Related Words:
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- ambulance chaser,
- belittler,
- bunco artist,
- bunco steerer,
- captious critic,
- cardsharp,
- cardsharper,
- carper,
- carpetbagger,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- common scold,
- con artist,
- con man,
- confidence man,
- crimp,
- critic,
- criticizer,
- equivocator,
- faultfinder,
- frondeur,
- hairsplitter,
- hedger,
- horse coper,
- horse trader,
- jackleg,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- momus,
- mortgage shark,
- mystificator,
- mystifier,
- nitpicker,
- obscurantist,
- palterer,
- picayune critic,
- pitchman,
- prevaricator,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooter,
- quibbler,
- scold,
- shark,
- sharp,
- sharper,
- sharpie,
- shortchanger,
- shuffler,
- shyster,
- slicker,
- smellfungus,
- spieler,
- tergiversator
- connoisseur
collapse - an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts related words >
- Admirable Crichton,
- accumulator,
- adept,
- aesthete,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- annotator,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- bill collector,
- bon vivant,
- buff,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- cognoscente,
- collection agent,
- collector,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connaisseur,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- dead shot,
- dilettante,
- diplomat,
- diplomatist,
- douanier,
- dunner,
- editor,
- elder statesman,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- exciseman,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- fan,
- farmer,
- faultfinder,
- freak,
- gatherer,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- graduate,
- handy man,
- journeyman,
- judge,
- literary critic,
- magpie,
- man of letters,
- marksman,
- maven,
- miser,
- muckraker,
- no slouch,
- nut,
- pack rat,
- politician,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- pundit,
- refined palate,
- reviewer,
- savant,
- scholar,
- scholiast,
- shark,
- sharp,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- specialist,
- statesman,
- tax collector,
- technical adviser,
- technical expert,
- technician,
- textual critic,
- virtuoso
- poet
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- a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) related words >
- Meistersinger,
- Parnassian,
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- arch-poet,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- ballad maker,
- balladist,
- balladmonger,
- bard,
- beat poet,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- bucoliast,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copywriter,
- creative artist,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- elegist,
- encyclopedist,
- epic poet,
- essayist,
- fancier,
- fantasist,
- fantast,
- fili,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humorist,
- idyllist,
- imaginer,
- imagist,
- inditer,
- inventor,
- jongleur,
- laureate,
- librettist,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- lyricist,
- magazine writer,
- major poet,
- maker,
- man of letters,
- metrist,
- minnesinger,
- minor poet,
- minstrel,
- modernist,
- monographer,
- muse,
- music critic,
- mythicizer,
- mythifier,
- mythmaker,
- mythopoet,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- occasional poet,
- odist,
- pamphleteer,
- pastoral poet,
- pastoralist,
- penwoman,
- poet laureate,
- poetaster,
- poetress,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- rhapsode,
- rhapsodist,
- rhymer,
- rhymester,
- satirist,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scop,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- skald,
- sonneteer,
- storyteller,
- symbolist,
- technical writer,
- troubadour,
- trouveur,
- trovatore,
- vers libriste,
- vers-librist,
- versemaker,
- versifier,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer
- a tale-bearing animal,
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- busybody,
- city editor,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copy chief,
- copy editor,
- copyman,
- copyreader,
- copywriter,
- correspondent,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- cub reporter,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- diaskeuast,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- encyclopedist,
- essayist,
- feature editor,
- foreign correspondent,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- gazetteer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- gossip,
- gossip columnist,
- gossiper,
- gossipmonger,
- humorist,
- inditer,
- interviewer,
- journalist,
- leader writer,
- leg man,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- managing editor,
- monographer,
- music critic,
- news editor,
- newsman,
- newsmonger,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- own correspondent,
- pamphleteer,
- paragrapher,
- paragraphist,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- pressman,
- prose writer,
- publicist,
- quidnunc,
- reader,
- reporter,
- reviewer,
- reviser,
- rewrite man,
- rewriter,
- rumormonger,
- scandalmonger,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- slotman,
- sob sister,
- special correspondent,
- sports editor,
- storyteller,
- subeditor,
- tabby,
- talebearer,
- taleteller,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- technical writer,
- telltale,
- tittle-tattler,
- war correspondent,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer,
- yenta
- cynic
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- someone who is critical of the motives of others
- a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control related words >
- Cassandra,
- Eeyore,
- Thersites,
- backbiter,
- belittler,
- calamity howler,
- calumniator,
- caustic critic,
- debunker,
- decrier,
- defamer,
- defeatist,
- deflater,
- depreciator,
- derogator,
- detractor,
- disparager,
- hatchet man,
- killjoy,
- knocker,
- libeler,
- malist,
- man-hater,
- misanthrope,
- misanthropist,
- misogynist,
- muckraker,
- mudslinger,
- negativist,
- nihilist,
- pessimist,
- prophet of doom,
- railer,
- retreatist,
- seek-sorrow,
- sexist,
- slanderer,
- social critic,
- traducer,
- woman-hater,
- worrywart
- interpreter
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- (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles" related words >
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- artist,
- artiste,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- concert artist,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- executant,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- lexicographer,
- maestro,
- metaphrast,
- minstrel,
- minstrelsy,
- music maker,
- musician,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- performer,
- player,
- scholiast,
- soloist,
- textual critic,
- translator,
- tunester,
- virtuosa,
- virtuoso
- Ananias,
- Baron Munchausen,
- Father of Lies,
- Satan,
- Sir John Mandeville,
- captious critic,
- caviler,
- consummate liar,
- dirty liar,
- equivocator,
- fabricator,
- fabulist,
- false witness,
- falsifier,
- fibber,
- fibster,
- habitual liar,
- hairsplitter,
- hedger,
- liar,
- mystificator,
- mystifier,
- mythomaniac,
- nitpicker,
- obscurantist,
- palterer,
- pathological liar,
- perjurer,
- pettifogger,
- picayune critic,
- pseudologist,
- pseudologue,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooter,
- quibbler,
- shuffler,
- spinner of yarns,
- storyteller,
- tergiversator,
- yarn spinner,
- yarner
- critic
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- someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
- anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art related words >
- advertising writer,
- aficionado,
- allegorist,
- amateur,
- annalist,
- annotator,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- authority,
- belittler,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- bon vivant,
- book reviewer,
- buff,
- captious,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- carping,
- caviler,
- caviling,
- censor,
- censorious,
- censurer,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- coauthor,
- cognoscente,
- collaborator,
- collector,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- common scold,
- compiler,
- complainer,
- composer,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- dance critic,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diarist,
- diaskeuast,
- dilettante,
- disparager,
- dragoman,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- encyclopedist,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- essayist,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- expert,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- fan,
- faultfinder,
- faultfinding,
- freak,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- frondeur,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- humorist,
- hypercritical,
- inditer,
- interpreter,
- judge,
- knocker,
- leader writer,
- lexicographer,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- maven,
- metaphrast,
- momus,
- monographer,
- muckraker,
- mudslinger,
- music critic,
- news analyst,
- newspaperman,
- nitpicker,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- nut,
- oneirocritic,
- overcritical,
- pamphleteer,
- paraphrast,
- penwoman,
- pettifogger,
- poet,
- prose writer,
- publicist,
- pundit,
- quibbler,
- refined palate,
- reviewer,
- savant,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scholar,
- scholiast,
- scold,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- specialist,
- storyteller,
- technical expert,
- technical writer,
- technician,
- textual critic,
- translator,
- virtuoso,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer
- anon
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- (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
- at another time; "ever and anon" related words >
- after a time,
- after a while,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- again,
- at another time,
- at that moment,
- at that time,
- before long,
- betimes,
- by and by,
- by destiny,
- directly,
- ere long,
- fatally,
- hopefully,
- imminently,
- in a moment,
- in a while,
- in aftertime,
- in due course,
- in due time,
- in that case,
- in the future,
- later,
- on that occasion,
- predictably,
- presently,
- probably,
- proximo,
- shortly,
- soon,
- then,
- thereat,
- tomorrow,
- when
- censor
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- a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
- someone who censures or condemns
- subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- annotator,
- asphyxiate,
- belittler,
- black out,
- bleach,
- blip,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bottle up,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censurer,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clean up,
- cognoscente,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- common scold,
- connoisseur,
- conscience,
- conscientiousness,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cross out,
- crush,
- cut,
- cut out,
- damp down,
- delete,
- drown,
- edit,
- edit out,
- editor,
- erase,
- ethical self,
- excise,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- extinguish,
- faultfinder,
- frondeur,
- gag,
- grace,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- inner arbiter,
- inward monitor,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- momus,
- monopolist,
- moral censor,
- muckraker,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- narrow,
- nitpicker,
- omit,
- pettifogger,
- pour water on,
- protectionist,
- purge,
- purify,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quibbler,
- repress,
- rescind,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restrictionist,
- reviewer,
- rub out,
- scholiast,
- scold,
- screen,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smellfungus,
- smother,
- social conscience,
- social critic,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- superego,
- suppress,
- tender conscience,
- textual critic,
- throttle,
- twinge of conscience,
- voice of conscience,
- void
- agitator,
- anarch,
- anarchist,
- belittler,
- bellyacher,
- brawler,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- common scold,
- complainant,
- complainer,
- crab,
- crank,
- critic,
- criticizer,
- croaker,
- extremist,
- faultfinder,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- kicker,
- kvetch,
- malcontent,
- maverick,
- momus,
- murmurer,
- mutineer,
- mutterer,
- nitpicker,
- nonconformist,
- pettifogger,
- querulous person,
- quibbler,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- rebel,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- scold,
- smellfungus,
- sorehead,
- subversive,
- traitor,
- whiner
- knocker
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- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is"
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person related words >
- Thersites,
- backbiter,
- bag,
- belittler,
- boobs,
- bosom,
- breast,
- breasts,
- brisket,
- bust,
- calumniator,
- carper,
- caustic critic,
- caviler,
- chest,
- criticizer,
- crop,
- cynic,
- debunker,
- decrier,
- defamer,
- deflater,
- depreciator,
- derogator,
- detractor,
- disparager,
- dug,
- faultfinder,
- hatchet man,
- knockers,
- libeler,
- mama,
- mamelon,
- mamelonation,
- mammary gland,
- mammilla,
- mammillation,
- momus,
- muckraker,
- mudslinger,
- nenes,
- nipple,
- pap,
- papilla,
- pigeon breast,
- railer,
- slanderer,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- teat,
- thorax,
- tit,
- tits,
- titties,
- titty,
- traducer,
- udder
- lexicographer
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- a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language related words >
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- dialectician,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- etymologer,
- etymologist,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- grammarian,
- grammaticaster,
- grammatist,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- lexicologist,
- linguist,
- linguistic scholar,
- linguistic scientist,
- linguistician,
- metaphrast,
- oneirocritic,
- orthoepist,
- paleographer,
- paraphrast,
- philologaster,
- philologer,
- philologian,
- philologist,
- phonemicist,
- phonetician,
- phoneticist,
- phonologist,
- scholiast,
- semanticist,
- semasiologist,
- textual critic,
- translator
- ad interim,
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- awhile,
- between acts,
- betweentimes,
- betweenwhiles,
- but now,
- during the interval,
- en attendant,
- even now,
- for a time,
- for the meantime,
- for the moment,
- for the nonce,
- for the time,
- for this occasion,
- here,
- here and now,
- hereat,
- hic et nunc,
- in our time,
- in the interim,
- in the meanwhile,
- in these days,
- just now,
- meantime,
- meanwhile,
- now,
- nowadays,
- on the spot,
- pendente lite,
- pro tem,
- pro tempore,
- temporarily,
- this day,
- this night,
- today,
- tonight,
- until then
- adventurer,
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- ask no favors,
- ask no quarter,
- author,
- authoress,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- blue-collar worker,
- breadwinner,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- coauthor,
- collaborate,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- common laborer,
- compiler,
- compose,
- composer,
- condottiere,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- dash off,
- day laborer,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- editorialize,
- employee,
- encyclopedist,
- essayist,
- factory worker,
- flunky,
- formulate,
- free spirit,
- free trader,
- free-lance writer,
- free-lancer,
- freethinker,
- full-time worker,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- ghostwriter,
- go it alone,
- gun,
- gunman,
- hand,
- hired gun,
- hired killer,
- hireling,
- humorist,
- independent,
- indite,
- inditer,
- individualist,
- industrial worker,
- isolationist,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- latitudinarian,
