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related words >
bring
,
bring back
,
call for
,
fetch
,
fetch and carry
,
get
,
go after
,
go and get
,
go fetch
,
go for
,
go get
,
go to get
,
obtain
,
pick up
,
procure
,
retrieve
,
run after
,
secure
,
shag
receivable
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awaiting payment; "accounts receivable"
related words >
admissible
,
admissive
,
admissory
,
back
,
due
,
hospitable
,
imbibitory
,
in arrear
,
in arrears
,
ingestive
,
intromissive
,
intromittent
,
invitatory
,
inviting
,
mature
,
open
,
outstanding
,
owed
,
owing
,
payable
,
receptible
,
receptive
,
recipient
,
redeemable
,
unpaid
,
welcoming
not hesitate
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acquiesce
,
agree
,
be agreeable to
,
be dying to
,
be eager
,
be game
,
be open to
,
be ready
,
be spoiling for
,
be willing
,
carry through
,
collaborate
,
consent
,
cooperate
,
face out
,
go along with
,
incline
,
lean
,
look kindly upon
,
not hesitate to
,
not look back
,
plunge into
,
stick at nothing
,
stop at nothing
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
would as leave
,
would as lief
resort to
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related words >
bring into play
,
convert to use
,
enlist into service
,
fall back upon
,
frequent
,
go to
,
hang out at
,
haunt
,
have recourse to
,
hie to
,
impress
,
look to
,
make the scene
,
put in requisition
,
recur to
,
refer to
,
repair to
,
revert to
,
take to
,
turn to
,
turn to use
,
visit
juicy
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full of juice
having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
related words >
agreeable
,
ambrosial
,
budding
,
callow
,
colorful
,
dainty
,
delectable
,
delicate
,
delicious
,
delightful
,
dewy
,
exciting
,
exquisite
,
fascinating
,
flavorsome
,
flowing
,
fluent
,
fluid
,
fluidal
,
fluidic
,
fluxible
,
fluxile
,
fluxional
,
fluxionary
,
good
,
good to eat
,
good-tasting
,
green
,
growing
,
gustable
,
gusty
,
immature
,
impubic
,
inexperienced
,
ingenuous
,
innocent
,
intact
,
interesting
,
intriguing
,
inviting
,
likable
,
liquid
,
liquidy
,
lively
,
lurid
,
luscious
,
lush
,
minor
,
moist
,
naive
,
nectareous
,
nectarous
,
new-fledged
,
nice
,
of gourmet quality
,
palatable
,
piquant
,
pleasing
,
provocative
,
provoking
,
racy
,
raw
,
readable
,
rich
,
ripening
,
risque
,
runny
,
sapid
,
sappy
,
savorous
,
savory
,
scrumptious
,
sensational
,
spicy
,
stimulating
,
stirring
,
succulent
,
suggestive
,
tantalizing
,
tasty
,
tender
,
thought-challenging
,
thought-inspiring
,
thought-provoking
,
thrilling
,
tickling
,
titillating
,
toothsome
,
unadult
,
underage
,
undeveloped
,
unfledged
,
unformed
,
unlicked
,
unmellowed
,
unripe
,
unseasoned
,
vernal
,
virginal
,
vivid
,
watery
,
yummy
dampen
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lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
check; keep in check (a fire)
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
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abate
,
abridge
,
absorb the shock
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
arrest
,
asperge
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
beat down
,
bedew
,
bespatter
,
besprinkle
,
blunt
,
bottle up
,
break the fall
,
cast down
,
chasten
,
check
,
chill
,
compress
,
constrain
,
control
,
cool
,
countercheck
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
curb
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
dabble
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
debilitate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
deflect
,
deject
,
delay
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
detain
,
deter
,
devitalize
,
dew
,
diminish
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
dispirit
,
distract
,
divert
,
douche
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
hose
,
hose down
,
humect
,
humectate
,
humidify
,
impede
,
indispose
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
irrigate
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
keep within bounds
,
knock down
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
meddle
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
moisten
,
muffle
,
mute
,
neutralize
,
obtund
,
offset
,
oppose
,
oppress
,
paddle
,
palliate
,
pare
,
play down
,
press down
,
put off
,
quench
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
repel
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
sadden
,
sap
,
scale down
,
scotch
,
set back
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shorten
,
show consideration
,
show mercy
,
show pity
,
simplify
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slobber
,
slop
,
slosh
,
slow down
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften the blow
,
soften up
,
sparge
,
spatter
,
splash
,
splatter
,
sponge
,
spray
,
sprinkle
,
step down
,
stifle
,
stop
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
swash
,
syringe
,
take from
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
water
,
weaken
,
wean from
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
,
wet
,
wet down
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
grandiose
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impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
affectedly genteel
related words >
Babylonian
,
Corinthian
,
Gongoresque
,
Johnsonian
,
affected
,
ambitious
,
august
,
awe-inspiring
,
awful
,
barbaric
,
bedizened
,
big-sounding
,
bombastic
,
convoluted
,
cosmic
,
declamatory
,
deluxe
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
elevated
,
euphuistic
,
extravagant
,
fancy
,
fine
,
flamboyant
,
flaming
,
flash
,
flashy
,
flaunting
,
florid
,
fulsome
,
fustian
,
garish
,
gaudy
,
glorious
,
grand
,
grandiloquent
,
grandisonant
,
high-flowing
,
high-flown
,
high-flying
,
high-sounding
,
highfalutin
,
histrionic
,
imposing
,
impressive
,
inflated
,
inkhorn
,
labyrinthine
,
lexiphanic
,
lofty
,
lordly
,
lurid
,
luxurious
,
magnificent
,
magniloquent
,
majestic
,
melodramatic
,
meretricious
,
monumental
,
noble
,
orotund
,
ostentatious
,
overambitious
,
overdone
,
overelaborate
,
overinvolved
,
overwhelming
,
overwrought
,
palatial
,
pedantic
,
plush
,
pompous
,
posh
,
pretentious
,
princely
,
proud
,
rhetorical
,
ritzy
,
royal
,
sensational
,
sensationalistic
,
sententious
,
showy
,
sonorous
,
splendacious
,
splendid
,
splendiferous
,
stately
,
stilted
,
sumptuous
,
superb
,
superfancy
,
superfine
,
swank
,
swanky
,
swell
,
tall
,
tortuous
,
unfathomable
,
utopian
,
vast
,
visionary
subtract
collapse
make a subtraction
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abate
,
abrade
,
abrupt
,
abstract
,
add
,
algebraize
,
alienate
,
bate
,
calculate
,
cast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cipher
,
compute
,
curtail
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
delete
,
depart
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
discount
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disparage
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dope out
,
drain
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
eject
,
erode
,
estimate
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extract
,
extract roots
,
figure
,
figure in
,
figure out
,
file away
,
impair
,
isolate
,
knock
,
leach
,
leave
,
lessen
,
measure
,
multiply
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purify
,
reckon
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
score
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shorten
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subduct
,
take account of
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
tally
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
work out
repudiate
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refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
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abandon
,
abjure
,
abrogate
,
apostatize
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beg off
,
belie
,
blockade
,
brush aside
,
cast
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
climb down
,
contemn
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
count out
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
cut off
,
debar
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
default
,
deny
,
desert
,
despise
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
disdain
,
dishonor
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
disregard
,
dissent
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
embargo
,
except
,
exclude
,
forgo
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
freeze out
,
gainsay
,
hold out against
,
ignore
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
keep out
,
leave out
,
levant
,
lock out
,
negate
,
negative
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
not buy
,
not consent
,
not hear of
,
not pay
,
not think of
,
nullify
,
omit
,
oppose
,
ostracize
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prohibit
,
protest
,
push aside
,
rat
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to consider
,
refuse to pay
,
refute
,
reject
,
relegate
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repel
,
reprobate
,
repulse
,
rescind
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say nay
,
say no
,
scorn
,
scout
,
send to Coventry
,
shove away
,
shut out
,
spurn
,
stand aloof
,
stop payment
,
swallow
,
taboo
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
tergiversate
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
turn
,
turn away
,
turn down
,
turn out
,
unsay
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
graphic
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an image that is generated by a computer
describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail; "graphic sexual scenes"
evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols"
relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation of the data"
of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work"- British Book News
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accurate
,
apish
,
autograph
,
autographic
,
calligraphic
,
chirographic
,
clear
,
clear-cut
,
cogent
,
compelling
,
convincing
,
cursive
,
definite
,
delineative
,
delineatory
,
depictive
,
descriptive
,
detailed
,
diagrammatic
,
distinct
,
drawn
,
echoic
,
embodying
,
engrossed
,
explicit
,
expositive
,
expressive
,
faithful
,
figurative
,
flowing
,
freehand
,
gory
,
graphoanalytic
,
graphologic
,
graphometric
,
holograph
,
holographic
,
ideographic
,
illustrational
,
illustrative
,
imaginative
,
imitative
,
in longhand
,
in shorthand
,
in writing
,
incarnating
,
incisive
,
inscribed
,
italic
,
italicized
,
lifelike
,
limning
,
longhand
,
lucid
,
manifest
,
manuscript
,
meaningful
,
mimetic
,
mimish
,
monochrome
,
naturalistic
,
on paper
,
onomatopoeic
,
painty
,
particular
,
pastose
,
penciled
,
penned
,
personifying
,
perspicuous
,
photographic
,
pictographic
,
pictorial
,
picturable
,
pictural
,
picturesque
,
plain
,
polychrome
,
portraying
,
precise
,
printed
,
realistic
,
representational
,
representative
,
representing
,
running
,
scenographic
,
scriptorial
,
scriptural
,
scumbled
,
shorthand
,
simulative
,
striking
,
stylographic
,
suggestive
,
symbolizing
,
telling
,
true to life
,
typifying
,
unambiguous
,
unmistakable
,
visible
,
visual
,
vivid
,
well-defined
,
well-drawn
,
written
preserved
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kept intact or in a particular condition
prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
related words >
conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
kept
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
kept
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related words >
conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
preserved
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
return
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a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
make a return; "return a kickback"
come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
bring back to the point of departure
return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
related words >
CRT spot
,
DM display
,
Doppler signal
,
IF signal
,
IM display
,
RF echoes
,
about-face
,
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
action and reaction
,
advent
,
advert
,
afford
,
alternate
,
alternation
,
amends
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
arrival
,
atavism
,
atonement
,
automatic reaction
,
autonomic reaction
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward deviation
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
bandy
,
be here again
,
be quits with
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
beam
,
beat
,
beat signal
,
benefit
,
blips
,
blood money
,
boom
,
boomerang
,
bounce back
,
bounceback
,
bounces
,
bring back
,
bring in
,
capital gains
,
carry back
,
change
,
circle
,
cleanup
,
clear profit
,
cock
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come home
,
come in
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
comeback
,
coming
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensation
,
consideration
,
convalescence
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterchange
,
counterstroke
,
cycle
,
cyclicalness
,
damages
,
deliver
,
disenchantment
,
display
,
dividends
,
double
,
double back
,
double-dot display
,
doubling
,
duplication
,
earn
,
earnings
,
echo
,
echo back
,
echo signal
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
extradite
,
extradition
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
falling back
,
filthy lucre
,
flash back
,
flip-flop
,
gain
,
gains
,
get
,
get back at
,
get behind
,
get even with
,
gettings
,
give
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give back
,
give-and-take
,
giving back
,
gleanings
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go home
,
gross
,
gross profit
,
guerdon
,
hoard
,
homecoming
,
honorarium
,
imitation
,
income
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
interchange
,
interest
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
intermittency
,
jerk back
,
keep coming
,
kickback
,
killing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
local oscillator signal
,
logroll
,
lose ground
,
lucre
,
makings
,
meed
,
meter
,
neat profit
,
net
,
net profit
,
offer
,
oscillate
,
oscillation
,
output signal
,
paper profits
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay off
,
payment
,
pelf
,
pendulum motion
,
percentage
,
periodicalness
,
periodicity
,
perk
,
perks
,
permute
,
perquisite
,
pickings
,
picture
,
pips
,
piston motion
,
place in
,
plagiarism
,
predictable response
,
price
,
proceeds
,
proffer
,
profit
,
profits
,
pull back
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
pulse
,
put back
,
quittance
,
quotation
,
radar signal
,
rake-off
,
rally
,
react
,
reaction
,
reactivate
,
reading
,
ready reply
,
reappear
,
reappearance
,
rebirth
,
rebound
,
recede
,
receipt
,
receipts
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
reclamation
,
recoil
,
recommit
,
recommitment
,
recompense
,
reconstitute
,
reconversion
,
reconvert
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recrudescence
,
recruit
,
recuperation
,
recur
,
recurrence
,
recursion
,
reddition
,
redoubling
,
redress
,
reduplication
,
reecho
,
reenact
,
reentrance
,
reentry
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reflect
,
reflection
,
reflex
,
reflex action
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
reform
,
refund
,
refundment
,
regain
,
regress
,
regression
,
regular wave motion
,
regurgitation
,
rehabilitate
,
rehabilitation
,
reimbursement
,
reincarnation
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstatement
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relapse
,
remand
,
remandment
,
remigration
,
remit
,
remitter
,
remuneration
,
render
,
rendition
,
renew
,
renewal
,
reoccur
,
reoccurrence
,
reparation
,
repartee
,
repatriate
,
repatriation
,
repayment
,
repeat
,
repercuss
,
repetition
,
replace
,
replacement
,
replacing
,
replenish
,
replication
,
reply
,
report
,
repost
,
reproduction
,
requital
,
requite
,
requitement
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
resound
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restore
,
restoring
,
results
,
resume
,
resumption
,
resurface
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
retribution
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return signal
,
return the compliment
,
returning
,
returns
,
revenue
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
reverting
,
revest
,
revolve
,
revulsion
,
reward
,
rhythm
,
riposte
,
rise
,
roll
,
roll around
,
rollback
,
rotate
,
rumble
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
say
,
say in reply
,
seasonality
,
send back
,
sending back
,
setback
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
signal
,
signal display
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
smart money
,
snappy comeback
,
solatium
,
sound
,
spot
,
sternway
,
store
,
swap
,
switch
,
take
,
take back
,
take-in
,
takings
,
talk back
,
target image
,
throwback
,
trace
,
trade
,
transmitter signal
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn back
,
turn in
,
turnabout
,
undulate
,
undulation
,
unthinking response
,
video signal
,
wealth
,
wergild
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
winnings
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
,
yield
reversal
collapse
a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
a decision to reverse an earlier decision
turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
related words >
abolishment
,
abolition
,
about-face
,
about-turn
,
abrogation
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
annulment
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
atavism
,
back track
,
back trail
,
backing
,
backing off
,
backing out
,
backing up
,
backset
,
backsliding
,
backup
,
backward deviation
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
bouleversement
,
break
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
change
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
check
,
checkmate
,
comedown
,
confusion
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
defeasance
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
descent
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discomfiture
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
down
,
ectropion
,
eversion
,
falling back
,
fitting
,
flip
,
flip-flop
,
foil
,
frustration
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
improvement
,
introversion
,
intussusception
,
invagination
,
invalidation
,
inversion
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
nullification
,
overthrow
,
overturning
,
passage
,
progress
,
pronation
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
rebuff
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recrudescence
,
recurrence
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renege
,
renewal
,
repeal
,
repulse
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
resupination
,
retraction
,
retrocession
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reverse
,
reverse of fortune
,
reversing
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
rout
,
second thoughts
,
setback
,
setting aside
,
severe check
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
supination
,
suspension
,
swingaround
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
throwback
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning
,
turning back
,
turning backwards
,
turning inside out
,
turning into
,
turning inward
,
turning over
,
upheaval
,
vacation
,
vacatur
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
volte-face
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
withdrawal
,
worsening
,
write-off
retained
collapse
continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered"
related words >
alive
,
conserved
,
eidetic
,
enduring
,
fresh
,
green
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
kept
,
kept in remembrance
,
lasting
,
preserved
,
put by
,
recalled
,
recollected
,
remembered
,
reserved
,
saved
,
spare
,
unforgotten
,
vivid
,
withheld
stand down
collapse
related words >
Pax Dei
,
Pax Romana
,
Peace of God
,
abandon
,
abdicate
,
abeyance
,
armistice
,
back out
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beg off
,
break
,
breathing spell
,
buffer zone
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
cooling-off period
,
cry off
,
day off
,
demilitarized zone
,
demit
,
depart from
,
discard
,
drop
,
drop out
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
give up
,
go back on
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hollow truce
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interruption
,
interval
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
letup
,
lull
,
maroon
,
modus vivendi
,
neutral territory
,
pacification
,
pause
,
pax in bello
,
peace
,
pension off
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recess
,
relinquish
,
remission
,
renege
,
renounce the throne
,
resign
,
respite
,
rest
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
say goodbye to
,
stand aside
,
stay
,
step aside
,
superannuate
,
suspension
,
suspension of hostilities
,
take leave of
,
temporary arrangement
,
throw over
,
treaty of peace
,
truce
,
vacate
,
vacation
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
jilt
collapse
a woman who jilts a lover
cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
abandon
,
actor
,
back out
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beg off
,
beguiler
,
cast
,
cast aside
,
cast away
,
cast off
,
charmer
,
chuck
,
counterfeiter
,
cry off
,
deceiver
,
deep-six
,
deluder
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
ditch
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
drop
,
drop out
,
dump
,
duper
,
eighty-six
,
eliminate
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
evacuate
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
forsake
,
gay deceiver
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
give away
,
go back on
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
jettison
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
leg-puller
,
maroon
,
mesmerizer
,
misleader
,
part with
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
practical joker
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
ragger
,
reject
,
remove
,
renege
,
role-player
,
say goodbye to
,
seducer
,
slough
,
spoofer
,
stand down
,
take leave of
,
tease
,
teaser
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
toss overboard
,
vacate
,
withdraw
subsidize
collapse
support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"
secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
related words >
accommodate
,
afford
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assist
,
back
,
back up
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
blow to
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
capitalize
,
carry
,
clothe
,
contribute
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
donate
,
endow
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
find
,
fund
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go treat
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invest
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pillow
,
prepare
,
present
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide
,
provide for
,
recruit
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
replenish
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand drinks
,
stand to
,
stand treat
,
stay
,
stock
,
store
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
sustain
,
treat
,
treat to
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
yield
abridge
collapse
lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abstract
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowdlerize
,
brief
,
cancel
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
censor
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cross out
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
delete
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disentitle
,
divest
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
ease one of
,
edit
,
edit out
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
foreshorten
,
kill
,
lessen
,
lighten one of
,
limit
,
lower
,
milk
,
mine
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
omit
,
outline
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rescind
,
restrict
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub out
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
slash
,
snub
,
step down
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take in
,
tap
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
void
soar
collapse
the act of rising upward into the air
go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
fly upwards or high in the sky
rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
related words >
advance
,
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
arise
,
ascend
,
aspire
,
back
,
back up
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
become airborne
,
budge
,
bulk
,
bulk large
,
buss the clouds
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
claw skyward
,
climb
,
cruise
,
descend
,
drift
,
ebb
,
escalate
,
exceed
,
ferry
,
flit
,
float
,
flow
,
fly
,
fly aloft
,
gain altitude
,
get over
,
glide
,
go
,
go around
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gyrate
,
hang
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
increase
,
jet
,
kite
,
leave the ground
,
lift
,
loom
,
loom large
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
navigate
,
outsoar
,
outstrip
,
overtop
,
plane
,
plunge
,
poise
,
progress
,
rear
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rise above
,
rocket
,
rotate
,
run
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
seaplane
,
shift
,
shoot
,
shoot up
,
sink
,
spin
,
spire
,
stand on tiptoe
,
stand out
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
take off
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
tower
,
tower above
,
transcend
,
travel
,
up
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
volplane
,
wane
,
whirl
,
wing
,
zoom
hold back
collapse
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
arrest
,
avoid
,
avoid excess
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
begrudge
,
bit
,
block
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
bridle
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
close the hand
,
confine
,
conserve
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
curtail
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
dompt
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat sparingly
,
eat to live
,
enjoin
,
eschew
,
exercise self-control
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
govern
,
grudge
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold aloof from
,
hold at bay
,
hold down
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold off
,
hold out on
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep in hand
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
keep out
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
keep within compass
,
keep within limits
,
lag
,
lay by
,
lay under restraint
,
let alone
,
let down
,
let go by
,
let up
,
live plainly
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
meddle
,
moderate
,
mortify the flesh
,
never touch
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
pass up
,
preserve
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put by
,
reef
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
reserve
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
save
,
save up
,
scotch
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
shun
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
snub
,
spare
,
stand aloof from
,
stay
,
stop
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
waive
,
withhold
buoy up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
animate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brighten
,
buoy
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cast up
,
cheer
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
elevate
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
erect
,
escalate
,
exhilarate
,
float
,
float high
