backhand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: backhanded |
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(adjective) (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward | Synonyms: left-slanting |
beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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behindhand | (adjective) behind schedule | - |
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bland | (adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: politic, smooth, suave |
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(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
(adjective) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | Synonyms: flat |
broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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(adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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firsthand | (adjective) received directly from a source | - |
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forehand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehanded |
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freehand | (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehanded |
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grand | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: distinguished, imposing, magisterial |
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(adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
(adjective) the most important and magnificent in adornment | - |
(adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: expansive, heroic |
(adjective) large and impressive in physical size or extent | - |
(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
(adjective) of or befitting a lord | Synonyms: august, lordly |
(adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous |
highland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: upland |
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inland | (adjective) situated away from an area's coast or border | - |
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longhand | (adjective) having words written out in full by hand | - |
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lowland | (adjective) of relatively low or level country | - |
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midland | (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: interior, upcountry |
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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 |
overhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overarm, overhanded |
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(adjective) sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) | Synonyms: oversewn |
overland | (adjective) traveling or passing over land | - |
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repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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(adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
shorthand | (adjective) written in abbreviated or symbolic form | - |
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thirdhand | (adjective) derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps | - |
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thousand | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | Synonyms: 1000, k, m, one thousand |
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underhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm, underhanded |
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(adjective) marked by deception | Synonyms: sneaky, underhanded |
upland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: highland |
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wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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