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hazard
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an obstacle on a golf course
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
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accident
,
adventure
,
ante
,
ante up
,
assume
,
attempt
,
back
,
bechance
,
befall
,
bet
,
bet on
,
betide
,
bingo
,
block
,
blockade
,
book
,
bottleneck
,
brave
,
breakers ahead
,
calculated risk
,
call
,
card games
,
cardhouse
,
casualty
,
catch
,
cause for alarm
,
chance
,
chance hit
,
chance it
,
chuck and toss
,
chuck farthing
,
chuck-a-luck
,
chunk
,
come
,
come along
,
compromise
,
contingency
,
contingent
,
cordon
,
court destruction
,
cover
,
crack-loo
,
crap game
,
crap shooting
,
craps
,
crisis
,
curtain
,
danger
,
dangerous ground
,
dare
,
defy danger
,
desultoriness
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
difficulty
,
drawback
,
emergency
,
encounter danger
,
endanger
,
endangerment
,
expose
,
face up to
,
fade
,
fan-tan
,
flier
,
fluke
,
forget the odds
,
fortuity
,
fortune
,
freak accident
,
gamble
,
gamble on
,
gamble with
,
gaping chasm
,
gathering clouds
,
handbook
,
hang-up
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
happening
,
happenstance
,
hitch
,
horse racing
,
house of cards
,
hurdle
,
imperil
,
imperilment
,
incur danger
,
infirmity
,
insecurity
,
insolidity
,
instability
,
insubstantiality
,
jeopard
,
jeopardize
,
jeopardy
,
joker
,
keno
,
lay
,
lay a wager
,
lay down
,
lay open
,
long odds
,
long shot
,
lotto
,
luck
,
lucky shot
,
make a bet
,
make bold
,
make free
,
meet a bet
,
menace
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
parlay
,
pass
,
peril
,
perilousness
,
pinball
,
pinch
,
pitch and toss
,
play
,
play against
,
play with fire
,
plight
,
plunge
,
policy
,
pop up
,
precariousness
,
predicament
,
presume
,
pretend
,
punt
,
put in danger
,
put in jeopardy
,
quicksand
,
rely on fortune
,
risk
,
riskiness
,
rocks ahead
,
rouge et noir
,
roulette
,
rub
,
run a chance
,
run the chance
,
run the risk
,
see
,
set at hazard
,
shakiness
,
shell game
,
shiftiness
,
shiftingness
,
shot
,
slipperiness
,
snag
,
speculation
,
speculativeness
,
stake
,
stand pat
,
storm clouds
,
strait
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
sweepstake
,
sweepstakes
,
take a chance
,
take a flier
,
take chances
,
take the liberty
,
tempt Providence
,
tempt fortune
,
the numbers
,
the numbers game
,
thin ice
,
threat
,
threaten
,
ticklishness
,
treacherousness
,
treachery
,
trente-et-quarante
,
trust to chance
,
try the chance
,
turn up
,
unauthenticity
,
unauthoritativeness
,
uncertainty
,
undependability
,
unfaithworthiness
,
unreliability
,
unsolidity
,
unsoundness
,
unsteadfastness
,
unsteadiness
,
unsubstantiality
,
unsureness
,
untrustworthiness
,
venture
,
wager
sit back
collapse
settle into a comfortable sitting position
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be a sideliner
,
be still
,
coast
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
hang fire
,
hibernate
,
idle
,
lie dormant
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
rest
,
sit it out
,
stagnate
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
watch and wait
chase after
collapse
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bring
,
bring back
,
call for
,
fetch
,
fetch and carry
,
get
,
go after
,
go and get
,
go fetch
,
go for
,
go get
,
go to get
,
obtain
,
pick up
,
procure
,
retrieve
,
run after
,
secure
,
shag
whisk
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a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"
brush or wipe off lightly
move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo"
move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house"
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aerate
,
agitate
,
agitator
,
ball the jack
,
barrel
,
beak
,
bear
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beater
,
boom
,
bowl along
,
breeze
,
breeze along
,
broom
,
brush
,
brush off
,
bullet
,
bunt
,
carry
,
chuck
,
churn
,
churn up
,
clip
,
conduct
,
convey
,
convulse
,
cream
,
cut along
,
dab
,
disarrange
,
discompose
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
eggbeater
,
excite
,
ferment
,
fillip
,
fleet
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flit
,
flurry
,
fly
,
fly low
,
foam
,
foot
,
freight
,
fret
,
froth
,
go fast
,
graze
,
highball
,
jiggler
,
lather
,
lift
,
lug
,
make knots
,
manhandle
,
mantle
,
nip
,
outstrip the wind
,
pack
,
paddle
,
pat
,
peck
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pick
,
pour it on
,
rap
,
rile
,
rip
,
ripple
,
roil
,
roughen
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
scorch
,
scum
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shaker
,
sizzle
,
skim
,
snap
,
speed
,
spume
,
stir
,
stir up
,
storm along
,
sud
,
suds
,
sweep
,
sweep out
,
sweep up
,
swirl
,
take
,
tap
,
tear
,
tear along
,
thunder along
,
tickle
,
tip
,
tote
,
touch
,
transport
,
trouble
,
upset
,
vacuum
,
vacuum-clean
,
vibrator
,
waft
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whish
,
whiz
,
wing
,
work up
,
zing
,
zip
,
zoom
pop
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a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"
like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop"
burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon"
fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping"
take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"
hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"
hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop"
release suddenly; "pop the clutch"
put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"
make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"
cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the champagne bottle"
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Babbittish
,
Babbittry
,
Methuselah
,
Philistine
,
abba
,
abruptly
,
alcoholic drink
,
antediluvian
,
antique
,
back number
,
bad taste
,
bag
,
ballad
,
balloon
,
bang
,
bark
,
belly
,
belly out
,
beverage
,
bilge
,
billow
,
blast
,
bouge
,
bourgeois
,
bourgeois taste
,
bug
,
bulge
,
bump
,
burst
,
camp
,
campiness
,
campy
,
catch
,
chink
,
click
,
clink
,
clop
,
clump
,
clunk
,
common
,
commonplace
,
conservative
,
crack
,
crump
,
dad
,
daddy
,
dash
,
detonate
,
detonation
,
dilate
,
ding
,
dip
,
discharge
,
distend
,
dodo
,
drink
,
drinkable
,
dull thud
,
elder
,
explode
,
explosion
,
father
,
flick
,
flump
,
fogy
,
fossil
,
foster father
,
frosted
,
frosted shake
,
fud
,
fuddy-duddy
,
fulminate
,
fulmination
,
fusillade
,
general
,
genitor
,
go
,
go off
,
goggle
,
governor
,
granny
,
gunshot
,
has-been
,
hastily
,
high camp
,
high-camp
,
hit
,
hit tune
,
hock
,
homely
,
homespun
,
impetuously
,
impignorate
,
impropriety
,
impulsively
,
inappropriateness
,
indecency
,
indecorousness
,
indecorum
,
indelicacy
,
inelegance
,
inelegancy
,
kitsch
,
kitschy
,
light music
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
liquid
,
liquor
,
longhair
,
low camp
,
low-camp
,
malt
,
matriarch
,
mid-Victorian
,
mortgage
,
mossback
,
nail
,
of a sudden
,
old
,
old believer
,
old crock
,
old dodo
,
old fogy
,
old liner
,
old man
,
old poop
,
old woman
,
old-timer
,
on short notice
,
ordinary
,
pa
,
pad
,
pap
,
papa
,
pappy
,
pat
,
pater
,
paterfamilias
,
patriarch
,
patter
,
philistinism
,
pitapat
,
pitter-patter
,
plebeian
,
pledge
,
plop
,
plump
,
plunk
,
pooch
,
poor taste
,
pop culture
,
pop music
,
pops
,
popular
,
popular music
,
popular song
,
potable
,
potation
,
pouch
,
pout
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
public
,
rap
,
reactionary
,
regular old fogy
,
relic
,
round out
,
salvo
,
shake
,
sharp
,
shot
,
sire
,
slap
,
slog
,
smack
,
smite
,
sock
,
soda
,
soda pop
,
soda water
,
soft drink
,
song hit
,
spout
,
square
,
stab
,
stagger
,
starets
,
startlingly
,
stepfather
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
surprisingly
,
swat
,
swell
,
swell out
,
tap
,
tastelessness
,
the old man
,
thud
,
thump
,
tick
,
tinkle
,
tonic
,
traditionalist
,
try
,
tunk
,
unaestheticism
,
unaestheticness
,
unawares
,
unbecomingness
,
unexpectedly
,
unfittingness
,
unseemliness
,
unsuitability
,
unsuitableness
,
vernacular
,
volley
,
vulgar taste
,
vulgarism
,
vulgarity
,
vulgarness
,
whack
,
whirl
,
without notice
,
without warning
receivable
collapse
awaiting payment; "accounts receivable"
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admissible
,
admissive
,
admissory
,
back
,
due
,
hospitable
,
imbibitory
,
in arrear
,
in arrears
,
ingestive
,
intromissive
,
intromittent
,
invitatory
,
inviting
,
mature
,
open
,
outstanding
,
owed
,
owing
,
payable
,
receptible
,
receptive
,
recipient
,
redeemable
,
unpaid
,
welcoming
not hesitate
collapse
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acquiesce
,
agree
,
be agreeable to
,
be dying to
,
be eager
,
be game
,
be open to
,
be ready
,
be spoiling for
,
be willing
,
carry through
,
collaborate
,
consent
,
cooperate
,
face out
,
go along with
,
incline
,
lean
,
look kindly upon
,
not hesitate to
,
not look back
,
plunge into
,
stick at nothing
,
stop at nothing
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
would as leave
,
would as lief
resort to
collapse
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bring into play
,
convert to use
,
enlist into service
,
fall back upon
,
frequent
,
go to
,
hang out at
,
haunt
,
have recourse to
,
hie to
,
impress
,
look to
,
make the scene
,
put in requisition
,
recur to
,
refer to
,
repair to
,
revert to
,
take to
,
turn to
,
turn to use
,
visit
dampen
collapse
lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
check; keep in check (a fire)
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
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abate
,
abridge
,
absorb the shock
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
arrest
,
asperge
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
beat down
,
bedew
,
bespatter
,
besprinkle
,
blunt
,
bottle up
,
break the fall
,
cast down
,
chasten
,
check
,
chill
,
compress
,
constrain
,
control
,
cool
,
countercheck
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
curb
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
dabble
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
debilitate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
deflect
,
deject
,
delay
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
detain
,
deter
,
devitalize
,
dew
,
diminish
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
dispirit
,
distract
,
divert
,
douche
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
hose
,
hose down
,
humect
,
humectate
,
humidify
,
impede
,
indispose
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
irrigate
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
keep within bounds
,
knock down
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
meddle
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
moisten
,
muffle
,
mute
,
neutralize
,
obtund
,
offset
,
oppose
,
oppress
,
paddle
,
palliate
,
pare
,
play down
,
press down
,
put off
,
quench
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
repel
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
sadden
,
sap
,
scale down
,
scotch
,
set back
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shorten
,
show consideration
,
show mercy
,
show pity
,
simplify
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slobber
,
slop
,
slosh
,
slow down
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften the blow
,
soften up
,
sparge
,
spatter
,
splash
,
splatter
,
sponge
,
spray
,
sprinkle
,
step down
,
stifle
,
stop
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
swash
,
syringe
,
take from
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
water
,
weaken
,
wean from
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
,
wet
,
wet down
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
plump
collapse
the sound of a sudden heavy fall
straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
related words >
abruptly
,
adipose
,
ample
,
at once
,
back
,
ballot
,
bang
,
beamy
,
become overweight
,
beefy
,
big-bellied
,
bloated
,
blowzy
,
blunt
,
bosomy
,
brawny
,
bump
,
burly
,
busty
,
buxom
,
campaign for
,
canvass
,
cast
,
cast a ballot
,
cave
,
cave in
,
chink
,
choose
,
chubby
,
chuck
,
chunky
,
clap
,
click
,
clink
,
clop
,
clump
,
clunk
,
collapse
,
corpulent
,
crump
,
cushion
,
dash
,
decline
,
definite
,
definitive
,
deposit
,
direct
,
directly
,
distended
,
dive
,
divide
,
downright
,
droop
,
drop
,
dull thud
,
dumpy
,
ease
,
engross
,
exactly
,
fall
,
fat
,
fatten
,
fattish
,
fleshy
,
flick
,
fling
,
flop
,
flop down
,
fluff
,
flump
,
flump down
,
flush
,
forthright
,
founder
,
full
,
full-bodied
,
gain weight
,
gather flesh
,
gentle
,
give way
,
go down
,
gross
,
hastily
,
heavyset
,
hefty
,
hippy
,
hurl
,
impetuously
,
imposing
,
impulsively
,
kerplunk
,
knead
,
lapse
,
laxate
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
lower
,
lusty
,
mash
,
massage
,
matter-of-fact
,
meaty
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mollify
,
nose-dive
,
obese
,
of a sudden
,
on short notice
,
overweight
,
pad
,
parachute
,
pat
,
patter
,
paunchy
,
pinguefy
,
pitapat
,
pitch
,
pitter-patter
,
plain
,
plank
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plumb
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
plunk
,
podgy
,
point-blank
,
poll
,
pop
,
portly
,
potbellied
,
pounce
,
pounce on
,
pounce upon
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
precisely
,
pudgy
,
puff up
,
puffy
,
pulp
,
pursy
,
put down
,
put on weight
,
rap
,
relax
,
right
,
roly-poly
,
rotund
,
round
,
roundabout
,
sag
,
select
,
set
,
set down
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shake up
,
sharp
,
side with
,
simple
,
sink
,
sink down
,
skin-dive
,
sky-dive
,
slap
,
slouch
,
slump
,
slump down
,
smack
,
smack-dab
,
smash
,
soften
,
soften up
,
sound
,
spang
,
square
,
squarely
,
squash
,
squat
,
squatty
,
stalwart
,
startlingly
,
steatopygous
,
stocky
,
stoop
,
stout
,
straight
,
strapping
,
subdue
,
submerge
,
subside
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
supple
,
support
,
surprisingly
,
swag
,
swollen
,
swoop
,
swoop down
,
take a header
,
tap
,
tenderize
,
thick-bodied
,
thickset
,
throw
,
thrust
,
thud
,
thump
,
tick
,
tinkle
,
tone down
,
top-heavy
,
toss
,
tubby
,
tune down
,
tunk
,
unambiguous
,
unawares
,
unequivocal
,
unexpectedly
,
unmistakable
,
vote
,
well-fed
,
without notice
,
without warning
subtract
collapse
make a subtraction
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abrupt
,
abstract
,
add
,
algebraize
,
alienate
,
bate
,
calculate
,
cast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cipher
,
compute
,
curtail
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
delete
,
depart
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
discount
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disparage
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dope out
,
drain
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
eject
,
erode
,
estimate
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extract
,
extract roots
,
figure
,
figure in
,
figure out
,
file away
,
impair
,
isolate
,
knock
,
leach
,
leave
,
lessen
,
measure
,
multiply
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purify
,
reckon
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
score
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shorten
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subduct
,
take account of
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
tally
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
work out
repudiate
collapse
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abrogate
,
apostatize
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beg off
,
belie
,
blockade
,
brush aside
,
cast
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
climb down
,
contemn
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
count out
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
cut off
,
debar
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
default
,
deny
,
desert
,
despise
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
disdain
,
dishonor
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
disregard
,
dissent
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
embargo
,
except
,
exclude
,
forgo
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
freeze out
,
gainsay
,
hold out against
,
ignore
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
keep out
,
leave out
,
levant
,
lock out
,
negate
,
negative
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
not buy
,
not consent
,
not hear of
,
not pay
,
not think of
,
nullify
,
omit
,
oppose
,
ostracize
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prohibit
,
protest
,
push aside
,
rat
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to consider
,
refuse to pay
,
refute
,
reject
,
relegate
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repel
,
reprobate
,
repulse
,
rescind
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say nay
,
say no
,
scorn
,
scout
,
send to Coventry
,
shove away
,
shut out
,
spurn
,
stand aloof
,
stop payment
,
swallow
,
taboo
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
tergiversate
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
turn
,
turn away
,
turn down
,
turn out
,
unsay
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
felicitous
collapse
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker"
marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"
related words >
Ciceronian
,
Demosthenian
,
Demosthenic
,
Tullian
,
a propos
,
ad rem
,
adapted
,
advantageous
,
advisable
,
affable
,
agreeable
,
amiable
,
amicable
,
applicable
,
apposite
,
appropriate
,
apropos
,
apt
,
articulate
,
auspicious
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
blissful
,
cheerful
,
civil
,
comely
,
compatible
,
complaisant
,
congenial
,
congruous
,
convenient
,
convincing
,
cordial
,
correct
,
decent
,
decorous
,
desirable
,
dovetailing
,
dulcet
,
eloquent
,
en rapport
,
enjoyable
,
expedient
,
facund
,
fair
,
fair and pleasant
,
favorable
,
feasible
,
felicific
,
fine
,
fit
,
fitted
,
fitten
,
fitting
,
fortunate
,
fructuous
,
geared
,
genial
,
genteel
,
germane
,
glib
,
good
,
goodly
,
gracious
,
grateful
,
gratifying
,
happy
,
harmonious
,
heart-warming
,
honeyed
,
inspired
,
just
,
just right
,
likable
,
likely
,
lucky
,
meet
,
mellifluous
,
mellow
,
meshing
,
nice
,
on the button
,
opportune
,
pat
,
pertinent
,
pleasant
,
pleasing
,
pleasurable
,
pleasure-giving
,
pleasureful
,
politic
,
profitable
,
proper
,
propitious
,
providential
,
qualified
,
recommendable
,
relevant
,
rewarding
,
right
,
ripe
,
satisfying
,
seasonable
,
seemly
,
silver
,
silver-tongued
,
slick
,
smooth
,
smooth-spoken
,
smooth-tongued
,
sortable
,
spellbinding
,
suitable
,
suited
,
suiting
,
sweet
,
tailored
,
telling
,
timely
,
to be desired
,
to the point
,
to the purpose
,
urbane
,
useful
,
welcome
,
well-chosen
,
well-expressed
,
well-put
,
well-spoken
,
well-timed
,
wise
,
worthwhile
preserved
collapse
kept intact or in a particular condition
prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
related words >
conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
kept
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
kept
collapse
related words >
conserved
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
intact
,
preserved
,
protected
,
put by
,
reserved
,
retained
,
saved
,
spare
,
spared
,
undamaged
,
unspoiled
,
untainted
,
well-conserved
,
withheld
return
collapse
a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
make a return; "return a kickback"
come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
bring back to the point of departure
return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
related words >
CRT spot
,
DM display
,
Doppler signal
,
IF signal
,
IM display
,
RF echoes
,
about-face
,
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
action and reaction
,
advent
,
advert
,
afford
,
alternate
,
alternation
,
amends
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
arrival
,
atavism
,
atonement
,
automatic reaction
,
autonomic reaction
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward deviation
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
bandy
,
be here again
,
be quits with
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
beam
,
beat
,
beat signal
,
benefit
,
blips
,
blood money
,
boom
,
boomerang
,
bounce back
,
bounceback
,
bounces
,
bring back
,
bring in
,
capital gains
,
carry back
,
change
,
circle
,
cleanup
,
clear profit
,
cock
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come home
,
come in
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
comeback
,
coming
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensation
,
consideration
,
convalescence
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterchange
,
counterstroke
,
cycle
,
cyclicalness
,
damages
,
deliver
,
disenchantment
,
display
,
dividends
,
double
,
double back
,
double-dot display
,
doubling
,
duplication
,
earn
,
earnings
,
echo
,
echo back
,
echo signal
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
extradite
,
extradition
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
falling back
,
filthy lucre
,
flash back
,
flip-flop
,
gain
,
gains
,
get
,
get back at
,
get behind
,
get even with
,
gettings
,
give
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give back
,
give-and-take
,
giving back
,
gleanings
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go home
,
gross
,
gross profit
,
guerdon
,
hoard
,
homecoming
,
honorarium
,
imitation
,
income
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
interchange
,
interest
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
intermittency
,
jerk back
,
keep coming
,
kickback
,
killing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
local oscillator signal
,
logroll
,
lose ground
,
lucre
,
makings
,
meed
,
meter
,
neat profit
,
net
,
net profit
,
offer
,
oscillate
,
oscillation
,
output signal
,
paper profits
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay off
,
payment
,
pelf
,
pendulum motion
,
percentage
,
periodicalness
,
periodicity
,
perk
,
perks
,
permute
,
perquisite
,
pickings
,
picture
,
pips
,
piston motion
,
place in
,
plagiarism
,
predictable response
,
price
,
proceeds
,
proffer
,
profit
,
profits
,
pull back
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
pulse
,
put back
,
quittance
,
quotation
,
radar signal
,
rake-off
,
rally
,
react
,
reaction
,
reactivate
,
reading
,
ready reply
,
reappear
,
reappearance
,
rebirth
,
rebound
,
recede
,
receipt
,
receipts
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
reclamation
,
recoil
,
recommit
,
recommitment
,
recompense
,
reconstitute
,
reconversion
,
reconvert
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recrudescence
,
recruit
,
recuperation
,
recur
,
recurrence
,
recursion
,
reddition
,
redoubling
,
redress
,
reduplication
,
reecho
,
reenact
,
reentrance
,
reentry
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reflect
,
reflection
,
reflex
,
reflex action
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
reform
,
refund
,
refundment
,
regain
,
regress
,
regression
,
regular wave motion
,
regurgitation
,
rehabilitate
,
rehabilitation
,
reimbursement
,
reincarnation
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstatement
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relapse
,
remand
,
remandment
,
remigration
,
remit
,
remitter
,
remuneration
,
render
,
rendition
,
renew
,
renewal
,
reoccur
,
reoccurrence
,
reparation
,
repartee
,
repatriate
,
repatriation
,
repayment
,
repeat
,
repercuss
,
repetition
,
replace
,
replacement
,
replacing
,
replenish
,
replication
,
reply
,
report
,
repost
,
reproduction
,
requital
,
requite
,
requitement
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
resound
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restore
,
restoring
,
results
,
resume
,
resumption
,
resurface
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
retribution
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return signal
,
return the compliment
,
returning
,
returns
,
revenue
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
reverting
,
revest
,
revolve
,
revulsion
,
reward
,
rhythm
,
riposte
,
rise
,
roll
,
roll around
,
rollback
,
rotate
,
rumble
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
say
,
say in reply
,
seasonality
,
send back
,
sending back
,
setback
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
signal
,
signal display
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
smart money
,
snappy comeback
,
solatium
,
sound
,
spot
,
sternway
,
store
,
swap
,
switch
,
take
,
take back
,
take-in
,
takings
,
talk back
,
target image
,
throwback
,
trace
,
trade
,
transmitter signal
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn back
,
turn in
,
turnabout
,
undulate
,
undulation
,
unthinking response
,
video signal
,
wealth
,
wergild
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
winnings
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
,
yield
reversal
collapse
a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
a decision to reverse an earlier decision
turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
related words >
abolishment
,
abolition
,
about-face
,
about-turn
,
abrogation
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
annulment
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
atavism
,
back track
,
back trail
,
backing
,
backing off
,
backing out
,
backing up
,
backset
,
backsliding
,
backup
,
backward deviation
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
bouleversement
,
break
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
change
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
check
,
checkmate
,
comedown
,
confusion
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
defeasance
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
descent
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discomfiture
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
down
,
ectropion
,
eversion
,
falling back
,
fitting
,
flip
,
flip-flop
,
foil
,
frustration
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
improvement
,
introversion
,
intussusception
,
invagination
,
invalidation
,
inversion
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
nullification
,
overthrow
,
overturning
,
passage
,
progress
,
pronation
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
rebuff
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recrudescence
,
recurrence
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renege
,
renewal
,
repeal
,
repulse
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
resupination
,
retraction
,
retrocession
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reverse
,
reverse of fortune
,
reversing
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
rout
,
second thoughts
,
setback
,
setting aside
,
severe check
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
supination
,
suspension
,
swingaround
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
throwback
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning
,
turning back
,
turning backwards
,
turning inside out
,
turning into
,
turning inward
,
turning over
,
upheaval
,
vacation
,
vacatur
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
volte-face
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
withdrawal
,
worsening
,
write-off
retained
collapse
continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered"
related words >
alive
,
conserved
,
eidetic
,
enduring
,
fresh
,
green
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
kept
,
kept in remembrance
,
lasting
,
preserved
,
put by
,
recalled
,
recollected
,
remembered
,
reserved
,
saved
,
spare
,
unforgotten
,
vivid
,
withheld
stand down
collapse
related words >
Pax Dei
,
Pax Romana
,
Peace of God
,
abandon
,
abdicate
,
abeyance
,
armistice
,
back out
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beg off
,
break
,
breathing spell
,
buffer zone
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
cooling-off period
,
cry off
,
day off
,
demilitarized zone
,
demit
,
depart from
,
discard
,
drop
,
drop out
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
give up
,
go back on
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hollow truce
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interruption
,
interval
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
letup
,
lull
,
maroon
,
modus vivendi
,
neutral territory
,
pacification
,
pause
,
pax in bello
,
peace
,
pension off
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recess
,
relinquish
,
remission
,
renege
,
renounce the throne
,
resign
,
respite
,
rest
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
say goodbye to
,
stand aside
,
stay
,
step aside
,
superannuate
,
suspension
,
suspension of hostilities
,
take leave of
,
temporary arrangement
,
throw over
,
treaty of peace
,
truce
,
vacate
,
vacation
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
tickle
collapse
the act of tickling
a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
related words >
affect the interest
,
agitate
,
amuse
,
appeal
,
arouse
,
attract
,
be attractive
,
beak
,
becharm
,
beckon
,
beguile
,
bewitch
,
blow the coals
,
brush
,
bunt
,
captivate
,
carry away
,
charm
,
chuck
,
concern
,
convulse
,
dab
,
delectate
,
delight
,
divert
,
enchant
,
engage
,
enliven
,
enrapture
,
enravish
,
entertain
,
enthrall
,
entrance
,
excite
,
excite interest
,
exhilarate
,
fan
,
fan the flame
,
fascinate
,
feed the fire
,
ferment
,
fetch
,
fillip
,
fire
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flush
,
foment
,
fracture one
,
freak out
,
give a thrill
,
gratify
,
graze
,
heat
,
heat up
,
imparadise
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incite
,
inflame
,
instigate
,
interest
,
intoxicate
,
invite
,
involve in
,
kill
,
knock dead
,
knock out
,
loosen up
,
nettle
,
pat
,
peck
,
pick
,
pique
,
pleasant stimulation
,
please
,
provoke
,
put up to
,
raise a laugh
,
raise a smile
,
rally
,
rap
,
ravish
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
regale
,
relax
,
send
,
set on
,
sic on
,
slay
,
snap
,
solace
,
stimulate
,
stir the embers
,
stir up
,
summon
,
tantalize
,
tap
,
tease
,
tempt
,
thrill
,
tickle pink
,
tickliness
,
tickling
,
ticklishness
,
tip
,
titillate
,
titillation
,
touch
,
transport
,
whet
,
whet the appetite
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
,
wow
jilt
collapse
a woman who jilts a lover
cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
abandon
,
actor
,
back out
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beg off
,
beguiler
,
cast
,
cast aside
,
cast away
,
cast off
,
charmer
,
chuck
,
counterfeiter
,
cry off
,
deceiver
,
deep-six
,
deluder
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
ditch
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
drop
,
drop out
,
dump
,
duper
,
eighty-six
,
eliminate
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
evacuate
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
forsake
,
gay deceiver
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
give away
,
go back on
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
jettison
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
leg-puller
,
maroon
,
mesmerizer
,
misleader
,
part with
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
practical joker
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
ragger
,
reject
,
remove
,
renege
,
role-player
,
say goodbye to
,
seducer
,
slough
,
spoofer
,
stand down
,
take leave of
,
tease
,
teaser
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
toss overboard
,
vacate
,
withdraw
subsidize
collapse
support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"
secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
related words >
accommodate
,
afford
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assist
,
back
,
back up
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
blow to
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
capitalize
,
carry
,
clothe
,
contribute
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
donate
,
endow
,
fill
,
fill up
,
finance
,
find
,
fund
,
furnish
,
give
,
give support
,
go treat
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invest
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make available
,
make provision for
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pillow
,
prepare
,
present
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide
,
provide for
,
recruit
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
replenish
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand drinks
,
stand to
,
stand treat
,
stay
,
stock
,
store
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
supply
,
support
,
sustain
,
treat
,
treat to
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
yield
abridge
collapse
lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abstract
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowdlerize
,
brief
,
cancel
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
censor
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cross out
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
delete
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disentitle
,
divest
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
ease one of
,
edit
,
edit out
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
foreshorten
,
kill
,
lessen
,
lighten one of
,
limit
,
lower
,
milk
,
mine
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
omit
,
outline
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rescind
,
restrict
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub out
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
slash
,
snub
,
step down
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take in
,
tap
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
void
soar
collapse
the act of rising upward into the air
go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
fly upwards or high in the sky
rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
related words >
advance
,
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
arise
,
ascend
,
aspire
,
back
,
back up
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
become airborne
,
budge
,
bulk
,
bulk large
,
buss the clouds
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
claw skyward
,
climb
,
cruise
,
descend
,
drift
,
ebb
,
escalate
,
exceed
,
ferry
,
flit
,
float
,
flow
,
fly
,
fly aloft
,
gain altitude
,
get over
,
glide
,
go
,
go around
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gyrate
,
hang
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
increase
,
jet
,
kite
,
leave the ground
,
lift
,
loom
,
loom large
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
navigate
,
outsoar
,
outstrip
,
overtop
,
plane
,
plunge
,
poise
,
progress
,
rear
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rise above
,
rocket
,
rotate
,
run
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
seaplane
,
shift
,
shoot
,
shoot up
,
sink
,
spin
,
spire
,
stand on tiptoe
,
stand out
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
take off
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
tower
,
tower above
,
transcend
,
travel
,
up
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
volplane
,
wane
,
whirl
,
wing
,
zoom
hold back
collapse
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
arrest
,
avoid
,
avoid excess
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
begrudge
,
bit
,
block
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
bridle
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
close the hand
,
confine
,
conserve
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
curtail
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
dompt
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat sparingly
,
eat to live
,
enjoin
,
eschew
,
exercise self-control
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
govern
,
grudge
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold aloof from
,
hold at bay
,
hold down
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold off
,
hold out on
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep in hand
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
keep out
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
keep within compass
,
keep within limits
,
lag
,
lay by
,
lay under restraint
,
let alone
,
let down
,
let go by
,
let up
,
live plainly
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
meddle
,
moderate
,
mortify the flesh
,
never touch
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
pass up
,
preserve
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put by
,
reef
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
reserve
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
save
,
save up
,
scotch
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
shun
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
snub
,
spare
,
stand aloof from
,
stay
,
stop
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
waive
,
withhold
buoy up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
animate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brighten
,
buoy
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cast up
,
cheer
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
elevate
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
erect
,
escalate
,
exhilarate
,
float
,
float high
,
give a lift
,
give support
,
gladden
,
hearten
,
heave
,
heft
,
heighten
,
heist
,
hike
,
hoick
,
hoist
,
hold
,
hold up
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jerk up
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
knock up
,
lend support
,
levitate
,
lift
,
lift up
,
liven
,
lob
,
loft
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pillow
,
prop
,
raise
,
raise up
,
rear
,
rear up
,
reinforce
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
ride high
,
rise
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sky
,
stay
,
stick up
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
throw up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
up
,
upbear
,
upbuoy
,
upcast
,
upheave
,
uphoist
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
uprear
,
upthrow
,
vitalize
,
waft
wad
collapse
a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
related words >
accumulation
,
acervation
,
agglomerate
,
agglomeration
,
aggregate
,
aggregation
,
amassment
,
bankroll
,
batch
,
block
,
bomb
,
boodle
,
brim
,
bulk
,
bundle
,
ceil
,
charge
,
chock
,
chunk
,
clamp
,
clod
,
clump
,
compress
,
congeries
,
congest
,
conglobation
,
conglomerate
,
conglomeration
,
considerable
,
cram
,
crowd
,
crush
,
cumulation
,
deal
,
ensphere
,
face
,
feather
,
fill
,
fill to overflowing
,
fill up
,
freight
,
fur
,
gathering
,
glomeration
,
gob
,
gobs
,
good deal
,
good sum
,
great deal
,
heap
,
heaps
,
heaps of gold
,
hunch
,
hunk
,
inlay
,
interline
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
jillion
,
lade
,
large sum
,
lashings
,
line
,
load
,
loads
,
loaf
,
lot
,
lots
,
lump
,
mass
,
mess
,
millions
,
mint
,
mint of money
,
nip
,
nugget
,
oodles
,
overfill
,
pack
,
packet
,
pad
,
pat
,
peck
,
pile
,
piles
,
pinch
,
pot
,
potful
,
power of money
,
press
,
pretty penny
,
quantity
,
quite a little
,
raft
,
rafts
,
ram in
,
roll
,
satiate
,
saturate
,
scads
,
shoestring
,
sight
,
slew
,
slews
,
snowball
,
spate
,
squeeze
,
stack
,
stacks
,
stockpile
,
stuff
,
supercharge
,
surfeit
,
thousands
,
tidy sum
,
tighten
,
top off
,
tweak
,
wad up
,
wads
,
wainscot
,
weight
,
whole slew
lay by
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
adjourn
,
aestivate
,
arrange for
,
assign
,
cede
,
conserve
,
continue
,
decree
,
defer
,
define
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
forearm
,
give up
,
hand over
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impose
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay in
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
lay to
,
lay up
,
leave
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
look out for
,
make provision for
,
make sure against
,
ordain
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prepare for
,
prescribe
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put by
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
resign
,
retain
,
ride at anchor
,
salt away
,
save
,
save up
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
spare
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
waive
,
withhold
,
yield
held up
collapse
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
delayed
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
hung up
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
slow
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
a priori
collapse
involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"
based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
derived by logic, without observed facts
related words >
a fortiori
,
a posteriori
,
analytic
,
back
,
backward
,
categorical
,
conditional
,
deducible
,
deductive
,
derivable
,
dialectic
,
discursive
,
dogmatic
,
early
,
enthymematic
,
epagogic
,
ex post facto
,
hypothetical
,
inductive
,
inferential
,
into the past
,
maieutic
,
reasoned
,
retroactive
,
retrospective
,
soritical
,
syllogistic
,
synthetic
clandestine
collapse
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
related words >
back-door
,
backstairs
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
backstairs
collapse
a second staircase at the rear of a building
related words >
back-door
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
privy
,
quiet
,
shifty
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
surreptitious
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
inverted
collapse
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back-to-front
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
everted
,
gay
,
homoerotic
,
homophile
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
queer
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
reversed
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
redeem
collapse
convert into cash; of commercial papers
pay off (loans or promissory notes)
to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
restore the honor or worth of
related words >
abet
,
abide by
,
absolve
,
acknowledge
,
aid
,
amend
,
amortize
,
assist
,
atone
,
atone for
,
avail
,
bail out
,
balance
,
be faithful to
,
bear a hand
,
bear the expense
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
buy
,
buy back
,
carry out
,
cash in
,
change
,
change for
,
chip in
,
clear
,
comfort
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensate for
,
compound for
,
convert
,
counterbalance
,
counterpoise
,
countervail
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disenthrall
,
do good
,
doctor
,
dub in
,
ease
,
emancipate
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
favor
,
finance
,
foot the bill
,
free
,
fund
,
get back
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give help
,
give place to
,
give salvation
,
give satisfaction
,
go Dutch
,
help
,
honor
,
honor a bill
,
keep
,
keep faith with
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
liberate
,
lift
,
liquidate
,
live down
,
loose
,
make accounts square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make do with
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make right
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make way for
,
manumit
,
new-model
,
offer in exchange
,
offset
,
outweigh
,
pay for
,
pay in full
,
pay off
,
pay the bill
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
pay the piper
,
pay the shot
,
pay up
,
perform
,
proffer aid
,
propitiate
,
protect
,
put up with
,
rally
,
ransom
,
re-form
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
recycle
,
redress
,
refashion
,
reform
