Related Words:
- tactful
collapse - 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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