| aloof | (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: distant, upstage |
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| autofluorescent | (adjective) emitting light via self-induced fluorescence | - |
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| boffo | (adjective) resoundingly successful and popular | - |
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| bombproof | (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells | Synonyms: shellproof |
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| bulletproof | (adjective) not penetrable by bullets | - |
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| (adjective) without flaws or loopholes | Synonyms: ironclad, unassailable, unshakable, watertight |
| burglarproof | (adjective) secure against burglary | - |
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| corticofugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticoefferent |
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| creaseproof | (adjective) of fabric that does not wrinkle easily | Synonyms: crease-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, wrinkleproof |
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| ecofriendly | (adjective) Good for the environment | - |
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| fireproof | (adjective) impervious to damage by fire | - |
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| flameproof | (adjective) resistant to catching fire | Synonyms: flame-retardant |
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| foolproof | (adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: unfailing |
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| goofy | (adjective) ludicrous, foolish | Synonyms: silly, wacky, whacky, zany |
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| greaseproof | (adjective) resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax | - |
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| hoofed | (adjective) having or resembling hoofs | Synonyms: hooved, ungulate, ungulated |
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| hooflike | (adjective) resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof | - |
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| inoffensive | (adjective) giving no offense | - |
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| (adjective) not causing anger or annoyance | Synonyms: unoffending |
| leakproof | (adjective) not subject to leaks | - |
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| lightproof | (adjective) not penetrable by light | Synonyms: light-tight |
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| lofty | (adjective) of imposing height; especially standing out above others | Synonyms: eminent, soaring, towering |
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| (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: gallant, majestic, proud |
| (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
| mandibulofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the lower jaw and face | - |
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| maxillofacial | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla) | - |
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| mothproof | (adjective) resistant to damage by moths | Synonyms: moth-resistant |
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| nonprofessional | (adjective) not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain | - |
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| nonprofit | (adjective) not commercially motivated | Synonyms: non-profit-making |
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| off | (adjective) not in operation or operational | - |
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| (adjective) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | Synonyms: cancelled |
| (adjective) not performing or scheduled for duties | - |
| (adjective) in an unpalatable state | Synonyms: sour, turned |
| (adjective) below a satisfactory level | - |
| offbeat | (adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional | Synonyms: far-out, kinky, quirky, way-out |
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| offenceless | (adjective) incapable of offending or attacking | Synonyms: offenseless |
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| offended | (adjective) emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | Synonyms: injured, pained |
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| offending | (adjective) offending against or breaking a law or rule | - |
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| offenseless | (adjective) incapable of offending or attacking | Synonyms: offenceless |
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| offensive | (adjective) unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses | - |
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| (adjective) causing anger or annoyance | - |
| (adjective) for the purpose of attack rather than defense | - |
| (adjective) morally offensive | Synonyms: unsavory, unsavoury |
| (adjective) violating or tending to violate or offend against | Synonyms: violative |
| (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, sickening, vile |
| offhand | (adjective) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate | Synonyms: offhanded |
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| (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhanded, unrehearsed |
| offhanded | (adjective) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate | Synonyms: offhand |
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| (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, unrehearsed |
| official | (adjective) having official authority or sanction | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an office | - |
| (adjective) verified officially | - |
| (adjective) (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution | - |
| (adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | Synonyms: prescribed |
| officious | (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling |
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| offish | (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly | Synonyms: standoffish |
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| offshore | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the land | Synonyms: seaward |
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| (adjective) at some distance from the shore | - |
| offside | (adjective) illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck | Synonyms: offsides |
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| offsides | (adjective) illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck | Synonyms: offside |
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| offstage | (adjective) situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience | - |
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| (adjective) concealed from public view or attention | Synonyms: backstage |
| profanatory | (adjective) profaning or tending to desecrate | - |
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| profane | (adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion | Synonyms: secular |
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| (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blasphemous, blue |
| (adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious |
| (adjective) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled | Synonyms: unconsecrated, unsanctified |
| profaned | (adjective) treated irreverently or sacrilegiously | Synonyms: violated |
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| professed | (adjective) openly declared as such | Synonyms: avowed |
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| (adjective) professing to be qualified | - |
| (adjective) claimed with intent to deceive | - |
| professional | (adjective) engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a profession | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or suitable as a profession | - |
