groom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: bridegroom |
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(noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman |
(noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: bridegroom |
(verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: neaten |
(verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, dress |
(verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: prepare, train |
groomed | (adjective) neat and smart in appearance; well cared for | - |
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grooming | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: dressing |
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(noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: preparation, training |
groomsman | (noun) a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding | - |
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groove | (noun) a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape | Synonyms: rut |
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(noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | Synonyms: vallecula |
(noun) a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | Synonyms: channel |
(verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: furrow, rut |
(verb) make a groove in, or provide with a groove | - |
grooved | (adjective) established as if settled into a groove or rut | Synonyms: well-grooved |
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groover | (noun) a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching | - |
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grooving | (noun) the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm | Synonyms: rifling |
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groovy | (adjective) (British informal) very chic | Synonyms: swagger |
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(adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |