Related Words:
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- afire,
- agog,
- amative,
- amatory,
- amorous,
- animated,
- aquiver,
- ardent,
- aroused,
- atingle,
- atwitter,
- blazing,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- burning,
- bursting,
- carried away,
- committed,
- cordial,
- dedicated,
- deep,
- delirious,
- desirous,
- devoted,
- devout,
- dithyrambic,
- drunk,
- eager,
- earnest,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- emotional,
- emphatic,
- enthusiastic,
- erotic,
- excited,
- exciting,
- exhilarated,
- exuberant,
- faithful,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fierce,
- fiery,
- fired,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- furious,
- glowing,
- gushing,
- gushy,
- hearty,
- heated,
- high,
- hopped up,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- in earnest,
- inflamed,
- inspired,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intoxicated,
- keen,
- keyed up,
- lascivious,
- lathered up,
- lively,
- loverlike,
- loverly,
- loyal,
- manic,
- maudlin,
- melodramatic,
- moved,
- mushy,
- on fire,
- overemotional,
- overheated,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- profound,
- provoking,
- ready to burst,
- red-hot,
- resolute,
- romantic,
- roused,
- rousing,
- sentimental,
- serious,
- sexual,
- sincere,
- spirited,
- steamed up,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- stimulated,
- stimulating,
- stirred,
- stirred up,
- stirring,
- thrilled,
- tingling,
- tingly,
- torrid,
- turned-on,
- unrestrained,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- violent,
- warm,
- whipped up,
- white-hot,
- worked up,
- wrought up,
- yeasty,
- zealous
- instability
collapse - the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
- unreliability attributable to being unstable
- an unstable order related words >
- ambitendency,
- ambivalence,
- caducity,
- capriciousness,
- chanciness,
- change of mind,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- choppiness,
- corruptibility,
- criticalness,
- danger,
- dappleness,
- death,
- decrepitude,
- delicacy,
- desultoriness,
- deviability,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- disorder,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- double-mindedness,
- doubtfulness,
- dubiety,
- dubiousness,
- eccentricity,
- ephemerality,
- ephemeralness,
- erraticism,
- evanescence,
- fence-sitting,
- fence-straddling,
- fickleness,
- finitude,
- fleetingness,
- flightiness,
- freakishness,
- fugacity,
- hazard,
- hazardousness,
- impermanence,
- impermanency,
- impulsiveness,
- incapacity,
- inconsistency,
- inconstancy,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- inequality,
- infirmity,
- infirmity of purpose,
- insecurity,
- insipidity,
- insolidity,
- insubstantiality,
- invalidism,
- irregularity,
- irresolution,
- jerkiness,
- mercuriality,
- momentariness,
- moodiness,
- mortality,
- motleyness,
- mugwumpery,
- mugwumpism,
- mutability,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- peril,
- perilousness,
- perishability,
- pluralism,
- precariousness,
- raggedness,
- restlessness,
- ricketiness,
- risk,
- riskiness,
- second thoughts,
- senility,
- shakiness,
- shiftiness,
- shiftingness,
- slipperiness,
- speculativeness,
- sword of Damocles,
- tergiversation,
- ticklish business,
- ticklishness,
- totteriness,
- touchiness,
- transience,
- transiency,
- transientness,
- transitoriness,
- treacherousness,
- treachery,
- unauthenticity,
- unauthoritativeness,
- uncertainty,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- undecidedness,
- undependability,
- undeterminedness,
- unevenness,
- unfaithworthiness,
- unfirmness,
- unfixedness,
- unhealthiness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unpredictability,
- unreliability,
- unsafeness,
- unsettledness,
- unsettlement,
- unsolidity,
- unsoundness,
- unstableness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsturdiness,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsureness,
- untrustworthiness,
- vapidity,
- variability,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- volatility,
- wantonness,
- wateriness,
- wavering,
- waywardness,
- whimsicality,
- wishy-washiness
- reprieve
collapse
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- relieve temporarily
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution related words >
- absolution,
- afterthought,
- amnesty,
- benevolence,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catharsis,
- cleanse,
- cleanse away,
- cleansing,
- clemency,
- commiseration,
- compassion,
- condolence,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- detention,
- discharge,
- double take,
- dragging,
- emotional release,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exemption,
- exoneration,
- favor,
- feeling,
- forbear,
- forbearance,
- forgive,
- forgiveness,
- free,
- free from,
- freeing,
- give quarter,
- give release,
- give respite,
- grace,
- grant a reprieve,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- have mercy upon,
- have pity,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- humanity,
- immunity,
- indemnity,
- interim,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- jam,
- kindness,
- lag,
- lagging,
- leniency,
- let off,
- let up on,
- logjam,
- melt,
- mercy,
- mitigation,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- pause,
- pity,
- postponement,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purge away,
- purging,
- quarter,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- redemption,
- relax,
- release,
- relent,
- relief,
- remission,
- remission of sin,
- removal,
- remove,
- rescue,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- ruth,
- save,
- self-pity,
- shrift,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- sympathy,
- take pity on,
- thaw,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- intermission
collapse
- the act of suspending activity temporarily related words >
- abeyance,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- bit,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- caesura,
- catharsis,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- chaser,
- cigarette break,
- cleansing,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- cold storage,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- day off,
- deliverance,
- discharge,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- doldrums,
- dormancy,
- downtime,
- drop,
- emotional release,
- enforced respite,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- finale,
- fissure,
- freeing,
- gap,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hoke act,
- holiday,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- introduction,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- latency,
- layoff,
- letup,
- lull,
- number,
- off-time,
- parenthesis,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- prologue,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purging,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- release,
- relief,
- remission,
- removal,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- routine,
- scene,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stand-up comedy act,
- stay,
- striptease,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- turn,
- vacation
- respite
collapse
- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" related words >
- abeyance,
- afterthought,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blow,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- bureaucratic delay,
- caesura,
- catharsis,
- cease-fire,
- cigarette break,
- cleansing,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- day off,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliverance,
- detention,
- discharge,
- double take,
- downtime,
- dragging,
- drop,
- emotional release,
- enforced respite,
- extension,
- freeing,
- grace,
- grant a reprieve,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- letup,
- logjam,
- lull,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- postponement,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purging,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- release,
- relief,
- remission,
- removal,
- reprieve,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- vacation,
- wait
- Easy Street,
- Hygeia,
- abundance,
- acceptance,
- advantage,
- affluence,
- amusement,
- animal pleasure,
- avail,
- bed of roses,
- behalf,
- behoof,
- benefit,
- benison,
- blessing,
- bloom,
- bodily pleasure,
- boon,
- carnal delight,
- clover,
- comfort,
- composure,
- content,
- contentedness,
- contentment,
- coziness,
- creature comforts,
- ease,
- easy circumstances,
- easy street,
- emotional health,
- endpleasure,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- entire satisfaction,
- euphoria,
- felicity,
- fitness,
- fleshpots,
- flush,
- forepleasure,
- fruition,
- fulfillment,
- fun,
- gain,
- glow,
- good,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- gratification,
- great satisfaction,
- gusto,
- happiness,
- health,
- hearty enjoyment,
- intellectual pleasure,
- interest,
- joie de vivre,
- keen pleasure,
- kicks,
- lap of luxury,
- life of ease,
- loaves and fishes,
- luxury,
- mental health,
- peace of mind,
- physical condition,
- physical fitness,
- physical pleasure,
- pleasure,
- profit,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- quiet pleasure,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- relish,
- resignation,
- rosiness,
- satisfaction,
- security,
- self-gratification,
- self-indulgence,
- sensual pleasure,
- sensuous pleasure,
- sexual pleasure,
- solid comfort,
- success,
- sweetness of life,
- the affluent life,
- the good life,
- thriving,
- thriving condition,
- titillation,
- upward mobility,
- velvet,
- voluptuousness,
- weal,
- wealth,
- welfare,
- world of good,
- zest
- substitution
collapse
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" related words >
- agent,
- alienation,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amends,
- analogy,
- atonement,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- backup,
- balancing,
- blame-shifting,
- change,
- changeling,
- changing,
- commutation,
- comparison,
- compensation,
- copy,
- counteraction,
- counterbalancing,
- counterfeit,
- decompensation,
- defense mechanism,
- deputy,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- displacement,
- dissociation,
- double,
- dummy,
- emotional insulation,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- escapism,
- exchange,
- expiation,
- fake,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- fill-in,
- flight,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- interchange,
- interchanging,
- isolation,
- lex talionis,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- negativism,
- next best thing,
- offsetting,
- overcompensation,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- projection,
- proxy,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redress,
- relief,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- replacement,
- replacing,
- representative,
- reserves,
- resistance,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- revenge,
- ringer,
- satisfaction,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- sublimation,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supplanting,
- surrogate,
- swap,
- swapping,
- switch,
- switching,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal
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