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fitness
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the condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
the quality of being qualified
good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
related words >
Hygeia
,
ability
,
ableness
,
acceptability
,
account
,
adequacy
,
admissibility
,
advantage
,
advantageousness
,
advisability
,
applicability
,
appositeness
,
appropriateness
,
aptitude
,
aptness
,
auspiciousness
,
becomingness
,
beneficialness
,
bloom
,
caliber
,
capability
,
capableness
,
capacity
,
chargedness
,
civility
,
competence
,
competency
,
condition
,
convenience
,
correctitude
,
correctness
,
criticality
,
crucialness
,
decencies
,
decency
,
decorousness
,
decorum
,
desirability
,
efficacy
,
efficiency
,
eligibility
,
eligible
,
emotional health
,
expedience
,
expediency
,
facility
,
faculty
,
favorableness
,
feasibility
,
felicitousness
,
felicity
,
fettle
,
fine fettle
,
fittedness
,
fittingness
,
flair
,
flush
,
fruitfulness
,
genius
,
genteelness
,
gentility
,
glow
,
good shape
,
goodness
,
happiness
,
harmony
,
health
,
healthiness
,
kilter
,
loadedness
,
mastery
,
maturity
,
meetness
,
mental health
,
niceness
,
normality
,
normativeness
,
opportuneness
,
order
,
percentage
,
pertinence
,
physical condition
,
physical fitness
,
politicness
,
pregnancy
,
preparedness
,
proficiency
,
profit
,
profitability
,
properness
,
propitiousness
,
proprieties
,
propriety
,
prudence
,
qualification
,
readiness
,
relevance
,
repair
,
righteousness
,
rightness
,
ripeness
,
rosiness
,
salubriousness
,
salubrity
,
seasonableness
,
seasoning
,
seemliness
,
service
,
serviceability
,
shape
,
sufficiency
,
suitability
,
suitableness
,
suitedness
,
susceptibility
,
talent
,
tempering
,
the goods
,
the stuff
,
timeliness
,
tone
,
trim
,
urbanity
,
use
,
usefulness
,
utility
,
vigor
,
well-being
,
what it takes
,
wholesomeness
,
wisdom
,
worthiness
,
worthwhileness
go places
collapse
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
break through
,
come on
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
have it made
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
progress
,
rise
have it made
collapse
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
break through
,
come on
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go places
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
progress
,
rise
go far
collapse
extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
break through
,
come on
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go places
,
have it made
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
progress
,
rise
recess
collapse
an enclosure that is set back or indented
a small concavity
make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
put into a recess; "recess lights"
related words >
Jim Crow
,
abeyance
,
adjourn
,
adytum
,
alcove
,
apartheid
,
apartness
,
ashram
,
asylum
,
bay
,
bolt-hole
,
bosom
,
break
,
breath
,
breathe
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
cache
,
caesura
,
call a break
,
call a recess
,
call time
,
carrel
,
cease-fire
,
cell
,
center
,
cigarette break
,
cloister
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
concealment
,
continue
,
core
,
corner
,
cove
,
cover
,
covert
,
coverture
,
cranny
,
cubby
,
cubbyhole
,
cubicle
,
dark corner
,
day off
,
declare a recess
,
deepest recesses
,
defer
,
delay
,
den
,
dent
,
depress
,
depths
,
detachment
,
dimple
,
dint
,
dissolve
,
downtime
,
drag out
,
drop
,
dugout
,
enforced respite
,
engrave
,
extend
,
foxhole
,
funk hole
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
happy hour
,
heart
,
heart of hearts
,
hermitage
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hideaway
,
hideout
,
hidey hole
,
hiding
,
hiding place
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
hole
,
holiday
,
hollow
,
holy of holies
,
impress
,
imprint
,
indent
,
inglenook
,
inner
,
inner landscape
,
inner life
,
inner man
,
inner nature
,
inner recess
,
inner self
,
inside
,
interim
,
interior
,
interior man
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
intern
,
internal
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
intrados
,
inward
,
isolation
,
isolationism
,
ivory tower
,
knock off
,
lair
,
lapse
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
layoff
,
let up
,
letup
,
lull
,
mew
,
niche
,
nook
,
notch
,
off-time
,
oriel
,
pause
,
penetralia
,
pigeonhole
,
pit
,
pitchhole
,
plateau
,
pock
,
pockmark
,
point of repose
,
postpone
,
press in
,
privacy
,
privatism
,
privatization
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
punch
,
punch in
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quarantine
,
quiet spell
,
recesses
,
recession
,
reclusion
,
refuge
,
relief
,
remission
,
reserve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retirement
,
retreat
,
rise
,
roomlet
,
rustication
,
sanctuary
,
sanctum
,
sanctum sanctorum
,
seclusion
,
secrecy
,
secret place
,
secret places
,
segregation
,
separation
,
sequestration
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
set in
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sleep on
,
snuggery
,
soul
,
spell
,
splendid isolation
,
stamp
,
stand over
,
stand-down
,
stash
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stop for breath
,
stretch out
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
table
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
tamp
,
tea break
,
terminate
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
undercovert
,
vacation
,
vital center
,
vitals
,
waive
,
withdrawal
peter out
collapse
related words >
abate
,
bate
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be disappointing
,
be no more
,
be unproductive
,
be used up
,
be wiped out
,
blow
,
break
,
break down
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come short
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
decline
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
disintegrate
,
dissolve
,
droop
,
drop
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
evaporate
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall short
,
fall through
,
fatigue
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flee
,
fly
,
gasp
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get tired
,
give out
,
give way
,
go
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
go wrong
,
grow weary
,
hang fire
,
hit the skids
,
jade
,
languish
,
leave no trace
,
lessen
,
lie fallow
,
melt away
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
pant
,
pass
,
pass away
,
peg out
,
perish
,
pine
,
play out
,
poop out
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
rebate
,
recede
,
run down
,
run dry
,
run out
,
sink
,
succumb
,
taper off
,
tire
,
turn sour
,
vanish
,
wane
,
waste
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
wheeze
,
wilt
,
yield
mince
collapse
food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"
make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"
walk daintily; "She minced down the street"
related words >
allow for
,
amble
,
aspic
,
atomize
,
barbecue
,
barge
,
boiled meat
,
bouilli
,
bowl along
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
bridle
,
bundle
,
civet
,
clump
,
color
,
crash
,
croak
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut to pieces
,
demolish
,
diffuse
,
diminish
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
drag
,
drawl
,
droop
,
ease
,
extenuate
,
fission
,
flesh
,
flounce
,
foot
,
footslog
,
forcemeat
,
fragment
,
gait
,
gallop
,
game
,
gloss over
,
grind
,
hachis
,
halt
,
hash
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
ignore
,
jerky
,
jog
,
joint
,
jolt
,
jugged hare
,
jump
,
lessen
,
limp
,
lisp
,
lock step
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
make allowance for
,
make mincemeat of
,
meat
,
menue viande
,
mince it
,
mincing steps
,
mitigate
,
pace
,
paddle
,
palliate
,
peg
,
pemmican
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plod
,
pot roast
,
prance
,
prink
,
pulverize
,
quaver
,
rack
,
roast
,
roll
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
sausage meat
,
scatter
,
scrapple
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shake
,
shamble
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
simper
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
slur over
,
smash
,
smash up
,
smirk
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
splinter
,
squash
,
squish
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
step
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strut
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swing
,
talk incoherently
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
tread
,
trip
,
trot
,
trudge
,
varnish
,
velocity
,
venison
,
viande
,
waddle
,
walk
,
wamble
,
whitewash
,
wiggle
,
wobble
up and down
collapse
moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"
related words >
alternately
,
aplomb
,
at right angles
,
back and forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
by turns
,
completely
,
every other
,
exhaustively
,
hitch and hike
,
in and out
