journey | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journeying |
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(verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: travel |
(verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: travel |
journeyer | (noun) a traveler going on a trip | Synonyms: wayfarer |
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journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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journeyman | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artificer, artisan, craftsman |
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labour | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labor, toil |
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(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, project, task, undertaking |
(noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labor, proletariat, working class |
(noun) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | Synonyms: labor, labor movement, trade union movement |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labor, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
(verb) undergo the efforts of childbirth | Synonyms: labor |
(verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail |
(verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: drive, labor, push, tug |
laboured | (adjective) lacking natural ease | Synonyms: labored, strained |
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(adjective) requiring or showing effort | Synonyms: heavy, labored |
labourer | (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: jack, laborer, manual laborer |
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labouring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, laboring, toiling |
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laboursaving | (adjective) designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor | Synonyms: laborsaving |
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lawcourt | (noun) a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws | Synonyms: court of justice, court of law, law court |
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lour | (verb) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | Synonyms: frown, glower, lower |
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(verb) make lower or quieter | Synonyms: lower, turn down |
(verb) set lower | Synonyms: lower |
malnourish | (verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment | Synonyms: undernourish |
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malnourished | (adjective) not being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
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malnourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: undernourishment |
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malodour | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, mephitis, reek, stench, stink |
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malodourous | (adjective) having an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: ill-smelling, malodorous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling |
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misbehaviour | (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior | Synonyms: misbehavior, misdeed |
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misdemeanour | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, violation |
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mourn | (verb) feel sadness | - |
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(verb) observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one | - |
mourner | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, lamenter, sorrower |
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mournful | (adjective) filled with or evoking sadness | Synonyms: doleful |
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(adjective) expressing sorrow | Synonyms: plaintive |
mournfully | (adverb) in a mournful manner | - |
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mournfulness | (noun) a state of gloomy sorrow | Synonyms: ruthfulness, sorrowfulness |
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mourning | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowing |
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(noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | Synonyms: lamentation |
(noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: bereavement |
multicolour | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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neighbour | (noun) a nearby object of the same kind | Synonyms: neighbor |
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(noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another | Synonyms: neighbor |
(verb) be located near or adjacent to | Synonyms: neighbor |
(verb) live or be located as a neighbor | Synonyms: neighbor |
neighbourhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighborhood |
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(noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, vicinity |
neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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neighbourliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness |
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neighbourly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighborly |
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nonflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, unflavored, unflavoured |
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nourish | (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nurture, sustain |
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(verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nutrify |
nourished | (adjective) being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
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nourishing | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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nourishment | (noun) the act of nourishing | - |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
odour | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: aroma, odor, olfactory property, scent, smell |
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(noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | Synonyms: odor, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell |
odourise | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odorize, scent |
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odourless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odorless |
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outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
(noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
(noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
outsource | (verb) obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out | - |
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paramour | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, courtesan, doxy |
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(noun) a woman's lover | Synonyms: fancy man |
parkour | (noun) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements. | - |
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parlour | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlor |
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(noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlor, sitting room |
parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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particoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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paviour | (noun) a machine for laying pavement | Synonyms: paving machine, pavior |
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photojournalism | (noun) journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures | - |
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photojournalist | (noun) a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs | - |
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pompadour | (noun) a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead | - |
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(verb) style women's hair in a pompadour | - |
potpourri | (noun) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | - |
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(noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, pastiche |
(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
pour | (verb) move in large numbers | Synonyms: pullulate, stream, swarm, teem |
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(verb) flow in a spurt | - |
(verb) cause to run | - |
(verb) pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment | Synonyms: decant, pour out |
(verb) supply in large amounts or quantities | - |
(verb) rain heavily | Synonyms: pelt, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream |
pourboire | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, tip |
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pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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propylthiouracil | (noun) a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter | - |
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racecourse | (noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racetrack, raceway, track |
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rancour | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancor, resentment |
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recourse | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
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(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
resource | (noun) a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed | - |
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(noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resourcefulness |
(noun) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed | - |
resourceful | (adjective) having inner resources; adroit or imaginative | - |
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resourcefully | (adverb) in a resourceful manner | - |
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resourcefulness | (noun) the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation | - |
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(noun) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | Synonyms: imagination, resource |
resourceless | (adjective) lacking or deficient in natural resources | - |
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rigour | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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(noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: cogency, rigor, validity |
(noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness |
rigourousness | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity |
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(noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity, stiffness |
rumour | (noun) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | Synonyms: hearsay, rumor |
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(verb) tell or spread rumors | Synonyms: bruit, rumor |
rumourmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger |
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saviour | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger | Synonyms: deliverer, rescuer, savior |
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savour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, smack, tang |
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(verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savor |
(verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savor |
(verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savor |
(verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savor, taste |
savouring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, tasting |
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savourless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, vapid |
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savourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, flavourlessness, savorlessness, tastelessness |
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savoury | (adjective) morally wholesome or acceptable | Synonyms: savory |
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(adjective) having a pleasant taste | Synonyms: mouth-watering, savory |
(adjective) having an agreeably pungent taste | Synonyms: piquant, savory, zesty |
(noun) either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family | Synonyms: savory |
(noun) an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre | Synonyms: savory |
scour | (noun) a place that is scoured (especially by running water) | - |
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(verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, purge |
(verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: abrade |
(verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scrub |
(verb) examine minutely | - |
scoured | (adjective) worn away as by water or ice or wind | Synonyms: eroded |
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scourer | (noun) someone who cleanses by scouring | - |
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(noun) someone who travels widely and energetically | - |
scourge | (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment | Synonyms: flagellum |
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(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: terror, threat |
(noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, curse, nemesis |
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste |
(verb) whip | Synonyms: flagellate |
(verb) punish severely; excoriate | - |
scourger | (noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) | Synonyms: flogger |
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scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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(noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
scours | (noun) diarrhea in livestock | - |
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sojourn | (noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | Synonyms: visit |
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(verb) spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily | - |
sojourner | (noun) a temporary resident | - |
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sour | (adjective) having a sharp biting taste | - |
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(adjective) showing a brooding ill humor | Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen |
(adjective) inaccurate in pitch | Synonyms: false, off-key |
(adjective) smelling of fermentation or staleness | Synonyms: rancid |
(adjective) in an unpalatable state | Synonyms: off, turned |
(adjective) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons | - |
(noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: acidity, sourness |
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: sourness, tartness |
(noun) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar | - |
(verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, turn, work |
(verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, acidulate |
sourball | (noun) round piece of tart hard candy | - |
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source | (noun) a facility where something is available | - |
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(noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: germ, seed |
(noun) a document (or organization) from which information is obtained | - |
(noun) a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | Synonyms: reference |
(noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage |
(noun) anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | Synonyms: reservoir |
(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: author, generator |
(noun) a person who supplies information | Synonyms: informant |
(noun) (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system | - |
(verb) specify the origin of | - |
(verb) get (a product) from another country or business | - |
sourdine | (noun) an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound | - |
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(noun) a mute for a violin | Synonyms: sordino |
sourdough | (noun) a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) | - |
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(noun) a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread | - |
soured | (adjective) having turned bad | - |
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souring | (noun) the process of becoming sour | - |
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sourish | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, tangy, tart |
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sourly | (adverb) in a sour manner | - |
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sourness | (noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: acidity, sour |
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(noun) a sullen moody resentful disposition | Synonyms: moroseness, sulkiness, sullenness |
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: sour, tartness |
sourpuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, pouter |
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soursop | (noun) large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples | Synonyms: guanabana |
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(noun) small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit | Synonyms: Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop tree |
sourwood | (noun) deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves | Synonyms: Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, titi |
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splendour | (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor |
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(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor |
succour | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succor |
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(verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succor |
succourer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succorer |
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tabour | (noun) a small drum with one head of soft calfskin | Synonyms: tabor |
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