complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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composedness | (noun) The state or quality of showing composure. | - |
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compositeness | (noun) the property of being a composite number | - |
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comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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(noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
compress | (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) | - |
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(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
(verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
compressed | (adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: tight |
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(adjective) reduced in volume by pressure | - |
(adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | Synonyms: flat |
compressibility | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability |
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compressible | (adjective) capable of being compressed or made more compact | - |
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(adjective) capable of being easily compressed | Synonyms: squeezable |
compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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compression | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compressing |
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(noun) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required | - |
(noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: condensation, contraction |
(noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification |
compressor | (noun) a mechanical device that compresses gasses | - |
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(noun) an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. | - |
compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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concaveness | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concavity |
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conceitedness | (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceit, vanity |
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conceivableness | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivability |
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concession | (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: grant |
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(noun) a point conceded or yielded | - |
(noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, yielding |
concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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concessioner | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessionaire |
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concessive | (adjective) of or pertaining to concession | - |
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conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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concreteness | (noun) the quality of being concrete (not abstract) | - |
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condescendingness | (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescension |
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conductress | (noun) a woman conductor | - |
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conessi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi |
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confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
(verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
confessedly | (adverb) as acknowledged | Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, true |
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confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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(noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
(noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
(noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
(noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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confessor | (noun) a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
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(noun) someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves) | - |
confusedness | (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
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congenialness | (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congeniality |
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congress | (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
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(noun) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives | - |
(noun) a national legislative assembly | - |
congressional | (adjective) of or relating to congress | - |
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congressman | (noun) a male member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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congresswoman | (noun) a female member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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congruousness | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruence, congruity |
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connectedness | (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
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(noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connection, link |
conscienceless | (adjective) lacking a conscience | Synonyms: unconscionable |
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conscientiousness | (noun) the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience | - |
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(noun) the trait of being painstaking and careful | Synonyms: painstakingness |
consciousness | (noun) an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation | - |
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(noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness |
considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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conspicuousness | (noun) high visibility | - |
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(noun) the state of being conspicuous | - |
constructiveness | (noun) the quality of serving to build or improve | - |
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contagiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others. | - |
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contemplativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: meditativeness, pensiveness |
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contemporaneousness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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(noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneity |
contemporariness | (noun) The state or quality of being contemporary, modern, of the present age. | - |
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contemptuousness | (noun) the manifestation of scorn and contempt | - |
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contentedness | (noun) the state of being contented with your situation in life | Synonyms: content |
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contentiousness | (noun) an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious | Synonyms: quarrelsomeness |
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contiguousness | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguity |
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continuousness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness |
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contradictoriness | (noun) the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | - |
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contrariness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: perverseness, perversity |
contriteness | (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: attrition, contrition |
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convexness | (noun) the property possessed by a convex shape | Synonyms: convexity |
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convincingness | (noun) the power of argument or evidence to cause belief | - |
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coolness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: chilliness, nip |
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(noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
(noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: nervelessness |
(noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: imperturbability, imperturbableness |
cooperativeness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, amenableness |
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copiousness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, teemingness |
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cordless | (adjective) not having a cord | - |
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correctness | (noun) conformity to fact or truth | Synonyms: rightness |
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(noun) the quality of conformity to social expectations | - |
corruptness | (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruption |
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(noun) the state of being corrupt | - |
cosiness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: coziness, snugness |
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costless | (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, free, gratis, gratuitous |
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costliness | (noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: dearness, preciousness |
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countess | (noun) female equivalent of a count or earl | - |
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countless | (adjective) too numerous to be counted | Synonyms: infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable |
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countlessness | (noun) a number beyond counting | Synonyms: innumerableness |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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courtliness | (noun) elegance suggestive of a royal court | - |
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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 | - |
cowardliness | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardice |
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coyness | (noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: demureness |
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coziness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: cosiness, snugness |
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crabbedness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbiness, crossness |
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crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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craftiness | (noun) the quality of being crafty | Synonyms: guile |
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(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
crankiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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crassness | (noun) the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | Synonyms: crassitude |
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cravenness | (noun) meanspirited cowardice | - |
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craziness | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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(noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, madness |
(noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: daftness, flakiness |
creaminess | (noun) the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | Synonyms: soupiness |
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creaseless | (adjective) used especially of fabrics | Synonyms: uncreased |
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creativeness | (noun) the ability to create | Synonyms: creative thinking, creativity |
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credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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credulousness | (noun) tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived | Synonyms: gullibility |
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creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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cress | (noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste | Synonyms: cress plant |
cresson | (adjective) of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green | Synonyms: cress green, watercress |
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criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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crispness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispiness |
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(noun) a pleasing firmness and freshness | - |
(noun) an expressive style that is direct and to the point | - |
criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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crookedness | (noun) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles | - |
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(noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | Synonyms: deviousness |
(noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
crossness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crabbiness |
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(noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |