause to come along with oneself taken brought carried conveyed fetched To conduct oneself in a specified way done carried acted behaved acquitted comported demeaned deported disported To exert pressure pushed pressed To give birth to had delivered brought forth To sustain a feeling of malice or ill-will nursed harbored To hold on one's person had carried possessed To hold up carried supported sustained To move while supporting carried conveyed transported lugged To proceed in a specified direction made gone headed set out struck out To put up with taken stood accepted supported suffered sustained endured swallowed abided tolerated brooked stomached borne on borne on - VERB To be pertinent involved applied concerned related referred pertained appertained borne out borne out - VERB To assure the certainty or validity of backed justified confirmed testified warranted verified attested corroborated validated substantiated authenticated To establish as true or genuine shown established proved/proven demonstrated confirmed verified corroborated validated substantiated authenticated borne up borne up - VERB To withstand stress or difficulty held up stood up endured bosky bosky - ADJ Full of shade shadowy shady shaded bosom bosom - NOUN The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings heart soul breast bosoms bosoms - NOUN The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings hearts souls breasts boss boss - NOUN A professional politician who controls a party or political machine leader chief ringleader One who is highest in rank or authority head leader director master chief chieftain headman Someone who directs and supervises workers head director manager superintendent supervisor foreman overseer taskmaster boss - VERB To command in an arrogant manner order rule dominate domineer dictate to tyrannize To direct and watch over the work and performance of others supervise superintend oversee bossed bossed - VERB To command in an arrogant manner ordered ruled dominated domineered dictated to tyrannized To direct and watch over the work and performance of others supervised superintended oversaw/overseen bosses bosses - NOUN A professional politician who controls a party or political machine leaders chiefs ringleaders One who is highest in rank or authority heads leaders directors masters chiefs chieftains headmen Someone who directs and supervises workers heads directors managers superintendents supervisors foremen overseers taskmasters bosses - VERB To command in an arrogant manner orders rules dominates domineers dictates to tyrannizes To direct and watch over the work and performance of others supervises superintends oversees bossing bossing - VERB To command in an arrogant manner ordering ruling dominating domineering dictating to tyrannizing To direct and watch over the work and performance of others supervising superintending overseeing bossy bossy - ADJ Tending to dictate authoritarian dogmatic masterful dictatorial doctrinaire imperious magisterial overbearing peremptory domineering botch botch - NOUN A ruinous state of disorder mess hash mess-up muddle shambles botch - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoil fumble blunder boggle bungle mismanage muddle mess up muck up mishandle muff botched botched - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiled/spoilt fumbled blundered boggled bungled mismanaged muddled messed up mucked up mishandled muffed botches botches - NOUN A ruinous state of disorder messes hashes mess-ups muddles shambles botches - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoils fumbles blunders boggles bungles mismanages muddles messes up mucks up mishandles muffs botching botching - VERB To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess of spoiling fumbling blundering boggling bungling mismanaging muddling messing up mucking up mishandling muffing bother bother - NOUN Needless trouble bustle fuss botheration pother vexation Something that annoys annoyance irritation nuisance irritant botheration peeve The feeling of being annoyed annoyance irritation exasperation botheration vexation bother - VERB To impair or destroy the composure of shake toss disturb rock upset unsettle ruffle agitate flurry fluster perturb discompose disquiet To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations get disturb provoke annoy irritate vex fret ruffle chafe exasperate nettle gall irk peeve botheration botheration - NOUN Needless trouble bustle fuss bother pother vexation Something that annoys annoyance irritation nuisance irritant bother peeve The feeling of being annoyed annoyance irritation exasperation bother vexation botherations botherations - NOUN Needless trouble bustles fusses bothers pothers vexations Something that annoys annoyances irritations nuisances irritants bothers peeves The feeling of being annoyed annoyances irritations exasperations bothers vexations bothered bothered - VERB To impair or destroy the composure of shook/shaken tossed disturbed rocked upset unsettled ruffled agitated flurried flustered perturbed discomposed disquieted To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations got/gotten disturbed provoked annoyed irritated vexed fretted ruffled chafed exasperated nettled galled irked peeved bothering bothering - NOUN The act of annoying annoyance provocation harassment pestering vexation bothering - VERB To impair or destroy the composure of shaking tossing disturbing rocking upsetting unsettling ruffling agitating flurrying flustering perturbing discomposing disquieting To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations getting disturbing provoking annoying irritating vexing fretting ruffling chafing exasperating nettling galling irking peeving botherings botherings - NOUN The act of annoying annoyances provocations harassments pesterings vexations bothers bothers - NOUN Needless trouble bustles fusses botherations pothers vexations Something that annoys annoyances irritations nuisances irritants botherations peeves The feeling of being annoyed annoyances irritations exasperations botherations vexations bothers - VERB To impair or destroy the composure of shakes tosses disturbs rocks upsets unsettles ruffles agitates flurries flusters perturbs discomposes disquiets To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations gets disturbs provokes annoys irritates vexes frets ruffles chafes exasperates nettles galls irks peeves bothersome bothersome - ADJ Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations troublesome annoying irritating galling irksome nettlesome vexatious provoking vexing bottom bottom - ADJ Arising from or going to the root or source basic original primary fundamental radical basal underlying Opposite to or farthest from the top lowest lowermost nethermost undermost bottom - NOUN A side or surface that is below or under underside The lowest or supporting part or structure foot ground basis bed base seat foundation groundwork footing substratum underpinning The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting seat behind rump backside derriere buttocks posterior bottomless bottomless - ADJ Having no basis or foundation in fact idle unwarranted unfounded baseless groundless bottoms bottoms - NOUN A side or surface that is below or under undersides The lowest or supporting part or structure feet grounds bases beds bases seats foundations groundwork footings substrata underpinnings The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting seats behinds rumps backsides derrieres buttocks posteriors bought bought - VERB To acquire in exchange for money or something of equal value purchased To give, offer, or promise a bribe to fixed bought off bribed bought off bought off - VERB To give, offer, or promise a bribe to bought fixed bribed boulevard boulevard - NOUN A course affording passage from one place to another way street road avenue drive path highway freeway roadway thoroughfare boulevards boulevards - NOUN A course affording passage from one place to another ways streets roads avenues drives paths highways freeways roadways thoroughfares bounce bounce - NOUN A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner spirit vigor dash verve animation liveliness vivacity elan brio esprit vim A sudden lively movement spring bound jump leap An act of bouncing or a bouncing movement bound rebound Capacity to bounce spring resilience springiness The ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement elasticity buoyancy resilience bounce - VERB To move in a lively way jump leap spring bound To spring back after colliding with something rebound bounce back bounce back - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result boomerang rebound backfire bounced bounced - VERB To move in a lively way jumped leaped/leapt sprang/sprung bounded To spring back after colliding with something rebounded bounced back bounced back - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result boomeranged rebounded backfired bounces bounces - NOUN A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner spirits vigor dashes verve animation liveliness vivacity elan brio esprit vim A sudden lively movement springs bounds jumps leaps An act of bouncing or a bouncing movement bounds rebounds Capacity to bounce springs resilience springiness The ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement elasticities buoyancies resilience bounces - VERB To move in a lively way jumps leaps springs bounds To spring back after colliding with something rebounds bounces back bounces back - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result boomerangs rebounds backfires bouncing bouncing - VERB To move in a lively way jumping leaping springing bounding To spring back after colliding with something rebounding bouncing back bouncing back - VERB To produce an unexpected and undesired result boomeranging rebounding backfiring bouncy bouncy - ADJ Very brisk, alert, and high-spirited lively vivacious pert chipper spirited animated dashing bound bound - ADJ Owing something, as gratitude or appreciation, to another indebted beholden bounden obligated obliged bound - NOUN A demarcation point or boundary beyond which something does not extend or occur limit limitation A sudden lively movement spring jump leap bounce An act of bouncing or a bouncing movement bounce rebound The boundary surrounding a certain area limit precinct environs bound - VERB To be contiguous or next to meet touch neighbor adjoin border butt juxtapose abut verge To fix the limits of determine limit measure mark out delimit demarcate To move in a lively way jump leap spring bounce To put or form a border on edge border fringe skirt rim margin verge To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound) dressed bandaged To impose as a duty or moral obligation charged committed pledged obligated To make fast or firmly fixed by means of a cord, rope, etc tied secured fastened knotted tied up To unite or be united in a relationship