approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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(noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
(noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
(noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
approver | (noun) an authority with power to approve | - |
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approving | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
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disapproval | (noun) the act of disapproving or condemning | - |
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(noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour, dislike |
(noun) the expression of disapproval | - |
(noun) a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing | - |
disprover | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, rebutter, refuter |
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improvement | (noun) the act of improving something | - |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, betterment |
(noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: melioration |
improver | (noun) a component that is added to something to improve it | Synonyms: add-on, addition |
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(noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, humanitarian |
improvidence | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: shortsightedness |
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improvisation | (noun) an unplanned expedient | Synonyms: temporary expedient |
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(noun) a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | Synonyms: extemporisation, extemporization |
(noun) a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) | - |
provability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: demonstrability |
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provenance | (noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenience |
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provender | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals |
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(noun) food for domestic livestock | Synonyms: feed |
provenience | (noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance |
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proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, saw |
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providence | (noun) the guardianship and control exercised by a deity | - |
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(noun) the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources | - |
(noun) a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures | - |
provider | (noun) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | Synonyms: supplier |
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(noun) someone who provides the means for subsistence | - |
province | (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | Synonyms: state |
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(noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities | Synonyms: responsibility |
provincial | (noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, peasant |
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(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | - |
provincialism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, sectionalism |
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(noun) a lack of sophistication | - |
provirus | (noun) cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell | - |
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provision | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: supply, supplying |
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(noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: planning, preparation |
(noun) a stipulated condition | Synonyms: proviso |
(noun) a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) | - |
provisioner | (noun) a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army | Synonyms: sutler, victualer, victualler |
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provisions | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: commissariat, provender, viands, victuals |
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proviso | (noun) a stipulated condition | Synonyms: provision |
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provitamin | (noun) vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues | - |
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provocateur | (noun) a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts | Synonyms: agent provocateur |
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provocation | (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment | Synonyms: aggravation, irritation |
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(noun) needed encouragement | Synonyms: incitement |
(noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action | Synonyms: incitation, incitement |
provoker | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, inciter, instigant, instigator |
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provost | (noun) a high-ranking university administrator | - |
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reproval | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof |
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reprover | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reproacher, upbraider |
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