| abandonment
|
(noun) the act of giving something up |
Synonyms:
desertion,
forsaking |
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| (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
Synonyms:
defection,
desertion |
| (noun) the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away |
- |
| abasement
|
(noun) a low or downcast state |
Synonyms:
degradation,
abjection |
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| (noun) depriving one of self-esteem |
Synonyms:
humiliation |
| abashment
|
(noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
Synonyms:
bashfulness |
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| abatement
|
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
Synonyms:
reprieve,
respite,
suspension,
hiatus |
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| (noun) the act of abating |
- |
| abbot
|
(noun) the superior of an abbey of monks |
Synonyms:
archimandrite |
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| abducent
|
(noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
Synonyms:
nervus abducens,
sixth cranial nerve,
abducens,
abducens nerve,
abducent nerve |
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| aberrant
|
(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
- |
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| abetment
|
(noun) the verbal act of urging on |
Synonyms:
instigation,
abettal |
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| abiogenist
|
(noun) a believer in abiogenesis |
- |
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| ablaut
|
(noun) a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) |
- |
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| abolishment
|
(noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
Synonyms:
abolition |
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| abolitionist
|
(noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
Synonyms:
emancipationist |
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| abort
|
(noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed |
- |
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| abortifacient
|
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
Synonyms:
aborticide,
abortion-inducing drug |
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| abortionist
|
(noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies |
- |
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| abradant
|
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down |
Synonyms:
abrasive,
abrasive material |
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| (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing |
Synonyms:
abrader |
| abridgement
|
(noun) a shortened version of a written work |
Synonyms:
condensation,
capsule,
abridgment |
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| abridgment
|
(noun) a shortened version of a written work |
Synonyms:
condensation,
capsule,
abridgement |
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| abscondment
|
(noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) |
Synonyms:
decampment |
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| absolutist
|
(noun) one who advocates absolutism |
- |
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| absorbent
|
(noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
Synonyms:
absorbent material |
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| abstinent
|
(noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
Synonyms:
nondrinker,
abstainer |
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| abstract
|
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
Synonyms:
abstraction |
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| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
Synonyms:
outline,
precis,
synopsis |
| abstractionist
|
(noun) a painter of abstract pictures |
Synonyms:
abstract artist |
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| abutment
|
(noun) point of contact between two objects or parts |
- |
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| (noun) a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge |
- |
| abvolt
|
(noun) a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt |
- |
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| abwatt
|
(noun) a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt) |
- |
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| accent
|
(noun) distinctive manner of oral expression |
Synonyms:
speech pattern |
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| (noun) special importance or significance |
Synonyms:
emphasis |
| (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
Synonyms:
idiom,
dialect |
| (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |
Synonyms:
stress,
emphasis |
| (noun) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
Synonyms:
accent mark |
| accident
|
(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury |
- |
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| (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause |
Synonyms:
stroke,
chance event,
fortuity |
| accompaniment
|
(noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
Synonyms:
co-occurrence,
concomitant,
attendant |
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| (noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
Synonyms:
support,
backup,
musical accompaniment |
| (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect |
Synonyms:
complement |
| (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them |
Synonyms:
escort |
| accompanist
|
(noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
Synonyms:
accompanyist |
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| accompanyist
|
(noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
Synonyms:
accompanist |
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| accomplishment
|
(noun) the action of accomplishing something |
Synonyms:
achievement |
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| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training |
Synonyms:
acquisition,
attainment,
skill,
acquirement |
| accordionist
|
(noun) a musician who plays the accordion |
- |
|---|
| accouchement
|
(noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child |
Synonyms:
vaginal birth,
childbearing,
childbirth |
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| account
|
(noun) a record or narrative description of past events |
Synonyms:
history,
story,
chronicle |
|---|
| (noun) a short account of the news |
Synonyms:
report,
story,
news report,
write up |
| (noun) a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services |
Synonyms:
business relationship |
| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
Synonyms:
explanation |
| (noun) grounds |
Synonyms:
score |
| (noun) importance or value |
- |
| (noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance |
Synonyms:
accounting,
account statement |
| (noun) the act of informing by verbal report |
Synonyms:
report |
| (noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered |
Synonyms:
bill,
invoice |
| (noun) the quality of taking advantage |
- |
| accountant
|
(noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts |
Synonyms:
controller,
comptroller |
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| accouterment
|
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
Synonyms:
accessory,
accoutrement |
|---|
| accoutrement
|
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
Synonyms:
accessory,
accouterment |
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| accruement
|
(noun) the act of accumulating |
Synonyms:
accrual,
accumulation |
|---|
| achievement
|
(noun) the action of accomplishing something |
Synonyms:
accomplishment |
|---|
| acknowledgement
|
(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged |
Synonyms:
recognition,
acknowledgment |
|---|
| (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone |
Synonyms:
acknowledgment |
| acknowledgment
|
(noun) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged |
Synonyms:
recognition,
acknowledgement |
|---|
| (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
Synonyms:
reference,
quotation,
credit,
mention,
citation,
cite |
| (noun) a statement acknowledging something or someone |
Synonyms:
acknowledgement |
| acquirement
|
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training |
Synonyms:
accomplishment,
acquisition,
attainment,
skill |
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| acrobat
|
(noun) an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination |
- |
|---|
| acrodont
|
(noun) an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
- |
|---|
| act
|
(noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
Synonyms:
enactment |
|---|
| (noun) something that people do or cause to happen |
Synonyms:
deed,
human action,
human activity |
| (noun) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet |
- |
| (noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program |
Synonyms:
routine,
turn,
number,
bit |
| (noun) a manifestation of insincerity |
- |
| activist
|
(noun) a militant reformer |
Synonyms:
militant |
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| adamant
|
(noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem |
Synonyms:
diamond |
|---|
| addict
|
(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
Synonyms:
nut,
junkie,
junky,
freak |
|---|
| (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity |
- |
| adduct
|
(noun) a compound formed by an addition reaction |
- |
|---|
| adept
|
(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
Synonyms:
ace,
genius,
sensation,
star,
whiz,
hotshot,
maven,
mavin,
whizz,
wiz,
wizard,
superstar,
virtuoso,
champion |
|---|
| adherent
|
(noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
Synonyms:
disciple |
|---|
| adit
|
(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine |
- |
|---|
| adjournment
|
(noun) the termination of a meeting |
Synonyms:
dissolution |
|---|
| (noun) the act of postponing to another time or place |
- |
| adjunct
|
(noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another |
- |
| (noun) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence |
- |
| adjustment
|
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
Synonyms:
accommodation,
fitting |
|---|
| (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
Synonyms:
modification,
alteration |
| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
Synonyms:
readjustment,
registration |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
Synonyms:
adaptation,
adaption |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances |
Synonyms:
allowance |
| adjutant
|
(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
Synonyms:
aide,
aide-de-camp |
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| (noun) large Indian stork with a military gait |
Synonyms:
adjutant bird,
adjutant stork,
Leptoptilus dubius |
| adjuvant
|
(noun) an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment |
- |
|---|
| admonishment
|
(noun) a firm rebuke |
Synonyms:
monition,
admonition |
|---|
| adolescent
|
(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
Synonyms:
stripling,
teen,
teenager |
|---|
| adornment
|
(noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting |
- |
| adsorbent
|
(noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
Synonyms:
adsorbent material |
|---|
| adult
|
(noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward |
Synonyms:
grownup |
|---|
| (noun) any mature animal |
- |
| adulterant
|
(noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
Synonyms:
adulterator |
|---|
| advancement
|
(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something |
Synonyms:
promotion,
furtherance |
|---|
| (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
Synonyms:
procession,
progress,
progression,
onward motion,
advance,
forward motion |
| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development |
Synonyms:
progress |
| advent
|
(noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) |
Synonyms:
coming |
|---|
| advert
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advertisement,
advertizement,
advertizing |
|---|
| advertisement
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertizement,
advertizing |
|---|
| advertizement
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizing |
|---|
| advisement
|
(noun) careful consideration |
Synonyms:
deliberation,
weighing |
|---|
| aerialist
|
(noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) |
- |
|---|
| aeronaut
|
(noun) someone who operates an aircraft |
Synonyms:
airman,
aviator,
flier,
flyer |
|---|
| aetiologist
|
(noun) a specialist in the etiology of diseases |
Synonyms:
etiologist |
|---|
| affect
|
(noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
- |
|---|
| afferent
|
(noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
Synonyms:
sensory nerve,
afferent nerve |
|---|
| affiant
|
(noun) a person who makes an affidavit |
- |
|---|
| affidavit
|
(noun) written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath |
- |
|---|
| affluent
|
(noun) an affluent person; a person who is financially well off |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream |
Synonyms:
feeder,
confluent,
tributary |
| affright
|
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
Synonyms:
terror,
panic |
|---|
| affront
|
(noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect |
Synonyms:
insult |
|---|
| aftereffect
|
(noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy |
- |
| aftershaft
|
(noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds |
- |
|---|
| afterthought
|
(noun) thinking again about a choice previously made |
Synonyms:
reconsideration,
rethink,
second thought |
|---|
| (noun) an addition that was not included in the original plan |
- |
| agent
|
(noun) an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations |
- |
| (noun) a substance that exerts some force or effect |
- |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
Synonyms:
factor,
broker |
| (noun) any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau |
Synonyms:
federal agent |
| (noun) the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
Synonyms:
agentive role |
| aggrandisement
|
(noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
Synonyms:
elevation,
aggrandizement |
|---|
| aggrandizement
|
(noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
Synonyms:
elevation,
aggrandisement |
|---|
| aglet
|
(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon |
Synonyms:
aiglet |
|---|
| (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform |
Synonyms:
aiglet,
aiguilette |
| agonist
|
(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction |
Synonyms:
protagonist |
|---|
| (noun) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) |
- |
| (noun) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes |
- |
| (noun) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction |
- |
| agreement
|
(noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises |
Synonyms:
understanding |
|---|
| (noun) compatibility of observations |
Synonyms:
correspondence |
| (noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters |
Synonyms:
accord |
| (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to |
Synonyms:
arrangement |
| (noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations |
Synonyms:
concord |
| (noun) the verbal act of agreeing |
- |
| agriculturalist
|
(noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
Synonyms:
cultivator,
raiser,
grower,
agriculturist |
|---|
| agriculturist
|
(noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
Synonyms:
cultivator,
raiser,
grower,
agriculturalist |
|---|
| agronomist
|
(noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production |
- |
|---|
| aiglet
|
(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon |
Synonyms:
aglet |
|---|
| (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform |
Synonyms:
aglet,
aiguilette |
| aigret
|
(noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume |
Synonyms:
aigrette |
|---|
| ailment
|
(noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining |
Synonyms:
complaint,
ill |
|---|
| airburst
|
(noun) an explosion in the atmosphere |
- |
|---|
| aircraft
|
(noun) a vehicle that can fly |
- |
|---|
| airlift
|
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
Synonyms:
lift |
|---|
| airport
|
(noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
Synonyms:
drome,
aerodrome,
airdrome |
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