joined related associated combined connected allied linked affiliated conjoined boundaries boundaries - NOUN The line or area separating geopolitical units borders marches borderlands boundary boundary - NOUN The line or area separating geopolitical units border march borderland bounden bounden - ADJ Owing something, as gratitude or appreciation, to another indebted beholden bound/bounded obligated obliged boundless boundless - ADJ Having no ends or limits endless infinite unlimited immeasurable limitless unbounded measureless boundlessness boundlessness - NOUN The state or quality of endlessness in space or amount infinity inexhaustibility infiniteness limitlessness bounteous bounteous - ADJ Characterized by abundance liberal generous ample abundant plentiful copious bountiful plenteous bounties bounties - NOUN A sum of money offered for a special service, as the apprehension of a criminal rewards bonuses bountiful bountiful - ADJ Characterized by abundance liberal generous ample abundant plentiful copious bounteous plenteous bountifulness bountifulness - NOUN Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities plenty abundance plenitude bounty bounty - NOUN A sum of money offered for a special service, as the apprehension of a criminal reward bonus bouquet bouquet - NOUN A sweet or pleasant odor perfume fragrance scent aroma redolence An expression of admiration or congratulation tribute praise compliment orchid commendation Cut flowers that have been arranged in a usually small bunch nosegay posy bouquets bouquets - NOUN A sweet or pleasant odor perfumes fragrances scents aromas redolences An expression of admiration or congratulation tributes praises compliments orchids commendations Cut flowers that have been arranged in a usually small bunch nosegays posies bout bout - NOUN A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity time turn tour shift watch trick spell stint hitch go innings An often prolonged period, as of illness siege go bouts bouts - NOUN A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity times turns tours shifts watches tricks spells stints hitches goes innings An often prolonged period, as of illness sieges goes bow bow - NOUN An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, submission, or worship nod curtsy genuflection kowtow obeisance Something bent turn curve round bend crook curvature bow - VERB To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy submit yield defer To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength submit yield surrender succumb capitulate To incline the body bend stoop hunch hump scrunch To make one's formal entry, as into society come out debut To swerve from a straight line bend round curve crook bowdlerize bowdlerize - VERB To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission screen censor expurgate bowdlerized bowdlerized - VERB To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission screened censored expurgated bowdlerizes bowdlerizes - VERB To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission screens censors expurgates bowdlerizing bowdlerizing - VERB To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission screening censoring expurgating bowed bowed - ADJ Deviating from a straight line arced arched bent curved curvilinear rounded bowed - VERB To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy submitted yielded deferred To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength submitted yielded surrendered succumbed capitulated To incline the body bent stooped hunched humped scrunched To make one's formal entry, as into society came out/come out debuted To swerve from a straight line bent rounded curved crooked bowing bowing - VERB To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy submitting yielding deferring To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength submitting yielding surrendering succumbing capitulating To incline the body bending stooping hunching humping scrunching To make one's formal entry, as into society coming out debuting To swerve from a straight line bending rounding curving crooking bowl over bowl over - VERB To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment stagger boggle dumfound flabbergast floor bowled over bowled over - VERB To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggered boggled dumfounded flabbergasted floored bowling over bowling over - VERB To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggering boggling dumfounding flabbergasting flooring bowls over bowls over - VERB To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment staggers boggles dumfounds flabbergasts floors bows bows - NOUN An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, submission, or worship nods curtsies genuflections kowtows obeisances Something bent turns curves rounds bends crooks curvatures bows - VERB To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy submits yields defers To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength submits yields surrenders succumbs capitulates To incline the body bends stoops hunches humps scrunches To make one's formal entry, as into society comes out debuts To swerve from a straight line bends rounds curves crooks box box - VERB To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand slap smack bust buffet cuff spank boxed boxed - VERB To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand slapped smacked busted buffeted cuffed spanked boxes boxes - VERB