Related Words:
- customarily
collapse - by custom; according to common practice; "children are customarily expected to be seen but not heard" related words >
- according to use,
- accustomedly,
- as a rule,
- as is proper,
- as is usual,
- as per usual,
- as things go,
- as usual,
- chiefly,
- comme il faut,
- commonly,
- consistently,
- conventionally,
- correctly,
- decorously,
- generally,
- habitually,
- mainly,
- most often,
- mostly,
- naturally,
- normally,
- normatively,
- ordinarily,
- orthodoxly,
- prescriptively,
- properly,
- regularly,
- routinely,
- to be expected,
- traditionally,
- usually,
- wontedly
- disappointing,
- disqualified,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-equipped,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-furnished,
- ill-matched,
- ill-provided,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadequate,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- objectionable,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- unacceptable,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unarmed,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unmeet,
- unprovided,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- untimely
- efface
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- make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" related words >
- militarism
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- a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests related words >
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- Truman Doctrine,
- absolute monarchy,
- aggression,
- aggressiveness,
- antagonism,
- appeasement,
- aristocracy,
- autarchy,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- balance of power,
- bellicism,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- brinkmanship,
- chauvinism,
- coalition government,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- combativeness,
- commonwealth,
- compromise,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- containment,
- contentiousness,
- democracy,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- dictatorship,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- expansionism,
- federal government,
- federation,
- ferocity,
- feudal system,
- fierceness,
- fight,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- good-neighbor policy,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- hostility,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- jingoism,
- limited monarchy,
- manifest destiny,
- martial law,
- martialism,
- meritocracy,
- militancy,
- military government,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- nonresistance,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- pantisocracy,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- police state,
- preparedness,
- pugnaciousness,
- pugnacity,
- pure democracy,
- quarrelsomeness,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- saber rattling,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- social democracy,
- spheres of influence,
- stratocracy,
- technocracy,
- the big stick,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- tough policy,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- truculence,
- tyranny,
- unfriendliness,
- unpeacefulness,
- warmongering,
- warpath,
- welfare state,
- world politics
- obviate
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- do away with related words >
- bad,
- futile,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incongruous,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely,
- unwise,
- wrong
- unadapted
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- not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjusted refugees"
- not changed in form or character for a purpose related words >
- disqualified,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-equipped,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-furnished,
- ill-matched,
- ill-provided,
- ill-qualified,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadequate,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- unable,
- unadjusted,
- unapt,
- unarmed,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unprovided,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely
- inapposite
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- of an inappropriate or misapplied nature related words >
- adrift,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- beside the question,
- extraneous,
- extrinsic,
- foreign,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- immaterial,
- impertinent,
- improper,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incidental,
- inconsequent,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- irrelative,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- nihil ad rem,
- nonessential,
- not at issue,
- off the subject,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out-of-the-way,
- parenthetical,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unessential,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable
- mismatched
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- (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church"
- either not matched or unsuitably matched related words >
- asymmetric,
