Related Words:
- niggard
collapse - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend related words >
- soundproof
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- impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room"
- insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed" related words >
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- fire-resisting,
- fireproof,
- flameproof,
- foolproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impervious to,
- insulate,
- leakproof,
- noiseproof,
- proof,
- proof against,
- punctureproof,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- shatterproof,
- shellproof,
- tight,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- baygall,
- bind,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- box,
- buffalo wallow,
- cesspool,
- cloaca,
- cloaca maxima,
- clutch,
- complication,
- corner,
- crunch,
- dilemma,
- drain,
- dump,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- everglade,
- fen,
- fenland,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- fix,
- garbage dump,
- glade,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hog wallow,
- hole,
- holm,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- jam,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- meadow,
- mere,
- mess,
- mire,
- mix,
- moor,
- moorland,
- morass,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- peat bog,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quag,
- quicksand,
- salt marsh,
- scrape,
- septic tank,
- sewer,
- sink,
- slob land,
- slough,
- sough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- sump,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- wallow,
- wash
- advise with,
- air,
- analyze,
- argue into,
- assure,
- bargain,
- be convincing,
- bring home to,
- bring over,
- bring round,
- bring to reason,
- call in,
- canvass,
- captivate,
- carry conviction,
- charm,
- collogue,
- comment upon,
- compare notes,
- con,
- confer,
- confer with,
- consider,
- consult,
- consult with,
- controvert,
- convert,
- convict,
- convince,
- counsel,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- discuss with,
- draw over,
- drive home to,
- examine,
- exchange observations,
- exchange views,
- gain,
- gain over,
- go into,
- handle,
- have conversations,
- hold conference,
- hook,
- hook in,
- inspire belief,
- investigate,
- knock around,
- lead to believe,
- negotiate,
- outtalk,
- palaver,
- parley,
- pass under review,
- persuade,
- powwow,
- prevail on,
- prevail upon,
- prevail with,
- put heads together,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- reason with,
- refer to,
- review,
- satisfy,
- sell,
- sell one on,
- sift,
- sit down together,
- sit down with,
- study,
- sway,
- take counsel,
- take up,
- take up with,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk into,
- talk of,
- thresh out,
- treat,
- ventilate,
- wangle,
- wangle into,
- wear down,
- win,
- win over
- elongated
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- drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" related words >
- adjourn,
- be a sideliner,
- be dilatory,
- be still,
- be unproductive,
- bring up,
- bring up short,
- cease fire,
- coast,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- come up short,
- continue,
- defer,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drag out,
- draw up,
- drift,
- extend,
- fetch up,
- filibuster,
- fizzle out,
- fust,
- gain time,
- halt,
- hang,
- hang back,
- hang up,
- hesitate,
- hibernate,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- idle,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lie dormant,
- lie fallow,
- make time,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- peter out,
- pigeonhole,
- play for time,
- postpone,
- procrastinate,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- pull up,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- recess,
- reserve,
- rest,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- sleep,
- sleep on,
- slumber,
- smolder,
- stagnate,
- stall,
- stall for time,
- stall off,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stick,
- stooge around,
- stop,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stretch out,
- suspend,
- table,
- take a recess,
- talk against time,
- temporize,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- waive,
- watch and wait
- shipshape
collapse
- of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat" related words >
- all ataunto,
- anal,
- ataunt,
- bungup and bilge-free,
- chipper,
- dinky,
- neat,
- orderly,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smart,
- snug,
- spick and span,
- spick-and-span,
- spotless,
- spruce,
- taut,
- tidy,
- tight,
- trig,
- trim,
- uncluttered,
- well-cared-for,
- well-groomed
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- axiomatic,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brief,
- brusque,
- chaste,
- classic,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- direct,
- distilled,
- docked,
- dumb,
- easy,
- economical of words,
