Related Words:
- methodical
collapse - characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical scholar" related words >
- accordant,
- alike,
- analytical,
- arranged,
- automatic,
- balanced,
- businesslike,
- careful,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- constant,
- continuous,
- correspondent,
- deliberate,
- disciplined,
- equable,
- equal,
- even,
- exact,
- flat,
- formal,
- habitual,
- harmonious,
- homogeneous,
- immutable,
- in hand,
- invariable,
- labored,
- laborious,
- level,
- logical,
- measured,
- mechanical,
- methodic,
- methodized,
- meticulous,
- monolithic,
- neat,
- normal,
- of a piece,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- organized,
- paced,
- painstaking,
- persistent,
- plodding,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisionist,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- regular,
- regular as clockwork,
- robotlike,
- routine,
- scrupulous,
- smooth,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- structured,
- symmetrical,
- systematic,
- systematized,
- tidy,
- unbroken,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- undiversified,
- uniform,
- unruffled,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- usual,
- well-ordered,
- well-regulated
- finite
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- bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person related words >
- Adamite,
- Adamitic,
- algorismic,
- algorithmic,
- aliquot,
- anthropocentric,
- anthropological,
- bound,
- bounded,
- cardinal,
- conditioned,
- confined,
- copyrighted,
- countable,
- cramped,
- decimal,
- definable,
- defined,
- definite,
- delimited,
- determinate,
- differential,
- digital,
- disciplined,
- earthy,
- even,
- exact,
- exponential,
- figural,
- figurate,
- figurative,
- fixed,
- fleshly,
- fractional,
- frail,
- hominal,
- homocentric,
- human,
- humanistic,
- imaginary,
- impair,
- impossible,
- infinite,
- integral,
- irrational,
- limited,
- logarithmic,
- logometric,
- man-centered,
- moderated,
- mortal,
- narrow,
- negative,
- numerable,
- numeral,
- numerary,
- numerative,
- numeric,
- odd,
- only human,
- ordinal,
- pair,
- patented,
- positive,
- possible,
- precise,
- prescribed,
- prime,
- proscribed,
- qualified,
- radical,
- rational,
- real,
- reciprocal,
- restricted,
- specific,
- strait,
- straitened,
- submultiple,
- surd,
- tellurian,
- terminable,
- transcendental,
- unangelic,
- weak
- accurate,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- careful,
- choosy,
- close,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscious,
- correct,
- critical,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- difficult,
- diligent,
- earnest,
- elaborate,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finikin,
- full,
- fuss-budgety,
- fussy,
- hard to please,
- heedful,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- niggling,
- nit-picking,
- observant,
- observing,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- particular,
- pawky,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- picayune,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- queasy,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- special,
- specific,
- squeamish,
- strict,
- subtle,
- watchful
- defined
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- clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; "each child has clearly defined duties"
- clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"
- showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill" related words >
- absolute,
- certain,
- circumscribed,
- circumscript,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- coherent,
- concrete,
- connected,
- consistent,
- conspicuous,
- crisp,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- definite,
- delimited,
- demarcated,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- determined,
- different,
- direct,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- encircled,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- evident,
- exceptional,
- explicit,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fixed,
- glaring,
- hedged about,
- in focus,
- individual,
- inner,
- intimate,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucid,
- luminous,
- minute,
- noteworthy,
- obvious,
- particular,
- patent,
- pellucid,
- personal,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- precise,
- private,
- prominent,
- pronounced,
- respective,
- set,
- several,
- simple,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- staring,
- stated,
- straightforward,
- surrounded,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- unambiguous,
- unconfused,
- unequivocal,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- well-defined,
- well-marked,
- well-pronounced,
- well-resolved
- specialize
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- become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"
- suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"
- devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis" related words >
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- assign,
- atomize,
- be into,
- be strong in,
- bound,
- change,
- chop logic,
- condition,
- confine,
- contain,
- copyright,
- denominate,
- descend to particulars,
- designate,
- desynonymize,
- detail,
- determine,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- discipline,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- distinguish,
- diversify,
- divide,
- draw the line,
- enumerate,
- feature,
- fix,
- follow,
- go in for,
- hedge about,
- indicate,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- limit,
- list,
- major in,
- make a distinction,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mention,
- minor in,
- moderate,
- modify,
- name,
- narrow,
- particularize,
- patent,
- peculiarize,
- personalize,
- pick out,
- pin down,
- point out,
- precise,
- pursue,
- qualify,
- refine a distinction,
- register,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- scant,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- signify,
- specialize in,
- specify,
- spell out,
- split hairs,
- state,
- stint,
- stipulate,
- straiten,
- vary
- discriminating
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- showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" related words >
- accurate,
- adoptive,
- appointive,
- appreciative,
- careful,
- censorious,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- choicy,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- civilized,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- constituent,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminate,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- eclectic,
- elective,
- electoral,
- elegant,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- fussy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- idiosyncratic,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- keen,
- meticulous,
- nice,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- perceptive,
- perfectionistic,
- personalizing,
- picky,
- polished,
- politic,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- scrupulous,
- select,
- selecting,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separative,
- sophisticated,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wise
- rigid
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- incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- incapable of compromise or flexibility related words >
- abiding,
- accurate,
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- at a standstill,
- attentive,
- austere,
- buckram,
- careful,
- cast-iron,
- changeless,
- close,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- continuing,
- correct,
- critical,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- determined,
- direct,
- dogged,
- dour,
- draconian,
- durable,
- enduring,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- express,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- firm,
- firm as Gibraltar,
- fixed,
- flinty,
- frozen,
- fundamentalist,
- fussy,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard and fast,
- hard-core,
- hard-line,
- harsh,
- headstrong,
- hidebound,
- immobile,
- immotile,
- immotive,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- in buckram,
- inelastic,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- inexorable,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- infrangible,
- intact,
- intransigent,
- inviolate,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- irreconcilable,
- irremovable,
- lasting,
- literal,
- made of iron,
- mathematical,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- mulish,
- muscle-bound,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orthodox,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- pat,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- pigheaded,
- pinpoint,
- pokerlike,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prim,
- procrustean,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- quiescent,
- ramrodlike,
- refined,
- relentless,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- remaining,
- renitent,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- rodlike,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- set,
- severe,
- single-minded,
- solid,
- sound,
- square,
- stable,
- standpat,
- starch,
- starched,
- starchy,
- static,
- stationary,
- staunch,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stiff as buckram,
- stilted,
- stout,
- straightlaced,
- strait-laced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stringent,
- strong,
- stubborn,
- sturdy,
- subtle,
- sustained,
- taut,
- tenacious,
- tense,
- thorough,
- tight,
- torpid,
- tough,
- unadaptable,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unaltered,
- unbending,
- unbreakable,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- uncompliant,
- uncompromising,
- undestroyed,
- undeviating,
- unerring,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unflexible,
- ungiving,
- unmovable,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unqualified,
- unrelaxed,
- unrelenting,
- unshifting,
- unswerving,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unwavering,
- unyielding,
- virgate
- itemize
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- place on a list of items; "itemize one's tax deductions" related words >
- add up,
- adduce,
- anatomize,
- atomize,
- block out,
- book,
- calendar,
- call to mind,
- cast up,
- catalog,
- cipher up,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- cite a particular,
- count,
- count up,
- demonstrate,
- descend to particulars,
- detail,
- document,
- enroll,
- enter,
- enter into detail,
- enumerate,
- example,
- exemplify,
- figure up,
- file,
- foot up,
- give a for-instance,
- give full particulars,
- illustrate,
- impanel,
- index,
- individualize,
- instance,
- inventory,
- keep score,
- list,
- mention,
- name,
- number,
- outline,
- parse,
- particularize,
- peculiarize,
- personalize,
- pigeonhole,
- post,
- precise,
- program,
- quote,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recite,
- reckon up,
- record,
- recount,
- register,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- resolve,
- scan,
- schedule,
- schematize,
- score,
- score up,
- specialize,
- specify,
- spell out,
- substantiate,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summate,
- tabulate,
- tally,
- tally up,
- tot up,
- total,
- total up,
- tote up
- individualistic
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- with minimally restricted freedom in commerce related words >
- absolute,
- acquisitive,
- ambitious for self,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- autistic,
- autonomous,
- bourgeois,
- capitalist,
- careerist,
- certain,
- concrete,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- egotistical,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fixed,
- free-enterprise,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- grasping,
- greedy,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- independent,
- individual,
- individualist,
- inner,
- inner-directed,
- intimate,
- minute,
- narcissistic,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nonconformist,
- nonpartisan,
- nonsocialistic,
- noteworthy,
- particular,
- personal,
- personalistic,
- possessive,
- precise,
- private,
- private-enterprise,
- privatistic,
- remote,
- respective,
- self-absorbed,
- self-admiring,
- self-advancing,
- self-besot,
- self-centered,
- self-considerative,
- self-contained,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-devoted,
- self-directing,
- self-esteeming,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-indulgent,
- self-interested,
- self-jealous,
- self-occupied,
- self-pleasing,
- self-reliant,
- self-seeking,
- self-serving,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- selfish,
- several,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- sovereign,
- special,
- specific,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- unorthodox
- spell out
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- make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands"
- spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?" related words >
- account for,
- adduce,
- allegorize,
- amplify,
- anatomize,
- atomize,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- complete,
- construe,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- descend to particulars,
- detail,
- document,
- elaborate,
- elucidate,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- enlighten,
- enter into detail,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- expand,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- get across,
- get over,
- give full particulars,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- go into,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- individualize,
- instance,
- interpret,
- itemize,
- labor,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- orthographize,
- outspell,
- particularize,
- peculiarize,
- personalize,
- popularize,
- precise,
- put across,
- put over,
- rationalize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- specialize,
- specify,
- spell,
- spell backward,
- substantiate,
- syllabize,
- syllable,
- throw light upon,
- trace out,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- vulgarize,
- work out,
- write out
- Sabbatarian,
- bigoted,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- evangelical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- firm,
- formalistic,
- fundamentalist,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- muscle-bound,
- namby-pamby,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orderly,
- orthodox,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- procrustean,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- simpering,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding
- conscientious
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- characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
- guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice" related words >
- accurate,
- active,
- attentive,
- careful,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- close,
- compliant,
- conforming,
- conscionable,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- ethical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fair,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- high-minded,
- honest,
- honorable,
- incorruptible,
- just,
- loyal,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- moral,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obedient,
- observant,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- politic,
- practicing,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- principled,
- prudent,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- respectful,
- responsible,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- serious,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- true,
- upright,
- upstanding
- exigent
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- requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" related words >
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- accurate,
- acute,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- burdensome,
- burning,
- charged,
- choiceless,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- climacteric,
- close,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- conscientious,
- correct,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- decisive,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- dour,
