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uncommunicative
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not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
related words >
aloof
,
autistic
,
bashful
,
canny
,
careful
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
dark
,
deliberate
,
discreet
,
disinclined to communicate
,
dissociable
,
distant
,
evasive
,
gingerly
,
guarded
,
heedful
,
hesitant
,
incompatible
,
insociable
,
judicious
,
leaving out nothing
,
meaningless
,
mindful
,
mopey
,
mopish
,
morose
,
noncommittal
,
nongregarious
,
offish
,
on guard
,
overlooking no possibility
,
pawky
,
politic
,
prudent
,
regardful
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
safe
,
secret
,
secretive
,
self-contained
,
self-sufficient
,
shifty
,
slow to act
,
snug
,
socially incompatible
,
standoffish
,
sullen
,
taciturn
,
tentative
,
thorough
,
tight-lipped
,
unadventurous
,
unapproachable
,
unbending
,
unclubbable
,
uncompanionable
,
uncongenial
,
unconversable
,
undaring
,
unenterprising
,
unfriendly
,
ungenial
,
unprecipitate
,
unsociable
,
unsocial
,
withdrawn
constrict
collapse
become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
related words >
abbreviate
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
circumscribe
,
clap
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confine
,
consolidate
,
constrain
,
constringe
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
cramp
,
crowd
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
dog
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
gather
,
go in
,
jam
,
key
,
knit
,
latch
,
limit
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
narrow
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
pack
,
padlock
,
plait
,
plumb
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
reduce
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shut
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut the door
,
shut tight
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
snape
,
solidify
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stifle
,
stop up
,
straiten
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suffocate
,
taper
,
wrinkle
,
zip up
,
zipper
tongue tied
collapse
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongueless
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
round about
collapse
related words >
about
,
again
,
all over
,
all round
,
all through
,
anticlockwise
,
around
,
at about
,
back
,
backward
,
by
,
by way of
,
circlewise
,
circuitously
,
clockwise
,
close
,
close about
,
counterclockwise
,
deviously
,
every which way
,
everywhence
,
everywhere
,
everywhither
,
from every quarter
,
head over heels
,
heels over head
,
in a circle
,
in a spin
,
in a whirl
,
in all directions
,
in circles
,
in every quarter
,
in reverse
,
in the neighborhood
,
in the vicinity
,
indirectly
,
obliquely
,
on every side
,
over
,
passing by
,
passing through
,
round
,
round and round
,
through
,
throughout
,
via
,
widdershins
viscous
collapse
related words >
adhesive
,
amylaceous
,
broad-bodied
,
bulky
,
bullnecked
,
clabbered
,
clammy
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
clotted
,
coagulated
,
coarse
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
corpulent
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crass
,
crowded
,
curdled
,
dense
,
doughy
,
fat
,
firm
,
full
,
full-bodied
,
gaumy
,
gelatinous
,
glairy
,
gluelike
,
gluey
,
glutenous
,
glutinose
,
glutinous
,
gooey
,
gross
,
grumous
,
gumbo
,
gumbolike
,
gumlike
,
gummous
,
gummy
,
hard
,
heavy
,
heavyset
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
inspissated
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
jelled
,
jellied
,
jellylike
,
massive
,
mucilaginous
,
nonporous
,
packed
,
pasty
,
ropy
,
semifluid
,
serried
,
slab
,
slabby
,
slimy
,
slithery
,
solid
,
starchy
,
sticky
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stringy
,
substantial
,
syrupy
,
tacky
,
tenacious
,
thick
,
thick-bodied
,
thick-growing
,
thickened
,
thickset
,
three-dimensional
,
tough
,
tremelloid
,
tremellose
,
viscid
,
viscose
serried
collapse
(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
related words >
articulated
,
assembled
,
bristling
,
catenated
,
ceaseless
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concatenated
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
connected
,
consolidated
,
constant
,
continual
,
continued
,
continuing
,
continuous
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crawling
,
crowded
,
cyclical
,
dense
,
direct
,
endless
,
featureless
,
firm
,
full
,
gapless
,
gluey
,
hard
,
heavy
,
immediate
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
incessant
,
interminable
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
joined
,
jointless
,
linked
,
massive
,
monotonous
,
never-ending
,
nonporous
,
nonstop
,
packed
,
perennial
,
periodic
,
populous
,
ranged
,
ranked
,
recurrent
,
repetitive
,
round-the-clock
,
running
,
saw-toothed
,
sawtooth
,
seamless
,
serrated
,
smooth
,
solid
,
stable
,
steady
,
straight
,
substantial
,
swarming
,
teeming
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickset
,
tiered
,
twenty-four-hour
,
unbroken
,
unceasing
,
undifferentiated
,
unending
,
uniform
,
unintermitted
,
unintermittent
,
unintermitting
,
uninterrupted
,
unrelieved
,
unremitting
,
unstopped
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
analogue
collapse
something having the property of being analogous to something else
of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"
related words >
ally
,
alter ego
,
analogon
,
associate
,
brother
,
close copy
,
close match
,
cognate
,
companion
,
complement
,
congenator
,
congener
,
coordinate
,
correlate
,
correlative
,
correspondent
,
counterpart
,
each other
,
equivalent
,
fellow
,
image
,
kindred spirit
,
like
,
likeness
,
match
,
mate
,
near duplicate
,
obverse
,
one another
,
parallel
,
pendant
,
picture
,
reciprocal
,
reciprocatist
,
reciprocator
,
second self
,
similitude
,
simulacrum
,
sister
,
soul mate
,
such
,
suchlike
,
tally
,
the like of
,
the likes of
,
twin
steal the show
collapse
related words >
act
,
act as foil
,
appear
,
barnstorm
,
come out
,
emote
,
emotionalize
,
get top billing
,
mime
,
pantomime
,
patter
,
perform
,
play
,
play the lead
,
playact
,
register
,
sketch
,
star
,
stooge
,
tread the boards
,
troupe
,
upstage
sidle
collapse
move sideways
move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
amble
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
ascend
,
avert
,
bank
,
barge
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear off
,
bear up
,
bowl along
,
bundle
,
cant
,
careen
,
climb
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
clump
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
crawl
,
creep
,
decline
,
descend
,
dip
,
drag
,
draw aside
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
droop
,
drop
,
ease
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
encounter
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
flounce
,
fly off
,
foot
,
footslog
,
gain upon
,
gait
,
gallop
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go downhill
,
go off
,
go on tiptoe
,
go sideways
,
go uphill
,
grade
,
grovel
,
gumshoe
,
halt
,
haw
,
head off
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
inch
,
inch along
,
incline
,
jib
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
keel
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
lean
,
limp
,
list
,
lock step
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince
,
mincing steps
,
move aside
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
nightwalk
,
pace
,
pad
,
paddle
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
pitch
,
plod
,
prance
,
prowl
,
proximate
,
pussyfoot
,
rack
,
rake
,
retreat
,
rise
,
roll
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
scrabble
,
scramble
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
sheer off
,
shelve
,
shove aside
,
shuffle
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle up to
,
single-foot
,
skew
,
skid
,
skip
,
slant
,
slink
,
slip
,
slither
,
slog
,
slope
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
snake
,
sneak
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
steal
,
steal along
,
steer clear of
,
step
,
step aside
,
step up
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strut
,
stump
,
swag
,
swagger
,
sway
,
swing
,
switch
,
tilt
,
tip
,
tippytoe
,
tiptoe
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
tread
,
trip
,
trot
,
trudge
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
uprise
,
veer
,
veer off
,
velocity
,
waddle
,
walk
,
wamble
,
wiggle
,
wobble
,
worm
,
worm along
suchlike
collapse
of the same kind; "a locker that usually contained paper, ink, and suchlike equipment"
related words >
akin
,
alike
,
ally
,
alter ego
,
analogon
,
analogous
,
analogue
,
associate
,
brother
,
close copy
,
close match
,
cognate
,
companion
,
comparable
,
complement
,
congenator
,
congener
,
coordinate
,
correlate
,
correlative
,
correspondent
,
corresponding
,
counterpart
,
equivalent
,
fellow
,
image
,
kindred spirit
,
like
,
likeness
,
mate
,
near duplicate
,
obverse
,
parallel
,
pendant
,
picture
,
reciprocal
,
second self
,
similar
,
similitude
,
simulacrum
,
sister
,
so
,
soul mate
,
such
,
tally
,
the like of
,
the likes of
,
twin
earshot
collapse
the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"
related words >
ace
,
auditory range
,
bit
,
bowshot
,
brief span
,
carrying distance
,
close quarters
,
close range
,
crack
,
earreach
,
gunshot
,
hair
,
hair space
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
hearing
,
inch
,
little
,
little ways
,
pistol shot
,
range
,
reach
,
short distance
,
short piece
,
short way
,
sound
,
span
,
spitting distance
,
step
conclude
collapse
bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"
come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
related words >
abort
,
accommodate
,
adjust
,
arrange
,
assume
,
be afraid
,
believe
,
button up
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
cease
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close
,
close out
,
close up
,
close with
,
collect
,
complete
,
completed
,
compose
,
conceive
,
concluded
,
consider
,
crown
,
culminate
,
daresay
,
decide
,
deduce
,
deduct
,
deem
,
derive
,
determine
,
divine
,
done
,
down
,
draw
,
draw a conclusion
,
draw an inference
,
dream
,
end
,
ended
,
expect
,
extract
,
fancy
,
feel
,
fetch
,
figure
,
finalize
,
find
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
finished
,
fix
,
gather
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
glean
,
grant
,
halt
,
imagine
,
induce
,
infer
,
judge
,
let
,
let be
,
make
,
make out
,
make up
,
mop up
,
opine
,
perfect
,
perorate
,
prefigure
,
presume
,
presuppose
,
presurmise
,
provisionally accept
,
purpose
,
reason
,
reason that
,
reckon
,
repute
,
resolve
,
round out
,
rule
,
say
,
scrap
,
scratch
,
seal
,
settle
,
settle with
,
stop
,
straighten out
,
suppose
,
surmise
,
suspect
,
take
,
take a resolution
,
take as proved
,
take for
,
take for granted
,
take it
,
take to be
,
terminate
,
terminated
,
think
,
through
,
top off
,
top out
,
ultimate
,
understand
,
will
,
wind up
,
work out
,
wrap up
purr
collapse
a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
related words >
be in heaven
,
be pleased
,
beam
,
birr
,
bombilate
,
bombinate
,
boom
,
bum
,
burr
,
buzz
,
delight
,
die with delight
,
drone
,
feel happy
,
go into raptures
,
hum
,
joy
,
laugh
,
sing
,
smile
,
take great satisfaction
,
thrum
,
tread on air
,
whir
,
whiz
such
collapse
to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!"
related words >
aforementioned
,
aforesaid
,
akin
,
alike
,
ally
,
alter ego
,
analogon
,
analogous
,
analogue
,
associate
,
brother
,
close copy
,
close match
,
cognate
,
companion
,
comparable
,
complement
,
congenator
,
congener
,
coordinate
,
correlate
,
correlative
,
correspondent
,
corresponding
,
counterpart
,
equivalent
,
fellow
,
image
,
kindred spirit
,
like
,
likeness
,
mate
,
near duplicate
,
obverse
,
parallel
,
pendant
,
picture
,
reciprocal
,
said
,
second self
,
similar
,
similitude
,
simulacrum
,
sister
,
soul mate
,
suchlike
,
tally
,
that
,
the like
,
the like of
,
the likes of
,
twin
bear down on
collapse
sail towards another vessel, of a ship
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
advance against
,
advance upon
,
approach
,
approach anchorage
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear against
,
bear down upon
,
bear hard upon
,
bear up
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
counterattack
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
drive
,
encounter
,
fetch
,
flank
,
gain upon
,
gas
,
go aboard
,
go alongside
,
high-pressure
,
infiltrate
,
launch an attack
,
lay aboard
,
lay for
,
lay in
,
lean on
,
lie in
,
make
,
make at
,
make for
,
march against
,
march upon
,
mount an attack
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
open an offensive
,
press
,
pressure
,
proximate
,
push
,
put away for
,
put in
,
put into port
,
put pressure on
,
reach
,
run for
,
sail for
,
sidle up to
,
squeeze
,
stand for
,
steer toward
,
step up
,
strike
,
thrust
get it over
collapse
related words >
KO
,
button up
,
call off
,
cancel
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close out
,
close up
,
complete
,
conclude
,
crown
,
culminate
,
delete
,
dispose of
,
drop the curtain
,
end
,
end off
,
expunge
,
extinguish
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fold up
,
get done
,
get over with
,
get through
,
get through with
,
give the quietus
,
kayo
,
kibosh
,
kill
,
knock out
,
mop up
,
perfect
,
polish off
,
put paid to
,
round out
,
scrag
,
shoot down
,
terminate
,
top off
,
top out
,
wind up
,
wipe out
,
wrap up
,
zap
shut out
collapse
related words >
ban
,
banned
,
bar
,
bar out
,
barred
,
barricade
,
blank
,
blanked
,
block
,
block out
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
bulldoze
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clobber
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
constrict
,
count out
,
cream
,
crowd
,
cut off
,
debar
,
debarred
,
defeat utterly
,
deny
,
deported
,
disallow
,
dog
,
ejected
,
embargo
,
enjoin
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
excluded
,
exiled
,
expelled
,
forbid
,
freeze out
,
ignore
,
inhibit
,
interdict
,
jam
,
keep out
,
leave out
,
left out
,
liquidated
,
lock
,
lock out
,
not in it
,
not included
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
omit
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
overbear
,
overwhelm
,
pack
,
pass over
,
paste
,
preclude
,
precluded
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
prohibited
,
proscribe
,
purged
,
refuse
,
reject
,
relegate
,
repress
,
repudiate
,
rule out
,
say no to
,
schmear
,
send to Coventry
,
shellac
,
shroud
,
shut off
,
shut tight
,
skunk
,
smear
,
snow under
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
steamroller
,
stifle
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
unscoring
,
whelm
,
whitewash
,
whitewashed
,
whomp
,
whop
be careful
collapse
related words >
be cautious
,
bend over backwards
,
exercise care
,
go on tiptoe
,
handle with gloves
,
have a care
,
make haste slowly
,
pussyfoot
,
take care
,
take good care
,
take heed
,
take it easy
,
take pains
,
take trouble
,
think twice
,
tiptoe
,
tread on eggs
,
treat gently
,
walk on eggshells
impending
collapse
related words >
about to be
,
already in sight
,
approaching
,
at hand
,
beetle
,
beetle-browed
,
beetling
,
brewing
,
close
,
close at hand
,
coming
,
forthcoming
,
future
,
gathering
,
going to happen
,
immediate
,
imminent
,
impendent
,
in danger imminent
,
in prospect
,
in reserve
,
in store
,
in the air
,
in the cards
,
in the offing
,
in the wind
,
in view
,
incumbent
,
instant
,
jutting
,
looming
,
lowering
,
lurking
,
menacing
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearing
,
on the horizon
,
overhanging
,
overhung
,
pending
,
preparing
,
projecting
,
proximate
,
superincumbent
,
that will be
,
threatening
,
to come
,
upcoming
,
waiting
speechless
collapse
unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dazed
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
nonplussed
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
shocked
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
thunderstruck
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
uncommunicative
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
hairbreadth
collapse
related words >
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
other self
collapse
related words >
I
,
I myself
,
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
alter
,
alter ego
,
alterum
,
backer
,
best friend
,
better self
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
ego
,
ethical self
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
he
,
her
,
herself
,
him
,
himself
,
inner man
,
inner self
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
it
,
lover
,
me
,
my humble self
,
myself
,
neighbor
,
number one
,
oneself
,
ourselves
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
repository
,
self
,
she
,
subconscious self
,
subliminal self
,
superego
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
them
,
themselves
,
they
,
well-wisher
,
you
,
yours truly
,
yourself
,
yourselves
overhanging
collapse
related words >
about to be
,
already in sight
