wedding party - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

national anthem collapse: a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

arbiter collapse: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; someone with the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion"

evening collapse: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"; the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"; a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

Nestor collapse: a genus of Psittacidae; (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy

dotard collapse: an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

referee collapse: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play; an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case; evaluate professionally a colleague's work; be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

concerned collapse: feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"; involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"; in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned"

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

field day collapse: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering; a time of unusual pleasure and success; a day for outdoor athletic competition; (military) a day for military exercises and display

stalwart collapse: used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"; dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts"

debut collapse: the presentation of a debutante in society; appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"; make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"; present for the first time to the public; "The band debuts a new song or two each month"

exploration collapse: to travel for the purpose of discovery; a careful systematic search; a systematic consideration; "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences"

splinter collapse: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"; break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

pantaloon collapse: trousers worn in former times; a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man; a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes

syncretism collapse: the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections); the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"

endorser collapse: a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security

subscriber collapse: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money; someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication; someone who expresses strong approval

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross; the death of Jesus on the cross

union collapse: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"; a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner); the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"; a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"; an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"; a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"; the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"; healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones; the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"; being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"; of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"

hemlock collapse: an evergreen tree; soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock; large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous; poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

eye opener collapse: something surprising and revealing; an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning

dialectical materialism collapse: the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

picnic collapse: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion; eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"

synthesis collapse: the combination of ideas into a complex whole; the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

committee collapse: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle; a self-constituted organization to promote something

blues collapse: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes; a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"

soiree collapse: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

Wordage.info