Putnam's Word Book by Louis A. Flemming
Putnam's Word Book by Louis A. Flemming
ice, n. Associated words: igloo, iceberg, glacier, floe, icicle, frazil, avalanche, curling, skate, skee, skating, skeeing, brash, glare, serac, crampoons, calk, glaciate, glaciation, creeper, anchor ice.
iced, a. chilled, frappe.
Iceland moss. lichen.
icy, a. glacial, glacious.
idea, n. conception, notion, opinion, fancy, impression; intention, design.
ideal, a. faultless, consummate, perfect.
idiocy, n. imbecility, foolishness, fatuity, folly, senselessness
idiot, n. imbecile.
idiotic, a. imbecile, foolish, fatuous, senseless.
idle, a. leisure; vain, unavailing, futile, ineffectual; indolent, slothful, inactive, lazy, otiose.
idleness, n. indolence, sloth, inaction, laziness; futility, vanity. Associated word: Cocagne.
idler, n. sluggard, drone, lounger, loafer, dawdler, donothing.
idol, n. image (of a divinity), effigy, graven image; Juggernaut. Associated words: idolater, idolatrous, idolatry, idolize, iconoplast, iconoclast, iconodule, idolomania, iconography, iconology, idoloclast, iconomachy, ting, iconolatry.
idolize, v. deify, worship, adore.
ignis fatuus. Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-with-a-lantern, decoy.
ignoble, a. humble, plebeian, untitled; base, dishonorable, low.
ignominious, a. dishonorable, shameful, infamous, disreputable.
ignominy, n. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, obloquy, shame, humiliation.
ignoramus, n. dunce, illiterate, sciolist, wiseacre, dullard, simpleton.
ignorance, n. illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience; quackery, charlatanry.
ignorant, a. illiterate, inerudite unenlightened, uninformed, unlearned, untaught, uneducated, unlettered, nescient; quackish, charlatanic. Antonyms: educated, instructed, schooled, trained, proficient, learned.
ignorantly, adv. unknowingly, unconsciously, inadvertently, unwittingly.
ignorant person. ignoramus, illiterate.
ignore, v. disregard, slight, connive, overlook.
ill, a. ailing, sick, unwell; evil, unfavorable, adverse, bad.
ill at ease. uneasy, uncomfortable, anxious.
ill-boding, a. ominous, inauspicious.
illegal, a. illicit, unlawful, contraband, unlicensed, illegitimate.
illegality, n. unlawfulness, illegitimacy.
illegitimate, a. bastard, adulterine; illegal, illicit; spurious.
illegitimate, v. illegitimatize, bastardize.
illiberal, a. ungenerous, parsimonious, stingy; narrow-minded, bigoted.
illiberality, n. parsimony, stinginess; narrow-mindedness, bigotry, intolerance.
illicit, a. prohibited, unlawful.
illness, n. malady, sickness, disease.
illogical, a. fallacious, sophistical, unsound.
illusion, n. mockery, hallucination, chimera, phantasm, delusion, glamour.
illusive, a. delusive, illusory, chimerical, mocking.
illustrate, v. elucidate, picture, demonstrate, exemplify.
illustration, n. elucidation, exemplification; comparison, example, simile.
ill-will, n. malice, resentment, grudge, rancor, malevolence, antipathy, hatred.
image, n. statue; effigy, figure; ikon, eikon; idol.
image breaker. iconoclast, idoloclast, vandal.
image breaking. iconoclasm, vandalism.
image worship iconolatry, iconoduly.
imaginary, a. fancied, visionary, chimerical, illusive, phantasmal.
imagination, n. fancy, conception, notion, conceit, figment, phantasm.
imagine, v. conceive, fancy; think, suppose, opine, apprehend.
imbecile, n. idiot, witling, fool.
imbecility, n. idiocy, fatuity, foolishness, amentia.
imbedded, a. enfonced.
imitate, v. copy, ape, counterfeit; personate, impersonate, mimic, simulate; parody, caricature.
imitation, n. copy, counterfeit; mimicry, impersonation, mimesis; pasticcio; parody, travesty, burlesque; onomatop?oea.
imitative, a. apish, copying, mimicking, mimetic; onomatopoetic.
imitator, n. copyist, follower, mimic, mime, ape, echo, impersonator.
immanence, n. inherence, indwelling.
immanent, a. inherent, indwelling.
immature, a. undeveloped, embryonic, crude, unripe, premature, untimely.
immediately, adv. instantly, forthwith, directly, straightway, at once, now, instanter. Antonyms: hereafter, by and by, after a while.
immense, a. vast, infinite, illimitable, immeasurable.
immerse, v. submerge, plunge into, dip, immerge, douse; engross.
immersed, a. submerged, plunged into; engrossed, absorbed, occupied.
immersion, n. submersion, immersing; engrossment, absorption.
immoderate, a. excessive, exorbitant, inordinate, intemperate, unrestrained.
immodest, a. indecorous, indelicate, shameless; lewd, unchaste, obscene.
immodesty, n. indecorum, indelicacy, impudicity; lewdness, unchastity, obscenity.
immoral, a. licentious, dissolute, vicious, profligate, loose, illicit, rakish.
immorality, n. vice, licentiousness, depravity, profligacy, obliquity.
immortality, n. deathlessness, athanasia; perpetuity.
immovable, a. fast, permanent, impassive, firm, steadfast.
impact, n. collision, forcible contact; force.
impart, v. communicate.
impartial, a. equitable, fair, disinterested, unbiased, unprejudiced.
impartiality, n. fairness, equity, disinterestedness, justice.
impassable, a. impenetrable, pathless, impervious.
impatient, a. restless, restive, fretful, eager, impetuous.
impede, v. retard.
impediment, n. obstacle, barrier, obstruction, stumblingblock.
impending, a. imminent, threatening.
impenetrable, a. impervious, imperforable.
impenitence, n. incontrition, obduracy, impenitency.
impenitent, a. incontrite, unrepentant, obdurate, incorrigible, recusant, relentless.
imperative, a. binding, compulsory, obligatory, imperious, peremptory.
imperfect, a. defective, faulty, deficient, undeveloped, abortive, fallible, frail, errable.
imperfection, n. defect, blemish, shortcoming, infirmity, foible, deformity, disfigurement, vice, frailty, fallibility.
imperious, a. despotic, magisterial, domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, imperative.
imperishable, a. permanent, indestructible, enduring.
impersonate, v. personate; personify.
impersonation, n. personation, impersonating; impersonification.
impersonator, n. mimic, personator, mime, actor.
impertinent, a. irrelevant, inapplicable, impudent, saucy, rude, insolent, malapert, flippant.
impervious, a. impermeable, impenetrable, imperviable.
impetus, n. momentum, force, impulse, incentive.
impish, a. malignant.
implacable, a. unappeasable, vindictive, pitiless, irreconcilable.
