Related Words:
- analogy
collapse - drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
- an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others related words >
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agent,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alikeness,
- allegory,
- alliance,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- ambiguity,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- backup,
- balancing,
- change,
- changeling,
- closeness,
- coextension,
- collineation,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- concurrence,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- copy,
- copying,
- correlation,
- correspondence,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equidistance,
- equivalent,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- identity,
- imitation,
- likeness,
- likening,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mimicking,
- nearness,
- next best thing,
- nondivergence,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- proportion,
- proxy,
- relation,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- resemblance,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- sameness,
- second string,
- secondary,
- semblance,
- sign,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- tergiversation,
- third string,
- token,
- trope of comparison,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- weighing
- stricture
collapse
- severe criticism related words >
- abbreviation,
- adverse criticism,
- anathema,
- animadversion,
- arraignment,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- aspersion,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- blame,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- castigation,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- censure,
- cervix,
- check,
- circumscription,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condemnation,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- cramp,
- criticism,
- curtailment,
- damnation,
- decrease,
- decrial,
- delay,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- detainment,
- detention,
- deterrent,
- diminuendo,
- exception,
- excoriation,
- faultfinding,
- fixation,
- flak,
- flaying,
- foot-dragging,
- fulmination,
- fustigation,
- hairsplitting,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hit,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- impeachment,
- impediment,
- imputation,
- indictment,
- inhibition,
- interdiction,
- interference,
- interruption,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- knock,
- let,
- nagging,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- negativism,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- nuisance value,
- obloquy,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- overcriticalness,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pillorying,
- priggishness,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reduction,
- reflection,
- reprehension,
- repression,
- reproachfulness,
- reprobation,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- setback,
- shortening,
- skinning alive,
- slam,
- solidification,
- squeeze,
- stranglehold,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- suppression,
- swipe,
- systole,
- taking exception,
- taper,
- tapering,
- trichoschistism,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- bad blood,
- clashing,
- collision,
- competition,
- competitiveness,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- controversy,
- covetousness,
- cross-purposes,
- cutthroat competition,
- disaccord,
- discord,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- emulation,
- enmity,
- enviousness,
- envy,
- feud,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- gamesmanship,
- grudging,
- grudgingness,
- hostility,
- inimicalness,
- invidia,
- invidiousness,
- jealousy,
- jockeying,
- lifemanship,
- negativeness,
- noncooperation,
- obstinacy,
- one-upmanship,
- oppugnancy,
- perverseness,
- recalcitrance,
- refractoriness,
- repugnance,
- strife,
- striving,
- struggle,
- tug-of-war,
- uncooperativeness,
- vying,
- warfare
- 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
- Rasputin
collapse
- Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) related words >
- Svengali,
- VIP,
- access,
- bad influence,
- big wheel,
- court,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- open sesame,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- sinister influence,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- the Establishment,
- very important person,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller
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