| qabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, sibylline |
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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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| quadripartite | (adjective) involving four parties | Synonyms: four-party |
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| quadriphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadrisonic |
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| quadrisonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadrasonic, quadriphonic |
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| quadruped | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadrupedal |
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| quadrupedal | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadruped |
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| quadruple | (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold |
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| (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
| quadruplex | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplicate |
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| quadruplicate | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplex |
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| quaggy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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| quaint | (adjective) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) | Synonyms: old-time, olde worlde |
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| (adjective) strange in an interesting or pleasing way | - |
| (adjective) very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance | - |
| qualified | (adjective) meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task | - |
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| (adjective) limited or restricted; not absolute | - |
| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependant, dependent |
| (adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: restricted |
| (adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: certified |
| qualitative | (adjective) involving distinctions based on qualities | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities | - |
| quality | (adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: choice, prime, prize, select |
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| (adjective) of high social status | - |
| quantal | (adjective) of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states | Synonyms: quantized |
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| quantifiable | (adjective) capable of being quantified | - |
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| quantitative | (adjective) expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement | - |
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| (adjective) (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables | - |
| (adjective) relating to the measurement of quantity | - |
| quantized | (adjective) of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states | Synonyms: quantal |
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| quarantined | (adjective) under forced isolation especially for health reasons | Synonyms: isolated |
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| quarrelsome | (adjective) given to quarreling | - |
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| quartan | (adjective) occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria) | - |
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| quarterly | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a quarter | - |
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| quartzose | (adjective) relating to or made of quartz | - |
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| quasi | (adjective) having some resemblance | - |
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| quaternary | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternate |
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| (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, fourth |
| quaternate | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternary |
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| quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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| queasy | (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | Synonyms: nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickish |
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| (adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet |
| (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, sickening, vile |
| queenlike | (adjective) having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen | Synonyms: queenly |
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| queenly | (adjective) having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen | Synonyms: queenlike |
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| queer | (adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | Synonyms: gay, homophile |
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| (adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular |
| quelled | (adjective) subdued or overcome | Synonyms: quenched, squelched |
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| quenched | (adjective) allayed | Synonyms: satisfied, slaked |
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| (adjective) subdued or overcome | Synonyms: quelled, squelched |
| quenchless | (adjective) impossible to quench | Synonyms: unquenchable |
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| querulous | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: fretful, whiney, whiny |
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| questionable | (adjective) subject to question | - |
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| (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, confutative, refutable |
| questioning | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, speculative, wondering |
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| (adjective) marked by or given to doubt | Synonyms: doubting, sceptical, skeptical |
| (adjective) perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | Synonyms: quizzical |
| quick | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: agile, nimble, spry |
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| (adjective) easily aroused or excited | Synonyms: warm |
| (adjective) accomplished rapidly and without delay | Synonyms: speedy |
| (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: fast, flying |
| (adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | Synonyms: ready |
| (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, prompt, straightaway |
| quickset | (adjective) grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground | - |
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| quicksilver | (adjective) liable to sudden unpredictable change | Synonyms: erratic, fickle, mercurial |
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| quiescent | (adjective) being quiet or still or inactive | - |
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| (adjective) (pathology) causing no symptoms | - |
| (adjective) not active or activated | - |
| (adjective) marked by a state of tranquil repose | - |
| quiet | (adjective) free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity | - |
| (adjective) (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots | - |
| (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled |
| (adjective) in a softened tone | Synonyms: hushed, muted, subdued |
| (adjective) not showy or obtrusive | Synonyms: restrained |
| quilted | (adjective) made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching | - |
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| quincentenary | (adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary | Synonyms: quincentennial |
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| quincentennial | (adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary | Synonyms: quincentenary |
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| quinquefoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having five leaflets | - |
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| quintessential | (adjective) representing the perfect example of a class or quality | - |
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| quintillionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order | - |
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| quintuple | (adjective) having five units or components | Synonyms: five-fold, fivefold |
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| quirky | (adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional | Synonyms: far-out, kinky, offbeat, way-out |
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| quits | (adjective) on equal terms by payment or requital | - |
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| quixotic | (adjective) not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic | Synonyms: romantic, wild-eyed |
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| quizzical | (adjective) perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | Synonyms: questioning |
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| (adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: mocking, teasing |
| quondam | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime |
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| quotable | (adjective) able or fit to be repeated or quoted | Synonyms: repeatable |
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| (adjective) suitable for or worthy of quotation | - |
| quotidian | (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday |
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