implant, v. instill, inculcate, ingraft, infix.
implied, a. tacit, inferential.
implore, v. beseech, supplicate, entreat, obsecrate.
imploring, n. supplication, obsecration.
impolite, a. discourteous, inurbane, rude, uncivil, disrespectful, saucy, insolent, impertinent, churlish, brusque, unamiable, surly, gruff, boorish.
impoliteness, n. discourtesy, inurbanity, incivility, impertinence, insolence.
importance, n. moment, materiality, consequence; pomposity, self-importance.
important, a. momentous, material, essential; pompous, consequential.
impose upon. delude, dupe, deceive, victimize.
imposing, a. impressive, stately, majestic, august.
impossibility, n. impracticability.
impossible, a. impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable.
impostor, n. pretender, cheat, charlatan, mountebank, quack, deceiver.
imposture, n. fraud, imposition, charlatanism, deception.
impracticability, n. unfeasibility.
impracticable, a. impossible, unfeasible.
impregnate, v. fecundate.
impregnation, n. fecundation.
imprison, v. incarcerate, immure.
imprisonment, n. incarceration, durance, immurement, duress, confinement, commitment.
impromptu, a. improvised, offhand, extempore, extemporaneous.
improper, a. indecorous, unseemly, indecent, inappropriate, wrong, solecistic.
impropriety, n. unsuitableness, unfitness, indecorum, barbarism, solecism.
improve, v. amend, ameliorate, rectify, better, mend; utilize, use; gain, get better.
improvement, n. betterment, amelioration; meliorism; utilization.
improving, a. ameliorative, beneficial, amending.
impudence, n. insolence, impertinence, effrontery, rudeness.
impudent, a. insolent, impertinent, flippant, pert, brazen, saucy.
impulse, n. motive, incentive; impulsion, impetus.
impulsive, a. passionate, capricious, hasty; impellent, propulsive.
impure, a. tainted, defiled, contaminated, polluted, vitiated, infected; adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated; unchaste, lewd, indelicate, indecent; barbarous, vulgar, hybrid.
impurity, n. defilement, contamination, taint, pollution; adulteration, alloy, sophistication; unchastity, lewdness, indecency, indelicacy; pl. garblings, garbles.
inability, n. incompetence, impotence, incapability, incompetency, inefficiency, disability.
in a body. altogether, en masse.
inaccuracy, n. inexactness, incorrectness, impropriety.
inaccurate, a. incorrect, inexact, erroneous, faulty, wrong.
inaction, n. inactivity, inertness, stagnation, idleness.
inactive, a. inert, motionless, quiescent, dormant, inoperative, sluggish, stagnant, dilatory, latent, passive, torpid.
inactivity, n. inaction, passivity, inertia, lethargy, dormancy, stagnation, torpor, latency, sloth, Fabian policy.
inadequate, a. insufficient, deficient; defective, incomplete, imperfect.
inappropriate, a. unsuitable, unbecoming, inapplicable.
inapt, a. irrelevant, unsuitable, inept, inapplicable.
inattention, n. inadvertence, abstraction, heedlessness, disregard, neglect, remissness.
inattentive, a. heedless, absent-minded, inadvertent, unmindful, careless.
inbeing, n. inherence.
inborn, a. congenital, inherent, innate, instinctive, ingenerate.
incapable, a. incompetent, disqualified, unfit, insusceptible.
incarnation, n. incarnification, Avatar; personification.
incautious, a. unwary, inconsiderate, indiscreet, thoughtless.
incense, n. Associated words: thurible, censer, thurification, thurify, frankincense, cense, thurifer.
incentive, n. motive, spur, incitement, stimulus, inducement provocation.
incident, n. event, happening, episode, occurrence.
incidental, a. casual, accidental, oontingent, fortuitous; subordinate, collateral, accessory.
incite, v. instigate, stimulate, arouse, goad, spur, impel.
incitement, n. stimulus, instigation, incitation, spur, incentive.
incivility, n. discourtesy, rudeness, incomity, inurbanity, disrespect.
inclination, n. leaning, slant; tendency, propensity, proneness, penchant, predilection.
incline, n. slant, slope, ascent, descent, grade.--v. lean, tend, dispose.
inclose, v. surround, encircle, circumscribe, encompass, enclose.
inclosure, n. surrounding, closure, barrier, fence, corral, stockade.
include, v. comprise, comprehend, inclose.
inclusion, n. comprisal.
income, n. revenue, proceeds; tontine, annuity. Associated word: fructuary.
incomparable, a. peerless, matchless, transcendent, inimitable unrivalled, unapproachable.
incompetent, a. inefficient, unqualified, incapable; inadequate; unfit, unsuited.
incomplete, a. unfinished, defective, imperfect, deficient, partial, inchoate.
incomprehensible, a. inconceivable, abstruse, unfathomable.
inconsiderate, a. thoughtless, heedless, inattentive, careless.
inconsistency, n. discordance, incoherence, contrariety, incompatibility.
inconsistent, a. disagreeing, incoherent, contradictory, discrepant, incompatible.
inconstancy, n. fickleness, mutability, variableness, instability.
inconstant, a. fickle, changeable, volatile, flighty, mercurial, variable.
inconvenient, a. unhandy, incommodious, inopportune, untoward.
incorrect, a. inaccurate, erroneous, inexact, wrong; ungrammatical, solecistic.
incorrectness, n. inaccuracy, inexactness, error; impropriety.
increase, v. augment, advance, enlarge; multiply, be prolific, wax; aggravate, enhance, extend, augment, intensify, exacerbate, amplify, magnify, heighten, accelerate.
increase, n. augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification, addition, accrument.
increase of motion. acceleration.
incremate, v. cremate, incinerate.
incremation, n. cremation.
incumbent, a. obligatory, imposed, binding.
incumbrance, n. hindrance, impediment, incubus; mortgage, claim, lien.
incurable, a. insanable, irremediable, immedicable; irremedicable, irreparable.
indebtedness, n. obligation; debts, liabilities.
indecency, n. immodesty, indelicacy, shamelessness, obscenity, ribaldry, lewdness.
indecent, a. immodest, obscene, indelicate, shameless, ribald, lewd, unchaste.
indecision, n. vacillation, indetermination, irresolution, wavering, inconstancy.
indecisive, a. inconclusive, vacillating, hesitating, irresolute, wavering.
indefatigable, a. untiring, persistent, unremitting, sedulous, unflagging.
indefinite, a. vague, indeterminate, equivocal, ambiguous, inexplicit, inexact.
indelicacy, n. unrefinement, rudeness, indecorum, immodesty.
indelicate, a. unrefined, indecorous, immodest, unchaste, rude, vulgar.
indemnity, n. security, insurance; restitution, reimbursement, indemnification.
indentation, n. bruise, notch, depression, indenture, serrature, jag, engrailment, crenellation.
independence, n. freedom, self-government, liberty, autonomy; opulence, affluence.
independent, a. self-governing, autonomous; self-reliant; exclusive, irrespective; affluent.
