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piecemeal
collapse
a little bit at a time; "the research structure has developed piecemeal"
related words >
adrift
,
apart
,
apart from
,
aside from
,
asunder
,
away from
,
bit by bit
,
by degrees
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by snatches
,
disjointed
,
drop by drop
,
fitfully
,
foot by foot
,
fragmentary
,
gradual
,
gradually
,
in detail
,
in driblets
,
in installments
,
in lots
,
in small doses
,
in snatches
,
in the abstract
,
in twain
,
in two
,
inch by inch
,
inchmeal
,
intermittently
,
little by little
,
one by one
,
part by part
,
piece by piece
,
separately
,
severally
,
slowly
,
sporadic
,
sporadically
,
step-by-step
by
collapse
so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
related words >
abeam
,
abreast
,
accommodated to
,
according to
,
adapted to
,
adieu
,
adjusted to
,
after
,
agreeable to
,
agreeably to
,
all through
,
along by
,
alongside
,
among
,
answerable to
,
around
,
as to
,
aside
,
at
,
back
,
beside
,
by dint of
,
by means of
,
by use of
,
by virtue of
,
by way of
,
bye-bye
,
conformable to
,
congruent with
,
consistent with
,
farewell
,
from
,
good-bye
,
hereby
,
herewith
,
in
,
in accordance with
,
in agreement with
,
in compliance with
,
in conformity with
,
in correspondence to
,
in harmony with
,
in keeping with
,
in line with
,
in lock-step with
,
in obedience to
,
in reserve
,
in step with
,
in uniformity with
,
in virtue of
,
near
,
nearby
,
next to
,
nigh
,
on
,
over
,
passing by
,
passing through
,
per
,
proper to
,
round
,
round about
,
so long
,
suitable for
,
thanks to
,
thereby
,
therewith
,
through
,
to
,
toward
,
uniform with
,
upon
,
via
,
whereby
,
wherewith
,
wherewithal
,
with
bevue
collapse
related words >
bad job
,
balk
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botch
,
bungle
,
clumsy performance
,
error
,
etourderie
,
false move
,
false step
,
flub
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
fumble
,
gaucherie
,
hash
,
inadvertence
,
inadvertency
,
lapse
,
lapsus calami
,
lapsus linguae
,
loose thread
,
mess
,
miscue
,
misstep
,
mistake
,
muff
,
off day
,
omission
,
oversight
,
sad work
,
slip
,
slipup
,
stumble
,
trip
,
wrong step
in order
collapse
in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement; "everything is in order for their arrival"
related words >
by stages
,
fixed
,
hierarchically
,
in apple-pie order
,
in commission
,
in condition
,
in fine fettle
,
in good condition
,
in good form
,
in good shape
,
in good trim
,
in kilter
,
in repair
,
in sequence
,
in series
,
in shape
,
in succession
,
in the pink
,
in trim
,
in turn
,
in working order
,
out of commission
,
out of kelter
,
out of kilter
,
out of order
,
out of whack
,
seriatim
,
step by step
,
to rights
,
up to scratch
,
up to snuff
halftone
collapse
an engraving used to reproduce an illustration
a print obtained from photoengraving
related words >
Maxwell triangle
,
Munsell scale
,
chromatic circle
,
chromatic spectrum
,
chromaticity diagram
,
color circle
,
color cycle
,
color index
,
color mixture curve
,
color solid
,
color spectrum
,
color system
,
color triangle
,
complementary color
,
consecutive intervals
,
degree
,
demitint
,
diapason
,
diatessaron
,
diatonic interval
,
diatonic semitone
,
enharmonic diesis
,
enharmonic interval
,
fifth
,
fourth
,
full color
,
fundamental colors
,
half step
,
half tint
,
hue cycle
,
interval
,
less semitone
,
melodic interval
,
metamer
,
monochrome
,
note
,
octave
,
parallel octaves
,
primary
,
primary color
,
pure color
,
second
,
secondary
,
secondary color
,
semitone
,
seventh
,
sixth
,
solar spectrum
,
spectral color
,
spectrum
,
spectrum color
,
step
,
tertiary
,
tertiary color
,
third
,
tone
,
unison interval
,
whole step
inchmeal
collapse
related words >
bit by bit
,
by degrees
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by slow degrees
,
by snatches
,
degreewise
,
drop by drop
,
foot by foot
,
gradatim
,
grade by grade
,
gradually
,
in detail
,
in driblets
,
in installments
,
in lots
,
in small doses
,
in snatches
,
inch by inch
,
little by little
,
part by part
,
piece by piece
,
piecemeal
,
slowly
,
step by step
little by little
collapse
related words >
bit by bit
,
by degrees
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by slow degrees
,
by snatches
,
degreewise
,
drop by drop
,
foot by foot
,
gradatim
,
grade by grade
,
gradually
,
in detail
,
in driblets
,
in installments
,
in lots
,
in small doses
,
in snatches
,
inch by inch
,
inchmeal
,
part by part
,
piece by piece
,
piecemeal
,
slowly
,
step by step
bit by bit
collapse
related words >
by degrees
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by slow degrees
,
by snatches
,
degreewise
,
drop by drop
,
foot by foot
,
gradatim
,
grade by grade
,
gradually
,
in detail
,
in driblets
,
in installments
,
in lots
,
in small doses
,
in snatches
,
inch by inch
,
inchmeal
,
little by little
,
part by part
,
piece by piece
,
piecemeal
,
slowly
,
step by step
by degrees
collapse
related words >
bit by bit
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by slow degrees
,
by snatches
,
degreewise
,
drop by drop
,
foot by foot
,
gradatim
,
grade by grade
,
gradually
,
in detail
,
in driblets
,
in installments
,
in lots
,
in small doses
,
in snatches
,
inch by inch
,
inchmeal
,
little by little
,
part by part
,
piece by piece
,
piecemeal
,
slowly
,
step by step
injudicious
collapse
lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; "an injudicious measure"; "the result of an injudicious decision"
related words >
brash
,
brazen
,
brazenfaced
,
hubristic
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
impolitic
,
improvident
,
imprudent
,
impudent
,
inadvisable
,
incautious
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
insensate
,
insolent
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
overbold
,
overcareless
,
overconfident
,
oversure
,
overweening
,
rash
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
temerarious
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
unchary
,
unconsidered
,
undiscerning
,
unforeseeing
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwary
,
unwise
,
witless
inopportune
collapse
not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-seasoned
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadvisable
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inauspicious
,
incongruous
,
inconvenient
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
intempestive
,
intrusive
,
irrelevant
,
late
,
mal a propos
,
malapropos
,
mistimed
,
off base
,
out of line
,
out of phase
,
out of place
,
out of time
,
premature
,
too late
,
too soon
,
unbefitting
,
undesirable
,
unfavorable
,
unfit
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhandy
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unpropitious
,
unready
,
unripe
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
untimely
,
untoward
,
unwise
,
wrong
unthoughtful
collapse
related words >
arbitrary
,
capricious
,
careless
,
disregardful
,
forgetful
,
heedless
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
inadvertent
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
respectless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
thoughtless
,
unaccommodating
,
unadvised
,
uncalculating
,
uncomplaisant
,
unconsidered
,
uncooperative
,
undiscerning
,
unforeseeing
,
unguarded
,
unheedful
,
unhelpful
,
unmindful
,
unobliging
,
unreasonable
,
unreasoning
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unwise
,
witless
shoot ahead
collapse
related words >
bestride
,
bypass
,
cross
,
dart ahead
,
dash ahead
,
distance
,
drive
,
drive on
,
ford
,
forge ahead
,
get ahead of
,
go across
,
go ahead
,
go all out
,
go by
,
hold the field
,
hustle
,
leave behind
,
make a dash
,
make a spurt
,
make things hum
,
outdistance
,
overpass
,
overstride
,
pass
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
press on
,
push
,
rush ahead
,
scramble
,
shoot ahead of
,
spurt
,
steal a march
,
step lively
,
step over
,
straddle
,
surpass
untalented
collapse
devoid of talent; not gifted
related words >
amateurish
,
brainless
,
foolish
,
headless
,
ignorant
,
incapable
,
incapable of
,
incompetent
,
ineffective
,
inefficient
,
inept
,
inferior
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
lackbrained
,
lean-minded
,
lean-witted
,
mindless
,
not bright
,
of little brain
,
pea-brained
,
pin-brained
,
reasonless
,
semiskilled
,
senseless
,
slackminded
,
slackwitted
,
unable
,
unable to
,
unaccomplished
,
unbusinesslike
,
uncoached
,
unendowed
,
unfinished
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
ungifted
,
uninitiated
,
unintellectual
,
unintelligent
,
unpolished
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unprofessional
,
unqualified
,
unreasoning
,
unschooled
,
unskilled
,
untaught
,
unthinking
,
untrained
,
untutored
,
unwise
,
witless
step on it
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
bolt
,
career
,
crack on
,
dart
,
dash
,
fling
,
gain ground
,
get cracking
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hie
,
hop to it
,
hotfoot
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurry
,
hurry up
,
hurtle
,
make haste
,
open the throttle
,
pick up speed
,
post
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
race
,
rev
,
rush
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
shag ass
,
shake it up
,
shoot
,
skedaddle
,
snap to it
,
speed up
,
step up
,
tear
,
tear ass
gallop
collapse
a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
related words >
amble
,
bound
,
burst
,
burst of speed
,
canter
,
caracole
,
curvet
,
dash
,
dead run
,
dogtrot
,
drag
,
droop
,
flank speed
,
flat-out speed
,
flounce
,
forced draft
,
fox-trot
,
frisk
,
full gallop
,
gait
,
get
,
git
,
go on horseback
,
hack
,
hand gallop
,
headlong rush
,
heavy right foot
,
high lope
,
hightail
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
hop along
,
hotfoot
,
jog
,
jog trot
,
leap
,
limp
,
lock step
,
lope
,
lurch
,
make tracks
,
maximum speed
,
mince
,
mincing steps
,
mount
,
open throttle
,
pace
,
paddle
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plunge
,
prance
,
race
,
rack
,
ride bareback
,
ride hard
,
roll
,
run
,
rush
,
saunter
,
scamper
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
slink
,
slither
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
spring
,
sprint
,
spurt
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
step
,
step along
,
step lively
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strut
,
swagger
,
swing
,
take horse
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
tread
,
trip
,
trot
,
velocity
,
waddle
,
walk
,
wide-open speed
gait
collapse
a person's manner of walking
a horse's manner of moving
related words >
amble
,
bat
,
career
,
celerity
,
clip
,
drag
,
droop
,
flounce
,
gallop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
jog
,
lick
,
limp
,
lock step
,
lurch
,
mince
,
mincing steps
,
pace
,
paddle
,
piaffer
,
prance
,
progress
,
quickness
,
rack
,
rapidity
,
rate
,
roll
,
saunter
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
slink
,
slither
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
step
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strut
,
swagger
,
swiftness
,
swing
,
toddle
,
totter
,
travel
,
tread
,
trot
,
velocity
,
waddle
,
walk
step by step
collapse
related words >
bit by bit
,
by degrees
,
by inches
,
by inchmeal
,
by slow degrees
,
by stages
,
consecutively
,
degreewise
,
drop by drop
,
gradatim
,
grade by grade
,
gradually
,
hand running
,
hierarchically
,
in Indian file
,
in a chain
,
in a line
,
in a row
,
in a series
,
in column
,
in file
,
in order
,
in sequence
,
in series
,
in single file
,
in succession
,
in turn
,
inch by inch
,
inchmeal
,
little by little
,
progressively
,
running
,
sequentially
,
serially
,
seriatim
,
slowly
,
successively
,
turn about
speed up
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
bundle
,
bustle
,
crack on
,
crowd
,
dispatch
,
drive on
,
expedite
,
forward
,
gain ground
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hasten on
,
hie on
,
hurry
,
hurry along
,
hurry on
,
hurry up
,
hustle
,
hustle up
,
open the throttle
,
pick up speed
,
precipitate
,
press
,
push
,
push on
,
push through
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
race
,
railroad through
,
rev
,
rush
,
rush along
,
speed
,
speed along
,
spur
,
stampede
,
step on it
,
step up
,
urge
,
whip
,
whip along
short circuit
collapse
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
related words >
amplify
,
break
,
broken circuit
,
charge
,
circuit
,
circuital field
,
closed circuit
,
complete circuit
,
dead circuit
,
electrify
,
energize
,
galvanic circuit
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
hot circuit
,
lateral circuit
,
leg
,
live circuit
,
loop
,
loop in
,
magnetic circuit
,
microcircuit
,
multiple circuit
,
multiple series
,
path
,
plug in
,
printed circuit
,
series multiple
,
shock
,
short
,
step down
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
vector field
misguided
collapse
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
related words >
botched
,
bungled
,
butchered
,
erroneous
,
fallacious
,
foolish
,
fumbled
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-done
,
ill-executed
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
ill-managed
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misconducted
,
misdirected
,
misinformed
,
misinstructed
,
misled
,
mismanaged
,
misplaced
,
mistaken
,
mistaught
,
muffed
,
murdered
,
myopic
,
negligent
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
spoiled
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
uncalled-for
,
unconsidered
,
undiscerning
,
unforeseeing
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwise
,
witless
,
wrong
incongruous
collapse
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
related words >
abnormal
,
absonant
,
absurd
,
amusing
,
anomalous
,
assorted
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
bad
,
bizarre
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
contrary to reason
,
contrasted
,
contrasting
,
departing
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
different
,
differentiated
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
discrete
,
discriminated
,
disharmonious
,
disjoined
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
dissimilar
,
dissonant
,
distinct
,
distinguished
,
divergent
,
diverging
,
divers
,
diverse
,
diversified
,
droll
,
eccentric
,
fallacious
,
faulty
,
flawed
,
funny
,
futile
,
harsh
,
heterogeneous
,
hilarious
,
humorous
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
illogical
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
in disagreement
,
inaccordant
,
inadvisable
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
inauthentic
,
incoherent
,
incommensurable
,
incommensurate
,
incompatible
,
inconclusive
,
incongruent
,
inconsequent
,
inconsequential
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inharmonious
,
inopportune
,
invalid
,
irrational
,
irreconcilable
,
laughable
,
loose
,
ludicrous
,
mal a propos
,
malapropos
,
many
,
motley
,
multifarious
,
nonscientific
,
not following
,
off-color
,
off-tone
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of step
,
oxymoronic
,
paradoxical
,
paralogical
,
poles apart
,
poles asunder
,
priceless
,
quaint
,
quizzical
,
reasonless
,
rich
,
ridiculous
,
risible
,
screaming
,
self-annulling
,
self-contradictory
,
self-refuting
,
senseless
,
separate
,
separated
,
several
,
unapt
,
unauthentic
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
unconformable
,
unconnected
,
undesirable
,
unequal
,
unfit
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlike
,
unmeet
,
unphilosophical
,
unprofitable
,
unreasonable
,
unscientific
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
,
unwise
,
variant
,
varied
,
variegated
,
various
,
varying
,
whimsical
,
widely apart
,
without reason
,
witty
,
worlds apart
,
wrong
goose step
collapse
a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high
march in a military fashion
related words >
backpack
,
defile
,
double march
,
double time
,
double-quick
,
file
,
file off
,
footslog
,
go on parade
,
half step
,
hike
,
march
,
mush
,
parade
,
quick march
,
quick time
,
quickstep
,
quickstep march
,
slow march
,
slow time
,
tramp
ill-suited
collapse
related words >
bad
,
futile
,
ill-adapted
,
ill-advised
,
ill-assorted
,
ill-chosen
,
ill-considered
,
ill-fitted
,
ill-matched
,
ill-sorted
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
inadmissible
,
inadvisable
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incongruous
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
inopportune
,
irrelevant
,
mal a propos
,
maladjusted
,
malapropos
,
misjoined
,
mismatched
,
mismated
,
misplaced
,
out of character
,
out of joint
,
out of keeping
,
out of line
,
out of place
,
out of proportion
,
out of season
,
out of time
,
out of tune
,
unadapted
,
unapt
,
unbecoming
,
unbefitting
,
undesirable
,
unfit
,
unfitted
,
unfitting
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unqualified
,
unseasonable
,
unseemly
,
unsuitable
,
unsuited
,
untimely
,
unwise
,
wrong
stiffen
collapse
make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
related words >
amplify
,
back
,
be tough
,
beef up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
charge
,
clot
,
coagulate
,
confirm
,
congeal
,
crystallize
,
electrify
,
endure
,
energize
,
fortify