- elegant,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- finished,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- gnomic,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gruff,
- incisive,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- lean,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- mum,
- mute,
- natural,
- neat,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- petulant,
- pithy,
- plain,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- polished,
- precise,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pungent,
- pure,
- quiet,
- refined,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- round,
- rude,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- simple,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- straightforward,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- tart,
- tasteful,
- taut,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- trim,
- truncated,
- unaffected,
- ungracious,
- unlabored,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- quell
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- overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" related words >
- allay,
- alleviate,
- annihilate,
- appease,
- asphyxiate,
- assuage,
- beat down,
- bend,
- bottle up,
- break,
- break down,
- bring low,
- bring to terms,
- calm,
- calm down,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- compose,
- conquer,
- cool,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- cradle,
- crush,
- damp down,
- drown,
- dulcify,
- ease,
- even out,
- extinguish,
- fell,
- flatten,
- gag,
- gentle,
- hold down,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- hush,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lull,
- master,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- mollify,
- muzzle,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- override,
- overwhelm,
- pacify,
- pour balm into,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- put out,
- quash,
- quench,
- quiet,
- reduce,
- repress,
- rest,
- ride down,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- smother,
- snuff out,
- soothe,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stabilize,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- steady,
- stifle,
- still,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- trample down,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- tranquilize,
- tread underfoot,
- tyrannize,
- unman,
- vanquish
- strained
collapse
- under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question" related words >
- Herculean,
- agitated,
- all-overish,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- arduous,
- artificial,
- awkward,
- backbreaking,
- biased,
- bothered,
- burdensome,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold,
- concerned,
- cooked,
- cool,
- crushing,
- difficult,
- disaccordant,
- disquieted,
- distant,
- disturbed,
- doctored,
- dragged out,
- drawn,
- drawn out,
- effortful,
- elongated,
- extended,
- farfetched,
- fearful,
- forced,
- foreboding,
- frosty,
- garbled,
- grueling,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- icy,
- improbable,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- incompatible,
- inhospitable,
- inimical,
- insincere,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- lengthened,
- misgiving,
- misquoted,
- misrepresented,
- nervous,
- on tenterhooks,
- onerous,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- out-of-the-way,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- painful,
- perturbed,
- perverted,
- prolongated,
- prolonged,
- protracted,
- pulled,
- punishing,
- put-on,
- quite another thing,
- remote,
- self-conscious,
- slanted,
- solicitous,
- something else again,
- spun out,
- stiff,
- straggling,
- strenuous,
- stretched,
- stretched out,
- stretched tight,
- strung out,
- suspenseful,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight,
- toilsome,
- tortured,
- tough,
- troubled,
- troublesome,
- twisted,
- unamiable,
- unamicable,
- uncomfortable,
- uncordial,
- under a strain,
- uneasy,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unharmonious,
- unnatural,
- unrelaxed,
- unsociable,
- uphill,
- uptight,
- wearisome,
- zealous
- accordant,
- anal,
- bourgeois,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformist,
- conventional,
- corresponding,
- edgy,
- formalistic,
- harmonious,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- kosher,
- nervy,
- orthodox,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- precisianistic,
- restive,
- square,
- straight,
- strained,
- stretched tight,
- stuffy,
- taut,
- tense,
- traditionalist,
- under a strain,
- uneasy,
- unrelaxed
- shut off
collapse
- block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"
- isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"
- stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" related words >
- abrupt,
- alienate,
- alienated,
- apart,
- bar,
- barricade,
- block,
- block out,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- constrict,
- crowd,
- cut,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- debar,
- delete,
- depart,
- detached,
- disarticulate,
- disarticulated,
- disconnect,
- disconnected,
- disengage,
