| constellation | (noun) an arrangement of parts or elements | Synonyms: configuration |
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| (noun) a configuration of stars as seen from the earth | - |
| consternate | (verb) fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion | - |
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| consternation | (noun) fear resulting from the awareness of danger | Synonyms: alarm, dismay |
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| constipate | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: bind |
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| (verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog | Synonyms: clog |
| constipated | (adjective) have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels | - |
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| constipation | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: deadening, impairment, stultification |
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| (noun) irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis | Synonyms: irregularity |
| constituency | (noun) the body of voters who elect a representative for their area | - |
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| 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 |
| constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
| (verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
| constituted | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: established |
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| constitution | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization |
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| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
| constitutional | (adjective) sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government | - |
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| (adjective) of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup | - |
| (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constituent, constitutive, organic |
| (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, inbuilt, inherent, integral |
| (noun) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise | - |
| constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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| constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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| (noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
| constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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| constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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| (verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
| (verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
| constitutionally | (adverb) according to the constitution | - |
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| constitutive | (adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | Synonyms: constituent, constitutional, organic |
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| constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
| constrained | (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: forced, strained |
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| constrainedly | (adverb) in a constrained manner | - |
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| constraining | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constrictive, limiting, restricting |
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| constraint | (noun) the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others | - |
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| (noun) a device that retards something's motion | Synonyms: restraint |
| (noun) the state of being physically constrained | Synonyms: restraint |
| constrict | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constringe, narrow |
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| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze |
| constricted | (adjective) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically | - |
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| (adjective) especially tense; especially in some dialects | - |
| constricting | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing |
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| constriction | (noun) the action or process of compressing | - |
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| (noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body | Synonyms: tightness |
| (noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: coarctation |
| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, chokepoint |
| constrictive | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constricting, narrowing |
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| (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, limiting, restricting |
| constrictor | (noun) any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils | - |
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| constringe | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, narrow |
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| construal | (noun) an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing | - |
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| construct | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, conception |
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| (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace |
| (verb) draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | - |
| (verb) make by combining materials and parts | Synonyms: build, make |
| (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture |
| (verb) create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts | - |
| (verb) create by linking linguistic units | - |
| construction | (noun) the act of constructing something | Synonyms: building |
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| (noun) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | Synonyms: building |
| (noun) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem | - |
| (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: structure |
| (noun) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought | Synonyms: mental synthesis |
| (noun) an interpretation of a text or action | Synonyms: twist |
| (noun) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit | Synonyms: expression, grammatical construction |
| constructive | (adjective) constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development | - |
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| (adjective) emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good | - |
| constructively | (adverb) in a constructive manner | - |
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| constructiveness | (noun) the quality of serving to build or improve | - |
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| constructivism | (noun) an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects | - |
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| constructivist | (noun) an artist of the school of constructivism | - |
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| constructor | (noun) someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | Synonyms: builder |
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| construe | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: interpret, see |
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| consubstantial | (adjective) regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity) | - |
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| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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| consuetude | (noun) a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law | - |
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| consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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| consuetudinary | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinal |
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| consul | (noun) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country | - |
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| consular | (adjective) having to do with a consul or his office or duties | - |
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| consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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| consulship | (noun) the post of consul | - |
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| consult | (verb) advise professionally | - |
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| (verb) seek information from | Synonyms: look up, refer |
| (verb) get or ask advice from | Synonyms: confer with |
| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, confer |
| consultancy | (noun) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field | - |
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| consultant | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, advisor |
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| consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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| (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
| (noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
| consultative | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultatory, consultive |
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| consultatory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive |
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| consultive | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultatory |
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| consumable | (adjective) may be used up | - |
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| consume | (verb) engage fully | - |
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| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: have, ingest, take, take in |
| (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
| (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: squander, ware, waste |
| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: demolish, devour, down, go through |
| (verb) destroy completely | - |
| consumer | (noun) a person who uses goods or services | - |
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| consumerism | (noun) a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | - |
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| (noun) the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial | - |
| consuming | (adjective) very strong; urgently felt | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| consummate | (adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: complete |
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| (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: masterful, masterly, virtuoso |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (verb) make perfect; bring to perfection | - |
| (verb) fulfill sexually | - |
| consummated | (adjective) brought to completion | - |
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| consummation | (noun) the act of bringing to completion or fruition | - |
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| (noun) the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse | - |
| consumption | (noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: expenditure, using up |
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| (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake |
| (noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services |
| (noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | Synonyms: phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
| consumptive | (adjective) tending to consume or use often wastefully | - |
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| (adjective) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis | - |
| (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: lunger, tubercular |