aboard | (adverb) on first or second or third base | - |
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(adverb) on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle | Synonyms: on board |
(adverb) part of a group | - |
(adverb) side by side | Synonyms: alongside |
aboveboard | (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: straightforward |
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(adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: honestly |
absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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(adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
(noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
accord | (noun) sympathetic compatibility | - |
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(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accordance, conformity |
(noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: pact, treaty |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: agreement |
(verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
afeard | (adjective) a pronunciation of afraid | Synonyms: afeared |
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afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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(verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
(verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
(verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
afterward | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently |
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antbird | (noun) any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms | Synonyms: ant bird |
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ard | (noun) a simple light plough without a mouldboard. | Synonyms: ard plough, scratch plough |
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armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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award | (noun) a grant made by a law court | Synonyms: awarding |
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(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, honor, honour, laurels |
(noun) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery | Synonyms: prize |
(verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: present |
(verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: grant |
awkward | (adjective) lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance | - |
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(adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: embarrassing, sticky, unenviable |
(adjective) causing inconvenience | - |
(adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept |
(adjective) socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner | Synonyms: ill at ease, uneasy |
(adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Synonyms: bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly |
backboard | (noun) a board used to support the back of someone or something | - |
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(noun) a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball | Synonyms: basketball backboard |
backsword | (noun) a sword with only one cutting edge | - |
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(noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: fencing stick, singlestick |
backward | (adjective) directed or facing toward the back or rear | - |
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(adjective) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature | - |
(adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted |
(adjective) having made less than normal progress | - |
(adverb) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | Synonyms: backwards |
(adverb) in or to or toward a past time | Synonyms: back |
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
backyard | (noun) the grounds in back of a house | - |
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bard | (noun) an ornamental caparison for a horse | - |
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(noun) a lyric poet | - |
(verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: barde, caparison, dress up |
barnyard | (noun) a yard adjoining a barn | - |
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baseboard | (noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor | Synonyms: mopboard, skirting board |
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bastard | (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bogus, fake, phoney, phony |
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(noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
(noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
beard | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: byssus |
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(noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals | - |
(noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: face fungus, whiskers |
(noun) a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) | - |
(noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses | - |
(verb) go along the rim, like a beard around the chin | - |
bellbird | (noun) any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call | - |
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billboard | (noun) large outdoor signboard | Synonyms: hoarding |
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billiard | (adjective) of or relating to billiards | - |
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biohazard | (noun) any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare | Synonyms: biological agent |
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(noun) hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions | - |
bird | (noun) warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | - |
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(noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock |
(noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
(noun) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food | Synonyms: fowl |
(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench |
(verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: birdwatch |
blackbird | (noun) any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black | Synonyms: New World blackbird |
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(noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
blackboard | (noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk | Synonyms: chalkboard |
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blackguard | (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound |
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(verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout |
(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
blizzard | (noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | Synonyms: rash |
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(noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: snowstorm |
blowhard | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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bluebird | (noun) blue North American songbird | - |
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(noun) fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies | Synonyms: fairy bluebird |
board | (noun) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose | - |
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(noun) a table at which meals are served | Synonyms: dining table |
(noun) electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices | Synonyms: control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel |
(noun) a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view | Synonyms: display board, display panel |
(noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities | Synonyms: add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in |
(noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: gameboard |
(noun) food or meals in general | Synonyms: table |
(noun) a committee having supervisory powers | - |
(noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: plank |
(verb) provide food and lodging (for) | - |
(verb) lodge and take meals (at) | - |
(verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) | Synonyms: get on |
(verb) live and take one's meals at or in | Synonyms: room |
boatyard | (noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
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bodyguard | (noun) a group of men who escort and protect some important person | - |
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(noun) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person | Synonyms: escort |
bollard | (noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) | Synonyms: bitt |
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bombard | (noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family | Synonyms: bombardon |
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(verb) direct high energy particles or radiation against | - |
(verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: barrage |
(verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | Synonyms: bomb |
(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile | Synonyms: pelt |
boulevard | (noun) a wide street or thoroughfare | Synonyms: avenue |
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bowerbird | (noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | Synonyms: catbird |
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brassard | (noun) armor plate that protects the arm | - |
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breadboard | (noun) a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced | Synonyms: bread board |
