Related Words:
- big business
collapse - commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies; "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively" related words >
- balance of trade,
- business,
- business dealings,
- commerce,
- commercial affairs,
- commercial relations,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- fair trade,
- free trade,
- industry,
- intercourse,
- market,
- marketing,
- mercantile business,
- merchantry,
- multilateral trade,
- reciprocal trade,
- restraint of trade,
- small business,
- the business world,
- the marketplace,
- trade,
- traffic,
- truck,
- unilateral trade
- balance of trade
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- the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports" related words >
- big business,
- business,
- business dealings,
- commerce,
- commercial affairs,
- commercial relations,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- fair trade,
- free trade,
- industry,
- intercourse,
- market,
- marketing,
- mercantile business,
- merchantry,
- multilateral trade,
- reciprocal trade,
- restraint of trade,
- small business,
- the business world,
- the marketplace,
- trade,
- traffic,
- truck,
- unilateral trade
- bleached,
- bright,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- dainty,
- fair,
- fastidious,
- fresh,
- immaculate,
- kosher,
- nonpolluted,
- of cleanly habits,
- pure,
- ritually pure,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sweet,
- tahar,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unpolluted,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened
- bleached,
- bright,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- dainty,
- dirt-free,
- fair,
- fastidious,
- fresh,
- immaculate,
- kosher,
- of cleanly habits,
- pure,
- ritually pure,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sweet,
- tahar,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unpolluted,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened
- bleached,
- bright,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- dainty,
- dirt-free,
- fair,
- fastidious,
- fresh,
- immaculate,
- kosher,
- nonpolluted,
- of cleanly habits,
- pure,
- ritually pure,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sweet,
- tahar,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened
- beguiling
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- misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes" related words >
- alluring,
- amusing,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- bewildering,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- catchy,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- deceiving,
- deceptive,
- delightful,
- deluding,
- delusive,
- delusory,
- diverting,
- dubious,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- enigmatic,
- enravishing,
- entertaining,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- exceptional,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fallacious,
- false,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- fishy,
- flirtatious,
- fun,
- glamorous,
- hallucinatory,
- humorous,
- hypnotic,
- illusive,
- illusory,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- marvelous,
- mesmeric,
- miraculous,
- misleading,
- mouth-watering,
- outlandish,
- passing strange,
- phenomenal,
- piquant,
- prepossessing,
- prodigious,
- provocative,
- provoquant,
- puzzling,
- questionable,
- rare,
- ravishing,
- recreational,
- remarkable,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensational,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupendous,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- tempting,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unprecedented,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- wonderful,
- wondrous
- sop
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- a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
- piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
- be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
- give a conciliatory gift or bribe to related words >
- Milquetoast,
- ass,
- baby,
- baksheesh,
- bathe,
- big baby,
- boodle,
- born fool,
- brew,
- bribe,
- bribe money,
- buffoon,
- buy,
- buy off,
- chicken,
- clown,
- crybaby,
- deluge,
- doodle,
- doormat,
- douche,
- douse,
- drench,
- drouk,
- drown,
- dull tool,
- egregious ass,
- figure of fun,
- fix,
- flush,
- fool,
- gratification,
- gratuity,
- gutless wonder,
- have,
- hush money,
- ignoramus,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- inject,
- invertebrate,
- jackass,
- jellyfish,
- lave,
- leach,
- lightweight,
- lixiviate,
- lubricate,
- lunatic,
- macerate,
- meek soul,
- milksop,
- mollycoddle,
- mooncalf,
- namby-pamby,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- palm oil,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- payoff,
- payola,
- percolate,
- perfect fool,
- permeate,
- protection,
- pushover,
- rinse,
- sad sack,
- saturate,
- schmuck,
