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politician
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a person active in party politics
a leader engaged in civil administration
a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
related words >
Admirable Crichton
,
MP
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellianist
,
Member of Parliament
,
adept
,
administrator
,
artisan
,
artist
,
attache
,
authority
,
bureaucrat
,
civil servant
,
congressman
,
congresswoman
,
connaisseur
,
connoisseur
,
consultant
,
cordon bleu
,
crack shot
,
craftsman
,
dead shot
,
diplomat
,
diplomatist
,
elder statesman
,
experienced hand
,
expert
,
expert consultant
,
graduate
,
handy man
,
influence peddler
,
journeyman
,
lawmaker
,
legislator
,
machine politician
,
marksman
,
minister
,
no slouch
,
office-bearer
,
official
,
political hack
,
political realist
,
power broker
,
pro
,
professional
,
professor
,
proficient
,
public servant
,
representative
,
savant
,
selectman
,
senator
,
shark
,
sharp
,
statesman
,
stateswoman
,
technical adviser
,
technician
bilk
collapse
evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
related words >
avoid
,
baffle
,
balk
,
beat
,
beguile of
,
bunco
,
burn
,
cast down
,
cheat
,
chisel
,
chouse
,
chouse out of
,
circumvent
,
cog
,
cog the dice
,
con
,
cozen
,
crib
,
cross
,
dash
,
defeat
,
defeat expectation
,
defraud
,
diddle
,
disappoint
,
disillusion
,
dissatisfy
,
do
,
do in
,
do out of
,
dodge
,
double
,
duck
,
elude
,
eschew
,
euchre
,
evade
,
finagle
,
flam
,
fleece
,
flimflam
,
fob
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
gouge
,
gull
,
gyp
,
have
,
hocus
,
hocus-pocus
,
let down
,
mulct
,
overreach
,
pack the deal
,
pigeon
,
practice fraud upon
,
rook
,
ruin
,
scam
,
screw
,
sell gold bricks
,
shake
,
shave
,
shortchange
,
shun
,
shy
,
stack the cards
,
stick
,
sting
,
swindle
,
take a dive
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
thimblerig
,
throw a fight
,
thwart
,
victimize
jive
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dance to jive music; dance the jive
related words >
acid rock
,
avant-garde jazz
,
badinage
,
ballroom music
,
banter
,
bebop
,
boogie-woogie
,
bop
,
chaff
,
country rock
,
dance music
,
dances
,
exchange
,
folk rock
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
fun
,
give-and-take
,
good-natured banter
,
hard rock
,
harmless teasing
,
haze
,
hot jazz
,
jape
,
jazz
,
jest
,
joke
,
jolly
,
josh
,
kid
,
kidding
,
kidding around
,
mainstream jazz
,
musical suite
,
needle
,
persiflage
,
play jazz
,
pleasantry
,
put on
,
rag
,
ragtime
,
raillery
,
rally
,
rallying
,
razz
,
rhythm-and-blues
,
rib
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
rock
,
rock-and-roll
,
sport
,
suite
,
suite of dances
,
swing
,
syncopate
,
syncopated music
,
syncopation
,
tease
,
the new music
,
twit
favoring
collapse
related words >
advantageous
,
advocating
,
agential
,
agentival
,
agentive
,
alike
,
aped
,
approving
,
assisting
,
auspicious
,
backing
,
beneficial
,
benign
,
benignant
,
better
,
brave
,
bright
,
conducive
,
consimilar
,
copied
,
counterfeit
,
employable
,
ersatz
,
facilitating
,
fair
,
fake
,
favorable
,
favored
,
following
,
fortunate
,
forwarding
,
full of promise
,
golden
,
good
,
handy
,
happy
,
helpful
,
homogeneous
,
identical
,
imitated
,
imitation
,
instrumental
,
intermediary
,
like
,
lucky
,
mediating
,
mediatorial
,
mimicked
,
ministerial
,
ministering
,
mock
,
more desirable
,
nearly reproduced
,
not unlike
,
of choice
,
of good omen
,
of happy portent
,
of promise
,
phony
,
preferable
,
preferential
,
preferred
,
preferring
,
pro
,
promising
,
promoting
,
propitious
,
prosperous
,
resembling
,
simulated
,
smacking of
,
something like
,
subservient
,
suggestive of
,
supporting
,
synthetic
,
to be preferred
,
toward
,
uniform with
,
use
,
useful
,
well-disposed
,
well-inclined
enchanter
collapse
a sorcerer or magician
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Circe
,
Don Juan
,
Euryale
,
Gorgon
,
Lorelei
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
Medea
,
Medusa
,
Parthenope
,
Siren
,
Stheno
,
actor
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beguiler
,
bewitcher
,
charmer
,
conjurer
,
coquette
,
counterfeiter
,
deceiver
,
deluder
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
duper
,
enchantress
,
enticer
,
entrancer
,
faker
,
femme fatale
,
flirt
,
fooler
,
forger
,
gay deceiver
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
inveigler
,
jilt
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leg-puller
,
mage
,
magus
,
mesmerizer
,
misleader
,
necromancer
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
practical joker
,
ragger
,
role-player
,
seducer
,
seductress
,
siren
,
sorcerer
,
spellbinder
,
spoofer
,
tease
,
teaser
,
tempter
,
temptress
,
vamp
,
vampire
,
voodooist
,
warlock
,
wizard
vet
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provide veterinary care for
provide (a person) with medical care
examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"
work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"
related words >
bone
,
campaigner
,
canvass
,
check over
,
check up
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
drill
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
examine thoroughly
,
eye
,
give the eye
,
give the once-over
,
go deep into
,
go over
,
grind
,
hard look
,
horse doctor
,
inspect
,
leer
,
leer at
,
look closely at
,
look over
,
lucubrate
,
new
,
ogle
,
ogle at
,
old
,
old campaigner
,
old hand
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old soldier
,
old-time
,
old-timer
,
perlustrate
,
perscrutate
,
peruse
,
plunge into
,
pore
,
pore over
,
practical
,
practice
,
practiced
,
read
,
regard studiously
,
restudy
,
review
,
salt
,
scrutinize
,
seasoned
,
seasoned veteran
,
shellback
,
size up
,
skilled
,
study
,
survey
,
swot
,
take a long
,
take stock of
,
versed
,
veteran
,
veterinarian
,
veterinary
,
veterinary surgeon
,
wade through
,
war-horse
combative
collapse
related words >
aggressive
,
antagonistic
,
argumental
,
argumentative
,
battling
,
bellicose
,
belligerent
,
bickering
,
bloodthirsty
,
bloody
,
bloody-minded
,
chauvinist
,
chauvinistic
,
contentious
,
controversial
,
dialectic
,
disputatious
,
divisive
,
enemy
,
energetic
,
eristic
,
factional
,
factious
,
ferocious
,
fierce
,
fighting
,
full of fight
,
hawkish
,
hostile
,
ill-humored
,
inimical
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
jingo
,
jingoish
,
jingoist
,
jingoistic
,
litigious
,
logomachic
,
manful
,
manly
,
martial
,
militant
,
militaristic
,
military
,
offensive
,
on the offensive
,
partisan
,
pilpulistic
,
polarizing
,
polemic
,
pro and con
,
pugnacious
,
quarrelsome
,
saber-rattling
,
sanguinary
,
sanguineous
,
savage
,
scrappy
,
shrewish
,
soldierlike
,
soldierly
,
strenuous
,
trigger-happy
,
truculent
,
unfriendly
,
unpacific
,
unpeaceable
,
unpeaceful
,
vigorous
,
virile
,
warlike
,
warmongering
,
warring
,
wrangling
practical joker
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related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
actor
,
bad boy
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beguiler
,
booger
,
buffoon
,
bugger
,
charmer
,
counterfeiter
,
cutup
,
deceiver
,
deluder
,
devil
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
duper
,
elf
,
enchanter
,
enfant terrible
,
entrancer
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
funmaker
,
gay deceiver
,
hoaxer
,
hood
,
hoodlum
,
hooligan
,
hypnotizer
,
imp
,
jilt
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
knave
,
leg-puller
,
little devil
,
little monkey
,
little rascal
,
mesmerizer
,
minx
,
mischief
,
mischief-maker
,
misleader
,
pixie
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
prankster
,
puck
,
ragger
,
rapscallion
,
rascal
,
rogue
,
role-player
,
rowdy
,
ruffian
,
scamp
,
scapegrace
,
seducer
,
spoofer
,
tease
,
teaser
,
wag
counterfeiter
collapse
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
actor
,
ape
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beguiler
,
charmer
,
coin-clipper
,
coiner
,
conformist
,
copier
,
copycat
,
copyist
,
cuckoo
,
deceiver
,
deluder
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
duper
,
echo
,
echoer
,
echoist
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
gay deceiver
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
hypocrite
,
imitator
,
impersonator
,
impostor
,
jilt
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leg-puller
,
mesmerizer
,
mime
,
mimer
,
mimic
,
mimicker
,
minter
,
mintmaster
,
misleader
,
mocker
,
mockingbird
,
moneyer
,
monkey
,
parrot
,
phony
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
poll-parrot
,
polly
,
polly-parrot
,
poseur
,
practical joker
,
ragger
,
role-player
,
seducer
,
sheep
,
simulator
,
spoofer
,
tease
,
teaser
elder statesman
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an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
any influential person whose advice is highly respected
related words >
Admirable Crichton
,
adept
,
artisan
,
artist
,
attache
,
authority
,
connaisseur
,
connoisseur
,
consultant
,
cordon bleu
,
crack shot
,
craftsman
,
dead shot
,
diplomat
,
diplomatist
,
doctor
,
elder
,
experienced hand
,
expert
,
expert consultant
,
graduate
,
great soul
,
guru
,
handy man
,
illuminate
,
intellect
,
intellectual
,
journeyman
,
lover of wisdom
,
mahatma
,
man of intellect
,
man of wisdom
,
mandarin
,
marksman
,
master
,
mastermind
,
mentor
,
national leader
,
no slouch
,
oracle
,
philosopher
,
politician
,
pro
,
professional
,
professor
,
proficient
,
public man
,
rabbi
,
rishi
,
sage
,
sapient
,
savant
,
scholar
,
seer
,
shark
,
sharp
,
solon
,
starets
,
statesman
,
stateswoman
,
technical adviser
,
technician
,
thinker
,
wise man
,
wise old man
half
collapse
in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
(of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"
partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"
related words >
allotment
,
allowance
,
big end
,
bigger half
,
bisection
,
bit
,
bite
,
budget
,
chunk
,
commission
,
contingent
,
cut
,
deal
,
destiny
,
distributional
,
distributive
,
dividend
,
dole
,
end
,
equal
,
equal share
,
equidistance
,
even stephen
,
fate
,
fifty percent
,
fifty-fifty
,
half-and-half
,
halfway
,
halfway house
,
halver
,
halvers
,
helping
,
hemisphere
,
interest
,
lot
,
measure
,
mediety
,
meed
,
mess
,
mid-distance
,
midcourse
,
middle distance
,
midway
,
modicum
,
moiety
,
one-and-a-half
,
part
,
partial
,
particular
,
partly
,
per capita
,
per head
,
percentage
,
piece
,
portion
,
pro rata
,
proportion
,
proportional
,
proportionate
,
prorated
,
quantum
,
quota
,
rake-off
,
ration
,
respective
,
segment
,
semicircle
,
semisphere
,
several
,
share
,
slice
