Related Words:
- sergeant
collapse - any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal related words >
- G-man,
- MP,
- NCO,
- acting corporal,
- acting sergeant,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bound bailiff,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- centurion,
- chief of police,
- chief warrant officer,
- color sergeant,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- corporal,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- fed,
- federal,
- first sergeant,
- flic,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- havildar,
- inspector,
- lance corporal,
- lance sergeant,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- master sergeant,
- mess sergeant,
- mounted policeman,
- naik,
- narc,
- noncom,
- noncommissioned officer,
- officer,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- platoon sergeant,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- sarge,
- sergeant at arms,
- sergeant first class,
- sergeant major,
- sheriff,
- staff sergeant,
- superintendent,
- technical sergeant,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- top sergeant,
- topkick,
- trooper,
- warrant officer
- flair
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- a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" related words >
- ability,
- ableness,
- acuity,
- acumen,
- acuteness,
- adequacy,
- adroitness,
- an ear for,
- an eye for,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- art,
- artistic skill,
- artistry,
- arty-craftiness,
- bent,
- blazon,
- braininess,
- bravura,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- brilliancy,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- capacity for,
- chic,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- competence,
- critical discernment,
- daring,
- dash,
- demonstration,
- dexterity,
- discernment,
- display,
- dower,
- dowry,
- dramatics,
- eclat,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- elan,
- elegance,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- esprit,
- etalage,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- facility,
- faculty,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- feel,
- felicity,
- figure,
- fitness,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flourish,
- forte,
- genius,
- genius for,
- gift,
- gift for,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- glamor,
- head,
- histrionics,
- inclination,
- innate aptitude,
- insight,
- instinct,
- judgment,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- knack,
- leaning,
- long suit,
- makings,
- manifestation,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- metier,
- mind,
- native cleverness,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nous,
- oomph,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panache,
- parade,
- parts,
- penetration,
- perception,
- perceptiveness,
- perspicacity,
- pizzazz,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- proclivity,
- proficiency,
- propensity,
- qualification,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- ready wit,
- savvy,
- sham,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- show,
- showing-off,
- skill,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sparkle,
- speciality,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splurge,
- sprightly wit,
- staginess,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- style,
- stylishness,
- sufficiency,
- susceptibility,
- talent,
- talents,
- taste,
- tendency,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- theatrics,
- turn,
- turn for,
- vaunt,
- verve,
- virtu,
- vitality,
- what it takes
- theatrical
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- suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"
- of or relating to the theater related words >
- Roscius,
- Thespian art,
- actor,
- actor-proof,
- actress,
- affected,
- all-star,
- amateur theatricals,
- antagonist,
- artificial,
- bad guy,
- ballet,
- balletic,
- barnstormer,
- camp,
- campy,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- cinematic,
- cinematographic,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dramatic,
- dramatic art,
- dramatic form,
- dramatic irony,
- dramatic stroke,
- dramatic structure,
- dramatical,
- dramaticism,
- dramatics,
- dramatism,
- dramatizer,
- dramaturgic,
- dramaturgy,
- emotionalistic,
- emotive,
- exaggerated,
- extravagant,
- fake,
- false,
- feeder,
- film,
- filmic,
- foil,
- forced,
- grandstand,
- ham,
- hammy,
- heavy,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- histrionic,
- histrionics,
- histrionism,
- hysteric,
- ingenue,
- insincere,
- juvenile,
- la-di-da,
- legitimate,
- maniere,
- mannered,
- matinee idol,
- melodramatic,
- melodramatics,
- milked,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- monodramatic,
- monologist,
- movie,
- mummer,
- nonrational,
- operatic,
- ostentatious,
- overacted,
- overacting,
- overdone,
- overemotional,
- overplayed,
- overwrought,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- play construction,
- playactor,
- player,
- pretentious,
- protean actor,
- reciter,
- repertory,
- scenic,
- sensational,
- sensationalism,
- sensationalistic,
- showy,
- soubrette,
- spectacular,
- stage,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stagelike,
- stageworthy,
- staginess,
- stagy,
- starstruck,
- stellar,
- stooge,
- straight man,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- theaterlike,
- theatric,
- theatricalism,
- theatricality,
- theatricals,
- theatricism,
- theatrics,
- thespian,
- thrown away,
- trouper,
- underacted,
- underplayed,
- unnatural,
- unreasoning,
- utility man,
- vaudevillian,
- villain
- palisade
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- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground related words >
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- arm,
- armor,
- armor-plate,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battle,
- battlement,
- blockade,
- bluff,
- breastwork,
- bulkhead in,
- bulwark,
- casemate,
- castellate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- cliff,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- crag,
- crenellate,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- dig in,
- dike,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embattle,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- entrench,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- face,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- fortify,
- garrison,
- glacis,
- hedge,
- hem,
- leg,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- man,
- man the garrison,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mine,
- mound,
- outwork,
- pale,
- palisades,
- parados,
- parapet,
- peg,
- picket,
- pile,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- precipice,
- rail,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- sally port,
- scar,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- shank,
- spile,
- stake,
- steep,
- stockade,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- work
- crackpot
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- a whimsically eccentric person related words >
- alien,
- aliene,
- bedlamite,
- borderline case,
- case,
- character,
- crackbrain,
- crank,
- cuckoo,
- dement,
- demoniac,
- ding-a-ling,
- dingbat,
- eccentric,
- energumen,
- erratic,
- fanatic,
- flake,
- fou,
- freak,
- harebrain,
- hermit,
- hobo,
- idiot,
- kook,
- lone wolf,
- loner,
- loon,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- madman,
- maniac,
- maverick,
- meshuggenah,
- natural,
- noncompos,
- nonconformist,
- nut,
- odd fellow,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- original,
- outsider,
- pariah,
- phrenetic,
- queer duck,
- queer fish,
- queer specimen,
- rara avis,
- raving lunatic,
- recluse,
- screwball,
- solitary,
- strange duck,
- tramp,
- type,
- weirdo,
- zealot
- degage
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- showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
- free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson related words >
- Bohemian,
- affable,
- airy,
- blase,
- breezy,
- careless,
- casual,
- common,
- cordial,
- cursory,
- devil-may-care,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- familiar,
- flippant,
- folksy,
- forgetful,
- free and easy,
- gracious,
- haymish,
- heedless,
- homely,
- homey,
- inconsiderate,
- indifferent,
- informal,
- insouciant,
- irregular,
- lackadaisical,
- lazy,
- loose,
- low-pressure,
- natural,
- nonchalant,
- oblivious,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- perfunctory,
- plain,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- relaxed,
- respectless,
- simple,
- sociable,
- tactless,
- thoughtless,
- unaffected,
- unassuming,
- unceremonious,
- unconcerned,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- undiplomatic,
- unfussy,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- unmindful,
- unofficial,
- unprepared,
- unready,
- unreserved,
- unsolicitous,
- unstudied,
- untactful,
- unthinking
- ability,
- ableness,
- account,
- acquaintance,
- acquest,
- adequacy,
- announcement,
- baggage,
- blue book,
- briefing,
- bulletin,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- cargo,
- catalog goods,
- chattels,
- cloth,
- commodities,
- communication,
- communique,
- competence,
- consignment,
- consumer goods,
- consumer items,
- data,
- datum,
- directory,
- dispatch,
- dower,
- dowry,
- drapery,
- effects,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- endowment,
- enlightenment,
- equipment,
- estate and effects,
- etoffe,
- evidence,
- fabric,
- facility,
- facts,
- factual information,
- faculty,
- familiarization,
- felt,
- fitness,
- flair,
- forte,
- freight,
- freightage,
- gen,
- general information,
- genius,
- gift,
- goods for sale,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard information,
- havings,
- hereditament,
- holdings,
- impedimenta,
- incidental information,
- incorporeal hereditament,
- info,
- information,
- instinct,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- inventory,
- it,
- job lot,
- knowledge,
- lace,
- lading,
- light,
- line,
- line of goods,
- load,
- long suit,
- luggage,
- mail-order goods,
- makings,
- material,
- mention,
- merchandise,
- message,
- metier,
- napery,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- not an illusion,
- notice,
- notification,
- pack,
- parts,
- payload,
- possessions,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- presentation,
- proficiency,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- properties,
- property,
- publication,
- publicity,
- qualification,
- rag,
- release,
- report,
- shipment,
- sidelight,
- sideline,
- silk,
- speciality,
- staples,
- statement,
- stock,
- stock-in-trade,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- stuff,
- sufficiency,
- susceptibility,
- talent,
- talents,
- textile,
- textile fabric,
- texture,
- the article,
- the dope,
- the genuine article,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- the stuff,
- the very model,
- the very thing,
- tissu,
- tissue,
- transmission,
- vendibles,
- wares,
- weave,
- web,
- weft,
- what it takes,
- white book,
- white paper,
- woof,
- wool,
- word
- brawler
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- a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) related words >
- agitator,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- bitter-ender,
- blade,
- bravo,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- duelist,
- enforcer,
- extremist,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- frondeur,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- hatchet man,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- jouster,
- knight,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- malcontent,
- maverick,
- militant,
- mutineer,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- plaintiff,
- plug-ugly,
- protester,
- quarreler,
- rebel,
- resister,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- subversive,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- traitor,
- tussler,
- wrangler
- misanthrope
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- someone who dislikes people in general related words >
- disputant
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- a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy related words >
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- apologist,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- bitter-ender,
- blade,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- casuist,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contestant,
- controversialist,
- debater,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disceptator,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- duelist,
- enforcer,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- hatchet man,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- jouster,
- knight,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- militant,
- mooter,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- pilpulist,
- plaintiff,
- plug-ugly,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- protester,
- quarreler,
- resister,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- tussler,
- wrangler
- monad
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- (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
- a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
- (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one related words >
- I,
- ace,
- air,
- an existence,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- being,
- body,
- brute matter,
- building block,
- chemical element,
- component,
- constituent,
- creature,
- critter,
- earth,
- electron,
- element,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- entelechy,
- entity,
- fire,
- fundamental particle,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- individual,
- ion,
- life,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- meson,
- molecule,
- natural world,
- nature,
- no other,
- none else,
- nothing else,
- nought beside,
- nuclear particle,
- object,
- one,
- one and only,
- organism,
- person,
- persona,
- personality,
- physical world,
- plenum,
- proton,
- quark,
- something,
- soul,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substratum,
- the four elements,
- thing,
- unit,
- unit of being,
- water
- good form
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- behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; "it is not good form to brag about winning" related words >
- amenities,
- bienseance,
- civilities,
- civility,
- comity,
- conformity,
- convenance,
- convention,
- conventional usage,
- conventionalism,
- conventionality,
- correctness,
- courtliness,
- custom,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- diplomatic code,
- elegance,
- elegancies,
- etiquette,
- exquisite manners,
- form,
- formalities,
- formality,
- good manners,
- manners,
- mores,
- natural politeness,
- point of etiquette,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- proprieties,
- propriety,
- protocol,
- punctilio,
- quiet good manners,
- rules of conduct,
- seemliness,
- social code,
- social conduct,
- social convention,
- social graces,
- social procedures,
- social usage
- doctor
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- children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
- a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
- a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
- give medical treatment to related words >
- Doctor of Medicine,
- GP,
- MD,
- Md,
- abecedarian,
- abet,
- adulterate,
- aid,
- allopath,
- allopathist,
- alter,
- assist,
- attend,
- attending physician,
- authority,
- avail,
- baccalaureate,
- baccalaureus,
- bachelor,
- bail out,
- bandage,
- bastardize,
- bathe,
- bear a hand,
- befriend,
- benefit,
- bones,
- care for,
- certified teacher,
- change,
- cobble,
- cobbler,
- comfort,
- commission,
- condition,
- contaminate,
- cook,
- coroner,
- corrupt,
- country doctor,
- croaker,
- cure,
- cut,
- darn,
- debase,
- degree,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- diagnose,
- dilute,
- disguise,
- do good,
- do up,
- doc,
- docent,
- doctor up,
- doctorate,
- dominie,
- don,
- drug,
- ease,
- educationist,
- educator,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- fake,
- falsify,
- family doctor,
- favor,
- fellow,
- fix,
- fix up,
- fixer,
- flux,
- fortify,
- general practitioner,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give care to,
- give help,
- great soul,
- guide,
- guru,
- heal,
- help,
- house physician,
- illuminate,
- instructor,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- intern,
- juggle,
- lace,
- leech,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- little Miss Fixit,
- load,
- lover of wisdom,
- maestro,
- mahatma,
- maintenance man,
- man of intellect,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- manipulate,
- massage,
- master,
- mastermind,
- mechanic,
- mechanician,
- medic,
- medical,
- medical attendant,
- medical examiner,
- medical man,
- medical practitioner,
- medicate,
- medico,
- melamed,
- mend,
- mender,
- mentor,
- minister to,
- modify,
- mullah,
- nurse,
- operate on,
- oracle,
- overhaul,
- pack,
- pandit,
- patch,
- patch up,
- pedagogist,
- pedagogue,
- philosopher,
- physic,
- physician,
- physician in ordinary,
- plant,
- plaster,
- poison,
- pollute,
- poultice,
- preceptor,
- professor,
- proffer aid,
- protect,
- pundit,
- purge,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- rabbi,
- rally,
- ready,
- rebuild,
- recap,
- reclaim,
- recondition,
- reconstruct,
- redeem,
- relieve,
- remedy,
- render assistance,
- renovator,
- repair,
- repairer,
- repairman,
- rescue,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- restore,
- restorer,
- resuscitate,
- retouch,
- retread,
- revamp,
- revive,
- rig,
- rishi,
- rub,
- sage,
- salt,
- sapient,
- savant,
- save,
- sawbones,
- scholar,
- schoolkeeper,
- schoolmaster,
- schoolteacher,
- seer,
- service,
- serviceman,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- sew up,
- sophisticate,
- spike,
- splint,
- stack,
- starets,
- strap,
- succor,
- take in tow,
- take medicine,
- take the cure,
- tamper with,
- teacher,
- thinker,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- treat,
- trouble man,
- troubleshooter,
- undergo treatment,
- water,
- water down,
- weight,
- wise man,
- wise old man
- enthusiast
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- an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity related words >
- Don Quixote,
- Quixote,
- activist,
- addict,
- adherent,
- admirer,
- aficionado,
- ball of fire,
- bear,
- beaver,
- big-time operator,
- bigot,
- booster,
- buff,
- bug,
- bum,
- bustler,
- busy bee,
- champion,
- collector,
- crank,
- daydreamer,
- demon,
- devotee,
- disciple,
- doer,
- dreamer,
- dreamer of dreams,
- eager beaver,
- energumen,
- escapist,
- extremist,
- faddist,
- fan,
- fanatic,
- fanatico,
- fiend,
- follower,
- freak,
- go-getter,
- great one for,
- groupie,
- habitue,
- head,
- hobbyist,
- hound,
- human dynamo,
- hustler,
- idealist,
- infatuate,
- live wire,
- lotus-eater,
- lover,
- lunatic fringe,
- man of action,
- man of deeds,
- maniac,
- militant,
- monomaniac,
- new broom,
- nut,
- operator,
- partisan,
- political activist,
- powerhouse,
- promoter,
- prophet,
- pursuer,
- rhapsodist,
- romancer,
- romantic,
- romanticist,
- seer,
- sucker for,
- supporter,
- take-charge guy,
- utopian,
- utopianist,
- utopianizer,
- visionary,
- votary,
- wheeler-dealer,
- winner,
- wishful thinker,
- zealot
- luminary
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- a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" related words >
- VIP,
- actinic,
- big,
- big name,
- big-timer,
- candle,
- catoptric,
- celebrity,
- chief,
- constellation,
- cynosure,
- electric light bulb,
- electronics king,
- eminence,
- figure,
- fire,
- first-rater,
- flame,
- folk hero,
- galaxy,
- genius,
- glim,
- great man,
- heliographic,
- heliological,
- hero,
- heroine,
- honcho,
- idol,
- illuminant,
- illuminator,
- immortal,
- important person,
- incandescent body,
- king,
- lamp,
- lantern,
- lead,
- leader,
- leading light,
- light,
- light bulb,
- light source,
- lion,
- luminal,
- luminant,
- luminaries,
- man of mark,