- seethe,
- sissy,
- soak,
- sodden,
- softhead,
- softling,
- softy,
- souse,
- square,
- steep,
- stupid ass,
- sugarplum,
- tamper with,
- tomfool,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- wet,
- zany
- joy
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- something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
- the emotion of great happiness related words >
- amusement,
- be in heaven,
- be pleased,
- beam,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- caper,
- caracole,
- carol,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- clap hands,
- cloud nine,
- crow,
- crow over,
- dance,
- delectation,
- delight,
- die with delight,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- enjoyment,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- exult,
- feel happy,
- felicity,
- frisk,
- frivolity,
- frolic,
- fruition,
- fun,
- gaiety,
- gambol,
- gladness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- gloat,
- gloat over,
- glory,
- go into raptures,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high glee,
- high spirits,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- intoxication,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- jubilate,
- laugh,
- laughter,
- levity,
- lilt,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- purr,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- rejoice,
- revel,
- rollick,
- romp,
- seventh heaven,
- sing,
- skip,
- skip for joy,
- smile,
- sunshine,
- take great satisfaction,
- transport,
- tread on air,
- triumph,
- unalloyed happiness,
- whistle
- alliterating,
- alliterative,
- arid,
- assonant,
- automatic,
- banal,
- barren,
- belabored,
- betwixt and between,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- boresome,
- boring,
- broken-record,
- bromidic,
- changeless,
- chanting,
- characterless,
- chiming,
- cliche-ridden,
- cold,
- colorless,
- dead,
- dingdong,
- dismal,
- drab,
- dragging,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- endless,
- etiolated,
- everlasting,
- exhausting,
- fade,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fatiguing,
- flat,
- gray,
- harping,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- humdrum,
- inane,
- indifferent,
- inexcitable,
- insipid,
- invariable,
- jejune,
- jingle-jangle,
- jog-trot,
- labored,
- laborious,
- lackluster,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- long-drawn-out,
- long-winded,
- low-spirited,
- mechanical,
- mediocre,
- medium,
- middling,
- moderate,
- modest,
- monotone,
- monotonous,
- mortal,
- namby-pamby,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- pale,
- pallid,
- passable,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- prolix,
- prolonged,
- prosaic,
- prosy,
- repetitious,
- repetitive,
- respectable,
- rhymed,
- rhyming,
- routine,
- same,
- samely,
- singsong,
- slow,
- so-so,
- solemn,
- soporific,
- spiritless,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- superficial,
- tasteless,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- tolerable,
- treadmill,
- unchanging,
- unending,
- uneventful,
- unexciting,
- uninteresting,
- unlively,
- unrelieved,
- unvarying,
- vapid,
- weariful,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- wishy-washy,
- wooden
- expectation
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- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- the feeling that something is about to happen related words >
- aftertime,
- afteryears,
- anticipation,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- aptitude,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- assurance,
- assured faith,
- awelessness,
- belief,
- by-and-by,
- calmness,
- chance,
- cheerful expectation,
- composure,
- confidence,
- conjecture,
- conviction,
- cool,
- coolness,
- course ahead,
- crystal ball,
- demand,
- dependence,
- design,
- desire,
- determinism,
- distant future,
- doomed hope,
- dueness,
- entitledness,
- entitlement,
- eventuality,
- expectancy,
- fair expectation,
- fair prospect,
- faith,
- favorable prospect,
- fervent hope,
- foresight,
- forward look,
- future,
- future tense,
- futurism,
- futurity,
- good chance,
- good cheer,
- good hope,
- great expectations,
- guess,
- hereafter,
- high hopes,
- hope,
- hopeful prognosis,
- hopefulness,
- hopes,
- hoping,
- hoping against hope,
- immediate future,
- immediate prospect,
- imminence,
- inexcitability,
- insistence,
- intention,
- justice,
- justifiable expectation,
- liability,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- meritedness,
- motive,
- near future,
- nodding acceptance,
- nonamazedness,
- nonamazement,
- nonastonishment,
- nonmarveling,
- nonwonder,
- nonwondering,
- notion,
- odds,
- offing,
- outlook,
- posteriority,
- prayerful hope,
- prediction,
- presumption,
- presumptive evidence,
- probabilism,
- probability,
- project,
- promise,
- prophecy,
- prospect,
- prospects,
- reasonable ground,
- reasonable hope,
- reliance,
- requirement,
- sanguine expectation,
- security,
- supposition,
- surmise,
- suspense,
- tendency,
- the future,
- the morrow,
- the sweet by-and-by,
- time ahead,
- time just ahead,
- time to come,
- tomorrow,
- trust,
- unamazedness,
- unamazement,
- unastonishment,
- unimpressibleness,
- unsurprise,
- unsurprisedness,
- verisimilitude,
- want,
- watchfulness,
- well-grounded hope,
- wish,
- wonderlessness
- sweet nothings
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- inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear" related words >
- adulation,
- artful endearments,
- blandishment,
- blandishments,
- blarney,
- bunkum,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- caress,
- compliment,
- endearment,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fawning,
- flattery,
- grease,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- incense,
- oil,
- palaver,
- pat,
- praise,
- pretty lies,
- soap,
- soft soap,
- soft words,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- wheedling
- euphoria
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- a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation related words >
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- acceptance,
- alienation,
- amusement,
- animal pleasure,
- anxiety,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- apathy,
- bodily pleasure,
- carnal delight,
- catatonic stupor,
- comfort,
- composure,
- compulsion,
- content,
- contentedness,
- contentment,
- coziness,
- creature comforts,
- dejection,
- depression,
- detachment,
- ease,
- ecstasy,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- endpleasure,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- entire satisfaction,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- folie du doute,
- forepleasure,
- frenzy,
- fruition,
- fulfillment,
- fun,
- glee,
- gratification,
- great satisfaction,
- gusto,
- happiness,
- hearty enjoyment,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- indifference,
- insensibility,
- intellectual pleasure,
- intoxication,
- joie de vivre,
- keen pleasure,
- kicks,
- lethargy,
- luxury,
- madness,
- mania,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- obsession,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- peace of mind,
- physical pleasure,
- pleasure,
- preoccupation,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- quiet pleasure,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- relish,
- resignation,
- satisfaction,
- self-gratification,
- self-indulgence,
- sensual pleasure,
- sensuous pleasure,
- sexual pleasure,
- stupor,
- sweetness of life,
- tic,
- titillation,
- twitching,
- unresponsiveness,
- voluptuousness,
- well-being,
- withdrawal,
- zest
- admirable,
- advantageous,
- auspicious,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- beyond all praise,
- bon,
- bonny,
- braw,
- bueno,
- capital,
- cogent,
- creditable,
- deserving,
- elegant,
- estimable,
- excellent,
- exemplary,
- expedient,
- fair,
- famous,
- favorable,
- fine,
- good,
- goodly,
- grand,
- healthy,
- helpful,
- kind,
- laudable,
- meritorious,
- model,
- nice,
- noble,
- pleasant,
- praiseworthy,
- profitable,
- regal,
- royal,
- skillful,
- sound,
- splendid,
- unexceptionable,
- useful,
- valid,
- very good,
- virtuous,
- well-deserving,
- worthy
- respectful
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- full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"
- feeling or manifesting veneration related words >
- acclamatory,
- accommodating,
- admiring,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- appreciative,
- approbatory,
- attentive,
- cap in hand,
- ceremonious,
- civil,
- commendatory,
- complaisant,
- complimentary,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- cordial,
- courteous,
- deferential,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- encomiastic,
- ethical,
- eulogistic,
- fair,
- flattering,
- gentlemanly,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- honorific,
- ladylike,
- laudatory,
- mannerly,
- moral,
- obedient,
- obliging,
- observant,
- panegyric,
- polite,
- regardful,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- scrupulous,
- solicitous,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- urbane,
- well-behaved,
- well-mannered
- disarming
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- act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"
- capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; "a disarming smile"
- capable of allaying hostility related words >
- sporting
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- involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
- relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment" related words >
- acrobatic,
- agonistic,
- athletic,
- betting,
- cardsharping,
- casting lots,
- chase,
- chevy,
- chivy,
- coursing,
- cynegetics,
- fair-minded,
- falconry,
- fox hunting,
- gambling,
- gaming,
- gunning,
- gymnastic,
- hawking,
- hazarding,
- hunt,
- hunting,
- palaestral,
- play,