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
gird
,
hang tough
,
harden
,
invigorate
,
jell
,
loop in
,
nerve
,
plug in
,
prop
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
set
,
shock
,
shore up
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
solidify
,
steel
,
step down
,
step up
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
tauten
,
temper
,
tense
,
thicken
,
tighten
,
toughen
,
trice up
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
undergird
come forward
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
appear
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
arise
,
attract attention
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
become manifest
,
become visible
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forth
,
come in sight
,
come near
,
come on
,
come out
,
come to hand
,
come to light
,
come up
,
confront
,
crop out
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
emerge
,
encounter
,
enter
,
fade in
,
gain upon
,
heave in sight
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
look forth
,
loom
,
materialize
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
need no prodding
,
outcrop
,
peep out
,
proximate
,
rear its head
,
rise
,
see the light
,
show
,
show up
,
sidle up to
,
step forward
,
step up
,
stream forth
,
strike the eye
,
take center stage
,
turn up
,
volunteer
sprint
collapse
run very fast, usually for a short distance
related words >
Le Mans
,
air race
,
automobile race
,
bicycle race
,
boat race
,
bound
,
burst
,
burst of speed
,
canter
,
contest of speed
,
cross-country race
,
dash
,
dead run
,
derby
,
dog race
,
dogtrot
,
drag race
,
endurance race
,
flank speed
,
flat-out speed
,
footrace
,
forced draft
,
fox-trot
,
full gallop
,
gallop
,
get
,
git
,
hand gallop
,
headlong rush
,
heat
,
heavy right foot
,
high lope
,
hightail
,
hop
,
hop along
,
hotfoot
,
hurdle race
,
jog trot
,
lap
,
leap
,
lope
,
make tracks
,
marathon
,
marathon race
,
match race
,
maximum speed
,
motorcycle race
,
obstacle race
,
open throttle
,
plunge
,
potato race
,
race
,
regatta
,
relay
,
relay race
,
road race
,
run
,
rush
,
sack race
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
shin
,
speedway race
,
spring
,
sprint race
,
spurt
,
step
,
step along
,
step lively
,
stock-car race
,
three-legged race
,
torch race
,
track race
,
trip
,
trot
,
walk
,
wide-open speed
,
yacht race
unreasoning
collapse
related words >
arbitrary
,
blank
,
blankminded
,
brainless
,
calm
,
capricious
,
careless
,
emotionalistic
,
emotive
,
empty
,
empty-headed
,
fatuous
,
foolish
,
hammy
,
headless
,
heedless
,
histrionic
,
hysteric
,
ignorant
,
inadvertent
,
inane
,
incogitant
,
inconsiderate
,
inept
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
lackbrained
,
lean-minded
,
lean-witted
,
melodramatic
,
mindless
,
nirvanic
,
nonrational
,
not bright
,
oblivious
,
of little brain
,
overemotional
,
passive
,
pea-brained
,
pin-brained
,
quietistic
,
reasonless
,
relaxed
,
sensational
,
sensationalistic
,
senseless
,
slackminded
,
slackwitted
,
theatrical
,
thoughtfree
,
thoughtless
,
tranquil
,
uncalculating
,
ungifted
,
unguarded
,
unideaed
,
unintellectual
,
unintelligent
,
unoccupied
,
unreflecting
,
untalented
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwise
,
vacant
,
vacuous
,
witless
slow time
collapse
related words >
Alaska time
,
Atlantic time
,
Central time
,
Eastern time
,
GMT
,
Greenwich mean time
,
Greenwich time
,
Mountain time
,
Yukon time
,
apparent time
,
civil time
,
daylight-saving time
,
double march
,
double time
,
double-quick
,
fast time
,
goose step
,
half step
,
local time
,
march
,
mean solar time
,
mean time
,
quick march
,
quick time
,
quickstep
,
quickstep march
,
sidereal time
,
slow march
,
solar time
,
standard time
,
summer time
,
time zone
,
zone time
inadvisable
collapse
not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"
not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"
related words >
bad
,
careless
,
foolhardy
,
foolish
,
futile
,
harebrained
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
ill-suited
,
ill-timed
,
impolitic
,
improper
,
imprudent
,
inappropriate
,
inapt
,
incautious
,
incongruous
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inept
,
inexpedient
,
infelicitous
,
injudicious
,
inopportune
,
insensate
,
irrational
,
mal a propos
,
malapropos
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
out of place
,
pointless
,
rash
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
unbefitting
,
unconsidered
,
undesirable
,
undiscerning
,
unfit
,
unfitting
,
unforeseeing
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unmeet
,
unprofitable
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseasonable
,
unseeing
,
unseemly
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unsuitable
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
untimely
,
unwise
,
witless
,
wrong
absurdity
collapse
a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
a message whose content is at variance with reason
related words >
absurdness
,
act of folly
,
aimlessness
,
amphigory
,
anticness
,
babble
,
babblement
,
balderdash
,
bibble-babble
,
bizarreness
,
bizarrerie
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blunder
,
bombast
,
bootlessness
,
claptrap
,
craziness
,
curiousness
,
daftness
,
deformity
,
dottiness
,
double-talk
,
drivel
,
drollery
,
drollness
,
drool
,
dumb trick
,
eccentricity
,
emptiness
,
error
,
fallacy
,
fantasticality
,
fantasticalness
,
fatuity
,
fecklessness
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fiddledeedee
,
flummery
,
folderol
,
folly
,
foolishness
,
freakishness
,
fruitlessness
,
fudge
,
funniness
,
fustian
,
futility
,
gabble
,
galimatias
,
gammon
,
gibber
,
gibberish
,
gibble-gabble
,
gobbledygook
,
grotesqueness
,
grotesquerie
,
hilarity
,
hocus-pocus
,
hollowness
,
hopelessness
,
humbug
,
humorousness
,
illogicality
,
impossibility
,
impossible
,
impossibleness
,
impotence
,
imprudence
,
inanity
,
inconceivability
,
incongruity
,
indiscretion
,
ineffectiveness
,
ineffectuality
,
inefficacy
,
insanity
,
irrationality
,
jabber
,
jargon
,
laughability
,
ludicrousness
,
malformation
,
meaninglessness
,
monstrosity
,
monstrousness
,
mumbo jumbo
,
narrishkeit
,
niaiserie
,
no chance
,
nonsense
,
nonsensicality
,
nugacity
,
nuttiness
,
oddity
,
otiosity
,
outlandishness
,
outrageousness
,
oxymoron
,
pack of nonsense
,
palaver
,
paradox
,
peculiarity
,
pointlessness
,
prate
,
prattle
,
preposterousness
,
pricelessness
,
profitlessness
,
purposelessness
,
quaintness
,
queerness
,
quizzicalness
,
rant
,
rat race
,
richness
,
ridiculousness
,
rigamarole
,
rigmarole
,
rodomontade
,
rubbish
,
self-contradiction
,
senselessness
,
silliness
,
singularity
,
skimble-skamble
,
sottise
,
strangeness
,
stuff and nonsense
,
stultiloquence
,
stupid thing
,
stupidity
,
teratism
,
the absurd
,
the funny side
,
the impossible
,
trash
,
triviality
,
trumpery
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
twiddle-twaddle
,
unimaginability
,
unproductiveness
,
unprofitability
,
unprofitableness
,
unreasonableness
,
unthinkability
,
unwise step
,
valuelessness
,
vanity
,
vaporing
,
vicious circle
,
waffling
,
weirdness
,
what cannot be
,
what cannot happen
,
whimsicalness
,
wildness
,
witlessness
,
wittiness
,
worthlessness
unadvised
collapse
having received no information; "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights"
related words >
automatic
,
brash
,
casual
,
gut
,
hasty
,
hotheaded
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
inadvertent
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indeliberate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpectant
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
involuntary
,
irrational
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
nonexpectant
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
reflex
,
reflexive
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
snap
,
spontaneous
,
thoughtless
,
unadmonished
,
unanticipating
,
unanticipative
,
unaware
,
uncalculated
,
unconscious
,
unconsidered
,
undeliberate
,
undeliberated
,
undesigned
,
undiscerning
,
unexpecting
,
unforeseeing
,
unforewarned
,
unguessing
,
uninformed
,
unintended
,
unintentional
,
unmeditated
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unready
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unstudied
,
unsuspecting
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwarned
,
unwilled
,
unwise
,
witless
galvanize
collapse
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
cover with zinc; "galvanize steel"
related words >
activate
,
actuate
,
amplify
,
animate
,
arouse
,
charge
,
chromium-plate
,
compel
,
copperplate
,
dynamize
,
electrify
,
