真情奉献:GRE同义词
abandon unconstraint, unrestraint, desert, forsake
abase HUMBLE, bemean, cast down, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, sink
abash EMBARRASS , confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, rattle
abate ANNIHILATE , abolish, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate
abbreviate SHORTEN, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, retrench, slash
abdicate DISCARD, RELINQUISH ,shed,slough, renounce, resign;
aberrant ABNORMAL , anomalous, atypical, deviant, unrepresentative, untypical
abet INCITE, foment, instigate, provoke,stir (up)
abeyance abeyancy,doldrums, dormancy, interruption, latency, quiescence, suspension
abhor HATE, abominate, detest, execrate, loathe, DESPISE, contemn, disdain,
abiding CONTINUE, carry through, endure, last, perdure, persist
abject DOWNTRODDEN, underfoot
abjure forswear, palinode, recall, recant, retract
abnegate N/A
abolitionism N/A
aboveboard STRAIGHTFORWARD , forthright, plain dealing, straight
abrasion N/A
abridge SHORTEN, abbreviate, curtail, cut, cut back, retrench, slash
abrogate ANNUL, vacate, ABOLISH, abate, annihilate, annul, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, undo, vitiate
abscond ESCAPE , break, bunk, decamp, flee, fly, scape
absolve EXEMPT, discharge, dispense, EXCULPATE, acquit, exonerate, vindicate
abstain constrain, curb, hold back, refrain, REFRAIN , withhold
abstemious abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-restraining, sober, temperate
abstinent ABSTEMIOUS, abstentious, continent, self-restraining, sober, temperate
abstract hypothetical, ideal, theoretical, NEUTRAL, detached
abstruse RECONDITE, acroamatic, deep, esoteric, heavy, hermetic, occult, orphic, profound, secret
abuse maltreat, mistreat, misuse, misapply, mishandle, misimprove ,DECRY,depreciate, derogate
abysmal BOTTOMLESS, fathomless, plumbless, plummetless, soundless, unfathomable
accede ASSENT, acquiesce, agree, consent, subscribe, yes
accelerate SPEED , hasten, hurry, quicken, shake up, step up, swiften
accessible OPEN, open-door, public, unrestricted, employable, operative, practicable, usable
accessory AUXILIARY, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, collateral, contributory, subservient, subsidiary
accidental contingent, fluky, fortuitous, incidental, odd
acclimate HARDEN , acclimatize, climatize, season, toughen
accolade HONOR , award, badge, bays, decoration, distinction, kudos, laurels
accommodate ADAPT, adjust, conform,convenience, favor,HARBOR , bestow, domicile, entertain, lodge
accomplice CONFEDERATE, abettor, accessory, coconspirator, conspirator
accost ADDRESS , call (to), greet, hail, salute
accrete cohere, cling ,adhere
accumulate amass, cumulate, garner, hive, lay up, roll up, stockpile, store (up), uplay
accuse arraign, charge, criminate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, tax
acerbity ACRIMONY, asperity, mordancy
acme APEX , apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith
acquiesce ASSENT, accede, agree, consent, subscribe, yes
acquisition ACQUIREMENT, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, finish
acquit EXCULPATE, absolve, clear, disculpate, exonerate, vindicate
acrid astringent, austere, bitter, harsh, sharp
acrimonious ANGRY, indignant, irate, ireful, mad, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrothful, wrothy
adamant INFLEXIBLE,inexorable,obdurate,relentless,rigid, uncompromising, unswayable, unyielding
adapt accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, quadrate, reconcile, square
addict N/A
adherent FOLLOWER, cohort, disciple, henchman, partisan, , sectary, sectator, supporter
adjacent NEIGHBORING, contiguous, abutting, adjoining, approximal, bordering, conterminous
adjourn DEFER, delay, postpone, shelve, prorogate, prorogue, recess
adjunct APPENDAGE, accessory, appendix, appurtenance
ad lib IMPROVISE, extemporize, improvisate
admission access, adit, admittance, entrance, entry, ingress, way
admonish REPROVE, call down, chide, lesson, monish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach
adore REVERE, reverence, venerate, worship, affection, idolize
adroit DEXTEROUS, clever, deft, handy, SKILLFUL
adulate N/A
adulterate debase, doctor, dope (up), load, sophisticate
adumbrate SKETCH, block (out), chalk (out), characterize, draft, outline, rough (out), skeleton, skeletonize
adversary OPPONENT, antagonist, anti, con, match, opposer, oppugnant
advert N/A
advertise DECLARE, announce, annunciate, blazon, broadcast, bruit (about), proclaim, promulgate
advocate EXPONENT, champion, expounder, proponent, supporter
aerate N/A
aerial AIRY, atmospheric, pneumatic, skyscraping, soaring, ethereal, vaporous, vapory
aesthetic N/A
affable GRACIOUS, congenial, cordial, genial, sociable,sonsy, amiable, genial
affected N/A
affection INTERESTED, concerned, implicated, involvedassumed, feigned, conscious
affidavit N/A
affiliation ASSOCIATION, alliance ,combination ,conjointment ,conjunction , partnership
affinity alikeness, analogy, comparison, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude
afflict TRIAL, calvary, cross, crucible, ordeal, tribulation, visitation
affluent RICH, moneyed, opulent, wealthy
agenda PROGRAM, calendar, card, docket, programma, schedule, sked, timetable
aggrandize INCREASE, augment, boost, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, magnify, sublime, uprear
aggravate INTENSIFY, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensate, magnify
aggregate agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration
aggressive assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushing, pushy, self-assertive
aggrieve DISTRESS, constrain, grieve, hurt, injure, pain, outrage, persecute
agony DISTRESS, dolor, misery, passion, suffering
airtight N/A
alacrity dispatch, expedition, goodwill, promptitude, readiness
albino N/A
alchemy N/A
alibi EXCUSE, plea, pretext, right
align LINE, allineate, line up, range
allay RELIEVE, alleviate, assuage, lighten, mitigate, mollify, lull, tranquilize
allegiance FIDELITY, ardor, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, loyalty, piety
allegory figuration, symbolism, symbolization, typification, apologue, fable, myth, parable
alleviate RELIEVE, allay, assuage, ease, lighten, mitigate, mollify
alliterate N/A
allowance RATION, allotment, apportionment, measure, meed, part, portion, quantum, quota, share
allude REFER , advert, bring up, point (out)
aloft N/A
aloof UNSOCIABLE ,cool,reserved,solitary,standoffish,unapproachable,unbending,uncompanionable
alphabetical N/A
altruism CHARITABLE, benevolent, eleemosynary, good, humane, humanitarian, philanthropic
amalgamate MIX , admix, compound, fuse, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle
amass ACCUMULATE, cumulate, garner, hive, lay up, roll up, stockpile, store (up), uplay
ambiguous OBSCURE,amphibological,equivocal,opaque,uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unintelligible
ambivalent N/A
amble SAUNTER, bummel, drift, linger, mope, mosey, muck, stroll
ambrosial luscious, yummy ,aromal, aromatic, balmy, fragrant, perfumed
ameliorate IMPROVE, amend, better, help, meliorate
amenity agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, cordiality, enjoyableness, geniality, gratefulness, pleasance, pleasantness, sweetness and light
amiable complaisant, easy, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, lenient, mild, obliging
amicable HARMONIOUS , amical, congenial, friendly
amiss faultily, incorrectly, wrongly
amorphous FORMLESS, inchoate, shapeless, unformed, unshaped
amphibian N/A
amplify EXPAND , dilate, distend, inflate, swell
amplitude BREADTH , comprehensiveness, fullness, scope, wideness
amulet CHARM, fetish, juju, luck, mascot, periapt, phylactery, talisman, zemi
anaerobic N/A
analgesic ANODYNE , anesthetic, pain-killer
analogy LIKENESS, affinity, alikeness, comparison, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude
analysis breakdown, breakup, dissection, resolution
anarchist REBEL, anarch, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, revolter
anathema CURSE , commination, imprecation, malediction, malison
ancestor antecedent(s), ascendant, forebear, forefather, primogenitor, progenitor
anecdote narration, narrative, tale, yarn
anemic PALE, bloodless, pallid, waterish, watery
anesthetic ANODYNE, analgesic, pain-killer
anhydrous N/A
animation N/A
animus ENMITY, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, hostility, rancor
annals chronicle
annoy abrade, bother, chafe, exercise, fret, gall, irk, provoke, ruffle, vex
annul ABOLISH, abate, abrogate, annihilate, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, undo, vitiate
anodyne analgesic, anesthetic, pain-killer
anomalous ABNORMAL, aberrant, atypical, deviant, deviative, heteroclite, preternatural, unrepresentative, untypical
anonymous innominate, nameless, undesignated, unnamed
antagonize N/A
antediluvian ANCIENT, aged, age-old, antique, hoary, Noachian, old, timeworn, venerable
anterior PRECEDING, antecedent, foregoing, former, past, precedent, previous, prior
anthology album, ana, analects, florilegium, garland, miscellany, omnibus, posy
antic PRANK, caper, dido(es), frolic, lark, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan, shine(s), tomfoolery, trick
anticipatory EXPECTANT, anticipant, anticipative, atiptoe, expecting
antidote REMEDY, corrective, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, cure
antipathy ENMITY, animosity, animus, antagonism, hostility, rancor
antiquated ANCIENT , aged, age-old, antediluvian, hoary, Noachian, old, timeworn, venerable
antiseptic N/A
anvil N/A
apathy impassivity, insensibility, phlegm, stoicism, stolidity, unresponsiveness
apex TOP, crest, crown, fastigium, peak, roof, summit, vertex
aphorism MAXIM, apothegm, axiom, brocard, dictum, gnome, moral, rule, truism
apiary N/A
apocalyptic PROPHETIC, Delphian, fatidic, mantic, oracular, prophetical, sibylline, vatic, vaticinal
apocrypha N/A
apologist N/A
apophasis N/A
apoplectic N/A
apostasy DEFECTION, desertion, falseness, recreancy, tergiversation
apostrophe N/A
apothecary N/A
appall DISMAY , consternate, daunt, horrify, shake
apparel CLOTHE, array, attire, clad, dress, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment
appeal BEG, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, implore, importune, plead, pray, supplicate
appealing ATTRACTIVE , alluring, attracting, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, fascinating, seductive, siren
appease PACIFY, assuage, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate, sweeten
appellation NAME ,appellative, cognomen, compellation, denomination, designation, nomen, style, title
appetite DESIRE , appetition, craving, itch, lust, passion, urge
applause acclaim, acclamation, plaudit(s)
applicant CANDIDATE, aspirant, hopeful, seeker
appoint DESIGNATE, finger, make, name, nominate, tap
apposite RELEVANT, ad rem, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apropos, germane, material, pertinent, pointful
appreciable PERCEPTIBLE, detectable, discernible, observable, palpable, sensible, tangible
apprehension apprehensiveness, foreboding, misgiving, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment
apprentice NOVICE, beginner, colt, freshman, neophyte, newcomer, novitiate, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro
approbation approval, benediction, blessing, favor, OK (or okay)
appropriate FIT , applicable, apt, befitting, felicitous, fitting, just, meet, proper, suitable
appropriate STEAL , annex, filch, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snitch, swipe
approve accept, approbate, countenance, favor, go (for), hold (with)
approximate N/A
apropos RELEVANT, ad rem, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, germane, material, pertinent, pointful
apt given, inclined, liable, likely, prone, FIT , appropriate, befitting, felicitous, fitting, happy, just, meet, proper, suitable
aquatic N/A
aqueduct CHANNEL , canal, conduit, course, duct, watercourse
aquifer N/A
arachnid N/A
arbor N/A
arboreal N/A
archaic OLD-FASHIONED, antiquated, antique, bygone, dated, old, old-timey, outdated, out-of-date
archetype MODEL , beau ideal, ensample, example, exemplar, ideal, mirror, paradigm, pattern, standard
archipelago N/A
architect N/A
archive LIBRARY, athenaeum
arctic COLD , chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy
ardor PASSION , calenture, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, hurrah, zeal
arduous HARD, difficult, effortful, labored, laborious, operose, rough, strenuous, toilsome, uphill
argot DIALECT , cant, jargon, lingo, patois, patter, slang, vernacular
arid DRY , bone-dry, droughty, moistureless, sere, thirsty, unwatered, waterless
armory arsenal, depot, dump, magazine
arrest check, halt, interrupt, stall, stay
arresting NOTICEABLE, arrestive, conspicuous, marked, outstanding, pointed, prominent, remarkable, salient, signal
arrhythmic N/A
arrogance PRIDE , disdain, disdainfulness, haughtiness, hauteur, loftiness, morgue, superbity, superciliousness
arroyo RAVINE, chasm, cleft, clough, clove, gap, gorge, gulch
arsenal ARMORY, depot, dump
articulate VOCAL , eloquent, fluent, smooth-spoken
artifacts N/A
artifice CUNNING, art, artfulness, cageyness, canniness, craft, craftiness, foxiness, slyness, wiliness
artless NATURAL, ingenuous, naive, simple, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied
ascendant SUPREMACY, ascendancy, dominance, domination, dominion, masterdom, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, sovereignty
ascent ascension, rise, rising
ascetic SEVERE, astringent, austere, mortified, stern
aseptic N/A
askew N/A
aspect APPEARANCE, look, mien, seeming
asperity N/A
aspirant CANDIDATE, applicant, hopeful, seeker
aspiration DIFFICULTY , hardness, hardship, rigor, vicissitude
assert affirm, aver, avouch, avow, constate, declare, depose, predicate, profess, protest
assess estimate, appraise, evaluate, value, rate
asset capital, resources, wealth
assiduous busy, industrious, diligent, sedulous
assuage relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay
assume affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham
astounding N/A
astute shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious
asymmetrical N/A
asylum REFUGE , harborage, sanctuary, shelter
atone N/A
atrocious OUTRAGEOUS, monstrous, shocking
attenuate WEAKEN, blunt, cripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, unbrace, undermine, unstrengthen
attorney N/A
audacious bold, courageous, adventuresome, daredevil, daring
audible aural, auricular
augur prophet, auspex, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, haruspex, Nostradamus, predictor
auspicious favorable, benign, bright, dexter, fortunate, propitious
austere severe, stern, ascetic
authenticity genuine, undoubted, undubitable, unquestionable, veritable
authority EXPERT, master, professional, proficient, virtuoso, wizard
autocracy TYRANNY, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
avarice CUPIDITY, avariciousness, avidity, greed, rapacity
aversion ANTIPATHY , allergy, dyspathy
avid EAGER, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst
avulse N/A
awash N/A
awe REVERENCE , fear
awkward CLUMSY , lumbering, lumpish, ungainly
awl N/A
awning N/A
awry cockeyed
babble gabble, prate, prattle, twaddle, waffle
backhanded N/A
backset SETBACK, check, reversal, reverse
badge INSIGNIA, emblem
badger BAIT , heckle, hector, hound, ride
badinage BANTER, backchat
baffle FRUSTRATE, balk, beat, bilk, circumvent, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart
bait MOLEST, heckle, persecute, torment
baleful sinister, malefic, maleficent, malign
balk FRUSTRATE , baffle, circumvent, foil, thwart
balky cross-grained, ornery, perverse, restive, wrongheaded
ballad N/A
ballast N/A
ballet N/A
balm N/A
balmy GENTLE , bland, faint, lenient, mild, smooth, soft
bamboozle DUPE, befool, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, trick
ban N/A
banal insipid, vapid, flat, jejune
baneful pernicious, noxious, deleterious
banish exile, deport, transport
banister RAILING, balustrade, rail
banquet N/A
barb N/A
barbarous barbaric, barbarian, Gothic, Hunnic, Hunnish, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild
barefaced SHAMELESS, arrant, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing
bargain N/A
baroque ORNATE, flamboyant, florid, luscious, rich
barren STERILE, effete, impotent, infecund, infertile, unfruitful
barter TRADE , bargain, exchange, swap, traffic, truck
base low, vile
baseboard N/A
bathetic TRITE, commonplace, hack, hackneyed, stale, stereotyped, stereotypical, tired
bedeck ADORN, beautify, deck, decorate, dress (up), embellish, garnish, ornament, prank, trim
bedlam LUNATIC , dement, loon, loony, madling, maniac
belabor BEAT , baste, drub, lambaste, pound, pummel, wallop
beleaguer BESIEGE, beset, blockade, invest
belie MISREPRESENT, color, distort, falsify, garble, miscolor, misstate, pervert, twist, warp
belittle derogate, detract (from), diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, write off
bellicose belligerent, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious
belligerence ATTACK , aggression, aggressiveness, combativeness, fight, pugnacity
bellwether N/A
bemoan deplore, lament, bewail
bend CURVE, bow, crook, round
benediction BLESSING , benison
beneficent N/A
benign FAVORABLE , auspicious, bright, dexter, fortunate, propitious, white
bent LEANING, disposition, inclination, inclining, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency
bequest LEGACY , devise, inheritance
berate SCOLD, bawl out, chew out, jaw, rail, rate, revile, tongue-lash, upbraid, vituperate
beseech beg, appeal, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, plead, pray, supplicate
besmirch taint, besmear, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar, tarnish
betray reveal, disclose, divulge
bibliophile N/A
bigot ENTHUSIAST, bug, fanatic, fiend, freak, maniac, nut, zealot
bit N/A
bland GENTLE , balmy, faint, lenient, mild, smooth, soft
blandishment FLATTERY, adulation, blarney, incense, oil, soft soap
blase SOPHISTICATED, disenchanted, disentranced, disillusioned, mondaine, sophisticate, worldly
blaspheme N/A
blast N/A
blatant VOCIFEROUS, boisterous, obstreperous, vociferant, SHAMELESS, barefaced, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing
blazon N/A
bleach WHITEN, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, white
blemish INJURE, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
blight N/A
bliss HAPPINESS, beatitude, blessedness
blunder ERROR, boner, bungle, lapse, mistake, slip, trip
blunt DULL, disedge, obtund
blurb PUFF , plug, write-up
blurt EXCLAIM, blat, bolt, cry out, ejaculate
bluster ROAR, bawl, bellow, clamor, rout
boding OMINOUS, baleful, baneful, fateful, ill-omened, inauspicious, unlucky, unpropitious
boggle DEMUR, balk, gag, jib, scruple, shy, stickle, stumble
boisterous VOCIFEROUS, blatant, clamorous
bolster SUPPORT, bear up, brace, buttress, carry, prop, shore (up), sustain, upbear, uphold
bombast fustian, highfalutin, rant, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade
bonhomie N/A
bonus N/A
boo N/A
boon GIFT , benevolence, compliment, favor, largess, present
boor chuff, churl, clodhopper, clown
bootless FUTILE, abortive, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, unavailable, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain
bore ENNUI, pall, tire, weary, PERFORATE, drill, prick, punch, puncture
bottleneck N/A
bough LIMB, branch
bound N/A
box SLAP, blip, buffet, cuff, smack, spank
bracing INVIGORATING, animating, exhilarating, exhilarative, quickening, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vitalizing
bracket JOIN , associate, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, link, relate, unite, wed
brackish N/A
braggadocio BRAGGART, blower, blowhard, boaster, bragger, puckfist, vaunter
braid N/A
brake HINDER, bar, block, dam, impede, obstruct
brash RASH, hasty, hot-headed, ill-advised, incautious, inconsiderate, mad-brained, madcap, reckless, thoughtless
brassy SHAMELESS, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing
brattish N/A
bravura N/A
bray N/A
brazen SHAMELESS, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brassy, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing, brassy
breach GAP , break, discontinuity, hole, opening, fissure, fracture, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, hiatus, interim, interruption, interval
breezeway N/A
brevity shortness ,conciseness
