Related Words:
- theoretical
collapse - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"
- concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics" related words >
- abstract,
- academic,
- analytical,
- armchair,
- closet,
- conceptual,
- conjectural,
- debatable,
- fanciful,
- hypothetic,
- hypothetical,
- ideal,
- idealized,
- ideational,
- ideological,
- impractical,
- moot,
- notional,
- postulatory,
- problematical,
- pure,
- putative,
- speculative,
- suppositional,
- supposititious,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- unproved,
- unproven,
- unrealistic,
- untested
- immersion
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- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged related words >
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- affusion,
- application,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- baptismal gown,
- baptismal regeneration,
- baptistery,
- baptizement,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- burial,
- chrismal,
- christening,
- concentration,
- contemplation,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- dip,
- dipping,
- dousing,
- drowning,
- duck,
- ducking,
- dunking,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- engulfment,
- flooding,
- font,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- immergence,
- infusion,
- intentness,
- inundation,
- involvement,
- irrigation,
- laving,
- meditation,
- moistening,
- monomania,
- obsession,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- rapt attention,
- rinsing,
- single-mindedness,
- sinking,
- souse,
- sousing,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submergence,
- submersion,
- swashing,
- total immersion,
- watering,
- wetting
- brainstorm
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- try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it related words >
- absurd idea,
- afebrile delirium,
- automatic response,
- blind impulse,
- boutade,
- brain wave,
- brainchild,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- conceit,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crotchet,
- deliriousness,
- delirium,
- drive,
- fad,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- flash,
- fleeting impulse,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- good idea,
- gut response,
- harebrained idea,
- humor,
- impulse,
- incoherence,
- inspiration,
- instinct,
- involuntary impulse,
- kink,
- lingual delirium,
- maggot,
- megrim,
- natural impulse,
- notion,
- passing fancy,
- quick hunch,
- quirk,
- ranting,
- raving,
- reflex,
- sudden thought,
- toy,
- urge,
- vagary,
- wandering,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy
- shoplift
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- steal in a store related words >
- mental
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- affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"
- involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
- of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
- of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene" related words >
- abnormal,
- abstract,
- affective,
- balmy,
- bananas,
- barmy,
- batty,
- bereft of reason,
- bonkers,
- brainsick,
- cerebral,
- certifiable,
- characteristic,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- constitutional,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crackers,
- crazed,
- crazy,
- daft,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- deluded,
- demented,
- deprived of reason,
- deranged,
- disoriented,
- dispositional,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- emotional,
- endopsychic,
- excogitating,
- flighty,
- fruity,
- hallucinated,
- ideative,
- ideological,
- immaterial,
- innate,
- inner,
- insane,
- intellectual,
- intelligent,
- internal,
- introspective,
- irrational,
- loco,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maddened,
- maniac,
- manic,
- mazed,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mentally deficient,
- mentally ill,
- meshuggah,
- mindless,
- moon-struck,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- non compos,
- non compos mentis,
- noological,
- not all there,
- not right,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- odd,
- of unsound mind,
- off,
- pensive,
- perceptual,
- phrenic,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- psychic,
- psychical,
- psycho,
- psychologic,
- psychological,
- psychotic,
- queer,
- rational,
- reasoning,
- reasonless,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- serious,
- sick,
- sober,
- speculative,
- spiritual,
- stark-mad,
- stark-staring mad,
- strange,
- subjective,
- telepathic,
- temperamental,
- tetched,
- theoretical,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- touched,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsane,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- wandering,
- wistful,
- witless
- curtailment
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- the temporal property of being cut short related words >
- abbreviation,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- apocope,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- attrition,
- bereavement,
- bottleneck,
- cervix,
- check,
- cheeseparing,
- circumscription,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- conspectus,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curb,
- cut,
- cutback,
- cutting,
- deceleration,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- deprivation,
- deprivement,
- derogation,
- detraction,
- diminuendo,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disburdening,
- disburdenment,
- disentitlement,
- disparagement,
- divestment,
- economization,
- economizing,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- epitome,
- extraction,
- foreshortening,
- hindrance,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- impairment,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- legal restraint,
- lessening,
- low growth rate,
- monopoly,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- precis,
- privation,
- prohibition,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- puckering,
- pullback,
- pursing,
- rationing,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reduction,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- rein,
- relieving,
- remission,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- retardation,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- rollback,
- saving,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- self-control,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- skimping,
- slowdown,
- slowing down,
- solidification,
- sparing,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- summary,
- summation,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- systole,
- tariff wall,
- telescoping,
- thought control,
- truncation,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
- submersion
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- the act of wetting something by submerging it related words >
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- affusion,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- application,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- burial,
- cataclysm,
- concentration,
- contemplation,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- dip,
- dipping,
- displacement,
- dousing,
- draft,
- drowning,
- duck,
- ducking,
- dunking,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- engulfment,
- flood,
- flooding,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- immergence,
- immersion,
- intentness,
- inundation,
- involvement,
- irrigation,
- laving,
- meditation,
- moistening,
- monomania,
- obsession,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overrunning,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- rapt attention,
- rinsing,
- single-mindedness,
- sinkage,
- sinking,
- souse,
- sousing,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- spill,
- spillage,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submergence,
- swashing,
- the Deluge,
- the Flood,
- washout,
- watering,
- wetting,
- whelming
- stimulating
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- rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion" related words >
- activating,
- agitating,
- alluring,
- analeptic,
- animating,
- animative,
- aphrodisiac,
- aphroditous,
- ardent,
- arousing,
- bracing,
- breathtaking,
- brisk,
- burning,
- challenging,
- charged,
- cheering,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cliff-hanging,
- cool,
- coolish,
- cordial,
- corroborant,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- emphatic,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- enlivening,
- enthusiastic,
- eroticizing,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- exhilarative,
- fervent,
- fiery,
- fresh,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glowing,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- impassioned,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- inspirational,
- inspiring,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- invigorating,
- invigorative,
- inviting,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- lively,
- maddening,
- mind-blowing,
- moving,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- passionate,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- prompting,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- quickening,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- refreshful,
- refreshing,
- regaling,
- restorative,
- reviving,
- rich,
- roborant,
- rousing,
- soul-stirring,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- stimulant,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- strengthening,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- tantalizing,
- telling,
- temperate,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- tonic,
- troubling,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- venereal,
- viable,
- vitalizing,
- warm,
- zestful,
- zesty
- adrift,
- alone,
- apart,
- apart from,
- apiece,
- aside from,
- asunder,
- away from,
- by itself,
- distributively,
- diversely,
- each,
- each to each,
- even stephen,
- exclusively,
- fifty-fifty,
- half-and-half,
- in equal shares,
- in proportion,
- in the abstract,
- in the singular,
- in twain,
- in two,
- independently,
- individually,
- manifoldly,
- multifariously,
- once,
- one by one,
- particularly,
- per annum,
- per capita,
- per se,
- piecemeal,
- pro rata,
- proportionately,
- respectively,
- separately,
- single-handedly,
- singly,
- singularly,
- sundrily,
- variously
- Parthian shot,
- ad lib,
- aphorism,
- apophthegm,
- apothegm,
- back answer,
- barb,
- be merry with,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- caustic remark,
- cavil,
- chestnut,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- crack,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- cut,
- cutting remark,
- dig,
- dodge,
- double entendre,
- drollery,
- dump,
- epigram,
- equivoque,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- fleer,
- fleer at,
- flight of wit,