,
small share
,
stake
,
stock
plagiarist
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someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
actor
,
ape
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beguiler
,
charmer
,
conformist
,
copier
,
copycat
,
copyist
,
copyright infringer
,
counterfeiter
,
cribber
,
cuckoo
,
deceiver
,
deluder
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
duper
,
echo
,
echoer
,
echoist
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
faker
,
fooler
,
forger
,
gay deceiver
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
hypocrite
,
imitator
,
impersonator
,
impostor
,
jilt
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leg-puller
,
literary pirate
,
mesmerizer
,
mime
,
mimer
,
mimic
,
mimicker
,
misleader
,
mocker
,
mockingbird
,
monkey
,
parrot
,
phony
,
pirate
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
poll-parrot
,
polly
,
polly-parrot
,
poseur
,
practical joker
,
ragger
,
role-player
,
seducer
,
sheep
,
simulator
,
spoofer
,
tease
,
teaser
miff
collapse
cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"
related words >
aggravate
,
altercation
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beef
,
beset
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
chafe
,
chivy
,
conniption
,
devil
,
discompose
,
dispute
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
dog
,
dudgeon
,
embitter
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
falling-out
,
fash
,
ferment
,
fit
,
fret
,
fume
,
get
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
heckle
,
hector
,
high dudgeon
,
hound
,
huff
,
incense
,
inflame
,
irk
,
irritate
,
molest
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
pester
,
pet
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
rankle
,
resentment
,
rhubarb
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
run-in
,
set up
,
snuff
,
spat
,
squabble
,
stew
,
stir the blood
,
stir up
,
tease
,
tiff
,
torment
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
umbrage
,
vex
,
work up
,
worry
vex
collapse
subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"
related words >
abrade
,
aggravate
,
ail
,
anger
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
be the matter
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
chafe
,
chaw
,
chivy
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
devil
,
discommode
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
distress
,
disturb
,
dog
,
embarrass
,
embitter
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
fash
,
fret
,
gall
,
get
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
haunt
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hound
,
huff
,
incense
,
inconvenience
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
irk
,
irritate
,
miff
,
molest
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
peeve
,
perplex
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
put out
,
put to it
,
puzzle
,
rankle
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
set up
,
stir the blood
,
stir up
,
tease
,
torment
,
trouble
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
work up
,
worry
marksman
collapse
someone skilled in shooting
related words >
Admirable Crichton
,
Nimrod
,
Zouave
,
adept
,
archer
,
artilleryman
,
artisan
,
artist
,
attache
,
authority
,
bersagliere
,
bowman
,
cannoneer
,
carabineer
,
chasseur
,
connaisseur
,
connoisseur
,
consultant
,
cordon bleu
,
crack shot
,
craftsman
,
dead shot
,
deadeye
,
diplomat
,
diplomatist
,
dogface
,
doughfoot
,
elder statesman
,
experienced hand
,
expert
,
expert consultant
,
expert rifleman
,
foot soldier
,
footslogger
,
fusileer
,
good shot
,
graduate
,
grenadier
,
grunt
,
gun
,
gunman
,
gunner
,
handy man
,
hunter
,
infantryman
,
journeyman
,
light infantryman
,
markswoman
,
musketeer
,
no slouch
,
paddlefoot
,
politician
,
pro
,
professional
,
professor
,
proficient
,
rifle
,
rifleman
,
savant
,
shark
,
sharp
,
sharpshooter
,
shooter
,
shot
,
sniper
,
statesman
,
targetshooter
,
technical adviser
,
technician
,
toxophilite
,
trapshooter
assess
collapse
estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
related words >
account
,
appraise
,
appreciate
,
ask
,
assay
,
calculate
,
calibrate
,
caliper
,
call
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
charge
,
charge for
,
check a parameter
,
class
,
classify
,
compute
,
consider
,
deem
,
demand
,
dial
,
divide
,
estimate
,
evaluate
,
exact
,
factor
,
fair-trade
,
fathom
,
figure
,
form an estimate
,
gauge
,
give an appreciation
,
graduate
,
group
,
guess
,
identify
,
impose
,
levy
,
make an estimation
,
make dutiable
,
mark
,
measure
,
mensurate
,
mete
,
meter
,
pace
,
plumb
,
price
,
prize
,
pro rata
,
probe
,
prorate
,
put
,
quantify
,
quantize
,
quote a price
,
rank
,
rate
,
reckon
,
require
,
set at
,
sift
,
size
,
size up
,
sort
,
sort out
,
sound
,
span
,
step
,
stick for
,
survey
,
take a reading
,
tax
,
thrash out
,
tithe
,
triangulate
,
valorize
,
valuate
,
value
,
weigh
,
winnow
tithe
collapse
an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
a levy of one tenth of something
pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"
pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"
levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed"
exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"
related words >
alms
,
alms fee
,
ask
,
assess
,
assessment
,
cess
,
charge
,
charge for
,
charity
,
collection
,
conscience money
,
contribution
,
decagonal
,
decahedral
,
decasyllabic
,
decimal
,
decimalization
,
decimation
,
decuple
,
demand
,
denary
,
direct tax
,
dole
,
donation
,
donative
,
duty
,
exact
,
fifth
,
graduated taxation
,
handout
,
impose
,
imposition
,
impost
,
indirect tax
,
joint return
,
levy
,
make dutiable
,
offering
,
offertory
,
pittance
,
pro rata
,
progressive tax
,
prorate
,
quinquepartition
,
quinquesection
,
require
,
separate returns
,
sextipartition
,
single tax
,
sixth
,
stick for
,
subscription
,
supertax
,
surtax
,
tax
,
tax base
,
tax dodging
,
tax evasion
,
tax exemption
,
tax return
,
tax structure
,
tax withholding
,
tax-exempt status
,
taxable income
,
taxation
,
tenfold
,
tenth
,
toll
,
tribute
,
votive offering
,
withholding tax
besiege
collapse
harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
related words >
apply pressure
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
blandish
,
block
,
block off
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bound
,
box in
,
bug
,
buttonhole
,
cage
,
cajole
,
chamber
,
close in
,
coax
,
compass
,
contain
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
corral
,
cut off
,
dun
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
envelop
,
exert pressure
,
fence in
,
harass
,
harry
,
hedge in
,
hem in
,
house in
,
importune
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
inundate
,
invest
,
jail
,
kennel
,
lay siege to
,
leaguer
,
mew
,
mew up
,
nag
,
nag at
,
overwhelm
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pester
,
petition
,
plague
,
ply
,
pocket
,
press
,
pressure
,
push
,
quarantine
,
rail in
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
soften up
,
stable
,
sue
,
surround
,
tease
,
trap
,
urge
,
wall in
,
wheedle
,
work on
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
irk
collapse
related words >
abrade
,
aggravate
,
ail
,
annoy
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
be infinitely repetitive
,
be tedious
,
be the matter
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
bother
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
chivy
,
complicate matters
,
concern
,
devil
,
discommode
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
distress
,
disturb
,
dog
,
drag on
,
exasperate
,
exercise
,
fash
,
fatigue
,
fret
,
gall
,
get
,
glut
,
go on forever
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hound
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
jade
,
miff
,
molest
,
nag
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nudzh
,
pain
,
pall
,
peeve
,
perplex
,
persecute
,
perturb
,
pester
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
pother
,
provoke
,
put out
,
put to it
,
puzzle
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
satiate
,
strain
,
stress
,
tease
,
tire
,
tire to death
,
torment
,
trouble
,
try
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
vex
,
wear
,
wear on
,
weary
,
worry
disillusion
collapse
related words >
awaken
,
awakening
,
baffle
,
balk
,
ban
,
bilk
,
blackball
,
blackballing
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
cast down
,
complaint
,
correct
,
cross
,
dash
,
debunk
,
debunking
,
defeat
,
defeat expectation
,
dim view
,
disabuse
,
disagreement
,
disappoint
,
disappointment
,
disapprobation
,
disapproval
,
discontent
,
discontentedness
,
discontentment
,
disenchant
,
disenchantment
,
disesteem
,
disfavor
,
disgruntlement
,
disillude
,
disillusionize
,
disillusionment
,
displeasure
,
disrespect
,
dissatisfaction
,
dissatisfy
,
dissent
,
distaste
,
enlighten
,
enlightenment
,
exclusion
,
expose
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
indignation
,
let down
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
low estimation
,
low opinion
,
objection
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
ostracism
,
prick the bubble
,
protest
,
put straight
,
rejection
,
return to reality
,
rude awakening
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
tell the truth
,
thumbs-down
,
thwart
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
undeception
,
unhappiness
,
unspell
,
unspelling
,
wake up
discuss
collapse
related words >
advise with
,
agitate
,
air
,
analyze
,
argue
,
bargain
,
call in
,
canvass
,
collogue
,
comment upon
,
compare notes
,
confer
,
confer with
,
consider
,
consult
,
consult with
,
controvert
,
counsel
,
criticize
,
deal with
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
deliberate over
,
deliberate upon
,
descant
,
discept
,
discourse
,
discourse about
,
discuss with
,
dispute
,
dissert
,
dissertate
,
examine
,
exchange observations
,
exchange views
,
go into
,
handle
,
have conversations
,
hold conference
,
inquire into
,
interpret
,
investigate
,
knock around
,
moot
,
negotiate
,
palaver
,
parley
,
pass under review
,
powwow
,
pro and con
,
put heads together
,
rap
,
reason
,
reason about
,
reason the point
,
reason with
,
refer to
,
remark upon
,
review
,
sift
,
sit down together
,
sit down with
,
study
,
survey
,
take counsel
,
take up
,
take up with
,
talk
,
talk about
,
talk of
,
talk over
,
thrash out
,
thresh out
,
toss
,
touch upon
,
treat
,
treat of
,
ventilate
,
write up
frustration
collapse
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
related words >
ambivalence
,
ambivalence of impulse
,
annulment
,
bafflement
,
balk
,
balking
,
betrayed hope
