Related Words:
- auditor
collapse - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
- a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit related words >
- Big Brother,
- CA,
- CPA,
- accepter,
- accountant,
- accountant general,
- acquirer,
- actuary,
- addressee,
- audience,
- audient,
- autodidact,
- bank accountant,
- bank examiner,
- beholder,
- boatswain,
- bookkeeper,
- boss,
- bursar,
- calculator,
- cashier,
- cashkeeper,
- certified public accountant,
- chamberlain,
- chartered accountant,
- chief,
- clerk,
- comptroller,
- consignee,
- controller,
- cost accountant,
- cost keeper,
- curator,
- depositary,
- depository,
- eavesdropper,
- educatee,
- financial officer,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- getter,
- head,
- headman,
- hearer,
- hearkener,
- holder,
- inquirer,
- inspector,
- journalizer,
- learner,
- liquidator,
- listener,
- looker,
- monitor,
- noncommissioned officer,
- obtainer,
- overhearer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- payee,
- paymaster,
- praepostor,
- prefect,
- proctor,
- procurer,
- pupil,
- purse bearer,
- purser,
- receiver,
- recipient,
- reckoner,
- recorder,
- registrar,
- scholar,
- self-taught person,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- snoop,
- spectator,
- steward,
- straw boss,
- student,
- studier,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taker,
- taskmaster,
- trainee,
- treasurer,
- trustee,
- viewer,
- visitor
- affected,
- aloof,
- arrogant,
- clannish,
- cliquish,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- condescending,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- disdainful,
- egotistical,
- elect,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- haughty,
- high and mighty,
- high-flown,
- high-hat,
- highfalutin,
- hoity-toity,
- inadmissible,
- insecure,
- insular,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- narrow,
- parochial,
- patronizing,
- pompous,
- potty,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- pretentious,
- preventive,
- priggish,
- prohibitive,
- putting on airs,
- remote,
- restrictive,
- ritzy,
- scornful,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- self-important,
- self-satisfied,
- separative,
- smug,
- sneering,
- sniffy,
- snippy,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- stuck-up,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toploftical,
- toplofty,
- uncertain,
- unconfident,
- unsure,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- vain,
- withering,
- xenophobic
- accurate,
- active,
- attentive,
- careful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- close,
- compliant,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- constant,
- conventional,
- correct,
- critical,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- formal,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- loyal,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- observant,
- orderly,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- practicing,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- true
- distinctive
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- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" related words >
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- appropriate,
- articulate,
- audible,
- categorical,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- clear,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- defining,
- definite,
- delicate,
- denominative,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discrete,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- exact,
- exemplary,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- hearable,
- hi-fi,
- high-fidelity,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- in character,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- intrinsic,
- marked,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- nice,
- normal,
- ordinal,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- plain,
- precise,
- proper,
- quintessential,
- realistic,
- refined,
- regular,
- sample,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separate,
- separative,
- several,
- single,
- singular,
- special,
- specific,
- subdivisional,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- taxonomic,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- unique,
- usual
- elective
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- subject to popular election; "elective official"
- not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study" related words >
- academic specialty,
- adoptive,
- alternative,
- appointive,
- arbitrary,
- area,
- autonomous,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- classical education,
- constituent,
- core curriculum,
- course,
- course of study,
- curriculum,
- discipline,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- discriminating,
- disjunctive,
- eclectic,
- electoral,
- field,
- free,
- free will,
- general education,
- general studies,
- gratuitous,
- humanities,
- independent,
- liberal arts,
- major,
- minor,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- particular,
- proffered,
- proseminar,
- quadrivium,
- refresher course,
- scientific education,
- selecting,
- selective,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- seminar,
- specialty,
- spontaneous,
- study,
- subdiscipline,
- subject,
- technical education,
- trivium,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- discriminating
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- showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" related words >
- accurate,
- adoptive,
- appointive,
- appreciative,
- careful,
- censorious,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- choicy,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- civilized,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- constituent,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminate,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- eclectic,
- elective,
- electoral,
- elegant,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- fussy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- idiosyncratic,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- keen,
- meticulous,
- nice,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- perceptive,
- perfectionistic,
- personalizing,
- picky,
- polished,
- politic,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- scrupulous,
- select,
- selecting,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separative,
- sophisticated,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wise
- Sabbatarian,
- bigoted,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- evangelical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exquisite,
- fastidious,
- firm,
- formalistic,
- fundamentalist,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- muscle-bound,
- namby-pamby,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orderly,
- orthodox,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- particular,
- pedantic,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- procrustean,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- simpering,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding
- conscientious
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- characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
- guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice" related words >
- accurate,
- active,
- attentive,
- careful,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- close,
- compliant,
- conforming,
- conscionable,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- ethical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fair,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- high-minded,
- honest,
- honorable,
- incorruptible,
- just,
- loyal,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- moral,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obedient,
- observant,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- politic,
- practicing,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- principled,
- prudent,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- respectful,
- responsible,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- serious,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- true,
- upright,
- upstanding
- puritanical
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- of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism related words >
- Albigensian,
- Catharist,
- Franciscan,
- Quakerish,
- Sabbatarian,
- Trappist,
- Victorian,
- Waldensian,
- abstinent,
- anchoritic,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bigoted,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- demure,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- dour,
- eremitic,
- evangelical,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- firm,
- flagellant,
- fundamentalist,
- hard,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- impliable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- mendicant,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- muscle-bound,
- narrow,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- old-maidish,
- orthodox,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prim,
- procrustean,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- relentless,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- sanctimonious,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- self-denying,
- sensitive,
- smug,
- staunch,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- wedded to poverty
- censorious
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- harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings" related words >
- Quakerish,
- Victorian,
- abusive,
- accusatory,
- back-biting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- captious,
- carping,
- catty,
- caviling,
- chiding,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- condemnatory,
- conscientious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- critic,
- critical,
- damnatory,
- defamatory,
- demure,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detractory,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disparaging,
- exacting,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- fastidious,
- faultfinding,
- hidebound,
- hypercritical,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- libelous,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- minimizing,
- narrow,
- objurgatory,
- old-maidish,
- overcritical,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- pejorative,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prim,
- proscriptive,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- sanctimonious,
- scandalous,
- scoffing,
- scrupulous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- smug,
- stiff-necked,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stuffy,
- vilifying,
- vituperative
- enlistment
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- the act of enlisting (as in a military service)
- a period of time spent in military service related words >
- acceptance,
- admission,
- admittance,
- allurement,
- baptism,
- blandishment,
- booking,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- call,
- call-up,
- cataloging,
- chronicling,
- coaxing,
- compulsory military service,
- conning,
- conscription,
- continuous tenure,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- engagement,
- enrollment,
- entering,
- entry,
- exhortation,
- hitch,
- hortation,
- immission,
- impanelment,
- impressment,
- inauguration,
- indexing,
- inducement,
- induction,
- initiation,
- inscribing,
- inscription,
- insertion,
- installation,
- instatement,
- intromission,
- inventorying,
- investiture,
- jawboning,
- levy,
- listing,
- lobbying,
- logging,
- matriculation,
- mobilization,
- muster,
- ordination,
- persuasion,
- posting,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- press,
- prison term,
- record keeping,
- recordation,
- recording,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- register,
- registration,
- registry,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- selective service,
- selling,
- snow job,
- soft soap,
- solicitation,
- stretch,
- suasion,
- summons,
- sweet talk,
- tabulation,
- tenure,
- term,
- time,
- tour,
- wheedling,
- working on
- parochial
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- relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools" related words >
- authoritarian,
- biased,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- borne,
- closed,
- confined,
- conservative,
- constricted,
- conventional,
- cramped,
- creedbound,
- deaf,
- deaf to reason,
- dogmatic,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- fanatical,
- geographically limited,
- hidebound,
- illiberal,
- immovable,
- inadmissible,
- insular,
- intolerant,
- intractable,
- isolated,
- limited,
- little,
- little-minded,
- local,
- localized,
- mean,
- mean-minded,
- mean-spirited,
- narrow,
- narrow-hearted,
- narrow-minded,
- narrow-souled,
- narrow-spirited,
- nearsighted,
- of a place,
- one-sided,
- opinionated,
- partial,
- petty,
- preclusive,
- prejudiced,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- provincial,
- purblind,
- regional,
- restricted,
- restrictive,
- rigid,
- seclusive,
- sectarian,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- short-sighted,
- shortsighted,
- small,
- small-minded,
- small-town,
- snobbish,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- straitlaced,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- topical,
- uncatholic,
- unchangeable,
- unchanging,
- uncharitable,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- ungenerous,
- unliberal,
- unsophisticated,
- unworldly,
- vernacular,
- xenophobic
- inadmissible
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- not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence" related words >
- adrift,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- beside the question,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptionable,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- extraneous,
- extrinsic,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-favored,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- immaterial,
- impertinent,
- impossible,
- improper,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incidental,
- inconsequent,
- indefensible,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- insular,
- intolerable,
- irrelative,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- narrow,
- nihil ad rem,
- nonessential,
- not at issue,
- objectionable,
- off the subject,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out-of-the-way,
- parenthetical,
- parochial,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- restrictive,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- snobbish,
- unacceptable,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- unessential,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untenable,
- untimely,
- unwanted,
- unwelcome,
- xenophobic
- priggish
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- exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" related words >
- Quakerish,
- Victorian,
- abusive,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- condemnatory,
- condescending,
- conformist,
- conscientious,
- contemptuous,
- critical,
- damnatory,
- demure,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- derisive,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disparaging,
- exacting,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- fastidious,
- formal,
- formalistic,
- fussy,
- goody-goody,
- hidebound,
- high-hat,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- narrow,
- nit-picking,
- objurgatory,
- old-maidish,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- patronizing,
- pedantic,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- prig,
- prim,
- prissy,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- sanctimonious,
- scoffing,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- self-complacent,
- self-contented,
- self-esteeming,
- self-loving,
- self-righteous,
- self-satisfied,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- smug,
- sniffy,
- snippy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- stiff-necked,
- strait-laced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stuffy,
- uptight,
- vilifying,
- vituperative
- fastidious
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- giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" related words >
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- bleached,
- bright,
- careful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- civilized,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- conscientious,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- differential,
- difficult,
- dirt-free,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- elegant,
- exact,
- exacting,
- fair,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicky,
- fresh,
- fussy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- hypercritical,
- immaculate,
- kosher,
- meticulous,
- nice,
- nit-picking,
- nonpolluted,
- of cleanly habits,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- polished,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- pure,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- religious,
- ritually pure,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- shiny,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- sophisticated,
- spotless,
- squeamish,
- stainless,
- strict,
- subtle,
- sweet,
- tactful,
- tahar,
- tender-conscienced,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- undefiled,
- unmuddied,
- unpolluted,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened
- perfectionist
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- a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards related words >
- Babbitt,
- Leibnizian,
- Leibnizian optimist,
- Middle American,
- Philistine,
- Pollyanna,
- anal character,
- aspirant,
- aspirer,
- bourgeois,
- bright,
- burgher,
- captious critic,
- censorious,
- cheerful,
- chiliast,
- chiliastic,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- compulsive character,
- conformer,
- conformist,
- conscientious,
- conventionalist,
- couleur de rose,
- critical,
- demanding,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- formalist,
- fuss-budget,
- fusspot,
- fussy,
- hopeful,
- hoper,
- irrepressible optimist,
- methodologist,
- meticulous,
- middle-class type,
- millenarian,
- millennialist,
- millennialistic,
- millennian,
- model child,
- nit-picking,
- nitpicker,
- obsessive,
- optimist,
- optimistic,
- organization man,
- parrot,
- particular,
- pedant,
- perfectibilist,
- perfectibilitarian,
- perfectionistic,
- philosophical optimist,
- picky,
- plastic person,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- ray of sunshine,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- sheep,
- square,
- stickler,
- strict,
- sunny,
- teenybopper,
- trimmer,
- upbeat,
- utopian,
- yes-man
- summons
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- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- an order to appear in person at a given place and time related words >
- Angelus,
- Angelus bell,
- alarm,
- alarum,
- battle cry,
- beck,
- beck and call,
- bid,
- bid come,
- biddance,
- bidding,
- birdcall,
- bugle call,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- call-up,
- calling,
- calling forth,
- certiorari,
- citation,
- cite,
- compulsory military service,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conscription,
- convene,
- convocation,
- convoke,
- demand,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- engraved invitation,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- evocation,
- evoke,
- garnishment,
- habeas corpus,
- impressment,
- indent,
- induction,
- invitation,
- invite,
- invocation,
- invoke,
- last post,
- levy,
- mobilization,
- monition,
- moose call,
- muster,
- muster up,
- nod,
- order up,
- page,
- preconization,
- preconize,
- press,
- rallying cry,
- rebel yell,
- recall,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- requisition,
- reveille,
- selective service,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- taps,
- trumpet call,
- venire,
- venire de novo,
- venire facias,
- war cry,
- warrant,
- whistle,
- writ,
- writ of summons
- constituent
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- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected" related words >
- ab ovo,
- adjunct,
- adoptive,
- air,
- appointive,
- appurtenance,
- aspect,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- basal,
- basic,
- brute matter,
- building block,
- census,
- chemical element,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- circumstance,
- component,
- composition,
- constituents,
- constitutive,
- content,
- contents,
- detail,
- discriminating,
- division,
- divisions,
- earth,
- eclectic,
- elective,
- electoral,
- element,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- elements,
- essential,
- factor,
- feature,
- fire,
- fixings,
- formative,
- fraction,
- fundamental,
- fundamental particle,
- gut,
- guts,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- index,
- ingredient,
- ingredients,
- innards,
- insides,
- integral,
- integrant,
- inventory,
- item,
- items,
- list,
- makings,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- molecule,
- monad,
- natural world,
- nature,
- of the essence,
- original,
- part,
- part and parcel,
- particular,
- parts,
- physical world,
- plenum,
- portion,
- primal,
- primary,
- primitive,
- radical,
- selecting,
- selective,
- specialty,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- substratum,
- the four elements,
- underlying,
- unit of being,
- water,
- whole
- recorder
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- equipment for making records
- a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs related words >
- CA,
- CPA,
- English horn,
- Flexowriter typewriter,
- JA,
- Pandean pipe,
- Teleplotter,
- accountant,
- accountant general,
- actuary,
- alphabetical printer,
- amicus curiae,
- assessor,
- auditor,
- aulos,
- bank accountant,
- bank examiner,
- barmaster,
- basset horn,
- basset oboe,
- bassoon,
- bombard,
- bookkeeper,
- calculator,
- certified public accountant,
- chancellor,
- chartered accountant,
- circuit judge,
- clarinet,
- clerk,
- comptroller,
- contrabassoon,
- contrafagotto,
- controller,
- cost accountant,
- cost keeper,
- cromorne,
- digital graph plotter,
- double bassoon,
- double reed,
- fife,
- fipple flute,
- flageolet,
- flute,
- hard copy,
- hautboy,
- heckelphone,
- hornpipe,
- journalizer,
- judge advocate,
- judge ordinary,
- jurat,
- justice in eyre,
- justice of assize,
- lay judge,
- legal assessor,
- licorice stick,
- magnetic recorder,
- magnetic tape,
- master,
- microcards,
- microfiche,
- microfilm,
- military judge,
- musette,
- oaten reed,
- oboe,
- oboe da caccia,
- ocarina,
- ombudsman,
- ordinary,
- oscillograph recorder,
- oscilloscope,
- panpipe,
- penny-whistle,
- piccolo,
- pipe,
- police judge,
- pommer,
- presiding judge,
- printout,
- probate judge,
- puisne judge,
- punch cards,
- punched tape,
- reader,
- readout,
- reckoner,
- reed,
- reed instrument,
- registrar,
- relay register,
- sax,
- saxophone,
- shawm,
- single reed,
- single-reed instrument,
- sonorophone,
- sweet potato,
- syrinx,
- tabor pipe,
- tape reader,
- teletypewriter,
- tenoroon,
- tin-whistle,
- vice-chancellor,
- whistle,
- woods,
- woodwind,
- woodwind choir,
- woodwind instrument
- eclectic
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- someone who selects according to the eclectic method
- selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas related words >
- Cyrenaic,
- Eleatic,
- Epicurean,
- Megarian,
- Stoic,
- adoptive,
- amalgamated,
- ambiguous,
- ambivalent,
- amphibious,
- animist,
- animistic,
- appointive,
- assimilated,
- assorted,
- atomistic,
- blended,
- broad,
- catholic,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- combinative,
- combinatory,
- combined,
- complex,
- composite,
- compound,
- compounded,
- comprehensive,
- conglomerate,
- conjoint,
- conjugate,
- conjunctive,
- connective,
- consolidated,
- constituent,
- cosmotheistic,
- dappled,
- derived,
- discerning,
- discriminating,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- elective,
- electoral,
- empirical,
- equivocal,
- eudaemonistic,
- existential,
- fastidious,
- fifty-fifty,
- finicky,
- fused,
- fussy,
- half-and-half,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- heterogeneous,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- idealistic,
- inclusive,
- incorporated,
- indiscriminate,
- instrumentalist,
- integrated,
- intricate,
- ironic,
- joined,
- joint,
- jumbled,
- many-sided,
- materialistic,
- mechanistic,
- medley,
- merged,
- metaphysical,
- mingled,
- miscellaneous,
- mixed,
- monistic,
- motley,
- multifaceted,
- multifarious,
- multiform,
- multinational,
- multiracial,
- naturalistic,
- nominalist,
- one,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- particular,
- patchy,
- picky,
- pluralistic,
- positivist,
- positivistic,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- promiscuous,
- rationalistic,
- realist,
- realistic,
- scholastic,
- scrambled,
- select,
- selecting,
- selective,
- sensationalistic,
- syncretic,
- syncretistic,
- syncretized,
- synthesized,
- theistic,
- thrown together,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- united,
- unoriginal,
- utilitarian,
- varied,
- vitalistic,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic
- tactful
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- showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill"
- having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment" related words >
- Daedalian,
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- accurate,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- allergic,
- anaphylactic,
- appreciative,
- apt,
- artistic,
- attentive,
- authoritative,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- careful,
- civil,
- clean,
- clever,
- complaisant,
- considerate,
- coordinated,
- courteous,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- critical,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deferential,
- deft,
- delicate,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- differential,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- exact,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fair,
- fancy,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- good,
- goodish,
- goosy,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- handy,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- indulgent,
- ingenious,
- irritable,
- itchy,
- judicious,
- lenient,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- neat,
- nervous,
- nice,
- no mean,
- obliging,
- overrefined,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- overtender,
- passible,
