acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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acquiescent | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: biddable |
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acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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acquisitive | (adjective) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas | - |
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acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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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 |
aliquot | (adjective) signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity | - |
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antiquarian | (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities | - |
antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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(adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
(adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
aquacultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquicultural, hydroponic |
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aquaphobic | (adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: hydrophobic |
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aquatic | (adjective) operating or living or growing in water | - |
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(adjective) relating to or consisting of or being in water | - |
aqueous | (adjective) produced by the action of water | Synonyms: sedimentary |
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(adjective) similar to or containing or dissolved in water | - |
aquicultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquacultural, hydroponic |
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aquiferous | (adjective) of or relating to an aquifer | - |
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aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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arboresque | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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asquint | (adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | Synonyms: askance, askant, sidelong, squint-eyed, squint, squinty |
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baroque | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 | Synonyms: Baroque |
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(adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: churrigueresco, churrigueresque |
biquadratic | (adjective) involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree | - |
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brusque | (adjective) marked by rude or peremptory shortness | Synonyms: brusk, curt, short |
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burlesque | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque | - |
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chequered | (adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checked, checkered |
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churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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clinquant | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: tinseled, tinselly |
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cliquish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
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coequal | (adjective) having the same standing before the law | - |
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colloquial | (adjective) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | Synonyms: conversational |
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conquerable | (adjective) subject to being conquered or overcome | - |
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(adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: superable |
consequent | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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consequential | (adjective) having important issues or results | Synonyms: eventful |
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coquettish | (adjective) like a coquette | Synonyms: flirtatious |
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delinquent | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: overdue |
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(adjective) guilty of a misdeed | - |
(adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: derelict, neglectful, remiss |
deliquescent | (adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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disqualified | (adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision | - |
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(adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules | - |
disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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disquieted | (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: distressed, disturbed, upset, worried |
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disquieting | (adjective) causing mental discomfort | - |
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eloquent | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: facile, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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equable | (adjective) not easily irritated | Synonyms: even-tempered, good-tempered, placid |
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(adjective) not varying | - |
equal | (adjective) having the same quantity, value, or measure as another | - |
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(adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: adequate |
equanimous | (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
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equatorial | (adjective) of or existing at or near the geographic equator | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or at an equator | - |
equestrian | (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights | - |
equiangular | (adjective) having all angles equal | - |
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equidistant | (adjective) the same distance apart at every point | - |
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equilateral | (adjective) having all sides or faces equal | - |
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equine | (adjective) resembling a horse | - |
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(adjective) of or belonging to the family Equidae | - |
equinoctial | (adjective) relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) | - |
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(adjective) relating to the vicinity of the equator | - |
equipoised | (adjective) lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed | - |
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equipotent | (adjective) having equal strength or efficacy | - |
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equipped | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | Synonyms: equipt |
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(adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: furnished |
(adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: weaponed |
(adjective) prepared with proper equipment | Synonyms: fitted out |
equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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equipt | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | Synonyms: equipped |
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equitable | (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: just |
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equivalent | (adjective) being essentially equal to something | Synonyms: tantamount |
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equivocal | (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: ambiguous |
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(adjective) uncertain as a sign or indication | - |
(adjective) open to question | - |
exquisite | (adjective) of extreme beauty | - |
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(adjective) delicately beautiful | Synonyms: dainty |
(adjective) lavishly elegant and refined | Synonyms: recherche |
(adjective) intense or sharp | Synonyms: keen |
foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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frequent | (adjective) coming at short intervals or habitually | - |
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(adjective) frequently encountered | - |
grandiloquent | (adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
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(adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: magniloquent, tall |
grotesque | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, fantastical |
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(adjective) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | Synonyms: monstrous |
inadequate | (adjective) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: unequal |
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(adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need | Synonyms: jejune, poor, short |
inconsequent | (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequential |
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inconsequential | (adjective) not following logically as a consequence | - |
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(adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequent |
inequitable | (adjective) not equitable or fair | Synonyms: unjust |
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infrequent | (adjective) not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals | - |
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iniquitous | (adjective) characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | Synonyms: sinful, ungodly |
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inquiring | (adjective) given to inquiry | - |
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inquisitive | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: questioning, speculative, wondering |
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(adjective) inquiring or appearing to inquire | - |
inquisitorial | (adjective) especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge | - |
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(adjective) having the authority to conduct official investigations | - |
(adjective) marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor | - |
inquisitory | (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: probing, searching |
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kafkaesque | (adjective) characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger | - |
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liquefiable | (adjective) capable of being liquefied | Synonyms: liquifiable |
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liquefied | (adjective) reduced to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquified |
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(adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquified, molten |
liquescent | (adjective) becoming liquid | Synonyms: melting |
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liquid | (adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow | - |
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(adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquified, melted |
(adjective) clear and bright | Synonyms: limpid |
(adjective) in cash or easily convertible to cash | Synonyms: fluid |
(adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement | Synonyms: fluent, fluid, smooth |
(adjective) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness | - |
(adjective) filled or brimming with tears | Synonyms: swimming |
liquifiable | (adjective) capable of being liquefied | Synonyms: liquefiable |
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liquified | (adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquid, melted |
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(adjective) reduced to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquefied |
(adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquefied, molten |
loquacious | (adjective) full of trivial conversation | Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, talkative, talky |
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magniloquent | (adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, tall |
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manque | (adjective) unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition | Synonyms: would-be |
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nonequivalent | (adjective) not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance | - |
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oblique | (adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled | - |
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(adjective) indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | Synonyms: devious |
obsequious | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish |
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(adjective) attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner | - |
opaque | (adjective) not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight | - |
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(adjective) hard or impossible to understand | Synonyms: unintelligible |
picaresque | (adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | - |
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picturesque | (adjective) suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture | - |
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(adjective) strikingly expressive | - |
piquant | (adjective) attracting or delighting | Synonyms: engaging |
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(adjective) engagingly stimulating or provocative | Synonyms: salty |
(adjective) having an agreeably pungent taste | Synonyms: savory, savoury, zesty |
prerequisite | (adjective) required as a prior condition or course of study | - |
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quack | (adjective) medically unqualified | - |
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quadrangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle | - |
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quadraphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadrasonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadrasonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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quadrate | (adjective) having four sides and four angles | - |
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quadratic | (adjective) involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree | - |
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quadrilateral | (adjective) having four sides | Synonyms: four-sided |
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quadrillionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order | - |
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