,
give a lift
,
give support
,
gladden
,
hearten
,
heave
,
heft
,
heighten
,
heist
,
hike
,
hoick
,
hoist
,
hold
,
hold up
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jerk up
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
knock up
,
lend support
,
levitate
,
lift
,
lift up
,
liven
,
lob
,
loft
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pillow
,
prop
,
raise
,
raise up
,
rear
,
rear up
,
reinforce
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
ride high
,
rise
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sky
,
stay
,
stick up
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
throw up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
up
,
upbear
,
upbuoy
,
upcast
,
upheave
,
uphoist
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
uprear
,
upthrow
,
vitalize
,
waft
flamboyant
collapse
richly and brilliantly colorful
related words >
Gongoresque
,
Johnsonian
,
affected
,
arabesque
,
baroque
,
bedazzling
,
bedizened
,
big-sounding
,
blinding
,
bright
,
bright and shining
,
brilliant
,
busy
,
chichi
,
convoluted
,
dashing
,
dazzling
,
declamatory
,
decorated
,
effulgent
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
elevated
,
embellished
,
euphuistic
,
extravagant
,
fancy
,
fine
,
flaming
,
flashy
,
flaunting
,
florid
,
flowery
,
frilly
,
fulgent
,
fulgid
,
fulsome
,
fussy
,
garish
,
gaudy
,
glaring
,
glary
,
grandiloquent
,
grandiose
,
grandisonant
,
high
,
high-flowing
,
high-flown
,
high-flying
,
high-sounding
,
high-wrought
,
highfalutin
,
inkhorn
,
jaunty
,
labored
,
labyrinthine
,
lexiphanic
,
lofty
,
lurid
,
luscious
,
luxuriant
,
luxurious
,
magniloquent
,
meretricious
,
moresque
,
ornamented
,
ornate
,
orotund
,
ostentatious
,
overdone
,
overelaborate
,
overelegant
,
overinvolved
,
overlabored
,
overworked
,
overwrought
,
peacockish
,
peacocky
,
pedantic
,
picturesque
,
pompous
,
pretentious
,
pretty-pretty
,
rakish
,
refulgent
,
resplendent
,
rhetorical
,
rich
,
rococo
,
sensational
,
sensationalistic
,
sententious
,
showy
,
sonorous
,
splashy
,
splendent
,
splendid
,
splendorous
,
stilted
,
swank
,
swashbuckling
,
tall
,
tortuous
,
vivid
,
wide
lay by
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
adjourn
,
aestivate
,
arrange for
,
assign
,
cede
,
conserve
,
continue
,
decree
,
defer
,
define
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
forearm
,
give up
,
hand over
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impose
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay in
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
lay to
,
lay up
,
leave
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
look out for
,
make provision for
,
make sure against
,
ordain
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prepare for
,
prescribe
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put by
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
resign
,
retain
,
ride at anchor
,
salt away
,
save
,
save up
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
spare
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
waive
,
withhold
,
yield
held up
collapse
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
delayed
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
hung up
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
slow
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
inverted
collapse
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back-to-front
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
everted
,
gay
,
homoerotic
,
homophile
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
queer
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
reversed
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
a priori
collapse
involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"
based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
derived by logic, without observed facts
related words >
a fortiori
,
a posteriori
,
analytic
,
back
,
backward
,
categorical
,
conditional
,
deducible
,
deductive
,
derivable
,
dialectic
,
discursive
,
dogmatic
,
early
,
enthymematic
,
epagogic
,
ex post facto
,
hypothetical
,
inductive
,
inferential
,
into the past
,
maieutic
,
reasoned
,
retroactive
,
retrospective
,
soritical
,
syllogistic
,
synthetic
clandestine
collapse
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
related words >
back-door
,
backstairs
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
backstairs
collapse
a second staircase at the rear of a building
related words >
back-door
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
redeem
collapse
convert into cash; of commercial papers
pay off (loans or promissory notes)
to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
restore the honor or worth of
related words >
abet
,
abide by
,
absolve
,
acknowledge
,
aid
,
amend
,
amortize
,
assist
,
atone
,
atone for
,
avail
,
bail out
,
balance
,
be faithful to
,
bear a hand
,
bear the expense
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
buy
,
buy back
,
carry out
,
cash in
,
change
,
change for
,
chip in
,
clear
,
comfort
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensate for
,
compound for
,
convert
,
counterbalance
,
counterpoise
,
countervail
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disenthrall
,
do good
,
doctor
,
dub in
,
ease
,
emancipate
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
favor
,
finance
,
foot the bill
,
free
,
fund
,
get back
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give help
,
give place to
,
give salvation
,
give satisfaction
,
go Dutch
,
help
,
honor
,
honor a bill
,
keep
,
keep faith with
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
liberate
,
lift
,
liquidate
,
live down
,
