| civilised | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilized |
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| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |
| civilized | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilised |
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| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |
| clad | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clothed |
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| (adjective) having an outer covering especially of thin metal | - |
| clammyweed | (noun) strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs | Synonyms: Polanisia dodecandra, Polanisia graveolens |
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| clapboard | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: weatherboard, weatherboarding |
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| (verb) cover with clapboards | - |
| clapperboard | (noun) photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together | - |
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| classified | (adjective) arranged into classes | - |
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| (adjective) official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation | - |
| (noun) a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type | Synonyms: classified ad, classified advertisement |
| clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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| clawed | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: taloned |
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| (adjective) having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form | - |
| cleared | (adjective) rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush | - |
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| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| clearheaded | (adjective) not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently | Synonyms: clear-thinking |
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| clearweed | (noun) a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves | Synonyms: dead nettle, Pilea pumilla, richweed |
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| clenched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clinched |
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| clerid | (noun) predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic | Synonyms: clerid beetle |
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| cliched | (adjective) repeated regularly without thought or originality | Synonyms: ready-made |
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| clinched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clenched |
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| clinid | (noun) mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds | Synonyms: clinid fish |
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| clipboard | (noun) a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
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| clipped | (adjective) (of speech) having quick short sounds | - |
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| (adjective) cut or trimmed by clipping | - |
| cloaked | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped |
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| (adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | Synonyms: disguised, masked |
| clochard | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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| clod | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clump, glob, lump |
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| (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
| clogged | (adjective) loaded with something that hinders motion | - |
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| (adjective) stopped up; clogged up | Synonyms: choked |
| (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clotted |
| cloistered | (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered |
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| (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical |
| closed | (adjective) not open or affording passage or access | - |
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| (adjective) (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints | - |
| (adjective) used especially of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: shut |
| (adjective) not open | Synonyms: shut, unopen |
| (adjective) blocked against entry | Synonyms: closed in |
| (adjective) not open to the general public | - |
| (adjective) with shutters closed | - |
| (adjective) requiring union membership | - |
| (adjective) not having an open mind | Synonyms: unsympathetic |
| closefisted | (adjective) unwilling to part with money | Synonyms: hardfisted, tightfisted |
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| closelipped | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped |
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| closemouthed | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped |
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| clothed | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clad |
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| (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped |
| clotted | (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clogged |
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| cloud | (noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground | Synonyms: swarm |
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| (noun) a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude | - |
| (noun) any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible | - |
| (noun) suspicion affecting your reputation | - |
| (noun) out of touch with reality | - |
| (noun) a cause of worry or gloom or trouble | - |
| (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| clouded | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, overcast, sunless |
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| (adjective) mentally disordered | - |
| (adjective) made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance | - |
| (adjective) unclear in form or expression | Synonyms: blurred |
| clubfooted | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: taliped |
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| clubhead | (noun) (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball | Synonyms: club-head, club head, golf-club head |
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| clupeid | (noun) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | Synonyms: clupeid fish |
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| clustered | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative |
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| (adjective) growing close together but not in dense mats | - |
| cluttered | (adjective) filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | Synonyms: littered |
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| coagulated | (adjective) changed into a solid mass | Synonyms: solidified |
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| (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, curdled, grumose, grumous |
| coalesced | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused |
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| coalfield | (noun) a region where there is coal underground | - |
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| coarsened | (adjective) made coarse or crude by lack of skill | - |
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| coastguard | (noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters | - |
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| coastland | (noun) land in a coastal area | - |
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| coastward | (adverb) in the direction of the coast | - |
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| coated | (adjective) having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) having or dressed in a coat | - |
| coccoid | (adjective) spherical; like a coccus | - |
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| cockeyed | (adjective) turned or twisted toward one side | Synonyms: askew, awry, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky |
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| (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
| cocoswood | (noun) wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets | Synonyms: cocuswood, granadilla wood |
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| cocuswood | (noun) wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets | Synonyms: cocoswood, granadilla wood |
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| cod | (adjective) payable by the recipient on delivery | Synonyms: collect |
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| (noun) major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters | Synonyms: codfish |
| (noun) lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | Synonyms: codfish |
| (noun) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) | Synonyms: pod, seedcase |
| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
| codified | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: statute |
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| cogged | (adjective) having cogs | - |
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| coiled | (adjective) curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) | - |
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| cold | (adjective) having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration | - |
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| (adjective) extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion | - |
| (adjective) (color) giving no sensation of warmth | - |
| (adjective) lacking the warmth of life | - |
| (adjective) of a seeker; far from the object sought | - |