- discordant,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadequate,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- inharmonious,
- insufficient,
- irregular,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- odd,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- skew,
- skewed,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- uncongenial,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely
- alert,
- artless,
- bad,
- base,
- black,
- criminal,
- deficient,
- evil,
- half-assed,
- ill,
- imperfect,
- improper,
- inaccurate,
- inadept,
- inadequate,
- inapt,
- inattentive,
- inauspicious,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- inexpert,
- inferior,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- little,
- maladroit,
- malevolent,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- not comparable,
- not in it,
- open-eyed,
- out of it,
- peccant,
- pedestrian,
- petty,
- poor,
- shabby,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- skill-less,
- small,
- thoughtless,
- trivial,
- unapt,
- undeft,
- undexterous,
- undextrous,
- unfacile,
- unfavorable,
- unfitted,
- unhandy,
- unhealthy,
- unintelligent,
- unkind,
- unpleasant,
- unproficient,
- unqualified,
- unready,
- unskilled,
- unsleeping,
- untoward,
- unworkmanlike,
- vicious,
- vigilant,
- wakeful,
- wicked,
- wide-awake,
- wrong
- administer,
- administrate,
- be master,
- captain,
- carry authority,
- chair,
- command,
- control,
- crack the whip,
- direct,
- discipline,
- dominate,
- govern,
- have clout,
- have power,
- have the power,
- have the right,
- have the say,
- head,
- lead,
- manage,
- officer,
- possess authority,
- preside over,
- regulate,
- rule,
- stand over,
- supervise
- habitually
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- according to habit or custom; "her habitually severe expression"; "he habitually keeps his office door closed" related words >
- again and again,
- as a rule,
- as per usual,
- as things go,
- as usual,
- chiefly,
- chronically,
- commonly,
- consistently,
- customarily,
- frequently,
- generally,
- in many instances,
- inveterately,
- mainly,
- many a time,
- many times,
- most often,
- mostly,
- naturally,
- normally,
- normatively,
- not infrequently,
- not seldom,
- oft,
- often,
- often enough,
- oftentimes,
- ofttimes,
- ordinarily,
- persistently,
- prescriptively,
- recurringly,
- regularly,
- repeatedly,
- repetitively,
- routinely,
- to be expected,
- unseldom,
- usually,
- whenever you wish,
- wontedly
- foreclose
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- subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage related words >
- anticipate,
- avert,
- bar,
- cut off,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- disendow,
- dishearten,
- disherison,
- disinherit,
- disown,
- dispossess,
- disseise,
- estop,
- evict,
- exclude,
- expropriate,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- forestall,
- help,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- obviate,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- repel,
- rule out,
- save,
- stave off,
- turn aside,
- ward off
- maladroit
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- not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" related words >
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- base,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- brash,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- cumbersome,
- deficient,
- fingers all thumbs,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- halting,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- imperfect,
- impolitic,
- inadequate,
- incompetent,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- insufficient,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- little,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- not comparable,
- not in it,
- oafish,
- out of it,
- petty,
- ponderous,
- shabby,
- sloppy,
- small,
- stiff,
- stumbling,
- trivial,
- uncouth,
- undiplomatic,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unskilled,
- unskillful,
- untactful,
- unwieldy
- overripe
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- too ripe and beginning to turn soft related words >
- bad,
- barfy,
- brackish,
- cloying,
- fetid,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- high,
- icky,
- maggoty,
- mawkish,
- nasty,
- nauseant,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- offensive,
- over the hill,
- overblown,
- poisonous,
- rancid,
- rank,
- rebarbative,
- reign,
- rotten,
- rule,
- sickening,
- spoiled,
- stinking,
- sway,
- vile,
- vomity,
- weevily,
- yucky
- artless,
- half-assed,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadept,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inattentive,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexpert,
- infelicitous,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- mediocre,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- pedestrian,
- poor,
- skill-less,
- thoughtless,
- unadapted,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- undeft,
- undexterous,
- undextrous,
- undue,
- unfacile,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unhandy,
- unintelligent,
- unproficient,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unskillful,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely
- formula
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- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- a liquid food for infants related words >
- MO,
- Procrustean law,
- a priori truth,
- act,
- addend,
- antilogarithm,
- argument,
- axiom,
- base,
- bill,
- binomial,
- blueprint,
- brocard,
- bylaw,
- canon,
- ceremonial,
- ceremony,
- characteristic,
- code,
- coefficient,
- combination,
- commandment,
- complement,
- congruence,
- constant,
- convention,
- cosine,
- cotangent,
- criterion,
- cube,
- decimal,
- decree,
- denominator,
- derivative,
- determinant,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- difference,
- differential,
- directions,
- discriminate,
- dividend,
- divisor,
- duty,
- e,
- edict,
- enactment,
- equation,
- exponent,
- exponential,
- factor,
- form,
- form of worship,
- formality,
- formulary,
- function,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- holy rite,
- i,
- imperative,
- increment,
- index,
- institution,
- instructions,
- integral,
- jus,
- law,
- law of nature,
- legislation,
- lex,
- liturgy,
- matrix,
- maxim,
- means,
- measure,
- method,
- minuend,
- mitzvah,
- mode of worship,
- modus operandi,
- moral,
- multiple,
- multiplier,
- mystery,
- norm,
- norma,
- numerator,
- observance,
- office,
- order of nature,
- order of worship,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- parameter,
- pattern,
- permutation,
- pi,
- polynomial,
- postulate,
- power,
- practice,
- prescribed form,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- principium,
- principle,
- procedure,
- proposition,
- quaternion,
- quotient,
- radical,
- radix,
- receipt,
- recipe,
- reciprocal,
- regulation,
- remainder,
- rite,
- ritual,
- ritual observance,
- rituality,
- root,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- sacrament,
- sacramental,
- secant,
- self-evident truth,
- service,
- set form,
- settled principle,
- sine,
- solemnity,
- standard,
- standing order,
- statute,
- submultiple,
- subtrahend,
- tangent,
- technique,
- tenet,
- tensor,
- theorem,
- truism,
- truth,
- universal law,
- universal truth,
- variable,
- vector,
- versine,
- way,
- working principle,
- working rule
- preponderate
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- weigh more heavily related words >
- best,
- bestride,
- better,
- cap,
- dictate,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- exceed,
- excel,
- go one better,
- have the ascendancy,
- improve on,
- master,
- outweigh,
- overbalance,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overpass,
- overtop,
- perfect,
- play first fiddle,
- predominate,
- prevail,
- reign,
- rule the roost,
- surpass,
- take the lead,
- top,
- tower above,
- tower over,
- transcend,
- trump,
- twist,
- wear the pants
- useless
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- having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- fruitless,
- fustian,
- futile,
- good-for-nothing,
- harmful,
- hopeless,
- idle,
- impotent,
- impracticable,
- impractical,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incompetent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- injurious,
- inoperative,
- inutile,
- invalid,
- lame,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- nonfunctional,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- prejudicial,
- purposeless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unadvantageous,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unpractical,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unpurposed,
- unrewarding,
- unserviceable,
- unsuccessful,
- unusable,
- unworkable,
- vain,
- worthless
- according to expectation,
- any day,
- any hour,
- any minute,
- any moment,
- any time,
- any time now,
- as a rule,
- as expected,
- as may be,
- as per usual,
- as things go,
- as usual,
- chiefly,
- commonly,
- counted on,
- customarily,
- expected of,
- generally,
- habitually,
- imminently,
- impendingly,
- in character,
- just as predicted,
- just like one,
- mainly,
- most often,
- mostly,
- naturally,
- normally,
- normatively,
- one all over,
- ordinarily,
- prescriptively,
- regularly,
- taken for granted,
- usually
- arbitrary,
- blank,
- blankminded,
- brainless,
- calm,
- capricious,
- careless,
- emotionalistic,
- emotive,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- foolish,
- hammy,
- headless,
- heedless,
- histrionic,
- hysteric,
- ignorant,
- inadvertent,
- inane,
- incogitant,
- inconsiderate,
- inept,
- insensate,
- irrational,
- lackbrained,
- lean-minded,
- lean-witted,
- melodramatic,
- mindless,
- nirvanic,
- nonrational,
- not bright,
- oblivious,
- of little brain,
- overemotional,
- passive,
- pea-brained,
- pin-brained,
- quietistic,
- reasonless,
- relaxed,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- senseless,
- slackminded,
- slackwitted,
- theatrical,
- thoughtfree,
- thoughtless,
- tranquil,
- uncalculating,
- ungifted,
- unguarded,
- unideaed,
- unintellectual,
- unintelligent,
- unoccupied,
- unreflecting,
- untalented,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unwise,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- witless
- mood
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- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker related words >
- Aristotelian sorites,
- Goclenian sorites,
- action,
- affection,
- air,
- anagnorisis,
- angle,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- atmosphere,
- attitude,
- aura,
- background,
- catastrophe,
- categorical syllogism,
- character,
- characterization,
- color,
- complication,
- conditional,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- cue,
- denouement,
- design,
- development,
- device,
- dilemma,
- disposition,
- eager,
- emotion,
- enthymeme,
- episode,
- fable,
- falling action,
- feel,
- feeling,
- figure,
- frame,
- frame of mind,
- gimmick,
- heart,
- humor,
- imperative,
- in the mood,
- incident,
- inclination,
- inclined,
- indicative,
- individuality,
- jussive,
- keen,
- line,
- local color,
- mind,
- minded,
- mode,
- modus tollens,
- morale,
- motif,
- movement,
- mythos,
- nature,
- note,
- obligative,
- optative,
- paralogism,
- peripeteia,
- permissive,
- personality,
- plan,
- plot,
- potential,
- prosyllogism,
- pseudosyllogism,
- ready,
- recognition,
- response,
- rising action,
- rule,
- rule of deduction,
- scheme,
- secondary plot,
- semblance,
- sense,
- slant,
- sorites,
- soul,
- spirit,
- spirits,
- state of mind,
- story,
- strain,
- structure,
- subject,
- subjunctive,
- subplot,
- switch,
- syllogism,
- sympathetic,
- temper,
- temperament,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- timbre,
- tone,
- topic,
- twist,
- vein,
- well-disposed,
- willing
- Parthian shot,
- a priori truth,
- action,
- adage,
- address,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- ana,
- analects,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- aphorism,
- apostrophe,
- apothegm,
- appointment,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- award,
- axiom,
- brevet,
- brocard,
- bull,
- byword,
- canon,
- catchword,
- code,
- collected sayings,
- commandment,
- comment,
- conclusion,
- condemnation,
- consideration,
- convention,
- crack,
- creed,
- current saying,
- decision,
- declaration,
- decree,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- deliverance,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- dictate,
- diktat,
- distich,
- doom,
- edict,
- edictum,
- enunciation,
- epigram,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- fiat,
- finding,
- form,
- formula,
- general principle,
- gnome,
- golden rule,
- golden saying,
- greeting,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- imperative,
- interjection,
- ipse dixit,
- law,
- manifesto,
- maxim,
- mention,
- mitzvah,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- norm,
- note,
- observation,
- oracle,
- order,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- postulate,
- precedent,
- precept,
- predicate,
- predication,
- prescript,
- principium,
- principle,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- prognosis,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- question,
- reflection,
- regulation,
- remark,
- rescript,
- resolution,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- saw,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- self-evident truth,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- settled principle,
- sloka,
- stance,
- stand,
- standard,
- statement,
- stock saying,
- subjoinder,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- tenet,
- text,
- theorem,
- thought,
- truism,
- truth,
- ukase,
- universal truth,
- utterance,
- verdict,
- verse,
- vouch,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- working principle,
- working rule
- dictate
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- a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"
- an authoritative rule
- say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
- rule as a dictator related words >
- a priori truth,
- act,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- appoint,
- authorize,
- axiom,
- behest,
- bestride,
- bid,
- bidding,
- bill,
- brocard,
- brook no denial,
- bylaw,
- byword,
- call for,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- canon,
- catchword,
- caveat,
- charge,
- collected sayings,
- command,
- commandment,
- commission,
- compel,
- constrain,
- control,
- current saying,
- declare,
- decree,
- demand,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct,
- direct order,
- direction,
- distich,
- dominate,
- edict,
- enactment,
- enjoin,
- epigram,
- exact,
- expression,
- fiat,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- gnome,
- golden rule,
- golden saying,
- govern,
- guide,
- have the ascendancy,
- hest,
- imperative,
- impose,
- injunction,
- insist upon,
- institution,
- instruct,
- instruction,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- jus,
- law,
- lay down,
- lead,
- leave no option,
- legislation,
- lex,
- make obligatory,
- manage,
- mandate,
- master,
- maxim,
- measure,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- oracle,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play first fiddle,
- pleasure,
- postulate,
- precept,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- prescribe,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prevail,
- principium,
- principle,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- require,
- requirement,
- rubric,
- rule,
- rule the roost,
- ruling,
- saw,
- say,
- say the word,
- say-so,
- saying,
