inadvertence | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedlessness, inadvertency, unmindfulness |
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(noun) an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something | Synonyms: oversight |
inadvertency | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedlessness, inadvertence, unmindfulness |
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inadvertent | (adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: accidental |
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inadvertently | (adverb) without knowledge or intention | Synonyms: unknowingly, unwittingly |
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inadvisability | (noun) the quality of being ill-advised | - |
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inadvisable | (adjective) not prudent or wise; not recommended | Synonyms: unadvisable |
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(adjective) not advisable | - |
inadvisably | (adverb) in an expedient manner | Synonyms: expediently |
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inaesthetic | (adjective) violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty | Synonyms: unaesthetic |
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inalienability | (noun) The condition of being incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another. | - |
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inalienable | (adjective) incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another | Synonyms: unalienable |
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(adjective) not subject to forfeiture | Synonyms: unforfeitable |
inalienably | (adverb) in an inalienable manner | - |
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inalterable | (adjective) not capable of being changed or altered | Synonyms: unalterable |
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inamorata | (noun) a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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inane | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: asinine, fatuous |
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inanely | (adverb) vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish | Synonyms: fatuously |
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inanimacy | (noun) (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc). | - |
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inanimate | (adjective) not endowed with life | Synonyms: non-living, nonliving |
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(adjective) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things | - |
(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse | Synonyms: breathless, pulseless |
inanimateness | (noun) not having life | Synonyms: lifelessness |
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inanition | (noun) exhaustion resulting from lack of food | - |
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(noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: lassitude, lethargy, slackness |
inanity | (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: mindlessness, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
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inapplicability | (noun) irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand | - |
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inapplicable | (adjective) not capable of being applied | Synonyms: unsuitable |
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inapposite | (adjective) of an inappropriate or misapplied nature | Synonyms: out of place |
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inappositeness | (noun) inappropriateness | Synonyms: inaptness |
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inappreciable | (adjective) too small to make a significant difference | - |
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inappropriate | (adjective) not suitable for a particular occasion etc | - |
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(adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper | Synonyms: incompatible, out of keeping, unfitting |
inappropriately | (adverb) in an inappropriate manner | Synonyms: unsuitably |
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inappropriateness | (noun) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting | Synonyms: unworthiness |
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(noun) inappropriate conduct | Synonyms: wrongness |
inapt | (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inept |
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inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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inaptness | (noun) inappropriateness | Synonyms: inappositeness |
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inarguable | (adjective) against which no argument can be made | Synonyms: unarguable |
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inarguably | (adverb) in an unarguable and undisputed manner | Synonyms: unarguably, undisputedly |
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inarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words | Synonyms: unarticulate |
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inarticulately | (adverb) in an inarticulate manner | - |
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(adverb) without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner | Synonyms: ineloquently |
inartistic | (adjective) lacking aesthetic sensibility | Synonyms: unartistic |
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inattention | (noun) lack of attention | - |
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inattentive | (adjective) showing a lack of attention or care | - |
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(adjective) not showing due care or attention | Synonyms: neglectful |
inattentively | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, absentmindedly, abstractedly |
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inattentiveness | (noun) the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others | - |
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(noun) a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: heedlessness |
inaudibility | (noun) the quality of not being perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: inaudibleness |
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inaudible | (adjective) impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear | Synonyms: unhearable |
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inaudibleness | (noun) the quality of not being perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: inaudibility |
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inaudibly | (adverb) in an inaudible manner | - |
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inaugural | (adjective) occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction | - |
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(adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, initiative, initiatory, maiden |
(noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inauguration |
(noun) an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) | Synonyms: inaugural address |
inaugurally | (adverb) so as to inaugurate | - |
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inaugurate | (verb) be a precursor of | Synonyms: introduce, usher in |
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(verb) commence officially | Synonyms: kick off |
(verb) open ceremoniously or dedicate formally | - |
inauguration | (noun) the ceremonial induction into a position | Synonyms: inaugural |
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(noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: startup |
inauspicious | (adjective) not auspicious; boding ill | Synonyms: unfortunate |
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(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: adverse, untoward |
(adjective) presaging ill fortune | Synonyms: ill, ominous |
inauspiciously | (adverb) in an inauspicious manner | Synonyms: unpropitiously |
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inauspiciousness | (noun) the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result | Synonyms: unpropitiousness |
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inauthentic | (adjective) false or fake; not what it appears to be | Synonyms: spurious, unauthentic |