,
regain
,
regenerate
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstate
,
release
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
remodel
,
render assistance
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repair
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repurchase
,
rescue
,
reshape
,
restore
,
restore self-respect
,
resume
,
resuscitate
,
retake
,
retire
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
ring in
,
salvage
,
satisfy
,
save
,
see through
,
set free
,
set off
,
set straight
,
set up
,
settle
,
shift with
,
square
,
square accounts
,
square it
,
square things
,
stand the costs
,
strike a balance
,
substitute
,
succor
,
switch
,
take back
,
take in exchange
,
take in tow
,
take up
,
trade in
,
unbind
,
unchain
,
win back
depreciate
collapse
lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
allow
,
bate
,
beat down
,
belittle
,
break
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
charge off
,
cheapen
,
compress
,
consume
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decline
,
decrease
,
decry
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
deplete
,
deprecate
,
depress
,
deride
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
despise
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discommend
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disdain
,
disesteem
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
dissipate
,
disvalue
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
drain
,
dribble away
,
dwindle
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
file away
,
give way
,
hold in contempt
,
impair
,
jew down
,
kick back
,
knock
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make allowance
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
nose-dive
,
pare
,
play down
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
put down
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
reflect discredit upon
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
ridicule
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
run down
,
sag
,
scale down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shave
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrug off
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slight
,
slump
,
soften
,
speak ill of
,
squander
,
step down
,
subduct
,
submit to indignity
,
subtract
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
talk down
,
thin
,
thin out
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
trim
,
tune down
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
waste
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write down
,
write off
hang fire
collapse
related words >
adjourn
,
be a sideliner
,
be dilatory
,
be still
,
be unproductive
,
bring up
,
bring up short
,
cease fire
,
coast
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come up short
,
continue
,
defer
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drag out
,
draw up
,
drift
,
extend
,
fetch up
,
filibuster
,
fizzle out
,
fust
,
gain time
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang up
,
hesitate
,
hibernate
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
idle
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
make time
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
peter out
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull up
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
rest
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
sleep
,
sleep on
,
slumber
,
smolder
,
stagnate
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
stop dead
,
stop short
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
waive
,
watch and wait
in return
collapse
(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes"
related words >
au pair
,
back
,
by turns
,
en revanche
,
even
,
exchangeably
,
for a consideration
,
in amends
,
in answer
,
in compensation
,
in consideration
,
in exchange
,
in rebuttal
,
in reciprocation
,
in reparation
,
in reply
,
in reprisal
,
in requital
,
in response
,
in retaliation
,
in retribution
,
in revenge
,
in turn
,
mutually
,
reciprocally
,
turn about
astern
collapse
(of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
abaft
,
aft
,
after
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
away
,
back
,
backward
,
backwards
,
baft
,
counterclockwise
,
fore and aft
,
fro
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
rear
,
rearward
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
widdershins
enjoin
collapse
issue an injunction
related words >
adjure
,
admonish
,
advise
,
appreciate
,
arrest
,
ban
,
bar
,
bid
,
boast
,
bridle
,
burden with
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
caution
,
charge
,
check
,
command
,
commission
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cotton to
,
counsel
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decelerate
,
declare
,
decree
,
delight in
,
demand
,
deny
,
dictate
,
direct
,
disallow
,
dompt
,
dote
,
drink in
,
eat up
,
embargo
,
encourage
,
enjoy
,
exact
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
exhort
,
expostulate
,
fancy
,
fasten upon
,
fill
,
forbid
,
forewarn
,
freight with
,
give an order
,
give the word
,
go
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
incite
,
induce
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
inhibit
,
instruct
,
interdict
,
issue a caveat
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay
,
lay on
,
lay under restraint
,
levy
,
like
,
love
,
luxuriate in
,
maintain
,
mandate
,
mind
,
move
,
occupy
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
outlaw
,
own
,
persuade
,
place
,
possess
,
preach
,
preclude
,
prescribe
,
prevent
,
proclaim
,
prohibit
,
prompt
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
proscribe
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put
,
put down
,
put on
,
put upon
,
refuse
,
rein
,
rein in
,
reject
,
relish
,
remonstrate
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rule
,
rule out
,
saddle with
,
savor
,
say no to
,
say the word
,
set
,
set back
,
shut out
,
slow down
,
snub
,
straiten
,
subject to
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
take to
,
task
,
tax
,
tell
,
urge
,
warn
,
weight down with
,
withhold
,
yoke with
first
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