- disengaged,
- disjoin,
- disjoined,
- disjoint,
- disjointed,
- disjunct,
- dislocated,
- dispersed,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- disunited,
- divide,
- divided,
- divorce,
- divorced,
- dog,
- eject,
- estrange,
- estranged,
- expel,
- in a backwater,
- insular,
- isolate,
- isolated,
- jam,
- kill,
- leave,
- lock,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- out-of-the-way,
- out-of-the-world,
- pack,
- part,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- quarantined,
- remote,
- removed,
- retired,
- scattered,
- secluded,
- segregate,
- segregated,
- separate,
- separated,
- sequester,
- sequestered,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shroud,
- shut,
- shut down,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- split,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- stifle,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- subtract,
- suffocate,
- switch off,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- turn off,
- uncouple,
- unfrequented,
- unvisited,
- unyoke,
- withdraw,
- withdrawn
- tightness
collapse
- lack of movement or room for movement related words >
- Jim Crow,
- adhesiveness,
- alien,
- apartheid,
- avarice,
- bullheadedness,
- cheapness,
- chinchiness,
- chintziness,
- closefistedness,
- closeness,
- cohesiveness,
- color bar,
- confinement,
- consistency,
- crowdedness,
- division,
- ethnocentrism,
- exclusiveness,
- exiguity,
- fewness,
- firmness,
- foreigner,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- gumminess,
- hair,
- hairbreadth,
- hairsbreadth,
- hardfistedness,
- hoarding,
- illiberality,
- incapaciousness,
- incommodiousness,
- infrequency,
- insularity,
- insulation,
- isolation,
- know-nothingism,
- limitation,
- meagerness,
- miserliness,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowness,
- nearness,
- niggardliness,
- obstinacy,
- out-group,
- outcast,
- outsider,
- parochialism,
- paucity,
- penny-pinching,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- persona non grata,
- quarantine,
- race hatred,
- racial segregation,
- rarity,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- retention,
- rigidity,
- rigidness,
- rigor,
- scantiness,
- scarcity,
- scrimpiness,
- seclusion,
- segregation,
- separation,
- skimpiness,
- slenderness,
- smallness,
- snobbishness,
- snugness,
- sparseness,
- sparsity,
- starchiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- stiffness,
- stinginess,
- straitness,
- stranger,
- strictness,
- stringency,
- stubbornness,
- tackiness,
- tautness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tenseness,
- tension,
- tensity,
- thinness,
- tight purse strings,
- tight squeeze,
- tightfistedness,
- toughness,
- ungenerosity,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- xenophobia
- incommodious
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- uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations" related words >
- angustifoliate,
- angustirostrate,
- angustisellate,
- angustiseptal,
- awkward,
- circumscribed,
- close,
- close-fitting,
- clumsy,
- confined,
- constricted,
- cramp,
- cramped,
- crowded,
- discommodious,
- incapacious,
- inconvenient,
- isthmian,
- isthmic,
- limited,
- meager,
- narrow,
- near,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- scant,
- scanty,
- slender,
- strait,
- tight,
- troublesome,
- unhandy,
- unwieldy
- anarchy,
- baygall,
- bind,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- buffalo wallow,
- chaos,
- clutch,
- complication,
- confusion,
- crunch,
- dunghill,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- entanglement,
- everglade,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- fen,
- fenland,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- foul-up,
- glade,
- hassle,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hog wallow,
- holm,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- jam,
- jungle,
- knot,
- labyrinth,
- license,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- meadow,
- mere,
- mesh,
- mess,
- mire,
- misrule,
- mix,
- mix-up,
- moor,
- moorland,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- muddle,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- peat bog,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quag,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- salt marsh,
- scrape,
- screw-up,
- skein,
- slob land,
- slough,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- sough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- sump,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- tangle,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- view,
- wallow,
- wash,
- web
- attend to,
- care for,
- chaperon,
- cherish,
- conserve,
- foster,
- keep watch over,
- look after,
- look out for,
- look to,
- matronize,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- preserve,
- protege,
- provide for,
- ride herd on,
- see after,
- see to,
- shepherd,
- support,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- tend,
- watch,
- watch out for,
- watch over
- attend to,
- baby-sit,
- care for,
- chaperon,
- cherish,
- conserve,
- foster,
- keep watch over,
