imperiousness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, overbearingness |
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imperishability | (noun) the property of being resistant to decay | Synonyms: imperishableness, imperishingness |
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imperishable | (adjective) not perishable | - |
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(adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: abiding, enduring |
imperishableness | (noun) the property of being resistant to decay | Synonyms: imperishability, imperishingness |
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imperishingness | (noun) the property of being resistant to decay | Synonyms: imperishability, imperishableness |
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imperium | (noun) supreme authority; absolute dominion | - |
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(noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | Synonyms: empire |
impermanence | (noun) the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | Synonyms: impermanency |
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impermanency | (noun) the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | Synonyms: impermanence |
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impermanent | (adjective) not permanent; not lasting | Synonyms: temporary |
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(adjective) existing or enduring for a limited time only | - |
impermeability | (noun) the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid | Synonyms: impermeableness |
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impermeable | (adjective) preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through | - |
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impermeableness | (noun) the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid | Synonyms: impermeability |
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impermissibility | (noun) inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted | - |
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impermissible | (adjective) not permitted | - |
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(adjective) not allowable | - |
impermissibly | (adverb) not permissibly | - |
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impersonal | (adjective) not relating to or responsive to individual persons | - |
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(adjective) having no personal preference | Synonyms: neutral |
impersonally | (adverb) without warmth | - |
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(adverb) in an impersonal manner | - |
impersonate | (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: personate, pose |
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(verb) represent another person with comic intentions | - |
(verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: portray |
impersonation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: personation |
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(noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: imposture |
(noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: caricature, imitation |
impersonator | (noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: imitator |
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impertinence | (noun) inappropriate playfulness | Synonyms: archness, perkiness, pertness, sauciness |
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(noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impudence, insolence |
(noun) an impudent statement | Synonyms: cheek, impudence |
impertinent | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
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(adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, orthogonal |
(adjective) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality | Synonyms: irreverent, pert, saucy |
impertinently | (adverb) in an impudent or impertinent manner | Synonyms: freshly, impudently, pertly, saucily |
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imperturbability | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbableness |
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imperturbable | (adjective) not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure | Synonyms: unflappable |
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imperturbableness | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbability |
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imperviable | (adjective) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | Synonyms: impervious |
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impervious | (adjective) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | Synonyms: imperviable |
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imperviousness | (noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: impenetrability |
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impetiginous | (adjective) of or relating to or having impetigo | - |
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impetigo | (noun) a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode | - |
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impetuosity | (noun) rash impulsiveness | Synonyms: impetuousness |
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impetuous | (adjective) marked by violent force | - |
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(adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
impetuously | (adverb) in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions | Synonyms: impulsively |
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impetuousness | (noun) rash impulsiveness | Synonyms: impetuosity |
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impetus | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impulse, impulsion |
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(noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: drift, impulsion |
impiety | (noun) unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god | Synonyms: impiousness |
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impinge | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: encroach, infringe |
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(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, entrench, trench |
impingement | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impact |
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(noun) a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | Synonyms: impaction |
impinging | (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: contact, striking |
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impious | (adjective) lacking piety or reverence for a god | - |
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(adjective) lacking due respect or dutifulness | Synonyms: undutiful |
impiously | (adverb) in an impious manner | - |
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impiousness | (noun) unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god | Synonyms: impiety |
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impish | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked |
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impishly | (adverb) in an appealing but bold manner | Synonyms: puckishly |
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impishness | (noun) the trait of behaving like an imp | Synonyms: mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality |
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implacable | (adjective) incapable of being placated | - |
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implant | (noun) a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue | - |
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(verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: plant |
(verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant |
(verb) become attached to and embedded in the uterus | - |
implantation | (noun) the act of planting or setting in the ground | - |
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(noun) a surgical procedure that places something in the human body | - |
(noun) (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals | Synonyms: nidation |
implanted | (adjective) (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | Synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, planted |
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implausibility | (noun) the quality of provoking disbelief | Synonyms: implausibleness |
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implausible | (adjective) having a quality that provokes disbelief | - |
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implausibleness | (noun) the quality of provoking disbelief | Synonyms: implausibility |
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implausibly | (adverb) not easy to believe | Synonyms: improbably, incredibly, unbelievably |
