abstractedness | (noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstraction |
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abstracter | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstractor |
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abstraction | (noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Synonyms: abstract entity |
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(noun) the act of withdrawing or removing something | - |
(noun) an abstract painting | - |
(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstract |
(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else | Synonyms: abstractedness |
(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | Synonyms: generalisation, generalization |
abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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(noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
abstractive | (adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting | - |
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abstractly | (adverb) in abstract terms | - |
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abstractness | (noun) the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object | - |
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abstractor | (noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information | Synonyms: abstracter |
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abstruse | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: deep, recondite |
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abstrusely | (adverb) in a manner difficult to understand | - |
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abstruseness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness |
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(noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
abstrusity | (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
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absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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(adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
(noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
absurdity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness |
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(noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness |
absurdly | (adverb) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | - |
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absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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abuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: misuse |
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(noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment |
(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
(verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
(verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
(verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
(verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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(adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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abusive | (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment | - |
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(adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous |
abusively | (adverb) in an abusive manner | - |
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abysm | (noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) | Synonyms: abyss |
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abysmal | (adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abyssal, unfathomable |
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(adjective) very great; limitless | - |
abysmally | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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abyss | (noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) | Synonyms: abysm |
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abyssal | (adjective) relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters | - |
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(adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abysmal, unfathomable |
academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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(noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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(noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
acanthocytosis | (noun) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | - |
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acantholysis | (noun) a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus) | - |
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acanthosis | (noun) an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis) | - |
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acanthous | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthoid, spinous |
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acanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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acariosis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis |
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acarpellous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpelous |
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acarpelous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpellous |
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acarpous | (adjective) producing no fruit | - |
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acarus | (noun) any of several mites of the order Acarina | Synonyms: genus Acarus |
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acataphasia | (noun) a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner | - |
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acathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual | - |
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acaulescent | (adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground | Synonyms: stemless |
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acceptableness | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptability |
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access | (noun) the act of approaching or entering | - |
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(noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: approach |
(noun) (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information | Synonyms: memory access |
(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: accession, admission, admittance, entree |
(noun) the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) | - |
(noun) a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) | Synonyms: access code |
(verb) reach or gain access to | Synonyms: get at |
(verb) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer | - |
accessary | (adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
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(noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
accessibility | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: availability, availableness, handiness |
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(noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: approachability |
accessible | (adjective) capable of being reached | - |
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(adjective) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly | - |
(adjective) easily obtained | - |
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: approachable |
accession | (noun) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) | Synonyms: rise to power |
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(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, admission, admittance, entree |
(noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) | Synonyms: assenting |
(noun) something added to what you already have | Synonyms: addition |
(noun) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement | - |
(noun) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) | - |
(verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
accessional | (adjective) of or constituting an accession | - |
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accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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accessory | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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(adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
(noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement |
(noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement |
(noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
acclimatisation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization |
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acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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acclivitous | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: rising, uphill |
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accompanist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanyist |
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accompanyist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanist |
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accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
accoucheuse | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: midwife |
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accountantship | (noun) the position of accountant | - |
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accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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accurst | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accursed, maledict |
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accusal | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusation |
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accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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(noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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(adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
(noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb | Synonyms: accusative case, objective case |
accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
accused | (noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding | - |
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accuser | (noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame | - |
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accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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accusive | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusing |
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accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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accustomed | (adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual | Synonyms: customary, habitual, wonted |
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acephalism | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephaly |
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acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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acetose | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetous, vinegarish, vinegary |
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acetous | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetose, vinegarish, vinegary |
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acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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