- perceptive,
- polished,
- polite,
- politic,
- precise,
- prickly,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prudent,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- refined,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- respectful,
- responsive,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- skittish,
- slick,
- solicitous,
- some,
- statesmanlike,
- stylish,
- suave,
- subtle,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactical,
- tender,
- tetchy,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- thin-skinned,
- thoughtful,
- ticklish,
- tolerant,
- touchy,
- understanding,
- urbane,
- virtuoso,
- well-done,
- workmanlike
- meticulous
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- marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"
- marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" related words >
- OK,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- absolute,
- accurate,
- active,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- all right,
- assiduous,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- aware,
- careful,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- close,
- compliant,
- concentrated,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- dead right,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dour,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- faultless,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- flawless,
- full,
- fussy,
- grim,
- harsh,
- heedful,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- just,
- just right,
- letter-perfect,
- loyal,
- methodical,
- microscopic,
- mindful,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- niggling,
- observant,
- observing,
- okay,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- orderly,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfect,
- perfectionist,
- perfectionistic,
- pernickety,
- picayune,
- picky,
- practicing,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- proper,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- special,
- specific,
- stern,
- straight,
- straight-up-and-down,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- tough,
- true,
- unsparing,
- watchful
- elect
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- selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
- choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
- select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board" related words >
- FFVs,
- accept,
- accepted,
- admit,
- adopted,
- ancienne noblesse,
- appoint,
- appointed,
- approved,
- aristocracy,
- back,
- back up,
- ballot,
- baronage,
- baronetage,
- best,
- carried,
- champion,
- chivalry,
- choice,
- choose,
- chosen,
- chosen people,
- clannish,
- cliquish,
- co-opt,
- conclude,
- cream,
- cull,
- decide,
- delivered,
- designate,
- designated,
- destined,
- determine,
- elected,
- elected by acclamation,
- elite,
- embraced,
- endorse,
- espoused,
- exclusive,
- fat,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- flower,
- for the best,
- greatest,
- handpicked,
- haut monde,
- high life,
- high society,
- judge,
- knightage,
- like,
- make choice of,
- mark,
- matchless,
- name,
- named,
- nobility,
- noblesse,
- noblesse de robe,
- nominate,
- nominated,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- old nobility,
- opt,
- opt for,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- ordained,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- passed,
- peerage,
- peerless,
- pick,
- pick and choose,
- picked,
- place in office,
- please,
- prefer,
- prime,
- prize,
- queen,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- rare,
- ratified,
- receive,
- redeemed,
- reprobate,
- resolve,
- royalty,
- saved,
- select,
- selected,
- selective,
- settle,
- single,
- single out,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- superlative,
- support,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- take,
- the Four Hundred,
- the best,
- the best ever,
- the classes,
- the tops,
- the very best,
- unanimously elected,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- upper classes,
- upper crust,
- upper ten,
- upper ten thousand,
- uppercut,
- very best,
- vote,
- vote for,
- vote in,
- wish
- prescriptive
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- pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" related words >
- absolute,
- accepted,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- average,
- binding,
- canonical,
- commanding,
- common,
- commonplace,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- conformable,
- constrictive,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- current,
- customary,
- decisive,
- decretal,
- decretive,
- decretory,
- dictated,
- dictating,
- dictatorial,
- didactic,
- directive,
- dogmatic,
- entailed,
- established,
- ethnocentric,
- everyday,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- familiar,
- final,
- fixed,
- folk,
- formulary,
- generally accepted,
- habitual,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- hard and fast,
- hard-and-fast,
- heroic,
- hoary,
- household,
- immemorial,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- imposed,
- inadmissible,
- instructive,
- insular,
- inveterate,
- irrevocable,
- jussive,
- legendary,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- mandated,
- mandating,
- mandatory,
- must,
- mythological,
- narrow,
- normal,
- normative,
- obligating,
- obligatory,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the folk,
- official,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- overbearing,
- parochial,
- peremptory,
- popular,
- preceptive,
- preclusive,
- predominating,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- regulation,
- required,
- restrictive,
- rooted,
- rubric,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- set,
- snobbish,
- standard,
- statutory,
- stock,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- tried and true,
- true-blue,
- ultimate,
- understood,
- universal,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- venerable,
- vernacular,
- widespread,
- without appeal,
- wonted,
- worshipful,
- xenophobic
- mobilization
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- act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
- act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" related words >
- activation,
- activity,
- actuation,
- arms race,
- arrangement,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- basic training,
- briefing,
- bugle call,
- call,
- call to arms,
- call-up,
- canvass,
- catchword,
- census,
- clarion,
- clarion call,
- clearing the decks,
- collection,
- colligation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- comparison,