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
inside out
,
make and break
,
off and on
,
perpendicularly
,
plumb
,
reciprocally
,
ride and tie
,
round and round
,
seesaw
,
sheer
,
sheerly
,
shuttlewise
,
square
,
to and fro
,
turn about
rub down
collapse
related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
break
,
bridle
,
brush
,
caress
,
curry
,
currycomb
,
drench
,
feed
,
fodder
,
frictionize
,
gentle
,
groom
,
handle
,
harness
,
hitch
,
knead
,
litter
,
manage
,
massage
,
milk
,
pet
,
rub
,
saddle
,
stroke
,
tame
,
tend
,
train
,
water
,
yoke
scatter
collapse
the act of scattering
a haphazard distribution in all directions
distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
related words >
atomize
,
bend
,
besprinkle
,
bestrew
,
bias
,
blow
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
broadcast
,
cast
,
circulate
,
circumfuse
,
clutter
,
confound
,
crash
,
crook
,
crunch
,
crush
,
curve
,
cut to pieces
,
deactivate
,
deal out
,
debrief
,
deflect
,
deflection
,
deflexure
,
demob
,
demobilize
,
demolish
,
derange
,
detach
,
deviate
,
diffract
,
diffraction
,
diffuse
,
diffusion
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
disband
,
discard
,
discharge
,
discomfit
,
dishevel
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
dislocate
,
dismiss
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
dispel
,
dispense
,
disperse
,
dispersion
,
dispread
,
disrupt
,
disseminate
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
distort
,
distortion
,
distribute
,
diverge
,
divert
,
divide
,
dogleg
,
ease
,
ease off
,
emanate
,
fan out
,
fission
,
flection
,
flexure
,
fragment
,
free
,
gamble away
,
go off
,
go separate ways
,
go through
,
grind
,
hairpin
,
hang the expense
,
issue
,
lavish
,
let go
,
let up
,
litter
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make mincemeat of
,
mess
,
mess up
,
mince
,
misarrange
,
muss
,
muss up
,
muster out
,
overscatter
,
oversow
,
overspread
,
panic
,
part
,
part company
,
propagate
,
publish
,
pull
,
pulverize
,
put to flight
,
put to rout
,
radiate
,
ray
,
refract
,
refraction
,
relax
,
release
,
retail
,
rout
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
run through
,
seize the day
,
separate
,
sever
,
shatter
,
shed
,
shiver
,
shower
,
skew
,
skewness
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slacken
,
slather
,
smash
,
smash up
,
sow
,
sow broadcast
,
splay
,
splinter
,
split up
,
spread
,
spread out
,
sprinkle
,
squander
,
squash
,
squish
,
stampede
,
straw
,
strew
,
throw away
,
throw money around
,
torsion
,
tousle
,
turn
,
twist
,
unglue
,
unleash
,
unstick
,
utter
,
warp
,
zigzag
disenchant
collapse
free from enchantment
related words >
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
correct
,
debunk
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tell the truth
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake up
suspend
collapse
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
related words >
abolish
,
abrogate
,
adjourn
,
annul
,
arrest
,
attach
,
blackball
,
boot
,
bounce
,
break
,
break off
,
bump
,
bust
,
can
,
cancel
,
cashier
,
cease
,
check
,
cleanse
,
cleanse away
,
continue
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cut off
,
dangle
,
debar
,
deconsecrate
,
defer
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
delay
,
deliver
,
demote
,
depend
,
deplume
,
depose
,
deprive
,
dethrone
,
disannul
,
disbar
,
discharge
,
discontinue
,
discrown
,
disemploy
,
disenthrone
,
dismiss
,
displace
,
displume
,
do away with
,
drag out
,
drum out
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
evict
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
expel
,
extend
,
fasten
,
fasten up
,
fire
,
free
,
free from
,
furlough
,
give release
,
give respite
,
give the ax
,
give the gate
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
intermit
,
interrupt
,
invalidate
,
kick
,
kick upstairs
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
let go
,
let out
,
liquidate
,
make redundant
,
make void
,
nullify
,
oust
,
override
,
overrule
,
overthrow
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
purge
,
purge away
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
put up
,
read out of
,
recall
,
recant
,
recess
,
reject
,
release
,
remove
,
remove from office
,
renege
,
repeal
,
replace
,
reprieve
,
rescind
,
reserve
,
retire
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sack
,
separate forcibly
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sleep on
,
sling
,
snap the thread
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stop
,
stretch out
,
strip
,
strip of office
,
strip of rank
,
superannuate
,
surplus
,
swing
,
table
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
unchurch
,
unfrock
,
unsaddle
,
unseat
,
unthrone
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
withdraw
,
withhold
,
write off
vanquish
collapse
related words >
bear down
,
beat down
,
bend
,
break
,
conquer
,
crush
,
defeat
,
fell
,
flatten
,
humble
,
master
,
overpower
,
override
,
overturn
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
quell
,
reduce
,
ride down
,
smash
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
surmount
,
trample
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
tread underfoot
pauper
collapse
a person who is very poor
related words >
almsman
,
almswoman
,
bankrupt
,
beggar
,
break
,
bum
,
bust
,
casual
,
charity case
,
down-and-out
,
down-and-outer
,
fold up
,
hardcase
,
hobo
,
impoverish
,
indigent
,
insolvent
,
lazarus
,
mendicant
,
pauperize
,
penniless man
,
poor devil
,
poor man
,
poorling
,
starveling
,
tramp
,
vagrant
,
welfare client
break down
collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
cause to fall or collapse
lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
related words >
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
alphabetize
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
anguish
,
arrange
,
assay
,
assort
,
bawl
,
beat down
,
bend
,
blow
,
blow down
,
blubber
,
boohoo
,
break
,
break up
,
bring down
,
bring low
,
bring to tears
,
bring to terms
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
burn out
,
burst into tears
,
cast down
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
cave in
,
chop down
,
class
,
classify
,
codify
,
collapse
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
conk out
,
conquer
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crush
,
cry
,
cut down
,
cut up
,
decompose
,
desolate
,
digest
,
disintegrate
,
dissect
,
dissolve in tears
,
divide
,
draw tears
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop a tear
,
embitter
,
faint
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall in
,
fall through
,
fatigue
,
fell
,
file
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flatten
,
founder
,
gasp
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get tired
,
give out
,
go haywire
,
go kaput
,
go wrong
,
grade
,
greet
,
grieve
,
group
,
grow weary
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
index
,
inundate
,
jade
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
level
,
list
,
master
,
molder
,
mow down
,
oppress
,
order
,
overmaster
,
overwhelm
,
pack up
,
pant
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pigeonhole
,
place
,
play out
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
pull down
,
putrefy
,
quell
,
range
,
rank
,
rase
,
rate
,
raze
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
resolve
,
rot
,
run down
,
run out
,
segment
,
separate
,
shed tears
,
sink
,
smash
,
snivel
,
sob
,
sorrow
,
sort
,
spoil
,
steamroller
,
subdivide
,
subdue
,
succumb
,
suppress
,
sway
,
tabulate
,
taint
,
take down
,
tear down
,
throw down
,
tire
,
topple
,
topple down
,
topple over
,
torment
,
totter
,
trample underfoot
,
tread underfoot
,
turn
,
type
,
tyrannize
,
unman
,
weary
,
weep
,
wheeze
,
whimper
,
wilt
give up
collapse
allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
related words >
abandon
,
abandon hope
,
abdicate
,
abjure
,
acknowledge defeat
,
back down
,
be at sea
,
be innocent of
,
be lost
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
break off combat
,
break the habit
,
cave in
,
cease
,
cease resistance
,
cede
,
come off
,
coquet with
,
cry quits
,
cut out
,
dabble
,
demit
,
desist
,
desist from
,
despair
,
despair of
,
despond
,
discontinue
,
disgorge
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disuse
,
do without
,
drop
,
dump
,
falter
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give ground
,
give in
,
give over
,
give up hope
,
give way
,
hand
,
hand over
,
have done with
,
have no idea
,
kick
,
kiss good-bye
,
know a little
,
know not
,
know not what
,
know nothing of
,
lay down
,
leave
,
leave off
,
let go
,
lose heart
,
lose hope
,
make a sacrifice
,
make nothing of
,
nol-pros
,
not know
,
not pursue with
,
not rightly know
,
not understand
,
part with
,
pass
,
pension off
,
put behind one
,
quit
,
quit the field
,
quitclaim
,
recant
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renounce
,
renounce the throne
,
resign
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
retract
,
sacrifice
,
scratch the surface
,
shake
,
sink into despair
,
smatter
,
spare
,
stand aside
,
stand down
,
step aside
,
stop
,
superannuate
,
surrender
,
swear off
,
take the pledge
,
throw off
,
throw up
,
toy with
,
vacate
,
waive
,
withdraw from
,
wonder
,
wonder whether
,
wot not of
,
yield
,
yield to despair
intermittence
collapse
the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
related words >
abeyance
,
alternation
,
arrhythmia
,
beat
,
break
,
broken thread
,
brokenness
,
caesura
,
capriciousness
,
cease-fire
,
choppiness
,
coffee break
,
cyclicalness
,
day off
,
desultoriness
,
disconnectedness
,
disconnection
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinuity
,
discontinuousness
,
discreteness
,
disjunction
,
downtime
,
drop
,
eccentricity
,
episode
,
erraticness
,
fibrillation
,
fitfulness
,
fits and starts
,
fluctuation
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
incoherence
,
incompleteness
,
inconstancy
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittency
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
irregularity
,
jerkiness
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
meter
,
non sequitur
,
noncontinuance
,
nonlinearity
,
nonseriality
,
nonuniformity
,
off-time
,
oscillation
,
parenthesis
,
patchiness
,
pause
,
pendulum motion
,
periodicalness
,
periodicity
,
piston motion
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
pulsation
,
quiet spell
,
reappearance
,
recess
,
recurrence
,
regular wave motion
,
relief
,
remission
,
reoccurrence
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
return
,
rhythm
,
roughness
,
seasonality
,
spasticity
,
sporadicity
,
sporadicness
,
spottiness
,
stagger
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
suspension
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
uncertainty
,
undulation
,
unevenness
,
unmethodicalness
,
unpredictability
,
unsteadiness
,
unsystematicness
,
vacation
,
variability
,
whimsicality
,
wobble
diversify
collapse
vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"
make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"
related words >
accommodate
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
better
,
bottom out
,
branch out
,
break
,
break up
,
change
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
chop logic
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
convert
,
deform
,
degenerate
,
denature
,
desynonymize
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
differ
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
dissent
,
distinguish
,
distribute
,
disunify
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
divide
,
fit
,
flop
,
haul around
,
improve
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
jibe
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
meliorate
,
mitigate
,
mix
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
overthrow
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
qualify
,
re-create
,
realign
,
rebuild
,
reconstruct
,
redesign
,
refine a distinction
,
refit
,
reform
,
relieve
,
remake
,
renew
,
reshape
,
restructure
,
revamp
,
revive
,
ring changes
,
ring the changes
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
shift
,
shift the scene
,
shuffle the cards
,
specialize
,
split hairs
,
spread
,
subvert
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn the tide
,
turn upside down
,
undergo a change
,
variate
,
variegate
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
work a change
,
worsen
markdown
collapse
related words >
break
,
cheapening
,
cut
,
decline
,
deflation
,
depreciation
,
devaluation
,
dive
,
lowering
,
nose dive
,
plummet
,
plummeting
,
plunge
,
price cut
,
price fall
,
price reduction
,
reduction
,
sag
,
slash
,
slump
alphabetize
collapse
arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list"
provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"
related words >
alphabet
,
analyze
,
arrange
,
assort
,
break down
,
capitalize
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
character
,
class
,
classify
,
codify
,
digest
,
divide
,
file
,
grade
,
group
,
index
,
initial
,
inscribe
,
letter
,
list
,
mark
,
order
,
pigeonhole
,
place
,
range
,
rank
,
rate
,
sign
,
sort
,
subdivide
,
tabulate
,
transcribe
,
transliterate
,
type
supply
collapse
offering goods and services for sale
an amount of something available for use
provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
related words >
ability
,
accommodate
,
accommodate with
,
accouterment
,
accumulation
,
acting
,
ad interim
,
afford
,
armament
,
assets
,
available means
,
balance
,
cache
,