To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand slaps smacks busts buffets cuffs spanks boxing boxing - VERB To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand slapping smacking busting buffeting cuffing spanking boycott boycott - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out ostracize blackball blacklist boycotted boycotted - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shut out ostracized blackballed blacklisted boycotting boycotting - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shutting out ostracizing blackballing blacklisting boycotts boycotts - VERB To exclude from normal social or professional activities shuts out ostracizes blackballs blacklists brace brace - NOUN A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure support stay prop crutch buttress underpinning Two items of the same kind together couple pair doublet brace - VERB To prepare (oneself) for action strengthen fortify ready gird steel forearm braced braced - VERB To prepare (oneself) for action strengthened fortified readied girt steeled forearmed bracer bracer - NOUN A medicine that restores or increases vigor tonic restorative bracers bracers - NOUN A medicine that restores or increases vigor tonics restoratives braces braces - NOUN A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure supports stays props crutches buttresses underpinnings Two items of the same kind together couples pairs doublets braces - VERB To prepare (oneself) for action strengthens fortifies readies girds steels forearms bracing bracing - ADJ Producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor restorative refreshing stimulating energizing invigorating reinvigorating renewing tonic bracing - VERB To prepare (oneself) for action strengthening fortifying readying girding steeling forearming bracket bracket - NOUN A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade order class grade rank caliber tier bracket - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identify associate connect link couple correlate bracketed bracketed - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identified associated connected linked coupled correlated bracketing bracketing - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identifying associating connecting linking coupling correlating brackets brackets - NOUN A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade orders classes grades ranks calibers tiers brackets - VERB To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination identifies associates connects links couples correlates brag brag - NOUN An act of boasting boast braggadocio rodomontade brag - VERB To talk with excessive pride boast crow vaunt braggadocio braggadocio - NOUN An act of boasting boast brag rodomontade braggadocios braggadocios - NOUN An act of boasting boasts brags rodomontades braggart braggart - NOUN One given to boasting boaster bragger braggarts braggarts - NOUN One given to boasting boasters braggers bragged bragged - VERB To talk with excessive pride boasted crew/crowed vaunted bragger bragger - NOUN One given to boasting boaster braggart braggers braggers - NOUN One given to boasting boasters braggarts bragging bragging - VERB To talk with excessive pride boasting crowing vaunting brags brags - NOUN An act of boasting boasts braggadocios rodomontades brags - VERB To talk with excessive pride boasts crows vaunts brain brain - NOUN A person of great mental ability mind intellectual thinker intellect The seat of the faculty of intelligence and reason head mind brainless brainless - ADJ Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense simple foolish silly senseless mindless fatuous unintelligent weak-minded witless brains brains - NOUN A person of great mental ability minds intellectuals thinkers intellects The seat of the faculty of intelligence and reason heads minds brainstorm brainstorm - NOUN A sudden, exciting thought inspiration brainstorms brainstorms - NOUN A sudden, exciting thought inspirations brainwash brainwash - VERB To teach to accept a system of thought uncritically indoctrinate propagandize brainwashed brainwashed - VERB To teach to accept a system of thought uncritically indoctrinated propagandized brainwashes brainwashes - VERB To teach to accept a system of thought uncritically indoctrinates propagandizes brainwashing brainwashing - VERB To teach to accept a system of thought uncritically indoctrinating propagandizing brainwork brainwork - NOUN The act or process of thinking thought reflection deliberation speculation meditation cerebration cogitation rumination brainworks brainworks - NOUN The act or process of thinking thoughts reflections deliberations speculations meditations cerebrations cogitations ruminations brake brake - VERB To control, restrict, or arrest keep check keep back hold back hold down hold in restrain inhibit pull in curb constrain rein bridle braked braked - VERB To control, restrict, or arrest kept checked kept back held back held down held in restrained inhibited pulled in curbed constrained reined bridled brakes brakes - VERB To control, restrict, or arrest keeps checks keeps back holds back holds down holds in restrains inhibits pulls in curbs constrains reins bridles braking braking - VERB To control, restrict, or arrest keeping checking keeping back holding back holding down holding in restraining inhibiting pulling in curbing constraining reining bridling branch branch - NOUN A component of government that performs a given function