appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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appropriateness | (noun) the quality of being specially suitable | - |
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(noun) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing | Synonyms: rightness |
aptness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: appositeness |
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(noun) a disposition to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: propensity |
arbitrariness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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archduchess | (noun) a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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archness | (noun) inappropriate playfulness | Synonyms: impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness |
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arduousness | (noun) extreme effortfulness | Synonyms: strenuousness |
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aridness | (noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | Synonyms: aridity, thirstiness |
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artfulness | (noun) the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage | - |
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articulateness | (noun) the quality of being facile in speech and writing | Synonyms: fluency, volubility |
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artlessness | (noun) ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit | - |
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(noun) the quality of innocent naivete | Synonyms: ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness |
ass | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup |
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(noun) hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse | - |
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) a pompous fool | - |
assagai | (noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | Synonyms: assegai |
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assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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assassin | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassinator, bravo |
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(noun) a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders | - |
assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack | - |
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(noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
assassinator | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, bravo |
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assault | (noun) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack | - |
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(noun) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | - |
(noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: rape, ravishment, violation |
assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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assay | (noun) a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. | - |
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(noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: check |
(noun) a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance | - |
(noun) a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components | - |
assayer | (noun) an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals | - |
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assegai | (noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | Synonyms: assagai |
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assemblage | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assembly, gathering |
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(noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | Synonyms: hookup |
(noun) a group of persons together in one place | Synonyms: gathering |
(noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, aggregation, collection |
assembler | (noun) a program to convert assembly language into machine language | Synonyms: assembly program |
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assembling | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: aggregation, collecting, collection |
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assembly | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assemblage, gathering |
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(noun) the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: fabrication |
(noun) a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit | - |
(noun) a public facility to meet for open discussion | Synonyms: forum, meeting place |
(noun) a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together | - |
(noun) a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose | - |
assemblyman | (noun) someone who is a member of a legislative assembly | - |
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assemblywoman | (noun) a woman assemblyman | - |
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assent | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: acquiescence |
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assenter | (noun) a person who assents | - |
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assenting | (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: accession |
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asserter | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asseverator, avower, declarer |
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assertion | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: asseveration, averment |
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(noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: affirmation, statement |
assertiveness | (noun) aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions | Synonyms: self-assertiveness |
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assessee | (noun) a person (or property) that is assessed | - |
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assessment | (noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
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(noun) the market value set on assets | - |
(noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: appraisal |
(noun) an amount determined as payable | - |
assessor | (noun) an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it | Synonyms: tax assessor |
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asset | (noun) a useful or valuable quality | Synonyms: plus |
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assets | (noun) anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company | - |
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asseveration | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, averment |
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asseverator | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, avower, declarer |
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asshole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, bunghole |
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(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
assibilation | (noun) pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound | Synonyms: sibilation |
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(noun) the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant | - |
assiduity | (noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduousness, concentration |
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assiduousness | (noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduity, concentration |
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assignation | (noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) | Synonyms: tryst |
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(noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling |
assignee | (noun) (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | - |
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assigning | (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assignment |
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assignment | (noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) | Synonyms: duty assignment |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, designation, naming |
(noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assigning |
(noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) | - |
(noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | - |
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: grant |
assignor | (noun) (law) the party who makes an assignment | - |
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assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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assimilation | (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | - |
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(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | - |
(noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: absorption |
(noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: absorption |
(noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | - |
assimilator | (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: learner, scholar, student |
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assist | (noun) (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play | - |
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(noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: aid, assistance, help |
assistance | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: aid, assist, help |
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(noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: aid, help |
(noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause | Synonyms: aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance |
assistant | (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: help, helper, supporter |
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assize | (noun) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | - |
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(noun) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale | - |
assizes | (noun) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) | Synonyms: court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
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associability | (noun) the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought | Synonyms: associableness |
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associableness | (noun) the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought | Synonyms: associability |
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associate | (noun) a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies | Synonyms: associate degree |
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(noun) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another | - |
(noun) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor | - |
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow |
(noun) a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise | - |
associateship | (noun) the position of associate (as in an office or academy) | - |
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association | (noun) the act of consorting with or joining with others | - |
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(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
(noun) a formal organization of people or groups of people | - |
(noun) (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species | - |
(noun) (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding | - |
(noun) a relation resulting from interaction or dependence | - |
(noun) a social or business relationship | Synonyms: affiliation, tie-up, tie |
(noun) the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination | - |
associationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity | Synonyms: association theory |
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assonance | (noun) the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words | Synonyms: vowel rhyme |
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assortment | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
assuagement | (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, relief |
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assumption | (noun) the act of taking possession of or power over something | Synonyms: laying claim |
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(noun) the act of assuming or taking for granted | - |
(noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness |
(noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: supposal, supposition |
(noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: premise, premiss |
assurance | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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(noun) a statement intended to inspire confidence | - |
(noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: pledge |
(noun) a British term for some kinds of insurance | - |
assuredness | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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astuteness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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(noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | Synonyms: deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity |
atrociousness | (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness |
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attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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attentiveness | (noun) the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others | - |
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(noun) the trait of being observant and paying attention | - |
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: heed, paying attention, regard |
attractiveness | (noun) sexual allure | - |
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(noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attraction |
audaciousness | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audacity, temerity |
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(noun) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery | Synonyms: audacity |
audibleness | (noun) quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: audibility |
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audiocassette | (noun) a cassette for audiotape | - |
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auspiciousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: propitiousness |
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austereness | (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
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authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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availableness | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availability, handiness |
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avariciousness | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, cupidity |
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averageness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding | Synonyms: mediocrity |
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(noun) the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity | - |
aviatress | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatrix |
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avidness | (noun) a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | Synonyms: avidity, eagerness, keenness |
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awareness | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness |
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(noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | Synonyms: sentience |
awayness | (noun) the state of being elsewhere than in particular place | - |
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awfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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awkwardness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: clumsiness |
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(noun) the quality of an embarrassing situation | Synonyms: nuisance value |
(noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: cumbersomeness, unwieldiness |
(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness |
(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
babassu | (noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | Synonyms: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa |
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babiroussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babirusa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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babirussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babiroussa, babirusa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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backwardness | (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality |
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badass | (noun) A mean or belligerent person | - |
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(noun) A person considered impressive due to extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance | - |
badness | (noun) that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency | Synonyms: bad |
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(noun) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
(noun) an attribute of mischievous children | Synonyms: mischievousness, naughtiness |