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without warning
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related words >
abruptly
,
bang
,
by surprise
,
dash
,
hastily
,
impetuously
,
implausibly
,
improbably
,
impulsively
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
of a sudden
,
on short notice
,
plop
,
plump
,
plunk
,
pop
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
sharp
,
slap
,
smack
,
startlingly
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
surprisingly
,
unanticipatedly
,
unawares
,
unexpectedly
,
unforeseeably
,
unpredictably
,
without notice
unsupplied
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
empty handed
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
narrator
collapse
someone who tells a story
related words >
anecdotalist
,
anecdotist
,
annalist
,
author
,
chronicler
,
describer
,
fableist
,
fabler
,
fabulist
,
fictionist
,
mythmaker
,
mythopoet
,
novelettist
,
novelist
,
raconteur
,
reciter
,
recounter
,
relator
,
reporter
,
romancer
,
romancist
,
sagaman
,
short-story writer
,
spinner of yarns
,
storier
,
storyteller
,
taleteller
,
teller of tales
,
word painter
,
yarn spinner
under
collapse
further down; "see under for further discussion"
down below; "get under quickly!"
below the horizon; "the sun went under"
below some quantity or limit; "fifty dollars or under"
in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "we must keep our disappointment under"
down to defeat, death, or ruin; "their competitors went under"
into unconsciousness; "this will put the patient under"
through a range downward; "children six and under will be admitted free"
related words >
answerable to
,
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
below
,
below deck
,
below par
,
below the mark
,
belowstairs
,
beneath
,
collateral
,
dependent
,
down
,
down below
,
downstairs
,
drunk
,
earlier
,
high
,
impaired
,
in the gutter
,
inferior
,
infra
,
least
,
least of all
,
less
,
lesser
,
low
,
lower
,
lowest
,
neath
,
nether
,
out of sight
,
secondary
,
short of
,
sub
,
subjacent
,
subject
,
subordinate to
,
tipsy
,
tributary
,
under par
,
under the influence
,
underfoot
,
underneath
,
underwater
one horse
collapse
related words >
cramped
,
dinky
,
exiguous
,
half-pint
,
jerkwater
,
knee-high
,
limited
,
little
,
measly
,
niggling
,
petite
,
pettifogging
,
petty
,
picayune
,
picayunish
,
piddling
,
piffling
,
pindling
,
pint-sized
,
poky
,
punk
,
puny
,
short
,
slight
,
small
,
small-beer
,
small-time
,
smallish
,
tinhorn
,
two-bit
,
two-by-four
pounce upon
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
appear unexpectedly
,
assail
,
assault
,
astonish
,
attack
,
be unexpected
,
blitz
,
bob up
,
bounce
,
bound
,
buck
,
buckjump
,
bushwhack
,
capriole
,
catch at
,
catch off-guard
,
catch unawares
,
clear
,
come at
,
come down on
,
come from behind
,
come unawares
,
come upon
,
come upon unexpectedly
,
crack down on
,
creep up on
,
curvet
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive
,
do the unexpected
,
drop
,
drop in on
,
fall
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
fasten upon
,
flash upon one
,
gang up on
,
go at
,
go for
,
harry
,
have at
,
hippety-hop
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop
,
hurdle
,
jump
,
jump at
,
jump over
,
land on
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
leap
,
leap over
,
leapfrog
,
light into
,
mug
,
negotiate
,
nose-dive
,
overjump
,
overleap
,
overskip
,
parachute
,
pitch
,
pitch into
,
plop
,
plummet
,
plump
,
plunge
,
plunk
,
pop up
,
pounce
,
pounce on
,
pound
,
pull up short
,
sail into
,
scramble for
,
seize on
,
set on
,
set upon
,
ski jump
,
skin-dive
,
skip
,
sky-dive
,
snap at
,
snatch at
,
sound
,
spring
,
spring a surprise
,
spring upon
,
start
,
start aside
,
start up
,
steeplechase
,
stoop
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop
,
swoop down
,
swoop down on
,
swoop down upon
,
take a header
,
take by surprise
,
take short
,
take the offensive
,
take unawares
,
turn up
,
updive
,
upleap
,
upspring
,
vault
,
wade into
unprovidential
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
out of luck
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
star-crossed
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
star crossed
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
out of luck
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
,
unprovidential
out of luck
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
star-crossed
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
,
unprovidential
asking price
collapse
the price at which something is offered for sale
related words >
advance
,
approach
,
bargain price
,
bearish prices
,
bid
,
bid price
,
book value
,
bullish prices
,
call price
,
cash price
,
closing price
,
controlled price
,
current price
,
current quotation
,
cut price
,
decline
,
face value
,
feeler
,
fixed price
,
flash price
,
flat rate
,
flurry
,
flutter
,
going price
,
high
,
invitation
,
issue par
,
issue price
,
list price
,
low
,
market price
,
market value
,
neat price
,
net
,
nominal value
,
offer
,
offering
,
offering price
,
opening price
,
overture
,
package price
,
par
,
par value
,
parity
,
piece price
,
preliminary approach
,
presentation
,
price
,
price list
,
prices current
,
proffer
,
put price
,
quotation
,
quoted price
,
rally
,
recommended price
,
selling price
,
settling price
,
stated value
,
stock market quotations
,
submission
,
swings
,
tentative approach
,
trade price
,
unit price
,
wholesale price
step up
collapse
related words >
accelerando
,
accelerate
,
acceleration
,
accost
,
advance
,
aggravate
,
aggravation
,
amplify
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
beefing-up
,
blow up
,
blowing up
,
blowup
,
charge
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
condense
,
confront
,
consolidate
,
consolidation
,
crack on
,
deepen
,
deepening
,
double
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
drive
,
electrify
,
encounter
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enhancement
,
exacerbate
,
exacerbation
,
exaggerate
,
exaggeration
,
explosion
,
gain ground
,
gain upon
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
getaway
,
hasten
,
heat up
,
heating-up
,
heighten
,
heightening
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
hurry
,
hurry up
,
impetus
,
information explosion
,
intensification
,
intensify
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
loop in
,
magnification
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
open the throttle
,
pick up speed
,
pickup
,
plug in
,
population explosion
,
proximate
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
quickening
,
race
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
redoubling
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
rev
,
shake up
,
sharpen
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
sidle up to
,
soup up
,
speed up
,
speedup
,
step down
,
step on it
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
strengthening
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
thrust
,
tightening
,
triple
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
whet
funds
collapse
assets in the form of money
related words >
Swiss bank account
,
ability
,
assessed valuation
,
assets
,
assets and liabilities
,
balance
,
bank account
,
bottom dollar
,
budget
,
capacity
,
capital
,
cash reserves
,
checking account
,
circumstances
,
command of money
,
current assets
,
deferred assets
,
devices
,
disposable resources
,
exchequer
,
finances
,
fixed assets
,
frozen assets
,
fund
,
intangible assets
,
intangibles
,
kitty
,
life savings
,
liquid assets
,
material assets
,
means
,
method
,
moneys
,
nest egg
,
net assets
,
net worth
,
pecuniary resources
,
pocket
,
pool
,
power
,
purse
,
quick assets
,
recourses
,
reserves
,
resorts
,
resources
,
savings
,
savings account
,
stock
,
stock-in-trade
,
substance
,
supply
,
tangible assets
,
tangibles
,
treasure
,
unregistered bank account
,
ways
,
ways and means
,
wealth
,
wherewith
,
wherewithal