- self-evident truth,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- set,
- settled principle,
- sloka,
- special order,
- standing order,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- take no denial,
- take the lead,
- teaching,
- tell,
- text,
- theorem,
- truism,
- truth,
- twist,
- ukase,
- universal truth,
- utter,
- verse,
- wear the pants,
- will,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- word of command,
- words of wisdom
- lynch law
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- the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law related words >
- abnormal,
- absurd,
- anomalous,
- asymmetric,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadequate,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incoherent,
- incommensurable,
- incommensurate,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsequent,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- insufficient,
- irreconcilable,
- irregular,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- odd,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- self-contradictory,
- skew,
- skewed,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely
- inadvisable
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- not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"
- not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action" related words >
- bad,
- careless,
- foolhardy,
- foolish,
- futile,
- harebrained,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-contrived,
- ill-devised,
- ill-gauged,
- ill-judged,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- imprudent,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incautious,
- incongruous,
- inconsiderate,
- indiscreet,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- injudicious,
- inopportune,
- insensate,
- irrational,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- mindless,
- misadvised,
- misguided,
- myopic,
- out of place,
- pointless,
- rash,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- senseless,
- shortsighted,
- thoughtless,
- unadvised,
- unbefitting,
- unconsidered,
- undesirable,
- undiscerning,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unforeseeing,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unreasonable,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unseasonable,
- unseeing,
- unseemly,
- unsensible,
- unsound,
- unsuitable,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- untimely,
- unwise,
- witless,
- wrong
- apish
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- being or given to servile imitation related words >
- asinine,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- cockeyed,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- dumb,
- echoic,
- embodying,
- emulative,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- figurative,
- flaky,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- graphic,
- gulled,
- ideographic,
- idiotic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imbecile,
- imitative,
- inane,
- incarnating,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- kooky,
- limning,
- loony,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- mimetic,
- mimic,
- mimish,
- moronic,
- nutty,
- onomatopoeic,
- onomatopoetic,
- personifying,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- portraying,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- simulative,
- stupid,
- symbolizing,
- thoughtless,
- typifying,
- vivid,
- wacky,
- wet,
- witless
- gauge
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- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
- mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
- adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"
- measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
- rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks" related words >
- Johansson block,
- T square,
- adjust,
- amount,
- amplitude,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- area,
- assay,
- assess,
- barometer,
- basis,
- benchmark,
- bigness,
- body,
- breadth,
- bulk,
- calculate,
- caliber,
- calibrate,
- caliper,
- calipers,
- call,
- canon,
- capacity,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- chain,
- check,
- check a parameter,
- class,
- classify,
- compass,
- compute,
- coverage,
- criterion,
- degree,
- depth,
- determine,
- dial,
- diameter,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- dipstick,
- divide,
- dividers,
- enlarge,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- example,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- factor,
- fathom,
- feeler gauge,
- figure,
- foot rule,
- form an estimate,
- gage,
- gauge block,
- gauger,
- girth,
- give an appreciation,
- goniometer,
- grade,
- gradiometer,
- graduate,
- graduated scale,
- greatness,
- group,
- guess,
- guide,
- guideline,
- height,
- identify,
- instrument,
- judge,
- largeness,
- length,
- level,
- limit,
- line,
- litmus test,
- log,
- log line,
- magnitude,
- make an estimation,
- mark,
- mass,
- match,
- measure,
- measurement,
- measurer,
- mensurate,
- mete,
- meter,
- meterstick,
- micrometer,
- model,
- norm,
- octant,
- pace,
- parameter,
- pattern,
- plumb,
- plumb rule,
- prize,
- probe,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- protractor,
- quadrant,
- quantify,
- quantity,
