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Related Words:
- scamp
collapse - perform hastily and carelessly related words >
- bad boy,
- begrudge,
- bird,
- blackguard,
- blink,
- booger,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- carefully ignore,
- chap,
- cold-shoulder,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cutup,
- devil,
- dodge,
- dog,
- duck,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- famish,
- fudge,
- funmaker,
- grudge,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- joker,
- jokester,
- knave,
- limb,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- live upon nothing,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pinch,
- pinch pennies,
- pixie,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- precious rascal,
- puck,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- ribald,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scalawag,
- scant,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- shyster,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- slyboots,
- sneak,
- spalpeen,
- starve,
- stint,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- villain,
- wag
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- blitz,
- bushwhack,
- come at,
- come down on,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- dive into,
- draw first blood,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall on,
- fall to,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- get busy,
- get cracking,
- get going,
- get with it,
- give a going-over,
- give what-for,
- go at,
- go for,
- go to it,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hop to it,
- jump,
- jump to it,
- land on,
- launch into,
- lay about one,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- lay on,
- let have it,
- make war on,
- mug,
- pitch in,
- pitch into,
- plunge into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- sail into,
- set about,
- set at,
- set on,
- set to,
- set to work,
- set upon,
- square up,
- start in,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the offensive,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- wade into
- accept,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- assume,
- attack,
- attempt,
- blitz,
- buckle to,
- bushwhack,
- clip off,
- come at,
- come down on,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- do,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- endeavor,
- engage in,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall into,
- fall on,
- fall to,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- get under way,
- go,
- go about,
- go for,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go upon,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- jump,
- land on,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- make,
- move into,
- mug,
- pitch into,
- plunge into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- proceed to,
- reach,
- sail into,
- set about,
- set at,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set on,
- set to,
- set upon,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the offensive,
- take up,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- venture upon,
- wade into
- accidental,
- ad hoc,
- adventitious,
- aleatory,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- backup,
- band-aid,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- conditional,
- contingent,
- counterfeit,
- cut-and-try,
- dangerous,
- dependent,
- desultory,
- dummy,
- empirical,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- experimental,
- fake,
- fixed,
- forehanded,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- given,
- hazardous,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- imitation,
- improvisational,
- improvised,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insubstantial,
- interim,
- jury-rigged,
- makeshift,
- makeshifty,
- mock,
- nonessential,
- occasional,
- perilous,
- phony,
- pilot,
- pinch,
- precarious,
- precautional,
- precautionary,
- precautious,
- preparative,
- preparatory,
- prerequisite,
- pro tem,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- propaedeutic,
- provident,
- proving,
- provisory,
- proxy,
- qualified,
- reserve,
- risky,
- rough-and-ready,
- rough-and-tumble,
- secondary,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- spare,
- specificative,
- specified,
- stated,
- stipulated,
- stipulatory,
- stopgap,
- substitute,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- ticklish,
- token,
- transitional,
- treacherous,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- undependable,
- unessential,
- unfaithworthy,
- unreliable,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- utility,
- verificatory,
- vicarious
- beg
collapse
- call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
- ask to obtain free; "beg money and food" related words >
- adjure,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- ask,
- bear,
- beget,
- beseech,
- besiege,
- brace,
- breed,
- bum,
- cadge,
- call for help,
- call on,
- call upon,
- circumvent,
- clamor for,
- conjure,
- crave,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- demand,
- ditch,
- double,
- elude,
- entreat,
- escape,
- evade,
- generate,
- get,
- get around,
- get away from,
- get out of,
- hit,
- hit up,
- impetrate,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- invoke,
- kneel to,
- mooch,
- multiply,
- nag,
- obtest,
- panhandle,
- pass the hat,
- petition,
- plead,
- plead for,
- pray,
- press,
- procreate,
- produce,
- progenerate,
- propagate,
- reproduce,
- request,
- run to,
- scrounge,
- shake,
- shake off,
- shuffle out of,
- sire,
- skirt,
- solicit,
- sue,
- supplicate,
- touch,
- worry
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- approach,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- attain,
- attain to,
- be received,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- check in,
- check off,
- check out,
- clock in,
- clock out,
- come,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- dent,
- depress,
- dimple,
- dint,
- engrave,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- gain,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- hit,
- hit town,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- make,
- make it,
- notch,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- pop up,
- press in,
- pull in,
- punch,
- punch out,
- punch the clock,
- reach,
- recess,
- ring in,
- ring out,
- roll in,
- set back,
- set in,
- show up,
- sign in,
- stamp,
- tamp,
- time in,
- time out,
- turn up
- traumatize
collapse
- inflict a trauma upon related words >
- abrade,
- affect,
- bark,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- break,
- burn,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- claw,
- come home to,
- crack,
- craze,
- cut,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gash,
- hit,
- hit the mark,
- hurt,
- impress,
- impress forcibly,
- incise,
- injure,
- lacerate,
- maim,
- make an impression,
- make mincemeat of,
- maul,
- mutilate,
- pierce,
- puncture,
- rend,
- rip,
- rock,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- sink in,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- smite,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stick,
- strain,
- strike,
- strike hard,
- strike home,
- tear,
- tell,
- wound,
- wrench
- accede,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- approach,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- attain to,
- be instated,
- be received,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- check in,
- clock in,
- come,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- compass,
- consummate,
- deal with,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- enact,
- execute,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- fulfill,
- gain,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- hit,
- hit town,
- knock off,
- make,
- make good,
- make it,
- manage,
- mount the throne,
- perform,
- polish off,
- pop up,
- produce,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- put away,
- reach,
- realize,
- ring in,
- roll in,
- score,
- show up,
- sign in,
- succeed,
- take care of,
- take office,
- time in,
- turn the trick,
- turn up,
- win,
- work,
- work out
- replace
collapse
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
- put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" related words >
- act for,
- alter,
- attend,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- change,
- change places with,
- come after,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- disemploy,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- double for,
- drum out,
- emanate,
- ensue,
- expel,
- fill in for,
- fire,
- follow after,
- follow up,
- furlough,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give back,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- go after,
- issue,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- make redundant,
- overtake,
- pension off,
- pinch-hit,
- place in,
- put back,
- reactivate,
- read out of,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recoup,
- recover,
- recruit,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- refund,
- regain,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- release,
- relieve,
- remove,
- renew,
- repay,
- replenish,
- represent,
- restitute,
- restore,
- result,
- retire,
- retrieve,
- return,
- revest,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- shift,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- strip,
- subrogate,
- substitute,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- superannuate,
- supersede,
- supervene,
- supplant,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- swap places with,
- take back,
- track,
- trail,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- understudy for,
- unfrock
- accept,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- assume,
- attack,
- attempt,
- blitz,
- buckle to,
- bushwhack,
- come at,
- come down on,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- draw first blood,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- endeavor,
- engage in,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall into,
- fall on,
- fall to,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- get under way,
- go about,
- go at,
- go for,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go upon,
- harry,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- jump,
- land on,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lay about one,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- lay on,
- light into,
- make war on,
- move into,
- mug,
- pitch into,
- plunge into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- proceed to,
- sail into,
- set about,
- set at,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set on,
- set to,
- set upon,
- square up,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the offensive,
- take up,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- venture upon,
- wade into
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- appear unexpectedly,