- flout,
- foolery,
- fun,
- gag,
- gibe,
- gibe at,
- gibing retort,
- happy thought,
- jab,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jest,
- jesuitism,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- kid around,
- leg-pull,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- mock,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- parting shot,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- play on words,
- pleasantry,
- poke fun at,
- pun,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- quibble,
- quiddity,
- quillet,
- quips and cranks,
- quirk,
- quodlibet,
- repartee,
- retort,
- ridicule,
- riposte,
- rude reproach,
- sally,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scurrility,
- short answer,
- shuffle,
- slam,
- slap,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- sparkle,
- stroke of wit,
- swipe,
- taunt,
- turn of thought,
- twit,
- utter a mot,
- verbal thrust,
- wheeze,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- yak
- on paper
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- as described in contrast to as practiced; "on paper, this looks like a good idea"
- as written or printed; "this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper" related words >
- autograph,
- autographic,
- calligraphic,
- chirographic,
- cursive,
- engrossed,
- flowing,
- graphic,
- graphoanalytic,
- graphologic,
- graphometric,
- holograph,
- holographic,
- hypothetically,
- ideally,
- in idea,
- in longhand,
- in shorthand,
- in the abstract,
- in theory,
- in writing,
- inscribed,
- italic,
- italicized,
- longhand,
- manuscript,
- penciled,
- penned,
- printed,
- running,
- scriptorial,
- scriptural,
- shorthand,
- stylographic,
- theoretically,
- written
- tantalizing
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- very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
- arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success" related words >
- acceptable,
- adorable,
- agitating,
- agreeable,
- alluring,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- breathtaking,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- cliff-hanging,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- delightful,
- desirable,
- disappointing,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- enviable,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- exotic,
- exquisite,
- falling short,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- galvanic,
- glamorous,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-robbing,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hypnotic,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- likable,
- lively,
- lovable,
- lovely,
- luxurious,
- maddening,
- mesmeric,
- mind-blowing,
- mouth-watering,
- moving,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- pleasing,
- prepossessing,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- rich,
- second best,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensuous,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- soul-stirring,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- taking,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- to be desired,
- toothsome,
- troubling,
- unobjectionable,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- voluptuous,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worth having
- tapestry
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- a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
- a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
- something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history" related words >
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- altarpiece,
- block print,
- collage,
- color print,
- copy,
- cyclorama,
- daub,
- diptych,
- engraving,
- fresco,
- icon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- likeness,
- miniature,
- montage,
- mosaic,
- mural,
- panorama,
- photograph,
- picture,
- print,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- stained glass window,
- stencil,
- still life,
- tableau,
- triptych,
- wall painting
- collage
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- a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map"
- any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories" related words >
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- altarpiece,
- block print,
- color print,
- copy,
- cyclorama,
- daub,
- diptych,
- engraving,
- fresco,
- icon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- likeness,
- miniature,
- montage,
- mosaic,
- mural,
- panorama,
- photograph,
- picture,
- print,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- stained glass window,
- stencil,
- still life,
- tableau,
- tapestry,
- triptych,
- wall painting
- idea
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- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
- a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" related words >
- abstract thought,
- act of thought,
- admonition,
- advice,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- affective meaning,
- aim,
- ambition,
- animus,
- apprehension,
- approach,
- approximation,
- arrangement,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- attack,
- attitude,
- awareness,
- bare suggestion,
- bearing,
- belief,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- brainwork,
- briefing,
- calculation,
- cast,
- caution,
- caveat,
- cerebration,
- charting,
- climate of opinion,
- clue,
- cogitation,
- coloring,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- conclusion,
- connotation,
- consensus gentium,
- consequence,
- consideration,
- construct,
- consultation,
- contrivance,
- conviction,
- council,
- counsel,
- creative thought,
- dash,
- denotation,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- desire,
- determination,
- device,
- direction,
- disposition,
- doctrine,
- dream,
- drift,
- effect,
- end,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- essence,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- excogitation,
- excuse,
- exhortation,
- explanation,
- expostulation,
- extension,
- eye,
- fancy,
- fantasy,
- feeling,
- figuring,
- fixed purpose,
- force,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- function,
- game,
- general belief,
- gist,
- gleam,
- goal,
- grammatical meaning,
- graphing,
- ground plan,
- guess,
- guidance,
- guidelines,
- half an idea,
- hazy idea,
- headwork,
- heavy thinking,
- hint,
- hortation,
- hypothesis,
- ideation,
- imageless thought,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- impression,
- inkling,
- instruction,
- intellection,
- intellectual exercise,
- intellectualization,
- intendment,
- intension,
- intent,
- intention,
- intimation,
- judgment,
- layout,
- lexical meaning,
- lick,
- lights,
- lineup,
- literal meaning,
- long-range plan,
- look,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- meaning,
- mental act,
- mental image,
- mental labor,
- mental process,
- mentation,
- mere notion,
- method,
- methodology,
- mind,
- monition,
- motive,
- mystique,
- nisus,
- noesis,
- notion,
- object,
- objective,
- observation,
- operations research,
- opinion,
- organization,
- outlook,
- overtone,
- parley,
- perception,
- personal judgment,
- pertinence,
- philosophy,
- picture,
- pith,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- point,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- practical consequence,
- prearrangement,
- presumption,
- pretense,
- pretext,
- prevailing belief,
- principle,
- procedure,
- program,
- program of action,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- purport,
- purpose,
- raison d'etre,
- range of meaning,
- ratiocination,
- rational ground,
- rationale,
- rationalization,
- reaction,
- real meaning,
- reason,
- reason for,
- reason why,
- reasoning,
- recommendation,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- remonstrance,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- sake,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- scintilla,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- sentiment,
- setup,
- shade,
- shadow,
- sight,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- sip,
- smack,
- smattering,
- smell,
- sneaking suspicion,
- soupcon,
- span of meaning,
- spark,
- spirit,
- sprinkling,
- stance,
- stated cause,
- straight thinking,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- striving,
- structural meaning,
- study,
- substance,
- suggestion,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- sup,
- suspicion,
- symbolic meaning,
- system,
- systematization,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- taste,
- tenet,
- tenor,
- the big idea,
- the big picture,
- the idea,
- the picture,
- the whatfor,
- the wherefore,
- the why,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thinking aloud,
- thinking out,
- thought,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- totality of associations,
- touch,
- trace,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- underlying reason,
- understanding,
- undertone,
- vague idea,
- value,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- warning,
- way,
- way of thinking,
- will,
- working plan
- conception
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- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon related words >
- Calliope,
- Clio,
- Erato,
- Euterpe,
- IQ,
- Melpomene,
- Polyhymnia,
- Terpsichore,
- Thalia,
- Vernunft,
- Vorstellung,
- abstract thought,
- act of thought,
- appreciation,
- apprehension,
- approach,
- arrangement,
- artistic imagination,
- assumption,
- attack,
- attitude,
- authorship,
- beginning,
- birth,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- brain,
- brains,
- brainwork,
- calculation,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- cerebration,
- charting,
- clairvoyance,
- climate of opinion,
- clue,
- cogitation,
- coinage,
- coming with child,
- command,
- commencement,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- comprehension,
- conceit,
- conceiving,
- concept,
- conceptualization,
- conclusion,
- concoction,
- consensus gentium,
- consideration,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- creation,
- creative effort,
- creative imagination,
- creative power,
- creative thought,
- deductive power,
- derivation,
- design,
- device,
- devising,
- discourse of reason,
- discursive reason,
- disposition,
- eidetic image,
- emergence,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- envisaging,
- envisioning,
- esemplastic imagination,
- esemplastic power,
- esprit,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- excogitation,
- eye,
- fabrication,
- fancy,
- feeling,
- figuring,
- foreknowledge,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- formation,
- formulation,
- game,
- general belief,
- generation,
- genesis,
- genius,
- graphing,
- grasp,
- grass roots,
- gray matter,
- grip,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- hatching,
- head,
- headpiece,
- headwork,
- heavy thinking,
- idea,
- ideation,
- image,
- imageless thought,
- imagery,
- imagery study,
- imaging,
- imagism,