electrogalvanize
,
electrogild
,
electrolyze
,
electroplate
,
energize
,
enliven
,
excite
,
exhilarate
,
fillip
,
fire
,
force
,
foster
,
generate
,
hearten
,
impel
,
inflame
,
infuse life into
,
invigorate
,
ionize
,
jazz up
,
kindle
,
liven
,
loop in
,
motivate
,
move
,
move to action
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pique
,
plate
,
plug in
,
prime
,
promote
,
propel
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
renew
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
rouse
,
set in motion
,
sharpen
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
snap up
,
spark
,
step down
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
stimulate
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
whet
,
zip up
undiscerning
collapse
lacking discernment
related words >
ableptical
,
amaurotic
,
benighted
,
bereft of light
,
blind
,
blindfold
,
blindfolded
,
color-blind
,
dark
,
dim-sighted
,
eyeless
,
hemeralopic
,
ill-advised
,
ill-considered
,
ill-contrived
,
ill-devised
,
ill-gauged
,
ill-judged
,
imperceptive
,
impercipient
,
impolitic
,
imprudent
,
in darkness
,
inadvisable
,
inconsiderate
,
indiscreet
,
inexpedient
,
injudicious
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
irrational
,
mind-blind
,
mindless
,
misadvised
,
misguided
,
myopic
,
nearsighted
,
nonunderstanding
,
nyctalopic
,
purblind
,
rayless
,
reasonless
,
reckless
,
senseless
,
shortsighted
,
sightless
,
spiritually blind
,
stark blind
,
stone-blind
,
thoughtless
,
unadvised
,
unapprehending
,
uncomprehending
,
unconsidered
,
unenlightened
,
unforeseeing
,
unobserving
,
unperceiving
,
unperceptive
,
unreasonable
,
unreflecting
,
unreflective
,
unseeing
,
unsensible
,
unsound
,
unthinking
,
unthoughtful
,
unwise
,
visionless
,
witless
footstep
collapse
the act of taking a step in walking
the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
related words >
boss
,
bump
,
clop
,
colophon
,
concavity
,
convexity
,
dactylogram
,
dactylograph
,
dent
,
dint
,
doorstep
,
embossment
,
example
,
excrescence
,
fingerprint
,
footfall
,
footmark
,
footprint
,
footprints
,
footrest
,
footsteps
,
fossil footprint
,
hippety-hop
,
hoofbeat
,
hop
,
ichnite
,
ichnolite
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
indent
,
indentation
,
indention
,
jump
,
lump
,
pace
,
pad
,
paw print
,
pawmark
,
pimple
,
print
,
pug
,
pugmark
,
rest
,
riser
,
round
,
rundle
,
rung
,
scale
,
seal
,
sigil
,
signet
,
skip
,
spoke
,
spoor
,
stair
,
stamp
,
stave
,
step
,
step stool
,
stepping-stone
,
stride
,
string
,
stud
,
thumbmark
,
thumbprint
,
trace
,
track
,
tract
,
tradition
,
trail
,
tread
,
vestige
,
way of life
gradual
collapse
(Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
(of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope"
related words >
ambling
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
claudicant
,
crawling
,
creeping
,
creeping like snail
,
deliberate
,
dilatory
,
easy
,
even
,
faltering
,
flagging
,
foot-dragging
,
gentle
,
halting
,
hobbled
,
hobbling
,
idle
,
inchmeal
,
indolent
,
lagging
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lazy
,
leisurely
,
limping
,
lumbering
,
moderate
,
piecemeal
,
poking
,
poky
,
regular
,
relaxed
,
reluctant
,
sauntering
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
slow as death
,
slow as molasses
,
slow as slow
,
slow-crawling
,
slow-foot
,
slow-going
,
slow-legged
,
slow-moving
,
slow-paced
,
slow-poky
,
slow-running
,
slow-sailing
,
slow-stepped
,
sluggish
,
snail-paced
,
snaillike
,
staggering
,
steady
,
step-by-step
,
strolling
,
tentative
,
toddling
,
tortoiselike
,
tottering
,
trudging
,
turtlelike
,
unhurried
,
waddling
electrify
collapse
equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
charge (a conductor) with electricity
excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"
related words >
agitate
,
amaze
,
amplify
,
animate
,
arouse
,
astonish
,
astound
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
charge
,
discombobulate
,
discompose
,
disconcert
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
dynamize
,
energize
,
enliven
,
enthuse
,
excite
,
exhilarate
,
fire
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
frighten
,
fuss
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
hearten
,
inflame
,
invigorate
,
jar
,
jazz up
,
jolt
,
kindle
,
liven
,
loop in
,
move
