| abruptness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
| (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
| abscess | (noun) symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
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| abscessed | (adjective) infected and filled with pus | - |
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| abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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| (verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
| abscissa | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis | - |
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| abscission | (noun) the act of cutting something off | Synonyms: cutting off |
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| (noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | - |
| abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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| absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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| abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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| abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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| (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: rappel, rope down |
| abseiler | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: rappeller |
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| absence | (noun) failure to be present | - |
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| (noun) the state of being absent | - |
| (noun) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: absence seizure |
| (noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away | - |
| absent | (adjective) not being in a specified place | - |
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| (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absentminded, abstracted, scatty |
| (adjective) nonexistent | Synonyms: lacking, missing, wanting |
| (verb) stay away or leave | Synonyms: remove |
| absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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| absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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| absently | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absentmindedly, abstractedly, inattentively |
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| absentminded | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty |
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| absentmindedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, abstractedly, inattentively |
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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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| absinthe | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinth |
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| (noun) aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | Synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love, old man |
| absolute | (adjective) perfect or complete or pure | - |
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| (adjective) not limited by law | - |
| (adjective) not capable of being violated or infringed | Synonyms: infrangible, inviolable |
| (adjective) expressing finality with no implication of possible change | - |
| (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer |
| (noun) something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative | - |
| absolutely | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: dead, perfectly, utterly |
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| (adverb) totally and definitely; without question | - |
| absoluteness | (noun) the quality of being absolute | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: starkness, utterness |
| absolution | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: remission, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance | - |
| absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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| absolutism | (noun) the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy. | - |
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| (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: totalism, totalitarianism |
| (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
| (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: despotism, tyranny |
| absolutist | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutistic |
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| (noun) one who advocates absolutism | - |
| absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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| absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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| absolve | (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: free |
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| (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: shrive |
| absolved | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
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| absolver | (noun) someone who grants absolution | - |
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| absolvitory | (adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: exonerative, forgiving |
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| absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
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| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| (verb) become imbued | - |
| (verb) assimilate or take in | - |
| (verb) take up, as of debts or payments | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) suck or take up or in | Synonyms: take in |
| absorbable | (adjective) capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface | - |
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| absorbance | (noun) (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: optical density, photographic density, transmission density |
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| absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
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| absorbed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) retained without reflection | - |
| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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| absorbent | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorptive |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
| absorber | (noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
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| absorbing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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| absorptance | (noun) a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber | Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption |
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| absorption | (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
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| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: concentration, engrossment, immersion |
| (noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid | Synonyms: soaking up |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: assimilation |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium | - |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: assimilation |
| absorptive | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorbent |
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| absorptivity | (noun) (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body | Synonyms: absorption factor |
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| absquatulate | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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| abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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| (verb) refrain from voting | - |
| abstainer | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstinent, nondrinker |
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| (noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
| abstemious | (adjective) sparing in consumption of especially food and drink | - |
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| (adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence | Synonyms: light |
| abstemiously | (adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence | Synonyms: temperately |
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| abstemiousness | (noun) moderation in eating and drinking | - |
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| (noun) restricted to bare necessities | - |
| abstention | (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstinence |
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| abstentious | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstinent |
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| abstinence | (noun) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | - |
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| (noun) the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) | Synonyms: abstention |
| abstinent | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstentious |
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| (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, nondrinker |
| abstract | (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment | - |
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| (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
| (adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
| (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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| abstractedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, absentmindedly, inattentively |
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| abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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| abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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| abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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| (noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
| (noun) an abstract painting | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
| (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
| (noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
| abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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| (noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
| abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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| (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
| abstractive | (adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting | - |
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| abstractly | (adverb) in abstract terms | - |
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| abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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| abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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| abstruse | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: deep, recondite |
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| abstrusely | (adverb) in a manner difficult to understand | - |
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| abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
| abstrusity | (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
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| absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
| (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
| absurdity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness |
| absurdly | (adverb) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | - |
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| absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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| abulia | (noun) a loss of will power | Synonyms: aboulia |
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| abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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| abundance | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: copiousness, teemingness |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million | - |
| (noun) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present | - |
| abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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| abundantly | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: copiously, extravagantly, profusely |
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| abuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: misuse |
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| (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment |
| (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
| (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
| (verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
| (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
| (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
| abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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| (adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
| abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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| abusive | (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment | - |
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| (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous |
| abusively | (adverb) in an abusive manner | - |
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| abut | (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
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| abutment | (noun) a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge | - |
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| (noun) point of contact between two objects or parts | - |
| abutter | (noun) the owner of contiguous property | - |
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| abuzz | (adjective) noisy like the sound of a bee | Synonyms: buzzing |
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| 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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| aby | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: abye, atone, expiate |
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| abye | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, atone, expiate |
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| abysm | (noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) | Synonyms: abyss |
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| abysmal | (adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abyssal, unfathomable |
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| (adjective) very great; limitless | - |
| abysmally | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| abyss | (noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) | Synonyms: abysm |
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