undermanned
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
underhanded
,
undernourished
,
understaffed
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
unbeautiful
collapse
related words >
beautiless
,
blemished
,
blotted
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
defaced
,
disfigured
,
dysphemistic
,
dysphemized
,
hideous
,
homely
,
ill-favored
,
ill-looking
,
inelegant
,
marred
,
plain
,
short on looks
,
spoiled
,
uglified
,
ugly
,
ugly as hell
,
ugly as sin
,
unaesthetic
,
unalluring
,
unattractive
,
unbeauteous
,
uncomely
,
unhandsome
,
unlovely
,
unpleasing
,
unpretty
,
unsightly
kick off
collapse
related words >
antecede
,
begin
,
blast away
,
blast off
,
bundle
,
bundle off
,
buy it
,
cash in
,
check in
,
check out
,
come before
,
come first
,
commence
,
croak
,
die
,
dive in
,
drop off
,
embark
,
fall to
,
float
,
front
,
get off
,
get to
,
give a start
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go ahead of
,
go before
,
go in advance
,
go west
,
have it
,
have priority
,
head
,
head into
,
head the table
,
head up
,
inaugurate
,
initiate
,
jump off
,
kick in
,
kick the bucket
,
knock off
,
launch
,
lead
,
lead off
,
open
,
outrank
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
peg out
,
perish
,
pipe off
,
pitch in
,
plunge into
,
pop off
,
precede
,
put in motion
,
rank
,
rate
,
send
,
send forth
,
send off
,
set about
,
set afloat
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set in
,
set in motion
,
set on foot
,
set out
,
set sail
,
set to
,
shove off
,
stand first
,
start
,
start going
,
start in
,
start off
,
start out
,
start up
,
step off
,
take off
,
take precedence
,
turn to
,
usher in
impoverished
collapse
related words >
Lenten
,
Spartan
,
ablated
,
abstemious
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
badly off
,
bankrupt
,
bare-handed
,
barren
,
beggared
,
beggarly
,
bereaved
,
bereft
,
burnt up
,
consumed
,
denuded
,
depleted
,
deprived
,
desolate
,
destitute
,
disadvantaged
,
dissipated
,
drained
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
eaten up
,
effete
,
empty
,
empty-handed
,
eroded
,
exhausted
,
exiguous
,
famished
,
finished
,
flat broke
,
fleeced
,
frugal
,
ghettoized
,
gone
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impecunious
,
in distress
,
in need
,
in rags
,
in want
,
indigent
,
insolvent
,
jejune
,
lean
,
limited
,
meager
,
mean
,
mendicant
,
miserly
,
narrow
,
necessitous
,
needy
,
niggardly
,
on relief
,
on short commons
,
out at elbows
,
paltry
,
parsimonious
,
pauperized
,
penurious
,
pinched
,
poor
,
poverty-stricken
,
puny
,
ruined
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scrawny
,
scrimp
,
scrimpy
,
short
,
shorthanded
,
skimp
,
skimpy
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
small
,
spare
,
sparing
,
spent
,
starvation
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
stingy
,
stinted
,
stone-broke
,
straitened
,
strapped
,
stripped
,
stunted
,
subsistence
,
thin
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
underprivileged
,
unfed
,
unnourishing
,
unnutritious
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
,
up against it
,
used up
,
wasted
,
watered
,
watery
,
wiped out
,
worn away
,
worn-out
stooped
collapse
related words >
couchant
,
crouched
,
debased
,
depressed
,
flat
,
knee-high
,
knocked flat
,
laid low
,
low
,
low-built
,
low-hung
,
low-level
,
low-leveled
,
low-lying
,
low-set
,
low-statured
,
neap
,
prone
,
recumbent
,
runty
,
short
,
squat
,
squatty
,
stumpy
,
supine
,
unelevated
unelevated
collapse
related words >
couchant
,
crouched
,
debased
,
depressed
,
flat
,
knee-high
,
knocked flat
,
laid low
,
low
,
low-built
,
low-hung
,
low-level
,
low-leveled
,
low-lying
,
low-set
,
low-statured
,
neap
,
prone
,
recumbent
,
runty
,
short
,
squat
,
squatty
,
stooped
,
stumpy
,
supine
brief
collapse
a condensed written summary or abstract
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement"
of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abbreviation
,
