| comma | (noun) anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing | Synonyms: comma butterfly, Polygonia comma |
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| (noun) a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence | - |
| 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 |
| commandant | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commander, commanding officer |
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| commandeer | (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: highjack, hijack, pirate |
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| commander | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commandant, commanding officer |
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| (noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain | - |
| (noun) an officer in the airforce | Synonyms: air force officer |
| (noun) someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others | - |
| commandership | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandery |
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| commandery | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandership |
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| commanding | (adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: dominating, overlooking |
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| commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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| (noun) something that is commanded | - |
| commando | (noun) an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | - |
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| (noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: ranger |
| commelina | (noun) any plant of the genus Commelina | - |
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| commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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| (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
| (verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
| commemorating | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorative |
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| commemoration | (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: memorial, remembrance |
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| (noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: memorialisation, memorialization |
| commemorative | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorating |
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| (noun) an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person | - |
| commence | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, lead off, start |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: embark on, start, start up |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| commendable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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| (adverb) in an admirable manner | Synonyms: admirably, laudably, praiseworthily |
| commendation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: citation |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: approval |
| commensal | (adjective) living in a state of commensalism | - |
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| (noun) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent | - |
| commensalism | (noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | - |
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| commensally | (adverb) in a commensal manner | - |
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| commensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured by a common standard | - |
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| commensurate | (adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| 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 | - |
| commentary | (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: comment |
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| commentate | (verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting | - |
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| (verb) make a commentary on | - |
| commentator | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: reviewer |
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| (noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: observer |
| commerce | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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| (noun) social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. | - |
| commercial | (adjective) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to commercialism | - |
| (adjective) of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior | Synonyms: commercial-grade |
| (adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking |
| (noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
| commercialisation | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialization |
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| commercialise | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialize, market |
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| commercialised | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialized |
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| commercialism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, mercantilism |
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| commercialization | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialisation |
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| commercialize | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, market |
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| (verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality | - |
| commercialized | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialised |
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| commercially | (adverb) in a commercial manner | - |
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| commie | (noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: communist |
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| comminate | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, execrate |
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| commination | (noun) a threat of divine punishment or vengeance | - |
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| (noun) prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday | - |
| comminatory | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: denunciative, denunciatory |
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| commingle | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) mix or blend | - |
| comminute | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, crunch, grind, mash |
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| commiserate | (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: sympathise, sympathize |
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| commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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| (noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
| commiserative | (adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy | - |
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| commissar | (noun) an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | Synonyms: political commissar |
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| commissariat | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: provender, provisions, viands, victuals |
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| commissary | (noun) a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) | - |
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| (noun) a snack bar in a film studio | - |
| commission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, mission |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: committal, perpetration |
| (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commissioning |
| (noun) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces | Synonyms: military commission |
| (noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: charge, direction |
| (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: committee |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary) | - |
| (noun) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation | - |
| (verb) charge with a task | - |
| (verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
| (verb) place an order for | - |
| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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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 |
| commissioner | (noun) a government administrator | - |
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| (noun) a member of a commission | - |
| commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| commit | (verb) make a set of changes permanent | - |
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| (verb) transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved | - |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: consecrate, dedicate, devote, give |
| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: confide, entrust, intrust, trust |
| (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: invest, place, put |
| (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | Synonyms: perpetrate, pull |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: practice |
| 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 |
| committal | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, consignment |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: commission, perpetration |
| 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 |
| committedness | (noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: commitment |
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| committee | (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: commission |
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| (noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something | Synonyms: citizens committee |
| committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
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| committeewoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a committee | - |
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| commix | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, mingle, mix, unify |
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| commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| commode | (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet |
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| (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: chiffonier |
| commodious | (adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: convenient |
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| commodiousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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| commodity | (noun) a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | Synonyms: good, trade good |
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| commodore | (noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral | - |
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| common | (adjective) having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public | - |
| (adjective) commonly encountered | Synonyms: usual |
| (adjective) of low or inferior quality or value | Synonyms: coarse |
| (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: vernacular, vulgar |
| (adjective) of or associated with the great masses of people | Synonyms: plebeian, unwashed, vulgar |
| (adjective) to be expected; standard | - |
| (adjective) common to or shared by two or more parties | Synonyms: mutual |
| (adjective) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | Synonyms: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar |
| (noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: commons, green, park |
| commonage | (noun) property held in common | - |
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| commonality | (noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonness |
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| (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonalty, commons |
| commonalty | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commons |
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| commoner | (noun) a person who holds no title | Synonyms: common man, common person |
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| commonly | (adverb) under normal conditions | Synonyms: normally, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually |
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| commonness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonplaceness, everydayness |
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| (noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonality |
| (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| (noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: expectedness |
| commonplace | (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous |
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| (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
| (adjective) completely ordinary and unremarkable | - |
| (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude |
| commonplaceness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonness, everydayness |
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| commons | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commonalty |
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| (noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: common, green, park |
| (noun) a pasture subject to common use | Synonyms: common land |
| commonsense | (adjective) exhibiting native good judgment | Synonyms: commonsensible, commonsensical |
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| commonsensible | (adjective) exhibiting native good judgment | Synonyms: commonsense, commonsensical |
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| commonsensical | (adjective) exhibiting native good judgment | Synonyms: commonsense, commonsensible |
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| commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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| commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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| (noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
| (noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
| (noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
| commotion | (noun) the act of making a noisy disturbance | Synonyms: din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult |
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| (noun) confused movement | Synonyms: whirl |
| (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
| commove | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, excite, rouse, turn on |
| communal | (adjective) relating to a small administrative district or community | - |
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| (adjective) for or by a group rather than individuals | - |
| communalise | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalize |
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| communalism | (noun) the practice of communal living and common ownership | - |
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| (noun) loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole | - |
| communalize | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalise |
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| communally | (adverb) by a group of people rather than an individual | - |
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| commune | (noun) a body of people or families living together and sharing everything | - |
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| (noun) the smallest administrative district of several European countries | - |
| (verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: communicate |
| (verb) communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity | - |
| communicable | (adjective) readily communicated | - |
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| (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
| communicant | (noun) a person entitled to receive Communion | - |
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| communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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| (verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
| (verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
| (verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
| (verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
| (verb) join or connect | - |
| (verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
| communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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