| abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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| (adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
| abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: chagrined, embarrassed |
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| abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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| (adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
| abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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| abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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| abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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| abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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| abducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducting |
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| abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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| abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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| abiding | (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: enduring, imperishable |
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| ablated | (adjective) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization | - |
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| abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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| aboveboard | (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: straightforward |
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| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| abridged | (adjective) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting | - |
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| abroad | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: overseas |
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| abscessed | (adjective) infected and filled with pus | - |
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| absentminded | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty |
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| absolved | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
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| absorbed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) retained without reflection | - |
| abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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| absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
| abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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| abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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| (adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
| academic | (adjective) associated with academia or an academy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: donnish, pedantic |
| (adjective) hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result | - |
| acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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| acaudal | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudate |
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| acaudate | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudal |
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| accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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| accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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| accented | (adjective) bearing a stress or accent | Synonyms: stressed |
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| (adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch | Synonyms: tonic |
| accepted | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: recognised, recognized |
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| accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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| (adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
| accommodating | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodative |
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| (adjective) obliging; willing to do favors | - |
| accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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| accommodative | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodating |
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| (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: reconciling |
| (adjective) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement | Synonyms: cooperative |
| accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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| (adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
| accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
| (adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
| accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
| according | (adjective) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | - |
| accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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| accoutred | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutered |
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| accredited | (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: commissioned, licenced, licensed |
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| accrued | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accumulated |
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| accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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| accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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| accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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| achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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| achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric acid | - |
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| achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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| acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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| acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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| acknowledged | (adjective) recognized or made known or admitted | - |
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| (adjective) generally accepted | - |
| acned | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: pimpled, pimply, pustulate |
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| acold | (adjective) of persons; feeling cold | - |
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| acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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| acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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| acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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| acrid | (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: pungent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| actinoid | (adjective) having a radial form | - |
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| activated | (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive | - |
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| (adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: excited |
| (adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition | - |
| actuated | (adjective) moved to action | - |
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| aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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| adactylous | (adjective) without fingers and/or toes | - |
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| adagio | (adjective) (of tempo) leisurely | - |
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| adamant | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent |
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| adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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| (adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
| adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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| adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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| adaptative | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptive |
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| adapted | (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: altered |
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| adaptive | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptative |
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| adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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| addable | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addible |
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| addible | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addable |
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| addicted | (adjective) compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming | - |
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| addictive | (adjective) causing or characterized by addiction | Synonyms: habit-forming |
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| additional | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: extra |
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| additive | (adjective) characterized or produced by addition | - |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: linear |
| addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| addled | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
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| (adjective) (of eggs) no longer edible | - |
| addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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| adducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducting, adductive |
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| adducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adductive |
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| adductive | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adducting |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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| adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |