| abandoned
|
(adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants |
Synonyms:
derelict,
deserted |
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| (adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited |
- |
| abashed
|
(adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed |
Synonyms:
embarrassed,
chagrined |
|---|
| abbreviated
|
(adjective) (of clothing) very short |
Synonyms:
brief |
|---|
| (adjective) cut short in duration |
Synonyms:
shortened,
truncated |
| abed
|
(adverb) in bed |
- |
|---|
| abfarad
|
(noun) a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads |
- |
|---|
| ablated
|
(adjective) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization |
- |
|---|
| aboard
|
(adverb) on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle |
Synonyms:
on board |
|---|
| (adverb) on first or second or third base |
- |
| (adverb) side by side |
Synonyms:
alongside |
| (adverb) part of a group |
- |
| aborad
|
(adverb) away from the mouth or oral region |
- |
|---|
| abound
|
(verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities |
- |
|---|
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action |
Synonyms:
bristle,
burst |
| aboveboard
|
(adverb) in an honest manner |
Synonyms:
honestly |
|---|
| (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest |
Synonyms:
straightforward |
| aboveground
|
(adjective) on or above the surface of the ground |
- |
|---|
| abridged
|
(adjective) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting |
- |
|---|
| abroad
|
(adverb) to or in a foreign country |
- |
|---|
| (adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings |
Synonyms:
afield |
| (adverb) in a place across an ocean |
Synonyms:
overseas |
| (adjective) in a foreign country |
Synonyms:
overseas |
| abscessed
|
(adjective) infected and filled with pus |
- |
|---|
| abscond
|
(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
Synonyms:
run off,
make off,
decamp,
go off,
absquatulate,
bolt |
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| absentminded
|
(adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
Synonyms:
scatty,
absent,
abstracted |
|---|
| absolved
|
(adjective) freed from any question of guilt |
Synonyms:
exculpated,
exonerated,
vindicated,
clear,
cleared |
|---|
| absorbed
|
(adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to |
Synonyms:
rapt,
intent,
engrossed,
enwrapped,
wrapped,
captive |
|---|
| (adjective) retained without reflection |
- |
| abstracted
|
(adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
Synonyms:
scatty,
absent,
absentminded |
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| absurd
|
(adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision |
Synonyms:
ridiculous,
nonsensical,
idiotic,
derisory,
preposterous,
cockeyed,
laughable,
ludicrous |
| (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless |
Synonyms:
the absurd |
| abused
|
(adjective) subjected to cruel treatment |
Synonyms:
ill-treated,
maltreated,
mistreated |
|---|
| (adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs |
- |
| acanthoid
|
(adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn |
Synonyms:
spinous,
acanthous |
|---|
| acarid
|
(noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks |
- |
|---|
| accelerated
|
(adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course |
- |
|---|
| accented
|
(adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch |
Synonyms:
tonic |
|---|
| (adjective) bearing a stress or accent |
Synonyms:
stressed |
| accepted
|
(adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition |
Synonyms:
recognised,
recognized |
|---|
| accompanied
|
(adjective) having companions or an escort |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment |
Synonyms:
attended |
| accomplished
|
(adjective) highly skilled |
Synonyms:
complete |
|---|
| (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end |
Synonyms:
realised,
realized,
completed |
| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally |
Synonyms:
effected,
established |
| accord
|
(verb) go together |
Synonyms:
consort,
agree,
harmonise,
harmonize,
concord,
fit in |
|---|
| (verb) allow to have |
Synonyms:
grant,
allot |
| (noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters |
Synonyms:
agreement |
| (noun) concurrence of opinion |
Synonyms:
conformity,
accordance |
| (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns |
Synonyms:
pact,
treaty |
| (noun) sympathetic compatibility |
- |
| accoutered
|
(adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) |
Synonyms:
accoutred |
|---|
| accoutred
|
(adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) |
Synonyms:
accoutered |
|---|
| accredited
|
(adjective) given official approval to act |
Synonyms:
commissioned,
licenced,
licensed |
|---|
| accrued
|
(adjective) periodically accumulated over time |
Synonyms:
accumulated |
|---|
| accumulated
|
(adjective) periodically accumulated over time |
Synonyms:
accrued |
|---|
| accursed
|
(adjective) under a curse |
Synonyms:
maledict,
accurst |
|---|
| accused
|
(noun) a defendant in a criminal proceeding |
- |
|---|
| accustomed
|
(adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual |
Synonyms:
habitual,
wonted,
customary |
|---|
| acetanilid
|
(noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) |
Synonyms:
phenylacetamide,
acetanilide |
|---|
| acid
|
(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
- |
|---|
| (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
Synonyms:
Zen,
dose,
dot,
pane,
Elvis,
window pane,
superman,
back breaker,
battery-acid,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
loony toons |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone |
Synonyms:
sulfurous,
sulphurous,
virulent,
vitriolic,
caustic,
acerb,
acerbic,
acrid,
bitter,
blistering |
| (adjective) being sour to the taste |
Synonyms:
acidic,
acidulent,
acidulous |
| (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid |
- |
| acknowledged
|
(adjective) recognized or made known or admitted |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) generally accepted |
- |
| acned
|
(adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin |
Synonyms:
pimpled,
pimply,
pustulate |
|---|
| acold
|
(adjective) of persons; feeling cold |
- |
|---|
| acquainted
|
(adjective) having fair knowledge of |
- |
|---|
| acquired
|
(adjective) gotten through environmental forces |
- |
|---|
| acquitted
|
(adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless |
Synonyms:
not guilty |
|---|
| acrid
|
(adjective) strong and sharp |
Synonyms:
pungent |
|---|
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone |
Synonyms:
sulfurous,
sulphurous,
virulent,
vitriolic,
caustic,
acerb,
acerbic,
acid,
bitter,
blistering |
| acridid
|
(noun) grasshopper with short antennae |
Synonyms:
short-horned grasshopper |
|---|
| actinoid
|
(noun) any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 |
Synonyms:
actinide,
actinon |
|---|
| (adjective) having a radial form |
- |
| actinopod
|
(noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods |
- |
|---|
| activated
|
(adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive |
Synonyms:
excited |
| (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive |
- |
| (adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment |
- |
| actuated
|
(adjective) moved to action |
- |
|---|
| aculeated
|
(adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb |
Synonyms:
aculeate |
|---|
| ad
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizement,
advertizing |
|---|
| adapted
|
(adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose |
Synonyms:
altered |
|---|
| add
|
(verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) state or say further |
Synonyms:
supply,
append |
| (verb) bestow a quality on |
Synonyms:
impart,
bring,
contribute,
bestow,
lend |
| (verb) make an addition by combining numbers |
Synonyms:
add together |
| (verb) determine the sum of |
Synonyms:
add together,
tally,
summate,
total,
sum,
sum up,
add up,
tot,
tot up,
tote up |
| (verb) constitute an addition |
- |
| addend
|
(noun) a number that is added to another number (the augend) |
- |
|---|
| addicted
|
(adjective) compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming |
- |
|---|
| addlebrained
|
(adjective) stupid and confused |
Synonyms:
muddleheaded,
puddingheaded,
addlepated |
|---|
| addled
|
(adjective) (of eggs) no longer edible |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking |
Synonyms:
muddled,
muzzy,
woolly,
woolly-headed,
wooly,
wooly-minded,
befuddled |
| addlehead
|
(noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought |
Synonyms:
loon,
addle-head,
birdbrain |
|---|
| addlepated
|
(adjective) stupid and confused |
Synonyms:
muddleheaded,
puddingheaded,
addlebrained |
|---|
| addressed
|
(adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination |
- |
|---|
| adelgid
|
(noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers |
- |
|---|
| adenoid
|
(noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) |
Synonyms:
pharyngeal tonsil,
third tonsil,
tonsilla adenoidea,
tonsilla pharyngealis,
Luschka's tonsil |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue |
- |
| adjusted
|
(adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability |
- |
| (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment |
Synonyms:
familiarised,
familiarized |
| (adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted |
- |
| admired
|
(adjective) regarded with admiration |
- |
|---|
| adopted
|
(adjective) acquired as your own by free choice |
Synonyms:
adoptive |
|---|
| adored
|
(adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) |