bribe N/A
bridle N/A
brisk AGILE, active, lively, nimble, sprightly, spry, yare, zippy
bristle ANGER, blow up, boil, boil over, burn, flare (up), fume, rage, seethe
brittle SHORT, crisp, crumbly, crump, crunchy, friable
broach BROOCH, clip, pin, bring up, introduce, moot, ventilate
bromide COMMONPLACE, banality, platitude, rubber stamp, shibboleth, tag, truism
browbeat INTIMIDATE, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, cow, dragoon, hector
bruit DECLARE, advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze (abroad), blazon, broadcast, proclaim, promulgate, publish
buck RESIST, combat, contest, dispute, duel, fight, oppose, repel, traverse, withstand
bucolic RURAL, agrestic, campestral, countrified, country, out-country, outland, pastoral, provincial, rustic
budge N/A
buffer N/A
buffoon CLOWN, harlequin, zany
bulge PROJECTION, jut, outthrust, protrusion, protuberance
bully browbeater, bulldozer, harasser, harrier, hector, intimidator
bumper N/A
bumptious N/A
bungle ERROR, blooper, blunder, boner, bull, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip
buoy SUPPORT, bolster, prop, sustain, uphold
buoyant ELASTIC, airy, bouncy, effervescent, expansive, resilient, volatile
burgeon INCREASE , augment, build, enlarge, expand, heighten, mount, multiply, run up, snowball
burial GRAVE, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture
burlesque N/A
burnish POLISH, buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, rub, shine
burrow LAIR, couch, den, lodge, HOVEL, hole, SNUGGLE, cuddle, nestle, nuzzle
busybody butt-in, intermeddler, meddler, nose, nosey Parker, prier (or pryer), snoop
butt N/A
buttress N/A
buttress SUPPORT, bear up, bolster, brace, carry, prop, sustain, uphold
bygone OLD-FASHIONED, antiquated, antique, archaic, belated, dated, oldfangled, old-time, out-of-date
byline N/A
cabal PLOT , conspiracy, intrigue, machination, practice, scheme
cacophony DISSONANT, cacophonic, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, inharmonic, inharmonious, unharmonious, unmusical
cadet N/A
cadge BEGGAR, bummer, moocher, panhandler
caisson N/A
cajole COAX, blandish, blarney, con, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
calamity FATAL, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, fateful, ruinous
calcify N/A
calibrate N/A
calligrapher N/A
callous UNFEELING, coldhearted, hardhearted, heartless, obdurate, stony, stonyhearted, uncompassionate, unemotional, unsympathetic
callow INEXPERIENCED, fresh, green, raw, unexperienced, unpracticed, unseasoned, untried, unversed, young
callus N/A
calorie N/A
calumniate MALIGN, asperse, defame, denigrate, libel, scandalize, slander, traduce, vilify, villainize
camaraderie comradery, good-fellowship
cameo N/A
camouflage N/A
candidate applicant, aspirant, hopeful, seeker
candor N/A
cane N/A
canon LAW, assize, decree, decretum, edict, ordinance, precept, regulation, rule, statute
canopy N/A
cantankerous bearish, cankered, cranky, cross-grained, crotchety, ornery, vinegarish, vinegary, waspish, waspy
canvas N/A
canvass DISCUSS, agitate, argue, debate, dispute, moot, thrash out, toss (around)
canyon N/A
capitulate YIELD, bow, buckle (under), cave, defer, knuckle(under), submit, succumb
caprice bee, conceit, crank, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy
caption legend, underline
captivate ATTRACT, allure, bewitch, charm, draw, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, take, wile
careworn HAGGARD, drawn, pinched, worn
caricature MOCKERY, burlesque, farce, mock, sham, travesty, burlesque, parody, takeoff, travesty
carouse BINGE, bat, bender, booze, drunk, jag, spree, tear, REVEL , frolic, hell, riot, roister, spree, wassail
carp NAG, fuss, henpeck, peck (at)
cartographer N/A
cast N/A
castigate LAMBASTE, blister, excoriate, flay, lash (into), scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, slash
catalyze STIMULUS, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, motivation, spur, stimulant
cataract WATERFALL, cascade, chute, fall(s), spout, cataclysm, deluge, flooding, overflow, pour, torrent
catastrophe DISASTER, calamity, cataclysm, misadventure, tragedy, woe(s)
categorical ULTIMATE, absolute ,EXPLICIT, clean-cut, clear-cut, definite, definitive, express, specific, unambiguous
cater BABY, cocker, coddle, cosset, cotton, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, INDULGE, gratify, humor
catholic UNIVERSAL, cosmic, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, global, planetary, worldwide
caustic SARCASTIC, acerb, acerbic, corrosive
cavalier N/A
caveat WARNING, admonition, caution, forewarning, monition
cavern CAVE, grotto, subterranean
cavil QUIBBLE, chicane, hypercriticize
cavort GAMBOL, caper, frisk, frolic, rollick, romp
cede RELINQUISH, abandon, give up, hand over, leave, resign, surrender, waive, yield
celebrity FAME, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute,luminary, name, notability, notable, somebody
cement N/A
censor blip, bowdlerize, expurgate, screen
censorious CRITICAL, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical
censure CRITICIZE, blame, condemn, denounce, denunciate, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin
census N/A
centrifuge N/A
ceramic N/A
ceremony RITE, ceremonial, formality, liturgy, observance, ritual, service
certitude CERTAINTY, assurance, assuredness, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety
cessation END , cease, close, conclusion, desistance, ending, finish, period, stop, termination
chaff BANTER, fun, jest, joke, jolly, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib
chagrin N/A
chameleon N/A
champion SUPPORT, advocate, back, backstop, side (with), uphold
charade N/A
charlatan N/A
chary CAUTIOUS, calculating, careful, circumspect, considerate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, safe, wary
chasm N/A
check arrest, buck, foil, thwart, frustrate
chef N/A
cherubic N/A
chevron N/A
chiaroscuro N/A
chic FASHION, craze, cry, dernier cri, fad, furore, mode, rage, style, vogue
chicanery DECEPTION, chicane, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery
chide REPROVE, admonish, call down, lesson, monish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, tick off
chip N/A
choke strangle, throttle; compare SUFFOCATE
choleric choleric, crabbed, cranky, irascible, irritable, testy
chord N/A
choreography N/A
chronic USUAL, accepted, accustomed, customary, habitual, routine, wonted
chronicle N/A
chronological N/A
churlish BOORISH, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, coarse, loutish, lowbred, uncivilized, uncultured, unpolished
cipher N/A
circuitous INDIRECT, circular, collateral, oblique, roundabout
circumference N/A
circumlocutory N/A
circumscribe LIMIT, bar, confine, delimit, delimitate, prelimit, restrict