- imagistic poetry,
- imago,
- impression,
- improvisation,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- initiation,
- inkling,
- inspiration,
- integrative power,
- intellect,
- intellection,
- intellectual exercise,
- intellectual faculty,
- intellectual grasp,
- intellectual object,
- intellectual power,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- intellectualization,
- intelligence,
- intelligence quotient,
- intention,
- introduction,
- invention,
- judgment,
- knowledge,
- launch,
- launching,
- layout,
- lifelike image,
- lights,
- lineup,
- long-range plan,
- making do,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- mastery,
- memory-trace,
- mens,
- mental act,
- mental age,
- mental capacity,
- mental grasp,
- mental image,
- mental impression,
- mental labor,
- mental picture,
- mental process,
- mental ratio,
- mental representation,
- mentality,
- mentation,
- method,
- methodology,
- mind,
- mintage,
- mother wit,
- muse,
- mystique,
- mythicization,
- mythification,
- mythopoeia,
- native wit,
- noesis,
- notion,
- nous,
- objectification,
- observation,
- operations research,
- opinion,
- organization,
- origin,
- original,
- origination,
- outline,
- perception,
- personal judgment,
- picture,
- picturing,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- poetic imagery,
- poetic imagination,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- power of mind,
- power of reason,
- prearrangement,
- precognition,
- prehension,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- procedure,
- program,
- program of action,
- proposal,
- provenience,
- psyche,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- radical,
- radix,
- ratio,
- ratiocination,
- rationality,
- rationalization,
- reaction,
- reason,
- reasoning,
- reasoning faculty,
- reasoning power,
- recept,
- reflection,
- representation,
- rise,
- root,
- sanity,
- savvy,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- scope of mind,
- sense,
- sentiment,
- setup,
- shaping imagination,
- sight,
- smarts,
- source,
- stance,
- start,
- stem,
- stock,
- straight thinking,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- superfetation,
- superimpregnation,
- supposition,
- system,
- systematization,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- taproot,
- the big picture,
- the picture,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thinking aloud,
- thinking out,
- thinking power,
- thought,
- understanding,
- view,
- vision,
- visionary,
- visual image,
- visualization,
- way,
- way of thinking,
- wisdom,
- wit,
- word-painting,
- working plan
- fine arts
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- the study and creation of visual works of art related words >
- compendium
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- a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work related words >
- Baedeker,
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrege,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- brief,
- capsule,
- compend,
- condensation,
- condensed version,
- conspectus,
- digest,
- draft,
- enchiridion,
- epitome,
- guide,
- guidebook,
- head,
- manual,
- outline,
- overview,
- pandect,
- precis,
- review,
- rubric,
- shortened version,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- survey,
- syllabus,
- synopsis,
- thumbnail sketch,
- topical outline,
- vade mecum
- mural
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- a painting that is applied to a wall surface
- of or relating to walls; "mural painting" related words >
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- altarpiece,
- block print,
- collage,
- color print,
- copy,
- cyclorama,
- daub,
- diptych,
- engraving,
- fresco,
- icon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- likeness,
- miniature,
- montage,
- mosaic,
- panorama,
- parietal,
- partitioned,
- photograph,
- picture,
- print,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- septal,
- stained glass window,
- stencil,
- still life,
- tableau,
- tapestry,
- triptych,
- wall painting,
- walled
- cogitate
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- consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind related words >
- riposte
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- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
- make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted" related words >
- acknowledge,
- acknowledgment,
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- answer,
- answer back,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- argue for,
- argument,
- assert,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- champion,
- come back,
- come back at,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- contend for,
- counter,
- counterstatement,
- crack,
- defend,
- defense,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- echo,
- epigram,
- espouse,
- evasive reply,
- exception,
- facetiae,
- flash back,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gibe,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- happy thought,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- objection,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- plea,
- plead for,
- pleading,
- pleasantry,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- react,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- receipt,
- reecho,
- refutation,
- refute,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply,
- repost,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respond,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- sally,
- say,
- say in defense,
- say in reply,
- scintillation,
- shoot back,
- short answer,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snap back,
- snappy comeback,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- stand up for,
- statement of defense,
- stick up for,
- stroke of wit,
- support,
- sustain,
- take the bait,
- talk back,
- turn of thought,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer
- obsession
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- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone related words >
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- alienation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- application,
- bedevilment,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- captivation,
- catatonic stupor,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- concentration,
- contemplation,
- conviction,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- enchantment,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- entrancement,
- euphoria,
- fascination,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- folie du doute,
- hang-up,
- hypercathexis,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- idee fixe,
- illusion,
- immersion,
- indifference,
- insensibility,
- intentness,
- involvement,
- irresistible impulse,
- lethargy,
- mania,
- maya,
- meditation,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- monomania,
- morbid drive,
- obsessive compulsion,
- passion,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- phobia,
- possession,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- profound thought,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- rapt attention,
- ruling passion,
- single-mindedness,
- spirit control,
- studiousness,
- study,
- stupor,
- submersion,
- thing,
- tic,
- twitching,
- unresponsiveness,
- witchery,
- withdrawal
- absorption
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- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules" related words >
- Walter Mitty,
- ablation,
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorbed attention,
- absorbency,
- absorbent,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- adsorbent,
- adsorption,
- application,
- assimilation,
- attrition,
- bemusement,
- bile,
- blotter,
- blotting,
- blotting paper,
- brown study,
- burning up,
- castle-building,
- chemisorption,
- chemosorption,
- close study,
- concentration,
- consumption,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- depletion,
- depth of thought,
- digestion,
- digestive system,
- drain,
- dream,
- dreaming,
- eating up,
- embarrassment,
- endosmosis,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- enmeshment,
- entanglement,
- erosion,
- exhaustion,
- exosmosis,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- finishing,
- fit of abstraction,
- gastric juice,
- gastrointestinal tract,
- imbibing,
- immersion,
- implication,
- impoverishment,
- inclusion,
- infiltration,
- ingestion,
- intentness,
- intestinal juice,
- involution,
- involvement,
- liver,
- meditation,
- melancholy,
- monomania,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- obsession,
- osmosis,
- pancreas,
- pancreatic digestion,
- pancreatic juice,
- pensiveness,
- percolation,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- predigestion,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- rapt attention,
- reflectiveness,
- relation,
- reverie,
- saliva,
- salivary digestion,
- salivary glands,
- secondary digestion,
- seepage,
- single-mindedness,
- soaking-up,
- sorption,
- speculativeness,
- spending,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- squandering,
- stargazing,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submersion,
- taking-in,
- thoughtfulness,
- trance,
- using up,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- wistfulness,
- woolgathering
- abstract,
- activities,
- affairs,
- agenda,
- arrange,
- bill of fare,
- book,
- broadcast,
- calendar,
- concert,
- curriculum,
- description,
- design,
- events,
- formulate,
- lay out,
- list,
- listing,
- map out,
- menu,
- organize,
- outline,
- performance,
- plan,
- prearrange,
- precis,
- presentation,
- proceedings,
- production,
- prospectus,
- protocol,
- recital,
- routine,
- schedule,
- scheme,
- set up,
- show,
- slate,
- summary,
- syllabus,
- synopsis,
- telecast,
- television play
- advised,
- calculatedness,
- calculation,
- considered,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- designed,
- express intention,
- expressness,
- forethought,
- intentionality,
- preconsideration,
- preconsidered,
- predeliberated,
- predeliberation,
- predetermination,
- predetermined,
- premeditated,
- premeditation,
- prepense,
- preresolution,
- preresolved,
- studied,
- studious,
- thought-out
- abate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- bate,
- bite,
- canker,
- corrode,
- curtail,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- diminish,
- disparage,
- drain,
- eat,
- eat into,
- erode,
- extract,
- file away,
- gnaw,
- impair,
- leach,
- lessen,
- nibble away,
- oxidize,
- purify,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- rust,
- scour,
- shorten,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- take away,
- take from,
- thin,
- thin out,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw
- abstract,
- and,
- annex,
- appropriate,
- bag,
- boost,
- borrow,
- breeze,
- carry by storm,
- cop,
- crib,
- defraud,
- embezzle,
- extort,
- filch,
- hook,
- lift,
- make off with,
- nip,