- master spirit,
- match,
- moon,
- nabob,
- name,
- notability,
- notable,
- paramount,
- person of note,
- personage,
- photic,
- photoactinic,
- photologic,
- pleiad,
- pop hero,
- popular hero,
- popular idol,
- prima donna,
- principal,
- prodigy,
- public figure,
- social lion,
- somebody,
- source of light,
- star,
- stars,
- sun,
- superstar,
- taper,
- top dog,
- topnotcher,
- torch,
- virtuoso,
- wonder,
- worthy
- inspector
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- a high ranking police officer related words >
- Big Brother,
- G-man,
- MP,
- auditor,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- bound bailiff,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief,
- chief of police,
- commissioner,
- comptroller,
- constable,
- controller,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- examinant,
- examiner,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- head,
- headman,
- investigator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- monitor,
- mounted policeman,
- narc,
- noncommissioned officer,
- observer,
- officer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- proctor,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- scrutineer,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- tester,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- visitator,
- visitor
- authentic,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- dinkum,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- inartificial,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- original,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- rightful,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- sterling,
- sure-enough,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- word-for-word
- authentic,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- dinkum,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- inartificial,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- original,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- rightful,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- sterling,
- sure-enough,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- word-for-word
- Spartan,
- arid,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- barren,
- candid,
- common,
- commonplace,
- direct,
- dry,
- dull,
- earthbound,
- flat,
- frank,
- homely,
- homespun,
- humdrum,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- insipid,
- lean,
- literal,
- matter-of-fact,
- mundane,
- natural,
- neat,
- open,
- ordinary,
- pedestrian,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- poetryless,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- rustic,
- severe,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- sober,
- spare,
- staid,
- stark,
- stolid,
- straightforward,
- stuffy,
- tiresome,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- unembellished,
- unfanciful,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unimaginative,
- unimpassioned,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unoriginal,
- unpoetic,
- unromantic,
- unromanticized,
- unvarnished,
- vapid
- affability,
- amenities,
- amiability,
- civilities,
- civility,
- clubbability,
- clubbishness,
- clubbism,
- comity,
- communicativeness,
- companionability,
- compatibility,
- congeniality,
- convention,
- courtesy,
- courtliness,
- decencies,
- decorum,
- diplomatic code,
- elegance,
- elegancies,
- etiquette,
- exquisite manners,
- familiarity,
- fondness for society,
- formalities,
- friendliness,
- geniality,
- good form,
- good manners,
- gregariousness,
- hospitality,
- intimacy,
- manners,
- mores,
- natural politeness,
- point of etiquette,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- proprieties,
- protocol,
- punctilio,
- quiet good manners,
- rules of conduct,
- sociability,
- sociableness,
- social code,
- social conduct,
- social graces,
- social procedures,
- social usage,
- sociality,
- urbanity
- misogynist
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- a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular related words >
- 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
- virginal
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- a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
- untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
- characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses" related words >
- Platonic,
- abstinent,
- artless,
- bachelorlike,
- budding,
- callow,
- celibate,
- continent,
- dewy,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- firsthand,
- fledgling,
- fresh,
- green,
- growing,
- husbandless,
- immature,
- impubic,
- in the raw,
- inartificial,
- inexperienced,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intact,
- juicy,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- minor,
- naive,
- native,
- natural,
- neoteric,
- nestling,
- new,
- new-fledged,
- old-maidish,
- original,
- pristine,
- raw,
- ripening,
- sappy,
- sempervirent,
- single,
- sole,
- spinsterish,
- spinsterlike,
- spinsterly,
- spouseless,
- tender,
- unadult,
- unbeaten,
- underage,
- undeveloped,
