| disciplinary | (adjective) relating to a specific field of academic study | - |
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| (adjective) relating to discipline in behavior | - |
| (adjective) designed to promote discipline | Synonyms: corrective, disciplinal |
| discipline | (noun) training to improve strength or self-control | - |
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| (noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: correction |
| (noun) the trait of being well behaved | - |
| (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
| (noun) a system of rules of conduct or method of practice | - |
| (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
| disciplined | (adjective) obeying the rules | - |
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| (adjective) trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise | - |
| disclaim | (verb) make a disclaimer about | - |
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| (verb) renounce a legal claim or title to | - |
| disclaimer | (noun) (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something | - |
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| (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of | Synonyms: disavowal |
| disclike | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike |
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| disclose | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
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| (verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | Synonyms: expose, uncover |
| disclosed | (adjective) made known (especially something secret or concealed) | - |
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| disclosure | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: revealing, revelation |
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| disco | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: discotheque |
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| (noun) popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | Synonyms: disco music |
| (verb) dance to disco music | - |
| discography | (noun) a descriptive catalog of musical recordings | - |
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| discoid | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike |
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| discoidal | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, disk-shaped, disklike |
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| discolor | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolour |
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| (verb) lose color or turn colorless | - |
| (verb) cause to lose or change color | - |
| discoloration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discolouration |
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| (noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discolouration, stain |
| discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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| discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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| discolour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolor |
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| discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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| (noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| discombobulated | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: disconcerted |
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| discombobulation | (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: confusion |
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| discomfit | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discomfited | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
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| (noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: defeated |
| discomfiture | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment |
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| discomfort | (noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | Synonyms: irritation, soreness |
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| (noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | Synonyms: uncomfortableness |
| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discomposed | (adjective) having your composure disturbed | - |
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| discomposure | (noun) a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure | - |
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| (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment |
| discomycete | (noun) any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes | Synonyms: cup fungus |
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| discomycetous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes | - |
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| disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
| disconcerted | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: discombobulated |
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| disconcerting | (adjective) causing an emotional disturbance | Synonyms: upsetting |
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| disconcertingly | (adverb) in a disturbing or embarrassing manner | - |
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| disconcertion | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment |
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| disconcertment | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion |
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| disconfirming | (adjective) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition | Synonyms: negative |
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| (adjective) establishing as invalid or untrue | Synonyms: invalidating |
| disconnect | (noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnection, gulf |
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| (verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
| (verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
| disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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| (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| (adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
| (adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
| disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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| disconnection | (noun) the act of breaking a connection | Synonyms: disjunction |
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| (noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnect, gulf |
| (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture |
| disconsolate | (adjective) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled | Synonyms: inconsolable, unconsolable |
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| (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
| disconsolately | (adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects | Synonyms: desolately |
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| disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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| discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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| (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontentedness, discontentment |
| (verb) make dissatisfied | - |
| discontented | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontent |
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| discontentedly | (adverb) with discontent; in a discontented manner | - |
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| discontentedness | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentment |
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| discontentment | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentedness |
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| discontinuance | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuation |
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| discontinuation | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuance |
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| discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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| (verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
| (verb) come to or be at an end | - |
| discontinued | (adjective) stopped permanently or temporarily | - |
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| discontinuity | (noun) lack of connection or continuity | - |
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| discontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: noncontinuous |
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| (adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities | - |
| 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 |
| discordance | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discord |
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| (noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discord |
| discordant | (adjective) not in agreement or harmony | - |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic |
| discordantly | (adverb) in a discordant manner | Synonyms: unharmoniously |
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| discorporate | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied |
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| discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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| discount | (noun) the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise | Synonyms: deduction, price reduction |
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| (noun) an amount or percentage deducted | Synonyms: deduction |
| (noun) interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan | Synonyms: bank discount, discount rate |
| (noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | Synonyms: rebate |
| (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
| (verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| discounter | (noun) a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price | Synonyms: discount house, discount store, wholesale house |
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| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discouraged | (adjective) lacking in resolution | - |
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| (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, disheartened |
| discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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| (noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
| (noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
| discouraging | (adjective) depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action | - |
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| (adjective) expressing disapproval in order to dissuade | - |
| discouragingly | (adverb) in a discouraging manner | - |
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| discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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| (noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
| (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
| (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
| (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
| discourteous | (adjective) showing no courtesy; rude | - |
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| (adjective) lacking social graces | Synonyms: ungracious |
| discourteously | (adverb) in an impolite manner | Synonyms: impolitely, rudely |
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| discourtesy | (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: offence, offense, offensive activity |
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| (noun) a manner that is rude and insulting | Synonyms: rudeness |
| (noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: disrespect |
| discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| (verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| discoverable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: ascertainable |
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| discovered | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, observed |
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| discoverer | (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: finder, spotter |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something | Synonyms: artificer, inventor |
| discovery | (noun) the act of discovering something | Synonyms: find, uncovering |
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| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: breakthrough, find |
| (noun) something that is discovered | - |
| (noun) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case | - |
| discredit | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: disrepute |
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| (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: disbelieve |
| (verb) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved | - |
| (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: disgrace |
| discreditable | (adjective) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy | - |
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| discreditably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| discredited | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: disgraced, dishonored, shamed |
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| (adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute | Synonyms: damaged |
| discreet | (adjective) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | - |
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| (adjective) heedful of potential consequences | Synonyms: circumspect |
| (adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discerning |
| discreetly | (adverb) with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint | - |
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| discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
| discrepancy | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, divergence, variance |
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| (noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: variance, variant |
| discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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| (adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
| (adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
| discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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| discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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| discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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| (noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
| (noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
| (noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
| discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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| discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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| (adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
| discriminable | (adjective) capable of being discriminated | - |
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| discriminate | (adjective) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions | - |
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| (verb) recognize or perceive the difference | Synonyms: know apart |
| (verb) distinguish | - |
| (verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: separate, single out |
| discriminating | (adjective) showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste | - |
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| (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminative | (adjective) expressing careful judgment | Synonyms: judicial |
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| (adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminatory |