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- turn away
collapse - move so as not face somebody or something related words >
- abjure,
- avert,
- bear off,
- blunt,
- bow out,
- brush aside,
- bundle,
- bundle off,
- chill,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- cool,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decline,
- deflect,
- deny,
- despise,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- discourage,
- disdain,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disregard,
- distract,
- divert,
- draw aside,
- ease off,
- edge off,
- except,
- exclude,
- fly off,
- forswear,
- gee,
- give the air,
- give the gate,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- haw,
- head off,
- hustle out,
- ignore,
- indispose,
- jib,
- make way for,
- move aside,
- pack off,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- push aside,
- put off,
- quench,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- scout,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- sheer off,
- shove aside,
- shove away,
- show the door,
- show the gate,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- spurn,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- switch,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- turn aside,
- turn back,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- veer off,
- waive,
- wean from
- deflect
collapse
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest related words >
- angle,
- angle off,
- anticipate,
- arch,
- avert,
- bar,
- bear off,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bias,
- blunt,
- bow,
- change,
- chill,
- cool,
- crook,
- curl,
- curve,
- damp,
- dampen,
- debar,
- decurve,
- deter,
- deviate,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- disaffect,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- disperse,
- distort,
- distract,
- divagate,
- diverge,
- divert,
- dogleg,
- dome,
- embow,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fend,
- fend off,
- flex,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- hairpin,
- help,
- hold off,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- indispose,
- inflect,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- loop,
- oblique,
- obviate,
- parry,
- pivot,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- put off,
- quench,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- refract,
- repel,
- retroflex,
- round,
- rule out,
- sag,
- save,
- scatter,
- sheer,
- shy,
- sidetrack,
- skew,
- slue,
- stave off,
- swag,
- sway,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- switch,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- twist,
- vault,
- veer,
- volte-face,
- ward off,
- warp,
- wean from,
- wheel,
- whip,
- whirl,
- wind,
- zigzag
- lighten
collapse
- become lighter; "The room lightened up"
- become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
- reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
- make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- be light,
- beacon,
- blunt,
- break,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- chasten,
- cheer up,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dawn,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- enlighten,
- extenuate,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- gladden,
- grow bright,
- grow light,
- have little weight,
- highlight,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumine,
- irradiate,
- keep within bounds,
- kick the beam,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- light,
- light up,
- luminate,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- obtund,
- off-load,
- overshine,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- relume,
- relumine,
- restrain,
- set at ease,
- shed light upon,
- shine,
- shine upon,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smile,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- spotlight,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- thin,
- throw light upon,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- underplay,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- weaken,
- weigh lightly
- brash
collapse
- offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" related words >
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- brusque,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- challenging,
- cheeky,
- churlish,
- chutzpadik,
- cocksure,
- cocky,
- contemptuous,
- crusty,
- curt,
- daring,
- defiant,
- defying,
- derisive,
- disdainful,
- disregardful,
- disrespectful,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- facy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- forward,
- fresh,
- gally,
- gratuitous,
- greatly daring,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- high-spirited,
- hubristic,
- ill-advised,
- impertinent,
- impetuous,
- impolitic,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- impudent,
- impulsive,
- incautious,
- inconsiderate,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- insolent,
- madcap,
- maladroit,
- malapert,
- nervy,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- pert,
- precipitate,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- rash,
- reckless,
- regardless of consequences,
- rough,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- snippy,
- surly,
- tactless,
- temerarious,
- thoughtless,
- truculent,
- uncalled-for,
- unchary,
- undiplomatic,
- untactful,
- unwary,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- vivacious,
- wise-ass
- dough
collapse
- a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll related words >
- albumen,
- batter,
- blubber,
- blunt,
- bonnyclabber,
- boodle,
- brass,
- bread,
- breeze,
- bucks,
- butter,
- cabbage,
- cash,
- chips,
- clabber,
- clay,
- coin,
- cornstarch,
- cream,
- curd,
- currency,
- cushion,
- dinero,
- down,
- egg white,
- eiderdown,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- fleece,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- foam,
- gaum,
- gel,
- gelatin,
- gelt,
- gilt,
- glair,
- glop,
- glue,
- gluten,
- goo,
- gook,
- goop,
- grease,
- green,
- green stuff,
- greenbacks,
- gruel,
- gumbo,
- gunk,
- jack,
- jam,
- jell,
- jelly,
- kale,
- kapok,
- legal tender,
- loblolly,
- mazuma,
- molasses,
- moolah,
- mopus,
- mucilage,
- mucus,
- oil of palms,
- ointment,
- oof,
- ooftish,
- pap,
- paste,
- pillow,
- plush,
- porridge,
- pudding,
- puff,
- pulp,
- puree,
- putty,
- rhino,
- rob,
- rocks,
- rubber,
- satin,
- scratch,
- semifluid,
- semiliquid,
- shekels,
- silk,
- simoleons,
- size,
- soup,
- spondulics,
- starch,
- sticky mess,
- sugar,
- swansdown,
- syrup,
- the needful,
- thistledown,
- tin,
- treacle,
- velvet,
- wampum,
- wax,
- wool,
- zephyr
- aloof,
- apathetic,
- arid,
- at rest,
- barren,
- blunt,
- bored,
- bovine,
- calm,
- careless,
- cloistered,
- cool,
- dense,
- detached,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- distant,
- doltish,
- dry,
- dull,
- dumb,
- dwindling,
- earthbound,
- ebbing,
- even-tempered,
- even-tenored,
- fact,
- halcyon,
- heedless,
- hushed,
- impassive,
- imperturbable,
- inactive,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inert,
- inexcitable,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- inirritable,
- insouciant,
- isolated,
- lethargic,
- listless,
- literal,
- lumpish,
- mindless,
- moldering,
- mundane,
- obtuse,
- pacific,
- passive,
- patient,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- phlegmatic,
- placid,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- regardless,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- restful,
- resting,
- secluded,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- slow,
- smooth,
- staid,
- steady,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stuffy,
- stupid,
- subsiding,
- supine,
- thick,
- tranquil,
- unagitated,
- unconcerned,
- undisturbable,
- undisturbed,
- unemotional,
- unfanciful,
- unflappable,
- unideal,
- unimaginative,
- uninquiring,
- uninspired,
- uninterested,
- uninventive,
- uninvolved,
- unirritable,
- unmindful,
- unmoved,
- unnervous,
- unoriginal,
- unpassionate,
- unperturbed,
- unpoetic,
- unromantic,
- unromanticized,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- waning,
- withdrawn,
- wooden
- stun
collapse
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" related words >
- KO,
- amaze,
- anesthetize,
- appall,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awake the dead,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bemuse,
- benumb,
- besot,
- bewilder,
- blast,
- blast the ear,
- blunt,
- boggle,
- boom,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- chloroform,
- coldcock,
- confound,
- crash,
- crescendo,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deaden,
- deafen,
- desensitize,
- din,
- discombobulate,
- dope,
- drug,
- dull,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- electrify,
- etherize,
- fill the air,
- flabbergast,
- freeze,
- frighten,
- horrify,
- jar,
- jolt,
- kayo,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- lay out,
- narcotize,
- nonplus,
- numb,
- obtund,
- overcome,
- overwhelm,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- peal,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- put to sleep,
- rattle the windows,
- rend the air,
- rend the ears,
- resound,
- ring,
- rise,
- rock the sky,
- scare stiff,
- scare to death,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shock,
- split the eardrums,
- split the ears,
- stagger,
- startle,
- startle the echoes,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike terror into,
- strike with wonder,
- stupefy,
- surge,
- surprise,
- swell,
- take aback,
- terrify,
- thunder
- turn off
collapse
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- make a turn; "turn off at the parking area" related words >
- amplify,
- ax,
- blunt,
- boot,
- boot out,
- bounce,
- bow out,
- break,
- bump,
- bundle,
- bundle off,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- charge,
- chill,
- close,
- cool,
- cut,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deflect,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discourage,
- disemploy,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- distract,
- divert,
- drop,
- drum out,
- electrify,
- energize,
- expel,
- fire,
- furlough,
- galvanize,
- generate,
- gibbet,
- give the air,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- hustle out,
- indispose,
- kick,
- kick out,
- kick upstairs,
- kill,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- loop in,
- make redundant,
- noose,
- pack off,
- pension off,
- plug in,
- put off,
- quench,
- read out of,
- release,
- remove,
- repel,
- replace,
- retire,
- sack,
- scrag,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- separate forcibly,
- shock,
- short,
- short-circuit,
- show the door,
- show the gate,
- shut,
- shut down,
- shut off,
- step down,
- step up,
- stiffen,
- string up,
- strip,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- switch off,
- switch on,
- terminate,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn on,
- turn out,
- unfrock,
- wean from
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- axiomatic,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brief,
- brusque,
- chaste,
- classic,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- direct,
- distilled,
- docked,
- dumb,
- easy,
- economical of words,
- elegant,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- finished,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- gnomic,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gruff,
- incisive,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- lean,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- mum,
- mute,
- natural,
- neat,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- petulant,
- pithy,
- plain,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- polished,
- precise,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pungent,
- pure,
- quiet,
- refined,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- round,
- rude,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- simple,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- straightforward,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- tart,
- tasteful,
- taut,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- trim,
- truncated,
- unaffected,
- ungracious,
- unlabored,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- crusty
collapse
- brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" related words >
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- backed,
- barnyard,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- biggety,
- bitchy,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brash,
- brief,
- brusque,
- calcified,
- callous,
- calloused,
- cankered,
- cantankerous,
- case-hardened,
- cavalier,
- cheeky,
- choleric,
- churlish,
- chutzpadik,
- coarse,
- cocky,
- contemptuous,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crusted,
- crystallized,
- curt,
- cussed,
- derisive,
- dirty,
- disagreeable,
- disrespectful,
- dour,
- excitable,
- facy,
- feisty,
- filthy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- fossilized,
- foul,
- fractious,
- fresh,
- gally,
- granulated,
- gratuitous,
- gross,
- gruff,
- hardened,
- harsh,
- hornified,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- incrusted,
- indurate,
- indurated,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- lapidified,
- malapert,
- mean,
- nervy,
- ornery,
- ossified,
- pert,
- perverse,
- petrified,
- rank,
- raunchy,
- reinforced,
- rigidified,
- rough,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saturnine,
- saucy,
- sclerotic,
- set,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- snappish,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- solidified,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- steeled,
- stiffened,
- strengthened,
- surly,
- testy,
- toughened,
- truculent,
- ugly,
- uncalled-for,
- vitrified,
- waspish,
- wise-ass
- over
collapse
- (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"
- throughout an area; "he is known the world over"
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over"; related words >
- SOL,
- a cut above,
- above,
- above and beyond,
- abovestairs,
- across,
- additionally,
- afresh,
- again,
- ago,
- ahead,
- airward,
- all about,
- all bets off,
- all included,
- all off,
- all over,
- all through,
- all up,
- aloft,
- aloof,
- also,
- altogether,
- among other things,
- and all,
- and also,
- and so,
- anew,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- around,
- as a bonus,
- as well,
- ascendant,
- at about,
- at an end,
- athwart,
- au reste,
- away,
- backwards,
- beside,
- besides,
- better,
- beyond,
- bis,
- blown over,
- bottom side up,
- bottom up,
- by,
- by way of,
- bygone,
- bypast,
- canceled,
- capping,
- chosen,
- closed,
- complete,
- concluded,
- contrarily,
- contrariwise,
- conversely,
- da capo,
- dated,
- de novo,
- dead,
- dead and buried,
- deceased,
- decided,
- defunct,
- deleted,
- departed,
- distinguished,
- ditto,
- done,
- done for,
- done with,
- down,
- durante,
- during,
- eclipsing,
- elapsed,
- else,
- eminent,
- en plus,
- encore,
- ended,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- excessively,
- exorbitantly,
- expired,
- expunged,
- exterior,
- external,
- extinct,
- extra,
- extremely,
- farther,
- finer,
- fini,
- finished,
- for,
- for lagniappe,
- forgotten,
- from the beginning,
- further,
- furthermore,
- gone,
- gone glimmering,
- gone-by,
- greater,
- has-been,
- head over heels,
- heels over head,
- high,
- high up,
- higher,
- highest,
- hurdle,
- immensely,
- immoderately,
- in addition,
- in ascendancy,
- in excess of,
- in the air,
- in the ascendant,
- in the clouds,
- inordinately,
- intemperately,
- inter alia,
- into the bargain,
- inversely,
- irrecoverable,
- item,
- kaput,
- lapsed,
- leap,
- left,
- leftover,
- likewise,
- major,
- marked,
- more,
- moreover,
- negotiate,
- net,
- no more,
- obsolete,
- odd,
- of choice,
- off,
- on,
- on high,
- on stilts,
- on the peak,
- on the side,
- on tiptoe,
- on top of,
- once again,
- once more,
- one up on,
- onto,
- outrageously,
- outside,
- outstanding,
- outward,
- over again,
- over and above,
- overfull,
- overhead,
- overleap,
- overly,
- overlying,
- overmuch,
- overplus,
- overweeningly,
- passe,
- passed,
- passed away,
- passing by,
- passing through,
- past,
- pending,
- perfected,
- plus,
- rare,
- remaining,
- remanent,
- rivaling,
- round,
- round about,
- run out,
- set at rest,
- settled,
- shot,
- similarly,
- skyward,
- spare,
- straight up,
- super,
- superfluous,
- superincumbent,
- superior,
- supernumerary,
- surmount,
- surpassing,
- surplus,
- surviving,
- terminated,
- then,
- therewith,
- through,
- through with,
- throughout,
- tiptoe,
- to,
- to boot,
- to spare,
- to the zenith,
- too,
- too much,
- too-too,
- topping,
- topsy-turvy,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- transversely,
- turned around,
- twice over,
- two times,
- unconscionably,
- unconsumed,
- unduly,
- unreasonably,
- unused,
- up,
- upmost,
- upon,
- upper,
- uppermost,
- upside down,
- upstairs,
- upward,
- upwards,
- upwards of,
- vanished,
- vault,
- via,
- vice versa,
- washed up,
- wiped out,
- wound up,
- yet,
- zapped
- transparent
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- easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie" related words >
- apparent,
- articulate,
- artless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear as glass,
- clear-cut,
- cloudless,
- coherent,
- connected,
- consistent,
- crisp,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- defined,
- definite,
- diaphane,
- diaphanous,
- direct,
- distinct,
- distinguishable,
- downright,
- evident,
- explicit,
- express,
- filmy,
- flimsy,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- gauzy,
- genuine,
- glassy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- guileless,
- heart-to-heart,
- ingenuous,
- light,
- light-pervious,
- lightish,
- lightsome,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- luculent,
- luminous,
- manifest,
- naive,
- nonopaque,
- obvious,
- on the level,
- open,
- openhearted,
- outspoken,
- patent,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- recognizable,
- relucent,
- revealing,
- round,
- see-through,
- serene,
- sheer,
- simple,
- sincere,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- thin,
- translucent,
- translucid,
- transpicuous,
- unambiguous,
- unchecked,
- unclouded,
- unconfused,
- unconstrained,
- understandable,
- undisguised,
- undissembling,
- unequivocal,
- unguarded,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- unobscured,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- well-defined
- outspoken
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- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly" related words >
- accessible,
- approachable,
- articulate,
- artless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- born yesterday,
- brash,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- childlike,
- communicative,
- confiding,
- conversable,
- crude,
- demonstrative,
- direct,
- downright,
- effusive,
- eloquent,
- expansive,
- explicit,
- extroverted,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free hand,
- free-acting,
- free-going,
- free-moving,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- freehanded,
- genuine,
- gossipy,
- guileless,
- heart-to-heart,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- loud-speaking,
- loud-spoken,
- naive,
- newsy,
- open,
- openhearted,
- outgoing,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- plainspoken,
- point-blank,
- round,
- self-revealing,
- self-revelatory,
- simple,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- sociable,
- soft-speaking,
- soft-spoken,
- speaking,
- specific,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- strident,
- tactless,
- talkative,
- talking,
- transparent,
- true-speaking,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- unambiguous,
- unceremonious,
- unchecked,
- unconstrained,
- undiplomatic,
- unequivocal,
- unguarded,
- unhampered,
- uninhibited,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestricted,
- unreticent,
- unsecretive,
- unshrinking,
- unsilent,
- unsophisticated,
- unsubtle,
- unsuppressed,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- vocal,
- well-spoken
- naive
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- inexperienced
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" related words >
- artless,
- awkward,
- befoolable,
- blankminded,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- born yesterday,
- budding,
- callow,
- candid,
- childlike,
- confiding,
- credulous,
- cullible,
- deceivable,
- deludable,
- dependent,
- depending,
- dewy,
- direct,
- dumb,
- dupable,
- easy,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- exploitable,
- foolable,
- frank,
- fresh,
- gauche,
- green,
- groping,
- growing,
- guileless,
- gullible,
- hoaxable,
- hoodwinkable,
- humbugable,
- ignorant,
- immature,
- impubic,
- inane,
- inexperienced,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intact,
- juicy,
- know-nothing,
- minor,
- nescient,
- new-fledged,
- open,
- openhearted,
- original,
- outspoken,
- persuadable,
- plain,
- raw,
- reliant,
- relying,
- ripening,
- sappy,
- seduceable,
- simple,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- soft,
- strange to,
- susceptible,
- tender,
- tentative,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- trusty,
- unacquainted,
- unadult,
- unaffected,
- unapprized,
- unartificial,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- underage,
- undeveloped,
- unenlightened,
- unfamiliar,
- unfledged,
- unformed,
- unguarded,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unlicked,
- unmellowed,
- unposted,
- unreserved,
- unripe,
- unschooled,
- unseasoned,
- unsophisticated,
- unstudied,
- unsure,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unversed,
- unwary,
- vacuous,
- vernal,
- victimizable,
- virginal,
- without suspicion
- SOL,
- absolute,
- accented,