- liberal,
- libertarian,
- libertine,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- menial,
- mercenary,
- migrant,
- moiler,
- monographer,
- mugwump,
- music critic,
- navvy,
- neutral,
- newspaperman,
- nonpartisan,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- novelize,
- office temporary,
- pamphleteer,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prepare,
- produce,
- professional killer,
- proletarian,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- roustabout,
- rugged individualist,
- salaried worker,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scenarize,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- self-employed person,
- servant,
- short-story writer,
- soldier of fortune,
- stiff,
- storyteller,
- technical writer,
- temporary,
- third force,
- third world,
- throw on paper,
- toiler,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman,
- write,
- writer
- juncture
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- 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
- expositor
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- a person who explains related words >
- Boanerges,
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- author,
- book reviewer,
- chalk talker,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- descanter,
- diaskeuast,
- discourser,
- disquisitor,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- essayist,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expounder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- homilist,
- interpreter,
- leader writer,
- lecturer,
- lexicographer,
- metaphrast,
- monographer,
- monographist,
- news analyst,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- praelector,
- preacher,
- publicist,
- pulpitarian,
- pulpiteer,
- reader,
- reviewer,
- scholiast,
- sermoner,
- sermonist,
- sermonizer,
- textual critic,
- tractation,
- translator,
- writer
- scribe
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- informal terms for journalists
- French playwright (1791-1861)
- score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking related words >
- Levite,
- accountant,
- advertising writer,
- amanuensis,
- annalist,
- archivist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- baal kore,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- bookkeeper,
- calligrapher,
- cantor,
- carve,
- chase,
- chief rabbi,
- chirographer,
- clerk,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copier,
- copy,
- copy out,
- copyist,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- documentalist,
- draft,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- dramaturge,
- draw up,
- edit,
- editor,
- enchase,
- encyclopedist,
- enface,
- engrave,
- engraver,
- engross,
- essayist,
- etch,
- filing clerk,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- gossip columnist,
- grave,
- hack,
- high priest,
- humorist,
- incise,
- indite,
- inditer,
- ink spiller,
- inkslinger,
- inscribe,
- journalist,
- kohen,
- letterer,
- librarian,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- make a recension,
- make out,
- man of letters,
- mark,
- marker,
- monographer,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- notary,
- notary public,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- pamphleteer,
- paragraphist,
- pen,
- pencil,
- pencil driver,
- penman,
- penner,
- penny-a-liner,
- penwoman,
- playwright,
- poet,
- priest,
- prose writer,
- prothonotary,
- push the pen,
- put in writing,
- rabbi,
- rabbin,
- recense,
- record,
- record clerk,
- recorder,
- recording secretary,
- recordist,
- register,
- registrar,
- reporter,
- reviewer,
- revise,
- rewrite,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- score,
- scorekeeper,
- scorer,
- scratch,
- scribbler,
- scriptwriter,
- scrive,
- scrivener,
- scroll,
- secretary,
- short-story writer,
- sob sister,
- spill ink,
- spoil paper,
- stenographer,
- stonecutter,
- storyteller,
- superscribe,
- technical writer,
- timekeeper,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- transcriber,
- type,
- word painter,
- word-slinger,
- wordsmith,
- write,
- write down,
- write out,
- writer
- day
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- United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
- a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day"
- some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed"
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"
- an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" related words >
- International Date Line,
- Platonic year,
- abundant year,
- academic year,
- aeon,
- age,
- annum,
- annus magnus,
- antedate,
- bissextile year,
- broad day,
- calendar month,
- calendar year,
- century,
- common year,
- cycle,
- cycle of indiction,
- date,
- date line,
- datemark,
- dawn,
- day glow,
- daylight,
- dayshine,
- daytide,
- daytime,
- decade,
- decennary,
- decennium,
- defective year,
- dusk,
- epoch,
- era,
- fateful moment,
- fiscal year,
- fortnight,
- full sun,
- generation,
- great year,
- green flash,
- heyday,
- hour,
- indiction,
- instant,
- interval,
- juncture,
- kairos,
- leap year,
- lifetime,
- light,
- light of day,
- lunar month,
- lunar year,
- lunation,
- luster,
- lustrum,
- man-hour,
- microsecond,
- midday sun,
- millennium,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- month,
- moon,
- noonlight,
- noontide light,
- period,
- point,
- point of time,
- postdate,
- pregnant moment,
- prime,
- psychological moment,
- quarter,
- quinquennium,
- ray of sunshine,
- regular year,
- season,
- second,
- semester,
- session,
- shine,
- sidereal year,
- solar year,
- space,
- span,
- spell,
- stage,
- stretch,
- sun,
- sun spark,
- sunbeam,
- sunbreak,
- sunburst,
- sunlight,
- sunshine,
- term,
- time,
- time lag,
- trimester,
- twelvemonth,
- twilight,
- week,
- weekday,
- while,
- year
- editor
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- a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) related words >
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- bibliognost,
- bibliographer,
- biblioklept,
- bibliolater,
- bibliomane,
- bibliomaniac,
- bibliopegist,
- bibliophage,
- bibliophile,
- bibliopole,
- bibliopolist,
- bibliotaph,
- bibliothec,
- bibliothecaire,
- bibliothecary,
- book agent,
- book collector,
- book printer,
- book publisher,
- book reviewer,
- book salesman,
- book-stealer,
- bookbinder,
- bookdealer,
- booklover,
- bookmaker,
- bookman,
- bookseller,
- bookworm,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- cataloger,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- chief librarian,
- cicerone,
- city editor,
- clarifier,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- college editor,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- compiler,
- connoisseur,
- copy chief,
- copy editor,
- copyman,
- copyreader,
- correspondent,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- cub reporter,
- curator,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dictionary editor,
- dragoman,
- editor-in-chief,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- executive editor,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- faultfinder,
- feature editor,
- foreign correspondent,
- gazetteer,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- interviewer,
- journalist,
- juvenile editor,
- leader writer,
- leg man,
- lexicographer,
- librarian,
- library director,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- managing editor,
- metaphrast,
- muckraker,
- news analyst,
- news editor,
- newsman,
- newspaperman,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- oneirocritic,
- own correspondent,
- paragrapher,
- paragraphist,
- paraphrast,
- permissions editor,
- philobiblist,
- pressman,
- printer,
- production editor,
- publicist,
- publisher,
- reader,
- redactor,
- reference editor,
- reference librarian,
- reporter,
- reviewer,
- reviser,
- rewrite man,
- rewriter,
- scholiast,
- slotman,
- smellfungus,
- sob sister,
- social critic,
- special correspondent,
- sports editor,
- subeditor,
- textbook editor,
- textual critic,
- trade editor,
- translator,
- war correspondent,
- writer
- shortly
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- for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"
- at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees" related words >
- abruptly,
- after a while,
- anon,
- aphoristically,
- bearishly,
- before long,
- betimes,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- boorishly,
- brashly,
- briefly,
- brusquely,
- by and by,
- cavalierly,
- churlishly,
- compendiously,
- concisely,
- crisply,
- crustily,
- curtly,
- directly,
- economically,
- ere long,
- fleetingly,
- flickeringly,
- flittingly,
- for a moment,
- gruffly,
- harshly,
- immediately,
- in a moment,
- in a while,
- in an instant,
- in brief,
- in brief compass,
- in due course,
- in due time,
- in short,
- just,
- laconically,
- momentarily,
- nastily,
- peremptorily,
- pithily,
- pointedly,
- presently,
- pronto,
- quickly,
- right,
- rudely,
- sententiously,
- sharply,
- snippily,
- soon,
- sparely,
- succinctly,
- summarily,
- swiftly,
- synoptically,
- tartly,
- tersely,
- testily,
- transiently
- today
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- 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
- author
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- be the author of; "She authored this play" related words >
- actor,
- advertising writer,
- agent,
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- annalist,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- art critic,
- artificer,
- artist,
- authoress,
- bear,
- beget,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- breed,
- bring about,
- bring forth,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- builder,
- catalyst,
- cause,
- causer,
- coauthor,
- collaborate,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- compose,
- composer,
- conceive,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- copywriter,
- craftsman,
- create,
- creative writer,
- creator,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- dash off,
- descanter,
- designer,
- deviser,
- diarist,
- discourser,
- discoverer,
- disquisitor,
- do,
- doer,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- editorialize,
- effect,
- effector,
- effectuate,
- encyclopedist,
- engender,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- essayist,
- establish,
- executant,
- executor,
- executrix,
- expositor,
- fabricator,
- father,
- formulate,
- found,
- founder,
- framer,
- free lance,
- free-lance,
- free-lance writer,
- generate,
- generator,
- gestate,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- ghostwriter,
- give birth to,
- give occasion to,
- give origin to,
- give rise to,
- grower,
- humorist,
- inaugurate,
- inaugurator,
- indite,
- inditer,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- inspirer,
- instigator,
- institute,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- make,
- maker,
- man of letters,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- medium,
- monographer,
- monographist,
- mother,
- mover,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- novelize,
- occasion,
- operant,
- operative,
- operator,
- organizer,
- origin,
- originate,
- originator,
- pamphleteer,
- parent,
- past master,
- patriarch,
- penwoman,
- performer,
- perpetrator,
- planner,
- poet,
- practitioner,
- precursor,
- prepare,
- prime mover,
- primum mobile,
- procreator,
- produce,
- producer,
- prose writer,
- raiser,
- realize,
- realizer,
- reviewer,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scenarize,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- set afloat,
- set on foot,
- set up,
- shaper,
- short-story writer,
- sire,
- smith,
- source,
- storyteller,
- subject,
- technical writer,
- throw on paper,
- tractation,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- work,
- worker,
- wright,
- write,
- writer
- caviling
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- quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics" related words >
- hypercritical
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- inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality" related words >
- captious,
- carping,
- caviling,
- censorious,
- critic,
- critical,
- cynical,
- faultfinding,
- hairsplitting,
- hypersensitive,
- morbidly sensitive,
- nagging,
- niggling,
- overconscientious,
- overcritical,
- overfastidious,
- overmeticulous,
- overnice,
- overparticular,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- overscrupulous,
- oversensitive,
- oversqueamish,
- pettifogging,
- quibbling,
- trichoschistic,
- ultracritical
- JP,
- Justice,
- arbiter,
- bencher,
- broker,
- connection,
- contact,
- critic,
- go-between,
- his honor,
- his lordship,
- his worship,
- impartial arbitrator,
- indicator,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- interpleader,
- judge,
- justice,
- magistrate,
- mediator,
- medium,
- middleman,
- moderator,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- referee,
- third party,
- umpire,
- unbiased observer
- season
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- one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
- a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
- a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
- make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
- lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" related words >
- abate,
- acclimate,
- acclimatize,
- accommodate,
- accustom,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- age,
- alter,
- anhydrate,
- assuage,
- attain majority,
- available,
- beautify,
- besprinkle,
- blast-freeze,
- bloom,
- box in,
- break,
- break in,
- breathe,
- brew,
- brine,
- case harden,
- circumscribe,
- color,
- come of age,
- come to maturity,
- condition,
- confirm,
- corn,
- cultivate,
- cure,
- day,
- decoct,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- develop,
- diminish,
- discipline,
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- dredge,
- dry,
- dry-cure,
- dry-salt,
- dye,
- edible,
- elaborate,
- embalm,
- embellish,
- enliven,
- entincture,
- establish,
- evaporate,
- evolve,
- familiarize,
- fateful moment,
- finish,
- fit,
- fix,
- flavor,
- fledge,
- flower,
- freeze,
- freeze-dry,
- fume,
- gentle,
- grow,
- grow up,
- habituate,
- harden,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hour,
- housebreak,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- instant,
- instill,
- interval,
- inure,
- irradiate,
- jerk,
- juncture,
- kairos,
- kipper,
- leave the nest,
- leaven,
- limit,
- marinade,
- marinate,
- mature,
- mellow,
- minute,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- mummify,
- narrow,
- naturalize,
- occasion,
- opportunity,
- orient,
- orientate,
- palliate,
- penetrate,
- pep up,
- pepper,
- perfect,
- period,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pickle,
- point,
- polish,
- pregnant moment,
- prepare,
- preservatize,
- psychological moment,
- qualify,
- quick-freeze,
- reach manhood,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- ready,
- reduce,
- refine,
- refrigerate,
- regulate by,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- ripe,
- ripen,
- salt,
- saturate,
- sauce,
- savor,
- school,
- seasonable,
- seasoned,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- settle down,
- smoke,
- smoke-cure,
- soften,
- space,
- span,
- spell,
- spice,
- stage,
- steel,
- steep,
- stretch,
- stuff,
- suffuse,
- tame,
- temper,
- term,
- time,
- time lag,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- toga virilis,
- toughen,
- train,
- transfuse,
- while,
- wont
- instant
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- in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst" related words >
- a breath,
- about to be,
- actual,
- acute,
- alert,
- already in sight,
- approaching,
- apt,
- as is,
- at hand,
- being,
- bit,
- breath,
- breathing,
- brewing,
- burning,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- compelling,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- coup,
- crack,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- current,
- cursory,
- day,
- decisive,
- demanding,
- dire,
- direct,
- draining,
- earnest,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- existent,
- existing,
- exorbitant,
- expeditious,
- extant,
- extortionate,
- fateful moment,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- flash,
- flying,
- forthcoming,
- fresh,
- furious,
- future,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- grasping,
- hair-trigger,
- half a jiffy,
- half a mo,
- half a second,
- half a shake,
- hasty,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- hour,
- hurried,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- insistent,
- instantaneous,
- interval,
- jiff,
- jiffy,
- juncture,
- kairos,
- last-minute,
- latest,
- lightning-like,
- little,
- little bit,
- little while,
- looming,
- loud,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- microsecond,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- modern,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- momentaneous,
- momentary,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearing,
- new,
- no time,
- on the horizon,
- on the spot,
- overhanging,
- overnight,
- pair of winks,
- passing,
- period,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pivotal,
- point,
- pregnant moment,
- prepared,
- preparing,
- present,
- present-age,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- pressing,
- presto,
- prompt,
- psychological moment,
- punctual,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- ready,
- ready-made,
- ready-mixed,
- running,
- season,
- sec,
- second,
- shake,
- short spell,
- short time,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- small space,
- snap,
- space,
- span,
- speedy,
- spell,
- split second,
- spurt,
- stage,
- stretch,
- stroke,
- summary,
- superficial,
- swift,
- taxing,
- that be,
- that is,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- tick,
- time,
- time lag,
- to come,
- topical,
- trice,
- twink,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twitch,
- two shakes,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute,
- upcoming,
- urgent,
- waiting,
- while,
- wink
- interval
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- the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
- a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
- the difference in pitch between two notes related words >
- abeyance,
- amount,
- aperture,
- arrearage,
- breach,
- break,
- broaching,
- caesura,
- caliber,
- cavity,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- chasm,
- check,
- clearing,
- cleft,
- coffee break,
- comma,
- compass,
- consecutive intervals,
- crack,
- cut,
- day,
- day off,
- defalcation,
- defect,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- degree,
- delay,
- diapason,
- diatessaron,
- diatonic interval,
- diatonic semitone,
- disclosure,
- discontinuity,
- distance,
- downtime,
- drop,
- enharmonic diesis,
- enharmonic interval,
- extent,
- fateful moment,
- fenestra,
- fifth,
- fissure,
- fistula,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- fourth,
- gap,
- gape,
- gat,
- grade,
- gulf,
- half step,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halftone,
- height,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- holiday,
- hollow,
- hour,
- inlet,
- instant,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interstice,
- juncture,
- kairos,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- laying open,
- layoff,
- leak,
- leap,
- less semitone,
- letup,
- level,
- lull,
- mark,
- meantime,
- meanwhile,
- measure,
- melodic interval,
- minute,
- missing link,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- need,
- notch,
- note,
- nuance,
- octave,
- off-time,
- omission,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- outage,
- outlet,
- parallel octaves,
- parenthesis,
- pas,
- passageway,
- pause,
- peg,
- period,
- pitch,
- plane,
- plateau,
- point,
- point of repose,
- pore,
- pregnant moment,
- proportion,
- psychological moment,
- quiet spell,
- range,
- ratio,
- reach,
- recess,
- relief,
- remission,
- remove,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- round,
- rung,
- scale,
- scope,
- season,
- second,
- semitone,
- seventh,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shortage,
- sixth,
- slot,
- space,
- span,
- spell,
- split,
- stage,
- stair,
- stand-down,
- standard,
- stay,
- step,
- stint,
- stoma,
- stretch,
- suspension,
- third,
- throwing open,
- time,
- time lag,
- time off,
- time out,
- tone,
- tread,
- truce,
- ullage,
- uncorking,
- unison interval,
- unstopping,
- vacation,
- void,
- wait,
- want,
- wantage,
- while,
- whole step,
- yawn
- tonight
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- the present or immediately coming night
- during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight" related words >
- adept,
- amateur,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- authority,
- bon vivant,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- dab,
- dabster,
- dilettante,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- expert,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- judge,
- master,
- past master,
- professional,
- proficient,
- refined palate,
- virtuoso
- Charlie McCarthy,
- Hermes,
- Iris,
- Mercury,
- Paul Revere,
- Pheidippides,
- agent,
- allegorist,
- ancilla,
- annotator,
- appliance,
- arbitrator,
- broker,
- carrier,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- commissionaire,
- connection,
- contact,
- contrivance,
- courier,
- creature,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- deputy,
- device,
- diaskeuast,
- diplomatic courier,
- distributor,
- dragoman,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- emissary,
- estafette,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- express,
- front,
- front man,
- guide,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- hermeneut,
- implement,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- interpleader,
- interpreter,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- jobber,
- lever,
- lexicographer,
- liaison,
- link,
- mechanism,
- mediary,
- mediator,
- medium,
- message-bearer,
- messenger,
- metaphrast,
- middleman,
- midwife,
- minion,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- nuncio,
- ombudsman,
- oneirocritic,
- organ,
- paraphrast,
- pawn,
- plaything,
- post,
- postboy,
- postrider,
- puppet,
- runner,
- scholiast,
- servant,
- slave,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- stooge,
- textual critic,
- tie,
- tool,
- toy,
- translator,
- vehicle,
- wholesaler
- momentarily
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- at any moment; "she will be with you momently"
- for an instant or moment; "we paused momentarily before proceeding"; "a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch" related words >
- presently
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- at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" related words >
- captious
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- tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor" related words >
- bickering,
- carping,
- caviling,
- censorious,
- choplogic,
- contrary,
- critic,
- critical,
- cynical,
- demanding,
- equivocatory,
- evasive,
- exacting,
- faultfinding,
- finicky,
- hairsplitting,
- hedging,
- hypercritical,
- irritable,
- logic-chopping,
- nagging,
- niggling,
- nit-picking,
- overcritical,
- paltering,
- particular,
- peevish,
- pernickety,
- perverse,
- pettifogging,
- petty,
- petulant,
- picayune,
- pussyfooting,
- quibbling,
- shuffling,
- snappish,
- snappy,
- testy,
- trichoschistic,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- ultracritical
- now
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- 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
- exponent
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- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains related words >
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- allegorist,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- angel,
- annotator,
- apologist,
- attorney,
- backer,
- backup,
- backup man,
- booster,
- buff,
- case,
- case in point,
- champion,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- critic,
- cross section,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- defender,
- definer,
- demonstration,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- dependence,
- deputy,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- dummy,
- editor,
- emblem,
- embodiment,
- emendator,
- emender,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- euhemerist,
- example,
- executive officer,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- exemplar,
- exemplification,
- explainer,
- explanation,
- explicator,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- fan,
- favorer,
- figurehead,
- friend at court,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- illustration,
- instance,
- interpreter,
- lexicographer,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- metaphrast,
- object lesson,
- oneirocritic,
- paranymph,
- paraphrast,
- partisan,
- patron,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- promoter,
- proponent,
- protagonist,
- proxy,
- relevant instance,
- reliance,
- representation,
- representative,
- scholiast,
- second,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- sider,
- specimen,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- substitute,
- support,
- supporter,
- surrogate,
- sustainer,
- symbol,
- sympathizer,
- textual critic,
- translator,
- type,
- typical example,
- typification,
- understudy,
- upholder,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vicegerent,
- votary,
- well-wisher
- arbiter
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- someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- someone with the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion" related words >
- JP,
- Justice,
- amateur,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- arbitrator,
- authority,
- bencher,
- bon vivant,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- dilettante,
- epicure,
- epicurean,
- expert,
- good judge,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- his honor,
- his lordship,
- his worship,
- impartial arbitrator,
- indicator,
- judge,
- justice,
- magistrate,
- maven,
- moderator,
- referee,
- refined palate,
- third party,
- umpire,
- unbiased observer,
- virtuoso
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