Related Words:
- nearness
collapse - the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" related words >
- access,
- accession,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advent,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- avarice,
- bond,
- cheapness,
- chumminess,
- closefistedness,
- closeness,
- combination,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparison,
- confinement,
- conformity,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- copying,
- correspondence,
- crowdedness,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- disjunction,
- familiarity,
- filiation,
- flowing toward,
- forthcoming,
- hair,
- hairbreadth,
- hairsbreadth,
- hardfistedness,
- hoarding,
- homology,
- identity,
- illiberality,
- imitation,
- imminence,
- incapaciousness,
- incommodiousness,
- inseparableness,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- intimate acquaintance,
- junction,
- liaison,
- likeness,
- likening,
- limitation,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- mateyness,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miserliness,
- mutual attraction,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowness,
- nearing,
- oncoming,
- palliness,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- penny-pinching,
- propinquity,
- proximation,
- proximity,
- rapport,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- resemblance,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- sameness,
- semblance,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- slenderness,
- special affinity,
- stinginess,
- straitness,
- strictness,
- sympathy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tight purse strings,
- tight squeeze,
- tightfistedness,
- tightness,
- ungenerosity,
- union
- vicar
collapse
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
- (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel related words >
- Grand Penitentiary,
- Holy Father,
- abuna,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- antipope,
- archbishop,
- archdeacon,
- archpriest,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bishop,
- bishop coadjutor,
- canon,
- cardinal,
- cardinal bishop,
- cardinal deacon,
- cardinal priest,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- chaplain,
- coadjutor,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- curate,
- dean,
- deputy,
- diocesan,
- double,
- dummy,
- ecclesiarch,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exarch,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fake,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- hierarch,
- high priest,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- metropolitan,
- next best thing,
- papa,
- paranymph,
- patriarch,
- penitentiary,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- pontiff,
- pope,
- prebendary,
- prelate,
- primate,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- rector,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- rural dean,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- subdean,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- suffragan,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent
- substitution
collapse
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" related words >
- agent,
- alienation,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amends,
- analogy,
- atonement,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- backup,
- balancing,
- blame-shifting,
- change,
- changeling,
- changing,
- commutation,
- comparison,
- compensation,
- copy,
- counteraction,
- counterbalancing,
- counterfeit,
- decompensation,
- defense mechanism,
- deputy,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- displacement,
- dissociation,
- double,
- dummy,
- emotional insulation,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- escapism,
- exchange,
- expiation,
- fake,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- fill-in,
- flight,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- interchange,
- interchanging,
- isolation,
- lex talionis,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- negativism,
- next best thing,
- offsetting,
- overcompensation,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- projection,
- proxy,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redress,
- relief,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- replacement,
- replacing,
- representative,
- reserves,
- resistance,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- revenge,
- ringer,
- satisfaction,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- sublimation,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supplanting,
- surrogate,
- swap,
- swapping,
- switch,
- switching,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal
- parallelism
collapse
- similarity by virtue of corresponding related words >
- accompaniment,
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- allegory,
- alliance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assent,
- assimilation,
- balance,
- balancing,
- bilateral symmetry,
- chorus,
- closeness,
- co-occurrence,
- coequality,
- coextension,
- coherence,
- coincidence,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- compatibility,
- concert,
- concomitance,
- concomitancy,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concurrence,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- cooperation,
- copying,
- correlation,
- correspondence,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- dynamic symmetry,
- equality,
- equation,
- equilibrium,
- equipoise,
- equipollence,
- equiponderance,
- equity,
- equivalence,
- equivalency,
- eurythmics,
- eurythmy,
- evenness,
- finish,
- harmony,
- identity,
- imitation,
- intersection,
- justice,
- keeping,
- levelness,
- likeness,
- likening,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- multilateral symmetry,
- nearness,
- oneness,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- overlap,
- par,
- parity,
- peace,
- poise,
- polarity,
- proportion,
- proportionality,
- rapport,
- regularity,
- relation,
- resemblance,
- sameness,
- self-consistency,
- semblance,
- shapeliness,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- simultaneity,
- symmetricalness,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- timing,
- togetherness,
- trilateral symmetry,
- trope of comparison,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- weighing,
- withness
- understudy
collapse
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- be an understudy or alternate for a role related words >
- act for,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- answer for,
- appear for,
- attorney,
- back up,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bit player,
- champion,
- change,
- change places with,
- changeling,
- commission,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- deputize,
- deputy,
- displace,
- double,
- double for,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- extra,
- fake,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- figurehead,
- fill in for,
- fill-in,
- front for,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mute,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pinch-hit,
- pinch-hit for,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- relief,
- relieve,
- replace,
- replacement,
- represent,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- speak for,
- spear-carrier,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- sub,
- subrogate,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitute for,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- succeed,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- supersede,
