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Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
abbreviated
collapse
(of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"
cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
related words >
Spartan
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
clipped
collapse
(of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"
cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
shortened
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
intelligible
collapse
well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"
related words >
allegorical
,
apprehensible
,
articulate
,
associational
,
clear
,
cognizable
,
comprehensible
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
decipherable
,
definable
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
easily understood
,
easy to understand
,
exoteric
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
fathomable
,
figurative
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
graspable
,
indicative
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
knowable
,
legible
,
lucid
,
luminous
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
penetrable
,
pithy
,
plain
,
plumbable
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
prehensible
,
readable
,
referential
,
scrutable
,
sententious
,
significant
,
significative
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
transferred
,
unambiguous
,
understandable
droll
collapse
comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
related words >
Attic
,
absurd
,
amusing
,
biting
,
bizarre
,
brilliant
,
clever
,
comedian
,
comic
,
comical
,
eccentric
,
facetious
,
farcical
,
funny
,
funnyman
,
hilarious
,
humorous
,
humorsome
,
incongruous
,
jester
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
joker
,
jokester
,
joking
,
joky
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
laughable
,
ludicrous
,
mordant
,
nimble-witted
,
pointed
,
preposterous
,
priceless
,
pungent
,
quaint
,
quick-witted
,
quipster
,
quizzical
,
rapier-like
,
rich
,
ridiculous
,
risible
,
salt
,
salty
,
scintillating
,
screaming
,
sharp
,
smart
,
sparkling
,
sprightly
,
wag
,
whimsical
,
wit
,
witty
sea cock
collapse
related words >
ball cock
,
ball valve
,
bung
,
bunghole
,
check valve
,
cock
,
cork
,
drain cock
,
draw cock
,
faucet
,
gate
,
lid
,
needle valve
,
peg
,
petcock
,
pin
,
plug
,
spigot
,
spike
,
spile
,
spill
,
stop
,
stopcock
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
tap
,
valve
,
valvula
,
valvule
faucet
collapse
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
related words >
ball cock
,
ball valve
,
bung
,
bunghole
,
check valve
,
cock
,
cork
,
drain cock
,
draw cock
,
gate
,
hydrant
,
lid
,
needle valve
,
peg
,
petcock
,
pin
,
plug
,
sea cock
,
spigot
,
spike
,
spile
,
spill
,
stop
,
stopcock
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
tap
,
valve
,
valvula
,
valvule
spigot
collapse
related words >
ball cock
,
ball valve
,
bung
,
bunghole
,
check valve
,
cock
,
cork
,
drain cock
,
draw cock
,
faucet
,
gate
,
hydrant
,
lid
,
needle valve
,
peg
,
petcock
,
pin
,
plug
,
sea cock
,
spike
,
spile
,
spill
,
stop
,
stopcock
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
tap
,
valve
,
valvula
,
valvule
perforate
collapse
related words >
auger
,
bite
,
bore
,
broach
,
countersink
,
drill
,
drive
,
empierce
,
enter
,
fix
,
gore
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
hole
,
honeycomb
,
impale
,
lance
,
needle
,
pass into
,
penetrate
,
pierce
,
pink
,
pit
,
prick
,
probe
,
punch
,
puncture
,
ream
,
ream out
,
riddle
,
run through
,
skewer
,
spear
,
spike
,
spit
,
stab
,
stick
,
tap
,
transfix
,
transpierce
,
trepan
,
trephine
laconic
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
docked
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
connotative
collapse
having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit
related words >
allegorical
,
associational
,
connotational
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figural
,
figurative
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicative
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
naming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
readable
,
referential
,
representative
,
semantic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
transferred
,
typical
humorous
collapse
full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
related words >
Attic
,
absurd
,
amusing
,
beguiling
,
biting
,
bizarre
,
brilliant
,
clever
,
comical
,
delightful
,
diverting
,
droll
,
eccentric
,
entertaining
,
facetious
,
farcical
,
fun
,
funny
,
hilarious
,
humorsome
,
hysterical
,
incongruous
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
joking
,
joky
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
laughable
,
ludicrous
,
merry
,
mordant
,
nimble-witted
,
playful
,
pleasant
,
pointed
,
priceless
,
pungent
,
quaint
,
quick-witted
,
quizzical
,
rapier-like
,
recreational
,
rich
,
ridiculous
,
risible
,
salt
,
salty
,
scintillating
,
screaming
,
sharp
,
smart
,
sparkling
,
sprightly
,
titillating
,
titillative
,
waggish
,
whimsical
,
witty
denotative
collapse
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
related words >
allegorical
,
associational
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figural
,
figurative
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicative
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
naming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
readable
,
referential
,
representative
,
semantic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
transferred
,
typical
furcate
collapse
related words >
V-shaped
,
Y-shaped
,
akimbo
,
angle
,
angle off
,
angular
,
arboreal
,
arborescent
,
arboriform
,
bend
,
bent
,
biforked
,
bifurcate
,
bifurcated
,
branch
,
branch out
,
branched
,
branching
,
branchlike
,
cornered
,
crank
,
crook
,
crooked
,
crotched
,
dendriform
,
dendritic
,
divaricate
,
elbow
,
fork
,
forked
,
forking
,
forklike
,
furcal
,
geniculate
,
geniculated
,
hook
,
hooked
,
jagged
,
knee-shaped
,
pointed
,
pronged
,
ramify
,
ramous
,
saw-toothed
,
sawtooth
,
serrate
,
sharp
,
sharp-cornered
,
stem
,
swerve
,
tree-shaped
,
treelike
,
tridentlike
,
trifurcate
,
trifurcated
,
veer
,
zag
,
zig
,
zigzag
rounded
collapse
curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
related words >
Junoesque
,
abrupt
,
accented
,
alveolar
,
annular
,
annulate
,
annulose
,
apical
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
arched
,
arciform
,
articulated
,
assimilated
,
back
,
bagging
,
baggy
,
ballooning
,
barytone
,
bellied
,
bellying
,
bellylike
,
bent
,
bilabial
,
billowing
,
billowy
,
bloated
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
bosomy
,
bowed
,
broad
,
built
,
bulbose
,
bulbous
,
bulging
,
bumped
,
bumpy
,
bunched
,
bunchy
,
cacuminal
,
central
,
cerebral
,
checked
,
circinate
,
circular
,
close
,
consonant
,
consonantal
,
continuant
,
convex
,
coronary
,
crownlike
,
curvesome
,
curvilinear
,
curvy
,
cyclic
,
cycloid
,
dental
,
discoid
,
disklike
,
dissimilated
,
distended
,
dorsal
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
faired
,
flat
,
front
,
glide
,
glossal
,
glottal
,
guttural
,
hard
,
heavy
,
high
,
hillocky
,
hummocky
,
intonated
,
labial
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
lateral
,
lax
,
light
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
low
,
mid
,
monophthongal
,
moutonnee
,
muted
,
narrow
,
nasal
,
nasalized
,
obtuse
,
occlusive
,
open
,
oxytone
,
palatal
,
palatalized
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealized
,
phonemic
,
phonetic
,
phonic
,
pitch
,
pitched
,
pneumatic
,
pointless
,
posttonic
,
potbellied
,
pouching
,
retroflex
,
ring-shaped
,
ringlike
,
rotund
,
round
,
rounded out
,
semivowel
,
smoothed
,
soft
,
sonant
,
stacked
,
stopped
,
stressed
,
strong
,
surd
,
swelling
,
syllabic
,
tense
,
thick
,
throaty
,
tonal
,
tonic
,
twangy
,
unaccented
,
unedged
,
unpointed
,
unrounded
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
,
unstressed
,
velar
,
verrucated
,
verrucose
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voiced
,
voiceless
,
vowel
,
vowellike
,
warty
,
weak
,
well-developed
,
wide
platitudinous
collapse
related words >
aphoristic
,
axiomatic
,
back-number
,
banal
