Related Words:
- referee
collapse - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
- evaluate professionally a colleague's work
- be a referee or umpire in a sports competition related words >
- JP,
- Justice,
- act between,
- adjudge,
- adjudicate,
- arbiter,
- arbitrate,
- arbitrator,
- bargain,
- bencher,
- critic,
- go between,
- hear,
- his honor,
- his lordship,
- his worship,
- hold court,
- hold the scales,
- impartial arbitrator,
- indicator,
- intercede,
- intermediate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- judge,
- judger,
- justice,
- magistrate,
- make terms,
- mediate,
- meet halfway,
- moderate,
- moderator,
- negotiate,
- officiate,
- represent,
- sit in judgment,
- step in,
- third party,
- treat with,
- try,
- umpire,
- unbiased observer
- dynamic
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- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"
- of or relating to dynamics related words >
- activating,
- active,
- acute,
- adventuresome,
- adventurous,
- aggressive,
- alive,
- ambitious,
- animated,
- armipotent,
- authoritative,
- brisk,
- cogent,
- driving,
- dynamical,
- eager,
- effective,
- electric,
- electrodynamic,
- emphatic,
- energetic,
- energizing,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- full of pep,
- functioning,
- geodynamic,
- go-ahead,
- go-go,
- hearty,
- high-potency,
- high-powered,
- high-pressure,
- high-tension,
- hustling,
- impetuous,
- in force,
- in power,
- incisive,
- intense,
- irresistible,
- keen,
- kinematic,
- kinetic,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- lusty,
- mettlesome,
- mighty,
- mighty in battle,
- operative,
- peppy,
- potent,
- powerful,
- prepotent,
- puissant,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- radiodynamic,
- red-blooded,
- robust,
- ruling,
- running,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- spirited,
- spry,
- strenuous,
- striking,
- strong,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- telling,
- trenchant,
- up-and-coming,
- valid,
- vehement,
- venturesome,
- venturous,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- violent,
- vital,
- vitalizing,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- working,
- zealous,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy
- chipper
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- having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" related words >
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- alert,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- animate,
- animated,
- bouncing,
- bouncy,
- breezy,
- bright,
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,
- brisk,
- bubbly,
- cheep,
- chip,
- chirk,
- chirm,
- chirpy,
- chirrup,
- chirrupy,
- chitter,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- energetic,
- enjoying health,
- eupeptic,
- fine,
- fit,
- fit and fine,
- frisky,
- full of beans,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- gay,
- healthful,
- healthy,
- in condition,
- in fine fettle,
- in fine whack,
- in good case,
- in good health,
- in good shape,
- in health,
- in high feather,
- in mint condition,
- in shape,
- in the pink,
- keen,
- live,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- militant,
- neat,
- orderly,
- peart,
- peep,
- peppy,
- perky,
- pert,
- quicksilver,
- shipshape,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- snug,
- spanking,
- spick-and-span,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- tidy,
- trig,
- trim,
- tweedle,
- tweet,
- twitter,
- uncluttered,
- vivacious,
- well-groomed,
- zingy
- admit,
- back,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- board,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- buckle down,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- climb on,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come in,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- fall,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- get on,
- go aboard,
- go in,
- go into,
- go on board,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- look in,
- mount,
- pack in,
- pile in,
- pop in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- take in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- oversight
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- a mistake resulting from inattention
- an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something related words >
- accountability,
- administration,
- aegis,
- auspices,
- balk,
- bevue,
- blank,
- blunder,
- bossing,
- care,
- carelessness,
- charge,
- chasm,
- check,
- civil government,
- conduct,
- control,
- culpa,
- culpable negligence,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- default,
- delinquency,
- dereliction,
- direction,
- discipline,
- disconformity,
- dispensation,
- disposition,
- disregard,
- empery,
- empire,
- error,
- eye,
- failure,
- false move,
- false step,
- fault,
- form of government,
- governance,
- government,
- guard,
- guardianship,
- guidance,
- handling,
- hands,
- heedlessness,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- inobservance,
- intendance,
- jurisdiction,
- keeping,
- laches,
- laissez-faire,
- lapse,
- lapsus calami,
- lapsus linguae,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- loose thread,
- looseness,
- maintenance,
- management,
- ministry,
- miscue,
- misstep,
- mistake,
- neglect,
- neglectfulness,
- negligence,
- nonadherence,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformity,
- nonfeasance,
- nonfulfillment,
- noninterference,
- nonobservance,
- nonperformance,
- nonrestriction,
- omission,
- overlook,
- overlooking,
- pastorage,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- permissiveness,
- political organization,
- polity,
- poor stewardship,
- preterition,
- procrastination,
- protection,
- protectorship,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulation,
- reign,
- remissness,
- responsibility,
- rule,
- running,
- safe hands,
- skip,
- slackness,
- slight,
- slip,
- slipup,
- sovereignty,
- stewardship,
- stumble,
- superintendence,
- superintendency,
- supervision,
- surveillance,
- sway,
- system of government,
- trip,
- tutelage,
- unobservance,
- unrigorousness,
- ward,
- wardenship,
- wardship,
- watch and ward,
- wing,
- wrong step
- launching pad
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- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched related words >
- Mark,
- balcony,
- bazooka,
- calliope,
- catafalque,
- dais,
- emplacement,
- estrade,
- floor,
- gallery,
- hedgehog,
- heliport,
- hustings,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launch pad,
- launching platform,
- launching tube,
- mousetrap,
- platform,
- podium,
- projector,
- pulpit,
- rostrum,
- silo,
- soapbox,
- stage,
- step terrace,
- stump,
- terrace,
- tribunal,
- tribune
- bouncing
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- marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
- vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby" related words >
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- alive,
- animated,
- beefy,
- bouncy,
- bounding,
- breezy,
- brisk,
- bubbly,
- chipper,
- doughty,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- energetic,
- flush,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forcy,
- frisky,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- full-blooded,
- full-strength,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hale,
- hale and hearty,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardy,
- hearty,
- hefty,
- hopping,
- husky,
- iron-hard,
- jumping,
- leaping,
- live,
- lively,
- lusty,
- mercurial,
- mighty,
- militant,
- nervy,
- obstinate,
- peppy,
- perky,
- pert,
- potent,
- powerful,
- prancing,
- puissant,
- quicksilver,
- rebounding,
- recalcitrant,
- recoiling,
- red-blooded,
- repercussive,
- resilient,
- robust,
- robustious,
- robustuous,
- rude,
- rugged,
- saltant,
- saltatorial,
- saltatory,
- skipping,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- springing,
- spry,
- stalwart,
- steely,
- stout,
- strapping,
- strong,
- strong as brandy,
- strong as strong,
- strong-willed,
- sturdy,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- zingy
- admit,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come in,
- cram in,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- drive in,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- force in,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- go in,
- go into,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- impact,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jump in,
- knock in,
- look in,
- pack in,
- plunge in,
- poke in,
- pop in,
- pound in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- ram in,
- run in,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- stuff in,
- take in,
- tamp in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- admit,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come in,
- cram in,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- drive in,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- force in,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- go in,
- go into,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- impact,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- jump in,
- knock in,
- look in,
- plunge in,
- poke in,
- pop in,
- pound in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- ram in,
- run in,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- stuff in,
- take in,
- tamp in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- seasoned
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- rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"
- aged or processed; "seasoned wood" related words >
- acclimated,
- acclimatized,
- accommodated,
- accustomed,
- adapted,
- adjusted,
- aged,
- blase,
- brisk,
- burning,
- case-hardened,
- conditioned,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- curried,
- developed,
- established,
- experienced,
- familiarized,
- full-blown,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- fully developed,
- habituated,
- hardened,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- high-seasoned,
- hot,
- hot as pepper,
- in full bloom,
- inured,
- knowing,
- leavened,
- limited,
- lively,
- long-standing,
- maturated,
- mature,
- matured,
- mellow,
- mellowed,
- mitigated,
- modified,
- modulated,
- naturalized,
- nippy,
- not born yesterday,
- old,
- old-time,
- orientated,
- oriented,
- peppery,
- practical,
- practiced,
- prepared,
- qualified,
- racy,
- restricted,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- run-in,
- sagacious,
- skilled,
- snappy,
- softened,
- sophisticated,
- spiced,
- spicy,
- steeled,
- tangy,
- tempered,
- toughened,
- trained,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- used to,
- versed,
- vet,
- veteran,
- well-versed,
- with a kick,
- wont,
- wonted,
- world-wise,
- worldly,
- worldly-wise,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy
- admit,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- call,
- call on,
- call upon,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come by,
- come in,
- come over,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- go in,
- go into,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- jump in,
- look in,
- look up,
- pack in,
