weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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weakening | (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
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(noun) becoming weaker | - |
weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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(noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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(noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
(noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
(noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
(noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
weal | (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, welt, wheal |
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weald | (noun) an area of open or forested country | - |
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wealth | (noun) the quality of profuse abundance | - |
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(noun) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value | - |
(noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: riches |
(noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealthiness |
wealthiness | (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealth |
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weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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weapon | (noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: arm, weapon system |
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(noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: artillery |
weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
(noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
wearable | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
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wearer | (noun) a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory | - |
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weariness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness |
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wearing | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wear |
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(noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away |
weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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(noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
weather | (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition |
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weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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(noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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weatherliness | (noun) (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) | - |
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weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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weave | (noun) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | - |
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weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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(noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |
weaverbird | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver, weaver finch |
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weaving | (noun) creating fabric | - |
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web | (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | Synonyms: vane |
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(noun) membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals | - |
(noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: entanglement |
(noun) a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) | - |
(noun) computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol | Synonyms: World Wide Web, WWW |
(noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: network |
(noun) an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving | - |
webbing | (noun) a strong fabric woven in strips | - |
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(noun) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
(noun) something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) | - |
webcam | (noun) a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet | - |
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weber | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells | Synonyms: Wb |
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webfoot | (noun) a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin | - |
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webmaster | (noun) a technician who designs or maintains a website | - |
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webpage | (noun) a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser | Synonyms: web page |
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website | (noun) a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | Synonyms: internet site, site, web site |
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webworm | (noun) several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed | - |
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wedding | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage, marriage ceremony |
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(noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: hymeneals, nuptials, wedding ceremony |
(noun) a party of people at a wedding | Synonyms: wedding party |
wedge | (noun) something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | - |
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(noun) a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | Synonyms: chock |
(noun) a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | Synonyms: wedge heel |
(noun) (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | - |
(noun) a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: hacek |
(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep |
(noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: cuneus, wedge shape |
wedgie | (noun) a shoe with a wedge heel | - |
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wedlock | (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union |
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wee | (noun) a short time | - |
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weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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weeb | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeaboo |
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weed | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke |
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(noun) a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: mourning band |
(noun) any plant that crowds out cultivated plants | - |
weeder | (noun) a hand tool for removing weeds | Synonyms: weed-whacker |
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(noun) a farmhand hired to remove weeds | - |
weedkiller | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: herbicide, weed killer |
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weeds | (noun) a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: widow's weeds |
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week | (noun) any period of seven consecutive days | Synonyms: hebdomad |
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(noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: workweek |
(noun) a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday) | Synonyms: calendar week |
weekday | (noun) any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
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weekend | (noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
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weekender | (noun) a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip | - |
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(noun) someone who vacations on a weekend | - |
weekly | (noun) a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year) | - |
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weeknight | (noun) any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday | - |
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weeness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess |
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weenie | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, wiener, wienerwurst |
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weeper | (noun) a person who weeps | Synonyms: crier |
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(noun) a hired mourner | - |
weepiness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: tearfulness |
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weeping | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, tears |
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weevil | (noun) any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles | - |
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weewee | (noun) liquid excretory product | Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, urine, water |
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weft | (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, pick, woof |
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weigela | (noun) deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers | Synonyms: Weigela florida |
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weighbridge | (noun) platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc | - |
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weigher | (noun) an official who weighs and records the weight | - |
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weighing | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: advisement, deliberation |
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weight | (noun) an artifact that is heavy | - |
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(noun) sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms | Synonyms: exercising weight, free weight |
(noun) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity | - |
(noun) the relative importance granted to something | Synonyms: weightiness |
(noun) an oppressive feeling of heavy force | - |
(noun) a unit used to measure weight | Synonyms: weight unit |
(noun) a system of units used to express the weight of something | Synonyms: system of weights |
(noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | Synonyms: weighting |
weightiness | (noun) the property of being comparatively great in weight | Synonyms: heaviness |
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(noun) the relative importance granted to something | Synonyms: weight |
weighting | (noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | Synonyms: weight |
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weightlessness | (noun) the property of being comparatively small in weight | Synonyms: lightness |
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weightlift | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlifting |
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weightlifter | (noun) an athlete who lifts barbells | Synonyms: lifter |
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weightlifting | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlift |
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weir | (noun) a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow | - |
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(noun) a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish | - |
weirdie | (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, spook, weirdo, weirdy |
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weirdness | (noun) strikingly out of the ordinary | Synonyms: bizarreness, outlandishness |
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weirdo | (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, spook, weirdie, weirdy |
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(noun) someone deranged and possibly dangerous | Synonyms: crazy, looney, loony, nutcase |
weirdy | (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, spook, weirdie, weirdo |
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weisenheimer | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer |
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weka | (noun) flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting | Synonyms: maori hen, wood hen |
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welcher | (noun) someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager | Synonyms: welsher |
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welcome | (noun) a greeting or reception | - |
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(noun) the state of being welcome | - |
welcomer | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, saluter |
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weld | (noun) a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together | - |
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(noun) European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America | Synonyms: dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket, Reseda luteola |
welder | (noun) joins pieces of metal by welding them together | - |
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welding | (noun) fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure | - |
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weldment | (noun) an assembly of parts welded together | - |
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welfare | (noun) governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need | Synonyms: public assistance, social welfare |
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(noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: benefit |
(noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, well-being, wellbeing |
welkin | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven |
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well | (noun) a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine | - |
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(noun) an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps | - |
(noun) an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | - |
(noun) a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid | - |
(noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring |
wellbeing | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being |
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wellerism | (noun) a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel | - |
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wellhead | (noun) a structure built over a well | - |
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(noun) the source of water for a well | Synonyms: wellspring |
wellness | (noun) a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | Synonyms: health |
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wellpoint | (noun) a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area | Synonyms: well point |
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wellspring | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, well |
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(noun) the source of water for a well | Synonyms: wellhead |