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridge
,
abridged
,
abridgment
,
abrupt
,
abstract
,
account
,
account rendered
,
accounting
,
acquaint
,
acta
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
advocate
,
airmanship
,
annual
,
aposiopestic
,
apprise
,
bespeak
,
block in
,
block out
,
blunt
,
book
,
breviary
,
briefing
,
briefly
,
bring word
,
brisk
,
brusque
,
bulletin
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
census report
,
chalk out
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
coach
,
cometary
,
communicate
,
compact
,
compend
,
compendious
,
compendium
,
compressed
,
concise
,
concisely
,
condensation
,
condense
,
condensed
,
condensed version
,
confer
,
conspectus
,
consult with
,
contracted
,
counsel
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
curtal
,
curtate
,
cut
,
debrief
,
decurtate
,
delineate
,
digest
,
direct
,
disclose
,
docked
,
draft
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
election returns
,
elliptic
,
employ
,
engage
,
enlighten
,
ephemeral
,
epigrammatic
,
epitome
,
evanescent
,
explain
,
extract
,
familiarize
,
fill in
,
flashing
,
fleet
,
fleeting
,
flickering
,
flight plan
,
flying lessons
,
fugitive
,
give a briefing
,
give directions
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give word
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
guide
,
head
,
hire
,
in brief
,
in sum
,
in summary
,
indisposed to talk
,
inform
,
instantaneous
,
instruct
,
kibitz
,
laconic
,
leave word
,
let know
,
line
,
little
,
low
,
meddle
,
mention to
,
meteoric
,
minutes
,
momentary
,
mum
,
mute
,
notify
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
overview
,
pandect
,
passing
,
pilot training
,
pilotship
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
precis
,
preengage
,
prescribe
,
proceedings
,
propose
,
pruned
,
quick
,
quiet
,
recommend
,
recruit
,
report
,
reserve
,
reserved
,
resume
,
retain
,
returns
,
review
,
rough
,
rough in
,
rough out
,
rubric
,
run down
,
run through
,
rundown
,
send word
,
sententious
,
serve notice
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-lived
,
short-term
,
short-termed
,
shorten
,
shortened
,
shortened version
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
sign up for
,
silent
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speak
,
speechless
,
speedy
,
statement
,
submit
,
succinct
,
succinctly
,
suggest
,
summarize
,
summary
,
survey
,
swift
,
syllabus
,
synopsis
,
synopsize
,
synopsized
,
synoptic
,
taciturn
,
take into employment
,
take on
,
tally
,
tell
,
temporary
,
terse
,
the record
,
thumbnail sketch
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
topical outline
,
trace
,
transactions
,
transient
,
transitory
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
verse
,
washout
,
word-bound
,
wordless
,
yearbook
reserved
collapse
cool and formal in manner
marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
related words >
Olympian
,
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aloof
,
antisocial
,
aposiopestic
,
backward
,
bashful
,
blank
,
brief
,
brusque
,
ceremonious
,
chilled
,
chilly
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
cold
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
conserved
,
constrained
,
contracted
,
controlled
,
conventional
,
cool
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
demure
,
detached
,
diffident
,
dignified
,
discreet
,
distant
,
docked
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
expressionless
,
forbidding
,
formal
,
frigid
,
frosty
,
gnomic
,
guarded
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
ice-cold
,
icy
,
impassive
,
impersonal
,
inaccessible
,
incommunicable
,
introverted
,
kept
,
laconic
,
modest
,
modified
,
noncommittal
,
offish
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
poker-faced
,
preserved
,
prim
,
pruned
,
put by
,
quiet
,
remote
,
removed
,
repressed
,
restrained
,
retained
,
reticent
,
retiring
,
rigid
,
saved
,
sedate
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
silent
,
spare
,
standoff
,
standoffish
,
strait-laced
,
subdued
,
succinct
,
summary
,
suppressed
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
tights
,
to the point
,
truncated
,
unaffable
,
unapproachable
,
uncommunicative
,
uncongenial
,
undemonstrative
,
unemotional
,
unexpansive
,
ungenial
,
unresponsive
,
unsocial
,
withdrawn
,
withheld
obliteration
collapse
related words >
Lethe
,
absentmindedness
,
blot
,
blotting
,
blotting out
,
cancel
,
cancellation
,
decay of memory
,
deletion
,
effacement
,
erasure
,
expunction
,
forgetfulness
,
forgetting
,
forgiveness
,
grace period
,
hazy recollection
,
heedlessness
,
moratorium
,
nepenthe
,
nirvana
,
oblivion
,
obliviousness
,
scrubbing
,
short memory
,
unmindfulness
,
washing out
,
waters of oblivion
,
wiping out
,
write-off
finance
collapse
the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
the management of money and credit and banking and investments
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
sell or provide on credit
related words >
accounting
,
acknowledge
,
afford support
,
aid
,
angel
,
assets
,
assist
,
back
,
bank
,
banking
,
bankroll
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear the expense
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
business
,
buttress
,
capital
,
capitalize
,
cash
,
chip in
,
commerce
,
crutch
,
defray
,
defray expenses
,
economics
,
finances
,
foot the bill
,
fund
,
funds
,
give support
,
go Dutch
,
grubstake
,
help
,
hold up
,
holdings
,
honor a bill
,
invest in
,
investment
,
keep
,
lend support
,
maintain
,
money
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
pay the bill
,
pay the bills
,
pay the piper
,
pension
,
pension off
,
promote
,
prop
,
prop up
,
provide for
,
redeem
,
refinance
,
reinforce
,
resources
,
set up
,
shore
,
shore up
,
sponsor
,
stake
,
stand the costs
,
subsidize
,
subvene
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
underwrite
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wealth
,
wherewithal
uncontrived
collapse
related words >
ad-lib
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporized
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
impromptu
,
improvised
,
makeshift
,
precipitate
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unstudied
unhatched
collapse
not yet hatched
related words >
ad-lib
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporized
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
impromptu
,
improvised
,
makeshift
,
precipitate
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unstudied
contracted
collapse
reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
related words >
Spartan
,
abated
,
abbreviated
,
ablated
,
abridged
,
affianced
,
agreed
,
aposiopestic
,
arranged
,
assured
,
attenuated
,
bated
,
belittled
,
betrothed
,
blank
,
blind
,
blind-alley
,
bound
,
brief
,
brusque
,
cecal
,
choked
,
choked off
,
clamped
,
clipped
,
close
,
closed
,
committed
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
compromised
,
concentrated
,
concise
,
condensed
,
consolidated
,
constricted
,
consumed
,
covenanted
,
cramped
,
crisp
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
dead
,
dead-end
,
decreased
,
deflated
,
diminished
,
dissipated
,
docked
,
dropped
,
elliptic
,
engaged
,
epigrammatic
,
eroded
,
fallen
,
gnomic
,
guaranteed
,
intended
,
knitted
,
laconic
,
less
,
lesser
,
lower
,
lowered
,
miniaturized
,
nipped
,
obligated
,
pinched
,
pinched-in
,
pithy
,
pledged
,
plighted
,
pointed
,
promised
,
pruned
,
puckered
,
pursed
,
reduced
,
reserved
,
retrenched
,
scaled-down
,
sealed
,
sententious
,
settled
,
shorn
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
shorter
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
shut
,
signed
,
smaller
,
solidified
,
squeezed
,
squeezed shut
,
stipulated
,
strangled
,
strangulated
,
succinct
,
summary
,
sworn
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
truncated
,
undertaken
,
underwritten
,
unopen
,
unopened
,
unvented
,
unventilated
,
warranted
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered-down
,
weakened
,
worn
,
wrinkled
unfed
collapse
not given support; "a grudge that remained unfed"
not fed
related words >
Lenten
,
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
fasting
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
quadragesimal
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
uneating
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
immaturity
collapse
not having reached maturity
related words >
adulteration
,
amateurishness
,
amateurism
,
arrestment
,
babyishness
,
brand-newness
,
callowness
,
childishness
,
coarseness
,
crudeness
,
crudity
,
defectibility
,
defectiveness
,
deficiency
,
dewiness
,
erroneousness
,
fallibility
,
faultiness
,
freshness
,
gloss of novelty
,
greenness
,
ignorance
,
immatureness
,
impairment
,
imperfection
,
imprudence
,
impurity
,
inaccuracy
,
inadequacy
,
inadequateness
,
inadvisability
,
inattention
,
incompleteness
,
incompletion
,
inconsideration
,
indiscreetness
,
indiscretion
,
inexactitude
,
inexactness
,
inexpedience
,
inexperience
,
infancy
,
infantilism
,
injudiciousness
,
intactness
,
irrationality
,
juiciness
,
juniority
,
lack
,
lateness
,
maidenhood
,
mediocrity
,
minority
,
mint condition
,
newbornness
,
newfangledness
,
newfangleness
,
newness
,
nonage
,
nondevelopment
,
novelness
,
novelty
,
nowness
,
originality
,
oversimplicity
,
oversimplification
,
patchiness
,
pompousness
,
presentness
,
pristineness
,
puerilism
,
puerility
,
rawness
,
reasonlessness
,
recency
,
recentness
,
recklessness
,
reductionism
,
roughness
,
rudeness
,
sappiness
,
scrappiness
,
senselessness
,
short measure
,
short weight
,
shortage
,
shortcoming
,
simplism
,
sketchiness
,
strangeness
,
stuffiness
,
the rough
,
thoughtlessness
,
unaccustomedness
,
unacquaintance
,
unacquaintedness
,
uncommonness
,
uncultivation
,
underdevelopment
,
undevelopment
,
unevenness
,
unexperiencedness
,
unfamiliarity
,
unfinish
,
unfinishedness
,
unfledgedness
,
unintelligence
,
unperfectedness
,
unpracticedness
,
unprofessionalism
,
unprofessionalness
,
unreason
,
unreasonableness
,
unrefinement
,
unripeness
,
unsensibleness
,
unsoundness
,
unthoughtfulness
,
unusualness
,
unwisdom
,
unwiseness
,
virginity
,
want
,
witlessness
brusque
collapse
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abrupt
,
aggressive
,
aposiopestic
,
artless
,
bearish
,
beastly
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
brash
,
brief
,
broad
,
candid
,
cavalier
,
churlish
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
cut
,
direct
,
discourteous
,
docked
,
downright
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
explicit
,
forthright
,
frank
,
frankhearted
,
free
,
free-speaking
,
free-spoken
,
free-tongued
,
genuine
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
harsh
,
heart-to-heart
,
ill-mannered
,
impolite
,
indisposed to talk
,
ingenuous
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
open
,
openhearted
,
outspoken
,
overbearing
,
pithy
,
plain
,
plain-spoken
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
rough
,
round
,
rude
,
sententious
,
severe
,
sharp
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
sincere
,
snippety
,
snippy
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
straight
,
straight-out
,
straightforward
,
succinct
,
summary
,
surly
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transparent
,
truculent
,
truncated
,
unchecked
,
uncivil
,
unconstrained
,
unequivocal
,
ungracious
,
unguarded
,
unloquacious
,
unmannerly
,
unreserved
,
unrestrained
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
fleet
collapse
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
related words >
Naval Construction Battalion
,
RN
,
Royal Navy
,
Seabees
,
USN
,
United States Navy
,
age group
,
agile
,
alert
,
animated
,
argosy
,
armada
,
ball the jack
,
band
,
barrel
,
battalion
,
beguile
,
bevy
,
body
,
boom
,
bottoms
,
bowl along
,
breakneck
,
breeze
,
breeze along
,
brief
,
brigade
,
brisk
,
brush
,
bunch
,
cabal
,
cast
,
clip
,
clique
,
coast guard
,
cohort
,
cometary
,
company
,
complement
,
contingent
,
convoy
,
corps
,
coterie
,
covey
,
crew
,
crowd
,
cut along
,
dally
,
dashing
,
detachment
,
detail
,
disappear
,
division
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
escadrille
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
expeditious
,
express
,
faction
,
fade
,
fast
,
featly
,
flashing
,
flickering
,
flit
,
flotilla
,
fly
,
fly low
,
flying
,
foot
,
fritter
,
galloping
,
gang
,
go fast
,
graceful
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
highball
,
hustling
,
idle
,
in-group
,
junta
,
light
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
line
,
lively
,
make good
,
make knots
,
marine
,
melt
,
melt like snow
,
merchant fleet
,
merchant marine
,
merchant navy
,
mercurial
,
meteoric
,
mob
,
mosquito fleet
,
movement
,
naval forces
,
naval militia
,
naval reserve
,
navy
,
neat-fingered
,
neat-handed
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
nip
,
nit
,
out-group
,
outfit
,
outstrip the wind
,
pack
,
party
,
pass
,
pass away
,
peart
,
peer group
,
phalanx
,
platoon
,
posse
,
potter
,
pour it on
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
regiment
,
rip
,
running
,
sail
,
salon
,
scorch
,
set
,
shipping
,
ships
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-term
,
short-termed
,
sink
,
sizzle
,
skim
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speed
,
speedy
,
spirited
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
squad
,
squadron
,
squander
,
stable
,
storm along
,
string
,
sure-footed
,
sweep
,
swift
,
task force
,
task group
,
tatter
,
team
,
tear
,
tear along
,
thunder along
,
tonnage
,
tribe
,
troop
,
troupe
,
vanish
,
vivacious
,
waste
,
whaling fleet
,
whisk
,
whiz
,
wile
,
wing
,
winged
,
zing
,
zip
,
zoom
check out
collapse
try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"
announce one's departure from a hotel
record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased; "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"
related words >
audit
,
autopsy
,
balance
,
balance the books
,
buy it
,
canvass
,
cash in
,
check
,
check and doublecheck
,
check in
,
check over
,
check up on
,
clock out
,
collate
,
confirm
,
conform
,
conk
,
correspond
,
croak
,
cross-check
,
demonstrate
,
die
,
double-check
,
dovetail
,
drop
,
drop off
,
examine
,
fit in
,
gee
,
give an examination
,
go over
,
go west
,
harmonize
,
have it
,
have the qualifications
,
inspect
,
inventory
,
jibe
,
kick in
,
kick off
,
kick the bucket
,
knock off
,
look at
,
look over
,
measure up
,
monitor
,
observe
,
overhaul
,
overlook
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
pass over
,
pass under review
,
peer at
,
peg out
,
peruse
,
pipe off
,
pop off
,
pore over
,
postmortem
,
prove
,
punch out
,
qualify
,
recheck
,
review
,
ring out
,
run over
,
scan
,
scrutinize
,
set an examination
,
shove off
,
sign out
,
size
,
size up
,
square
,
step off
,
study
,
survey
,
take stock
,
take stock of
,
take the measure
,
tally
,
test
,
triple-check
,
validate
,
verify
drop off
collapse
fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
buy it
,
cascade
,
cash in
,
cataract
,
check in
,
check out
,
collapse
,
come down
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crash
,
croak
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
descend
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dip down
,
dive
,
dope off
,
down
,
doze off
,
drop
,
drop asleep
,
drop down
,
drowse off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fall
,
fall asleep
,
fall away
,
fall down
,
fall off
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go to sleep
,
go west
,
gravitate
,
have it
,
kick in
,
kick off
,
kick the bucket
,
knock off
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lose altitude
,
melt away
,
nod off
,
parachute
,
pass out
,
peg out
,
pipe off
,
pitch
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
pop off
,
pounce
,
pour down
,
precipitate
,
rain
,
run low
,
sag
,
settle to sleep
,
shove off