- accentuated,
- adamant,
- admitting no exception,
- affirmative,
- affirmatory,
- all bets off,
- all off,
- all over,
- all up,
- all-out,
- arrant,
- arrogant,
- ascertained,
- assertative,
- assertional,
- assertive,
- assured,
- at an end,
- attested,
- bent,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- canceled,
- categorical,
- certain,
- certified,
- classical,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- cocksure,
- committed,
- complete,
- concluded,
- conclusive,
- confident,
- consummate,
- convinced,
- crass,
- dead,
- decisive,
- declarative,
- declaratory,
- dedicated,
- definite,
- definitive,
- defunct,
- deleted,
- determinate,
- determined,
- devoted,
- done,
- done for,
- done with,
- downright,
- earnest,
- egregious,
- emphasized,
- emphatic,
- ended,
- entire,
- established,
- evident,
- explicit,
- express,
- expunged,
- extinct,
- final,
- fini,
- finished,
- firm,
- fixed,
- flagrant,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- glaring,
- global,
- gross,
- guaranteed,
- hubristic,
- implicit,
- in red letters,
- in the bag,
- inappealable,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indisputable,
- intent,
- intolerable,
- irrefutable,
- italicized,
- kaput,
- made sure,
- marked,
- nailed down,
- obstinate,
- obvious,
- on ice,
- open-and-shut,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- over,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- perfected,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persuaded,
- pointed,
- poised,
- pompous,
- positive,
- precious,
- predicational,
- predicative,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- proud,
- proved,
- punctuated,
- purposeful,
- rank,
- reassured,
- regular,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- round,
- runaway,
- secure,
- self-assured,
- self-confident,
- self-important,
- self-reliant,
- serious,
- set,
- set at rest,
- settled,
- shattering,
- shocking,
- shot,
- sincere,
- single-minded,
- solid,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- starred,
- stated,
- stony,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- stressed,
- superlative,
- sure,
- surpassing,
- tenacious,
- terminated,
- tested,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through,
- through with,
- total,
- tried,
- unafraid,
- unambiguous,
- unbearable,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- underlined,
- underscored,
- undisputed,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unfaltering,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unquestionable,
- unquestioned,
- unquestioning,
- unrelieved,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unspoiled,
- unswerving,
- unwaivable,
- unwavering,
- utter,
- warranted,
- washed up,
- whole,
- wholehearted,
- wiped out,
- without exception,
- without reserve,
- wound up,
- zapped
- abate,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- alter,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- box in,
- camouflage,
- chasten,
- circumscribe,
- cloak,
- color,
- conceal,
- condition,
- condone,
- constrain,
- control,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- diminish,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- excuse,
- extenuate,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hush up,
- ignore,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lull,
- make allowance for,
- mask,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- narrow,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- prettify,
- qualify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- regulate by,
- relieve,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- salve,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- sugarcoat,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- weaken,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitewash
- bate
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- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" related words >
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- alleviate,
- allow,
- attenuate,
- bar,
- be eaten away,
- blunt,
- charge off,
- close,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- count out,
- crumble,
- curtail,
- cut,
- debar,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- die away,
- die down,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disedge,
- disparage,
- dive,
- drain,
- draw the teeth,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dull,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- eat away,
- ebb,
- eliminate,
- erode,
- except,
- extenuate,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- file away,
- impair,
- kick back,
- languish,
- leach,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- loose,
- loosen,
- make allowance,
- melt away,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- obtund,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- purify,
- rebate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- refund,
- relax,
- remit,
- remove,
- repress,
- retrench,
- retund,
- rub away,
- rule out,
- run low,
- sag,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- sink,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- subduct,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suspend,
- tail off,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- taper,
- taper off,
- thin,
- thin out,
- turn,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- water down,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write off
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