| adversary | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister |
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| adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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| adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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| (adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
| adversely | (adverb) in an adverse manner | - |
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| adversity | (noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event | - |
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| (noun) a state of misfortune or affliction | Synonyms: hard knocks, hardship |
| ambiversion | (noun) (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion | - |
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| ambiversive | (adjective) intermediate between introversive and extroversive | - |
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| animadversion | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: censure |
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| anniversary | (noun) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: day of remembrance |
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| averse | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| aversion | (noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away | Synonyms: averting |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: antipathy, distaste |
| aversive | (adjective) tending to repel or dissuade | - |
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| biodiversity | (noun) the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) | - |
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| cleavers | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: catchweed, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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| clivers | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: catchweed, cleavers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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| controversial | (adjective) marked by or capable of arousing controversy | - |
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| controversialist | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: disputant, eristic |
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| controversially | (adverb) involving controversy | Synonyms: polemically |
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| controversy | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| conversance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity |
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| conversancy | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, familiarity |
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| conversant | (adjective) (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | Synonyms: familiar |
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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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| converse | (adjective) of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other | - |
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| (adjective) turned about in order or relation | Synonyms: reversed, transposed |
| (noun) a proposition obtained by conversion | - |
| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: discourse |
| conversely | (adverb) with the terms of the relation reversed | - |
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| conversion | (noun) the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another | - |
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| (noun) a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life | Synonyms: rebirth, spiritual rebirth |
| (noun) a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown | - |
| (noun) act of exchanging one type of money or security for another | - |
| (noun) a change in the units or form of an expression: | - |
| (noun) interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition | - |
| (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: changeover, transition |
| (noun) a change of religion | - |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis | - |
| countersubversion | (noun) the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities | - |
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| divers | (adjective) many and different | Synonyms: diverse |
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| diverse | (adjective) distinctly dissimilar or unlike | Synonyms: various |
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| (adjective) many and different | Synonyms: divers |
| diversely | (adverb) in diverse ways | Synonyms: multifariously, variously |
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| diverseness | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diversity, multifariousness, variety |
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| diversification | (noun) the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | Synonyms: variegation |
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| (noun) the condition of being varied | - |
| diversified | (adjective) having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety | - |
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| diversify | (verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, broaden |
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| (verb) make (more) diverse | - |
| (verb) spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | Synonyms: radiate |
| diversion | (noun) an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates | Synonyms: recreation |
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| (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation |
| (noun) an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack | Synonyms: diversionary attack |
| diversionary | (adjective) (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive | - |
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| diversionist | (noun) someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | Synonyms: saboteur, wrecker |
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| diversity | (noun) the condition or result of being changeable | - |
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| (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diverseness, multifariousness, variety |
| eversion | (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: everting, inversion |
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| (noun) the position of being turned outward | - |
| extraversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extroversion |
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| extraversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extroversive |
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| extroversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extraversion |
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| extroversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extraversive |
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| haversack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack |
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| introversion | (noun) (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, intussusception, invagination |
| (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: invagination |
| introversive | (adjective) directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings | Synonyms: introvertive |
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| inverse | (adjective) opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | - |
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| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: reverse |
| (noun) something inverted in sequence or character or effect | Synonyms: opposite |
| inversely | (adverb) in an inverse or contrary manner | Synonyms: reciprocally |
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| inversion | (noun) turning upside down; setting on end | Synonyms: upending |
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| (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: eversion, everting |
| (noun) a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: sexual inversion |
| (noun) the reversal of the normal order of words | Synonyms: anastrophe |
| (noun) (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa | - |
| (noun) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed | - |
| (noun) the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer | - |
| (noun) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa | - |
| (noun) abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) | - |
| irreversibility | (noun) the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) | - |
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| irreversible | (adjective) incapable of being reversed | - |
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| irreversibly | (adverb) in an irreversible manner | - |
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| leftovers | (noun) food remaining from a previous meal | - |
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| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| multiversity | (noun) a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers | - |
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| noncontroversial | (adjective) not likely to arouse controversy | Synonyms: uncontroversial |
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| nonreversible | (adjective) not reversible or capable of having either side out | Synonyms: one-sided |
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| obverse | (noun) the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design | - |
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| (noun) the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides | - |
| oversea | (adjective) being or passing over or across the sea | Synonyms: overseas |
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| (adverb) beyond or across the sea | Synonyms: overseas |
| overseas | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: abroad |
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| (adjective) being or passing over or across the sea | Synonyms: oversea |
| (adverb) beyond or across the sea | Synonyms: oversea |
| (adverb) in a place across an ocean | Synonyms: abroad |
| oversee | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, superintend, supervise |
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| overseer | (noun) a person who directs and manages an organization | Synonyms: superintendent |
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| oversensitive | (adjective) unduly sensitive or thin-skinned | - |
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| oversensitiveness | (noun) sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset | - |
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| overserious | (adjective) excessively serious | - |
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| oversew | (verb) sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both | - |
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| oversewn | (adjective) sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) | Synonyms: overhand |
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| oversexed | (adjective) having excessive sexual desire or appeal | Synonyms: highly-sexed |
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| overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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| (verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
| (verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
| overshielding | (noun) excessive protection | Synonyms: momism, overprotection |
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| overshoe | (noun) footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold | - |
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| overshoot | (noun) an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt | Synonyms: go-around, wave-off |
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| (verb) aim too high | - |
| (verb) shoot beyond or over (a target) | - |
| overshot | (adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | - |
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| overside | (adverb) over the side of a boat | - |
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| oversight | (noun) a mistake resulting from inattention | Synonyms: lapse |
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| (noun) management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group | Synonyms: superintendence, supervising, supervision |
| (noun) an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something | Synonyms: inadvertence |
| oversimplification | (noun) an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is | Synonyms: simplism |
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| (noun) an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation | Synonyms: simplism |
| oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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| oversize | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, outsized, oversized |
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| oversized | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, outsized, oversize |
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| overskirt | (noun) an outer skirt worn over another skirt | - |
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| oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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| oversolicitous | (adjective) excessively solicitous | - |
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| overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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| overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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| overspend | (verb) spend at a high rate | - |
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| (verb) spend more than available of (a budget) | - |
| overspill | (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overflow, runoff |
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| (noun) the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns | - |
| overspread | (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: spread |
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| overstate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw |
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| overstated | (adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: exaggerated, overdone |
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| overstatement | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification |
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| overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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| oversteer | (noun) when a car turns (steers) by more than (over) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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| overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
| overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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| overstrain | (noun) too much strain | - |
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| (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |