| mo | (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: moment, second, bit, minute |
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| moa | (noun) extinct flightless bird of New Zealand | - |
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| moan | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: groan |
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| (noun) an utterance expressing pain or disapproval | Synonyms: groan |
| moaner | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: squawker, grumbler, whiner, sniveller, complainer, crybaby, bellyacher |
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| moat | (noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | Synonyms: fosse |
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| moated | (adjective) protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water | - |
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| mob | (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, pack, pile, throng |
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| (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: rabble, rout |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: syndicate, crime syndicate, family |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: ring, pack, gang |
| mobbish | (adjective) characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless | Synonyms: moblike |
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| mobcap | (noun) large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women | - |
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| mobile | (noun) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | - |
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| (adjective) moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) | - |
| (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: roving, nomadic, peregrine, wandering |
| (adjective) having transportation available | - |
| (adjective) capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another | - |
| (adjective) affording change (especially in social status) | Synonyms: fluid |
| mobilisation | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilization |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilization |
| mobilise | (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, rally, mobilize |
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| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
| mobility | (noun) the quality of moving freely | - |
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| mobilization | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilisation |
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| (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilisation |
| mobilize | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
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| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, rally, mobilise |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
| moblike | (adjective) characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless | Synonyms: mobbish |
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| mobocracy | (noun) a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses | Synonyms: ochlocracy |
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| mobster | (noun) a criminal who is a member of gang | Synonyms: gangster |
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| mocassin | (noun) soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans | Synonyms: moccasin |
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| moccasin | (noun) soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans | Synonyms: mocassin |
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| mocha | (noun) soft suede glove leather from goatskin | - |
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| (noun) a flavoring made from coffee mixed with chocolate | - |
| (noun) a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia | Synonyms: mocha coffee |
| (noun) a dark brown color | - |
| mock | (noun) the act of mocking or ridiculing | - |
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| (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: bemock |
| (verb) imitate with mockery and derision | - |
| (adjective) constituting a copy or imitation of something | - |
| mocker | (noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | Synonyms: jeerer, scoffer, flouter |
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| (noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds | Synonyms: Mimus polyglotktos, mockingbird |
| mockernut | (noun) smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut | Synonyms: mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory, Carya tomentosa, big-bud hickory, black hickory |
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| mockery | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: parody, put-on, takeoff, pasquinade, send-up, sendup, spoof, burlesque, travesty, lampoon |
| (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: parody, takeoff |
| mocking | (adjective) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | Synonyms: jeering, derisive, gibelike, taunting |
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| (adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: quizzical, teasing |
| mockingbird | (noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds | Synonyms: Mimus polyglotktos, mocker |
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| mockingly | (adverb) in a disrespectful jeering manner | Synonyms: jeeringly, gibingly |
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| (adverb) in a disrespectful and mocking manner | Synonyms: derisively, derisorily, scoffingly |
| mod | (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: modern, modernistic |
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| (noun) a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers | - |
| modal | (adjective) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution | Synonyms: average |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode | - |
| (adjective) relating to or expressing the mood of a verb | - |
| (noun) an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality | Synonyms: modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb |
| modality | (noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | Synonyms: mode |
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| (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | Synonyms: mode, mood |
| (noun) a particular sense | Synonyms: sense modality, sensory system |
| (noun) a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment | - |
| mode | (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: way, fashion, manner, style |
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| (noun) a particular functioning condition or arrangement | - |
| (noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | Synonyms: modality |
| (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | Synonyms: modality, mood |
| (noun) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | Synonyms: musical mode |
| (noun) the most frequent value of a random variable | Synonyms: modal value |
| model | (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: framework, theoretical account |
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| (noun) a type of product | - |
| (noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | Synonyms: poser |
| (noun) representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: simulation |
| (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, good example, exemplar |
| (noun) someone worthy of imitation | Synonyms: role model |
| (noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, fashion model |
| (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: modeling, modelling |
| (adjective) worthy of imitation | Synonyms: exemplary |
| (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: pattern |
| (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: pose, sit, posture |
| (verb) display (clothes) as a mannequin | - |
| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: simulate |
| (verb) construct a model in the likeness of | Synonyms: mock up |
| modeled | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque |
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| modeler | (noun) a person who creates models | Synonyms: modeller |
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| modeling | (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: molding, moulding, mold, mould, clay sculpture |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modelling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modelling |
| modeller | (noun) a person who creates models | Synonyms: modeler |
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| modelling | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, molding, moulding |
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| (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modeling |
| modem | (noun) (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line | - |
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| moderate | (verb) preside over | Synonyms: lead, chair |
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| (verb) make less fast or intense | - |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: hold, check, control, contain, hold in, curb |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
| (adjective) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme | - |
| (adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: temperate |
| (adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: restrained |
| (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: middle of the roader, moderationist, centrist |
| moderately | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: reasonably, jolly, middling, passably, pretty, somewhat, fairly |
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| (adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner | - |
| moderateness | (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: reasonableness, modestness |
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| (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
| moderating | (adjective) lessening in intensity or strength | - |
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| moderation | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderateness |
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| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: relief, easing |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: temperance |
| (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: mitigation |
| moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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| moderationist | (noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
