aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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afraid | (adjective) filled with fear or apprehension | - |
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(adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement | - |
(adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness | - |
(adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity | - |
aid | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assist, assistance, help |
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(noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: attention, care, tending |
(noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: assistance, help |
(noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause | Synonyms: assistance, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance |
(verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
barmaid | (noun) a female bartender | - |
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bondmaid | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
braid | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braiding, gold braid |
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(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: plait, tress, twist |
(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: pleach |
(verb) decorate with braids or ribbons | - |
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: lace, plait |
bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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chambermaid | (noun) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) | Synonyms: fille de chambre |
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dairymaid | (noun) a woman who works in a dairy | Synonyms: milkmaid |
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danaid | (noun) large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste | Synonyms: danaid butterfly |
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handmaid | (noun) a personal maid or female attendant | Synonyms: handmaiden |
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(noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaiden, servant |
housemaid | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, maid, maidservant |
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inlaid | (adjective) adorned by inlays | - |
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laid | (adjective) set down according to a plan | Synonyms: set |
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maid | (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maiden |
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(noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maidservant |
mermaid | (noun) half woman and half fish; lives in the sea | - |
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milkmaid | (noun) a woman who works in a dairy | Synonyms: dairymaid |
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mislaid | (adjective) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | Synonyms: misplaced |
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nursemaid | (noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nanny, nurse |
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paid | (adjective) marked by the reception of pay | - |
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(adjective) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby | Synonyms: nonrecreational |
(adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paying |
parlormaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlourmaid |
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parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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plaid | (noun) a cloth having a crisscross design | Synonyms: tartan |
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postpaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: prepaid |
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prepaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: postpaid |
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raid | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, maraud |
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(noun) an attempt by speculators to defraud investors | - |
(verb) search for something needed or desired | - |
(verb) enter someone else's territory and take spoils | Synonyms: foray into |
(verb) take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock | - |
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: bust |
said | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid |
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staid | (adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety | Synonyms: sedate |
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unafraid | (adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | Synonyms: fearless |
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(adjective) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | Synonyms: secure, untroubled |
unbraid | (verb) undo the braids of | - |
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unpaid | (adjective) not paid | - |
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(adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: amateur, recreational |
(adjective) without payment | Synonyms: volunteer |
unsaid | (adjective) not made explicit | Synonyms: unexpressed, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoiced |
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upbraid | (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: reproach |
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