convener | (noun) the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings | - |
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convenience | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) a toilet that is available to the public | Synonyms: comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room |
(noun) the quality of being useful and convenient | - |
(noun) the state of being suitable or opportune | - |
conveniences | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, comforts, creature comforts |
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convening | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convention |
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convent | (noun) a religious residence especially for nuns | - |
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(noun) a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together | - |
conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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(noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
convention | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convening |
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(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: conventionalism, conventionality |
(noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: formula, normal, pattern, rule |
(noun) (diplomacy) an international agreement | - |
(noun) a large formal assembly | - |
conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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conventionality | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionalism |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | - |
(noun) conformity with conventional thought and behavior | - |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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convergence | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergency, converging |
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(noun) the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | Synonyms: convergency |
(noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: intersection, overlap |
(noun) the occurrence of two or more things coming together | - |
convergency | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, converging |
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(noun) the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | Synonyms: convergence |
converging | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, convergency |
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conversance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity |
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conversancy | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, familiarity |
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conversation | (noun) the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | - |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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converse | (noun) a proposition obtained by conversion | - |
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conversion | (noun) the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another | - |
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(noun) a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life | Synonyms: rebirth, spiritual rebirth |
(noun) a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown | - |
(noun) act of exchanging one type of money or security for another | - |
(noun) a change in the units or form of an expression: | - |
(noun) interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition | - |
(noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: changeover, transition |
(noun) a change of religion | - |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis | - |
convert | (noun) a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief | - |
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convertase | (noun) any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds. | - |
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converter | (noun) a device for changing one substance or form or state into another | Synonyms: convertor |
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convertibility | (noun) the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction) | - |
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convertible | (noun) a car that has top that can be folded or removed | - |
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(noun) a sofa that can be converted into a bed | Synonyms: sofa bed |
(noun) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) | Synonyms: convertible security |
convertor | (noun) a device for changing one substance or form or state into another | Synonyms: converter |
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convexity | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexness |
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(noun) a shape that curves or bulges outward | Synonyms: convex shape |
convexness | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexity |
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conveyance | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying |
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(noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | Synonyms: transfer, transferral, transport, transportation |
(noun) something that serves as a means of transportation | Synonyms: transport |
(noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: impartation, imparting |
(noun) document effecting a property transfer | - |
conveyancer | (noun) a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties | - |
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conveyancing | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveying |
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conveyer | (noun) a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) | Synonyms: conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter |
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(noun) a person who conveys (carries or transmits) | Synonyms: conveyor |
conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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conveyor | (noun) a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) | Synonyms: conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor belt, transporter |
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(noun) a person who conveys (carries or transmits) | Synonyms: conveyer |
convict | (noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird |
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(noun) a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense | - |
convictfish | (noun) greenling with whitish body marked with black bands | Synonyms: convict fish, Oxylebius pictus, painted greenling |
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conviction | (noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | Synonyms: condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence |
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(noun) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence | Synonyms: article of faith, strong belief |
convincingness | (noun) the power of argument or evidence to cause belief | - |
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conviviality | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: jollification, merrymaking |
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(noun) a jovial nature | Synonyms: joviality |
convocation | (noun) the act of convoking | Synonyms: calling together |
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(noun) a group gathered in response to a summons | - |
convolution | (noun) the action of coiling or twisting or winding together | - |
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(noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: gyrus |
(noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: swirl, vortex, whirl |
convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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convoy | (noun) the act of escorting while in transit | - |
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(noun) a procession of land vehicles traveling together | - |
(noun) a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships | - |
convulsion | (noun) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | - |
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(noun) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | - |
(noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: fit, paroxysm |
(noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: turmoil, upheaval |
cookstove | (noun) a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
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cooperative | (noun) a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners | Synonyms: co-op |
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(noun) an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it | - |
cooperativeness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, amenableness |
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copulative | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
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cordovan | (noun) a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain | - |
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coronavirus | (noun) a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020 | Synonyms: 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, corona, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, novel coronavirus pneumonia, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan flu, Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan virus |
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corrective | (noun) a device for treating injury or disease | Synonyms: restorative |
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correlative | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlate |
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correlativity | (noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlation |
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corrosive | (noun) a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) | - |
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corvee | (noun) unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes | - |
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corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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counterevidence | (noun) (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. | Synonyms: counter-evidence |
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countermove | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: counterattack |
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counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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counterrevolution | (noun) a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution | - |
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counterrevolutionary | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
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counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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countersubversion | (noun) the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities | - |
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couvade | (noun) a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child | - |
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couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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covalence | (noun) valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share | Synonyms: covalency |
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covalency | (noun) valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share | Synonyms: covalence |
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covariance | (noun) (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means | - |
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covariation | (noun) (statistics) correlated variation | - |
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cove | (noun) a small inlet | - |
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(noun) small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain | - |
coven | (noun) an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches | - |
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covenant | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, concordat |
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(noun) (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | - |
cover | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: covering, masking, screening |
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(noun) fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations | Synonyms: covering fire |
(noun) a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent) | - |
(noun) a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else | Synonyms: cover song, cover version |
(noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: blanket |
(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, covert, screen |
(noun) covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | Synonyms: top |
(noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, binding, book binding |
(noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: covering, natural covering |
(noun) a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink | Synonyms: cover charge |
coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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(noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
(noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
coverall | (noun) a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
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covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
(noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
(noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
(noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
coverlet | (noun) a decorative bedspread (usually quilted) | - |
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covert | (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, screen |
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(noun) a flock of coots | - |
covertness | (noun) the state of being covert and hidden | Synonyms: hiddenness |
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covetousness | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
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(noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
(noun) an envious eagerness to possess something | - |
covey | (noun) a small flock of grouse or partridge | - |
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(noun) a small collection of people | - |
coville | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: creosote bush, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata |
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coxsackievirus | (noun) enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis | Synonyms: Coxsackie virus |
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cravat | (noun) neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front | - |
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craven | (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: poltroon, recreant |
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cravenness | (noun) meanspirited cowardice | - |
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craving | (noun) an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
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creativeness | (noun) the ability to create | Synonyms: creative thinking, creativity |
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creativity | (noun) the ability to create | Synonyms: creative thinking, creativeness |
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crevasse | (noun) a deep fissure | - |
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crevice | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, fissure |
crossover | (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossing, crosswalk |
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(noun) the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience | - |
(noun) a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | Synonyms: crossover voter |
(noun) the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: crossing over |
cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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cultivation | (noun) (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | - |
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(noun) socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | - |
(noun) the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) | - |
(noun) the process of fostering the growth of something | - |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: culture, finish, polish, refinement |
cultivator | (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: tiller |
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(noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser |
culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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(noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
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curative | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: cure, remedy, therapeutic |
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