- quantize,
- radius,
- range,
- rank,
- rate,
- reach,
- reading,
- readout,
- reckon,
- rod,
- rule,
- ruler,
- scale,
- scope,
- sector,
- set square,
- sextant,
- sift,
- size,
- size up,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sound,
- span,
- spirit level,
- spread,
- square,
- standard,
- step,
- survey,
- take a reading,
- tape,
- tape measure,
- tapeline,
- test,
- theodolite,
- thrash out,
- touchstone,
- transit,
- transit theodolite,
- triangulate,
- try square,
- type,
- valuate,
- value,
- vernier,
- vernier caliper,
- volume,
- weigh,
- width,
- winnow,
- yardstick
- ineffective
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- lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
- not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
- lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" related words >
- abortive,
- aimless,
- barren,
- bootless,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- failed,
- failing,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featherweight,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- ill-qualified,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incapable,
- incapable of,
- incompetent,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inferior,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- lame,
- lightweight,
- maladjusted,
- manque,
- meaningless,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- no go,
- no-account,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no account,
- of no effect,
- of no force,
- of no use,
- pointless,
- powerless,
- purposeless,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- superfluous,
- unable,
- unable to,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unauthoritative,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unendowed,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfortunate,
- ungifted,
- unproductive,
- unqualified,
- unsuccessful,
- untalented,
- useless,
- vain,
- weak,
- without any weight,
- worthless
- obliterate
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- remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace related words >
- absolve,
- annihilate,
- black out,
- blot,
- blot out,
- cancel,
- consign to oblivion,
- cross out,
- declare a moratorium,
- dele,
- delete,
- destroy,
- efface,
- eliminate,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- expunge,
- exterminate,
- extirpate,
- forgive,
- kill,
- nullify,
- raze,
- rub out,
- rule out,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- wipe out,
- write off
- goofy
collapse
- a cartoon character created by Walt Disney related words >
- apish,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- bananas,
- barmy,
- bats,
- batty,
- beany,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- bonkers,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- buggy,
- bughouse,
- bugs,
- cockeyed,
- crackers,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dippy,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- dotty,
- dumb,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- flipped,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- freaked-out,
- fruitcakey,
- fruity,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- gulled,
- haywire,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- inane,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- just plain nuts,
- kooky,
- loony,
- loopy,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- moronic,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- off the hinges,
- off the track,
- off the wall,
- potty,
- round the bend,
- sappy,
- screwball,
- screwballs,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- slaphappy,
- stupid,
- thoughtless,
- wacky,
- wet,
- witless
- acme,
- authority,
- authorization,
- be-all and end-all,
- blue ribbon,
- championship,
- command,
- control,
- directorship,
- dominion,
- effectiveness,
- first prize,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- highest,
- imperium,
- influence,
- jurisdiction,
- kingship,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- management,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- most,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- palms,
- paramountcy,
- power,
- presidency,
- primacy,
- record,
- rule,
- say,
- sovereignty,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- top spot,
- zenith
- incompetent
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- someone who is not competent to take effective action
- not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"
- not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" related words >
- awkward,
- base,
- blank cartridge,
- bungling,
- castrato,
- clumsy,
- defective,
- deficient,
- disqualified,
- dud,
- dull tool,
- eunuch,
- failing,
- found wanting,
- gauche,
- gelding,
- greenhorn,
- ill-equipped,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-furnished,
- ill-provided,
- ill-qualified,
- imperfect,
- impotent,
- inadequate,
- incapable,
- incapable of,
- incomplete,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficient,
- ineligible,
- inept,
- inexpert,
- inferior,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- lacking,
- little,
- maladjusted,
- maladroit,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- mediocrity,
- no conjuror,
- not comparable,
- not enough,
- not equal to,
- not in it,
- not up to,
- out of it,
- petty,
- shabby,
- small,
- too little,
- trivial,
- unable,
- unable to,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unarmed,
- unendowed,
- unequal to,
- unequipped,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- ungifted,
- unprovided,
- unqualified,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unskilled,
- unskillful,
- unsufficing,
- unsuited,
- untalented,
- unworkmanlike,
- useless,
- wanting,
- weakling
- federation
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- the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
- an organization formed by merging several groups or parties related words >
- Anschluss,
- Bund,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- absolute monarchy,
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- anschluss,
- aristocracy,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- autarchy,
- autocracy,
- autonomy,
- axis,
- band,
- blend,
- blending,
- bloc,
- body,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- coalition government,
- colleagueship,
- college,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- colonialism,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- common market,
- commonwealth,
- composition,
- comradeship,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- constitutional government,
- constitutional monarchy,
- consumer cooperative,
- cooperative,
- cooperative society,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- corps,
- council,
- credit union,
- customs union,
- democracy,
- dictatorship,
- dominion rule,
- duarchy,
- duumvirate,
- dyarchy,
- economic community,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- federal government,
- federalization,
- fellowship,
- feudal system,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- free trade area,
- freemasonry,
- fusion,
- gang,
- garrison state,
- gerontocracy,
- group,
- grouping,
- heteronomy,
- hierarchy,
- hierocracy,
- home rule,
- hookup,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- junction,
- junta,
- league,
- limited monarchy,
- machine,
- marriage,
- martial law,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- meritocracy,
- militarism,
- military government,
- mob,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- monarchy,
- neocolonialism,
- ochlocracy,
- oligarchy,
- package,
- package deal,
- pantisocracy,
- partnership,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- police state,
- political machine,
- pure democracy,
- regency,
- representative democracy,
- representative government,
- republic,
- ring,
- self-determination,
- self-government,
- social democracy,
- society,
- sodality,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- stratocracy,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- technocracy,
- thearchy,
- theocracy,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- totalitarian government,
- totalitarian regime,
- triarchy,
- triumvirate,
- tyranny,
- unification,
- union,
- wedding,
- welfare state
- administer,
- deal,
- deal out,
- disburse,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- divide,
- divvy,
- dole,
- dole out,
- give out,
- issue,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- measure off,
- mete,
- mete out,
- pace off,
- parcel out,
- partition,
- pass around,
- pay out,
- portion out,
- rule off,
- set off,
- spoon out,
- step off
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- blot,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- censor,
- cut,
- dele,
- delete,
- edit,
- edit out,
- efface,
- erase,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- kill,
- obliterate,
- omit,
- raze,
- rescind,
- rub out,
- rule out,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- void,
- wipe out
- all in all,
- all things considered,
- altogether,
- as a rule,
- as a whole,
- as an approximation,
- at large,
- broadly,
- broadly speaking,
- by and large,
- chiefly,
- commonly,
- generally,
- generally speaking,
- mainly,
- mostly,
- normally,
- on balance,
- on the whole,
- ordinarily,
- overall,
- predominantly,
- prevailingly,
- roughly,
- roughly speaking,
- routinely,
- speaking generally,
- usually
- apish,
- arrested,
- asinine,
- babbling,
- backward,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- blithering,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- burbling,
- cockeyed,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- cretinistic,
- cretinous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dithering,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- driveling,
- drooling,
- dumb,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- gulled,
- half-baked,
- half-witted,
- imbecile,
- imbecilic,
- inane,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- kooky,
- loony,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- maundering,
- mentally defective,
- mentally deficient,
- mentally handicapped,
- mentally retarded,
- mongoloid,
- moronic,
- not all there,
- nutty,
- retarded,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- simpletonian,
- slobbering,
- stupid,
- subnormal,
- thoughtless,
- wacky,
- wet,
- witless
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