cheap | (adjective) relatively low in price or charging low prices | Synonyms: inexpensive |
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(adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny |
(adjective) embarrassingly stingy | Synonyms: chinchy, chintzy |
(adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
cheapen | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: degrade |
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cheapjack | (adjective) made of inferior workmanship and materials | Synonyms: shoddy, tawdry |
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(noun) a peddler of inferior goods | - |
cheaply | (adverb) with little expenditure of money | Synonyms: inexpensively |
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(adverb) in a cheap manner | Synonyms: inexpensively, tattily |
(adverb) in a stingy manner | Synonyms: chintzily, stingily |
cheapness | (noun) a price below the standard price | Synonyms: bargain rate, cut price, cut rate |
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(noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: sleaze, tackiness, tat |
cheapskate | (noun) a miserly person | Synonyms: tightwad |
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cheat | (noun) a deception for profit to yourself | Synonyms: cheating |
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(noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: fraud, rig, swindle |
(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
(noun) weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | Synonyms: bearded darnel, darnel, Lolium temulentum, tare |
(noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, chess |
(verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft |
(verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit | Synonyms: chisel, rip off |
(verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | Synonyms: chisel |
(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat on, cuckold, wander |
cheater | (noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
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cheatgrass | (noun) annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean | Synonyms: Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome |
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cheating | (adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
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(adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: adulterous, two-timing |
(noun) a deception for profit to yourself | Synonyms: cheat |
chebab | (noun) a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis | - |
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check | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, curb |
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(noun) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey | - |
(noun) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king | - |
(noun) the act of inspecting or verifying | Synonyms: check-out procedure, checkout |
(noun) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard) | - |
(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | Synonyms: chip |
(noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: assay |
(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: confirmation, substantiation, verification |
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
(noun) the bill in a restaurant | Synonyms: chit, tab |
(noun) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | Synonyms: check mark, tick |
(noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money | Synonyms: bank check, cheque |
(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
(verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: delay, retard |
(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | Synonyms: break, crack |
(verb) make cracks or chinks in | Synonyms: chink |
(verb) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly | - |
(verb) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition | Synonyms: check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out |
(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to | Synonyms: check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off |
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
(verb) verify by consulting a source or authority | - |
(verb) write out a check on a bank account | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) place into check | - |
(verb) decline to initiate betting | - |
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: checker, chequer |
(verb) stop in a chase especially when scent is lost | - |
(verb) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey | - |
(verb) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution | - |
(verb) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping | - |
(verb) consign for shipment on a vehicle | - |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: condition, discipline, train |
(verb) make an examination or investigation | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
(verb) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey | - |
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
(verb) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection | Synonyms: check out |
checkbook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: chequebook |
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checked | (adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checkered, chequered |
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checker | (noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | Synonyms: chequer |
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(noun) one who checks the correctness of something | - |
(noun) an attendant who checks coats or baggage | - |
(verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | Synonyms: chequer |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: check, chequer |
checkerberry | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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(noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen |
checkerbloom | (noun) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated | Synonyms: Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock |
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checkerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, chequerboard |
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checkered | (adjective) marked by changeable fortune | - |
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(adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checked, chequered |
checkers | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: draughts |
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checklist | (noun) a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
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checkmate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: mate |
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(noun) complete victory | - |
(verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | Synonyms: mate |
checkout | (noun) the act of inspecting or verifying | Synonyms: check-out procedure, check |
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(noun) a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases | Synonyms: checkout counter |
(noun) the latest time for vacating a hotel room | Synonyms: checkout time |
checkpoint | (noun) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | - |
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checkrein | (noun) a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position | Synonyms: bearing rein |
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checkroom | (noun) a room where baggage or parcels are checked | Synonyms: left-luggage office |
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checkrow | (verb) plant in checkrows | - |
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checksum | (noun) a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage | - |
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checkup | (noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | Synonyms: health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination |
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cheddar | (noun) hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England | Synonyms: American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese |
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cheek | (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, face, nerve |
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(noun) either side of the face below the eyes | - |
(noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: buttock |
(noun) an impudent statement | Synonyms: impertinence, impudence |
(verb) speak impudently to | - |
cheekbone | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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cheekily | (adverb) in a brash cheeky manner | Synonyms: brashly, nervily |
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cheekiness | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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cheekpiece | (noun) either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece | - |
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cheeky | (adjective) offensively bold | Synonyms: brash, nervy |