- approach,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- attain,
- attain to,
- be received,
- be unexpected,
- blow in,
- break forth,
- break water,
- burst forth,
- check in,
- clock in,
- come,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come unawares,
- come upon,
- creep up on,
- debouch,
- erupt,
- fall upon,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- flare up,
- flash,
- flash upon one,
- float up,
- fly up,
- fountain,
- gain,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- gleam,
- gush,
- hit,
- hit town,
- irrupt,
- jet,
- jump up,
- leap up,
- make,
- make it,
- pop up,
- pounce upon,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- ring in,
- rocket,
- roll in,
- shoot up,
- show up,
- sign in,
- skyrocket,
- spring up,
- spurt,
- start up,
- surface,
- time in,
- turn up,
- upleap,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upstart,
- vault up
- testing
collapse
- the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
- an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox" related words >
- R and D,
- analytic,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- cut-and-try,
- empirical,
- empiricism,
- examinational,
- examinatorial,
- examining,
- experiment,
- experimental,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- explorational,
- explorative,
- exploratory,
- fact-finding,
- feeling,
- groping,
- heuristic,
- hit and miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- indagative,
- inspectional,
- inspectorial,
- investigational,
- investigative,
- investigatory,
- noble experiment,
- pilot,
- pragmatism,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- tentative,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- test,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- verificatory,
- zetetic
- messy
collapse
- dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits" related words >
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- blowzy,
- botched,
- bungling,
- careless,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- deficient,
- dilapidated,
- dingy,
- dirty,
- disheveled,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dusty,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- grimy,
- grubby,
- grungy,
- half-assed,
- haphazard,
- hit-and-miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- in rags,
- informal,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- miry,
- muddy,
- mussy,
- negligent,
- poky,
- promiscuous,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- raunchy,
- ruinous,
- scraggly,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- slack,
- slapdash,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- slipshoddy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- smirchy,
- smoky,
- smudgy,
- smutchy,
- smutty,
- snuffy,
- sooty,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- unfastidious,
- unkempt,
- unneat,
- unsightly,
- unthorough,
- untidy
- run into
collapse
- collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"
- be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" related words >
- add up to,
- afford,
- aggregate,
- aggregate to,
- alight upon,
- alter into,
- amount to,
- bang,
- bang into,
- be converted into,
- become,
- blunder upon,
- bring,
- bring in,
- bump,
- bump into,
- cannon,
- carom,
- carom into,
- chance upon,
- change into,
- clash,
- collide,
- come across,
- come among,
- come into collision,
- come on,
- come round to,
- come to,
- come up against,
- come up to,
- come upon,
- comprise,
- concuss,
- confront,
- confront each other,
- contain,
- cost,
- crack up,
- crash,
- crash into,
- crump,
- crunch,
- dash into,
- discover serendipitously,
- encounter,
- evolve into,
- fall aboard,
- fall across,
- fall among,
- fall foul of,
- fall in with,
- fall into,
- fall upon,
- fetch,
- foul,
- happen upon,
- head into,
- hit,
- hit against,
- hit upon,
- hurt,
- hurtle,
- impinge,
- knock,
- knock against,
- lapse into,
- light upon,
- meet,
- meet head-on,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- melt into,
- mount up to,
- number,
- open into,
- pass into,
- percuss,
- pitch upon,
- ram,
- reckon up to,
- ripen into,
- run across,
- run broadside on,
- run down,
- run in,
- run smack into,
- run to,
- run up against,
- run upon,
- sail into,
- sell for,
- set one back,
- settle into,
- shift into,
- sideswipe,
- slam into,
- smack into,
- smash,
- smash into,
- smash up,
- strike,
- strike against,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- tot up to,
- total,
- total up to,
- tote up to,
- tumble on,
- turn into,
- turn to,
- unitize,
- whomp
- swat
collapse
- a sharp blow
- hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies" related words >
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bonk,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- conk,
- crack,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- dint,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fusillade,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- let have it,
- lick,
- paste,
- pelt,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stroke,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tattoo,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- wipe,
- yerk
- ambush,
- asphyxiate,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- blitz,
- bottle up,
- bushwhack,
- censor,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come at,
- come down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crush,
- damp down,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- gag,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hold down,
- jump,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- mug,
- muzzle,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pour water on,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- sail into,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- take the offensive,
- throttle,
- wade into
- go off
collapse
- be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off"
- happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"
- stop running, functioning, or operating; "Our power went off during the hurricane" related words >
- aberrate,
- avert,
- backfire,
- bang,
- bark,
- be blooded,
- be found,
- be getting along,
- be met with,
- be realized,
- be successful,
- bear off,
- befall,
- betide,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow out,
- blow up,
- burst,
- bust,
- buzz off,
- catch on,
- click,
- come,
- come about,
- come away,
- come down,
- come off,
- come to pass,
- come true,
- connect,
- crack,
- decline,
- depart,
- deploy,
- detonate,
- die,
- discharge,
- divaricate,
- diverge,
- divide,
- draw aside,
- ease off,
- ebb,
- edge off,
- eventuate,
- exit,
- explode,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fan out,
- farewell,
- fire,
- fly off,
- fulminate,
- gang along,
- gee,
- get along,
- get away,
- get off,
- get on,
- get under way,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go,
- go along,
- go away,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go great guns,
- go on,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- graduate,
- hap,
- happen,
- haw,
- head off,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- jib,
- lapse,
- leave,
- let off,
- make a hit,
- make way for,
- march off,
- meet with success,
- mosey,
- move aside,
- move away,
- move off,
- move out,
- mushroom,
- occur,
- outspread,
- pass,
- pass off,
- pop,
- prevail,
- prosper,
- pull out,
- qualify,
- reach the depths,
- run down,
- sashay,
- sashay off,
- separate,
- set off,
- sheer off,
- shoot,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- sink,
- slide,
- slip,
- slump,
- splay,
- spread,
- stagger along,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- subside,
- succeed,
- switch,
- take,
- take flight,
- take place,
- take wing,
- toddle along,
- touch bottom,
- touch off,
- transpire,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- up and go,
- veer off,
- wane,
- wing it,
- work well,
- work wonders
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- blitz,
- bushwhack,
- collide,
- come at,
- come down on,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- dive into,
- draw first blood,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall aboard,
- fall on,
- fall to,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- get busy,
- get cracking,
- get going,
- get with it,
- go at,
- go for,
- go to it,
- harry,
- have at,
- head into,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hop to it,
- jump,
- jump to it,
- land on,
- launch into,
- lay about one,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- lay on,
- light into,
- make war on,
- mug,
- pitch in,
- pitch into,
- plunge into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- ram,
- run broadside on,
- run down,
- run in,
- run into,
- set about,
- set at,
- set on,
- set to,
- set to work,
- set upon,
- square up,
- start in,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the offensive,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- wade into
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blast,
- bonk,
- boom,
- bump,
- burst,
- bust,
- clap,
- clash,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- crack,
- crash,
- crump,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- flap,
- flop,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- let have it,
- paste,
- plunk,
- poke,
- punch,
- rap,
- report,
- slam,
- slap,
- slat,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- splat,
- strike,
- strike at,
- swap,
- swat,
- swipe,
- tap,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whap,
- whomp,
- whop,
- yerk
- about,
- aimlessly,
- airily,
- any old way,
- any which way,
- anyhow,
- at haphazard,
- at hazard,
- at intervals,
- at random,
- brokenly,
- bunglingly,
- by catches,
- by chance,
- by fits,
- by jerks,
- by skips,
- by snatches,
- capriciously,
- carelessly,
- casually,
- clumsily,
- cursorily,
- desultorily,
- disconnectedly,
- discontinuously,
- disregardfully,
- dysteleologically,
- erratically,
- fitfully,
- forgetfully,
- heedlessly,
- helter-skelter,
- here and there,
- hit and miss,
- hit or miss,
- in snatches,
- in spots,
- inattentively,
- inconsiderately,
- indiscriminately,
- inexplicably,
- infrequently,
- intermittently,
- irregularly,
- messily,
- occasionally,
- offhand,
- offhandedly,
- once over lightly,
- per saltum,
- perfunctorily,
- promiscuously,
- purposelessly,
- randomly,
- recklessly,
- regardlessly,
- skippingly,
- slapdash,
- sloppily,
- spasmodically,
- sporadically,
- stochastically,
- tactlessly,
- thoughtlessly,
- unaccountably,
- unguardedly,
- unheedfully,
- unheedingly,
- unmethodically,
- unmindfully,
- unsolicitously,
- unsystematically,
- unthinkingly,
- unvigilantly,
- unwarily,
- willy-nilly
- good Samaritan
collapse
- a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble related words >
- Samaritan
collapse
- a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times related words >
- good person
collapse
- a person who is good to other people related words >
- air,
- analyze,
- bat around,
- bum,
- canvass,
- comment upon,
- consider,
- controvert,
- count ties,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- divagate,
- drift,
- examine,
- exchange views,
- flit,
- gad,
- gad about,
- gallivant,
- go about,
- go into,
- go the rounds,
- handle,
- hit the road,
- hit the trail,
- hobo,
- investigate,
- jaunt,
- knock about,
- meander,
- mooch,
- nomadize,
- pass under review,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- prowl,
- ramble,
- range,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- review,
- roam,
- rove,
- run about,
- saunter,
- sift,
- straggle,
- stray,
- stroll,
- study,
- take up,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- thresh out,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- treat,
- vagabond,
- vagabondize,
- ventilate,
- walk the tracks,
- wander,
- wayfare
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- best seller,
- big hit,
- bomb,
- brilliant success,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- fad,
- failure,
- flop,
- gas,
- giveaway,
- great success,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- killing,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- meteoric success,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- momentary success,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- resounding triumph,
- review,
- revue,
- riot,
- roaring success,
- sensation,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- smash,
- smash hit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- triumph,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- wow
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beating,
- belt,
- blow,
- bonk,
- bop,
- catch,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- crack,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- ding,
- dint,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fusillade,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- let have it,
- lick,
- nail,
- paste,
- pelt,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slog,
- slosh,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tattoo,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- yerk
- abate,
- ablate,
- apostacize,
- apostatize,
- ascend,
- bank,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- be found wanting,
- bolt,
- break away,
- cant,
- careen,
- change sides,
- climb,
- collapse,
- come short,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- crumble,
- decline,
- decrease,
- defect,
- deliquesce,
- descend,
- desert,
- die,
- die away,
- diminish,
- dip,
- dive,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- erode,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall off,
- fall short,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- go over,
- go uphill,
- grade,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- incline,
- keel,
- lack,
- lag,
- languish,
- lapse,
- lean,
- lessen,
- let up,
- list,
- lose ground,
- melt away,
- not answer,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- not make out,
- not measure up,
- not stretch,
- not suffice,
- pitch,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- rake,
- reach the depths,
- retreat,
- rise,
- run down,
- run low,
- run short,
- sag,
- secede,
- shelve,
- shrink,
- sidle,
- sink,
- slant,
- slide,
- slip,
- slope,
- slump,
- stop short,
- subside,
- swag,
- sway,
- switch,
- switch over,
- tail off,
- tilt,
- tip,
- touch bottom,
- turn cloak,
- uprise,
- wane,
- want,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away
- contingency
collapse
- the state of being contingent on something related words >
- accessory,
- accident,
- accidental,
- addendum,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- adventure,
- appendage,
- appurtenance,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- auxiliary,
- bare possibility,
- blind bargain,
- borderline case,
- break,
- casualty,
- chance,
- chance hit,
- circumstance,
- collateral,
- coming to be,
- conceivability,
- conceivableness,
- condition,
- conjuncture,
- contingent,
- correlation,
- crisis,
- crossroads,
- dependence,
- double contingency,
- emergency,
- even chance,
- event,
- eventuality,
- eventuation,
- exigency,
- extra,
- fluke,
- fortuity,
- freak accident,
- gamble,
- good chance,
- good possibility,
- guess,
- hap,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- hazard,
- hope,
- incidence,
- incident,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- interrelation,
- juncture,
- liability,
- liableness,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- long odds,
- long shot,
- lucky shot,
- materialization,
- mere chance,
- nonessential,
- not-self,
- obligation,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- off chance,
- open question,
- opportunity,
- other,
- outside chance,
- outside hope,
- pass,
- piece of guesswork,
- pinch,
- possibility,
- possibleness,
- potential,
- potentiality,
- probability,
- proneness,
- prospect,
- question,
- realization,
- relativity,
- remote possibility,
- secondary,
- sight-unseen transaction,
- small hope,
- strait,
- subsidiary,
- superaddition,
- supplement,
- the attainable,
- the feasible,
- the possible,
- thinkability,
- thinkableness,
- toss-up,
- touch and go,
- turning point,
- undecided issue,
- unessential,
- virtuality,
- wager,
- weakness,
- what is possible,
- what may be,
- what might be,
- zero hour
- grab
collapse
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
- take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power" related words >
