| ahead | (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: in the lead, leading |
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| airheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| bareheaded | (adjective) having the head uncovered | Synonyms: bared |
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| beaded | (adjective) covered with beads of liquid | - |
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| beadlike | (adjective) small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | Synonyms: beady, buttonlike, buttony |
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| beady | (adjective) covered with beads or jewels or sequins | Synonyms: gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly |
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| (adjective) small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | Synonyms: beadlike, buttonlike, buttony |
| beheaded | (adjective) having had the head cut off | Synonyms: decapitated |
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| bigheaded | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
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| blockheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| boneheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| bullheaded | (adjective) obstinate and stupid | Synonyms: bullet-headed, pigheaded |
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| clearheaded | (adjective) not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently | Synonyms: clear-thinking |
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| coolheaded | (adjective) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | Synonyms: cool, nerveless |
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| dead | (adjective) no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life | - |
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| (adjective) not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat | - |
| (adjective) the complete stoppage of an action | - |
| (adjective) not surviving in active use | - |
| (adjective) physically inactive | - |
| (adjective) devoid of activity | - |
| (adjective) lacking resilience or bounce | - |
| (adjective) out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown | - |
| (adjective) devoid of physical sensation; numb | Synonyms: deadened |
| (adjective) (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | Synonyms: numb |
| (adjective) no longer having force or relevance | - |
| (adjective) unerringly accurate | - |
| (adjective) not circulating or flowing | Synonyms: stagnant |
| (adjective) very tired | Synonyms: all in, beat, bushed |
| (adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: drained |
| (adjective) not yielding a return | Synonyms: idle |
| (adjective) lacking acoustic resonance | - |
| deadened | (adjective) made or become less intense | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of physical sensation; numb | Synonyms: dead |
| deadening | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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| deadlocked | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: stalemated |
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| deadly | (adjective) exceedingly harmful | Synonyms: baneful, pernicious, pestilent |
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| (adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom | Synonyms: venomous, virulent |
| (adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death | Synonyms: mortal |
| (adjective) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | - |
| (adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deathly, mortal |
| (adjective) of an instrument of certain death | Synonyms: lethal |
| deadpan | (adjective) deliberately impassive in manner | Synonyms: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive |
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| dread | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| dreadful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| (adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
| drumhead | (adjective) performed speedily and without formality | Synonyms: summary |
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| fatheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| hardheaded | (adjective) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic |
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| (adjective) unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | Synonyms: mulish |
| headed | (adjective) having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) having a heading or caption | - |
| (adjective) of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head | - |
| (adjective) having a heading or course in a certain direction | - |
| headfirst | (adjective) with the head foremost | Synonyms: headlong |
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| headless | (adjective) not having a head or formed without a head | - |
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| (adjective) not using intelligence | Synonyms: brainless |
| headlike | (adjective) having a protuberance that resembles a head | - |
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| headlong | (adjective) with the head foremost | Synonyms: headfirst |
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| (adjective) excessively quick | Synonyms: hasty |
| headstrong | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: froward, self-willed, wilful, willful |
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| heady | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: foolhardy, rash, reckless |
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| (adjective) extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic | Synonyms: intoxicating |
| (adjective) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | Synonyms: judicious, wise |
| hotheaded | (adjective) quickly aroused to anger | Synonyms: choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
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| (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
| leaded | (adjective) treated or mixed with lead | - |
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| (adjective) (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead | - |
| (adjective) having thin strips of lead between the lines of type | - |
| leaden | (adjective) made of lead | - |
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| (adjective) darkened with overcast | Synonyms: dull |
| (adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness | Synonyms: heavy |
| (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: plodding |
| (adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness | Synonyms: weighted |
| leading | (adjective) going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way | - |
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| (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: preeminent |
| (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: ahead, in the lead |
| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar |
| leadless | (adjective) not treated with lead | Synonyms: unleaded |
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| levelheaded | (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, sound |
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| lightheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, silly |
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| (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, light, swooning |
| loggerheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| misleading | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: deceptive |
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| muddleheaded | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded |
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| nonleaded | (adjective) (of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead | Synonyms: lead-free |
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| outspread | (adjective) fully extended in width | Synonyms: spread |
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| overhead | (adjective) located or originating from above | - |
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| pigheaded | (adjective) obstinate and stupid | Synonyms: bullet-headed, bullheaded |
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| pleading | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, imploring |
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| preadolescent | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preteen |
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| puddingheaded | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, muddleheaded |
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| readable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, decipherable |
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| ready | (adjective) completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress | - |
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| (adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | Synonyms: quick |
| (adjective) made suitable and available for immediate use | - |
| (adjective) mentally disposed | - |
| (adjective) (of especially money) immediately available | - |
| redheaded | (adjective) having red hair and usually fair skin | - |
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| roundheaded | (adjective) having a brachycephalic head | Synonyms: broad-headed, short-headed |
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| sleepyheaded | (adjective) ready to fall asleep | Synonyms: sleepy-eyed, sleepy |
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| softheaded | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, screwball |
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| spread | (adjective) distributed or spread over a considerable extent | Synonyms: dispersed |
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| (adjective) fully extended in width | Synonyms: outspread |
| (adjective) prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out | - |
| steadfast | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: staunch, unswerving |
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| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| steadied | (adjective) made steady or constant | - |
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| steady | (adjective) not subject to change or variation especially in behavior | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a person who does something regularly | Synonyms: regular |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) securely in position; not shaky | - |
| (adjective) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | Synonyms: firm, unfluctuating |
| (adjective) not easily excited or upset | - |
| steadying | (adjective) causing to become steady | - |
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| thickheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, wooden-headed |
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| thickspread | (adjective) covered thickly | - |
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| threadbare | (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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| (adjective) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through | - |
| threaded | (adjective) (of bolts or screws) having screw threads | - |
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| threadlike | (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, thready |
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| thready | (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads | Synonyms: ropey, ropy, stringy |
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| (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike |
| towheaded | (adjective) of hair color; whitish | Synonyms: ash-blonde, platinum-blonde |
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| unheaded | (adjective) not having a heading or caption | - |
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| unleaded | (adjective) not treated with lead | Synonyms: leadless |
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| (adjective) not having leads between the lines | - |
| unread | (adjective) not informed through reading | - |
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| unreadable | (adjective) not easily deciphered | Synonyms: indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable |
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| unready | (adjective) not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond | - |
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| unsteady | (adjective) subject to change or variation | - |
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| (adjective) not firmly or solidly positioned | Synonyms: unfirm |
| widespread | (adjective) distributed over a considerable extent | Synonyms: far-flung |
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| (adjective) widely circulated or diffused | - |
| wrongheaded | (adjective) obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion | - |
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