Related Words:
- edict
collapse - a formal or authoritative proclamation related words >
- act,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- appointment,
- bill,
- brevet,
- bull,
- bulletin board,
- bylaw,
- canon,
- circular,
- communique,
- declaration,
- decree,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- diktat,
- directive,
- edictum,
- enactment,
- encyclical,
- enunciation,
- fiat,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- institution,
- instrument,
- ipse dixit,
- jus,
- law,
- legislation,
- lex,
- manifesto,
- measure,
- notice,
- notification,
- order,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- position paper,
- precept,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- proclamation,
- program,
- programma,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- public notice,
- regulation,
- report,
- rescript,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- standing order,
- statement,
- statute,
- ukase,
- white book,
- white paper
- paramountcy
collapse
- the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority related words >
- accent,
- acme,
- authority,
- authorization,
- be-all and end-all,
- blue ribbon,
- championship,
- command,
- concern,
- concernment,
- consequence,
- consequentiality,
- consideration,
- control,
- directorship,
- dominion,
- effectiveness,
- emphasis,
- excellence,
- exquisiteness,
- first place,
- first prize,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- high order,
- high rank,
- highest,
- imperium,
- import,
- importance,
- influence,
- interest,
- jurisdiction,
- kingship,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magnificence,
- management,
- mark,
- marvelousness,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- matchlessness,
- materiality,
- maximum,
- merit,
- moment,
- most,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- note,
- palms,
- peerlessness,
- power,
- precedence,
- preeminence,
- presidency,
- primacy,
- priority,
- record,
- rule,
- say,
- self-importance,
- significance,
- sovereignty,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- stress,
- superbness,
- supereminence,
- superexcellence,
- superfineness,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- top spot,
- unsurpassedness,
- value,
- weight,
- worth,
- zenith
- a bit previous,
- advanced,
- arrested,
- back,
- backward,
- bad,
- behindhand,
- belated,
- blocked,
- delayed,
- delayed-action,
- detained,
- far ahead,
- forward,
- futile,
- half-baked,
- half-cocked,
- hasty,
- held up,
- hung up,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- impulsive,
- in a bind,
- in abeyance,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- irrelevant,
- jammed,
- late,
- latish,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- mistimed,
- moratory,
- never on time,
- not firm,
- obstructed,
- off base,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- overdue,
- overhasty,
- oversoon,
- precipitate,
- precocious,
- premature,
- previous,
- retarded,
- rushed,
- slow,
- soon,
- stopped,
- tardy,
- too early,
- too late,
- too soon,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- uncrystallized,
- undesirable,
- undue,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unjelled,
- unlucky,
- unmatured,
- unmeditated,
- unmeet,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprofitable,
- unpropitious,
- unpunctual,
- unqualified,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- wrong
- absurd,
- air-built,
- airy,
- apish,
- asinine,
- barren,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- blank,
- blankminded,
- bootless,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- calm,
- catchpenny,
- chimerical,
- cloud-built,
- cockeyed,
- counterproductive,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dizzy,
- doting,
- dreamlike,
- dumb,
- effete,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- ethereal,
- etiolated,
- fanciful,
- fatuitous,
- feckless,
- flaky,
- flimsy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- gaseous,
- goofy,
- gossamery,
- gulled,
- hollow,
- idiotic,
- idle,
- illusory,
- imaginary,
- imbecile,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incogitant,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- inoperative,
- insane,
- insensate,
- invalid,
- kooky,
- light,
- loony,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- moronic,
- nirvanic,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- nutty,
- oblivious,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- passive,
- phantomlike,
- quietistic,
- rarefied,
- relaxed,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- shadowy,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- spirituous,
- sterile,
- stupid,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- superficial,
- tenuous,
- thoughtfree,
- thoughtless,
- tranquil,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailing,
- unideaed,
- unintellectual,
- unoccupied,
- unreal,
- unreasoning,
- unthinking,
- unwitty,
- useless,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- vaporous,
- wacky,
- weak-minded,
- wet,
- windy,
- witless
- abiotic,
- anarchic,
- anesthetic,
- angry,
- asleep,
- azoic,
- benumbed,
- bloodless,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- brainless,
- callous,
- chaotic,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dull,
- dumb,
- exanimate,
- fatuous,
- foolish,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- furious,
- hard,
- headless,
- hellish,
- ignorant,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-contrived,
- ill-devised,
- ill-gauged,
- ill-judged,
- impassible,
