assent | (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something | Synonyms: acquiescence |
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(verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
assentient | (adjective) expressing agreement or consent | Synonyms: assenting |
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assessment | (noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
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(noun) the market value set on assets | - |
(noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: appraisal |
(noun) an amount determined as payable | - |
assignment | (noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) | Synonyms: duty assignment |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, designation, naming |
(noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assigning |
(noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) | - |
(noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | - |
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: grant |
assortment | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
assuagement | (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, relief |
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assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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(adjective) rising from the sea | - |
astonishment | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: amazement |
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astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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(adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
(noun) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Synonyms: astringent drug, styptic |
atonement | (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: expiation, propitiation |
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(noun) compensation for a wrong | Synonyms: expiation, satisfaction |
attachment | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: fastening |
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(noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: affixation |
(noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion |
(noun) a supplementary part or accessory | - |
(noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: bond |
(noun) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | - |
(noun) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | Synonyms: fond regard |
attainment | (noun) the act of achieving an aim | - |
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(noun) arrival at a new stage | - |
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill |
augment | (verb) grow or intensify | - |
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(verb) enlarge or increase | - |
autofluorescent | (adjective) emitting light via self-induced fluorescence | - |
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averment | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, asseveration |
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avirulent | (adjective) not virulent; unable to produce disease | - |
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avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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bafflement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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bailment | (noun) the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee | - |
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ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
basement | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: cellar |
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(noun) the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture | - |
battlement | (noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: crenelation, crenellation |
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bedevilment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, torment, worrying |
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befoulment | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: defilement, pollution |
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befuddlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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beguilement | (noun) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations | Synonyms: distraction |
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(noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, bewitchery |
belittlement | (noun) the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant. | - |
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belligerent | (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: aggressive |
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(adjective) engaged in war | Synonyms: militant, war-ridden, warring |
(noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
bemusement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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beneficent | (adjective) doing or producing good | - |
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(adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
benevolent | (adjective) intending or showing kindness | - |
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(adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
(adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: freehearted |
(adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted, sympathetic |
bent | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: crumpled, dented |
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(adjective) fixed in your purpose | Synonyms: bent on, dead set, out to |
(adjective) used of the back and knees; stooped | Synonyms: bended |
(noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: hang, knack |
(noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
(noun) an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges | - |
(noun) grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens | Synonyms: bent-grass, bent grass |
bereavement | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: mourning |
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besprent | (adjective) sprinkled over | - |
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bestowment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowal |
betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
(noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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birefringent | (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
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bivalent | (adjective) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | Synonyms: double |
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(adjective) having a valence of two or having two valences | Synonyms: divalent |
blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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(noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
bombardment | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling |
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(noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombing |
(noun) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) | - |
(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring |
brent | (noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward | Synonyms: brant, brant goose, brent goose |
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cadent | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadenced |
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calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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candent | (adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: incandescent |
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candescent | (adjective) glowing from great heat | - |
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canescent | (adjective) of greyish white | - |
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(adjective) covered with fine whitish hairs or down | Synonyms: hoary |
cantonment | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, encampment |
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casement | (noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
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catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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caulescent | (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: cauline, stemmed |
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cement | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cementum |
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(noun) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar | - |
(noun) something that hardens to act as adhesive material | - |
(noun) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement | - |
(noun) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth | - |
(verb) bind or join with or as if with cement | - |
(verb) make fast as if with cement | - |
(verb) cover or coat with cement | - |
cent | (noun) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | Synonyms: centime, penny |
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(noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries | - |
cerement | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
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chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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circumferent | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: encompassing, surrounding |
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circumvent | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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(verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach |
(verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround |
clement | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy | - |
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(adjective) (of weather or climate) physically mild | - |
client | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: guest, node |
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(noun) a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer | - |
(noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: customer |
coalescent | (adjective) growing together, fusing | Synonyms: coalescing |
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coefficient | (noun) a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | - |
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coexistent | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexisting |
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cogent | (adjective) powerfully persuasive | Synonyms: telling, weighty |
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coherent | (adjective) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts | Synonyms: consistent, logical, ordered |
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(adjective) (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation | - |
(adjective) sticking together | Synonyms: tenacious |
(adjective) capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner | Synonyms: logical, lucid |
coincident | (adjective) matching point for point | - |
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(adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous |
comburent | (adjective) supporting combustion | Synonyms: comburant, combustive |
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commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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(noun) something that is commanded | - |
commencement | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, start |
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(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
comment | (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: input, remark |
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(noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: commentary |
(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt |
(verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: notice, point out, remark |
(verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, gloss |
(verb) explain or interpret something | - |
commitment | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, dedication, loyalty |
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(noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: committal, consignment |
(noun) an engagement by contract involving financial obligation | - |
(noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: committedness |
(noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: dedication |
compartment | (noun) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | - |
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(noun) a space into which an area is subdivided | - |
competent | (adjective) properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient | - |
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(adjective) legally qualified or sufficient | - |
(adjective) adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional | - |
complacent | (adjective) contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions | Synonyms: self-complacent, self-satisfied |
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complement | (noun) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect | Synonyms: accompaniment |
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(noun) either of two parts that mutually complete each other | - |
(noun) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction | - |
(noun) number needed to make up a whole force | Synonyms: full complement |
(noun) a complete number or quantity | - |
(noun) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | - |
(verb) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to | - |
compliment | (noun) a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration | - |
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(verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: congratulate |
(verb) express respect or esteem for | - |
component | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: constituent, element |
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(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component part, constituent, part, portion |
comportment | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, mien, presence |
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concealment | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, hiding |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: cover, covert, screen |
(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden | Synonyms: privacy, privateness, secrecy |
concupiscent | (adjective) vigorously passionate | Synonyms: lustful, lusty |
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concurrent | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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condiment | (noun) a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | - |
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condolent | (adjective) expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one | - |
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conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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confident | (adjective) having or marked by confidence or assurance | - |
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(adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
(adjective) persuaded of; very sure | Synonyms: convinced, positive |
confinement | (noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them | - |
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(noun) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) | Synonyms: restriction |
(noun) the state of being confined | - |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
confluent | (adjective) flowing together | Synonyms: merging |
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(noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, feeder, tributary |
congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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congruent | (adjective) coinciding when superimposed | - |
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(adjective) corresponding in character or kind | Synonyms: congruous |
consent | (noun) permission for something to happen | - |
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(verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: accept, go for |
consentient | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentaneous, unanimous |
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consequent | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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(noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
consistent | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable | - |
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(adjective) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts | Synonyms: coherent, logical, ordered |
(adjective) capable of being reproduced | Synonyms: reproducible |
(adjective) the same throughout in structure or composition | Synonyms: uniform |
constituent | (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constitutional, constitutive, organic |
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(noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: component, element |
(noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient |
(noun) (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | Synonyms: grammatical constituent |
(noun) a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | - |
(noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, part, portion |
containment | (noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | - |
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(noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | - |
(noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | - |