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public (Also publics) : Related Words Words similar in meaning to public
- world
- populace
- public
- in the public eye
- national
- open
- common
- publicity
- unrestricted
- state - supported
- unexclusive
- admass
- semipublic
- park
- commons
- green
- communal
- overt
- surface
- commonality
- exoteric
- commonness
- target public
- community
- situational definition
- give
- social public
- public relation
- agenda
- amusement park
- exchange relationship
- pleasure ground
- problematic situation
- mutual
- stakeholder
- usual
- concept
- visible
- social experience
- joint
- organization
- village green
- communication science
- solidarity
- user
- openness
- critical mass
- naked
- public sphere
- raw
- dewey
- situational concept
- vulgar
- simple audience
- bald
- samuel mateus
- publicness principle
- nakedness
- public routledge isbn
- undisguised
- public relation theory perspective
- unwashed
- public man w . w . norton
- plebeian
- manipulative publicity
- funfair
- latent public
- barefaced
- kirk hallahan
- corporate
- gabriel m . vasquez
- people
- cambridge cultural social study
- popular
- activitypassivity
- general
- social texture
- expressed
- nonpublics
- opening
- individual
- ordinary
- aware public
- theme park
- passive entity
- shared
- new public
- frequent
- leon h .
- democratic
- homo narrans
- standard
- critical agency
- grassroots
- body
- james e . grunig
- conservative thought
- familiar
- active public
- access setting
- collective
- situational theory
- explicit
- phantom public
- average
- grunig
- cooperative
- public relation material
- visibility
- publicness
- concerted
- ambiguous concept
- candid
- secular curriculum
- interdependence
- organization goal
- visibleness
- common emotion
- usualness
- alastair hannay
- pleb
- medium consumer
- mutualness
- mass population
- lowborn
- penguin isbn
- expectedness
- influentials
- everydayness
- öffentlichkeit
- cosignatory
- opinion former
- commonplaceness
- public environment
- acceptable manner
- set
- political science
- porta
- people united
- clannish
- fundamental notion
- exceptional power
- orifice
- public relation effort
- mutuality
- true gender
- unconcealed
- marketing
- conjoined
- reissue edition
- demotic
- sociological concept
- conjunctive
- professional communication
- interdependency
- lippmann
- hannay
- heart - to - heart
- isbn
- conjunct
- søren
- conjoint
- common idea
- commonalty
- sennett
- successive layer
- individual people
- definition
- mayhew
- transgender community
- alastair
- communication theory
- reprint edition
- kierkegaard
- symbolic representation
- social influence
- civic affair
- transaction publisher
- conflation
- literary review
- political involvement
- market segment
- john dewey
- market
- news
- specific issue
- political agenda
- colorado state university
- subjectivity
- social norm
- public school system
- social psychology
- totality
- association
- public support
- social activity
- grouping
- mediator
- social life
- field
- progression
- hobby
- judgement
- subset
- walter
- consultation
- building
- assistant professor
- ideology
- update
- configuration
- consciousness
- cambridge university press
- advertising
- commonwealth
- trans
- result
- expectation
- richard
- public school
- notion
- psychology
- school
- constituency
- population
- houston
- bibliography
- perspective
- accordance
- regard
- affair
- talk
- manner
- feeling
- debate
- involvement
- mass
- comparison
- controversy
- communication
- responsibility
- audience
- mean
- library
- promotion
- theory
- massachusetts
- matter
- critic
- page
- situation
- paper
- vote
- marriage
- condition
- word
- light
- fall
- relationship
- reading
- professor
- view
- collection
- information
- idea
- degree
- system
- office
- come on
- come out
- turn up
- show up
- afford
- communalize
- communalise
- popularize
- vulgarize
- vulgarise
- generalize
- popularise
- generalise
- rank and file
- social class
- business people
- business
- administration
- unemployed people
- rich people
- poor people
- free people
- common people
- chosen people
- smart money
- country
- common or garden
- nation
- united
- mine run
- establishment
- poor
- get together
- network army
- leadership
- free
- fair
- church
- quality
- opposition
- university
- expected
- staff
- electoral college
- college
- leaders
- stated
- land
- faculty
- immigration
- express
- lobby
- majority rule
- declared
- blind
- occupational group
- age group
- governing body
- lost
- developmentally challenged
- panel
- sharing
- age bracket
- socio - economic class
- class
- living
- governance
- external orifice
- registration
- democracy
- representation
- peanut gallery
- folks
- patronage
- routine
- jury
- soft spot
- visual range
- organisation
- membership
- blood
- sick
- enrollment
- cautious
- integrated
- generation
- everyday
- disabled
- deaf
- handicapped
- dead
- rich
- settlement
- initiate
- indifferent
- absolute frequency
- base
- conspicuous
- corps
- blatant
- rank
- wounded
- unemployed
- mouth
- enemy
- mentally retarded
- folk
- commonplace
- militia
- migration
- graphic
- humble
- familiarity
- mutually beneficial
- candor
- frequency
- colony
- peoples
- definitive
- vent
- enlightened
- doomed
- mundane
- timid
- unequivocal
- diaspora
- reciprocal
- defeated
- brave
- clientele
- nationality
- businesspeople
- vernacular
- mediocre
- retarded
- vocation
- baffled
- inspectorate
- retreated
- contemporaries
- brass
- popularization
- cohort
- hardcore
- damned
- frankness
- episcopate
- blazing
- unremarkable
- maimed
- lowly
- mediocrity
- os
- coarse
- homebound
- uterine cervix
- nondescript
- interdependent
- directness
- middling
- vulgarizer
- vulgarization
- vulgariser
- vulgarisation
- venire
- uninitiate
- ungentle
- unconfessed
- seeable
- run - of - the - mine
- prosiness
- prosaicness
- porta hepatis
- oftenness
- mundaneness
- introitus
- frequence
- fontanel
- cut - and - dry
- cut - and - dried
- conspicuousness
- commensalism
- coevals
- blastopore
- baseborn
- banausic
- cervix uteri
- cervix
- forthrightness
- parasitism
- episcopacy
- ulema
- symbiosis
- lowbrow
- aortic orifice
- workaday
- untitled
- ulama
- candidness
- ancients
- quotidian
- ignoble
- stratum
- explicitness
- unexceptional
- hard - core
- uncouth
- popularisation
- urethral orifice
- anus
- discomfited
- popularizer
- rima
- candour
- ordinariness
- mutualist
- stoma
- tradespeople
- ingenuous
- artless
- womankind
- philistine
- fenestra
- so - so
- mutualism
- spiracle
- populariser
- anti - intellectual
- run - of - the - mill
- characterless
- rough - cut
- fontanelle
- mundanity
- exhibitionistic
- cardia
- averageness
- naris
- pylorus
- public knowledge
- government officials
- diplomatic service
- ragtag and bobtail
- support
- in sight
- in league
- in agreement
- the three estates
- the halt
- the great unwashed
- estate of the realm
- one
- country people
- piece of land
- piece of ground
- parcel of land
- special jury
- high command
- direct
- old school
- historical school
- home front
- home folk
- working class
- county council
- youth culture
- youth
- nature
- good
- management
- separate
- power
- center
- general knowledge
- press corps
- fair sex
- sort
- parental quality
- labor
- sure thing
- unusual
- bad
- ease
- ability
- executive
- member
- fellow member
- share
- estate
- air
- ill
- firing line
- regular
- art nouveau
- live
- young
- form
- agreed
- top brass
- appearance
- popularity
- credibility
- middle class
- peer group
- lower class
- trade
- judiciary
- age class
- upper class
- immigrant class
- diplomatic corps
- labour
- cooperation
- attraction
- woman
- worth
- profession
- elderly
- supreme headquarters
- cast
- truth
- distinction
- blame
- excellence
- asset
- morality
- uncertainty
- mixed
- plus
- inability
- release
- grand jury
- difference
- incorporated
- petty jury
- petit jury
- hung jury
- blue ribbon jury
- visual aspect
- visual
- frustrated
- atmosphere
- hot stuff
- collaboration
- agriculture
- utility
- homeless
- partner
- educated
- blamed
- tone
- grass roots
- frank
- disappointed
- leader
- gross
- difficulty
- foregone conclusion
- weather
- outspoken
- fidelity
- frontier settlement
- stuff
- coupled
- collaborative
- humor
- upper crust
- colonial
- innocence
- ultimate
- masses
- humanity
- settle
- disturbed
- incorporate
- corps diplomatique
- uncommon
- lake poets
- consolidated
- aged
- customary
- citizenry
- bench
- merged
- unified
- proprietary colony
- multitude
- accustomed
- mad
- certainty
- allied
- domain
- chronic
- blunt
- clarity
- coordinate
- purge
- collegiate
- needy
- tract
- crazy
- coeducational
- engineer
- accuracy
- craft
- tied
- blessed
- complexity
- brotherhood
- interracial
- romance
- thwarted
- mobility
- fraternity
- loose
- cat
- unitary
- naive
- undivided
- parcel
- ethnicity
- blasted
- infidelity
- characteristic
- aura
- settler
- forthright
- definite
- unpopularity
- aggregate
- correctness
- sophistication
- usefulness
- simplicity
- divinity
- co - ed
- immorality
- sanctity
- damn
- confederate
- humour
- slain
- ineptitude
- unambiguous
- secession
- varsity
- habitual
- generational
- responsiveness
- caste
- originality
- suitability
- probability
- goodness
- closeness
- amalgamated
- chuck
- elegance
- attractiveness
- underworld
- viewable
- adequacy
- unbalanced
- commune
- outpost
- microscopic
- naivete
- cohesive
- negativity
- boldness
- holiness
- mastermind
- collegial
- underclass
- vulgarity
- federated
- regularity
- clustered
- collaborator
- panelist
- relativity
- gown
- foiled
- officialdom
- romanticism
- bourgeoisie
- unhinged
- impotence
- folksy
- yeomanry
- vomit
- peasantry
- morbidity
- macroscopic
- manhood
- hoi polloi
- sweetness
- pathos
- poignancy
- aggregated
- demented
- sufficiency
- woodsiness
- woodiness
- wonted
- waxiness
- unwholesomeness
- unusefulness
- unsuitableness
- unsegregated
- unsatisfactoriness
- unregularity
- unpartitioned
- unnaturalness
- unholiness
- unequivocalness
- understandability
- uncouthness
- uncloudedness
- unchangingness
- unchangeableness
- unchangeability
- uncertainness
- unboundedness
- unambiguity
- ulteriority
- suitableness
- subgross
- strikingness
- straight - from - the - shoulder
- spinnability
- soapiness
- simpleness
- sezession
- satisfactoriness
- sanctitude
- salableness
- salability
- quantifiability
- powerfulness
- piquantness
- piquance
- physicalness
- perviousness
- penetrability
- panoptical
- panoptic
- painfulness
- occidentalism
- obtrusiveness
- noticeableness
- noticeability
- nonsegregated
- nonsegmental
- negativeness
- nativeness
- naiveness
- morbidness
- megascopic
- macroscopical
- logicalness
- logicality
- limitlessness
- inutility
- inhumaneness
- infiniteness
- inelegance
- incredibleness
- incredibility
- incorporeality
- immateriality
- illogicalness
- illogicality
- fruitlessness
- free - spoken
- fibrousness
- fibrosity
- factualness
- extremeness
- extraordinariness
- dolichocephaly
- dolichocephalism
- distressingness
- directiveness
- difficultness
- deuced
- desegrated
- denotive
- denotative
- curiousness
- credibleness
- countryfolk
- counterfactuality
- corporality
- constructiveness
- confederative
- complexness
- combustibleness
- coaction
- changelessness
- changeableness
- burnability
- brainsick
- brachycephaly
- brachycephalism
- boundlessness
- booboisie
- blatancy
- arability
- aggregative
- agglomerative
- irregularity
- inveterate
- opacity
- proletariat
- panellist
- ocular
- powerlessness
- believability
- faithfulness
- exhibitionism
- telescopic
- honk
- solubility
- fused
- ninja
- infernal
- naturalness
- rabble
- goddamn
- darned
- womanhood
- ineptness
- divisibility
- generality
- inaccuracy
- lower - class
- unpleasantness
- undistorted
- sameness
- inhumanity
- expressiveness
- positivism
- microscopical
- domesticity
- materiality
- rightness
- worthlessness
- amalgamate
- uninitiated
- worldliness
- coalescing
- strangeness
- naivety
- positivity
- mainstreamed
- coalesced
- raunch
- ragtag
- conjugated
- immobility
- orientalism
- protectiveness
- collectivized
- negativism
- unfitness
- puke
- obviousness
- incorrectness
- point - blank
- wholesomeness
- colonist
- amorality
- unfaithfulness
- neediness
- precariousness
- fecundity
- hardness
- aridity
- destructiveness
- knockdown
- demimonde
- exhibitionist
- circumpolar
- housebound
- coarseness
- goddam
- impotency
- sodality
- badness
- navigability
- plainspoken
- conjugate
- urbanity
- cooperator
- vertu
- unresponsiveness
- uselessness
- easiness
- subjectivism
- boorishness
- barrenness
- unrefined
- goddamned
- clearness
- pleasantness
- pointillism
- particularity
- lawfulness
- unsuitability
- directivity
- imperviousness
- humanness
- finiteness
- boundedness
- comprehensibility
- riffraff
- insolubility
- wrongness
- suprasegmental
- piquancy
- stuffiness
- patency
- specialness
- unlawfulness
- barf
- infinitude
- vulgarism
- low - class
- deadness
- coalescent
- voluptuousness
- foreignness
- agglomerate
- collectivised
- humaneness
- grossness
- flasher
- illogic
- combustibility
- impressiveness
- artlessness
- fruitfulness
- incomprehensibility
- retch
- memorability
- opaqueness
- unoriginality
- gentlefolk
- agglomerated
- corporeality
- finitude
- ingenuousness
- factuality
- shut - in
- positiveness
- inconsequence
- impenetrability
- federate
- pardner
- measurability
- unsegmented
- snootiness
- virtu
- deconstructivism
- ideality
- univocal
- changeability
- Central Park
- 18th century public sphere
- Walt Disney World
- Disneyland
- 20th century
- College of Cardinals
- Sacred College
- Christianity
- Christendom
- Swiss people
- Spanish people
- Irish people
- French people
- English people
- Dutch people
- British people
- Rock of Gibraltar
- Swiss
- Spanish
- Rome
- Plymouth Colony
- Plantation
- New Amsterdam
- Israelites
- Irish
- Iraqi National Congress
- Hebrews
- Gibraltar
- French
- English
- Eight
- Dutch
- Demerara
- Curia
- Christian
- Calpe
- Brits
- British
- Ashcan School
- noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
- noun a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
- noun the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located
- the relations between town and gown are always sensitive
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
conception; construct.
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
- sealed the deal with the customary handshake
- adjective satellite commonly used or practiced; usual
accustomed; habitual; wonted.
- his accustomed thoroughness
- took his customary morning walk
- his habitual comment
- with her wonted candor
- adjective satellite supported and operated by the government of a state
- a state university
More 'state-supported' Meaning
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
army corps.
- noun a body of people associated together
- diplomatic corps
- adjective satellite fundamental
- the grassroots factor in making the decision
- adjective satellite of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
- a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamate; amalgamated; fused; coalesced.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb unite into one
- The companies consolidated
- noun a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
More 'proprietary_colony' Meaning
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
extrapolate; infer; generalise.
- verb speak or write in generalities
- noun a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
- noun an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant.
- noun Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
James Mill.
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
naivete; naivety.
- noun responsive to stimulation
- noun the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
- noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
working class; labour; labor.
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- adjective satellite including everything visible in one view
- a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base
- a panoptic stain used in microscopy
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
wide; across-the-board; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive.
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
- adjective satellite without alteration or misrepresentation
- his judgment was undistorted by emotion
- noun the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- a remarkable show of skill
- noun something intended to communicate a particular impression
- made a display of strength
- a show of impatience
- a good show of looking interested
- noun any immature animal
- noun United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Loretta Young.
- noun the quality of being dolichocephalic
More 'dolichocephalism' Meaning
- verb appear or become visible; make a showing
turn up; come out; surface; come on.
- She turned up at the funeral
- I hope the list key is going to surface again
- verb be or become visible or noticeable
- His good upbringing really shows
- The dirty side will show
- noun the totality of surrounding conditions
- he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room
- noun the area in which something exists or lives
surroundings; environs; surround.
- the country--the flat agricultural surround
Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled. Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose. She stretched her arms to heaven. Dryden.
- noun a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
- noun characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
negativeness; negativism.
- noun necklike opening to the uterus
cervix; cervix uteri.
situationalSorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- adjective satellite found in the ordinary course of events
mundane; unremarkable; quotidian; routine; everyday.
- a placid everyday scene
- it was a routine day
- there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant
- noun an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- 10 dollars worth of gasoline
- noun the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; straight-from-the-shoulder; outspoken; point-blank; candid; plainspoken; blunt; forthright.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
More 'unresponsiveness' Meaning
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; administration; governance; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun a group of people who work together
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- noun a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
- noun the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
- noun someone who makes something vulgar
- noun someone who makes attractive to the general public
populariser; vulgariser; popularizer.
- noun an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable
- noun the act of making something attractive to the general public
vulgarization; vulgarisation; popularization.
- noun an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
adult female.
- the woman kept house while the man hunted
- noun a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
- he was faithful to his woman
- adverb with respect to development
- developmentally retarded
More 'developmentally' Meaning
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; straight-from-the-shoulder; outspoken; point-blank; plainspoken; blunt; free-spoken; forthright.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
- adjective satellite informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
- a candid photograph
- a candid interview
- noun one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)
- adjective satellite signing jointly with others
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; henchman.
- noun a supporter of the Confederate States of America
hannaySorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
estate; estate of the realm.
More 'the_three_estates' Meaning
- noun a state at a particular time
- a condition (or state) of disrepair
- the current status of the arms negotiations
- noun an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
precondition; stipulation.
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
porta; opening.
- the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart
- noun an educational institution
- the school was founded in 1900
- noun a building where young people receive education
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
clustered; agglomerative; agglomerate.
- an agglomerated flower head
- verb form into one cluster
- noun something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else
- risk is the reciprocal of safety
- noun (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
multiplicative inverse.
- noun a series with a definite pattern of advance
patterned advance.
- noun a movement forward
progress; advance.
- he listened for the progress of the troops
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctity; sanctitude.
- noun a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
grammatical gender.
- noun the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
sexuality; sex.
- she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
- noun customers collectively
patronage; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun the quality of abounding in trees
- noun texture produced by the fibers in wood
wood grain; woodgrain.
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
green; park; common.
- they went for a walk in the park
- noun a pasture subject to common use
common land.
- noun someone who makes something vulgar
- noun someone who makes attractive to the general public
populariser; popularizer; vulgarizer.
- noun the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
- noun incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
More 'impenetrability' Meaning
- noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
- the long-term unemployed need assistance
More 'unemployed_people' Meaning
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun people collectively who are mentally retarded
retarded; mentally retarded.
- he started a school for the retarded
More 'developmentally_challenged' Meaning
- noun the quality of having no practical use
unusefulness; uselessness.
- noun Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)
Soren Kierkegaard; Soren Aabye Kierkegaard.
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- adjective satellite rid of segregation; having had segregation ended
unsegregated; nonsegregated.
- noun a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
straight person; heterosexual person; heterosexual.
- noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- noun the higher of two berths
upper berth.
- noun piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot
- Uppers come in many styles
- noun the people who inhabit a territory or state
- the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
- noun a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
- they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
- noun a North American Indian warrior
- noun people who are brave
- the home of the free and the brave
- noun the body of people who lead a group
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- verb command with authority
- He directed the children to do their homework
- verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
aim; point; place; target.
- He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
- criticism directed at her superior
- direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; candour; directness; frankness.
- noun a state of extreme poverty
deprivation; want; privation.
- noun the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
- he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it
- noun the quality of being salable or marketable
- adjective satellite not still wet
- the ink has dried
- a face marked with dried tears
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry; dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- noun people who are free
- the home of the free and the brave
- adjective satellite habitual
- a chronic smoker
- adverb in a habitual and longstanding manner
- smoking chronically
- noun people in general (often used in the plural)
folks; common people.
- they're just country folk
- folks around here drink moonshine
- the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
- noun a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
- the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
- noun the quality of being without practical use
- noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- he had eyes of bright blue
- noun blue clothing
- she was wearing blue
- noun the quality of comprehensible language or thought
More 'understandability' Meaning
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; crook; bend.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- he took a turn to the right
- noun people of good family and breeding and high social status
- noun an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- a bad case of the heaves
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
- noun incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
- noun the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
- noun clarity as a consequence of being explicit
- noun a female student at a coeducational college or university
college girl.
- adjective satellite attended by members of both sexes
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; incrustation.
- adjective satellite communicated in words
uttered; verbalised; verbalized.
- frequently uttered sentiments
- verb give expression to
evince; express; show.
- She showed her disappointment
- noun the right to enter
admission; entree; accession; admittance.
- noun the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- adjective satellite characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
- verb bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
collectivize; collectivise.
- noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
anti-intellectual; lowbrow.
- noun a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
- noun a group of people having approximately the same age
cohort; age group.
- noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
selling; merchandising.
- noun the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
- most companies have a manager in charge of marketing
- adjective not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- a new law
- new cars
- a new comet
- a new friend
- a new year
- the New World
- adjective satellite original and of a kind not seen before
fresh; novel.
- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
- adjective not subject to or subjected to restriction
- adjective satellite free of restrictions on conduct
- I had unrestricted access
- noun emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
- the pain of loneliness
- noun the quality of being painful
- she feared the painfulness of childbirth
- noun the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation
- noun people in general considered as a whole
world; populace.
- he is a hero in the eyes of the public
- noun a body of people sharing some common interest
- the reading public
- noun a large indefinite number
plurality; battalion; pack; large number.
- a battalion of ants
- a multitude of TV antennas
- a plurality of religions
- noun a large gathering of people
throng; concourse.
- noun the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
organic structure; physical structure.
- he felt as if his whole body were on fire
- noun a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- the whole body filed out of the auditorium
- the student body
- administrative body
- adjective satellite of great interest to the public
- a person in the public eye
More 'in_the_public_eye' Meaning
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainty.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
grade; level.
- a moderate grade of intelligence
- a high level of care is required
- it is all a matter of degree
- noun a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
point; stage; level.
- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
- noun chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- noun a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- they had a bitter exchange
- noun a place of especial vulnerability
weak part; weak spot.
- noun a sentimental affection
- she had a soft spot for her youngest son
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
unloosen; unloose; free; release; liberate.
- verb turn loose or free from restraint
let loose; unleash.
- let loose mines
- Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
- adjective satellite mutually dependent
mutualist; mutually beneficial.
- noun the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
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- noun an extended area of land
piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel; tract.
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
- adjective satellite lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- a child's innocent stare
- his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governance; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
regularize; regularise; regulate; order; govern.
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; reprint.
- noun a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
- noun an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
English language.
- noun the people of England
English people.
- noun chemical agent capable of activity
active agent.
- noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
active voice.
- `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
- adjective satellite potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- a latent fingerprint
- latent talent
- adjective satellite (pathology) not presently active
- latent infection
- latent diabetes
- adjective not refined or processed
unprocessed; crude.
- unrefined ore
- crude oil
- adjective (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
- how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
- noun according with conscience or morality
- noun appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
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- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- noun a firm in the publishing business
publishing house; publishing company; publishing firm.
- noun a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
- noun a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- he is one of the greats of American music
- adjective satellite relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- a great juicy steak
- a great multitude
- the great auk
- a great old oak
- a great ocean liner
- a great delay
transSorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- noun commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
grunigSorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- noun a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- noun a negotiator who settles disputes
- noun contemporaries of the same status
- adjective characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
- presented a united front
- verb act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
unify; unite.
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
contestation; contention; arguing; tilt; argument; disputation; disceptation.
- they were involved in a violent argument
- noun the activity of leading
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun the body of people who lead a group
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
- low visibility caused by fog
- noun degree of exposure to public notice
- that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election
- noun a public promotion of some product or service
ad; advert; advertisement; advertizement; advertizing.
- noun the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
- noun someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
continuative; conjunction; connective.
- adjective serving or tending to connect
- noun a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
thought; persuasion; sentiment; view.
- my opinion differs from yours
- I am not of your persuasion
- what are your thoughts on Haiti?
- noun a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page
- noun a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- they are having a special on pork chops
- noun a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
sweet; sugariness.
- noun the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
morbidness; morbidity.
More 'unwholesomeness' Meaning
- noun a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
Iraqi National Congress.
- noun the quality of being finite
finiteness; finitude.
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
obviousness; noticeability; noticeableness.
- noun knowledge that is available to anyone
public knowledge.
More 'general_knowledge' Meaning
- noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
humor; temper; mood.
- whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
- he was in a bad humor
- noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
witticism; wittiness; wit; humor.
- noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
intermediator; go-between; intercessor; intermediary.
- noun the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax
- adjective satellite open to doubt or debate
problematical; debatable.
- If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
tough; elusive; baffling; problematical; knotty.
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
- noun a wrapped container
- noun the allotment of some amount by dividing something
portion; share.
- death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
- noun (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
- the county has a population of 12,345 people
- noun (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- the county plans to build a new road
- adjective capable of being seen; or open to easy view
- a visible object
- visible stars
- mountains visible in the distance
- a visible change of expression
- visible files
- adjective satellite obvious to the eye
- a visible change of expression
- noun capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma.
- noun the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
- noun the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
- communications is his major field of study
More 'communication_theory' Meaning
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- noun the people of France
French people.
- noun judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
- adjective satellite consisting of two or more associated entities
- the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors
- social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank
- noun the quality of being ulterior
- their conversation was limited to ulteriorities
- a terrible feeling of ulteriority
- his stories were too susceptible to ulteriority
- noun the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- noun the quality of giving displeasure
- the recent unpleasantness of the weather
- noun a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
commonality; commons.
- noun the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
market place; marketplace.
- without competition there would be no market
- they were driven from the marketplace
- noun the customers for a particular product or service
- before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it
- noun the character of the positive electric pole
- noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
positivity; positivism.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- literary criticism
- adjective satellite knowledgeable about literature
- a literary style
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- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotence.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
- noun the organ of sight
optic; oculus.
- noun good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- she has an eye for fresh talent
- he has an artist's eye
- noun the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
high command.
More 'supreme_headquarters' Meaning
- noun a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
- verb exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- I will work hard to improve my grades
- she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor
- noun a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
ground forces; regular army.
- noun a large number of people united for some specific purpose
- noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour; proletariat; labor.
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
spring; springiness.
- verb cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- She gave him a black eye
- The draft gave me a cold
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
vomit; vomitus; barf.
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; administration; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
- noun the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
- he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
- noun a feeling of protective affection
- noun the quality of providing protection
- statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
dwell; inhabit; populate.
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
- deer are populating the woods
- verb lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- we had to live frugally after the war
- noun a useful or valuable quality
- noun the state of being total and complete
entirety; integrality; entireness.
- he read the article in its entirety
- appalled by the totality of the destruction
- noun the quality of being complete and indiscriminate
- the totality of war and its consequences
- the all-embracing totality of the state
- noun a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
funfair; pleasure ground.
- adjective satellite not parted by conflict of opinion
- presented an undivided front
- adjective satellite not shared by or among others
- undivided responsibility
- noun the property of remaining unchanged
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
unchangeableness; unchangeability; unchangingness.
- noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
- noun the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotency.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
kind; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- noun an approximate definition or example
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
unwholesomeness; morbidity.
- noun the orifice through which urine is discharged
urethral orifice.
More 'external_orifice' Meaning
- noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
- noun the quality of being finite
boundedness; finiteness.
- noun a special situation
- this thing has got to end
- it is a remarkable thing
- noun an action
- how could you do such a thing?
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- verb be able to spare or give up
- I can't afford to spend two hours with this person
- verb be the cause or source of
yield; give.
- He gave me a lot of trouble
- Our meeting afforded much interesting information
- adjective worthy of acceptance or satisfactory
- acceptable levels of radiation
- performances varied from acceptable to excellent
- adjective satellite judged to be in conformity with approved usage
- acceptable English usage
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
course of study; syllabus; program; programme.
- he was admitted to a new program at the university
- noun a formation of people or things one beside another
- the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed
- they were arrayed in line of battle
- the cast stood in line for the curtain call
- noun a mark that is long relative to its width
- He drew a line on the chart
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
commonness; everydayness.
More 'commonplaceness' Meaning
- adjective (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
cognisant; cognizant.
- was aware of his opponent's hostility
- became aware of her surroundings
- aware that he had exceeded the speed limit
- adjective bearing in mind; attentive to
- ever mindful of her health
- mindful of his responsibilities
- mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action
- noun one of the common people
- noun the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- there is a special cleaner for these surfaces
- the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
- noun the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- they skimmed over the surface of the water
- a brush small enough to clean every dental surface
- the sun has no distinct surface
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
- the Spanish people
- adjective satellite not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.
- noun the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; endeavor; attempt; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work
exertion; elbow grease; travail; sweat.
- he got an A for effort
- they managed only with great exertion
- noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
- the film captured all the pathos of their situation
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
pity; commiseration; ruth.
- the blind are too often objects of pity
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- adjective satellite accessible to all
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
unsuitableness; unsuitability.
- noun an image that is generated by a computer
computer graphic.
- adjective satellite written or drawn or engraved
graphical; in writing.
- graphic symbols
- noun a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- words are the blocks from which sentences are made
- he hardly said ten words all morning
- noun a brief statement
- he didn't say a word about it
- noun any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx
- noun people who have retreated
- he had only contempt for the retreated
- verb pull back or move away or backward
retire; recede; pull back; move back; withdraw; pull away; draw back; retreat.
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
- noun (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- noun the quality of serving to build or improve
More 'constructiveness' Meaning
- noun a member of a panel
- noun the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
purgation; purging.
- noun an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- adjective satellite between races
- interracial conflict
- adjective satellite involving or composed of different races
- interracial schools
- a mixed neighborhood
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
credibility; credibleness.
- noun a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- the current middle-class norm of two children per family
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- it set the norm for American homes
- adjective satellite having some of the features of public institution
- adjective satellite too small to be visible to the naked eye
- adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
- noun characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
negativity; negativism.
- noun the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
- noun an act of atrocious cruelty
- noun the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- the strike was supported by the union rank and file
- he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
- noun people who constitute the main body of any group
- noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
- in your heart you know it is true
- her story would melt your bosom
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
pump; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- adjective protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
- `Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form
- noun the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
- noun everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
- noun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
land; demesne; landed estate; acres.
- the family owned a large estate on Long Island
- noun the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change
- the changeableness of the weather
- verb enter into a league for a common purpose
federalise; federalize.
- The republics federated to become the Soviet Union
- verb unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
federalise; federalize.
- The country was federated after the civil war
- noun conformity to fact or truth
- noun the quality of conformity to social expectations
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- noun impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
- noun a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
Romantic Movement.
- Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality
- noun a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
funfair; amusement park.
More 'pleasure_ground' Meaning
- noun a lofty level or position or degree
- summer temperatures reached an all-time high
- noun an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
- noun possession of controlling influence
- the deterrent power of nuclear weapons
- the power of his love saved her
- his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade
- noun a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- noun anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- noun the quality of being human
manhood; humanity.
- he feared the speedy decline of all manhood
- noun the people of France
- noun a body serving in an administrative capacity
- student council
- noun (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
- noun the people of the Netherlands
Dutch people.
- the Dutch are famous for their tulips
- noun the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
- noun a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
petit jury.
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
measure; criterion; touchstone.
- the schools comply with federal standards
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
- noun the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- they live by the standards of their community
- adjective satellite marked by a lack of interest; it is simply indifferent"
- an apathetic audience
- the universe is neither hostile nor friendly
- adjective satellite showing no care or concern in attitude or action
- indifferent to the sufferings of others
- indifferent to her plea
- noun something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
- no mortal being can influence the absolute
- adjective perfect or complete or pure
- absolute loyalty
- absolute silence
- absolute truth
- absolute alcohol
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; raunch; vulgarity; vulgarism; grossness.
- noun a message received and understood
- noun knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- noun a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana
- noun a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic
- noun the quality of being incomprehensible
More 'incomprehensibility' Meaning
- noun the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the ends justify the means
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
destination; finish.
- a crowd assembled at the finish
- he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth; republic.
- noun someone new to a field or activity
tyro; novice; beginner; tiro.
- noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
savant; pundit; learned person.
- noun needy people collectively
- they try to help the needy
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
poverty-stricken; necessitous; impoverished; destitute; indigent.
- noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
naivety; naiveness.
- noun a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
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- adjective used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- hot stove
- hot water
- a hot August day
- a hot stuffy room
- she's hot and tired
- a hot forehead
- adjective satellite characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- the fighting became hot and heavy
- a hot engagement
- a raging battle
- the river became a raging torrent
- adjective satellite related by common characteristics or ancestry
- allied species
- allied studies
- verb become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
- He allied himself with the Communists
- noun the state of being that is commonly observed
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising
- noun women as distinguished from men
- noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
comrade; fellow; associate; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a useful or valuable quality
- noun the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
summation; addition.
- the summation of four and three gives seven
- four plus three equals seven
- noun a judge of a probate court
- noun the expected or commonplace condition or situation
- not out of the ordinary
- noun the act of forming or establishing something
formation; organisation; constitution; organization.
- the constitution of a PTA group last year
- it was the establishment of his reputation
- he still remembers the organization of the club
- noun an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- adjective designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
paternal; maternal.
- parental guidance
- noun a body of people doing the same kind of work
More 'occupational_group' Meaning
- noun (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
- noun the quality of having no practical use
unusefulness; inutility.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
Sacred College.
More 'college_of_cardinals' Meaning
- adjective completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
- something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude
- I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- adjective satellite not of the nobility
ungentle; untitled.
- of ignoble (or ungentle) birth
- untitled civilians
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the wall had a smooth texture
- noun the essential quality of something
- the texture of Neapolitan life
- noun place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
business office.
- he rented an office in the new building
- noun an administrative unit of government
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
topographic point; place.
- this is a nice place for a picnic
- a bright spot on a planet
- noun a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- noun extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
- noun the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; aggregation; accumulation.
- noun a publication containing a variety of works
- adjective satellite visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
- adjective satellite large enough to be visible with the naked eye
- noun the quality of being unholy
- adjective relating to or characteristic of diplomacy
- diplomatic immunity
- adjective using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
- the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; acquaintance.
- noun usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
- noun someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
- noun someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
- noun the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products
- the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions
- noun temperament or disposition
- a person of hot blood
- noun the study of government of states and other political units
politics; government.
More 'political_science' Meaning
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
mental faculty; module.
- noun the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
- noun the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
Swiss people.
- adjective of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture
- the Swiss army
- noun the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers)
- noun the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
- he thought she was really hot stuff
- noun the quality of being popular
- skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire
- noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
obscenity; smut; filth; dirty word.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarity; grossness.
- noun an unwelcome conspicuousness
- noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
- noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
adult male.
- there were two women and six men on the bus
- noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
military man; serviceman; military personnel.
- two men stood sentry duty
- adjective open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
- an equivocal statement
- the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
- the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
- popularity is an equivocal crown
- an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
- adjective having more than one possible meaning
- ambiguous words
- frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
- noun the quality of being fibrous
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- noun (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
visible light; visible radiation.
- the light was filtered through a soft glass window
- noun any device serving as a source of illumination
light source.
- he stopped the car and turned off the lights
- noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status
social class; class; stratum.
- the working class
- an emerging professional class
More 'socio-economic_class' Meaning
- adjective precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
- explicit instructions
- she made her wishes explicit
- explicit sexual scenes
- adjective satellite in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
- noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
central office; main office; home office; home base.
- many companies have their headquarters in New York
- noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
military headquarters; HQ.
- the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents
- noun the state of being conspicuous
- noun high visibility
More 'conspicuousness' Meaning
- noun the quality of being intricate and compounded
- he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers
- noun green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
viridity; greenness.
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
park; commons; common.
- they went for a walk in the park
- verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
shop; buy at; patronize; patronise; sponsor; shop at.
- verb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
- She haunts the ballet
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
docket; schedule.
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order of business; agendum.
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- adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
darned; goddamned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; infernal; damn; damned; blasted.
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
delight; joy.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- adjective characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- democratic government
- a democratic country
- a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
- adjective belong to or relating to the Democratic Party
- Democratic senator
- noun behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- noun not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
- noun people elected or appointed to administer a government
government officials.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; unboundedness; boundlessness.
- noun any strong feeling
- noun the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
topic; subject.
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
- noun a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
- adjective satellite mutually dependent
mutualist; interdependent.
More 'mutually_beneficial' Meaning
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
- noun the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- in the fall of 1973
- noun a sudden drop from an upright position
tumble; spill.
- he had a nasty spill on the ice
- noun a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- their closeness grew as the night wore on
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- noun women as a class
womanhood; woman.
- it's an insult to American womanhood
- woman is the glory of creation
- the fair sex gathered on the veranda
- noun relevance requiring careful consideration
- noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
physicalness; corporeality; corporality.
- noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
- technology to help the elderly and the disabled
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations
- noun the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- noun a very old person
antediluvian; ancient.
- noun the quality of being faithful
- noun accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- noun the quality of being faithful
- adjective satellite not divided by partitions
- noun the quality of being measurable
More 'quantifiability' Meaning
- noun the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
- his roots in Texas go back a long way
- he went back to Sweden to search for his roots
- his music has African roots
- noun (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunct motion of an ascending scale
- adjective satellite bound in close association
- conjunct influences
- conjunct ideas
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reissue; reprinting.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; separate.
- noun any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- noun (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
radical; chemical group.
- noun the quality of being incredible
- noun the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
- noun one who is the object of choice; who is given preference
- she was Mama's chosen
- noun the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
- noun the state of being an adult woman
- noun women as a class
woman; fair sex.
- it's an insult to American womanhood
- woman is the glory of creation
- the fair sex gathered on the veranda
- noun the common people generally
people; the great unwashed; mass; hoi polloi; multitude.
- separate the warriors from the mass
- power to the people
- noun the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- noun (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
theory of relativity; Einstein's theory of relativity; relativity theory.
- noun the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else
- noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
working class; labour; proletariat.
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- noun productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
toil; labour.
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- adjective satellite (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes
- noun the force by which one object attracts another
attractive force.
- noun an entertainment that is offered to the public
- adjective satellite without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
conspicuous; blazing.
- blatant disregard of the law
- a blatant appeal to vanity
- a blazing indiscretion
- adjective satellite conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
vociferous; clamant; clamorous; strident.
