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dead of night
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related words >
Egyptian darkness
,
Erebus
,
awful silence
,
blackness
,
dark
,
darkness
,
darkness visible
,
dead
,
deathlike silence
,
golden silence
,
hush
,
hush of night
,
inaudibility
,
intense darkness
,
lightlessness
,
lucid stillness
,
lull
,
midnight
,
moonlessness
,
mum
,
night
,
noiselessness
,
noonday night
,
obscure
,
obscure darkness
,
obscurity
,
peace
,
pitch-darkness
,
pitchy darkness
,
quiescence
,
quiet
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
rest
,
silence
,
silentness
,
solemn silence
,
soundlessness
,
starlessness
,
still
,
stillness
,
sunlessness
,
swarthiness
,
tacitness
,
taciturnity
,
tenebrosity
,
tenebrousness
,
the palpable obscure
,
tomblike silence
,
total darkness
,
tranquillity
,
velvet darkness
,
whisht
gilded
collapse
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
related words >
apparent
,
aureate
,
auric
,
beige
,
buff
,
buff-yellow
,
canary
,
canary-yellow
,
citron
,
citron-yellow
,
colorable
,
colored
,
cream
,
creamy
,
ecru
,
fallow
,
flaxen
,
gilt
,
gold
,
gold-colored
,
golden
,
lemon
,
lemon-yellow
,
luteolous
,
lutescent
,
meretricious
,
ocherish
,
ocherous
,
ochery
,
ochreous
,
ochroid
,
ochrous
,
ochry
,
or
,
ostensible
,
plausible
,
primrose
,
primrose-colored
,
primrose-yellow
,
saffron
,
saffron-colored
,
saffron-yellow
,
sallow
,
sand-colored
,
sandy
,
seeming
,
specious
,
straw
,
straw-colored
,
tinsel
,
xanthic
,
xanthous
,
yellow
,
yellowish
tranquillity
collapse
a state of peace and quiet
an untroubled state; free from disturbances
related words >
Buddha-like composure
,
Oriental calm
,
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
arrangement
,
array
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
awful silence
,
blank mind
,
blankmindedness
,
blankness
,
calm
,
calm disposition
,
calm of mind
,
calmness
,
comfort
,
composure
,
concord
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
contemplation
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
coolheadedness
,
coolness
,
countenance
,
dead
,
dead of night
,
deathlike silence
,
deployment
,
dispassion
,
disposal
,
disposition
,
ease
,
easy mind
,
emptiness of mind
,
empty-headedness
,
evenness
,
fallow mind
,
fatuity
,
foolishness
,
formation
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
golden silence
,
happy medium
,
harmony
,
hush
,
hush of night
,
icy calm
,
impartiality
,
imperturbability
,
imperturbation
,
inactivity
,
inanity
,
inaudibility
,
indisturbance
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
law and order
,
layout
,
lenity
,
lineup
,
lucid stillness
,
lull
,
marmoreal repose
,
marshaling
,
meden agan
,
mental blankness
,
mental composure
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
mum
,
neutrality
,
nirvana
,
noiselessness
,
nonviolence
,
nothing in excess
,
oblivion
,
order
,
orderliness
,
organization
,
pacifism
,
passivity
,
peace
,
peace and quiet
,
peace of mind
,
peacefulness
,
philosophic composure
,
philosophicalness
,
philosophy
,
placidity
,
placidness
,
proportion
,
prudence
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet
,
quiet life
,
quiet mind
,
quietism
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
regularity
,
relaxation
,
repose
,
rest
,
restfulness
,
restraint
,
routine
,
sangfroid
,
satori
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
setup
,
silence
,
silentness
,
silken repose
,
sleep
,
slumber
,
sobriety
,
solemn silence
,
soothingness
,
soundlessness
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
still
,
stillness
,
structure
,
symmetry
,
system
,
tabula rasa
,
tacitness
,
taciturnity
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
thoughtfreeness
,
thoughtlessness
,
tomblike silence
,
unbuttoned ease
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
uniformity
,
unintelligence
,
unruffledness
,
vacancy
,
vacuity
,
via media
,
whisht
,
wise passiveness
temptation
collapse
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"
related words >
agacerie
,
allure
,
allurement
,
ambition
,
appeal
,
attraction
,
attractiveness
,
bait
,
beguilement
,
beguiling
,
bewitchery
,
bewitchment
,
blandishment
,
cajolery
,
cajoling
,
captivating
,
captivation
,
catch
,
charisma
,
charm
,
charmingness
,
coaxing
,
come-hither
,
come-on
,
dearest wish
,
decoy
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
desire
,
draw
,
enchantment
,
enthrallment
,
enticement
,
enticing
,
entrapment
,
fascination
,
flirtation
,
forbidden fruit
,
glamour
,
glimmering goal
,
golden vision
,
hope
,
inducement
,
interest
,
inveiglement
,
invitation
,
lodestone
,
lure
,
magnet
,
magnetism
,
persuading
,
persuasion
,
plum
,
prize
,
pull
,
seducement
,
seducing
,
seduction
,
seductiveness
,
sex appeal
,
snare
,
snaring
,
tantalization
,
tempting
,
trap
,
trophy
,
winning ways
,
winsomeness
,
wish
,
witchery
,
wooing
juste milieu
collapse
related words >
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
average
,
balance
,
calm
,
calmness
,
center
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
dispassion
,
evenness
,
generality
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
impartiality
,
judiciousness
,
lenity
,
mean
,
meden agan
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle ground
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
neutrality
,
nonviolence
,
norm
,
normal
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
par
,
prudence
,
repose
,
restraint
,
rule
,
run
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
sobriety
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
via media
theorem
collapse
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
a proposition deducible from basic postulates
related words >
a priori principle
,
a priori truth
,
affirmation
,
apriorism
,
assertion
,
assumed position
,
assumption
,
axiom
,
basis
,
brocard
,
categorical proposition
,
conjecture
,
data
,
deduction
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
first principles
,
formula
,
foundation
,
fundamental
,
golden rule
,
ground
,
hypothesis
,
hypothesis ad hoc
,
law
,
lemma
,
major premise
,
minor premise
,
philosopheme
,
philosophical proposition
,
position
,
postulate
,
postulation
,
postulatum
,
premise
,
presupposition
,
principium
,
principle
,
proposition
,
propositional function
,
rule
,
self-evident truth
,
settled principle
,
statement
,
sumption
,
supposal
,
thesis
,
truism
,
truth
,
truth table
,
truth-function
,
truth-value
,
universal truth
mitzvah
collapse
(Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
related words >
act of grace
,
act of kindness
,
benefaction
,
benefit
,
benevolence
,
benignity
,
blessing
,
canon
,
code
,
commandment
,
convention
,
courtesy
,
dictum
,
favor
,
form
,
formula
,
general principle
,
golden rule
,
good deed
,
good offices
,
good turn
,
grace
,
guideline
,
guiding principle
,
imperative
,
kind deed
,
kind offices
,
kindly act
,
kindness
,
labor of love
,
law
,
maxim
,
mercy
,
moral
,
norm
,
obligation
,
office
,
ordinance
,
principium
,
principle
,
regulation
,
rubric
,
rule
,
service
,
settled principle
,
standard
,
tenet
,
turn
,
working principle
,
working rule
liberty
collapse
freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"
personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
related words >
Lehrfreiheit
,
OK
,
a leg up
,
academic freedom
,
admission
,
allowance
,
assumption
,
at liberty
,
authorization
,
autonomy
,
blank check
,
brevet
,
carte blanche
,
chance
,
charter
,
clear stage
,
concession
,
consent
,
constitutional freedom
,
copyright
,
delivery
,
diploma
,
diplomatic immunity
,
discharge
,
dispensation
,
emancipation
,
enfranchisement
,
exception
,
exemption
,
fair field
,
fair game
,
familiarity
,
favor
,
franchise
,
free
,
freedom
,
freedom from fear
,
freedom from want
,
freedom of worship
,
furlough
,
grant
,
holiday
,
hubris
,
immunity
,
imposition
,
independence
,
indulgence
,
initiative
,
lawlessness
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
legislative immunity
,
letters patent
,
liberated
,
liberation
,
liberties
,
liberty abused
,
license
,
licentiousness
,
loose
,
occasion
,
okay
,
opening
,
opportunism
,
opportunity
,
paid holiday
,
paid vacation
,
patent
,
permission
,
permission to enter
,
place
,
prerogative
,
presumption
,
presumptuousness
,
privilege
,
release
,
right
,
room
,
royal grant
,
run
,
sabbatical
,
sabbatical leave
,
sabbatical year
,
scope
,
self-determination
,
self-direction
,
self-government
,
shore leave
,
sovereignty
,
special favor
,
special permission
,
stepping-stone
,
the Four Freedoms
,
the run of
,
ticket
,
ticket of admission
,
time
,
time off
,
unconstrained
,
undue liberty
,
unfettered
,
uninhibited
,
unrestrained
,
unrestricted
,
vacation
,
vouchsafement
,
waiver
,
warrant
,
weekend
Methuselah
collapse
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
related words >
Father Time
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
antediluvian
,
antique
,
back number
,
centenarian
,
conservative
,
dad
,
dodo
,
dotard
,
elder
,
fogy
,
fossil
,
fud
,
fuddy-duddy
,
gaffer
,
geezer
,
golden-ager
,
gramps
,
grandfather
,
grandsire
,
granny
,
graybeard
,
has-been
,
longhair
,
matriarch
,
mid-Victorian
,
mossback
,
nonagenarian
,
octogenarian
,
old believer
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old crock
,
old dodo
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old fogy
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old liner
,
old man
,
old party
,
old poop
,
old woman
,
old-timer
,
older
,
oldster
,
pantaloon
,
patriarch
,
pop
,
pops
,
presbyter
,
reactionary
,
regular old fogy
,
relic
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
square
,
starets
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
traditionalist
,
venerable sir
,
veteran
bout
collapse
a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"
related words >
Chinese boxing
,
Olympic games
,
Olympics
,
arsis
,
bacchanal
,
bacchanalia
,
bacchanalian
,
bat
,
beat
,
bender
,
binge
,
boxing
,
boxing match
,
bust
,
carousal
,
carouse
,
celebration
,
chance
,
circle
,
circuit
,
close fighting
,
compotation
,
concours
,
contest
,
course
,
cycle
,
debauch
,
decathlon
,
derby
,
diastole
,
double-header
,
doubles
,
downbeat
,
drinking bout
,
drunk
,
drunken carousal
,
duel
,
encounter
,
engagement
,
escapade
,
event
,
fight
,
fighting
,
fisticuffs
,
fling
,
foursome
,
game
,
games
,
games of chance
,
go
,
guzzle
,
gymkhana
,
infighting
,
inning
,
innings
,
jag
,
joust
,
lark
,
match
,
matching
,
meet
,
meeting
,
occasion
,
opportunity
,
orgy
,
pentathlon
,
period
,
place
,
play
,
play-off
,
ploy
,
potation
,
prizefight
,
prizefighting
,
pub-crawl
,
pugilism
,
pulse
,
race
,
rally
,
randan
,
randy
,
relief
,
rencontre
,
revel
,
revolution
,
rotation
,
round
,
runoff
,
savate
,
say
,
series
,
session
,
set-to
,
shadowboxing
,
shift
,
singles
,
spar
,
spell
,
sport
,
spree
,
stint
,
struggle
,
symposium
,
systole
,
tear
,
test
,
the clinches
,
the fights
,
the ring
,
thesis
,
threesome
,
tilt
,
time
,
time at bat
,
toot
,
tour
,
tournament
,
tourney
,
trial
,
trick
,
turn
,
twosome
,
upbeat
,
wassail
,
whack
,
wheel
,
wingding
median
collapse
the value below which 50% of the cases fall
relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
related words >
amidships
,
average
,
balance
,
banal
,
center
,
centermost
,
central
,
common
,
core
,
diameter
,
diaphragm
,
equator
,
equatorial
,
equidistant
,
generality
,
golden mean
,
halfway
,
happy medium
,
heart
,
intercurrent
,
interior
,
interjacent
,
intermediary
,
intermediate
,
intervenient
,
intervening
,
juste-milieu
,
kernel
,
mean
,
medial
,
mediocre
,
mediocrity
,
mediterranean
,
medium
,
mesial
,
mesne
,
mezzo
,
mid
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle ground
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle-of-the-road
,
middlemost
,
middling
,
midland
,
midmost
,
midpoint
,
midriff
,
midships
,
midst
,
midway
,
moderate
,
norm
,
normal
,
nuclear
,
nucleus
,
ordinary
,
par
,
routine
,
rule
,
run
,
standard
,
thick
,
thick of things
,
usual
,
via media
,
waist
,
waistline
,
zone
axiom
collapse
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
related words >
a belief
,
a priori principle
,
a priori truth
,
absolute fact
,
accepted fact
,
actual fact
,
adage
,
admitted fact
,
affirmation
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
apriorism
,
article of faith
,
assertion
,
assumed position
,
assumption
,
bald fact
,
bare fact
,
basis
,
brocard
,
brutal fact
,
byword
,
canon
,
catchword
,
categorical proposition
,
center
,
circumstance
,
cold fact
,
collected sayings
,
conceded fact
,
conjecture
,
core
,
current saying
,
data
,
datum
,
demonstrable fact
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
doctrine
,
dogma
,
elixir
,
empirical fact
,
epigram
,
essence
,
essential
,
established fact
,
expression
,
fact
,
fact of experience
,
first principles
,
flower
,
focus
,
formula
,
foundation
,
fundamental
,
gist
,
given fact
,
gnome
,
golden rule
,
golden saying
,
gravamen
,
ground
,
guesswork
,
hard fact
,
heart
,
hypostasis
,
hypothesis
,
hypothesis ad hoc
,
indisputable fact
,
inescapable fact
,
inference
,
inner essence
,
kernel
,
law
,
lemma
,
major premise
,
marrow
,
matter of fact
,
maxim
,
meat
,
minor premise
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
naked fact
,
not guesswork
,
not opinion
,
nub
,
nucleus
,
nuts and bolts
,
oracle
,
philosopheme
,
philosophical proposition
,
phrase
,
pith
,
pithy saying
,
plain
,
position
,
positive fact
,
postulate
,
postulation
,
postulatum
,
precept
,
premise
,
prescript
,
presumption
,
presupposal
,
presupposition
,
principium
,
principle
,
proposition
,
propositional function
,
provable fact
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quid
,
quiddity
,
quintessence
,
rule
,
salient fact
,
sap
,
saw
,
saying
,
self-evident fact
,
self-evident truth
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
set of postulates
,
settled principle
,
significant fact
,
simple fact
,
sloka
,
sober fact
,
soul
,
spirit
,
statement
,
stock saying
,
stubborn fact
,
stuff
,
substance
,
sumption
,
supposal
,
supposing
,
supposition
,
surmise
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
tenet
,
text
,
the case
,
the nitty-gritty
,
theorem
,
thesis
,
truism
,
truth
,
truth table
,
truth-function
,
truth-value
,
undeniable fact
,
universal truth
,
verse
,
well-known fact
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
,
working hypothesis
whack
collapse
the sound made by a sharp swift blow
hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
related words >
approach
,
assay
,
attempt
,
bang
,
bash
,
bat
,
beating
,
belt
,
bid
,
biff
,
blow
,
bonk
,
bout
,
box
,
box the ears
,
buffet
,
bump
,
burst
,
bust
,
catch
,
chance
,
chop
,
clap
,
clash
,
clip
,
clobber
,
clout
,
clump
,
coldcock
,
crack
,
crash
,
crump
,
cuff
,
cut
,
dash
,
deal
,
deal a blow
,
deck
,
dig
,
ding
,
dint
,
drub
,
drubbing
,
drumming
,
effort
,
endeavor
,
essay
,
experiment
,
fetch
,
fetch a blow
,
flap
,
fling
,
flop
,
fusillade
,
gambit
,
go
,
hit
,
hit a clip
,
inning
,
innings
,
jab
,
knock
,
knock cold
,
knock down
,
knock out
,
let have it
,
lick
,
move
,
offer
,
opportunity
,
paste
,
pelt
,
place
,
plunk
,
poke
,
pop
,
pound
,
punch
,
rap
,
relief
,
report
,
round
,
say
,
shot
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap the face
,
slat
,
slog
,
slug
,
smack
,
smash
,
smite
,
snap
,
soak
,
sock
,
spell
,
splat
,
stab
,
stagger
,
step
,
strike
,
strike at
,
stroke
,
strong bid
,
swap
,
swat
,
swing
,
swipe
,
tap
,
tattoo
,
tentative
,
thump
,
thwack
,
time
,
time at bat
,
token punishment
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
try
,
turn
,
undertaking
,
wallop
,
wham
,
whap
,
whirl
,
whomp
,
whop
,
yerk
gaffer
collapse
an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
related words >
Big Brother
,
Father Time
,
Methuselah
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
auditor
,
boatswain
,
boss
,
centenarian
,
chief
,
comptroller
,
controller
,
dotard
,
duffer
,
elder
,
floor manager
,
floorman
,
floorwalker
,
foreman
,
ganger
,
geezer
,
golden-ager
,
gramps
,
grandfather
,
grandsire
,
graybeard
,
head
,
headman
,
inspector
,
monitor
,
nonagenarian
,
noncommissioned officer
,
octogenarian
,
old boy
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old man
,
old party
,
old-timer
,
older
,
oldster
,
overman
,
overseer
,
pantaloon
,
patriarch
,
presbyter
,
proctor
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
sirdar
,
slave driver
,
straw boss
,
subforeman
,
super
,
superintendent
,
supervisor
,
surveyor
,
taskmaster
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
venerable sir
,
veteran
,
visitor
wonderful
collapse
related words >
amazing
,
appalling
,
astonishing
,
astounding
,
beguiling
,
bewildering
,
conspicuous
,
cool
,
divine
,
egregious
,
enigmatic
,
exceptional
,
exquisite
,
extraordinary
,
fabulous
,
fantastic
,
fascinating
,
formidable
,
gilt-edged
,
glorious
,
golden
,
groovy
,
heavenly
,
immense
,
incomprehensible
,
inconceivable
,
incredible
,
indescribable
,
ineffable
,
legendary
,
magnificent
,
marked
,
marvelous
,
miraculous
,
mythical
,
notable
,
noteworthy
,
noticeable
,
of mark
,
outlandish
,
outstanding
,
passing strange
,
peachy
,
phenomenal
,
portentous
,
prodigious
,
puzzling
,
rare
,
remarkable
,
sensational
,
signal
,
splendid
,
splendiferous
,
staggering
,
sterling
,
strange
,
striking
,
stupefying
,
stupendous
,
super
,
superb
,
supereminent
,
superexcellent
,
superfine
,
superior
,
surprising
,
swell
,
terrific
,
tremendous
,
uncommon
,
unexampled
,
unheard-of
,
unimaginable
,
unique
,
unparalleled
,
unprecedented
,
unspeakable
,
wondrous
favoring
collapse
related words >
advantageous
,
advocating
,
agential
,
agentival
,
agentive
,
alike
,
aped
,
approving
,
assisting
,
auspicious
,
backing
,
beneficial
,
benign
,
benignant
,
better
,
brave
,
bright
,
conducive
,
consimilar
,
copied
,
counterfeit
,
employable
,
ersatz
,
facilitating
,
fair
,
fake
,
favorable
,
favored
,
following
,
fortunate
,
forwarding
,
full of promise
,
golden
,
good
,
handy
,
happy
,
helpful
,
homogeneous
,
identical
,
imitated
,
imitation
,
instrumental
,
intermediary
,
like
,
lucky
,
mediating
,
mediatorial
,
mimicked
,
ministerial
,
ministering
,
mock
,
more desirable
,
nearly reproduced
,
not unlike
,
of choice
,
of good omen
,
of happy portent
,
of promise
,
phony
,
preferable
,
preferential
,
preferred
,
preferring
,
pro
,
promising
,
promoting
,
propitious
,
prosperous
,
resembling
,
simulated
,
smacking of
,
something like
,
subservient
,
suggestive of
,
supporting
,
synthetic
,
to be preferred
,
toward
,
uniform with
,
use
,
useful
,
well-disposed
,
well-inclined
golden rule
collapse
a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12)
any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"
related words >
Christian ethics
,
Stoicism
,
a priori truth
,
altruistic ethics
,
aretaics
,
axiom
,
brocard
,
canon
,
casuistry
,
categorical imperative
,
code
,
commandment
,
comparative ethics
,
convention
,
deontology
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
egoistic ethics
,
empiricism
,
ethical formalism
,
ethical philosophy
,
ethology
,
ethonomics
,
eudaemonics
,
evolutionism
,
form
,
formula
,
general principle
,
guideline
,
guiding principle
,
hedonism
,
imperative
,
intuitionism
,
law
,
maxim
,
mitzvah
,
moral
,
moral philosophy
,
norm
,
ordinance
,
perfectionism
,
postulate
,
principium
,
principle
,
proposition
,
regulation
,
rubric
,
rule
,
self-evident truth
,
settled principle
,
situation ethics
,
standard
,
tenet
,
theorem
,
truism
,
truth
,
universal truth
,
utilitarianism
,
working principle
,
working rule
mellow
collapse
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
related words >
achingly sweet
,
addled
,
advance
,
affable
,
age
,
aged
,
agreeable
,
agreeable-sounding
,
amiable
,
amicable
,
appealing
,
ariose
,
arioso
,
attain majority
,
bear fruit
,
beery
,
bemused
,
besotted
,
blind drunk
,
blissful
,
bloom
,
blossom
,
blow
,
bring to maturity
,
canorous
,
cantabile
,
catchy
,
cheerful
,
come of age
,
come to fruition
,
come to maturity
,
compatible
,
complaisant
,
congenial
,
cordial
,
crapulent
,
crapulous
,
creamy
,
cushion
,
delicate
,
delicious
,
desirable
,
develop
,
developed
,
dizzy
,
drenched
,
drunk
,
drunken
,
dulcet
,
ease
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
eggshell
,
en rapport
,
enjoyable
,
euphonic
,
euphonious
,
euphonous
,
evolute
,
evolve
,
fair
,
fair and pleasant
,
far-gone
,
felicific
,
felicitous
,
fine
,
fine-toned
,
flat
,
flavorful
,
fledge
,
flourish
,
flower
,
fluff
,
flustered
,
fou
,
friendly
,
full
,
full-blown
,
full-flavored
,
full-fledged
,
full-grown
,
fully developed
,
gay
,
genial
,
gentle
,
giddy
,
glorious
,
gloss
,
golden
,
golden-tongued
,
golden-voiced
,
good
,
good-natured
,
goodly
,
gracious
,
grateful
,
gratifying
,
grow
,
grow up
,
happy
,
harmonious
,
heart-warming
,
honeyed
,
in full bloom
,
in liquor
,
inebriate
,
inebriated
,
inebrious
,
intoxicated
,
iridescent
,
jolly
,
jovial
,
juicy
,
knead
,
laxate
,
leave the nest
,
light
,
likable
,
limber
,
limber up
,
liquid
,
loosen
,
luscious
,
mash
,
massage
,
maturate
,
maturated
,
mature
,
matured
,
maudlin
,
melic
,
mellifluent
,
mellifluous
,
mellisonant
,
mellowed
,
mellowy
,
melodic
,
melodious
,
merry
,
mild
,
milden
,
mollified
,
mollify
,
mother-of-pearl
,
muddled
,
music-flowing
,
music-like
,
musical
,
muted
,
nacreous
,
nappy
,
nice
,
nonresistive
,
nonrigid
,
opalescent
,
pale
,
pastel
,
patinaed
,
pearly
,
plangent
,
pleasant
,
pleasant-sounding
,
pleasing
,
pleasurable
,
pleasure-giving
,
pleasureful
,
plump
,
progress
,
pulp
,
pulsing
,
pure
,
quiet
,
reach its season
,
reach manhood
,
reach maturity
,
reach twenty-one
,
reach voting age
,
ready
,
reeling
,
relax
,
resonant
,
resonating
,
rewarding
,
rich
,
ripe
,
ripen
,
ripened
,
rolling
,
sad
,
satisfying
,
season
,
seasoned
,
semigloss
,
settle down
,
shake up
,
shikker
,
silver-toned
,
silver-tongued
,
silver-voiced
,
silvery
,
simple
,
singable
,
smash
,
sober
,
sodden
,
soft
,
soft as putty
,
soft-colored
,
soft-hued
,
soften
,
soften up
,
softened
,
somber
,
songful
,
songlike
,
sonorous
,
sotted
,
squash
,
subdue
,
subdued
,
subtle
,
supple
,
sweet
,
sweet-flowing
,
sweet-sounding
,
sweeten
,
temper
,
tempered
,
tender
,
tenderize
,
throbbing
,
tiddly
,
tipsy
,
toga virilis
,
tone down
,
tunable
,
tune down
,
tuneful
,
under the influence
,
vibrant
,
vibrating
,
warm
,
wax
,
welcome
,
whisper-soft
analects
collapse
a collection of excerpts from a literary work
related words >
Festschrift
,
adage
,
album
,
ana
,
anthology
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
beauties
,
byword
,
canon
,
catchword
,
chrestomathy
,
clippings
,
collectanea
,
collected sayings
,
collected works
,
collection
,
compilation
,
complete works
,
current saying
,
cuttings
,
delectus
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
excerpta
,
excerpts
,
expression
,
extracts
,
florilegium
,
flowers
,
fragments
,
garden
,
garland
,
gleanings
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
maxim
,
miscellanea
,
miscellany
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
omnibus
,
oracle
,
photograph album
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
posy
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quotation book
,
saw
,
saying
,
scrapbook
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
stock saying
,
sutra
,
symposium
,
teaching
,
text
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
maxim
collapse
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
related words >
Procrustean law
,
a belief
,
adage
,
aphorism
,
apophthegm
,
apothegm
,
article of faith
,
axiom
,
brocard
,
byword
,
canon
,
cliche
,
code
,
commandment
,
commonplace
,
convention
,
criterion
,
dictum
,
doctrine
,
dogma
,
epigram
,
form
,
formality
,
formula
,
formulary
,
general principle
,
gnome
,
golden rule
,
guideline
,
guiding principle
,
imperative
,
law
,
law of nature
,
mitzvah
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
norm
,
norma
,
order of nature
,
ordinance
,
platitude
,
precept
,
prescribed form
,
prescript
,
prescription
,
principium
,
principle
,
proverb
,
regulation
,
rubric
,
rule
,
rule of thumb
,
saw
,
saying
,
set form
,
settled principle
,
slogan
,
standard
,
standing order
,
teaching
,
tenet
,
theorem
,
truism
,
universal law
,
witticism
,
working principle
,
working rule
primrose
collapse
any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
related words >
aureate
,
auric
,
beige
,
buff
,
buff-yellow
,
canary
,
canary-yellow
,
choice
,
citron
,
citron-yellow
,
coral
,
cream
,
creamy
,
ecru
,
elite
,
fallow
,
fat
,
flaxen
,
flower
,
gilded
,
gilt
,
gold
,
gold-colored
,
golden
,
incarnadine
,
lemon
,
lemon-yellow
,
luteolous
,
lutescent
,
ocherish
,
ocherous
,
ochery
,
ochreous
,
ochroid
,
ochrous
,
ochry
,
or
,
pick
,
pink
,
pinkish
,
pinky
,
prime
,
primrose-colored
,
primrose-yellow
,
prize
,
rose
,
rose-colored
,
rose-hued
,
rose-red
,
roseate
,
rosy
,
saffron
,
saffron-colored
,
saffron-yellow
,
sallow
,
salmon
,
sand-colored
,
sandy
,
straw
,
straw-colored
,
top
,
xanthic
,
xanthous
,
yellow
,
yellowish
chimera
collapse
a grotesque product of the imagination
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
related words >
airy hope
,
airy nothing
,
apparition
,
autism
,
brainchild
,
bubble
,
daydream
,
deception
,
delirium
,
deluded belief
,
delusion
,
dereism
,
dream
,
dream vision
,
dreamland
,
dreamworld
,
eidolon
,
false belief
,
fancy
,
fantasque
,
fantasy
,
fiction
,
figment
,
golden dream
,
hallucination
,
idle fancy
,
ignis fatuus
,
illusion
,
imagery
,
imagination
,
imagining
,
insubstantial image
,
invention
,
maggot
,
make-believe
,
misbelief
,
misconception
,
mosaic
,
myth
,
phantasm
,
phantom
,
pipe
,
pipe dream
,
pomato
,
potomato
,
quixotic ideal
,
rainbow
,
romance
,
self-deceit
,
self-deception
,
self-delusion
,
sick fancy
,
thick-coming fancies
,
topato
,
trick
,
trip
,
unreal hope
,
utopia
,
vapor
,
vision
,
whim
,
whimsy
,
wildest dreams
,
wrong impression
magnificent
collapse
related words >
Babylonian
,
Corinthian
,
august
,
awe-inspiring
,
awful
,
barbaric
,
brilliant
,
commanding
,
deluxe
,
distinguished
,
divine
,
elaborate
,
elegant
,
elevated
,
eminent
,
exalted
,
excellent
,
exquisite
,
extravagant
,
famous
,
fancy
,
fine
,
gilt-edged
,
glorious
,
godlike
,
golden
,
gorgeous
,
grand
,
grandiose
,
great
,
heavenly
,
heroic
,
high
,
immense
,
imposing
,
impressive
,
lauded
,
lavish
,
lofty
,
lordly
,
luxurious
,
magnanimous
,
majestic
,
marvelous
,
noble
,
opulent
,
outstanding
,
palatial
,
plush
,
posh
,
princely
,
prominent
,
proud
,
regal
,
renowned
,
resplendent
,
rich
,
ritzy
,
sensational
,
soaring
,
splendacious
,
splendid
,
splendiferous
,
splendorous
,
stately
,
sterling
,
sublime
,
sumptuous
,
super
,
superb
,
supereminent
,
superexcellent
,
superfancy
,
superfine
,
superior
,
superlative
,
swank
,
swanky
,
swell
,
terrific
,
towering
,
tremendous
,
wonderful
terrific
collapse
causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"
very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
related words >
ace
,
agitating
,
appalling
,
astounding
,
awe-inspiring
,
awesome
,
awful
,
breathtaking
,
deadly
,
dire
,
direful
,
disquieting
,
divine
,
dread
,
dreaded
,
dreadful
,
excellent
,
exceptional
,
exquisite
,
extraordinary
,
fabulous
,
fantastic
,
fearful
,
fell
,
first-class
,
formidable
,
frightful
,
ghastly
,
ghoulish
,
gilt-edged
,
glorious
,
golden
,
great
,
grim
,
grisly
,
groovy
,
gruesome
,
heavenly
,
hideous
,
horrendous
,
horrible
,
horrid
,
horrific
,
horrifying
,
hot
,
howling
,
immense
,
incredible
,
keen
,
macabre
,
magnificent
,
marvelous
,
mind-boggling
,
morbid
,
outstanding
,
rattling
,
redoubtable
,
rousing
,
schrecklich
,
screaming
,
sensational
,
shocking
,
smashing
,
splendid
,
splendiferous
,
sterling
,
stupendous
,
super
,
superb
,
supereminent
,
superexcellent
,
superfine
,
superior
,
swell
,
terrible
,
terrorizing
,
thumping
,
tremendous
,
unbelievable
,
upsetting
,
whacking
,
wonderful
ocherous
collapse
