Related Words:
- obsession
collapse - an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone related words >
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- alienation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- application,
- bedevilment,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- captivation,
- catatonic stupor,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- concentration,
- contemplation,
- conviction,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- enchantment,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- entrancement,
- euphoria,
- fascination,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- folie du doute,
- hang-up,
- hypercathexis,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- idee fixe,
- illusion,
- immersion,
- indifference,
- insensibility,
- intentness,
- involvement,
- irresistible impulse,
- lethargy,
- mania,
- maya,
- meditation,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- monomania,
- morbid drive,
- obsessive compulsion,
- passion,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- phobia,
- possession,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- profound thought,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- rapt attention,
- ruling passion,
- single-mindedness,
- spirit control,
- studiousness,
- study,
- stupor,
- submersion,
- thing,
- tic,
- twitching,
- unresponsiveness,
- witchery,
- withdrawal
- absorption
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- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules" related words >
- Walter Mitty,
- ablation,
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorbed attention,
- absorbency,
- absorbent,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- adsorbent,
- adsorption,
- application,
- assimilation,
- attrition,
- bemusement,
- bile,
- blotter,
- blotting,
- blotting paper,
- brown study,
- burning up,
- castle-building,
- chemisorption,
- chemosorption,
- close study,
- concentration,
- consumption,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- depletion,
- depth of thought,
- digestion,
- digestive system,
- drain,
- dream,
- dreaming,
- eating up,
- embarrassment,
- endosmosis,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- enmeshment,
- entanglement,
- erosion,
- exhaustion,
- exosmosis,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- finishing,
- fit of abstraction,
- gastric juice,
- gastrointestinal tract,
- imbibing,
- immersion,
- implication,
- impoverishment,
- inclusion,
- infiltration,
- ingestion,
- intentness,
- intestinal juice,
- involution,
- involvement,
- liver,
- meditation,
- melancholy,
- monomania,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- obsession,
- osmosis,
- pancreas,
- pancreatic digestion,
- pancreatic juice,
- pensiveness,
- percolation,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- predigestion,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- rapt attention,
- reflectiveness,
- relation,
- reverie,
- saliva,
- salivary digestion,
- salivary glands,
- secondary digestion,
- seepage,
- single-mindedness,
- soaking-up,
- sorption,
- speculativeness,
- spending,
- sponge,
- sponging,
- squandering,
- stargazing,
- studiousness,
- study,
- submersion,
- taking-in,
- thoughtfulness,
- trance,
- using up,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- wistfulness,
- woolgathering
- recover
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- regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
- cover anew; "recover a chair"
- get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" related words >
- balance,
- bounce back,
- bring back,
- come about,
- come around,
- come back,
- come round,
- come to,
- come up smiling,
- compensate,
- convalesce,
- deliver,
- extract,
- extricate,
- free,
- gain strength,
- get about,
- get back,
- get better,
- get over,
- get well,
- heal,
- improve,
- liberate,
- make a comeback,
- mend,
- offset,
- perk up,
- pull round,
- pull through,
- rally,
- ransom,
- reacquire,
- recapture,
- reclaim,
- recoup,
- recruit,
- recuperate,
- recycle,
- redeem,
- rediscover,
- refresh,
- regain,
- rejuvenate,
- release,
- renew,
- renovate,
- reoccupy,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossess,
- rescue,
- restitute,
- restore,
- resume,
- retake,
- retrieve,
- return,
- revindicate,
- revive,
- salvage,
- save,
- set free,
- survive,
- take back,
- weather the storm,
- win back
- liking
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- a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" related words >
- Amor,
- Christian love,
- Eros,
- Platonic love,
- a thing for,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- affinity,
- agape,
- animus,
- appetence,
- appetency,
- appetite,
- appreciation,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- attachment,
- bent,
- bias,
- bodily love,
- brotherly love,
- caritas,
- cast,
- charity,
- choice,
- command,
- conation,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- conjugal love,
- crush,
- decision,
- delight,
- desire,
- determination,
- devotion,
- diathesis,
- discretion,
- disposition,
- eagerness,
- eye,
- faithful love,
- fancy,
- feeling for,
- fervor,
- flame,
- fondness,
- free choice,
- free love,
- free will,
- free-lovism,
- gust,
- gusto,
- heart,
- hero worship,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- idolization,
- inclination,
- infatuation,
- intention,
- lasciviousness,
- leaning,
- liability,
- libido,
- like,
- likes,
- love,
- lovemaking,
- lust,
- married love,
- mind,
- objective,
- partiality,
- passion,
- penchant,
- physical love,
- pleasure,
- popular regard,
- popularity,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- prejudice,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- readiness,
- regard,
- relish,
- resolution,
- sensitivity to,
- sentiment,
- sex,
- sexual desire,
- sexual love,
- shine,
- soft,
- soft spot,
- spiritual love,
- susceptibility,
- taste,
- tendency,
- tender feeling,
- tender passion,
- tropism,
- truelove,
- turn,
- twist,
- uxoriousness,
- velleity,
- volition,
- warp,
- weakness,
- will,
- will power,
- willingness,
- wish,
- worship,
- yearning
- advised,
- calculatedness,
- calculation,
- considered,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- designed,
- express intention,
- expressness,
- forethought,
- intentionality,
- preconsideration,
- preconsidered,
- predeliberated,
- predeliberation,
- predetermination,
- predetermined,
- premeditated,
- premeditation,
- prepense,
- preresolution,
- preresolved,
- studied,
- studious,
- thought-out
- isolationism
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- a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations related words >
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- Jim Crow,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- Truman Doctrine,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- appeasement,
- balance of power,
- brinkmanship,
- capitalism,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- compromise,
- containment,
- detachment,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- expansionism,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- free competition,
- free enterprise,
- free trade,
- good-neighbor policy,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolation,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- let-alone policy,
- let-alone principle,
- liberalism,
- manifest destiny,
- militarism,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- noninterference,
- nonintervention,
- nonresistance,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- preparedness,
- privacy,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- quarantine,
- recess,
- reclusion,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rustication,
- seclusion,
- secrecy,
- segregation,
- self-regulating market,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- spheres of influence,
- splendid isolation,
- the big stick,
- tough policy,
- withdrawal,
- world politics
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- proffered,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful
- uncoerced
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- not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" related words >
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- proffered,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful
- vindicate
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- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"
- maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens" related words >
- absolve,
- account for,
- acquit,
- advocate,
- amnesty,
- argue,
- assert,
- bear out,
- claim,
- clear,
- confute,
- contend,
- cry sour grapes,
- decontaminate,
- defend,
- destigmatize,
- discharge,
- dismiss,
- dispense from,
- disprove,
- do justice to,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exempt from,
- exonerate,
- explain,
- forgive,
- free,
- give absolution,
- grant amnesty to,
- grant immunity,
- grant remission,
- guard,
- justify,
- let go,
- let off,
- nonpros,
- pardon,
- plead for,
- protect,
- prove,
- purge,
- quash the charge,
- rationalize,
- redress,
- refute,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstate,
- release,
- remit,
- restore,
- revenge,
- second,
- set free,
- shield,
- shrive,
- spiteful,
- support,
- uphold,
- warrant,
- whitewash,
- withdraw the charge
- articulate,
- bland,
- buttery,
- disarming,
- eloquent,
- fair-spoken,
- fine-spoken,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- fulsome,
- glib,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- ingratiating,
- loud-speaking,
- loud-spoken,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- outspoken,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- smug,
- soapy,
- soft-speaking,
- speaking,
- suave,
- suave-spoken,
- talkative,
- talking,
- true-speaking,
- unctuous,
- well-spoken
- cleanse
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- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins" related words >
- beatify,
- bleach,
- bless,
- bowdlerize,
- canonize,
- clarify,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse away,
- clear out,
- consecrate,
- dedicate,
- deliver,
- delouse,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- devote,
- discharge,
- disinfect,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- enshrine,
- exalt,
- expiate,
- expurgate,
- free,
- free from,
- freshen,
- give release,
- give respite,
- glorify,
- hallow,
- intermit,
- lustrate,
- purge,
- purge away,
- purify,
- reform,
- release,
- remove,
- reprieve,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- sanitize,
- scavenge,
- scour,
- scrub,
- set apart,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- sterilize,
- suspend,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- tidy,
- wash,
- whiten,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up
- blue-collar worker,
- breadwinner,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- common laborer,
- day laborer,
- digger,
- dredge,
- dredger,
- driller,
- employee,
- excavator,
- factory worker,
- flunky,
- free lance,
- free-lancer,
- full-time worker,
- groundhog,
- hand,
- industrial worker,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- menial,
- migrant,
- miner,
- moiler,
- office temporary,
- proletarian,
- roustabout,
- salaried worker,
- sandhog,
- sapper,
- self-employed person,
- servant,
- steam shovel,
- stiff,
- temporary,
- toiler,
- tunneler,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman
- pleasantry
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- an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" related words >
- Atticism,
- affability,
- agile wit,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- amenity,
- amiability,
- amicability,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- badinage,
- banter,
- black humor,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliance,
- brilliant idea,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- chaff,
- cleverness,
- comedy,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- conceit,
- congeniality,
- cordiality,
- crack,
- dry wit,
- enjoyableness,
- epigram,
- esprit,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- facetiousness,
- farce,
- felicitousness,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- funniness,
- geniality,
- gibe,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- graciousness,
- happy thought,
- harmless teasing,
- harmoniousness,
- humor,
- humorousness,
- irony,
- jape,
- jest,
- jive,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joke,
- joking,
- josh,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lampoon,
- mellifluousness,
- mellowness,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- niceness,
- nimble wit,
- nimble-wittedness,
- parody,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasance,
- pleasantness,
- pleasingness,
- pleasurability,
- pleasurableness,
- pleasure,
- pleasurefulness,
- pretty wit,
- pungency,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- rapport,
- ready wit,
- repartee,
- retort,
- ridicule,
- riposte,
- sally,
- salt,
- saltiness,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- savor of wit,
- scintillation,
- sharpness,
- slapstick,
- slapstick humor,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- smartness,
- snappy comeback,
- sport,
- squib,
- stroke of wit,
- subtle wit,
- sweetness,
- travesty,
- turn of thought,
- twit,
- visual humor,
- welcomeness,
- wisecrack,
- wit,
- witticism,
- wittiness
- suffix
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- an affix that is added at the end of the word
- attach a suffix to; "suffix words" related words >
- IC analysis,
- PS,
- Parthian shot,
- accidence,
- add,
- addendum,
- addition,
- adjoin,
- affix,
- affixation,
- afterthought,
- agglutinate,
- allomorph,
- allonge,
- amend,
- annex,
- append,
- appendix,
- attach,
- back matter,
- bound morpheme,
- burden,
- chorus,
- coda,
- codicil,
- colophon,
- commentary,
- complicate,
- conclusion,
- conjoin,
- conjugation,
- consequence,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- cutting,
- declension,
- decorate,
- derivation,
- desinence,
- difference of form,
- double take,
- dying words,
- enclitic,
- encumber,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- formative,
- free form,
- glue on,
- hitch on,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- infix,
- infixation,
- inflection,
- interlineation,
- interpolation,
- join,
- join with,
- last words,
- marginalia,
- morph,
- morpheme,
- morphemic analysis,
- morphemics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- note,
- ornament,
- paradigm,
- parting shot,
- paste on,
- peroration,
- plus,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- prefix,
- prefixation,
- proclitic,
- put with,
- radical,
- refrain,
- rider,
- root,
- saddle with,
- scholia,
- second thought,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- slap on,
- stem,
- subjoin,
- subscript,
- suffixation,
- superadd,
- superpose,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- tack on,
- tag,
- tag on,
- tail,
- theme,
- unite with,
- word-formation
- conceit
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- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
- an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things related words >
- abstract thought,
- act of thought,
- affectation,
- aggressive self-confidence,
- amour propre,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- apprehension,
- arrogance,
- assume,
- assumption,
- assurance,
- attitude,
- bee,
- believe,
- bluster,
- boast,
- boastfulness,
- boasting,
- bombast,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- braggartism,
- bragging,
- brainstorm,
- brainwork,
- bravado,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- bumptiousness,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- cerebration,
- chestiness,
- climate of opinion,
- cockiness,
- cogitation,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- complacence,
- complacency,
- conceitedness,
- conceive,
- concept,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- conclusion,
- consensus gentium,
- consequence,
- consideration,
- coxcombry,
- crack,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- creative thought,
- crotchet,
- dandyism,
- egoism,
- egotism,
- epigram,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- excogitation,
- expect,
- eye,
- face,
- facetiae,
- fad,
- fancy,
- fanfaronade,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasticism,
- fantasy,
- feeling,
- flash of wit,
- flight of fancy,
- flight of wit,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- foppery,
- foppishness,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- fumes of fancy,
- gasconade,
- gasconism,
- gather,
- general belief,
- gibe,
- happy thought,
- harebrained idea,
- haughtiness,
- headwork,
- heavy thinking,
- heroics,
- humor,
- idea,
- ideation,
- image,
- imageless thought,
- imagination,
- imaginativeness,
- imagine,
- imagining,
- imago,
- immodesty,
- impression,
- independence,
- intellection,
- intellectual exercise,
- intellectual object,
- intellectualization,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- judgment,
- kink,
- lights,
- maggot,
- megrim,
- memory-trace,
- mental act,
- mental image,
- mental impression,
- mental labor,
- mental process,
- mentation,
- mind,
- mot,
- mystique,
- narcissism,
- nasty crack,
- noesis,
- notion,
- observation,
- obtrusiveness,
- opinion,
- pardonable pride,
- passing fancy,
- perception,
- perkiness,
- persiflage,
- personal judgment,
- pertness,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- point of view,
- pomposity,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- proudness,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- puppyism,
- purse-pride,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- quirk,
- ratiocination,
- reaction,
- reasoning,
- recept,
- reckon,
- reflection,
- repartee,
- representation,
- retort,
- riposte,
- rodomontade,
- sally,
- scintillation,
- self-admiration,
- self-assertiveness,
- self-complacency,
- self-conceit,
- self-confidence,
- self-consequence,
- self-esteem,
- self-importance,
- self-love,
- self-reliance,
- self-respect,
- self-sufficiency,
- sentiment,
- side,
- sight,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- smugness,
- snappy comeback,
- stance,
- stiff-necked pride,
- stiff-neckedness,
- straight thinking,
- stroke of wit,
- stuffiness,
- suppose,
- supposition,
- swagger,
- swelled head,
- swelled-headedness,
- theory,
- think,
- thinking,
- thinking aloud,
- thinking out,
- thought,
- toy,
- turn of thought,
- vagary,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity,
- vaunt,
- vauntery,
- vaunting,
- view,
- way of thinking,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy,
- wisecrack,
- witticism
- unscramble
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- make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?" related words >
- answer,
- bottom,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- crack,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- explain,
- extricate,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- free,
- free up,
- get,
- get right,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- interpret,
- liberate,
- make out,
- open the lock,
- plumb,
- psych,
- psych out,
- puzzle out,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- solve,
- sort out,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- work,
- work out
- abandoned,
- abiding,
- apocryphal,
- artless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- changeless,
- constant,
- continuing,
- direct,
- disobedient,
- downright,
- durable,
- enduring,
- explicit,
- firm,
- fixed,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- frozen,
- genuine,
- go-go,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- heart-to-heart,
- immobile,
- immoderate,
- immutable,
- incontinent,
- indulgent,
- ingenuous,
- insubordinate,
- intact,
- intemperate,
- inviolate,
- irrepressible,
- irresponsible,
- lasting,
- lawless,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- mutinous,
- nonofficial,
- nonrestrictive,
- open,
- openhearted,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- outspoken,
- permanent,
- permissive,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- quiescent,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- remaining,
- rigid,
- riotous,
- round,
- self-willed,
- sincere,
- solid,
- stable,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- sustained,
- torpid,
- transparent,
- unaccountable,
- unaltered,
- unattested,
- unauthentic,
- unauthenticated,
- unauthoritative,
- unbridled,
- uncertified,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconfirmed,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncorroborated,
- uncurbed,
- undemonstrated,
- undestroyed,
- undisciplined,
- unequivocal,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- unguarded,
- uninhibited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unofficial,
- unproved,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unshifting,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- unvalidated,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unverified,
- unwarranted,
- wanton,
- wild,
- wildcat,
- willful
- retort
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- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- answer back related words >
- acknowledge,
- acknowledgment,
- aerosol,
- alembic,
- answer,
- answer back,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- anvil,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- atomizer,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- backfire,
- bon mot,
- boomerang,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- caldron,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- comeback,
- conceit,
- counter,
- counterattack,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- countercharge,
- counterfire,
- counterinsurgency,
- countermeasure,
- counterrevolution,
- counterstep,
- counterstroke,
- crack,
- crucible,
- defense,
- echo,
- engine,
- epigram,
- evaporator,
- evasive reply,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- flash back,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gag,
- get back at,
- gibe,
- give acknowledgment,
- give and take,
- give answer,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- give-and-take,
- happy thought,
- hit back at,
- interchange,
- jape,
- jest,
- joke,
- lathe,
- machine,
- melting pot,
- mortar,
- mot,
- motor,
- nasty crack,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- react,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- receipt,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- recoil,
- recrimination,
- reecho,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply,
- repost,
- reprisal,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respond,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retaliate,
- retaliation,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- revenge,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- riposte,
- sally,
- say,
- say in reply,
- scintillation,
- shoot back,
- short answer,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- spray,
- still,
- strike back,
- stroke of wit,
- talk back,
- test tube,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- turn of thought,
- vaporizer,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer
- succulent
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- a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs related words >
- agreeable,
- algae,
- ambrosial,
- autophyte,
- baccate,
- bean,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- climber,
- comestible,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- dainty,
- delectable,
- delicate,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- diatom,
- doughy,
- eatable,
- edible,
- esculent,
- exciting,
- exquisite,
- fern,
- flabby,
- flavorsome,
- fleshy,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluid,
- fluidal,
- fluidic,
- fluxible,
- fluxile,
- fluxional,
- fluxionary,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- good,
- good to eat,
- good-tasting,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- gustable,
- gusty,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- interesting,
- inviting,
- ivy,
- juicy,
- kelp,
- kosher,
- legume,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- likable,
- liquid,
- liquidy,
- lively,
- liverwort,
- luscious,
- lush,
- macerated,
- masticated,
- mold,
- moss,
- mouth-watering,
- mushroom,
- mushy,
- nectareous,
- nectarous,
- nice,
- of gourmet quality,
- palatable,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pasty,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- piquant,
- pithy,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- pleasing,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- puffball,
- pulpal,
- pulpar,
- pulped,
- pulplike,
- pulpy,
- pulse,
- racy,
- readable,
- red algae,
- rich,
- rockweed,
- runny,
- rust,
- sapid,
- sappy,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- savorous,
- savory,
- scrumptious,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smut,
- soft,
- spicy,
- spongy,
- squashy,
- squelchy,
- squishy,
- stimulating,
- tantalizing,
- tasty,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- toadstool,
- toothsome,
- vetch,
- vine,
- watery,
- wort,
- wrack,
- yummy
- piquant
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- engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language"
- having an agreeably pungent taste related words >
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acrid,
- agitating,
- alluring,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- biting,
- bitter,
- blandishing,
- breathtaking,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- caustic,
- challenging,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- cliff-hanging,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- cutting,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- enchanting,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- escharotic,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- exotic,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glamorous,
- harsh,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hypnotic,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- irritating,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- keen,
- lively,
- maddening,
- mesmeric,
- mind-blowing,
- mordant,
- mouth-watering,
- moving,
- nose-tickling,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- penetrating,
- peppery,
- peppy,
- perturbing,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- prepossessing,
- prompting,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- pungent,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- rich,
- rough,
- rousing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- snappy,
- soul-stirring,
- sour,
- sparkling,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- spirited,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stinging,
- stirring,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- trenchant,
- troubling,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- vitriolic,
- vivacious,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- zesty
- Amor,
- Christian love,
- Eros,
- abstinence,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- agape,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- attachment,
- bodily love,
- brotherly love,
- caritas,
- celibacy,
- charity,
- conjugal love,
- continence,
- continency,
- desire,
- devotion,
- faithful love,
- fancy,
- fervor,
- flame,
- fondness,
- free love,
- free-lovism,
- heart,
- hero worship,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- idolization,
- intactness,
- lasciviousness,
- libido,
- like,
- liking,
- love,
- lovemaking,
- maidenhead,
- maidenhood,
- married love,
- passion,
- physical love,
- popular regard,
- popularity,
- regard,
- sentiment,
- sex,
- sexual love,
- shine,
- spiritual love,
- tender feeling,
- tender passion,
- truelove,
- uxoriousness,
- virginity,
- weakness,
- worship,
- yearning
- copywriter
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- a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy related words >
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- composer,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- encyclopedist,
- essayist,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humorist,
- inditer,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- monographer,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- pamphleteer,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- storyteller,
- technical writer,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer
- absolve
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- let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
- grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" related words >
- acquit,
- administer absolution,
- administer extreme unction,
- amnesty,
- cancel,
- clear,
- confess,
- declare a moratorium,
- decontaminate,
- destigmatize,
- discharge,
- dismiss,
- dispense,
- dispense from,
- dispense with,
- except,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exempt from,
- exonerate,
- forgive,
- free,
- give absolution,
- give dispensation from,
- grant amnesty to,
- grant forgiveness,
- grant immunity,
- grant remission,
- hear confession,
- justify,
- let go,
- let off,
- make confession,
- nonpros,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- pardon,
- purge,
- quash the charge,
- receive absolution,
- release,
- relieve,
- remise,
- remit,
- save the necessity,
- set free,
- shrive,
- spare,
- vindicate,
- whitewash,
- wipe out,
- withdraw the charge,
- write off
- abandoned,
- absent,
- absentminded,
- absorbed,
- abstracted,
- amok,
- bellowing,
- bemused,
- berserk,
- bursting with happiness,
- carried away,
- castle-building,
- daydreaming,
- daydreamy,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- distracted,
- dreaming,
- dreamy,
- drowsing,
- ecstatic,
- elate,
- elated,
- elsewhere,
- enchanted,
- engrossed,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- entranced,
- exalted,
- exultant,
- faraway,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- flushed,
- frantic,
- freaked out,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- haggard,
- half-awake,
- high,
- hog-wild,
- howling,
- hysterical,
- imparadised,
- in a reverie,
- in a transport,
- in ecstasies,
- in heaven,
- in hysterics,
- in paradise,
- in raptures,
- in seventh heaven,
- in the clouds,
- intoxicated,
- jubilant,
- lost,
- lost in thought,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- meditative,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- museful,
- musing,
- napping,
- nodding,
- oblivious,
- on cloud nine,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- overjoyed,
- overjoyful,
- pensive,
- pipe-dreaming,
- possessed,
- preoccupied,
- rabid,
- raging,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- rapt,
- raptured,
- rapturous,
- raving,
- ravished,
- rhapsodic,
- roaring,
- running mad,
- sent,
- somewhere else,
- stargazing,
- storming,
- taken up,
- unconscious,
- uncontrollable,
- violent,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- woolgathering,
- wrapped in thought
- unrestricted
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- free of restrictions on conduct; "I had unrestricted access"
- not restricted or modified in meaning; "unrestricted verbs are usually stronger than those qualified by adverbs"
- not subject to or subjected to restriction related words >
- absolute,
- accessible,
- admitting no exception,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- approachable,
- bald,
- bare,
- born,
- broad-based,
- candid,
- categorical,
- clean,
- clear,
- cleared,
- communicative,
- complete,
- comprehensive,
- conclusive,
- congenital,
- consummate,
- conversable,
- decided,
- decisive,
- deep-dyed,
- definite,
- definitive,
- demonstrative,
- determinate,
- disclosed,
- downright,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- effusive,
- egregious,
- entire,
- exhaustive,
- expansive,
- explicit,
- exposed,
- express,
- extroverted,
- final,
- fixed,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- frank,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- full,
- global,
- gossipy,
- illimitable,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- indisputable,
- intensive,
- limitless,
- naked,
- newsy,
- no strings,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- open,
- out-and-out,
- outgoing,
- outright,
- outspoken,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plenary,
- plumb,
- positive,
- public,
- pure,
- radical,
- regular,
- round,
- self-revealing,
- self-revelatory,
- sheer,
- sociable,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- sweeping,
- talkative,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- total,
- ubiquitous,
- unabated,
- unbound,
- unbounded,
- uncircumscribed,
- unclogged,
- unclosed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- unconfined,
- unconstrained,
- uncovered,
- undiminished,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- unhidden,
- universal,
- unlimited,
- unmeasured,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unobstructed,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- unreduced,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unretarded,
- unreticent,
- unsecretive,
- unshrinking,
- unsilent,
- unstopped,
- unsuppressed,
- unwaivable,
- utter,
- veritable,
- whole,
- wholesale,
- wide-open,
- without exception,
- without reserve,
- without strings
- forgive
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- stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
- absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt" related words >
- abolish,
- absolve,
- acquit,
- allow,
- amnesty,
- cancel,
- clear,
- condone,
- consign to oblivion,
- decontaminate,
- delete,
- destigmatize,
- discharge,
- dismiss,
- dispense from,
- disregard,
- erase,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exempt from,
- exonerate,
- forbear,
- forgive and forget,
- free,
- give absolution,
- give quarter,
- grant amnesty to,
- grant forgiveness,
- grant immunity,
- grant remission,
- have mercy upon,
- have pity,
- ignore,
- indulge,
- justify,
- let go,
- let off,
- let up on,
- make allowances for,
- melt,
- nonpros,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- overlook,
- pardon,
- pass over,
- purge,
- quash the charge,
- relax,
- release,
- relent,
- remit,
- reprieve,
- set free,
- shrive,
- spare,
- take pity on,
- thaw,
- vindicate,
- void,
- waive,
- whitewash,
- withdraw the charge
- Parthian shot,
- address,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- assertion,
- averment,
- comment,
- crack,
- declaration,
- dictum,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- greeting,
- interjection,
- mention,
- note,
- observation,
- phrase,
- position,
- pronouncement,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- say,
- saying,
- sentence,
- statement,
- thought,
- utterance,
- word
- PS,
- addendum,
- address,
- affirmation,
- afterthought,
- allegation,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- appendix,
- assertion,
- averment,
- back answer,
- back matter,
- caustic remark,
- chorus,
- coda,
- codicil,
- colophon,
- comeback,
- comment,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- crack,
- cut,
- cutting remark,
- declaration,
- dictum,
- dig,
- double take,
- dump,
- dying words,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- fleer,
- flout,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- foolery,
- gibe,
- gibing retort,
- greeting,
- interjection,
- jab,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jest,
- last words,
- leg-pull,
- mention,
- mock,
- note,
- observation,
- parting shot,
- peroration,
- phrase,
- position,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- pronouncement,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- question,
- quip,
- reflection,
- refrain,
- remark,
- rude reproach,
- say,
- saying,
- scoff,
- scurrility,
- second thought,
- sentence,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- short answer,
- slam,
- slap,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- subscript,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- swipe,
- tag,
- taunt,
- thought,
- twit,
- utterance,
- verbal thrust,
- word
- explicit
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- precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes" related words >
- absolute,
- accurate,
- admitting no exception,
- all-out,
- apparent,
- artless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- categorical,
- categorically,
- certain,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- coherent,
- complete,
- conclusive,
- connected,
- consistent,
- correct,
- crisp,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- decided,
- decisive,
- defined,
- definite,
- definitely,
- definitive,
- determinate,
- direct,
- discernible,
- distinct,
- downright,
- entire,
- evident,
- exact,
- explicitly,
- express,
- final,
- fixed,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- genuine,
- global,
- heart-to-heart,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- ingenuous,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucid,
- luminous,
- manifest,
- noticeable,
- observable,
- obvious,
- open,
- open-and-shut,
- openhearted,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- outspoken,
- palpable,
- patent,
- pellucid,
- perceivable,
- perceptible,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain as day,
- plain-spoken,
- positive,
- precise,
- round,
- seeable,
- self-evident,
- self-explaining,
- self-explanatory,
- simple,
- sincere,
- specific,
- specifically,
- stated,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- sure,
- tangible,
- to be seen,
- total,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- unambiguous,
- unchecked,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- unconfused,
- unconstrained,
- understandable,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unguarded,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- univocal,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestricted,
- unwaivable,
- utter,
- visible,
- well-defined,
- whole,
- without exception,
- without reserve
- exciting
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- creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"
- stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel" related words >
- acceptable,
- adorable,
- agitating,
- agreeable,
- alluring,
- amazing,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- ardent,
- arresting,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- breathtaking,
- burning,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- challenging,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- cliff-hanging,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- desirable,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- electrifying,
- emphatic,
- enchanting,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enthusiastic,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- enviable,
- exhilarating,
- exhilarative,
- exotic,
- fascinating,
- fervent,
- fetching,
- fiery,
- flirtatious,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glamorous,
- glowing,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hypnotic,
- impassioned,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- inspiring,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- intriguing,
- invigorating,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- likable,
- lively,
- lovable,
- maddening,
- mesmeric,
- mind-blowing,
- mind-boggling,
- mouth-watering,
- moving,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- passionate,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- pleasing,
- prepossessing,
- prompting,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- rich,
- rip-roaring,
- rousing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensuous,
- sexy,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- soul-stirring,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- to be desired,
- toothsome,
- troubling,
- unobjectionable,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- voluptuous,
- warm,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worth having
- alternate,
- arrest,
- be here again,
- break,
- break off,
- call a break,
- call time,
- check,
- circle,
- cleanse,
- cleanse away,
- come again,
- come and go,
- come around,
- come round,
- come round again,
- come up again,
- cut off,
- cycle,
- declare a recess,
- defer,
- delay,
- deliver,
- discharge,
- fluctuate,
- free,
- free from,
- give release,
- give respite,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- interlude,
- interrupt,
- interval,
- intervene,
- lack regularity,
- oscillate,
- pause,
- postpone,
- prorogue,
- pulsate,
- pulse,
- purge,
- purge away,
- put off,
- reappear,
- recess,
- recur,
- release,
- remove,
- reoccur,
- repeat,
- reprieve,
- return,
- revolve,
- roll around,
- rotate,
- snap the thread,
- stay,
- suspend,
- take a break,
- take five,
- take ten,
- turn,
- undulate,
- vary,
- wheel,
- wheel around
- choice
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- the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
- the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
- of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- appealing to refined taste; "choice wine" related words >
- Attic,
- acceptance,
- adjudgment,
- adjudication,
- aesthetic,
- alternative,
- animus,
- appetence,
- appetency,
- appetite,
- appraisal,
- appropriate,
- arbitrament,
- arbitration,
- artistic,
- best,
- champion,
- chaste,
- choosing,
- chosen,
- classic,
- command,
- conation,
- conatus,
- cream,
- dainty,
- decision,
- deeming,
- delicate,
- desirable,
- desire,
- determination,
- discretion,
- discrimination,
- disposition,
- druthers,
- elect,
- election,
- elegant,
- elite,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- evaluation,
- excellent,
- exceptional,
- exquisite,
- fancy,
- fat,
- finding,
- first-rate,
- fit,
- fitting,
- flower,
- for the best,
- free choice,
- free decision,
- free will,
- full consent,
- good judgment,
- greatest,
- handpicked,
- high-quality,
- ideal,
- in good taste,
- inclination,
- incomparable,
- intention,
- judging,
- judgment,
- judicature,
- liking,
- loophole,
- lust,
- matchless,
- mind,
- noncontingent free will,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- objective,
- of choice,
- of quality,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- option,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- passion,
- peerless,
- pick,
- picked,
- pleasing,
- pleasure,
- preeminent,
- preference,
- preferred,
- pretext,
- pride,
- prime,
- prize,
- pure,
- queen,
- quiet,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- rare,
- rating,
- recherche,
- resolution,
- restrained,
- saving clause,
- say,
- say-so,
- select,
- selected,
- selection,
- sexual desire,
- simple,
- special,
- subdued,
- superior,
- superlative,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- tasteful,
- the best,
- the best ever,
- the tops,
- the very best,
- top,
- transcendent,
- unaffected,
- understated,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unobtrusive,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- velleity,
- verdict,
- very best,
- voice,
- volition,
- way of escape,
- way out,
- well-chosen,
- will,
- will power,
- wish
- arrange,
- break loose,
- break out,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- cut loose,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- extend,
- extricate,
- flatten,
- free,
- free up,
- get out,
- liberate,
- order,
- put in order,
- put in shape,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- ravel,
- rectify,
- reduce to order,
- release,
- right,
- set in order,
- set straight,
- set to rights,
- sit up,
- smooth,
- sort out,
- stand up,
- straighten,
- straighten out,
- straighten up,
- tear loose,
- unbend,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- uncurl,
- unkink,
- unknot,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- whip into shape
- essayist
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- a writer of literary works related words >
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- descanter,
- diarist,
- discourser,
- disquisitor,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- encyclopedist,
- expositor,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humorist,
- inditer,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- monographer,
- monographist,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- pamphleteer,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- storyteller,
- technical writer,
- tractation,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer
- cognitive
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- of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style" related words >
- cogitative,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- excogitating,
- ideative,
- introspective,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mental,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- pensive,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- serious,
- sober,
- speculative,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- wistful
- 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
- preoccupation
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- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention related words >
- Walter Mitty,
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorbed attention,
- absorption,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- adoption,
- adverse possession,
- alienation,
- alodium,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- application,
- appropriation,
- arrogation,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- assumption,
- bemusement,
- brown study,
- bulldog tenacity,
- burgage,
- castle-building,
- catatonic stupor,
- claim,
- close study,
- colonization,
- colony,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- concentration,
- conquest,
- constancy,
- contemplation,
- contemplativeness,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- de facto,
- de jure,
- deep study,
- deep thought,
- dejection,
- dependency,
- depression,
- depth of thought,
- derivative title,
- detachment,
- diligence,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- dream,
- dreaming,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- endurance,
- engagement,
- engrossment,
- enslavement,
- euphoria,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- fascination,
- fee fief,
- fee position,
- fee simple,
- fee simple absolute,
- fee simple conditional,
- fee simple defeasible,
- fee simple determinable,
- fee tail,
- feodum,
- feud,
- fidelity,
- fiefdom,
- fit of abstraction,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- folie du doute,
- frankalmoign,
- free socage,
- freehold,
- gavelkind,
- hang-up,
- having title to,
- hold,
- holding,
- hypercathexis,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- idee fixe,
- immersion,
- indefatigability,
- indent,
- indifference,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- insensibility,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- intentness,
- involvement,
- irresistible impulse,
- knight service,
- lay fee,
- lease,
- leasehold,
- legal claim,
- legal possession,
- lethargy,
- loyalty,
- mandate,
- mania,
- meditation,
- melancholia,
- melancholy,
- mental distress,
- monomania,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- morbid drive,
- muse,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- obstinacy,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- original title,
- owning,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- pensiveness,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- possessing,
- possession,
- preemption,
- preoccupancy,
- prepossession,
- prescription,
- profound thought,
- property,
- property rights,
- proprietary rights,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- rapt attention,
- reflectiveness,
- relentlessness,
- requisition,
- resolution,
- reverie,
- ruling passion,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- seisin,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- socage,
- speculativeness,
- squatting,
- stability,
- stamina,
- stargazing,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stubbornness,
- studiousness,
- study,
- stupor,
- subjugation,
- sublease,
- submersion,
- takeover,
- taking over,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tenancy,
- tenantry,
- tenure,
- tenure in chivalry,
- thoughtfulness,
- tic,
- tirelessness,
- title,
- trance,
- twitching,
- underlease,
- undertenancy,
- unremittingness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unswerving attention,
- usucapion,
- usurpation,
- villein socage,
- villeinhold,
- villenage,
- wistfulness,
- withdrawal,
- woolgathering
- unforced
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- not resulting from undue effort; not forced; "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained" related words >
- a beneplacito,
- a discretion,
- abandoned,
- ad arbitrium,
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- al piacere,
- arbitrary,
- at choice,
- at pleasure,
- at will,
- autonomous,
- deliberate,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- intentional,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful,
- willing,
- without coercion,
- witting
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