conglobation | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglomeration |
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(noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglomeration |
conglomeration | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglobation |
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(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, congeries |
(noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglobation |
conglutination | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion |
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(noun) healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | Synonyms: union |
congratulation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: felicitation |
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(noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: felicitation |
congratulations | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: extolment, kudos, praise |
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congregation | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregating |
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(noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: faithful, fold |
(noun) an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together | - |
congregational | (adjective) relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation | - |
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conjugation | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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(noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit | Synonyms: jointure, unification, union, uniting |
(noun) a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms | - |
(noun) the complete set of inflected forms of a verb | - |
(noun) the inflection of verbs | - |
(noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjunction, junction |
conjunction | (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: junction |
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(noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence |
(noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunctive, connective, continuative |
(noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: alignment |
(noun) the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction | - |
(noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, junction |
conjuration | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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(noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuring, conjury, invocation |
(noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: incantation |
connection | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connexion, joining |
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(noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connexion |
(noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion |
(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connexion |
(noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics) | - |
(noun) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) | - |
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connexion |
(noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connexion, link |
(noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, link |
conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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(noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
connotational | (adjective) of or relating to a connotation | Synonyms: connotative of |
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conscription | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service |
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consecration | (noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God | - |
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(noun) a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) | - |
conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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(noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
(noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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(noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
(noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
(noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
(noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
(noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
consolation | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: comfort, solace |
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(noun) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment | Synonyms: solace, solacement |
consolidation | (noun) the act of combining into an integral whole | Synonyms: integration |
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(noun) combining into a solid mass | - |
(noun) something that has consolidated into a compact mass | - |
constatation | (noun) an assumption that is basic to an argument | Synonyms: basic assumption, self-evident truth |
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constellation | (noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: configuration |
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(noun) a configuration of stars as seen from the earth | - |
consternation | (noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: alarm, dismay |
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constipation | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: deadening, impairment, stultification |
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(noun) irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis | Synonyms: irregularity |
constitution | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
(noun) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
constitutional | (adjective) sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | - |
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(adjective) of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup | - |
(adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constituent, constitutive, organic |
(adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, inbuilt, inherent, integral |
(noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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(noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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(verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
(verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
constitutionally | (adverb) according to the constitution | - |
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constriction | (noun) the action or process of compressing | - |
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(noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body | Synonyms: tightness |
(noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: coarctation |
(noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint |
construction | (noun) the act of constructing something | Synonyms: building |
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(noun) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | Synonyms: building |
(noun) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem | - |
(noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: structure |
(noun) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought | Synonyms: mental synthesis |
(noun) an interpretation of a text or action | Synonyms: twist |
(noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: expression, grammatical construction |
consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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(noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
(noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
consummation | (noun) the act of bringing to completion or fruition | - |
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(noun) the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse | - |
consumption | (noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: expenditure, using up |
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(noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake |
(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services |
(noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
contamination | (noun) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | Synonyms: pollution |
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(noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: taint |
(noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contaminant |
contemplation | (noun) a long and thoughtful observation | - |
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(noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
contention | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: competition, rivalry |
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(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
(noun) a point asserted as part of an argument | - |
contestation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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continuation | (noun) the act of continuing an activity without interruption | Synonyms: continuance |
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(noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation, protraction |
(noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction | Synonyms: good continuation, law of continuation |
(noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: sequel |
contortion | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: deformation |
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(noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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contraception | (noun) birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | Synonyms: contraceptive method |
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contraction | (noun) the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | - |
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(noun) (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Synonyms: muscle contraction, muscular contraction |
(noun) a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds | - |
(noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, condensation |
contradiction | (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone | - |
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(noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false | Synonyms: contradiction in terms |
(noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | - |
contradistinction | (noun) a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast | - |
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contraindication | (noun) (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment | - |
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contraption | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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contravallation | (noun) a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders. | - |
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contravention | (noun) coming into conflict with | Synonyms: dispute |
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contribution | (noun) act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity | Synonyms: donation |
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(noun) a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story | - |
(noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: part, share |
(noun) a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause | Synonyms: donation |
(noun) an amount of money contributed | - |
contrition | (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: attrition, contriteness |
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conurbation | (noun) an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities | Synonyms: sprawl, urban sprawl |
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convection | (noun) the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion | - |
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(noun) (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere | - |
convention | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convening |
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(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: conventionalism, conventionality |
(noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: formula, normal, pattern, rule |
(noun) (diplomacy) an international agreement | - |
(noun) a large formal assembly | - |
conventional | (adjective) following accepted customs and proprieties | - |
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(adjective) unimaginative and conformist | - |
(adjective) (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy | - |
(adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention | Synonyms: ceremonious |
(adjective) represented in simplified or symbolic form | Synonyms: formal, schematic |
(adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: established |
(adjective) in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past | - |
conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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conventionalised | (adjective) using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | Synonyms: conventionalized, stylised, stylized |
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conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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conventionality | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionalism |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | - |
(noun) conformity with conventional thought and behavior | - |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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(verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
conventionalized | (adjective) using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | Synonyms: conventionalised, stylised, stylized |
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conventionally | (adverb) in a conventional manner | - |
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conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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conversation | (noun) the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | - |
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conversational | (adjective) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | Synonyms: colloquial |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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conversationally | (adverb) with the use of colloquial expressions | Synonyms: colloquially, informally |
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conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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conviction | (noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | Synonyms: condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence |
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(noun) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence | Synonyms: article of faith, strong belief |
convocation | (noun) the act of convoking | Synonyms: calling together |
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(noun) a group gathered in response to a summons | - |
convolution | (noun) the action of coiling or twisting or winding together | - |
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(noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: gyrus |
(noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: swirl, vortex, whirl |
cooperation | (noun) joint operation or action | - |
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(noun) the practice of cooperating | - |
coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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(noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
(noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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coronation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture |
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corporation | (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, pot, potbelly, tummy |
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(noun) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | Synonyms: corp |
correction | (noun) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | Synonyms: rectification |
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(noun) treatment of a specific defect | - |
(noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: discipline |
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases | - |
(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, chastisement |
(noun) something substituted for an error | - |
(noun) a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | Synonyms: fudge factor |
correctional | (adjective) concerned with or providing correction | - |
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corrections | (noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole | - |
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(noun) the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders | Synonyms: department of corrections |
correlation | (noun) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) | Synonyms: coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient |
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(noun) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other | Synonyms: correlational statistics |
(noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlativity |
correlational | (adjective) relating to or employing correlation | - |
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corroboration | (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, documentation |
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corrugation | (noun) the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves | - |
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(noun) a ridge on a corrugated surface | - |
corruption | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: subversion |
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(noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | - |
(noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruptness |
(noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
(noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | - |
(noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
coruscation | (noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance | - |
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(noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: glitter, sparkle |
counteraction | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralization |
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counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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counterdemonstration | (noun) a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration | - |
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counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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counterrevolution | (noun) a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution | - |
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counterrevolutionary | (adjective) marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | - |
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(adjective) relating to or being a counterrevolution | - |
(noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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covariation | (noun) (statistics) correlated variation | - |
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creation | (noun) the human act of creating | Synonyms: creative activity |
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(noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
(noun) an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone | - |
(noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | Synonyms: conception |
(noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, existence, macrocosm, universe, world |