Indian, n. (aboriginal American) red man; (of mixed blood) metisse, ladino, mestizo, guacho, griffe, mameluco, half-breed. Associated words: tepee, wigwam, tomahawk, lodge, wickiup, sachemdom, pueblo, calumet, totem, totemism, powwow, roanoke, coup, gens, Manito, pogamoggan, potlatch, chinook, runtee, travail, travois, strouding.
Indian blanket. stroud.
Indian chief. sachem, sannup, sagamore, brave.
Indian child. papoose.
Indian money. wampum, seawan, suckanhock, colcol, peag, hiagua, kopkops.
Indian prince. Maharajah, Rajah.
Indian princess or queen. Rani, Ranee.
Indian woman. squaw, mahaly.
India rubber. caoutchouc.
indicate, v. designate, betoken, signify.
indication, n. designation, signifying; symptom, evidence, sign, token, manifestation.
indicator, n. (as in a hotel) annunciator.
indictment, n. accusation, charge, arraignment, crimination.
indifference, n. apathy, coolness, negligence, unconcern, nonchalance, insouciance; mediocrity, inferiority; neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness.
indifferent, a. disinterested, unconcerned, nonchalant, perfunctory, apathetic, insouciant; neutral, impartial; mediocre, passable, tolerable.
indirect, a. roundabout, circuitous, tortuous.
indiscreet, a. unwise, imprudent.
indiscretion, n. unwisdom, folly, imprudence; misstep, lapse.
indisposed, a. averse, disinclined, unwilling, loath, reluctant; sick, ill, unwell.
indisposition, n. disinclination, averseness, reluctance, unwillingness.
indisputable, a. undeniable, incontestable, indubitable, incontrovertible.
indissolvable, a. indissoluble.
indocile, a. intractable, refractory, unruly.
indolence, n. idleness, laziness, indulgence, sloth, inactivity, faineance.
indolent, a. lazy, slothful, supine, dronish, listless.
inducement, n. incentive, incitement, motive, stimulus.
indulge, v. satisfy, gratify, luxuriate; humor, pamper, cocker; grant, allow, permit. Antonyms: mortify, deny, suppress, restrain.
indulgence, n. humoring, pampering, gratification; kindness, favor, lenity, forbearance; absolution. Antonyms: mortification, denial, restraint, non-indulgence.
indulgent, a. forbearing, kind, lenient, lax, merciful.
industrial science. technology, polytechnics.
industrious, a. assiduous, diligent, sedulous, persistent, hard-working. Antonyms: idle, indolent, inactive, lazy.
industry, n. assiduity, diligence, activity; labor, work, exertion, efforts.
indwelling, n. immanence, inherence.--a. immanent, inherent.
ineffective, a. ineffectual, unavailing, inefficacious.
inefficient, a. ineffective, inefficacious; slack, remiss, incompetent.
inelastic, a. inductile, inextensible, rigid.
inelasticity, n. inductility, inextensibility, rigidity.
ineligible, a. disqualified.
inequality, n. disparity, disproportion, unevenness, irregularity; unfairness, injustice; inequation.
inexcusable, a. unpardonable, indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable.
inexhaustible, a. exhaustless.
inexorable, a. unyielding, relentless, implacable, unmovable, unrelenting.
inexperienced, a. untrained, unpractised, undisciplined, raw, unskilled.
inexpert, a. maladroit, unskillful, bungling.
inexpressible, a. ineffable, unspeakable, unutterable.
infallibility, n. inerrability.
infallible, a. inerrable, unerring, sure, certain, undeniable.
infamous, a. disreputable, ignominious, scandalous, opprobrious, odious, heinous.
infamy, n. disgrace, ignominy, odium, obloquy, opprobrium.
infancy, n. babyhood; minority, nonage, pupilage.
infant, n. baby; minor.
infantile paralysis. poliomyelitis.
infatuate, v. enamor, charm. Antonyms: repel, disgust, disillusionize.
infection, n. contagion, contamination, vitiation, pollution.
infectious, a. contagious, pestiferous, epidemic, vitiating.
infer, v. deduce, imply, gather.
inference, n. deduction, conclusion, illation, corollary.
inferior, a. poorer, lower, subordinate, menial, minor, mediocre, subaltern.
inferior, n. subordinate. Antonyms: peer, equal, superior.
inferiority, n. subordinacy, mediocrity, deficiency.
infidel, n. free-thinker, atheist, unbeliever, skeptic.
infirmity, n. See weakness.
inflammable, a. combustible, accendible; irascible, irritable, excitable.
inflammation, n. phlogosis; phlegmasia. Associated words: phlogistic, phlogogenous, antiphlogistic, demulcent delitescence.
inflammatory, a. phlogistic; seditious, incendiary.
inflate, v. expand, enlarge, distend.
inflated, a. distended, blown up; bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, declamatory.
inflation, n. distention, expansion.
inflection, n. modulation, accent.
inflexibility, n. rigidity, stiffness; firmness, pertinacity, obstinacy, steadfastness.
inflexible, a. unyielding, rigid, impliable; immovable, resolute, steadfast.
influence, n. sway, control; persuasion, restraint; authority, ascendency, prestige.
influence, v. move, persuade, induce, sway, control, prevail upon, actuate, impel.
informal, a. unceremonious, unconventional, easy, natural, unconstrained.
informality, n. unceremoniousness.
information, n. knowledge, intelligence, instruction; (Law) complaint, accusation.
infringe, v. violate, transgress; encroach, trespass, intrench.
infringement, n. transgression, violation, breach, encroachment, trespass, intrenchment.
in full. unabridged, at length.
ingenious, a. inventive, resourceful.
ingratitude, n. unthankfulness.
ingredient, n. constituent, element, component, part.
inhabitant, n. dweller, denizen, residentiary, resident, citizen. Antonyms: sojourner, pilgrim, visitor.
inherent, a. innate, adhering, inexistent, inborn, inalienable.
inheritable, a. hereditable.
inheritance, n. heritage, patrimony, legacy.
inhuman, a. savage, barbarous, fiendish, brutal, cruel.
inhumanity, n. cruelty, brutality, barbarity, mercilessness.
injection, n. immission, injecting; enema, clyster, lavement.
injure, v. damage, harm, hurt, impair, disfigure, maim, mar, wound.
injurious, a. hurtful, harmful, detrimental, pernicious, deleterious, baneful, noxious, maleficent, prejudicial; defamatory, derogatory, detractory.
injury, n. damage, detriment, harm, hurt, wound, impairment, mutilation, defacement, violation, lesion. Associated words: vulnerable, vulnerability, invulnerable, invulnerability, inviolable, vulnific.
injustice, n. inequity, unfairness; grievance.