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implement | (noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | - |
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(verb) pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue | Synonyms: carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, put through |
(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, enforce |
(verb) apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design | - |
implemental | (adjective) serving or acting as a means or aid | Synonyms: instrumental, subservient |
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implementation | (noun) the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect | Synonyms: effectuation |
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(noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, execution |
implemented | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | Synonyms: enforced |
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implicate | (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: entail |
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(verb) bring into intimate and incriminating connection | - |
implicated | (adjective) culpably involved | Synonyms: concerned |
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implication | (noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: import, significance |
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(noun) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) | Synonyms: deduction, entailment |
(noun) an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection | - |
(noun) a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement) | - |
(noun) a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false | Synonyms: conditional relation, logical implication |
implicational | (adjective) relating to or concerned with logical implication | - |
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implicative | (adjective) tending to suggest or imply | Synonyms: suggestive |
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implicit | (adjective) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something | Synonyms: inexplicit |
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(adjective) being without doubt or reserve | Synonyms: unquestioning |
implicitly | (adverb) without ever expressing so clearly | - |
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(adverb) without doubting or questioning | - |
implicitness | (noun) inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect | - |
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implike | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked |
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implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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imploringly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, entreatingly, importunately, pleadingly |
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implosion | (noun) the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant | - |
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(noun) a sudden inward collapse | - |
imply | (verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: connote |
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(verb) suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic | - |
(verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: entail, mean |
(verb) have as a necessary feature | Synonyms: involve |
(verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: incriminate, inculpate |
impolite | (adjective) not polite | - |
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impolitely | (adverb) in an impolite manner | Synonyms: discourteously, rudely |
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impoliteness | (noun) a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage | - |
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impolitic | (adjective) not politic | - |
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imponderable | (adjective) difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision | - |
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(noun) a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed | - |
import | (noun) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country | Synonyms: importation |
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(noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: consequence, moment |
(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: implication, significance |
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: meaning, significance, signification |
(noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: importee |
(verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: spell |
(verb) bring in from abroad | - |
(verb) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document | - |
importance | (noun) the quality of being important and worthy of note | - |
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(noun) a prominent status | Synonyms: grandness |
important | (adjective) of great significance or value | Synonyms: of import |
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(adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: crucial |
(adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: significant |
(adjective) having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | - |
(adjective) having authority or ascendancy or influence | Synonyms: authoritative |
importantly | (adverb) in an important way | - |
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(adverb) in an important way or to an important degree | Synonyms: significantly |
importation | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | Synonyms: importing |
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(noun) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
imported | (adjective) used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source | - |
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importee | (noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
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importer | (noun) someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) | - |
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importing | (noun) the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | Synonyms: importation |
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importunate | (adjective) persistent to the point of annoying | - |
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(adjective) expressing persistant and earnest entreaty | - |
importunately | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, entreatingly, imploringly, pleadingly |
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importunateness | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunity |
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importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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importunity | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunateness |
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(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty | Synonyms: urgency, urging |
impose | (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, inflict, visit |
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(verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: levy |
(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, enforce |
imposed | (adjective) set forth authoritatively as obligatory | - |
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imposing | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: distinguished, grand, magisterial |
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(adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, noble, stately |
imposingly | (adverb) in an impressive manner | Synonyms: impressively |
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imposition | (noun) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) | Synonyms: infliction |
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(noun) an uncalled-for burden | - |
impossibility | (noun) an alternative that is not available | Synonyms: impossible action |
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(noun) incapability of existing or occurring | Synonyms: impossibleness |
impossible | (adjective) not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with | - |
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(adjective) (used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable | Synonyms: unacceptable |
(adjective) totally unlikely | Synonyms: inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable |
(noun) something that cannot be done | - |
impossibleness | (noun) incapability of existing or occurring | Synonyms: impossibility |
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