arm division wing organ A local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business division subsidiary affiliate A part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor division subdivision offshoot A small stream run creek brook An area of academic study that is part of a larger body of learning discipline specialty Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch arm fork appendage offshoot branch - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divide fork diverge bifurcate ramify subdivide branched branched - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divided forked diverged bifurcated ramified subdivided branches branches - NOUN A component of government that performs a given function arms divisions wings organs A local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business divisions subsidiaries affiliates A part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor divisions subdivisions offshoots A small stream runs creeks brooks An area of academic study that is part of a larger body of learning disciplines specialties Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch arms forks appendages offshoots branches - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts divides forks diverges bifurcates ramifies subdivides branching branching - VERB To separate into branches or branchlike parts dividing forking diverging bifurcating ramifying subdividing brand brand - NOUN A name or other device placed on merchandise to signify its ownership or manufacture mark trademark colophon brand - VERB To mark with disgrace or infamy stigmatize To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture mark identify label tag brand-new brand-new - ADJ Not previously known or used new different fresh branded branded - VERB To mark with disgrace or infamy stigmatized To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture marked identified labeled tagged branding branding - VERB To mark with disgrace or infamy stigmatizing To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture marking identifying labeling tagging brandish brandish - VERB To make a public and usually ostentatious show of show show off expose display exhibit flash sport parade flaunt disport To wield boldly and dramatically sweep wave flourish brandished brandished - VERB To make a public and usually ostentatious show of showed/shown showed off/shown off exposed displayed exhibited flashed sported paraded flaunted disported To wield boldly and dramatically swept waved flourished brandishes brandishes - VERB To make a public and usually ostentatious show of shows shows off exposes displays exhibits flashes sports parades flaunts disports To wield boldly and dramatically sweeps waves flourishes brandishing brandishing - VERB To make a public and usually ostentatious show of showing showing off exposing displaying exhibiting flashing sporting parading flaunting disporting To wield boldly and dramatically sweeping waving flourishing brands brands - NOUN A name or other device placed on merchandise to signify its ownership or manufacture marks trademarks colophons brands - VERB To mark with disgrace or infamy stigmatizes To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture marks identifies labels tags brash brash - ADJ Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste reckless hasty impetuous foolhardy impulsive rash harum-scarum headlong hotheaded madcap precipitate precipitous slapdash temerarious Having or exhibiting excessive and arrogant self-confidence familiar presumptuous brazen overconfident cheeky Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others clumsy impolitic indelicate maladroit tactless brashness brashness - NOUN Excessive and arrogant self-confidence face assumption cheek familiarity gall presumption brazenness temerity cheekiness effrontery overconfidence presumptuousness Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger recklessness temerity rashness brassbound brassbound - ADJ Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will rigid stubborn adamant relentless uncompromising inexorable inflexible unyielding adamantine die-hard obdurate unbending unswayable brave brave - ADJ Having or showing courage bold heroic fearless gallant courageous unafraid dauntless stout intrepid mettlesome undaunted valiant audacious doughty game plucky stouthearted valorous brave - VERB To confront boldly and courageously face dare challenge defy beard braved braved - VERB To confront boldly and courageously faced dared challenged defied bearded bravery bravery - NOUN The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely spirit heart resolution nerve courage fortitude gallantry mettle pluck valor courageousness dauntlessness fearlessness intrepidity braves braves - VERB To confront boldly and courageously faces dares challenges defies beards braving braving - VERB To confront boldly and courageously facing daring challenging defying bearding brawl brawl - NOUN A quarrel or fight marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior row riot melee uproar broil fracas fray affray donnybrook free-for-all ruction tumult brawl - VERB To quarrel noisily broil riot wrangle caterwaul squabble brawled brawled - VERB To quarrel noisily broiled rioted wrangled caterwauled squabbled brawling brawling - VERB To quarrel noisily broiling rioting wrangling caterwauling squabbling brawls brawls - NOUN A quarrel or fight marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior rows riots melees uproars broils fracases frays affrays donnybrooks free-for-alls ructions tumults brawls - VERB To quarrel noisily broils riots wrangles caterwauls squabbles brawn brawn - NOUN The state or quality of being physically strong power strength muscle vigor might potency powerfulness sinew vigorousness brawny brawny - ADJ Characterized by marked muscular development; powerfully built muscular sturdy burly sinewy robust Having great physical strength strong powerful mighty potent lusty puissant brazen brazen - ADJ Characterized by or done without shame unabashed blatant unblushing arrant bald-faced barefaced shameless Having or exhibiting excessive and arrogant self-confidence familiar presumptuous brash overconfident cheeky Rude and disrespectful bold smart forward presumptuous impudent insolent pert impertinent saucy audacious boldfaced cheeky contumelious sassy brazenness brazenness - NOUN Excessive and arrogant self-confidence face assumption cheek familiarity gall presumption brashness temerity cheekiness effrontery overconfidence presumptuousness The state or quality of being impudent cheek gall insolence audacity boldness disrespect impudence rudeness effrontery forwardness impertinence sauciness breach breach - NOUN An act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation, promise, etc violation infringement trespass infraction transgression contravention An interruption in friendly relations break rupture disaffection estrangement rift schism An interval during which continuity is suspended break gap void interim hiatus An opening, especially in a solid structure hole break gap rent rupture cleft perforation breach - VERB To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) break violate transgress contravene To make a hole or other opening in break through pierce puncture perforate rupture breached breached - VERB To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) broke/broken violated transgressed contravened To make a hole or other opening in broke through/broken through pierced punctured perforated ruptured breaches breaches - NOUN An act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation, promise, etc violations infringements trespasses infractions transgressions contraventions An interruption in friendly relations breaks ruptures disaffections estrangements rifts schisms An interval during which continuity is suspended breaks gaps voids interims hiatuses An opening, especially in a solid structure holes breaks gaps rents ruptures clefts perforations breaches - VERB To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) breaks violates transgresses contravenes To make a hole or other opening in breaks through pierces punctures perforates ruptures breaching breaching - VERB To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) breaking violating transgressing contravening To make a hole or other opening in breaking through piercing puncturing perforating rupturing bread bread - NOUN Something fit to be eaten food meat fare foodstuff comestible edible provisions breads breads - NOUN Something fit to be eaten foods meats fares foodstuffs comestibles edibles provisions breadth breadth - NOUN A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water space distance expansion stretch reach spread sweep expanse The extent of something from side to side width broadness breadths breadths - NOUN A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water spaces distances expansions stretches reaches spreads sweeps expanses The extent of something from side to side widths broadness break break - NOUN A cessation of continuity or regularity pause suspension interruption discontinuity disruption A pause or interval, as from work or duty rest intermission respite recess time-out A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture crack split cleft rift chink fissure An interruption in friendly relations breach rupture disaffection estrangement rift schism An interval during which continuity is suspended gap void breach interim hiatus An opening, especially in a solid structure hole gap rent breach rupture cleft perforation The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty flight escape getaway breakout decampment break - VERB To become public knowledge come out get out emerge transpire leak To be unable to hold up go give bend collapse crumple To become or cause to become apart one from another divide separate split divorce detach sever disunite disjoin To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain shatter smash shiver splinter cleave fracture disjoint sunder disjoin To cut short; discontinue stop give up leave off To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) violate breach transgress contravene To find the key to crack puzzle out decipher To give way mentally and emotionally crack snap break down collapse cave in To severely impair the spirit, health, effectiveness, etc., of destroy ruin crush subdue overwhelm To interrupt regular activity for a short period recess To lower in rank or grade reduce downgrade degrade demote To make (an animal) docile tame gentle To make known tell carry pass report get across convey disclose communicate transmit impart To make or become unusable or inoperative fail ruin To pass into or through by overcoming resistance penetrate pierce puncture perforate To reduce to financial insolvency ruin bankrupt impoverish pauper To spade or dig (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface turn turn over plow break down break down - VERB To become or cause to become rotten or unsound turn decay spoil deteriorate rot decompose molder putrefy To cease functioning properly fail give out conk out To collapse or shatter by or as if by breaking destroy smash tear down To fall inward go give collapse buckle cave in To give way mentally and emotionally break crack snap collapse cave in To separate into parts for study resolve analyze dissect anatomize To suddenly lose all health or strength drop give out crack collapse succumb cave in break in break in - VERB To enter forcibly and illegally trespass burglarize To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse cut in interrupt chip in butt in chime in break off break off - VERB To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, relationship, etc suspend cease interrupt terminate discontinue To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separate split break up part break out break out - VERB To become manifest suddenly and in full force explode erupt flare burst forth To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation get away fly escape run away flee skip abscond decamp break through break through - VERB To make a hole or other opening in pierce puncture perforate breach rupture break up break up - VERB To bring or come to a forced end stop halt To make a division into parts, sections, or branches divide separate part partition section segment To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components dissolve crumble decompose fragment disintegrate To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separate split break off part breakable breakable - ADJ Easily broken or damaged delicate fragile brittle frangible breakage breakage - NOUN An act, instance, or consequence of breaking destruction damage wreckage impairment breakages breakages - NOUN An act, instance, or consequence of breaking destructions damages wreckage impairments breakdown breakdown - NOUN A cessation of proper mechanical functions failure outage A sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health collapse An abrupt, disastrous failure crash collapse wreck debacle smashup The condition of being decayed decomposition decay spoilage rot deterioration putrefaction putrescence The separation of a whole into its parts for study analysis resolution dissection breakdowns breakdowns - NOUN A cessation of proper mechanical functions failures outages A sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health collapses An abrupt, disastrous failure crashes collapses wrecks debacles smashups The condition of being decayed decompositions decays spoilage rots deterioration putrefaction putrescence The separation of a whole into its parts for study analyses resolutions dissections breaking breaking - VERB To become public knowledge coming out getting out emerging transpiring leaking To be unable to hold up going giving bending collapsing crumpling To become or cause to become apart one from another dividing separating splitting divorcing detaching severing disuniting disjoining To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain shattering smashing shivering splintering cleaving fracturing disjointing sundering disjoining To cut short; discontinue stopping giving up leaving off To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) violating breaching transgressing contravening To find the key to cracking puzzling out deciphering To give way mentally and emotionally cracking snapping breaking down collapsing caving in To severely impair the spirit, health, effectiveness, etc., of destroying ruining crushing subduing overwhelming To interrupt regular activity for a short period recessing To lower in rank or grade reducing downgrading degrading demoting To make (an animal) docile taming gentling To make known telling carrying passing reporting getting across conveying disclosing communicating transmitting imparting To make or become unusable or inoperative failing ruining To pass into or through by overcoming resistance penetrating piercing puncturing perforating To reduce to financial insolvency ruining bankrupting impoverishing paupering To spade or dig (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface turning turning over plowing breaking down breaking down - VERB To become or cause to become rotten or unsound turning decaying spoiling deteriorating rotting decomposing moldering putrefying To cease functioning properly failing giving out conking out To collapse or shatter by or as if by breaking destroying smashing tearing down To fall inward going giving collapsing buckling caving in To give way mentally and emotionally breaking cracking snapping collapsing caving in To separate into parts for study resolving analyzing dissecting anatomizing To suddenly lose all health or strength dropping giving out cracking collapsing succumbing caving in breaking in breaking in - VERB To enter forcibly and illegally trespassing burglarizing To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse cutting in interrupting chipping in butting in chiming in breaking off breaking off - VERB To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, relationship, etc suspending ceasing interrupting terminating discontinuing To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separating splitting breaking up parting breaking out breaking out - VERB To become manifest suddenly and in full force exploding erupting flaring bursting forth To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation getting away flying escaping running away fleeing skipping absconding decamping breaking through breaking through - VERB To make a hole or other opening in piercing puncturing perforating breaching rupturing breaking up breaking up - VERB To bring or come to a forced end stopping halting To make a division into parts, sections, or branches dividing separating parting partitioning sectioning segmenting To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components dissolving crumbling decomposing fragmenting disintegrating To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separating splitting breaking off parting breakneck breakneck - ADJ Characterized by great celerity quick rapid fast swift speedy fleet celeritous breakout breakout - NOUN The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty flight break escape getaway decampment breakouts breakouts - NOUN The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty flights breaks escapes getaways decampments breaks breaks - NOUN A cessation of continuity or regularity pauses suspensions interruptions discontinuities disruptions A pause or interval, as from work or duty rests intermissions respites recesses time-outs A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture cracks splits clefts rifts chinks fissures An interruption in friendly relations breaches ruptures disaffections estrangements rifts schisms An interval during which continuity is suspended gaps voids breaches interims hiatuses An opening, especially in a solid structure holes gaps rents breaches ruptures clefts perforations The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty flights escapes getaways breakouts decampments breaks - VERB To become public knowledge comes out gets out emerges transpires leaks To be unable to hold up goes gives bends collapses crumples To become or cause to become apart one from another divides separates splits divorces detaches severs disunites disjoins To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain shatters smashes shivers splinters cleaves fractures disjoints sunders disjoins To cut short; discontinue stops gives up leaves off To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation) violates breaches transgresses contravenes To find the key to cracks puzzles out deciphers To give way mentally and emotionally cracks snaps breaks down collapses caves in To severely impair the spirit, health, effectiveness, etc., of destroys ruins crushes subdues overwhelms To interrupt regular activity for a short period recesses To lower in rank or grade reduces downgrades degrades demotes To make (an animal) docile tames gentles To make known tells carries passes reports gets across conveys discloses communicates transmits imparts To make or become unusable or inoperative fails ruins To pass into or through by overcoming resistance penetrates pierces punctures perforates To reduce to financial insolvency ruins bankrupts impoverishes paupers To spade or dig (soil) to bring the undersoil to the surface turns turns over plows breaks down breaks down - VERB To become or cause to become rotten or unsound turns decays spoils deteriorates rots decomposes molders putrefies To cease functioning properly fails gives out conks out To collapse or shatter by or as if by breaking destroys smashes tears down To fall inward goes gives collapses buckles caves in To give way mentally and emotionally breaks cracks snaps collapses caves in To separate into parts for study resolves analyzes dissects anatomizes To suddenly lose all health or strength drops gives out cracks collapses succumbs caves in breaks in breaks in - VERB To enter forcibly and illegally trespasses burglarizes To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse cuts in interrupts chips in butts in chimes in breaks off breaks off - VERB To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, relationship, etc suspends ceases interrupts terminates discontinues To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separates splits breaks up parts breaks out breaks out - VERB To become manifest suddenly and in full force explodes erupts flares bursts forth To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation gets away flies escapes runs away flees skips absconds decamps breaks through breaks through - VERB To make a hole or other opening in pierces punctures perforates breaches ruptures breaks up breaks up - VERB To bring or come to a forced end stops halts To make a division into parts, sections, or branches divides separates parts partitions sections segments To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components dissolves crumbles decomposes fragments disintegrates To terminate a relationship or association by or as if by leaving one another separates splits breaks off parts breast breast - NOUN The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings heart soul bosom breasts breasts - NOUN The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings hearts souls bosoms breath breath - NOUN A barely perceivable indication of something touch taste suggestion shade trace hint dash whiff Air breathed in inhalation Air breathed out, evidenced by vapor, odor, or heat exhalation The act or process of breathing respiration breathe breathe - VERB To breathe in and out respire To draw air into the lungs in the process of respiration inspire inhale To expel air in the process of respiration expire exhale To have reality or life be/am/are