- look after,
- look out for,
- look to,
- matronize,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- preserve,
- protege,
- provide for,
- ride herd on,
- see to,
- shepherd,
- support,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- tend,
- watch,
- watch out for,
- watch over
- preempt
collapse
- make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
- acquire for oneself before others can do so
- gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor" related words >
- accroach,
- adopt,
- annex,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- colonize,
- commandeer,
- confiscate,
- conquer,
- enslave,
- expropriate,
- hog,
- indent,
- jump a claim,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- monopolize,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- requisition,
- seize,
- sequester,
- sit on,
- squat on,
- subjugate,
- take,
- take all of,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take up,
- usurp
- bind,
- broken fortune,
- close call,
- close shave,
- close squeak,
- closeness,
- clutch,
- complication,
- confinement,
- crowdedness,
- crunch,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- difficulties,
- distress,
- doghouse,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- genteel poverty,
- hair,
- hairbreadth,
- hairbreadth escape,
- hairsbreadth,
- hard pinch,
- hardship,
- hell to pay,
- hobble,
- hole,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- imbroglio,
- impecuniosity,
- impecuniousness,
- incapaciousness,
- incommodiousness,
- insolvency,
- jam,
- light purse,
- limitation,
- mess,
- mix,
- morass,
- narrow escape,
- narrow gauge,
- narrow means,
- narrow squeak,
- narrowness,
- near go,
- near miss,
- near thing,
- nearness,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- pickle,
- pigeonhole,
- pinch,
- playhouse,
- plight,
- poorness,
- poverty,
- predicament,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- scrape,
- slender means,
- slenderness,
- slough,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straitened circumstances,
- straitness,
- straits,
- strictness,
- swamp,
- tight spot,
- tightness,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- unholy mess,
- unprosperousness,
- voluntary poverty,
- vows of poverty
- infrequent
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- not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" related words >
- almost unheard-of,
- cheeseparing,
- chinchy,
- chintzy,
- exiguous,
- meager,
- miserly,
- niggardly,
- piddling,
- poor,
- rare,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarce,
- scattered,
- scrimping,
- scrimpy,
- seldom met with,
- seldom seen,
- skimping,
- skimpy,
- slim,
- slow,
- sparse,
- spotty,
- sprinkled,
- stingy,
- thin,
- tight,
- uncommon,
- unfrequent,
- unique,
- unusual
- shatterproof
collapse
- resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows" related words >
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- chip-proof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- fire-resisting,
- fireproof,
- flameproof,
- foolproof,
- fractureproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impervious to,
- infrangible,
- leakproof,
- noiseproof,
- nonbreakable,
- proof,
- proof against,
- punctureproof,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- shellproof,
- soundproof,
- tight,
- unbreakable,
- unshatterable,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- act between,
- adjudge,
- adjudicate,
- appease,
- bargain,
- go between,
- hear,
- hold court,
- hold the scales,
- intercede,
- intermediate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- judge,
- make terms,
- mediate,
- meet halfway,
- moderate,
- negotiate,
- officiate,
- placate,
- referee,
- represent,
- sit in judgment,
- soothe,
- step in,
- treat with,
- try,
- umpire
- lightproof
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- not penetrable by light; "lightproof containers" related words >
- airtight,
- close,
- compact,
- dustproof,
- dusttight,
- fast,
- firm,
- gasproof,
- gastight,
- hermetic,
- hermetically sealed,
- lighttight,
- oilproof,
- oiltight,
- rainproof,
- raintight,
- sealed,
- shut fast,
- smokeproof,
- smoketight,
- snug,
- staunch,
- stormproof,
- stormtight,
- tight,
- water-repellant,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- windproof,
- windtight
- airtight,
- close,
- compact,
- dustproof,
- dusttight,
- fast,
- firm,
- gasproof,
- gastight,
- hermetic,
- hermetically sealed,
- lightproof,
- lighttight,
- oilproof,
- oiltight,
- rainproof,
- raintight,
- sealed,
- shut fast,
- smokeproof,
- smoketight,
- snug,
- staunch,
- stormproof,
- stormtight,
- tight,
- water-repellant,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- windtight
- Lenten,
- Spartan,
- a hog for,
- abject,
- abstemious,
- acquisitive,
- all-devouring,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- avaricious,
- avid,
- bottomless,
- cheap,
- cheeseparing,
- chinchy,
- chintzy,
- close,
- closefisted,
- coveting,
- covetous,
- devouring,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- esurient,
- exiguous,
- frugal,
- gluttonous,
- gobbling,
- grabby,
- grasping,
- greedy,
- hardfisted,
- hoggish,
- ignoble,
- illiberal,
- impoverished,
- infrequent,
- insatiable,
- insatiate,
- jejune,
- lean,
- limited,
- limitless,
- meager,
- mean,
- mercenary,
- mingy,
- money-hungry,
- money-mad,
- narrow,
- near,
- niggardly,
- omnivorous,
- overgreedy,
- paltry,
- parsimonious,
- penny-pinching,
- penurious,
- piddling,
- piggish,
- pinchfisted,
- pinching,
- poor,
- puny,
- quenchless,
- rapacious,
- rare,
- ravening,
- ravenous,
- save-all,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarce,
- scattered,
- scrawny,
- scrimp,
- scrimping,
- scrimpy,
- seldom met with,
- seldom seen,
- skimp,
- skimping,
- skimpy,
- slakeless,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- small,
- sordid,
- spare,
- sparing,
- sparse,
- spotty,
- sprinkled,
- starvation,
- stingy,
- stinted,
- straitened,
- stunted,
- subsistence,
- swinish,
- thin,
- tight,
- tight-fisted,
- tightfisted,
- unappeasable,
- unappeased,
- ungenerous,
- unnourishing,
- unnutritious,
- unquenchable,
- unsated,
- unsatisfied,
- unslakeable,
- unslaked,
- venal,
- voracious,
- watered,
- watery
- leakproof
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- not subject to leaks related words >
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- dripproof,
- fire-resisting,
- fireproof,
- flameproof,
- floodproof,
- foolproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impervious to,
- moistureproof,
- noiseproof,
- proof,
- proof against,
- punctureproof,
- rainproof,
- raintight,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- seepproof,
- shatterproof,
- shellproof,
- soundproof,
- stormproof,
- stormtight,
- tight,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- airtight,
- ballproof,
- bombproof,
- bulletproof,
- burglarproof,
- corrosionproof,
- dampproof,
- fire-resisting,
- fireproof,
- flameproof,
- foolproof,
- hermetic,
- holeproof,
- impassable,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- impervious,
- impervious to,
- leakproof,
- noiseproof,
- nonpuncturable,
- proof,
- proof against,
- resistant,
- rustproof,
- shatterproof,
- shellproof,
- soundproof,
- tight,
- unpassable,
- unperforable,
- unpierceable,
- watertight,
- weatherproof
- bear hug
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- a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
- a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent related words >
- fastened
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- firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt" related words >
- attend to,
- baby-sit,
- calculate on,
- care for,
- chaperon,
- cherish,
- conserve,
- count on,
- forestall,
- foster,
- keep watch over,
- look after,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- look out for,
- look to,
- matronize,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- preserve,
- protege,
- provide for,
- reckon on,
- ride herd on,
- see after,
- see to,
- shepherd,
- support,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- tend,
- watch,
- watch over
- close,
- closemouthed,
- dark,
- discreet,
- disinclined to communicate,
- evasive,
- excretory,
- lachrymal,
- lachrymose,
- lacrimatory,
- lactational,
- lacteal,
- lacteous,
- meaningless,
- mum,
- reserved,
- reticent,
- rheumy,
- salivant,
- salivary,
- salivous,
- secret,
- secretional,
- secretory,
- seminal,
- serous,
- shifty,
- sialagogic,
- silent,
- spermatic,
- taciturn,
- tight-lipped,
- uncommunicative,
- unconversable,
- unsociable,
- watering,
- watery
- abduct,
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- burke,
- carry off,
- censor,
- check,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clip the wings,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- curb,
- damp down,
- decelerate,
- deflate,
- delay,
- detain,
- disarm,
- draw rein,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enchain,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- garrote,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- impede,
- jump on,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kidnap,
- kill,
- knock out,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- manacle,
- moderate,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- obstruct,
- paralyze,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- retard,
- set back,
- shanghai,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- smash,
- smother,
- soft-pedal,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stay,
- stifle,
- still,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- truss up
- reserved
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- 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
- austerity,
- austerity program,
- canniness,
- care,
- carefulness,
- chariness,
- economic planning,
- economicalness,
- economy,
- economy of means,
- false economy,
- forehandedness,
- frugality,
- frugalness,
- good management,
- husbandry,
- management,
- parsimoniousness,
- parsimony,
- providence,
- prudence,
- prudential administration,
- sparingness,
- thrift,
- tight purse strings,
- unwastefulness
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