,
approaching
,
at hand
,
beetle
,
beetle-browed
,
beetling
,
brewing
,
close
,
close at hand
,
coming
,
forthcoming
,
future
,
gathering
,
going to happen
,
immediate
,
imminent
,
impendence
,
impendency
,
impendent
,
impending
,
in danger imminent
,
in prospect
,
in reserve
,
in store
,
in the cards
,
in the offing
,
in the wind
,
in view
,
incumbent
,
instant
,
jutting
,
looming
,
lowering
,
lurking
,
menacing
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearing
,
on the horizon
,
overhang
,
overhung
,
pending
,
preparing
,
projecting
,
projection
,
superincumbent
,
that will be
,
threatening
,
to come
,
upcoming
,
waiting
walk out
collapse
leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"
leave abruptly, often in protest or anger; "The customer that was not served walked out"
related words >
apostatize
,
betray
,
bolt
,
bow out
,
boycott
,
break away
,
call a strike
,
call it quits
,
close down
,
close shop
,
defect
,
depart
,
desert
,
egress
,
exit
,
get out
,
go on strike
,
go out
,
hold out
,
knock off
,
lay off
,
let down
,
lock out
,
make an exit
,
march out
,
pass out
,
picket
,
pull out
,
rat
,
revolt
,
run out
,
run out on
,
secede
,
secure
,
sell out
,
shut down
,
shut it down
,
shut up shop
,
sit down
,
slow down
,
stick out
,
strike
mum
collapse
secrecy; "mum's the word"
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
ma
,
mam
,
mama
,
mammy
,
mater
,
mom
,
mommy
,
mummy
,
mute
,
old woman
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
compressed
collapse
reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clamped
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compendious
,
concentrated
,
concise
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
constricted
,
contracted
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
cramped
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
crowded
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
dense
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
firm
,
gluey
,
gnomic
,
hard
,
heavy
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
knitted
,
laconic
,
massive
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
nonporous
,
packed
,
pinched
,
pinched-in
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
pruned
,
puckered
,
pursed
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
serried
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
solid
,
solidified
,
squeezed
,
strangled
,
strangulated
,
substantial
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickset
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
,
wasp-waisted
,
wrinkled
finalize
collapse
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
related words >
KO
,
button up
,
call off
,
cancel
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
clean up
,
climax
,
clinch
,
close out
,
close up
,
complete
,
conclude
,
crown
,
culminate
,
decide
,
delete
,
dispose of
,
drop the curtain
,
end
,
end off
,
expunge
,
extinguish
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fold up
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get over with
,
get through
,
get through with
,
give the quietus
,
kayo
,
kibosh
,
kill
,
knock out
,
mop up
,
perfect
,
polish off
,
put paid to
,
round out
,
scrag
,
settle
,
sew up
,
shoot down
,
terminate
,
top off
,
top out
,
wind up
,
wipe out
,
wrap up
,
zap
vanquish
collapse
related words >
bear down
,
beat down
,
bend
,
break
,
conquer
,
crush
,
defeat
,
fell
,
flatten
,
humble
,
master
,
overpower
,
override
,
overturn
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
quell
,
reduce
,
ride down
,
smash
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
surmount
,
trample
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
tread underfoot
pursue
collapse
follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"
related words >
address
,
adhere to
,
angle for
,
ask for
,
aspire to
,
badger
,
bait
,
be into
,
be strong in
,
beat about for
,
beau
,
bedog
,
beset
,
carry on
,
chase
,
chase after
,
chevy
,
chivy
,
come after
,
come behind
,
conduct
,
confine
,
continue
,
court
,
cultivate
,
delve for
,
dig for
,
do
,
dog
,
employ
,
engage in
,
esquire
,
exercise
,
feature
,
fish for
,
follow
,
follow up
,
give chase
,
go after
,
go behind
,
go gunning for
,
go in for
,
gun for
,
harass
,
harry
,
heel
,
hollo after
,
hound
,
hunt
,
hunt for
,