circumspect CAUTIOUS, calculating, careful, chary, considerate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, safe, wary
circumvent SKIRT, bypass, circumnavigate, detour
cistern N/A
citation N/A
civility N/A
clairvoyant N/A
clandestine SECRET, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underneath, under-the-table
clarion FAIR, clear, cloudless, fine, pleasant, rainless, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened
clarity clearness, limpidity, lucidity, perspicuity, plainness
clasp N/A
claustrophobia N/A
cleft RAVINE, arroyo, chasm, clough, clove, gap, gorge, gulch
clement FORBEARING, charitable, easy, indulgent, lenient, merciful, tolerant
cliche COMMONPLACE, banality, bromide, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, rubber stamp, shibboleth, tag, truism
clique cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, coterie, in-group, mafia, mob, ring
clog ENCUMBRANCE, cumbrance, hindrance, impedance, impediment
closed-minded OBSTINATE, bullheaded, deaf, hardheaded, intractable, pigheaded, self-willed, unpliable, unpliant, unyielding
closet N/A
clot N/A
cloudburst N/A
clout PULL, influence
cloying SATIATE, fill, glut, gorge, jade, pall, sate, stodge, surfeit
clumsy awkward, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly;
coagulant N/A
coalesce JOIN, associate, bracket, combine, conjoin, connect, link, relate, unite, wed
coarse crass, crude, gross, incult, inelegant, low, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar
coax blandish, blarney, cajole, con, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
coda N/A
coerce FORCE, compel, concuss, constrain, make, oblige, shotgun
coeval N/A
cogent VALID, convincing, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, telling
cognizant AWARE, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, knowing, sensible, sentient, witting
colander N/A
collapse bend, break, cave, crumple, fold up, yield
collude PLOT, cogitate, connive, conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, scheme (out)
colonnade N/A
colossal HUGE, behemothic, cyclopean, elephantine, gargantuan, gigantic, mammoth, monstrous, titanic, vast
coma FAINT, blackout, swoon, syncope
combustible N/A
comely BEAUTIFUL, attractive, beauteous, bonny, fair, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous
comity GOODWILL, amity, benevolence, friendliness, friendship, kindliness
commencement BEGINNING, alpha, birth, dawn, dawning, genesis, onset, opening, outset, outstart
commencement N/A
commend N/A
commensurate N/A
commercial N/A
commitment N/A
committed N/A
commodious SPACIOUS, ample, capacious, roomy, wide
commonsense N/A
commotion N/A
compendium digest, pandect, sketch, survey, syllabus
compensate atone (for), balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up, offset, outweigh, redeem, set off
complacency CONCEIT, amour propre, complacence, conceitedness, consequence, egoism, egotism, narcissism, pride, vainglory
complaisance N/A
compliant N/A
compliment COMMEND, acclaim, applaud, hail, kudize, praise, recommend
comply OBEY, conform, follow, keep, mind, observe
composed COOL, collected, disimpassioned, imperturbable, nonchalant, unflappable, unruffled
compress N/A
compromise N/A
compromise ENDANGER, hazard, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk
compunction PENITENCE, attrition, contriteness, contrition, penance, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth
concatenate INTEGRATE, articulate
concede ACKNOWLEDGE, admit, allow, avow, confess, fess (up), grant, let on, own, own up
concentrate N/A
concerted N/A
concerto N/A
conciliate PACIFY, appease, assuage, mollify, placate, propitiate, sweeten
concise breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, curt, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summary, terse
concord N/A
concur AGREE, coincide, concert, concur, harmonize
condemn CRITICIZE, blame, censure, denounce, denunciate, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin
condescending N/A
condign JUST, appropriate, deserved, due, merited, requisite, rhadamanthine, right, rightful, suitable
condole N/A
condone excuse pardon forgive
conducive N/A
confess ACKNOWLEDGE, admit, allow, avow, concede, fess (up), grant, let on, own, own up
confidant N/A
confident assured, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, undoubtful
confine LIMIT, bar, circumscribe, delimit, delimitate, prelimit, restrict
confluence CONCOURSE, concursion, gathering, junction, meeting
conform ADAPT, accommodate, adjust, fit, quadrate, reconcile, square, suit, tailor, tailor-make
confront affront, encounter, face, meet
congeal COAGULATE, clot, gel, gelate
congenial CONSONANT , agreeable, compatible, congruous, consistent, sympathetic
congruent harmonious , corresponding
conjecture guess, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, think
connive PLOT, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, scheme (out)
connoisseur aesthete, cognoscente, dilettante
conquest VICTORY, triumph, win
conscientious UPRIGHT , honest, honorable, just, right, scrupulous, true
consensus consent , unison , accord , agreement
conservative die-hard, fogyish, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, tory, traditionalistic
conservatory N/A
conserve preserve , save ,maintain
considerable IMPORTANT, big, consequential, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty
consign COMMIT , commend, confide, entrust, hand over, relegate, turn over
console COMFORT, buck up, cheer, solace, upraise
consolidate UNIFY , compact, concentrate, integrate
consonance HARMONY, accord, agreement, chime, concord, concordance, tune
conspicuous NOTICEABLE, arresting, arrestive, marked, outstanding, pointed, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking
conspiracy PLOT , cabal, covin, intrigue, machination, practice, scheme
constellation N/A
constitute FOUND , create, establish, institute, organize, set up, start
constrained RESERVED, incommunicable, noncommittal, restrained
constringe CONSTRICT, narrow
consult CONFER, advise, collogue, confab, confabulate, huddle, parley, powwow, treat
consummate accomplished, finished, perfected, ripe, virtuosic
contagious INFECTIOUS, catching, communicable
contaminate defile, pollute, soil, taint
contemplate CONSIDER, excogitate, mind, perpend, ponder, study, think (out or over), weigh
contempt DESPITE, despisal, despisement, disdain, disparagement, scorn
content satisfied , pleased , contented , complacent
contentious BELLIGERENT, bellicose, combative, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike
contingent ACCIDENTAL, casual, chance, fluky, fortuitous, incidental, odd
contort DEFORM, distort, misshape, torture, warp, wind
contradictory OPPOSITE, antipode, antipole, antithesis, contra, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, reverse
contravene VIOLATE, breach, break, infract, infringe, offend, transgress
contrite REMORSEFUL, apologetic, attritional, compunctious, penitent, penitential, regretful, repentant, sorry
contrived artificial , labored
control N/A
contumacious INSUBORDINATE, factious, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious
conundrum MYSTERY, Chinese puzzle, closed book, enigma, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, why
convalesce IMPROVE , ameliorate, gain, look up, mend, perk (up), recuperate
convenience AMENITY , comfort, facility
convention CONTRACT, agreement, bargain, bond, compact, covenant, pact, transaction
conventional N/A
convergent converging , confluent
conversant FAMILIAR , abreast, acquainted, au courant, au fait, informed, up, versant, versed
convert TRANSFORM, change, commute, metamorphose, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate
convex N/A
convey N/A
conviction CERTAINTY, assurance, assuredness, certitude, confidence, sureness, surety
conviction N/A
convivial SOCIAL , companionable, sociable
convoke assemble, call, convene, summon
convoluted complex , winding , intricate, complicated
convulsion COMMOTION, clamor, ferment, outcry, tumult, upheaval, upturn
coop N/A
copious PLENTIFUL, abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, plenteous, plenty
coquette N/A
cord N/A
cordon N/A
cornucopia N/A
coronation N/A
corporeal MATERIAL, gross, objective, phenomenal, physical, sensible, substantial, tangible
corral N/A
corroborate CONFIRM, authenticate, bear out, justify, substantiate, validate, verify
corrosive SARCASTIC, acerb, acerbic, archilochian, caustic
cosmopolitan UNIVERSAL, catholic, cosmic, ecumenical, global, planetary, worldwide
cosset BABY, cater (to), cocker, coddle, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
coterie CLIQUE, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, in-group, mafia, mob, ring
countenance APPROVE, accept, approbate, favor, go (for), hold (with)
counterfeit ASSUME, act, affect, bluff, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate
counterpart PARALLEL, analogue, correlate, correspondent, countertype, match
court ADDRESS, make up (to), pursue, spark, sue, sweetheart, woo
courtesy amenity, attention, gallantry
coven N/A
covetous acquisitive, desirous, grabby, greedy
cow INTIMIDATE, bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, dragoon, hector, strong-arm
cowardice N/A
cower FAWN, apple-polish, bootlick, cringe, grovel, honey (up), kowtow, toady, truckle
craft ART, adroitness, cunning, dexterity, expertise, know-how, skill
cramp RESTRICTION , circumscription, limitation, stint, stricture
crass COARSE, crude, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar
craven COWARDLY, coward, gutless, lily-livered, poltroonish, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spunkless, unmanly
craving LONG, ache, dream, hanker, hunger, lust, pine, sigh, suspire, thirst
credence BELIEF, credit, faith
credulous unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary
creek N/A
creep crawl, slide, snake
crescendo APEX, acme, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, peak
crest TOP, apex, crown, fastigium, peak, roof, summit, vertex
crestfallen DOWNCAST, blue, cast down, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downhearted, low
criterion STANDARD, benchmark, gauge, measure, touchstone, yardstick
crockery N/A
cronyism N/A
croon N/A
crouch huddle, hunch, scrooch
crown N/A
crucial ACUTE, climacteric, critical, desperate, dire
crude COARSE, crass, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar
crutch N/A
crux SUBSTANCE, core, gist, kernel, matter, meat, nub, pith, purport
cryptic dark, Delphian, enigmatic, mystifying
cuisine N/A
culpable BLAMEWORTHY, blamable, blameful, demeritorious, guilty, reprehensible
cultivated GENTEEL, cultured, polished, refined, urbane, well-bred
cumbersome UNWIELDY, cumbrous, ponderous, unhandy
cunning CLEVER, adroit, canny, dexterous, ingenious, slim, sly
curator N/A
curmudgeon N/A
curriculum N/A
cursory SUPERFICIAL, depthless, shallow, sketchy, uncritical
curt CONCISE, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, laconic, short, succinct, summary
curtail SHORTEN, abbreviate, abridge, cut, cut back, retrench, slash
cyclone TORNADO, twister
cynical SARDONIC, ironic, wry
dabble AMATEUR, abecedarian, dilettante, nonprofessional, smatterer, tyro, uninitiated
daft INSANE, bedlamite, cracked, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, mad, unbalanced, unsound
dally TRIFLE, coquet, flirt, fool, lead on, string along, toy, wanton
damp dampish, dank, moist, moisty, wettish
damper N/A
dandy FOP, Beau Brummel, blood, buck, coxcomb, dude, exquisite, lounge lizard, macaroni, popinjay
dank DAMP, dampish, moist, moisty, wettish
dapper bandbox, doggish, doggy, natty, sassy, sparkish, spiffy, spruce, sprucy, well-groomed
dappled VARIEGATED, discolor, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti-colored, varicolored, versicolor, versicolored
daredevil ADVENTUROUS, adventuresome, audacious, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous
dart FLY, float, sail, scud, shoot, skim
dastard COWARD, chicken, craven, funk, funker, poltroon, quitter, yellowbelly
daunt DISMAY, appall, consternate, horrify, shake
dawdle IDLE, bum, diddle-daddle, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge
deactivate N/A
deaden benumb, blunt, desensitize, dull, mull, numb
deadpan EXPRESSIONLESS, blank, empty, inexpressive, unexpressive, vacant
dearth ABSENCE, default, defect, lack, miss, privation, want
debark animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, poison, rot, stain, vitiate, warp
debilitate WEAKEN, attenuate, blunt, cripple, disable, enfeeble, sap, unbrace, undermine, unstrengthen
debonair N/A
debris REFUSE, garbage, junk, litter, offal, riffraff, rubbish, spilth, trash, waste
debunk EXPOSE, discover, show up, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud
debut N/A
decadence DETERIORATION, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, devolution, downfall, downgrade
decant N/A
decelerate DELAY, bog (down), detain, embog, hang up, mire, retard, set back, slacken, slow (up or down)
decibel N/A
decipher DECODE, break, crack, cryptanalyze, decrypt
decode break, crack, cryptanalyze, decipher, decrypt
decorum decency, dignity, etiquette, propriety, seemliness
decrepit WEAK, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, unsound, unsubstantial, weakly
dedication DEVOTE, consecrate, hallow
default FAILURE, delinquency, dereliction, neglect, oversight
deference HONOR, homage, obeisance, reverence
deficiency FAILURE, defalcation, deficit, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, shortage, underage
defile CONTAMINATE, pollute, soil, taint
definitive EXPLICIT, categorical, clean-cut, clear-cut, definite, express, specific, unambiguous
defoliate contort, distort, misshape, torture, warp, wind
deforest N/A
defraud CHEAT, beat, bilk, chouse, cozen, do, flimflam, gyp, swindle, take
deft DEXTEROUS, adroit, clever, handy, neat-handed, nimble
defuse DEAD, asleep, cold, deceased, departed, exanimate, extinct, inanimate, late, lifeless
defy FACE, beard, brave, challenge, dare, double-dog dare, front, outdare, outface, venture
dehydrate DRY, desiccate, exsiccate, parch, sear
deify N/A
deject DISCOURAGE, chill, demoralize, dishearten, disparage, dispirit
deleterious HARMFUL, damaging, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, prejudicial, prejudicious
deliberate advised, aforethought, considered, designed, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought-out
delicacy bonne bouche, dainty, goody, kickshaw, morsel, treat
delinquent NEGLIGENT, behindhand, careless, derelict, disregardful, lax, neglectful, regardless, remiss, slack
delirium frenzy, furor
delude DECEIVE, beguile, betray, bluff, double-cross, humbug, illude, juggle, mislead, take in
deluge FLOOD, cataclysm, cataract, flooding, inundation, niagara, overflow, pour, spate, torrent
delve DIG, excavate, grub, shovel, spade
demagogue rabble-rouser
demanding ONEROUS, burdensome, exacting, exigent, grievous, oppressive, taxing, tough, trying, weighty
demise DEATH, curtains, decease, defunction, dissolution, passing, quietus, silence, sleep
demography N/A
demolition N/A
demoralize DEBASE, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate, warp
demotic N/A
demur balk, boggle, gag, jib, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, stumble
denigrate MALIGN, asperse, calumniate, defame, libel, scandalize, slander, tear down, traduce, vilify
denouement N/A
denounce CRITICIZE, blame, censure, condemn, denunciate, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin
dent N/A
denude STRIP, bankrupt, bare, denudate, deprive, dismantle, disrobe, divest
denunciate CRITICIZE, blame, censure, condemn, denounce, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin
depart GO, blow, exit, get away, get off, leave, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw
depict REPRESENT, delineate, describe, image, interpret, limn, picture, portray, render
despise abhor, contemn, disdain, look down, scorn, scout
deplete bankrupt, drain, draw, draw down, exhaust, impoverish, use up
deplore bemoan, bewail, grieve, lament, moan, weep
deploy N/A
deportation EXILE, banishment, displacement, expulsion, ostracism, relegation
depose dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, displace, disthrone, uncrown, unmake
deposit N/A
depravity VICE, corruption, immorality, wickedness
deprecate DISAPPROVE, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, frown, object
depreciate cheapen, decry, devalorize, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, soften, underprize, underrate, undervalue, write down, write off
depress LOWER, couch, demit, droop, let down, sink
deprivation PRIVATION, deprivement, dispossession, divestiture, loss
deracinate N/A
derelict OUTCAST, castaway, Ishmael, Ishmaelite, leper, offscouring, pariah, untouchable
deride RIDICULE, lout, mock, quiz, rally, razz, scout, taunt, twit
derivative SECONDARY, derivate, derivational, derived
derogatory depreciative, depreciatory, detracting, disadvantageous, disparaging, dyslogistic, pejorative, slighting, uncomplimentary
descent decline, declivity, dip, drop, fall
descendant OFFSPRING, begats, brood, children, issue, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed
desecrate RAVAGE, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
desert ABANDON, chuck, forsake, quit, renounce, throw over
desiccate DRY, dehydrate, exsiccate, parch, sear
designate NAME, baptize, call, christen, denominate, dub, entitle, style, term, title
despair despond, give up
despicable CONTEMPTIBLE, beggarly, cheap, despisable, mean, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sorry
despondent despairing, desperate, desponding, forlorn, hopeless
dessert N/A
desultory N/A
detach abstract, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, dissociate, uncouple, unfix
detain ARREST, apprehend, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, run in
deter DISSUADE, disadvise, discourage, divert
detestable HATEFUL, abhorrent, abominable, hateable, horrid, odious
detour SKIRT, bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent
detract DECRY, belittle, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, disparage, dispraise, minimize, write off
detritus DEBRIS
deviation aberration, deflection, departure, divergence, diversion, turning
devise LEGACY , bequest, inheritance
devoted LOVING, affectionate, dear, doting, fond, lovesome
devout godly, holy, pietistic, pious, prayerful, religious
dew N/A
dexterous adroit, clever, deft, handy, neat-handed, nimble
diabolic FIENDISH, demoniac, demonian, demonic, devilish, diabolonian, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed
diagnose IDENTIFY, determinate, diagnosticate, distinguish, finger, pinpoint, place, recognize, spot
diaphanous FILMY, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, tiffany, transparent
diatribe TIRADE, harangue, jeremiad, philippic
didactic moral, moralizing, preachy, schoolmasterish, sermonic, sermonizing, teachy
die N/A
diehard CONSERVATIVE, fogyish, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, tory, traditionalistic
diffident SHY, bashful, coy, demure, modest, retiring, self-effacing, timid, unassertive, unassured
diffuse WORDY, long-winded, palaverous, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy
digit N/A
dignity DECORUM, decency, etiquette, propriety, seemliness
digress depart, divagate, diverge, excurse, ramble, stray, wander
dilapidate RUIN, bankrupt, do in, shipwreck, wreck
dilate EXPAND, amplify, distend, inflate, swell
dilatory SLOW, deliberate, laggard, leisurely, unhasty, unhurried
dilettante AMATEUR, abecedarian, dabbler, nonprofessional, smatterer, tyro, uninitiate
diligent ASSIDUOUS, industrious, operose, sedulous
dilute N/A
dimension N/A
diminish DECREASE, abate, close, drain (away), dwindle, lessen, reduce, taper, taper off
din babel, brouhaha, clamor, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, music, pandemonium, racket, racketry, tintamarre, tumult, uproar
dingus DOODAD, doohickey, gadget, jigger, thingumbob
dingy SHABBY, broken-down, dilapidated, down-at-heel, faded, run-down, seedy, tacky, threadbare, tired
diocesan N/A
diplomatic TACTFUL, delicate, politic, tactical, SUAVE
dire DEPLORABLE, afflictive, calamitous, distressing, grievous, heart breaking, lamentable, regrettable, unfortunate, woeful
dirge N/A
disabuse purge, undeceive, undelude
disaffected N/A
disagreeable BAD, displeasing, rotten, sour, unhappy, unpleasant
disarm PARALYZE, cripple, disable, immobilize, incapacitate, prostrate
disarray CONFUSION, chaos, clutter, disorder, huddle, muddle, snarl, topsy-turviness
disavow DISCLAIM, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disown, repudiate
discard abdicate, cashier, cast, chuck, ditch, dump, jettison, junk, lay aside, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough, throw away, throw out, wash out
discernible N/A
discerning WISE, gnostic, insighted, insightful, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, sagacious, sage, wisehearted
discharge EXEMPT, absolve, dispense, excuse, let off, privilege (from), relieve, spare
disciple N/A
discipline PUNISHMENT, castigation, chastisement, correction, punition, rod
disclaim deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disown, repudiate
discography N/A
discombobulate DISCOMPOSE, agitate, bother, disquiet, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, unhinge, upset
discomfit N/A
discommode N/A
discompose agitate, bother, discombobulate, dismay, disquiet, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, untune, upset
disconcert EMBARRASS, abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, discountenance, faze, rattle
discord conflict, contention, difference, disaccord, disharmony, dispeace, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, inharmony, mischief, strife, unpeace, variance
discourse SPEECH, speaking, talk, utterance, verbalization
discredit blow up, disprove, explode, puncture, shoot
discrepancy DISSIMILARITY, alterity, difference, dissemblance, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, otherness, unlikeness
discrete DISTINCT, different, diverse, separate, several, various
discretion PRUDENCE, canniness, caution, discreetness, foresight, forethought, precaution, providence
discretionary OPTIONAL, elective, facultative, nonobligatory
discriminate KNOW, difference, differentiate, discern, discrepate, distinguish, extricate, separate, sever, severalize
discursive N/A
disdain DESPITE, contempt, despisal, despisement, disparagement, scorn
disembody N/A
disengage DETACH, abstract, disassociate, disconnect, dissociate, uncouple, unfix
disentangle EXTRICATE, discumber, disembroil, disencumber, unentangle, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine
disgorge ERUPT, belch, eject, eruct, expel, irrupt, spew
disgruntle DISCONTENTED, discontent, dissatisfied, malcontent, malcontented, uncontent, uncontented, ungratified
disguise camouflage, cloak, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, mask
disgust nauseate, reluct, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken
dishevel N/A
disinclination DISLIKE, aversion, bad books, disfavor, disliking, displeasure, disrelish, dissatisfaction, distaste, indisposition
disinfect N/A
disinterested INDIFFERENT, aloof, casual, detached, incurious, remote, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested, withdrawn
disjunctive N/A
dismantle STRIP, bankrupt, bare, denudate, denude, deprive, disrobe, divest
disparage DECRY, abuse, belittle, depreciate, derogate, detract (from), dispraise, downcry, minimize, write off
disparate DIFFERENT, dissimilar, distant, divergent, diverse, unalike, unequal, unlike, unsimilar, various
dispassionate NEUTRAL, abstract, colorless, detached, disinterested, impersonal, poker-faced, unpassioned
dispatch N/A
disposal discarding, disposition, dumping, jettison, junking, relegation, riddance, scrapping, throwing away
disquiet DISCOMPOSE, agitate, bother, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, unhinge, untune, upset
disregard NEGLECT, blink (at or away), discount, fail, forget, ignore, omit, overlook, overpass, slight
disrupt DISORDER, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disturb, mess (up), muddle, rummage, unsettle, upset
dissect SEPARATE, break up, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, divide, part, sever, sunder
dissemble DISGUISE, camouflage, cloak, dissimulate, dress up, mask
disseminate SPREAD, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, propagate, radiate, strew
dissension DISCORD, conflict, contention, difference, disaccord, dissent, dissidence, disunity, strife, variance
dissent DIFFER, disaccord, disagree, discord, divide, vary
dissertation DISCOURSE, disquisition, memoir, monograph, monography, thesis, tractate, treatise
dissipate WASTE, blow, blunder (away), consume, fool (away), fritter, frivol away, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
dissociate DETACH, abstract, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, uncouple, unfix
dissolute ABANDONED, licentious, profligate, reprobate, self-abandoned, unprincipled
dissolve N/A
dissonance DISCORD, conflict, contention, difference, disaccord, disharmony, dissension, dissidence, strife, variance
dissuade deter, disadvise, discourage, divert
distention N/A
distillation N/A
distinction DISSIMILARITY, alterity, difference, discrepancy, dissemblance, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, otherness, unlikeness
distinguished FAMOUS, celebrated, celebrious, eminent, famed, great, illustrious, notable, prominent, renowned
distort MISREPRESENT, belie, color, falsify, garble, miscolor, misstate, pervert, twist, warp
distract CONFUSE, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, fluster, fuddle, mix up, throw off
distraught distracted, distrait, distressed, harassed, tormented, troubled, worried
distress aggrieve, constrain, grieve, hurt, injure, pain
district LOCALITY, area, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity
ditch TRENCH, cut
ditty N/A
diurnal DAILY, quotidian
diverge DIGRESS, depart, divagate, excurse, ramble, stray, wander
diver N/A
divert TURN, avert, deflect, pivot, sheer, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl
divestiture PRIVATION, deprivation, deprivement, dispossession, loss
divulge REVEAL, betray, blab (out), disclose, discover, give away, mouth, spill, tell, unclose
doctrine canon, dogma, tenet
dodder N/A
doff N/A
dogged INFLEXIBLE, adamant, brassbound, inexorable, obdurate, relentless, rigid, single-minded, steadfast, unbending
doggerel N/A
doggo N/A
dogma DOCTRINE, canon, tenet
doldrums TEDIUM, boredom, ennui, yawn
dolorous DEPLORABLE, afflictive, calamitous, dire, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, lamentable, regrettable, woeful
dolt DUNCE, boob, booby, chump, dolthead, oaf
domicile HABITATION, abode, commorancy, dwelling, home, house, residence, residency
domination SUPREMACY, ascendancy, dominance, dominion, masterdom, preeminence, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, sovereignty
don assume, draw on, get on, huddle (on), put on, slip (on), throw
donor bestower , conferror ,donator ,presenter
doodle FIDDLE , mess, mess around, potter, puddle, putter, tinker
dour SULLEN, crabbed, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly
downpour N/A
doyen EXPERT, artist, authority, master, master-hand, maven, passed master, proficient, virtuoso
doze N/A