- superseder,
- supplant,
- supplanter,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- surrogate,
- swap places with,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy for,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman
- ersatz
collapse
- an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
- artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" related words >
- affected,
- agent,
- alike,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- analogy,
- aped,
- apocryphal,
- artificial,
- assumed,
- backup,
- bastard,
- bogus,
- brummagem,
- change,
- changeling,
- colorable,
- colored,
- comparison,
- consimilar,
- copied,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeited,
- deputy,
- distorted,
- double,
- dressed up,
- dummy,
- embellished,
- embroidered,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- exchange,
- factitious,
- fake,
- faked,
- false,
- falsified,
- favoring,
- feigned,
- fictitious,
- fictive,
- fill-in,
- following,
- forged,
- garbled,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- hokey,
- homogeneous,
- identical,
- illegitimate,
- imitated,
- imitation,
- junky,
- like,
- locum tenens,
- make-believe,
- makeshift,
- man-made,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mimicked,
- mock,
- nearly reproduced,
- next best thing,
- not unlike,
- personnel,
- perverted,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pinchbeck,
- plagiarized,
- pretended,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- quasi,
- queer,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- resembling,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second string,
- secondary,
- self-styled,
- sham,
- shoddy,
- sign,
- similar,
- simulacrum,
- simulated,
- smacking of,
- so-called,
- soi-disant,
- something like,
- spare,
- spares,
- spurious,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- suggestive of,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supposititious,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- synthetic,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- tin,
- tinsel,
- titivated,
- token,
- twisted,
- unauthentic,
- understudy,
- ungenuine,
- uniform with,
- unnatural,
- unreal,
- utility,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicarious,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- warped
- allegory
collapse
- an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor related words >
- Marchen,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- adventure story,
- allusion,
- analogy,
- apologue,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- balancing,
- bedtime story,
- charactery,
- cipher,
- coloration,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- connotation,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- conventional symbol,
- correlation,
- detective story,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- emblem,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy tale,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- figuration,
- folk story,
- folktale,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- hint,
- horse opera,
- iconology,
- ideogram,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- legend,
- likening,
- logogram,
- logotype,
- love knot,
- love story,
- matching,
- meaning,
- metaphor,
- metaphorical sense,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- nuance,
- nursery tale,
- occult meaning,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- overtone,
- parable,
- parallelism,
- pictogram,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- proportion,
- relation,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- simile,
- similitude,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- suggestion,
- supposition,
- suspense story,
- symbol,
- symbolic system,
- symbolism,
- symbolization,
- symbology,
- thriller,
- tinge,
- token,
- totem,
- totem pole,
- touch,
- trope of comparison,
- type,
- typification,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- weighing,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- allegory,
- alliance,
- ally,
- alter ego,
- analogon,
- analogue,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- associate,
- balancing,
- brother,
- certified copy,
- close copy,
- close match,
- closeness,
- cognate,
- community,
- companion,
- comparability,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- complement,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- congenator,
- congener,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- copying,
- correlate,
- correlation,
- correlative,
- correspondence,
- correspondent,
- counterfeit,
- counterpart,
- dead ringer,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- double,
- duplicate,
- ectype,
- effigy,
- equivalent,
- exact likeness,
- fair copy,
- faithful copy,
- fake,
- fellow,
- forgery,
- icon,
- identity,
- idol,
- image,
- imitation,
- kindred spirit,
- like,
- likeness,
- likening,
- living image,
- living picture,
- match,
- matching,
- mate,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- near duplicate,
- nearness,
- obverse,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- pendant,
- phony,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- proportion,
- reciprocal,
- reflection,
- relation,
- replica,
- representation,
- resemblance,
- rubbing,
- sameness,
- second self,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similarity,
- simile,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- sister,
- soul mate,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- such,
- suchlike,
- tally,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- trace,
- tracing,
- trope of comparison,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture,
- weighing
- Swiss bank account,
- US Army Reserve,
- US Naval Reserve,
- agent,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- analogy,
- army reserves,
- assets,
- auxiliaries,
- backlog,
- backup,
- balance,
- bank account,
- bottom dollar,
- budget,
- cache,
- cash reserves,
- cast,
- change,
- changeling,
- checking account,
- command of money,
- company,
- comparison,
- complement,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- crew,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- eight,
- eleven,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- exchequer,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- finances,
- first string,
- first team,
- five,
- fund,
- funds,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- home defense army,
- home reserves,
- imitation,
- kitty,
- landwehr,
- life savings,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- means,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- moneys,
- nest egg,
- next best thing,
- nine,
- organized reserves,
- pecuniary resources,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- platoon,
- pocket,
- pool,
- proxy,
- purse,
- reinforcements,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserve forces,
- reserve fund,
- reserve supply,
- reservoir,
- resource,
- resources,
- ringer,
- rowing crew,
- savings,
- savings account,
- second string,
- second team,
- secondary,
- sign,
- sinking fund,
- something in reserve,
- spares,
- squad,
- stand-in,
- stockpile,
- string,
- sub,
- substance,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supplementary reserves,
- support,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- team,
- territorial reserves,
- third string,
- token,
- treasure,
- understudy,
- unexpended balance,
- unregistered bank account,
- utility player,
- varsity,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- wherewithal
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