- unfledged,
- unformed,
- unhandled,
- unlicked,
- unmarried,
- unmellowed,
- unripe,
- unseasoned,
- unspoiled,
- unsullied,
- untapped,
- untouched,
- untried,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unwed,
- unwedded,
- vernal,
- vestal,
- virgin,
- young
- behaviorism
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- an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior related words >
- Adlerian psychology,
- Freudian psychology,
- Freudianism,
- Gestalt psychology,
- Horneyan psychology,
- Jungian psychology,
- Marxism,
- Pavlovian psychology,
- Reichian psychology,
- Skinnerian psychology,
- Watsonian psychology,
- analytical psychology,
- animalism,
- apperceptionism,
- association psychology,
- associationism,
- atomism,
- behavior therapy,
- behavioristic psychology,
- commonsense realism,
- configurationism,
- dialectical materialism,
- dianetics,
- earthliness,
- empiricism,
- epiphenomenalism,
- historical materialism,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- materialism,
- mechanism,
- mental chemistry,
- metapsychology,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- new realism,
- orgone theory,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- pragmaticism,
- pragmatism,
- psychoanalysis,
- psychoanalytic theory,
- realism,
- representative realism,
- secularism,
- stimulus-response psychology,
- structuralism,
- substantialism,
- temporality,
- worldliness
- unimaginative
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- dealing only with concrete facts related words >
- Spartan,
- arid,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- barren,
- candid,
- common,
- commonplace,
- direct,
- dry,
- dull,
- earthbound,
- flat,
- frank,
- homely,
- homespun,
- humdrum,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- insipid,
- lean,
- literal,
- matter-of-fact,
- mundane,
- natural,
- neat,
- open,
- ordinary,
- pedestrian,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- poetryless,
- prosaic,
- prose,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- rustic,
- severe,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- sober,
- spare,
- staid,
- stark,
- stolid,
- straightforward,
- stuffy,
- tiresome,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- unembellished,
- unfanciful,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unimpassioned,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unoriginal,
- unpoetic,
- unpoetical,
- unromantic,
- unromanticized,
- unvarnished,
- vapid
- superintendent
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- a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector related words >
- Big Brother,
- G-man,
- MP,
- administrator,
- auditor,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- bound bailiff,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief,
- chief of police,
- commissioner,
- comptroller,
- conductor,
- constable,
- controller,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- director,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- governor,
- head,
- headman,
- in charge,
- inspector,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- manager,
- marshal,
- monitor,
- mounted policeman,
- narc,
- noncommissioned officer,
- officer,
- overman,
- overseeing,
- overseer,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- proctor,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- supervising,
- supervisor,
- supervisory,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- visitor
- combustible
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- a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
- capable of igniting and burning related words >
- accendible,
- alcohol,
- benzine,
- briquette,
- burnable,
- butane,
- carbon,
- charcoal,
- coal,
- coke,
- dope,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- explosive,
- fiery,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- gasoline,
- hasty,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- kerosene,
- methane,
- methanol,
- natural gas,
- octane,
- oil,
- paraffin,
- passionate,
- peat,
- pentane,
- peppery,
- propane,
- propellant,
- quick,
- quick-tempered,
- rocket fuel,
- short-tempered,
- spunky,
- turf,
- volcanic
- writer
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- writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- a person who is able to write and has written something related words >
- addressee,
- advertising writer,
- amanuensis,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- calligrapher,
- chirographer,
- clerk,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- communicator,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copier,
- copyist,
- copywriter,
- correspondent,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- descanter,
- diarist,
- discourser,
- disquisitor,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- encyclopedist,
- essayist,
- expositor,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humorist,
- inditer,
- ink spiller,
- inkslinger,
- letter writer,
- letterer,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- monographer,