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
common
,
commonly known
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
crisp
,
current
,
cut-and-dried
,
epigrammatic
,
fade
,
familiar
,
formulaic
,
formulistic
,
fusty
,
gnomic
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
household
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
notorious
,
old hat
,
overworked
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
proverbial
,
public
,
pungent
,
sententious
,
set
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
succinct
,
talked-about
,
talked-of
,
terse
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
trite
,
truistic
,
universally admitted
,
universally recognized
,
unoriginal
,
warmed-over
,
well-kenned
,
well-known
,
well-recognized
,
well-understood
,
well-worn
,
widely known
,
worn
,
worn thin
Turkish bath
collapse
you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage
related words >
Finnish bath
,
Japanese bath
,
Russian bath
,
Swedish bath
,
bath
,
bathe
,
cold shower
,
douche
,
hip bath
,
hummum
,
needle bath
,
plunge bath
,
sauna
,
sauna bath
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
sitz bath
,
sponge
,
sponge bath
,
sweat bath
,
tub
,
whirlpool bath
docked
collapse
that in a dock; "a docked ship"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
butchered
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
castrated
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
garbled
,
gnomic
,
hashed
,
laconic
,
lopped
,
mangled
,
mowed
,
mown
,
mutilated
,
nipped
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
sew
collapse
fasten by sewing; do needlework
create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"
related words >
articulate
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bleed
,
bolt
,
buckle
,
butt
,
button
,
clasp
,
cleat
,
clip
,
dovetail
,
hasp
,
hinge
,
hitch
,
hook
,
jam
,
joint
,
latch
,
lock
,
miter
,
mortise
,
nail
,
needle
,
ooze
,
peg
,
pin
,
rabbet
,
rivet
,
scarf
,
screw
,
seep
,
sew up
,
skewer
,
snap
,
staple
,
stick
,
stitch
,
sweat
,
tack
,
tailor
,
toggle
,
transude
,
wedge
,
weep
,
zipper
salty
collapse
containing or filled with salt; "salt water"
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
related words >
Attic
,
biting
,
blue
,
brackish
,
brilliant
,
briny
,
broad
,
clever
,
droll
,
facetious
,
funny
,
humorous
,
humorsome
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
joking
,
joky
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
marine
,
maritime
,
mordacious
,
mordant
,
nautical
,
naval
,
navigational
,
nimble-witted
,
ocean-going
,
oceanic
,
off-color
,
pelagic
,
pickled
,
pointed
,
pungent
,
purple
,
quick-witted
,
racy
,
rapier-like
,
risky
,
risque
,
saline
,
salt
,
salted
,
saltish
,
scabrous
,
scathing
,
scintillating
,
seafaring
,
seamanlike
,
seamanly
,
shady
,
sharp
,
smart
,
sparkling
,
spicy
,
sprightly
,
suggestive
,
trenchant
,
water-borne
,
whimsical
,
wicked
,
witty
joking
collapse
related words >
Attic
,
bantering
,
biting
,
brilliance
,
brilliant
,
chaffing
,
clever
,
cleverness
,
droll
,
facetious
,
facetiousness
,
fooling
,
funniness
,
funny
,
hazing
,
humorous
,
humorousness
,
humorsome
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocoseness
,
jocular
,
jocularity
,
joky
,
jollying
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
keen-wittedness
,
keenness
,
kidding
,
mordant
,
nimble-witted
,
nimble-wittedness
,
pleasantry
,
pointed
,
pungency
,
pungent
,
quick-witted
,
quick-wittedness
,
ragging
,
rapier-like
,
razzing
,
ribbing
,
roasting
,
salt
,
saltiness
,
salty
,
scintillating
,
sharp
,
sharpness
,
smart
,
smartness
,
sparkling
,
sprightly
,
teasing
,
twitting
,
whimsical
,
wittiness
,
witty
emphatic
collapse
forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"
spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
related words >
absolute
,
accented
,
accentuated
,
affirmative
,
affirmatory
,
aggressive
,
ardent
,
assertative
,
assertional
,
assertive
,
burning
,
categorical
,
certain
,
decided
,
declarative
,
declaratory
,
definite
,
definitive
,
determined
,
direct
,
distinct
,
dogged
,
dogmatic
,
earnest
,
emphasized
,
energetic
,