inkling, n. hint, intimation, allusion.
inkstand, n. standish.
inky, a. atramentous, atramental, atramentarious.
inlaid work. marquetry, parquetry, mosaic.
inland, a. interior, internal.
inlet, n. entrance, ingress; bay, recess, bight, estuary, cove, frith, bayou.
inmate, n. occupant.
inn, n. lodging house, tavern, hotel; cabaret, caravansary, khan.
innate, a. inborn, inherent, native.
inner, a. internal, interior; obscure, esoteric, innermost parts, recesses, penetralia, sanctuary.
innocence, n. blamelessness, guilelessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, inoffensiveness.
innocent, a. blameless, guileless, guiltless, impeccable, inoffensive, sinless, artless, inculpable, irreproachable, irreprehensible, inerrable, irresponsible, virtuous, unsophisticated.
inquiring, a. curious, inquisitive.
inquiry, n. question, query, interrogation; research, investigationm scrutiny.
inquisitive, a. inquiring, mousing, curious, intrusive, prying, meddlesome. Antonyms: indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested.
insane, a. demented, crazy, mad, deranged, delirious, dementate; paranoiac. Antonyms: sane, rational.
insane asylum. bedlam, bethlehem, madhouse, retreat.
insanity, n. dementia, alienation of mind, madness, lunacy, craziness, derangement, frenzy, delirium, mania, hallucination, aberration of mind, bedlamism; paranoia, monomania. Antonyms: sanity, rationality, lucidity. Associated words: alienist, alienism.
insatiable, a. unappeasable; voracious, rapacious, omnivorous.
inscrutable, a. incomprehensible, inexplicable, unsearchable.
insect, n. Associated words: entomology, entomologist, entomologic, chrsalis, pupa, cicada, cocoon, credpitaculum, entomophilous, entornophily, entomtaxy, entomotomy, insecticidal, insectifuge, insectile, larva, lepidopterist, larvarium, stridor, stridulate, stridulation, silphology, stridulatory, nymph, horismology, imago.
insect-eaters, n. pl. Insectivora, Entomophaga.
insect-eating, a. insectivorous, entomophagous.
insect powder. insecticide, pyrethrum, entomologic, chrysalis, pupa, cicada, cocoon, crepitaculum, entomophilous, entomophily, entomotaxy, entomotomy, insecticidal, insectifuge, insectile, larva, lepidopterist, larvarium, stridor, stridulate, stridulation, silphology, stridulatory, nymph, horismology, imago.
insect-eaters, n. pl. Insectivora, Entomophaga.
insect-eating, a. insectivorous, entomophagous.
insect powder. insecticide, pyrethrum.
insecure, a. risky, unsafe, precarious, rickety, unstable, dangerous.
insecurity, n. unsafely, risk, instability, precariousness.
insensibility, n. unconsciousness, torpor, coma, narcosis, lethargy, numbness, narcoma, insusceptibility, an?sthesia, stupefaction, stupor, carus.
insensible, a. unfeeling, numb, insensate, torpid, unimpressible, unsusceptible, unconscious; imperceptible, gradual, imperceivable.
inseparable, a. indivisible, indissoluble.
insert, v. interpolate, intercalate, interject, ingraft, inosculate.
insertion, n. interjection, interpolation, intercalation, inosculation.
inside, a. internal, inner, interior.
insides, n. pl. entrails; penetralia, recesses.
insight, n. discernment.
insignificance, n. unimportance, pettiness, immateriality, triviality, inanity.
insignificant, n. meaningless; unimportant, immaterial, petty, trivial, paltry.
insincere, a. disingenuous, dissembling, false, hypocritical, affected, deceitful.
insincerity, n. duplicity, disingenuousness, hypocrisy, dissimulation.
insinuation, n. innuendo, intimation; ingratiation.
insist, v. persist, press, urge, contend.
insistence, n. persistence, pertinacity, importunity, urgency, contention, instance.
insistent, a. persistent, importunate, insisting.
insnare, v. ensnare, entrap, seduce, inveigle, allure, entangle.
insolation, n. sunstroke, siriasis; sun bath.
insolence, n. impudence, contumely, impertinence, contumacy, effrontery, disrespect.
insolent, a. impudent, contumelious, overbearing, disrespectful contemptuous.
insoluble, a. indissoluble; unexplainable, insolvable, inexplicable.
inspect, v. examine.
inspiration, n. inhalation (breathing in); divine afflatus, theopneusty.
inspiring, a. inspiriting, elevating, promethean.
in spite of. notwithstanding, despite, nevertheless.
install, v. instate, induct.
installation, n. induction.
instance, n. persistency, request, solicitation, urgency; example, case, illustration.
instantly, adv. immediately, forthwith, at once, instanter, urgently, persistently.
instep, n. metatarsus, acrotarsium.
instruct, v. teach, indoctrinate, edify, enlighten, coach.
instruction, n. nurture, tuition, teaching, information, indoctrination, inculcation, education, admonition; edification, enlightenment; prop?deutics.
instructive, a. edifying, didactic, preceptive, mentorial; prop?deutic.
instructor, n. teacher, preceptor, tutor, master, coach, mentor, counselor, monitor, trainer.
instrument, n. tool, utensil, implement; agent, means, medium.
insufferable, a. intolerable, unendurable; detestable, offensive.
insufficiency, n. deficiency, inadequacy.
insufficient, a. inadequate, deficient, incommensurate, lacking.
insult, n. indignity, affront.
insult, v. offend, affront, flout.
insulting, a. offensive, contemptuous, contumelious, scurrilous.
insurance, n. assurance, indemnity.
insure, v. assure, indemnify; underwrite.
insurgency, n. revolt, rebellion, insubordination, mutiny.
insurgent, a. rebellious, mutinous, insubordinate, insurrectionary.
insurgent, n. rebel, revolter, mutineer, insurrectionist.
intaglio, n. diaglyph. Antonym: cameo.
intelligence, n. knowledge, discernment, insight, acumen.
intelligent, a. clever, discerning, astute, bright, knowing, apt, sensible.
intemperance, n. excess, immoderation, debauchery.
intemperate, a. immoderate, excessive, unrestrained.
intend, v. design, purpose, propose, contemplate, plan.
intended, n. fiancé (male), fiancée (female).
intense, a. extreme, excruciating.
intensify, v. aggravate, exacerbate, heighten.
intention, n. design, plan, purpose, aim.
intentional, a. deliberate, premeditated. Antonyms: unintentional, inadvertent, accidental.
intercede, v. mediate, interpose, propitiate.
intercession, n. mediation, interposition, propitiation.
intercessor, n. mediator, interceder, propitiator, make-peace.
interchange, n. reciprocation, reciprocity, permutation; alternation.
interest, n. concern; share, portion, part, participation; advantage, benefit, weal, behoof; usury. Antonyms: boredom, ennui, indifference, unconcern.
interested, a. concerned; prejudiced, partial. Antonyms: disinterested, unconcerned, bored.
interfere, v. clash, conflict; intermeddle, interpose, intervene.
interference, n. clashing, collision; intermeddling, interposition, intervention.
interlining, n. interlineation.
interloper, n. intruder, interferer.
intermediate, a. intervening, interjacent; interlocutory (Law).
intermittent, a. remittent, periodical, recurrent.
internal, a. inward, interior, inside, inner; esoteric; intrinsic; inherent.
interpret, v. construe, translate, render.
interpretation, n. rendering, rendition, translation; exegesis, exegetics, hermeneutics, isagogics, anagogics, dittology.
interrogation point. eroteme.
interval, n. interstice (space between); interim, meantime
intervening, a. intermediate, interjacent.
intervention, n. interference, interposition; mediation, intercession.
intestines, n. pl. entrails, bowels, inwards, guts; omentum, caul, vermiform appendix, colon, rectum, hindgut, enteron, c?cum, ileum, ileus, volvulus, jejunum, duodenum, alimentary canal; chitterlings. Associated words: enterology, splanchnology, enterography, splanchnography, enteropathy, enteroplasty, enterotomy, enteralgia, enterolith, enteritis, intestinal, enteric, crypt, peristalsis, vermiculation, alvine, viscerate, visceration, eviscerate, evisceration, disembowel, disembowelment.
intolerable, a. insufferable, unendurable.
intolerance, n. bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality.
intolerant, a. bigoted, unforbearing, illiberal.
intrenchment, n. earthwork, fortification; encroachment, infringement, invasion, inroad.
intricacy, n. complication, entanglement, complexity.
intricate, a. complicated, entangled, involved, labyrinthian, mazy.
intrigue, n. conspiracy, machination, cabal, plot; amour (illicit love affair), liaison.
intrigue, v. plot, scheme, machinate, cabal.
intriguer, n. machinator, plotter, schemer, Figaro, intrigant, intrigante (female).
intriguing, a. scheming, Machiavelian, wily.
intrinsic, a. inherent, innate, real, genuine. Antonym: extrinsic.
introduction, n. preface, proem, exordium, prelude, prolegomenon, prologue, foreword; presentation; interpolation interposition, initiation.
introductory, a. preliminary, proemial, prefatory.
intrude, v. infringe, invade, encroach, obtrude, interlope.
intrusion, n. encroachment, obtrusion, infringement, interloping.
intrusive, a. obtrusive. Antonyms: unintrusive, unobtrusive, retiring.
intrust, v. commit, confide.
invade, v. infringe, encroach, trespass, intrench, trench.
invalid, a. null, void, of no efficacy; baseless, unfounded.
invalid, a. valetudinary.
invalid, n. valetudinarian.
invalidate, v. annul, abrogate, cancel, quash, nullify.
invalidation, n. nullification, abrogation, annulment.
invalidism, n. valetudinarianism.
invasion, n. irruption, foray, raid, aggression; violation, infringement, encroachment, intrenchment.
inveigle, v. wheedle, seduce.
inveiglement, n. wheedling, seduction.
investigate, v. probe, sift, examine.
investigation, n. examination, inquiry, research.
invidious, a. objectionable, offensive.
invincible, a. indomitable, unconquerable.
invisible, a. imperceptible, microscopic, evanescent.
invitation, n. bidding, call, summons.
invite, v. bid, ask, summon; allure, induce, entice.
invocation, n. prayer, supplication.
involuntary, a. uncontrollable, instinctive, automatic, compulsory, forced.
inwards, n. pl. entrails, intestines, bowels, guts; viscera; giblets, inmeats, umbles.
iota, n. scintilla, tittle, atom, mite, jot, whit, bit, particle.
Ireland, n. Erin, Emerald Isle.
iridescent, a. prismatic, nacreous.
iris, n. flower-de-luce, fleur-de-lis, flag.
Irish, a. Hibernian.
Irishman, n. Hibernian, Milesian, Teague, Pat, Paddy.
iron, v. smooth; mangle.
irons, n. pl. fetters, chains, handcuffs, shackles, manacles, hampers, gyves.
ironworker's pneumonia. siderosis.
irrecoverable, a. irretrievable.
irregular, a. inconformable, abnormal, anomalous, exceptional, unsymmetrical, unusual, erose, baroque, aberrant.
irregularity, n. inconformableness, abnormality, asymmetry, anomaly, aberration, intermittency.
irreligious, a. ungodly, impious, godless, sacrilegious, blasphemous, profane.
irresolute, a. wavering, vacillating, inconstant, fickle, double-minded.
irresolution, n. indecision, vacillation, inconstancy, fickleness.
irresponsible, a. unaccountable, unanswerable, unreliable.
irritable, a. irascible, fretful, spleeny, choleric, petulant, fiery, captious, splenetic.
irritate, v. intensify, stimulate; provoke, vex, annoy, offend, chafe.
isinglass, n. fishglue, ichthyocol, ichthyocolla; mica; carlock.
island, n. isle, eyot, holm, islet; atoll. Associated words: insular, insularity, archipelago, lagoon, coral, maroon, marooner.
isolate, v. insulate, segregate, dissociate, detach, separate.
isolated, a. insulated, separate, solitary, segregated, sporadic.
isolation, n. insulation, segregation; loneliness, solitude.
issue, v. gush, disembogue; sally forth, debouch; proceed, emanate, ensue, follow, result.
Italian laborers. Associated word: padrone.
Italian paste. macaroni, vermicelli.
itch, n. psora, scabies; prurigo; sycosis (barber's itch); eczema; pruriency.
itching, a. tingling, prurient.
ivory, n. Associated words: eburnean, eburnine, eburin, eburnification, eburnation.
ivy, n. Associated words: hederaceous, hederal, hederic, hederiferous, hederose.
J
Jab, n. (Colloq.) thrust, punch, dig.
jabber, n. gibberish, chatter, gabble, babble.--v. gabble, gibber, babble, chatter.
jackass, n. donkey; dolt, simpleton, witling, ignoramus, fool.
jacket, n. coat, jerkin, blouse, spencer, bolero, pea-jacket sontag, blazer, sweater, reefer, jersey, jumper, cardigan jacket, grego, garibaldi, camisole, temiak (Eskimo); cleading.
jade, n. nephrite, jadeite; nag, plug; hussy, wench, quean.
jag, n. notch, cleft, barb, protuberance.--v. notch.
jagged, a. cleft, jaggy, notched, serrated, erose, sharp.
jail, n. prison, lockup, calaboose, workhouse, limbo.
jail bird. prisoner.
jailer, n. warden, turnkey, sheriff.
jail fever. typhus fever.
jam, n. preserve, conserve; crowd, throng, crush.
jam, v. squeeze, crowd, press, wedge in, bruise.
jamboree, n. (Slang) carousal, revelry, carouse, spree.
jangle, n. clashing, clang, discord, dissonance; wrangling, quarrel, dispute, altercation.
jangle, v. clash, clang; quarrel, wrangle, dispute, altercate.
jangling, a. discordant, dissonant, clashing, inharmonious.
janitor, n. doorkeeper, porter, concierge; (female) janitress, janitrix.
Japan, n. Nippon, Flowery Kingdom. Associated words: Japanese, geisha, coolie, Mikado, samurai, shizoku, heimin, kwazoku, Mongol, Mongolian, kimono, Dairi, daimio, saki, Tycoon, Shogun.
japan, n. lacquer, varnish, enamel.
jar, n. crock; gurglet; shock, jolt, vibration.--v. jolt, jounce, shock, discompose, unsettle; grate.
jargon, n. gibberish, drivel, babble, gabble, twaddle, bosh; cant, slang, flash, argot, dialect.
jaundice, n. icterus.--v. prejudice.
jaundiced, a. prejudiced, biased, warped.
jaunty, a. airy, showy, finical, affected, fine.
jaw, n. Jawbone, jowl; maxilla (upper jaw); mandible (lower jaw).
jaw, v. (Low) scold, upbraid, berate, clamor, rail at.
jawless, a. agnathic, agnathous.
jaw muscle. masseter.
jayhawker, n. guerrilla.
jealous, a. suspicious, distrustful.
jealousy, n. suspicion, distrust.
jeer, v. mock, deride, ridicule, taunt, jibe.
jeering, n. mockery, derision, ridicule, scoffing, sneer, taunt.
jellylike, a. gelatinous, colloid.
jeopard, v. imperil, risk, expose, endanger, hazard.
jeopardize, v. jeopard.
jeopardy, n. danger, peril, hazard, exposure.
jerk, v. twitch, yerk.
jerked beef. charqui.
jerky, a. abrupt, unconnected.
jest, n. joke, witticism, quip, jeu d' esprit, Joe Miller.
jest, v. joke.
jester, n. joker, wag; buffoon, merry-andrew, clown, harlequin, zany.
jesting, n. joking, jest, raillery, banter, persiflage, facetiousness, badinage, jocularity.
jesting, a. waggish, jocular, facetious, sportive.
jet, v. spurt, spout, gush; protrude, project.--n. spouting, spurt, gush.
Jew, n. Hebrew, Israelite, Judahite, Judean, Semite, Yid; Rabbi, Sadducee, Pharisee, Levite. Associated words: Yiddish, ghetto, kosher, tref, Talmud, kittel, sephardic, Sanhedrim, synagogue, Jewry, Judaism, judaize.
Jewish, a. Hebrew, Judaic, Israelitish, Hebraic, Semitic.
Jewish beggar. schnorrer.
Jewish marriage broker. schatchen.
jewel, n. gem, brilliant.
jewelry, n. jewels; bijoutry.
Jew's pitch. asphaltum, bitumen.
Jezebel, n.virago, she-devil, fury, Gorgon, termagant.
jibe, v. (Colloq.) agree, harmonize, fit.
jiffy, n. (Colloq.)moment, instant, second, trice.
jill, n. coquette, flirt; sweetheart, gill.
jilt, n. coquette, flirt.
jingle, n. tinkling, jingling, tintinnabulation; rhyme.--v. tinkle.
job, n. task; situation, position.
jocose, a. facetious, waggish, sportive, merry, jocular, humorous.
jocular, a. jesting, jocose, sportive, merry, waggish.
jocularity, n. jesting, waggishness, waggery, facetiousness, drollery.
jog, n. shake, jolt, jar, shove; hitch, break.
jog, v. push, shake, jostle; suggest to, notify, remind.
johnny cake. hoecake, corncake.
join, v. connect, couple, unite, combine, associate, add, append, annex, link, conjoin, mortise, dowel, splice, knit, dovetail, mingle, coalesce, unify, confederate; abut. Antonyms: disjoin, disconnect. See separate.
joiner, n. link, coupling, bond; woodworker, carpenter.
joint, n. gimbal joint, dove-tail joint, joggle joint, mortise joint, miter, dowel, scarf joint, rabbet joint.
joint, n. articulation; suture, commissure, knuckle. Associated words: arthrology, arthrography, synosteology arthrectomy, synovia, articular, bursa, synovial, internode, internodal, anchylose, dislocate, dislocation, luxate, luxation.
joint, a. combined, joined, united.
jointed, a. articulated, hinged; knotted, gnarled.
jointless, a. acondylous, anarthrous, inarticulate.
joke, n. jest, witticism, jocosity, sally, jeu d'esprit, quip, quirk, Joe Miller.
joke, v. rally, banter, jest.
joking, n. jesting, rallying, banter, persiflage, jocularity, waggishness.
jokingly, adv. sportively, jestingly, waggishly, jocularly.
jolly, a. jovial, vivacious, congenial, convivial, mirthful, sportive, gay, facetious, boon, waggish, jocular, jocose, witty, blithe, sprightly, cheery.
jolly, v. (Colloq.) make good-natured, joke, jest, cheer, encourage.
jolt, n. jar, shock, jounce, jolting.--v. shake, jar, jounce.
jot, n. iota, point, tittle, bit, mite, atom, scintilla, ace, particle, whit.
jotting, n. memorandum, note, entry.
jounce, n. jolt, shake, jolting.--v. jolt, shake, jar.
journal, n. day-book, daily register, record; diary; periodical, publication, magazine, gazette, ephemeris.
journey, n. trip, tour, pilgrimage, excursion, travel, jaunt, peregrination. Associated words: itinerary, itinerancy, viatic, viaticum.
journeyman, n. handicraftsman, artisan. Antonyms: apprentice, amateur.
joust, v. tilt.
Jove, n. Jupiter.
jovial, a. jolly, mirthful, gay, merry, sportive, hilarious, gleeful.
joviality, n. gayety, jollity, sportiveness, liveliness.
joy, n. gladness, exultation, jubilation, mirth, festivity glee, elation, merriment.
joyful, a. joyous, glad, elated, jubilant, exhilarating, happy, buoyant, merry, encouraging, felicitous.
joyous, a. joyful.
jubilant, a. joyful, exultant, triumphant.
jubilation, n. rejoicing, exultation, triumph.
Judas, n. betrayer, traitor.