- blatant radios
- a clamorous uproar
- strident demands
- a vociferous mob
- adjective of or relating to or used in microscopy
- microscopic analysis
- microscopical examination
- adjective satellite visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- noun people who are defeated
- the Romans had no pity for the defeated
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
- noun an auxiliary activity
sideline; spare-time activity; by-line; avocation; pursuit.
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
rocking horse; hobbyhorse.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarism; grossness.
- noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
naivete; naiveness.
- noun benefit
- for your own good
- what's the good of worrying?
- noun moral excellence or admirableness
- there is much good to be found in people
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
stoppage; stop; hitch; arrest; stay; check.
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
- noun the event of something ending
- it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
pressure; insistency; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
public press.
- noun the body of people in a learned occupation
- the news spread rapidly through the medical profession
- they formed a community of scientists
- noun an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
unemployed people.
- the long-term unemployed need assistance
- adjective not engaged in a gainful occupation
- unemployed workers marched on the capital
- noun the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- coal is a hard black material
- wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
- noun information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography
- adjective satellite formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
aggregate; mass; aggregated.
- aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
- the aggregated amount of indebtedness
- noun the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- noun the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
- noun remaining in place
fixedness; stationariness.
- noun the quality of not moving
- noun the essential foundation or source
- the problem was attacked at the grass roots
- noun the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
- verb make something the property of the commune or community
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
puke; vomitus; barf.
- noun a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
nauseant; vomitive; emetic.
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
generation; contemporaries.
- noun a person of nearly the same age as another
coeval; contemporary.
- noun a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
- noun a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
- verb cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
vulgarise; generalise; generalize; vulgarize; popularize.
- They popularized coffee in Washington State
- Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
- verb make understandable to the general public
- Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
- adjective satellite with no effort to conceal
- a barefaced lie
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
brassy; insolent; bodacious; audacious; brazen; bald-faced; brazen-faced.
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- noun (archaic) lame persons collectively
- the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind"--Luke 14:21
- noun a formal organization of people or groups of people
- he joined the Modern Language Association
- noun the act of consorting with or joining with others
- you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
- noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
patois; argot; cant; slang; jargon; lingo.
- they don't speak our lingo
- noun the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
- noun money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
- noun (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
exemplary damages; punitive damages.
- adjective satellite declared as fact; explicitly stated
- verb express in words
state; say; tell.
- He said that he wanted to marry her
- tell me what is bothering you
- state your opinion
- state your name
- adjective satellite not special in any way
run-of-the-mine; mine run; run-of-the-mill.
- run-of-the-mill boxing
- your run-of-the-mine college graduate
- a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
- noun the people of the Netherlands
- the Dutch are famous for their tulips
- noun act of working jointly
- they worked either in collaboration or independently
- adjective satellite characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
- verb bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
collectivize; collectivise.
- noun the body of faculty and students at a university
- noun establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
- noun opening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liver
- noun informal terms for a meal
eats; grub; chow.
- noun the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- noun a strong flame that burns brightly
- the blaze spread rapidly
- verb shine brightly and intensively
- Meteors blazed across the atmosphere
- noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
orifice; opening.
- the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart
- noun a state of active curiosity
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
foreignness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- noun a fact that has been verified
- at last he knew the truth
- the truth is that he didn't want to do it
- noun conformity to reality or actuality
trueness; the true; verity.
- they debated the truth of the proposition
- the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- he was famous for the truth of his portraits
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
- noun people engaged in trade
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; straight-from-the-shoulder; outspoken; point-blank; candid; plainspoken; blunt; free-spoken.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthrightly.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- noun the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
- noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
land; res publica; country; nation; state; body politic.
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
impotency; impotence.
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; sphere; area; orbit; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun territory over which rule or control is exercised
land; demesne.
- his domain extended into Europe
- he made it the law of the land
- noun a review devoted to literary criticism
More 'literary_review' Meaning
- noun a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
special jury.
More 'blue_ribbon_jury' Meaning
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependency.
More 'interdependence' Meaning
- noun a demanding or stimulating situation
- they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power
- noun a call to engage in a contest or fight
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
coevals; contemporaries.
- noun group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- noun impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
male erecticle dysfunction; erectile dysfunction.
- noun a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction
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- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- a difficult task
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
- difficult times
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
- adjective dispassionate;
- took a hard look
- a hard bargainer
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- it was not a good idea
- the thought never entered my mind
- noun your intention; what you intend to do
- he had in mind to see his old teacher
- the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
mundaneness; worldliness; sophistication.
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
mundaneness; ordinariness.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequency.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- adjective characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
- collegial harmony
- a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management"- Merle Fainsod
- adjective of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
- collegiate living
- collegiate attitudes
- collegiate clothes
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
position; view.
- consider what follows from the positivist view
- noun the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
linear perspective.
- noun the manner of a rude or insensitive person
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; distinctiveness; speciality; specialty.
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- the particularity of human situations
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
- noun (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- you only get 3 outs per inning
- verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
come out of the closet; come out.
- This actor outed last year
- noun people in the same age range
- noun the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
- noun people who are still living
- save your pity for the living
- noun commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
More 'extraordinariness' Meaning
- noun the quality of being worth remembering
- continuous change results in lack of memorability
- true memorability of phrase
- noun a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day
- noun an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
- noun a degree or grade of excellence or worth
caliber; calibre.
- the quality of students has risen
- an executive of low caliber
- noun a tart spicy quality
piquantness; tanginess; zest; piquance; tang; nip.
- noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
piquantness; piquance.
- noun clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- the American colony in Paris
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
small town; village.
- adjective of or relating to or determined by sociology
- sociological studies
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; forthrightness; directness; frankness.
- noun ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
fair-mindedness; candor; fairness.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
ogdoad; octet; octad; VIII; eighter; 8; eighter from Decatur; octonary.
- noun a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
Ashcan School.
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; artlessness; innocence.
- noun openly straightforward or frank
- noun a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- the easiness we feel when sleeping
- noun freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
simplicity; ease; simpleness.
- he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
- they put it into containers for ease of transportation
- the very easiness of the deed held her back
- noun a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
- noun the quality of giving pleasure
- he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner
- the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day
- noun a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
public utility company; public-service corporation; public utility.
- noun the quality of being of practical use
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; forthrightness; candour; directness.
- noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
- adjective satellite formed or united into a whole
incorporate; merged; incorporated; unified.
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate; incorporate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
stomate; pore.
- noun a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
- noun a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
- adjective having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
- As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
- adjective admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
unequivocal; univocal.
- unequivocal evidence
- took an unequivocal position
- an unequivocal success
- an unequivocal promise
- an unequivocal (or univocal) statement
- verb move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- Close the door
- shut the window
- verb become closed
- The windows closed with a loud bang
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
mundaneness; mundanity; sophistication.
- noun concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
- he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
hardiness; daring; hardihood.
- the proposal required great boldness
- the plan required great hardiness of heart
- noun impudent aggressiveness
nerve; brass; cheek; face.
- I couldn't believe her boldness
- he had the effrontery to question my honesty
- noun a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses
- true in fact and theory
- noun a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
hypothesis; possibility.
- a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
- he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
- noun uncreativeness due to a lack of originality
- noun the quality of being unoriginal
- noun love of or taste for fine objects of art
connoisseurship; vertu.
- noun artistic quality
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
dog; hot dog; wiener; wienerwurst; frankfurter; weenie; hotdog.
- noun a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
- noun a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
- noun people who are free
free people.
- the home of the free and the brave
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
unloosen; unloose; loose; release; liberate.
- noun an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable
- noun the act of making something attractive to the general public
vulgarization; popularisation; vulgarisation.
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
- I went to a lot of trouble
- he won without any trouble
- had difficulty walking
- finished the test only with great difficulty
- noun a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
- noun installation from which a military force initiates operations
base of operations.
- the attack wiped out our forward bases
- noun lowest support of a structure
foundation; substructure; groundwork; understructure; fundament; foot.
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
- noun the people of Great Britain
British people; Brits.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
- his wife is British
- adjective satellite confined usually by illness
homebound; shut-in.
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- noun people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
- it is very familiar to the initiate
- verb make understand
edify; enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- noun uplifting enlightenment
- noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
sophistry; sophism.
- noun English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it
- noun the people of Great Britain
British; Brits.
- noun a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
- noun clarity of outline
- exercise had given his muscles superior definition
- noun clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
More 'unequivocalness' Meaning
- noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
worldliness; mundanity; sophistication.
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
ordinariness; mundanity.
- noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
middle class.
- adjective satellite plain to see
- undisguised curiosity
- verb appear or become visible; make a showing
turn up; show up; come out; surface.
- She turned up at the funeral
- I hope the list key is going to surface again
- verb move towards
go up; come near; draw near; near; draw close; approach.
- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
- they polled their membership
- they found dissension in their own ranks
- he joined the ranks of the unemployed
- noun the state of being a member
- noun the term of office of a bishop
- noun the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
bishopric; diocese.
- noun the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
- noun the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
- the disturbed books and papers on her desk
- disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- noun people who are wounded
- they had to leave the wounded where they fell
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound; injure.
- noun the line from which soldiers deliver fire
- noun the most advanced and responsible group in an activity
- the firing line is where the action is
- adjective satellite not special in any way
mine run; unexceptional; run-of-the-mill.
- run-of-the-mill boxing
- your run-of-the-mine college graduate
- a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
More 'run-of-the-mine' Meaning
- noun a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
promotional material; packaging; publicity.
- the packaging of new ideas
- noun act of raising in rank or position
- noun the upper part of anything
- the mower cuts off the tops of the grass
- the title should be written at the top of the first page
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
upside; upper side; top side.
- put your books on top of the desk
- only the top side of the box was painted
- adjective satellite according to ordinary expectations
- adjective satellite roused to anger
sore; huffy.
- stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- he spent hours reading to the blind
- noun a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- he waited impatiently in the blind
- noun class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
- adjective satellite lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
rough-cut; uncouth; coarse; common.
- he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
- behavior that branded him as common
- an untutored and uncouth human being
- an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
- appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
- the vulgar display of the newly rich
- adjective satellite of or associated with the great masses of people
common; plebeian; unwashed.
- the common people in those days suffered greatly
- behavior that branded him as common
- his square plebeian nose
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- the unwashed masses
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- noun the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
- noun a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
- noun the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
- for a while mutiny seemed a probability
- going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost
- adjective uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
- a spoken message
- the spoken language
- a soft-spoken person
- sharp-spoken
- verb express in speech
verbalise; verbalize; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- noun a young person (especially a young man or boy)
young person; spring chicken; younker.
- noun young people collectively
- rock music appeals to the young
- youth everywhere rises in revolt
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
- the film captured all the pathos of their situation
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
- symbolic logic
- symbolic operations
- symbolic thinking
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; emblematical; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
- noun relative status
- his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
ace; I; unity; 1; single.
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
- noun a single person or thing
- he is the best one
- this is the one I ordered
- noun people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
- noun the opening into the archenteron
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- noun a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
- noun a blank gap or missing part
- noun a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
voting; ballot; balloting.
- there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
- they allowed just one vote per person
- noun the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- they put the question to a vote
- noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
limpidity; pellucidity; lucidity; lucidness; clearness.
- noun the quality of clear water
uncloudedness; clearness.
- when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- finally broke out of the forest into the open
- noun where the air is unconfined
out-of-doors; open air; outdoors.
- he wanted to get outdoors a little
- the concert was held in the open air
- camping in the open
- noun a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
applied scientist; technologist.
- noun the operator of a railway locomotive
locomotive engineer; railroad engineer; engine driver.
- noun a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum
- noun the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- Venice was an important center of trade with the East
- they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun the act of managing something
- he was given overall management of the program
- is the direction of the economy a function of government?
- noun those in charge of running a business
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- noun someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
- the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
- noun work done by one person or group that benefits another
- budget separately for goods and services
- noun an act of help or assistance
- he did them a service
- adjective satellite of or associated with the great masses of people
vulgar; common; plebeian.
- the common people in those days suffered greatly
- behavior that branded him as common
- his square plebeian nose
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- the unwashed masses
- adjective satellite not cleaned with or as if with soap and water
- a sink full of unwashed dishes
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- adjective admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
unambiguous; univocal.
- unequivocal evidence
- took an unequivocal position
- an unequivocal success
- an unequivocal promise
- an unequivocal (or univocal) statement
- adjective satellite clearly defined or formulated
- the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney
- noun instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- he bought a new stereo system
- the system consists of a motor and a small computer
- noun a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
- noun the finest or most superior quality of its kind
- the ultimate in luxury
- adjective furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
- the ultimate achievement
- the ultimate question
- man's ultimate destiny
- the ultimate insult
- one's ultimate goal in life
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; vestibule; foyer.
- noun the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- noun the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
- adjective satellite according to ordinary expectations
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarity; vulgarism.
- noun an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney
- noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- only members will be admitted
- a member of the faculty
- she was introduced to all the members of his family
- noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
More 'unsatisfactoriness' Meaning
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- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- take the bad with the good
- noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
severity; severeness.
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
- adjective simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- an artless manner
- artless elegance
- noun the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
- noun a tart spicy quality
piquantness; tanginess; zest; tang; nip; piquancy.
- noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
piquantness; piquancy.
- noun the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
- noun people who are destined to die soon
- the agony of the doomed was in his voice
- verb decree or designate beforehand
destine; doom; fate; designate.
- She was destined to become a great pianist
- noun a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
green; commons; common.
- they went for a walk in the park
- noun a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
human relationship.
- the relationship between mothers and their children
- noun a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
- he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
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- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
- an important requirement is suitability for long trips
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation.
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critique; critical review; review article.
- adjective satellite characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
- clannish loyalty
- adjective satellite befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
cliquish; clubby; snobbish; snobby.
- noun a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
logical positivism.
- noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
positiveness; positivity.
- noun the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta
- noun the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
- noun someone who makes attractive to the general public
vulgariser; popularizer; vulgarizer.
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
toilet; bathroom; privy; lavatory; can; lav.
- noun youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
King John; John Lackland.
- noun a reference point to shoot at
- his arrow hit the mark
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
fair game; prey; quarry.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
- noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
curiousness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- adjective relating to or characteristic of diplomacy
- diplomatic immunity
- adjective using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
- the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject
- noun the quality of being finite
boundedness; finitude.
- adjective satellite being neither good nor bad
- an indifferent performance
- a gifted painter but an indifferent actor
- her work at the office is passable
- a so-so golfer
- feeling only so-so
- prepared a tolerable dinner
- a tolerable working knowledge of French
- adverb in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
tolerably; acceptably.
- she plays tennis tolerably
- noun a vaguely specified concern
thing; affair.
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
- noun some situation or event that is thought about
topic; issue; subject.
- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
- noun a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
- noun early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
Ash Can.
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
union; spousal relationship; matrimony; wedlock.
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
- noun two people who are married to each other
married couple; man and wife.
- his second marriage was happier than the first
- a married couple without love
- adjective of or relating to the study of history
- historical scholars
- a historical perspective
- adjective satellite having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
- the historical Jesus
- doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
- actual historical events
- noun someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
- noun an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)
- adjective satellite united in a confederacy or league
allied; confederate.
- noun the experiencing of affective and emotional states
- she had a feeling of euphoria
- he had terrible feelings of guilt
- I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; belief; opinion; notion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
- noun people who are condemned to eternal punishment
- he felt he had visited the realm of the damned
- verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
- The bad witch cursed the child
- noun the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
- noun a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
- adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
disappointed; defeated; foiled; discomfited; frustrated.
