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draw near
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related words >
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
collapse
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
tight lipped
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
untalkative
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
word-bound
,
wordless
nearly
collapse
related words >
about
,
all but
,
all in all
,
almost
,
almost entirely
,
approaching
,
approximately
,
around
,
as good as
,
barely
,
by and large
,
chiefly
,
circa
,
close
,
close to
,
closely
,
effectually
,
essentially
,
exactly
,
hardly
,
identically
,
in
,
in effect
,
in essence
,
in the main
,
just about
,
mainly
,
more or less
,
most
,
mostly
,
much
,
narrowly
,
near
,
nearabout
,
nearing
,
nigh
,
nighhand
,
not quite
,
on balance
,
on the whole
,
only just
,
plus ou moins
,
practically
,
precisely
,
pretty near
,
roughly
,
round
,
roundly
,
rudely
,
say
,
scarcely
,
some
,
somewhere
,
substantially
,
virtually
,
well-nigh
hang about
collapse
related words >
around
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
dangle
,
follow
,
follow at heel
,
follow close upon
,
follow the crowd
,
go with
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
stand by
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
tailgate
come forward
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
appear
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
arise
,
attract attention
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
become manifest
,
become visible
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forth
,
come in sight
,
come near
,
come on
,
come out
,
come to hand
,
come to light
,
come up
,
confront
,
crop out
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
emerge
,
encounter
,
enter
,
fade in
,
gain upon
,
heave in sight
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
look forth
,
loom
,
materialize
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
need no prodding
,
outcrop
,
peep out
,
proximate
,
rear its head
,
rise
,
see the light
,
show
,
show up
,
sidle up to
,
step forward
,
step up
,
stream forth
,
strike the eye
,
take center stage
,
turn up
,
volunteer
according to Hoyle
collapse
related words >
according to regulations
,
according to rule
,
appropriate
,
by the book
,
by the numbers
,
condign
,
correct
,
decent
,
decorous
,
due
,
fit
,
fitting
,
good
,
kosher
,
nice
,
normal
,
normative
,
proper
,
right
,
right and proper
,
righteous
,
rightful
,
seemly
,
suitable
accost
collapse
related words >
address
,
advance
,
apostrophize
,
appeal to
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
bespeak
,
bid good day
,
bid good morning
,
bow to
,
buttonhole
,
call to
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
curtsy
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
encounter
,
exchange greetings
,
gain upon
,
greet
,
hail
,
halloo
,
invoke
,
kiss
,
kiss hands
,
lift the hat
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
nod to
,
proximate
,
pull the forelock
,
salute
,
say hello
,
shake
,
shake hands
,
sidle up to
,
speak
,
speak fair
,
speak to
,
step up
,
take aside
,
talk to
,
touch the hat
,
uncover
wordless
collapse
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
implicit
,
implied
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
inferred
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
tacit
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
uncommunicative
,
undeclared
,
understood
,
unexpressed
,
unloquacious
,
unmentioned
,
unproclaimed
,
unpronounced
,
unpublished
,
unrecorded
,
unsaid
,
unspoken
,
unsung
,
untalkative
,
untalked-of
,
untold
,
unuttered
,
unvoiced
,
unwritten
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
spitting distance
collapse
related words >
ace
,
bit
,
bowshot
,
brief span
,
close quarters
,
close range
,
crack
,
earreach
,
earshot
,
gunshot
,
hair
,
hair space
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
inch
,
little
,
little ways
,
pistol shot
,
short distance
,
short piece
,
short way
,
span
,
step
taciturn
collapse
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brooding
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
docked
,
dour
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
truncated
,
uncommunicative
,
unexpressive
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
debar
collapse
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
related words >
anticipate
,
avert
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
barricade
,
bate
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
constrict
,
count out
,
crowd
,
cut off
,
deflect
,
deny
,
deter
,
disallow
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dog
,
eliminate
,
embargo
,
enjoin
,
estop
,
except
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
fend
,
fend off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
freeze out
,
help
,
hinder
,
ignore
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
interdict
,
jam
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
keep out
,
leave out
,
lock
,
lock out
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
occlude
,
omit
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack
,
pass over
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
proscribe
,
refuse
,
reject
,
relegate
,
repel
,
repress
,
repudiate
,
rule out
,
save
,
say no to
,
send to Coventry
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stave off
,
stifle
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
suspend
,
taboo
,
turn aside
,
ward off
dovetailing
collapse
related words >
a propos
,
ad rem
,
adapted
,
applicable
,
apposite
,
appropriate
,
apropos
,
apt
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
felicitous
,
fit
,
fitted
,
fitting
,
geared
,
happy
,
just right
,
likely
,
meshing
,
on the button
,
opportune
,
pat
,
qualified
,
relevant
,
right
,
seasonable
,
sortable
,
suitable
,
suited
,
suiting
,
tailored
,
to the point
,
to the purpose
geared
collapse
equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged
related words >
a propos
,
ad rem
,
adapted
,
applicable
,
apposite
,
appropriate
,
apropos
,
apt
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
dovetailing
,
felicitous
,
fit
,
fitted
,
fitting
,
happy
,
just right
,
likely
,
meshing
,
on the button
,
opportune
,
pat
,
qualified
,
relevant
,
right
,
seasonable
,
sortable
,
suitable
,
suited
,
suiting
,
tailored
,
to the point
,
to the purpose
keep books
collapse
related words >
balance
,
balance the books
,
book
,
capitalize
,
carry
,
carry over
,
cast up accounts
,
charge off
,
close out
,
close the books
,
credit
,
debit
,
docket
,
enter
,
journalize
,
log
,
make an entry
,
minute
,
note
,
post
,
post up
,
strike a balance
close in
collapse
advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blockade
,
bound
,
box in
,
cage
,
center
,
centralize
,
chamber
,
close
,
close up
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come together
,
come up
,
compass
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confront
,
contain
,
converge
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
corral
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
encounter
,
enshrine
,
envelop
,
fall in with
,
fence
,
fence in
,
funnel
,
gain upon
,
hedge
,
hedge in
,
hem
,
hem in
,
house in
,
immure
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
intersect
,
jail
,
kennel
,
leaguer
,
meet
,
mew
,
mew up
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
nip
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pinch
,
pocket
,
proximate
,
quarantine
,
rail in
,
run together
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
sidle up to
,
stable
,
step up
,
surround
,
taper
,
unite
,
wall in
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
wardrobe
collapse
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
collection of clothing belonging to one person
collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
related words >
accouterments
,
caparison
,
cloakroom
,
closet
,
clothes closet
,
dressing room
,
fitting room
,
furnishings
,
getup
,
harness
,
linen closet
,
livery
,
outfit
,
rig
,
things
,
trappings
,
trousseau
,
turnout
gluey
collapse
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
related words >
adherent
,
adhesive
,
amylaceous
,
bulldogged
,
bulldoggish
,
bulldoggy
,
bullheaded
,
clabbered
,
clammy
,
clingy
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
clotted
,
coagulated
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crowded
,
curdled
,
dense
,
doughy
,
firm
,
gaumy
,
gelatinous
,
glairy
,
gluelike
,
glutenous
,
glutinose
,
glutinous
,
gooey
,
grumous
,
gumbo
,
gumbolike
,
gumlike
,
gummous
,
gummy
,
hard
,
heavy
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
inspissated
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
jelled
,
jellied
,
jellylike
,
massive
,
mucilaginous
,
nonporous
,
obstinate
,
packed
,
pasty
,
persistent
,
ropy
,
self-adhesive
,
serried
,
slabby
,
slimy
,
slithery
,
solid
,
starchy
,
stickable
,
sticky
,
stodgy
,
stringy
,
stubborn
,
substantial
,
syrupy
,
tacky
,
tenacious
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickened
,
thickset
,
tough
,
tremelloid
,
tremellose
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
meager
collapse
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
related words >
Lenten
,
Lilliputian
,
Spartan
,
Tom Thumb
,
abstemious
,
angular
,
angustifoliate
,
angustirostrate
,
angustisellate
,
angustiseptal
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
bare
,
bony
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
circumscribed
,
close
,
close-fitting
,
confined
,
constricted
,
cramp
,
cramped
,
crowded
,
cursory
,
deficient
,
depthless
,
dumpy
,
dwarf
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
elfin
,
exiguous
,
few
,
flat
,
flat-chested
,
fleshless
,
footling
,
frugal
,
gangling
,
gangly
,
gaunt
,
gawky
,
impoverished
,
inadequate
,
inappreciable
,
incapacious
,
incipient
,
incommodious
,
inconsequential
,
inconsiderable
,
infrequent
,
insignificant
,
insufficient
,
isthmian
,
isthmic
,
jejune
,
lank
,
lanky
,
lean
,
lean-fleshed
,
lean-looking
,
limited
,
little
,
low
,
mean
,
mere
,
midget
,
miniature
,
minimum
,
miserable
,
miserly
,
nanoid
,
narrow
,
near
,
negligible
,
niggardly
,
no great shakes
,
paltry
,
parsimonious
,
petty
,
picayune
,
picayunish
,
piddling
,
poor
,
puny
,
pygmy
,
rare
,
rawboned
,
restricted
,
rudimental
,
rudimentary
,
runty
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scraggy
,
scrawny
,
scrimp
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
scrubby
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
shabby
,
shallow
,
short
,
shriveled
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
skeletal
,
skimp
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
skin-deep
,
skinny
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
small
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
spidery
,
spindling
,
spindly
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
squat
,
starvation
,
stingy
,
stinted
,
strait
,
straitened
,
stunted
,
subsistence
,
superficial
,
thin
,
thin-bellied
,
thin-fleshed
,
tight
,
tiny
,
trifling
,
trivial
,
twiggy
,
undersize
,
undersized
,
underweight
,
unnourishing
,
unnutritious
,
watered
,
watery
,
wizened
accouterment
collapse
related words >
armament
,
catering
,
chandlery
,
endowment
,
equipment
,
finding
,
fitting out
,
furnishing
,
furnishment
,
investment
,
logistics
,
outfitting
,
preparation
,
procurement
,
providing
,
provision
,
provisioning
,
purveyance
,
reinforcement
,
replenishment
,
resupply
,
retailing
,
selling
,
subsidization
,
subsidy
,
subvention
,
supply
,
supplying
,
victualing
fellowman
collapse
related words >
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
backer
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
friend
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
lover
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
repository
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
well-wisher
looming
collapse
related words >
about to be
,
already in sight
,
approaching
,
at hand
,
brewing
,
close
,
close at hand
,
coming
,
fata morgana
,
forthcoming
,
future
,
gathering
,
going to happen
,
immediate
,
imminent
,
impendent
,
impending
,
in danger imminent
,
in prospect
,
in reserve
,
in store
,
in the cards
,
in the offing
,
in the wind
,
in view
,
instant
,
lowering
,
lurking
,
menacing
,
mirage
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearing
,
on the horizon
,
overhanging
,
preparing
,
that will be
,
threatening
,
to come
,
upcoming
,
waiting
in reserve
collapse
related words >
about to be
,
already in sight
,
approaching
,
aside
,
at hand
,
back
,
brewing
,
by
,
close
,
close at hand
,
coming
,
forthcoming
,
future
,
gathering
,
going to happen
,
immediate
,
imminent
,
impendent
,
impending
,
in anticipation
,
in danger imminent
,
in prospect
,
in readiness
,
in store
,
in the cards
,
in the offing
,
in the wind
,
in view
,
instant
,
looming
,
lowering
,
lurking
,
menacing
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearing
,
on the horizon
,
overhanging
,
preparing
,
that will be
,
threatening
,
to come
,
upcoming
,
waiting
button up
collapse
related words >
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clam up
,
clap
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close
,
close out
,
close up
,
complete
,
conclude
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
crown
,
culminate
,
dummy up
,
end
,
fasten
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fold
,
fold up
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
mop up
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
perfect
,
plumb
,
round out
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
strangle
,
terminate
,
top off
,
top out
,
wind up
,
wrap up
,
zip up
,
zipper
shut down
collapse
related words >
asphyxiate
,
be ruined
,
become insolvent
,
bottle up
,
break
,
bust
,
call a strike
,
call it quits
,
cease
,
censor
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
close
,
close down
,
close shop
,
close up
,
collapse
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crash
,
crush
,
cut
,
damp down
,
drown
,
dumbfound
,
extinguish
,
fail
,
fold
,
fold up
,
gag
,
go bankrupt
,
go broke
,
go into receivership
,
go on strike
,
go to pot
,
go to ruin
,
go under
,
go up
,
hold down
,
hush
,
hush-hush
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
knock off
,
lay off
,
muffle
,
muzzle
,
pour water on
,
put down
,
put to silence
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
repress
,
secure
,
shush
,
shut
,
shut down on
,
shut off
,
shut up
,
shut up shop
,
shutter
,
silence
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
smash
,
smother
,
soft-pedal
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stanch
,
stifle
,
still
,
strangle
,
strike
,
strike dumb
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
switch off
,
throttle
,
turn off
,
walk out
eligible
collapse
qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor"
related words >
acceptability
,
acceptable
,
admissible
,
appropriate
,
available
,
capable
,
desirability
,
desirable
,
eligibility
,
enfranchised
,
fit
,
fitness
,
fitted
,
fittedness
,
fitting
,
likely
,
marriageable
,
nubile
,
preferable
,
proper
,
qualification
,
qualified
,
seemly
,
single
,
suitability
,
suitable
,
suited
,
unmarried
,
unwed
,
with voice
,
with vote
,
worthiness
,
worthy
scant
collapse
limit in quality or quantity
related words >
Lenten
,
Spartan
,
abstemious
,
angustifoliate
,
angustirostrate
,
angustisellate
,
angustiseptal
,
arrested
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
bankrupt in
,
bare of
,
begrudge
,
bereft of
,
bound
,
callow
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
circumscribed
,
close
,
close-fitting
,
condition
,
confine
,
confined
,
constricted
,
contain
,
copyright
,
cramp
,
cramped
,
crowded
,
defective
,
deficient
,
denuded of
,
deprived of
,
destitute of
,
devoid of
,
discipline
,
draw the line
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
embryonic
,
empty of
,
exiguous
,
failing
,
famish
,
for want of
,
forlorn of
,
frugal
,
grudge
,
hedge about
,
hypoplastic
,
immature
,
impoverished
,
in arrear
,
in arrears
,
in default
,
in default of
,
in short supply
,
in want of
,
inadequate
,
incapacious
,
incommodious
,
incomplete
,
infant
,
infrequent
,
insufficiency
,
insufficient
,
isthmian
,
isthmic
,
jejune
,
lacking
,
lean
,
limit
,
limited
,
live upon nothing
,
meager
,
mean
,
miserly
,
missing
,
moderate
,
narrow
,
near
,
needing
,
niggard
,
niggardly
,
out of
,
out of pocket
,
paltry
,
parsimonious
,
part
,
partial
,
patchy
,
patent
,
paucity
,
piddling
,
pinch
,
pinch pennies
,
poor
,
poverty
,
puny
,
qualify
,
rare
,
register
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
restricted
,
save-all
,
scamp
,
scant of
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scarceness
,
scattered
,
scrappy
,
scrawny
,
screw
,
scrimp
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
short
,
short of
,
shy
,
shy of
,
sketchy
,
skimp
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
small
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
specialize
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
starvation
,
starve
,
stingy
,
stint
,
stinted
,
strait
,
straiten
,
straitened
,
stunted
,
subsistence
,
thin
,
tight
,
tightfisted
,
unblessed with
,
underdeveloped
,
undeveloped
,
unnourishing
,
unnutritious
,
unpossessed of
,
void of
,
wanting
,
watered
,
watery
recommendable
collapse
related words >
advantageous
,
advisable
,
appropriate
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
congruous
,
convenient
,
decent
,
desirable
,
expedient
,
favorable
,
feasible
,
felicitous
,
fit
,
fitten
,
fitting
,
fructuous
,
good
,
happy
,
likely
,
meet
,
opportune
,
politic
,
profitable
,
proper
,
right
,
seasonable
,
seemly
,
sortable
,
suitable
,
timely
,
to be desired
,
useful
,
well-timed
,
wise
,
worthwhile
fructuous
collapse
related words >
advantageous
,
advisable
,
appropriate
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
congruous
,
convenient
,
decent
,
desirable
,
expedient
,
favorable
,
feasible
,
felicitous
,
fit
,
fitten
,
fitting
,
good
,
happy
,
likely
,
meet
,
opportune
,
politic
,
profitable
,
proper
,
recommendable
,
right
,
seasonable
,
seemly
,
sortable
,
suitable
,
timely
,
to be desired
,
useful
,
well-timed
,
wise
,
worthwhile
culminate
collapse
rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
reach the highest or most decisive point
related words >
button up
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close out
,
close up
,
complete
,
conclude
,
consummate
,
crest
,
crown
,
develop
,
do to perfection
,
end
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
frost
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
head
,
ice
,
improve
,
mature
,
mop up
,
outtop
,
overarch
,
overtop
,
peak
,
perfect
,
ripen
,
round out
,
surmount
,
terminate
,
tip
,
top
,
top off
,
top out
,
wind up
,
wrap up
neighboring
collapse
situated near one another; "neighbor states"
related words >
abutting
,
adjacent
,
adjoining
,
ambient
,
bordering
,
circling
,
circumambient
,
circumferential
,
circumflex
,
circumfluent
,
circumfluous
,
circumjacent
,
close
,
close-by
,
connecting
,
conterminous
,
contiguous
,
coterminous
,
embracing
,
encircling
,
enclosing
,
encompassing
,
end to end
,
endways
,
endwise
,
enfolding
,
enveloping
,
environing
,
face to face
,
immediate
,
joined
,
juxtaposed
,
juxtapositional
,
juxtapositive
,
near
,
nearby
,
neighbor
,
next
,
peripheral
,
roundabout
,
suburban
,
surrounding
,
touching
,
wrapping
chock
collapse
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
support on chocks; "chock the boat"
secure with chocks
related words >
arrest
,
bar
,
barricade
,
bearing rein
,
bit
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
brake
,
brim
,
chain
,
charge
,
check
,
checkrein
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clog
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
congest
,
constrict
,
countercheck
,
cram
,
crowd
,
curb
,
curb bit
,
damper
,
debar
,
dog
,
doorstop
,
drag
,
drag sail
,
drift anchor
,
drift sail
,
drogue
,
fetter
,
fill
,
fill to overflowing
,
fill up
,
freight
,
holdback
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
lade
,
load
,
lock
,
martingale
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
overfill
,
pack
,
pad
,
pelham
,
ram in
,
remora
,
satiate
,
saturate
,
scotch
,
sea anchor
,
shackle
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
snaffle
,
spoke
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stay
,
stifle
,
stop
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stuff
,
suffocate
,
supercharge
,
surfeit
,
top off
,
trammel
,
wad
,
weight
uncommunicative
collapse
not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
related words >
aloof
,
autistic
,
bashful
,
canny
,
careful
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
dark
,
deliberate
,
discreet
,
disinclined to communicate
,
dissociable
,
distant
,
evasive
,
gingerly
,
guarded
,
heedful
,
hesitant
,
incompatible
,
insociable
,
judicious
,
leaving out nothing
,
meaningless
,
mindful
,
mopey
,
mopish
,
morose
,
noncommittal
,
nongregarious
,
offish
,
on guard
,
overlooking no possibility
,
pawky
,
politic
,
prudent
,
regardful
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
safe
,
secret
,
secretive
,
self-contained
,
self-sufficient
,
shifty
,
slow to act
,
snug
,
socially incompatible
,
standoffish
,
sullen
,
taciturn
,
tentative
,
thorough
,
tight-lipped
,
unadventurous
,
unapproachable
,
unbending
,
unclubbable
,
uncompanionable
,
uncongenial
,
unconversable
,
undaring
,
unenterprising
,
unfriendly
,
ungenial
,
unprecipitate
,
unsociable
,
unsocial
,
withdrawn
condign
collapse
fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"
related words >
according to Hoyle
,
appropriate
,
atrocious
,
awful
,
becoming
,
correct
,
decent
,
decorous
,
deserved
,
dreadful
,
due
,
fair
,
fit
,
fitting
,
good
,
grim
,
horrible
,
just
,
kosher
,
merited
,
nice
,
normal
,
normative
,
proper
,
requisite
,
right
,
right and proper
,
righteous
,
rightful
,
rigorous
,
seemly
,
stern
,
strict
,
stringent
,
suitable
constrict
collapse
become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
related words >
abbreviate
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
circumscribe
,
clap
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confine
,
consolidate
,
constrain
,
constringe
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
cramp
,
crowd
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
dog
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
gather
,
go in
,
jam
,
key
,
knit
,
latch
,
limit
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
narrow
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
pack
,
padlock
,
plait
,
plumb
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
reduce
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shut
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut the door
,
shut tight
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
snape
,
solidify
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stifle
,
stop up
,
straiten
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suffocate
,
taper
,
wrinkle
,
zip up
,
zipper
tongue tied
collapse
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongueless
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
round about
collapse
related words >
about
,
again
,
all over
,
all round
,
all through
,
anticlockwise
,
around
,
at about
,
back
,
backward
,
by
,
by way of
,
circlewise
,
circuitously
,
clockwise
,
close
,
close about
,
counterclockwise
,
deviously
,
every which way
,
everywhence
,
everywhere
,
everywhither
,
from every quarter
,
head over heels
,
heels over head
,
in a circle
,
in a spin
,
in a whirl
,
in all directions
,
in circles
,
in every quarter
,
in reverse
,
in the neighborhood
,
in the vicinity
,
indirectly
,
obliquely
,
on every side
,
over
,
passing by
,
passing through
,
round
,
round and round
,
through
,
throughout
,
via
,
widdershins
viscous
collapse
related words >
adhesive
,
amylaceous
,
broad-bodied
,
bulky
,
bullnecked
,
clabbered
,
clammy
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
clotted
,
coagulated
,
coarse
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
corpulent
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crass
,
crowded
,
curdled
,
dense
,
doughy
,
fat
,
firm
,
full
,
full-bodied
,
gaumy
,
gelatinous
,
glairy
,
gluelike
,
gluey
,
glutenous
,
glutinose
,
glutinous
,
gooey
,
gross
,
grumous
,
gumbo
,
gumbolike
,
gumlike
,
gummous
,
gummy
,
hard
,
heavy
,
heavyset
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
inspissated
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
jelled
,
jellied
,
jellylike
,
massive
,
mucilaginous
,
nonporous
,
packed
,
pasty
,
ropy
,
semifluid
,
serried
,
slab
,
slabby
,
slimy
,
slithery
,
solid
,
starchy
,
sticky
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stringy
,
substantial
,
syrupy
,
tacky
,
tenacious
,
thick
,
thick-bodied
,
thick-growing
,
thickened
,
thickset
,
three-dimensional
,
tough
,
tremelloid
,
tremellose
,
viscid
,
viscose
serried
collapse
(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
related words >
articulated
,
assembled
,
bristling
,
catenated
,
ceaseless
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concatenated
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
connected
,
consolidated
,
constant
,
continual
,
continued
,
continuing
,
continuous
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crawling
,
crowded
,
cyclical
,
dense
,
direct
,
endless
,
featureless
,
firm
,
full
,
gapless
,
gluey
,
hard
,
heavy
,
immediate
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
incessant
,
interminable
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
joined
,
jointless
,
linked
,
massive
,
monotonous
,
never-ending
,
nonporous
,
nonstop
,
packed
,
perennial
,
periodic
,
populous
,
ranged
,
ranked
,
recurrent
,
repetitive
,
round-the-clock
,
running
,
saw-toothed
,
sawtooth
,
seamless
,
serrated
,
smooth
,
solid
,
stable
,
steady
,
straight
,
substantial
,
swarming
,
teeming
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickset
,
tiered
,
twenty-four-hour
,
unbroken
,
unceasing
,
undifferentiated
,
unending
,
uniform
,
unintermitted
,
unintermittent
,
unintermitting
,
uninterrupted
,
unrelieved
,
unremitting
,
unstopped
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
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