Exact Match:
- fond
- absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies"
Synonyms:
- addicted to,
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- apish,
- asinine,
- aspiring,
- assured,
- attached to,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- bootless,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- caring,
- cockeyed,
- confident,
- conjugal,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dear,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- dumb,
- easily taken in,
- easy of belief,
- empty,
- expectant,
- faithful,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- filial,
- flaky,
- fond of,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- full of hope,
- futile,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- hooked on,
- hopeful,
- hoping,
- husbandly,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- in good heart,
- in hopes,
- inane,
- inclined to believe,
- indulgent,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- kooky,
- languishing,
- lonesome,
- loony,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- mad,
- maternal,
- maudlin,
- melting,
- moronic,
- naive,
- nutty,
- of good cheer,
- of good hope,
- overconfiding,
- overcredulous,
- overtrustful,
- overtrusting,
- parental,
- partial to,
- paternal,
- responsive,
- romantic,
- sanguine,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- soft,
- stupid,
- superstitious,
- sympathetic,
- tender,
- thoughtless,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- uncritical,
- undespairing,
- undoubting,
- unskeptical,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- upbeat,
- uxorious,
- vain,
- wacky,
- warm,
- wet,
- wifely,
- witless
Related Words:
- attached to,
- becharmed,
- bewitched,
- captivated,
- charmed,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- far gone on,
- fascinated,
- fond,
- fond of,
- gone on,
- heartsmitten,
- hipped on,
- in love with,
- infatuate,
- infatuated,
- mad about,
- nuts,
- nuts about,
- partial to,
- smitten,
- smitten with,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- superstitious
collapse - showing ignorance or the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; "finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin" related words >
- alone,
- apart,
- at bottom,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- au fond,
- basically,
- by itself,
- essentially,
- fundamentally,
- in essence,
- in itself,
- in substance,
- in the main,
- in the singular,
- independently,
- individually,
- intrinsically,
- materially,
- once,
- one by one,
- particularly,
- primarily,
- separately,
- severally,
- single-handedly,
- singly,
- singularly,
- solely,
- substantially
- able,
- abreast,
- acquainted,
- au courant,
- au fond,
- basically,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- capable,
- comme il faut,
- competent,
- conforming,
- conversant,
- correct,
- decent,
- fundamentally,
- good,
- in essence,
- informed,
- nice,
- proper,
- qualified,
- right,
- up,
- versed,
- wicked
- lovesick
collapse
- languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like lovesick boys" related words >
- filial
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- relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
- designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation related words >
- companionable
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- suggestive of companionship; "a companionable pet" related words >
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- gone on,
- hepped up over,
- hipped on,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- mad about,
- nuts about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- gone on,
- hepped up over,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- mad about,
- nuts about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- hepped up over,
- hipped on,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- mad about,
- nuts about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- gone on,
- hepped up over,
- hipped on,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- nuts about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- gone on,
- hepped up over,
- hipped on,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- mad about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wrapped up in
- ape about,
- attached to,
- bugs on,
- cracked on,
- crazy about,
- devoted to,
- enamored of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- freaked-out,
- gaga over,
- gone on,
- hepped up over,
- hipped on,
- hot about,
- in love with,
- mad about,
- nuts about,
- nuts on,
- partial to,
- smitten with,
- starry-eyed over,
- steamed up about,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- turned-on,
- wedded to,
- wrapped up in
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- conjugal,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- faithful,
- filial,
- fond,
- forsaken,
- husbandly,
- jilted,
- languishing,
- loveless,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- maternal,
- melting,
- parental,
- paternal,
- rejected,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- spurned,
- tender,
- unbeloved,
- uncherished,
- unloved,
- uxorious,
- wifely
- adore,
- appreciate,
- bask in,
- be fond of,
- be partial to,
- be pleased with,
- cherish,
- derive pleasure from,
- devour,
- eat up,
- enjoy,
- feast on,
- freak out on,
- get high on,
- gloat over,
- groove on,
- indulge in,
- like,
- love,
- luxuriate in,
- rejoice in,
- relish,
- revel in,
- riot in,
- savor,
- smack the lips,
- swim in,
- take pleasure in,
- taste,
- wallow in
- conjugal
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- of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits" related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- bridal,
- connubial,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- epithalamic,
- faithful,
- filial,
- fond,
- husbandly,
- hymeneal,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- marital,
- married,
- maternal,
- matrimonial,
- melting,
- nuptial,
- parental,
- paternal,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- spousal,
- tender,
- uxorious,
- wedded,
- wifely
- wifely
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- befitting or characteristic of a wife related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- bridal,
- conjugal,
- connubial,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- epithalamic,
- faithful,
- filial,
- fond,
- husbandly,
- hymeneal,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- marital,
- married,
- maternal,
- matrimonial,
- melting,
- nuptial,
- parental,
- paternal,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- spousal,
- tender,
- uxorious,
- wedded
- substantially
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- in a strong substantial way; "the house was substantially built" related words >
- actually,
- adequately,
- all in all,
- almost entirely,
- amply,
- approximately,
- at bottom,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- au fond,
- basically,
- by and large,
- chiefly,
- competently,
- effectually,
- enough,
- essentially,
- fundamentally,
- in essence,
- in fact,
- in itself,
- in reality,
- in substance,
- in the main,
- in truth,
- indeed,
- intrinsically,
- largely,
- mainly,
- materially,
- minimally,
- mostly,
- on balance,
- on the whole,
- per se,
- practically,
- primarily,
- satisfactorily,
- sincerely,
- sufficiently,
- truly,
- verily,
- veritably,
- virtually
- a outrance,
- absolutely,
- all out,
- at bottom,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- au fond,
- basically,
- beyond all bounds,
- beyond compare,
- beyond comparison,
- beyond measure,
- completely,
- dead,
- downright,
- essentially,
- extremely,
- flat out,
- immeasurably,
- in essence,
- in itself,
- in substance,
- in the extreme,
- in the main,
- incalculably,
- indefinitely,
- infinitely,
- materially,
- most,
- per se,
- perfectly,
- primarily,
- purely,
- radically,
- substantially,
- totally,
- unconditionally,
- unequivocally,
- utterly,
- with a vengeance
- primarily
collapse
- of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" related words >
- a fortiori,
- ab initio,
- ab ovo,
- aborigine,
- above all,
- all the more,
- at bottom,
- at first,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- at the start,
- au fond,
- basically,
- before everything,
- chiefly,
- dominantly,
- especially,
- essentially,
- even,
- ever so,
- first,
- first and foremost,
- first of all,
- first thing,
- firstly,
- from the beginning,
- fundamentally,
- generally,
- in chief,
- in essence,
- in itself,
- in substance,
- in the beginning,
- in the main,
- indeed,
- initially,
- largely,
- mainly,
- materially,
- more than ever,
- mostly,
- never so,
- no end,
- on the whole,
- originally,
- overall,
- particularly,
- peculiarly,
- per se,
- predominantly,
- primitively,
- primo,
- principally,
- still more,
- substantially,
- yea
- dote
collapse
- shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
- be foolish or senile due to old age related words >
- appetitive,
- aspiring,
- assured,
- confident,
- desiderative,
- desireful,
- desiring,
- desirous,
- eager,
- expectant,
- fond,
- full of hope,
- hopeful,
- hormic,
- in good heart,
- in hopes,
- lascivious,
- libidinal,
- libidinous,
- lickerish,
- lustful,
- needing,
- of good cheer,
- of good hope,
- optative,
- sanguine,
- tempted,
- undespairing,
- wanting,
- wishing
- aching for,
- attached to,
- bent on,
- crazy about,
- crazy to,
- desirous of,
- devoted to,
- dying for,
- dying to,
- enamored of,
- fain of,
- far gone on,
- fond of,
- gone on,
- hipped on,
- in love with,
- inclined toward,
- itching for,
- keen on,
- leaning toward,
- mad about,
- mad on,
- nuts about,
- set on,
- smitten with,
- spoiling for,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wild to,
- wrapped up in
- aching for,
- attached to,
- bent on,
- crazy about,
- crazy to,
- desirous of,
- devoted to,
- dying for,
- dying to,
- enamored of,
- fain of,
- far gone on,
- gone on,
- hipped on,
- in love with,
- inclined toward,
- itching for,
- keen on,
- leaning toward,
- mad about,
- mad on,
- nuts about,
- partial to,
- set on,
- smitten with,
- spoiling for,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- wild to,
- wrapped up in
- aching for,
- attracted,
- bent on,
- cathectic,
- concerned,
- crazy to,
- curious,
- desirous of,
- dying for,
- dying to,
- enthused,
- enthusiastic,
- enthusiastic about,
- excited,
- fain of,
- fascinated,
- fond of,
- full of enthusiasm,
- glowing,
- gung-ho,
- inclined toward,
- infatuated with,
- interested,
- itching for,
- leaning toward,
- mad on,
- partial to,
- passionate,
- piqued,
- set on,
- spoiling for,
- tantalized,
- tickled,
- titillated,
- turned-on,
- wild to
- husbandly
collapse
- related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"
- befitting or characteristic of a husband related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- bridal,
- cannily,
- carefully,
- charily,
- conjugal,
- connubial,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- economically,
- epithalamic,
- faithful,
- filial,
- fond,
- frugally,
- hymeneal,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- marital,
- married,
- maternal,
- matrimonial,
- melting,
- nuptial,
- parental,
- paternal,
- providently,
- prudently,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- sparingly,
- spousal,
- tender,
- thriftily,
- uxorious,
- wedded,
- wifely
- maternal
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- characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
- relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes" related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- ancestorial,
- ancestral,
- caring,
- conjugal,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- doting,
- faithful,
- fatherlike,
- fatherly,
- filial,
- fond,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparental,
- husbandly,
- kind,
- kindly,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- maternalistic,
- melting,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- nurturing,
- parent,
- parental,
- paternal,
- patriarchal,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- tender,
- understanding,
- uxorious,
- warm,
- wifely
- paternal
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- characteristic of a father
- belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits" related words >
- adoring,
- affectionate,
- ancestorial,
- ancestral,
- concerned,
- conjugal,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- faithful,
- fatherlike,
- fatherly,
- filial,
- fond,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparental,
- husbandly,
- indulgent,
- kindly,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- maternal,
- melting,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- parent,
- parental,
- patriarchal,
- patrilateral,
- patrilineal,
- patrilinear,
- patrimonial,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- solicitous,
- tender,
- uxorious,
- wifely
- a outrance,
- absolutely,
- actually,
- all but,
- all in all,
- all out,
- almost entirely,
- approximately,
- as good as,
- as much as,
- at bottom,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- au fond,
- basically,
- beyond all bounds,
- beyond compare,
- beyond comparison,
- beyond measure,
- by and large,
- chiefly,
- completely,
- dead,
- downright,
- effectually,
- extremely,
- flat out,
- fundamentally,
- immeasurably,
- in essence,
- in itself,
- in substance,
- in the extreme,
- in the main,
- incalculably,
- indefinitely,
- infinitely,
- mainly,
- materially,
- most,
- mostly,
- on balance,
- on the whole,
- per se,
- perfectly,
- practically,
- primarily,
- purely,
- radically,
- really,
- substantially,
- totally,
- unconditionally,
- unequivocally,
- utterly,
- virtually,
- well-nigh,
- with a vengeance
- smitten
collapse
- (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" related words >
- affected,
- afflicted,
- attached to,
- becharmed,
- beguiled,
- beset,
- bewitched,
- bothered,
- burdened,
- captivated,
- charmed,
- crazy about,
- crushed,
- devoted to,
- distressed,
- enamored,
- enamored of,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enthralled,
- far gone on,
- fascinated,
- fond of,
- gaga,
- gone on,
- haunted,
- heartsmitten,
- hipped on,
- in love with,
- infatuate,
- infatuated,
- mad about,
- nuts about,
- partial to,
- plagued,
- smitten with,
- stricken,
- struck,
- struck with,
- stuck on,
- sweet on,
- taken with,
- troubled,
- vexed,
- wedded to,
- wild about,
- worried,
- wrapped up in
- apish,
- asinine,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- cockeyed,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- dumb,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- inane,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- kooky,
- loony,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- moronic,
- nutty,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- stupid,
- thoughtless,
- wacky,
- wet,
- witless
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- bottom,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- bottom,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction,
- understructure
- affectionate
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- having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" related words >
- Christian,
- Christlike,
- Christly,
- adoring,
- benign,
- benignant,
- brotherly,
- caring,
- compassionate,
- conjugal,
- dear,
- decent,
- demonstrative,
- devoted,
- doting,
- faithful,
- filial,
- fond,
- fraternal,
- good,
- gracious,
- human,
- humane,
- husbandly,
- kind,
- kindhearted,
- kindly,
- kindly-disposed,
- languishing,
- lovelorn,
- lovesick,
- lovesome,
- loving,
- maternal,
- melting,
- nice,
- parental,
- paternal,
- romantic,
- sentimental,
- soft,
- softhearted,
- sympathetic,
- sympathizing,
- tender,
- tenderhearted,
- uxorious,
- warm,
- warmhearted,
- wifely
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