| abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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| (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
| acquaintance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: conversance, conversancy, familiarity |
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| (noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: friend |
| (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintanceship |
| acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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| afterpains | (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus | - |
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| attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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| attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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| attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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| attainment | (noun) the act of achieving an aim | - |
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| (noun) arrival at a new stage | - |
| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill |
| bargain | (noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | Synonyms: deal |
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| (noun) an advantageous purchase | Synonyms: buy, steal |
| bargainer | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: dealer, monger, trader |
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| (noun) negotiator of the terms of a transaction | - |
| bargaining | (noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
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| benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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| betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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| betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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| birdbrain | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, loon |
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| blain | (noun) an inflammatory swelling or sore | - |
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| bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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| boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun |
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| bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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| brain | (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | Synonyms: encephalon |
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| (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
| (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche |
| (noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat | - |
| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
| braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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| brainchild | (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: inspiration |
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| brainiac | (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
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| brainpan | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, cranium |
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| brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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| brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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| brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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| brainstorming | (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | - |
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| brainwashing | (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
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| brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
| brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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| butacaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: butacaine sulfate |
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| cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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| captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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| catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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| certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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| (noun) the state of being certain | - |
| chain | (noun) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | - |
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| (noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together | Synonyms: strand, string |
| (noun) anything that acts as a restraint | - |
| (noun) a linked or connected series of objects | - |
| (noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: concatenation |
| (noun) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | Synonyms: chemical chain |
| (noun) a series of hills or mountains | Synonyms: chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains |
| (noun) a unit of length | - |
| chains | (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs | Synonyms: irons |
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| chainsaw | (noun) portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | Synonyms: chain saw |
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| chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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| (noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
| chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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| chaplaincy | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplainship |
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| chaplainship | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplaincy |
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| chatelaine | (noun) a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. | - |
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| (noun) the mistress of a chateau or large country house | - |
| chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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| chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
| chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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| chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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| chilblain | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblains, pernio |
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| chilblains | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, pernio |
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| cocain | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocaine |
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| cocaine | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocain |
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| complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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| complainer | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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| complaint | (noun) an expression of grievance or resentment | - |
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| (noun) (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow | - |
| (noun) (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | - |
| (noun) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | Synonyms: charge |
| (noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: ailment, ill |
| constraint | (noun) the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others | - |
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| (noun) a device that retards something's motion | Synonyms: restraint |
| (noun) the state of being physically constrained | Synonyms: restraint |
| container | (noun) any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | - |
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| containerful | (noun) the quantity that a container will hold | - |
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| containership | (noun) a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes | Synonyms: container ship, container vessel |
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| containment | (noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | - |
| (noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | - |
| contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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| counterstain | (noun) a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly | - |
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| coxswain | (noun) the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew | Synonyms: cox |
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| cremains | (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation | - |
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| curtain | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: drape, drapery, mantle, pall |
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| (noun) any barrier to communication or vision | - |
| daintiness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: delicacy, fineness |
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| dainty | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat |
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| demimondaine | (noun) a female prostitute | - |
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| detainee | (noun) some held in custody | Synonyms: political detainee |
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| detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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| dibucaine | (noun) a local anesthetic that is administered by injection | - |
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| disdain | (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, patronage |
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| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, despite, scorn |
| disdainfulness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, superciliousness |
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| distraint | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distress |
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| domain | (noun) the content of a particular field of knowledge | Synonyms: knowledge base, knowledge domain |
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| (noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | Synonyms: world |
| (noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: domain of a function |
| (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: demesne, land |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, field, orbit, sphere |
| drain | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drainage |
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| (noun) a gradual depletion of energy or resources | - |
| (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drainpipe, waste pipe |
| (noun) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material | - |
| drainage | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drain |
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| drainboard | (noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink | Synonyms: draining board |
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| drainpipe | (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drain, waste pipe |
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| drainplug | (noun) a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin | - |
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| edutainment | (noun) entertainment that is intended to be educational | - |
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| encainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Enkaid |
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| entertainer | (noun) a person who tries to please or amuse | - |
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| entertainment | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: amusement |
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| eyestrain | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: asthenopia |
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| faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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| faint | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, swoon, syncope |
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| faintheartedness | (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintness |
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| faintness | (noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast | Synonyms: dimness |
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| (noun) barely audible | - |
| (noun) the property of being without strength | - |
| (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintheartedness |
| (noun) a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon | - |
| fingerpaint | (noun) paint that has the consistency of jelly | Synonyms: finger paint |
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| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| floodplain | (noun) a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding | Synonyms: flood plain |
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| forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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| fountain | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fount |
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| (noun) an artificially produced flow of water | Synonyms: jet |
| (noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises | - |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring |
| fountainhead | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: well, wellspring |
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| (noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: head, headspring |
| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| gain | (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: amplification |
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| (noun) the advantageous quality of being beneficial | Synonyms: profit |
| (noun) the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | - |
| (noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: addition, increase |
| gainer | (noun) a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board | Synonyms: full gainer |
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| (noun) a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits) | - |
| (noun) a person who gains weight | Synonyms: weight gainer |