readable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, decipherable |
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readably | (adverb) in a legible manner | Synonyms: decipherably, legibly |
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readapt | (verb) adapt anew | - |
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(verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readjust |
reader | (noun) one of a series of texts for students learning to read | - |
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(noun) a person who enjoys reading | - |
(noun) a public lecturer at certain universities | Synonyms: lector, lecturer |
(noun) someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication | Synonyms: subscriber |
(noun) a person who can read; a literate person | - |
(noun) someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections | Synonyms: proofreader |
(noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: referee, reviewer |
(noun) someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: lector |
readership | (noun) the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) | - |
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readily | (adverb) without much difficulty | - |
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(adverb) in a punctual manner | Synonyms: promptly, pronto |
readiness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: eagerness, forwardness, zeal |
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(noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: facility |
(noun) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
(noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, preparedness |
reading | (noun) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments | Synonyms: meter reading |
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(noun) the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message | - |
(noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: interpretation, version |
(noun) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | Synonyms: indication, meter reading |
(noun) written material intended to be read | Synonyms: reading material |
(noun) a particular interpretation or performance | - |
(noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: recital, recitation |
readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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(verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
readjustment | (noun) the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | - |
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(noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: adjustment, registration |
readmission | (noun) the act of admitting someone again | - |
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readmit | (verb) admit anew | - |
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(verb) admit again or anew | - |
readout | (noun) an electronic device that displays information | Synonyms: read-out |
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(noun) the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device | Synonyms: read-out |
(noun) the output of a computer in readable form | Synonyms: read-out |
ready | (adjective) completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress | - |
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(adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | Synonyms: quick |
(adjective) made suitable and available for immediate use | - |
(adjective) mentally disposed | - |
(adjective) (of especially money) immediately available | - |
(noun) poised for action | - |
(verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, set, set up |
(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare |
readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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reaffiliation | (noun) affiliation anew | - |
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reaffirm | (verb) affirm once again | - |
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reaffirmation | (noun) renewed affirmation | Synonyms: reassertion |
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reagent | (noun) a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions | - |
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reagin | (noun) an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy | - |
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real | (adjective) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory | Synonyms: existent |
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(adjective) of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation | - |
(adjective) no less than what is stated; worthy of the name | - |
(adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary | Synonyms: material, substantial |
(adjective) capable of being treated as fact | Synonyms: tangible |
(adjective) not to be taken lightly | - |
(adjective) (of property) fixed or immovable | - |
(adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | Synonyms: actual, genuine, literal |
(adjective) coinciding with reality | Synonyms: veridical |
(noun) any rational or irrational number | Synonyms: real number |
(noun) an old small silver Spanish coin | - |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos | - |
(adverb) used to give emphasis | Synonyms: rattling, really, very |
realgar | (noun) a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic | - |
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realign | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realine |
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realine | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realign |
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realisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, actualization, realization |
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(noun) a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained | Synonyms: realization |
(noun) something that is made real or concrete | Synonyms: fruition, realization |
(noun) the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer | Synonyms: realization |
(noun) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly | Synonyms: realization, recognition |
(noun) a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer | Synonyms: realization |
realise | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realize, see, understand |
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(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realize, recognise, recognize |
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate |
(verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realize |
(verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realize |
(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realize, take in |
realised | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: accomplished, completed, realized |
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realism | (noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | Synonyms: pragmatism |
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(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived | Synonyms: naive realism |
(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names | Synonyms: Platonism |
(noun) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description | Synonyms: naturalism |
(noun) the state of being actual or real | Synonyms: reality, realness |
realist | (noun) a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them | - |
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(noun) a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style | - |
(noun) a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly | - |
realistic | (adjective) aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism | - |
(adjective) representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | Synonyms: naturalistic |
realistically | (adverb) in a manner that closely resembles the original object | - |
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(adverb) in a realistic manner | - |
reality | (noun) the quality possessed by something that is real | - |
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(noun) all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | Synonyms: world |
(noun) the state of being actual or real | Synonyms: realism, realness |
(noun) the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be | - |
realizable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable |
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(adjective) capable of being realized | - |
realization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, actualization, realisation |
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(noun) a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained | Synonyms: realisation |
(noun) something that is made real or concrete | Synonyms: fruition, realisation |
(noun) the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer | Synonyms: realisation |
(noun) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly | Synonyms: realisation, recognition |
(noun) a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer | Synonyms: realisation |
realize | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realise, see, understand |
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(verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, recognise, recognize |
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, substantiate |
(verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realise |
(verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realise |
(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, take in |
realized | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: accomplished, completed, realised |
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reallocate | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reapportion |
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reallocation | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallotment, reapportionment |
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(noun) a share that has been allocated again | - |
reallot | (verb) allot again | - |
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reallotment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reapportionment |
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really | (adverb) used to give emphasis | Synonyms: rattling, real, very |
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(adverb) in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) | Synonyms: in truth, truly |
(adverb) in accordance with truth or fact or reality | Synonyms: genuinely, truly |
(adverb) in actual fact | Synonyms: actually |
realm | (noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | Synonyms: region |