loose
,
make accounts square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make do with
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make right
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make way for
,
manumit
,
new-model
,
offer in exchange
,
offset
,
outweigh
,
pay for
,
pay in full
,
pay off
,
pay the bill
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
pay the piper
,
pay the shot
,
pay up
,
perform
,
proffer aid
,
propitiate
,
protect
,
put up with
,
rally
,
ransom
,
re-form
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
recycle
,
redress
,
refashion
,
reform
,
regain
,
regenerate
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstate
,
release
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
remodel
,
render assistance
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repair
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repurchase
,
rescue
,
reshape
,
restore
,
restore self-respect
,
resume
,
resuscitate
,
retake
,
retire
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
ring in
,
salvage
,
satisfy
,
save
,
see through
,
set free
,
set off
,
set straight
,
set up
,
settle
,
shift with
,
square
,
square accounts
,
square it
,
square things
,
stand the costs
,
strike a balance
,
substitute
,
succor
,
switch
,
take back
,
take in exchange
,
take in tow
,
take up
,
trade in
,
unbind
,
unchain
,
win back
depreciate
collapse
lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
allow
,
bate
,
beat down
,
belittle
,
break
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
charge off
,
cheapen
,
compress
,
consume
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decline
,
decrease
,
decry
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
deplete
,
deprecate
,
depress
,
deride
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
despise
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discommend
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disdain
,
disesteem
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
dissipate
,
disvalue
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
drain
,
dribble away
,
dwindle
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
file away
,
give way
,
hold in contempt
,
impair
,
jew down
,
kick back
,
knock
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make allowance
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
nose-dive
,
pare
,
play down
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
put down
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
reflect discredit upon
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
ridicule
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
run down
,
sag
,
scale down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shave
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrug off
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slight
,
slump
,
soften
,
speak ill of
,
squander
,
step down
,
subduct
,
submit to indignity
,
subtract
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
talk down
,
thin
,
thin out
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
trim
,
tune down
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
waste
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write down
,
write off
hang fire
collapse
related words >
adjourn
,
be a sideliner
,
be dilatory
,
be still
,
be unproductive
,
bring up
,
bring up short
,
cease fire
,
coast
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come up short
,
continue
,
defer
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drag out
,
draw up
,
drift
,
extend
,
fetch up
,
filibuster
,
fizzle out
,
fust
,
gain time
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang up
,
hesitate
,
hibernate
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
idle
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
make time
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
peter out
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull up
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
rest
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
sleep
,
sleep on
,
slumber
,
smolder
,
stagnate
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
stop dead
,
stop short
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
waive
,
watch and wait
astern
collapse
(of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
abaft
,
aft
,
after
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
away
,
back
,
backward
,
backwards
,
baft
,
counterclockwise
,
fore and aft
,
fro
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
rear
,
rearward
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
widdershins
in return
collapse
(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes"
related words >
au pair
,
back
,
by turns
,
en revanche
,
even
,
exchangeably
,
for a consideration
,
in amends
,
in answer
,
in compensation
,
in consideration
,
in exchange
,
in rebuttal
,
in reciprocation
,
in reparation
,
in reply
,
in reprisal
,
in requital
,
in response
,
in retaliation
,
in retribution
,
in revenge
,
in turn
,
mutually
,
reciprocally
,
turn about
enjoin
collapse
issue an injunction
related words >
adjure
,
admonish
,
advise
,
appreciate
,
arrest
,
ban
,
bar
,
bid
,
boast
,
bridle
,
burden with
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
caution
,
charge
,
check
,
command
,
commission
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cotton to
,
counsel
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decelerate
,
declare
,
decree
,
delight in
,
demand
,
deny
,
dictate
,
direct
,
disallow
,
dompt
,
dote
,
drink in
,
eat up
,
embargo
,
encourage
,
enjoy
,
exact
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
exhort
,