- compulsory military service,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congregation,
- conscription,
- convergence,
- corralling,
- data-gathering,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- dynamics,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- equipment,
- exhortation,
- familiarization,
- fixing,
- foundation,
- garrison state,
- gathering,
- go for broke,
- going,
- groundwork,
- gung ho,
- impressment,
- induction,
- ingathering,
- inventory,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- kinematics,
- kinesipathy,
- kinesis,
- kinesitherapy,
- kinetics,
- levy,
- makeready,
- making ready,
- manufacture,
- martial law,
- militarization,
- motion,
- motivation,
- move,
- movement,
- moving,
- muster,
- planning,
- prearrangement,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparatory study,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequisite,
- press,
- pretreatment,
- processing,
- propaedeutic,
- provision,
- rally,
- rallying cry,
- reactivation,
- readying,
- rebel yell,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- remilitarization,
- restlessness,
- rodeo,
- roundup,
- running,
- selective service,
- slogan,
- spadework,
- stir,
- stirring,
- summons,
- survey,
- training,
- treatment,
- trial,
- trumpet call,
- tryout,
- unrest,
- velocity,
- war clouds,
- war cry,
- war footing,
- war whoop,
- warm-up,
- wartime footing,
- watchword
- exclusive
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- a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
- excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"
- not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" related words >
- Olympian,
- a certain,
- absolute,
- aloof,
- an,
- any,
- any one,
- apart from,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- article,
- atomic,
- barring,
- beat,
- budget of news,
- chic,
- chilly,
- choice,
- chosen,
- clannish,
- classy,
- cliquish,
- closed,
- cold,
- concentrated,
- confining,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- copy,
- dashing,
- debarring,
- defining,
- definitive,
- detached,
- disdainful,
- distant,
- either,
- elect,
- elegant,
- elite,
- ethnocentric,
- except for,
- excepting,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- exclusory,
- fashionable,
- fixed,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- haughty,
- high-hat,
- icy,
- ignoring,
- inaccessible,
- inadmissible,
- incompatible,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inimical,
- insular,
- integral,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- irreducible,
- limitary,
- limitative,
- limited,
- limiting,
- lone,
- modish,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- narrow,
- news item,
- not counting,
- offish,
- omitting,
- one,
- only,
- parochial,
- pick,
- picked,
- piece,
- preclusive,
- preferred,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- private,
- privileged,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- proscriptive,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressive,
- restricted,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- scoop,
- scornful,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selected,
- selective,
- separative,
- simple,
- single,
- singular,
- smart,
- sneering,
- sniffy,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- sole,
- solid,
- solitary,
- spot news,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- story,
- stylish,
- supercilious,
- suppressive,
- swank,
- swish,
- tony,
- toploftical,
- toplofty,
- trendy,
- unanalyzable,
- unapproachable,
- undistracted,
- undivided,
- uniform,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unshared,
- unswerving,
- whole,
- with-it,
- withdrawn,
- withering,
- xenophobic
- precise
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- sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" related words >
- absolute,
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- attentive,
- authentic,
- be precise,
- careful,
- censorious,
- certain,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- circumscribed,
- close,
- concrete,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- defined,
- definite,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- descend to particulars,
- detail,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- differential,
- direct,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exceptional,
- exigent,
- explicit,
- express,
- exquisite,
- extraordinary,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fixed,
- full,
- fussy,
- genteel,
- individual,
- individualize,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- inner,
- intimate,
- itemize,
- limited,
- literal,
- literatim,
- make precise,
- mathematical,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- noteworthy,
- orderly,
- particular,
- particularize,
- peculiarize,
- perfect,
- perfectionistic,
- personal,
- personalize,
- picayune,
- picky,
- pinpoint,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- prig,
- priggish,
- prim,
- prissy,
- private,
- proper,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- refined,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- respective,
- restricted,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- several,
- severe,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specialize,
- specific,
- spell out,
- square,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stringent,
- stuffy,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- true,
- truthful,
- unambiguous,
- unbending,
- unconditional,
- undeviating,
- unequivocal,
- unerring,
- unyielding,
- veracious,
- verbatim,
- very,
- well-defined,
- word-for-word
- Herculean,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- abstruse,
- accurate,
- arduous,
- arousing,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- brutal,
- burdensome,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- close,
- complex,
- conscientious,
- correct,
- critical,
- crying,
- cutthroat,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- difficile,
- difficult,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dour,
- draining,
- educible,
- eductive,
- elicitory,
- eradicative,
- evocative,
- exact,
- exactive,
- excessive,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- exquisite,
- extortionary,
- extortionate,
- extortive,
- extractive,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- formidable,
- fussy,
- gouging,
- grasping,
- grievous,
- grim,
- grossly overpriced,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- harsh,
- hypercritical,
- immoderate,
- imperative,
- importunate,
- inflationary,
- inordinate,
- insistent,
- instant,
- intricate,
- jawbreaking,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- loud,
- mean,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- no picnic,
- not easy,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- out of bounds,
- out of sight,
- outrageous,
- overpriced,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- preposterous,
- pressing,
- priggish,
- prohibitive,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- set with thorns,
- severe,
- skyrocketing,
- spiny,
- spiraling,
- steep,
- stern,
- strenuous,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- taxing,
- thorny,
- ticklish,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- tricky,
- trying,
- tyrannical,
- unconscionable,
- undue,
- unreasonable,
- unsparing,
- unwarranted,
- uphill,
- uprooting,
- urgent,
- usurious,
- weighty,
- wicked
- induction
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- the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current related words >
- Baconian method,
- a fortiori reasoning,
- a posteriori reasoning,
- a priori reasoning,
- accedence,
- acceptance,
- accession,
- admission,
- admittance,
- alphabet,
- analysis,
- apostolic orders,
- appointment,
- baptism,
- basics,
- call,
- call-up,
- calling,
- canonization,
- coming out,
- compulsory military service,
- conclusion,
- conferment,
- conscription,
- consecration,
- consequence,
- consequent,
- corollary,
- coronation,
- curtain raiser,
- debut,
- deduction,
- deductive reasoning,
- demonstration,
- derivation,
- discourse,
- discourse of reason,
- discursive reason,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- election,
- electromagnetic induction,
- electrostatic induction,
- elements,
- embarkation,
- embarkment,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- enthronement,
- epagoge,
- first appearance,
- first principles,
- first steps,
- floating,
- flotation,
- generalization,
- grammar,
- henry,
- holy orders,
- hornbook,
- hypothesis and verification,
- illation,
- immission,
- impressment,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- inauguration,
- inductance,
- inductive reasoning,
- inductivity,
- inference,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- instatement,
- institution,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- investiture,
- launching,
- levy,
- logical thought,
- magnetic induction,
- maiden speech,
- major orders,
- minor orders,
- mobilization,
- muster,
- mutual induction,
- nomination,
- opener,
- ordainment,
- orders,
- ordination,
- outlines,
- particularization,
- philosophical induction,
- philosophy,
- placement,
- preferment,
- preliminary,
- presentation,
- press,
- primer,
- principia,
- principles,
- proof,
- ratiocination,
- rationalism,
- rationality,
- rationalization,
- rationalizing,
- reading in,
- reason,
- reasonableness,
- reasoning,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- rudiments,
- selective service,
- self-induction,
- sophistry,
- specious reasoning,
- summons,
- sweet reason,
- syllogism,
- syllogistic reasoning,
- synthesis,
- taking office,
- unveiling
- scrupulous
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- having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance" related words >
- Pyrrhonic,
- accurate,
- active,
- agnostic,
- analyze,
- attentive,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- canvass,
- careful,
- case,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- check over,
- check up,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- close,
- comb,
- compliant,
- con,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- consider,
- constant,
- contemplate,
- correct,
- critical,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- demurring,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diffident,
- dig into,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dissect,
- distrustful,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- ethical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- examine,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- eye,
- eyeball,
- fair-minded,
- faithful,
- faltering,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- from Missouri,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- high-minded,
- honest,
- honorable,
- in doubt,
- inspect,
- just,
- leery,
- look over,
- loyal,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- mistrustful,
- mistrusting,
- modest,
- moral,
- narrow,
- neat,
- nice,
- obedient,
- observant,
- orderly,
- overconscientious,
- overlook,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- penetrate,
- perfectionistic,
- perlustrate,
- peruse,
- picky,
- pierce,
- pore over,
- practicing,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- principled,
- probe,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- qualmish,
- questioning,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- respectful,
- right,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- squeamish,
- stickling,
- strict,
- study,
- subtle,
- survey,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tender-conscienced,
- true,
- uncertain,
- untrusting,
- upstanding,
- vet,
- view,
- wary,
- watch,
- weigh
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- absolute,
- anomalous,
- appalling,
- astonishing,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- celebrated,
- certain,
- concrete,
- conspicuous,
- crank,
- crankish,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- deficient,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- deviant,
- deviative,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- dotty,
- eccentric,
- egregious,
- eminent,
- enigmatic,
- erratic,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- esteemed,
- estimable,
- ethnocentric,
- excellent,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- fey,
- fixed,
- flaky,
- formidable,
- freakish,
- funny,
- gifted,
- good,
- handicapped,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- inadmissible,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indescribable,
- individual,
- ineffable,
- infrequent,
- inner,
- insular,
- intimate,
- irregular,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- legendary,
- maggoty,
- marked,
- marvelous,
- memorable,
- minute,
- miraculous,
- mythical,
- narrow,
- noble,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- noticeable,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- of mark,
- outlandish,
- outstanding,
- parochial,
- particular,
- passing strange,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- precise,
- preclusive,
- premium,
- prescriptive,
- prestigious,
- preventive,
- private,
- prodigious,
- prohibitive,
- prominent,
- puzzling,
- queer,
- quirky,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- rememberable,
- reputable,
- respective,
- restrictive,
- salient,
- scarce,
- screwball,