related words >
apricot
,
aureate
,
auric
,
beige
,
buff
,
buff-yellow
,
canary
,
canary-yellow
,
carrot-colored
,
carroty
,
citron
,
citron-yellow
,
cream
,
creamy
,
ecru
,
fallow
,
flaxen
,
gilded
,
gilt
,
gold
,
gold-colored
,
golden
,
lemon
,
lemon-yellow
,
luteolous
,
lutescent
,
ocherish
,
ochery
,
ochreous
,
ochroid
,
ochrous
,
ochry
,
old gold
,
or
,
orange
,
orange-hued
,
orange-red
,
orangeish
,
orangey
,
peach
,
primrose
,
primrose-colored
,
primrose-yellow
,
pumpkin
,
red-orange
,
reddish-orange
,
reddish-yellow
,
saffron
,
saffron-colored
,
saffron-yellow
,
sallow
,
sand-colored
,
sandy
,
straw
,
straw-colored
,
tangerine
,
xanthic
,
xanthous
,
yellow
,
yellowish
happy medium
collapse
related words >
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
average
,
balance
,
calm
,
calmness
,
center
,
compromise
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
dispassion
,
evenness
,
fence
,
generality
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
half measures
,
half-and-half measures
,
halfway measures
,
impartiality
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
lenity
,
mean
,
meden agan
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle ground
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
neutral ground
,
neutrality
,
nonviolence
,
norm
,
normal
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
par
,
prudence
,
repose
,
restraint
,
rule
,
run
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
sobriety
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
via media
impartiality
collapse
an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
related words >
Olympian detachment
,
abnegation
,
abstention
,
abstinence
,
anythingarianism
,
calm
,
calmness
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
cop-out
,
detachment
,
disinterest
,
disinterestedness
,
dispassion
,
dispassionateness
,
equitability
,
evasion
,
evenhandedness
,
evenness
,
fairness
,
fence-sitting
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
independence
,
indifference
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
justness
,
lenity
,
loftiness
,
meden agan
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
mugwumpery
,
mugwumpism
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
nonalignment
,
noncommitment
,
noninvolvement
,
nonpartisanism
,
nonviolence
,
nothing in excess
,
nothingarianism
,
objectivity
,
pacifism
,
prudence
,
repose
,
restraint
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-restraint
,
selflessness
,
serenity
,
sobriety
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
strict neutrality
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unbias
,
unbiasedness
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
unopinionatedness
,
unprejudicedness
,
unselfishness
,
via media
supereminent
collapse
related words >
aggrandized
,
apotheosized
,
arch
,
awesome
,
banner
,
beatified
,
big
,
canonized
,
capital
,
cardinal
,
central
,
champion
,
chief
,
crowning
,
deified
,
divine
,
dominant
,
elevated
,
eminent
,
ennobled
,
enshrined
,
enthroned
,
exalted
,
excellent
,
exquisite
,
first
,
focal
,
foremost
,
gilt-edged
,
glorified
,
glorious
,
golden
,
grand
,
great
,
headmost
,
heavenly
,
hegemonic
,
held in awe
,
high
,
high and mighty
,
immense
,
immortal
,
immortalized
,
leading
,
lofty
,
magisterial
,
magnificent
,
magnified
,
main
,
marvelous
,
master
,
mighty
,
overruling
,
paramount
,
predominant
,
preeminent
,
preponderant
,
prevailing
,
primal
,
primary
,
prime
,
principal
,
ranking
,
ruling
,
sainted
,
sanctified
,
sensational
,
shrined
,
sovereign
,
splendid
,
splendiferous
,
star
,
stellar
,
sterling
,
sublime
,
super
,
superb
,
superexcellent
,
superfine
,
terrific
,
throned
,
topflight
,
tremendous
,
wonderful
prescript
collapse
related words >
act
,
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bill
,
bylaw
,
byword
,
canon
,
catchword
,
charge
,
collected sayings
,
command
,
commission
,
current saying
,
decree
,
decretum
,
dictate
,
dictation
,
dictum
,
direction
,
directive
,
distich
,
edict
,
enactment
,
epigram
,
expression
,
form
,
formality
,
formula
,
formulary
,
general orders
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
injunction
,
institute
,
institution
,
instruction
,
jus
,
law
,
legislation
,
lex
,
maxim
,
measure
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
oracle
,
order
,
ordinance
,
ordonnance
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
precept
,
prescription
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
regulation
,
rubric
,
rule
,
ruling
,
saw
,
saying
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
standing order
,
statute
,
stock saying
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
self-restraint
collapse
exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"
related words >
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
aplomb
,
assurance
,
balance
,
calm
,
calmness
,
composure
,
confidence
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
denial
,
discipline
,
dispassion
,
equability
,
equanimity
,
equilibrium
,
evenness
,
forbearance
,
frugality
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
happy medium
,
impartiality
,
independence
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
lenity
,
level head
,
levelheadedness
,
meden agan
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
neutrality
,
nonviolence
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
poise
,
possession
,
presence of mind
,
prudence
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
repose
,
restraint
,
self-abnegation
,
self-assurance
,
self-command
,
self-confidence
,
self-conquest
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-discipline
,
self-government
,
self-mastery
,
self-possession
,
serenity
,
soberness
,
sobriety
,
sophrosyne
,
stability
,
steadiness
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
tranquillity
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
via media
,
well-regulated mind
,
willpower
Stoicism
collapse
an indifference to pleasure or pain
(philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
related words >
Aristotelian philosophy
,
Aristotelianism
,
Christian ethics
,
Encratism
,
Epicureanism
,
Friday
,
Lenten fare
,
Peripatetic school
,
Peripateticism
,
Platonic philosophy
,
Platonism
,
Pythagoreanism
,
Pythagorism
,
Rechabitism
,
Shakerism
,
Spartan fare
,
Stoic philosophy
,
abstainment
,
abstemiousness
,
abstention
,
abstinence
,
altruistic ethics
,
aretaics
,
asceticism
,
avoidance
,
banyan day
,
casuistry
,
categorical imperative
,
celibacy
,
chastity
,
comparative ethics
,
continence
,
deontology
,
egoistic ethics
,
empiricism
,
eschewal
,
ethical formalism
,
ethical philosophy
,
ethology
,
ethonomics
,
eudaemonics
,
evolutionism
,
fast
,
fish day
,
fruitarianism
,
golden rule
,
gymnosophy
,
hedonism
,
intuitionism
,
moral philosophy
,
nephalism
,
perfectionism
,
plain living
,
refraining
,
refrainment
,
sexual abstinence
,
simple diet
,
situation ethics
,
spare diet
,
teetotalism
,
the pledge
,
total abstinence
,
utilitarianism
,
vegetarianism
temperance
collapse
the act of tempering
the trait of avoiding excesses
related words >
Rechabitism
,
abnegation
,
abstemiousness
,
abstinence
,
asceticism
,
austerity
,
calm
,
calmness
,
cardinal virtues
,
charity
,
conservatism
,
constraint
,
continence
,
control
,
cool
,
dispassion
,
eschewal
,
evenness
,
faith
,
forbearance
,
forgoing
,
fortitude
,
gentleness
,
golden mean
,
gravity
,
happy medium
,
hope
,
impartiality
,
judiciousness
,
juste-milieu
,
justice
,
lenity
,
love
,
measure
,
meden agan
,
middle way
,
mildness
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderationism
,
mortification
,
natural virtues
,
neutrality
,
nonviolence
,
nothing in excess
,
pacifism
,
prohibition
,
prudence
,
reasonableness
,
refrainment
,
repose
,
restraint
,
sacrifice
,
sedateness
,
self-abnegation
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-discipline
,
self-restraint
,
serenity
,
seriousness
,
sober-mindedness
,
soberness
,
sobersidedness
,
sobersides
,
sobriety
,
solemnity
,
stability
,
staidness
,
steadiness
,
supernatural virtues
,
teetotalism
,
temperateness
,
theological virtues
,
tranquillity
,
undrunkenness
,
unexcessiveness
,
unextravagance
,
unextremeness
,
uninebriatedness
,
unintoxicatedness
,
via media
auspicious
collapse
auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"
related words >
advantageous
,
appropriate
,
befitting
,
beneficial
,
benevolent
,
benign
,
benignant
,
blessed
,
blessed with luck
,
bon
,
bonny
,
braw
,
bright
,
bright with promise
,
bueno
,
capital
,
cheering
,
cogent
,
commendable
,
convenient
,
dexter
,
elegant
,
encouraging
,
estimable
,
excellent
,
expedient
,
fair
,
famous
,
favorable
,
favored
,
favoring
,
felicitous
,
fine
,
fit
,
fitting
,
fortunate
,
full of promise
,
golden
,
good
,
goodly
,
grand
,
halcyon
,
happy
,
healthy
,
helpful
,
hopeful
,
in luck
,
inspiring
,
inspiriting
,
kind
,
laudable
,
looking up
,
lucky
,
meet
,
nice
,
noble
,
of good omen
,
of happy portent
,
of promise
,
opportune
,
pleasant
,
pregnant of good
,
profitable
,
promising
,
propitious
,
prosperous
,
providential
,
reassuring
,
regal
,
ripe
,
roseate
,
rosy
,
royal
,
seasonable
,
skillful
,
sortable
,
sound
,
splendid
,
suitable
,
supportive
,
timely
,
useful
,
valid
,
very good
,
virtuous
,
well-timed
,
white
occasion
collapse
reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
give occasion to
related words >
a leg up
,
advantage
,
adventure
,
affair
,
antecedent
,
antecedents
,
author
,
bare necessities
,
base
,
basis
,
bear
,
beget
,
break
,
breed
,
bring about
,
bring forth
,
bring on
,
bring to effect
,
bring to pass
,
call
,
call for
,
call forth
,
call up
,
causation
,
cause
,
cause and effect
,
celebration
,
ceremony
,
chance
,
circumstance
,
clear stage
,
commemoration
,
conceive
,
condition
,
conjuncture
,
contingency
,
create
,
demand
,
demand for
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
determinant
,
determinative
,
do
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
element
,
elicit
,
engender
,
episode
,
essential
,
essentials
,
establish
,
etiology
,
event
,
eventuality
,
evoke
,
excuse
,
experience
,
fact
,
factor
,
fair field
,
fair game
,
father
,
found
,
foundation
,
function
,
gala
,
generate
,
gestate
,
give birth to
,
give occasion to
,
give origin to
,
give rise to
,
go
,
ground
,
grounds
,
hap
,
happening
,
happenstance
,
impel
,
impulse
,
inaugurate
,
incident
,
incitement
,
indispensable
,
induce
,
inducement
,
institute
,
juncture
,
justification
,
liberty
,
look-in
,
make
,
make for
,
matter of fact
,
milestone
,
moment
,
must
,
must item
,
necessaries
,
necessities
,
necessity
,
need
,
need for
,
obligation
,
observance
,
occasionally
,
occurrence
,
on occasion
,
opening
,
opportunism
,
opportunity
,
originate
,
particular
,
party
,
phenomenon
,
place
,
prerequirement
,
prerequisite
,
principle
,
produce
,
prompt
,
prompting
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
reality
,
realize
,
reason
,
requirement
,
requisite
,
requisition
,
right
,
room
,
scope
,
set afloat
,
set on foot
,
set up
,
shot
,
show
,
sire
,
squeak
,
stepping-stone
,
stimulus
,
the necessary
,
the needful
,
thing
,
time
,
turn of events
,
want
,
warrant
,
work
,