- palm,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- poach,
- purloin,
- romp home,
- run away with,
- rustle,
- scrounge,
- shoplift,
- snare,
- snatch,
- snitch,
- steal,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- take,
- take by storm,
- thieve,
- walk over,
- waltz off with,
- win going away,
- win hands down
- abate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- bate,
- beguile,
- call away,
- curtail,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract attention,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disparage,
- distract,
- divert,
- divert the mind,
- drain,
- eat away,
- erode,
- extract,
- file away,
- impair,
- leach,
- lessen,
- purify,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- shorten,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- take away,
- take away from,
- take from,
- thin,
- thin out,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw
- foreshorten
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- shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- bob,
- boil down,
- capsulize,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- dock,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- mow,
- nip,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- snub,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate
- boil down
collapse
- be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- bob,
- capsulize,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- dock,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- foreshorten,
- mow,
- nip,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- snub,
- streamline,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate
- pleasantry
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- an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" related words >
- Atticism,
- affability,
- agile wit,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- amenity,
- amiability,
- amicability,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- badinage,
- banter,
- black humor,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliance,
- brilliant idea,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- chaff,
- cleverness,
- comedy,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- conceit,
- congeniality,
- cordiality,
- crack,
- dry wit,
- enjoyableness,
- epigram,
- esprit,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- facetiousness,
- farce,
- felicitousness,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- funniness,
- geniality,
- gibe,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- graciousness,
- happy thought,
- harmless teasing,
- harmoniousness,
- humor,
- humorousness,
- irony,
- jape,
- jest,
- jive,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joke,
- joking,
- josh,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lampoon,
- mellifluousness,
- mellowness,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- niceness,
- nimble wit,
- nimble-wittedness,
- parody,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasance,
- pleasantness,
- pleasingness,
- pleasurability,
- pleasurableness,
- pleasure,
- pleasurefulness,
- pretty wit,
- pungency,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- rapport,
- ready wit,
- repartee,
- retort,
- ridicule,
- riposte,
- sally,
- salt,
- saltiness,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- savor of wit,
- scintillation,
- sharpness,
- slapstick,
- slapstick humor,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- smartness,
- snappy comeback,
- sport,
- squib,
- stroke of wit,
- subtle wit,
- sweetness,
- travesty,
- turn of thought,
- twit,
- visual humor,
- welcomeness,
- wisecrack,
- wit,
- witticism,
- wittiness
- hypothetical
collapse
- a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical" related words >
- a fortiori,
- a posteriori,
- a priori,
- abstract,
- academic,
- analytic,
- armchair,
- assumed,
- categorical,
- conditional,
- conjectural,
- conjectured,
- deductive,
- dialectic,
- discursive,
- doubtful,
- enthymematic,
- epagogic,
- guessed,
- hypothesized,
- hypothetic,
- ideal,
- imagined,
- impractical,
- inductive,
- inferential,
- maieutic,
- moot,
- notional,
- postulatory,
- presumed,
- problematic,
- putative,
- reputed,
- soritical,
- speculative,
- supposed,
- suppositional,
- supposititious,
- suppositive,
- suppository,
- surmised,
- suspected,
- syllogistic,
- synthetic,
- theoretical,
- transcendent,
- transcendental
- retort
collapse
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- answer back related words >
- acknowledge,
- acknowledgment,
- aerosol,
- alembic,
- answer,
- answer back,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- anvil,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- atomizer,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- backfire,
- bon mot,
- boomerang,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- caldron,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- counter,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- countercharge,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- crack,
- crucible,
- defense,
- echo,
- engine,
- epigram,
- evaporator,
- evasive reply,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- flash back,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gag,
- get back at,
- gibe,
- give acknowledgment,
- give and take,
- give answer,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- give-and-take,
- happy thought,
- hit back at,
- interchange,
- jape,
- jest,
- joke,
- lathe,
- machine,
- melting pot,
- mortar,
- mot,