| (adjective) without compunction or human feeling | Synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate |
| (adjective) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable | - |
| (adjective) marked by errorless familiarity | - |
| (adjective) having lost freshness through passage of time | - |
| (adjective) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication | - |
| (adjective) feeling or showing no enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) sexually unresponsive | Synonyms: frigid |
| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: dusty, moth-eaten, stale |
| (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
| (noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: coldness |
| (noun) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) | Synonyms: common cold |
| coldhearted | (adjective) lacking in sympathy or feeling | - |
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| collard | (noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
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| collected | (adjective) brought together in one place | Synonyms: gathered |
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| (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
| collectivised | (adjective) characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production | Synonyms: collectivized |
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| (adjective) subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively | Synonyms: collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, state-controlled |
| collectivized | (adjective) characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production | Synonyms: collectivised |
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| (adjective) subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively | Synonyms: collectivised, collectivist, collectivistic, state-controlled |
| colloid | (noun) a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension | - |
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| colonised | (adjective) inhabited by colonists | Synonyms: colonized, settled |
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| colonized | (adjective) inhabited by colonists | Synonyms: colonised, settled |
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| colonnaded | (adjective) having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals | - |
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| colored | (adjective) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: colorful, coloured, colourful |
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| (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: bleached, coloured, dyed |
| (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: coloured, negro |
| (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: biased, coloured, one-sided, slanted |
| (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored person, coloured, coloured person |
| coloured | (adjective) having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: colored, colorful, colourful |
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| (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: bleached, colored, dyed |
| (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, negro |
| (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: biased, colored, one-sided, slanted |
| (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
| colubrid | (noun) mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes | Synonyms: colubrid snake |
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| columned | (adjective) having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form) | - |
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| comatulid | (noun) free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms | Synonyms: feather star |
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| combed | (adjective) (of hair) made tidy with a comb | - |
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| combined | (adjective) made or joined or united into one | - |
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| comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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| command | (noun) the power or authority to command | - |
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| (noun) availability for use | - |
| (noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: control, mastery |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: instruction, program line, statement |
| (noun) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer | - |
| (noun) a position of highest authority | - |
| (verb) make someone do something | Synonyms: require |
| (verb) be in command of | - |
| (verb) demand as one's due | - |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop |
| commend | (verb) express approbation of | - |
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| (verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | Synonyms: remember |
| (verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: recommend |
| (verb) give to in charge | - |
| (verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence | - |
| commercialised | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialized |
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| commercialized | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialised |
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| commissioned | (adjective) (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above | - |
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| (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: accredited, licenced, licensed |
| committed | (adjective) bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude | - |
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| (adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: attached |
| compartmentalised | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalized | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalised |
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| compartmented | (adjective) divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units | - |
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| compensated | (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: remunerated, salaried, stipendiary |
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| completed | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: accomplished, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony | - |
| (adjective) caught | - |
| complicated | (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complex |
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| composed | (adjective) serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress | - |
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| compound | (adjective) composed of more than one part | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | - |
| (adjective) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | Synonyms: colonial |
| (noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
| (noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
| (noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
| (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
| compounded | (adjective) combined into or constituting a chemical compound | - |
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| comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
| comprehended | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: appreciated, apprehended |
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| compressed | (adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: tight |
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| (adjective) reduced in volume by pressure | - |
| (adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | Synonyms: flat |
| concealed | (adjective) hidden on any grounds for any motive | - |
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| (adjective) not accessible to view | Synonyms: hidden, out of sight |
| conceited | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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| concentrated | (adjective) gathered together or made less diffuse | - |
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| (adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | Synonyms: hard |
| (adjective) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | Synonyms: saturated |
| (adjective) intensely focused | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced | - |
| concerned | (adjective) feeling or showing worry or solicitude | - |
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| (adjective) involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in | Synonyms: interested |
| (adjective) culpably involved | Synonyms: implicated |
| concerted | (adjective) involving the joint activity of two or more | Synonyms: conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative, united |
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| conchoid | (noun) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts). | - |
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| concluded | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, ended, over, terminated |
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| concord | (noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
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| (noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
| (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
| (verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
| (verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
| (verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
| (verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
| conditioned | (adjective) established by conditioning or learning | Synonyms: learned |
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| (adjective) physically fit | Synonyms: in condition |
| configured | (adjective) organized so as to give configuration to | - |
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