- abduct,
- abduction,
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- annex,
- apprehend,
- apprehension,
- appropriate,
- arrest,
- arrest the thoughts,
- arrestation,
- arrogate,
- burglary,
- caper,
- capture,
- carry off,
- catch,
- catch the thoughts,
- catching,
- charm,
- clutch,
- collar,
- collaring,
- commandeer,
- coup,
- desire,
- dragnet,
- enchant,
- engage,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- enthrall,
- exercise,
- expropriate,
- fascinate,
- fasten upon,
- filch,
- forcible seizure,
- get at,
- get hold of,
- glom on to,
- grab at,
- grabbing,
- grapple,
- grasp,
- grip,
- heist,
- hit,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- hypnotize,
- immerse,
- impress,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- job,
- jump at,
- kidnap,
- kidnapping,
- lay hands on,
- lay hold of,
- lift,
- make an impression,
- mesmerize,
- monopolize,
- nab,
- nabbing,
- nail,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- pick up,
- picking up,
- pinch,
- power grab,
- prehension,
- preoccupy,
- put under arrest,
- rip-off,
- robbery,
- run in,
- running in,
- seize,
- seizure,
- seizure of power,
- shanghai,
- sink in,
- snag,
- snatch,
- snatch at,
- snatching,
- spellbind,
- steal,
- strike,
- take,
- take in,
- take into custody,
- take over,
- take possession,
- take prisoner,
- take up,
- taking in,
- taking into custody,
- theft,
- throttle,
- usurp
- alternative
collapse
- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"
- pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style" related words >
- additional,
- agent,
- alternate,
- alternate choice,
- analogy,
- another,
- attainable,
- backup,
- change,
- changeling,
- choice,
- comparison,
- contingency,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- different,
- discretion,
- discretional,
- disjunctive,
- double,
- druthers,
- dummy,
- election,
- elective,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- exchange,
- exchangeable,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- interchangeable,
- locum tenens,
- loophole,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mock,
- next best thing,
- option,
- optional,
- optionality,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pleasure,
- possibility,
- possible choice,
- preference,
- pretext,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- replacing,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- saving clause,
- second string,
- secondary,
- selection,
- sign,
- spare,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility player,
- variant,
- vicar,
- vicarious,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- way of escape,
- way out,
- will and pleasure
- Wanderjahr,
- afoot and lighthearted,
- bat around,
- bum,
- bumming,
- count ties,
- discursion,
- divagate,
- divagation,
- drift,
- drifting,
- err,
- errantry,
- excurse,
- flit,
- flitting,
- gad,
- gad about,
- gadding,
- gallivant,
- go about,
- go adrift,
- go astray,
- go the rounds,
- hit the road,
- hit the trail,
- hobo,
- hoboism,
- itineracy,
- itinerancy,
- jaunt,
- knock about,
- knock around,
- meander,
- mooch,
- nomadism,
- nomadize,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- pererrate,
- pererration,
- prowl,
- ramble,
- rambling,
- range,
- roam,
- roaming,
- roving,
- run about,
- saunter,
- snake,
- straggle,
- stray,
- straying,
- stroll,
- traipse,
- traipsing,
- tramp,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- vagabond,
- vagabondage,
- vagabondia,
- vagabondism,
- vagabondize,
- vagrancy,
- walk the tracks,
- wander,
- wandering,
- wanderlust,
- wayfare,
- wayfaring,
- wind
- smite
collapse
- inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" related words >
- affect,
- agonize,
- bang,
- bash,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- biff,
- birch,
- bonk,
- buffet,
- cane,
- catch,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- club,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- come home to,
- cowhide,
- crack,
- crucify,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- ding,
- drub,
- excruciate,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flog,
- fustigate,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- harrow,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hit the mark,
- horsewhip,
- impress,
- impress forcibly,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knout,
- lace,
- lash,
- lay on,
- let have it,
- make an impression,
- martyr,
- paste,
- pistol-whip,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- punch,
- rawhide,
- rock,
- scourge,
- sink in,
- slam,
- slog,
- slosh,
- slug,
- smack,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- spank,
- strap,
- strike,
- strike at,
- strike hard,
- strike home,
- stripe,
- swat,
- swinge,
- swipe,
- switch,
- tell,
- thrash,
- thump,
- thwack,
- torment,
- torture,
- traumatize,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- try,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whale,
- wham,
- whip,
- whop,
- yerk
- accept,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- assume,
- attack,
- attempt,
- blitz,
- buckle to,
- bushwhack,
- come at,
- come down on,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- dive into,
- draw first blood,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- endeavor,
- engage in,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall into,
- fall on,
- fall to,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- get busy,
- get cracking,
- get going,
- get under way,
- get with it,