- motor,
- nasty crack,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- react,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- receipt,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- recoil,
- recrimination,
- reecho,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply,
- repost,
- reprisal,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respond,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retaliate,
- retaliation,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- revenge,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- riposte,
- sally,
- say,
- say in reply,
- scintillation,
- shoot back,
- short answer,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- spray,
- still,
- strike back,
- stroke of wit,
- talk back,
- test tube,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- turn of thought,
- vaporizer,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer
- succulent
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- a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs related words >
- agreeable,
- algae,
- ambrosial,
- autophyte,
- baccate,
- bean,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- climber,
- comestible,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- dainty,
- delectable,
- delicate,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- diatom,
- doughy,
- eatable,
- edible,
- esculent,
- exciting,
- exquisite,
- fern,
- flabby,
- flavorsome,
- fleshy,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluid,
- fluidal,
- fluidic,
- fluxible,
- fluxile,
- fluxional,
- fluxionary,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- good,
- good to eat,
- good-tasting,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- gustable,
- gusty,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- interesting,
- inviting,
- ivy,
- juicy,
- kelp,
- kosher,
- legume,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- likable,
- liquid,
- liquidy,
- lively,
- liverwort,
- luscious,
- lush,
- macerated,
- masticated,
- mold,
- moss,
- mouth-watering,
- mushroom,
- mushy,
- nectareous,
- nectarous,
- nice,
- of gourmet quality,
- palatable,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pasty,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- piquant,
- pithy,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- pleasing,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- puffball,
- pulpal,
- pulpar,
- pulped,
- pulplike,
- pulpy,
- pulse,
- racy,
- readable,
- red algae,
- rich,
- rockweed,
- runny,
- rust,
- sapid,
- sappy,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- savorous,
- savory,
- scrumptious,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smut,
- soft,
- spicy,
- spongy,
- squashy,
- squelchy,
- squishy,
- stimulating,
- tantalizing,
- tasty,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- toadstool,
- toothsome,
- vetch,
- vine,
- watery,
- wort,
- wrack,
- yummy
- piquant
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- engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language"
- having an agreeably pungent taste related words >
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acrid,
- agitating,
- alluring,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- biting,
- bitter,
- blandishing,
- breathtaking,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- caustic,
- challenging,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- cliff-hanging,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- cutting,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- enchanting,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- escharotic,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- exotic,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glamorous,
- harsh,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hypnotic,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- irritating,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- keen,
- lively,
- maddening,
- mesmeric,
- mind-blowing,
- mordant,
- mouth-watering,
- moving,
- nose-tickling,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- penetrating,
- peppery,
- peppy,
- perturbing,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- prepossessing,
- prompting,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- pungent,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- rich,
- rough,
- rousing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- snappy,
- soul-stirring,
- sour,
- sparkling,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- spirited,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stinging,
- stirring,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- trenchant,
- troubling,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- vitriolic,
- vivacious,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- zesty
- adrift,
- all to pieces,
- apart,
- apart from,
- aside from,
- at a distance,
- away,
- away from,
- bipartite,
- by two,
- dichotomous,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- distal,
- distant,
- distinct,
- divergent,
- exotic,
- far,
- far off,
- faraway,
- fifty-fifty,
- half-and-half,
- in half,
- in halves,
- in the abstract,
- in twain,
- in two,
- incoherent,
- insular,
- long-distance,
- long-range,
- noncohesive,
- one by one,
- partitioned,
- piecemeal,
- remote,
- removed,
- separate,
- separated,
- separately,
- severally,
- sky-high,
- to shreds,
- unassociated,
- unattached,
- unattended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined
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