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slide
,
slump
,
step off
,
stoop
,
subside
,
swoop
,
tail off
,
trend downward
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
credit union
collapse
a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
related words >
Bund
,
Rochdale cooperative
,
alliance
,
assemblage
,
association
,
axis
,
band
,
bank
,
bank credit
,
bloc
,
body
,
book credit
,
borrowing power
,
cash credit
,
coalition
,
college
,
combination
,
combine
,
commercial credit
,
common market
,
confederacy
,
confederation
,
consumer cooperative
,
consumer credit
,
cooperative
,
cooperative society
,
corps
,
council
,
credit
,
credit insurance
,
credit rating
,
customs union
,
economic community
,
federation
,
finance company
,
finance corporation
,
free trade area
,
gang
,
group
,
grouping
,
hire purchase plan
,
hock shop
,
installment credit
,
installment plan
,
investment credit
,
league
,
lending institution
,
line of credit
,
machine
,
mob
,
mortgage company
,
never-never
,
partnership
,
pawnbroker
,
pawnbrokery
,
pawnshop
,
political machine
,
rating
,
ring
,
society
,
tax credit
,
tick
,
trust
,
union
cut across
collapse
be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
related words >
bar
,
catercorner
,
chiasmal
,
chiasmic
,
chiastic
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
crossbar
,
crosscut
,
crossed
,
crossing
,
cruciate
,
cut
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
cut crosswise
,
cut through
,
decussate
,
decussated
,
diagonalize
,
intercross
,
intersect
,
intersected
,
intersecting
,
lie across
,
make a beeline
,
secant
,
short-cut
,
slant across
,
slash
,
slash across
,
transverse
,
traverse
least
collapse
something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"
used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"
related words >
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
below
,
below the mark
,
few
,
homely
,
humble
,
humble-looking
,
humble-visaged
,
humblest
,
in the gutter
,
inglorious
,
innocuous
,
least of all
,
less
,
littlest
,
low
,
lowest
,
lowliest
,
lowly
,
mean
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minority
,
minority group
,
modest
,
plain
,
poor
,
short of
,
shortest
,
simple
,
slightest
,
small
,
smallest
,
teachable
,
the few
,
the minority
,
under
,
under par
,
undistinguished
,
unimportant
,
unpretentious
,
we happy few
undurable
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
inconsiderable
collapse
too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"
related words >
back-burner
,
cursory
,
depthless
,
dinky
,
dispensable
,
few
,
footling
,
immaterial
,
inappreciable
,
inconsequential
,
inessential
,
inferior
,
insignificant
,
irrelevant
,
little
,
low
,
meager
,
miniature
,
minor
,
minute
,
negligible
,
no great shakes
,
nonessential
,
not vital
,
petit
,
petty
,
picayune
,
picayunish
,
shallow
,
short
,
skin-deep
,
small
,
superficial
,
technical
,
tiny
,
trifling
,
trivial
,
unessential
,
unimpressive
,
unnoteworthy
fugacious
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
nonpermanent
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
pork barrel
collapse
a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
related words >
Fort Knox
,
backscratching
,
bank
,
barter
,
blackmail
,
boodle
,
booty
,
bursary
,
cash register
,
cashbox
,
chest
,
coffer
,
coin box
,
depository
,
even trade
,
exchequer
,
favors of office
,
fisc
,
gold depository
,
graft
,
haul
,
hot goods
,
locker
,
logrolling
,
loot
,
melon
,
money chest
,
patronage
,
penny bank
,
perks
,
perquisite
,
pickings
,
piggy bank
,
plum
,
plunder
,
political patronage
,
pork
,
prize
,
public crib
,
public till
,
public treasury
,
public trough
,
repository
,
safe
,
safe-deposit box
,
spoil
,
spoils
,
spoils of office
,
squeeze
,
stealings
,
stolen goods
,
storehouse
,
strong room
,
strongbox
,
subtreasury
,
swag
,
swap
,
swapping
,
switch
,
take
,
till
,
trade
,
trading
,
treasure-house
,
treasury
,
vault
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