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(noun) the domain ruled by a king or queen | Synonyms: kingdom |
(noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: kingdom, land |
realness | (noun) the state of being actual or real | Synonyms: realism, reality |
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realpolitik | (noun) politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations | Synonyms: practical politics |
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realty | (noun) property consisting of houses and land | Synonyms: immovable, real estate, real property |
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ream | (noun) a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires | - |
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(noun) a large quantity of written matter | - |
(verb) enlarge with a reamer | - |
(verb) remove by making a hole or by boring | - |
(verb) squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer | - |
reamer | (noun) a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes | - |
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(noun) a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit | Synonyms: juice reamer, juicer |
reanimate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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reanimated | (adjective) given fresh life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: revived |
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reap | (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, harvest |
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(verb) get or derive | Synonyms: draw |
reaper | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: harvester |
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(noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: harvester |
reappear | (verb) appear again | Synonyms: re-emerge |
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reappearance | (noun) the act of someone appearing again | Synonyms: return |
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(noun) the event of something appearing again | - |
reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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reapportionment | (noun) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | Synonyms: reallocation, reallotment |
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reappraisal | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reassessment, revaluation, review |
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reappraise | (verb) appraise anew | - |
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rear | (adjective) located in or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: rearward |
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(noun) the side that goes last or is not normally seen | Synonyms: back |
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) the back of a military formation or procession | - |
(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front | Synonyms: back end, backside |
(noun) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | Synonyms: back |
(verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, set up |
(verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | Synonyms: rise up |
(verb) cause to rise up | Synonyms: erect |
(verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise |
(verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rise |
rearguard | (noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body | - |
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rearing | (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rampant |
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(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing |
(noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, raising |
rearm | (verb) arm anew | Synonyms: re-arm |
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(verb) arm again | - |
rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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rearmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindermost, hindmost |
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rearrange | (verb) put into a new order or arrangement | - |
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rearrangement | (noun) changing an arrangement | - |
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rearward | (adjective) located in or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: rear |
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(adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | Synonyms: reverse |
(noun) direction toward the rear | - |
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearwards |
rearwards | (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearward |
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reason | (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, understanding |
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(noun) a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion | - |
(noun) a justification for something existing or happening | Synonyms: cause, grounds |
(noun) an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon | - |
(noun) a rational motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: ground, occasion |
(noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: rationality, reasonableness |
(verb) think logically | - |
(verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: conclude, reason out |
(verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: argue |
reasonable | (adjective) showing reason or sound judgment | Synonyms: sensible |
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(adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, fairish |
(adjective) marked by sound judgment; having good reason | Synonyms: sane |
reasonableness | (noun) goodness of reason and judgment | - |
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(noun) moderation in expectations | - |
(noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: moderateness, modestness |
(noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: tenability, tenableness |
(noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: rationality, reason |
reasonably | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, somewhat |
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(adverb) with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner | Synonyms: sanely, sensibly |
reasoned | (adjective) logically valid | Synonyms: sound, well-grounded |
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reasoner | (noun) someone who reasons logically | Synonyms: ratiocinator |
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reasoning | (adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: intelligent, thinking |
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(noun) thinking that is coherent and logical | Synonyms: abstract thought, logical thinking |
reasonless | (adjective) not endowed with the capacity to reason | - |
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(adjective) having no justifying cause or reason | Synonyms: causeless |
(adjective) not marked by the use of reason | Synonyms: mindless, senseless |
reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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reassemble | (verb) assemble once again, after taking something apart | - |
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reassembly | (noun) assembling again | Synonyms: refabrication |
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reassert | (verb) strengthen or make more firm | Synonyms: confirm |
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reassertion | (noun) renewed affirmation | Synonyms: reaffirmation |
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reassess | (verb) revise or renew one's assessment | Synonyms: reevaluate |
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reassessment | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, revaluation, review |
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reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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reassignment | (noun) assignment to a different duty | - |
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reassurance | (noun) the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence | - |
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reassure | (verb) give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain | - |
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reassured | (adjective) having confidence restored; freed from anxiety | - |
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reassuring | (adjective) restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | - |
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reassuringly | (adverb) in a reassuring manner | - |
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reata | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lariat, lasso, riata |
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reattribute | (verb) attribute to another source | - |
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reave | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip |
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reawaken | (verb) awaken once again | - |
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rebarbative | (adjective) serving or tending to repel | Synonyms: repellant, repellent |
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rebate | (noun) a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together | Synonyms: rabbet |
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(noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | Synonyms: discount |
(verb) cut a rebate in (timber or stone) | - |
(verb) join with a rebate | - |
(verb) give a reduction in the price during a sale | - |
rebato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rabato |
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rebel | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist |
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(noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: maverick |
(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rise, rise up |
(verb) break with established customs | Synonyms: renegade |
rebellion | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising |
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(noun) refusal to accept some authority or code or convention | - |
rebellious | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent |
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(adjective) participating in organized resistance to a constituted government | - |
(adjective) resisting control or authority | - |
rebelliously | (adverb) in a rebellious manner | Synonyms: contumaciously, defiantly |
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