Related Words:
- Barnumism,
- affectation,
- arrogance,
- assurance,
- assuredness,
- bedizenment,
- belief,
- big talk,
- buckram,
- ceremonial,
- ceremoniousness,
- ceremony,
- certitude,
- cocksureness,
- confidence,
- confidentness,
- conviction,
- convolution,
- courage,
- dignity,
- extrinsicality,
- faith,
- flashiness,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- form,
- formality,
- formalization,
- fulsomeness,
- garishness,
- gaudiness,
- grandiloquence,
- grandioseness,
- grandiosity,
- gravity,
- high-flown diction,
- hubris,
- impersonality,
- inflatedness,
- inflation,
- lexiphanicism,
- loftiness,
- luridness,
- magniloquence,
- mere rhetoric,
- meretriciousness,
- orotundity,
- ostentation,
- ostentatious complexity,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- platitudinous ponderosity,
- poise,
- polysyllabic profundity,
- pomp,
- pompous prolixity,
- pompousness,
- pontificality,
- pontification,
- positiveness,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- pride,
- primness,
- prose run mad,
- rhetoric,
- rhetoricalness,
- rigidness,
- ritual,
- rituality,
- security,
- self-assurance,
- self-confidence,
- self-importance,
- self-reliance,
- sensationalism,
- sententiousness,
- settled belief,
- showiness,
- solemnity,
- starchiness,
- stiffness,
- stiltedness,
- stuffiness,
- stylization,
- subjective certainty,
- sureness,
- surety,
- swelling utterance,
- swollen phrase,
- swollenness,
- tall talk,
- tortuosity,
- tortuousness,
- trust,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- turgescence,
- turgidity,
- weight
- backlash
collapse - an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" related words >
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- backfire,
- backlashing,
- backwash,
- boomerang,
- bounce,
- bounce back,
- bound,
- carom,
- clashing,
- clout,
- collision,
- conflict,
- confutation,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrecoup,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- crotchetiness,
- dissent,
- force,
- friction,
- impact,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- interference,
- kick,
- kick back,
- kickback,
- mark,
- nonconformity,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- perverseness,
- print,
- reaction,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- reflex,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- resilience,
- resistance,
- response,
- revolt,
- ricochet,
- spring,
- swimming upstream
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- adventure,
- aristeia,
- attainment,
- blow,
- bold stroke,
- conquest,
- consummation,
- coup,
- dealings,
- deed,
- doing,
- doings,
- effort,
- emprise,
- endeavor,
- enterprise,
- execution,
- exploit,
- fait accompli,
- gest,
- go,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- heroic act,
- job,
- maneuver,
- master stroke,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- measure,
- move,
- operation,
- overt act,
- passage,
- performance,
- proceeding,
- production,
- res gestae,
- step,
- stroke,
- stunt,
- thing,
- thing done,
- tour de force,
- transaction,
- triumph,
- turn,
- undertaking,
- venture,
- victory,
- work,
- works
- nugatory
collapse
- of no real value; "a nugatory law" related words >
- NG,
- airy,
- asinine,
- barren,
- bootless,
- catchpenny,
- cheap,
- counterproductive,
- effete,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flimsy,
- foolish,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- hollow,
- idle,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- junk,
- junky,
- light,
- no-account,
- no-good,
- not worth having,
- not worth mentioning,
- not worthwhile,
- nugacious,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- shabby,
- shallow,
- shoddy,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- sterile,
- superficial,
- trashy,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailing,
- useless,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- valueless,
- vapid,
- windy,
- worthless
- restricted
collapse
- the lowest level of official classification for documents
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
- subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance" related words >
- angustifoliate,
- angustirostrate,
- angustisellate,
- angustiseptal,
- arcane,
- authoritative,
- bound,
- bounded,
- boxed in,
- cabalistic,
- cabined,
- censored,
- circumscribed,
- classified,
- cloistered,
- close,
- close-fitting,
- closed,
- concealed,
- conditioned,
- confined,
- constricted,
- copyrighted,
- cramp,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- crowded,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- detained,
- determinate,
- disciplined,
- enclosed,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- expert,
- feature,
- featured,
- finite,
- fixed,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- hedged in,
- hemmed in,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- icebound,
- impounded,
- in confinement,
- incapacious,
- incommodious,
- isthmian,
- isthmic,
- kept in,
- knowledgeable,
- landlocked,
- latent,
- leavened,
- limited,
- meager,
- mitigated,
- moderated,
- modified,
- modulated,
- mysterious,
- narrow,
- near,
- occult,
- off limits,
- out of bounds,
- patented,
- pent,
- pent-up,
- precise,
