Related Words:
- bash
collapse - an uproarious party related words >
- bang,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- blowout,
- bonk,
- bruise,
- buffet,
- bung,
- bung up,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- contuse,
- crack,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- dint,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fusillade,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- let have it,
- lick,
- maul,
- paste,
- pelt,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- shindy,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tattoo,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- yerk
- playing
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- the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
- the act of playing a musical instrument related words >
- acting,
- aflicker,
- aping,
- betting,
- bickering,
- blinking,
- buffoonery,
- business,
- cardsharping,
- casting lots,
- characterization,
- coquetry,
- dabbling,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dancing,
- dumb show,
- embodiment,
- enacting,
- enactment,
- fiddling,
- flashing,
- flickering,
- flickery,
- flicky,
- flirtation,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- gag,
- gambling,
- gaming,
- ham,
- hammy acting,
- hazarding,
- hoke,
- hokum,
- idling,
- imitation,
- impersonation,
- incarnation,
- jerking off,
- kidding around,
- lambent,
- loitering,
- masquerade,
- messing around,
- mimesis,
- mimicking,
- mimicry,
- miming,
- monkeying,
- monkeying around,
- mummery,
- overacting,
- pantomime,
- pantomiming,
- patter,
- performance,
- performing,
- personation,
- personification,
- piddling,
- play,
- playacting,
- playing around,
- portrayal,
- posing,
- pottering,
- projection,
- puttering,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- representation,
- risking,
- slapstick,
- smattering,
- sortition,
- speculation,
- sporting,
- stage business,
- stage directions,
- stage presence,
- staking,
- stroboscopic,
- stunt,
- taking a role,
- tinkering,
- toying,
- trifling,
- wagering,
- wavering,
- wavery
- ruse
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- a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) related words >
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- bag of tricks,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- catch,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- craft,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- deception,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dodge,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- gambit,
- game,
- gimmick,
- googly,
- grift,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- imposture,
- intrigue,
- jig,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- little game,
- maneuver,
- move,
- pass,
- plot,
- ploy,
- pretext,
- racket,
- red herring,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- shift,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- subterfuge,
- tactic,
- trick,
- trickery,
- wile,
- wily device
- recession
collapse
- the act of ceding back
- the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year related words >
- abandonment,
- alcove,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- bad times,
- bay,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- capitulation,
- cession,
- cooling off,
- corner,
- cove,
- crisis,
- decline,
- depression,
- dip,
- downturn,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- economic stagnation,
- evil day,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- growth,
- hard times,
- heavy weather,
- high growth rate,
- inglenook,
- lapse,
- low,
- market expansion,
- niche,
- nook,
- peak,
- peaking,
- pitchhole,
- prosperity,
- rainy day,
- reaction,
- recedence,
- recess,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- recovery,
- reentry,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- relapse,
- relinquishment,
- renunciation,
- retreat,
- retroaction,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retrusion,
- return,
- rollback,
- sad times,
- setback,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- stagnation,
- sternway,
- stormy weather,
- surrender,
- throwback,
- upturn
- ambition,
- apostleship,
- area,
- art,
- aspiration,
- bag,
- basis,
- business,
- call,
- calling,
- care of souls,
- career,
- career building,
- careerism,
- cause,
- consideration,
- craft,
- cup of tea,
- employment,
- field,
- forte,
- game,
- goal,
- ground,
- guiding light,
- guiding star,
- handicraft,
- holy orders,
- ideal,
- inspiration,
- intention,
- job,
- lifework,
- line,
- line of business,
- line of work,
- lodestar,
- long suit,
- main interest,
- mainspring,
- manner,
- matter,
- metier,
- mission,
- motive,
- mystery,
- number,
- occupation,
- pastorage,
- pastoral care,
- pastorate,
- pet subject,
- practice,
- priesthood,
- priestship,
- principle,
- profession,
- pursuit,
- rabbinate,
- racket,
- reason,
- sacred calling,
- sake,
- score,
- source,
- specialism,
- speciality,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- spring,
- strong point,
- style,
- technicality,
- the church,
- the cloth,
- the desk,
- the ministry,
- the pulpit,
- thing,
- trade,
- type,
- ulterior motive,
- walk,
- walk of life,
- way,
- weakness,
- work
- spoon
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- a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
- scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast" related words >
- administer,
- bail,
- bill and coo,
- blockhead,
- bucket,
- cluck,
- copulate,
- cup,
- cutlery,
- dally,
- deal,
- deal out,
- decant,
- dimwit,
- dining utensils,
- dip,
- disburse,
- dish,
- dish out,
- dish up,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- dole,
- dole out,
- dope,
- flat silver,
- flatware,
- fork,
- forks,
- give out,
- goon,
- hollow ware,
- ignoramus,
- issue,
- knives,
- ladle,
- lollygag,
- make love,
- make out,
- measure out,
- mete,
- mete out,
- moron,
- neck,
- numskull,
- parcel out,
- pass around,
- pay out,
- pet,
- portion out,
- pour,
- scoop,
- shovel,
- silver,
- silver plate,
- silverware,
- simpleton,
- smooch,
- spade,
- spoon out,
- spoons,
- stainless-steel ware,
- sweet-talk,
- tablespoon,
- tableware,
- teaspoon,
- toy,
- trifle,
- wanton,
- whisper sweet nothings
- bargain
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- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
- an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
- come to terms; arrive at an agreement related words >
- abatement of differences,
- accommodation,
- accord,
- act between,
- adjustment,
- advantageous purchase,
- advise with,
- agree,
- agree to,
- agreement,
- allow for,
- anticipate,
- arbitrate,
- arrange,
- arrangement,
- bargain for,
- barter,
- beat down,
- bid,
- bid for,
- binding agreement,
- blind bargain,
- bond,
- buy,
- call in,
- cartel,
- chaffer,
- cheapen,
- collective agreement,
- collogue,
- compact,
- compare notes,
- composition,
- compromise,
- concession,
- confer,
- confer with,
- consortium,
- consult,
- consult with,
- contract,
- convention,
- cop-out,
- counsel,
- count on,
- covenant,
- covenant of salt,
- deal,
- deliberate,
- desertion of principle,
- dicker,
- discuss,
- discuss with,
- do a deal,
- drive a bargain,
- employment contract,
- engage,
- evasion of responsibility,
- exchange,
- exchange observations,
- exchange views,
- expect,
- foresee,
- formal agreement,
- give-and-take,
- giveaway,
- giving way,
- go between,
- good buy,
- good deal,
- good pennyworth,
- haggle,
- hard bargain,
- have conversations,
- higgle,
- hold conference,
- horse trade,
- huckster,
- intercede,
- intermediate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- ironclad agreement,
- jew down,
- judge,
- legal agreement,
- legal contract,
- make a deal,
- make terms,
- mediate,
- meet halfway,
- moderate,
- mutual agreement,
- mutual concession,
- negotiate,
- outbid,
- pact,
- paction,
- palaver,
- palter,
- parley,
- pennyworth,
- powwow,
- promise,
- protocol,
- put heads together,
- reason with,
- refer to,
- referee,
- represent,
- settlement,
- sit down together,
- sit down with,
- steal,
- step in,
- stipulate,
- stipulation,
- surrender,
- swap,
- take counsel,
- take into account,
- take up with,
- talk over,
- trade,
- trade-in,
- traffic,
- transaction,
- treat with,
- truck,
- umpire,
- underbid,
- understanding,
- undertake,
- union contract,
- valid contract,
- wage contract,
- yielding
- bestow
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- give as a gift related words >
- accord,
- administer,
- afford,
- allot,
- allow,
- apply,
- award,
- bestow on,
- billet,
- board,
- bunk,
- communicate,
- confer,
- consecrate to,
- consume,
- deal,
- deal out,
- dedicate to,
- devote,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dole,
- dole out,
- domicile,
- donate,
- dose,
- dose with,
- employ,
- enforce upon,
- entertain,
- exercise,
- expend,
- exploit,
- extend,
- force,
- force upon,
- fork out,
- gift,
- gift with,
- give,
- give away,
- give freely,
- give out,
- give over to,
- give to,
- grant,
- hand out,
- handle,
- harbor,
- heap,
- help to,
- house,
- impart,
- issue,
- lavish,
- lay on,
- let have,
- lodge,
- mete,
- mete out,
- mete out to,
- offer,
- pack,
- pass,
- pour,
- prescribe for,
- present,
- proffer,
- put in,
- put on,
- put up,
- put upon,
- quarter,
- rain,
- render,
- serve,
- shell out,
- shower,
- slip,
- snow,
- spend,
- store,
- tender,
- use,
- use up,
- utilize,
- vouchsafe,
- warehouse,
- while,
- while away,
- wile,
- yield
- horse trading
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- negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining related words >
- engage
collapse
- get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
- ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer" related words >
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- accept obligation,
- affiance,
- agree,
- agree to,
- answer for,
- appeal,
- approach,
- arrest,
- assault,
- assay,
- attack,
- attempt,
- attend to business,
- attract,
- bargain,
- bargain for,
- battle,
- be answerable for,
- be attractive,
- be responsible for,
- be security for,
- beckon,
- become engaged,
- bespeak,
- betroth,
- bind,
- book,
- brief,
- bring,
- busy,
- captivate,
- capture,
- carry,
- catch,
- catch up in,
- chance,
- charm,
- clash with,
- coact,
- combat,
- commit,
- compact,
- concern,
- contract,
- contract an engagement,
- contract for,
- cooperate,
- covenant,
- decide,
- determine,
- devote,
- dispose,
- do a deal,
- do battle,
- dovetail,
- draw,
- draw in,
- embark on,
- embarrass,
- employ,
- enchant,
- encounter,
- engage in,
- engage in battle,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- enlist,
- enmesh,
- entangle,
- enter into,
- enthrall,
- essay,
- exercise,
- face,
- fascinate,
- fetch,
- fight,
- get to do,
- give battle,
- go bail for,
- grab,
- grapple with,
- grip,
- guarantee,
- have an understanding,
- hire,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- hypnotize,
- imbue,
- immerse,
- implicate,
- incline,
- indenture,
- induce,
- influence,
- interact,
- interchange,
- interest,
- interest in,
- interlace,
- interlock,
- intermesh,
- interplay,
- intertwine,
- interweave,
- interwork,
- invite,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- join battle,
- join battle with,
- join issue,
- lead,
- lift a finger,
- lure,
- make a deal,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- meet,
- mesh,
- mesmerize,
- mind the store,
- monopolize,
- mortise,
- obligate,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- offer,
- partake in,
- participate in,
- pass,
- pass the time,
- pledge,
- plight,
- preengage,
- preoccupy,
- procure,
- promise,
- prompt,
- publish the banns,
- put on,
- recruit,
- rent,
- reserve,
- retain,
- secure,
- shake hands on,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sign up for,
- soak,
- spellbind,
- spend,
- spend the time,
- stipulate,
- strike,
- suck into,
- summon,
- sway,
- take into employment,
- take on,
- take part in,
- take the vows,
- take up,
- tangle,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- tempt,
- tickle,
- tie,
- tie up,
- titillate,
- troth,
- try,
- try conclusions,
- undertake,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- whet the appetite
- accord,
- act toward,
- agree,
- agree with,
- answer,
- answer to,
- approach,
- assent,
- assort with,
- be consistent,
- be of one,
- be uniform with,
- behave toward,
- check,
- chime,
- chime in with,
- coequal,
- cohere,
- coincide,
- communicate with,
- complement,
- concur,
- conform,
- conform with,
- consist with,
- contact,
- cooperate,
- cope with,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- cotton to,
- deal by,
- deal with,
- do by,
- dovetail,
- empathize,
- establish connection,
- fall in together,
- fall in with,
- fit together,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get on with,
- get to,
- go together,
- go with,
- handle,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmonize with,
- hit,
- hold together,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- interlock,
- interrogate,
- intersect,
- jibe,
- lock,
- maintain connection,
- make advances,
- make contact with,
- make overtures,
- make up to,
- match,
- overlap,
- parallel,
- question,
- raise,
- reach,
- reciprocate,
- register,
- register with,
- relate to,
- reply to,
- sing in chorus,
- sort with,
- square,
- square with,
- stand together,
- sympathize,
- tally,
- treat,
- understand one another,
- use
- affair
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- a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship related words >
- activities,
- activity,
- adulterous affair,
- adultery,
- affairs,
- amor,
- amour,
- article,
- artifact,
- at home,
- attempt,
- bag,
- beeswax,
- business,
- care,
- commerce,
- commitment,
- concern,
- concernment,
- contract,
- cuckoldry,
- cup of tea,
- deal,
- dingus,
- dofunny,
- dohickey,
- doing,
- dojigger,
- dojiggy,
- domajig,
- domajigger,
- doodad,
- dowhacky,
- effort,
- employ,
- employment,
- engagement,
- entanglement,
- enterprise,
- eppes,
- eternal triangle,
- etwas,
- event,
- fling,
- flirtation,
- flumadiddle,
- forbidden love,
- function,
- gadget,
- gathering,
- get-together,
- gigamaree,
- gimmick,
- gizmo,
- hanky-panky,
- happening,
- hickey,
- hootenanny,
- hootmalalie,
- illicit love,
- incident,
- infidelity,
- interest,
- intrigue,
- issue,
- jigger,
- job,
- labor,
- levee,
- liaison,
- lookout,
- love,
- love affair,
- material thing,
- matinee,
- matter,
- object,
- obligation,
- occasions,
- occupation,
- occurrence,
- operation,
- palaver,
- pie,
- plan,
- proceeding,
- program,
- project,
- proposition,
- quelque chose,
- reception,
- relationship,
- responsibility,
- reunion,
- romance,
- romantic tie,
- salon,
- service,
- sociable,
- social,
- social affair,
- social gathering,
- soiree,
- something,
- task,
- thing,
- thingum,
- thingumabob,
- thingumadad,
- thingumadoodle,
- thingumajig,
- thingumajigger,
- thingumaree,
- thingummy,
- topic,
- transaction,
- triangle,
- undertaking,
- unfaithfulness,
- venture,
- wake,
- whatchy,
- widget,
- work
- donate
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- give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month" related words >
- accommodate,
- accord,
- administer,
- afford,
- allot,
- allow,
- award,
- bequeath,
- bestow,
- bestow on,
- chip in,
- clothe,
- communicate,
- confer,
- contribute,
- contribute to,
- deal,
- deal out,
- devote,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dole,
- dole out,
- donate to,
- endow,
- extend,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find,
- fork out,
- fund,
- furnish,
- gift,
- gift with,
- give,
- give away,
- give freely,
- give out,
- give to,
- grant,
- hand,
- hand out,
- heap,
- help to,
- impart,
- invest,
- issue,
- keep,
- kick in,
- lavish,
- let have,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- mete,
- mete out,
- offer,
- pledge,
- pour,
- prepare,
- present,
- proffer,
- provide,
- provide for,
- rain,
- recruit,
- render,
- replenish,
- serve,
- shell out,
- shower,
- slip,
- snow,
- stock,
- store,
- subscribe,
- subscribe to,
- subsidize,
- supply,
- support,
- sweeten the kitty,
- tender,
- vouchsafe,
- will,
- yield
- thwack
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- a hard blow with a flat object related words >
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bonk,
- bop,
- bump,
- burst,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clash,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- crack,
- crash,
- crump,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- dint,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- flap,
- flop,
- fusillade,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- let have it,
- lick,
- paste,
- pelt,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- report,
- slam,
- slap,
- slat,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- splat,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stroke,
- swap,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tap,
- tattoo,
- thump,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whap,
- whomp,
- whop,
- yerk
- align
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- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
- bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
- align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- align with; be or come into adjustment related words >
- act with,
- adjust,
- align with,
- allocate,
- allot,
- apportion,
- array,
- bank,
- collimate,
- collineate,
- collocate,
- compose,
- correspond,
- deal,
- deal out,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- equalize,
- equate,
- equidistance,
- even,
- fell,
- fix,
- flatten,
- flock to,
- flush,
- follow,
- get together with,
- go along with,
- go in with,
- grade,
- join,
- join hands with,
- join up with,
- join with,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- line,
- line up,
- line up with,
- marshal,
- match,
- parallelize,
- parcel out,
- place,
- place parallel to,
- rally,
- rally round,
- range,
- range with,
- rank,
- rase,
- raze,
- realign,
- regiment,
- regulate,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- row,
- set out,
- side with,
- smooth,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- space,
- stand in with,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- strike in with,
- string along with,
- string out,
- swing in with,
- take part with,
- take sides with,
- team up with,
- throw in with,
- unite with
- recovery
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- the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
- return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid" related words >
- Great Leap Forward,
- advance,
- advancement,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- boom,
- boost,
- bottoming out,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- comeback,
- convalescence,
- cooling off,
- crisis,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- depression,
- downturn,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- extrication,
- freeing,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- growth,
- headway,
- healing,
- high growth rate,
- improvement,
- increase,
- liberation,
- lifesaving,
- lift,
- low,
- market expansion,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- peak,
- peaking,
- pickup,
- preferment,
- progress,
- progression,
- promotion,
- prosperity,
- rally,
- ransom,
- recapture,
- recession,
- reclaiming,
- reclamation,
- recoup,
- recoupment,
- recuperation,
- redemption,
- regainment,
- release,
- reoccupation,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossession,
- rescue,
- restoration,
- resumption,
- retake,
- retaking,
- retrieval,
- retrieve,
- return,
- revindication,
- revival,
- rise,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- saving,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- trover,
- upbeat,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- upward mobility
- wad
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- a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" related words >
- accumulation,
- acervation,
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- aggregate,
- aggregation,
- amassment,
- bankroll,
- batch,
- block,
- bomb,
- boodle,
- brim,
- bulk,
- bundle,
- ceil,
- charge,
- chock,
- chunk,
- clamp,
- clod,
- clump,
- compress,
- congeries,
- congest,
- conglobation,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- considerable,
- cram,
- crowd,
- crush,
- cumulation,
- deal,
- ensphere,
- face,
- feather,
- fill,
- fill to overflowing,
- fill up,
- freight,
- fur,
- gathering,
- glomeration,
- gob,
- gobs,
- good deal,
- good sum,
- great deal,
- heap,
- heaps,
- heaps of gold,
- hunch,
- hunk,
- inlay,
- interline,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- jillion,
- lade,
- large sum,
- lashings,
- line,
- load,
- loads,
- loaf,
- lot,
- lots,
- lump,
- mass,
- mess,
- millions,
- mint,
- mint of money,
- nip,
- nugget,
- oodles,
- overfill,
- pack,
- packet,
- pad,
- pat,
- peck,
- pile,
- piles,
- pinch,
- pot,
- potful,
- power of money,
- press,
- pretty penny,
- quantity,
- quite a little,
- raft,
- rafts,
- ram in,
- roll,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- scads,
- shoestring,
- sight,
- slew,
- slews,
- snowball,
- spate,
- squeeze,
- stack,
- stacks,
- stockpile,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- surfeit,
- thousands,
- tidy sum,
- tighten,
- top off,
- tweak,
- wad up,
- wads,
- wainscot,
- weight,
- whole slew
- busy
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- crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
- actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
- keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" related words >
- absorb,
- active,
- arabesque,
- assiduous,
- at it,
- at work,
- attend to business,
- baroque,
- burden,
- bustling,
- busybody,
- chichi,
- complex,
- complicated,
- detailed,
- devote,
- diligent,
- divert,
- drive,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- employ,
- employed,
- energetic,
- engage,
- engaged,
- engross,
- fag,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- flowery,
- forward,
- frilly,
- full of business,
- fussy,
- hard at it,
- hard at work,
- hectic,
- high-wrought,
- hustling,
- immerse,
- impertinent,
- in harness,
- industrious,
- inquisitive,
- intricate,
- involve,
- involved,
- keep busy,
- labored,
- lively,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- mind the store,
- moresque,
- nosy,
- occupied,
- occupy,
- officious,
- on duty,
- on the go,
- on the hop,
- on the job,
- on the jump,
- on the move,
- on the run,
- oppress,
- ornate,
- ostentatious,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overlabored,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overwork,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- pass the time,
- picturesque,
- presumptuous,
- pretty-pretty,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- rich,
- rococo,
- self-appointed,
- snoopy,
- soak,
- spend,
- spend the time,
- sweat,
- task,
- tax,
- tied up,
- work,
- working
- syndicate
collapse
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
- sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations
- organize into or form a syndicate
- join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated" related words >
- Aktiengesellschaft,
- Black Hand,
- British Cabinet,
- Cosa Nostra,
- Mafia,
- Sanhedrin,
- US Cabinet,
- add,
- advisory body,
- affiliate,
- aktiebolag,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- assembly,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- association,
- bench,
- black market,
- blend,
- bloc,
- board,
- body corporate,
- body of advisers,
- bootlegging,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- business,
- business establishment,
- cabinet,
- camarilla,
- cartel,
- chain,
- chamber,
- chamber of commerce,
- city council,
- coalesce,
- combine,
- come together,
- commercial enterprise,
- common council,
- compagnie,
- company,
- compound,
- comprise,
- concern,
- confederate,
- conference,
- conglomerate,
- conglomerate corporation,
- congress,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- consolidating company,
- consortium,
- consultative assembly,
- copartnership,
- corporate body,
- corporation,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- deliberative assembly,
- diet,
- directory,
- distribute,
- divan,
- diversified corporation,
- embody,
- encompass,
- enterprise,
- firm,
- flux,
- fuse,
- gambling,
- gangdom,
- gangland,
- gray market,
- group,
- holding company,
- house,
- illegal commerce,
- illegal operations,
- illegitimate business,
- illicit business,
- include,
- incorporate,
- industry,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- join,
- joint-stock association,
- joint-stock company,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- league,
- legislature,
- loan-sharking,
- lump together,
- mafia,
- make one,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- mix,
- monopoly,
- moonshining,
- narcotics traffic,
- operating company,
- organization,
- organized crime,
- parish council,
- partnership,
- plunderbund,
- pool,
- privy council,
- prostitution,
- protection racket,
- public utility,
- put together,
- racket,
- reembody,
- roll into one,
- serialize,
- shade into,
- shady dealings,
- solidify,
- soviet,
- staff,
- stock company,
- syncretize,
- syndication,
- synod,
- synthesize,
- the Mafia,
- the mob,
- the rackets,
- the syndicate,
- the underworld,
- trade association,
- traffic in women,
- tribunal,
- trust,
- unify,
- union,
- unite,
- usury,
- utility,
- white slavery
- profession
collapse
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"
- an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
- the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community" related words >
- acceptance,
- acknowledgment,
- admission,
- affidavit,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- allowance,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- appreciation,
- art,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- attest,
- attestation,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- business,
- calling,
- career,
- career building,
- careerism,
- claim,
- compurgation,
- concession,
- conclusion,
- confession,
- confession of faith,
- craft,
- creed,
- declaration,
- declaration of faith,
- deposition,
- dictum,
- disclosure,
- employment,
- enunciation,
- field,
- game,
- handicraft,
- instrument in proof,
- ipse dixit,
- job,
- legal evidence,
- lifework,
- line,
- line of business,
- line of work,
- manifesto,
- metier,
- mission,
- mystery,
- number,
- occupation,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- post,
- practice,
- predicate,
- predication,
- proclamation,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- pursuit,
- racket,
- recognition,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- situation,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- sphere,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- sworn evidence,
- sworn statement,
- sworn testimony,
- testimonial,
- testimonium,
- testimony,
- trade,
- utterance,
- vocation,
- vouch,
- walk,
- walk of life,
- witness,
- word,
- work
- clobber
collapse
- strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" related words >
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- bear the palm,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- belt,
- best,
- biff,
- blank,
- blast,
- bonk,
- bulldoze,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- crack,
- cream,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- defeat,
- defeat utterly,
- drub,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- lambaste,
- let have it,
- lick,
- overbear,
- overwhelm,
- paste,
- plunk,
- poke,
- punch,
- schmear,
- shellac,
- shut out,
- skin,
- skunk,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smear,
- smite,
- smother,
- snap,
- snow under,
- soak,
- sock,
- steamroller,
- strike,
- strike at,
- swat,
- swipe,
- take the cake,
- thrash,
- thump,
- thwack,
- trim,
- triumph,
- trounce,
- wallop,
- whack,
- wham,
- whelm,
- whitewash,
- whomp,
- whop,
- win,
- worst,
- yerk
- pursuit
collapse
- the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
- a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth" related words >
- accomplishment,
- activity,
- aim,
- area,
- art,
- avocation,
- bag,
- business,
- butt,
- by-end,
- by-purpose,
- calling,
- career,
- career building,
- careerism,
- chasing,
- chevy,
- chivy,
- craft,
- cup of tea,
- destination,
- dogging,
- employment,
- end,
- end in view,
- field,
- final cause,
- following,
- forte,
- game,
- goal,
- handicraft,
- heeling,
- hobby,
- hounding,
- hunt,
- hunting,
- interest,
- job,
- lifework,
- line,
- line of business,
- line of work,
- long suit,
- looking for,
- main interest,
- manner,
- mark,
- metier,
- mission,
- mystery,
- number,
- object,
- object in mind,
- objective,
- obtaining,
- occupation,
- pastime,
- pet subject,
- practice,
- prey,
- profession,
- pursual,
- pursuance,
- pursuing,
- quarry,
- quest,
- quintain,
- racket,
- reaching,
- reason for being,
- search,
- searching,
- seeking,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- series,
- shadowing,
- specialism,
- speciality,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- stalking,
- strong point,
- style,
- tailing,
- target,
- technicality,
- teleology,
- thing,
- tracing,
- tracking,
- trade,
- trailing,
- type,
- ultimate aim,
- vocation,
- walk,
- walk of life,
- way,
- weakness,
- work
- contract
collapse
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" related words >
- OD,
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- accept obligation,
- accord,
- acquire,
- affair,
- affiance,
- afflict,
- agree,
- agree to,
- agreement,
- answer for,
- arrangement,
- attempt,
- bag,
- bang,
- bar,
- bargain,
- bargain for,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- be answerable for,
- be brought down,
- be felled,
- be responsible for,
- be security for,
- be seized of,
- be struck down,
- be traumatized,
- become engaged,
- betroth,
- bind,
- binding agreement,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bolt,
- bond,
- break out,
- bring down,
- bring on,
- bring upon,
- business,
- button,
- button up,
- capsulize,
- capture,
- cartel,
- catch,
- catch cold,
- cause,
- choke,
- choke off,
- circumscribe,
- clap,
- clip,
- close,
- close up,
- coarct,
- collapse,
- collective agreement,
- come by,
- come down with,
- come in for,
- come into,
- commit,
- commitment,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- confine,
- consolidate,
- consortium,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contain,
- contract an engagement,
- convention,
- corral,
- corrugate,
- covenant,
- covenant of salt,
- cover,
- cramp,
- crease,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- deal,
- decline,
- decrease,
- derange,
- derive,
- develop,
- dicker,
- diminish,
- disorder,
- do a deal,
- dock,
- drag down,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- dwindle,
- earn,
- effort,
- elide,
- employment contract,
- engage,
- engagement,
- enter into possession,
- enterprise,
- epitomize,
- erupt,
- fail,
- fall in with,
- fall into,
- fasten,
- fever,
- fold,
- fold up,
- foreshorten,
- formal agreement,
- gain,
- get,
- go bail for,
- go in,
- go into shock,
- harvest,
- have an understanding,
- incur,
- indispose,
- induce,
- invite,
- ironclad agreement,
- key,
- knit,
- latch,
- legal agreement,
- legal contract,
- lessen,
- limit,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- make,
- make a deal,
- minify,
- mow,
- mutual agreement,
- narrow,
- net,
- nip,
- obligate,
- obligation,
- obtain,
- occlude,
- operation,
- overdose,
- pact,
- paction,
- padlock,
- plan,
- plight,
- plumb,
- poll,
- pollard,
- preengagement,
- procure,
- program,
- project,
- promise,
- proposition,
- protocol,
- prune,
- publish the banns,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- pull down,
- purse,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recognizance,
- reduce,
- restrict,
- retrench,
- run,
- run a temperature,
- sack,
- scale down,
- score,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- shake hands on,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shut,
- shut the door,
- shut up,
- sicken,
- sink,
- slam,
- snap,
- snape,
- snub,
- solidify,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stipulate,
- stipulation,
- straiten,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stunt,
- succumb to,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take,
- take ill,
- take in,
- take the vows,
- taper,
- task,
- telescope,
- transaction,
- treaty,
- trim,
- troth,
- truncate,
- understanding,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- union contract,
- upset,
- valid contract,
- venture,
- verbal agreement,
- wage contract,
- weaken,
- welcome,
- win,
- work,
- wrinkle,
- zip up,
- zipper
- astir,
- at it,
- at work,
- busy,
- employed,
- en route,
- engaged,
- full of business,
- hard at it,
- hard at work,
- in harness,
- in motion,
- in transit,
- occupied,
- on duty,
- on the bum,
- on the gad,
- on the go,
- on the hop,
- on the job,
- on the jump,
- on the road,
- on the run,
- on the tramp,
- on the wing,
- tied up,
- under sail,
- under way,
- working
- astir,
- at it,
- at work,
- busy,
- employed,
- en route,
- engaged,
- full of business,
- hard at it,
- hard at work,
- in harness,
- in motion,
- in transit,
- occupied,
- on duty,
- on the bum,
- on the gad,
- on the hop,
- on the job,
- on the jump,
- on the move,
- on the road,
- on the run,
- on the tramp,
- on the wing,
- tied up,
- under sail,
- under way,
- working
- Varietyese,
- Wall Streetese,
- bunkum,
- business English,
- businessese,
- cinemese,
- collegese,
- commercialism,
- computerese,
- economese,
- federalese,
- gobbledygook,
- journalese,
- legalese,
- medical Greek,
- medicalese,
- newspaperese,
- official jargon,
- officialese,
- pedagese,
- political doubletalk,
- pussyfooting,
- shoptalk,
- societyese,
- sociologese,
- stagese,
- telegraphese
- officialese
collapse
- the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure related words >
- Varietyese,
- Wall Streetese,
- Washingtonese,
- bunkum,
- business English,
- businessese,
- cinemese,
- collegese,
- commercialism,
- computerese,
- economese,
- federalese,
- gobbledygook,
- journalese,
- legalese,
- medical Greek,
- medicalese,
- newspaperese,
- official jargon,
- pedagese,
- political doubletalk,
- pussyfooting,
- shoptalk,
- societyese,
- sociologese,
- stagese,
- telegraphese
- Varietyese,
- Wall Streetese,
- Washingtonese,
- bunkum,
- business English,
- businessese,
- cinemese,
- collegese,
- commercialism,
- computerese,
- economese,
- gobbledygook,
- journalese,
- legalese,
- medical Greek,
- medicalese,
- newspaperese,
- official jargon,
- officialese,
- pedagese,
- political doubletalk,
- pussyfooting,
- shoptalk,
- societyese,
- sociologese,
- stagese,
- telegraphese
- accord,
- align,
- allocate,
- allot,
- array,
- assign,
- award,
- be partners in,
- bestow,
- carve,
- carve up,
- collocate,
- compose,
- cooperate,
- count,
- cut,
- cut up,
- deal,
- deal out,
- decrease,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- district,
- divide,
- divide into shares,
- divide up,
- divide with,
- divvy,
- divvy up,
- divvy up with,
- dole out,
- fix,
- give,
- go even stephen,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go halvers,
- go halves,
- go shares,
- grant,
- halve,
- increase,
- line,
- line up,
- lot,
- marshal,
- measure,
- mete out,
- number,
- parcel,
- parcel out,
- part,
- partition,
- place,
- portion,
- portion out,
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