- draining,
- emergent,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exorbitant,
- exquisite,
- extortionate,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- grasping,
- grievous,
- grim,
- harsh,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- insistent,
- instant,
- kairotic,
- loaded,
- loud,
- mandatory,
- menacing,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- narrow,
- necessary,
- necessitous,
- nice,
- obligatory,
- oppressive,
- particular,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pivotal,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pregnant,
- pressing,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- refined,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- severe,
- stern,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- superincumbent,
- taxing,
- threatening,
- tough,
- unsparing,
- urgent,
- weighty,
- without choice
- puritanical
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- of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism related words >
- Albigensian,
- Catharist,
- Franciscan,
- Quakerish,
- Sabbatarian,
- Trappist,
- Victorian,
- Waldensian,
- abstinent,
- anchoritic,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bigoted,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- demure,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- eremitic,
- evangelical,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- firm,
- flagellant,
- fundamentalist,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- mendicant,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- muscle-bound,
- narrow,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- old-maidish,
- orthodox,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prim,
- procrustean,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- sanctimonious,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- self-denying,
- sensitive,
- smug,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- wedded to poverty
- censorious
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- harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings" related words >
- Quakerish,
- Victorian,
- abusive,
- accusatory,
- back-biting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- captious,
- carping,
- catty,
- caviling,
- chiding,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- condemnatory,
- conscientious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- critic,
- critical,
- damnatory,
- defamatory,
- demure,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detractory,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disparaging,
- exacting,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- fastidious,
- faultfinding,
- hidebound,
- hypercritical,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- libelous,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- minimizing,
- narrow,
- objurgatory,
- old-maidish,
- overcritical,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- pejorative,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prim,
- proscriptive,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- sanctimonious,
- scandalous,
- scoffing,
- scrupulous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- smug,
- stiff-necked,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stuffy,
- vilifying,
- vituperative
- priggish
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- exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" related words >
- Quakerish,
- Victorian,
- abusive,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- condemnatory,
- condescending,
- conformist,
- conscientious,
- contemptuous,
- critical,
- damnatory,
- demure,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- derisive,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disparaging,
- exacting,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- fastidious,
- formal,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- goody-goody,
- hidebound,
- high-hat,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- narrow,
- nit-picking,
- objurgatory,
- old-maidish,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- patronizing,
- pedantic,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- prig,
- prim,
- prissy,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- sanctimonious,
- scoffing,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- self-complacent,
- self-contented,
- self-esteeming,
- self-loving,
- self-righteous,
- self-satisfied,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- smug,
- sniffy,
- snippy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- stiff-necked,
- strait-laced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stuffy,
- uptight,
- vilifying,
- vituperative
- fastidious
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- giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" related words >
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- bleached,
- bright,
- careful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- civilized,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- conscientious,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- differential,
- difficult,
- dirt-free,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- elegant,
- exact,
- exacting,
- fair,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicky,
- fresh,
- fussy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- hypercritical,
- immaculate,
- kosher,
- meticulous,
- nice,
- nit-picking,
- nonpolluted,
- of cleanly habits,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- polished,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- pure,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- religious,
- ritually pure,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- sophisticated,
- spotless,
- squeamish,
- stainless,
- strict,
- subtle,
- sweet,
- tactful,
- tahar,
- tender-conscienced,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unpolluted,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened
- perfectionist
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- a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards related words >
- Babbitt,
- Leibnizian,
- Leibnizian optimist,
- Middle American,
- Philistine,
- Pollyanna,
- anal character,
- aspirant,
- aspirer,
- bourgeois,
- bright,
- burgher,
- captious critic,
- censorious,
- cheerful,
- chiliast,
- chiliastic,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- compulsive character,
- conformer,
- conformist,
- conscientious,
- conventionalist,
- couleur de rose,
- critical,
- demanding,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- formalist,
- fuss-budget,
- fusspot,
- fussy,
- hopeful,
- hoper,
- irrepressible optimist,
- methodologist,
- meticulous,
- middle-class type,
- millenarian,
- millennialist,
- millennialistic,
- millennian,
- model child,
- nit-picking,
- nitpicker,
- obsessive,
- optimist,
- optimistic,
- organization man,
- parrot,
- particular,
- pedant,
- perfectibilist,
- perfectibilitarian,
- perfectionistic,
- philosophical optimist,
- picky,
- plastic person,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- ray of sunshine,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- sheep,
- square,
- stickler,
- strict,
- sunny,
- teenybopper,
- trimmer,
- upbeat,
- utopian,
- yes-man
- specify
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- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
- determine the essential quality of related words >
- address to,
- adduce,
- advert to,
- allude to,
- anatomize,
- assign,
- atomize,
- baptize,
- be taken as,
- bound,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- call,
- call attention to,
- christen,
- circle in,
- circumscribe,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- condition,
- define,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- delineate,
- demarcate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- descend to particulars,
- designate,
- detail,
- determine,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- document,
- dub,
- emblematize,
- enclose,
- enter into detail,
- entitle,
- enumerate,
- establish,
- figure,
- finger,
- fix,
- focus on,
- give full particulars,
- identify,
- indicate,
- individualize,
- instance,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- label,
- lay off,
- limit,
- list,
- mark,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the periphery,
- mention,
- name,
- nickname,
- nominate,
- particularize,
- pick out,
- pin down,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- precise,
- refer to,
- rope off,
- select,
- set,
- set forth,
- set out,
- set the limit,
- settle,
- signify,
- specialize,
- spell out,
- stake out,
- stand for,
- state,
- stigmatize,
- stipulate,
- style,
- substantiate,
- surround,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- tag,
- term,
- title,
- touch on,
- typify
- very
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- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
- precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite" related words >
- a bit,
- a little,
- absolutely,
- actually,
- acutely,
- almighty,
- almost,
- altogether,
- awful,
- awfully,
- bare,
- barest,
- big,
- bleeding,
- bloody,
- bona fide,
- certainly,
- completely,
- correct,
- crazy,
- damned,
- danged,
- darned,
- de facto,
- decidedly,
- deeply,
- definitely,
- dreadful,
- dreadfully,
- eminently,
- entirely,
- especial,
- exact,
- exactly,
- exceedingly,
- exceptionally,
- express,
- extraordinarily,
- extremely,
- fairly,
- genuine,
- genuinely,
- greatly,
- highly,
- hugely,
- hundred-percent,
- ideal,
- identical,
- in a measure,
- in a way,
- in some measure,
- in truth,
- indubitable,
- jolly,
- just,
- kind of,
- larruping,
- least,
- main,
- mere,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- model,
- monstrous,
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- nearly,
- notably,
- only too,
- parlous,
- particular,
- passing,
- perfect,
- perfectly,
- pesky,
- plumb,
- powerful,
- powerfully,
- practically,
- precise,
- precisely,
- pretty,
- profoundly,
- pure,
- quite,
- rather,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- remarkably,
- right,
- same,
- scarcely,
- selfsame,
- seriously,
- sheer,
- significantly,
- simple,
- slightly,
- snapping,
- so,
- somewhat,
- sort of,
- spanking,
- special,
- strikingly,
- super,
- sure-enough,
- surely,
- surpassingly,
- tellingly,
- terribly,
- terrifically,
- thoroughly,
- to a degree,
- to some extent,
- too,
- totally,
- true,
- truly,
- uncommonly,
- undoubted,
- unequivocally,
- unquestionable,
- unquestionably,
- unusually,
- utter,
- vastly,
- veritable,
- veritably,
- very much,
- vitally,
- whacking,
- whopping
- specific
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- a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
- stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
- (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters" related words >
- absolute,
- aid,
- alterative,
- analeptic,
- assistance,
- balm,
- balsam,
- categorical,
- certain,
- characteristic,
- circumscribed,
- circumscript,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- clean-cut,
- clear-cut,
- concrete,
- corrective,
- cure,
- defined,
- defining,
- definite,
- definitive,
- delimited,
- demarcated,
- denominative,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- determined,
- different,
- differential,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- encircled,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- established,
- exact,
- exceptional,
- explicit,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- finicky,
- fixed,
- full,
- fussy,
- healing agent,
- healing quality,
- hedged about,
- help,
- indicated,
- individual,
- inner,
- intimate,
- limited,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- nice,
- noteworthy,
- ordinal,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- picayune,
- precise,
- predetermined,
- prescription,
- private,
- proper to,
- receipt,
- recipe,
- relief,
- remedial measure,
- remedy,
- reserved,
- respective,
- restorative,
- restricted,
- set,
- several,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- sovereign remedy,
- special,
- specialized,
- specific remedy,
- specified,
- stated,
- subdivisional,
- succor,
- sui generis,
- surrounded,
- taxonomic,
- the concrete,
- the individual,
- the particular,
- the special,
- the specific,
- the unique,
- typal,
- typical,
- unambiguous,
- unequivocal,
- well-defined
- graphic
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- an image that is generated by a computer
- describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail; "graphic sexual scenes"
- evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
- written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols"
- relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation of the data"
- of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work"- British Book News related words >
- accurate,
- apish,
- autograph,
- autographic,
- calligraphic,
- chirographic,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- cogent,
- compelling,
- convincing,
- cursive,
- definite,
- delineative,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- descriptive,
- detailed,
- diagrammatic,
- distinct,
- drawn,
- echoic,
- embodying,
- engrossed,
- explicit,
- expositive,
- expressive,
- faithful,
- figurative,
- flowing,
- freehand,
- gory,
- graphoanalytic,
- graphologic,
- graphometric,
- holograph,
- holographic,
- ideographic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imaginative,
- imitative,
- in longhand,
- in shorthand,
- in writing,
- incarnating,
- incisive,
- inscribed,
- italic,
- italicized,
- lifelike,
- limning,
- longhand,
- lucid,
- manifest,
- manuscript,
- meaningful,
- mimetic,
- mimish,
- monochrome,
- naturalistic,
- on paper,
- onomatopoeic,
- painty,
- particular,
- pastose,
- penciled,
- penned,
- personifying,
- perspicuous,
- photographic,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- picturable,
- pictural,
- picturesque,
- plain,
- polychrome,
- portraying,
- precise,
- printed,
- realistic,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- running,
- scenographic,
- scriptorial,
- scriptural,
- scumbled,
- shorthand,
- simulative,
- striking,
- stylographic,
- suggestive,
- symbolizing,
- telling,
- true to life,
- typifying,
- unambiguous,
- unmistakable,
- visible,
- visual,
- vivid,
- well-defined,
- well-drawn,
- written
- verbatim
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- using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim" related words >
- absolutely,
- accurate,
- accurately,
- authentic,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- close,
- dead,
- definitely,
- dinkum,
- direct,
- directly,
- even,
- exact,
- exactly,
- expressly,
- faithful,
- faithfully,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- in all respects,
- in every respect,
- inartificial,
- ipsissimis verbis,
- just,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- literally,
- literatim,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- original,
- plumb,
- point-blank,
- positively,
- precise,
- precisely,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- right,
- rightful,
- rigidly,
- rigorously,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- square,
- squarely,
- sterling,
- straight,
- strict,
- strictly,
- sure-enough,
- to the letter,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undeviatingly,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- unerringly,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- verbal,
- verbally,
- verbatim et litteratim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- word by word,
- word for word,
- word-for-word
- demanding
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- requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" related words >
- Herculean,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- abstruse,
- accurate,
- arduous,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- brutal,
- burdensome,
- cajoling,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- close,
- coaxing,
- complex,
- conscientious,
- correct,
- critical,
- crying,
- delicate,
- detailed,
- difficile,
- difficult,
- dour,
- draining,
- dunning,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- exquisite,
- extortionate,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- formidable,
- fussy,
- grasping,
- grievous,
- grim,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- harsh,
