adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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(adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
(adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
adherent | (adjective) sticking fast | - |
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adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
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adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
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adjacent | (adjective) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space | Synonyms: next, side by side |
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(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring |
(adjective) near or close to but not necessarily touching | - |
adjectival | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjective |
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adjective | (adjective) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | Synonyms: procedural |
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(adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjectival |
adjudicative | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicatory |
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adjudicatory | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicative |
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adjunct | (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | Synonyms: assistant |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
adjunctive | (adjective) joining; forming an adjunct | - |
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adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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(adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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(adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
adjusted | (adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation | - |
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(adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability | - |
(adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted | - |
(adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: familiarised, familiarized |
adjustive | (adjective) conducive to adjustment | - |
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adjuvant | (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment | - |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
administrable | (adjective) capable of being administered or managed | - |
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administrative | (adjective) of or relating to or responsible for administration | - |
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admirable | (adjective) inspiring admiration or approval | - |
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(adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: estimable, good, honorable, respectable |
admired | (adjective) regarded with admiration | - |
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admissible | (adjective) deserving to be admitted | - |
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admissive | (adjective) characterized by or allowing admission | - |
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admittable | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittible |
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admittible | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittable |
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admonishing | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonitory, reproachful, reproving |
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admonitory | (adjective) serving to warn | Synonyms: cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning |
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(adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonishing, reproachful, reproving |
adnate | (adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached | - |
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adnexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: annexal |
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adolescent | (adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent | - |
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(adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity | - |
(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile |
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged |
adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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adopted | (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adoptive |
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adoptive | (adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption | - |
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(adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adopted |
adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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adored | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: idolised, idolized, worshipped |
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adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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(adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
adorned | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: decorated |
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adpressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: appressed |
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adrenal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions | - |
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(adjective) near the kidneys | - |
adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrift | (adjective) afloat on the surface of a body of water | - |
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(adjective) aimlessly drifting | Synonyms: afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected |
adroit | (adjective) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | - |
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adscititious | (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent | - |
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(adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing | - |
adscript | (adjective) written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it | - |
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(adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner | Synonyms: adscripted |
adscripted | (adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner | Synonyms: adscript |
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adsorbable | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbate |
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adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
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adsorbent | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorptive, surface-assimilative |
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adsorptive | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorbent, surface-assimilative |
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adulatory | (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: flattering |
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adult | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup |
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(adjective) designed to arouse lust | Synonyms: pornographic |
adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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(adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
adumbrative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefigurative |
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adust | (adjective) burned brown by the sun | - |
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(adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked |
advance | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: beforehand |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
advanced | (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry | - |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advance, in advance |
(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: sophisticated |
(adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: ripe |
(adjective) comparatively late in a course of development | - |
(adjective) farther along in physical or mental development | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern |
(adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill | - |
advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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(adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
advective | (adjective) of or relating to advection | - |
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adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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adventitious | (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part | - |
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adventive | (adjective) not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized | - |
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adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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adventurous | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventuresome |
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adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
advertent | (adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: heedful |
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advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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advisable | (adjective) worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise | - |
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advised | (adjective) having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel | Synonyms: well-advised |
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(adjective) having received information | - |
advisory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: consultative, consultatory, consultive |
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adynamic | (adjective) characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness | Synonyms: undynamic |
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(adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: asthenic, debilitated, enervated |
aerated | (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: charged |
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(adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification | - |
aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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(adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
aeromedical | (adjective) of or relating to aviation medicine | - |
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aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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afeared | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeard |
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affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
(adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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affined | (adjective) closely related | - |
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affixed | (adjective) firmly attached | - |
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afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
affordable | (adjective) that you have the financial means for | Synonyms: low-cost, low-priced |
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aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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afraid | (adjective) filled with fear or apprehension | - |
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(adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement | - |
(adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | - |
(adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity | - |