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Related Words:
- juncture
collapse - an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" related words >
- ankle,
- articulation,
- boundary,
- butt,
- caesura,
- cervix,
- circumstance,
- clause boundary,
- clause terminal,
- clinch,
- close juncture,
- closure,
- colon,
- comma,
- condition,
- conjuncture,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- contingency,
- coupling,
- crisis,
- crossroads,
- crux,
- day,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- emergency,
- event,
- eventuality,
- exigency,
- falling terminal,
- fateful moment,
- gliding joint,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- hour,
- incident,
- instant,
- interface,
- interval,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- junction,
- kairos,
- knee,
- knuckle,
- link,
- minute,
- miter,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- mortise,
- neck,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- open juncture,
- pass,
- pause,
- period,
- pinch,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- plight,
- point,
- posture,
- predicament,
- pregnant moment,
- psychological moment,
- quandary,
- rabbet,
- rising terminal,
- sandhi,
- scarf,
- seam,
- season,
- semicolon,
- shoulder,
- situation,
- space,
- span,
- spell,
- stage,
- state,
- status,
- stitch,
- stop,
- strait,
- stretch,
- suture,
- symphysis,
- terminal,
- tie rod,
- time,
- time lag,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- turning point,
- union,
- weld,
- while,
- word boundary,
- wrist,
- zero hour
- about,
- along toward,
- around,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- fast by,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- in spitting distance,
- in that place,
- in that vicinity,
- in those parts,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- only a step,
- there,
- thereabout,
- thereat,
- thither,
- thitherward,
- thitherwards,
- to that place,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- today
collapse
- the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"
- the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"
- on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't meet with you today" related words >
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- but now,
- contemporaneity,
- contemporaneousness,
- even now,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- here,
- here and now,
- hereat,
- hic et nunc,
- historical present,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- just now,
- modernity,
- newness,
- now,
- nowadays,
- nowness,
- on the spot,
- our times,
- present,
- present tense,
- presently,
- presentness,
- the Now Generation,
- the nonce,
- the now,
- the present,
- the present age,
- the present day,
- the present hour,
- the present juncture,
- the present time,
- the time being,
- the times,
- these days,
- this day,
- this hour,
- this instant,
- this moment,
- this night,
- this point,
- this stage,
- tonight
- about,
- accessible,
- along toward,
- approachable,
- around,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- attainable,
- attendant,
- available,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- come-at-able,
- fast by,
- findable,
- getatable,
- gettable,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- in spitting distance,
- in view,
- indwelling,
- inherent,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- obtainable,
- on board,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- only a step,
- open,
- open to,
- penetrable,
- pervious,
- present,
- procurable,
- reachable,
- securable,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- to be had,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within sight
- accost,
- advance,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- center,
- centralize,
- close,
- close in,
- close up,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come together,
- come up,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- confront,
- converge,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- encounter,
- fall in with,
- funnel,
- gain upon,
- intersect,
- meet,
- near,
- nip,
- pinch,
- proximate,
- run together,
- sidle up to,
- step up,
- taper,
- unite
- nearby
collapse
- close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
- not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars" related words >
- about,
- accessible,
- adjacent,
- along toward,
- around,
- aside,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- away,
- beside,
- by,
- circa,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- convenient,
- convenient to,
- easily reached,
- fast by,
- handy,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- immediate,
- in juxtaposition,
- in spitting distance,
- in the vicinity,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- on one side,
- on the side,
- only a step,
- propinquant,
- propinquous,
- ready at hand,
- round,
- sidelong,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- to hand,
- to one side,
- to the side,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- nonporous
collapse
- not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood" related words >
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- crowded,
- dense,
- firm,
- gluey,
- hard,
- heavy,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- massive,
- packed,
- serried,
- solid,
- substantial,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous
- about,
- all but,
- almost,
- along toward,
- approach,
- approaching,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- arm-in-arm,
- around,
- as good as,
- aside,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- at next hand,
- beside,
- bordering on,
- burning,
- by,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- circa,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- close to,
- close upon,
- closely,
- come near,
- converge,
- counterclockwise,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- fast by,
- hand-in-hand,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hard on,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hot,
- immediate,
- in spitting distance,
- intimate,
- just about,
- larboard,
- left,
- left-hand,
- left-wing,
- left-wingish,
- levorotatory,
- liberal,
- near,
- near at hand,
- near the mark,
- near to,
- near upon,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- nearly,
- next door to,
- nigh about,
- nighhand,
- nighish,
- not far,
- not far from,
- not quite,
- only a step,
- port,
- pretty near,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- radical,
- round,
- side-by-side,
- sinister,
- sinistral,
- sinistrocerebral,
- sinistrocular,
- sinistrogyrate,
- sinistrorse,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- verging on,
- verging upon,
- vicinal,
- warm,
- well-nigh,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- impermeable
collapse
- preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain" related words >
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- closed,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- crowded,
- dense,
- firm,
- gluey,
- hard,
- heavy,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impassable,
- impenetrable,
- impervious,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- massive,
- nonporous,
- nonpuncturable,
- packed,
- punctureproof,
- sealed,
- serried,
- solid,
- substantial,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- unpassable,
- unperforable,
- unpierceable,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous
- about
collapse
- in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
- all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"
- in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"
- to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around"
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
- in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" related words >
- again,
- aimlessly,
- all but,
- all over,
- all round,
- almost,
- along toward,
- alongside,
- anent,
- any which way,
- anyhow,
- anywise,
- approximately,
- apropos,
- apropos of,
- around,
- as for,
- as regards,
- as respects,
- as to,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- at random,
- back,
- back and forth,
- backward,
- beside,
- carelessly,
- casually,
- circa,
- circuitously,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- close to,
- close upon,
- concerning,
- encircling,
- everywhere,
- far and wide,
- fast by,
- haphazard,
- haphazardly,
- hard,
- hard by,
- helter-skelter,
- here and there,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- in all directions,
- in connection with,
- in point of,
- in re,
- in reference to,
- in regard to,
- in relation to,
- in relation with,
- in respect to,
- in reverse,
- in spitting distance,
- in the air,
- in the neighborhood,
- in the vicinity,
- involving,
- just about,
- more or less,
- most,
- much,
- near,
- near at hand,
- near enough to,
- near upon,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nearly,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- not far from,
- of,
- on,
- on every side,
- only a step,
- pertaining to,
- pertinent to,
- plus ou moins,
- practically,
- prevalent,
- random,
- randomly,
- re,
- referring to,
- regarding,
- relating to,
- relative to,
- respecting,
- roughly,
- round,
- round about,
- some,
- somewhere about,
- speaking of,
- surrounding,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- through,
- throughout,
- to and fro,
- touching,
- up and down,
- upon,
- upwards of,
- well-nigh,
- with,
- with regard to,
- with respect to,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- around
collapse
- in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
- by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
- in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"
- to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper" related words >
- about,
- again,
- alive,
- all about,
- all over,
- all round,
- all through,
- almost,
- along toward,
- anticlockwise,
- any which way,
- anyhow,
- anywise,
- approximately,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- at random,
- back,
- backward,
- by,
- by way of,
- circa,
- clockwise,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- close upon,
- counterclockwise,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- enveloping,
- every which way,
- everywhence,
- everywhere,
- everywhither,
- existent,
- existing,
- far and wide,
- fast by,
- from every quarter,
- haphazard,
- haphazardly,
- hard,
- hard by,
- head over heels,
- heels over head,
- helter-skelter,
- here and there,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- in a circle,
- in a spin,
- in a whirl,
- in all directions,
- in circles,
- in every quarter,
- in reverse,
- in spitting distance,
- in the neighborhood,
- in the vicinity,
- just about,
- living,
- near,
- near at hand,
- near enough to,
- near upon,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nearly,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- on all sides,
- on every side,
- only a step,
- over,
- passing by,
- passing through,
- random,
- randomly,
- roughly,
- round,
- round about,
- round and round,
- somewhere about,
- surrounding,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- through,
- throughout,
- upwards of,
- via,
- widdershins,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- tonight
collapse
- the present or immediately coming night
- during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight" related words >
- about,
- approaching,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- arm-in-arm,
- around,
- burning,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- circa,
- close,
- close about,
- close upon,
- hand-in-hand,
- hot,
- in the neighborhood,
- in the vicinity,
- intimate,
- just about,
- near,
- near enough to,
- near the mark,
- near upon,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- round,
- round about,
- side-by-side,
- somewhere about,
- upwards of,
- vicinal,
- warm
- accost,
- advance,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- catch up with,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- come up to,
- come up with,
- confront,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- encounter,
- gain on,
- lap,
- leave behind,
- leave standing,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- outpace,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outstrip,
- overhaul,
- overtake,
- pass,
- proximate,
- sidle up to,
- step up
- near miss
collapse
- an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided related words >
- break,
- breathe,
- button up,
- call a strike,
- call it quits,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close down,
- close out,
- close shop,
- close up,
- complete,
- conclude,
- crown,
- culminate,
- end,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- go on strike,
- knock off,
- lay off,
- mop up,
- pause,
- perfect,
- recess,
- round out,
- secure,
- shut down,
- shut up shop,
- stop for breath,
- strike,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- walk out,
- wind up,
- wrap up
- brief,
- brusque,
- close,
- close-lipped,
- close-tongued,
- concise,
- curt,
- dark,
- discreet,
- dumb,
- economical of words,
- evasive,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- mum,
- mute,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- reticent,
- secret,
- secretive,
- shifty,
- short,
- silent,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight-lipped,
- tongue-tied,
- uncommunicative,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- tailgate
collapse
- a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
- follow at a dangerously close distance; "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle" related words >
- around,
- bedog,
- chase,
- clasp,
- cling to,
- come after,
- come behind,
- dog,
- follow,
- follow close upon,
- go after,
- go behind,
- go with,
- hang about,
- heel,
- hound,
- hover over,
- huddle,
- hug,
- hug the shore,
- keep close to,
- lie by,
- march with,
- move behind,
- pursue,
- shadow,
- stand by,
- stay inshore,
- stay near,
- string along,
- tag,
- tag after,
- tag along,
- tail,
- trail,
- trail after,
- tread close upon
- wind up
collapse
- give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching related words >
- abort,
- button up,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- cease,
- charge,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close,
- close out,
- close up,
- cock,
- complete,
- conclude,
- crown,
- culminate,
- determine,
- do,
- end,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- get up steam,
- halt,
- load,
- mop up,
- perfect,
- perorate,
- prime,
- resolve,
- round out,
- scrap,
- scratch,
- set,
- steam up,
- stop,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- warm up,
- wind,
- wrap up
- about,
- about to be,
- accessible,
- adaptable,
- after a time,
- after a while,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- all-around,
- along toward,
- already in sight,
- anon,
- approaching,
- around,
- at close quarters,
- at hand,
- available,
- before long,
- brewing,
- by and by,
- by destiny,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- coming,
- convenient,
- fast by,
- fatally,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- handy,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hopefully,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- imminently,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in aftertime,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in spitting distance,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the future,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- instant,
- later,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nearing,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- of all work,
- on call,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- on tap,
- on the horizon,
- only a step,
- overhanging,
- predictably,
- preparing,
- probably,
- proximo,
- ready,
- soon,
- that will be,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- threatening,
- to come,
- to hand,
- tomorrow,
- upcoming,
- versatile,
- waiting,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach
- about,
- about to be,
- accessible,
- adaptable,
- all-around,
- along toward,
- already in sight,
- approaching,
- around,
- at close quarters,
- attendant,
- available,
- brewing,
- close,
- close about,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- coming,
- convenient,
- convenient to,
- easily reached,
- fast by,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- handy,
- hard,
- hard by,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in spitting distance,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- indwelling,
- inherent,
- instant,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearabout,
- nearabouts,
- nearby,
- nearing,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far,
- of all work,
- on board,
- on call,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- on tap,
- on the horizon,
- only a step,
- overhanging,
- preparing,
- present,
- propinquant,
- propinquous,
- ready,
- ready at hand,
- that will be,
- thereabout,
- thereabouts,
- threatening,
- to come,
- to hand,
- upcoming,
- versatile,
- waiting,
- within call,
- within earshot,
- within hearing,
- within reach,
- within sight
- now
collapse
- the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
- used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
- at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"
- in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
- in the immediate past; "told me just now"
- (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..." related words >
- a la mode,
- advanced,
- all at once,
- all together,
- as,
- as long as,
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at a blow,
- at a stroke,
- at once,
- at one blow,
- at one jump,
- at one stroke,
- at one swoop,
- at one time,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- avant-garde,
- away,
- but now,
- cause,
- considering,
- contemporaneity,
- contemporaneousness,
- contemporary,
- directly,
- even now,
- far out,
- fashionable,
- for,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- forthwith,
- forward-looking,
- here,
- here and now,
- hereat,
- hic et nunc,
- historical present,
- immediately,
- in,
- in a hurry,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- inasmuch as,
- instanter,
- instantly,
- just now,
- lately,
- latterly,
- mod,
- modern,
- modernistic,
- modernity,
- modernized,
- modish,
- newfashioned,
- newness,
- not long ago,
- nowadays,
- nowness,
- of late,
- on the spot,
- only yesterday,
- our times,
- per saltum,
- present,
- present tense,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- presently,
- presentness,
- progressive,
- pronto,
- recently,
- right away,
- right now,
- right off,
- seeing,
- simultaneously,
- since,
- straightaway,
- straightway,
- streamlined,
- subito,
- the Now Generation,
- the nonce,
- the now,
- the other day,
- the present,
- the present age,
- the present day,
- the present hour,
- the present juncture,
- the present time,
- the time being,
- the times,
- then and there,
- these days,
- this day,
- this hour,
- this instant,
- this minute,
- this moment,
- this night,
- this point,
- this stage,
- this very minute,
- today,
- tonight,
- twentieth-century,
- ultra-ultra,
- ultramodern,
- uno saltu,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-datish,
- up-to-the-minute,
- way out,
- whereas,
- without delay
- intersect
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- meet at a point related words >
- accord,
- agree,
- answer to,
- approach,
- assent,
- assort with,
- bar,
- be consistent,
- be of one,
- be uniform with,
- bisect,
- center,
- centralize,
- check,
- chime,
- close,
- close in,
- close up,
- close with,
- cohere,
- coincide,
- come together,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- concur,
- conform,
- conform with,
- consist with,
- converge,
- cooperate,
- correspond,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- crossbar,
- crosscut,
- cruciate,
- cut across,
- decussate,
- dovetail,
- fall in together,
- fall in with,
- fit together,
- funnel,
- go together,
- go with,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- hit,
- hold together,
- intercross,
- interlock,
- jibe,
- lie across,
- lock,
- match,
- meet,
- narrow the gap,
- nip,
- overlap,
- parallel,
- pinch,
- register,
- register with,
- respond to,
- run together,
- sing in chorus,
- sort with,
- square,
- square with,
- stand together,
- tally,
- taper,
- transverse,
- traverse,
- unite
- about to,
- at next hand,
- at the limit,
- at the periphery,
- at the threshold,
- bordering on,
- close to,
- close upon,
- hard on,
- marginally,
- near,
- near to,
- near upon,
- nearabout,
- next door to,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far from,
- on the borderline,
- on the brink,
- on the edge,
- on the point,
- peripherally,
- verging on,
- verging upon
- about to,
- at next hand,
- at the limit,
- at the periphery,
- at the threshold,
- bordering on,
- close to,
- close upon,
- hard on,
- marginally,
- near,
- near to,
- near upon,
- nearabout,
- next door to,
- nigh,
- nigh about,
- not far from,
- on the borderline,
- on the edge,
- on the point,
- on the verge,
- peripherally,
- verging on,
- verging upon
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- button,
- button up,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clap,
- clog,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- congest,
- constrict,
- contain,
- contract,
- cover,
- crowd,
- debar,
- dog,
- fasten,
- fold,
- fold up,
- jam,
- key,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- obstruct,
- pack,
- padlock,
- plug,
- plumb,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- shut,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- slam,
- snap,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- suffocate,
- zip up,
- zipper
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- barricade,
- blast,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- brave,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- circumvent,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- confound,
- confront,
- constrict,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- crowd,
- dash,
- debar,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- dog,
- elude,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- jam,
- knock the chocks,
- lock,
- nonplus,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- pack,
- perplex,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- spike,
- spoil,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stifle,
- stonewall,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stump,
- suffocate,
- thwart,
- upset
- centralize
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- make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" related words >
- affiliate,
- ally,
- approach,
- associate,
- band together,
- be in cahoots,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- cabal,
- cement a union,
- center,
- center on,
- center round,
- close,
- close in,
- close up,
- close with,
- club,
- club together,
- come together,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- confederate,
- consociate,
- conspire,
- converge,
- couple,
- fall in with,
- federalize,
- federate,
- funnel,
- gang,
- gang up,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- hook up with,
- intersect,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join together,
- join up with,
- join with,
- league,
- marry,
- meet,
- middle,
- narrow the gap,
- nip,
- organize,
- pair,
- pair off,
- partner,
- pinch,
- run together,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- taper,
- team up with,
- team with,
- throw in with,
- tie in with,
- tie up with,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite with,
- wed
- reticent
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- reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- temperamentally disinclined to talk related words >
- Olympian,
- aloof,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- close,
- close-lipped,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- cold,
- constrained,
- cool,
- detached,
- discreet,
- distant,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- guarded,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- introverted,
- modest,
- offish,
- quiet,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- retiring,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- silent,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- taciturn,
- tight-lipped,
- timid,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unresponsive,
- withdrawn
- contiguous
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- very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" related words >
- here
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- the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth"
- to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"
- at this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon" related words >
- aboard,
- among us,
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- but now,
- even now,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- here and now,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hereat,
- hereinto,
- hereto,
- hereunto,
- hic et nunc,
- hither,
- hitherto,
- hitherward,
- hitherwards,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- in this place,
- in this vicinity,
- just here,
- just now,
- now,
- nowadays,
- on board,
- on the spot,
- somewhere about,
- there,
- this day,
- this night,
- to this place,
- today,
- tonight,
- with us
- crossroads
collapse
- a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology" related words >
- consolidated
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- forming a solid mass related words >
- amalgamated,
- assimilated,
- blended,
- clamped,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- combinative,
- combinatory,
- combined,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congested,
- conjoint,
- conjugate,
- conjunctive,
- connective,
- constricted,
- contracted,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- cramped,
- crowded,
- dense,
- eclectic,
- firm,
- fused,
- gluey,
- hard,
- heavy,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- incorporated,
- integrated,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- joined,
- joint,
- knitted,
- massive,
- merged,
- mixed,
- nipped,
- nonporous,
- one,
- packed,
- pinched,
- pinched-in,
- puckered,
- pursed,
- serried,
- solid,
- solidified,
- squeezed,
- strangled,
- strangulated,
- substantial,
- syncretistic,
- syncretized,
- synthesized,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- united,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wasp-waisted,
- wrinkled
- close up
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- very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" related words >
- approach,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- boom shot,
- button,
- button up,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- cease,
- center,
- centralize,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- cicatrize,
- clap,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close,
- close down,
- close in,
- close off,
- close out,
- close shop,
- close tight,
- close with,
- come together,
- complete,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- conclude,
- constrict,
- contain,
- contract,
- converge,
- cover,
- crowd,
- crown,
- culminate,
- debar,
- deuce shot,
- dog,
- end,
- fall in with,
- fasten,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fold,
- fold up,
- follow-focus shot,
- full shot,
- funnel,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- granulate,
- group shot,
- heal,
- heal over,
- intersect,
- jam,
- key,
- kinescope,
- knit,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- long shot,
- matte shot,
- medium shot,
- meet,
- mop up,
- motion picture,
- narrow the gap,
- nip,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- pack,
- padlock,
- pan shot,
- panoramic shot,
- perfect,
- pinch,
- plumb,
- process shot,
- rap shot,
- retake,
- right itself,
- round out,
- run together,
- scab over,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- set,
- shot,
- shut,
- shut down,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- shut up shop,
- shutter,
- slam,
- snap,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stifle,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- suffocate,
- take,
- taper,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- travel shot,
- trucking shot,
- unite,
- wind up,
- wrap up,
- zip up,
- zipper,
- zoom shot
- accost,
- advance,
- anticipate,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- await,
- be destined,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be in store,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- brew,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- confront,
- converge,
- draw nigh,
- draw on,
- encounter,
- expect,
- face,
- foresee,
- foretell,
- forthcome,
- gain upon,
- gather,
- hang over,
- hope,
- hover,
- impend,
- lie ahead,
- lie over,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- loom,
- lower,
- menace,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- nigh,
- overhang,
- plan,
- plot,
- predict,
- project,
- prophesy,
- proximate,
- sidle up to,
- step up,
- threaten
- converge
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- come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
- move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
- be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
- approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit related words >
- adhere,
- approach,
- assemble,
- blend,
- bring into focus,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- center,
- centralize,
- clinch,
- close,
- close in,
- close up,
- close with,
- clot,
- cluster,
- cohere,
- coincide,
- collect,
- come near,
- come together,
- communicate,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- congregate,
- connect,
- copulate,
- couple,
- crowd,
- date,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- embrace,
- fall in with,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- focalize,
- focus,
- forgather,
- funnel,
- fuse,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- go together,
- grow together,
- hang together,
- herd together,
- hive,
- hold together,
- horde,
- huddle,
- intercommunicate,
- intersect,
- join,
- knit,
- league,
- link,
- mass,
- meet,
- merge,
- mill,
- muster,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- nigh,
- nip,
- pinch,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- run together,
- seethe,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- taper,
- throng,
- unite
- incommodious
collapse
- uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations" related words >
- angustifoliate,
- angustirostrate,
- angustisellate,
- angustiseptal,
- awkward,
- circumscribed,
- close,
- close-fitting,
- clumsy,
- confined,
- constricted,
- cramp,
- cramped,
- crowded,
- discommodious,
- incapacious,
- inconvenient,
- isthmian,
- isthmic,
- limited,
- meager,
- narrow,
- near,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- scant,
- scanty,
- slender,
- strait,
- tight,
- troublesome,
- unhandy,
- unwieldy
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