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briard | (noun) old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat | - |
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brickyard | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickfield |
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broadsword | (noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab | - |
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buckboard | (noun) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles | - |
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bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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butcherbird | (noun) shrikes that impale their prey on thorns | - |
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(noun) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns | - |
buzzard | (noun) a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States | Synonyms: Cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture |
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(noun) the common European short-winged hawk | Synonyms: Buteo buteo |
buzzword | (noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: cant |
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byword | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, proverb, saw |
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camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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canard | (noun) a deliberately misleading fabrication | - |
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card | (noun) one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes | - |
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(noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities | Synonyms: add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in |
(noun) a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) | - |
(noun) a card certifying the identity of the bearer | Synonyms: identity card |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, lineup |
(noun) a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited | Synonyms: calling card, visiting card |
(noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu |
(noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: scorecard |
(noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes | Synonyms: wag, wit |
(noun) thin cardboard, usually rectangular | - |
(verb) ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor | - |
(verb) separate the fibers of | Synonyms: tease |
cardboard | (adjective) without substance | Synonyms: unlifelike |
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(noun) a stiff moderately thick paper | Synonyms: composition board |
cashcard | (noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash | Synonyms: cash card |
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catbird | (noun) North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing | Synonyms: Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird, grey catbird |
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(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | Synonyms: bowerbird |
catchword | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: motto, shibboleth, slogan |
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(noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: guide word, guideword |
cedarbird | (noun) widely distributed over temperate North America | Synonyms: Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing |
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centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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centreboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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chalkboard | (noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk | Synonyms: blackboard |
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chard | (noun) long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves | Synonyms: leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard |
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(noun) beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris cicla, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard |
checkerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, chequerboard |
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cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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chequerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, checkerboard |
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chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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chipboard | (noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | Synonyms: hardboard |
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chord | (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together | - |
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(noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve | - |
(verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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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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clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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clipboard | (noun) a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
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clochard | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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coastguard | (noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters | - |
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coastward | (adverb) in the direction of the coast | - |
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collard | (noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
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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 |
cord | (noun) a line made of twisted fibers or threads | - |
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(noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | Synonyms: corduroy |
(noun) a light insulated conductor for household use | Synonyms: electric cord |
(noun) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet | - |
(verb) stack in cords | - |
(verb) bind or tie with a cord | - |
corkboard | (noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking | - |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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coward | (noun) a person who shows fear or timidity | - |
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cowbird | (noun) North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests | - |
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cowherd | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher |
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crossword | (noun) a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | Synonyms: crossword puzzle |
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crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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curd | (noun) coagulated milk; used to make cheese | - |
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(noun) a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd | - |
custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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daggerboard | (noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel | - |
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dartboard | (noun) a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts | Synonyms: dart board |
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dashboard | (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls | Synonyms: fascia |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: splashboard, splasher |
dastard | (adjective) despicably cowardly | Synonyms: dastardly |
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(noun) a despicable coward | - |
dickeybird | (noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds | Synonyms: dickey-bird, dicky-bird, dickybird |
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dickybird | (noun) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds | Synonyms: dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird |
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diehard | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: traditionalist |
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disaccord | (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disagree, discord |
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discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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(noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
(noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
(verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
discord | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discordance |
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(noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discordance |
(noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: dissension |
(noun) lack of agreement or harmony | Synonyms: strife |
(verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, disagree |
disregard | (noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: neglect |
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(noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: neglect |
(verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: ignore, neglect |
(verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, ignore, push aside |
(verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, ignore, snub |