- prescribed,
- proscribed,
- qualified,
- scant,
- scanty,
- seasoned,
- secret,
- shut-in,
- slender,
- smothered,
- snowbound,
- softened,
- specialist,
- specialistic,
- specialized,
- stifled,
- stinted,
- strait,
- straitened,
- suppressed,
- technical,
- tempered,
- tight,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unbreatheable,
- under restraint,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- windbound
- propel
collapse
- cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" related words >
- actuate,
- advance,
- animate,
- bowl,
- bunt,
- butt,
- compel,
- drive,
- drive on,
- egg on,
- energize,
- exhort,
- force,
- forward,
- foster,
- galvanize,
- get moving,
- give an impetus,
- give momentum,
- goad,
- impel,
- incite,
- launch,
- mobilize,
- motivate,
- move,
- move to action,
- nudge,
- pedal,
- pole,
- power,
- prick,
- prod,
- promote,
- prompt,
- push,
- put in motion,
- roll,
- row,
- send,
- set agoing,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- shove,
- shunt,
- spark,
- spur,
- start,
- stimulate,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- thrust,
- treadle,
- troll,
- trundle,
- whip on
- sustenance
collapse
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" related words >
- TLC,
- aid,
- aliment,
- alimentation,
- alimony,
- backing,
- board,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- care,
- carriage,
- carrying,
- cheer,
- chow,
- comestibles,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- creature comfort,
- cuisine,
- daily bread,
- eatables,
- eats,
- economic support,
- edibles,
- endowment,
- endurance,
- extension,
- fare,
- fast food,
- feast,
- food,
- food and drink,
- foodstuff,
- foodstuffs,
- groceries,
- grub,
- health food,
- ingesta,
- junk food,
- keep,
- kitchen stuff,
- lengthening,
- livelihood,
- living,
- maintenance,
- manna,
- meat,
- moral support,
- mothering,
- nosh,
- nourishment,
- nurture,
- nutriment,
- pabulum,
- pap,
- perpetuation,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- price support,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- provender,
- provision,
- provisions,
- psychological support,
- pursuance,
- rations,
- refection,
- refreshment,
- reliance,
- repetition,
- run,
- salt,
- scoff,
- security blanket,
- spread,
- staying power,
- straight course,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsistence,
- subvention,
- support,
- supportive relationship,
- supportive therapy,
- sustained action,
- sustaining,
- sustainment,
- sustentation,
- table,
- tender loving care,
- tucker,
- uninterrupted course,
- unremittingness,
- upholding,
- upkeep,
- viands,
- victuals,
- vittles,
- way
- referent
collapse
- something that refers; a term that refers to another term
- the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
- something referred to; the object of a reference
- having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment" related words >
- affective meaning,
- bearing,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- denotation,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- extension,
- force,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- intension,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- meaning,
- overtone,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- purport,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- relation,
- relevance,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- structural meaning,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- symbolic meaning,
- tenor,
- totality of associations,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- value
- affective meaning,
- bearing,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- denotation,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- extension,
- force,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- intension,
- lexical meaning,
- meaning,
- overtone,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- purport,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- structural meaning,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- symbolic meaning,
- tenor,
- totality of associations,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- value
- existent
collapse
- having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" related words >
- aboveground,
- actual,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- among the living,
- animate,
- animated,
- around,
- as is,
- being,
- breathing,
- capable of life,
- conscious,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- current,
- endowed with life,
- enlivened,
- existence,
- existing,
- extant,
- fresh,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- in being,
- in effect,
- in existence,
- in force,
- in the flesh,
- individual,
- inspirited,
- instant,
- instinct with life,
- latest,
- live,
- living,
- long-lived,
- modern,
- new,
- on foot,
- present,
- present-age,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- prevalent,
- quick,
- running,
- something,
- subsistent,
- subsisting,
- tenacious of life,
- that be,
- that is,
- thing,
- topical,
- under the sun,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute,
- very much alive,
- viable,
- vital,
- vivified,
- zoetic
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