seer | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: illusionist, visionary |
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(noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator |
(noun) an observer who perceives visually | - |
seersucker | (noun) a light puckered fabric (usually striped) | - |
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sheer | (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down |
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(adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed |
(adjective) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | Synonyms: bluff, bold |
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
(adverb) completely | - |
(adverb) straight up or down without a break | Synonyms: perpendicularly |
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
(verb) cause to sheer | - |
sightseer | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, rubberneck, tripper |
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sloganeer | (noun) someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause | - |
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(verb) coin new slogans | - |
sloganeering | (noun) persuasion by means of empty slogans | - |
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sneer | (noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | Synonyms: leer |
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(noun) a contemptuous or scornful remark | - |
(verb) smile contemptuously | - |
(verb) express through a scornful smile | - |
sneerer | (noun) a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression | Synonyms: scorner |
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sneering | (adjective) expressive of contempt | Synonyms: snide, supercilious |
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sneeringly | (adverb) with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner | Synonyms: snidely, superciliously |
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sonneteer | (noun) a poet who writes sonnets | - |
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steer | (noun) castrated bull | Synonyms: bullock |
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(noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, tip, wind |
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point |
(verb) direct (oneself) somewhere | - |
(verb) be a guiding or motivating force or drive | Synonyms: guide |
steerable | (adjective) capable of being steered or directed | Synonyms: dirigible |
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steerage | (noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steering |
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(noun) the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship | - |
steerageway | (noun) (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered | - |
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steerer | (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | Synonyms: decoy |
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(noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steersman |
steering | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: direction, guidance |
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(noun) the act of guiding or showing the way | Synonyms: guidance |
(noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steerage |
steersman | (noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steerer |
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supermarketeer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketer |
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uncheerful | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, depressing |
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uncheerfulness | (noun) not conducive to cheer or good spirits | - |
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(noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: cheerlessness |
understeer | (noun) when a car steers less than (under) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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veer | (verb) shift to a clockwise direction | - |
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend |
veering | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, swerving |
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veery | (noun) tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush |
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veneer | (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: facing |
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(noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood | Synonyms: veneering |
(verb) cover with veneer | - |
veneering | (noun) the act of applying veneer | - |
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(noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood | Synonyms: veneer |
volunteer | (adjective) without payment | Synonyms: unpaid |
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(noun) a person who performs voluntary work | Synonyms: unpaid worker |
(noun) (military) a person who freely enlists for service | Synonyms: military volunteer, voluntary |
(verb) tell voluntarily | - |
(verb) do volunteer work | - |
(verb) agree freely | Synonyms: offer |