| (adjective) engaged in by members of a profession | - |
| professorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of professors | - |
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| proficient | (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: technical |
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| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, skilful, skillful |
| profitable | (adjective) yielding material gain or profit | - |
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| profitless | (adjective) without profit or reward | - |
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| profligate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, riotous |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: extravagant, prodigal, spendthrift |
| profound | (adjective) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth | - |
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| (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless |
| (adjective) of the greatest intensity; complete | - |
| (adjective) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | Synonyms: fundamental |
| (adjective) coming from deep within one | - |
| profuse | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, riotous |
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| proof | (adjective) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand | - |
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| proofed | (adjective) treated so as to become resistant | - |
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| rainproof | (adjective) not permitting the passage of water | Synonyms: waterproof, waterproofed |
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| retroflex | (adjective) bent or curved backward | Synonyms: retroflexed |
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| (adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | Synonyms: cacuminal |
| retroflexed | (adjective) bent or curved backward | Synonyms: retroflex |
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| roofed | (adjective) covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination) | - |
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| roofless | (adjective) not having a roof | - |
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| (adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | Synonyms: dispossessed, homeless |
| runproof | (adjective) (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders | Synonyms: ladder-proof, run-resistant |
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| rustproof | (adjective) treated against rusting | Synonyms: rustproofed |
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| rustproofed | (adjective) treated against rusting | Synonyms: rustproof |
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| scrofulous | (adjective) afflicted with scrofula | - |
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| (adjective) morally contaminated | - |
| (adjective) having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula | - |
| semiofficial | (adjective) having some official authority or sanction | - |
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| semisoft | (adjective) somewhat soft | Synonyms: softish |
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| shatterproof | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: splinterless, splinterproof |
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| shellproof | (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells | Synonyms: bombproof |
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| soft | (adjective) produced with vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: sonant, voiced |
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| (adjective) yielding readily to pressure or weight | - |
| (adjective) compassionate and kind; conciliatory | - |
| (adjective) (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') | - |
| (adjective) (of sound) relatively low in volume | - |
| (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, diffused |
| (adjective) not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) | - |
| (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone | Synonyms: piano |
| (adjective) mild and pleasant | Synonyms: balmy, mild |
| (adjective) willing to negotiate and compromise | - |
| (adjective) not brilliant or glaring | Synonyms: subdued |
| (adjective) not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | Synonyms: cushy, easygoing |
| (adjective) (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value | - |
| (adjective) having little impact | Synonyms: easy, gentle |
| (adjective) soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe | Synonyms: gentle |
| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, lenient |
| (adjective) using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation | - |
| (adjective) easily hurt | Synonyms: delicate |
| (adjective) out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance | Synonyms: flabby, flaccid |
| softened | (adjective) toned down | - |
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| (adjective) being or made softer or less loud or clear | Synonyms: dull, muffled, muted |
| softening | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, emollient, salving |
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| softheaded | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, screwball |
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| softhearted | (adjective) easily moved to pity or sorrow | Synonyms: soft-boiled |
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| softish | (adjective) somewhat soft | Synonyms: semisoft |
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| soundproof | (adjective) impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound | - |
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| splinterproof | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: shatterproof, splinterless |
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| standoffish | (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly | Synonyms: offish |
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| stormproof | (adjective) protected against or able to withstand storms | - |
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| twofold | (adjective) twice as great or many | Synonyms: double, doubled, two-fold |
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| (adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold |
| unoffending | (adjective) not offending | - |
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| (adjective) not causing anger or annoyance | Synonyms: inoffensive |
| unofficial | (adjective) not having official authority or sanction | - |
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| (adjective) not officially established | - |
| unprofessional | (adjective) not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | - |
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| unprofitable | (adjective) producing little or no profit or gain | - |
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| unroofed | (adjective) having no roof | - |
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| waterproof | (adjective) not permitting the passage of water | Synonyms: rainproof, waterproofed |
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| waterproofed | (adjective) not permitting the passage of water | Synonyms: rainproof, waterproof |
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| weatherproof | (adjective) able to withstand exposure to weather without damage | - |
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| wrinkleproof | (adjective) of fabric that does not wrinkle easily | Synonyms: crease-resistant, creaseproof, wrinkle-resistant |
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| zoftig | (adjective) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous | Synonyms: buxom, zaftig |
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