Synonyms:
idolised,
idolized,
worshipped |
|---|
| adorned
|
(adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction |
Synonyms:
decorated |
|---|
| adpressed
|
(adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something |
Synonyms:
appressed |
|---|
| adscripted
|
(adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner |
Synonyms:
adscript |
|---|
| adulterated
|
(adjective) mixed with impurities |
Synonyms:
debased,
adulterate |
|---|
| adulthood
|
(noun) the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed |
Synonyms:
maturity |
|---|
| (noun) the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity |
- |
| advanced
|
(adjective) farther along in physical or mental development |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) comparatively late in a course of development |
- |
| (adjective) ahead of the times |
Synonyms:
innovative,
modern,
forward-looking |
| (adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill |
- |
| (adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate |
Synonyms:
sophisticated |
| (adjective) far along in time |
Synonyms:
ripe |
| (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry |
- |
| (adjective) situated ahead or going before |
Synonyms:
in advance,
advance |
| advertised
|
(adjective) called to public attention |
- |
|---|
| advised
|
(adjective) having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel |
Synonyms:
well-advised |
|---|
| (adjective) having received information |
- |
| aerated
|
(adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide |
Synonyms:
charged |
| aerosolised
|
(adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas |
Synonyms:
aerosolized |
|---|
| aerosolized
|
(adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas |
Synonyms:
aerosolised |
|---|
| afeard
|
(adjective) a pronunciation of afraid |
Synonyms:
afeared |
|---|
| afeared
|
(adjective) a pronunciation of afraid |
Synonyms:
afeard |
|---|
| affected
|
(adjective) acted upon; influenced |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
Synonyms:
unnatural |
| (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion |
Synonyms:
moved,
stirred,
touched |
| affiliated
|
(adjective) being joined in close association |
Synonyms:
connected,
attached |
|---|
| affined
|
(adjective) closely related |
- |
|---|
| affixed
|
(adjective) firmly attached |
- |
|---|
| afflicted
|
(adjective) grievously affected especially by disease |
Synonyms:
stricken |
|---|
| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit |
Synonyms:
impaired |
| afford
|
(verb) be able to spare or give up |
- |
|---|
| (verb) be the cause or source of |
Synonyms:
give,
yield |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something |
- |
| (verb) afford access to |
Synonyms:
give,
open |
| afield
|
(adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings |
Synonyms:
abroad |
|---|
| (adverb) in or into a field (especially a field of battle) |
- |
| (adverb) off the subject; beyond the point at issue |
- |
| aforementioned
|
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of |
Synonyms:
said,
aforesaid |
|---|
| aforesaid
|
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of |
Synonyms:
said,
aforementioned |
|---|
| afraid
|
(adjective) filled with fear or apprehension |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement |
- |
| (adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity |
- |
| (adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness |
- |
| aftershafted
|
(adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) |
- |
|---|
| afterward
|
(adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time |
Synonyms:
subsequently,
after,
afterwards,
later,
later on |
|---|
| afterworld
|
(noun) the place where you are after you die |
- |
|---|
| agamid
|
(noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae |
Synonyms:
agamid lizard |
|---|
| aged
|
(noun) people who are old collectively |
Synonyms:
elderly |
|---|
| (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) |
Synonyms:
older,
elderly,
senior |
| (adjective) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) |
- |
| (adjective) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) |
Synonyms:
of age |
| (adjective) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) |
Synonyms:
ripened |
| (adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process |
Synonyms:
cured |
| agglomerated
|
(adjective) clustered together but not coherent |
Synonyms:
clustered,
agglomerate,
agglomerative |
|---|
| aggravated
|
(adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger |
Synonyms:
provoked |
| aggregated
|
(adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole |
Synonyms:
mass,
aggregate,
aggregative |
|---|
| agitated
|
(adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion |
- |