Related Words:
- capriole
collapse - (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump
- perform a capriole, in ballet
- perform a capriole, of horses in dressage related words >
- Highland fling,
- and jump,
- bob,
- bounce,
- bound,
- broad jump,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- caper,
- caracole,
- cavort,
- clear,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- demivolt,
- dido,
- falcade,
- flounce,
- flying jump,
- frisk,
- galliard,
- gambade,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- gelandesprung,
- grand jete,
- handspring,
- high jump,
- hippety-hop,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- jete,
- jig,
- jump,
- jump about,
- jump over,
- jump shot,
- jump turn,
- jump-hop,
- jump-off,
- lavolta,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leapfrog,
- long jump,
- morris,
- negotiate,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- pole vault,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- prance,
- ramp,
- romp,
- running broad jump,
- running high jump,
- saut de basque,
- ski jump,
- skip,
- spring,
- start,
- start aside,
- start up,
- steeplechase,
- tour jete,
- trip,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upspring,
- vault
- Gongoresque,
- Gongoristic,
- Johnsonian,
- Marinistic,
- affected,
- arabesque,
- artificial,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- busy,
- chichi,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elaborate,
- elaborated,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flowery,
- frilly,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- high-wrought,
- highfalutin,
- hyperelegant,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- mannered,
- meretricious,
- moresque,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelegant,
- overinvolved,
- overlabored,
- overnice,
- overrefined,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- picturesque,
- pompous,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- pretentious,
- pretty-pretty,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- studied,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- unnatural
- Ahasuerus,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Flying Dutchman,
- Goliard,
- Odysseus,
- Oisin,
- Ossian,
- Roscius,
- Ulysses,
- actor,
- actress,
- antagonist,
- bad guy,
- barnstormer,
- bird of passage,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dramatizer,
- drifter,
- feeder,
- floater,
- foil,
- gad,
- gadabout,
- go-about,
- heavy,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- ingenue,
- itinerant,
- juvenile,
- matinee idol,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- monologist,
- mover,
- mummer,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- peregrinator,
- peregrine,
- peripatetic,
- playactor,
- player,
- protean actor,
- rambler,
- reciter,
- roamer,
- rolling stone,
- rover,
- runabout,
- soubrette,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stooge,
- straggler,
- straight man,
- stroller,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- troubadour,
- trouper,
- utility man,
- villain,
- visitant,
- wanderer,
- wandering minstrel,
- wandering scholar
- document
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- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"
- record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" related words >
- adduce,
- affirm,
- anatomize,
- archives,
- article,
- atomize,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- autograph,
- back,
- back up,
- bear out,
- blank,
- bolster,
- brainchild,
- buttress,
- call to mind,
- certificate,
- certify,
- chirograph,
- chronicle,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- cite a particular,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- confirm,
- copy,
- corroborate,
- demonstrate,
- descend to particulars,
- describe,
- detail,
- docket,
- dossier,
- draft,
- edited version,
- engrossment,
- enter into detail,
- essay,
- evidence,
- example,
- exemplify,
- fair copy,
- fiction,
- file,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- form,
- fortify,
- give a for-instance,
- give full particulars,
- holograph,
- illustrate,
- instance,
- instrument,
- itemize,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- letter,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- monument,
- name,
- nonfiction,
- official document,
- opus,
- original,
- paper,
- papers,
- parchment,
- particularize,
- penscript,
- personal file,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- probate,
- production,
- prove,
- quote,
- ratify,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- record,
- reinforce,
- report,
- roll,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- specify,
- spell out,
- strengthen,
- substantiate,
- support,
- sustain,
- testimony,
- the written word,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- typescript,
- undergird,
- uphold,
- validate,
- verify,
- version,
- warrant,
- work,
- writ,
- writing
- agile
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- moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
- mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" related words >
- active,
- acute,
- adroit,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- attentive,
- awake,
- breakneck,
- bright,
- brisk,
- catty,
- dashing,
- deft,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- dispatchful,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- featly,
- fleet,
- flying,
- galloping,
- graceful,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hustling,
- keen,
- light,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- neat-fingered,
- neat-handed,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- peart,
- precipitate,
- prompt,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapid,
- ready,
- reckless,
- resourceful,
- running,
- sharp,
- sleepless,
- smart,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- supple,
- sure-footed,
- swift,
- tripping,
- unblinking,
- unnodding,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- volant,
- wakeful,
- wide-awake,
- winged,
- zippy
- outbreak
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- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities" related words >
- A,
- alpha,
- beginning,
- belch,
- blast-off,
- blaze,
- burst,
- cascade,
- civil disorder,
- commencement,
- convulsion,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- cyclone,
- dawn,
- debouchment,
- dissiliency,
- edge,
- emeute,
- eructation,
- eruption,
- establishment,
- explosion,
- fit,
- flare-up,
- flying start,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- gale,
- general uprising,
- gush,
- gust,
- hurricane,
- institution,
- insurgence,
- insurgency,
- insurrection,
- irruption,
- jacquerie,
- jet,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- levee en masse,
- mutiny,
- new departure,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- origination,
- outburst,
- outset,
- paroxysm,
- peasant revolt,
- putsch,
- rapids,
- rebellion,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- riot,
- rising,
- running start,
- rush,
- seizure,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- spasm,
- spate,
- spew,
- spurt,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- storm,
- take-off,
- tempest,
- tornado,
- torrent,
- upheaval,
- uprising,
- volcan,
- whirlwind
- showy
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- displaying brilliance and virtuosity
- marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" related words >
- Byzantine,
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- chichi,
- conspicuous,
- convoluted,
- daring,
- dashing,
- declamatory,
- dressy,
- elaborate,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exhibitionistic,
- fancy,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- gallant,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gay,
- glittering,
- gorgeous,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- intricate,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- opulent,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rakish,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- show-off,
- snazzy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- stilted,
- sumptuous,
- swank,
- tall,
- tawdry,
- tortuous
- peripatetic
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- a person who walks from place to place
- traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" related words >
- Ahasuerus,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Flying Dutchman,
- Goliard,
- Odysseus,
- Oisin,
- Ossian,
- Ulysses,
- ambulant,
- ambulative,
- ambulator,
- ambulatory,
- backpacker,
- bird of passage,
- circuit-riding,
- drifter,
- expeditionary,
- floater,
- foot passenger,
- foot soldier,
- foot traveler,
- footslogger,
- gad,
- gadabout,
- globe-girdling,
- globe-trotting,
- go-about,
- going,
- hiker,
- hitchhiker,
- hoofer,
- infantryman,
- itinerant,
- itinerary,
- jaywalker,
- journeying,
- locomotive,
- marcher,
- mover,
- moving,
- mundivagant,
- nomadic,
- on tour,
- paddlefoot,
- passing,
- pedestrian,
- perambulating,
- perambulatory,
- peregrinative,
- peregrinator,
- peregrine,
- pilgrimlike,
- progressing,
- rambler,
- roamer,
- rolling stone,
- rover,
- roving,
- runabout,
- straggler,
- stroller,
- strolling,
- strolling player,
- touring,
- touristic,
- touristy,
- trailsman,
- tramper,
- traveling,
- trekking,
- troubadour,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- visitant,
- walker,
- walking,
- walkist,
- wanderer,
- wandering,
- wandering minstrel,
- wandering scholar,
- wayfaring
- rapid
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- a part of a river where the current is very fast
- done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
- characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" related words >
- abrupt,
- agile,
- alacritous,
- bluff,
- bold,
- breakneck,
- brisk,
- ceaseless,
- chattering,
- chute,
- constant,
- continual,
- dashing,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- high-speed,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impetuous,
- incessant,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- machine gun,
- mercurial,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- oscillating,
- perennial,
- perpetual,
- plunging,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- prompt,
- pulsating,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapids,
- reckless,
- regular,
- repeated,
- riff,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- running,
- sault,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shoot,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- staccato,
- steady,
- steep,
- stuttering,
- sudden,
- sustained,
- swift,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchanging,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- unstopped,
- unvarying,
- vertical,
- vibrating,
- winged
- Ahasuerus,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Flying Dutchman,
- Goliard,
- Odysseus,
- Oisin,
- Ossian,
- Ulysses,
- bat,
- bat around,
- bird of passage,
- bum,
- count ties,
- divagate,
- drift,
- drifter,
- flit,
- floater,
- gad about,
- gadabout,
- gadfly,
- gallivant,
- go about,
- go the rounds,
- go-about,
- goad,
- hit the road,
- hit the trail,
- hobo,
- itinerant,
- jaunt,
- knock about,
- knock around,
- lash,
- maunder,
- meander,
- mooch,
- mover,
- nomadize,
- oxgoad,
- peregrinate,
- peregrinator,
- peregrine,
- pererrate,
- peripatetic,
- prick,
- prod,
- prowl,
- ramble,
- rambler,
- range,
- roam,
- roamer,
- rolling stone,
- rove,
- rover,
- rowel,
- run about,
- run around,
- runabout,
- saunter,
- spur,
- sting,
- straggle,
- straggler,
- stray,
- stroll,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- troubadour,
- vagabond,
- vagabondize,
- visitant,
- walk the tracks,
- wander,
- wanderer,
- wandering minstrel,
- wandering scholar,
- wayfare,
- whip,
- whiplash
- Flying Dutchman
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- a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
- the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day related words >
- AB,
- Ahasuerus,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Brocken specter,
- Dylan,
- Goliard,
- Neptune,
- OD,
- Odysseus,
- Oisin,
- Ossian,
- Poseidon,
- Ulysses,
- Varuna,
- White Lady,
- Wild Hunt,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- bird of passage,
- bluejacket,
- buccaneer,
- deep-sea man,
- drifter,
- fair-weather sailor,
- fisherman,
- floater,
- gad,
- gadabout,
- go-about,
- hearty,
- itinerant,
- jack,
- jack afloat,
- jack-tar,
- jacky,
- limey,
- lobsterman,
- mariner,
- matelot,
- mover,
- navigator,
- peregrinator,
- peregrine,
- peripatetic,
- pirate,
- privateer,
- rambler,
- roamer,
- rolling stone,
- rover,
- runabout,
- sailor,
- salt,
- sea dog,
- sea rover,
- seafarer,
- seafaring man,
- seaman,
- shipman,
- straggler,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- tar,
- troubadour,
- viking,
- visitant,
- wanderer,
- wandering minstrel,
- wandering scholar,
- water dog,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor
- commencement
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- an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred related words >
- A,
- alpha,
- baccalaureate service,
- beginning,
- birth,
- blast-off,
- celebration,
- ceremonial,
- ceremony,
- conception,
- convocation,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- dawn,
- dawning,
- derivation,
- edge,
- empty formality,
- establishment,
- exercise,
- exercises,
- flying start,
- formal,
- formality,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- function,
- genesis,
- graduation,
- graduation exercises,
- grass roots,
- head,
- inaugural,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- initiation,
- institution,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- liturgy,
- mummery,
- new departure,
- observance,
- office,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- original,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outset,
- outstart,
- performance,
- provenience,
- radical,
- radix,
- religious ceremony,
- rise,
- rite,
- rite de passage,
- rite of passage,
- ritual,
- root,
- running start,
- send-off,
- service,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- solemnity,
- solemnization,
- source,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- stem,
- stock,
- take-off,
- taproot
- upper hand
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- position of advantage and control related words >
- advantage,
- ascendance,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- balance of power,
- bulge,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- coign of vantage,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- dominance,
- dominancy,
- domination,
- dominion,
- drop,
- edge,
- effect,
- eminence,
- eminent domain,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- favor,
- flying start,
- force,
- good feeling,
- head start,
- hold,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- inside track,
- insinuation,
- jump,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- magnetism,
- mastery,
- moment,
- odds,
- overlordship,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- potency,
- power,
- predominance,
- predominancy,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preponderance,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- principality,
- purchase,
- reign,
- repute,
- rule,
- running start,
- say,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- sovereignty,
- start,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- sway,
- vantage,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- victory,
- weight,
- whip hand
- advantage,
- ascendance,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- balance of power,
- bulge,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- coign of vantage,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- dominance,
- dominancy,
- domination,
- dominion,
- drop,
- edge,
- effect,
- eminence,
- eminent domain,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- favor,
- flying start,
- force,
- good feeling,
- head start,
- hold,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- inside track,
- insinuation,
- jump,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- magnetism,
- mastery,
- moment,
- odds,
- overlordship,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- potency,
- power,
- predominance,
- predominancy,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preponderance,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- principality,
- purchase,
- reign,
- repute,
- rule,
- running start,
- say,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- sovereignty,
- start,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- sway,
- upper hand,
- vantage,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- victory,
- weight
- grandiloquent
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- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- aureate,
- ballyhooed,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bloated,
- bombastic,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- disproportionate,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flatulent,
- flaunting,
- flowery,
- formal,
- fulsome,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- hyperbolic,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- inordinate,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overgreat,
- overinvolved,
- overlarge,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- puffed,
- rhetorical,
- self-important,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- solemn,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- stretched,
- stuffy,
- superlative,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- touted,
- tumid,
- turgid
- dugout
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- either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game related words >
- abri,
- air-raid shelter,
- antre,
- approach trench,
- asylum,
- bolt-hole,
- bomb shelter,
- bombproof,
- bunker,
- burrow,
- cache,
- cave,
- cavern,
- communication trench,
- concealment,
- corner,
- countermine,
- coupure,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cyclone cellar,
- dark corner,
- den,
- ditch,
- double sap,
- earth,
- entrenchment,
- fallout shelter,
- fire trench,
- flying sap,
- fortified tunnel,
- fosse,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- gallery,
- grot,
- grotto,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- lair,
- mine,
- moat,
- niche,
- nook,
- parallel,
- recess,
- refuge,
- retreat,
- safety zone,
- sanctuary,
- sap,
- secret place,
- sewer,
- shelter,
- slit trench,
- stash,
- storm cave,
- storm cellar,
- subterrane,
- subway,
- trench,
- tunnel,
- undercovert,
- warren
- foxhole
collapse
- a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire related words >
- abri,
- air-raid shelter,
- antre,
- approach trench,
- asylum,
- bolt-hole,
- bomb shelter,
- bombproof,
- bunker,
- burrow,
- cache,
- cave,
- cavern,
- communication trench,
- concealment,
- corner,
- countermine,
- coupure,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cyclone cellar,
- dark corner,
- den,
- ditch,
- double sap,
- dugout,
- earth,
- entrenchment,
- fallout shelter,
- fire trench,
- flying sap,
- fortified tunnel,
- fosse,
- funk hole,
- gallery,
- grot,
- grotto,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- lair,
- mine,
- moat,
- niche,
- nook,
- parallel,
- recess,
- refuge,
- retreat,
- safety zone,
- sanctuary,
- sap,
- secret place,
- sewer,
- shelter,
- slit trench,
- stash,
- storm cave,
- storm cellar,
- subterrane,
- subway,
- trench,
- tunnel,
- undercovert,
- warren
- ostentatious
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- intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
- of a display that is tawdry or vulgar related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- ambitious,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- boastful,
- braggart,
- busy,
- chichi,
- classy,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flash,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flossy,
- flowery,
- frilly,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- high-toned,
- high-wrought,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- moresque,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overinvolved,
- overlabored,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- picturesque,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- pretty-pretty,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- stilted,
- swank,
- tall,
- theatrical,
- tony,
- tortuous,
- vain,
- vainglorious,
- vaunting
- prop
collapse
- a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling related words >
- advocate,
- afford support,
- airscrew,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- back up,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- bearer,
- beef up,
- blackface,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- bra,
- brace,
- brace up,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- carry,
- case harden,
- cervix,
- clown white,
- column,
- confirm,
- corset,
- costume,
- cradle,
- crook,
- crutch,
- cushion,
- driver,
- fan,
- finance,
- fortify,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- fund,
- gird,
- girdle,
- give support,
- greasepaint,
- guy,
- guywire,
- harden,
- hold,
- hold up,
- impeller,
- invigorate,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep up,
- lean,
- lend support,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- maintainer,
- makeup,
- mast,
- neck,
- nerve,
- paddle wheel,
- pillow,
- piston,
- practical piece,
- prop up,
- propellant,
- propeller,
- property,
- propulsor,
- refresh,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- reinvigorate,
- rest,
- resting place,
- restrengthen,
- rigging,
- rotor,
- screw,
- screw propeller,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- spine,
- sprit,
- staff,
- stand,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- steel,
- stick,
- stiffen,
- stiffener,
- strengthen,
- strengthener,
- subsidize,
- subvention,
- subventionize,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustain,
- sustainer,
- temper,
- theatrical makeup,
- toughen,
- truss,
- turbine,
- twin screws,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underpinning,
- underset,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upholder,
- upkeep,
- upright,
- vertical,
- walking stick,
- wheel
- deciduous
collapse
- (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
- (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth" related words >
- arborary,
- arboreal,
- arboreous,
- arborescent,
- arboresque,
- arborical,
- arboriform,
- brittle,
- bushlike,
- bushy,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- citrous,
- collapsing,
- coniferous,
- corruptible,
- declining,
- declivitous,
- decurrent,
- dendriform,
- dendritic,
- dendroid,
- descendant,
- descending,
- down,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgoing,
- downhill,
- downsinking,
- downward,
- drooping,
- dropping,
- dying,
- ephemeral,
- evanescent,
- evergreen,
- fading,
- falling,
- fickle,
- fleeting,
- flitting,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- frail,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- half-hardy,
- hardwood,
- hardy,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- insubstantial,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mutable,
- nondeciduous,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- passing,
- perennial,
- perishable,
- piny,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- sagging,
- scrubbly,
- scrubby,
- scrublike,
- setting,
- short-lived,
- shrubby,
- shrublike,
- sinking,
- softwood,
- submerging,
- subsiding,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- tottering,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- treelike,
- tumbledown,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unstable,
- volatile
- rhetorical
collapse
- concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"
- of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- articulate,
- artificial,
- aureate,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bombastic,
- chichi,
- contrived,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elevated,
- elocutionary,
- eloquent,
- embellished,
- euphuistic,
- exaggerated,
- expressive,
- extravagant,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flowery,
- fluent,
- for effect,
- forensic,
- fulsome,
- fustian,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- glib,
- grand,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- imposing,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- linguistic,
- lofty,
- long-winded,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- mouthy,
- oratorical,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- poetic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- prolix,
- purple,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- sesquipedalian,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- stylistic,
- swelling,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgid,
- unanswerable,
- vocal,
- voluble,
- windy,
- wordy
- inspire
collapse
- supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
- heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" related words >
- activate,
- actuate,
- affect,
- affirm,
- afford hope,
- animate,
- arouse,
- aspirate,
- assure,
- augur well,
- awaken,
- bid fair,
- blow,
- bolster,
- boost,
- brace up,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- brighten,
- bring,
- bring about,
- bring on,
- buck up,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- call forth,
- call up,
- carry,
- cause,
- cheer,
- confirm,
- contrive,
- cough,
- draw down,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- effect,
- elicit,
- embolden,
- embue,
- encourage,
- endow,
- endue,
- energize,
- enliven,
- evoke,
- exalt,
- excite,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- exhilarate,
- expel,
- expire,
- fire,
- fortify,
- galvanize,
- gasp,
- get,
- give a lift,
- give hope,
- gladden,
- gulp,
- hack,
- have good prospects,
- hearten,
- hiccup,
- hold out hope,
- hold out promise,
- huff,
- imbue,
- impress,
- induce,
- infect,
- influence,
- inform,
- infuse,
- inhale,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- inspire hope,
- inspirit,
- instigate,
- invigorate,
- justify hope,
- kindle,
- lead,
- liven,
- make fair promise,
- motivate,
- move,
- muster up,
- nerve,
- obtain,
- pant,
- pick up,
- procure,
- promise,
- prompt,
- provoke,
- puff,
- quicken,
- raise expectations,
- raise hope,
- rally,
- reassure,
- reinforce,
- rejoice,
- rejoice the heart,
- respire,
- rouse,
- set up,
- sigh,
- slurp,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuff in,
- snuffle,
- spirit,
- spirit up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- strengthen,
- strike,
- suck,
- suck in,
- suckle,
- summon up,
- superinduce,
- support,
- sway,
- touch,
- uplift,
- vitalize,
- vivify,
- waken,
- wheeze
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- bedazzling,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- blatant,
- blinding,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- bright,
- bright and shining,
- brilliant,
- cheap,
- chintzy,
- colorful,
- convoluted,
- crude,
- dazzling,
- declamatory,
- effulgent,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- extravagant,
- flagrant,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flash,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- fulsome,
- gaudy,
- glaring,
- glary,
- gorgeous,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- harsh,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- loud,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- obtrusive,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overbright,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- raffish,
- raw,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- screaming,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- shameless,
- showy,
- shrieking,
- sonorous,
- spectacular,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- stilted,
- tall,
- tasteless,
- tawdry,
- tinsel,
- tortuous,
- vivid,
- vulgar
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