- playing,
- risking,
- shikar,
- shooting,
- sortition,
- speculation,
- sport,
- sports,
- sportsmanlike,
- sportsmanly,
- square-dealing,
- square-shooting,
- staking,
- stalking,
- still hunt,
- venery,
- wagering
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
- alike,
- choicelessness,
- coequal,
- coextensive,
- coincident,
- coincidental,
- coinciding,
- congruent,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- coterminous,
- dead heat,
- deadlock,
- draw,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- even break,
- fair shake,
- indiscernible,
- indiscrimination,
- indistinct,
- indistinctive,
- indistinguishable,
- interchangeable,
- knotted score,
- neck-and-neck race,
- no choice,
- only choice,
- photo finish,
- stalemate,
- standard,
- standoff,
- stereotyped,
- synonymous,
- the same,
- tie,
- undifferentiated,
- undiscriminated,
- undistinguishable,
- undistinguished,
- uniform,
- without distinction
- adornment,
- beauties,
- calligraphy,
- colors,
- colors of rhetoric,
- copybook hand,
- elegant penmanship,
- elegant variation,
- embellishment,
- embroidery,
- fair hand,
- figure,
- figure of speech,
- fine hand,
- floridity,
- floridness,
- flourish,
- floweriness,
- flowers of speech,
- frill,
- good fist,
- good hand,
- lushness,
- luxuriance,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- purple patches
- field day
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- a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
- a time of unusual pleasure and success
- a day for outdoor athletic competition
- (military) a day for military exercises and display related words >
- Highland games,
- Mardi Gras,
- Olympiad,
- Olympic games,
- Saturnalia,
- banquet,
- blowout,
- carnival,
- carousel,
- do,
- fair,
- feast,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- fiesta,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- games,
- great doings,
- gymkhana,
- high jinks,
- jamboree,
- kermis,
- meet,
- party,
- picnic,
- rally,
- regatta,
- the Olympics,
- tournament,
- tourney,
- track meet,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose
- Tartuffe
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- a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) related words >
- Holy Willie,
- Joseph Surface,
- Mawworm,
- Pecksniff,
- Pharisee,
- affecter,
- canter,
- canting hypocrite,
- dissembler,
- dissimulator,
- fair-weather friend,
- false friend,
- formalist,
- hypocrite,
- lip server,
- lip worshiper,
- mealymouth,
- pharisee,
- phony,
- pietist,
- pious fraud,
- poser,
- ranter,
- religionist,
- religious hypocrite,
- sanctimonious fraud,
- sniveler,
- snuffler,
- spiritual humbug,
- summer soldier,
- whited sepulcher
- lucky
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- blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"
- having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day" related words >
- advantageous,
- appropriate,
- auspicious,
- befitting,
- beneficial,
- benign,
- benignant,
- blessed,
- blessed with luck,
- bright,
- charmed,
- convenient,
- expedient,
- fair,
- favorable,
- favored,
- favoring,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitting,
- fortuitous,
- fortunate,
- full of promise,
- golden,
- good,
- happy,
- in luck,
- meet,
- of good omen,
- of happy portent,
- of promise,
- opportune,
- profitable,
- promising,
- propitious,
- prosperous,
- providential,
- ripe,
- seasonable,
- sortable,
- suitable,
- timely,
- well,
- well-timed
- belle
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- a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball" related words >
- Miss America,
- bathing beauty,
- beau ideal,
- beaut,
- beauty,
- beauty contest winner,
- beauty queen,
- bunny,
- charmer,
- cover girl,
- dazzler,
- dream,
- enchantress,
- fine lady,
- grande dame,
- great beauty,
- knockout,
- lady fair,
- looker,
- model,
- paragon,
- peach,
- pinup,
- pinup girl,
- precieuse,
- pussycat,
- raving beauty,
- reigning beauty,
- sex kitten,
- slick chick,
- stunner,
- toast
- suggest
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- call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"
- imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" related words >
- adumbrate,
- advance,
- advert,
- advise,
- advocate,
- allegorize,
- allude,
- allude to,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approve,
- approximate,
- argue,
- assume,
- attest,
- be construed as,
- be indicative of,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bear resemblance,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bid fair,
- breathe,
- brief,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring to mind,
- bring to recollection,
- bring up,
- broach,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- carry back,
- characterize,
- coach,
- come close,
- come near,
- commend to attention,
- compare with,
- confer,
- conjecture,
- connote,
- consult with,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counsel,
