Related Words:
- tragicomedy
collapse - a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating related words >
- Thalia,
- arlequinade,
- black comedy,
- broad comedy,
- burlesque,
- burletta,
- camp,
- comedie bouffe,
- comedie larmoyante,
- comedie rosse,
- comedietta,
- comedy,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy of humors,
- comedy of ideas,
- comedy of intrigue,
- comedy of manners,
- comedy of situation,
- comedy relief,
- comic muse,
- comic opera,
- comic relief,
- dark comedy,
- domestic comedy,
- exode,
- farce,
- farce comedy,
- genteel comedy,
- harlequinade,
- high camp,
- light comedy,
- low camp,
- low comedy,
- mime,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- opera buffa,
- raw comedy,
- realistic comedy,
- romantic comedy,
- satyr play,
- sentimental comedy,
- situation comedy,
- slapstick,
- slapstick comedy
- precede
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- furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" related words >
- announce,
- antecede,
- antedate,
- anticipate,
- be before,
- be early,
- be the bellwether,
- beacon,
- blaze the trail,
- break ground,
- break the ice,
- break the trail,
- come before,
- come first,
- create,
- forerun,
- foreshadow,
- front,
- get ahead of,
- get before,
- go ahead of,
- go before,
- go in advance,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- have priority,
- have the start,
- head,
- head the line,
- head the table,
- head up,
- herald,
- initiate,
- introduce,
- invent,
- kick off,
- lap,
- lead,
- lead off,
- lead the dance,
- lead the way,
- light the way,
- originate,
- outrank,
- outstrip,
- pace,
- pioneer,
- play first fiddle,
- precurse,
- predate,
- preexist,
- presage,
- proclaim,
- rank,
- rank first,
- rank out,
- rate,
- set the pace,
- spearhead,
- stand first,
- star,
- take precedence,
- take the initiative,
- take the lead,
- take the plunge,
- usher,
- usher in
- Paul-Pry,
- bat out,
- botch,
- bungle,
- busybody,
- butt in,
- coquet,
- dabble,
- dally,
- dash off,
- do anyhow,
- do by halves,
- do carelessly,
- do offhand,
- doodle,
- fake up,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- fudge up,
- horn in,
- horse around,
- idle,
- interfere,
- interlope,
- intermeddle,
- jerk off,
- jury-rig,
- kibitz,
- kid around,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- knock together,
- lash up,
- loiter,
- meddle,
- meddle with,
- mess,
- mess with,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- monkey with,
- nose,
- patch,
- patch together,
- patch up,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play with,
- potter,
- pound out,
- pry,
- puddle,
- putter,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- slap up,
- smatter,
- snoop,
- tamper,
- tamper with,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- tinker,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- toss together,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trifle,
- trifle with,
- twiddle,
- whomp up,
- womanize
- sunlight
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- the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- bal,
- bal costume,
- bal masque,
- ball,
- ballet,
- barn dance,
- blowout,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- camouflage,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- cocktail party,
- coffee klatch,
- comedy drama,
- costume party,
- country dance,
- critical success,
- dance,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- dinner,
- dinner party,
- disguise,
- documentary drama,
- domino,
- donation party,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- entertainment,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- false colors,
- false face,
- false front,
- fancy-dress ball,
- festivity,
- flop,
- garden party,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hen party,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hop,
- house party,
- house-raising,
- housewarming,
- improvisational drama,
- incognito,
- lawn party,
- legitimate drama,
- mask,
- masked ball,
- masquerade,
- masquerade ball,
- masquerade party,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- mixer,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- mummery,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- party,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- prom,
- promenade,
- protective coloration,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- record hop,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- show,
- shower,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- smoke screen,
- smoker,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- square dance,
- stag,
- stag dance,
- stag party,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- surprise party,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- tea dance,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- the dansant,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- visor,