work up
mot
collapse
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
related words >
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stock saying
,
stroke of wit
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
veteran
collapse
an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
a person who has served in the armed forces
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
related words >
Father Time
,
Methuselah
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
blase
,
campaigner
,
centenarian
,
cosmopolitan
,
cosmopolite
,
dotard
,
elder
,
experienced
,
expert
,
gaffer
,
geezer
,
golden-ager
,
gramps
,
grandfather
,
grandsire
,
graybeard
,
knowing
,
master
,
mature
,
matured
,
nonagenarian
,
not born yesterday
,
octogenarian
,
old
,
old campaigner
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old hand
,
old man
,
old party
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old soldier
,
old-time
,
old-timer
,
older
,
oldster
,
pantaloon
,
past master
,
patriarch
,
practical
,
practiced
,
presbyter
,
ripe
,
ripened
,
sagacious
,
salt
,
seasoned
,
seasoned veteran
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
shellback
,
skilled
,
sophisticated
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
tried
,
tried and true
,
trouper
,
venerable sir
,
versed
,
vet
,
war-horse
,
warhorse
,
wise
,
world-wise
,
worldly
,
worldly-wise
old timer
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Father Time
,
Methuselah
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
ancient
,
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,
antique
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,
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,
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gramps
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grandfather
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granny
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,
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,
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,
matriarch
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,
mossback
,
nonagenarian
,
octogenarian
,
old believer
,
old campaigner
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old crock
,
old dodo
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old fogy
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old hand
,
old liner
,
old man
,
old party
,
old poop
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old woman
,
older
,
oldster
,
pantaloon
,
patriarch
,
pop
,
pops
,
presbyter
,
reactionary
,
regular old fogy
,
relic
,
salt
,
seasoned veteran
,
senior
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
shellback
,
square
,
starets
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
traditionalist
,
venerable sir
,
vet
,
veteran
,
war-horse
apothegm
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related words >
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
epigram
,
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,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
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,
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,
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,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
rule
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
text
,
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,
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,
verse
,
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,
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,
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,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
caducity
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advanced age
,
advanced years
,
age of retirement
,
an incurable disease
,
anility
,
changeableness
,
childishness
,
corruptibility
,
death
,
debility
,
decline
,
decline of life
,
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,
decrepitude
,
dotage
,
dotardism
,
eld
,
elderliness
,
ephemerality
,
ephemeralness
,
evanescence
,
feebleness
,
finitude
,
fleetingness
,
fugacity
,
green old age
,
hale old age
,
hoary age
,
impermanence
,
impermanency
,
incapacity
,
infirm old age
,
infirmity
,
infirmity of age
,
insipidity
,
instability
,
invalidism
,
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,
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,
mortality
,
mutability
,
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,
oldness
,
pensionable age
,
perishability
,
ricketiness
,
ripe old age
,
second childhood
,
senectitude
,
senile debility
,
senile dementia
,
senile psychosis
,
senile weakness
,
senilism
,
senility
,
senior citizenship
,
shakiness
,
superannuation
,
the downward slope
,
the golden years
,
transience
,
transiency
,
transientness
,
transitoriness
,
unfirmness
,
unsoundness
,
unsteadiness
,
unsturdiness
,
unsubstantiality
,
vale of years
,
vapidity
,
volatility
,
wateriness
,
white hairs
,
wishy-washiness
aphorism
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related words >
abridgment
,
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
brocard
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
riposte
,
rule
,
sally
,
saw
,
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,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
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,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
text
,
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,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
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