capacity
,
capital
,
capital goods
,
capitalization
,
cater to
,
catering
,
chandlery
,
clothe
,
come up with
,
contribute
,
deliver
,
delivery
,
devices
,
dispense
,
disposable resources
,
distribute
,
distribution
,
donate
,
endow
,
endowment
,
equip
,
equipment
,
favor with
,
feed
,
fill
,
fill up
,
find
,
finding
,
fit out
,
fitting out
,
fulfill
,
fund
,
funds
,
furnish
,
furnishing
,
furnishment
,
give
,
grist
,
hand
,
hand over
,
heap upon
,
hoard
,
holdings
,
indulge with
,
interim
,
inventory
,
invest
,
investment
,
keep
,
lavish upon
,
liquid assets
,
logistics
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
material resources
,
materials
,
materiel
,
means
,
method
,
outfit
,
outfitting
,
pour on
,
power
,
preparation
,
prepare
,
present
,
pro tem
,
pro tempore
,
procurement
,
property
,
provide
,
provide for
,
providing
,
provision
,
provisioning
,
purvey
,
purveyance
,
quantity
,
raw material
,
recourses
,
recruit
,
reinforcement
,
replenish
,
replenishment
,
reserve
,
reservoir
,
resorts
,
resource
,
resources
,
resupply
,
retailing
,
rig out
,
satisfy
,
sell
,
selling
,
shower down upon
,
staple
,
stock
,
stocking
,
stockpile
,
stockpiling
,
store
,
stuff
,
subsidization
,
subsidize
,
subsidy
,
substances
,
subvention
,
supplying
,
support
,
surplus
,
transfer
,
turn over
,
victual
,
victualing
,
ways
,
ways and means
,
wherewith
,
wherewithal
,
yield
apostatize
collapse
abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
related words >
apostacize
,
betray
,
bolt
,
break away
,
change sides
,
defect
,
degenerate
,
desert
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
go over
,
let down
,
pull out
,
rat
,
renegade
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
run out on
,
secede
,
sell out
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tergiversate
,
turn
,
turn against
,
turn cloak
,
turn traitor
falling out
collapse
related words >
alienation
,
altercation
,
beef
,
bickering
,
breach
,
breach of friendship
,
break
,
cleavage
,
cleft
,
controversy
,
disaffection
,
disfavor
,
dispute
,
disruption
,
disunion
,
disunity
,
divergence
,
dividedness
,
division
,
estrangement
,
feud
,
hassle
,
open rupture
,
recall of ambassadors
,
rift
,
row
,
run-in
,
rupture
,
schism
,
separation
,
split
every other
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
alternately
,
beating
,
by turns
,
circling
,
cyclic
,
epochal
,
even
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
intermittent
,
isochronal
,
make and break
,
measured
,
metronomic
,
off and on
,
oscillatory
,
periodical
,
pulsing
,
reciprocal
,
reciprocally
,
recurrent
,
recurring
,
rhythmic
,
rotary
,
round and round
,
seasonal
,
serial
,
steady
,
to and fro
,
turn about
,
undulant
,
undulatory
,
up and down
,
wavelike
,
wheeling
cave
collapse
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
explore natural caves
hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"
related words >
abri
,
air-raid shelter
,
antre
,
bend
,
bomb shelter
,
bombproof
,
bow
,
bowl
,
break
,
break down
,
breakdown
,
breaking up
,
breakup
,
buckle
,
bunker
,
burrow
,
capitulate
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
cave in
,
cave-in
,
cavern
,
cavity
,
collapse
,
concave
,
concealment
,
couch
,
cove
,
cover
,
covert
,
coverture
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crumple
,
cup
,
cyclone cellar
,
debacle
,
decline
,
defer
,
deflate
,
den
,
disaster
,
dish
,
droop
,
dugout
,
earth
,
fall in
,
fallout shelter
,
flop
,
flop down
,
flump
,
flump down
,
fold
,
fold up
,
form
,
founder
,
foxhole
,
funk hole
,
give way
,
go
,
go down
,
grot
,
grotto
,
hole
,
hollow
,
hollow out
,
implode
,
knuckle
,
knuckle under
,
lair
,
lapse
,
lodge
,
lower
,
mew
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plump
,
puncture
,
run
,
safety zone
,
sag
,
set
,
settle
,
settle down
,
sewer
,
shelter
,
shipwreck
,
sink
,
sink down
,
slouch
,
slump
,
slump down
,
smash
,
smashup
,
storm cave
,
storm cellar
,
submerge
,
submit
,
subside
,
subterrane
,
subterranean
,
subway
,
succumb
,
surrender
,
swag
,
total loss
,
trench
,
tunnel
,
warren
,
washout
,
wrack
,
wreck
,
yield
break of day
collapse
related words >
aurora
,
brightening
,
chanticleer
,
cocklight
,
crack of dawn
,
dawn
,
dawning
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayspring
,
first brightening
,
light
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
sunrise
,
sunup
,
vestibule of Day
play out
collapse
become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast"
play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?"
related words >
blow
,
break down
,
burn out
,
collapse
,
crack up
,
droop
,
drop
,
faint
,
fatigue
,
flag
,
gasp
,
get tired
,
give out
,
grow weary
,
jade
,
pant
,
peter out
,
poop out
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
run down
,
run out
,
sink
,
succumb
,
tire
,
weary
,
wheeze
,
wilt
alter
collapse
remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
related words >
abate
,
accommodate
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
alter into
,
ameliorate
,
assuage
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
become
,
better
,
bottom out
,
box in
,
break
,
break up
,
castrate
,
change
,
change into
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circumscribe
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round to
,
condition
,
convert
,
deform
,
degenerate
,
denature
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diminish
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
emasculate
,
eunuchize
,
evolve into
,
fall into
,
fit
,
fix
,
flop
,
geld
,
haul around
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
improve
,
jibe
,
lapse into
,
leaven
,
limit
,
meliorate
,
melt into
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
narrow
,
open into
,
overthrow
,
palliate
,
pass into
,
qualify
,
re-create
,
realign
,
rebuild
,
reconstruct
,
redesign
,
reduce
,
refit
,
reform
,
regulate by
,
remake
,
remodel
,
renew
,
reshape
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
restructure
,
revamp
,
revise
,
revive
,
ring the changes
,
ripen into
,
run into
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
settle into
,
shift
,
shift into
,
shift the scene
,
shuffle the cards
,
soften
,
spay
,
subvert
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
temper
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn the tide
,
turn to
,
turn upside down
,
undergo a change
,
unsex
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
work a change
,
worsen
not mind
collapse
related words >
break the law
,
care naught for
,
care nothing for
,
defy
,
disobey
,
disregard
,
flout
,
go counter to
,
ignore
,
not care
,
not conform
,
not heed
,
not keep
,
not listen
,
not observe
,
refuse to cooperate
,
scoff at
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set naught by
,
shrug off
,
transgress
,
violate
sunup
collapse
related words >
aurora
,
break of day
,
brightening
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
crack of dawn
,
dawn
,
dawning
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayspring
,
first brightening
,
light
,
morn
,
morning
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
sunrise
,
vestibule of Day
daybreak
collapse
related words >
aurora
,
break of day
,
brightening
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
crack of dawn
,
dawn
,
dawning
,
day-peep
,
daylight
,
dayspring
,
first brightening
,
light
,
morn
,
morning
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
sunrise
,
sunup
,
vestibule of Day
knock over
collapse
related words >
beat down
,
blow down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
cast down
,
chop down
,
commit robbery
,
cut down
,
down
,
drop
,
fell
,
flatten
,
floor
,
ground
,
heist
,
hijack
,
hold up
,
knock
,
knock down
,
level
,
mow down
,
mug
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
rip off
,
rob
,
smash
,
steamroller
,
stick up
,
take down
,
tear down
,
throw down
instinct
collapse
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
related words >
a thing for
,
ability
,
affinity
,
aptitude
,
aptness
,
archetypal pattern
,
archetype
,
automatic response
,
automatic writing
,
automatism
,
bent
,
bias
,
blind impulse
,
brain wave
,
brainstorm
,
bump
,
caliber
,
capability
,
capacity
,
cast
,
collective unconscious
,
compulsiveness
,
conatus
,
conditioning
,
conduciveness
,
delight
,
diathesis
,
disposition
,
dower
,
dowry
,
drive
,
eagerness
,
echolalia
,
echopraxia
,
empathy
,
endowment
,
equipment
,
faculty
,
fancy
,
feel
,
feeling
,
feeling for
,
flair
,
flash
,
fleeting impulse
,
forte
,
genius
,
gift
,
gut response
,
id
,
impulse
,
inborn proclivity
,
inclination
,
inspiration
,
instinctiveness
,
intuition
,
involuntariness
,
involuntary impulse
,
knack
,
leaning
,
liability
,
libido
,
liking
,
long suit
,
makings
,
metier
,
natural endowment
,
natural gift
,
natural impulse
,
natural instinct
,
natural tendency
,
notion
,
parts
,
penchant
,
potential
,
power
,
powers
,
predilection
,
predisposition
,
prejudice
,
primitive self
,
probability
,
proclivity
,
proneness
,
propensity
,
qualification
,
quick hunch
,
readiness
,
reflex
,
reflex action
,
sensitivity
,
sensitivity to
,
sheer chemistry
,
sixth sense
,
skill
,
soft spot
,
speciality
,
strong flair
,
strong point
,
subconscious
,
subconscious urge
,
sudden thought
,
susceptibility
,
talent
,
talents
,
tendency
,
the goods
,
the stuff
,
tropism
,
turn
,
twist
,
unlearned capacity
,
unreasoning impulse
,
unwilledness
,
urge
,
vital impulse
,
warp
,
weakness
,
what it takes
,
willingness
to and fro
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
back and forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
by turns
,
capriciously
,
changeably
,
desultorily
,
erratically
,
every other
,
hitch and hike
,
in and out
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
inconstantly
,
make and break
,
mutatis mutandis
,
off and on
,
on and off
,
reciprocally
,
ride and tie
,
round and round
,
seesaw
,
shuttlewise
,
turn about
,
uncertainly
,
unsteadfastly
