abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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(verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
abrader | (noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing | Synonyms: abradant |
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aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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bigarade | (noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock | Synonyms: bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange |
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biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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centigrade | (adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees | - |
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charade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: masquerade |
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(noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades | - |
charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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comradely | (adjective) heartily friendly and congenial | Synonyms: hail-fellow-well-met, hail-fellow |
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comradery | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradeship |
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comradeship | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery |
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corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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(verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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(adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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digitigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | - |
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(noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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(verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
forrader | (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forward, forwards, onward, onwards |
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grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
(noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
(noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
(noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
(noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
(verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
(verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
(verb) level to the right gradient | - |
graded | (adjective) arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | Synonyms: ranked, stratified |
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grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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intradepartmental | (adjective) within a department | - |
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intradermal | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intracutaneous, intradermic |
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intradermally | (adverb) into the skin | - |
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intradermic | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intracutaneous, intradermal |
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masquerade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: charade |
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(noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party | Synonyms: fancy dress, masquerade costume |
(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masque, masquerade party |
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not | - |
(verb) take part in a masquerade | - |
masquerader | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masker, masquer |
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parade | (noun) a visible display | - |
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(noun) a ceremonial procession including people marching | - |
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things | - |
(verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
(verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
parader | (noun) walks with regular or stately step | Synonyms: marcher |
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paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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plantigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) | - |
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(noun) an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings | Synonyms: plantigrade mammal |
retrograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma | - |
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(adjective) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth | - |
(adjective) going from better to worse | Synonyms: retrogressive |
(adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | Synonyms: retral |
(verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition | Synonyms: regress, retrogress |
(verb) go back over | Synonyms: hash over, rehash |
(verb) move back | Synonyms: retreat |
(verb) move in a direction contrary to the usual one | - |
(verb) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies | - |
tardigrade | (noun) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada | - |
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tirade | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, philippic |
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trade | (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | Synonyms: craft |
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(noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: patronage |
(noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | Synonyms: business deal, deal |
(noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swap, swop |
(noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services | - |
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | Synonyms: craft |
(noun) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator | Synonyms: trade wind |
(verb) turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase | Synonyms: trade in |
(verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: merchandise |
(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for | Synonyms: swap, switch, swop |
(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood | Synonyms: deal, sell |
(verb) be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions | - |
tradecraft | (noun) skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage | - |
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trademark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: earmark, hallmark, stylemark |
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(noun) a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product | - |
(verb) register the trademark of | - |
(verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brand, brandmark |
trademarked | (adjective) (of goods and merchandise) labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use | - |
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tradeoff | (noun) an exchange that occurs as a compromise | Synonyms: trade-off |
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trader | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: bargainer, dealer, monger |
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tradesman | (noun) a merchant who owns or manages a shop | Synonyms: market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper |
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tradespeople | (noun) people engaged in trade | - |
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ungraded | (adjective) not arranged in order hierarchically | Synonyms: unordered, unranked |
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(adjective) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel | Synonyms: dirt |
upgrade | (noun) the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) | - |
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(noun) hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
(noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rise, rising slope |
(noun) a reservation that is improved | - |
(noun) software that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise |
(verb) to improve what was old or outdated | - |
(verb) give better travel conditions to | - |
(verb) get better travel conditions | - |
(verb) rate higher; raise in value or esteem | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise |