airtight | (adjective) having no weak points | Synonyms: air-tight |
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(adjective) not allowing air or gas to pass in or out | Synonyms: air-tight, gas-tight |
alight | (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame | Synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire |
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almighty | (adjective) having unlimited power | Synonyms: all-powerful, omnipotent |
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alright | (adjective) nonstandard usage | - |
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aweigh | (adjective) (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | Synonyms: atrip |
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(adjective) (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom | - |
benighted | (adjective) lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture | Synonyms: dark |
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(adjective) overtaken by night or darkness | Synonyms: nighted |
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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bighearted | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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blighted | (adjective) affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity | Synonyms: spoilt |
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bright | (adjective) emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts | - |
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(adjective) not made dim or less bright | Synonyms: undimmed |
(adjective) likely to turn out well in the future | Synonyms: hopeful, promising |
(adjective) having strong or striking color | Synonyms: brilliant, vivid |
(adjective) splendid | - |
(adjective) characterized by happiness or gladness | - |
(adjective) characterized by quickness and ease in learning | Synonyms: smart |
(adjective) having lots of light either natural or artificial | - |
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow | Synonyms: burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny |
(adjective) clear and sharp and ringing | Synonyms: brilliant |
copyrighted | (adjective) (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright | - |
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delighted | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced |
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(adjective) greatly pleased | - |
delightful | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delicious |
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dighted | (adjective) dressed or adorned (as for battle) | - |
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downright | (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer |
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(adjective) characterized by plain blunt honesty | - |
eight | (adjective) being one more than seven | Synonyms: 8, viii |
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eighteen | (adjective) being one more than seventeen | Synonyms: 18, xviii |
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eighteenth | (adjective) coming next after the seventeenth in position | Synonyms: 18th |
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eightfold | (adjective) having eight units or components | Synonyms: eight-fold, octuple |
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eighth | (adjective) coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position | Synonyms: 8th |
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eightieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of eighty in counting order | Synonyms: 80th |
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eightpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long | - |
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eighty | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, fourscore, lxxx |
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enlightened | (adjective) having knowledge and spiritual insight | - |
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(adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: educated |
enlightening | (adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | Synonyms: illuminating, informative |
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(adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: edifying |
farsighted | (adjective) able to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: presbyopic |
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(adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient |
fighting | (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | Synonyms: active, combat-ready |
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flighted | (adjective) having feathers | - |
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flightless | (adjective) incapable of flying | - |
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flighty | (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | Synonyms: nervous, skittish, spooky |
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(adjective) guided by whim and fancy | Synonyms: flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained |
floodlighted | (adjective) illuminated by means of floodlights | Synonyms: floodlit |
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foresighted | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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foresightful | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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forthright | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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fortnightly | (adjective) occurring every two weeks | Synonyms: biweekly |
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frightened | (adjective) made afraid | Synonyms: scared |
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(adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified |
frightening | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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frightful | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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(adjective) extremely distressing | Synonyms: fearful |
(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, terrible, tremendous |
heightening | (adjective) reaching a higher intensity | - |
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high | (adjective) (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') | - |
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(adjective) greater than normal in quantity or amount | - |
(adjective) used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency | Synonyms: high-pitched |
(adjective) happy and excited and energetic | Synonyms: in high spirits |
(adjective) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | Synonyms: mellow |
(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamey, gamy |
(adjective) standing above others in quality or position | Synonyms: eminent |
highborn | (adjective) belonging to the peerage | Synonyms: coroneted, titled |
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highbrow | (adjective) highly cultured or educated | Synonyms: highbrowed |
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highbrowed | (adjective) highly cultured or educated | Synonyms: highbrow |
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higher | (adjective) of education beyond the secondary level | - |
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(adjective) advanced in complexity or elaboration | - |
highfalutin | (adjective) affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty | Synonyms: grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da |
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highfaluting | (adjective) affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty | Synonyms: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da |
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highflying | (adjective) moving upward or along at a considerable height | - |
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(adjective) extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions | - |
highland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: upland |
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insightful | (adjective) exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception | - |
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knightly | (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, gallant |
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(adjective) characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: chivalric, mediaeval, medieval |
light | (adjective) of comparatively little physical weight or density | - |
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(adjective) psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles | - |
(adjective) not great in degree or quantity or number | - |
(adjective) of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment | - |
(adjective) (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent | Synonyms: light-colored |
(adjective) characterized by or emitting light | - |
(adjective) (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average | - |
(adjective) of little intensity or power or force | - |
(adjective) easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned | - |
(adjective) silly or trivial | Synonyms: idle |
(adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, lightheaded, swooning |
(adjective) having little importance | - |
(adjective) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | Synonyms: scant, short |
(adjective) designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight | - |
(adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: lightsome, tripping |
(adjective) (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency | - |
(adjective) having relatively few calories | Synonyms: calorie-free, lite, low-cal |
(adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clean, clear, unclouded |
(adjective) (of sleep) easily disturbed | Synonyms: wakeful |
(adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence | Synonyms: abstemious |
(adjective) very thin and insubstantial | - |
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
(adjective) demanding little effort; not burdensome | - |
(adjective) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | Synonyms: unaccented, weak |
(adjective) intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound | - |
lighted | (adjective) set afire or burning | Synonyms: lit |
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(adjective) provided with artificial light | Synonyms: illuminated, lit, well-lighted |
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 |
lighthearted | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lightsome |
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lightless | (adjective) without illumination | Synonyms: unilluminated, unlighted, unlit |
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(adjective) giving no light | - |
lightproof | (adjective) not penetrable by light | Synonyms: light-tight |
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lightsome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted |
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(adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: light, tripping |
lightweight | (adjective) weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use | - |
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(adjective) having no importance or influence | - |
longsighted | (adjective) capable of seeing to a great distance | Synonyms: eagle-eyed, farseeing, keen-sighted |
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(adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, prospicient |
mighty | (adjective) having or showing great strength or force or intensity | - |
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nearsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted |
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neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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neighborly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighbourly |
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neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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neighbourly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighborly |
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nigh | (adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | Synonyms: close, near |
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(adjective) being on the left side | Synonyms: near |
nighted | (adjective) overtaken by night or darkness | Synonyms: benighted |
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nightlong | (adjective) lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | Synonyms: all-night, overnight |
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nightly | (adjective) happening every night | - |
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nightmarish | (adjective) extremely alarming | Synonyms: bloodcurdling, hair-raising |
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outright | (adjective) without reservation or exception | Synonyms: straight-out, unlimited |
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overnight | (adjective) lasting, open, or operating through the whole night | Synonyms: all-night, nightlong |
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overweight | (adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | Synonyms: fleshy, heavy |
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pigheaded | (adjective) obstinate and stupid | Synonyms: bullet-headed, bullheaded |
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right | (adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north | - |
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(adjective) in conformance with justice or law or morality | - |
(adjective) free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | Synonyms: correct |
(adjective) of or belonging to the political or intellectual right | - |
(adjective) correct in opinion or judgment | Synonyms: correct |
(adjective) precisely accurate | Synonyms: veracious |
(adjective) appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs | Synonyms: proper |
(adjective) (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier | Synonyms: one |
(adjective) most suitable or right for a particular purpose | Synonyms: good, ripe |
(adjective) (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward | - |
(adjective) having the axis perpendicular to the base | - |
(adjective) intended for the right hand | Synonyms: right-hand |
(adjective) in or into a satisfactory condition | - |
(adjective) socially right or correct | Synonyms: correct |
(adjective) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure | Synonyms: correct |
righteous | (adjective) characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | - |
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(adjective) morally justified | - |
rightful | (adjective) legally valid | - |
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(adjective) having a legally established claim | Synonyms: lawful, true |
rightish | (adjective) tending toward the political right | - |
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rightist | (adjective) believing in or supporting tenets of the political right | Synonyms: right-wing |
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rightmost | (adjective) farthest to the right | - |
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shortsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, nearsighted |
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(adjective) lacking foresight or scope | Synonyms: myopic, short, unforesightful |
(adjective) not given careful consideration | Synonyms: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident |
sighted | (adjective) able to see | - |
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sightless | (adjective) lacking sight | Synonyms: eyeless, unseeing |
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sightly | (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, fair |
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skintight | (adjective) so tight as to cling to the skin | Synonyms: skin-tight |
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slight | (adjective) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | Synonyms: little |
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(adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin |
(adjective) being of delicate or slender build | Synonyms: slender, slim, svelte |
slighting | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory |
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sprightly | (adjective) full of spirit and vitality | - |
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straight | (adjective) having no deviations | - |
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(adjective) no longer coiled | Synonyms: uncoiled |
(adjective) (of hair) having no waves or curls | - |
(adjective) characterized by honesty and fairness | Synonyms: square |
(adjective) free from curves or angles | - |
(adjective) in keeping with the facts | - |
(adjective) successive (without a break) | Synonyms: consecutive |
(adjective) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | Synonyms: square |
(adjective) following a correct or logical method | - |
(adjective) without evasion or compromise | Synonyms: square, straightforward |
(adjective) erect in posture | Synonyms: unbent, unbowed |
(adjective) not homosexual | - |
(adjective) neatly arranged; not disorderly | - |
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, neat |
(adjective) accurately fitted; level | Synonyms: true |
straightarrow | (adjective) conventionally moral and upright | - |
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straightaway | (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, prompt, quick |
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straightforward | (adjective) pointed directly ahead | - |
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(adjective) without evasion or compromise | Synonyms: square, straight |
(adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: aboveboard |
(adjective) free from ambiguity | - |
straightlaced | (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
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tight | (adjective) closely constrained or constricted or constricting | - |
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(adjective) of such close construction as to be impermeable | - |
(adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: compressed |
(adjective) packed closely together | - |
(adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | Synonyms: rigorous, stringent |
(adjective) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent | Synonyms: nasty |
(adjective) (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched | Synonyms: close |
(adjective) of textiles | Synonyms: close |
(adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet |
(adjective) set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration | - |
(adjective) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow | - |
(adjective) securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid | - |
(adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | Synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly |
(adjective) pulled or drawn tight | Synonyms: taut |
tightfisted | (adjective) unwilling to part with money | Synonyms: closefisted, hardfisted |
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tightfitting | (adjective) fitting snugly | Synonyms: skinny, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting |
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tightlipped | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive |
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twilight | (adjective) lighted by or as if by twilight | Synonyms: dusky, twilit |
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underweight | (adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, weedy |
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unenlightened | (adjective) not enlightened; ignorant | - |
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(adjective) lacking information or instruction | Synonyms: naive, uninstructed |