enthusiastic
,
exciting
,
explicit
,
express
,
fervent
,
fiery
,
firm
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
glowing
,
impassioned
,
in red letters
,
incisive
,
insistent
,
intense
,
italicized
,
marked
,
passionate
,
peremptory
,
pointed
,
positive
,
predicational
,
predicative
,
pronounced
,
provoking
,
punctuated
,
resolute
,
resounding
,
specific
,
starred
,
stimulating
,
stirring
,
stressed
,
strong
,
sure
,
unambiguous
,
uncompromising
,
underlined
,
underscored
,
unequivocal
,
unmistakable
,
urgent
,
vehement
,
vigorous
,
warm
taciturn
collapse
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brooding
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
docked
,
dour
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
truncated
,
uncommunicative
,
unexpressive
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
saw toothed
collapse
related words >
V-shaped
,
Y-shaped
,
akimbo
,
angular
,
battlemented
,
bent
,
chopped
,
cornered
,
corrugated
,
cragged
,
craggy
,
crenate
,
crenated
,
crenellated
,
crenulate
,
crinkled
,
crooked
,
crotched
,
crumpled
,
dentate
,
dentated
,
embrasured
,
erose
,
forked
,
furcal
,
furcate
,
gashed
,
geniculate
,
geniculated
,
gravelly
,
harsh
,
hooked
,
incised
,
indented
,
ironbound
,
jagged
,
jaggy
,
knee-shaped
,
lacerate
,
lacerated
,
nicked
,
notched
,
pointed
,
ragged
,
rockbound
,
rocky
,
rugged
,
rugose
,
rugous
,
sawlike
,
sawtooth
,
scalloped
,
scored
,
scragged
,
scraggly
,
scraggy
,
serrate
,
serrated
,
serrulated
,
sharp
,
sharp-cornered
,
snagged
,
snaggled
,
snaggy
,
stony
,
toothed
,
wrinkled
,
zigzag
sweat bath
collapse
related words >
Finnish bath
,
Japanese bath
,
Russian bath
,
Swedish bath
,
Turkish bath
,
bath
,
bathe
,
cold shower
,
douche
,
fangotherapy
,
heat therapy
,
heliotherapy
,
hip bath
,
hot bath
,
hummum
,
needle bath
,
plunge bath
,
sauna
,
sauna bath
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
sitz bath
,
solar therapy
,
sponge
,
sponge bath
,
sunbath
,
thermotherapy
,
tub
,
whirlpool bath
metaphorical
collapse
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"
related words >
allegoric
,
allegorical
,
allusive
,
anagogic
,
associational
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figural
,
figurative
,
figured
,
flowery
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicative
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
mannered
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
naming
,
ornamented
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
readable
,
referential
,
representative
,
semantic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
transferred
,
trolatitious
,
tropological
,
typical
axiomatic
collapse
evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"
of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens
containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom"
related words >
absolute
,
actual
,
admitting no question
,
aphoristic
,
apparent
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
confirmable
,
crisp
,
crystal-clear
,
demonstrable
,
demonstratable
,
discernible
,
distinct
,
epigrammatic
,
evident
,
explicit
,
express
,
factual
,
formulaic
,
formulistic
,
gnomic
,
historical
,
inappealable
,
incontestable
,
incontrovertible
,
indisputable
,
indubitable
,
irrefragable
,
irrefutable
,
manifest
,
noticeable
,
observable
,
obvious
,
open-and-shut
,
palpable
,
patent
,
perceivable
,
perceptible
,
perspicuous
,
pithy
,
plain
,
plain as day
,
platitudinous
,
pointed
,
provable
,
proverbial
,
pungent
,
real
,
seeable
,
self-evident
,
self-explaining
,
self-explanatory
,
sententious
,
succinct
,
tangible
,
terse
,
testable
,
to be seen
,
unanswerable
,
unconfutable
,
undeniable
,
unimpeachable
,
unmistakable
,
unquestionable
,
unrefutable
,
verifiable
,
visible
concise
collapse
expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
cogent
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
curtal
,
curtate
,
cut
,
decurtate
,
direct
,
docked
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
instantaneous
,
laconic
,
little
,
low
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
synoptic