,
blasted expectation
,
blighted hope
,
blow
,
buck-passing
,
buffet
,
cancellation
,
check
,
checkmate
,
circumvention
,
comedown
,
conflict
,
confounding
,
confusion
,
counterbalancing
,
cruel disappointment
,
dash
,
dashed hope
,
decompensation
,
defeat
,
disappointment
,
discomfiture
,
disconcertion
,
disillusionment
,
dissatisfaction
,
elusion
,
emotional shock
,
evasion
,
external frustration
,
failure
,
fallen countenance
,
fiasco
,
fizzle
,
foil
,
foiling
,
forlorn hope
,
getting around
,
getting round
,
hope deferred
,
invalidation
,
letdown
,
mental shock
,
mirage
,
neutralization
,
nullification
,
offsetting
,
outguessing
,
outmaneuvering
,
outwitting
,
passing the buck
,
psychological stress
,
rebuff
,
repulse
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
rout
,
setback
,
sore disappointment
,
stress
,
tantalization
,
tease
,
the runaround
,
the slip
,
thwarting
,
trauma
,
traumatism
,
undoing
,
upset
,
vitiation
,
voiding
fairly
collapse
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
related words >
a bit
,
a little
,
absolutely
,
acceptably
,
actually
,
adequately
,
after a fashion
,
appreciably
,
at any rate
,
at best
,
at least
,
at most
,
at the least
,
at the most
,
at the outside
,
at worst
,
comparatively
,
completely
,
decently
,
decipherably
,
deservedly
,
detectably
,
disinterestedly
,
dispassionately
,
duly
,
equally
,
equitably
,
evenly
,
extremely
,
fair
,
fair to middling
,
fairishly
,
fairly well
,
honestly
,
impartially
,
impersonally
,
in a manner
,
in a measure
,
in a way
,
in part
,
in some measure
,
incompletely
,
indifferently
,
justifiably
,
justifiedly
,
justly
,
kind of
,
leastwise
,
legibly
,
mediocrely
,
meetly
,
merely
,
middling well
,
middlingly
,
mildly
,
moderately
,
modestly
,
more or less
,
not comprehensively
,
not exhaustively
,
objectively
,
only
,
part
,
partially
,
partly
,
passably
,
positively
,
presentably
,
pretty
,
pretty well
,
pro tanto
,
properly
,
purely
,
quite
,
rather
,
readably
,
really
,
relatively
,
respectably
,
rightfully
,
rightly
,
satisfactorily
,
scarcely
,
simply
,
slightly
,
so far
,
so-so
,
some
,
something
,
somewhat
,
sort of
,
sufficiently
,
thus far
,
to a degree
,
to some degree
,
to some extent
,
tolerably
,
totally
,
unexceptionably
,
upon even terms
,
utterly
,
veritably
,
very
,
virtually
,
visibly
,
warrantably
,
warrantedly
,
well enough
,
without distinction
quid pro quo
collapse
something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises
related words >
agency
,
alternation
,
balance
,
ballast
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
blow for blow
,
change
,
coaction
,
commutation
,
complementary distribution
,
concurrence
,
consideration
,
cooperation
,
counterbalance
,
counterchange
,
counterpoise
,
counterweight
,
cross fire
,
delegation
,
deputation
,
deputyship
,
displacement
,
engagement
,
equipoise
,
equivalent
,
exchange
,
give-and-take
,
interaction
,
interchange
,
intercommunication
,
intercourse
,
interlacing
,
intermeshing
,
intermutation
,
interplay
,
intertwining
,
interweaving
,
interworking
,
law of retaliation
,
lex talionis
,
like for like
,
makeweight
,
measure for measure
,
mesh
,
meshing
,
mutual admiration
,
mutual support
,
mutual transfer
,
mutuality
,
offset
,
permutation
,
power of attorney
,
reciprocality
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
replacement
,
representation
,
retaliation
,
seesaw
,
setoff
,
something for something
,
something in return
,
something of value
,
subrogation
,
substitution
,
supersedence
,
superseding
,
supersedure
,
supersession
,
supplantation
,
supplanting
,
supplantment
,
switch
,
talion
,
tit for tat
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
vicariousness
tit for tat
collapse
an equivalent given in return
related words >
agency
,
alternation
,
balance
,
ballast
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
blow for blow
,
change
,
coaction
,
commutation
,
complementary distribution
,
concurrence
,
consideration
,
cooperation
,
counterbalance
,
counterchange
,
counterpoise
,
counterweight
,
cross fire
,
delegation
,
deputation
,
deputyship
,
displacement
,
engagement
,
equipoise
,
equivalent
,
exchange
,
give-and-take
,
interaction
,
interchange
,
intercommunication
,
intercourse
,
interlacing
,
intermeshing
,
intermutation
,
interplay
,
intertwining
,
interweaving
,
interworking
,
law of retaliation
,
lex talionis
,
like for like
,
makeweight
,
measure for measure
,
mesh
,
meshing
,
mutual admiration
,
mutual support
,
mutual transfer
,
mutuality
,
offset
,
permutation
,
power of attorney
,
quid pro quo
,
reciprocality
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
replacement
,
representation
,
retaliation
,
seesaw
,
setoff
,
something for something
,
something in return
,
something of value
,
subrogation
,
substitution
,
supersedence
,
superseding
,
supersedure
,
supersession
,
supplantation
,
supplanting
,
supplantment
,
switch
,
talion
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
vicariousness
counterweight
collapse
a weight that balances another weight
constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
related words >
act drop
,
asbestos
,
asbestos board
,
backdrop
,
balance
,
balance rudder
,
balance wheel
,
ballast
,
batten
,
border
,
cloth
,
consideration
,
coulisse
,
counterbalance
,
counterblast
,
countercurrent
,
counterforce
,
counterinfluence
,
counterpoise
,
counterpressure
,
crosscurrent
,
curtain
,
curtain board
,
cyclorama
,
decor
,
drop
,
drop curtain
,
equipoise
,
equivalent
,
fin
,
fire curtain
,
fixative
,
flat
,
flipper
,
flywheel
,
foul wind
,
give-and-take
,
governor
,
gyroscope
,
hairspring
,
hanging
,
head wind
,
keel
,
makeweight
,
mordant
,
offset
,
pendulum
,
quid pro quo
,
rag
,
scene
,
scenery
,
screen
,
setoff
,
shock absorber
,
side scene
,
something of value
,
springs
,
stabilizator
,
stage screw
,
stiffening
,
tab
,
tableau
,
tail plane
,
teaser
,
tit for tat
,
tormentor
,
transformation
,
transformation scene
,
undercurrent
,
wing
,
wingcut
,
woodcut
forger
collapse
someone who makes copies illegally
someone who operates a forge
related words >
Artful Dodger
,
Casanova
,
Don Juan
,
Hephaestus
,
Machiavel
,
Machiavelli
,
Machiavellian
,
Vulcan
,
Wayland
,
actor
,
ape
,
bamboozler
,
befuddler
,
beguiler
,
charmer
,
coin-clipper
,
coiner
,
conformist
,
copier
,
copycat
,
copyist
,
counterfeiter
,
cuckoo
,
deceiver
,
deluder
,
dissembler
,
dissimulator
,
dodger
,
double-dealer
,
duper
,
echo
,
echoer
,
echoist
,
enchanter
,
entrancer
,
faker
,
farrier
,
fooler
,
gay deceiver
,
hoaxer
,
hypnotizer
,
hypocrite
,
imitator
,
impersonator
,
impostor
,
jilt
,
jilter
,
joker
,
jokester
,
kidder
,
leg-puller
,
mesmerizer
,
metalworker
,
mime
,
mimer
,
mimic
,
mimicker
,
minter
,
mintmaster
,
misleader
,
mocker
,
mockingbird
,
moneyer
,
monkey
,
parrot
,
phony
,
plagiarist
,
plagiarizer
,
playactor
,
poll-parrot
,
polly
,
polly-parrot
,
poseur
,
practical joker
,
ragger
,
role-player
,
seducer
,
sheep
,
simulator
,
smith
,
spoofer
,
tease
,
teaser
pester
collapse
related words >
aggravate
,
annoy
,
apply pressure
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besetment
,
besiege
,
blandish
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
carp at
,
chafe
,
chivy
,
coax
,
devil
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
dog
,
dun
,
exasperate
,
exasperation
,
exercise
,
exert pressure
,
fash
,
fret
,
fret at
,
fuss at
,
get
,
get at
,
get to
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
hassle
,
heckle
,
hector
,
henpeck
,
hound
,
importune
,
irk
,
irritant
,
irritate
,
miff
,
molest
,
nag
,
nag at
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nibble at
,
niggle
,
nudzh
,
nuisance
,
peck at
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
pest
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
ply
,
pother
,
press
,
pressure
,
provoke
,
push
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
torment
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
urge
,
vex
,
wheedle
,
work on
,
worry
,
yap at
commutation
collapse
the travel of a commuter
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
related words >
agency
,
alternation
,
amends
,
atonement
,
balancing
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
change
,
compensation
,
cooperation
,
counteraction
,
counterbalancing
,
counterchange
,
course
,
cross fire
,
crossing
,
delegation
,
deputation
,
deputyship
,
displacement
,
exchange
,
expiation
,
give-and-take
,
globe-trotting
,
going
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
interchange
,
intermutation
,
interplay
,
journeying
,
lex talionis
,
locomotion
,
measure for measure
,
motion
,
movement
,
moving
,
mutual admiration
,
mutual support
,
mutual transfer
,
mutuality
,
offsetting
,
passage
,
permutation
,
power of attorney
,
progress
,
quid pro quo
,
reciprocality
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
recompense
,
rectification
,
redress
,
reparation
,
repayment
,
replacement
,
representation
,
restitution
,
retaliation
,
revenge
,
satisfaction
,
something for something
,
subrogation
,
substitution
,
supersedence
,
superseding
,
supersedure
,
supersession
,
supplantation
,
supplanting
,
supplantment
,
switch
,
tit for tat
,
tourism
,
touristry
,
traject
,
trajet
,
transit
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
travel
,
traveling
,
vicariousness
measure for measure
collapse
related words >
alternation
,
amends
,
atonement
,
balancing
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
blow for blow
,
commutation
,
compensation
,
cooperation
,
counteraction
,
counterbalancing
,
counterchange
,
cross fire
,
defensibility
,
drumhead justice
,
dueness
,
equitableness
,
equity
,
evenhandedness
,
exchange
,
expiation
,
give-and-take
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
interchange
,
intermutation
,
interplay
,
justice
,
justifiability
,
justifiableness
,
justification
,
justness
,
law of retaliation
,
lawfulness
,
legality
,
lex talionis
,
like for like
,
meetness
,
mutual admiration
,
mutual support
,
mutual transfer
,
mutuality
,
nemesis
,
offsetting
,
permutation
,
poetic justice
,
properness
,
propriety
,
quid pro quo
,
reciprocality
,
reciprocation
,
reciprocity
,
recompense
,
rectification
,
redress
,
reparation
,
repayment
,
restitution
,
retaliation
,
retributive justice
,
revenge
,
right
,
rightfulness
,
rightness
,
rude justice
,
satisfaction
,
scales of justice
,
something for something
,
something in return
,
substitution
,
summary justice
,
talion
,
tit for tat
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
warrantability
,
warrantedness
,
what is right
importune
collapse
beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
related words >
advocate
,
aggravating
,
annoying
,
appeal
,
apply pressure
,
approach
,
beg
,
beseech
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blandish
,
bothering
,
bothersome
,
bug
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
call on
,
call upon
,
coax
,
crave
,
disturbing
,
dun
,
entreat
,
exasperating
,
exert pressure
,
exhort
,
galling
,
harassing
,
high-pressure
,
implore
,
importunate
,
insist
,
insist upon
,
invoke
,
irking
,
irksome
,
irritating
,
jawbone
,
lobby
,
make a pass
,
make advances
,
make an overture
,
nag
,
nag at
,
overture
,
pesky
,
pester
,
pestering
,
pestiferous
,
pestilent
,
pestilential
,
plague
,
plaguesome
,
plaguey
,
plaguing
,
plead
,
plead with
,
ply
,
pray
,
press
,
pressure
,
proposition
,
provoking
,
push
,
recommend
,
soft-soap
,
solicit
,
supplicate
,
sweet-talk
,
tease
,
teasing
,
throw a pass
,
tiresome
,
tormenting
,
troublesome
,
troubling
,
urge
,
vexatious
,
vexing
,
wearisome
,
wheedle
,
work on
,
worrisome
,
worrying
retribution
collapse
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
a justly deserved penalty
related words >
affliction
,
amends
,
atonement
,
avengement
,
avenging
,
blood money
,
castigation
,
chastening
,
chastisement
,
comeuppance
,
compensation
,
condign punishment
,
consideration
,
correction
,
counterblow
,
damages
,
desert
,
deserts
,
disciplinary measures
,
discipline
,
ferule
,
guerdon
,
honorarium
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
infliction
,
judgment
,
judicial punishment
,
just deserts
,
justice
,
making good
,
meed
,
nemesis
,
pains
,
pains and punishments
,
pay
,
paying back
,
payment
,
penal retribution
,
penalty
,
penology
,
price
,
punishment
,
punition
,
quid pro quo
,
quittance
,
recompense
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimbursement
,
remuneration
,
reparation
,
repayment
,
reprisal
,
requital
,
requitement
,
restitution
,
retaliation
,
retributive justice
,
return
,
revanche
,
revenge
,
reward
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
scourge
,
smart money
,
solatium
,
squaring
,
trial
,
tribulation
,
vengeance
,
visitation
,
well-deserved punishment
,
wergild
,
what is due
,
what is merited
,
what-for
reciprocation
collapse
alternating back-and-forth movement
the act of making or doing something in return
related words >
Lissajous figure
,
alternation
,
back-and-forth
,
balance
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
boomerang
,
coequality
,
comeback
,
coming and going
,
communion
,
community
,
commutation
,
cooperation
,
corelation
,
correlation
,
correlativism
,
correlativity
,
correspondence
,
counter
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterchange
,
counterstroke
,
cross fire
,
ebb and flow
,
equilibrium
,
equipollence
,
equivalence
,
exchange
,
flux and reflux
,
give-and-take
,
interchange
,
intermutation
,
interplay
,
inverse proportion
,
inverse ratio
,
inverse relationship
,
lex talionis
,
measure for measure
,
mutual admiration
,
mutual support
,
mutual transfer
,
mutuality
,
permutation
,
proportionality
,
quid pro quo
,
reciprocality
,
reciprocity
,
recoil
,
relativity
,
reply
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
return
,
rhythmic play
,
seesaw
,
seesawing
,
sine wave
,
something for something
,
symmetry
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
teeter-tottering
,
teetering
,
tit for tat
,
to-and-fro
,
tottering
,
transposal
,
transposition
,
ups and downs
,
wigwag
war horse
collapse
related words >
Houyhnhnm
,
Tammany man
,
beldam
,
brood mare
,
campaigner
,
charger
,
colt
,
courser
,
critter
,
crone
,
dame
,
dobbin
,
dowager
,
entire
,
entire horse
,
equine
,
filly
,
foal
,
frump
,
gelding
,
grandam
,
grandmother
,
granny
,
hag
,
horse
,
machine politician
,
mare
,
mount
,
nag
,
old battle-ax
,
old campaigner
,
old dame
,
old girl
,
old granny
,
old hand
,
old lady
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old soldier
,
old trot
,
old wife
,
old woman
,
old-timer
,
party boss
,
party chieftain
,
party leader
,
pol
,
political hack
,
political leader
,
politician
,
prancer
,
professional politician
,
reform politician
,
reformer
,
salt
,
seasoned veteran
,
shellback
,
stallion
,
steed
,
stud
,
studhorse
,
tarpan
,
top horse
,
trooper
,
trot
,
vet
,
veteran
,
wheelhorse
,
wild horse
,
witch
impromptu
collapse
an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
related words >
ad lib
,
ad libitum
,
ad-lib
,
ad-libbing
,
arrangement
,
at short notice
,
at sight
,
by ear
,
cadenza
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporaneously
,
extemporaneousness
,
extemporarily
,
extemporariness
,
extemporary
,
extempore
,
extemporization
,
extemporized
,
flourish
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
hot lick
,
improvisation
,
improvisatorial
,
improvise
,
improvised
,
improvision
,
improviso
,
interpolation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged
,
lick
,
makeshift
,
measure
,
off the cuff
,
off the hip
,
off-the-cuff
,
offhand
,
on sight
,
out of hand
,
playing by ear
,
precipitate
,
pro tempore
,
quick
,
riff
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
stopgap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
temporary arrangement
,
temporary measure
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unrehearsed
,
unstudied
,
vamp
deputation
collapse
a group of representatives or delegates
related words >
accession
,
agency
,
agentship
,
anointing
,
anointment
,
appointment
