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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
terse
collapse
related words >
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
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
uptight
collapse
related words >
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
dollar
collapse
a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"
a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
related words >
C
,
C-note
,
Deutschmark
,
G
,
G-note
,
Mark
,
Reichsmark
,
afghani
,
anna
,
baht
,
bawbee
,
bill
,
bone
,
buck
,
cartwheel
,
cent
,
centavo
,
centime
,
century
,
conto
,
copper
,
crown
,
dime
,
dollar bill
,
dong
,
farthing
,
fifty cents
,
fin
,
fish
,
five cents
,
five hundred dollars
,
five-dollar bill
,
five-hundred-dollar bill
,
five-spot
,
fiver
,
florin
,
four bits
,
fourpence
,
fourpenny
,
franc
,
frogskin
,
grand
,
groat
,
guilder
,
guinea
,
gulden
,
half G
,
half a C
,
half crown
,
half dollar
,
half grand
,
halfpenny
,
hundred-dollar bill
,
iron man
,
kip
,
kopeck
,
krona
,
krone
,
lira
,
mag
,
meg
,
mill
,
milreis
,
mite
,
monkey
,
new pence
,
nickel
,
np
,
p
,
pence
,
penny
,
peseta
,
pie
,
piece of eight
,
pistareen
,
pony
,
pound
,
quarter
,
quid
,
rand
,
red cent
,
rial
,
rock
,
ruble
,
rupee
,
sawbuck
,
shekel
,
shilling
,
silver dollar
,
sixpence
,
skin
,
smacker
,
sol
,
sou
,
stiver
,
ten cents
,
ten-spot
,
tenner
,
thousand dollars
,
thousand-dollar bill
,
threepence
,
threepenny bit
,
thrippence
,
tuppence
,
twenty-dollar bill
,
twenty-five cents
,
two bits
,
two-dollar bill
,
two-spot
,
twopence
,
won
,
yard
,
yen
pang
collapse
a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"
a sharp spasm of pain
a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
related words >
ache
,
aching
,
acute pain
,
anguish
,
bite
,
blow
,
boring pain
,
charley horse
,
contriteness
,
contrition
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crick
,
cut
,
darting pain
,
discomfort
,
distress
,
dolor
,
fulgurant pain
,
girdle pain
,
gnawing
,
grief
,
griping
,
guilt
,
hesitation
,
hitch
,
hurt
,
injury
,
jumping pain
,
kink
,
lancinating pain
,
lesion
,
malaise
,
misery
,
misgiving
,
mortification
,
nasty blow
,
nip
,
pain
,
paroxysm
,
passion
,
pinch
,
prick
,
qualm
,
regret
,
remorse
,
scruple
,
seizure
,
self-reproach
,
sharp pain
,
shock
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
sore
,
sore spot
,
spasm
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
stitch
,
stress
,
stress of life
,
stroke
,
suffering
,
tender spot
,
thrill
,
throes
,
tormen
,
tweak
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
wound
,
wrench
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
collapse
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
wedged
collapse
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bonded
,
caught
,
cemented
,
chained
,
close
,
fast
,
fastened
,
firm
,
fixed
,
glued
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
moored
,
packed
,
secure
,
set
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
taped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tight
,
transfixed
tight lipped
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
untalkative
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
word-bound
,
wordless
infrequent
collapse
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
windproof
collapse
related words >
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
lightproof
collapse
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
hither
collapse
related words >
aboard
,
among us
,
here
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
hereat
,
hereinto
,
hereto
,
hereunto
,
hitherward
,
hitherwards
,
in this place
,
in this vicinity
,
just here
,
on board
,
on the spot
,
somewhere about
,
to this place
,
with us
miserly
collapse
related words >
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
death grip
collapse
related words >
bear hug
,
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
embrace
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
tight grip
,
toehold
iron grip
collapse
related words >
bear hug
,
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
death grip
,
embrace
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
tight grip
,
toehold
leakproof
collapse
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
punctureproof
collapse
related words >
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
suffocate
collapse
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
related words >
OD
,
asphyxiate
,
bake
,
bar
,
barricade
,
be in heat
,
be killed
,
blaze
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bloom
,
boil
,
bolt
,
bottle up
,
broil
,
burke
,
burn
,
censor
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
combust
,
constrict
,
cook
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crowd
,
crush
,
damp down
,
debar
,
dog
,
drown
,
extinguish
,
famish
,
flame
,
flame up
,
flare
,
flare up
,
flicker
,
flush
,
fry
,
gag
,
garrote
,
gasp
,
glow
,
hold down
,
incandesce
,
jam
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
lock
,
muzzle
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
pack
,
pant
,
parch
,
pour water on
,
put down
,
put out
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
radiate heat
,
repress
,
roast
,
scald
,
scorch
,
seethe
,
shimmer with heat
,
shut down on
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
silence
,
simmer
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
smash
,
smolder
,
smother
,
smothering
,
smudgy
,
snuff out
,
spark
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
squelch
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
starve
,
steam
,
stew
,
stifle
,
stop the breath
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
suffocating
,
suppress
,
sweat
,
swelter
,
throttle
,
toast
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
voice
bear hug
collapse
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 >
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
death grip
,
embrace
,
enfoldment
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
squeeze
,
tight grip
,
toehold
fastened
collapse
firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt"
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bonded
,
caught
,
cemented
,
chained
,
close
,
fast
,
firm
,
fixed
,
glued
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
moored
,
packed
,
riveted
,
secure
,
set
,
settled
,
staple
,
stated
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
taped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tight
,
transfixed
,
wedged
secretive
collapse
related words >
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
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
thriftiness
collapse
related words >
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
flameproof
collapse
resistant to catching fire
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resistant
,
fire-resisting
,
fire-retardant
,
fire-retarded
,
fireproof
,
fireproofed
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
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
tonight
collapse
the present or immediately coming night
during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
related words >
as of now
,
as things are
,
at present
,
at this juncture
,
at this moment
,
at this point
,
at this time
,
but now
,
even now
,
for the nonce
,
for this occasion
,
here
,
here and now
,
hereat
,
hic et nunc
,
in our time
,
in these days
,
just now
,
now
,
nowadays
,
on the spot
,
this day
,
this night
,
today
scandal
collapse
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
a disgraceful event
related words >
abomination
,
abuse
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
bad
,
badge of infamy
,
belittlement
,
bitchiness
,
black mark
,
black spot
,
blemish
,
burning shame
,
byword
,
byword of reproach
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
cattiness
,
character assassination
,
damage
,
defamation
,
defame
,
defilement
,
degradation
,
denigrate
,
depreciation
,
desecration
,
dirt
,
dirty shame
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparagement
,
disrepute
,
embarrassment
,
error
,
evil
,
gossip column
,
humiliation
,
ignominy
,
infamy
,
iniquity
,
innuendo
,
insinuation
,
juicy morsel
,
knavery
,
libel
,
low-down dirty shame
,
malicious gossip
,
obliquity
,
obloquy
,
outrage
,
peccancy
,
pity
,
profanation
,
reproach
,
reprobacy
,
sacrilege
,
scandalize
,
scandalmongering
,
shame
,
sin
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
spot
,
stigma
,
taint
,
tale
,
terrible thing
,
tidbit
,
traducement
,
villainy
,
violation
,
whispering campaign
,
wrong
fireproof
collapse
impervious to damage by fire
make resistant to fire
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resistant
,
fire-resisting
,
fire-retardant
,
fire-retarded
,
fireproofed
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
insulate
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
nearness
collapse
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
related words >
access
,
accession
,
accord
,
accordance
,
addition
,
adjunct
,
advance
,
advent
,
affairs
,
affiliation
,
affinity
,
afflux
,
affluxion
,
agreement
,
alikeness
,
alliance
,
analogy
,
aping
,
approach
,
approaching
,
appropinquation
,
approximation
,
appulse
,
assemblage
,
assimilation
,
association
,
avarice
,
bond
,
cheapness
,
chumminess
,
closefistedness
,
closeness
,
combination
,
coming
,
coming near
,
coming toward
,
community
,
comparability
,
comparison
,
confinement
,
conformity
,
connectedness
,
connection
,
contiguity
,
contrariety
,
copying
,
correspondence
,
crowdedness
,
dealings
,
deduction
,
disjunction
,
familiarity
,
filiation
,
flowing toward
,
forthcoming
,
hair
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
hardfistedness
,
hoarding
,
homology
,
identity
,
illiberality
,
imitation
,
imminence
,
incapaciousness
,
incommodiousness
,
inseparableness
,
intercourse
,
intimacy
,
intimate acquaintance
,
junction
,
liaison
,
likeness
,
likening
,
limitation
,
link
,
linkage
,
linking
,
mateyness
,
metaphor
,
mimicking
,
miserliness
,
mutual attraction
,
narrow gauge
,
narrowness
,
nearing
,
oncoming
,
palliness
,
parallelism
,
parity
,
penny-pinching
,
propinquity
,
proximation
,
proximity
,
rapport
,
relatedness
,
relation
,
relations
,
relationship
,
resemblance
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
sameness
,
semblance
,
similarity
,
simile
,
similitude
,
simulation
,
slenderness
,
special affinity
,
stinginess
,
straitness
,
strictness
,
sympathy
,
tie
,
tie-in
,
tight purse strings
,
tight squeeze
,
tightfistedness
,
tightness
,
ungenerosity
,
union
sequential
collapse
related words >
appendant
,
catenary
,
connected
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
consequential
,
consistent
,
continuous
,
cyclic
,
deducible
,
derivable
,
derivational
,
derivative
,
ensuing
,
final
,
following
,
infenible
,
joined
,
lineal
,
linear
,
next
,
ordered
,
orderly
,
ordinal
,
organized
,
posterior
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
progressive
,
proximate
,
resultant
,
resulting
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
serial
,
seriate
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successional
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
systematic
,
tight
,
uninterrupted
momentarily
collapse
at any moment; "she will be with you momently"
for an instant or moment; "we paused momentarily before proceeding"; "a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch"
related words >
briefly
,
fleetingly
,
flickeringly
,
flittingly
,
for a moment
,
immediately
,
in an instant
,
instantaneously
,
instanter
,
instantly
,
just now
,
just then
,
momentaneously
,
momently
,
on the dot
,
on the instant
,
on the nail
,
on the spot
,
quickly
,
shortly
,
swiftly
,
transiently
grapple
collapse
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
related words >
abduct
,
adhere to
,
affix
,
anchor
,
annex
,
attach
,
battle
,
bear hug
,
belay
,
bite
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
carry off
,
catch
,
cement
,
cinch
,
clamp
,
clash
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clip
,
close
,
clutch
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contend with
,
contest
,
cope with
,
cramp
,
cut and thrust
,
deal with
,
death grip
,
duel
,
embrace
,
engraft
,
exchange blows
,
face
,
fasten
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
firm hold
,
fix
,
foothold
,
footing
,
freeze to
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grab
,
graft
,
grapple with
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
jostle
,
joust
,
keep hold of
,
kidnap
,
knit
,
make fast
,
mix it up
,
moor
,
nab
,
nail
,
never let go
,
nip
,
purchase
,
put to
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
screw up
,
scuffle
,
secure
,
seize
,
seizure
,
set
,
set to
,
shanghai
,
skirmish
,
snatch
,
spar
,
stick to
,
strive
,
struggle
,
struggle with
,
tackle
,
take
,
take on
,
tenure
,
throttle
,
thrust and parry
,
tight grip
,
tighten
,
tilt
,
toehold
,
tourney
,
trice up
,
trim
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
wrestle
hug
collapse
a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"
related words >
abduct
,
accost
,
accueil
,
address
,
adhere
,
adhere to
,
agglomerate
,
around
,
bear
,
bear hug
,
bite
,
bob
,
bosom
,
bow
,
bunch
,
carry off
,
cherish
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
cleave
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling to
,
clinging
,
clip
,
clot
,
cluster
,
clutch
,
coagulate
,
cohere
,
congeal
,
conglomerate
,
curtsy
,
death grip
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
enfold
,
enfoldment
,
entertain
,
firm hold
,
fold
,
follow close upon
,
fondle
,
foothold
,
footing
,
foster
,
freeze to
,
glad hand
,
go with
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
greeting
,
grip
,
gripe
,
grow together
,
hail
,
hand-clasp
,
handshake
,
hang about
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hang together
,
harbor
,
have
,
have and hold
,
hearty welcome
,
hello
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hold together
,
hover over
,
how-do-you-do
,
huddle
,
hug the shore
,
iron grip
,
keep
,
keep close to
,
keep hold of
,
kidnap
,
kiss
,
lie by
,
make welcome
,
march with
,
mass
,
never let go
,
nip
,
nod
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
open arms
,
persist
,
press
,
purchase
,
reception
,
salutation
,
salute
,
seizure
,
set
,
shanghai
,
smile
,
smile of recognition
,
smiling reception
,
solidify
,
squeeze
,
stand by
,
stay
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick to
,
stick together
,
tailgate
,
take hold of
,
the glad hand
,
throttle
,
tight grip
,
toehold
,
treasure
,
treasure up
,
wave
,
welcome
,
welcome mat
,
welcoming
clasp
collapse
the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
hold firmly and tightly
grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"
related words >
abduct
,
adhere
,
adhere to
,
agglomerate
,
around
,
articulate
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bear hug
,
bite
,
bolt
,
bosom
,
brooch
,
buckle
,
bunch
,
butt
,
button
,
carry off
,
catch
,
clamp
,
cleat
,
cleave
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling to
,
clinging
,
clip
,
close
,
clot
,
cluster
,
clutch
,
coagulate
,
cohere
,
congeal
,
conglomerate
,
death grip
,
dovetail
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
enclose
,
enfold
,
enfoldment
,
envelop
,
fasten
,
fastener
,
fastening
,
firm hold
,
fold
,
follow close upon
,
foothold
,
footing
,
freeze to
,
go with
,
grab
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
grow together
,
hang about
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hang together
,
hasp
,
hinge
,
hitch
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hold together
,
hook
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
iron grip
,
jam
,
joint
,
keep close to
,
keep hold of
,
kidnap
,
latch
,
lie by
,
lock
,
march with
,
mass
,
miter
,
mortise
,
nail
,
never let go
,
nip
,
peg
,
persist
,
pin
,
press
,
purchase
,
rabbet
,
rivet
,
scarf
,
screw
,
seizure
,
set
,
sew
,
shanghai
,
skewer
,
snap
,
solidify
,
squeeze
,
stand by
,
staple
,
stay
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick to
,
stick together
,
stitch
,
tack
,
tailgate
,
take hold of
,
tenure
,
throttle
,
tight grip
,
toehold
,
toggle
,
wedge
,
zipper
hole up
collapse
score a hole in one
remain secluded or in hiding; "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"
related words >
be incognito
,
burrow
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit tight
,
stay in hiding
,
take cover
,
wear a mask
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