- pay a visit,
- pop in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- run in,
- see,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- stop by,
- stop off,
- stop over,
- take in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- racy
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- designed or suitable for competing in a race related words >
- adult,
- animated,
- bawdy,
- blue,
- brisk,
- broad,
- buoyant,
- burning,
- coarse,
- crude,
- curried,
- dirty,
- dynamic,
- earthy,
- energetic,
- exciting,
- fiery,
- filthy,
- flavorful,
- fresh,
- full of beans,
- full of pep,
- gross,
- high-seasoned,
- hot,
- hot as pepper,
- immodest,
- indecent,
- indelicate,
- interesting,
- inviting,
- juicy,
- lewd,
- lively,
- lusty,
- mettlesome,
- naughty,
- nippy,
- obscene,
- off color,
- off-color,
- peppery,
- peppy,
- piquant,
- poignant,
- pornographic,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- pungent,
- purple,
- raunchy,
- readable,
- ribald,
- rich,
- risky,
- risque,
- rude,
- salacious,
- salty,
- savory,
- scabrous,
- seasoned,
- sexual,
- sexy,
- shady,
- sharp,
- smutty,
- snappy,
- sparkling,
- spiced,
- spicy,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- stimulating,
- strong,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- tangy,
- tantalizing,
- tart,
- tasty,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- vigorous,
- vivacious,
- vulgar,
- wicked,
- with a kick,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy
- accompany
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- go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" related words >
- agree,
- associate,
- associate with,
- assort with,
- attend,
- band together,
- be in phase,
- be in time,
- chaperon,
- chaperone,
- chord,
- coexist,
- coextend,
- coincide,
- combine,
- companion,
- concertize,
- concur,
- confederate,
- consociate,
- consort with,
- contemporize,
- convoy,
- couple with,
- do,
- escort,
- execute,
- flock together,
- go along with,
- go with,
- hang around with,
- herd together,
- interpret,
- isochronize,
- keep company with,
- keep in step,
- keep pace with,
- make music,
- match,
- perform,
- play,
- play by ear,
- render,
- run with,
- squire,
- symphonize,
- synchronize,
- time,
- usher,
- wait on
- getaway
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- a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam" related words >
- abandonment,
- acceleration,
- break,
- breakout,
- decampment,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- departure,
- drive,
- egress,
- emergence,
- escape,
- escapism,
- evacuation,
- evasion,
- exit,
- exodus,
- extrication,
- flight,
- freeing,
- going,
- hegira,
- impetus,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- lam,
- leak,
- leakage,
- leaving,
- liberation,
- outlet,
- parting,
- passing,
- pickup,
- prisonbreak,
- quickening,
- release,
- removal,
- rescue,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- riddance,
- scape,
- setting-free,
- slip,
- speedup,
- step-up,
- thrust,
- vent,
- walkout,
- withdrawal
- acceleration
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- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity related words >
- accelerando,
- aggravation,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- deepening,
- double time,
- double-quick,
- double-quick time,
- drive,
- enhancement,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- festination,
- forced march,
- forwarding,
- getaway,
- hastening,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- hurrying,
- impetus,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- magnification,
- pickup,
- population explosion,
- quickening,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- speeding,
- speedup,
- step-up,
- strengthening,
- thrust,
- tightening
- amble
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- a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- walk leisurely related words >
- airing,
- barge,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- canter,
- caracole,
- claudicate,
- clump,
- constitutional,
- crawl,
- creep,
- curvet,
- dally,
- dillydally,
- dogtrot,
- drag,
- drag along,
- drag out,
- drift,
- droop,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footslog,
- forced march,
- frisk,
- gait,
- gallop,
- go dead slow,
- go on horseback,
- go slow,
- hack,
- halt,
- hike,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hop,
- idle,
- inch,
- inch along,
- jaunt,
- jog,
- jog-trot,
- jolt,
- jump,
- laze,
- limp,
- linger,
- lock step,
- loiter,
- lope,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- march,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- mope,
- mosey,
- mount,
- muck,
- mush,
- pace,
- paddle,
- parade,
- peg,
- peripatetic journey,
- peripateticism,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- poke,
- poke along,
- prance,
- promenade,
- rack,
- ramble,
- ride bareback,
- ride hard,
- roll,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- schlep,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- shuffle along,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- stagger,
- stagger along,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stretch,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swing,
- take horse,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- toddle along,
- totter,
- totter along,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- turn,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- walking tour,
- wamble,
- wiggle,
- wobble,
- worm,
- worm along
- haw
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- the nictitating membrane of a horse
- utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed" related words >
- avert,
- bear off,
- draw aside,
- ease off,
- edge off,
- falter,
- fly off,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- halt,
- head off,
- hem,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hum,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- make way for,
- mammer,
- move aside,
- sheer off,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- stammer,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- stumble,
- stutter,
- switch,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- veer off
- umpire
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- an official at a baseball game related words >
- JP,
- Justice,
- act between,
- adjudge,
- adjudicate,
- adjudicator,
- arbiter,
- arbitrate,
- arbitrator,
- bargain,
- bencher,
- critic,
- go between,
- hear,
- his honor,
- his lordship,
- his worship,
- hold court,
- hold the scales,
- impartial arbitrator,
- indicator,
- intercede,
- intermediate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- judge,
- judger,
- justice,
- magistrate,
- make terms,
- mediate,
- meet halfway,
- moderate,
- moderator,
- negotiate,
- official,
- officiate,
- referee,
- represent,
- sit in judgment,
- step in,
- third party,
- treat with,
- try,
- ump,
- unbiased observer
- beat the drum,
- blow the trumpet,
- carouse,
- celebrate,
- commemorate,
- cut loose,
- debauch,
- dress ship,
- fire a salute,
- hallow,
- hell around,
- hold jubilee,
- honor,
- jollify,
- jolly,
- jubilate,
- jubilize,
- keep,
- lark,
- let go,
- let loose,
- let off steam,
- maffick,
- make whoopee,
- mark,
- memorialize,
- observe,
- raise hell,
- revel,
- roister,
- see life,
- signalize,
- skylark,
- solemnize,
- solemnly mark,
- sound a fanfare,
- spree,
- step out,
- wanton,
- whoop it up
- ablaze
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- resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" related words >
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- aglow,
- alight,
- ardent,
- bathed with light,
- bespangled,
- blazing,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- brightened,
- burning,
- candent,
- candescent,
- candlelit,
- comburent,
- conflagrant,
- cordial,
- delirious,
- drunk,
- enlightened,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exuberant,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- firelit,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flickering,
- flushed,
- fulgurant,
- fulgurating,
- fuming,
- gaslit,
- glowing,
- guttering,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hot,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- illuminated,
- impassioned,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in flames,
- incandescent,
- inflamed,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- irradiate,
- irradiated,
- keen,
- kindled,
- lamplit,
- lanternlit,
- lighted,
- lightened,
- lit,
- lit up,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- luminous,
- meteoric,
- moonlit,
- on fire,
- passionate,
- red-hot,
- reeking,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- smoking,
- smoldering,
- spangled,
- sparking,
- star-spangled,
- star-studded,
- starlit,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- studded,
- sunlit,
- tinseled,
- unextinguished,
- unquenched,
- unrestrained,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- zealous
- attend to orders,
- comply,
- conform,
- defer to,
- fall in with,
- fall into line,
- fit in,
- follow the book,
- follow the crowd,
- follow the fashion,
- follow the rule,
- get in line,
- go through channels,
- harken to,
- heed,
- keep,
- keep in step,
- listen to,
- mark,
- mind,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observe,
- pass muster,
- play the game,
- submit,
- take orders,
- toe the line,
- toe the mark
- attend to orders,
- comply,
- conform,
- defer to,
- fall in with,
- fall into line,
- fit in,
- follow the book,
- follow the crowd,
- follow the fashion,
- follow the rule,
- get in line,
- go through channels,
- harken to,
- heed,
- keep,
- keep in step,
- listen to,
- mark,
- mind,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observe,
- pass muster,
- play the game,
- stay in line,
- submit,
- take orders,
- toe the line
- admit,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- break in,
- breeze in,
- burst in,
- bust in,
- call,
- call on,
- call upon,
- come barging in,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come by,
- come in,
- come over,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- drop,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- enter,
- gain admittance,
- get in,
- go in,
- go into,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- insert,
- intrude,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- jump in,
- pack in,
- pay a visit,
- pop in,
- press in,
- push in,
- put in,
- run in,
- see,
- set foot in,
- slip in,
- squeeze in,
- step in,
- stop by,
- stop off,
- stop over,
- take in,
- thrust in,
- visit,
- wedge in,
- work in
- ace,
- bit,
- bowshot,
- brief span,
- close quarters,
- close range,
- closeness,
- confinement,
- crack,
- crowdedness,
- earreach,
- earshot,
- gunshot,
- hair,
- hair space,
- hairsbreadth,
- incapaciousness,
- inch,
- incommodiousness,
- limitation,
- little,
- little ways,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowness,
- nearness,
- pistol shot,
- restrictedness,
- restriction,
- short distance,
- short piece,
- short way,
- slenderness,
- span,
- spitting distance,
- step,
- straitness,
- strictness,
- tight squeeze,
- tightness,
- whisker
- carouse,
- cast loose,
- celebrate,
- cut loose,
- debauch,
- demobilize,
- discharge,
- dismiss,
- give way to,
- go all out,
- go bail for,
- go flat out,
- go unrestrained,
- grant bail to,
- hell around,
- jollify,
- jolly,
- lark,
- leave go,
- let go,
- let go free,
- let loose of,
- let off,
- let off steam,
- let out,
- make merry,
- make whoopee,
- open up,
- parole,
- put on parole,
- raise hell,
- release,
- revel,
- roister,
- run wild,
- see life,
- skylark,
- spree,
- step out,
- unclasp,
- unclutch,
- unhand,
- wanton,
- whoop it up
- inviting
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- attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" related words >
- admissible,
- admissive,
- admissory,
- alluring,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- beckoning,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- challenging,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- delightful,
- enchanting,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- exquisite,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glamorous,
- heart-robbing,
- hospitable,
- hypnotic,
- imbibitory,
- ingestive,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- intromissive,
- intromittent,
- invitational,
- invitatory,
- irresistible,
- juicy,
- lively,
- lovely,
- luxurious,
- mesmeric,
- mouth-watering,
- open,
- piquant,
- prepossessing,
- prompting,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- receivable,
- receptible,
- receptive,
- recipient,
- rich,
- rousing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensuous,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- succulent,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- voluptuous,
- welcoming,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching
- anal
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- a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
- of or related to the anus; "anal thermometer" related words >
- abdominal,
- accordant,
- appendical,
- bourgeois,
- cardiac,
- cecal,
- colic,
- colonic,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformist,
- conventional,
- coronary,
- corresponding,
- dinky,
- duodenal,
- enteric,
- formalistic,
- gastric,
- harmonious,
- ileac,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- intestinal,
- jejunal,
- kosher,
- mesogastric,
- neat,
- orthodox,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- precisianistic,
- pyloric,
- rectal,
- shipshape,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smart,
- snug,
- splanchnic,
- spruce,
- square,
- straight,
- stuffy,
- tidy,
- tight,
- traditionalist,
- trig,
- trim,
- uptight,
- visceral,
- well-cared-for,
- well-groomed
- adaptable
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- capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" related words >
- able to adapt,
- accessible,
- accommodative,
- acquiescent,
- adaptive,
- adjustable,
- all-around,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- ambidextrous,
- amphibious,
- at hand,
- available,
- bendable,
- bending,
- bouncy,
- buoyant,
- changeable,
- checkered,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- conformable,
- convenient,
- ductile,
- elastic,
- ever-changing,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- feasible,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- fluid,
- foolproof,
- formable,
- formative,
- generally capable,
- giving,
- handy,
- impermanent,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- kaleidoscopic,
- like putty,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- lively,
- malleable,
- manageable,
- maneuverable,
- many-sided,
- metamorphic,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- moldable,
- movable,
- mutable,
- nonuniform,
- obedient,
- of all work,
- on call,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- on tap,
- other-directed,
- permutable,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- practical,
- protean,
- proteiform,
- ready,
- receptive,
- resilient,
- resourceful,
- responsive,
- rubbery,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- springy,
- stretch,
- stretchable,
- stretchy,
- submissive,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- to hand,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- transient,
- transitory,
- two-handed,
- untroublesome,
- variable,
- versatile,
- whippy,
- wieldable,
- wieldy,
- willowy,
- yielding
- balk
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- an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" related words >
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk at,
- balking,
- be unwilling,
- beam,
- beat,
- begrudge,
- betrayed hope,
- bevue,
- bilk,
- blast,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- boggle,
- brave,
- buffet,
- cast down,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- comedown,
- confound,
- confounding,
- confront,
- confusion,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- decline,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- die hard,
- disappoint,
- disappointment,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- false move,
- false step,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flinch,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustrate,
- frustration,
- gag,
- grudge,
- hang back,
- hold out,
- hope deferred,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- jib,
- knock the chocks,
- lapse,
- lapsus calami,
- lapsus linguae,
- let down,
- letdown,
- loose thread,
- mind,
- mirage,
- miscue,
- misstep,
- nonplus,
- not budge,
- not care to,
- not feel like,
- object to,
- omission,
- oversight,
- perplex,
- persevere,
- quail,
- rebuff,
- recoil,
- refuse,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- rout,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- scruple,
- setback,
- shrink,
- shy,
- slip,
- slipup,
- sore disappointment,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stand out,
- stand pat,
- stick,
- stickle,
- stonewall,
- strain,
- stumble,
- stump,
- take no denial,
- tantalization,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwart,
- thwarting,
- trip,
- turn down,
- upset,
- would rather not,
- wrong step
- zestful
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- marked by spirited enjoyment related words >
- active,
- acute,
- aggressive,
- agog,
- alacritous,
- all agog,
- animated,
- antic,
- anxious,
- avid,
- bracing,
- breathless,
- brisk,
- burning,
- bursting to,
- capersome,
- cheering,
- coltish,
- cordial,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- curried,
- desirous,
- dynamic,
- eager,
- energetic,
- energizing,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- exhilarating,
- exuberant,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forward,
- fresh,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- gamesome,
- gay,
- go-go,
- hearty,
- high-seasoned,
- hot,
- hot as pepper,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- incisive,
- intense,
- invigorating,
- keen,
- kinetic,
- lively,
- living,
- lusty,
- mettlesome,
- nippy,
- panting,
- peppery,
- peppy,
- playful,
- prompt,
- quick,
- racy,
- raring to,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- refreshful,
- refreshing,
- regaling,
- robust,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- rousing,
- seasoned,
- skittish,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- spiced,
- spicy,
- spirited,
- sportive,
- sprightly,
- stimulating,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- tangy,
- tonic,
- trenchant,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- with a kick,
- zesty,
- zippy
- swift
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- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
- United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903) related words >
- abrupt,
- agile,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- apt,
- breakneck,
- brief,
- brisk,
- cometary,
- cursory,
- dashing,
- decisive,
- dispatchful,
- double-quick,
- eagle-winged,
- electrifying,
- expeditious,
- express,
- fast,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- flashing,
- flat-out,
- fleet,
- flickering,
- flying,
- full tilt,
- furious,
- galloping,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hurried,
- hustling,
- immediate,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- last-minute,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- meteoric,
- nerve-shattering,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- on the spot,
- passing,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- prompt,
- promptly,
- punctual,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- quickly,
- raking,
- rapid,
- rapidly,
- ready,
- reckless,
- running,
- sharp,
- shocking,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-term,
- short-termed,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- smart,
- snap,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- speedily,
- speedy,
- spry,
- startling,
- sudden,
- summary,
- superficial,
- supersonic,
- surprising,
- swiftly,
- unanticipated,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredicted,
- urgent,
- winged
- ambrosial,
- aromatic,
- balmy,
- bawdy,
- biting,
- blue,
- brisk,
- broad,
- burning,
- curried,
- essenced,
- exciting,
- fiery,
- flavorful,
- flavorsome,
- flowery,
- fragrant,
- fruity,
- full-bodied,
- high-seasoned,
- high-spirited,
- hot,
- hot as pepper,
- improper,
- incense-breathing,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- indelicate,
- interesting,
- intimate,
- inviting,
- juicy,
- lively,
- musky,
- nippy,
- notorious,
- odorate,
- odoriferous,
- odorous,
- off color,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- peppery,
- perfumed,
- perfumy,
- piquant,
- poignant,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- pungent,
- purple,
- racy,
- readable,
- redolent,
- revealing,
- revelatory,
- ribald,
- rich,
- risky,
- risque,
- salty,
- savory,
- scabrous,
- scandalous,
- scented,
- seasoned,
- sensational,
- sexy,
- shady,
- sharp,
- snappy,
- sophisticated,
- spiced,
- spirited,
- stimulating,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- sweet,
- sweet-scented,
- sweet-smelling,
- tangy,
- tantalizing,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thuriferous,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- unseemly,
- wicked,
- with a kick,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy
- uncouple
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- disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" related words >
- abrupt,
- abstract,
- alienate,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- delete,
- depart,
- disarticulate,
- disconnect,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dissociate,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- eject,
- estrange,
- expel,
- isolate,
- leave,
- part,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shut off,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- step aside,
- subtract,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- unyoke,
- withdraw
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- afire,
- ardent,
- baking,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- burning with excitement,
- canicular,
- committed,
- cordial,
- dedicated,
- delirious,
- devoted,
- devout,
- drunk,
- earnest,
- ebullient,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exuberant,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- glowing,
- grilling,
- hard-core,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- het up,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- hot-blooded,
- hotheaded,
- impassioned,
- in earnest,
- in rut,
- inflamed,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intoxicated,
- keen,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- lively,
- loyal,
- madcap,
- on fire,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- parching,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- piping hot,
- resolute,
- roasting,
- scalding,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- serious,
- sexually excited,
- simmering,
- sincere,
- sizzling hot,
- smoking hot,
- spirited,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- sudorific,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- totally committed,
- unrestrained,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- white-hot,
- zealous
- tour de force
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- a masterly or brilliant feat related words >
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- adventure,
- blow,
- classic,
- coup,
- dealings,
- deed,
- doing,
- doings,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- enterprise,
- exploit,
- fait accompli,
- feat,
- gest,
- go,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- job,
- magnum,
- maneuver,
- master stroke,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- measure,
- move,
- operation,
- overt act,
- passage,
- performance,
- proceeding,
- production,
- res gestae,
- step,
- stroke,
- stunt,
- thing,
- thing done,
- transaction,
- turn,
- undertaking,
- work,
- works
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of line,
- out of order,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of step,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out of turn,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely
- stride
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- significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"
- cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"
- walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall" related words >
- abut on,
- aesthetic distance,
- amble,
- ambulate,
- ankle,
- barge,
- be based on,
- bear on,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- career,
- circumambulate,
- clearance,
- clip,
- clop,
- clump,
- compass,
- deep space,
- depths of space,
- distance,
- divergence,
- drag,
- droop,
- extent,
- farness,
- flounce,
- foot,
- foot it,
- footfall,
- footslog,
- footstep,
- gait,
- gallop,
- halt,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hoof it,
- hoofbeat,
- hop,
- infinity,
- jaywalk,
- jog,
- jog on,
- jolt,
- jump,
- lean on,
- leeway,
- leg,
- leg it,
- length,
- lick,
- lie on,
- light-years,
- limp,
- lock step,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- march,
- margin,
- mileage,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- pace,
- pad,
- paddle,
- parsecs,
- pedestrianize,
- peg,
- perambulate,
- perch,
- peripateticate,
- perspective,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- piece,
- plod,
- prance,
- progress,
- rack,
- range,
- rate,
- reach,
- rely on,
- remoteness,
- repose on,
- rest on,
- ride,
- roll,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- separation,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- shuffle along,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- sit on,
- skip,
- sling,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- space,
- span,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- stand on,
- step,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stretch,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stump,
- stump it,
- swagger,
- swing,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- travel,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- way,
- ways,
- wiggle,
- wobble
- tightening
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- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- aggravation,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- clamping,
- clamping down,
- compression,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- crescendoing,
- crescent,
- crush,
- deepening,
- enhancement,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- expanding,
- explosion,
- growing,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- increasing,
- incremental,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- intensifying,
- lengthening,
- magnification,
- multiplying,
- nip,
- on the increase,
- pickup,
- pinch,
- population explosion,
- press,
- pressure,
- proliferating,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- snowballing,
- speedup,
- spreading,
- squeeze,
- squeezing,
- step-up,
- strengthening,
- swelling,
- tweak,
- waxing
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- split hairs,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- ward off
- action and reaction,
- answer,
- automatic reaction,
- autonomic reaction,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- bounceback,
- echo,
- lapse,
- predictable response,
- reaction,
- recession,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reentry,
- reflection,
- reflex,
- reflex action,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- relapse,
- reply,
- respondence,
- response,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retrusion,
- return,
- reverberation,
- revulsion,
- rise,
- rollback,
- setback,
- sternway,
- throwback,
- unthinking response
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