,
arrogation
,
assignment
,
assumption
,
authority
,
authorization
,
brevet
,
care
,
change
,
charge
,
commission
,
commissioning
,
commitment
,
committee
,
commutation
,
consecration
,
consignment
,
coronation
,
cure
,
delegated authority
,
delegation
,
deputyship
,
devolution
,
devolvement
,
displacement
,
election
,
embassy
,
empowerment
,
entrusting
,
entrustment
,
errand
,
exchange
,
executorship
,
exequatur
,
factorship
,
full power
,
jurisdiction
,
legation
,
legitimate succession
,
license
,
lieutenancy
,
mandate
,
mission
,
office
,
plenipotentiary power
,
power of attorney
,
power to act
,
procuration
,
proxy
,
purview
,
quid pro quo
,
regency
,
regentship
,
replacement
,
representation
,
responsibility
,
seizure
,
subcommittee
,
subrogation
,
substitution
,
succession
,
supersedence
,
superseding
,
supersedure
,
supersession
,
supplantation
,
supplanting
,
supplantment
,
switch
,
taking over
,
task
,
tit for tat
,
trust
,
trusteeship
,
usurpation
,
vicarious authority
,
vicariousness
,
warrant
veteran
collapse
an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
a person who has served in the armed forces
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
related words >
Father Time
,
Methuselah
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
blase
,
campaigner
,
centenarian
,
cosmopolitan
,
cosmopolite
,
dotard
,
elder
,
experienced
,
expert
,
gaffer
,
geezer
,
golden-ager
,
gramps
,
grandfather
,
grandsire
,
graybeard
,
knowing
,
master
,
mature
,
matured
,
nonagenarian
,
not born yesterday
,
octogenarian
,
old
,
old campaigner
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old hand
,
old man
,
old party
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old soldier
,
old-time
,
old-timer
,
older
,
oldster
,
pantaloon
,
past master
,
patriarch
,
practical
,
practiced
,
presbyter
,
ripe
,
ripened
,
sagacious
,
salt
,
seasoned
,
seasoned veteran
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
shellback
,
skilled
,
sophisticated
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
tried
,
tried and true
,
trouper
,
venerable sir
,
versed
,
vet
,
war-horse
,
warhorse
,
wise
,
world-wise
,
worldly
,
worldly-wise
old timer
collapse
related words >
Father Time
,
Methuselah
,
Nestor
,
Old Paar
,
ancient
,
antediluvian
,
antique
,
back number
,
centenarian
,
conservative
,
dad
,
dodo
,
dotard
,
elder
,
fogy
,
fossil
,
fud
,
fuddy-duddy
,
gaffer
,
geezer
,
golden-ager
,
gramps
,
grandfather
,
grandsire
,
granny
,
graybeard
,
has-been
,
longhair
,
matriarch
,
mid-Victorian
,
mossback
,
nonagenarian
,
octogenarian
,
old believer
,
old campaigner
,
old chap
,
old codger
,
old crock
,
old dodo
,
old dog
,
old duffer
,
old fogy
,
old geezer
,
old gent
,
old gentleman
,
old hand
,
old liner
,
old man
,
old party
,
old poop
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old woman
,
older
,
oldster
,
pantaloon
,
patriarch
,
pop
,
pops
,
presbyter
,
reactionary
,
regular old fogy
,
relic
,
salt
,
seasoned veteran
,
senior
,
senior citizen
,
septuagenarian
,
sexagenarian
,
shellback
,
square
,
starets
,
the quiet-voiced elders
,
traditionalist
,
venerable sir
,
vet
,
veteran
,
war-horse
require
collapse
related words >
affect
,
appoint
,
ask
,
ask for
,
assess
,
assume
,
authorize
,
be hurting for
,
be indicated
,
bind
,
blackmail
,
bring
,
brook no denial
,
call
,
call for
,
challenge
,
charge
,
charge for
,
claim
,
clamor for
,
coerce
,
command
,
commit
,
comprise
,
contain
,
crave
,
cry for
,
cry out for
,
demand
,
desire
,
dictate
,
entail
,
exact
,
extort
,
force
,
have occasion for
,
implicate
,
imply
,
impose
,
indent
,
insist
,
instruct
,
involve
,
issue an ultimatum
,
lack
,
lay down
,
lead to
,
leave no option
,
levy
,
make
,
make a demand
,
make dutiable
,
make imperative
,
make incumbent
,
make obligatory
,
miss
,
necessitate
,
need
,
obligate
,
oblige
,
order
,
order up
,
place an order
,
pledge
,
postulate
,
prerequire
,
prescribe
,
presume
,
presuppose
,
pro rata
,
prorate
,
put in requisition
,
requisition
,
run short of
,
saddle with
,
screw
,
set
,
solicit
,
stick for
,
subsume
,
take
,
take doing
,
take in
,
take no denial
,
tax
,
tie
,
tithe
,
want
,
want doing
,
warn
deride
collapse
treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
related words >
banter
,
be above
,
be contemptuous of
,
belittle
,
care nothing for
,
chaff
,
contemn
,
dare
,
despise
,
diminish
,
disdain
,
disparage
,
disprize
,
disregard
,
dump on
,
feel contempt for
,
feel superior to
,
flout
,
get fresh
,
get smart
,
grin at
,
have a nerve
,
have the cheek
,
have the gall
,
hold beneath one
,
hold cheap
,
hold in contempt
,
hold in derision
,
insult
,
jeer at
,
jolly
,
kid
,
knock
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
look down upon
,
lout
,
make bold
,
make fun of
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
misprize
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pooh-pooh
,
presume
,
put down
,
put one on
,
quiz
,
rag
,
rally
,
rank low
,
razz
,
rib
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scoff at
,
scorn
,
scout
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
slight
,
slight over
,
smile at
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
snicker at
,
sniff at
,
snigger at
,
snort at
,
take liberties
,
taunt
,
tease
,
think nothing of
,
treat with contempt
,
twit
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