Exact Match:
- nerve ending
- the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- ache,
- aching,
- affront,
- algesia,
- blow,
- casus belli,
- cramp,
- cut,
- distress,
- dolor,
- exposed nerve,
- festering,
- grief,
- hurt,
- inflammation,
- injury,
- irritation,
- lesion,
- nasty blow,
- nerve ending,
- offense,
- pain,
- pang,
- passion,
- provocation,
- rankling,
- raw,
- raw nerve,
- red rag,
- sensitiveness,
- shock,
- soft spot,
- sore,
- sore point,
- soreness,
- spasm,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stroke,
- suffering,
- tender spot,
- tenderness,
- the quick,
- throes,
- wound,
- wrench
- ache,
- aching,
- affront,
- apple of discord,
- blow,
- bone of contention,
- bone to pick,
- casus belli,
- cramp,
- crow to pick,
- crow to pluck,
- cut,
- distress,
- dolor,
- exposed nerve,
- grief,
- grounds for war,
- hurt,
- injury,
- lesion,
- nasty blow,
- nerve ending,
- offense,
- pain,
- pang,
- passion,
- provocation,
- raw,
- raw nerve,
- red rag,
- rub,
- shock,
- soft spot,
- sore,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- spasm,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stroke,
- suffering,
- the quick,
- throes,
- ticklish issue,
- wound,
- wrench
- soft spot
collapse - a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son" related words >
- a thing for,
- affinity,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- assailability,
- bent,
- bias,
- cast,
- chink,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- delight,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- eagerness,
- exposed nerve,
- feeling for,
- fondness,
- heel of Achilles,
- inclination,
- leaning,
- liability,
- liking,
- loophole,
- nerve ending,
- penchant,
- penetrability,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- pregnability,
- prejudice,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- raw,
- raw nerve,
- readiness,
- sensitivity to,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- susceptibility,
- taste,
- tendency,
- tender spot,
- the quick,
- tropism,
- turn,
- twist,
- vincibility,
- vulnerability,
- vulnerable point,
- warp,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- willingness
- ganglion
collapse
- an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons related words >
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- center of activity,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve center,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- synapse,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- vital center,
- white matter
- jarring
collapse
- making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk" related words >
- agitating,
- ajar,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- astonishing,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- bouncy,
- breathtaking,
- bumpy,
- charged,
- choppy,
- clashing,
- cliff-hanging,
- conflicting,
- confused,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- cranky,
- cross,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonious,
- disproportionate,
- disquieting,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- divergent,
- dry,
- electric,
- electrifying,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- galvanic,
- grating,
- grinding,
- harsh,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- hoarse,
- hostile,
- immiscible,
- impressive,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inflammatory,
- inharmonious,
- intoxicating,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jogglety,
- joggling,
- joggly,
- jolting,
- jolty,
- jostling,
- maddening,
- mind-blowing,
- moving,
- negative,
- nerve-jangling,
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-rending,
- nerve-shaking,
- nerve-trying,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- raucous,
- ravishing,
- repugnant,
- rough,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- shocking,
- soul-stirring,
- spirit-stirring,
- staggering,
- startling,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- strident,
- stridulous,
- striking,
- stunning,
- surprising,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- tantalizing,
- telling,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- troubling,
- uncongenial,
- unharmonious,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- variant,
- warring
- solar plexus
collapse
- a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach related words >
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- ganglion,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- spinal cord,
- synapse,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- white matter
- spinal cord
collapse
- a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region related words >
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- ganglion,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- synapse,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- white matter
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- ganglion,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- synapse,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- white matter
- synapse
collapse
- the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" related words >
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- ganglion,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- white matter
- nervous system
collapse
- the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells related words >
- afferent neuron,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- brain,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- ganglion,
- gray matter,
- internuncial neuron,
- medullary sheath,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexus,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- synapse,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- white matter
- capping,
- closing,
- completing,
- completive,
- completory,
- concluding,
- conclusive,
- consummating,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- crowning,
- culminative,
- ending,
- final,
- finalizing,
- finishing,
- fulfilling,
- heading,
- last,
- outtopping,
- overtopping,
- perfecting,
- perfective,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- terminative,
- topping,
- ultimate
- blockbuster
collapse
- an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
- a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) related words >
- plexus
collapse
- a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels related words >
- afferent neuron,
- arabesque,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- brain,
- cancellation,
- central nervous system,
- cerebral cortex,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- dendrite,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- filigree,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- ganglion,
- grate,
- grating,
- gray matter,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- hachure,
- hatching,
- interlacement,
- internuncial neuron,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- medullary sheath,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- neuron,
- peripheral nervous system,
- plexure,
- raddle,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- screen,
- screening,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- sieve,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- synapse,
- texture,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- tissue,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- white matter,
- wicker,
- wickerwork
- haul,
- heave,
- inflate,
- overdevelop,
- overdistend,
- overdraw,
- overexert,
- overexpand,
- overstrain,
- overstretch,
- overtax,
- press,
- pull,
- rack,
- strain,
- strain every nerve,
- stress,
- stretch,
- sweat blood,
- swell,
- tax,
- tense,
- tug
- grating
collapse
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" related words >
- abrasion,
- absonant,
- ajar,
- andiron,
- annoying,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- arabesque,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- atomization,
- atonal,
- attrition,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- beating,
- bolter,
- brecciation,
- cacophonous,
- cancellation,
- chafing,
- chain,
- clashing,
- coal tongs,
- colander,
- comminution,
- conflicting,
- confused,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- cracked,
- crane,
- cranky,
- creaking,
- croaking,
- crook,
- cross,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- crumbling,
- crushing,
- damper,
- detrition,
- diaphonic,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disintegration,
- disproportionate,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- divergent,
- dry,
- filigree,
- fire hook,
- fire tongs,
- firedog,
- flat,
- fragmentation,
- fret,
- fretting,
- fretwork,
- galling,
- granulation,
- granulization,
- grate,
- grid,
- griddle,
- gridiron,
- grill,
- grille,
- griller,
- grillwork,
- grinding,
- gritty,
- hachure,
- harsh,
- hatching,
- hoarse,
- hostile,
- immelodious,
- immiscible,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- interlacement,
- intertexture,
- intertwinement,
- irksome,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- jangling,
- jangly,
- jarring,
- jostling,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- levigation,
- lifter,
- mashing,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- musicless,
- negative,
- nerve-jangling,
- nerve-racking,
- nerve-rending,
- nerve-shaking,
- nerve-trying,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- offensive,
- out of accord,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- piercing,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- poker,
- pothook,
- pounding,
- powdering,
- raddle,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- raucous,
- repugnant,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- rough,
- salamander,
- scraping,
- scrapy,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- screeching,
- screen,
- screening,
- sharp,
- shredding,
- shrill,
- sieve,
- sifter,
- smashing,
- sorter,
- sour,
- spit,
- squawking,
- squeaky,
- stinging,
- strident,
- stridulous,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tongs,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- tripod,
- trituration,
- trivet,
- tuneless,
- turnspit,
- uncongenial,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- variant,
- vexatious,
- warring,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- wicker,
- wickerwork
- deathless
collapse
- never dying; "his undying fame" related words >
- abiding,
- amaranthine,
- embalmed,
- eternal,
- ever-fresh,
- everlasting,
- fadeless,
- frozen,
- immortal,
- imperishable,
- impregnable,
- incorruptible,
- indelible,
- indestructible,
- ineffaceable,
- ineradicable,
- inexpugnable,
- inextinguishable,
- invincible,
- invulnerable,
- lasting,
- never-dying,
- never-ending,
- nonperishable,
- permanent,
- persisting,
- quenchless,
- timeless,
- undampable,
- undestroyable,
- undying,
- unending,
- unfading,
- unquenchable
- desuetude
collapse
- a state of inactivity or disuse related words >
- abandonment,
- absentation,
- abstention,
- abstinence,
- casting away,
- cease,
- cessation,
- close,
- closing,
- closure,
- conclusion,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- disuse,
- end,
- ending,
- evacuation,
- forsaking,
- jettison,
- jettisoning,
- leaving,
- nonemployment,
- nonprevalence,
- nonuse,
- obsolescence,
- obsoleteness,
- obsoletion,
- obsoletism,
- pensioning off,
- pulling out,
- retirement,
- superannuation,
- throwing overboard,
- unprevalence,
- withdrawal
- raw
collapse
- informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"
- not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
- lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"
- brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal"
- having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
- untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
- not processed or refined; "raw sewage" related words >
- Rabelaisian,
- Siberian,
- a novice at,
- a stranger to,
- abusive,
- adolescent,
- algetic,
- algid,
- angry,
- arctic,
- at half cock,
- awkward,
- bald,
- bare,
- bare-ass,
- bareness,
- below zero,
- birthday suit,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- blankminded,
- blasphemous,
- bleak,
- blinding,
- blown,
- boreal,
- brisk,
- broad,
- brumal,
- budding,
- burning,
- callow,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- chafed,
- coarse,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- comminatory,
- contumelious,
- crass,
- crisp,
- crude,
- cursing,
- cutting,
- damnatory,
- decollete,
- denunciatory,
- dewy,
- dirty,
- dumb,
- dysphemistic,
- earthy,
- ecdysiast,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- epithetic,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- excommunicative,
- excommunicatory,
- execratory,
- exposed,
- exposed nerve,
- festering,
- fiery,
- firsthand,
- flaring,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- fledgling,
- foul,
- frank,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- fresh,
- frigid,
- fulminatory,
- galled,
- garish,
- gauche,
- gaudy,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- glaring,
- green,
- green as grass,
- groping,
- gross,
- growing,
- gutter,
- gymnosophical,
- gymnosophist,
- gymnosophy,
- half-baked,
- half-cocked,
- half-grown,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- ignorant,
- ill-digested,
- immature,
- imprecatory,
- impubic,
- impure,
- in native buff,
- in puris naturalibus,
- in the altogether,
- in the buff,
- in the raw,
- inane,
- inclement,
- inexperienced,
- inflamed,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intact,
- irritated,
- juicy,
- juvenile,
- keen,
- know-nothing,
- loud,
- low,
- lurid,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- maledictory,
- meretricious,
- minor,
- naive,
- naked,
- nakedness,
- native,
- naturism,
- naturist,
- naturistic,
- neoteric,
- nerve ending,
- nescient,
- nestling,
- new,
- new to,
- new-fledged,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- not a stitch,
- nude,
- nudism,
- nudist,
- nudity,
- numbing,
- obscene,
- original,
- overbright,
- peeled,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- pristine,
- profane,
- rank,
- rankling,
- rare,
- raw nerve,
- red,
- ribald,
- rigorous,
- ripening,
- risque,
- rough,
- rude,
- sappy,
- scatologic,
- screaming,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- sempervirent,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shrieking,
- simple,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- smarting,
- snappy,
- soft spot,
- sore,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- stark-naked,
- state of nature,
- stone-cold,
- strange to,
- stripper,
- stripteaser,
- subzero,
- supercooled,
- tender,
- tender spot,
- tentative,
- the altogether,
- the nude,
- the quick,
- the raw,
- tingling,
- toplessness,
- unaccustomed to,
- unacquainted,
- unacquainted with,
- unadult,
- unapprized,
- unbaked,
- unbeaten,
- unboiled,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- unconversant with,
- uncooked,
- uncouth,
- underage,
- undercooked,
- underdone,
- underripe,
- undeveloped,
- unenlightened,
- unexperienced,
- unfamiliar,
- unfamiliar with,
- unfledged,
- unformed,
- ungrown,
- unhandled,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- uninitiated in,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unlicked,
- unmatured,
- unmellowed,
- unposted,
- unpracticed,
- unpracticed in,
- unripe,
- unseasoned,
- unskilled in,
- unsure,
- untouched,
- untried,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unused to,
- unversed,
- unversed in,
- vacuous,
- vernal,
- vile,
- virgin,
- virginal,
- vituperative,
- vulgar,
- windblown,
- windswept,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- with nothing on,
- without a stitch,
- young
- carry through,
- carry to excess,
- carry too far,
- do to perfection,
- do up brown,
- exhaust every move,
- follow out,
- follow through,
- follow up,
- go all lengths,
- go all out,
- go for broke,
- go whole hog,
- leave nothing hanging,
- leave nothing undone,
- overdo,
- overindulge,
- overlook nothing,
- see it through,
- see out,
- shoot the works,
- strain every nerve
- arrogance,
- assurance,
- audacity,
- boldness,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brazenness,
- bumptiousness,
- cheek,
- confidence,
- contumely,
- crust,
- face,
- gall,
- hardihood,
- hubris,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- insolence,
- nerve,
- obtrusiveness,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- procacity,
- pushiness,
- self-assurance,
- self-confidence,
- temerity,
- uppishness,
- uppityness
- abet,
- advocate,
- aid and abet,
- animate,
- assure,
- bolster,
- brace up,
- buck up,
- chance,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- comfort,
- countenance,
- encourage,
- endorse,
- favor,
- go for,
- hazard,
- hearten,
- impel,
- inspire,
- inspirit,
- keep in countenance,
- nerve,
- reassure,
- shine upon,
- smile upon,
- steel,
- strengthen,
- subscribe,
- support,
- venture
- cerebral cortex
collapse
- the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum related words >
- afferent neuron,
- arachnoid,
- arbor vitae,
- archipallium,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- between brain,
- brain,
- brain stem,
- central nervous system,
- cerebellar hemispheres,
- cerebellum,
- cerebrospinal fluid,
- cerebrum,
- convolution,
- corpus callosum,
- corpus striatum,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- diencephalon,
- dura mater,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- endbrain,
- fissure,
- folia,
- forebrain,
- fornix,
- frontal lobe,
- ganglion,
- glial cells,
- globus pallidus,
- gray matter,
- gyrus,
- hindbrain,
- hippocampus,
- hypothalamus,
- internuncial neuron,
- lenticular nucleus,
- limbic lobe,
- little brain,
- lobe,
- mantle,
- medulla oblongata,
- medullary sheath,
- meninges,
- mesencephalon,
- metencephalon,
- midbrain,
- myelencephalon,
- neopallium,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- occipital lobe,
- optic chiasm,
- pallium,
- parietal lobe,
- peripheral nervous system,
- pia mater,
- pineal body,
- pituitary body,
- plexus,
- pons,
- reticular system,
- rhombencephalon,
- sensorium,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- subthalamus,
- synapse,
- telencephalon,
- temporal lobe,
- thalamus,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- ventricle,
- vermis,
- white matter
- unanticipated
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- not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" related words >
- abrupt,
- electrifying,
- extraordinary,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- impetuous,
- improbable,
- impulsive,
- more than expected,
- nerve-shattering,
- out-of-the-way,
- past expectation,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- quick,
- shocking,
- speedy,
- startling,
- sudden,
- surprising,
- swift,
- unannounced,
- undivined,
- unexpected,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unguessed,
- unheralded,
- unhoped for,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredictable,
- unpredicted,
- unprepared for,
- without warning
- abrupt,
- electrifying,
- extraordinary,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- impetuous,
- improbable,
- impulsive,
- more than expected,
- nerve-shattering,
- out-of-the-way,
- past expectation,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- quick,
- shocking,
- speedy,
- startling,
- sudden,
- surprising,
- swift,
- unannounced,
- unanticipated,
- undivined,
- unexpected,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unguessed,
- unheralded,
- unhoped for,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredictable,
- unprepared for,
- without warning
- dare
collapse
- a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"
- to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others" related words >
- affront,
- aim to,
- assume,
- attempt,
- attempt to,
- battle cry,
- be a man,
- beard,
- bid defiance,
- bid to combat,
- brave,
- breast,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- call out,
- cartel,
- challenge,
- chance,
- change,
- confront,
- confront with,
- court destruction,
- dare to,
- defi,
- defy,
- defy danger,
- deride,
- double dare,
- double-dare,
- encounter,
- envisage,
- face,
- face out,
- face up to,
- face with,
- forget the odds,
- front,
- gage,
- gage of battle,
- gamble,
- gauntlet,
- get fresh,
- get smart,
- glove,
- have a nerve,
- have the cheek,
- have the gall,
- have the guts,
- have the nerve,
- hazard,
- hold in contempt,
- lay before,
- make bold,
- make bold to,
- make free,
- meet,
- meet squarely,
- outdare,
- outface,
- place before,
- play with fire,
- present to,
- presume,
- pretend,
- pretend to,
- provocation,
- provoke,
- put it to,
- rebel yell,
- ridicule,
- risk,
- run the chance,
- run the risk,
- scream defiance,
- seek to,
- set before,
- show fight,
- stare down,
- stem,
- strive to,
- study to,
- stump,
- take a chance,
- take chances,
- take liberties,
- take the liberty,
- taunt,
- tempt Providence,
- try and,
- try to,
- ultimatum,
- venture,
- venture to,
- war cry,
- war whoop
- assurance,
- audacity,
- brashness,
- brass,
- brazen boldness,
- cheek,
- chutzpah,
- daring,
- foolhardiness,
- gall,
- hardihood,
- hardiness,
- heedlessness,
- heroics,
- hubris,
- impertinence,
- impetuosity,
- improvidence,
- imprudence,
- impudence,
- indiscretion,
- injudiciousness,
- insolence,
- intrusiveness,
- nerve,
- overboldness,
- overcarelessness,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweeningness,
- precipitateness,
- rashness,
- recklessness,
- temerariousness,
- unchariness,
- unwariness,
- venturesomeness
- a cut above,
- above,
- ahead,
- ascendant,
- better,
- chosen,
- closing,
- concluding,
- consummating,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- crowning,
- culminating,
- culminative,
- distinguished,
- eclipsing,
- eminent,
- ending,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- finishing,
- greater,
- heading,
- higher,
- in ascendancy,
- in the ascendant,
- major,
- marked,
- of choice,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- outtopping,
- over,
- overtopping,
- perfecting,
- perfective,
- rare,
- rivaling,
- super,
- superior,
- surpassing,
- terminating,
- topping,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- upper
- surprising
collapse
- causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" related words >
- abrupt,
- amazing,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- breathtaking,
- confounding,
- electrifying,
- eye-opening,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- mind-boggling,
- miraculous,
- nerve-shattering,
- overwhelming,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- prodigious,
- quick,
- shocking,
- spectacular,
- speedy,
- staggering,
- startling,
- stunning,
- stupendous,
- sudden,
- swift,
- unanticipated,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredicted,
- wondrous
- ageless
collapse
- continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" related words >
- age-old,
- ancient,
- antique,
- auld,
- ceaseless,
- coeternal,
- constant,
- continual,
- continuous,
- dateless,
- elderly,
- endless,
- eternal,
- eterne,
- ever-being,
- ever-durable,
- ever-during,
- everlasting,
- everliving,
- hoary,
- immemorial,
- incessant,
- indestructible,
- infinite,
- interminable,
- never-ceasing,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- nonterminating,
- nonterminous,
- of old,
- of yore,
- olamic,
- old,
- old as Methuselah,
- old as history,
- old as time,
- old-time,
- olden,
- perdurable,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- sempiternal,
- steady,
- timeless,
- unceasing,
- unending,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- venerable,
- without end
- dateless
collapse
- unaffected by time; "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet"; "Helen's timeless beauty"
- not bearing a date; "a dateless letter"
- of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; "dateless customs"
- having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth" related words >
- age-old,
- ageless,
- ancient,
- antique,
- auld,
- ceaseless,
- coeternal,
- constant,
- continual,
- continuous,
- elderly,
- endless,
- eternal,
- eterne,
- ever-being,
- ever-durable,
- ever-during,
- everlasting,
- everliving,
- hoary,
- immemorial,
- incessant,
- indestructible,
- infinite,
- interminable,
- never-ceasing,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- nonterminating,
- nonterminous,
- of old,
- of yore,
- olamic,
- old,
- old as Methuselah,
- old as history,
- old as time,
- old-time,
- olden,
- perdurable,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- sempiternal,
- steady,
- timeless,
- unceasing,
- unending,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unremitting,
- venerable,
- without end
- seamless
collapse
- perfectly consistent and coherent; "the novel's seamless plot"
- used especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"
- not having or joined by a seam or seams; "seamless stockings" related words >
- articulated,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- cyclical,
- direct,
- endless,
- featureless,
- gapless,
- immediate,
- incessant,
- interminable,
- joined,
- jointless,
- linked,
- monotonous,
- never-ending,
- nonstop,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- recurrent,
- repetitive,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- serried,
- smooth,
- stable,
- steady,
- straight,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- undifferentiated,
- unending,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unstopped
- quick
collapse
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
- easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
- accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" related words >
- Daedalian,
- able,
- aboveground,
- abrupt,
- acquiescent,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- agile,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- all agog,
- amain,
- amenable,
- among the living,
- animate,
- animated,
- anxious,
- apace,
- apt,
- ardent,
- artistic,
- astute,
- at flank speed,
- attentive,
- authoritative,
- avid,
- awake,
- bosom,
- brainy,
- bravura,
- breakneck,
- breast,
- breathing,
- breathless,
- brief,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- brisk,
- bursting to,
- canny,
- capable,
- capable of life,
- center of life,
- clean,
- clever,
- combustible,
- cometary,
- competent,
- compliant,
- conscious,
- consenting,
- content,
- cooperative,
- coordinated,
- core,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- cunning,
- cursory,
- cute,
- daedal,
- dashing,
- decisive,
- deft,
- desirous,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- dispatchful,
- disposed,
- docile,
- double-quick,
- eager,
- eagle-winged,
- educable,
- effective,
- effectual,
- electrifying,
- endowed with life,
- energetic,
- enlivened,
- enthusiastic,
- esoteric reality,
- excellent,
- excitable,
- existent,
- expeditious,
- expeditiously,
- expert,
- explosive,
- exposed nerve,
- express,
- facile,
- fain,
- fancy,
- fast,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flashing,
- flat-out,
- fleet,
- flickering,
- flying,
- formable,
- forward,
- full of life,
- furious,
- galloping,
- game,
- gifted,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- hair-trigger,
- hand over fist,
- hand over hand,
- handy,
- hastily,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- heart,
- heart of hearts,
- hell for leather,
- hell-bent,
- hell-bent for election,
- hep,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- impressionable,
- impulsive,
- in double time,
- in double-quick time,
- in high,
- in high gear,
- in seven-league boots,
- in the flesh,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclined,
- ingenious,
- inmost heart,
- inmost soul,
- inner man,
- inner nature,
- inside,
- inspirited,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- instinct with life,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- knowing,
- last-minute,
- lickety-cut,
- lickety-split,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- long-lived,
- magisterial,
- malleable,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mercurial,
- meteoric,
- minded,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- neat,
- nerve center,
- nerve ending,
- nerve-shattering,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- nimble-witted,
- no dumbbell,
- no mean,
- not born yesterday,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the double,
- on the job,
- on the spot,
- overhasty,
- panting,
- passing,
- passionate,
- peppery,
- perceptive,
- perfunctory,
- perspicacious,
- petulant,
- pith,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- politic,
- post,
- posthaste,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- predisposed,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prompt,
- promptly,
- prone,
- punctual,
- qui vive,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- quick-tempered,
- quick-thinking,
- quick-witted,
- quickly,
- quite some,
- rapid,
- rapidly,
- raring to,
- rash,
- raw,
- raw nerve,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- reckless,
- resourceful,
- responsive,
- ripe for instruction,
- root,
- running,
- schoolable,
- scintillating,
- secret heart,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shocking,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-tempered,
- short-term,
- short-termed,
- shrewd,
- skillful,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- sleepless,
- slick,
- smart,
- snap,
- snappily,
- snappy,
- soft spot,
- some,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- soul,
- spanking,
- speedily,
- speedy,
- spirit,
- spirited,
- spry,
- spunky,
- startling,
- statesmanlike,
- steel-trap,
- stylish,
- sudden,
- summary,
- superficial,
- surprising,
- susceptible,
- swift,
- swiftly,
- tactful,
- talented,
- teachable,
- tenacious of life,
- tender spot,
- testy,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- the quick,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- timely,
- touchy,
- tractable,
- trainable,
- trippingly,
- true being,
- true inwardness,
- unanticipated,
- unblinking,
- under forced draft,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unnodding,
- unpredicted,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- urgent,
- very much alive,
- viable,
- vigorous,
- virtuoso,
- vital,
- vital principle,
- vitals,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- vivified,
- volcanic,
- wakeful,
- well-disposed,
- well-done,
- well-inclined,
- whip and spur,
- wide-awake,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- winged,
- with all haste,
- with giant strides,
- with rapid strides,
- with speed,
- workmanlike,
- zealous,
- zestful,
- zoetic
- discontinuance
collapse
- the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) related words >
- abandonment,
- abeyance,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- breakoff,
- broken thread,
- brokenness,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- close,
- closing,
- cold storage,
- desinence,
- desistance,
- desuetude,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnection,
- discontinuation,
- discontinuity,
- discontinuousness,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- end,
- ending,
- episode,
- fitfulness,
- forbearance,
- incoherence,
- incompleteness,
- intermittence,
- irregularity,
- non sequitur,
- noncontinuance,
- nonexercise,
- nonlinearity,
- nonseriality,
- nonuniformity,
- parenthesis,
- relinquishment,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- resignation,
- shutdown,
- stopping,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- termination,
- waiver
- homeostasis
collapse
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes related words >
- aplomb,
- balance,
- balanced personality,
- constancy,
- cool,
- equilibrium,
- fastness,
- firmness,
- imperturbability,
- invariability,
- nerve,
- reliability,
- rootedness,
- sang-froid,
- secureness,
- security,
- solidity,
- soundness,
- stability,
- stable equilibrium,
- stable state,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- steady nerves,
- steady state,
- substantiality,
- undeflectability,
- uniformity,
- unshakable nerves,
- unshakableness
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