expostulate
,
fancy
,
fasten upon
,
fill
,
forbid
,
forewarn
,
freight with
,
give an order
,
give the word
,
go
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
incite
,
induce
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
inhibit
,
instruct
,
interdict
,
issue a caveat
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay
,
lay on
,
lay under restraint
,
levy
,
like
,
love
,
luxuriate in
,
maintain
,
mandate
,
mind
,
move
,
occupy
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
outlaw
,
own
,
persuade
,
place
,
possess
,
preach
,
preclude
,
prescribe
,
prevent
,
proclaim
,
prohibit
,
prompt
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
proscribe
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put
,
put down
,
put on
,
put upon
,
refuse
,
rein
,
rein in
,
reject
,
relish
,
remonstrate
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rule
,
rule out
,
saddle with
,
savor
,
say no to
,
say the word
,
set
,
set back
,
shut out
,
slow down
,
snub
,
straiten
,
subject to
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
take to
,
task
,
tax
,
tell
,
urge
,
warn
,
weight down with
,
withhold
,
yoke with
flashy
collapse
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
related words >
Gongoresque
,
Johnsonian
,
ablaze
,
affected
,
aflame
,
bedizened
,
big-sounding
,
blatant
,
blazing
,
blinding
,
brave
,
bravura
,
braw
,
brazen
,
burning
,
cheap
,
chichi
,
chintzy
,
convoluted
,
cosmetic
,
crude
,
daring
,
dashing
,
declamatory
,
dressy
,
elevated
,
euphuistic
,
exhibitionistic
,
facile
,
flamboyant
,
flaming
,
flaring
,
flash
,
flashing
,
flaunting
,
florid
,
frilly
,
frothy
,
fulgurant
,
fulgurating
,
fulsome
,
gallant
,
garish
,
gaudy
,
gay
,
glaring
,
glib
,
glittering
,
grandiloquent
,
grandiose
,
grandisonant
,
high-flowing
,
high-flown
,
high-flying
,
high-sounding
,
highfalutin
,
inkhorn
,
insubstantial
,
jaunty
,
jazzy
,
labyrinthine
,
lexiphanic
,
lofty
,
loud
,
lurid
,
magniloquent
,
meretricious
,
meteoric
,
ornate
,
orotund
,
ostentatious
,
overbright
,
overdone
,
overelaborate
,
overinvolved
,
overwrought
,
pedantic
,
pompous
,
pretentious
,
rakish
,
raw
,
rhetorical
,
screaming
,
sensational
,
sensationalistic
,
sententious
,
shallow
,
showy
,
shrieking
,
skin-deep
,
slick
,
snazzy
,
sonorous
,
sparkling
,
splashy
,
splurgy
,
sporty
,
stilted
,
superficial
,
surface
,
tacky
,
tall
,
tasteless
,
tawdry
,
thin
,
tinsel
,
tortuous
,
vulgar
chastity
collapse
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
related words >
Atticism
,
Encratism
,
Friday
,
Lenten fare
,
Pythagoreanism
,
Pythagorism
,
Rechabitism
,
Shakerism
,
Spartan fare
,
Stoicism
,
absoluteness
,
abstainment
,
abstemiousness
,
abstention
,
abstinence
,
appropriateness
,
asceticism
,
avoidance
,
banyan day
,
celibacy
,
chasteness
,
clarity
,
classicalism
,
classicism
,
clearness
,
comeliness
,
continence
,
correctness
,
defectlessness
,
dignity
,
directness
,
discrimination
,
distinction
,
ease
,
elegance
,
elegancy
,
eschewal
,
fast
,
faultlessness
,
felicitousness
,
felicity
,
finish
,
fish day
,
fittingness
,
flawlessness
,
flow
,
flowing periods
,
fluency
,
forbearance
,
fruitarianism
,
good taste
,
grace
,
gracefulness
,
gracility
,
guiltlessness
,
gymnosophy
,
immaculacy
,
immaculateness
,
impeccability
,
infallibility
,
innocence
,
limpidity
,
lucidity
,
maidenhead
,
maidenhood
,
naturalness
,
neatness
,
nephalism
,
pellucidity
,
perfection
,
perspicuity
,
plain living
,
plainness
,
polish
,
propriety
,
purity
,
refinement
,
refraining
,
refrainment
,
restraint
,
seemliness
,
self-restraint
,
sexual abstinence
,
simple diet
,
simplicity
,
sinlessness
,
smoothness
,
spare diet
,
spotlessness
,
stainlessness
,
straightforwardness
,
taintlessness
,
taste
,
tastefulness
,
teetotalism
,
terseness
,
the pledge
,
total abstinence
,
unaffectedness
,
vegetarianism
,
virginity
,
virtue
maroon
collapse
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
of dark brownish to purplish red
leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
related words >
Titian
,
Titian-red
,
abandon
,
back out
,
beg off
,
bivouac
,
bricky
,
cardinal
,
carmine
,
carnation
,
carnelian
,
cast away
,
cerise
,
cherry
,
cherry-colored
,
cherry-red
,
crimson
,
cry off
,
damask
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
drop out
,
encamp
,
evacuate
,
ferruginous
,
fiery
,
fire-red
,
flame-colored
,
flame-red
,
flaming
,
forsake
,
glowing
,
go back on
,
gules
,
hot
,
incarmined
,
inflamed
,
infrared
,
iron-red
,
isolate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
lake-colored
,
laky
,
lateritious
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
lobster-red
,
lurid
,
port-wine
,
puce
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
red
,
red-dyed
,
red-looking
,
reddened
,
reddish
,
reddish-amber
,
reddish-brown
,
renege
,
rubicund
,
rubiginous
,
rubric
,
rubricose
,
ruby
,
ruby-colored
,
ruby-red
,
ruddied
,
ruddy
,
rufescent
,
rufous
,
rust
,
rust-red
,
rusty
,
say goodbye to
,
scarlet
,
seclude
,
stammel
,
stand down
,
strand
,
take leave of
,
tent
,
throw over
,
tile-red
,
vacate
,
vermilion
,
vinaceous
,
warm
,
wine
,
wine-colored
,
wine-red
,
withdraw
derogative
collapse
expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
related words >
abusive
,
back-biting
,
belittling
,
bitchy
,
calumniatory
,
calumnious
,
catty
,
censorious
,
contemptuous
,
contumelious
,
defamatory
,
deprecatory
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
derisive
,
derisory
,
derogatory
,
detractory
,
disparaging
,
libelous
,
minimizing
,
pejorative
,
ridiculing
,
scandalous
,
scurrile
,
scurrilous
,
slanderous
,
slighting
,
vilifying
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