- vizard,
- vizard mask,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- ball up,
- begrime,
- bemire,
- bemud,
- besmoke,
- bloomer,
- blooper,
- blow,
- bobble,
- bollix,
- bollix up,
- bonehead play,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- boob stunt,
- boot,
- bugger,
- bugger up,
- complicate,
- confound,
- confuse,
- cook,
- dirt,
- dirty,
- dirty up,
- drop a brick,
- drop the ball,
- duff,
- dumb trick,
- dust,
- embrangle,
- entangle,
- fluff,
- fool mistake,
- foozle,
- foul up,
- foul-up,
- fumble,
- garble,
- goof,
- grime,
- gum up,
- hash up,
- howler,
- implicate,
- involve,
- jumble,
- knot,
- louse up,
- louse-up,
- mess up,
- mire,
- mix up,
- muck,
- muddle,
- muddy,
- perplex,
- pi,
- play hell with,
- play hob with,
- pratfall,
- pull a boner,
- queer,
- ramify,
- ravel,
- riffle,
- scramble,
- screamer,
- screw up,
- screw-up,
- shuffle,
- sink,
- slime,
- smoke,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- soot,
- tangle,
- tumble
- fumble
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- (sports) dropping the ball
- drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
- handle clumsily
- make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door" related words >
- bad job,
- ball up,
- be all thumbs,
- beat about,
- bevue,
- blow,
- blunder,
- blunder away,
- blunder into,
- blunder on,
- blunder upon,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- bollix,
- bollix up,
- bonehead play,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- botch,
- bumble,
- bungle,
- butcher,
- clumsy performance,
- commit a gaffe,
- confound,
- confuse,
- drop,
- error,
- etourderie,
- faux pas,
- feel,
- feel around,
- feel for,
- flounder,
- flub,
- fluff,
- foozle,
- foul up,
- garble,
- gaucherie,
- goof up,
- grabble,
- grope,
- grope for,
- grump,
- hash,
- jumble,
- louse up,
- lumber,
- mar,
- mess,
- miscue,
- mishandle,
- mistake,
- mix up,
- mop,
- mouth,
- mow,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- muff,
- mug,
- murder,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- off day,
- pet,
- pi,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poke around,
- pout,
- pry around,
- riffle,
- sad work,
- scrabble,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- shuffle,
- slip,
- snafu,
- snarl up,
- spoil,
- stumble,
- swallow,
- trip,
- tumble
- stoke
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- stir up or tend; of a fire related words >
- bank,
- burn,
- chafe,
- coal,
- conflagrate,
- cook,
- detonate,
- electric-heat,
- enkindle,
- explode,
- fan the flame,
- feed,
- feed the fire,
- fill up,
- fire,
- fire up,
- foment,
- fuel,
- fuel up,
- fulminate,
- gas-heat,
- heat,
- hot,
- hot up,
- hot-air-heat,
- hot-water-heat,
- ignite,
- inflame,
- kindle,
- light,
- light up,
- mull,
- oil,
- overheat,
- preheat,
- recook,
- refuel,
- reheat,
- rekindle,
- relight,
- relume,
- set fire to,
- set on fire,
- steam,
- stir the fire,
- stoke the fire,
- stoke up,
- strike a light,
- superheat,
- tepefy,
- top off,
- torch,
- touch off,
- warm,
- warm over,
- warm up
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- backfire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blaze,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- bonfire,
- buoy,
- burning ghat,
- campfire,
- caution light,
- cheerful fire,
- combustion,
- conflagration,
- corposant,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- crematory,
- death fire,
- fen fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- flare,
- flashing point,
- flicker,
- flickering flame,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- funeral,
- funeral pyre,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- ignis fatuus,
- ignition,
- ingle,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- lambent flame,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- marshfire,
- nod,
- nudge,
- open fire,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- prairie fire,
- pyre,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- raging fire,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rocket,
- sailing aid,
- sea of flames,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sheet of fire,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- smudge fire,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- three-alarm fire,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- two-alarm fire,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wildfire,
- wink,
- witch fire,
- yellow flag
- operate
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- happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
- handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" related words >
- act,
- angle,
- be caught short,
- be effective,
- be in action,
- be responsible for,
- be short,
- behave,
- belong,
- brew,
- bucket,
- bucketshop,
- cabal,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- chart a course,
- collude,
- complot,
- concoct,
- cond,
- conduct,
- conn,
- connive,
- conspire,
- control,
- cook up,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- coxswain,
- cut,
- deal with,
- deposit margin,
- direct,
- do with,
- drive,
- employ,
- engineer,
- exercise,
- exert,
- finagle,
- finesse,
- frame,
- frame up,
- function,
- go,
- go long,
- guide,
- handle,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- have effect,
- have free play,
- have play,
- have the conn,
- helm,
- hold on,
- intrigue,
- keep,
- lay a plot,
- machinate,
- make,
- make a killing,
- make a scoop,
- make go,
- make use of,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- margin up,
- militate,
- miss the market,
- move,
- navigate,
- open up,
- ordain,
- overstay the market,
- percolate,
- perform,
- perform on,
- perk,
- pilot,
- play,
- play the market,
- plot,
- plunge,
- ply,
- practice,
- proceed,
- pyramid,
- react,
- rig,
- run,
- scalp,
- scheme,
- scoop the market,
- see to,
- serve,
- shape a course,
- speculate,
- stag,
- stag the market,
- steer,
- take,
- take a flier,
- take care of,
- take effect,
- tick,
- trade on margin,
- use,
- utilize,
- venture,
- wangle,
- wield,
- work
- arc
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- a continuous portion of a circle related words >
- AC arc,
- Poulsen arc,
- aperiodic discharge,
- arc column,
- arc discharge,
- arc light,
- arch,
- bend,
- bow,
- brush discharge,
- catacaustic,
- catenary,
- caustic,
- circle,
- color filter,
- conchoid,
- crook,
- curl,
- curvation,
- curvature,
- curve,
- diacaustic,
- dimmer,
- discharge,
- disruptive discharge,
- electric discharge,
- electric shock,
- electric spark,
- electrodeless discharge,
- ellipse,
- festoon,
- floats,
- flood,
- floodlight,
- footlights,
- foots,
- galvanic shock,
- gelatin,
- glow discharge,
- hook,
- hyperbola,
- klieg light,
- light plot,
- lights,
- limelight,
- lituus,
- marquee,
- medium,
- oscillatory discharge,
- parabola,
- round,
- shock,
- silent discharge,
- sinus,
- spark,
- spark gap,
- spot,
- spotlight,
- tracery
- functioning
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- performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight" related words >
- act,
- acting,
- action,
- active,
- activism,
- activity,
- agency,
- alive,
- at work,
- behavior,
- behavioral,
- conduct,
- direction,
- doing,
- driving,
- dynamic,
- employment,
- execution,
- exercise,
- function,
- functional,
- going,
- going on,
- handling,
- in exercise,
- in force,
- in hand,
- in operation,
- in play,
- in practice,
- in process,
- in the works,
- inaction,
- live,
- management,
- manipulation,
- movements,
- occupation,
- on foot,
- on the fire,
- ongoing,
- operancy,
- operating,
- operation,
- operational,
- operations,
- operative,
- performance,
- performing,
- play,
- practice,
- practicing,
- praxis,
- responsibility,
- running,
- serving,
- steering,
- swing,
- work,
- working,
- workings
- absurdity,
- amphigory,
- babble,
- babblement,
- balderdash,
- bibble-babble,
- blabber,
- blather,
- bombast,
- claptrap,
- coquet,
- dabble,
- dally,
- double-talk,
- drivel,
- drool,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddledeedee,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- flummery,
- folderol,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- fudge,
- fustian,
- gabble,
- galimatias,
- gammon,
- gibber,
- gibberish,
- gibble-gabble,
- gobbledygook,
- hocus-pocus,
- horse around,
- humbug,
- idle,
- jabber,
- jargon,
- jerk off,
- kid around,
- loiter,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- mumbo jumbo,
- narrishkeit,
- niaiserie,
- nonsense,
- pack of nonsense,
- palaver,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play with,
- potter,
- prate,
- prattle,
- putter,
- rant,
- rigamarole,
- rigmarole,
- rodomontade,
- rubbish,
- skimble-skamble,
- smatter,
- stuff and nonsense,
- stultiloquence,
- tinker,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trash,
- trifle,
- trumpery,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- twiddle,
- twiddle-twaddle,
- vaporing,
- waffling
- dusk
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- become dusk related words >
- bad light,
- blackish,
- broad day,
- brown of dusk,
- brownness,
- caliginous,
- candlelight,
- candlelighting,
- cocklight,
- crepuscular,
- crepuscule,
- dark,
- dark-colored,
- darken,
- darkish,
- darkishness,
- darkle,
- darksome,
- darksomeness,
- dawn,
- day,
- day glow,
- daylight,
- dayshine,
- daytide,
- daytime,
- deadness,
- dim,
- dim light,
- dimmish,
- dimness,
- dimpsy,
- drabness,
- dullness,
- duskiness,
- duskingtide,
- duskness,
- dusky,
- evening,
- evensong,
- eventide,
- flatness,
- full sun,
- funereal,
- gloam,
- gloaming,
- gloom,
- glooming,
- gloomy,
- grave,
- green flash,
- grow dark,
- grow dim,
- half-light,
- lack of sparkle,
- lackluster,
- lifelessness,
- light of day,
- lower,
- lusterlessness,
- mat,
- mat finish,
- midday sun,
- murk,
- murkiness,
- murksome,
- murky,
- nightfall,
- nigrescent,
- noonlight,
- noontide light,
- obscure,
- owllight,
- partial darkness,
- ray of sunshine,
- sad,
- semidark,
- shine,
- sober,
- somber,
- somberness,
- sombrous,
- subfusc,
- sun spark,
- sunbeam,
- sunbreak,
- sunburst,
- sundown,
- sunlight,
- sunset,
- sunsetty,
- sunshine,
- swart,
- swarthy,
- tenebrous,
- twilight,
- twilighty,
- unilluminated,
- vesper,
- vespertine
- whip up
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- prepare or cook quickly or hastily related words >
- abduct,
- ad-lib,
- agitate,
- annoy,
- arouse,
- awake,
- awaken,
- beat,
- beat up,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- call forth,
- call up,
- carry off,
- churn,
- churn up,
- convulse,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- disarrange,
- discompose,
- disquiet,
- disturb,
- do offhand,
- enkindle,
- enrage,
- excite,
- extemporize,
- fake,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- feed the fire,
- ferment,
- fire,
- flame,
- flurry,
- foment,
- frenzy,
- fret,
- heat,
- heat up,
- impassion,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- incense,
- incite,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- instigate,
- jury-rig,
- key up,
- kidnap,
- kindle,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- lather up,
- light the fuse,
- light up,
- madden,
- make up,
- move,
- nettle,
- overexcite,
- paddle,
- perturb,
- perturbate,
- pique,
- play by ear,
- provoke,
- put up to,
- rally,
- rile,
- ripple,
- roil,
- roughen,
- rouse,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- scrap the plan,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on,
- set on fire,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shanghai,
- sic on,
- steam up,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir up,
- strike off,
- summon up,
- swirl,
- throttle,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- tickle,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- trouble,
- turn on,
- upset,
- vamp,
- wake,
- wake up,
- waken,
- warm,
- warm the blood,
- whet,
- whip,
- whisk,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- work into,
- work up
- twinkle
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- a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" related words >
- bat,
- blink,
- blinking,
- breath,
- coruscate,
- coruscating,
- coruscation,
- coup,
- crack,
- dance,
- dancing,
- dazzle,
- dazzling,
- firefly,
- flash,
- flashing,
- flicker,
- flickering,
- fulgurate,
- fulguration,
- gleam,
- gleaming,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glistening,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glowworm,
- half a jiffy,
- half a mo,
- half a second,
- half a shake,
- illuminate,
- instant,
- jiff,
- jiffy,
- light,
- light up,
- microsecond,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- nictitate,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillating,
- scintillation,
- sec,
- second,
- shake,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shine,
- shining,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparking,
- sparkle,
- sparkling,
- split second,
- stroboscopic light,
- stroke,
- tick,
- tinsel,
- trice,
- twink,
- twinkling,
- twitch,
- two shakes,
- wink,
- winking
- romanticism
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- impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
- an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality" related words >
- affection,
- affectionateness,
- amativeness,
- amorousness,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- bathos,
- bleeding heart,
- cloyingness,
- demonstrativeness,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- dreamery,
- ecstasy,
- enchantment,
- flight of fancy,
- goatishness,
- goo,
- hearts-and-flowers,
- horniness,
- ideal,
- idealism,
- ideality,
- idealization,
- imaginative exercise,
- impracticality,
- lovelornness,
- lovesickness,
- maudlinness,
- mawkishness,
- mush,
- mushiness,
- namby-pamby,
- namby-pambyism,
- namby-pambyness,
- nostalgia,
- nostomania,
- oversentimentalism,
- oversentimentality,
- play of fancy,
- quixotism,
- quixotry,
- rapture,
- romance,
- sentiment,
- sentimentalism,
- sentimentality,
- sexiness,
- slop,
- sloppiness,
- slush,
- soap opera,
- sob story,
- susceptibility,
- sweetness and light,
- tearjerker,
- unpracticalness,
- unrealism,
- unreality,
- utopianism,
- visionariness,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking
- daylight
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- light during the daytime related words >
- PR,
- aurora,
- ballyhoo,
- blurb,
- break of day,
- bright light,
- brightening,
- broad day,
- celebrity,
- chanticleer,
- clarity,
- cockcrow,
- cocklight,
- common knowledge,
- crack of dawn,
- cry,
- currency,
- dawn,
- dawning,
- day,
- day glow,
- day-peep,
- daybreak,
- dayshine,
- dayspring,
- daytide,
- daytime,
- dusk,
- eclat,
- exposure,
- fame,
- famousness,
- first brightening,
- full sun,
- glare,
- green flash,
- hoopla,
- hue and cry,
- light,
- light of day,
- limelight,
- maximum dissemination,
- midday sun,
- morn,
- morning,
- noonlight,
- noontide light,
- notoriety,
- open,
- peep of day,
- plug,
- press notice,
- prime,
- public eye,
- public knowledge,
- public relations,
- public report,
- publicity,
- publicity story,
- publicness,
- puff,
- ray of sunshine,
- reclame,
- report,
- shine,
- spotlight,
- sun,
- sun spark,
- sunbeam,
- sunbreak,
- sunburst,
- sunlight,
- sunrise,
- sunshine,
- sunup,
- twilight,
- vestibule of Day,
- write-up
- parlay
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- a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers
- stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager related words >
- add to,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ante,
- ante up,
- augment,
- back,
- bet,
- bet on,
- book,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- call,
- chunk,
- cover,
- enlarge,
- exalt,
- expand,
- extend,
- fade,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- gamble,
- handbook,
- hazard,
- hike,
- hike up,
- increase,
- inflate,
- jack up,
- jump up,
- lay,
- lay a wager,
- lay down,
- lengthen,
- make a bet,
- maximize,
- meet a bet,
- pass,
- play,
- play against,
- plunge,
- punt,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- see,
- shot,
- stake,
- stand pat,
- thicken,
- up,
- wager
- be abstracted,
- brood,
- brood over,
- cerebrate,
- chaw,
- chew over,
- chew the cud,
- cogitate,
- con over,
- conceive,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate over,
- deliberate upon,
- design,
- devise,
- digest,
- envisage,
- envision,
- frame,
- have in mind,
- have in view,
- introspect,
- meditate upon,
- mull,
- mull over,
- muse,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- perpend,
- plan,
- play around with,
- play with,
- ponder,
- ponder over,
- reflect,
- reflect over,
- reflect upon,
- revolve,
- ruminate,
- ruminate over,
- run over,
- scheme,
- speculate,
- study,
- think,
- think over,
- think up,
- toy with,
- turn over,
- weigh
- Arica movement,
- Erhard Seminars Training,
- Grand Guignol,
- New Consciousness,
- Passion play,
- Pentothal interview,
- SAT,
- T-group,
- Tom show,
- abreaction,
- acting-out,
- antimasque,
- assertiveness training,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- behavior modification,
- behavior therapy,
- bioenergetics,
- biofeedback,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- catharsis,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- confrontation therapy,
- conjoint therapy,
- consciousness raising,
- counseling,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- directive therapy,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- emotional release,
- encounter therapy,
- epic theater,
- est,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- family training,
- feminist therapy,
- flop,
- gasser,
- gestalt therapy,
- giveaway,
- group psychotherapy,
- group relations training,
- group sensitivity training,
- group therapy,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- humanistic therapy,
- hypnoanalysis,
- hypnosis,
- hypnotherapy,
- hypnotism,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- marathon,
- marriage encounter,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- mind cure,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- motor abreaction,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- narcoanalysis,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcosynthesis,
- narcotherapy,
- nondirective therapy,
- occupational therapy,
- opera,
- outlet,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral counseling,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- play therapy,
- playlet,
- primal therapy,
- problem play,
- prolonged narcosis,
- psychocatharsis,
- psychological counseling,
- psychosurgery,
- psychosynthesis,
- psychotherapeutics,
- psychotherapy,
- purgation,
- quiz show,
- radical therapy,
- radio drama,
- rational-emotive therapy,
- reality therapy,
- recreational therapy,
- regression therapy,
- release therapy,
- review,
- revue,
- scream therapy,
- sensational play,
- sensitivity training,
- sensory awareness training,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- sleep treatment,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- supportive therapy,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- training group,
- transactional analysis,
- transcendental meditation,
- transpersonal therapy,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- vocational therapy,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- radiant energy
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- energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter related words >
- contamination,
- curiage,
- decontamination,
- emanation,
- fallout,
- half-life,
- highlight,
- illumination,
- irradiance,
- irradiancy,
- irradiation,
- light,
- light source,
- luminous energy,
- natural radioactivity,
- nuclear radiation,
- photosensitivity,
- radiance,
- radiancy,
- radiation,
- radioactive radiation,
- radioactivity,
- radiocarbon dating,
- radiolucency,
- radiopacity,
- radiosensibility,
- radiosensitivity,
- saturation point,
- sidelight,
- specific activity,
- visible radiation
- alleviate,
- be light,
- clear,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- ease,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- set at ease,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- untie,
- untwine,
- weigh lightly
- dabble
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- dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
- play in or as if in water, as of small children related words >
- asperge,
- be innocent of,
- bedabble,
- bedew,
- beguile the time,
- bespatter,
- besprinkle,
- burn daylight,
- consume time,
- coquet,
- coquet with,
- dally,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dash,
- dew,
- diddle,
- dip,
- doodle,
- douche,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- footle,
- fribble,
- fritter away time,
- frivol,
- give up,
- have no idea,
- horse around,
- hose,
- hose down,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- idle,
- irrigate,
- jerk off,
- kid around,
- kill time,
- know a little,
- know not,
- know not what,
- know nothing of,
- loiter,
- lose time,
- mess around,
- moisten,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- not know,
- not rightly know,
- paddle,
- pass,
- pass the time,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play with,
- potter,
- putter,
- scratch the surface,
- slobber,
- slop,
- slosh,
- smatter,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- sponge,
- spot,
- spray,
- sprinkle,
- swash,
- syringe,
- tinker,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trifle,
- trifle with,
- twiddle,
- waste time,
- water,
- wet,
- wet down,
- wonder,
- wonder whether,
- wot not of
- lantern
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- light in a transparent protective case related words >
- antenna tower,
- barbican,
- bay,
- bay window,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- bow window,
- campanile,
- candle,
- casement,
- casement window,
- ceiling,
- colossus,
- column,
- cupola,
- derrick,
- dome,
- eaves,
- electric light bulb,
- fan window,
- fanlight,
- fire,
- fire tower,
- flame,
- glim,
- grille,
- housetop,
- illuminant,
- illuminator,
- incandescent body,
- lamp,
- lancet window,
- lattice,
- light,
- light bulb,
- light source,
- lighthouse,
- louver window,
- luminant,
- luminary,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- match,
- minaret,
- monument,
- moon,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- oriel,
- overhead,
- pagoda,
- pane,
- penthouse,
- picture window,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- plafond,
- pole,
- port,
- porthole,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- ridgepole,
- roof,
- roof garden,
- roof-deck,
- roofage,
- roofing,
- roofpole,
- rooftop,
- rooftree,
- rose window,
- shaft,
- shingles,
- skylight,
- skyscraper,
- slates,
- source of light,
- spire,
- standpipe,
- stars,
- steeple,
- stupa,
- sun,
- taper,
- television mast,
- tiles,
- top,
- tope,
- torch,
- tour,
- tower,
- transom,
- turret,
- water tower,
- wicket,
- windmill tower,
- window,
- window bay,
- window glass,
- windowpane
- buoyant
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- characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" related words >
- adaptable,
- adaptive,
- afloat,
- airy,
- animated,
- blithe,
- bouncy,
- breezy,
- bright,
- carefree,
- cheerful,
- convalescent,
- corky,
- debonair,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- elastic,
- expansive,
- extensile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- floatable,
- floating,
- floaty,
- free and easy,
- jaunty,
- light,
- light-hearted,
- lighthearted,
- lightsome,
- lively,
- peppy,
- perky,
- recuperative,
- recuperatory,
- resilient,
- responsive,
- reviviscent,
- springy,
- stretch,
- stretchable,
- stretchy,
- supernatant,
- vivacious,
- volatile
- air space,
- ample scope,
- blank check,
- carte blanche,
- clearance,
- field,
- free course,
- free hand,
- free play,
- free scope,
- full scope,
- full swing,
- headroom,
- latitude,
- leeway,
- long rope,
- maneuvering space,
- margin,
- no holds barred,
- open space,
- play,
- range,
- room,
- room to spare,
- rope,
- scope,