- screwy,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- sensational,
- separative,
- several,
- signal,
- singular,
- snobbish,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- superior,
- talented,
- telling,
- twisted,
- uncommon,
- unconventional,
- uncustomary,
- unexampled,
- unforgettable,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- unordinary,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unspeakable,
- unthinkable,
- unusual,
- unwonted,
- wacky,
- whimsical,
- wonderful,
- wondrous,
- xenophobic
- insular
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- narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
- suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
- relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture" related words >
- alien,
- alienated,
- alone,
- aloof,
- apart,
- archipelagian,
- archipelagic,
- asunder,
- authoritarian,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- bipartite,
- borne,
- circumscribed,
- closed,
- companionless,
- confined,
- constricted,
- cramped,
- creedbound,
- deaf,
- deaf to reason,
- detached,
- dichotomous,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- disjunct,
- disrelated,
- dissociated,
- distinct,
- divergent,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- exotic,
- extraneous,
- fanatical,
- foreign,
- friendless,
- geographically limited,
- hidebound,
- homeless,
- illiberal,
- in a backwater,
- in two,
- inadmissible,
- incoherent,
- incommensurable,
- incomparable,
- independent,
- insulated,
- irrelative,
- island,
- island-dotted,
- island-dweller,
- islanded,
- islander,
- islandish,
- islandlike,
- islandman,
- islandologist,
- islandy,
- islesman,
- isleted,
- isolated,
- kithless,
- limited,
- little,
- little-minded,
- local,
- localized,
- lone,
- lonely,
- lonesome,
- mean,
- mean-minded,
- mean-spirited,
- narrow,
- narrow-hearted,
- narrow-minded,
- narrow-souled,
- narrow-spirited,
- nearsighted,
- noncohesive,
- of a place,
- other,
- out-of-the-way,
- out-of-the-world,
- outlandish,
- parochial,
- partitioned,
- petty,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- provincial,
- purblind,
- quarantined,
- regional,
- remote,
- removed,
- restricted,
- restrictive,
- retired,
- rootless,
- seagirt,
- secluded,
- seclusive,
- sectarian,
- sectional,
- segregate,
- segregated,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separate,
- separated,
- separative,
- shortsighted,
- shut off,
- single-handed,
- small,
- small-minded,
- small-town,
- snobbish,
- solitary,
- solo,
- straitlaced,
- strange,
- stuffy,
- topical,
- unabetted,
- unaccompanied,
- unaffiliated,
- unaided,
- unallied,
- unassisted,
- unassociated,
- unattached,
- unattended,
- uncatholic,
- uncharitable,
- unconnected,
- unescorted,
- unfrequented,
- ungenerous,
- unjoined,
- unliberal,
- unrelatable,
- unrelated,
- unseconded,
- unsupported,
- unvisited,
- vernacular,
- withdrawn,
- xenophobic
- preventive
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- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
- tending to prevent or hinder related words >
- aegis,
- antacid,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- antidote,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- block,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- countermeasure,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- curb,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouraging,
- dodger,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hampering,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- immunizing,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- inadmissible,
- inhibiting,
- inhibition,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inoculant,
- inoculum,
- insular,
- insulation,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- narrow,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- offset,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- parochial,
- patent,
- pilot,
- precautionary,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventative,
- prevention,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- prophylactic,
- proscriptive,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- repressive,
- restraining,
- restrictive,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- serum,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- snobbish,
- sun helmet,
- suppressive,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- vaccine,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobic
- Sabbatarian,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- accurate,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- aspersion,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- bigoted,
- bossy,
- careful,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- circumscription,
- close,
- cold-blooded,
- complete,
- compulsive,
- confining,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- constrictive,
- correct,
- cramp,
- creedbound,
- critical,
- defined,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- despotic,
- detailed,
- dictatorial,
- direct,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dogmatic,
- domineering,
- dour,
- draconian,
- evangelical,
- even,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- express,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- feudal,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- firm,
- forbidding,
- fundamentalist,
- fussy,
- grim,
- grinding,
- hard,
- hard-boiled,
- harsh,
- hidebound,
- high-handed,
- hyperorthodox,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- inflexible,
- ironhanded,
- just,
- limitation,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- mathematical,
- meticulous,
- micrometrically precise,
- microscopic,
- minute,
- monocratic,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obloquy,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overconscientious,
- overruling,
- overscrupulous,
- particular,
- peremptory,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- pinpoint,
- pitiless,
- precise,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- refined,
- reflection,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- repressive,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- ruthless,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- slam,
- slur,
- square,
- staunch,
- stern,
- stint,
- straitlaced,
- stricture,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- suppressive,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- tough,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- uncompromising,
- undeviating,
- undistorted,
- unerring,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic,
- veracious,
- veridical
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