- imperceptive,
- impercipient,
- impolitic,
- impossible,
- imprudent,
- inadvisable,
- inanimate,
- inanimated,
- inconsiderate,
- indiscreet,
- inept,
- inert,
- inexpedient,
- infuriate,
- injudicious,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insentient,
- irrational,
- lackbrained,
- lean-minded,
- lean-witted,
- lifeless,
- mad,
- mindless,
- misadvised,
- misguided,
- mute,
- myopic,
- nitwitted,
- nonconscious,
- nonliving,
- not bright,
- numb,
- numbed,
- obdurate,
- obtuse,
- of little brain,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- pandemoniac,
- pea-brained,
- pin-brained,
- raging,
- ravening,
- raving,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- rip-roaring,
- rocky,
- senseless,
- shortsighted,
- silly,
- slackminded,
- slackwitted,
- soulless,
- storming,
- stormy,
- tempestuous,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- thoughtless,
- troublous,
- tumultuous,
- turbulent,
- unadvised,
- unanimated,
- unconscious,
- unconsidered,
- undiscerning,
- unfeeling,
- unfelt,
- unforeseeing,
- ungifted,
- unintellectual,
- unintelligent,
- unperceptive,
- unreasonable,
- unreasoning,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unseeing,
- unsensible,
- unsound,
- untalented,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unwise,
- uproarious,
- wild,
- witless
- parameter
collapse
- a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
- a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
- any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance related words >
- barometer,
- boundaries,
- boundary condition,
- bounds,
- bourns,
- canon,
- catch,
- check,
- circumference,
- circumscription,
- clause,
- compass,
- condition,
- confines,
- coordinates,
- criterion,
- degree,
- donnee,
- edges,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- fine print,
- fringes,
- gauge,
- given,
- graduated scale,
- grounds,
- joker,
- kicker,
- limitations,
- limiting condition,
- limits,
- marches,
- measure,
- metes,
- metes and bounds,
- model,
- norm,
- obligation,
- outlines,
- outskirts,
- pale,
- parameters,
- pattern,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- prerequisite,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- quantity,
- reading,
- readout,
- requisite,
- rule,
- saving clause,
- scale,
- sine qua non,
- skirts,
- small print,
- specification,
- standard,
- stipulation,
- string,
- terms,
- test,
- touchstone,
- type,
- ultimatum,
- value,
- verges,
- whereas,
- yardstick
- fend
collapse
- try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" related words >
- anticipate,
- arm,
- armor,
- avert,
- bar,
- beat off,
- bless,
- block,
- bulwark,
- champion,
- check,
- cloak,
- compass about,
- copyright,
- counter,
- cover,
- cushion,
- debar,
- defend,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- divert,
- drive back,
- ensure,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fence,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- get by,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- harbor,
- haven,
- help,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- insure,
- keep,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep from harm,
- keep off,
- make do,
- make out,
- make safe,
- nestle,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- parry,
- patent,
- police,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- protect,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- register,
- repel,
- repulse,
- resist,
- ride shotgun for,
- rule out,
- safeguard,
- save,
- screen,
- secure,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- stave off,
- stop,
- turn aside,
- underwrite,
- ward off
- 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
- mediocre
collapse
- poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
- moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" related words >
- adulterated,
- amidships,
- artless,
- average,
- bad,
- banal,
- base,
- betwixt and between,
- blemished,
- central,
- common,
- commonplace,
- core,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- dull,
- equatorial,
- equidistant,
- erroneous,
- everyday,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fallible,
- faulty,
- found wanting,
- garden-variety,
- half-assed,
- halfway,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- inaccurate,
- inadept,
- inadequate,
- inapt,
- inattentive,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- indifferent,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexact,
- inexpert,
- inferior,
- insipid,
- insufficient,
- interior,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- lacking,
- lackluster,
- little,
- makeshift,
- maladroit,
- mean,
- medial,
- median,
- mediterranean,
- medium,
- mesial,
- mezzo,
- mid,
- middle,
- middle-of-the-road,
- middlemost,
- middling,
- midland,
- midmost,
- midships,
- midway,
- mixed,
- moderate,
- modest,
- namby-pamby,
- no great shakes,
- normal,
- not bad,
- not comparable,
- not in it,
- not perfect,
- nuclear,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- off,
- ordinary,
- out of it,
- partial,
- passable,
- patchy,
- pedestrian,
- petty,
- poor,
- respectable,
- routine,
- run-of-the-mill,
- second-rate,
- shabby,
- short,
- sketchy,
- skill-less,
- small,
- so so,
- so-so,
- standard,
- tedious,
- third-rate,
- thoughtless,
- tolerable,
- trivial,
- unapt,
- undeft,
- undeveloped,
- undexterous,
- undextrous,
- undistinguished,
- uneven,
- unexceptional,
- unfacile,
- unfinished,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unintelligent,
- unperfected,
- unproficient,
- unskillful,
- unsound,
- unthorough,
- usual,
- vapid,
- wanting,
- wishy-washy
- acid-ash diet,
- administration,
- allergy diet,
- bland diet,
- calorie chart,
- calorie counter,
- civil government,
- curative measures,
- cure,
- diabetic diet,
- diet,
- diet book,
- dietary,
- dietetics,
- dieting,
- direction,
- discipline,
- dispensation,
- disposition,
- empery,
- empire,
- first aid,
- form of government,
- governance,
- government,
- high-protein diet,
- high-vitamin diet,
- hospitalization,
- leadership,
- low-carbohydrate diet,
- low-salt diet,
- macrobiotic diet,
- management,
- medical treatment,
- medicamentation,
- medication,
- order,
- oversight,
- pap,
- political organization,
- polity,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulation,
- reign,
- rule,
- salt-free diet,
- soft diet,
- sovereignty,
- spoon victuals,
- supervision,
- sway,
- system,
- system of government,
- treatment,
- ulcer diet,
- vegetarianism,
- vitamin-deficiency diet
- amperage,
- armipotence,
- authority,
- beef,
- big battalions,
- black power,
- charge,
- charisma,
- clout,
- cogence,
- cogency,
- compulsion,
- dint,
- drive,
- duress,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- effectuality,
- energy,
- flower power,
- force,
- force majeure,
- forcefulness,
- full blast,
- full force,
- influence,
- main force,
- main strength,
- mana,
- might,
- might and main,
- mightiness,
- moxie,
- muscle power,
- naked force,
- physical force,
- pizzazz,
- poop,
- potence,
- potency,
- potentiality,
- power,
- power pack,
- power structure,
- power struggle,
- powerfulness,
- prepotency,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- puissance,
- pull,
- punch,
- push,
- rule of might,
- sinew,
- steam,
- steamroller,
- strength,
- strong arm,
- superiority,
- superpower,
- tyranny,
- ultima ratio,
- validity,
- vehemence,
- vigor,
- vim,
- virility,
- virtue,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- wattage,
- weight
- 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
- genotype
collapse
- the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism
- a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution related words >
- DNA,
- DNA double helix,
- RNA,
- allele,
- antetype,
- anticodon,
- antitype,
- archetype,
- biotype,
- branch,
- class,
- classic example,
- codon,
- criterion,
- deoxyribonucleic acid,
- epitome,
- family,
- fugleman,
- fugler,
- gene,
- gene complex,
- gene flow,
- gene pool,
- genetic drift,
- genus,
- hereditary character,
- heredity,
- imitatee,
- kingdom,
- lead,
- mRNA,
- messenger RNA,
- mirror,
- model,
- nucleotide,
- operator gene,
- operon,
- order,
- original,
- paradigm,
- pattern,
- phylum,
- precedent,
- prototype,
- regulator gene,
- representative,
- ribosomal RNA,
- rule,
- section,
- series,
- species,
- standard,
- structural gene,
- subclass,
- subfamily,
- subgenus,
- subkingdom,
- suborder,
- subspecies,
- subtribe,
- superclass,
- superfamily,
- superorder,
- superspecies,
- tRNA,
- transfer RNA,
- tribe,
- type,
- type species,
- type specimen,
- urtext,
- variety
- 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
- broadly
collapse
- without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"
- in a wide fashion; "he smiled broadly" related words >
- abroad,
- absurdly,
- all in all,
- all joking aside,
- all things considered,
- altogether,
- amusingly,
- as a rule,
- as a whole,
- as an approximation,
- at large,
- bizarrely,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- broadly speaking,
- brusquely,
- by and large,
- candidly,
- chiefly,
- comically,
- commonly,
- directly,
- distantly and broadly,
- drolly,
- eccentrically,
- extensively,
- far and near,
- far and wide,
- farcically,
- frankly,
- funnily,
- generally,
- generally speaking,
- genuinely,
- humorously,
- in all conscience,
- in all seriousness,
- in general,
- in plain English,
- in plain words,
- incongruously,
- indecisively,
- indefinably,
- indefinitely,
- indeterminably,
- indistinctly,
- infinitely,
- laughably,
- mainly,
- mostly,
- normally,
- obscurely,
- on all sides,
- on balance,
- on every side,
- on the whole,
- openheartedly,
- openly,
- ordinarily,
- outspokenly,
- overall,
- plain-spokenly,
- plainly,
- predominantly,
- prevailingly,
- quaintly,
- ridiculously,
- right and left,
- roughly,
- roughly speaking,
- roundly,
- routinely,
- sincerely,
- speaking generally,
- straightforwardly,
- unconstrainedly,
- unreservedly,
- unrestrainedly,
- usually,
- vaguely,
- vastly,
- whimsically,
- wide,
- widely,
- with no nonsense,
- wittily
- ruler
collapse
- a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe" related words >
- A per se,
- T square,
- ace,
- anointed king,
- birch,
- boss,
- cane,
- captain,
- castellan,
- champion,
- chatelain,
- chatelaine,
- chief,
- chieftain,
- club,
- commandant,
- commander,
- crowned head,
- dean,
- director,
- dynast,
- emperor,
- executive,
- ferule,
- fugleman,
- genius,
- governor,
- grand duke,
- head,
- high chief,
- higher-up,
- imperator,
- intendant,
- king,
- king-emperor,
- kinglet,
- laureate,
- leader,
- lord paramount,
- majesty,
- manager,
- master,
- monarch,
- nonpareil,
- overlord,
- paddle,
- pandybat,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- petty king,
- potentate,
- prince,
- prince consort,
- principal,
- prodigy,
- rattan,
- rod,
- royal,
- royal personage,
- royalty,
- rule,
- senior,
- sovereign,
- square,
- star,
- stick,
- straightedge,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- suzerain,
- switch,
- tetrarch,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- top dog,
- triangle,
- virtuoso
first
previous
Advertisement