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transient
,
trenchant
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
whirlpool bath
collapse
related words >
Finnish bath
,
Japanese bath
,
Russian bath
,
Swedish bath
,
Turkish bath
,
bath
,
bathe
,
cold shower
,
douche
,
facial
,
facial massage
,
hip bath
,
hummum
,
hydrotherapy
,
kneading
,
massage
,
massaging
,
massotherapy
,
needle bath
,
plunge bath
,
rubdown
,
sauna
,
sauna bath
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
sitz bath
,
sponge
,
sponge bath
,
stroking
,
sweat bath
,
tub
,
vibrator
,
water cure
watering can
collapse
a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
related words >
aerosol
,
aspergil
,
aspergillum
,
atomizer
,
clyster
,
concentrate sprayer
,
douche
,
enema
,
fountain syringe
,
mist concentrate sprayer
,
needle bath
,
nozzle
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
shower head
,
sparge
,
sparger
,
spray
,
spray can
,
sprayer
,
sprinkler
,
sprinkler head
,
sprinkling system
,
syringe
,
watercart
,
watering pot
drive up the wall
collapse
related words >
aggravate
,
annoy
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
chivy
,
devil
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
dog
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
fash
,
get
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hound
,
irk
,
miff
,
molest
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
tease
,
torment
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
vex
,
worry
elliptical
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bell-like
,
bell-shaped
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
campaniform
,
campanular
,
campanulate
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
ellipsoid
,
elliptic
,
elongated
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
oblong
,
oblongated
,
oblongitudinal
,
parabolic
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
rectangular
,
reserved
,
saucer-shaped
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
elliptic
collapse
characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor
of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bell-like
,
bell-shaped
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
campaniform
,
campanular
,
campanulate
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clipped
,
close
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
ellipsoid
,
elliptical
,
elongated
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
laconic
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
oblong
,
oblongated
,
oblongitudinal
,
parabolic
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
reaped
,
rectangular
,
reserved
,
saucer-shaped
,
sententious
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
magnet
collapse
(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
related words >
ambition
,
artificial magnet
,
bar magnet
,
catch
,
center of attraction
,
center of consciousness
,
center of interest
,
cynosure
,
dearest wish
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
desire
,
electromagnetic lifting magnet
,
field magnet
,
focal point
,
focus
,
focus of attention
,
forbidden fruit
,
glimmering goal
,
golden vision
,
hope
,
horseshoe magnet
,
lodestar
,
lodestone
,
magnetic needle
,
magnetite
,
paramagnet
,
plum
,
point of convergence
,
polestar
,
prime focus
,
prize
,
solenoid
,
temptation
,
trophy
,
wish
symbolical
collapse
related words >
allegoric
,
allegorical
,
anagogic
,
associational
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figural
,
figurative
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
glossematic
,
iconic
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicative
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
lexemic
,
lexical
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
morphemic
,
naming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
phrasal
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
readable
,
referential
,
representative
,
semantic
,
semantological
,
semasiological
,
sememic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolic
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
transferred
,
typical
,
verbal