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamate; amalgamated; fused; consolidated.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- adjective satellite found in the ordinary course of events
unremarkable; quotidian; workaday; routine; everyday.
- a placid everyday scene
- it was a routine day
- there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant
- adjective satellite concerned with the world or worldly matters
- mundane affairs
- he developed an immense terrestrial practicality
- adjective satellite characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
frank; outspoken; point-blank; candid; plainspoken; blunt; free-spoken; forthright.
- blunt talking and straight shooting
- a blunt New England farmer
- I gave them my candid opinion
- forthright criticism
- a forthright approach to the problem
- tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
- it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
- plainspoken and to the point
- a point-blank accusation
More 'straight-from-the-shoulder' Meaning
- noun excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- noun explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
- noun informal terms for nakedness
birthday suit; altogether.
- in the raw
- in the altogether
- in his birthday suit
- adjective satellite (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
natural; rude.
- natural yogurt
- natural produce
- raw wool
- raw sugar
- bales of rude cotton
- noun a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- noun the surrounding environment
- fish require an aqueous medium
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- noun how something is done or how it happens
style; fashion; way; mode.
- her dignified manner
- his rapid manner of talking
- their nomadic mode of existence
- in the characteristic New York style
- a lonely way of life
- in an abrasive fashion
- noun a way of acting or behaving
personal manner.
- noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
conjugate solution.
- verb unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
- noun people who are old collectively
- special arrangements were available for the aged
- verb begin to seem older; get older
- The death of his wife caused him to age fast
- adjective of or relating to the urethra
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- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- it was not a good idea
- the thought never entered my mind
- noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
cerebration; thinking; mentation; intellection; thought process.
- thinking always made him frown
- she paused for thought
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
clustered; agglomerated; agglomerate.
- an agglomerated flower head
- noun an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone
- politicians never discuss the real issues
- noun one of a series published periodically
- she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
- noun a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
- adjective relating to or characteristic of Christianity
- Christian rites
- noun the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another
- the antenna received signals with no directivity
- noun the quality of being directive
- noun the quality of being amoral
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
commonness; commonplaceness.
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
- noun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- the simplicity and elegance of his invention
- noun correct and valid reasoning
- noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- the majority of his customers prefer it
- the bulk of the work is finished
- noun (elections) more than half of the votes
absolute majority.
- noun a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
working class; proletariat; labor.
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
travail; lying-in; childbed; labor; parturiency; confinement.
- she was in labor for six hours
- noun any long object resembling a thin line
- a mere ribbon of land
- the lighted ribbon of traffic
- from the air the road was a grey thread
- a thread of smoke climbed upward
- noun an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
laurel wreath; decoration; palm; medallion; medal.
- noun the quality of being measurable
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- noun the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
duty; obligation.
- we must instill a sense of duty in our children
- every right implies a responsibility
- noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities
- it was his province to take care of himself
- verb make less intense
- blunted emotions
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
- he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
- noun (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy
- adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
darned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; infernal; damn; deuced; damned; blasted.
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance
- adverb extremely
goddamn; goddam.
- you are goddamn right!
- noun a group of people having approximately the same age
cohort; age bracket.
- noun a trite or obvious remark
banality; platitude; cliche; bromide.
- adjective satellite completely ordinary and unremarkable
- air travel has now become commonplace
- commonplace everyday activities
- noun any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure
- noun the lowest tone of a harmonic series
first harmonic; fundamental frequency.
- noun the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
- her personality held a strange attraction for him
- noun sexual allure
- noun act of working jointly
- they worked either in collaboration or independently
- noun act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
collaborationism; quislingism.
- noun the orifice through which urine is discharged
external orifice.
More 'urethral_orifice' Meaning
- noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
fruitlessness; aridity.
- noun a regular patron
fixture; habitue.
- an habitue of the racetrack
- a bum who is a Central Park fixture
- noun a soldier in the regular army
- noun the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
oral fissure; oral cavity; rima oris.
- he stuffed his mouth with candy
- noun the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- she wiped lipstick from her mouth
- noun a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
mental representation; internal representation.
- noun a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
- noun a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
- noun the act of examining resemblances
- they made a comparison of noise levels
- the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator
- noun relation based on similarities and differences
- noun one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- a section of a fishing rod
- metal sections were used below ground
- finished the final segment of the road
- noun one of the parts into which something naturally divides
- a segment of an orange
- noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute
category; family.
- there are two classes of detergents
- noun a body of students who are taught together
grade; course; form.
- early morning classes are always sleepy
- adjective obvious to the eye or mind
- a tower conspicuous at a great distance
- wore conspicuous neckties
- made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening
- adjective satellite without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
blatant; blazing.
- blatant disregard of the law
- a blatant appeal to vanity
- a blazing indiscretion
- noun concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
- noun motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethics; ethical motive; morals.
- noun the quality of being brachycephalic
More 'brachycephalism' Meaning
- adjective satellite capable of being viewed
- noun a quality appropriate to a parent
More 'parental_quality' Meaning
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- noun a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
- adjective satellite (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
- I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store
- adjective satellite united by being of the same opinion
- agreed in their distrust of authority
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
supreme headquarters.
- noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
the three estates; estate.
More 'estate_of_the_realm' Meaning
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
College of Cardinals.
- noun the science of mental life
psychological science.
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- verb throw out of balance or equilibrium
- The tax relief unbalanced the budget
- The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun the quality of comprehensible language or thought
More 'comprehensibility' Meaning
- noun trueness of course toward a goal
- rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor; candidness; forthrightness; candour; frankness.
- noun a person engaged in one of the learned professions
professional person.
- noun an athlete who plays for pay
- verb cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
popularise; generalise; generalize; vulgarize; popularize.
- They popularized coffee in Washington State
- Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
- verb debase and make vulgar
- The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
- noun the quality of having no practical use
uselessness; inutility.
- noun a person who uses goods or services
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; feeling; belief; opinion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
- noun a general inclusive concept
- noun the people of Spain
- noun the quality of being incredible
- noun a vaguely specified concern
matter; thing.
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
- noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
liaison; involvement; affaire; amour; intimacy.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
ambience; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
standard pressure; atm; standard atmosphere.
- noun an infinite quantity
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the criminal class
- noun (religion) the world of the dead
infernal region; Hades; netherworld; Scheol; Hell.
- No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis
- noun the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- noun United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
Samuel Houston; Sam Houston.
- adjective precise; explicit and clearly defined
- I want a definite answer
- a definite statement of the terms of the will
- a definite amount
- definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol
- the wedding date is now definite
- a definite drop in attendance
- adjective satellite known for certain
- it is definite that they have won
- adjective satellite united by being of the same opinion
in agreement.
- agreed in their distrust of authority
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- adjective sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)
- a club entirely supported by membership dues
- well-supported allegations
- verb give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
support; back up.
- She supported him during the illness
- Her children always backed her up
- noun an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- adjective satellite not special in any way
run-of-the-mine; unexceptional; run-of-the-mill.
- run-of-the-mill boxing
- your run-of-the-mine college graduate
- a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint; reprinting.
- verb print anew
- They never reprinted the famous treatise
- noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- noun the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
congress; intercourse; sexual intercourse; sex act; sexual relation; carnal knowledge; sexual congress; copulation; coitus; coition.
- noun someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
- adjective satellite somewhat introverted
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
argumentation; argument.
- the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
- noun the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
public debate; disputation.
- noun the solid part of the earth's surface
dry land; land; terra firma; earth; solid ground.
- the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
- the earth shook for several minutes
- he dropped the logs on the ground
- noun a rational motive for a belief or action
- the reason that war was declared
- the grounds for their declaration
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; immortal.
- noun the quality of being divine
- ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs
- noun the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
mob; rout.
- noun disparaging terms for the common people
riffraff; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail.
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- a circumpolar star
- adjective satellite located or found throughout a polar region