hunt up
,
lay siege to
,
limit
,
look
,
look for
,
look up
,
maintain
,
major in
,
make after
,
make suit to
,
make up to
,
minor in
,
molest
,
move behind
,
narrow
,
oppress
,
pay attention to
,
pay court to
,
persecute
,
persevere
,
persist
,
persist in
,
practice
,
proceed with
,
prosecute
,
prowl after
,
purpose
,
quest
,
quest after
,
raise the hunt
,
restrict
,
ride
,
run after
,
run down
,
search
,
search for
,
see to
,
seek
,
seek for
,
seek out
,
serenade
,
shadow
,
spark
,
specialize
,
specialize in
,
squire
,
stalk
,
still-hunt
,
string along
,
strive for
,
sue
,
swain
,
sweetheart
,
tackle
,
tag
,
tag after
,
tag along
,
tail
,
tailgate
,
take on
,
take out after
,
take to
,
take up
,
torment
,
trace
,
track
,
trail
,
trail after
,
tread close upon
,
try for
,
try to find
,
undertake
,
use
,
victimize
,
wage
,
woo
,
work at
,
work for
barnstorm
collapse
tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"
appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper
related words >
act
,
act as foil
,
appear
,
come out
,
control
,
copilot
,
drive
,
emote
,
emotionalize
,
fly
,
get top billing
,
manipulate
,
mime
,
pantomime
,
patter
,
peel off
,
perform
,
pilot
,
play
,
play the lead
,
playact
,
register
,
sketch
,
solo
,
star
,
steal the show
,
stooge
,
tread the boards
,
troupe
,
upstage
footrest
collapse
related words >
doorstep
,
foothold
,
footing
,
footplate
,
footrail
,
footstep
,
hold
,
locus standi
,
perch
,
purchase
,
rest
,
riser
,
round
,
rundle
,
rung
,
scale
,
spoke
,
stair
,
stance
,
stand
,
standing
,
standing place
,
stave
,
step
,
step stool
,
stepping-stone
,
string
,
toehold
,
tread
viscid
collapse
related words >
adherent
,
adhesive
,
amylaceous
,
bulldogged
,
bulldoggish
,
bulldoggy
,
bullheaded
,
cartilaginous
,
chewy
,
clabbered
,
clammy
,
clingy
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
clotted
,
coagulated
,
cohesive
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
coriaceous
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crowded
,
curdled
,
dense
,
doughy
,
durable
,
fibrous
,
firm
,
gaumy
,
gelatinous
,
glairy
,
gluelike
,
gluey
,
glutenous
,
glutinose
,
glutinous
,
gooey
,
gristly
,
grumous
,
gumbo
,
gumbolike
,
gumlike
,
gummous
,
gummy
,
hard
,
hardy
,
heavy
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
inspissated
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
jelled
,
jellied
,
jellylike
,
lasting
,
leatherlike
,
leathery
,
massive
,
mucilaginous
,
nonporous
,
obstinate
,
packed
,
pasty
,
persistent
,
resistant
,
ropy
,
self-adhesive
,
serried
,
sinewy
,
slabby
,
slimy
,
slithery
,
solid
,
starchy
,
stickable
,
sticky
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stringy
,
strong
,
stubborn
,
substantial
,
syrupy
,
tacky
,
tenacious
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickened
,
thickset
,
tough
,
tough as leather
,
tremelloid
,
tremellose
,
untiring
,
vigorous
,
viscose
,
viscous
,
wiry
padlock
collapse
a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut
fasten with a padlock
related words >
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
occlude
,
plumb
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
strangle
,
zip up
,
zipper
emotionalize
collapse
related words >
act
,
act as foil
,
appear
,
barnstorm
,
be theatrical
,
come out
,
emote
,
get top billing
,
gush
,
ham it up
,
make a scene
,
mime
,
pantomime
,
patter
,
perform
,
play
,
play the lead
,
playact
,
register
,
sentimentalize
,
sketch
,
slobber over
,
slop over
,
star
,
steal the show
,
stooge
,
theatricalize
,
tread the boards
,
troupe
,
upstage
bend over backwards
collapse
related words >
be careful
,
be cautious
,
be fair
,
be just
,
do justice to
,
exercise care
,
give and take
,
handle with gloves
,
have a care
,
lean over backwards
,
redress a wrong
,
remedy an injustice
,
see justice done
,
shoot straight with
,
take care
,
take good care
,
take heed
,
take pains
,
take trouble
,
tread on eggs
,
treat gently
intimidate
collapse
make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
related words >
abash
,
admonish
,
alarm
,
awe
,
badger
,
bait
,
be imminent
,
beat down
,
blackjack
,
bludgeon
,
bluff
,
bluster
,
bluster and bluff
,
bluster out of
,
bounce
,
brag
,
break
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
bullyrag
,
castrate
,
caution
,
chivy
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
comminate
,
compel
,
constrain
,
cow
,
cry out against
,
daunt
,
demoralize
,
denounce
,
despotize
,
dismay
,
disquiet
,
dissuade
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
dragoon
,
enslave
,
expostulate
,
force
,
forebode
,
frighten
,
frighten off
,
gasconade
,
grind
,
grind down
,
harass
,
hector
,
henpeck
,
hijack
,
hound
,
huff
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kid out of
,
look threatening
,
lord it over
,
lower
,
menace
,
oblige
,
oppress
,
out-herod Herod
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overmaster
,
override
,
petrify
,
press heavy on
,
rage
,
rant
,
rave
,
remonstrate
,
repress
,
ride
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
roister
,
rollick
,
ruffle
,
scare
,
shanghai
,
slang
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
steamroller
,
storm
,
strong-arm
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
swagger
,
swashbuckle
,
systematically terrorize
,
talk out of
,
terrify
,
terrorize
,
threaten
,
trample down
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread upon
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unman
,
unpersuade
,
use violence
,
utter threats against
,
vapor
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
warn
,
weigh heavy on
gunshot
collapse
related words >
ace
,
bang
,
bark
,
bit
,
blast
,
bowshot
,
brief span
,
bullet
,
burst
,
cannon
,
close quarters
,
close range
,
crack
,
detonation
,
discharge
,
earreach
,
earshot
,
ejection
,
explosion
,
fulmination
,
fusillade
,
gun
,
gunfire
,
hair
,
hair space
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
inch
,
little
,
little ways
,
pistol shot
,
pop
,
potshot
,
salvo
,
short distance
,
short piece
,
short way
,
shot
,
span
,
spitting distance
,
spray
,
step
,
stoneshot
,
tattoo
,
volley
terminate
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
abolish
,
abort
,
attend
,
ax
,
become of
,
belay
,
boot out
,
bounce
,
button up
,
cancel
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
cashier
,
cease
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close
,
close out
,
close up
,
come about
,
come of
,
come out
,
complete
,
conclude
,
crown
,
culminate
,
cut it out
,
cut off
,
desist
,
determine
,
develop
,
discharge
,
discontinue
,
dismiss
,
dissolve
,
drop
,
drop it
,
end
,
ensue
,
eventuate
,
extinguish
,
fall out
,
fare
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fire
,
follow
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
give over
,
halt
,
have done with
,
hold
,
issue
,
kick out
,
knock it off
,
lay off
,
leave
,
leave off
,
mop up
,
pan out
,
perfect
,
perorate
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
quit
,
recess
,
refrain
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
resign
,
resolve
,
result
,
rise
,
round out
,
sack
,
scrap
,
scratch
,
scrub
,
sign off
,
stay
,
stop
,
top off
,
top out
,
turn out
,
ultimate
,
unfold
,
wind down
,
wind up
,
work out
,
wrap up
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
condensed
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abstracted
,
aposiopestic
,
bobbed
,
bobtail
,
bobtailed
,
brief
,
brusque
,
canned
,
capsule
,
capsulized
,
clamped
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concise
,
concrete
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
constricted
,
contracted
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
cramped
,
crisp
,
cropped
,
crowded
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut short
,
dense
,
digested
,
docked
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
firm
,
gluey
,
gnomic
,
hard
,
heavy
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
knitted
,
laconic
,
massive
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nipped
,
nonporous
,
packed
,
pinched
,
pinched-in
,
pithy
,
pocket
,
pointed
,
pollard
,
polled
,
potted
,
pruned
,
puckered
,
pursed
,
reaped
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
serried
,
shaved
,
sheared
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-cut
,
shortened
,
snub
,
snubbed
,
solid
,
solidified
,
squeezed
,
strangled
,
strangulated
,
substantial
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickset
,
tight
,
to the point
,
trimmed
,
truncated
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
,
wasp-waisted
,
wrinkled
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