- sea room,
- space,
- spare room,
- swing,
- tolerance,
- way,
- wide berth
- outcrop
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- the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped" related words >
- appear,
- arise,
- become manifest,
- become visible,
- come,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come in sight,
- come out,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- crop out,
- discernibleness,
- emerge,
- enter,
- epiphany,
- exposure,
- fade in,
- heave in sight,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- look forth,
- loom,
- manifestation,
- materialize,
- observability,
- outcropping,
- peep out,
- perceptibility,
- rear its head,
- revelation,
- rise,
- see the light,
- seeableness,
- show,
- show up,
- stream forth,
- strike the eye,
- the seen,
- the visible,
- turn up,
- visibility,
- visibleness,
- visuality,
- what is revealed
- winged
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- very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
- having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury"; related words >
- agile,
- breakneck,
- dashing,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hustling,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- precipitate,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapid,
- reckless,
- running,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- swift
- galloping
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- that are running rapidly; "surrounded by galloping horses" related words >
- agile,
- breakneck,
- dashing,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hustling,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- precipitate,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapid,
- reckless,
- running,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- swift,
- winged
- ruminate
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- chew the cuds; "cows ruminate" related words >
- be abstracted,
- bite,
- brood,
- brood over,
- champ,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chew over,
- chew the cud,
- chew up,
- chomp,
- chump,
- con over,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- crunch,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate over,
- deliberate upon,
- digest,
- excogitate,
- gnash,
- gnaw,
- grind,
- gum,
- introspect,
- masticate,
- meditate,
- meditate upon,
- mouth,
- mull over,
- mumble,
- munch,
- muse,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- nibble,
- perpend,
- play around with,
- play with,
- ponder,
- ponder over,
- reflect,
- reflect over,
- revolve,
- roll,
- ruminate over,
- run over,
- scrunch,
- speculate,
- study,
- think over,
- toy with,
- turn over,
- weigh
- hair trigger
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- a gun trigger that responds with little pressure related words >
- agile,
- breakneck,
- dashing,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- fleet,
- flying,
- galloping,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- instant,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- precipitate,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rapid,
- reckless,
- running,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- swift,
- winged
- fidget
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- a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
- move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat" related words >
- chafe,
- coquet,
- dabble,
- dally,
- dither,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- fidgetiness,
- finger with,
- flip out,
- flirt,
- flutter,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- freak out on,
- fret,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- fuss,
- fuss-budget,
- fusspot,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- have the fidgets,
- have the jitters,
- have the shakes,
- heave,
- heebie-jeebies,
- horse around,
- idle,
- itch,
- itchiness,
- jerk,
- jerk off,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jitter,
- kid around,
- loiter,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- nervousness,
- palpitate,
- pant,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play with,
- potter,
- putter,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- restlessness,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shuffle,
- smatter,
- squirm,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- tinker,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- toy,
- toy with,
- tremble,
- trifle,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twiddle,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- uneasiness,
- vellicate,
- wiggle,
- wriggle,
- writhe
- abandon,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- belittle,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- care nothing for,
- carry through,
- contemn,
- cool it,