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| (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: middle of the roader, moderate, centrist |
| moderatism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: centrism |
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| moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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| moderator | (noun) any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors | - |
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| (noun) in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly | - |
| (noun) someone who presides over a forum or debate | - |
| (noun) someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence | - |
| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| modern | (adjective) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modernistic |
| (adjective) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | - |
| (adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: innovative, advanced, forward-looking |
| (noun) a contemporary person | - |
| (noun) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | Synonyms: Bodoni, modern font, Bodoni font |
| moderne | (adjective) of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes | - |
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| modernisation | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernization |
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| modernise | (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
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| (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: overhaul, modernize |
| modernised | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernized |
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| modernism | (noun) genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: modernity, modernness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness |
| (noun) practices typical of contemporary life or thought | - |
| modernist | (noun) an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles | - |
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| modernistic | (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modern |
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| modernity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: modernism, modernness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness |
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| modernization | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernisation |
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| (noun) a modernized version (as of a play) | - |
| modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: overhaul, modernise |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
| modernized | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernised |
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| modernness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: modernism, modernity, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness |
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| modest | (adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself | - |
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| (adjective) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance | - |
| (adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount | Synonyms: small |
| (adjective) free from pomp or affectation | - |
| (adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: humble, small, low, lowly |
| (adjective) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness | Synonyms: meek, mild |
| (adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small | Synonyms: minor, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale |
| modestly | (adverb) with modesty; in a modest manner | - |
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| modestness | (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: reasonableness, moderateness |
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| (noun) freedom from vanity or conceit | Synonyms: modesty |
| modesty | (noun) freedom from vanity or conceit | Synonyms: modestness |
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| (noun) formality and propriety of manner | Synonyms: reserve |
| modicum | (noun) a small or moderate or token amount | - |
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| modifiable | (adjective) capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme) | - |
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| modification | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: adjustment, alteration |
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| (noun) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy | - |
| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: qualifying, limiting |
| (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: change, alteration |
| modified | (adjective) changed in form or character | - |
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| (adjective) mediocre | Synonyms: limited |
| modifier | (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | Synonyms: qualifier |
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| (noun) a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising | - |
| (noun) a person who changes something | Synonyms: changer |
| (noun) a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene | Synonyms: modifier gene |
| modify | (verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme | - |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: qualify |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: change, alter |
| modillion | (noun) (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice | - |
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| modiolus | (noun) the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea | - |
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| modish | (adjective) in the current fashion or style | Synonyms: in style, in vogue, a la mode, latest |
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| modishly | (adverb) in a fashionable manner | Synonyms: smartly, sprucely |
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| modishness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: smartness, chichi, last word, stylishness, swank, chic, chicness |
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| modiste | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, hatter, milliner |
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| (noun) someone who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: needlewoman, dressmaker, seamstress, sempstress |
| mods | (noun) a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters | - |
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| modular | (adjective) constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use | - |
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| modulate | (verb) change the key of, in music | - |
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| (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: tone, inflect |
| (verb) fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of | Synonyms: regulate |
| (verb) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | - |
| (verb) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) | - |
| modulated | (adjective) changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume | - |
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| (adjective) altered in volume as well as tone or pitch | - |
| modulation | (noun) a musical passage moving from one key to another | Synonyms: transition |
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| (noun) (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase | - |
| (noun) rise and fall of the voice pitch | Synonyms: intonation, pitch contour |
| (noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | Synonyms: inflection |
| (noun) the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) | - |
| module | (noun) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | Synonyms: mental faculty, faculty |
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| (noun) detachable compartment of a spacecraft | - |
| (noun) computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware) | - |
| (noun) a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components | - |
| modulus | (noun) an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers | - |
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| (noun) the absolute value of a complex number | - |
| (noun) (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance | - |
| mogul | (noun) a bump on a ski slope | - |
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| (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: power, king, magnate, baron, big businessman, business leader, top executive, tycoon |
| mohair | (noun) fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat | - |
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| mohawk | (noun) haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp | Synonyms: mohawk haircut |
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| moiety | (noun) one of two (approximately) equal parts | Synonyms: mediety |
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| (noun) one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe | - |
| moil | (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, grind, drudge, fag, toil, travail, labor, labour |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: roil, churn, boil |
| (verb) moisten or soil | - |
| moire | (noun) silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern | Synonyms: watered-silk |
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| (adjective) (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern | Synonyms: watered |
| moist | (adjective) slightly wet | Synonyms: damp, dampish |
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| moisten | (verb) make moist | Synonyms: wash, dampen |
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| (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: drizzle |
| moistener | (noun) a device that dampens or moistens something | Synonyms: dampener |
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| moistening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: dampening |
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| moistly | (adverb) in a damp manner | Synonyms: damply |
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| moistness | (noun) a slight wetness | Synonyms: damp, dampness |
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| moisture | (noun) wetness caused by water | Synonyms: wet |
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| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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