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
perturb
,
plug in
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
rattle
,
rock
,
rouse
,
ruffle
,
send
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
snap up
,
stagger
,
startle
,
step down
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
stun
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
take aback
,
thrill
,
trouble
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
zip up
after
collapse
behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"
related words >
abaft
,
accommodated to
,
according to
,
adapted to
,
adjusted to
,
aft
,
after a time
,
after all
,
after that
,
aftermost
,
afterward
,
afterwards
,
agreeable to
,
agreeably to
,
answerable to
,
astern
,
attendant
,
back
,
backward
,
baft
,
because of
,
behind
,
below
,
beyond
,
by
,
by and by
,
by reason of
,
by virtue of
,
cadet
,
conformable to
,
congruent with
,
consecutive
,
considering
,
consistent with
,
due to
,
ensuing
,
ex post facto
,
following
,
for
,
from
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
in accordance with
,
in agreement with
,
in back of
,
in compliance with
,
in conformity with
,
in consideration of
,
in correspondence to
,
in harmony with
,
in keeping with
,
in line with
,
in lock-step with
,
in obedience to
,
in search of
,
in step with
,
in the aftermath
,
in the rear
,
in the sequel
,
in uniformity with
,
in view of
,
in virtue of
,
infra
,
junior
,
later
,
later than
,
latterly
,
lineal
,
next
,
on account of
,
out for
,
owing to
,
past
,
per
,
posterior
,
postern
,
proper to
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
sequent
,
since
,
subsequent
,
subsequent to
,
subsequently
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suitable for
,
tail
,
thanks to
,
then
,
thereafter
,
thereon
,
thereupon
,
therewith
,
uniform with
,
without
,
younger
rundle
collapse
one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
related words >
adolescent stream
,
arroyo
,
beck
,
bourn
,
braided stream
,
branch
,
brook
,
brooklet
,
burn
,
carousel
,
channel
,
creek
,
crick
,
disk
,
doorstep
,
flowing stream
,
fluviation
,
footrest
,
footstep
,
fresh
,
freshet
,
gill
,
kill
,
lazy stream
,
meandering stream
,
merry-go-round
,
midchannel
,
midstream
,
millstream
,
moving road
,
navigable river
,
race
,
racing stream
,
rest
,
riser
,
river
,
rivulet
,
roller
,
rolling stone
,
rotator
,
rotor
,
round
,
roundabout
,
run
,
rung
,
runlet
,
runnel
,
scale
,
sike
,
spill stream
,
spoke
,
stair
,
stave
,
step
,
step stool
,
stepping-stone
,
stream
,
stream action
,
streamlet
,
string
,
subterranean river
,
top
,
tread
,
wadi
,
watercourse
,
waterway
,
wheel
,
whirlabout
,
whirler
,
whirligig
step up
collapse
related words >
accelerando
,
accelerate
,
acceleration
,
accost
,
advance
,
aggravate
,
aggravation
,
amplify
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
beefing-up
,
blow up
,
blowing up
,
blowup
,
charge
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
condense
,
confront
,
consolidate
,
consolidation
,
crack on
,
deepen
,
deepening
,
double
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
drive
,
electrify
,
encounter
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enhancement
,
exacerbate
,
exacerbation
,
exaggerate
,
exaggeration
,
explosion
,
gain ground
,
gain upon
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
getaway
,
hasten
,
heat up
,
heating-up
,
heighten
,
heightening
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
hurry
,
hurry up
,
impetus
,
information explosion
,
intensification
,
intensify
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
loop in
,
magnification
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
open the throttle
,
pick up speed
,
pickup
,
plug in
,
population explosion
,
proximate
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
quickening
,
race
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
redoubling
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
rev
,
shake up
,
sharpen
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
sidle up to
,
soup up
,
speed up
,
speedup
,
step down
,
step on it
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
strengthening
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
thrust
,
tightening
,
triple
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
whet
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