- imperative,
- importunate,
- insistent,
- instant,
- intricate,
- jawbreaking,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- loud,
- mean,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- nagging,
- narrow,
- nice,
- no picnic,
- not easy,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- particular,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pressing,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- refined,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- set with thorns,
- severe,
- spiny,
- steep,
- stern,
- strenuous,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- taxing,
- teasing,
- thorny,
- ticklish,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- tricky,
- trying,
- unsparing,
- uphill,
- urgent,
- weighty,
- wheedling,
- wicked
- Byzantine,
- accurate,
- agitated,
- arabesque,
- attentive,
- baroque,
- bustling,
- busy,
- chichi,
- choosy,
- close,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- correct,
- critical,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- difficult,
- discriminating,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fancy,
- fastidious,
- fidgety,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finikin,
- flamboyant,
- florid,
- flowery,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- fretful,
- frilly,
- full,
- fuss-budgety,
- fussing,
- gingerbread,
- hard to please,
- heedful,
- high-wrought,
- hopping,
- humming,
- hustling,
- irritable,
- jumpy,
- labored,
- lively,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- moresque,
- narrow,
- nice,
- nit-picking,
- ornate,
- ostentatious,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overlabored,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- pawky,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- picayune,
- picky,
- picturesque,
- popping,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pretty-pretty,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- queasy,
- querulous,
- refined,
- religious,
- restive,
- restless,
- rich,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rococo,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- special,
- specific,
- squeamish,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tense,
- turbulent,
- uneasy,
- unquiet,
- unrestful,
- unsettled
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- axiomatic,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brief,
- brusque,
- chaste,
- classic,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- direct,
- distilled,
- docked,
- dumb,
- easy,
- economical of words,
- elegant,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- finished,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- gnomic,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gruff,
- incisive,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- lean,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- mum,
- mute,
- natural,
- neat,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- petulant,
- pithy,
- plain,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- polished,
- precise,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pungent,
- pure,
- quiet,
- refined,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- round,
- rude,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- simple,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- straightforward,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- tart,
- tasteful,
- taut,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- trim,
- truncated,
- unaffected,
- ungracious,
- unlabored,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- a certain number,
- a few,
- a number,
- absolute,
- assorted,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- certain,
- concrete,
- considerable,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- defined,
- definite,
- departing,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disjoined,
- disparate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- distributional,
- distributive,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- equal,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- even stephen,
- exceptional,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- few,
- fifty-fifty,
- fixed,
- half,
- half-and-half,
- halvers,
- heterogeneous,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- independent,
- individual,
- inharmonious,
- inner,
- intimate,
- irreconcilable,
- legion,
- many,
- many and various,
- minute,
- more,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- multitudinal,
- multitudinous,
- nonuniqueness,
- not a few,
- noteworthy,
- numerous,
- numerousness,
- of all sorts,
- one or two,
- parcel,
- particular,
- passel,
- per capita,
- per head,
- personal,
- pluralism,
- plurality,
- pluralness,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- populous,
- precise,
- private,
- pro rata,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- prorated,
- respective,
- separate,
- separated,
- single,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- some,
- special,
- specific,
- sundry,
- two or three,
- umpteen,
- unconformable,
- unequal,
- unlike,
- upwards of,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- variety,
- various,
- varying,
- voluminous,
- widely apart,
- worlds apart
- restricted
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- the lowest level of official classification for documents
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
- subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance" related words >
- angustifoliate,
- angustirostrate,
- angustisellate,
- angustiseptal,
- arcane,
- authoritative,
- bound,
- bounded,
- boxed in,
- cabalistic,
- cabined,
- censored,
- circumscribed,
- classified,
- cloistered,
- close,
- close-fitting,
- closed,
- concealed,
- conditioned,
- confined,
- constricted,
- copyrighted,
- cramp,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- crowded,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- detained,
- determinate,
- disciplined,
- enclosed,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- expert,
- feature,
- featured,
- finite,
- fixed,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- hedged in,
- hemmed in,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- icebound,
- impounded,
- in confinement,
- incapacious,
- incommodious,
- isthmian,
- isthmic,
- kept in,
- knowledgeable,
- landlocked,
- latent,
- leavened,
- limited,
- meager,
- mitigated,
- moderated,
- modified,
- modulated,
- mysterious,
- narrow,
- near,
- occult,
- off limits,
- out of bounds,
- patented,
- pent,
- pent-up,
- precise,
- prescribed,
- proscribed,
- qualified,
- scant,
- scanty,
- seasoned,
- secret,
- shut-in,
- slender,
- smothered,
- snowbound,
- softened,
- specialist,
- specialistic,
- specialized,
- stifled,
- stinted,
- strait,
- straitened,
- suppressed,
- technical,
- tempered,
- tight,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unbreatheable,
- under restraint,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- windbound
- circumstantial
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- fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate" related words >
- absolute,
- accessory,
- accidental,
- accompanying,
- accurate,
- additional,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- ado,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- afloat,
- afoot,
- aleatory,
- appurtenant,
- ascititious,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- auxiliary,
- based on,
- blow-by-blow,
- casual,
- certain,
- chance,
- close,
- collateral,
- complete,
- conclusive,
- conditional,
- contingent,
- convincing,
- cumulative,
- current,
- damning,
- decisive,
- deduced,
- detailed,
- determinative,
- documentary,
- documented,
- doing,
- eventuating,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- exact,
- explicit,
- extra,
- extraneous,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- final,
- firsthand,
- fortuitous,
- founded on,
- full,
- going on,
- grounded on,
- happening,
- hearsay,
- implicative,
- implicit,
- implied,
- in hand,
- in the wind,
- incidental,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indirect,
- indisputable,
- inessential,
- inferential,
- inferred,
- interpretive,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- itemized,
- material,
- minute,
- nice,
- nonessential,
- nuncupative,
- occasional,
- occurring,
- on,
- on foot,
- ongoing,
- overwhelming,
- particular,
- particularized,
- passing,
- precise,
- presumable,
- presumed,
- presumptive,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- probative,
- provisional,
- reliable,
- replete,
- resultant,
- secondary,
- significant,
- specific,
- strict,
- subsidiary,
- suggestive,
- superadded,
- superfluous,
- supervenient,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- sure,
- symptomatic,
- taking place,
- telling,
- thorough,
- under way,
- unessential,
- unimportant,
- valid,
- weighty
- refined
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- (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
- freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare related words >
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- accurate,
- advanced,
- allergic,
- ameliorated,
- anaphylactic,
- appreciative,
- archetypical,
- aristocratic,
- assembled,
- attentive,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- beautified,
- bettered,
- bowdlerized,
- built,
- cast,
- chaste,
- civilized,
- clarified,
- classic,
- clean,
- cleaned,
- cleaned up,
- cleansed,
- clear,
- close,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- constructed,
- consummate,
- converted,
- correct,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- crafted,
- created,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- custom,
- custom-built,
- custom-made,
- dainty,
- delicat,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- developed,
- differential,
- dignified,
- direct,
- discerning,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distilled,
- distinctive,
- distingue,
- distinguishing,
- downy,
- easy,
- educated,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- embellished,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- enhanced,
- enriched,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exemplary,
- exigent,
- expert,
- express,
- expurgated,
- exquisite,
- extracted,
- fabricated,
- faithful,
- fashioned,
- fastidious,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- fine-grained,
- finespun,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finished,
- fluffy,
- forged,
- formed,
- fully developed,
- fussy,
- fuzzy,
- gathered,
- gauzy,
- genteel,
- gentle,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- goosy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- grown,
- hairline,
- hairsplitting,
- handcrafted,
- handmade,
- harvested,
- highbred,
- homemade,
- homespun,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- improved,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- irritable,
- itchy,
- knowledgeable,
- ladylike,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- machine-made,
- machined,
- made,
- made to order,
- man-made,
- mannerly,
- manufactured,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mathematical,
- mature,
- matured,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- milled,
- mined,
- minute,
- model,
- molded,
- narrow,
- natural,
- neat,
- nervous,
- nice,
- noble,
- overrefined,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- overtender,
- particular,
- passible,
- pellucid,
- perfected,
- perspicuous,
- pinpoint,
- plain,
- polished,
- polite,
- posh,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prefab,
- prefabricated,
- prickly,
- processed,
- proficient,
- pubescent,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- pure,
- purged,
- purified,
- put together,
- quintessential,
- raised,
- ready-for-wear,
- ready-formed,
- ready-made,
- ready-prepared,
- ready-to-wear,
- reformed,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- responsive,
- restrained,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- round,
- satin,
- satiny,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- shaped,
- silky,
- simple,
- skittish,
- smelted,
- smooth,
- sophisticated,
- spruce,
- square,
- straightforward,
- strict,
- subtle,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- tasteful,
- tender,
- terse,
- tetchy,
- thin-skinned,
- thin-spun,
- ticklish,
- tidy,
- touchy,
- transfigured,
- transformed,
- trim,
- unaffected,
- undeviating,
- unerring,
- unlabored,
- urbane,
- velutinous,
- velvety,
- well-bred,
- well-brought-up,
- well-built,
- well-constructed,
- well-made,
- well-mannered,
- wiredrawn
- rigorous
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- demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" related words >
- Herculean,
- Siberian,
- abstruse,
- accurate,
- acid,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- acute,
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- adverse,
- algid,
- antagonistic,
- arctic,
- arduous,
- ascetic,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- below zero,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- bleak,
- boreal,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- brutal,
- burdensome,
- cast-iron,
- caustic,
- close,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- complex,
- conflicting,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- contrary,
- correct,
- counter,
- counteractive,
- crisp,
- critical,
- cutting,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- detrimental,
- difficile,
- difficult,
- direct,
- double-edged,
- dour,
- draconian,
- drastic,
- edged,
- escharotic,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- excessive,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- express,
- exquisite,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- faithful,
- fierce,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- firm,
- flinty,
- formidable,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- fundamentalist,
- furious,
- fussy,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- great,
- grim,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- harmful,
- harsh,
- hibernal,
- hidebound,
- hiemal,
- hostile,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- immoderate,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- in opposition,
- incisive,
- inclement,
- inelastic,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- inexorable,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- inimical,
- intemperate,
- intense,
- intransigent,
- intricate,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- irreconcilable,
- jawbreaking,
- keen,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- mathematical,
- mean,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- miserable,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- muscle-bound,
- narrow,
- nice,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- no picnic,
- not easy,
- numbing,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- onerous,
- operose,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppressive,
- orthodox,
- outrageous,
- particular,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- pinpoint,
- poignant,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- procrustean,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- raw,
- refined,
- relentless,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- rough,
- rugged,
- scathing,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- set with thorns,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sinister,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- snappy,
- spiny,
- splitting,
- square,
- stabbing,
- steely,
- steep,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stinging,
- stone-cold,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strenuous,
- stressful,
- strict,
- strident,
- stringent,
- stubborn,
- subtle,
- subzero,
- supercooled,
- tart,
- thorny,
- ticklish,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- trenchant,
- tricky,
- troublesome,
- troublous,
- trying,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompromising,
- unconscionable,
- undeviating,
- unerring,
- unfavorable,
- ungiving,
- unmoved,
- unrelenting,
- untoward,
- unyielding,
- uphill,
- vehement,
- venomous,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- wicked,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- wretched
- definitive
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- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
- clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney related words >
- absolute,
- accurate,
- actual,
- admitting no exception,
- all-out,
- arrant,
- authoritative,
- boundary,
- categorical,
- caudal,
- clarifying,
- classical,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- closing,
- complete,
- completing,
- concluding,
- conclusive,
- confining,
- consummate,
- crass,
- decided,
- decisive,
- defining,
- definite,
- determinate,
- determinative,
- determining,
- downright,
- egregious,
- ending,
- endmost,
- entire,
- eventual,
- exact,
- exclusive,
- exhaustive,
- explicit,
- express,
- extreme,
- farthest,
- final,
- finishing,
- fixed,
- flagrant,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- glaring,
- global,
- gross,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- indisputable,
- intolerable,
- last,
- limitary,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- polar,
- positive,
- precious,
- precise,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- rank,
- real,
- regular,
- reliable,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- round,
- settling,
- shattering,
- shocking,
- specific,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- tail,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- terminative,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through and through,
- total,
- ultimate,
- unambiguous,
- unbearable,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- unrelieved,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unspoiled,
- unwaivable,
- utter,
- whole,
- without exception,
- without reserve
- factual
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- characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case"
- of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations" related words >
- absolute,
- accurate,
- actual,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- admitting no question,
- ascertained,
- attestative,
- attested,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- based on,
- bona fide,
- categorically true,
- certain,
- certified,
- circumstantial,
- conclusive,
- confirmable,
- confirmed,
- convincing,
- correct,
- corroborated,
- cumulative,
- damning,
- de facto,
- decisive,
- demonstrable,
- demonstratable,
- demonstrated,
- determinative,
- determined,
- documentary,
- documented,
- effectual,
- established,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- eye-witness,
- faithful,
- final,
- firsthand,
- for real,
- founded on,
- genuine,
- grounded on,
- hard,
- hearsay,
- historical,
- honest-to-God,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- irrefragable,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- legitimate,
- material,
- not in error,
- nuncupative,
- objective,
- objectively true,
- overwhelming,
- positive,
- precise,
- presumptive,
- probative,
- provable,
- proved,
- real,
- realistic,
- reliable,
- self-evident,
- significant,
- straightforward,
- substantial,
- substantiated,
- suggestive,
- sure,
- sure-enough,
- symptomatic,
- telling,
- testable,
- true,
- true as gospel,
- true to life,
- truthful,
- unanswerable,
- unbiased,
- unconfutable,
- unconfuted,
- undeniable,
- undenied,
- undistorted,
- undoubted,
- unerroneous,
- unexaggerated,
- unfallacious,
- unfalse,
- unimpeachable,
- unmistaken,
- unprejudiced,
- unquestionable,
- unrefutable,
- unrefuted,
- unvarnished,
- valid,
- validated,
- veracious,
- verifiable,
- verified,
- veritable,
- weighty
- careful
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- exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
- with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
- mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
- cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
- full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41 related words >
- Scotch,
- accurate,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- calculating,
- canny,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- conserving,
- considerate,
- critical,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- economic,
- economizing,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- forehanded,
- foresighted,
- frugal,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- loving,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- money-saving,
- nice,
- niggling,
- noncommittal,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overconscientious,
- overlooking no possibility,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- parsimonious,
- particular,
- pawky,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- precise,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- religious,
- safe,
- saving,
- scrimping,
- scrupulous,
- skimping,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- spare,
- sparing,
- strict,
- studied,
- systematic,
- tender,
- tender-conscienced,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged
- extraordinary
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- far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"
- beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" related words >
- abnormal,
- absolute,
- amazing,
- appalling,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- bizarre,
- celebrated,
- certain,
- concrete,
- conspicuous,
- curious,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- egregious,
- eminent,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- esteemed,
- estimable,
- exceptional,
- express,
- fabulous,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- fixed,
- formidable,
- gorgeous,
- impressive,
- improbable,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indescribable,
- individual,
- ineffable,
- inner,
- intimate,
- legendary,
- lovely,
- marked,
- marvelous,
- memorable,
- minute,
- miraculous,
- more than expected,
- mythical,
- noble,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- noticeable,
- odd,
- of mark,
- out-of-the-way,
- outlandish,
- outstanding,
- particular,
- passing strange,
- past expectation,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- precise,
- prestigious,
- private,
- prodigious,
- prominent,
- puzzling,
- queer,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- rememberable,
- reputable,
- respective,
- salient,
- sensational,
- several,
- signal,
- singular,
- smashing,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- sudden,
- super,
- superior,
- surprising,
- telling,
- terrific,
- unannounced,
- unanticipated,
- unbelievable,
- uncommon,
- undivined,
- unexampled,
- unexpected,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unforgettable,
- unguessed,
- unheard-of,
- unheralded,
- unhoped for,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unordinary,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unpredictable,
- unpredicted,
- unprepared for,
- unreal,
- unspeakable,
- unthinkable,
- unusual,
- unwonted,
- without warning,
- wonderful,
- wondrous
- private
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- an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
- concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" related words >
- Tommy,
- Tommy Atkins,
- absolute,
- anonymous,
- antisocial,
- behind closed doors,
- buck private,
- certain,
- clandestine,
- closet,
- common soldier,
- concealed,
- concrete,
- confidential,
- confidentially,
- covert,
- covertly,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- discreet,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- enlisted man,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- exclusive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fixed,
- furtively,
- genitalia,
- genitals,
- grunt,
- hermitical,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- hushed,
- idiosyncratic,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- in camera,
- in private,
- in secret,
- inaccessible,
- inalienable,
- incognito,
- individual,
- indwelling,
- infantryman,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- inmost,
- inner,
- innermost,
- inside,
- interior,
- internal,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- isolated,
- minute,
- noncommissioned officer,
- not for publication,
- noteworthy,
- off the record,
- on the sly,
- own,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- personally,
- precise,
- private first class,
- privately,
- privileged,
- privy,
- reclusive,
- reserved,
- resident,
- respective,
- restricted,
- restrictive,
- reticent,
- retired,
- retiring,
- secluded,
- seclusive,
- secret,
- secretively,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- several,
- sex organs,
- singular,
- sneakily,
- sneaking,
- sneakingly,
- solipsistic,
- solitary,
- special,
- specific,
- sub rosa,
- subjective,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- top secret,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- uncommunicative,
- undisclosed,
- unofficial,
- unquestionable,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- withdrawn
- determinate
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- precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"
- not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" related words >
- absolute,
- admitting no exception,
- all-out,
- apodictic,
- ascertained,
- assured,
- attested,
- bound,
- categorical,
- certain,
- certified,
- circumscribed,
- circumscript,
- clear,
- clear and distinct,
- clear as day,
- complete,
- conclusive,
- concrete,
- constant,
- decided,
- decisive,
- defined,
- definite,
- definitive,
- delimited,
- demarcated,
- detailed,
- determined,
- diagnose,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguish,
- distinguished,
- downright,
- encircled,
- entire,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- established,
- exceptional,
- explicit,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- final,
- finger,
- fixed,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- global,
- guaranteed,
- hedged about,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implicit,
- in the bag,
- inalterable,
- inappealable,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- ineluctable,
- inevitable,
- inner,
- intimate,
- invariable,
- limited,
- made sure,
- minute,
- nailed down,
- narrow,
- necessary,
- noteworthy,
- on ice,
- open-and-shut,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- particular,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- perfectly sure,
- personal,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- positive,
- precise,
- predestined,
- predetermined,
- private,
- proved,
- recognize,
- respective,
- restricted,
- round,
- secure,
- set,
- settled,
- several,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- spot,
- stated,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- sure,
- sure-enough,
- surrounded,
- tested,
- total,
- tried,
- true,
- unalterable,
- unambiguous,
- unchangeable,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- univocal,
- unlimited,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unmodifiable,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unwaivable,
- utter,
- warranted,
- whole,
- without exception,
- without reserve
- tactful
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- showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill"
- having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment" related words >
- Daedalian,
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- accurate,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- allergic,
- anaphylactic,
- appreciative,
- apt,
- artistic,
- attentive,
- authoritative,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- careful,
- civil,
- clean,
- clever,
- complaisant,
- considerate,
- coordinated,
- courteous,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- critical,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deferential,
- deft,
- delicate,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- differential,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- exact,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fair,
- fancy,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- good,
- goodish,
- goosy,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- handy,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- indulgent,
- ingenious,
- irritable,
- itchy,
- judicious,
- lenient,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- neat,
- nervous,
- nice,
- no mean,
- obliging,
- overrefined,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- overtender,
- passible,
- perceptive,
- polished,
- polite,
- politic,
- precise,
- prickly,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prudent,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- refined,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- respectful,
- responsive,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- skittish,
- slick,
- solicitous,
- some,
- statesmanlike,
- stylish,
- suave,
- subtle,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactical,
- tender,
- tetchy,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- thin-skinned,
- thoughtful,
- ticklish,
- tolerant,
- touchy,
- understanding,
- urbane,
- virtuoso,
- well-done,
- workmanlike
- meticulous
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- marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"
- marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" related words >
- OK,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- absolute,
- accurate,
- active,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- all right,
- assiduous,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- aware,
- careful,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- close,
- compliant,
- concentrated,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- dead right,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dour,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- faultless,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- flawless,
- full,
- fussy,
- grim,
- harsh,
- heedful,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- just,
- just right,
- letter-perfect,
- loyal,
- methodical,
- microscopic,
- mindful,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- niggling,
- observant,
- observing,
- okay,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- orderly,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfect,
- perfectionist,
- perfectionistic,
- pernickety,
- picayune,
- picky,
- practicing,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- proper,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- special,
- specific,
- stern,
- straight,
- straight-up-and-down,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- tough,
- true,
- unsparing,
- watchful
- attentive
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- (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" related words >
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- accurate,
- advertent,
- affable,
- agile,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alert,
- alive,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attenuate,
- awake,
- aware,
- bright,
- cap in hand,
- careful,
- cautious,
- ceremonious,
- circumspect,
- civil,
- close,
- complaisant,
- concentrated,
- concentrating,
- conscientious,
- conscious,
- considerate,
- correct,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- critical,
- curious,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- diligent,
- dutiful,
- eager,
- earnest,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fair,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- gallant,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- honorific,
- indulgent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- interested,
- keen,
- lenient,
- listening,
- loving,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- niggling,
- nimble,
- obliging,
- observant,
- observing,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- particular,
- polite,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prompt,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- ready,
- reedy,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- respectful,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- sharp,
- sleepless,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- smart,
- solicitous,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- tender,
- tenuous,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- twiggy,
- unblinking,
- unnodding,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- urbane,
- wakeful,
- watchful,
- wide-awake
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