| inst | (adjective) in or of the present month | Synonyms: instant |
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| instant | (adjective) occurring with no delay | Synonyms: instantaneous |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent |
| (adjective) in or of the present month | Synonyms: inst |
| instinct | (adjective) (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated | Synonyms: imbued, replete |
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| insufficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: deficient |
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| insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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| intact | (adjective) (used of domestic animals) sexually competent | Synonyms: entire |
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| (adjective) undamaged in any way | - |
| (adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken | Synonyms: inviolate |
| (adjective) constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged | Synonyms: entire, integral |
| intelligent | (adjective) having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree | - |
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| (adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: reasoning, thinking |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound |
| (adjective) possessing sound knowledge | Synonyms: well-informed |
| intent | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, rapt, wrapped |
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| interdependent | (adjective) mutually dependent | Synonyms: mutualist, mutually beneficial |
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| intermittent | (adjective) stopping and starting at irregular intervals | - |
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| internationalist | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalistic |
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| intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
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| intolerant | (adjective) unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion | - |
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| (adjective) narrow-minded about cherished opinions | Synonyms: illiberal |
| intoxicant | (adjective) causing intoxication | Synonyms: intoxicating |
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| intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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| intuitionist | (adjective) of or relating to intuitionism | - |
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| intumescent | (adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, distended, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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| invariant | (adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: changeless, constant, unvarying |
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| (adjective) unaffected by a designated operation or transformation | - |
| inwrought | (adjective) having a decorative pattern worked or woven in | - |
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| iridescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent |
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| (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, shot |
| irrelevant | (adjective) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | - |
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| irreverent | (adjective) showing lack of due respect or veneration | - |
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| (adjective) not revering god | Synonyms: godless |
| (adjective) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality | Synonyms: impertinent, pert, saucy |
| isolationist | (adjective) of or relating to isolationism | Synonyms: isolationistic |
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| itinerant | (adjective) traveling from place to place to work | - |
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| jet | (adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal | Synonyms: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty |
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| joint | (adjective) united or combined | - |
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| (adjective) involving both houses of a legislature | - |
| (adjective) affecting or involving two or more | - |
| jubilant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant |
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| (adjective) full of high-spirited delight | Synonyms: elated, gleeful, joyful |
| just | (adjective) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | - |
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| (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: equitable |
| (adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) of moral excellence | Synonyms: good, upright |
| kaput | (adjective) destroyed or killed | Synonyms: done for, gone |
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| kempt | (adjective) (of hair) neat and tidy | Synonyms: tidy |
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| kept | (adjective) (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded | Synonyms: unbroken |
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| knockabout | (adjective) suitable for rough use | - |
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| (adjective) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits | Synonyms: boisterous |
| knockout | (adjective) very strong or vigorous | Synonyms: hard, severe |
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| lambent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lucent, luminous |
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| lamplit | (adjective) lighted by a lamp | - |
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| last | (adjective) coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining | - |
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| (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: concluding, final, terminal |
| (adjective) occurring at the time of death | - |
| (adjective) highest in extent or degree | - |
| (adjective) immediately past | - |
| (adjective) conclusive in a process or progression | Synonyms: final, net |
| (adjective) not to be altered or undone | Synonyms: final |
| (adjective) most unlikely or unsuitable | - |
| (adjective) lowest in rank or importance | Synonyms: last-place, lowest |
| latent | (adjective) (pathology) not presently active | - |
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| (adjective) potentially existing but not presently evident or realized | - |
| latest | (adjective) up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date | Synonyms: up-to-the-minute |
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| (adjective) in the current fashion or style | Synonyms: a la mode, in style, in vogue, modish |
| least | (adjective) the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree | - |
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| left | (adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to the political or intellectual left | - |
| (adjective) intended for the left hand | Synonyms: left-hand |
| (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended |
| leftist | (adjective) believing in or supporting tenets of the political left | Synonyms: left-of-center, left-wing |
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| leftmost | (adjective) farthest to the left | - |
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| lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
| (adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
| licit | (adjective) sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality | - |
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| (adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: lawful, legitimate |
| 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 | - |
| lightweight | (adjective) weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use | - |
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| (adjective) having no importance or influence | - |
| liquescent | (adjective) becoming liquid | Synonyms: melting |
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| lit | (adjective) set afire or burning | Synonyms: lighted |
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| (adjective) provided with artificial light | Synonyms: illuminated, lighted, well-lighted |
| lost | (adjective) no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered | - |
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| (adjective) spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed | - |
| (adjective) not gained or won | - |
| (adjective) unable to function; without help | Synonyms: helpless |
| (adjective) not caught with the senses or the mind | Synonyms: missed |
| (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up |
| (adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: bemused, preoccupied |
| (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, disoriented |
| (adjective) cannot be recovered or regained | - |
| lowermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, nethermost |
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| lowest | (adjective) lowest in rank or importance | Synonyms: last-place, last |
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| lowset | (adjective) lower than average | Synonyms: low-set |
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| lucent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lambent, luminous |
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| luculent | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, perspicuous |
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| luminescent | (adjective) emitting light not caused by heat | - |
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| luxuriant | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, profuse, riotous |
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| (adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail | Synonyms: elaborate |
| (adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | Synonyms: epicurean, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| magnificent | (adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, glorious, splendid |
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| magniloquent | (adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, tall |
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| makeshift | (adjective) done or made using whatever is available | Synonyms: improvised, jury-rigged |
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| maladroit | (adjective) not adroit | - |
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| malcontent | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious |
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| maledict | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accursed, accurst |
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| maleficent | (adjective) harmful or evil in intent or effect | - |
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| malevolent | (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: evil, malefic, malign |
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| (adjective) wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred | - |
| malignant | (adjective) dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) | - |
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| manifest | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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| mat | (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy | Synonyms: flat, matt, matte, matted |
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| matt | (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy | Synonyms: flat, mat, matte, matted |
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| meet | (adjective) being precisely fitting and right | Synonyms: fitting |
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| mellisonant | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, sweet |
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| mendicant | (adjective) practicing beggary | - |
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| middlemost | (adjective) being in the exact middle | Synonyms: midmost |
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| midget | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, petite, tiny |
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| midmost | (adjective) being in the exact middle | Synonyms: middlemost |
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| migrant | (adjective) habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | Synonyms: migratory |
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| militant | (adjective) showing a fighting disposition | Synonyms: competitive |
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| (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | Synonyms: hawkish, warlike |
| (adjective) engaged in war | Synonyms: belligerent, war-ridden, warring |
| minimalist | (adjective) of or relating to artistic minimalism | - |
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| (adjective) advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics) | - |
| ministrant | (adjective) giving practical help to | Synonyms: attending |
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| mint | (adjective) as if new | - |
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| misbegot | (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegotten, spurious |
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| modest | (adjective) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance | - |
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| (adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself | - |
| (adjective) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness | Synonyms: meek, mild |
| (adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, small |
| (adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small | Synonyms: minor, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small-scale, small |
| (adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount | Synonyms: small |
| (adjective) free from pomp or affectation | - |
| moist | (adjective) slightly wet | Synonyms: damp, dampish |
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| monovalent | (adjective) having a valence of 1 | Synonyms: univalent |
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| (adjective) containing only one kind of antibody | - |
| moonlit | (adjective) lighted by moonlight | Synonyms: moony |
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| moot | (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: arguable, debatable, disputable |
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| (adjective) of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) | - |
| mordant | (adjective) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | Synonyms: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic |
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| (adjective) harshly ironic or sinister | Synonyms: black, grim |
| most | (adjective) the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree | - |
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| (adjective) (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number | - |
| mucopurulent | (adjective) containing or composed of mucus and pus | - |
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| multipotent | (adjective) able to many things | - |
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| multivalent | (adjective) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis | - |
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| (adjective) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher | Synonyms: polyvalent |
| (adjective) having many values, meanings, or appeals | Synonyms: multi-valued |
| munificent | (adjective) very generous | Synonyms: lavish, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting |
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| must | (adjective) highly recommended | - |
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| mutafacient | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) | - |
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| mutant | (adjective) tending to undergo or resulting from mutation | - |
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| mutualist | (adjective) mutually dependent | Synonyms: interdependent, mutually beneficial |
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| naiant | (adjective) applied to a fish depicted horizontally | Synonyms: swimming |
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| nascent | (adjective) being born or beginning | - |
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| nationalist | (adjective) devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others | Synonyms: nationalistic |
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| nativist | (adjective) of or relating to or advocating nativism | Synonyms: nativistic |
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| (adjective) advocating the perpetuation of native societies | Synonyms: nativistic |
| neat | (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: clean |
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| (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: facile, slick |
| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: orderly |
| (adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, straight |
| (adjective) showing care in execution | - |