- monographist,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- pamphleteer,
- pen,
- pen pal,
- pencil driver,
- penman,
- penner,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prose writer,
- recording secretary,
- reviewer,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scribbler,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- scrivener,
- secretary,
- short-story writer,
- storyteller,
- technical writer,
- tractation,
- transcriber,
- word painter,
- word-slinger,
- wordsmith
- pirate
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- a ship that is manned by pirates
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- copy illegally; of published material related words >
- AB,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- Blackbeard,
- Captain Hook,
- Captain Kidd,
- Dylan,
- Flying Dutchman,
- Henry Morgan,
- Jean Lafitte,
- Neptune,
- OD,
- Poseidon,
- Varuna,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- adopt,
- air pirate,
- airplane hijacker,
- appropriate,
- assume,
- bluejacket,
- borrow,
- buccaneer,
- copy,
- copyright infringer,
- corsair,
- crib,
- cribber,
- deep-sea man,
- derive from,
- fair-weather sailor,
- filibuster,
- fisherman,
- freeboot,
- freebooter,
- hearty,
- imitate,
- infringe,
- infringe a copyright,
- infringer,
- jack,
- jack afloat,
- jack-tar,
- jacky,
- lift,
- limey,
- literary pirate,
- lobsterman,
- make use of,
- mariner,
- matelot,
- mock,
- navigator,
- picaroon,
- pinch,
- plagiarist,
- plagiarize,
- plagiarizer,
- poach,
- privateer,
- raider,
- reproduce,
- rover,
- sailor,
- salt,
- sea,
- sea dog,
- sea king,
- sea rover,
- seafarer,
- seafaring man,
- seaman,
- shipman,
- simulate,
- skyjacker,
- steal,
- take,
- take on,
- take over,
- tar,
- viking,
- water dog,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor
- OK,
- Roger,
- absolutely,
- all right,
- alright,
- alrighty,
- amen,
- as you say,
- assuredly,
- aye,
- best bet,
- by all means,
- certainly,
- certainty,
- cinch,
- da,
- dead-sure thing,
- exactly,
- favorable prospect,
- fine,
- good,
- good chance,
- good enough,
- good opportunity,
- good possibility,
- hear,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- ja,
- just so,
- lead-pipe cinch,
- likelihood,
- main chance,
- mais oui,
- most assuredly,
- natural,
- naturally,
- naturellement,
- odds-on,
- odds-on chance,
- of course,
- okay,
- open-and-shut case,
- oui,
- positively,
- possibility,
- precisely,
- probability,
- quite,
- rather,
- really,
- right,
- righto,
- shoo-in,
- sporting chance,
- sure,
- sure bet,
- sure card,
- sure success,
- surely,
- to be sure,
- truly,
- very well,
- well and good,
- well-grounded hope,
- why yes,
- winner,
- yea,
- yeah,
- yep,
- yes,
- yes indeed,
- yes indeedy,
- yes sir,
- yes sirree
- beast
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- a cruelly rapacious person related words >
- Mafioso,
- Young Turk,
- animal,
- anthropophagite,
- barbarian,
- being,
- beldam,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- bomber,
- brute,
- cannibal,
- creature,
- creeping thing,
- critter,
- cur,
- demon,
- destroyer,
- devil,
- dog,
- dragon,
- dumb animal,
- dumb friend,
- fiend,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- fury,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- gunsel,
- hardnose,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- hound,
- hyena,
- incendiary,
- insect,
- killer,
- living being,
- living thing,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- man-eater,
- mongrel,
- monster,
- mugger,
- nihilist,
- pig,
- polecat,
- quadruped,
- rapist,
- reptile,
- revolutionary,
- savage,
- serpent,
- shark,
- she-wolf,
- skunk,
- snake,
- spitfire,
- swine,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- ugly customer,
- vandal,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- violent,
- viper,
- virago,
- vixen,
- whelp,
- wild beast,
- wild man,
- witch,
- wolf,
- worm,
- wrecker
- amicus curiae
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- an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest related words >
- JA,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- assessor,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- backup,
- backup man,
- barmaster,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- champion,
- chancellor,
- circuit judge,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- deputy,
- dummy,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- figurehead,
- friend at court,
- intercessor,
- judge advocate,
- judge ordinary,
- jurat,
- justice in eyre,
- justice of assize,
- lawyer,
- lay judge,
- legal adviser,
- legal assessor,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- master,
- military judge,
- mouthpiece,
- ombudsman,
- ordinary,
- paranymph,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- police judge,
- presiding judge,
- probate judge,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- puisne judge,
- recorder,
- representative,
- sea lawyer,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- self-styled lawyer,
- solicitor,
