adjuvant | (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment | - |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
(noun) an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment | - |
advantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: vantage |
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(noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: reward |
(noun) (tennis) first point scored after deuce | - |
(verb) give an advantage to | - |
advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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(adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
advantageously | (adverb) in a manner affording benefit or advantage | Synonyms: well |
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advantageousness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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disadvantage | (noun) the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position | - |
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(verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
disadvantaged | (adjective) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | Synonyms: deprived |
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disadvantageous | (adjective) involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | Synonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable |
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disadvantageously | (adverb) in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage | Synonyms: badly |
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gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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irrelevant | (adjective) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | - |
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irrelevantly | (adverb) in an irrelevant manner | - |
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levant | (verb) run off without paying a debt | - |
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levanter | (noun) an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area | - |
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maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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nonobservant | (adjective) failing or refusing to observe religious customs | - |
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observant | (adjective) paying close attention especially to details | - |
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(adjective) (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs | Synonyms: law-abiding |
(adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observing |
observantly | (adverb) in an observant manner | Synonyms: observingly |
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relevant | (adjective) having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | - |
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relevantly | (adverb) with relevance | - |
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savant | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: initiate, learned person, pundit |
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servant | (noun) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | Synonyms: retainer |
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(noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, handmaiden |
unobservant | (adjective) not consciously observing | Synonyms: unseeing |
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vantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: advantage |
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(noun) place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) | - |