Related Words:
- scholar
collapse - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
- a student who holds a scholarship related words >
- academic,
- academician,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- auditor,
- authority,
- autodidact,
- bookman,
- bookworm,
- brain,
- buff,
- classicist,
- clerk,
- colossus of knowledge,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- dilettante,
- doctor,
- educatee,
- egghead,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- experimental scientist,
- expert,
- fan,
- freak,
- genius,
- giant of learning,
- great soul,
- guru,
- highbrow,
- humanist,
- illuminate,
- inquirer,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- learned clerk,
- learned man,
- learner,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- longhair,
- lover of learning,
- lover of wisdom,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of learning,
- man of letters,
- man of science,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- master,
- mastermind,
- mentor,
- mine of information,
- monitor,
- nut,
- oracle,
- pedagogue,
- philologist,
- philologue,
- philomath,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- polyhistor,
- polymath,
- practical scientist,
- praepostor,
- prefect,
- professor,
- pundit,
- pupil,
- rabbi,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sapient,
- savant,
- scholastic,
- schoolboy,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolman,
- scientist,
- seer,
- self-taught person,
- specialist,
- starets,
- student,
- studier,
- teacher,
- technical expert,
- technician,
- technologist,
- thinker,
- trainee,
- undergraduate,
- walking encyclopedia,
- wise man,
- wise old man
- countenance
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- the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
- the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) related words >
- Buddha-like composure,
- OK,
- Oriental calm,
- abet,
- abetment,
- accept,
- acceptance,
- adherence,
- admiration,
- admire,
- advocacy,
- advocate,
- aegis,
- aid and abet,
- air,
- applaud,
- approbation,
- approval,
- approve,
- approve of,
- ask for,
- auspices,
- authority,
- authorization,
- back,
- backing,
- bear,
- bear with,
- bearing,
- bless,
- blessing,
- blink at,
- brook,
- brow,
- calm disposition,
- calm of mind,
- calmness,
- care,
- carriage,
- cast,
- cast of countenance,
- certification,
- champion,
- championship,
- charity,
- clearance,
- color,
- comfort,
- commend,
- complexion,
- composure,
- condone,
- connive at,
- cool,
- coolheadedness,
- coolness,
- demeanor,
- dial,
- easy mind,
- embolden,
- empowerment,
- enabling,
- encourage,
- encouragement,
- endorse,
- endorsement,
- endure,
- enfranchisement,
- entitlement,
- esteem,
- face,
- facial appearance,
- facies,
- favor,
- favorable vote,
- feature,
- features,
- feed,
- fiat,
- foster,
- fosterage,
- garb,
- give encouragement,
- go for,
- goodwill,
- grin and abide,
- guidance,
- guise,
- have,
- hear of,
- hearten,
- hold with,
- icy calm,
- imperturbation,
- indisturbance,
- indulge,
- interest,
- invite,
- keep in countenance,
- kisser,
- let go by,
- let pass,
- lineaments,
- lines,
- looks,
- map,
- mental composure,
- mien,
- mug,
- mush,
- nod,
- nourish,
- nurture,
- obey,
- overlook,
- pan,
- patronage,
- peace of mind,
- peacefulness,
- philosophic composure,
- philosophicalness,
- philosophy,
- phiz,
- physiognomy,
- placidity,
- port,
- posture,
- presence,
- puss,
- put up with,
- quiet,
- quiet mind,
- quietude,
- ratification,
- respect,
- rise above,
- sanction,
- sangfroid,
- seal of approval,
- seconding,
- serenity,
- shine upon,
- shrug,
- shrug it off,
- smile upon,
- soothingness,
- sponsorship,
- stamp of approval,
- stance,
- stand for,
- stomach,
- submit to,
- subscribe,
- suffer,
- support,
- sympathy,
- take kindly to,
- think well of,
- tolerate,
- traits,
- tranquillity,
- turn,
- tutelage,
- unruffledness,
- uphold,
- view with favor,
- visage,
- voice,
- vote,
- warrant,
- warranty,
- wink at,
- yea,
- yea vote,
- yield to
- assent
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- agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"
- to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" related words >
- OK,
- abide by,
- accede,
- accede to,
- accept,
- acceptance,
- acclaim,
- accord,
- accord to,
- accordance,
- acquiesce,
- acquiesce in,
- acquiescence,
- affinity,
- affirmation,
- affirmative,
- affirmative voice,
- agree,
- agree to,
- agree with,
- agreement,
- answer to,
- applaud,
- approbation,
- approval,
- approve,
- approve of,
- assort with,
- aye,
- be agreeable,
- be consistent,
- be of one,
- be uniform with,
- be willing,
- blessing,
- buy,
- check,
- cheer,
- chime,
- chorus,
- cohere,
- coherence,
- coincide,
- coincidence,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- compliance,
- comply,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concur,
- condescend,
- conform,
- conform with,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- connivance,
- connive at,
- consent,
- consent to silently,
- consist with,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- cooperate,
- cooperation,
- correspond,
- correspondence,
- deference,
- deign,
- dovetail,
- eagerness,
- endorse,
- endorsement,
- equivalence,
- face the music,
- fall in together,
- fit together,
- give consent,
- give the nod,
- go along with,
- go together,
- go with,
- grant,
- hail,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmony,
- have no objection,
- hit,
- hold together,
- hold with,
- homage,
- in toto,
- interlock,
- intersect,
- intersection,
- jibe,
- kneeling,
- knock under,
- knuckle down,
- knuckle under,
- live with it,
- lock,
- match,
- nod,
- nod assent,
- nonopposal,
- nonopposition,
- nonresistance,
- not refuse,
- not resist,
- obedience,
- obeisance,
- obey,
- okay,
- oneness,
- overlap,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- peace,
- permission,
- permit,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- rapport,
- ratification,
- ratify,
- readiness,
- receive,
- register,
- register with,
- relent,
- resign,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- respond to,
- sanction,
- say aye,
- say yes,
- self-consistency,
- sing in chorus,
- sort with,
- square,
- square with,
- stand together,
- subjection,
- submission,
- submit,
- submittal,
- subscribe to,
- succumb,
- supineness,
- swallow it,
- swallow the pill,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- take,
- take it,
- take kindly to,
- tally,
- timing,
- ungrudgingness,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unloathness,
- unreluctance,
- vote affirmatively,
- vote aye,
- vote for,
- welcome,
- willingness,
- wink at,
- yes,
- yield assent,
- yielding
- rescue
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- recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
- take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
- free from harm or evil related words >
- Emancipation Proclamation,
- abet,
- affranchise,
- affranchisement,
- aid,
- assist,
- assistance,
- avail,
- bail out,
- bear a hand,
- befriend,
- benefit,
- break,
- breakout,
- buy,
- comfort,
- conserve,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- disembarrass,
- disentangle,
- disenthrall,
- disenthrallment,
- do good,
- doctor,
- ease,
- emancipate,
- emancipation,
- emergence,
- enfranchise,
- enfranchisement,
- escape,
- escapism,
- evasion,
- extract,
- extricate,
- extrication,
- favor,
- flight,
- free,
- freeing,
- gay liberation,
- getaway,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give help,
- good offices,
- help,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- leak,
- leakage,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- let go free,
- let loose,
- liberate,
- liberation,
- manumission,
- manumit,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- office,
- offices,
- outlet,
- preserve,
- prisonbreak,
- proffer aid,
- protect,
- protection,
- rally,
- ransom,
- reclaim,
- recoup,
- recover,
- recycle,
- redeem,
- regain,
- release,
- relief,
- relieve,
- remedy,
- render assistance,
- restore,
- resuscitate,
- retrieve,
- revive,
- riddance,
- salvage,
- save,
- saving,
- service,
- set at large,
- set at liberty,
- set free,
- set up,
- setting at liberty,
- setting-free,
- succor,
- support,
- take in tow,
- therapy,
- vent,
- win back
- Aesopian language,
- Babel,
- Greek,
- adulterate,
- argot,
- babble,
- ball up,
- becloud,
- belie,
- bias,
- bollix up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- cant,
- caricature,
- cipher,
- code,
- color,
- complicate,
- conceal,
- confound,
- confuse,
- contort,
- corrupt,
- cryptogram,
- disguise,
- distort,
- doctor,
- double Dutch,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- foul up,
- fudge,
- fumble,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- gibberish,
- gift of tongues,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- glossolalia,
- gobbledygook,
- hide,
- jargon,
- jumble,
- make unintelligible,
- mangle,
- mask,
- misapply,
- misapprehend,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconceive,
- misconstrue,
- misdeem,
- misdirect,
- misexplain,
- misexplicate,
- misexpound,
- misinterpret,
- misjudge,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- mistake,
- misteach,
- mistranslate,
- misunderstand,
- misuse,
- mix up,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- mumble,
- mutilate,
- mutter,
- mystify,
- noise,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- parody,
- pervert,
- pi,
- play hob with,
- riffle,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- secret language,
- shadow,
- shuffle,
- slang,
- slant,
- snafu,
- snarl up,
- squeeze,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- titivate,
- torture,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- tumble,
- twist,
- twist the words,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- wrench
- starets
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- a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church related words >
- Methuselah,
- abecedarian,
- angel,
- antediluvian,
- antique,
- authority,
- back number,
- boss,
- bwana,
- certified teacher,
- chef,
- chief,
- church dignitary,
- conservative,
- dad,
- docent,
- doctor,
- dodo,
- dominie,
- don,
- ecclesiarch,
- educationist,
- educator,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- employer,
- fellow,
- fogy,
- fossil,
- fud,
- fuddy-duddy,
- goodman,
- granny,
- great soul,
- guide,
- guru,
- has-been,
- holy man,
- husband,
- illuminate,
- instructor,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- liege,
- liege lord,
- longhair,
- lord,
- lord paramount,
- lover of wisdom,
- maestro,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- master,
- mastermind,
- matriarch,
- melamed,
- mentor,
- mid-Victorian,
- mossback,
- mullah,
- old believer,
- old crock,
- old dodo,
- old fogy,
- old liner,
- old man,
- old poop,
- old woman,
- old-timer,
- oracle,
- overlord,
- padrone,
- pandit,
- paramount,
- paterfamilias,
- patriarch,
- patron,
- pedagogist,
- pedagogue,
- philosopher,
- pop,
- pops,
- preceptor,
- professor,
- pundit,
- rabbi,
- reactionary,
- regular old fogy,
- relic,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sahib,
- saint,
- sapient,
- savant,
- scholar,
- schoolkeeper,
- schoolmaster,
- schoolteacher,
- seer,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- square,
- teacher,
- thinker,
- traditionalist,
- wise man,
- wise old man
- overhaul
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- periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
- make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" related words >
- adjust,
- adjustment,
- amends,
- audit,
- autopsy,
- balance,
- balance the books,
- canvass,
- catch up with,
- check,
- check out,
- check over,
- check up on,
- cobble,
- come up to,
- come up with,
- commission,
- compensation,
- condition,
- correction,
- darn,
- demonstrate,
- do up,
- doctor,
- double-check,
- examination,
- examine,
- fix,
- fix up,
- fixing,
- gain on,
- gain upon,
- get ahead of,
- give an examination,
- go over,
- inspect,
- inspect the books,
- inspection,
- inventory,
- lap,
- leave behind,
- leave standing,
- look at,
- look over,
- making right,
- mend,
- mending,
- monitor,
- observe,
- outdistance,
- outpace,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outstrip,
- overhauling,
- overlook,
- overtake,
- pass,
- pass over,
- pass under review,
- patch,
- patch up,
- peer at,
- perlustration,
- perusal,
- peruse,
- pore over,
- postmortem,
- prove,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- quality control,
- ready,
- rebuild,
- rebuilding,
- recap,
- recompense,
- recondition,
- reconditioning,
- reconstruct,
- rectification,
- redress,
- refurbish,
- remedy,
- renovate,
- renovation,
- repair,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- restore,
- retread,
- revamp,
- review,
- run over,
- run-through,
- satisfaction,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- scrutiny,
- service,
- set an examination,
- set to rights,
- sew up,
- size,
- size up,
- study,
- survey,
- take,
- take account of,
- take stock,
- take stock of,
- take the measure,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- troubleshooting,
- verify,
- visitation
- abecedarian
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- a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
- a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
- alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) related words >
- aboriginal,
- allographic,
- alphabetarian,
- alphabetic,
- antenatal,
- apprentice,
- articled clerk,
- autochthonous,
- beginner,
- beginning,
- boot,
- budding,
- capital,
- catechumen,
- certified teacher,
- creative,
- dabbler,
- debutant,
- dilettante,
- docent,
- doctor,
- dominie,
- don,
- educationist,
- educator,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- entrant,
- fellow,
- fetal,
- fledgling,
- formative,
- foundational,
- freshman,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- graphemic,
- greenhorn,
- guide,
- guru,
- ideographic,
- ignoramus,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- inductee,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiate,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- instructor,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- lettered,
- lexigraphic,
- literal,
- logogrammatic,
- logographic,
- lower-case,
- maestro,
- majuscule,
- master,
- melamed,
- mentor,
- minuscular,
- minuscule,
- mullah,
- nascent,
- natal,
- neophyte,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- nonprofessional,
- novice,
- novitiate,
- original,
- pandit,
- parturient,
- pedagogist,
- pedagogue,
- pictographic,
- postnatal,
- postulant,
- preceptor,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- probationer,
- probationist,
- procreative,
- professor,
- pundit,
- rabbi,
- raw recruit,
- recruit,
- rookie,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- schoolkeeper,
- schoolmaster,
- schoolteacher,
- smatterer,
- starets,
- teacher,
- tenderfoot,
- transliterated,
- tyro,
- uncial,
- upper-case,
- ur
- manipulate
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- treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
- hold something in one's hands and move it
- control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
- influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor" related words >
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- angle,
- barnstorm,
- be responsible for,
- beguile,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- call the signals,
- captain,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- choreograph,
- come in contact,
- command,
- conduct,
- contrive,
- control,
- cook,
- copilot,
- deal with,
- direct,
- dispense,
- do with,
- doctor,
- drain,
- drive,
- employ,
- engineer,
- exercise,
- exert,
- exploit,
- fake,
- falsify,
- feel,
- feel of,
- fiddle,
- finagle,
- finesse,
- finger,
- flick,
- fly,
- gerrymander,
- govern,
- handle,
- head,
- head up,
- ill-use,
- impose upon,
- influence,
- intrigue,
- jockey,
- juggle,
- lead,
- lead on,
- load,
- machinate,
- make go,
- make the rules,
- make use of,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- mastermind,
- milk,
- misuse,
- negotiate,
- officer,
- operate,
- orchestrate,
- order,
- pack,
- palm,
- palpate,
- paw,
- peel off,
- perform on,
- pilot,
- plant,
- play,
- play games,
- play on,
- plot,
- ply,
- poke at,
- practice,
- prescribe,
- presume upon,
- prod,
- pull strings,
- pull the strings,
- quarterback,
- regulate,
- retouch,
- rig,
- run,
- salt,
- scheme,
- see to,
- skipper,
- solo,
- sophisticate,
- stack,
- steer,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- swing,
- take advantage of,
- take care of,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- tamper with,
- tap,
- thumb,
- touch,
- twiddle,
- use,
- use ill,
- utilize,
- wangle,
- wield,
- work,
- work on,
- work upon
- poultice
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- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance related words >
- Ace bandage,
- Band-Aid,
- abate,
- adhesive tape,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- application,
- assuage,
- band,
- bandage,
- bandaging,
- bathe,
- benumb,
- binder,
- brace,
- butter,
- care for,
- cast,
- cataplasm,
- compress,
- cotton,
- court plaster,
- cravat,
- crush,
- cure,
- cushion,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- dental pulp,
- diagnose,
- diminish,
- doctor,
- dressing,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- elastic bandage,
- epithem,
- flux,
- foment,
- four-tailed bandage,
- gauze,
- give care to,
- give relief,
- heal,
- lay,
- lessen,
- lint,
- lull,
- mash,
- massage,
- minister to,
- mitigate,
- mollify,
- mush,
- numb,
- nurse,
- operate on,
- pad,
- palliate,
- paper pulp,
- paste,
- physic,
- pith,
- plaster,
- plaster cast,
- pledget,
- porridge,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- pudding,
- pulp,
- pulp lead,
- pulpwood,
- purge,
- rag pulp,
- reduce,
- relieve,
- remedy,
- roller,
- roller bandage,
- rub,
- rubber bandage,
- salve,
- sauce,
- slacken,
- slake,
- sling,
- smash,
- soften,
- soothe,
- splint,
- sponge,
- squash,
- strap,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- sulfate pulp,
- sulfite pulp,
- tampon,
- tape,
- tent,
- tourniquet,
- treat,
- triangular bandage,
- white lead,
- wood pulp
- Admirable Crichton,
- academician,
- adept,
- aficionado,
- amateur,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- bookman,
- buff,
- classicist,
- clerk,
- colossus of knowledge,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- critic,
- dead shot,
- dilettante,
- diplomat,
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