aerosol
collapse
a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
related words >
aspergil
,
aspergillum
,
atomizer
,
clyster
,
concentrate sprayer
,
douche
,
enema
,
evaporator
,
fountain syringe
,
mist concentrate sprayer
,
needle bath
,
nozzle
,
retort
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
shower head
,
sparge
,
sparger
,
spray
,
spray can
,
sprayer
,
sprinkler
,
sprinkler head
,
sprinkling system
,
still
,
syringe
,
vaporizer
,
watercart
,
watering can
,
watering pot
symbolic
collapse
relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
using symbolism; "symbolic art"
related words >
allegoric
,
allegorical
,
anagogic
,
associational
,
betokening
,
connotational
,
connotative
,
definable
,
demonstrative
,
denominative
,
denotational
,
denotative
,
designative
,
diagnostic
,
emblematic
,
evidential
,
exhibitive
,
expressive
,
extended
,
extensional
,
figural
,
figurative
,
full of meaning
,
full of point
,
full of substance
,
glossematic
,
iconic
,
identifying
,
ideographic
,
idiosyncratic
,
implicative
,
indicating
,
indicative
,
indicatory
,
individual
,
intelligible
,
intensional
,
interpretable
,
lexemic
,
lexical
,
meaning
,
meaningful
,
meaty
,
metaphorical
,
morphemic
,
naming
,
pathognomonic
,
peculiar
,
phrasal
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pregnant
,
readable
,
referential
,
representative
,
semantic
,
semantological
,
semasiological
,
sememic
,
semiotic
,
sententious
,
signalizing
,
significant
,
significative
,
signifying
,
substantial
,
suggestive
,
symbolistic
,
symbological
,
symptomatic
,
symptomatologic
,
tokening
,
transferred
,
typical
,
verbal
hooked
collapse
related words >
Roman-nosed
,
V-shaped
,
Y-shaped
,
absorbed in
,
addicted
,
addicted to
,
akimbo
,
angular
,
aquiline
,
aquiline-nosed
,
beak-nosed
,
beak-shaped
,
beaked
,
bent
,
bill-like
,
bill-shaped
,
billed
,
caught up in
,
clawlike
,
cornered
,
crookbilled
,
crooked
,
crooknosed
,
crotched
,
dependent
,
dependent on
,
down-curving
,
enmeshed in
,
entangled in
,
far-gone
,
forked
,
furcal
,
furcate
,
geniculate
,
geniculated
,
habituated
,
habitue
,
hamate
,
hamiform
,
hamulate
,
hooked on
,
hooklike
,
immersed in
,
implicated in
,
in a rut
,
involved in
,
jagged
,
knee-shaped
,
never free from
,
parrot-nosed
,
pointed
,
rhamphoid
,
rostrate
,
rostriform
,
saw-toothed
,
sawtooth
,
serrate
,
sharp
,
sharp-cornered
,
spaced out
,
submerged in
,
tied up in
,
unciform
,
uncinate
,
unguiform
,
used to
,
wrapped up in
,
zigzag
spear
collapse
a long pointed rod used as a weapon
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
related words >
anthrophore
,
assegai
,
auger
,
axis
,
bag
,
bayonet
,
bill
,
bine
,
bite
,
blade
,
bole
,
bore
,
bough
,
bract
,
bracteole
,
bractlet
,
branch
,
branchedness
,
branchiness
,
broach
,
burgeon
,
cane
,
carpophore
,
catch
,
caudex
,
caulicle
,
caulis
,
cotyledon
,
countersink
,
culm
,
dagger
,
deadwood
,
dirk
,
drill
,
empierce
,
enmesh
,
ensnare
,
entangle
,
entrap
,
fix
,
flag
,
flagellum
,
floral leaf
,
foliole
,
footstalk
,
fork
,
foul
,
frond
,
funicule
,
funiculus
,
glume
,
gore
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
halberd
,
harpoon
,
haulm
,
hole
,
honeycomb
,
hook
,
impale
,
involucre
,
involucrum
,
javelin
,
knife
,
lamina
,
lance
,
land
,
lasso
,
leaf
,
leaflet
,
leafstalk
,
lemma
,
ligule
,
limb
,
mesh
,
nail
,
needle
,
net
,
noose
,
offshoot
,
partisan
,
pedicel
,
peduncle
,
penetrate
,
perforate
,
petal
,
petiole
,
petiolule
,
petiolus
,
pierce
,
pike
,
pile
,
pine needle
,
pink
,
plunge in
,
poniard
,
prick
,
punch
,
puncture
,
ramage
,
ramification
,
ream
,
ream out
,
reed
,
riddle
,
rope
,
run through
,
runner
,
saber
,
sack
,
sarment
,
scion
,
seed leaf
,
seedstalk
,
sepal
,
shoot
,
skewer
,
slip
,
snag
,
snare
,
sniggle
,
spathe
,
spike
,
spire
,
spit
,
spontoon
,
spray
,
sprig
,
sprit
,
sprout
,
stab
,
stalk
,
stem
,
stick
,
stiletto
,
stipe
,
stipula
,
stipule
,
stock
,
stolon
,
straw
,
sucker
,
switch
,
sword
,
take
,
tangle
,
tangle up with
,
tap
,
tendril
,
thallus
,
tigella
,
transfix
,
transpierce
,
trap
,
trepan
,
trephine
,
trunk
,
twig
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