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inboard | (adjective) located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft | - |
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inborn | (adjective) normally existing at birth | Synonyms: connatural, inbred |
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(adjective) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development | Synonyms: congenital, innate |
inbound | (adjective) directed or moving inward or toward a center | Synonyms: inward |
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inbred | (adjective) produced by inbreeding | - |
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(adjective) normally existing at birth | Synonyms: connatural, inborn |
inbreeding | (noun) the act of mating closely related individuals | - |
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inbuilt | (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inherent, integral |
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incalculable | (adjective) not able to be computed or enumerated | - |
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(adjective) too much to be measured | Synonyms: untold |
incalescence | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: calefaction |
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incandesce | (verb) become incandescent or glow with heat | - |
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(verb) cause to become incandescent or glow | - |
incandescence | (noun) light from heat | - |
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(noun) the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | Synonyms: glow |
incandescent | (adjective) characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance | - |
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(adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: candent |
incantation | (noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: conjuration |
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incapability | (noun) the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: incapableness |
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(noun) lack of potential for development | Synonyms: incapableness |
incapable | (adjective) (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability | - |
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(adjective) (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for | - |
(adjective) not meeting requirements | Synonyms: incompetent, unequal to |
(adjective) not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of') | - |
incapableness | (noun) the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: incapability |
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(noun) lack of potential for development | Synonyms: incapability |
incapacitate | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, handicap, invalid |
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(verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, disenable |
incapacitated | (adjective) lacking in or deprived of strength or power | Synonyms: helpless |
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incapacitating | (adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: crippling, disabling |
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incapacity | (noun) lack of physical or natural qualifications | - |
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(noun) lack of intellectual power | - |
incarcerate | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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incarceration | (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, immurement, imprisonment |
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incarnadine | (verb) make flesh-colored | - |
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incarnate | (adjective) invested with a bodily form especially of a human body | - |
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(adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied |
(verb) make concrete and real | - |
(verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, substantiate |
incarnation | (noun) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | Synonyms: personification |
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(noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: avatar, embodiment |
(noun) time passed in a particular bodily form | - |
incase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, encase |
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incased | (adjective) covered or protected with or as if with a case | Synonyms: cased, encased |
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incasement | (noun) the act of enclosing something in a case | Synonyms: encasement |
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incaution | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger | Synonyms: incautiousness |
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incautious | (adjective) lacking in caution | - |
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(adjective) carelessly failing to exercise proper caution | - |
incautiously | (adverb) without caution or prudence | Synonyms: carelessly |
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incautiousness | (noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger | Synonyms: incaution |
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incendiarism | (noun) malicious burning to destroy property | Synonyms: arson, fire-raising |
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incendiary | (adjective) involving deliberate burning of property | - |
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(adjective) capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily | - |
(adjective) arousing to action or rebellion | Synonyms: incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious |
(noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: firebomb, incendiary bomb |
(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, firebug |
incense | (noun) the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned | - |
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(noun) a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned | - |
(verb) make furious | Synonyms: exasperate, infuriate |
(verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: cense, thurify |
incensed | (adjective) angered at something unjust or wrong | Synonyms: indignant, outraged, umbrageous |
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incentive | (noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: inducement, motivator |
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(noun) an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | Synonyms: bonus |
inception | (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: origin, origination |
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inceptive | (adjective) in an initial stage | Synonyms: inchoative |
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incertain | (adjective) lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance | Synonyms: uncertain, unsure |
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incertitude | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
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incessancy | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, continuousness, incessantness |
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incessant | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
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incessantly | (adverb) invariably | Synonyms: always, constantly, forever, perpetually |
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(adverb) with unflagging resolve | Synonyms: ceaselessly, continuously, endlessly, unceasingly, unendingly |
incessantness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy |
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incest | (noun) sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child) | - |
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incestuous | (adjective) relating to or involving incest | - |
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(adjective) resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
incestuously | (adverb) by incest | - |
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