- counterfeit,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- differentiate,
- direct,
- disclose,
- display,
- drop a hint,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- evoke,
- exhibit,
- express,
- favor,
- follow,
- furnish evidence,
- give a hint,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give prospect of,
- give the cue,
- give token,
- glance at,
- go to show,
- guide,
- highlight,
- hint,
- hint at,
- hold out hope,
- hold the promptbook,
- identify,
- illustrate,
- imagine,
- imitate,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- indicate,
- infer,
- insinuate,
- instruct,
- intimate,
- introduce,
- involve,
- jog the memory,
- kibitz,
- launch,
- lay before,
- look like,
- make a motion,
- make fair promise,
- make likely,
- manifest,
- mark,
- match,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- meddle,
- mention,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- moot,
- move,
- nag,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- note,
- nudge,
- offer,
- offer a resolution,
- open up,
- outline,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- point,
- point indirectly to,
- point to,
- pose,
- postulate,
- prefer,
- prescribe,
- present,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- proffer,
- promise,
- prompt,
- prompt the mind,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- put,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put in mind,
- put in remembrance,
- put it to,
- raise expectation,
- recall,
- recommend,
- refer,
- refer to,
- remember,
- remind,
- remind one of,
- resemble,
- reveal,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- set before,
- set forth,
- set forward,
- shadow forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- signalize,
- signify,
- simulate,
- sketch,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- stack up with,
- stand fair to,
- stand for,
- start,
- submit,
- support,
- suppose,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- take after,
- take for granted,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify,
- theorize,
- typify,
- urge
- liable
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- held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service" related words >
- accountable,
- actionable,
- amenable,
- answerable,
- answerable for,
- apt,
- assailable,
- attackable,
- beatable,
- blameworthy,
- bound,
- chargeable,
- conquerable,
- disposed,
- exposed,
- fair,
- foreseeable,
- given,
- hopeful,
- in the cards,
- inclined,
- likely,
- naked,
- nonimmune,
- obligated,
- obnoxious,
- odds-on,
- open,
- penetrable,
- pledged,
- predictable,
- predictable within limits,
- presumable,
- presumptive,
- probable,
- promising,
- prone,
- responsible,
- responsible for,
- sensitive,
- statistically probable,
- subject,
- susceptible,
- tied,
- to blame,
- verisimilar,
- vincible,
- vulnerable
- assure
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- assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" related words >
- afford hope,
- and candle,
- ascertain,
- assert,
- assert under oath,
- asseverate,
- attest,
- augur well,
- avouch,
- back,
- be convincing,
- be sponsor for,
- bear up,
- bid fair,
- bolster,
- bond,
- book,
- brace up,
- bring home to,
- bring over,
- bring round,
- bring to reason,
- buck up,
- carry conviction,
- certify,
- cheer,
- cinch,
- clear up,
- clinch,
- comfort,
- condole with,
- confirm,
- console,
- convert,
- convict,
- convince,
- countersecure,
- countersign,
- decide,
- depone,
- depose,
- determine,
- dismiss all doubt,
- drive home to,
- ease,
- embolden,
- encourage,
- endorse,
- ensure,
- establish,
- find out,
- fix,
- get at,
- give comfort,
- give hope,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- have good prospects,
- hearten,
- hold out hope,
- hold out promise,
- inspire,
- inspire belief,
- inspire hope,
- inspirit,
- insure,
- justify hope,
- kiss the book,
- lead to believe,
- make a promise,
- make certain,
- make fair promise,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- nail down,
- nerve,
- persuade,
- pledge,
- plight,
- promise,
- put at ease,
- raise expectations,
- raise hope,
- reassure,
- relieve,
- remove all doubt,
- satisfy,
- secure,
- see that,
- see to it,
- sell,
- sell one on,
- set at ease,
- set at rest,
- settle,
- sign,
- sign for,
- solace,
- sort out,
- sponsor,
- stabilize,
- stand behind,
- stand up for,
- state,
- subscribe to,
- support,
- swear,
- swear by bell,
- swear the truth,
- swear to,
- swear to God,
- swear to goodness,
- sympathize with,
- talk over,
- testify,
- troth,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- vouch,
- vow,
- warrant,
- win over
- dog days
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- the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity related words >
- pharisee
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- a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
- a self-righteous or sanctimonious person related words >
- Holy Willie,
- Joseph Surface,
- Mawworm,
- Pecksniff,
- Pharisee,
- Tartuffe,
- affecter,
- canter,
- canting hypocrite,
- dissembler,
- dissimulator,
- fair-weather friend,
- false friend,
- formalist,
- hypocrite,
- lip,
- lip server,
- lip worshiper,
- mealymouth,
- phony,
- pietist,
- pious fraud,
- poser,
- ranter,
- religionist,
- religious hypocrite,
- sanctimonious fraud,
- sniveler,
- snuffler,
- spiritual humbug,
- summer soldier,
- whited sepulcher
- blarney
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- flattery designed to gain favor related words >
- adulation,
- banter,
- blandish,
- blandishment,
- bunkum,
- cajole,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- compliment,
- con,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fawning,
- flattery,
- grease,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- incense,
- oil,
- palaver,
- praise,
- pretty lies,
- soap,
- soft soap,
- soft-soap,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sweet-talk,
- sycophancy,
- wheedle,
- wheedling
- admirable,
- advantageous,
- auspicious,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- beyond all praise,
- bon,
- bonny,
- braw,
- bueno,
- capital,
- cogent,
- commendable,
- creditable,
- deserving,
- elegant,
- estimable,
- excellent,
- exemplary,
- expedient,
- fair,
- famous,
- favorable,
- fine,
- good,
- goodly,
- grand,
- healthy,
- helpful,
- kind,
- meritorious,
- model,
- nice,
- noble,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- outstanding,
- pleasant,
- praiseworthy,
- profitable,
- regal,
- royal,
- skillful,
- sound,
- splendid,
- unexceptionable,
- useful,
- valid,
- very good,
- virtuous,
- well-deserving,
- worthy
- equally
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- to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" related words >
- according to circumstances,
- accordingly,
- ad eundem,
- alike,
- as,
- as is,
- as it is,
- as matters stand,
- as well,
- at that rate,
- ceteris paribus,
- coequally,
- coextensively,
- coincidentally,
- congruently,
- consequently,
- correspondently,
- correspondingly,
- coterminously,
- deservedly,
- disinterestedly,
- dispassionately,
- ditto,
- duly,
- equitably,
- equivalently,
- evenly,
- fair,
- fairly,
- fifty-fifty,
- ibid,
- ibidem,
- identically,
- impartially,
- impersonally,
- in that case,
- in that event,
- indifferently,
- just the same,
- justifiably,
- justifiedly,
- justly,
- likewise,
- meetly,
- properly,
- proportionately,
- rightfully,
- rightly,
- same here,
- so,
- squarely,
- synonymously,
- that being so,
- the same way,
- therefore,
- under the circumstances,
- upon even terms,
- warrantably,
- warrantedly,
- without distinction
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- amenable,
- amiable,
- attentive,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- civil,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- considerate,
- courteous,
- decent,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- easy,
- fair,
- friendly,
- generous,
- good-humored,
- good-natured,
- good-tempered,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- indulgent,
- kind,
- kindly,
- lenient,
- mild,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- overindulgent,
- overpermissive,
- permissive,
- polite,
- regardful,
- respectful,
- solicitous,
- supportive,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- urbane,
- willing
- adulatory,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blarneying,
- buttery,
- cajoling,
- complimentary,
- courtierly,
- courtly,
- fair-spoken,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- fulsome,
- glassy,
- glossy,
- gushing,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- mealymouthed,
- obsequious,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- oleaginous,
- polished,
- slick,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- soapy,
- soft-soaping,
- sycophantic,
- unctuous,
- wheedling
- rightly
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- with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time" related words >
- accurately,
- advantageously,
- advisably,
- appropriately,
- as is proper,
- as is right,
- by right,
- by rights,
- condignly,
- congruously,
- conveniently,
- correctly,
- decently,
- decorously,
- deservedly,
- desirably,
- disinterestedly,
- dispassionately,
- duly,
- equally,
- equitably,
- evenly,
- expediently,
- fair,
- fairly,
- faultlessly,
- feasibly,
- fitly,
- fittingly,
- flawlessly,
- impartially,
- impersonally,
- in all conscience,
- in reason,
- inequity,
- injustice,
- just right,
- just so,
- justifiably,
- justifiedly,
- justly,
- meetly,
- nicely,
- opportunely,
- perfectly,
- practically,
- properly,
- right,
- rightfully,
- seasonably,
- sic,
- so,
- sortably,
- straight,
- suitably,
- to advantage,
- upon even terms,
- warrantably,
- warrantedly,
- without distinction
- balanced
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- total debits and credits are equal; "the books looked balanced"
- being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers" related words >
- accordant,
- alike,
- all there,
- apoise,
- assured,
- automatic,
- clearheaded,
- clearminded,
- coequal,
- collected,
- commonsense,
- compos mentis,
- composed,
- concinnate,
- concinnous,
- confident,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- constant,
- continuous,
- cool,
- coolheaded,
- coordinate,
- correspondent,
- defensible,
- deserved,
- due,
- equable,
- equal,
- equanimous,
- equibalanced,
- equilateral,
- equilibrious,
- equiponderant,
- equiponderous,
- equitable,
- euphonic,
- euphonical,
- euphonious,
- eurythmic,
- even,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- fair and square,
- fast,
- fiducial,
- finished,
- firm,
- firm as Gibraltar,
- fit,
- flat,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- good,
- harmonious,
- healthy-minded,
- homogeneous,
- immutable,
- imperturbable,
- in equilibrium,
- invariable,
- just,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- lawful,
- legal,
- level,
- levelheaded,
- logical,
- lucid,
- measured,
- mechanical,
- meet,
- meet and right,
- mentally sound,
- merited,
- methodic,
- monolithic,
- normal,
- of a piece,
- of sound mind,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- persistent,
- philosophical,
- poised,
- practical,
- pragmatic,
- predictable,
- proper,
- proportioned,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- recollected,
- regular,
- reliable,
- right,
- right and proper,
- rightful,
- robotlike,
- sane,
- sane-minded,
- secure,
- self-assured,
- self-confident,
- self-controlled,
- self-possessed,
- self-restrained,
- sensible,
- smooth,
- smooth-sounding,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- solid,
- sound,
- sound-minded,
- square,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- substantial,
- sweet,
- symmetric,
- symmetrical,
- systematic,
- together,
- tripping,
- unbroken,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- undiversified,
- unflappable,
- unflinching,
- uniform,
- unruffled,
- unshakable,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unwavering,
- warrantable,
- warranted,
- well-balanced,
- well-set,
- well-set-up,
- wholesome,
- without nerves
- inspire
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- 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
- Miss America,
- bather,
- bathing girl,
- beau ideal,
- beaut,
- beauty,
- beauty contest winner,
- beauty queen,
- belle,
- bunny,
- charmer,
- cover girl,
- dazzler,
- diver,
- dream,
- enchantress,
- frogman,
- great beauty,
- knockout,
- lady fair,
- looker,
- mermaid,
- merman,
- model,
- natator,
- paragon,
- peach,
- pinup,
- pinup girl,
- pussycat,
- raving beauty,
- reigning beauty,
- sex kitten,
- slick chick,
- stunner,
- swimmer
- acquisitiveness,
- amusement,
- animal pleasure,
- autism,
- bodily pleasure,
- careerism,
- carnal delight,
- comfort,
- content,
- contentment,
- coziness,
- crapulence,
- crapulency,
- crapulousness,
- creature comforts,
- drunkenness,
- ease,
- ego trip,
- egotism,
- endpleasure,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- euphoria,
- excess,
- excessiveness,
- extravagance,
- forepleasure,
- fruition,
- fun,
- gluttony,
- graspingness,
- gratification,
- great satisfaction,
- greed,
- gusto,
- hearty enjoyment,
- immoderacy,
- immoderateness,
- immoderation,
- incontinence,
- indiscipline,
- individualism,
- indulgence,
- inordinacy,
- inordinateness,
- intellectual pleasure,
- intemperance,
- intemperateness,
- interest,
- joie de vivre,
- keen pleasure,
- kicks,
- luxury,
- narcissism,
- onanism,
- overdoing,
- overindulgence,
- personal aims,
- personal ambition,
- personal desires,
- personalism,
- physical pleasure,
- pleasure,
- possessiveness,
- privatism,
- prodigality,
- quiet pleasure,
- relish,
- remoteness,
- satisfaction,
- self-absorption,
- self-admiration,
- self-advancement,
- self-centeredness,
- self-consideration,
- self-containment,
- self-devotion,
- self-esteem,
- self-gratification,
- self-interest,
- self-interestedness,
- self-jealousy,
- self-occupation,
- self-pleasing,
- self-seeking,
- self-serving,
- self-solicitude,
- self-sufficiency,
- selfishness,
- selfism,
- sensual pleasure,
- sensuous pleasure,
- sexual pleasure,
- sweetness of life,
- swinishness,
- titillation,
- too much,
- too-muchness,
- unconstraint,
- uncontrol,
- unrestraint,
- voluptuousness,
- well-being,
- zest
- blind bargain,
- borderline case,
- chance,
- chance at odds,
- contingency,
- double contingency,
- even break,
- even chance,
- fair shake,
- fifty-fifty,
- gamble,
- gambling chance,
- guess,
- half a chance,
- matter of chance,
- odds,
- open question,
- piece of guesswork,
- potluck,
- potshot,
- question,
- random shot,
- sight-unseen transaction,
- sporting chance,
- square odds,
- standoff,
- toss,
- toss-up,
- undecided issue,
- wager
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