| intensifier | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensive |
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| intension | (noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: connotation |
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| intensity | (noun) high level or degree; the property of being intense | Synonyms: intensiveness |
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| (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: chroma, saturation, vividness |
| (noun) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) | Synonyms: loudness, volume |
| (noun) the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) | Synonyms: intensity level, strength |
| intensive | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensifier |
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| intensiveness | (noun) high level or degree; the property of being intense | Synonyms: intensity |
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| intent | (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, design, intention, purpose |
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| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: purport, spirit |
| intention | (noun) an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out | - |
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| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, design, intent, purpose |
| (noun) (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal | - |
| intentionality | (noun) expressive of intentions | - |
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| intentness | (noun) the quality of being intent and concentrated | Synonyms: engrossment |
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| interaction | (noun) a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons | Synonyms: fundamental interaction |
| interbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: betweenbrain, diencephalon, thalmencephalon |
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| interbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: crossbreeding, miscegenation |
| intercalation | (noun) an insertion into a calendar | Synonyms: embolism |
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| intercept | (noun) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis | - |
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| interception | (noun) the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving | - |
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| (noun) (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team | - |
| interceptor | (noun) a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft | - |
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| intercessio | (noun) the right of veto possessed by Roman magistrates. | - |
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| intercession | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intervention |
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| (noun) a prayer to God on behalf of another person | - |
| intercessor | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intermediary, intermediator, mediator |
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| interchange | (noun) the act of changing one thing for another thing | Synonyms: exchange |
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| (noun) mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) | Synonyms: give-and-take, reciprocation |
| (noun) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) | Synonyms: exchange |
| (noun) a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams | - |
| interchangeability | (noun) the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange | Synonyms: exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeableness |
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| interchangeableness | (noun) the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange | Synonyms: exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability |
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| intercom | (noun) a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc | Synonyms: intercommunication system |
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| intercommunication | (noun) mutual communication; communication with each other | - |
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| intercommunion | (noun) participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox) | - |
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| interconnectedness | (noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnection |
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| interconnection | (noun) (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.) | - |
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| (noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnectedness |
| intercostal | (noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
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| intercourse | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| (noun) communication between individuals | Synonyms: social intercourse |
| interdependence | (noun) a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) | Synonyms: interdependency, mutuality |
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| interdependency | (noun) a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) | Synonyms: interdependence, mutuality |
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| interdict | (noun) an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district | - |
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| (noun) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity | Synonyms: interdiction |
| interdiction | (noun) authoritative prohibition | - |
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| (noun) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity | Synonyms: interdict |
| interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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| (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
| (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
| (noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
| (noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
| interestedness | (noun) the state of being interested | - |
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| interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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| interface | (noun) (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) | Synonyms: port |
| (noun) the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system | Synonyms: user interface |
| interference | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance |
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| (noun) (American football) blocking a player's path with your body | - |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | Synonyms: intervention |
| (noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: disturbance, noise |
| interferometer | (noun) any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves | - |
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| interferon | (noun) an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus | - |
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| interfixation | (noun) derivation of a new word by inserting an interfix between two morphemes. | - |
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| interim | (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another | Synonyms: lag, meantime, meanwhile |
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| interior | (noun) the inner or enclosed surface of something | Synonyms: inside |
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| (noun) the region that is inside of something | Synonyms: inside |
| interjection | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interpellation, interpolation, interposition |
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| (noun) an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion | Synonyms: ejaculation |
| interlanguage | (noun) a common language used by speakers of different languages | Synonyms: koine, lingua franca |
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| interlayer | (noun) a layer placed between other layers | - |
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| interleaf | (noun) a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book | - |
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| interleukin | (noun) any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system | - |
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| interlock | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing |
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| (noun) a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting | Synonyms: ignition interlock |
| interlocking | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, mesh, meshing |
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| (noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, mesh, meshing |
| interlocutor | (noun) a person who takes part in a conversation | Synonyms: conversational partner |
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| (noun) the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk | Synonyms: middleman |
| interloper | (noun) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | Synonyms: intruder, trespasser |
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| interlude | (noun) a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance | Synonyms: entr'acte, intermezzo |
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| (noun) an intervening period or episode | - |
| intermarriage | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: endogamy, inmarriage |
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| (noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: exogamy |
| intermediary | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediator, mediator |
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| intermediate | (noun) a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained | - |
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| intermediation | (noun) the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement | Synonyms: mediation |
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| intermediator | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, mediator |
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| interment | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture |
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| intermezzo | (noun) a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance | Synonyms: entr'acte, interlude |
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| (noun) a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera | - |
| (noun) a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony | - |
| intermission | (noun) the act of suspending activity temporarily | - |
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| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, interruption, pause, suspension |
| intermittence | (noun) the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping | Synonyms: intermittency |
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| intermittency | (noun) the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping | Synonyms: intermittence |
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| intermixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| (noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base | Synonyms: admixture |
| (noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: concoction, mixture |
| intern | (noun) an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience | Synonyms: houseman, interne, medical intern |
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| internalisation | (noun) learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself | Synonyms: incorporation, internalization |
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| internality | (noun) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) | Synonyms: inwardness |
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| internalization | (noun) learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself | Synonyms: incorporation, internalisation |
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| internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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| internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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| (noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
| internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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| (noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
| internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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| internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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| interne | (noun) an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience | Synonyms: houseman, intern, medical intern |
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| internee | (noun) a person who is interned | - |
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| internet | (noun) a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange | Synonyms: cyberspace, net |
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| internist | (noun) a specialist in internal medicine | - |
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| internment | (noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | Synonyms: imprisonment |
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| (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage |
| (noun) confinement during wartime | - |
| internode | (noun) a segment of a stem between two nodes | - |
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| internship | (noun) the position of a medical intern | - |
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| internuncio | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio | - |
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| interoception | (noun) sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | - |
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| interoceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: enteroceptor |
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| interoperability | (noun) (computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks) | - |
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| interpellation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpolation, interposition |
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| (noun) (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy | - |
| interpenetration | (noun) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other | Synonyms: permeation |
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| (noun) the action of penetrating between or among | - |
| interphone | (noun) a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc | - |
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| interplay | (noun) reciprocal action and reaction | - |
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| interpolation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interposition |
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| (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known | - |
| (noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | Synonyms: insertion |
| interposition | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interpolation |
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| (noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: intervention |
| interpretation | (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: rendering, rendition |
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| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpreting, rendering, rendition |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: reading, version |
| (noun) an explanation that results from interpreting something | - |
| interpreter | (noun) (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time | Synonyms: interpretive program |
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| (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: representative, spokesperson, voice |
| (noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | Synonyms: translator |
| (noun) someone who uses art to represent something | - |
| interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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| interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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| interregnum | (noun) the time between two reigns, governments, etc. | - |
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| interrelatedness | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelation, interrelationship |
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| interrelation | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelationship |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| interrogation | (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogatory |
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| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogative, interrogative sentence, question |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, query, question |
| (noun) a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder | - |
| interrogative | (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative sentence, question |
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| (noun) some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood | Synonyms: interrogative mood |