- go about,
- go at,
- go for,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go to it,
- go upon,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hop to it,
- jump,
- jump to it,
- land on,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lay about one,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- lay on,
- light into,
- make war on,
- move into,
- mug,
- pitch in,
- plunge into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- proceed to,
- sail into,
- set about,
- set at,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set on,
- set to,
- set to work,
- set upon,
- square up,
- start in,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the offensive,
- take up,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- venture upon,
- wade into
- vicarious
collapse
- suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"
- occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation"
- experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement" related words >
- arresting
collapse
- commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" related words >
- affective,
- appealing,
- apprehension,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- attractive,
- conspicuous,
- dazzling,
- detention,
- electrifying,
- enchanting,
- extraordinary,
- fascinating,
- impressive,
- marked,
- moving,
- nab,
- outstanding,
- pickup,
- pinch,
- pointed,
- prominent,
- remarkable,
- salient,
- shocking,
- signal,
- striking,
- stunning,
- surprising,
- touching
- go down
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- be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
- be ingested; "This wine sure goes down well"; "The food wouldn't go down"
- be recorded or remembered; "She will go down as the first feminist" related words >
- be believed,
- be lost,
- be received,
- be swallowed,
- bite the dust,
- bow,
- capsize,
- carry conviction,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- cave,
- cave in,
- collapse,
- come down,
- crash,
- crumple,
- decline,
- descend,
- die,
- dip,
- dip down,
- down,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- ebb,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- find credence,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flump,
- flump down,
- fold,
- founder,
- give way,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- go under,
- gravitate,
- have enough,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- keel,
- keel over,
- lapse,
- lick the dust,
- lose,
- lose altitude,
- lose out,
- lose the day,
- lower,
- overset,
- overturn,
- parachute,
- pass current,
- pitch,
- pitchpole,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- pounce,
- pour down,
- precipitate,
- rain,
- reach the depths,
- run down,
- sag,
- say uncle,
- scuttle,
- set,
- settle,
- settle down,
- sink,
- sink down,
- sink like lead,
- slide,
- slip,
- slouch,
- slump,
- slump down,
- somersault,
- stoop,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- submit,
- subside,
- succumb,
- surrender,
- swag,
- swoop,
- take the count,
- topple,
- touch bottom,
- trend downward,
- tumble,
- turn over,
- turn turtle,
- upset,
- upset the boat,
- wane
- arm,
- armlet,
- bay,
- bayou,
- belt,
- bight,
- bind,
- boca,
- broken fortune,
- clutch,
- complication,
- cove,
- creek,
- crunch,
- difficulties,
- distress,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- estuary,
- euripus,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- fjord,
- frith,
- genteel poverty,
- gulf,
- gut,
- harbor,
- hard pinch,
- hardship,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- impecuniosity,
- impecuniousness,
- inlet,
- insolvency,
- jam,
- kyle,
- light purse,
- loch,
- mess,
- mix,
- morass,
- mouth,
- narrow,
- narrow means,
- narrow seas,
- narrows,
- natural harbor,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- poorness,
- poverty,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- reach,
- road,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- scrape,
- slender means,
- slough,
- sound,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straitened circumstances,
- swamp,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- unprosperousness,
- voluntary poverty,
- vows of poverty
- untidy
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- not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money" related words >
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- blowzy,
- botched,
- bungling,
- careless,
- chaotic,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- cluttered,
- deficient,
- dilapidated,
- dingy,
- dirty,
- disheveled,
- disorderly,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dusty,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- grimy,
- grubby,
- grungy,
- half-assed,
- haphazard,
- helter-skelter,
- hit-and-miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- in rags,
- informal,
- jumbled,
- littered,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- messy,
- miry,
- muddy,
- mussy,
- negligent,
- poky,
- promiscuous,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- ruinous,
- rumpled,
- scraggly,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- slack,
- slapdash,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- slipshoddy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- smirchy,
- smoky,
- smudgy,
- smutchy,
- smutty,
- snuffy,
- sooty,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- uncombed,
- unfastidious,
- unkempt,
- unneat,
- unsightly,
- unthorough
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