,
unsteadily
,
up and down
,
variably
,
vice versa
,
waveringly
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
collapse
any two people who are hard to tell apart
related words >
Castor and Pollux
,
Gemini
,
Siamese twins
,
Twin Stars
,
dead heat
,
deadlock
,
draw
,
even break
,
exact mates
,
fair shake
,
fraternal twins
,
identical twins
,
knotted score
,
neck-and-neck race
,
pair of twins
,
photo finish
,
stalemate
,
standoff
,
the same
,
tie
,
twins
pause
collapse
temporary inactivity
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
related words >
abeyance
,
accent
,
accent mark
,
afterthought
,
back down
,
balance
,
bar
,
bashfulness
,
bind
,
blench
,
block
,
blockage
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boundary
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breathe
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
breve rest
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
call a break
,
call a recess
,
call time
,
cancel
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
character
,
cigarette break
,
clause boundary
,
clause terminal
,
close juncture
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
colon
,
comma
,
compunction
,
custos
,
day off
,
debate
,
declare a recess
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demurral
,
detention
,
diffidence
,
direct
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinue
,
discontinuity
,
dot
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
eighth rest
,
enforced respite
,
expression mark
,
falling terminal
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fermata
,
fight shy of
,
fissure
,
flinch
,
gap
,
half rest
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
hold
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
hold-up
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interrupt
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
jam
,
jib
,
juncture
,
key signature
,
knock off
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
lay off
,
layoff
,
lead
,
let up
,
letup
,
ligature
,
logjam
,
lull
,
make bones about
,
mark
,
mark time
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
minim
,
modesty
,
moratorium
,
notation
,
objection
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
open juncture
,
paperasserie
,
period
,
plateau
,
point
,
point of repose
,
ponder
,
presa
,
protest
,
pull back
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
quarter rest
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
recoil
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
relief
,
remission
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retreat
,
rising terminal
,
sandhi
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
segno
,
semicolon
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sign
,
signature
,
sixteenth rest
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
slur
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop
,
stop for breath
,
stop to consider
,
stoppage
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
swell
,
symbol
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
tea break
,
tempo mark
,
terminal
,
think twice about
,
tie
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
time signature
,
truce
,
vacation
,
vinculum
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
word boundary
,
yield
betide
collapse
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
befall
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
befall
collapse
become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
betide
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
debunk
collapse
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
related words >
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
correct
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
discover
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tell the truth
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
uncloak
,
undeceive
,
undress
,
unmask
,
unshroud
,
unspell
,
wake up
dawn
collapse
the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
related words >
A
,
advent
,
alpha
,
antemeridian
,
appear
,
appearance
,
arise
,
arrival
,
arrive
,
aurora
,
auroral
,
awakening
,
begin
,
beginning
,
birth
,
blast-off
,
break
,
break of day
,
brighten
,
brightening
,
broad day
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
come to mind
,
commence
,
commencement
,
crack of dawn
,
creation
,
cutting edge
,
dawning
,
day
,
day glow
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayshine
,
dayspring
,
daytide
,
daytime
,
develop
,
dusk
,
edge
,
emerge
,
emergence
,
establishment
,
first brightening
,
first light
,
flying start
,
foundation
,
fresh start
,
full sun
,
genesis
,
gleam
,
green flash
,
grow bright
,
grow light
,
inauguration
,
inception
,
institution
,
jump-off
,
kick-off
,
leading edge
,
light
,
light of day
,
lighten
,
matin
,
matinal
,
matutinal
,
midday sun
,
morn
,
morning
,
new departure
,
noonlight
,
noontide light
,
occur to
,
oncoming
,
onset
,
opening
,
origin
,
originate
,
origination
,
outbreak
,
outset
,
outstart
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
ray of sunshine
,
rise
,
running start
,
send-off
,
setting in motion
,
setting-up
,
shine
,
square one
,
start
,
start-off
,
starting point
,
sun spark
,
sunbeam
,
sunbreak
,
sunburst
,
sunlight
,
sunrise
,
sunshine
,
sunup
,
take-off
,
twilight
,
unfold
,
vestibule of Day
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