tabby | (adjective) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats | Synonyms: brinded, brindle, brindled |
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taboo | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten |
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(adjective) forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | Synonyms: tabu |
tabu | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten |
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(adjective) forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | Synonyms: taboo |
tabular | (adjective) of or pertaining to or arranged in table form | - |
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(adjective) flat; like a table in form | - |
tacit | (adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements | Synonyms: silent, understood |
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taciturn | (adjective) habitually reserved and uncommunicative | - |
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tacky | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
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(adjective) (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch | - |
tactful | (adjective) having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | - |
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(adjective) showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people | Synonyms: kid-glove |
tactical | (adjective) of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | - |
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tactile | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactual |
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(adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactual |
tactless | (adjective) lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | Synonyms: untactful |
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(adjective) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | Synonyms: inept |
tactual | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactile |
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(adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactile |
tagged | (adjective) bearing or marked with a label or tag | Synonyms: labeled, labelled |
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tailed | (adjective) having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination | - |
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tailless | (adjective) not having a tail | Synonyms: anurous |
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taillike | (adjective) resembling a tail | Synonyms: caudal |
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tailored | (adjective) (of clothing) custom-made | Synonyms: bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailor-made |
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(adjective) severely simple in line or design | Synonyms: trim |
tainted | (adjective) touched by rot or decay | Synonyms: corrupt |
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taken | (adjective) be affected with an indisposition | - |
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(adjective) understood in a certain way; made sense of | Synonyms: interpreted |
takeout | (adjective) of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises | Synonyms: take-away |
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taking | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: fetching, winning |
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talebearing | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling |
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talented | (adjective) endowed with talent or talents | Synonyms: gifted |
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talentless | (adjective) devoid of talent; not gifted | Synonyms: untalented |
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taliped | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: clubfooted |
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talismanic | (adjective) possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power | - |
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talkative | (adjective) friendly and open and willing to talk | Synonyms: expansive |
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(adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby |
(adjective) full of trivial conversation | Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talky |
talky | (adjective) full of trivial conversation | Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative |
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tall | (adjective) great in vertical dimension; high in stature | - |
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(adjective) impressively difficult | - |
(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, marvelous |
(adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent |
(adjective) having a specified height | Synonyms: in height |
tallish | (adjective) somewhat tall | - |
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taloned | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: clawed |
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tamable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tameable |
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tame | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tamed |
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(adjective) very restrained or quiet | - |
(adjective) very docile | Synonyms: meek |
(adjective) flat and uninspiring | - |
tameable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tamable |
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tamed | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tame |
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(adjective) brought from wildness | - |
tan | (adjective) of a light yellowish-brown color | - |
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tangential | (adjective) of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent | - |
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(adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: digressive |
tangerine | (adjective) of a strong reddish orange color | - |
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tangible | (adjective) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch | Synonyms: touchable |
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(adjective) (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value | - |
(adjective) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt | Synonyms: palpable |
(adjective) capable of being treated as fact | Synonyms: real |
tangled | (adjective) in a confused mass | - |
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(adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tortuous |
tangy | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tart |
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tanned | (adjective) converted to leather by a tanning agent | - |
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(adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bronzed, suntanned |
tannic | (adjective) derived from tannin | - |
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tannish | (adjective) of a color resembling tan | - |
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tantalising | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalizing, tempting |
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(adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizing |
tantalizing | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tempting |
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(adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalising |
tantamount | (adjective) being essentially equal to something | Synonyms: equivalent |
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taped | (adjective) secured or held in place by tape | - |
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(adjective) recorded on tape | Synonyms: tape-recorded |
tapered | (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapering |
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tapering | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: dwindling, tapering off |
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(adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapered |
tapestried | (adjective) hung or decorated with tapestry | - |
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tapped | (adjective) in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug | - |
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tardive | (adjective) late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease) | - |
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tardy | (adjective) after the expected or usual time; delayed | Synonyms: belated, late |
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tarry | (adjective) having the characteristics of pitch or tar | Synonyms: pitchy, resinous, resiny |
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tarsal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot | - |
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tart | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy |
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(adjective) harsh | Synonyms: sharp-worded, sharp |
tartaric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or resembling tartar | - |
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tasseled | (adjective) fringed or adorned with tassels | Synonyms: tasselled |
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tasselled | (adjective) fringed or adorned with tassels | Synonyms: tasseled |
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tasteful | (adjective) having or showing or conforming to good taste | - |
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tasteless | (adjective) lacking flavor | - |
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(adjective) lacking aesthetic or social taste | - |
tasty | (adjective) pleasing to the sense of taste | - |
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tatted | (adjective) having many tattooes | - |
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tatterdemalion | (adjective) worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing | Synonyms: tattered |
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(adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down |
tattered | (adjective) ruined or disrupted | Synonyms: shattered |
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(adjective) worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing | Synonyms: tatterdemalion |
tattling | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing |
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tatty | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tawdry, trashy |
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(adjective) showing signs of wear and tear | Synonyms: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby |
taunting | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking |
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taupe | (adjective) of something having a dusky brownish grey color | Synonyms: fuscous |
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taurine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bull | - |
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taut | (adjective) pulled or drawn tight | Synonyms: tight |
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(adjective) subjected to great tension; stretched tight | - |
tautologic | (adjective) repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words | Synonyms: pleonastic, redundant, tautological |
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tautological | (adjective) repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words | Synonyms: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic |
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tawdry | (adjective) made of inferior workmanship and materials | Synonyms: cheapjack, shoddy |
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(adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, trashy |
tawny | (adjective) of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather | Synonyms: tawny-brown |
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taxable | (adjective) (of goods or funds) subject to taxation | Synonyms: nonexempt |
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taxing | (adjective) not easily borne; wearing | Synonyms: burdensome, onerous |
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taxonomic | (adjective) of or relating to taxonomy | Synonyms: systematic, taxonomical |
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taxonomical | (adjective) of or relating to taxonomy | Synonyms: systematic, taxonomic |
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taxpaying | (adjective) not exempt from paying taxes | - |
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teachable | (adjective) ready and willing to be taught | Synonyms: docile |
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teal | (adjective) of a bluish shade of green | Synonyms: blue-green, bluish green |
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tearaway | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap |
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tearful | (adjective) filled with or marked by tears | - |
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(adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping |
tearing | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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teary | (adjective) with eyes full of tears | Synonyms: teary-eyed, watery-eyed |
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teased | (adjective) feeling mild pleasurable excitement | Synonyms: titillated |
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teasing | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, vexatious, vexing |
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(adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: mocking, quizzical |
(adjective) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it | - |
technical | (adjective) characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: proficient |
(adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technological |
(adjective) according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules | - |
(adjective) relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | Synonyms: mechanical, mechanically skillful |
(adjective) of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood | Synonyms: expert |
(adjective) resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations | - |
technological | (adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technical |
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(adjective) based in scientific and industrial progress | - |
technophilic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophilia | - |
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technophobic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophobia | - |
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techy | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy |
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tectonic | (adjective) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture | Synonyms: architectonic |
tedious | (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy |
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(adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome |
teeming | (adjective) abundantly filled with especially living things | - |
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teen | (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: adolescent, teenage, teenaged |
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teenage | (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: adolescent, teen, teenaged |
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