Judas, a. traitorous, treacherous, disloyal, perfidious.
judge, v. adjudge, adjudicate, try; discern, distinguish, discriminate, decide; esteem, think, consider, reckon, deem, regard; arbitrate.
judge, n. justice, judger; arbitrator, arbiter, umpire, referee; connoisseur, critic; puisne; deemster (Isle of Man). Associated words: judicial, judicially, judicable, judicatory, judicature, judiciary.
judges, n. pl. judiciary.
judgment, n. decision, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitration, adjudgment; sentence, decree, verdict; discrimination, discernment.
judgment-seat, n. court, tribunal, bar, judicatory.
judicial, a. judicative, judicatory, juridical, judiciary.
judicious, a. prudent, discreet, well-advised.
jug, n. pitcher, ewer, demijohn, flagon; bellarmine, long-beard.
juggler, n. prestidigitator, magician, conjurer; cheat, impostor; jongleur.
jugglery, n. sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, magic, conjuring; imposture, trickery, hankey-pankey.
juice, n.. sap, lush; must.
juicy, a. succulent, sappy, lush, luscious. Antonyms: juiceless, sapless, dry.
jumble, v. confuse, disarrange, entangle, mix
jumble, n. disorder, confusion, disarray, mixture, entanglement, chaos, hodgepodge.
jump, v. spring, bound, leap, hop, caper, vault; bounce, jolt.
jump, n. leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, caper, jolt.
junction, n. union, coalition; juncture.
juncture, n. joint, seam; crisis, conjuncture, point, exigency.
jungle, n. thicket, brake, boscage, brush.
junket, n. delicacy, sweetmeat; feast, banquet.--v. feast, banquet, regale, entertain.
junta, n. council, tribunal, assembly, convention.
junto, n. secret council, cabal, clique, faction.
jury, n. Associated words: impanel, panel, venire, venire, facias, tales, talesman.
juryman, n. juror.
just, a. upright, honest, conscientious, honorable, straightforward; condign, merited, deserved, due; reasonable, conscionable, equitable, fair; unbiased, impartial correct, exact, accurate, proper, appropriate. Antonyms: dishonest, inequitable, undeserved. See unjust.
just, adv. precisely, exactly; closely, nearly, almost; barely, scarcely, only.
justice, n. justness, quity, impartiality; judge. Antonyms: inequity, injustice.
justifiable, a. warrantable, defensible, vindicable.
justification, n. vindication, exuplpation, exoneration, defense.
justifier, n. justificatior, vindicator, defender.
justify, v. vindicate, warrant, excuse, exonorate, exculpate, absolve, defend.
justle, v. clash, bump, jostle, collide.
justly, adv. honestly, fairly, equitably, impartially.
justness, n. justice, fairness, equity, impartiality, condignness.
jut, v. jut out, project, protrude.--n. projection, jutt.
jutting, a. projecting, protruding.
jutting out projection, projecture, protrusion
jutty, n. pier, mole, jetty.
juvenile, a. youthful, young, immature.
juvenility, n. youthfulness, immaturity.
K
Keel over. (Colloq.) overturn, capsize, tip over.
keen, a. sharp, acute, trenchant; penetrating, shrewd, astute, discerning; piercing, poignant, excruciating, a crimonious, mordacious, bitter, intense, severe; eager, ardent, ravenous, vehement.
keep, n. custody, charge; maintenance, support; stronghold, donjon; condition, case.
keep, v. detain, restrain, hold, retain, repress, withhold; preserve, conserve; maintain, continue; guard, shield, defend, protect, screen, preserve; entertain, harbor; observe, adhere to, fulfill; commemorate, celebrate, solemnize; support, sustain, provide for.
keep back. reserve, withhold; restrain, repress, check.
keep company with. associate with, accompany, go with.
keep down. hold in subjection, restrain, hinder, subdue.
keeper, n. warden; superintendent, curator, custodian, guardian, attendant, defender, overseer.
keep from. abstain from, refrain from.
keeping, n. holding, restraint, custody, guard, guardianship, protection, tutelage; detention, retention; maintenance support, subsistence, board; conformity, congruity, harmony, consistency, correspondence; observance; celebration, commemoration, fulfillment.
keeping back. reservation, reserving, withholding; restraint, repression, checking.
keep on. proceed, continue, persist.
keepsake, n. memento, souvenir.
keep to. adhere to.
keep under. hold in subjection, subdue, mortify.
keep up. maintain, continue.
kelter, n. (Colloq.) condition, order.
kernel, n. seed, grain; nucleus; gist, core, pith, substance, essence, marrow. Associated words: enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination.
kerosene, n. coal oil, petroleum.
kettle, n. caldron (a large kettle).
kettledrum, n. tympano; pl. tympani.
key, n. Associated words: claviger, clavigerous, cleidomancy, escutcheon, lock.
key, n. pitch, tone.
key, n. clew, solution, guide, explanation, elucidation, clavis; wharf, quay; forelock, cotter, bar, pin; samara.
keyboard, n. clavier.
kick, v. spurn, calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch; resist, oppose; recoil.
kick, n. kicking, opposition.
kicking, n. spurning, recalcitration, calcitration, winch; opposition, resistance.
kicking, a. recalcitrant, calcitrant, resistant.
kiddy, v. (Slang) deceive, outwit, hoax.
kidnap, v. abduct.
kidnapper, n. abductor, man-stealer.
kidnapping, n. abduction.
kidney, n. Associated words: nephrology, nephrotomy, nephritis, renal, emunctory, nephritic, loins, reins.
kidney, n. sort, kind, variety, disposition.
kidney-shaped, a. reniform.
kidney stone. nephrite, jade.
kill, v. slay, slaughter, murder, assassinate, butcher, despatch, execute, lynch, massacre, burke, immolate, guillotine, decimate, destroy, blast; counteract, neutralize; quell, extinguish.
killer, n. slayer, murderer, butcher, assassin, assassinator, executor, destroyer.
killing, n. slaying, slaughter, butchering, butchery, assassination, massacre, strangulation, immolation, holocaust, execution, fusillade, carnage, murder, manslaughter, chaud-medley, lynching, guillotine, burkism, garrote, chance-medley, decimation, assideration, destruction, blasting; counteraction, neutralization.
killing, a. fatal, mortal, deadly, destructive; captivating, charming, fascinating.
kilt, n. filibeg.
kilter, n. (Colloq.) condition, order.
kin, n. relationship; relatives, relations, kindred, kinsfolk, kinsmen.
kin, a. kindred.
kind, a. indulgent, compassionate, merciful, lenient, clement, benignant, gracious, benevolent, kind-hearted, forbearing, benign, beneficent, humane, obliging.
kind, n. variety, genus, species, strain, breed, nature, genre, sort, style, character, description, kidney.
kind-hearted, a. compassionate, lenient, clement, kind.
kindle, v. enkindle, fire, ignite, incite, inflame, rouse.
kindling, n. enkindling, incitement, accension.
kindly, a. kind.
kindness, n. compassion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness; favor, service, good turn.
kindred, n. relationship; relatives, relations, kinsfolk, kin, kinsmen.
kindred, a. related, congenial, allied, similar.
kine, n. pl. cows, cattle.
king, n. monarch, sovereign, potentate, regulus. Associated words: regicide royalty, regnal, regnant, regnancy, regalia, viceroy, camarilla, dynastic, dynasty.
kingdom, n. empire, dominion, sovereignty, monarchy, realm.
kingly, a. royal, regal, monarchical; sovereign, august, majestic, grand. Antonyms: servile, mean, abject, slavish, unkingly.
king's evil. scrofula.
kink, v. snarl, become entangled.
kink, n. snarl, knot, entanglement, twist; crotchet, whim, caprice, eccentricity.
kinky, a. snarled, tangled, knotted; crotchety, eccentric, capricious.
kinsman, n. relative.
kiss, v. osculate.
kiss, n. osculation, buss, smack; pax (kiss of peace).
kissing, n. osculation.--a. osculant, oscillatory.
kitchen, n. cookroom, cuisine, scullery (back kitchen); galley (Nautical). Associated words: scullion, culinary, olitory.
kith, n. acquaintance.
knack, n. gimcrack, trinket, toy, plaything, knickknack, kickshaws, gewgaw, bauble; skill, readiness, aptitude, proficiency, dexterity, adroitness; trick, device.
knarl, n. knot, gnarl, knag, knurl, node.
knarled, a. knotted, gnarled, knurly, gnarly, knotty, knurled, knarred.
knave, n. villain, rascal, scamp. See scoundrel.
knavery, n. villainy, rascality, scoundrelism, chicanery, knavishness, roguery.
knavish, a. unprincipled, rascally, villainous.
knee, n. Associated words: genuflect, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis, stifle, geniculate, dib, quadriceps.
knee breeches. smallclothes, knickerbockers.
kneecap, n. patella, kneepan.
kneeling desk. priedieu.
knees, n. pl. marrowbones.
knickerbockers, n. pl. knee breeches, smallclothes.
knickknack, n. gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, knack, curio, bric-a-brac.
knife, n. dagger, stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong, sword, billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife. Associated words: cutler, cutlery, sheath, sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang, scale, spring, blade, kick, spatula.
knight, n. man-at-arms; champion, partisan, lover, gallant.
knighthood, n. chivalry. Associated word: accolade.
knightly, a. chivalrous, gallant.
knob, n. excrescence, boss, lump, tubercle, knop, stud, hard swelling; finial, knosp.
knock, v. rap; clash, bump; strike, beat.--n. blow, stroke; rap.
knock about. (Colloq.) wander about, saunter, stroll.
knock down. fell, floor, prostrate.
knockknee, n. inknee.
knock under. yield, submit, give in.
knoll, n. hillock, mound.
knop, n. See knob.
knot, n. entanglement, snarl, intricacy, complication; cluster, group, band, bevy, gang, company; joint, node, knag, burl, gnarl, knob, nodule, nodosity; tuft, bunch.
knot, v. entangle, tie, snarl. Antonyms: disentangle, unravel, untie.
knotted, a. knurled, knaggy, gnarled, gnarly; snarled, entangled, interwoven.
knotty, a. knotted, gnarled, crossgrained; intricate, difficult, complicated.
knowable, a. ascertainable, cognizable, cognoscible, intelligible, recognizable. Antonyms: unknowable, unascertainable, incognoscible, unrecognizable.
knowall, n. (Colloq.) wiseacre, quidnunc.
knowing, a. intelligent, sagacious, wise, clever; expressive, significant; (Colloq.) artful, sharp, cunning.
knowingly, adv. consciously, intelligently, wittingly, designedly, sagely, purposely, sapiently, significantly, expressively.
knowledge, n. learning, lore, erudition, culture, enlightenment, attainments, information; cognizance, apprehension, cognition, understanding, ken; omniscience (universal knowledge); prescience (foreknowledge); polymathy. Antonyms: sciolism, ignorance, inerudition, dilettanteism pedantry, unfamiliarity.
knuckle bones. dibs.
knuckle to. (Colloq.) submit to, yield, cringe, obey.
kodak, n. camera (portable).
The whispers said that out of bitter jealousy, Hadley shoved Eric's beloved down the stairs, robbing the unborn child of life. To avenge, Eric forced Hadley abroad and completely cut her off. Years later, she reemerged, and they felt like strangers. When they met again, she was the nightclub's star, with men ready to pay fortunes just to glimpse her elusive performance. Unable to contain himself, Eric blocked her path, asking, "Is this truly how you earn a living now? Why not come back to me?" Hadley's lips curved faintly. "If you’re eager to see me, you’d better join the queue, darling."
Arabella, a state-trained prodigy, won freedom after seven brutal years. Back home, she found her aunt basking in her late parents' mansion while her twin sister scrounged for scraps. Fury ignited her genius. She gutted the aunt's business overnight and enrolled in her sister's school, crushing the bullies. When cynics sneered at her "plain background," a prestigious family claimed her and the national lab hailed her. Reporters swarmed, influencers swooned, and jealous rivals watched their fortunes crumble. Even Asher-the rumored ruthless magnate-softened, murmuring, "Fixed your mess-now be mine."
Gabriela learned her boyfriend had been two-timing her and writing her off as a brainless bimbo, so she drowned her heartache in reckless adventure. One sultry blackout night she tumbled into bed with a stranger, then slunk away at dawn, convinced she'd succumbed to a notorious playboy. She prayed she'd never see him again. Yet the man beneath those sheets was actually Wesley, the decisive, ice-cool, unshakeable CEO who signed her paychecks. Assuming her heart was elsewhere, Wesley returned to the office cloaked in calm, but every polite smile masked a dark surge of possessive jealousy.
Abandoned as a child and orphaned by murder, Kathryn swore she'd reclaim every shred of her stolen birthright. When she returned, society called her an unpolished love-child, scoffing that Evan had lost his mind to marry her. Only Evan knew the truth: the quiet woman he cradled like porcelain hid secrets enough to set the city trembling. She doubled as a legendary healer, an elusive hacker, and the royal court's favorite perfumer. At meetings, the directors groaned at the lovey-dovey couple, "Does she really have to be here?" Evan shrugged. "Happy wife, happy life." Soon her masks fell, and those who sneered bowed in awe.
Sawyer, the world's top arms dealer, stunned everyone by falling for Maren—the worthless girl no one respected. People scoffed. Why chase a useless pretty face? But when powerful elites began gathering around her, jaws dropped. "She's not even married to him yet—already cashing in on his power?" they assumed. Curious eyes dug into Maren's past... only to find she was a scientific genius, a world-renowned medical expert, and heiress to a mafia empire. Later, Sawyer posted online. "My wife treats me like the enemy. Any advice?"
After a one-night stand with a stranger, Roselyn woke up to find only a bank card without a PIN number. Still in a daze, she was detained on charges of theft. Just as the handcuffs were about to close, the mysterious man reappeared, holding her pregnancy report. "You're pregnant with my child," he said coldly. Shocked, Roselyn was whisked away in a helicopter to the presidential palace, where she learned the truth: the man from that night was none other than the country's most powerful and influential leader!
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