- de-emphasize,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- despise,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- disprize,
- downplay,
- drop the subject,
- dump on,
- face out,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- go easy,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- insult,
- lay aside,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- look down upon,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not hesitate,
- not look back,
- not sweat it,
- play down,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put down,
- rank low,
- ridicule,
- scorn,
- sell short,
- set aside,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- snort at,
- stick at nothing,
- stop at nothing,
- take it easy,
- think little of,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- Mayday
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- an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider) related words >
- Klaxon,
- SOS,
- air-raid alarm,
- alarm,
- alarm bell,
- alarm clock,
- alarm signal,
- alarum,
- alert,
- all clear,
- beacon,
- blinking light,
- burglar alarm,
- buzzer,
- crostarie,
- fiery cross,
- fire alarm,
- fire bell,
- fire flag,
- five-minute gun,
- flashing light,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- foghorn,
- gale warning,
- hooter,
- horn,
- hue and cry,
- hurricane warning,
- lighthouse,
- note of alarm,
- occulting light,
- police whistle,
- signal of distress,
- siren,
- small-craft warning,
- still alarm,
- storm cone,
- storm flag,
- storm warning,
- tocsin,
- two-minute gun,
- upside-down flag,
- whistle
- SOS
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- an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code related words >
- Klaxon,
- Mayday,
- air-raid alarm,
- alarm,
- alarm bell,
- alarm clock,
- alarm signal,
- alarum,
- alert,
- all clear,
- beacon,
- blinking light,
- burglar alarm,
- buzzer,
- crostarie,
- fiery cross,
- fire alarm,
- fire bell,
- fire flag,
- five-minute gun,
- flashing light,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- foghorn,
- gale warning,
- hooter,
- horn,
- hue and cry,
- hurricane warning,
- lighthouse,
- note of alarm,
- occulting light,
- police whistle,
- signal of distress,
- siren,
- small-craft warning,
- still alarm,
- storm cone,
- storm flag,
- storm warning,
- tocsin,
- two-minute gun,
- upside-down flag,
- whistle
- buzzer
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- a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound related words >
- Klaxon,
- Mayday,
- SOS,
- air-raid alarm,
- alarm,
- alarm bell,
- alarm clock,
- alarm signal,
- alarum,
- alert,
- all clear,
- beacon,
- blinking light,
- burglar alarm,
- crostarie,
- fiery cross,
- fire alarm,
- fire bell,
- fire flag,
- five-minute gun,
- flashing light,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- foghorn,
- gale warning,
- hooter,
- horn,
- hue and cry,
- hurricane warning,
- lighthouse,
- note of alarm,
- occulting light,
- police whistle,
- signal of distress,
- siren,
- small-craft warning,
- still alarm,
- storm cone,
- storm flag,
- storm warning,
- tocsin,
- two-minute gun,
- upside-down flag,
- whistle
- demythologize
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- remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- popularize,
- rationalize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel
- bout,
- clover,
- contest,
- decathlon,
- deuce-ace,
- double-header,
- doubles,
- event,
- foursome,
- game,
- games of chance,
- go,
- leash,
- match,
- meet,
- pentathlon,
- play,
- play-off,
- race,
- runoff,
- set of three,
- shamrock,
- singles,
- sport,
- tercet,
- ternary,
- ternion,
- terzetto,
- three,
- tierce,
- trefoil,
- trey,
- triad,
- trialogue,
- triangle,
- tricorn,
- trident,
- triennium,
- trihedron,
- trilogy,
- trimester,
- trine,
- trinity,
- trinomial,
- trio,
- triphthong,
- triple,
- triple crown,
- triple threat,
- triplet,
- triplopy,
- tripod,
- triptych,
- trireme,
- triseme,
- triskelion,
- trisul,
- triumvirate,
- triune,
- triunity,
- trivet,
- troika,
- twosome
- arc,
- arc light,
- assumption,
- attitude,
- bellows,
- climate of opinion,
- color filter,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusion,
- consensus gentium,
- consideration,
- ctenidia,
- dimmer,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- eye,
- feeling,
- floats,
- flood,
- floodlight,
- footlights,
- foots,
- gelatin,
- general belief,
- gills,
- idea,
- impression,
- judgment,
- klieg light,
- light plot,
- limelight,
- lungs,
- marquee,
- medium,
- mind,
- mystique,
- notion,
- observation,
- opinion,
- personal judgment,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- reaction,
- sentiment,
- sight,
- spot,
- spotlight,
- stance,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thought,
- view,
- way of thinking
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