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cheep | (noun) the short weak cry of a young bird | Synonyms: peep |
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(verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: chirp, chirrup, peep |
cheer | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine |
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(noun) a cry or shout of approval | - |
(verb) become cheerful | Synonyms: cheer up, chirk up |
(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
(verb) show approval or good wishes by shouting | - |
(verb) cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | Synonyms: cheer up, jolly along, jolly up |
(verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: embolden, hearten, recreate |
cheerer | (noun) a spectator who shouts encouragement | - |
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cheerful | (adjective) being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits | - |
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(adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: pollyannaish, upbeat |
cheerfully | (adverb) in a cheerful manner | - |
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cheerfulness | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, sunniness, sunshine |
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(noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: blitheness |
cheerily | (adverb) in a good-humoured manner | Synonyms: pleasantly, sunnily |
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cheering | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: comforting, satisfying |
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(noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: shouting |
cheerio | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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cheerlead | (verb) act as a cheerleader in a sports event | - |
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cheerleader | (noun) someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event | - |
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(noun) an enthusiastic and vocal supporter | - |
cheerless | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: depressing, uncheerful |
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cheerlessly | (adverb) in an unhappy manner | - |
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cheerlessness | (noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: uncheerfulness |
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cheery | (adjective) bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | Synonyms: gay, sunny |
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cheese | (noun) a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk | - |
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(noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
(verb) wind onto a cheese | - |
(verb) used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | - |
cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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cheeseburger | (noun) a hamburger with melted cheese on it | - |
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cheesecake | (noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
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(noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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cheeseflower | (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheese, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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cheeselike | (adjective) having the consistency of cheese | - |
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cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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cheeseparing | (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
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cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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cheesy | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny |
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cheetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, chetah |
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cheewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: chewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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chef | (noun) a professional cook | - |
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cheilitis | (noun) inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips | - |
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cheiloschisis | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cleft lip, harelip |
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cheiloscopy | (noun) a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lip traces. | - |
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cheilosis | (noun) a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin | Synonyms: perleche |
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chela | (noun) a Hindu disciple of a swami | - |
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(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: claw, nipper, pincer |
chelate | (adjective) having or resembling chelae or claws | - |
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(adjective) relating to or characterized by chelation | Synonyms: chelated |
(noun) a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions | Synonyms: chelate compound |
(verb) form a chelate, in chemistry | - |
chelated | (adjective) relating to or characterized by chelation | Synonyms: chelate |
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chelation | (noun) the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds | - |
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(noun) (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning | - |
chelicera | (noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
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cheliceral | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling chelicerae | Synonyms: chelicerate |
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chelicerate | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling chelicerae | Synonyms: cheliceral |
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chelicerous | (adjective) having chelicerae | - |
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cheliferous | (adjective) having chelae | - |
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cheloid | (noun) raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair | Synonyms: keloid |
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chelonian | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise | - |
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(noun) a reptile of the order Chelonia | Synonyms: chelonian reptile |
chemic | (adjective) relating to or used in chemistry | Synonyms: chemical |
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chemical | (adjective) relating to or used in chemistry | Synonyms: chemic |
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(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes | - |
(noun) material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | Synonyms: chemical substance |
chemically | (adverb) with respect to chemistry | - |
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(adverb) with chemicals | - |
chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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chemisorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorption |
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chemisorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorptive |
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chemist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in chemistry | - |
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(noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
chemistry | (noun) the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | Synonyms: chemical science |
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(noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: alchemy, interpersonal chemistry |
(noun) the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object | - |
chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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chemoautotroph | (noun) An organism that depends on chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. | Synonyms: chemotrophic autotroph |
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chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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chemoreceptive | (adjective) of or relating to chemoreceptors | - |
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chemoreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli | - |
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chemosis | (noun) edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining | - |
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chemosorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorption |
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chemosorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorptive |
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chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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