- stand-in,
- substitute,
- surrogate,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-chancellor,
- vicegerent
- coloration
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- choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
- appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration" related words >
- achromatism,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- cast,
- chromatism,
- chromism,
- color,
- color balance,
- color harmony,
- color printing,
- color scheme,
- coloring,
- complexion,
- connotation,
- decorator color,
- dyeing,
- emblazonry,
- hint,
- hue,
- illumination,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- key,
- lithography,
- meaning,
- metaphorical sense,
- natural color,
- nuance,
- occult meaning,
- overtone,
- pallor,
- pigmentation,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- shade,
- skin color,
- staining,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- suggestion,
- supposition,
- symbolism,
- tinct,
- tinction,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tinging,
- tint,
- tinting,
- tone,
- touch,
- undercolor,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone
- Spartan
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- a resident of Sparta
- resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"
- of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people related words >
- Apostolic,
- Encratic,
- Laconian,
- Lenten,
- Pythagorean,
- Rechabite,
- Shaker,
- Spartanic,
- Stoic,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abstemious,
- abstinent,
- accepting,
- aposiopestic,
- armed with patience,
- ascetic,
- astringent,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- bald,
- bare,
- brief,
- brusque,
- candid,
- celibate,
- chaste,
- clam,
- clipped,
- close,
- common,
- commonplace,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- continent,
- contracted,
- controlled,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- demanding,
- direct,
- disciplined,
- docked,
- dour,
- dry,
- dull,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- elliptic,
- endurant,
- enduring,
- epigrammatic,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exiguous,
- forbearing,
- frank,
- frugal,
- fruitarian,
- gnomic,
- grim,
- hard,
- harsh,
- homely,
- homespun,
- impoverished,
- indulgent,
- inornate,
- jejune,
- laconic,
- lean,
- lenient,
- limited,
- long-suffering,
- longanimous,
- man of iron,
- matter-of-fact,
- meager,
- mean,
- meticulous,
- miserly,
- narrow,
- natural,
- neat,
- nephalistic,
- niggardly,
- on the wagon,
- open,
- paltry,
- parsimonious,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- persevering,
- philosophical,
- pithy,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- pointed,
- poor,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pruned,
- puny,
- pure,
- reserved,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- rustic,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrawny,
- scrimp,
- scrimpy,
- self-controlled,
- self-denying,
- sententious,
- severe,
- sexually abstinent,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- skimp,
- skimpy,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- small,
- sober,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stark,
- starvation,
- stern,
- stingy,
- stinted,
- stoic,
- straightforward,
- straitened,
- strict,
- stringent,
- stunted,
- subsistence,
- succinct,
- summary,
- sworn off,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- teetotal,
- terse,
- thin,
- tight,
- to the point,
- tolerant,
- tolerating,
- tolerative,
- tough,
- truncated,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- understanding,
- unelaborate,
- unfancy,
- unfussy,
- unimaginative,
- unnourishing,
- unnutritious,
- unornate,
- unpoetical,
- unsparing,
- unvarnished,
- vegetarian,
- watered,
- watery
- beadle
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- a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
- United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) related words >
- Bible clerk,
- Bible reader,
- G-man,
- MP,
- acolyte,
- almoner,
- anagnost,
- bailiff,
- beagle,
- bedral,
- bound bailiff,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief of police,
- choir chaplain,
- churchwarden,
- clerk,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- deacon,
- deaconess,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- elder,
- elderman,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- inspector,
- lay elder,
- lay reader,
- lector,
- lecturer,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- mounted policeman,
- narc,
- officer,
- parish clerk,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- precentor,
- reader,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- ruling elder,
- sacrist,
- sacristan,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sexton,
- shames,
- sheriff,
- sidesman,
- succentor,
- suisse,
- superintendent,
- teaching elder,
- thurifer,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- verger,
- vergeress
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